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A rat exterminator is a pest control specialist who works primarily with rats. Rat exterminators may also handle other mammals such as mice, possums, raccoons, and so forth. These pest control specialists can be found working in seattle washington of king county
Exterminators tend to treat rodents like bugs. But of course, rodents aren't bugs. They are mammals. Taking care of a rat problem is much more similar to solving a raccoon problem than it is a cockroach or ant problem. Insects are tiny, in huge numbers, and they can get into the house through miniscule gaps. They carry poison back to the nest, to the queen. Yes, insects can be controlled by spraying poison. But only controlled, and never permanently removed. But rats do not work that way. They are animals. They need a sizeable gap to get into the attic or house. They aren't huge in number. And yes a rat problem can be solved permanently, in a matter of days.
Exterminator company doesn't want to solve the rat problem permanently. They want to do it their normal way – with a never-ending quarterly or monthly treatment contract, and keep taking money from you forever. And that's fine for insects, because insects will keep coming. But you can solve a rat problem for good in one shot, and never worry about it again, by doing what I say on this website – sealing shut all the entry holes into the house. If you get that done, your rat problem is solved forever,Not only does it not solve the problem, it creates problems! I have to go to so many houses to remove stinking dead rats, and clean up after the mistakes of lazy, ignorant exterminators, it's amazing. Read all about: the problem with rat poison here.
It's crazy how extermination companies have tried to make a mammal, rats, fit the mold of insects, and fit their business model. That said, many exterminators have discovered that the poison doesn't always do the trick. So yes, some exterminators do use other methods, such as snap traps, or glue boards (which as I show here, are horrible: How To Trap a Rat). But still, they don't have the right approach, because they want that service contract to never end. Your property remains at risk due to a rodent problem that never gets solved, even if you think you're handling the problem. Exterminators don't do the real work – sealing the rat entry holes. Even if you already have a regular, trusted extermination company doing your insect work, do not hire them for rat removal projects.


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BloggingBlogging is fun and easy and, again, you don't need great writing skills. You just need to be able to communicate your thoughts and ideas well. You can get your own customizable blog by getting a domain and hosting package that includes the Fantastico module. This module allows you to install the blogging software, WordPress, with 1 simple click. It's super fast and easy and you'll be blogging in no time. Once you have some visitors, you can add Adsense ads or affiliate ads to leverage your visitors and make money from them. Remember, the more interesting your topic, the more people will be interested, and the more readers you get, the more money you will make from your advertising. Blogs can be about anything, what do you have a passion for? What is your interest? Blog about it!
Affiliate MarketingMany online companies have affiliate programs. Amazon.com, for instance, has a great affiliate program that allows you to sign up and get a customized URL to any page or area of their site. Then you can send this URL to your friends and family and encourage them to buy gifts from Amazon.com. With every purchase from your affiliate link, you get a commission! There are thousands of other affiliate programs out there, in addition to Amazon's program.
Sell Your Extra StuffWe all have extra stuff laying around our houses or garages. Why not get rid of it and make some money too? Get your stuff and take a picture, write a description and put it up on eBay. You may find that something you thought that wasn't worth anything, is actually worth something!
Contests, Sweepstakes and Instant Win GamesEveryday there are new contests, sweepstakes and instant win games launching. If you are vigilant and spend an hour or a few a day entering contests and playing these games, you will win something eventually. Playing these games and contests is often fun anyway, so why not take a chance? Check out sweeps.ws for a great list of contests, sweepstakes and instant win games.
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Online CasinosThere are hundreds of different online casinos on the web. I bet you thought that you needed money to play at them and win? Well, you were wrong. You can signup for free poker tournaments that have cash prizes. There are also slot, roulette and blackjack tournaments that you can play that have real money prizes. All for free! Check out freerolls.net and gambling.com for listings.
There you go, 8 fun and easy ideas to make some extra cash online!
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Lydia Quinn writes for PaidSurvey24.com, a free and comprehensive paid survey directory list. Visit us at: Paid Survey 24

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WESTPORT The North Country has lost one of its most respected figures.
Monsignor Francis A. White, 83, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2007, at the Meadowbrook Healthcare Center following a lengthy illness.
He was more than just our parish priest, he was a brother to everyone. He was a fine man, and an amazingly good priest who loved what he did and did it well, said his longtime friend Aileen Geiling.
Until earlier this year White was in residence at St. Philip Neri Church, in Westport. He was pastor at St. Elizabeth's Church, in Elizabethtown, from 1978 until his retirement in 1999.
Interment took place earlier this week in St. Ann's Cemetery, in Mooers Forks.
A life spent serving the North Country
Monsignor White served as a distinguished priest and much-loved pastor in a variety of assignments during his more than fifty years as a priest in the Diocese of Ogdensburg. It was always a joy to be in his presence. His gentle manner and priestly dedication were an example and inspiration to all who knew him. I particularly enjoyed visiting with him and listening to his stories of earlier days here in the diocese. He had a wonderful sense of history. His insights were always very much appreciated. His kindness will long be remembered, said the Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop of Ogdensburg.
Monsignor White was born on Aug. 10, 1924, in Mooers Forks, NY, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Tremblay) White. He attended St. Mary's Academy in Champlain, graduating in 1942. After attending St. Michael's College, in Winooski, VT, he was enrolled at Wadhams Hall Seminary College, in Ogdensburg, until 1945. He completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, MD.
He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 28, 1949, at Sacred Heart Church, in Massena, by thenBishop Bryan J. McEntegart.
On June 27, 1989, he was named Prelate of Honor of the Holy Father (Monsignor).
Monsignor White's pastoral assignments in the Diocese of Ogdensburg included assistant at St. John Bosco Church, in Malone (1949); St. Joseph's Church, in Dannemora (1950); and St. Mary's Cathedral, in Ogdensburg (1951 to 1958).
In 1958 he was named administrator of St. John the Baptist Church, in Keeseville. He also served as pastor of St. Joseph's Church, in West Chazy (1963 to 1971); St. Augustine's Church, in Peru (1971 to 1978); and St. Elizabeth's Church, in Elizabethtown from 1978 until his retirement in 1999. In 1984 he was appointed Dean of the Essex Deanery by thenBishop Stanislaus J. Brzana and served in that position until he retired.
Monsignor White also served as a diocesan consultant, on the board of advisors for the North Country Catholic and on the Bishop's Fund Committee.
Spiritual leader of the Elks
His spiritual guidance and leadership was extended across the state and the nation throughout a long and distinguished membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Monsignor White was initiated into Ogdensburg Elks Lodge in 1956. Because of a parish reassignment, he transferred to the Keeseville Lodge for a short time, and in 1963 transferred again, this time to the Plattsburgh Lodge, where he remained a member for the rest of his life.
In appreciation of his dedication to the Elks' principles of charity, justice, brotherly love, and fidelity, the Plattsburgh Lodge honored him as Elk of the Year in 1973, granted him honorary life membership and dedicated a room in his honor.
