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On the first day of kindergarten, Sarah O'Toole walked eagerly into a new classroom at Buckhorn Elementary School.
But it was all just too much for her. Soon, she was standing in the hallway sobbing.
Less distraught: her 5-year-old daughter, still in the kindergarten classroom.
"Honestly," O'Toole said, accepting a hug from the principal and a tissue from another parent, "I don't know what I'm going to do with myself."
Red-eyed and slightly sheepish, the 35-year-old mother of two shared her story Tuesday with dozens of parents over coffee and Kleenex. Some were tearful, and others joyous, to let go of their children's hands on the first day of school.
"It's a big emotional time for mommies," said Wendy Lauber, Buckhorn PTA vice president of fundraising. She said she sees fewer daddies cry, but some still made their way to the breakfast gathering.
Across Hillsborough County, PTAs threw "boo-hoo breakfasts" to help parents with the transition into the new school year.
"We promise to return them in the same shape, if not better," Buckhorn principal Tamara Brooks said reassuringly.
It was a day to fight back tears of joy or nostalgia. Without their kids in tow, many parents hid behind tight smiles, the corners of their mouths betraying their sadness.
The lucky ones wore brighter smiles, happy to send their children off and chuckling sympathetically toward those who fared worse.
"It was a blessing," Valrico mom Jean Weatherford, 48, said calmly. Her 8-year-old daughter, Hannah, loves school, she said. That excitement made it easier for Weatherford to dispatch Hannah to her third grade class.
But few parents in the room could keep from wiping their eyes. Everyone could relate to tales of the time when their children embarked on a new school year — even the second-time kindergarten moms, like O'Toole, or moms years beyond the kindergarten days.
PTA mom Lauber shared the story of the time her embarrassed son said, "Mommy, you're not going to cry, are you?"
"No!" Lauber said she answered as she bolted from the classroom and tried not to lie.
PTA president Barbie White confessed to taking photos through the classroom windows after dropping her first child off at kindergarten years ago.
It's bittersweet, explained Valrico mom Antoinette Whidden, 43, to separate from children after spending so much time with them in their younger years or over the summer.
But being away from kids lets moms find themselves: "You cherish this time that they are in school," Whidden said. "It kind of gives you a little bit more grounding."
Still, the tears-and-cheers parents anticipated blotchy faces and runny makeup for at least the first week of kindergarten. Then they'll be fine, until the first day of first grade.
Don't even bring up the first day of middle school. Or the first day of high school, let alone college.
"She won't need me as much," mom Shannon Norwood speculated sadly. "There won't be as many hugs."
On Monday night, before school started, Norwood lost sleep over her daughter's first day of kindergarten.
Will she be okay? Will she fit in?
Pre-K did not prepare Norwood for this.
Five-year-old Savanna had talked excitedly about new friends and the playground. But in the classroom, both mother and daughter had first-day jitters.
Norwood, 26, took some photos and got a hug. Okay, a few hugs. And a kiss.
Then, absorbed in the novelty of kindergarten, Savanna seemed to forget her mom was still there.
"I said bye," Norwood said. "She didn't even hear me."
Stephanie Wang can be reached at email@example.com or (813) 661-2443.


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 12:16 a.m.
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This year's World Series of Poker Main Event champion will officially not be a repeat offender.
Peter Eastgate, who won a gold bracelet and $9.1 million as last year's Main Event champion, had two-pair (Aces and Jacks) busted by Billy Kopps' flush on the river during Day 6 Monday at the Rio.
Eastgate finished in 76th place with $68,979.
Joe Hachem, the 2005 Main Event winner, was also eliminated Monday. He finished in 104th place, earning $40,288.

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Welcome to Jim Carper's Dairy Case, a look at the people, processors and products in the news.
Actress Salma Hayek and celebrity TV chef Ellie Krieger are teaming up with the National Milk Mustache "got milk?" Campaign to launch "The Breakfast Project" to help more Americans enjoy breakfast at home, with milk. Hayek will be the face of the multifaceted and bilingual campaign, where she will appear in two TV spots, directed by award-winning Hollywood cinematographer Wally Pfister. The ads begin airing nationally on Feb. 27. Read more about the Milk Processor Education Program campaign in the February Dairy Foods or online.
A federal court has granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a permanent injunction preventing Daniel L. Allgyer and his Rainbow Acres Farm from distributing raw milk and raw milk products in final package form for human consumption across state lines. U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, also ruled that Allgyer's participation in a so-called "private buying club" does not shield him from federal oversight, and that Allgyer's "cow share" agreements are a subterfuge for sales of raw milk. Members of the private buying club had allegedly purchased "shares" of individual cows and then claimed that their reputed ownership entitled them to raw milk from those cows. Allgyer provided the association members who lived outside of Pennsylvania with containers of raw milk, even though federal law prohibits sales of raw milk for human consumption across state lines. Raw milk sales are legal within the state of Pennsylvania. Allgyer also violated federal law by not providing any labeling on the raw milk containers sold to consumers.
The Food and Drug Administration reported today it has collected samples from 106 shipments of orange juice or orange juice concentrate. Of these, 77 shipments tested negative for carbendazim, a pesticide that is not legal for use on oranges in the United States, and 58 of them have already been released. Of the 58 samples, 18 were shipments from Mexico, 22 from Canada, three from Dominican Republic, two each from Italy, Argentina, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Trinidad & Tobago, and one each from Brazil, Lebanon, Belize, Thailand and Turkey. FDA has found 24 samples that tested positive, meaning that each sample contained 10 parts per billion or more of carbendazim. Each sample represents one shipment. The agency has detained and/or refused 24 shipments. In addition, the information from the testing has been used to add associated manufacturers to Import Alert 99-08. Of the 24 samples, 12 were shipments from Canada and 12 were from Brazil. See FDA Sampling of Import Orange Juice/Juice Products for Carbendazim.
Entries in the 2012 World Championship Cheese Contest have reached a new peak, growing eight percent to a record-breaking 2,503 entries from 24 nations around the world, according to Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, host of the competition. Entries are arriving now for the judging competition set for March 5-7 in Madison, Wisconsin.
"It's a wonderful challenge to execute the world's largest technical cheese and butter contest," said John Umhoefer, WCMA executive director. "We would like to congratulate and thank the world dairy community for supporting this exciting competition."
An international panel of 40 cheese evaluation experts will work three days at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, to select medalists in a record 83 cheese and butter classes.
