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The 9/11 commission's report lends unusual attention to Pakistan, saying that the governments in Islamabad and Washington need to make ''hard choices'' if they are to make progress in the fight against Islamist terrorism.
The commission recommended that the United States end a lengthy period of ambivalence and mistrust toward Pakistan and commit itself to a period of sustained aid, including military assistance and support for that country's public education system as a counterweight to religious schools that foster extremism.
But that American support should come only if the government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf proves that he stands for ''enlightened moderation'' and confronts Islamic extremists in Pakistan, curbs nuclear proliferation and paves the way for a return to democracy, the commission said.
Pakistani officials praised the report as an endorsement of their policies. ''Quite obviously there are things that are critical,'' said a close aide to General Musharraf. But, he added, ''when it comes to recommendations, it says that this is the one government that is the best hope.''
Still, the commission was hardly glowing in its descriptions of Pakistan.
Pakistan is the first country listed by American and foreign government officials, the commission report said, when asked: ''If you were a terrorist leader today, where would you locate your base?''Continue reading the main story
For the panel members, Pakistan is a problem and a solution. And at this moment, it is the site of the fiercest battles against international terrorists.
''It is hard to overstate the importance of Pakistan in the struggle against Islamist extremism,'' the report said. ''Within Pakistan's borders are 150 million Muslims, scores of Al Qaeda terrorists, many Taliban fighters, and perhaps Osama bin Laden. Pakistan possesses nuclear weapons and has come frighteningly close to war with nuclear-armed India over the disputed territory of Kashmir.''
The commission recommended that the United States overcome a legacy in which the two countries have been ''allies of convenience'' and decide definitively whether to back General Musharraf.
That American support would include sustaining current levels of humanitarian aid for years and developing a comprehensive approach to provide military aid and support for a better education system, to promote economic opportunity and counteract the religious schools that to produce militants.
Such backing cannot come too soon for General Musharraf, who finds himself increasingly boxed in on the domestic political front. On one side, Islamic militants with links to Al Qaeda are trying to kill him; he narrowly escaped two assassination attempts last December. On the other, the country's liberal elite are expressing growing disappointment with the failure of the general, and his American backers, to build up the strong government institutions that they say will stabilize the country in the long term.
Pakistani political analysts accuse the general of sometimes enacting policies that work at cross-purposes. They say that on one hand, he is mounting aggressive efforts to pursue Qaeda members hiding along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. But on the other, they say, General Musharraf has held back on cracking down on former Taliban and Islamic militants waging an insurgency in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, the disputed territory Pakistan and India have fought two wars over. Analysts say Pakistan must crack down on all militancy in the country.
On terrorism, the report noted, Pakistan nurtured the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The Pakistani Army and intelligence services, in particular, revealed an ambivalence toward confronting Islamic extremists and struggled to maintain good relations with the Taliban until September 2001, the report said.
On proliferation, Pakistan's record was equally problematic, the report said. The government, which claims not to trade in nuclear technology, insisted that it was unaware of the smuggling efforts of one of its most prominent citizens, A.Q. Khan, who is credited with making Pakistan a nuclear power.
Lastly, Pakistan has done little to resume democratic rule at the national level, the report said.
Such perceived shortcomings have been at the root of several difficult compromises the Bush administration has made, and which continue to this day. For example, despite strong indications that the Pakistani government knew of Mr. Khan's activities, the administration took General Musharraf at his word.
Ambivalence has long been a characteristic of United States-Pakistani relations, and the report detailed how the nations' alliance after Moscow's 1980 invasion of Afghanistan unraveled after the Soviets withdrew and was replaced by numerous American sanctions in the 1990's over Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons.
The report found that throughout much of the 90's, when the bin Laden threat intensified, American policy planners were primarily focused on the prospect of a South Asian war, and they did not challenge Pakistan on Afghanistan and Al Qaeda.
The relationship was steeped in suspicion. In 1998, the Clinton administration fired cruise missiles on bin Laden camps in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. No terrorist leaders were killed. Officials in Washington speculated that one or more Pakistani officials might have tipped off the Taliban or Al Qaeda, the report said.
Until Sept. 11, 2001, policy discussions in the Clinton and Bush administrations were largely about whether to impose new sanctions or to ease sanctions, the commission found.
Enlisting the cooperation of General Musharraf beyond lip service was a difficult task until the Qaeda attacks, according to the report.
But two days after the attacks, top Bush administration officials seeking an overarching antiterror strategy concluded that if Pakistan did not help the United States, it could fall in the sights of the American military. At the same time, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage met with the Pakistani ambassador and urged several concrete steps -- including stopping Qaeda operatives at its border, cooperating on intelligence and cutting off all shipments of fuel to the Taliban.
Pakistan made its decision swiftly. At a National Security Council meeting that afternoon, ''Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that President Musharraf had agreed to every U.S. request for support in the war on terrorism,'' the report said. Mr. Bush then ordered the Pentagon to draw up a military plan to strike the Taliban.Continue reading the main story


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If you liked the idea of Cover Feed but were against using the full Facebook Home setup you may want to grab this latest update. Facebook for Android has recently been updated and you can now do just that — use Cover Feed as your lockscreen without having to make the full Facebook Home commitment. Aside from enabling Cover Feed for non-Home users, there has also been some additional device support for Facebook Home.
With that in mind, the catch with using Cover Feed without using the Facebook Home launcher comes in with the device support. Basically, this option will only be available for those sporting a device that is supported by Home. This is where that additional device support comes in though.
Previous Home support was available for the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note II, HTC One X, HTC One X+ and HTC First. As of today support has been announced for the Samsung Galaxy S 4, HTC One and Nexus 4. Those with a supported device looking to get started should first make sure they have this latest version of Facebook installed.
From here it is a matter of heading into the Settings and scrolling all the way to the bottom and looking for the Home Settings section. This should have the "Use as lock screen" option and a simple check is all that is needed. Once checked Cover Feed will take over your lockscreen. And as we had seen with Facebook Home, this means quick access to unlock your device or to go the Messenger or the Camera with a swipe of your icon.
With that, the folks at Facebook have said they will "be slowly rolling this out over the next couple of days." Or in other words, if you want it and you don't see it just yet — check back.
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Maxine Waters Reclaiming Her Time Just Became Everyone's New Summer '17 Mantra
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters puts her foot down by reclaiming her time.
ELLE magazine is giving a final splash of summer with Victoria's Secret models, including Chanel Iman, covering their fall 2011 issue.
Chanel Iman rocks one of four covers that features Victoria's Secret girls Doutzen Kroes, Adriana Lima and Miranda Kerr, sporting '80s-inspired ensembles. The quartet of models were shot by Alexei Hay in Los Angeles for the bikini-clad shoot.
"These covers harken to what made ELLE ELLE: Shot outside, drenched in sunlight, color, and of course accessories," said editor-in-chief Robbie Myers. "The women look right back at you with all the personal and sexual confidence in the world."
The issue, which hits newsstands September 20, reminisces on the history of "the bombshell" and Iman gave her definition of what makes a woman worthy of the title. "Any woman who has a positive attitude about herself and carries herself with class but doesn't try too hard and say, ya know, 'Hey, look at me, I'm a bombshell,' is basically a bombshell. It's just a woman with a positive, strong attitude who knows she has it going on."
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California Congresswoman Maxine Waters puts her foot down by reclaiming her time.
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ORRVILLE -- Twenty years ago, a group of concerned community members came together to provide meals to Orrville residents less fortunate than them. Now two decades later, the grassroots organization Friendship Meals, Inc., continues to help meet the needs of its growing mission of preparing and serving hot food to those who need it.
When the non-profit organization first began at New Hope Christian Center on North Walnut Street, about 20 or so people would visit twice a week for a fresh hot meal, said board President Amy Hostetler. Now, two decades later, volunteers are serving at least 80 people at Christ United Church of Christ every Monday and Thursday, and sometimes seeing 100 people or more at a dinner.
"New Hope was such a smaller facility," Hostetler said. "We didn't have a dishwasher or anything. We would wash the dishes, rinse them with soap and bleach water. But now that we rent and we are a United Way agency, where a huge part of our funding comes from, we have a lot more available to us."
Oftentimes, Hostetler said, the community has the misconception that because Friendship Meals is located at a church, the organization is faith based, or open to only those involved with the church. But although many of its donations come from churches, anyone is invited to participate in the group's efforts.
In addition to the United Way and churches, Hostetler said the group's other funding comes from civic organizations, service clubs and individuals.
"We use what we can to make the most of our resources," Hostetler said. "We are never looking just for money, although that is always great. We never turn it down, but it is equally as great when volunteers come down here to serve or make a pan of brownies for us. It's just wonderful."
With no paid staff, Friendship Meals relies solely on volunteers to operate the organization. Although funds from the United Way help to purchase food, many individuals and businesses in the community lend a helping hand too.
"Sometimes people will just do nice things for us," Hostetler said. "A business bought a hog at the fair and donated that to us. As we have grown, the cost of everything of course has gone up. We try to serve a meal people who come wouldn't normally get, so we always have a meat, a veggie and various sides. They get enough chips and mac and cheese elsewhere."
Hunger doesn't always mean empty bellies, Hostetler said. A big part of the success of Friendship Meals is the camaraderie that has been built up between those who attend the dinners.
"A lot of times hunger can come in the form of loneliness," she said. "People aren't just making friendships with each other, but also with the volunteers. My husband got a birthday card this week from one of the people who comes to the dinners. When you open up your heart to them they really appreciate all that you do. This has become a real sharing experience."
Transportation to and from the meals can be difficult for some of the people who want to attend, but various organizations have stepped up to the plate to help ensure they are at the suppers. Churches, including Christian & Missionary Alliance, use their vans to pick up participants who are unable to drive, and many of the volunteers offer to transport those attending.
"We tried to pick a place that was centrally located so people could just get there on their own," Hostetler said. "We also often have children who will just show up by themselves. We want people to come and share a meal with us to see what we're all about. ... We have so many people who are helping make sure an absolutely wonderful organization stays that way."
As Friendship Meals approaches its 20th anniversary, it is looking for more people to become volunteers to meet its growing needs.
To make a donation or get involved, contact Hostetler at 330-682-7876 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Donations may also be dropped off on Mondays and Thursdays at Christ United Church of Christ, 301 N. Main St., after 1 p.m.
Dinners are served each Monday and Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and open to anyone.
Living editor Lydia Gehring may be reached at 330-287-1655 or firstname.lastname@example.com. She's lgehringTDR on Twitter.


