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How is it possible to express how much you mean to me? But attempt to write it I must, for the alternative is perpetual regret that I never made public my gratitude and love for you. You are not a perfect mum (who is?) but made all the better for your imperfections: an ability to empathise, to question how it would feel to walk in someone else's shoes, to tackle an issue face on while maintaining sensitivity and kindness. Creative, beautiful, fun-loving, practical, dexterous, the perfect hostess.
How can I begin to thank you for all you have done: the time spent helping me revise for my A-levels, listening without judgment to my worries, permitting me my mistakes, accepting me for who I am, putting the world to rights over a bottle of wine.
I could say how I feel robbed of a future, mourning all that will never be. Missing you at your grandchildren's graduations and weddings. Lost opportunities to travel the world – this should have been your just reward for a life of hard graft and putting others first. No more of your cooking, no coveting Italian shoes together. No long natters on the phone. No more hugs.
Instead we must dwell on the time we have had and be grateful for the happy memories, for your energy, for a life defined by your skills and accomplishments.
Throughout your illness you have worried not for yourself, but for those you will leave behind. I cannot even begin to imagine a world without you, but I know that you will be at my side. You will be the bubbles in sparkling Vouvray and the blooms of a magnolia. You will make my seeds germinate and be the spices in a curry. You will be forever present in the intricate lines of your botanical illustrations that adorn my walls. You will catch me unawares in a crowded department store as the scent of Yves Saint Laurent's Opium. You will exist in my daughter's laugh and my son's embrace. You will rest inside an Asimov novel. You will watch University Challenge by my side, silently keeping score. You will be scowling when I need another filling and rolling your eyes at my botched attempts at DIY.
You will look me in the eye when I see my reflection (biomass may change but genes perpetuate). You will see my sadness, tell me you love me and then to get on with it. Life, as you have demonstrated, is too short. Waste it not.
We are all just stardust. And to the stars we must return. Your absence will leave behind a void, a giant black hole. But just as the death of a star leaves at the centre of a galaxy gravity so forceful it keeps planets in their orbits, we too will stay stable in our trajectories. We will love and laugh and live life to the full because this is what you taught us.
I love you,
Your daughter


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I can never get enough of these peanut butter bars! Literally. I made them yesterday and it's one of those things where I kept going back and cutting off a thin slice, then another, then another and then I woke up for breakfast at it was the first thing I just had to have a taste of. In other words these are one of the most dangerous desserts you'll ever make!
These are one of my favorite childhood treats. My mom and everyone else I know always made them. They are perfect for parties because they make a full cookie sheet, and adults and children alike absolutely love them. I mean, who doesn't love the chocolate and peanut butter combo, and who doesn't love cookie bars and frosting?
I have posted these before but it's been a few years so I wanted to take new pictures, and I wanted a just a slightly thicker bar than the last recipe I shared. So, I made some minor adjustments and now they are perfect, and of course completely irresistible.
Be careful not to over-bake these or the edges will be dry. Mine were just getting there because I waited for the top to color longer than I should have. Most recipes for these say to bake until they are golden brown on top, I'd probably advise against that because I wished I would have taken mine out 2 minutes earlier before they were golden brown then they would have been perfect. A nice golden color but a non raw-doughy center will do. Plus as with all cookies, they will continue to heat through once you take them out of the oven for like another minute so keep that in mind.
Chocolate Frosted Peanut Butter Bars
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- 2 cups (10 oz) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (6.4 oz) quick oats
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup (8 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups (9.5 oz) packed light-brown sugar
- 3/4 cup (5.7 oz) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (8.6 oz) creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (8.6 oz) creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup (4 oz) unsalted butter, diced into 1 Tbsp pieces
- 1/4 cup (26g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup (2 oz) milk
- 2 pinches salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups (12.8 oz) powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a rimmed 18 by 13-inch cookie sheet. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, oats, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, blend together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy. Mix in eggs one at a time. Blend in 1 cup peanut butter and the vanilla. With mixer set on low speed, slowly add in flour mixture and mix just until combined.
Drop cookie dough onto prepared baking sheet. Spray hands with non-stick cooking spray and spread dough into an even layer. Bake in preheated oven 12 - 15 minutes until golden (careful not to over-bake or edges will be dry, don't wait for it to be golden brown. They should be puffed and beginning to set but still soft).
Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes, then dollop remaining 1 cup peanut butter by spoonfuls over top. Let sit 1 minute then spread peanut butter into an even layer to cover top.
Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Stir in cocoa, milk and salt and bring mixture just to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla, then stir in powdered sugar and mix until well combined (if needed you can add 1 Tbsp hot water to thin). Immediately pour over bars and spread into an even layer. Allow frosting to set then cut into squares. Store in an airtight container.
Recipe source: adapted from Taste of Home and others

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No Surrender on India Retail Initiative: Singh
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to overcome opposition to opening the country's retail industry to companies like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), saying his two-decade reform agenda is the best way of reviving the slowest economic growth in two years.
In an interview in his office at Parliament House in New Delhi, Singh said he'll succeed in letting foreign companies buy majority stakes in Indian retailers after contesting regional elections early next year and as slower inflation bolsters support for his administration. He said he underestimated the opposition that derailed the plan a week ago and sent the benchmark stock index to its biggest three-day drop since July 2009.
"There was inadequate preparation and some partners in the coalition developed cold feet," Singh said in the interview yesterday covering subjects from his legacy to the losses suffered by Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. "But I can assure you, India remains committed to a system of regulation that is supportive of enterprise and we will do everything to encourage foreign investment."
Singh is facing one of the most challenging periods since taking office in 2004 after opposition from coalition allies prompted his Dec. 7 decision to delay indefinitely the retail- opening measure. At stake for Singh, 79, is preserving an economic turnaround that began in the 1990s, when as finance minister he helped engineer a shift toward free-market policies.
The policy setback is a symptom of a functioning democracy, Singh said. Still, a democratic system of government remains "the most credible," he said.
'Only Path'
"There may be zigzags along the way, but the path is the one I set," said Singh, the only Indian to have served as governor of the Reserve Bank of India, finance minister and prime minister and the nation's first head of government to come from a religious minority. "It is the only path to reduce the chronic poverty millions still live under."
He predicted that gross domestic product will increase 7.5 percent in the fiscal year that ends March 31, while inflation will cool to between 6 percent and 7 percent. Once the global economy stabilizes, India will return to 8.5 percent to 9 percent trend growth, he said.
Shoppers Stop Ltd. (SHOP), India's second-largest retailer by market value, gained 1 percent to 310.6 rupees, ending five straight days of losses after Singh's comments yesterday.
Rupee, Stocks
The rupee briefly pared losses, before weakening to a record low of 53.715 per dollar in Mumbai. India's currency has tumbled 17 percent so far this year, the worst performance among 10 major Asian currencies tracked by Bloomberg, hurt by India's parliamentary gridlock, elevated inflation, widening budget gap and the weakest economic growth in two years. The benchmark Sensitive Index (SENSEX) of stocks has fallen 23 percent in 2011.
"This is his last innings and he has everything to gain," said B.G. Verghese, an analyst with the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, using a term from cricket, India's most popular sport. "The economic indicators are such that he realizes that he better do something or there will be trouble."
Verghese, who served as an aide to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and has written books on Indian development policy, predicted the government will invigorate its legislative record by passing an anti-corruption bill. Policy makers may follow up with efforts to reduce regulation in the financial industry and the revival of the foreign retailers' measure, he said.
Political Patchwork
As prime minister, Singh has had to hold together a coalition government in a nation of 1.2 billion people where political backing in some areas is aligned with social castes. More than half a century after independence from Britain, debates still occur over carving out new states to acknowledge ethnic and social differences.
The Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance has 263 seats in the lower house of parliament, 9 short of a majority. Two allies, the All India Trinamool Congress party that's centered in West Bengal, and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam based in southern Tamil Nadu state, have 18 members each.
Both of those allies opposed the policy to allow foreign direct investment in retailing, a measure that Singh and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said would create 10 million jobs, and help rein in inflation by reducing the 40 percent of fruit and vegetables that rot before they can be sold due to a lack of cold-storage facilities.
"Reforms were not sold the way they ought to have been," said Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington and former International Monetary Fund economist. "The narrative that was built up around the change in policy on FDI into retail was that it would end up benefiting some big multinational companies," rather than improving the nation's distribution system and keeping prices down, he said.
Turning to Kingfisher Airlines, the Indian carrier seeking cash after losses, Singh predicted that banks will support its turnaround efforts. Kingfisher has pledged assets ranging from its brand to office furniture for bank loans of as much as 64.2 billion rupees ($1.2 billion).
"In the case of Kingfisher, where government banks have given loans, if they take corrective measures I am sure things should work out," Singh said. "The Indian banking system has a stake in their well-being. With a government nod things will turn around."