"With new entering nations such as India, Romania, Estonia and Croatia joining cheesemaking nations on six continents, this can truly be called a world competition," said Robert Aschebrock, chief judge for the World Championship Cheese Contest.
Attitude Drinks, a beverage brand development company and creator of Phase III Recovery, announced that it closed on a $1 million capital private placement. The pure milk recovery drink is sold in select local, regional and national markets including colleges, universities, convenience stores, fitness centers and gyms, as well as online.
Craig Colonno of Anderson Erickson Dairy, Des Moines, Iowa was elected President of the National Ice Cream Mix Association (NICMA) at the organization's Annual Meeting & Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Colonno succeeds Brian DeFelice of Dairy Enterprises, Inc. who completed a two-year term of office. In addition, Joe Duscher of Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Buffalo, N.Y., was elected to serve as Vice President and Pat Galloway of Classic Mix Partners, LLC, Neenah, Wis., was elected to serve as Treasurer. NICMA also elected Ed Coryn of Dairy-Mix, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla.; Paul Dean, Scholle Packaging, Inc., Northlake, Ill.; and Steve Steinwart, Meadowvale, Inc., Yorkville, Ill., to serve as representatives on the Board of Directors for a new three-year term.
The American Dairy Products Institute announced the appointment of David Thomas as their new chief executive officer.


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Pigment Cell Res 1995 Jun;8(3):153-63
Comparative analysis of melanins and melanosomes produced by various coat color mutants.
Prota G, Lamoreux ML, Muller J, Kobayashi T, Napolitano A, Vincensi MR, Sakai C, Hearing VJ
Pigmentation in the skin, hair, and eyes of animals is influenced by a number of genes that modulate the activity of melanocytes, the intervention of enzymatic controls at different stages of the melanogenic process, and the physico-chemical properties of the final pigment. The results of combined phenotypic, ultrastructural, biochemical, and chemical analyses of hairs of a variety of defined genotypes on a common genetic background performed in this study are consistent with the view that pigmentation of dark to black hairs results from the incorporation of eumelanin pigments whereas that of yellow hairs results from the incorporation of eu- and pheomelanins. It is also clear that relatively minor differences in melanin content can have dramatic effects on visible hair color. A good correlation was found for expression of (and enzyme activities associated with) TRP1 and TRP2 with eumelanin synthesis and eumelanosome production.
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|PubMed ID: #7567792
|DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1995.tb00657.x
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Santa Claus stopped by St. Luke's Hospital a little early this year, thanks to six graders at an Upstate South Carolina middle school who donated 100 soft and furry stuffed animals.
Thirty-two members of the Builder's Club encouraged their friends at the Boiling Springs Middle School in South Carolina to support their cause. In less than two weeks time, they collected 750 bears, dogs, cats, even a lobster, to give to other children during tough times.
The Builders Club, a kid-sized version of Kiwanis Club, is a service club that sponsors several drives during the year to help others in need. The sponsor and sixth-grade teacher Cheryl Roach of Columbus said that one class of 30 kids collected 250 bears. The stuffed animals were divided and given to several social service agencies in Spartanburg, S.C., and to the Emergency Department at St. Luke's Hospital. Staff in the Emergency Department will give the stuffed animals to sick or injured children as well as any hospital patient in need of a special friend or hug. The club also completed a canned food drive for Thanksgiving. Last year, Roach said, the sixth graders collected enough clothes and presents to insure 45 needy children.


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Momentum with Martinez's Everton
Premier League Spotlight previews the weekend's top flight fixtures, highlighting the key points to keep an eye on as the action unfolds.
Will Everton's momentum be enough against Arsenal?
"I'll get you in the Champions League," Roberto Martinez told Bill Kenwright at his interview for the Everton job last summer. Considering that statement, and also his eloquent address to the media over the years, the perception of Martinez's persona is one of confidence backed up by an unwavering belief in his own methods. Having on several occasions dealt with the stresses of the relegation battle with Wigan Athletic, Martinez has no time, regardless of being only 40, for looking back.
• Jolly: Wenger and Martinez's battle for supremacy
His Everton side's win at Fulham last Sunday was of the hard-fought variety, showing a different string to their bow, to make it five successive Premier League victories, bringing them to within four points of Arsenal, while boasting a game in hand. Having trailed the Gunners by 14 points in February, this has been quite the swing in form for both sides, who meet each another at Goodison Park on Sunday. If there is such a thing as momentum in football then certainly it is currently with the Toffees, while a confidence-stricken and injury-hit Arsenal are in need of a jump-start.
Arsene Wenger's side demonstrated mettle in the second half of their 1-1 draw at Manchester City after a draining week recalibrated their aims, yet there remains a fragility about them, in particular on the road versus the higher-placed sides. Hence, Everton, remembering their impressive display that merited at least the 1-1 draw they achieved at Arsenal in December and forgetting March's 4-1 loss in the FA Cup, can be optimistic about their prospects of beating their North London opponents for the first time since 2007.
That Everton are three points short of last season's total tally overseen by former boss David Moyes with seven fixtures to play indicates that the ambitious Martinez is ahead of schedule with his project on Merseyside. Champions League qualification would represent an outstanding achievement and also swell the finances such that loan deals would not have to be relied upon so heavily, thus allowing their Spanish coach to build longer term. While falling short would not amount to failure, a lingering sense of "what might have been," bearing in mind Arsenal's wobble and potential for switching focus to the FA Cup, would rankle long into the summer.
Can Liverpool turn their title dream into reality?
Across Stanley Park, there are even more reasons to be giddy after Liverpool's comprehensive 4-0 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur put them top of the table. The route to a first league title since 1990 is simple: win their remaining six matches and the Reds are champions. Of course, it is easier said than done, but the probability is that extending their current eight-game streak to 14 won't be necessary, as their rivals are unlikely to demand such perfection -- points will fall from all.
The country's most enthralling team to watch are next in action Sunday at Upton Park, when West Ham will provide a different and surely sterner test of their silverware credentials, after Spurs -- the spitting image of training cones -- hardly demanded the best from Brendan Rodgers' men. Andy Carroll et al might fancy their chances against a Liverpool defence that can be got at -- but out-scoring the Reds is a wholly different issue. Part of Rodgers' job, meanwhile, will be focusing his players on the task in hand given the distraction of next weekend's home match against Manchester City.