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How is a standards-based grading different from a traditional report grading?
Standards-based grading differs from traditional grading in the sense that there are no averages calculated for an overall subject area. Instead, specific skills are evaluated within each subject to better inform parents, students and teachers about any areas requiring additional student growth toward achievement.
Why assess student progress through a standards-based grading?
A standards-based grading identifies how well a student is mastering each academic skill being taught and assessed in class. In a standards-based learning environment, teachers can specifically be able to identify student strengths and weaknesses, thereby permitting a more informed approach to individual student instruction.
What will a standards-based report card tell you about your child?
Standards-based grading is effective in informing parents about specific skill achievement as measured against state and grade level benchmarks. For example, instead of earning a "B" in reading, a student will be evaluated separately in skills such as predicting, inferring, and comparing/contrasting details.
Will student learning behaviors be assessed?
On a standards-based grading system, behaviors are not included in the assessment of a student's academic skills. Instead there is a separate area to assess learning behaviors.
How does a teacher know when a student has met a standard?
Criteria for determining the level of performance are outlined by the teacher to students using developed scoring guides based upon district and state standards.
How will this help students, parents, teachers, and the district?
Benefits to Students
- All students are held to the same standards across the district.
- Students are in charge of their growth and data while being focused to reach content standards (clear targets).
- Increased motivation due to goal setting, formative assessment and clear communicated descriptive feedback.
Benefits to Teachers
- Focus on standards.
- Increases communication at and across grade levels.
- Allows and enhances differentiated instruction for all students.
Benefits to Parents
- Gives specific skill areas for parents to reinforce at home.
- Consistency across the grade levels.
- Clear communication with teachers.


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Every year about this time, I start praying for fall to truly arrive. With the Gulf of Mexico water temperature hovering around 80 degrees right now, I know it will take another cold front or two to drop it to that magic number of 72. Sure, there are king mackerel scattered here and there, but the big smokers usually don't arrive until the weather turns nasty. There is an old adage among die-hard king mackerel fishermen that if it's cold, wet and windy, it must be time for a kingfish tournament.
King mackerel spend the summer months growing fat in the fertile fishing grounds in the northern parts of the Gulf of Mexico. In early October, large schools of these open-ocean hunters head south to the winter breeding grounds off the Florida Keys.
Anglers sometimes run as far as 100 miles offshore to the Middle Grounds in hopes of intercepting these tackle busters. When a cold front barrels in from the north and muddies the water, anglers know eventually the wind will clock around and blow out of the east. That is when the big kings hunker down within a sinker's toss of the beach.
The tourney gamble
The west coast of Florida typically experiences a dozen or more strong cold fronts each fall and winter. The first low pressure systems usually arrive in late October or early November, which is also peak season for kingfish tournaments.
For tournament organizers, planning is always a roll of the dice. If you schedule a tournament too early, the weather may be ideal, but the kings may not have yet arrived. Wait too long and the fish will be here in full force, but the weather may be so rough that most boats are forced to stay in port.
A big blow can also scatter the smaller fish that anglers rely on as bait.
Slim pickings
Winning tournament anglers fish exclusively with live bait. But after a strong cold front, captains can spend days looking for these fish.
The blue runners, shad, scaled sardines (commonly called whitebait), threadfin herring (commonly called greenbacks), cigar minnows, ladyfish, bluefish and Spanish mackerel that captains depend on can be difficult, if not impossible, to find.
That's when seasoned veterans rely on their depth recorders to mark patches of "hard bottom," the large limestone outcroppings that tend to attract bait. Even the smallest patch of rocks can hold bait. And where you find bait, you will find kingfish.
A winning strategy
But in the end, it all comes down to the weather. Anglers getting ready for next week's King of the Beach event are studying the extended forecast and fine-tuning a strategy that could help them win what could be the most competitive kingfish tournament on the west coast of Florida.
The KOB, as it is called, has a long and storied history. The prize structure is top notch, but the bragging rights that go along with victory, have no price tag.
Most of the gulf's wrecks and artificial reefs are well known to kingfish anglers, so those spots get hit hard by the charter boats during the week. Tournament anglers may choose to run to a secret spot, or stick close to home and fish with the pack.
Old-timers may choose to avoid the crowds and drop anchor close to the beach. They know the "smokers" — large fish that burn up reel drags — are often found close to land. Big fish tend to be loners or rogues that hang around the passes, where they can feed on the bait being swept to sea on an outgoing tide. These big fish are fat and lazy, and they don't want to work too hard for their food.
Only time will tell. Right now, all we can do is watch, wait and pray the weather and kings will cooperate.


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UNDP and the UN System
The United Nations Country Team in Kuwait works together to support the Government of Kuwait in meeting its national development goals, which were recently summarized by the Council of Ministers in the following 'Strategic Vision of Kuwait':
"Kuwait is a financial and commercial center, attractive to investors, where the private sector is leading the economy, creating competition and promoting efficiency, under the umbrella of enabling government institutions, which accentuate values, safeguard social identity, and realize human resource development as well as balanced development, providing adequate infrastructure, modern legislation and inspiring business environment."
In line with its expertise, the United Nations Country Team in Kuwait focuses in particular on supporting Kuwait institutions on the 'human' side of the development agenda, by prioritizing activities that can make an impact not just on how much economic wealth is generated, but also on how that economic wealth is mobilized and invested to better people's quality of life through education, healthcare, and a vibrant and diversified private sector which provides attractive and sustainable job opportunities.
The United Nations Country Team members have grown in the past year with the addition of the World Bank and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT), both of which opened resident offices in Kuwait in 2008. These newest members of the Kuwait UNCT join the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization of Migration (IOM), World food programme (WFP) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) all of which have been resident in Kuwait for many years.
The United Nations Country Team focuses on issues of common purpose where the agenda and scope of agencies' competencies coincide and where impact and development results can be greatly enhanced through common action. The two main themes for the UNCT in Kuwait in 2008 are promoting Gender Equality and promoting Fair Labour Policies and Practices. The Gender Thematic Group works together to ensure the mainstreaming of gender into the programmatic interventions and priorities of all of the agencies work in Kuwait and jointly sponsors national level advocacy and awareness raising events, such as the Family Law campaign conducted earlier in the year. In the Labour area, the UN Country Team, through the representation of the International Organization of Migration, serves as a co-secretariat of bi-monthly labour meetings.
The United Nations Resident Coordinator leads the UN Country Team and is the designated representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for development operations. In the case of Kuwait, the United Nations Resident Coordinator is also the UNDP Resident Representative.


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Bieber Petition After last week's arrest and other brushes with the law, Justin Bieber has a new headache. An online petition calling for the pop star to be deported to his native Canada is now headed to the White House. More than 100,000 people have signed it, which means President Obama must respond to their plea. The big question: Will Sasha and Malia weigh in.
A Thank You From Lorde Teen singing sensation Lorde followed up her double Grammy win with a full-page, handwritten thank you note to her fans. It was published in her hometown newspaper in New Zealand today. She wrote: "Without your support, there's no way I would ever have gotten to stand in the middle of the Staples Center and perform in my school shoes."


