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Inter-trochanteric fracture repair - discharge; Subtrochanteric fracture repair - discharge; Femoral neck fracture repair - discharge; Trochanteric fracture repair - discharge; Hip pinning surgery - discharge
When You Were in the Hospital
You were in the hospital for surgery to repair a hip fracture, a break in the upper part of your thigh bone. You may have had hip pinning surgery or a special metal plate or rod with screws, called compression screws or nails, put in place. You may have had a hemiarthroplasty to replace the ?ball? part of your hip joint.
You should have received physical therapy while you were in the hospital or at a rehabilitation center before going home from the hospital.
What to Expect at Home
Most of the problems that develop after hip fracture surgery can be prevented by getting out of bed and walking as soon as possible. For this reason, it is very important to stay active and follow the instructions your doctor gave you.
You may have bruises around your incision. These will go away. It is normal for the skin around your incision to be a little red. It is also normal to have a small amount of watery or dark bloody fluid draining from your incision for several days.
It is not normal to have foul smell or drainage that last more than the first 3to 4 days after surgery. It is also not normal when the wound starts to hurt more after leaving the hospital.
Do the exercises your physical therapist taught you. Your doctor and physical therapist will help you decide when you do not need crutches, a cane, or a walker anymore.
Ask your doctor or physical therapist about when to start using a stationary bicycle and swimming as extra exercises to build your muscles and bones.
Try not to sit for more than 45 minutes at a time without getting up and moving around.
- Do not sit in low chairs that put your knees higher than your hips. Choose chairs with arm rests to make it easier to stand up.
- Sit with your feet flat on the floor, and point your feet and legs outward a little. Do not cross your legs.
Do not bend at the waist or the hips when you put your shoes and socks on. Do not bend down to pick up things from the floor.
Use a raised toilet seat for for the first couple of weeks. Your doctor will tell you when it is OK to use a regular toilet seat. Do not sleep on your stomach or on the side you had your surgery.
Home Setup
Have a bed that is low enough so that your feet touch the floor when you sit on the edge of the bed.
Keep tripping hazards out of your home.
- Learn to
prevent falls. Remove loose wires or cords from areas you walk through to get from one room to another. Remove loose throw rugs. Do not keep small pets in your home. Fix any uneven flooring in doorways. Use good lighting. Se Make your bathroom safe. Put hand rails in the bathtub or shower and next to the toilet. Place a slip-proof mat in the bathtub or shower.
- Do not carry anything when you are walking around. You may need your hands to help you balance.
Set up your home so that you do not have to climb steps. Some tips are:
- Set up a bed or use a bedroom on the first floor.
- Have a bathroom or a portable commode on the same floor where you spend most of your day.
If you do not have someone to help you at home for the first 1 to 2 weeks, ask your doctor or nurse about having a trained caregiver come to your home to help you.
Wound Care
You may start showering again about 5to 7 days after your surgery. Ask your doctor or nurse when you can start. After you shower, gently pat the incision area dry with a clean towel. Do not rub it dry.
Do not soak your wound in a bathtub, swimming pool, or hot tub until your doctor says it is okay.
Check your incision for any signs of infection at least once a day. These signs include more redness, more drainage, or when the wound is opening up.
Other Self-care
To prevent another fracture, do everything you can to make your bones strong.
- Ask your doctor to check you for osteoporosis (thin, weak bones) after you have healed from your surgery andare able tomore tests.
- If you smoke, stop. Ask your doctor for help quitting. Smoking will keep your bone from healing.
- Tell your doctor if you drink alcohol regularly. You might have a bad reaction from taking pain medicine and drinking alcohol. Alcohol may also make it harder to recovery from surgery.
Keep wearing the compression stockings you used in the hospital until you doctor says you can stop. Wearing them for at least 2 or 3 weeks may help reduce clots after surgery.
If you have pain, take the pain medicines your doctor prescribed. Getting up and moving around can also help reduce your pain.
If you have problems with your eyesight or hearing, get them checked.
Be careful
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor if you have:
- Shortness of breath or chest pain when you breathe
- Frequent urination or burning when you urinate
- Redness or increasing pain around your incision
- Drainage from your incision
- Swelling in one of your legs (it will be red and warmer than the other leg)
- Pain in your calf
- Fever higher than 101F
- Pain that is not controlled by your pain medicines
- Nosebleeds or blood in your urine or stools, if you are taking blood thinners
Weinlein. Fractures and dislocations of the hip. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbells Operative Orthopaedics. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2012:chap 55.
Simunovic N, Devereaux PJ, Sprague S, Guyatt GH, Schemitsch E, Debeer J, Bhandari M. Effect of early surgery after hip fracture on mortality and complications: systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ. 2010 Oct 19;182(15):1609-16. Epub 2010 Sep 13. Review.
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C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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August 14, 2006
Honorable Roger Sampson
Commissioner of Education
State Department of Education and Early Development
801 West Tenth Street, Suite 200
P.O. Box 110500
Juneau, Alaska 99801-0500
Dear Commissioner Sampson:
I am writing in response to your agency's request, on behalf of one Alaska school district, for a flexibility agreement allowing the district to provide supplemental educational services (SES) under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), to students attending Title I schools in the first year of school improvement.
SES is a crucial component of NCLB, giving low-income families real options to obtain free tutoring and other academic enrichment services for their children. This extra help for students who attend schools in need of improvement is a key element of school improvement efforts. We have learned valuable lessons about SES in these first few years of implementation. Creating and implementing a successful SES program takes coordination and cooperation by States, school districts, providers, and parents.
Unfortunately, we know that around the country, not enough eligible students are participating in SES. Therefore, in order to increase both the number of students receiving these services and the quality of services provided to students, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) is expanding the SES pilot begun last year. We are allowing the one Alaska district on whose behalf you applied, as well as several districts in four other States, to provide SES to students attending schools in year one of improvement. The results we have seen in the 2005-06 school year, the first year of the pilot, have been promising. For the 2006-07 school year, the pilot program will continue to address two key priorities: (1) ensuring that more students are receiving SES, and (2) ensuring the provision of better information on how SES programs are improving the academic achievement of students receiving services. In addition, as with last year's pilot, we hope to gain valuable information about SES in participating districts – information that can be shared with other States and districts to help them improve the quality of these services.
You have requested that one school district within Alaska, Anchorage Public Schools, be allowed to offer SES to eligible students in Title I schools in the first year of school improvement under NCLB. This district would then offer SES and public school choice to eligible students enrolled in any school that moves to the second year of school improvement.
The Department has reviewed Alaska's application for the 2006-07 pilot and has found that it meets the three key principles I outlined as requirements for participation in the pilot: (1) timely notification of adequate yearly progress, (2) a State SES evaluation in progress, and (3) a State assessment system that our Department has reviewed and to which the Department has granted Approval Expected. Additionally, Anchorage Public Schools has issued timely public school choice and SES parental notification letters.
Therefore, I am approving Alaska's request for participation in the pilot by approving a flexibility agreement with the State under section 9401 of the ESEA. This agreement permits the district to provide SES to eligible students in Title I schools in the first year of school improvement, thereby reversing the order outlined in sections 1116(b)(1)(E) and 1116(b)(5)(B) of Title I. Approval is conditioned on Alaska's fulfilling the conditions detailed in the enclosure and summarized here:
- More students participate in SES and public school choice;
- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development must provide information on the academic achievement of students receiving SES in the participating district;
- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development must ensure parent access to SES providers in the participating district;
- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development must ensure timely parental notification and multiple or continuous enrollment periods in the participating district;
- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development must participate in a data exchange project with the Department; and
- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development must submit a report to the Department on the implementation of this pilot by June 30, 2007.
In addition, as required by section 9401(b)(3)(B) of the ESEA, within 30 days of the date of this letter, Anchorage Public Schools must provide notice and information to the public about its participation in the pilot in the manner in which it customarily provides similar notice to the public. The district must also submit a report under section 9401(e)(1) of the ESEA to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development at the end of the 2006-07 school year that describes its provision of SES in Title I schools in the first year of school improvement; describes how those schools continued to provide Title I services to eligible students during that year; and evaluates the progress of the district and schools in increasing the quality of instruction and improving the academic achievement of students. Your agency must then submit a report to the Department based on the district's report.
This flexibility agreement applies to the provision of SES in Title I schools in the one pilot district during the 2006-07 school year.
SES is a vital component of NCLB, and we look forward to working with you to
ensure that students are accessing services and succeeding in the classroom.
