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Paso Robles, CA, United States, 2007/06/26 - Owner traded full-time secure profession for a passion of animals.
For Deborah Wilson and Chris McKinnie, a pet idea found a reality after a few Internet searches and a vision for a new career path.
The owners of The Kennels of Springdale are living their dream by running their very own pet boarding facility in Arroyo Grande, Calif. This month, Wilson and McKinnie celebrate their one-year ownership of The Kennels of Springdale, which features training, grassy playyards, grooming, heated flooring, and kennel Web cameras.
Running the facility has become their new priority for Wilson and McKinnie.
Graduates of the University of California at Santa Barbara where they first met, their love for animals created a tight bond for these two friends. McKinnie recalled when the two of them would ask the Wouldnt it be great if
? question. We started looking on the Internet to see what business would allow us to be with animals, and thus The Kennels of Springdale began.
While exploring the Internet for their new start, Wilson and McKinnie discovered a kennel that was unlike any other, having undergone a million-dollar renovation only a year before. The two women then seized the opportunity to purchase the kennel from Lynn Taylor and made the big move to the Central Coast in 2006. Situated on a plot of almost ten acres, the kennel has indoor and outdoor runs for dogs. Some of the new runs feature such luxuries as gradient heated flooring, private yards, and even closed-circuit Web cameras so owners can keep watch on their pets through the Internet when they are away.
To run The Kennels of Springdale, McKinnie gave up her lucrative career at a law firm while Wilson maintains her full-time job to ensure company survival when business is slow at The Kennels of Springdale. Living in one of two homes on the property and working 24 hours a day, seven days-a-week, McKinnie gets her break when Wilson comes home to work every other weekend. The two discovered that they had made a major change of pace and priorities with this new lifestyle, but just the change they were looking for and are now happy to be caring for the lives of animals.
Wilson has 30 years experience working at hospitals, including as a human resources director at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and currently as an administrator at Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center in Glendale, Calif. In her spare time, she volunteers at the Glendale Humane Society. Guided by her new second-career, Wilson recently attended the Animal Behavior College to receive a state certification as a dog trainer.
McKinnie worked as a financial manager for 2 major law firms as well as providing contract suport with several Fortune 500 Corporations in the Bay Area. She also enjoyed volunteering at the San Francisco Humane Society. McKinnie grew up with a love for animals, had a dog sitting business as a teenager and having lived on a ranch with horses Today, she lives on The Kennels of Springdale property and does the day-to-day management of the kennels.
With the daily hard work and labor of love, Wilson and McKinnie in the last year have improved The Kennels of Springdale in more than just material ways. McKinnie says, We frequently receive compliments that we go above and beyond the expectations of our clients. Our staff are noted for their affection, care and attention to the needs of the dogs and cats in their care. We always hear, Its such a clean, warm, loving environment! Wilson agrees. We strive to be more like Your pets home away from home.
Other staff members at The Kennels of Springdale include independent contractor, trainer Kenneth Brown. With 30 years of experience, he has been nicknamed the Cesar (Millan) of the Central Coast in reference to the popular host of the National Geographic Channels program The Dog Whisperer. To round out the team is dog groomer Cheryl Reynolds, who previously owned a grooming business in Santa Barbara with a large following. Reynolds says, I moved to the area and sought employment at The Kennels of Springdale because I heard it was the kennel of quality.
To celebrate one year of ownership under McKinnie and Wilson, the kennel is hosting a series of special events: On June 23, the facility hosted a clinic for problem dogs along with other events through the summer and the rest of the year. In October, the kennels will feature a special on-site pet photographer to help pet owners capture fun and poignant pictures with their best friends. Within the next couple of weeks, our new cat space will be finished and ready for new residents.
The Kennels of Springdale is a full-service facility featuring quality grooming and training services. The business is open daily for drop-off from 9:30 am to 12 pm and for pickup from 4:30 to 6 pm.
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You'd love to have homegrown organic produce, but you don't have a yard for a garden, or the time and energy to grow your own food.
That's no reason to accept expensive grocery produce shipped from other parts of the world.
There are lots of ways to enjoy the local harvest, from supporting community organic farms to dining on veggies with like-minded people. The Tampa Bay area offers a variety of healthful options, and we've found local farms, community gardens and other businesses to help you get started (see information at right).
For a membership fee, you can enroll in a community-supported agriculture program — a new name for what used to be known as an organic co-op. Members buy shares in the farm for a season, then share the harvest. It's a community relationship where the risks and rewards of farming are shared by all, supporters say.
At Gateway Organic Farm, a 3-plus-acre urban farm in Pinellas County, farmers are growing 40 types of vegetables and herbs, including green beans, carrots and basil. When harvesting begins in November, a typical weekly share will feed a family of four for about a week, says Pamela Sindlinger, who owns and operates the farm with her husband, Hank.
"Whatever the garden has that day we will harvest, rinse it, put it out market-style and let people know how much to take," Sindlinger says. Members, who range from students to professionals to retirees, can volunteer on the farm but it's not required.
One of the oldest community-supported organic farms in the area is the 6-acre Sweetwater Organic Community Farm in Tampa, where the 300 members and supporters are asked to volunteer at least four hours during the season. "It's a community farm. People can come here and learn and see what we are doing. It's a real community adventure . . . with people depending on each other," says associate director Michelle Huang. "It's not like going to the store where everything comes from all over the world and you don't know who grew it."
Sweetwater's weekly member share of salad and cooking greens, root vegetables, herbs, vegetables and occasionally fruits typically fills two to six grocery bags, varying with what's harvested that week.
Rent a plot of your own
Another option is joining a community garden where you rent a small plot on which you grow your own produce. There are a handful in the bay area, including one operated by the city of St. Petersburg at the Azalea Recreation Center, the recently formed Bartlett Park Community Garden in St. Petersburg and the Freedom Lake Park Community Garden in Pinellas Park.
Community gardens typically allow gardeners to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers, but don't allow shade-producing trees and shrubs or invasive plants. Gardeners share a water source and are expected to keep individual plots in good order.
The new garden at Bartlett Park is $25 for a one-year membership. Other community gardens charge from about $10 to $30 for six-month periods.
Yvonne Swanson is a freelance writer in St. Petersburg and a master gardener for Pinellas County.

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PRESCOTT — Rex Pooyouma looks forward to seeing all his artist friends once a year during the annual Prescott Indian Art Market at the Sharlot Hall Museum.
Now that he's 90-plus years old, Pooyouma had his trip made easier by museum Curator of Anthropology Sandy Lynch, who picked him up in a small private airplane at Tuba City, not far from his Hopi home.
Pooyouma has been making traditional Hopi moccasins for more than a half-century. They're on display at places such as the Peabody Museum in Boston and the Museum of Northern Arizona. But this past weekend might have been the last time for visitors to meet him at the Prescott show, at least as an exhibitor.
"I'm just about to give it up, because my eyes are not so good," he said.
Pooyouma has seen much change with those eyes.
He grew up in Hotevilla on the Hopi Reservation, where he still lives today. His mother is from the Corn Clan and his father is from the Butterfly Clan, where he gets his last name that means "flying butterfly."
One of his earliest memories was from when he was about 5 years old, selling bows and arrows to tourists who came to see the Snake Dance.
He couldn't speak a single word of English so one visitor was trying to communicate what he wanted through signals, repeatedly throwing his Derby hat up in the air.
He figured the man was saying he would buy the bow and arrows if Pooyouma could put an arrow through his Derby hat. He pierced it on the first shot and made the sale.
He likes to joke that the man might have returned home and used the hat to back up a story about an Indian attack, related Lynch, who calls Pooyouma her "Daha," the Hopi word that's closest to the meaning of "teacher."
"He's a man that never met a stranger," Lynch said.
Pooyouma wasn't sure exactly how old he was back then, because the Hopi didn't use watches or calendars. They told time by the moon, stars and sun, which let them know when to plant and harvest.
When the U.S. government forced him into the Indian boarding school in Phoenix, the teachers tried to calculate how old he was. So he figures he's probably about 93 now.
Pooyouma learned carpentry as well as English in school, and traveled around to various carpentry jobs after finishing school. He also learned to play the saxophone and clarinet in school. While working for the railroad in Winslow, he ended up in a band that traveled to Chicago to perform.
Then came the World War II draft, and Pooyouma served throughout the Pacific.
