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Over Eons, Snakes and Lizards Switch Between Laying Eggs and Live Birth

Dec 17, 2013 02:29 PM EST

A biologist at The George Washington University contends that new revelations in the reproductive habits of ancient reptiles may lead to a sea change in the school of thought behind ancient animal behavior.

A study published Tuesday in the journal Ecology Letters reports that the ancestors of modern-day squamates - the collective term for snakes and lizards - likely gave birth to live young, rather than laying eggs like their modern-day kin. Furthermore, the researchers contend, these species have switched back and forth in their preferred reproductive mode over time.

"This is a very unusual and controversial finding, and a major overturn of an accepted school of thought," said Alex Pyron, an assistant professor of biology at George Washington University. "Before, researchers long assumed that the ancestor of snakes and lizards laid eggs, and that if a species switched to live birth, it never reverted back. We found this wasn't the case."

To conduct their research, Pyron and his cohorts analyzed an evolutionary tree containing all groups of squamates. The tree uses DNA sequencing technology to group a huge band of creatures including thousands of lizard and snakes, including all families and subfamilies and most genus and species groups.

In total, about 115 squamate groups - amounting to nearly 2,000 species - gave live birth. The other 8,000 species lay eggs, at least for now.

The major takeaway from the research is that live birth, or viviparity, in lizards and snakes has a much more ancient past than previously believed. Pyron and his colleagues traced viviparity in squamates back in time to 175 million years ago. Their research is backed by several recent fossil finds in which plesiosaur and mosasaur fossils, as well as the fossils of a few Cretaceous Period lizards revealed embryos inside the mother, which the researchers contend makes a case for live birth in the creatures.

Future research into the reproductive modes of other animal groups, such as tetrapods, may shed more light on ancient animal behavior. Pyron intends to explore this group next, as well as to test the genetics at play when a species switches from egg birth to live birth.

Researcher Alex Pyron with a snake.    Credit: The George Washington University
Researcher Alex Pyron with a snake. Credit: The George Washington University

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Suns Military Appreciation Night

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Posted: Nov. 7, 2012

In honor of Veteran’s Day, the Phoenix Suns payed tribute to military veterans and active duty personnel during Military Appreciation Night on Monday night whe the team hosted the Denver Nuggets at US Airways Center.

The special evening served as a launch to a season-long Suns’ Military Appreciation initiative which will offer discounted tickets to military personnel for any Suns home game, while supplies last.

In a special salute to those who have served, Suns ticket holders seated courtside (in the first row) donated their tickets to Monday’s game to uniformed members of our military.

“It is important that we honor the men and women of our United States military for their service and commitment to our country,” said Suns President, Jason Rowley. “It is ultimately their sacrifice and dedication to our freedom that offers us the opportunity to enjoy Suns basketball here at US Airways Center.”

Monday’s celebration highlighted active duty military personnel and veterans, including participation in the national anthem and Suns player introductions, inclusion in a number of in-game activities and contests, and recognition during various military tributes. Military personnel and veterans will also received a 20% discount in the Suns Team Shop throughout the game.

Here are the season ticket holders who so generously donated their courtside seats to our service men and women Monday.

Richard Jaffe

Ron Cadwell

Jason Hope

Jim Harmon

Kent Circle Investments

Glenn Carlson

Andy Kohlberg

Bob Sarraf

Jason Knight Group

Verizon Wireless

Christine Johnson

Kathy Webb

Jamie Hormel

Barry Zwillinger

Alliance Bank of Arizona

Casino Arizona

Robert L. Ward

Kevin Yurkus

Young's Market Company of Arizona

Farnsworth Companies

Richard Heckmann

Francis Najafi

Dennis Lyon

Bruce Halle

Garvin Holdings, LLC

Jahm Najafi

Tom Rogers

Wade Herter

Steven Goldstein

Fox Sports Arizona

Michael Jahn

Steve Hilton

Robert Sarver

SmartComm LLC

Laura & Marty De Rito

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Google in Talks With NFL | NBC Bay Area
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Google in Talks With NFL

    Google is in talks with the National Football League about gaining the $1 billion rights to its Sunday Ticket Package, according to reports.

    Google chief Larry Page and YouTube head of content Robert Kyncl met with a group of NFL executives to discuss its Sunday Ticket package now owned by DirecTV, according to AllThingsD. Citing unnamed sources, it seems as if Google is trying to bid on the deal which ends in 2014.
    However, does Google want the subscription service for Google TV or another product?
    That could happen if Google buys the rights to the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package, the all-you-can-eat subscription-TV service currently owned by DirecTV. The report also suggested that the NFL delegation is probably meeting with other Silicon Valley companies on the trip, but few have the billions on hand to pay for the rights like Google does.
    Adding NFL content would greatly help its Google TV offerings, or even subscriptions to YouTube channels, if Google decides it wants to invest in sports. However, $1 billion is a significant amount of cash, so Google would have to have the infrastructure to capitalize on it.


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Thursday Watch List: It’s The Masters! Cue The Fake Bird Chirps! | NBC Chicago
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Thursday Watch List: It’s The Masters! Cue The Fake Bird Chirps!

    Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and jimmy-open wooden crates. It’s always fun to jimmy things open with a crowbar. LET’S GO!

    THE MASTERS – 3:00PM (ESPN) Ah, The Masters. A tradition unlike any other. Wait, this is a golf tournament, right? Because I can think of a lot of better traditions than a golf tournament. Like Thanksgiving. Much better tradition. Anyway, I may kid the Masters for its comical self-reverence and its dubious history when it comes to the rights of women and minorities. But the golf itself is quite compelling, and the sight of Augusta National on your TV is one of the great harbingers of springtime. So tune in for all the pretty flowers, then listen as Jim Nantz goes way overboard in praising Phil Mickelson’s courage. Coverage continues all through the weekend. ANTICIPATION: CHIPPY!

    MOUNTED IN ALASKA – 10:00PM (History Channel) Okay, we’ve got reality shows about pawnbrokers, movers, fishermen, truckers, auctioneers, coal miners, mechanics… any other rugged blue collar profession we haven’t covered? TAXIDERMY! Of course! How could I forget the practice of killing animals and then stuffing their corpses? This new series covers the hot stuffing action at Knight’s Taxidermy in Anchorage. And outside of petroleum, stuffed moose heads are the state’s top export. ANTICIPATION: STUFFY!

    INTO ICELAND’S VOLCANO – 9:00PM (NatGeo – an NBC/Universal network) Scientists probe the volatility of Iceland’s Thrinukagigur volcano, which is located close to Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano that caused so much airline havoc back in 2010. Something tells me these Icelandic volcanoes would be far more dormant if the didn’t have so many letters stuffed into them. No wonder they’re primed to explode. ANTICIPATION: THRINUKAGIGURIFFIC!

    REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK – 10:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) Bravo’s New York franchise is back for another season of awkward dinner parties and socialite women who aren’t nearly as attractive as they think they are. No Bethenny this time. She’s got a solo career now. She used to be all about the REALITY, man. ANTICIPATION: RAWR!

    THE BEAR WHISPERER RETURNS – 10:00PM (Animal Planet) Color me surprised that a bear whisperer would EVER return. Watch as bear expert Steve Searles tries to evict a bear from its sleeping spot. Because bears reply so kindly to eviction notices. ANTICIPATION: SCRATCHY!


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Winfrey & Perry Team Up To Promote 'Precious' | NBC Connecticut

Winfrey & Perry Team Up To Promote 'Precious'

The talk show queen likens book adaptation to "The Color Purple"

    Oprah Winfrey, along with Tyler Perry, endorsed "Precious," due in theaters in November.