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Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
Discuss. I will put up a poll. Each player has cracked the top 100 in their careers, some of them even cracking the top 50 (michibata, snazjder, raonic). so go vote and discuss whos your favorite player and why? If he's not listed on the choice, vote other and specify why?
For me, I pick Daniel Nestor. I was always a fan of his serve and volley style tennis. Back in his late 20s, he was awesome and even made the 4th round at Wimbledon 1999. The best showing for a Canadian actually.
-Grant Connell was a top 3 doubles specialist in the world. He cracked the top 70 at his peak. He even made the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup and was instrumental in taking Canada to the Davis Cup world group for the first time ever.
-Glenn Michibata was also a doubles specilist and cracked top 50 in singles.
-Martin Laurendeau was a former top 100 player, the current Davis Cup coach and also made the 4th round at the US Open (best showing ever for a Canadian)
-Sebastien Lareau was a doubles specialist and a former top 100 player. He was the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam in doubles at the 1999 US Open. He also captured the gold metal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics with Nestor.
-Frank Dancevic is a former top 100 player and made the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup. He is also two time finalist on the ATP Level and played a key role in helping Canada qualify for Davis Cup world group in 2005.
-Andrew Snazjer is a former top 50 player and at one time, was the highest ranked Canadian player ever. He also made the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in 1989.
-Vasek Pospisil is a former top 100 player and is currently in the top 200. He was instrumental in helping Canada qualify for the Davis Cup world group.
-Milos Raonic is our current no.1 player and by far, our most accomplished singles player ever. He is also the highest ranked player ever. He has won 3 titles so far, the most so far if you don't include Greg Rusedski. He is Canada's best hope in a long time to win a Grand Slam in singles.
There are also other Canadian players who played the game as well, former top 100 & 200 players like Chris Pridham, Martin Wostenholme, Frederic Niemeyer, Albert Chang, Simon Larose, Rejean Genois, Kevin Carpenter, Robert Bedard, etc.
I don't mention Rusedski simply because he switched from Canada to Great Britain.
anyways, discuss. whos your favorite all time player?
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
For me it's Peter Polansky
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
I didn't get to see most guys in the poll, since I have really only followed tennis since 2006.
My vote would go to Erik Chvojka.
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Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
I'll go with Grant Connell. Great Davis Cup effort against the Netherlands in 1990, and again against Gustafsson in 1992. I'm also allowing myself to give him credit for what he did after he stopped playing, like being Davis Cup captain and his work for the Canadian Open. Nestor deserves a lot of votes as well.
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
I've only followed tennis maybe since 04 so I basically only know the current crop of players. I'd have to say Dancevic is probably the one who's results I've been more nervous about throughout the years, he was the top player for quite a while. Now a days I don't care for him as much as others, but all time it's probably him.
Filip will soon be getting up there though. I like how he's very open with his fans, talks t them on twitter, joined that forum a couple months back to answer questions, etc. Plus he seems like he could be a fairly good player in the future, had quite an awesome year this year.
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
Vasek of course, most talented and nicest to watch.
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
For me it is Peter Polansky. :)
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
You said before that it's Peter, but didn't say why.
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
As for talent, what does talent mean for you? Is it something that you are saying a player is born with? Or is it developed? How does it work?
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
Like for me tennis came pretty natural, I have/had a high hand eye ability, and that helps a lot with tennis, tennis was always the sport I was best at, I probably had a decent natural ability for tennis too, not the most naturally athletic maybe though.
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Natural tennis ability is really just structured practice. A player practices for 10,000 hours for example, his game looks natural, but that isn't talent, it is practice.
Athletic ability is something that is worked on and can be affected hugely by what an individual does. Basketball Canada has a program called the long-term athlete development plan, which can be found below. Again, with some guidance, this is hard work.
LTAD: http://www.basketball.ca/ltad-s15158
I don't really know what you mean by sporting ability? Do you mean mental training? That is again discussed in the LTAD for basketball, I am sure tennis coaches have something similar. I don't coach tennis.
Hand-Eye Ability is spacial awareness, and again is developed by hard work.
There is no such this as talent. Talent is a word that is used by those who did not work hard enough for whatever reason (often out of their control), or those who did not have proper coaching at the proper age. There is of course some luck involved in becoming a top athlete, for example, height, eyesight, things like that, but hard work is what produces what we see, not a magical thing called talent. :)
Re: Who's your all time favorite Canadian player?
Players like Tsonga and Monfils have natural athletic ability.
If you think that it's all just hard work then why does Ferrer have to work much harder than most players to be a good player, it's cause he doesn't have very good natural ability no matter how much work he puts in, he'll never have for instance a FH as good as Rafa's no matter how hard he tries, it just won't happen cause Rafa has a natural ability to do what he does, something that just can't be taught or worked on, that's just down to ability, not how much work is done, Rafa can simply do things Ferrer can't, not every player can do everything, there are limits to their abilities.
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"I have such special memories of my grandmother Mimi in the kitchen cooking and baking, all dressed up. My favorite cookies were her pecan crescents," says Barbara Hartwig of Sherwood, Wisconsin. "I am most fortunate to have her original recipe card. We still use it every year."
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- 1 cup pecans (4 ounces)
- 2 sticks salted butter, softened
- 1 (1-pound) box confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
- Special equipment: a pastry cloth
- Pulse pecans in a food processor until finely ground (being careful not to grind to a paste). Beat butter with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy, then add 5 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until smooth. Beat in water and vanilla, then flour and nuts, beating on low speed until blended well. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- On a lightly floured pastry cloth, roll level teaspoons of dough into 3-inch ropes, tapering ends. Curve each roll, as formed, into a crescent and arrange crescents 1 inch apart on greased baking sheets. Bake in batches in middle of oven until pale golden, 12 to 14 minutes. While cookies are baking, sift remaining confectioners sugar into a shallow bowl. As cookies are done, transfer, a few at a time, to sugar and gently toss to coat, tapping off excess. (Sugar will melt slightly onto hot cookies.) Cool cookies on a rack. If you want sugar coating to be white and powdery, toss cookies in confectioners sugar again when cool
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- Carbohydrates7 g(2%)
- Fat3 g(4%)
- Protein0 g(1%)
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- Sodium15 mg(1%)
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Chrispian H. Burks is proposing a new Indie Blog Network and wants your opinions and feedback.
Duncan has registered Weblogs Empire as a domain and is blogging about his new network's developments.
9 Rules Network has been busily adding blogs to their network this week – with a total of 22 blogs now involved.
Due to the increased talk of blogging networks I've added a Blog Network Category to this blog – this being the first post. I'm sure it will be a busy category over the coming year as new networks are born and push into new territory.
Nick Denton and Gawker Media are featured in the New York Times today in an article on his network.


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how do build an atomizer nozzle?
If the liquid is too viscus to vaporize threw a small hole, then maybe if the stream hits a barrier to break up the droplets (like in the drip oil-burners in some pottery kilns).
I ask what is the liquid, because it will make a difference? L
we are building a pulse jet btw
Technical paper on oil-mist injection
Attached is a picture of a valved pulse jet engine (1 = air, 2 = fuel, 3 = valve close and bang, 4 = exhaust).
An injector can handle extreme heat, pressure and sprays hectic fine.
Grab one cheaply at a scrap yard, wire it up and there you go.
An atomizer does not make a very good flamethrower. The problem is that all the fuel vaporizes at the source and the operator gets burned. So what you're think is probably going to backfire.


