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The following is a guest post from Matt Miller, a writer for The Nature Conservancy. It originally appeared on Cool Green Science.
This week, the journal Nature published a paper by Conservancy lead scientist Peter Kareiva, Paul Ehrlich, and Gretchen Daily titled Securing Natural Capital and Expanding Equity to Rescale Civilization. In it, the authors state that "humanity has never been moving faster nor farther from sustainability than it is now" and that "our increasing population size and per-capita impacts are severely testing the ability of Earth to provide for peoples' most basic needs."
How to address these pressing concerns, Kareiva and his coauthors focus on three main areas: achieving a sustainable population size, securing vital natural capital, and reducing gender inequity. We recently sat down with Dr. Kareiva to discuss the paper, and the hope he sees in the daunting task of "rescaling civilization."
Q: As your paper points out, "sustainability" has become an incredibly popular term. Many have argued that the word has lost all its meaning through overuse and deliberate misuse. What should sustainability mean today to regain relevance as a concept?
Peter Kareiva: I am not quite ready to say sustainability is a useless word. However vague and variously defined it might be, for everyone "sustainability" brings to mind some sense of not selling out our future for the sake of instant gratification today. Its relevance is that my kids are worried and a little angry about the possibility they are going to spend their lives in a world with degraded environments, fewer job opportunities, and a more constraining sense of limits. Sustainability should mean: do not leave your children with any fewer options, opportunities, and potential for inspiration from nature than you had.
Q: One of the central tenets of your paper is that sustainability is strongly tied to women's rights. What are the ways that empowering women makes a difference for nature?
Kareiva: Good governance and empowered communities with accountability and a say in resource management are good for conservation. This is one of the findings that won Elinor Ostrom the Nobel Prize in Economics. Empowering women is one dimension of good governance and good resource management. The interesting question is whether women's involvement in conservation has a unique extra benefit. Some of the studies we cite in our paper suggest it may — perhaps because women are often the ones closely tied to activities such as gathering firewood, insuring there is food for the children, and carrying water back to the household. These are all activities closely connected to the benefits of well-managed nature.
Q: The paper states: "If consumption is not brought in line with reduced population pressure, there is little hope for gains in sustainability." But people do have "needs and aspirations," and telling people how much is enough is never popular. Is there a realistic way to curb consumption? Should we even be trying to do so?
Kareiva: Many ecologists are quick to condemn consumerism and our overly consumptive society (but have you ever noticed how well-furnished their homes are?). That is not my shtick, although I worry the quote you excerpted has a bit of the preachy tone I so dislike. To me the consumption problem is one of getting the supply chain right and keeping our stuff for longer. Consume yes — but consume items that have made it to you via a supply chain that does the least possible damage to Earth's systems, and keep it for longer. The surprising news is that just as population shows signs of leveling off, so too does consumption. The number of cars on U.S. highways is flat and per capita mileage is declining. In Britain there has been a steady decline in materials used since 2000. Who knows, we might reach "peak stuff" before we reach "peak oil."
Q: You're well known in the conservation community as an optimist, but this paper begins with the statement that "humanity has never been moving faster nor farther from sustainability that it is now." How do you remain confident that people really will "rescale civilization" and take the sometimes dramatic steps to become sustainable?
Kareiva: That is an easy question. The "faster and farther" is because of how rapidly we are going to add the next two billion people to the planet— with all that these 2,000,000,000 mean for food and water and energy demands. The optimism comes from the observation we make in the paper about falling fertility rates in many countries, and my conclusion that we just need to get through the next 50 to 100 years, and after that population pressure will ease up and give the planet a lot more breathing room. That is a very different scenario than worrying the population is going to just keep growing and growing, and growing relentlessly. My scenario of the global population peaking at 9 or 10 billion is a tractable problem. We know the design constraints — feed and take care of 9 billion. So now it is a matter of smart development. Smart development is within our reach.
Q: You and your coauthors call for the development of "new narratives" to get us back on the track of sustainability. What kinds of narratives do you have in mind?
Kareiva: Tomorrow's nature will be wildly different than anything our parents grew up with. Coyotes that have acquired wolf genes will be regularly taking down deer in places they never before lived. Buffalo may be roaming on grasslands amidst fields of wind turbines. Abandoned unproductive farmland may be a mishmash of non-native and native trees and called a county park. This is not cause for mourning. Instead we should be energized by the fact that just as we have never had so much power to destroy nature, we have also never had so much knowledge and information to design the future of nature in a way that sustains and inspires.
Q: What are one or two signs that would tell you that people take the concept of valuing nature seriously, and what might we do to get there?
Kareiva: Most people already value nature — they just do not know how to organize that value into action that makes a difference, and they see other needs such as job security and healthcare as more pressing. We will know that we are making the progress we need to make when investments in nature are seen as good for business, good for jobs, and good for human well-being. You probably think I must be so totally naïve to expect this to all happen — but heh, the Wall Street Journal just ran a piece called "Mom was Right: Go Outside" extolling the virtues of nature. But words are not enough — we need to see money for the Gulf go to habitat restoration, we need to see growth in the U.S. land and water acquisition fund, and we need to see China thinking about the long-term impacts of its aquaculture industry, and we need to see the global rush to hydropower balanced with a concern for floodplains and natural flows. Those are all tangible outcomes that an organization like The Nature Conservancy can work to make happen. But this is only going to happen if we can get over our fear that talking about the value of nature somehow means we do not care about biodiversity anymore.
Q: How could science play a bigger role in pushing sustainability, especially given the current political climate?
Kareiva: I presume when you say "current political climate" you are remarking on that media cliché of an anti-science culture and politics? What dreck. Science has never been more influential and more core to decision-making. The fact science is often under attack in the arena of climate change and other major policy discussions is proof of that fact — you do not waste energy on attacking a group that has no influence in society. There is no question in my mind that science is society's point guard. Science can play a bigger role by getting its act together: clear metrics for sustainability, compelling messages, being solution as opposed to doom-and-gloom oriented, better policing itself (by that I mean scrutinizing "bad news" about the environment as carefully as it scrutinizes "good news about the environment"), being more transparent and opening all data and modeling up to all-comers (so how much of TNC's science data is open for anyone to see and access?). I want scientists with business savvy, schooled in economics and ecology, deft with computer modeling but not clueless about natural history, and ideally with some background in anthropology. In short science can play a bigger role by simply being smarter, more transparent, and more open to internal debate and questioning — environmental science in particular has too often behaved like an ideology as opposed to a science where there are no sacred cows.


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Norma, you should send the pictures of that NY pie to ConAgra. I guarantee you that they have no earthly idea that anyone can bake a pizza like that with a Chef Boyardee kit. That pie is insane! Half the places in NYC would give their brother's left pinky finger to be able to make a pie that looks like that.
I was just lucky making the NY style pizza with the Chef Boyardee kit.
Luck is the residue of hard work.
nice Norma!I guess we don't eat chef boyardee pizza in central CT. I have been to 5 stores and could not find one.
Thanks Deb. Did you try Walmart or ALDI? I recall seeing the Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza Kits at ALDI's awhile ago. I purchased the kit at our local supermarket. It was the last one on the shelf though. I don't know if that many people actually use the Chef Boyardee pizza kit, or if my local grocery store doesn't carry many at one time.Norma
it sounds to me there is a double chemical leavening system in the crust mix, I am leaving the covered off of the plastic containers for awhile to try and cool the dough balls down as fast as they can. I really don't know, but think the fairly long mix time would give the chemical leavening system long enough to activate it before it went into the fridge.
In the next month or two, it will be cool enough outside that I can use my indoor oven to make pizza. In preparation, I purchased a Chef Boyardee kit this morning. I'm looking forward to this even though I'm expecting a pretty low-grade result. I paid around $2.98 for this 2 pizza kit at Walmart this morning - that struck me as pretty expensive for what you get in the box. Norma, I am very interesting in your commentIs there any chance you can expand further on your thoughts about this? I am looking at the "crust mix" ingredients now, and it says "leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate and sodium bicarbonate)". I'm not nearly the baker that you are so these don't mean much to me, but as I understand it these two are components of baking soda. Also, I understand that most of the rise will occur during baking, not before. Can you explain more about the double leavening and what important things to consider with respect to proofing time and temperature?
These are a few of the photos of the NY style pizza I made with the Chef Boyardee Cheese kit. The rest of the photos are at Reply 210 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,26483.msg281228.html#msg281228 on my Blackstone thread if anyone is interested in seeing them. This pizza turned out better than I expected. I think the Blackstone unit helped this pizza a lot. The bake temperature was at 645 degrees F and it was turned up right after the crust rim rose some. The bake time was 3 ½ minutes.The sauce with oregano was spread on first, then the cheese blend was sprinkled on and last the mozzarella was applied.Norma
I think that Norma could take a piece of corrugated cardboard, ketchup and some nacho cheese and make an excellent pizza out of it!


