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DALLAS - A crime watch volunteer suspected in a series of sexual assaults in his south Dallas neighborhood told detectives he felt bad about two of the attacks but not others because they were prostitution deals gone wrong, according to police records.
Van Dralan Dixson, 38, made his confession to Dallas detectives in Baton Rouge, La., after his Sept. 10 arrest there, the Dallas Morning News reported (http://dallasne.ws/18VdMEJ ), citing the police records.
Dixson is charged with aggravated sexual assault in five attacks and is suspected in four others in his neighborhood since late June. It was unclear from the records how many attacks he was referring to as prostitution deals gone wrong, and Officer Juan Fernandez, a police spokesman, said he didn't know how many.
Dixson was extradited to Dallas last week and remained jailed Tuesday on more than $5 million bond. Dixson's attorney, Kenneth Weatherspoon, didn't immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment.
"These are two that affect me," Dixson told detectives, referring to the rape of one woman as she walked home from work and another as she walked to a bus stop with her two children.
Authorities filed the fifth sexual assault case on Friday - the Sept. 1 attack on a 25-year-old woman who was walking home from work. Police couldn't link Dixson to that attack through DNA testing, but records indicate his statements provided enough reason to charge him in the attack.
In that attack, the woman was walking home from her job at a fast food restaurant shortly after 4 a.m. when a gunman accosted her, hit her with the gun and raped her, records show. After the assault, the gunman fled with her cellphone, money and food.
Two days after the assault, Dallas police alerted the public that there was a serial rapist in the Fair Park area.
On Sept. 4, police got a tip about Dixson and he voluntarily talked to detectives and provided a DNA sample. But soon after, he disappeared. On Sept. 7, police received the first DNA test result linking him to one of the attacks. Police soon received three more DNA test results connecting him to the rapes.
Police did not find any handguns when they searched Dixson's home and car, but his ex-wife gave them receipts and instruction manuals for two guns. One of the weapons matched victims' description of a gun used in the attacks. Dixson's employer also told police that Dixson brought a gun to work that matched that description.

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Operator in the Americas Deploys Application-Based Data Plans to Complement Exiting Tiered Data Plans, and Demonstrates Incremental Revenues, and Added Value to Customers
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 6, 2012 –Openwave Mobility, a global software innovator of value-added services for the mobile telecommunications industry, today announced the deployment of its Mobile Data Charging Solution with an operator in the Americas region. This solution, termed PPI (Promotion and Pricing Innovation) employs advanced policy control and charging (PCC) to enable carriers to develop sophisticated mobile data product offerings and promotions to target subscriber segments. PPI provides the operator with the ability to target a subset of their overall subscriber population with new application-based mobile data charging plans to drive incremental revenue while putting users more in control of when and how they use mobile data.
"The customer's existing tiered volume services were providing good value in a competitive marketplace, but they were interested in finding ways firstly for attracting new users who didn't have a data plan, and secondly for offering existing data users the ability to decide whether or not they wanted premium services such as video streaming," said Fergus Wills, Director of Product Management, Openwave Mobility. "Putting subscribers in control of how they use mobile data was important to them as well. Openwave Mobility's Mobile Data Charging Solution gave the customer the flexibility that helps redefine the end user relationship providing easy to understand options for users to manage their data spend. By getting more users on data plans and giving them the option of accessing premium services or not, the customer has also created significant incremental revenues."
"The industry-wide mass move towards tiered pricing has been a driver for operators to look for ways to make premium services such as video or tethering easier to understand for current mobile data users while making data less intimidating and attractive to new users," said Indranil Chatterjee, Vice President, Products and Marketing, Openwave Mobility. "Openwave Mobility's Mobile Data Charging Solution, engages with end users in a direct and intuitive manner at point of interest that gives them the benefit of accessing the web and choosing only the premium services they want and at more competitive prices. For the operator, the new range of successful premium data plans provides significant incremental revenue."
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IW urges MoPH to address health facilities related issues
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Integrity Watch (IW) called on the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the National Unity Government (NUG) to address the shortcomings that were identified by the "Life Matters: Caring for the Country's Most Precious Resource" report launched by Integrity Watch last month, according to a statement on Saturday.
The report highlighted some of the serious challenges that health facilities were facing such as structural and maintenance problems; poor hygiene and sanitation conditions; lack of electricity; inadequate availability of medicines; inadequate female staff to attend to female patients; and poor accessibility to the health centers that had been identified in many of the 184 health facilities surveyed by IW in eight provinces.
It is unquestionable that these inadequacies deterred delivery of very basic health care services to the people, which should be a matter of grave concern for NUG that critically needed people's support for legitimacy building.
IW Afghanistan maintained that its study was based on the premise that people's (service users') needs are more important than guidelines and protocols cited by the MoPH as excuses for not providing services in certain "types" of health facilities.
The response from the MoPH leadership had been unprofessional and confusing. Citing no records of its own, which may contradict IW findings, the MoPH first rejected the report, with the excuse that the study is not scientific.
Then, MoPH directorates in some provinces joined the MoPH leadership in their social media campaign to discredit Integrity Watch's report. Later, contradicting the earlier rejection of Integrity Watch's report and the anti-IWA social media campaign, the Minister told H.E. President Ghani at a High Council of Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (HCAC) meeting (dated August 31, 2017) that the IW report is very useful for improving health service delivery. Later, in another meeting of the HCAC (dated September 13, 2017) the Minister again criticised the report and did not respond with a clear plan and commitment to address the problems identified in the report. Afghan people deserve a clear and a responsible answer from the MoPH.
While Integrity Watch stood firm by its findings, it calls on the MoPH and NUG leadership to address issues of management and governance and potentials of corruption in the health sector – a demand that the Afghan people have expressed over the years.
