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Archive of change logs for previous versions
- added wakelock preference
- fixed utc offset preference not working
- fixed touchdown multi day events on every day bug
- fixed text alignment issue
- fixed honeycomb/arc launcher not updating on refresh everytime
- added more options to click actions for toolbar/right buttons (task application, calendar application)
- Fixed birthdays for today
- Calendar list now hides unsynced calendars by default, enable-able using the menu button
- New task click preference for use with "open calendar application" event click action
- Fixed birthdays being highlighted a day early
- Fixed various force closes causes by null dividers
- Fixed task and overdue task bullets reversed preference
- Fixed bug where no deadline tasks would indent
- Added preference to disable date for allday multiday events in row style/icon mode
Bug fix log for 1.6.14:
- Bug fixes in Quick Agenda
- I think I have fixed the appearance preference loading problem
- Misc force closes
- Fixed Calengoo tag support
- Fixed some contact birthday problems
- Fixed some force close issues
- Added new font settings
- Added new "Quick Agenda"
Bug fix log for 1.6.9:
- Updated some preference screens
- Due today support
- More fixes for multi day on every day mode
- Fixed Calengoo support
Change log for 1.6.8:
- Removed internet permission, now sends an email on crash log request
- Removed use of wakelock, this may effect auto updating. Please advise of side effects
- Fixed birthday coloring
- Updated translations
- Fixed Norwegian/spanish/chinese localization bug
Change log for 1.6.5:
- Added deep linking to tasks for astrid and touchdown
- Added Calengoo gTask support
- Added preference to show multi day events on every day they occur
- Added countdown for days/events
- Fixed force close when refreshing
- Added "multiday on each day" preference to show multi day events on every day they occur
- Contact birthdays
Change log for 1.6.4:
- Attempted to fix multiday formatting issue with inline
- Fixed tasks on today at midnight highlighting as overdue incorrectly
Changelog for 1.6.3
- Fixed highlighting bugs
- Fixed row header bug in scrolling
- Added date click override for galaxy tab
- Basic Honeycomb scrolling support
- Added function to delete selected calendar data
- Removed restriction on protrait mode in settings
- Enhanced task click choice option to allow multiple providers
- Merged appearance settings preview code and tested most (all?) preferences
- Added sliding drawer to appearance preferences preview
- Added new skins (Dark square and Light Square)
- Added new icon backgrounds (green, blue, red, yellow, purple)
- Added new row header backgrounds (more fade, rounded fade)
- Added "2 line layout" which shows the location and time below the title
- Added "Row color background" to row settings which fixes the
row background color problem for scrolling widgets
- Fixed some layout issues
- Lots of scrolling wiget TLC
- Various force close fixes
- Rearranged appearance settings
- Modified some themes, added black and white theme
Change log for 1.5.9:
- Made touchdown clicks better
- Fixed PI clicks
Change log for 1.5.8:
- Task filtering for lists/tags
- Show todays events option
- Updated color pickers to use color wheel
- fixed events showing on the incorrect day bug
- renamed "disabled widget sizes" to "enableds widget sizes"
- added preference to fix HTC event clicks
- fixed bug where unticking global preferences would mess up calendar selections
- fixed non global color bullets not respecting their settings
Change log for 1.5.7:
- Fixed all day events not showing the chosen color
- Fix cursor sync crash when syncing on HTC phones
- Added 5×3 widget
- Added business calendar, touch calendar pro, calengoo
- Tasks now respect event look ahead
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- Fixed date row header background setting not being respected in scrolling mode
- potentially fixed nasty force close when loading widgets
- Stopped refresh on event end from being on by default
- Added *x5 widget sizes
- Fixed problem with force refresh of skin
- Added migration of event look ahead and modified preference to use days
- Added reset of calendar offset migration
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U.S. Under-17 Go 1-1-1 Against MLS Teams in 2004
CHICAGO (Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004) - U.S. Under-17 '87 Men's National Team defeated the Columbus Crew 2-1 behind goals from Rodrigo Hidalgo and Ryan Soroka this afternoon at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., increasing their record to 1-1-1 against MLS teams this year.
The Crew took an early 1-0 lead in the 27th minute with a goal by Michael Ritch, but Hidalgo struck back five minutes later for the equalizer. The Under-17s got the game winner as Soroka, a second half substitute (64th minute), found the back of the net in the 76th minute. Midfielder Adam Sloustcher provided both assists for the U.S.
The Crew is currently training down in Bradenton along with four other MLS teams (D.C. United, Colorado Rapids, Chicago Fire, and MetroStars). The Kansas City Wizards are just north conducing camp in Tampa.
This was just the third time the U.S. U-17 MNT has beaten a MLS team since the Residency program began in 1999. The first win was in 1999 as the U-17s defeated the Tampa Bay Mutiny 2-0, while the second was in 2003 when Freddy Adu scored both goals to down the Chicago Fire 2-1. Overall the Under-17s are 3-13-2, with 18 goals scored and 44 goals allowed, against MLS clubs.
So far this year, the U.S. has played two other matches against MLS clubs, losing to the Galaxy 3-1 at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on Feb. 6 to close out the team's week-long training camp last week, and tying the Chicago Fire 2-2 upon returning to Bradenton on Feb. 8.
Midfielder Adam Sloustcher found the equalizer for the U.S. in the 29th minute to make it 1-1, but L.A.'s 2004 SuperDraft first round pick, Joseph Ngwenya, was able to find the back of the net twice before the end of the first half for the victory.
The Galaxy struck first in the 27th minute when Arturo Torres ripped a strike from the corner of the 18-yard box past a lunging Stephen Sandbo. The Under-17s were not detterred though, as two minutes later midfielder Dax McCarty forced two Galaxy defenders to slip before serving Sloustcher at the top of the penalty area. Sloustcher was able to knock a one-timer that trickled past 'keeper Kevin Hartman.
A minute later, L.A.'s 2004 SuperDraft first round pick Joseph Ngwenya scored his first goal in a Galaxy jersey for the game-winner. Right before the half, Ngwenya gave the Galaxy a two-goal lead and closed out the scoring with his second goal in the 44th minute.
U.S. Soccer Residency graduate Guillermo "Memo" Gonzalez, who was drafted in the first round by the Galaxy in 2003, played for L.A. in the second half. Also suiting up for the Galaxy in second half was 2004 SuperDraft second round draft pick Ned Grabavoy, who started four matches for the U.S. Under-20 MNT at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship last December.
The U-17s match against the Fire started well for the U.S. as McCarty scored in just the second minute off a pass from defender Julian Valentin. After a foul about 30 yards from goal, Freddy Adu played a ball to the far post, where Valentin headed it back across the net to McCarty, who took the ball out of the air and rocketed it just under the crossbar.
The Under-17s struck again in the 18th minute as Hidalgo received a nice through ball from defender Nathan Sturgis and slipped it past the 'keeper for a 2-0 lead.
The Fire was able to strike back in the shortened 60-minute match, getting two goals in the final three minutes for the draw. Their first goal came on a penalty, which was awarded after Valentin and the Fire's Nate Jacqua got tangled up in the box and the referee deemed the contact a foul by the young defender. Ryan Futagaki finished from the spot. Just seconds from the final whistle, the Fire found the equalizer as Justin Magner knocked home a cross from Scott Buete.
- U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team Game Report -
Participants: U.S. Under-17 '87s Men's National Team vs. Columbus Crew
Competition: Friendly
Location: IMG Academy; Bradenton, Fla.
Date: February 19, 2004
Weather: Warm, 70 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1st 2nd Final
Columbus Crew 1 0 1
CLB – Michael Ritch 27th minute
USA – Rodrigo Hidalgo (Adam Sloustcher) 32nd
USA – Ryan Soroka (Adam Sloustcher) 76th
USA: 18-Marcus Rein (1-Stephen Sandbo, 46); 2-Nathan Sturgis, 5-Tim Ward, 4-Julian Valentin, 3-Greg Folk; 12-Adam Sloustcher, 10-Danny Szetela, 17-Christian Jimenez, 8-Dax McCarty (29-Ofori Sarkodie, 79); 15-Eric Avila, 9-Rodrigo Hidalgo (27-Ryan Soroka, 64).
CLB: n/a
Statistical Summary: CLB USA
Shots 6 3
Saves 0 4
Corner Kick 5 3
Fouls 11 6
Offside 1 3
Misconduct Summary:
CLB – n/a (caution) 63rd minute
CLB – Kyle Martino (caution) 75th
- U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team Game Report -
Participants: U.S. Under-17 '87s Men's National Team vs. Chicago Fire
Competition: Friendly ** 30-minute halves **
Location: IMG Academy; Bradenton, Fla.
Date: February 8, 2004
Weather: Warm, 70 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1st 2nd Final
Chicago Fire 0 2 2
USA – Dax McCarty (Julian Valentin) 2nd minute
USA – Rodrigo Hidalgo (Nathan Sturgis) 18th
Fire – Ryan Futagaki (penalty) 57th
Fire – Justin Magner (Scott Buete) 59th
USA: 18-Marcus Rein (1-Stephen Sandbo, 31); 2-Nathan Sturgis, 5-Tim Ward, 4-Julian Valentin (14-Taylor Waspi, 57), 3-Greg Folk; 12-Adam Sloustcher, 10-Danny Szetela, 17-Christian Jimenez, 8-Dax McCarty; 11-Freddy Adu (6-Quavas Kirk, 53), 9-Rodrigo Hidalgo (30-Michael Stephens, 53).
CHI: Troy Perkins (Matt Pickens, 31); Ryan Futagaki, Phil Hucles, Denny Clanton, Tony McManus (Carco Valez, 31); Justin Mapp (Justin Magner, 31), Scott Buete, Ryan McGowan, Ian Pilarski; Dipsy Selolwane (Nate Jaqua, 31), Sumed Ibrahim.
Statistical Summary: Fire USA
Shots 2 3
Saves 1 0
Corner Kick 0 1
Fouls 8 4
Offside 2 3
Misconduct Summary:
- U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team Match Report -
Participants: U.S. Under-17 (87s) Men's National Team vs. L.A. Galaxy
Competition: Friendly
Location: The Home Depot Center; Carson, Calif.
Date: February 6, 2004
Weather: Warm, 70 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1st 2nd Final
L.A. Galaxy 3 0 3
Galaxy - Arturo Torres 27th minute.
USA - Adam Sloustcher (Dax McCarty) 29
Galaxy - Joseph Ngwenya 30
Galaxy - Joseph Ngwenya 44
USA: Stephen Sandbo; Greg Folk, Julian Valentin, Tim Ward, Nathan Sturgis; Adam Sloustcher (Carlos Borja, 80), Dax McCarty (Gabriel Farfan, 74), Danny Szetela, Michael Bradley (Michael Stephens, 74); Rod Hidalgo (Brett King, 74), Christian Jimenez (Eric Avila, 80).
L.A.: n/a
Statistical Summary: L.A. USA
Shots 8 2
Saves 0 4
Corner Kick 2 0
Fouls 3 4
Offside 6 2

