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|Zombie film feature
|Like the NFL's best QB
|Former New York Times theater critic with a Pulitzer Prize
|Bill who once danced to "Weird Science" on "Dancing With the Stars"
|Wry writer Bombeck
|Woolly beast
|Enter "key," say
|Shrill, as trumpet calls
|Calligrapher's fluids
|Disorderly stacks
|Jazz singer who wrote songs inspired by the civil rights movement
|Telescope opening
|Portrait artist Alice
|Orioles great Ripken
|___ code
|Company that merged with DuPont in 2017
|The G of LGBTQIA
|"The Terminator" actress
|Cozy lodging
|Environmental prefix
|Mr. T's TV crew
|Custodian's cleaner
|"Metropolis" painter Dix
|Elves' weapons in Middle-earth
|Recipient of the Icon Award at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards
|All-purpose conjunction
|Laced item, often
|Lands at O'Hare, say
|Twice-a-month tide
|English digit seen in this clue number
|Sign for a clairvoyant
|Like tuna in some rolls
|Founder of a luxury skin-care company
|Pungent bit of a salad
|Silver Legacy Resort Casino locale
|Shanghai-born NBA Hall of Famer
|Spanish digit seen in this clue number
|Korben Dallas's vehicle in "The Fifth Element"
|Classic role for Ingrid
|Sentimental fondness
|At full speed, archaically
|Like a lose-lose situation
|Wave to, say
|Depend (on)
|Like some contracts
|Comedian Kirkman
|"Michael" director Nora
|Inside info?
|Picture of Peter Pan or Pinocchio, e.g.
|William of ___ (friar with a famous razor)
|Word-loving Webster
|NBA star ___-Anthony Towns
|Book reports?
|Attached, as patches
|Prison abolition advocate Davis
|Lighthouse light
|"To infinity and ___!" ("Toy Story" phrase)
|Woolly beast
|The Promise Ring genre
|Person to be paid
|Where to make a pit stop in California?
|Skater Midori
|Language spread by the Ministry of Truth in "1984"
|Vague recipe amount
|"___ Lisa Overdrive" (1988 sci-fi novel)
|___ journalism
|Block party game?
|Moves at a brisk pace
|"Treasure Island" narrator
|Assert assertively
|John of "Blockers"
|"I'm in awe!"
|Ghostly glows
|Adidas alternative
|"Eek!" elicitor
|Invite out for
|Many HP products
|Scented substance
|Takes the greyhound home, say
|First woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
|Security at a university
|River embankment
|Reproductive Freedom Project org.
|"The Drop" composer
|Wizards' workplaces
|Racers on snowy hills
|Fortnight's 14
|Drops on a field
|One who rejoiced after the 2016 World Series
|Chess legend Karpov
|Runner-up in 1996
|When a rooster crows
|Berry in many Sambazon products
|Storied loch
|Kool stuff
|Curling iron brand
|Aircraft carriers?
|Giant with 511 homers
|Buccaneer's beverage
|Body of politics
|"Already heard the alarm, thanks"
|Recuperation location
|Tequila brand with a bull and matador on its label
|Make nice and tidy
|Shrill bark
|Deep spaces
|Spewed a la Vesuvius
|Matched, as a competitor
|Completely cockamamie
|"Why are you bothering me yet again?"
|List of publishing flubs
|Summit figure
|Recite sans inflection
|Checks' numbers
|Pointed features of Gothic-style buildings
|Artemis launcher
|Like some chocolate
|Gillette brand
|Name that's a homophone of 39 Down
|"Blackfish" mammal
|Entertaining Carson or Tyne
|Big burden
|Chairman Meow or Fidel Catstro, e.g.
|Vice writer Peyser
|Trending thing
|Catch some waves?
|Bash in a CNN studio
|Plumbing problems
|Las Vegas's WNBA team
|"That's How Heartaches Are Made" soul singer
|Small discrete units of energy
|3rd-century Fr. bishop and patron of Paris
|YouTube annoyance
|Go from E to F, in a way
|King and queen's source of amusement
|From Kyrgyzstan, say
|___ ring
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The Division of Student Life supports a rich and varied program of residential programs; clubs and organizations; internship, employment and volunteer opportunities; cultural and diversity initiatives and recreational and leisure programs for our students. The vice president and dean of student life provides leadership and oversight of this division which includes Student Conduct, Department of Public Safety, Residence Life & Housing, Career Center, Women's and Gender Resource Center, LGBTQ Services, Student Leadership & Campus Engagement, Intramurals and Recreation, Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity, Wellness Center, Center for Service, Spirituality, and Social Justice, and the Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life.
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- Office of LGBTQ Services
- Public Safety
- Women's and Gender Resource Center
- Wellness Center (Health, Counseling & Nutrition)
- Athletics
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Dot Lehotsky
Executive Assistant for Student Life
Holland Union Building
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Adventist Community Services of South Central Conference is the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is one of the most exciting ways you can be involved in your community or city in a practical Christian way by caring for and showing compassion to the disadvantaged and meeting the needs of our community and our neighbors. As national crises increase and people's needs become more complex, we seek to provide hope, motivation, dignity, self respect and healing to our surrounding communities through our local church based ministries.
The six areas of Adventist Community Service ministries are as follows:
In His earthly ministry, Christ worked out a pattern for His followers to copy. He "went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed" (Acts 10:38). Christ identified with the poor and oppressed. "He fed the hungry and healed the sick. . . By the good He accomplished, by His loving words and kindly deeds, He interpreted the Gospel to men," comments Ellen White. "Christ's work in behalf of man is not finished. It continues today. In like manner, His ambassadors are to preach the gospel and to reveal His pitying love for lost and perishing souls. By an unselfish interest in those who need help they are to give a practical demonstration of the truth of the gospel" (Welfare Ministry, pages 56-57).
When a church serves the world, it is an expression of the love of Christ to the world. It is the body of Christ serving the world's needs and being used by the Holy Spirit as an agency of salvation.
The church was created for service. It serves the Lord in praise, serves one another in love, and serves the world in humility. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works" (Ephesians 2:10).
Duties of the Local Church Community Services Leader
The major functions and tasks of the local church community service leader are the following:
1. Discovering the needs of the community. A needs assessment of your area should be completed every two or three years by visual inspection; by talking with police, fire, mental health, and welfare authorities; by reviewing the news media; and by conducting surveys. A methodology for conducting a community survey has been published in chapter four of Ministries of Compassion (AdventSource 1994).
2. Mobilizing a response to specific concerns. It is your responsibility to help your church identify social concerns to which it feels called to respond. Usually this decision will be made in the outreach or personal ministries committee. Once the decision is made you will have the task of getting the word out and rousing the congregation to action. To learn how to mobilize and organize the church members for outreach, see Ministries of Compassion, chapter three.
3. Organization of programs. You will be asked to recruit volunteers and arrange details of disaster relief programs, entry events (activities through which non-members participate for the first time in a church-sponsored activity), and other social action projects. These will include health screening, aid for the poor, literacy and employment assistance, and inner city programs.
4. Establish cooperation. The community services leader is asked to work with other organizations in the community so the church does not duplicate services. Contracts have been negotiated at national levels with the Red Cross and government agencies specifying what Adventist Community Services will do in the event of major disasters and related to certain social problems. Similar agreements are needed in your area. This may mean that you, or someone you appoint, will meet regularly with inter-agency committees to represent the Adventist Church.
5. Communication. You are the person the congregation expects to keep it posted about Adventist Community Services activities, as well as provide information on current issues. This means that you will want to utilize the personal ministries time once a month (as outlined in denominational policy), prepare announcements for the bulletin and church newsletter, and distribute a comprehensive statistical report at least once a year. Since the yearly "ACS Inner City Offering" appeal is a major source of funds for community services, the community service leader will want to be involved.
E-Reporting is Here! www.communityservices.org
Adventist Community Services E-Reporting Tutorial from NAD Church Resource Center on Vimeo.
Adventist Community Services (ACS) is pleased to host a 21st century way to keep track of all of your community service activities. The simple, web based software will allow you to record services you provide, clients, volunteer information and basic income and expense data. Collecting and then reporting this data to your church or constituency could boost volunteerism and donations. Using this software will eliminate the need to provide paper reports to your conference office. For more information, please contact the conference office at (615) 226-6500 x 143 email@example.com. To get started, make sure your church or institution is registered and then click User Registration.
What is the ACS Inner City Offering?
ACS Inner City Offering is an annual opportunity for people like you to provide financial support to help people who are unemployed, working poor, uninsured and disadvantaged in metropolitan areas throughout the United States and Bermuda.
How does the ACS Inner City Offering work?
The funds collected are used to strengthen local ACS programs that serve people in need through charitable services such as: food pantry services, clothing services, housing assistance, medical and healthcare services, substance abuse awareness and prevention training, job skills training, tutoring and mentoring programs, addiction treatment, crisis intervention, domestic violence aid, family and parenting counseling, teen pregnancy services, homeless shelters and more!
Why is the ACS Inner City Program important?
ACS Inner City Program seeks to lead communities to wholeness by helping community members equip themselves with skills to become self-sufficient.
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There are times when no matter how much a business tries to avoid or mitigate its environmental impacts, significant damage to the environment is inevitable. This is particularly a problem with the mining industry, which typically extracts large volumes of rock. And it's especially an issue with the cement industry, which quarries limestone and clay to produce cement that's literally the foundation of the houses, roads, bridges, and ports, and other infrastructure that make up a country's "built" capital. And the issue is even more important in Vietnam where the conversion from "natural" to "built" capital is happening so fast.
This is the context in which IUCN is working with Holcim Vietnam Limited (HVL), which is the largest cement producer in southern Vietnam with a cement plant in Kien Luong District in Kien Giang Province. Research by the Center for Biodiversity and Development (CBD) in HCMC has documented very high levels of endemism on the karst (limestone) hills that the company is quarrying. In other words, these are plants and animals that only exist and can only be protected in the wild locally. For example, these hills are home to 50% of a sub-species of Silvered langur and many plants and invertebrates have been described that are only found here.
To address the unavoidable loss of biodiversity caused by limestone quarrying, HVL, IUCN, and CBD have collaborated to offset the impacts of quarrying by working with the Kien Giang People's Committee (PC) to establish the Kien Luong Karst Nature Reserve (KLKNR) to protect the remaining karst hills. This will involve quarrying in ways that avoid impacts, particularly on the plants and invertebrates, and where this is not possible quarrying in ways that allow the Silvered langurs to migrate to undisturbed habitat. A proposal has been submitted to the PC to establish the KLKNR and we are waiting to hear back.
The report Partnership for Biodiversity: Making Biodiversity Part of Business summarizes IUCN's global agreement with Holcim. With 80,000 employees and production sites in 70 countries, Holcim is the world's third largest cement and aggregate producer with sales of $10 billion in the first half of 2010. The creation of the KLKNR is referenced on page 18.
You can download a booklet prepared by CBD with the support of IUCN and other partners on the biodiversity of the karst hills of Hon Chong here.


