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Aurora Police detectives are trying to crack a puzzling case. Call it the “mystery of the missing 27 thousand dollar diamond.” CBS2’s Mike Parker is also checking it out.
Spurred by the Newtown school shooting massacre, Mayor Rahm Emanuel was leading a coalition of Chicago area mayors in a renewed drive for stronger gun control laws.
Police say a large diamond ring lost almost two weeks ago is now back with its owner: A Chicago woman who was shopping with her niece at Water Tower Place.
An Aurora woman says it’s hard for her to go outside right now, after her the dog was attacked by a coyote last Tuesday in the family’s yard.
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Cubs looking to upgrade offense
GM Hendry seeking lefty slugger to balance out lineup
CHICAGO -- Cubs general manager Jim Hendry heads to the Winter Meetings with a much shorter wish list than a year ago, but that doesn't mean he'll have more time to visit the Grand Ole Opry Resort in Nashville, Tenn.
In 2006, the Cubs were one of the most active teams in the offseason, spending $300 million in signing free agents Alfonso Soriano, Ted Lilly, Jason Marquis, Mark DeRosa and Daryle Ward. The overhaul was necessary after a 96-loss '06 season. The meetings also showed how hard Hendry works. He completed the Lilly deal while undergoing an EKG at an Orlando, Fla., hospital, and then underwent an angioplasty that night.
Hendry, who changed his eating habits and upped his exercise routine since then, is hoping the team makes headlines, not him.
The Cubs won the National League Central title in the first season under manager Lou Piniella, and head to Nashville for the Winter Meetings, which begin Monday, with far fewer holes to fill.
At the top of the list is finding a left-handed power hitter to complement the very right-handed lineup, which includes Soriano, Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee. There's an opening in right field following the trade of Jacque Jones to the Detroit Tigers for infielder Omar Infante.
"Our initial moves, as we cleared our deck a little after the season, clearly show we'll go after a quality left-handed-hitting outfielder, either in the free-agent world or through a trade," Hendry said. "We'd also like to add some left-handed hitting on the bench or in a versatile role.
"We don't have a lot of moves, but we feel the moves we need to make are just as important as the moves we made last year," he added. "We have some inventory on the 40-man roster and we'll be prepared to make a significant trade if it comes our way with the inventory. We'll grind it out every offseason like we usually do and go to camp with a better club than last season."
The Cubs took care of one of the offseason priorities on Monday, when they signed Kerry Wood to a one-year, $4.2 million contract. Wood will compete with Bob Howry and Carlos Marmol for the closer's role, vacated by Ryan Dempster's move to the rotation. Wood compiled a 3.33 ERA in 20 relief appearances in 2007 and received several multiyear offers from other teams.
"Chicago's home, and that's where I want to be, and that's where I call home," Wood said about his decision to stay. "It was a pretty easy decision. Chicago's been great to me, and I think it's the place I want to stay and win."
The Cubs do have depth on the pitching staff with Carlos Zambrano, Lilly, Rich Hill, Marquis, Dempster, Sean Marshall, Kevin Hart and Sean Gallagher in the mix for the rotation. Hendry said he wasn't actively looking for another starter.
"To say how it will look for sure on the 14th of February when they hit the field [for the start of Spring Training], it might not be the same and it might be that group," Hendry said.
The Cubs finally head into a season with depth in the 'pen and some candidates for the long-relief role.
Hendry did meet with free-agent infielder Kaz Matsui before Thanksgiving, but Matsui has reportedly opted to sign with Houston. The Astros are in need of a regular second baseman with the retirement of Craig Biggio, while Matsui would've shared second with Mark DeRosa in Chicago.
"We've had dialogue with free agents and we've had dialogue with clubs about trading," Hendry said. "Besides having interest in Matsui, we've talked to other clubs about potentially trading for some left-handed help that play other positions besides right field. We have some ideas. But to my knowledge, nothing is imminent, and we'll try to get something done before Nashville."
Another player on the Cubs' radar is Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, who has declared free agency in Japan and may move to the Major Leagues. However, he is being courted by several Japanese teams.
Because of the pending sale of the Tribune Co., the Cubs may not have ownership in place until mid-2008. That isn't holding Hendry back.
"Like last offseason, Jim and Lou and Randy [Bush, assistant general manager] have put together a good plan," said Tribune Co. executive Crane Kenney, who has been the liaison between the ballclub and the Tribune for five-plus seasons. "We're going to get better quick, just like we did last year.
"We look forward to taking the next step from this previous season for our fans," Kenney said.
Ward will be back with the Cubs after the team exercised a mutual option, and Scott Eyre chose to stay, exercising his player option for 2008. The Cubs did decline club options on outfielder Cliff Floyd and pitcher Steve Trachsel.
Among the players who are arbitration-eligible are Neal Cotts, Mark Prior and Michael Wuertz. Prior is coming off arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder. The Cubs would like to keep him, but what complicates matters is that the right-hander will be a free agent after the 2008 season.
If the Cubs sign him to a one-year deal for 2008, and he isn't able to pitch until August, and then he choses free agency and leaves for another team, that means the Cubs would've paid him for two months. He received $3.575 million in 2007 and didn't make one start. The Cubs have invested a lot of money in Prior, and in a perfect world, a two-year deal with incentives through 2009 would make more sense. The deadline to tender arbitration-eligible players contracts is Dec. 12.
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BOSTON -- The original "dirt dog" was back at Fenway Park on Monday, as the Red Sox honored Trot Nixon prior to their game against the Tigers as part of the organization's "Memorable Moments Month."
While the former right fielder had more than one unforgettable moment with the Sox, the club recognized his walk-off homer in Game 3 of the 2003 American League Division Series against Oakland to stave off elimination in a series Boston came back to win.
Nixon threw out the ceremonial first pitch as the crowd gave him a standing ovation. Nixon played 12 Major League seasons, including his first 10 in Boston.
"There's a lot of emotions, a lot of great things that I was able to be a part of in this ballpark," he said. "The biggest one was I was spoiled by a tremendous fan base, and each time I come back up here it seems like I get more spoiled by them. A lot of memories."
Of course, nothing can top the memories from the 2004 World Series, when Nixon hit .357 in a four-game sweep of the Cardinals.
"I think the biggest thing in winning that world championship in 2004, I had plenty of time to be around fans in this area that felt like the organization was cursed, [saying], 'We're never going to win a championship,'" Nixon said. "And to be able to come out of those ashes and win something was awesome."
Former Red Sox great Johnny Pesky joined Nixon on the field in a pregame ceremony.
"It was great to see Pesky," Nixon said. "When you think of Fenway you think of Pesky's Pole and Ted Williams and all these guys. It meant a lot to me that he was able to be there."
Proudly wearing a Red Sox jersey, Nixon admits the transition from ballplayer to retirement wasn't easy.
"It took a little bit of time," said Nixon, who also works with prospects for the Indians. "It was difficult walking away from the game. I love competing, but more or less everything I've been able to learn in my career I'm trying to pass it on to some of these younger kids."
So what's next for one of Boston's most beloved players?
He's working on bringing a Minor League team to his hometown of Wilmington, N.C.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Brazil lost all three games it played during Pool A competition in the World Baseball Classic, including the game against Cuba started by Andre Rienzo. But the White Sox Minor League prospect enjoyed the time in Japan playing for his country.
"It was great to be there," said Rienzo, who returned to White Sox camp Friday. "I was hoping to stay more time, but it was a great experience, great teammates. I played with my friends and I'm glad to be part of it."
Rienzo no-hit Cuba for four innings before giving up two runs in the fifth. He allowed two runs on one hit and four walks over 4 2/3 innings, striking out two, and taking the loss. Pitching coach Don Cooper has talked about getting Rienzo back on the mound as soon as possible.
"Cuba and Japan are great teams," Rienzo said. "I just wanted to help Brazil to win."
Simulated game gets Peavy's adrenaline flowing
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- With inclement weather blanketing the Phoenix area on Friday, the primary White Sox worry was getting Jake Peavy his scheduled work.
Relievers could be bumped back a day, but the White Sox wanted their right-hander to throw his four innings and 60 pitches as he was scheduled to do. They chose a simulated game on the back fields at Camelback Ranch, which turned out to be a good move since the Cactus League contest against the Padres was rained out after three innings.
Peavy got up and down as if he were starting new innings, facing Adam Dunn, Dayan Viciedo, Tyler Flowers and Carlos Sanchez, who were trying to get their work in as well. He was satisfied with what he got out of the morning workout.
"Today was actually a little bit better than getting out in the game because you were able to be under a controlled environment," Peavy said. "So I was able to use a little more pitches than I probably would have.
"But I still was going about the same speed as I would have in the game. I was going pretty hard. I'm just glad we were able to get it in, get on a field, simulate a game."
A little humorous by-play took place between good friends Dunn and Peavy during the simulated game, with Dunn even faking a bunt on the first pitch of his last at-bat. Dunn, who has two homers, six RBIs and 10 strikeouts lifetime against Peavy, thought he connected on one during one of his at-bats. The strong wind knocked it down in short center.
"No, that was not a homer today. Without the wind, that ball would have landed at deep short," said Peavy with a laugh. "Obviously, you guys know how we are as friends. I wanted him out there simply because that competitive drive is in us both.
"We love each other, but at the same time, I wanted to get him out and he wanted to get a hit and hit a homer off me. So that competitiveness is what you need in those situations like that. That was a good way to create that."
Peavy's next start comes March 13 but it will be on the Minor League side, as Peavy won't be throwing 75 pitches against American League Central rival Cleveland in the scheduled Cactus League contest. Through two trips to the mound, Peavy feels as if he's making progress.
"I feel good, I feel healthy. I think my stuff is coming," Peavy said. "It's still not anywhere close to where it should be or is going to be, but it's coming.
"That was my second time on a mound. My fastball command was good. I was able to move the ball around a little bit. Yeah, I think I'm right on track to where I want to be. I hope my stuff keeps getting better."
Crain feeling better, but not yet 100 percent
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jesse Crain doesn't know how many pitches he threw during Thursday's bullpen session, but it covered the time frame of a normal side session.
The strained right adductor, which has limited Crain to one Cactus League appearance, has improved. It's just not good enough yet to get him back into game action.
"I just wasn't letting myself get to that point yet because I'm still not 100 percent. I'll slowly get there," Crain said. "Hopefully, I'll have my next bullpen session Sunday or Monday and it will be where I don't even think about it. When I can do it without thinking about it, that's when I know I'm ready.
"I'm not worried. I've been able to keep my arm in shape, too. I've been able to long toss. It hasn't affected that. It's just getting off the mound. I have plenty of time."
Crain's hope is to get into a Cactus League game sometime next week.
Reed getting comfortable with slider, changeup
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- A torrential downpour canceled Friday's Padres-White Sox contest after three innings and prevented Addison Reed from working the fourth.
If Reed did get to make his fourth Cactus League appearance, it's a safe bet the closer would have been focused on fastball command and offspeed pitches. Those are the pitching basics Reed will work on until the last days of his baseball career.
Reed also realizes that in order to make him as effective as possible in the ninth inning during 2013, he has to have full trust in his slider and changeup. Although his fastball averaged 94.6 mph last year according to FanGraphs.com, he can't rely on that pitch to blow away the opposition like his friend and teammate Nate Jones.
"I mean, Nate throws 108 mph on every pitch," said a smiling Reed of Jones, who averaged 97.6 mph on his fastball. "But yeah, it's good to have that second pitch, no matter how hard you throw. The more pitches I have, the better off I'm going to be and more comfortable I am and being able to throw them for strikes, it will be beneficial for me.
"I'm throwing my slider a bunch and feeling more and more comfortable every time I throw it. Same with the changeup. I threw it a handful of times the first few outings. Just going out there is the only thing to get me more comfortable with it."
After converting 29 of 33 save opportunities and setting a single-season rookie franchise record with those 29 saves, Reed feels more at ease as the closer in 2013.
"I'm looking forward to it," Reed said. "I think that first year under my belt is huge. Now I'm comfortable and I kind of know what to expect. I know what it takes to stay healthy for a full season."
Third to first
• Reliever Leyson Septimo will be out of action until Monday because of arm soreness. Pitching coach Don Cooper said the plan is for the southpaw to play catch at that point.
• Reliever Jeff Gray made the Cactus League start in place of Peavy on Friday. Gray fanned two in two innings, but the game was postponed after three frames.
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As reported in Tuesday’s Maroon, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has issued another volume of its annual report, "The State of Free Speech on Our Nation’s Campuses." Of course, a new report means another grade of “red stoplight” (the lowest rung on FIRE’s idiosyncratic grading system) for the U of C and hundreds of other schools that somehow ran afoul of FIRE’s standards for protecting free speech.
This is the fifth such report issued by FIRE since 2006, and while it is remarkable in a number of ways—its dogged documentation of speech codes from almost 400 institutions, its willingness to cherry-pick language from those codes and present it in the least flattering context—what’s most striking is that FIRE has managed to prepare five lengthy reports on free speech in higher education while having only the flimsiest understanding of what “free speech in higher education” actually entails.
Universities aren’t simply another venue for people to get together and chat politely. They are meant to encourage discussion that is honest and uninhibited, and which would be impossible in many other settings. The very notion of a university presumes that some types of conversations are, if not “better” than others, then at least more productive. To have a university, you have to first accept that not all words and ideas are of equal use.
Consistent with that idea, the U of C and many other private universities choose to regulate speech that overwhelmingly tends to stifle productive discussion. Slurs, abusive words, and other forms of intimidating speech can be distinctly counterproductive in a university setting, and so merit varying levels of intervention by administrators.
In FIRE’s grade book, schools get dinged for having policies which “clearly and substantially [restrict] freedom of speech” or “could be interpreted to suppress” speech protected by the First Amendment. But universities don’t exist to encourage just any of the myriad forms of speech guaranteed by the Constitution; their mission is more narrow, and oftentimes their speech codes are, accordingly, more pointed.
That’s not to say we feel restricted in what we say. U of C guidelines specifically say the administration will neither “attempt to shield people from ideas they may find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even offensive,” nor always “intervene to enforce social standards of civility.” And administrators have encouraged free and productive speech in ways that wouldn’t register on FIRE’s survey of university policies. In the fall of 2009, President Robert Zimmer and Provost Thomas Rosenbaum went so far as to send a campus-wide e-mail discussing the importance of an unencumbered exchange of ideas, and reminding us that open debate requires both freedom and restraint.
That’s the kind of balanced, nuanced thought that abounds on this campus and is largely missing in FIRE’s report. Realistically, there’s little chance that FIRE adopts a set of free-speech standards that actually pertain to the work of universities—that would be the reasonable thing to do, and being reasonable rarely gets you the attention of pundits and donors—but as far as we’re concerned, the U of C is doing what it should to protect free speech on campus, and the administrators have the green light to run all the red stoplights FIRE cares to prop up.
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Locket is on her way to be my twink. She’s my first twink.. and I started last night at level 4 and dinged 5 while exploring the Barrens down to Wailing Caverns. She then hearthed and started on her tradeskills.
She easily fished up to 50 and cooked up to 30. I suppose I’ll pick up first aid. It seems silly not to.
For her first primary tradeskill she took Engineering. There are nice twink head googles within her reach. With the help of an in-family miner supplying copper and rough stone she got to 70. Additional tradeskill leveling will need to wait until she gets level 10.
Fishing was the next obvious twink choice for the “really good” head gear. I’ve never actually participated in a STV fishing competition.. so I’m taking up engineering as an “easy” backup.
I picked up cooking for no other reason except that it seemed silly to fish up cookable fish.. and not cook them. I’ll need to locate the recipes though
Engineering was the obvious twink choice for primary tradeskill. Mostly for the head gear but bombs and exploding sheep are just happy by-products.
I’m puzzled as to what to choose for my second primary tradeskill.
Inscription has some nice Scribe-only off-hands. I’ll need to compare those to the suggested off-hands. Also it looks like even a tiny little Scribe can do minor glyph research. So there’s a potential money maker.
I’m tempted to take up Herbalism for my second profession. Since the level limit was lifted on gathering professions, it seems to me that I could level herbalism all the way up and get access to a nice sized LifeBlood for a nice heal every 3 minutes. Then again.. lifeblood may be level based. Need to investigate that. I’m also worried that in leveling herbalism I might get too much discovery XP.
Skinning offers the additional crit chance. I think this suffes the same problems as Herbalism. I’m not sure if the crit chance is level limited.. and I’m worried about getting too much discovery XP in levelling my skinning.
Mining has a stamina boost. Same thing.
Also, an in-house jeweler made her a [Thick Bronze Necklace].
Unfortunately she can’t wear any of this stuff yet. So she ended the night by dinging 6 while killing kobolds and more defias in the starter zone.
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Young Kids May Be Able to Unbuckle Car Seats
Survey of Parents Finds Some Kids May Be Unbuckling While Car Is in Motion
May 2, 2011 -- Children as young as 1 year old can unbuckle themselves from car safety seats, a new survey of parents finds.
"We found that children can unbuckle from their child car safety seats by their fourth birthday, and there is an alarming 43% who do so when the car is in motion," says researcher Lilia Reyes, MD, a clinical fellow in pediatric emergency medicine at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven. "It was reported as early as 12 months."
The findings are being presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Denver.
Child Car Seats: How Secure?
While working in the pediatric emergency room at Yale, Reyes encountered two different mothers who had minor car accidents. They told her it happened when they turned their heads around after discovering their kids had unbuckled themselves.
Trying to determine how frequently it happened, she and her colleagues from Yale surveyed 378 parents of young children. Among the other findings:
- 51% or about 191 families reported that at least one of their children had unbuckled their car seats. Of these, 75% were age 3 or younger. The youngest was 12 months old.
- Boys unbuckled more than girls; 59% of the kids who unbuckled were boys.
Parents were not asked if they were sure they had buckled correctly, Reyes tells WebMD. So there is a possibility the children weren't buckled in correctly. But parents do typically hear a click, like a seat safety belt, when the buckle latches, she says.
The problem, she says, is that while children may be able to physically unbuckle the seat, they are just beginning, at around age 3, to develop reasoning skills to appreciate the consequences of unbuckling.
Parents used seats of various types. They included the five-point harness, convertible seats, and booster seats, depending on their child's age and weight.
Are Car Seats Really Buckled?
''This study raises questions about how the child restraint was used," says Lorrie Walker, training manager and technical advisor for Safe Kids USA, an advocacy group.
"Federal motor vehicle safety standard 213 requires the buckle to release using between 9 and 14 pounds of pressure," she says. "It is often challenging for an adult to unbuckle the harness."
She wonders if the buckle was not adequately locked in some cases.
"A buckle may give the appearance of being buckled when it has not completely latched," she tells WebMD.
Among the mistakes many parents make when placing a child in a car seat she says, is to loosely attach the harness straps or place the straps in the wrong harness slots.
If these mistakes occur, she says, it makes it easy for a child to climb out.
The finding that a child as young as age 1 could unbuckle the seat is a surprise to Jennifer Stockburger, program manager of vehicle and child safety for Consumer Reports. She reviewed the findings for WebMD but was not involved in the study. | <urn:uuid:bf010e52-2673-4816-a6a6-269d9a7121ee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://children.webmd.com/news/20110429/young-kids-may-be-able-to-unbuckle-car-seats | 2013-05-18T06:29:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982887 | 653 |
Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment and Research
Corticosteroids (Prednisone, Prednisolone)
Generic Names: prednisone, methylprednisolone
Brand Names: Solu-medrol, Medrol, Deltasone, Orapred
Drug Class: Corticosteroid
What do these medications do?
Corticosteroids are used to treat patients with active Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. Corticosteroids decrease inflammation in the lining of the intestine by suppressing the activity of the immune system. These medications are effective in treating about 80% of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and patients will typically experience a reduction of symptoms within 1-2 weeks. Because of the potential for long term side effects, corticosteroids are usually given at full dose for a short period of time, and then the dose is gradually reduced.
What are the side effects?
Most side effects of corticosteroid use are temporary and resolve once you/your child stops taking this medication. The effects are variable from patient to patient. The most common side effects include:
- Weight gain
- Puffy cheeks
- Mood disturbances
- Sleep disturbances
Less common side effects include acne, stretch marks, or hair growth. Rare side effects of corticosteroids include stomach ulcers, headaches, or cataracts. Because corticosteroids suppress the activity of the immune system, they can also increase the risk that patients will have complications of certain infections, especially viral infections like chicken pox or mononucleosis (mono)*. However, most patients taking corticosteroids have no problem managing routine illnesses, including colds, earache, or strep throat.
Long-term use of corticosteroids can lead to decreased growth and bone thinning, which can cause an increased fracture risk and/or hip pain. For this reason, physicians typically prescribe them on a short term basis to get the inflammation under control quickly during times of disease flare.
You should never stop taking corticosteroids abruptly! Your doctor will discuss how to gradually taper your dose over many days. This gradual reduction will prevent a serious side effect known as adrenal insufficiency. Taking steroids affects the adrenal gland’s ability to produce a hormone known as cortisol which helps your body deal with physical stress. Therefore, you should tell your doctor or emergency personnel if you/your child needs surgery or is involved in an accident because you may need a stress dose of steroids.
*You should report fever or any signs of infection to your doctor immediately.
How to take your medication and miscellaneous facts:
- Corticosteroids can be given by mouth or through the vein (IV).
- You should take this medication at the same time everyday, preferably in the morning if taken once a day.
- You should take this medication with food to reduce GI upset. • While taking this medication, you may also need to take an antacid medication to help prevent stomach ulcers.
- If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember.
- Check with your doctor or nurse practitioner before starting any new medications, herbs, or vitamins while taking this medication. | <urn:uuid:e87cfff0-e63d-4806-aa70-e52e5eb3ac49> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site1966/mainpageS1966P68.html | 2013-05-18T05:07:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908941 | 678 |
Inherited Metabolic Disease Clinic
The Inherited Metabolic Disease Clinic at Children's Hospital & Medical Center provides specialized medical expertise for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric inherited metabolic diseases in Nebraska and the surrounding region. Inherited metabolic diseases are genetic disorders of metabolism, also known as inborn errors of metabolism. There are hundreds of inherited metabolic diseases in children, each individually rare, but together accounting for about one in 1,000 children in this country. The Inherited Metabolic Disease Clinic at Children's treats approximately 400 patients a year, helping many of these patients effectively manage their disease.
The clinic medical director is William Rizzo, M.D., a pediatrician, board certified in medical genetics and biochemical genetics. Richard Lutz, M.D., a pediatrician who specializes in medical genetics, endocrinology and metabolism, is medical director of Children's Bone Metabolism Clinic. There are just three medical geneticists in the state with expertise in inherited metabolic diseases. | <urn:uuid:33c912ea-7c30-4068-88d9-01faec8cf7f0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://childrensomaha.org/MetabolicDiseaseClinic | 2013-05-18T06:20:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950283 | 198 |
While Chicago competes to show the world it is worthy of hosting the 2016 Olympics, it’s also poised to show it’s a leader in sustainable health care.
The Chicago Green Healthcare Initiative, a new collaboration among more than a dozen area hospitals, the city’s Department of Environment, the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council and a foundation run by former President Bill Clinton, will push local hospitals to reduce their carbon footprints, embrace sustainable practices and purchase green technology.
While discussions between the hospitals are preliminary, the program is expected to be the first of its kind when finalized in the fall.
Nick DeDominicis, a steering committee member of Health Care Without Harm, another organization involved in the talks, says there are “very solid commitments” among a number hospitals, including the University of Chicago Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, Swedish Covenant Hospital, University of Illinois Medical Center, Advocate Healthcare and Resurrection Healthcare.
DeDominicis says the city approached his organization to put the collaboration in motion.
“What we’re seeing is that there’s definitely an uptick in the interest hospitals have in greening their operations,” he says. Area hospitals will have the chance to share information and best practices.
“We’re going to have a program to help them improve their green energy efficiency with how much energy they use and what type of energy they use,” DeDominicis says. “More green energy, whether it’s off the grid, or if they do analysis to build an on-site renewable generator.”
The city’s involvement stems from Mayor Richard M. Daley’s desire to make Chicago the country’s greenest city. DeDominicis says the city approached Health Care Without Harm to engage area hospitals.
As one of the largest energy consumers, the health care industry is ripe to enter into the age of sustainability. But many area hospitals already have taken steps to go green.
Joe DeVoss, assistant vice president for transformation at Rush University Medical Center, says the hospital intends to make all its new buildings LEED certified. Rush has instituted more recycling programs, added green building materials and looks to implement energy-saving measures in its new buildings.
According the U.S. Department of Energy, American hospitals spend about $5 billion a year on energy, and produce more than 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per square foot.
Hospitals, he says, are “energy hogs,” but the collaborative is “a great opportunity for us to share information with other institutions in the Chicago area.”
DeVoss says Rush is hoping to get grant funding to add a “light harvesting” program in one of its new buildings. Rooms would feature sensors that gauge how much natural light is present, automatically adjust blinds and reduce the need for constant use of artificial light.
“I think we’re at a point now that if we don’t reduce our emissions, we’re going to be in trouble,” DeVoss says.
Several meetings between stakeholders already have taken place, and more are planned between now and the fall.
“I think all the hospitals are very committed. There’s no arm-twisting,” says Jonathan Lind, vice president of operations for Swedish Covenant Hospitals, which in recent years has stepped up its recycling efforts and provides organic foods to patients.
Lind says the debate on health care reform has overtaken other important efforts by hospitals, including attempts to green their operations.
“There are so many moving parts in health care,” he says. “But we’re here now, and I think that’s important.”
Mark Lestina, sustainability manager for the University of Chicago Medical Center, says the early discussions within the collaborative coincide with a university project to measure its greenhouse gas emissions. While patient care comes first, he says, it’s imperative to look at how hospitals impact the environment.
“As a leader in health care, we also think it’s important to be a leader in environmental responsibility,” he says. “My thought here is this is a great idea to take a much harder look at our impact on the environment.”
Daily News Staff Writer Alex Parker covers public health. He can be reached at 773.362.5002, ext. 17, or alex [at] chitowndailynews [dot] org. | <urn:uuid:1cae396f-1302-4675-8d5d-925741f7294d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chitowndailynews.org/2009/08/05/Chicago-hospital-collaborative-would-reduce-energy-emissions--30955.html | 2013-05-18T08:01:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94813 | 946 |
Audubon Circle last night
Stopped in last night with a friend for dinner. We had two beers each, shared the excellent-as-always white bean paste with olives and toast app, and I had a bacon-cheddar burger (medium rare) for my main while my friend had the tomato bisque/grilled cheese combo. My friend, as usual, ate every bite of the soup/sandwich combo. There was tons of bacon on the burger which made me very happy but it did come out a more like medium and tasted almost medium well due to the char on the outside. They were decently busy, it still had some bit of pink to it, and this was about my first off-cooking temp experience there so I didn't send it back. Also, while still a good burger but it seemed flat/pre-formed whereas in the past I had the opinion that they used hand-formed patties. Am I wrong?
