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Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced farmers can begin signing up for the 2009 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program.
The 2008 farm bill required USDA to offer producers the 22 percent advance payment by Dec. 1. Farm groups and farm-state senators have been complaining about the "significant delay" in announcing the signup period.
"I have heard from farmers across Arkansas who, in addition to facing an extremely volatile market and working to overcome the damage wrought by natural disasters this year, are hampered in their ability to plan for the coming year," Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said in a letter to Schafer.
"As we look for ways to boost our faltering economy, I hope you realize that publishing the 2008 farm bill implementing regulations could have a positive impact on the economy and provide a much-needed boost to rural America."
USDA indicated it would begin issuing advance payments in December.
Schafer, who gave no explanation for the delay, also released new eligibility regulations for the farm program payments. He had indicated in October that he already had forwarded those rules to the Office of Management and Budget at the White House for review.
Producers will have until June 1 to complete enrollment in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program. USDA said it will not accept late-filed applications as it has in the past.
Schafer also announced the basic rules for the optional Average Crop Revenue Election or ACRE program that Congress included in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act at the request of Midwest corn, soybean and wheat farmers.
Direct program payments are calculated using each farm's base acres and payments yields, regardless of market prices. Farmers must sign up for the Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program each year, which was creating an unusual level of uncertainty for producers.
"Farm program signup should already be under way, and producers should be receiving advance direct payments to use in financing their 2009 crops," said Ricky Bearden, a Texas producer and National Cotton Council director, in a statement released by the NCC Dec. 9.
"Price volatility has caused many producers to delay marketing their crops so cash flow is critical and the advance payment option provided by Congress is increasingly important to farmers, suppliers and financial institutions. In addition, some producers would like to know the details of the ACRE program option so they can decide whether to enroll."
Counter-cyclical payments will not be issued until the next marketing year. Those payments are issued only when the effective price for a commodity is below its target price. The effective price for each covered commodity and peanuts equals the direct payment rate plus the higher of the national average market price received by farmers during the 12-month marketing year or the national average loan rate.
USDA said the enrollment period for the ACRE program will begin in the spring. Producers may first enroll in the DCP program, elect to receive advance direct payments and then later modify their enrollment to include the ACRE program or they may wait and elect to enroll in DCP and ACRE at the same time in spring 2009.
The optional ACRE program provides a safety net based on state revenue losses and acts in place of the price-based safety net of counter-cyclical payments under DCP. A farm's payment is based on a revenue guarantee calculated using a five-year average state yield and the most recent two-year national price for each eligible commodity.
For the 2009 crop, the two-year price average will be based on the 2007 and 2008 crop years.
Farmers will receive an ACRE payment when both the state and the farm have incurred a revenue loss. For 2009, the payment is based on 83.3 percent of the farm's planted acres times the difference between the state ACRE guarantee and the state revenue times the ratio of the farm's yield divided by the state expected yield.
The total number of planted acres for which a producer may receive ACRE payments may not exceed the total base on the farm. Farmers who sign up for ACRE will not receive a conventional counter-cyclical payment and will see their direct payment reduced by 20 percent and marketing assistance loan rates reduced by 30 percent.
Once a farmer enrolls in ACRE he cannot opt out during the life of the five-year 2008 farm bill. The owner of the farm and all producers on the farm must agree to enroll in ACRE. Once enrolled, the farm shall be enrolled for that initial crop year and will remain in ACRE through the 2012 crop year.
The direct payment rates for the 2009 crops are 28 cents per bushel for corn, 52 cents for wheat, 44 cents for soybeans and 35 cents for grain sorghum; $2.35 per hundredweight for long grain and medium grain rice; 6.67 cents per pound for upland cotton; and $36 per ton for peanuts.
The maximum counter-cyclical payment rate is 40 cents per bushel for corn, 65 cents for wheat, 36 cents for soybeans and 27 cents for grain sorghum; $1.65 per hundredweight for rice; 12.58 cents per pound for upland cotton; and $104 per ton for peanuts.
USDA is urging producers to make use of its eDCP automated Web site to sign up, but producers can go to any USDA Service Center or their administratively assigned center to complete their 2009 DCP contracts.
"The electronic DCP (or eDCP) service saves producers time, reduces paperwork and speeds up contract processing at USDA Farm Service Agency offices," the press release announcing the signup said. "It is available to all producers who are eligible to participate in the DCP program and can be accessed at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dcp."
To access the service, it said, producers must have an active USDA eAuthentication Level 2 account, which requires filling out an online registration form at http://www.eauth.egov.usda.gov followed by a visit to the local USDA Service Center for identity verification.


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Victory By 17 Strokes, Park Ties For First
BARRINGTON, R.I. — The Yale women's golf team led the field at the end of the first round Sunday and never looked back Monday as it clinched a stunning victory here at the Apr. 14-15 Brown Invitational.
The Bulldogs turned into the clubhouse Sunday with a +28 (604), a strong score on the difficult Rhode Island Country Club course here in Barrington, R.I. It certainly proved too strong for the 14-strong field, one that included Ivy League rivals Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Harvard.
Yale claimed victory by 17 strokes over second-place Seton Hall, which finished at +45 (621). Harvard was two strokes further back at +47 (623). Yale's victory was a testament to the powerful all-round team performance.
Instrumental in the Bulldogs' victory was junior Sun Gyoung Park, who led the way in a tie for first place, closing at +3. She finished strongly with an Even round Monday to tie with two other golfers. The trio was two strokes ahead of the fourth-place finisher.
Close behind Park was sophomore Marika Liu, who shot a +7 to finish in sixth place. Sophomore Shreya Ghei and junior Seo Hee Moon both finished up at +9 to tie for seventh.
In posting victory at the Brown Invitational Monday, the Bulldogs improved substantially upon their performance last year at the same tournament, where they finished in fourth place despite shooting the second day low round. Moon was Yale's best performer at last year's tournament, finishing in fourth overall.
Next up for the Yale team is the Apr. 26-28 Ivy League Invitational, held this year at Trump National in Bedford, N.J.
Report filed by James Lu '14, Yale Sports Publicity.

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Burt Wolf: What We Eat "Some Like It Hot: The Story of Chili Peppers" Burt looks at how the hot pepper spread around the world and changed cooking in China and India.G
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Eat Your Vegetables" Joanne eases the anxiety that can sometimes set in when a vegetarian is coming to dinner. Working with her fitness specialist student Randy she prepares a satisfying bulgur and feta salad and fried potato and spiced red pepper frittata that would satisfy vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. Recipes: Bulgur, Feta and Oven-Dried Tomato Salad and Fried Potato and Spiced Red Pepper Frittata. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Heart of England and South Wales" After King Arthur country at Glastonbury, Rick goes to prehistoric Stonehenge. He meets an eccentric lord in the Cotswolds, and visits an evocative ruined abbey in South Wales.G
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Great Conversations "Andrew Ross Sorkin and Bethany MacLean" Andrew Ross Sorkin, financial columnist for the New York Times and author of Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System - and Themselves, talks with Bethany McLean, contributing editor to Vanity Fair, co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room. D


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Jurors are compensated at the end of each day of service.
- If your first service day concludes by 12 noon, you will be compensated $12.50 plus mileage.
- If your first service day is a complete day, you will be compensated $25.00 plus mileage.
- All subsequent days are compensated at the rate of $20.00 for a half day and $40.00 for a full day.
- Mileage is paid at the rate of $0.25 per mile, with mileage to the courthouse estimated based on your zip code.


