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Annual Heartland festival takes over downtown square
Sun, 22 Sep 2013 03:37:08 GMT —
Sunday was the first official day of fall and as the season arrived, so did a fresh crop of Heartland festivals.
The 39th Annual Red Barn Arts and Crafts Festival attracts thousands of visitors from around the country and the world.
â??Kind of express your personality,â?? said Natlaia Butler, a knitter. â??That's how we was born, express something very, very unusual. I love to do this."
Natalia was born in Eastern Europe, and has been knitting since she was just nine years old, now she's doing it for a living.
Natalia is just one of several fine artists and crafters participating in this yearâ??s Red Barn Festival.
John McMurry is another artist; he lives near Atlanta, Missouri. Heâ??s a photographer and his wife tells us he loves snapping shots of landscapes.
â??This is my first arts show that Iâ??ve ever been a part of,â?? said McMurry. â??It's kind of an experiment to see if I can make a living off selling art like this. Itâ??s great fabulous, the people are wonderful."
The festival committee selects exhibitors based on standards of excellence with emphasis on originality and uniqueness. That's why hundreds flooded the historic downtown square in Kirksville.
The Red Barn Festival also awarded prizes to vendors and demonstrators based on originality, uniqueness, and quality of work.

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Rays win 5-2, set up Game 5 on Tuesday night
The Rays pulled off another big win by beating the Rangers 5-2 Sunday and pulled even in their best-of-five division series.
The fifth and final game is 8:07 Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, with a rematch of aces David Price and Cliff Lee.
Evan Longoria, despite still being hobbled by a strained left quad, led the way with a two-run homer and two doubles. B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena also knocked in runs as the Rays amassed 12 hits - four more than they had in the first two games combined.
Rookie Wade Davis pitched into the sixth for the victory, allowing two runs, and four relievers took it from there, with Rafael Soriano getting the final three outs.
The Rays are seeking to join the 2001 Yankees as the only teams to lose the first two games of a best-of-five postseason series at home and come back and win.
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text: Hello: A few questions: With the CdS sensor, it's recommended to expose it to a brighter source for a few minutes. I've seen two different reasons cited for this. One being improvement of speed of response of the meter at low light levels, and the other (I question this one) claiming to alter the sensitivity to low light level; this would imply inconsistent scale calibration. This is the only working meter I own other than what's in a Minolta SLR I have also. There are two night scenes I want to shoot, and spot metering is probably the only practical way to actually meter them. Another approach might be to simply estimate exposure. I don't have any b/w film right now and my schedule is kind of hectic so I do a lot of scene evaluation when I drive by. I may approach the shot in several steps - look at it several times, and I am just now trying out the 1/21 meter so I am content to study scenes with it minus the camera to understand what it tells me (as best I can without shooting and developing). For the time being, I will probably rely on someone else developing for me as I don't have a darkroom space (or any dark room anywhere in the house, believe it or not...windows even in the basement! I will start out with roll film (120 6x9 folders with only 8 shots per roll, so I COULD blow a whole roll on one scene), so I'll be two steps removed from contrast control (roll film plus third party development). My 4x5 Crown & Speed Graphics are both fixer-uppers and not quite ready to use yet...I figure better to deal with roll film to learn and not have too many difficulties at once. Scene 1 is a church bell tower that is lit up; the rest of the building is dark. I went there to take some measurements. I will make another stop to compose during the day so I can figure out exactly where to go in the dark. When I actually shoot the scene it will be on my way to work and I won't have time to spare. I sat in the lot with the spotmeter held up against the dome light in my car for roughly 1-2 minutes. I measured between 4 and 4-1/2 on the Pentax meter. I wait a few seconds to allow the meter to settle down (stop drifting downward). I then drove a few blocks to Scene 2, a a stone store front with a clock tower that has a brightly illuminated white clock face. I didn't have time to precondition the meter withthe dome light because I was waiting for the light to change at the intersection I was sitting in. How important is this preconditioning when it isn't practical (night shots), and what advice is there when I can't do this? I think experimentation will tell me alot (when I have time to do it!). The Pentax manual swears the scale is not EV scale, but it may coincidentally match for some settings. I am missing their point. I don't see the difference, perhaps because I currently have it set on 100 ISO so EV = LV and their scale in concert with the dial calculator on the side, or any other approach I take to understanding the math behind the EV scale (I have spent some time doing this because it interests me), the meter seems to do EV exactly as I would expect. Is there some subtlety I am not understanding in their claim the scale is not the EV scale? Scene three, well actually, I'm not sure I have a question about it...it raises some Zone questions, and I guess I'm just thinking out loud to see if I am getting the concept of 'getting' exposure placement: I get home from the drive above and look at the sconce lamp on the side of the house. It illuminates several rows of 'clapboard style' vinyl siding in such a manner that each row closer to the ground has a wider shadow. Looks like a good Zone exercise. The lamp measures 14-1/2 (forgetting preconditioning). The first bright row of siding meaures 10, and the darkest shadow at the bottom measures 3-3-1/2. White, Zakia & Lorenz book says if the range is too wide, walk away (or make the decision that you want a different 'look'), but it looks like a good candidate for a first attempt shot to just place a bright zone, allow the too-dark zones to fall where they will, and allow the lamp itself to 'burn out' at Zone IX. Thanks for reading and any suggestions. Murray


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FamilyCare CCO Begins Serving OHP Patients
August 1, 2012 -- Today marks the first day that FamilyCare's Coordinated Care Organization (CCO) will begin serving Oregon Health Plan (OHP) patients. FamilyCare is one of eight CCOs that were certified earlier this year to lead Oregon's Health Transformation effort aimed at providing better care at a lower cost to patients. FamilyCare is the first CCO to operate in the tri-county area (Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas).
"This is a monumental day for FamilyCare and other health care organizations across the state. We are excited to pioneer this process and look forward to implementing a more innovative and sustainable approach to care," said FamilyCare President Jeff Heatherington.
FamilyCare's current OHP members will not see much of a change to their covered benefits and services at this time. Instead, it is the behind-the-scenes delivery system that will change. FamilyCare's new CCO model will be more patient-centered, with a focus on service coordination and prevention. FamilyCare's overall goal is to improve access to care, quality of care, and to better manage health care costs.


