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There are few things which will make someone more happy then getting all their needs met. It's almost like having the food, sleep and sex that you need will just make everything a little bit more bright. You're going to see the colours as brighter and that jerk who just cut you off in traffic won't get the finger from you. You'll have birds suddenly appearing every time you think about just how great your life is going.
Even when things are stressful, studies have shown that people who have an active sex life react differently to stressors around them. Those who are fulfilling their hierarchy of needs don't react as negatively to things that aren't positive in their lives.
Marriage, as we all know can be a stressful thing and it's even more stressful if your needs aren't being met. It is because of this that we are pro-affair. While some people think that affairs exclusively break marriages, there is also a large potential to save them which has gone mostly ignored and untapped by the naysayers. There is kind stress, the stress of trying to match up two schedules compounded by work stress, social stress and the natural friction of two people who spend a lot of time together. These stresses can be eased by having all of your needs fulfilled, but more often than not they aren't.
To put couples counselling into the mix or to have the bitter, dragged out fights doesn't help the stress that is at the core of the problem.
While marriage itself and the institution of it has many problems which have not translated well into the modern world, infidelity is a symptom of married people who aren't having their emotional or physical needs met. While we are not able to say who is right or wrong in this situation and we are not here to judge, here are some things that you shouldn't do if you think your spouse is cheating.
If you're going to confront your spouse about what you think they're doing, you'd better have some evidence and you'd better go about it civilly. They might have a very good reason for what they're doing and you can work to fix your relationship so there would be no need for extramarital affairs. If you go at someone who is feeling the stress when you're angry, however, you're going to end up starting a fight that both of you will be left bloody over. So take a deep breath and even if you're angry, try to keep it at bay for this one talk.
If you're going to hire someone to spy on your spouse, then you might as well go to divorce court right now. The trust is not there and to go to this extreme with it, there's no point in even continuing with your marriage. The reasons why people would cheat are layered and complex, but if you're at the point where your communication has broken down to the point where a private investigator is needed… That's why there are extra-marital affairs.
It's hard not to do and we know this, but thinking about it and agonizing over each detail is just going to leave the two of you feeling more stressed than ever before. This is particularly true when it comes to the person who is being cheated on. Take some time to clear your mind and go do what is relaxing to you so you can put things in perspective. Go to a spa, play some golf, whatever it is that you would find to be relaxing.
Affairs aren't something which are generally entered into lightly and this needs to be taken into consideration when it comes to rough marital patches. Sometimes all someone needs is a single fling before they're able to return to their marriage refreshed and committed.


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|Ballyneal set to expand to 36 holes
|Written by Chris Lee
Construction will hopefully begin sometime this year on a second 18-hole course at Ballyneal Golf and Hunt Club south of Holyoke.
The second 18-hole course is being designed and built by Bruce Hepner, who was a key person in getting the original course built at Ballyneal.
Until last June, Hepner had been vice-president and senior design associate of Tom Doak's design firm, Renaissance Golf Design, and in that capacity had assisted Doak in the design and construction of the original 18 at Ballyneal, which opened in 2006.
"Bruce is the perfect person for the job," said Ballyneal founder Rupert O'Neal. "With his experience in the sandy soil out here, it was a simple choice to trust him with a second, complementary course."
The property for the new course sits to the southeast and south of the existing 18. "It basically wraps around the current course," Hepner said.
The site for the original 18 reminds golfers of the Irish west coast links and the new course's land will be more reminiscent of the East Lothian linksland in Scotland.
"It's laying there," Hepner said. He mentioned there will be little he and his crew will have to do. While planning, they are looking to lay the holes in and around the existing dunes and chop hills.
The new course will have a different topography but should play the same as the original 18. "The site for the new 18 is a quieter piece of ground, so nothing needs to be forced," Hepner said. "My goal will be to peel away the layers and let the best golf course evolve and reveal itself. We will be seeking a similar playing surface to the existing course at Ballyneal while accommodating limited cart play on the new 18."
The new course will allow carts but they will be limited, according to Ballyneal's website. Hepner said they are trying to design the course to be cart compatible but hope to keep them to a minimum.
"It's fun to have the opportunity to build another one," Hepner said. He isn't sure of a beginning date and said he wants to take his time. He also said they aren't in any rush and want to do it right.
"He knows our land," O'Neal said. "Bruce will deliver what our members want—an equally exceptional, equally fun complement to what we already enjoy. He has great affection for this place and I know he will pour his heart and soul into the project."
Ballyneal was Travel and Leisure Golf's Best New Course of 2006 and currently is ranked No. 6 Best Modern by Golfweek, No. 48 in the United States by Golf Magazine, and one of Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Courses.
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Rain played spoiler yet again, in what looked like New Zealand's march towards their first victory of the tour. A bit more than a quarter of the match had been played at Hambantota and dominated all through by the Kiwis before showers filled the ground and got heavier as time passed. There was a glimmer of hope of the match resuming when the rain stopped around 7pm local time, and an inspection was scheduled for 8.30pm. However, at around 7.45pm the heavens opened again and the match was finally called off.
New Zealand were clearly the better side today in the 28 overs of play that took place. They won the toss and opted to field, being sure that it was going to rain. Sri Lanka rested Nuwan Kulasekara and Rangana Herath ahead of the test series with Shaminda Eranga getting his first game of the ODI series. Akila Dananjaya, meanwhile was on debut.
It was New Zealand though who dominated from the word go. They pitched the ball in the right areas and hence got wickets at regular intervals despite not getting as much swing as the previous ODI. Tim Southee clean bowled Dinesh Chandimal for a duck with a gem of an out swinger. He struck again in the 4th over as Lahiru Thirimanne nicked one to BJ Watling. Angelo Mathews fell for naught in the next over and Sri Lanka were in deep trouble at 34/3.
They added just 10 runs in the next 5 overs before Sangakkara nicked a swinging delivery from Adam Milne, the young fast bowler claiming a gem of scalp for his first in One Day Internationals.
Mahela Jayawardene and Upul Tharanga shared a 47 run stand for the 5th wicket before Jayawardene was run out for 24 (26b). The Lankan skipper was shortly after followed back to the hutch by Jeevan Mendis who edged a wide delivery from Andrew Ellis attempting a wild shot whle still on naught.
