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In a recent Insight Kansas column, Professor Chapman Rackaway raises some insightful points about Kansans' attitudes toward Gov. Sam Brownback.
Unfortunately, Professor Rackaway -- faculty adviser to the Fort Hays State University College Republicans -- also paints an inaccurate and misguided picture of Paul Davis and the moderate, middle-class alternative to Brownback that Davis is offering the people of Kansas.
When it comes to Gov. Brownback, Professor Rackaway may be surprised to learn Paul Davis generally agrees with the notion that Brownback is not personally disliked. In fact, Paul has often noted that Sam Brownback seems like a good-natured person. On the day Paul announced his candidacy for governor, the two men exchanged very cordial phone messages, welcoming one another to the race.
Yet, for Paul, like so many of his fellow Kansans, Brownback's sunny personal disposition is difficult to reconcile with his divisive and uncompromising leadership style as governor.
At a time when Kansans demand the kind of cooperative, problem-solving leadership Paul Davis has exemplified during his 11 years in the Legislature, Gov. Brownback openly rejects bipartisanship and cooperation.
And it's on the Brownback agenda -- with which a majority of Kansans clearly disagree -- where the people of Kansas will find the starkest differences between Brownback and Davis.
Like so many Kansans who respect our state's traditions and believe in economic opportunity, Paul is profoundly disturbed by Brownback's deep cuts to education and public schools. Like so many Kansans who struggle to meet the burdens of soaring property taxes, climbing sales taxes and skyrocketing utility rates, Paul is fed up with the unaffordable costs of merely being a Kansan under the Brownback administration.
In short, Sam Brownback is a pleasant person whose agenda as governor is dragging Kansas down a very unpleasant and untenable road. And Paul Davis is prepared to get our state and schools, our economy and middle class back on the right track.
Elections are about choices -- in this case, a stark one. And we're confident as this campaign for governor unfolds, Kansans who yearn for stronger schools, a stronger economy and a governor with a cooperative style of leadership will choose Paul Davis as our next governor.
While I believe Professor Rackaway has significantly distorted Davis' announcement video, I'd invite your readers to decide for themselves by viewing it at davisforkansas.com/restorekansas.
Adam Harris, campaign manager, Paul Davis for Governor


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Mucus of goblet and Paneth cells in a 15 µm mouse intestine cryosection was stained with blue-fluorescent Alexa Fluor® 350 wheat germ agglutinin. Filamentous actin prevalent in the brush border and smooth muscle layer was stained with red-orange–fluorescent Alexa Fluor® 568 phalloidin. Nuclei were stained with SYTOX® Green nucleic acid stain.
Methods and Materials
Phosphate-Buffered Saline (PBS) (GIBCO®)
Triton X-100 (Sigma)
Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) (Sigma)
Alexa Fluor® 350 wheat germ agglutinin (AF350 WGA) (Molecular Probes®)
Alexa Fluor® 568 phalloidin (Molecular Probes®)
RNAse (Sigma)
SYTOX® Green nucleic acid stain (Molecular Probes®)
ProLong® Gold antifade reagent *special packaging* (Molecular Probes®)
Note: Protocols for harvesting, embedding and preparing tissue sections can be found at "Links To Protocols"
The following protocol has been optimized for staining 15 µm mouse intestine cryosections on Superfrost Plus slides (Erie Scientific Co.), using 200 µl of staining solution within a PAP pen (Polysciences, Inc.) well at room temperature. Optimal staining conditions may vary slightly depending on sample conditions and should be determined for your sample.
Sample Preparation
- For imaging, bring the tissue sections on slides to room temperature.
- Rehydrate in PBS for 30 minutes.
- Permeabilize sections in PBT (PBS + 0.2% TRITON X-100) for at least 10 minutes.
- Rinse twice in PBS for 5 minutes.
- Transfer sections into 1% BSA in PBS for at least 45 minutes.
Staining Solution Preparation and Incubation
Alexa Fluor® 350 Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA)
- Dissolve the Alexa Fluor® 350 WGA (5 mg) in 5 mL PBS for a final concentration of 1 mg/mL. This can be stored at 2–6ºC if sodium azide is added at a final concentration of 2 mM. Otherwise, the solution should be aliquoted and stored at –20ºC.
- Prepare a fresh stock solution of Alexa Fluor® 350 WGA in PBS at a final concentration of 0.5 mg/mL. For example, to stain 5 slides, dilute 500 µL of the stock solution with 500 µL of PBS. Centrifuge for 10 minutes at 10,000 rpm to remove any undissolved aggregates.
- Flood the sections with 200 µl staining solution; protect the sample from light and incubate for 30 minutes at room temperature.
- Wash 2-10 minutes in PBS.
Alexa Fluor® 568 phalloidin
- Dissolve 300 U of Alexa Fluor® 568 Phalloidin into 1.5 mL methanol to prepare a stock solution of 200 units/mL. Store at 2–6ºC.
- Prepare a fresh solution by diluting the stock solution 1:25 in PBS. For example, to stain 5 slides, add 40 µL of this stock solution into 960 µL of PBS.
- Flood the sections with 200 µl of staining solution; protect the sample from light and incubate for 30 minutes at room temperature.
- Wash 2-10 minutes in PBS.
SYTOX® Green nucleic acid stain
It is recommended that the sections be pretreated by RNAse digestion. This may help reduce nonspecific cytosolic staining when using SYTOX® Green stain.
- Prepare the RNAse digestion solution at a final concentration of 10 µg/mL in PBS.
- Incubate the tissue for 2 hours at 37 C.
- Wash 3-5 minutes in PBS.
- Prepare a fresh staining solution at a final concentration of 2.5 µM by diluting 1 µL of SYTOX® Green nucleic acid stain in 2 mL distilled, deionized H2O.
- Stain for 20 minutes at room temperature.
- Wash 3-10 minutes in PBS.
Mounting Reagent Preparation and Sample Processing
- Remove the ProLong® Gold antifade reagent from the freezer and allow the vial to equilibrate to room temperature. Using an external heat source to warm the vial is not recommended, as this may decrease the long-term stability of the product.
- Remove any excess liquid from the specimen and apply 1 or 2 drops (depending on the surface area of your sample) of the antifade reagent to the specimen. Cover slide-mounted specimens with a coverslip; for specimens mounted on coverslips, place a drop of antifade reagent onto a clean slide and carefully lower the coverslip onto the antifade reagent to avoid trapping any air bubbles.
- Allow the mounted sample to cure on a flat surface in the dark. Curing time may vary from a couple of hours to overnight, depending on the thickness of the sample and the relative humidity of the surrounding air. For long-term storage, seal the coverslip to the slide after curing to prevent excessive shrinkage of the mounting medium, which can result in sample distortion. After sealing, store the slide upright in a covered slide box at <=–20°C. Desiccant may be added to the box to ensure that the slide remains dry.
To view the samples immediately, secure the coverslip at the corners using nail polish or hot wax to prevent the coverslip from moving. Leave the edges clear to allow the preparation to cure.
Note: The antifade properties of ProLong® Gold antifade reagent improve slightly the longer it remains in contact with the specimen. To further reduce photobleaching, minimize the exposure of fluorescently labeled specimens to light by using neutral density filters, and expose samples only when observing or recording a signal. Optimize image capture by using a minimum of optics, high–numerical aperture objectives, relatively low magnification, high quality optical filters, and high-speed film or high-efficiency detectors.
Table 1 - Instruments
|Objective Used
|Nikon Eclipse 800 with MicroMax 1300 YHS 12-bit digital camera
|40x 0.75 NA
|Filters Used
|Alexa Fluor® 350 WGA
|WGA SYTOX® Green
|Alexa Fluor® 568 phalloidin
|Excitation: 330WB80
|Excitation: 475AF40
|Excitation: 535DF35
|Dichroic: 400DCLP
|Dichroic: 505DRLP
|Dichroic: 570DRLP
|Emission: 450DF65
|Emission: 535AF45
|Emission: 590DF35
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Carrie Underwood Became a Vegetarian After Seeing Her Parents Castrate Calves
There are plenty of reasons why people embrace vegetarianism. But while some people do it because they love animals, and others do it to maintain a healthy lifestyle, Carrie Underwood has an, er, interesting reason for not eating meat. When she sat down for a dish session on VH1′s 'Behind the Music,' she admitted why she's a vegetarian.