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AS A JUNIOR...Armstrong competed in his
third year as a three-sport athlete at Emmanuel...consistently
finished in the top two for the Saints' Men's Cross Country
Team...kicked off the season with a personal best 5k in Emmanuel's
opening dual-meet at the Fens, running 17:07.10...ran his personal
best 5-miler at Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Travis Fuller
Invitational on September 10th with a time of 26:48, placing 3rd
overall and helping the Saints to a team win...helped lead the 2010
squad to a 2nd place finish in the Great Northeast Athletic
Conference Championship...named the team's Unsung Hero and received
the Emmanuel Men's Cross Country Academic Achievement Award in
2010...named to the GNAC Academic All-Conference Team...served as
the Saints' team captain for the second-straight year... named the
team's captain again for the 2011 season.
AS A SOPHOMORE...Armstrong captained the team...was Emmanuel's top finisher throughout the season...was named the GNAC Runner of the Week on 9/12/09...was named to the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll on 9/28/09...named GNAC All-Conference after finishing in the top ten at the GNAC Championship Meet at Rivier College... helped the Saints to a 4th place team finish in the GNAC Championship...also competed in Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field for the Saints.
AS A FRESHMAN...Armstrong was the Emmanuel Men's Cross Country Team's top runner throughout his rookie season...kicked off his collegiate career by setting a new program-record at Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Travis Fuller Invitational with a time of 27:06...was subsequently named the GNAC's Performer of the Week on 9/15/08...ran 1st for the Saints at the GNAC Championship with a time of 29:22, leading Emmanuel to a 5th place team finish...voted Emmanuel's MVP as a rookie...also competed in Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field for the Saints.
Major: Global Studies with a double minor in Economics and Political Science
Favorite Movie: Lion King
Favorite Book: Dr. Seuss
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Dassault Systemes has acquired SIMPACK, a simulation company based in Munich that specializes in multiphysics technology solutions.
This allows Dassault to expand its multiphysics simulation technology and include multi-body mechatronic systems, from virtual concept validation to real-time experience.
"SIMPACK is gaining market share today and it will be strengthened by its technological, commercial and operational synergies with Dassault Systèmes. SIMPACK has always provided product designers and consumers with a physical experience of a new product long before it comes into production. We have similar technology-driven cultures and a shared long-term commitment to scientific excellence," said Alex Eichberger, founder and CEO, SIMPACK. "We will join forces and technologies to provide superior virtual and physical experiences, expanding industry solution experiences for transportation & mobility, aerospace & defense, and other industries."
For more information, visit Dassault Systemes.
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.


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The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost periodically publishes reports of interest to the campus community. The office also contributes to numerous reports prepared by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa.
SVPP Reports
- 2015-2016 Academic Affairs Diversity and Inclusion Report
- 2016-2017 Academic Affairs Diversity and Inclusion Report
Recent Board of Regents Reports
- June 2015 Accreditation Reports
- 2014-2015 Distance Education Report
- 2015 Biennial Faculty Activities Report
- 2013-2014 Report on Faculty Resignations
- 2015-2016 Annual Governance Report on Faculty Tenure
- Annual Report on Student Graduation and Retention Rates
A listing of all Board of Regents Reports, including archives of the reports listed above, visit www.regents.iowa.gov/Reports/reports.html


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Welcome to Golder Associates in Hungary
Established in Hungary since 1992, we provide consulting, design and construction services to a broad range of local, national, European and international clients. Our clients benefit from our depth of knowledge and experience, which is supported by an enthusiastic and energetic approach to all that we do.
We help our clients with innovative, reliable and cost-efficient environmental and geotechnical solutions. We act with strong integrity and with care for the environmental impact of our advice. We appreciate and respect the value of multi-faceted backgrounds, experience and personalities both among our staff and in relationships with our clients.
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R-P 280Rem Cases
I opened a single box of MidwayUSA bulk brass (100) rds) last evening, I weighed all cases and found the weight of the cases varied from 192.5 - 203+ grns. I recently purchased a new Ruger Hawkeye 280Rem that I will work up a load for in the next few weeks. Do you think the OCW method of working up a load negate this much weight variance of this lot of brass. I have another 900 plus rounds of bulk R-P brass purchased several years ago from another source that I weighed that was far more uniform in weight. The obvious question is would the intial MidwayUSA lot of brass (without separating the brass in to lots) develope an accurate load just by using the brass as they came out of the box? William
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Angel Feathers Appearing Out Of 'thin Air'.
Hi. I am a Christian and as is normal Christianity I have experienced the spiritual realm and continue to do so. I have conversed with angels, have dreams and visions of Jesus Christ and heaven. Firstly I would like to tell about one of the most unbelievably believable incidences I have experienced. I have never doubted my own eyes before this happened.
I was 20 years old and have been a Christian since I was a child. I attended a church meeting in Abbotsford in Canada led by a man called Todd Bentley. On the first night of the conference whilst the worship was playing I was at the front and noticed about 9 feathers falling. There was a huge commotion and my first thought was 'how embarrassing, there must be a bird caught in the air conditioning or something'. Then I looked up to see where the feathers were falling from. I could not believe my eyes. The room was about 40 feet high, about 10 feet below the ceiling there were feathers appearing, forming out of thin air, I kid you not. To this day my logical mind can't get to grips with this but my memory tells me otherwise. Todd Bentley said he saw an angel about 30 foot tall and he was manifesting these feathers as a sign. As I was taller than most people there I reached up and got a feather, to this day I still have it.
It's true that not all Christians open their eyes to see the wonders that occur in the world around them. I found your story very heart warming by the way :) I as well, am a Christian and have experienced some things as well. However, catching an Angel's feather would absolutely be an incredible experience.

Thanks for sharing your experience- God bless :)
Beautiful Story.. We have recently and still occasionally see Feathers falling from thin Air at our past residence. We are not Christians and do not wish to partake on any Religious Battles with anyone. Although I can hold my own. My point in speaking ANYONE who LOVE God can see and receive these miraculous Feathers. As I have not been to a church in years. I call upon Angels of Love and Light, and they appear, with their warmth and closeness. Any one can call on them! I believe at one time when times were a bit rough..We saw them fall everyday just about..More then once a day. We don't see them as much.. but they still Fall! Love GOD and keep your 100% pure Angels near..As your Guardians Angels are always and will be, just ask them to come closer.
Why would a large beautiful feather be laying in the hall of a mans hospital room when he is about to die. All I know is I now own that feather and that man didnt die after all but his condition states that he should have been dead. Thank You GOD!!!
Def suggest you grasp what hezpa said and ask god about that!
A skeptic would have no trouble dismissing your experience as hoax or fantasy. I myself have had some limited personal experience with physical manifestations of the supernatural world. Typically' if someone wasn't there (& maybe if they were) they wouldn't believe it. Thats the nature of it.

As a side note, I have not encountered many christians open to mystical experiences. You should cultivate this state of mind as it will open many doors into a deeper awareness of both the nature of your faith and your roll in it.
Wow! is there oxygen on ur world of christian MYTHOLOGY?
Fab story! thank you for sharing!! :-) xxxxxxxx
... I don't think that's normal for Christianity... I myself have only had one dream where I talked to God, and I'm still not entirely sure that it wasn't the result of too many nachos before bed.

But that's still too cool...


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Each day, workers at the candy kitchen (inside the Candy Palace) make different handmade treats. Guests can call and find out what candy will be made the day of their visit by calling (714) 781-0112.
The pre-recorded message is changed weekly.
Delight in this delicious destination for scrumptious sweets.
This place is all about the homemade! You know they're famous for their homemade candy canes during the holiday season, but they're making homemade candy — front-and-center — every single day of the year here.
From fudge and pecan rolls to molasses sponge and rocky road, there's always something brewing at the Candy Palace — and you can buy freshly made packages of your nostalgic favorites.
The best part, though, is watching the candy makers. The huge windows around the candy kitchen offer guests the opportunity to watch them make magic, and big, descriptive signs let you know exactly what they're making inside.
After working in the Candy Palace for 38 years, Disneyland park candy maker Rob McHargue truly knows his way around a kitchen.
The updated Candy Kitchen has double the square footage as before, providing more viewing space – a bigger window of opportunity to see the candy makers at work.
A pass-through window, more counter space, a kitchen stock room and a second copper kettle were also added. The kitchen produces approximately 63 different items year-round. Lucky for me, they happened to be making my favorite toffee treats during my visit.
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Sorry for being such a stranger! Life keeps getting in the way of blogging. As I mentioned in my last post, I'll be doing a few nail wheel post while I try and get my nails back in shape.
Today I have my grey to light blue & turquoise polishes up for comparison.
I have a thing for these kind of shades... I *may* have left out
1. Butter London Victoriana
2. OPI I Have a Herring Problem
3. Butter London Lady Muck
4. Cult Nails Princess
5. China Glaze Sea Spray
6. Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau
7. Essie Mint Candy Apple
8. Models Own Bloo Boo
9. OPI What's With The Cattitude
10. Color Club Factory Girl
11. Suzy Shier unnamed polish
12. Zoya Wednesday
13. Cult Nails Manipulative
14. China Glaze For Audrey
15. OPI Mermaids Tears
16. China Glaze Electric Beat
17. Essie Bikini So Teeny
18. NOPI Nothing Kim-pared to Blue
My Top 3 Picks:
1. China Glaze For Audrey (#14)
2. Essie Bikini So Teeny (# 18)
3. OPI Mermaid Tears (#15)
Which blue is your favourite?
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Today I scheduled my BBL with Dr. Salama for July 19. I wanted it sooner but because of work and the fact that my mother in flying down with me I had to choose July. I'm a 25y.o. mother of a 16 month old and my body hasn't been the same since my delivery. Even before I had my daughter I wanted surgery done but it wasn't a priority because I was still in shape with a nice body... READ MORE
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@wantabooty817 I totally agree the butt has nothing to do with a persons weight. being overweight shouldnt give someone a uneven dented booty. READ COMMENT
From the last email I got from Ruben Dr. Salama does not do free touch ups. A touch up can be anywhere between 1500-3500 depending how much touching up needs to be done. Pluse the facility fee $500 and anesthesia $450. READ COMMENT
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Wednesday, September 15, 1999 Published at 12:34 GMT 13:34 UK
World: Asia-Pacific
Troops gear up for Timor
Australia is preparing to lead the multi-national UN force
By Defence Correspondent Jonathan Marcus
Speed is now vital, not just to begin the process of restoring order in East Timor, but also to bring food and humanitarian aid to many thousands of people who have fled their homes.
Light armoured vehicles have already been loaded onto a transport ship. And a high speed catamaran and supply vessel are both on stand-by off the Australian port of Darwin.
From there it is only some 850km by sea to East Timor's principal city - Dili.
The mandate for the multi-national force is robust; and with good reason. The final make-up of the force is not clear. But it may ultimately involve contributions from several countries.
Anti-Australian sentiment
But Australian troops will probably constitute its largest element and they are likely to arrive first. Nobody can be certain as to the situation they will find on the ground.
Some Australian newspapers have voiced unease at the anti-Australian sentiments that have been whipped up by some Indonesian politicians over recent days.
The multi-national force - expected eventually to number some six to seven thousand - could face a tough job.
The UN resolution expresses the hope of close co-operation between the peacekeepers and the Indonesian military.
This may well be the critical issue. Will elements of the Indonesian military continue to support the anti-independence militias, or will they withdraw from the scene allowing the Australian-led force to get on with its job unhindered?