Upul Tharanga brought up his 50 at the other end while half his side collapsed at the other end. Sri Lanka took their batting powerplay in the 27th over. Thisara Perera and Tharanga hit fours on either side of the wicket but were both dismissed just before rain started pouring down and the covers were called for. Sri Lanka were in deep trouble at 123/8 from 28.3 overs but this good performance by the Kiwis was all in vain.
However, the Kiwis have many positives to take from thin game. All their bowlers held a good line and pitched the ball in the right areas. They will look to carry the momentum to the test series. Sri Lanka struggled today and have some thinking to do before the test series.
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Sri Lanka 123/8 (28.3 Overs, 4.31 rpo)
U Tharanga 60 (94) T Southee 3/18
M Jayawardene 24 (26) A Ellis 2/22
Match abandoned due to rain
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I do a lot of traveling around the country, and up to now have done it in my full sized van, so I could take 2 bikes inside, a mountain and a road bike.
However, I really hate driving. Always have. So, I have decided to start flying to all my events(I make dollhouse Miniatures)
The biggest issue is taking a bike now. I love bikes, and part of the enjoyment I get out of life is tooling around a new city on two wheels. I am an aggressive rider in traffic, but love bike paths as well.
So, I have been looking at folding bikes, and I can't help but notice that most of them don't fold to within the 62 inch carry on limit. Those that do ar a bit out of my price range.
I thought about something like the carryme, but really want something that I can do twenty miles or so on, plus it would be at the very, very streched limit of my budget.
Does anyone dissasemble a folder to make it smaller, for example remove wheels, possibly the fork? I am not afraid of some assembley, and I do not plan on riding out of the airport on the bike but taking a hotel shuttle to the room where I could work on it. To me, working on a bike actualy sounds like a very relaxing thing to do after a plane ride.
Does an airline still charge an outrageous "bicycle fee", even for a folder? If so, I will take a full sized bike. My thought was that a folder could be called a "Dolly" for my trade show display. And no, I can't take Southwest, they don't fly from the local airport.
I am leaning to a 16" wheel bike, because of the packing issue. Is the ride significantly different? At 6' and half an inch, is that silly? I weight 200-220. It varies due to holiday seasons
Right now I am looking at the citizen tokyo, because of the small size and entry level price. I am aware that it does not have the best components, but I am willing to slowly upgrade if I like it.(the first thing would be a fifty tooth crank, 46 gear inches is to little.)
Any suggestions based on what I have given here? I have not bought a new bike in years, and folders are like recumbents to me, mysterious and strange


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Feb 1, 2011
Ali Larter's Baby Story
Mom-to-be Ali Larter celebrated her Pregnancy with a baby shower thrown by family and friends in Los Angeles, California over the weekend.
"It was an incredible day and I just felt so lucky to be surrounded by so many dear friends and family," the Heroes star tells People of the bash, which was attended by a few famous friends, including Nicole Sullivan, Amy Smart and Busy Philipps.
Ali wasn't the only one spoiled at the shower, which was presented by Target and Baby Buggy.
According to People , "Target will donate strollers, diapers and select pieces from the upcoming Petit Trsor for Target collection to benefit Baby Buggy's mission of supporting families in need."
The expectant mom says, "As a mother-to-be, I quickly realized how expensive it is to prepare for my new addition.
Unfortunately, there are many mothers who cannot afford the necessities such as cribs, clothing and diapers so I'm honored to be able to help mothers through my shower."
Ali and her husband Hayes McArthur are expecting a baby boy this winter.
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hey genius, I don't need your explanation. I probably now more about that time period than you do.
It's being repeat year afer yeaer that the M1 was "the worst bike". It was not the worst bike at all and not even close to being the worst bike. Period. No matter if is was a "dog of a bike" in 2003 it was still better than both Aprilias, both kawasakis, both Suzuki, both KR's. That's 4 different makes of bike that were clearly worst than the M1 yet you Rossi boys keep saying it was the worst bike when in FACT it wasn't near the worst.


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Myxofibrosarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumour. It is classified as a type of fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumour and is sometimes known as a myxoid variant of malignant fibrous histiocytoma 1.
Typically presents in elderly patients (6th decade) 3. There may be male predilection.
Clinical presentation
Patients often present with a painless enlarging soft tissue mass in the extremeties.
It typically occurs in the extremities. Tends to favour the dermal and subcutaneous tissues than deeper soft tissues 1,5.
Radiographic features
Myxofibrosarcoma often shows abnormal signal infiltration along the fascial plane on MRI 2.
Typical signal characteristics include:
- T1: the myxoid component is often of low signal
- T2/STIR: the myxoid component is of high signal
- T1 C+ (Gd): the myxoid component tends not to enhance while the remaining soft tissue component enhances
Treatment and prognosis
Prognosis will somwaht depend on grade reference required. In contrast to most other histologic types of low-grade soft-tissue sarcoma, recurrent low-grade myxofibrosarcomas are often infiltrative; shows tapering, have tail-like margins with superficial spreading configuration and can even metastasises to various distant sites 3.
- 1. Wada T, Hasegawa T, Nagoya S et-al. Myxofibrosarcoma with an infiltrative growth pattern: a case report. Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2000;30 (10): 458-62. doi:10.1093/jjco/hyd115 - Pubmed citation
- 2. Kaya M, Wada T, Nagoya S et-al. MRI and histological evaluation of the infiltrative growth pattern of myxofibrosarcoma. Skeletal Radiol. 2008;37 (12): 1085-90. doi:10.1007/s00256-008-0542-4 - Pubmed citation
- 3. Waters B, Panicek DM, Lefkowitz RA et-al. Low-grade myxofibrosarcoma: CT and MRI patterns in recurrent disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007;188 (2): W193-8. doi:10.2214/AJR.05.1130 - Pubmed citation
- 4. Wu YC, Hsieh TC, Kao CH et-al. Thallium-201 scintigraphy of myxofibrosarcoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2009;34 (12): 943-5. doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181becf2a - Pubmed citation
- 5. Clarke LE, Zhang PJ, Crawford GH et-al. Myxofibrosarcoma in the skin. J. Cutan. Pathol. 2008;35 (10): 935-40. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00922.x - Pubmed citation


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Jun 14, 2010 | By Jean Sammon
This weekend I picked up a copy of the new book on healthcare reform "Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health-Care Law and What It Means for Us All" just published by the Washington Post.