Who is left for Jose Mourinho to blame?
For all the back-slapping Jose Mourinho has received for Chelsea's approach in the blockbuster matches, the Portuguese coach is facing up to the reality that the failure to regularly replicate such ruthlessness against the so-called smaller teams could be their undoing. Recently, a 4-0 win over Tottenham was followed by a 1-0 loss at Aston Villa, before a 6-0 win over Arsenal was followed by a 1-0 loss at Crystal Palace.
You'd struggle to find a person who has believed Jose's protestations his team have not been title contenders all season long, nor his latest tedious remark their hopes are over after the loss at Selhurst Park. Is it possible that Mourinho's mind games have gotten to his own players? At his disposal is an excellent squad, made even better by the signing of Nemanja Matic in January, and it's one arguably stronger than 18 others in the division -- but the players are not consistently performing to the standard required, which is Mourinho's minimum demand.
The Blues' boss has regularly bemoaned his lack of striking talent -- despite boasting two more senior forwards at his disposal than his counterpart Arsene Wenger at Arsenal -- and on Wednesday he again said he was "not happy" with those who lead the line. It was the defence that cost Chelsea at Paris Saint-Germain, though, an area in which Mourinho teams gone by have tended to be formidable. Regardless of whether it is misplaced ire or another intentional diversion tactic from Jose, this cocktail of an occasionally blunt front line and a wobbly defence will not win them the title.
Norwich vs. West Brom -- which side will hold their nerve?
On paper, this fixture lacks glamour, but be assured the amount riding on it means we're looking at one of the games of the weekend (the ultimate quality of which cannot be blamed on this column). Three points separate 15th-placed Norwich and 17th-placed West Brom -- the latter have a game in hand on the former. Norwich have been consistently inconsistent, following up their win over Sunderland with a feeble 3-0 loss at Swansea, meaning six straight away defeats.
Fortunately, the Canaries' meeting with West Brom is at Carrow Road and six points currently separate them from the bottom three but, lest we forget, Norwich's run-in is horrible, with games against Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. As for West Brom, while the two points dropped at the death against Cardiff proved utterly enthralling for the neutral, the lapse could prove fatal come the season's close.
Are Fulham already goners?
Although not mathematically bound for the Championship, Fulham seem doomed. Currently bottom of the standings, five points away from safety and with only 18 left to play for, Felix Magath, the club's third manager of the term, needs a dramatic upturn in form. Indeed, the Great Escape of the 2007-08 campaign seems a long time ago. Magath has insisted he is not yet planning for playing in the second tier, although he might well as do if they fall against Aston Villa this weekend.
Can Poyet stop the rot at Sunderland?
With one point mustered from their last six matches, Gus Poyet's Sunderland also look like a side hurtling toward England's second tier. Indeed, the Black Cats have not won in the league since the Tyne-Wear derby on Feb. 1. They do boast two matches in hand on their relegation rivals but, considering their next run of fixtures sees them take on Tottenham, Everton, Manchester City and Chelsea, it appears they've left themselves with too much to do.
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LAS VEGAS. — A confident Mitt Romney promised a group of hundreds waiting to help open his Las Vegas campaign headquarters this afternoon that things will be better for Nevada residents once he's in the White House.
"I know you're not here because things are great here in Nevada, but things are going to be great in Nevada after I'm president," said Romney, to cheers from the crowd.
But it was former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who abandoned his own presidential bid and endorsed Romney, who really revved up the Las Vegas crowd.
"Are you tired of a president who has had his hands on the economic wind pipes of the small businesses and entrepreneurs and job providers in this country and is squeezing it to the point that they are saying, 'Please Mr. President, don't squeeze it anymore, leave us alone,'" said Pawlenty, as the crowd erupted in cheers.
"Are you ready for Mitt Romney to be the next president of the United States of America?" said Pawlenty, as the audience broke into chants of "We want Mitt! We want Mitt!"
"That's right," said Pawlenty. "We need Mitt."
Pawlenty was introduced by Romney as a "guy who had the chutzpah" to run against him.
"He was frankly the guy who I thought would be my toughest competition," said Romney.
Romney was in Nevada on the eve of another Republican debate scheduled for Tuesday in Las Vegas. He appeared energetic as he prodded the audience into expressing their feelings about President Obama.
"My guess is that it probably didn't help when [Obama] talked down Las Vegas as a convention city, did it?" asked Romney, as the crowd cheered, "No! No!"
"How about the idea of cap and trade to raise the cost of energy?" Romney asked, the audience chanting again. "Did you like that idea?"
"There is a lot of 'no' coming from the audience and frankly I'm glad to hear that because when it comes to President Obama he's a nice guy, but he just doesn't know what it takes to get the economy working," said Romney.
"I believe what it's going to take to get America working again is someone who is not a lifelong politician, but someone who knows how the economy works," said Romney, making a veiled reference he's used countless times before regarding Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Romney did not mention Perry or businessman Herman Cain, who has seen a surge in support, but Nevada's Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki promised the audience that there would be refreshments served, but "not Godfather Pizza."
Cain is the former CEO of Godfather Pizza.
"Not that it's a bad pizza," said Krolicki, "But we are sensitive here."
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London June 3 (ANI): Kim Kardashian's stepfather, Bruce Jenner, has revealed that he has met her baby daddy Kanye West only once because the rapper "has just not been around".
He told the US TV show Extra that he couldn't meet West because the 35-year-old singer was in Paris for the whole time writing, the Mirror reported.
Bruce's son Brody Jenner, who is also a part of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' confessed that he has never met the 'Mercy' singer at all, but added that everyone in the family says good things about him. (ANI)


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SOME like it hot - but there's a limit when you're looking at riding a bike at racing speed for four hours.
So today's heatwave forced Tour organisers to start the first road stage two hours early to try to prevent the 176 starters from being fried alive in the saddle as temperatures climb towards the mid-40s.
"It's going to be brutal," says experienced coach Dave Sanders.
Sanders is in charge of the national team, which includes international stars Matt Goss, Stuart O'Grady, Simon Gerrans and Simon Clarke as well as last year's Tour winner Nathan Haas.
O'Grady, Australia's most-experienced rider, said: "It will be really, really nasty. When it's 35-plus it's hard; over 40 is downright ugly and there's no way to acclimatise for it. It's going to be a sufferfest."