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Sorry to disturb with mouse
I just want a small information about mouse and linux. Do the scrolling property of mouse work in linux? I hv got linux 7.2 (Enigma).
Yes, but you have to activate it manually. Open the file (as root) /etc/X11/XF86Config and skip to the section that looks like this:
Section "InputDevice"
BTW you are not using linux 7.2 but Red Hat Linux 7.2, a distribution of linux.
You should have searched LQ before asking. This has been asked on numerous occasions and has been discussed to shreds. With that said, Yes it does.
Is your mouse ps2 or usb
if it is ps2 then all you need to do is
open up /etc/X11/XF86Config in any editor(vi etc)
move down to the section on mouse
Change the line
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Also add the line
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Thanks Meldar and LinuxLala for posting, But I am not able to find the section "input Device".
There is a section "pointer"
protocol "PS/2"
device "/dev/psaux"
ZAxisMapping 4 5
I changed PS/2 to IMPS/2
still I do not find any change.
Can u help me out
Yes the pointer section is the one i was talking about.
IMPS/2 is fine but you see the ZAxisMapping thing
First of all, there should be an Option before it. Next, it along with the values, 4 and 5 should be in quotes, like this
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Make this change and then see.
And oh, you will need to restarrt the X server to get those changes to take effect. A simple logout into the command line and then again a startx :)
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FINALLY after another half hour of telephone tag I got thru.
Seems the SECURITY guards need a bit of training.
Customer service informs me that they had a 3 week (!!) BATF Audit and as a result they are no longer able to accept firearms "at the door" for other than warrantee repair or if delivered by a LEO for non-warrantee repair.
Individual owners are not welcome at the door to drop off repairs.
The guard sent my friend away with only the news that they would not serve an individual. He did not add the following: You can SHIP firearms in for repair. You cannot drop them off save for the above matters.
The Customer service rep indicated that they would retrain their guards, but "well, you know, they are only guards and what do you really expect...".
Also seems that BATFE was not too happy about the quality of the logbook for repairs... thus they are only accepting firearms by UPS, so leave that to be what it is.
Still not "completely" gruntled... but better.
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Last time we left you with one option for making sure that your affairs are in order. This week we are going to take a look at some more practical suggestions.
Once you have had your Estate Planning Documents prepared and executed, you need to make sure that they are organized, safeguarded, and communicated.
One suggestion is to use Letters of Instructions. While your Last Will & Testament states to whom you wish your real and personal property to be distributed upon your death, a Letter of Instructions is a more informal document for which your family will be thanking you. Be sure to include not just names, but addresses and account numbers as appropriate.
Financial Details: You can reduce the stress on your family or executor if you have a complete list of all of your accounts, assets, and liabilities. It is difficult for your property to be divided, if it can't be found.
o Income
o Bank Accounts – Checking and Savings
o Pension Plans
o Brokerage Accounts
o Retirement Accounts
o Insurance Policies
o Safety Deposit Boxes
o Business Ownership or Interest
o Mortgage / Loans
Location of Official Papers
o Social Security Cards
o Marriage Certificates
o Birth Certificates
Your Advisors – Name, Address, and Telephone number
o Attorneys
o Accountants
o Insurance
o Doctors
o Religious
List of Family and Friends you want to be notified of your death – Name, Address, and Telephone number
Any animals or personal property that would need immediate attention upon your death
Any arrangements you have made regarding anatomical gifts
Funeral Wishes
o Beliefs or ideas you want expressed
o Pre-paid funeral plan information
o Service details that are important to you – who to officiate, what songs to be played, a charity to receive donations
Specific Personal Property Distribution. You can mitigate much of the family disagreements that arise by naming individual objects for particular people.
o Jewelry
o Furniture
o Photos
While you are the one responsible for creating and maintaining your Estate Plan, it is actually for the benefit of the loved ones you leave behind. Include as much detail in your Estate Plan as possible. Open the lines of communication today to avoid uncertainty in the future.


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Brownies (Family: Homunculus)EditThese kindly and dependable creatures (also called lobs, hobs or, if female, silkies) attach themselves to human households, where they help with chores and protect the well-being of people living on "their" land.
Fiercely loyal, brownies will defend a home and its surrounding estate from burglars and goblins. They live somewhere on the land they protect, perhaps in an abandoned barn, an unused closet, or within the walls. Despite their love of cleanliness, brownies are rather shabby in appearance, often going shoeless or wholly unclothed. Even so, they expect no payment other than scraps of food and a bowl of milk left out at night; in fact, further gifts are likely to induce adverse effects.
Shuffling sounds at night can be a sign of a brownie; the careful observer may be able to spy one at work if he or she can sneak up quietly enough. Even if not actually seen, the brownie may disappear in the middle of completing a task, leaving proof in the form of half-finished mopping or partially washed dishes.Unusual organization of items is also common in houses with brownies. A brownie may alphabetize books by the middle initial of the author's names or file records by the titles of favorite songs[[Skifflewhim|]]'Industrious themselves, even the gentlest of brownies hates laziness in others. If taken advantage of, or otherwise ill-used, the brownie may become a boggart.thumb|link=Unusual organization of items is also common in houses with brownies. A brownie may alphabetize books by the middle initial of the author's names or file records by the titles of favorite songs[[Skifflewhim|]]'Industrious themselves, even the gentlest of brownies hates laziness in others. If taken advantage of, or otherwise ill-used, the brownie may become a boggart.
Known speciesEdit
- Common House Brownie (Custos domesticus)
Additional facts from Aurthur SpiderwickEditTo get evidence of Brownie activity in your house, you can scatter sugar or flour on the floor, which may obtain small footprints the next morning. The only problem with this method is that the Lob might just clean up the mess. A favorite Brownie food is porridge, which can be used to obtain a Brownie in your house if you do not already have one.
Apparently, there is an organization called the Society of Brownie Fanciers, who specialize on keeping Brownies as "pets". (From care and feeding of sprites not aurthur spiderwicks...)
Known BrowniesEdit
Thimbletack was apparently the most famous Brownie/Boggart, and was highly involved in the adventures of the Grace children.Arthur Spiderwick studied a Brownie called Tam Turtledove while working with the Field Guide. He also encountered another one called Dandersnuff. Skifflewhim was also a Brownie, however he turned into a Boggart.
Behind the scenesEditIn English and Scottish folklore, a Brownie or Urisk is a small house spirit that helps with chores.
The folklore Brownie resembles the folklore Hobgoblin. In folklore, the term "Hob" is used loosely to designate many benevolent household Faeries. This seems to be reflected in Spiderwick, as the Field Guide clearly says that both Brownies and Hobgoblins are otherwise known as Hobs.
In addition to turning invisible, brownies are also able to shape-shift into similarly sized creatures and have mild telekinesis.
- The Field Guide (First appearance)
- The Seeing Stone
- Lucinda's Secret (Mentioned only)
- The Wrath of Mulgarath
- Notebook for Fantastical Observations
- Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide
- Care and Feeding of Sprites (Mentioned only)
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You're right...Of course there's more 3-star guys than 5 star guys. This is making my point. The poster was making a facetious remark about getting another 3-star recruit. What the ratio of 3-star draftees vs. 5-star. That was question not how many coming out of HS.