I highly recommend it for all you political junkies and everyone else who wants to know what's in the new law.
The first part is about the process of getting the bill passed; the next part is an explanation of what the new law will, and won't, do. The last 50 pages is the official Congressional summary of each section of the bill. All of this is much more readable and understandable than the legal language in the bill itself.
In addition to answering the What, When, How questions, the book also answers some of the Why questions. Organized with a clear table of contents, graphics, and index, it is a very good reference.
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Dividends are always great for providing investors with some passive income. Despite the market's rise to 12,400, there are still some pretty good yields out there. Today, I want to look at stocks that generate revenue from timber products. Today's list include two REIT's that own millions of acres in land and one company that sells more paper products that anyone else in the United States. Here are 3 dividend stocks yielding over 3%.
Plum Creek Timber (PCL) is the largest of the timber real estate investment trusts on the market. The company markets itself as the largest most diverse private landowner in the United States. Plum Creek manufactures lumber products, plywood, and fiberboard. The stock is a good income play too.
Plum Creek is currently yielding 3.8% and pays a dividend of $1,68 per share.
Potiatch Corporation
Potiatch Corporation (PCH) is a real estate investment trust that owns timberlands in Arkansas, Idaho, and Minnesota. The company derives its revenue by growing and selling timber to customers. Potiatch owns over 1.5 million acres of land. Potiatch owns and operates six manufacturing facilities that produce lumber and panel products. The company has been in business for over 108 years.
Potiatch should benefiting from the recent rise in lumber prices. Shares are not cheap but the yield is excellent at 5%. The balance sheet is good for a real estate investment trust and the company has plenty of worthwhile assets.
International Paper
The two REIT's above are pure timber plays. International Paper (IP) on the other hand manufactures packaging products and printing papers. If you have seen the Hammermill brand at Staples or Office Depot then you have seen an International Paper product. The company manufactures more plastic lids and paper cups than anyone in the wold. International Paper supplies a lot of the big fast food chains like McDonald's.
International Paper is current paying $1.05 which equates to a 3.5% yield.
There is more to dividend investing than just the yield but finding a good yield is a good place to start.


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Sgt. James D.P. Bradley, a fire support sergeant with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, of Hazlet, New Jersey: "I'm going take my wife and daughter with me to Beaufort, North Carolina, while I check out a college I want to attend."
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Are You Using Too Much Or Too Little Product?
Published on by Jenna - SkinStore Esthetician
A lot of the time people think "if some is good, more is better." But is this really true? Generally speaking, if you are using good, quality skin care products, a little bit goes a long way. If you are using too much product, you might just be washing away money.
For moisturizers, a pea sized to a dime sized amount is usually all that you will need. You want to make sure the product covers the entire area you are trying to treat, but not so much that there is some left visible on the skin. Make sure your skin is slightly damp when you apply a moisturizer too so it can spread better, absorb quicker and you will use less product. Don't forget your neck and décolleté!
On the other hand, sunscreens are like medicine. In order for sunscreen to be active, the right amount needs to be used. The average-sized person needs to use 1oz of product per application for the entire body. 1oz is about the size of a shot glass. For just the face, neck and décolleté you need approximately a teaspoon full to get the proper coverage. Sunscreen is needed every day, including the winter months.


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Definition: 'Ureagenesis'
ureagenesisType: Term
Pronunciation: yū-rē′ă-jen′ĕ-sis
1. Formation of urea, usually referring to the metabolism of amino acids to urea.
Synonyms: ureapoiesis
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These days it's not uncommon for history to be brought vividly to life in a novelized comic book format called graphic novels. Recently Sid Jacobson, the author of one such title with teen appeal, spoke as part of the Chappell Great Lives Lecture Series at the University of Mary Washington.
His book, "Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography," co-written with Ernie Colon, provides insight into Anne's life before and after her famous diary. When Hitler came to power, her father moved his family from Germany to the Netherlands hoping for safety. After the Nazi's invade and begin restricting Jewish activity, Anne and Margot wonder how they will stay cool with the local swimming pool now forbidden. At the same time, their father desperately attempts to get his family out of the country and when that fails, finds a hiding place in the now famous secret annex. The most difficult and compelling parts of this tale occur after their betrayal. We follow the family to the concentration camp, where they are first separated by gender and then the mother from her daughters. Thanks to information from camp survivors, we learn that Margot perished first, shortly followed by Anne. Fans of Anne Frank's diary will enjoy these new details in this heroic young woman's life.
Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.
"After falling ill on the street in the German town where he lives, 15-year-old Michael is helped by a woman named Hanna. When he returns to her apartment to thank her several months later, he begins a passionate love affair with her. In time, she demands that he read aloud to her before they make love, and they essay some of Germany's and the world's great literature together. One day, however, Hanna disappears without saying farewell, and Michael grieves and believes it to be his fault.


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Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens will never be faulted for lacking oddball ambition. After a series of ornate orchestral folk-rock albums made him indie-famous in the mid-2000s he abruptly pulled an artistic U-turn, releasing the scattershot but often brilliant Age of Adz in 2010 — a glow-stick friendly collection of frantic indie-pop, and basically the antithesis of his prior work. Stevens's subsequent tour in support of it found him bewildering longtime fans with oddly detached breakdancing and laser light-show antics. Improbably enough, tonight's performance could be even stranger. Billed as "The Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice," the tour has, on prior stops, found Stevens and his merry band spinning a giant pie-wheel featuring holiday classics and leading the crowd through renditions of seasonal standbys like "Jingle Bells" (they're not kidding about the singing along either — lyric sheets are being issued to the audience). In between all the jovial cool-kid caroling, Stevens has also been making room to perform some of his original holiday-themed material such as "Mr. Frosty Man." With Sheila Saputo. 18+. (Photo by Denny Renshaw)
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News Release: Florida House of Representatives
PORT ST LUCIE – Representative Gayle Harrell's, House Memorial 607 which urges the United States Congress to enact, before adjournment, the Water Resources Development Act authorizing the next phase of Everglades restoration as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan will be heard on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 1:00pm.
