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State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future
"...one of the most critical resources for understanding the problems facing our planet and their possible solutions. It's an excellent piece of work."
—Alex Steffen, Worldchanging
In 2008, half of the Earth's population will live in urban areas, marking the first time in history that humans are an urban species. State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future examines changes in the ways cities are managed, built, and lived in that could tip the balance towards a healthier and more peaceful urban future.
The PDF version(s) of State of the World 2007 include "Geotag" links to satellite photos with additional information for 26 locations around the globe.
Large Cover View, Press Release, Notable Trends, Author Bios, Urbanization Links and Resources
If global development priorities are not reassessed to account for massive urban poverty, well over half of the 1.1 billion people projected to join the world's population between now and 2030 may live in under-serviced slums. Additionally, while cities cover only 0.4 percent of the Earth's surface, they generate the bulk of the world's carbon emissions, making cities key to alleviating the climate crisis, notes the report.
As recently as a century ago, the vast majority of the world's people lived in rural areas, but by sometime next year more than half of all people will live in urban areas. Over 60 million people—roughly the population of France—are now added to the planet's burgeoning cities and suburbs each year, mostly in low-income urban settlements in developing countries.
Unplanned and chaotic urbanization is taking a huge toll on human health and the quality of the environment, contributing to social, ecological, and economic instability in many countries. Of the 3 billion urban dwellers today, 1 billion live in "slums," defined as areas where people cannot secure key necessities such as clean water, a nearby toilet, or durable housing. An estimated 1.6 million urban residents die each year due to lack of clean water and sanitation as a result.
While no single set of "best practices" would enable all cities to successfully address the challenges of poverty and environmental degradation, State of the World 2007 focuses on areas where urban leadership can have huge benefits for the planet and human development. These include providing water and sanitation services to the urban poor, bolstering urban farming, and improving public transportation. Additionally, the report recommends devoting more resources to information gathering on urban issues so that city, national, and international entities can better assess development priorities.
State of the World 2007 includes in-depth case studies—CityScapes—of the following cities:
|Timbuktu, Mali: Greening the Hinterlands
Loja, Ecuador: Ecological and Healthy City
Lagos, Nigeria: Collapsing Infrastructure
Freetown, Sierra Leone: Urban Farms After a War
Los Angeles, U.S.A.: End of Sprawl
Melbourne, Australia: Reducing a City's Carbon Emissions
Rizhao, China: Solar-Powered City
Malmö, Sweden: Building a Green Future
Jakarta, Indonesia: River Management
Mumbai, India: Policing by the People
Nairobi, Kenya: Life in Kibera
Petra, Jordan: Managing Tourism
Brno, Czech Republic: Brownfield Redevelopment


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Lifestyle changes for managing and treating menorrhagia include:
Lifestyle changes for managing and treating amenorrhea include:
Lifestyle changes for menorrhagia are focused on the prevention of anemia, which can occur due to heavy bleeding.
If your heavy bleeding is the result of using a copper intrauterine device (IUD) or taking oral contraceptives, talk to your healthcare provider about using a different contraceptive.
To reduce your risk of developing iron-deficiency anemia, eat foods high in iron on a daily basis. The most absorbable source of dietary iron is called heme iron. It is found in organ meat (such as liver), beef, pork, poultry, and seafood (such as clams and oysters).
Another form of dietary iron (nonheme iron) is not absorbed as well by your body. Nonheme iron is found in dried peas and beans, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, bread, iron-fortified cereals, pasta, and dark green leafy vegetables (such as spinach). You can enhance the absorption of nonheme iron by increasing your intake of vitamin C-rich foods, such as broccoli, cabbage, tomatoes, citrus fruits, melons, and strawberries.
Iron supplements are very effective but should only be considered if dietary measures have failed. You should talk to your healthcare provider first before taking any iron supplement. The preferred form of iron supplement is usually ferrous sulfate. Other supplements include ferrous fumarate, ferrous gluconate, polysaccharide-iron complex, and carbonyl iron.
Common side effects of iron supplementation include:
Lifestyle changes for managing amenorrhea depend on the cause of the condition and may include reducing exercise, eating a proper diet, gaining or losing weight, reducing stress, getting treatment for an eating disorder, and preventing bone loss. Amenorrhea may take over six months to reverse.