Growing up in Oklahoma, Underwood was never unfamiliar with the hard work it takes to run a farm. But it also never occurred to her that when she was eating meatloaf for dinner, she was eating one of the cows from her parents' pasture. The 'Good Girl' singer didn't live in the ignorant bliss of eating meat for long, though. Once she saw her parents banding calves on the farm, she switched to veggies.
If you're a city slicker, you probably don't know what banding means. Underwood didn't want to tell her interviewer on VH1′s 'Behind the Music,' as she quipped that it wouldn't be "very ladylike." But we'll tell you: Banding is when farmers place a tool around the testicles of a calf in order to cut off blood flow in order to castrate them. Yeah, we said it.
"I never made the connection until one day my parents were working out in the pasture…and they were banding calves," she said. "I was horrified and sad, and I just couldn't believe that this was happening in our pasture. Right there! These adorable baby little calves jumping around, playing around. They would be on someone's plate someday!"
And that was it for Underwood. From that point on, she was a vegetarian. Of course, the 'Blown Away' hitmaker's parents weren't thrilled that their sweet little girl was no longer eating meat. But they didn't try to change her mind.
"I couldn't eat those precious cows–they were my babies! I bottle-fed some of them," she added.
In other bonus footage from Underwood's 'Behind the Scenes' footage, she dished about her wedding to hockey player Mike Fisher, her college boyfriend, growing up in a Christian town and the ever-churning rumor mill.


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Clarissa Shepherd wrote this tribute to people living with chronic illness in honor of May 12 Awareness Day, 2012. She is honoring her own support group, formed two years ago,* but also the very large circle of souls around the world who understand what she means. Thank you, Clarissa!
Walk in the Light of Your Fearlessness
By Clarissa Shepherd
Many times we feel disconnected from everyone due to chronic illness. We can't always express how or what we feel to others. This leaves us frustrated and alone in a room filled with people.
We reach deep inside to see a part of us that many people never need to find.
We hold on tight to places in our mind that many people never need to go.
Survival is a daily task, and peace can many times be a stranger to us.
As I think of those surviving chronic illness, I am reminded of how brave you are.
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You are not your illness. You are a mighty sword, of a warrior, going to battle each day for your life.
You are not your harmful thoughts, for they are imposed on your mind. Yet, as a mighty sword, you are greater than those awful thoughts that enter the mind and affect your body and life.
Together we stand, for apart we fall. We each give to the other the strength to move forward even when we would rather lie down and quit.
You show your strength and courage with each breath you take, every obstacle you overcome, each time you learn new ways to cope.
You are fearless, even in your pain, for you move ever forward, in spite of it.
All of your adversity has rebuilt you, mind, body and spirit.
Allow the reality of this truth to wash over you. To fill up your innermost being, bind you, hold you, carry you and settle inside you.
You are heroes of a unique kind, taking a journey down a very winding road.
With uncertainty around every curve, you rise to the occasion with grace.
Walk in the light of your fearlessness, for you are the description of courage.
* Clarissa Shepherd founded the Fellow Travelers FMS, MCS, and CFS/ME Support and Chat Group in May 2012 (http://www.facebook.com/groups/Fellow.Travelers). Their friendly door is open to all. Clarissa is author of Find Your Way: A Guide to Healing While Living with CFIDS and Fibromyalgia.


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County of Inyo
Board of Supervisors
June 12, 2007
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Inyo, State of California, met in regular session at the hour of 9:00 a.m., on Tuesday June 12, 2007, in the Board of Supervisors Room, County Administrative Center, Independence, with the following Supervisors present: Chairperson Jim Bilyeu presiding, Linda Arcularius, Susan Cash, Beverly Brown, and Richard Cervantes. Supervisor Bilyeu provided the Invocation, and Supervisor Cash led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Public Comment
The Chairperson announced the public comment period. The Chairperson, Supervisor Jim Bilyeu, commented that recent quotes attributed to him in both the Inyo Register and the Ridgecrest Independent News regarding the City of Ridgecrest joining Inyo County were made without either publication speaking with him.
County Dept. Reports
The Chairperson announced the County Department Report period. Deputy County Administrator, Mr. Kevin Carunchio informed the Board that the County has been awarded $67,500 in grant funds for the Owens Valley Natural Livestock Feasibility Study. He said he would keep the Board apprised of further developments on the project.
HHS-Prevention Pgrm. Workshop
The Chairperson recessed open session at 9:05 a.m., to convene in a workshop with all Board Members present to receive information from the Health and Human Services Staff on the County's Prevention Programs. The Chairperson recessed the workshop at 9:45 a.m., to reconvene in open session with all Board Members present, except Supervisor Cervantes who had briefly stepped away from the meeting.
County Counsel/ Great Basin Unified APCD Contract
Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Cash to approve the Agreement between the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District and the County of Inyo for County Counsel's Office to provide certain legal services to the District during the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 in the amount of $12,500; and authorize the Chairperson to sign. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Recess/ Reconvene
The Chairperson recessed the regular meeting at 9:46 a.m., to reconvene at 10:00 a.m., with all Board Members present.
Forest/Title III Funding Mini-Grant
Moved by Supervisor Cervantes and seconded by Supervisor Cash to award Fiscal Year 2006/2007 Fire Prevention and County Planning mini-grant totaling $4,754.34 to the Lone Pine Volunteer Fire Department; approve a contract between the County of Inyo and the Lone Pine Volunteer Fire Department, for the project in an amount not to exceed $4,754.34, for the time period of July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007, contingent upon the Board's adoption of a FY 2007-08 Budget; and authorize the County Administrator to sign, contingent upon the appropriate signatures being obtained. Motion carried unanimously.
Water Dept./IMP Amendment
Mr. Tom Brooks, Water Director, reviewed the Staff Report and recommendations regarding the Amendment to the Interim Management Plan (IMP). He explained that Well 349 was inadvertently left off the IMP's list of exempt wells; that it supplies water to an existing mitigation project; that DWP estimates it takes 900 acre feet of water to maintain the project; that only the amount of water needed for the project is allowed to be pumped under the exemption; that the amount actually used is part of the overall total annual pumping limit; and that without the exemption DWP will be unable to meet their commitment under the Long Term Water Agreement (LTWA) for the mitigation project. He went on to explain that should the well not be exempted resulting in DWP being unable to continue the mitigation project, a precedent could be established whereby DWP could deem mitigation projects no longer feasible.
Mr. Daniel Pritchett, representing the Native Plant Society, opposed the exemption of Well 349 explaining that he feels the pumping of that well detrimentally affects Big Seeley Springs, which he contends is partially recovered and flowing. He said that he felt the 900 acre feet of water determined for the project by DWP was excessive and provided a calculation whereby a beginning level of 5 acre feet should be sufficient, then increased from there as needed. He recommended that the Board abandon the pumping of Well 349 for the mitigation project in order to let the water recharge Big Seeley Springs. Ms. Bennett Kessler queried the Board and Staff on the history of the pumping of Well 349 with regards to Big Seeley Springs. Ms. Cele Klingler addressed the Board to support not exempting the well.
Mr. Brooks with the assistance of County Counsel, explained that the mitigation projects identified in the LTWA were to mitigate for the impact of DWP's groundwater pumping activities throughout the entire Valley. Mr. Brooks explained that the individual mitigation measures in the LTWA would be difficult to quantify on an separate basis because they were never intended to return specific areas, i.e. the Springs, to previous levels. Additionally, he went on to explain that the mitigation project fed by Well 349 has developed an environmental habitat of its own, including fish and waterfowl, independent of the Springs, which would be adversely impacted should Well 349 not be exempted and the mitigation project discontinued.
