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D: Hello everyone! I'm DeAnna, and I'm writing you from the beautiful state of Colorado. I have lived here for the past 23 years, but I originally hail from the great state of Texas. I am a stay-at home mother, and have been since a few months before my son was born. In my former life, I worked for many years in retail management. Then I went back to school to become a psychotherapist. I plan on opening a private practice and seeing adults and teenagers once both of my children are in school full-time.
I am a happily married mommy (: I met my husband when we were both in college many moons ago. We've been married since 2007. He is my best friend, and I am glad that he is by my side as we go through this journey called life.
Tell us about your children.
D: I have two children. A boy I call George who is 3, and a girl I call Georgina who is almost 4 months. I would describe my children as awesome ? George just started part-time preschool this fall and he is full of questions, many of which he likes to ask over and over and over. and over. :p He makes my husband and I laugh a lot, and he is just an all-around great kid. Georgina currently enjoys grabbing her feet, rolling from back to front (and then crying because she doesn't know what to do next, ) and smiling at most everyone she meets. She currently doesn't enjoy wearing socks.
Tell us about your births.
D: When I was pregnant with George, I decided early on that I wanted to try to have an unmedicated, low intervention birth. I read a bunch of books and watched the documentaries The Business of Being Born and Pregnant in America. Both of these films talk about the medical establishment and how its goals are not always in line with the goals of parents. To make a long story short, I went in for my 40-week appointment and was told that I was on the verge of having pre-eclampsia. I was feeling fine, but the doctor that saw me suggested I be admitted that day. I ended up being admitted the next day, given Cytotec to open my cervix, had my water "accidentally" broken by the nurse as she was checking me, dilated to 10 centimeters, and then pushed for over 2 hours (even though I never felt the urge) trying to get George to come down the birth canal. It wasn't happening, so I was told by the doctor that I needed to have a c-section. I always knew that birth plans don't always go "according to plan, " so I had read in my books what to do if/when you are going in for a caesarean. Healthy mama, healthy baby was the outcome–which is always the ultimate goal. I also knew that I had consented to everything that happened during the birth process, so I wasn't too broken up about it. (Actually, I was feeling a little broken up about it immediately afterwards, but I told myself that that was totally normal. I also said that if I was still feeling upset about it several months later, that I would look into going to talk to someone about my feelings. When that time came, I was feeling fine–so I didn't feel the need to follow up.)
With Georgina, I was kind of on the fence as to whether I just wanted to schedule another C-section or try for a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean.) I did end up scheduling a caesarean, but I pushed my doctor to make it as far out as possible. I also started googling "how to have a successful VBAC", and everything that I read said to hire a doula. I hadn't been too keen on a doula the first time around, I thought it seemed artificial having some woman you didn't know hanging around during one of the most important and personal times of your life. But I met with two, and really clicked with one, so I hired her. Four days before Georgina's due date (Saturday, ) I started having contractions, but they weren't that strong or that regular. Sunday, I was having contractions and they were getting stronger, but still not regular. That evening I was out to dinner with my husband and when I went to the bathroom I saw that I lost my mucus plug. I got really excited, because that was not something that had happened with George. I called my doula and told her what had been going on and she was like, "That's great! Feel free to call me again if anything changes."
Monday morning, I woke up and the contractions were getting stronger and more regular. I called my doula and asked her to come over. She got there around 10:30 or 11. I labored at home for several hours. During the contractions, I would say to myself "relax and breathe", and just got in whatever position I felt most comfortable. My doula did acupressure, aromatherapy and massage, and always had suggestions for whatever questions I posed to her. We walked to a park nearby and also had lunch. At about 7:30 or 8, my contractions were close to 5-1-1 (five minutes apart, one minute long for an hour, ) and I decided that I was ready to go to the hospital. My husband and I drove there and she followed us in her car. When the nurse checked me at the hospital, she said I was 5 to 6 cm dilated. I had wanted to be 7 or more, but both the nurse and my doula were very happy with 5-6. After talking to the doctor on duty, the nurse also said it would be okay for me to have intermittent monitoring and to get into the tub if I wanted. I was really happy to hear that, because my OB had told me that neither of those things would be possible with a VBAC. So, I got checked in and decided I wanted to get into the tub.
I got out of the tub after a few minutes, and eventually it was time to start my intermittent monitoring and also put in my hep lock (the beginning stage of an IV). As the nurse was putting in my hep lock, I felt this really strange sensation and yelled out, "Something's happening!" That something was my water breaking. The nurse checked me and said that I was complete, and that it was time to start pushing! My husband and I were both surprised and excited that it had happened so quickly. A part of me also started to get a little apprehensive, because the pushing phase was where I felt like things had started to go downhill with my first birth. This was when I came closest to freaking out, I felt like I had lost my center a little bit. But my doula was there to calm me down and suggested that I make noises from deep in my belly instead of my chest, because that would give me more power for pushing. I followed her advice, and after 20 minutes of pushing, Georgina was born. Both my husband and I were in a daze saying, "I did it!" "You did it!" over and over. It was a great experience, and I am so glad that it turned out the way that I hoped.
I feel really lucky to have been able to have the experience of two different ways of bringing a baby into this world. You can never predict how things are going to go down, and I am happy that the 2nd time around I had a staff that was onboard with trying to help me have the kind of birth that I wanted. I also know that having a c-section is not the end of the world. It truly is about having a healthy mom and healthy baby. I went into the VBAC knowing that I might end up with another c-section, and that would have been fine with me. I just knew that I wanted to try for a VBAC, and if I didn't at least try for one, I would probably regret it. I'm glad that I listened to myself, and wasn't afraid to go after something that I wanted.
Did you breastfeed? How did you balance breastfeeding and managing your home?
D: Yes, I breastfed my son for 10 months. My goal was a year, but he started biting me. Having your nipple bitten feels exactly like what you think it feels like–it hurts!! There are suggestions on the internet for what you can do when biting happens, and I tried some of those, but they didn't work. I was pretty much over it at that point, so I quit without any regrets. I hope to nurse my daughter for as long as I did my son, but I am not going to beat myself up over it if it doesn't happen. I chose to breastfeed my children because breast milk is full of magic ? It helps your children build healthy immune systems, promotes bonding between mama, and baby, and helps you lose weight after you've given birth. Plus formula is dang expensive. As far as managing it, I just try to do the things that I can do while breastfeeding, like being on the computer, reading, or journaling. I will also spend time gazing lovingly into Georgina's eyes if the mood strikes.
How do you carve out time for yourself?
D: I like to consider myself a pretty organized person that always has short-term, mid-range, and long-term goals. Pretty much every morning I will make myself a to-do list of what I would like to get accomplished that day. I have a number of systems in place that help my household run as smoothly as possible. I carve out time for myself, by first recognizing that time for myself is important. I cannot be a good mom and wife if I am not first a good DeAnna. I make it a priority, just like all the other things that are important to me. To give just one example, I get up a few times a week at 5:15 a.m. to work out, because I love the way that I feel during and after a workout. It also makes me happy knowing that I am doing what I can to keep my body healthy so that I can hopefully be around for my husband and kids for a long, long time.
What is your biggest parenting challenge right now.
D: With my son, I would say staying patient when he tests boundaries in the way that all 3-year-olds do. With my daughter I would say taking the bottle, so that I can be away from her for more than an hour at a time.
Who is your child-rearing support group?
D: We live close to both sets of grandparents, and they offer us much appreciated support. My mom comes over once a week and stays with our kids so I can run errands, hang out with friends or just do whatever. Sometimes I don't have anything planned and all four of us just spend time together. My in-laws also watch our son one night on the weekend, so that my husband and I can have date night (with our daughter, who makes a very cute third wheel ? My husband takes a very active role in child-rearing. Once he gets home from work and on the weekends, we basically tag team to make sure that both children's needs are being met.
How do you determine your kids are well-adjusted?
D: They both are quick to smile. I try to have a consistent routine for both of them, because children thrive on structure. Our son often tells us that he loves us. He gets along well with others, and neither child has any issues that are of any major concern to us. ::knock on wood::
What is the most important value, ideal or philosophy that you would like to impart to your children?
