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Countless mothers have had them–cravings for everything from peanut butter brittle to hot sauce on ice cream. But are cravings bad? While cravings are a common pregnancy concern, no one really knows why cravings occur. But if you occasionally indulge, just be sure to keep the portions reasonable and maintain a healthy pregnancy diet.
Morning sickness
Nausea and vomiting are the plight of many moms-to-be, especially in the first trimester. The cause is unknown, but may be due to hormonal changes or lower blood sugar during early pregnancy. Emotional stress, fatigue, traveling or certain foods can also contribute to this common pregnancy concern, and it can be more common when pregnant with multiple babies. As the name suggests, it often occurs in the morning, but can strike at any time during the day.
Try these quick tips to help manage morning sickness:
For severe cases of nausea, consult with your doctor.
Ginger is known to help calm nausea, a common pregnancy concern. Try drinking chilled ginger ale, warm or chilled ginger tea, or sucking on a piece of fresh ginger.
Pregnancy hormones relax your intestinal muscles and slow the movement of food through your intestine. Your baby is also putting pressure on your intestines, slowing down the process even more.
Here are some simple solutions that may help to get things moving again:
Swollen ankles
Ankle swelling is a another common pregnancy concern. Your body is naturally accumulating more fluid for both you and your baby. Hormonal changes may also contribute to the swelling. Swollen ankles seem to be more noticeable in the evening, especially if you've been standing all day.
These tips may help bring relief of swollen ankles:
If the swelling gets noticeably worse, discuss with your doctor.
Heartburn—a burning sensation in the middle of your chest—can occur because your baby's weight is pushing on your stomach and intestines. Because stomach acids are squeezed into the esophagus and the muscle at the top of the esophagus relaxes, it creates the uncomfortable burning sensation we know as "heartburn."
Try making these diet changes to ease heartburn:
Leg cramps
Leg cramps are a common pregnancy concern that happens more often in the third trimester. Generally, leg cramps occur at night and are most likely caused by all the additional weight you're carrying.
Here are some simple solutions to leg cramps:
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Being vegetarian
Vegetarian and vegan diets are safe during pregnancy—if they're well planned with high-quality proteins and a good balance of whole grains, fruit, vegetables and healthy fats. To combat this pregnancy concern, a solution is to take supplements containing: Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Folic Acid, Iron, Calcium and Zinc which will add the important nutrients that might be missing from your diet. Let your obstetrician know if you are (or planning to become) vegetarian or vegan.
Avoiding dairy foods
If you don't eat dairy, Calcium-fortified products like orange juice, soy milk, almond milk and cereals are good non-dairy choices. Non-dairy sources of Calcium are not absorbed as well as dairy-based Calcium, so a Calcium supplement might still be needed. Vitamin D is found mostly in dairy products, so this, too, may need to be supplemented, if you are not in the sunlight most days.
High blood pressure
Gestational hypertension (high blood pressure that occurs during pregnancy) is a common pregnancy concern that requires the attention of your healthcare provider.
In the meantime, here are some helpful tips to combat high blood pressure:
Gestational diabetes
If you have gestational diabetes, always follow the advice of your doctor. No one knows for certain, but it seems that pregnancy hormones interfere with Mom's insulin. This, in turn, causes an imbalance with your baby's insulin, resulting in high blood glucose (sugar) levels. Babies born with imbalanced insulin can be at greater risk of becoming obese or diabetic.
Some things to consider about gestational diabetes, a common pregnancy concern:
Having more than one
Having twins or other multiples means needing more calories. If you started pregnancy under- or overweight, these values may differ, so ask your healthcare provider about your specific pregnancy concerns. However, here's a good rule of thumb:
Daily Calorie Guidelines for Multiple Babies
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Boeing's 'plane of the future' works to overcome past
SEATTLE -- With delay after delay plaguing the aircraft's entry into service, Boeing ultimately had built about 40 by the time it got final Federal Aviation Administration certification. That became a drag on Boeing -- at one point it had $16.2 billion of inventory related to the 787 -- and an important element of the current crisis in which every Dreamliner worldwide has been grounded after two suffered lithium-ion battery failures.
About 800 Dreamliners are still on order from the world's airlines, with years of deliveries ahead on planes whose list price starts at about $207 million. In buying a new model, airlines make major decisions about the future, such as whether to replace old jets or add destinations. Route networks can be determined a decade in advance by a new-generation plane.
"The thing the company has to get right is the 787," Chief Executive Officer James McNerney, a protege of Jack Welch who had a bright career before joining Boeing, told Bloomberg News in 2006. "Executing that program is our biggest opportunity and our biggest risk if we don't do it well."
The 787 is the first U.S. commercial airliner the FAA has grounded since the DC-10 in 1979 after a Chicago crash that killed 271 people. Other countries followed the FAA's 787 lead, in effect parking the global fleet. LOT Polish Airlines's 787 was stranded in Chicago after its maiden trans-Atlantic flight.
U.S. officials and Boeing are investigating whether defective batteries from the same batch caused the failures, according to two people familiar with the incidents. If confirmed, it could show a flaw causing the incidents was confined to a small number of 787s, rather than a systemic fault with the plane's engineering, design or manufacturing, and could speed the resumption of flights.
The issue for Boeing is that the current struggles solidify the existing narrative about the Dreamliner, which has been troubled for years. Its story is a sweep of history that includes the 9/11 attacks, a major corporate merger and the question of why and how the U.S. government ultimately approved technology that, at the moment, may appear flawed.
The 787 is a replacement for Chicago-based Boeing's 767, an aging twin-engine model that has been losing sales to the Airbus A330. It's Boeing's first new commercial jet since the 777 in 1995 and the first produced since the company acquired McDonnell Douglas Corp. in 1997.
Boeing's engineers in the 1990s began working on the plane of the future, an airliner that could approach supersonic speeds. They had done big -- the 747 -- and they were planning their next challenge.
Under Alan Mulally, Boeing's commercial airplane unit proposed a model called the Sonic Cruiser in early 2001. It would fly 95 percent of the speed of sound and shave about an hour off the flight time between New York and London. The Sonic Cruiser project was revered within Boeing and given significant resources and attention.
Several carriers signaled interest, including American Airlines.
Boeing dropped the idea after the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath -- recession, higher oil prices -- spurred airlines to focus on fuel efficiency. Boeing cannibalized technology from the Sonic Cruiser and used it for the proposed 7E7, which wouldn't be any faster than current planes, but would burn 20 percent less fuel. Boeing variously said the "E" stood for "efficiency" or "environmental."
The 7E7 was later renamed the 787, and not just because that was the next logical step in Boeing's lineup after the 777. The number eight is considered lucky in China, and the 787 was supposed to be ready in time for Chinese airlines to debut it at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The new jet would use more composite plastics than any other airliner. While composites had been used for military fighters, and for some parts of other planes like part of the 777's tail, no commercial plane had ever used nearly as much, making it considerably lighter and more fuel-efficient.
That means the airplane could go long distances with two engines instead of four, giving it greater range than its twin- engine peers and better fuel economy than jumbo jets. To do that, the plane would need a new kind of power.
Other aircraft bleed air off the engines for a pneumatic system to power a variety of critical functions, such as air conditioning. That diverts power from the engines that they could otherwise use for thrust, and means they use more fuel.