Key projects include the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands, the C-111 Spreader Canal, the Broward County Water Preserve Area, the Caloosahatchee River C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir and the Central Everglades Planning Project. The Memorial calls for continued funding of projects already under construction as part of the Indian River Lagoon South project including the C-44 canal. It specifically urges Congress to authorize and appropriate funds for all these projects.
"This Memorial sends an important message to Congress and the President. It is the voice of the people of the State of Florida as expressed through their elected representatives in the Legislature," stated Representative Harrell.
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP or Plan) established a plan for the restoration of the Everglades and provided a framework and guide to restore, protect and preserve the water resources of central and southern Florida in 16 counties covering over an 18,000-square-mile area. Under CERP the State of Florida entered into a partnership with the federal government to share the cost of restoration equally. The Plan was approved in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2000 and includes more than 60 elements that will take more than 30 years to construct.
"These projects are a key component for improving water management and addressing the ecological crisis facing the Indian River Lagoon, Lake Okeechobee, the Caloosahatchee River and the St. Lucie River," said Representative Harrell.
Since 2000 the State of Florida has spent over $2.4 Billion on various projects and land purchases connected with CERP. Federal authorization and appropriation of funds for projects that are already underway under WRDA 2007 (the last WRDA bill passed by the federal government) as well as the inclusion of the Central Everglades Planning Project in the final version of the current WRDA bill are essential to reducing the ecological damage and negative economic impact of the large releases of water from Lake Okeechobee.
"The State of Florida is living up to its promise under CERP," stressed Representative Harrell, "Now is the time for Congress to step up to the plate and do it's fair share by passing WRDA and funding these important projects."


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NEPA Miners' new head coach ready for season
The NEPA Miners semipro football team is getting ready for a new season in a new league.
And they will be doing so with a new head coach.
Gary Haase has resigned and will be replaced by Darrin McDowell, who becomes the team's fourth head coach in seven years.
McDowell will lead the Miners in their first season the Empire Football League. They are coming off a 9-3 playoff season as a member of the Regional American Football League.
"I am honored and excited," McDowell said. "I plan on continuing the tradition of great football with the goal of bringing home a championship to the Miners family. ... I see a bright future ahead."
McDowell joined the Miners in 2012 as quarterbacks coach and the recruiting coordinator. He is a retired U.S. Army Captain, having served 20 years in operation Just Cause (PANAMA), Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
"Leadership is so important in football and Coach McDowell will utilize his 20 years of military experience to lead our men," Dan LaMagna, team vice president, said. "He is an offensive-minded coach and did a great job for us coaching and recruiting last season."
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Once again, our industrial food production system has come to bite us back -- this time in the form of drug-resistant staph bacteria detected in one-half of supermarket meat samples tested in one study, with one-half of the resistant samples found with bacteria that were resistant to multiple drugs.
This sad and disturbing news will come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the industrialization and consolidation of modern American animal agriculture. The american meat industry has already attacked the study as too small to be conclusive, but the take home message is clear: U.S. producers rely far too heavily on unregulated antibiotics, and it's time to put a stop to it.
I have written extensively about the overuse of antibiotics on American factory farms, or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), including in my book Animal Factory. Sub-therapeutic antibiotics promote animal growth and stave off epidemics, a constant problem when animals are crammed into confinements by the thousands. I have also been keeping up with the presence of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), in our meat.
But many other warnings about the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture have been issued over the years, including from the Union of Concerned Scientists -- which estimates that 70 percent of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on food animals -- and the Pew Commission on Industrial Animal Production. Most of those warnings went unheeded by the USDA and power brokers in Washington.
"The bacteria is always going to be there. But the reason why they're resistant is directly related to antibiotic use in food animal production," lead author Dr. Lance Price told Reuters. "Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to public health we face today."
Staph causes hundreds of thousands of infections in the United States every year, and drug resistant staph like MRSA kills more Americans than AIDS/HIV.
Farm and feed magazines are overflowing with ads for antibiotics that promise "Fast growth" and "Record time to market." Meanwhile, Danish pig farmers are doing just fine after adjusting to raising their animals without growth-promoting drugs. U.S. pig producers can certainly do the same.
Maybe now the average American consumer will finally take note, and demand that Congress do something about this growing problem. Candidate Obama ran in support of an antibiotic ban in 2008, but has done little to advance the cause since then.
The President should revisit his campaign pledges, and come out fighting for the "Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act" (PAMTA), introduced by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), which has been languishing in Congress due to fierce industry opposition. The bill would phase out non-therapeutic use of medically important antibiotics in farming, without restricting them for sick animals or treating pets.
Resistant staph bacteria in your beef, pork, turkey and chicken "is one more reason to be very careful when you're handling raw meat and poultry in the kitchen," Dr. Price told Reuters. "You can cook away these bacteria. But the problem is when you bring in that raw product, you almost inevitably contaminate your kitchen with these bacteria."
And Dr. Price aptly stated: "To put it all on the consumer is really directing blame at the wrong end of the food chain."
Yes it's true, if you take proper precautions, cook your food well, and disinfect any surfaces touched by the raw meat, you can avoid infection for you and your family. And that is true for ALL meat products, wherever they come from.
But is the price of cheap industrial meat worth the risk of bringing multi-drug resistant bacteria into our homes? Can't we have our burgers and eat them too? Of course we can, if we tell Congress not to allow multi-drug resistant bacteria in our food to become the new normal.
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In my previous article (Distorting divestment, FE, January 31, http://goo.gl/XnFxNm), the several curious, ingenious ways the government is inventing to meet the disinvestment target were examined. These included sale to state undertakings, buybacks, cross holdings, special dividends and ETF. The good news, though, has been that the government is finally planning to encash the shares held by SUUTI, though only partly, and that the stake sale in Hindustan Zinc and BALCO may finally materialise.