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We have a few new items on the ODC. First, we have an article about Excel and XML. Peter Vogel does a great job explaining XML Maps and the like. Check it out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_xl2003_ta/html/odc_xl_Excel2003XMLIntro.asp
There is also some really, really useful InfoPath lab training materials. The package contains a set of labs that help you learn how to design and deploy XML-based forms in InfoPath 2003 SP1. Way cool: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=41335A11-2E7F-4EC0-B0D6-6E04BBAF24C3&displaylang=en
Finally, there are several new Visual Studio Tools for Office labs out there. We have a landing page for training: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/training/default.aspx, and you can download the labs as a package from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A932CD92-48F0-4009-B069-37812244E25A&displaylang=en
There is even a VSTO blog here: http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto. Get in touch with what is going on with this great advance in developing Office-based solutions.
Rock thought for the day: The EMP is coming out with a new Jimi Hendrix display upgrade in June. I will be setting aside a full afternoon to just staring at his Fender guitar while the memory of notes he played conjure his spectre there. Check it out: http://www.emplive.com/visit/galleries/jimiHendrix.asp


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I had a sudden craving to make it myself when I saw that my food bloggy girlfriend, Eva, had Tiramisu on her baking bucket list. I don't have a cooking or baking bucket list written down but just a running backlog of recipes in my head that I always want to cook or bake up. It's the desire to complete food challenges to feel a sense of accomplishment and mainly to figure out if homemade desserts taste better at home versus the restaurants, too. And it's always fun to collaborate with my food bloggy community whenever I can especially before my hands will be busy with a newborn. (We have less than a month left until my due date!)
The challenging aspect of this recipe was locating the ingredients. I had the hardest time locating ladyfingers. Trader Joe's only carries them during the holiday season, and my go-to grocery store did not carry them as well. Thankfully, Sprouts Farmers market had carried them in stock, and I almost debated about ordering them on Amazon, too. This dessert came together with a little bit of detailed prep, and the results were pretty fantastic. Make sure to not drench the ladyfingers in the coffee-Kahlua mixture too long, just a quick coating or you will have soggy ladyfingers. The texture was wonderfully creamy and you can taste all the wonderful blended flavors of the coffee, cream cheese/mascarpone mixture with the little bits of grated chocolate. More importantly, you will not notice that this is the "lighter" version dessert because you will be too busy finishing your serving.
Make sure to check out Eva Bakes beautifully made Tiramisu as well.
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- 8 ounces cream cheese (reduced if preferred), softened
- 2 ounces mascarpone cheese, softened
- 24 to 28 savoiardi ladyfingers
- 3/4 ounces chocolate, finely grated
- Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil and remove from heat. Add the instant coffee and let stand for 10 minutes. Refrigerate until needed.
- Combine 1/4 cup sugar, egg yolks, and 1 tablespoon Kahlua in the top of a double boiler, whisking constantly until thick and creamy and until a candy thermometer registers 160 degrees. Remove from heat and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
- In the bowl of the stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whisk the egg whites on medium high speed until medium peaks form.
- In a small saucepan, add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons water over medium-high heat. Cook until candy thermometer registers 250 degrees, no need to stir mixture. With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour hot syrup into the egg whites. Gradually increase speed to high and mix for 2 minutes or until stiff peaks form, making sure to not overmix.
- In a large bowl, mix egg yolk mixture, cream cheese and mascarpone cheese until smooth. Carefully fold in 1/4 of egg white mixture into cream cheese mixture and gently fold in the remaining egg white mixture.
- Place coffee in a 4 inch container (I used a pie plate) and add the remaining 1 tablespoon Kahlua to coffee. Quickly dip ladyfingers into coffee mixture and arrange into desired dishes. For single serving goblets, I used 1 1/2 ladyfingers or 12+ ladyfingers in 9x9 baking dish. Spread a layer of cream cheese mixture over ladyfingers. Sprinkle with grated chocolate. Repeat procedure with remaining ladyfingers. Garnish with remaining chocolate. Cover and let chill for at least 2 hours.
Review: Absolutely delicious, and I prefer the single serving goblets versus the family size. You can easily half the recipe to make personal servings for yourself especially if you have a husband like mine that doesn't like chocolate desserts.