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2002: Berlin Defeats Rhein for 2nd Consecutive NFL Europe Title
The Berlin Thunder, defending champions of NFL Europe, finished in second place with a 6-4 record in 2002. It was good enough to send them to World Bowl X against the Rhein Fire on June 22 at the Rheinstadion in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Fire had compiled a 7-3 record and had swept the season series against Berlin.
The Thunder was coached by Peter Vaas, who was in his third year with the club. QB Todd Husak led the league in passing yardage (2386) but also in interceptions (14). WR Dane Looker (pictured above), on loan from the NFL's Rams, was the top receiver with 54 catches. RB Anthony White ranked fifth in rushing (525 yards) and third in pass receiving (38 catches). Center Ben Hamilton was an All-League performer on the offensive line, while LB Jude Waddy received recognition on defense.
Rhein was led by second-year Head Coach Pete Kuharchek and featured the third leading rusher in NFL Europe, Jamal Robertson (792 yards), who was also an All-NFL Europe selection. Other All-League players included G Al Jackson, OT Patrick Venzke, DT Brandon Miller, CB Earthwind Moreland, safety Deke Cooper, and linebackers Tim Johnson and Maugaula Tuitele.
The game, attended by 53,109 fans in what was the last event held at the 77-year-old Rheinstadion, got off to a bad start for the Fire as QB Tee Martin was intercepted by S Ontei Williams near midfield on the second play from scrimmage. The turnover resulted in a 47-yard field goal by Berlin's Danny Boyd.
Rhein went three-and-out on its next possession and the Thunder responded with a 41-yard touchdown pass play from Husak to Looker for a 10-0 lead. Again, Martin was intercepted, this time by LB Keith Adams, who returned the pickoff to the Rhein 10 yard line. Berlin was unable to get into the end zone with three incomplete passes, and settled for a 27-yard field goal by Axel Kruse to extend the lead to 13-0.
The Fire's offense came alive in the second quarter as Martin completed a 31-yard pass to WR Jimmy Robinson. However, the drive stalled at the Thunder 41 and a faked punt on fourth-and-eleven, in which TE/QB Darnell Dinkins took off with the snap, came up a yard short. Later in the period Rhein again tried a fake punt, this time with punter Dirk Johnson running the ball. Again, they came up short, and in this instance Berlin capitalized with a 15-yard Husak TD pass to Looker in the corner of the end zone.
Martin drove Rhein down the field near the end of the half, completing five passes for 39 yards to move into field goal range at the Berlin 18. However, the 35-yard attempt by Jason Witczak was blocked and the score stood at 20-0 at halftime.
Rhein got an early break in the third quarter when CB Earthwind Moreland intercepted a pass by Husak near midfield, but the Fire was unable to capitalize, going three-and-out and punting. On the next possession, however, Rhein's offense was able to move the ball as Martin hit Robinson on passes of 9 and 26 yards, setting up their first score of the game on a six-yard touchdown run by RB Tony Taylor.
Berlin responded with a 45-yard field goal for a 23-7 lead, but the Fire again came back strong as the game moved into the fourth quarter. Martin completed eight passes (four of them to Robinson) on a 65-yard scoring drive that was capped by a two-yard TD throw to WR Scott Cloman. The try for a two point conversion failed.
The Thunder scored once more on a drive that featured a 16-yard pass from Husak to Looker and a 15-yard penalty on Rhein's Brandon Miller for a late hit. Boyd kicked his third field goal of the game from 38 yards to extend the margin to 26-13.
Jamal Robertson returned the ensuing kickoff 51 yards to give the Fire good field position, but a drive that took them deep into Berlin territory came to an end when a nine-yard run by Martin on fourth down came up a yard short. Still, Rhein got the ball back and scored on a one-yard run by Martin with 20 seconds left to play.
Deke Cooper recovered the ensuing onside kick for the Fire at the Thunder 40 yard line, but there was no miracle finish. Martin was sacked by Berlin DT Cleveland Pinckney and then threw one last desperation pass that fell incomplete. By a score of 26-20, the Thunder became the only team to win consecutive NFL Europe titles.
Dane Looker caught 11 passes for 111 yards and two TDs and was the game's MVP. He went on to play seven seasons with the Rams, catching 112 passes. Todd Husak (pictured above left), who had led Stanford to the Rose Bowl, and Tee Martin (pictured at right), whose two years as starting quarterback at Tennessee (following Peyton Manning) included a national championship season in 1998, never saw more than limited backup duty in the NFL (Martin also played in the CFL).
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and these were the words my husband said to me later that night.
"It should have been me".
Very similar to the words my Mom said when I told her...
She said "I'm old...I wish I could take it from you".
But it doesn't work that way,
This thing we call life.
I've always told my girls "you get what you get".
But I never meant this.
I meant what color straw you get or what prize is in a happy meal.
This is no happy meal!
I've got it and I can't give it away.
If only, right? ;)
Anyway, as I walked out of the dr's office that morning to find my husband and daughter in the waiting room (they already knew too),
everything changed for us.
Suddenly, mommy had a problem.
Usually I'm the one helping them with their problems.
Now I'm carrying a stack of books to teach me about my new companion for life...Multiple Sclerosis.
I remember seeing this sad, knowing look on my husband's face and tears on Jordie's face.
(Poor girl...and here she thought she was going to tennis!)
And I knew Taylor would be calling that night from her ballet school in Maine
to find out the results of my tests.
I thought to myself..."this is the hard part. I can handle anything but what about my girls?"
After lots of tears, hugs and reassurances (even through the phone;)
We started doing what had to be done.
First a few phone calls.
I also told my girls from the beginning that this was nothing to be ashamed of, that we did nothing wrong, and they should feel free to tell their friends if they wanted to.
We all need support and for a teenage girl, their support is often their friends...and each other!
So, what next?
Well, that afternoon was the first of 5 days of IV steroid treatments at the hospital. As I drove in to the hospital parking lot and parked in the space reserved for outpatients, that's when I burst into tears.
Me...at the hospital? But hospitals are for SICK people, not people like me!
But into the hospital I went for my first IV.
Have you ever heard of a transfusion center? I hope you never do.
That's where I had to go for my IV but worse than that, that's where outpatient chemo is done. I think that's when I knew for sure how fortunate I was. It could have been worse
Much worse!!!
Don't get me wrong, MS is no picnic.
There is no cure.
It still stumps the medical community in many ways, although they have made some progress and continually work for more.
But it is sneaky and stealthy...and you ALWAYS have it with you.
Some days the symptoms are not so bad, some days they're worse.
But it doesn't go away.
You may have no signs of MS for years and you may have LOTS of trouble within a year.
There is no single path it takes...and it isn't the same for two people.
But back to that first few days.
There were sleepless nights.
(you don't sleep on steroids)
Lots of cuddle time with my family
(and while I tried not to sound like it on the phone, I missed Taylor terribly. When she offered to come home, it was all I could do to say no when I really wanted to say yes. But she was where she was supposed to be, you know?)
Let's see...what else did steroids give me...
Tons of energy...
I started a new blog (which I haven't done anything with) started a book (let that go too), planned a trip to Europe, started to think of ways to raise money...(tutus and cupcakes)
AND awareness for MS...one of the "silent" diseases and I ATE.
Hey, steroids make you hungry!!!;)
That first weekend Jordie made Taylor's famous Veggie pizza (yum!)
and I casually mentioned that pineapple upside down cake sounded good so
Voilà...my husband made me a cake.
Ask me how long that lasted around here;)
Steroids, you know. haha
After the first round of IV's, I took to wearing long sleeves.
In July.
In Florida.
Because I could tell that it bothered my girl to see an IV port and my arms looked like this..(actually, they got much worse but who needs to see that. Apparently I bruise easily. And don't you love the iv cover I made up? a tye-dyed sock!
Not horrible but for a scared 13 year old girl...just too much, too soon.
Kind of like the arms of a drug addict, I know.
I now have an idea of how they feel.
After 5 days of steroids, they took me off...cold turkey.
Yikes...can you say addicted?
Because I crashed and went into withdrawal big time!
I mean, I was bawling when my husband came home from work,
Couldn't talk to Taylor to tell her goodnight because I didn't want to upset her by bursting into tears, started making a list of things I needed to do and teach my girls in the next year, as if that was all I had, freaked out at how puffy my knees got overnight and called the dr's office begging to go get more IV steroids because I felt better then.
If that doesn't sound like an addict...
The nurse thought so too, so they called in oral steroids to "wean" me off.
They don't always need to do that but apparently I'm one of those people.
Now we know...for next time.
So what comes next?
Well, the fine art of learning to live with MS.
That's what comes next...
Getting on with Life.
Not crying about it...well, not too much anyway.
Lots of praying about it though!
But that's all for another chapter...another day.
I needed to get this one in before Pink Saturday tomorrow.
The theme is an inspirational story and I have a few of those.
Don't worry, I'll do my best to make it short and sweet.
I'll do my best...but don't count on it;)
And by the way...the Barn Chicks day is NEXT Friday, not today.
Sorry about that!
Okay well, if you stayed with me through all of this, thank you and have a great weekend. And I'm sorry it was sooooo long.
Also, please remember, one of the reasons I am doing this is there is somebody out there who just found out they have ms or think they do. Hopefully they have somebody to talk to but if not, I'm here!
And to my husband who wishes it were him and not me and to my mom who wishes she could take it from me, I love you for that.
Thanks anyway!
As much as you would like to, you can't have it.
God gave it to me.
I don't know why but he does.
So we just have to have faith, trust, hope...
and courage.
But I will let you help me through it.
Because I'm sure every once in awhile, I'll need a little help;)