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Kitchen confidential: Charles Roumeliotes, Orzo Kitchen and Wine Bar
The secret to great cooking is: quality ingredients and making food from scratch.
The secret to success in the restaurant business is: attention to the small details, knowing what your guests want and need, and creating a warm and inviting dining environment.
The secret to making our roasted beet and arugula salad with three citrus vinaigrette and fresh Laura Chenel chevre is: allowing the juices to reduce until the liquid resembles a syrup.
Orzo's Roasted Beet and Arugula Salad with Three Citrus Vinaigrette and Fresh Laura Chenel Chevre
1 lb of assorted beets
1 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1 tbs fresh herbs
2" piece of fresh ginger, sliced
1 tbs Dijon Mustard
3/4 cup olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 lb Baby Arugula
1 handful fresh Laura Chenel chevre
Clean, peel and slice beets. Roast in 350-degreee oven in covered pan for 45 minutes until tender. Allow to cool.
Add juices and ginger to pan and simmer for about 30 minutes until juices are reduced to syrup. Allow to cool. Mix juices with all the other ingredients to make vinaigrette.
Mix beets with some dressing and arrange on individual plates.
Mix arugula with some dressing and arrange in the middle of the beets.
Crumble the chevre (goat cheese) around the salad and drizzle some additional dressing.
Garnish with some additional cracked black pepper.
Charles Roumeliotes with his special salad


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When attempting to make change, the rule is to add positives first – meaning, start adding good habits first, then later work on getting rid of destructive habits.
In the meantime, you can certainly start eliminating the bad stuff from your life, from your cupboards, from the choices you're making each and every day at each and every meal. The first rule: out of sight, out of mind. More


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Cain says God told him to run for president
ATLANTA - Republican Herman Cain said God led him to enter the race for president, comparing himself to Moses: " 'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?' "
The Georgia business executive played up his faith Saturday after battling sexual harassment allegations for two weeks, trying to shift the conversation to religion, an issue vital to conservative Republicans, especially in the South.
In a speech Saturday to a national meeting of young Republicans, Cain said the Lord persuaded him after much prayer.
"That's when I prayed and prayed and prayed. I'm a man of faith - I had to do a lot of praying for this one, more praying than I've ever done before in my life," Cain said. "And when I finally realized that it was God saying that this is what I needed to do, I was like Moses - 'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?' "
Once he made the decision, Cain said, he did not look back.
Silent on allegations
Four women have now accused Cain of sexually harassing them when he led the National Restaurant Association more than a decade ago.
Cain, who has denied wrongdoing, was silent about the allegations and did not take reporters' questions.
Cain isn't the first to say God prodded him toward a campaign.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has said she felt God was speaking to her about the race, adding that her husband needed to see a "burning bush," which is a biblical reference to God's first appearance to Moses.
During his speech, Cain also criticized President Barack Obama for canceling the space shuttle program - a decision actually made by President George W. Bush - as NASA shifts its focus on travel farther from Earth's orbit.
"I can tell you that as president of the United States, we are not going to bum a ride to outer space with Russia," Cain said to loud applause.
"We're going to regain our rightful place in terms of technology, space technology."
NASA's new focus
Cain was talking about U.S. plans, now that the space shuttle is retired, to use Russian rockets to send astronauts to the International Space Station. In the meantime, NASA is focused on explorations deeper in space.
It was Bush who decided in 2004 to retire the space shuttle program. The Republican president still supported sending astronauts to the moon and Mars.
Obama, once in office, dropped the goal of a moon mission.
Instead, NASA has plans to build a giant rocket capable of sending astronauts to an asteroid and, eventually, to Mars.
It wants to outsource to private companies the task of ferrying astronauts and cargo to the space station - a job previously handled by the shuttle.
Until private companies are ready, NASA will keep buying seats on Russian Soyuz capsules to get astronauts to the international space station.
The cost per person to fly on a Soyuz is expected to rise from $56 million to $63 million, which is still cheaper than flying on the shuttle.
Cain spoke in advance of a Republican debate Saturday in South Carolina focused on foreign policy.


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This is Mills' story, as told through his then unjaundiced 15-year-old eyes, but makes his enigmatic mother the star. His film is both a tribute to her, and a lament that her ilk no longer exist.
The lovely, stirring "20th Century Women" is set in 1979, a year in which our teen protagonist comes of age, but also a year in which rock n roll and the American dream started to die a slow, agonizing death. It's two years before Reagan and his cockeyed economic plan systematically wiped out the middle class, and two years before MTV arrived to turn music into a soulless corporate entity. It was also a time when people talked to each other – face to face, and found compassion and understanding in those light, but meaningful conversations.
It was a turning point, as we hear President Carter saying in his then infamous "Crisis of Confidence" speech; a pivot in which our country and its people made all the wrong choices, selecting greed, self-importance and consumption over unity and love for our fellow man. Mike Mills remembers that era like it was yesterday, a time when the 15-year-old future writer-director was at a crossroads himself. Would he be just another "guy" who uses and abuses women, or would he become a "man" who worships and understands the opposite sex.
This is – for better or worse – Mills' story, as told through his then unjaundiced 15-year-old eyes. But the real star is his enigmatic mother, the woman who gave him free reign to be – and find – himself in an increasingly complex world. His film is both a tribute to her, and a lament that her ilk no longer exist in a society where "smothering" has all but replaced mothering. But he also remembers she didn't do it alone. She had help, largely from his feminist sisters, who've been re-imagined here as a sexually irresponsible teenage neighbor and a 20-something border battling self-doubt and cervical cancer with equal unease.
The love – and gratitude – Mills feels for each can be felt in every joyous scene of a movie that thrives on its ability to mine honesty and truth. But it's Annette Bening who rules the matriarchal roost as Dorothea, the 55-year-old mother of Mills' surrogate, Jamie (a fabulous Lucas Jade Zumann), a precocious, inquisitive boy who loves skateboarding, girls and the Talking Heads, not necessarily in that order. He's our guide, but it's Dorothea that transfixes with her dichotomous nature toward a rapidly evolving moral and political climate she doesn't always understand – like why it is that Jamie and her prize border, Abbie (an outstanding Greta Gerwig in a flaming-red David Bowie bob), find the punk stylings of Black Flag and The Raincoats appealing, despite the lack of vocal and musical ability of those now iconic bands.
Bening shuns all vanity, often looking like an unmade bed with her mussed hair and shabby-chic wardrobe. She even dons some of the jewelry that Mills' late mother wore before cancer took the avid chain-smoker from him in 1999. It's a role Bening was born to play, fully tapping her unique combination of wizened intelligence and sage-like presence. You buy that her Dorothea is constantly at odds with herself when it comes to Jamie, championing his free thinking and then admonishing him when he actually puts it to practice. And in Zumann she finds the perfect foil, a young actor more than capable of going toe-to-toe with one of Hollywood's all-time greats.
They form the nucleus of "20th Century Women," but Mills broadens Jamie's spectrum through both Abbie and the kid's unrequited crush on his slightly slutty 17-year-old neighbor, Julie (Elle Fanning), who likes sleeping with him – as long as they abstain from sex. We learn early on that both women have been commissioned by Dorothea to help her in the "proper" raising of Jamie, who, at 40 years her junior, is of an age she has little or no understanding. This leads to some wonderfully comedic moments, like Abbie and Julie offering insights on how to please women sexually, scenes that can turn utterly poignant in an instant.
As a fifth member of this tight but unconventional family, Billy Crudup's ex-hippie, William, often gets shoved to the wayside as the other border in Dorothea's rickety Santa Barbara home. Yet the "Jackie" star makes the most of his chances with a bittersweet portrayal of a guy totally oblivious to the effect he has on both Abbie and Dorothea when it comes to his raw sexuality. You'd like to see more of him, but this is called "20th Century Women," and in keeping with the title, the movie is a moving valentine to the three females who Mills credits with making him the man he is today.
And what Mills is most, is a master observer of human behavior, compounded by a clear and present view of his past that remains as fresh as today's news. It was the same with his last film, the Oscar-winning "Beginners," which was a heartfelt tribute to his late father, who came out of the closet in his 70s. Yet, this fully realized tribute to his mother is infinitely richer and more involving, largely because of how vivid and large he's written the roles of Dorothea, Julie and particularly Abbie, a young woman of 24 who has already lost her chance of motherhood to cancer, and is slowly losing confidence in her art as a photographer.
It's a good bet that Gerwig – and Bening – will score Oscar nominations for their superior work. But that doesn't mean you should overlook Fanning, who may only be 18, but as an actress she's wise well beyond her years. What she does with the thinly written character of Julie is impressive in both its depth and complexity. And her scene with Bening after Dorothea spots Julie sneaking into her son's room, is one of the film's best moments, especially when the conversation turns to cigarettes. When Julie tries to bum a smoke, Dorothea refuses, telling the girl – straight faced – that it's bad for you. Julie counters, saying "you smoke all the time." To which Dorothea replies without an ounce of irony, that "when I started, they weren't bad for you – just stylish." Great stuff. Just like the dreamy score by Roger Neill and a soundtrack full of left-of-the-dial punk favorites from the likes of Black Flag, The Raincoats, Talking Heads, Buzzcocks, Suicide and Germs. And being that Abbie has been infatuated with "The Man Who Fell to Earth" since her teens, there's also a welcome spot of David Bowie. "20th Century Women" instantly takes you back to when those tunes were fresh and new, a time and place unspoiled by the Internet, terrorism and corporate greed. And while Mills' characters are a little too good to be true, they still manage to feel utterly real and of the moment.
As such, their fates – which are revealed in the film's many voiceovers – aren't all happy, but some are; enough to bring you to tears. And the reason you're moved is your level of involvement, which is all due to Mills, a filmmaker who puts so much of himself into his work, you can almost see yourself. And that's a talent that's relevant in any century.
20TH CENTURY WOMEN (R for sexual material, language, some nudity and brief drug use.) Cast: Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig and Billy Crudup. Grade: A