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The Tampa Bay area offers an eclectic mix of strong and powerful big-business companies that compete right along side of the local 'mom n' pop' shops. While Tampa offers several ways for innovative business leaders to connect with one another, it is not always on an even playing field.
As part of the Social Madness challenge for the Tampa Bay Business Journal, Webhead Interactive is hosting a contest starting June 1, 2012: "Giving Local a Leg Up." This is an excellent opportunity for those mom n' pop businesses to enhance their digital marketing efforts with the help from one of Tampa's leading SEO firms, Webhead Interactive. Karrie Mueller, Co-Founder and Chief SEO Strategist, and Chris Mueller, Co-Founder, will be awarding one Tampa-based company a free SEO package, valued at $5,000!
The Giving Local a Leg Up contest will end June 18, 2012 at 12:00am. Enter the contest by submitting a video (no longer than 2 min) on our Facebook page telling us why your company deserves to win. The winner will be announced on June 19, 2012.


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"Biological Futures in a Globalized World" Addresses Challenges Posed by Explosion of Biological Knowledge
Enormous growth in biological knowledge during the past 100 years or so – and increasing worldwide use of that information to manipulate and build living systems – pose unique opportunities and challenges for the scientific community and humanity at large: Potential risks include engineered biological organisms, proliferations of infectious disease, human manipulation of the biosphere for food and fuel, and of the human genome sequence in reproductive technology.
To help foster better thinking about such issues, the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington is working in partnership with the Center for Biological Futures (CBF) at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to bring together faculty and graduate students in the social sciences and humanities with scientists and to lay the groundwork for a sustained program of interdisciplinary research and training. The joint initiative, Biological Futures in a Globalized World, is hosted and co-organized by the Simpson Center, and is supported for a pilot via primary funding from the Innovation fund of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
The founder of the CBF, Roger Brent, a molecular biologist and UW affiliate professor of Genome Sciences, is working with Alison Wylie, UW professor of philosophy and anthropology, the founder of the vigorous cross-campus and inter-institutional Science Studies Network. Biological Futures in a Globalized World activities launched this summer with a multidisciplinary research group bringing together four UW faculty fellows and two CBF postdoctoral fellows. It continues through the 2011-2012 academic year with a public colloquia series.
The first was held at the Simpson Center on October 10, 2011. Moderated by Wylie, the panel included Matthew Sparke, professor of geography and the Jackson School of International Studies, Leah Ceccarelli, professor of communication, and Gaymon Bennett, a CBF fellow at the Hutchinson Center. Their topics ranged from global health and South Lake Union as a hub for biotechnology, to ethics and the practices of synthetic biology, to word use—focusing on the metaphor of "the frontier" in debates about research priorities in the biological sciences.
Upcoming colloquia discussions will take place on Monday, November 7, 2011, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. at the Simpson Center and Monday, December 5, 2011, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. at the Hutchinson Center.
Biological Futures in a Globalized World will also spearhead a research ethics and integrity initiative to develop an integrated education and training program for biological and non-medical scientists that cultivates an appreciation of the human dimensions and impacts of their work. Other planned activities include faculty workshops, graduate seminars, and an integrated science, technology, and society studies web portal.
"Our goals are to establish an interdisciplinary network of scholars and scientists who have the expertise to enhance our understanding of complex issues surrounding biological futures, and to lay the foundations for a sustained program of substantial research and education that puts us in a position to address them effectively," Wylie said.


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SAO PAULO: Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole position for Sunday's championship showdown Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday as he and his McLaren team upstaged the title fighters and locked out the front row for the fourth time this year.
In his final qualifying session for the team before leaving to join Mercedes next year, the 27-year-old Britain clocked a fastest lap of one minute and 12.458 seconds to outpace fellow Briton Jenson Button by one-tenth of a second.
The dazzling performance from the two McLaren men left championship contenders, defending champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull down in fourth and his title rival, two-time champion Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, in eighth.
Both of them were out-qualified by their team-mates Australian Mark Webber, who was third for Red Bull, and Brazilian Felipe Massa who was fifth-fastest on his home track for Ferrari.
Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado was sixth for Williams ahead of German Nico Hulkenberg of Force India with Finn Kimi Raikkonen taking ninth spot on the grid for Lotus ahead of German Nico Rosberg of Mercedes.
Rosberg's team-mate and compatriot seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, 43, and heading into retirement after his final race on Sunday, was down in 14th place.
Hamilton's pole was his first in Brazil, his seventh this year and the 26th of his career and helped the team to a record 67th front row lockout in Formula One.
He had pledged he would do all he could to depart McLaren with a win in his 110th and final race and did all he could to set it up.


