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With a Master of Business Administration from Oakland University's School of Business Administration, you will receive a well-rounded education from leading professors and researchers in their fields and learn with fellow students from diverse business and personal backgrounds. Distinctions of OU's MBA program include:
- Elite Accreditation: OU's School of Business Administration is one of 560 business schools in the world to earn AACSB accreditation. Oakland is one of 168 schools that hold the separate AACSB-International accounting accreditation.
- Learn from Experts: Nearly all of the SBA's professors are full-time professors, subject matter experts and leading researchers in their respective fields. Leaders in the industry participate as part-time instructors, guest lecturers and speakers who bring relevant real-world experience to the program augment your learning.
The Master of Business Administration at Oakland University's School of Business Administration prepares graduates for demanding careers in private, public or non-profit organizations by integrating global understanding, entrepreneurial thinking and business fundamentals with key items for any manager's success, such as the importance of managing information and information resources effectively using scarce resources and understanding human behavior.
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The Master of Science in engineering management degree is offered by the School of Engineering and Computer Science in cooperation with the School of Business Administration. The program is intended for students with a bachelor's degree in any field of engineering (industrial and systems, mechanical, electrical, civil, etc.) and has as its goal the provision of the tools and skills necessary for making sound management decisions in industry and business while retaining one's commitment to a specialized engineering field of endeavor. Applicants with a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering technology, information technology or related fields will be considered for admission, but they may be required to take one or more preparatory courses in engineering. See the graduate catalog for more information and program requirements.
Safety Management
The Online Master of Science in Safety Management degree was developed through a cooperative effort between the School of Health Sciences and the School of Business Administration at Oakland University. This master's degree program focuses on the business aspects of safety management in the workplace and combines an effective balance of core MBA coursework with application of these business skills to safety-related case studies in risk assessment, loss control, risk management, and safety program planning, administration and management. See the graduate catalog for more information and program requirements.
Before an applicant can be admitted to the MBA program, they must fulfill the following requirements:
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited undergraduate institution
- The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)*
For information on program prerequisites, see the catalog.
Learn about the GMAT preparation courses offered at Oakland University.
*To see if you qualify to waive the GMAT requirement, see the Request to Waive GMAT Form.
Before an applicant can be admitted to the MBA program, he/she must have complete the following steps:
- Apply Online
- Complete the SBA supplemental application
- Send official transcripts from all previous colleges and universities attended to OU
- Send official GMAT scores to OU*
- Recommendations – during the completion of your application, you must provide two email addresses for individuals who will write your recommendations. You should contact these individual prior to providing their email addresses. Your recommenders will receive an email from Oakland University Graduate Study and Lifelong Learning requesting that they submit their recommendation online.
International students who have not earned a baccalaureate degree from a U.S. college or university or at least 24 credits from a U.S school, will have additional application requirements:
- A transcript evaluation (for transcripts from a college or university outside of the United States)
- TOEFL Exam Scores (for non-native English speakers unless they have a baccalaureate degree from a U.S. college or university or at least 24 credits from a U.S. school)
*To see if you qualify to waive the GMAT requirement, see the Request to Waive GMAT Form.
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Warner Bros. is a top video games publisher and we continue to expand by adding great people and leveraging the best portfolio of brands and intellectual property in the industry. We are looking to add enthusiastic, talented and experienced professionals to our Mobile and Social games team.
The Product Manager will help define, market and maintain the company's free to play mobile and social games and play a critical role in defining business requirements for our publishing and BI platform and tools. Reporting to the Vice President, Digital Games, this role is crucial to driving Warner Bros. aggressive goals in mobile and social games.

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 10:58 a.m.
Summer heat is a daily occurrence, but oppressive temperatures the next couple of days will fall just short of record-setting territory.
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning today for the Las Vegas area. The mercury should reach about 112 degrees in the Valley, with temperatures as high as 117 in the Lake Mead area.
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The heat warning will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Wednesday in areas below 4,000 feet in elevation.
Forecasters blamed the heat on a high-pressure system settling over the region. A high of 112 would be one degree shy of a record set in 1989, when the high reached 113 degrees on this date at McCarran International Airport.
Wednesday will be nearly a carbon copy of today with a high temperature of 111 degrees. That would be two degrees short of a record set back in 1943.
The average high at McCarran on today's date is 104, according to weather service records. Temperatures have reached the triple digits each day since June 13.
After two more days of temperatures in the middle and upper 100s on Thursday and Friday, a change is in store for the weekend.
Forecasters said monsoon moisture is expected along and southeast of Interstate 15 this weekend, bringing with it a slight chance of rain and storms. Severe weather and flash flooding will be possible, the weather service said in a statement this morning.
The airport hasn't recorded rain since May 24, when one-tenth of an inch fell.
The highest temperature ever recorded at McCarran in the month of July is 117 degrees.


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Holiday Shopping Tips
5 Holiday Shopping Tips to Keep You on Budget
Shopping for the holidays can easily become an expensive endeavor. Business Insider has compiled five tips to help successfully stay on budget as you buy gifts for your loved ones this holiday season.
This year, holiday sales are expected to climb 3.9% to $602.1 billion, according to the National Retail Federation.
With spending estimated at about $800 per person — a full week's pay for most Americans — it's important to get started early and come up with a plan for staying on budget.
RELATED: The Holidays Can Actually Be a Good Time to Buy a Home
Below, we've excerpted five simple shopping tips from the NRF:
1. Plan ahead. Make a list of absolutely everyone you need to buy for and how much you plan to spend on them before visiting any store. Be sure to remember any co-workers, teachers, and other non-family and friends. If you know who you need to buy for and how much you can afford to spend, you can make the best use of retailers 'Buy Two Get Third Free' type deals.
2. Comparison shop. Use the Internet to compare prices and products before setting foot in a store. Not only will you save time by researching ahead of time, you'll also save money on gas by not driving all over town.
Read on for more.
3. Nail the timing. Shop after 6 p.m. the evening before a sale is advertised to begin. Many retailers program the registers the night before, so the sale may already come up in the register even if they have not changed out signs on the selling floor yet. Ask the associate in advance for any possible upcoming sales, especially on big ticket items.
4. Know retailers' return and exchange policies. Return policies vary, so knowing ahead of time whether or not you will have to ship back returns or exchanges or if you can return them to the physical store in your area will help in the long run. Also be sure to find out who covers the cost of shipping if you need to return or exchange an item.
5. Buy gift cards. Save yourself the guesswork and buy gift cards, especially for babysitters, newspaper carriers, doormen, teachers and other recipients of smaller-value gifts. Gift cards are a great way to let gift recipients choose what they want and it's an easy way to stick to a budget.
See the NRF's full list of tips for consumers this holiday season.