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SMC, a global leader in pneumatic and electrical automation technology, will be showcasing its extensive range of energy efficient, reliable and long-life solutions for the biotechnology and life science sectors at this year's BIOTECHNICA and LABVOLUTION, at Deutsche Messe, Hannover from stand C21 in Hall 9.
Under the banner 'Discover the symbiosis of ideas and innovation', SMC will showcase its impressive range of smart product solutions, reinforcing its credentials as a global, single source partner.
With the introduction of LABVOLUTION, a trade fair for laboratory technology, alongside BIOTECHNICA and the European Lab Automation Congress, never before has there been an opportunity to reach the entire world of lab equipment under one roof.
With high levels of accuracy and repeatability core to lab environments,
amongst SMC's automation line-up will be its range of LE electric
actuators and VXB valves.
From miniature and easy to use options to highly technical, bespoke solutions, SMC's complete range of LE actuators offer outstanding speed, positioning and control.
The VXB range of angle seat valves have minimal leakage of 10 cm³/min or less, a long service life of up to 5 million cycles for the air product and can fit into small spaces due to its height of just 100 mm, also making them ideal for the biotechnology and life science sectors.
These products will be joined by SMC's newly launched basic type HRSE thermo-chiller, which is energy efficient and easy to operate. It is ideal for applications that require a constant temperature of fluid supply to equipment and is quiet to operate and small enough to fit into small spaces, making it ideal for the biotechnic and life science industries.
Other key features of the HRSE include a triple control for the compressor, fan and electronic control valve, offering easy control based on the heat generated from equipment and delivering 35% energy savings.
SMC's Manager Sales Development Life Science, Alexander Pawera said: "The life science and biotechnology sectors require precise, durable and reliable solutions that meet international standards. At SMC we understand these needs and have an unrivalled range of industry specific solutions that are available globally, from a single source.
"At this year's BIOTECHNICA and LABVOLUTION, we are looking
forward to the opportunity to show off our range of smart components and
The SMC stand C21 in Hall 9 will be hosted by a team of technical experts that are skilled in developing solutions to meet their customers' challenges.
Further information about SMC's Life Science products can be found at a dedicated site in the Industry Solutions section of www.smc.eu.
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'Spiritual walls in America have crumbled,' Steve Gaines says in convention sermon
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Like Nehemiah of the Old Testament, Southern Baptists should be wall builders, Steve Gaines, pastor of First Baptist Church in Gardendale, Ala., declared to the Southern Baptist Convention June 16.
"America is in desperate need of some spiritual wall builders," Gaines said during the convention sermon at the Indianapolis Convention Center. "Our spiritual walls in America have crumbled because as a whole we have turned our backs on the Lord Jesus Christ.... Southern Baptists, God is calling us to be spiritual wall builders."
Gaines reminded messengers they are called to and should be committed to four "great works" -- prayer, preaching, evangelism and missions, and being salt and light.
"If we don't pray, nothing from heaven will happen," Gaines said. "God wants our churches, our homes and our physical bodies to be houses of prayer. There are some things God will not do unless we pray. God has called us to be prayer warriors."
Pastors should have a special concern for the role of prayer in their lives, Gaines noted. "If you're a Baptist pastor, I want to suggest to you that you need to make prayer the priority of your life and preaching the priority of your ministry. ... We are not prepared to stand up and speak for God until we have first knelt down and spoken with God. Where prayer focuses, God's power falls."
Gaines suggested America is hungry for a greater emphasis on authentic, prophetic preaching and weary of other aspects of some contemporary churches.
"I don't know about you, but I think America is fed up with drama skits, coffee talks, interpretive dances, operatic cantatas, operatic Frankenstein music [and] pop psychology sessions from the pulpit," Gaines said. "America is looking for some prophets of God. That's what they want."
Regarding evangelism and missions, Gaines reminded the messengers of the need "to be personal soul-winners, ... to be mission-minded, because we really don't care about the people around the world if we won't witness to the fellow at work or the lady across the street."
Gaines spent a significant portion of his sermon pointing to spiritual problems in American culture as reasons believers need to give increased attention to being "salt and light."
"Well-organized liberal militant groups in America have as their sole purpose the removal of all references to the Lord Jesus Christ out of public life," Gaines said. "They ridiculed Mel Gibson's wonderful film, 'The Passion of The Christ,' saying that it was too violent and also anti-Semitic.... Pray tell me, when did Hollywood get concerned about violence?"
Responding to some critics' accusation of anti-Semitism in Gibson's movie, Gaines said: "I guess we better not watch any documentary on Pearl Harbor, we better not watch that old movie called 'Tora, Tora, Tora' because it might make us hate the modern-day Japanese. We better not watch 'Schindler's List' because it might make us hate modern-day Germans.
"Give me a break," he added. "The bottom line is the devil in them hates the Jesus in [Gibson's] movie."
Gaines listed numerous problems and challenges being faced by America, such as terrorism, an uncertain national economy, finding a cure for AIDS, civil rights, global warming and nuclear disarmament.
"As important as these issues are, ... I believe they pale compared to two other issues that I believe will determine the future of America," Gaines warned. "I personally believe with all of my heart that the two issues that will determine what God will do not only with America but to America are abortion and homosexuality. ... America's economy and America's safety are more tied up with what's going on in those courts in Massachusetts than what's going on in Wall Street or over in Iraq."
Organizations such as the American Medical Association, Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union and National Organization for Women and federal judges may approve of abortion, but God does not, Gaines said.
"There is little difference between what abortion doctors do every day in America and what those Muslim terrorists did when they took a butcher knife and cut the head off of Nicholas Berg," Gaines said. "We must call to account unelected, unaccountable, out-of-control federal judges who are ruining our nation. ... Abortion is murder, abortion is sin, abortion is an abomination in the eyes of a holy God."
Since the Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973, 42 million babies have died because of abortions, Gaines said.
"That is the equivalent of the total population of 15 of our states," Gaines said. "I submit to you today, ladies and gentleman, that in God's eyes abortion is nothing short of child sacrifice."
Gaines called on Southern Baptists to "up our commitment" to fight homosexuality and same-sex "marriage."
"God characterized homosexuality as an abomination in Leviticus 18, and He sandwiched it right between adultery, child sacrifice and having sex with an animal," Gaines said. "We need to be more committed than the gay activists in our land....
"We need to tell this sick society of ours what the Word of God says. We need to tell them that God never created anybody to be a homosexual.... There is no way God endorses any kind of marriage except heterosexual marriage."
The true enemy of American Christians is not the gay community, Gaines commented, but rather the devil.
"We love [homosexuals] because we know -- as Jesus said from the cross -- 'they know not what they do.' They're in bondage, but aren't you glad today Jesus Christ can set people free from all sorts of bondage, even homosexuality?"
Gaines commended a recent decision by United Methodists' General C Conference to reaffirm the group's opposition to homosexuality. "God bless you, United Methodists. You did John Wesley proud," Gaines said.
But, Gaines added, "We must condemn the appointment of the homosexual Episcopalian priest, Gene Robinson, as the bishop of New Hampshire and say, 'That is wrong.' And then we must also commend the Episcopalians who opposed his appointment."
Southern Baptists should oppose "pro-homosexual television programming," such as "Will and Grace," "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and MTV's homosexual channel, Logo, Gaines urged.
"We must help curb the epidemic spread of lesbianism by telling our daughters and our young girls that the passionate kisses shared by Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at MTV's Video Music Awards last August were an abomination to a holy God," Gaines said.
Just as conservatives reclaimed the SBC from "moderate and liberal theologians" 25 years ago, Gaines said, Southern Baptists should "now lead the way ... for God's people in this country to take back our nation from the militant gay activists."
Gaines advocated involvement by Southern Baptists in voting and voter registration.
"Encourage your people to vote only for candidates who have Christian values," Gaines said. "We don't need to tell [our people] who to vote for, but we ought to tell them that they don't need to let the Democrats tell them how to vote; they don't need to let the Republicans tell them how to vote; or the independents or a labor union.
"They need to let God tell them how to vote. That's what we need to tell our people. We need to tell them not to vote pocketbooks but to vote principles."
Southern Baptist churches may sponsor voter registration drives, Gaines noted, without any danger to a congregation's tax-exempt status.
For more information on how to conduct such an effort, he invited the audience to visit the website, www.iVoteValues.com, sponsored by the SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
Also, Gaines urged Southern Baptists to contact their U.S. senators and congressman to push for approval of the Federal Marriage Amendment. He provided messengers with the phone number for the Capitol switchboard in Washington, D.C.: (202) 224-3121.