Excessive and intense exercise can cause you to stop having menstrual periods. Treatment for amenorrhea may be as simple as cutting back on your exercise routine. If you exercise compulsively due to fear of gaining weight, you may have an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia. It is not uncommon for women with eating disorders to exercise 2-6 hours a day. If you have an eating disorder, you need to see your healthcare provider to get proper treatment and help reduce the compulsive nature of your exercising.
On the other hand, if you exercise intensely because you are an athlete, it may be difficult for you to cut back. Because amenorrhea puts you at risk for osteoporosis and infertility, you should talk to your healthcare provider about getting more calcium, staying close to your recommended body weight, and developing an appropriate exercise schedule.
Amenorrhea is often related to levels of body fat—either too much or too little. Your healthcare provider can help determine your appropriate weight and body fat levels.
If you are overweight, your healthcare provider or dietitian can help you make changes in your diet and activity levels so that you can achieve an appropriate level of weight and body fat. Your problem may be that you have lost too much weight or lost weight too quickly.
In this case, your healthcare provider or a dietitian can help you make adjustments so that your diet is well-balanced and adequate in calories. If you have an intense fear of gaining weight or feel that your eating is compulsive and out of control, you should also be assessed for eating disorders.
Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, often lead to amenorrhea. Eating disorders are serious disturbances in eating behavior, such as extreme and unhealthy reduction of food intake or severe overeating. They are accompanied by feelings of distress or extreme concern about body shape or weight.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder in which you have an obsession with dieting and exercise that leads to excessive weight loss.
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder in which you eat large amounts of food (called bingeing) and then use inappropriate means (vomiting, laxatives, water pills, excessive exercise) to rid your body of the food eaten (called purging). You eat compulsively and feel unable to stop, then purge to prevent gaining weight.
If you think you may have an eating disorder, seek help from your healthcare provider immediately.
High levels of stress can disrupt your menstrual periods. In addition to reducing your overall stress level, you should get more rest and relaxation. You may also benefit from relaxation techniques such as meditation, deep breathing, progressive relaxation, yoga, and biofeedback. These techniques help you pay attention to tension in your body and release it with exercises that help quiet your mind and relax your muscles. Regular enjoyable activities can also help you relieve stress.
If you have amenorrhea for a prolonged period of time, you have an increased risk of bone loss and osteoporosis]]> .
To help protect your bones and decrease your risk of osteoporosis:
American Society for Reproductive Medicine website. Available at: http://www.asrm.org/ . Accessed February 28, 2006.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism website. Available at: http://jcem.endojournals.org/ . Accessed February 28, 2006.
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After some time without releasing any new version here is peepdf v0.3. It is not that I was not working in the project, but since the option to update the tool from the command line was released creating new versions became a secondary task. Read more »
Some nights ago I was heading to a local theater with some (non-nerd) friends. We did not recall very well the address, so I brought out my phone (LG Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.2 and Google Chrome) and googled for it. I found the theater's official site and started looking for the contact info, when Chrome suddenly opened a popup window pointing me to a Russian web site (novostivkontakte.ru) urging me to update my Flash Player. I laughed loudly and showed them to my (again, totally non-nerd) friends saying that the site had been owned. One of them went on and opened the site with her own phone (Samsung Galaxy S Advance with Android 4.4.1 and the default Android WebKit browser). To make a long story short, after a few instants her phone was downloading a file without even asking her for confirmation. So: Chrome on my Nexus 4 was using social engineering to have me click on a link and manually download the file; Android's WebKit on her Galaxy S Advance was instead downloading the file straight away: interesting! However, we were a bit late and we had to run for the comedy, so I did not even bother to see what the heck she had downloaded, I only made sure she hadn't opened it. I thought it was just the usual exploit kit trying to infect PCs by serving fake Flash Player updates, seen tons of those. While waiting for the comedy to begin, I quickly submitted the compromised site to three different services, the first three ones that came to my mind: HoneyProxy Client, Wepawet and Unmask Parasites, then turned off my phone and enjoyed the show. Read more »
- "it bypasses DEP and ASLR using impressive tricks and unusual methods" - Vupen
- "it uses a previously unpublished technique to bypass ASLR" - Metasploit Blog
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The first part to the format discovery is 90% completed.