In 1966 he was appointed Chaplain of the New York State Elks Association and served in that position for the next forty years. Due to ill health, he was designated Chaplain Emeritus in 2006.
He was honored in 1970 by being named Grand Lodge chaplain for a three-year term. In 1988 he was appointed to an unprecedented second term in that post.
He served on numerous local, state and national committees, including the Elks National Foundation Scholarship Committee.
Leading members of the national organization, on various occasions, referred to him as "a tremendous spiritual leader at all levels of Elkdom," and noted that he "brought distinction to the clergy and to the State of New York."
He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Memorial donations may be made to the Elks National Foundation, c/o the Plattsburgh Lodge of Elks, 56 Cumberland Ave., Plattsburgh, NY 12901; The Priests Retirement Fund of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, P.O. Box 369, 22 Washington St., Ogdensburg, NY 13669; the Sisters of Precious Blood of Watertown, Precious Blood Monastery, 400 Pratt St., Watertown, NY 13601; or the Carmelite Sisters of Beacon, 89 Hiddenbrooke Dr., Beacon, NY 12508-3599.


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Overview of Export Controls
Federal export controls are accomplished primarily through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, implemented by the Department of Commerce for items that have both a commercial and potential military use) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR, implemented by the Department of State for military items and defense services). The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions to protect foreign policy and national security goals.
The export control regulations most frequently encountered by the university research community are the following:
Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
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Maker culture is dynamic and growing both in the UK and abroad. Maker communities are transforming the creative process - developing innovative products and forming new models of social, civic and educational practices. This new and emerging sector is internationally focused and digitally connected, but to date, there have been few formal opportunities for cross cultural exchange between makers.
Makerspaces have exploded across the UK but, as a self-identifying movement, maker culture is relatively new to China. It was only in 2015 that the Chinese government's annual work report introduced the idea of mass entrepreneurship as a new engine of economic growth. It also mentioned makers for the first time.
Shanzhai used to refer to the cloning process which produced knock-off consumer electronics under thinly disguised versions of brand names like "Nakia." Driven by the pace of Shenzhen's continuous economic and technological development, shanzhai has evolved rapidly. Copy-cats have become innovative brands in their own right, collectively shipping 400 million mobile phones and tablets annually, as well as millions of other "smart" devices. Shanzhai is now more of an ecology, with networks of manufacturers and designers creating products for the markets often neglected by major brands. Open source components and casings allow for rapid iterative processes and shanzhai's innovations are sometimes hugely successful; from dual-sim card phones to cheap handsets for migrant workers.
This is just one Chinese context which could provide insight and opportunities. We think UK and Chinese maker cultures - the former with a tendency towards small-scale, experimental prototyping, and the latter with an entrepreneurial drive accompanied by perceived historical issues with fostering creativity - could mutually benefit from research which brings them into intimate contact.
Therefore, we're undertaking the first comprehensive study of the maker movement in China. To complement this wide ranging mapping of makerspaces, we partner with Nesta and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to launch a new approach we're calling 'Living Research', as well as 'Hello, Shenzhen' programme.


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these guys are cute.u can find them in the elwind forest.don't know how to spell right now.one day i fell off the water fall where u get turtle mounts,and i found these and squirl pollymorphed!they were turtle's and i wanted a turtle,so i battled but turned back to normal form!i know when u hit them they turn back but i didn't even touch him!oh swell.at least now i have speedy. maybye u will see turtle envasion on youtube some day!ty for reading and plz comment!
I am currently levelling up a white rabbit, breed S/S. At level 25, it should have 358 speed, which sounds OP to me. Yes, this is a plain old white rabbit. I want to keep one as a primary pet for the lore. What lore? Take your pick! Either it's "follow the white rabbit", or "For the entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel, that no man yet has fought with it... and lived!"
Sadly, battlepets can't attack player characters yet.
Found a level 23 Rabbit (white) as a secondary pet in Mount Hyjal. So for those of you that want the highest level of this pet, i recommend going there :) Found mine fighting other battle pets around Sulfuron Spire.
I caught a white rabbit and when I use him to battle he is sometimes white and sometimes brown. I don't know if anyone else has this issue. I am not saying that I don't like it, I just want to know if anyone else has experienced random colors when they use their pets?
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Scotty and Fiddy have created quite the challenge for themselves. They are on the downside of hitching a ride through 50 states in 50 days. Some people travel like that already but these guys have a few rules:
* They cannot pay for any transportation
* They must take a photo in front of every state capitol building in each state
* They must blog about their travels at least once a day and at least once in every state
Having recently completed college, they didn't want to follow the path of their fellow graduates by getting a job. Instead, they wanted to meet people, travel and have some fun in the process.
They began their trip in Albany, NY, traveled down the East Coast to Florida, made their way through the Southeast, caught a flight to Juneau and back to Washington, across the Northwest and North and are currently in Madison, WI. They expect to end up in California or Hawaii.
When you read their blog, you realize their experiences are a true testament to how our fellow citizens are willing to support you as a traveler. It's easy to forget this when your day consists of road raging drivers and cranky co-workers. I have always found that people will come out of the woodwork to help when I'm lost or am in a jam when I'm on the road. Not only is Hitch 50 a great read but it's an inspiration and a reinforcement of the good spirit of people across the United States.
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- If you're just getting started with Star Sonata, read one of the Guides or the New Pilot page.
- For information regarding skills and where to train them these volumes are recommended: Core skills: I, Core skills: II or Awesome skills.
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SF Rec and Park is seeking to add more boulders to the Sharp Park seawall.
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We have a Sharp Park update:
Unfortunately SF Planning along with SF Rec. and Park voted 5-1 to certify the EIR that included the Sharp Park golf course redevelopment plan. Although this was a major setback, we will have more opportunities to voice our concerns about the golf course renovation and what it implies for the beach. Sometime in January the SF Board of Supervisors are expected to meet to affirm this decision. We will notify all our activists when we have the dates. In the meantime, you can write to your local SF Supervisor tp weigh in. To send an email, just type Supervisor's email@example.com For example: firstname.lastname@example.com. Please lend your voice in opposition to the golf course redevelopment project and its inclusion in the EIR. We need folks to underscore the fact that the golf course EIR omitted the evaluation of the environmental impact of the seawall. This is most troubling because there is an effort underway by SF Rec and Park to reinforce that structure. Rec. and Park has an application currently in process with the Coastal Commission which will add more boulders to the seawall. See pic. above.
While we await the next stage of the LCP amendment process, we have received notice by SFPUC that the "Alternatives Analysis" phase for Sloat continues. This is the process of evaluating alternative ways to protect the Lake Merced Tunnel. The good news is that we have been assured that a Lake Merced Tunnel relocation and/or realignment strategy is one of the options being studied and weighed. We appreciate SFPUC's work on this behalf. By keeping an open mind regarding our options for the LMT, we may ensure the best long term project gets built for Sloat.