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Editor's note: During National Consumer Protection Week, OIC is offering tips to help protect insurance consumers in Washington.
Sometimes, insurance companies deny claims for reasons that vary as widely as there are claims. Here is some information about insurance claim denials and your appeal rights.
Health insurance
Most health plans are required to comply with a very specific appeal process. However, this requirement doesn't apply to some health plans, such as Medicare or Apple Health (Medicaid) plans.
Other types of insurance, such as long-term care or disability insurance, are required to provide an appeal process but can create their own process.
If you want to file an appeal with your health plan, contact them and ask: "What do I need to do to file an appeal?" After that, you'll need to collect materials that support your appeal, such as:
- The health problems that can or will arise if the company doesn't pay for this treatment, plus an estimate of the cost of treating those problems.
- Any medical journal articles or studies that show the treatment's effectiveness.
- Letters from your doctors describing why you need this treatment.
After you send your appeal materials to the health plan, be persistent. Most people don't win at the first level of appeal, but the odds of winning increase as you reach higher levels of appeals. The chance of winning is highest when your health plan appeal reaches the final level, called an "Independent Review Organization."
For more tips, please visit the appeals section of our website.
Property and casualty insurance
With property and casualty insurance—such as homeowner, renter and auto insurance—consumers generally can use the appraisal provision of their auto or home policy or the arbitration provision for personal injury protection (PIP) and under- or uninsured motorist (UIM) claims on auto policies. Appraisal provisions are used for disputes of claim value, and arbitration provisions are generally used when the application or availability of coverage is being questioned.
More information
- You can file a complaint against your insurance company, regardless of what type of policy you have, with OIC's consumer advocates.
- For Medicare questions, you can contact a Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisor (SHIBA).
- People must apply for Apple Health through Washington Healthplanfinder. Consumers who are enrolled in Apple Health must contact the Health Care Authority with appeals and follow-up issues.


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Objective Reporting
Following are some of the tactics used by reporters covering the Middle East:
1. Description of Israeli Self-Defense Military Actions
All Israeli actions, although they are pure acts of self-defense, usually triggered by terrorist acts against civilians, are described as "aggressive", "intensive" or "devastating".
2. Description of Leaders on Both Sides
Prime Minister Sharon is referred to as a "hard liner", a "war criminal", and the Bulldozer "and as one" vilified by Arabs. In contrast, Arafat is never referred to as "the former terrorist" or as being bellicose, corrupt or despotic. In fact, some journalists attempt to elicit sympathy for Arafat by referring to his old age and deteriorating health.
3. Comparing Israeli Deaths with Palestinian Ones
When reporting an atrocity like a bus bombing reporters and editors make sure to balance the effect by reporting on the tragic death of a Palestinian elderly woman or child even if that death occurred long before. The classic example was the CNN article on the butchering of two Israeli teenagers, one of them the son of American immigrants living in Tekoa. Below the report, titled "Two Israeli Teenagers Found Dead", was a photo underneath the headline of a Palestinian baby shot and buried earlier in the week.
When a "work accident" in a Palestinian bomb factory resulted in the death of seven Palestinians it enabled CNN to report that the killing of one Israeli and the wounding of another on West Bank roads "followed explosions and clashes in Gaza and the West Bank which claimed seven Palestinian lives."
And this is called "objective reporting"!


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Dougie Freedman's Bolton Wanderers continued their revival with a third successive win and a five-goal salvo to leave Leeds United's Play-Off hopes hanging by a thread.
Three goals in a 12-minute spell either side of the interval by Joe Mason, Lukas Jutkiewicz and Zat Knight provided the platform for the 5-1 win, with Mark Davies adding the fourth 18 minutes from time and substitute Andre Moritz completing the rout after 89 minutes.
Substitute Matt Smith nodded a consolation goal in stoppage time for the hosts but it was too little too late.
Leeds were back at Elland Road for the first time since their 5-1 thrashing of Huddersfield on February 1, but it was a dismal homecoming.
Defender Jason Pearce lost his ever-present record as his wife had given birth to a baby boy, and Leeds badly missed his steadying influence.
Visiting goalkeeper Adam Bogdan was relieved to see Luke Murphy's curling 25-yard shot only just clear the bar, but Leeds struggled to make their possession count with Ross McCormack and Connor Wickham tightly marked.
Leeds did themselves no favours with some careless passing, which drew groans from the crowd, and with Bolton initially unable to put keeper Jack Butland under much pressure on his home debut, the game badly needed a lift.
It arrived seconds before first-half stoppage time. The Leeds defence was caught napping by Neil Danns, who threaded the ball through a huge gap for fellow loanee Mason to draw Butland off his line and find the bottom corner.
Leeds left the field at the interval to a chorus of boos from supporters, who had expected so much more from their side. They began the second half with Sam Byram, brought on in place of right-back Lee Peltier, given a licence to attack down the right and improve the service to winger Jimmy Kebe.
But Bolton had different ideas and two goals in a four-minute spell had Leeds on the ropes. Rodolph Austin was cautioned for pushing Mohamed Medo 25 yards out and Jutkiewicz headed home Jay Spearing's 52nd minute free-kick.
Then more slack marking enabled central defender Knight to weave his way through to the left of goal and fire past Butland, who was entitled to much better protection from his team-mates.
Leeds made a double substitution in the 64th minute, replacing wingers Kebe and Cameron Stewart with midfielder Alex Mowatt and striker Smith in the hope of regaining some pride, but appeals for handball were waved aside as Tom Lees' shot was blocked in the goalmouth.
Jutkiewicz sent over a perfectly judged cross for Davies to head Bolton's fourth and Moritz blasted Danns' cross past Butland to make it 5-0 before Smith stooped to head Leeds' consolation from point-blank range.


text: George Frost owned a general store in Durham, New Hampshire. The ledger he kept between 1787 and 1798 includes transactions with various women, many of whom worked for him or traded their textiles for goods from the store. The ledger includes accounts for domestic labor performed by women. The women were mainly paid in goods such as shoes, petticoats, aprons, yarn, cloth, cheese, and pork.Other women appear in the book trading textiles for goods from the store. Mrs. Persons knitted hose and spun yarn and linen thread in trade for butter, cheese, cider, pork, hogs' fat, and wool. Mrs. Durgen washed wool, wove, and made mittens and shoes in exchange for candles, beef, fish, and barley. Mrs. Peantum wove cloth in trade.Frost's ledger book also includes the accounts of his granddaughter, Peggy Frost Chesley. She is debited for gowns, wool, trimming a cloak and bonnet, a shift, stockings, thread, and a gown. Additionally, the accounts reveal that she owned land in Northfield, New Hampshire, for which she paid taxes in 1797. She also owned a sawmill, which her grandfather occasionally rented and from which she sold him boards.