The program is now able to tokenize the sample packets and sort them to clusters according to token pattern.
The structure for a token looks like this:
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As announced by Karen Pauley at this year's YAPC::EU in Riga, Latvia, NET-A-PORTER.COM, the world's premier online luxury fashion retailer, will donate $10,000 to the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund. NET-A-PORTER is committed to innovations in web technology and has created a bespoke e-Commerce platform to offer its customers a fast, responsive and interactive user experience. It uses Perl for a number of its programs and makes this donation as a sign of its commitment to the language and an acknowledgement of the work that the Foundation is doing.
Richard Lloyd-Williams, Head of Group IT at NET-A-PORTER, explains, "It is fantastic to be giving something back to the Perl community. Without the work of the Perl Foundation we would not be able to customise and build on the NET-A-PORTER platform as effectively as we have done. This donation is one way we've chosen to show our gratitude."
"The generous support from Net-A-Porter will allow us to extend and expand grants to Perl developers who are working on the essential maintenance of the Perl 5 Core," said TPF president Karen Pauley, while attending YAPC Europe. "This will directly benefit the many thousands of Perl users around the world, helping us improve the language experience for everyone."
NET-A-PORTER.COM was launched in June 2000 and has since successfully established itself as the world's premier luxury online fashion retailer.  Presented in the style of a fashion magazine, NET-A-PORTER features collections from over 350 of the world's most coveted designers including Chloé, Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Miu Miu, Stella McCartney and many more.  With its acclaimed editorial format, express worldwide shipping to 170 countries (including same day delivery to London and Manhattan), luxurious packaging and easy returns, NET-A-PORTER offers an unparalleled shopping experience.


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Writing in issue 2888 of New Scientist, James Mitchell Crow introduces us to the notion that robots will, sooner or later, be tending the crops we depend upon for food, and takes us on a whirlwind world tour of some of the people working to bring this about and some of the technologies that have already been developed.
He begins with Simon Blackmore, of Harper Adams University College, who tells us about robotic technologies that have already found their way into new tractors, implements, and combine harvesters. Blackmore also discusses the energetics of cultivation, saying "Why do we plough? Mainly to repair the damage that we have caused with big tractors. Up to 80 per cent of the energy going into cultivation is there to repair this damage." He proposes an altogether different approach, using light-weight, autonomous machines. Crow summarizes the requirements list for these machines thusly: "These agribots need to have three key abilities: to navigate, to interpret the scene in front of them, and to be able to help the farmer, by blasting a weed, applying a chemical or harvesting the crop."
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- Underbrush, lavender and blue berry. Earthy and smoky. 90 point wine advocate. Good with steak and to sip.
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- Monastell - Hecula 2009: "drink no wine before it's time" This is a wine that appears to be complex on visual inspection with the nose in agreement but fails to deliver a complex taste on the palate. However laid for a few more years this wine should live up to its potential. My drinking partner begs to differ and believes that this wine should be opened and drank as soon as possible. Oakey and fruit forward on the nose with a hint of lavender and big cherry scents, this wine has a high taste of tannins on the finish which is a little on the acidic side for my personal taste (to drink each own). I recommend a long period of decanting to take some of the heat out of this wine. I also found this wine to be somewhat tart on the finish but a spicy delight with any food. Wine is the spice of life.
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Praise to the Lamb
1. O praise His name, ye Sons of God.
Our Saviour, Lord, and King.
From ev'ry mountain, hill and plain,
Let your Hosannas ring,
To Him who died on Calvary
That we might live again.
Hosanna to the Lamb of God,
Hosanna to His name.
2. His love was great, he showed the way
For greater light divine.
So let us show our love for Him,
Arise, go forth and shine,
Come let us teach His gospel plan
That ev'ryone might say,
Hosanna to the Lamb of god,
Hosanna to His name.
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Mrs. Irrelevant, Soccer Orgasm and Aggie Swag Top This Week's Best Sports Videos
Our weekly feature 'Men With Balls' takes a look at the best sports related videos of the week.