    Oprah Winfrey was so taken by Sapphire's novel "Push" that she read it more than once.

    Yet even though the talk show host has made best-sellers of unknown books, Winfrey didn't think even her staggering influence could make "Push" — the story of an obese, illiterate black teen who suffers unspeakable abuse — something that millions would want to read.

    "I would never even think of presenting that book as a book club selection because people would think I had lost my mind," Winfrey said in a recent interview.

    So when Winfrey heard producer and director Lee Daniels had adapted Sapphire's book into the acclaimed movie "Precious," with an all-star cast including Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz and others, she was so impressed that she decided to lend her weighty endorsement to the film by signing on as its executive producer, along with hit filmmaker Tyler Perry.

    "That is why we are both here, to applaud the brilliance of Lee because I can't imagine what kind of brain thinks that they can bring that to life," she said. "Who thinks you can take that book and turn it into a movie?"

    "Precious" stars unknown actress Gabourey Sidibe as Precious, who endures an abusive mother, an incestuous father and extreme poverty in a journey of redemption. Though Winfrey and Perry acknowledge the subject matter may be too grim for some, they hope their backing will get more people to see the film when it is released nationwide on Nov. 6.

    In a joint interview, the two spoke about why "Precious" moved them, what message it sends and why more stars should pay it forward.

    The Associated Press: In an age when the world now sees images of African-American young women such as Sasha and Malia Obama, why is it still important to tell the story of girls like Precious?

    Winfrey: For as many stories as there are hues and colors and variations of colors in the African-American race, this is just one. I feel about this story the same way I felt about "The Color Purple." It is now 24 years ago that we did that movie. This feels like a modern-day "Color Purple." Precious feels like a Celie who lives in Harlem. The story of abuse in our community and in many communities is still a taboo subject. The story and the arc of hope and possibility and empowerment is an evergreen, timeless story that I think this generation, the generation before us and many generations to come will also be entertained and inspired by. This story has no limitations.

    Perry: This story has not been told yet and it is still going on. It is still present in our society and I think that somebody had to do it. I am so glad that Lee Daniels did it and I just wanted to support. He had already told this story so we are just here for support.

    AP: Oprah, wouldn't you have wanted to play the role of Mary (the abusive mother, played by Mo'Nique)?

    Winfrey: I don't know an actress who wouldn't have wanted an opportunity to play that role. I think that is a wonderful character to play. I also don't know an actress in existence who could have done a better job (than Mo'Nique).

    Perry: I agree but I think you would have knocked it out of the park.

    Winfrey: That is irrelevant because she already did. … She knocked it out of the park and then built a new playground. She was amazing.

    AP: You're both successful. That being said, what makes you want to continue to give back to others when you could easily just focus on your own projects?

    Winfrey: One of the reasons why I am still doing what I am doing and we remain the No. 1 talk show for the past 24 years is because I stay connected to the essence of who I am. I make a living out of being myself. You can't turn your back on who you are nor where you came from. I have great respect for that. I have not only a respect, but a sense of reverence for that.

    AP: Oprah, you said this movie split you open. What about it resonated with you?

    Winfrey: What struck me is that you can live in those circumstances and still find hope. You can't do that on your own. Somebody has to show it to you. For every one of us who have made it, someone has to show it to you. For me it was teachers. That is why I love the character Ms. Rain (played by actress Paula Patton) because Ms. Rain allowed her to see that in herself. Nobody can make you see it, but you have other people to help bring that to you.

    Perry: That woman (Mary) is my father, so I know it well. They can exist and they are real. What it did for me as I was watching the film and I got to the end of it, I felt such relief, such a weight off of me because I made it, and that is what I think people who have been through it. When they see it, they are going to be like, wow. I made it through. That is what is so powerful about it.

    AP: I cannot end this interview without asking the two of you about your close friendship.

    Perry: It is surreal. I pinch myself everyday I wake up in the morning. This is such a cool life. I look back on all of the things it took to get to this place. I wouldn't trade any bit of it. I am grateful. I am completely grateful to God. At this point, to have friends like Oprah who can help me navigate through the craziness of what this business can be, it is another blessing.

    Winfrey: It can get crazy when the whole world is telling you one thing. You are bombarded by all of the stuff coming at you. You have more money than you ever dreamed in your life. You know how to spend $29.95 but you don't even know what $29 million is. What does that mean because you can't see it. You need someone to help you figure out how to handle that stuff and who to go to. Just how to stay centered.


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Fullerton Foams, Huntington Beach Hops | NBC Southern California
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    BEER FLIGHT: A quality beer flight, one that introduces you to several new labels or breweries, is a lovely thing indeed. Even lovelier? When the final beer on the tray is kind of desserty (yeah, we're thinking a chocolate or caramel finish, though we know there are a lot of berry fans out there). And a bevy of beer flights? Happening over one week in one area? Why, it must be some kind of celebration. And from Sunday, Oct. 2 through Saturday, Oct. 8 it will be. Those are the annual OC Beer Week days, and a whole host of restaurants and establishments will be lining up the sudsy specials.

    ON THE LIST: Anaheim White House, Charlie Palmer, Orange Hill Restaurant, and dozens of others made the roster. Not only will beer flights pop up hither and thither, but many venues'll go the beer-pairing route. Also nice. Chocolate beer with chocolate pastries? Well, maybe not. But perhaps we're not thinking big enough. At 6ix Park Grill we're liking the Karl Strauss Oktoberfest paired with a bratwurst on pretzel baguette. Oh yum.


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Doctor: George Michael "Doing Well" | NBC Southern California

Doctor: George Michael "Doing Well"

British pop star may not be able to spend Christmas at home

    George Michael has pneumonia.

    A doctor treating George Michael says the British pop star is "doing well" as he recovers from pneumonia, but cannot say if he will be able to spend Christmas at home.

    Christoph Zielinski said "we know that he is doing well and we are generally optimistic" about his recovery.

    VIEW THE PHOTOS: George Michael

    Zielinski told state broadcaster ORF Tuesday that whether Michael can go home for Christmas "is something that we are not in the position to decide." He said "that is something that must be decided in consultation with the patient."

    The ex-front man for the pop group "Wham" was admitted to Vienna's AKH hospital late last month after canceling a performance in the Austrian capital.

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Midtown Jane Doe Identified | NBC New York

Midtown Jane Doe Identified

    ACS is looking to for the identity of this young woman.

    The young woman found wandering around midtown earlier this week with seemingly no memory has been identified as a missing 18-year-old from Washington state.

    The woman's name is not yet being released, but her family is on its way to New York, CNN reported.

    The teenager was found Oct. 9 and is receiving help from the Administration of Children's Services. When she was found, she said she couldn't remember her name, age or where she came from.

    “I want to know who I am, and what happened to me," she told ACS.

    CNN reported that a viewer in Maryland helped identify the teen because she was familiar with her missing person case.


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Don't Blow Javier Vazquez's Struggles Out of Proportion | NBC New York

Don't Blow Javier Vazquez's Struggles Out of Proportion

Javy's been very bad but the Yankees are still very good

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    Overheard on the radio while on the Long Island Expressway this weekend: If the playoffs started today, Javier Vazquez wouldn't be in the Yankees rotation. It probably goes without saying that it was said with anger and venom directed at the lost Yankees starter in the wake of Saturday's mess against the White Sox.