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Coaches and siblings - Dallas' Johnson family generations intersect at state basketball tournament
The Johnsons are having a family reunion in Austin this weekend.
It's less about bringing plastic forks and paper tablecloths, though, and more about dry-erase clipboards and a bag of basketballs for the shootaround.
Three generations will travel to the UIL boys state basketball tournament for Thursday's games.
Madison senior Roderick Johnson and his teammates will play San Antonio Sam Houston (27-9) at 1:30 Thursday in a Class 3A semifinal – with his father, first-year head coach Rod Johnson, on the sideline for the defending state champs.
Rod's younger brother, Kimball coach Royce "Snoop" Johnson, will lead his program to its fourth consecutive state tournament, trying to win its third Class 4A title during that span. Kimball (23-7) will face Beaumont Central (31-4) at 7 p.m. Thursday.
And Rod and Royce's parents – Dallas ISD assistant athletic director Goree Johnson and his wife, former Pinkston coach Diane Johnson – will be in the stands, cheering them along.
"It's going to be a great weekend," Royce said. "Every time we have a family reunion or a birthday party or anything, it's not even basketball season and that's all you hear them talking about: 'What kind of team have you got?' They look forward to this."
The group is accustomed to heading en masse to Texas' Frank Erwin Center.
As a senior, Rod lost in the 1986 Class 5A final, when Kimball was upset by Amarillo, 68-63. Royce won the 5A title in 1990, his senior season, the point guard on Jimmy Tubbs' final Kimball team before leaving to become a SMU assistant.
Goree left Roosevelt to replace Tubbs as Kimball's head coach, and won back-to-back 5A titles in 1996 and 1997, with Royce as an assistant and Rod working with those teams in the off-season. Royce, 41, has seven state trips in his tenure as Kimball's head coach, winning 4A titles in 2011 and 2012.
And Roderick – who transferred from DeSoto this year to play for his father – was a ball boy for Roosevelt's 2006 Class 3A champs, where both his father and former Madison coach Damien Mobley served as assistants for Stanford Hill.
"Ever since that moment, I wanted to be able to get down there," Roderick said. "I'd do whatever it takes to do it."
This time around, the family's excitement is focused on Rod and Roderick's journeys.
After 16 years at Roosevelt as a football and basketball assistant, Rod moved to Madison (28-3), working for Mobley for the last three years before getting promoted when Mobley left for Waxahachie last spring.
"We always told him that we thought he was the guy behind the scenes," Goree said.
"I tell people all the time, I've got the better résumé, but he's a better basketball coach than me," Royce added.
Rod, 45, called the opportunity at Madison a "blessing," stepping into a familiar situation with players that he'd worked with, and a loaded roster – including top 100 junior guard Admon Gilder.
"I was doing the right things, and just happened to be at the right place at the right time," Rod said.
Roderick, a 6-5 forward, was a role player for DeSoto last season under coach Chris Dyer. Dyer – in the tangled web of South Dallas basketball – coached Rod and Royce while serving as Tubbs' assistant at Kimball before moving on to win state titles at South Oak Cliff and DeSoto.
The youngest Johnson has moved into Madison's starting lineup, serving as a defensive stopper and rebounder. In other words, he is a prototypical coach's son — and grandson.
"Coming over here, I didn't want my teammates to think that just because my father was the coach, that I was going to shoot everything," Roderick said. "I came over here to play a role. My dad helped me understand my role, and I made sure I did it."
Johnson brothers
Brothers Rod and Royce Johnson will be trying to bring home boys basketball state titles this weekend for the DISD. A comparison of the brothers:
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If you have ever had one of those times, where you needed to use up 5lbs of potatoes, this is the recipe for you! I had forgotten that I already had a 5lb bag of potatoes and bought another..and well I certainly didn't need 10lbs sitting around so I whipped up a big batch of mashed potatoes. Luckily my entire family (including the picky toddler) loves them!
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Sales tax could increase in Georgetown County if voters approve referendum
Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:53:05 GMT —
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC (WPDE) - Election day is about a month away and voters in Georgetown County won't only be choosing who they want to see in the White House.
There's a referendum on the ballot asking voters if they support an additional one percent sales tax to pay for projects, including paving rural roads.
The referendum is similar to the Riding on a Penny tax passed by Horry County voters in 2006. Two different groups have formed with very different views on the proposal.
If you drive down Highway 17 heading north in Pawleys Island, a billboard paid for by the Stop the Tax Hike Committee is hard to miss. Their message is simple, vote "no" in November.
Charlie Luquire is against a sales tax increase. The proposal would bring the current sales tax to 7%. The extra one percent would not be added to items like groceries and prescriptions.
"In talking to people in various communities around the county it's not on their radar. And we felt like it was appropriate for us to speak up and to give our views after having studied the matter," he explains. "We didn't think it was an appropriate time to be raising a local sales tax."
Luquire says there are a lot of unknowns facing the people of Georgetown County and the additional tax, which county officials say is expected to generate about $40 million dollars over eight years, isn't needed.
"Because financing and the ability of the local people to pay for various things is limited. We think their limit has been reached," adds Luquire.
If voters approve the referendum, the money generated from the tax will pay for many projects including improvements to Parkersville Road, dredging Winyah Bay, and Murrells Inlet.
"This inlet has been filling in with silt and it's becoming difficult for recreational boaters to get around at low tide as well as commercial fisherman," says Bill Crowther with Pennies for Progress.
He goes on to say the potential economic impact would improve the area, "We don't have the sports recreation facilities that a lot of families are looking for. Our libraries are outdated. The Sampit, Santee area they don't have a library. They're going to get a library out of this."
"We're not opposed to libraries certainly or paving rural roads. We have a plan for that and the plan has been in effect for years. We think we should stay with the plan and if the economic conditions improve then we can adjust the spending schedule to move things forward," explains Luquire.
The county is in fact already working toward some of those projects under their capital improvement plan, but if the tax passes, improvements will be made a bit quicker.
Georgetown County Council has already passed a resolution to waive impact fees on new construction is the one cent sales tax passes.
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The Stillwater City Council sent a road race organizer back to the starting line Tuesday.
Brian Mastel of Mastel Event Management was asked to work with Community Development Director Bill Turnblad on new routes for three running races Mastel's company wants to conduct in the city later this year.
Mastel's request comes during a special events moratorium the council enacted last year after the cancellation of Lumberjack Days. In addition, city officials are concerned that some proposed race routes go through Lowell Park, site of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers levee project this summer.
Mastel's company is responsible for last year's Stillwater Log Run which was rescheduled to October due to bad weather. Mastel proposes adding a Stillwater half-marathon, and the Stillwater Lift Bridge Road races this summer.
"The numbers were not what we had hoped for last year but I feel that these events are compelling events that would be brought to downtown Stillwater as long as they have the ability and time to grow." Mastel said.
City Administrator Larry Hansen said although the council approved the Stillwater Log Run last year, Mastel received no guarantee that the race would take place this year.
In addition to the moratorium, Mayor Ken Harycki said he was concerned that the proposed race routes wouldn't work if the Lowell Park project occurs.
Some council members said they could support the summer run since it would be included in events that had happened historically. But they expressed concern about adding two other events due to the moratorium.
"I personally believe that the moratorium applies to these events. If we continue to not address the moratorium and lift it occasionally and decide to have events on a case-by-case basis, waiving our existing policies — it's got nothing to do with your race, I'm sure it's great but If we don't commit to our policies I don't think we'll have a commitment to get this done and addressed," said Councilman Tom Weidner.
Mastel said not having the summer race this year would be a detriment.
"To take one year off from an event that was established last year would be a death sentence for the event. Moving the start or end can be managed. It's very common to have that happen with these races," he said.
The council urged Mastel to work with Turnblad to create a new route before the council votes on the events.
"If you had a set plan for new routes that would be helpful, I'd like to have something in front of me that shows me that this is what it's gonna be," said Councilman Mike Polehna.
"I think if you amend the application with the new routes and bring it back to us we might be in a stronger position to approve it," Harycki added. "There are just so many variables going on right now."
At the 7 p.m. meeting the council:
- Approved specifications and requirements for the 2013 road improvement projects. No one spoke at either of the public hearings.
- Approved an amendment to the Freight House's special use permit allowing the addition of an exterior bar with a roof on the deck.
- Annexed the intersection at Greeley Street and Minnesota 36 into the city, The site originally was in Stillwater Township and township officials had no issues with the annexation. The annexation had also been recommended by MnDOT, according to city attorney Dave Magnuson.
- Approved a no-parking resolution on the north side of Pine and North Broadway streets due to the 2013 construction projects.