With an electrical system for the jet's other needs, the engines become much more efficient. The 787 uses five times as much electricity as the 767, enough to power 400 homes. To jump- start a so-called auxiliary power unit that's used on the ground and as a backup in case all the plane's generators failed, Boeing decided on a lithium-ion battery because it holds more energy and can be quickly recharged, Mike Sinnett, the 787 project engineer, said in a briefing last week.
Those capabilities also make lithium-ion cells more flammable than other battery technology, and they can create sparks and high heat if not properly discharged. Chemicals inside the battery are also flammable and hard to extinguish because they contain their own source of oxygen, Sinnett said.
In a worst-case scenario in which the batteries burn, they are designed to do so in a way that doesn't threaten the aircraft, Sinnett said. If the jet is airborne, smoke is supposed to be vented out of the compartment so it doesn't reach the cabin, he said, and the plane's ability to stay aloft wouldn't be harmed even if all of the battery cells ignite.
While all of the work on the 7E7 germinated, Boeing was in the midst of a huge corporate change. The McDonnell Douglas purchase was supposed to boost the defense side of the business, helping balance the cyclical nature of commercial planemaking. Longtime Boeing people still grouse about the move.
McDonnell executives were given a significant role in the combined enterprise. Before this, Boeing had been considered an engineer's company. It had the feel of a gritty sort of family company that cared about making good planes no matter what the cost. It was almost entirely based in Seattle, where Bill Boeing built his first float plane on the shores of Lake Union in 1916.
Now engineers were required to make finances a priority. Boeing's leadership even moved the corporate headquarters to Chicago.
Mulally, then the head of the commercial unit, needed to rein in costs under Chief Operating Officer Harry Stonecipher, who came from McDonnell Douglas and championed boosting shareholder value. Mulally decided he could only build the 7E7 by sharing the investment and costs with suppliers. A new production system was devised, with 70 percent of the plane designed and built by suppliers around the world.
In the past, Boeing had more control over the design and the work of its suppliers. Now, Boeing turned the suppliers into partners instead of servants, and gave up its control.
Orders rolled in -- the most for any new airliner in history.
Boeing's management, meantime, was roiled by scandals, many at the military businesses acquired from McDonnell Douglas. CFO Michael Sears left in 2003 in a procurement scandal -- he later went to jail -- and Boeing CEO Phil Condit quit. Stonecipher resigned in 2005 over an affair with a subordinate.
Competition for the CEO job came down to Mulally, who had led development of the 777 and was a favorite of Boeing's engineers, and McNerney, the former General Electric executive and CEO of 3M Co. The board chose McNerney. Mulally became Ford CEO in 2006 and returned the automaker to profit with a strategy that hinged on vehicle efficiency and quality.
When Boeing rolled out the 787 in a big public ceremony on July 8, 2007 -- 7/8/7 -- the celebration masked the uncompleted jobs and engineering work still to be done. The plane was held together with temporary fasteners.
Meantime, Boeing notified the FAA that it wanted to use lithium-ion rechargeable batteries in ways that had never been tried before on a large commercial jet.
During this period, the FAA was attempting to change its culture. In President George W. Bush's administration, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey began what was known as the "customer-service initiative" to make the agency more responsive to industry, according to a 2003 fact sheet.
Responding to complaints that the agency didn't apply regulations equally and took too long to act, Blakey sought to "make every FAA employee accountable for achieving the agency's mission," the fact sheet said. The FAA would consider airlines and manufacturers, such as Boeing, its customers.
The initiative ran into trouble in 2008 after congressional investigators found that an FAA supervisor in Texas had given Southwest Airlines permission to fly Boeing 737s without performing required inspections for cracks.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, appointed by President Barack Obama, rescinded the initiative in September 2009.
Normally, the design of an aircraft is governed by longstanding federal regulations. In the case of the Dreamliner, there was nothing on the books to guide the FAA on lithium batteries, certain types of which had been banned from passenger flights in 2004 because they were so flammable.
To ensure that the jet was safe, the FAA considered the request under what was known as "special conditions."
In April 2007, the agency said in the Federal Registry that it was considering Boeing's request and asked for comments from other interested parties. Two months later, the Air Line Pilots Association, the largest North American union for flight crews, responded, saying that it conditionally supported the measure, while seeking greater protections.
"We are concerned with a fire erupting in flight, and being able to rapidly extinguish it," wrote Richard Kessel, an engineer with the pilots group. "The special conditions should require that there be a means provided to apply extinguishing agents by the flight (cabin) crew."
The FAA approved the batteries for the 787 in October of that year, according to the Federal Register, rejecting ALPA's request for a requirement that battery fires could be extinguished. The rules were designed to prevent fires from happening in the first place, the FAA said.
The rules, which applied only to the 787, required that battery cells wouldn't overheat, emit toxic gases that could accumulate in the plane, or explode. If a battery did fail, it couldn't damage equipment, wiring or the aircraft's structure, the agency said.
Boeing had said at the rollout that it was targeting a maiden flight in fall 2007 and the first delivery, to All Nippon Airways Co., in May 2008. In October 2007, Boeing acknowledged that suppliers were drastically behind and the plane's entry into service would be delayed.
This was the first postponement. The seventh came after a fire during a test flight in November 2010, which was linked to the new electrical system and which forced the entire test fleet to be grounded for six weeks. That added six months to the delay while Boeing engineers redesigned software and hardware.
In the meantime, Boeing kept building Dreamliners, which is why there were 40 sitting around by the time the first delivery occurred on Sept. 25, 2011.
Usually, far fewer planes are finished by the time a plane is handed over, so if a problem comes up, there aren't that many to fix. In this case, Boeing already has 100 to check out after the battery fires.
"You might build a dozen and put those into service and then start to build more, and a small number might have problems and you fix those and build more," said Richard Aboulafia, a consultant with Teal Group in Fairfax, Va. "That's the unprecedented aspect of this program -- those delays between building the planes and certifying them has been the painful gift that just keeps on giving."
A flaw in a battery, such as a manufacturing defect that allowed the flammable liquid inside to leak, might trigger a fire in one battery cell that would then ignite other cells within the pack, according to tests on generic batteries conducted by the FAA.
"The battery failures resulted in release of flammable electrolytes, heat damage, and smoke on two Model 787 airplanes," the FAA said in a statement. "These conditions, if not corrected, could result in damage to critical systems and structures, and the potential for fire in the electrical compartment."
Blakey, the ex-FAA chief and current president of the Aerospace Industries Association of America trade group, said yesterday that the agency was responding properly to the fire threat discovered on the Dreamliner.
"It makes all the sense in the world to address something early, figure it out and go forward," Blakey said at the Bloomberg Global Markets Summit in New York. "I think all of the customers are going to be pleased that happened, even though it's inconvenient."
The batteries in the Dreamliner were made by Kyoto, Japan- based GS Yuasa Corp., which has said the Dreamliner's faults may go beyond the batteries.
Hiroharu Nakano, a spokesman for GS Yuasa, declined to comment on whether the company has heard any customer complaints. Marc Birtel, a spokesman for Boeing, said he couldn't discuss anything related to the battery probe.
Financial risks to Boeing include possible compensation to buyers under warranty, design and manufacturing expense, and delivery disruptions, Howard Rubel, a Jefferies Group Inc. analyst in New York, told clients in a note.
The most likely outcome may be a cost of about $550 million, according to Rubel, who based his estimates on the probability of different scenarios for Boeing, such as customer reimbursements and spending on any redesign work. His buy rating on Boeing is one of 23 such recommendations in a Bloomberg survey of analysts, along with five holds and one sell.