Service was excellent as always.
Total was like $40 pre-tip.
Patio was hopping.
I really like this place.
They definitely make the burgers by hand, but they are prepared beforehand and stored in a large plastic storage bin. The burgers are thrown on the grill and made to order. I think the burgers have been that way pretty much since it opened, but my memory not so good.
I agree with your overall assesment. AUdobon never disapoints and is an excellent value. One think I do not like is the home made ketchup. I always ask them to bring a bottle with the burger.
The home made ketchup is hit or miss but I like the bit of spice to it. I like theirs much better than the anise-laden ketchup at Matt Murphy's.
This time, the patties just looked too thin and perfectly shaped to be hand-formed. Maybe mine was from the bottom of the batch.
Still great service all around a really good clientele on most occasions. | <urn:uuid:569ca67b-9aac-4c59-8035-8c6ebbf93f65> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/307527 | 2013-05-18T06:56:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983569 | 416 |
Urban Tastes & other fresh/prepared food delivery services
Has anyone tried Urban Tastes (http://www.urbantastes.com) or have a recommendation of another personal chef/prepared food delivery service in DC?
Urban Tastes is a cooking service that delivers individually portioned, organic dinners with a new menu of five choices each week.
We used Soupergirl for a month during a particularly busy period. The service was great, whether you like it or not depends on your palate--it's vegan and it tastes healthy but not "gourmet." You can place one-off orders, over the course of the month I found the flavor profile somewhat limited, but I'd be willing to do it again if I was in a jam food-wise. | <urn:uuid:3bed8b22-8165-4b39-8c41-60e43efdc74f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/783970 | 2013-05-18T06:32:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923426 | 162 |
Shanghai - Looking for Good Place to Buy Traditional Wok
I will be traveling to Shanghai for a week in September and am looking for a shop to purchase a traditional Wok.
Does anyone have any advice on where I should shop - either specific stores or market areas where they might sell these?
I do not speak Chinese and would likely be shopping on a Saturday.
FYI - the references to the "wok man" in Shanghai where Grace Young (cookbook author) found hers are no longer valid, the shop where those were manufactured is now a park after redevelopment (according to Google maps satellite view of the address).
Any suggestions are welcomed.
John, although you can find woks in every mop and bucket shop in Shanghai (I call them this because of the colourful mops and buckets hanging outside, making them easy to identify) they tend to be of cheaper quality.
The best one-stop selection can be found at The Shanghai Kitchen Market:
Shanghai Hotel Equipment Company
345-349 Aomen Lu, between Jiangning Lu and Changhua Lu
Open daily, about twenty minutes in a taxi from downtown.
You can just wander the aisles of this multifloor indoor market and choose what you'd like then pay at the cashier on exit, no Chinese required unless you need to ask a question. Their woks are traditional style and come in many sizes from domestic right up to gargantuan.
Pics and more info here: http://www.lifeonnanchanglu.com/2010/... | <urn:uuid:704c7c9c-a759-499a-a7e9-fa8142bd6470> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/804147 | 2013-05-18T08:02:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924087 | 323 |
Home Sous Vide equipment
Home Sous Vide-ing received a huge write up in our local paper the other day. Apparently, there is a marketing move to get home Sous Vide equipment into the kitchen.
I don't know about this -- I really lack counter space for not only the sous vide machine and a vacuum sealer, I also lack the motivation to cook my boiled eggs for 12 hours.
SO...do you want one? Have one? See the need for one? Going to get one? (All for home use, of course) Are the results THAT spectacular to make this worth the effort?
I became interested in sous vide a couple of years ago, and therefore experimented with cheaper ways of low temperature long term cooking and.... Yeah. I could do it. Sort of. The primary draw backs were that I live in an all electric house, and even though using a HUGE stock pot on a low setting on my ceramic electric cook top would hold a fairly low (but not exact) temperature, it kicked my electric bill up a notch or two I did not appreicate. So I bought an electricity sipping induction hot plate. It will cook low and slow BUT it takes about two years of experimentation to figure out the difference between 120F and 140F, and by then I'd be happier with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner!
More thought. What about one of those thermostat thingies and a crock pot for exact temperature? Give me a break! Who needs all of that jerry-rigged clutter for two or three days while you're waiting for something to turn into dinner? Okay. If I wanted to sous vide, at this juncture in time there is only one compact, leave it on the counter top or put it on a shelf option, and that's the Souse Vide Supreme. I went for the full size model simply because I don't trust aluminum not to discolor over time. The full size is all stainless.
What do I think of sous vide cooking? Well, all of the interest and recipes floating around remind me of the early days of microwaves. In many quarters, insanity reigns! Sous vide is NOT an "only method" way of cooking. It is a TOOL! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE sous vide eggs! Mushroom and truffle rissotto topped with a couple of sous vide eggs is my new go to comfort food. Steaks sous vide, then charred by sizzling frying pan, blow torch or charcoal are fantastic! Sous vide pot roast or brisket? Been there, done that, gave away the tee shirt. I can do MUCH better and MUCH faster with my pressure cooker or even in the oven if I want to wait a long time. I've read recipes by people who swear that sous vide custards are fantastic. hmmm... Sous vide creme anglaise maybe, but custard or flan? I doubt it. But maybe I'll give it a shot sometime. LOL! If that works, maybe I'll work my way up to sous vide Quiche Lorraine. Suuuuure I will!
Bottom line is, if you're well versed in the majority of cooking techniques, they will continue to serve you well and you can keep four hundred bucks safely tucked in your savings account. On the other hand, if you LOOOOOOOOVE a great medium rare steak... Have fun! '-)
Well at this point I'm just trying to figure out if the overall "sous vide thing" should have a place in my kitchen at all ... ergo the experimentation. I "blew the $11" today at home depot and got the lamp dimmer switch. As you are reading this, I've got the crockpot set to WARM (@ 100% = 180/181) and the switch set to "about 1/3 or so". I poured water in at about 140 and will wait about an hour to see what it stabilizes at and mark it accordingly. This will cost me about 8.5 cents. We shall see ...
What I'm more interested in for later tonight is waiting for my beef to finish it's marinade so that I can put the strips into the dehydrator for my very first homemade beef jerky . ..
Cool. I just picked up a crock pot (marked down by $5 at Target, so bully for me). I then rationalized getting a PID controller from Auber. Mainly b/c I can also use it for my home-built cold smoker, which generates smoke with a hot plate and pan of wood chips. I have other controllers that I could modify or program to run it, but I don't really need another project right now to build that.
The eggs are the thing that has vexed me. I finally looked at Lucky Peach again and told myself I had to do it.
i have a stainless steel bowl that i use on the smallest burner (reserved for sauces) on the stove. if i fill it up 90% of the way, and set the heat to the lowest setting, it keeps the water somewhere between 130-135, precisely the temperature i want it at. no additional equipment needed at all.
perhaps you should invest in a thermometer and give it a whirl.
I have a Sous Vide Demi. Bought it was their site around Xmas when it was on sale for $199..
Been having a lot of fun with it. Use it along with my FoodSaver for vacuuming. Over at EGullet there is a wealth of information about Sous Viding. I see others have posted about using crockpots etc.., but my sous vide machine keeps the temp with .5 degrees. Cooking at lower temperatures for long periods of time can be a safety hazard. Do a lot of reading on this.
What I like is that you can buy the cheaper cuts of meats and they come out extremely tender and you don't lose the flavor of the meat. Last night I cooked Turkey Drumsticks. Very flavorful.
You do have to brown your meats afterwards to make them look appealing.
We have always bought the loin pork chops from Costco and always found them tough. Sous Vide they are very tender, moist and flavorful.
You can cook your meat, then cool it down quickly in ice water, until completely cool ,then freeze it. When reheating you just bring your sous vide machine to the temp that you cooked it at and it will not cook further but just heat througfh. It is so nice be able to have cocktails and not have to be in the kitchen waiting to remove the meat from an oven or it will overcook.
It is great to be able to cook things way ahead and just reheat and they taste like that have just been cooked...not like leftovers.
It takes practice. I cooked a piece of lamb too long and it came out with a mushy texture that we didn't like. I write down everything I cook and that way next time a do a cook I can look to see how it came out previously and adjust, if necessary.
If you like to experiment I am sure you will love Sous Videing.
Hi Slanted. Interesting but not currently an option. My electric range is terrible - it will boil water on warm. And my portable butane stoves won't have quite the fine control for the extended timeframes that will be needed. I bought a 36 thermador cooktop that will be able to pull this off, but that won't get installed until we redo the kitchen this year.
SV produces some really nice results, as well as some techniques that aren't possible with other methods. It's not exactly necessary for a home cook who's just trying to get delicious food on the table - there are always other ways. But it's nice if you're into it. I cook SV often - at least once a week for the last few years. I find it especially useful for dinner parties that are larger than my kitchen can easily manage because it allows me to shift workload towards prep. I also use it in cooking competitions, where it has some major advantages.
Think of it as something like buying a dedicated smoker: it can get expensive; it's not strictly necessary; but it's for hobbyists and if you're into it, SV can produce some damn good eating.
ETA: eggs take an hour and 20 minutes. Unless they're ostrich eggs.
I'm just starting to experiment a bit with sous vide. I honestly don't see a point to buying a dedicated piece of gear to do it, since I already own a 6 quart "cook n carry' crockpot. And I also own four large 48 quart coolers.
To start with, I'll be playing around with the crockpot, since it already has a heating element. I can always later on get one of those sous vide kits, pre-made or self-constructed, if I really need or want to do a BIG batch of stuff using a cooler.
So test #1. Pork shoulder. Why? Well I have made a LOT of pulled pork, so I know what my traditional results are, using a crock pot and using an oven. This way, I have a pretty good gauge of good normal low and slow end results against my "sous vide" experiments.
Seems easy enough, right? Just put boneless pieces into a ziplock bag, 3/4 fill the crockpot with warm water, toss into the crockpot on low and wait. Did it work? No - not really. My first experiment was "edible but a failure" vs. . The end results would have been better if the pork was simply done normally. The pork was perfectly edible and fell apart but lacked the normally interesting results that I get when I simply use the crockpot without my adaptations.
The problem? Even on low, the crock pot gets WAY too hot for sous vide. The water reached about 205-208. Even on WARM, it stabilized at 180-181. Again too darn hot. Ok - lesson learned.
So, being an engineer by trade, I've been reading ... and reading ... and there are lots of ways to adapt a crockpot to be a low-cost sous-vide platform.
My next step, for under $10, will be to get a dimmer switch - to limit the inbound current. Since the crockpot has very little draw - about 1.5 amps, so a dimmer that can handle 2.5 or more amps should be perfectly safe. This way, I can do some experimenting with my digital thermometer, and put some marks on the dimmer so that I can reliably set to water to 130, 140, 145, or whatever I want.
This is what I'll try next, and we'll see how it goes. If I get get a few really successfulsuccessful, then I can always figure out if I'll leave well enough alone or grow things using digital temperature controller or PID or immersion heater or whatever. There are a lot of ways that it can be done. And pretty much all of them are a lot less than $300 or so for a dedicated small appliance.
Wish me luck!
Boy that sure sounds like a pretty good deal. Is that still available or was it some sort of special promotion/sale? Do you have a link to share?
And thanks for the compliment but it's really not a big deal. It's really just hooking up a lamp dimmer switch to a small appliance. There isn't any splicing, cutting or tape involved at all. You're giving me way too much credit. :-)
To me, doing some experimentation just isn't a big deal. For a mere $10, I'll get to have a 6 quart "starter" system, and can figure out how cool this sous vide stuff might really be - and how it might fit into our lives. I would just rather not have one more dedicated appliance around unless it is a "need to have" or gets regular use.
If the results are really spectacular and I need to have a "larger machine" then a sous vide kit for my cooler would be a great way to go.
"My next step, for under $10, will be to get a dimmer switch - to limit the inbound current. Since the crockpot has very little draw - about 1.5 amps, so a dimmer that can handle 2.5 or more amps should be perfectly safe."
Frankly, JK, you'll have an easier time just using a very large stockpot full of water on the stove and frequently spotchecking with a thermometer. I've done this for sous vide preparations of up to 24 hours. It can be surprisingly accurate. Of course, it requires a big stockpot.
Using a dimmer switch on a crockpot, it will take the bath forever and a day to stabilize, and you'll have to keep on checking it until it has acheived a basic form of stabilization (reliably gaining or losing x degrees in y hours). With a large stockpot, you can get a bath reasonably well stabilized in under an hour and a half, and close enough to cook with in under 20 minutes.
>> Using a dimmer switch on a crockpot, it will take the bath forever and a day to stabilize, and you'll have to keep on checking it until it has acheived a basic form of stabilization (reliably gaining or losing x degrees in y hours).
You could well be right but for $10, what the heck ... :-) I got the idea from stuff like this: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-hack-a-Crockpot/step3/Yes-youre-actually-done/.
But instead of doing the wire cutting / splicing thing (I can do stuff like this readily enough but I'd rather not have a Frankenstein thing in my kitchen. So, these things look ok: http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-TBI03-1...
I figure that if I start with say 4 quarts of hot tap water (it's about 120-125), that it won't be all that tough for the crockpot to get it up to 140 or whatever and then maintain it accordingly.
Anyway, it's only $10 and will help keep me out of trouble and away from the crack house ... :-)
I recently purchased the Sous Vide Demi (cutleryandmore had the best price, by far, free shipping) - and have been slowly easing our way into the world of sous vide.
So far, we have made duck breasts which came fantastic. Then we made sous vide coq au vin, which truly was as good if not better than any coq au vin I have ever had!
There are several features of cooking sous vide that make it worthwhile. 1. No moisture escape - the food is vacuum sealed, so it aint going anywhere...your poultry/lamb/etc is left ridiculously juicy and tender. 2. the temperature you set is what the meat is throughout. Not like on the grill or pan, where the center is perfect surrounded by rings of more "done" - one temperature/color throughout the piece, end to end. 3. although very possible, it is difficult to overcook...set the temp, throw your packages in the water and get to it when you are ready.
Overall, we love it...and we are just getting started with it! Chicken breast cooked sous vide will help seal the deal. There is a reason why sous vide is an integral part of Thomas Keller's cuisine.
Also, I recommend the Rival vacuum sealer....works just as well as the more expensive ones. And I like the bag rolls, where I can cut to what size I prefer. | <urn:uuid:1eeb972f-f965-4882-819f-862c620dbe69> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/830562 | 2013-05-18T05:52:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955426 | 3,316 |
Dinner at Bar Tartine - Report [SF]
A few weeks ago, I went to a dinner at Bar Tartine for a friend's birthday. We were a large group, so the menu was pre-planned for us, and it included a lot of the regular menu (I'm pretty sure everything we got was something that any diner could have ordered that night). I wasn't a part of the planning process, so I am not sure how much things cost for our meal (served in multiple courses, family style), but I can report on the meal itself.
Overall, I thought the food was excellent, but some things were better than others.
First course in included homemade pickles, spinach and goat cheese dip, and langos (fried potato bread). The highlight here was definitely the langos - it was like a cross between poori and fried dough, with sour cream, garlic, and scallions on top. I could have eaten an entire one of these myself.
Next course was chicories with preserved lemon, horseradish, coriander and radish; chopped salad w/ salami, haloumi, and other ingredient; warm beet soup with smoked brisket. I remember that the chicory dish was refreshing, but the big standout in this course was the beet soup. Holy cow, this was really good, and this is coming from someone who doesn't even like beets that much. The smoky brisket was fall-apart tender (it was hard to distinguish the pieces of meet from pieces of meat), and the deep purple soup was creamy and rich. It seems like some beef stock was involved in the soup itself. As of right now, it's on the regular menu for $14 and it is definitely worth that price!
Third course was chicken paprikas, nokedli, roasted cauliflower w/ seven spice and seaweed, and asparagus w/ cardoon sauce. Everything was very good, although nothing in particular stood out as much as the salads and appetizers had. The cauliflower and seaweed combo was different, and the experiment paid off. Meanwhile, for me, the chicken paprikas was a little too refined and rich. I would have preferred a more homestyle version; this was very fancy.
Dessert course was next, and for me, this was the weakest part of the meal. Cheesecake was fine, but a bit pedestrian, and chocolate dobos torte was a bit dry and plain. I liked the salted caramel that came on the plate with the chocolate torte - very salty. I would have honestly preferred to eat another order of langos for dessert. It would be cool if they could make a sweet version of the langos, maybe with some cinnamon and light dusting of sugar.
Overall, Bar Tartine was enjoyable (this was my first time dining there for dinner, so I never tried the previous chef's dinner menu), and I'd definitely return, particularly for the langos and the beet soup!
A few of us went over to Bar Tartine last week, one of my fave restos. And I was stunned to see how it has used the stepping stone of the Hungarian motif to create what I think is an entirely new cuisine. And it's amazing.
To be honest, when I sat down and took a look at the menu and failed to find my fave dishes, I was crestfallen. No buckwheat noodles. No pate with housemade pickles and dark bread. And no chicken paprika. Sheeeeesh. I was almost poised to get up and go somewhere else. Even tho I knew that whatever would come out of the kitchen would be excellent, I was having a hard time making the transition.
But simply put: each dish was dazzling. Just as inventive and successful as my recent dining experience at AQ, but earthier favors. And less formal an environment.
Here's what we had (some overlap with Cynsa's meal):
- The house-smoked goat cheese was dusted with powdered kale, and had crispy shallots, and yummy rye bread on the side.
- Lentil croquettes with coriander yoghurt and cherry molasses: It was the plainer of the dishes, but it was most appreciated by the pescartarian in the group, aand spruced up by the delicious cherry molasses. And of course, the yoghurt was yummy.
- I was completely overwhelmed with joy over the grilled tripe served in a paprika broth. The tripe was slightly charred, and totally flavorful. Thanks to the nice folks at the table next to ours for the commendation. Spot on.
- Stuffed chicken with sauerkraut & king trumpet mushrooms was an excellent dish of the classic Hungarian style.
- desserts: a lemon kamut pound cake with kefir creme, honey and bee pollen was light and delicious. and a most exotic and fabulously enjoyable Chocolate & fir tip ice cream sandwich, with black walnuts & burnt sugar.
Tho much of it sounded wierd, all of our choices, at least, were amazingly successful. While I still miss the buckwheat noodles, I am already looking forward to the next opportunity to go back and enjoy this new and dynamic exploration food combinations.
Birthday celebration here last night:
Elderflower Cordial. Refreshing.
Smoked onion goat cheese (dusted with powdered kale), kale chips, crispy shallots, sprouted rye bread, sliced radishes - delightful blast of smoky richness
Chicories with creamy anchovy dressing, rye crumbs and kohlrabi - wonderfully perky balance of flavors
Nokedli: farmers cheese dumplings, chard, and sweet corn kernels - jump in your mouth hot and cheesy goodness
Fisherman's Stew; collard greens, paprika broth, hen of the woods mushrooms with chunks of sturgeon - excellent spiced broth and perfectly cooked sturgeon soulfully satisfying
Candied beet and sunflower tart with bay leaf ice cream - loved this perfectly playful not-sweet ending
(if I had read your post earlier, I would have ordered the Langos. Now, I'll have to go back soon)
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I WAS AT THIS PREMIERE..SAW HER IN THE FLESH..BE JEALOUS :p
Via why animal food when dessert?
Check out this behind the scenes video of Kate Hudson’s shoot for her Kate Hudson for Ann Taylor exclusive collection for summer 2013. The limited-edition collection of chic, white summer pieces and rose gold accessories was inspired by Hudson’s red-carpet glamour and her love for fashion.
“I’m so excited about the capsule collection and working with Ann Taylor. It was such an honor when they asked me to come back for the campaign and to work on a collection inspired by my personal style. We have a great relationship – it’s really fun. I love how Lisa Axelson, Ann Taylor Creative Director, picked up on my style and helped turned it into a very chic, incredibly wearable collection!” Hudson said.
The collection includes ready-to-wear and accessories and is available May 22 at Ann Taylor stores nationwide and on www.anntaylor.com.
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So I know what you’re thinking, ‘I’ve seen this shitty giveaway before - what’s the deal?!?’ Well, the deal is that the notes on the first giveaway are a mess and I can’t see them all and therefore I can’t see all the entries and it would be unfair to keep going with that one. So here’s my second attempt and hopefully the notes will stay cool, pony boy.
Stuff you’ve already read:
- I’m giving away three glossy photocards (17.5cm x 12cm) and a poster of Coldplay (53cm x 37cm) as shown here.
- Like and Reblog once only - this is different from the first time and I’m doing this in the hopes that the notes won’t stuff up again ya feel?
- You do not need to be following me, but if you’re feeling generous you may :)
- Will ship worldwide
- Winners will be chosen via random generator and notified through their ask box - so please make sure you have your ask open
- There will be four winners, each receiving one item of their choice
- The giveaway now ends in like a month? So I guess March 15th.
And that’s it! Questions/Comments can go to my ask box.
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Today's Tedious Link:
Supergrass and Richard IIIToday's Transcript:
Rest Assured Treat Infamy - The word “infamy” is applied to people who are famous for doing bad things - A bad thing is the opposite of a “Good Thing”, which was a 1989 hit for the Fine Young Cannibals - Cannibals like to eat other people and cannibal tribes still exist in Papa New Guinea - A guinea was a type of old fashioned coin - The word “coin” shares many of the same letters as the word “loin”, which is a popular type of pork - The non eating of pork is something shared in common by both the Jewish and Muslim faiths - Faith was a 1987 hit for George Michael, who is of Greek descent, as is Nemone - Nemone is like a proper female runner, a bit like a modern day Zola Budd - Zola Budd is famous for not wearing shoes, as is Sandie Shaw - Sandie Shaw shares the same surname as Mark Shaw, who was the lead singer of Then Jericho, whose biggest hit was called Big Area - and when you think of a big area, you probably think of large estates with acres of land that were originally owned by Kings and Queens of Britain, such as William The Conqueror, King Harold and of course Richard III - Which links us to Supergrass and Richard III.Tedious Facts:
Released - April 1997
Peak Chart Position - 2
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There are four ways in which you can sign up to be part of one of these Life Groups.
1. Use this link LIFE GROUP INFORMATION, and click “Request Information” which will send an email to the group leader leting them know you are interested in the group.
2. Use this link ONLINE COMMUNITY LOGIN to view available small groups. You can choose to join or request information from here. This link does require a login; if you have not set one up in the past, we encourage you to do so now – just click where it asks if you need a “Need a Login”.
3. Contact the group leader directly. All information is available in the Fall Ministry Catalog.
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Staff recommends approval of the Ordinance amending Section 2-162 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining to the Leesburg International Airport Advisory Board.
At the August 27, 2007 City Commission meeting, an Ordinance was approved amending the residency requirement for members of the Airport Advisory Board. The new ordinance requires members to reside within a 20-mile radius of the intersection of Main Street and US Hwy 27 in Leesburg. At that meeting, staff was requested to revise that Ordinance to expand the residency requirement to include the option of either living within the City’s utility area or within the 20-mile radius. The attached ordinance includes that revision.
1. Approve the ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances Section 2-162, or
2. Such alternative action as the Commission may deem appropriate
Members of this Board volunteer their time. There will be no fiscal impact to the City as a result of this change.
Prepared by: ___Jay M. Evans (ph)_____
Attachments: Yes ____ No __X___
Advertised: ____Not Required ___X__
Attorney Review : Yes___ No ____
Reviewed by: Dept. Head ________
Finance Dept. __________________
Deputy C.M. ___________________
City Manager ___________________
Account No. ______N/A________
Project No. ___________________
WF No. ______________________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 07-89 AND AMENDING SECTION 2-162 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA; PERTAINING TO COMPOSITION OF THE LEESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD AND THE APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS; REVISING THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING MEMBERS OF THE LEESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, that:
Section 2-162(d), of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Leesburg, Florida is hereby amended to read as:
(d) Each member of the Advisory Board shall reside within a twenty (20) mile radius of the intersection of the center lines of Main Street and U.S. Highway 27 in Leesburg, Lake County, Florida or reside within the utility services area of the City.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances which are in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed, to the extent necessary to alleviate the conflict, but shall continue in effect insofar as they are not in conflict herewith, unless repealed or the conflicting portions destroys the overall intent and effect of any of the conflicting ordinances, in which case those ordinances so affected shall be hereby repealed.
If any provision of this ordinance is declared invalid or unenforceable, then to the extent it is possible to do so without destroying the overall intent and effect of this ordinance, the portion deemed invalid or unenforceable shall be severed herefrom and the remainder of this ordinance shall continue in full force and effect as if it were enacted without including the portion found to be invalid or unenforceable.
This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and adoption according to law.
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Timothy “TJ” Thorn was named system safety director at Metro downtown. In this role, Thorn will lead and manage the industrial hygiene, environmental and safety programs within the organization. He has more than 25 years of experience in environmental health and safety within the manufacturing and transportation industries. He was previously with Pilkington North America, an automotive supplier in Versailles, Ky., where he held the position of environment health and safety group leader. He also worked for more than three years at LexTran, where he held positions including assistant general manager and director of risk management and special projects. For more than 17 years, he was the EHS manager/industrial engineer for Hoover Wire Products where he managed the health and safety program.
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eBay Classifieds hosts a large number of homes for sale ads and accessing these ads in Cincinnati is simple and trouble-free when you use eBay Classifieds. These homes may cater for one person, a couple, a small family or a larger family. The ads may provide information on the total area of the property and the dimensions of each room. It may provide detail on the size of the back yard and the quality of decor in the property. Perhaps you have managed to save up enough money to secure a deposit for a mortgage and you are interesting in buying a home in the region. | <urn:uuid:e2bedb3e-b903-4282-8f31-b3a3231faa29> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cincinnati.ebayclassifieds.com/homes-for-sale/?catId=100036&output=gallery | 2013-05-18T06:20:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940171 | 120 |
CHICAGO -- Taking in their first game as owners, Mark Walter and partners watched the Dodgers get edged by the Cubs on Friday, 5-4, the team's third loss in the last four games.
The Chicago-based Walter, CEO Stan Kasten and partner Todd Boehly, sitting in Walter's Wrigley Field season seats near the Cubs' dugout, saw Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley fall behind early and the offense battle back late but fall short. Super-sub Jerry Hairston had his first homer, a triple and a single, half of the Dodgers' hits.
The game was played on a typical sunny, cloudy, foggy, humid, hot, cold and misty Chicago day, and ended with a little ninth-inning drama.
A.J. Ellis was awarded first base with two outs and a 2-2 count when plate umpire Marty Foster ruled he was hit by a Rafael Dolis pitch. Cubs manager Dale Sveum was ejected for arguing that the pitch missed Ellis entirely. Then newest Dodger Bobby Abreu's screaming liner into the right-center-field gap was gloved by right fielder David DeJesus, who with Alfonso Soriano led the Cubs' offensive attack with three hits apiece.