The prime minister said some of his administration's unpopularity at home stems from high inflation. Wholesale prices, India's benchmark gauge, rose 9.1 percent in November from a year before, the government reported yesterday. India's inflation is the highest among the BRIC nations, which include Brazil, Russia and China.
Inflation Pressures
While international commodity prices have pushed up costs in India, record food production should help to ease inflation pressures, said Singh. Interest rates should be about two percentage points more than inflation over the long run to encourage savings, he said.
The Reserve Bank of India has raised interest rates 13 times since the start of last year, to 8.5 percent. Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has blamed fiscal deficits for contributing to inflation. Singh yesterday indicated he agreed.
"We have taken steps on the monetary policy side but we haven't been as successful in the fiscal side," Singh said. "You should understand fiscal policy is an acutely political weapon."
ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Ltd., a unit of the nation's second-biggest lender, sees the gap widening to 5.5 percent of GDP, compared with the 4.6 percent target.
2004 Appointment
Without making a harder push to get his economic agenda approved, Singh may risk clouding his legacy, after his initial appointment by Congress party President Sonia Gandhi in 2004 won accolades from overseas investors.
The government has failed to enact key economic legislation, including an overhaul of the tax code, since the end of last year. The past three sessions of parliament have been disrupted by opposition protests in the aftermath of a former telecommunications minister, bureaucrats and businessmen being accused of conspiring to benefit from a 2008 sale of mobile- phone licenses.
"The government should have done more -- it is very frustrating as an investor," said Walter Rossini, a Milan-based fund manager who oversees 200 million euros in Indian equities at Aletti Gestielle SGR SpA. Rossini has switched to an underweight on the country's shares from overweight in the last year, compared with benchmarks he uses to gauge performance.
Welfare System
Singh has had more success in strengthening India's welfare system than deepening market deregulation since he took office as prime minister. The government has expanded programs to provide jobs and subsidized food for the nation's poor, in a country where more than three quarters of the population lives on less than $2 a day.
"He played a very important role in setting India on a high growth path, and that will be his legacy," said Prasad, who serves on an advisory committee to India's finance minister. "The lack of an independent political base certainly constrained his ability to push forward reforms aggressively. That in addition to his modest and demure personality made it very difficult for him to be as effective as prime minister."
Engineer of Change
A Sikh born in what is now Pakistan, Singh studied economics at both Oxford and Cambridge universities. He built his reputation as an engineer of change during his time as finance minister in the government of Congress party Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. With a surge in oil prices depleting India's foreign exchange reserves, he began removing barriers to investment in what had until then been an economy dominated by state enterprises.
In his first two months as finance minister, Singh devalued the rupee, dismantled government monopolies, cut import tariffs and taxes and let foreign companies take 51 percent stakes in sectors including automobiles and pharmaceuticals. The measures helped growth accelerate to 7.6 percent from 2.1 percent during his tenure, and the economy has quadrupled in size.
"The world has seen India's potential," Singh said. "India should remain a functioning democracy which is integrated with the evolving global economy, that recognizes globalization brings many advantages, that makes a success of globalization."
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Words no New York Giants fans wants to hear: Gunshots, NYC, nightclub, players.
Five New York Giants were partying with other sports bigs and celebs at a Chelsea nightclub early Tuesday when a gunman opened fire, killing an ex-con and injuring two others, police sources said.
The gunman, clad in a white leather jacket, crashed the crowded party at the Juliet Supper Club on W. 21st St. by squeezing off five shots shortly before 2:30 a.m., police said.
Giants receivers Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks, cornerback Aaron Ross, safety Antrel Rolle and tackle Chris Canty were all chilling at the hotspot when the gunman unleashed the deadly shots, the sources said.
Not quite shades of Plaxico Burress, but still quite scary. This is only the third most interesting subplot to Giants-Eagles this week.
1) Mike Vick's ribs
2) Philadelphia season and Andy Reid's future


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At a local Salon I have been going to since I was in High School! lol
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End of Oct in Toronto when I was visiting my brother and his family. It is just too expensive where I am.
BOCES. It only costs $7.00 and it gives the girls the experience. It's all supervised and besides, it's hair, it will grow back. Actually the last cut I got from BOCES was better than the one I paid $14.00 plus tip from an actual hair salon.
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Ideomas (2007)
by Stephen McCourt M.A.
Song for Four Seasons (2007)
by Jing Lin M.A.
Concert Piece (2007)
by Duncan Murphy M.A.
Stressful Gestures (2007)
by John Greenwood M.A.
I'll Be There In Ten Minutes (2006)
by Tony Higgens M.A.
Generations (2006)
by Seamus Fogarty M.A.
Partial Immersion (2006)
by Enda Greenan M.A.
A Composers Journey (2006)
by Jared Dunne M.A.
An Tribhis Mor (2006)
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Three Songs Of Despair (2006)
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Thousands queue up to pay respects to Anthony Foley
Rugby stars past and present were among thousands who joined the grieving family of Anthony Foley as his remains were brought to his hometown church.
Two hour-long queues formed at St Flannan's Church, Killaloe in Co Clare, as people waited patiently to pay their respects to the Munster and Ireland favourite.
Munster Rugby head coach Foley, 42, died suddenly in the team hotel in Paris at the weekend, just hours before his side were due to play Racing 92 in the European Champions Cup.
His widow Olive and two young sons Tony and Dan, both wearing Munster jerseys, were supported by his father Brendan, himself a former Ireland international, and other relatives in emotional scenes outside the church.
Foley's coffin, draped in a Munster flag, arrived just before 1pm to lie in repose throughout the afternoon and early evening prior to spending a final night in the family home ahead of Friday's funeral.
Current Ireland coach Joe Schmidt and captain Rory Best joined the throngs that descended on the small town on the River Shannon to say farewell.
Leinster, Ireland and Lions talisman Johnny Sexton also paid tribute along with a number of his provincial team-mates. Connacht coach Pat Lam also travelled.
Former Munster, Ireland and Lions star Keith Wood, a close friend of Foley, was among the first to queue outside the church on Thursday morning.
The family issued a statement to urge people to come to the church early, given the length of queues.
"The crowds attending today are as vast as we could have anticipated," it stated.
Foley died from a build-up of fluid on his lungs as a result of heart disease.
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Monday, February 5, 2007
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Quote from Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller; inventor, architect, engineer,
mathematician, poet and cosmologist was one of the most enlightened
mystics of the last century. His universal vision saw our planet as
"Spaceship Earth". He secretly took the responsibility of being a
"ships captain" and with passionate intent made his goal helping to
care for everyone onboard. Bucky committed his entire productivity to
the whole planet Earth and its resources; undertaking to protect and
advance all life. He found greater effectiveness in his work when doing
so entirely for others. The larger number for who he worked, the more
positively effective he became.
This blurb should give us ALL something to think about?
How this mans life was based on unselfishness should be a shining example for ALL of mankind.
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- It has some great options as well and is certainly all I need.
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All UC
UC Unions Call for No Confidence Vote
(From AFSCME 3299 website):
60,000 UC Union Members Call for
Vote of No Confidence in Yudof
WHEREAS University of California (UC) President Mark Yudof has declared his intention to force
crippling cuts on UC's vital services and programs, and
WHEREAS the furloughs, layoffs , and student fee increases proposed by President Yudof are
unnecessary and extremely harmful to the University and its public service mission, and
WHEREAS as recently as July 2009, UC's strong AA1/AA bond rating was reaffirmed by Moody's
Investors Service, and UC's Medical Centers reported a strong 5.2% operating margin and $171
million in profits for the three quarters ending March 31, 2009,and
WHEREAS UC has consistently refused to comply with state law in making transparent its financial
transactions, and
WHEREAS the University, as a leading institution of higher education and a recipient of American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act funds, is expected to reign in fraud, waste, and abuse, including
excessive executive compensation, and
WHEREAS Roughly 3,600 UC employees earn over $200,000 in yearly salary, Chancellors
currently earn an average of 22% more than their predecessors, and President Yudof earns
nearly 200% more than his predecessor, and
WHEREAS President Yudof's planned solution to decreased State General Fund appropriations bars
high-wage University employees from contributing a balanced share to the budget solution, while
deliberately placing thousands of vulnerable low-wage Californians at risk, and
WHEREAS Yudof's plan fails, at the expense of vital services, to redistribute over $220 million in
savings to the University by reasonably reducing spending on UC employees who gross over
$200,000 annually, and
WHEREAS we see at University of California a profound crisis of principles and priorities, and we
have a duty to act in unity to preserve our University and the services we provide to the people of
LET IT BE HEREBY RESOLVED THAT the University of California Union Coalition calls for a Vote of
No Confidence in President Yudof, commencing on August 26 and concluding on September 3.