D: I would like for both of my children to be kind and compassionate people that treat every living being they encounter with dignity and respect.
What advice would you give to a new mom?
D: Oh boy. I love to give advice and I love to get advice. I always ask people I meet that have been married a long time what they think the secret is to a happy marriage. (Their answers always contain some variation of, "Stick it out through the hard parts.") And when I was pregnant with George, I loved to hear advice from people that had already been doing the mom thing.
One piece of advice I really like is "A baby never died from crying." If you ever feel yourself getting really stressed, it is always ok to put the baby down in a safe place and go somewhere away from the crying to calm down for a bit. Babies' cries are meant to stress us out, that's how they ensure that someone will come to them and take care of them.
Remember that your kids are not your property, they are their own separate human beings, with thoughts, feelings and desires. You should certainly do what you can to mold their behavior, but you cannot control them. What you can control is how you respond to them.
Read to your kids. It is never to early to start, and even when it seems like they don't know what's going on, I can assure you they are getting something out of it. Put your baby to bed drowsy, but not asleep. Try not to argue in front of your children. Studies have shown that even babies that are just a few months old–their blood pressure goes up when they hear people arguing.
Learn about child development so you know what is reasonable and unreasonable to expect from your child behaviorally at different ages.
Control what media your children are exposed to. Violence and sexual images are not appropriate for children, they are not developmentally ready to process them.
Don't let your whole identity become that of "Mommy." If you sacrifice everything for your children, you will undoubtedly begin to resent them if and when they don't give you what you are expecting in return for such a sacrifice.
Don't let your pride keep you from apologizing to your children when you screw up. Our children need to know that we are not perfect and that we make mistakes. We can model for them how to act when someone else is hurt due to our mistakes. Finally and most importantly: On a daily basis, strive to show your children through your words and actions that you love them unconditionally. You are probably the most important person to them in the world, and it is vital to show them that you think they are pretty great too ?
DeAnna is a new writer for Baby and Blog! Look out for more content from her in the coming weeks ?


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But Trees Can Grow on Money: Blue Plains WWTP Tour
In my interest to learn about phosphorus recovery from wastewater, I recently toured the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant located in Washington DC. Since it serves the nation's leaders, the plant operators see themselves as being leaders in implementing the paradigm shift from wastewater treatment to resource recovery. The plant collects 370 million gallons each day from the District of Colombia and parts of Virginia and Maryland. The water is treated to meet stringent carbon and nutrient requirements before discharging into the Potomac River just downstream of the Kennedy Center for the Arts and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. They are most proud of their newly commissioned biosolids management train.
The goals of the system upgrade was to reduce the volume of solids for hauling, increase the marketability of the remaining biosolids, and recover energy. To that end they installed four anaerobic digesters that each hold 3.8 million gallons. The system includes a thermal hydrolysis pretreatment system that handles 450 dry tons per day of feed sludge to improve solids degradation and methane production in those digesters. Thermal hydrolysis heats and pressurizes the solids to provide pathogen reduction and achieves class A biosolids. Then when the pressure is released into the anaerobic digesters, the remaining cellular material "pops", similar to what happens when you open a can of soda. The energy from the increased methane production from digesting these broken cells is captured by a 10 megawatt steam turbine generator that offsets the energy demand for the thermal hydrolysis.
My eye of course was tracking the phosphorus through the plant. A majority of the influent P would end up in the anaerobic digester supernatant in a concentrated inorganic form. This flow would be the single best point to implement a direct P recovery process. Unfortunately, this opportunity is missed, and the supernatant is simply sent back to the head of the treatment plant. It is perhaps telling to the P sustainability community that the world's largest advanced wastewater treatment plant, which prides itself on resource recovery, chose to focus on energy and not on nutrients. That indicates that current P recovery technologies simply do not yet yield the necessary economic or regulatory benefits for widespread adoption.
On a positive note, P is indirectly recovered from the second best place: the resulting biosolids. These solids are trucked to the neighboring states for agricultural land application. The class A designation means they have very low pathogens and odor and can be widely used as a fertilizer, where the organic and inorganic P can become incorporated into the soil and taken up by crop plants. They are actively working to develop an even higher value product from these remaining solids though, and the current frontrunner is composting it to produce a marketable soil amendment. In what I consider infinitely ironic, the solids are low in carbon content and must be blended with an organic substrate. They are experimenting with mixing different types of bark, sawdust, and even shredded currency from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. So while the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant doesn't yet recover P (since money doesn't grow on trees), it is possible that together with P your trees can grow on money.


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Was Alzheimer's an automatic death sentence? No, it was not.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
This comes as no surprise as the amount of liquid intake yesterday was at the minimum.
It seems to me as if Dotty's body is shutting down in an orderly, yet slow, progression. Her spirit has yet to soar out of her body.
Yesterday can best be described as hair raising. None of this was caused by Dotty.
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I thought all I had to was pick up the phone and the Hospice would provide critical care. This was based on the conversation I had with the nurse on Tuesday morning. I'll spare you the details. After seven hours of waiting yesterday, I was told, over the phone, that Dotty was not eligible for critical care.
Then three hours later I received a call from Hospice and after a long series of questions, they decided to send out a nurse to evaluate. The evaluation indicated that Dotty needed, and was eligible for critical care. Around 10 PM last night, the critical care nurse arrived.
Let's just leave it at this. Everything is beautiful in its own convoluted way.
It seems that there are people in the world that believe you should leave a dying person alone so they can get going. Say what?
Well, I have my own beliefs. I believe someone should be right there holding their hand. As far as the deeply forgetful go there is one thing I know for certain, the majority of those who are deeply forgetful don't want to be alone.
I have no problem if others have beliefs that are different than mine. As long as they try and understand my beliefs, our beliefs.
It seems that there is speculation on the parts of persons that don't know her that Dotty is hanging around because she has some unresolved issue. This I understand. Is this the case with Dotty?
Could be, but I doubt it.
One thing I do know. Dotty has believed for the last 8 years that she is a "healthy old broad". She has repeatedly told people she has never taken a pill (medication) in her life. She was telling our good friends Jim and Ruth this over and over, less than a month ago.
During these last two and a half weeks, Dotty never said I am sick, or I don't feel good. Not even when I asked her how she was doing.
If Dotty needed permission to go, I have given it to her in every way I could think of. Out of the books, out of the pamphlets, and with my own words.
Dotty is a strong old broad, my words. She has never had a major illness. Her heart, lungs, kidneys, etc. all good.
The bottom line, Dotty is going to soar out of her body when she is good and ready. I am not going to let anyone put negative thoughts and doubts in my brain.
Nobody in the world knows Dotty better than me. That old girls is something else. Always has been. Its just the way it is.
Thanks for listening to the above.
Can you believe it, I just sleep for 6 hours.
It has been 18 days since Dotty last awoke in the morning, took a pee, walked to the door of her bedroom and said, YouWho I'm awake you know. Dotty has been saying this for several years.
For those of you that are new to ARR, I'll give you some perspective. During the period of burden when Dotty made it to the door of her bedroom she would say, Bobby Bobby Bobby. Not in a confident voice, but in a voice filled with a need to know. To know she was not alone.
It was only after we were on the path to joy that Dotty started saying, YouWho I am a awake you know. There was no angst in her voice. She was just announcing that she was up, awake, and ready to start the day.
I am going to miss Dotty saying YouWho I am awake you know. No doubt. But this is not going to sadden me. I am going to listen to the sound of her voice in my head. This will remind me that Dotty was happy. Who knows, maybe I'll say those words for a while when I wake up in the morning and then think about Dotty. I'll do the same thing I have been doing for many years. I'll get out in front of it. No need to redirect my feelings. Just feel.
To be clear. The critical care nurse is here with us. Dotty is still home. I don't think she is in any major pain. She is distressed, her breathing tells me this. She is taking morphine. Dotty might still be thinking, I'm a healthy old broad. Who knows?
We are on the one inch line. One more inch.
For me remarkable. I think we are going to make it. Every single goal, the entire mission completed.