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Is it possible for a second molar to move into empty spot of first molar, even if it had a root canal treatment done on it years ago, but has failed?
Certainly - depending on how long the first molar has been out. If the missing tooth is an upper molar, the transition is easier. What makes it more difficult in the lower is that the ridge in the lower molar gets narrower with time and the wider root of the second molar has difficulty in moving forward. Of coarse, this movement only occurs by orthodontic appliances, so you should consult your orthodontist with these questions.I hope this helps.
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This book talks about how having a positive attitude makes you feel better and happier. How everyone sometimes has problems but if you face them with a positive attitude they can be much easier to deal with and can be a positive learning experience.
Will Princess Tilly learn from Prince Willy why castle rules are cool? Character concept: Citizenship: Obey rules.
This book talks about how everyone has problems and how most problems have solutions. How it is important to stop and think, get all the facts , and be better prepared to solve a problem when it happens to them.
Teaching students that teamwork, sharing, and cooperating are important steps in working together and help you reach a goal much faster.
Being polite, having good manners, and showing kindness to others is the topic of this book. Gives different situations and circumstances where politeness is important.
Bullying is a huge issue in our schools today and this book teaches students what to do if they are being bullied and what they can do to help a friend or fellow student who is a victim of bullying.
The focus in this title is that it is sometimes hard to have integrity. Having to always do the right thing or say you are sorry can be hard to do but makes you a better person and makes other people think you are, too.


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WASHINGTON, Ga. – Only five days after going to battle in the sandy woods of Southern Florida, Factory FMF/KTM teammates Kailub Russell and Charlie Mullins put in yet another three-hour duel at Sunday's Maxxis General GNCC. This time, it was Russell who grabbed the win over Mullins by less than two seconds at Round 2 of the 2013 AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series.
AmPro Yamaha's Paul Whibley got off to a great start, grabbing the All Balls Racing XC1 Holeshot Award. Meanwhile, Russell got caught in a first corner crash and began the race in the back of the pack. Whibley led Mullins, Russell and the rest of the field into the woods but the remainder of the day didn't go quite as planned for the 2012 champ.
GNCC Rocky Mountain ATV/MC's Josh Strang got a mid-pack start, immediately engaging in a three way battle with Shenandoah Honda/USWE-Sports.com's Thad DuVall and KR4 Arrive-N-Ride/B.R.E/Carolina KTM's Chris Bach early in the race. It didn't take long for DuVall to set his sights on the lead pack as he made his way around Strang to take over the third place spot on Lap 2. From there, DuVall made a charge for Russell and Mullins – getting as close as one second behind the KTM duo.
Bach and Strang battled all afternoon, flip-flopping the fourth place position throughout the 3-hour race. Bach eventually made a push past Strang as the 2-Lap card fell, but the former GNCC champ Strang reclaimed the fourth place spot on the final lap.
Mullins is now tied with his teammate for the XC1 points leadPhoto: Ken Hill / GNCC
Russell stopped in the pits for a drink of water on Lap 5 and that's when DuVall made his move for the lead. However, halfway into the very same lap DuVall stalled his bike and Russell moved back into the lead position. Russell and Mullins then broke away from DuVall on the final lap.
"I was riding really good out there and was able to get past a few guys at the end but I had some goggle problems on the last lap and got some dirt in my eyes, which slowed me down a bit," DuVall said. "I learned a lot from both of these guys today [Russell and Mullins]."
The final lap of racing was all about the lead battle as Russell and Mullins were neck-and-neck on Lap 7, coming through the finish line less than two seconds apart.
"I took a bad line through the mud hole on the last lap and that's where Kailub passed me for the lead," Mullins said. "Unfortunately I came up a little bit short but I'll take a second any day."
Russell's win leaves him tied with teammate Charlie Mullins after two rounds of racing.
"I'm really happy with the win and every point counts," Russell commented. "I didn't feel like I was the fastest one out there today but if I wouldn't have won, Charlie would have walked away with a ten point lead and I'm happy that we're tied up."
Strang and Bach rounded out the top five in the XC1 class, while reigning champ Paul Whibley finished sixth. Whibley's AmPro Yamaha teammate, Jordan Ashburn, came in seventh just behind Whibley and Litz Racing/Ride Center USA Takeshi Koikeda finished eighth. Yamaha's Ricky Russell and XC1 rookie Adam Bonneur rounded out the Top 10.
In just his first year of XC2 Pro Lites competition, 15-year-old Grant Baylor grabbed his first-ever Pro Lites podium finish – a feat that has only been accomplished by his older brother and former XC2 champ Steward Baylor Jr. The afternoon began on point for Baylor as he grabbed the DigitalOffroad.com XC2 Holeshot Award ahead of a full class of 33 XC2 racers. F.A.R Husqvarna's Andrew DeLong got off to a back-of-the-pack start but eventually made his way to the front where he and Baylor battled all afternoon.
DirtWise Schools/KTM-Parts.com/Maxxis rider Jason Thomas got off to a mid-pack start and quickly worked his way into podium contention. However, Thomas experienced a hard crash while battling with Obermeyer Yamaha/Raines Riding University/Offroadviking.com's Jed Haines that left the reigning XC2 champ a little shaken up. Thomas managed to finish fifth place behind Shane Hufford Jr., who finished a season-best fourth in the class.
Motocross superstar Zach Osborne grabbed his second consecutive podium finish as a mere visitor of the GNCC Series before he heads back to his normal West Coast Supercross duties. Osborne battled with Thomas throughout the day, eventually sealing in the third place finish.
DeLong leads Grant Baylor by nine points in the XC2 Pro Lites division heading into Round 3 in North Carolina. "I'm just pumped to start the 2013 season off with two consecutive wins and put myself into a good position in the point standings," said DeLong.
North Carolina's Trevor Barrett finished twenty-sixth overall to take the afternoon's Top Amateur Honors, while also securing the 4-Stroke A Lites class win.
The 2013 AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series continues April 6 and 7 with the FMF Steele Creek GNCC. For more information on the series, visit www.gnccracing.com.