Mr. Brooks went on to explain that the Water Department's current data regarding the Big Seeley Springs does not corroborate Mr. Pritchett's assertions of recovery, saying that it is now an intermittent spring as opposed to a consistently flowing spring as it was before pumping began in the 1970s. The Board and Mr. Brooks also discussed (a) the County's ability to make changes to mitigation projects unilaterally; (b) the need to determine exactly how many acre feet are required for the mitigation project fed by Well 349; (c) the purpose of the IMP and the Green Book with regard to providing a forum to address recovery and changes in mitigation projects; and (d) that the CEQA process, which was required for the LTWA which identified the mitigation projects, requires that before a mitigation project is deleted or changed that a project of equal or greater mitigation value be identified.
The Board indicated their desire to only exempt the well for this year and to have more detailed information regarding the amount of water required for the mitigation project before the exemption is given for next year. Mr. Brooks clarified that the Board's exemption of Well 349 only provides for the amount of water needed for the mitigation project and no more. He reviewed the scientific process which is required to determine exactly how many acre feet of water is needed to maintain the mitigation project. Mr. Brooks reiterated that whatever direction the Board chooses, i.e., to change or delete a mitigation project, and/or to obtain the data on the status of the Big Seeley Springs, because of the time needed to do the studies, the only option available to the County in order to comply with the LTWA is to exempt Well 349.
Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Cervantes to (a) approve an Amendment to the Interim Management Plan that adds Well 349 to the exempt well list to supply an existing mitigation project for only this pumping year and direct Staff to determine the amount of water needed for the mitigation project before another exemption is granted; (b) do not add Wells 248 and 249 to the exempt well list at this time; and (c) authorize the Chairperson to sign the Amendment. Motion carried unanimously.
Resol. #2007-25/ Tobacco Litigation Funds
The Board thanked County Counsel for his work on developing a process whereby the Board could protect that the Tobacco Litigation Settlement Funds are given to the two local hospital districts in light of the recent Court of Appeals decision which put the funds in jeopardy. Ms. Lee Barron representing the Lone Pine Hospital addressed the Board to support the resolution Moved by Supervisor Cervantes and seconded by Supervisor Cash to approve a Resolution No. 2007-25 entitled "A Resolution of the Inyo County Board of Supervisors, County of Inyo, State of California, Repealing Resolution No. 2002-40, and Directing that all Future Tobacco Litigation Settlement Funds Received by the County of Inyo be Included in the County Budget and Appropriated for the Northern Inyo County Hospital District and Southern Inyo Local Healthcare District:" motion unanimously passed and adopted.
Recess/ Reconvene
The Chairperson recessed the regular meeting at 11:30 a.m., to reconvene at 11:40 a.m., with all Board Members present.
CAO-Budget/ FY 2007-08 Preliminary Budget
The County Administrator noted that the Deputy County Administrator, Mr. Kevin Carunchio, was required at another meeting and indicated that Ms. Leslie Chapman, Auditor-Controller, would be available to respond to questions. Ms. Chapman briefly reviewed the process whereby the last year's Board Approved Budget is adjusted and used as the next year's Preliminary Budget. Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to adopt the FY 2006-07 Board Approved Budget as the Preliminary Budget for FY 2007-08 and approve the fixed assets as recommended by Staff. Motion carried unanimously.
Fish & Game/ Computer P. O.
Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Brown to approve an expenditure from the Fish and Game Fine Fund, Budget Unit 024200 for one-half the cost to purchase a lap top computer, software and printer for the Commission Secretary's use, in an amount not to exceed $750. Motion carried unanimously.
Fish and Game/ Opposition to CA Wild Heritage Bill
With regard to the request by the Inyo-Mono Fish and Game Advisory Commission for the Board to support the exclusion from SB-493, California Wild Heritage Bill, all recommendations for new wilderness or other restrictive public land designations in Inyo and Mono Counties not presently designated, Supervisor Brown provided the Board with a copy of a letter she had received from a constituent asking that the Board support the City of Bishop's resolution opposing the Bill. She explained that in response to her constituent's request and in conjunction with the Advisory Commission's request she asked Staff to draft a resolution setting forth the Board of Supervisors opposition to any more wilderness designations in Inyo County. She informed the Board that she would have the resolution placed on next week's Agenda for consideration and formal adoption if that was the desire of the Board. She suggested that the Advisory Commission's request be continued to next week as a part of the Board's discussion on the Resolution. Moved by Supervisor Brown and seconded by Supervisor Cash to directed Staff to reagendize the Fish and Game Advisory Commission's request along with the Resolution opposing the California Wild Heritage Act of 2007 and any additional wilderness designations in Inyo County for next week's Board Meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Board Members and Staff Reports
The Board Members reported on their activities during the preceding week, including an upcoming Stewardship Council Meeting, the upcoming RCRC Board of Directors Meeting, an update on legislation and the Governor's May Revise, the Homewood Canyon Annual BBQ, an announcement that the City of Los Angeles DWP will be donating a water tender to the Olancha Volunteer Fire Department, an upcoming AULG Meeting in Las Vegas, an California First Five Conference, a Corrections Reform "think tank" session, various constituent meetings, Agricultural Resource Advisory Board Meeting, a Mental Health Board Meeting which was cancelled due to lack of a quorum, the Bishop and Lone Pine High School Graduation Ceremonies, and a Big Pine Civic Club Meeting.
The Chairperson adjourned the regular meeting at 12:20 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2007, in the Board of Supervisors Room, at the County Administrative Center, in Independence.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech soccer team's Monday evening match against Lipscomb was canceled Monday morning due to ongoing rain that made field conditions unplayable. The team will not reschedule its final non-conference match.
The Golden Eagles are scheduled to play again this Sunday, September 23, on the Tech Soccer Field in a 1 p.m. CT against Ohio Valley Conference foe Jacksonville State. The match will mark two special occasions as the OVC opener for the Golden Eagles as well as Tech's annual Think Pink game.
Players will be tossing out Think Pink t-shirts prior to the match along with taking donations for breast cancer awareness.
The soccer team was quite busy this weekend, volunteering at two seperate events on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday the players helped out at Northeast Elementary School during its annual BBQ and Carnival. The Golden Eagles worked different activity booths, normally manned by the parents of the students, collecting tickets and allowing the parents to spend qualtiy time with their children.
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Honey, I shrunk the Obama data machine
You've heard the legend of the Democratic data machine: the vast apparatus constructed by dozens of analytics wizards in Chicago and funded by Barack Obama's billion-dollar campaign that gave the president's party a dominant edge in political intelligence last cycle.
Now, heading into the 2013 and 2014 elections, Democrats face a different kind of challenge: taking the campaign tools they've assembled and miniaturizing them.
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The most immediate priority is making sure the party's data and analytics resources are applicable in smaller-scale campaigns, ones without nine- or even seven-figure budgets — Terry McAuliffe's gubernatorial bid in Virginia, for example, or a host of legislative candidates in New Jersey. For the purposes of 2013 and 2014, the idea is to help Democrats up and down the ballot identify, track and turn out voters who sympathize with Democratic positions — on climate, say, or guns — but may lack the motivation to participate in off-year elections.
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Even as Republicans work to close the gap with Democrats in their party's national data infrastructure — the Republican National Committee plans to roll out an initial data interface for campaigns to use this fall, sources said — there remains broad skepticism in the GOP that their opponents' 2012 successes can be repeated under the conditions of a midterm election.
Democrats have recorded a few early successes in the data-scaling department. During last month's Senate special election in Massachusetts, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic National Committee brought in the firm Civis Analytics — founded by a gang of Organizing for America alums — to model a winning electorate for Sen. Ed Markey.
According to the committees and the operatives at Civis, the snap project worked. A Civis team led by former OFA analytics staffer Matt Dover combined original polling data, taking surveys in both May and June, with extensive voter file information to build a model for the low-turnout election. It consistently showed Markey leading in the low double digits with the voters most essential to his victory, forecasting the Democrat's 10-point margin about three weeks before Election Day.