Response to MoPH review
The Integrity Watch study was designed to assess capacities of public health clinics and hospitals to deliver quality (not necessarily "high" quality) basic health care. The capacity of the health care delivery centers was assessed with 5 simple indicators: (1) Physical condition and maintenance of the facilities from where health services are delivered; (2) Hygiene and sanitation conditions at the health care facilitates; (3) On-site availability of equipment and medications; (4) Presence of trained medical and health profession related workers, including female professionals; (5) Accessibility tohealth care facilities.
The study assessed the capacities of facilities by applying these indicators using tools of limited inspection, interviews with on-site staff members (service providers) and community members or the clientele (service users). This is a perfectly valid and acceptable formula for research in social sciences. The Lessons Learned discusses the findings (which are not positive), followed up with recommendations. The findings are not flowing from opinions or any type of judgment as stated by the MoPH in their review of the report. The findings flow from an observational study, well-accepted in the world of social sciences.
The comments made in the MoPH review of the IWA report clearly display that either the Integrity Watch report was not reviewed carefully or that its findings showing weaknesses in service delivery and management were conveniently set aside, tactfully distracting attention to scientific theory issues.
Integrity Watch does not claim that there was no gap in its study- rarely any study can claim this. Even the study on which Einstein's Theory of Relativity was based had gaps. For years, the tobacco lobbyists have been flagging the gaps in the study of cancer caused by tobacco, without much success.
Lobbyists have not won. The MoPH reviewer has desperately attempted to deny any problems in the health delivery system by nitpicking on any simple gap as an excuse to dump the entire study and its findings, without providing any evidence contrary to the findings of the Integrity Watch study. All countries in the world, including countries with highly socialized and people oriented health delivery agendas- UK, Canada, the Nordic countries- recognize problems in their health delivery services and attempt to meet accountability requirements to the people on a continuing basis with no fool proof "scientific" studies undertaken. Integrity Watch would like to ask the MoPH if it can cite any study that the ministry has undertaken, addressing global standards, with perfect precision?
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Google may be an exciting newcomer to the telecom business but in its dealings with cities, it acts like a crusty old player in the industry. In Portland, Google is twisting arms by offering its fast broadband in return for city handouts, just as CenturLink is doing in Seattle. Google doesn't want to abide by current restrictions on the placement of metal utility cabinets on parking strips in front of people's homes, according to Oregonian reports. That's not all. Google is going further and requesting that Portland give the company swaths of public property to place garage-size "network huts" — with a 12- by 28-foot base — to support its project. Companies starting up a new venture generally have to find and rent private property. Google could afford to do the same; it's now making more than $1 billion a month in profit. The day after reaching the deal in Portland, it reported a net income of $3.45 billion the previous quarter. It also appears to have a limitless budget for building amenities at its glorious offices. Yet Google expects cities to basically hand over public property for its fledgling broadband and cable-TV business. Cities are pushovers when it comes to broadband. The way politicians talk about it, you'd think their constituents were stuck in the dark ages and broadband was as important as the fire department. Whether it's a crisis is debatable. But a crisis mentality is what's used to justify extraordinary measures, like giving Google, CenturyLink and others what they want. If there really is a crisis, and broadband has become a critical service on par with water and electricity, cities should consider providing the service directly as a public utility. Perhaps it's also time for the federal government to classify broadband as an essential public service that must be available to everyone. After phone lines were deemed an essential service, the government required companies to provide "universal service" so everyone was served. Broadband was exempted from universal service requirements, support for which has eroded since telecom deregulation took hold in 1996. With telecom companies in the driver's seat, and elected officials begging them for a ride, universal service seems off the table. It's treated as a dusty, antiquated concept that will impede progress and the arrival of sexy new products like Google Fiber. Google Fiber is appealing and has plenty of cheerleaders on social media and at City Hall. Yet Google is a mixed blessing. The majority of residents in any city would probably rather get broadband service from a public utility that's accountable to them, instead of from a fairly opaque company that makes its money delivering hypertargeted advertising. Privacy concerns are offset by the prospect of a wealthy company stepping in to help address a complicated infrastructure challenge. Still it's a business, not a gift, and city officials should push to make sure all of their residents benefit from the deals they make. That's not going to happen in Portland, apparently. As it has in other cities, Google is retaining the right to pick and choose which neighborhoods get wired and which are left behind. This is couched in clever, Google-y terms — the service is coming first to "fiberhoods" that express interest in the service. But the effect is to pit neighborhoods against each other and enable the company to cherry-pick lucrative pockets of a city where people are willing to pay $70 a month or more for broadband. This approach is also tilted in favor of residents and neighborhoods that are already the most tech savvy. They'll get service first — and perhaps exclusively — because they can best use the Internet to call attention to themselves. What's really sad is that tech-savvy neighborhoods may already have relatively good service and are likely targeted for upgrades by existing providers. This isn't hypothetical. A digital divide has surfaced in Kansas City, where Google first began offering fiber broadband service in 2012, after taking applications from cities across the country. Two other cities, Provo, Utah, and Austin, Texas — are getting the service. Portland is among nine now being considered by Google. In Kansas City, Google offers gigabit speed connections — 1,000 megabits per second — for $70 per month, plus taxes and fees. A bundle with TV service costs $120 per month. That's a nice deal where it's available. But the company has been slow to expand its coverage area in Kansas City and vague about if and when it will reach some working-class areas, according to a report in The Kansas City Star. Cities really have one opportunity to ensure that all of their residents will be served by these next generation broadband services. That's during the initial franchise negotiations, when cities can press for universal coverage in return for the special rules and public property they're offering up. Once cities provide these handouts, they don't have much leverage. They'll end up bowing and scraping and hoping that Uncle Google throws a bit more fiber their way, someday. The experience in Kansas City — where suburbs are stuck waiting for Google to extend its fiberhoods — suggests that cities in a region targeted by Google Fiber should work together on setting expectations and deadlines. Yes, a provider like Google may abandon a city that doesn't play along. But is that such a loss if the company ends up cherry-picking and making the market less attractive to other providers — including public utilities — that might come and provide fast broadband for everyone? Even a limited rollout of Google Fiber and vague plans to expand may goad Comcast and the phone companies to up their broadband game in cities like Portland. It's still surprising, though, that a place known for demanding humanely raised organic produce wouldn't also ask Google for universal service. Comments


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Surprised to find there wasn't a thread for Sea Hawk himself yet, despite coming fourth in Offlimits 90-to-1... so, now Filmation rights are here, who's up for this Adoralover?