    Apologies for not remembering exactly which one of New York's radio voices expressed this thought over the weekend, but that anger couldn't be more misplaced. Oh, he's been awful and it's hard to watch a guy pitch that poorly without hurling a string of profanities that would make Richard Pryor blush, it's just that it's hard to muster much anger for something that doesn't matter all that much in the grand scheme of things.

    Even if Vazquez had been mediocre as he was during his first stint with the Yankees he wouldn't be given the honor of a postseason start because Phil Hughes has arrived. Seven shutout innings on Sunday pushed his ERA to 1.14, he's striking out nearly a batter an inning and, as he showed earlier last week against Baltimore, he's figured out how to succeed without having the best of his stuff at his disposal.

    Hughes hasn't quite made Vazquez irrelevant, but he has made it a lot clearer that those choosing to obsess over Javy's every outing are simply choosing to get themselves upset about the one negative on a team that's got a boatload of positives. If you want something to be worried about, it's better to concern yourself with Curtis Granderson's injury and the dropoff to a Marcus Thames/Randy Winn platoon in the outfield.

    For a sense of history, just remember what Chien-Ming Wang did at the start of the 2009 season and what Chad Gaudin and Sergio Mitre did in the second half. None pitched well and Wang reached Vazquezian levels of incompetence. It wound up mattering not at all. And last year's team didn't have anyone pitching as well as Hughes in the fourth slot.

    That said, getting Vazquez right is something worth doing. Frankie Piliere, a former major league scout and FanHouse writer, penned a compelling column about mechanical concerns. Identifying them may be easier than fixing them, but it's a good place to start the process. Skipping Javy's next start and working on those issues makes sense because patience is a virtue available with the fifth starter on a team that's 14-4 in games started by the other four guys.

    You can disagree and make Vazquez the focal point of the Yankees season if you like. You can even suggest trading him to the Mets, if you're into wasting people's time or a newspaper's ink. You're going to have a hard time convincing anyone actually watching this team, though.

    Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to and in addition to his duties for You can follow him on Twitter.


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Site Pilfers 250,000 Facebook Profiles | NBC 7 San Diego
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Site Pilfers 250,000 Facebook Profiles

    Don't remember signing up for dating site That may be because the two creators of the site took the information off of 250,000 publicly availableFacebook pages.

    The two creators, Paolo Cirio, a media artist, and Alessandro Ludovic, have a lot to say about why they did it, but it's a bit meandering -- mainly that they did it as a public art project and as a way to destroy Facebook. Here's a sample:

    So any user can easily duplicate any personal picture on his/her hard disk and then upload it somewhere else with different data. The final step is to be aware that almost everything posted online can have a different life if simply recontextualized. . . .

    Facebook, an endlessly cool place for so many people, becomes at the same time a goldmine for identity theft and dating - unfortunately, without the user's control. But that's the very nature of Facebook and social media in general. If we start to play with the concepts of identity theft and dating, we should be able to unveil how fragile a virtual identity given to a proprietary platform can be.

    The duo took the information and photos off of public Facebook pages, a method called "scraping," and then re-used it for their own purposes. They used facial recognition programs to catalog faces as "sly" or "easy going"  but people can also be looked up by name. Unfortunately, the two were supposed to get Facebook's permission before taking the data. (The site also now appears to down.)

    "Scraping people's information violates our terms," Barry Schnitt, Facebook's director of policy communications told Wired. "We have taken, and will continue to take, aggressive legal action against organizations that violate these terms. We're investigating this site and will take appropriate action."

    Readers should at least check out their explanation site because it's such a strange amalgam of graphic design, art and philosophy. Its streak of madness reminds me of a neo-Futurist manifesto, if one could be written by someone in designer clothes.


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Sounds Like San Diego: August 2 | NBC 7 San Diego

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Sounds Like San Diego: August 2

Killer indie lineup of shows around town including Chilean buzz band, Astro at Til-Two Club.

    There's so many great shows for Friday, you might find it difficult to choose between them. The Casbah has a killer lineup headlined by Dead Feather Moon, while Blackout Party throw down across town at Soda Bar. Son Volt, returns to the Belly Up to promote their eighth album, Honky Tonk, which dropped earlier this year. Til-Two Club features Astro, the Chilean psychedlic band who will be performing at Lollapalooza this Sunday. And Joy headline a rock lineup over at Tin Can. So many great shows and only one night for all of them. Choose wisely.

    Friday August 2

    • Dead Feather Moon, Trouble in the Wind, Kelly McFarling, Elijah Ford @ Casbah
    • Blackout Party, the Beautiful View, the Hollerin @ Soda Bar
    • Son Volt, Colonel Ford @ Belly Up
    • Astro, Late Nite Howl @ Til-Two Club
    • Joy, Red Octopus, Sacri Monti @ Tin Can Ale House
    • Swift Technique, D/Pinot @ the Griffin
    • From Indian Lakes, Tallhart, Makeshift Prodigy, Blacktop Royalty @ House of Blues 5th Ave Side Stage
    • BreakThru Entertainment presents @ House of Blues
    • First Friday with Nosucker DJs @ Bar Pink
    • The Natives, Boats!, Bat Lords, Kids in Heat @ the Void
    • Wild Wild Wets @ Seven Grand
    • Coda Reactor vs. Yacht Club Empire, Skrapez vs. Spreading Evictions, DJs Unite, Mr. Henshaw, Sesh & Pelengue @ Tower Bar
    • Iration @ Del Mar Summer Concert Series (after last race)
    • Panteon Rococo, Lost Acapulco, Vilma Palma @ Broadway Pier
    • Rick Springfield @ Pala Casino
    • Alan Holdsworth, Points North, Blow by Blow @ Brick by Brick
    • Gregory Page @ Museum of Making Music (6:30 p.m.)
    • Emily Elbert @ Lestat's
    • Sledding with Tigers, Watercolor Paintings, Cave Babies, Remambran, Joshua Stephens, Jonathan Barefoot, the Nobles @ Ché Café
    • Creeps A.D., the Dirty Dishes, Inciting Riots, Punchcard @ the Shakedown Bar
    • Project: Out of Bounds, Tommy Dubs, Seismic Leveler, P. Nuckle @ Winston's
    • Danny Green, Dusty Brough @ Dizzy's
    • Scooter and Nolan @ Riviera Supper Club
    • Steph Johnson & Friends @ 98 Bottles
    • City Delivered, Lion I Am, Focus in Frame, Seconds Ago, Shawshank Redeemed, Imperial Tide @ Soma
    • Atomic Groove Happy Hour @ Belly Up (5:30 p.m.)
    • Y3K @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge
    • Cheb I Sabbah @ Kava Lounge
    • Metal Church, Nukem, Aim to Kill, Ultimate Sin @ Ramona Mainstage
    • 145th Street @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
    • LED presents Tom Swoon @ Voyeur
    • Arcade with DJ Jessica Who @ FLUXX
    • Lady Dottie & the Diamonds @ Croce's
    • The Amandas @ Whistle Stop
    • Wait for Green, Natural Heights, Roots of Mine @ 710 Beach Club
    • Hickies & Dry Humps with DJs Dont Go Jason Waterfalls, Saul Q @ El Dorado
    • Dave Booda Band @ Beaumont's
    • Astra Kelly @ Hennessey's La Jolla
    • Sumbolic, Swirl, On Descent, Froghead, Ukelele Ray @ the Jumping Turtle
    • The Brokers Band, DJ Gary B @ Coyote Bar & Grill
    • 4-Way Street @ McP's Irish Pub
    • Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
    • Sugaray Rayford Band @ Valley View Casino

    Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events and general musings about life in San Diego on San Diego: Dialed In. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.