Surfrider stands by its position that the uncertainties surrounding climate change should lead us to strive for maximum re-alignment of threatened structures. If done correctly, the Ocean Beach Master Plan, SPUR, and the City of SF would have a showcase of innovation for climate change adaptation. Currently, most coastal municipalities facing an erosion threat to development either harm their beaches through seawall construction and/or waste public funds trying to fill in the ocean with sand. SF has the opportunity to show that there is a smarter alternative: managed retreat. With managed retreat, we gain real long-term security for coastal development, preserve the public's beach and save taxpayer's millions of dollars by reducing our reliance on sand replenishment.
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East of the Rockies, martins are totally dependent on humans to provide houses for nesting.
April 2011
Rooms for rent
To attract a houseful of purple martins, pick the right location and follow some tried and true tenets.
Kathryn A. Kahler
To attract new tenants, most landlords do nothing more than run an ad in the local paper or put up a "for rent" sign in the window. If you're trying to attract a nesting colony of purple martins, it's another matter entirely.
Just ask Westfield biology teacher Brian Thays who admits he's hooked and somewhat of a "nerd" about attracting martins. When he was 10 years old, Thays would bike several miles to see established colonies near his home. It sparked a passionate pursuit to attract purple martins to his property.
"I'm actually pretty new to the hobby," admits Thays, who has had martins nesting in his T-14 style martin house for two years. "But once you've seen these beautiful birds with their wonderful swooping, gliding flight pattern literally dive out of the sky to your bird house, you're hooked. I want to get the message out so others don't end up making some common mistakes that leave their bird houses empty, or worse, full of non-native house sparrows or European starlings," he says.
Purple martins are the largest North American swallows. Adult males are about 7½ inches long with iridescent purple-black plumage front and back. The dimorphic females have similar coloring on their backs but have a dingy grayish breast. Martins winter in South America and migrate back to their breeding grounds in North America in the spring sending scouts that reach Wisconsin in early to mid-April. Breeding pairs are monogamous and once they choose a nesting site will come back to it year after year as long as they don't experience nest failure.
East of the Rockies, martins are totally dependent on humans to provide houses for nesting. Oldest adults arrive first; subadults return a month or more after adults.
Martins eat only flying insects on the wing and don't specialize in any one species, taking a variety of beetles, flies, bees, wasps, dragonflies, butterflies, moths, cicadas and others. Despite common belief, they eat very few mosquitoes, probably because martins feed higher in the sky than mosquitoes tend to fly. Extensive studies of the stomach contents of martins show that mosquitoes make up less than 3 percent of their diet.
Some of the biggest threats to purple martins are those posed by house sparrows and European starlings over battles for decent nest sites. Would-be martin landlords must be willing and ready to deal with the aggressive competitors or they will likely fail in their attempts to attract martins. Starlings will kill adult martins, their young and eggs. Sparrows will peck holes in the eggs or build their own nests on top of the martin nest, starving the hatchlings. Martin landlords employ techniques such as trapping and euthanizing the nonprotected exotics, relentlessly destroying their nests found in martin houses, or using houses with special crescent-shaped starling resistant entrance holes.
Trapping and releasing birds is not effective because sparrows and starlings will return within hours.
Enthusiasts interested in attracting birds to their martin house can employ a number of "social attraction" techniques to entice new breeders. Martins are colonial nesters and unlike most other birds, prefer to nest in close proximity to each other. That's why methods like setting up decoys, broadcasting vocalizations – "dawn song" and "daytime chatter" are Thays' favorites – constructing fake nests or duct-taping mirrors to nest openings all help in tricking martins into thinking there are other martins around.
"Martins have evolved over thousands of years to feel that if they're close to humans and other martins, they'll have a sense of safety," said Thays. "That's the illusion we try to give."
Despite the pitfalls faced by martin landlords, Thays believes the many benefits of living with purple martins far outweigh the difficulties.
"I really only spend five or 10 minutes a day monitoring my colony now that its established," he estimated. "There are other things you must do on a weekly basis, like lowering the house to check for parasites and predation, and on an annual basis, like fall cleaning and plugging the holes for the winter. The top thing on my list is placement of the house. It has to be 40 to 60 feet away from trees that may provide cover for aerial predators like hawks and owls."
Another item that's high on Thays' list is talking to successful martin landlords to see what has worked for them. Thays volunteers as a landlord mentor in Wisconsin for the Purple Martin Conservation Association, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Erie, Penn. He recommends that anybody interested in becoming a purple martin landlord check out their website (purplemartin.org) for an incredible amount of information. Thays would also be happy to help prospective landlords who can contact him at (608) 296-1684, or by email at Brian Thays.
Kathryn A. Kahler scouts out nest sites and does her bird watching from Madison.


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One of the groups I am on has a lottery for ATC's and also cards and I decided to play with my new Chocolate stamp from my SS since the theme matched :) I used Memento ink to stamp the guy and the words, Copic markers to color him and an Amuse oval to stamp under the chair with Palette Ink. I also used my white Gelly Roll pen to color his coat in. Make him official looking - you know :) It is intentionally a little "wonky" on the layering too - I figured you have to be wonky to see a Dr. about a chocolate addiction...he he he
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7 comments:
- Christina said...
well I agree with this statement wholeheartedly! Very cute. Love his coat!
- September 26, 2008 at 7:59 AM
- Shelly Koskinen said...
This is cute...and so true!
- September 26, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- Sally said...
Love it - this made me chuckle!!
Think I may need to see a Dr about my chocolate addiction!!
Sally x
- September 26, 2008 at 5:30 PM
- PaperAddictJenn said...
Your little geeky dr. is so cute!
- September 26, 2008 at 5:36 PM
- Libby Hickson said...
How cute and fun! :-)
- September 26, 2008 at 9:35 PM
- Wendy said...
Love this card, and how true is the wording
- September 27, 2008 at 4:26 AM
- Kerry D-C said...
Hee hee hee! So True! Chocolate is great therapy...but my waistline doesn't agree! this is super fun!
- September 28, 2008 at 10:12 PM
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States to start formal talks on killer robots in 2017
Over the past three years, states have discussed the serious ethical, moral and legal issues posed by increasing autonomy in weapons systems at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), in a series of informal expert meetings. Today, at the CCW's Fifth Review Conference, they decided to take these discussions forward on a more formal footing next year, by establishing a Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS).
This could represent a shift towards concrete action to address the grave concerns raised by the development of LAWS: previous GGEs at the CCW have led to the negotiation of new legally binding protocols to prohibit or restrict weapons systems of concern. As a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, Article 36 urges states to use the opportunity presented by the GGE to work towards an international ban on these weapons that would operate without meaningful human control.
The GGE will be open to the participation of all states, and will meet for two weeks in 2017. It will be chaired by India, and it is expected that the chair will be looking to advance considering of this issue towards firm results.
Fundamental to the concerns raised by states and civil society around LAWS have been the issues of human control and judgment: the loss of this human element in the use of force is the key, deeply troubling aspect from which other problems raised – such as challenges to adequately applying the law or ensuring accountability – proceed. Nineteen states have now called for a ban on LAWS, with over thirty raising the issue of control or judgment in their recent interventions on the issue.