Surprised to find there wasn't a thread for Sea Hawk himself yet, despite coming fourth in Offlimits 90-to-1... so, now Filmation rights are here, who's up for this Adoralover?
Yes, i´m all up for a SeaHawk and i hope he is one of the first Figures from Filmations POP, so all the guys who don´t like POP can see that there is more to Etheria than Whispering Woods with it´s pinks and babyblues.
There are pirates and islands and flying ships.
Plus really great story arcs and even better villains (GO OCTAVIA GO)!!!!
Count me in, SeaHawk is one of the few Filmation characters that I'd really like to add to my collection.
"A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked."
Sea Hawk is my most wanted Filmation "Princess of Power" character after Shadow Weaver. Bring him on! The Great Rebellion needs more men.
Yes, Yes, OMG Yes
If we get 2-3 Filmation figures per year at least let one of them be him. He is essential to the story and Adora needs her boyfriend. Not to mention we saw how awesome they made Bow, I can only imagine how awesome Seahawk will look!
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Oh yes!! I'd love to see Sea Hawk made!
200X fan? Classic fan? What does that mean? I'm a MotU fan!!!
Put me down for him, I'd be glad to add him to my POP shelf.
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I'm down for a Sea Hawk figure. When I saw Snout Spout and saw his boots, the first thing that came to my mind was they could be used for a swashbuckling character like Sea Hawk.
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Most Wanted: Slave Girl, Lizorr, T-Rex, Great Black Wizard, rest of New Adventures, MOP Demons, Dream Mistress.
Most Wanted Filmation: Ileena, Twiggets, Dragoon, Widgets, Dark Dream, Lady Valtira, Count Marzo, Chimera.
No Slave Girl? Watch us hurl!
A barbaric world without slave girls? That's truly barbaric!
his dad sometimes wears that type of boot, but Sea Hawk are surely distinct enough to merit new tooling...
Sea Hawk has lived among the POP gals too long, for unlike most males, he has more than 1 pair of boots.
Proud supporter of the Snake Men.
Most Wanted: Slave Girl, Lizorr, T-Rex, Great Black Wizard, rest of New Adventures, MOP Demons, Dream Mistress.
Most Wanted Filmation: Ileena, Twiggets, Dragoon, Widgets, Dark Dream, Lady Valtira, Count Marzo, Chimera.
No Slave Girl? Watch us hurl!
A barbaric world without slave girls? That's truly barbaric!
Sea Hawk is the POP figure that I want more. His Han Solo type falling in love with the princess makes him so cool in the whole Etheria. I also hope that they release him and his father Falcon.
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YES, I'd love to add SEAHAWK to my collection!
Adding him would be (technically) adding a second dude to the Great Rebellion. My support for the concept character "JOSH" is based, in part, on having so few guys on that team. Seahawk would be very welcome!
Etherian Rebel JOSH for the MOTUC (see my avatar)!
He is now my most wanted character since the Sorceress has been revealed.
Yes, yes, YES!!!! I want him soooo badly! He needs to have his "light sabre" and both halves of the locket necklace! A detachable "sword" part for his weapon would be good so it could be stored in the holster properly.
I would also like to see him come with his mouse friend!
The boots were given to him by his father for the ONE episode.
Anyway, we NEED Sea Hawk!!!
Half the locket (like Yin and Yang shapes):
Both halves assembled:
Laser sword:
RED laser sword (his fathers) and shield (his fathers). They can come with Sea Hawk or Falcon if they make him:
His mouse friend! I can't find a bigger picture (from Anchor's Aloft):
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It's a matter of when now. I wouldn't worry. He'll get released soon enough.
You just read a post from the head Honcho of Nerds On A Couch!
Sea Hawk figure... yes please!
let's see accessories....
Laser Sword with interchangeable blades; one yellow, one powered up red
add a sheath on his waist that the sword hilt slips into with the blade removed
hmm what else...? maybe an energy shield -didn't his ring form one?
They probably won't do this but- pack in character Davy Jones (the mouse from the episode Anchor's Aloft)
Edit: THE LOCKET! I can't believe I forgot the locket!
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Sea Hawk will be coming sooner rather than later I have no doubt about that.
Yes please! I made a placeholder about 2 years ago:
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Dude, I wanted a Sea Hawk since I watched the She-Ra cartoon and seen him...so sign me up!
Love those laser swords! They gonna be AWESOME lookin in translucent Mattel plastic!
Yes please! Bring him on!!!!
Definitely want a Sea Hawk.
(But after Scorpia and Shokoti are made please..)
Sea Hawk will make an awesome figure, hopefully sooner rather than later
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Harvard will look to bounce back against Ivy League foe Penn Saturday (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Carolyn Malloy recorded two goals and an assist in the first half to lead Northeastern to a 4-0 defeat of the Harvard field hockey team Wednesday evening at Jordan Field.
Cynthia Tassopoulos matched a season high with 11 saves for the Crimson (2-5), but Malloy scored twice in a three-minute span to help the Huskies (4-4) pull away.
After play went back and forth with only one combined shot on goal in the opening 10 minutes, Northeastern's Kaela Barker converted a penalty corner, with Anne-Rieke Stuhlmann and Malloy assisting, at 12:44 of the opening half.
Malloy then added the two quick goals. She batted in a pass from Lindsay Bennett after Crystal Poland's pass set them up for a two-on-one break. Malloy then dove to redirect in a Meg Sweeney pass from outside the circle on the right side.