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|MLBPA/MLB News Release
The Major League Baseball Players Association released the following statement on behalf of Miguel Tejada:
"I apologize to my teammates, the Royals organization and to the Kansas City fans. I have a medical condition that requires medication to treat. I took that medication while re-applying for a Therapeutic Use Exemption. Under the requirements of the Joint Drug Program, I made a mistake in doing so."


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Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I have a question about sun block products. What active ingredients should be present in a product to be effective and in what percentage. Also are their any products that you can suggest. Brand names can be helpful.
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The sun produces two types of ultraviolet light that lead to skin damage, UVA and UVB. These rays cause redness, sunburns and, over time, can cause aging, wrinkling, freckles, and age spots. Sunburns are particularly dangerous for kids, as this is a strong risk factor for developing melanoma. There is no "safe" or "healthy" tan, and sunscreen is just one important step to protecting our skin.
The first step in preventing melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers is truly sun avoidance, meaning that you should avoid sun exposure during peak hours, which are between 10am - 4pm. If you must be exposed to ultraviolet radiation or choose to do so, then you should seek shade and use sun protective behaviors. These include wearing long sleeve shirts, pants, a hat, and sun glasses. Clothing should have a tight yet breathable weave to be truly protective (a typical white t-shirt has an SPF of 3). There are products that you can wash clothing in to increase its SPF rating. Hats should have a wide brim. Sunglasses should protect against UVA and UVB rays. Sunscreen should also be worn.
It's important to think "outside of the box" about sun exposure and the need for protection. It is certainly possible to get sunburn on a cloudy day or being outside in the winter. We get a good amount of sun exposure riding in our cars on a sunny day, but we often don't think of this as a time when we need sun protection. The message is, make applying SPF (sun protective factor) a part of your daily routine, not something you only do when going to the beach.
At this point we know that sun exposure is linked to melanoma occurrence; however, it is less clear whether the link is between exposures to UVA or UVB rays. On-going studies are looking at this question, so for now we recommend protecting against both. There have been great increases in the numbers of melanoma cases, and experts question whether sunscreen use offers users a false sense of security against melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. So, while it is important to use SPF, it is also important to remember that this cannot prevent all sun damage. Our most effective tool to measure a product's ability to block harmful UV radiation is the SPF or sun protective factor. This number is tested in a laboratory to determine the ability of a product (typically clothing or sunscreen) to prevent erythema (redness) or sunburn in response to sun exposure. The SPF rating can be multiplied by the time of exposure necessary to produce minimal redness in an unprotected individual. For example, if you typically develop minimal redness after 20 minutes in the sun, using an SPF -15 sunscreen would extend the time to developing redness to about 300 minutes (5 hours) of exposure. It is important to note, that while SPF may correlate well with degree of protection against UVB, it does not ensure adequate protection against UVA, which is thought to play a key role in photo aging (aging of skin from sun exposure). One must also remember that water exposure and sweating can wash away the SPF and decrease the ability to protect your skin.
Sunscreens work by absorbing or reflecting and scattering the sun's rays. There are two main types of sunscreens, physical and chemical. When looking at a product in the store, look for the SPF factor and what ingredients it contains.
- Physical sunscreens contain large particulate substances such as titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, talc, kaolin, ferric chloride, ichthamnol (Ichthyol), and various colored clays, which act to reflect and scatter both visible and UV light. These sunscreens protect from UVA and UVB rays (called "broad spectrum sunscreens); however, they do exhibit qualities that users can find unappealing such as appearing white or colored, a tendency to stain clothing, and causing comedogenesis (obstructing of follicles leading to blackheads & acne).
- Chemical sunscreens absorb rather than reflect UV radiation, and they typically have a limited spectrum of protection. Substances that protect against UVB rays include Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), PABA esters, salicylates, camphor derivatives, and cinnamates are in this category. Newer products also protect against UVA rays; these substances include dibenzoylmethanes, anthranilates, benzophenones, triazoles, and some camphor derivatives.
Proper application of sunscreen is essential to achieving full benefit from any sunscreen product, regardless of SPF. Sunscreens should be applied evenly approximately 15 to 30 minutes before sun exposure and every 2 hours for it to work properly. Approximately 30-35 milliliters (about 2 tablespoons) of sunscreen is required to properly cover an average adult, but most people apply significantly less sunscreen than this. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends a sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher to be used in most circumstances; however, for individuals with greater sun sensitivity or in circumstances of prolonged sun exposure, higher SPF may be more appropriate. Reapplication of sunscreen should occur minimally every 2-3 hours, or after swimming and activities with sweating (even "waterproof" sunscreens must be reapplied!).
Self tanning lotions or sprays are a safe alternative to the sun, but remember that this does not give you protection, so you will still need to use SPF after tanning with these products. Tanning booths are not a safe alternative to the sun. They can cause skin cancers and promote aging, just as the natural sun can.


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When i took this photo back in June during minicamp, I had no idea how telling it would be of the Cowboys' season. The Cowboys with back-up Quarterback are beating themselves... you can't write this stuff...
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Mina Hasan summer collection fashion clothing for girls 2015, Mina Hassan is one the most prominent fashion designer of Pakistan as well as worldwide. Recently, she has launched luxury summer formal dress collection 2015 for girls as well. This formal collection is contains of embroidered dresses for women can be wear in party functions, casual wear and bridal events. Handsome embroidery designs are create on front, back and sleeves of the shirts. In front side of shirt also decorated with some embroidery and lace work. Mina Hasan offer in clothing from fashionable casuals to heavy formal dress collection. They have inclusive dress for every girl's selection with ease of use trendy, stylish, seasonal and occasional collections. These summer formal dress collations are moderate in patterns, color combination and modern fashion eras.
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A field trip to Carnegie Science Center is not just a lot of fun for students of all ages – it's packed with opportunities for STEM (science, technology. engineering, and math) learning that will stick with them for a long time.
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|A former drive-thru on Division is now the home of the best taco in GR.
My wife and I conducted our own little taco challenge this past Saturday by visiting 6 taco joints in the Grand Rapids area. All six are undeniably authentic and worth the side trip from one's suburban home. Of the six, Taqueria San Jose on Division avenue is the hands down favorite.
|Taqueria San Jose gives an ample amount of cilantro (versus lettuce). Its salsa and roasted pepper combination are deadly delicious. For $1.75, how can you go wrong?
|Menu at Taqueria San Jose
|The taco stand inside La Mexicana grocery store on Division
|La Mexicana Taco
|Best bang for your buck...Tacos El Cunado on Grandville
|Menu board at Tacos El Cunado
|The friendly taco chef at El Cunado
|Carne Asada taco at El Cunada
|$1 taco at Cancun on Grandville avenue
|You can't beat the price
|The very popular taco at Tacos El Caporal
|Tacos El Caporal on 28th Street in Wyoming
|Inside El Granjero on Bridge and Lane
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|Cong. Aaron Schock (R-IL),
closeted heterosexual.
Some would like us to believe that anti-gay GOP Congressman Aaron Schock is simply a closeted heterosexual.
You know the type. Men who are so uncomfortable with the fact that they really like girls, that they avoid the question all together of whether they're straight. Whenever asked if they're straight or gay, they run rather than answer the question, lest anyone find out that they're really heterosexual.
Yeah, right.
Those guys don't exist. There is no such thing as a closeted heterosexual. The last closeted heterosexual we found in the GOP was former party chair Ken Mehlman, and we all know how that one turned out.
So when anti-gay GOP Congressman Aaron Schock was asked by Mike Signorile at the GOP convention if he's gay, Schock stormed off and refused to answer, saying it's "ridiculous and inappropriate" to ask.
Why? I'm not afraid to say that I'm gay. And I've never met a straight guy in my life who was afraid to say that he was straight. We're to believe that Schock is straight, but so offended by the question – so offended, why exactly? – that he refuses to even answer it.
I can imagine questions that are so offensive that I wouldn't answer them. Whether I'm gay or straight isn't one of them. And it certainly isn't one of them if you're a straight man in the Republican party who's being talked about as possibly the next Illinois governor.
So Aaron Schock is now a closeted heterosexual.