"I hit it good, but there's nothing you can do about that," said Abreu. "I thought the ball would go through the gap and we'd tie the game."
Abreu's indoctrination was quick and representative of how manager Don Mattingly will use him. He took a called third strike pinch-hitting for Billingsley in the seventh, took over in left field on a double-switch and was around long enough to get a swing with the game on the line.
"That's tough, he shows up and all of a sudden he's in there with the game on the line," said Mattingly. "He smoked the ball. At first I thought it was hit through the gap, but they must have been playing him over there."
For good reason, Sveum said.
"When you watch enough video, you put spray charts together for people, and the pitcher on the mound, they have their own spray charts, and they put a plan together and you play the 90 percent rule," he said. "The guy's going to hit the ball there 90 percent of the time, we'll play there. And sometimes you might get beat by the 10 percent rule, but in the long run, you're going to save a lot of outs, save a lot of pitches. It's a luxury you have now because of video and spray charts and everything like that."
Billingsley was in a first-inning hole after DeJesus led off with a double and was singled home from third by Starlin Castro. Bryan LaHair's groundout moved Castro to second, and he scored on a single by Soriano.
Hairston, who has done everything else this year, slugged his first home run of the season in the third inning. Hairston started at third base in place of the injured Juan Uribe and made a slick backhand play on Ian Stewart to end the third inning.
Hairston had the big game offensively even though Sveum, who coached Hairston last year in Milwaukee, deployed a defensive shift that Hairston had never seen used against him.
"He knows I hit the ball up the middle -- we talked about it last year," Hairston said. "I started laughing the first time I saw it."
DeJesus hurt Billingsley again in the fourth inning. Darwin Barney opened the inning by stealing a base on Gold Glove center fielder Matt Kemp, who didn't charge his base hit, and Barney stretched it into a double. Two outs later, with first base open, Billingsley pitched to DeJesus, and he lofted his third hit, a long triple to right-center to score Barney.
Mattingly said he considered walking DeJesus there and pitching to Tony Campana (hitting .344 coming in), but he thought the percentages were better with DeJesus (hitting .235 coming in). DeJesus got his drive into the jet stream and it just carried.
"We didn't make pitches to those two guys [DeJesus and Soriano], and they weren't missing them today," said catcher Ellis. "Sometimes you get away with it, today we didn't."
Dee Gordon effectively knocked Cubs starter Paul Maholm out of the game with a lined single off the lefty's right leg with one out in the sixth inning. Maholm finished the inning and was lifted for pinch-hitter Joe Mather, who homered.
The Dodgers scored in the seventh when Andre Ethier led off with a bloop double, and two outs later, Hairston tripled him home. But after Ellis walked to put runners on the corners, Abreu took a called third strike from Shawn Camp.
The Cubs added a run in the seventh, with Soriano doubling off Todd Coffey to score a run charged to Scott Elbert. That proved to be the decisive run, as Mark Ellis walked with one out in the top of the eighth, stole second and was tripled home by Kemp, who scored on Ethier's sacrifice fly.
"It's been kind of that way all year," Mattingly said of Elbert, who had 0-2 counts twice only to allow hits both at-bats. "Today, [LaHair] hit a good pitch. He's getting two strikes and can't put them away. For me, he's not quite as sharp with the breaking ball."
All three batters that Elbert faced reached base, one outing after he served up a walk-off home run to Jason Giambi in Colorado. Elbert has a 6.75 ERA, allowing 12 hits in 6 2/3 innings. Last year, he had a 2.43 ERA with 27 hits allowed in 33 1/3 innings.
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Reds ink highly touted Venezuelan
Rodriguez, 16, considered five-tool center fielder
CINCINNATI -- While the Reds finalized their deal with first-round Draft pick Yonder Alonso, they also made another move on Friday night that was significant for their developmental system.Center fielder Yorman Rodriguez, a 16-year-old from Venezuela, was signed to a contract. Considered a five-tool player, his birthday was on Friday. The youngest a foreign player can sign a contract is 16. "He might be the top position prospect in all of Latin America," Reds scouting director Chris Buckley said. Terms of the deal were not revealed. Rodriguez is the second highly touted young Latin player to enter the Reds system this year. On Feb. 27, Dominican outfielder Juan Duran was signed. "We've signed two of the top players available in that market and consider both to be first-round Draft picks," Buckley said. "This organization has made great progress in international scouting."
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Reds nearing deal with top draftee
Cincinnati closes in on inking No. 8 pick Leake
CINCINNATI -- Talks have been ongoing with Reds first-round Draft pick Mike Leake but appear to be nearing the home stretch.Leake, a pitcher, was the eighth overall selection by Cincinnati in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. "We've had several discussions lately," Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said. "I think we're getting closer. Hopefully, we'll get something resolved this week. We've only got 10 days." Last year, the Reds didn't sign their top pick, first baseman Yonder Alonso, until about 15 minutes before the deadline. "I hope it doesn't take that long," Jocketty said. If Leake is signed this week, he would get almost a month of exposure in the Minor Leagues, most likely with Class A Sarasota. Any unsigned player after the deadline will automatically go back into the Draft pool, which means the Reds would receive a compensatory pick the following year in the same slot where Leake was picked. Leake, a right-handed starter from Arizona State, was 16-1 with a 1.71 ERA, 24 walks and 162 strikeouts in 19 games this season. A key member of the Sun Devils' run in the College World Series, he pitched 142 innings.
The deadline to sign Draft picks is 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 18.
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Astros load up on pitchers on Draft's second day
Second-rounder is OU recruit; third-rounder has MLB bloodlines
HOUSTON -- The Astros took full advantage of a Draft touted for its pitching depth on Day 2, selecting hurlers with their first four picks and 14 of their 29 picks on Tuesday.
"The power arms, a lot of them went off yesterday between 11 and 69," said assistant general manager and director of scouting Bobby Heck. "But, luckily for us, there were some left over, and we think we got a couple of those in the first few picks."
Headlining the group of pitchers was second-round pick Adrian Houser, a right-hander from Locust Grove High School in Oklahoma, who will have to decide between signing with the Astros or playing for the University of Oklahoma.
"I've always been an OU fan and always wanted to play for OU," Houser said. "But, then again, baseball is my life, and I want to go play pro ball, and I want to get in the Minor League system so I can learn everything as fast as I can, so I can work my way up to the Majors as fast as I can. It's just going to be a process that's going to take some time, probably. I've got a lot of thinking to do."
Houser's father, Mike, who coached his son as a preteen and later in high school, said his son will be happy with either decision but thinks he is leaning a certain direction.
"I think if things work out the way we think they're going to, I think he'll probably be an Astro," Mike Houser said. "But I don't know that for sure."
Adrian Houser, who helped guide his high school team to the first 4A State Championship in school history, is in a family surrounded by baseball. His brother played college baseball. His uncle, James Knott, was drafted by the Mets in 1992 as a pitcher, and he is also distantly related to catcher Robert Davis, who played eight seasons in the Major Leagues.
Houser said he got the impression from a few teams he could have been selected late in the first round, but the disappointment didn't last long as he was selected early in the second round with the 69th pick.
"Back when I was 5, I said I wanted to go pro in baseball, and everybody looked at me like I was stupid," Houser said. "I just stuck with it, and here I am."
The pick continued two trends for the Astros under Heck. It marked the third straight year the Astros selected a high school pitcher in the second round after taking Tanner Bushue in 2009 and Vincent Velasquez in 2010.
The selection also sustained a trend of valuing athleticism. First-round pick George Springer, an outfielder from the University of Connecticut, stole 31 bases this season. Houser played football and basketball before choosing baseball.
"We have gotten more athletic, both in our position players, as well as the pitchers," Heck said Friday regarding past drafts. "With Jordan [Lyles], a lot of the reason for his success is because of his multi-sport athleticism."
Houser was one of just seven of the Astros' first 30 picks that wasn't from college or junior college. General manager Ed Wade said that trend was not by design.
"At the end of the day, if the ratios are skewed one way or the other, it's just a product of the talent that's in the Draft," Wade said.
Houston selected 6-foot-7, 230-pound Vanderbilt right-hander Jack Armstrong with its third selection. His father, who carries the same name, pitched seven seasons in the Major Leagues.
The Astros used their fourth-round pick on southpaw Christopher Lee from Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Fla., and their fifth-round pick on right-hander Nick Tropeano from Stony Brook University in New York.
Wade said he thinks the club will be well positioned when it comes to signing players.
"There are some guys that, because of the fact that they don't sign early enough, they run out of time, they run out of season, and their first professional experience is in the instructional league, and that can cost them as much as a year of big league time," Wade said. "Any time they can have a wood bat in their hands and play in a professional environment, it's probably going to accelerate their path to the big leagues."
The Astros selected just three players from the Lone Star State, none of whom played college ball in Texas. Wade said the club still expected to find value during Day 3 of the Draft, which begins with the 31st round.
"We're still going the way they're ranked on the board," Wade said. As we've proven with guys like Danny Meszaros, who's pitching in Triple-A right now, there are opportunities to get good prospects even in the 40s in this Draft."
Live coverage of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft resumes at 11 a.m. CT Wednesday on MLB.com, where fans will receive exclusive coverage of Day 3, featuring a live pick-by-pick stream, expert commentary and Draft Tracker, a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of every Draft-eligible player. You can also keep up to date at Draft Central and by following @MLBDraft on Twitter. And get into the Draft conversation by tagging your tweets with #mlbdraft.
Here is a rundown of the Astros' Day 2 picks:
Round 2, Adrian Houser, RHP, Locust Grove High School (Okla.)
The 6-foot-3 right-hander is the third straight high school pitcher taken in second round by the Astros. An 18-year-old senior, he was 10-1 with a 0.62 ERA in 2011.
Round 3, Jack Armstrong, RHP, Vanderbilt University
His father pitched in the Major Leagues for seven seasons. Armstrong had control issues and injuries that he overcame but now features a fastball in the upper 90s.
Round 4, Christopher Lee, LHP, Santa Fe CC (Fla.)
Another pitcher standing over six feet tall at 6-foot-2, he was 3-3 with a 2.85 ERA in six starts this season.
Round 5, Nick Tropeano, RHP, Stony Brook University (N.Y.)
Tropeano was 12-1 with a 1.84 ERA in 2011, tossing four complete games. He was named the America East Co-Pitcher of the Year in 2010.
Round 6, Brandon Meredith, LF, San Diego State University
The 6-foot-2, 225-pound outfielder was the first high school player to hit a home run at PETCO Park. He was named a preseason second-team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America and hit .272 with five home runs this season.
Round 7, Javaris Reynolds, CF, King High School (Fla.)
The high schooler missed his graduation to participate in a pre-Draft workout with the Astros. It paid off for the 6-foot-2 outfielder from Tampa, who was scouted by Larry Pardo.
Round 8, Brandon Culbreth, RHP, Forsyth Country Day School (N.C.)
He continued a trend of tall and large pitchers on Day 2, standing 6-foot-3, 200 pounds. He was on the 2010 All-Region Second Team.
Round 9, Jonas Dufek, RHP, Creighton University
The 6-foot-5 Dufek recorded 128 strikeouts in 112.2 innings in 2011, walking just 29 batters. He was 12-1 and threw 16 complete games.
Round 10, Kyle Hallock, LHP, Kent State University
He led the Golden Flashes with a 1.95 ERA in 16 starts. It marked the second straight season he tallied at least 15 starts.
Round 11, Justin Gominsky, CF, University of Minnesota
Gominsky fought past a knee injury that limited him in 2010 to hit .307 in 2011. He is a former two-sport athlete, having played football and baseball in college.
Round 12, Miles Hamblin, C, University of Mississippi
The Rowlett, Texas, native appeared in 46 of 52 games in 2011 for the Rebels yet committed just three errors. The versatile catcher also played first base and designated hitter and was a relief pitcher in 2010.
Round 13, John Hinson, 2B, Clemson University
The redshirt junior hit .331 and swiped 23 bags in 2011 while also showing power, blasting nine home runs. He hit .351 with 17 home runs the previous season.
Round 14, Horace Stubblefield, RHP, Lufkin High School (Texas)
The only Texas player high school player drafted by Astros during the first 30 rounds, Stubblefield was 6-0 in district play with one save. He had a 1.07 ERA in 2011.
Round 15, Zachary Johnson, 1B, Oklahoma State University
Johnson led the Cowboys with a .356 batting average. The junior college transfer also led the team with 13 home runs and 63 RBIs en route to being named the 2011 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.
Round 16, Scott Zuloaga, LHP, Scottsdale CC (Ariz.)
The Thousand Oaks, Calif., native tossed 1.08 strikeouts per inning and recorded a 1.82 ERA in 2011.
Round 17, Tyson Perez, RHP, Fresno CC (Calif.)
Perez made the First-team Central Valley All-Conference team this season, posting a 3.49 ERA in 69 2/3 innings.
Round 18, Kevin Miller, RHP, University of California-Berkeley
Standing just at six feet, Miller was still imposing on the mound, striking out 84 batters in 79 innings. He was 6-4 with a 2.62 ERA, lowering his ERA from last year, 4.72.
Round 19, Mitchell Lambson, LHP, Arizona State University
He made the honorable mention Pac-10 All-Conference team, posting a 4.41 ERA with a 7-2 record. He earned First Team All-Pac-10 honors in 2010.
Round 20, Matthew Duffy, 3B, University of Tennessee
The 215-pounder hit .312 this season with six home runs and snagged seven bases. He was also the Volunteers' regular third baseman the previous season, playing in 55 of 56 games.
Round 21, James Howick, SS, Jacksonville University (Fla.)
He started 51 of 54 games, hitting .319 and striking out 29 times in 207 at-bats. He showed a little power with four home runs.
Round 22, Andrew Muren, CF, Cal State-Northridge
The 6-foot-6 athlete committed only one error in 2011 despite starting 53 of 55 games and managed to hit .307 with nine stolen bases.
Round 23, Ruben Sosa, 2B, Oklahoma City University
The speedster stole a whopping 44 bases and posted an on-base percentage of .446 while hitting .389.
Round 24, Jesse Wierzbicki, 1B, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
The sure-handed defender posted a .996 fielding percentage this season and hit .301 at the plate. He showed speed at first base, stealing seven bases and legging out three triples.
Round 25, William Flamion, LF, Central Catholic High School (Calif.)
Flamion reached base more often than not, posting a .522 on-base percentage and walking 22 times while striking out just five times in 85 at-bats. He hit .388 his senior year.
Round 26, Jared Fisher, RHP, Newport High School (Wash.)
Fisher struck out 64 batters in just 51 innings en route to becoming an All-Region First-Team selection with a 1.92 ERA in nine starts.
Round 27, Alexander Todd, SS, Sonoma State University (Calif.)
Todd hit .332 in 214 at-bats in 2011 after transferring to Sonoma State from Centenary College. He also smashed five home runs and 10 doubles this season.
Round 28, Jordan John, LHP, University of Oklahoma
John made the 2011 All-Big 12 freshman team, posting a 2.35 ERA with a 4-2 record and starting seven of his 20 games. He allowed 23 runs in 61 1/3 innings but only 15 were earned.
Round 29, Wallace Gonzalez, OF, Bishop Amat Memorial High School (Calif.)
Gonzalez, the final high schooler to be snagged by the Astros on Day 2, had a 4-for-4, six-RBI performance to lead Bishop Amat past Mountain View St. Francis to advance to the Hard 9 National Classic semifinals.
Round 30, Jordan Steranka, 3B, Penn State University
The junior hit .323 with eight home runs and 57 RBIs for the Nittany Lions, hitting one more home run than he did in 2010. He started all 54 games he played in and also snagged six bases.
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Q. How important was it for your pitcher to get off to a good start after he had struggled and strike out the first two guys and find his rhythm?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I thought the first inning would be a critical inning for him, for his confidence, also just to see where he was at. Really, I mean, what a job he did. He's worked on some things, and Rags, Dave Righetti, our pitching coach, did a great job getting him back on track, and he had great poise out there with great delivery, and he stayed right on for seven innings.
He's done such a great job for us. I really thought he needed a break, and I thought he benefitted from it, getting some rest, both mentally and physically, and he went out there and pitched like we know he can.
Q. How much has it helped this team to get the kind of freak plays, the ball hits the bag, you get the freak double play yesterday and then the bunt tonight? How much does that help what you're trying to do?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I mean, that always helps, but you have to give Blanco credit. What a bunt he laid down. He couldn't put down a better bunt than what he did. He's a good bunter and we executed well with the bunt. The relay was huge. Blanco recovered, and even though he overthrew Crawford, Scutaro was right there and made a perfect throw; and Buster made a great tag there, and that does a lot for the pitcher, too, when you make a play like that. Defense can help you win games, and it's done that for us. It's all about executing, and tonight we did a great job of it.
Q. About that play, were you surprised they sent Prince there in the second and what was your view on that play at the plate?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, it hit off the wall, so I thought he would score, to be honest, the way it carried off the wall. It took two perfect throws to get him. It was a bang‑bang play, and great call by Dan. That's not an easy call there. He was out, and good quick tag by Buster, like I said. It took a perfect relay to get it done.
Q. The fans are obviously very pleased with the situation. How would you describe the situation your team is in right now being up 2‑0?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, that's what it is. It's the best of seven, we're up 2‑0. That's the way we have to look at it. It's the best of seven; it's great to get off to a good start. We're heading to Detroit and playing in their ballpark, and you keep pushing. That's what you do at this point.
We don't, believe me, take anything for granted. You go out there and you play hard every game, and tomorrow is our ‑‑ two days from now is our biggest game, and that's how we approach it.
Q. Would you have played the situation the same way that Jim did in the seventh inning with the infield back there?
BRUCE BOCHY: I don't go into what their strategy is or mine. I don't think about that. They're in a tough situation and don't want to give up a big inning. With that offense, we do what we think we have to do, just like Jim does. I don't even think about that.
Q. Hunter Pence last night had some rough at‑bats; tonight he had some really good at‑bats. How important is he individually to what you guys are trying to do offensively?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, he's in the 5 hole, and those guys you're counting on to help drive in runs and do some damage, and that at‑bat to add on to the score was really, I thought, huge for us. It's a little different when you have a one or two‑run lead. He battled and barely got a piece of one pitch there, and he finally found a way to get the run in.
Pence, he's full throttle, gives you all he has out there, and that's all you can ask. You know when he's up there he's going to fight as hard as he can to do something.
Q. After winning by five runs last night, was it back to torture tonight, back to the torture way of winning again?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, it's our style, really, and it's been like that for a few years here. You know, we play a lot of close games, and these guys are used to it. We faced a good pitcher tonight that was on top of his game. He threw the ball very well. And this game could have gone either way, with the way both guys were throwing.
But the torture thing is something we've had fun with, but at the same time, we wish we could do things a little bit easier. But that's not our way.
Q. For you what's the fundamental difference in Madison's performance tonight versus the last two outings?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I think more than anything, it was his delivery. It was a little simpler, more compact, and I think he was able to get the ball where he wanted tonight because of that. Sometimes you get out of sync, whether you're a hitter or a pitcher, and tonight he was right on with his delivery, his rhythm, and just had a good tempo out there and kept it going; great poise the whole game and just did a tremendous job. He hadn't pitched in a while, but he was right on tonight.
Q. Can you talk about how Romo has embraced his role as the closer on this team?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, if you know him, he loves it. He loves being out there with the game on the line. That's what you love about him. He's not afraid, and he controls the baseball very well on both sides, a good slider, and he's got the ability to keep his composure out there in that ninth inning. That's always a tough inning. But he's got the makeup to be out there, and he's done a great job of whatever role I put him in, whether it's setup or closing, and he wants to do whatever he can to help. But I do think he really enjoys closing.
Q. You mentioned Bumgarner's delivery was simpler, more compact. Could you get a little more detailed exactly what was happening?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, not really. It would take a long time. But these are things that hitters and pitchers work on. I talked about he was making too big a turn there and going side to side. He just wanted to get back to where he was when he was throwing the ball, and he just got out of sync.
He had, I think, three pens or whatever to work on some things, and tonight he was much more compact and kept his hand on top of the ball a little bit better.
Q. Given how much Pence struggled last night, did you consider dropping him at all? And what was different about ‑‑ he had several good at‑bats tonight. What was he doing differently tonight than last night?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, every night is different. They made some great pitches last night. No, I didn't think about dropping him in the order. I did the one time in St. Louis, but when you're in postseason, you pretty much want to go with the guys that got you there and the order that brought you to the dance, so to speak.
This guy is a good hitter, and I like his presence in the lineup, where he's at, and I think it's important we stay behind our guys, and they need to know it.
Q. You talked before about your team not taking anything for granted. Do you think the fact that you guys went through what you went through the first two rounds on the other side will help your guys sort of keep perspective of you still need two more wins in the series here?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, you have to. You have no choice. It's the best of seven. So you go out there and you play hard and you see what happens. You don't really look at where you're at. You go out there to win every game. And if you do that and do it in the right way, you'll see where you're at when it's all over. Don't get caught up in you're 2 and 0 or 0 and 2. You go out there and play hard for nine innings. These guys did a great job of it in Cincinnati and St. Louis, and that's the way we have to keep doing it here.
Q. What impressed you about Fister's performance tonight?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, he gets good movement on his fastball. He's got a good breaking ball, changeup, was pitching in and out, and he was making his pitches. He was throwing the ball well coming into this game. We knew that. And he carried that into tonight's game. We had our work cut out. We couldn't do much against him, and we finally scratched and clawed and found a way to get a run off him.
Q. That play at the plate considering last year what happened with Buster, how concerned were you about safety? Is that something that immediately passed into your mind or do things happen so fast that you don't worry about it?
BRUCE BOCHY: You really don't think about it in the game, to be honest. We've worked on plays at the plate, and it's part of the game, and he's going to have plays at the plate. I don't try to think about it, to be honest, but he was in a good position, made a great tag. And sometimes for a catcher, though, you're caught in an awkward position depending on the throw. And you have to give Marco credit with the perfect throw to help him to be where he was and apply the tag.
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For those of you who are soooo gosh darn sick and tired of this Beek freak stuff I got goin' on I'm reeeally sorryyy
It's just that they're livin' my dream kinda sorta
Not the reality show part, oh my gosh nooo, but growing a homespun business and making their dreams come true!
Pleeease don't X out yet...these pics are really pretty and we had a blast!
Our first empty nest date!
Josh was our tour guide
Telling us the history of the house and property
When I'm with Josh he's my favorite and then with Brent, he steals my heart :)
This trip I loveddd them both the same!
Soooo sweet and kind
FUNNY, charming and oh so grateful xox
Orangy White listening in
Josh showing us the Beekman crypt
...his thinking face
Crypts were temporary storage for the deceased during winter months until the Spring thaw when they could then be buried
The contents of this crypt holds tombstones and bones rescued from an adjacent family cemetery found in ruins
Right here I started surrounding Dave and I with some protective Light
Didn't want any of those Beekmans hitchin' a ride home on our backs or nothin'!
...or did I?
So very cool inside!
Chandelier hanging from the ceiling...with a birds nest in it!
Love the wall sconces too!
Orangy White sipping from an urn
Heart stone found by Josh and Brent while clearing brush. They haven't found the meaning yet
I'm SURE there is one
Back side of The Beekman
Where historic formal gardens are being planned
Getting ready to go into the barn
Farmer John asked that we didn't take any pictures because the flash scare the goats
I listened and didn't get any pics of John and Jason this time :(
...snuck this one...flashless John I swear
Look who I found outside when everyone was in the barn!
I have such a thinggg for stone walls!!
Michael Whaling was the stonemason master artist for the Beekman garden wall
The wall includes a mix of riverbed stone, rare red and yellow granite, fossils from the Devonian era, and slate from the Sharon Springs Bathhouse. There are stone seats and an embedded blue bird bath.
My dream...Dave, is to have a stone wall made out front...Dave, where people can put folded prayers and wishes between the cracks!
My kind of garden
Neat, organized, and no dirt in the toes!
If you weeded you got to have some Beekman 1802 garden gloves!
Honest John Dave doin' his part
I did mine too. Kinda sorta, maybe...it was HOT
Looking up at the Windspire
Powers the barn and the goat milking!
We sooo want one!
While Dave was lookin' at boy stuff I was looking HERE
Doesn't it look like one of those Bible Paradise pictures? Even the bird on the wire!
Walking out to the pond
"Our" house through the willows
Thinking after sooo much time we'd betterrr leave
...the weeding! ;)
One last spin
Oooo look who caught us!
Josh came down and gave us a hug and said mayyybe they'll see us HERE Valentines Day!
Josh's dear parents. Greeters and Well Wishers
The apple sure doesn't fall far from this tree!
Cuute and funnyyy!
Next stop The Mercantile
Posing for pics ALLLL day long!
We didn't have the heart to ask him
Just chatted awhile on the porch
Megan and Maria
They make The Mercantile shine with those smiles and wonderful warm hospitality!
AGAIN I didn't get one
WHAT is wrong with me?!
Will never ever get enough of this shop
Out at the farm I gave Josh some Hidden Pond Farm pantry things and he said he always loves my packaging
It's THEIR packaging that made my heart skip a beat from the beginning!!
Vendors set up on the lawn next to The American Hotel
He was great
After that straight faced pic he started posing every which way :)
Look at that wool!
Michelle "The Pink Stuff " Lady!
And local Realtor :)
...the house we looked at in the Fall went for in the 60,000.00's!
Landreth Seed Company
The OLDEST Seed House in America!
My favorite booth
Dave talkin' 'mater plants with the owner
Bought one of these!
...our girls gave us a gift certificate there for Christmas!
We're planning on using it in the Fall :)
On our way out of town we took a spin down the side streets to see what may have changed since our last visit. Found The New York House!
A new Historic B&B that just opened! Owned by Kelly and Bruce Button
So pretty and comforting inside!
Dining room with Pool Table and Bar
Kelly and Bruce were sooo nice!
Stop by and say Hi!
How we felt by the end of the day
Hot, tired, and HAPPY
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It's all over the Internet and being forwarded by e-mail...one of those videos that you just have to see to believe. But can you really believe it?
On YouTube and elsewhere, the video is being called The Megawoosh. The video clip is of a man--engineer Bruno Kammerl--in a neoprene suit, zooming down a slide, soaring off a ramp and traveling an incredibly long distance before ending up splashing into a small wading pool. Is it for real?
The answer is NO. Actually, the video wasn't meant to be real...it was developed as a viral ad for Microsoft Germany's Office Project 2007.
So how was the video really done? Here's what the website newteevee.com tells us, and I quote:
As some bloggers guessed, it’s a case of creative compositing, meaning that the clip we get to see is based on multiple elements that were combined together to create a final video. A stuntman slides down the slide, secured by a rope. Then there’s a body flying through the air, which is animated. And finally, the big splash. "He actually jumped from a wooden ramp into the pool," explains Koenigs. Of course, you don’t get to see any of this in the final clip, thanks to careful editing that makes it look like a single take.