Goss, who has just returned from a month training in single-digit temperatures in Europe, said: "It's going to be a big shock to the system."
Exclusive: Simon Gerrans writes for the Herald Sun
He recalled racing in extreme temperatures at the Tour Down Under in Adelaide six years ago when a teammate, Melbourne rider Matt Lloyd, almost suffered brain damage from dehydration and heatstroke.
Race director John Trevorrow said regulations demanded the race be stopped if the mercury hits 41C.
"We want to avoid that risk. Safety is our biggest priority," he said.
Riders will wear ice vests and other cooling aids such as pantyhose filled with ice around their necks for the 147.7km journey from Rupertswood mansion in Sunbury to Bendigo.
The stage will start at 9.30am instead of the scheduled 11.30am.
With the temperature in the mid-30s, the 60th edition of the tour began with a 4.7km time-trial prologue in Williamstown late yesterday, with emerging Queenslander Jordan Kerby, riding for the Suzuki-Bontrager team, a surprise winner in 5min 25sec, which puts him in the race leader's yellow jersey today.
Kerby, winner of the Tour of Gippsland last year and the points race and team pursuit at the 2010 junior world championships, pipped Kiwi Joseph Cooper, 27, and Victorian David Kelly, 27.
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"I didn't expect to win, but I'll take it. It's an honour to beat these big names," he said.
This is the first year the event has been held at the height of summer, having moved from its traditional October date, when the weather is never an issue - unless it is cold and wet.
Goss also raised the fear of riding into a bushfire, especially with northerly winds forecast.
"We know the history of bushfires in Australia - if we got caught when one sparked up, it wouldn't be easy to evacuate nearly 200 bike riders and all the cars and staff. We can't take risks out there," he said.
Sanders said Australian riders who had trained at home since the end of the European season - Gerrans was a prime example - would have a definite advantage.
"It dampens the enthusiasm of anybody who comes out from Europe for it," he said. "It just smashes them. They just can't cope.
"Guys who have prepared in Australia won't be too bad."
There are 14 European riders and 11 from cooler New Zealand in the peloton.
"Bendigo is one of the hottest towns in Victoria and the roads will be melting," Sanders said.
"It won't be easy for anyone and we have to manage that.
"It's hard - but it's a hard sport. They'll survive."
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I cannot express how gutted I am at the announcement that the Create-a-character contest is only open to US residents!
I have been waiting for something like this for so long and now to have it so close at hand only to be kicked in the teeth by Mattel.
This is is the thanks we global fans get for all our hard earned cash and devotion to Masters of the Universe??
I implore Mattel to please allow the international community to take part in this contest.
I really don't buy the "rules and regulations for contests vary dramatically from country to country" excuse
We support you, why can't you support us?
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I'm actually quite surprised that Canada is NOT a part of the contest (save for Quebec due to contest legalities - provincial stuff.) I do believe our copyright laws mirror the US in this regard.
I do understand why it's internationally impossible though (ie. Germany, etc.) It sucks though.
Regardless... SIGNED!
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Signed!!! Its not fair that it can be international but I understand the reasnoing behind it!
I wish us, the International fans, could take part. However, I am pretty certain this will not change. Mattel legal has made its decision and I can't see them changing their mind as it would require a lot legal work just to include all EU countries, let alone rest of the world.
We deserve an explanation...
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Even if I doubt I would participate in this contest if I could (wich is no the case since I live in France) but I don't really understand why such a limitation exists.
@Sllohcin : You seem to know why such a limitation exists, I would be interested in having the explanation.
Anyway, I sign in the name of all the international fans
In addition to what Sllochin said, I think it has a lot to do with the fact that it's not just an art contest. They are going to create a figure of the art and sell it for profit. That's where it gets sticky methinks.
Yes !!! I'd like to enter as well. This could be so much fun and it's not fair to be left out of the competition.
And this also means Emiliano won't be able to enter something and that would be a darn shame !!!
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SIGNED! We have to be able to get in on this somehow! C'mon Mattel! I know "logistics" scare you, but stop being so darn lazy and put in the work to make this happen. C'mon, c'mon, c'mooooooooooooooooooooooon!
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Signed. I feel bad that one of the major announcements doesn't even apply to all you international folks.
I also think the contest should be world wide. They sell their figures world wide...
***** One way around this would be if you know someone in the US have them submit it for you.
***** OR I'm sure someone on here would do it for you.
some of our best MOTU artists are from overseas, i want to see what these guys can do. Come on Mattel figure out a work around!
the ignore list is my new best friend
What if I draw a character, send it to my brother who lives in the states and ask him to enter it, would that count ?
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I'm 38 years old. Started suffering from lots of aches and fatigue few years after my breast augmentation with saline implants. There is a Dr. in Atlanta, GA who confirms that there is a correlation between autoimmune problems and implants, so I'm wondering if anyone knows of a correlation between fibromyalgia and saline breast implants.
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It is all manufactured by lawyers and the press
There are no studies showing any correlation between implants and autoimmune disease or fibromyalgia. This is all a controversy manufactured by trial lawyers fueled by sensationalism in the press. I would invite whatever doctor you talked with to defend his position and back up his facts. While you may have fibromyalgia, it is not due to the implants - it is a just an unfortunate coincidence.
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Fibromyalgia and Breast Implants
Most patients coming to the office for augmentation mammoplasty with fibromyalgia have already been diagnosed with that disorder. Usually they have been evaluated thoroughly by a rheumatologist or primary care physician. Studies have been done that show no link between fibromyalgia or any other connective disorders with breast implants. However, it is important to establish the presence of such a disorder prior to the placement of implants, in order to avoid any confusion postoperatively. Usually patient recovery is not much different than expected, in regards to the limitations and discomfort. The final results have always been satisfactory.
No scientific evidence supports link between implants and fibromyalgia
Auto immune diseases are something that has received a great deal of attention when it comes to breast implants.
There has been a significant amount of research trying to document a connection. None has ever been shown.
That being said, if you're convinced that your implants are the cause you can have them removed. Just be prepared for no improvement in symptoms, although it may help your peace of mind.
I hope this helps.
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Breast implants -saline or silicone - DO NOT cause any diseases.
To marieal,
Hi! I have been an implant investigator and the safety of breast implants has been studied for decades. I can assure you that there is no link between implants and auto-immune or any other disease. If you do have fibromyalgia, it is just an unfortunate coincidence. Lots of people without implants get fibromyalgia.