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Sneak Peek: Trailer for "Sarah Palin's Alaska" Reality Show | NBC 7 San Diego

Sneak Peek: Trailer for "Sarah Palin's Alaska" Reality Show

Meghan McCain does not approve

    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gestures while giving her resignation speech in Fairbanks, Alaska. A year after her abrupt resignation as Alaska governor, Palin has evolved into a political personality writ large, commanding weeks of headlines for a single Facebook observation.

    Will Sarah Palin be the first reality television star to become president?

    We'll find out in two years. In the meantime, she'll be halfway there on Nov. 14 when her TLC show "Sarah Palin's Alaska" debuts. The program will run for eight weeks, following Sarah and her clan up mountains, down rivers and on to the back deck of her Anchorage home.

    In a new clip for the show, the Thrilla from Wasilla has her folksiness levels cranked up to 11.

    "Oh, gosh," the 46-year-old chirps, while climbing a gorgeous, snow-packed mountain. "We are somewhere that people -- ahhhhhh -- dream about."

    It will be interesting to see how many viewers follow her up the hill. A CBS News poll from earlier this month pegged her favorability at 22 percent. That could actually help with reality TV fans who love a good train wreck.

    At least one critic has already expressed concern that small-screen stardom may not be appropriate for a potential leader of the free world.

    “I don’t know if doing a reality show is necessarily the most presidential behavior,” Meghan McCain said to Jay Leno in September, before adding: “But Obama made anything possible so I don’t know.”

    Palin fans likely see things a little differently. This could, after all, be seen as merely the modern version of Ronald Reagan's run from the big screen to the Oval Office.

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Brown, Ulman, to Officially File Candidacy | NBC4 Washington

Brown, Ulman, to Officially File Candidacy

    Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announcing his run for governor.

    Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown is making his run for governor official.

    Brown, a Democrat, is scheduled to file his candidacy at the Maryland State Board of Elections in Annapolis on Friday. His running mate, Ken Ulman, is scheduled to join him at the board.

    Delegate Heather Mizeur also is running for the Democratic nomination for governor.

    Attorney General Doug Gansler announced on Thursday he is launching a kick-off campaign for the nomination in a statewide tour beginning Sept. 24 in Rockville, Ellicott City and Baltimore.


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Age, Education and Occupational Earnings Inequality

Edward N. Wolff, Dennis M. Bushe

NBER Working Paper No. 149
Issued in September 1976

In this paper, we will investigate the effect of six factors on occupational earnings inequality across all occupations in our sample and across occupations in five major Census subgroups. Those six factors are: differences in tasks, different levels of efficiency, institutional factors, time worked, the demand for labor and discrimination. Age and schooling will receive primary attention in our work and it will be shown that they are important determinants of earnings inequality among professional and clerical occupations but not among skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled occupations. Ability is also hypothesized as an important factor, but no measure of ability is provided in our sample. Differences in time worked and labor demand conditions, as measured by industrial and urban-rural mix, will also be analyzed, and their effect on earnings inequality is strong in most of the occupational subsamples. Differences in the race and sex composition of occupations do not appear to be significant factors in occupational earnings inequality, and the explanation offered is that discrimination takes the form of occupational segregation rather than differences in pay for similar work. In the conclusion a sketch of a "structural" theory of income distribution is proposed to account for our results.

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Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w0149

Published: "Schooling & Occupational Earnings." Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 23, No. 3, (September 1977), pp. 259-278.

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Marie Rushforth Nuttall

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Marie Rushforth Nuttall holds a Master of Arts in Education and Counseling, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, a Diplomate/Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and an Advanced Bereavement Facilitator. She also had the opportunity to certify under a one time federal grant issued to a local police department to train, educate and promote domestic violence prevention and advocate for domestic violence victims.

Marie has been working in the field of trauma for 20 years. Her first experience with trauma survivors was as an undergraduate intern in psychology at the Utah State Hospital on Unit 56-B; a forensic unit for convicted sex offenders. The effect of this experience was profound, and since then Marie has explored many facets of trauma, including its effects on the professionals who are immersed in working with traumatized clients, sparking her interest in secondary traumatic stress.

From her initial experience as an intern, Marie has branched out and accepted many opportunities ranging from provision of extensive individual, group and family therapy for both in patient and out patient clients to provision of supervision of 15-17 independently licensed clinicians in a 153 bed, co-ed, RPTC setting for severely traumatized adolescents whose trauma reactions led to behavioral challenges so severe they were unable to remain in un-secured settings.

During the time Marie spent in the mental health field she also served as a forensic sex abuse investigator where she was partnered with a law enforcement officer with whom she made many presentations at local schools, both K-12 and universities, on prevention of and effective ways to handle trauma. Currently Marie is in private practice and is employed by a behavioral health company to provide live and direct care management intervention and de-escalation in crisis situations.

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Managing Damage, Remaining Resilient: Identifying and Reducing the Effects of Secondary Traumatic Stress

This workshop was initially presented at the 11th Annual Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists in April of 2004. The presentation identified, defined, provided self assessment tools for and recommended intervetions for symptoms of traumatic stress that appear in the lives of care providers, also known as Secondary Trauma. This workshop is an interactive workshop designed to utilize sensory information as well as verbal physical expressions to connect with our own feelings, needs and level of stability so that we can resposibly care for ourselves and therefore remain in a position to care for others under extreme and traumatic circumstances. It has since been presented at local universities, treatment centers and professional seminars.

Form to Feeling: Art and Sand as Experiential Means to Transformation

The proposal for this workshop has been accetpted by ADED and it will be presented April 15, 2007 at their 29th annual conference. This workshop/seminar is experiential and interactive in nature as it explores death as loss and investigates the critical role creativity, sensory and experiential events play in a person's ability to live a meaningful vs. an empty existence after having suffered a significant loss.

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Statement of NCD on the 22nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

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Today, the National Council on Disability (NCD) joins the rest of America in celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. As we do, we also celebrate NCD’s own history as the federal agency that proposed the landmark legislation.

As we consider the progress made in over two decades, we also use the anniversary to recommit ourselves to the full achievement of the ADA’s potential – that “equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency” is possible for every American, including those with disabilities.

Truly, this law warrants every celebratory observation it enjoys each year. Since its passage, the ADA has opened doors – literally and proverbially – for the more than 54 million Americans with disabilities, and everyone else, too. That’s because disability laws are hardly legal protections for the select few. Everyone benefits from the ADA. That’s because, in addition to the law’s visible impacts – curb cuts and ramps and the like -- anyone at any time can join the disability community due to aging, illness, or injury, as our wounded warriors and burgeoning senior population know well.

Because so many Americans’ lives are touched by disability directly or through a loved one, it’s not surprising that disability issues enjoy a proud history of bipartisan support. The ADA was a poignant example of that 22 years ago -- a Republican President appointed the members of the small federal agency – our agency – that conceived of the ADA; a Democrat-controlled House and Senate passed the ADA with broad Republican support; and Republican President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law on this day 22 years ago on the South Lawn of the White House.

A more recent example of the truly bipartisan quality of disability right issues came to mind again in recent months in the U.S. Senate. Six years after an American delegation under President George W. Bush helped negotiate and approve the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and three years after President Obama signed the Convention, Republican Senators John McCain, Jerry Moran, and John Barrasso, and Democratic Senators John Kerry, Dick Durbin, Tom Harkin, and Tom Udall all announced their support for U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in May following the submission of the treaty package to the Senate. At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Convention just this month, written or oral testimony from former President George H.W. Bush, former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, and Senator Bob Dole was also received in strong support of the Convention. NCD staunchly supports ratification of the Convention and is hopeful that the full Senate provides its consent for ratification in the days ahead.