Along the way, Dotty and I built something wonderful together. It is right here. The Alzheimer's Reading Room. Take that Alzheimer's.
Dotty and I managed to surround ourselves with thousands of wonderful people. You.
Was Alzheimer's an automatic death sentence? No, it was not.
We proved it is not. We're not the only One's.
Thank you for your continued support, kind words, and prayers. You really helped to make this an extraordinary experience.
Thanks to Hospice by the Sea for their support.
More Insight and Advice from the Alzheimer's Reading Room
- What's the Difference Between Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
- Something Had to Change
- Alzheimer's Caregivers are the Chosen
- What is Alzheimer's Disease?
- What is Dementia?
- Communicating in Alzheimer's World
- Alzheimer's and Learning How to Trust
- Learning How to Communicate with Someone Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease
- Alzheimer's World -- Trying to Reconnect with Someone Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease
- Rewiring My Brain and Stepping into Alzheimer's World
- Why I Invented Alzheimer's World and the Power of Positive Reinforcement
Alzheimer's Reading Room and an Alzheimer's caregiver. The blog contains more than 3,511 articles with more than 297,100 links on the Internet. Bob lives in Delray Beach, FL.
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more windows from the auction! yea!January 20th, 2009 in member junk
So its been a while since I posted- lots of reasons. 1) there's no auction during the holidats 2) the weather ruined one and 3) I couldnt find my camera cords
ANYWAYS- I found these 2 old windows at the auction.All of their glass was intact, except one of the panes from the greenish one fell out recently because caulk is crumbling around it, but it didn't break it just need to be reattached into the frame.
They needed a grood scrubbing, which I gave them and I loved the one with the white chippy (probably lead) paint so I backed it with pretty rose patterned wrapping papers. I don't have anywhere to hand it, but I love the way it looks.
The windows were free, and the red wrapping paper cost me $1. I already had the pink wrapping paper in my closet.
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Vietnam is expected to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in 2017, Dr. Dang Thai Hung, Director of the Accounting and Auditing Regulation Department at the Ministry of Finance (MoF), told a workshop, organized by Deloitte Vietnam and MoF in Hanoi on March 8 discussing the experience of developing countries in implementing the standards.
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.. war on those that don't want to prevent the illness in the first place>...?
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seems us and the scientists (tons of em') are the frontline!? the lawyers too..
but it's like hollywood that shitty religion vein.. can't sue hollywood!?
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SOMERSWORTH — The Somersworth Housing Authority Board of Directors has voted to terminate Executive Director Elizabeth Salinger, who has been on a paid leave of absence since November.
At Tuesday's night Commissioners meeting, SHA Chairman Robert Crichton read a written statement from Joseph McKittrick, the attorney hired to dissect what went wrong to allow the theft of $920,000 over a six-year time span by former SHA fiscal director Lisa Reid, stating that as of 5 p.m. on Monday, May 13, Salinger was terminated from her position.
"The board will make no further comment," Crichton cited from the statement.
Recently, McKittrick said this was a case in which "Salinger was not directly involved with the embezzlement." Rather, she performed her duties properly as executive director.
Regardless, the result was termination, a decision Crichton said the board felt was the most appropriate one to make.
The question remained, what did Salinger do or fail to do that made it an appropriate one to make?
"Those are personnel matters," Crichton responded.
The board is looking to fill the executive director right away, according to Crichton, who did not say Assistant Director Deborah Evans, who assumed Salinger's duties, will be promoted to the position.
"We'll start looking right away," he said.
On Dec. 6, 2011, Reid was fired from her job as SHA fiscal director after admitting the theft of SHA funds to Salinger. Reid was found dead the following morning in her home from an apparent drug overdose.
The auditor's report on the thefts states Reid processed checks written to herself on the check stock of certain checking accounts of the authority. It also claimed Reid endorsed the checks by scanning signatures from other legitimate checks and then printing them on the checks generated from her personal computer.
An October report — conducted by the firm Hurley, O'Neill & Company of Quincy, Mass. — ultimately cited a lack of internal controls that could have prevented the SHA's former fiscal director from stealing the funds.
"Management and the Board of Commissioners have not operated a controlled environment conducive to the prevention and detection of fraud and illegal acts as evidenced by fraud perpetrated by a former employee," one section of the report reads.
The investigation continues into exactly what assets the Reid family may still possess as a result of Reid's actions. These potentially include Florida time-shares and condominiums, a Jeep, a recreational vehicle and an online trading account, as well as funds placed in the family furniture business.
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SOMERSWORTH — The Somersworth Housing Authority Board of Directors has voted to terminate Executive Director Elizabeth Salinger, who has been on a paid leave of absence since November.


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This is one of my favorite gluten-free, vegan creations. As you know, it is hard to make a cake without wheat flour, dairy butter and eggs. In this case, carrots and marmalade come to the rescue! I proudly serve this at any dinner party, and get rave reviews from everyone; even folks with no dietary restrictions. Enjoy!
2/3 cup soy milk (You may use other types of milk instead.)
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(If you would rather use eggs, the soy milk and Ener-G egg replacer can be omitted and replaced with two to three whole eggs. For another vegan option, instead of using soy milk and Ener-G Egg Replacer, use ¼ cup ground flax meal and add directly with the oil and sugar. Mix on medium speed for about 30 seconds. )
2 cups of your favorite gluten free flour mix
(A blend of garbanzo, potato starch and tapioca starch in roughly a 5:3:2 ratio works great. Or, use a blend that you already like. If you decide to use a flour/baking mix that is pre-prepared with baking soda, baking powder and salt, take care not to add these again into the recipe. )
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon xanthan gum
½ teaspoon salt
3/4 cup canola oil (You can use a little less if you like a drier cake.)
¾ cup sugar (I use organic evaporated cane juice.)
2/3 cup brown sugar (Also here, I use the organic evaporated cane juice version.)
½ cup orange marmalade (A smoother, less chunky brand works better.)
1/3 cup orange juice
3 cups grated carrots (Lightly packed.)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans with shortening and a dusting of flour mix. I use organic palm oil shortening to grease the pans and then shake in sifted flour blend, dumping excess flour once the pans are covered lightly.
If you are using the Ener-G egg replacer and soy milk blend suggested above, prepare that now so it will have time to "bloom" into a sticky egg-like substance. For this, I heat 2/3 cup soymilk in the microwave for about 22 seconds, then stir in the egg replacer. Use a fork to whisk it so that no clumps are remaining. Set aside to bloom!
Sift together the dry ingredients, including the cinnamon and xanthan gum.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine canola oil, white and brown sugars, marmalade, orange juice, and Egg Replacer and soy milk blend (or eggs, or flax meal if you so chose). Mix for about 30 seconds.
Now, at a low mixer speed, add dry ingredients gradually in thirds. Mix only until blended and smooth; then briefly blend in carrots.
Pour batter into prepared cake pans and bake for about 35 to 40 minutes. A toothpick or metal skewer inserted in the middle of the cakes should come out clean to indicate doneness.
When baking is complete, cool cakes for at least 10 minutes in pans on a cooling rack then remove from pans to finish cooling.
Now, use your favorite icing to finish. I make a vegan version of "cream cheese" icing. (Recipe below.) It's delicious and looks great! If you want to garnish the cake further, consider grating lemon and/or orange peel on the icing.
(Other options for those who are not allergic would include toasted, chopped walnuts in the cake recipe and/or as a garnish on the icing.)
Lucy's Gluten-Free Vegan "Cream Cheese" Icing
This easy to make icing spreads beautifully and tastes great. The most important tricks for success are careful sifting of the powdered sugar, and adequate blending of ingredients with a heavy duty mixer and whisk attachment.
2 cups Organic Palm Oil Shortening
One 7 oz. container of Vegan Cream Cheese
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 ½ teaspoon Orange Extract
3/16 teaspoon Salt
About 7 cups Gluten Free Powdered Sugar (Sifted thoroughly!) (This is about one 2 lb bag!)
(You may want to add more or less powdered sugar, depending on the taste and texture you prefer for your frosting. You can also adjust the flavorings and salt to suit your tastes.)