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In my personal family collection is a small button, 12.4 mm or half an inch in diameter, with a photograph on it of my great-uncle Willem Hendrik Schipper (1882-1932), dressed in his Dutch merchant navy uniform. I've not seen many of these around, so I thought I'd do some research on when they were popular and how they were produced. It would also be nice to know how many others have examples in their collections.
Judging from a comparison of this photograph with others of Willem in an old album which belonged to my great-aunt Tante Gien, it was taken in his mid- to late twenties, say between 1906 and 1912. He was eventually Chief Engineer on several ships belonging to Royal Dutch Lloyd, but I imagine that at this time he was of a more junior rank.
This photo button was designed with a pin on the reverse, presumably so that it could be worn on clothing.
The first cameras specifically designed to produce photo buttons appear to have been the rather unwieldy Takuquick (1902) and Taquta (1905), both using dry ferrotype plates loaded into a separate compartment which, after exposure, were dropped into a developing and fixing unit [1].
Wonder Automatic Cannon camera, c.1910
Two brothers Manuel and Louis Mandel, operating as the Chicago Ferrotype Company, started selling a variety of "one-minute picture-taking machines in 1907 [2].
Louis Mandel's Magazine Developing Camera, Patented Dec. 22, 1908
They introduced their first commercial camera, the Mandel-ette, capable of taking direct positive photographs using a 2½" x 3½" card format, in 1909, and followed that with the Wonder Automatic camera, originally patented in the United States 1908 as a "Magazine Developing Camera," shortly after [3]. This condensed the photographic apparatus into a much smaller and handier package.
In 1910 an improvement marketed as the Wonder Automatic Cannon camera was being sold, capable of producing eight button photographs per minute, a complete outfit being priced at $23.30. This enabled a very low production cost, and a reasonable profit from selling the photo buttons at 5 cents each [4]. One inch diameter sensitised blanks were loaded into the cannon, the shutter was operated by squeezing the rubber bulb, and a bolt-operated device dropped the exposed button into a developer tank in the base. After 30 seconds the button was removed from the tank, rinsed and inserted into a pinback frame [5]. It was patented in England in 1911, and presumably sold there after that date.
Errtee button tintype camera by Romain Talbot, Berlin, 1912
Telephot by British Ferrotype Co., Blackpool, c.1913
Image courtesy of Early Photography
Several other similar photo button cameras were produced, including the Errtee and Wundergranate by Romain Charles Talbot of Berlin, Germany (1910), and the more telescope-like Telephot from the British Ferrotype Co. of Blackpool, England (1913) [1,6].
Räderkanone by Romain Talbot, Berlin, c.1912
Image courtesy of John's Rollei Collection
The Räderkanone (Romain Talbot, c.1912), operating with the same prionciples but fashioned in the shape of an artillery cannon, was commonly used by itinerant photographers at fairs, carnivals and other tourist attractions [7].
I found images of several different types of photo button on the net, sometimes with ornate or decorated frames, and often with the name of the type (Rapid Pinback), manufacturer (Granley Photo Button Mfg. Co., 4109 Wabash Avenue, Chicago; Indianapolis Photo Button Co., No 8½ E. Wash. St.) or photographer (W.T. Ross, Appleton, Wis.) printed inside the back, and in one case even a possible date (May 31, 98.).
I'd be keen to see other varieties, and perhaps even some dated examples. It suggested by some authors [1] that these button cameras continued to be used into the late 1930s, but it would be nice to see some dated examples or advertisements. Please feel free to send me some scans or, even better, blog about them yourself and post a link in the comments.
[1] Cameras: From Daguerreotypes to Instant Pictures, by Brian Coe, Crown Publishers, 1978, p.181-183.
[2] Chicago Ferrotype Company History, by Historic Camera History Librarium.
[3] Magazine Developing Camera, Louis Mandel, Patent Application filed 7 July 1908, Granted 22 Dec 1908, Courtesy of Google Patents.
[4] Photographic Advertising from A to Z Ads from 1888 to 1940's, by Mike Butkus.
[5] Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital, by Todd Gustavson, New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2009, p. 303-304.
[6] Telephot, by Early Photography.
[7] Historically Important Cameras, by John's Rollei Collection.


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By The Culinary Institute of America
When it comes to a special holiday dinner, traditional recipes are hard to beat. They're convenient and reliable and everyone expects to see them on the table year after year. There may be comfort in the annual routine, but it is hard to deny the intrigue of trying something different. For a new take on the traditional sweet potato casserole, the chefs at The Culinary Institute of America suggest a Latin twist by making this side dish with plantains.
Latin cultures consider plantains a staple ingredient and have been enjoying the starchy version of the familiar yellow relative of the banana for centuries. They are as loved to them as potatoes are to European cultures and are eaten in both the green under-ripe state and when fully ripened and blackened in color. Under-ripe plantains are almost potato-like in flavor, and can be served boiled plain, simmered in soup, or fried.
"Plantains should be large, heavy, and firm with no shriveled or soft spots," says CIA Chef Phil Crispo. "The flesh of the fully ripe fruit is a rich yellow that can be eaten raw, but is often cooked and mashed."
Whip up a batch of Gingerbread Spiced Sweet Potato-Plantain Mash to complement your holiday entrée and excite hungry family and guests, Latin-style.
Here's a video showing CIA Associate Professor Phil Crispo demonstrating how to prepare Gingerbread Spiced Sweet Potato-Plantain Mash:
The recipe, after the jump.
Gingerbread Spiced Sweet Potato-Plantain Mash
Makes 6 servings
3 plantains, very ripe, approximately 2 cups
3 medium sweet potatoes, approximately 2 cups
1½ large russet potatoes, approximately 2 cups
¼ to ½ cup heavy cream, hot
¼ to ½ cup milk, hot
4 ounces unsalted butter
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Salt as needed
Black pepper as needed
In a 350 degree F oven, bake plantains, sweet potatoes, and russet potatoes in their skins until soft, approximately 30 to 45 minutes.
Once the potatoes and sweet potatoes are fully cooked, cut them lengthwise and force them, flesh side down, through a medium sized wire rack into a bowl. The skins will stay behind on the wire rack.
Peel the plantains and puree together with the russet and sweet potatoes with a food mill or ricer, or mash in a standing mixer with the paddle attachment.
Add the ¼ cup cream, ¼ cup milk, butter, and all the spices and mix until smooth. Depending on the ripeness of the plantains, you may need to add up to ¼ cup more of both cream and milk if you find the mixture too dry.
Add salt and pepper to taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
Nutrition analysis per 1-ounce serving: 40 calories, 1g protein, 6g carbohydrate, 1.5g fat, 1g saturated fat, 15mg sodium, 5mg cholesterol, less than 1g fiber


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Are You Considering Not Going to College?
Whether you have just gone through the application process, or you are anxiously seeing it looming ahead, it's easy to entertain ideas of not going to college. After all, college provides no guarantee for a job when you graduate or a successful future, and unless you're one of the lucky few to get a free ride, it often comes with a high price tag, which includes future debt.
Most people, and especially parents, still view college as a rite of passage into the adult world, and understandably, you may not want to rock the family boat, but if you are seriously looking into your other options, here's an article about one high school student who chose to forego college, albeit with a $100,000 award to start his own business. There are, however, notable examples of students who did not graduate from college, nor did they have a significant amount of money to fall back on, but went on to build extremely successful careers. It all depends on your goals and aspirations, and how driven you are, because whether you go to college or not, success requires lots of hard work and determination.