—Jenna Goudreau
Check out these smart tips from Business Insider:
5 Ways to Maintain Work-Life Balance During the Holidays
9 Ways to Lose Weight Without Blowing Your Budget
Why Old-School Is Key For Retailers This Holiday Season
A Guide to Giving Holiday Gifts to Your Roommates


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Bomb threat at Macon school results in teen's arrest
Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:34:37 GMT —
A northeast Missouri teen was arrested Tuesday, suspected of writing a note containing a bomb threat that was found at Macon High School on Halloween.
Macon police announced Tuesday that the department's school resource officer at Macon R-1 had taken an 18-year-old white male into custody around 9:30 Tuesday morning in connection with the threatening note.
KTVO's John Garlock reports that the teen was taken to the police department for processing and he is being held in the Macon County Jail on 24-hour hold pending the filing of formal charges.
No explosive devices were found on the Macon School Campus during a search by law enforcement agencies last Thursday afternoon.
The suspect's name is being withheld until charges are filed.


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Nova Scotia summer camp lets kids with asthma be kids
HALIFAX – Ten-year-old Audrey Barrett-Couvrette loves to play outside, but an invisible condition can sometimes put the brakes on her fun.
The young girl from Cole Harbour was diagnosed with asthma when she was five years old and said it can hinder her active lifestyle.
"I like to run around a lot so it's just hard with asthma," she said.
"I feel sad because I can't really do the things I really like to do. But I still do them until my asthma starts acting up."
Her mother Joy Barrett said it's tough because Audrey is a very active child.
"She loved to be outside but she would get winded very quickly so she would have to come in and take a rest," she said.
But for six days out of the year, Audrey gets the chance to play like any other 10-year-old under the care of medical specialists when she goes to Camp Treasure Chest.
The camp, which is a partnership between the Lung Association of Nova Scotia and Brigadoon, is celebrating its 25th year.
Located in the Annapolis Valley, the camp is specially tailored for children suffering from asthma.
"We have a lot of respiratory therapists on site for the children. Then we're very careful and mindful that the activities need to be tailored just slightly for children with asthma so they are not going to trip an attack," said David Graham, executive director of Brigadoon Village.
"Things like canoeing, swimming and playing soccer, just generally, we have to be slightly more mindful about what their condition is and be aware that we just need to be monitoring what their current health status is at all times."
Mohammed Al-Hamdani, the manager of health initiatives for the Lung Association of Nova Scotia, said the camp doesn't just focus on fun, but also on the importance of lung-health education.
"There's a series of education sessions [that] teaches them how to use their puffers and how to better manage their asthma," he said.
Al-Hamdani said the education is critical for young children still learning to cope with their condition.
"[If not], it would result in possible poor management and higher chances for asthma attacks…and could lead to hospitalization if it results in mild of severe attacks. The whole idea of the camp is to ensure they learn how to avoid those incidences," he said.
The wide range of activities, as well as the attention to asthma care, is what brings Noah Farquhar back year after year.
The 15-year-old was diagnosed with asthma at the age of seven and has been attending Camp Treasure Chest for eight years.
"It's just a fun place to go and do what you want because there are doctors there. You don't have to worry about anything," he said.
The Milford teen said it's hard to tell when an asthma attack could occur and describes the pain as similar to trying to breathe through a straw.
"Your chest gets tight and you can't breathe in or anything, it's really hard," Noah said.
But at Camp Treasure Chest, the teen is able to fish, swim and hang out with other kids who also suffer from asthma.
That camaraderie and the fact the camp teaches children how to better control their asthma is comforting for Noah's father Wade.
"He's been able to learn to live with it and deal with it, and knows what to do if he has an attack or flare up," he said.
Audrey's mother said she feels the same sense of security.
"Having all those people around there making sure they're safe, happy and playing and they have the opportunity to do all the things they can't do when they're home is really great," she said.
Camp Treasure Chest runs from July 27 to Aug. 1.
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1. Raging Bull (1980)Director: Martin Scorsese
Budget: $18 million
This peerless, beautiful opening sequence is an apt intro for what might be Martin Scorsese's greatest triumph. The credits roll as the distant, shadowy figure of a boxer (Robert De Niro, playing troubled boxer Jake La Motta) shadowboxes in slow motion in a smoky haze, as the main theme from the great Italian opera Cavalleria rusticana swells. Poetry — in a good way.
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text: Hi all I parked up today to do a bit of shopping with the family next to a nice silver A3. I had a look around it and it was slightly older than mine I think (personal plate though), definitely pre 2001. Thing is it had a red T on the 1.8T badge yet no sign of quatro badges etc. Not a sport model either. T wasn't hand painted by owner as it had a silver lip around the side with middle painted, mine is smooth all the way across Any ideas what the red T signifies? Is it an addition by owner a la TDI's to intimate my power (red I = 130bhp, red D and I = 150bhp on golf TDIs)?


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Facing TV Problems? Ask a TV Technician.
Ok....the FIRST thing you should do is this.
Unplug your TV's power cord from the wall and give it 5 minutes so the TV's computer RESETS.
You could simply have a locked up micro.
Plug it back in. see if the TV turns on, or at least the light on the front of the TV lights up.
If it does light up, and if you can turn it on and off....your micro is ok.
If you turn the TV on....and the TV turns itself off, and blinks....count the blinks between the 3 second pauses.
That isolates your problem.
Then I can look at what is happening to your TV set, and give you an estimate of repair.
I just hope your TV just needs the 5 minute unplug to get it started again.
zI have unluhhed the tv and left it off overnight. There are no lights on the front panel. No sounds, just a dead tv. Wghat's my best and worst case scenarious as far as cost.
Since you don't get any lights lighting up on your TV --
1] Your power supply may be totally dead
2] Your main board may not be turning on the TV set at all.
The power supply board is $100 to $110 for that.
The Main board is $170 to $180.
It will be one or the other.
Labor cost I would expect to be $150.
Altogether, expect $250 to $260 total if the power supply is bad, or $320 to $330 if the main board has failed.
My suggestion.
Contact Panasonic's Customer Relations department. If there's an issue with their TV set, it's their responsibility to take care of their customers. That's their job, to assist customers with out of warranty repairs.
You should tell them you had it serviced a couple years back too.


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Stupid F*$^ing Gas Prices
Since I've moved to Fenton, I've been doing a lot more driving. And while gas prices aren't the highest I've ever seen them, but it's not cheap getting around. I'm sick of paying 2.98 and thinking it's a good deal, then seeing it for 2.90. Wanna know how to get the best deal on gas?