Judging by the fact that over a million people viewed the Megawoosh video in just the first week it was on the Internet, it looks like Microsoft accomplished their goal of getting people to watch it!
Clearing up another internet rumor, this is Cindy Swanson, CyberSnoop...reminding you to check it out BEFORE you hit that "send" button!
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141 Main Street,
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The Pace Theater owned by Jim Pace opened in 1916. At that time it had a seating capacity of 475. Still listed as open in 1950. The building is used as retail space today.
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1473 Queen Street West,
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Opened as the Odeon Theater in 1931 and closed in 1980 as the Regal Theatre. It was never a part of the Odeon (Canada) circuit of theaters. It opened well prior to to the formation of that circuit.
A supermarket, with apartments above, now stands on the site.
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No 498 Posted by fw, June 8, 2012
Back on January 31, 2012 I posted a copy of my letter to the editor of the Windsor Star challenging the factual accuracy of an article by Star reporter Chris Vander Doelen. (Windsor Star misleads public over global warming).
Today the Star published another misleading report, this one by Michael Den Tandt of Postmedia News. My letter to the editor appears next followed by Den Tandt’s story. My letter is necessarily abbreviated to comply with the Star’s 250- to 300-word limit.
In response to Blind faith won’t make climate science gaps go away by Michael Den Tandt, Windsor Star, page A8, June 8, 2012 –
The gap Michael Den Tandt speaks of is not in climate science, it is in his misunderstanding of the scientific method and in his choice of biased sources to support his flawed arguments.
“The science isn’t settled” is a popular claim of climate change skeptics. To the extent that this statement is true it is trivial, and to the extent that it is important it is false. No science is ever “settled”; science deals in probabilities, not certainties. When the probability of something approaches 100%, then we can regard the science, colloquially, as “settled”.
Outside of logic and mathematics, we do not live in a world of certainties. Science comes to tentative conclusions based on the balance of evidence. Just because some details are still not well understood should not cast into doubt our understanding of the big picture: humans are causing global warming.
Turning to Den Tandt’s choice of Professors McKitrick of Guelph and Curry of Georgia, SourceWatch, a resource for citizens looking for authoritative documented sources, offers this assessment of their credibility:
“While most of McKitrick’s work in the late 1990′s concentrated on modelling pollution abatement costs and environmental taxes, from 2000 onwards he engaged in efforts to delay action on climate change. His background is as an economist shows no apparent expertise in climate science that would equip him to hold an informed view on global warming.” (Source: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ross_McKitrick)
“Curry’s contrarian-leaning ‘public outreach’ public communication is criticized by prominent climate scientists and other science-aligned climate bloggers for a propensity toward ‘inflammatory language and over-the-top accusations …with the…absence of any concrete evidence and [with] errors in matters of simple fact.’” (Source: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Judith_Curry)
Climate change is a serious matter. Windsorites deserve better than Den Tandt’s misinformed opinions.
Here’s a copy of Den Tandt’s article, Blind faith won’t make climate science gaps go away, Windsor Star, page A8, June 8, 2012
Here’s the irony about Canada’s two-decade, shambolic, inept, half-hearted and contradictory response to the incontrovertible fact that the planet’s surface climate has, over the past 150 years, warmed: It mirrors uncertainty about the predictive ability of climate science. In a way, the chaos of our response epitomizes the gaps in what we know. Our failure is, in fact, a direct consequence of those gaps.
More than that, the uncertain response reflects genuine confusion, among ordinary people but also among policymakers, about what Canadians can or should do about climate change. That extends into the federal Conservative caucus: Environment Minister Peter Kent has fielded questions from his colleagues, including the prime minister, about the reliability of climate science. Derided by environmentalists as an apologist for inaction, Kent within his party has played the role of activist. But he faces an uphill fight, one increasingly reflected in public opinion.
Abacus Data late last month released a poll showing that 55 per cent of Canadians are quite worried about pollution of drinking water, rivers, lakes, reservoirs and contamination of soil by toxic waste. But only a third of those surveyed said they worry a lot about climate change. This reflects a similar trend in the United States, measured by Gallup this past April. It seems we’re really not all that concerned about climate change, after all.
For a politician to utter such heresy in Canada now, as former Alberta premier Ed Stelmach noted following the Alberta provincial election, is fraught with peril. Wildrose leader Danielle Smith lost to Conservative Alison Redford, Stelmach said, because she dared say the scientific debate around climate change is still active. In other words, it’s not entirely settled. In other words, reasonable people can disagree. Unthinkable.
This is now the most fraught economic debate we have. It underlies Ontario’s controversial Green Energy Act. It underlies NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s strategic decision to hurl thunderbolts at the oilpatch. But what if much of what we generally assume about the discussion were off the mark or incomplete?
There are credible scientists who belong in neither ideological camp. They agree that global warming, certainly over the past century, is incontrovertible. But they disagree on the level of certainty we can have about its causes. And they raise troubling questions about the wisdom of policy remedies based primarily on faith.
For example: Dr. Ross McKitrick, a University of Guelph professor who has delved into the economics of climate change for more than a decade, says the planet’s surface temperature is indeed gradually heating up — though the rate of warming has slowed in the past 10 years. And he allows the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may eventually be proven right, in its finding that carbon dioxide emitted due to fossil fuel consumption is the cause. He also says other human activities may be a factor.
McKitrick disagrees profoundly with the notion that the science is settled. More to the point, even if the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is right, he is convinced that all major policy remedies proposed so far would have been ineffective, even if implemented precisely as designed.
“There’s no way of fixing it by tinkering around the edges,” he says. “Windmills are irrelevant. We’re talking about shutting down industry and taking cars off the road.”
The human toll of rolling back development has yet to be carefully considered, McItrick [sic] says.
“Think of the alleviation of suffering that comes when people get electricity, access to motor vehicles, ordinary development. To stop all that from happening, it just seems to me that would be a much heavier human toll than just learning to adapt to climate change as it comes along.”
Dr. Judith Curry, chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, agrees.
She posits human causes, but also other possible causes. One of her concerns is regional climate variability. “In some parts of the world, warming would be good,” she says.
Like McKitrick, Curry contends that the cost- benefit analysis — a clear-headed comparison of the benefits of development and better infrastructure, against the benefits of lowering sea levels by perhaps two or three feet, over a century — has yet to be done. And she argues that, rather than developing big global carbon treaties that go nowhere, Western governments ought to put more resources into advancing the science of weather forecasting, to better mitigate the damage caused by hurricanes, floods, droughts and other weatherrelated [sic] disasters, especially in the Third World.
There’s more, but you get the point: Why is it, given that so much of the policy debate in our country now concerns what to do about climate change, that speaking about gaps in the science, which clearly do exist, is taboo? | <urn:uuid:f4dd63bf-0557-40e9-abc6-2c9a18f66d15> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://citizenactionmonitor.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/once-again-windsor-star-article-misleads-public-about-climate-change/ | 2013-05-18T06:43:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945468 | 1,679 |
409 N. Calhoun Street
West Liberty, IA 52776
Phone: (319) 627-2418
Fax: (319) 627-4847
Welcome to the City of West Liberty
The City of West Liberty is a beautiful and friendly town located just five (5) miles south from Interstate 80. We are home to a diversified community that is just a few miles drive to major metropolitan areas such as Muscatine, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and the Quad Cities. We offer serene views and memories from the past with several brick streets, Carnegie Library, and a historical Rock Island depot.
Residents, visitors, and businesses find that our quaint and progressive town offers amenities that larger areas offer.From West Liberty Foods (the city’s largest employer) to the West Liberty Raceway (which is home to the Muscatine County Fairgrounds) there is much to see, do, and experience.
Events and Updates
The West Liberty Parks and Recreation Department is taking registration forms for Men's Softball. You can print a form off from www.wlparksandrec.org or stop in to city hall and fill one out. Fee: Each team registering for any league will be required to submit a $150.00 payment with their registration form.
May 29th at 7pm:
Join us for the West Liberty Community Night and cheer on the Quad Cities
River Bandits. They will be playing the Kane County Cougars. Mayor Chad
Thomas will be throwing out the first pitch.
Riverbandits is hosting a community night:
Who: The town of West Liberty
What: Baseball game; the theme is West Liberty Community Night
When: Wednesday, April 17th at 7pm
Where: Modern Woodman Park Davenport, IA
Why: Celebrating the fine folks of West Liberty and neighboring communities!
P.S. Playing the Clinton Lumber Kings! | <urn:uuid:3fa6a2cf-79b1-4f3d-a153-0d9eca53c62c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cityofwestlibertyia.org/ | 2013-05-18T07:20:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921172 | 397 |
Censoring Muhammad pics hurt freedom, Levant says
TORONTO — Ezra Levant contends that an almost unanimous decision by North American media not to publish controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in 2006 “did more to harm our culture and liberty than 9/11 itself.”
The author and Sun Media newspaper columnist and TV host was speaking Dec. 4 at City Playhouse Theatre in Thornhill, at an event sponsored by Canadian Hadassah-WIZO’s Hatikvah chapter. His topic for the evening was “Political Correctness and the Rise of Islamism.”
Levant recalled his decision as publisher of the now-defunct Western Standard, a bi-weekly publication, to publish the cartoons. “They’re news, and I’m a newspaper,” he said.
Although he said he got a lot of support from Muslims and Arabs for his decision, he was the subject of an investigation by the Alberta Human Rights Commission, one of 14 such commissions in Canada.
“Of course I was guilty,” Levant said. “I did something to cause someone else to feel some way.”
More recently, Levant’s Sept. 5 on-air rant on Sun News against Canada’s Roma community prompted the Toronto Roma Community Centre to launch a hate speech complaint with Toronto police that is currently under investigation.
He likened the reaction to his publication of the Muhammad cartoons to the movie Minority Report, which featured a department of “pre-crime.” Hatred and contempt are feelings, he said. “You are not normal if in your life you do not feel feelings… That’s part of being a grown-up, to take those feelings and transform them into something positive.
“It’s no longer acceptable to criticize Islam,” he said. “We must tolerate offensive ideas.”
Levant said that, rather, “the No. 1 way to fight back against radical Islam is by speaking the truth about it, by criticizing it.
“I want to know who the antisemites are – don’t you?” he asked. “That way, you know who to like, who to vote for, and who to oppose.”
He believes that Holocaust denial, too, provides “what the left would call a teachable moment.
“A hateful comment shouldn’t be something to fear… It’s a lot easier to call in the hate crime cops than to mobilize the truth about Israel, than to build a coalition with other students – Christian and Arab students. At the end of the day, not only will the country be stronger, but you will, too.”
The right not to be offended is not a real right. It’s a counterfeit right. It’s another way of saying ‘the power to shut someone else up.’ And that is my deepest grievance with these so-called human right commissions. They undermine our real human rights,” he said, emphasizing the word “real.”
Levant said that “liberal human rights” can be traced to post-Holocaust Jews who pushed for “censorship” laws to prosecute John Ross Taylor, a pro-Hitler “eccentric” who “made it his life’s hobby to try to convince Canadians to be fascists.”
Levant noted that Canada’s Jewish population, numbering less than 400,000, is now outnumbered by a Muslim population of just under one million.
“You cannot pass a law just for your team,” Levant said. “I think it was a disaster that we eroded freedom of speech as much as we did, but it was harmless then.” | <urn:uuid:2522681c-d646-4f06-9d9f-8c70da247244> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cjnews.com/health/weizmann-institute-open-new-research-centre?q=node/98963 | 2013-05-18T07:23:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963236 | 801 |
See above for the trailer for the Mister Amperduke Graphic Novel.
Told without words through over 2,000 panels, Mister Amperduke is an epic, fast paced, and dark adventure that offers a new mode of graphic storytelling.
Amperville is a miniature Lego city built by Mr. Amperduke in his basement as a hobby. The tiny Lego people live a blissful life in their manufactured utopia until Mr. Amperduke’s grandson drops a large insect into their world.
Mr. Amperduke is hospitalised while the vicious monster unleashes a devastating rampage on his model society. The citizens are helpless as the monster destroys everything. It’s a race against time as their benevolent master struggles to return home through his injury and bad traffic while the giant insect relentlessly eats the trapped citizens.
But there is a secret weapon lying in wait and ready to do battle…..
The whole book uses no words, the reader is involved in a different way than a normal Graphic Novel. There are hidden stories and details waiting to be discovered by the reader. It took 5 years of work to write and draw.
Mister Amperduke EXTENDED EDITION is now available worldwide through Amazon: Mister Amperduke Extended Edition
It includes the original story that started it all, a new 6 page story, the ‘making of’ and a gallery of Amperduke art from comic greats such as Guy Davis
180 pages Paperback. | <urn:uuid:7af1d0cf-48e7-48f3-83d8-852dd926cf2c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://clamnuts.com/mister-amperduke-trailer/ | 2013-05-18T06:25:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947443 | 308 |
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Lastweekend I plad flag fooball and plad with Joth and Mason. I jast stad hom.
Teacher note: Last weekend I played flag football and played with Josh and Mason. I just stayed home.
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We have three 6th grade Science classes and two 8th grade Science classes blogging here from the Pacific Northwest in Chimacum, WA! Sixth graders are learning a bit about Mt Saint Helens, environmental science through fresh water ecology, and physical science this year. Eighth graders are learning about life science this year. Please join us as we learn Science by exploring our world.
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Any time you buy something through Amazon using the search widget on the right side of the blog, it puts a little money in my pocket--and Amazon usually has astonishingly good prices on things. As an example of some recent purchases my readers have made, and what it put it in my pocket:
SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip 4 GB MP3 Player SDMX22-004G-A57K (Black) $1.40
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro assai - Choral Finale (Ode to Joy) $0.04
CamelBak Cleaning Kit with Cleaning Tablets $0.66
Sensodyne Maximum Strength Toothpaste For Sensitive Teeth With Fluriode And Cavity Proctection, Original Flavor - 4 OZ $0.15
These are all little amounts of money, but as you learned when you took calculus: adding up enough infinitesimals eventually turns into something! | <urn:uuid:ccc2369e-8017-4b87-8305-cf1540e400d9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://claytonecramer.blogspot.com/2012/07/thank-you-for-using-amazon-search.html | 2013-05-18T06:55:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.874452 | 214 |
This is a Polaroid Impulse instant camera, circa 1988-mid 1990s. This was a popular model of camera that features a pop-up flash. This is the view of the camera turned off. If interested, call. Film for this camera is for sale on the Internet for $60.00 per 12 shots so you must consider this a collector's item or a prop. | <urn:uuid:f5c23ad9-7540-48b0-8cfc-9097014d8eb0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://claz.org/mcfarland-wi/sale.html | 2013-05-18T05:26:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949447 | 78 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 29, 2010
CONTACT: Paul Karr, 917-208-5155, [email protected]
Looming Deadline to Force Hundreds of Port Truck Drivers Deeper Into Debt or Out on the Streets in the New Year
Truck Drivers, Environmentalists, Labor Advocates United in Opposition to Ineffective, Misguided Port Authority Truck Ban
NEW YORK – For more than a decade Kirby Reyes’ livelihood as a port truck driver has depended on his 1991 Peterbuilt truck. But under an important but deeply flawed environmental Port Authority rule, drivers like Kirby, who studies show average $28,700 a year, face unemployment or massive debt starting January 1. The new rule banning big rigs built before 1994 from port property requires these low-income truck drivers to purchase expensive low-emissions vehicles, subsidized by taxpayers, in order to keep their jobs.
“We all want to drive clean trucks, but the Port Authority should make the shipping and trucking companies foot the bill, not individual workers like me,” said Kirby Reyes, a single-father living in the Bronx who is considered an independent driver, just as the vast majority of the nation’s 110,000 truck drivers are. “This ends my career as a port truck driver because I can’t afford a new loan for a $120,000 truck and still put food on the table for my 11-year-old daughter. What truck driver can?”
The truck ban is meant to reduce toxic diesel emissions from old trucks that move containers in and out of the largest port complex on the East coast. But leading environmentalists like Rev. Fletcher Harper from GreenFaith say that the Port Authority’s truck ban will fail to clean the air.
“The only thing aggressive about this environmental measure is that it places a severe economic burden on individuals who earn $10 an hour, rather than the giant shipping companies like Target and Wal-Mart and the trucking outfits that profit from goods movement. The Port Authority program is a disaster of a policy because it ignores the pernicious business model that wrongly forces a low-wage contract workforce to own and operate the fleet. These sophisticated technology trucks don’t maintain themselves. It’s as immoral as it is unsustainable.”
Labor advocates who have long asserted port drivers are “independent” in name only agree.
“U.S. ports have earned the notorious reputation as ‘the place where old trucks go to die,’” says Fred Potter, head of the Port Division at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. “Not because truck drivers in this critical American industry want to drive dirty trucks, but because lax regulation, little oversight, and lousy enforcement force them to drive dirty trucks.”
GreenFaith has joined with the New Jersey Environmental Federation and the Teamsters, and an unprecedented nationwide alliance of 150 public health, civil rights, labor, community, business and faith-based organizations are actively advocating for clean truck programs that require trucking companies to directly employ their drivers as the logical means to shift financial and legal accountability for clean truck replacement and maintenance onto companies with the capital to afford it, a model advanced by the nation’s largest port. The Los Angeles Clean Truck Program put more than 8,500 clean trucks into service, reduced diesel emissions by more than 80 percent, and cleared the way for job-creating infrastructure projects that had been blocked for years, despite numerous industry efforts to gut the green-growth policy in court. A Federal judge has upheld the Port of Los Angeles program in its entirety.
The Port Authority has another reason to emulate Los Angeles’ EPA-award winning program: A recent report by National Employment Law Project and Change to Win found that the vast majority of truck drivers at the largest ports are illegally misclassified as independent contractors, which saves employers up to 30 percent in payroll costs, undercuts businesses who pay taxes, and puts workers in precarious circumstances where they don’t qualify for unemployment protection, workers’ compensation or even social security.
The Obama Administration has made it a priority to crack down on this growing illegal employer tactic across industries, but there are even greater consequences in port trucking.
“Coast to coast, the industry forces the cost of truck operation and maintenance onto the workers behind the wheel, and as a result, old, diesel-spewing rigs fill U.S. transportation corridors because that’s all these low-wage earners can afford,” said Carl Pope, Chairman of the Sierra Club in a recent report on misclassification in the port trucking industry. “Dire economic conditions led to the environmental crisis in the first place – we strongly suspect the culprit is not misbehavior by a few companies, but rampant misclassification in port trucking on the whole.”
“If the trucking company I work for gave me a W-2 like other workers then I wouldn’t be in the position I’m in now,” said Kirby Reyes, who after ten years on the job will be ineligible for unemployment benefits because he is treated as a contractor. “I can’t understand why the Port Authority is punishing drivers like me, when they should be going after the industry that is polluting the air and breaking the law.” | <urn:uuid:fe3d3d7c-29ea-449b-95d0-6950ed6b5b0e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cleanandsafeports.org/resources-for-the-media/press-releases/looming-deadline-to-force-hundreds-of-port-truck-drivers-deeper-into-debt-or-out-on-the-streets-in-the-new-year/ | 2013-05-18T06:30:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941722 | 1,112 |
Today I am going to show you this sweet Birthday Chipboard Banner that is another new item from Clear Scraps this year.
The Chipboard Birthday Banner comes with 7 pieces, approximate sizes are 1 cupcake 8"x8", 4 small banners 6.5"x6", 2 stars 4.5"x6".
Here is the banner all decorated. It spells out Sweetie, and I thought it would be perfect to hang up around Valentines Day. I used the lovely collection from Crate Paper called Fourteen to dress up this banner.
I adhered all the pattern papers to the chipboard pieces. Then came back in with various new Mascils and mist to add a little texture and interest.
I also added this Swirl Acrylic Border to two pieces on this banner. If you look at the top right closely, you can see where I cut this swirl border in half to create the second piece. I then decorated it with alcohol ink, then adhered it to my star.
Here is where I used the other half of the Swirl border I mentioned above.
I just love it!
On this next banner piece, I added this small Scallop Acrylic Frame to accentuate the cuties on the paper. I edged it in Viva Decor Pearl Pen to dress it up.
Here's a better close up of the frame
And the very last piece to the banner. I used the fabulous fans mascil for this piece.
I tied it all up using some twine from The Twinery.
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Courtney Campbell Causeway to get a facelift | News
Clearwater, Florida -- The Florida Department of Transportation has announced a 5.3-mile resurfacing project on the Courtney Campbell Causeway will start on Sunday, April 22.
According to the FDOT, the resurfacing project will take place between the Pinellas County Line and Rocky Point Drive. The vehicle access road on the north side of SR 60 betwen the two roads will also be repaved.
Motorists should use caution as the pavement will be rough and the lanes may be uneven during the paving process.
The majority of the paving activities is expected to be completed by August.
The contractor working on this project will also be building a 5-foot sidewalk on the north side of SR 60 between Bay Harbor Drive and the Westin Resort driveway and a 12-foot multi-use trail on the south side of the road between the west end of Ben T. Davis Beach and the Bayport Drive exit.
Traffic signals and poles will be replaced with hurricane resistant ones at the boat ramp entrance and the Ben T. Davis Beach entrance. The guardrail will also be replaced throughout the project limits.
Lane closures are allowed between 8 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. This $8.4 million project is expected to be complete in the summer 2013. | <urn:uuid:8c1f77a2-320c-4b18-a623-8c57ae6499c5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://clearwater.wtsp.com/news/news/115884-courtney-campbell-causeway-get-facelift | 2013-05-18T07:13:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93554 | 277 |
August 10, 2009
First day for Aggie freshmen in the books
Every August you get the smell of freshly cut grass and sweaty pads in the air as college football teams across the nation gear up for football season with training camp. Texas A&M began its quest to improve on a dismal 4-8 2008 season Monday evening with a two-and-a-half hour practice that moved well past the sun setting on the horizon.
The theme of the day had to be freshmen, in which head coach Mike Sherman has repeatedly said leading up to fall camp will have to make an immediate impact on his team. But in their first day of practice, the freshmen did what was expected - make mistakes.
"It looked like opening day. It looked like the first day of practice and we still have a lot of work to do," Sherman said. "I think the effort was there and the desire was there. Our execution needs to be a lot better which is what I expected. A third of the kids on the team are new and just trying to get them up to speed was a challenge at different times, but I thought we made some progress at times and tomorrow will be better. It was a typical first day."
Getting the newcomers up to speed is a top priority for the Aggie coaching staff, but Sherman also said he felt the veterans have advanced from where they left off in the spring.
"I think we're further advanced with the older guys, but obviously we hadn't done anything with the younger guys," Sherman said. "They participated in our summer program which is weightlifting and running and they went out with our players and did some 7-on-7, but that's the extent of it. When you think about that a third of the team is new and a third of the team went out there for the first time today, and with that in mind I thought they did okay. They still have a lot of work to do obviously."
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The Chicago Cubs reach thousands of Chicagoans and help support some of the people and organizations which make our city great. Our belief is by investing in communities throughout the Chicago area, we contribute to a strong, healthy and bright future for children, families and neighborhoods.
We are tremendously proud of the commitment by our players and coaches, their wives, our front office staff and our fans to contribute their time and resources to better the lives of those in need. As one example, the Cubs support of the McCormick Foundation has resulted in Cubs Care grants totaling more than $17 million since 1991.
Our community outreach activities reflect our connection and commitment to reach outside the ivy-covered walls of Wrigley Field and help those who share our city. Above all, we appreciate the best fans in baseball and continue to work hard to be a winning team both on and off the field.
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Reds Press Release
P&G announces $2,000,000 commitment to Reds Urban Youth Academy
P&G and Reds partnering to make a difference in the Cincinnati community
P&G has committed $2,000,000 to the Cincinnati Reds and the Reds Community Fund’s “Urban Youth Academy.”
The Reds Urban Youth Academy will be a baseball and softball training facility at Roselawn Park in Cincinnati that provides free, year-round instruction for boys and girls ages 6-18 from Greater Cincinnati and throughout Reds Country.
“P&G is proud to continue our partnership with the Reds and the Reds Community Fund to help improve the Cincinnati community through the development of the first Urban Youth Academy in the Midwest,” said Jodi Allen, P&G VP North America Marketing and Brand Operations.
The complex will include four renovated fields and a 33,000 square foot building featuring batting cages, pitching tunnels and a full indoor field. Groundbreaking will be in 2013 with project completion expected in 2015.
“We are committed to creating opportunities to get more kids to play baseball,” said Phil Castellini, Reds Chief Operating Officer. “With the support of P&G and our other partners the Academy will be the hub for urban baseball and softball training in Greater Cincinnati and hope to serve more than 20,000 kids and coaches annually.”
The relationship includes support from Kroger featuring a strong in-store retail plan in 2013 that will promote several P&G brands while raising awareness for the Reds Urban Youth Academy project.
The Reds Urban Youth Academy is modeled after Major League Baseball academies in Compton, Ca., Houston, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
Since 2010, P&G and the Reds Community Fund have partnered for the annual “P&G Community Day” volunteer service projects featuring hundreds of P&G employees renovating baseball and softball fields and community parks. The most recent project on August 2 included over 400 P&G North America Marketing employees restoring the Cheviot Memorial Fields, historic grandstand and Cheviot Memorial Fieldhouse.
The Reds Community Fund currently operates the Reds Urban Youth Academy at the temporary home of Cincinnati Public School’s Gamble Montessori High School in Winton Place. The fall/winter session starts October 22 and offers free baseball and softball instruction four days a week to boys and girls from Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky public schools.
There is currently a need for an expanded, year-round Reds Urban Youth Academy in Cincinnati because local Knothole participation has dipped significantly in the past five years while select baseball programs continue to expand. This suggests baseball is failing in urban areas that typically rely on neighborhood and recreational baseball for instruction. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, the number of kids aged 7 to 17 playing baseball decreased 33% from 8.7 million participants to 5.8 million participants from 2000 to 2011.
Additional partners in the Reds Urban Youth Academy capital fundraising campaign are Major League Baseball, The City of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Recreation Commission, PNC Bank and Reds owners and players. | <urn:uuid:2fb168c1-941f-4a09-bc57-a8fb3a84763f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121005&content_id=39500154&vkey=pr_cin&c_id=cin | 2013-05-18T06:32:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925812 | 631 |
As Moab’s oldest climbing and canyoneering guide service, we’ve earned the reputation of being the area’s Vertical Specialists by safely guiding our clients through some of the most rugged and interesting desert terrain imaginable.
With our unrivaled collection of unique and challenging adventures our professional guides are committed to providing a deeply rewarding & enriching desert experience for our guests, each and every day!
We pride ourselves in being specialists in our area of expertise (rock climbing and canyoneering) we don’t offer any other types of trips! Our rock climbing and canyoneering pursuits are year round, working with international travel and adventure companies, film and photo productions.
We are committed to the life-long pursuit of the adventurous experience that rock climbing and canyoneering has to offer and the power it has to connect us to nature.