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Impressive, Ghost! I'm familiar with the bow and arrow. My cousin, Gage, has a bow and arrow and we go outside and practice for the weekends. It's been awhile but i plan to get on it again. Also, this thread gives me a idea for a thread.
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My hobby besides gaming is flintknapping. Really really relaxing and there are oodles of material available just lying everywhere on the ground where i live. Plus, there is an obsidian supplier not far so if i want to make something from obsidian i can. I gotta give you props for the archery though. I know the samurai style bow is way different than the western style people are used too. Mainly its size and the fact that you hold it at the 1/3rd point rather the half. i've shot a traditional samurai bow before. Its pretty difficult to use, but is very satisfying.
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Press Release: Landec Corporation Schedules First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Earnings Release for September 29, 2009 and Conference Call for September 30, 2009
MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Landec Corporation (NASDAQ:LNDC) announced today that it will report financial results for first quarter ended August 30, 2009, after market close on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The news release will be followed the next morning, Wednesday, September 30, 2009, by a teleconference and webcast open to all interested parties at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The teleconference can be accessed by calling 866-282-2519 or 703-639-1263. Please log in 5-10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call. This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Landec's web site at www.Landec.com on the Investor Relations page. The webcast will be available for 30 days through October 30, 2009. A replay of the teleconference will be available for one week until midnight Eastern Time, Wednesday, October 7, 2009, by calling 888-266-2081 or 703-925-2533. The access code for the replay is 1395388. For further information, please call Greg Skinner (650) 261-3677. The webcast is also being distributed over Thomson/CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through Thomson's individual investor center at www.fulldisclosure.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in Thomson's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments(R) (Fidelity.com) and others. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). StreetEvents allows institutional investors to identify, organize, and track the hundreds of conference calls that occur each day during earnings season, to download events of interest to their Outlook calendar, and to RSVP to events online. Landec is a materials science company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells temperature-activated and other specialty polymer products for a variety of food, agricultural and licensed partner applications. Landec's core polymer products are based on its patented proprietary Intelimer® polymers which differ from other polymers in that they can be customized to abruptly change their physical characteristics when heated or cooled through a pre-set temperature switch. These proprietary polymers are tailored for specific changes at specific temperatures, enabling unique and differentiating product advantages for targeted growth market applications. For more information visit Landec's website at www.landec.com.
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|"Obama garden" in 2009
Part of his effort to win that race was spending other people's money--taxpayer cash, of course. He arranged for a group controlled by a campaign contributor, Kenny B. Smith, to receive a $100,000 state grant create a garden in the crime-ridden Englewood neighborhood--which was not in his state Senate district, but it was in that congressional district.
Little work was done--and by 2008 the garden consisted of a Home Depot-type gazebo and lots of weeds.
What should have been a lesson for Obama--government is not adept at spending money wisely--was lost on him. Obama has gone from throwing away $100,000 to hundreds of billions of dollars on such boondoggles as Solyndra and pricey car batteries. Sadly for taxpayers, Obama is a prisoner of his left-wing big government ideology.
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
◆ The housing association's board had hired K.D. Contractors — owned by Smith's wife, Karen D. Smith — as its subcontractor for the garden. The company, which the association claimed was the low bidder on the project, was to oversee construction including a $20,000 catch basin, $20,000 of drain tile and $18,600 of sewer pipe. But the only improvements on the garden site as of 2008 appeared to be that some trees had been cut down and a gazebo — which wasn't part of the original grant agreement — had been built.Over four years after the investigation of the garden started, Illinois' attorney general is still investigating this mess. And the state wants its money back. Perhaps it can ask Obama for some stimulus cash to cover his 2001 mistake. After all, it is free money when the government pays, right?
◆ Smith wrote $65,000 in checks from the grant proceeds directly to his wife, whom he later said hired another subcontractor to do the bulk of the work. He wrote another $20,000 in grant-related checks to his wife's company, which has since gone out of business.
◆ The subcontractor identified by Smith, a man named Rodolfo Marin, told the Sun-Times in 2008 that his company, Marin Construction, did only about $3,000 of work at the site, leveling it with a Bobcat earthmover and cutting down trees.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, which oversaw the garden grant and hundreds of others like it, questioned the hiring of Smith's wife's company in late 2003 but months later signed off on the way the grant money was spent, records show. The state agency retained the right, though, to recoup the grant funds if it found future evidence of "ineligible expenditures" or "fraudulent or false" information.
In 2011, I visited the garden--it was fixed up a bit. But by another organization and it didn't even cost $10,000.
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It gives IT managers peace of mind by monitoring the status of their IT systems 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Mounting pressure on the National Grid from increased demand for power, including major construction projects such as the 2012 Olympics, has resulted in more frequent power failures. Reports from Parliament suggest that in the last five years, businesses in England and Wales have experienced approximately 96 million unplanned power interruptions. Achieving business continuity has become a top priority for IT managers, and to do that they need real-time information about how their systems are performing.
A recent disaster recovery survey by Symantec found the main concern for nearly half of the respondents was the actual cost of downtime. According to Jeff Wilson, principal analyst at Infonetics research, the cost of downtime equates to an average of 3.6% of a companys annual revenue or £36,000 for a business with a £1m turnover.
IT managers can use REMO (remoalert.co.uk) to receive automatic alerts by SMS or email. REMO can monitor low fuel levels in diesel generators, battery charge levels, system temperatures and overloads, as well as mains grid failures and other critical information.
Downtime has a huge affect on all areas of a business from the IT systems and equipment, to employee productivity and revenue. That is why we are now offering REMO as standard with many of our UPS installations. It gives our customers an earlier warning of potential problems so they can act faster and reduce the impact of faulty equipment or mains failure, said Tom Sperrey, Managing Director, UPS Systems plc. By continually monitoring equipment, REMO ensures an IT infrastructure is protected 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and our engineers are always on call, ready to help our customers keep their businesses up and running.
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Eclipse Ganymede: Rich Ajax Platform focuses on users
The latest release of the Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform provides functionality to make end users' jobs easier by providing them with a consistent look-and-feel in a customizable user interface.
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code named Ganymede, which is scheduled for this Wednesday, June 25. Find the rest of the series here.
The end user experience is the focus of new presentation and role-based functionality in this week's release of the Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP).
To keep the look-and-feel of the application consistent, RAP allows developers to define the presentation elements, such as tab shapes or toolbar colors, which are then automatically applied to all additional modules, explained Jochen Krause, project lead. This is particularly helpful when integrating code developed outside your Ajax project.
"The idea of Eclipse has always been to be an integration platform," said Krause, who is CEO of Innoopract GmbH, which specializes in Eclipse-based technology. "Very often you don't provide everything out of the box that the end user is using, so you have the possibility to add more things."
But as new things are added, they need to conform to the original application design.
For example, Krause said the Ajax application developer might specify that all tabs are rounded on both sides. They are 48 pixels high. The menu bar is blue. The tool bar has buttons that are 48 pixels high.
Once that presentation is set for the user interface in RAP, all code added in will automatically conform to the definitions. So regardless of how tabs were defined originally for the module, they will be rounded on both sides and be 48 pixels high when the code is integrated into the Ajax application created in RAP.
"So imagine I'm writing an application in RAP and someone else is contributing a piece to it," Krause explained. "For example, I'm writing an application for a call center. Then I'm adding an instant messaging module that I didn't write, but the instant messaging module also has some tabs because it has the address book and the IM view. It has one tab for every chat I have open. If I define tabs in presentation, this IM module will seamlessly embed into the look and feel of my application. So if I define the tabs to be green and have rounded corners then even if this new module has not be adapted to my specification and you just throw it in, it will look the same way as the rest of the application."
Role-based UI
Another new function in RAP allows developers to create role-based views of the UI. They can design the user interface to be customizable by activity, so that the end user only sees the information they need for their role," Krause said.
In the call center example, the customer service representatives would only see the information they need, he explained. However, call center supervisors would see different data relating to their overall management role and also have different functionality.
This prevents the UI for the Ajax application from being cluttered with data and functions that have nothing to do with the worker's individual job. A UI that is too many things to too many people has been a problem in the early years of Ajax development. Role-based functionality helps re-focus the application for the individual end user, Krause said.
"This is important because very often there is so much functionality that the things you need are not all that obvious, because there is so much stuff." Krause said. "There are so many different use cases for different users and it's all packaged into a single application, and usability is designed for everybody. The application is very powerful but the usability is poor."
The role-based, or activity-based, approach is a way to only show data and functions that are only associated with the user's role. If, for instance, the user only needs seven activities out of a total of 48 in the overall Ajax application, the UI can be customized to only show those seven. This prevents the user from being overwhelmed by things they don't even need to be looking at or dealing with. It ideally keeps the UI simple.
"So the UI will just show what is important for you," Krause said.
Integration with SOA tools
Looking forward beyond Ganymede, a future project will be to provide out-of-the-box integration between RAP and the SOA Tools Project (STP). Integration can be done now by developers who are used to working with Eclipse, the RAP project lead said.
"Can you do that now and integrate it, yes absolutely," Krause said. "It's all OSGi-based so it's simple to integrate."
However, he said that while the RAP and STP teams are in close communication they have yet to develop an out-of-the-box tool for automatically adding Ajax interface functionality to services created with STP. But Krause said that will come as the project progresses.
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Campsite comfort and convenience is the name of the game with the Kelty AirPitch Mach 6 Tent. By replacing traditional poles with inflatable AirPoles, this out-sized shelter pitches in under a minute with an included high volume, dual-action floor pump. AirPoles are rigid yet flexible and won't bend or break like traditional poles. An integrated, fully-vented rainfly further simplifies set-up while removable "sleep rooms" add versatility. And when it's time to go home, just pull the plug and the AirPitch takes itself down.
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|8.83 ft / 2.69 m
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|27 lb 6 oz / 12.42 kg
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|30 x 12 in / 76 x 30 cm
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|38 ft2 / 3.53 m2
First time using Kelty Mach 6 tent this past week and I was extremely pleased with performance. The most unpleasant part of camping in a large tent, set-up and tear down, is now extremely manageable. Prior to purchase, I was concerned about the AirPitch tent being sturdy in high winds (a near constant in West Texas) but it passed with flying colors. We had no rain, so no experience weathering a downpour but I feel confident that the tent will perform in rainy conditions as well.


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We've got a winter wonderland complete with school cancellation today in Connecticut.
Like so many days of parenting, the snow day starts with a fresh white blanket and its anyone's guess how it will turn out. By ten am, we were building the biggest snow fort our 'hood has ever seen; by eleven, we were at the dentist on account of a shovel to the mouth. No teeth lost, no stitches and gratefully tetanus shot up to date. Minor injury aside, it was one sweet snow fort.
If you are like us and raiding your freezer for today's lunch or dinner, try this awesome lightened up version of typically deep fried yumminess. Like our day so far, its not quite what it seems but full of goodness just the same. We served it on New Years' Eve and as little as I know about football, I'm certain it'll work well as a playoff or Superbowl snack too.
Oven Toasted Ravioli
Adapted from How Sweet Eats
- 1 pound frozen ravioli, any kind (we used sweet potato filled)
- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 3/4 cups panko breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons grated parmesan + more for topping
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- marinara sauce for dipping
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a wire rack on top. Spray the rack with nonstick spray. Lightly beat egg whites in a small bowl. In a larger bowl mix flour, bread crumbs, panko, parmesan, salt and pepper.
Boil water and cook ravioli for half of the recommended time (typically 2-3 minutes). Drain and quickly spray through ravioli with nonstick spray to keep them from sticking together. Once cool enough to handle, dip each ravioli in egg whites then coat thoroughly with the breadcrumb mixture, pressing to adhere. Place on the wire rack and repeat until finished. Spray each with nonstick spray. Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until crispy and golden.
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I am on a pretty tight budget as one who is a hobby taxidermist. I have an opportunity to purchase brand new a DeVilbiss 120v air compressor for $179.00. It is a 3 gallon tank and produces 4.5cfm@40psi and 3.0 cfm @ 90psi. I intend to use it to power a mini flesher and to do spray paint work on my mounts. Will this do an adequate job? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Michael if you don`t care if it runs all the time you are using your mini flesher ,the tank isn`t big enough to hold any volume and you will have to stop a lot and wait for it to caught up,sorry for the bad news,get one that has a larger volume tank so you want be waiting on it to caught up. good luck steve
Depends on what brand you like. for the same money, you could get a campbell hausfield with a 9 or 10 gallon tank(just guessing). either would work, but the bigger tank will allow for more spraying with less compressor noise.
The Devilbliss might be more heavy duty though.
Regardless, consider the noise factor--especially if you must work in the same room as the compressor---loudness get annoying after a while.
Good Luck
Michael,I use an air mini flesher -I power it with a coleman powermate compressor that is a 5 hp and 29 gallon tank,this combination works just fine.If I could change one thing it would definitely be the noise-direct drives are a bit loud.