Civis CEO Dan Wagner conceded that the price tag for such a fast and extensive project would "probably" be out of the range of many smaller campaigns. But that doesn't put the whole analytics toolkit out of reach.
"The focus was really on turnout and building [Democrats] an optimum set of supporters they would turn out in that election," Wagner said, adding: "It was much cheaper than what we would have done in a presidential race."
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AFL-CIO Political Director Michael Podhorzer, a top analytics pioneer in the Democratic coalition, said the cost of sophisticated data and analytics work plunges every election cycle — and that Democrats have a considerable head start in the human intelligence needed to do it right.
"I see a lot of the kinds of things the Obama campaign did or that we did constantly being standardized and available to smaller campaigns," Podhorzer said. "You have a whole generation of people who are trained in using this kind of technology. And so they're now populating Democratic campaigns up and down the ballot."
That's not to say, Democrats caution, that there's nothing lost in the scaling process. Hiring a talented analyst doesn't mean a campaign will be able to collect the immense trove of data — and update it over and over — the way the Obama campaign did. Not every Senate and congressional candidate will have the wherewithal, or the inclination, to test the effect of slightly varying messages on an experimental slice of the electorate.
But down-ballot campaigns also don't need that level of data awareness in order to improve their performance in some material way. And if the Massachusetts special election was one case study in transferring data and analytics tools to a nonpresidential level, Democratic operatives say there's plenty more where that came from.
( Also on POLITICO: The real jobs numbers: 2014, 2016)
Andrew Bleeker, president of the digital advertising firm Bully Pulpit Interactive — which worked for OFA and now for McAuliffe — said there's partywide buy-in to the idea that modeling matters in the nonpresidential cycle.
"At least on the Democratic side, all the major statewide [campaigns] are going to have a turnout model and a persuasion model," he said. "This is a big change."


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Houston janitors find an ally in actor Danny Glover
He joins their call for fair wages
Noted film actor and social activist Danny Glover met with a delegation of Houston janitors at the Third Ward Multi-Service Center on Sunday to talk about fair wages for workers cleaning offices in some of the city's largest companies.
Glover, who's best known for his roles in the "Lethal Weapon" movies and "The Color Purple," also called upon Houston civil rights, faith and political leaders to establish a task force to protect the First Amendment rights of Houston's janitors, after addressing more than 300 people at a rally that followed his delegation meeting. U.S. Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green, both D-Houston, also spoke before the crowd.
"As citizens, it is our duty and responsibility to stand up for a living wage, to make this change and take this country back," Glover told the crowd. "At the same time that corporations are reporting record profits, janitors are not making a living wage."
Glover's visit to Houston comes at a critical time for Houston's janitors, many of whom make just $9,000 annually. For the last month, more than 3,000 janitors, who are members of the Service Employees International Union Local 1, have been working without a contract after they asked for hourly wages to be increased from $8.35 to $10 to be phased in over four years. However, employers have offered a raise of just 50 cents an hour over five years.
During Glover's earlier meeting with three janitors in a private room, he listened intently as Adriana Vasquez, a single mother of three, explained how she cleans up 90 bathrooms in five hours as a janitor at JP Morgan Chase in downtown Houston.
The work is tiring, Vasquez said, but the reality is the wages aren't enough pay her bills or even consider sending her children to college.
'An epidemic'
"On many levels, we're talking about an epidemic," Glover said. "We're talking about a situation in which men and women have been reduced to objects simply for profit. In their stories, I see some of the most passionate, incredible human beings who are willing to stand up against those obstacles that are placed there and begin to build a life. I'm moved by their courage."
Vasquez was recently in Washington, D.C., to ask JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon about the wage issue after he attended a meeting on Capitol Hill.
"Despite making billions last year, why do you deny the people cleaning your buildings a living wage?" Vasquez reportedly asked Dimon.
Vasquez said she was instructed by Dimon to call his office for a meeting, but she told Glover her call has not yet been returned.
"Here's a proud mother of three boys," Glover said. "She's my mother, my grandmother and so many mothers I've known. When I see her and hear her determination, I'm inspired."
Glover also talked with Alice McAfee, a janitor for 30 years, and Hernan Trujillo, who works two janitorial jobs and rides two hours by bus each day to work.
"We have the largest number of millionaires in Houston, but not fair wages for these workers?" Glover said. "It's borderline insane and, in some instances, it's criminal."
Glover, who was born in San Francisco as the eldest of five children, spent two of his first three years on his grandparents' farm in Lewisville, Ga. He said he grew up around people who were always advocating on behalf of the plight of all workers. That has fueled his activism throughout his acting career. Glover arrived Sunday from Louisiana, where he was advocating for the rights of the incarcerated.
"It's not all about the wages," McAfee told Glover. "We do need more wages and a better living wage. It's about dignity and respect. We are not mad because the people have billions of dollars. We are happy for them. All we're asking is fair minimum wage for us so we can make a good living and educate our children so they can be productive people to help someone else."


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(NEW YORK) -- Padma Lakshmi is pretty much perfect. In the December issue of Playboy, the "Top Chef" host and former model strips down to a lace negligee and reveals that she doesn't like dudes who shower her with gifts, thinks pretty people are boring, and works her butt off after every season of "Top Chef." Some highlights from the interview:
On "Top Chef" derailing her diet: "My digestive tract is ironclad and can really take a beating. Having been a model for 15 years, I also know a thing or two about how to dress if I've put on a few pounds. And I usually gain between 10 and 15 pounds over six weeks each season. Then I spend 12 weeks working it off."
On the type of guys she likes: "A lot of men get frustrated with me, actually because I am like a guy. Honestly, I'm like a truck driver trapped in this body. I don't want to be your best friend. I don't expect you to give me a birthday card or send me flowers. I don't need fancy trips. You could take me across the street. Don't get me wrong. That stuff's nice, but I am a physical and sensual person. I love to be held. I love massages. I'm just not a Hallmark kind of gal."
On her three-year marriage to Salman Rushdie: "Now there is somebody who has great wit and is a great flirt. I don't regret a day I spent with Salman, but it was tiring. He has a big life, and it only got bigger while we were together. I'm happy to have stood next to him holding his hand, but we were in very different parts of our lives."
On beauty being boring: "Have you ever met a girl and she's really pretty, but then you talk to her for 15 minutes, and she's not that pretty anymore? She's kind of boring. Or else you meet a girl who's okay-looking but makes you laugh and says something saucy. Suddenly her beauty shines through."
On wearing three sports bras: "A regular bra doesn't work alone, and sometimes I need more support, so I'll put a sports bra over it. And I like to wear a runner's tank top over that. It's my cross to bear, I guess. Sometimes I think I'm one of the last women with real boobs."
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A Trader Joe's Valencia Peanut Butter recall has turned into a recall of about 100 products by Sunland Inc. containing peanuts, nuts or seeds, officials say.
Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said companies initiating related-recalls include Chattanooga Bakery Inc., Falcon Trading Company/SunRidge Farms, Gretchen Shoebox Express and Whole Foods Market.
The FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local public health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections possibly linked to Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter.
The CDC said 30 people were infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney from 19 states.
As part of its investigation, the FDA contacted Sunland Inc., which makes Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter, and briefed Sunland on the status of the investigation.
The company then voluntarily recalled the almond butter and peanut butter products that were manufactured on the same product line as Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter from May 1 to Sept. 24.
Sunland also expanded its recall to about 100 products, which include peanut butter and other products made with nuts and seeds.
"Consumers should not eat the recalled products. This is especially important for children age 5 and under, elderly adults and people with weak immune systems," FDA officials said in a statement. "Consumers should dispose of the product or return the product to the store where it was purchased."