As Vertical Specialists, we do not take you and your family’s safety lightly… building a long term, trusting relationship with our guests is at the core of our business. We hire and train only professional guides with a broad depth of personal experience in the vertical world.
As with all professions, you can’t teach experience and we firmly believe that when your safety is involved it is imperative that your guides have both extensive training and personal experience.
With Moab Cliffs & Canyons, you can relax and enjoy the adventure, knowing that you have experienced, safety conscious and highly skilled guides that you can confidently put your trust in.
We had the rare and special privilege
of working closely with Danny Boyle
and crew on this film, both for
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GEF and UNEP Launch Global Platform for Efficient Lighting
25 September 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched the “Global Market Transformation for Efficient Lighting Platform,” a public-private partnership directed at reducing global energy demand for lighting.
The Platform aims to transform lighting markets, primarily in developing countries, by fostering the usage and production of energy efficient lighting while gradually discontinuing use of incandescent lighting, and substituting traditional fuel-based lighting with modern, efficient alternatives such as solid-state lighting (SSL) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps. It is hoped that, through these efforts, global demand for lighting energy can eventually be reduced by up to 18 percent.
In attendance for the event was UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, who noted that “in terms of climate change, this is among the lowest of low-hanging fruit. Eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions are linked with lighting; this project can by 2014 make a big dent in these while saving people money too.” [UN News Centre] [GEF press release] | <urn:uuid:57eddd85-d7cb-491b-bf06-f4c7e0f03a21> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/gef-and-unep-launch-global-platform-for-efficient-lighting/ | 2013-05-18T06:28:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926901 | 238 |
Miller et al (GRL 2012) url has attracted much recent attention for its argument that volcanism can account for the MWP-LIA transition. In my opinion, it is important for another reason, a reason not mentioned and apparently not noticed by the authors themselves. It offers a highly plausible re-interpretation of Arctic varve series, an interpretation that, in effect, stands the temperature interpretation of the important Big Round Lake, Baffin Island varve series on its head. Arctic varve series, including Big Round Lake, have become a mainstay of temperature reconstructions used in AR5 (FOD) and likely to be used in AR5 (e.g. Kaufman et al 2009) and Miller’s interpretation of varve data impacts multiple “new” AR5 studies. CA readers are familiar with climate scientists having trouble with the orientation of varve data e.g. the use of Tiljander’s varve data in Mann et al 2008-2009 (the latter frequently cited in AR5).
Over the past few years, Miller and associates have radiocarbon dated mosses at 90 sites revealed by receding Baffin Island glaciers, observing a concentration of kill dates in the late 13th century and again in the early 15th century. This is interesting and useful new data that is helpful to disentangling the climate history of the area. They interpret the lack of kill dates in the MWP (from ~950-1250) as due to relative warmth, resulting in recession and/or absence of the small Baffin Island glaciers:
Here we present precisely dated records of ice-cap growth from Arctic Canada and Iceland showing that LIA summer cold and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 AD, followed by a substantial intensification 1430–1455 AD.
They interpreted the lack of kill dates from 1450 to the late 20th century as due to continuous ice cover until recent glacier recession. See their Figure 2C, excerpted in the top panel below:
From Miller et al 2012 Figure 2C-D. (c) Ice cap expansion dates based on a composite of 94 Arctic Canada calibrated 14C PDFs. (d) 30-year running mean varve thickness in Hvítárvatn sediment core HVT03-2 [Larsen et al., 2011].
Their Figure 2D (the bottom panel of the above graphic) is a smoothed version of varve thicknesses from Hvítárvatn, a proglacial lake in Iceland. Juxtaposing the information from kill dates with varve information, Miller et al concluded that the narrow varves from 950-1250 corresponded to glacier absence (or recession), indicating relative warmth, while the wider varves in the Little Ice Age showed the existence of active glaciers, indicating relative cold. Miller et al:
Baffin Island kill dates define abrupt and sustained summer cooling in the late 13th Century, which is matched by the start of a centennial trend of increasing Hvítárvatn varve thickness (Figure 2d), consistent with our predictions. A second abrupt increase in varve thickness in the 15th Century, and continuously thick varves through the following century, is consistent with persistent ice-cap expansion in the Canadian record at the same time. Hvítárvatn varves attain their maximum LIA thickness in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, decreasing again in the late 20th Century as Langjökull receded.
The picture, thus far, is consistent with the “traditional” perspective on the MWP and LIA – unsurprising since Baffin Island and Iceland are within the heart of the region conceded even by opponents. Miller et al argue (passim) that modern warmth is greater than medieval warmth. However, while the authors undoubtedly believe this, this point is made more as a genuflection than as a central focus of the article.
Varves of Baffin Island
However, this picture differs sharply from recent temperature reconstructions using Baffin Island varve data. For example, Thomas and Briner 2009, writing about the Big Round Lake (Baffin Island) varve series, reported that the period 1400-1575, rather than being a period of intensified cold with a “final pulse of ice-cap growth (as Miller et al concluded), had stated that it was relatively warm:
The warmest pre-twentieth century period in this 1000 year record, 1375–1575 AD,
Their temperature reconstruction, rather than interpreting narrow 11th century varves as evidence of warmth (as Miller et al 2012 did), concluded that the 11th century was exceptionally cold (despite the historical traditions.) This temperature reconstruction has been widely used in recent multiproxy reconstructions.
In the figure below, I’ve plotted the Big Round varve series on the same scale as the Hvitarvatn varve series, showing some important similarities.
For example, both the Big Round varve series and Hvitarvatn varve series show relatively thick varves in the 1400s and 1500s, with a local minimum in the late 1600s, then strong increases through the 18th, 19th and 20th century, perhaps tailing off a little towards the end. Despite this seeming similarity, opposite conclusions about the temperature implications were drawn by authors of the two series.
Thomas and Briner 2009 had interpreted the varve thickness increase at Big Round Lake in the 15th century as evidence of warmth, whereas Miller et al 2012 had interpreted a seemingly similar increase at Hvitarvatn as evidence of increasing cold.
In the 11th century (critical for medieval-modern comparisons), Miller et al 2012 interpreted narrow Hvitarvatn varves as evidence of glacier recession and/or absence i.e. local warmth, whereas the Thomas and Briner reconstruction (applying a postulated linear relationship between varve thickness and temperature) deduced that the MWP was very cold in Baffin Island. (This conclusion was not articulated or discussed in Thomas and Briner but is inherent in their reconstruction.)
Varve series from Baffin Island (Big Round, Donard, Soper) have been used in recent temperature reconstructions (Mann et al 2008, Kaufman et al 2009, Kinnard et al 2011, Ljungqvist 2009, 2010, Ljungqvist et al 2011 (CPD), Christensen and Ljungqvist 2011 (J Clim; CPD).
Polissar et al 2006
Another example of using proglacial sediments to interpret glacier recession/advance is Polissar (Bradley) et al 2006, which studied sediments in a proglacial lake in the Venezuelan Andes (prior CA discussion here). Polissar et al Figure 2A,B shows increased magnetic susceptibility (more iron minerals) during periods of glacier activity (see below):
Figure 2. Excerpt from Polissar et al 2006 Figure 2: Glacial advances, indicated by increases of sediment MS in L. Mucubajı´ (A) (vertical gray shading), coincide with an increase in precipitation, shown by higher MS in L. Blanca (B).
Polissar concluded that local glaciers in the Venezuelan Andes had been absent in the MWP, but had reformed in the Little Ice Age (hence the different character of the sediments) prior to receding with increased warmth in the 20th century.
In this example, there was increased glacier activity in the Little Ice Age, resulting in more iron minerals in the sediments, a phenomenon seemingly analgous to Miller et al’s attribution of increased varve thickness in the LIA to increased glacier activity.
The recent articles on varves underpinning the AR5 citations (e.g. Kaufman et al 2009 and its underlying studies such as Thomas and Briner 2009) attempt to interpret varves solely in terms of temperature. Most of the articles show positive correlations between late 20th century and varve thickness. Narrow varves (of MWP type) are not observed in the calibration period. This requires extrapolation of a relationship established over thick varves to the perhaps different circumstances of thin varves – a rather adventurous extrapolation of the sort that is typically discouraged in statistical literature.
There is considerable older literature on varves, principally in connection with LGM deglaciation. There is a prominent varve outcrop (see Tufts varve webpage here) about half a mile from my house. (The varves were re-exposed last year during straightening of Pottery Road). In the older literature on the LGM e.g. Agterberg and Banerjee 1969, varve thickness was held to depend on proximity to the ice front:
Both the silt (summer) and the clay (winter) layers in a varve couplet show an approximately exponential decrease in thickness away from the icefront. This trend is more conspicuous in the sill
When the Laurentide ice sheet had sufficiently receded, so did the varve series. When Miller et al 2012 attribute the narrow 11th century varves to glacier recession/absence, it seems to me that they are observing more or less the same phenomenon, though on a much diminished scale.
Thus, as Miller et al 2012 imply, thin varves could result from either glacier recession/absence (cumulative warmth in the 11th century) or relative cold (in the late 17th century) – confounding efforts to reconstruct past temperatures using a linear relationship to varve thickness.
Efforts to reconstruct past temperature using simplistic linear relationships to varve thicknesses (as in the studies applied in Kaufman et al 2009) had already struck me as problematic though, prior to Miller et al 2012, the precise problem had not been diagnosed. In my opinion, Miller et al 2012 provides substantial support for rejecting the interpretation of narrow 11th century varves as evidence of medieval cold (the Big Round temperature reconstruction) and requires analysis of the effect of this (and similar data) on downstream multiproxy reconstructions.
Postscript: I’ve managed to write this post without referring to Kortajarvi sediments other than once in passing. Mia Tiljander had interpreted narrow varves as evidence of medieval warmth and wide varves as evidence of the LIA. The data was used in opposite orientations in the corrigendum to Kaufman et al 2009 and in Mann et al 2008-2009, with Raymond Bradley ironically being a coauthor of both studies. In Mann’s recent book, he argued, in effect, that it doesn’t matter whether the Tiljander data is used upside down or not in Mann et al 2008 and 2009. I disagree, but, regardless of its orientation “matters” in the Mann et al articles, it seems reasonable to expect scientists in the field to develop consistent scientific interpretations of narrow 11th century varves. | <urn:uuid:0adf4edb-eb25-4e51-9621-f33a9467a666> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://climateaudit.org/2012/02/11/gifford-miller-vs-ar5-reconstructions/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=fe7f791e1e | 2013-05-18T06:53:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922456 | 2,278 |
Fukushima: Meltdown at Unit 1. Maybe at Unit 2. Maybe at Unit 3. American Media: Nothing to see here, move along.
May 12, 2011
You know that water you were told was covering up and cooling fuel in the damaged reactors? Turns out, not so much.
The first team of human observers entered Fukushima Unit 1, to find that company reassurances that fuel rods were covered with water were erroneous. In fact, water levels have been up to 16 feet lower than needed to cover the fuel, water has been draining out of the vessel, the fuel has been uncovered, and may have melted through the containment structures.
Coolant is escaping through a newly discovered opening in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s No. 1 reactor pressure vessel, a development that could slow efforts to prevent potential further radiation releases from the Japanese facility, Reuters reported on Thursday (see GSN, May 11).
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power learned the container held less water than previously believed following repairs to monitoring equipment this week; the tank’s fluid quantity was roughly 16 feet short of the depth required to fully submerge atomic fuel if the material had remained in its intended position. The six-reactor site was severely damaged in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that left more than 20,000 people dead or missing in Japan.
“There must be a large leak,” Tokyo Electric Power official Junichi Matsumoto said to reporters on Thursday. “The fuel pellets likely melted and fell, and in the process may have damaged … the pressure vessel itself and created a hole,” he said.
Thousands of tons of water, now highly radioactive, has unexpectedly rushed out to parts unknown, according to the company – and the same thing may have been happening in units 2 and 3.
The reactor has received just under 10,400 metric tons of water to date, and the destination of the escaping fluid was uncertain, he said, adding powerful radioactivity complicated a possible direct inspection of the area by plant personnel (Yuto Kubota, Reuters, May 12). Much of the fluid could have moved to the reactor’s outer containment vessel, Kyodo News reported (Kyodo News I/Mainichi Daily News, May 12).
Similar ruptures might have developed in the plant’s No. 2 and No. 3 reactors if their nuclear material had heated to the point of losing its structure, Reuters quoted Matsumoto as saying. The firm was planning similar cooling efforts for those systems.
Meanwhile, the mainstream media’s “nothing to see here, move along” policy continues. | <urn:uuid:11eb50e5-46a6-44da-acb2-3114797652df> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://climatecrocks.com/2011/05/12/fukushima-meltdown-at-unit-1-maybe-at-unit-2-maybe-at-unit-3-american-media-nothing-to-see-here-move-along/ | 2013-05-18T07:12:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97214 | 541 |
Genomic/ Proteomic/ Metabonomic Profiling in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease characterized by progressive airflow obstruction, chronic cough and dyspnoea in advanced stages.
Techniques such as genomics, proteomics and metabonomics, Technologies that aim to identify and quantify the dynamic set of all small molecules and metabolites present in an organism or a biological sample, offer the prospect of efficiently distinguishing individuals with particular diseases. The advantages of proteomics and metabonomics is that it can be carried out on a standard preparation of serum, plasma or urine, circumventing the need for specialist preparation of cellular mRNA required for genomics This methodology is based on mass spectrometry (MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to analyze metabolites. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) may also be applied. Several peak alignment algorithms have been developed to match the chromatograms before applying pattern recognition. Based on the pattern recognition, several potential biomarkers may be found and further identified by MS.. Finally, a number of potential biomarkers will be identified for distinguishing asthma and COPD.
We hope to develop a better understanding of lung disease. Information from these studies will only be used for research purposes, to help develop safer and more effective treatments for asthma and COPD.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Procedure: sputum, blood, urine, exhaled breath, lung function
|Study Design:||Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:||A Non Interventional Study to Asses the Utility of Genomic/ Proteomic/ Metabonomic Profiling Approaches to the Classification and Pathological Basis of Inflammatory Lung Disease in Smokers, and ex-Smokers vs. Non-Smokers and Asthmatics|
|National Heart and Lung Institute|
|London, United Kingdom, SW3 6LY|
|Principal Investigator:||Sergei A Kharitonov, MD PhD||National Heart and Lung Institute| | <urn:uuid:f1b34362-4009-41b0-a1a4-5d9931781b62> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00655694 | 2013-05-18T06:51:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.851548 | 454 |
Multicenter Study on Fibrotic Valvular Heart Disease in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Treated With Dopamine Agonists
Fibrotic valvular heart diseases are known as rare complications of long-time therapy of Parkinson's disease with ergot-derivatives including some ergot-dopamine agonists. The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of valvular heart disease, which may be an ergot-drug agonists side-effect or an overall complication of all dopamine agonists. Incidence, prevalence and addiction of dose or intake duration are not known so far. The reversibility of the changes is unknown too. To answer these questions the present study is designed as a cross sectional study followed by a 2 year follow-up prospective cohort study.
Heart Valve Diseases
|Study Design:||Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:||A National, Multicenter Study on Fibrotic Valvular Heart Disease in Patients With Parkinson´s Disease Treated With Dopamine Agonists|
|Study Start Date:||March 2005|
|Estimated Study Completion Date:||December 2013|
Rare incidence of pleuropulmonary and retroperitoneal fibrosis are known complications during the long-time therapy of Parkinson's disease (PD) with ergot-drug derivatives including some ergot dopamine agonists. Particularly the appearance of fibrotic valvular heart disease of Parkinson patients under Pergolide therapy caused an intense discussion about the safety of dopamine agonists at all. Single case reports of similar heart valve changes under the therapy of Bromocriptin and probably Cabergoline pointed to an effect of the whole substance class of the ergot-dopamine agonists.
Cross-Sectional Study (part I):
Within this study an initial cross-sectional analysis of the prevalence of fibrotic heart valvular disease will be done. Patients with Parkinson's disease with different exposition status will be recruited. An transthoracal echocardiographic examination (TTE) of the heart will be performed.
- patients with ergot-derived dopamine agonists
- patients with non-ergot-derived dopamine agonists
- After the TTE-report the study population is divided in affected (= pathological TTE-report: fibrotic valvular heart diseases) and healthy persons (= non-pathological TTE-report: no fibrotic valvular heart diseases). The therapy with dopamine agonist will be stopped in patients with a pathological TTE-report. Instead these patients will be treated with an equivalent dose of L-Dopa with or without COMT-inhibitors. The existing therapy regime will remain in patients without pathological findings.
Longitudinal Section (part II and III):
The cross-sectional study (part I) is followed by a two year follow-up study.
- patients with pathological TTE-report: fibrotic valvular heart disease
- patients without pathological TTE-report: no fibrotic valvular heart disease
Part II: Within cohort I the reversibility of fibrotic valvular heart disease will be analysed with regard to the previously taken cumulative dose of dopamine agonists.
Part III: Within cohort II there will be a prospective analysis of the (cumulative) incidence of fibrotic valvular heart disease in PD patients with different exposition status. If fibrotic valvular heart disease occurs, a patient will be changed from cohort II to cohort I.
Cross-sectional study (part I):
- What is the prevalence of fibrotic valvular heart disease in PD patients under therapy with ergot-derived dopamine agonists and non-ergot-derived dopamine agonists?
- Is there an influence to the cumulative dose of dopamine agonists?
Longitudinal study (prospective cohort study):
- (Part II) Is fibrotic valvular heart disease under therapy of ergot-derived dopamine agonists and non-ergot-derived dopamine agonists reversible?
- (Part III) What is the (cumulative) incidence of fibrotic valvular heart disease under the therapy of ergot-derived dopamine agonists and non-ergot-derived dopamine agonists?
|Contact: Karla Eggert, Dr.||+49 (0)6421 [email protected]|
|Contact: Wolfgang M. Oertel, Prof. Dr.||+49 (0) 6421 [email protected]|
|Universitätsklinikum Marburg und Gießen, Neurologische Klinik||Recruiting|
|Marburg, Hessen, Germany, 35033|
|Contact: Wolfgang H. Oertel, Prof. Dr. + 49 6421- 28 66278 [email protected]|
|Contact: Karla M. Eggert, Dr. + 49 6421- 28 65443 [email protected]|
|Principal Investigator: Wolfgang H. Oertel, Prof. Dr.|
|Principal Investigator: Karla M Eggert, Dr.|
|Study Chair:||Wolfgang Oertel, Prof. Dr.||Universitätsklinikum Marburg und Gießen| | <urn:uuid:902618a3-19ab-441e-80d0-dfb010d901a7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT00196898?show_desc=Y | 2013-05-18T06:52:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.771007 | 1,150 |
HIV Prevention and Care of Psychological Trauma in Vulnerable Rwandan Youth
The investigators propose a prospective single arm pilot cohort study of 100 youth (ages 15-25) to evaluate the feasibility of this project. A convenience sample of subjects will be enrolled on a voluntary basis from those who come to the day care center located in Nyanza, a district of the Southern province, in Rwanda.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
|Study Design:||Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
|Official Title:||A PILOT STUDY Integrating HIV Prevention and Care With Treatment of Psychological Trauma in Vulnerable Rwandan Youth: A Community-based Pilot Intervention|
- psychosocial interventions [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Trauma symptoms and PTSD questionnaires.
- HIV treatment adherence and medical follow-up adherence questionnaires [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]HIV treatment adherence questionnaires, medical follow-up questionnaires
|Study Start Date:||October 2009|
|Study Completion Date:||June 2011|
|Primary Completion Date:||December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)|
questionnaires at entry, month 4, 8 and 12
Other Name: trauma counseling
The investigators propose a prospective single arm pilot cohort study of 100 youth (ages 15-25) to evaluate the feasibility of this project. A convenience sample of subjects will be enrolled on a voluntary basis from those who come to the day care center located in Nyanza, a district of the Southern province, in Rwanda. UYISENGA N'MANZI identified 400 youths in Nyanza region, organized in 4 groups, each of them between 160 to 100 youths. Many of those orphans go to school in any school in the country. This situation will be taken into account for the calendar of activities and for organization of the regular interviews and evaluations.
Random selection of the participant will be ensured by choosing study subjects from a list and attributing them an arbitrary number. The random selection will be weighted by the size of the household group across the 4 groups in the Nyanza region. Selection will also be in proportion of sex and age groups. In this manner 100 youth will be picked with 20 "backup" to account for refusals and drop-outs. Those selected youth will be asked to participate to the pilot study and will fill the consent form under the guidance of an external observer (not one of the service providers of the project to avoid consent obtained by social pressure).
Once enrolled, the subjects will be followed during 1 year with serial evaluations at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.
|United States, California|
|Stanford University School of Medicine|
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305|
|Kigali, KG, Rwanda|
|Principal Investigator:||Andrew R Zolopa||Stanford University| | <urn:uuid:e750d798-2f80-47da-8863-aba1165ba434> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01401335?order=222 | 2013-05-18T07:21:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.866766 | 637 |
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You know what they say, “Perspective is everything.” I’m not entirely sure who says that, but people do. And this newest tumblr is a great example of turning art on its head. Portraits always focus on the face, the front of a person. But what if we didn’t? What if portraits focused on the backs of people? What could we learn?
Hui Min Lee, a Masters student at SVA, proposes just that on his tumblr, I Got Your Back. Check out some examples of work below and definitely head over to his site for some incredible drawings.
Curated By Gabe Alonso, Community Manager @ 360i
*An edit has been made to note that the featured blogger is a male, not a female on Friday, June 22, 2012. Apologies to the blogger!
Recently I saw this pretty interesting piece by William Lamson, and I love the title explains everything already after you watch the video.
Curated by Eric Ku, @ Noise NY
Learn To Multiply is the site of Caitlin Doherty. I know nothing more than that. If these were simply paintings of old photos, they wouldn’t have the surreal quality that makes them so arresting.
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Criminal immigrants held in British jails cost the taxpayer £283 million per year, new figures have revealed.
This means that the annual total cost of immigration to the British taxpayer is now set at just over £13 billion per year.
According to official figures revealed in Parliament, the bill for keeping foreign prisoners in British jails has been £3.4 billion since 1997.
This equates to £283 million per year.
According to figures compiled earlier by Oxford Professor of Demography, David Coleman, and released by independent think tank Migrationwatch, immigration already costs the British taxpayer some £12.8 billion per year.
This figure does not include the cost of housing and feeding foreign prisoners generated by the imprisonment of 11,350 foreign convicts in Britain’s overcrowded jails.
Foreign prisoners have taken up 48 percent of all new jail cells built since 1999, the parliamentary figures also revealed.
Some 12,549 new jail cells have been built in the last ten years, while the foreign inmate population grew by 5,962 over the same period.
When the foreign inmate cost is added to Professor Coleman’s figures, the total cost per year ramps up to the £13 billion figure.
This is ten times the National Health Service Deficit and 40 percent more than the foreign aid budget.
The number of foreign criminals has increased by over 110 percent since 1999, compared to an increase of 20 percent in UK offenders. Of the latter number, statistics show further that large numbers are from first or second generation immigrants.
According to figures from the Office of National Statistics, immigrants also send home about £4 billion a year in remittances back to their home countries.
The £4 billion figure is thought to be an underestimate, as it does not include money sent from Britain by unofficial banking channels.
In contrast, just £2.3 billion a year flows into the country from British ex-pats working overseas.
A House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs last year found “no evidence” to show that net immigration generates significant economic benefits for the existing UK population.
The latest set of figures show even this to be somewhat of an understatement.
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Tornadoes are the most intense storms on the planet, and they’re never discussed without at least some mention of the term wind shear. Many of us sitting at home, though, have no idea what wind shear is, or if we do, how it affects tornado production.
What is Wind Shear
Wind shear, although it might sound complex, is a simple concept. Wind shear is merely the change in wind with height, in terms of wind direction and speed. I think that we all understand that the wind is generally stronger in the atmosphere over our heads than it is here on the ground, and if we think of the atmosphere in terms of the three dimensions that it has, it should not be surprising that the wind above us might also be blowing from a different direction than the wind at the ground. When that happens–the wind speed and direction vary with height–wind shear is occurring.
Wind Shear and Supercell Thunderstorms
This wind shear is an important part of the process in the development of a supercell thunderstorm, from which the vast majority of strong tornadoes form.
All thunderstorms are produced by a powerful updraft–a surge of air that rises from the ground into the upper levels of the atmosphere, and when this updraft forms in an area where wind shear is present, the updraft is influence by this speed and different direction of the wind above, pushing the column of air in the updraft into a more vertical alignment.
Rain’s Influence on Tornado Production
Needless to say, thunderstorms typically produce very heavy rain, and rain-cooled air is much heavier than the warm air of the updraft, so the rain-cooled air, produces a compensating downdraft (what comes up, must come down). This downdraft pushes the part of the rotating air that was forced in its direction by the stronger wind aloft downward, and the result is a horizontal column of rotating air.
That’s Not a Tornado!
I know what you’re thinking that you’ve seen enough TLC or Discovery Channel shows to know that a horizontal column of air is NOT a tornado; you need a vertical column of air.
This Can Be a Tornado
You’re right, but remember the updraft that is driving the thunderstorm is still working, and it’s able to pull the horizontal, spinning column of air into the thunderstorm, resulting in a vertical column of spinning air.
(NOAA image showing vertical column of air in a supercell thunderstorm)
The result is a rotating thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado, and it would not be possible without wind shear.
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Reversal of fortune
To unlock the vast, untapped potential of the world’s drylands, we must learn from the people who live in them, says Dr Jonathan Davies.
Drylands are a major global biome, home to a great diversity of species and some of our most treasured natural heritage. They are also home to over 2 billion people and in the developing world in particular they are associated with poverty and social inequity. Global development and environment goals are not being met in the drylands: by 2015 many dryland regions are set to fail to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, whilst progress towards the goals and objectives of the UN environmental conventions (the Convention to Combat Desertification and the Convention on Biological Diversity in particular) is generally poor.
Recent experiences in the drylands of emerging countries, such as China and India, illustrate that economic development in drylands can outpace that in areas that are usually considered “high potential”. Although development is often associated with degradation, experiences in Sub Saharan Africa illustrate that economic development can be greatly enhanced through protection of biodiversity as a source of income. By taking an even broader, global view of drylands and examining industrialised dryland countries, it becomes clear that for every seemingly-insurmountable challenge we are able to find evidence of a viable solution somewhere in the world.
To address the challenges of the drylands, we need to understand their unique features and how these have to be managed. Perhaps the most important of these is climate unpredictability: the amount of precipitation varies enormously between areas, between seasons and between years. The sheer magnitude of this uncertainty is hard to grasp, but in many drylands the normal range of rainfall, drought-years aside, can be plus or minus 50% of the average. Yet development in many water-deficit areas continues to favour agricultural practices that expose farmers to huge risks whilst simultaneously degrading the natural resource base on which they depend.
