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Just one month after Adobe confirmed it was axing around 7 per cent of its global workforce and backing away from its Flash Player software on mobile gadgets, the company has reported final quarter results that surprised Wall Street.
It pulled in revenue of $1.1bn (£0.7bn) for the three months ended 2 December, up 14 per cent from the same quarter a year earlier. Adobe notched up total sales for the year of $4.2bn compared with $3.8bn in 2010.
Net income stood at $173.7m (£112m) for the quarter. Digital media and marketing performed well during Q4, the company added.
Adobe said it expected to see revenue of around $1.025bn to $1.075bn in its first quarter of 2012.
Profit excluding items for Q4 was 67 cents per share.
Wall Street responded positively with shares up 3 per cent at $27.26 on Nasdaq in extended trading.
Adobe confirmed in late November that it was slashing 750 jobs across its enterprise licensing biz and focusing on HTML5 work as part of a restructure to pump up its digital media and marketing software. ®


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Search on for man who robbed Newton bank on bicycleBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
September 19. 2013 9:50AM
NEWTON — Police are hunting for a man who allegedly held up the Merrimac Savings Bank Thursday morning and then fled on a bicycle.
The robbery was reported shortly before 9:30 a.m. at the bank at 29 S. Main St.
According to authorities, the man didn't show a weapon but mentioned one in a note.
He was reportedly wearing a bright red baseball hat, a blue shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers.
The man, believed to be in his mid-30s, fled the bank on a bicycle. The bike's color was described as either green and yellow or black.

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Oral contraception is often referred to as "the pill". The pill is one of the most effective reversible methods of birth control. There are two basic types:
Both kinds of pills are intended to prevent pregnancy, and require a medical examination, doctor's prescription, and a follow-up visit. Listed below are some commonly asked questions about the pill.
- How does the pill work?
- How effective is the pill?
- What other benefits does the pill provide?
- What are the common side effects?
- What are the risks?
- Who should NOT take the pill?
- How long can I remain on the pill safely?
- Is it safe to take the pill while breastfeeding?
- What day should I begin taking the pill?
- What do I do if I miss a pill?
The pill is made of hormones like those made by a woman's ovaries--estrogen and progestin. Combination pills contain both hormones, "mini-pills" contain only progestin. Combination pills usually work by preventing a woman's ovaries from releasing eggs (ovulating). Mini-pills usually work by thickening the cervical mucus to keep sperm from joining with an egg, although combination pills do this as well.
The pill is one of the most effective reversible methods of birth control. Reversible means that when or if you wish to become pregnant, you simply stop taking the pill. For every 100 women who use the pill, only 3 will become pregnant during the first year of typical use. Women who take the pill correctly every day (perfect use) have less than a 1% chance of getting pregnant. Typical antibiotics used for minor infections have never been shown to decrease the effectiveness of the pill. They may cause a woman to have some breakthrough bleeding, but is important to continue taking the pill. More potent antibiotics like those used to treat tuberculosis can reduce the effectiveness of the pill. If you are particularly concerned, you can use a back-up method like condoms until you finish the antibiotics and start a new month of contraception. The pill does not provide protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or HIV/AIDS.
Correct and consistent use of the pill increases your protection against pregnancy. You must take the pill every day and in the right order. It is very important not to skip pills, even if you have spotting or bleeding between periods or do not have vaginal intercourse very often. Taking the pill at the same time each day makes it more effective, and also helps you remember to stay on schedule. Pick a time of day that will be easy to remember.
The pill has important benefits not related to contraception. Women who take the pill are more likely to have regular menstrual cycles (periods), less pain and blood flow during their periods, less anemia from heavy menstrual bleeding, less acne, lower rates of benign breast disorders/tumors, and fewer upper genital tract infections. Taking birth control pills can reduce your risks of ovarian and uterine cancer by up to 50% in those who take them for 1 or more years.
Some of the more common side effects associated with birth control pills include breast tenderness, nausea, headaches, bloating, and bleeding between periods. These are not very common, but when they do occur they will usually go away within 1 to 3 months of continued use. Nausea can be reduced by taking the pill at bedtime. Bleeding and spotting between periods happens more often with mini-pills than combination pills. Often times women quit taking the pill when they have breakthrough bleeding, because they think the pill isn't working. Stopping the pill for this reason without a backup method of contraception is one of the more common reasons for an unplanned pregnancy while on the pill. Breakthrough bleeding and spotting in a woman who is taking the pill consistently isn't a sign that the pill is not effective in preventing pregnancy. Switching to a different brand of birth control pill can often solve the above side effects. You should talk to your doctor before stopping the pill if you are experiencing uncomfortable side effects.
Serious problems do not occur very often, but pill users have a slightly greater chance of certain disorders than non-users. The most serious is the possibility of blood clots in the veins of the legs, lungs, heart, or brain. This is because estrogen in the combination pill increases the bodies ability to clot. The risk is still small. Non-pill users have a 10 in 100,000 chance of a spontaneous clot compared to 20-40 in 100,000 combination pill users. More importantly, the risk in pregnancy is greater yet at 60 in 100,000. An arterial clot causing a heart attack may happen, but the risk is only increased in women who are older than 35 and smoke. Birth control pill users of all ages are encouraged to stop smoking while on the pill.
Rarely, high blood pressure may develop in women who take the pill. The rise usually is slight, but it may worsen over time. Stopping the pill almost always brings blood pressure back to normal. Be sure to have your blood pressure checked after your first three months on the pill, and have it checked at least once a year after that.
Very rarely, liver tumors, gallstones, and jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes) occur in women who take the pill. Most experts agree that taking the pill does not increase the overall risk of developing breast cancer--no matter how long a woman takes the pill or even if she has a close relative with breast cancer. Serious problems usually have warning signs. Watch for them. If one occurs, report it to your clinician as soon as possible.
Warning signs include:
You should NOT take the pill if you:
If you have slightly high cholesterol or blood pressure, or have had diabetes, you should only take the pill under close medical supervision. Women with a history of migraine headaches may not be able to continue the pill if it makes the problem worse.
There is no limit to the amount of time a woman can safely remain on birth control pills. The length of time on birth control pills does not affect a woman's ability to become pregnant in the future.
It is unlikely that the hormones contained in birth control pills will have any effect on your child. No harmful effects on breast milk have been reported with the progestin-only pills (mini-pills). However, small amounts of the hormones contained in combination pills are distributed into breast milk. The use of pills containing estrogen (the combination pill) has been reported to decrease milk production and milk protein and nitrogen content. However, these effects are not likely to be serious except in malnourished mothers. A few cases of harmful effects in infants breast-fed by mothers on combination pills have been reported, including jaundice and breast enlargement. Some doctors recommend the mini-pill to mothers who are concerned about a decrease in their milk production.
Sunday Start Method
First-day Start Method
On the First-day start method, you take your first pill during the first 24 hours of your period. You are protected immediately against pregnancy, and do not need to use a back-up method of birth control.
Below are some general guidelines for what to do if you miss a pill(s) and are not sure what to do. Talk to your health care provider for more specific instructions.
Use a back-up method anytime you have vaginal intercourse if you miss taking a pill.
If you forget ONE active combination pill:
If you forget TWO active combination pills in a row in the first two weeks:
If you forget TWO active combination pills in a row in the third week-or you forget THREE or more active combination pills in a row during the first three weeks, do the following:
FOR "SUNDAY STARTERS": Take one active pill every day until the next Sunday. Throw away the rest of the pack and start a new pack the same day (Sunday). Use a back-up method for seven days after the pills are skipped. You may not have your period this month, but this is expected. Call your clinician if you do not get your period two months in a row.
FOR "FIRST-DAY STARTERS": Throw away the rest of the pack. Start a new pack the same day. Use a back-up method for seven days after the pills are skipped. You may not have your period this month, but this is expected. Call your clinician if you do not get your period two months in a row.
If you forget ANY of the seven reminder pills in the fourth week:
If you forget EVEN ONE progestin-only pill:
*Some of the information contained on this page was abstracted from fact sheets developed by Planned Parenthood Federation of America
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Movie still leaves much to be desired
If you're a parent, chances are you've seen worse animated films than "Escape from Planet Earth." Mostly, one might add, from the same studio that released this one.