The bad stuff you have heard is "junk science", perpetrated by contingency fee lawyers and their hired doctors who have made millions of dollars in lawsuits.
No documented fibromyalgia link after many years of study
After many years of looking at the link between breast implants (saline and silicone), there has been no conclusive evidence of a link between any types of connective tissue disorders and breast implants. I would be very skeptical of any one study from any one individual that contradicts all of this other research. In the scientific arena, it is critical that any important finding be confirmed by repeated studies at other facilities. If this can't be done, then the findings in the original study become much more unreliable.
Despite this, I have had a few personal cases where the symptoms have resolved or improved subtantially after removal of the implants. It may simply that the patient felt better with them out from a peace of mind standpoint, but that has been helpful. Nonetheless, I'd tend to discourage removal unless the patient is desperate and understands that nothing may change afterwards.
Some really good info is available at Breast Implant Safety.org, by the way...
Link Between Fibromyalgia and Saline Breast Implants?
No connection saline implants to fibromyalgia
There is absolutely no evidence of any link between saline implants and any autoimmune or connective tissue disease. I believe that you have found the last hold out in Atlanta that still believes that there is a connection.
There's no link I am aware of
There have been extensive research efforts to determine the potential link between implants and connective tissue or autoimmune diseases. None has been able to determine a link and that is why the FDA brought out the gel implants a couple of years ago. If you have fibromyalgia, you would have most likely had it regardless of your implants.
No studies linking fibromyalgia and breast implants
This along with many other claims of causation/association between implants (silicone gel mainly) and various systemic diseases/conditions have been ruled out by years of good scientific studies. The docor who is not making the claims will undoubtedly charge you a lot of money and find something wrong.
He may be a professional medmal witness who gets paid a lot of $$$ to do tests and give testimony--even though what he is saying has no basis in science or fact.
Having said that, you may still opt to have the implants removed, if for no other reason than for peace of mind. This may or may not change things for you regarding the fibromyalgia.
No link between fibromyalgia and implants
There is no direct link that has ever been found between fibromyalgia and breast implants--either silicone or saline. The only relationship is that women of your age commonly get breast implants and also fibromyalgia. There are many women with fibromyalgia without implants.
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RICHMOND –The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved the acquisition by Appalachian Power Company (APCO) of the remaining portion of the Amos electric generating plant that it did not already own.
APCO already owns units 1 and 2 and one-third of unit 3 of the coal-fired, 2,900-megawatt John Amos generating plant complex located in Winfield, W.Va. The SCC allowed APCO to acquire the remaining interest in the Amos 3 plant from an affiliate company at a price of $565 million, which is $53.4 million lower than the price APCO proposed to pay. The SCC said the lower price reflects the use of traditional regulatory accounting principles to determine the plant's book value.
While approving the Amos 3 acquisition, the SCC rejected APCO's request to purchase half of the Mitchell coal-fired generating plant in Moundsville, W.Va. at a price of $536 million, also from an affiliate. The SCC wrote that the risks associated with the Mitchell plant were greater than those associated with Amos 3. The Commission noted that APCO currently owns none of the Mitchell plant and has no track record of operating and maintaining the Mitchell plant or knowledge of all potential environmental and contractual risks associated with Mitchell and further, that APCO ratepayers have no prior investments in the Mitchell plant. In distinguishing Mitchell from the Amos 3 acquisition, the SCC wrote, "We consider it relevant and important that APCO already owns [most of the Amos plant] … Virginia ratepayers already have made substantial investments in the Amos units."
In denying the Mitchell acquisition, the SCC also cited the risks associated from a lack of diversity in APCO's generating fleet. Approving both acquisitions would raise the percentage of coal-fired electricity produced by APCO's generation fleet to a projected 87 percent by 2017.
The SCC also approved APCO's request to merge with Wheeling Power, a distribution utility located in northern W.Va. The SCC found that APCO's representations that the rate impact on Virginia ratepayers would be neutral and potentially positive were reasonable. However, the SCC directed that APCO provide a $3.3 million rate credit to Virginia ratepayers to resolve timing concerns and the SCC will review evidence in APCO's next biennial review and fuel proceedings as to the effect of the merger on Virginia ratepayers.
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The Nebraska location of IAC Acoustics (formerly GT Exhaust) said on Friday that the company's commercial noise products will be manufactured at its new production facility in Lincoln.
Until now, the Lincoln location only created products for the power & energy division after the acquisition by the IAC Group in September of 2012.
This move means that 100 new jobs will need to be filled.
"The corporate focus on expanding the Lincoln facility has been a major piece of our global strategic plan with facing an increasingly competitive marketplace in North America," stated Robert Rennie, Global Operations Director.
"We feel fortunate to have a plant in Lincoln and have the opportunity to support and grow the local economy through job creation," said Rennie.
The timeline for filling the new positions will occur over the next quarter.
The new facility opened in May.
IAC Acoustics is holding a job fair Saturday, July 12, 2014.
"Job fairs at our facility have been successful in the past, allowing candidates to tour the work environments, take a weld test and participate in on-site interviews," Nadia Blazevich, HR manager said.
"With so much growth in a short period of time, we want to ensure the community has the opportunity to see first-hand all of the exciting things happening at IAC Acoustics Lincoln," said Blazevich.
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Behind AnandTech - APPRO's 1124 760MP Server: The Perfect Server?by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 7, 2001 8:44 PM EST
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Other than the addition of this new database server, nothing much has changed in the datacenter. If you're interested in seeing other behind the scenes images of what our servers look like, have a glance at our three other Behind AnandTech articles listed below:
Behind AnandTech - 2001 Server Upgrade - 4/17/2001
Behind AnandTech - Upgrading the Server Farm - 1/16/2001
Behind AnandTech - The Search for the Perfect Servers - 8/23/2000
Below you can see both of our racks with doors wide open. The black cases in the rightmost rack are mostly AnandTech Forums web servers. The white cases in the center rack are AnandTech web/mail servers, and the empty space between them is where one of the larger 5U cases was removed and replaced with the very small 1U APPRO server. You can barely see it in comparison to the larger 4U and 5U racks.
Just for comparison purposes, if all of our servers were moved to APPRO's 1U platform we'd take up no more than half of a rack instead of the one and a half racks we currently use. It's too bad no Athlon motherboards other than the Tyan Thunder K7 will work in a 1U chassis, not to mention that finding 1U Athlon compliant power supplies is very difficult. If all of our web servers needed the power of the 760MP it'd be a different situation entirely.