Climate change is a cause for concern in dryland areas, but also an opportunity for new approaches and new learning that illustrate the value of dryland areas. Dryland ecosystems and people are highly adaptable and can survive in their uncertain climate.. Whether drylands become wetter or drier as a result of climate change, they will almost invariably become more unpredictable and their adaptive capacity will be vital to their future. Drylands more than any other ecosystem have the capacity to deal with that unpredictability and we have a great deal to learn from them.
Contrary to popular perception, drylands are not necessarily poverty traps. Dryland ecosystems and their goods and services already contribute significantly to national and international economies. The vibrant tourism sector in Eastern and Southern Africa relies heavily on the biodiversity of drylands. Globally-important dryland commodities include grain, meat and milk and dryland goods like Gum Arabic, Henna, Aloe, and Frankincense. Recent years have seen the commercial development of natural medicines from drylands, and untold numbers of medicinal plants remain un-researched, known only to the dryland inhabitants who have used and conserved them for centuries.
Local knowledge of the drylands is rich and is a powerful resource to be harnessed. There has been a tendency to dismiss this knowledge, because local dryland practices have been portrayed as backward or inappropriate and in need of replacing. The current emergency in the Horn of Africa graphically illustrates the outcome of this attitude: populations are exposed to insupportable risk as a result of losing their traditional strategies and being pushed into new ways of life that simply don’t work. Where people are driven towards catastrophe it is almost guaranteed that the environment will face similar consequences. Customs and cultures that are intimately connected to biodiversity become contorted into a system of pure survival where respect for the environment becomes an unaffordable luxury.
The scientific explanation of the rationale behind traditional strategies has been known for long enough to develop innovative new approaches to sustainable drylands management. Development support has to enable management of the extreme climatic uncertainty of drylands and needs to be built on understanding of the drivers of continuous change in dryland ecosystems. These are dynamic ecosystems in which adaptation and flexibility are pre-requisites for survival. We need to learn from past failures and successes and ensure that development and humanitarian interventions recognize dryland characteristics and build on local knowledge and capacity to turn the existing opportunities into equitable and sustainable wealth creation. In particular we need to generate greater awareness of the tremendous opportunities for strengthening biodiversity-based livelihoods to diversify dryland economies and strengthen resilience.
IUCN’s vision 2020 emphasizes the need to strengthen the Union’s work on conserving the diversity of life while also connecting nature conservation to wider societal objectives such as security and poverty reduction. This vision cannot be reached if we fail to understand and address the unique challenges of the drylands. IUCN, with its great diversity of members and commission members, has a vital role to play in securing effective global action to address dryland issues and in enabling dryland communities to develop their nature-based solutions to risk management and sustainable development.
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IUCN, NGOs, fishery managers and tuna industry groups plot way forward for sustainable tuna
20 May 2008 | News story
The report from the Tuna Roundtable co-hosted by IUCN in Brussels in April 2008 calls for greater collaboration between different interest groups and industry players to move towards adoption of legally-binding measures to fish tuna sustainably, a common set of standard to assess industry performance and harmonised certification programmes for marine capture fisheries.
The Sustainable Tuna Roundtable brought key industry interests together to reach agreement on how to employ market-driven incentives to contribute to producing sustainable tuna fisheries. Participants were from the tuna fishing industry, retail/foodservice industries, buyers, distributors, processors, and intergovernmental organizations, including regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) and other regional fishery bodies.
Environmental non-governmental organizations, and to a degree, consumers, are increasingly demanding that seafood (both from marine capture fisheries and aquaculture) sold by retailers and restaurants be produced and processed in an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible manner. Approaches by major grocery retailers to demonstrate that their seafood comes from sustainable fisheries have been diverse, with each individual chain employing different measures. There has been a recent proliferation of programmes assessing the sustainability of individual fisheries or seafood species available to retailers. These include in-house retailer programmes, ranging from the assessment of fisheries against retailer-established sustainability criteria; individual retailer partnerships with environmental non-governmental organizations who conduct assessments and make recommendations for sustainable seafood sourcing; and use of a retailer eco-label. There are also numerous third-party programmes for marine capture fisheries, including eco-labelling programmes, and consumer guides, which assess the sustainability of individual fisheries, rank the relative sustainability of individual seafood species, or rank retailers based on the sustainability of their seafood sourcing practices.
Roundtable participants agreed that international management of commercial tuna fisheries’ sustainability through regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) requires improvements. Tuna fishing companies want RFMOs to be successful, recognizing that the long-term viability of their businesses rely on the availability of tuna resources at sustainable and optimal levels. In some areas, RFMO management improvements are required to address the overcapacity of tuna fleets, allow rebuilding needed for some tuna stocks and avoid and minimize adverse ecosystem effects of tuna fisheries, including bycatch of sensitive species groups and the catch and discarded bycatch of juvenile and undersized tunas. Furthermore, international management has generally not been successful in addressing problems created by substantial illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which hampers the effective management of tuna fisheries.
RFMO management ineffectiveness has occurred, in part, due to low compliance by member states with RFMO measures and because consensus-based decision-making has often prevented the adoption of appropriate measures. The tuna industry recognizes it can play a significant role towards preventing overexploitation of tuna stocks and reversing it when it occurs, addressing bycatch issues, enhancing data collection and communication, and improving management. To address these problems, participants agreed to increase retail, processor, buyer, distributor and tuna fishing industry participation in RFMO activities to push for adoption of and compliance with legally binding measures to achieve sustainable tuna fisheries. Participants discussed benefits from the establishment of national competent authorities for fishery sustainability certification and labelling.
Eco-labelling and other certification programmes were seen as having the potential to provide an important, complementary, market-driven incentive to improve tuna fisheries’ sustainability. There was discussion, but a lack of consensus, regarding the utility of certification programmes in providing independent, third-party (in some cases, peer-reviewed) verification of the success of fishery management. Participants discussed how third party assessments rely largely on government-collected fishery data, including fishery data held by RFMOs. There was, however, general consensus that certification programmes provide the fishing industry with incentives to push their national governments and RFMOs to engage in better management. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries was agreed to be an appropriate starting point as a global, single set of standards against which to assess the sustainability of individual marine capture fisheries. These minimum standards address the: (i) adequacy of the fisheries management systems, (ii) the health of stocks under consideration, and (iii) ecosystem effects (e.g., bycatch of sensitive species groups, habitat effects from fishing gear, status of stocks of non-target catch, impacts on dependent predators).
Roundtable participants recognized that several programmes which assess the sustainability of marine capture fisheries already exist, and that some have room for improvement, including in their accuracy and scientific rigor, and in how they convey results to consumers. Participants identified examples of programmes that make recommendations on seafood procurement, including some seafood certification programmes, which have been overly simplistic, relied on incorrect or incomplete information, made broad generalizations, and disseminated misleading or incorrect information. These concerns could be addressed through augmented scientific vigour in assessment methods, and improvements in how information is conveyed to the consumer. To this end, participants agreed to improve communication of how to improve tuna fisheries’ sustainability and the basis for tuna sourcing decisions.
Furthermore, participants expressed interest in a single set of global minimum sustainability standards as a means to address confusion and diminished confidence by consumers, environmental groups, and the fishing and seafood industries in assessment results created by there being numerous and a rapidly growing number of competing programmes. Examples of competing certification programmes with conflicting opinions on the sustainability of individual fisheries were noted to highlight this issue. Participants agreed that, while the development of assessment methods and certification programmes for marine capture fisheries are in an initial stage, sustainability issues and certification in fisheries are likely to remain key issues in seafood markets for the foreseeable future. Participants agreed to continue communication between the retailer, buyer, distributor, processor and fishing industry sectors to address their demand for global, harmonized standards against which the sustainability of tuna fisheries can be assessed, and involvement in the evolving use of market-based tools for sustainable sourcing of tuna products.
The meeting was co-hosted by IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) (www.iucn.org) and the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (www.wpcouncil.org) with sponsorship provided by the Sea Fish Industry Authority, UK (www.seafish.org), Royal Caribbean International (www.royalcaribbean.com) and the Hawaii Longline Association (hawaiilongline.org). The Roundtable was organized by IUCN’s Eric Gilman. | <urn:uuid:795c5d20-a3d5-4643-904a-1b91b2bf045a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cms.iucn.org/news_homepage/all_news_by_region/news_from_usa/?954/IUCN-NGOs-fishery-managers-and-tuna-industry-groups-plot-way-forward-for-sustainable-tuna | 2013-05-18T07:13:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932379 | 1,344 |
|Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) Detachment
Signs and Symptoms
In most instances, serous detachment of the RPE occurs asymptomatically.
Only in those cases in which the macula is affected will patients report blurred vision,
metamorphopsia, micropsia, or positive scotomas. Other associated clinical findings may
include induced hyperopia and delayed retinal recovery time on the photostress test. Most
individuals with RPE detachment are male, between the ages of 20 and 60 years. The history
often reveals predisposing or concurrent ocular conditions such as macular degeneration,
idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy (ICSC), angioid streaks, presumed ocular
histoplasmosis syndrome (POHS), or hereditary choroidal degeneration. In other cases, the
condition occurs idiopathically.
RPE detachment appears ophthalmoscopically as single or multiple,
well-circumscribed round or oval lesions within the posterior fundus. The lesions are
typically dome-shaped with slight elevation and appear yellow to orange in color. A
reddish "halo" is often seen around the base of the detachment, and overlying
pigment defects such as clumping or mottling are commonplace. Lesions may vary in size
from one-fifth to over 5 disc diameters (DD), but most are less than 1 DD. Fluorescein and
indocyanine green (ICG) angiography show early hyperfluorescence of the entire RPE
detachment, which persists throughout the angiogram demonstrating late pooling. Leakage
into the sensory retina occurs only in cases of concurrent serous retinal detachment.
RPE detachment is a non-specific anatomical alteration that may result from
any number of choroidal disorders that disrupt the normal junction between the basement
membrane of the RPE and the inner collagenous layer of Bruchs membrane. This
disruption permits serous fluid from the underlying choriocapillaris to gain access into
the sub-RPE space. Age-related macular degeneration, choroidal neovascular membranes, high
myopia, angioid streaks, hereditary choroidal degeneration, POHS, and tumors of the
choroid have all been identified as precipitating conditions in the development of RPE
detachment. Idiopathic cases are sometimes associated with ICSC; some believe these two
conditions to represent a continuum of a similar underlying pathology. Uncomplicated
idiopathic serous detachments of the RPE often resolve spontaneously, however, those
associated with more generalized damage to the choriocapillaris may be complicated by
hemorrhage, choroidal neovascular membrane formation, and disciform scarring.
Most patients under the age of 55 who present with small serous RPE
detachments without evidence of other retinal or choroidal disease enjoy an excellent
prognosis without intervention. This is particularly true if the lesion is outside of the
fovea and there is no associated subretinal fluid.
Older patients who manifest RPE detachment without angiographic evidence
of a choroidal neovascular membrane have a 25-30 percent chance of developing such
membranes during their lifetime, and therefore warrant careful observation as well as
weekly home monitoring with an Amsler grid.
Those patients over the age of 55 who present with associated choroidal
neovascular membranes and/or hemorrhagic RPE detachments have an exceedingly poor visual
prognosis. Focal laser photocoagulation is indicated for these patients.
Approximately 90 percent of cases of RPE detachment have
or will manifest concurrent serous retinal detachment over the natural history of the
disorder. In cases of idiopathic RPE detachment, a striking similarity with ICSC is seen
in the predisposed patient population; i.e. male, average age of 44 years, and a moderate
to severe emotional stress level.
The presentation of RPE detachment is quite
characteristic. Nonetheless, one must be sure to rule out other conditions that may appear
similar from an ophthalmoscopic perspective. These include: ICSC, malignant melanoma,
metastatic carcinoma, choroidal hemangioma, and Bests disease (vitelliform
dystrophy). History and angiography are the most helpful factors in making this
RPE detachment in patients over 55 years of age should be
considered secondary to choroidal neovascular membrane, rather than idiopathic, until
proven otherwise. Prompt fluorescein angiography is mandatory in these cases.
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Bastoy, Norway (CNN) -- Jan Petter Vala, who is serving a prison sentence for murder, has hands the size of dinner plates and shoulders like those of an ox. In an alcoholic rage, he used his brutish strength to strangle his girlfriend to death a few years ago.
On a recent Thursday, however, at this summer-camp-like island prison in southern Norway, where convicts hold keys to their rooms and there are no armed guards or fences, Vala used those same enormous hands to help bring life into the world.
The 42-year-old murderer stood watch while an oversize cow gave birth to a wobbly, long-legged, brown-and-white calf. He cried as the baby was born, he said, and wiped slime off of the newborn's face so she could gulp her first breath.
Afterward, Vala called his own mother to share the good news.
"I told my family that I'm going to be a dad," he said, beaming with pride.
This is exactly the type of dramatic turnabout -- enraged killer to gentle-giant midwife -- that corrections officials in Norway hope to create with this controversial, one-of-a-kind prison, arguably the cushiest the world has to offer.
Founded in 1982, Bastoy Prison is located on a lush, 1-square-mile island of pine trees and rocky coasts, with views of the ocean that are postcard-worthy. It feels more like a resort than jail, and prisoners here enjoy freedoms that would be unthinkable elsewhere.
It's the holiday version of Alcatraz.
There's a beach where prisoners sunbathe in the summer, plenty of good fishing spots, a sauna and tennis courts. Horses roam gravel roads. Some of the 115 prisoners here -- all men and serving time for murder, rape and trafficking heroin, among other crimes -- stay in wooden cottages, painted cheery red. They come and go as they please. Others live in "The Big House," a white mansion on a hill that, on the inside, looks like a college dorm. A chicken lives in the basement, a guard said, and provides eggs for the inmates.
When you ask the cook what's for dinner, he offers up menu choices like "fish balls with white sauce, with shrimps" and "everything from chicken con carne to salmon."
Plenty of people would pay to vacation in a place like this.
On first read, all of that probably sounds infuriating. Shouldn't these men be punished? Why do they get access to all these comforts while others live in poverty?
But if the goal of prison is to change people, Bastoy seems to work.
"If we have created a holiday camp for criminals here, so what?" asked Arne Kvernvik Nilsen, the prison's governor and a former minister and psychologist. He added, "We should reduce the risk of reoffending, because if we don't, what's the point of punishment, except for leaning toward the primitive side of humanity?"
Take a quick look at the numbers: Only 20% of prisoners who come through Norway's prisons reoffend within two years of being released, according to a 2010 report commissioned by the governments of several Nordic countries.
At Bastoy, that figure is even lower, officials say: about 16%.
Compare that with the three-year re-offense rate for state prisons in the U.S.: 43%, according to a 2011 report from the Pew Center on the States, a nonpartisan research group. Older government reports put that number even higher, at more than five in 10.
Ryan King, a research director at Pew and an author of the group's recent report, said it's difficult to compare recidivism rates from state to state, much less from country to country. Instead of focusing on the numbers, he said, one should focus on what a country is or isn't doing to tackle re-offense rates.
Still, Bastoy remains controversial even in academia. Irvin Waller, president of the International Organization for Victim Assistance and a professor at the University of Ottawa, said in an e-mail that the relative niceness of a prison has no effect on whether people commit crimes when they're released. "The key is not that much what happens in prison but what happens when the men are released," he said.
But officials here maintain that their methods do make a difference, and they follow it up with post-release programs. The aim of Bastoy is not to punish or seek revenge, Nilsen said. The only punishment is to take away the prisoner's right to be a free member of society.
Even at a time when Anders Behring Breivik is on trial in Norway for killing 77 people in a terror attack last year -- and the remote possibility he could end up at Bastoy or a similar prison some day -- Nilsen and others stand up for this brand of justice.
Life at Bastoy
To understand Norway's pleasant-prison philosophy, first you have to get a sense of how life at a cushy, low-security prison like Bastoy actually plays out.
There are few rules here. Prisoners can have TVs in their rooms, provided they bring them from "outside" when they're sentenced. They wear whatever clothes they want: jeans, T-shirts. One man had a sweater with pink-and-gray horizontal stripes, but that's as close as it got to the jailbird look. Even guards aren't dressed in uniform, which makes conducting interviews tricky. It's impossible to tell an officer from a drug trafficker.
A common opening question: "So, do you live here?"
Everyone at Bastoy has a job, and prisoners must report to work from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays. Some people garden; others farm. Some chop down trees and slice them into firewood (It's hard not to think about the wood chipper scene in "Fargo" when you see inmates filleting tree trunks with an enormous circular saw). Others tend to a team of horses, which are used to cart wood and supplies from one part of the island to another. Everyone moves about freely during these tasks. Guards are sometimes present, sometimes not. No one wears shackles or electronic monitoring bracelets.
The idea is for prison to function like a small, self-sustaining village.
For their work, inmates are paid. They get a stipend of 59 Norwegian kroner per day, about $10. They can save that money or spend it on odds and ends in a local shop. Additionally, they get a monthly stipend of about $125 for their food. Kitchen workers -- that's another inmate job -- serve Bastoy residents dinner each day. For breakfast and lunch, inmates use their stipend to make purchases in the local shop and then cook for themselves at home. Many live in small houses that have full kitchens. Others have access to shared cooking space.
The goal, Nilsen said, is to create an environment where people can build self-esteem and reform their lives. "They look at themselves in the mirror, and they think, 'I am s***. I don't care. I am nothing,' " he said. This prison, he says, gives them a chance to see they have worth, "to discover, 'I'm not such a bad guy.' "
In locked-down prisons, inmates are treated "like animals or robots," he said, moving from one planned station to the next, with no choice in the matter. Here, inmates are forced to make choices -- to learn how to be better people.
Prisoners, of course, appreciate this approach.
Kjell Amundsen, a 70-year-old who said he is in jail for a white-collar financial crime, was terrified when he rode the 15-minute ferry from the mainland out to Bastoy.
On a recent afternoon, he was sweeping up in a plant nursery while John Lennon's "Imagine" played on the radio. "I think it's marvelous to be in a prison this way," he said.
He plans to keep up the task after his sentence ends. "I'm living in a flat (when I get out), but I am convinced I should have a little garden," he said.
Some prisoners get schooling in a yellow Bavarian-style building near the center of the island. On a recent afternoon, three young men were learning to use computer programs to create 3-D models of cars. All expressed interest in doing this sort of work after their prison terms end.
Tom Remi Berg, a 22-year-old who said he is in prison for the third time after getting into a bar fight and beating a man nearly to death, said he is finally learning his lesson at Bastoy.
He works in the kitchen and is seeking training to become a chef when he's released. He also plays in the prison blues band -- Guilty as Hell -- and lives with his bandmates.
"It's good to have a prison like this," he said. "You can learn to start a new page again."
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The prisoners are required to check in several times a day so guards can make sure they're still on the island. Nothing but 1½ miles of seawater stops them from leaving; they'd only have to steal one of the prison's boats to cross it, several inmates said.
An escape would be relatively easy.
Prisoners have tried to escape in the past. One swam halfway across the channel and became stranded on a buoy and screamed for rescuers to help, prison officials said. Another made it across the channel by stealing a boat but was caught on the other side.
Many, however, don't want to leave. If they tried and failed, they would be forced to go to a higher-security prison and could have their sentences extended.
When inmates come to his island jail, Nilsen, the governor, gives them a little talk.
Among the wisdom he imparts is this: If you should escape and make it across the water to the free shore, find a phone and call so I know you're OK and "so we don't have to send the coast guard looking for you."
This kind of trust may seem shocking or naïve from the outside, but it's the entire basis for Bastoy's existence. Overnight, only three or four guards (the prison employs 71 administrative staff, including the guards) stay on the island with this group of people who have been convicted of serious crimes. If guards carried weapons (which they don't) it might encourage inmates to take up arms, too, he said.
Further complicating the security situation, some inmates, toward the end of their terms, are allowed to leave the island on a daily ferry to work or attend classes on the mainland.
They're expected to come back on their own free will.
Inmates are screened to make sure they're mentally stable and unlikely to plot an escape before they come to Bastoy. The vast majority -- 97%, according to Nilsen -- have served part of their sentences at higher-security jails in Norway. In the four years Nilsen has been heading up the prison, there have been no "serious" incidents of violence, he said.
By the time they get to Bastoy, inmates view the island as a relief.
'It's still prison'
There's a question inmates here get asked frequently: When your sentence is up, will you want to leave?
The answer, despite the nice conditions, is always an emphatic yes.
"It's still prison," said Luke, 23. He didn't want his full name used for fear future employers would see it. "In your mind, you are locked (up)."
The simple fact of being taken away from family members is enough to stop Benny, 40, from wanting to offend again. The refugee from Kosovo said he was convicted on drug charges after he was found with 13 pounds of heroin. He didn't want his full name used because he doesn't want to embarrass his family or jeopardize his chance of finding a job after he's released.
Before coming to Bastoy, he sat in a higher-security prison while one of his children was born.
"It doesn't matter how long the sentences get. The sentence doesn't matter," Benny said. "When you take freedom from people, that's what's scary."
There are only 3,600 people in prison in this country, compared with 2.3 million in the United States, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Relative to population, the U.S. has about 10 times as many inmates as Norway.
More than 89% of Norway's jail sentences are less than a year, officials said. In U.S. federal prisons, longer sentences are much more common, with fewer than 2% serving a year or less, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Some researchers support Norway's efforts to lighten sentences.
Think of prison like parenting and it starts to make sense, said Mark A.R. Kleiman, a professor of public policy at UCLA and author of "When Brute Force Fails."
"Every parent knows this. What if you tried to discipline your kid by saying, 'If you don't clean your room, there's a 10% chance I'll kick you out of the house and never see you again'?" he said, referencing the fact that many crimes in America go unpunished, but the justice system issues harsh sentences when offenders are caught. Grounding the child immediately, a softer sentence, would work better, even though the punishment is less severe, he said.
"We have a criminal justice system (in the United States) that, if it were a parent, we would say it's abusive and neglectful."
Kleiman said victims do have a right to see offenders punished. But in Norway, a country with one of the highest standards of living in the world, staying on a resort-like island with horses might feel like punishment to many people, he said.
Research also suggests that programs like Bastoy that train inmates for their transition back into the free world -- with education, counseling and such -- do help prisoners adjust.
"There is overwhelming evidence that rehabilitation works much better than deterrence as a means of reducing re-offending," said Gerhard Ploeg, a senior adviser at the Ministry of Justice, which oversees Norway's corrections system.
"It's all in the name of reintegration," he added. "You won't be suddenly one day standing on the street with a plastic bag of things you had when you came in."
Mass shooting challenges system
Norway's unusual prison policies have been pushed into the international spotlight after a bombing and shooting spree last year in which 77 people were killed, including children.
There's a chance -- although minimal -- that Anders Behring Breivik, who confessed to those crimes, could end up in Bastoy, one of Norway's "open prisons," Nilsen said.
It's more likely Breivik will be sent to one of Norway's many high-security "closed" prisons, which look much more like their U.S. counterparts.
He also could be set free some day. Norway has a maximum jail sentence of 21 years, which can be extended only when an inmate is deemed to be a real and imminent threat to society. The country expects nearly every prisoner to be returned to society, which influences its efforts to create jail environments that reduce re-offense rates.
"The question we must ask is, 'What kind of person do I want as my neighbor?' " Ploeg said. "How do we want people to come out of prison? If your neighbor were to come out of prison, what would you want him to be like?"
Still, it's likely Breivik's sentence will be extended to the point that he will spend his life in a high-security prison, he said. Or he could go into life-long psychiatric care.
Breivik's case challenges a system that hopes to fix everyone.
The case has unearthed levels of anger that are uncharacteristic of Norway, which prides itself as a home for conflict mediation and human rights, a place that hosts the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and has one of the best standards of living in the world.
Last week, a man lit himself on fire outside the Oslo courthouse where Breivik's trial is taking place. His motives were unclear, police said.
"(Breivik) doesn't deserve to go to prison," said Camilla Bjerke, 27, who tends bar in Horten, the town on the other side of the water from Bastoy. "He deserves to be hanged outside the courthouse. ... He's just going to go into prison and watch TV and download movies."
Then there's this sentiment: If Breivik were ever released into the public, someone would kill him, several Norwegians said. Inmates at Bastoy echoed those sentiments, saying he would have to be quarantined or he wouldn't be safe on the island.
Others are trying to fight that anger.
Bjorn Ihler, a 20-year-old who narrowly escaped Breivik's shooting spree by diving into the ocean with two children while bullets flew at them, said, "it's very important that we don't let this terrorist change the way we are and the way things work."
"The prison system in Norway is based around the principle of getting criminals back into society, really, and away from their criminal life -- and to get them normal jobs and stuff like that," he said.
He doesn't know how he would feel if Breivik were to be released, but he would like the system to function as usual. "So prisons must be very much focused on getting people to a place where they are able to live normal, non-criminal lives. And that's the best way of preserving society from crime, I think."
Looking to the future
All of these efforts aim to help a person like Vala, the gentle giant who strangled his girlfriend, to get ready for release back into society at the end of his 10-year sentence.
After he helped a toddling calf come into the world, Vala said, he leaned on a rail next to the cow's pen and thought about his life and the murder that landed him here. The symbolism that he had used his hands to end one life and help begin another was not lost on him. "I stayed for six hours," he said. "It was very beautiful."
The night he killed his girlfriend, Vala says, he blacked out and then came to with his hands around her neck, after she was dead.
"We never fight," he said. "We never do. So I don't know what happened."
He felt helpless and out of control when he came to.
But now he's trying to pull it together. He decided to quit drinking for good. And when he's working with animals, he said, feels a new calm wash over him.
It's a change the prison guards have noted, too. Sigurd Vedvik said he met Vala while he was serving out the earlier part of his sentence in a high-security prison. Vedvik was screening him for entry into Bastoy. Vala barely could communicate. He seemed broken.
"When he first came here, he was very afraid of many people," said Vedvik, who sees himself as more of a teacher or social worker than a person who enforces security.
Now, Vala is making friends. Talking more. Taking responsibility for the cattle he's tasked with caring for. He strokes the cows' necks so gently, it seems as if he's worried they will shatter.
When Vala leaves Bastoy, he plans to go into the construction business and hopes to find some way to spend time on a farm.
"I'm trying to think to my future."
That's something he couldn't do after the murder.
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WASHINGTON — As Marylanders join millions of others nationwide in the computer shopping blitz that’s become known as Cyber Monday, they should think about this: If they paid the sales tax they owe to the state for such purchases, Maryland would be $200 million richer.
The problem is, virtually no one pays, and the state’s top tax enforcement officer doesn’t believe they should.
Online buyers are supposed to pay sales taxes for their purchases by Jan. 21, 2013, one of the four deadlines a year for Maryland residents to file their “use tax.” This use tax is imposed on any purchase that is not taxed by the seller, whether it be out of a catalog, from an Internet retailer or even from a store in Delaware, which does not impose sales taxes. If the good is being used in Maryland by a state resident and has not been taxed, that person is required to pay the 6 percent tax.