Article 36 has argued that states' discussions on LAWS should be structured around deciding what constitutes meaningful human control over weapons systems, and determining how this can be maintained in the context of developments in technology, setting legally binding standards that prohibit any systems that would fall outside these parameters.
Such an approach enables states to talk on an equal footing about the issues of core concern – irrespective of their individual levels of technological development or knowledge in this area. It also helps to future-proof agreements made – as though technology may develop in unforeseen ways, principles and standards around control can remain constant. Concentrating on a technology based definitional exercise, which some states favour, could on the other hand easily fall foul of fast moving technological developments and risk quickly becoming irrelevant to dealing with international concerns.
Urgency is key as states move forward to discuss LAWS at the GGE next year – developments in technology must not be allowed to continue to outpace diplomacy. The humanitarian harm, and the fundamental challenge to upholding the law as a process of human deliberation, that would result from the deployment of LAWS means that states cannot simply choose to "wait and see."
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So happy to finally get some new clothing! My mom went shopping and picked up some new things for me from both Nike and Children's Place. My fav place is Nike!! I got a black turtle neck,sneakers and a sweat shirt. From the Children's Place, I got a dress,shoes and a shirt!
Jean jacket too!
I've been wearing this BFF necklace every single day and I love it! My BFF wears the other half.


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Can I Run a maintenance plan that does Index Maintenance anytime?
I've got a slow database right now and I have a index maintenance plan that is set to run every week. I did database update yesterday and today system is very sluggish.
Can I run this maintenance plan now, while there are people connected to the database
- rebuild index task
- update statistics task
the database is about ~60MB and right now there is about 10 users connected to it.
what is the proper procedure for running this maintenance plan? it is scheduled to run each sunday 02:00


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Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Sports News
Aza Homers Twice As White Sox Beat Twins
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[April 01, 2014]
CHICAGO — Alejandro De Aza seems
delighted with his new spot in the Chicago White Sox batting order.
A frequent leadoff hitter during four previous seasons in
Chicago, De Aza clubbed two home runs on Monday from his No. 7 spot
to help lead Chicago to a 5-3 Opening Day victory over the Minnesota
"I love RBI," said the veteran outfielder who went 2-for-4 with two
RBI. "It feels great. I was trying to put the ball in play, trying
to get got good barrel in any position in the batting order I'm in."
De Aza's had Chicago's first multi-homer opening day since Jim Thome
in 2008 in Cleveland and first at home since Minnie Minoso has a
pair in 1960 at old Comiskey Park.
There was also impressive production from the White Sox's newest
Leadoff batter batter Adam Eaton went 2-for-4 with an RBI while
highly touted Cuban first baseman Jose Abreu got a double in his
first at-bat, and RBI single in his second and scored a run.
"You wanted to get that first one out of the way," Abreu said. "Once
you get it, it's a very happy moment."
The White Sox never trailed after De Aza's home run into the wind to
right field scored Abreu in the second inning in front of a sellout
crowd of 37,422 on a 65-degree day, the warmest in Chicago in four
Left-hander Chris Sale (1-0) claimed his second straight Opening Day
win as he scattered five hits, struck out eight and allowed just
three earned runs in 7 1/3 innings.
"He was strong the whole way through," White Sox manager Robin
Ventura said. "This was as good as he's been in a while."
Right-handed reliever Matt Lindstrom worked the ninth for his first
save since April 14, 2011 while with the Rockies.
"I felt loose," Sale said. "It's always nice when your team comes
out and puts up runs. We put up two and I go out there for my
shutdown inning and give it right back. But it shows what kind of
fighters we have on this team going right back out and getting some
The White Sox added two runs in the bottom of the third and a single
run in the sixth.
Twins right-hander Ricky Nolasco, an offseason free agent
acquisition, allowed five runs on 10 hits — including two home runs — through six innings of work. Nolasco (0-1) walked two, struck out
four and threw one wild pitch.
"Nice ballgame, a couple of mistakes and De Aza made us pay a couple
of times," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Other than that, I
thought our starter threw the ball pretty decent, a couple mistakes
and they end up in the seats. I thought we made some really nice
defensive plays, we put some swings out there and we had
Catcher Kurt Suzuki went 2-for-4 with three RBIs while center
fielder Aaron Hicks went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
"The catcher a really good day, tough behind the plate blocking
balls and a couple of big hits for us," Gardenhire said.
The White Sox claimed a 2-0 lead in the second inning on De Aza's
two-out home run to right, driving home home Abreu from third.
Abreu reached with a lead-off single to right on the first pitch
from Nolasco.
The Twins tied in the third when Suzuki's two-out single drove home
Hicks and right fielder Oswaldo Arcia from second and third,
[to top of second column]
In the third inning, third baseman Conor Gillaspie's one-out double
in the fourth pushed Eaton to third and set up Abreu, who collected
his first career RBI with his RBI single.
Designated hitter Adam Dunn's RBI sacrifice fly down the third base
line brought then home Gillaspie for a 4-2 Chicago lead.
De Aza lined Nolasco's first sixth inning pitch to right center
for his second homer of the day and first career multi-homer game.
Nolasco departed after the sixth but wasn't discouraged by his first
outing since signing as a free agent.
"I felt great," he said. "I thought I made a lot of good pitches but
the difference in the game was a couple pitches to De Aza and the
double that Gillaspie hit. ... I thought we played good, we battled
all game and made it interesting late."
Sale departed with one out with Hicks at second for right-handed
reliever Ronald Belisario, who gave up a run-scoring single up the
middle to Suzuki.
Lindstrom gave up a one-out double to designated hitter Chris
Colabello but struck out third baseman Trevor Plouffe and got Arcia
on a grounder to end the game.
The teams are off Tuesday and resume their three-game series on
Wednesday afternoon. The Twins send right-hander Kevin Correia
against White Sox right-hander Felipe Paulino.
NOTES: The first day of enhanced security measures at U.S. Cellular
Field generally moved smoothly despite some backups as fans went
through airport-style scanners to enter for the first time. ... The
field looked surprisingly healthy despite frozen turf a mere two
weeks ago. White Sox chief groundskeeper Roger Bossard and crew
pumped hot air over the field and through underground drainage
systems to successfully thaw it out and coax grass to life. ...
White Sox veteran 1B Paul Konerko received the loudest ovation
during pre-game introductions. Konerko is starting his 16th and
final season with Chicago and opted out of the Opening Day lineup
for the first time in his White Sox career. ... Twins LHP Brian
Duensing became a dad for the second time on Monday when wife Lisa
delivered Boston Matthew Duensing. Brian Duensing is on paternity
leave but is expected to rejoin the team later this week. "It's an
exciting moment, so we want him to be his wife," Twins manager Ron
Gardenhire said. ... The Twins opened the season with 12 players on
their 25-man roster last Opening Day roster, including free agent
RHPs Phil Hughes and Ricky Nolasco. ... Gardenhire remains two wins
away from 1,000 for his career. RHP Jared Burton needs just one
appearance for 300 career outings.