Here is a better gauge of exactly how much smaller this 1U box is in spite of its performance advantage over our much larger solutions. That's me behind the rack about to take off the rear panel to install the 2GB of DDR SDRAM that arrived at the datacenter just in time to make it in before we left.


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The secondary teacher education in social studies licensure program provides appropriate learning experiences to meet the needs, capabilities, and interests of high school students studying social studies. The program is designed to assist individuals in acquiring knowledge, developing skills and dispositions within a learning environment focused on active involvement and integrated learning activities.
To complete the secondary grades teacher education program and earn licensure in social studies for grades 9-12, students must complete the requirements for general education and their chosen major, as well as the following licensure requirements.
Students must be admitted in the Teacher Education Program to enroll.
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The general education requirements of the College including these specific courses in the following areas:
PSY-312 - Psychology of Exceptional Individuals (3.00 cr.)
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SOC-335 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3.00 cr.)
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EDU-345 - Language Minorities in Public Schools (3.00 cr.)
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HIS-102 - Modern Western Civilization (3.00 cr.)
HIS-103 - The World in the 20th Century (3.00 cr.)
HIS-214 - American History to 1876 (3.00 cr.)
HIS-215 - American History Since 1876 (3.00 cr.)
ECO-101 - Principles of Microeconomics (3.00 cr.)
POL-100 - American Political Systems (3.00 cr.)
Non-Western History chosen from the following (6 credits):
HIS-200 - Introduction to Latin American History (3.00 cr.)
HIS-224 - Introduction to Asian History (3.00 cr.)
HIS-282 - The Modern Middle East (3.00 cr.)
HIS-310 - Modern China (3.00 cr.)
Or from special studies courses that may be offered in the history of Africa and the Middle East and other non-Western areas
20th century history selected from the following:
HIS-308 - 20th Century Europe (3.00 cr.)
HIS-319 - Contemporary American History (3.00 cr.)
HIS-330 - Modern US Foreign Policy (3.00 cr.)
Geography course selected from the following:
GEO-203 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (3.00 cr.)
GEO-205 - World Regional Geography (3.00 cr.)
GEO-326 - Environmental Resources (3.00 cr.)
12 credit hours of courses selected from the following or from the GEO courses above:
ECO-100 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3.00 cr.)
POL-200 - Law and Society (3.00 cr.)
POL-301 - Civil Liberties (3.00 cr.)
POL-340 - State & Local Political Systems (3.00 cr.)
SOC-100 - Principles of Sociology (3.00 cr.)
SOC-335 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3.00 cr.)
or approved electives from anthropology, economics, human geography, politics or sociology.
HIS-764 - The Teaching of Social Studies (3.00 cr.)
(Must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program to enroll)
Professional Education Requirements
Professional Education, General
EDU-232 - Schools and Social Change (3.00 cr.)
EDU-234 - Teaching and Learning (3.00 cr.)
EDU-305 - Web 2.0 Technologies for Public School Classrooms (1.00 cr.)
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EDU-434 - Inclusion and the Adolescent Learner (3.00 cr.)
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Internship - last semester of teacher education program
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"Whenever, wherever" Columbian singer Shakira is seen, fans usually get quite excited. This week however, the singer created a different kind of buzz.
Iran's state TV on Wednesday was attacked by critics after broadcasting a glimpse of Shakira in the crowds during the Spain-Italy match in Brazil last week. [2]
She had been wearing what was deemed by Iranian hardliners as a revealing top, which showed her bare arms.
Women in Iran are prohibited to attend national football matches with men. It has also been known that international games streamed from international channels in Iran are strictly censored.
According to a report from Britain's The Guardian [3], attacks from Islamist hardliners were fired at the state television network after they showed the image of Shakira, who had been cheering for her footballing husband, Gerard Piqué, during the Confederations cup match.
Fans immediately posted her picture on Twitter saying, "Everyone tune in to [Iran broadcaster's] channel 3, they're showing Shakira!!!"
"Last night they showed Shakira, tonight they shall show Jennifer [Lopez]," read another tweet, The Guardian reported.
The news was reminiscent of a similar incident earlier this year involving U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama. [4]
In February, Michelle was given a quick makeover by Iranian media during her televised appearance at the Oscars.
Her shoulders and chest area were covered up by a speedy Photoshop snip of her Oscars dress while she appeared at the ceremony via a video link from the White House to announce that Iranian hostage thriller "Argo" had won best picture.
The Iranian audience watching the live broadcast was shown the "Iranian redesign" of Michelle's dress, with the censor made to conform to the country's restrictions on images of the female body in the media.
Fars, which is affiliated to the Islamic republic's elite Revolutionary Guards, changed the U.S. first lady's dress to stand by rules stipulating that Iranian women shown on Iran's state television should have a hijab that covers their hair, arms and legs.
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/sports/soccer/Brazil-vs-Spain-Best-in-World-Meets-Best-in-History.html?_r=0
[3] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/iran-hardliners-shakira-confederations-cup
[4] http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/michelle-obama-oscars--473330
[5] http://www.alarabiya.net/english


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HOPTON CASTLE: Installation of 40 ground mounted solar panels and associated works for Mr Wright at Llantop Barn, Redwood Lane, Twitchen, Clunbury.
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STOKE ST MILBOROUGH: Erection of two bay garage with pitched roof for Mr Mark McColl at The Old School.
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St Petersburg, Russia, 2012/06/26 - GE and REP Holding (REPH), a Russian power engineering company, have signed a contract to assemble an additional 28 GE MS 5002E gas turbines at REPHs Nevsky Zavod manufacturing facilities (NYSE: GE) . NYSE: GE
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GE and REP Holding (REPH), a Russian power engineering company, have signed a contract to assemble an additional 28 GE MS 5002E gas turbines at REPHs Nevsky Zavod manufacturing facilities.
The deal is the third to be covered under a technology transfer and licensing agreement signed by GE Oil & Gas and REPH in March 2008. A contract for the assembly of the first 19 units was signed in 2008, and a second contract for 10 units was signed last year.
The technology transfer and licensing agreement, which calls for the assembly of Ladoga 32 gas compressor units based on MS 5002E gas turbines in Russia, supports REPHs plans to sell the Ladoga gas turbine technology in the country.