When the U.S. government feared that the Japanese had broken the Navajo code, they brought in Pooyouma — who speaks Hopi and Navajo — and members of 19 other tribes to use their languages as code, too, Lynch said. But many of these men including Pooyouma never have received recognition as Code Talkers.
He doesn't talk about the war much. "They ask us to talk about what we went through," Pooyouma said. "It's too hard." It gives him nightmares when he thinks about it.
When he returned from the war, Hopi cleansing ceremonies helped him. "They make you forget," he said. "They had to do that to me two times."
Pooyouma didn't start making moccasins until 1956, although his father taught him the skill at age 15.


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Explain how the work could be better.
Heidi compares less successful attempts at greatness with those she liked better, for contrast. If she's talking to a singer on America's Got Talent, she might express that the singer two acts ago made her react with "more emotion, so they were stronger." Or she provides concrete examples of how the work could improve, she says, which keeps things from becoming personal.
End with a positive sentiment.
Heidi attests that her more generous moments delivering criticism to the contestants on Runway don't always make good television and are often the first cuts made in the edit. "People don't want to watch three hours of Q and A," she explains. If Heidi says something negative, she always balances it with something more optimistic to dull the sting.


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Houdin had them hoodwinked
The audience in New Plymouth's Masonic Hall were spellbound during magician Harry Houdin's mid-winter shows of 1863.
He poured liquid from his "inexhaustible bottle" with a ceremonial flourish and, to the wonder of those present, could produce wine, liquor or even milk. He would tip the requested drink in to a glass and get the person to taste its authenticity.
Any amount or type of drink could come from the seemingly bottomless flask in this show-stopping trick.
A magical, musical jack-of-all-trades is how American magician Tom Interval described one of New Plymouth's more interesting characters of the 1860s. Known as "The Great Polynational Mimic", Houdin has become the subject of an e-book by Interval, who came across him after wondering if anyone else in history had had the name Harry Houdini, before "our self-liberating hero escaped from his mother's womb in 1874".
Harry Houdin was born years before the legendary Harry Houdini, whose escape antics still inspire illusionists and magicians today.
Interval had such a fascination with him that he produced his own website about Houdin, who was no relation to Houdini. When Interval first came across the name he thought it was a typo and was interested to find out more about this magician who called himself "The Great Polynational Mimic". After reading copious old newspaper articles, reviews and advertisements throughout Australia and New Zealand and with help from Puke Ariki's researcher Mike Gooch, Interval was able to build a picture of this versatile entertainer's short life.
Houdin was born Martin Harry Dignam in Ireland in 1830. His great claim, which Interval and others find doubtful, was that he was the nephew of the famed 19th century French conjurer named Jean-Euge ne Robert- Houdin.
The inexhaustible bottle trick was first performed by him in 1847 and he was considered one of the great magicians of the time. With an international reputation, Houdin secured almost instant success by the claim he was Robert-Houdin's nephew and set about touring Australia and New Zealand during his short career in the early 1860s.
Houdin's success wasn't just because of his name, however. His one- man show proved his versatility and ability to thoroughly entertain his audience. He received excellent reviews most of the time, although he had his critics.
While one reviewer said "as a magician, Mr Houdin is perhaps superior to any person who has ever before appeared before a Wellington audience", another wrote: "Rapidity of utterance, combined with clearness, is not the forte of Mr Houdin."
It wasn't always his performance that inspired comment, but rather his piano accompaniment: "We would suggest as an improvement, the using for half an hour before the next performance of a tuning hammer on the pianoforte. Last night the unfortunate instrument uttered sounds sufficiently doleful to disturb the spirit of the late Mr Broadwood, whose name we noticed was affixed to the instrument."
Houdin's shows were performed in three parts, with the magic tricks in the first part capturing the imagination of his audience. As well as card tricks and the famed inexhaustible bottle trick, he pulled items out of a hat, such as large feathers and a large ball and made a burnt handkerchief appear new again. This part of the show was called drawing-room magic.
Interval says the magic tricks were really a warm-up for parts two and three of the show. After a 10-minute break, Houdin once again took the stage and began the polynational mimic performances. These were imitations of fictional characters from various countries and involved quick changes of costumes as well as the appropriate accents and characterisations. As he played each character in quick succession, Houdin imitated mannerisms, songs and dances of each one, accompanied by a musician on the piano, to the great hilarity of those watching.
In his advertisement, Houdin stated that his polynational mimicry, was "to the astonishment and admiration of every person. His identity defies the strictest scrutiny". He played characters typical of the day: Old Father Time, Mademoiselle Schwingrubber (a Swiss broom girl), Fim Fum (a Chinese professional singer), Monsieur Baudin (a teacher of the Terpaichorean Art who sang in French) and Sam Slick (the original Yankee pedlar) among others. He danced and sang with quick changes of costume to amaze his audience.
Part three of the show included more mimicry entertainment then concluded with "Brother Bones", a black character who sang songs such as Negro's Delight and Root Hog or Die. He played various instruments such as the tin whistle, guitar, concertina and piano. At the end of some of his shows, Houdin would take on an audience member at a dance challenge, set before a panel of judges, with the winner being awarded a prize.
An incident off the New Plymouth coast occurred near the end of Houdin's magical career in 1863. He was a passenger in the Lady Bird steamboat and in rough weather was in a surf boat carrying a group of people to the shore. It capsized and one man, 52-year-old Alexander King, was drowned. Houdin survived along with all the others.
Houdin went on to perform more shows throughout the country before retiring from show business altogether. Interval could find no evidence that he moved to Australia, as was once reported he intended, to teach music, singing and dancing there. He did move to New Plymouth and, with his wife Martha, settled in a house in Brougham St. It is possible that after his retirement as a magician and entertainer, he was a barber, a photographer and vocalist tutor.
But the quiet life wasn't to last for Houdin. In 1865, he was admitted to hospital and later released with the newspaper reporting him "a confirmed lunatic and not safe to be at large". He spent the last three or four years of his life paralysed and destitute and possibly institutionalised. Harry Houdin died, aged 39, and is buried in New Plymouth's Te Henui cemetery.
Tom Interval says while Houdin never made a name for himself beyond Australia and NZ, he "planted smiles on the faces of people" and, given that his performances in New Plymouth were during the early years of the Land Wars in Taranaki, his efforts would have been greatly appreciated.
References: http://www.smashwords.com/extreader/ read/240984/13/harry-houdin-the-great- polynational-mimic
http://www.miraclefactory.net/mpt/ view.php?id=197&type=articles
Thanks also to Mike Gooch at Puke Ariki's Research Centre.
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I had posted this on CafeMom and didn't get much for responses, but this seriously has me on a trip ... Here is my post:
Ok, so I just heard about this thing called the pencil test. It is supposed to tell you the gender of your kids and how many you are supposed to have. It sounds crazy I know, but it is seriously wicked cool. You don't have to be pregnant, or have kids, and you can do it on guys too ...
You need a regular number 2 lead pencil, a sewing needle, and some thread. Sharpen the pencil so that it's easy to see how the tip moves, and in which direction. The thread the needle, and stick the needle straight down into the eraser (when you hold the string the pencil tip should be pointing straight down). Lay your hand down on a hard surface, with your palm facing upward. Holding the string only, place the tip of the pencil on your wrist and hold your hand very still. Lift up slowly and hold the pencilabove your wrist, but don't move either hand, stay as still as possible. Watch the pencil closely and it will start to move. If it moves up and down (the length of your arm) it is saying BOY, if it moves side to side (across your wrist) it is saying GIRL.It will STOP on it'sown, so pay close attention to how many times it changes direction!!
I kid you not, this shit is right.I have 2 boys already ... Here is how mine went ... (I did this 4 times, and it did the EXACT same thingEVERY time!!)
It started off totally still, the started going in circles, it slowed down and went up and down (boy- there's James!). It slowed down again, and went in circles, slowed down again, and wentup and down (boy - there's Nathan!). It slowed down, started circles, slowed down and went side to side (girl). It did it again ... slowed down, circles, slowed down, side to side (girl). Then it slowed down, went in circles, slowed down and then stopped completely! I swear to you I was not influencing ANY movements!!! It was crazy ... the EXACT same thing EVERY SINGLE TIME andI did it 4 times!!!
The woman who posted it (where I found it earlier) said she has done it on many many women, and it has been right EVERY time. She mentioned, also, she did it on a woman who never had kids, and never wanted to have kids. With her, it circled and stopped. It never gave a boy or girl, meaning she would not have kids!! How crazy is that?!