Corporate loopholes make Prop. 13 crippling for state
By Phil Ting
Published Sunday, Jun. 21, 2009
Proposition 13 was sold to the public 31 years ago as a way of protecting homeowners during a time of rising housing prices – and the corresponding rise in property taxes. This was and remains an imperative policy for California. However, the measure also exempted all commercial property from regular tax reassessment.
Paradoxical to the law's initial intent, the commercial property loopholes in Proposition 13 have actually shifted the tax burden away from corporations and onto the backs of residential property owners.
For example, look at San Francisco, where I currently serve as assessor- recorder. Thirty years ago, commercial property owners contributed 59 percent of property tax revenues and residential property owners contributed 41 percent. Today, we see a virtual flip: commercial property owners contributed just 43 percent of property taxes in 2008, while residential property owners contributed 57 percent.
Nobody in California benefits – not small businesses, major corporations or workers – when we fail to develop an educated work force, halt progress on important infrastructure projects, cut vital services and go more than $24 billion in debt. As a reader wrote in response to an opinion piece I published recently: "My business benefits when I am able to hire decently educated employees who can spell, use good grammar, do math and solve new problems. I need maintained roads and police and fire services as well, or my customers will go elsewhere."For more, see: http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/1962187.html
Who should bear the burden of UC budget cuts?
By Kristin LukerIn their July 16 Op-Ed article, "UC system: layoffs, not pay cuts," Cooter and Edlin suggest that the way to solve the University of California system's budget crisis is to lay people off, not to cut salaries across the board. "With employees paid up to 20% below what peer institutions pay ... the best people will leave," they note plaintively ... Despite the fact that Cooter and Edlin are unquestionably outstanding members of UC Berkeley's law school, note what gets left out of their story. They argue for "staff" layoffs, but when looked at closely, what they really mean is layoffs for anyone but professors.
July 22, 2009
For more, see: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-oew-luker22-2009jul22,0,7035500.story
AFSCME Local 3299 Alternative Budget Proposal
In spite of favorable financial ratings, the UC Regents have declared a financial emergency allowing the University President to unilaterally impose extraordinary budgetary actions. AFSCME Local 3299 proposes alternative emergency budget measures that protect essential student and patient care services, while redirecting funds from areas that can most withstand temporary reductions. These reductions can provide a stop-gap until UC's spending priorities are changed to permanently reflect UC's intended mission as a public University.
For more see: http://www.afscme3299.org/media-press-dtl.php?recordID=316
FINANCING the UNIVERSITY -- PART 18
by Charles Schwartz, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
On April 11, I wrote a letter to UC President Mark Yudof, complaining about a document put out by his office, titled, "The UC Budget: Myths & Facts", which I described as a "load of lies and half-truths." ... Now I have a letter from Patrick J. Lenz, UC's Vice President for Budget, which says at the outset: "President Yudof shared your April 11 letter with me and asked me to respond on his behalf. I regret that you found "The UC Budget: Myths & Facts" misleading, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to address your concerns ...
Read more at http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~schwrtz/Part_18.html
CSU students sue - billed more after paying
Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, August 15, 2009
California State University students have sued the CSU Board of Trustees, claiming the university illegally billed them twice for tuition - accepting one payment in June for the fall semester and then demanding more money this month for the same semester.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/15/MNGK198KEL.DTL#ixzz0Oi99kbNI
UC must retain the best leaders
Russell S. Gould, Bruce D. Varner
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The chairman of the UC Board of Regents "defends" enormous wage disparities at UC:
... At the same time, we operate in markets. The University of
California competes with the world's premier institutions, both in
terms of recruitment and retention. And top talent requires competitive
compensation, an unavoidable fact of life. That said, the people we
hire typically could command far greater salaries at private
universities or medical institutions. So we face a balancing act. The economy is dismal, and funding has
been slashed by the Legislature. But we also have an obligation to
California to maintain our historic level of excellence at campuses,
hospitals and research enterprises, a mission that only will grow more
important in the ascendant information economy. That means installing good people in key leadership roles ...
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/12/EDIP196JU1.DTL#ixzz0Oi8F5FCa
Execs still get raises as UC cuts staffing, pay
by Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, August 7, 2009
On the same July day that the UC Board of Regents cut $813 million from UC budgets - setting in motion pay cuts, layoffs and campus cutbacks - the board quietly approved pay raises, stipends and other benefits for more than two dozen executives.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/07/MNSG194N2P.DTL#ixzz0Oi6lnvLQ
UC to lend state millions to kick-start plans
by Nanette Asimov, SF Chronicle Staff Writer
The cash-strapped University of California - forced to lay off employees, cut pay and offer fewer classes because of deep cuts in state funding - has now agreed to lend the state nearly $200 million...
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/06/BAGK1942B2.DTL#ixzz0Oi5PVfRF


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Community Folk Art Center mounts new show, 'African Diasporan Treasures'
Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) will launch its 40th exhibition season with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 24. The event will celebrate CFAC's 40th year of public arts and cultural programming, as well as the opening of its latest exhibition, "African Diasporan Treasures: 40 Years of Community Folk Art Center." The exhibition will showcase pieces from CFAC's permanent collection in conjunction with this year's Coming Back Together X (CBT) celebration. CBT is Syracuse University's triennial reunion of African American and Latino alumni, presented by the Office of Program Development.
The Sept. 24 reception will be held from noon-5 p.m. at CFAC, 805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. The afternoon will include a jazz workshop and talkback with acclaimed jazz pianist Lee Whitted, followed by a wheel-throwing demonstration with CFAC co-founder David MacDonald, an internationally renowned artist and professor emeritus of ceramics.
Featuring more than 30 works by artists including Joel Gaines, Ellen Oppler, Jack White, Denise Cole and Kamiiron Pritchard, "African Diasporan Treasures" provides a rare opportunity for visitors to experience the rich artistic history of CFAC. In many cases, the pieces have not been displayed for decades. The show will also feature African art that was once part of the Smithsonian Museum's collection. The exhibition will be on display at CFAC until Saturday, Dec. 10.
CFAC began as an idea in 1972, inspired by Syracuse University students and faculty in the African American Studies Department and Syracuse city residents and artists who endeavored to bring the art and artists from the African Diaspora to Central New York and share them with the University and the greater Syracuse community. What started as a small storefront on the South Side of Syracuse has evolved into a 12,000 square-foot multidisciplinary art center located in the heart of the Connective Corridor. A proud unit of the Department of African American Studies at SU, CFAC is a beacon of artistry, creativity and cultural expression engaging the Syracuse community, the region and the world.


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David R. Howe is a technical lighting director at Industrial Light & Magic who worked on 2009's Star Trek. [1] He previously worked with ILM as a digital effects artist on Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones in 2002.
Howe began his professional visual effects career with Northwest Imaging & FX in the late 1990s, working on the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, Poltergeist: The Legacy, and The Outer Limits. His early film credits include Spawn (1997; featuring Melinda Clarke) and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001; featuring the voices of Jean Simmons and Dwight Schultz).
In 2002 and 2003, Howe worked on the last two films in the blockbuster Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, as an employee of Weta Digital. Both of these films featuring John Rhys-Davies and Karl Urban (Brad Dourif was in The Two Towers but only appears in the extended cut of Return of the King).
Howe spent four years as a technical director at Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI). Among the films he worked on during his time at SPI were Spider-Man 2 (2004; starring Kirsten Dunst), The Aviator (2004; written by John Logan and featuring Brent Spiner), and the Will Smith films I Am Legend (2007; featuring Gabrielle Union) and Hancock (2008).
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- ComposingLight.com – official site
- David Howe at IMDb


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100th anniversary of French archdiocese
October 28, 2013
Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, as his special envoy to the celebrations commemorating the centenary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of Lille.
Lille, a city of 225,000 in northern France, is the nation's tenth largest.
La Voix du Nord, the city's newspaper, reported that 20 bishops, more than 100 priests, and more than 2,500 faithful – including 500 students associated with the Taizé Community –attended the closing Mass, which concluded with the playing of "Happy Birthday" on the cathedral's pipe organ.
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- 25, 26 et 27 octobre, la fête continue! (Archdiocese of Lille)
- Centenaire du diocèse de Lille : une messe de clôture hors normes ce dimanche après-midi (La Voix du Nord)
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80a: Elliot Gould / Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Elliot & Gail & Charles & Ann & Joe & Gilbert & Denny
.....Elliot Gould
.....Gail Matthius
.....Charles Rocket
.....Ann Risley
.....Joe Piscopo
.....Gilbert Gottfried
.....Denny Dillon
[ open on close-up of new cast member, Gail Matthius, asleep in bed. She yawns, awakes, then turns to her left to look at the man lying next to her - tonight's host, Elliot Gould ]
Gail Matthius: Sir? [ rises, taps his shoulder ] Mr. Gould?