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The Ceredo Congregational Church recently dedicated a new building, which is one of the recent outstanding accomplishments in church history in this county.
The new building is a beautiful frame structure, English architecture being the predominate note throughout. The color scheme is unusually attractive.
The building was constructed from general ideas suggested by the pastor and formulated into exact plans by John R. Gieskie of Huntington and the late S. Floyd Hoard of Ceredo, joint architects. The new building was dedicated January 24th and 25th.
The pastor of the church is the Rev. E. Turner Stump, who assumed the pastorate on March 2, 1924. During his pastorate the church has increased in membership and interest. The present building project was launched only after the coming of Mr. Stump and is a tribute to his vision and leadership. Mr. Stump is also head of the public speaking department of Marshall College and coach there of debate and dramatics.
Associated with the pastor on the building committee were the following: James W. Collier, cashier of the Consolidated Power and Light company of Huntington, treasurer of the building fund; Henry J. Stark, president of the First National Bank of Ceredo; and Maxwelton Wright, Sr., president of Wright Brothers Company.
The church history is very interesting. The group was organized in 1874 by a group of pioneers from Massachusetts, establishing the church of the Pilgrims in the settlement on the banks of the Ohio, Ceredo. The first meeting place was a second floor room in the old Crescent Hall, now destroyed. In 1886, through sacrificial effort and donation, a church was built. It was outstanding in its beauty and design and serves today as the nucleus for the present structure. Ground was broken for the new addition on July 16, 1925, and construction begun immediately thereafter. The ministerial record of the church is one of which the congregation is happy. Among its first pastors was the late Mr. Bowers, for 15 years pastor of the First Church, Huntington. A child of the parsonage during this pastorate, now serving one of the great churches of Cleveland, Ohio, was Dr. Roy L. Bowers. Another pastor of the church was Rev. John L. Hoyt. He too was pastor of the Huntington Church and numbers his friends by the hundreds in this locality. Mr. Hoyt is now pastor of one of Cleveland's largest churches. The late Mr. Gadsby was for over 12 years pastor of the Ceredo church. He later went to Pittsburgh, where he had charge of a leading church.
A revival has been conducted at the Court House by Rev. L. D. Icard, local M. E. pastor in charge, assisted by Rev. J. O. Black of Ashland, Ky.; the singing has been conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Evan Evans of Huntington, prominent singers in Evangelistic work in the Western Virginia Conference.
The revival has been marked with success, both from the interest manifested and in a number of conversions, and the attendance has been good throughout.
Growing out of this revival, a movement has been started to organize the men and women of all the churches in the community of Wayne into a non-denominational Christian movement, having for its object the community welfare in things spiritual and moral.
The following officers for this organization have been elected: M. E. Ketchum, president; Claude Newman, vice-president; Mrs. A. E. Evans, secretary; S. J. Vinson, treasurer; and Ervin Blankenship, director of music. The next meeting will be held at the Christian church, at three o'clock p. m. Sunday, February 15, 1926. All men and women interested are cordially invited.
Pioneer Wayne Countians figure in a history of the community of Barboursville, which has been written by J. W. Miller.
In his history Mr. Miller tells about a company of cavalry being organized in the War of 1812 by Captain William Brumfield, who was the grandfather of Bostic Brumfield, Sr., of Wayne. Many of Captain Brumfield's men died of disease at Norfolk. Wayne County men also figured in the Mexican War when Elisha McComas organized a company which became part of the United States army during the Mexican War.
In his history, Mr. Miller also explains that one of the first battles of the Civil War was fought at Barboursville, and a Wayne County man was a colonel in this battle. It was on July 11, 1861, between the Wayne and Cabell county militia, under command of Colonel Jamison Ferguson, and the second Kentucky regiment. The bayonet charge was too heavy for the militia, making it necessary for them to retreat. One boy named Reynolds, of near Milton, was killed and Absolom Ballengee was wounded. The Yankees paid dearly with five killed and eighteen wounded.
The forefathers of hundreds of people now living in Wayne County were participants in several Civil War battles fought near Barboursville and Point Pleasant, as well as in the more important battles fought in other sections of the country during the great conflict of 1861 between the North and the South.
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Hearing loss predicted increased cognitive decline in older adults, according to results of two studies.
In an observational study, baseline hearing loss was associated with 30% to 40% greater cognitive decline per year as compared with similar patients without hearing loss. The difference translated into a 24% increased risk of cognitive decline in the hearing impaired group during 6 years of follow-up, reported Frank Lin, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, and colleagues in JAMA Internal Medicine online.
"On average, individuals with hearing loss would require 7.7 years to decline by five points on the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS) ... versus 10.9 years in individuals with normal hearing," the authors wrote.
"Further studies are needed to investigate what the mechanistic basis of this association is and whether hearing rehabilitative interventions could affect cognitive decline," they added.
A related research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine by Bonnielin Swenor, MPH, of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues showed that one in nine persons, ages 80 and up, has concomitant hearing and vision loss, a rate substantially higher compared with previous studies based on patient self-reporting.
About two-thirds of adults age 70 and older have hearing loss. Some studies have suggested an association between hearing loss and decline in cognitive function and dementia. However, the results have been inconsistent, possibly reflecting differences in study populations and in the methods used to assess hearing and cognitive function.
A definitive link between hearing loss and accelerated cognitive decline would constitute a first step toward evaluation of interventions that might prevent the decline or slow the rate of decline.
Seeking to clarify the relationship between hearing loss and declining cognitive function, Lin and colleagues prospectively assessed 1,984 participants in a longitudinal health study. The participants had a mean age of 77.4 and were followed for 6 years.
The assessment consisted of the 3MS (global functioning), Digit Symbol Substitution (DSS) test (executive function), and standard audiometric hearing evaluation. Cognitive impairment was defined as a 3MS score <80 or a five-point decline from baseline.
At baseline, 1,162 study participants had hearing loss, defined as pure-tone average >25 dB. During follow-up, participants with baseline hearing loss had 42% greater annual decline in the 3MS score and a 32% greater annual decline in the DSS compared with participants with normal hearing.
The annual rate of decline in the 3MS was -0.65 versus -0.46 for the hearing impaired versus nonimpaired groups (P=0.004). Annual rates of change on the DSS were -0.83 versus -0.63 (P=0.02).
Compared with the normal-hearing group, participants with baseline hearing loss had hazard ratio of 1.24 for incident cognitive impairment.
"Rates of cognitive decline and the risk for incidence cognitive impairment were linearly associated with the severity of an individual's baseline hearing loss," the authors noted.
The second study of concomitant hearing loss and vision impairment involved participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999 through 2006.
As part of the NHANES health assessment, all participants, ages 20 to 69, underwent pure-tone audiometric evaluation of hearing from 1999 through 2004 as did all participants ages 70 and up during 2005 and 2006. Hearing loss was defined as pure-tone average >25 dB.
All participants ≥20 had assessment of visual acuity from 1999 through 2006. Vision impairment was defined as postautorefraction visual acuity worse than 20/40 in the eye with better vision.
The data showed that no participant in the age range of 20 to 39 had concomitant hearing and vision impairment. Participants 40 to 49 and 50 to 59 had a prevalence of 0.1%, increasing to 0.3% in the 60 to 69 age group, 2.2% in participants 70 to 79, and 11.3% of participants ≥80.
Hearing impairment became increasing prevalent with age:
- 40 to 49: 5.7% of participants
- 50 to 59: 13.7% of participants
- 60 to 69: 29.3% of participants
- 70 to 79: 55.1% of participants
- ≥80: 79.1% of participants
Prevalence of vision impairment increased from <1% up to age 59 to 1.1% in the 60 to 69 group, 3.4% of the 70 to 79 group, and 15.9% of participants ≥80.
The proportion of participants without impaired hearing or vision declined in each age group:
- 20 to 29: 99% of participants
- 30 to 39: 97.4% of participants
- 40 to 49: 94.2% of participants
- 50 to 59: 86.3% of participants
- 60 to 69: 69.8% of participants
- 70 to 79: 44.1% of participants
- ≥80: 18.8% of participants
In an editor's comment, Patrick G. O'Malley, MD, said the two studies did not provide sufficient evidence to mandate screening for both types of impairment. However, physicians should be alert to signs of impairment, given that effective treatment exists for hearing and vision loss.
The study by Lin's group was supported by the National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Nursing Research, and National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders.
Lin disclosed relationships with Pfizer and Cochlear. Co-authors reported no conflicts of interest.
Support for the study by Swenor's group came from the National Institute on Aging, Research to Prevent Blindness, and the NIH.
Swenor had no relevant conflicts of interest. One or more co-authors disclosed relationships with Pfizer and Cochlear.
O'Malley had no relevant conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
Primary Source
JAMA Internal MedicineSource Reference: Lin FR, et al "Hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults." JAMA Intern Med 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1868.
Secondary Source
JAMA Internal MedicineSource Reference: Swenor BK, et al "The prevalence of concurrent hearing and vision impairment in the United States" JAMA Intern Med 2013.
Additional Source
JAMA Internal MedicineSource Reference: O'Malley, PG "Evolving insights about the impact of sensory deficits in the elderly" JAMA Intern Med 2013.