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Check out the menu for the "Passion for Peppers" event
1st Course:
Scallop and shrimp ceviche: aji amarillo, avocado, corn tortilla cup
2nd Course:
Scotch bonnet lime marmalade glazed salmon: jicama citrus slaw, grilled hearts of palm
3rd Course
Spiced pineapple upside down cakes with a wicked hot chocolate shooter
Date/time: Saturday, September 12; 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $55 ($50 for Plantations members) Pre-registration is required.
Instructor: Chef Eric Szymczak
Location: Botanical Garden and Taverna Banfi
Click here to register.
Still spots left for "Beautiful Botanicals" with Camille Doucet
Dates/times: Tuesdays from September 1 - October 6
Cost: $200 ($180 for Plantations members)
Instructor: Camille Doucet
Location: Nevin Welcome Center
Click here to register.
2015 Fall Lecture Series kicks off with author Robin Kimmerer
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer will lecture on topics found in her new book "Braiding Sweetgrass" in which she shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
"We are thrilled that Dr. Kimmerer will be kicking-off our lecture series," stated Dr. Sonja Skelly, director of education at Cornell Plantations. "I believe that Jane Goodall said it best– '[this is] an extraordinary book, showing how the factual, objective approach of science can be enriched by the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people.' We are very pleased that Dr. Kimmerer will be sharing her eloquence and wisdom with the Cornell community."
Dr. Kimmerer is a distinguished teaching professor and the director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. As a writer and scientist, she has delivered a TEDx Talk, has addressed the general assembly of the United Nations at the request of UN President Sam Kahamba Kutesa, of Uganda, and has won the prestigious John Burroughs Medal for Writing and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.
Date/time: Wednesday, September 2; 5:30 (immediately followed by a garden party in Plantations botanical garden)
Cost: Free
Location: Call Alumni Auditorium in Kennedy Hall on Cornell campus
Click here for the full lecture line up.
Student interns say "thank you"
View video here.
Ten scenic spots you must visit before graduating Cornell
Click here to view the list on Buzzfeed.
A week of pepper-themed events ends with a Family Pepper Party
Each year in our vegetable garden we display dozens of varieties of a widely-grown vegetable. This year, we chose the pepper and have a line-up of activities to explore the world of peppers:
A cooking demo and 3 course tasting of delectable pepper creations by Taverna Banfi.
Saturday, September 12; 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Lecture by Dave Dewitt, author and food historian
Wednesday, September 16; 7:30 p.m.
Pepper tour and tasting with food historian Dave Dewitt
Thursday, September 17; 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Pepper activities for kids of all ages at this family event including tastings from Agava.
Saturday, September 19; 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Visit the Nevin Welcome Center to see the exhibit "Peppers Around the World." This exhibit traces how cultivated peppers traveled from Central and South America to quickly make their way around the globe. A delectable display of pepper-based salsas, curries and pastes highlight how peppers are key ingredients of signature dishes worldwide.
Check out the Climate Change Garden
This summer, we added five interpretive signs to guide visitors through the garden. Hand-written labels call attention to differences between the plants growing inside and outside the high tunnel, and we provided a space for visitors to share their observations. If you live close by, we hope you visit to make some observations for yourself. If not, you can follow what's been happening on our Climate Change Garden blog. Also, see what's happening on our Instagram account.
Cocktail Party in the Herb Garden on August 13!
Join Roland Coggin, one of Ithaca's top mixologists, for a cocktail party in the Robison Herb Garden featuring drinks made with fresh herbal ingredients. Registration fee for this event includes light hors d'oeuvres and tickets for three cocktails, provided by Agava Restaurant. Additional drink tickets will be available for purchase. Proceeds support the mission of Cornell Plantations. Participants must be 21 or older and prepared to show proof of age. Pre-registration is required.
(Rain location: Nevin Welcome Center)
Date/time: Thursday, August 13; 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $50 per person
Location: Robison York State Herb Garden in the Botanical Garden
Click here to register.
Sign up for "Shoot, Edit and Share" on August 8
Date/time: Saturday, August 8; 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Cost:$40; $36 for Plantations members
Instructor: Paul Schmitt, local photographer
Location: Meet at the Nevin Welcome Center.
Click here to register.
Free public preview of "Hemlock Woolly Adelgid" film this Thursday
Date/time: Thursday, July 23, 7:00 p.m. Q & A following film with: Mark Whitmore - Forest Entomologist; Hilary Lambert - Executive Director of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network; Chris Foito - Filmmaker (and former Cinemapolis staffer)
Location: Cinemapolis, 120 East Green St., Ithaca
Cost: Free
Click here for more information on the Cinemapolis website.
Celebrate National Moth Week with us!
Sunday, July 19; 1 - 4 p.m: Join artist Brandon Ballengee to build a "Love Motel," a sculpted canvas to attract insects. Love Motel for Insects is an ongoing series that started in 2001 in Costa Rica, and has since taken the artist to Delhi, London, Venice and Loch Ness (Scotland), and most notably – Central Park in New York City, among other venues. The original structures were made from black lights and bed sheets; today, they use ultra-violet lighting on black canvas backgrounds. Click here to read more on our Tumblr blog.
Monday, July 20: Take a tour of the Love Motel with the artist from 7-8 p.m. Stay for bug watching from 8-10 p.m.
Meet at the Ponds area in the F. R. Newman Arboretum for both events.
Wednesday, July 22; 1 - 4 p.m: Take a walk with Cornell entomologist Jason J. Dombroskie through the Mundy Wildflower Garden and around Beebe Lake to look for moths and their caterpillars. Meet at the entrance to the Mundy Wildflower Garden on Caldwell Road.
Wednesday, July 22; 9 p.m. - midnight: Cornell entomologist Jason J. Dombroskie will set up a bright mercury vapor light and two ultraviolet lights to attract nocturnal moths. Meet at the Newman Overlook in the F. R. Newman Arboretum.
Throughout June and July: Art exhibit in the Nevin Welcome Center: "Les Papillons"
Find enchantment in "Les Papillons," a photographic look at butterflies amongst the floral backdrop of the tropics. This collection of photos by local photographer Jason Cox brings the vibrancy of life housed at the Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservancy here to the Finger Lakes. This art exhibit will be on display from July 6 to the end of August.
All events are free and no pre-registration is required. Click here for more detail on our events calendar.
Take a hike with the Cornell Gorge Stewards
Fall Creek Gorge Hikes: Thursdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., August 6, 13, 20
Beebe Lake Hikes: Sundays, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., August 9, 16, 23
Fee: Free and open to the public. Pre-registration is not required.
Instructors: Cornell Gorge Stewards
Fall Creek Gorge Hikes: Meet at the corner of University Avenue and Central Avenue (Near the Johnson Museum of Art).
Beebe Lake Hikes: Meet at the front of Noyes Lodge.
Click here to view this event on our calendar.
On display at the Nevin Welcome Center
Plantations rated one of "50 Most Amazing University Gardens"
On BestCollegesOnline.org, Cornell Plantations is rated one of the "50 Most Amazing University Gardens." Each University garden or arboreta received points for variety of species, local or international recognition, education programs and conservation efforts. Click here to see who also made the list.
Botanical Garden tours every Saturday and Sunday
Date/time: Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 p.m.; June 13- September 27
Cost: $5 (free for Plantations members, volunteers and Cornell students) Pre-registration is not required.
Location: Meet in front of the Nevin Welcome Center.
Reunion Weekend events, June 4-6
Cornell Plantations -- the arboretum, botanical garden and natural areas of Cornell University -- welcomes all alumni and their families to Reunion Weekend, June 4-6, 2015.
During Reunion our rhododendrons, irises, and magnolias will be blooming, and you may still find many spring wildflowers in the Mundy Wildflower Garden and natural areas.
At the botanical garden you can take a mini-tour, pick up a visitor map and explore on your own, browse the exhibits and gift shop in the Nevin Welcome Center, or just relax and enjoy the beauty and serenity of the gardens and grounds.
Free parking is available at the Nevin Welcome Center, or you can ride our shuttle van from Barton Hall (Statler Hotel side) or the Peterson parking lot across from the Dairy Bar/Stocking Hall on Tower Road. Plantations shuttle service is provided approximately every 20 minutes from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday only.
For more information, contact Kevin Moss at firstname.lastname@example.com, (607) 254-7430.
Welcome back -- to Cornell Plantations!
A variety of tours and programs are planned for Reunion Weekend. Activities are free and are open to all Reunion attendees, the general public and members of the Ithaca community:
Nevin Welcome Center open from 9:30 to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.
Shuttle service available from 12:00 to 5:00, Friday and Saturday. Stops at Barton Hall/Statler Hall and Peterson Lot (across from Dairy Bar).
Thursday, June 4
Beebe Lake Natural History Walk
Location: Meet at Beebe Beach
Thursday, June 4; 3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Stroll around the lake to discover the history, flora, and fauna of Cornell's favorite natural area.
Friday, June 5
Plantations Botanical Garden Highlights Tour
Location: Meet at the Nevin Welcome Center
10:00 -11:00 a.m.
Guided one-hour tour through the numerous theme gardens in the Botanical Garden.
Cascadilla Gorge Hike
Meet at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts in Collegetown,
Friday, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Hike through Cascadilla Gorge and learn about the geology, natural history, and beauty of this scenic greenway. The round-trip one milehike is moderately strenuous and involves some steep stair climbing. Friday hikers have the option to take the #10 TCAT Bus back to campus
instead of returning on the trail, but there is no bus service on Saturday.
Plantations Botanical Garden Mini Tours
Nevin Welcome Center
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
15-minute mini-tours highlighting significant plants and gardens, launching approximately every 20 minutes.
Plantations Mundy Wildflower Garden Tour
Mundy Wildflower Garden, Caldwell Road entrance
11 a.m.- noon
Explore this woodland wildflower garden and discover a rich variety of native flora.
Members-only sneak preview of the Spring Plant Sale
Cornell Plantations Plant Production Facility, 397 Forest Home Drive
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Take home some of Plantations' gardeners' top picks for your own home landscape! This spring's offerings will include some small shrubs, a wide variety of perennials, and some new additions to the horticulture trade.
Saturday, June 6
Spring Plant Sale
Cornell Plantations Plant Production Facility, 397 Forest Home Drive
9:00 a.m. – noon
Take home some of Plantations' gardeners' top picks for your own home landscape! This spring's offerings will include some small shrubs, a wide variety of perennials, and some new additions to the horticulture trade.
Plantations Botanical Garden Mini Tours
Nevin Welcome Center
10:00 a.m. - noon
15-minute mini-tours highlighting significant plants and gardens, launching approximately every 20 minutes.
Cascadilla Gorge Hike
Meet at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts in Collegetown,
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Hike through Cascadilla Gorge and learn about the geology, natural history, and beauty of this scenic greenway. The round-trip one mile hike is moderately strenuous and involves some steep stair climbing.
Comstock Knoll Rhododendron Tour
Meet at the Nevin Welcome Center
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Join gardener Phil Syphrit for this tour of one of the most beautiful places
on campus: the Bowers Rhododendron Collection on Comstock Knoll, home to over 130 different varieties of rhododendron and azalea.
"The Hangovers" - Allan Hosie Treman '21 Memorial Concert
Nevin Welcome Center lawn
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Relax in the shade and enjoy this performance by The Hangovers, the popular a capella subset of the Cornell Glee Club. Refreshments provided.
Cascadilla Gorge Trail vanadalized again
"We spent six years trying to get the gorge trail fully reopened, a huge commitment, and it was really fantastic to hear the response of the community to having the trail reopened, to feel safe, to look beautiful, to look like a historic gorge trail should look," said Plantations director of Natural Areas, Todd Bittner.
Seven different areas have now been defaced, including staircases, part of a stone wall, the new cement staircase, under the stone arch foot bridge and part of a retaining wall. The removal could cost up to $20,000.
Read more in the following articles:
Ithaca Journal: Cascadilla Gorge Trail vanadalized again, May 28
Ithaca Voice: Ithaca's reopened Cascadilla Gorge Trail vandalized again, May 28
WHCU: Gorge vandalism clean up could be difficult and costly, May 29
Plantations staff help Cornell Class of 2015 honor lives lost
Plantations natural areas staff helped the senior honor society Quill & Dagger plant a grove of trees along Cascadilla Creek to celebrate the students of the Class of 2015 whose lives were lost. In addition, the senior class, spearheaded by Lara Keskinkaya and Sam Coleman, raised
funds to plant a "Tribute Tree" on the pathway between the Engineering
Quad and Collegetown, for seven members of the Class of 2015 who died.
President Skorton paid tribute to these gestures in his Commencement speech on May 24. Read more in the Cornell Chronicle article, "At Commencement, Skorton confers the 'generosity of spirit.'"
Cornell Plantations Contributes to Cornell's STARS 2014 Gold Rating
Participating schools self-report on ways that they are contributing to the sustainability from student life, to carbon sequestering, and even to preserving bio-diversity on it's campus.
Click here to read more on the Plantations Tumblr blog.
Plant Sale, Saturday June 6
Date/time: Saturday, June 6; 9:00 a.m. – noon
Cost: Admission and parking are free
Location: Cornell Plantations Plant Production Facility, 397 Forest Home Drive
For more information, call 607-255-2400 or contact email@example.com
Member-Only Early Bird Preview: Friday, June 5; 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
This is an exclusive opportunity for current Plantations members and donors to shop early for the best selection at our spring Plant Sale. And, the first 50 members to arrive will receive a free packet of our beautiful note cards! Not a member? Join now online or that day at the Plant Sale Preview. For more information, email Lori Hammond-Colwell or call 607-255-8734.