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What we learned — and didn't — from the debates:
●Etch A Sketch, the ultimate retro toy, is alive and well. The debates have seen the emergence of New Romney — self-proclaimed champion of the auto industry, protector of women's access to contraception, believer in pathways to citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. It takes some brass to try to pull this off in the age of YouTube.
● "Attacking me is not an agenda." Point, Mitt Romney.
●Fiscal cliff? What fiscal cliff? It is astonishing that an imminent confluence of expiring tax cuts and scheduled spending cuts threatens to push the economy back into recession, and the candidates' strategies for dealing with this foreseeable crisis, never came up.
● It is possible in 2012, with an incumbent president who has taken the plunge to abolish "don't ask, don't tell," declined to defend the Defense of Marriage Act and come out in favor of same-sex marriage, to have the issue of gay rights come up not a single time during the debates.
● It is not possible in 2012, even after a spree of mass shootings, to have a sensible discussion about gun violence and gun control. Ask a question about limiting the availability of assault weapons and get blather from both candidates and proclamations of fealty to the Second Amendment. Barack Obama: "What I'm trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally." Romney: "We need moms and dads, helping to raise kids."
To understand the sadly changed environment, consider this quote from a 2004 debate. "I did think we ought to extend the assault weapons ban." The speaker? George W. Bush.
● Letting candidates roam the stage like unleashed dogs during the town-hall debate is distracting and unnecessary. Give them chairs and make them sit.
● Likewise, voters are ill-served by adolescent did not/did too interchanges.
Maybe the candidates should come with smartphones so they can Google up the instant answer to whether oil production on government land is up or down (depends on the time frame you measure) or whether Obama wanted a status-of-forces agreement in Iraq (he did.)
● Note to candidates: Whining to the moderator about whether it's your turn or you've gotten enough time makes you look small.
● How important is the women's vote? Here's a clue: Obama mentioned Planned Parenthood — and Romney's plans to eliminate federal funding for same — five times during the town-hall debate.
● On a related matter (the future of Roe v. Wade, among other things), the Supreme Court — hello? Appointing justices is one of a president's most enduring actions, but it didn't merit a single question. The only substantive mention of the court came during the vice-presidential debate, when Joe Biden raised the issue in response to a question about abortion rights.
● Speaking of the vice-presidential debate, how is it that Al Gore was pilloried for audibly sighing while Biden escaped relatively unscathed for far worse behavior? If this were a student council debate — interrupting, laughing, making faces while the other candidate is speaking — the principal would have intervened.
● Romney may be the only person I've ever heard say the word "tumult" out loud — five times. Points to Biden for reviving the term "malarkey."
● Not since Nancy Reagan has anyone so mastered the art of looking on while someone else is speaking. Romney has perfected the Debate Gaze, the indulgent smile that conveys disapproval without crossing the line into sneering.
● These guys don't like each other. Romney does a better job of hiding it, barely. To me, Obama's condescension too often crossed the line into offensive, as when, in Monday's debate, he elaborated on his horses and bayonets point about the changing military. "We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them," Obama scoffed. "We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines."
Romney had his peevish outbursts, too. "You'll get your chance in a moment," he lectured Obama at the second debate. "I'm still speaking." This is a dangerous way to speak to an incumbent president.
● It's still the economy, stupid. Just listen to the candidates' closing statements Monday night. A foreign policy debate ended on an unsurprising note: with the candidates making competing pitches not only about keeping America safe but about creating jobs and taming the debt.


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It's pretty clear after this election that the republican party's only chance of remaining relevant is to abandon (or at least heavily one down) its religious fundamental policies and focus more on economic conservatism. A move towards the libertarian party by the republicans will keep them politically competitive in the next few decades, and copyright is one of those areas that will help them identify with younger, more "liberal" voters.
"the low-per viewing costs offset the scarcity."
Of course, there's not much scarcity after the first couple of weeks. Usually when I go to a new movie in the theater I'll wait until it's been out for a few weeks and the room will be practically empty. So from the management's perspective, filling it up for $1/seat is better than leaving it empty at any price.
What I don't get is this: Anyone can go to the ball park, buy a reasonable ticket, and take all the pictures they like of the players, and GIVE them to Wikipedia. What's the problem?
I'm sure wikipedia contributors do that: today. But the article concerns players from the 1964-1984 time period, a time which is decidedly not today.
Depending on how they release the film, that may be an empty move on their part. Just because these guys are top-level talent doesn't necessarily mean they'll try to go to the theaters, after all.
Really what's amazing about this is that the MPAA thinks anyone cares about its opinion of fiber broadband, as if the the public is going to stop and think "gee, I guess I'll just have to wait for faster internet access while Hollywood develops better piracy controls".
Is this the same rapporteur who resigned, or is it his replacement? Or was that other rapporteur someone else entirely?
...to absorb the revenue lost from piracy
How much does it cost stardock for you to go on thepiratebay and download one of their games, at no cost to them and without depleting their inventory?
Guys, can we stop reporting every inane troll we see? It's gotten to the point where even legitimate opposing viewpoints (I.E. not this one) are getting hidden because they state an unpopular opinion.
But then how will we get our liquids out of the grocery stores...
If you have to ask, you probably are one.
What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
That's a moot point really, since corn farmers couldn't be impartial jurors anyway: megaupload is destroying their jobs.
I remember being younger and searching yard sales for cheap, large amounts of legos to build with, and it was always disappointing to see these boxes over half-filled with mega bloks. Most kids hate the way they feel, and in some ways I think their interoperability made them look more like a cheap lego knockoff than a real competitor.
That was my reaction as well; I'm surprised Mike didn't mention it.
Just because the legislation is a good idea doesn't mean Wyden should get away with sneaking it into a bill where it doesn't belong.
I think in the sketchier parts of Mexico, a random shooting or mugging would be the least of someone's concerns, especially the president's daughter.
If it wasn't apparently a safe region, there's no way I (as the president, or the secret service, or anyone else who could make the decision) would have anyone related to a major political figure going down there, with or without protection. But since it's a safe region, the point is moot.
And Weird Harold
The first time I ever visited techdirt was in January of 2008 in a high school computer class.
Those were the days, when angry dude and Weird Harold were the reigning trolls...
Mike, will you be doing a full article on Google's new privacy policy? I'd be interested to hear exactly what you think of it.


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Vitter ready for top GOP panel job
Sens. David Vitter and Barbara Boxer have something in common.
At least that's what the conservative Louisiana senator hopes as he prepares to take over the top Republican slot on the Environment and Public Works Committee.
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The Southern conservative and the Left Coast firebrand both represent coastal states burdened by flood control problems, and they know that infrastructure spending is the key to keeping their constituents happy.
Vitter is set to take over as the panel's ranking member just in time to play a key role in ferrying through legislation that would authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to take on a host of projects. And at the mouth of the Mississippi River, that's a big deal.
"We probably deal with and are at the mercy of the Corps of Engineers more than any other state," Vitter told POLITICO.
He expressed hopes that by midway through 2013, the coming Congress will pass the first Water Resources Development Act since 2007. The authorization bill typically includes a laundry list of transportation, water, infrastructure and environmental projects, but now supporters have to find a way to enact it without earmarks.
"I think there's a great deal of interest in following up on our highway bill … with a similar bipartisan success on a new [Water Resources Development Act] bill," Vitter said.
Boxer, the panel's chairwoman, is interested in pursuing the legislation as well, aides say. Vitter and the California Democrat have worked together before — recently, they collaborated on a bill that shifted the penalties from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from a trust fund to the states to spend.
Both are keen to reform the corps' spending process.
"I have a number of special corps reform ideas that I really want to include," Vitter said, calling the agency a "broken bureaucracy in a lot of ways."
For example, Vitter hopes to transfer project management responsibility for several corps projects to states or local leadership, out of federal hands. That would streamline the process to act more like highway funding, he said.
Instead of earmarks, Boxer and Vitter both talk about hammering out criteria on which projects in the bill would be judged.