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South African Journal of Surgery
On-line version ISSN 2078-5151
Print version ISSN 0038-2361
S. Afr. j. surg. vol.52 n.2 Cape Town Feb. 2014
Retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy: Review of the first 50 cases at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
A van der MerweI; C F HeynsII
IMB ChB, MRCS (Engl), MRCS (Edin), MMed (Urol), FC (Urol) (SA); Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
IIPhD; Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Changing from an open to a laparoscopic live renal donor programme poses challenges and may affect donor and graft outcomes.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate donor safety and graft outcomes for the first 50 retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomies performed at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
METHODS: The procedures were performed by a single surgeon from 8 April 2008 to 3 April 2012. Operative and anatomical data were prospectively collected. A flank approach with lateral and posterior placements was used. Vascular control was achieved with Hem-o-lok clips in the majority of cases.
RESULTS: The mean age of the donors was 31.5 years (range 18 - 50), 28 (56.0%) were male, and the left kidney was harvested in 28 (56.0%) of cases. The mean operating time was 149.8 minutes (range 75 - 250), mean warm ischaemic time (WIT) 181.3 seconds (107 - 630), mean blood loss 139.7 ml (5 - 700) and mean hospital stay 3.2 days (2 - 5). Mean WIT was significantly longer for right-sided than left-sided nephrectomy (213 v. 162 seconds). In two right-sided cases the renal vein was too short and vena profunda femoris was used to create length. No donor received a blood transfusion. Comparing the last 25 with the first 25 cases showed a significant decrease in mean WIT (158 v. 204 seconds, respectively) and operating time (128 v. 172 minutes, respectively). No major complications occurred.
CONCLUSION: Our initial 50 retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomies were performed without major complications. Donor safety was maintained during the early learning curve of the transition to minimal-access donor nephrectomy.
Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy was performed for the first time in 1995.[1] Donors experience less pain, return to work earlier and are more satisfied with the scar after minimalaccess nephrectomy.[2-4] Schweitzer et al.[5] reported that laparoscopic donor nephrectomy increased the number of live donors by 20%. According to Greco et al.,[6] laparoscopic, retroperitoneoscopic and open donor nephrectomy are all accepted as standard of care. The retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach is particularly suitable for obese patients or a 'vessels-first' approach, but the working space in the initial stages of the operation is limited and may increase the degree of difficulty.
Tygerberg Hospital is an academic teaching hospital for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, South Africa. The first renal transplant in this faculty was performed in 1976 at Karl Bremer Hospital, the teaching hospital at that time, and a well-established transplantation programme exists. Our patients generally present late in renal failure and often require immediate haemodialysis. Surgical construction of an arteriovenous fistula is often delayed, resulting in prolonged dialysis through catheters inserted in the iliac veins. This leads to phlebitis and thrombosis which makes graft implantation more difficult and increases the risk of graft morbidity.
The transition from open to minimal-access donor nephrectomy may be difficult and risky, so we analysed our prospectively collected data after the first 50 cases.
Donors and recipients at our institution are evaluated by a team consisting of transplant nephrologists, surgeons (urological and vascular), transplant co-ordinators, a social worker trained in transplant psychology, and clinical psychologists when required. Once patients have been completely screened and have agreed to a family renal donor/recipient pair, consent is obtained for retroperitoneoscopic renal harvesting with the option to convert to open surgery if required. The side is selected on the basis of radioisotope renography and vascular anatomy seen on computed tomography (CT) with three-dimensional reconstruction.
The anaesthetised patient is placed in the flank position as for an open extraperitoneal nephrectomy. Instruments for open nephrectomy are available from the start of the procedure in all cases. A routine three-port extraperitoneal access is created using either a commercially available or a hand-made inflation balloon. Dissection of the renal hilum is followed by freeing the kidney from the perinephric tissues and lastly transecting the ureter at the pelvic brim, saving as much peri-ureteric tissue as possible to retain the blood supply to the ureter. Vessel-sealing devices are not used for haemostasis and small vessels are managed with clips. The renal artery and vein are dissected completely free from all perivascular tissues to make accurate and effective clip placement possible.
A small muscle-splitting incision is made in the ipsilateral groin area, just large enough to allow the surgeon's hand access to the operating field. The kidney is elevated and each of the the vessels clipped with two XL Hem-o-lok clips (Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA). Vascular stapling devices (cutting and non-cutting) were employed for a few cases, but are not freely available at our hospital and are not favoured in the presence of small clips around the vessels that may cause staple failure.
The term hand extraction is preferred to hand-assisted nephrectomy, as the full dissection should be completed before the surgeon's hand is inserted. Hand placement too early may be counter-productive. Warm ischaemic time (WIT) was measured from the occlusion of the renal artery until the artery was connected to the cold irrigation fluid. Operating time was measured from the insertion of the first port until the kidney was removed. The time required for closure of ports and extraction incisions was not included, because both surgeon and assistant attended to the graft once donor safety was established. Blood loss was estimated and recorded by the anaesthetist.
Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis was performed with the t-test for unpaired data using GraphPad Prism Software. Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation).
The donor characteristics and operative parameters are summarised in Table 1. There were 28 male and 22 female live kidney donors. The left kidney was harvested in 28 cases and the right kidney in 22. Three-port access was used in 46 cases and four ports in four. There were no conversions to open surgery and no intra-or postoperative deaths.
CT reported a single artery in all cases, but two arteries were found at surgery in three cases. CT reported a single renal vein in 49 cases, but two veins were found in six cases, three veins in one and four veins in one. CT reported two veins in one case, but four veins were found at surgery. Two grafts were lost in the 4th and 28th cases at 4 days and 6 weeks postoperatively, respectively. Problems at the vascular anastomosis were the most likely reason.
Comparing male and female donors showed no statistically significant differences (Table 2). Comparing left and right donor nephrectomy showed a significantly shorter mean WIT for left donor nephrectomy (Table 2). Comparing the first 25 with the last 25 cases showed a significantly shorter mean WIT and a shorter mean operating time (Table 2).
Intraoperative complications were two renal vein reconstructions for short right-sided renal veins. Postoperative complications were severe bladder infection with Klebsiella spp. in one case, urethral injury in one donor whose catheter was removed without deflation of the balloon, and acute gastritis in one donor.
Retroperitoneal laparoscopic donor nephrectomy has been performed in France since 1998. The initial cases took an average of 280 minutes and were done in the lumbotomy (prone) position with good results.[7] This relatively long operating time for a centre of laparoscopic excellence may perhaps be ascribed to the reduced operating space provided by this approach.
The mean age of the donors in our series was 15 - 22 years, less than in the three comparative series[8-10] (Table 3). The mean WIT in our series compares well with the other series. Mean blood loss was higher than in two of the other series, probably attributable to one case in our series with blood loss of 700 ml when four renal veins were encountered instead of the single one reported on CT (Table 3). Mean hospital stay was shorter than in two of the comparative series.
Use of Hemo-o-lok clips for the renal artery and vein is controversial. A strong plea for the use of transfixing techniques has been made by Friedman et al.[11-13] and the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA. According to Friedman et al., the cause of donor death in many cases was lack of proper pain relief postoperatively. The resulting increased blood pressure in a healthy donor is enough to overcome the resistance of a non-transfixed clip on the renal artery. Equally strong arguments have been published for the use of Hem-o-lok clips.[14,15]
Endovascular transfixing stapler devices are not without problems. Chan et al.[16] and Deng et al.[17] reviewed their own cases and the literature and found two donor deaths as a consequence of stapler failure. The FDA recommends that vessel sealing devices and a variety of stapling devices should be routinely available. However, owing to cost constraints this is not attainable in our setting. When vessel sealing haemostatic devices are used for hilum dissection there are no clips in the path of stapler devices, which may cause them to fail. We sometimes use multiple titanium or Hem-o-lok clips for smaller vessels, prior to managing the renal vessels. In the presence of these clips, stapler failure becomes an unacceptably high risk. We therefore remove as much perivascular tissue from the renal vessels as possible, leave a long vascular stump, and routinely place two clips on the proximal vessel to decrease the risk of clip disengagement. The fact that the same surgeon performs the donor and recipient operation may remove some stress, as the length of the renal graft vessels becomes less of a potential issue.
In our series, as in the report by Tanabe et al.,[10] the surgical time was defined as the time from the first port insertion until removal of the kidney. The mean surgical time in our series was shorter than in the study of Tanabe et al.,[10] similar to that reported by Bachmann et al.[8] and slightly longer than that reported by Ma et al.[9] (Table 3).
In our series the proportion of right-sided nephrectomies was considerably higher than in the compared series (Table 3). Right-sided nephrectomy is perceived as being easier because the adrenal and gonadal veins are not involved, but is reported to have the same complication risk as the left side.[3,18-20] The choice of side should be determined by the findings on renography and CT angiography. We currently prefer the left side if favourable, because the renal vein is longer.
In this series, graft function appeared to be worse than reported in the literature. This can possibly be explained by the difficulties experienced during graft vascular anastomosis mentioned above, and is unlikely to be related to the donor surgery. In this series, the CT report on the number of renal veins was wrong in a higher proportion of cases than reported in the literature. Gluecker et al.[21] reported that their CT scans were accurate in 35/36 renal arteries and in all renal veins in the same live donors when confirmed at surgery. We may have a higher proportion of incorrect findings because we terminate the CT before the late venous phase to limit radiation exposure to the donor.
In this series, right-sided donor nephrectomy had a significantly longer WIT than left donor nephrectomy, possibly because the right-handed surgeon found it awkward to lift up the right-sided kidney at extraction, or as part of the early learning curve, as 16 out of the first 25 cases were right sided. However, slightly increased WIT had no significant effect on graft function at 6 months (Table 2). During the first 25 cases the mean WIT and surgical times were significantly longer than in the subsequent 25 cases. This may indicate that our learning curve was levelling off after 25 cases.
Our initial 50 cases of retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy were performed without major complications. Compared with other published series, our donors were younger and a greater proportion were male, but warm ischaemic time, blood loss, operating time and hospitalisation were similar.
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2. Bachmann A, Wolff T, Ruszat R, et al. Retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy: A retrospective, non-randomized comparison of early complications, donor and recipient outcome with the standard open approach. Eur Urol 2005;48(1):90-96. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2005.03.007] [ Links ]
3. Ruszat R, Sulser T, Dickenmann M, et al. Retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy: Donor outcome and complication rate in comparison with three different techniques. World J Urol 2006;24(1):113-117. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00345-006-0051-9] [ Links ]
4. Simforoosh N, Bassiri A, Ziaee SA, et al. Laparoscopic versus open live donor nephrectomy: The first randomized clinical trial. Transplant Proc 2003;35(7):2553-2554. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.08.062] [ Links ]
5. Schweitzer EJ, Wilson J, Jacobs S, et al. Increased rates of donation with laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Ann Surg 2000;232(3):392-400. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000658-200009000-00011] [ Links ]
6. Greco F, Hoda MR, Alcaraz A, et al. Laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy: Analysis of the existing literature. Eur Urol 2010;58(4):498-509. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2010.04.003] [ Links ]
7. Abbou CC, Rabii R, Hoznek A, et al. [Nephrectomy in a living donor by retroperitoneal laparoscopy or lomboscopy]. Ann Urol (Paris) 2000;34(5):312-318. [ Links ]
8. Bachmann A, Wyler S, Wolff T, et al. Complications of retroperitoneoscopic living donor nephrectomy: Single center experience after 164 cases. World J Urol 2008;26(6):549-554. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00345-008-0296-6] [ Links ]
9. Ma L, Ye J, Tian X, et al. Technical modifications of retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy: Chinese experience. Transplant Proc 2010;42(9):3440-3443. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.08.068] [ Links ]
10. Tanabe K, Miyamoto N, Ishida H, et al. Retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy (RPLDN): Establishment and initial experience of RPLDN at a single center. Am J Transplant 2005;5(4):739-745. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00702.x] [ Links ]
11. Friedman AL, Peters TG, Jones KW, et al. Fatal and nonfatal hemorrhagic complications of living kidney donation. Ann Surg 2006;243(1):126-130. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.sla.0000193841.43474.ec] [ Links ]
12. Friedman AL, Peters TG, Ratner LE. Perioperative mortality and long-term survival in live kidney donors. JAMA 2010;303(22):2248-2249. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03918.x] [ Links ]
13. Friedman AL, Peters TG, Ratner LE. Regulatory failure contributing to deaths of live kidney donors. Am J Transplant 2012;12(4):829-834. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03918.x] [ Links ]
14. Simforoosh N, Aminsharifi A, Zand S, et al. How to improve the safety of polymer clips for vascular control during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. J Endourol 2007;21(11):1319-1322. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/end.2007.0070] [ Links ]
15. Simforoosh N, Sarhangnejad R, Basiri A, et al. Vascular clips are safe and a great cost-effective technique for arterial and venous control in laparoscopic nephrectomy: Single-center experience with 1834 laparoscopic nephrectomies. J Endourol 2012;26(8):1009-1012. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/end.2007.0070] [ Links ]
16. Chan D, Bishoff JT, Ratner L, et al. Endovascular gastrointestinal stapler device malfunction during laparoscopic nephrectomy: Early recognition and management. J Urol 2000;164(2):319-321. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67349-1] [ Links ]
17. Deng DY, Meng MV, Nguyen HT, et al. Laparoscopic linear cutting stapler failure. Urology 2002;60(3):415-419. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01778-8] [ Links ]
18. Hoda MR, Greco F, Reichelt O, et al. Right-sided transperitoneal hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: Is there an issue with the renal vessels? J Endourol 2010;24(12):1947-1952. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/end.2010.0116] [ Links ]
19. Hoda MR, Greco F, Wagner S, et al. Prospective, nonrandomized comparison between right- and left-sided hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Transplant Proc 2011;43(1):353-356. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.12.021] [ Links ]
20. Ng CS, Abreu SC, Abou El-Fettouh HI, et al. Right retroperitoneal versus left transperitoneal laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy. Urology 2004;63(5):857-861. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2003.12.027] [ Links ]
21. Gluecker TM, Mayr M, Schwarz J, et al. Comparison of CT angiography with MR angiography in the preoperative assessment of living kidney donors. Transplantation 2008;86(9):1249-1256. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e3181890810] [ Links ]
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Favorite Fragrance Oils
Melissa, one of our wonderful customer service reps at Natures Garden, has created a fragrance oil promotion announcing her Top 10 Favorite Fragrance Oils from Natures Garden Candle Making Supplies!
What did this wild woman say she likes? You can view her Handmade Fragrance Oil Promo Here.
1. NG Aqua Di Gio Type Fragrance Oil- A sexy, fresh, aquatic aroma with bergamot, neroli, and tangerine; flowing into mid notes of rosemary, jasmine, and persimmon; all sitting on a woodsy base note of essential oil of patchouli.
2. Pink Sugar Type Fragrance Oil- Natures Garden's rendition of Pink Sugar Type. A fruity blend of cotton candy, lemon drops, caramel and raspberry jam on a dry down of musks.
3. Coco Mango Fragrance Oil- This complex fragrance begins with fruity notes of mango, fresh strawberries, elderberries, and ripe papaya. This scent is completed with rich vanilla and toasted coconut with just a hint of soft musk.
4. Juicy Couture Type Fragrance Oil– The perfect fragrance for girls who want it all! This fragrance combines wild berries and mandarin, honeysuckle, gardenia and jasmine. Embodied with the aroma of amber, caramel, sandalwood, vanilla and praline to add just the right touch of sweetness.
5. Pineapple Orchid Fragrance Oil- The amazing blend of ripened, sweet pineapple, aldehydic rose, velvety violets, white orchids, and black currants.
6. Moonlight Pomegranate Fragrance Oil- A mysterious blend of exotic, spicy pomegranate, wild bergamot, dewberry, iris, jasmine; followed by spicy notes of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, with base notes of precious woods and cedar.
7. Pheromones Fragrance Oil- A classic hot man fragrance; masculine, sexy, and irresistible. Clean and inviting citrus notes of bergamot and grapefruit, open up to a sensual bouquet of white floral and woody violet, grounded by the deeply sensual scent of oakmoss and sandalwood.
8. Bite Me Fragrance Oil- Fresh citrus notes of lime and orange sparkle with effervescent highlights as they lead to a luscious blend of berry and cherry in this playful scent. Leafy green accents add intensity as a base of vanilla creates sweet tones for the fragrance.
9. Purple Hooters Fragrance Oil- This fragrance is a wonderful blend of sparkling strawberries, raspberries, citrus greenery, and soft florals.
10. Blue Hawaiian Fragrance Oil- High content of essential oils allows this fragrance to have the crisp, juicy top notes we were looking for! Blue Hawaiian begins with mouth-watering top notes of juicy orange, lemon, and maraschino cherries; followed by tangy pineapple, acai berry, and sea spray; well rounded with base notes of sweet coconut, vanilla rum, and fresh ozonic notes. It has quickly become a favorite fragrance for many of our staff members! Cheers!