Margaret Spellings
cc: Honorable Frank Murkowski


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Posted: Tue 05 Jul 2005, 02:33
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How do I configure ethernet to share my cable internet?
hi i am a new to puppy linux, but am quite familiar with linux operating systems, i have three computers in my home. i am using a cable internet. i have two network cards in my pc, one for the internet and one for a switch that connects the other two pc's . under windows xp i share a internet connection and am wondering how to this under puppy.so thats other two pc's can access internet connection from puppy. i assgined the ip 192.168.0.1 to the network card conencted to the switch. i have configured internet with the other card.
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I know puppy has a firewall, but I'm not too sure whether it is setup in such a way as to share a internet connection...
Personally I use Shorewall for my router\bridge\access point but haven't tried to install it under puppy yet....
If you hang on another day or so I'll give it a go and try and package it in such a way that it is an easy install under puppy, configuration is quite simple, for a basic setup it's just a few text files (don't scream or freak).The shorewall website even has templates for such cases as a computer sharing an internet connection to some others.....
Or if you have a spare lowend box hanging around that you can through a couple of NIC's at and leave in a corner and forget, Freesco it a damn good distro, great support and a dead easy setup and will run from just a floppy so no need to do an install to a hard disk to give it a whirl
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thanks. i will hang on it for a day or two .i know ics is available with puppy but carnt figure out how, there is an ip masquerading utilityy in puppy but dont know how to use it. thanks.
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Posted: Tue 05 Jul 2005, 16:10
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a router with a built-in switch and firewall is often a good way to share the internet
routers are often OVERPRICED for less than $20 (i once saw a sale price of 99 cents)
iptables can forward packets
if you want to use the Morizot firewall, you would need to modify it by adding forwarding rules, or make your own custom firewall on the Morizot website (the Morizot firewall in Puppy is a very simple, basic one, really intended for a standalone connection ... i figured if someone needed something more complicated, they could make their own custom Morizot firewall, or another firewall)
i just noticed an error in my Morizot fw script:
$IPT -P FORWARD DROrouter onP
should be:
i don't know if that's my error or if it's in the original script
it doesn't seem to matter ... the default rule for FORWARD is still set to DROP
it should be fixed though
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Posted: Tue 05 Jul 2005, 16:12
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will this then share the internet .
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Posted: Tue 05 Jul 2005, 16:44
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i generated a file from morizot web site where do i now put the file
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Posted: Tue 05 Jul 2005, 16:56
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Replace the one already in Puppy with the one you made? (Just a guess.)
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Posted: Tue 05 Jul 2005, 17:25
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you can put it wherever you like
you might put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
you would probably run it using an absolute path
(if you hold ctrl and left click a file or dir with the mouse, it will copy the path to the file to your clipboard, so you can paste it to a script)
if you made a custom firewall on the Morizot website, you will probably have to edit it to make it run in Puppy
you probably have to change the path to iptables in the script ... in Puppy, iptables, iptable-save, and iptables-restore is in /usr/sbin/
now the firewall should run
Puppy does not have systcl, so you should uncomment the line:
you will get an error message when you run the firewall about syncookies ... syncookie support is not compiled into the kernel ... you can ignore the error messages, or you can delete or comment the lines that try to set syncookie options ... in any case, it doesn't cause any problems
the latest versions of the Morizot firewall seem to have features that Puppy does not support, and there are error messages ... i don't know if this causes the firewall to stop working properly or not ... it may work ok, or it may not ... i haven't tried the latest version in Puppy (you really don't know if a firewall is working well until it's tested by a number of people over a period of time ... even then, it might have holes that nobody has noticed)
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Posted: Wed 06 Jul 2005, 02:08
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could u be nice ennough to generate a script for me . its such a huge file, cannot find where to edit these things. aand i am new at editing linux scripts. i have two cards
etho - > connected to switch
eth1 - > conencted to internet
internal ip =192.168.0.1
external ip static
i want to use this firewall primarily as an ics so it so enable all msn, yahoo http,ftp etc. thnaks u .
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Posted: Wed 06 Jul 2005, 02:09
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sorry in the above post i said my external ip is static its not, its dynamic. thank u .
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Posted: Sat 16 Jul 2005, 22:57
Post subject: Cable Internet connection
Here's how I did it. My wifes computer runs Win XP and had the cable modem registered to it. It had a built in ethernet. I added another nic to it. I attached the nic to my ethernet hub. I connected my computers nic to the hub. I then ran the Puppy ethernet/network wizard. Selected the configure_eth0 button. Selected the Auto_DHCP button. Then it was up and running. Note: I had also configured the nic in the Win XP computer as per win instructions. Currently, my wife is playing a game on her computer and I'm typing this on mine. Another note: I had been booting from the puppy cd. Now I'm booting from the HD. When booting from the cd you have to run the ethernet/network wizard each time you boot and the other computer that provides the Auto_DHCP has to be booted first (unless the other computer wasn't shutdown). I don't think that this is a problem once you have puppy booting from the HD.
Good Luck! boB
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2012 Porsche Cayenne: New Car Review
Pros: More power, better fuel economy and higher-quality interiors than its predecessors; sports-car level of performance in an SUV
Cons: Extensive options list quickly escalates already elevated base price; practical, though not as voluminous as other SUV options; punishing fuel economy in all but the S Hybrid
When it first materialized in U.S. showrooms in 2003, the Porsche Cayenne sent shock waves through the enthusiast community: How could the German manufacturer renowned for uncompromising sports cars and countless racing victories stoop to making an SUV?
Now, nine years after its debut, the Cayenne has become a crucial part of Porsche's success. In 2011, one of every two Porsches sold was a Cayenne, and this year the carmaker expects to sell a record 140,000 of its SUVs-and has even announced an upcoming compact version dubbed the Macan.
The first-generation Cayenne (2003-10) was widely criticized for its unsporting curb weight. The current-generation sheds hundreds of pounds, produces more power and achieves better fuel economy when compared with its predecessor.
The Cayenne is currently available in four configurations: base ($48,200), S ($65,000), S Hybrid ($69,000) and Turbo ($107,100). While each model offers varying trim treatments, the most significant difference lies under the hood. The base model is equipped with a 3.6-liter V6 that produces 300 horsepower; the S receives a 400-hp, 4.8-liter V8; and the S Hybrid can make up to 380 hp thanks to a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 that works in tandem with an electric motor. The Turbo's maximalist approach is pinned on a turbocharged 500-hp 4.8-liter V8 that is capable of getting from 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds.
The Porschephile fringe may still find plenty to bemoan about the Zuffenhausen-based manufacturer's entry into the SUV segment, but the Cayenne offers a Porsche-worthy blend of luxurious interiors and real-world performance.
Comfort & Utility
If SUVs came with S-M-L-XL labels, the Cayenne would land somewhere between Medium and Large. The cabin, although spacious enough for five passengers, has a more intimate feeling than other German SUVs such as the Audi Q7. Partial credit for the sedan-like cabin goes to its stablemate the Panamera, from which the Cayenne has inherited several design devices including the large, flat center console littered with buttons.
With the rear seats folded, the Cayenne offers 62.9 cubic feet of rear storage volume-not quite the most expansive setup, but then again, this SUV is more about the S than the U. The Cayenne's seats, for example, strike a solid blend of supportiveness and long-range comfort. Ergonomics are also excellent, though the array of identically sized and shaped buttons on the center stack verges on overkill. And while the Cayenne certainly adheres to the sport utility playbook in terms of layout, it's a bit too pricey not to be considered a high-end sports car on stilts first, and a functional beast of burden second.
Porsche has endowed the Cayenne with virtually every technological goodie available in all of automobiledom, but those creature comforts come at a price. For example, navigation with an audio interface runs $3,645; a Bose surround sound system adds $1,690, while a 1,000-watt Burmester setup runs $5,690; voice control costs $595, while a SiriusXM receiver requires $750; expect to shill out $2,990 for a rear-seat entertainment system.
When it comes to driving aids, the Cayenne can be ordered with adaptive cruise control ($2,490), lane change assist ($850), active suspension ($1,990), air suspension ($3,980) and dynamic chassis control ($3,510). Torque vectoring will cost you $1,490, while a sport exhaust swells the MSRP by $2,950. And pity your wallet if you have racetrack aspirations, as ceramic brakes add a substantial $8,150 to the sticker price. Front and rear park assist is $1,095, while that in combination with a reverse camera costs $1,750. Packages, which combine several of the aforementioned a la carte options, add $4,185 to $11,650 to the Cayenne's sticker price.