My grandpa might be old as crap, but he gave me the hook up on how to make sure you're getting the cheapest gas. It's not some trick from the Great Depression, it's gasbuddy.com. Just put your zipcode in and you'll see gas prices. You can help with the price reporting but you don't have to. And since you're online all the time anyway, you might as well use it to save some money. I know you might think a few cents doesn't mean much, but if you are consistently paying too much for gas, you're just wasting money. Today on my drive to work, I saw gas anywhere from 2.90 to 3.09. Gas is gas, quit wasting your money on it.


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From Kirk's conundrum with Khan to Picard's battles with the Borg, from Janeway's brainbusting dilemmas with a holographic doctor to Sisko standing sentry with a Changeling on Deep Space Nine, the captains of Star Trek have provided some of the most iconic moments in sci-fi history over almost 50 years of TV series and films. But what if you had to pick just one? In our positively Q-esque quest to discover which Trek boss is No. 1 to no one (sorry, Riker, you need not apply here), we devised a battle royal of sorts, a Captains Crunch, if you will. We pitted captains from several generations of Trek against each other over three rounds as you helped us pick the one true Boss of the Bridge in honour of the release of Star Trek Into Darkness on Wednesday evening.
And the people have spoken! Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of Star Trek: The Next Generation, has been crowned your favourite Trek captain – in a landslide victory against original captain James T. Kirk. Scroll over the graphic below to see how each matchup went down:
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No skit at ASEAN
- By Laura RozenLaura Rozen writes The Cable daily at ForeignPolicy.com.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Thailand today for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, and North Korea tops the U.S. agenda for the annual meeting. But for the second year running, ASEAN will not be featuring one of its most famous traditions.
"No skit this year," a member of Clinton's delegation says. "They switched it for a proper dinner last year and seem to prefer the format. Honestly disappointed, thought it would be a highlight."
FP's Brian Fung remembers some of the best numbers from ASEAN's past.
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Xbox owners have been enjoying the Black Ops Annihilation map pack for about a month now, but Activision has confirmed via the PlayStation Blog that from July 28, PS3 owners of the game will be able to get in on the action.
If you haven't been paying attention, here's the details: Annihilation features four new multiplayer arenas, including a drive-in movie theater, a Cuban golf course, a missile silo and an Area 51-inspired hangar. It also features a new Zombie level based around the legend of Shangri-La. Zombies have taken over an ancient shrine, and Treyarch's online director Dan Bunting claims it's "one of the more creative and clever map designs" that the developer has come up with so far.
Activision hasn't yet confirmed the PSN price for the map pack, but Dan "@OneOfSwords" Amrich believes it'll be in line with previous map packs, putting it again at the $15 mark.
No date for the PC version yet.
This article originally appeared on GamePro.com as Black Ops Annihilation Map Pack Hits PSN on July 28


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Easter means chocolate and lots of it – but if you don't want to over-indulge, you can still indulge your sweet tooth, without a single bit of chocolate passing your lips!
The Body Shop has a gorgeous Chocomania range – full of lovely, chocolatey products – the perfect substitute for an Easter egg if you don't want the calories.
Clockwise, from top left; Chocomania Body Butter, from £5, Chocomania Shower Cream, from £4, Chocomania Body Lotion, from £8, Chocomania Mini Soaps, from £4, Chocomania Body Scrub, from £12.50, Chocomania Soap, from £2.
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Hot pink + silver – party rock!
[They were both Essie – I never look at the color names!]
I continued the hot pink theme with a watermelon snack before I left for dance today
Last week we did flowy lyrical-style music to the dance piece we're building in Faith's class. This week we did JAZZ! And there were gymnastics involved!! Handstands! [Did you know I can walk on my hands pretty well!?] I was in a pretty frazzled mood when I left for dance and came home cheerful!
I had an hour until Matt arrived for pizza making, so I poured myself a green cocktail. It tasted SO good I couldn't help but chug it!!
I assembled everything for dinner except the pizza crust, which was en route!
Tomato + cucumber salad – because those are the only veggies in the house!! I smothered them in Garlic Gold Lemon Vinaigrette – instant amazing flavor!
And then there was pizza
Stuffed crust pizza!!
Not officially, but Matt made a 50% whole wheat dough with Cheddar Garlic and I just happened to get a cheddar nugget in my slice!
All two pieces I devoured were heavenly
More hot pink melon came out for dessert! I can't seem to end a night without it these days. 50% for flavor, 50% for hydration!
Goodnight my friends!


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Crews Respond to House Fire in Roanoke Co.
Roanoke Co., VA- Roanoke County fire crews responded to a house fire Sunday morning in the 3200 block of Ledgewood Avenue. When they got on the scene they found light smoke coming from the basement.
When they entered the basement they found a fire, which they got under control in about 15 minutes.
No one was in the home at the time of the fire. The fire marshal's office is investigating the cause.


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The motel accommodation is well appointed with 16 modern self-catering units which have kitchens, comfortable beds and gas heaters . All bathrooms are equipped with hairdryers and some bathrooms have spa baths. All our units are non-smoking, but there are designated smoking areas.
We have a guest laundry, BBQ and we are close to local shops, restaurants and bars. A free cot and high chair is available for use from the office, please ask when booking. Accommodation at Hawk's Inn Motel is large and spacious, ideal for Wellington business visitors, families and groups. The central courtyard of the motel has a fully fenced pool and spa pool which guests can relax in at the end of a busy day. All rooms have SKY TV including, SKY Movies, Sky sports 1 & 2, Sky News, UKTV, Prime and recently installed Freeview and wireless internet. There is ample off street parking available in the front and back of the motel accommodation. Guests can request a cooked or continental breakfast which is delivered to your unit. Guest check out is by 10 am and Check In is available after midday. A late checkout can be organised by prior arrangement. The Hawks Inn Motel is located 25 minutes from Wellington City. We can arrange a shuttle bus if you require transport to the airport transfer. Ideal for the business person for one night or long stays. Relax in the spa after a hard day at the office. Wireless internet is available in all units. Cooked and continental breakfasts served in your unit. Chargebacks are available to local restaurants/takeaways. A fax and email service is available at reception.
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Penn Professional Staff Assembly Monthly Board meetings are open to any monthly paid staff and will be meeting on the following days:
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Dunedin museum benefits from Duck Derby
By TOM GERMOND
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The second annual Duck Derby is Saturday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Weaver Park, 1249 Bayshore Blvd.
DUNEDIN For this competitive event, its hard for organizers to have their ducks in a row. Thats because the ducks are rubber and dont seem to have a sense of direction. The second Dunedin Duck Derby is Saturday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Weaver Park.
In the race, presented by the Dunedin Historical Museum, legions of rubber ducks will be put into the sound at Weaver Park and, with the help of kayakers, they will float in the water along three-quarters of the length of the parks dock.
As in last years derby, people will pay a fee, $5 for one and $12 for three, to sponsor a rubber ducks, which are assigned numbers. Then its up to lady luck.