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My mom has always loved music. She loves to sing and whistle (and even hum). Ma is game, too. She'll listen to rock n roll, soul music, funk, jazz, and her "classic music." But she's never been a big record-buyer. When I was growing up, she had some Judy Collins records and Simon and Garfunkel lps, and of course, her Jacques Brel albums. Oh, how she looooved Jacques Brel. And we had an Edith Piaf record, too.
Most French-speaking peoples of my mom's generation revered Edith Piaf.
I always think of Edith Piaf–of my mom singing in French, of Nuke Laloosh mistaking Piaf for a "crazy Spanish singer" in "Bull Durham"–whenever I hear Rice Pilaf. Edith Pilaf?
Sounds good, tastes good. Sometimes the French know what they are doing…
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Could Bacteria-Fighting Viruses Replace Overused Antibiotics? (Scientific American) →
Inside a third-floor office a few blocks from the hudson river in yonkers, N.Y., a small biotechnology company called ContraFect prepares to test a remarkable new way to kill bacteria in humans. Antibiotics, after many years of use and overuse, have lost their edge against rapidly evolving bacteria, with everything from staph infections to tuberculosis becoming more devastating, deadly and difficult to treat. Whereas traditional antibiotics have mostly been derived from chemicals produced by soil bacteria and fungi, ContraFect has found an alternative in bacteriophages: viruses that infect bacteria and hijack their internal machinery. In nature, phages produce enzymes called lysins, causing the bacteria fall to pieces and new phages to tumble out by the hundreds. ContraFect believes it can harness these lysins to treat bacterial infections in humans.
The first trials for patient safety are expected to start this year. It is a moment that Vincent Fischetti, a 71-year-old microbiologist at the Rockefeller University, has been approaching for decades. A child of working-class parents on Long Island, he once thought he would be a dentist before getting hooked on microbiology as an undergraduate. Studying for his master's degree by night and paying his bills as a technician on a scarlet fever project by day, he became fascinated by phages. After years of work, he demonstrated, in 2001, that lysins could help mice fight strep throat infection. The military also sees potential in lysins, which could be administered before surgery to prevent infection or spread over surfaces to clean an area contaminated by an anthrax attack.


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Where have I been?
As I said earlier, it's become harder and harder to find the time to blog. I must apologise to all the regular readers who have inspired me to continue to write here.
Since August 1, 2008, the last real post until these, I've changed jobs, moved to another place and it's even busier than before. However, I'm expecting to end up with an even more pronounced online presence, as you shall see shortly. As an extension of that process, I'm considering integrating the blog, archives and all, into that 'online presence.' I'd deeply appreciate it if you could write back and tell me what you think of that kind of a move. My idea is that once the blog becomes part of my official duties, my freedom to post frequently will become less of an issue. Which means I can write more, and whenever I like. And no one can object, since it is, after all, official work.
I will, of course, endeavour to not let the 'rules' that come with an official blog to alter or curtail the freedoms this blog has enjoyed, or for that matter, the sort of content that I've posted here.
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Complete streets, shared space and peopleways improve their mingling
On Halloween, when the living and the dead come out to play, you can never tell who you'll bump into.
Which makes this the best week I can think of to talk about complete streets.
That's a byword I learned when I bumped into former Maryland governor Parris Glendening in Zü Coffee in the Bay Forest shopping center. We'd both driven, though we could, in other circumstances, have propelled ourselves, as Zü is a little more than a mile from his home and a little under two miles from my office.
Circumstances being what they were, our conversation and not our feet took us to complete streets, which took us to the interview you'll read in this week's paper.
Glendening ended his three decades in electoral office in 2003. But he's continued campaigning for Smart Growth.
Broadly, Smart Growth means keeping people close to the things they do, so that we live more self-propelled lives with more time, while preserving open spaces and a healthy Chesapeake watershed for people who'll come after us.
The philosophy, policies and practices Glendening christened Smart Growth have spread worldwide, he told me with pride. Annapolis, where he lives with his family and where I work, is one of the places Smart Growth is at work, improving the quality of lives and environment.
Good new sidewalks are part of our Capital City's Smart Growth. But I'd like to rename them peopleways in honor of the service they perform. On sidewalks, walking goes on beside something more important, streets and roads, which are places designed for and controlled by vehicles. Complete streets, which are where we're headed, give equal attention to people outside their cars.
Like the word, places for people to walk are often afterthoughts. Outside big cities, they're likely erratic if not missing.
Last week, Annapolis got to be a bigger city, with good peopleways reaching all the way from Westgate Circle to Solomons Island Road. The State Highway Administration managed the 1.8-mile, six-month reconstruction.
At the ribbon-cutting at Annapolis Library, we saw these new peopleways do their work. People in wheelchairs propelled themselves easily and safely to the ceremony and, when rain fell, back to the cover of the library. A bus pulled up and delivered a passenger, who walked easily away down the smooth, concrete surface.
You had to be a daredevil walker to use our capital city's old broken, narrow sidewalks, which might anytime abandon a walker into speeding, impatient traffic.
Peopleways like this give you "a chance to be in the community," said James Martin. The executive director of Accessible Resources for Independence in Anne Arundel County uses a wheelchair.
I grew up in neighborhoods where streets weren't complete without sidewalks, neighborhoods urban and suburban, main street and residential. So did my husband and sons. Sidewalks brought us into the community in all sorts of ways, not the least of which was trick-or-treating.
How many suburban communities have sidewalks nowadays? Cars pushed them out of fashion. Maybe that's why my younger colleagues tell me they didn't share my experience of house-to-house trick-or-treating. Instead they went by car and van to trunk and treat, sponsored by churches and civic organizations to keep kids off the streets.
In Fairhaven, where I live, and Providence, where my grandkids live, house-to-house trick-or-treating is still the custom. We have no sidewalks, but people have kept our internal roads their own, making the cars share. There's a word for that, too, by the way: shared space.
Again this Halloween in many neighborhoods — I hope yours is one — very lively kids take to our very incomplete streets. Costumes make them ungainly and spectral; the freedom of being out at night and the giddy promise of loot make them incautious.
Ghosts — plus who knows what other insubstantial creatures on lease from the underworld — will be out there, too.
So on Halloween, go forth carefully.
P.S. As in any good conversation, policy — even the Smart Growth policies for which Glendening is famed — is not the only subject we touched. Hair styles, tweens and travel are part of the back and forth you'll read, reminders that people are the point of policy.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks rose Friday, lifting the S&P 500 index to its first finish above 1,500 since late 2007, on improving profit from Procter & Gamble Co. and other quarterly results.
The S&P 500's close above the psychologically important level could bring hesitant investors back into the market, strategists said.
"A lot of folks still on the sidelines from 2007 thinking the world is coming to an end" may reconsider equities, said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets. "It's one of the infrequent times that Wall Street news makes the Main Street media in a positive fashion."
Up for an eighth consecutive session and notching its longest win streak since the nine-day run that ended in early November 2004, the S&P 500 SPX, +0.83% rose 8.14 points, or 0.5%, to 1,502.96, leaving it up 1.1% for the week. Read: S&P 500 target raised to 1,600 at Deutsche Bank.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.04% climbed 70.65 points, or 0.5%, to 13,895.98, up 1.8% from the week-ago close.
The Nasdaq Composite index COMP, +0.93% advanced 19.33 points, or 0.6%, to 3,149.71, a level that has it 0.5% higher for the week.
For every two stocks on the decline three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 692 million shares traded.
Composite volume neared 3.5 billion.
On Friday, Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.27% shares fell 2.4%, continuing their decline, with the company falling to second behind Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM, +0.95% in market capitalization. Read: Apple falls behind Exxon as most valuable firm.
Apple late Wednesday reported disappointing financial results, with a slew of analysts lowering their price targets on the iPhone maker in response. The company lost $59.9 billion in market value during the Thursday session alone. See Mark Hulbert column: Apple drop shows price of popularity.
Stock indexes only briefly curbed their gains Friday after the Commerce Department reported that the nation's sales of new homes fell 7.3% in December. Shares in the home-building sector traded mostly higher, however. Read: New-home sales fall in December.
"The housing market is generally positive and causing an upward bias to the market [and] quarterly earnings are generally in line to above expectations," said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Asset Management.
And, growth in emerging markets should be a positive factor for many U.S. multinationals, and is "one catalyst that could see earnings to the upside; you're seeing some of that with fourth-quarter results," he said.
"That said, I think the market is a little ahead of itself, and I would like to see it go sideways in coming weeks to take some of the adrenaline out of the market," Sandven added.
Procter & Gamble PG, -0.03% reported a second-quarter profit well above expectations, with the household-products maker also hiking its sales and earnings outlook for the fiscal year. The company's shares rose 4%, the best performer in the Dow.
Halliburton Co. HAL, -1.29% shares climbed after the oilfield-services company reported adjusted fourth-quarter results that topped estimates.
Of the 174 companies, or 29% of the S&P 500, that had reported earnings for the fourth quarter as of Thursday's close, 68% reported earnings that beat consensus estimates, almost 14% were in line, and more than 18% missed, according to Greg Harrison, earnings research analyst at Thomson Reuters.