But "Earth" is something of a giant – OK, mini-giant – leap forward for The Weinstein Co. It's not much funnier than most of their earlier fare. But at least it's not as ugly as "Hoodwinked," "Doogal" and the rest.
Reaching that "Space Chimps"/"Planet 51" level of good-looking mediocrity is an achievement. Pop the champagne!
The blue aliens of Baab have this Buzz Lightyear-style hero, "Scorch," a space rescuer-hero whose adventures are covered by live video feed from wherever in the universe he is sent. Scorch is all bravado and swagger and catch-phrase.
"Scorch me, baby!"
He's a regular rock star – and a bit of a dope. He is voiced by Brendan Fraser.
Dopey Scorch always has his mild-mannered tech-nerd brother Gary (Rob Corddry) back at Mission Control, pulling his blue biscuits out of the fire. Until that day that the egotistical Scorch "fires" Gary.
Same diff. This happens just as Scorch leaves on a mission to "The Dark Planet," the place where aliens – even those who "come in peace" – disappear. Which is what Scorch does, right in front of the 7-Eleven on the outskirts of Area 51. Yes, the "Dark Planet" is our own – Earth.
Gary's gung-ho son and ex-test pilot wife (Sarah Jessica Parker) shame him into attempting a rescue. Meanwhile, Scorch is discovering that the team of screenwriters has plagiarized "Monsters vs. Aliens" and that Area 51 is a vast holding pen where Craig Robinson, Jane Lynch (naturally) and George Lopez voice other imprisoned aliens, and William Shatner is the creepy general in charge.
The gags that work in this thing are mostly visual. Ricky Gervais voices a computer who uses old black and white movie and news footage to show the perils of "The Dark Planet" – "The only known world where evolution is taking place in reverse."
Gervais does some riffing, and since Stephen Fry's name appears on the long list of writing credits, perhaps he helped the lad out.
The animation is what sells "Escape from Planet Earth," rich, textured surfaces – check out the fishnet webbing on Scorch's space suit, the paint worn off the hardware and the perfectly rendered 7-Eleven, where even the Slurpee (product placement in a cartoon?) shimmers like the real thing.
It's not worth paying 3D prices – 3D is for suckers, especially when it comes to kids' animation.
Years in development, re-written to death according to the lawsuit some of those involved filed against the Weinsteins, and not funny, to boot – not a ringing endorsement. But unlike say, "Doogal" or "Hoodwinked 2," at least you won't want to gouge your eyes out after this one.


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The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce will host the 17th annual KidBiz Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A training session for prospective participants will be held Tuesday, June 4, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Grand Island Middle School Little Theater. Young entrepreneurs will learn various aspects of running a business. Topics such as pricing, marketing and customer service are covered at the training event.
KidBiz, developed by the Small Business Development Center at Buffalo State College and Forever Elmwood, was launched in 1996. It was designed to give children in the second through eighth grade the experience and excitement of running their own business.
KidBiz made its debut on Grand Island in 1997 as part of the "Plaza Happening." Last year, Jim Sharpe, Beverly Kinney and Dolly D'Orazio coordinated the event with more than 110 children selling their products in the Grand Island Town Commons in the center of town. Articles sold included old books, toys, crafts, baked goods, and a whole lot more. The young business owners particularly got a sense of running a business as they had to pay a rental space fee and received a "license" to sell at the site.
According to the chamber, KidBiz is an excellent opportunity for children to engage in a real-life business experience.
For more information, contact the chamber office at 716-773-3651.


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Carl Romm was never completely well after he returned home from the Army. During his service, he injured his right index finger and it wouldn't heal. After three months and several procedures to save it, his doctors performed a partial amputation, and he received a medical discharge.
At some point during his treatment, Carl picked up a staph infection . Typically, staphylococcus bacteria live on people's skin and don't cause major issues, but they can become dangerous if they reach a person's bloodstream or organs, which is what happened in Carl's case. Back home in Reno, Nevada, he wanted to go to University of Nevada for civil engineering, flip houses, get married, and have children. But he kept getting sick off and on. He had random coughs and bouts of the flu and bronchitis. He'd go to the doctor and get antibiotics for common infections and pain medication for his coughs, and he'd seem to get better, but not fully.
"It would almost go away, but whatever he had going on would never truly vanish," says his father, Chris. "He was never truly healed."
Carl's condition began to decline on July 2, 2010, his parents' anniversary. He had a fever and chills, so although he was tired of seeing doctors, Chris convinced him to go the ER. Chris dropped him off, and then he and his wife, Joyce, headed for a baseball game. Chris assumed the hospital would treat and release him, and then he'd join his parents at the game. Instead, Chris got a call from a doctor that Carl was very sick and the hospital was admitting him.
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"By the time we got him into the hospital the last time around, he had four or five ongoing bacterial infections," Chris says. "He had a fungal infection. Three of them were antibiotic-resistant. The doctors were throwing everything at him, giving him every medication known to man. The infections just kept coming back and back, bigger and stronger."
Carl's parents and doctors were optimistic that he was going to get better. He'd undergone open-heart surgery to repair the damage that the infection had done to his heart, and was ready to be released. That morning, September 2, Chris stopped by the hospital to visit Carl before work. When he got to his room, he heard the water running in his bathroom, and thought Carl was in the shower. After waiting a little while, he knocked on the door. Hearing no response, he opened it and found Carl slumped on the floor.
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In a large RCT, older adults with no diabetes mellitus who had cardiovascular disease or at least a 15% 10-year risk of cardiovascular events were randomized to a systolic blood pressure target of 120 or 140 mm Hg. After three years, the group with the lower blood pressure target had less all-cause mortality (NNT = 83) and heart failure (NNT = 125), but more hypotension, acute kidney injury, and electrolyte abnormalities.
In three large randomized trials of high-risk patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes, liraglutide (Victoza), semaglutide (Ozempic), and empagliflozin (Jardiance) decreased cardiovascular deaths (NNT = 43 to 71 over two to three years).
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Victoria's Secret hits the catwalk with its annual fashion show... and some of their themes are weirder than ever. We've got underwear-clad models as circus performers and bra-and-pantied women standing in for children's toys (much to Justin Bieber's delight -- I don't think he'll ever look at Tinkertoys the same way...) We've got some models representing the months of the year, and others decked out in fancy foliage. And that's all in addition to the usual showgirls costumes, oversized wings, and diamond-bedecked bras. Take a look at the fashions that made it down the runway this year, and ask yourself: how does the company get away with sending women in their skivvies waltzing down the catwalk and calling it a fashion show?
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Sunday, April 08, 2007
Name That Kitchen Item
Not long ago I was attending a meeting of the group I belong to, P.E.O., which raises money to provide scholarships for women. The member who was giving a program that day had borrowed a number of antique kitchen and laundry and farm tools. She challenged us to guess what some of them were and our answers led to lots of laughter.
The item shown here was passed down from Sweetie's mother to him and probably belonged to his grandmother, too. I've never seen another one like it. It seemed like a fun gadget to challenge you bloggers and lurkers with. Do you have any idea what it is used for? It's made of cast aluminum. As you can see, it's gotten a lot of use over the years.
I'll post the answer tomorrow.
Happy guessing, but keep it clean people.
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No fair since I already know... Hope you and Sweetie enjoyed Easter! We had a fabulous picnic near Pantoll on Mt. Tam, posted a slide show.ReplyDelete
It's a rice cooker!ReplyDelete
My MIL had one of them, made by the Guardian Service Company,she got married in 1945. She told me that the salesman (who went door to door) explained the shape as being the optimal shape for the perfect cooking of rice!
She's gone now, and somehow over the years, she had aquired two more. They do make amazing rice, and now my two daughters and I each have one to remember her by every time we cook rice.
anna,i did tell you about it, didn't i? Glad you had a great picnic!ReplyDelete
ilva, great guess & i might try that :)
ash, i think this is a bit different. i've seen those sets, but the aluminum on this is far thicker. truly very handy.
it could be a rice cooker. must try that. what a nice memory!
lis,love the idea of a thingamajoo. maybe it could be used for coffee/tea, but it's pretty thick aluminum for that.
shar, we could try popcorn. sounds like fun!
THANKS for all the great guesses.
