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The first of the season's Manchester derbies will be played on Sunday at Eastlands (7:30 a.m., Sportsnet World), but you get the feeling the principals in the Premier League title race have squared off 15 times already this term.
With reigning champions Manchester City and record title winners Manchester United putting more and more distance between themselves and the rest of the division by the week, the chances of a true contender emerging from outside the city are becoming increasingly small. Only three points separate leaders United from second-place City in the ledger, after which there is a drop of seven points that none of Chelsea, Tottenham and West Bromwich Albion are likely to scale anytime soon.
When one of the Manchester sides is in action the other can't help but agonize over the outcome, knowing whatever happens -- be it a win, dropped points or even an injury -- will directly affect their own title prospects, their destiny.
The Manchester Derby is really a nine-month, 38-match affair that just happens to include two head-to-head encounters over the course of the schedule. And no matter which side wins on Sunday, the other will know there are still 22 occasions for momentum to change in their favour, regardless if they happen to be involved in the actual game.
Following are five talking points ahead of the most important match of the season to date:
5. Who's No. 1?
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has yet to settle on a first-choice goalkeeper this season. Through 15 Premier League matches Anders Lindegaard has started eight times, with David De Gea beginning the other seven.
The split is likely down to the fact that neither has played well enough to establish himself as Ferguson's No. 1, through more than a third of the schedule. Lindegaard, 28, has conceded 11 goals and kept two clean sheets in the matches he's played while De Gea, 22, has allowed 10 goals and recorded one clean sheet.
4. The first goal
Incredibly, United has conceded the first goal in 10 of the 15 Premier League matches they've played. But what's even more unbelievable is that they've managed to come back and take 21 points from matches in which they've trailed.
It's a risky pattern, and City are unlikely to be as generous when United begin the inevitable fight-back as, say, Aston Villa. City, by comparison, have conceded the opening goal only six times this season.
3. Mental state
City crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage for a second year in a row on Tuesday and failed to win any of their six matches in Europe's premier club competition.
For all their recent domestic success their struggles in continental play are troubling, or, as Ferguson said this week, "unhealthy." To which City boss Roberto Mancini replied by reminding Ferguson that it had taken him only two years of management to win the title while the Scot had required seven years.
There are two schools of thought regarding City's premature Champions League exit. One: a more relaxed schedule will give them the upper hand in the title race. Two: Mancini may struggle to keep his high-profile players happy, and the discouragement of their European embarrassment may manifest itself in poor Premier League performances over the coming weeks.
2. Mind games
Ferguson loves winding up his opposite number in the days before a big match, and this week was no exception.
Not only did the United supremo have a little fun at the expense of City's Champions League exit, but he also called into question the number of penalties City have been awarded of late (something that Sunday's referee Martin Atkinson will no doubt have heard loud and clear) and had his scouts track down two of City's high-prized transfer targets.
Mancini, meanwhile, played a few games of his own regarding playmaker David Silva's fitness. After initially being doubtful to feature in Sunday's match the Spain international is now likely to be named among City's starting 11.
1. Midfield
Neither side has been particularly dominant in the centre of the park this season. City were repeatedly carved apart by better-drilled, technically superior midfield opponents in the Champions League while United's abysmal defensive record has quite a bit to do with a midfield that not only concedes possession far too regularly, but lacks movement and imagination.
Gareth Barry and Yaya Toure will likely start in central roles for City on Sunday while Michael Carrick will be partnered by one of Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher. Hardly the sort of names that would inspire fear among Europe's truly elite.
In other words, expect goals and plenty of them.
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24 Jul 2012 by Janice Goudie in Fishing , Nature and Trip Planning
On a still evening in Central Newfoundland, upon the beaches of Little Bay, these tiny fish paid a visit to the shores. Patience, speed and laughter; all key components in the act of "catchin' capelin". Watch and see the excitement and joy that these tiny creatures can bring to young and old alike.
23 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Nature , Culture , Entertainment and Gros Morne National Park
We think Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's new show "Newfoundland Vinyl" is a must see for those people who are interested in Newfoundland music from the 1960's, 70's and 80's. The backstory for the show is that Gros Morne Theatre Festival regulars "Ed and Ed" are throwing a musical fundraiser – for themselves! The music has a definite country flavour and includes hits made popular by A. Frank Willis, Roy Payne, Joan Morrissey, Harry Hibbs and Tom Cahill.
16 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours , Festivals & Events , Whale Watching , Nature , Entertainment and Gros Morne National Park
We are big fans of traditional Newfoundland music whether it be "I'se the Bye" or a song from the Northern Peninsula that we might never have previously heard. Neddy Norris Night is Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's popular musical night and it takes on a different flavour depending on who is the musical director that year.
11 Jul 2012 by Janice Goudie in Hiking & Walking , Nature and Trip Planning
The Alexander Murray Hiking Trail in King's Point is 9 kilometers long and features both ground terrain and board walk. There are 2,200 stairs going up to, and down from, the summit, which are a great help when traversing the inclines.
10 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Festivals & Events , Nature , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
The names Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh, Greg Malone and many of the original Codco crew are now synonymous with well known Newfoundland comedy. In 1973 they were just getting started in Toronto when they were distressed by the stereotypes that Ontarians felt applied to all Newfoundlanders. So they fought back with the play "Cod on a Stick" which pokes fun at Torontonians and Newfoundlanders alike.
3 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Fishing , Nature , Parks , Top Destinations , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
Theatre Newfoundland Labrador (TNL) is back in Cow Head and they are performing several new plays for the summer 2012 season. We recently saw "The Fly Fisher's Companion" and would recommend this play to anyone since although it deals with salmon fishing, its main theme is the changing face of friendship. The play follows Wes (played by Michael Chaisson) and Don (performed by John Dartt) as they gear up to go salmon fishing from a cabin they built together many years ago.
22 Jun 2012 by Janice Goudie in Nature , Trip Planning and Outdoor Adventure
Join Jennifer Murphy on a trip of a lifetime down the mighty Exploits River in Central Newfoundland.
29 May 2012 by Guest Blogger in Hiking & Walking and Nature
From May 19 to 21, two hikers from Paris, France braved chilly nightime temperatures and colder patches of snow and ice to make a rare spring trek of the Blow-Me-Down Mountain Trail. Fabien Mignot and Loris Pennacchioli took a break from their studies in Montreal to visit Western Newfoundland - formerly a part of the French Shore of Newfoundland - and hike sections of the IATNL.
15 May 2012 by Clare-Marie Grigg in Birdwatching , Hiking & Walking , Nature , Trip Planning and EntertainmentRegion: Avalon
This is the exact time of year when you might want to start planning your visit to Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve. Not that later in the summer isn't a good time… or even early fall, but it's over the next month or two that the perfect storm might just appear.