Disinvestment to a common man, as also to all who had made the policy, has for long meant diluting a small part of the government holding in PSUs by way of a capital market offering. The stated objective, on one hand, has been to broaden and deepen the capital market and, on the other, bring about more transparency and better corporate governance in PSUs that come subsequent to listing. That is the only way the government should move forward for divestments.
Specifically with reference to the SUUTIs stake in three companiesfull sale of all shares in Axis Bank, ITC and L&T, which together can rake in a huge R50,000 croreshould be pursued. For this, selling to FIIs should not be even on the radar. In the case of Axis, for example, FIIs are already holding 45% of the bank, and there is no justification to allow them to hold higher stake, though the government has already provided a felicitation clause by allowing FIIs to go up from 49% to 62%. FIIs are not bringing any strategic value to the bank, they are pure financial investors. We continuously moan the hijacking of the Indian capital market by FIIs, and we also moan the lack of retail investors in our market. Here is the opportunity to make good.
The total stake held by SUUTI in all three companies, and for that matter in all listed PSUs, should be entirely sold to the retail investors. This is the best ever opportunity to get retail household savings into the market, with many first time investors also likely to join in. All these are blue-chip companies and retail would lap these up a sure-shot way of reviving the interest of the retail investors in the capital market. A good discount of 10% on the market price should be offered to them, and to prevent flipping, a one-month lock-in could be stipulated.
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Though MC Lyte's place in Hip Hop is unquestioned, she has begun to extend her legacy beyond music by raising HIV/AIDS awareness.
In an interview with HipHopWired.com, Lyte explained the importance of raising awareness.
"I'm just happy to be a participant with any organization that's going to make people aware of the disease that's killing us [Black people] by the millions," said the Brooklyn emcee, who recently participated in a PSA put together by Greater Than AIDS and the Black AIDS institute. "There are so many sick in our backyards right now. There's not just [Project] RED but many other organizations that I work with that are all about bringing awareness [and] educating the youth about protecting themselves."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers who heard from former CIA Director David Petraeus today say he didn't discuss the extramarital affair that led him to resign last week -- except in passing.
They say he expressed regret about the circumstances of his departure. And he told them that his decision to resign had nothing to do with the controversy over the way the Obama administration portrayed the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya in September that killed the U.S. ambassador and three others.
Petraeus today was delivering his first testimony on Capitol Hill since his resignation.
With reporters and photographers staking out most approaches, Petraeus was taken through a network of underground hallways into a secure hearing room for the testimony. Police closed down entire corridors of the Capitol.
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|Topic: Thai Airways From LHR To BKK Cabins
Username: Chrisjdurber
Posted 2006-11-08 18:59:08 and read 5808 times.
Does anyone know if all the flights from LHR to BKK are now offering the upgraded business class cabins? or are the old thai ones still operataing! Just we're thinking of booking and would rather spend the dosh on the new product!
|Topic: RE: Thai Airways From LHR To BKK Cabins
Username: Spk
Posted 2006-11-09 05:29:06 and read 5655 times.
LHR flight has new F and C cabins.
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All TG's LHR-BKK-LHR flights are operated 100% by the upgraded 744's. Barring any ad hoc change of aircraft (sometimes you get problems due to technical reasons where an urgent swpo of ac is needed) , you should be flying smooth as silk on the upgraded aircraft
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I didn't get to work at Club Paradox for very long. I was there only a little less than three months. I found out that the club was closed for good one week after my twentieth birthday. I showed up to work one Monday afternoon and saw the bars were still over the door. Gradually other girls trickled down the street and we sat on the front step frantically texting Patty, our beloved front desk lady, asking her what exactly was going on. Within a few minutes she gave us the terrible news: she had just gotten a call from one of the owners. He told her they had finally lost their license and might very well never get it back.
As I've mentioned before, a few months before I came to work at Club Paradox the place was busted for prostitution. The 'windowless' room was actually windowless in those days, and there were two particular girls, Pandora and Nancy, who seemed to be under the impression that a booth with no glass was an invitation to do the horizontal tango rather than pretending to dance with themselves. I don't know exactly how it happened, though the story I heard first was that Nancy ended up blowing–or at least offering to blow–an undercover cop. Whatever happened, it was enough for the police to bust the place, arrest a few girls, and close down the whole club for quite some time.
I didn't know it when I applied, but anyone who had even a passing familiarity with the city of Chicago's general view of strip clubs could tell you the club's days were numbered. But the owner acted as if everything had been sorted out and didn't even tell anyone the club was still fighting out their fate in court. Perhaps he feared a mass exodus of his charges, perhaps he didn't think it was something we even deserved to know. The man wore sunglasses indoors and constantly chewed on a damp stub of cigar; the motivations of such people can never be truly determined.