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Application for Gallery Positions
The Editor of Gallery is responsible for publicizing the magazine, attending the creative writing class where submission policies are explained, posting signs and posters on campus announcing deadlines and submission procedures, and establishing a good working relationship with the printing office. This person has overall control of the creative writing and art submissions and should strive for diversity and representation of the overall student body within the magazine. The editor-in-chief will also develop announcements for The Bulletin and the infosys system to request submissions and promote Gallery.
The editor-in-chief checks placement of material in galley form, proofreads for grammatical correctness and makes sure that two other staff members also read and edit each work for correctness. This takes, depending upon the size and content of the magazine, from two to three weeks to accomplish.
The editor-in-chief has the final decision regarding type style and size, the format of the magazine as well as its layout and design. It is his or her responsibility to check the final proof copy to be sure that corrections have been made either on a blueline or the final digital proofs. The editor-in-chief is also responsible for the distribution of the Gallery on Honors Day.
The text editor is primarily responsible for proofing and editing the text of the magazine. The text editor also publicizes the magazine, encourages fellow students to submit written material, and makes submission posters for creative writing to display on Walters State campuses. The text editor edits and checks proof copies, proofreads content, and ensures the correct formatting for the table of contents. The text editor must learn how to utilize "styles" in word processing and page layout to streamline the layout procedure. The text editor shares responsibility with the editor-in-chief for the magazine's correctness and pleasing appearance. The text editor is also responsible for the distribution of Gallery on Honors Day.
The art editor encourages student artists and photographers to submit work to be used as illustrations in the magazine. Working with the text editor, the art editor is responsible for making submissions posters for art work to display on Walters State campuses. The art editor selects and determines the amount of photography and art included in the magazine, which must also meet the approval of the entire editorial staff as well as faculty advisors. The art editor is also responsible for the distribution of Gallery on Honors Day.
The design editor submits designs for both the cover and interior layout of the magazine, which the entire staff approves. This may come from student submissions or the design editor's own design. Placement of selected artwork and photography falls under the discretion of the design editor as well. In case of a lack of suitable material, the design editor will also be responsible for illustrating or photographing work for stories and poems as needed. Photographs of submitted art works also must be taken and scanned, and it the responsibility of the design editor to either do this work or oversee its completion. The design editor will work in close association with the text editor to ensure that the digital format of the layout works seamlessly between initial text and final digital proofs and must be familiar with "styles" and "master pages" to streamline layout and expedite major design changes. The design editor is also responsible for the distribution of Gallery on Honors Day.


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1 1/2 cups shredded Italian mozzarella blend cheese
Heat oven to 400. Unroll dough onto ungreased cookie sheet. Press to form 12x8-inch rectangle; firmly press to seal. Top dough with shrimp ,crab, tomatoes, cheeses, sprinkle spices, add feta all over the top, drizzle with olive oil and Bake at 400 until crust is golden brown. Cut into squares.


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We've collected the top five reviews, roundups and how-to articles from across the AppStorm network in February. Whether you're interested in Mac, iPhone, or Web apps, there's bound to be something you didn't spot over the course of the month.
Now would be a good time to explore a part of the AppStorm Network you've never seen before! Don't forget, you can always keep track of the whole network via the AppStorm Dashboard.
Best of iPhone.AppStorm
50 Fantastic iPhone Gadgets & Accessories
Although we're primarily focused on software at AppStorm, it's important not to overlook some of the amazing hardware and physical accessories available for the iPhone. Today I will be outlining 50 different gadgets and gizmos that can add extra functionality to your iPhone or iPod touch.
Dayta: Keep Track of Almost Anything
Dayta is a unique application to the App Store because it doesn't focus on tracking just one item. The only limit to what you can track is your imagination. Participants in the test group tracked data such as days absent from smoking, kill to death ratio in Call of Duty and even how many words they have memorised in Japanese.
Action-Packed Fun With GTA: Chinatown Wars
Chinatown Wars harks back to the olden days of GTA, when top-down gameplay was the norm, the graphics were simple and the game itself was ridiculously good fun. However, the iPhone brings the game bang up to date, with clever integration of the multi-touch screen and a wide variety of missions to complete.
13 Notable Note Taking Apps for iPhone
The iPhone offers applications for all sorts of tasks and today we are going to take a look at a few that will help you jot down notes. Since requirements vary, we will cover simple apps that are enough for quickly taking down a song name or a simple list, but also more complex apps that meet specific needs.
Analytics: Track Your Website Stats On-The-Go
There are a number of Google Analytics apps in the app store, but many of them represent only a limited subset of the data provided by Google. In this review, I'll look at the data provided by Analytics App as well as its interface. I'll also give a very brief summary of its competition. Here's a hint: there isn't much.
Best of Web.AppStorm
10 Great Recreation Apps to Get You Active
By taking a minute to check your computer before heading outside, you can up your game — no matter what your plans are. These ten great recreation web apps will help you find something to do and make the most of it, or make the most of what you already do!
Real-Time Web Analytics with Clicky
Clicky, however, is a real solution; providing real-time analytics for your site. Real-time tracking could even be considered just the icing on the cake, considering Clicky offers enough additional features and options to make the competition hang their heads in shame. I'll take a look at Clicky, it's features and why it's used by sites like Smashing Magazine and Mashable.
Top 10 Free E-Card Sites for Valentines
Everyone may have their own plans to make Valentine's Day special; you may intend to send flowers, cakes, cookies, sweets, hampers, and many more gifts but e-cards have their own uniqueness. There are ample choices to be selected from which are also much easier to send quickly.
We've rounded up the top ten free websites to send e-cards this Valentine's.
The Top 8 Free Online Image Editors
While you won't have the extensive capabilities Photoshop has, this list of the top eight image editing web apps will likely offer more features than necessary for most people in most instances.
Build Hot Promotions with Wildfire
Wildfire seeks to change the difficulty involved in launching and running successful social media marketing campaigns, making it easy for almost anyone to jump right in and successfully execute a quality promotion using today's social media outlets.
I'll take a look at Wildfire today and see what they're bringing to the table of marketing.
Best of Mac.AppStorm
Head to Head: Putting Wallet & 1Password to the Test
Recently, we have seen two more popular apps: 1Password and Wallet, hit version 3. Both Wallet and 1Password also have corresponding iPhone / iPod touch Applications available for download. This review will take an in-depth look at both applications, and hopefully guide you in the right direction for choosing a password manager to lock down your online identity.
15 Notable Note Taking Apps for Mac
Ever wanted to keep your notes together and not create a bunch of text files which would eventually be strewn across your hard drive? Ever wanted more than just the ability to enter text, but also the possibility to include photos or other media in your notes? If that's the case, take a look at our roundup of some of the most widely used note taking apps for Mac.
How To Supercharge Your Calendar With BusyCal
Are you stuck in the world of iCal misery, with syncing problems and duplicating events? This is where BusyCal from BusyMac proves to be something of a lifesaver. If you are familiar with iCal, the transition to BusyCal shouldn't be too difficult.
iFlicks: The Ultimate Way to Handle Movies, TV Shows & iTunes
With iFlicks, you can manage your entire video collection through iTunes. iFlicks imports video files of almost any kind (.avi, .mpeg, .mkv, etc), tags them with all the meta data you could wish for and even converts videos into a different file type – but only if necessary!
9 Crafty Clipboard Utilities for Mac
This roundup will have a look at 9 different clipboard utilities for OS X that let you manage your clipboard and hold more than one item at a time. Have a read through, and see if you can find a clipboard utility that suits you.
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In October 2016, HfS Research published its "HfS Blueprint Report: Internet of Things (IoT) Services 2016," placing Accenture in the "Winner's circle" for both innovation and execution, and as the overall leader for innovation.
The HfS Blueprint Report lists Accenture's breadth of internal platforms; tight partner relationships; overall strong portfolio of IoT work (especially in large-scale complex industrial and manufacturing IoT), and Accenture's significant ready-to-deploy technologies.
To learn more:
HfS Research placed Accenture in the "Winner's Circle" based on relevant differentials between service providers across numerous facets in the categories of innovation and execution.
According to HfS Research: "Accenture has become the most innovative in IoT service provision by playing to its strengths. In collaborating with clients to drive their IoT action plans, Accenture has made innovation—built on its broad industry and technology experience—and a wide IoT ecosystem central to what it offers.
The fact Accenture has also invested ahead of the curve in IoT projects of every scale, while simultaneously focusing on developing proprietary software means that Accenture has become a one-stop-shop for enterprises requiring a strategic partner to help them take advantage of the IoT."
The Internet of Things (IoT) Services HfS Blueprint Report reviews the emerging value chain of services developing from providers that are addressing this potentially huge and transformative technology. The HfS Blueprint includes profiles and assessments of 17 service providers of IoT Services.
Unlike other quadrants and matrices, the HfS Blueprint identifies relevant differentials between service providers across a number of facets in two main categories: innovation and execution.
HfS emphasizes the emerging nature of the IoT, with 55 percent of the total Blueprint scoring linked to innovation-based evaluation criteria.
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HfS Blueprint identifies relevant differentials between service providers across a number of facets under two main categories: innovation and execution.