14 May 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Hiking & Walking and Nature
The Humber Valley Hikers has started its 2012 hiking season with a fine hike to Cedar Cove near Little Port in the Bay of Islands. Judie Gushue is an avid hiker and coordinator of the Humber Valley Hikers. She lives in Corner Brook and we chatted to her while walking the 1.8 km (1 way trail) to Cedar Cove on Sunday, May 13. "I am pleased that we had 16 hikers out for our first hike of the season" said Judie.
9 Mar 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Nature , Humber Valley , Marble Mountain and Outdoor Adventure
What a great afternoon ! The sun was out, the sky was blue and we were going zip lining at Marble Mountain. We met our guides Reg Flynn and Daniel Kean at the Marble Zip Tours (MZT) office (conveniently located at the base of Marble) for the 2 pm tour. We had enjoyed zip lining with MZT previously but had not experienced their newest zip line which brings you back to the base of Marble Mountain via their longest and fastest zip line yet!
4 Mar 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Nature , Gros Morne National Park and Outdoor Adventure
Dog sledding was more exercise and more challenging than we originally thought. It was also a whole lot of fun! Elaine Pinard (owner of Les Skis Doux) has been taking people dog sledding for the past six winters from her base in Wiltondale at the entrance to Gros Morne National Park.
16 Feb 2012 by Guest Blogger in Nature
Last year Hazel Findlay embarked on an expedition to climb the rugged cliffs of Devil's Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. The result was a trip that fully tested both their patience and equipment. Read on for her account of the expedition, and be sure to check out The North Face Facebook Page for a behind the scenes video of Hazel on the trip.
30 Jan 2012 by Guest Blogger in Skiing & Snowboarding , Nature , Parks and Gros Morne National Park
Last year was a pretty amazing ski year in the northeastern United States - abundant and high quality snow continued well into March for some wonderful spring skiing (which I missed out on since I was in Chile). However winter 2011-2012 in the northeast has so far failed to produce more than a sprinkling of snow, which is why I headed north to Newfoundland with my friends Bruce and Nate in search of natural snow in excess of 3 inches.
27 Jan 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Skiing & Snowboarding and NatureRegion: Labrador
Last winter we had a chance to head to Happy Valley- Goose Bay, Labrador and were most impressed with the cross country skiing trails and lodge at the Birch Brook Nordic ski club. As well as enjoying the skiing we were invited to a potluck supper at the lodge which was a great way to meet many of the club members.
16 Jan 2012 by Janice Goudie in Nature , History , Parks and Geography
It was a day ripped straight from a Star Wars movie. There we were, heading into the wild unknown aboard our airship, all seemingly unaware of what may lay ahead.
15 Jan 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Skiing & Snowboarding and Nature
Cross country skiing is alive and well in Canada's eastern most province. Cross Country Newfoundland and Labrador (CCNL) is the umbrella group for cross country ski clubs and there are dozens of kilometres of groomed tracks waiting for any visitor.
11 Jan 2012 by Candice Walsh in Food & Dining , Nature , Culture and History
I might have mentioned once or 300 times that I grew up in central Newfoundland, and yet my jaunt around the area this past summer had many surprises in store. That's what happens when you live somewhere for 18 years: you start taking things for granted.
12 Dec 2011 by Janice Goudie in Whale Watching , Nature and Trip Planning
Frolicking on a beach in Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't always top the list of must do's when visiting the province. Much less during the month of December! But a trip to King's Point and area reveals a beach that can be enjoyed any time of the year.
7 Nov 2011 by Candice Walsh in Nature and Outdoor Adventure
Up until this summer, I didn't even know it was possible to go rafting in Grand Falls.
Growing up in St. Alban's, Grand Falls was the place to go when I needed to do some shopping. Home to Salmon Festival and the old Animal Land. And then Adventure Central Newfoundland sent me there this summer to do some exploring, and I changed my mind. I had one of the best meals I've ever had at 48 High, and met some fantastic people will exploring the Salmonid Interpretation Center.
But it was the rafting that won me over.


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Fruits de Mer Platter
This seafood platter -- overflowing with lobster, king crab legs, shrimp, oysters, and clams -- is a showstopper.
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- 1/2 bottle (375 mL) dry white wine
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- 2 lemons, halved
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- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 3 bay leaves
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We're a few minutes from first pitch and there are a hundred thoughts swirling through my head. The most prevailing is the odds of seeing the Mets after Sunday aren't good.
Does anybody expect Washington to beat the Phillies? Probably not, but does it really matter?
It doesn't because it is hard to envision the Mets taking care of business these next two days after these last two weeks. This is a team that looks beaten and overwhelmed.
Let's get rid of the notion that this team quit, because it didn't. It played careless baseball, and as the losing continued, it played frustrated and looked listless.
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Topic: John is in hospital
Today John came down with a temp. of 103 and had to be hospitalized with clogged stents. He has a very bad infection going on, the Drs. gave him the extrordinary measure speech. I think he has sepsis and I think they gave him the speech because they are thinking he's not going to make it.
Tomorrow they are doing an ERCP to find out what's clogging the stents.
If this is the end at least we had our time alone for the last 3 weeks we had been hoping for.
We got to finally go stay in our home in Alabama and see our Grandkids.
Please pray that Gods hands are on him. I believe that if it's his time God has granted my prayer for an easy passing for him.
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There are black outs across Canberra today with high winds causing interuptions to electricity supply, mostly in the south of the city.
General manager of network services Rob Atkin said ActewAGL had received about 200 calls through its Emergencies and Faults line since 8am this morning.
''It is important for residents to remember to stay clear of fallen or low powerlines and objects such as fences or trees that are in contact with them, as they can conduct electricity,'' he said.
And on Lake Burley Griffith, the National Capital Authority has taken down the international flags at Commonweath Place due to the winds.
Power has been restored to properties in Kambah, Greenway and parts of Wanniassa, while crews are working to restore supply to some properties in Lyneham and other areas of Wanniassa.
Mr Atkin said the interuptions were mainly caused by tree branches falling on powerlines, and crews would prioritise areas that presented risks to public safety.
The ACT State Emergency Service had received 26 calls for help this morning due to the strong winds, with impacted areas including Belconnen, Kambah and Weston Creek.
Three houses and some vehicles have sustained damage.
Meantime, to the south of Canberra the Snowy Mountains received a dusting of snow overnight.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds in ACT this morning, but meteorologist Rebecca Kamitakahara said Canberra would not be hit by winds at the maximum speeds predicted, with higher areas including the Southern Tablelands more likely to feel the full impact of the weather.
The strongest recorded gusts in Canberra this morning have been 60km per hour.
''In the warning we're forecasting winds of mean speed 60 to 70km per hour, with gusts up to 90-110, but that is much more likely in the elevated areas rather than Canberra itself.
''Canberra won't see see anything quite that significant,'' Ms Kamitakahara said.
She said conditions would remain windy for the rest of the day.