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Barrel Twist Rate- Why not more 1:8" options?
I now have 4 ARs, and enough odds and ends to be half way to another. Two are 1:9", two are 1:7". I see benefits to each, but I keep thinking that the 1:8" is probably the most versatile for both myself and many (if not most) other owners. I shoot mostly 55, 62, and 64gr ammo. I also have a healthy dose of 45-50, as well as a bunch of 69 and 75gr match ammo. All of my rifles can produce acceptable results with most (if not all) of my ammo. But it sure seems that 1:8" would sort of be the "ideal, right in my wheelhouse" twist rate for most of the rounds I shoot and stock.
As I stumble further into the BRD abyss, I keep asking myself the same question...why aren't there not more sub-18" barreled AR's available with a 1:8" twist? Like a lighter 16" midlength gun, for example.
I know part of the logic is that it wouldn't conform to some folks' "milspec" label. I don't much care. The more I learn, the more 1:8" seems the best fit for most peoples' shooting habits. S&W and a few others offer this twist rate, but you really have to hunt 'em down if you want anything other than a SS precision long range setup. WHY?....any thoughts?
I've been wondering the same thing. Both of my AR's have been 1:8 twist, and it will probably be the only twist I will have. Both guns have been exceptionally accurate with all ammo types.
In all honesty I really don't think that twist rate matters as much as some people think. From 0 to 300 yards it really doesn't make a difference. Look at Hornadys website, all the .223 testing they do is with a 1:9 twist barrel. Even with the 75gr bullets.
Most of the 1:8 twist barrels in the industry are manufactured in stainless steel barrels. Most are on Match Rifles and or Predator or Varmint rifles. As Kryptar stated most rifles with 1:9, 1:8 or 1:7 will stabilize most bullets well enough to have a reasonable acceptable accuracy at 300 yards and less. Although if we are speaking about optimum precision and consistency the twist rate is important to be matched within a bullet weight range. Although I will testify that the 1:8 Twist 20" Rock River Arms A-4 Varmint Rifles I have had will shoot 55 gr. match ammunition very very well! We are talking about 1/4 to 1/2 MOA at 100 Yards. I have owned two of these rifles and both performed equally as well. Both were in the 1:8 Twist Barrel. The other issue mentioned is that most tactical rifles should not utilize a stainless steel barrel since the durability of them is less with excessive use vs the stainless steel. But I will admit the stainless is slightly more accurate until wear begins. This information regarding the stainless barrels is from my experience at Camp Perry. Of course most of us are not going to shoot enough rounds even through the stainless to wear that fast. So the consideration of wear is certainly a lessor consideration compared to the accuracy we can achieve from them.
That is the main reason that most tactical, military and law enforcement weapons either have the 1:9 or the 1:7 twist barrel. Who cares in a tactical gun if we have a 2 or 3 MOA group at 100 yards since they are not target or varmint rifles. Although I will advise that the 1:9 twist is a very good versatile twist. While the 1:12 twist is a very poor choice if shooting bullets over 62 grains. They will not stabilize in flight and at 100 or + you will get side strikes on the target because the twist is not fast enough. Not to prolong this response if you go to the white information box in the upper left corner of the Home page and type in Barrel Twist there have been several good threads addressing the issue.
I get the idea of 1:7 or 1:9 being adequate. "Adequate" is about what my skills currently amount to. And I too think a lot of folks worry too much about twist rate.
But am I wrong in thinking that 1:8" is sort of a perfect happy medium for most owners/shooters? And if it is, why doesn't any manufacturer want to claim that market share by producing a light mil-spec/patrol type 1:8 AR15?
After all, many of us AR nuts want to possess the light as hell, built tough as nails, do-it-all, shoot any bullet at any range between 6 and 600 yards setup for when the aliens, zombies, or Commies predictably invade....(WOLVERINES!!!)...whoops, might have just outed myself as a child of the 80's there.
Sweeper; Surplus Ammo has at least three models in a 1:8. I bought one for my son last year and he's using it in two and three gun competitions and he likes it. here is one of them;
Or just the barrels: http://www.surplusammo.com/barrels/
I agree with the the op.
More ARs should 1x8.
S&Ws are. More should follow suit.
I think it is because most manufacturers have agreed that the 1:9 is the happy medium regarding tactical guns. A good 16 inch rifle in 1:9 twist will shoot 1/2 to 3/4 MOA Groups from the bags on the bench. In addition the 1:9s are the highest in demand as far as orders. Another issue is that when a manufacturer purchases any configuration of barrel from a supplier they must usually order 250 units at a time. So if the demand for a certain specification is not adequate. They have inventory setting on the shelf and considering the initial outlay of cash for a specific barrel that is dollars of inventory setting on the shelf. The tactical rifles in a 1:8 twist would sell much slower than those in the Varmint or Predator version rifle which are normallly 1:8. The demand for the 1:9 and 1:7 has probably got to do with the normal standard of acceptance if nothing else. And you all are correct the 1:8 is a fine twist. But honestly other than shooting rounds of 72 Grains + there is little if any difference between the 1:9 and the 1:8. But as stated if you prefer the 1:8 go for it! Certainly a good choice if you can locate what you want.:)
I I had my choice I would have nothing but 1:8 and 1:9 in my arsenal . we simply dont need a 1:7 barrel , most stuff on the shelves out here are 40-67gr ammo anything beyond that is special order for me and nobody carries it on the shelves here or you have to load it yourself . when the **** hits the fan its going to be 40gr game loads and 55 gr FMJs on most shelves and a 1:9 is perfect for all those up to 62 gr. I have a savage bolt gun 1:9 and its literally a tack driver with cheapo Remmy UMC 55gr FMJs . There really isnt anything better on the shelf out there that shoots better out of this rifle
The answer is, as with most things............money.
Manufactures are set up for 1:9 and 1:7. Very few are set up for 1:8. I takes money to re-tool. The more we out our advice (bitch) the better chance for idiots to take heed. ;)
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RISE Result Shocker: Hinata Defeats Kyshenko
Huge surprise coming out of Japan today - Hinata has upset Artur Kyshenko. The two men faced off in the main event at RISE 68. This was expected to be a relatively easy win for Kyshenko, who is a consensus top 5 fighter. Instead, the young Hinata scored an unbelievable TKO win in round 3.
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Luca Turilli's solo magnum opus "Prophet of the Last Eclipse" was preceded by this rather sizable single that in fact is labeled as an EP. The story behind the music is quite an interesting mix of science fiction, mysticism, and a bit of Neo-Romanticism. The love story is tragic, the final end of our hero (according to the words of the closing song, which is on here as well in a shorter version) is shrouded in mystery, and all the while Luca is showcasing a more deep and human form of storytelling that contrasts with the more traditional High Fantasy model of his work with Rhapsody, a difference that was actually present in his first solo album despite the similar Fantasy concept.
In addition to containing the most catchy and lyrically relevant track from his 2nd studio effort "Demonheart", we are also treated to a large number of rarities, making this my personal ideal for an EP. "Rondeau in C minor" is a non-album track that also appeared in a special limited edition CD with 4 bonus tracks (which I have not been able to track down) that is a nice lead-in to "Black Realm's Majesty", which is another new track with a load of speed and guitar soloing brilliance. Both are heavily influenced by classical music and are cut more from the vain of the last album, though with some of the electronic tendencies of the following album.
Both of the edited versions of the epic closers of Luca's solo efforts are quite intriguing. I usually despise shortened versions of songs, particularly epic songs that I love, but these two particular examples work quite well. Essentially they have been compressed into something quite similar to Luca's shorter works by eliminating all the development sections and instrumental theme sections. It is telling of his compositional style, as all of his works are fairly cut and paste friendly, as was the case with many other composers of the Classical period such as Mozart and Haydn, whose music could be easily recognized simply by hearing 8 measures of the music.
The final track on here is taken from Luca Turilli's rendition of the opening track of Helloween's classic Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 release "I'm alive", also found on the Helloween tribute album "Keepers of Jericho". It has been Rhapsodied up quite a bit with plenty of orchestration, which Helloween's music is quite well geared for, much the same way that Rhapsody's contribution to that tribute album "Guardians" is. Luca's impact as a musician and a composer is probably the reason why he was able to get his guitar playing onto 2 tracks on the same compilation.
To fans of Rhapsody who have yet to discover the more deep and introspective side of Luca Turilli's songwriting, this EP is a nice addition to the collection of any fan of his. Likewise fans of other bands utilizing Neo-Classical elements (including fans of Yngwie) are encouraged to check this stuff out. If you are otherwise inclined towards non-melodic metal or you are an old guard purist, steer clear of it, it's not something that you will like, particularly if you provided one of the many reviews bashing both Rhapsody and the "Kings of the Nordic Twilight" release.