I'm late to the party for a guess. I really think that would make for a fun time and lots of laughs with the guessing.ReplyDelete


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Looking for information on Isaac Guthrie, married to Hannah Bullcock 28 Apr 1822 St John Horsleydown England
Isaac Guthrie is the father of John Pritchard Guthrie, William John Guthrie and Hannah Guthrie.
Hannah's baptism records in 1829 show that Isaac was "a Gentleman".
He was also baptised at the same time as his daughter and his parents were noted as William Guthrie(a tailor) and Eleanor Guthrie of Clerkenwell.
Isaac's abode in 1829 was said to be in the Parish of St Mary, Finchley, Whetstone, Middlesex.
Daughter Hannah married into a wealthy family named "Farley" and later moved to Australia.
Sons, John and William, travelled to New Zealand.
I am unable to ascertain what happened to Isaac and his wife Hannah.
I have found Hannah on the 1841 census with her father Richard Bullcock and two siblings, but have had no luck determining where and when Hannah and Isaac died.
Can anyone help?
I believe that Hannah Bullcock was descended from Robert Bullcock (a former deputy of Bishopgate Ward) and Hannah White on her fraternal side and from Richard Budd esq and Ann Rogers on her maternal side.
Looking for information about John Pritchard Guthrie, arrived in NZ circa 1855
I am trying to find out more about the life and origins of John Pritchard Guthrie.
I believe that he arrived aboard the Barque "Invincible" from Melbourne in January 1855. That he was in business for a period with another passenger, one James Fussell. Their partnership was dissolved in June 1857. I believe that they had been farming together as I have found an advertisement for the sale of their beef and wethers at the Pupuke Quarterley Cattle Fair in November 1855.
John Pritchard Guthrie married Mary Hawkins in 1862 in St John the Baptist Church, North Shore. They went on to live in Matakana for a period, before settling in Thames. In Thames, John was a Carter and owned property at Mackay Street Thames, per the Burgess Roll 1887.
He passed away in 1908, aged 75 years and his remains are in the Shortland Cemetery, Thames with members of his NZ family.
I am wondering where he was born...
I believe he had a brother, William John Guthrie (buried with him),
... and what brought them to New Zealand.
Can anyone help with more information?
Looking for information about Amelia Voak and John Grant Walsh , married Dec 1875 in Greytown, New Zealand
I have hit a brick wall trying to find the parentage of Amelia Voak and John Grant Walsh. I believe that John Walsh arrived in NZ aboard the vessel "Collingwood" in 1875. This vessel was put into quarantine on arrival due to scarlet fever aboard. There was also a family aboard with the surname "Voak" so I'm wondering if that is how they met?
Birth Death and Marriages NZ shows that they had two daughters and one son. Amelia gave her name as "Mary Amelia" for the births of her daughters, but only "Amelia" for her son's birth and her own marriage.
Amelia died aged 46 on the 23 Oct 1906. I am wondering if she originated in Surrey, England which is where the other "Voak" family aboard "Collingwood" came from.
John Grant Walsh's obituary in April 1926 stated that he was born in County Tyrone, Ireland and that he had arrived about 51 years earlier. He learned milling in his father's mills in Ireland(dealing in flour and flax), which were still being run by his brothers. I believe he was politically active, being secretary of the Auckland Flour Millers' Union.
I believe he had an elder brother who was a resident in Tasmania who died two months before he did in 1926.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Looking for family of Ellen Allan married to William Wallace at Allandale, Pukete, Waikato in June 1891
I'm looking for the Allan family who settled at Pukete in the Waikato. Per Ellen's marriage certificate, her parents were listed as Alexander Allan, farmer and Mary Allan nee Corbett. They were originally from Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Ellen's burial records of 1933 give her Christian names as "Ellen Ballantyne".
An Obituary in the Evening Post stated that Ellen had been born in Scotland in 1863 and came to NZ as a child.
Can anyone help with more information about her parents and/or siblings?
Since writing this I have discovered Alexander Allan's obituary which stated that the family arrived in New Zealand aboard the sailing vessel "Helenslee" in 1864. Alexander Allan was one of the oldest settlers of Pokeno. He was also at the opening of the Thames Goldfields where he put down the Golden Gate Shaft. He was also one of the original owners of the coal measures at Huntly that were subsequently purchased by the Taupiri Coal Mines. He then pursued farming activities at Te Rapa near Hamilton until retiring to Papakura where he died in 1912.
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Tenualosa thibaudeaui
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Tenualosa thibaudeaui (Durand, 1940)
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|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2bcd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Vidthayanon, C.
|Kottelat, M. & Juffe Bignoli, D.
This species is endemic to the Mekong basin. The population is inferred to have declined by at least 30% over the last 10-15 years, and had undergone additional decline during 1970-1990. Causes of this decline are overfishing and dam construction. Assessed as Vulnerable based on population reduction caused by known threats that have not ceased, and the species is likely to be greatly impacted my mainstream dams on the Mekong if they were to be constructed.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The species is endemic to the Mekong basin from northern Thailand to the Mekong Delta including the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. Poulsen et al. (2004) considered it possible that the species distribution might extend into Myanmar and southern China.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Cambodia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Thailand; Viet Nam
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|The species is seasonally and locally common at the beginning of the flooding season. Population decline is suspected to have reached 30% (C. Vidthayanon pers. comm. 2010) over the last 10-15 years, continuing a decline that had been observed in the 1990's by Baird and Roberts (1993). The species was previously abundant in the Khone Falls area but is now considerably rarer (Roberts 1993). Baird and Roberts (1995) reported that this species had declined the most of all the species that feature in the Khone Falls fishery since the 1970s; only four specimens were observed during the 15-day migratory period at the waterfalls in June-July 1993, and only a few individual fish were caught by fishermen in November-January 1993-94. Few were caught at the Khone Falls over the period 1993 to 1999 (Baran et al. 2005).
|Current Population Trend:
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is found in rivers and large tributaries and it also moves to floodplain and lakes. It is strongly migratory, moving from the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, and passes upstream through the Khone Falls in southern Lao PDR. The species grows to c.60 cm in length (Mattson et al. 2002). It is a filter-feeder.
There are at least two populations in the Mekong (Poulsen et al. 2004); one around Xayaboury in northern Lao PDR and upstream, the other in the lower Mekong from the Mekong Delta to Paksan in Lao PDR, downstream of Vientiane. The latter may represent more than one population, e.g., one above and one below the Khone Falls (Poulsen et al. 2004). The species is thought to spawn mid-stream, with juveniles feeding in flooded floodplain habitats and major tributaries. Deep pools in the Mekong mainstream highly vulnerable to impacts from dam operation, are considered important for the population between Stung Treng and Kratie in Cambodia.
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|Full Migrant
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|This species is heavily fished throughout its range. Roberts and Baird (2005) ranked the species amongst the highest socioeconomic value species in the Khone Falls fishery in Lao PDR. It is especially vulnerable to gill nets (Poulsen et al. 2004), and is a valued food fish throughout its range.
|Major Threat(s):
|The causes of population decline are overfishing for human consumption, and habitat degradation due to infrastructure development, especially dams which block species movements. The species is considered to be vulnerable to impacts from mainstream dam development on the Mekong (ICEM 2010). Baird (2009) noted that the proposed Don Sahong dam at the Khone Falls would impact migration of the (lower Mekong) population.
|Conservation Actions:
|Management of the species fishery is needed throughout the species range, along with research into the impacts of current and proposed dams on the species migration routes.
|Vidthayanon, C. 2011. Tenualosa thibaudeaui. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T21627A9303248. . Downloaded on 15 October 2018.
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About Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein worked in a bakery during the decade spanning 1954-1963, during which he worked most fervently on his artworks. In fact, he executed most of his paintings on cardboard boxes he took home from the bakery. Before 1954, Von Bruenchenhein painted largely using brush on canvas, but then switched to using his fingers and non-traditional tools—like combs, quills, sticks, and cooking utensils—to manipulate paint. His subjects were fantastical, including atomic mushrooms, radiating hearts, mythical creatures or monsters, and futuristic metropolises. After 1963, Von Bruenchenhein devoted himself to sculpture, producing many vase-shaped ceramic sculptures, miniature furniture from chicken bones, and life-size crowns with nature motifs. He returned to painting again after 1970.
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Another View -- Bobby Jindal: NH should trust parents to choose schoolsBOBBY JINDAL
April 15. 2014 11:42PM
Is government the servant of the people, or the master of them?