* EDIT: Since posting one of my friends did hers and got GIRL BOY GIRL BOY ... Her first was a girl, the 2nd a boy. And she wants more.It was right.
My SIL did it and hers said GIRL GIRL BOY ... Her first 2 were twin girls. And she wants more.It was right.
Another woman on the site did hers and got BOY GIRL BOY. She has a girl and then a boy and she is now done with kids. Her first pregnancy, she miscarried a boy! It was right, even for her miscarriage!!
I did the test twiceon myself again today, and got the same thing ... BOY BOY GIRL GIRL. I have 2 boys alreadyand I want more kids, hoping for girls!!! It has been right for me every time!!
Take the test ladies and post your results!! If you have children already, let me know if it was right!! This is seriously nuts, but it's sooooo cool!! It has been RIGHT for EVERYONE I have had do it!!!
What about the draino test????
Quoting ♥ BB ♥:
Quoting ♥ BB ♥:
i will do it someday when i have the materials :)
i took the pencil test before but i dint know it could predict how many children you had! i only knew of the sex predicting it would do! thats pretty nifty! as soon as i find a #2 pencil im gonna try it.
I've never known it to work right.
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ive heard of this before but it was just withthe needle, you didn't have to use the pencil.
I've done this with a strand of my hair and a wedding ring. Circle for a girl, line for a boy. I was predicted girl, boy, boy when I was 13. I've had a girl and a boy. I'm hoping it's wrong. I want another baby girl.
wow i tryed it lol.. i did it like 4 times... first it went side to side(girl) then a circel then side to side again(girl) then circel then up and down (boy) then circel then up and down again(boy) then circle up and down again boy then circel then side to side(girl) haha i hope my first one is a girl!!! we will see on 25th of next month!!!
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I will say I have as of late become obsessed with this gender test thing.. Whether it be done with just needle and thread or with the pencil attached. I have heard soo many variations on it tho.. it makes me sort of leary on being soo confident about the accuracy. I have however done it on myself, and practially every other woman that would let me and I have NEVER known it to be wrong.. HOWEVER I will say i have only heard it done where circles is a girla and back and forth is a boy. I have a lady in my church who has 8 and it counted all 8 plus her M/C's Feels kind of silly to say.. but there has to be something to it.. it has an AMAZING rate of accuracy! Good luckto all who try it..
i did the test and it did ALOT of circles actually lol then when it did finally start slowing down it went, Girl, circle, Girl, circle, Boy, circle, Girl, circle, Boy, circle and Girl and then stopped I have 4 angel baby so i guess that includes them. hell if its true i would have alot of damn kids and alot of girls lol


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Many long-term complications with diabetes are strongly related to high blood sugar (glucose) levels. By keeping your blood sugar as close to normal as possible, you may lower your chances of developing the following1:
- heart disease or stroke
- frequent infections
- eye complications
- kidney disease
- nerve damage
These are truly serious problems and are scary to hear about. But knowing about possible damage from diabetes, and taking positive action, can help you cope with your fears.
Eye complications
Diabetes can damage the very small blood vessels in the eye, affecting your ability to see. This is called diabetic retinopathy. With these eye complications, at first you may notice no changes to your vision. But over time, diabetic retinopathy may get worse and can cause vision loss. Fortunately, your doctor can easily diagnose diabetic retinopathy even in its early stages. That's why it's important to have a comprehensive exam every year. These eye complications can be treated if they are discovered in their early stages.
Kidney disease
Diabetes can also damage the small blood vessels in the kidneys. This type of kidney damage is called nephropathy, and has few early signs except high blood pressure and microalbuminuria.
When this condition occurs:
- Waste products are kept in the body instead of leaving with the urine.
- Important nutrients like protein that should stay in the body are flushed away.
- Wastes continue to build up in the bloodstream.
If the damage continues, the kidneys may fail completely.
If your kidneys fail, you must depend upon a special filtering machine, called a dialysis machine, to remove impurities from your bloodstream. However, kidney damage can be found at an early and treatable stage with simple office testing that detects small amounts of protein in the urine. This test is called a microalbumin screen. A second test to check kidney function is a blood test called serum creatinine. You should have both of these tests done at least once a year.2
Nerve damage
Nerve damage is also called neuropathy. When blood sugar is too high, nerve cells swell and scar. In time, the nerves lose their ability to send signals through the body the way they should. This can lead to symptoms which may come and go. Some examples are:
- burning pain, numbness, tingling, or loss of feeling in the feet or lower legs, especially at night
- problems in sexual function in both men and women
- changes in stomach and bowel function
The following can happen to your feet:
When nerves are damaged, an injury to the foot may not cause pain. With no pain to warn of the injury, the foot can become badly infected before the problem is discovered. Because of poor blood flow and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), the body is less able to fight the infection and heal the injury. In very serious cases, it may be necessary to amputate the foot or the limb.
In most cases, proper care of your feet can prevent the need for any surgery. This is why it's so important to protect your feet—especially when you exercise—and check them daily for any sign of a complication. Read more about foot care and learn some important tips.
There are treatments for painful neuropathy, so be sure to tell your doctor or diabetes educator if you have any of the above painful symptoms.
Heart disease or stroke
Heart disease and strokes are a major cause of death in people with type 2 diabetes.1 People with diabetes have an increased risk for heart disease and strokes because of:
- abnormal levels of blood fats (lipids)
- high blood pressure
Talk to your healthcare provider about how to reduce your risk of heart disease.
Frequent infections
High blood sugar levels can reduce the body's ability to fight off many kinds of infections, including the flu or pneumonia. Check with your doctor about getting a flu and pneumonia vaccine.
People with diabetes are more prone to developing:
- skin infections
- bladder infections
- vaginal yeast infections
- tooth and gum infections
Reduce your risk: The good news is that good blood sugar management has been shown in studies to help lower your risk of many complications. However, to help reduce your risk, you should also eat a healthy diet and get regular exercise, and work with your healthcare provider to control your blood pressure and lipid levels. Talk to your healthcare team for more information about health complications and what you can do to help reduce your risk.


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Latest Survey Shows More Hospitals Offering Complementary and Alternative Medicine Services
Hospitals across the nation are responding to patient demand and integrating complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) services with the conventional services they normally provide, according to the results of a new survey released today by Health Forum, a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association (AHA). The survey shows that more than 37 percent of responding hospitals indicated they offer one or more CAM therapies, up from 26.5 percent in 2005. Additionally, hospitals in the southern Atlantic states led the nation in offering CAM services to the patients they serve, followed by east north central states and those in the middle Atlantic.
CAM is not based solely on traditional western allopathic medical teachings, and can include acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, diet and lifestyle changes, herbal medicine, massage therapy and more. CAM services also reflect hospitals' desire to treat the whole person-body, mind and spirit.
"Complementary and alternative medicine has shown great promise in supporting and stimulating healing," said AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock. "It's one of the many tools hospitals look to as they continue to create optimal healing environments for the patients they serve."
According to the survey, 84 percent of hospitals indicated patient demand as the primary rationale in offering CAM services and 67 percent of survey respondents stated clinical effectiveness as their top reason.
"Today's patients have better access to health information and are demanding more personalized care," said study author Sita Ananth. "The survey results reinforce the fact that patients want the best that both traditional and alternative medicine can offer."
Other survey results include:
Massage therapy is in the top two services provided in both outpatient and inpatient settings;
The majority of hospitals that offered CAM were urban hospitals (72 percent) and were medium-sized (100-299 beds); and
Most CAM services are not reimbursable by insurance and are paid for out-of-pocket by patients.
The third biannual survey was mailed in November 2007 to 6,439 U.S. hospitals. The report is available online at www.healthforumonlinestore.com (click on the Data Products tab in the right upper corner) or by calling 800-242-2626.
About the AHA
The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA website at www.aha.org.
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Recently Blair Gorley signed with Saint Catharine College for golf and swimming. Pictured, front row from left, are MCHS Head Golf Coach Chad Spalding, Blair Gorley, and Deborah Thompson; back row left to right, MCHS Athletic Director Robby Peterson, Saint Catharine Golf Coach Joan Rizer and Saint Catharine Swim Coach Mike Carey.
The Marion County High School baseball team participated in the Scott McAninch Memorial Tournament this past weekend and were able to pick up a win, but fell in the other two contests by one run each time.