Our agreement with GE underscores the importance of using highly efficient and proven technologies in the modernization of Russias energy infrastructure, said Igor Starinkov, president of REPH.
Gas turbines that are to be manufactured in Russia by REP Holding will be used in Gazprom projects including the Southern Corridor gas pipeline, which provides gas to the South Stream natural gas pipeline and for the second thread of the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas pipeline. Russia plans to diversify its natural gas export routes to Europe through the South Stream pipeline, which will move gas through the Black Sea to southern European markets.
The technology transfer and licensing agreement is an important step in our localization initiative, said Andrey Chernobrovkin, operations and technology localization director for GE Oil & Gas. It is at the core of our strategy to bring our businesses closer to where the company operates around the world.
The MS 5002E technology is a significantly upgraded version of GEs MS 5002 product line, and it offers high efficiency, low emissions and a proven service life to customers. The GE Frame 5 family of gas turbines has compiled more than 16 million operating hours worldwide.
A key benefit of the MS 5002E/Ladoga 32 turbine is that it can be fully serviced at the customer site, which is especially important under extremely harsh weather conditions and in remote areas of Russia where transporting equipment is costly and difficult.
In March 2012, GE announced that the first unit fully assembled under the initial contract had passed commissioning acceptance tests at REPHs Nevsky Zavod facilities. It will be delivered to OAO Gazprom, which plans to use the technology to power compressor stations on the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas pipeline.
GE has been operating in Russia since the early 20th century, supplying equipment and services for the development of the countrys energy infrastructure. To date, more than 400 gas turbines, 65 steam turbines, 700 compressors and more than 600 units of other equipment produced by GEincluding air coolers, capacitors, gas separators and pumpshave been installed in Russia and the CIS.
In 2010, GE opened its Energy Technology Center, a service center for installed generating equipment, in Kaluga oblast. In September 2011, GE, Inter RAO EES and ODK also established a joint venture to localize the production, sales and servicing of GEs 6FA heavy-duty gas turbines in Rybinsk, Russia.
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Judy Willis will have an exhibition of oil paintings at the Redwood Art Association Gallery through May 15. A reception will be held Saturday during Arts Alive! from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit is located in Gallery No. 1, upstairs at 603 F St. in Eureka. Her latest oil paintings are of people and places along the North Coast, and colorful flowers from her yard.
"My passion is to blend the early impressionist traditions with classical realism," she said. "I love to welcome the viewer into my world of (imaginary) people and real places, so the viewer can become part of the scene. I usually start a painting in my mind from an image or old photograph. I have drawers full of inspirational pictures and ideas. Occasionally I work with models on location, as it is a great way away from the confines of the studio."
Willis has shown her paintings from Miami, Fla., to New York City. According to a press release, she's had shows at the Montserrat Gallery, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Candy Stick, Madison Art Gallery and many Arts Alive! events.
"Besides my imaginative portraitures, I paint large-size flowers from my garden, local cityscapes, landscapes and seascapes. From my earliest years, my heart's desire has always been to paint," said Willis.
"During my teen years, I was fortunate to study oil painting with Evelyn Nadeau. She took me under her wing and taught me the basics of oil painting and drawing. Under her tutelage I learned how to set up a still life, paint plein air, and understand values and temperature in compositions."
Willis' paintings have won many awards, including "Best Oil Painting" in the 2010 RAA Fall Exhibition, the Coast Central Award, Representational Art Award and Ashland Award at the Morris Graves Museum of Art.
"I was blessed with supportive parents who encouraged me to paint. After high school, I attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. While there, I studied with noted artist Eva Sikorski and many other established artists. I spent many afternoons at the De Young Museum studying the old masters and the impressionists. I was deeply influenced by Sargent, Monet, and Cassatt," she said.
Willis has her studio in Fortuna and is a member of Oil Painters of America, the Redwood Art Association and the Portrait Society of America. She is represented in a number of corporate and private collections throughout the United States.
"My adult years have been spent painting in the early mornings and working in the afternoon. My husband is my biggest fan, and together we have had the pleasure of attending many gallery openings and shows. I have been painting full-time for the last seven years. ... Recently, I've attended classes, workshops and demonstrations by some of the following artists: Michael Hayes, Richard Schmidt, Jacob Collins and Burton Silverman."
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Office Supply Reuse Dates Announced
U-M Waste Management Services will collect gently-used office supplies from campus buildings on Wednesday, June 21 and Thursday, June 22. Click here for more information.
RecycleMania 2016!
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Rufus's Birthday: How to Have a Sustainable Celebration!
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2014 Office Supply Reuse Dates Announced
The 2014 Office Supply Amnesty day is scheduled for June 24. Waste Management Services crews will collect gently-used office supplies and make them available to the University and local non-profits.
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Green Meetings and Events
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Changes to the Office Supply Reuse Program
The Waste Reduction and Recycling Office is no longer collecting office supplies for reuse. Staff, faculty and students are encouraged to utilize U-M's new exchange site, MBay.
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At the November 30th game against OSU , fans recycled almost tons of material!
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6th Annual e-Waste Recycling Event
The University of Michigan's Office of Campus Sustainability, in conjunction with Ann Arbor Public Schools, is hosting its 6th annual FREE e-Waste Recycling Event. This event is designed to help local residents responsibly recycle electronics they no longer need or want in a quick, easy and environmentally friendly manner.
Waste Sort Results
In October 2012, a refuse sort was held to determine the makeup of the refuse waste stream from U-M buildings. Refuse from six buildings was sorted and categorized based upon recyclability and compostability. See the results and how they compare to the 2007 waste sort.
Food Waste Composting Pilot at the Michigan League
The Waste Reduction and Recycling Office (WRRO) has completed a post-consumer food waste composting pilot in conjunction with the Michigan League. See the report.
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At the November 17th game against Iowa, fans recycled more than 5 tons of material!
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U-M Recycling has partnered with Procurement Services and TerraCycle to bring the Recycle Write! program to campus. Students, faculty and staff can now recycle their pens, pencils and markers.
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Stadium Recycling Rate Increases with Single Stream!
Fans saw a change in the recycling program at this season's home football games. In addition to plastic bottles and aluminum cans, plastic cups were added to the recycling roster. Fans could recycle in bins located at every gate and around the concourse. As a result, the recycling rate for this season increased to 23.9% over last season's 19.0%! We collected 4 more tons of recyclables this season, with one fewer game. Fans and staff did a great job recycling and we hope to do even better next year!