Canberrans wondering what happened to summer will be pleased to know this cold snap is only temporary.
Ms Kamitakahara said there was a cold air mass moving over Canberra, but it warm up again as the week went on.
''I guess it's the opposite of winter, in that we have mainly warm tempretures and occasionally a snap of cold weather, and in winter we have mainly cold and occasionally a little bit warmer,'' she said.


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Hey Kids! Zena the ZooKeeper here to talk about what you can do for wildlife conservation! With Earth Day coming up, what better time is there? I'm sure you already do things to help wildlife all year round; like picking up litter around your school or local park, so animals don't get sick trying to eat it. Or not bothering wildlife like baby birds in their momma's nest, and always recycling to stop wasting things, and to reduce the amount of trash we make.
Those things are great to do, and today I'm going to tell you about some things you can do that maybe you haven't even thought of yet. Part of helping wildlife is being a compassionate consumer. That means buying products that don't hurt animals or wildlife. Like avoiding food made with unsustainable Palm oil. Did you know that people sometimes tear down the rainforest to build Palm oil plantations, where they plant and grow thousands of palm trees? This is happening right now with the tropical forests of Borneo and Sumatra in Southeast Asia, where the rainforest is home to orangutans, tigers, sun bears and millions of other species of wildlife. Once a rainforest is destroyed in order to plant palm trees, its habitat is ruined and these animals' very existence is threatened!
But there is good news. There are companies that plant palm trees in a way that doesn't ruin the rainforest and destroy habitat. These companies grow and sell sustainable Palm oil that doesn't result in the loss of important habitat. Learn more about how to shop smart and buy products that use only sustainable Palm oil on our website. You can also download a poster for kids about Palm oil and how it is related to helping elephants.
Another important thing you can do to help animals is to never release pets into the wild. Sometimes people don't understand how much care and work a certain kind of pet may need, and when they find they can't take care of it, they just leave it outdoors somewhere. That's really sad. Because the pet is not native to the new habitat, it usually dies or starts killing other animals or eats plants or destroys nesting sites which can really hurt the environment.
An example of this involves the Western Pond Turtle (WPT). Some people decided they didn't want their pet turtles anymore and released them into the wild, where they were a non-native species and preyed on the WPT and its food sources. To help conserve the WPT, Oakland Zoo has a head-starting program to help rebuild the WPT population. Learn all about it here.
So, be sure you research online and find out all about the kind of pet you want before committing to it. And when choosing the right pet for you, always consider getting a rescued animal and please don't choose a primate or other exotic pet.
And of course, educate others about conservation! If everyone does their part, then we can all be conservation heroes and change the world for all wildlife and humans alike!


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October 9, 2012
A group exhibition, "Animal Magnetism," is on display at the Wallace L. Anderson Gallery through Nov. 8. This group presentation includes selected works from individuals who practice varied artistic disciplines with a range of mediums. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., except holidays. For more information, call 508.531.1359.


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Massachusetts Bar Association President David W. White Jr. asked for the repeal of mandatory minimums for non-violent drug crimes and an increase in both parole opportunities and treatment programs when he testified before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary at the Statehouse on Nov. 13.
"Massachusetts is a leader in so many ways; it should be a leader in the field of corrections," White said. "Crime rates have not been reduced, the number of men and women behind bars continues to rise, we are desperately over capacity, and we are spending a fortune on this failed system."
White was joined by Boston Bar Association President Tony Doniger and Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services Executive Director Leslie Walker. The Joint Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony regarding bills asking for reform of the state's sentencing system.
Current sentencing practices have resulted in a budget approaching $1 billion, more than 25,000 incarcerated residents and less money for programs that include drug treatment and work training, White said during his testimony.
In addition to advocating for education and training programs, White asked for amending or abolishing the school zone statute that results in harsher punishments for drug arrests close to schools.


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We can't imagine allowing our children to work down mines, but in early Victorian England that was what was happening and the outcome was a report entitled Commission into Children's Employment 1842.
In 1840 the government set up a Royal Commission into child labour and the conditions that children found themselves working in. It took two years before a report into conditions in mines was published, followed later by reports on children working in trades and factories.
The commissioners spoke not only to employers, but also to the children themselves asking what their working lives were like and came up with a series of measures to protect the children whilst still allowing them to continue to be part of the work force. The morality of all of this is a whole subject on it's own, but what concerns us as genealogists is that Ancestry has put online an indexed copy of the commissions report.
The indexing has been completed by a team of volunteers who give their time freely to make the Commission into Children's Employment 1842 easily accessible to genealogists via the Ancestry World Archives Scheme. Anyone can join in and even if you have only a few minutes to spare. More details are available on the Ancestry website.
Back to the Commission into Children's Employment 1842 report. You can search the index by first and last names and also put in keywords. The children, also some parents were asked a series of questions and the report noted the following
- name
- age
- type of work
- working conditions
- hours worked
- pay
- whether they go to school
- housing
- what they ate at home
An interesting dataset that is a glimpse into the working lives of our child ancestors.


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Farmer, rancher and fishery cooperatives posted record sales and income in 2011, surpassing the previous record sales year of 2008 by $10 billion while besting the old income record by $500 million, according to the Department of Agriculture's Dallas Tonsager, under secretary for Rural Development.
The announcement of the most recently available cooperative numbers and finances was part of the kick-off to recognize October as National Cooperative Month.
Tonsager said co-op employment levels remained strong, with cooperatives employing 184,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal workers in 2011, up slightly from 2010.
"These new cooperative sales and income records for 2011 underscore the strength and productivity of the nation's farmer- and rancher-owned cooperatives, and the vital role they play in the nation's economy," said Tonsager. "Primarily because of mergers, the number of farm co-ops continued to decline, but memberships and asset values are up."
Net income before taxes for all agricultural co-ops was a record $5.4 billion, eclipsing the previous high of $4.9 billion, set in 2008. Net income was up more than 25 percent, or $1 billion, from 2010.
The USDA surveyed 2,285 cooperatives, and they had sales of $213 billion, exceeding 2010 sales by more than $40 billion.
CHS Inc., Saint Paul, Minn., which is an energy, farm supply, grain and food co-op, was once again the nation's largest ag co-op, with $36.9 billion in revenue in 2011. It was followed by Dairy Farmers of America, Kansas City, Mo., with $12.9 billion in revenue. It traded places from 2010 with third-ranked Land O' Lakes Inc., St. Paul, Minn., a dairy, food and farm supply co-op, with $12.8 billion in revenue in 2011.
Iowa is home to 14 of the top 100 ag co-ops, the most of any state. It is followed by Minnesota with 13, Nebraska with 10, California with 6 and Wisconsin with 5. The biggest gains on the list were made by cotton cooperatives, due primarily to sharply higher cotton prices in 2011.
Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative, Garner, N.C., made the largest jump, rising from 129 in 2010 to 71 on the 2011 list. It was followed by Calcot Ltd., Bakersfield, Calif., which climbed from 131 in 2010 to 85 in 2011. The next eight biggest gainers on the list were all grain or mixed (grain and farm supply) co-ops, due largely to high grain prices.
There was a continued downward trend in farm numbers, with USDA counting 2.2 million farms in 2011, down about 10,000 from 2010. The number of farmer cooperatives continues to decline, too. There are now 2,285 farmer, rancher and fishery cooperatives, down from 2,314 in 2010. Mergers account for most of the drop, resulting in larger cooperatives.
For more in-depth information about how the nation's agricultural cooperatives performed in 2011, see the September-October issue of USDA's "Rural Cooperatives" magazine at: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_Coop_RurCoopMag.html


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Tip: How to Check for the Hotness of Jalapenos
Ever take home a jalapeño chile pepper from the grocery store and have it either be so lacking in heat it may just as well be a bell pepper, or so hot a speck will create a raging inferno in your mouth? Here's a quick tip for choosing jalapeños that can help you decide which ones to pick. Jalapeño chilies progressively get hotter the older they get, eventually turning bright red. As they age, they develop white lines and flecks, like stretch marks running in the direction of the length of the pepper. The smoother the pepper, the younger, and milder it is. The more white lines, the older and hotter. Red jalapeños can be pretty hot, if they have a lot of striations, but they are also sweeter.
If you are trying to avoid the hottest jalapeños (say for a stuffed jalapeno dish), pick the chiles without any striations. If you are looking for heat, find a red or green one with plenty of white stretch marks.
Note that this is just a guideline. There is still plenty of variation among individual peppers. You can find hotter-than-Hades peppers without any white lines. But your chances of picking a mild one are better if you go for smooth. Or if you are looking for heat, you will more likely find that in a pepper with lots of lines.
I would like to clarify here that this tip is based on absolutely NO scientific evidence. I was complaining to a Mexican chef friend of mine one day that I kept on buying jalapeños with no flavor and no heat, and he pointed out to me that I should look for peppers with a few striations (but not too many). I have seen this approach mentioned by others (online), but who knows what is really going on? I do know that they are developing much milder variety of jalapeños these days. I also know that the capsaicin, the chemical that gives chiles their heat, is concentrated in the seeds and ribs. The flesh of the chile that is closer to the seeds will be hotter than the flesh near the tip. This is established fact. Perhaps chiles that are more mature have more of their capsaicin distributed throughout their flesh than the younger ones? Perhaps hotter varieties of jalapeños develop striations and milder ones do not. I have never eaten a mild striated jalapeño. But several times I have bought perfectly smooth, beautiful jalapeños only to be disappointed in their complete lack of flavor and punch.
So, please take this tip with a grain of salt. Since using this approach I have not encountered a dull jalapeno. But as I said, I don't really understand the how's and why's of it, and am only taking guesses at what might be going on.


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FAMILIES will be able to enjoy the landscape around Croome park this half term as the National Trust site hold events all through the holidays.
Visitors will be able to step into the shoes of Croome's famous landscape gardener, Capability Brown, and follow his clues around the parkland on the landscape detective quest trail, near Pershore.
Becky Wilks, visitor services assistant, said: "This is going to be a really creative trail around the shrubberies, temples, follies and lakeside at Croome.
"Brown planned everything at Croome with careful consideration. This fun trail that children will follow takes them on a journey around the grounds to look at the landscape through picture frames and create their very own landscape design."
Trail clues will lead families to viewpoints and using the frames they will encounter create their own design, with a prize to collect at the end.
The event will run every day from Saturday, February 15, until Sunday, February 23, between 10am and 4.30pm and entry is £1.50 including a prize.
For more information call 01905 371006 or visit nationaltrust.org.uk/croome.


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Liberty Student-Athletes Volunteer at Amazing Mile and Virginia 10-Miler
Liberty student-athletes are accustomed to hearing the cheers of fans as they compete on the court/field. This past weekend the roles were reversed, as numerous Flames' student-athletes voiced their encouragement and support to participants of the Amazing Mile children's run and the Virginia 10-Miler.
On Friday, Sept. 27 at the children's run, the Lady Flames basketball team and the Liberty cheerleading squad lined "Spirit Alley" and encouraged the young runners as they pushed toward the finish line.
A special moment transpired as a young girl named Sophie neared the end of the race. Sophie, who suffers from spina bifida, was spontaneously joined by the women's basketball team on the course. The team ran alongside Sophie, cheering and spurring her on to the finish.
The following morning dozens of student-athletes arose bright and early to lend their support to runners of the Virginia 10-Miler and 4-Miler races. Members of the women's lacrosse, men's tennis, volleyball, track & field and football teams provided an extra boost of energy as runners navigated the challenging road course.
"It was neat to see our student-athletes giving back to the community and cheering on the people who come out and support and watch them compete," commented Liberty Athletics Student-Athlete Development Coordinator Morgaine Godwin. "They were all very eager to jump in and help out wherever they were needed."
In addition to the numerous student-athletes who volunteered on Saturday, several members of the Liberty athletics staff participated in both the 10 mile and 4 mile races. New lacrosse coaches Kelly Nangle and Annie McGinley conquered the course as did men's basketball director of operations Matt Olinger. Also completing the race were Paul Carmany, Joe Carmany and Dwayne Groff of the athletics communications office, women's basketball administrative assistant Katie Garlick, athletic trainer Erin Moore and NCAA faculty athletics representative Dr. Bill Gribbin.


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Freezing Roast in the Perfect Size
Rather than trimming a frozen roast to fit your roasting pan, try this: Put a fresh roast into a plastic freezer bag, then fit it into your roasting pan and freeze. Once it's frozen, you can take it out of the pan, knowing it'll fit perfectly when you're ready to roast. —Ruth B. Feasterville, Pennsylvania
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Evolutionist scientists use the word instinct is to describe certain behavior that animals possess from birth. However questions such as "How did they acquire these instincts?" "How did instinctive behavior first emerge? "how is such behavior transmitted from one generation to another?" always go unanswered.
The evolutionist geneticist Gordon Rattray Taylor makes this admission regarding the dilemma represented by instincts: "When we ask ourselves how an instinctive pattern of behaviour arose in the first place and became hereditarily fixed, we are given no answer." 109
Certain other evolutionists do not make such admissions. They try to gloss over these questions with veiled answers that do not actually mean anything at all. According to evolutionists, instincts are behaviors programmed in living things' genes. According to this explanation, a honeybee, for example, instinctively builds its marvelous hexagonal combs that are marvels of mathematics. To put it another way, the genes of all the honeybees in the world are programmed with the instinct to construct perfect hexagonal combs. If living things perform the majority of their behaviors because they are programmed to do so, then who programmed them? Since no program can come into being of its own accord, this program must have a programmer. What evolutionists attempt to explain in terms of "instinct" or by saying "Animals have been programmed to do this," is actually the inspiration of Allah.