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According to some, the Wii U heralds the arrival of the next generation of hardware. Is this a good thing?The Wii U will be out at the end of this month (November) and it will be Nintendo's first new console since its predecessor was released in 2006. HD support is now included and a fancy new controller with an in-built, TV-independent control screen will hopefully add a new layer of interactivity and convenience towards one's enjoyment.
To be honest, I really couldn't care less about the Wii U at the moment as I've only now found the time to burn through all the games I bought way back in 2010. The joys of being unemployed and having just finished university for the year have made me reflect on whether the major console players, such as Nintendo, should allow for greater periods of time to pass before releasing the next major iteration of a console line. Please note that by making this statement, I am not really referring to console redesigns such as the PS3/Xbox 360 Slim but instead the transition from PS2 to PS3 or from Gamecube to Wii in Australia specifically.
The PS2 was released in late 2000 and Sony only apparently stopped production of the console earlier this month. In that case, the PS2 has now enjoyed a 12 year life cycle that saw it bear witness to some of the greatest series ever released. Furthermore, the extensive range of the library for PS2 has now led to a period nowadays where many classics, including rare titles, can be found at bargain prices. I personally anticipated in 2010 that the next few years were the best time to purchase those PS2 games I never got around to playing before they'd inevitably become ever harder to find. As the PS2 library holds 1500+ different games, it is likely that the average person would never be able to play most of the titles that were released. It is also important to consider that Australia has forever been a backwater location for many PS2 releases and that the range of titles available here pales in comparison to the availability of obscure games in Europe. It's actually a testament to the PS2's longevity that their games are still available in EB Games or JB Hifi nowadays to begin with.
Considering that the PS3 was released locally in 2007, the PS2 saw a lot of releases that year such as God of War 2 and Persona 3 that still made it relevant. To be honest, I find that the PS3 could've been released a year or two later and no one would've minded. I certainly wouldn't. If you can remember, the fanfare for the release of the PS3 in Australia was muted by its exorbitant price and the lousy launch titles on offer. While I was only 11 during the PS2's release, I can confidently remember how people were astounded at the improved graphics between the PS1 and PS2. Between the PS2 and the PS3, I wasn't really astounded any more but instead simply confirmed the graphical improvement and left it at that. I was honestly too busy still playing the PS2.
Longevity is what gaming consoles should strive for. The PS2 only went through 2 designs, the original and the slimline. Even then, regardless of which model, it's more likely that your old, trusty PS2 console would likely keep on working longer than your PS3 or Xbox 360 launch console. Ironically, the PS3 is 7 years younger than its predecessor and it's already seen itself redesigned in three different forms. In considering the PS3 library, it has reached roughly half the number of titles (760+) than the PS2 library but this number doesn't take in to account region-exclusive titles, especially from Japan. Every time I hear news of a PS4, I honestly get dismayed. While Sony hasn't released any explicit details on the PS3's successor, I hope it doesn't come in to being for another two or three years. I genuinely want the PS3 to keep building its library and hopefully reach a point where when the PS4 eventually finds itself on the market, I can ignore it for a year or so thanks to a backlog of dirt-cheap PS3 titles.
I'm always a bit puzzled by the hype surrounding the release of a new console. Most people aren't early adopters of technology and will simply wait for a price drop around the holidays later on or the release of a must-have game before committing to purchase. For example, I purchased a Nintendo 3DS at launch and the most pressing thing I can remember about owning one so soon was seeing my handheld being used more for DS games than 3DS ones. Other people just let it gather dust or ended up selling it.
As consoles are more complex nowadays, I'm still curious as to what more the PS3 can do? Hopefully much more if Sony does the right thing and tries to sustain its product's life cycle for as long as the PS2.
With the Wii U being released here in Australia on November 30, the Wii only really lasted less than 6 years in Australia. It obviously still exists and Wii games will be continue to be made and sold but Nintendo will focus more on its new baby now than its old one. In terms of appealing to a greater market of people and capturing that 'casual gamer' crowd, the Wii was a success. But in terms of selling itself as a successor to the Gamecube's range of titles, the results are either mixed or a failure. I focus a lot on libraries here as I understand that people buy consoles to play games. So the greater variety of games should equate to increased longevity.
So in this case, the Wii never really got that chance.
It was a technically deficient console (in comparison to the PS3/Xbox 360) with endless shovel-ware games on offer and no decent third-party support. But it did have some obscure gems to play. Unfortunately, many of them were either already available on PS2 (how surprising?) or not available locally. I'm not sure how I should respond to the Wii U. It's attempting to do something different with a radically new controller but I question if it will really be enough. Personally, third-party support will be what Nintendo pays attention to this time around and in doing so, maybe the Wii U will actually last longer than its predecessor. I do recognise how awesome Nintendo's IPs are but they shouldn't be the only thing selling the console.
Ultimately, I'm very fixated on consoles lasting as long as possible because that's when consumers get their monies worth. The PS2 will forever be the best investment I ever made in gaming and justifies why I never needed to bother with buying an Xbox or Gamecube back in the day. I fear that ever-increasing technical specifications will never allow our consoles to live as long as they should. Seeing however as how the PS3 and Xbox 360 have expanded their reach to other forms of media such as television and the internet, maybe it's an encouraging sign that the life cycle of both products has now been extended. I only play games at the end of the day but if these other features, however superficial they may be, contribute to either console lasting a little longer, then I really can't complain.
– Corey Lee
Screen Play readers can submit articles and game reviews for consideration in Your Turn and Your Review using the email address [email protected]南京夜网. The best blog post published on Screen Play between 1 November and 30 November 2012, as judged by James Dominguez, will win a PS Vita handheld console from Sony Computer Entertainment. This is a wi-fi unit, and has a recommended retail price of $349. The next prize winner will be announced on Friday 30 November. Only Australian residents are eligible and the judge's decision is final.
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Dr. Chu Shulong
Dr. Chu Shulong is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the School of Public Policy and Management and is the deputy director of the Institute of International Strategic and Development Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. From September 2006 until June 2007 he was a visiting fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He was previously director for the North American Studies Division of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations. He is also a Professor at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Party School and an advisor to China's Central Television (CCTV) international reporting. Dr. Chu's research covers political theory and Chinese politics, international relations, focusing on U.S. China policy and the Sino-U.S. relations, Asian security, and Chinese foreign and security policies. His most recent publications include The Sino-US Relations in the Post-Cold War Era; Basic Theories of International Relations; The World, the U.S., and China; Political Theories; and a forthcoming book, The Peaceful Rise and Development: China's Foreign Strategy and Policy. Dr. Chu received a B.A. from Dalian Foreign Languages University, an M.A. in Law from the Beijing University of International Relations, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the George Washington University.
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SSI books and monographs by Dr. Chu Shulong
East Asian Security: Two Views
November 23, 2007
Authored by Dr. Gilbert Rozman, Dr. Chu Shulong.
The February 13, 2007 Joint Agreement accelerates multilateralism to which all states of Northeast Asia must adjust. The United States needs a regional strategy to prepare for the high stakes in the end game of the nuclear crisis.