Performance & Fuel Economy
All Cayennes offer potent levels of performance as compared with their competitors, and their brawn is proportionate to their prices. The base model's 300-hp engine is capable of a respectable but not blazing 0-to-60-mph time of 7.1 seconds with a manual transmission, and 7.4 seconds with an automatic eight-speed Tiptronic gearbox. Fuel economy is a bit thirsty, with the Tiptronic version yielding 16/23 mpg.
The Cayenne S Hybrid's 380 hp help it hit 60 mph in 6.1 seconds, although it's the 428 lb-ft of torque that creates that satisfying, seat-squishing sensation when the right pedal is buried. Expect 20/24 mpg from the S Hybrid model.
Opt for the S, and its 400-hp engine yields a more impressive 0-to-60-mph time of 5.6 seconds, which puts this bulky sport-ute on par with many performance coupes. EPA fuel economy numbers are 16/22 mpg, barely showing a penalty compared with the base model.
The more tightly wound Turbo version packs a 500-hp engine that helps achieve an eye-opening 0-to-60 mph time of 4.4 seconds. Considering its 4,784-pound curb weight, the Cayenne Turbo's fuel economy figures of 15/22 mpg could be worse-although they're in no danger of earning Porsche any environmental awards, either.
Porsche's Cayenne boasts crash safety engineering that includes a chassis strategically reinforced with high-tensile steel, force limiters on the front seats and rollover detection that triggers seatbelt pretensioners and curtain airbags. Additional airbags are situated in front, passenger and driver knee locations. High-strength crossmembers protect the doors and bumpers.
While generously equipped with engineering features designed to protect its occupants, the Cayenne is also safer thanks to responsive handling and powerful, quick-stopping brakes that can help avoid accidents altogether.
Driving Impressions
Performance varies dramatically from model to model, but the entire Porsche Cayenne lineup boasts genre-defying performance capabilities. Thanks to its newly acquired Panamera-inspired cabin layout, the Cayenne's interior makes it feel less like a traditional sport-utility vehicle and more like a high-end luxury car.
The base model can feel brisk when summoned, but the S Hybrid's copious torque makes it the surprise performer of the bunch, especially when the shifter is clicked into S, which sharpens throttle response and puts the transmission into a more aggressive mode of attack. The S Hybrid is also capable of driving on electric-only mode at up to 37 mph, while coasting without engine intervention at even higher speeds.
The S version ups the ante. But, for truly awe-inspiring performance, look no further than the Turbo. Start/stop technology makes for serene red-light experiences, but Sport mode in this SUV transforms it into a lurching beast. Similarly, the suspension can transform from floaty to stiff with the touch of a button, and its most aggressive handling mode makes the Cayenne Turbo so quick to turn that it becomes easy to forget you're in a hulking animal of an SUV.
Its almost endless array of interior options lends the Cayenne lineup a kaleidoscope of personas; the most luxurious tend to include equal doses of wood, aluminum and leather-lined dashboards with Alcantara headliners. When the Cayenne isn't being driven hard, these surface materials conspire to make passengers feel as if they're in a posh sedan, not a hard-charging SUV.
Other Cars to Consider
Audi Q7 - Starting at $46,250, the Audi Q7 is a bigger but similarly ambitious answer to the Cayenne. Powered by a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 gasoline engine or a turbocharged, 3.0-liter V6 diesel mill, the Q7 is an adequate performer but not quite on par with the Porsche's outstanding levels of acceleration and handling.
BMW X5 - BMW's X5 deserves an award for its gradual process of evolution; once bulky and awkward, the model now works more efficiently thanks to greater interior space and a more focused on-road demeanor. Engine options range from the xDrive35i's turbocharged 6-cylinder that produces 300 hp (starting at $47,500) to the X5 M's 4.4-liter turbocharged V8 that churns 555 hp (and starts at $87,250). BMW's X5 offerings are more philosophically in line with Porsche's driver-focused Cayenne models than Audi's.
Land Rover Range Rover Sport - Range Rover Sport models start at $60,895 and escalate to $76,095 for a Supercharged version powered by a blown 5.0-liter V8 that produces 510 hp. The Range Rover offers luxury and attention to design detail that are comparable to the Porsche, but its considerably heavier curb weight keeps it from competing head to head against Porsche in the area of performance.
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Get the best of both worlds and get the satisfying yet reasonably economical S Hybrid. How many boxes to check off on the options list depends on your bank balance.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT women's lacrosse team rattled off eight unanswered goals to start the game as it went on to defeat Eastern Connecticut State University, 17-6, in a non-conference women's lacrosse tilt on Tuesday night. Freshman Hannah Levy (Yardley, Pa.) led the way for the Engineers (4-0) with seven goals on seven shots while senior Erin Conn (Moriches, N.Y.) paced the Warriors (0-4) with four goals and six draw controls.
Levy opened the scoring after 29 seconds expired and scored three more times during the first-half run. Eastern Connecticut ended the shutout at the 15:55 mark when Conn redirected a feed from junior Meg Eremita (South Windsor, Conn.) and then the duo collaborated for an encore performance six minutes later, narrowing the gap to 8-2. After being held scoreless for 12 minutes, MIT broke through on a solo effort from senior Erica Du (Excelsior, Minn.) to enter halftime with a comfortable cushion.
The Engineers controlled the action early in the second stanza as they found the back of the net twice, increasing their margin to 11-2. Freshman Keeley Erhardt (Ann Arbor, Mich.) set up sophomore Nadia Wallace (Rochester, N.Y.) for the first marker while sophomore Kira Schott (New Canaan, Conn.) added an unassisted goal. The Warriors responded with senior Ashley Wolk (Barrington, R.I.) burying a pass from freshman Nicole Fretz (Newington, Conn.) with 21:52 on the clock, but in a span of two minutes Schott and DiDio generated goals that moved the score to 13-3.
Despite the deficit, Eastern Connecticut continued to attack as a solo effort from freshman Devyne Doran (South Kingstown, R.I.) sparked a three-goal spurt for the visitors. Conn then registered back-to-back scores to help the Warriors come within seven (13-6) with 8:19 left to play. MIT replied by closing out the game with four goals inside the final six minutes as sophomore Tate DeWeese (Towson, Md.) started the rally while Levy produced the remainder of the scoring.
Schott finished with three goals, two assists, six draw controls and two groundballs as DiDio totaled two goals, one assist, four draw controls, and three groundballs. Sophomore Kristyn Berretta (San Diego, Calif.) and junior Emma Kane (Garden City, N.Y.) both posted a goal during the Engineers' first-half scoring spree while Berretta added four draw controls and two groundballs. Sophomore Christine Jiang (Canton, Mich.) bolstered the defense with three groundballs. In net, junior Candice Kaplan (Arlington, Va.) recorded four saves in the first half as freshman Stephanie Pavlick (Pittsburgh, Pa.) collected five saves during the final 30 minutes of action.
Wolk racked up four groundballs, two draw controls, and two caused turnovers for Eastern Connecticut as freshman Karen Trescott (Somers, Conn.) gathered a game-high five groundballs. Doran chipped in three groundballs, followed by two from Eremita, Fretz, and senior Finley Ahearn (Wallingford, Conn.). Freshman goalie Taylor Emmerson (Colchester, Conn.) amassed 11 saves in the loss.
Both squads are on the road for their next games. MIT will visit Gordon College on Thursday, March 13 while Eastern Connecticut will head to Salve Regina University the following day.


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Children's Cancer Foundation › About Childhood Cancer › Diagnosis and Treatment Glossary › Bone marrow
Bone marrow
The tissue contained within the internal cavities of the bones. At birth, these cavities are filled entirely with blood-forming myeloid tissue (red marrow) but in later life the marrow in the limb bones is replaced by fat (yellow marrow). Samples of bone marrow may be obtained for examination by aspiration through a stout needle or by trephine biopsy.


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1. panicky - adjective
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Synonym(s): panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened
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Illustration – SavX
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I'm a homeschooling mom of two girls ages 5 and 10 and run a small home day care for 4 precious little ones, ages 1 to 3. I'm always on the lookout for more craft and recipe ideas, free printables, lessons, experiments, and fun activities to do with the kids.