That's at the heart of the case the New Hampshire Supreme Court will be considering today, regarding the Granite State's school tax credit program. For as important as the court's ultimate verdict will be in deciding the fate of school choice in New Hampshire, it might say even more about the relationship between citizens and their government.
The case involves a program of tax credits, which a bipartisan majority in the Legislature overrode then-Gov. John Lynch's veto to enact. The program gives businesses tax incentives to contribute to organizations that provide student scholarships to attend private schools. We have enacted similar programs in Louisiana.
That all sounds simple enough. The dollars should follow the child instead of making the child follow the dollars. This should be absolute common sense. But the ACLU and other organizations that filed the suit allege that the Legislature enacted the tax credit program to funnel money to religious institutions. To them, the fact that businesses might contribute to the scholarship organizations, and that parents might apply for scholarships, and that some scholarship monies might go to religiously affiliated schools, is enough to warrant legal intervention. Think about that logic. Under this line of thinking, a veteran would be ineligible to use GI Bill funds to attend Notre Dame or St. Anselm College.
Sadly, a trial court agreed. It found that, absent the tax credit program, the money the businesses contributed to the scholarship organizations would have otherwise been paid in taxes to fund government-run schools. Instead, with the tax credit program, those funds are now being used to provide student scholarships, some of which are being used at religiously affiliated institutions.
Think about that. The basis for the trial court's ruling was that government had a claim on the businesses' money before it was even paid in taxes. No less an authority than the United States Supreme Court has disagreed with this premise; in Arizona Tuition Scholarship Program v. Tilton, the court explicitly overruled the position that "income should be treated as if it were government property even if it has not come into the tax collector's hands."
Yet that's exactly what the ACLU lawsuit purports to assert — that tax funds are perpetually the property of government, and not the individuals and entities that earned the funds in the first place. Heaven forbid a business think that some private schools could do a better job teaching children than some government institutions, and attempt to redirect some of its funds toward what it considers to be better ends. The point isn't that every child should attend a private school; rather, the point is that parents are the first and best educators and should be allowed to make the best decisions for their children. Every child learns differently; that is why choice and competition are so important in education.
As damaging as this lawsuit will be to the children of New Hampshire if it succeeds, I will give the plaintiffs credit for their candor. Like many other members of the "educational-industrial complex," the ACLU doesn't want to allow parents to make their own choices about the best place to educate their children — and isn't afraid of saying so publicly.
We've seen this same phenomenon in my state of Louisiana. Believe it or not, the head of our state teachers union publicly said that low-income parents have "no clue" how to pick schools for their children. And our efforts enacting school choice — to allow students in failing schools more educational options — won us a civil-rights lawsuit from the federal Department of Justice.
Notice a pattern here? The ACLU doesn't want businesses giving their money to organizations other than government schools. Union leaders in Louisiana don't think parents are well-equipped enough to choose the "right" schools for their sons and daughters. And the Justice Department doesn't believe that allowing poor minority children to escape from failing schools advances the causes of racial integration.
All this reminds me of the old axiom that "to govern is to choose." Those who want to deny you — the parents and citizens of New Hampshire — that right to choose what's best for your sons and daughters do so because they want to arrogate that power for themselves. They believe you exist to serve the government — when it should be the other way round.
I believe that governmental decisions are best made by public bodies closest to their citizens. In many cases, policy should be made not in Washington, but at the state level, or even by local governments. And in the case of education, that means giving local parents a stronger voice.
That's why I passionately believe in expanding school choice options, and why today's arguments in Concord are so important. With our nation having recently celebrated the sesquicentennial of the Gettysburg Address, I can't help but recall that Lincoln closed that famous oration praising government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" — not "of the elites, by the elites, and for the elites." Here's hoping the Supreme Court remembers its history too.
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today the acquisition of midfielder Jun Marques Davidson - pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and Visa. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Jun Marques Davidson – Whitecaps FC midfielder
- Nearly a decade's worth of playing experience in Japan's top two divisions
- Played one season under Whitecaps FC head coach Martin Rennie at Carolina RailHawks
"Jun is one of the most technically gifted players that I have coached," said Rennie. "He's a defensive-minded midfielder with a strong pedigree of quality and experience after playing in the Japanese J.League for a number of years. His passing awareness and ability to break up play in the middle is tremendous. He will be a great addition to the group."
A dual American/Japanese citizen, Davidson comes to Whitecaps FC after playing the 2011 season with J.League Division Two (J2) side Tokushima Vortis. The 6-foot-1, 165-pound midfielder started 19 of his 25 appearances last season, notching one assist and helping his club finish near the top of the standings.
Prior to his time with Vortis, Davidson spent the 2010 season playing for Rennie at Carolina RailHawks in the United States Soccer Federation Division-2 Professional League (USSF D-2). As a member of the North Carolina-based outfit, the 28-year-old made 23 appearances in helping the RailHawks capture the NASL Conference title and earning a trip to the USSF D-2 championship series.
"I am excited and thankful to Martin Rennie, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and MLS for this opportunity," said Davidson. "I will do my best to help the club achieve its goals and look forward to celebrating success with the fantastic supporters in Vancouver."
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Davidson moved to Pasadena, California, and attended the American Global Soccer School before returning to Japan to kick off his professional career in 2002 with Omiya Ardija (pictured). In 2004, the defensive midfielder helped 'The Squirrels' to a second-place finish in J2 and promotion to J.League Division One (J1). Davidson continued to play with Omiya Ardija until 2006 - making a total of 86 appearances. From 2007 to 2010, the midfielder was a member of J1 side Albirex Niigata. In total, Davidson has played 133 matches in the J.League.
Name: Jun Marques Davidson
Position: Midfielder
Height: 6-01
Weight: 165
Born: June 7, 1983, in Tokyo, Japan
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Citizenship: United States/Japan
Youth Club: Tokyo Gas FC Youth
Last Club: Tokushima Vortis (Japanese J.League Division Two)
How Acquired: Free agent acquisition by Whitecaps FC on January 19, 2012
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STOCKTON - The Bakersfield Condors have renamed their Dec. 27 "Our City Isn't Bankrupt" promotion when the Stockton Thunder will be in town.
STOCKTON - The Bakersfield Condors have renamed their Dec. 27 "Our City Isn't Bankrupt" promotion when the Stockton Thunder will be in town.
The name of the promotion, a not-so-subtle jab at Stockton's fiscal crisis, drew negative reactions from Thunder fans and team management when it was announced Sept. 12. The Condors have changed the name to "Boomtown Bakersfield."
Condors President Matt Riley stated on the team's website: "The promotion was never meant to poke fun at those who are struggling due to Stockton's financial situation. So that this promotion isn't further misinterpreted, we want to put the focus of the night to highlight the city of Bakersfield's success and the continued growth of the city."
Thunder President Dan Chapman said the Condors made the proper decision.
"We're glad they have shifted the focus of the promotion to where it belongs - the city of Bakersfield," Chapman said. "There was no reason for it in the first place, but we're glad it has been changed."
Thunder season-ticket holder Raymond Mahnke of Stockton is pleased the name has been changed and believes the original promotion mocked people affected by bankruptcy.
Mahnke is among a number of Thunder fans who contacted some of the Condors' sponsors, including the Bakersfield Police Department Officers Association, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and the Kern County Firefighters Union.
"I can't say I was the first one to do it, but I wanted to take action. I targeted sponsors that I thought would be sympathetic to the cause," Mahnke said. "I will stop contacting sponsors, but this was not funny. I know I won't go to a game in Bakersfield this season."
Thunder fans have regularly frequented Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield since the Stockton franchise was founded in 2005. A movement was afoot to boycott Thunder games in Bakersfield this season as a result of the promotion.
Jacqui Davy, the president of the Thunder Hockey Booster Club, said she isn't sure she will travel to Bakersfield as she has in the past.
"I think regardless of what the intentions were, they should have been more thoughtful," Davy said. "I was very disappointed by it. Bakersfield has always been one of my favorite places to visit. I'm very glad they changed it, but I'm afraid the damage might be done."
The Condors will offer half-price tickets Dec. 27 to all current and former city employees from any town. Bakersfield and Stockton are scheduled to play 11 times this season. Their first meeting is Oct. 27 in Bakersfield.