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Will closing vents save energy?
By Arnie Katz
Q A friend recently sent me information about a product that automatically closes heating/cooling registers based on the temperature in the room and asked me what I thought. The manufacturer claims substantial energy savings and comfort improvement. The units, which retail on the Web for $50–$60 each, including the wireless remote control unit, are said to pay for themselves in energy savings in less than a year.
A The theory goes as follows: many homes have systems that overheat some rooms in the winter and overcool some rooms in the summer. By closing the registers in the rooms that are too hot or too cold, you'll be more comfortable and you won't waste all that energy making those rooms too hot or too cold. At the same time, the hot or cold air is now "directed" to the rooms that need it. The end result is — according to the theory — balanced temperatures throughout the house, leading to higher comfort and less energy waste. This is very appealing and certainly sounds logical, but does it make sense?
The answer is probably not. A study by Lawrence Berkeley National Labs a few years ago looked specifically at energy savings from closing registers. They couldn't find any. In fact, they concluded that in many cases closing registers would actually increase energy use. Why would this be?
It's not really a mystery. Closing some registers increases the pressure in the ducts. Increasing the pressure in the ducts increases the amount of air leaking from any holes or gaps in the duct system. More duct leakage means the furnace or air conditioner has to heat or cool more air, which will make it run more, using more energy.
The study showed that whatever savings were gained by reducing the amount of space to be heated or cooled was more than counter-balanced by the increased duct leakage. Obviously, if the ducts are air tight — like they're supposed to be — this wouldn't be much of a problem.
Are ducts in North Carolina leaky? Some of the first studies in the nation on this question were done here in the Old North State and showed substantial leakage in most duct systems. Follow-up studies over the years have indicated we're getting better, but most of our systems are still very leaky. About 20 percent of every dollar we spend to heat and cool our homes is lost to the attic, crawl space or yard due to leaky ductwork. That's $1 out of every $5.
Even if you have very tight ducts, it may not be a good idea to close registers. If the ducts are tight, closing registers will reduce the air flow across the heat exchange coil, which can damage the unit. Even if it saves you a few dollars, if it leads to premature failure of the compressor you'll wind up paying dearly.
Typically, the rooms that overheat in the winter are upstairs, and the rooms that are too cold in the summer are downstairs. That means you would need either to buy twice as many of these automatic closing devices, or else move them around every spring and fall. Probably not a big deal if your registers are in the floor, but what if they're located in a cathedral ceiling 14 feet off of the floor?
Just for fun, enter "closing heating vents" into your favorite Web search engine. You'll find lots of advice, conflicting claims, sales pitches and a few actual studies. As far as I can tell, though, no one has published a study that reported on monitoring actual energy use in actual houses with actual people living in them. One of these decades, we'll be able to base our decision-making on actual data. In the meantime, I would invest in duct sealing rather than in gizmos that sound good but probably won't deliver.


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Across the country, the American Red Cross spent much of 2012 helping people whose lives were impacted by disasters. Relief efforts were launched in response to 113 large scale disasters in 42 states and territories between January 1 and December 1.
Across the country, the American Red Cross spent much of 2012 helping people whose lives were impacted by disasters. Relief efforts were launched in response to 113 large scale disasters in 42 states and territories between January 1 and December 1.
"Hurricane Sandy dominated the news coverage, but it wasn't the only disaster that disrupted lives in 2012," said Tina Labellarte, Region CEO. "Here in Nebraska and Southwest Iowa, the Red Cross responded to an early-season tornado in Thurman, Iowa and wildfires across Nebraska that damaged many business and homes," Labellarte said.
On Saturday, April 14th a category EF2 tornado ripped through the town of Thurman, Iowa destroying nearly 75 percent of its buildings. 35 Red Cross volunteers and staff were on site and provided more than 3,000 meals and snacks. One shelter was opened for people to receive food, comfort, care and a place to rest. Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) brought food & supplies directly to families for the following week. Affected families received assistance with food, clothes, shelter, information and referrals based on their specific need.
Just three months later, lightening from strong storms in North Central Nebraska sparked one of the largest wild fires the state has ever experienced during record setting heat and a drought. The "Fairfield Creek Fire" engulfed almost 100,000 acres and was just the start of a summer that included several fires in the sparsely-populated northwest and central portions of the state. 21 Red Cross staff and volunteers supported the residents and fire departments, opening a shelter in Ainsworth and providing 103 overnight stays to the more than 70 residents and responders. For 8 days, the shelter welcomed people who were forced to evacuate and those who needed a place to rest, eat and hydrate. The Red Cross partnered with Oregon Trail Baptist Association to provide and prepare nutritious meals to the more than 500 men and women firefighters who worked the front line. In all, 6,100 meals and snacks were served to residents, volunteers, and emergency responders.
More recently, just five days before Christmas, a wicked winter storm dumped more than 8 inches of snow on the majority of Nebraska and Southwest Iowa. Strong winds zeroed visibility for travelers and knocked the power out to thousands of residents. Red Cross opened shelters in Holdrege, Geneva and Omaha. 46 stranded motorists were escorted to central Nebraska shelters by state officials, and in Omaha, Red Cross volunteers opened a shelter at the city-run Columbus Park Community Center to meet the needs of the thousands of people who were without electricity and heat.
Across the United States, the Red Cross opened 907 shelters and provided more than 109,000 overnight stays to help people forced from their homes by disasters. In total, more than 29,000 trained disaster workers served 9.9 million meals and snacks and distributed more than 6.8 million relief items. Health and mental health workers provided more than 141,000 consultations to help people on the road to recovery.
The Red Cross also responded to tragic events that impacted people's lives in the last year, most recently the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, as well as the mass shootings at a shopping mall near Portland, Oregon, at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado in July and at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin in August. In each mass casualty response, the Red Cross provided emotional and mental health support, as well as food and drinks for first responders.
Hurricanes Impacted Many Lives
In June, Tropical Storm Debby marked the start of hurricane season by causing widespread flooding across much of Florida. Then in late August, Hurricane Isaac came ashore bringing with it strong winds and drenching rain. In response to Isaac, the Red Cross mobilized thousands of disaster workers to help people by opening 157 shelters, providing thousands of overnight stays. Volunteers served hundreds of thousands of meals, distributed more than 140,000 relief items and provided thousands of health and mental health contacts.
Hurricane Sandy made landfall along the Atlantic seaboard in late October, leaving massive devastation in its wake. In all, eleven states and Puerto Rico felt the impact with New York and New Jersey seeing the most devastation. The large Red Cross relief effort continues today, weeks after the storm's landfall. As of December 1, more than 15,300 trained disaster workers mobilized to provide help, with 75 of those being from Nebraska and SW Iowa. The Red Cross has handed out millions of relief items and meals, provided tens of thousands of health and emotional support contacts to people whose lives have been turned upside down. The Red Cross will be on the ground supporting recovery efforts for some time.
Spring Tornadoes and Floods
In early March, as many as 95 confirmed tornadoes touched down, destroying communities across the Midwest and Southeast. Tornadoes slammed through the Dallas-Fort Worth area in early April and in mid-April, dozens of tornadoes ripped across the Midwest for a second time. In all, severe spring weather affected communities in 17 states, including Nebraska and Iowa. The Red Cross launched responses to provide safe shelter, warm meals and relief supplies to people forced from their homes. Disaster workers served nearly a quarter of a million meals and snacks and handed out more than 112,000 relief items like cleaning supplies and comfort kits.
June Derecho
A string of storms with winds up to 90 miles per hour slammed across Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, New Jersey, Ohio and the District of Columbia in June, bringing with them hundreds of reports of impact from severe weather. Millions were without power in areas while high temperatures broke records. The Red Cross provided thousands of overnight stays in more than 70 shelters, served more than 246,000 meals and snacks, and distributed about 128,000 relief items.
Summer Wildfires
Dry conditions fueled devastating wildfires across the western part of the country, forcing evacuations and destroying homes. In response, the Red Cross launched wildfire relief operations in ten states including Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington and California. The Red Cross provided nearly 4,000 overnight stays in shelters, served more than 159,000 meals and snacks, and handed out tens of thousands of relief items to people in need.
International Response
The American Red Cross helped almost three million people around the world in 2012, responding to 13 disasters in more than 20 countries. These included floods in Bolivia, Peru, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Panama. Assistance was also sent to Senegal, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, Mauritania, Mali and Malawi to help people affected by food shortages, as well as a drought in Paraguay. Red Cross workers are also responding to help people affected by civil unrest in Syria and a cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone. The American Red Cross responded in Jamaica and Haiti after Hurricane Sandy made landfall in those countries.
Thank You
The Red Cross thanks everyone who has supported disaster relief operations this year. Every nine minutes the Red Cross responds to a disaster in communities across the country. Whether the disaster is a hurricane or a fire in someone's home, the Red Cross is there.
The Red Cross also provides 24-hour support to members of the military, veterans and their families – in war zones, military hospitals and on military installations around the world; collects and distributes more than 40 percent of the nation's blood supply and trains more than 9 million people in first aid, water safety and other life-saving skills every year.
If someone would like to support the Red Cross mission and help those in need, they can visit www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Contributions may also be sent to someone's local Red Cross chapter or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org.


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Catholic Intellectual Traditions
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
The Provost's Office initiated two multi-year Catholic Intellectual Traditions Seminars. They provide an opportunity for a diverse body of faculty members to discuss and articulate opportunities that the Catholic Intellectual Traditions offer. The interdisciplinary discourse will involve faculty members from across the university meeting on a specific topic for each seminar and on a broader, overarching theme for the seminar as a whole. They also support a faculty dialogue about the origins, nature and future responses to issues related to Boston College's Catholic identity. In addition, they are designed to contribute to conversations involving the role of secular and Catholic universities both in the United States and abroad. The two groups will investigate complementary aspects of Catholic Intellectual Traditions.
One seminar is exploring 'The University and the Catholic Intellectual Traditions.'
For more information contact David Quigley (chair) at email@example.com.
The other seminar, for which these pages are primarily intended, is focusing on 'Ways of Knowing and Catholic Intellectual Traditions.'
For more information about this website contact Suzanne Hevelone at email@example.com.