Every Monday I'd love for you to come share your favourite blog posts that feature all things that are Just For Kids. If you link up this week, you just may be featured in next week's post as well as added to my Just for Kids Link-Up Party Pinterest board.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd Sep 2007 13:42 UTC
Linux users want two things for their hardware: drivers; and easy access to those drivers. The first is finally happening; and now, thanks to a Dell Linux project called DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support), the other is on its way. Dell and Linux distributors have been working on DKMS for about five years now. Its purpose is to create a framework where kernel-dependent module source can reside, so that it is very easy to rebuild modules. In turn, this enables Linux distributors and driver developers to create driver drops without having to wait for new kernel releases. For users, all this makes it easier to get up-to-the-minute drivers without hand compiling device drivers.
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A teenager was held back by onlookers before he threw a "roundhouse" punch which killed a 22-year-old man during a brawl, a court has heard.
Dylan John Closter was bailed on a $50,000 surety on Monday charged with the manslaughter of David Cassai on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula early on December 31.
Homicide squad Detective Sergeant Sol Solomon told the Melbourne Magistrates Court that police were still unsure why two groups of young men had clashed outside a pizza shop at Rye before the fatal blow.
He said words were exchanged and Closter, 18, allegedly bumped one of the men with his shoulder.
Det Sgt Solomon said security camera footage showed Closter assaulting Mr Cassai on three separate occasions.
"He appears to be focusing his aggression on Mr Cassai and Mr Cassai alone," he said.
In the footage, Closter is seen knocking Mr Cassai to the ground and advancing towards him, about to strike.
Onlookers try to hold Closter back, but he breaks free and chases Mr Cassai, who appears to be defending himself.
Closter then delivers a sudden "roundhouse-style punch" to Mr Cassai's head and he falls backwards to the ground.
"You see his head hitting the pavement, he lies completely still," Det Sgt Solomon told the court.
Mr Cassai was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition and police were told by medical experts his prognosis was "hopeless, pretty much".
He died in hospital later the same day.
In his account to police, Closter claimed to have been kicked and punched while on all fours.
But Det Sgt Solomon said the footage showed Closter had fallen but was not attacked.
Closter told police he'd had a few swigs of Galliano with friends and was going to an ATM when he saw a member of another group remove a street sign and carry it up the road.
Closter said he called out, "What do you think you're doing mate?"
He claimed he was then assaulted and wrestled to the ground and he instinctively got up and lashed out.
Closter denied saying after the attack, "That's what we come here for," as a witness had claimed.
Police did not oppose Closter's second bid for bail, saying their concerns about him colluding with a co-accused were allayed because the co-accused had been interviewed.
However, Det Sgt Solomon said strict conditions were needed to ensure he did not pose an unacceptable public risk.
Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg bailed Closter on conditions including he report to police three times a week and obey a curfew.
Closter, of Launching Place, will face a committal mention hearing on April 26.
He is also charged with affray and two counts of intentionally causing injury, relating to two other males.
A 21-year-old West Australian man and a man from Kilsyth, 24, have also been charged with affray and intentionally causing injury and will appear in court in February.


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Orthophosphate analyzer
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Colorimetric system for wastewater monitoring and optimization of process control
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Liquiline System CA80PH offers online orthophosphate measurement for precise dosing of precipitants in wastewater treatment. As all Liquiline System analyzers, it enables plug & play of up to 4 Memosens sensors - minimizing the installation effort. Automatic calibration and cleaning and the low consumption of reagents save you operating costs. Advanced diagnostics with remote access ensure process safety and support you in providing process documentation to the authorities.
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In industrial applications, Liquiline System CA80PH is used for the monitoring of cooling water cycles.
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If you've been following the 641 Project series The Gingerbread House Project, the talk about gingerbread and house building is making you think maybe about building your own house for the holidays. I say, go for it!
Gingerbread house ideas, instructions and printable templates can be found easily on the web. There are even videos that demonstrate different phases of construction. If hard print is more your speed, the Clayton County Library System has a few books devoted to the art of the gingerbread house. You may consult one or all of them to make a house or other goodies to show off your baking and decorating skills:
It's a Gingerbread House : Bake it, Build it, Eat it! by Vera B. Williams
Carrie, Benny and Sam receive a gingerbread house from their grandfather. When they eat it up before Christmas, they follow grandfather's instructions for building a new house.
The story is an introduction to an excellent book for young readers/bakers. With uncomplicated writing, kids should have no problem understanding the recipe and building instructions for baking and building a basic, seven inch tall house. Like any recipe for any type of cooking, the recipe and instructions need to be read and studied thoroughly before beginning the project to achieve the best results. The book suggests grown up assistance, especially when it comes to handling sharp knives and going into hot ovens. Pictures show the tools, ingredients and assembly processes that should come in handy.
Making Great Gingerbread Houses by Aaron Morgan and Paige Gilchrist
Go ahead, say authors Morgan and Gilchrist, make a gingerbread house: It's good, messy fun! Appealing to tactile, visual and olfactory senses, and even communal spirit, Morgan and Gilchrist convince the reader not to be intimidated by a seeming complex project, but to dive in and enjoy what is actually quite easy. Step by step, they explain the basic house building process from mixing the dough to how to pipe icing. From there on, your imagination's the limit.
After the basics comes a full color gallery of gingerbread structure and tableaus. The purpose is to inspire your own creations and/or how to achieve different effects (Patterns aren't given for all of these houses, and in some cases not entire patterns). The patterns given are not full sized: You'll need to enlarge many by two hundred percent on a photocopier.
The Gingerbread Book by Allen D. Bragdon
New to the Clayton County Libraries collection, The Gingerbread Book is a reprint of a 1984 book, and doesn't appear to be revised: the photos and print appear as they did nearly thirty years ago. No matter really, because the ideas and most techniques have not changed significantly.
Bragdon's premise is that gingerbread and gingerbread houses aren't just for Christmastime. To prove his point, he gives patterns for other holiday creations, ideas for party treats and centerpieces, and even some storybook scenarios. He lists several different recipes for ginger cookies and cake – as well as for a building dough – and recounts an extensive history of gingerbread from the Middle Ages to the 1980s.
Sweet Dreams of Gingerbread by Jann Johnson
Author Jann Johnson believes as Allen Bragdon: Decorated ginger cookies aren't just a Christmas thing. She too takes gingerbread around the calendar with the traditional holiday houses and décor pieces – such as a train, stockings, and Santa with sleigh and reindeer – as well as patterns for Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Gingerbread men and women can be decorated for all seasons and occasions.
Johnson offers thorough but concise techniques for baking and building, with several different recipes for dough and icings for variety. Color pictures and pointers accompany each project. Attention must be given to copying patterns, as many overlap or must be pieced together from separate pieces.
This title is the one that I own and am using for my project (though I have gleaned tips and ideas from the other books listed). It's not in the CCLS collection, but can be requested through PINES; it's also available from online book vendors.
Click the titles above to see the PINES catalog record for call number and availability. Ask the staff at your nearest library for assistance.
Except for Making Great Gingerbread, these books direct the reader to trace the patterns from its pages. I recommend photocopying instead to preserve the book; plus, it's easier to make extra copies of templates. If you must trace, lay a sheet of clear plastic over the page, then lay your tracing paper on top of the plastic and trace away.
Follow my baking adventure on The Gingerbread House Project blog. Click here.


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Reporter Toobin Lashes Out At Reporters Who Use 'Stolen' Documents; Leaves Out His Own History Of Doing The Same
from the it's-just-not-civilized-to-do-real-reporting dept
The unavoidable sense one gets — not just from Carr's piece, but from all the other responses by Gregory and others to the NSA story and to WikiLeaks, and even to events like Reddit's attempt to contribute to the reporting around the Boston bombings — is of an "us vs. them" mentality, in which bloggers like Greenwald or more extreme personalities like Julian Assange are treated like invaders storming the barricades of the journalism establishment. As Carr puts it:Carr also has this interesting exchange with Toobin, who has been among the angriest haters against Snowden, Greenwald and the rest:"The larger sense I get from the criticism directed at Mr. Assange and Mr. Greenwald is one of distaste — that they aren't what we think of as real journalists. Instead, they represent an emerging Fifth Estate composed of leakers, activists and bloggers who threaten those of us in traditional media. They are, as one says, not like us."
Mr. Toobin agrees that an important debate has been joined, but says no story, no matter how big, justifies journalists' abetting illegal acts, saying, "Journalists are not above the law."That seems especially ironic, given that just last week it came out that Toobin himself has been accused of taking a ton of classified documents for a book he was writing:
"The Jane Mayers, Sy Hershes and Walter Pincuses have all done superb work for decades without the rampant lawlessness that was behind these stories," he said, adding later, "I've never heard any of those journalists endorsing the wholesale theft of thousands of classified government records."