Cash prizes are awarded to people whose ducks finish first, second and third, $200, $100 and $50 respectively. Prizes also include tickets to local venues.
We are trying to put up to 1,000 ducks in the water this year, said Lauren Sherbuk, Dunedin Historical Museum administrative assistant.
Every duck is named and numbered. They all have their own names starting with a D, she said, which was a fun project.
The race is under 30 minutes and will start between 11:30 a.m. and noon. The distance is three-quarters of the length of the dock at Weaver Park, about a 120-yard race.
The event was spurred by museum Director Vincent Luisis visit to Long Island while he was on a vacation.
I was going down one of the small communities on the eastern end of Long Island. It was Fourth of July weekend, and I saw this sign that said, Pick a duck and watch it swim or something and I actually stopped and watched the race. I saw it and I thought what a novel idea that not too many places down here do that, Luisi said.
Through the Internet, he learned that South Carolina was among the few places that have such events.
The only other place that really had it was Safety Harbor. Dunedin had nothing like this, Luisi said.
He envisioned the event as a way to identify the museum with a distinctive fundrasier that no one else has ever tried.
With Dunedin Duck Derby we had the three Ds, he said.
The event also includes a duck pond, which features 200 numbered rubber ducks.
We have 10 to 12 special prizes and you pick a number in that pond, and if we pull your duck out, you win one of those prizes like a family package to MOSI, a package to the Lowry Park Zoo, box tickets for the Rays games, dinner at Bon Appetit, he said.
The cost is $10 a duck.
Luisi hopes the family-oriented event to be an annual fundraiser for the museum.
The event also includes vendors, music, games, food and drinks. A childrens corner will have games that are duck-oriented, such as tic-tac-duck and toss-a-duck.
The Dunedin Blue Jays will have the teams mascot on hand.
Proceeds will help sponsor the museums exhibits as well as childrens programs and other activities.
We do have several locations to buy (sponsor) your ducks, Luisi said.
Those include the Dunedin Public Library, the Candy Bar, the Dunedin Community Center, the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce and the Dunedin Historical Museum. Sponsors are given a card which provides them with the name of the duck they sponsored.
On the day before the race, June 21, the only place to sponsor the ducks are at the museum. Then they will be available at the park on June 22.
Call the museum at 736-1176 or send an email to
Perhaps the hardest work in running the event has been done naming all the ducks starting with the letter D.
I spent one long night writing up a lot of names, Luisi said.
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When you stay at Hotel Tyrolis in Zirl, you'll be close to Peter-Anich Gondola. This 4-star hotel is within the vicinity of Reither Spitze and Sonnenlift Reith.
Make yourself at home in one of the 27 guestrooms featuring minibars.
Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take in the views from a rooftop terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access and ski storage.
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I really like my candle lantern (awesome in the wind), but is a pain to clean wax from the glass. It does not get on there often, but occasionally I drop the lantern and it gets on the glass.
Any suggestions for getting wax off of glass?
I really like my candle lantern (awesome in the wind), but is a pain to clean wax from the glass. It does not get on there often, but occasionally I drop the lantern and it gets on the glass.
Any suggestions for getting wax off of glass?
You are never too old.
Maybe placing the glass in a pot of boiling water? I don't know, I don't use them. I have one but i don't use it.
Hokey Pokey
I've removed the wax with hot running water and paper towel, but in the field I think the trick is to be careful when you blow it out. You could light it, let the candle heat it up, and then get at it with some toilet paper before it cools down too much.
I have one also but I stopped using it just because of that problem. One of my freinds has a small latern that screws onto his fuel canister of his pocket rocket stove. It works great and it put off ALOT of light.
It's true that a small candle lantern doesn't have quite enough light for reading, even if you keep it clean, which isn't that hard really. I might try a 3 wick candle lantern someday, as I think that might also be enough heat for steeping tea.
I have a couple of Candle Lanterns and love 'em, as for wax on the glass hot water and a soapy sponge works well. Never bought them hiking I didn't want the extra weight but they're great for camping.
Back in the old days I used a pitiful little candle lantern with the round glass in a light metal tube. Sounds simple. But the dang thing had a spring below the candle platform which pushed the candle up as it burned. Looked good on paper, useless in the field. The hot wax frequently dripped down and into the spring unit and dried solid, nearly impossible to clean except by tossing in a fire . . . and leaving it.
My system now is much better: A blue plastic bottom to a Carmex lip balm container. Melt a few drops in the bottom and place candle. It's an open flame, though. AN OPEN FLAME IN A TENT!! Relax, I took the open flame certification course offered by the higher council of forest tenting options, etc.
Tipi that's just
The previous boiled in water is correct, we frequently put holders in the dishwasher with excellent results. And Tipi I am just tickled that you would use a candle in a tent like that. I wouldn't want a hole in my sleeping bag though.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Hot water and used dryer sheets (which I also save for remving wax on my skis.)
You can give a light touch of brake cleaner if you really needed it, but the hot water is the trick.
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....
BTW, candle type and quality is also important. The best candles I have found for "backpacking" and burning inside a tent are Shabbat Candles put out by Manischewitz and available in most grocery stores, of all places.
Four inches tall, burn 3 hours, made with pure paraffin wax. These babies burn good and only drip if exposed to the wind yet put out a decent amount of light. A must have in the winter as an open flame keeps my fingers warm when it's frigid.
Put the lantern in the freezer for 2 to 3 hrs or overnight, once the wax is frozen it should pop off with a wooden popsicle stick. Remove any leftover wax residue with soapy hot water. G00-GONE® (a solvent that smells like citrus but has a base of petroleum distillates) helps to dissolve the stickiness.
Thanks for all your help. Hot water and paper towels did the trick.
You are never too old.
I am a little bit of a pyro but I would be afraid of the heat or fire ruining gear or lighting the synthetics I was wearing on fire with a candle. Sleep seems to sneak up on you the older you get.
Lastly (grahm weenie thought) a 3 hour candle weighs the same as a 50-100 hour LED headlight setup with batteries.
100% beeswax is excellent also. I got a box of Eastern Orthadox Candles at Marden's in Maine very cheap, and still have half the box. They are the same amount as a tealight at 1/2 oz each, but are 4" tall and thin and good for lighting my Kelly Kettle. I can also melt them down to a tealight candle for my lantern, but usually just bring a tealight. I've noticed some of the bulk tealight candles are pretty sketchy though. I think 100% beeswax of 100% paraffin, as long as you know what your getting, or even cheap tealights as long as you test them and they work. Some are ok.
The other think I like about the beeswax is that it has other uses, like zippers, or mixing it with some vegetable oil for some lip balm or something like that. Feels good on the fingers just as it is, but I'm not sure how much rubs off that way or if it does any good.


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Early this year I presented a seminar at the Real Green Systems Marketing Symposium in Orlando, Fla. The topic covered benchmarks and critical numbers for the lawn care industry.