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Rep. Trey Radel, a Florida Republican serving in his first term, resigned today, bowing to building pressure from House Republican leaders to step down after he pleaded guilty to a cocaine possession charge.
"Unfortunately, some of my struggles had serious consequences," Radel wrote in a letter announcing his resignation Monday morning. "While I have dealt with those issues on a personal level, it is my belief that professionally I cannot fully and effectively serve as a United States Representative to the place I love and call home, Southwest Florida."
Radel was the target of an undercover sting operation when he was busted for possession of cocaine Oct 29. He pleaded guilty in a Washington, D.C. Superior Court and was placed on one year's probation with "minimal supervision."
After returning from rehab, House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican leaders quietly encouraged Radel to resign, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions. Publicly, Boehner had said the decision to serve was one for Radel, his family and his constituents to make.
"It was pretty clear he was on his own on this one and wasn't going to be hugged by leadership," one top Republican source said.
Today, Radel thanked Boehner and his colleagues in Congress for "tremendous support and encouragement."
"Oftentimes in Congress, our personal relationships and successes are overshadowed by intense but meaningful and necessary debate. However, I leave the House of Representatives with friendships and memories of great men and women dedicated to helping and improving the lives of our fellow Americans."
Radel left rehab last month, returning to Congress briefly this year following his arrest. At the time, he insisted to reporters then that he would not resign.
"No one will take away my passion when it comes to serving southwest Florida," he said at a Dec. 19 news conference.
In his letter of resignation, which he also sent to Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Radel added that despite "some personal struggles in 2013," this year "has already been tremendously positive as I focus on my health, family and faith," leaving the door open to a future run for public office.
"As an eternal optimist, I know there are great things in store for our country when we find ways to work together," Radel wrote. "Whether it is as a father, a husband, or in any future endeavor, I hope to contribute what I can to better our country in the years to come."
The House Ethics Committee had established an investigative subcommittee Dec. 16 to determine whether Radel's criminal actions violated the Code of Official Conduct. It's unclear whether that investigation effectively ends once Radel's resignation becomes effective at 6:30 p.m. today since the committee may continue its probe at its own discretion.
Tom Rust, the Interim Chief Counsel & Staff Director at the committee, said it does not comment on any particular matter unless it releases a public statement, which it has not for Radel.
The last time a Member was charged and convicted of criminal conduct and later resigned, the matter of Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., a committee report from the end of the 112 th Congress noted an open investigation into Jackson, but "Representative Jackson resigned from the House on November 21, 2012, and the Committee no longer has jurisdiction over him."
On the other hand, when former New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa resigned in March 2010 after allegations surfaced that he had groped two staffers, the Ethics committee continued its probe well beyond his resignation.
A special election will be held to fill the Radel seat, according to Florida statute.
ABC News' Steven Portnoy and Jeff Zeleny contributed to this report


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When you're just starting out with your own business, it's hard not to feel like the smallest fish in a very big pond. But the trick to growing is all about using your wits. With the right marketing strategies, you'll quickly outgrow the pond that looks so large now.
What marketing strategies for small business work best? Considering that you won't have the advertising budget or manpower of a big company, you'll need to approach your marketing with different tactics. And you'll also need to keep in mind that it's a collective effort. Using one or two of these strategies won't lead to success, but by employing most or all of them, you'll improve your chances drastically. And these top 10 aren't the be all or end all of small business marketing. There are endless tips and tricks out there that mom and pop shops or tiny start-ups have used to outgrow their garages or corner stores and truly take off.
What Small Business Marketing Strategies Work in Your Market? Have your own small business marketing tips? Share them with us!


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The double entendre in Warren T. Brookes's title, The Economy in Mind (New York: Universe Books, 381 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016, 256 pp., $15.95) is presum ably intentional. Quite literally Mr. Brookes, a former Boston businessman who has recently set up shop as our most lucid economic columnist, means that wealth starts with ideas in people's heads. This truth, unfortunately, is not at all apparent to the majorities that control our destinies. So, with the future of the economy in mind, Mr. Brookes patiently points out to the erring mul titudes certain facts which, if acted upon, could restore us to an old American heritage of free choice in plentiful circumstances.
The significance of the first meaning of Mr. Brookes's title is particularly obvious from the author's own Massachusetts vantage point. All along Route 128 outside of Boston little companies exploiting the new knowledge that comes out of electronics and the computer have grown fat. The so-called high tech origins of these companies are in the American university world as exemplified by nearby institutions such as M.I.T., the University of Massachusetts, Boston University, Boston College and (though Mr. Brookes has a low opinion of certain Harvard professors of political science) Harvard. High tech comes out of the laboratories and off the blackboards of chemists and physicists—it is preeminently of the mind.
The money that is to be made from the proper application of such academic sources so far outruns what Massachusetts can derive from codfish and cranberry juice that it is ridiculous to think about it. Even so, the application of mind to the packaging of cranberry juice in water and airproof paper containers and the wrapping of fish in plastic bears out Mr. Brookes's thinking. Indeed, as George Gilder points out in a foreword, Mr. Brookes's career as a businessman consisted largely of reeducating the entire meat industry in its marketing practices. Believing in Cryovac, a saran- type plastic package used mostly for frozen poultry, Mr. Brookes showed his colleagues that saran could be used to wrap and box all the appropriate cuts of fresh red meat at the slaughter house, thus doing away with much of the work done expensively by retail butchers.
Erhard Advises Kennedy
The trouble with the politicians who represent Mr. Brookes's state in Washington is that they still think in terms of a retail butcher constituency. This was not always true of the Massachusetts politico. Mr. Brookes has a great fondness for the memory of President John F. Kennedy, who believed in the Laffer Curve before Laffer. Brookes reminds us that it was Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany who first impressed it upon young John Kennedy that cutting high marginal tax rates would pay off even more for the masses than the classes. When Kennedy visited Germany in 1961, Erhard, a Mont Pelerin disciple of Mises, Roepke and Hayek, told him to avoid the British high tax-model, to stop punishing wealth creation and to cut America's "egregiously high wartime tax rates."
Kennedy took Erhard's advice, overriding his own "liberal" advisers. He made his tax-cut case in words that would "have delighted both Andrew Mellon and Ronald Reagan." When his tax bill passed in the early days of Lyndon Johnson, before the high spending of the Great Society and the Vietnam War was inflicted upon us, America, in Kennedy's words, "began moving again." Personal savings jumped from an average annual growth rate of 2 per cent to 9 per cent. Business investment went from 2 per cent to more than 8 per cent. Within two years the Gross National Product had increased 20 per cent, and unemployment had declined by 33 per cent. Even Walter Heller, the Keynesian economist who had tried to stay Kennedy's hand, had to admit that the tax cuts, anticipating Laffer, had paid for themselves "in increased revenues." Thus "trickle down" trickled out to help government itself as well as the little man struggling to make it to a higher income tax bracket.
A Democratic governor, Edward J. King, got the idea and proceeded to put Massachusetts on the Laffer Curve by reducing local taxes. Unfortunately, Senator Edward Kennedy and his House of Representatives colleague Tip O'Neill have failed to appreciate the wisdom that Ludwig Erhard conveyed to John F. Kennedy a full generation ago.
The Case For Deregulation—A Lesson for OPEC
What Warren Brookes tries to bring home to his readers in Boston and elsewhere is as old as Adam Smith and J. B. Say, who believed that ideas could pay off in unhampered production if they were allowed to flow without the attention of the politico in. search of special privilege for a limited constituency. We have seen what could happen to please the almost universal constituency of automobile owners when Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan deregulated oil prices. OPEC has never been the same since.
Brookes, not satisfied with the trouble we have already made for the OPEC energy cartel, wants to extend deregulation to natural gas sooner rather than later. He notes that three separate studies, one of them by the Colorado School of Mines, show that there is plenty of gas in the continental United States to make oil imports from the Middle East unnecessary once factories and utilities have been converted to natural gas or easily accessible coal. According to Dr. Paul Hastings Jones, "geo-pressured methane" gas in deep Gulf Coast brines could contain 50,000 trillion cubic feet of gas. This is for the far future when we really need to drill deep. There are much more available reserves that would be tapped quickly if the price were permitted to swing flee.
Mr. Brookes goes to Canada to prove his point. When Canada deregulated new gas it completely transformed western Canada's "leisurely" petroleum industry within two years. The new gas discoveries piled up a surplus that Canada was happy to sell to the United States at enhanced prices, meanwhile freeing oil for gasoline use in cars both in the U.S. and in Canada itself.
Reagan knows all this, but he has not yet mustered the political courage to do for gas what has already been done for oil. So we continue to have a natural gas shortage. As William Tucker of Harper's magazine, quoted by Brookes, puts it, "without the foreign oil needed to make up for the natural gas shortage, OPEC would be about as important to the American economy as a Turkish bazaar."
Brookes is marvelous when it comes to using statistics, but he is just as good when he deals in moral categories. No individual or nation, he says at one point, "ever became rich through envy. Nothing useful or constructive was ever created through envy. No business ever succeeded through envy. No jobs were ever created through envy. Envy in reality is the single most impoverishing attitude of thought."
This is only one of Brookes's small sermons. A preacher could live off the grist provided by this book for a year.