Combine the shortening, vegan cream cheese, salt, vanilla and orange flavoring together the mixer and whisk on high speed for about one minute until smooth. Then gradually add the sifted powdered sugar on slow speed until blended, running mixer at about 20 to 30 second intervals. Lastly, whisk the finished mix on high speed for added fluff.
This makes a large amount of icing so you are sure to have a beautiful cake, no matter how thick you like the icing. You may decide to reduce the recipe in the future if too much is left over.
Add a thick layer of frosting to the top of your base cake layer, stack your second layer on top and finish. If you are new to icing cakes, I highly recommend that you invest in two baker's icing spatulas. One should be about 11 inches long and about 1.5 inches wide. The other, 8 inches long and narrower. They are inexpensive and will make the job much easier and the result more appealing! You'll know which one to use for which parts of the job once you've tried them a few times!
Best wishes for your special occasion!
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I suggested to my brother Todd, who is making the leap from hardware into programming, that the next big revolution will be in genetic engineering.
We'll have microbes designed to make food, fuel and plastic; they'll clean up pollution and in general allow us to master the manipulation of the physical world for a fraction of what it costs now. I claimed that it would make the computer revolution look small in comparison.
Then I realized I was making a mistake common to science fiction writers: getting lost in the technology (which is of course easy to do in science fiction). An experienced writer knows that the story is never about the things; it's about the people. Genetics will have a very large impact on our lives, but I'm not so sure it will dwarf the computer revolution – or at least the information revolution. Information is about talking to each other: yes, cars and shoes and especially genetic cures are important, but in the end those are just trappings. What truly matters is how we relate to the world. And so much of that is about communication.
This book is a case in point. A majority of folks thought I was very bold or a little crazy to put the entire thing up on the Web. "Why would anyone buy it?" they asked. If I had been of a more conservative nature I wouldn't have done it, but I really didn't want to write another computer book in the same old way. I didn't know what would happen but it turned out to be the smartest thing I've ever done with a book.
For one thing, people started sending in corrections. This has been an amazing process, because folks have looked into every nook and cranny and caught both technical and grammatical errors, and I've been able to eliminate bugs of all sorts that I know would have otherwise slipped through. People have been simply terrific about this, very often saying "Now, I don't mean this in a critical way" and then giving me a collection of errors I'm sure I never would have found. I feel like this has been a kind of group process and it has really made the book into something special.
But then I started hearing "OK, fine, it's nice you've put up an electronic version, but I want a printed and bound copy from a real publisher." I tried very hard to make it easy for everyone to print it out in a nice looking format but it didn't stem the demand for the published book. Most people don't want to read the entire book on screen, and hauling around a sheaf of papers, no matter how nicely printed, didn't appeal to them either (plus I think it's not so cheap in terms of laser printer toner). It seems that the computer revolution won't put publishers out of business, after all. However, one student suggested this may become a model for future publishing: books will be published on the Web first, and only if sufficient interest warrants it will the book be put on paper. Currently, the great majority of books of all kinds are financial failures, and perhaps this new approach could make the publishing industry more profitable.
This book became an enlightening experience for me in another way. I originally approached Java as "just another programming language," which in many senses it is. But as time passed and I studied it more deeply, I began to see that the fundamental intention of the language is different than in all the other languages I have seen.
Programming is about managing complexity: the complexity of the problem you want to solve laid upon the complexity of the machine in which it is solved. Because of this complexity, most of our programming projects fail. And yet of all the programming languages that I am aware, none of them have gone all out and decided that their main design goal would be to conquer the complexity of developing and maintaining programs. Of course, many language design decisions were made with complexity in mind, but at some point there were always some other issues that were considered essential to be added into the mix. Inevitably, those other issues are what causes programmers to eventually "hit the wall" with that language. For example, C++ had to be backwards-compatible with C (to allow easy migration for C programmers), as well as efficient. Those are both very useful goals and account for much of the success of C++, but they also expose extra complexity that prevents some projects from being finished (certainly, you can blame programmers and management, but if a language can help by catching your mistakes, why shouldn't it?). As another example, Visual Basic (VB) was tied to BASIC, which wasn't really designed to be an extensible language, so all the extensions piled upon VB have produced some truly horrible and un-maintainable syntax. On the other hand, C++, VB and other languages like Smalltalk had some of their design efforts focused on the issue of complexity and as a result are remarkably successful in solving certain types of problems.
What has impressed me most as I have come to understand Java is what seems like an unflinching goal of reducing complexity for the programmer . As if to say "we don't care about anything except reducing the time and difficulty of producing robust code." In the early days, this goal has resulted in code that doesn't run very fast (although there have been many promises made about how quickly Java will someday run) but it has indeed produced amazing reductions in development time; half or less of the time that it takes to create an equivalent C++ program. This result alone can save incredible amounts of time and money, but Java doesn't stop there. It goes on to wrap all the complex tasks that have become important, such as multithreading and network programming, in language features or libraries that can at times make those tasks trivial. And finally, it tackles some really big complexity problems: cross-platform programs, dynamic code changes, and even security, each of which can fit on your complexity spectrum anywhere from "impediment" to "show-stopper." So despite the performance problems we've seen, the promise of Java is tremendous: it can make us significantly more productive programmers.
One of the places I see the greatest impact for this is on the Web. Network programming has always been hard, and Java makes it easy (and they're working on making it easier all the time). Network programming is how we talk to each other more effectively and cheaply than we ever have with telephones (email alone has revolutionized many businesses). As we talk to each other more, amazing things begin to happen, possibly more amazing even than the promise of genetic engineering.
In all ways: creating the programs, working in teams to create the programs, building user interfaces so the programs can communicate with the user, running the programs on different types of machines, and easily writing programs that communicate across the Internet – Java increases the communication bandwidth between people . And I think that perhaps the results of the communication revolution will not be seen from the effects of moving large quantities of bits around. We shall see the true revolution because we will all be able to talk to each other more easily – one-on-one, but also in groups and as a planet. I've heard it suggested that the next revolution is the formation of a kind of global mind which results from enough people and enough interconnectedness. Java may or may not be the tool that foments that revolution, but at least the possibility has made me feel like I'm doing something meaningful here by attempting to teach the language.


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On February 5, a group of us gathered in my office on First Street in Pleasanton for the first ever "Open Source Test Automation Tool Love In" (OSTATLI). Joining in were: Dale Emery, Jeffrey Fredrick, Kevin Lawrence, Dave Liebreich, Ken Pier, and Chris Sims.
Several folks have asked me to post the results of the meeting, and others have asked me how to host one in their area.
I've been pleasantly surprised by the strong response to OSTATLI. At its core, the gathering was just an excuse for like-minded folks to spend a day geeking out together. Perhaps the interest was because of the name?
In any case, I must confess that I find it a little hard to post "the" results for the meeting. It's just not the type of meeting that leads to just one set of results.
However, here's my best attempt to provide a glimpse into the day from my perspective.
After our initial chitchat, and a brief moment in which I panicked while Chris convinced the wifi that it it wanted to allow us access to the Internet, we set some intentions for the day.
Some were about exploring tools, like:
- Play with Cucumber
- Get feedback on FIT v. NUnit
- Understand Selenium
- A taste of RSpec
- The cool tool that I've never heard of but should
Others were specific tasks, such as:
- Get SafariWatir testing my local WordPress instance "the right way"
- Use Robot Framework to create an initial set of Acceptance Tests for "VDL"
And we captured a list of the tools represented in the room, either tools about which someone was curious, or tools around which someone had expertise:
- RSpec
- Selenium/SeleniumRC
- DBUnit
- Abbot
- Marathon
- UISpec4J
- Robot Framework
- Fitnesse/Slim
- Diff (built into the operating system)
- Firebug
- Cubic Test
- Cucumber
- Concordion
We spent the rest of the morning on projects related to our stated intentions, working in small groups. After lunch, we gathered around the projector for a demo by Ken of a custom test harness that SocialText has written around Selenium. Then Kevin did an impromptu demo of Cubic Test, and we all oohed and aahed over the graphical test representation.