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I was driving north in a car with a man that clearly I knew, though I couldn't place him. It was some kind of escape, a getaway. We needed a place to stay for the night and so we stopped with some friends of his, just beyond the border. There was a teenage boy doing his homework at the kitchen table, and upstairs, a very young girl child, asleep. We were given a bed for the night, and as darkness fell, I suddenly realised that I knew how this story ended. It ended with a stranger slipping into the house and knifing all the inhabitants, except for me. How did I avoid the massacre? I wasn't sure; I thought maybe if I rolled out of bed and hid beneath it, I could pass unnoticed, but then I would have to witness what happened next.
A sane voice spoke to me, saying. I think this is a dream? And if this is a dream, maybe you want to wake up now? Because I really don't like the road we're on.
I came to; darkness in the room, but definitely in my own bed. The clock said 3.15 am. I lay back and started playing Julie Andrews on the soundtrack inside my head, singing 'My Favourite Things' as a soothing technique. Mr Litlove was stirring. 'It was just a nightmare,' I told him. 'Do you want to tell me what it was about?' he asked. I thought about lying in the silent darkness with one anxious brain cell functioning, describing knife-wielding maniacs. 'It was so bad, I don't even want to,' I replied. 'Uh,' said Mr Litlove.
I should point out here that Mr Litlove has mastered the art of talking to me in his sleep. In the morning, he has no recollections of what he has said. At that point I realised what else was odd: I didn't have my mouthguard in. This much-detested contraption came about because I bruised a nerve in my gum one night, an experience I have no desire to repeat so I put up with the mouthguard despite the fact that it is too big for my mouth and hateful. I felt about on my bedside table, but it wasn't there. So I really wondered what I'd done with it. Had I maybe thrown it across the room? I judged my subconscious was wholly capable of such an act.
'Now what's the matter?' Mr Litlove asked. 'I've taken out my mouthguard and I can't find it,' I told him. 'Well I think you'd know if you'd swallowed it,' he said, a statement that amused him greatly when I repeated it to him in the morning. I put my hand straight down on the duvet and there it was. This was good news; if this was the kind of night my brain was having, I felt that teeth-grinding might well be a part of it.
I am 46 going on 47 and the perimenopause is a reality. There has been a notable increase in nightmares these past few months, and if my chronic fatigue is worse, I think my hormones have a lot to do with it. Fatigue, anxiety, poor sleep, muscle aches and brain fog are all perimenopausal symptoms, and they are chronic fatigue symptoms too. So I feel like I'm getting a double dose. But what I also notice is that this isn't something that women are allowed to talk about much. It's not a cultural story, even though every woman alive will go through this rite of passage. And it's quite a rocky journey for some of us; even at our luckiest we'll have four years of being hot, clumsy, forgetful and volatile.
Can anyone name me a novel in which one of the main female characters is going through the perimenopause or menopause and this is a significant part of the story? (The spellchecker on this site doesn't even register the word 'perimenopause'.) I've been thinking but I can't come up with any. Even women don't write about it much, maybe because of some dim historical memory of being considered 'irrational' one week in four and therefore denied the vote. It's just another taboo, too much icky information, and very little in the way of glamour or heroism. They don't print t-shirts saying 'I survived the menopause' (and if they did, they'd be sold for male partners to wear). And yet it's such a powerful, vivid experience.
I tend to think that menopause is the emotional last-chance saloon. Any issue that you haven't dealt with up until now is going to rise up front and centre. My reasoning is that hormones magnify; their task is to take the small thing that bothers you and whack the volume up until your internal ears are bleeding. Denial may no longer be an option.
I saw my reiki practitioner last week, and she was describing the experience of working with a hormonal woman – 'like she had a thousand volts flooding through her system' – who was then given HRT: 'and she was perfectly calm and back to normal; I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it.' So biology is to blame, as it is with chronic fatigue, essentially, but all we have is our psychology to deal with it, in the absence of drugs that is. I'd been talking to my practitioner about my ongoing issues with my eyes, the worsened chronic fatigue and the perimenopause kicking in, and her advice was to focus on three things: 1) empty my brain and try to avoid overstimulation, 2) practice grounding and 3) try and be grateful where possible, alongside any frustrations. So I have been doing those things, and the result has been good; it helps. But my dreams have been much more vivid.
And it occurred to me that my nightmare could be analysed very usefully. I think my deepest fear is that I will escape what is intolerable, only to end up in an even worse catastrophe. This can grind me to a halt, unable to move forward. On a more everyday level, I think my problem is I treat even small difficulties with the things I feel disempowered over but emotionally invested in (my son, my health) as if they had the potential to become a multiple homicide. I do struggle to maintain a sense of proportion in situations that worry me. Mr Litlove thinks that things will just come right, if he watches television until the crisis passes. Whereas I think things will only come right if I throw masses of my energy at them. We both seem to have lived the truth of these beliefs, and we both recognise that, at present, we need to become a little more like the other. Maybe I can use those pesky hormones to motivate me.


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The animal shelter that serves Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Palo Alto may get a stay of execution.
Palo Alto City Council's Finance Committee voted Tuesday night (May 15) to find ways to keep the animal services department running next year, scrimping to fill a $500,000 predicted shortfall.
Their vote follows a first vote of support for the shelter last week, when the city's policy and services committee unanimously recommended exploring ways to preserve the city's animal services program. The issue will come before full council in June.
Mountain View pulled out of the shelter partnership this year, and the loss of its funding prompted talk of closure. Palo Alto City Manager James Keene proposed shuttering the local facility and outsourcing services to save money. Community groups including the Palo Alto Humane Society responded with dismay, proposing alternative funding sources that could preserve the shelter. Reducing staff, gathering donations and operating a spay and neuter clinic with expanded hours were among the ideas floated.
Los Altos residents weighed in at the meetings, voicing their concerns that outsourcing would cause long travel times, new expenses, delayed officer response and loss of spay and neuter and vaccination services for the community. The net result, many feared, would be more animals on the street.
It is far more effective to make it easy for people to do the right thing (spay/neuter and vaccinate their animals or surrender them) than to prevent them from doing the wrong thing (not fixing, not vaccinating or abandoning their animals). Adding inconvenience discourages people from doing the right thing," Los Altos resident Ivor Durham wrote to the Palo Alto City Council. He's a member of Los Altos' Fat Cat Rescue.