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Cruising the Cook Strait
If you're wanting to bridge the gap between the North and South Island, making the journey by ferry offers a scenic experience you'll never forget.
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The 92km ferry journey across the Cook Strait – where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean - leaves from Wellington, at the bottom of the North Island and sails to Picton, at the top of the South.
The journey takes just over three hours but there is little doubt the scenery and breathtaking landscapes encountered along the way will be etched in your memory forever.
The purpose built Interislander Ferry sails across the Cook Strait to the calm waters of the wine-lovers paradise of the Marlborough region, sailing up the Tory Chanel and into the Queen Charlotte Sound.
Crystal clear blue waters, secluded bays, lush native forest, unique birdlife and some playful marine wildlife are just some of the highlights you can expect to encounter during your leisurely journey across one of New Zealand's most significant bodies of water.
Significance of the Cook Strait
While South Island Maori have inhabited this part of New Zealand for over 1000 years, using the Queen Charlotte Sound as an important area to hunt and gather, the Cook Strait was given its European name when it was discovered by British explorer Captain James Cook. Cook used Ship Cove– now the start of the world-renowned Queen Charlotte Track - as his South Pacific base.
Further settlers, who were lured by the rich and expansive coastline, later arrived to set up whaling stations. Farmers and miner followed, creating a boom in this untouched corner of the world.
Today the Marlborough region and the Queen Charlotte Sound is a playground for outdoor adventures and wine-enthusiasts. The turquoise hued waters of the Queen Charlotte Sound is filled with an abundance of marine wildlife, keep your eyes peeled for seals, penguins, whales and dolphins during your journey. On a clear day, a peek of the towering Southern Alps can be spotted in the distance, giving you a taste of what is to come on your South Island adventure before you've even arrived.
Travelling with MoaTrek
MoaTrek are committed to making your visit to New Zealand one of the most relaxing trips you've ever had. With shops, WIFI, and a chance to sample some local wine and cuisine, the Interislander Ferry is a fantastic way to reach the South Island.
Crossing the Cook Strait is part of many of MoaTrek's tours and we can't wait to share this exciting journey with you. For more information on MoaTrek's tours visit our website or contact us directly here.


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Beyonce Films New Video in Coney Island + Accidentally Leaves Woman Stranded on Wonder Wheel [VIDEOS, PHOTOS]
Beyonce made quite a stir in Coney Island, N.Y. this week. The 'Grown Woman' singer was on hand at the amusement park with photographer Terry Richardson and a camera crew in tow, and everyone had a blast ... except for one poor couple who got stuck on a Ferris Wheel while Bey got ready!
For part of the shoot, Bey and Richardson decided to take a spin on the Ferris Wheel, but Queen Bey had her makeup touched up before setting off. The Daily Mail reports that the ride was temporarily shut down in the meantime -- with a couple still on it! It took the park and video crew half an hour to realize anyone was still on the ride.
When the couple exited the ride, the woman was sobbing while her date scurried off to avoid attention. Beyonce was unaware of the incident and kept right on shooting as normal, interacting with fans and having a blast. You can watch videos from the shoot below!
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At a recent news conference, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts pledged that his department would responsibly use the controversial tactic known until recently as "stop and frisk." As an example to the public and his officers, he described making such a stop himself.
But experts say Batts' example — he said at the time that he searched somebody based on a tip that the person was a hit man for the Black Guerrilla Family gang — may not meet the standards for such stops.
Batts told reporters on Sept. 26 that he and his security team had conducted what the department now calls an "investigative stop" in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello neighborhood.
In making the stop, Batts said that he was acting on information from a confidential informant.
"What we explained to him was we had information that he was a hit man or enforcer — that I wanted him to know that I knew he was a hit man, and I went to talk to him we patted him down for weapons," Batts said. They did not find one.
In a follow-up request for clarification, the agency said that Batts had been given "credible, reliable information" that the man was "known to carry a gun."
That justification didn't add up for experts contacted by The Baltimore Sun.
Stop and frisk, the informal name for a pat-down for weapons allowed under the Supreme Court decision of Terry v. Ohio, allows an officer to conduct a search without a warrant if the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person is armed and "presently dangerous."
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner, who teaches at Harvard Law School, said, "Reasonable suspicion requires information that is keyed to current observations."
"Otherwise, stop and frisk would create status differences" that "once you are someone identified as 'X' you can be stopped anywhere," she said. "Clearly, this is wrong. They may have that information, but they have to see something that buttresses it to amount to reasonable suspicion."
After several requests for comment or clarification about the basis for the stop, police officials said that Batts did have reasonable suspicion that the man was armed in that moment, but declined to elaborate.
The department also denied a request for documentation related to the stop, saying its release would "constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; prejudice an investigation and endanger the life and physical safety of an individual."
Jeffrey Fagan, a law professor at Columbia University, said Batts' original justification wouldn't be proper "in a million years." The idea that the informant may have told Batts the man was presently armed didn't work for Fagan, either.
"If a witness had said, 'The guy pulled a gun on me, or showed me his gun,' that might work," Fagan said. "But a third-party claim alone? No way. They need something more concrete — seeing the handle of the gun stick out, or a suspicious bulge on a guy near a crime scene, etc."
Samuel Walker, a criminal justice professor at the University of Nebraska who was an expert witness in a New York civil case that led to a scaling back of stop and frisk there, said Batts' stop was "probably" justified because he had specific information about a person.
Many New York officers, he said, had given only vague explanations, such as observing "furtive movements." But he also agreed that the background information would not have been enough for Batts' stop unless he witnessed suspicious behavior in the moment he confronted the man.


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WHEN: Dec. 14 – 20, 2010
WHERE: Hawaii and Guam
WHY: Platinum hard rock musicians Shaun Morgan, Dale Stewart, Troy McLawhorn and John Humphrey of Seether are gearing up for their second USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour. The quartet will take their high-energy antics on the road to perform for troops and their families serving overseas, pose for photos and participate in meet and greets.
Formed in 1999, the South African rock band released its first U.S. album "Disclaimer" in 2002. Having become one of the core artists on rock radio, Seether has sold more than 5 million records worldwide with each release producing multiple Top 10 hits. Their chart-topping success includes number one singles "Remedy," "Fake It," "Rise Above This," as well as the gold certified hit "Broken" and "Careless Whisper."
In 2009, the group participated in their first USO tour visiting more than 5,000 troops and their families stationed in Japan. Their newest album "Holding on to Strings Better Left to Fray" will be released in 2011.
You can help our heroes with the little things that will mean so much this year like a phone call home, comfort foods or a place to relax.


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Posters in the Rotunda 2011 in Pictures
Canopy Pollinators in Northern Hardwood Forests of North Eastern Wisconsin
Abstract: Pollinators visiting Tilia americana were surveyed at two sites in northern Wisconsin. Samples were taken at both ground level and in the canopy in June and July. Flies were the most common insects at both sites and in the canopy and at ground level. Two distinct insect assemblages were identified at both sites.
Political Participation of Registered Nurses and Factors Influencing Participation
Abstract: Nursing student (Crystal Malakar) wrote a research proposal to measure factors influencing political participation of RN's. The Civic Voluntarism Model by Verba and colleagues (1995) guided survey development. Data was collected from 468 RNs using an online survey (Cronbach's α= .95). Results indicate psychological engagement was most predictive (p = .000) of political participation followed by resources (time/money) (p= .000). Implications for nursing education and nursing organizations are described.
Dressed to Teach? Appearance, Clothing and Ratings of Instructors
Abstract: The purpose of this research project was threefold: 1) Do potentially sexist brands nonconsciously activate stereotype threat and influence performance? 2) Does seeing women wearing potentially sexist brands result in defensive distancing? and 3) Does wearing sexist brands lead to negative perceptions of the wearer? Significant results supported our second and third hypotheses. It is concluded that sexist brands result in an objectification of the wearer and a negative influence on bystanders' ratings. Also, what impressions are faculty members leaving on their students in regard to their personal dress? Even though dress attire is not one of the teacher evaluation questions that students are asked to assess their professors on, it could have an impact on how students evaluate his or her teaching style.
Do Relationships Matter in the Effects of a First Year Seminar Class?
Abstract: Our project evaluated the influence of students' relationships with instructors and peer mentors on the effectiveness of first year seminar classes at UWGB. Results indicated that stronger relationships in the classroom were related to higher student engagement and more positive perceptions of the seminar experience.
Trusting a Corporate Website versus Corporate Facebook Brand Profile: The Role of Privacy Concern Factors
Abstract: The research examines the impact of privacy concern factors on the users' trust in company's websites vs. Facebook brand profiles. The experiment involved 270 students who examined a website and then answered the questions. The data were analyzed using ANOVA. The results show that there are several important differences in the way users trust these websites.
Fish Assemblages of the Wequiock Creek Estuary, Point au Sable Wisconsin
Abstract: The Wequiock Creek Estuary is one of the only sizable estuaries on the east shore of the bay of Green Bay. Surprisingly there have been no prior fish studies done of the area, necessitating a baseline study of the fish assemblages.
Effects of Childhood Stress on the Academic Performance of College Students
Abstract: Previous research has found stressors to negatively influence academic performance of elementary school students. This investigation shows how financial hardship, poor health, and relationship problems experienced during childhood and adolescence may impact verbal memory performance, reading comprehension and vocabulary scores, as well as grade point average of college students.