Charles Darwin, who first proposed the theory of evolution, realized that animal behavior and instinct represented major threats to his theory. In The Origin of Species, he openly admitted as much, several times:
Many instincts are so wonderful that their development will probably appear to the reader a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.110
Chapter III. of the Sketch, which concludes the first part, treats of the variations which occur in the instincts and habits of animals . . . It seems to have been placed thus early in the Essay to prevent the hasty rejection of the whole theory by a reader to whom the idea of natural selection acting on instincts might seem impossible. This is the more probable, as the Chapter on Instinct in the Origin is specially mentioned (Introduction, page 5) as one of the "most apparent and gravest difficulties on the theory." 111
When left without an answer, evolutionists sometimes claim that animals learn some behavior by way of experience, and the best of that behavior is favored by natural selection. This good behavior is later handed on to subsequent generations by way of heredity.
1. The erroneous claim that "useful behavior is favored by natural selection."
This thesis implies that Nature is a conscious force able to distinguish between useful and harmful behaviors and of making decisions. No consciousness or force in nature is capable of this distinction. An animal itself may decide what behavior is useful, but it cannot pass this insight along through its genes alone. Only an Entity possessed of consciousness and reason-namely, the Creator of nature and the life form in question-can make that selection.
Darwin himself admitted the impossibility of complex and beneficial behavior being acquired through natural selection, although he stated that he persisted in that claim despite it being nonsensical:
Finally it may not be a logical deduction, but to my imagination it is far more satisfactory to look at such instincts as the young cuckoo ejecting its foster-brothers, ants making slaves . . . not as specially endowed or created instincts, but as small consequences of one general law leading to the advancement of all organic beings-namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.112
Professor Cemal Yıldırım, one of Turkey's leading evolutionists, admits that behavior such as a mother's love for her young cannot be explained by natural selection:
Is there any possibility of accounting for a mother's love for her young through any "blind" order [natural selection] not including a spiritual element? It is certainly hard to say that biologists [at this point Darwinists] have given a satisfactory reply to this question.113
Since these organisms, lacking any reason and foresight, have a number of miraculous features; and since it is not possible for them to have acquired these features of their own will, some power must have bestowed these features on them. The mechanism of natural selection and nature itself has no consciousness and no such spiritual features, for which reason these cannot be the source of the characteristics these creatures possess. The obvious truth is this: all living things exist by the will and under the control of Allah. For this reason, we frequently see exceedingly conscious and astonishing behavior in nature, inhabited by unconscious entities, of the kind that makes people ask. "How does this animal know how to do that?" or "How did this creature ever think of doing that?"
2. It is impossible for behavior acquired through natural selection to be transmitted genetically to subsequent generations.
In the second phase of evolutionists' claims, behavior acquired through natural selection must be genetically handed on to subsequent generations. However, such claims are full of various inconsistencies. First, , even if animals learned behavior through experience, it is impossible for subsequently acquired behavior to be passed on genetically. Learned behavior belongs uniquely to the animal that learned it. It is absolutely impossible for any learned behavior to be encoded into a living thing's genes.
[I]t would be a serious error to suppose that the greater number of instincts have been acquired by habit in one generation, and then transmitted by inheritance to succeeding generations. It can be clearly shown that the most wonderful instincts with which we are acquainted, namely, those of the hive-bee and of many ants, could not possibly have been acquired by habit.114
If a working ant or other neuter insect had been an ordinary animal, I should have unhesitatingly assumed that all its characters had been slowly acquired through natural selection; namely, by individuals having been born with slight profitable modifications, which were inherited by the off-spring; and that these again varied and again were selected, and so onwards. But with the working ant we have an insect differing greatly from its parents, yet absolutely sterile; so that it could never have transmitted successively acquired modifications of structure or instinct to its progeny. It may well be asked how is it possible to reconcile this case with the theory of natural selection?115
3. The invalidity of the claim that instincts evolve together with living things
Darwin was aware of the inconsistencies and impossibilities regarding evolutionary explanations for instincts and questioned the claim that instincts, following their acquisition, changed through natural selection:
[C]an instincts be acquired and modified through natural selection? What shall we say to the instinct which leads the bee to make cells, and which has practically anticipated the discoveries of profound mathematicians? 116
This inconsistency can be made clearer by citing examples of fish, which have their own unique ways of reproducing, hunting, defense and nest-building. These characteristics have been perfectly regulated according to underwater conditions. In their mating season, some fish adhere their eggs to an undersea rock and provide them with oxygen by fanning their fins.
In that case, according to evolution theory, as these fish evolved their instincts must also have undergone great changes. Indeed, their instincts would have to change almost entirely for these fish to start clearing perfect round nests, in much the same way terrestrial animals do for the protection of their eggs.
It has been objected to the foregoing view of the origin of instincts that the variations of structure and of instinct must have been simultaneous and accurately adjusted to each other, as a modification in the one without an immediate corresponding change in the other would have been fatal." 117
As you have seen, instinctive behavior in animals cannot be explained in terms of any evolutionary process, chance, or "Mother nature". The source of animals' behavior lies neither in their own bodies nor in nature. Under the inspiration of Allah, all living things behave in the manner most suited to their own structures and to their surroundings.
109. Gordon Rattray Taylor, The Great Evolution Mystery, London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1983, p. 222.
110. Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, The Modern Library, Random House, p. 184.
111. Francis Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. I, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888, p. 374.
112. Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, The Modern Library, Random House, p. 208.
113. Cemal Yıldırım, Evrim Kuramı ve Bağnazlık, (Evolution Theory and Bigotry), p. 185.
114. Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, Elibron Classics, 2005, p. 206.
115. Ibid., p. 229.
116. Ibid., p. 133.
117. Ibid.


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cbc.The Winnipeg Blue Bombers unveiled a three-dimensional view of their new stadium on Wednesday, giving fans a peek at the $190-million facility set to open next summer.
The team also released details about some of the amenities the stadium will include, as well as information for season ticket holders on how to transfer their seats from the old stadium to the new one at the University of Manitoba campus.
All 21,155 Bombers season ticket holders will be receiving confirmation letters explaining the Virtual Venue seat selection tool, an interactive 3D animation that allows anyone to virtually explore seats, sections, prices and views in the team's future home.
A top view of the future stadium with the canopies that will provide partial covering. (bluebombers.com)
Current season ticket holders must secure their intent for a 2012 season ticket with a $50 deposit by Oct. 24.
Fans will then have from November 2011 to March 2012 to select their actual seats. Season tickets for the general public will go on sale in April 2012.