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So two things were going on today. 1) My daughter decided to paint her room, and begged me for help. I severely dislike painting, so 2) I wanted cookies. The thought of painting made me want to bake cookies even more.
There wasn't any way I was setting foot into a den of painting. And I use the definition of den as follows: a wild animal's lair or habitation. She's 19. Think your 14 year old knows everything??
I figured I'd crack open a cookbook I haven't used yet: The Barnes and Noble Cookies Bake-Off : Top 75 Recipes from Around the Country by Sterling Publishers. I give you Thriftbooks' link, as it's the cheapest online, and Barnes and Noble doesn't actually have it listed on their site – you can't make this shit up. Clearly it wasn't a best seller the winter of 2015 upon its release, and the fact that they don't sell it on their site is their problem. Not mine. I give you full permission to buy it cheap.
The cookie on page 34 – the OMG cookie – was one of the runner ups for the contest for which the book was created. It's good. You should buy the cookbook because there are other good recipes in it. But you can't apparently buy it from the people who hosted the bakeoff.
I made a few modifications, quite simply because I know to, and didn't have exactly what Sandy from IL was asking for – I know, shocker.
Personally, every single recipe is game for this philosophy in my house. I know what makes recipes better in my mind, and I often don't have the ingredients but have something similar.
Welcome to the den of experimentation. See the definition to which I refer above.
My Thoughts After Baking:
- This recipe calls for 3 cups of flour: 2 cup AP flour and 1 cup whole wheat. I did the following: 1 cup AP, 1 cup whole wheat, 1 cup bread flour. Why?
- Bread flour will help the cookie be more tender, especially with the addition of whole wheat flour in this recipe.
- Guess what? I'm right.
- I felt so good throwing whole wheat flour in this recipe. Why? Below is only part of what's added into this cookie. Totally healthy to add in that cup of whole wheat flour. Totally healthy. My thought wasn't OMG when I saw the weight, it was HOLY SHIT.
- There came a point when I thought I might need to chisel out my kitchen sink and add it to this cookie because there are that many ingredients.
- I didn't have pretzel thins, I had the even better butter pretzel bites. Why eat boring pretzel when you can have butter pretzels.
- I'd maybe only break the pretzels in half next time. They kinda got lost in the batter being broken up more.
- I also didn't have milk chocolate chips, but had bars which I cut into chunks; in the end, I had this wild combination of all kinds of chocolate to make up the 2 cups called for in the recipe…everything from Easter candy to high end dark chocolate bars. Have fun.
- The chocolate stays gooey in this cookie for quite some time. 🙂
- I also didn't have toffee bits, but had leftover toffee from England. Chopped it up and threw it in.
- Guess what else I didn't have?? Individual caramels. But I did have a honkin' block of caramel that I cut into small bits.
- I know the recipe calls to wrap the caramel in the dough so it makes a surprise inside. Wasn't happenin'. I just threw my chopped bits of caramel into the dough, knowing they'd spread and bubble out, possibly deforming the overall shape of the cookie, but I was ready with a paring knife immediately when they came out of the oven and scraped off the melted bits and reshaped the cookie.
- It didn't make me sad to eat some of that pile in the middle.
- Sure, some of my cookies got slightly deformed from the caramel melting and bulging out, but this is a cookie that tells you to use a 1/4 cup measure (aka the blue Zeroll scoop)… it's a monster friggin' cookie. So monsters aren't always pretty, now, are they?
- This cookie was good on its own, but when it cooled and I dunked it in milk, it became everything I wanted it to be as a cookie. Chewy, yet the toffee and caramel hardened up because of the cold milk and became crispy. Hello joy.
- Totally healthy, right? See all that butter…So much for that whole wheat flour.
Welcome to the Monster Cookie Meal.
This cookie could be a meal. It's that dense and big. Go slap some ice cream in the middle and call it a day.


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The Brazilian context: Three Core Issues
Public protests
The 2013 social uprisings across Brazil showed the extent to which voters, especially younger generations, no longer accept "politics as usual". This mobilization exposed opportunities for the development of new political narratives to restore citizens' confidence in their politicians.
The mobilization of more than a million people, which swept the Brazilian streets in June 2013, startled political leaders. What began as a demand to cut 20% from bus fares soon became a massive platform for a range of demands including better schools; less corruption; complaints against the World Cup; an improved health system; better citizen representation; greater social mobility; land reform; respect for homosexual and minority rights, and more. Although environmental concerns were not paramount to protesters' demands, the united call against "business as usual" does arguably connect these causes. The media certainly interpreted the June protests as, above all, an expression of how disenfranchised people continue to feel about the political system and their political representatives
Environmental issues could become visible in the political agenda if voters see a stronger link between their everyday concerns about urban mobility, health, energy, agriculture, or waste management and sustainable development. Take climate change, for example. Because the negative effects of climate change differ from region to region in Brazil, mobilizing the constituencies that are affected negatively by climate and environmental injustices may increase the likelihood that regional politicians make these issues a priority. Improved quality of life is a central concern for many voters that could be linked to an environmental agenda and consequently a new area for politicians to address.
A threatened coalition
Led by the "Workers Party" (PT), the government's great coalition has been in place for 13 years, but is under threat for the first time. Underpinning this shake-up of traditional politics is a strong alliance in the Parliament. Until recently, the coalition led by PT and the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) was expected to easily re-elect president Dilma and keep an ample majority in Parliament. Not much was expected to change in 2014. If anything, the elections were said to be about "consolidation," not transformation. The street protests last year changed that. With a new coalition between Eduardo Campos and Marina Silva and strong competition within state-level Governors, the outcome of the election is less certain.
Before the street protests there was therefore little expectation that much would change with the forthcoming presidential elections and many were calling it an election of consolidation, not transformation.
These new events are forcing the PT to renegotiate the basis of its coalition at both state and federal levels , which may in turn impact both president Dilma´s re-election chances and PT´s coalition with PMDB and other parties in congress.
Growing polarization
Most political narratives in Brazil present sustainable development as resting on three pillars: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. Nevertheless, environmental protection is severely restricted in practice whenever it's perceived as detrimental to economic growth. Whenever environmental protection is considered an impediment to the interests of major economic players, "pressing" national priorities will override it.
Linking environmental concerns to the concrete issues that emerged from the street protests may demonstrate the inconsistency and weakness of the candidates' approaches to and discourse about sustainable development. If framed properly, we could turn the debate into a national vision, along the lines of "sustainable development for Brazil" building a far more attractive vision for voters, social movements, businesses and the media.
"If framed properly, we could turn the debate into a national vision, along the lines of "sustainable development for Brazil" thus building a far more attractive vision for voters, social movements, businesses and the media."
Several events and political disputes became emblematic of the growing polarization between those worried about environmental impacts, on the one hand, and those supporting a development model that relies intensively on natural resources. The approval of changes to the Forest Code, the construction of Belo Monte dam, the exploration of the Pre-salt oil fields and legal proposals to change Indigenous people's rights confirmed the scale of these colossal tensions in Brazilian society. These controversial approvals also confirm the contradictions between political discourse in favour of sustainable development and what occurs in practice in the name of development.