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"That's a great title," laughs Greg Rikaart (Kevin, YOUNG AND RESTLESS) when he hears the proposed headline for his first-ever Digest feature, immediately easing our reporter's fears that if the interview doesn't go well, the brake lines on his car might get cut. But it only takes a few moments with the jovial daytime newcomer to realize that — happily — Rikaart (pronounced "Ri-kart") is nothing like his misfit alter ego. Or, so he says...."It's a perfect fit," he beams from a comfy couch in a dressing room off Y&R's Studio 43. Realizing that he has just proclaimed the role of an Internet predator/arsonist "a perfect fit," the actor clarifies, "He's far removed from who I am, but this character exists within all of us. We can be good people, but we get jealous, envious, manipulative. Confess: Who hasn't driven past a house to make sure that a car was in the driveway when it was supposed to be? We've all done things when, afterward, you're like, 'Wow, that was borderline obsessive.' Kevin doesn't have an edit button. He has issues and problems controlling his emotions."Uh, there's an understatement. Since Rikaart's debut last July (in what was supposed to be a 10-day gig), Kevin seduced underaged Lily, trashed her loft and nearly killed Colleen after setting Gina's ablaze. He is suspected of rigging Brittany's disfiguring accident and recently pulled a gun on Lauren, then threatened to shoot himself. Not surprisingly, playing Kevin has taken its toll on the actor. "The day that I trashed the loft, I had a difficult time," he recalls. "The cameras stopped rolling and that's when the tears started and couldn't stop. But with the suicide attempt, Christian [J. LeBlanc, Michael], who in addition to being a great co-star, is a great friend, gave me everything I needed, professionally and personally. [Supervising Producer] Ed Scott came down from the booth at one point and his eyes were red, so that was a major compliment."Of course, none of this would be happening if Rikaart hadn't made an impression in the recurring role of Jack's boyfriend, David, during the final season of DAWSON'S CREEK. "When I came into my audition at Y&R, Marnie Saitta, the casting director, wanted to see me based on that work," he nods. "The great thing from that experience was when I received fan mail from a gay or lesbian teenager saying, 'You helped me through a rough time.' You realize there is a greater good involved with what we do."A greater good the actor almost didn't realize. The Villanova University graduate "majored in political science and minored in English and communications, so naturally I became an actor," he chuckles. "I was a late bloomer. Growing up, it was instilled in me that after high school, I'd go to college, and it wasn't until the end of my tenure there that I decided I had to do what was right for me, which meant moving to L.A. by myself."A move, he admits, that wasn't easy. "There were some dark days in the beginning," he acknowledges. "It was tough. I went through some rough patches where I was down on myself." But Rikaart knew he had the drive to succeed. "It was never 'if,' " he declares. "It was always 'when.' As long as each year was better than the year before, I knew I'd be okay." Now, happily ensconced in Genoa City, he states that life is good. Gainfully employed, he's single and house hunting. ("I just came out of a relationship," he demurs. "And no, we didn't meet on the Internet!") The actor does confess that he is a little unnerved by his newfound fame. "It's humbling, and makes me shy," he confides. "My parents will send out e-mails to anyone who won't block them about what I'm doing. It's wonderful that they're so supportive, but it's a little embarrassing. But I do know things won't always be up, so I'm trying to be fiscally smart and savvy."Pondering our closing "Barbara Walters" question: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Rikaart thoughtfully replies, "Hopefully, doing more of the same. I'd like to have a family of my own. Maybe I'll be at a podium accepting my Oscar. Or, maybe I'll be in a straitjacket," he laughs.
Um, about those brake lines, Greg....
Not only did Greg Rikaart once wait tables alongside Jessica Morris (Jennifer, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) at a California Pizza Kitchen in Los Angeles prior to their soap careers, but he also shares a past with another Llanview denizen.
"Kathy Brier [Marcie] and I went to Moore Catholic High School together on Staten Island [NY]," Rikaart recalls. "I was a freshman when she was a junior, and we were on the speech and debate team. The category I was in was dual interpretation of literature, so we would take a 10-minute piece from like a Neil Simon play and pretty much act it out. I remember thinking back then how talented she is. I'm so incredibly happy for her. I haven't seen her [recently], but I'm sure at some point, our paths will cross. I look forward to catching up on the last 10 years."
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there's some real talent on it this year, i particularly like that young guy Austin i think he's called.
I don't get it. Aren't we supposed to be watching a singing contest not who has got the saddest story to tell? Call me cynical but although these stories are really sad, I don't think they should come into the equation. :rolleyes008:
I like the Spanish girl. She is awesome and no sob story.
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1. What fitness trends are you predicting for the new year?
Cost is a major factor for people considering starting new exercise, therefore simple outdoor activities like running and cycling are really gaining popularity; particularly when people can save on commuting costs. Also, with the Olympics this year, we can expect 'Wimbledon fever' on a massive scale - that is sport specific training, motivated by watching the pro's. So, it could be athletics, track cycling or even synchronism swimming - expect to see classes everywhere for lots of sports.
2. What's your favourite form of exercise?
I am a fan of interval training for it's almost cheat-like ability to improve fitness quickly. I particularly use interval training on the treadmill - running fast for 1 minute and then slow jogging for recovery for 30 seconds. Repeat 5-10 times, depending on ability and start seeing results, fast!
3. What's tips do you have for people who are starting to exercise in the new year?
The number one mistake people make with New Year's Resolutions is too much, too fast. We try to attack every last indiscretion and push beyond our tolerance boundaries, which leads to falling off the wagon.
This year, pick a maximum of 3 small, achievable goals. Something we help people with at Bodycraft is making goals SMART - Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time framed.
If you want to get a grip on your weight, think about your current lifestyle and what is achievable. Don't splash out on a gym membership if you don't have enough time to breathe. Instead, plan walking, jogging, swimming or cycling twice a week for 30 mins. Alternatively, build activity into your daily life like stairs, housework and gardening - it all counts.
Setting a target in the future can help you to keep focus, such as entering a charity event , like Cancer Research's Race for Life.
4. What are workout essentials?
Having decent footwear, appropriate to your chosen activity, is essential for avoiding injury. Really, most things above that are optional! You don't need to splash out on fancy workout clothes or equipment initially but make sure that you have something comfortable, either cotton or in a sports material to help your skin breathe and draw sweat away - otherwise chaffing can occur. Ouch!
5. What's your ultimate exercise tip?
If something looks or sounds too good to be true - it usually is. Don't expect amazing results from anything whilst you are standing still - you need to get moving, get your heart pumping and your circulation going to release those endorphins - the feel good hormone. Don't pick something you hate, exercise is not supposed to be torture. If you not enjoying it, change it and try something else! Mixing up your exercise sessions, doing lots of different things can also really improve your results by keeping your body guessing. When exercising – make it count. Do a mixture of interval training and light resistance exercise for a real metabolic boost.
6. What sort of diet should people follow to lose weight?
Often when people want to lose weight, they try too hard and make too many changes. This affects energy levels, your ability to exercise and can also lead to a drop in your metabolism, slowing down weight loss and leading to plateau. Heartbreaking!
Never be tempted to skip meals or snacks, its completely counter-productive. Eat 5-6 small meals daily, based on lean protein, small portions of starchy CHO (palm of your hand) and lots of veggies! Don't ignore your body if it says it's hungry but make snacks high in fibre and protein as these will keep you feeling fuller for longer. Great choices include hummus or extra light cream cheese with vegetable crudités / toasted wholegrain pitta, yoghurt with a spoonful of oats, a slice of toast with peanut butter, or a handful of nuts / seeds.