Boeing's stock has risen 17 percent since July 1, 2005, the day McNerney became CEO. That trails gains of 24 percent for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and 27 percent for Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. in the same period.
In the long run, the 787's struggles may turn out to be another passing phase in the jet's development. This week, at the Detroit auto show, Ford's Mulally was asked about the Dreamliner.
"I haven't been at Boeing for six years now, but I will assure you that the 787 is going to change the flying experience again, just like every other Boeing airplane," he said. "New airplanes are very hard, the issues that they're having right now in the big scheme of things are relatively small. They've worked their way through. It's going to be a fantastic airplane."

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SOURCE: Cornerstone Therapeutics
July 02, 2012 08:03 ET
CARY, NC--(Marketwire - Jul 2, 2012) - Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRTX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing proprietary products for the hospital, and related specialty markets, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex extended-release suspension product. The antitussive/antihistamine combination product is a generic equivalent for the product currently sold under the Tussionex® Pennkinetic® brand name. The product is indicated for the relief of cough and upper respiratory symptoms associated with allergy or a cold in adults and children six years of age and older.
CRTX 067 was developed through a collaboration including Cornerstone, Coating Place, Inc. and Neos Therapeutics, LP, a subsidiary of Neos Therapeutics, Inc. Cornerstone will market the product through its wholly-owned generics subsidiary, Aristos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Coating Place manufactures and supplies the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), including a patent-protected version of hydrocodone polistirex. Neos developed the CRTX 067 drug product formulation using its proprietary formulation technology, Dynamic Time Release Suspension® (DTRS®), and Neos will be the exclusive manufacturer of the approved drug product.
"We are pleased with the FDA's decision to approve our generic antitussive/antihistamine product," said Craig A. Collard, Cornerstone's Chief Executive Officer. "Given the recent industry challenges and changes related to prescription cough and cold medications, this product affords patients an approved generic drug product alternative as well as providing Cornerstone the opportunity for growth."
Collard added, "While Cornerstone recently completed its strategic shift away from primary care, one of our main goals through Aristos is to continue to seek out and introduce opportunistic generic products. The addition of a generic Tussionex to Aristos' product portfolio is yet another successful execution of this plan."
Cornerstone will begin manufacturing its generic antitussive/antihistamine product immediately. Despite competition from other generics, Cornerstone believes that there is a strong market opportunity given the demand that exists within this market. Antitussives are some of the most commonly prescribed medications during cough and cold season. Total prescriptions for Tussionex and related generics were 2.59 million in 2011 according to IMS Health, a third-party provider of prescription data. This represents a 2% increase in prescription volume as compared to 2010. Cornerstone management believes its distribution expertise will allow Cornerstone to effectively gain market share for its generic product.
Important Safety Information
Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex Extended-Release Suspension is contraindicated in children younger than 6 years of age due to the potential occurrence of respiratory depression that can lead to death, and in patients with a recognized allergy or sensitivity to hydrocodone or chlorpheniramine. Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex Extended-Release Suspension inhibits the cough reflex and may be associated with dose-related respiratory depression or irregular and periodic breathing. In the post-operative setting and in patients affected by pulmonary disease or depressed ventilatory function, caution should be used when Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex Extended-Release Suspension is administered. In case of head injury, other intracranial lesions, or a prior increase in intracranial pressure, narcotic-associated respiratory depression and increase in cerebrospinal fluid pressure may be significantly enhanced. Moreover, narcotics are associated with adverse reactions which may mask the clinical course of patients with head injuries. Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex Extended-Release Suspension is a Schedule III narcotic. Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex Extended-Release Suspension should be prescribed and used with caution due to the fact that repeated administration of narcotics is associated with psychic and physical dependence and tolerance. The administration of narcotics may mask the diagnosis of acute abdominal conditions and their clinical course. Obstructive bowel disease may result from the chronic use of narcotics, particularly in patients with intestinal motility disorders. In patients with narrow-angle glaucoma, asthma, or prostatic hypertrophy, caution is needed when prescribing this drug. Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex Extended-Release Suspension should be used with caution in elderly or debilitated patients and those with severe hepatic or renal dysfunction, hypothyroidism, Addison's disease, prostatic hypertrophy, or urethral stricture.
About Cornerstone Therapeutics
Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRTX), headquartered in Cary, N.C., is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing products for the hospital, niche respiratory and related specialty markets. Key elements of the Company's strategy are to focus its commercial and internal development efforts in the hospital and related specialty product sector within the U.S. pharmaceutical marketplace; continue to seek out opportunities to acquire companies and marketed and/or registration-stage products that fit within the Company's focus areas; and generate revenues by marketing approved generic products through the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Aristos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. For more information, visit www.crtx.com.
About Neos Therapeutics, Inc.
Neos Therapeutics, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and sale of FDA approved drug products which utilize the Company's proprietary delivery technologies. Neos' drug products are being developed using the Dynamic Time Release Suspension® (DTRS®) and Rapidly Disintegrating Ionic Masking™ (RDIM™) technologies, that deliver controlled-release (CR) small molecule APIs in either liquid or orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) dosage forms. By utilizing APIs that are FDA-approved and known to be safe and effective, Neos can reduce development and regulatory risk and efficiently advance targeted proprietary Rx products through the FDA's 505(b)(2) New Drug Application (NDA) approval process. For more information, visit www.neostx.com.
About Coating Place, Inc.
Coating Place is an established niche pharmaceutical company specializing in Wurster fluid bed technology focused on drug delivery system development and contract manufacturing. It provides its customers with modified & extended release bulk active products through innovative development, unique manufacturing capabilities and integrated quality philosophy. Coating Place's extended-release drug-resin API's were developed using its patented DRC Technology combined with its trade secret linear scale-able Wurster manufacturing process. For more information, visit www.encap.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained herein, other than statements of historical fact, including our strategy and our future operations and opportunities, including our plans regarding the manner and timing for the manufacture, launch and sale of our Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex extended-release suspension product constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including our ability to satisfy FDA and other regulatory requirements, our ability to develop and maintain the necessary sales, marketing, supply chain, distribution and manufacturing capabilities to commercialize our products, and our ability to successfully commercialize our generic products, including our Hydrocodone Polistirex and Chlorpheniramine Polistirex extended-release suspension product, in a market that has existing generic products, and the other factors described in Item 1A (Risk Factors) of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 6, 2012. In addition, the statements in this press release reflect our expectations and beliefs as of the date of this release, and these statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any other date and do not reflect the potential impact of any acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, business development transactions, joint ventures or investments that we may make or enter into. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our expectations and beliefs to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements publicly at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Tussionex® and Pennkinetic® are registered trademarks of the UCB Group of companies.
Dynamic Time Release Suspension® and DTRS® are registered trademarks of Neos Therapeutics, LP, and Rapidly Disintegrating Ionic Masking™ and RDIM™ are trademarks of Neos Therapeutics, Inc.
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DECATURVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of kidnapping and killing 20-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo, whose highly publicized disappearance happened almost three years ago.
Despite an arrest in the case, there are plenty of questions authorities have yet to answer. What was the connection between the suspect, Zachary Adams, and Bobo? How did she die? And have authorities found her body?
In the days following Adams' arrest, authorities have been tight-lipped about evidence in the investigation, saying only that it is ongoing.