In this edition, we highlight the Metta World Peace Elbowing song, a soccer announcer who might need to change his undies, a female tennis star changing in plain sight and a girl who just wants to spend the night with the last pick of the 2012 NFL draft.
YouTube Girl might have sex with Mr. Irrelevant
Normally being the last pick in the NFL Draft doesn't have any incredible benefits outside the "Mr. Irrelevant" parade and luncheon but this year may be different. Check out this YouTube clip of a girl named Brianne telling the world that she'll spend the night with the last pick of the NFL draft, whomever it may be:
Tennis Star Andrea Petkovic strips down during match
In our age of wardrobe malfunctions, we're tennis star Andrea Petkovic during a Fed Cup doubles match last week. The umpire was not too pleased with Andrea wearing red and asked her to change to match her doubles partner. Since the match was set to start, Petkovic couldn't go into the dressing room and had to change in front of the audience:
Girl writes song about Metta World Peace's Elbow
If Rebecca Black can have a hit song, the girl that did the Metta World Peace elbow song can as well. YouTuber Stephanie K did a one-minute song dedicated to Metta throwing an elbow at Thunder guard James Harden and its pretty good..for a YouTube song:
Tony Allen pulls off Harlem Globetrotter-esque "fake pass"
I'm pretty sure that Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen didn't intend to throw this fake pass but it's a pretty cool highlight anyway. It happened back on Monday as the Grizzlies took on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Allen recovered a loose ball and attempted to throw a football pass to the other side of the court, when he lost control of it:
USC football players wear their pads everywhere
If you were walking around the University of Southern California recently, you might have seen this interesting sight of some members of the football team wearing full pads and jerseys around campus. One of those players happen to be star quarterback Matt Barkley and the players even decided to invade a class with their game-time gear on:
The Estonian JR Rider?
It's not often that I view video from the Baltic Basketball League but you need to check out this clip of BC Kalev's Armands Skele throwing up a behind-the-head prayer. It happened in a game against BC Tarvas as Skele attempted to save a pass going out of bounds:
Soccer announcer ORGASMS after goal
There are some soccer fans that claim watching the sport is better than sex but in the below clip, a soccer announcer made a noise normally reserved for the bedroom. Check out this goal by Chelsea's Fernando Torres against FC Barcelona and the call done by Sky Sports analyst Gary Neville:
Wait, Texas A&M has Aggie Swag?
Thanks to the world of YouTube, almost everyone can create a music video and share it to the world. There are many aspiring college rappers out there and this video done by Lawrence Knox called, "Aggie Swag" will be in your head for the rest of the weekend for better or worse:


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This week during YAPC::NA we announced the launch of a new fundraising drive to raise money for the maintenance and improvement of the Perl 5 core. I am delighted to announce that Vienna.pm have offered to kick-start this fund by offering matched funding for the first $10,000 of sponsorship that is raised.
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10 Appalling Recent Rap Lyrics
For a genre that was founded on artistic—and at times rebellious—verbal expression, long gone are the days when rap lyrics are simply taken as empty couplets. Now under the strongest of microscopes, rappers are being scrutinized for their word choice, references and lack of sensitivity.
From racism, to sex, to politics, artists have drawn quite a bit of attention with their ruthless bars. Squirm in your seat to a few of the most appalling rap lyrics in recent history.
Lil Wayne - "Karate Chop (Remix)"
Lyric: "Beat that pussy up like Emmett Till"
Weezy's lyrical relationship with the female sex organ has never been exactly sensitive, but this one proved the most controversial. The rapper's reference to Till—who was beaten to death in 1955 at the age 14 for allegedly flirting with a white woman—was met with outrage.
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The scent of a woman
Sunday, November 22, 2009
I was asked by TwitterMoms the following question, If you could define yourself with a scent, what scent would represent you and why?
Here's what I would define as the scent of myself.
A rose.
Why?, you ask. Because a rose smells ladylike and is a classic scent. It's sensuous, timeless, and classy.
And that's me.
I'm classy, ladylike, sensuous, definitely timeless, and more. Of course I'm a bit biased. That's why I'd say the rose is a scent that would define me. And it's one of my favorite scents.