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Information Architecture Components
It can be difficult to know exactly what components make up an information architecture. Users interact directly with some, while (as we saw above) others are so behind the scenes that users are unaware of their existence.
In the next four chapters, we'll present and discuss information architecture components by breaking them up into the following four categories:
Organization systems
How we categorize information, e.g., by subject or
chronology. See Chapter 5.
Labeling systems
How we represent information, e.g., scientific
terminology ("Acer") or lay terminology ("maple"). See
Chapter 6.
Navigation systems
How we browse or move through information, e.g.,
clicking through a hierarchy. See Chapter 7.
Searching systems
How we search information, e.g., executing a search
query against an index. See Chapter 8.
Like any categorization scheme, this one has its problems. For example, it can be difficult to distinguish organization systems from labeling systems (hint: you organize content into groups, and then label those groups; each group can be labeled in different ways). In such situations, it can be useful to group objects in new ways. So before we delve into these systems, we'll present an alternative method of categorizing information architecture components. This method is comprised of browsing aids, search aids, content and tasks, and "invisible" components.
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These components present users with a predetermined set of paths to help them navigate the site. Users don't articulate their queries, but instead find their way through menus and links. Types of browsing aids include:
Organization systems
The main ways of categorizing or grouping a site's content (e.g., by topic, by task, by audiences, or by chronology). Also known as taxonomies and hierarchies. Tag clouds (based on user-generated tags) are also a form of organization system.
Site-wide navigation systems
Primary navigation systems that help users understand where they are and where they can go within a site (e.g., breadcrumbs).
Local navigation systems
Primary navigation systems that help users understand where they are and where they can go within a portion of a site (i.e., a subsite).
Sitemaps/Tables of contents
Navigation systems that supplement primary navigation systems; provide a condensed overview of and links to major content areas and subsites within the site, usually in outline form.
Site indices
Supplementary navigation systems that provide an alphabetized list of links to the contents of the site.
Site guides
Supplementary navigation systems that provide specialized information on a specific topic, as well as links to a related subset of the site's content.
Site wizards
Supplementary navigation systems that lead users through a sequential set of steps; may also link to a related subset of the site's content.
Contextual navigation systems
Consistently presented links to related content. Often embedded in text, and generally used to connect highly specialized content within a site.
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These components allow the entry of a user-defined query (e.g., a search) and automatically present users with a customized set of results that match their queries. Think of these as dynamic and mostly automated counterparts to browsing aids. Types of search components include:
Search interface
The means of entering and revising a search query, typically with information on how to improve your query, as well as other ways to configure your search (e.g., selecting from specific search zones).
Query language
The grammar of a search query; query languages might include Boolean operators (e.g., AND, OR, NOT), proximity operators (e.g., ADJACENT, NEAR), or ways of specifying which field to search (e.g., AUTHOR="Shakespeare").
Query builders
Ways of enhancing a query's performance; common examples include spell checkers, stemming, concept searching, and drawing in synonyms from a thesaurus.
Retrieval algorithms
The part of a search engine that determines which content matches a user's query; Google's PageRank is perhaps the best-known example.
Search zones
Subsets of site content that have been separately indexed to support narrower searching (e.g., searching the tech support area within a software vendor's site).
Search results
Presentation of content that matches the user's search query; involves decisions of what types of content should make up each individual result, how many results to display, and how sets of results should be ranked, sorted, and clustered.
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These are the users' ultimate destinations, as opposed to separate components that get users to their destinations. However, it's difficult to separate content and tasks from an information architecture, as there are components embedded in content and tasks that help us find our way. Examples of information architecture components embedded in content and tasks include:
Labels for the content that follows them.
Embedded links
Links within text; these label (i.e., represent) the content they link to.
Embedded metadata
Information that can be used as metadata but must first be extracted (e.g., in a recipe, if an ingredient is mentioned, this information can be indexed to support searching by ingredient).
Logical units of content; these can vary in granularity (e.g., sections and chapters are both chunks) and can be nested (e.g., a section is part of a book).
Groups of chunks or links to chunks; these are important because they've been grouped together (e.g., they share some trait in common) and have been presented in a particular order (e.g., chronologically).
Sequential aids
Clues that suggest where the user is in a process or task, and how far he has to go before completing it (e.g., "step 3 of 8").
Clues that suggest where the user is in an information system (e.g., a logo specifying what site she is using, or a breadcrumb explaining where in the site she is).
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Certain key architectural components are manifest completely in the background; users rarely (if ever) interact with them. These components often "feed" other components, such as a thesaurus that's used to enhance a search query. Some examples of invisible information architecture components include:
Controlled vocabularies and thesauri
Predetermined vocabularies of preferred terms that describe a specific domain (e.g., auto racing or orthopedic surgery); typically include variant terms (e.g., "brewskie" is a variant term for "beer"). Thesauri are controlled vocabularies that generally include links to broader and narrower terms, related terms, and descriptions of preferred terms (aka "scope notes"). Search systems can enhance queries by extracting a query's synonyms from a controlled vocabulary.
Retrieval algorithms
Used to rank search results by relevance; retrieval algorithms reflect their programmers' judgments on how to determine relevance.
Best bets
Preferred search results that are manually coupled with a search query; editors and subject matter experts determine which queries should retrieve best bets, and which documents merit best bet status.
Whichever method you use for categorizing architectural components, it's useful to drill down beyond the abstract concept of information architecture and become familiar with its more tangible and, when possible, visual aspects. In the following chapters, we'll take an even deeper look at the nuts and bolts of an information architecture.