In journalist Michael Isikoff's book, Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story, he described how Toobin was caught "having absconded with large loads of classified and grand-jury related documents from the office of Iran-Contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh" in 1991:Read that again, then go back and read Toobin's whining to David Carr. And try not to choke back the laughter. Toobin isn't upset that documents were taken as a part of journalism, since it appears that he, himself, had no problem with that. He's upset that it's used in a way that he doesn't like.
Toobin, it turned out, had been using his tenure in Walsh's office to secretly prepare a tell-all book about the Iran-contra case; the privileged documents, along with a meticulously kept private diary (in which the young Toobin, a sort of proto-Linda Tripp, had been documenting private conversations with his unsuspecting colleagues) were to become his prime bait to snare a book deal. Toobin's conduct enraged his fellow lawyers in Walsh's office, many of whom viewed his actions as an indefensible betrayal of the public trust. Walsh at one point even considered pressing for Toobin's indictment.
Toobin was "petrified" that he would have to face criminal charges for stealing information for a rather dubious book deal. According to Isikoff, he either "feared dismissal and disgrace, or simply wanted to move on." Toobin "resigned from the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn (where he had gone to work after Walsh) and abandoned the practice of law."
It is true that there are differences between many of those old school journalists and the new school who are breaking all of this news. The old school tried to buddy up with government sources to get their story. The new school would rather get the story. Apparently that upsets the old school, because it makes their


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Adding Big Color in Small (Even Tiny!) Places
We all know that painting your walls can totally transform a space. But what if you're feeling lazy, and the idea of getting out a ladder is anathema to you and your precious weekend morning? We all know those saved episodes of Downton Abbey won't re-watch themselves.
Here's a reminder that even small doses of color can have major impact. Most of them are pretty low commitment and little work. (Save the longer projects for later, while you're waiting impatiently for Season 3 to air.) They're also perfect for any leftover paint you've got kicking around and, if you're a renter, easily reversed before moving day.
1. Door Edges: Sure to be the quickest of jobs; just tape it off well. Photo by Magnus Anesund for Swedish Elle Interior.
2. Window Frames: Who cares what's outside? This green framed window totally snags your attention. Photo by Stuart McIntyre.
3. Stair Railings: I would call Tom Scheerer's orange railing "da bomb" if it was still 1997. It's 2012, so I'll just say I like it very much.
4. Stairs Treads: And old idea, but never a bad one. Here, Lasc Studio pushed it with an extra bright aqua shade.
5. Accent Walls: Decor8 recently featured an apartment with this itty bitty painted accent wall. Maybe it's not even a wall. Call it the inside of an archway, or just a protrusion. Either way, it works.
6. Fireplaces: Gasp! Wood purists, avert your eyes. Regas New York painted the unpaintable in a sunny yellow. Via Brooklyn Bride.
7. Inside Shelving: We've also seen this before, but it's so good I'm putting it out there again. Neon is especially on trend, and Ghislaine Vinas rocked it in this TriBeCa loft.
8. Closets: Brightly painted closets are like the red silk lining inside a navy pinstripe suit. Anne Marker (and a friend) painted this bright design in her daughter's room.
9. Ceiling: Painted ceilings are even better when they include that small portion extending down the wall. From Skona Hem.
• Paint Outside the Box: 10 Unconventional Ways to Paint Your Rooms
• 5 Ways to Add A Little Color Yourself
• 8 Places to Use Color That Normally Get Overlooked
• Add Color: Painting Just the Door's Edge
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Angiosperm, any of about 300,000 species of flowering plants, the largest and most diverse group within the kingdom Plantae. Angiosperms represent approximately 80 percent of all the known green plants now living. The angiosperms are vascular seed plants in which the ovule (egg) is fertilized and develops into a seed in an enclosed hollow ovary. The ovary itself is usually enclosed in a flower, that part of the angiospermous plant that contains the male or female reproductive organs or both. Fruits are derived from the maturing floral organs of the angiospermous plant and are therefore characteristic of angiosperms. By contrast, in gymnosperms (e.g., conifers and cycads), the other large group of vascular seed plants, the seeds do not develop enclosed within an ovary but are usually borne exposed on the surfaces of reproductive structures, such as cones.
What are angiosperms?
How are angiosperms different than gymnosperms?
How are angiosperms and gymnosperms similar?
Unlike such nonvascular plants as the bryophytes, in which all cells in the plant body participate in every function necessary to support, nourish, and extend the plant body (e.g., nutrition, photosynthesis, and cell division), angiosperms have evolved specialized cells and tissues that carry out these functions and have further evolved specialized vascular tissues (xylem and phloem) that translocate the water and nutrients to all areas of the plant body. The specialization of the plant body, which has evolved as an adaptation to a principally terrestrial habitat, includes extensive root systems that anchor the plant and absorb water and minerals from the soil; a stem that supports the growing plant body; and leaves, which are the principal sites of photosynthesis for most angiospermous plants. Another significant evolutionary advancement over the nonvascular and the more primitive vascular plants is the presence of localized regions for plant growth, called meristems and cambia, which extend the length and width of the plant body, respectively. Except under certain conditions, these regions are the only areas in which mitotic cell division takes place in the plant body, although cell differentiation continues to occur over the life of the plant.
A small area at the southern tip of Africa houses an extraordinarily rich and unusual variety of plants. It has several types of vegetation, of which the fynbos (a species-rich scrubland of southwestern South Africa) contributes the most species. Of roughly 8,500 species,…
The angiosperms dominate Earth's surface and vegetation in more environments, particularly terrestrial habitats, than any other group of plants. As a result, angiosperms are the most important ultimate source of food for birds and mammals, including humans. In addition, the flowering plants are the most economically important group of green plants, serving as a source of pharmaceuticals, fibre products, timber, ornamentals, and other commercial products.
Although the taxonomy of the angiosperms is still incompletely known, the latest classification system incorporates a large body of comparative data derived from studies of DNA sequences. It is known as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group IV (APG IV) botanical classification system. The angiosperms came to be considered a group at the division level (comparable to the phylum level in animal classification systems) called Anthophyta, though the APG system recognizes only informal groups above the level of order.
Throughout this article the orders or families are given, usually parenthetically, following the vernacular or scientific name of a plant. Following taxonomic conventions, genera and species are italicized. The higher taxa are readily identified by their suffixes: families end in -aceae and orders in -ales.
For a comparison of angiosperms with the other major groups of plants, see plant, bryophyte, fern, lower vascular plant, and gymnosperm.
General features
The variety of forms found among angiosperms is greater than that of any other plant group. The size range alone is quite remarkable, from the smallest individual flowering plant, probably the watermeal (Wolffia; Araceae) at less than 2 millimetres (0.08 inch), to one of the tallest angiosperms, Australia's mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus regnans; Myrtaceae) at about 100 metres (330 feet). Between these two extremes lie angiosperms of almost every size and shape. Examples of this variability include the succulent cacti (Cactaceae), the fragile orchids (Orchidaceae), the baobabs (Adansonia species; Malvaceae), vines, rosette plants such as the dandelion (Asteraceae), and carnivorous plants such as sundews (Drosera; Droseraceae) and the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula; Droseraceae). To understand this vast array of forms, it is necessary to consider the basic structural plan of the angiosperms.
The basic angiosperm form is woody or herbaceous. Woody forms (generally trees and shrubs) are rich in secondary tissues, while herbaceous forms (herbs) rarely have any. Annuals are herbs that complete their growing cycle (growth, flowering, and death) within the same season. Examples of annuals can be found among cultivated garden plants, such as beans (Phaseolus and other genera; Fabaceae), corn (maize, Zea mays; Poaceae), and squashes (Cucurbita; Cucurbitaceae), as well as among the wildflowers, such as some buttercups (Ranunculus; Ranunculaceae) and poppies (Papaver and other genera; Papaveraceae). Biennials are also herbs, but, unlike annuals, their growing cycle spans two years: the vegetative (nonreproductive) plant growth takes place from seed during the first year, and flowers and fruit develop during the second. The beet (Beta vulgaris; Amaranthaceae) and carrot (Daucus carota; Apiaceae) are well-known biennials.
A perennial grows for many years and often flowers annually. In temperate areas the aerial parts of a perennial die back to the ground at the end of each growing season and new shoots are produced the following season from such subterranean parts as bulbs, rhizomes, corms, tubers, and stolons.