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|ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Video Cards
|Written by Olin Coles
|Sunday, 08 August 2010
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DX10: Crysis Warhead
Crysis Warhead is an expansion pack based on the original Crysis video game. Crysis Warhead is based in the future, where an ancient alien spacecraft has been discovered beneath the Earth on an island east of the Philippines. Crysis Warhead uses a refined version of the CryENGINE2 graphics engine. Like Crysis, Warhead uses the Microsoft Direct3D 10 (DirectX-10) API for graphics rendering.
Benchmark Reviews uses the HOC Crysis Warhead benchmark tool to test and measure graphic performance using the Airfield 1 demo scene. This short test places a high amount of stress on a graphics card because of detailed terrain and textures, but also for the test settings used. Using the DirectX-10 test with Very High Quality settings, the Airfield 1 demo scene receives 4x anti-aliasing and 16x anisotropic filtering to create maximum graphic load and separate the products according to their performance.
Using the highest quality DirectX-10 settings with 4x AA and 16x AF, only the most powerful graphics cards are expected to perform well in our Crysis Warhead benchmark tests. DirectX-11 extensions are not supported in Crysis: Warhead, and SSAO is not an available option.
Cost Analysis: Crysis Warhead (1680x1050)
Test Summary: The CryENGINE2 graphics engine used in Crysis Warhead responds well to both ATI and NVIDIA products, which allows the reference 1GB GeForce GTX 460 to exceed performance of ATI's Radeon HD 5830 at 1680x1050 and again at 1920x1200. Offered with a fierce factory overclock, the ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP climbs past the competition and once again surpasses the ATI Radeon HD 5850. For die-hard fans of Crysis, the ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP also offers the very best price to performance ratio of all graphics solutions tested in this article.
Excellent idea you had!!!
I bought the Asus Top-460 last Thursday before this article was posted.
I won't have it hand for 2-3 more days.
It would seem your recommendation of the Nvidia-460 and my choice of the Asus Top-460 will be well worth the extra dollars.
Appreciate the assisstance.
Mike S.
0,5 ns = 2 GHz
understood what I meant with my research?
2.4 ghz ---> 5 ghz
##samsung.com/global/system/business/semiconductor/family/2010/5/13/865833graphic_product_guid e_apr_10.pdf
0.28 ns = 3.5 ghz ---> 7 ghz !!! :D
What's with the 'TOP/2DI/1GD5'?
Looking to replace my GTX260 and the 460 is by far looking like the best bet at the moment, not too keen on the design of this heatsink though. Might be a bit better at keeping the GPU itself cool but it'll increase case temps due to the lack of a proper exhaust...
It does annoy me somewhat that the majority of 460's seem to be stuck with this style of heatsink rather then the rear exhaust type. Cannot understand their reasoning behind it, especially with a GPU that runs this cool.
Supposedly, the fully functioning GF104 will be the 475 card due out next month or so. Pictures of the chip that will power the 450 and 440 have been leaked on the web. They're due out in the near future as well.
The New Egg card is clearly a different version. Olin, could you perhaps give us more feedback on the noise from the card? There isn't a ton of info out there, but I read a review yesterday citing atrocious fan noise. You seem to say it's comparatively quiet. That's really good to hear, although I'd love to see some db measurements on the 1 gb card.
I'm going to add a note beside the NewEgg link.
As far as fan noise, there almost wasn't any to speak of. I tested the games in a case with an open side, and could barely hear the fan. With the case closed for temperature tests, I couldn't hear it at all.
How does the revised cost affect your price/performance numbers? If the TOP list price is $277 and not $230, that would alter things a bit wouldn't it? Of course, it's also available from Amazon for $209, so that would only improve the numbers ;-)
The Newegg version is the 1G but not the Tops as you have figured. According to the Asus sight and Otis's tested version the Tops is blue.
The picture on the Newegg site shows a blue version with a non-Tops part number.
It is the 1GD5 version but no factory OC. Has the CU cooler.
Thanks to Otis I can OC it myself. It will be a Tops. So I'm satisfied with my decision.
ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5
ASUS Exclusive DirectCU Thermal Solution with 3 Heat-pipes!
- ASUS Exclusive DirectCU Thermal Solution: Three 8mm flattened copper heat-pipes contact GPU directly and reach up to 20% COOLER than generic GeForce GTX460
- ASUS Exclusive Voltage Tweak Technology for up to 50% performance
So once you get to the limit of it, you can still go higher in frequency, but it'll only means more errors (which you don't see) that reduce the performance you gained via said difference in frequency.
Because I seriously doubt you'll be able to reach 1170mhz and only see that little difference you saw.
Best regards.
it is not the good photo of pcb (photo 108 / 739 on chip)
1.the placement of PCI-Express 6pin connectors is to the top not rear
2. eight modules of GD5 not six
3.vrm have a "cooler"
I've narrowed my choice down to either this card or the MSI GTX 460 1GB Cyclone, but can't tell which has the better OC potential and overall cooling. I want to overclock (stock voltage) as much as possible with keeping fan noise being annoying (say - max 40db under constant full load).
From what I can tell, the MSI Cyclone seems to be the better choice - at least in terms of cooling/noise.
Any thoughts on this (esp. Olin)?
Thanks for the help.
There seem to be very few alternatives and most seem to be the reference design type, which looks almost the same as the 200 series cooler that from my experience wasnt particularly quiet.
EVGA seem to do one with a bigger fan, but even then it only seems to be in 768mb...
HERE: ##newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261077
I wonder if the additional RAM is worth it? Would you consider a review of this one?
I know that in the past, manufacturers have always made what they thought would sell, knowing that many people are married to the notion that "More Is Better". Oftentimes that's not the case.
I have 8GB of RAM in each of my systems and to change to 16GB would be extremely expensive with little benefit for my usage patterns. (there remains a little man on my shoulder egging me on though)
This next upgrade has to last me as I probably will not come into any significant amounts of cash for a very long time after it's done. (retirement incomes stay the same regardless of inflation)
The AMD Hex-Core black combined with these will do the trick.
Thanks again =) Sorry for bad english =)
ATI just released some cards too, (6850 and 6870) but I don't like that they can't do CUDA and Phys-X,......and for me that's not good enough. Otherwise they *do* perform well.
In reality, either card will meet my needs but while I wait for delivery, it's nice to have something to obsess about. ;)


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How, When and Who To Vote For on DWTS Tonight - Get All The Info Here!
We are t-minus 2 hours until the premiere of Dancing With The Stars on ABC tonight, Monday, March 17th and JJJ can't hold in our excitement!
We can not wait to see our faves, James Maslow, Cody Simpson, Meryl Davis and Charlie White hit the ballroom floor!
In anticipation of the premiere, we've gathered up all the voting numbers, plus online votings websites, and the rules about them all. Pay attention and get ready for the premiere @ 8PM ET/PT!
The voting numbers are tied to their first week dance order, and stick with the celebs throughout the season. Here they are:
– NeNe Leakes and Tony Dovolani — 1-800-868-3401 (1-800-VOTE4-01)
– James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd — 1-800-868-3402 (1-800-VOTE4-02)
– Danica McKellar and Val Chmerkovskiy — 1-800-868-3403 (1-800-VOTE4-03)
– Sean Avery and Karina Smirnoff — 1-800-868-3404 (1-800-VOTE4-04)
– Billy Dee Williams and Emma Slater — 1-800-868-3405 (1-800-VOTE4-05)
– Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy — 1-800-868-3406 (1-800-VOTE4-06)
– Candace Cameron Bure and Mark Ballas — 1-800-868-3407 (1-800-VOTE4-07)
– Cody Simpson and Witney Carson — 1-800-868-3408 (1-800-VOTE4-08)
– Drew Carey and Cheryl Burke — 1-800-868-3409 (1-800-VOTE4-09)
– Amy Purdy and Derek Hough — 1-800-868-3410 (1-800-VOTE4-10)
– Diana Nyad and Henry Byalikov — 1-800-868-3411 (1-800-VOTE4-11)
– Charlie White and Sharna Burgess — 1-800-868-3412 (1-800-VOTE4-12)
Another way you can vote is on ABC.com and Facebook.
You can vote by phone throughout the program and up to 60 minutes after the end of the DWTS broadcast in each time zone. Online voting is up for 24 hours and will close @8PM ET on Tuesdays.
Got your faves number? And all the websites bookmarked? Good. Have fun watching tonight!
Posted to: Charlie White, Cody Simpson, Dancing With the Stars, James Maslow, Meryl Davis


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That's the question that went through my mind when this year's Greenopia fast food ratings crossed my desk.
Each year, the green-living website rates the environmental impact and healthy dining characteristics of popular fast food chains. The rankings are based on factors like sustainable building design, integrity of the supply chain, and participation in recycling and composting programs. We learn that McDonald's is greener than Burger King, and Subway is doing a better job than Taco Bell. Good to know, yes, but doesn't this beg the question? Can you be green and still eat fast food?
Can fast food ever be green?
Fast food chains generate tremendous amounts of waste. Recycled or not, no other dining format can touch its levels. And once you peel back the wrappers and packaging, you have the food miles and greenhouse gases, and the salt, fat, and high-fructose corn syrup of factory farmed, heavily processed foods.
Fast food will ultimately hit the wall when it tries to go green.
We, the customers, are hooked on fast, cheap, and convenient. The fast food giants can improve their use and disposal of packaging materials. They have the clout to push food producers toward more sustainable options that are organic, fairly traded, and additive-free. But the high volume, low cost model will always dictate the terms and impose its own limitations. Processed travels better than fresh, fruit-flavored is cheaper than fruit, and a Big Mac is still going to cost less than a salad. Getting it 'to go' will always mean wasteful packaging, and cars will continue to idle in drive-through lanes.
Let's go back to the original question: Can you be green and eat fast food?
There are plenty of anti-waste crusaders and Slow Food advocates who would answer with an emphatic, unequivocal 'no;' that even the greenest of fast food options run counter to their missions, producing more waste and carbon emissions than home cooking served on real dishes. But isn't that like telling the owner of a Prius that hybrids are pointless, or even counterproductive, because they still burn fossil fuels?
While it's true that a bicycle is a greener, more ethical option than any car, it obviously doesn't work for everyone and in all circumstances. As an alternative, a hybrid car is a laudable, pragmatic solution, and even a catalyst for change—the presence of each one on our roads helps promote a worthy message in the public sphere.
Unfortunately, most of us won't be giving up our quick, inexpensive meals eaten on the fly any more than we will quit driving. So when we opt for fast food, we need to patronize those chains that are making a true effort to minimize their impact on the environment, the ones given a 3- or 4-leaf rating by Greenopia.
Choosing to eat even the most ethical, sustainable fast food is an imperfect option in the same way that a Prius is an imperfect vehicle, and the self-righteous among us might challenge the 'greenness' of the choice. But it represents distinct, incremental progress and creates public awareness that just might be the catalyst for further change on our way to a greener future.
Just how bad is fast food's impact on the environment? Jamais Cascio breaks it all down for you in the Cheeseburger Footprint.