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When you encounter slow SQL Server performance and bottlenecks, you're probably frustrated by the process of figuring out what's causing the problem and what you should do to solve it. Performance problems can stem from a variety of factors, including faulty hardware, inadequate indexing, poorly constructed SQL code, and insufficient memory. But how do you determine which of these factors is causing your specific problem? Until you know the cause, you can't make informed decisions about whether to spend money upgrading hardware or implementing a less expensive fix, such as tuning your SQL code.
Monitoring tools are available to help you catch problems before they arise and analyze them after they've occurred. Performance Monitor is a free tool in Windows 2000 Server and later, and SQL Profiler is included with SQL Server 2000 and later. However, you might find that these freebies lack essential features or are difficult to use. If so, you can turn to a variety of third-party tools on the market.The hitch? These third-party tools are often costly, and you'll need to invest some time in deciding which is the most appropriate tool for your environment. This Buyer's Guide aims to present some of your options and considerations for your decision-making process.
Performance Monitor Basics
Your performance monitor should address five fundamental areas of functionality:
- It should monitor memory usage to help determine whether an adequate amount of memory is available to SQL Server.
- It should monitor CPU processor utilization to help determine whether you need a CPU upgrade or need to install multiple processors.
- It should monitor disk I/O performance to determine whether your I/O subsystem is working efficiently and whether SQL Server can write or read data without waiting.
- It should monitor user connections to help determine whether the number of users is properly configured.
- It should monitor blocking locks, which help determine whether one process is forcing another process to wait.
In addition to these five key monitoring areas, the ability to establish a performance baseline and the ability to notify you of problems are basic ingredients of a performance monitor. Baseline measurements are crucial because they let you measure SQL Server's performance during normal circumstances. The best baselines display performance visually so that you can see at a glance how the server is performing. In his article "Proactive SQL Server Management" (June 2005, InstantDoc ID 46082), Kevin Kline discusses considerations to keep in mind when you're establishing a baseline. Finally, if a problem occurs, you'll require that the product contain an effective notification system—with such methods as email, pager, SNMP, and system broadcast.
More Features to Consider
Now, what about the bells and whistles? Most of the products in this Buyer's Guide provide lights-out monitoring—the ability to monitor a system even if it isn't booted or powered on—and remote-management capabilities that let you run the performance monitor from any remote computer. Not as common, however, is the ability to perform T-SQL performance analysis and tuning.As you know, poorly written code can have a big effect on performance, and a tool to analyze and tweak this code might be just what you need.
You might also consider the trade-offs inherent in the decision between agent and agentless monitoring. An agentless tool doesn't require that you locally install a software agent on the server and can reduce administrative costs and deployment time, whereas an agent-based tool enables highly customized monitoring and management. If you aren't sure which type best fits your needs, you might even consider a product that offers both options.
Do you want to be able to plan for future growth? Some of the products in this Buyer's Guide analyze monitored parameters and give you capacity-planning recommendations based on the analysis. Several other products feature automated problem resolution, such as the automatic execution of a SQL job in response to an alarm. Other products offer real-time monitoring, as well as the capability to monitor third-party databases. Finally, how important is it to you to produce reports in various formats? All the products in this Buyer's Guide let you either export to or produce reports in HTML format, and some offer a few more output options. The table on page 50 will help you compare the features of each of the products and assess which performance monitor might work for you.


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Part 1: Overview of Allergies
Part 2: Understanding Inhalant Allergies
Part 3: Food Allergies
Atopy is an exaggerated Type I ("immediate") hypersensitivity reaction. This type of reaction usually occurs within 30 minutes of contact with the allergen, but always within 12 hours. All atopic disorders are allergies, but not all allergies are atopic. Flea bite and food allergies are examples of non-atopic allergic disorders. Pets may have more than one type of allergy; in fact, pets who develop one allergy are more prone to develop others. Because purebred dogs are more often affected, genetics also plays a role.
Atopy specifically refers to allergies to inhaled particles, such as dust, pollen, or mold. In humans, "hay fever" is one of the most common atopic reactions, but pets very rarely get respiratory symptoms. Instead, they usually manifest the reaction in their skin as dermatitis (inflammation of the skin). Skin symptoms of atopy (also called atopic dermatitis or allergic skin disease) include itching (which can be intense), redness, scaly skin/dandruff, rashes, hair loss, and ear infections.
Although either food allergies or atopy may cause symptoms in the skin, digestive system, and/or respiratory systems, one clue to atopy is that it is frequently seasonal, with the worst symptoms occuring in the spring and summer.
"There are many holistic treatment options for atopy; most can be used at the same time as conventional therapy..."
The first step in diagnosing atopy is to rule out other causes of those symptoms, such as ringworm or other fungal infection, mites, fleas, and disorders of the skin glands. This may involve skin scraping, fungal culture, and other tests.
Diagnosing allergies of any kind is a challenge, but atopy is the most difficult. There are hundreds of types of pollen and mold, as well as multiple components of dust including dust mites, skin cells, and other stray proteins. For instance, a dog may be allergic to a cat in the same household.
Figuring out which allergens are causing problems can be expensive and complicated. While atopy lesions do typically occur in certain locations of the body, food and fleabite allergies may turn up in the exact same areas; so location of skin lesions is not a reliable guide to the type of allergen involved.
A common complication of atopy is secondary infections with bacteria or yeast. These infections need to be addressed at the same time as other treatment, or they will prevent healing.
Differences between dogs and cats
In dogs, the itchiest areas are usually the ears, legs, paws, tummy, and base of the tail. Secondary bacterial infections are common; they typically produce scaly, red, circular lesions. Dogs are apt to persistently lick itchy areas, which can cause moist, open lesions called "hot spots," as well as thickening and blackening of the skin, commonly on the lower abdomen. Diagnostic tools such as blood tests and intradermal skin tests can be used to narrow the field of suspect allergens. Although they are not 100% accurate, test results may help focus allergen reduction efforts and other treatment possibilities.
In cats, a rash-like pattern called "miliary dermatitis" is the most common symptom, and most frequently occurs around the face and ears. Self-mutilation by rubbing on carpet or other rough surfaces, scratching with the hind feet, or overgrooming with the tongue may occur. Both blood and skin testing in cats is notoriously inaccurate.
There are many holistic treatment options for atopy; most can be used at the same time as conventional therapy, such as hyposensitization.
If your pet is miserably itchy, conventional treatment with a short course of antibiotics, steroids, or antihistimines may be necessary for relief while holistic treatments—which typically take a little more time—are working.
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|Sesame Street
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|Season 1 (1969-1970)
This episode guide has been compiled from materials at the CTW Archives. ⓘ
- Ernie & Bert — Ernie explains to the audience how people have two of everything: "two eyes, and two ears, and two noses..." "Wait a minute, you ding-a-ling!" Bert interrupts. "You've only got one nose!" Ernie promptly pulls Bert's nose off, sticks it to his own face, and keeps counting. "Two noses, and two eyes, and two ears ... too bad!"
- Alphabet Bates makes the letter E.
- A group of Anything Muppets enter, with one saying, "Some of us are here, but not all." They leave, and say that now none of them are there. They re-enter with a few more, saying that some of them are there but not all, and leave again, saying that none of them are there. Many Muppets appear, including Bert, Grover, Scudge, Fred's son, Oscar and Cookie Monster, who all say, "Now we are all here!"
- Susan and The Anything Muppets sing "Swing on a Star". (First: Episode 0010)
- Sesame Street Animal Films: Parts of an elephant are seen in close-ups. (First: Episode 0034)
- Wanda the Witch washes her wig on a windy winter Wednesday. (First: Episode 0001)
- Kermit's Lectures: Kermit talks about the letter W, which Cookie Monster attempts to eat. (First: Episode 0001)
- Kermit's Lectures: The W starts to walk as Kermit talks about it. The W starts a war, which it wins. (First: Episode 0001)
- Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby reindeer (First: Episode 0003)
- Sesame Street Animal Films: Lizards (iguanas) (First: Episode 0047)
- Burt Lancaster says the alphabet. (First: Episode 0005)
- Buddy and Jim try to make a sandwich. (First: Episode 0008)
- Ernie & Bert — Ernie struggles to save a plate of cookies for Bert. Beautiful Day Monster disguises himself as a baker and a little girl to trick Ernie out of four of the five cookies, but Bert blames Ernie. (First: Episode 0041)
- Cartoon: A sprightly seal tells the story of six silly sailors who split up on a see-saw. (First: Episode 0002)
- Cartoon: Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated by their group, teaching a lesson in counting backwards. (First: Episode 0006)
- "Jazz #2" (First: Episode 0001)
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Scarabëus is a startup company formed by a young team of horseback riders (showjumpers), fashion designers and entrepreneurs. We want to bring innovation to our sport by developing, producing and selling hightech sportswear for riders (mostly showjumpers). Our products are ergonomic, highly functional and fashionable. We combine different hightech materials and technologies as nano to provide a maximum of comfort and quality. Scarabëus - the haute couture of hightech sportswear.