Adams appeared in a Decatur County courtroom Tuesday and was arraigned on charges of especially aggravated kidnapping and first-degree murder. Adams was shackled at the wrists and wore a black and gray striped shirt during the hearing, which lasted less than five minutes. Relatives and friends of Bobo attended the hearing.
Attorney Jennifer Lynn Thompson entered the plea on Adams' behalf. Circuit Court Judge Charles Creed McGinley asked Adams if he understood the charges, and Adams replied, "Yes, sir."
Nashville defense attorney David Raybin, a former prosecutor, said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation must have had some sort of break in the case, given the recent flurry of activity, including multiple search warrants. Raybin said prosecutors may have decided charge Adams because they didn't want the case to get any colder.
"They may have concluded that they will never find a body and the case is not going to get any stronger," Raybin said. "Witnesses die and evidence evaporates. It could be that it was now or never."
In Parsons, near where Bobo disappeared in West Tennessee, townspeople were looking for closure.
"There's a lot of unanswered questions," said Ronda Philpott, who attended the school where Bobo's mother taught. "At this point in time, it's believed that Holly's deceased and the most important thing now is for her poor family to have some peace."
Prosecutors are considering asking for the death penalty if they get a conviction.
Adams is the only suspect named by authorities since Bobo disappeared on the morning of April 13, 2011, outside her home near Parsons, about 120 miles northeast of Memphis. Her brother told police that he saw a man dressed in camouflage leading her away into the woods.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, local law enforcement and privately-hired search teams have looked for Bobo over the years. Relatives and friends held out hope that Bobo would be found alive like Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped and held captive for nine months when she was 14 in Utah. Smart even spoke at Bobo's high school in August 2012.
As searchers scoured thick woods, old barns and open fields, townspeople adorned light poles, mailboxes and storefronts with pink bows because Bobo was last seen wearing a pink shirt and carrying a pink purse. Posters announcing a reward could be found throughout Tennessee and in other states, too.
Attention in the case was revived about two weeks ago, when authorities searched property near Adams' home in the Holladay community, about 15 miles from Bobo's home. Adams was arrested on a separate aggravated assault charge before his indictment March 5.
Before he was charged with Bobo's murder, Adams told The Jackson Sun "I'm not the one."
Adams has a list of prior charges in several West Tennessee jurisdictions, including driving without a license, disorderly conduct, probation violation, drug possession and assault. Records show he served six months in jail for shooting his mother in the knee in 2004 with a handgun. In court documents in that case, his stepfather Joseph King said his family feared for their lives.
"He shot his mother point blank ... and is a danger to us and the community and our relatives," King wrote.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn did not say during last week's news conference whether Adams knew Bobo. But throughout the investigation, community members worried that the person who took Bobo lived in the area. Parents feared leaving their teenage children unsupervised and residents locked their doors, Philpott said.
Bobo's family said in a statement after the charges were announced that their faith will give them the strength to see them through the ordeal.
"In the recent days, it feels like everything has come against our hope and it seems that all our trust was shattered," the statement said.
Outside the courthouse, Memphis attorney Steve Farese said the Bobo family was doing as well as can be expected.
"It will help them if a conviction is had and the facts and circumstances are brought to light," said Farese, who is representing the family.
Farese said he expects "bits and pieces" of information to be released in coming weeks.
An April 9 status hearing has been set.
Associated Press writer Travis Loller in Nashville contributed to this report.


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January 29. 2014 10:53PM
NH business owners respond to President's $10.10 minimum wage challenge
By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
From pizza parlors to the State House, bosses on Wednesday pondered a suggestion from President Obama to raise their wages to $10.10 an hour, a minimum wage not expected to get through Congress easily, if at all .
After lauding a Minneapolis pizzeria owner for raising wages to $10, the President urged business owners to do the same. In focusing on pizza parlors, he chose a business that struggles with tight margins and high employee turnover.
"People don't want to spend more than $10 for a pizza. I'd have to sell a lot of pizzas to pay someone $75 for a shift," said Don Robey, manager of Luisa's Italian Pizza in Manchester. He said he pays managers and longtime employees more than $10 an hour, but much of his help are high-school students. If workers get a raise for no reason, they have no motivation to work harder, Robey said.
But at the pizza restaurant 900 Degrees, owner Priscilla Lane-Rondeau said most of her workers make $10 an hour. The exceptions are hostesses and some kitchen help such as dishwashers.
And even they earn more than the state minimum of $7.25 an hour, she said.
"The minimum wage is very low for the quality of people we would like to get in," Lane-Rondeau said.
In his State of the Union address, Obama said he will demand a minimum pay rate of $10.10 on all future federal contracts. "To every mayor, governor, state legislator in America, I say you don't have to wait for Congress to act — Americans will support you if you take this on," he said.
Gov. Maggie Hassan said nothing when asked via email about low wages in state government and state contracts.
"We have not had an opportunity to explore those suggestions," said her spokesman, Marc Goldberg.
The state of New Hampshire pays 560 workers less than $10.10 an hour, according to Administrative Services Commissioner Linda Hodgdon, who oversees the state personnel office. Most of them — 350 — work on labor crews at state parks and earn $9.96 an hour.
"They're part-time, summer jobs, seasonal. They're filled by college students and retirees," said Lorna Colquhoun, spokesman for the state Department of Resources and Economic Development. State contracts that involve federal dollars must comply with federal regulations that set base pay for construction and service workers. But vendors with other state contracts have no such requirement, Hodgdon said.
The city of Manchester offers only two jobs that start at less than $10.10 — library page and recreation aide. Mayor Ted Gatsas said pay is determined when a worker is hired.
"If they're lifeguards, they're lifeguards. It's a part-time, summer job," he said.


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Michigan Tech Tops the Nation in Numbers of Peace Corps Master's International Volunteers for Sixth Year in a Row
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
Michigan Technological University once again has more Peace Corps Master's International (PCMI) graduate students actively serving as Peace Corps volunteers than any other college or university in the nation. Michigan Tech has 32 PCMI students currently on Peace Corps assignments. There are also a number of students on campus fulfilling the academic portions of their master's degrees.
The national Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C., announced today that Michigan Tech has earned the top spot for the sixth consecutive year. Tulane University placed second, and the University of Washington was third.
"Michigan Tech's PCMI program is successful because it spans such a wide range of opportunities that Tech has available," " said Blair Orr, professor in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science and director of PCMI programs at the University. "We have a large international community on campus and a wide range of activities that complement Peace Corps. Groups like Engineers Without Borders, NOSOTROS (a Hispanic-Latin cultural organization) and Global City add breadth across campus and make this a good place to be in a Peace Corps Master's International program."
Tech has many faculty and staff actively involved in the eight PCMI programs, as well as community members and the graduate students themselves, Orr went onto say. "The students are interested in more than one academic discipline, and we see them taking classes outside their home departments. They know those courses will benefit them while they are in the Peace Corps and over the course of their entire careers."
Michigan Tech became a PCMI partner in 1995, eight years after the program began. Offering eight distinct programs in eight different departments, Tech also has the largest number of Master's International programs in the country. They include applied natural resource economics, biological sciences, civil and environmental engineering, forest resources and environmental science, mechanical engineering, natural hazards mitigation (geology), rhetoric and technical communication and science education.