Don't forget to refuel quickly when you finish exercise to replenish glycogen stores and repair muscles. Without this step, your next training session will be harder and less productive. Ideal things to refuel include low fat chocolate milkshake, a glass of milk and a banana or a bagel with lean protein like egg or chicken.
Don't forget the folly of calorie laden drinks – I want every calorie to make me feel full and sugar sweetened drinks or full-fat lattes / cappuccinos can really affect weight loss.
7. Do you think that eating no carbs is an effective weight loss tool?
Any diet which cuts out an entire food group will undoubtedly lead to weight loss by reducing the calories which you consume. However, there are few people in life who could stick to a no carbs diet for life and short term dietary changes aren't usually worth the paper they are written on. When looking at your health and lifestyle, only make changes you can stick to for life or any effects seen will be quickly undone - leading to yo-yoing weight.
Be wary of anything which advises you to eliminate whole food groups as it could lead to you developing nutritional deficiencies! Carbs are fantastic sources of fibre which helps prevents bowel cancer, and B vitamins which are essential for energy. They are recommended to make up a third of our diet for a good reason!
8. What do you think about Detox diets, do you think they're an effective weight loss tool?
The magic 'jim'll fix it' pill or potion is what we all crave but unfortunately, a one week detox won't help your body for the other 51 weeks of the year and any weight lost will quickly come back with a vengeance, making you feel even worse. Try to think of the bigger picture and never make a change that you can't stick to for life. If you need to make dietary changes, think about having regular meals, reducing your alcohol and trying to add in one extra portion of fruit and vegetables daily - don't cut out everything you love as you won't last long!
9. A recent study said that diet foods can make you fat, what do you think about this?
There could be some truth to this. Eating 'diet' foods, particularly convenience products can be deceptive. Whilst something can state 30% less fat, that is only 30% less fat than the original product and the diet product could be pumped with sugar to improve taste with very little difference in actual calories. We can subconsciously, allow ourselves to eat more low calorie or diet products, undoing any reduced calories! Or end up allowing yourself that cheeky takeaway or extra alcoholic drink for consuming 'diet' things earlier on in the day.
Studies have also found a link between drinking diet soft drinks and obesity with every can of diet drink associated with a 41% increase in the risk of becoming obese. This isn't to suggest that diet soft drinks make you fat but it could be that subconscious association with allowing yourself other things or thinking you are undoing other poor lifestyle choices by having the diet version. Unfortunately it is a folly.
There is the argument that consuming smaller amounts of the normal product, regularly through the day is a better option. What is important for everyone, is to be mindful of what is in your food. This is something we help people with at Bodycraft, by supporting their learning of what constitutes a healthy diet. Something most people can do though, is get to grip with nutritional labelling. There are some great online guides, such as the NHS website http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/food-labelling.aspx
10. Do you recommend taking supplements for health? Which ones?
Whilst taking supplements is appropriate for some groups of people (such as in pregnancy or those after weight loss surgery), most of us simply need to focus on eating the right things. More fibre, more brightly coloured fruits and veg, lean proteins and oily fish is more important than popping a pill; you can't substitute a healthy diet. For some groups, like smokers, vitamin supplements like vitamin E or A could actually be harmful, linked with a higher risk of cancer.
What many of us are lacking in the UK is vitamin D - usually obtained from sunshine. We spend long days trapped indoors working and wear sunscreen to protect our skin, which reduces our ability to produce vitamin D. Those who tend to cover up may therefore benefit from some extra vitamin D. Chat to your GP if you think you might benefit from this.
11. What's your ultimate diet tip?
Don't stop eating! Have regular meals, with lean protein and fibre rich foods at each meal to help keep you full. Don't cut out everything you love, its tortuous and unnecessary. Try a food diary for keeping tabs on yourself, monitor yourself weekly and reward yourself for meeting goals (just not with cake!)
12. What do you think of Superfoods? Should we eat them more? Which ones?
There is no such thing as a superfood, what we should be aiming for is a superdiet. No single food can outweigh the impact of the rest of your diet - look at it as a whole. The best thing to do is to eat as many different foods in a week as possible - maximum variety of foods means a better variety of nutrients. Instead of aiming for 5 portions of fruits and vegetables daily, see how close you can get to 35 different fruits and vegetables a week! Don't just almonds - have pistachios, walnuts, brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds - you get the jist!
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More of you might conceivably spend more time with your medical journals if, possibly, they had a somewhat greater degree of literary quality and mechanical make-up.
Persons who write, whether they write for medical journals, whether they read, or whether they edit medical journals, forget that writing that does not communicate is not writing... a book is not necessarily a book until it is read and that a medical journal is not a medical journal until it is in the hands of a reader.
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Our hope is that creating a formal PMNC membership category will provide a more focused self-identity to our neuroscience community, with advantages for both the community and individual faculty. The Penn Medicine Neuroscience community encompasses over 300 faculty in the primary neuroscience-related Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry; the neuroscience-related departmental divisions within Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Medicine, Ophthalmology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics and Radiology; and neuroscientists in the Departments of Pharmacology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Genetics, and Physiology. That's a large group, but one without an identifiable core group that brings together faculty working on basic, translational and clinical aspects of neuroscience. Formal Membership in the PMNC seeks to create that core constituency at the medical school and the health system.
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By David Dorf-Oracle on Apr 28, 2009
On the heels of my posting regarding cloud computing for retail, I found an interesting article on A.C. Moore's hosted merchandising implementation. A.C. Moore, an arts & crafts retailer with 136 stores and 60,000 SKUs, knew it needed to improve operations with a merchandising system, but also knew it didn't have the IT staff to support one. So they turned to OLR to host their systems.
Not only did the hosted approach help accelerate the implementation of the applications, but it also enabled A.C. Moore's information technology group to stay focused on other strategic initiatives vital to grow the business. The model also helped eliminate A.C. Moore's need to make capital intensive purchases for its data center and offered a leveraged support model that mitigated the risks associated with finding, attracting, and keeping application support resources.
OLR uses IBM servers running Oracle Enterprise Linux and has a dedicated T1 from their data center to A.C. Moore's headquarters. Clearly software-as-a-service (SaaS) has a place in mid-market retail. But how does a CIO choose the right model? There are three choices:
Traditional - retailer's hardware and software maintained by the retailer. High initial cost with medium ongoing costs. Has the most control (less risk from an outage and security perspective).