As this most recent example continues to drive home – disability rights are no longer a radical concept. They are the norm; the standard. Those who oppose equal access and inclusion are increasingly out of touch with the majority of Americans, and, indeed, the rest of the world.

New battles seem perpetually ours, just as our disability rights movement forbearers have taught us by life examples spanning decades.  Persistently high unemployment, school bullying, entitlement reform… the work never seems completed.

But let us take heart. In the words of Henry Ford: “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, and working together is success.” So with the same spirited determination that our community’s leaders demonstrated in securing the law we celebrate today, let us march and roll together to greet the next wall with our hammers of justice and our shared hope as our unifying bond. Happy anniversary, ADA! Lead on! Lead on!


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The Costs of Being a Bachelor

I have always made an attempt to be conservative with my funds. Ever since I saw my parents burn through thousands and thousands of dollars during my childhood, I’ve realized that money can be a fleeting thing which will quickly run dry if you don’t treat it with some measure of respect. My parents were always hiring out a limousine service in Bergen County NJ to get around town just so they could impress their friends. Sure, limousines are great and I’ve even rented them out from time to time, but they did so just because they felt that they had the money to do so.

They were not forward thinking people. Both of them live in the here and the now without much thought toward a future where the money might run out. Continue reading

I Am Not Sure I Understand the Prices of Rentals

I am not sure I understand the prices of rentals. I was thinking about a business trip to Bogota the other day and I got to pricing it out. I went to this site called and looked in to the cost of renting a car down there. I am not sure how I got there or if they are a good place to rent a car, but that was what I found. At any rate I really do not understand the variation in the prices on some of the rentals. The least expensive car is a compact for twenty eight dollars per day. It says that it is a Toyota Corolla or similar. That seems really reasonable to me. The same thing goes for the price on a full size sedan which is around forty five dollars. Continue reading

Methods Used to Help Race Car Drivers Survive High Speed Collisions

Racing cars are exposed to tremendous forces upon impact. We see those big crashes on race tracks and we don’t think much of them because most of the drivers walk away uninjured. However, that is not always the case. The rule does seem to be that injuries even in multiple car wrecks on the track have drivers ebing okay, but it is due to the advanced safety equipment they use. The in-car camera is a source for fans to see roll cages, harnesses and other things. Hidden safety things include energy absorbing materials in panels that absorb energy.

Polystyrene that is extruded into foam panels can be made to different levels of density. You have foam board used in packaging that is kind of fragile yet absorbs bumps and knocks to protect products in packages. Harder foam can dissipate a tremendous amount of impact energy safely rather than having it transferred into the body of a racecar driver. That is the goal of energy absorption and dissipation. You want to take the impact and send it around and away from the driver. Continue reading

A Wonderful Way to Get Around Town

There is no doubt that Dulles car service is the principle car service provider to choose whenever I visit Dulles. While I have enjoyed being able to use Uber from time to time, I’ve also discovered that they are not always the best drivers in the city even if they might be cheaper – I suppose there is a very good reason for that! Many of the drivers that i’ver used through Uber seem to not know their way around town very well compared to those drivers that I’ve hired through the Dulles car company, who always know exactly where it is that I need to go and which routes are the most optimal routes to take. Continue reading

Finding a Local Auto Repair Shop

I am going to try to get my car fixed soon, because it is broken, and I am on vacation right now. But I have to go back to work next week, and so I need to get the car fixed quickly, so that I will be able to make it to work. I am looking for auto repair in Rockland County NY and I want to find the local auto shop that has the lowest rates, in general, for getting things fixed. Because otherwise, I am going to probably have to spend too much money, and that won’t make me very happy. Continue reading

Finding Joy in the Self

Growing up with a father who has log struggled with post-polio disorder, I was exposed to an environment in which handicapped individuals have to grow to become accustomed to. It has been a steady decline for him over the years with us even driving to buy a wheelchair van in Orlando recently to go along with his new chair. While it might seem like a tragic life he has long grown accustomed to the various necessities in which he is forced to live by and approaches his physical capabilities with a good sense of humor. This has taught me a lot about myself over the years. Continue reading

Working out the Summer Plans

I spent the day arranging for a Horsebox fix in the UK. I found a place to do the job in Kidderminster in Worcestershire. The next thing will be to nurse that behemoth down there and not end up having to pay for a tow. I have a fair idea of what needs to be done and it is going to be expensive. I can drive it for about half an hour or forty five minutes before it starts to over heat. Then I have to find a place to pull over and put some more water in it. I sit a bit and let it cool down and then I take off again to repeat the process.

Finding Loudest Train Horn Kits

Sometimes, when I am on the road, I really want to get someone’s attention. I do not feel like my horn is currently capable of getting peoples’ attention in some of these situations that I find myself in. Rather, I think it would be necessary in order to get a louder horn. I am looking at train horn kits, because I think that the best way to make sure that people will notice me on the roads, is to have an extremely loud horn.

After a bit of research, I quickly identified train horns as a solution to my problem. I have a fairly large truck, and as such, I think it is important that I am able to get the attention of other people, when I need to. Continue reading

Cheap Car Rental for Singapore

I have an upcoming business trip to the country of Singapore, and I am planning it out right now. I just booked a hotel that I will be staying at for the duration of my trip. That was pretty easy, and I thought it would be a little bit harder to find a good hotel close to where I will need to go. I am now looking at car rental for Singapore as I will need to have access to a car during my stay.

I have a few places that I am going to need to go, while I am in the country, and it will be a lot easier to travel across the country, if I have a rental car.

Getting This Lot Cleaned Up

At first I was not sure what to do with the abandoned cars on this lot. This piece of land seems to have been used as an unofficial junk yard by the local people and so when they had some junk that they did not want they would dump it there. With a fridge it might make a bit of sense I suppose, but you just have to call one of those places that advertise we buy cars in San Diego in you have a junk car. Obviously they are going to want to turn a profit off the car, but they will give you something based on the weight of the car. It depends upon how much metal is in the car, so if you have a really heavy car it is worth more than a really light one. It seems like it should matter how much aluminum is in the car, which is a lot more in the modern cars than it is in the older ones that were built fifteen or twenty years ago.

At any rate I wanted to make sure that I could get rid of these old cars legally. I was figuring that if you abandoned something it was no longer yours. At least this is probably the case after a certain period of time. If your car breaks down on the side of the road for example they will tow it off pretty quickly and then you have to pay to get it out of the impound lot, but it is still your car. Obviously after a time the cost of the car becomes less than what it costs to get it back though, because they really like to jack you up at those impound lots. At any rate those cars were no longer anyone’s property.

Looking at Scooters for the Boy

The oldest boy is not big enough to get his driver’s license and if he does want to drive a car he is going to need some money. So he is going to be working and he is going to need to get to his job, where he is going to be the stock boy at a little store about four miles from here. We are looking at something like this thing, which is legal for a person with no driver’s license and it seems like it would be just fine if you were going to stick to city streets and stay away from the morons. That is a bit of a chore, but I do not think I have to worry about the boy too much.