State Comptroller Peter Franchot said between consumers’ lack of knowledge of this tax and an inability to enforce it, over 95 percent of the Maryland public is breaking the law. However, the comptroller said he would not enforce it.
“I am not comfortable in enforcing that and will not,” said Franchot, who said it is not the citizen’s fault there is not a “sensible” compliance program for online sales tax. “The collection of sales tax is a responsibility of government and industry, not the consumer.”
This use tax is almost impossible to enforce, Franchot said, and is costing the state around $200 million a year in tax revenue, with that number only increasing as e-commerce grows. The comptroller’s office estimates that by 2020 the lost tax revenue will be more than $310 million.
Even if this lost tax revenue was collected, Franchot said it’s unlikely that other tax increases, like the recent tax hike on those making $100,000 or more, would go away.
“Maryland has an insatiable appetite to raise taxes, so I would doubt that the Internet tax revenues would substitute for some other tax increase,” said Franchot. “They’d just do both.”
Dee Hodges, president of the Maryland Taxpayers Association, said her organization opposes the use tax, saying it is “more regulation of the Internet,” and “a way of shutting down commerce.”
If the tax replaced another tax in the state, Hodges said she would consider supporting it. Maryland already grossly overtaxes its residents, she said.
“Pretty soon they’ll have a bill to tax oxygen,” said Hodges.
Franchot said this problem is better solved by the U.S. government than the state, as it involves interstate commerce and companies outside Maryland’s jurisdiction.
For many bricks-and-mortar retailers, the issue is one of equality. They say they can’t fairly compete against online retailers who don’t charge sales tax, while the state’s physical retailers must.
Multiple bills in the House and Senate tackle this problem, including the Main Street Fairness Act, the Marketplace Equity Act and the Marketplace Fairness Act.
In the 1992 U.S. Supreme Court case Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, the court found that a business does not have to collect taxes on customer purchases unless it has a physical location in the state. However, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the court “that the underlying issue is not only one that Congress may be better qualified to resolve, but also one that Congress has the ultimate power to resolve.”
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Baltimore, is a cosponsor of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which was introduced over a year ago and is yet to come out of committee.
“Maryland retailers aren’t looking for special treatment but simply a fair way to compete against large Internet sellers who charge similar prices but get away without collecting sales tax,” Cardin said in an April hearing on the bill.
Maryland Retailers Association President Patrick Donoho agreed, saying this “give(s) an added incentive to use one retailer over another.” Donoho says while 6 percent may not sound like a lot, the success of the state’s summer, tax-free week underscores the fact that consumers do care.
Donoho cited the example of a jeweler who had a customer come in with a $10,000 ring purchased online. When the jeweler said it would cost $100 to resize, the customer was upset. Meanwhile, by purchasing the ring from an online retailer without a state location, the customer avoided paying the $600 in sales tax.
“I think what has happened is that technology and the market has so radically changed that our laws don’t, have not kept up with them,” said Donoho. “It has to get fixed because you can’t pick winners and losers.”
Joseph Bailey, a research associate professor at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, said he sees why this tax is so impossible to collect.
“The burden of collecting the tax moves from the seller to the buyer,” said Bailey. While he agrees the federal government needs to solve the problem, he said it might be the rough economy, and not partisan gridlock, that is stopping bills like the Marketplace Fairness Act from moving through.
“I think it’s a very difficult thing to do regardless of politics,” said Bailey, who added he believes the economic landscape has to change before customers will accept another tax.
Amy Gruner, 20, said she often shops online at places like Nordstrom, Forever 21 and Amazon, but had not noticed that some places charge sales tax while others do not. The Annapolis native said she was slightly alarmed to find out she should be paying sales tax on all purchases online.
“It will hurt (Maryland businesses) if Amazon is not charging. Then people would go to Amazon more often than going to other places that do have that sales tax,” said Gruner.
Robert Craynon, an 18-year-old Bowie resident, said he understands the problem for businesses in the state.
“It gives the online (retailers) a kind of unfair advantage in some ways,” said Craynon.
Franchot agreed not enforcing the tax hurts Maryland businesses, but because he can’t fix the problem, he won’t be collecting the tax anytime soon.
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The jobs of four elected Oneida County coroners are on the chopping block.
This comes after the Health and Human Services Committee has voted to abolish the corner system and replace them with a single appointed medical examiner.
The Oneida County Executive says the county needs a more efficient and accountable system.
But, one coroner says the County hasn't given him a chance to suggest improvements.
"The system is broken. We can fix it. Give us a chance," said David Julian, one of the four coroners.
Julian says he isn't too happy about the recent six to three vote to abolish the coroner's system and instead appoint a medical examiner. The only real difference between the two is that an medical examiner can actually perform autopsies.
But, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente says the system has been an on-going issue for a number of years.
"It's about the process it's about the system that is in place. I believe the system is inefficient. No one is in charge," explained Picente.
Mr. Picente says the job requires a high level of supervision. He says it's not about the coroner's performance. Picente says a requirement of good documentation in the terms of cause of death, investigations and how it all gets processed are all factors that fall into play.
"I think it's about taking the next step into the 21st century into a medical examiner vs. the antiquated four coroners," said Picente.
But, David Julian says Picente is not giving them a chance to improve the coroner's system.
"I came on board and asked to be a help to make this more efficient. I was shut out of the county executive office," said Julian.
Mr. Julian says if the County decides to change the system they will be losing money, instead of saving it.
He says he has been thinking of various ideas like appointing a head coroner as well as finding an office for the coroners to make the job run more smoothly.
The County Executive says making the switch is not a savings or added expense.
Mr. Picente says the legislation must go through the Ways and Means Committee in order for the full Board of Legislators to vote on it come May. | <urn:uuid:3c29b9f2-fc36-43d2-a080-ba43dc3c4b73> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cnyhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=150702 | 2013-05-18T05:59:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968041 | 461 |
Hi, just wanted to see if anyone had any toad / frog heroes they would like to share. Thanks
06-10-2012, 03:22 AM
I have a toad and a salamander villain. Does that help?
06-10-2012, 10:59 AM
Here's a villain i made a long time ago...not the best design, but it's something, i guess.
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Halloween may be long since passed but we are still recovering from its epicness. Local funk legends The Motet played an all out epic sold out P-funk tribute show at The Fox this year, and with a live video stream and an incredible soundboard recording (which you can grab for... more
Zoogma made their return to the Fox Theater with another helping of lively funk and irresistible dance tunes last weekend. The crowd was swept up in a reverberating undertow of layered beats and sexy synth melodies, all accompanied by the unmatchable energy of improvized live instrumentation. They gave a heartfelt performance that... more
Remember, remember, its's the fifth of November and there is all types of music in the air. Our highlights for the week include Die Antwoord, the Nef styled South African rave-rap duo that has been building a scene all to themselves in recent months, The Polish Ambassador, an Oakland native... more
The Motet's Halloween performance of Parliament Funkadelic classics will be stream live on couch-tour.com/ tonight starting at 9:30pm! Check it out here! Check back for photos and recap in the next few days! | <urn:uuid:ea6fbc30-094b-4cd7-8a01-927bc5da29c3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://co.livemusicblog.com/2012/10/11/photos-recap-the-devil-makes-three-the-fox-105/ | 2013-05-18T06:25:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927786 | 244 |
18 January, 2012
Nothing says 'summer' more than an icy cold watermelon :- perfect on it's own straight from the fridge or equally good chopped up in a fruit salad, cubed for fruit skewers (always a hit with the kids) or simply sliced into wedges for a garnish. If you've got guests have a bit of fun and scoop out balls of watermelon flesh from a halved watermelon with a melon baller. Then tidy up the inside of the watermelon so it's nice and clean. Make extra balls of honey dew melon and canteloupe so you have colourful mix of red, orange and green then pop them back into the hollow watermelon for a colourful, healthy summer treat! | <urn:uuid:4ab10b5c-4e56-446e-a8f2-60361f1ba592> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://coastal-style.blogspot.com/2012/01/watermelon-fresh.html | 2013-05-18T06:43:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.865484 | 153 |
Dubious manufacturers of chocolates of low distinction like to pull a fast one on chocolate lovers that has many of us gagging, but a great many more, those that have never had any other kind, content to swallow chemicals instead of cocoa. The nefarious choco-mongers swap Polyglycerol polyricinoleate for cocoa butter (so they can sell you cheaper-to-make chocolate that tastes like cardboard and has been stripped of some of it’s most beneficial antioxidants it and then turn around and sell you the cocoa butter they removed as skin cream).
Ever wonder what that awful aftertaste is as you’re spitting out a bite of substandard chocolate? It’s PGPR, the chocolate industrial complex’s latest evil answer to if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Gone is the awesome taste of unsullied chocolate. Behold the gnarly taste of chocolate made from the fatty acids of castor oil.
For years, sub-quality chocolate manufacturers (Hershey’s, Nestle, Mars, et al) have been trying to get the FDA to allow them to replace the naturally-occurring cocoa butter with vegetable oil. Failing that, they succeeded in getting the cocoa butter – PGPR swap approved, ostensibly in the name of cost savings, but of course there’s a profit to made from that freed-up cocoa butter and hungry consumers with unhappy faces.
Not only does PGPR taste like crap, it also replaces a healthful component of chocolate. A 1996 UC Davis study on the health benefits of chocolate revealed that the powerful antioxidants in chocolate actually derived from cocoa butter and the stearic acid it produces.
So that’s the hand you’ve been dealt by the big money chocolateers: a substandard(er) bar of chocolate with an unsavory aftertaste and the healthful ingredients removed. And in return, we are able to give those chocalateers bigger profits. See! Everyone wins!! | <urn:uuid:f0bdcdaf-06f1-41ae-9053-15232626165e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cocoasymposium.com/ | 2013-05-18T07:20:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925481 | 420 |
|Blouse, Simplicity 1806, future blog|
Sandals, Stone Mountain
The pants speak for themselves - polka dot love! I do not know why, but in mid-June I became obsessed with the idea of wide leg pants with big polka dots. Had to have them! I had the perfect pattern on order, Vogue 8584 - it was targeted for my brown and black linen pants this fall. And good old JoAnns had the perfect fabric - chocolate calico with big white dots. Off and running!
The pattern has lots of options. Belt carriers (5 loops - yes, there is a carrier at center back), three hem looks, 2 pockets styles, drawstring waist, and a belt pattern! I chose the long pants, plain waist and hem, belt carriers, and gathered pockets.
|Blouse, Simplicity 1806|
Sandals, Chinese Laundry
Braided Belt, Dillards
I sewed a 14 and got a really nice fit. Vogue 14 is for 38" hips and this pattern is spot-on for me. I shortened the rise by taking 1/2" off the top edge (which is folded to form the waistline casing).
The pocket style I chose is self-faced at the top to form a casing and gathered with a drawstring. Not! Here's what I did instead:
- Ease-stitched 1/4" from the upper edge and at the top fold line, using a long stitch. This helps with the next step.
- Folded the casing and turned under the raw edge. I used the ease stitching to draw up the curve on the turned edge. Then I topstitched 1/4" from the fold and close to the turned edge.
- And inserted 3/8" elastic.
- I checked the pattern markings for the distance between the top pocket corners - 8". And drew up the elastic so that the pocket would be 8 1/2" wide when finished and sewn on the pants leg. I wanted a little softness in the look, not a flat pocket, so the extra 1/2".
- My last step was to use the drawstring pattern provided, but make it much shorter. I did one overhand knot at the center of the tie and attached it to the middle of the gathered casing. (I would show this in a pic as well, but you can't really see it on this fabric). Love it, great pocket, but no fussing with drawstrings!
|Peplum jacket, Coldwater Creek|
I really love these pants! and wore them all over Ft. Myers last week. The fabric is amazing, it has not wrinkled at all. Which simply makes me want them in other colors. JoAnn's has red, navy, and purple with white polka dots... | <urn:uuid:ef1b95b8-e04c-4580-ac4a-b9f02530226c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cocosloft.blogspot.com/2012/07/vogue-8584-loose-fitting-pants-polka.html | 2013-05-18T08:09:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947967 | 589 |
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(A) As used in this section:
(1) "General power of appointment" has the same meaning as in division (B) of section 5731.11 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Property" means any beneficial interest in property, whether in trust or otherwise, other than a life estate, an estate for a term of years, an annuity, or other similar interest. "Property" includes property passing as a result of the exercise or failure to exercise a power of appointment and also includes a general power of appointment.
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Right, so lets get to the proper end of this first. Today’s article is a response to the story written in the Evening Standard (a British newspaper) sometime last week about the London riots. The sub-headline read “Children as young as ten, inspired by video games, among the looters.“ Well, of course this got all kind of gaming news sites riled up about the affair! Pitchforks and torches raised by all! Pitorches in fact!
While this is based on a “claim” made by an officer, I’m a bit disappointed in the news media (ok, I shouldn’t be so surprised, but I thought foreign news was a bit more level headed) for just posting inflammatory nonsense. The fact of the matter is, videogames are the new scape goat of global society. The cause of all social ills. “What’s this? Civil unrest? Murders? Vandalism? Theft? Obviously this is a new development in global society! We were such civil people until these video games corrupted our youth!” Right, get over it media!
I will say this, the newspaper reprinted the edition with a new sub-headline “Children as young as ten hunted by police after riots across city.“ Guess outside pressure forced them to change (so says another article… see source). Good move, but the newspaper shouldn’t have to change its position because of community outrage. There shouldn’t be any outrage to begin with. How hard is it to be objective? Lol, I guess hard cause I can’t objectively read any news from any source. They spin so much BS into it. Ah well… still, I’m glad they had the good sense to retract that statement.
(I apologize in advance for the following statement) For the record, the original statement said GTA was to blame, though I think we all know what kind of game is more likely to cause rioting in the streets…
Ah… sorry bout that, please don’t hate! Also… I have no idea what British newscasters look like… just assumed they all have monocles. XD
OOOOOOOOOOOK! That’s that for this segment of Tooned News. Hope you’ve enjoyed. In my head, I’d take some hot headlines involving the new core direction of CC “gaming and geeking”, so along those lines. I was inspired by reading lots of news articles and having comic ideas popping into my head. So why not make a comic and toss in my 2 copper? Not really sure where to go with these… Maybe a weekly thing? More? Color? B&W? idk… What say you good people of the interweblands? | <urn:uuid:71404957-f494-488c-bd80-7bb0bf6182a6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://coffin-comics.jesterbrand.com/2011/08/14/lawless-london/ | 2013-05-18T05:49:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957128 | 585 |
First - you might want to redefine you search. Are you looking for happiness or rather positive affect? Happiness is fairly ambigious term, and it's much more associated with positive psychology studies on well-being. If you are interested in more global definition of happiness, check the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
On the other hand, there is a large number of studies on physiological measurements of positive affect.
One such physiological measurement is Electromyography (EMG) - recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. EMG will detect very brief smiles or higher activity in cheek muscles (zygomaticus major) which are correlated with positive affect. There is quite classic (but very quoted) paper on that:
Cacioppo JT, Petty RE, Losch ME, Kim HS. (1986) Electromyographic
Activity Over Facial Muscle Regions Can Differentiate the Valence and
Intensity of Affective Reactions. J Pers Soc Psychol., 50(2):260-8. download
Another simple physiological assesment is heart rate measured by the interbeat interval (IBI). For example, study by Brosschot & Thayer (2003) shows that heart rate response is longer after negative emotions than after positive emotions.
Brosschot JF, Thayer JF. (2003) Heart rate response is longer after
negative emotions than after positive emotions. Int J Psychophysiol.,
In fact, the full spectrum of somatic measurements have been used along heart rate including pulse transmission time to the finger, skin conductance level or pupil dilation (Partala, 2003). All those are a bit less reliable methods and usually they detect arousal rather then indicate physiological differences between positive and negative affect.
Partala T.; Surakka V. (2003) Pupil size variation as an indication of
affective processing. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies,
Finally, I would advise browsing literature on measurements of negative affect. You are likely to find some interesting methods there, like in this paper on the psychophysiology of crying (Gross et al., 1994).
Gross JJ, Frederickson BL, Levenson RW. (1994) The psychophysiology of
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Is this bone a Neanderthal flute?
Cave Bear femur fragment from Slovenia, 43+kya
DOUBTS AIRED OVER NEANDERTHAL BONE 'FLUTE'
(AND REPLY BY MUSICOLOGIST BOB FINK)
Science News 153 (April 4, 1998): 215.
By B. Bower
Amid much media fanfare, a research team in 1996 trumpeted an ancient, hollowed out bear bone pierced on one side with four complete or partial holes as the earliest known musical instrument. The perforated bone, found in an Eastern European cave, represents a flute made and played by Neandertals at least 43,000 ye us ago, the scientists contended.
Now it's time to stop the music, say two archaeologists who examined the purported flute last spring. On closer inspection, the bone appears to have been punctured and gnawed by the teeth of an animal -- perhaps a wolf -- as it stripped the limb of meat and marrow report, April Nowell and Philip G. Chase, both of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. "The bone was heavily chewed by one or more carnivores, creating holes that became more rounded due to natural processes after burial," Nowell says. "It provides very weak evidence for the origins of [Stone Age] music." Nowell presented the new analysis at the annual meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society in Seattle last week.
Nowell and Chase examined the bone with the permission of its discoverer, Ivan Turk of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences in Ljubljana (S.N.: 11/23/96, p. 328). Turk knows of their conclusion but still views the specimen as a flute.
Both open ends of the thighbone contain clear signs of gnawing by carnivores, Nowell asserts. Wolves and other animals typically bite off nutrient-rich tissue at the ends of limb bones and extract available marrow. If Neandertals had hollowed out the bone and fashioned holes in it, animals would not have bothered to gnaw it, she says.
Complete and partial holes on the bone's shaft were also made by carnivores, says Nowell. Carnivores typically break open bones with their scissor like cheek teeth. Uneven bone thickness and signs of wear along the borders of the holes, products of extended burial in the soil, indicate that openings made by cheek teeth were at first less rounded and slightly smaller, the researchers hold.
Moreover, the simultaneous pressure of an upper and lower tooth produced a set of opposing holes, one partial and one complete, they maintain.
Prehistoric, carnivore-chewed bear bones in two Spanish caves display circular punctures aligned in much the same way as those on the Slovenian find. In the March Antiquity, Francesco d'Errico of the Institute of Quaternary Prehistory and Geology in Talence, France, and his colleagues describe the Spanish bones.
In a different twist, Bob Fink, an independent musicologist in Canada, has reported
on the Internet
(http://www.webster.sk.ca/greenwich/fl-compl.htm) that the spacing of the two complete and two partial holes on the back of the Slovenian bone conforms to musical notes on the diatonic (do, re, mi. . .) scale.
The bone is too short to incorporate the diatonic scale's seven notes, counter Nowell and Chase. Working with Pennsylvania musicologist Robert Judd, they estimate that the find's 5.7-inch length is less than half that needed to cover the diatonic spectrum. The recent meeting presentation is "a most convincing analysis," comments J. Desmond Clark of the University of California, Berkeley, although it's possible that Neandertals blew single notes through carnivore-chewed holes in the bone.
"We can't exclude that possibility," Nowell responds. "But it's a big leap of faith to conclude that this was an intentionally constructed flute."
TO THE EDITOR, SCIENCE NEWS (REPLY BY BOB FINK, May 1998)
(See an update of this discussion on Bob Fink's web site, November 2000)
The doubts raised by Nowell and Chase (April 4th, DOUBTS AIRED OVER NEANDERTHAL BONE 'FLUTE') saying the Neanderthal Bone is not a flute have these weaknesses:
The alignment of the holes -- all in a row, and all of equivalent diameter, appear to be contrary to most teeth marks, unless some holes were made independently by several animals. The latter case boggles the odds for the holes ending up being in line. It also would be strange that animals homed in on this one bone in a cave full of bones, where no reports of similarly chewed bones have been made.
This claim is harder to believe when it is calculated that chances for holes to
be arranged, by chance, in a pattern that matches the spacings of 4 notes of a
diatonic flute, are only one in hundreds to occur .
The analysis I made on the Internet (http://www.webster.sk.ca/greenwich/fl-compl.htm) regarding the bone being capable of matching 4 notes of the do, re, mi (diatonic) scale included the possibility that the bone was extended with another bone "mouthpiece" sufficiently long to make the notes sound fairly in tune. While Nowell says "it's a big leap of faith to conclude that this was an intentionally constructed flute," it's a bigger leap of faith to accept the immense coincidence that animals blindly created a hole-spacing pattern with holes all in line (in what clearly looks like so many other known bone flutes which are made to play notes in a step-wise scale) and blindly create a pattern that also could play a known acoustic scale if the bone was extended. That's too much coincidence for me to accept. It is more likely that it is an intentionally made flute, although admittedly with only the barest of clues regarding its original condition.
The 5.7 inch figure your article quoted appears erroneous, as the centimeter scale provided by its discoverer, Ivan Turk, indicates the artifact is about 4.3 inches long. However, the unbroken femur would originally have been about 8.5 inches, and the possibility of an additional hole or two exists, to complete a full scale, perhaps aided by the possible thumbhole. However, the full diatonic spectrum is not required as indicated by Nowell and Chase: It could also have been a simpler (but still diatonic) 4 or 5 note scale. Such short-scale flutes are plentiful in homo sapiens history.
Finally, a worn-out or broken flute bone can serve as a scoop for manipulation of food, explaining why animals might chew on its ends later. It is also well-known that dogs chase and maul even sticks, despite their non-nutritional nature. What appears "weak" is not the case for a flute, but the case against it by Nowell and Chase.
Letter to the Editor: Antiquity Journal:
"A Bone to Pick"
By Bob Fink
I have a bone to pick with Francesco d'Errico's viewpoint in the March issue of Antiquity (article too long to reproduce here) regarding the Neanderthal flute found in Slovenia by Ivan Turk. D'Errico argues the bone artifact is not a flute.
D'Errico omits dealing with the best evidence that this bone find is a flute.
Regarding the most important evidence, that of the holes being lined up, neither d'Errico nor Turk make mention of this.
This line-up is remarkable especially if they were made by more than one carnivore, which apparently they'd have to be, based on Turk's analysis of the center-spans of the holes precluding their being made by a single carnivore or bite (Turk,* pp.171-175). To account for this possible difficulty, some doubters do mention "one or more" carnivores (Chase & Nowell, Science News 4/4/98).
My arguments over the past year pointed out the mathematical odds of the lining up of the holes occurring by chance-chewing are too difficult to believe.
The Appendix in my essay ("Neanderthal Flute --A Musicological Analysis") proves that the number of ways a set of 4 random holes could be differently spaced (to produce an audibly different set of tones) are 680 ways. The chances a random set would match the existing fragment's spacing [which also could produce a match to four diatonic notes of the scale] are therefore only one in hundreds. If, in calculating the odds, you also allowed the holes to be out of line, or to be less than 4 holes as well, then the chance of a line-up match is only one from many tens of thousands.
And yet randomness and animal bites still are acceptable to account for holes being in line that could also play some notes of the scale? This is too much coincidence for me to believe occurred by chance.
D'Errico mentions my essay in his article and what he thought it was about, but he overstates my case into being a less believable one. My case simply was that if the bone was long enough (or a shorter bone extended by a mouthpiece insert) then the 4 holes would be consistent and in tune with the sounds of Do, Re, Mi, Fa (or flat Mi, Fa, Sol, and flat La in a minor scale).
In the 5 points I list below, extracted from Turk's monograph in support of this being a flute, d'Errico omits dealing with much of the first, and all of the second, fourth and sixth points.
Turk & Co's monograph shows the presence on site of boring tools, and includes experiments made by Turk's colleague Guiliano Bastiani who successfully produced similar holes in fresh bone using tools of the type found at the site (pp. 176-78 Turk).
They also wrote (pp. 171-75) that:
1. The center-to-center distances of the holes in the artifact are smaller than that of the tooth spans of most carnivores. The smallest tooth spans they found were 45mm, and the holes on the bone are 35mm (or less) apart;
2. Holes bitten are usually at the ends of bones rather than in the center of them;
3. There is an absence of dents, scratches and other signs of gnawing and counter-bites on the artifact;
4. The center-to-center distances do not correspond to the spans of carnivores which could pierce the bone;
5. The diameters of the holes are greater than that producible by a wolf exerting the greatest jaw pressure it had available -- it's doubtful that a wolf's jaws would be strong enough (like a hyena's) to have made the holes, especially in the thickest part of the wall of the artifact.
6. If you accept one or more carnivores, then why did they over-target one bone, when there were so many other bones in the cave site? Only about 4.5% of the juvenile bones were chewed or had holes, according to Turk (p. 117).
* Turk, Ivan (ed.) (1997). Mousterian Bone Flute. Znanstvenoraziskovalni
Center Sazu, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Roadie #42 - Blog #141
The fact that I’m sitting amongst a pile of road cases looking over at Chris’s piano must mean that the summer holidays really are over.
I had intended to go away somewhere nice for a week or two. To be honest though, getting on a plane wasn’t top of my list of things to do once we got home from our “round the world in 13 days” mission. By my reckoning, a complete lap of the planet in under two weeks gave us an average speed of over 80 miles an hour for the entire trip. No wonder I quite fancied sitting still for a bit…
Being back in the rehearsal room after a four week break though, definitely makes this feel like the first proper day back. In reality, I’ve been slowly easing back in over the last week or so. I’ve been prepping some new songs that’ll be getting a run through during these rehearsals. Paradise is mere days from breaking free from the studio into the big wide world, so learning how to play it live seems like a sensible plan for the band at this stage.
I have a love hate relationship with rehearsals. I adore the idea of sitting around with all the gear out and no pressure of a gig at 9pm. It’s a chance to tidy up loose ends, go through your work box and generally get your house properly in order before the chaos of touring kicks in. That’s the theory at least. The reality is that it’s always about either getting new songs happening, or making major changes to existing tunes. Given that my corner of things is getting the keyboard rig programming in order, it tends to work out being the most hectic period of all for me.
Trying to sit at a computer getting Dav Rossi’s string section and Will’s programmed beats all lined up and ready to go can be murder when the rest of crew giving it “One Two One Two”, or turning the amps up to stun. For this reason, I tend to stay late. An hour’s work in silence without interruption usually yields more results than half a day of not being able to hear yourself think. It never makes you popular with the fella that works here who’s sitting waiting to lock up, mind.
I remember that this phase of things on X&Y is when I first heard Fix You. Dan Green and I had been up at a studio in west London pulling the multi-tracks apart and I was driving back to the rehearsal room to get to work. It only took a couple of listens for that song to burn itself forever into the brain. Even on a first listen, the degree to which people would take it to their hearts was completely obvious.