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The World Challenge that Tiger Woods has hosted every holiday season since 1999 means so much to him that he spent what was believed to be $4 million of his own money to help cover operating costs in a year it did not have a full title sponsor.
The future of the event is no longer in doubt. The World Challenge is back on the schedule this year.
"There wasn't a doubt whether we could stage it. The question was whether we could get the necessary corporate support," said Greg McLaughlin, the president of the Tiger Woods Foundation who also runs his tournaments. "We're happy that we have a lot of support for the event that we've been able to generate the last few months."
The tournament is set for Dec. 5-8 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, where it has been since 2001. McLaughlin said he was not ready to announce the corporate support. Since it began, the World Challenge has raised more than $25 million for college-access programs through the Tiger Woods Learning Center in Anaheim and the Earl Woods Scholarship program.
The World Challenge only offers world ranking points, not to mention a healthy holiday bonus. Even with a reduced purse without a title sponsor, Graeme McDowell made $1 million and last place in the 18-man field paid $120,000 in 2012.
He drove from Pittsburgh, where he finished ninth on Sunday in the Senior Players Championship, to Newark Airport (N.J.) and then a flight home to Scotland.
After a few hours' rest, he teed up Tuesday at the Gullane No. 1 course east of Edinburgh in the hope of securing one of three spots in golf's oldest major — which starts July 18 at nearby Muirfield. He shot 69-76.
In the Dominican Republic Open, a PGA Tour Latin America event that ended June 1, Maurice Allen opened with 100 and returned the next day and shot 115. The long drive specialist missed the cut by 67 shots. His scorecard featured two 10s, an 11 and a 13.
One thing led to another, and Payton ended up agreeing to help Palmer, who gave his regular caddie the week off. The two are good friends who met in Dallas.


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That's a bunch of crap. This idea that the Cubs are just guaranteed to be good in a few years because they're racking up the 100-loss seasons now is just absurdity.
What did the Sox do to instill hope in people? Uh, they spent the majority of the season in 1st place, and don't give me this "well, uh, everyone knew they weren't going to be very good," which is crap-o-la because the Sox were neck and neck with NY and Texas for most of the season, as well.
This is the same old tired whiny high school drama queen crap that was posted last year, the Sox need to burn the whole thing down and try to start over from scratch, we need to lose 100 games to get better, etc. It's all crap. The Sox need to make some moves to improve the club, but they don't need to make DRASTIC, SWEEPING changes.
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Last month, two well-known wildlife photographers — John Marriott and Brandon Brown — had their own experiences with the pair (or at least they think it's the same pair).
Brown, who found the lynx and her kitten near Lake Louise, sent Marriott a text on March 8 to let him know they were in the area.
Marriott said it led to one of the most amazing experiences of his 20-year career.
"We ended up following mom and the kitten for an incredible 6.5 hours through waist-deep snow to the point of complete and utter exhaustion," Marriott said in an email.
He and Brown found the pair several more times over the next month.
"In total, the two of us spent more than 41 hours with her … shooting more than 13,000 pictures," said Marriott, noting they decided not to share the photos until the lynx had moved on.
Here are some photos they sent my way this week to show Herald readers:
Brown called it "some of my most captivating imagery" and Marriott said it was an experience he'll never forget.
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The Government of Mauritius has promised to give jobs to Ugandan professionals in the sector of information and communication technology (ICT) as one of its initiatives for improving partnership with Uganda.
Addressing a press conference with Ugandan trade minister Amelia Kyambadde at the Media Centre , the Mauritius minister for trade, commerce and consumer corporation, Cadel Sayed Hossen, said: "We will give employment to Ugandan IT professionals because we have a booming IT sector in Mauritius."
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Hammers boosted by Collison return
Injury-hit West Ham have been lifted by the return of midfielder Jack Collison, who has been sidelined since undergoing knee surgery in the summer.
Collison, 24, is back in training and back to full fitness and could take part in the Hammers' game at West Brom on Sunday.
Upton Park boss Sam Allardyce has been hit by injuries to key players including midfielder Mohamed Diame and striker Andy Carroll.
But Wales international Collison, 24, said he was delighted to be back in the picture and added: "It's been frustrating.
"Everyone has jumped to the conclusion that I'm walking wounded and will never be the same again.
"That's not true. I've had surgery, but I'm back as strong as ever and I'm desperate to play in the Prem again."
It is not the first time Collison has been sidelined by a knee problem, having missed almost a year in 2009, but he said he was confident the situation could be addressed.
He explained: "My knee will have to be managed to some extent, but it won't make me any less of a player.
"I want to play on for as long as I can. I met Ray Wilkins recently, and he played into his 40s. He was such an inspiration."
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Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Klaus Maria Brandauer
US DVD: 4 May 2010
Tetro is set in modern-day Argentina. Save for one shot of an Apple laptop, though, the film's look and overall feeling of nostalgia makes it seem much older. Gorgeous, high-contrast black-and-white images—courtesy of cinematographer Mihai Malaimare, Jr.—give the film a more classic, timeless look.Tetro is worth viewing just to see the breathtaking shots of Argentina—which can easily be stunning with all of the naturally occurring color —done in the dreamy, luscious black-and-white style. Shown in a 2:35 aspect ratio, the shots in the film could be museum quality as still photography.
The film follows Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich, in a performance that recalls Leonardo DiCaprio), a just-turned-18-year-old who escaped military school for life as "not even a waiter" on a cruise ship. When the ship's engines need repair in Argentina, he takes the opportunity to track down his brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo), a writer who hasn't yet lived up to his artistic potential. Eking out a bohemian lifestyle with other writers and actors, Tetro previously cut off all ties to his family, so Bennie's visit naturally dregs up past traumas, betrayals, and family secrets—mostly about their father, a world-famous maestro. Tetro's girlfriend, Miranda (Maribel Verdú), tries to hold everyone together.
Aside from the beauty of the black-and-white images, the greatest appeal to Tetro is the way director Francis Ford Coppola plays with his storytelling, incorporating a love for all forms of art. (The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffmann are directly referenced, and are clear influences on the film's look and feel.) When the characters remember bits of their past, the memories are shown to the audience via in-color flashbacks done in a boxier aspect ratio, as if they were old, '60s television shows or home movies. Usually in films, the flashbacks are gauzy and muted. Coppola flips things around—making the flashbacks vibrant and colorful, while still distorted—to show how the emotional impact of those events still haven't dulled for the characters.
Even better, when Bennie reads his brother's writing, it's represented on the screen as a ballet. In one of the DVD's numerous featurettes, Coppola explains that he worked closely with Argentinian choreographer Ana María Stekelman to produce these vignettes. Though there are only a few bits of ballet—done in front of floaty, surreal backgrounds added in courtesy of blue-screen—they convey the perfectly intense emotions and beauty of Tetro's words. (Reading his prose—purported to be "genius"—out loud, or via voiceover, surely would have been clunkier and less elegant.)
The characters themselves are all artists and playwrights, and multiple scenes in the film involve some sort of performance—occasionally involving fictionalized versions of events from the characters' own lives. (A version of Faust, with a female main character, is another of the DVD's special features by itself—though, after seeing an excerpt in the film, I'm not sure why anyone would want to watch it.) This just adds another meta-layer into the mix, showing again that there's a fluid relationship between life, art, and artifice.
While it's interesting to watch Coppola navigate through these different mediums, unfortunately the story he has to tell with them does not match the innovation he uses to tell it. Rival artists, jealousies between brothers, families fraught with secrets and old, unhealed wounds—it all plays out more or less like it does in almost every movie that handles these subjects. A revelation of sorts that turns up late in the film—while handled in a particularly artistic scene—pushes the plot more towards cliché than away from it.
Coppola could have leaned on his characters more to make these rote touchstones feel less familiar. With the exception of Bennie and Tetro—brought to life by Vincent Gallo's authentic misanthropy—everyone else in the present-day story feels like a rough sketch or a caricature. Poor Maribel Verdú—who lights up the screen when she's on it—has to contend with a character that almost disappears halfway through the film, reduced to a series of put-upon reaction shots. It's a shame that her character isn't given enough to do to allow her to compete with the memory of other characters, who only appear via flashback. Coppola would have done better had he realized that we love old black-and-white movies for the people in them and the stories they tell—not just from the look of the pictures.
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NEW PORT RICHEY — Julie Obenreder would have been proud.
It has been nearly seven months since the 98-year-old nurse known for her compassion and love of history passed away, but a newly renovated West Pasco Historical Society museum is taking her dream to a new level.
Mrs. Obenreder was a founding member of the society, which has reopened its museum with a bang at 6431 Circle Drive in the heart of New Port Richey. The West Pasco Historical Society Rao Musunuru M.D. Museum has a whole new layout and some gems that will take Floridians down West Pasco's memory lane.
Society chairman and past president David Prace beams as he shows off the results of $50,000 worth of renovations to the museum that in 1913 was part of the Seven Springs schoolhouse.
Not long ago, things looked bleak for the museum. Mold had started to take over and the walls began to come apart. But donations from Musunuru and others, as well as a new layout for the exhibits, has given the museum fresh life, with a grand opening two weeks ago that was a big success.
"We're just delighted," Prace said. "We had some 300 people come through here on the weekend we opened back up."
There are some new historic gems as well that take visitors from the days of Native Americans through World War II and beyond.
The society's revamped "Indian Room" includes a mannequin in Tocobaga dress that points to a change in philosophy for the museum's presentation of Native American history.
Prace said in the past the Seminole Tribe has been represented, but truly it was the Tocobagans that first inhabited West Pasco. Prace points to an impressive collection in the museum of arrowheads, stone tools, and pottery that have been uncovered in West Pasco.
"This area is so rich in Indian lore," Prace said.
West Pasco's colorful characters are also well represented in the museum. Names like Decubellis, Rowan, and Hudson adorn the museum's new hallway photo gallery of West Pasco's founding families, which hang opposite a collection of water color paintings by local artists of early pioneer life.
Also newly exhibited is a wing dedicated to old-time medicine in West Pasco, with a display of the desk of Dr. Thomas Brookman who practiced in the 1940s and 50s, and also served as New Port Richey's mayor, Prace said.
In the same room, West Pasco's military, law enforcement, and firefighting heroes are well represented. The museum has a collection of World War II memorabilia that does America's greatest generation proud, along with a new exhibit of uniforms from all branches of the military.
West Pasco's finest are also represented with a new display of Pasco sheriff, New Port Richey police, city and county firefighter uniforms. Also on display is a piece of stone an area firefighter brought home from 2001 relief efforts at the World Trade Center ground zero.
Then there is the library, aptly named the Julie Obenreder Memorial Library Wing, after the woman so instrumental in preserving West Pasco's history. A shrine in her honor in the library shows the smile so many loved, and Prace said the society will be holding a dedication to her in December.
But it's the new interest in the museum that would have most excited her, Prace said.
"She was very progressive,'' he said. "I think she would have loved it."