The basic angiosperm body has three parts: roots, stems, and leaves. These primary organs constitute the vegetative (nonreproductive) plant body. Together, the stem and its attached leaves constitute the shoot. Collectively, the roots of an individual plant make up the root system and the shoots the shoot system.
Root systems
The roots anchor a plant, absorb water and minerals, and provide a storage area for food. The two basic types of root systems are a primary root system and an adventitious root system. The most common type, the primary system, consists of a taproot (primary root) that grows vertically downward (positive geotropism). From the taproot are produced smaller lateral roots (secondary roots) that grow horizontally or diagonally. These secondary roots further produce their own smaller lateral roots (tertiary roots). Thus, many orders of roots of descending size are produced from a single prominent root, the taproot. Most dicotyledons produce taproots, as, for example, the dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
In some cases, the taproot system is modified into a fibrous, or diffuse, system, in which the initial secondary roots soon equal or exceed the primary root in size. The result is several large, positively geotropic roots that produce higher-order roots, which may also grow to the same size. Thus, in fibrous root systems there is no well-defined single taproot. In general, fibrous root systems are shallower than taproot systems.
The second type of root system, the adventitious root system, differs from the primary variety in that the primary root is often short-lived and is replaced or supplemented by many roots that form from the stem. Most monocotyledons have adventitious roots; examples include orchids (Orchidaceae), bromeliads (Bromeliaceae), and many other epiphytic plants in the tropics. Grasses (Poaceae) and many other monocotyledons produce fibrous root systems with the development of adventitious roots.
Adventitious roots, when modified for aerial support, are called prop roots, as in corn or some figs (Ficus; Moraceae). In many tropical rainforest trees, large woody prop roots develop from adventitious roots on horizontal branches and provide additional anchorage and support. Many bulbous plants have contractile adventitious roots that pull the bulb deeper into the ground as it grows. Climbing plants often grip their supports with specialized adventitious roots. Some lateral roots of mangroves become specialized as pneumatophores in saline mud flats; pneumatophores are lateral roots that grow upward (negative geotropism) for varying distances and function as the site of oxygen intake for the submerged primary root system. The plants mentioned above are only a few examples of root diversity in angiosperms, a condition that is unparalleled in any other vascular plant group.
Many primary root and adventitious root systems have become modified for special functions, the most common being the formation of tuberous (fleshy) roots for food storage. For example, carrots and beets are tuberous roots that are modified from taproots, and cassava (manioc) is a tuberous root that is modified from an adventitious root. (Tubers, on the other hand, are modified, fleshy, underground stems and will be discussed below.)


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People and Places
Wealth School: Preparing for Your Economic Upturn
There is nothing good about the global economic crisis, is there? Job losses, businesses failing, fear for the future, insecurity, doubt that anything will ever change or get better.
After a while, fear fatigue sets in and resignation takes over. The news is too bad. The temptation to give up and give in to the seemingly-inevitable scenario of the the worst case scenario getting worse is powerful.
What can the ordinary person do? Billions or trillions of deficit are way beyond my comprehension. Can you envisage a trillion of anything? Why not become like the ostrich, bury your head in the sand, hope that it will all go away and when you look up again life will have returned to normal?
In spite of what I hear in the news, I observe people running healthy businesses and enjoying financial success, personal well-being and happiness, as if there were no disasters happening. What does it take be successful when the climate seems to go against it?
In examining "wealth" as I do in my book The Wealth Book -- Winning With Spirit, I found that wealth is more a state of mind than the state of your bank balance. A person with little money can be very wealthy, enjoying peace of mind and a vibrant sense of purpose and well-being.
A person who is financially "secure," even affluent, can nevertheless be fearful, cautious about spending their money, living almost as if deprived in some way, stressed and anxious. The expression "financially constipated" comes to mind. Typically, coins are round shaped. They remind us that money is designed to circulate.
Money alone does not bring confidence, stability, fulfillment and faith in the future. The successfully rich find creative ways of giving.
Dame Stephanie Shirley explains here why she gave away $100 million.
While I do not begin to have solutions for the world economy as a whole, I have assisted numbers of people to reassess their life as they define it and create greater financial success. If your present financial circumstances are less than you would like, there are ways you can effect your own economic upturn, regardless of what you read in the news.
The following eight keys may assist you:
1. Clear the space for your economic upturn.
Sell, give away or throw out possessions for which you no longer have use or value. Get organized. If you have debt, get advice and begin to clear it. Put your financial house in order. Know where you stand.
2. Identify your values and priorities now.
What do you need? What can you do without? Who are the important people in your life? What do you need to communicate with them? What is absolutely essential for your health and well-being?
3. Value yourself.
If you are meeting a money crisis, it is possible that you are harsh with yourself and overly self-critical. How did I get into this mess? If only I had... A sense of shame or self-doubt will not help you to move forward into a more rewarding phase of your life.
Instead of being judgmental toward yourself, become kinder and more compassionate as you might be with a close and good friend. Forgive yourself for your shortcomings. We all have them, one way or another. Treasure yourself and be good to you. Treat yourself well.
4. Know what you want.
Start with how you would like to be feeling. Confident, authentic, trusting, motivated, purposeful, self-assured, or having fun, for example. Set up an inner foundation for your experience of life on which to build your economic upturn. While you may not be able to change your outer circumstances right away, you can take steps now to build your inner strength and lay in the foundation of the life you would like to be creating.
Dare to envision what you want. Begin to entertain the future you would like to enjoy. Think about
A. What you must have -- your basic needs
B. What you would really like
C. The gracious touches that you would love if you could have them
5. Be creatively giving -- get into a new flow in your life.
Give to receive. Giving will engage you with others and help to create a network for your economic upturn. Give your time and talent to someone who would value it. Others may lead you to opportunities that you had never considered.
If you have lost sight of your wealth of gifts and talents, a "Clear Results Self-Assessment" might assist you.
6. Ask -- and be willing to receive.
If you have been accustomed to having plenty of money with prestige, power and possessions, your pride may get in the way of asking for the help you need. In receiving from others, you are in fact giving a gift. People derive pleasure and benefit from giving. It takes courage to ask. If a person is not able to assist you, that does not mean they are rejecting you. Keep asking and stay open to receive, even from unlikely sources. Be open to possibility.
7. Invest in yourself.
How do you appreciate who you are? Complete this statement to yourself a few times: I am grateful that I am...
You are one of the best investments you can make. Why? The care you give to yourself is like topping up the well from which you can give to, and benefit, others. In the larger economic upturn, which I believe we will be witnessing, we will be valuing ourselves and others in new ways.
Years ago, during another financial crisis, I gave a talk at a chamber of commerce. Sitting at the front of the audience was a young woman, bright, vibrant and enthusiastic -- and recently laid off from work. There was nothing down and despondent about her. Talking with her later, she told me how she was taking time each day to get fit and it really showed. As a potential employee, she was making herself an attractive prospect.
8. Get going -- get busy!
Whatever your age or stage in life, you count. Become accountable for your own economic upturn, the value that you are and have. Join those who are finding their voice and letting it be heard. You are rich in assets with which to serve and benefit others. We are none of us islands.
Through joining together with increasing numbers of like-minded others, we may find that we can change the economic conditions we find, within and around us. As a growing, caring human community, we are likely to find a wealth of resources, of talent, of innovation that come through our willingness to share the spirit of who we are in practical ways.
Never doubt the ingenuity and capacity for innovation that we have in people amongst us. One of the most inspiring enterprises I have heard about recently is Incredible Edible Todmorden.
The global economic crisis may prove to be a blessing in disguise as we learn to reevaluate our lives and priorities. What is more, it may stimulate economic growth and prosperity in ways we had never before dared to imagine.
In the meantime, how are you becoming more resourceful with your finances and other assets? How are you preparing for your economic upturn? I would love to know. Drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com


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In May, the Pentagon released a study on the military's long-standing problem of failing to prevent or properly handle sexual assault within its ranks. Defense has been under more scrutiny on this issue because of high-profile cases of assault and increased media interest, including the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Invisible War . Congress' increasing involvement has included hearings on a bill championed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y .
Thursday night, The Daily Show spent an entire segment on the issue leading into an interview with Gillibrand . Host John Oliver praised the military members and hoped for only "Magical, consensual sex with unicorns" for service members. Oliver then praised President Obama's strong call for accountability in the area.