Elliot Gould: [ groggy ] Oh. Oh, uh, hi, uh..?
Gail Matthius: Gail. Gail Matthius. [ rubs her head ] Don't you think we'd better get ready? It's almost time for the show - oh, God..
Elliot Gould: Oh, relax. What are they gonna do, start without us?
[ camera pans back to reveal new cast member, Charles Rocket, asleep at Gail's right ]
Elliot Gould: You're gonna do just fine on this show. You're sort of a cross between.. [ thinking ] Gilda.. and Jane.
Gail Matthius: [ she smiles, as Charles cuddles closer to her ] Oh, hi, Charlie. [ he begins to nibble her ear ] Don't! Oh, don't!
Elliot Gould: Hey, how's it going?
Charles Rocket: Oh, just great!
Elliot Gould: Let's see - you're - you're the one --
Charles Rocket: Oh. Kind of a cross between Chevy Chase and Bill Murray.
Elliot Gould: Okay.
[ camera pans back further to reveal new cast member, Ann Risley, lying to Elliot's left ]
Ann Risley: [ wakes up ] Oh, hi.
Gail Matthius: Hi, Ann.
Ann Risley: [ extends her hand to Elliot ] I'm Ann Risley.
Elliot Gould: Hi.
Ann Risley: Hi. Kind of a cross between Gilda and.. Laraine.
[ camera pans back even further to reveal new cast member, Joe Piscopo, lying to Ann's left; she nudges Joe awake ]
Ann Risley: Joe, Joe! Wake up! Say hello to the man!
Joe Piscopo: Oh. Hello, Mr. Gould. How are you?
Elliot Gould: Hi, Joe.
Joe Piscopo: Joe Piscopo, yeah. You know, I've seen you do "Saturday Night", uh, in the past - what was it really like back then? I mean, did they really use drugs?
Elliot Gould: Suuuuure. They all did. Cocaine was everywhere. And not just the cast - the studio crew, the cameramen, everybody.
Joe Piscopo: Tell us about Belushi.
Elliot Gould: John? Oh, well, he was the worst! He'd come into the studio with a big bag of coke in his pocket, and he'd ask you to have some. And if you didn't want any, he'd push you down on the floor and Aykroyd would hold your head between his legs and they'd sort of, uh, jam in up your nostrils!
[ the cast reacts both with horrir and intrigue ]
Ann Risley: Well, what do you know about Tom Snyder? I mean, is he really as big as he looks on television?
Gail Matthius: Yeah.
Elliot Gould: Well, he thinks he's big when he gets a little bit of toot up his nose.
Joe Piscopo: Snyder?
Elliot Gould: Well, how else do you think he stays up so late? And all the rest of them - Roger Mudd, Tom Brokaw, Edwin Newman - they all snort a few lines before they go on! Except, uh - Brinkley. I think he's into downers.
Charles Rocket: That's incredible.
Elliot Gould: Hey, listen - wait 'til you see, uh -- get in the elevator, and there's Gene Shalit kind of piled in a heap in the corner, completely luded out!
[ new cast member, Gilbert Gottfried, rises from under part of the bedsheets sprawled onto the floor ]
Gilbert Gottfried: You mind holding it down? [ he stands - for some reason, a pair of pantyhose is wrapped around his neck ]
Elliot Gould: Let me guess - let me guess --
Gilbert Gottfried: Uh, Gilbert Gottfried. [ sits on the edge of the bed ] I'm kind of a cross between John Belushi and.. that guy from last year - he did the Ron Serling, nobody could remember his name?
Elliot Gould: Harry.
Gilbert Gottfried: [ pulls the pantyhose off of his neck ] Yeah. Hey, hey, where's, uh - Denny?
Charles Rocket: I don't know. Where is she?
[ Elliot and the cast look around the bed for final new cast member, Denny Dillon ]
Ann Risley: Denny? Denny?
Elliot Gould: [ acknowledging a bulge in the bedsheets ] Is that her on the -- ?
Charles Rocket: Oh? What's this?
[ they pull the bedsheets away to reveal Denny's lifeless body underneath ]
Ann Risley: Denny? Denny, are you okay?
Charles Rocket: Are you okay?
Ann Risley: Denny?
Charles Rocket: [ nudging her awake ] Denny? You alright?
Denny Dillon: Suuuure. I'm.. "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!"


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EDITOR'S NOTE: You've arrived at the CBJ Power Rankings, our weekly breakdown of the top-five players, statistics, trends and many other Blue Jackets-related categories. If you're looking for the traditional power rankings, you've come to the wrong place. We'll go in-depth and outside the box, and hopefully give you something to think about.
For this week's rankings, we're talking offense. Everyone loves goal-scoring, right? It also helps when your hometown team is doing more of it, that's for sure, and the Blue Jackets have experienced one of the more meteoric rises up the goals/game chart in recent weeks. Before Saturday's game, the Jackets had jumped to sixth in goals-per-game and were second in the Eastern Conference. They've dropped a couple of spots overall after a two-goal performance Saturday night against Buffalo, but are still among the East's best in terms of scoring average.
Let's take a closer look at the top five.
Perhaps the only surprising thing about the Penguins being the East's top-scoring team (on average) is that they've done so despite a barrage of injuries to top-six forwards. They've been helped by a strong supporting cast and another league-leading season from Sidney Crosby, who happens to be pretty good at scoring goals.


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Flynn named Britain's Kindest Kid
The LCB are delighted that Callum Flynn (Lancashire Disability Hardball player) has been named as Britain's Kindest Kid after topping the public vote in the national TV competition run by the Charities Aid Foundation and 5 News.
Callum, 16, was surprised with the news about his win during a presentation at Myerscough College, where he is a student, receiving a trophy to recognise his achievement. He also wins £1,000 pocket money and £1,000 to give to charity.
Since beating bone cancer at the age of 14, Callum has raised nearly £15,000 for the Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) as well as speaking at the charity's conferences to give others fighting the disease hope about life after cancer. He supported the BCRT's successful campaign to lobby NICE to approve the use of specific drug for bone cancer which included giving a presentation to a NICE panel of experts.
Callum's fundraising activities range from organising a charity ball and taking part in the Great North Run, to a week long "Pound the Streets" campaign which got members of his community in Leigh involved in his fundraising efforts.
In addition to his charity activities Callum is a gifted cricketer who has recently been called up to the England Physical Disability Cricket Team.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who met Callum when the Britain's Kindest Kid finalists visited Downing Street recently, said: "All of the finalists of Britain's Kindest Kid are remarkable young people and I would like to congratulate Callum Flynn on being named as the overall winner for his work for the Bone Cancer Research Trust.
"This event is a great way of celebrating these young peoples' talent and dedication and I hope others will see this, be inspired by their incredible positive vision and think "I can do that."
Emma Crosby, 5 News presenter said: "Callum has done amazing work raising thousands of pounds for the Bone Cancer Research Trust and his achievement to represent England at cricket is truly inspiring. He's such a kind down to earth young man and truly deserves to be named as this year's Britain's Kindest Kid."
Matt Barbet, 5 News presenter said: "Callum is a hugely deserving, and very inspirational, winner of Britain's Kindest Kid. He beat strong competition because of his commitment to helping others after overcoming his own hurdles in life. He's also a fantastic sportsman, and having met him, he is completely modest too! A great guy."
John Low, Chief Executive of the Charities Aid Foundation, said: "What Callum has achieved since his illness has been truly remarkable. He has used his experiences to help others, raising not just cash but awareness about a disease that is not well known. He really deserves the title Britain's Kindest Kid."
Britain's Kindest Kid, which is now in its fourth year, aims to recognise and reward the extraordinary achievements of children aged between 5 and 16. The five finalists all demonstrated the impressive things they have done to improve the lives of others and make a real difference.
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Newtown Action Alliance spreads message against gun violence
Updated 8:17 pm, Thursday, March 21, 2013
NEWTOWN -- When members of the Newtown Action Alliance met this week to map out ways of enlisting others across the nation in the effort to reduce gun violence, they got some good news about the progress of the battle on the home front.
State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, R-Newtown, said he will vote to tighten the current ban on assault weapons in Connecticut when the General Assembly takes up the measure later this spring.
"I stand with Newtown, and I'm going to vote for the Connecticut assault weapon ban," the freshman lawmaker responded when a member of the two-month-old organization asked him where he stood on the issue.
"Connecticut already has a law against assault weapons but you can drive a truck through it," he said later.
Bolinsky also said he supported legislation that would make it illegal to sell high-capacity magazines, like the ones used by Adam Lanza to kill 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, the tragedy that led to the group's formation.
Bolinsky predicted the General Assembly would pass "historic" legislation this year, making Connecticut a leader in efforts to reduce gun violence and keep firearms out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them.