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My family never celebrated Christmas, except by watching the first 15 minutes of Amahl and the Night Visitors on television every year, and nothing in my family's food culture prepared me for the frantic exchange of edibles that goes on at this time of year.
Many Christmas customs still puzzle me. Why, for example, would you want to celebrate the birth of Christ by going out and killing a perfectly innocent pine tree, draping it with shredded aluminum foil and dyed popcorn, and throwing it in the garbage a week later? But giving and receiving food for Christmas is another thing entirely. By now, I have proudly eaten as many holiday cookies, hams, fudge pieces, mince pies, fruitcakes, roast geese, puddings, and ribbon candies as any God-fearing Christian. And, in all candor, I have become one of the world's leading experts in the eating of holiday gift food. My achievements as a selector and giver of yuletide delicacies follow closely.
My training began in earnest 20 years ago when the woman who was to become my wife moved in, bringing with her all the delightful, bulging baggage of a Mormon upbringing. Every year, right after Thanksgiving, her mother Marjorie mailed us several small white fruitcakes, neatly wrapped in waxed paper. They were meant to be aged and ripened in the refrigerator until Christmas. We would abide by this injunction with only one fruitcake and polish off the others, paper-thin slice by paper-thin slice, before two days had passed. As for the aged fruitcake, after two weeks in the refrigerator, it grew dense and less cakelike, and when we sliced it thinly, the result was a translucent, frolicsome mosaic of yellows, reds, and greens–two of which, I believe, are the official colors of Christmas.
Two weeks later, Aunt Vivian from Salt Lake City would send a large dark fruitcake, also wrapped in waxed paper and suspended in a shoe box with her patented, protective caramel-popcorn insulation; sometimes, the shoe box was large enough to hold another little package filled with delicate sugar cookies decorated with red and green sprinkles.
The other day, as I was thumbing through 10 years of women's magazines–looking in vain for good advice about making and mailing edible Christmas gifts–I came across several warnings not to use popcorn or cereals as the filler in Christmas packages. They are thought to entice insects and absorb noxious fumes. But let me assure you that the candied popcorn protecting Aunt Vivian's fruitcake never attracted the tiniest insect or the merest wisp of a noxious fume. The magazine suggests using crumpled newspaper instead. That works fine if you mail your gift from Salt Lake City and crumple up a copy of the Deseret News, but if you live in New York or Los Angeles, your lucky recipient is likely to read "Store Santa Slashes Tots, Self, on Sleigh" before he or she reaches the delicacies within.
A s the years pass and Christmases come and go, fewer of my wife's relations are able to bake as much as they would like, and most of the younger generation seem more skilled with the can opener than the canning jar. But Marjorie and Aunt Vivian kept the fruitcakes coming until the end. Ten years ago, after an illness, Aunt Vivian substituted what people in Salt Lake City call TV Mix or TV Crunch, which is a melange of Wheat Chex, Corn Chex, Rice Chex, peanuts, and miniature pretzel sticks, all tossed with garlic salt, onion salt, and soy sauce, and intended, presumably, to be enjoyed while watching television. Trying not to sound ungrateful, we telephoned Vivian to let her know how much we missed her fruitcake. The following Christmas, she came out of retirement at the age of 88.
Now Vivian and Marjorie are gone. Real men may not bake fruitcakes, but they certainly can buy, wrap, stamp, and mail them. In truth, it is much easier than that. Packing and shipping become more sophisticated with each passing year, 800 and fax numbers abound, and even small producers take credit cards.
I begin celebrating Christmas in August, by ordering all the new mail-order delicacies I can get my hands on and revisiting old standbys. Soon my mailbox fills up with Pacific oysters and happy clams, country hams and city hams, cassoulets for two, tons of crunchy toffee, strings of electric cows and sheep, and gallons of water melted from Arctic glaciers. There are days when I eat $1,000 worth of food, half of that sum spent on postage. The only excuse for not sending lots of food to yourself and others this holiday season is that you have a better idea, which I seriously doubt.
Click for Steingarten's list of the best of nearly every kind of food available by mail.


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Rawwr! With Catherine Ruehle's help, learn to design, carve and decorate a fantastic dinosaur cake. You better eat it before it eats you!
Make a show-stopping sculpted cake that will be the highlight of your next birthday party. Food Network Challenge regular Catherine Ruehle shows you all the professional techniques you need to build this adorable dinosaur and build up your sculpting skills at the same time. Let your imagination run wild!
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I've heard that Dreamweaver has been improved significantly in latest versions.
Does anyone have experience in developing a theme or plugin using Dreamweaver? What are the pros/cons?
Thanks in advance
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I've heard that Dreamweaver has been improved significantly in latest versions.
Does anyone have experience in developing a theme or plugin using Dreamweaver? What are the pros/cons?
Thanks in advance
I guess the only real cons are it offers nothing that you cannot get with other editors, but without the massive bloat and pricetag.
An IDE comes down to a lot of personal preferences and feel, since you have a lot of choice, some people swear by Notepad++, TextMate, or Gedit, others prefer something with more PHP features like NetBeans or PhpStorm.
Here is a list of PHP based IDE's
A list of text editors
Personally I really dislike DW.
There is no valid reason why you can't use Dreamweaver CS5. All you need to be able to do theme/plugin development is a text editor. I personally can't say if it's any good or not. It's all down to preference really.
Yes, Dreamweaver CS5 is a very helpful tool for WordPress. This new version does allow you to preview your work in live mode when you setup a local site using WAMP or XAMP. There is quite a bit of setup and in the end I chose not to use it this way because I like to have an online development site where clients can proof their site. Doing it in live mode would mean I would have to install it 3 times, once local, twice would be on the dev site and the third time is on the permanent domain. I'd rather not do that.
So, what I do is use DW on my Dev site. It is very fast with my host provider to work remotely on the dev site with DW (inMotion Hosting). They have a super-fast installation of subdomains and WordPress. I have DW setup to automatically upload the file from within DW (not a separate FTP program) when I save the files. I do switch back and forth between DW, Firebug and Firefox as I develop and it works quite well for me.
DW allows me to have custom common snippets for CSS, HTML, PHP, and Wordpress items like loops, that I can add and apply with a click of a button. It allows me to upload files from within. I also downloaded a DW add on named ThemeDreamer that allows me to start code and it completes it if it detects it's a WP code element like bloginfo, etc. When I need to find and replace code throughout my site, I can do that quickly within DW. I can edit my sql database to replace my dev site's address with the permanent site. These are just some items off the top of my head.
In the end, it absolutely streamlines and saves me enormous time. I have built about 140 very custom small business websites using Wordpress and Dreamweaver this way. The workflow is smooth and fast for me.


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Kombucha is one of those things I just hadn't gotten around to trying until now.
I figure the beverage is popular enough, that I should at least try it.
I've heard good things about House Kombucha, Ginger with Pearl Green Tea sounded like a winner.
Giving it a smell, as expected, Vinegar is the first thing that comes to mind. No surprise from a beverage produced by bacterial fermentation.
But, uh, that is a only very slightly flavored beverage, vinegar or otherwise.
Wow, I can see how selling very slightly vinegar-ish water could be a winning business model!
In other news, Quinoa has recently come under fire. Surprise! Inserting lots of yuppie money to Third World economies results in upheaval!
There's always Domestic Millet, that is, if you prefer to exploit American farmers.
You and your parrot can have the same treat!
It wouldn't be a day in the Inner Sunset without a trip to Amoeba! Lean Left, Live at Cafe Oto. A new 'full length' from OFF! Used copy of the most recent Ex album, Catch My Shoe. Album from Chris Owens, late of Girls, Lysandre.


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The Clerk of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Office accepts documents for filing with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals pursuant to the Wisconsin Rules of Appellate Procedure. For further information about the appellate process, please see the following publications. For more information about appellate eFiling visit the eCourts section.
Frequently asked questions about filing in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Guide to Appellate Procedure for the Self-Represented


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The IWM is compiling the War Memorials Register - the comprehensive national register of UK war memorials and the names of the individuals they commemorate. We currently hold records for over 80,000 memorials in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
War memorials form an important part of our cultural heritage and reflect the changing face of commemoration as well as artistic, social, local, family, military and international history. The Register includes memorials to members of the armed forces, civilians and animals from all wars and to those who died in service.
We now display records of the names of individuals commemorated on war memorials. You can find these on the memorial listing. We will be adding more records to the names database throughout the First World War Centenary so please check back for updates.
Join this important project by volunteering your time. Help us to improve the Register so that future generations can continue to value and remember the people, places and events memorials commemorate.
Contact us for more information on how you can make a difference: firstname.lastname@example.com
For answers to common questions about war memorials and information on organisations involved in conservation, listing and recording war memorials in the UK please visit UK War Memorials.