Benchmarks are universal units that are used for comparison purposes. For instance, the universal unit for comparing the human body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. However, not all benchmarks are created equal. Critical numbers are benchmarks that are especially prescient or foretelling. Such critical numbers for the human body (body temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate) when combined are referred to as "vital signs." They are especially predictive regarding ones health. Critical numbers, in the context of a business, when understood and used properly can prognosticate its health both short term and long term.
Who in a company should use them? Just about everyone can make use of benchmarks and critical numbers if they know how to apply them. Here are a few examples.
Operations managers using production benchmarks can see which routes and technicians are the most efficient and/or most profitable. Human resource and safety managers can combine hiring, training, production and accident data into metrics that measure the effectiveness of training and safety programs. In particular, individual technicians can compare their daily production results to those of other technicians both within and without the company.
Common benchmarks and critical numbers. Benchmarks and critical numbers should be tied to risk in order to help measure and control it. The greatest risk in an installation or service company is labor. That is why we measure most items in relation to billable man-hours.
There are also relative and absolute benchmarks. A material to labor ratio can vary dramatically and still be within acceptable parameters. However, net profit per man-hour is an absolute metric. The higher the better, the lower the worse it is. A net profit per man-hour of $15 is always better than a net profit of $5 per man-hour. All benchmarks evolve over time but relative ones tend to do so more often. Here are common benchmarks you might find useful.
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General & Administrative Overhead - Indirect costs (as a percent of sales):
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Conclusion. Benchmarks and critical numbers are a "work-in-process." They are constantly evolving. I've found that the benchmarks and critical numbers I've shared with you are fairly consistent throughout North America. They will vary primarily due to the customer density of individual service routes.
I'd recommend you calculate these benchmarks for your company. Then, compare your results to my benchmarks. Share them with your staff to set goals throughout your organization. Send me an email and tell me what you found and if your figures are close to mine. If they aren't close, maybe mine need to evolve a little more.
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The HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS) surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,864 adults infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, who were receiving HIV-related medical care in the United States in early 1996. HCSUS was conducted under a cooperative agreement between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS08578) and RAND, with additional support from other groups and agencies.
This very large study was led by Martin F. Shapiro, M.D., and Samuel A. Bozzette, M.D., of the RAND Health Program. It was the first study to obtain a nationally representative sample of HIV patients in treatment. These patients were interviewed three times from January 1996 to January 1998. Most of the HCSUS participants had advanced HIV disease (9 out of 10 were symptomatic or had AIDS), half were minorities, and more than 40 percent were heterosexual. Almost two-thirds were not employed, and over 40 percent earned less than $10,000 a year. Six studies involving HCSUS data were recently published and are described here.
Bing, E.G., Burnam, M.A., Longshore, D., and others (2001, August). "Psychiatric disorders and drug use among human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in the United States." Archives of General Psychiatry 58, pp. 721-728.
These researchers used standard questionnaires to screen for psychiatric and drug problems among HCSUS participants and found that nearly half of 2,864 adults receiving care for HIV in the United States in 1996 screened positive for one of four psychiatric disorders, nearly half reported using an illicit drug, and over 12 percent screened positive for drug dependence during the previous year. These treatable problems decrease quality of life, interfere with adherence to antiretroviral treatment, and increase caregiver burden and health care costs.
Over one-third screened positive for major depression and over one-fourth experienced symptoms of dysthymia (prolonged mild depression) during the previous year. Others screened positive for anxiety disorders and panic attacks. Those with private insurance were less likely than patients without insurance to suffer from psychiatric disorders. Sexual orientation was not related to any psychiatric disorder.
Heavy drinking and illicit drug use increased the likelihood of a psychiatric disorder. About half of the HCSUS population reported using an illicit drug during the past year: 12 percent reported only marijuana use, one-fourth used other illegal drugs but were not dependent, and 12 percent were dependent on at least one illicit drug. Those with more HIV-related symptoms were more likely to be drug dependent, even after accounting for other factors. Homosexuals and sexually abstinent individuals were less likely to be drug dependent than heterosexuals.
Reprints (AHRQ Publication No. 02-R009) are available from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse.
Turner, B.J., Fleishman, J.A., Wenger, N., and others (2001, September). "Effects of drug abuse and mental disorders on use and type of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected persons." Journal of General Internal Medicine 16(9), pp. 625-633.
The researchers examined self-reported ART use among 2,267 HCSUS participants in 1997. About 90 percent of participants reported use of any ART, and 61 percent reported use of the more advanced,
currently recommended HAART (highly active ART: three or more drugs, including at least one protease inhibitor or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor). After adjustment for drug abuse, mental disorders had no significant effects on use of ART, perhaps due to the high prevalence of these problems in drug users.
On a positive note, patients who had recently received mental health care were more likely than those who had not to report taking HAART, even after adjusting for other factors.
Among drug users on ART, only mental health treatment was associated with HAART. Thus, drug abuse seemed to be a greater barrier to ART use than mental disorders. Problem drinking was not associated with ART use or type of ART treatment among users. The researchers call for more studies to distinguish provider- from patient-related reasons for the failure of 10 percent of patients to receive ART.
Reprints (AHRQ Publication No. 02-R015) are available from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse.
Burnam, M.A., Bing, E.G., Morton, S.C., and others (2001, August). "Use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services among adults with HIV in the United States." Archives of General Psychiatry 58, pp. 729-736.
According to this study, nearly two-thirds (61 percent) of 231,400 HIV-infected adults receiving medical care for their disease in 1996 also used alcohol, drug, or mental health (ADM) services in a 6-month period. They made more than 3.5 million outpatient visits to specialty mental health or substance abuse providers. Nearly 2 percent of them were hospitalized for these problems, 3 percent received residential substance abuse treatment, 26 percent saw individual mental health specialists, 15 percent had group mental health treatment, 40 percent discussed emotional problems with their doctors, 30 percent took psychotherapeutic medications, 6 percent received outpatient substance abuse treatment, and 12 percent participated in substance abuse self-help groups.
However, these HIV-positive individuals did not have equal access to care, which varied depending on geographic and socioeconomic factors. Use of individual or family outpatient mental health visits was less likely among blacks and those with lower education or income. Higher probability of use was found among the disabled and those suffering from a greater number or severity of HIV symptoms. Individual outpatient mental health visits also were more common among people living in the Northeast and in large metropolitan areas.
Group therapy was less likely to be reported by those aged 35 to 49, the disabled, and residents of the South. Residential treatment for substance abuse was more common among blacks, the less educated, and the disabled and less common among homosexuals and residents of the Midwest and West. Use of substance abuse self-help groups was more likely, after adjusting for need, among blacks, the less educated, those residing in the Northeast or in a large metropolitan area, and those with higher CD4 cell counts. Insurance type had little impact on likely use of ADM services.