Harvard regrouped in the second half, with an Emma Keller redirection and a Georgia McGillivray penalty corner shot forcing saves by Lizzie Priest. Poland had the period's only goal, however, knocking in the ball after a feed across the front of the goal from Bennett.
Each team had three penalty corners in the second half, and Northeastern logged six for the game. The Huskies had an 8-4 shots edge after halftime and a 19-5 advantage overall.


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A Sumi-e style brush painting I created illustrating Stork Theory. Other than the stork's folkloric role as a bringer of babies and harbinger of luck and prosperity, Stork Theory is often used as an example to demonstrate how ridiculous it is to "Teach the Controversy." For example, it would be ridiculous to teach Stork Theory in sex education class as it is would be to teach alchemy in chemistry class or Intelligent Design in science class.
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A Start-Up Kit for Kittens and Adult Cats
Whether you're adopting a playful kitten or a full-grown cat, you want to welcome your new feline friend to his or her new home by having all the essentials already in place. The following list contains the basic items you need to have on hand before you bring kitty home. (Any extra treats or toys will surely be appreciated.)
|Brush and comb
|High-quality food, as recommended by breed or veterinarian
|Nail trimmer and Kwik Stop powder
|Dishwasher-safe bowls, one for water, one for food
|Litter box, litter, scoop
|Enzyme cleaner for pet stains
|Travel crate for car trips
|Soft cat collar (with elastic insert for safety) and an ID
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A Day Behind the Scenes at the Getty Center on Saturday, May 31, 2008
Presented by the Getty and TOWN HALL Los Angeles
Once regarded by the rest of the country as a "cultural desert," Los Angeles is in fact a city full of great art collections. Angelenos know that there are plenty of opportunities to visit a museum, gallery, art show, festival, or other cultural event, and some of the greatest collections of photography, sculpture, furnishings, paintings, and installations are scattered throughout our region.
The Getty and TOWN HALL Los Angeles present a day celebrating:
- the "Greater Collection of Los Angeles,"
- the showcase pieces of the Getty's various departments, and
- an insider's conversation about the present and future of the Los Angeles art scene.
Go behind the scenes at the Getty Center and discover Los Angeles's great art collections and gardens. The admission price ($25) includes parking and lunch. Participants will arrive at the Getty Center before it opens and the day will end by 3:00 p.m., allowing time to explore the Museum's current installations, including California Video.
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Finance & Development, March 1997
- Letter From the Editor
- Causes of Capital Inflows and Policy Responses to Them
- Money Laundering: Muddying the Macroeconomy
- Rating the Raters of Country Creditworthiness
- Central Banking: The Challenges Ahead: Financial System Soundness
- What Happened to the Peace Dividend?
- How Indochina's Economies Took Off
- World Economy in Transition: Statistical Discrepancies in the World Current Account
- International Joint Ventures in Developing Countries
- How Tax Systems Treat Men and Women Differently
- Private Capital in Water and Sanitation
- Economic Growth and Income Inequality: Reexamining the Links
- Banking Crises in the Baltics
- Development Focus: Economic Trends in the Developing World
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We have established a significant presence in Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Americas, employing approximately 35,000 people across a network of 600 offices and associates worldwide.
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Savills was ranked the property industry's number one employer by The Times in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and has been ranked the best Business Superbrand in the real estate sector by The Centre for Brand Analysis.
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Sales Executive Strategy Brief: Customer Experience
Research and analysis shows that 57 percent of B2B buying steps are completed before a buyer even connects with a salesperson. The role that the sales organization plays in B2B buying cycles has become even more critical. Consistency is necessary through every customer touch point and forms the basis for great customer experiences. In this executive strategy brief, we will explore customer experiences throughout the selling process, how sales must adapt in the age of the customer, and ways to improve sales performance that will positively impact the customer experience. Download this White Paper for more information.


text: We're less than a month away from the start of the NFL season, so it's time to start the impassioned season previews from various writers, bloggers, diehard fans, cooks, TV personalities, and numerous other walks of life whom consider football the only sport worth watching. This year, the previews will be a little shorter, but will hopefully give us enough of a taste so that, come fall, we'll all be officially sick of previews. If you'd like to volunteer to write one for this year, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com There are still some teams in desperate search of an author. Today: The Favre-less Green Bay Packers. Your author is Paul Noonan. Paul Noonan writes The Wisconsin Sports Bar, which covers "Wisconsin sports and features an interesting cross section of personalities." Hope so. His words are after the jump.Way back in 2005 Brett Favre threw 20 touchdowns and 29 interceptions, and people were calling for the old, washed up gunslinger to hang up his saddle, consarnit. Of course, he was throwing to guys named Rod Gardner, Andrae Thurman, and the immortal Robert "Turd" Ferguson, and handing the ball to Samkon Gado for 8 games. Donald Driver was around, but that was about it. In 2006 they acquired the up-and-coming Greg Jennings, managed to sober up Koren Robinson for 4 games, and picked the underrated Ruvell Martin off the scrap heap while flushing Turd down the proverbial craphole, which, incidentally, drains into Minnesota. They also waved goodbye to Samkon while they went into full blown Bronco running back-by-committee mode with the almost-used-up Ahman Green, Vernand Morency, and Noah Herron. Favre rebounded to an even-Steven 18 TDs and 18 picks. Interesting… 2007 rolled around, Greg Jennings turned out to be so good that he would visit crazy people in ESPN commercials while wearing a red blazer, Donald Driver was still here, people were drinking the James Jones Kool-Aid, and Ahman Green was sent down to the minors/Texans in favor of Giant cast-off Ryan Grant, whose 5.1 yards-per-carry average was the highest since the 2003 version of Ahman Green (Note: Najeh Davenport matched this number in 2004, but we all know that he was a #2 RB. So to speak.) Favre was fantastic, throwing for 28 TDs and only 15 picks. Objectively speaking, you would be hard pressed to make the case that a 98-year-old Favre got better over the past 2 seasons. It would make much more