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YouTube user Brizzyvoices does her impressions of all 151 original Pocket Monsters in this clip. Some of them are pretty good! Some of them, however, are not.
The now viral video is six minutes long and you momentarily glaze over, it sometimes feels like you're watching an exorcism.
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And what's right with Obama?
The British have a saying about the twin rules of journalism: first simplify, then exaggerate.
Perhaps Barack Obama can comfort himself with the reality that his current travails are both more complicated in their causes and less dire in their consequences than they are being portrayed in the Washington echo chamber.
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There is a useful cautionary note for everyone who is prone to withering judgments about Obama's stumbling performances in recent weeks: No institution in American life is more resilient than the modern presidency, and no politician talented enough to capture the office should ever be underestimated.
Bill Clinton, of course, is the supreme example. He was counted out after a clumsy start in 1993, after losing the House in 1994, after a sex scandal in 1998, and, as a new ex-president, after a pardon scandal in 2001.
( PHOTOS: Obama's second term)
Barack Obama is a man of different talents, instincts and interests than Clinton. But now that Washington is in pile-on mode — including us — it's not a bad time to remember that there are some reasons why he is among the most talented politicians of his generation.
Recent bad headlines have not diluted his enduring personal and political assets, and, so long as he occupies the White House, there is no other person with more power to set the national agenda.
In that spirit, here's a roster of what's still right with Obama:
• His personality
No one will ever mistake Obama for warm and fuzzy. But when he tries even a bit, he can't help being winning. His smile remains dazzling, even if he flashes it less often.
( Also on POLITICO: What's wrong with Obama?)
His adversaries are implacable, but a critical mass of Americans still like to feel better about themselves because they feel good about Obama, just as they did when they elected him twice. The public understands that the president's biggest structural political problems are not of his making, and none of the setbacks of the second term have altered the fact that people basically like the guy.
A Gallup Organization survey this summer found that three-quarters of Americans saw Obama likeable, while 55 percent rated him as honest and trustworthy, and nearly six in 10 said that he understands the problems Americans face.
Throughout last year's reelection, the Obama campaign's internal surveys showed that the very quality that so many Washington insiders now complain about — that the president is not much of a politician — was one that most endeared him to the public.
( WATCH: Obama's full speech on Syria)
Though the trend lines are not as steady this year as they have typically been in the past, Obama's favorability rating has largely stayed above water in major public opinion surveys, with a recent Fox News telephone poll clocking his favorability at 50 percent, to 46 percent unfavorable.
• His normality
The presidency has long attracted neurotic personality types, but Obama is not among them. He has a healthy ego, but his longstanding ability to coolly assess his circumstances and then adapt to them means that he is still better positioned than most of his peers to work his way out of problems.
He has always been best with his back against the wall. He may not be Harry Truman or Jerry Ford, taking brisk walks about town or toasting his own English muffins, but it's hard to imagine that he would ever slide into LBJ-style meltdown or Nixonian paranoia.
( PHOTOS: Obama recognizes George H. W. Bush)
His wife and daughters — and their nightly family dinners above the store — may put a crimp in his Washington social life and his willingness to wine and dine allies or enemies, but they doubtless keep him an honest dad. In his first campaign and throughout the troubles of his tenure, he has kept perspective, often telling David Axelrod, "If things don't work out, I've already got a pretty good gig being Barack Obama."
Like Truman, who called his wife, Bess, "The Boss," Obama makes it clear that divided opinion on topics like Syria starts in his own backyard. "I'm taking this vote in Congress and what the American people are saying very seriously," he said last week. "Because if you ask somebody, you know, I read polls like everybody else. And if you ask somebody, if you ask Michelle, 'Do we want to be involved in another war?' the answer is no."
• His enemies
Simply put, Obama's positions on the issues are vastly more popular than the extreme views of his die-hard opponents in Congress and the right-wing echo chamber.
( VIDEO: What to watch this week in politics)
Ronald Reagan showed what an asset this could be, withstanding the withering condescension of the left because he had the folks in the middle. Newt Gingrich (sort of) learned the same lesson in reverse in his dealings with Bill Clinton. Has Ted Cruz? Not so much.