Reprints (AHRQ Publication No. 02-R010) are available from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse.
Chen, J.L., Phillips, K.A., Kanouse, D.E., and others (2001, July-August). "Fertility desires and intentions of HIV-positive men and women." Family Planning Perspectives 33(4), pp. 144-152, 165.
Advanced antiretroviral therapy has decreased transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their children to about 2 percent and prolonged adult survival, prompting consideration of childbearing and parenthood for HIV-positive men and women. Apparently, HIV dampens but does not come close to eliminating a person's desire and plans to have children. This HCSUS study reveals that more than one in four HIV-positive men and women receiving medical care in the United States in the late 1990s desired children in the future. Of those who wanted children, 6 in 10 men and 7 in 10 women actually expected to have children.
HIV-positive individuals who expected children were generally younger, had fewer children, and reported better physical functioning and overall health than those who did not expect children. Black men were five times more likely and black women three times more likely than others to expect children. Women who knew their partner's HIV status were more likely to expect children than women who did not (perhaps a proxy for a more tenuous or less intimate relationship). However, nearly 20 percent of HIV-positive men who desired children had a partner who did not, perhaps because of the family's dim economic prospects due to illness.
These findings suggest a looming demand for social services for children born to HIV-infected parents. Also, plans of a majority of HIV-positive men and women to have children with a primary partner or spouse whose HIV status was negative or unknown has major implications for the heterosexual transmission of HIV, caution the researchers. They recommend family planning counseling for these couples that includes the need to incorporate partner HIV testing, ways to minimize the likelihood of HIV transmission to partners and children, and how to meet the challenges of parenthood while living with HIV.
Wenger, N.S., Kanouse, D.E., Collins, R.L., and others (2001, June 13). "End-of-life discussions and preferences among persons with HIV." Journal of the American Medical Association 285(22), pp. 2880-2887.
Despite the life-prolonging benefits of modern antiretroviral treatment for HIV, the need for advanced planning for end-of-life care remains. Unfortunately, this study shows that half of all people infected with HIV are at risk of making end-of-life decisions without prior discussions with their doctor. Patients who had less denial about the severity of their illness, greater trust in their doctor, and a longer relationship with their doctor were more likely to make advanced care plans, according to the researchers. They surveyed 2,864 adults receiving HIV-related care regarding communication with a doctor about end-of-life issues and completion of advance directives.
Only half of patients discussed some aspect of end-of-life care with their doctor, and 38 percent completed an advance directive. Patients were nearly six times more likely to complete an advance directive after a discussion with their doctor. However, doctors were less likely to discuss end-of-life care with blacks and Hispanics than whites. Those infected with HIV via injection drug use and less-educated patients communicated the least with their doctors about end-of-life issues.
Women and those with children in the household communicated the most with doctors about end-of-life issues. Patients with more advanced disease, more hospitalizations in the last 6 months, more symptoms, and worse health status also were more likely to have discussed these issues. Patients who knew their doctor for more than 3 years were 1.5 times more likely to have had a discussion. Black and Latino patients had about half the odds of completing an advance directive, but disabled patients did so more often than others. Greater social support, more positive coping skills, and less denial were associated with having an advance directive.
Goldman, D.P., Bhattacharya, J., McCaffrey, D.F., and others (2001, September). "Effect of insurance on mortality in an HIV-positive population in care." Journal of the American Statistical Association 96 (455), pp. 883-893.
Eligibility for public insurance through Medicaid or Medicare usually requires HIV-positive patients to demonstrate a disability, which is almost always associated with advanced disease (and shortened life). These requirements ironically led to the erroneous conclusions of a few studies that insurance increased mortality among people with HIV infection. However, this HCSUS study demonstrates that ignoring the health status of these patients led to the false conclusion that insurance may not be protective of HIV patients. In fact, the researchers assert that policies to expand insurance coverage to the uninsured HIV-positive population could save many lives.
They correlated patient insurance status and mortality 6 months after HCSUS baseline interviews (2,864 respondents) and followup interviews (2,466 respondents), when advanced highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was widely used by HIV-positive people. They identified the generosity of State-administered Medicaid programs and AIDS Drug Assistance Programs for each patient interviewed, including such factors as stringency of income eligibility and number of prescriptions paid for each month. The effect of insurance in the first model showed increased probability of death by the first followup interview or within the next 6 months.
However, when the researchers controlled for severe illness (often required for people to qualify for insurance), for example, by including health status measures like CD4 cell count, it substantially reduced the negative effect of insurance. When the researchers went further to include patient demographics, State policies, presumed HIV exposure route, years since diagnosis, and lowest ever CD4 count, insurance lowered the probability of 6-month mortality by 71 percent at baseline and 85 percent at followup.
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- Cantaloupe Melon - Cantaloupe melons, with their sweet, orange flesh, are one of the tastiest of the melon family.- Apple - Nature's perfect ready meal, apples are ready to eat any time.- Jersey Potatoes, the best spuds of the year - The finest potatoes in the world? Possibly?- English Apples - Our Lost Heritage - There are thousands of varieties of apples known, but less than 20 commonly sold in supermarkets, and typically less than 5 are common English apple varieties.- British Strawberries - where has all the taste gone? - Once one of the finest tastes in the fruit world, eagerly awaited every summer, the appeal of British Strawberries is not quite what it used to be...- Potato - An old classic and a staple food in many potatoes, how much do you know about potatoes?- Banana - A fruit as popular as it is versatile, how much do you really know about Bananas? You might think they're just yellow, but you can get blue and red ones too.
Usually our features here on Fresh Food Central only touch on the fruit or vegetable in question. However, to look at the role of pumpkins in Halloween, we need to look at what Halloween actually is, and where it came from.
Halloween, originally spelt Hallowe'en, comes from the word All-hallow-even, meaning All Hallows Eve. It was originally a Pagan festival until it was adopted by Christian missionaries and given a Christian interpretation, but the festival we know of nowadays has its roots in Celtic Ireland pagan tradition. Despite its popularity in America, most Halloween customs actually originated in Ireland.
In Ireland, Halloween was celebrated as Samhain Night, or the "End of Summer", when the dead revisited the mortal world, and large bonfires were lit to guard off spirits. They continued to celebrate the pagan festival even after the arrival of Christianity and after Pope Gregory IV adopted October 31st as the recognised date in 835.
There is little documentation available describing how Halloween was celebrated in early times, other than what has already been mentioned. Nowadays, no matter where you are, Halloween is celebrated in some fairly common ways, ranging from dressing up in spooky costumes such as ghosts or witches, to going out tricking or treating for sweets, and lets not forget decorating or carving pumpkins.