Over the Peace Corps's 50 years, 185 Michigan Tech alumni have served as volunteers, more than half of all the volunteers from Michigan. PCMI graduate students have served all over the world, including Armenia, Belize, Bulgaria, Fiji, Gabon, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Paraguay and Zambia, to name a just few.
The Peace Corps partners with more than 80 colleges and universities across the nation to enable graduate students to earn a master's degree while serving in the Peace Corps. PCMI students begin their graduate studies on campus, serve overseas with the Peace Corps for two years, doing volunteer work on projects related to their graduate studies. Then they return to school to complete their graduate work.
PCMI programs attract top-notch students and help the Peace Corps meet the worldwide demand for highly skilled professionals by providing countries in need with qualified volunteers.
"Every year, hundreds of Peace Corps volunteers pair meaningful service with graduate studies through Peace Corps' Master's International and Fellows/USA programs," said Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams. "After completing Peace Corps service, volunteers return to the United States as global citizens, with leadership, cross-cultural understanding, and language and technical skills that position them well for a successful graduate school experience. "
Fellows/USA is a program that provides scholarships, academic credit and stipends to volunteers who have already completed Peace Corps service when they decide to enroll in a graduate program.
President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. Throughout 2011, Peace Corps is commemorating 50 years of promoting peace and friendship around the world. Historically, more than 200,000 Americans have served with the Peace Corps to promote a better understanding between Americans and the people of 139 host countries. Today, 8,655 volunteers are working with local communities in 77 host countries.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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As spring turns to summer, every cyclist needs a pair of lightweight arm-warmers for those long rides that start a bit chilly, then warm up as the day progresses. The Earnley Lycra Arm Warmers from dhb are just the job.
I used them in a recent 70-mile training ride. At 8am there was still a nip in the air, so I was glad to have the Earnleys keeping me warm. But by 10 the sun was out, and it was great to slip them off and top up the tan. Being Lycra, they rolled up very small and fitted easily in my jersey back pocket, without feeling bulky.
Construction quality seems good; there were no loose threads on the seams. To stop the arm-warmers from falling down, there's band of rubbery zig-zag thread to grip your arm round the biceps. Available colours are black, blue and red. Other features include the dhb logo on just one of the arms.
Thanks to the anatomic cut, there's a bit of a bend, so the fabric doesn't crease inside your elbow. They were also plenty long enough. These are definite spring/summer items though; for colder days, you'll need something thicker like the Earnley Roubaix arm warmer perhaps.
The only downside is the choice of just two sizes: small/medium and large/x-large. I'm an average chap and rashly went for the larger size. I would have been better with the former. The dhb brand is exclusive to on-line store Wiggle and all the sizing info is on their website, so check this carefully before buying.
Overall, these are a good bit of kit. They keep your arms warm, then tuck away small when not required. What more can you ask?
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All of you will be familiar with WebKit's history, and how Blink fits nicely into the circle of code. WebKit was originally a fork off KHTML, the rendering engine built by the KDE project. Apple forked KHTML into WebKit, which was then adopted by virtually everyone else in the industry, save for Mozilla and Microsoft. Blink now mirrors WebKit's origins.
The reasons for forking WebKit, according to Google, are architectural. For instance, Chromium uses a different multi-process architecture than WebKit itself, which leads to a lot of additional code complexity for both Chromium and WebKit. This, in turn, is a hindrance to innovation. Of course, another major reason is undoubtedly that by forking WebKit, Google will be able to implement things and change code around without having to worry about the impact it'll have on WebKit itself.
Blink will do a few things differently from WebKit. The most important one I could find, and probably to the delight of many, Blink will retire the use of vendor prefixes, following in Mozilla's footsteps. "Historically, browsers have relied on vendor prefixes (e.g., -webkit-feature) to ship experimental features to web developers. This approach can be harmful to compatibility because web content comes to rely upon these vendor-prefixed names," Blink's FAQ states, "Going forward, instead of enabling a feature by default with a vendor prefix, we will instead keep the (unprefixed) feature behind the 'enable experimental web platform features' flag in about:flags until the feature is ready to be enabled by default. Mozilla has already embarked on a similar policy."
Blink is open source - it's part of the Chromium project - so others are free to adopt it as well. One browser maker has already announced it's using Blink: Opera. "It's great to be able to talk publicly about Blink, the new engine that will power Opera's browsers (disclosure: my employer, but this is a personal post) and Chrome henceforth," writes Opera's Bruce Lawson, "I know a lot of people worried that there would be less diversity on the Web once Opera Presto was retired, and the forking of WebKit into Blink restores that balance. Opera will be contributing to Blink in future."
Together with the announcement of Mozilla's and Samsung's Servo rendering engine, today has been a great day for the web. The web was in danger of falling victim of another monoculture - something we've experienced to the web's detriment before - and today's announcements make sure that's not going to happen. As a web developer, your life may have just become a bit more difficult - and that's a good thing, as it forces you to write as non-rendering engine specific as possible, and both Google and Mozilla dumping vendor specific prefixes will help a great deal here too.
Great news for the web, great news for competition, and thus great news for all of us. Expect Blink in your Chrome soon.


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Why does your mother live with you?
I get that question a lot. I usually tell folks it's because she's blind and has some other health issues. Here are some other reasons I never mention.
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What do you do when you need help caring for a family member at home, but don't want a stranger in the house?
My mom was in her 50s when we first looked into hiring a home health aide to help her around the house. Unlike the typical elderly or senior person most home attendants are called to care for, mom was still pretty young, in her 50s then. But she was now blind after a surgery didn't go as we hoped.…Continue
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A reader contacted me recently to ask for advice dealing with an elderly neighbor who constantly makes sexually inappropriate comments. It seems the 73-year old can't help talking about the reader's buttocks whenever they meet or talk on the phone about neighborhood business.
Before you label the neighbor a dirty old man, you should know that the elderly neighbor is a married woman with adult grandchildren.Continue
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I read something recently about a trend in nursing home care that concerned me. Many facilities are cutting staff in the wake of declining admissions as state and federal governments cut funding to Medicare and Medicaid programs and more senior citizens and disabled people turn to alternative sources like adult day care and outpatient rehabilitation services.
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The Ducks shattered a stereotype or two during their grinding 2-1 victory Thursday over the Kings at the Honda Center, which was to say they flexed their muscles and took a game away from a team that's generally regarded as being as tough as a night in jail.
It was, as Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau would later say, "a man's game," a bruising test of wills in the corners and in front of the nets. Instead of trying to skate away from the Kings, as in the past, the Ducks dug in their heels and took it to their more physical rivals.
"We've had our difficulties with them the last year and a half," Ducks defenseman Ben Lovejoy said. "We know we're going to have to go through them to win the Stanley Cup. Tonight was not a great effort out of the Ducks in the first period. But we're a team that knows we can turn it on."
Lovejoy's bone-jarring hit on Jarret Stoll sparked the Ducks in the second period.
Dustin Penner and Patrick Maroon scored second-period goals enabling the NHL-leading Ducks to rally from a 1-0 first-period deficit in the first of two games between the budding rivals. The Kings (29-17-6) play host to the Ducks (38-10-5) on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
Expect more of the same.
"We should have some fire in our belly and be upset," forward Justin Williams said after the Kings lost their fourth consecutive game. "You have a home-and-home with a team in our division and atop our league right now, you better have some fire in your belly, and we'll have that."