Americans' views of Congress, driven down in the summer of 2011 over the last debt-ceiling standoff, "have never recovered," a Pew Research Center survey reported this summer. Just 21 percent of Americans said they regarded the institution favorably (a level that Sen. John McCain said to "paid staff and blood relatives"). Pew found that the Republican brand is also faring miserably, with a 33 percent national favorability rating "among the most negative ratings for the party in 20 years of polling."
( Also on POLITICO: In tragedy's wake, President Obama finds tone a challenge)
Those numbers may not change the cold electoral math for Democratic congressional candidates in next year's midterm election, but they give Obama a respectable argument to make on the hustings.


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The perfect tonic for a mermaid: filled with the flavorful sweetness and health benefits of licorice fern and colored a stunning azure completely naturally.Read More
This blog is an exploration of daily magic, featuring wild plants, creative recipes, meaningful ceremonies, and writings about our shared humanity.
Welcome to the Wondersmith's Writings! Here you can find magical recipes featuring foraged ingredients, musings on food and ceremony, and meaningful rituals to explore your own everyday magic. Don't forgot to subscribe if you'd like to get a notification anytime I post a bit more magic! And if you'd like to support my goal to spread magic far and wide, consider contributing to my patreon program!
A delightful evening sip, this cordial combines the juicy flavor of mountain huckleberries with the calming properties of passionflower. This recipe was inspired by the many wonderful influences in my life, a virtual toast to their generosity.
Crispy, buttery, flaky… and filled with the umami richness of porcini mushrooms and summer vegetables smoked with the wild herb Life Everlasting. This recipe is one for the books.
A reflection on the many Wonders of August, as well as this month's beautiful nature mandala!
The unusual, sponge-like texture of this Asian-inspired cake is the perfect vehicle for delightfully creamy squash ice cream studded with candied black walnuts.
An overview of my special event "Fireweed" - the inspiration behind it, the ceremony of the gathering, and an account of what it entailed.
Hearty curly dock seed crust, thickened yogurt, and flavorful strawberries - what more could you ask for in a tart? How about edible monarch butterflies and an exploration of our collective roots? Read on.
This brew of late summer sunshine is both delicious and medicinal. Learn more about the history of oxymels and how to make your own healing potion!
This trifle is delicious, beautiful, and filled with late summer produce! It also carries with it an important message of how important foundations are in forging ahead with creative projects. When is the last time you got business advice from a dessert? Maybe it's time to start now. ;)
A reflection on the many Wonders of July, as well as this month's beautiful nature mandala!
Create your own beautiful blooming tea out of an herb that can be found all over the world and has been humankind's companion since the very beginning…
This beautiful berry pudding is the perfect way to showcase the proliferation of berries available in the Pacific Northwest right now. Crunchy candied strawberries round out this berry explosion.
This beautiful cake is a savory delight, filled with wild herbs and greens plus your favorite pizza toppings. It's sure to wow at your next family picnic.


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Before Army Sgt. 1st Class Randal Ruby was accused in Iraq of beating prisoners and of conspiring to plant rifles on dead civilians, he amassed a 10-year criminal record in Colordao and Washington state for assaulting his wife and in Maine for a drunken high-speed police chase, for which he remains wanted.
Before Lance Cpl. Delano Holmes stabbed an Iraqi private to death, angering the soldier's unit of coalition soldiers, he was hospitalized after threatening suicide in high school, accused of assault, disorderly conduct and trespassing, and, in the months leading up to deployment, twice linked to drug use.
Before Army Spc. Shane Carl Gonyon was convicted of stealing a pistol at Abu Ghraib prison, he was convicted twice on felony charges and arrested four times, once for allegedly giving a 13-year-old girl marijuana in exchange for oral sex. He enlisted weeks after his release from a federal prison in Oregon.
A yearlong examination of military and civilian records by The Sacramento Bee involving hundreds of troops who entered the services since the Iraq war began identified 120 cases of people whose backgrounds should have raised the suspicions of military recruiters, including felony convitions and serious drug, alcohol or mental health problems.
Of those, 70 later were involved in controversial or criminal incidents in Iraq.
Ruby, Holmes and Gonyon were among those cases.