"I'm doing this in memory of the 26 people who died at Sandy Hook," he said later. "I'm supporting it because that's what my constituents want."
About 80 members of the alliance, which formed in January, attended the meeting Tuesday night to discuss how they could spread the gun control message to others.
The Sandy Hook tragedy has galvanized such efforts across the nation, and as residents of Newtown, "We have a very loud voice, and we should use it," NAA Vice Chair Po Murray said.
On Friday, the group, in cooperation with CT Against Gun Violence and March for Change, will host a press conference at the state Capitol. They will also deliver letters to legislative leaders from the families of Sandy Hook victims and survivors, as well as the Newtown Federation of Teachers and United Physicians of Newtown, calling for a vote on "a strong and comprehensive gun safety package," including a ban on possession of high-capacity magazines.
"We've got to keep the pressure on. We've got to keep moving forward," said Monte Frank, leader of Team 26, the group of cyclists who earlier this month completed the 375-mile ride from Newtown to Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress for better gun control laws, generating great support along the way.
"People realized that if it could happen in Newtown, it could happen in their town," Frank said.
But talking to lawmakers was only one of the strategies the group plans to pursue to generate support for their cause.
Members who moved to Newtown from out of state, or with friends and family members outside Connecticut, were urged to enlist them in the movement.
"Get them to contact their senator or congressman," said Marty Isaac of CT Against Gun Violence. Murray suggested that members who came to Connecticut from other states contact the media in their former hometown to drum up publicity for the effort.
Recently, she noted, a story about her involvement with the Alliance was featured in a newspaper in Vermont, where she lived before coming to Connecticut, and with the Newtown tragedy a story of nationwide interest, other media outlets would likely follow suit.
Others suggested getting the word out through their college alumni association newsletters.
Although the NAA is already working with organizations such as the Brady Campaign and the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, additional liaisons are possible.
"There are many other groups like us across the county," Murray said.
Chris Kocher, a representative of the bipartisan Mayors Against Illegal Guns, advised the group to also reach out to gun owners, a majority of whom already are in favor of universal background checks for gun buyers, and tougher laws against gun trafficking.
"Eighty-two percent of gun owners support background checks, including 74 percent of NRA members," Kocher said.
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"Afraid of Thinking" somthing a co-worker said to me last night.
My co-worker is a fairly young man trying to get though colledge while he works with me in Security. He told me he was reading over David Hume and also over Utilitarianism. I was disturbed when he talked about being "Afraid of think" while reading it. I assume he's religious and feels threatened by the secular philosophy he has to read, but being afraid... it makes sense why there are so many theists out there now.
wow now thats warped. how can u be afraid to think it just isn't fathomable!!!
Everytime I try to think, my brain tickles.
wow now thats warped. how can u be afraid to think it just isn't fathomable!!!
My $0.02: I'm sorry to say that I understand this attitude all too well. If you believe that you *will* be sent to Hell for mortal sins, and that the most serious such sins include both heresy and apostasy (...which, in the considered opinion of the Church, is essentially calling God a liar...) you become very, *very* concerned about "getting it right." And if you think you *do* have it right, you become very nervous about anything which might challenge your "correct" (read: infallible, inerrant, or prophetic, as you choose) beliefs. This is why I can look back on my past, and remember reading about a series of head injury cases which, long story short, effectively disproved the concept of a human soul. What did I do in response to such ideas? I shut them out of my thinking process as best I could. That is, of course, intellectual dishonesty (and, please note, I am *not* trying to present it as if it were some kind of virtue; quite the opposite, in fact.) But I did what I did, because I was afraid of roasting forever in Hellfire. This, in turn may be why I literally had to see a damned-if-I-did-and-damned-if-Ididn't situation before I could have really seen the falsehood of the religion I belonged to, at the time. This is how you get to be "afraid to think:" you begin to look upon your own thought as your own worst enemy.
"Faith does not fear reason."--Pope Pius XII
"But it should!"--Me
My two pence. I think we're all afraid to some extent of things that challenge our beliefs. Even those of us in science or secular philosophy. Of course, this is to a lesser extent than in religious folk but I think it is possible if you're really honest to associate with that fear, perhaps not to do with your beliefs about God or religion but with other beliefs you hold dear to you.
That fits pretty well with my argument of modality. It's one thing to cast off religion, it's another to get rid of those nasty little habits and concepts that came with the whole religious ideaology. A good example is one of my roomates, he's an ex-catholic turned agnostic. He realizes what his religion did to him mentally, but he constantly finds himself behaving and acting in the same old ways. I think that many atheists still suffer the after effects of religon even after they shed the whole idea of faith in silly percepts. The principle of science that finds it exciting and positive to be proven wrong is a wonderful thing, but even after we discover the joy of being wrong (and by that means find truth) we still hold onto the concept in faith that tells us to be emotionally attached to currently held ideas.
To go beyond your limits you must first find them.
I don't think its just religion though. We all believe in things without scientific evidence. For example in the social sphere of life we might believe someone to be trustworthy, and find it hard to accept when he is shown not to be. The drummer in my band is the Godson of the late Dr Harold Shipman, one of Britain's most infamous serial killers. He was telling me the other day that he thought Shipman was actually a good guy but couldn't comprehend why he did the things he did. Indeed Shipman had even saved his life.
Another example is my vegetarianism. I started being vegetarian when I was 5 years old when I found out what meat was. For years it was a moral thing. It wasn't till I was 18 that I decided actually there were no good moral arguments for vegetarianism and yet, more than three years on from that I'm still a vegetarian and I still find the notion of eating meat actually disgusts me, I don't care about other people doing it, I don't care that animals get killed for it, but I do believe that I will never give it up.
We all have habits and steady norms we like to fall into for our own comfort, whether they be religious beliefs, beliefs about people or lifestyle choices, we all desire to continue in our habits even when it is no good for us.
Ideas and mind sets can change with time and experience to the point that long held ideas can be overthrown.
When I was a young man, I was an avid proponent of the death penalty. When I left the army, I went as far as applying for the position of Executioner in the state of Texas (no, I didn't get the job, and yes, it really was a job posting...)
Since that time, I've come to a realization that even though some individuals do forfeit their right to live due to their own actions, it is not worth the risk that one innocent person be killed, even to rid the world of the real monsters.
Question everything, yourself most of all...
Christianity: A disgusting middle eastern blood cult, based in human sacrifice, with sacraments of cannibalism and vampirism, whose highest icon is of a near naked man hanging in torment from a device of torture.
My co-worker is a fairly young man trying to get though colledge while he works with me in Security. He told me he was reading over David Hume and also over Utilitarianism. I was disturbed when he talked about being "Afraid of think" while reading it. I assume he's religious and feels threatened by the secular philosophy he has to read, but being afraid... it makes sense why there are so many theists out there now.
You can tell your co-worker that whatever punishment he might imagine lies in wait for those who think, it is nothing compared to that meted out in reality to those who don't!
But I for one feel a certain optimism when I hear similar remarks being made by people presented with a concept they have never previously taken on board. We all know them;
"That's just too much to think about"
or "That's beyond me"
or even "You think too much" (and others of similar ilk).
What they all share is a trepidation on the part of the speaker to entertain something that has already begun to be perceived by them, and that is the reason for my optimism. In other words, even though they have encountered a concept that is alien to them, or represents a mental leap in terms of their ability to understand the world around them, they have begun to visualise it mentally or at least accept its validity as a concept. It is this that sets off the alarm bells in the religiously indoctrinated mind just as it triggers excitement in the inquiring mind - the realisation that one stands on the threshold of comprehending something other than that which one has assumed up to now.
The path of scientific study is paved with such moments, and the fact that these moments are intellectually challenging is indeed relished by the person whose pursuit of that study was embarked upon in the full expectation and hope of finding them. This of course is the antithesis to the religious mindset, where the same threat to previously held assumptions threatens also to force their host to abandon whole chunks of the personality that they feel they have acquired through investing belief in them.
But whether they are welcomed or despised these moments occur, and your co-worker is simply demonstrating (albeit in a very negative way) proof that the human mind, even despite religion's imposition of irrational fear upon it in an attempt to control it, is blissfully dogged in its determination to understand. Whether he himself will ever derive benefit from his ability to perceive things outside the parameters he has imposed on himself is anyone's guess. But you can tell him, whether he appreciates the fact or not, that his comment is actually an inspiration to the rest of us who value rational thought!
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By Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
PARIS, Sept. 28 -- Roman Polanski's chief attorney said Monday the imprisoned movie director would fight any attempt by Swiss authorities to extradite him to the United States, setting the stage for an international legal struggle over his fate.
"He is in a fighting mood and determined to defend himself," the Paris-based lawyer, Herve Temime, said in a statement.