Planning a Trip to Malaysia

I am going to be going to Malaysia, probably for a couple of months. It is not really determined yet. I am going to be parachuted in to look at the operations of a big resort. I have to take care of the details, like I need to find a car rental in penang, which is probably one of the major tourist destinations in Malaysia. It is famous for it’s local cuisine and of course there they have an island with a lot of beaches and a lot of tourist destinations. I am probably not going to get around much unless it lasts longer than I think it shall, because in general these things are very detailed. Continue reading

We Decided to Rent a Car

I had to make a decision once I found out that I was going to the Canary Islands for some business. It had been a long time since I had taken some me time, and I decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to do just that. Since my business would only last two days, I told my wife to pack her bags so she could join me. The next thing I did was research car hire at tenerife airport because I was not sure if I wanted to get my own car while there or rely on public transportation like a cab. Continue reading

My Parents Use Auto Logistics Inc for Getting Their Car to Florida

File:Bradfield Car C3045 at the Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere, NSW ...My mom and dad wanted to stay in a rented place in Florida over the winter to see if they wanted to invest in a second property. In other words, they were toying with the idea of becoming snowbirds. You know, the people who go south with the birds when the weather turns cold. Dad said he would drive down if he had too, but he preferred to fly. However him and mom wanted their car down there. I called auto logistics inc to see how much it would cost for them to just ship the car to Florida.

The price was very good. Once we figured in the time and gas amount for my parents to drive, or having me take two days off of work plus gas, the shipping charge was extremely reasonable.

Turn in Your Old Cars for Cash

Credit: Courtesy of Deborah FeingoldFinding yourself short on cash is one of the worst things that can happen to a person, if you ask me! I was raised to believe that an individual needs to have enough money in their banks to cover at least an entire year’s worth of expenses to cover any potential bills that might come up after an emergency. After my first year in college this happened to me; my parents died and neither of them had any sort of life insurance, leaving me to cover their funeral bills. I started to get into a cash for cars program in the San Diego area which helped me get back a lot of what I had lost in the year after their death.

Working in the Cook County Offices

I am not working for Cook county right now, but I am downtown working pretty close to the Picasso in a county office building. Right now I am taking the bus for a few days, because I had to take my car to an arlington heights auto repair shop the other day and they are backed up pretty good. To be honest it is not that huge of a deal in some ways. The bus ride in here is pretty long and I sort of like it, the part about not having to stress over people cutting you off and so forth. I take my new tablet computer with me and play around with it while I am riding. Of course the bus has wi fi, although the service can vary pretty greatly. If it is working good I will read the morning news on the tablet and some of the time I will listen to some music if I feel comfortable doing it.

A lot of the time I will be on a crowded bus though, and that sort of makes me a bit too nervous and I feel as though I want to always keep my wits about me. It is not as though bad stuff never happens to anyone in Chicago, although to be honest most of it happens to people who are in the middle of doing bad things to some other person. At any rate I do not get too nervous most of the time, but I do not like it when you are crammed into a bus like a sardine. The car shall be back from the shop the day after tomorrow and I will have to worry about how to pay for it after that, it will cost me a pretty good bit.

Planning My Big Anniversary Date

I have been dating this girl for almost exactly a year, know this by happenstance. It just happened to have met her at the birthday party of a mutual friend and we went out for the first time about a week and a half later. I had the receipts on my computer, think I might have planned to pass it off as a business expense at the time. It was not entirely out of the question, since she could have made a deal with my company at that time. I need to find a limo service for toronto and work out the details on the plan. I am not going to use the exact date, that is is Monday with nothing happening that I could find. On the Saturday before there is a concert by a band that I know she likes and we can go out to a really nice restaurant beforehand.

I am working on getting some back stage passes, but I am not sure that my contacts can get it done for me. They could have managed it pretty easily a few years back. I knew some guys in various aspects of the local music business, but some of them have moved on to other cities or on to other jobs in different industries. At any rate this particular venue is now being run by the sort of guy who is hard to get a favor out of it would appear. In fact no one I know speaks very highly of him, aside from saying that he is one of the most difficult people to get along with that they have ever met, so it would appear that there is not a lot of opportunity for us to grease the wheels on that front as it looks right now.

I Like the Motor Trade Blog Site

When I wanted to look at some other options for my Motor Trade insurance, a friend told me that I should check out their website to get free quotes. I hate the hassle of going into a place for information, so this was the perfect answer to my problem. I went to, and I was able to get a lot of information about Motor Trade insurance policies. I already knew some of it, but I was amazed by the amount of information that I did not know.

The first thing I did after reading some of the blog entries was go to their homepage. I realized that I was probably overpaying on my premiums, and I was not mistaken once I got some quotes back. Continue reading

Start the New Year off Right

My thirteen year old daughter told me it was uber important for her to go and have a New Year’s resolution that she could keep so that she could lose the weight that she gained over the past year. I did not think that she could be any thinner and thought that it would be crazy for her to think that she should still try to lose some weight. If she had lost any more weight, there would be nothing left of her. We had a great time at the gym that day and I showed her how great she looked in her gym clothes, then she realized that maybe she should not have to lose any weight as she would look too thin. I do not like to show my daughter other people that look different as that is not the way that I want her to think but I did see a very skinny girl there and told her that did not look healthy.

One look at the other girl and my daughter said that there would be no way that she would like to go and look like that. I knew that it was important for her to go and think that she was gorgeous alone, without having to change the way that she looked. I had a lot of friends in high school and college that felt like they were not beautiful enough and then they went out of their way to make sure that they did not have anything to eat for days at a time. I also had a lot of friends that made themselves throw up and that would be after every single time that they ate, I did not want her to go down the same way as those girls did back then.

They Are Getting a Classic Car Ride

File:Poznan, wedding car.JPG - Wikimedia CommonsWhen my son told me he had proposed to his girlfriend of three years, I was thrilled. I didn’t understand why they had waited so long, and I begged him to not have a long engagement. Neither of them wanted that either, and they told me the date was set for just three months away. This would stress some mothers, but again, I was thrilled. My future daughter-in-law took care of all the arrangements other than transportation. I told her I would like to arrange for the wedding cars for manchester, and she agreed.

I have a feeling she thought that I was going to offer our car, because it is a really nice luxury vehicle while my son’s car is just a standard one. I had something much nicer in mind though. I had been to a wedding not that long ago where the bride and groom arrived at the hotel reception site in an antique car. I don’t really get into cars that much at all, but I thought that it was the neatest idea. I know some people choose limos while others choose a horse drawn carriage, but classic cars is an angle I had no considered before.

I knew that I was going to get the same company to provide transportation for my son and his girlfriend if they ever got around to getting married, and now I could provide that for them. I told her mother since the car would arrive at their house first to pick her, her sister and mother, and her father up to take them to the church. It would then come here to pick our small family up. After the ceremony, they are going to pose for pictures and then be driven to the reception site. I cannot wait to see them in it!


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Chronic kidney disease may be caused by epigenetic changes

The research of physician-scientist Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, associate professor of Medicine in the Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, strives to understand the molecular roots and genetic predisposition of chronic kidney disease.

In a recent Genome Biology paper, Susztak, and her co-corresponding author John Greally from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, found, in a genome-wide survey, significant differences in the pattern of chemical modifications on DNA that affect gene expression in kidney cells from patients with chronic kidney disease versus healthy controls. This is the first study to show that changes in these modifications - the cornerstone of the field of epigenetics - might explain chronic kidney disease.

Epigenetics is the science of how gene activity can be altered without actual changes in the DNA sequence. DNA can be modified by different chemical groups. In the case of this study, these are methyl groups that, like using sticky notes as reminders, open or close up regions of the genome to make these areas more or less available to be "read" as a gene.