Halloween was not adopted in America until the 19th Century, and was largely brought across by the mass migration of two million Irish settlers following the Irish Potato famine. Scottish settlers' interpretation of Halloween was also brought across around the same time, and together they formed the current traditions we see today.
Halloween imagery is wide and varied; it borrows a lot from the underlying season of autumn itself, and also has a large occult influence, involving themes of death, magic, monsters, ghosts, ghouls, aliens, witches, wizards, demons, werewolves, black cats, spiders… the list is endless! Black, orange, purple, green and red are strong associations of Halloween too. One of the strongest images of Halloween is of course the subject of our article - pumpkins.
So what are pumpkins? It may sound like a silly question, but are they a fruit or a vegetable? Technically, they are a fruit, because they have their seeds on the inside, similar to cucumbers and melons - indeed, they are from the same family of fruit, the cucurbits, the same family as squashes, although when they are cooked they are often treated as a vegetable.
Pumpkins vary in size and colour - they are usually orange, but cream and even green varieties, such as Ghost or Crown Prince, can be found. In recent years, cream varieties are gaining more popularity on Halloween due to their ghostly look. They vary in size from a few pounds or a kilogram (varieties such as Becky), up to the world record which currently stands at 1,469 pounds (666kg) for the Atlantic Giant variety. Pumpkins are perhaps the most popular fruit or vegetable grown for size competitions, although ones around the 3-10 kg size are best for carving into Halloween faces.
Most pumpkins are orange because they contain large amounts of lutein (an antioxidant), and alpha- and beta-carotene (also found in carrots), all of which help form Vitamin A in the body - so not only are they fun to carve, but good to eat too!
So where do Pumpkins fit into halloween? Pumpkins are used to create modern day Jack O'Lanterns, but it wasn't always a pumpkin that was used. The story of the Jack O'Lantern dates back hundreds of years into Irish folklore, and there are several variations.
The most common story is of a drunkard called Stingy Jack was always playing tricks on everyone - his family, friends, and then even the devil, who one day he tricked into climbing up into an apple tree. Once up there, Stingy Jack placed a crosses around the trunk of the tree, which the devil was unable to cross. To be allowed down, the devil had to promise to not take Jack to hell when he died, and Jack let him down. When Jack did finally die, he went to heaven but was not allowed in because he was too mean and cruel, so was sent down to hell, but the devil kept his promise and wouldn't let him in. He was left to wander around in the darkness between heaven and hell, with only an ember from the flames of hell that the devil gave him. To hot to hold, Jack hollowed out a turnip, and placed the ember in it, creating his Jack O'Lantern.
There are minor variations of this story, but they all have a similar theme. On All Hallow's Eve, the Irish used to hollow out turnips, gourds, potatoes or beets, and place a light in them to ward off evil spirits and of course, Stingy Jack, and to welcome home spirits of ancestors - these were the original Jack O'Lanterns. When the Irish immigrants came to America in the 1800s, they discovered pumpkins growing in abundance, and found that they were bigger and easier to carve out, and then adopted those from then on as their Jack O'Lanterns.
For a longer and slightly different version of this try, read this fable.
Of course, since pumpkin carving is just so unbelievably fun, this is a practise which has endured to today, and Halloween is now more popular than ever, with pumpkins literally flying off the shelves in the run up to Halloween.
So, how do you carve a pumpkin? It's easy as pumpkin pie. First, decide what size pumpkin you want to carve - the best size for carving will range from 2lb (1kg) in weight (just a bit larger than a man's clenched first) up to around 20lb (10kg) in weight (around about the size of a portable TV). It's also easier to carve designs onto pumpkins that have either round sides or flat sides - try not to get one with misshapen sides. It's also good to make sure it sits properly on a flat surface - if it rocks, your Jack O'Lantern won't stand still! Once you've picked your pumpkin, you need to decide what design to carve into it.
In times past, you'd have to come up with your own design, but it got easier! In recent years there has been a mass proliferation of "pumpkin stencils" available on websites and in shops, which you can print out and stick to a pumpkin with sticky tape to use as a guide for carving. Here at Fresh Food Central, we carve our pumpkins like this, and later on in this article is a collection of links to other websites that provide some of the best stencils we've found. We'll be doing our pumpkins like this, and we'll get some pictures of ours online when we've done them!
Where can you get a pumpkin from? Take a look around - from the middle of October they pop up everywhere - farm shops, supermarkets, DIY stores, fruit and vegetable or produce markets… where you get it from depends how big a pumpkin you want. Supermarkets (in the UK at least) don't generally sell pumpkins over the 6kg (12 pound) size mark, but farm shops or local shops sometimes will. Of course you can always grow it yourself too - and we'll have a full article up on pumpkins with growing tips in time for you to grow them next year.
So - you've got your pumpkin, and your design… let's get carving! First of all, you need to hollow out the pumpkin - and this is probably one of the messiest things you'll ever do in your entire life, so kids, get some help, because you need knives for this. We'll put up some pictures of how to do this soon too.
First, cut a circle around the stem, and cut the lid off the pumpkin. You'll need to cut into the pumpkin at an angle to do this without breaking the lid - which you need to put back on later. You need to use a back and forth sawing or slicing motion to cut through the pumpkin here, because the skin is hard and tough.
Once you've taken the top off, remember to scrape any seeds off it, and keep the pulp (the creamy-orange coloured flesh) to make a pumpkin pie with later! Now comes the messy part.
Pumpkins aren't solid - they usually have a hollow cavity inside them to start with, where all the seeds grow. You'll find the seeds mixed with lots of stringy fibres which hold them in place - and this mixture, which we'll affectionately call "goop", is what you need to scrape out first.
Hold a large spoon as close to the bowl of the spoon as you can - you'll get more leverage and scooping power, and start scraping out all the "goop". You can throw this away, or save the seeds - you can either grow the seeds, or wash and clean them, dry them, then roast them in the oven and eat them!
Once you've scraped out the goop, you need to scrape out the pulp. The walls of the pumpkin will be fairly thick at this stage, and you need to make them thinner and easier to cut through to carve. Also, this pulp is what goes into the pumpkin pie, so you want to scrape out as much as you can, while still leaving enough to make the walls strong enough to carve. There'll usually be lots of thready fibres still attached to the pulp, and you need to get rid of as much of this as possible, because it's not very nice in your pie.
You should be able to carry on scooping out the pulp with a spoon, or you can get special pumpkin carving kits to help. Ideally, you want the walls no more than half an inch (1cm) thick to carve - the thicker they are, the harder it is to carve. It's difficult to tell how thick the wall is, but if you draw your design on the front, you can very carefully push a pin through the wall of the pumpkin in one of the places where you need to cut out the wall, and see how much of the pin comes through.