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(11-19-2012, 01:32 PM)CC Solutions Wrote: Are we limiting the discussion to slab on grade concrete without a proper vapor retarder?
Or are we discussing elevated slabs and slabs with a proper vapor retarder?
And did the ACI statement you quoted refer to a specific scenario?
The discussion is only limited to concrete. A vapor barrier/retarder does not make concrete more or less permeable. Elevating a slab does not make it more or less permeable.


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" Brand: Avon / Type: Lipstick / Suitable for: Lip / What it does: Enriches, "
* Prices may differ from that shown
===The Product===
Avon Ultra Colour Ruch Mega Impact Lipstick.
Comes shrink wrapped in black.
Made in Poland.
Black case with sliver coloured ring around centre. Case is slightly fatter in the centre.
Pull off cap. Twist up six sided lipstick bullet about an inch long.
Ingredients listed inside wrapper.
Full price is £8.50 - currently selling for £4.25
Charged Cherry
Devine Wine
Fuchsia Fun
Mocha Madness
Never So Nude
Personified Plum
Pink Pop
Really Rosy.
===My Opinion===
Avon state - 'Colour magnifiers boost colour!'
No idea what that is supposed to mean.
When I saw this product in the Avon catalogue I thought it looked quite innovative with having a six sided bullet of lipstick.
I ordered Pink Pop as coming into Spring I always like pinky shades and in the catalogue and on the website it looks as though it has an intense deep colour.
Anyway this lipstick case is quite fat and chunky in the middle - no idea why as the bullet of lipstick is quite slim inside.
The six sided design is very good and eye catching but the most important part of lipstick is how it looks and feels.
This is a very disappointing product which I will be returning. Although it looked a good intense sort of deep pink colour, when applied it was very sheer and did not have much pigment to it at all. Also what I hated was that it had tiny flecks of glitter in it which clearly showed up on my lips - not something that was mentioned in the catalogue or was visible from the images. I do not know how many of the other shades have this glittery stuff or if it was just my shade.
I would not want to be using this lipstick at any price and it made me look as if I had a cheap tub of glittery lip gloss from the £1 shop.
Definitely the worst lipstick I have ever had form Avon.
===Star Rating===
1 star
===Would I Recommend?===
Ultra Colour Rich Mega Impact Lipstick
Highly endorsed by the glamorous Reese Witherspoon, these lipsticks are a lot more vibrant in colour and perfect for the dominant woman wanting to stand out of the crowd and give a strong and powerful impression. Or at least that was the feeling I got from the adverts on television and in the brochure.
The lipstick comes in a standard roll up roll down tube in black with a silver band with the word AVON inscribed for easy identification. The base also contains the shade in word form and colour so you can quickly identify it if you are searching around in your bag for it and have maybe three types of lipstick for different special occasions. I know. I really need to invest in a make-up bag as most of my make-up items spend their time rolling around the very bottom of my very large bag which is absolutely packed with various everyday objects including ear muffs and university notes.
The lipstick itself
The shape of the lipstick is rather unique in my opinion square or almost rectangular in shape it is different from any lipstick I have ever applied before and initially I have to admit I was a little confused in the direction in which it should be used. The shape is said to optimise application perfection but it does mean that you have to hold it in your hand and look in the mirror the first few times you use it just to make sure you get it in the right places. After the first few uses you get pretty used to it and application feels pretty natural.
The shades
The shades are quite diverse and have a good range, they include:
Pink Pop
Fuchsia Fun
Charged Cherry
Never so Nude
Really Rosy
Mocha Madness
Devine Wine
Personified Plum
Being a large consumer of Avon products I know that my shade is the Rosy variety when it comes to their lipsticks being of fair, freckly and pale skin with light auburn hair I find the other shades either overpower me or make me look really pale and almost sickly so with rosy I shall stick. I know two other ladies who have tried this however and they are of darker complexion and hair colour and they prefer the personified plum and Mocha Madness shades so overall there is a shade to suit everyone. Though I do think that the Devine Wine and Fuschia Fun are really very powerful colours and I don't think I know anyone who has been brave enough to take on those shades.
The lipsticks do last a good few hours though reapplication will be in order if you are eating, drinking or ahem having a romantic evening * wink wink.*
Other Info
If you find that this lipstick does not have the durability that you had hoped you could also try Avon's long lasting range which am pretty sure costs the same amount with paler shades available.
These lipsticks cost £8.50 at full price which is pretty good for a celebrity endorsed item, but what is better is that Avon quite frequently offers them at the reduced price from between £3.50-£5 which I thought is amazing value. Avon are even offering a party gift set at the moment which contains the lipstick in pink pop with a supercurlacious mascara, a clutch bag, black eyeliner and quad eye pallet for only £9.99 which I think is amazing value. I think this is to start off their Christmas campaign which I find always has some really great bargains in it compared to the high street.
A few campaigns ago I came across a new lipstick advertised in my Avon brochure. The lipstick was called ultra colour rich mega impact and it stood out from the rest due to its difference in design. I decided to give the lipstick a try and I paid £8.00 for it.
When my lipstick arrived I noticed that it looked very professional with its shiny black and silver tubing. The lipstick itself is shaped and more squared off than ones I have tried in the past which is to make the lipstick easier to apply.
The lipstick comes in the following colours:
Never so nude
Mocha madness
Pink pop
Really rosy
Fuchsia fun
Personified plum
Charged cherry
Divine wine
The shade I opted for was fuchsia fun as in the brochure it looked like a very vibrant purple/pink colour and I wanted something that would stand out. I do feel that the shaped lipstick does make the colour easier to apply and I find the smaller parts can be easily manoeuvred to fit onto the edges of the lips to ensure no leaks occur. I was however surprised that once the colour was applied it looked a lot less vibrant than it had in the book and judging by the actual colour of the lipstick un applied.
The colour was ok but it looked nothing like I had expected it to and I also hadn't expected it to look as shiny as it did. When applying the lipstick is very wet and feels like applying a gloss rather than a lipstick. I was surprised with this considering the price tag and also according to the brochure this lipstick contains colour magnifiers to boost the vibrancy hence me thinking it was really going to stand out.
I was also rather disappointed with the lasting effect of the lipstick as it feels wet for a while then tends to disappear. In my opinion I feel like this lipstick is overpriced for the quality you receive and considering the shade chart is different to the actual colour you receive, you may have to order a few before getting a nice shade you like. I am sorry to say that I won't be buying this product again and therefore I am on this occasion unable to recommend.
When this first came out in the brochures, there was an incentive for representatives only (I'm a rep) that was the more you sold, the cheaper you got them for, or something like that. This product was really popular with the customers, and I sold about five or six with one campaign, which is a big acheivement for me. I also ordered myself a couple of these, as I thought I might as well take advantage of the offer, and not only that but these lipsticks did look amazing.
They were modelled by Reese Witherspoon, Avon's global ambassador, and when they first came out had the whole front page of the brochure dedicated to them. They do some really nice shades, too. They are all supposed to be bright, bold and eyecatching - mega impact!
The shades are:
*Fuchsia Fun
*Personified Plum
*Divine Wine
*Charged Cherry
*Pink Pop
*Really Rosy
*Mocha Madness
*Never So Nude
The shades I ordered this in were pink pop and charged cherry.
Pink pop is my favourite, as it isn't too overly bold and can be worn in the day, as well as at night. My lips look really shimmery when I am wearing this, as I think it must have little bits of glitter in it or something. I really like this, because it brightens up my face. The charged cherry one is shimmery like this, too, except the colour is a bit bolder and I would only dare wear this one at night, because it is close to bright red. Don't get me wrong, though, as I really like the way it looks.
You might have noticed the unique shape of this lipstick in the picture. It has an "angled-shape for precise application", as the brochure describes it. The more you use this, you might expect the shape to wear off a bit, but I have been using the pink pop one for ages now and the shape is still there and just as good as ever.
The lipstick, when applied, feels really creamy and glides on easily. It looks gorgeous, I have to say, and I really love it. As an added bonus, this lipstick has also got SPF15 in it so this protects your lips at the same time as making them look gorgeous.
The normal price for this is £8, which isn't too bad. Although I always recommend looking out for offers, with any Avon product, because the brochures are always full of amazing deals to help you save money. I got this for about £3.50, being a rep, but I have seen this in the brochures at as low as only £5. What a bargain!
I definitely recommend. Thanks for reading.