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Junot Diaz is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, as well as the short story collections Drown and, most recently, This Is How You Lose Her —- a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. He's a professor at MIT, a MacArthur "Genius," and the first Latino to sit on the Pulitzer Prize board of jurors. Still, the Dominican-American writer graciously took the time to answer a few of my questions via e-mail amidst a rigorous teaching schedule and a national paperback book tour (he'll be stopping by Yale University on Nov. 12 and Naugatuck Valley Community College on Nov. 14). We managed to cover the meaning of art, some of the quirks of his reoccurring narrator Yunior, and I even did my best to coax a little writing advice out of him.
Why is art important? I ask a lot of people this question and they're able to say why their art is important, or why certain works of art are important to them. But in a broader, more universal sense, why is art an important thing to value?
In art we encounter and reconstitute our human selves. Art allows us to step outside habits of repression in order to contemplate realms of feelings and areas of thought that the culture might otherwise prohibit. ?
One of the fascinating things about your writing is the intentional inconsistency of certain details. For example, Yunior tells us two very different stories in Drown and This Is How You Lose Her of his father's early days in America. It seems that in some of the pieces he's also writing about the same love interest through different narratives. (I'm thinking Lola in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the girlfriend at the end of the short story "Miss Laura," and then the "ex" from "The Cheaters Guide to Love.") What is the advantage of re-writing a story from multiple angles? Are there certain stories that won't seem to leave you alone?
Yunior returns again and again to the foundational stories of his family's history. These stories shift depending on the teller and on the information he receives. His multiple attempts to understand particular moments underscore his character's interests and obsessions and make arguments about the way writers attempt to write the world. To understand a character through their obsession is pretty useful, even if that obsession is only visible longitudinally and by noticing currents in seemingly disparate stories.
I'm a young writer applying to MFA programs. Do you have any advice for me, whether it be, "Try really hard to get in!" or, "Run as fast as you can. Don't do it!"?
You're already applying. You've pulled the trigger. Too late for advice, no? Besides I think the less advice I give the better. Too much advice out there for writers. I wish we had one page of reading for every page of writing advice that folks post. We'd have an entirely different literary culture than the one we have.
I hate to ask you this, but I feel like I should. What are you working on? I've heard you mention a story centered on a young Dominican girl with super powers. I thought that sounded awesome…
Right now I'm not working on anything. The teaching and the paperback book tour have kept me away from my desk. I hope this changes in the future.
I write really slow. And I've heard you write really slow, which makes me feel a little better when my writer friends who churn out 100 pages every two weeks make fun of me for spending a year on one story. Why is there this pressure to write on a timetable?
Because we live in the culture where everything is competition and where art has been hijacked by the logic of commercialism. Most writers these days sound more like pre-med students than artists. Also you're just probably spending way too much time with other writers.
Gotta ask — what are you reading these days?
Deixis in Narrative (Duchan, Bruder and Hewitt) and Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being. I never stop reading so these are the latest books I finished.
Could you ever see yourself writing a story that doesn't have a Dominican family at its center? Or is it disingenuous when someone tries to write about a culture they aren't from?
I have no idea what any one's writing or artistic rules should be. I'm wary of them myself. Can never say what I will and won't do until of course the whole game is over. But given the utter lack of Dominican diasporic stories I can't imagine switching my imaginative focus away from my community for any length of time. But hey, who knows.
I know you're a humble guy, but why do you think people have connected so deeply with your writing?
I have no idea. The mystery of art. I feel blessed that anyone reads what I do at all.
Junot Diaz
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Ten months after Hurricane Sandy hit the region, a special task force created by President Obama released a 200-page report on Monday that outlines steps to help communities prepare for extreme weather events associated with climate change, and to improve shortcomings in a reimbursement process that has frustrated countless residents.
The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force report makes 69 recommendations, including rebuilding infrastructure stronger to protect against future storms, and "cutting the red tape" to help families, businesses and communities more efficiently.
Sandy caused tens of billions of dollars' worth of damage, resulted in more than 150 deaths and displaced thousands of people. Obama created the task force last December.
The report lays out a series of guidelines for the use of $50 billion in Sandy aid that Congress approved in January, and is meant to serve as a model for "communities across the nation facing greater risks from extreme weather, and to continue helping Sandy-affected communities rebuild," said Shaun Donovan, secretary of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and the task force's chairman.
"…I have seen up close just how disasters like Sandy are causing incredible pain for families across our country," Donovan said. "These disasters have moved families beyond abstract discussions to see the reality of how our changing climate is already impacting lives and putting communities at risk."
Officials said that most of the recommendations have already been adopted by the Obama administration, but are at different stages of implementation. They include helping disaster victims stay in their homes by allowing them to quickly make emergency repairs, and preventing homeowners from being forced out of their homes after a disaster because of short-term financial hardships by creating nationally consistent mortgage policies.
The report also recommends making the electrical grid "smarter and more flexible," developing a power strategy for telephone and Internet communication systems and equipment and protecting the fuel supply chain.


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TOWN OF WALLKILL — Attention holiday shoppers: You're still going to have to go through seven stoplights to get from Dunning Farms or Orange Plaza to the Galleria this season.
TOWN OF WALLKILL — Attention holiday shoppers: You're still going to have to go through seven stoplights to get from Dunning Farms or Orange Plaza to the Galleria this season.
Town officials plan to meet Tuesday with the state Department of Transportation to see if the state would take over sponsorship of the delayed road to connect the two shopping areas, said Supervisor Dan Depew.
The Route 17 overpass that it would go under was built in 2009, but the road's construction has been held up by funding delays and snarls in acquiring the land it would occupy. The connection likely won't be made this year.
Several companies own the land from Dunning Road to the Galleria, and there's a private road by Dunning Farms almost up to the overpass already.
The federal government has said the town needs to own the road. Local officials pushed last spring to be allowed to lease the land instead, which one of the landowners said they would prefer, but the feds rejected the idea.
Depew plans to argue it is in the state's interest to take over the road as project manager and expedite, since it will relieve congestion on state Route 211. If the state declines, town officials will decide whether to work within the existing process, or forgo federal money and try to negotiate leases with the landowners.
The town would then build a scaled-down version of the project, connecting the two shopping centers but perhaps without the sidewalks, rotary and some intersection improvements.
The land acquisitions and road construction were expected to cost about $4 million; as it stands, the federal government would cover 80 percent. The state had previously said it would cover 15 percent, leaving a 5 percent town share; however, state officials told the town earlier this year they weren't sure whether the state would cover that share.
Depew said the town can't cover the whole nonfederal share. And he's frustrated with the federal rules that make the land acquisition more difficult.
"I believe that if we can sit down (and) negotiate directly with the property owners, we can open quicker than bureaucratic regulations would allow," he said.