A few folks had to leave early, and the rest of us talked for a while in the office, until we remembered that there's a pub around the corner that would allow us to talk about geek stuff with a beer in our hands.
Overall, I think it was a fabulous success, tons of fun, and I am most grateful to all the participants and to everyone who has expressed interest.
For another perspective on OSTATLI, see Dave Liebreich's account.
Also, I'm delighted that the idea is catching on. Al Snow is already planning a similar kind of meeting in the Atlanta area.


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5. – The Boston Globe America's Favorite Comfort Food "You can be sitting in a high chair or in a high-style Italian chair, and if someone sets a bowl of mac and cheese in front of you, you're bound to be delighted. This humble bowl of mostly white ingredients is currently the most sought-after comfort food on American tables. It suits everyone: teens, vegetarians, lumberjacks, sophisticates."
4. – The Chicago Tribune Perfect Pancakes: Strategies to make the hottest hot cakes ever "Valentine's Day has gotten hit by hard times, and we're not just talking about the recession. Many of us have become cynical about this holiday of love, particularly when it comes to food."
3. – The LA Times A Rare Four-Star Restaurant Reivew: The Bazaar by Jose Andres "Do a Google search for "Nutella," the Italian hazelnut-chocolate spread that comes in a squat jar like peanut butter and is often found right next to it in grocery aisles, and you'll get about 5 million results. Which is about twice what you get when you Google "chocolate chip cookies" — and several times as many as the phrase "Valentine's Day chocolates." You might want to remember that this weekend."
2. – The NY Times Your Morning Pizza "Once I started looking around, in fact, I didn't feel limited at all. It could be that my breakfast preferences stem from my mother, who served oatmeal and cream of wheat with nothing more than butter and salt — no brown sugar, no maple syrup. I thought this was the only way to go until I got out into the world a little and found out how unusual her approach was."
1. – The Washington Post The Pleasure is in the Pain "Vincenzo Di Marzo, a research director at the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry of the Italian National Research Council near Naples, Italy, said there are three main reasons we voluntarily eat capsaicin. The first is that it makes other tastes come alive. "Heat, and the sensation of heat, activates capsaicin-sensitive sensory neurons that enhance our perception of flavors," he said."
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It seems Zayn Malik has recently been getting lessons from Kanye on how to handle his twitter account.
First, there was that whole face tattoo debacle, then he seemed to have a massive dig at his ex-fiancee and Little Mix star Perrie Edward, saying her and her bandmates should 'liberate their brains', and now he's gone full cringe mode with current partner Gigi Hadid.
Zayn popped up on Twitter on Thursday evening to read a number of fan tweets, and this was one of them:
Guess who gets to play with zayns dick pic.twitter.com/HRFsoWW1px
— libby (@ZJMWTAF) April 14, 2016
So being the social media pro that he obviously is, he thought it was a great shout to retweet it to all his followers:
— zayn (@zaynmalik) April 14, 2016
And as you'd expect, fans quickly bombarded the former One Direction irritant with messages, because sometimes a picture or reaction gif speaks louder than words:
@zaynmalik pic.twitter.com/iigzhbS2jR
— tricia 🦇 (@batsylover) April 14, 2016
@zaynmalik pic.twitter.com/cKXBWy9Ky4
— elizabeth (@abetco) April 14, 2016
@zaynmalik pic.twitter.com/g1tuRRdGsI
— soléa 🤡 (@hisblacksoul) April 14, 2016
Maybe I'm just jealous.


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At the Alamo, James isn't there so... forgive us =)
We are trying something now; Topic Card Roulette! We chose a card and start speaking on the topic. This is Nathan's idea. Blame him if it fails.
04:41 The "Perfect Pint"
10:58 Lucky Streaks
15:03 We drift into gimmick lists
22:37 Drift into Assassination Runs
25:28 Guess the beer!
30:06 Godzilla rampaged through my sock drawer
42:30 Beer and Back Again
54:56 Readers Choice: Help! I'm trapped in a medium based solo fortune cookie factory!
1:08:48 Challenges
1:13:00 Closeout


text: President Bush, facing a growing restiveness around the country and in his own party over the constant stream of casualties in Iraq, declared Tuesday night that the daily sacrifice of American lives in Iraq "is worth it, and it is vital to the future security of our country."That Moron felt the need to give a pep talk is a good sign. My question to him is above.


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Activism ranging from the smallest act of support of another woman, or at the level of mass movements, or legislation, is needed from all females to bring about the change for equality needed in society.
This is the means through which Justice Jacqueline Cornelius sees women asserting their role in the community and overcoming obstacles placed in their way.
"The only way that women can create a society in which their needs are met, in which their humanity is honoured, in which their body autonomy is respected, is through activism."
She subscribes to the credo that "power concedes nothing without a demand", and argues: "It is not generally, as far as men are concerned, in their interest for society to change. So it is important that women see themselves as activists."
"Unless women are prepared to demand that a society changes, and work towards that change, it will not change," said the High Court judge of ten years.
"It is certainly incumbent upon women who have the voice, the financial freedom and who have the time, who are aware of the issues, to be activists in some way."
She believes advocacy for women is not restricted to action on a grand scale. "Even if your activism is in the form of trying to relieve the poverty of another woman with children she cannot support, even if it is saying 'let me help you buy these school clothes because that is going to take the burden off of you', you have to do something."
Such is the outlook of a woman who was her parents' only child but grew up in company because her mother also raised her male cousins.
She ventured into the world with the strengths of a household characterized by a mother working round the clock outside the home but backed up by a grandmother, aunts and close friends who filed in with chores from cooking to taking her to Sunday school.
"We never felt neglected or shuffled aside because of work. That's because there were so many people helping raise [the] children," Cornelius explained.
The concept of male domination did not exist then. And after leaving New Pine Primary – now Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary School – for Queen's College, she received further grounding in the idea of equality regardless of gender.
"There was no concept that any area of endeavour was closed to me. We were being trained to be head girl of the world. Anything you went into you had to aim to reach a level of excellence and authority," she said.
"Certainly that is what I understood Queen's College to be about. And when I look around, I certainly think I am not the only person who got that lesson."
Cornelius went on to the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, the Hugh Wooding Law School, and Cambridge University. She practised as an attorney for 18 years, during which time she also lectured at UWI for eight years before taking the appointment as a judge.
Those formative high school years shaped the Jacqueline Cornelius of today – a mother, wife, and jurist.
The suggestion that Barbados' legal profession is male-dominated draws the cutting response: "That is an example of how people's perception and reality don't always mix."
"There are far more female lawyers than there are male lawyers, and every year there are more female lawyers than male lawyers [entering the profession]."
But she said society's bias flies in the face of facts.
"Generally, in our culture, people perceive law to be the preserve of men. And no matter that there are very many female lawyers, it is still not seen a natural career choice [for women]. Certainly there are more women than men on the bench in Barbados."
What she is equally certain of is that there is no "shift" from being a judge then going home to be a mother.
"Women in Barbados have always worked, especially black women. We rarely have had the privilege of staying home. So it isn't something that is unfamiliar to me. My mother always worked. I don't know anyone, growing up, who didn't work outside the home. It is something that has to be done."
"A lot of times something has to give. For me, a lot of it is my sleep, social life," she added.
She conceded that it is "very difficult to almost impossible" to raise children and work outside the household without help.
"I'm sure it does drive women who sometimes find themselves in that situation to desperation," Cornelius said.
Among the varied goals of women, she suggested, is good compensation for work done, and "for nearly every woman with children, proper childcare and affordable childcare, can allow them to access that proper well-paying work".
"For other women, [the goal] is access throughout the workplace to the highest levels of promotion, without discrimination, harassment or any impediment that they should not face as a citizen."
Justice Cornelius added that being bold for change – the theme of this International Women's Day – does not require a lot.
"It is easier than most people think to have a strong view, to participate in a process of change in whichever arena you wish. You could be in politics, the labour movement, social work, a parent-teacher association, a scout leader.