The recent battles in the Brazilian Congress showed that the national legislative houses are presently dominated by fragmented elites and regional oligarchies that organize themselves across party interest groups, such as the powerful and well-organized agribusiness caucus, or "Ruralists". This dominant group supports setbacks in environmental policies whenever they perceive that limitation on the exploitation of natural resources, be it land, mineral or water affects their interests.
Despite the formidable power of the agribusiness caucus, the rise of new and bigger natural resource conflicts in Brazil has been divisive among the elite. The emergence of a new elite within the private sector that grasps why environmental protection can secure competitiveness is gaining power within the agribusiness caucus and could further divide this group.
The growing divergence within the agribusiness caucus, pitting traditional farmers against modern farmers on matters related to sustainable agriculture and productivity, has become more evident in the media. As a result, the media has "upgraded" the environment in their list of pre-electoral topics. This exposure could further deepen the differences within this powerful group and alter their alliances with both the left and right (PT and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party).
Where Brazil stands
The kind of political coalitions that support presidential and congressional candidates will define the next government's stance on environmental issues.
Brazil's fluid political dynamics mean that it is too early to make reliable predictions. The country has more than 30 political parties, two were created in 2013, and 24 are represented in the legislative houses, suggesting that much can still happen before the election.
Three core themes
What are specific themes that could directly or indirectly affect the next electoral debates in Brazil? We discuss what sustainable development advocates must do differently in order to ensure that the environment and climate are visible issues in the upcoming election.
- New constituencies: The presence of young voters could make a difference in the next election. If Marina Silva continues to mobilize young people, especially 16 and 17 year old potential voters, to participate in the next election, and if environment issues are flagged as being important for the next generation, then the media and politicians might place environmental issues higher up their own agendas.
- "Lost" constituencies: Although voting is obligatory in Brazil, analysts predict high levels of abstention in protest against the political system. The possible 30% - 40% of disgruntled voters are looking for new narratives and clearer positions on issues that are important for them such as the fight against corruption, injustice, inequality, unemployment and unchecked environmental destruction.
- Natural disasters: If the summer rainy season in the Southeast region of Brazil is severe, as it has been in the last few years when thousands were left homeless and scores dead, this may compel the media and political parties to talk about climate change and environmental issues in the election. During the last weeks of December 2013, almost 50,000 people were forced to leave their homes and 21 were killed due to a massive flood in the state of Espírito Santo. According to the Civil Defense Department, the level of rainfall in the state capital was 200% above the expected amount for the whole month. Another severe weather event may further put environment and climate change in the spotlight. While not guaranteed, environmental and climate issues could receive more attention in the campaign if the public demands politicians to take a stance on how to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts or how to advance sustainable development in practice.
- Social unrest: June 2014 will mark the first anniversary of the massive street protests in Brazil, a date which coincides with the start of the World Cup and the world's attention firmly on Brazil. The issue of urban mobility and the quality of public services are likely to be discussed publicly. Trade unions, social movements from different backgrounds and anti-World Cup movements are already preparing massive protests. These actions could become a game changer in the elections if they force political parties to take stronger stances that respond to the issues raised during the street protests. The sustainable development movement is diffused and covers an array of issues, from indigenous peoples rights, small-scale farming and environmental protection, to public transport groups and gender issues. The challenge is therefore to articulate a set of demands that can push at least some candidates to break ranks with those traditional groups that insist on a model of resource intensive development for Brazil.
Connecting sustainability, people and the economy
Getting political parties and candidates to take more explicit views on sustainability is possible, yet thorny. This is because they do not see "sustainability" as a core electoral issue for Brazilian voters.
Brazilians, however, care deeply about urban mobility and public transport, clean beaches, and healthy and safe food. They are also sensitive to the inclusivity of Brazil's development model. Because these issues are both directly and indirectly linked to sustainability, advocates of sustainable development in Brazil might need to reframe the narrative to be relevant to the everyday concerns of voters. It is the reconfiguration of sustainable development politics that could break the silence on these issues in the Brazilian elections.
In order to push this agenda forward, communication between advocates of sustainable development for Brazil and voters must improve. It is in our interest to undo the widespread perception, and often prejudice, that environmental issues are divorced from everyday life, or that a trade-off exists between individual wellbeing and "nature preservation".
We also need to work on the common perception that the environmental agenda is "a plot" orchestrated by rich nations to stifle Brazil's progress. The idea that environmental protection means a step backwards for Brazil will need to be confronted with evidence. We should do away with the idea that these issues are too complex and scientific for the public to understand. Again, new and better communication with the Brazilian people is critical. We must show why fighting for the environment means fighting against injustice and inequality.
"We must show why fighting for the environment means fighting against injustice and inequality."
Most importantly, we must combine environmental and climate change issues with the economic debate. It is insufficient for environmental advocates to simply state what they reject. They need to demonstrate what the economic alternatives are and why environmental and climate protection makes sense for Brazil's economy.
Critically, the linkages between environmental protection and development will need to be framed in social terms. We need to quantify the benefits and costs of the alternative pathways to development to map the potential winners and losers of shifting away from a resource intensive model in order to better manage the support and opposition to the status quo. Because Brazil is an exporting nation, providing top-quality analysis on how resource efficiency improves competitiveness will be needed. This analysis could help move the political discussion of proposals in favor of sustainable development beyond the paralyzing framing of "left" versus "right" ideologies.
The opportunity to place sustainability on the Brazilian election agenda in 2014 looms large. Street protests and changing political alliances are creating political space that was not present before. A growing political debate among citizens (especially young and disgruntled voters), environmental and rights advocates, and the media could push politicians to talk publicly – beyond easy rhetoric – about their plans for integrating sustainability into their development and economic plans.
No matter who wins the election, Brazil will win as a country if the next election succeeds in placing sustainable development at the center of the political agenda.
This article was produced originally for www.nivela.org


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November 2013 Arizona Thoracic Society Notes
The November Arizona Thoracic Society meeting was held on Wednesday, 11/20/2013 at Shea Hospital beginning at 6:30 PM. There were 26 in attendance representing the pulmonary, critical care, sleep, nursing, radiology, and infectious disease communities.
As per the last meeting a separate area for upcoming meetings has been created in the upper left hand corner of the home page on the SWJPCC website.
A short presentation was made by Timothy Kuberski MD, Chief of Infectious Disease at Maricopa Medical Center, entitled "Clinical Evidence for Coccidioidomycosis as an Etiology for Sarcoidosis". Isaac Yourison, a medical student at the University of Arizona, will be working with Dr. Kuberski on his scholarly project. Mr. Yourison hypothesizes that certain patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis in Arizona really have coccidioidomycosis. It would be predicted that because of the immunosuppression, usually due to steroids, the sarcoidosis patients would eventually express the Coccidioides infection. The investigators will be collaborating with the University of Washington to perform polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on tissue samples diagnosed with sarcoidosis for Coccidioides.