When you've scraped out all the "goop" and the pulp, you can start transferring your design on. Either use a felt tip pen to carefully (and lightly) draw your design on, or tape a stencil design onto the pumpkin. If you tape a stencil on, you may need to cut the paper inwards on the corners (see image) to help it sit on a round pumpkin.
There is no right way to carve a pumpkin - but lots of wrong ways. If you're using sharp knives - BE CAREFUL! Take everything slowly, and don't make sharp movements. You can get pumpkin carving kits with plastic knives in, but you need a thin walled pumpkin to use most of these, so you'll probably need help from an adult if you aren't one already! You can use small kitchen knives, larger knives, or my favourite, a craft knife.
The way I usually go about carving a pumpkin stencil is to tape it onto the pumpkin, then I get either a pin or a craft knife, and carefully go around all of the design, poking through the stencil and into the pumpkin flesh. If you do this well enough, when you then take the stencil off the surface, you'll see a bunch of tiny holes or cuts in the surface of the pumpkin - these cuts usually get slightly darker because of the moisture seeping out, although you may need to angle it towards a bright light to see this. Now, it's just a matter of joining up these small cuts, and cutting the pieces out of the pumpkin.
Take it one piece at a time, and be careful to cut all the way through the pumpkin wall for the piece you are currently carving. When you've cut all the way around, you may need to give the piece a prod from the front or the back to force it out of the hole, then clean up the edges of the hole using a craft knife - again, this is where adults can come in handy.
If you are old and responsible enough to use a craft knife - you can do some really intricate designs. If not, you can do some really cool designs still using regular knives - there's a design to suit everyone, you've just got to find it.
You can make your designs even more strange by cutting part way through the pumpkin wall - this is usually done by cutting the skin off from the outside, but not completely cutting through the pulp of the wall. Because you take off the hardest and thickest part, the outside wall, when you light a candle and put it in the pumpkin, the wall then becomes translucent - it lets some of the light through but not all of it, kind of like when you put your hand in front of your face to shade yourself from the sun, you can see some light coming through your fingers (it's called sub-surface scattering if you really want to know!). If you do this, you can vary the amount of light coming through and have more than light or no light to your designs, and get them really detailed.
When you've finished, if you gently brush the cut edges of your pumpkin with cooking oil, it'll preserve it and make it last longer - just make sure it dries before you put a candle in there or you'll have a slightly toasted pumpkin! When that's dry, pop a small candle in, light it, and put it somewhere it can spook the whole neighbourhood, like a window or a ledge, to scare off those pesky trick or treaters!
If you're just starting out and this is your first time, some of the sites below will have some stencils for you. If you're an expect and looking for a challenge, you'll find something too, and if not, try Googling "pumpkin stencils" - there's plenty of free ones out there.
Hershey's Stencils
Zombie Pumpkins
Resizable Stencils
Pumpkin Stencil Maker
Lots of Free Stencils
Pumpkin Templates
The Pumpkin Lady TM
When you've carved your pumpkin, don't forget to make some delicious pumpkin pie out of the pulp. You can find some recipes Here.
So you've got your pumpkin, your stencils, and your carving tips… get carving! When you've finished your pumpkin, take a picture of it - if you send us a picture, to firstname.lastname@example.com, we'll put them up here for all to see. What are you waiting for, Halloween?
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The Tide's Ashley Courtney hit two three-run home runs to record six RBI for the game while pitcher Jennifer VanBrakle hit a three-run long ball to start off the game with a 3-0 lead.
The Gamecocks were held to just one hit and that hit came in the third when Jessica Josker singled with two outs. With three walks drawn, USC would get four total base runners for the game.
In the third inning, USC had Josker and Cornett at third and second with two outs but VanBrakle got Hughes to go down swinging and prevented the Gamecocks from scoring.
Alabama scored four more runs both the fourth and sixth innings to record the mercy-rule victory. USC had three errors that the Tide was able to capitalize on as well.
VanBrakle (23-4) earned the win for the Tide as went 1-for-3 at the plate with three RBI. Courtney went 2-for-4 with two runs while Jackie Wilkins went 1-for-3 and scored three runs.
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A bulging disc and herniated disc are commonly described in a similar manner, which is that the fluid part of the disc material which is located in the center of the disc starts to "bulge" towards the back side of the disc secondary to weakening in those fibers. It is not uncommon for patients with x-ray evidence of disc "bulge" to have no symptoms, but if the "bulge" progresses, symptoms may start to materialize because of pressure on sensitive structures.
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Morphea in Adults and Children (MAC) Cohort Study: A Morphea Registry and DNA Repository (MAC)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
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Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
The Morphea in Adults and Children (MAC) cohort is the first registry for both children and adults with morphea (also known as localized scleroderma) in the country. The purpose of the registry is to learn more about morphea, specifically:
- How morphea behaves over time
- How frequently specific problems occur along with morphea (for example, arthritis)
- Whether morphea has an autoimmune background
|Scleroderma, Localized Morphea Frontal Linear Scleroderma en Coup de Sabre Scleroderma, Circumscribed Scleroderma, Linear
|Other: Morphea
|Study Type:
|Observational [Patient Registry]
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration:
|6 Years
|Official Title:
|Immunologic and Genetic Profiles in Subsets of Morphea Patients
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: systemic scleroderma
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Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Systemic Scleroderma Mycobacterium Avium Complex Morphea Localized Scleroderma Linear SclerodermaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Activity/damage measurement in morphea as scored on the Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool (LoSCAT) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Quality of life scores measured by the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
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|Study Start Date:
|May 2007
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Those having the condition morphea or other synonymous diagnosis (such as localized scleroderma, linear scleroderma, Parry-Romberg syndrome, en coup de sabre)
Other: Morphea
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 90 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
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Recruitment from clinic visits as well as from regional and national referrals.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient must have a clinical diagnosis of morphea confirmed by the primary investigator and by histopathological examination.
- Ages 0-90 years old
- Children must weigh more than 20 lbs. in order to satisfy Children's Medical Center policy for the maximum amount of blood drawn in a 24 hour period.
- Patient or legal guardian must be able to speak and read at a 6th grade reading level.
- Both male and female patients will be eligible
- All races and ethnic backgrounds will be included
- Relationships to proband: All patients with morphea will be included. A patient's family history will be reviewed and if there is a family history of morphea or systemic sclerosis then we will give the study patient the investigator's contact information and ask the family member to call the study team to answer any questions and enroll them in the study if they choose to do so.
- Ability to give informed consent: Patients must be able to give informed consent or they will give assent with parent or guardian consent as a minor to be a part of the morphea registry.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have been coded as morphea (701.0), but do not have morphea/localized scleroderma (examples: steroid atrophy, acquired keratoderma, keloids, nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy, systemic sclerosis, lichen sclerosis)
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|February 25, 2013
|Last Updated:
|December 2, 2014
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