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Wallpaper Made from Stone: Trove Debuts StoneGround
For the last couple of years, tile manufacturers have been striving to produce super-thin stone and ceramic that can be used to cover a substrate without major renovation or demolition, but it's a wallpaper company that seems to have pushed the process to its limit. This week, New York-based design studio Trove is debuting a collection of waterproof, rip-resistant wall"papers" made from stone... that's right, stone.
Called "StoneGround," the material is produced by grinding down marble and limestone into a fine powder. Non-toxic resin acts as the base to which the powder bonds, by way of a sprayer that can produce a variety of colors, patterns, and designs. The final product is about 80 percent calcium carbonate (mineral powder) and 20 percent resin.
There's no actual paper used to create StoneGround, and the production process requires 20 to 30% less ink than regular wallpaper. Trove co-founder Randall Buck calls it a "tree-free solution." All Trove's current designs will be available in StoneGround, and they'll be showcasing the technology in four new patterns to be launched at ICFF (May 14-17 at the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center) this week.
We'll be interested to see how StoneGround holds up against applications traditionally reserved for tile, like bathroom walls and kitchen backsplashes.
• Nix Pattern
• Fuoco Pattern
• Ciel Pattern
• Sargasso Pattern
• Ursa Pattern
• Auva Pattern
• Indi Pattern
• Io Pattern
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TripCheck Mobile is a separate web site formatted specifically for low-bandwidth users. You may access the site at http://m.tripcheck.com or http://www.tripcheck.com/mobile
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To hear travel information in Oregon by phone simply dial 511. The information provided via 511 is the same as displayed on ODOT's Web site, TripCheck.com.
Please be aware that some phone companies in Oregon do not support the 511 dialing option. If your carrier is among this group you may still access travel conditions using your phone. Dial toll free 800.977.ODOT (6368).
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History of 511
In 2001 the Federal Communications Commission designated 511 as the single travel information phone number for states and local jurisdictions across the country. Oregon joins a number of states, including Washington, with service available to dial 511.
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Other Submissions 6/11
This page is an archived list of submitted Zen Garden designs that didn't make the cut for one reason or another. Due to many of these designs being hosted on servers outside our direct control, expect broken links. The designs added to the Zen Garden are also available. Total designs listed: 1039
Readable by Colas Schretter of Belgium | Jul 05, 2005
Hide & Seek by Colas Schretter of Belgium | Jul 05, 2005
Enlightenment DR17 by Ian Norton-Badrul of United Kingdom | Jul 05, 2005
hover bother by Ian Norton-Badrul of United Kingdom | Jul 05, 2005
Propaganda by Chip Adams | Jul 05, 2005
CSS Zen Ocean by Kai Laborenz of Germany | Jul 05, 2005
All Aboard by Chris Heilmann of United Kingdom | Jul 05, 2005
Somewhere by Samuel Le Morvan | Jul 05, 2005
Orchid by Jakob Nilsson | Jul 05, 2005
Organic Desire by Kassetra Stevenson | Jul 05, 2005
Zaurus by Ian Norton of United Kingdom | Jul 05, 2005
Killer Style by Scott Kiekbusch | Jul 05, 2005
Fleur by Hervé Cauwelier | Jul 05, 2005
spring04 by Chris Eidhof of Netherlands | Jul 05, 2005
:[o.o]: by Gabor Magasvari of Hungary | Jul 05, 2005
Traffic by Nicole Hanusek | Jul 05, 2005
Revealed by Kaare Byberg | Jul 05, 2005
Lemon Aid by Marko Dugonji? | Jul 05, 2005
A Bright Light by Jarek Piórkowski | Jul 05, 2005
Kinder Garden by Andrew Laignel of United Kingdom | Jul 05, 2005
door to my garden (advanced) by Patrick H. Lauke of Germany | Jul 05, 2005
Pushing the Limits (of CSS) by James N Pope | Jul 05, 2005
On a River Bank by Libby Peters
Circus by Irene Herz
In The Pink by Steve Henderson
Circus by Jon. by Moreschi Jonathan
JASA - Just Another Shirt Ad by perke
homework by nailman
Long.Life by Aleksandra Przygoda
40 AU by Paolo Adami
Mia Design by François Rault
Roses by Irene Herz
Beach Umbrella by Michael Hines
csszengarden moontheme by Colasse Samuel
TerraZen by Imbert Jacques-Olivier
Christmas Morning in the Zen Garden by Beth Wagoner
CSS The Final Frontier by Ashley Goodman
Time by Wim Deschout
Cyber Punk by Timothy Fielding
Pa Kua Zen Garden by Marcus Beckenkamp
Rollover Night by Steve Tchorzewski
Final Boss by Elliott Mason
Dorothee by Pierre-Aime Imbert
Orange Juice by Dave Hunsberger
RelaxationTime by Escofier Adeline
CSS Water Garden by Felix Garske
Swell by wrigglyfish
Cleo by Mike Zellers
Blur by Seda Özses
Shades of Blue by Fabio Paoleri
Green by Simon Rota
Discarica by Sebastiano Pitruzzello
Cubic Garden by Levente Csabai
RJ45 by Simeone Consonni
at night by Michael Maier
Achromatics by Robert Wallis
the Day Today by Rich Middleditch
simply red by peter lundberg
A grey new world by David Longworth
Red, Yellow and Blue by Jacob Mul
Pink Squareness by Heiko Stiegert
Brazilian Garden by Sidnei Vladisauskis
Spiralicious by Michael W. Brown
Travelling Light by Ben Gilman
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Pure by Pierre-Leo Bourbonnais
Scientific Paper by Colas Schretter
Corporate Reflections by Michael Southerton
Simple Minds by Jos van der Maas
Aboriginal Dreaming by Amy Martin
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 17th Sep 2012 23:05 UTC
Microsoft Office 2013 has received its pricetags. Home and Student - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote - is $140, while Home and Business, which adds Outlook into the mix, is $220. Professional jumps to a whopping $400, but adds Access and Publisher. For $100 per year, you can get the subscription version, which can be installed on up to 5 PCs (both Windows and OS X PCs). In related news, Microsoft still thinks it's 2001.
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Colorado Preservation, Inc. announced at the Saving Places Conference opening luncheon, held at the Colorado Convention Center, that five sites have been selected for Colorado's 2013 Most Endangered Places list.
One of those sites is the Kennedy/Mancos Grain Elevator.
During the luncheon, emceed by CBS4 Anchor Tom Mustin, Colorado Preservation, Inc. announced that more than 30 historic sites were nominated for the 2013 list of Colorado's Most Endangered Places and of those, five sites were chosen including the Cranmer Park/Sundial Plaza in Denver; Fort Lyon in Las Animas in Bent County, Homesteading Sites of Escalante Canyon in Delta County; the Hotchkiss Barn in Delta County and the Kennedy/Mancos Grain Elevator in Montezuma County.
The Mancos Grain Elevator was built in 1934 by Grady Clampitt. Clampitt and Mr. Luellen, a bordering farmer, grew dryland wheat in fields bordering Mesa Verde National Park on the southeast side. Those same fields are used to grow dryland wheat today, and it is the only wheat grown in the Valley at this time.
The elevator was put in use upon completion and remained in use for an indeterminate number of years following Clampitt's retirement. With the farm no longer in use, the Kennedy/Mancos Grain Elevator is currently being used as a storage unit for family belongings. The elevator is in a prominent location highly visible from Highway 160, and is considered a landmark. Although agriculture still plays a large role in the economy of the Mancos Valley, there are few structures evidencing the historic heritage of farming that once made the Valley famous. Today ranching and irrigated hay production have replaced dryland grain crop. The elevator is a statement of the determination of the agricultural community in place at the time it was built. Few examples of this particular unique workmanship are in place anywhere in Montezuma County today. The Kennedy/Mancos Grain Elevator exemplifies some of the issues facing grain elevators across the State, in particular, those located in the Western region where grain production and farming resources are rarer. Unfortunately, the Grain Elevator is deteriorating, due to a lacking roof and drainage issues, causing portions of the iconic stacked plank construction to fail.
"We have selected five diverse but very significant sites this year that need special help," Rachel Parris, Director of the Endangered Places Program, said. "Demolition, neglect, natural forces, land value fluctuation, and unsympathetic owners are the forces that typically threaten historic buildings and significantly increase the danger to the unique places that link us to Colorado's past. These are the special places that define our communities and form the foundation for our collective identity as Coloradans in the future. Colorado Preservation, Inc. devotes staff time and resources to raise funds and rally concerned citizens so that listed sites can be saved."
Colorado's Most Endangered Places Program involves, to date, 96 historic resources across the state. The Program has a wide reach, with sites located in 47 of the 64 counties. For the 2013 List there are properties located in Denver, Denver County; Hotchkiss, Delta County; Delta, Delta County; Las Animas, Bent County; Mancos, Montezuma County. Of the 96 sites that have been named to the list since its inception, 32 have been designated as saved, 41 are in progress, 18 remain in alert and five sites have been lost.
Colorado Preservation, Inc., founded in 1984, is dedicated to promoting and advancing historic preservation in the State of Colorado. Colorado's Most Endangered Places list is announced each year at the organization's Saving Places Conference which is the largest statewide historic preservation conference in the country. This year, the list was announced at the 16th Annual Saving Places Conference, in Denver Feb. 6-8, 2013. For more information, please call 303-893-4260 or visit www.coloradopreservation.org.


text: Actionfest Film Festival w. Chuck Norris and Aaron Norris on April 15-18, 2010. Photos from stunt show at Carolina Cinemas and the Actionfest Film Festival Awards Ceremony at The Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina. © 2010 David Oppenheimer - All Rights Reserved - World's first annual film festival dedicated to action films and the stuntmen who make them happen. Rocketman jetpack photos, Chuck Norris' KickStart Kids demonstration & Actionfest Film Festival awards ceremony. Chuck Norris presented his brother, moive producer Aaron Norris with a Lifetime Achievement Award which was billed as being for Chuck Norris for his long career as an action cinema superstar. Other award recipients included stuntmen & stunt coordinators Jeff Habberstad, Kinnie Gibson & Paul Weston. Actionfest Film Festival was founded by Bill Banowsky of Carolina Cinemas and Magnolia Pictures, Dennis R. Berman of Denitech Corp. & TV Movie Producer Aaron Norris of Norris Brothers Entertainment - Stock Photos


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The Nightmare clan needs your help to free a monstrous creature imprisoned by their enemies a very long time ago. Come and help Ielena in her diabolical plan by completing the 5 missions that will enable you to destroy the monster's magical prison. Don't be scared! The Nightmare clan will more than fairly reward you for your efforts...
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Happy and inspiring theme for TV commercials, game and movie productions. I used Ukulele for rhythm and solo parts and some acoustic guitars and bells to create full sound picture.
You can also find No-drums version of this song in archive, that provide more romantic feeling, and mp3 versions of both.