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Your destination is an Asian restaurant in Alderney. Once you boost a car, your GPS will give you the quickest route to your destination. You'll likely be crossing the Algonquin Bridge heading westward over Colony Island. Then, the Booth Tunnel will bring you westward from Algonquin to your destination borough, Alderney. Head to the north end of the borough, to a small street off of Lyndon Avenue. You'll know you're at your destination because the restaurant has a huge, quite obvious red façade.
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Even if your bathroom is full of the best skin and body care products, there is much fun to be had in the kitchen. Supplementing your skin care routine with handmade products and natural ingredients can be fun, inexpensive and good for the environment. You'd be surprised at what you can make with what you likely already have on hand. Here are 7 ideas to try at home – head to toe.
- Body scrub ran out? Simply grab a handful of white sugar and mix it with your body wash. This will give your body a great thorough exfoliation and it costs pennies! Best used from the shoulders down.
- Are you sick of all of your body lotions? Go for pure oils and butter. A great one to try is coconut oil which can be found at most grocery stores. It does take a little while to completely absorb, so if that's a problem for you, apply at night. A little goes a long way. Added bonus: great for dry hair and split ends!
- Don't buy an expensive foot soak. They're all pretty much just Epsom salts anyway! You can buy Epsom salts at any drugstore or even The Dollar Store. Pour ½ to 1 cup in a dish tub full of warm water and soak your feet for 10 to 15 minutes. This will relieve swelling and pain and prepare your feet for exfoliation.
- Puffy eyes? You have a few options. Cucumber slices help tremendously. Simply slice and put on your eyes for 10 minutes or so. Another option is to grate a potato into fine shreds and soak up the juice into two cotton balls. Again, apply to eyes for 10 minutes.
- Bring out your inner Cleopatra by adding two cups of milk to your bath water. The lactic acid in the milk will help exfoliate the dead skin cells on your body. Want an extra boost? Add ½ a cup of honey. The honey will leave your soft and moisturized.
- Pamper your face with a yogurt mask. The lactic acid will help exfoliate your skin leaving it smooth and clear. Make sure to pick only plain yogurt and only leave it on your skin for 10 minutes. Acne-prone skin? Crush up an aspirin and add to the mask for acne fighting benefits.
- Dull hair? Apple cider vinegar can help. Simply mix a couple tablespoons in a big cup of warm water and pour over your head. Rinse with cool water and you're done! Benefits will increase the more you use the vinegar, as well.


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Thirteen Overlooked and Underrated Episodes of The Twilight Zone
October 2, 2009
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the broadcast debut of The Twilight Zone. I wasn't around in 1959, but I can join in by celebrating a less precise anniversary.
Picture, if you will, a precocious pre-teen with a morbid turn of mind and not enough pop culture fantasies to nourish it. He's seen the show before. Episodes like "The Dummy" and "Little Girl Lost," caught in passing on the way to The Flintstones or The Facts of Life, scared the heck out of him when he was a little kid. But now he's just the right age to groove to Rod Serling's dark imagination. He drags his dad to the local Waldenbooks to buy him the only literature he can find about the show, Marc Scott Zicree's The Twilight Zone Companion, which he all but memorizes as he follows the show in syndication, twice a night, once on WGN and then a different episode on the Fox affiliate. It's been twenty years, give or take a couple of months, since I discovered The Twilight Zone.
One thing that occurred to me recently is that most of my opinions about each Twilight Zone were formed as a response to those taken by Zicree in his book. Given the dearth of other reviews or commentaries, the Companion's raves, pans, and pointed dismissals – three or four lines of Pauline Kaelish hauteur directed at the likes of "Hocus Pocus and Frisby" – tended to fix themselves permanently in a Zone fan's consciousness. Over the years, when I've found other Zone aficionados who were sufficiently well-versed to compare notes on individual episodes, the discussion has sometimes played out in terms like: "You know, I liked that one more (or less) than Zicree did!"
Last month I reviewed Martin Grams's The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door and lamented Grams's decision to withhold his own opinions on the show. That made me wonder: who else has weighed in on the subject since Zicree's book came out? Surely, on the internet, there must be a plethora of kibitizing on the subject of beloved (or hated) Twilight Zones. And of course, there is.
There are on-line polls where fans can vote for a favorite episode, and forums and websites where they can explain their choices. The Twilight Zone Cafe is a website devoted entirely to Zone chatter, with a thread for every episode and surveys to determine the best and worst of them. Today, to mark the anniversary, the New York Times got into the act, accruing 172 reader responses within eight hours. (Note that, just as the Times's blogger predicted, only two reader comments were submitted before someone listed an Outer Limits and an Alfred Hitchcock Hour among their favorite Twilight Zones!) Even Facebook, a Twilight Zone-worthy concept if ever there was one, contains a page devoted to the topic. The discussions on these sites sometimes reflect fuzzy memories and unsophisticated ideas, but the affection that viewers continue to express for The Twilight Zone is awe-inspiring.
For a number of reasons, I tend to view the Internet Movie Database's user ratings with skepticism. But I noticed that for most Twilight Zones, unlike episodes of many other TV series, the IMDb has recorded more than 150 votes. Perhaps that's enough to constitute a valid statistical sample, even in the absence of any transparency as to how the system works. Most of the Zones fall within a fairly narrow numerical range on the IMDb's ten-star scale. If an episode scores over a 9.0, it's a masterpiece. Under a 7.0, and the public can be envisioned as holding its collective nose.
In general, the scores are predictable, although after studying them for a while I noticed one intriguing anomaly. Twilight Zones that turn on an especially clever twist ending skew higher than episodes that instead emphasize character or mood. Fair enough, you may be thinking, surprise endings are what The Twilight Zone is all about – until I point out that IMDb users rank "The Shelter" (8.4), "Printer's Devil" (8.3), and "The Masks" (8.3) above "Walking Distance" (8.0). Now that's what I'd call a twist! I think I've found more evidence for my pet theory that American audiences take comfort in clever plotting to the exclusion of all else.
As I mentioned before, thumbing through The Twilight Zone Companion – and now, surfing through all those Zone outposts on the internet – brings out the contrarian in me. I always feel like slaughtering a few of the sacred cows in the Twilight Zone's pens, and sticking up for the underdogs in that fifth-dimensional kennel. I could easily compile a list of both species. But since we're celebrating an anniversary, I'm going to focus on the positive.
Here, then, are thirteen episodes (presented in chronological order) that I think have slipped through the cracks. These aren't my personal favorites, which are probably about the same as everybody else's. They're the Twilight Zone's red-headed stepchildren, the ones that haven't received quite as much love as they deserve from audiences and critics.
1. "The Lonely" (November 13, 1959) Arguably somewhat underappreciated amid the bounty of the early episodes, this is The Twilight Zone's greatest tragic romance. Jack Warden creates one of his most touching everymen, and the location shooting (an increasing rarity as the series wore on) turns Death Valley into a visceral hell-on-an-asteroid. The final twist may play as contrived, but the power of Serling's writing is not in that punchline but in the earlier, emotional double-reversal (Warden hates the robot girl, then can't bear to part with her), which has rarely been executed so skillfully within the confines of a half-hour teleplay.
2. "A World of His Own" (July 1, 1960) Deliberately slight, this budget-friendly bottle show casts Keenan Wynn as an urbane Walter Mitty-ish writer who solves his Betty-or-Veronica dilemma with the help of an enchanted dictaphone. Ending season one with a throwaway gag was a bold, unexpected move, and to overpraise it would miss the point. But Richard Matheson's droll script resounds with an intricate verbal wit that still sounds fresh and unusual within The Twilight Zone, mainly because it was a mode in which Serling (though he seems to have vaguely inspired Wynn's character) could not write.
3. "Twenty-Two" (February 10, 1961) A polarizer. Some fans find it shrill and obvious, including Zicree, who calls it "not one of the more shining examples of The Twilight Zone." Others will delight in seeing comedienne Barbara Nichols pull off a straight dramatic lead, and appreciate the repeated wallop of the spooky stewardess's refrain ("Room for one more, honey": for my money the connoisseur's "It's a cookbook!") The smeary imagery enhances the nightmarish quality of the story, making this the only episode to actually benefit from the second-season humiliation of videotape.