First of all, our target group is made up by (up to today, european) showjumpers - from professionals to starters, with the need of perfect sportswear to make their horseback riding experience as comfortable and safe as possible and to help them being successful in tournaments. As a second step we want to attract people who like the showjumping-flair but are not showjumpers themselves with less technical but still high quality casual wear. Our products aim at being the very best you can get - so they have their price and not everybody will be able to afford "the whole collection". Our target group is young to middle-aged (16-55), dynamic, sporty and proud to wear Scarabëus.
The logo should be both aesthetic and simple. People should be proud to show it on their clothes. It has to be easy to print or stitch - also in very small size (like a Lacoste-Crocodile on a polo shirt). It will be printed and stitched on clothes, used for buttons, print wear, the website etc. It should reflect the described characteristics of our products. Please feel free to play with the animals scarabëus and horse - also in an abstract way. We need a figurative mark as well as a lettering (the ë can be simplified by an e with an overline).
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How do I download the free Microsoft Security Essentials software?
The University of Akron no longer has a free license of McAfee. For virus protection download Microsoft Security Essentials. Students, Faculty and Staff may download for free from Microsoft. A link is also provided in the My Akron Portal.
Can I bring my computer to the store for repairs?
No, you can take your computer to the Computer Center for repairs. Call 330-972-7626 for more information.
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Only currently enrolled UA students or members of the faculty, staff or contract professionals are eligible to purchase from The Computer Store. Departmental purchases may be made via requisition, requisitions can be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Departmental Purchases - Departmental purchases can be made by a signed departmental requisition or departmental purchase card. DPO's are not accepted.
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KNIGHTSEN — Teachers in the tiny school district here are on the stump now that their union has endorsed several school board candidates for the first time.
The 26-member Knightsen Teachers Association is encouraging voters to elect Thomas Baldocchi Jr., Michael Matienzo and Janice Smith from the pool of five who are running for three seats on the board.
Incumbent Franklin Dell and challenger Adam McMeans are also vying to serve one of those four-year terms.
Until now, teachers haven't been involved in the political process, said Jamie Bennetts, chairwoman of the union's political action committee.
A few of them last summer broached the idea of changing that, however, knowing that, for the first time in years, the 2012 race would be contested: Two of the three board members whose terms are expiring are stepping down next month.
Teachers are hoping to get individuals elected who will do something about how the district is managing its money; over the last year a number of them have become increasingly concerned over what they consider to be the administration's overly conservative spending practices given the size of its reserves.
The district has maintained that it must set aside a sizable amount if it is to continue making payments on a $3.3 million loan for Old River Elementary School.
Nevertheless, the KTA contends the Knightsen School District is undermining the quality of education students are receiving with the cuts it has made.
Teachers think current board members aren't asking administrators enough pointed questions about the budget, Bennetts said, noting that she and her colleagues believe there are things the district could do to improve classroom conditions even when money is tight.
Superintendent Theresa Estrada said she was "neutral" when asked what she thought about the teachers' endorsements.
The teachers union voted last fall to form a political action committee, and this summer it began looking for fresh faces it could support.
The board "pretty much has entrusted the administration to make the right recommendations, and there rarely (has been) any serious questioning of any proposals that were brought forth," Bennetts said.
KTA was particularly eager to find parents who were open to running, those who didn't have a preconceived notion of how the school should be run and were involved in campus activities, Bennetts said.
Teachers want a school board that regularly visits classrooms to see how its decisions affect students, said Melissa Cakebread, an 18-year veteran of the district who hasn't had any trustee stop by her classroom in recent years.
"I'd like to see that again," she said.
Once the union had narrowed the field to three, it sent those individuals as well as the incumbents up for re-election a list of nine questions — one of which asked how likely they were to critically evaluate administration's recommendations to the board — and in June invited each to an interview.
None of the incumbents responded to the mailing, Bennetts said.
Dell said he didn't respond to the invitation to be interviewed because he didn't believe the teachers had an open mind.
"I was afraid that whatever I said they'd use against me," Dell said.
He expressed a mixture of resignation and frustration when he learned that the union is backing three other candidates.
"I expected that. They decided to load up the school board with their people, and they'll be able to get whatever they want," he said, noting that if all three are elected they'll represent a majority vote on the five-member board.
He added that he votes according to what he believes is best for students, which doesn't always align with teachers' wishes.
In voting on the endorsements, Bennetts said teachers included Janice Smith because, although she no longer has a child in the district, she remembers the quality of education her son received at Knightsen School.
"She knows what the school should look like," Bennetts said. "She knows what she loved about the school."
Bennetts also noted that the KTA already had made its endorsements when challenger Adam McMeans filed nomination papers, unaware that he was interested in running.
"We were not leaving him out. For all we know he might have ended up being one of our endorsed candidates," she said.
With just $1,250 at its disposal to get out the vote, KTA is operating a shoestring campaign.
The union will be reaching out to the school district's 1,067 registered voters later this month with two mailers as well as distributing small cards promoting its endorsements.
Teachers in small districts don't usually get involved in politicking, said California Teachers Association's Rick Wathen, who oversees well over 200 school districts in a 17-county area from Monterey to Oregon as a political organizer.
But when they do, many in those tightly knit communities hear about it, he said.
And when teachers talk about school board races, CTA polls have shown that a significant majority of voters "definitely pay attention," Wathen said. "The teacher's the most credible messenger."
Contact Rowena Coetsee at 925-779-7141. Follow her at Twitter.com/RowenaCoetsee.


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To the Editor:
Well, it's 2013. It looks like we slipped and almost fell off the fiscal cliff, but at the last minute we caught our balance and seemingly "avoided" it.
For the first time in 20 years, wealthy Americans are going to see a relatively substantial tax increase, and the rest of us will endure the hiccup of the expiration of President Barack Obama's stimulus-inspired, 2 percent payroll tax holiday that many say shouldn't have been implemented in the first place.
As for the sequester, it has been put off for two months – just in time for an impending debt ceiling battle that will surely become just as dramatic as what we just saw with the fiscal cliff.
What has been going on in Washington is absolutely unacceptable. Playing chicken with our nation's economy is almost as reckless as going to war with Iraq. When will this madness stop? When can our government become truly responsible, be held accountable for its actions, and actually get worthwhile things done?
The truth is that with the increase of the size of our government, we have seen more unacceptable behavior from Washington. America needs to realize that the more we ask from our government, the less we shall receive.
Kyle Walker
Fox River Grove


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Indiana Secretary of State's office to participate in national savings campaign that launches Sunday
America Saves Week stresses message of Indiana Investment Watch program that encourages Hoosiers to build wealth, not debt
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 17, 2011) – Saving for the future is the focus of a national campaign that launches Sunday as the Secretary of State's Indiana Investment Watch program encourages Hoosiers to develop sound financial habits.
America Saves Week (Feb. 20 – 27) stresses the importance of improving the financial security of individuals and families.
Locally, Indiana Investment Watch will use the national program to remind Hoosiers of the importance of building wealth and avoiding debt.
"Saving for the future is a crucial skill for Hoosiers of all ages," Secretary of State Charlie White said. "America Saves Week emphasizes the important goals of the Indiana Investment Watch program: to promote a basic understanding of personal finance concepts and healthy money management practices."
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the national personal saving rate is 5.3 percent, down from 8.2 percent in May 2009. Additionally, a surprising number of people don't have a savings plan or a "rainy day" fund to cover expenses in the event of an economic downturn, job loss, sickness or other emergencies.