Our introductory price point for season tickets is just $17.90 per game. This was the most important decision we made fair pricing for fans and the community," said Jeff Thompson, the Winnipeg Football Club's chief tansition officer.
Anyone interested in watching the stadium construction can check out a live camera feed on the Blue Bombers website.
The club is also working with corporate partners on community programming "to ensure the kids, parents and groups who cant afford games will be very welcome" at the stadium, he added.
We look forward to announcing these programs soon.
In addition to the stadium, the eight-hectare site at Chancellor-Matheson Road and University Crescent will feature a multiplex athletic facility for the U of M and its Bison sports teams.
Ossama AbouZeid, WFC interim CEO, said construction is on target and on budget.
We look forward to opening a first-class facility next summer that will make Manitobans and Winnipeggers proud.
Link for 3D View: lhttp://bluebombers.io-media.com/


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The possibility of heavy rainfall and the chance of severe weather Saturday afternoon and evening has prompted a Weather Authority Alert Day for today. There could be a second round of rain and possible storms late Sunday morning.
The heaviest rain Saturday morning was located west and southwest of Jacksonville in Alachua, Bradford and Putnam counties. Rainfall rates have been less than a quarter inch so far but heavier rain is expected this afternoon.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of the Jacksonville viewing area, including the Jax metro under a slight risk of severe weather for Saturday afternoon. The main threat with these storms will be pea to marble size hail with winds gusting to 60 mph. An isolated tornado can't be ruled out either.
Expect the heaviest rainfall to move into the Jacksonville metro around 2pm this afternoon lasting through the late evening hours. Rainfall amounts, per our in-house models, show upwards of 1 to 3 inches of rainfall for the areas along and north of I-10.
All the wet weather is being initiated by a warm front to our south and a cold front to our west. The two will combine to bring in heavy weather Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
Once the weather moves out Sunday afternoon, skies should clear and temperatures may pop to near 80 degrees. However, much cooler weather and even a few freezes are possible heading into early next week.
Our very chilly March doesn't look to end any time soon.
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Oyster Playlist: Nina Las Vegas
Ahead of her party tonight at Goodgod!
Tonight, Triple J presenter Nina Las Vegas is holding her first headline show in Sydney at Goodgod. With the aim of sharing her love (and encyclopedic knowledge) of producers and fellow DJs, she's throwing a good ol' listening/dance party which promises to be pleasant on the ear. Says Nina, "After the Triple J House Party shows (with Flume, Beni and What So Not), it hit me that younger club-goers rarely get to hear new club sounds and producers via cheap parties." We think this is an awesome reason to throw a party. Modular DJ Cassian will be playing, along with What So Not, Elizabeth Rose and Triple J's Linda Marigliano. The pre-sale tickets sold out like hot cakes, but if you get there early you can get door tickets from 11pm. Nina made us this playlist as a teaser of what to expect tonight!
'Metal Arrives' — Symphony Hall
Out on French label Marble Records, Riton and Canblaster dropped a very seductive track called 'One Night Stand' earlier this week. Symphony Hall is their collaborative name, and one can only hope that this team continues to work together. 'Metal Arrives' is also a real weekend banger.
'BBBS' — Clockwork
Clockwork's 'BBBS' is the B-side to the LA producer's single 'Titan'. Although the title track is a solid main room song, the drop in 'BBBS' after the 'Big Bad Bassline Sound' vocal line KILLS ME.
'Jeremih' — 773 Love (Cashmere Cat Edit)
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First-base coach Clark OK after being hit by ball
VIERA, Fla. -- The Astros had a scary moment prior to Saturday's game when first-base coach Dave Clark was hit in the back of the head by a thrown ball in the outfield and was on the ground for a few minutes before brushing off the incident.
Clark was hitting balls to the outfielders behind a screen in shallow center field when Nate Freiman struck him with an errant throw.
"I didn't see it coming," said Clark, a former Golden Gloves boxer. "The fact of the matter is I was able to get up and continue my work."
Clark wasn't the only member of the team to get struck in batting practice. Catcher Rene Garcia was hit on the top of the head by a ball during batting practice, but he was fine.
"We're going to get it up on the white board so everybody knows where everybody's at," manager Bo Porter joked.
Clark, who wears a helmet while coaching first base, says getting hit by a ball isn't usually something he worries about.
"In the back of your mind you think about a batted ball, but for someone to throw the ball?" he joked. "I'll rag on Nate the rest of the day and the rest of Spring Training."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Original Town Association to Host The Original Town Association in conjunction with Keep North Platte Lincoln County Beautiful will host an E-Cycle Collection on Saturday, accepting electronic and electric devices for disposal and recycling.
Computer monitors and televisions may be dropped off for $10 each; and all other peripheral electronic equipment, electrical devices, electric tools, cell phones and toner cartridges may be dropped off for a free will donation.
Copiers, cords, cable boxes, cables, DVD players, mouse, projectors, stereos, servers will be accepted, as will blenders, bread makers, cameras, coffee makers, curling irons, electric knives and tooth brushes, fans, fryers, food sealing equipment, hair cutters, hair dryers, holiday lights, irons, land line phones, massagers, metal tools (drills, screwdrivers, saws, sanders), microwaves, mixers, remotes, radios, shavers, toaster ovens and vacuum cleaners (without bag.)
Electronic waste is the fastest growing component in solid waste, as businesses and consumers upgrade cell phones, computers, TVs, audio equipment, power tools and the like more frequently than ever.
Today, tons of unwanted electronics are thrown in the trash each year. Electronics can contain toxic materials such as lead, cadmium, mercury and hazardous chemicals that can harm human health and the environment.
E-Cycling keeps these and other materials out of landfills and incinerators and conserves natural resources and energy required to make products from scratch.
Participants bringing computers, PDAs or cellular phones should remove all confidential information prior to collection.
Items not accepted include air conditioners, dehumidifiers, household appliances, lead acid batteries, electric fixtures, fluorescent light bulbs and broken glass, CDs and tapes, software disks, paint, pesticides and liquid or chemical waste.
The E-Cycle Collection Event is made possible in part by a grant from WasteCap Nebraska and the Nebraska Environmental Trust.
The event is an innovative new program for Lincoln County whereby electronics retailers and users; whether business or residential can take responsibility for the products we make, buy and use from the beginning to the end of their useful lives.
Groups, clubs, schools and individuals interested in participating can contact the Original Town Association at (308) 534-3648.
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HUMBLE, Texas - Jose Zavala said all he could think about while being ambushed by armed robbers was staying alive and getting back home to his wife and young son.
"My life is worth more than my money and the phone," said Zavala.
Zavala was cleaning his car at the Humble Car Wash on South Houston Avenue around 7 p.m. He said he noticed a late model car in a nearby stall and that sight put him at ease, knowing he wasn't there alone.
But Zavala said he soon realized the men in the other car were a threat.
"I just went to the vending machine to get a towel," said Zavala. "That's when the guy came up to me."