The Kings took a 1-0 lead on Anze Kopitar's first goal in 11 games, a rebound into an open net only 3 minutes, 13 seconds into the game. After a Ducks turnover, Trevor Lewis raced ahead of the flatfooted defense and delivered a shot that goalie Frederik Andersen handled.
Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin didn't get back quickly enough to prevent Kopitar from scoring for the first time since Dec. 31 against the Dallas Stars, though. The Kings outplayed the Ducks the rest of the first period and outshot them by 13-4.
Falling behind isn't the curse for the Ducks that it is for other NHL teams, however. The Ducks improved to a stunning 16-6-1 when the opposition scores first. By way of contrast, none of the league's other 29 teams is over .500 when trailing to start a game.
Penner scored the tying goal on a power play at 13:51 of the second period, chipping a rebound into the net for his first goal against his former team. Penner's goal was his 12th in 41 games this season with the Ducks. He had 11 goals in 117 games over two-plus seasons with the Kings.
Maroon, a fourth-line grinder who would fit in nicely with the Kings' physical style of play, then put the Ducks ahead 2-1 at 17:53 of the second. Maroon beat Jonathan Quick with a wraparound, swinging behind the net and stuffing the puck home from the right post.
Andersen blanked the Kings the rest of the way, stopping 30 shots by game's end.
"I think one of the reasons we've been so successful as a team this year is we can play any style," Lovejoy said. "We can play with speed teams. We have that speed and skill and we can match up with the big, physical teams like L.A.
"I don't think we beat them at their own game. I think we imposed the kind of game we wanted in the second and third. We need to continue to do that. Until we can beat them in the playoffs or win our own Stanley Cup, they'll have the upper hand.
"One game in January doesn't mean we're a better team than them. They played a great game tonight. We were one goal better. Barely."


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Searching for the truth about American Indians: A review of All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos)
All Indians Do Not Live In Teepees (or Casinos)
Catherine C. Robbins
408 pages, softcover: $26.95.
University of Nebraska Press, 2011.
"This is a personal book," Catherine C. Robbins writes in the preface to All Indians Do Not Live In Teepees (or Casinos), a collection of her journalistic essays. Robbins is not Indian, but she is also "not an Indian wannabe," she says, and is "neither 'going native' nor finding salvation in Indian life." Rather, her goal is to document the mistreatment of American Indians -- something she often witnessed during 25 years as a journalist -- while revealing how contemporary Natives are generating new energy and vision from their turbulent past. Robbins does more than simply report facts; she provides cultural commentary through her personal experiences, and infuses present-day events with well-researched historical context.
Robbins focuses largely on the tribes based in her home territory, the Southwestern United States. She begins with a detailed account of an eight-year repatriation process that ended in 1999, when Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology returned 2,000 ancestral remains and artifacts to the Jemez/Pecos Pueblo in New Mexico. According to Robbins, that repatriation "united and strengthened" the Pueblo people and inspired other tribes to make formal requests for the return of artifacts. Another chapter chronicles the brouhaha over a zoo on the Navajo Reservation. Some tribal members viewed caging wild animals as a violation of their sacred relationship with nature, while others envisioned the zoo as a teaching facility for students. "Tribal members," Robbins writes, "debate about the proper proportion of traditional to modern as noisily as classical philosophers in Athens might have argued their own issues."
No single book can do more than scratch the surface of the complex contemporary lives of Native peoples. But Robbins has helpfully provided nearly 60 pages of detailed notes, along with useful lists of books, places and websites -- a plethora of resources readily available to anyone willing to look beyond the popular culture's stereotypes of American Indians.


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Castillon to present Distinguished Faculty Lecture Nov. 12
Lamar University has honored Catalina Castillon, associate professor of English and modern languages, as the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer for 2013.
"Hispanic Literary Heritage: An American Experience" will be the topic of her lecture, sponsored by ExxonMobil, to be presented Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in the University Theatre. The Lamar University Faculty Senate will host the lecture, which is open to the public without charge.
Castillon is the 27th recipient of the honor – one of the highest accorded a Lamar faculty member. A committee of faculty, staff, students and community representatives make the selection. A resident of Beaumont, Castillon has been a member of the Lamar faculty since 1991.
"The fact that I was chosen is an incredible honor," Castillon said. "I hope to live up to the committee's expectations – and go beyond. I believe my topic is very up to date and accessible to the general public . . . I want to make it entertaining and not just informative. People who come can definitely expect to see something that is extremely cultural."
Castillon wrote in her proposal: "Hispanic literary heritage is a cultural treasure in the United States that receives little attention. However, when learning about it, we acquire a sense of the American experience. Hispanics in the United States have transformed the culture of this country while contributing to its development . . . It is a heritage that contributes to, enriches and embodies what it means to be American."
She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but grew up in Spain, then returned to the U.S. after receiving a scholarship to Mount Holyoke College.
Castillon earned the doctor of philosophy in Hispanic literature and linguistics from the University of Houston in 2007. She has three other degrees: the Master of Arts in Hispanic literature and linguistics from the University of Massachusetts, Master of Science in deaf studies/habilitation from Lamar and a law degree from the University de Seville in Spain. In addition, Castillon earned a certificate of general studies, with distinction, from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.
Her Lamar honors include the University Merit Award, College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, two Distinguished Teaching Bonus Awards and listing in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. She is a partner/representative, consultant and participant in the National Endowment for the Arts' 2012-13 "Big Read" project in Southeast Texas. The Lamar University Modern Languages Competition honored Castillon with an award for "Outstanding Contribution and Dedication." She earned a Scholar-in-Residence Grant to study Galician folklore and the unedited work of Cipriano Torre Enciso from the Fundacion Torre Pujales in Spain.
Memberships include Sigma Delta Pi national collegiate Hispanic honor society and Phi Beta Delta honor society for international scholars, which she serves as president of Lamar's Beta Xi Chapter.
Castillon is author of the upcoming monographic volume, On Galician Folklore, and co-editor of two other books, as well as having written book chapters and scholarly articles. She has more than two-dozen presentations to her credit. Other professional activities include service as research director for the Beck Scholarship and McNair Scholars programs and Honors Program students at LU. She is sponsor and organizer of Lamar's Hispanic Cultural Series.
James Esser, university professor of psychology, was the 2012 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. Other honorees, in addition to James Esser, have been Donna Birdwell, anthropology; Keith Carter and Jerry Newman, art; Richard Harrel, biology; George Irwin, physics; Rafael Tadmor, chemical engineering; Jean Andrews, deaf studies/deaf education; Jim Jordan and Jim Westgate, earth and space sciences; R.S. "Sam" Gwynn and Jim Sanderson, English; Kenneth Rivers, French; William Pampe, geology; John Carroll, Ronald Fritze, John Storey, J. Lee Thompson and Naaman Woodland, history; Dianna Rivers, nursing; Joe Pizzo, physics; Terri Davis, political science; Dorothy Sisk, professional pedagogy; and Christine Bridges-Esser, Spanish.


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GRAY, KY --A Kentucky coroner says two adults and five children were killed in a house fire in a rural southeastern Kentucky community.
Knox County Coroner Mike Blevins said Saturday that the names of the deceased were not being immediately released. Blevins said officials were trying to confirm the identities.
Blevins and Kentucky State Police say the cause of the blaze in the Gray community near Corbin remained under investigation.
Troopers say someone called Knox County 911 about the fire at 9:57 a.m. Eastern time Saturday. Firefighters remained at the scene battling the blaze for hours.