The Marion County High School baseball team will be hosting a baseball camp at the end of May.
Ages 9-14 will have camp from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., May 28-29.
Ages 7-8 will have camp from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., May 30-31.
The baseball coaching staff will give instruction.
A camp T-shirt will be given to each player. Each player will also receive a small lunch after each day.
The camp will cover many fundamental drills and fun activities in teaching of the game of baseball.
The cost for ages 9-14 for camp only will be $30.
The Marion County High School Knights basketball team will have a player/parent meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 17, at Marion County High School. The meeting is for anyone interested in playing summer basketball to discuss practice, camps and costs. If you cannot attend, you need to contact Coach Irvin in advance at (270) 403-4707.
The Marion County High School boys basketball coaching staff is hosting a summer camp June 13-15 for boys and girls.
The camp will offer children a chance to improve his/her basketball skills as well as the opportunity to meet new kids.
The cost is $50 per camper.
Children in grades 3rd-5th will have camp from 9 a.m. to noon.
Children in grades 6th-8th will have camp from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Coach Irvin at (270) 403-4707.
Well, another school year is in the books in Marion County. Several things happened recently that I believe are worth mentioning. Several athletes from Marion County High School put up some impressive feats, a team did something that has only happened twice before, and one athlete had an absolute monstrous week at the plate from the softball team.
May 16
Knights vs. Russell County (Home)
May 17
Knights vs. Garrard County (Home)
May 17-19
State tournament in Lexington
May 18
Track and field
2A state track meet at University of Louisville
May 18-19
Lady Knights compete in Boyle County Invitational
The Marion County Knights tennis team was able to come away with top honors in both singles and doubles competition at the regional tournament last week. Freshman Alex Spalding claimed the singles crown, while the duo of senior Noah Swencki and junior Jacob Burdette took the top spot in doubles action.
The Marion County Lady Knights softball team won five of its seven games last week. Both losses came in the Campbellsville Invitational Tournament.
Marion County's overall record now stands at 20-6. According to Coach Todd Spalding, this softball team is the second in school history to reach 20 wins.
The Marion County Lady Knights tennis team competed in the regional tournament last week, and the doubles team of Elyssa Holt and Madison Cassidy came away with a top four finish. According to Head Coach Angela Holt, this qualified the duo to play in the state tournament, the first girls to do this since Jane Claire Spalding and Leah Mattingly in 2008.
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All the News That's Fit to Eat — Oct. 29, 2008
All the News That's Fit to Eat — Oct. 29, 2008
- Celebrate the Day of the Dead with a vivacious feast. — Los Angeles Times
- One writer's campaign to create election-night food traditions. — Washington Post
- Opt for chicken thighs over breasts for a cost-effective, versatile alternative. — San Francisco Chronicle
- Mustard isn't just a condiment; it also makes for the ultimate flavor enhancer. — Chicago Tribune
- Forget the kitchen: The laboratory's the new testing ground for experimental food. — New York Times
- Italian cooking pioneer Marcella Hazan on her latest memoir. — Boston Globe
- Consider stocking up on wine during tough economic times. — Star Tribune
- Filming is complete on the movie Julie and Julia, about the late cooking star Julia Child. — New York Post


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The Upward Bound (Bruce Wells Scholars) and Youth Academy programs at Y.O.U., Inc. provide promising but at-risk high school students in the Worcester Public schools with the opportunity to achieve their dreams of a college education. The programs combine intensive academic supports with college and career planning, life skills education, and a strong emphasis on family participation to prepare students to successfully matriculate to higher education.
Students in the Upward Bound and Youth Academy programs receive general academic tutoring, participate in MCAS and SAT prep sessions, and have regular career exploration and internship opportunities. Students also receive college application and financial aid counseling, and mentoring from program alumni and professionals from schools and businesses in the area.
Both programs facilitate numerous one-day college visits, as well as a longer Spring College Tour, so that students who would otherwise not have the resources to make these visits, can see first-hand the schools they may be applying to. The Upward Bound program includes a comprehensive six-week residential and academic Summer Program at Clark University; students in the summer program take a full slate of classes on the Clark Campus for five weeks, followed by a one-week, paid full-time internship.
Students served are between 13 and 19 years old; in both programs, students are invited during the eighth grade to apply for and join the program in the next academic year. Students must meet one or more of the following criteria: at-risk based on family income guidelines, exhibit the potential to succeed in college, and be the first generation of their family to attend college.


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TechBits: inside the new iPhones (9.11.13)
The new iPhones have been unveiled, and lots of people are marveling over the new features.
But one feature you won't see on the new phones is a larger screen. {}This isn't totally out for Apple, though. {}The company has been experimenting with larger screens, and they may still show up in future versions of the phone. {}Many Android phones have been incorporating larger screens for years already- and some iPhone users have been calling for similar sizes.
Apple executives touted a 65-bit architecture- but the question is whether that's really needed in the phones. {}64-bit is generally needed for accessing higher amounts of memory in desktop and laptop computers- but mobile phones don;t have the sort of memory that would require the change. {}It may be a precursor to expanded features in future iPhone models.
Fingerprint recognition has raised some concerns about Apple keeping a fingerprint databases eon its servers-but Apple says the prints will be store don the phones, not on servers.


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They are here with their mother, but the mother isn't the one who was raising them, they were being raised by their grandmother, who was sent to Australia with the rest of the extended family. Only the mom, stepfather (who now is gone) and kids remain. The reason I ask is especially for the 17yr old. Children's aid helps the younger ones, though they should all be in Australia. Mom & her 4 kids, but because the kids are younger & there is custody issues at this time, the younger ones & mom can't go anywhwere, but the 17yr old, being over 16 is looking for options to go.
Can she take steps to go to Australia on her own? They have permanent residency status for at least 1 yr I believe. The 17yr old is ready to go without her family at this point. I would like to see if there is something that can be done even to get her to Australia temporarily so that she can sort out staying there permanently once she arrives?? Anything that will legally allow her to go there.
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|With 209 guestrooms and suites, the Fairmont St Andrews resort is a luxury option for those visiting the Home of Golf. (Courtesy of Fairmont St. Andrews)
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- After several rounds of golf, all of them walking and toting your own clubs, you have several options at the Fairmont St. Andrews resort. You can have a drink and a snack in the clubhouse restaurant and grill, overlooking the Kittocks Course at sunset; you could hit the fitness center like a tour player; or you could head straight to the spa.
Options 2 and 3 aren't available most places in St. Andrews, home of the famous Old Course and several other terrific golf venues.
At a bed and breakfast, you can usually forget about the fitness room, and a massage treatment is highly unlikely. But at the Fairmont, which sits a couple miles outside of this ancient university city, having the kinks worked out is not only an option but one of the reasons you stay in a resort.
Of course, it would be a shame to come to St. Andrews, the home of golf, and not attempt to get in as many courses as possible, but you can have a pretty complete golf vacation at the Fairmont without ever leaving the resort.
After being greeted by a kilted doorman upon arrival, the next thing you might notice, from one of the Fairmont St. Andrews' 209 well appointed rooms, is the view of the golf courses, clubhouse and bay.
The luxury, five-star hotel is perched atop a hill, affording magnificent sunset views, highlighting two courses that if they weren't located in St. Andrews, might garner more recognition.
As it is, both courses have received their share of accolades. The Torrance Course, designed by former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance, looks like it's been there for a century, not just a decade.
In fact, some of the stone walls on the course were left just the way course builders found them, giving it an authentic Scottish look. A recent redesign of eight holes and the addition of classic Scottish bunkering, adds to the old look.
"The significant improvements we've made to the Torrance Course put it among the best in the country," said Garrett Turta, Fairmont St. Andrews general manager.
The Torrance, a par 72 that measure more than 7,200 yards, has already been a British Open qualifier and is home of the Srixon/Cleveland Senior Open. The other course at the resort, the Kittocks, might not have the pedigree yet, but it certainly has more of a wow factor.
With more of its holes located on the sea, the Kittocks Course, originally designed by Bruce Devlin, features dramatic tee shots and approaches throughout. In 2008, it got the 17th and 18th holes from the Torrance as part of both course's renovation work.
You can play golf in St. Andrews well into the night during the summer months. But whatever time you choose to end your day, whether it is after 18, 36 or 54 holes, the Fairmont St. Andrews has lots of tantalizing options.