European cultural figures, political leaders and show-business personalities rose up in Polanski's defense, insisting that the film director be released because his original criminal charge dates from a 1977 incident. They portrayed the determination of Los Angeles judicial authorities to bring him to trial so many years later as vindictive and a stain on U.S. democracy.
Polanski, 76, a resident of France who is revered in Europe as a luminary of filmmaking, fled the United States 31 years ago on the eve of a sentencing hearing that was part of a plea bargain in which he acknowledged having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in the Los Angeles home of the actor Jack Nicholson. Polanski has been wanted by Los Angeles courts ever since and had long avoided traveling to countries with broad extradition agreements with the United States.
Despite such caution, however, he had crossed regularly into Switzerland over the years without problem. His lawyer said Polanski owns an Alpine chalet at the tony Gstaad ski resort, where he often vacationed with his wife, the French actress Emmanuelle Seigner, and their two children. But Saturday, as he flew into Zurich for a film festival that was to give him a lifetime achievement award, Swiss authorities took him to jail on an international warrant stemming from the Los Angeles courts.
The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, called the arrest "a little sinister" after such a long lapse. The French culture minister, Frédéric Mitterrand, said he was upset to see Polanski "thrown to the lions for an old story that doesn't really make any sense." He said President Nicolas Sarkozy was following the problem closely.
Sarkozy's office made no comment, but the spokesman for his governing coalition,Frédéric Lefevre, said it was "shocking" to think how Los Angeles authorities seem to have waited so long before putting the international mandate in motion and then moving to make the arrest in such a "spectacular" way. Lefevre's deputy, Dominique Paill?, added that it was also shocking to see a country regarded as an example of democracy fail to observe a statute of limitations for such crimes.
"A democracy that does not admit a statute of limitations for unlawful or criminal acts is after all a very peculiar democracy," he added.
The former culture minister, Jack Lang, called the arrest "unimaginable and disproportionate." He added, "I cannot believe that, 20 years after an affair that would be considered in Europe as benefiting from a statute of limitations, Swiss authorities arrested Roman Polanski as he was getting ready to receive a prize."
Irina Bokova, the Bulgarian ambassador to France, who with U.S. backing was elected head of UNESCO last week, joined in the chorus, saying it was "shocking" to see "an intellectual personality known around the world" arrested in such a way.
Fellow filmmakers, including the directors Costa Gavras and Wong Kar-Wai, along with actresses Monica Bellucci and Fanny Ardant, signed a petition in France that called the arrest "inadmissible." It described Polanski as "one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers."
In Poland, the celebrated director Andrzej Wajda and other figures of the cinema world called for Polanski's immediate release. Although born in France, Polanski was taken to Poland as a young child and lived in Krakow's Jewish ghetto during World War II. His mother died at Auschwitz.
A citizen of Poland and France, Polanski on Monday received diplomatic backing from both governments, which in tandem asked Switzerland to release him on bail immediately pending resolution of the extradition dispute. In addition, Kouchner and Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski of Poland announced they were writing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to seek her intervention for an immediate release on bail and consideration of a clemency decree from President Obama.
Robert Harris, author of "The Ghost," the basis for Polanski's latest film, expressed wonder that Swiss authorities decided to arrest Polanski after so many years and so many highly public stays in the country.
"Something happened," he said in a telephone interview from his home in the British countryside. "He's been going there for many years, and the Swiss have had plenty of opportunities to pick him up if they had wanted to."
Harris said the $40 million film, also called "The Ghost," was near completion and had been planned for release in Europe early next year.
Temime, the French lawyer, flew to Zurich to push for a bail decision and organize a defense against extradition. Polanski also hired a Swiss attorney, Lorenz Erni, to be part of the team, Reuters reported from Zurich.
Swiss authorities, meanwhile, defended their decision by portraying it as the automatic response to receipt of an international warrant from the United States. Whether an extradition request should be lodged, they said, was a decision for the United States.
Polanski had not been arrested earlier, they added, because only this time was it announced in advance that he would be coming for the Zurich film festival and thus the U.S. arrest mandate could contain specific information.
Rebecca de Silva, a spokeswoman for Zurich prison authorities, told the Associated Press that jail cells such as the one Polanski was believed to occupy usually contain one or two prisoners and are furnished with a sink, a toilet, a television and a table. On Monday, his third day of incarceration, Polanski was allowed a visit with his wife and spoke with his lawyers on the telephone, the agency said.
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Texas News: Legislators Introduce Bill that Requires an Annual UT-A&M Football Game
A member of the Texas House of Representatives introduced a house bill Monday night that, if passed, would require an annual football game between Texas and Texas A&M.
Ryan Guillen, a Democratic representative from House District 31 and a Texas A&M alum, announced the proposed bill on Twitter.
The longstanding Texas-Texas A&M rivalry, which dates back to 1894, was brought to an abrupt halt in 2012 when the Aggies moved to the SEC.


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"I owe my career to Agnes Nixon, who was not only a brilliant creator and writer, but also my friend. My Life to Live is full of wonderful, evocative stories from her life and career that even I hadn't heard. And in typical Agnes fashion, her storytelling is full of humanity, social relevance and delicious humor! I know that her legions of fans will treasure it as much as I do."
—Susan Lucci
"Aggie Nixon is the only person I've ever known whom I didn't say awful things about. And much to my dismay, her memoir did nothing to change that. Unforgivable."
—Larry David
"[Agnes's] career wasn't easy to come by…. We know she won, but the story of her ups and downs make this book a true page-turner."
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Rasmus Shepherd-Lomborg owns and runs Copenhagen's absolute hippest cocktail bars, Ruby in Nybrogade and Lidkoeb in a courtyard between Vesterbrogade and Tullinsgade. You have to know which doorway to go through to find Lidkoeb as there's no sign on the door. (It's right before the enormous Føtex supermarket on Vesterbrogade.) This old factory building has a cocktail bar on the ground floor and bars on the first and second floors. In the cocktail bar, there's a long line of Space Copenhagen's Spine barstools, and why? Over to Rasmus Shepherd- Lomborg:
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The Crate: He'll Have to Go
THE halcyon days of American country music. The great Texan Jim Reeves died in a plane crash in 1964, about four years after singing this most lovely of songs Reeves, 40, was flying the plane, a small plane. Something to do with a thunderstorm. His piano player was the only other passenger. Reeves was duly named in the American Country Music Hall of Fame. He'll Have to Go, his most successful song, went platinum. It was written for him by Joe Allison, another Texan, who broke into the music biz as a radio DJ in Paris, Texas, then relocated to Nashville. By 1959, popular music was in the midst of seismic changes; Bill Haley and Roy Orbison had major deals, the Supremes formed and Bobby Darin and Elvis Presley dominated the charts. In Melbourne, Johnny Chester's rock'n'roll dances were getting under way in a west Preston church hall. Elvis later did He'll Have to Go, as did Bing Crosby and Jerry Lee Lewis. I really like the 1976 Ry Cooder version from Chicken Skin Music but the unuassuming, nerdy Reeves does it best. The song kind of belies his appearance, too, in that it's pretty steamy for the time and is essentially an innocent 1950s exploration of phone sex. The male caller and narrator asks the woman he calls to basically black out the windows and focus on him. These days, it would be a Skype call with all other browser windows minimised and the front door locked, just in case. ''Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone,'' he sings in a deep, velveteen voice. ''Let's pretend that we're together all alone. I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low, and you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go.''
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Prostate Seed Therapy
Sutter Cancer Center Treatments & Services
According to the American Cancer Society, one man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only one man in 30 will die of this disease. While there are several treatment options, including surgery, many doctors choose prostate seed therapy because of its ability to treat cancer without affecting surrounding healthy tissue, helping to minimize the risk of impotence or incontinence. Though the technique is somewhat new, preliminary data show that 90 percent of patients treated with prostate seed therapy remain cancer free after five years.
Also called interstitial radiation and brachytherapy, prostate seed implantation involves a surgical procedure to implant up to 130 low-dose radioactive "seeds" into the prostate through 30 to 40 long, slender needles. The procedure takes less than two hours and patients return home the same day, resuming normal activity in three to 14 days. The seeds continue delivering radiation for several weeks and remain in place permanently.
Doctors sometimes elect a more aggressive treatment using seeds with higher radioactive content. The seeds remain in place for only a few days before being removed. As a more aggressive treatment with higher radioactivity levels, patients remain hospitalized until the seeds are once again removed.
Prostate seed therapy is available at Sutter Cancer Center, Roseville and Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital.
More information about prostate seed therapy treatments is available in prostate cancer section of our Health Information Library. Also see Robotic Surgery for prostate cancer treatment. Additional information is also available from the National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov and the American Cancer Society www.cancer.org.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
It'd be funny, if it wasn't so expensive...
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- 3yellowdogs said...