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Youtube does not support custom players anymore, but here is the playlist I will be adding any new Zbrush R2 videos to.
Simple example simple explanation
Youtube does not support custom players anymore, but here is the playlist I will be adding any new Zbrush R2 videos to.
Simple example simple explanation
Thanks for taking the time to post it, very handy!!!
Jason! You are a fncking genious dude!! I have learnt a lot with your videos!!! Thanks for keep us updated everytime with the new features of zb, keep the videos coming!
Thanks for making this. But in video 3, you talk about how you loose hard edges when remeshing, just turn the blur in the dynamesh palette to 0 and it won't happen.
Thanks cannedmushrooms!!! More, more!! These are great!!!
Extremely awesome of you to make these videos. I'm coming at this from a kind-of newbie vector, so these are super helpful.
ZSpheres were great, but I had trouble getting the results I wanted. After working along with these I'm so, so very stoked to make stuff.
Thank you for making these!
Awesome, Thanks for taking the time to post it.
Couple more additions uploading now to youtube, glad you like the series feel free to ask for some stuff you would like to see
Generally takes me a few hours to research it and think of a practical use for the sed new thing.
Check this out for those rapid prototype peeps out there!
Great videos you put out Jason. You have helped me alot with zbrush and other programs. Look forward to the new videos you put out.
Thanks man, very cool !
Thank you very much
I subscribed thanks for your tutorials. Looks like I had already seen a few of these without even knowing who they were from.
appreciate it.
Thanks dude. Super helpful
can anyone help us with the new BPR and lightcaps , is their good tutorials for that , thanx
I went to check these out and was super happy 2 see it was u seeing as u taught me the previous version of Zbrush. Big ups muh ninja
Thank you SOOO much for these! I'm new and having a ton of trouble finding good information on ZBrushes new features. Thank you so much for posting these
thanks for all of your tutorials !
Great man, like always - thanks!