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This is the website/blog of Philosopher Stephen Law. Stephen is Reader in philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, and editor of the Royal Institute of Philosophy journal THINK. He has published several books (see sidebar). For school talks and media email: think-AT-royalinstitutephilosophy.org
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Telescopes offer evidence of Bible's creation story
At Christian Post.
NASA Telescopes Offer Evidence of Bible's Creation Story, Says Author
By Jeff Schapiro, Christian Post Reporter
Several thousand years ago, long before spaceflight and advanced telescopic technology, a description of how God formed and created the Earth was penned in the Book of Genesis. Today, author Paul Hutchins says that the discoveries of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer telescopes provide convincing scientific evidence that supports that biblical description.
Paul Hutchins is the author of the book, 'Hubble Reveals Creation by an Awe-Inspiring Power,' which offers scientific evidence that the Genesis account of creation is true.
Paul Hutchins is the author of the book, 'Hubble Reveals Creation by an Awe-Inspiring Power,' which offers scientific evidence that the Genesis account of creation is true.
While doing research for a book about the imagination of man, Hutchins came across images of the Sombrero Galaxy. It is about half the size of our Milky Way galaxy and contains about 800 billion stars.
Hutchins told The Christian Post on Tuesday that it was around that time that he asked himself, "If man's imagination is responsible for everything on the earth, then whose imagination is responsible for this galaxy and the whole universe."
At that time he decided to change the direction of his research, leading him to write his second book, Hubble Reveals Creation by an Awe-Inspiring Power .
He spent two years studying all aspects of the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, during which time he came across in 2004 some discoveries that showed stars at different levels of maturity.
The younger stars, he found, had a "protoplanetary dust cloud" around them, while more mature stars had little to no dust around them.
The cloud left behind by newly formed stars is made up of fine dust particles, which gravity's pull condenses into small rocks, which then crash into each other and "form like snowballs," increasing in size until they grow into new planets. As this happens, the dust that is floating in space is absorbed by the new planet, clearing the space around it and making the nearby star more visible.
Hutchins' conclusion was that Earth was formed, by God, in a similar way.
The Genesis account in the New International Version 1984 describes the Earth as being "formless and empty" at first, and says that "darkness was over the surface of the deep." Hutchins believes that if a person examines the Bible in the original Hebrew, they will see that the sun and the stars were already present at this time, before the Earth was totally formed.
The Earth had no form, he says, because the dust cloud had not yet condensed into a planet, and there was no light because dust particles shaded our planet as it formed. As the planet matured, and gathered the dust that had been shading it, though, the Sun became visible and "there was light."
"It made perfect sense...even though we don't have the details of it, He gave us a brief overview of how the earth was formed," Hutchins said.
"If He didn't exist then how could these writers of the Bible write this information, thousands of years in advance, and it exactly matches up with what the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes are finding? So my goal is, for people that their faith may be weak...or they're questioning the existence of God, this book will inspire them and reaffirm their beliefs."
4 comments:
- jeremy said...
"If man's imagination is responsible for everything on the earth, then whose imagination is responsible for this galaxy and the whole universe."
Talk about a faulty premise (before talking about the faulty conclusion)...
- September 14, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- Csiki Attila-József said...
oh gosh! "I imagine things, therefore all existing things must be imagined, and since man cannot live in outer space it must've been God"... Fallacy upon projection upon wishful thinking upon fallacy upon escapism. Not sure which is worse, but the combination sure is a blast
- September 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- LadyAtheist said...
"If man's imagination is responsible for everything on the earth"
.... uhhhh WHAT?!?!?! I don't recall anyone claiming that Man whipped the earth into existence through his imagination.
This is beyond straw man. Dustman perhaps?
- September 14, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Reynold said...
No, Dustmen believe that ...the inhabitants of the Multiverse are already dead. Some are more dead than others, perhaps, but even the living are actually dead.
Presumably, after a body passes through this particular phase it'll emerge into "life" or rather what they would consider true life anyway.
Those who believe that they've imagined everything into existence would be the Sign of One.
(sorry, I had to do this)
- September 15, 2011 at 4:17 AM


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The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse was presented for the first time at the 2013 Frankfurt auto show, held Sept. 10-11 in Frankfurt/Main. The Squadra Corse reportedly delivers high levels of performance while bringing the thrills associated with motorsport to the street-legal world. This new and most extreme model in the Gallardo line-up is based on the Gallardo Super Trofeo, the race car that features in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo - the world's fastest one-make series. The Squadra Corse will be a limited production model, priced at € 191.100, plus tax.
The name Squadra Corse refers to the recently-founded department within Automobili Lamborghini, which manages all motorsport activities from GT3 to the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo championships in Europe, Asia and America, where drivers compete on the most challenging racetracks in the world.
The new Gallardo Squadra Corse is derived directly from the race car. Both share the same V10 engine, which is used in the racing version with no modifications. Likewise, the Squadra Corse has the same rear wing for greater aerodynamic load – achieving, under the best aerodynamic conditions, three times the load of the Gallardo LP 560-4 – for increased dynamic stability during tight high-speed cornering. Another element taken directly from the racing version is the removable engine hood equipped with a quick-release system. Both the rear wing and the hood are made from carbon composite material, as are a host of other components on the Squadra Corse.
Together with aluminum, carbon fiber forms the basis for construction of the new, extremely lightweight, top-of-the-range Gallardo, which boasts a dry weight of 1340 kilograms, which gives the Squadra Corse a stunning power-to-weight ratio of 2.35 kilograms per hp. It sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 3.4 seconds and reaches 200 km/h in just 10.4 seconds, with a top speed of 320 km/h. The production-standard carbon-ceramic brake system guarantees unmatched stopping power.
Extremely lightweight carbon fiber and Alcantara, the perfect combination of sporty minimalism, are the dominant materials inside the Squadra Corse. Alcantara graces the underside of the dashboard, the central panel of the seat cushion and the backrest. The door panels, the racing seats and the center console cover are made from carbon fiber, a technology in which Lamborghini has achieved world-leading expertise. Carbon is also used for the handbrake frame; the middle of the center console; the lower rim of the steering wheel; the trim around the main and secondary instrument panels; the door handles; and the handle for opening the glove box. Standard seats can also be ordered in place of racing bucket seats.