One of the easy choices is coming into the clubhouse to enjoy a snack, a pint or even a meal. Featuring a 180-degree view of the ocean, the Kittocks Course and the town of St. Andrews, the setting is perfect for a Guinness or Scottish brew. The clubhouse dining room offers a variety of delectable appetizers, entrees and desserts. The sea bream fillet, with pea and asparagus risotto, is particularly tantalizing.
As you might expect, however, the resort's excellent dining options don't begin and end at the golf clubhouse. The resort's fine-dining restaurant, Esperante, serves a taste of the Mediterranean as well as a collection of fine wines from throughout the world. The Squire, named for Gene Sarazen, features local Scottish produce. Y
ou can enjoy a traditional afternoon tea or cocktail at the Atrium restaurant (coincidentally located under the resort's huge atrium), get fish and chips at the Kittocks Den, or check out football, European style, at the Rock and Spindle sports bar.
There are times when the spa treatment can eclipse the golf. And while it's difficult to outdo the links in St. Andrews, the Spa at Fairmont St. Andrews is a terrific complement.
While there are a few opportunities to take powered buggies, as they call golf carts in Scotland, most will walk and even carry their own bags. Since most Americans aren't used to lugging 30 pounds up and down hills for four hours at a time, having an expert work out the kinks isn't a bad way to recover for the next day.
The spa offers all the standard treatments, including therapeutic massage treatments, in one of 12 treatment rooms. There's aroma therapy, facials and other sensory-based treatments, as well as steam rooms, Jacuzzis, an indoor pool and locker room in an atmosphere deserving of a world-class resort.
In addition, the Fairmont St. Andrews has a 9,000-square-foot fitness center as well as instructors to help you through a fitness program.
If you're traveling to St. Andrews, you go with certain expectations.
If you don't mind sharing a bathroom to soak up the local atmosphere, then a bed and breakfast in town might be the ticket. But if you want to have both a luxury resort experience while enjoying the local flavor, then the Fairmont St. Andrews is probably more what you seek.
The resort has a shuttle that takes guests into town every hour and more frequently than that during the summer. Getting out is a must, but it's nice to be able to return to the comfortable surroundings for which Fairmont resorts are known.
In fact, if you bring a corporate group, there's no better choice. The Fairmont St. Andrews has top-notch meeting facilities, including a large conference room with theater-like seating. The resort has its own event planner, who can cater to any group's needs.
This is really a great base for a meeting, a St. Andrews golf vacation or both. There's no reason why you can't play all the great courses in the area and relax at a top resort that has a look that blends in with its surroundings.
June 24, 2011
Mike Bailey is a senior staff writer based in the Houston area. Focusing primarily on golf in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, he contributes course reviews, travel stories and features as well as the occasional equipment review. An award-winning writer and past president of Texas Golf Writers Association, he has more than 20 years in the golf industry. Before accepting his current position in 2008, he was on staff at PGA Magazine, The Golfweek Group and AvidGolfer Magazine. Follow Mike on Twitter at @Accidentlgolfer.
Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management.
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Pinellas education foundation gets green light for cost-saving effort
After a couple of bumps in the road, a Pinellas Education Foundation initiative to help the district identify cost-saving measures appears to have blessings from the school board and interim superintendent. Board members raised no objections at last week's workshop. And interim Superintendent John Stewart said Friday he welcomed the assistance.
"Obviously they have some expertise where they can help," he told the St. Petersburg Times editorial board. "The persons for the most part are very successful business persons. And they have an area where they can help. And I'm one that somebody sticks out a helping hand, I'm not going to reject it in any way, shape or form."
"Anybody's who's willing to help us find solutions, come on in, we're willing to listen ... ," he continued. "We (school districts) hate to be criticized. I think everybody does to a certain extent. But a certain amount of criticism is a good thing. Constructive criticism is a very good thing. And I won't reject any help I can receive out of hand. Now if you're coming to be critical just because you want to be critical, I have a lot of problems with that."
At last week's workshop, foundation chair Craig Sher stressed during a presentation about the project - dubbed "$avings for Classrooms" - that the foundation's goal is to simply offer suggestions. "We're not here to implement anything or tell you what to do," he said. "We're not here for a witch hunt. We're not here to audit ... What you do with the findings is up to you."
"We mean this sincerely," he also said. "We want to free up dollars ... to put them in classrooms, so teachers can get raises and students can benefit."
Board member Linda Lerner said she wanted more information about how much staff time the effort might take. Board member Robin Wikle said the word "outsourcing" created some fear in employees.
At the end of the discussion, board chair Carol Cook turned to board member Janet Clark, who had earlier said she was not comfortable with the foundation's effort but raised no objects at the workshop.
"I'm proud of you," Cook told her.
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I am already spayed and up to date with shots.
You'll notice if you watched the video that Brie has gained a bit of weight since she came to us because she had figured out how to get into the tasty treats at the store. We have moved her in to a private foster home to put her on a diet with the goal being to get down to her svelte shape when she came to us.
She is used to a lot of activity happening around her and goes with the flow, but she did sometimes tire of all the hands (and there were a lot of them) that want to pick her up and pet her so we think we are being prudent in recommending a home without small or rough children. She will, we believe, make a super pet in a normal home environment. And while not mandatory, we think it would be great if she was adopted into a home with another friendly critter, be it dog or cat.
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ASK A QUESTION Peru is what nationality?
Peru is a nationality, but what is it called.
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Perú is a country. The nationality is "Peruano/a"
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It's called Peruvian (in English) and peruano (in Spanish)
Perú is a country on the western coast of South America, and the nationality is Peruvian (in English) or peruano (en español) or peruana if it is referring to a girl.
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FATHER and son team Jim and William Thomson of Hownam Grange capped off an incredible season at the weekend's Border Union Show with their champion North Country Cheviot gimmer that has swept all before her on this summer's show circuit.
The Thomsons had won the sheep inter-breed championship with their North Country Cheviot ewes in 2006, 2007 and 2009.
This time it was their Royal Highland Show-winning North Country Cheviot gimmer that beat 1,000 other entries to take not only the inter-breed title but also the show's inaugural champion of champions title and trophy.
Judge Andrew Elliot, of Blackhaugh, Galashiels, did not have an easy job, but in the end one animal stood out above the rest.
"She was very clean, with good skin, good carcass and she stayed well on her legs, she was up on her legs," he told TheSouthern.
"She had colours in all the right places – she was white where she's meant to be and black where she's meant to be. When she walked, she showed a bit of glint. She had a lot of glint. She was just a very classy animal when they let them go."
Opting for a Blackface shearling ram from Jim Logan at Pirntaton, Galashiels, Mr Elliot, who was judging the Border Union inter-breed event for the first time, said it was a great sheep that showed well. "Very good animal, meat in all the right places. I would be happy to own either sheep," he added.
And overall he thought that the standard of competition was very high. "It was a very good standard as usual at the Border Union. Every animal in the inter-breed was a worthy champion for its breed."
The first-ever award of the Dan Buglass Memorial trophy for the best young sheep handler was contested by 26 competitors, with the eventual winner being Michael Walton.
The cattle competition also boasted the UK national Aberdeen Angus show, with more than 100 entries from all over the country.
Judge Bob Lane eventually went for an 18-month-old Aberdeen Angus bull from William and Karen McLaren, of Nertherton, Blackford in Perthshire, as his champion.
This was the McLarens' first show after an absence of eight years and, for good measure, their bull, named Netherton Focus, went on to take the show inter-breed title.
Mr McLaren was delighted with the win. "This was our first show for eight years and basically came because the kids wanted to come, so it was great for us to win," he told TheSouthern.
The reserve inter-breed was the Continental champion from Redpath Farms, Spylaw, Kelso, with a four-year-old Limousin cow, Redpaths Bronwyn.
Over in the equestrian events, the Don Challenge Cup for the hunter championship went to V McKie of Milfield, Wooler, with her bay gelding, Jona O'Shannon.
New this year was the inaugural award of the champion of champions title, with the Matthew Templeton Salver going to the Thomsons for their champion Cheviot.
Judging the championship, Jack Clark, managing director of John Swan Ltd, told the crowd why he had picked out the sheep as his overall show champion.
"She is a deserved champion. She is a true female, with great skin and good colour. The reserve went to the Aberdeen Angus bull as he was a great representative of the breed."