There were 4 cases presented:
- The first case was presented by Lewis Wesselius from the Mayo Clinic Arizona. The patient was a 56 year old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and a prior history of bronchiectasis. In 2009 she was diagnosed with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI) on bronchoscopy and started on azithromycin, ethambutol, and rifabutin. She had been on etanercept which was held after her diagnosis of MAI. She had a negative sputum culture for MAI in September 2012 and her MAI medications were stopped. However, in May 2013 she had increasing symptoms and bronchoscopy demonstrated Pseudomonas and nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTB). She subsequently moved to Phoenix and a CT scan showed the size of her lung nodules to be increased. Bronchoscopic cultures showed Pseudomonas and Mycobacterium abscessus only sensitive to amikacin. She was treated with tigecycline and inhaled amikacin. A repeat CT scan indicated some decrease in size of lung nodules. Dr. Wesselius gave a short presentation on bronchiectasis associated with rheumatoid arthritis and NTB infection in these patients.
- The second case was presented by Gerry Swartzberg. Dr. Schwartzberg showed a chest x-ray and asked the audience to guess the diagnosis. Jasminder Mand was the first to correctly guess allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) because of the finger in glove sign which best seen in the right upper lobe. The density forms from mucous impaction in a more central bronchus and has been referred to as a rabbit ear appearance, Mickey Mouse appearance, toothpaste shaped opacities, Y-shaped opacities, and V-shaped opacities. Dr. Mand also referred to this as the Churchill sign since it looks like the "V" gesture often associated with Churchill. The patient was begun on corticosteroids and a repeat chest x-ray taken about a month later showed near clearing of the opacities.
- Dr. Schwartzberg presented a second case of an elderly woman in her 80's with a history of bronchiectasis. Chest x-ray and CT scan showed several rapidly expanding lung masses. The radiographic appearance was not particularly suggestive of a diagnosis. There was a concern for malignancy and the majority thought bronchoscopy would be appropriate.
- The last case was presented by Joshua Jewell, a third year pulmonary fellow in the Good Samaritan/VA program. The patient was a middle-aged man who had a history of diffusely metastatic hepatocellular cancer including to his lung and mediastinal lymph nodes. He was also diagnosed with sleep apnea and begun on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). He had increasing size of his neck and presented to the pulmonary clinic. Palpation revealed crepitus and a chest x-ray and CT scan confirmed the presence of subcutaneous air and a pneumomediastinum. Dr. Jewell hypothesized that the air was introduced or at least was exacerbated by the CPAP possibly from a ball valve mechanism. Most in the audience agreed this was a reasonable explanation but none had observed this phenomenon previously.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at about 8:30 PM. The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, December 14, 8-12 AM in Tucson at the Kiewit Auditorium at the University of Arizona Medical Center. The next meeting in Phoenix will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 6:30 PM at Scottsdale Shea hospital.
Richard A. Robbins, M.D.
Reference as: Robbins RA. November 2013 Arizona thoracic society notes. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2013:7(5):311-2. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc167-13 PDF


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He came back to the tyres as the culprit - next stop, the retailer and see what we can do. After Easter!
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OTTAWA - Stephen Harper's latest picks for Canada's top court show little sign he's trying to stack the bench with ideological soul mates, court watchers and opposition parties say.
The prime minister nominated Monday two Ontario judges — Justice Andromache Karakatsanis and Justice Michael J. Moldaver — to fill vacancies at the Supreme Court of Canada.
They were among six judges unanimously recommended by a parliamentary review committee, which included Liberal MP and former justice minister Irwin Cotler, New Democrat MP Joe Comartin and three Tories.
Despite that unanimity, both opposition parties raised concerns that Moldaver is not bilingual — a fact interim NDP Leader Nycole Turmel termed "very regrettable."
Karakatsanis speaks three languages: French, English and Greek.
Apart from the language issue, however, neither New Democrats nor Liberals questioned the political leanings or legal qualifications of the pair to sit on the bench of the highest court in the land.
"I've worked with both of them in different ways and they're both very intelligent, highly, highly qualified people," said interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae.
The nominees are to appear before a Commons committee Wednesday to answer MPs' questions. But, even with opposition concerns about Moldaver's lack of French, the hearing is essentially a formality.
The committee does not have the power to block an appointment. And Rae called on MPs not to politicize Wednesday's hearing, to treat the nominees "with a degree of respect and understanding" — unlike the vicious partisan battles that have broken out in the United States over judicial appointments.
Critics have long predicted that Harper, once he secured a majority, would try to tilt the ideological balance of the nine-member court to better reflect the Conservative government's disdain for judicial activism and its tough-on-crime agenda.
But, for the most part, the two new nominees were deemed to have an essentially neutral impact on the court's balance.
They will fill the voids left by the retirements of Ian Binnie and Louise Charron.
The appointment of Karakatsanis retains the gender balance of the court at four female to five male judges. The 56-year-old is a relative newcomer to the bench, having been appointed to the Ontario Superior Court in 2002 and promoted to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2010.
Prior to that, she was a senior provincial bureaucrat. She served as the top civil servant to the Ontario Harris government, which entailed working closely with cabinet ministers, several of whom now play senior roles in Harper's ministry: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Treasury Board President Tony Clement.
Despite those Conservative connections, Cotler noted that Karakatsanis was first appointed to the bench by a federal Liberal government. A Liberal government also promoted Moldaver to the province's appeal court.
"I don't think these appointments, in that sense, can be said to be politically or ideologically motivated," Cotler said in an interview.
"I think they're both merit-based choices."
Moldaver, 63, has been an outspoken critic of the way in which the Charter of Rights has been used frivolously by some lawyers to drag out trials, milking their wealthy clients or the legal aid system.
Queens University law professor Don Stuart said Moldaver's speeches and recent judgments suggest he's "a charter skeptic," which he said would be consistent with the Harper government's philosophy.
"Occasionally he's written judgments which are pro-accused but, more recently, he seems to have been rather conservative, to say the least, on charter rights. So in that sense, it might be an ideological choice," Stuart said in an interview.
That view was echoed by the Criminal Lawyers Association. Association president Paul Burstein said Moldaver "exhibited a courageous defence of civil liberties" in his early rulings but "has since developed a more distinct ideology."
"Hopefully, we will now see a return to his earlier way of thinking about criminal justice and the charter," Burstein added.
Moldaver himself has argued he's not a "charter basher" and the NDP's Comartin said he thinks the judge has gotten an unfair rap based on one controversial speech in 2006.
If one looks at all Moldaver's rulings and speeches, Comartin said: "He very much is in the middle of the road."
Karakatsanis has made fewer rulings on charter issues so she's harder to read. Burstein said she's "somewhat of an unknown quantity when it comes to civil liberties and criminal justice."
"The one significant charter decision which she recently authored, concerning the right to privacy in our computers, reflects a healthy respect for the rights of privacy but tempered by an unfortunate compromise on the judicial enforcement of that right," Burstein said.