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Two of three men being sought by federal authorities following drug raids in Buffalo early Wednesday morning have turned themselves, FBI officials said today.
Michael Robertson, 24, turned himself in today and Jerome Grant, 33, surrendered Thursday after 14 others were arrested in the raids linked to the Schuele Boys drug gang.
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11 March 2013
The Metro reports on Liam Fox's speech at the IEA
Former defence secretary Liam Fox has urged that the ring-fencing of the NHS, schools and foreign aid budgets should be scrapped so other departments face less drastic cuts.
He also called for a three-year public spending freeze, which he calculated would save the government £345billion, along with a temporary removal of capital gains tax.
Dr Fox continued by proposing the end of income tax on bank savings.
"I believe that in leaving money in people's pockets, economic activity will follow. People will buy houses, invest for their future or just go shopping," he told the Institute of Economic Affairs in London.
"It is creating a society that is sustainable for the future in a way that our current welfare-dependent and debt-ridden economy is not."
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leather and steel- what scent might that be?
I'm new to fragrance game.
leather and steel- what scent might that be?
A leather scent is simply different than an aquatic scent no better or worse.
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Yes, an aquatic scent IS better than a leather and steel scent!
There is no "Better", just preferences.
I don't like Aquatics, I do like Leathers. So what?
Yes, but I prefer my steel scents without leather.
Seriously though, it's all relative. There is no better or worse, only likes and dislikes.
Let your nose do it's picking: different outings call for different genres. They can be horrible ones in a specific genre and also master pieces on both sides of fresher lighter and deep rich and dark smoooky ones....Love them if well made and ofcourse if it knocks my senses out....peace
"Thank GOD for the nose, for without it we would not be enjoying these beautiful created Scents" also Remember "Balance is everything and the key to appreciating "
It's sort of like asking whether red is better than blue. All down to personal preference.
Having said that, I'd go for the leather and steel (whatever that might be), as I usually dislike aquatics.
Now I want someone to make a leather and steel scent so I can try it!
Yep, as people have mentioned, there's no objective better with subjective taste preferences, but for me, a kick in the head is better than an aquatic
Carrying the discussion a bit further - does the Original Poster imply, "Is a Fresh from the Shower scent better than a WarmHumanSkin scent?" The note "steel" - what is that? The smell of gun powder?
Has that combination ever been done in leather perfumes??
There are no answers, only choices. (Stanislav Lem)
Where you at op? Would you care to explain for everyone what this scent you are refering to is?
Oh, just googled it, it's one of those pheremone scents.
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If you're looking for metallic notes, Blood Concept had a line with a featured metallic note, and Sec Mag has a weird watery metal in it, but I'm not so sure you want to go down either one of those paths.
What kind of notes do you prefer?
All depends on your taste.