"A lot of the times we see change as something huge that is going to happen up there, by somebody else who is somehow in control of our destiny. But change happens as well in incremental steps that an individual can take."


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Please introduce yourself.
I am Ile, vocalist of God Disease.
When your band was created?
We started God Disease with our bass player Henry originally in 2010 but it took 3 years to find the right people for this band.
What the style do you play?
We are a Death Metal Band.
How could you describe your music by several words?
Our music is crushing Old School Death Metal with some Black Metal influences.
What is the main theme of your lyrics?
Lyrics in our songs vary from war to swamp monsters and necromancers. Small dark stories inspired by movies and Lovecraft.
What would you like to achieve with the band activity?
As a band we would like to achieve long an constant career and to be a part of Death Metal scene world wide.
How many gigs you have played so far and maybe you visit another countries with concerts?
We have played about 12 shows all in Finland, but we are always looking for a possibility to play outside our country´s borders.
Is there anything very important about your band what SHOULD know fans and labels?
What labels and Fans should know about us is that when playing live it´s always a savage show of Death Metal that comes from our hearts. No posers here.
What the formats you would like to see your releases, CD, Vinyl, Tape…? And how do you see future of physical releases?
Our first EP was published on tape, but I would love to see a Cd and vinyl releases too! What it comes to physical releases.. I never buy my music online, I want it on physical form. It is a MUST.
When you will get label deal, would you like to help to the label with promotion from your side, or you want label do all without your help?
We always do selfpromotion, but If singed with a label, I think it is also their job to promote us.
What's your reaction towards negative opinions about your music?
We do listen to negative comments of our music and if it´s justified we learn from it, but "your band sucks" is not useful for anyone. Our music is what we do and it is not for everyone.
And last question, how do you like our webzine, do you have some remarks towards its look or functionality?
I like your idea of unsinged bands previews. Hard to find new fans without outside help!


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Supporting Operation Food Search with The Dave Glover Showposted on December 19, 2016 by Smile Advantage Plan
Program Director, Katie Franklin, stopped by Operation Food Search at Espinos, Friday 12/16.
Listen to Katie explain the benefits of a Dental Savings Plan
Race for Smiles 5Kposted on August 11, 2016 by Smile Advantage Plan
Smile Advantage Dental Savings Plan sponsored the Race for Smiles 5K, hosted by Greater St.Louis Dental Society, on August 6, 2016. With over 150 in attendance and over $1,100 of items to be raffled off, Smile Advantage was the biggest sponsor of the event. With donations from 3M, Patterson Dental, Revenue Well, and MouthWatch® over 100 entries were put in the raffles.
GSLDS Race for Smiles 2016posted on August 4, 2016 by Smile Advantage Plan
Besides making a lot of great connections at this event, we will also have a chance to speak to the runners, family and friends attending the event. This will allow us to promote Smile Advantage and all of the participating general dentists and specialists in the area, encouraging the crowd to check out these practices!
Fenton Chamber of Commerce Eventposted on February 18, 2016 by Smile Advantage Plan
Thank you so much to Deco-Dental for inviting us to speak on their behalf at this event. This concept generated significant buzz in the Fenton community.


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Rep. Ron Maag says 46 percent of Medicaid expansion money would be borrowed from foreign governments that don't "like us very much"
Free money from Washington sure sounds enticing. But State Rep. Ron Maag, a Southwest Ohio Republican, says he doesn't believe it's really free.
That's one reason Maag does not want Ohio to expand Medicaid, the joint federal-state healthcare program for low-income Americans. The expansion money would come from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, providing states with Medicaid cash to enroll residents earning up to 138 percent of the poverty level. The federal government would provide full funding for the first three years, and then 90 percent.
Besides skepticism about how much more Ohio might ultimately have to cover, Maag, of Warren County, doubts the federal government can really afford its portion, either. "Forty-six cents of every dollar that we would be getting from Washington, D.C., is going to come from China or some other country that doesn't like us very much," he said at an Ohio House Finance and Appropriations Committee hearing on April 12.
Plenty of Ohio Republicans have doubts about expanding Medicaid, but Maag's statement stood out because it sounded contrary to federal assessments about the program's financing. So we asked Maag to explain his claim.
He told us in a telephone interview that the federal government already borrows 46 cents of every dollar it spends. He based that on a Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, report issued in December.
The CBO report that Maag cited was a monthly review that showed the amount of money the government had spent (the outlays) so far in the fiscal year; the amount of revenue it took in (chiefly from taxes), and the difference between the two. The difference was in the negative column. That means the government had a deficit and must borrow to cover it.
Divide the deficit by the outlays and you get the figure Maag stated -- 46 cents of every dollar spent as of that moment was deficit spending. That is not a projection, Maag said. "It's an absolute."
It was, at least, last December. And the percentage figure, 46, was high, prompting the Washington Times and several other media outlets to report it.
But this CBO budget report covered a relatively narrow time frame, only two months. What would happen if you looked at a broader period, using the most current CBO report, issued May 7? Or the April report that was issued a week before Maag spoke?
The deficit figure would change -- or, rather, it has changed. The CBO monthly review issued on April 5 provided figures for the first six months of the current fiscal year. They showed a lower level of deficits: 34 cents for every dollar of federal spending.
Why had the deficit figure gone down?
Part of it was due to more tax activity from an improving economy. Revenues were about 12 percent higher than for the same period in 2012 and spending was 3 percent lower, the CBO said.
This was not a fluke. Subsequent CBO reports have noted the same thing: As the economy has improved, tax revenues have gone up and deficits down.
OK, so the deficits are shrinking and Maag had not yet read the latest monthly CBO figures. (Doesn't everyone in the Ohio General Assembly?) Let's put aside the exact figure, for it is still a deficit. What about Maag's broader point -- that Medicaid expansion under Obamacare would result in more deficit spending?
That is not what the CBO -- the same nonpartisan office whose work Maag mentioned in defending part of this claim -- projects. The CBO has examined this several times, working with the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation.
Obamacare has costs, chiefly the cost of expanding health coverage with Medicaid and with subsidies for individuals and small employers who lack insurance, cannot afford it and cannot qualify for Medicaid. But it also has savings.
Some of the savings are supposed to come from reducing the amount of money the federal government now pays to hospitals to care for the uninsured. In Ohio alone, the government will pay hospitals $7.4 billion less over the next 10 years, according to testimony to state lawmakers from Mike Abrams, president and CEO of the Ohio Hospital Association.
Additionally, the federal government will get money from taxes on high-premium or "Cadillac" health care policies, from taxes on medical device sales, from penalties on employers who fail to provide insurance and, according to projections, from cuts and efficiencies geared to slow the growth rate of Medicare, the federal program for seniors.
When the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, the CBO said the net savings would reduce deficits over 10 years by $143 billion. The CBO has taken a few additional swipes at this, and each time its projections show deficit reduction. When asked last year to examine what would happen if Obamacare were repealed, the CBO said deficits would grow by $109 billion between 2012 and 2022. Even though government costs would go down if Obamacare were repealed, so would the revenue and savings built into the health care bill.
So we circle back to Maag's claim that "Forty-six cents of every dollar that we would be getting from Washington, D.C. would come from China or some other country that doesn't like us very much." His number was wrong and out of date. The CBO, whose projections both parties rely on, says deficits will go down, not up. We need not take up the last part of his sentence -- that the money would come from countries like China or others who don't like the United States very much. But for the record, the Pentagon said last year that it does not view China's holding of United States debt as a threat.
Maag's instincts tell him he is right. But the facts, projections and law, as they exist today, do not support his claim. We rate it False.


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There are many ration balancer benefits, but the biggest one if you ask me, is that they COST LESS than other types of feed, while providing better nutrition!
Here is a calculation using an average low-cost sweet feed and a high-quality ration balancer to demonstrate the difference in cost:
Horse: 1000 lb. mature gelding, light work (like the one pictured below!)