In the car wash surveillance video, you can see three men get out of the late model car. Two men start walking toward Zavala and ask him for directions. Then the men move just out of view of the camera. That's when Zavala said he noticed their weapon.
"I saw he had a gun under his pants," Zavala said. "I tried to run to my car and lock it, do something, but they were too fast."
He said one man climbed into the passenger side of his car and grabbed Zavala's wallet from the seat.
"The other guy came and he grabbed me," said Zavala.
He said the robber yanked him out of the car and took his phone.
The video showed the men running back to their own car and speeding off. Zavala tried to run after them.
"I couldn't see the plates," he said. Zavala said the robbers got away with about $300 and his iPhone.
Now Zavala is hoping video of the crime will bring the robbers to justice.
"It's really sad seeing something happen like that," he said.
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They call this the age of information for good reason. As I write this column, I have a smart phone on my hip, a Kindle e-Reader in my drawer, a landline, and two computers connected to high speed Internet. I can find out anything within seconds. Of course that is the problem.
I can literally get whatever answer I want to hear anytime I want to hear it. Conversely, I can shut out anything I find too disagreeable. What's more, I can say anything I want and see it published 10 different ways without very much effort at all. While that all sounds great and very democratic, it does not bode well for the quality of information available.
The fact is that even academic institutions cannot be trusted for accurate, or at least verifiable, information on their websites. But then, it devolves from there until we find ourselves on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever that new one is — reading all sorts of unchecked facts and other versions of a dubious reality.
Facebook tends to be the main offender here with one post or another spreading its way across the Web like the Alabama offensive line. I see more stuff come across there that you cannot verify to save your life.
But, let's move on to what the bigger ... actually new problem is. The new problem is not that folks will believe what they want, or that rumors spread faster than truth. The new problem is we put more weight into gossip just because it has been written and publicly posted. I'd like to say that I have never posted something dumb, incorrect, or just plain silly. But, I would be lying. In today's public forums, we make the same mistakes we always have. The difference now is that 450 people see it immediately.
Thirty years ago, if you said something you may regret, it is possible only a handful of people heard it. Now, many more may have heard about it later. But, just like the telephone game proves, rumor mills break down very quickly. Unfortunately, there is no breaking down that post once it has left the proverbial desk.
So, we get tons of bad information. We generate it ourselves. But now, bad information has a new sort of legitimacy. As if everything you said in the barber shop or the salon were immediately printed in the paper with your picture next to your words, and taken as your final opinion about such and such!
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A meeting of organisations working towards the future of Ilkley's Manor House Museum has been called, amid new concerns that plans are not moving ahead quickly enough.
Ilkley Parish Council committed £13,000 in a last-minute deal to prevent Bradford Council mothballing the historic building, on Castle Yard, this financial year, and keep it running for at least another 12 months.
It called on supporters' group the Friends of the Manor House and other interested parties to begin work in earnest on a community management scheme to ensure the future of the museum in a year's time.
But doubts are growing about progress on a plan to save to museum.
Parish councillors have now called for an urgent meeting with a group drawing up plans for a "cultural quarter" of Ilkley, in a bid to get plans moving ahead.
The parish council's representative to the Friends of the Manor House, Councillor Brian Mann, fears signs are emerging that Bradford Council may close the museum in a year's time.
Councillor Brian Mann said: "They're not taking bookings after April, 2015, and also, leaflets advertising the Manor House are not going to be reprinted.
"I feel the situation is drifting. I also feel strongly the council has put a considerable sum of money into the venture for this financial year and we've no control on what's going on, apart from me being the council representative on the Friends."
Coun Mann said the Friends group, while happy to continue supporting the museum providing volunteers to work alongside paid staff, had "no ambitions whatsoever" to be involved with management functions.
He said another group is currently looking at the possibility of forming a community management scheme, making the Manor House central to a cultural quarter for the town.
Parish council chairman, Councillor Mike Gibbons, who brokered the deal with Bradford Council to keep the museum open for another year in exchange for a funding contribution of £13,000 from the parish council, said he had previously made it clear the parish council funding was to buy the community 12 months to come up with a sustainable proposition for the museum."
He asked for the meeting to take place as soon as possible. "It's vitally important that work is underway and they get on with it," said Coun Gibbons.


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[Rep. Fortenberry, R-NE]: Americans deserve to know how the government spends their money, and they are right to refuse the use of their tax dollars for highly controversial activities--in this case, abortion. Abortion harms women. It takes the lives of children, and it allows a man to escape his responsibility. The abortion industry many times profits from all of this pain. We can and must do better as a society, and at a minimum, taxpayer dollars should not be involved. This issue has manifested itself most intently during the health care debate. Unless a prohibition is enacted, taxpayers will fund abortion under the framework of the new health care law. Abortion is not health care.
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[Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-NY]: H.R. 3 is actually dangerous for women's health. By refusing to provide any exceptions to women who are facing serious health conditions--cancer, heart or whatever that may be--you are forcing women to choose to risk their health or to risk bankruptcy, and I think that is morally unacceptable. Under H.R. 3, a woman facing cancer who needs to terminate a pregnancy in order to live might have to go into debt over the $10,000 that the legal and necessary procedure could cost. Despite having both health insurance and tax-preferred savings accounts, this bill would prevent her from having that.
Congressional Summary:Prohibits providing any federal family planning assistance to an entity unless the entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion. Excludes an abortion where: (1) the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or an act of incest against a minor; or (2) a physician certifies that the woman suffered from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
Wikipedia Explanation:Title X of the Public Health Service Act, titled "Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs" is a US government program dedicated to providing family planning services for those in need. Title X provides access to contraceptive services, supplies and information. Priority for services is given to persons of low-income.
Sponsor Remarks by Rep. Mike Pence:It is morally wrong to take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to promote abortion. Last year, Planned Parenthood received more than $363 million in revenue from government grants; and performed an unprecedented 324,008 abortions. The largest abortion provider in America should not also be the largest recipient of federal funding under Title X. The Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act will prevent any family planning funds under Title X from going to Planned Parenthood or other organizations that perform abortions. It will ensure that abortion providers are not being subsidized with federal tax dollars.
OnTheIssues Explanation: Federal money is never explicitly provided for abortions. But Planned Parenthood does provide abortions, paid for via private funds. At issue is the "fungibility" of money: Planned Parenthood can use federal funds to supplement their budget and hence free up other funds for abortion. This bill would end that practice.
Prohibits providing any federal family planning assistance to an entity unless the entity certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion. Excludes an abortion where:
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A MUM who has spent 13 years raising a son with type one diabetes has written a book to help parents in a similar situation.
Roxana Reynolds, who also has the condition herself, has written Help My Child Has Type 1 Diabetes.
Her son Eddie, now 15, was diagnosed with type one diabetes when he was two.