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Amazing Hoodoos of Bryce Canyonwritten by ak47lomogurl on 2010-03-19 #places
Bryce Canyon is a small national park found in Utah. Its not exactly a canyon, but it consists of a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters with different beautiful colors and bizarre shapes such as a "hoodoo."18 15 Share Tweet
Valley of Firewritten by ak47lomogurl on 2010-03-30 #places
Valley of Fire was an amazing experience for me. Among all of the rock formations in Nevada, this is the most beautiful I've seen!9 19 Share Tweet
Zion Canyon National Parkwritten by mattg85 on 2010-04-28 #places
It has become kind of a weekly thing now for me to take my camera and explore a new location around me. There is so much to see and do within a few hours drive from my home, this week: Zion Canyon National Park.15 12 Share Tweet
The Work of Mother Nature at Red Rock Canyonwritten by sugiyamasatomi on 2009-06-01 #places
How many people visit Las Vegas and stay in the casino day and night? Well, that's how I use to be. I love the sin city, and I have always gambled all day long whenever I was there, but after a while, I started to finally realize that's not a very healthy way to spend my vacation!7 12 Share Tweet
Beyond the Beach at Moro Canyonwritten by emperornorton on 2013-10-16 #places
There's more to Crystal Cove State Park than just bikinis and beaches: explore the largest portion dedicated to preserving the chaparral and offering miles of trails for hiking and trail biking.1 10 Share Tweet
Take a Hike to Eaton Canyon (Pasadena, CA)written by jblaze823 on 2011-01-17 #places
Are you on the lookout for a place to go hiking in Southern California? I suggest that you check out Eaton Canyon and you will definitely be rewarded with a great outdoor experience with lots of awesome opportunities to take photos.10 Share Tweet
Antelope Canyon - Page, AZwritten by jblaze823 on 2010-10-13 #places
Antelope Canyon is a unique piece of Native American land that offers exceptional views from the inside of the cracks and crevasses in the earth. If you are visiting Arizona, put this on the top of your list of things to do and you won't regret it.4 6 Share Tweet
Isalo National Parkwritten by -a-l-b-e-r-t-o- on 2010-05-05 #places
Those equipped for trekking and camping can spend several days or longer wandering around the Isalo Massif.2 4 Share Tweet
Nogaledas Canyon: Where Rough Nature Meets Extreme Sportwritten by littlekoala on 2013-04-14 #places
My guy and I have a very different hobbies. As much as he is into extreme sports, that's how much I prefer the exact opposite, things like reading and crochet. But that doesn't mean you can't spend a great day together. Let me show you how to join two hobbies as diverse as canyoning and Lomography.2 Share Tweet
Ribeira Sacrawritten by jelga on 2008-12-01 #places
The Ribeira Sacra is truly a magic place. This area of the North of Spain, located where the Sil and Miño rivers meet, is full of history and breathtaking natural landscapes. Especially worth mentioning are the spectacular Cañones del Sil, which one can admire navigating along the river or from one of the many observatories along the road.2 Share Tweet


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SARASOTA, Fla. - As our government debates what role the U.S. should play in Syria, people demonstrated on Sarasota's bayfront Friday to ask for U.S. support in Egypt.
The people there are Coptic Christians, which is a minority in Egypt who say that since the Egyptian military tossed out President Mohammed Morsi last month, members of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood Party have lashed out against Christians.
"One of the birthplaces of Christianity is being attacked," says Coptic Orthodox church member Simon Parsons.
People there say that Egypt's military did the right thing when it deposed Morsi on July 3rd after weeks of protest against the country's first democratically elected president. "The military did what we all as Egyptians wanted to do," says Father Seraphim Luiz.
Crackdowns and arrests of other top Morsi officials have led some Muslim Brotherhood members to turn their anger against the country's Christians. "Many churches, even houses, many businesses are destroyed by the Muslim Brotherhood," says Father Luiz.
They fear that U.S. support for Egypt's interim government will waver. So far, the U.S. has said that Morsi's overthrow will restore democracy to Egypt, and it has continued its financial aid to the country.
"Egypt is the motherland, the base of the Middle East. What happens there will affect the entire world," says Parsons.
Sarasota's demonstration is but one of a number of demonstrations in Florida and across the country, trying to rally support for the interim government in Egypt here in the U.S.