Up In Flames feels the same to me right now. It’s immense. I first heard it when the guys were sound-checking at the iTunes show. Apparently, Chris had started the song the previous night, so it was less than 24 hours old at that point. It was hypnotic in its simplicity, but devastatingly, achingly gorgeous. The final version has lost none of this and is a masterwork of restraint. It hasn’t been crammed with a million ideas and embellishments. Every part is there simply to enhance the emotional impact. I can only predict floods of tears in every quarter.
DLIBYH couldn’t possibly be heading in any more different a direction emotionally. It’s almost violently life affirming. I remember texting Phil during the Glastonbury rehearsals when they first played Charlie Brown in its live incarnation. I was amazed at how vast and invigorating it sounded. They’re going to blow the sodding walls out when they kick into this one tomorrow…
Ah yes, tomorrow - the band arrive at lunchtime for a full day of rehearsals. I guess I’d better make sure I’m ready…
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Learned the Hard Way #1: Output Follow Through
You have spent days, even weeks, on your edit. You lived in the footage, heard it in your dreams, might even buy stock in the company you edited it for; its that close to you. The client session went amazing, you made the revisions, and now they want to get it out there. Finally, you are home free. Time to set the computer up for lay-off to tape or maybe to compress a file that’s going to get posted to their website. You hit enter and go do a little arm in arm celebratory swing dance with the single receptionist on your way to smoke a cigar by the dumpster out back. Hazahh! The tape gets shipped out on time or the file gets uploaded successfully to your FTP site, now for margaritas.
Or this happens…
Rewind! (Cue fast tape rewind sound effect)
What I described above is not how this photo came about, but in a weird delusional way it might be. This was early on in my career, maybe even within the first 2 months. I had to make a couple text changes to a spot that my senior editor had cut. Something in the realm of “Buy 2 cars and you can touch our pup tiger” being changed to “Buy 2 cars and you can touch our pet tiger”. Something important. So the changes were made and I had to make dubs for the stations. I won’t say I didn’t check the tapes in master control, but I certainly didn’t watch the actual layoff and turn the volume up on the speakers to hear at a proper level. On a quick playback everything looked good, changes were apparent, and the audiometers were bouncing. All good, tapes were taken up front to the receptionist and I returned to whatever compressions I was doing before the change request came in.
The tapes had 3 30-second spots on them. With bars, slates, and black between spots there was maybe 4 minutes of content on the tapes. Had I taken 4 minutes out of my day to stand in master control and focus, I would have noticed that the audio levels starting to fluctuate midway through the second spot. Had I spend those 4 minutes; I would have realized the audio of the third spot was almost entirely overdriven. It seems our Beta SP deck was deciding to do its own damn thing on one of the input channels and I would have noticed if I had the volume up and actually been listening to it. Needless to say the stations rejected the tapes and my boss got a very passionate call from the owner of the ad agency in charge of the commercials. After much discussion my boss asked what he could do to resolve the situation.I want you to put a stake through the head of the guy who did this.
My interpretation was that he wanted to feed me delicious meats, but my boss decided that it would be hilarious to take a photo of yours truly and send it to the ad agency. Those 4 minutes led to one of the most embarrassing things in my professional career, and it is embarrassing to retell it. But that embarrassment taught me one of the most important lessons as well.
No matter how good your project is, or how happy the clients are with it in the suite, if it is messed up on output, even a little thing, all the good aspects are negated. That could be an audio issue when laying to tape or it could be some stutters in the final file. If you are watching that final output, it is an opportunity to catch that little something that can embarrass you for the rest of your life.
Fast Forward! (Cue another speeding tape sound effect)
A couple months ago I was in the final stages of a short film I had been working on for months. It was a labor of love project that I was doing after hours. I was in the process of making all the final deliverables and caught something while checking one of the BluRay discs. It was one shot that didn’t have a vignette were it was supposed to. For a second a little demon on my shoulder spoke up.Seriously, no one is going to notice that. Think of how much work you have to go back and do to fix this. You have to re-render it, you have to make all those files, and you have to re-burn all those discs. You will be the only one that will ever notice this.
Yes, I listened to the little guy for a bit while wanting to cry at the thought of it all. This was a case where no one would send out a photo with a stake through my head, but I would know that mistake was there. All the hard work late at night and on the weekends would be trashed due to something I now had the opportunity to change. Which is the second point. You have to be willing to watch that program you have seen a million times one more time, and you have to be willing to revisit the program if you find something that will leave egg all over your face. Or a picture of you with a stake through your head.
Yes, I did go back and lay that vignette on that shot. I did re-compress the 20-minute short, and make a huge amount of deliverables that took well over 5 hours. But now I can watch that short without feeling nauseous every time it comes to the scene, because I watched the output and caught it. It sucked to have to learn this lesson that way, but it is one of the most important lessons in this field. Ask any of the pros who have been doing it for decades, they all adhere to this because it’s what keeps them employed, and keeps this from happening.
I’ll never forget, because I learned it the hard way.
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The plant collections of the Smithsonian Institution began with the acquisition of specimens collected by the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). These formed the foundation of a national herbarium which today numbers 4.8 million historical plant records, placing it among the world's largest and most important.
Nearly 800,000 specimen records (including over 90,000 type specimens with images) are currently available in this online catalog.
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For those looking for a large Harry Potter fan base, the best option is the Wizards and Muggles Club at the College of William & Mary. Almost as big as Hogwarts itself, the club contains over 200 members and has a weekly attendance of between 30 and 40 people. True to the fandom, the club is divided into four houses, and each has an appointed head of house. The club also has a “Professor of Arithmancy” (treasurer), “Professor of Ancient Runes” (secretary), and “Professor of History of Magic” (historian). It even has an end of semester House Cup. So if you’re looking for the total Hogwarts experience, disapparate on over to the College of William & Mary, sign up for the Wizards and Muggles Club, and make your house proud.
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The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (AGTS) and The Acton Institute for Religion and Liberty present "Flourishing Churches and Communities: Faith, Work and Economics in Spirit-Empowered Discipleship" beginning at Noon on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at AGTS (1435 N. Glenstone Ave., Springfield, Mo., 65802).
The public is invited to this free event that will unite Christians in faith and business communities together in strategic conversation. RSVP for the lunch, dinner or both to Susan Meamber ([email protected], (417) 268-1010).
The economic uncertainty, moral confusion and spiritual hunger of our day call for dialogue among thoughtful people across diverse domains. In the past two decades, there has been intense interest and significant progress in the integration of ethics and economics, business and mission, with clerical and lay leaders finding new places of partnership.
Thoughtful Christian leaders realize that evangelization and church planting/revitalization require fresh strategies as we confront challenges of cultural diversity, religious competition and skepticism and unprecedented social needs. The good news is that biblical faith and the empowerment of the Spirit provide the resources for local churches and communities to flourish as expressions of the kingdom of God. In order to realize this vision, church leaders, along with business, educational, social service and cultural leaders need to engage in serious conversations about issues so important to all of us as followers of Jesus.
The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary is dedicated to educating servant-leaders who are led by the Spirit for today's Church.
The Acton Institute is dedicated to the integration of Judeo-Christian truths with free market principles and supports efforts of Christians from all traditions that enable the advancement of the Mission of God and human flourishing.
The host for this event will be Dr. Charlie Self, the director of the Ph.D. in Bible and Theology and associate professor of church history at AGTS. He is also a senior advisor for the Acton Institute, tasked with mobilizing leaders to deep thought and decisive action. His new book (pictured above), published by Acton, represents a clarion call to Spirit-empowered discipleship that integrates faith, work and economics.
Schedule (These sessions will be recorded and video posted to the AGTS website after the event.)
Noon-1:30 p.m.: Lunch and Keynote Addresses
2-3:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion, "Toward Integration of Faith, Work and Economics"
5:30-7:30 p.m.: Dinner and Keynote Address
For more information contact Charlie Self ([email protected], 417-268-1077). To RSVP for the lunch, dinner or both to Susan Meamber ([email protected], (417) 268-1010). | <urn:uuid:9ca1e505-01ab-4b33-b269-aabfc9787f57> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://colleges.ag.org/articles/index.cfm?targetBay=0439b34f-3625-444a-bb49-6d459da7d256&ModID=2&Process=DisplayArticle&RSS_RSSContentID=24876&RSS_OriginatingChannelID=1056&RSS_OriginatingRSSFeedID=1016&RSS_Source= | 2013-05-18T05:25:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911406 | 597 |
At least initially, most Master Gardener activities center around the Extension Service office. The first 20 volunteer service hours are spent there. This is in fact a continuation of the training so the new volunteers can become familiar with the office, its personnel and resources, and so the Extension Service faculty and staff can become familiar with their new volunteer assistants. The remaining service hours are spent in a wide variety of activities, which are related to some aspect of gardening and contribute to community education and service. Many Master Gardeners continue their association with the office by answering telephones during Plant Clinic hours, mailing out brochures in response to requests, developing demonstration gardens, or working with 4-H leaders and youth of Collier County. Master Gardeners can also participate in the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods program as Yard Advisors.
Other activities include, but are not limited to, plant clinics in other areas of the county, manning information booths at fairs and shows, and preparing informational brochures. There is something for almost every skill at every level. Many Master Gardeners far surpass the mandatory 75 volunteer service hours, with some volunteering several hundred hours in a year.
Training never ceases for the certified and working Master Gardener. Programming and field visits are scheduled for Master Gardeners to boost their horticultural understanding. Specialized knowledge is gained to better enable the Master Gardener to give expert advice. Outings are also used for planning and exchanging information on various projects.
Once a year the University of Florida conducts "post graduate" Master Gardener training at the State Master Gardener Conference. This is a voluntary, two-three day conference that Master Gardeners attend to receive training and meet other Master Gardeners from throughout the state.
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Colombia Hostage Rescue Endangers Lives of Journalists and Aid Workers
Amidst all the joy and celebration resulting from the Colombian military’s successful rescue of 15 hostages last week, the fact that the tactics utilized in the mission will likely endanger the lives of journalists and aid workers in the future has been completely ignored. By having soldiers pose as journalists and aid workers in order to gain access to the hostages, the Colombian government has increased the already high risks faced by legitimate reporters and NGO workers. In a country that is already one of the most dangerous places in the world in which to work as a journalist or a defender of human rights, the armed actors will now be even more suspicious of anyone claiming to work in those fields.
Last week’s rescue mission — assuming it did occur as the Colombian government claims and that a ransom was not paid to secure the release of the hostages — was not the first time that the Uribe administration has used the strategy of disguising state security forces as journalists to gain access to hostages. Only last month, a grenade-toting former soldier took 19 people hostage in the government’s pension office in the Colombian capital, Bogotá. The hostage-taker allowed reporters and camera crews to enter the building so he could publicly state his demands that he be paid a pension for his two decades of military service. Undercover police officers posed as journalists in order to gain access to the building and then successfully subdued the man and freed the hostages.
The tactics used last week to rescue the 15 hostages — including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three US military contractors — held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) mimicked that earlier operation. The rescue mission also replicated many aspects of a humanitarian operation conducted by the Venezuelan government three months ago that secured the release of four hostages held by the FARC. Participants in that operation included legitimate journalists and NGO workers who arrived at the remote rendezvous point in an unmarked helicopter to receive the released hostages.
According to General Fredy Padilla de Leon, commander of the Colombian army, the soldiers who participated in last week’s rescue operation took acting classes for a week and a half to learn how to impersonate, not only guerrillas, but also journalists and aid workers. After convincing the guerrilla in charge of the hostages that his captives were to be transported to where the FARC’s supreme commander Alfonso Cano was located, the soldiers arrived at the rendezvous point in two white helicopters devoid of markings. Four of the soldiers on board were disguised as aid workers and two others impersonated a television journalist and cameraman in order to convince the rebels that a fictional NGO was helping to coordinate a prisoner exchange.
The tactics used by the Colombian government will undoubtedly increase the risks faced by journalists and NGO workers who operate in the country’s rural conflict zones. Colombia’s armed groups, particularly the FARC, will now be even more distrustful of anyone who claims to be a reporter or aid worker. This is likely of little concern to Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe, who has repeatedly endangered the lives of human rights defenders critical of his security policies by accusing them of being spokespersons for the guerrillas. On one prime time national television broadcast in 2003, Uribe accused the country’s NGOs of “politicking at the service of terrorism.”
Having worked for years in Colombia’s rural conflict zones, I have been detained on several occasions by FARC guerrillas and right-wing paramilitaries who have accused me of being an informer for the Colombian military. In a country that is among the world’s leaders in the number of journalists assassinated, such moments are tense and nerve-wracking. Sometimes, it wasn’t easy to convince the armed groups that I was indeed a legitimate journalist and not an informer.
Because of the tactics used in last week’s rescue operation, there is no telling how the FARC might respond to the next legitimate journalist who enters a region under the rebel group’s control. Or how the guerrillas will react in the future when a genuine medical boat belonging to the International Red Cross gets stopped at a rebel checkpoint on a remote jungle river. So while the world is awash in joy over the liberation of the 15 hostages, people should take a moment to reflect on the possibility that journalists and aid workers might be killed in the future because of the irresponsible tactics used by the Uribe administration. | <urn:uuid:63bbeccf-c655-4f9a-9f97-888978e77662> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://colombiajournal.org/colombia-hostage-rescue-endangers-lives-of-journalists-and-aid-workers.htm | 2013-05-18T08:07:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962249 | 923 |
February 1, 2012
Hankins a NSD surprise
It has been a while since Georgia Tech picked up a surprise football signing on National Signing Day. Jackson-Olin (Ala.) inside linebacker Beau Hankins had plenty of quality options, but a late push from the Yellow Jackets was too much for him to turn down.
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February 20, 2013
Looking ahead: 2014 RB
With the 2013 recruiting cycle complete, Duck Sports Authority takes a look ahead to the recruiting needs for 2014. As we alternate between defensive positions and offensive positions, we continue today with the offensive side of the ball.
Specifically, today we will look at the running back position and the needs for the Ducks in 2014.
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February Podcast: Michelle Hoover reads “Our Little Bertha”
Feb 28, 2012
Everyone knows the best holiday in February is on the 28. Everyone. Even Tina knows it, and she’s still non-ironically wearing Hypercolor shirts. Because Selections from Colorado Review is hip and cool and alternative and in-the-know, we waited until this exact date to release our February podcast where, by clicking this link, you can hear Michelle Hoover read her nonfiction “Our Little Bertha” from the Fall 2011 issue. We waited this long because we’re awesome and everyone is always inviting us to parties and wearing the same jeans as us and subscribing to our podcast on iTunes by clicking this link, not because we were celebrating early.
Happy Sleeping in Public Day from Colorado Review. | <urn:uuid:191f2e64-3f98-4c36-8273-a0b23a9a26d5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/february-podcast-michelle-hoover-reads-our-little-bertha/ | 2013-05-18T04:55:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954676 | 168 |
In this intensive beginner class, discover the ins and outs of beekeeping and the knowledge and supplies you'll need to get started in this fascinating and rewarding hobby.Margael Meister, founder of DenverBee, will cover equipment, selecting an apiary site, bee races and breeds, disease and pest management, hiving packages, four season management, swarm catching procedures, flower anatomy, and pesticides and insecticides.Gain the confidence you need to become a backyard beekeeper!See More
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If you know of local groups, websites, Facebooks, Meetups or blogs or wish to create new virtual groups not listed above in our groups, click here to add them to our registry of groups supporting Transition issues in the Denver area -- http://transitioncolorado.ning.com/groups/group/new. Let me encourage you to add a link to some of your favorite information sources. | <urn:uuid:d37a6bc5-b27a-4092-83cc-3dec043846b9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://coloradotransitionnetwork.org/profile/RaychelPins | 2013-05-18T08:09:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88749 | 275 |
decided to revisit Interstuhl, one of our favorite furniture design companies, touching on what we’ve considered to be the absolute pinnacle of industrial design perfection. Honestly though, what can I say that Christy hasn’t already covered previously?
In this particular post, I want to curate specifically, the White Silver Chair from Interstuhl. This mark of beauty and elegance. An absolute masterpiece. I’m almost afraid to mention the price tag (a hefty $5,000.00+ for just one of these chairs… easily). Now you’re probably asking yourself, “why would anyone EVER pay that much for a chair?” Well, beside the obvious fact that no other chair can hold a candle to this (except for maybe the Eames Lounge chair), take into consideration that these chairs are made to order, they’re ergonomic, and they’re made with the absolute best materials. The white one specifically, (my gem, goddess, temptress) is made with a white-silver coat over brushed aluminum. They’re also 98% recyclable, so in a moment of insanity, you decide you don’t want this chair anymore (and I’m not around to take it off your hands), you can rest assured knowing that it can be disassembled and kicked to the curb to be picked up for recycling. The orange seating also comes standard with this one particularly, but if you don’t fancy the orange seating, you can swap it for their other custom colored seating options.
Well, I think it’s time to wrap this up, as I’m beginning to cry over the realization that I may never own one of these stunning beauties. But… If I ever come into a hefty sum of money, I’ll most certainly be purchasing a couple. Specifically this model. | <urn:uuid:d8549344-e4a1-460e-84eb-4ae066ffd232> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://colorcubic.com/2009/12/20/interstuhl-white-silver-chair/ | 2013-05-18T05:57:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935124 | 390 |
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Montgomery County Police say 66-year-old David Fernando Javier Zaraysi sexually abused two sisters, ages 3 and 7 years old, in his wife's day care center.
Today, the "Playing And Learning Family Child Care" on Royal Bonnett Circle in Montgomery Village is still open for business.
We talked to parents who came to pick up their children and many didn't know about the arrest, including mother Rocio La Cunza, "The person that is in charge is Elsa, and Elsa is a really good person. I have a lot of references of her, and this place is really nice."
The day care center is located in the basement of the Zaraysi's home. No one came to the door when we knocked, which bore a note, giving us her lawyer's phone number. We called twice and did not receive a return call. Later, a second note was posted underneath, reading "He is innocent." | <urn:uuid:fdbebe30-4164-40ba-a351-5b112f79cafb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://columbiaheights.wusa9.com/ | 2013-05-18T08:09:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980212 | 200 |
“Incredibly funny and polished two-man musical experience” BMA Magazine
“Clever” The Age
“Performed an awesome hip hop retelling of Macbeth” The Groggy Squirrel
Benjamin and James Stevenson are identical twins who combine to form the musical comedy duo, “The Stevenson Experience”. They first began their comedy career in high school by winning the state finals of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Class Clowns competition. This brought them onto the main stage of the Melbourne Town Hall to perform for a sell-out crowd. Winning the state finals of the competition again the next year, and once again performing in Melbourne, spurred the brothers to become more serious about their comedy, and after spending a year honing their craft they re-emerged as The Stevenson Experience, becoming National Finalists in Triple J’s Raw Comedy competition, being featured on ABC television, and are now stalwarts of the Canberra Comedy Circuit. The Stevenson Experience were also cast in the Class Clowns Teenage Gala in 2009 at the Melbourne comedy festival, a show specifically targeted at school aged teenagers and a testament to their versatility with audiences. In early 2009 they performed their first solo show to a sellout crowd.
In 2010 The Stevenson Experience were a part of the sleeper hit of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Capital Punishment. Capital Punishment took 5 acts from the nations capital and put them right in the thick of one of the biggest comedy festivals in the world. The success of the show was overwhelming, with the show seeing and attendance rate of a staggering 85%!
In April 2011 The Stevenson Experience debuted their first solo show, Mission Twinpossible, at the the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In the dimly lit, upstairs Love Lounge of Tony Starr’s Kitten Club they performed 24 hilarious shows. The Stevenson Experience also took part in Capital Punishment 2. Look out for them at next years festival, where they will be back with an all new show.
In October 2011 The Stevenson Experience will be recording their very first live CD at Civic Pub, to be released later in the year. Book your tickets online on the gigs page!
The Stevenson Experience has performed on the main stage at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, The Sydney Comedy Store, and the Canberra Street Theatre, and can be frequently found gigging at all Canberra’s comedy venues. The Stevenson Experience has performed with Charlie Pickering, Michael Chamberlain, Wil Anderson, Corrine Grant, Kitty Flanagan, Sammy J, Dave Jory, Bo Burnham, Hannah Gadsby, Sam Simmons, Austen Tayshus, and The Bedroom Philosopher. They have also played corporate gigs for Events Management Australia, The Australian Defence Force Academy and ACTEW AGL.
James plays the guitar.
Benjamin attempts to play the piano.
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It also gives a little more detail regarding what, exactly, might be going on in the film, which has been fraught with rumors over the last week or so, from Famke Janssen’s rumored appearance as Jean Grey to the revelation yesterday that the film will take place following the events of X-Men: The Last Stand.
“Where this film sits in the universe of the films is after them all,” director James Mangold told the magazine. “Jean Grey is gone, most of the X-Men are disbanded or gone, so there’s a tremendous sense of isolation for him.”
He added, ”That’s something that for me was very important, that I land in a very specific place in his timeline. I wanted to be able to tell the story without the burden of handing it off to a film that already exists and having to conform to it. The ideas of immortality reign very heavily in this story and the burden of immortality weighs heavily on Logan. For me that’s such an interesting part of Logan’s character that is nearly impossible to explore if you have a kind of league or team movie.”
Certainly, that’s understandable–although it’s hard to guess whether the film has always been seen as taking place after everything else, or whether that’s just part of keeping it a “stand-alone movie,” which is what it sounds like Mangold wants and what he and Fox have been telling fans was coming all along. The film will romp through time a bit, taking place partly in World War II and almost entirely outside of any existing X-Men movie continuity, according to the piece…but that doesn’t mean it won’t tie into X-Men: Days of Future Past, the time-traveling, reality-bending sequel to X-Men: First Class. | <urn:uuid:129aa405-47d9-4fc2-9d8e-d8eb20e88a08> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/10/26/the-wolverine-director-explains-the-film/ | 2013-05-18T05:18:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957137 | 395 |
Shame Itself #1A comic review article by: Jamil Scalese
I consider one of the most key traits of a likeable person to be their ability to be self-deprecating. Actually, I think this even more important for an aspiring comedian. People are more likely to laugh with you when they realize you aren't a pompous jerk. I learned that the hard way.
From one type of comic to another, hilarious and humility mixed to success in Marvel's satiric one-shot Shame Itself, a collection of rising talents and their various lampoons of the major company. The most recognizable of the creators is probably Wyatt Cenac, writer and correspondent on the almost always genius The Daily Show, but the roster is stocked full of long time comedy writers from around the entertainment industry. I had no idea what to expect from this type of book. As a regular buyer of Deadpool, I have been a little worried on what Marvel considers funny, and overall, in this age of serious sequential storytelling humor in comics have dwindled off to the occasional one-liner or comically awkward scenario. I will honestly say I was surprised that Shame Itself had me chuckling to the point that I started to look like a bit of a loon at the office.
The issue features about different 11 stories, ranging from a straightforward narrative about Reed Richard and Ben Grimm's college reunion to a series of one-pagers questioning the nature of the Marvel Universe. I'm normally all for spoiling the fun for you with my reviews, but I will stay away from detailing too many of the short stories because the absurdity, and appropriateness, of the pieces are bound to make you smile, if not guffaw. The absolute gem of the comic is a flowchart on how to create a major crossover event by Elliot Kalan (also a writer on The Daily Show) and Jacob Chabot (X-Babies). It might be one of the savviest things I've read from the publisher, and it does not hold back in the slightest. As Kalan jokes in his bio on the last page, the two-page spread might seal his fate in working in comics again, but man, what a way to go out.
The read had a few notable misses, like a prose story about the X-Men by Michael Kupperman, and a bit of a downer piece in a knock-off of a woman's fashion magazine. However, with any anthology there will always be stars that shine harder than others, and nothing was remarkably bad.
I'm not so much reviewing this as I am praising it, huh? Well, so be it! I loved this and it was well worth my $3.99. I want this type of thing to be an regular release for Marvel. You hear me Quesada? Huh? Huh? Yeah, that's what I thought.
And get Elliot Kalan on a Deadpool comic!
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CAES Researchers Earn $18.2 Million, Provide Significant Return On Investment For Idaho
Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter announced today that the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) during the past year provided Idaho taxpayers with an 11-to-1 return on their $1.6 million investment in the partnership – a rate most investors would envy.
CAES researchers earned $18.2 million in competitive research grants, infrastructure and other funding in federal fiscal year 2011 – which ran through September – pushing the center’s cumulative earnings to $41.9 million.
A University of Idaho economist estimates that CAES generated $26.8 million in regional sales, 366 jobs and $620,000 in tax revenue in fiscal 2011 alone.
“CAES is a great example of what the Idaho universities and Idaho National Laboratory can accomplish by working together,” Governor Otter said. “The CAES partnership has proven to be a great investment for taxpayers, and you’re going to see more of that kind of collaborative public-private effort from my administration in the years to come.”
CAES researchers earned more than 25 different grants and competitive awards in fiscal 2011. Some of the projects funded include: a center that will train engineering students to assess the energy efficiency of manufacturing facilities; researching methods to recover uranium from seawater; a software tool to help developers identify preferred locations for solar energy farms; and developing sensors to monitor conditions inside a nuclear waste container.
“It was a great year for the CAES partnership,” said CAES Director Bill Rogers. “The collaborations we have built between the CAES partner institutions and with industry are starting to flourish and result in new research grants and other funding.”
CAES, which was created in 2005, is a partnership between Idaho National Laboratory and the State of Idaho through its three researcher universities – Boise State University, Idaho State University and University of Idaho.
The State of Idaho has contributed $4.8 million over the past three years – $1.6 million annually – to help support university researchers’ involvement in the CAES partnership.
The U.S. Department of Energy and Battelle Energy Alliance, the contractor that runs Idaho National Laboratory, also have contributed significantly to the partnership.
Battelle Energy Alliance recently invested more than $6 million to equip the CAES Microscopy and Characterization Suite (MaCS) with an atom probe and other high-end instruments to advance materials research. The lab also provided CAES with $1.4 million in funding for exploratory research projects.
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No, this is not about those unsolicited e-mails you've been getting. This article appeared in PR News, one of the finer publications covering the PR beat. Although it’s about PR, it’s really about interviewing and journalism. Just like a marketing person does a better job by knowing how the customer thinks, PR people do a better job by knowing how the reporter thinks. Great list of interviewing styles.
Click on the title to access the complete article.
May 12, 2009
“Every so often, I stumble across an article attempting to psychoanalyze reporter’s styles. Some writers talk about machine gunners—reporters who fire one question after another after another. Others believe reporters follow specific patterns. Just last week, a writer labeled some media inquisitions as “sneak attacks.”
“Let me clear up a few things. As a reporter for 20 years, I’m here to tell you reporters don’t sit around planning how to get you. They don’t approach stories by consciously saying, “What type of questioning pattern should I use on this one?” In fact, if my cronies and I were discussing this, we’d have a few good laughs.” | <urn:uuid:c34be006-e3cf-476a-8135-bf6bb81807b8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/blogs/hercky/public-information-about-public-relations-and-communication-interviewing-styles.html | 2013-05-18T05:55:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950975 | 266 |
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