Back to the calculation:
Sweet feed cost: $9/50 pound bag
Sweet feed directions: 8 pounds/day
Ration balancer cost: $25/50 pound bag
Ration balancer directions: 1 pound/day
Sweet feed cost calculation:
50 pounds/bag divided by 8 pounds/day = 6.25 days/bag 30 days/month divided by 6.25 days = 4.8 bags/month 4.8 bags/month x $9/bag = $43.20/month for the sweet feed
Balancer cost calculation:
50 pounds/bag divided by 1 pound/day = 50 days/bag 30 days/month divided by 50 days = 0.6 bags/month 0.6 bags/month x $25/bag = $15.00/month for the ration balancer
So, even though the ration balancer looks like it costs more than twice the amount of the sweet feed if you compare the prices of the bags, it actually costs less than half the price of the sweet feed when you compare what they cost per month for the same horse.
Side note: Whenever you are comparing feed prices, no matter what kind of feed you are looking at, make sure you always compare on a time basis (cost per day, month, etc.), not a per bag basis.
If you compare per bag basis, you are comparing apples to oranges, not apples to apples like a time basis gives you.
OK, on to the other ration balancer benefits:
Now, let's take a closer look at all of these benefits:
Since they are forage based, the horse's digestive system is more efficient at utilizing the nutrients and calories...a big ration balancer benefit!
Better digestive efficiency = less waste = less feed required.
As a side note, it also means less poop to clean out of stalls and paddocks -- something that should excite every horse owner!
Because balancers have very little (if any) grains included in the ingredients, they are ideal feeds for horses that have metabolic problems such as Cushings, insulin resistance, or glucose intolerance. This is one of the major ration balancer benefits in my opinion.
However, they are also ideal for the horse that shows no symptoms of these diseases, as a diet low in sugar may help prevent these diseases developing -- much like low sugar diets in humans may help prevent diabetes.
Don't be fooled by ingredients listed on the bag that may have the word grain in them. Take distiller's dried grains for example.
Sounds like a grain, but its not...though it used to be.
The distilling industry needs the starch and sugar out of the grain to make their products. So they take it out, and then essentially throw away the rest of the grain -- the fiber, protein, and all the good stuff.
That is where the feed industry comes in -- they take the leftover good stuff (which has already had all the "bad" stuff taken out) and put it into the feeds. It is a win-win-win situation. The distilling industry doesn't have to worry about disposing of their leftovers, the feed company (and therefore horse owners) save money, and the horse gets the good without the bad.
Because there is essentially zero sugar left in the grains, they are treated as forage products in the horse's digestive system -- they don't produce a glucose spike like the whole grain would.
The next of the ration balancer benefits is that they are nutrient dense, and meant to be fed in small amounts. Usually this is 1-2 pounds per day for the average horse.
This makes them ideal for easy keepers, because the horse gets all the nutrition it needs with very few calories (most ration balancers average about 1,300 calories/pound, and the average horse needs about 15,000 calories on a daily basis).
The low calorie content also makes them ideal for horses that are stalled for long periods, recovering horses that need to stay quiet, and horses that get "hot" on grain, horses that are not ridden regularly, and so on.
So they are ideal for pretty much any average horse...
It also makes it more economical to feed. If you feed 1 pound of ration balancer each day, your bag of feed is going to last one horse almost 2 months, as opposed to just over a week that most sweet feeds last if fed properly.
Another of the big ration balancer benfits is that they are one of the most versatile feeds available. They can easily serve as the nutritional base for almost any feeding program.
They also make it easy to quickly and safely change a horse's calorie intake as his needs change.
For example:
In the summer, my horses are on pasture and get no other supplementation except for their balancer.
Come fall and winter time though, they need more calories. Instead of having to wean them onto a completely new feed, I simply add more calories to their diet in the form of beet pulp or alfalfa cubes (in addition to their hay which replaces the pasture they had during the summer).
Come spring time, I just drop the beet pulp and alfalfa cubes out again. Very easy, and safe, as the feeds I am adding and dropping are only a small part of the horse's total forage intake, so I am making a smaller change in the digestive system than I would if I was adding and subtracting grain feeds.
Also, it makes my (and any one else who uses it) feeding program easy. I have five horses in my barn, ranging from middle-aged geldings who are lucky to get ridden once a week, to a growing filly, to a senior mare.
I can feed all my horses with just my ration balancer, alfalfa cubes, and beet pulp. Each horse gets the recommended amount of ration balancer for their age and workload, and then I add varying amounts of the other feeds (if needed) depending on how many extra calories they need.
It's also especially nice when I must have someone feed for me -- no worries about the obese gelding getting a high calorie grain meant for the filly. If my feeder messes up and feeds the wrong food to one horse, all they are going to do is cause a small change in calories for that day -- no worries about accidental colic and such, since all the horses are eating the same feed.
Or another example...horse in heavy training suddenly gets injured. Said horse is used for 2-3 hours of work 6 days a week, and turnout the rest of the time, and now goes on complete stall rest. Obviously that horse is going to suddenly need a LOT less calories.
If he's eating a diet based on a ration balancer, all his owner has to do is drop the supplemental calories from other feedstuffs and feed only the ration balancer until he's healed, when they can re-introduce the extra calories as they re-introduce the work load.
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Huangshan Declaration on UNESCO Sites, Sustainable Development and the Role of Space Technologies
The 'Huangshan Dialogue on Space Technologies for World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves and Potential New Category of Geoparks' took place in Huangshan City, Anhui, China, from 26 to 30 May 2014, and was organized by the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST), the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), the World Heritage Centre (WHC) and the Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences of UNESCO.
The participants included 170 experts and practitioners in space technologies, world heritage, biosphere reserves and Geopark policy coordination and management, as well as administrators of city and land resource agencies from twenty-three countries of the six continents of the world. The event aimed to create a forum for experts and practitioners to share experiences and lessons in the conservation and management of UNESCO sites and Geoparks, and to improve knowledge of practical achievements of the use of space technologies for the benefit of UNESCO designated places.
The outcome of the meeting was the 'Huangshan Declaration on UNESCO Sites, Sustainable Development and the Role of Space Technologies'. The Declaration recognizes, among other issues, the potential for world heritage sites, biosphere reserves and Geoparks to serve as learning sites for context-specific sustainable development strategies and actions that conserve natural and cultural heritage, enhance the socio-economic well-being of local communities, and promote international cooperation for transferring technologies and sharing experiences and lessons learnt. It also underscores the importance of building strong relationships between the site managers of UNESCO designated and assisted places, and space technology administrators, researchers and practitioners, in order to address concrete conservation and sustainable development problems and facilitate the search for solutions.


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Coconuts is one of the oldest Badniks and foes of Sonic the Hedgehog and the Freedom Fighters and also one of the most persistent. He was built by Dr. Robotnik as a member of the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad, which also included Scratch and Grounder. Armed with coconut-like bombs, Coconuts has always tried to destroy Sonic and the Freedom Fighters, and has yet to succeed. After making a few appearances in the early freedom-fighting days of Sonic and his friends, Coconuts resurfaced on the Island of Misfit Badniks, and is now Mammoth Mogul's "butler monkey".