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LA JOLLA, Calif., January 4, 2013 - In many cases, obesity is caused by more than just overeating and a lack of exercise. Something in the body goes haywire, causing it to store more fat and burn less energy. But what is it? Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have a new theory--a protein called p62. According to a study the team published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, when p62 is missing in fat tissue, the body's metabolic balance shifts--inhibiting "good" brown fat, while favoring "bad" white fat. These findings indicate that p62 might make a promising target for new therapies aimed at curbing obesity.
"Without p62 you're making lots of fat but not burning energy, and the body thinks it needs to store energy," said Jorge Moscat, Ph.D., Sanford-Burnham professor. "It's a double whammy." Moscat led the study with collaborators at Helmholtz Zentrum München in Germany and the University of Cincinnati.
p62 and obesity
Moscat's team had previously produced mice that completely lack the p62 protein everywhere in their bodies. As a result, the animals were obese. They also had metabolic syndrome. In other words, as compared to mice with p62, mice lacking p62 weighed more, expended less energy, had diabetes and had a hyper-inflammatory response that's characteristic of obesity.
While those results showed that the lack of p62 leads to obesity, "we didn't know which tissue was responsible for these effects, because p62 was missing in all of them," Moscat said.
Some researchers believe that muscle tissue, where energy is expended, controls obesity. Others suspect the liver is a key player, or that the brain's appetite control center is most responsible for obesity.
But then there's fat itself--both white fat and brown fat. White fat is the type we think of as unwanted body fat. Brown fat, on the other hand, is beneficial because it burns calories. Many researchers now believe that brown fat somehow malfunctions in obesity, but the details are unclear.
p62 shifts the balance between white fat and brown fat
In their latest study, Moscat and colleagues set out to pinpoint the specific tissue responsible for obesity when p62 is missing. They made several different mouse models, each missing p62 in just one specific organ system, such as the central nervous system, the liver, or muscle. In every case, the mice were normal. They weren't obese like the mice lacking p62 everywhere.
Then they made a mouse model lacking p62 only in their fat tissue. These mice were obese, just like the mice missing p62 in all tissues. Upon further study, the researchers found that p62 blocks the action of an enzyme called ERK while activating another enzyme called p38. When p62 is missing, the enzyme p38 is less active in brown fat, while ERK is more active in white fat. As a result, Moscat said, p62 is "a master regulator" in normal fat metabolism.
According to Moscat, the discovery of p62's role in brown fat tissue is encouraging, because fat tissue is much more accessible than other parts of the body--the brain, for example--for potential drug therapies. "This makes it easier to think about new strategies to control obesity," he said.
New methods for preventing or treating obesity, a major epidemic in the United States, are urgently needed. Drug therapies designed to minimize the intake of food have had limited success and also produce considerable side effects.
This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant DK088107 and National Cancer Institute grants CA132847 and CA134530.
The study was co-authored by Timo D. Müller, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München; Sang Jun Lee, Sanford-Burnham; Martin Jastroch, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München; Dhiraj Kabra, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München; Kerstin Stemmer, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München; Michaela Aichler, Helmholtz Centre Munich; Bill Abplanalp, University of Cincinnati; Gayathri Ananthakrishnan, University of Cincinnati; Nakul Bhardwaj, University of Cincinnati; Sheila Collins, Sanford-Burnham; Senad Divanovic, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Max Endele, Helmholtz Center Munich-German Research Center for Environmental Health; Brian Finan, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München; Yuanqing Gao, University of Cincinnati; Kirk M. Habegger, University of Cincinnati; Jazzmin Hembree, University of Cincinnati; Kristy M. Heppner, University of Cincinnati; Susanna Hofmann, Helmholtz Centre Munich; Jenna Holland, University of Cincinnati; Daniela Küchler, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München; Maria Kutschke, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München; Radha Krishna, University of Cincinnati; Maarit Lehti, University of Cincinnati; Rebecca Oelkrug, Philipps Universität Marburg; Nickki Ottaway, University of Cincinnati; Diego Perez-Tilve, University of Cincinnati; Christine Raver, University of Cincinnati; Axel K. Walch, Helmholtz Centre Munich; Sonja C. Schriever, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München; John Speakman, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Beijing, University of Aberdeen; Yu-Hua Tseng, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School; Maria Diaz-Meco, Sanford-Burnham; Paul T. Pfluger, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München, University of Cincinnati; Jorge Moscat, Sanford-Burnham; and Matthias H. Tschöp, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University München, University of Cincinnati.
About Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute is dedicated to discovering the fundamental molecular causes of disease and devising the innovative therapies of tomorrow. The Institute consistently ranks among the top five organizations worldwide for its scientific impact in the fields of biology and biochemistry (defined by citations per publication) and currently ranks third in the nation in NIH funding among all laboratory-based research institutes. Sanford-Burnham utilizes a unique, collaborative approach to medical research and has established major research programs in cancer, neurodegeneration, diabetes, and infectious, inflammatory, and childhood diseases. The Institute is especially known for its world-class capabilities in stem cell research and drug discovery technologies. Sanford-Burnham is a U.S.-based, non-profit public benefit corporation, with operations in San Diego (La Jolla), California and Orlando (Lake Nona), Florida. For more information, news, and events, please visit us at sanfordburnham.org.


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9:10 a.m. Update The K-State Ag Research Center South of Hays reported .54 inches of rain officially over the the past 24 hours. That gives us .74 for the month of May and 4.53 inches of moisture in 2013.
5:15 a.m. It was a stormy afternoon and evening across portions of western Kansas. Heavy rain, lightning and hail were reported. Ellis County had four separate Severe Thunderstorm Warnings.
Golf ball size hail or larger was reported North of Dighton, in Lane County and also in Ford County. Ness County had Ping Pong Ball size hail. Residents in Ellis reported Quarter size hail. Smaller hail was also reported across parts of Hays and in other areas of Ellis County.
Rainfall totals vary across Ellis County. Eagle Radio received .81 of an inch. Residents Ellis reported 1 inch of rain. Four miles west of Hays reported .60. Two miles west of Schoenchen reported .45. Catherine reported .84 and in Rush County, .90 was reported four miles north of LaCrosse. We will have the official totals from the K-State Ag research center as soon as they are available.
A chance for severe weather is in the forecast this afternoon and tonight. Stay tuned to Eagle Radio and check Hays Post for updated weather information.


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I have large implants along with a lift. They are starting to look square and this is the 5th lift over 4 pregnancies. Im thinking of removing them or going alot smaller. What is the best way to minimize my anchor scars if I go smaller/remove implants
How to Minimize Anchor Scars with Explantation or Smaller Implants?
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Best way to limits scars after implant/removal/lift
The best method to limit the scars is to perfotm this procedure in two stages. Therefore the the scars will shrink and the extent of the surgery will be modified to accopllish the desired lfit.
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Removal of implants and skin reduction
I am assuming you have already had a mastopexy and your current scars are anchor in shape. The best way to treat your present conditioin is to decide whether you wish to go smaller with either removal of the implants and or replace the current implants with smaller ones. At this point in your decision I would reduce the skin envelop by performing a revision mastopexy with excision of excess skin.
I obtain the best scars by closing the skin with a running subcuticular sutures of prolene and I leave them in place for 1 to 2 months. I remove them only prematurely if the skin becomes irritated which is very rare. Prolene is nonreactive with skin and there is almost no body response to it. The longer the suture remains in place the stronger and more mature the scar. A mature scar is likely to spread or to thicken. I hope this answers your question.
Minimize Breast Lifting Scars?
Thank you for the question.
One of the main downsides associated with breast lifting surgery are the scars. Time tends to improve the appearance of scars. You will find that the scars will improve in appearance even after a year has gone by.
Sometimes the use of silicone-based products may be helpful in scar management.. In the event of unfavorable scarring steroid injection may be helpful. The use of superficial radiation treatment is possible for symptomatic scars. Sometimes scar revision surgery and careful scar management afterwards may be helpful. Despite anecdotal reports I have not seen significant improvement with laser treatment of scars.
I hope this helps.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/procedure_breastliftaug.htm
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I would recommend massage and Mederma to help minimize your scars after surgery. Check with your plastic surgeon about his/her specific recommendations first.
Learn more: http://www.baltimoreplasticsurgery.com/Procedures_BreastAugmentation_865362.aspx
Anchor scar and breast lift
I have difficulty answering this question without seeing photos. If you don't really need a big lift, and are downsizing, a lollipop incision may be all that you need.
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Finishing up my sample of this because today I am LAZY and it's instant. How's that for horrible?
It's more ginger-root than gingerbread, but otherwise okay. I'm not planning to reorder it, though. I like how easy it is to have chai at work, so I may order some of their other flavors (their cocoa is really good, too). That wouldn't violate my tea restriction, would it?