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Whether it's a resurrection or not depends on how you do the math — like maybe re-starting something that was barely started at all should count, right?
I was working on this green CeCe last year around this time and stalled [mental block on knitting sleeves in-the-round].
Rippit/rResuscitate and we have 2 flat sleeves! [I didn't actually knit them on the same needle but put them there to hold and wait while I finish the Body of the garment.]
I cast on for that yesterday and have an inch and a half done so far. RISE!
Rise as fast as bread! Rise fast as the weeds growing in my back yard I say!
Nothing is faster —
We are in the process of re-doing our *landscaping*. What passes for organized bushes and other green stuff is a compilation of old and new — the stuff the developer/builder threw into the ground a few years ago and stuff we've been adding as we go.
It is way less than ideal, especially the original stuff — trees planted smack dab in the middle of the yard, in incorrect conditions so they couldn't thrive or just the wrong kind of plant. Really. Got to. GO.
This last weekend we had a fellow come in and take out a monstrously huge Privet hedge. While this can be a great fast-growing bush, in a small profile area it just takes over. We could barely open the garage entry door or walk between the houses without being bussed around the head and shoulders by a hedge so bloated and huge one did anything to avoid having to walk near it. Our tree fellow made short work of it with a chain saw but disappeared half-way through the job.
This is not unusual in the Big City.
Finding coherent workman who will Get It Done like they say they will is almost a miraculous occurence. We thought we hit solid gold because we saw this guy working on our neighbor's stuff. Hee. Different day, different sh*t. He not only didn't finish our job on the first day, but left a fair amount of cut branches in the street blocking parking and maybe scratching cars going by. I went out and piled them in the parkway and just started to churn.
Who thinks the Fellow actually returned my phone calls? [I have a bridge I'd like to sell you!]
Instead, his wife calls at 10am Sunday morning (sorry our truck broke down) and says they're on their way to wrap it up and I'm actually happy because no one will have to be telephonically flogged (which BTW, I do rather well). I'm skeptical but show up he does — with a rather shady guy who looks like he came straight from the deck of the Black Pearl — dirty scarf around his head, glazed, greasy skin, 5 o'clock shadow at 11am! But he also has a Machine — one that gobbles and dissolves the stumps they left from the day before. And to make nice, my fellow manually digs up a stump too close to the house so he won't kill the surrounding bushes with the Stump Buster wheels. All is forgiven. All that remains are plans for the fresh and new!


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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
My Top 3 Bits of Advice for Blogging
Here they are:
1) Know Your Goal
Are you blogging to attract clients, to attract distant cousins or to share your knowledge about a geographic region or a particular topic? If you are a professional genealogist, make sure your blog posts talk about types of projects that would attract your ideal type of client. When attracting distant cousins make sure you write about those ancestors that you might share in common.
2) Write from Your Heart
Your blog will become a labor if you don't write from your heart. Write about what truly interests you and inspires you. If you have to force yourself to write you will soon tire of blogging or at the very least will not enjoy the process and it will feel like work.
3) Stick to Guns
Don't let yourself be influenced by other people when it comes to how you present your blog and what you write about. The one person determining your content should be you. Write about what feels comfortable. That goes for your writing style too. Don't feel that you need to write in a certain way or show a certain personality to attract readers. Just be true to yourself and review your goal every once in a while and hopefully it will all flow naturally.
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Thanks for the advice. I need to give more thought to my goals. I hope I did the right thing when I created several locality-specific genealogy blogs (UK/Australia, Yorkshire, Queensland) in addition to the more general 'Genealogy Leftovers'.ReplyDelete
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Thank you, Marian, I think I needed that assurance!ReplyDelete
@Judy - I think I'll post about this issue, on my next Follow Friday, using Marian's post here as a referral. I have three or four blogs that I need to maintain, for me. How we each handle them, in line with our goal, is the challenge.
All good advice, especially the "write from the heart." if we're not connected deeply to what we write about, who else will be?ReplyDelete
I know I read this post once before, but since I'm teaching a class to potential new bloggers, this is good advice.ReplyDelete


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This map guide is still a work in progress; some parts are very incomplete, and some chapters are not yet fit for publicaiton. Contributions have been made by yeti_c, Gimil, Oaktown, wcaclimbing, MrBenn, IanCanton, WidowMakers, RjBeals, taCkTiX, cairnswk, and of course AndyDufresne and lack himself.
Part 1: Foundry Process and Infrastructure
Hi, and welcome to the foundry! Whether or not you intend to creat a map of your own, we hope you keep returning, as public input is what keeps the foundry running. Each map exists in its own development thread, where mapmakers receive input from the rest of the community, helping them balance the gameplay and improve the graphics. The maps progress from one forum to the next, receiving "stamps" from the Foundry Mods and Foundry Assistants as the maps meet certain criteria.
The rules of map making
Before starting your own map it is recommend that you read and understand the following rules to ensure that the process is as enjoyable and efficient as possible for you and the community at large.
Some good foundry conduct
We know everyone has there own way of doing things. Below is just our advice to you on good foundry conduct when it comes to posting map updates or posting feedback to a map you have interest in.
Map making medals and our copyright agreement
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Liz's Favorite Posts of 2010
Photographing New York homes for Re-Nest, I've been very impressed with the ways people carve serene spaces out of city chaos. With every shoot, I fall in love with some fantastic feature - say a rooftop atrium or rustic wood shelving - and also glean an easy idea or two for my tiny apartment. Similarly, my favorite posts this year are a mix of eye-candy inspiration and practical projects for my own home.
My Favorite Posts from Re-Nest
- Melissa and Stephen's Preserved Spanish Revival: Celeste profiled some great West Coast homes this year. This California beauty had me at wisteria-covered poolside patio.
- Samantha and Ron's Tranquil Oasis: An Asian flair and a two-story atrium for towering palm trees – yes, please! Therese's tours have given me a new appreciation for Wisconsin style.
- Lori's Peaceful Quaker Cloister: This New York farmhouse has a great history. Also, I adore the rustic wood and plant-filled bathroom.
- A Healthy Plant is a Happy Plant: Cleaning Tips for Plants: It had never occurred to me that houseplants need showers too – after all, they're missing the rain. I gave a particularly dusty tree a good rinse, and its been happy as a clam ever since.
- DIY Vertical Succulent Garden Panels by Flora Grubb: Living wall art, made from succulents. This is at the top of my wish list for 2011.
- How to Make Modern Cement Planters Using Packaging: A cool how-to on making cement planters.
- How To Clean Your Bathtub With A Grapefruit & Salt: My husband has always sworn by scrubbing with citrus. Sarah Rae shows there might be something to it!
- How to Clone Your Herbs: A simple way to keep my herb garden going all winter long. Thanks to this post, I've got basil sprouting happily on my windowsill.
- Small Space Alert! 4 People and a Dog in 180 Square Feet: Ok, I know this is originally an Apartment Therapy post, but I am totally smitten by this tiny cabin, and the family's account of what they learned about construction – and themselves – as they built it.
- Nick and Rachel's Creative Warehouse Loft: Shooting this loft dispelled some of my misconceptions about what it takes to live "green" in New York City - owning your own place, hiring designers and dropping serious cash. Instead, this talented young couple created a beautiful home with just a flair for design and an eye for turning found objects into works of art.
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Welcome to Re-Nest's end-of-year roundup!