The condition – which leaves children dependent on insulin injections or pumps – is becoming more common.
"Nobody really knows why," said Roxana.
"It's five times more common than meningitis."
Unlike type two diabetes, type one is not related to lifestyle or obesity.
Roxana added: "When my son was diagnosed, there was no such thing as Facebook or anything like that.
"It was very isolating. I scoured the internet and got all the books to get knowledge."
She runs a Facebook group, What Mums and Dads Need to Know to Help Children with Type 1 Diabetes, and decided to help parents further with a handy guide. It has received 18 five-star reviews at Amazon.
"It's written from my experience with Eddie but with useful information.
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A complete newcomer to web design/developing I am getting to grips with HTML & CSS but I am a complete novice in all things Javascript.
I have a contact form which has text fields for both a landline and mobile phone. I have adapted the following demo from the following link to validate my form:http://www.scriptiny.com/2008/04/dynamic-inline-javascript-form-validation/
I have found some websites on UK phone Regex... however they may as well be in Greek or Mandarin!!!
The current var phoneRegex as seen in my attachment messages-js is something I borrowed for testing purposes and doesn't work for UK numbers. I have looked at the links above and tried to replace it but nothing works!
If anyone could help me out with this I'd be eternally grateful!
What server-side language is being used to process the form?
Showing up my ignorance I haven't got that far yet! Just remember I'm an complete novice so talk slowly!!!
I've downloaded and setup MAMP and managed to successfully test a few demo contact forms using PHP but haven't tested my own contact form yet.
Hi there,
It shouldn't be too difficult to do what you want, but let's just consider what the requirements are:
Which pattern should the regex match?That is to say, what do you want the phone numbers your users enter to look like?
I have a couple of forms into which users should enter phone numbers.I allow any combination of numbers, brackets, spaces, minus signs and plus signs.
This has always worked quite nicely for me.
Just let me know and I'm sure we can come up with something.
Hi,Thanks for the quick reply. More specifically I would like a more flexible regex pthat will accept phone numbers from the UK, Europe or further afield. So any combination of numbers, brackets, spaces, minus signs and plus signs.
Many thanks!
No problem!This will do what you want.
If you would like me to break the regex down for you, just let me know.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Validate phone number</title>
<form id="myForm">
Please enter a phone number:
<input type="text" id="phoneNumber" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
var f = document.getElementById('myForm');
f.onsubmit = function(){
var no = f.phoneNumber.value;
if(!no.match(/^[0-9()+\\s-]*$/)) {
alert ("Please only use digits, spaces, brackets, plus or minus");
} else {
alert('You entered: ' + no);
Thank again. Heres the Javascript for my contact form. How do I adapt you regex to work in mine?
// form validation function //
function validate(form) {
var name = form.name.value;
var email = form.email.value;
var phone = form.phone.value;
var message = form.message.value;
var nameRegex = /^[a-zA-Z]+(([\\'\\,\\.\\- ][a-zA-Z ])?[a-zA-Z]*)*$/;
var emailRegex = /^[\\w-\\.]+@([\\w-]+\\.)+[\\w-]{2,4}$/;
var phoneRegex = HELP!!!! WHAT GOES IN HERE!!!!!!!!
var messageRegex = new RegExp(/<\\/?\\w+((\\s+\\w+(\\s*=\\s*(?:".*?"|'.*?'|[^'">\\s]+))?)+\\s*|\\s*)\\/?>/gim);
if(name == "") {
inlineMsg('name','Please enter your name!',2);
return false;
if(!name.match(nameRegex)) {
inlineMsg('name','Please enter an valid name!',2);
return false;
if(email == "") {
inlineMsg('email','Error! Please enter your email!',2);
return false;
if(!email.match(emailRegex)) {
inlineMsg('email','Error! This email is invalid!',2);
return false;
if(phone== "") {
inlineMsg('phone','Please enter your number!',2);
return false;
if(!phone.match(phoneRegex)) {
inlineMsg('phone','Please enter an valid number!',2);
return false;
if(message == "") {
inlineMsg('message','Please enter your message!');
return false;
if(message.match(messageRegex)) {
inlineMsg('message','This message is invalid!');
return false;
return true;
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Thanks again that worked!!!
I have only just started to get comfortable with HTML and CSS. Javascript and PHP are the next step and have recently bought 2 books - "Learning PHP, MySQL, Javascript and CSS" by Robin Nixon and "DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith".
I don't like cutting and pasting without properly understanding, so hopefully the books will point me in the right direction.
Hey, no problem.The New Year celebrations are kicking off here now, but I'll post again tomorrow and explain what the regex does.
Hi again,
Now I have shaken off yesterday's hangover and am back with you.
I don't know the Robin Nixon book, so can't comment on that, but the Jeremy Keith book is excellent. I think that's a good choice.
I appreciate that, so let me at least explain what the regex does:
The two forward slashes are delimiters which denote that everything between them is a regular expression.
The top hat (or caret ^) matches the position before the first character in the string. For example, applying ^a to abc matches a.
The square brackets denote a character class. With a character class, you can tell the regex engine to match only one out of several characters.For example, if you want to match an a or an e, use [ae]. In this way you could use gr[ae]y to match either gray or grey.In our case [0-9()+\\s-] denotes one of either: a single digit, left bracket, right bracket, plus, whitespace character (this is the \\s) or a minus.
The asterisk after the closing square bracket means that the preceding expression should occur zero or more times.This is useful if the telephone number is not a compulsory field, but when filled in, should be valid.
If you want to make it a compulsory field, swap the asterisk for a plus, which means that it must occur one or more times.The new reg ex would then be:
Finally, the dollar sign. This is the complement to the caret and indicates the boundary at the end of the string. This is not the last character of the string but the invisible boundary which follows it.For example, the cat$ will match watch the cat, but not the cat eats.
the cat$
watch the cat
the cat eats
So, I hope that helps.
Good luck learning JavScript.
Thanks very much for taking the time to explain. As its getting late I've printed out your explanation and folded it inside my DOM scripting book.
Its my first proper hand crafted attempt and I took it for granted how much I needed to know!
The site is for my semi-retired next door neighbour who has kept his business going on a smaller scale to top up his old age pension. As its learning curve its being developed for free.
There are only 2 things left to do:
1) Include contact form security - see my new post in PHP forum. I've attempted to include a Honey Pot spam trap from http://devgrow.com/simple-php-honey-pot/. I don't need the contact form or validation part of the example just the relevant Honey Pot HTML, CSS & PHP. I think I know what HTML & CSS to keep but unsure about what PHP I need.
2) A success message - The success message should ideally display next to the submit button (see attachment). No idea on how to approach this at all until I get my head down into some Javascript books!
Now I've started the website I'm keen to finish as its dragging on. I think after this sites done that it until I get more Javascript and PHP practice under my belt!!!


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