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Sadly, none of those things were offered to me. Instead, I arrived at one apartment to meet with a potential roommate, only to be told by the smart friend I took with me that they would never come visit me if I rented this place because the potential roommate was the creepiest person they had ever met in their lives. I agreed and left that place without thinking about it twice. Another apartment that I went to see looked promising from website pictures, but unbeknownst to me, the pictures were from a different apartment owned by the same landlord. What was supposed to be a spacious, recently renovated bachelor, turned out to be a fourth floor walk up with stairs so narrow it seemed like I would have to learn to live with inflatable furniture. As if that wasn't bad enough, the shower was suitable only for people under the height of four feet as the walls were dangerously slanted and the oven looked like a 1940's relic that belonged in a museum. I scampered back down those stairs as fast as I could safely do so, but not before the landlord politely asked me to change a lightbulb for her, as she was probably one of the few people who could comfortably shower in that bathroom. Ah, the joys of apartment hunting… I'd rather be baking.
What better reason to bake than for Hay Hay it's Donna Day? Sarini of Trini Gourmet has chosen Tarts as this month's theme for HHDD#15, which was originally started by Barbara of Winos and Foodies. Tarts were actually the theme of the first Donna Hay event that I participated in, way back in September of last year. Not only was it my first Donna Hay, but it was my first blogging event as well. I made a Shrimp and Scallop Tart, it was my own creation and I was really happy with the way it turned out. That reminds me, I should make that again. But I digress, the difference between this tart theme and the last one is that it was restricted to savoury tarts, whereas this time any kind of tart is permitted, be it sweet, savoury or some combination thereof.
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About Public Programs at the Stickley Museum
During the first decade of the 20th century, education was of great concern to many reformers: People like John Dewey and Prince Peter Kropotkin argued for a combined manual and academic education. Stickley had no doubt about where he stood:
For him Craftsman Farms would be
Gustav Stickley's dream was never fully realized, but in a sense it exists today because the need for it still exists. Perhaps he himself best expresses this when, speaking of the general Craftsman movement, he says,
"It stands for the rights of the children to health and happiness, through an education that will develop hands as well as heads; an education that will give them that love and enthusiasm for useful work which is every child's rightful heritage, and fit them to take their places as efficient members of a great democracy."
We invite you to experience our educational programs, offered in the spirit of Gustav Stickley's original dreams for Craftsman Farms and made fully relevant to our 21st century lives.
Learn more about our:
2012 educational programs are funded, in part, by generous grants from PSE&G and the Arts and Crafts Research Fund.
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Updated COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
As of Thursday, March 19, the museum will be closed for tours and programs. Over the coming weeks, we will stay apprised of COVID-19 recommendations and will re-open when we are confident we can provide a safe and healthy environment for all...
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On Tuesday, June 2, Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, IL honored Evanston Mayor Lorraine H. Morton with its first annual C.A.R.E.S Award, held in the Saint Francis Hospital Dining Room.
The award honors one Evanston community member who has exhibited the values of Saint Francis Hospital and Resurrection Health Care: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Service.The selection committee--comprised of the Saint Francis Hospital executive team and other leaders at Saint Francis Hospital--unanimously chose the Evanston Mayor for its first annual award.
Mayor Morton recently retired from her 16-year position as Mayor of Evanston.
"We look to Lorraine as a heartfelt example of what it means to serve the community with dignity, grace, good humor and respect," said Angelique Richard, Vice President of Patient Care Services.
Morton spent 25 years in public office, first working tirelessly as an Evanston City Council Member for nine years and then as Mayor for 16 years, after she retired from a 35-year career with the Evanston school system as a Junior High School Principal and teacher. "Mayor Morton learned as a principal and teacher to protect and defend her students. As a Mayor, she has been the protector of the health and safety of all her Evanston constituents. She has fought to enrich the lives of those she represented and has helped all learn to be better people," said Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin.
"Lorraine has been a personal inspiration to all of us. After two "retirements" now, the question is not what she will do next, but can we all keep up with her?" said Margo Schafer, Director of Public Relations at Saint Francis Hospital.
In her remarks at the award ceremony, Mayor Morton, with characteristic humility, deflected the honor and instead spoke about the value of Saint Francis Hospital, "I am not surprised that Saint Francis was designated as one of the best places to work...it is a gem that is shining with a brilliance that will not go away."
Saint Francis Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center and has a long history of leadership and "firsts" in cardiac medicine and technologies. Saint Francis Hospital performed the first cardiac bypass surgery in the Chicago metropolitan area; it was the first Accredited Chest Pain Center in Illinois and is the only Accredited Chest Pain Center on Chicago's North Shore; it was the first hospital in Illinois to offer a specialized, 64-slice 3-D Computed Tomography (CT) test for the heart; and it was the first hospital in the U.S. Midwest to use the cardiac marker Troponin to diagnose heart attacks.
Saint Francis Hospital is a part of Resurrection Health Care, which was ranked in the nation's top 20 "Best Places to Work in Healthcare" by Modern Healthcare magazine. Resurrection Health Care is a family of health care services providing advanced medical care and exceptional customer service with compassion and hope. Our hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities, home health services, behavioral health programs and numerous outpatient services are conveniently located in many Chicagoland neighborhoods.


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Here we go. A simple lunchtime geocache of the day could have turned real ugly, real fast.
The geocache was placed near a bus stop directly next to a store in a shopping mall. Easy enough, well not really because there was one of those metal fences that have all those crevices to hide a micro under. Long story short I pulled out my inspection mirror and started looking.
About five minutes into the hunt a man in a suit came over and asked what I was doing. He was the real twitchy type like he had too much caffeine. I didn't want to feed him a story because he was nervous enough so I told him that I was playing a game called geocaching. I explained that I was looking for a tiny container that held a log book. He seemed a bit vexed and started asking if I meant there are hidden containers on the property. I said a few but they should have permission to hide them there.
I could see where this was going and I assured him that there was nothing dangerous and when I find it I would show him what it looks like.
"Well I have to tell corporate if there is something hidden near the building" and off he scampered.
Now I could have just left like so many times you read in the news and if I did I would have left an obviously paranoid assistant manager wondering about this mysterious hidden container. Bad form. Instead I went to my car, pulled out a geocaching pamphlet and headed back. There waiting was the assistant and now the manager of the store.
I smiled, introduced myself and handed the manager the pamphlet. He looked it over, nodded and thanked me for discussing it. I then went back, found the geocache then asked if they wanted to see it. I knew things were okay because they didn't feel it necessary.
The moral of the story is don't flee the scene if confronted. To be completely honest there was a moment that I wanted to do just that. No one wants to do explain about something that could potentially be perceived as dangerous. Also in these days of anxious assistant managers, have some geocaching pamphlets with you at all times. It makes explaining so much easier.
Here is the link to those pamphlets on my blog:
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Flowering Cherries Need Help to Stay Healthy
Most visitors experiencing the beauty of our historic Azalea Way flowering cherries probably have no idea of how labor intensive it is for the UW Botanic Gardens horticulture staff to maintain cherry tree health.
Just ask our Plant Health Care manager, Ryan Garrison. Ryan, with staff support, spends many days throughout the year monitoring and controlling the numerous diseases and insect pests our 175+ cherry trees suffer from. Our rainy climate doesn't help one bit, especially when dealing with the most notable disease during blossom time: a fungus known as Cherry Blossom Brown Rot. Yucko! The good news is any new cherries we plant need to show a reasonable level of resistance. The not so good news is many of our older early bloomers, the ones extremely susceptible to the brown rot fungus, need to be protected with fungicide applications during their bloom period. As with all of our pest issues, we start with cultural and mechanical control efforts before resorting to chemical controls. The following Integrated Pest management (IPM) program discusses our best management practices for the control of blossom brown rot. If you are interested in planting cherries for your home garden, I've included a list of cherries recommended for our PNW climate, all have good to excellent resistance to blossom brown rot.
Cherry Blossom Brown Rot
Causal fungal agent is known as Monolinia fructicola. The fungus overwinters on infected twigs and dried fruit on the tree or ground. The fungal spores are spread in the spring by wind and rain through the blossoms, causing twig dieback. As part of the UWBG IPM program, moving toward the goal of eliminating the use of all synthetic pesticides is our intention.
IPM relies on many strategies to manage plant health care.
- Proper ID of the pest and its life cycle
- Regular monitoring of the plants
- The use of physical, mechanical, cultural, and biological controls
- Chemical controls used as a last resort*
- Least toxic chemicals used
* All spray applications are in compliance with WSDA pesticide regulations. Sign postings are located at all entrances and Graham Visitor Center. Spray applications are scheduled based on timing and weather. We do our best to apply when public are not present. For more information, pls contact, David Zuckerman at 206-543-8008 or firstname.lastname@example.com
The cherries are pruned in early fall to remove infected twigs and improve air circulation. Tree rings are given a fresh coat of mulch in the fall to bury any infected plant material that may be on the ground. In our Cherry Replacement program we are only using cultivars that are resistant to Blossom Brown Rot.
Cherries recommended for the PNW
- Prunus 'Berry Cascade Snow'
- Prunus 'Kwanzan' syn. 'Sekiyama'
- Prunus 'Pink Flair®'
- Prunus 'Royal Burgundy'
- Prunus 'Shirofugen'
- Prunus 'Shirotae'
- Prunus 'Snow Goose'
- Prunus subhirtella var. ascendens
- Prunus x yedoensis 'Shidare Yoshino'


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IT Heroes Episode XIII: Microsoft and the SBA after Katrina
Microsoft and the Small Business Administration Gulf States Initiative
In the wake of the Katrina disaster thousands of small businesses were decimated in the affected Gulf States. The Small Business Administration wanted to reach out to those businesses and make it possible for them to apply for, bid on and compete for Federal contracts. Logistically, this is normally done through online registration, but, as we know, much of the Gulf was off line after the hurricane.
In this interview we speak to David Loines of the SBA and Mike Voorhees, representing Microsoft, about the Gulf States Initiative, a program that leveraged Microsoft mobile assets to assist the SBA in getting to the folks who needed their help.
IT Heroes: Stories from the Trenches; these are the real stories of men and women in IT making a difference everyday. We talk with authors, innovators and implementers about emerging technologies, troubleshooting and remediation of common infrastructure issues and charitable contributions in the community. We seek to educate and provide a forum for open discussion of the many uses for and specific ways in which people are everyday exploiting technology to create opportunities for themselves and others.
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Originally posted Monday, February 20, 2006 1:04 PM by MJMurphy_TechNet at
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