Mr Clark also praised the other class champions, which included the hunter, poultry, Clydesdale and alpaca winners.
"It is a great privilege to have been asked to judge this inaugural event at the Border Union," he said. "The exhibits all do great credit to stockmen, owners and breeders."
Ron Wilson, secretary of the Border Union Agricultural Society, says organisers are pleased with this year's show.
"We were extremely lucky with the weather. Provisional figures show that attendances on the Friday were up on last year with Saturday's crowd numbers about the same as last year," he told us.
"There was a great buzz around the showground and no major problems. There was fantastic quality on show in the sheep and cattle classes and on top of the high standards in all the livestock sections we had the added excitement of the champion of champions contest for the very first time.
"When you have something like that you need a top stockman as your judge and who better than Jack Clark to pick the best of the best?"
BEEF cattle INTER-BREED CHAMPIONSHIP
Centenary Challenge Cup for champion – W & D McLaren, Netherton Farm, Blackford, Auchterarder, Perthshire.
175th Anniversary Trophy for reserve champion – Redpath Farms, Spylaw, Kelso
Nisbet Hill Challenge Cup for best exhibit - W & D McLaren. Reserve - G R Brooke, Linton Wold Farm, Malton, N Yorks.
Colville Silver Challenge Cup for best group of one male and two female animals - G R Brooke.
T W Todd Silver Rose Bowl for winner of class 119 - Messrs J F Lascelles, Balmachie, Carnoustie, Angus.
Bank of Scotland Tropy for best exhibit - H P & L S Whittaker Farms, c/o Stickle Heaton Farm, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
R & M McIntosh Challenge Trophy for best Galloway - K Drysdale, Old Cambus, Eastmains, Cockburnspath.
Kerfield Cup for best Hereford - H P & L S Whittaker Farms.
Bowmont Cup for best Hereford of opposite sex to champion - H P & L S Whittaker Farms.
Royal Bank of Scotland Salver for best group of three Herefords - J R B Wilson & Sons, Cowbog, Kelso.
Nutrivet Cup for best Limousin - Redpath Farms. Reserve - R Crocket, Conker Cottage, Deanfoot Farm, Denholm
15 and under winner - Kate McCormick. Reserve - Connor MacDonald.
Joe Walton Challenge Trophy for champion - W & J Thomson, Hownam Grange, Kelso.
Gowanbrae Cup for reserve champion - J & E Logan, Pirntaton Farm, Fountainhill, Galashiels.
Centenary Challenge Cup for best exhibit - Miss J Brown, Eildon Cottage, Mindrum Mill. Reserve - J Harrison, Brunt Court, Dunbar.
James Mauchlen Memorial Trophy for exhibitor gaining most points - Miss J Brown. Reserve - James Brown, Eildon Cottage, Mindrum Mill.
Bosomworth Silver Cup for best exhibit - Rosebrough Farm, J H C Campbell & Sons (Thrunton), Chathill, Alnwick. Reserve - Roseden & Lilburn Flock, North Middleton House, Wooler.
Hugh Fraser Silver Salver - Roseden & Lilburn Flock.
Lawrie & Symington Challenge Trophy - Clark Farms, North Garngour, Lesmahagow, Lanark. Reserve - S Renwick, Craig Douglas, Yarrow, Selkirk.
Championship rosette - B Walling, Farmstock Genetics, OverWhitlaw, Selkirk. Reserve - B Walling.
Charles Scott Perpetual Challenge Trophy for champion - C Scott, Viewfields, East Middle, Hawick. Reserve - M Campbell, Easter Cleuchhead Cottage, Blacklee Brae, Bonchester Bridge.
Centenary Challenge Cup for best exhibit - W J Douglas & Son, Upper Hindhope, Jedburgh. Reserve - W N Douglas, Catslackburn, Yarrow.
Tom Rogerson Trophy for best exhibit of opposite sex to champion - W N Douglas.
J Bibby Perpetual Challenge Cup for best group of ram, ewe, gimmer and ewe lamb - W. D. Douglas. Reserve - W N Douglas.
Centenary Challenge Cup and Andrew Oliver Silver Salver for best exhibit - W & J Thomson. Reserve - J Runciman & Sons, Allanshaws, Galashiels.
Clackmae Cup for best group of ram, ewe, gimmer and ewe lamb - W & J Thomson. Reserve - J Runciman & Sons.
W & J Thomson Cup for champion - J M Elliot, & Partners, Woodside, Yetholm. Reserve - C J & J M Symons, Attonburn, Yetholm.
Arnott Silver Cup for best exhibit - J & E logan, Pirntaton Farm, Fountainhall, Galashiels. Reserve - Burncastle Farming Co., Burncastle, Lauder.
McTurk Silver Cup for best exhibit of opposite sex to champion - Burncastle Farming Co. Reserve - J P Campbell & Sons, Easter Happrew, Peebles.
Centenary Challenge Cup for best exhibit - W Pate & Partners, Marvingston, Gifford. Reserve - G D Pate & Sons, Stobshiels Mains, Humbie, East Lothian.
Short Silver Cup for best pen of ewe lambs - G D Pate & Sons.
Scots Gap Cup for best exhibit - R H Bell & Co, Roxburgh Mill, Kelso. Reserve - Miss H Brown, Leadburnlea, Toxside Farm, Temple, Gorebridge.
Cessford Motors Challenge Cup for champion - S Shaw, Smailholm Mains, Kelso. Reserve - N Pate, Toxside Farm, Temple, Gorebridge.
Redpath Trophy for best exhibit - M W Harper, Woodside Cottage, Cavers. Reserve - E Stevenson, Linden Park, Hawick.
A C Burn Shield for champion - J Brunton, Fieldview, Letham Mains Holdings, Haddington. Reserve - J Steven, Rosebank Farm, Currie.
Frances Fish Cup for best coloured exhibit - J Steven. Reserve - Mrs F Fish, Eckford House, Eckford.
Frances Fish Cup for best white exhibit - J Brunton. Reserve - G E & J Meikle, St Baldreds, Tyninghame, Dunbar.
Dan Buglass Memorial Trophy for best young sheep handler - M Walton. Reserve - J Logan.
McAlpine Silver Cup for best pen of prime lambs - R Rennie, Sydenham, Kelso. Reserve - F Mellor, Annstead Farm, Beadnell, Chathill, Northumberland.
Lauderdale Challenge Cup for champion Mountain & Moorland in-hand pony - G Appleby, Stanley, Co. Durham. Reserve - G Reilly, Currie, Midlothian.
Waldie Griffiths Challenge Cup for champion Mountain & Moorland ridden pony - Mrs J Grant, East Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland. Reserve - Mrs J Tindall, Shortlaw Farm, Felton, Morpeth.
Mrs A Hogg's Challenge Cup for the champion in the Riding Pony Youngstock section - Mr & Mrs C Duke, Stable Cottage, Little Hutton, Caldwell, Richmond. Reserve - Mr & Mrs D Robertson, Gateside Farm, Craigie, Kilmarnock.
Edale Trophy for the champion brood mare -
Mrs M Wardropper, South Shields. Reserve -
Mrs L McGowan, Glenholly House, Greenlaw.
Craiglea Challenge Trophy for champion foal - Mrs M Wardropper. Reserve - Miss L Henderson, Hill View Farm, Longhorsley, Morpeth.
Strathleven Challenge Trophy for the champion Highland in-hand pony - Mrs G McMurray, Bellstown, Eaglesfield, Lockerbie. Reserve - Mrs J Grant.
Claggersnich Salver for champion Welsh pony in sections C & D - Miss L Kennedy, Whitehill Cottage, Middlebee, Lockerbie.
Torquhan Cup for champion Welsh pony in section A - Mrs S Athey, Stonedge Farm, Bonchester Bridge. Reserve - Mr & Mrs D Rowland, Syke Farm Cottage, Bogend, Symington, Ayrshire.
Douthwaite Cup for champion Welsh pony in section B - G Appleby. Reserve - Ms A Walker, Badger Meadows, Broxburn.
Dene Rejoice Salver for the highest placed registered Fell pony - Mrs N J McClung, Stichill Eastfield, Kelso.
Waxwing Challenge Trophy for best part-bred pony - Mr & Mrs C Duke.
Tansy Trophy for best Shetland pony - Mrs A Roberts, The Secret House, Duns. Reserve - Mrs M Marshall, Whitehaugh Moor, Hawick.