This isn't Vitter's first time around on the water resources bill — he was a key voice on the 2007 version, pulling $3.6 billion to Louisiana for flood and hurricane protection and coastal restoration. President George W. Bush vetoed the bill but Congress overrode him.
Boxer led that bill for the Senate as EPW chairwoman, along with Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). They passed a $27 billion bill that included some hard-fought reforms to how the corps evaluates and plans projects, which environmentalists had hoped would allow the corps to focus on protecting floodplains and wetlands. Broader corps reforms proved politically difficult and ultimately too controversial, however.
The bill is timely now, given the national attention to Hurricane Sandy's devastation of New York and New Jersey, as well as Hurricane Isaac, which hit Louisiana in August during the Republican National Convention.
"There are special hurricane flood protection needs in Louisiana that I'll be trying to address," Vitter said. "We have enormous continuing needs."
While the water bill may be a bipartisan effort, it's doubtful that Vitter's time on the committee will be all kumbaya singalongs.


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Because We Need More Holidays
It's been SO LONG since Halloween, and Thanksgiving isn't 'til Thursday, so what's a bakery to do?
Invent a holiday that goes in-between, of course! So...
And after THAT, we'll have Thankmas:
...during which we'll all desperately try to avoid actually using the term "Thankmas" for fear of offending someone, and poo tornadoes will emblazon every hearth. Aww. Don't you just love
the holidays winter?
Kate F., & Nikki B., I think "winter, underlined" is going to be my holiday greeting of choice this year. Care to start a trend with me?
- Related Wreckage: The cake that has "winter" underlined on it.
*For some reason I initially had "turkey" capitalized. When I proof-read it later, I wondered why (not to mention how) a zombie pilgrim would try to force-feed someone a Mediterranean country. Which made me snort. Loudly. I even considered leaving it. But we all know what would happen then, right? EPCOT. Yeeeah.


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What is Cisco IBSG? Find out more here!
Well, first of all, Cisco IBSG stands for Internet Business Solutions Group. IBSG is the premier thought-leadership group within Cisco when it comes to helping customers realize the benefits of the trends and advances in technology, networking and new business processes. Listen to one of the key IBSG leaders for Industry to find out more in the video.
The Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) is comprised of industry influencers and business strategists who have deep experience across multiple sectors and regions. IBSG helps CXOs and public-sector leaders solve their most critical business challenges by developing strategic solutions based on business-process transformation and innovative technology.
I was fortunate enough to interview Kevin Sullivan, Director and Global Leader of the Industrial & Diversified Practice, Cisco IBSG recently and the video is part of this blog introducing IBSG. This Part One Cisco Thought Leadership episode asks what IBSG is and asks about the value it provides. Kevin describes how IBSG was formed and the value it provides to customers and other groups.
You can read Kevin's latest blog here 'Technology Innovation: Disrupt—or Be Disrupted' and find out more about his and Cisco's views on how companies can gain and hold an edge in technology innovation. In an engagement with a major global manufacturer, Kevin talks about how Cisco IBSG identified three key factors in the product innovation process that companies must clearly understand and be able to orchestrate in order to be successful.
But that's not all – to gain further insights into the 'in vogue' collaboration trends, look no further than Arun Saksena's new blog about how companies across multiple industries are implementing a variety of process changes, systems, and tools to improve collaboration among their employees. As another IBSG thought leader, read his blog 'Productivity Gains Through Culture, Visuality, and Collaboration (Part 1)'.
It's insights like those from Kevin and Arun that sets Cisco apart. No longer just a 'vendor' or 'IT/Networking' company, but a trusted partner for our customers, our leaders and for governments and industries around the world.
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Looking for a beginning-level Adobe Photoshop class in Seattle, that covers all of the basics but won't break the bank? In this step-by-step class, you'll learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to:
- fix color problems in photos
- fix exposure problems
- remove dust and scratches
- make flyers, posters and business cards
- copy and paste (take an element from one photo, and paste it into another)
- use layers and channels
- crop and rotate photos
- and more.
The class includes several hours of group instruction, a free CD with all of the images we'll be working on in class (before and after the changes, so you can work on them yourself), and a complete set of handouts that recap the exact steps we'll be going over in class to fix the photos.
Whether you're a home user, a graphics professional, someone who needs to learn Photoshop for an office project, or a job seeker wanting to upgrade your work skills and employability, this Seattle Photoshop class will help. Sponsored by Classesandworkshops.com. Instructor: Nils Osmar
I don't have Photoshop yet. Is there a way to download a free version of Photoshop to use in the class?
Yes, and, I recommend doing so. You can download a free trial copy to use during the class, at www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe
Is this a class for beginners or advanced students?
It's a class for beginners. I'll be assuming students don't know anything about the program, and guiding them through its major features step by step.
How long have you been teaching Photoshop classes?
Since 1998. (Through many changed versions of Photoshop – so the class has also changed a lot over time!)
What version of Photoshop will we be using in the class?
I'll be demonstrating using Photoshop CS5 (the most recent version). But you can use any version released in the last few years. (You can even use Photoshop Elements for most of the things we'll be doing in class.)
How is the class set up?
The group sessions consist of LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS projected on a screen for the whole group, using an LCD projector hooked up to a portable computer. These demonstrations cover all elements of the program, from scanning to layers, channels, and filters, to the final output (print or web pages). I'll show you photos "before and after" using Photoshop, and show you exactly how the changes and corrections were made, step by step, and will give you a CD with the before and after images, so you can follow the same steps to make changes in the photos yourself.
Is the Photoshop class held in a computer lab?
No. It's held in a regular classroom on the UW campus (using the projector as described above).
Why not hold it in a computer lab?
There are some advantages to a computer lab, but there are also some disadvantages. After trying both approaches, I've moved it into a regular classroom. Here's why:
a) When a class is held in a computer lab, most of the students end up working alone at a computer most of the time, because the instructor can only work with one person at a time. If the instructor takes the time to work with every student at his or her separate computer, there's not much time to present information to the class as a whole.
(b) Holding a class in a computer lab drives up the cost of the class astronomically. This is the reason most similar classes cost hundreds of dollars. The costs of leasing space in the lab, leasing the computers, and paying usage rights on multiple copies of the software, areall passed on to the students in the form of higher course fees.
In a nutshell, I've found that teaching the Photoshop class in this way, I can cover more information than if I held the class in a lab, and it keeps the class more affordable.
What if I have questions, or need a recap of what was covered in class?
As a student you'll receive a free set of handouts that recaps, step by step, everything covered in the class, along with an CD that has before and after photos for all of the topics presented, to make it easy to recreate what the instructor is demonstrating.
I have a laptop computer with Photoshop installed. Can I bring it to class?
By all means, if you have a laptop or other device with Photoshop on it, feel free to bring it. But if you don't have a laptop, don't worry about it. You don't need one to benefit from the class.
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Leadership Team
Pat SheaPresident
Pat has more than 25 years of real estate leadership and sales experience in the Greater Sacramento Region. Under his leadership as president and COO, Lyon Real Estate has maintained the number one independent residential real estate brokerage ranking in the four-county area. Pat launched the Lyon Cares Foundation in 2015 with the mission of offering time, talent and treasure to local nonprofits that make our community a better place. From 2016-2018, the Lyon Cares Foundation awarded more than $400,000 in grants. Annually since 2015, Pat has been named one of the most powerful people in residential real estate in the Swanepoel Power 200. In 2016, Pat was chosen to receive the coveted Leadership Award, presented by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, a global network of more than 565 companies in 50 countries.
Pat serves on the Board of Directors of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, the California Real Estate Brokers Inc. (CREB), MetroList, Inc., and the Broker Public Portal, LLC. Pat earned the "Outstanding Life Member" designation from the Sacramento Association of Realtors Masters Club while practicing as an agent. Pat's wife, Eileen continues their highly productive sales business at Lyon. They are also very proud to join Lyon agents in the many community and charitable endeavors they support on a daily basis. Pat holds a B.S.B.A. from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Michael LevedahlChief Financial Officer
Michael is a licensed California CPA with over 30 years of financial and operations experience in the real estate industry. Prior to joining Lyon Real Estate, Michael served as Chief Financial Officer for one of the largest privately-owned residential brokerages in the nation with over 2,000 sales agents in California, Nevada and Texas. Michael has also held the positions of Chief Operating Officer for a national residential and commercial property inspection company, and Divisional Vice President of Operations for a major international real estate franchising company. Michael is a graduate of the University of California, Haas School of Business.