sense to argue that Favre probably played better because of better talent around him. And while Brett is gone, that talent is still there. In fact, it might be even better. While Aaron Rodgers may never be accepted by the Packer faithful with arms wide open, it should be easy for him to succeed as long as he's somewhere around average. And doesn't break his foot. Or pull his hammy. Again. Health is probably the biggest concern with Rodgers, as he has suffered two significant injuries while having played in only one important game, last year against Dallas. This puts him on pace to break Brett Favre's consecutive games streak sometime in the year 2055. However, if Rodgers can stay healthy, his accurate short passing game should mesh well with a corps of WRs who led the NFL in Yards After Catch in 2007. Defensively, the combined age of the corners is almost larger than Favre's, but while Al Harris is slipping (being eaten and shat out by Plaxico Burress on national TV will do that to someone) Charles Woodson is still strong. Aaron Rouse should be able to unseat the popular but penalty-prone Atari Bigby. In fact, if the secondary can clean up its act just a bit they may once again attain elite status. Last year, rough play in the defensive backfield brought out more yellow flags than Cedric Benson in a NASCAR race. Al Harris and Charles Woodson joined forces to commit 23 penalties, and the careless Jarrett Bush and head-hunting Atari Bigby made matters worse. However, while the aged corners may find it difficult to improve in this facet of the game, the young kids should become more disciplined, or be replaced over the course of the season. The front seven still includes playmakers like Aaron Kampman, Cullen Jenkins, Nick Barnett, and A.J. Hawk, and should not slip much, if at all. Kampman, in particular, is a secondary's best friend. Even though he saw his sack total decline slightly he still lived in the backfield and wreaked havoc on opponents' passing attacks. Ted Thompson has been building this team for the post-Favre era. Few will excuse him for ushering that era in a tad bit earlier than Favre would have liked, but you could not ask for much more as far as well-oiled machines go. You get the feeling that this one could almost drive itself. It'd better be able to, for Thompson's sake.


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Governor's veto deals blow to local medical marijuana dispensaries
After pressure from both the federal and state level, Gov. Chris Gregoire vetoed Senate Bill 5073, the bill passed by lawmakers that would have allowed for medical marijuana dispensaries in Washington.
While dispensaries have cropped up throughout the state, and so far skirted the issue of their legality, Friday's announcement from Olympia means patients and caregivers must find other means to connect.
In a prepared statement April 29, Gregoire again stated her concerns that legalizing dispensaries would put "state employees at risk (of federal prosecution)." She also referenced the promises of action from U.S. attorneys that would be taken against those operating dispensaries, citing last Thursday's raids in Spokane. The DEA, along with support from local law support, raided and shut down five dispensaries in Spokane.
"Ultimately, the state is limited in its ability to deal with these issues," the governor said. "State law does not trump federal law."
Gregoire said she is still open to discussing the issue. She said she plans on speaking with the governors of the other 14 states that currently allow medical marijuana to see if there is something that could be done about marijuana's classification as a drug. It is currently a Schedule 1 narcotic, the highest and strictest level of enforcement in federal drug laws. The classification puts marijuana on par with ecstasy, heroin and LSD.
Gregoire said she hoped marijuana could be reduced to a Schedule 2 narcotic, which would allow it to be prescribed by doctors and distributed from pharmacies like any other medication.
In Federal Way, a miniature version of the battle being fought in Olympia has taken place. The city council recently enacted a moratorium on dispensaries within city limits.
That decision came after legal skirmishes with Conscious Care Cooperative and GAME Collective, two of three dispensaries that had opened for business within city limits in the last year. After the governor's veto on Friday, it appears Conscious Care and GAME, along with Cascade Medical Center, will face consequences including fines and criminal charges if they continue their operations in Federal Way.
In an email correspondence, city spokesman Chris Carrel wrote that Federal Way was "reviewing the governor's veto actions and assessing its policy implications." From the city's standpoint, not much has changed, as Carrel wrote that "with the governor's vetoing (of) major provisions of the legislation... it appears that the sale of medical marijuana is still illegal under both state and federal law."
For Conscious Care Cooperative, one of the three dispensaries that had been attempting to operate within Federal Way, Gregoire's veto means a shift in what they will attempt to do for medical marijuana patients in the area.
Brad Ecklund, manager of Conscious Care, said Conscious Care's intent will now be to put patients in touch with doctors.
"We hope to replace the dispensary with a medical facility employing doctors who write medical marijuana recommendations," Ecklund said.
While Ecklund looks to shift the focus of his organization's efforts in Federal Way, Cascade Medical Center owner Dave Madrid feels the people of Washington are being ignored by their elected officials.
"The bottom line is, the city of Federal Way and the governor have turned their back on what the voters voted in," he said.
Madrid expressed his displeasure at the fact that his time and effort in attempting to get Cascade off the ground essentially amounts to nothing due to the governor's veto.
"I spent the last three months trying to put it together, and at this time, I can't open it," Madrid said. "If I do (open), they'll shut me down, or give me a criminal offense."
All was not lost for advocates of medical marijuana use on Friday, as the governor did sign parts of the bill that allowed for clearer legal defense of medical marijuana users in certain situations, and also for the creation of "gardens" that could contain up to 45 plants.
This article was originally published in the Federal Way Mirror on May 02, 2011.


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Nation's farm states push competing guest-worker bills
WASHINGTON — Half a million foreign farmworkers could gain visas annually under a new plan that some U.S. growers believe doesn't go far enough.
Entering a political minefield, the conservative chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has written a bill that gives growers some of what they want in a farmworker visa program. Housing and transportation requirements are eased. Farmworker lawsuits are limited. Dairies, for the first time, become eligible.
"If we are really going to help American growers in the long term, we need to provide them a workable guest-worker program that will help them hire a legal workforce," declared Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas.