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Los Indios maquiladora evacuated following bomb threat
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:46:33 GMT —
Employees at a maquiladora in Los Indios have been evacuated following a bomb threat directed against their building.
It all happened at the Panasonic facility after 9:30 a.m. Monday.
Employees evacuated the building while Cameron County Sheriff's Department deputies secured the area.
Authorities are searching the building whil employees remain outside.
The facility is located near the Los Indios Interantional Bridge, which links Harlingen and San Benito with Valle Hermoso and Matamoros.
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Gardening For the Cure
Learn how you can support breast cancer research while adding beauty to your garden.
Everyone loves smooth leaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea arborescens). They are adaptable native shrubs that flourish across most of the country. And of the smooth leaf hydrangeas, 'Annabelle' is a long-time favorite of gardeners across the nation, with its large, rounded, white flower heads borne above wide, dark green leaves in early summer.
But until recently, 'Annabelle' only came with white flowers. Now, for the first time, you can get a pink 'Annabelle' thanks to a breeding breakthrough from Proven Winners.
Invincibelle® Spirit II Hydrangea, a new variety from Proven Winners, is the first-ever pink version of 'Annabelle.' Invincibelle® Spirit II has dark pink buds opening to hot pink flowers that mature to a soft pink. The flowers keep coming from early summer until frost. Growing 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, Invincibelle® Spirit II fits into gardens large and small.
Hardy in zones 3-9 and tough as nails, Invincibelle® Spirit II makes an eye-catching, yet easy-care addition to gardens across the U.S. Like all smooth hydrangeas, it blooms on the new wood and should be cut back to 2-3 feet in early spring to encourage the new growth that will produce abundant flowers.
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text: Pharmacy Errors in South Florida When you are sick, you trust that you will receive the right medicine to treat your illness and prevent complications from occurring. When a mistake is made in filling the medication you need, serious injuries can occur. In some cases, these mistakes can result in death. It is estimated that medication errors harm more than 1.5 million patients a year. While some of these errors are due to a doctor's or nurse's negligence, many are due to errors that occur in the pharmacy. Overworked and understaffed pharmacists may: Cut corners when filing medications Fail to double check prescriptions Ignore safety protocols How to Identify Pharmaceutical Errors When a doctor makes a diagnosis, he or she will often turn to prescription medications to help you heal. This could be in the form of an oral medication or a more potent IV medication. Even when the doctor correctly identifies the right medicine and the right dosage for a patient, the pharmacist may fail to fill the prescription correctly, and the patient's health could be seriously compromised. Even worse, the medication could cause serious injuries and chronic conditions such as liver failure, kidney failure, amputation, and / or brain damage. Pharmacists have a responsibility to fill the doctor's prescription orders correctly, to double check these prescriptions for accuracy, and to ensure that the patient is not allergic to the medication prescribed. These safeguards are in place to protect patients from receiving a dangerous drug that may be inappropriate for his or her treatment. If your health was compromised at the hands of a negligent pharmacist in South Florida, contact us at Kelley/Uustal today. A Fort Lauderdale medical malpractice lawyer at our office can meet with you for free to discuss the details of your case. Types of Pharmacy Errors Pharmacy errors can occur in numerous ways, including: Filling the wrong medication Not double checking dosage levels Mislabeling medication with wrong instructions Mislabeling medication with wrong patient's name Putting oral medication in an IV syringe Failing to double check patient allergies in computer Pharmacy errors can be lethal, especially if the patient is relying on a specific medication to correct an underlying illness or disease. Likewise, too much medication can also be lethal, especially to very small children and the elderly. Contact a Pharmacy Error Lawyer in Fort Lauderdale At Kelley/Uustal, our Fort Lauderdale medical malpractice attorneys have represented individuals who have been injured by pharmacy errors involving: CVS pharmacy Walgreens pharmacy Rite-Aid pharmacy Wal-Mart pharmacy Sam's Club pharmacy Costco pharmacy Target pharmacy Hospital pharmacies If you or someone you love has been harmed by a pharmacy error, it is important to speak to an experienced Florida medical malpractice lawyer immediately. At Kelley/Uustal, we believe that negligent pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should be held accountable for the injuries they have caused. Call our team today!


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WASHINGTON (Jan. 2)
There is less racial and religious prejudice in Alaska than in any section of the United States and the citizens of the Far North will gladly welcome refugees to increase the population "so long as they have the same rights to become citizens as any other immigrants and are economically able to sustain themselves."
This is the statement of Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska's voteless representative in Congress, as he returned from a flying tour of his immense territory today.
"We want more people–but we don't want Alaska to become a dumping ground," he said. "I talked to hundreds of our citizens who are worried about only one section of the proposed bill to open up Alaska to refugees and that is the section which would prevent them from having all the rights and privileges of other American citizens."
Pointing out that most of the present residents of Alaska came there from other places–many from northern European countries–Dimond said there was no prejudice against aliens. "We take a man for what he is and not for what his fore-fathers were or where they came from," he said.
Americans must not underestimate the difficulties of Alaska for colonization Dimond cautioned, adding that immigrants must receive complete support for one year and partial support for two years more.
"But if we could make use of our tremendous timberland for pulp mills," he said, "we could take care of many thousands immediately. The European war may cause a situation by which Alaskan pulp mills could compete with the mills of the Scandinavian countries in supplying pulp for this hemisphere."


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It's one of the great underreported stories of our time: the rate at which the world's population is growing has actually slowed by more than 40% since the late 1960s. What's more, the number of people in the world could actually start to decline over the next 60 years, according to the United Nations Population Division. Under this scenario, the world's population, now 6.8 billion, may peak at 9 billion by 2070 and then start to diminish. Long before then, some nations' populations will already be shrinking, as the world's fertility rate falls below replacement levels, which is 2.1 children per family. We consider these population trends a social change with potentially profound repercussions for the global economy. These trends are important because, as has often been observed, demographics is destiny. We think that demographics especially influences destiny in this way: when a nation has more working-age adults than it has elderly adults, its economy tends to grow at above-average rates. Conversely, when a nation has a large number of seniors relative to working-age people, its economy tends to be constrained. So, contrary to popular stereotypes, the world's biggest demographic problem over the next 40 years is unlikely to be overpopulation, but the opposite: a decreasing (and aging) population, which presents complicated and subtle quandaries of its own. And as the world ages, the economic prospects are likely to be brightest for those nations aging the most slowly. Age Distribution Matters In studies such as Economic Growth and Demographic Transition, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, it's been shown that the way the population of a nation is distributed across different age groups can have a great impact on that nation's economic performance. For instance, nations with a high proportion of children are likely to devote a high proportion of public and private money to their care, which may gladden the hearts of parents but tends to depress the pace of economic growth. In contrast, if most of a nation's population is of working age, productivity tends to rise, producing what's called a "demographic dividend" of economic growth. If favorable public policies are in place to promote business competitiveness, an ample working-age population can create virtuous circles of wealth for a nation. However, if a large proportion of a nation's population consists of seniors, the effect can be similar to that of a nation with lots of children: a large share of public and private resources are allocated to a relatively less productive segment of the population, which in turn tends to dampen economic growth. For nations, population growth per se is not as important to economic growth as the ratio of workers to seniors. In fact, in China and India a declining rate of population growth has contributed to their own much-chronicled economic success story of the past 15 years. What helped both China and India was the multitude of workers relative to the number of seniors. When the fertility rate of China and India fell, legions of people born previously were working, [...]
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What is Podiatry?
Podiatry is a highly specialized branch of medicine which diagnoses and treats conditions of the foot and ankle. Podiatrists are doctors who are dedicated to the continued foot health of people of all ages, from newborns to seniors. Feet support our entire body as they carry us from place to place and pain is your body's direct way of telling you there is a problem that needs your attention. Remember – neglect can lead to further damage and treatment is the key to a pain-free, healthy and active life. Make your appointment to see us today!


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For the first time since December 1995 -- that makes 825 weeks -- ABC's "Good Morning America" bested NBC's Today in preliminary weekly ratings.
The ratings announcement marks "an end to the longest winning streak in TV history — and, for ABC, the longest losing streak," writes Brian Stelter and Bill Carter.
By the way, ABC didn't win the week when Katie Couric co-hosted "GMA," but the week following -- starting April 9 -- when "Today" host Matt Lauer was on vacation.


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MarketBeat Week: Greek Elections Take Center Stage
Here's the second episode of MarketBeat Week, a new Friday podcast that recaps the latest developments in the markets, and previews the week ahead.
This week, Paul Vigna, Steven Russolillo and Stephen Grocer sat down to chat about the latest rumblings in Europe leading up to Sunday's Greek elections. Markets have been in "risk-on" mode over the last few days, with reports of "coordinated central bank action" providing the latest catalyst to juice stocks higher.
Of course the big concern is that any optimism ahead of this weekend's elections will be quickly wiped away, especially if the upstart, leftist political party pulls out a victory and trashes the most recent bailout deal.
Following this weekend, all eyes will turn to what the Fed may announce at its upcoming meeting. QE3 is on many traders' minds, but whether it becomes a reality remains a big question mark.
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2002 Acura MDX - Consumer Review
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Vehicle2002 Acura MDX Touring 4WD 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
ReviewI did a lot of research before buying this car. I got the list down to MDX and Pilot, the Honda version of the same car, because I carry large speakers and needed a 49" wide car. There were no used Pilots at the time, so the MDX was it. Like everyone else, I had the transmission problem and eventually had it replaced under warrantee with no questions asked. Make sure you buy a certified car with an extended power train warrantee. Great highway cruiser. 4 hour trips are no problem. If it got stolen, I'd get a Pilot to replace it.
Best FeaturesMy favorite feature is the Navi system. I didn't want it at first but now I cant live without it. I travel a lot and I love being able to find the closest restaurant or gas station.
Worst FeaturesThe car seems to be built lightly. We also have a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder that seems to be built better. Check out MDXs and Pilot next time you're in a parking lot, they all have dimples in the sides because the outer skin is so thin. I have a couple and I don't know where they came from.
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Lil B Disses Joe Budden, Says 'I'm a Legend!' — Say What!
"Based God" Lil B went at Joe Budden recently, then immediately apologized and called himself insecure. After releasing his Joe Budden diss song "T-Shirts and Buddens," B tweeted "WHO WANTS TO BE MY NEXT VICTEM IN RAP NO 1 IN THE GAME CAN F-K WITH ME WESTCOAST, DOWNSOUTH ,EASTCOAST, MIDWEST BAY AREA IM GOD OF RAP." God of rap then wrote to Budden, "Ur the true legend and for me coming out at u for no reason was a ho move reguardless if it was for the rap and fun…it aint no regrets its just a learning experience from everything you do…yall learn from me being insicure and thinking people don't respect my lyrical abilty me turned me to a hater on sum1 who's dope…all I want is to be seen for what I no I am deep down and that is a legend." Drugs! [LilBtheBasedGod]
Meanwhile, M.I.A. continues to diss Lady Gaga for being, everything bad. "Lady Gaga is someone who lives completely within [the industry]. That's what you can get if you say 'yes.' I would have those outfits on and my hair would look like that and those are the songs I would sing. Everybody else on my label's budget would get cut in order for my Grammy performance with Elton John to be banging." I'm definitely saying yes from now on. [Spread]