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Norway's finest, Black Metal Legends DIMMU BORGIR, strike back with their ninth opus 'Abrahadabra' and it is their most elaborate and thrilling effort so far! The follow-up to the highly acclaimed 'In Sorte Diaboli' which was released in 2008, shows Dimmu Borgir in a new but even stronger formation, A complete orchestra was used for the recording of the album, which gives it an unbelievable epic and mystique sound, Combined with the great guitar work, the blasting drums and the dark and harsh vocals done by vocalist Shagrath, who's on top of his game at this album, Dimmu Borgir create what will surely be a massive influence to the complete Black Metal scene, Once again, Dimmu Borgir have proven that they are the undeniable kings of the genre.

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Triglycerides can be affected by use of glucocorticoid steroids like prednisone. The effect is temporary, though it is difficult to find a reference that gives an exact time frame for a return to baseline. The sources I reviewed only mentioned about a 50 to 100 mg/dL increase in triglycerides while on steroids. The reading of 633 mg/dL seems to be higher than the effect one would expect to see from steroid use. While the course of steroids you received was not long, I recommend waiting about a month before having your triglycerides checked again to get a more accurate reading.

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This is a symbolic progression of generative relationships in part of a network. I like to use it to sharpen people's sense making about networks as they grow.

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Winter Goat Health Tips

Don't let your billy goats get gruff!

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Photo: Mike Baird/FlickrEarlier this week, we talked about how to keep your chickens safe in the winter, but they're not the only ones who need some special attention. If you're keeping goats, they need some TLC too in order to stay happy, healthy, and strong through the cold months. We've assembled some important information you need to have for your herd's health so you can tuck them in bed at night in confidence!

Despite the fact that goats are extremely hardy and many come from rugged regions, don't count on them to find their own shelter or to be safe in extreme weather. Goats need a proper house for protection from predators, and in the winter, it needs extra insulation to keep them warm. Goat houses should be properly ventilated to prevent mold and mildew growth and avoid buildups of gases from their urine and droppings, and they should also lock securely to keep predators out -- and goats in.

You don't need to hire a luxury remodeling firm to build your goat shelter, but do make sure it's snug, prevents rain intrusion, and isn't blasted by wind. A sound roof is especially important, to make sure your Minneapolis roofers do a thorough job. Goats are actually quite canny when it comes to going inside if the weather gets poor, but if inside doesn't provide adequate shelter, they'll get sick.

Make sure your goats have a large hay supply in the winter, along with extra grain rations. Their bodies need the extra calories to stay warm, and working on the digestion of their extra food will also generate warmth. Furthermore, goats like hot water -- yes, you read that right -- in the winter months to maintain urinary tract health. Use a heated water bucket to maintain a steady supply and clean it regularly so the water is fresh.

Dry bedding is critical. Make sure the straw or sawdust in your goat house is thick and changed regularly (it makes fantastic composting and mulching material). While your goats may wander around outside or in a partially sheltered area during the day, they need a dry, warm place to bed down at night. Some goat handlers like to install wooden pallets under the bedding to elevate it so urine and droppings fall below, getting the goats up off a potentially wet and soiled floor.

Take care of hooves in the winter, too, because if your goats are around freezing temperatures, debris can impact in their hooves, freeze, and become extremely painful. Trim their hooves monthly and keep a sharp eye out for limping, cracked hooves, and other signs of discomfort. You also need to keep up with parasite treatments and vaccinations, because your animals will be more vulnerable in the cold months of winter, and disease can spread quickly through a herd.

Goats also need room to exercise freely in the winter, so you should clear snow to make that possible. Try adding some incentives if your goats have trouble getting outside, like scattered mineral blocks for your goats to lick to supplement their nutrition, or deposits of hay for them to nibble on. Goats also enjoy toys and other forms of environmental enrichment, like buckets or balls, to play with. These items can keep them engaged and prevent boredom, which can lead to behaviors like fighting, self-harm, and a general bad attitude: and you really don't want a stubborn goat on your hands!

Signs of problems in your herd can include coughing, cloudy eyes, runny noses or eyes, general droopiness, obvious signs of fatigue, and erratic behavior. Call a vet about goat behaviors that seem unusual to you and get advice on what to do next. Ideally, you should know your herd well so it's easy to identify abnormal behavior and act upon it quickly.

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    I was pleasantly surprised when I first saw these, but they run small so I had to return them. My left foot is size 10, my left foot is size 11...I ordered the 11 but they felt tight even on my size 10 foot. These are actually in euro sizes and the 11 is a 41. If I wasn't at the upper limit of sizing for this brand, I would've tried out a bigger size because they are super cute and seem to be good quality. In terms of appearance of the material, it's definitely on the good side of the faux leather spectrum.

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Introduction to html2eml

The images which make up an email in html format can be hosted on a server (with public address) or they can be included within the email itself.
Each of these methods have pros and cons and are summarized in the table.
This web application allows you to easily create an HTML email with embedded images.
You can download a zip file in eml format uploading a file that contains the html and images.

How to convert from html to eml

- Upload a zip file that contains no folders, only files.
- The zip files must contain:
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  • All images ( jpg,png,gif format) in the message, referenced in the html file.

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- References to images can be in any format (absolute, relative, http://) where the path ends with the real name of the images.
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Email Client they block external images (ask permission to download) They show images directly
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Some email clients like Outlook and Hotmail does not properly support the HTML attribute 'background' so I do not recommend using it.
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Our crafty selves will thank us for any cute easy projects. Coasters are easy and quintessential “Must Do”  of all time. Cheryl explains all about making coasters with patch work on zitzmanfam.blogspot.com.This requires a basic sewing skill and can be whipped out in an hour. For six coasters you would need 12 fabric pieces of 4.5 inches each.whether you want a monotone or multi hues you can choose any colour of your choice to match or can pick bold prints and patterns.Fusible batting is needed for these coasters alternatively you can also skip using it. These easy quilted coasters can make wonderful keepsakes.Find cheryl’s tutorial HERE.

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This is a non traditional type post as this is not a free pattern. You have to pay to get this quilt pattern. No, I am not an affiliate on this website. I decided to share this pattern with you as it is worth mentioning here. Pleasant Valley Creations have some quilt patterns which are totally worth paying for as they are so great looking and look advanced. I am just sharing one cool quilt design here and don’t be surprised if you easily distracted with other stunning designs there. 🙂 Have fun.

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No matter you had a great pattern to quilt, sew or for any fabric DIY project, if you used a material which doesn’t suit with the pattern it all mess up. You have to choose the right fabric pattern for each and every project you do for the best results. If you are struggling with what fabric pattern to choose with your next project HERE is a tutorial on how to mix fabric patterns like a pro.

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Picking fabric for your quilt is the best part.  Seriously, I could choose and purchase fabric for projects all day long and never actually make them, but still feel like I was being artistic and crafty.

Picking fabric can also be frustrating.  Where do I start?  What if I pick something that looks bad?  What if others don’t like it?

Let’s take the mindset of “just do it” when it comes to choosing fabrics for your quilt.  Be bold.  Go with what you like.  Even if your friend tells you that it doesn’t look right.

Here are some tips for you.  This is not an exhaustive list, but rather some starting points for you.

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If you own a Sewing Machine then you might be interested in this tutorial. If you don’t have a cover for your sewing machine you should consider making one as it is good for the machine. Covering up your machine can save your sewing machine from dust and it will also improve the look of your sewing space. HERE is a simple but elegant looking Sewing Machine cover tutorial you can follow to make your first sewing machine cover.