We're making our way through 2010 and rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts. Also on deck during this time: the Re-Nest editors get personal in our "Meet the Team" series, a special group of guest bloggers share their green resolutions, and we go big with Green City Guides, from Montreal to Madison.
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I like the idea of using CSS rather than PNG's – even in days of double figure broadband size is still important. I'm also hoping more design control (without the size overhead) is going to allow me to realise the mockups I work into html/css for some of my 'print orientated' designer friends.
I am concerned that the effort required in creating the IE fallback version will result in me tearing my hair out with frustration!


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It looks like turkey hunters in the Old Dominion will soon have an extra day to enjoy their sport, according to a report released Jan. 27, 2012, by The National Shooting Sports Foundation.
NSSF reports legislation (SB 464) to end the ban on Sunday hunting in Virginia was in the State Senate with an overwhelming vote of 29-11 to allow Sunday hunting on private lands. Companion legislation will now move to the House of Delegates for a vote.
From the release:
"Yesterday's vote was a great step forward in our campaign to allow Sunday hunting in Virginia," said National Shooting Sports Foundation Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane. "We applaud Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk) for his fortitude and resolve in championing this bill through the Virginia State Senate."
NSSF is encouraging all sportsmen in Virginia to contact their state delegates and urge them to support SB 464. This legislation is limited to private lands and public marshes only and excludes deer hound hunting.
Allowing sportsmen in Virginia to go afield on Sundays is part of larger effort to increase participation in hunting that also involves improving access and opportunity for sportsmen living in the state. Since most hunters take to the field on weekends, removing barriers to Sunday hunting will effectively double the value of most hunters' licenses.
The benefits of Sunday hunting, however, would not be limited to the sportsmen's community. An economic impact report released by a coalition of America's leading conservation, sportsmen's and hunting organizations has found that removal of Sunday hunting restrictions would result in an estimated 3,927 new Virginia jobs. The report also notes that these jobs would pay more than $105 million in wages and contribute more than $296 million in additional economic activity to the commonwealth. Given this potential economic boom, the coalition is moving forward rapidly.
"With yesterday's victory in the State Senate, we are now moving our focus to the House of Delegates," said NSSF Director of Government Relations Jake McGuigan. "Given that hunting license sales in Virginia have dropped from 500,000 in the mid 1970′s to 300,000 today, we need to educate sportsmen that in order to save one tradition, we need to modify another."
NSSF is a member of the Sunday hunting coalition which includes the National Rifle Association, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, Archery Trade Association, Bass Pro Shops, Boone and Crockett Club, Cabela's, Delta Waterfowl, Mule Deer Foundation, National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses, Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, Quality Deer Management Association, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Safari Club International, U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and the Wildlife Management Institute.
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I thought it may be useful to have a forum were we can post links to great Photoshop actions...and in particular freebies.
My favorite company by far is Pure Photoshop actions. I have a majority of their sets and can definitely stand by the quality of their work. Their actions are so subtle but can be layered for a more dramatic look. They have a few freebies so that you can try them out (one of which is one of my main go to actions for most photos). Here's a link to their freebie page...
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Another is Paint the Moon actions. They are much more dramatic and have a huge color pop quality to them. I only have the freebies and to be honest haven't used them all that much. That said...they may be useful for some people.
MCP actions also provides some freebies but again I haven't really dug into them.
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And finally, The Coffee Shop Blog. There's so many useful freebie downloads I don't know where to begin. I haven't really tried their actions...but I love their templates and such.
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Do you know of any Photoshop action freebies?? Is there a company that you think does fantastic work?


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North American Monarch butterflies are known for their uncanny ability to migrate thousands of miles en masse ahead of the cold season in the Rockies to the warmer climates of California and Mexico. Monarchs are also known for their size and their distinctive orange and black markings, which serve not only as eye candy for humans but also as a warning to predators that they would be poisonous if consumed. This protective poisonous shield is derived from one unique aspect of their life cycle:
Like all butterflies, the life cycle of monarch is one of metamorphic - from egg to larvae/caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. The monarch caterpillar can only feed on the milkweed plant, and female monarch butterflies will only lay eggs on a milkweed species.
Milkweed contains several poisonous substances called cardenolides that are toxic. But the monarch caterpillar, who will eat 2700 times its initial weight in milkweed, will pass down a poisonous shield to its future self so that it can fearlessly flit about the garden and openly display its beauty for all to see.
There are over 140 species of milkweed. These drought tolerant plants typically grow to about 2 1/2 feet. They are perennials and can thrive in both clay and sandy loam soils types. Ron Briggs, of Ojai, California grows milkweed for monarchs to lay their eggs. Once the eggs become larvae, he covers the plants with a gauze tent to keep flies from laying eggs on the larvae. When the chrysalis begins to hatch he uncovers the pots.
The poisonous milkweed plant has a bitter taste and grazing animals tend to avoid it unless penned up with nothing else to eat. For humans, milkweed sap is extremely dangerous if it gets it the eyes. We suggest wearing gloves when handling the plants. And be sure to keep babies and small children away from the plants (along with that certain breeds of puppies who tend to chew on everything even if it tastes awful.) Also verify with the nursery that the milkweed plants (or seeds) you buy have not been treated with pesticides.
Sadly, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, there has been a 80% decline in the Monarch population over the past two decades! They believe the decline is due to the surge in use of RoundUp and other toxic pesticides and weed killers, and "widespread planting of genetically engineered crops in the Midwest" where the largest populations of monarchs are born. The monarch is not yet listed as an "endangered species" although a petition to do so has been filed. But with a growing number of caring individuals like Ron Briggs, let us hope these beautiful creatures can continue to flourish and delight us with their magnificent beauty.
***Designated photography by Liz Vernard, Liz Vernard Photography, Ojai, California


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Dermatologic manifestations and nutritional management of adverse food reactions
A properly conducted limited-antigen diet trial will help you determine whether a patient's dermatologic and possible concurrent gastrointestinal signs are due to food allergy. This dermatologist guides you and your clients through the process of performing such a trial, including how to overcome common complications.
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Gallery: 'Real Housewives Of Orange County' Episode 1 Recap
Real Housewives of Orange County season 6 (!) premiered last night. After hearing so much about the upcoming season, I was getting excited. After watching the first episode, however, I felt like something or someone was missing. Maybe I just missed seeing a brunette in the mix. New housewife Fernanda Rocha appeared on the episode but not on the opening credits. New housewife Peggy Tanous was on the credits, but not on the first episode. WTF? If one of them is another Jennifer Gilbert (who appeared, sans credits, on Real Housewives of New York City last season and was later dropped because of her boringness) I am going to be so pissed. One person that I was surprised not to miss was Lynne Curtin, who decided not to appear on this season. Yes, she was fun to watch (translation: to make fun of) but her family issues were a bit depressing. I find myself missing Jeana Keough; the show is not the same without her. I'm going to keep watching, but if the show continues to center around Tamra Barney and Gretchen Rossi's years-old fights, I may have to fly out to So Cal and stir some shit up myself.
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Yields for Ghana's production of cocoa had been stagnant for years when John Kufuor's government took office. Then-president Kufuor increased the price farmers were receiving for cocoa and then worked to help them improve agronomic practices. As a result, cocoa production tripled and Ghana's poverty rate fell and hunger problems eased. Kufuor described the government's actions in a press briefing at this year's World Food Prize event.
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