Haig Douglas Perpetual Challenge Trophy for best Exmoor in-hand pony - Mrs G Whetter, Bamburgh. Reserve - Miss L Kennedy.
Toffee Cup for best Dartmoor pony in classes 46 and 47 - Mr & Mrs C Anderson, Rushfield Ponies, Nether Stenries, Carrutherstown, Dumfries. Reserve - Mrs N Shuttleworth, Wilmar House, Osmotherley, Northallerton.
Sydserff Challenge Trophy for champion Connemara pony - Mrs A Escritt, The Old Post Office, Slaley, Northumberland.
Leithenwater Challenge Trophy for best Fell pony - G Reilly. Reserve - M Hall, Towford Farm, Jedburgh.
McHarg Bowl for champion in hunter pony breeding classes - Mr & Mrs D Robertson. Reserve - Miss A Stonehouse, Brookside Farm, Little Ayton, Middlesborough.
Rosette for champion coloured horse K. Woodley-Hinds, Great Lumley. Reserve - C Anderson, Bolton Woodhall, Bolton, Alnwick.
Duchess of Sutherland Challenge Cup for champion Mountain & Moorland working hunter pony - Mrs J Somervail, Bellindene Connemara Stud, Oxnam Neuk, Jedburgh. Reserve (for Major T H C Cox Silver Cup) - Mrs C MacMillan, Newbridge, Edinburgh.
South Laws Cup for best working pony - Mrs J Dun, Gilston, Heriot. Reserve - Mrs L de Wesselow, Swanstead, Belsay, Northumberland.
R Hunter Murray Challenge Salver for best working hunter pony (15hh and under), owned and exhibited by a Borders resident - Mrs J Dun.
Don Challenge Cup for hunter champion - V McKie, Milfield, Wooler. Reserve - P Richmond, Gatebridge Farm, Galphay, Ripon..
Wm Murray Silver Challenge Salver for best exhibit in the in-hand hunter classes - P Richmond. Reserve - J & W Moran.
Ellesmere Silver Challenge Cup for best brood mare - J & W Moran. Reserve - Bordergrove Stud, Yard Cottage, Mindrum.
Kelso Town Council Challenge Trophy for best exhibit in classes 83 to 85 - P Richmond. Reserve - J & W Moran.
Alan Innes Memorial Challenge Cup for best in-hand hunter bred in former Border counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Northumberland - B Mitchellhill, Firbank, Birkenside, Earlston.
Jedforest Challenge Cup for best exhibit in ridden hunter classes - V McKie, Lanton House, Milfield, Wooler. Reserve - Mr & Mrs A McCowan, Horncliffe Mains, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Tweeddale Press Cup for the best ridden hunter bred in former Border counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Northumberland - V McKie. Reserve - H Scott-Watson, New Softlaw House, Easter Softlaw, Kelso.
Axminster Rosebowl for winner of class 87 - Mrs Anderson, Ravensheugh, Selkirk.
Ian Mackenzie Gray Memorial Cup for best ridden four-year-old hunter in class 88 - V McKie.
Belling Burn Cup for best ridden hunter in class 90 - Miss L Turner, Dunbar, East Lothian.
Riding Horses championship rosette - Mrs J Rutherford, Vicarsford, Ayton. Reserve - E HaighKyloe House, Fenwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Retraining of racehorses Hickstead qualifier winner - S Clark, Ponteland. Reserve - Miss S McVittie, Davidson Place, Newtown St Boswells. Retraining of racehorses highest-place veteran - Miss S McVittie.
Hendersyde Cup for best exhibit - C Christian c/o Gilmanscleucch, Ettrick.
William Rennie Perpetual Trophy for best exhibit of opposite sex to champion - C Alexander, Haddington.
Roger Buglass Challenge Cup for best exhibit - G I Holmes, Park Nook Farm, Beamish, Co Durham.
National Horse Brass Society winner - S Graham, Moor Park, Foulden. Reserve - G I Holmes.
Harp Lager Trophy for champion turnout - G I Holmes. Reserve - P Tennant, c/o Gilmanscleuch, Ettrick.
champION OF CHAMPIONS
Matthew Templeton Salver for champion of champions - W & J Thomson, Hownam Grange, Kelso, with North Country Cheviot ewe.
Reserve - W & D McLaren, Netherton Farm, Blackford, Auchterarder, Perthshire, with Aberdeen Angus bull.
Jedburgh Goat Group Cup for champion - C Newton, Spennymoor, Co Durham. Reserve - Mrs N Brodie, Canonbie.
Fionn Mist Perpetual Challenge Rose Bowl for best Toggenburg or British Toggenburg - Mrs N Brodie.
Richmond Cup for best Anglo Nubian - B Fairley, Avonbridge, Falkirk.
Tweedside Sissy Rosebowl for best British Saanen - P Mounter, Spennymoor, Co Durham.
Whitehouse Silver Salver for best goatling - C Newton.
Jedburgh Goat Group Rose Bowl for reserve best goatling - F Fairley.
Highland Confectionery Cup for best kid - P Mounter.
Galloway Cup for reserve best kid - Miss D Oliver, Middlesknowes, Jedburgh.
St Michael Trophy for best milker - C Newton.
Southern Scotland Goat Society Shield for highest yielding goat in the milking competition - Mrs N Brodie.
Border Stick Dressers' Association Challenge Cup for best exhibit - D Gardner, Northallerton, N Yorks. Reserve - D Gardner.
Countess of Lauderdale Cup - D Varini. Reserve - J Atkinson.
George Fairley Memorial Cup for best pair of shoes - Aaron Mulholland.
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Creating a wi fi hotspot for smart phone
Would like to hear yr recommendations as to how I could best set up a wi fi hotspot with this laptop running on Win 7 Pro.
Haven't had a smart phone or other appliances so it's something new to me, have a friend visiting with a phone which needs wi fi access.
How would you go about this task?
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10166 x64
Use this, very easy...
Maryfi - Turn your Windows 7 laptop into a Wi-Fi Hotspot
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thanks DMHolt57 ... I d/loaded and installed it but don't u/stand this part:
Before installing Maryfi to your computer it's very important to check your wireless card and turn
the switch ON, and check wireless settings in Windows Mobility Center in Control Panel. "
Not aware of a wireless card switch (search brings up nothing) and there is no mobility center in Control Panel ...
any suggestions?
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I wouldn't worry about that, does your laptop have a wifi adapter? As long as your wifi adapter is on and operational, that's all you need.
Another option for you to consider is this: Connectify. In reality, you don't need either of these software packages in order to create a hotspot but they provide a convenient gui. See this article: Turn Your Windows 7 PC Into a Wireless Hotspot
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thanks strollin,
i will read that article.
I'm sure it makes tech savvy people laugh but technical idiots like me stumble over words all the time ... eg you asked "does your laptop have a wifi adapter?"
well I put that term into search and nothing comes up so I don't know. The OS is Win 7 Pro ... would it come with that? or is it something I have to add? how do i find out?
it will take me a while to read the article but I will get back here later and report my progress ...
i do appreciate yr patience and willingness to help those (whatever the opposite of a geek is ) like me.
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|27 Sep 2012
this via a later edit:
just had a suspicion ... this process may need Java RunTime in order to work ...
can anyone verify that?
thanks again for yr help! appreciate that.
read the article and also found a tutorial on same topic but which-ever way I go the message ends up
"Windows could not set up ...(name given)"
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|27 Sep 2012
Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
This link shows you the command line method for creating a WiFi hot spot.
Yes, all laptops have a built in WiFi adaptor.
Windows 7 Tip of the Week: Use Wireless Hosted Networking to Share An Internet Connection Wirelessly
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|27 Sep 2012
I don't know if I would be so confident as to say that ALL laptops have a WiFi adapter but I think it's a pretty safe bet that your laptop has a WiFi adapter unless it's very old.
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ok the procedure seems pretty straight forward eg here:-
How to turn your PC into a wi-fi hotspot ? [HD] - YouTube
What happens is I get to the stage of filling in:
Network name: my hotspot
Security type: WPA-2 Personal
Security key: password entered
tick Save this network
then press Next and what comes up is:
Windows could not set up my hotspot.
So some fault somewhere ... or something not turned on .... don't know how to diagnose this ... any suggestions?
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|28 Sep 2012
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows XP x64 SP3
Are you able to try it again and let us know specifically the error that comes up?