No, it wouldn't be funny even if it were free. But that's OK. Try not to be too hard on the govvies. It's hard to get everything done, what with all those AFSCME membership meetings and diversity awareness workshops.
I'm sure the Wrangler will get a big fat interest check from them as soon as they get around to processing his return.
- 8:33 AM, September 26, 2006
I quit worrying about such chump-change problems a number of years back, courtesy an article in the Tallahassee Democrat:
It seems somebody discovered that the bridges of I-10 between Jacksonville and Pensacola were some 6" per lane too narrow. One foot, each direction. (Outside the actual traffic lanes were strips alongside of some three feet, or six feet total, each direction.)
The article alleged the cost was to be some $50 million for the dramatic increase in safety to be brought about by a foot of widening on either side.
For the next several years, I watched long strings of single-file traffic struggle through the work zones, I among 'em...
Maybe the civilian bureaucrats have learned from the Army: Hurry up (File now!)(Fix bridge now!) and wait (For your refund)(In traffic).
- 8:59 AM, September 27, 2006
We gave up on "paper" filing a long time ago. Once upon a time our son did a commercial (Eggo) and traveled with a Broadway play. Besides his Federal taxes, he owed in a dozen cities and states. That's when you hire an accoutant. He's in college now, but still has to add NY, NY City (agent's location), and CA (commercial shot there) to his home state and Federal tax filings, as he gets residuals (about $1.60 net every 2 months from "Law & Order", for example). File electronically and get your refund much, much sooner. OldeForce
- 2:03 PM, September 27, 2006


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This Caddy was sitting in a guy's barnyard since 1988 with no motor. Yup... original 'Pink Cadillac' with two-tone blue interior. Nope... ain't staying that way.
He also had a 500 Caddy motor with transmission that I bought from him. It's going to be a fun project. I'm keeping it a 'down & dirty' project that I don't sink a ton of money into where I cannot enjoy it. There will be some trick features, but most important... I'm going to drive this one!
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Stephen Colbert Says That iPad 2 Is Old. Wants iPad 3 Now.
Comedian Stephen Colbert got his iPad 2 since day 1 and only recently he got the chance to announce it on air. However he got upset and claimed that the iPad 2 is old stuff. He wants the iPad 3 now. lol
"I can do everything like email, tweeting, and viewing photos.. just like my old iPad" says Colbert.
Check out this video for good laugh.


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Brock Holt gains redemption after early error, helps Red Sox to victory
Credit: Associated Press
SEATTLE -- After three innings today, the Red Sox trailed 5-1, and third baseman Brock Holt was as responsible as anyone.
The game was tied 1-1 with two out in the second inning when Holt committed an error that opened the door for the Mariners to score three unearned runs against starter Ryan Dempster, who could've been out of the inning in only 22 pitches but instead threw 18 more.
But Holt made amends with a pair of two-out RBI singles in the fourth and fifth innings and a well-executed sacrifice bunt against hard-throwing Seattle closer Tom Wilhelmsen that moved pinch-runner Jackie Bradley Jr. into scoring position in the decisive 10th.
"It felt good," Holt said. "Tough error. It cost Dempster a lot of pitches, and they scored an extra three runs when we could've been out of the inning. To come back and get a couple timely hits to help get those runs back was big."
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Hi all, I know posts have been scarce lately, but this weekend I accomplished something I never thought I would be able to. I am not a swimmer, biker or runner and did none of the sports in school competitively or recreationally. And the thought of doing them all back to back quite frankly seems like something of a joke to me. So when Andrew suggested the idea to me months ago I laughed. But over a bit of time he warmed me up to the idea. The main selling point being that I would force myself to improve at all these things I was so weak at, not to mention kind of hate. And let's face it camping running and biking doesn't leave all that much room for fashion or style. -Although you have to admit, printed pinstripes and bow ties might just be the next "It" thing.
But here, in the end, is a picture of my with my medal and I'm even smiling. Weird.


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Enjoy the most important attractions of Cuzco and of course the main one "Machu Picchu" in 4 days program. Includes 3 nights accommodation hotels, land transfers, guide, entrances. It is a tour with amazing landscapes in Cusco.
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May 10, 2011
KHAO SOK, THAILAND – Nestled among a plethora of palm trees under the soaring karst limestone mountains of Khao Sok National Park, Thanyamundra launches this Spring as a one-of-a-kind luxury retreat on a working organic farm.
The first-ever organic boutique resort in southern Thailand offers nine Asian antique filled rooms and suites in two modern, Thai inspired villas. Formerly the home of a European entrepreneur committed to health, fitness and sustainable living, Thanyamundra has been reimagined to deliver the finest hotel service, gourmet organic cuisine, and holistic wellness in one of Thailand's most breathtaking natural environments at the edge of one of Earth's oldest rainforests.
Two hours drive from Phuket International Airport, with its comprehensive regional and international air connections, Thanyamundra provides an easily accessible escape from urban life on the most intimate scale. Personal service under the leadership of butlers trained at some of Thailand's finest hotels, an English-speaking chef with an extensive Thai and international repertoire and talented massage therapists on call are matched at Thanyamundra by visiting experts and teachers, world renowned in their fields, from sports to yoga and meditation to environmental science and visual arts.
Thanyamundra's dedicated butlers lead their guests on arrival to the retreat's seven elegant guest rooms and two spacious master suites split across the two contemporary villas. All are fully equipped with modern comforts from high-speed wireless Internet and LCD flat screen televisions to Thai silk interiors and spacious private bathrooms with separate rain showers. Suites with generous terraces overlook the verdant panorama of rice paddies and fruit trees to the wild bamboo jungle and ancient rock formations of Khao Sok National Park.
At all times of the year, Thanyamundra welcomes its guests, limited to twenty at a time, to explore the groundbreaking 12 hectare (1600 square metre) organic farm with charismatic Pierre Larigaldie who oversees these visionary crop fields. Since Larigaldie began preparing the earth here four years ago, all plantings have been 100% organic and chemical free and today Thanyamundra's organic farm is the only one in southern Thailand with an Agricultural Certificate of Thailand (ACT), part of the International Organic Accreditation Service. Rows of aromatic Thai and Italian basil, dill, coriander and chilies run parallel to white and purple eggplants, red snake beans, winged peas, bitter gourd and morning glory, then onward to avocadoes, papaya, passion fruit, mango and a variety of banana trees.
Reach down to taste ingredients like fresh rocket leaves straight from the earth for sublime edible memories not soon forgotten. Guests are encouraged to pick their produce under the guidance of Thanyamundra's dedicated chef who leads custom organic cooking classes back in the main villa's show kitchen. Learn to make Thai classics like tom yum goong hot & sour soup or kaeng kheow waan green curry from entirely organic ingredients. Linger over all Thanyamundra's fresh from the garden meals enhanced by sommelier selected Old and New World wines on the villa's panoramic terrace as butterflies of kaleidoscopic hues flutter past, in the elegant Chinese style dining room with high back polished wood chairs or at a table specially set up outside among the retreat's rustic natural charms, under the unpolluted, constellation filled sky.
Thanyamundra boasts a variety of invigorating fitness and leisure facilities. Swim laps or sun bathe alongside the 50-metre hilltop infinity pool, stay fit with the latest Technogym equipment in gym open around the clock, or take to the blissfully quiet surrounding roads for running or cycling. Equally restorative and invigorating are Thanyamundra's Thai and holistic spa treatments, meditation, yoga and Pilates sessions.
To take full advantage of the surrounding national park, join Thanyamundra's guided jungle trek with resident and visiting naturalists, in search of the lar gibbon whose females can be heard calling out on mist filled mornings, plus long-tailed macaque monkeys, Malay sun bears, tapirs, monitor lizards and even elephants and the endangered clouded leopard that inhabit Khao Sok National Park.
Guests who want to delve deeper into these exceptional natural surroundings may participate in the Thanyamundra Adventure Experience with river kayaking, tubing, lake swimming and elephant trekking inside the national park, active pursuits equally suited to corporate groups and incentive trips. In addition, individual guests or groups can work alongside the onsite farm team or reserve the entire farm to host uniquely memorable private functions for up to fifty.
Thanyapura offers a diverse portfolio of unique properties centred on one idyllic campus in the heart of Phuket including Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club - Phuket, a world class sports and fitness facility for elite athletes and amateur enthusiasts, Thanyapura Mind Centre for the cultivation of mental and emotional balance, Phuket International Academy Day School, 77-room Thanyapura Resort, 38-room Thanyachitra Retreat as well as a satellite operation, the five-star, nine-suite Thanyamundra two hours drive north of Phuket on a working organic farm adjacent to Khao Sok National Park. Thanyapura's leisure amenities extend to a day spa, fully equipped kids and teen clubs, arts studio and performance centre plus innovative food and beverage outlets featuring organic cuisine, wine and cooking instruction. Unrivalled on Phuket, Thanyapura presents the ideal destination for active leisure travellers, professional and amateur sports enthusiasts, corporate groups on offsite retreats, seminars, incentives and team building as well as for the active and wellness needs of the local community. Thanyapura prides itself on being a responsible member of the Phuket community, operating with integrity as equal opportunity employers and adhering to the highest ethical standards.