4. "The Odyssey of Flight 33" (February 24, 1961) Horror in the lowest key. Armed with technical advice from his airline-pilot brother, Serling crafts a deliciously slow-building atmosphere of terror out of nothing but flight-crew jargon and offscreen space. Naturally, some find that "boring." As in "Little Girl Lost" (also undervalued), there's an appealing purity to the contest between concerted rationalism and the batshit inexplicable. The casting of non-star underplayers completes the formula (one show-off in the cockpit would have ruined the big reveal), and the uneasy ending provides even less closure than usual.
5. "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" (April 21, 1961) There's something seedy and harsh about this nasty little futurist neo-noir, with its second-rate cast and its jerky narrative, stitched together by a rare intermediate Serling narration. But The Twilight Zone was entitled to – even enriched by – a few tawdry little B-movies to bottom-half a double bill with A-stories like "Walking Distance." (See also: "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up," another great shaggy-dog story that irritates a certain segment of the fans.) The final twist is half-gotcha, half-groaner, but its mean-spiritedness is just right for this "Caper"'s ugly anti-heroes.
6. "Two" (September 15, 1961) A sentimental favorite. Perhaps the spectacle of two future superstars making googly-eyes at each other across a rubble-strewn MGM backlot contains an element of camp that has kept this one off too many of the all-time favorite lists. But giving Charles Bronson all the dialogue and making Elizabeth Montgomery, everyone's favorite motormouthed sorceress, act with her orbs, is irresistible against-type casting (at least in hindsight). Plus, settling the Cold War after it's too late for all but two of us to care is pure Serling.
7. "The Hunt" (January 26, 1962) Earl Hamner, Jr., was The Twilight Zone's most underappreciated writer; he belongs in the "Big Four" in place of the overrated George Clayton Johnson. Nestled at the heart of this script, which plays like a supernatural episode of The Waltons, is the lovely conceit of a man who turns his back on heaven because St. Peter won't let his dog in, too. Some of the execution can be faulted, especially the awkward shifts between locations and faux-exterior sets, but I find Arthur Hunnicutt's sad-eyed performance (which Zicree sees as "leaden . . . and with no range") straightforward and moving.
8. "I Sing the Body Electric" (May 18, 1962) This respectable Ray Bradbury adaptation has one magical scene, in which three newly orphaned children play Mr. Potato Head at the robot factory and come up with adorable uber-granny Josephine Hutchinson. The remainder is perhaps not all it could be, but "I Sing the Body Electric" certainly doesn't fail spectacularly enough to earn the contempt that some fans have heaped upon it; perhaps Zicree jinxed it by reporting the episode's extensive production problems, and Bradbury's negative reaction. To those who find it saccharine, I ask: have you seen that ostensible classic "Kick the Can" (or as I like to call it, "Pass the Bucket") lately?
9. "Jess-Belle" (February 14, 1963) By a wide margin the best of the hour-long Twilight Zones, "Jess-Belle" uses the added length to create an authentic sense of place (Hamner's beloved Blue Ridge Mountains) and mood (a morose fatalism expressed in the performances, the music, and the folk-tune that replaces Serling's closing remarks). Instead of the usual high-concept twists, "Jess-Belle"'s strangeness manifests in the form of a subterranean sensuality – the animal transformations as an expression of repressed desire; the leering flirtatiousness in Jeanette Nolan's startling turn as the old witch – that's atypical both for The Twilight Zone and among Hamner's catalog of folksy backwoods stories.
10. "The Bard" (May 23, 1963) And you thought the modern-day-imbecile-hooks-up-with-historical-genius fantasy genre began with Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. But – no. Granted, the TV-industry satire trotted out here is in no danger of dislodging Network from its pedestal. But Serling's only funny comedy mines more laughs than expected out of a time-traveling Bill Shakespeare, and Burt Reynolds's side-splitting evisceration of Brando may still be his best performance.
11. "You Drive" (January 3, 1964) Edward Andrews, occupying a rare and welcome leading role, exudes maximum smarm in this Duel precursor about an unrepentant hit-and-runner whose car meets out justice. It's a one-idea premise, but director John Brahm executes the driverless car effects so cleverly that nothing more is needed. Modern cinema abounds with tales in which our cars want to kill us (The Car) or fuck us (Crash) or both (Christine). But can anyone think of an earlier version of this technophobic meta-narrative than "You Drive"?
12. "Black Leather Jackets" (January 31, 1964) Associations with schlocky fifties juvenile delinquency films have unfairly shivved the reputation of this alien biker gang saga. Maybe Lee Kinsolving and Shelley Fabares don't quite sell the teen angst, but I love the sheriff (a creepy, pre-Hill Street Michael Conrad) and the all-seeing, Mabusean video device: even before the space hoodlums arrive in their titular garb, humanity is already doomed. "Jackets" channels McCarthyism, but it also looks ahead to the free-floating, anyone-could-be-an-alien paranoia of The Invaders and The X-Files.
13. "Come Wander With Me" (May 22, 1964) Everyone points out, correctly, that this star-crossed backwoods romance makes no sense. And you were expecting what in the Twilight Zone? One viewer's nonsense is another's surrealism, and here the narrative incoherence recedes as the claustrophobic soundstage-exterior sets (which sabotaged other episodes) give the proceedings a unique, otherworldly feel. Bonnie Beecher and Gary Crosby were non-entities, but they're just right for the material: Beecher, who hung out with Dylan and married Wavy Gravy, looks as if she has strummed a guitar barefoot before; and Crosby, always diffident and uneasy on screen, must have felt comfortably in his father's shadow as "Come Wander With Me"'s folkie-poseur.
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Darth M&Ms
In my continuing effort to bring you timely reviews of new products (that's a joke), I finally found some Darth M&Ms at the 99 Cent Only Store. I picked up collector's pack 18 of 72. In fact, they were all 18 of 72 at the 99 Cent Only Store. I'm not certain if these are still available, the website is still up.
I was a little confused at how these are considered dark chocolate, as they have milk in them, but that's probably part of the evil Sith plan. The colors are actually pretty nice. Navy Blue, Maroon, Gray, Black and Lavender. All great colors for a snazzy sweater or scarf.
As long as I've brought up the subject of color, this is probably a good time to talk about consumption techniques. There are those people who like to eat M&Ms by color. Eating your candies by color of course makes sense with Skittles where they're different flavors. But M&Ms are not. Still, when I dump a bunch out on my desk for snacking, I divide them up by color. Plain M&Ms are consumed in lots of three, all the same color and when I get to the end, there are particular pairings of colors that are acceptable. I have no idea why I do this, but I'm guessing it's a way of taking full advantage of the colors as a feature.
Anyway, these are darker-than-milk chocolate M&Ms. Their colors are bright and shells crunchy but the centers are strangely grainy. Not grainy in the sense of the sugar is not completely dissolved, they're grainy like someone left some ground up oyster shells in them. They're slightly less sweet than the regular plain M&Ms and do have a bit more complex, chocolatey flavor. But they somehow lack the punch of a regular M&M. I wouldn't mind them trying this chocolate on the Almond M&Ms, but I don't really think they work in this format. Maybe the Peanut ones are better (Writers & Artists Snacking at Work liked them). There's little benefit here either for Vegans or those with nut allergies as it's not a suitable candy for either. I also resent dark chocolate being represented as evil. I mean, as candy goes, it's more pure.
For the record, the colors are: Dooku Blue, Grievous Silver, Emperor Red, Vader Black & Maul Purple.
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Pheasant or partridge Alcántara style
Ingredients for 4 people: 2 young pheasants 3/4 kg each 3 or 4 duck livers according to weight (200 g) 14 small whole truffles 10 chopped truffles 50 g of butter 100 g of lard 1 bottle of Oporto wine pepper salt
Clean and gut the pheasant. Remove the wishbone from the breast. Season with salt and pepper both inside and out. Heat the butter in a pan and sauté the chopped duck livers and season with salt and pepper. Crush the duck livers in a mortar and then press through a sieve. Cook the chopped truffles in 2 dl of Oporto wine and add them to the puréed liver.Stuff the pheasant with the purée.Cook trussed in string so that the stuffing doesn't fall out during cooking.Leave it to marinate in Oporto wine in a cool place for three days. Coat the pheasant in lard and roast in an earthenware dish, turning it over from time to time so that it browns evenly all over.Reduce the wine from the marinade and add the whole truffles. Ten minutes before the end of the cooking time, add it to the earthenware dish with the pheasant.Remove the pheasant from the earthenware dish and serve whole on a serving dish.Dress with the wine and truffles and serve with mashed potatoes if preferred. .
Can be accompanied with almonds or grapes.
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- Cooking time: more than 2 hours
- Price: High
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