Early Activities
Coconuts made his debut when Dr. Robotnik "tested" him out on Crabmeat, who he blew up with a single coconut bomb. Robotnik then sent Coconuts after Sonic and Tails, who were both going out for a run. Coconuts ambushed the two and had the upper hand at first, but the two knocked one of his bombs back and forth between each other before knocking it into Coconuts, leaving him in pieces. Sonic then humorously mailed Coconuts' pieces back to Robotnik, who was outraged and decided to send Coconuts' teammates, Scratch and Grounder, after Sonic and Tails. (StH: #2)
Coconuts came into conflict with Sonic and the other Freedom Fighters several more times, such as when he kidnapped Sally Acorn, Rotor, Antoine D'Coolette, and Tails in an attempt to destroy Sonic and become Dr. Robotnik's favorite Badnik. Another attempt, this time to drive out a spy, had Coconuts and Jaws commit an undersea bank heist. Sonic knew what was happening and brought some friends to harpoon the two badniks. Coconuts was also present at Sonic and Sally Acorn's "wedding" along with other Badniks. Another time, he tried to stop an anteater from stealing Robotnik's Chaos Emeralds, not knowing the "anteater" was Bunnie Rabbot. (StH: #11, #16, #18, #30)
Island of Misfit Badniks
After a long absence, Coconuts reappeared on the Island of Misfit Badniks as one of the many lost Badniks there. Coconuts and the other Badniks tried to kill Sonic, and he was also one of the many who watched Sonic's fight with Pseudo Sonic. After Sonic trashed Pseudo Sonic, the island apparently sunk, but in truth, it transformed into an underwater fortress. Coconuts and the other Badniks planned to turn Pseudo Sonic giant and take over Mobius, but their plans were stopped when the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters showed up and defeated most of the Badniks, including Coconuts. The blue whale, Big Fluke, then compacted Coconuts, Pseudo Sonic, and the other Badniks into a metal cube, leaving them trapped at the bottom of the ocean. (StH: #170, #185)
Working for Mammoth Mogul
Using sheer willpower, he got out of the metal cube and crawled all the way up to shore. He planned to restore glory to the Badniks, but he ended up meeting the ancient Mammoth Mogul, who had purchased the Casino Night Zone. The casino had the Badniks from the Robo Hobo Jungle as its employees, and even Coconuts' old teammates, Scratch and Grounder, were there. Coconuts became Mogul's butler and was in charge of his appointments and meetings. However, Coconuts told Grounder that he hated his new job as a "monkey butler". When Bean the Dynamite, Bark the Polar Bear, and the Destructix showed up at the casino's kitchen, the Bottom of the Barrel Bar 'n' Grill, with a captured Sonic, Coconuts, Scratch, and Grounder all started taunting him. However, all three were somewhat embarrassed when they couldn't even remember their team name. The Destructix's leader, Sleuth Dog, demanded that he get paid by Mogul, but Coconuts told the canine that Mogul would pay him when he was ready. Drago Wolf tried to intimidate Coconuts, but Sleuth merely told him to shut up and commented that even Coconuts could take him. (StH: #187, #188)
When Geoffrey St. John came to the casino with a purple Chaos Emerald, Coconuts and two SWATbots showed up to talk to him saying that no one sees "Mister Mogul" without an appointment. Geoffrey then beat him up and dragged him in, with Coconuts saying to Mogul "your 11 o' clock is here sir." Coconuts then walked away to repair himself. (STH #219)
Coconuts is monkey-like in appearance, with a particularly monkey-like head with an incandescent light bulb coming out of the top. His head is a dark brown except for his face, which has been shown in tan or orange, while his eyes are black. Coconuts' body and tail were originally gray, with the exception of a trio of buttons underneath a rectangle panel on his chest, while his feet were initially red. His arms were originally tan, as were his hands, with silver bands around his elbows. Coconuts appearance changed in StH: #187 to a tuxedo given his new job as a "butler monkey." His lower body and hands also became a darker brown to match his face.
Coconuts was originally very loyal to Dr. Robotnik, to the point where he endured considerable damage in his efforts to fulfill his orders. However, Coconuts wasn't without ambition, and after being abandoned with the other "Misfit" Badniks, he soon aspired to form them into an army with which to conquer Mobius. However, his plans were thwarted initially by the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters, and then when Mammoth Mogul beat him to the punch in recruiting the surviving Badniks to his service. Grudgingly, Coconuts entered his service as well, though unlike his old teammate Grounder he found the job humiliating.
Coconuts only known abilities are throwing bombs in the shape of coconuts that make quite a bang and constructing half-thought traps. He does appear to be quite sturdy, however, as he has taken very heavy damage in the past, yet always returns repaired.
Background Information
- Coconuts was loosely based on a mechanical monkey of the same name (known in Japan as "Aiai") from the Emerald Hill Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (the Genesis version). Aside from the color, the main design difference is a light bulb on top of the head. He also was a semi-regular in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, which had numerous elements included in the comic before the writers and editors realized that they should take a more serious tone.


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Development of a Precision Mite Management Program for the Control of the Ectoparasite Varroa destructor in Hives of Apis mellifera L.
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The European honey bee, Apis mellifera, is an important pollinator of horticultural and agricultural field crops, providing ≈ 90% of all commercial pollination services (Genersch et al. 2010). The recent rise in colony loss due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been a source of concern for both beekeepers and the apiculture industry. One of the factors implicated in CCD is infestation by the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor. Initial efforts to control the mite relied heavily on regular application of miticides without regard to actual mite infestation levels. This approach has led to problems of resistance in the mite and contamination of the hive and hive-products. Because it is unlikely that miticides will be removed as an option for mite management, a precision mite management (PMM) approach using information on the spatiotemporal distribution of the mite to improve sampling and treatments is seen as a viable option, particularly with respect to treatment costs and impacts on the environment. The primary objective of this study was to develop an understanding of the spatiotemporal distribution of the Varroa mite and bee brood within hives for the purpose of developing a PMM approach for the mite. Varroa mite populations were sampled from May to June, 2012 and February to October, 2013. Sampling was conducted with three commonly used sampling methods: soapy water roll (SWR), brood uncapping, and a modified sticky board; brood uncapping, however, was discontinued during the study due to hive the labor cost and harmful effects of this method to the hives. Similar trends in mite population levels were observed using the soapy water roll and sticky board sampling methods. Spearman's nonparametric analysis showed that there was a significant correlation (ρ = 0.47, P<0.001) in mite population levels for the soapy water roll and sticky board methods for sampling conducted from February to September, 2013 (the SWR method was not used in October). This was despite the fact that there was no significant correlation (ρ= -0.03, P = 0.8548) between the two sampling methods during the spring sampling period from February to April, 2013. The observed lack of correlation between the two sampling methods in early spring was likely due to the low population of brood in the hive, which caused the majority of the mites to remain on adult bees. Mites per 100 adult bees, therefore, appear to reflect mite population levels within the hive more closely than mite fall on sticky borad during the February to April sampling period. This suggests that the soapy water roll method is a better method for estimating mite population levels within the hive in the early spring compared with the sticky board method. Geospatial analyses of the distributions of mite fall on the sticky boards were conducted using geostatistics and Spatial Analysis by Distance IndicEs (SADIE). Both analyses showed that mite fall on the sticky board was generally aggregated and the aggregation increased with mite population levels. The average range of the variogram from geostatistical analysis was estimated at 4 sticky board cells; this range value was increased to 5 cells and was used to develop a systematic outside-range sampling protocol for mites on a sticky board. The results showed that the accuracy of the systematic outside-range sampling compared well with that of the traditional sticky board counting method in estimating total mite fall, but required only 60% of the effort (i.e., counting 63 instead of 105 cells). SADIE analysis showed that there is an overall association between the distribution of mite fall on a sticky board and the distribution of brood within a hive. A greater degree of correspondence was also observed in the association of drone and mite distributions during May to June; greater correspondence in worker brood and mite associations was observed in August and September. These differences may be due to relative amounts of the two types of brood present within the hive. A test of the efficacy of precision application of Varroa mite treatment based on the association between drone brood and mite fall resulted in a significantly greater reduction in mite levels on the sticky board using a traditional miticide treatment method compared with the control and precision treatments (𝜒2 =362.571; df = 2; P <0.0001); mite population levels with the precision method, however, were significantly reduced compared with the control.
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a friend was intimidated and asked if there was an easy way
to start painting on a tea bag. here's what i suggested.
trace an image you like on white tissue paper. i used
a mechanical pencil.
cut out the outline and glue it to the tea bag
using matt medium. this works on a larger
canvas or journal page as well.
fill in as you would a coloring book. here i used
paynes gray watercolor. you can
embellish as much or little as you want.
i picked up an unused leather
wedding album at a swap.
with square pages with gold detailing.
a perfect home or little painted tea bags, don't you think?
i am posting very late with the paint party friday party!
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Photography Classes in Monticello GA
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Georgia offers many accredited and recognized photography schools. Photography classes teach techniques such as lighting, exposure and composition, posing and unposing, portrait capture, and other photography fundamentals. Growing into a skilled photographer can pave the road to a lifelong hobby or a prosperous professional career.
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