Cloud/IaaS -- vendor's hardware but retailer's software maintained jointly. Avoids capital expenditure for hardware, but allows for customized software. The cloud vendor maintains the hardware, OS, middleware, and database but the retailer maintains the applications. This is what web hosting has been doing for years. Very popular with start-ups b/c they don't have capital.
Hosted/SaaS -- vendor's hardware and software maintained by the vendor. This is basic outsourcing of applications made famous by SalesForce.com. Low startup costs, but possibly larger ongoing fees with less control regarding upgrades, etc.
I don't think there's an easy formula as the best solution depends on the starting point. But in general terms, the table to the right represents a good beginning. And of course, I'm interested in other people's perspective -- so leave a comment.


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Rebutting the department of industrial policy and promotions (DIPP) contention that import surges due to bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) harmed Indias manufacturing sector, the commerce department, part of the ministry to which the DIPP belongs, has said India needs to persist with the strategy of embracing such pacts to integrate itself more seamlessly to the world trade order.
In a letter to DIPP secretary Amitabh Kant, who has been vocal against FTAs and comprehensive economic partnership agreements (CEPAs), Rajeev Kher, his counterpart in the commerce department, said that instead of attacking (past) FTAs without any factual basis, it is better for the government to look ahead and use such partnerships for the benefit of Indian manufacturing industry. Citing an internal analysis of the department, Kher said despite the extant pacts with Japan, South Korea, Asean and Malaysia, 80% or more of imports into India from these countries/ regions have taken place through the ordinary (most favoured nation) route, sans any duty benefits that the respective FTA/CEPAs allow.
Kher is also learnt to have said India cannot afford to keep itself out of the global trading order, thereby losing the advantages of being part of the emergent regional value chains. The letter, officials said, could also be sent to the commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Of course, the commerce department also recognises that Indias success in foreign trade will hinge on improving the competitiveness of its exports and attracting investments. Infrastructure bottlenecks need to be removed in order that Indias ranking in the list of countries on the ease of doing business index can be improved.
As per the commerce departments analysis, only 22% of imports from Japan are through the FTA route (with attendant duty benefits), while the corresponding figures for South Korea, Asean and Malaysia are 21%, 17% and 3.47%, respectively.
Factors including high transaction costs in obtaining the certificate of origin (to prove that a particular item is wholly produced, processed or manufactured in a particular country) as well as difficulties in meeting the stringent value-addition norms could be the reasons for these imports not getting the duty benefits under the concerned FTA.
The commerce department is now compiling data on how Indian exports have fared under these FTAs/CEPAs with these countries/blocs.
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Sometimes we need some fluff reading… so here are some celebrity quotes on Pilates.
"Now I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth."
Hugh Grant
"I'm a Pilates person. It's great. I had a hip problem. I had a chronic back, a pinched nerve and a hip problem and it's completely solved all of it. I love it. It makes me feel like I'm taller."
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"I've been using Pilates for many years – it's the best system I've found for isolating and strengthening individual muscles without stress to the joints."
Patrick Swayze
"What do I like most about Pilates? The fact that I can really feel my body working. I might do 250 crunches but my body is so used to them that I don't really feel them. With Pilates, I can really feel [my abds] even if I only do six or 12 repetitions."
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Barley Vegetable Salad Recipe
I often serve this salad as an entree on summer nights when it's too hot to eat a heavy meal. The recipe makes a big batch, which is terrific for taking to potlucks.
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups uncooked medium pearl barley
- 2 cups fresh broccoli florets
- 2 cups diced carrots
- 1 cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 1/2 cup julienned sweet red or green pepper
- 1/2 cup sunflower kernels
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- 1. In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add barley. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 30-35 minutes or until tender. Rinse with cold water; drain well.
- 2. Place broccoli in a steamer basket. Place in a saucepan over 1 in. of water; bring to a boil. Cover and steam for 3-4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Rinse with cold water; drain.
- 3. In a large salad bowl, combine the barley, broccoli and carrots, tomatoes, onions, red pepper and sunflower kernels.
- 4. In a blender, combine the lemon juice, oil, vinegar, lemon peel, garlic, salt and pepper; cover and process until combined.
- 5. Pour over barley mixture and stir to coat. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Yield: 14 servings.
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We have a habit of putting loose change into pots/tins.
We did the same here. One glass with British money and another with American coins. Our usual cleaner has left them alone until there's enough there for a tip and we leave a note for her to help herself.
Yesterday: new cleaner, takes both lots of money.
Reported to manager who says that some non-English speaking staff, regardless of whether a note is left, will take any money left in the room as a genuine assumption it's for them.
Though what they'll do with £4.50 we don't know.
Manager of course mentioned the safe though Jeff responded by saying that we should be able to trust staff to leave things alone.
She's off to investigate while we have breakfast.
Slight dampener on things. Not so much that the money is gone but that's it's gone without permission. Sigh.
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3.) We originally planned to ship a new data storage system codenamed "WinFS" when we released the Longhorn Client. In order to deliver Longhorn's innovations to customers as quickly as possible, we now intend to deliver WinFS after the initial availability of Longhorn client. We continue to be committed to WinFS. It is expected to beta when Longhorn client is broadly available.
What does this mean for Longhorn? It won't be there at first, but then it will be added later.
Will it mean that in the first release we can say good-bye to the file stores such as contacts? (I was really getting excited about some of that stuff).
Secondly what does it mean for Longhorn after WinFS is out and about? Does longhorn then become complete, as in it will then have all its intended 'pillars' (was it three or four pillars)?
I can wait an additional year for WinFS, but there is very little point to it if I cant get the same (or better) user experience that I could have if winFS did ship with Longhorn in '06. I see the intergration with windows (as if it had been shipped w/Longhorn) as important - Windows itself, from explorer to msn, to the photo editor, needs to fully exploit it.
Maybe most of the stuff that is exciting to the end user can be done without WinFS, I really dont know. However it would be apperciate if what this meant for Longhorn (with and without WinFS) was explained.
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