America Saves Week, which is a partnership between America Saves and the American Savings Education Council, was founded in 2001 to encourage Americans to save. About 1,800 organizations in more than 50 local areas participate in the program and have successfully encouraged and assisted hundreds of thousands of people across the country.
"At the start of the New Year, many Hoosiers made financial resolutions to save more," White said. "America Saves Week is a great reminder to stay strong with those commitments and is a good beginning for those who aren't already saving."
Throughout the week, Indiana Investment Watch will be providing saving tips and tools on Twitter (@INInvestWatch) and Facebook (search for Indiana Investment Watch). Hoosiers can also visit www.indianasaves.org/, powered by Purdue Extension, for help setting a savings goal and staying accountable.
For more information about America Saves Week, and for additional money management tips and tools, visit www.indianainvestmentwatch.com/.
About Indiana Investment Watch
Indiana Investment Watch educates Hoosiers about the various types of investment and mortgage fraud and promotes financial literacy in Hoosiers of all ages. The program is not funded by taxpayer dollars, but rather by the money collected from settlements in securities fraud cases.
For more information, please visit www.indianainvestmentwatch.com/. If you feel you have been the victim of investment fraud, please call the Secretary of State's Securities Division at (800) 223-8791
Media contact:
Jason Thomas
Director of Communications
Office: (317) 233-8655


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City Fire Dept. High Rise Residence Hall Response Training
Tuesday, 18 June, 2013 @ 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
The Charleston Fire Department plans to conduct high rise residence hall response training on Eastern's campus in the coming weeks. Training exercises will take place at Carman Hall, and will involve the setting off of fire alarms and turning off HVAC. Fire trucks and emergency response equipment will be on campus. Additional departments may also be involved.
Training sessions are planned for:
Tuesday through Thursday, June 18–20 -- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tuesday through Thursday, June 25-27 -- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tuesday through Thursday, July 16-18 -- 6 to 10 p.m.
Tuesday through Thursday, Aug. 6-8 -- 6 to 10 p.m.


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The Scientist magazine has named the University of Rochester one of the best places in the world for scientists to work.
The University is rated 22nd in the magazine's worldwide survey of "Best Places to Work" for scientists in the life sciences. In Rochester, that work is primarily done at the University of Rochester Medical Center, as well as in the departments of Biology, and Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
"An outstanding research enterprise requires the creation of an environment where creativity, hard work and teamwork can flourish," said Bradford C. Berk, M.D., Ph.D., CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center. "Such an environment is a hallmark of what we offer at the University. It is gratifying that our scientists feel they are in one of the best settings in the world to undertake their work."
The results are based on questionnaires filled out by more than 1,000 full-time life scientists working in academic or non-commercial research institutions. The Rochester scientists gave high marks in the categories of job satisfaction, and management and policies.
"The rankings are a testament to the collegial values of our faculty," said Provost Peter Lennie. "Their collaborative engagement with colleagues in other disciplines has contributed greatly to making the University a world-class research institution."
This marks the third straight year that the University of Rochester has appeared on the magazine's lists of Best Places to Work.
For the past ten years, The Scientist's Best Places to Work in Academia surveys have asked academic researchers to highlight the aspects of work they value the mostsuch as support, access to great research, and collaborationsand areas they wish their institutions would improve, such as appropriate family-care policies. In this year's survey, researchers around the world said they valued the personal satisfaction their workplace offers above all else.


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There's some big scientific news on the childbirth front right now, so strap on your nerd glasses and let's do this thing: Tamas Horvath, chairman of the Department of Comparative Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, has discovered that "a key protein related to brain development in newborns is activated during natural childbirth, but impaired in Caesarean section births." (Crib note: Impaired is the key word in that sentence.)
The protein, UCP2, impacts a range of functions within the brain itself – like the creation of memory-related circuits – and within the rest of the body. One of these functions, for example, plays a key role in the metabolism of fat. Another crucial one is that it promotes cells' adaptation and survival under stress. Because the protein's activation is kicked off as a physical response to the birth process, when that process is curtailed by a C-section – Horvath's research shows – the protein won't kick off in its normal way, and those functions it's supposed to initiate also won't get the message to do their thing as they're supposed to.
More research is needed to track the long-term effects of this – impaired fat metabolism could very well make children more susceptible to obesity, for example – and Horvath plans to conduct that research. Meanwhile, that C-sections have a direct negative effect on the release of UCP2 – and thus the healthy physical processes it's supposed to initiate – within a baby's brain is big news, and doctors, nurses and midwives across the country are waiting attentively for insight into its long-term implications.
At the risk of stating the obvious, adult human bodies are also complex organisms controlled and regulated by countless, interconnected physical and chemical processes like those UCP2 is involved in. Labor and delivery is one such process, and a great deal is already understood about how each process within it affects the next, in a mother's body, in order to move a baby from womb to world. As a University of Minnesota childbirth website states, "We don't fully understand what makes labor start, but changing levels of hormones influence the softening and preparation of the cervix and the onset of contractions." After that, in a nutshell, contractions then help dilate the cervix and – in conjunction with a pushing mama – bring on the main event ("It's a Boy/Girl!").
It's also well known that disrupting this process – aka employing interventions during birth – tends to beget the need for additional interventions. Besides making medically-necessary C-sections more likely, and thus putting mothers more at risk, as a result, this disruption also affects the normal release of certain hormones and chemicals in the mother's body and brain; this is one of the key reasons people advocate for natural birth in the first place. Now emerging scientific research on childbirth's impact on the baby's brain indicates all the more that aiming for an intervention-free birth is not simply a matter of personal philosophy; it allows both mother and baby's brains and bodies to function properly, with a potentially life-long impact on baby's health. As Horvath says, "It's becoming very clear that the perinatal environment has an impact on later onset disorders, such as obesity and diabetes. The hours of delivery are the stress that moves you from one form of existence to another."
Being born tops the list of dramatic changes we experience in life; our surrounding environment transforms rapidly from womb to world, and this places serious demands on our brains and bodies. If the labor and delivery process creates the 'stress' that initiates our adaptive responses so we're ready for the next big thing – life outside the womb – it's logical to conclude that we want this stress in the picture, and that minimizing or avoiding is not actually helpful to us (or, rather, to our babies). This is exactly what Horvath's research shows.
I think this stress thing presents an interesting parallel to what contemporary natural birth advocates have been saying about pain for quite some time; in the same way we think we must minimize stress, we're generally taught to fear pain, to panic in its presence, and to subdue it by any means necessary. But childbirth hurts, right? Pain is a part of it. And one's acceptance of, and approach to, pain's place in the process is in fact an integral – and ultimately empowering, even rewarding (more so than painless-by-intervention) – part of the process. Since avoiding, rather than managing, pain in childbirth bumps up the likelihood of complications, and since those complications can (and often do) lead to C-sections, and those C-sections cut short the 'stress' needed to shift baby's brain so that her body will be ready for life outside the womb, well… It seems a shift in our understanding of, and attitudes toward, both pain and stress will benefit from reassessment.
Interventions in childbirth – C-sections included – are of course sometimes necessary to a mother or baby's survival (though not nearly as many as are taking place in our country today: 1 in 3 births!). In these cases, without question, they should be performed. Certainly, too, many a happy, healthy baby and mama have emerged from C-section operations. (Read: If it happens to you, don't freak out.) But since understanding is expanding around C-sections' impact on mamas (see above), and as more becomes known around their impact on babies' long-term health, I'm guessing an increasingly savvy public will opt to trust in the childbirth process in lieu of electing for surgery.
What do you think? Would the baby-health factor influence your feelings around C-sections more than the (already established) mom-health risk factor? Do you think emerging research will slow our rapidly rising C-section rates? Leave a comment!
PS. Horvath's research has thus far been conducted on mice, and he needs – and intends – to extend it to humans. Suffice to say here that 1) animal testing is the standard in medical research, so it's predictable that his current findings have been attained in this way, and 2) Ethical questions – important as they are – aside, animal testing is relevant enough to medical research (i.e. human applications) to make it standard. Horvath's results are attracting the attention of childbirth professionals for a reason; they are, most likely, applicable to people.


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YES! But How? :: Safe Carpet, Catching Mice
Jun 30, 2002
- Practical ideas for saving the earth.