Smith leads the 38-member House Judiciary Committee, giving him a lot of say in the perennial immigration debate. On Thursday, Smith convened a hearing where witnesses from North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington state all praised his American Specialty Agriculture Act.
"If bills creating a workable guest-worker program like this one ... are not passed, then the agricultural industry as we know it today will not exist," testified Chalmers Carr III, president of the Titan Farms in Ridge Spring, S.C.
Smith's bill would move the H-2A program from the Labor Department to the farmer-friendly Agriculture Department. It would streamline the applications that growers file for H-2A workers and would ease some requirements; for instance, growers could provide workers a housing voucher in lieu of housing.
The bill also constrains the federally funded Legal Services Corp., a perennial target of agribusiness, by prohibiting legal aid attorneys from suing on behalf of foreign guest workers until after formal mediation.
But in California, where growers employ the largest number of farmworkers, skepticism arises from across the political spectrum. Growers call the proposal insufficient, while farmworker allies consider the new bill overly harsh.
"Because the bill slashes wages and worker protections, it actually creates the incentive for employers to replace their current American workers with much cheaper (foreign) workers," warned Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
Lofgren is the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee's immigration panel. One of the committee's senior Republicans, Rep. Dan Lungren of California, is planning to introduce a competing guest-worker bill as early as next week.
More broadly, any immigration-related bill faces rough sledding in the 112th Congress. Since a so-called comprehensive immigration package that included an agricultural guest-worker plan failed in 2007, lawmakers have largely ducked the topic.
Still, enforcement-oriented lawmakers are contemplating legislation that would require all U.S. employers to use an electronic employment verification system, called E-Verify. Tactically, the new guest-worker bill is meant to mollify growers' concerns about mandatory E-Verify.
Smith's bill would modify the existing H-2A agricultural visa program, which farmers have long criticized as inadequate and inefficient. In 2009, the Labor Department certified about 99,000 H-2A foreign workers. Texas and Florida led all other states in use of H-2A workers.
California growers make little use of the current program. For many years, California growers and their allies have pushed for a more ambitious program dubbed AgJobs that would give legal status to some 1.5 million illegal immigrants.
The AgJobs package would potentially put the farmworkers and family members on a pathway to permanent residence and U.S. citizenship, something the Smith bill does not.
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Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) are comprised of different devices that contain liquid nicotine. Their usage has surged since e-cigarettes (the most popular version) were introduced in the US market in 2007. Many are excited that they may be a safer alternative to cigarette smoking with fewer obnoxious effects on those surrounding the smoker. While the news is exciting, these devices are still fairly new and not fully tested. It is important to confirm that these devices are safer for the user and those around them, but this will take some time and research.
What Devices are Available?
ENDS are battery-powered devices that are available in a range of sizes and shapes. Some look just like real cigarettes, while other e-cigarettes, called vaporizers or vape pens, are designed to look more like pens. Other versions include e-pipes and e-cigars, which are designed to look like the real thing. Although this article focuses on the use of e-cigarettes, the concepts are similar for any ENDS device.
In general, the devices are made up of:
- A mouthpiece
- A replaceable (or refillable) cartridge that contains a liquid solution of different strengths of nicotine, flavoring, water, and chemicals.
- An atomizer, which transforms the liquid solution into a vapor.
- A rechargeable battery or USB charger. Depending on the style, the battery end of the cigarette may have an LED light on the tip to look like the burning ember on a real cigarette. However, the LED light does not get hot, so it does not pose a fire hazard.
When the user inhales on the mouthpiece, this triggers the liquid to be heated, and the atomizer turns the liquid into a vapor. This vapor is then inhaled by the user, which feels like smoking a real cigarette. When the user exhales, the vapor quickly disappears. Vaporizers produce more clouds of vapor than e-cigarettes.
What Is the Controversy Surrounding these Devices?
There are many e-cigarette brands available to consumers—each with different combinations of nicotine and other chemicals. This variability causes controversy on how e-cigarettes should be regulated, if at all. Regulators, both in and out of the US markets, are looking at e-cigarettes' potential benefits and harms.
Potential Benefits
The most obvious benefit to e-cigarettes is that it may help smokers stop smoking real cigarettes. It is unique to all other current cessation programs because it allows people to continue smoking without inhaling thousands of harmful chemicals normally found in one burning cigarette. But, do e-cigarettes really help smokers quit?
In one controlled trial, a group of 300 smokers were split into 3 groups who received cartridges with either all the same amount of nicotine, a step-down amount of nicotine, or no nicotine. Half the smokers in each group had made past attempts to quit. The median daily smoked cigarettes was about 20 for each group. After 12 weeks, over 20% smoked less cigarettes per day from their baseline amount. Cessation was maintained by over 10% at a 1-year follow-up. Nicotine content seemed to have no effect on the cessation rate among the groups. However, smokers did report big declines in smoking's side effects, such as dry cough, mouth and throat irritation, shortness of breath, and headache.
In 2014, a study with 949 current smokers was published. Participants used e-cigarettes for one year. The study found that using e-cigarettes did not help smokers quit or reduce cigarette consumption. Conversely, a review of 2 other studies showed the 6-month quit rate for e-cigarettes was higher than a non-nicotine placebo. In one of the studies, e-cigarettes were as effective as nicotine patches after 6 months. Though these studies are promising, more research needs to be done before they replace other nicotine replacement therapies.
Currently, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), along with several major anti-smoking organizations, have determined that there has not been enough research on e-cigarettes to make any claims about their safety or effectiveness in helping people quit smoking.
Potential Harms
E-cigarette smoking is not without its concerns. The biggest challenge facing e-cigarettes is regulation. In the US, that falls on the FDA's doorstep. New regulations help the FDA gain control of each step in the ENDS process from manufacturing to distribution. These changes are slowly addressing the issues the FDA has faced since these products have hit the market. Products marketed with the intent to help people quit will fall into another category. Changes will take effect in steps through 2019, including nicotine warning statements on packaging.