Sewing Tutorial Quilted Sewing Machine Cover

When it comes to patchwork I always imagine cusions as patchwork cusions are famous in our country. I guess it is the same in your country too. There are many patchwork designs available in the internet. Among those, these patterns took my mind because they looked different. Do check the original sources as ou may get many more patchwork ideas from there as well.

Chat Noir

Chat noir | 5 Patchwork Cusion Ideas

Cojin Patchwork

Cojin Patchwork | 5 Patchwork Cusion Ideas

Drinking Fabric

Drinking Fabric | 5 Patchwork Cusions Ideas

Scrappy Quilted Pathwork

Scrappy Quilted Patchwork Pillow | 5 Patchwork Cusion Ideas

My Way Patchwork Cusion

My Way Patchwork Cusion | 5 Patchwork Cusion Ideas

If you are new to this crafty world and being amazed by how wonderful those DIY projects are, then I am sure that you are searching for a starting point to try crafting. Starting is the most difficult part for anyone. Once you start anything, then you can continue your work if you like it a lot. Here are 19 extremely easy DIY projects to try if you are a beginner. Read the projects details HERE.

19 Easy DIY Projects for Beginners

If you’ve got a really small living room but lack of seats then poufs might be a perfect solution to add up extra seats while not eating up much room. What’s so special about poufs? Those are extremely easy to make. This pouf has been made with upcycled materials by Ama from OhOhBlog. In this blog post she shares how she made it and how you can make one too.

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Having a mad day with small fabric pieces which ruin your room? You might want to throw them away? Well, not yet. This tutorial may change your mind as you see what you can do with them. This is a patchwork tutorial made by MadforFabric.

DIY Patchwork Tutorial | Liberty London Patchwork Tote

Well, this is not a tutorial but I thought to share this as an inspiration for the fellow crafters. English paper piecing is an old technique  which is popular right now. This purse is designed with this old technique and as you see it looks fabulous. From http://www.tildasworld.com/english-paper-piecing/

Patchwork Purse From English Paper Piecing Technique

Patchwork Purse From English Paper Piecing Technique


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The Flying Dutchman

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I made this animation for school. We had to make something based on some mystery, I chose the flying dutchman. I made a shipmodel and took some pictures of it I used in the animation. Making the animation took a lot more time then thought. Be sure you don't miss the extra's!

I would like to have improvement in my work so please review, I try to respond on all the reviews.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

Great storyline, great graphics, great job!

This was for school??? It's amazing! Although I would prefer that backgrounds and objects be drawn by hand, you made this look great. I liked the choice of music, and you put the Disney "Lion King" song to good use at the end. Congrats. I voted you number one for the month.(It was the only one that I watched before voting on)

Rated 3.5 / 5 stars

It was a good story, and a great concept. You obviously have talent but I would not suggest using photos like this. Some other suggestions I have are use different colors, at times I found that the colors ran together and or fought for dominance, also a tablet might be a really cool thing for you to use because you do have artistic talent. XD hope I did not offend anyone.

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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

A terrific submission

Great use of photography and animation (I do that myself and so appreciate the effort) - some advice on that would be to cut out the photos in a better way in order to reduce the white outlines you can see. Try photoshop and save the files as PNG-24.

The story was good and was animated well. I particularly like to draw attention to the animation of walking, which so many people fail at, yours looked very good.

Overall, very good mate - with time and more effort, your animations should improve to such an extent where you become amazing. You're already good, just I see great potential in your style.

Keep well fella

Rated 3.5 / 5 stars

It was alright.

The artwork was alright. I did like the use of the photographs. That was creative on your part. Overall it was a nice presentation. But, the animation seemed static at times. The mix of photo and animation was done well. Continue to work, because I see real talent and potential here, and would love to see what else comes from your labor.

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

Great story! Good choice of music too, and the ending was nice. The graphics weren't so bad, interesting choice of hand drawn/internet-found art. Might wanna find higher resolution images, it looks quite ugly in some up close scenes. Other than that, solid flash.

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thanks for reviewing, most of the "internet-found" art, like the ship and stuff, isn't internet-found but made by me. sorry for the low resolution of some images.


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Use WASD or left and right arrow keys to move. Your preference really.

Additional Notes:
(update) after showing this "game" off and spending more time working on projects I can understand any complaints that arise from it not utilizing gameplay at all and instead playing out more like a film/video that has a play and reverse button. Either way, I'm leaving it up as a learning lesson for me personally. Even though I see it as a failed attempt at a game experience, someone else may find it useful to pull from.

This game is about a corgi that wants to become an Octopus, representational of being more than average (fame/innovation).
It's more of an interactive story than a game, and is fairly short. So I would think it's best to be played and experienced first before reading too much about it.
It's okay if you don't get anything out of it. It's an experimental game, and is my first finished project so I'm not expecting perfection from it.

If you enjoy it feel free to leave a comment about what you liked and thought about the experience.

If you didn't enjoy it so much, that's fine too. I would appreciate hearing what about it was unpleasant for you.

I'll try my hardest to respond to most feedback anyone leaves for the game.

Also, if you get the chance check this out: http://portraiturefromthe Haley Craw does excellent work and has helped out a great deal in giving me feedback on my work.

Rated 0 / 5 stars

game only takes 1 minute to finish and only need to press 1 button

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Yep, it's not the most innovative gameplay. That's definitely being worked on with the next game I'm developing. Your complaints are appreciated and acknowledged.

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

it was good but too short, needs more story, more emotion, better music more appealing or relaxing

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Thanks for the feedback, I'm curious about what you think needs improvement with the music? I realize the flaws in all other areas you pointed out, but the music wasn't in my opinion the weak part of this game. I'd like other feedback touching on this too if anyone can elaborate more on the music.

Rated 4 / 5 stars

very cute but 2 short so 2 make it better make a i want 2 be an octopus 2 but oh tho in this i think the moral is. DOGS CAN BE WHAT EVER DAY WANT

Gallardoblend responds:

Thank you for the nice response, but there will not be an "I want to be an Octopus 2". This game was a good learning experience, and will help me continue to make a a variety of games that have a more fleshed out experience.

Rated 1 / 5 stars

what wrong with this i cant even get farther as soon as i reach the light it keeps blinking

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Can you elaborate? I don't notice any bugs with it when I play it.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

I Enjoyed this, there couldve been some more story to this, but overall i still thought it was neat.

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Thanks, happy to hear you liked it.


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Snow bunnies- Windham easter egg hunts draws hundreds of area children

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Siblings Katelin Ryan, 6, and Matthew Ryan, 8, showed off the fruits of their labor at Saturday's easter egg hunt in Windham. (APRIL GUILMET)

Sporting some stylish dinosaur face paint, Joseph Shumbert, 7, peaked inside one of his eggs, checking for treats. (APRIL GUILMET)

WINDHAM - Sunny skies hinted at the coming spring season as hundreds of area kids gathered in front of Windham Town Hall on Saturday, ready to fill their baskets to the brim with colorful Easter treats.

Despite a bit of snow on the ground and the need for warm winter coats, hats and boots, this year's Easter Egg Hunt, which was hosted by the Windham Recreation Department, was a smashing success.

Recreation Director Cheryl Haas said the event typically brings up to 500 children to the town center, and this year's egg hunt was no exception. Local scouting groups assisted in the filling and hiding of 4,400 plastic eggs, which were scattered in the yard surrounding the town's municipal complex to await their lucky recipients.
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