David WilsonChief Technology Officer
Dave is a senior technology executive with over 25 years of technical and operations experience. He has held senior technology positions within the automotive, technology, staffing, and the real estate sectors and has consistently made quantifiable process improvements, built software and led successful service-oriented teams in complex environments. Dave consistently offers a strong blend of hands-on skills, an analytic approach to strategic planning and demonstrated strengths in customer relationship building and service. He has championed many technology projects and has transformed Technology divisions within three companies into valuable business partners through strong team-building and staff development. Dave has demonstrated the ability to work as a consultative member of any senior management team, effectively communicating complex technology subjects to gain support for their implementation. In this manner, Dave has transformed the IT function into a key contributor to organizational success through periods of stability as well as change in business direction.
Herb CrossDirector of Property Management
Herb is a seasoned real estate associate, who during his 25-year career with Lyon Real Estate, has served in leadership positions as the Office Manager of West Sacramento, Woodland, Davis, and Dixon offices. In 2013, Herb was appointed Director of the Property Management Division of Lyon Real Estate. He now supervises the individual property managers in all Lyon offices and establishes the policies and procedures for the property management division. Herb holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science and a teaching credential from UC Davis. He served as President of the Yolo County Association of Realtors in 1986 and was named Realtor of the Year for Yolo County in 1982. Herb's involvement in the real estate industry includes serving as a Director for the California Association of Realtors from 1982-1993, liaison to the state legislature for CAR, and chair for the Davis division of the Yolo County Association of Realtors. Herb is currently a member of the Governmental Affairs Committee for the Rental Housing Association.
Cathy HarringtonDirector of Marketing
Cathy is a senior marketing executive with over 20 years of diversified real estate marketing and public relations experience. She has held several positions within the industry, including residential real estate services, commercial leasing, investment real estate brokerage, and online real estate. She got her start working in public relations. As part of Lyon Real Estate's leadership team, she guides the company's corporate marketing strategy, which encompasses brand management, online media, collateral development, emerging technology initiatives, philanthropy, event management and public relations. Cathy holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature from U.C. Berkeley.
Sara BatyController
Sara joined Lyon Real Estate as a Staff Accountant in 2002 and has steadily worked her way up to Controller. Sara has over 15 years of accounting experience and manages the day-to-day operations of Lyon's accounting department including commission processing, accounts payable and receivables, general ledger functions, monthly financial statement preparation and annual budget production. Sara is a hands-on leader, focused on promoting teamwork to provide excellent customer service to co-workers, clients and agents. Sara is a Sacramento native and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting with a minor in Criminal Justice from California State University, Sacramento.
Heidi WilsonDirector of Office Support Services
Heidi works with the managers and office support staff to ensure that all components of the company's value proposition are being delivered effectively, consistently and passionately to our agents every day. Employing her business development skills and transaction management experience, she works with office managers to maximize agent utilization of our professional transaction management services across the company. She also supervises, trains, and evaluates 17 transaction coordinators. Heidi began her career in residential real estate as a practicing real estate agent before transitioning into transaction management with a top independent company. Heidi holds a bachelor degree from Saint Mary's College.
Janet HubbardDirector of Relocation
Janet works with relocation management companies, human resources, and brokerages around the globe to match clients with the right agents based upon their needs. She supervises and trains agents on how to manage corporate relocation transactions and broker referrals. Janet and her team have been recognized by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® with the Crown of Excellence and are consistently in the top 1% in inbound and outbound referral production. She serves as a presenter and panelist at LeadingRE workshops because of her experience and her team's success. Janet began her career in talent recruitment for a Fortune 500 company.


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EDITORIAL: Albany isn't dealing with N.Y. problems
An independent, nonpartisan task force concludes that New York's state and local governments are headed for fiscal disaster.
The State Budget Crisis Task Force found that, despite some progress, New York governments have deep-rooted, structural problems with finances that continue to be unaddressed.
"New York's fiscal future sits on shaky ground," the report states.
No kidding?
o Medicaid costs make a huge call on state resources, with the state spending more than Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas combined. The state spent $9,056 in 2009 on benefits recipient, 69 percent more than the national average. The report notes that it is unknown whether reforms successfully will reduce those costs, which in part are driven by "the state's powerful 'medical industrial complex;'"
o Unavoidable pension costs that are rising rapidly and retiree health care costs that currently are underfunded by $73.3 billion;
o Revenue sources that are unusually dependent on capital gains and income taxes, both from a relatively small number of very high earners, who may choose or whose jobs may be shifted elsewhere;
o Local governments - astutely described as "a complicated, costly, sprawling and confusing mix" - are on the fiscal precipice, facing uncontrollable costs in pension and retiree health benefits;
o Education costs that, at $18,618 per student, are 75 percent above the national average of $10,615, according to the report;
o Infrastructure needs that "far outstrip available resources." The state comptroller on Thursday issued a report concluding the state will be $89 billion short of the capital it needs for projects over the next two decades; and
o Heavy indebtedness that makes a continuing claim on annual tax revenues.
Yes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has had a few important achievements, including crafting consecutive budgets that were on time and restrained spending, obtaining pension reform for new government hires. But these accomplishments, while necessary, are not sufficient to right government finances.
Cuomo this week asserted that the state is clearly turning the corner to become a freshly competitive state for economic growth.
We find that declaration grossly premature, under the circumstances.
Then, we have the governor's Mandate Relief Council, which is proving to be nothing of the sort.
The 11-member council -- seven of whose members were appointed by Cuomo -- has been painfully slow to get moving on its charge to reduce costly burdens to lower levels of government. This was supposed to be part of the deal for limiting the ability of local governments to raise property taxes.
The council met last week and promptly rejected 51 of 65 requests for relief. It seems that, according to the staff of the council, the council's mandate to reduce mandates actually is extremely limited.
When, exactly, is there going to be a sense of urgency in Albany about the need to do something about spending?
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Michael Friscolanti has shitty-looking facial hair
Ooooh, Mikey: You're so much smarter than the rest of us cattle who are too stupid to get the fact that this season is over and who blindly root against all hope for our team to succeed. Thank you so much for tipping us off to your hip cynicism, and for letting us know how the Jays aren't the Rockies, and that they clearly suck. Our worldview is so much clearer now that you've opened our eyes.
19 comments:
- The Ack said...
JFC, this guy puts the "douche" in "douche".
- September 11, 2008 at 10:32 AM
This guy's a putz. I had not heard of or read him before today. I am stupider for having read his unfunny, sarcastic, one-note scribblings.
I come here for edification and get this?!? You owe me 90 seconds of my life back.
- September 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- SP said...
I award him no points, and may god have mercy on his soul.
- September 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- eyebleaf said...
did anyone read Damien Cox's recent blog post?
i don't think he understands that only 8 teams make the playoffs in baseball. in the entire league.
- September 11, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- brendan said...
I never knew this dude existed until today...and it's all because of you that I've been exposed to him...it's like not washing your hands after using a public urinal. If you don't stop the cycle, everyone's gonna get infected.
- September 11, 2008 at 1:38 PM
- Joanna said...
is he getting paid for that shit? Cause there are plenty of better, funnier bloggers working for nothing. Hey Rogers...bail one of them out and give them the job. But he does blog for Macleans...which went from a relevant mag to a right-wing shit rag when they changed editors.
- September 11, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Just read Damien Cox's blog post. We commented, but it didn't seem to take. Maybe the Star has a vendetta against us. BRING IT ON BITCHES!