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Today @NCCapitol (April 15): Taxing Tax Day on tap at General Assembly
Posted April 15, 2015
Raleigh, N.C. — Good morning and welcome to Today @NCCapitol for Wednesday, April 15. Here's what's going on at the General Assembly and elsewhere in state government.
TAX DAY: In case you've forgotten, Wednesday is the deadline to pay your personal income taxes to the state and federal governments. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger met with reporters after session on Tuesday to tout tax changes made in 2013. During the conversation, Berger hinted that more tax changes could be in store in the coming years.
"I think there's still and interest and a desire among our members to look at providing the broadest possible tax relief," he said.
Asked about complaints from seniors that the loss of the medical tax deduction was raising their overall tax bill, Berger said, "We've also received some concerns and questions about that." Senators and their staff, he said, have been asking for copies of their tax documents so they can see if there is some way to fix what may be an issue.
As for others who might feel that tax reform wasn't a good deal, Berger said he believe the data – and an individual's own tax returns – would bear him out.
"All we can do is answer the questions and provide the information based on the data," he said.
ADVOCATES: The liberal group Progress NC will likely have a different take when it holds a news conference at 10:30 a.m. in the legislative press room with Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue and House Minority Leader Larry Hall. "We're seeing stories across the state of seniors, small-business owners, students and their parents all paying higher state taxes," said Gerrick Brenner, Progress NC's director.
SENATE SESSION: The state Senate is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. A handful of relatively non-controversial bills are on the printed calendar.
HOUSE SESSION: The state House is scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. Already on the calendar is a measure that would repeal the requirement that teachers draft personal education plans for most students. House Speaker Tim Moore said he planned to add more bills to the calendar as they emerged from jam-packed committee schedules Tuesday. WRAL.com plans to carry the House session live online.
HAVE A "DRINK:" The House ABC Committee takes up a proposal to ban powdered alcohol at 11 a.m.
TEACHER ASSAULT: The Senate Education Committee takes up a bill to make an assault on a teacher by older students a felony and another measure aimed at curbing the political activity of on-duty school employees.
CONSULAR DOCUMENTS: House Commerce takes up a bill that would ban government recognition of consular documents and a second measure that would make changes to billboard regulations across the state. WRAL.com plans to carry this meeting live at 11 a.m.
DRIVING: House Judiciary I takes up a bill to create a "restricted driving permit" for undocumented immigrants. WRAL.com plans to carry this meeting live at 12:30 p.m.
POSSUMS: The House Wildlife Committee takes up the latest in a series of bills designed to make a New Year's Eve possum drop legal. Other bills in the committee would deal with body cameras for wildlife officers and Sunday hunting.
WHY FLAGS ARE AT HALF STAFF: In recognition of the Day of Remembrance for President Abraham Lincoln, Gov. Pat McCrory ordered U.S. and North Carolina flags lowered to half-staff on state facilities from sunrise to sunset on April 15, 2015, which is 150 years after Lincoln's death.


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Are the players pushed too hard?
The Pacers have been having injury problems the last couple years and they apparently don't know why. The evidence for that was moving long time trainer David Craig to the front office and hiring another trainer. That seems to me to have been at least a vote of no confidence in David, but it didn't make sense to me. The reason it didn't make sense is I've been around long enough to remember another time when the Pacers were having what seemed like more than their share of injury problems then they hired David and there weren't so many injuries any more.
Are the injury problems caused by the Pacers starting to push the players too hard in the off season and David wasn't down with it? Or was David pushing the players too hard and the team wasn't down with it? I think it's the former because the Pacers are sending coaches to workout players in the off season. Is it too much?
Lets go another direction.
Is JO injury prone, or is it other factors?
The length of an NBA season is 82 games, plus 8 preseason games, plus up to 28* playoff games, plus enumerable practices. Add to that the fact that people push themselves and others harder when they get close to the object of their affection, in this case an NBA championship. Now add to that, that this could go on season after season if the team is an elite team.
In JO's case there's more. He's been playing for this country just about every Summer. Plus he's gained weight to protect himself because the team constantly plays him out of position. He's a power forward often asked to play center.
There's more. JO being the highly motivated man he is, calls the other players and most show up for practices 2 weeks early.
So, is JO becoming injury prone from all this? That being, pushing and being pushed to hard.
Is Danny Granger being pushed to hard?
What I want to know is who's idea is it to play the players out of their optimum position so much? Walsh? Bird? Carlisle?
Sometimes circumstances are such that players have to play out of position. But the Pacers routinely use players out of their natural positions for long stretches of time. Does that contribute to their getting hurt?
Why did the Pacer brass decide to give Ron Artest a go at power forward last Summer? Using him there had to mean playing JO at center, so both would be playing out of their natural positions against bigger players.
And now what are they doing with Danny Gee? A natural small forward that even played some point guard in college.
While still in college Danny was asked a series of questions. Note his answer to this one.
What position do you see yourself playing at the next level, and what do you think you need to improve on to get there? (Ricky D.)
DG: I think I would play a small forward, or even a shooting guard at the next level. I think I need to work on my ball handling skills and my outside jump shot, and I need to get stronger.
Notice he didn't mention power forward, but the Pacers wanted him to learn that position from the get go. Why? We have an All Star at the PF position? They wanted Artest to learn the position too, so it seems to be they were committing themselves to using JO out of position. Otherwise why groom two small forwards for power forward?
A question was asked of Conrad Brunner last Summer, namely, Is Shooting Guard Really a Problem? In his answer he said, "Danny Granger almost certainly will play somewhere, whether it's as a backup at shooting guard or small forward or both."
The thing is, they didn't even try Danny at shooting guard, they just decided he could play PF as well as SF. It's these kind of decisions that make me suspect the Pacer brass are behind the Pacer's injuries. Namely Larry Bird.
I think Bird is an awesome judge of talent, but I also think he might be too opinionated. He's formed his opinions from playing at a championship level, and players that have reached his level typically think they know better than everyone else. Has Bird decided on an off season work load that is too much for some players?
So . . .
[ ] Is JO injury prone?
[ ] Is JO becoming injury prone?
[ ] Is JO's work Ethic too much for his body?
[ ] Is JO played out of position too much?
[ ] Do the Pacers push their players too hard?
[ ] Do the players push too hard?
[ ] Does JO weigh too much?
[ ] Are the Pacers using Danny Granger wrong?
[ ] Are the Pacers trying to hard to develop multi position players?
[ ] Do todays players work and play basketball, to hard, for to long, to also play out of position, for very long against bigger players.
* Four, seven game series, all going the distance.


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Mini Tummy Tuck, lipo inner and outter thighs
Is There Any Harm in Wearing Your Binder and a Compression Garment?
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Compression Garment and Binder After Mini Tummy Tuck and Liposuction
Usually a binder is worn on the tummy, and compression garments for the legs in your case. Check with your surgeon to be sure.
Is There Any Harm in Wearing Your Binder and a Compression Garment
I think this question is best addressed to your own surgeon. Adding a garment that was not chosen by your surgeon could be a mistake if it doesn't fit properly.
Thanks, best wishes.
Garments after Tummy Tuck
Follow the post operative instructions given by your Plastic Surgeon. Most patients wear some type of garment after these surgeries. Best of Luck in your recovery.
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Garments after Tummy Tuck?
Always best for postoperative patients to communicate their questions/concerns directly with their plastic surgeon, who knows their situation best and is ultimately responsible for their care.
Best wishes.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/Procedure_tummyTuck.htm
Can a binder and a compression garment be worn at the same time?
Often the compression garment is enough for both thigh compression and abdominal wall support and compression following a mini tummy tuck and thigh liposuction. If however, a patient feels that the compression garment is not very snug then an abdominal binder can be added for additional support.
I would caution to ensure that you don't put it on too tight. It should be supportive but not constrictive. Meaning that it should not limit your ability to take in deep breaths and it should not limit your mobility. That being said, it is always best to consult your plastic surgeon in these situations.
All the best,
Can you wear multiple compression garments?
Thanks for your question. There is nothing inherently wrong in using multiple compression garments as long as things are not too tight. Following surgery you may have areas that are numb. Having garments rub due to their being too tight can cause harmful blisters. Also, snug is a good thing but too constricting is not a good thing. You need to make sure that it's okay with your surgeon so that the underlying blood supply to the area is not being compromised.
Binder and compression garment after mini tummy tuck and lipo
Thank you for the question. Generally speaking, it depends on the type of garment and how extensive your surgery. If you had mini tummy tuck and lipo of the thighs then using a garment that extends from waist to knee is adequate. However, you have to communicate your questions to your plastic surgeon. Best wishes.
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