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Yahoo! Pipes are a handy way to aggregate web feeds and other information from various sources. One way to think of Pipes is as a way to create data/information mashups, just like we can create ArcGIS Online web maps by mashing up a variety of map layers. An interesting aspect of Pipes is that we can leverage them in the context of our ArcGIS Online web maps, and use them to create dynamic layers using URL-located KML or CSV files as mappable information sources.
If your .csv or .txt file is stored at a public website and contains lat/long, you can reference it as a layer in your web map. The key word is reference; when we open the map or refresh it the layer source is refreshed from its web location. If the source is updated, we automatically see those changes in our web map every time we use it. For more information see our post on Authoring maps that update using CSV files.
Yahoo! Pipes run when we use them, so when the map is opened or refreshed the pipe runs and we see new data in our map.
Our goal is to use Pipes to create web-located CSV and KML files which we will use in our web map. We'll build upon our previous post covering how to Add Flickr photos to ArcGIS Online web maps and use Pipes to create a dynamic layer displaying geotagged photos from Flickr. You'll need a Yahoo! account, a Flickr account, a Flickr API key, and a little knowledge about Pipes. You can view a YouTube tutorial (which even uses Flickr as an example) to get up to speed with what you need to know.
First, sign-in to Yahoo and go to Pipes. Click Create Pipe to get started.
You'll see the pipe layout screen appear. Along the left side under Sources you will find the Flickr source. Click to add it to your pipe layout.
Rather than build a pipe from scratch, we'll take the easy route and borrow from an existing one. When you clicked the Flickr source, at the bottom left of the layout an information window appears, with a link to About this module
The Flickr module example, handily enough, is one that searches for all geotagged Flickr photos of the Chicago skyline. You can't run the pipe directly because it requires a Flickr API key. Instead, click View source:
In the pipe layout enter your API key. Note the keywords that are being searched, and that the results of the source stream are being filtered (another tool in the pipe layout dashboard) to ensure that all results have a valid location:
Save a copy of the pipe, and Run Pipe.
You'll see the results displayed on a Yahoo! map:
We want to use this pipe to create a dynamic layer in our ArcGIS Online web map. There's a couple of ways to accomplish this – by using KML as the output or by using CSV as the output. First, we'll use the KML.
In the upper right corner of the map find More options, then right-click Get as KML, then Copy Link Location (note that we're using Firefox, and your right-click options will differ using another browser).
Open a new ArcGIS Online map, click Add, then Add Layer from Web.
Check the KML radio button and paste the URL to add the layer:
The pipe will run each time we open or refresh the map, and display the Flickr results.
In the pipe URL we can change the render parameter from KML to CSV to generate a CSV file instead. Change render=kml to render=csv.
Use Add, Add Layer from Web to add the CSV to your map. Adding the pipe using a CSV file provides additional opportunities to configure the pop-up for the Flickr results.
For more information see Adding items from the Web and Configuring pop-up windows.
Thanks to my colleague Christophe Tourret of Esri France for the suggestion about using Yahoo! Pipes.


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Four legs or two, same pharmacy
Updated 12:17 pm, Monday, January 23, 2012
Millions of people adore their pets and consider them almost family. Kroger is now offering prescription medications for their four-legged kin at all 100 of its pharmacies in the Houston area.
After launching a pilot program last year, Kroger has more recently expanded pet meds into all its pharmacies nationally. The Cincinnati-based grocer aims to undercut veterinarians on price, and many pet medications are included in Kroger's $4 generic drug program, said Marla Fielder, the assistant director of pharmacy in Kroger's Southwest division.
Many other pharmacies offer drugs for pets that are also used by humans, such as blood pressure medicine, but Kroger is among the relative few selling pet-only medications such as, for example, Baytril, a broad spectrum antibiotic for cats and dogs; and Rimadyl, a non- steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for dogs. Target also offers pet-only meds in 670 pharmacies nationwide, although none of them are in Houston.
Some grocery analysts say offering prescription drugs for pets is a good way to increase revenue. The U.S. animal health industry generates about $4 billion in sales of packaged pharmaceuticals and vaccines annually, said Bob Fountain, president and CEO of Stonington, Conn.-based Fountain Agricounsel, a management consulting firm for agribusiness and animal health industries.
"I wouldn't be surprised if Kroger's pet medication business became very popular," said Terrie Ellerbee, associate editor of the Shelby Report, a Gainesville, Ga.-based supermarket trade publication.
"It's an interesting concept and something the grocery industry will be watching," said David Livingston, a grocery industry analyst at Waukesha, Wis.-based DJL Research. Grocers are already selling pet food, he said, and there are vast numbers of pet owners.
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Once mainly restricted to veterinarians, the selling of prescription pet medications by retailers such as Kroger represents a significant change in the animal health industry, Fountain said. There is also a growing market for animal health products via the Internet, he noted. Online companies such as PetMed Express and Drs. Foster & Smith sell prescribed pet medications once they receive copies of veterinarians' prescriptions.
Kroger's offering of vet-prescribed pet drugs "is a natural extension of what's been going on in the industry," said Fountain, who noted that many retailers, including mass market, drug and pet stores as well as grocery chains, are selling more and more over-the-counter pet medications such as flea and tick treatments.
Traditionally, vets have marked up their pet medication prices by as much as 100 percent, he said, but in a still less-than-robust economy, many pet owners are looking for lower prices from over-the counter retailers like PetSmart, Petco, Wal-Mart and Target - particularly for flea and tick medications, he said.
Ask a vet
Along with selling over-the-counter flea and tick products, all 20 Houston-area PetSmarts have Banfield Pet Hospitals that can prescribe pet meds, PetSmart spokeswoman Toni Eberhardt noted.
While Kroger offers a full range of medications, there are other pet drugs that consumers may be able to find only at their vets, Fielder said: "It's wise for pet owners to ask their vet if they're able to purchase the prescribed medication at a retail pharmacy."
Doctors who treat humans do not fill their own prescriptions, whereas it is a huge profit center for veterinarians, Fountain noted: "Vets will have to work hard to maintain their income from medications."
Dr. Diane Wilkie, co-owner of Richmond Ave. Animal Hospital, said she tries to be competitive on pet med prices.
"We're usually $5 or $10 more, but sometimes less than retailers," she said. "I understand it's a competitive market. My only concern is whether retailers get their meds directly from the manufacturer or from a third party."
'Strict procedures'
Fielder said Kroger's pet meds are shipped directly from the manufacturer to its warehouse: "We follow very strict procedures to make sure we keep the pedigree intact and give our customers high-quality products. We do use a secondary wholesaler on occasion, and their products are shipped directly from the manufacturer as well."
At many, but not all, of Kroger's Houston-area pharmacies, pharmacists can add tuna, bacon, cat's milk, peanut butter and cheddar flavors to pet medicine that comes in liquid form, Fielder said.
Among Kroger's most purchased prescribed medicines for pets are for flea, tick and heartworm products, Fielder said, as well as anti-inflammatory medication for cats.
H-E-B, Randalls, Wal-Mart and Walgreens pharmacies offer vet prescriptions for drugs that are also used by humans, but not pet-only drugs, according to their representatives.
For example, H-E-B offers pet medications at a discount as part of its H-E-B RX Rewards Platinum program, said the chain's regional pharmacy director, Tim Halfin. However, they are only drugs that can be used by both humans and pets, such as antibiotics, anti-nausea and blood pressure medications, he said.
Another retail chain is also filling prescriptions for pet-only meds.
Target has a PetRx program offering pet-only meds in 24 states, including Texas, but not in Houston, company spokeswoman Andrea McCauley said. All Target pharmacies sell human-equivalent drugs for pets. Medication labels are color-coded for each member in a family as well as pets, she said.
The PetRx program has been very well received, said McCauley, who added that she had no news on Target's plans to expand it to Houston or other cities.
About three months ago, Laureen Lucas, a public relations manager, began buying pet meds from the Heights-area Kroger near her home. She has purchased an over-the-counter flea treatment there as well as a vet-prescribed pain medication for her cat, Guy Harvey.
Buying pet meds at Kroger is almost as convenient as buying them from her vet, Lucas said, because she lives a few blocks from the supermarket where she shops once or twice a week.
Local copywriter Tim Moloney said if his dachshund, Jingles, had a pressing health problem, he'd buy the medicine from his vet "then and there," but if it were something like monthly heartworm treatment, he'd consider buying it somewhere else if the price difference was significant.