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Long Description: Hemiplegic migraine, without mention of intractable migraine with status migrainosus
This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 346.32
Code Classification
Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
Other disorders of the central nervous system (340-349)
- 346 Migraine
- Other disorders of the central nervous system (340-349)
Information for Medical Professionals
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- G43.401 - Hemiplegic migraine, not intractable, w status migrainosus
Information for Patients
If you suffer from migraine headaches, you're not alone. About 12 percent of the U.S. population gets them. Migraines are recurring attacks of moderate to severe pain. The pain is throbbing or pulsing, and is often on one side of the head. During migraines, people are very sensitive to light and sound. They may also become nauseated and vomit.
Migraine is three times more common in women than in men. Some people can tell when they are about to have a migraine because they see flashing lights or zigzag lines or they temporarily lose their vision.
Many things can trigger a migraine. These include
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Lack of food or sleep
- Exposure to light
- Hormonal changes (in women)
Doctors used to believe migraines were linked to the opening and narrowing of blood vessels in the head. Now they believe the cause is related to genes that control the activity of some brain cells. Medicines can help prevent migraine attacks or help relieve symptoms of attacks when they happen. For many people, treatments to relieve stress can also help.
NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Managing migraines at home
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Foreign Languages - TESOL
Foreign Languages - TESOL (m)
Faculty: John Ivers, Michael Paul, Kirk Widdison
Department Description
Ours is a world in which social and business interaction between peoples of varied backgrounds and languages is increasingly possible and important. Ability in a foreign language opens windows to that world. It facilitates enjoyment and learning when traveling, increases awareness of culturally diverse peoples, and affirms the oneness of the human family.
It also enhances career opportunities. Many careers rely heavily on foreign languages, including medicine, law, law enforcement, diplomacy, geography, and education. Employers in these fields expect that foreign language users will speak to them with some ease. Knowledge of a foreign language also prepares students for graduate school. Many masters and doctoral programs require knowledge of one and sometimes two foreign languages.
Degrees in Foreign Language Education:
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at BYU–Idaho builds speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills and cultural awareness in five languages: Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Spanish. Students will find programs to meet their needs in the following areas:
-- A Spanish education major
-- A Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish, or TESOL education minor


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Crashing my car into a snow filled ditch in the middle of nowhere in a blizzard with no way to call for help would be a better time then sitting through this movie.
Dont waste your time with this, please go watch something else. Im begging you, dont put yourself through what I experienced.
Junk movie. Wasted my time and money.
Now new directors think that they adding drunk people and swearing will make a movie the best one of the year. Wasted women getting drunk and looking for sex. No way. Christmas movie? Nope.
Disgusting movie.
This is what Christmas movies have come to? whatever happened to the good old days when swearing wasnt needed to make a joke, alcohol wasnt needed to have a good time and grown up acted mature. My wife hated it as well, next time, I am picking the movie.
Whoever wrote the script for this movie and whoever read it and said, lets make this, needs to get put on meds. Movie was horrible. Dont waste your time.
A little over the top but had some amusing moments.
Movie was not funny.
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CURT Debuts 'Easy-to-Install' Gooseneck Hitch
June 20, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on CURT Debuts 'Easy-to-Install' Gooseneck Hitch
CURT Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer and marketer of quality towing products, has introduced the Under-Bed Double Lock EZr Gooseneck Hitch. According to a press release, the gooseneck hitch comes install-ready with the CURT exclusive center locator.
The Under-Bed Double Lock EZr Gooseneck Hitch was designed with the installer in mind, offering a system that will make the entire process smoother and faster. The new EZr hitch has all the capacities of the original Double Lock Gooseneck by CURT along with new features that include:
• Eliminating the need to lower the exhaust on Ford, Chevy and most Dodge trucks for installation.
• Relocating cable hanger and ground wire on Dodge trucks is no longer necessary.
• The hitch utilizes carriage bolts that only require one tool to install.
The CURT exclusive center locator is a patent pending installation tool which eliminates the need to measure where the ball hole should be in the truck bed, saving installer's valuable time and making the installation process worry-free.
The Under-Bed Double Lock Gooseneck Hitch also offers a cleaner look than over-bed models. The EZr features a thick, sturdy handle with a comfort grip that won't bend and CURT uses strong, 5/8-inch safety chain loops ensuring safe and secure towing. The EZr includes an attractive, chrome-plated trim ring and rubber cover making for a finished look after installation.
The double-locking pins provide double the pin strength and when the trailer ball is not in use, RVers can simply flip over the ball, leaving the truck bed free of obstruction while securing the trailer ball. The robust gooseneck hitch has a 30,000-pound gross trailer weight capacity and 7,500 pounds vertical load capacity and is completed with a durable carbide powder coat finish.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - Pavol, Ivan and Dmitry
Pavol, Ivan and Dmitry
Pavol Zbynek, Ruslan Tarovsky and Ivan Cakovsky are three of the best models you could ever hope to see, and here they get together to give us a wonderful scene. It starts in the park, where Pavol and Dmitry have gone for some football practice. While the are there they meet Ivan, who is practising on his roller blades. Very soon they decide to go somewhere more discreet, and we next see them inside, where Dmitry seems to be sporting a huge erection in his shorts. It's not long before the other guys start to investigate that, and we get to view Dmitry's stiffy. Ivan and Pavol are no slouches with erections and soon they are hard too, as Dmitry drops to his knees and sucks them,in turns, and after a while, both at the same time. Then Dmitry lays down and Ivan climbs on top and starts kissing him, while Pavol seeks his entertainment at the other end, where two delectable asses are on display. Pavol pays them a lot of attention as he rims and fingers both holes, with some relish. Then it is time for more and we see a ...
... more about Pavol, Ivan and Dmitry further in this newsletter
Our Coming Soon Set Preview
Marcel Juras is aged 26 and comes from Most. He is currently unemployed and enjoys going to the gym. What a very handsome guy Marcel is, and with a very nice build too. But what really stands out, in my mind, is his ever present smile. He seemed to be really enjoying himself posing for the camera. He looks great while doing it too,with a beautifully upstanding dick, that is upturned at the end. Goodness it gets so hard and looks beautiful. Marcel also has a lovely ass, and his pucker looks very inviting. I hope we can get something in there for him. I am sure he would be smiling while it went in. I am looking forward to seeing how he gets on in his video shoot.
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We're having another brilliant, hot summer day in Prague. Aida and I have decided to enjoy it while we can. So, we went for a long walk. Tomorrow at 10:00 we'll shoot our monthly Wank Party. So, be sure to set your alarms so you can watch it live on Prague Buddies.
My comments on today's shoots:
Ludvik speaks both German and English quite well. He's studying to be a translator. He set my 'gaydar' off when he came for casting. Besides German and English, who knows what other languages he speaks fluently. He did seem to be very receptive to a little help from out studio crew.
With the threesome with Pavol, Ivan and Dmitry, I did a preview video which you can view on my Blog. Boris and I had some words on this shoot. Dmitry got hard right away and was showing quite a tent in those blue shorts. Boris told him to hid it by tucking it under the banding. I jumped out of my chair. No No! Show the tent! Customers love that. Didn't go with Boris's concept of the scene. But we did it my way. I think it worked out fine. Then there was another discussion about how to do the double fuck. I told Boris I only knew one way of doing it. Turns out, I was wrong, there are other ways. But that turned out Ok, too. Next time we'll try Boris's favorite: Spoon.
It took some persuading to cajole David into doing this shoot with our resident sex pig, Ivan. But once the shoot got started David loved it, and really got into it.
Thank goodness.
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MASH Studios
- Location: Los Angeles, CA and online
- Website: mashstudios.com
Store History
- Founded: 2002
- Founded by: Bernard Brucha
- Headquarters: Venice, California
Tucked into a quiet stretch of Venice Boulevard not far from the beach is a brand new showroom with both modern and green sensibilities. MASH studios, long a favorite here at Apartment Therapy for their LAX furniture series, has gone official with a brick and mortar store and office showcasing their custom lines of furniture and designs.
Founded in 2002 by Bernard Brucha, MASH studios consists of diverse team of designers, architects and engineers grounded in industrial design and fabrication with an emphasis on longevity and durability. They offer custom design services for residential, retail and corporate interiors as well as the design of custom furniture.
They currently offer two lines of furniture, the LAX Series which could be described as simple, modern and elegant. There is nothing superfluous or showy about the designs, they are pieces with beautiful lines, solid construction and presence. We love their wall mounted storage with lacquered doors in pop art colors, their simple desks and benches. Their new PCH Series named for the Pacific Coast Highway features furniture that mixes teak with aluminum accents on side tables, credenzas and storage pieces. Slightly more glamorous and subtle than the bright colors in the LAX series, the raw wood and textured aluminum in the PCH line are earthy and Their wood block day bed is a favorite as is the wood block coffee table.
And one of the things we like best about MASH is their commitment to the community. Not only are their materials sustainable, but all their designs are manufactured locally in Los Angeles.
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The publisher and photographer of unauthorized topless snaps of Prince William's wife Kate have been placed under formal criminal investigation by French prosecutors.
Caroline Chassain, a spokeswoman for the French prosecutor, said that Mondadori Magazines France and photographer Valerie Suau have been placed under investigation over possible criminal exploitation of the images, which appeared in the French 'Closer' magazine last September.
The series of photos showed the Duchess of Cambridge relaxing topless at a private villa in Provence in southern France and in one case with her suit bottom partially pulled down to apply sunscreen.
According to the Huffington Post, Chassain added that Suau's employer, the local newspaper 'La Provence' was also placed under formal criminal investigation, which will likely take months to complete.
The blurry photos shocked the public and have been called a 'grotesque and totally unjustifiable' abuse of privacy by British royal officials.
Although Prince William and Kate made efforts to halt their use last September they went on to be published in Italy, Ireland, Sweden and world wide on the Internet.
No major British publication has carried the photos, including Rupert Murdoch's top-selling tabloid The Sun, which did however publish photos of a naked Prince Harry cavorting in a Las Vegas hotel room last year.