YES! But How? :: Furniture Polish
Jan 31, 2002
- linseed oil furniture polish, nontoxic way to clean carpet, volunteers for physical work, sustainable deck, controlling sugar ants
YES! But How? :: Discouraging Mice
by Annie Berthold-Bond, Doug PibelNov 05, 2001
- Ask Annie, household hints and helps
YES! But How? :: Glass, Plastic, or Aluminum, Bike Chains
by Annie Berthold-Bond, Doug PibelJun 30, 2001
- Drink Containers, eco friendly bicycle chain lubricants, moss control, live sustainably, homemade toothpaste, natural insect repellent, garlic and garden pests, moth repellent and sticky stickers.
Dear Doug & Annie :: Follow-ups on Diesel Trucks
by Annie Berthold-Bond, Doug PibelMar 31, 2001
- Truck vs trailer, Bio-diesel vs petroleum, Alternatives to Bleach, No Mothballs, Bath Oil and Plant Cuttings
YES! But How? :: Diesel Trucks, Soap V. Detergent
by Annie Berthold-Bond, Doug PibelOct 27, 2000
- Diesel trucks, Brown spots on skin, Dust Mites, Brass Cleaner, Soap vs Detergent, Moth ball odor, Stuff-free gifts, Annie Berthold, Ask Annie, household hints and helps
YES! But How? :: Toxins and Pregnancy, Composting in the Cold
by Annie Berthold-Bond, Doug PibelSep 30, 2000
- Household Chemicals, Worm Bins, and Composting.
YES! But How? :: Alternatives to Grass
by Annie Berthold-Bond, Doug PibelJun 30, 2000
- Ideas for green grass alternatives, fluorescent lights and natural moth repellents. If you're searching for practical ways to live sustainably, just ask us.
How to Have a More Meaningful Holiday Season
by Doug Pibel, Annie Berthold-BondOct 29, 1999
- Household hints and helps: Meaningful Christmas gifts, dangerous candle soot, and eliminating carpenter ants.
YES! But How? :: Responsibly Dispose of Electronics
Sep 30, 1999
- Electronic equipment disposal, termite control, non-toxic finish for wooden toys, citrus peel and citrus solvents, organic oven cleaner.
YES! But How? :: Paper v. Plastic Grocery Bags, Fleas Tooth Powder, Glass Cleaner
Jun 30, 1999
- YES! but How?: Paper vs Plastic Grocery Bags, Fleas, Tooth Powder, Cleaning Glass, Blue Fingerpaint
YES! But How? :: Heirloom Seeds, Moth Ball Alternatives, Non-toxic Cleaners
by Annie Berthold-BondMar 31, 1999
- Heirloom seeds, moths, non-toxic cleaners for tile paneling and bathtubs.
YES! But How? :: Car Sharing
by Doug PibelNov 02, 1998
- Troubled by the difficulties of a clean and green existence? Whipsawed by confusion because you want to live sustainably but you just don't know how? Don't worry...Ask Doug and Annie.
YES! But How? :: Electricity, Dry Cleaning, Birch
by Doug Pibel, Annie Berthold-BondAug 30, 1998
- Green Electricity, Avoiding Dry-Cleaning , Using Black Birch , and Non-toxic Wood Stain
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DVD released
After 10 months of production the DVD is finally available on the site.Available here
It is a Pal DVD so make sure your player can read Pal if you are interested in purchasing it.
After 10 months of production the DVD is finally available on the site.Available here
It is a Pal DVD so make sure your player can read Pal if you are interested in purchasing it.
Like the images? you can buy the full version of this DVD here.
Or watch the Trailer below
So for people that haven't explored the site yet, i've taken high res screen images (1920 x 1080) from the DVD to use as relaxing wallpapers. The beach and ocean relaxation images seem to be very popular with people and I have received a few emails from people that are using them.
The beach picture above was the first shot of the disc and the reason I made the whole DVD as it was a picture that I have had in my head for a long time and I could easily visualize this part of the island. It would be great to build a whole disc just around the concept of the blue ocean at night and stars, this was one of the sections that I spend a lot of time doing the 5.1 audio mix, I wanted to get the waves to pan from the front to the back of the speakers and have crickets in the background so that you feel immersed in the environment.
You can now watch the trailer for the Disc in HD via the Youtube channel or on Vimeo. I have plans to release short 3min relaxation videos that are based on the Infinite Tranquillity world in the future so if you have a youtube account feel free to subscribe to the videos.
Infinite Tranquillity – Relaxation DVD from Infinite on Vimeo.
The DVD is now in Sydney – After 8 months of production and rendering the DVD should be ready by November 1st 2009. I've received a lot of questions about posting overseas and player compatibility – We will endeavor to post around the world however please check on this graphic to see if your country plays the Pal standard before ordering. The DVD will go on sale via PayPal and will be available on this page
An NTSC is on the cards for the future however it will be based on interest so please drop us a line. info (at) infinitetranquillity.com
Also considering a blu-ray release for some time in the future.
Welcome to the infinite tranquility blog.
I've set this blog up as a way of sharing news and recent goings on with the DVD. Please feel free to join.


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- 10 Metres of Snowfall
- 02 Olympic Winter Games
- 07 Months of Skiing
Sunshine starbursts over the horizon, illuminating a landscape blanketed in untracked snow. Breathe in the alpine air. Click into your bindings. Point your skis downhill. The mountain is yours to discover.
It is only fitting that Canada, the Great White North, holds the world's finest skiing and snowboarding. Shall you choose the urban slopes of Vancouver's North Shore mountains? The world-famous 2010 Winter Olympic Games site of Whistler? The scenic, high-altitude resorts of Banff/Lake Louise? The fluffy powder of Quebec's culturally vibrant and secluded ski hills? Or will you explore the backcountry and create your own trails? Wherever you go, remember: Canada knows snow.
- Visit Banff/Lake Louise for a trio of scenic ski resorts huddled within a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Drive the scenic Icefields Parkway to Jasper's powdery Marmot Basin.
- Ski Nakiska, site of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games, located less than an hour's drive from the city of Calgary.
- Strap on your climbing skins and embark on a self-guided alpine ski tour of Jasper and Banff's expansive backcountry.
British Columbia
- Spend a weekend at Whistler—home to British Columbia's largest ski resort and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
- Make turns while taking in panoramic ocean views on Vancouver Island's Mount Washington.
- Get waist-deep in pillows of Okanagan Valley powder at full-service resorts such as Big White, Silver Star, Sun Peaks and Apex Mountain Resort.
- Whether you choose the snowboarder's favourite Mount Seymour, family-oriented Grouse Mountain or the Olympic Games site of Cypress Mountain, you'll find it within a 30-minute drive of downtown Vancouver.
- Ascend into British Columbia's untouched alpine with a high-energy heli-ski or cat-ski excursion.
- QuebecCarve-up the Quebec's largest ski resort, Mont Tremblant — just a two-hour drive from Montréal.
- Challenge the highest vertical drop east of the Rocky Mountains at Le Massif de Charlevoix.
- Discover Stoneham Mountain Resort and Mont-Sainte-Anne, a 30-minute drive from Québec City's vibrant après-ski delights.
- Mountain-hop between four distinct, beginner-friendly alpine resorts in Quebec's charming Eastern Townships.
- Backcountry alpine ski touring meets five-star accommodation at Quebec's Chic-Chocs Mountain Lodge.
- Expect below-freezing temperatures and changing weather patterns at all ski and snowboard areas throughout the season. Discover local weather information. Research local weather patterns at Environment Canada's Canadian Climate Normals Website.
- Ski and snowboard seasons usually run from December until April.
- Whistler/Blackcomb's ski season often extends until June.
- Peak season is mid-December until mid-January.
- Beat the crowds by hitting the slopes in February and March.
- Blackcomb (Whistler) re-opens for summer glacier skiing in late-June and July.
- Warm, waterproof apparel is always necessary.
- Eye protection (goggles/sunglasses) and helmets are recommended.
- Ski and snowboard equipment is available for rent at all full-service resorts.
- Ski and snowboard lessons are available at all full-service resorts.
- Intermediate-to-advanced ability is required for backcountry, heli- and cat-skiing.
- Vancouver's Grouse Mountain is accessible via public transit.
- Bus service to-and-from the nearest city/town is available at all ski resorts.
- Jasper and Le Massif de Charlevoix are accessible via train during ski season.
- Backcountry tour operators can assist with transportation needs.