The concerns among agencies that are driving changes include:
- Safety and effectiveness of e-cigarettes if used to quit smoking.
- Wide variation of the amount of nicotine in each e-cigarette.
- Rising use of e-cigarettes among adolescents.
- Long-term effects of using e-cigarettes if the intent is not to quit.
- Safety of liquid nicotine, especially to children.
One of the bigger issues agencies is the chemical make-up of the inhaled vapors. The agency analyzed different e-cigarette brands. They found diethylene glycol (a chemical used in antifreeze) and other cancer-causing agents in some of the samples. The agency is also concerned that the cartridges are not consistent in the amount of nicotine they provide. For example, you may use a low-strength nicotine cartridge, but actually receive a higher dose (or vice versa).
Another issue is the chemical make-up of exhaled vapors. Like cigarette smoke, not all of the chemicals in e-cigarettes remain in the lungs of the smoker. Some of these elements are exhaled into the air where others can breathe in these chemicals. The particles can also land on surfaces, like clothes, furniture, and carpets. Studies on these effects will need to be taken into account during the regulatory process. E-cigarettes are also not included in current public smoking bans, which is causing some states to scramble to put e-cigarettes in the same class as tobacco products, but it may not be that easy.
In recent surveys, perception exists that e-cigarettes are safer and can be used as a tool to stop smoking, especially among adolescent and young adult smokers. Currently, there is too much conflicting information among agencies and manufacturers to make such a broad statement. The bottom line is that e-cigarette users still inhale nicotine and other potentially-hazardous chemicals, but the types and amounts of these chemicals are varied and usually unknown. That's where regulation may help.
Making an Informed Decision
If you are thinking about kicking the habit, your best option would be to weigh out all your options. Some smoking cessation strategies, like nicotine replacement products, prescription medications, organized programs, and support groups, have a proven track record. If you are considering e-cigarettes, discuss the pros and cons with your doctor. It may also make a difference if you are using this as a tool to quit, or a potentially safer substitute for smoking that you plan to continue indefinitely. Making an informed decision is an important step in taking control of your health.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD, FAAP
- Review Date: 04/2017 -


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*******************************************A slice of life - pith, zest and pits all******************************************
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
There's A Girl In My Coffee!
When I told them I had had coffee, they immediately wanted some themselves and looked at me accusingly - then I told them that I had come more than an hour ago and I had got a headache from the number of futile calls I'd made trying to locate them. Then they looked contrite and I took them down for some coffee.
My coffee came from another cafe and though I asked for plain South Indian filter coffee, I got some frothy mess to which even two packets of sugar didn't make a difference, so I took them to another cafe which had some alluring chocolate eats as well. We bought a brownie for the three of us and ordered two lattes.
I was busy chatting with them when the person at the counter called out to me to come get the coffee but his colleague had still not finished making it. So I stayed there and watched the people go by - within two minutes, I'd got my coffee and voila, this was what I saw in one of the cups.
I didn't notice how he did it, whether he did it with the little jug of milk itself or whether he used a brush or some other implement. That set me off on a voyage of YouTube where I saw many videos that showed baristas making hearts, leaves and associated flora, and yes, even some fauna, in the cup, all by pouring the milk in stippling motions above the coffee cup. I only had my mobile phone to photograph this with so that explains the size and the quality of the picture. A thrilling experience for me which I'd like to share with you all because my experience of coffee art is limited to hearts and flora.
Naturally, we all felt sad that the drinker (I don't remember who, Mom or Aunt) had to stir it to add the sugar. The girl dissolved into the coffee but next time I go there, I'm going to try and get them to give me the same design, headache or no!
This is my entry this week to Susan's Black and White Wednesday.
black and white wednesday Coffee Art
22 comments:
This is awesome. I've never see or heard of anything like this.ReplyDelete
I am not a coffee drinker and not aware of flora and fauna but that girl is pretty neat.ReplyDelete
I have never heard of such coffee art, must be some high faluting place where the barrista was majorly smitten by you.ReplyDelete
Deepika, Indo, quite a thrill, isn't it?ReplyDelete
Bong Mom, ha ha ha, was he? He didn't try to draw MY pic in the coffee!
Wow.. very nicely done! :)ReplyDelete
Thats amazing, I've only seen the flora and fauna coffee art here US aside, this takes the cake, though!ReplyDelete
wow, that is amazing, I have never seen anything like it, Heart yes, may be with whipped cream or chocolate powder. This is simply superb.ReplyDelete
I have stencil for coffee art but I never tried ,maybe I will try now,awesome clickReplyDelete
So now it's nt just your soup but your coffee that's alive too. :)ReplyDelete
Hey, never saw a girl in coffee, just hearts and leaves. This must be more difficult.. definitely a thing of beauty :)ReplyDelete
Sra .. I'd read/seen snaps about such art on the net but have not experienced anything like this yet. Does make me wonder ... so do they insist on a person's ability to draw well when employing them? :-)ReplyDelete
I have come across hearts/fauna/leaf arts on my coffee cup but never like this ..This is pure magic..hugs and smiles
- Anonymous8/31/2011 5:32 PM
That's pretty cool. ;-)ReplyDelete
A beautiful example of latte art!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/01/2011 8:45 AM
Nice, but it's not black and white!ReplyDelete
I want to say what everyone else said. LOL on Aparna's comment of now your coffee coming Alive too. BTW, what is with moms and cell phones? Or has it something to do with the noise level in a mall that makes the cell phone ring redundant? My parents were and sometimes still are like that.ReplyDelete
Though I have to say, nowadays when they leave the house they forward the home phone on to the cell phone and are pretty quick to pick up. Ofcourse, sometimes, they forget to unforward it and misplace the cell phone!