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HOW-TO: La Toya Jackson's "Reverse Ombre" Hair Color
Celebrity hair stylist Kimmi Hendrix recently created La Toya Jackson's "Reverse Ombre" hair color. To achieve the cut, Hendrix created long layers for added volume and bounce to the hair.
STEP 1: Hendrix first shampooed with IT&LY's Advanced Color Protection Chelating Shampoo to remove any traces of oils or product build-up followed by spritzing the hair with 2 Phase Hydrashine to even the porosity.
STEP 2: After drying the hair, she sectioned, separating the nape from the rest of the hair and applying IT&LY's Colorly 2020 2N (Darkest Brown) to the nape area mixed with equal parts of Oxily 2020 Developer (20 Volume) to darken the area for contrast.
STEP 3: She then applied Colorly 2020 6N (Dark Blonde) to the remaining crown, sides and top also mixed with equal parts of Oxily 2020 Developer (20 Volume).
STEP 4: To create the "Reverse Ombre" tones, Hendrix sculpted uneven sections at the top 2-3 inches from the scalp area and thinner sections throughout the crown lightening them with IT&LY's Easily Blonde Lightening Powder and 30 Volume Oxily Developer 2020.
STEP 5: Hendrix processed the lightening to what she refers to as "banana yellow" then toning with Colorly 2020 SSA (Silver Superlight) and 10 volume Oxily 2020 Developer.


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What is CircleCI?
CircleCI's continuous integration and delivery platform helps software teams rapidly release code with confidence by automating the build, test, and deploy process. CircleCI offers a modern software development platform that lets teams ramp
What is Drone.io?
Drone is a hosted continuous integration service. It enables you to conveniently set up projects to automatically build, test, and deploy as you make changes to your code. Drone integrates seamlessly with Github, Bitbucket and Google Code as well as third party services such as Heroku, Dotcloud, Google AppEngine and more.
What is Semaphore?
Whenever somebody pushes new code to GitHub, Semaphore immediately runs all tests on the corresponding branch. Every time you create a new branch, Semaphore builds it automatically. It also knows how to clean up when you delete it.
Want advice about which of these to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
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Easy to setup, great flexibility, awesome support
January 21, 2018 21:02
After trying several CI systems, we stuck with CircleCI because of the inference engine in CircleCI 1.0 made setup a breeze. We were up and running quickly. Builds are reliable, nicely integrated into GitHub, and anytime we've had a question, the support team was there to help. The 2.0 system provides Docker support and far more customization and is still fairly easy to set up with helpful documentation.
Easy to use and super quick
February 15, 2018 11:36
I use CircleCI as part of a cross platform mobile app to build and test the app as well as deploying .apk files to an s3 bucket.
Alongside CircleCI this repo also has a TravisCI setup for iOS. The CircleCI build has always been quicker and since moving from CircleCI v1 to CircleCI v2 it blows the TravisCI build out of the water. I'm really impressed with the performance gains from moving to v2. I'm pretty sure I could achieve similar results in Travis as well, but it was really easy to setup the Android CI build in Circle making use of Docker.
The Best CI
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The best CI ever. The easy way you can configure to run your project is amazing!
The ultimate CI tool that you need.
February 07, 2018 10:12
Circle CI is stable, fast, easy to start and has a huge amount of things which you can do with it.
Good availability, stays current, great ease of use
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CircleCI has become our CI of choice. The UI is really good and it has all the integrations we need. The 2.0 upgrade was not yet possible for one of our projects due to outdated gems, however, I have been able to get it working for a different one.
CircleCI is an integral part of our CD pipeline
February 28, 2018 12:23
We use it to test every commit we push to github and deploy everything we merge into master for every project.
Easy to Use CI/CD
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We use CircleCI to deploy to server. It is much easier than other websites like Travis especially for the free tier. It is especially useful for open source projects that need private access behind the scenes.
Easy to use
April 08, 2018 18:22
It help us with the automated build and test and also provide us with the build artifacts which we can use for the deployment also give use archive for each of our build, this things save us alot of time and cost
Full featured but hard to use
April 19, 2018 18:59
There's a lot of awesome features in CircleCI but it's generally hard to use and figure out. In addition, there seems to be some reliability issue, especially in connection with their third party dependencies.
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Container-based CI service. Runs all of our backend tests, and is equipped to eventually run our client side tests.
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For the build
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We use CircleCI for our tests, but not for our builds. The builds are all manually triggered right now.
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Why Didn't Media Companies Create Their Own Zite?
from the $40-million-would-have-been-nice... dept
For publishers, the problem is that Zite is really, really good at personalization and filtering. In my use of the app over the past few weeks, I've consistently found that the app shows me headlines I want to click on – and that's the test that really matters.Couldn't the NY Times or News Corp. have spent the millions they've spent on locking up their content towards something like Zite that actually makes their content more valuable and more useful? The problem seems to be that they value the content over all, and don't realize that, just as important as the content itself, is how people find and interact with it. Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that any of the big media properties recognize that yet.
We in media should think about what led us to this place, where major news outlets are targeting a company that is creating something they should create: an innovative, personalized news source.
What efforts have major media companies made to build or enable their own innovative news consumption products?