If it fails again can you put the following into notepad:
Get-EventLog Application -After (Get-Date).AddHours(-1) | Format-List >> C:\output_hotspot.txt
Save it where you like and run it, once ran go to your C drive, open up "output_hotspot.txt" and let us know what it contains.
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other than me? :confused: I have a dumb phone. a cheap $20 pay as you go phone... emergencies only. I put 15 bucks a month on it to keep it active. just in case the car breaks down. I had an iphone once for 2 days. took it back. I don't need it and hated the thought of paying 65 bucks a month...
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Broadway & TV's Telly Leung (Broadway's GODSPELL, GLEE, RENT, WICKED) offers an electrifying evening of songs and personal anecdotes - and brings his sold-out NYC show to the West Coast! Audiences can expect an eclectic set list of songs from the world of Pop, Rock & Broadway - re-imagined and re-invented for a jazz trio (featuring music direction by Paul Galloway) - and tunes from his debut album, {i'll cover you} on the Yellow Sound Label.
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Doors open at 6:30 PM and the show begins at 8:00 PM. Tickets range from $15 - $25. For ticket information please call (323) 661-6163 (ext 20) or visit www.rockwell-la.com.
A veteran of RENT's final Broadway cast, Telly Leung made his Broadway debut in the 2002 revival of FLOWER DRUM SONG. He starred in the first Broadway revival of Sondheim's PACIFIC OVERTURES in 2004 and originated the role of Boq in the Chicago company of WICKED. Leung was also featured as a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers opposite Darren Criss on the second season of Fox's GLEE. He returned to Broadway in the 2011 revival of GODSPELL. His next Broadway project will be starring opposite Lea Salonga and George Takei in ALLEGIANCE, a new American musical about the internment of Japanese-Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He has performed all over the world at venues like Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, the London Hippodrome, New York's 54 Below, The Old Globe, and the Hollywood Bowl (where LA audiences will remember his performance as Angel in the Bowl's production of RENT, directed by Neil Patrick Harris opposite Wayne Brady). His debut album, {i'll cover you}, was released on The Yellow Sound Label in 2012. Telly holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, and has taught as an adjunct professor at NYU's New Studio on Broadway, and is featured as a Broadway coach on the PBS documentary series BROADWAY OR BUST.
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Enjoy a peaceful and secure retirement. A one bedroom unfurnished flat on the 2nd floor of a PURPOSE BUILT RETIREMENT DEVELOPMENT for residents aged 60 years and over. The property is available on an assured shorthold tenancy. The rent includes the maintenance and service charge where applicable.
A well appointed one bedroom apartment situated on the second floor with a northerly aspect. The apartment comprises: one bedroom with a built in wardrobe, lounge / dining room, large kitchen with the benefit of a window and space for an oven and fridge / freezer, and bathroom with a shower over the bath.
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Situated in Shropshireâs Little Switzerland, Denehurst Court is close to the heart of this busy market town. Denehurst Court is within half a mile of the shops and all other amenities of the town centre.
The historic market town of Church Stretton is situated in the heart of the South Shropshire hills on the English/Welsh borders. This part of the Marches is still relatively undiscovered and Church Stretton is the only market town in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Popular TV shows such as "Say Yes to the Dress" depict the touching moment when a bride-to-be finds her perfect wedding gown.
KirstieKelly.com offers a new service that promises to revolutionize the wedding dress search by allowing women to find their perfect dresses without ever having to leave their homes.
Kirstie Kelly, the California bridal couture designer whose creations are showcased on the website, explained the appeal of the service: "The bride today is very different from the bride ten years ago. She wants to shop on her own time. She's been buying everything online her whole life. To gather all of her girlfriends and actually physically go somewhere with eight or ten people, that's a chore."
The service, dubbed "Borrow Me," is simple. For $35 per dress, a bridal shopper can borrow as many dresses as she would like for 48 hours.
The shopper also gets Skype, FaceTime or phone consultation with a bridal stylist to get feedback about the gown.
"You lose the nervousness that you might have when you're out in an environment with lots of other brides around. You try it on with your girlfriends," Kelly said.
Bride-to-be Margy Gunmar, 22, of Redondo Baeach, Calif., fitted her "borrowed" selections with family and friends all in the comfort of her living room.
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October 16, 2013, Kenny Bruce, NASCAR.com
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Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart is back on his feet, literally, following a third surgery on his broken right leg, getting around on crutches and hoping his doctor will clear him to return to physical therapy later this week.
The Stewart-Haas Racing co-owner and driver of the No. 14 Chevrolet suffered a broken tibia and fibula when he crashed during a sprint car race on Aug. 5 in Iowa. He underwent two surgeries within the first week of the accident as doctors cleaned and treated the wound and inserted a metal rod to aid the healing process.
The most recent surgery, performed Oct. 7, became necessary when a small area on his right leg became infected.
"They said after we got through with the second operation that the first two months was critical as far as the risk of infection," Stewart said Tuesday evening in Charlotte. "I never dreamed I'd have to worry about it.
"We did a pretty good job of keeping it clean, doing everything the first couple of weeks as far as staying off it the way we were told to give the skin time to heal. It literally just came down to one spot under the skin; something was going on down there that it didn't like, it showed up on the surface and then we realized we had a problem."
Stewart said doctors removed a section "about the size of a dime … and pulled it all together.
"It's a little bit of a setback," he said. "Hopefully only two or three weeks, but still a setback.
"We were virtually at the end of that cycle that they were worried about, time-frame wise, and then all of a sudden. … We thought we were out of the woods with the infection part really. It was in a section, the only spot that didn't heal."
Stewart said he is scheduled to return to the doctor today, and is hopeful that he will be able to resume physical therapy Friday. He had been undergoing therapy three days a week for approximately 90 minutes each day, he said, and had progressed to the point that he could walk short distances without the aid of crutches before his most recent surgery.
The 42-year-old gladly took out his phone to provide evidence of his progress -- a video that showed him not only walking, but also climbing up and down a set of stairs without assistance.
While he's not quite back to square one, he said the most recent surgery was difficult to absorb.
"Physically I'm alright," he said. "I'm a little dejected. I've been pretty upbeat about the whole thing … until that happened. That just kind of took the wind out of my sails a little bit. That's why guys like (former NHRA drag racer) Darrell Gwynn, guys that have been through the ups and downs, keep checking in on me. They say 'how are you doing?' They're not asking how I'm doing physically. They're asking how I'm doing mentally with it.
"It's having guys like that who have been a support system that keep you pumped up. It's hard to tell people you're having a bad day. When I found out that I was going to have to stop the therapy and go in and get cut on again, it just deflates you."
A winner of 48 Cup races, Stewart was 11th in the points standings and in the running for this year's Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup before his accident. The SHR organization, which also fields teams for drivers Ryan Newman and Danica Patrick, obtained the services of Max Papis for the following week's race at Watkins Glen and Austin Dillon a week later at Michigan. Veteran Mark Martin was eventually named to compete in the remaining races for the No. 14 team, with the exception of this weekend's event at Talladega when Dillon will return to the driver's seat.
With Newman competing in the Chase before he becomes a member of Richard Childress Racing next year and expansion underway at SHR -- the group will add a fourth team for 2014 to accommodate newcomers Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick -- there's a lot of activity taking place at the team's Kannapolis, N.C., shop.
"It's chaos right now," Stewart said of the activity. "You look at it on paper and it's supposed to work. But it's a long process and we're still trying to do the best we can do and give Ryan the best opportunity to get as good of a finish as we can the rest of the year.
"At the same time we're knocking walls down and building race cars and we've still got three teams to finish the year with. It's a lot to wrap your arms around."
There is little, however, that he can do at this time. He has been to the track -- he watched Saturday night's race at Charlotte from a condominium in Turn 1 -- and has been back to the dirt tracks on a couple of occasions.
"You miss everything," he said. "The good thing is I've been able to go back to the track, been able to see the officials, get to talk to my team. I haven't been able to be around them a lot, but I value the time I have had.
"It feels like a jail sentence to me. You just do your time. You don't know when you're going to get out but you know you're going to get out eventually."
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Rajesh has a screen shot of a dual language AdSense ad unit which displays one ad in Englishh and one in Hindi.
I've seen dual language ads before and always thought they were probably a glitch in the system but in the last few days I've talked to a number of people who think that it could be more than that.
Whether they are a new feature, a glitch or a test AdSense are doing is anyone's guess really.
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