Laavanya, Ann, Priya, Notyet100, Aparna, La, thanks all of you!ReplyDelete
Sharmila, I doubt it, it looks like a different game altogether, and there are stencils, as Notyet said ...
Jaya, Paz, Simona, isn't it really? Lucky to have come across it!
Sui, the event accepts sepia pix so I'm hoping this will make the cut.
Desisoccermom, I think it's both moms and malls - my mom never seems to answer her phone and I doubt she has it on her all the time, but I could be mistaken.
That is amazing!! I too would have been loath to stir and would probably have tried to see how the girl's hair style changed as the coffee was carefully drunk.ReplyDelete
Great photo!
Ha ha I can imagine the looks they gave you when they heard you had coffee and not them :-) I usually ( always) get a head ache in a mall especially in Indian malls were they music is so loud ( and the music they play is not at all to my taste)ReplyDelete
Here we have cup shapes but I have never ever seen a beautiful shape like this, you should check it out how they do it next time :-)
the barista was totally flirting w/ you!ReplyDelete
Elizabeth, that's interesting, I never thought of that! Thanks.ReplyDelete
Happy, I don't think there was any music playing, just the general noise. If there is some product launch, then there is music.
The Cooker, I went back there to show The Spouse, met the guy who did it (didn't notice the other day, actually), that guy seemed quite thrilled and did another picture for us of the girl - in someone else's coffee.
We anthropomorphize everything. Why not coffee? Very cool shot, Sra. (Running behind w/ comments; today's gallery w/ be up later today.) Thx for this great BWW shot.ReplyDelete
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
A video course for high school teachers; 13 half-hour video programs, course guide, and Web site; graduate credit available
Great advances have been made in the field of biology in recent decades that will continue to have a major impact on our lives. Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives explains these developments for teachers of high school biology to update their content knowledge and understanding. The multimedia course materials — video, online text, interactive Web activities, and course guide — will help new and veteran biology teachers become familiar with current research methods and tools that will lead to new discoveries in the coming decades. Thirteen half-hour video programs feature interviews with expert scientists involved in groundbreaking research, such as Eric Lander of the MIT Genomics Center and Rita Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation. Detailed animations provide a micro-level view of biological processes and techniques such as mass spectrometry and microarray analysis. Supporting and expanding the video content, the course guide and interactive Web site provide learning activities, additional information, a detailed glossary, annotated animations, and case studies that invite teachers to run their own mini research projects. An extensive online text, downloadable for printing, covers the content participants need to know for the 13 units.
Produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. 2003.
Session 1. Genomics
Having determined the complete DNA nucleotide sequence of humans and several other organisms, today's research has shifted to identifying genes and determining their functions. This session reviews the techniques used in BLAST searches, microarray experiments, and other genomics tools. Go to this unit.
Session 2. Proteins and Proteomics
Researchers know it is the proteins made by a cell that determine what that cell does. This session explores the varying complements of proteins and their effects, structures, and interactions within the mechanism of cell function, and introduces the larger picture of proteomics and systems biology. Go to this unit.
Session 3. Evolution and Phylogenetics
The ability to compare DNA sequences from different organisms is refining our perspective on evolution. This session illustrates how molecular techniques are now combined with fossil evidence to explore relationships in organisms from whales to anthrax. Go to this unit.
Session 4. Microbial Diversity
Microbial diversity far surpasses all other diversity on the planet. This session examines recent studies of microbes including extremophiles, the comparisons of Bacteria and Archaea, and the formation and life cycle of biofilms. Go to this unit.
Session 5. Emerging Infectious Diseases
New diseases arise and old diseases, such as malaria and influenza, are returning with renewed vigor. This session studies the complex causes and far-reaching impacts of emerging infectious diseases around the globe. Go to this unit.
Session 6. HIV and AIDS
Studying individuals with natural resistance to HIV has led to insights into the infection process and may produce new treatments or a vaccine. This session explores recent developments in the study of HIV and AIDS, the future global impact of the current infection levels, and the ethical issues surrounding current research and treatments. Go to this unit.
Session 7. Genetics of Development
Organisms as different as flies, fish, and humans share a set of genes, known as a genetic toolkit, which guides development. This session presents new perspectives on the remarkable similarity in these molecules and processes and the ethical questions involved in this research. Go to this unit.
Session 8. Cell Biology and Cancer
Cancers result when genes required for normal cell function are mutated and the resulting cells undergo other changes ultimately leading to uncontrolled division. This session reveals new information on normal cell function, proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes and their role in the cell cycle, and current research in drug design for specific cancers. Go to this unit.
Session 9. Human Evolution
Homo sapiens is now the only living representative of what was once a multi-branched bush of hominid species. This session examines mitochondrial Eve and other fossil clues that increasingly point to Africa as the point of origin of our species. How did humans replace their hominid cousins, including Neanderthal, leaving the chimpanzee as our closest living relative? Go to this unit.
Session 10. Neurobiology
Neurons' electrical activity results in the release of neurotransmitters that account for everything from survival to addiction to learning and memory. This session explains how neurons communicate to achieve all these functions. Go to this unit.
Session 11. Biology of Sex and Gender
Several genes help determine what makes a human embryo develop female or male sexual anatomies. This session examines recent findings which have challenged previous beliefs about the roles of anatomy, environment, and genetics in the determination of gender, and the evolution of sexual determination. Go to this unit.
Session 12. Biodiversity
With current extinction rates exceeding those of previous mass extinctions, many biodi
versity studies focus on efforts to count the Earth's species before they are lost. This session explores current field experiments studying complex ecosystems and how environmental and biodiversity changes might affect their functions. Go to this unit.
Session 13. Genetically Modified Organisms
While genetic modification of organisms has occurred for millennia, we now have the tools to insert specific genes from one organism into cells of unrelated species. This session illustrates the processes used and how such genetically transformed organisms are increasingly common in agriculture, industry, and medicine, and introduces the ethical considerations of GMO research. Go to this unit.
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