However, Stuart said his reading of Karakatsanis's rulings suggests "if anything, she tilts to the accused."
Overall, Stuart said the two new nominees aren't likely to change the ideological balance on the court. Karakatsanis seems likely to fill the role played by Binnie, who tended to favour the rights of the accused, while Moldaver is likely to fill the role played by Charron, who tended to favour the state.
Comartin, the NDP's representative on the parliamentary review panel, said the confidentiality of the process prevents him from explaining why he joined in unanimously recommending the unilingual Moldaver as one of the six finalists.
The NDP supports requiring all Supreme Court judges to be fluently bilingual, a position Comartin and Turmel reiterated Monday.
He urged reporters to ask Harper why he chose a unilingual judge.
Called to the Ontario bar in 1973, Moldaver was appointed to the province's supreme court in 1990 and to its appeals court in 1995. He lectured at the University of Toronto law school from 1978 to 1995.
He and Karakatsanis were part of a pool of 12 candidates forwarded by the justice minister to a selection panel of five members of Parliament.
The panel then gave an unranked list of six unanimously approved candidates to the prime minister and justice minister.


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Calzone spells relief for Westerners
Nalley thought Calzone might want to come down to Rogers Park to pitch an inning or two for the area all-stars. Calzone thought for a second and decided his Housatonic League start could wait.
"It was funny," Calzone said, "because my pitching coach at college wanted me to try to get into the NECBL for the summer. To that point I hadn't had any luck."
But his luck was about to change.
Calzone, the ex-Bethel High left-hander and RPI freshman, threw well enough that night against the Westerners that the team offered him a position for the 2004 season. Both parties have since benefited.
Despite being a Division III pitcher in a league predominated by Division I stars, Calzone has been an important member of the Danbury bullpen to date. Though he was roughed up on Wednesday by the Berkshire (Mass) Dukes, his first three relief appearances produced the desired effects.
Over his first 7� innings of work, the 5-foot-10, 155-pound Calzone compiled a 2.34 ERA, limiting opponents to seven hits and two runs, while walking three and striking out nine. In perhaps his best outing of the NECBL wooden bat season, Calzone struck out five and walked none in a three-inning effort against the Holyoke Giants.
The role of relief pitcher is foreign to Calzone, who was a starter throughout high school and tied for the team lead at RPI with 10 starts this spring. The change, however, has not been an unwelcome one.
The Westerners took a 3-2 record over their last five games into Thursday night's NECBL contest at Fuessenich Park against the Torrington Twisters. Danbury opened the season with five losses in its first six games.
"I've adapted to the change (to relief) pretty well, I think," said Calzone. "It's a different mindset and you never know exactly when you might get into a game, but it's good experience for me, especially if I end up playing the game at a higher level after college."
Calzone was a member of a stellar area baseball class in 2003 that included Nalley (UConn-Avery Point), Randy Re (Danbury, Eastern Connecticut, Sam Iverson (New Milford, Eastern), Jeremy Shaw (New Milford, Manhattan), Evan Scribner (Shepaug, Central Connecticut) and Mike Weiner (Barlow, UMass-Amherst).
Like with the switch to the relief pitching with the Westerners, Calzone had no trouble making the jump from Bethel to Division III East region power RPI. In 49 innings, he allowed 50 hits, walked 28 and struck out 59 for the 27-17 Engineers, and started RPI's second game of the NCAA East regional playoffs in Albany. He finished with a 3-3 won-lost record.
In coming to the NECBL for the summer, Calzone is facing a higher caliber of hitters than in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association, yet he's been able to stay aloft through a number of factors.
"One of the things that's really helped me both here and in school is that I'm throwing harder than I did in high school," Calzone said.
"My senior year at Bethel, I was mostly around 80-81 miles per hour, but I got to RPI and I was consistently at 84-85. Even my pitching coach (Steve Allard) was surprised. Plus I've developed a much better change than I had before. It's a pitch that if I get in trouble, I can go to more often. It's worked well in combination with the added velocity."
Calzone was at times a dominant pitcher at Bethel (85 strikeouts, 28 walks in 64 innings as a senior) because of the tight spin and precocious command he held on his breaking pitches. Now the repertoire has been greatly expanded, something he knows he has to draw upon more regularly at the higher levels of competition.
"You could see right away that the batters in the NECBL knew what they were doing," said Calzone.
"You really have to be sharp and battle these guys, even though some of them are still getting used to the wood bats. Like the other night at Newport, I threw this one guy a pretty good series of pitches, the change, a curve, a fastball, all in good spots but he kept fouling them off. And if you make a mistake, you're probably going to pay."
NOTES: Ex-Westerner outfielder Brian Bogusevic of Tulane is a member of the 36-man player pool for the 2004 United States national team. Bogusevic began the summer with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League but hopes to make the national cut. The U.S. team, which will be at Rogers Park July 11 to face Danbury, also includes outfielder John Mayberry, Jr. of Stanford, the son of the former Major Leaguer. ... The Westerners missed by a night facing ex Masuk High right-hander Jeff Hourigan, who lost a 5-3 decision on Wednesday to Newport. Hourigan, a junior at UConn, is 1-2 as a pitcher for Torrington manager Gregg Hunt, and has compiled a 1.86 ERA. He is also batting .286 in six games as a first baseman/DH. Another former Masuk player, outfielder Brian Cavanaugh (East Carolina), is batting .333 for the Twisters, who had lost three in a row prior to last night. . .
Ex Westerners John Defendis and Jeff Grose have been batting in the bottom third of the lineup for manager John Schiffner at Chatham (Cape Cod). Brewster resident Chris Cody is also with Chatham this summer after pitching with the Manchester Silkworms last summer. Cody, a sophomore at Manhattan, has allowed three hits and one run in 10 innings, while walking four and fanning 15. He pitched 5� innings of shutout ball on Wednesday while striking out eight.


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The ÉLMÉNYAKADÉMIA (Academy of Experience) public benefit association was founded at the end of 2005 by 12 volunteers, who dedicated their future to the development of individuals by non formal education.
They have experienced firsthand the beneficial effects of this special experiential learning method and decided to help other to discover that they have more in them then they believe.
Etelka Kovács had the original idea to establish this training method in Hungary after her encounter of experiential learning while studying abroad. After completing the trainer courses at Outward Bound Romania, she worked out the bases of Élményakadémia Association in cooperation with the leaders of OB Romania.
Events escalated and in no time more and more friends joined the organization, who attended the trainings of trainers and learned the basics of this method. Many of them were qualified psychologists, economists, social workers and teachers that made the forming community even more colourful and open minded. Zsuzska Juhász became our Managing Director in 2011 and further developed the association.
OB Romania stayed the parent establishment of Élményakadémia and the trainer of our crew till 2014, when we developed our own trainer education course. Based on our experiences we merged the method of experiential learning with other techniques and further expended the skills of our trainers.
We live through the situations everyday, which offered to our participants. Our mission is to inspire, empower and to assist others and continuously develop ourselves.