We usually don't mind Cox, but that's possibly because a) we read him about twice per year, b) we like to read people who are dumping on the Leafs and c) our exposure to him is usually in the context of watching the TSN Sunday Gasbag Jamboree, and anyone would look good compared to Steve Simmons.
It also would have been nice if Professional Journalist Damien Cox would have spelled Travis Snider's name correctly.
- September 11, 2008 at 1:51 PM
- Joanna said...
oh and for the shout out, you are mostly forgiven for requesting a repeat of Jill Clark on the DJF Podcast before I have been on once.
- September 11, 2008 at 1:53 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
We're still waiting for our return invite to the DJF podcast...we didn't bring our "A" Game last time.
- September 11, 2008 at 1:56 PM
- Stedron said...
Nice to have a face to put on that dickless Brad Fullmer fan from over at the Drunks. They are clearly one in the same.
- September 11, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- SP said...
How do you misspell Travis Snider?
- September 11, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- SP said...
Nevermind, I see what he did.
And there isn't even a Snyder in the NHL for him to mix Travis up with!
- September 11, 2008 at 3:31 PM
- Lloyd the Barber said...
Just sayin' - Damian Cox = Jay Marriotti.
- September 11, 2008 at 3:59 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Well, there was a Dan Snyder in the NHL, but...never mind.
- September 11, 2008 at 4:29 PM
- Brendan said...
Cory Snyder. I know he's on my mind constantly, so it's no surprise Damyen typoed it.
- September 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM
- Darren Priest said...
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty excited about this weekend series. Meaningful games in September!
- September 12, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Joanna, if standing up against theocratic fascists who would reduce you to a slave, or have you stoned to death in the street for resisting, is being a right wing shit rag, then let's have more right wing shit rags. (Not to mention, to distort Tom Hanks' great line, "There's no baseball under Sharia Law.")
- September 13, 2008 at 12:07 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Holy fucking wow.
"Standing up to the theocratic fascists"...is that what Babs Amiel does?
- September 15, 2008 at 11:23 AM
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The Bad, The Bad, And The Badder
The following cakes were made by professionals, and paid for with actual money.
Do not adjust your screen.
Vicky W. wanted this cake, only in pink and white.
Hm. I wonder how it turned out?
Oh, that's right! This is Cake Wrecks.
This next cake is not the wreck.
It's actually what Mary J's half sister's other sister* wanted for her wedding.
(*cousin's nephew's roommate...)
Which Mary J's half sister's other sister apparently bought at a donut shop.
Okay, time for some hard truths here. Are you ready? Here goes:
If your baker makes most of her money selling donuts,
(King cakes should be fine, though.)
And finally, Elydia B. writes:
"My wedding was like a fairy tale. The cake was supposed to be from a very prestigious bakery in Tuscany..."
Wait, Tuscany? Like in Italy? Well, since I'm an American and everything I know about Italy involves designer clothes, expensive shoes, and bright red sports cars, I have to assume that the cake would be amazin...
"...but it was like the wicked stepmother portion of the fairy tale!"
AH. Right, then. So here's what she wanted:
Nice! I like how they digitally added in Elydia's monogram for this mock-up; really speaks to a high talent and prof... wait, you added that, Elydia? Oh.
Oh my.
Since I'm speechless, I'll let Elydia finish:
"The cake that we got is about twice the size of me..."
(Hey, the more the merrier, right?)
"...but was a thin layer of cake with STYROFOAM below each layer of the Cool Whip-type frosting."
(Oh. Um. Crunchy?)
"They took one hydrangea and broke it up into four pieces."
(A hydrangea? Where?)
"Honestly, I thought it was a practical joke!"
(Did you check if those "hydrangeas" were actually parsley garnishes from the salad bar? Because if so, then you were TOTALLY punk'd.)
Well, let that be a lesson to you, brides: always sniff your hydrangeas, and never... uh... yeah I got nuthin'.
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Chả lụa
Chả lụa or giò lụa, also known in English as the "Vietnamese pork roll", is the most common type of sausage in Vietnamese cuisine, made of pork and traditionally wrapped in banana leaves. The term giò lụa (Vietnamese pronunciation: or ) is part of the northern Vietnamese dialect, while chả lụa () is from the central and southern Vietnamese dialects.[1]
Production and consumption
Traditionally, chả lụa is made of lean pork, potato starch, garlic, ground black pepper and nước mắm (fish sauce). The pork has to be pounded until it becomes pasty; it cannot be chopped or ground as the meat would still be fibrous, dry, and crumbly. Near the end of the pounding period, a few spoonfuls of nước mắm are added to the meat for flavour, but salt, ground black pepper, and sugar can also be added. The meat is now called giò sống, meaning "raw sausage", and can be used in other dishes as well.
The mixture is then wrapped tightly in banana leaves into a cylindrical shape and boiled. If the banana leaf is not wrapped tightly and water leaks inside while it is being boiled, the sausage will spoil easily if kept at room temperature. The sausage has to be submerged vertically into boiling water, and typically for a 1 kg sausage it takes an hour to cook. When making chả lụa by hand, a common way to tell if it is well cooked is to throw the sausage onto a hard surface; if it bounces, the sausage is good.
Other variants include:
- chả bì - containing shredded pork skin along with typical chả lụa ingredients, then steamed
- chả bò - beef sausage with herbs
- chả chiên - where the entire sausage is deep-fried (instead of steamed, omitting the banana leaf wrap)
- chả Huế - contains whole black peppercorns and more garlic and then steamed
- chả quế - sausage with seasoned with powdered cinnamon, then fried. Another variety of chả chiên.
Correctly made chả lụa can be stored at room temperature for about one week, but it is recommended to keep it refrigerated until used, where it can be stored for up to 3 - 4 weeks.
During the initial wave of Vietnamese immigrants to the United States in the mid-1970s, banana leaves were difficult to find and, thus, Vietnamese chefs substituted aluminum foil for banana leaves, a habit that continues today. In areas that have banana leaves, a small strip of it is used for flavor while still using the aluminum foil to shape the sausage.
The sausage is normally sliced and eaten with bánh cuốn, bánh mì, or xôi, or braised in fish sauce and black pepper with other meat dishes. If fried, it is called chả chiên.
Giò lụa is also popular in Thailand where it is known as mu yo (Thai: หมูยอ), literally "pork yo", with 'yo' being the Thai pronunciation of the term "giò". It is often eaten in the form of a spicy salad or as a snack on its own.
See also
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This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file, "Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park" (with photographs), "Chatham Preliminary Historic Resource Study," and primary sources from the park. It was written by Elsa W. Lohman and Janice M. Frye, Park Rangers at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Battlefields National Military Park. It was edited by Fay Metcalf and the Teaching with Historic Places staff. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
Where it fits into the curriculum
Topics: This lesson could be used in American history courses in teaching units on the Civil War and women's history.
Time period: Mid-19th century
Relevant United States History Standards for Grades 5-12
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Objectives for students
1) To explain why Chatham became a center of activity during the many battles that were fought near the house.
2) To identify the major personalities associated with Chatham.
3) To describe the impact of the war on Chatham and its owners.
4) To determine, based on the history of Chatham, to what period the house should be restored.
5) To examine how a war or a similar disaster affected people from their own community.
Materials for studentsThe materials listed below either can be used directly on the computer or can be printed out, photocopied, and distributed to students. The maps and images appear twice: in a low-resolution version with associated questions and alone in a larger, high-quality version.
1) two maps showing the importance of the geography of the Fredericksburg area to the military campaigns of 1862-1864;
2) three readings about the use of the house during the Civil War;
3) one document advertising Chatham in the Fredericksburg News;
4) two photos of historical and modern views of the house.
Visiting the site
Chatham now serves as the headquarters of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, which is administered by the National Park Service. Visitors may take a self-guided tour of the four nearby battlefields, the Stonewall Jackson Shrine, and the historic house itself. For more information write to the Superintendent, 120 Chatham Lane, Fredericksburg, VA 22405, or
visit the park's Web page.