"These guys are out there carrying weapons, fighting on the streets with drugs in their pockets," said Tressie Cox, whose son, Lee Robert, had a history of drug and mental problems before he was charged with selling drugs in Iraq. "Shame on my son, but shame on all you people out there who are policing this and allowing this to continue to happen."
The 70 were among the tens of thousands of military personnel recruited or retained as the armed services, entering the sixth year of the Iraq war, lowered educational, age and moral standards and granted a growing number of waivers to applicants whose backgrounds previously would have barred them from serving.
From 2003 to 2007, the percentage of Army recruits receiving so-called "moral conduct" waivers more than doubled, from 4.6 percent to 11.2 percent. Others, The Bee found, were able to enlist because they had no official criminal record of arrests or convictions, their records were overlooked or prosecutors suspended charges in lieu of military service - akin to a now-defunct Vietnam-era practice in which judges gave defendants a choice between prison and the military.
"How in the hell can they legally possess a gun?" asked Montgomery County, Ala., Sheriff D.T. Marshall, when questioned about a soldier from his county.
That soldier, Eli C. Gregory, was convicted in an attempted home invasion and of felony theft in Alabama, making him ineligible to legally possess a firearm there. Yet the military gave him a rifle and sent him to Iraq, where he was convicted by the Army of assault and battery on a fellow soldier and discharged.
Gregory, who returned to Alabama after his court-martial, said during an interview that he still cannot legally possess a firearm in the United States.
The military defended its recruiting policies, including granting more waivers for past conduct.
"Standards in our society have changed over the years; we are a reflection of those changes," said Douglas Smith, spokesman for the Army Recruiting Command. "Considering offering a waiver to otherwise qualified recruits is the right thing to do for those Americans who want to answer the call to duty."
Earlier this month, the Department of Defense announced a new system to categorize waivers by the severity of prior offenses to allow the services to analyze the link between waivers and future military behavior.
The examination looked at only a fraction of the 1.4 million people in uniform and was conducted largely without benefit of sophisticated criminal databases available to the military.
Still, The Bee linked dozens of soldiers and Marines with criminal records and other questionable backgrounds to misconduct in the military. In some cases, past misconduct appeared to forshadow future behavior.
"Criminal history is the best predictor of future behavior," said Shawn Bushway, a criminology professor at the University of Albany, N.Y., School of Criminal Justice. "Any time you lower your standards, you're going to raise the risk. No question about it."
Nine months before the death of the first of three Iraqis that Army sniper Michael A. Hensley was accused of murdering, members of a San Diego-area family witnessing his actions in Seward, Alaska, were so concerned about what they saw that they videotaped him.
The family, sharing a third-floor hotel room in Seward, awakened to screams from the parking lot below and peered out to see Hensley threatening a woman inside a Jeep, pounding on the vehicle with his fists.
"He obviously wasn't stable, just from seeing him the 20 minutes I did," said Alex Elling, who was 18 when he videotaped the incident.
Hensley "had bloody knuckles, and the windshield of the Jeep was broken," a Seward Police Department report said. Hensley, who had previously served six months' probation on a drunken-driving conviction in Georgia, pleaded no contest to the Alaska charges of disorderly conduct.
In Iraq, the military found Hensley guilty of planting an AK-47 on the body of an Iraqi he was accused of killing, but not guilty in any of the three killings.
In the months surrounding his enlistment into the Army in 2000, Ricky Allen Burke was the subject of two court cases for unpaid debt, and, according to Monticello, Ky., Police Chief Ralph Miniard, he was involved in two vehicle accidents. His wife, who left him before their second anniversary, claimed in a domestic violence petition filed in March 2000 that he threatened to kill her, causing her to flee to a police station.
Two months later, court records say, Burke confronted his wife again at a relative's house, and police cited him for violating the domestic violence order.
A domestic violence conviction could have triggered a federal law precluding Burke from possessing a firearm. But seven days after he enlisted, the criminal case was continued, one of several continuances before it was dismissed in 2002.
Three years later in Iraq, Burke shot and killed a wounded insurgent he claimed had moved toward a weapon. But soldiers contradicted his story in statements to investigators.
"(Burke) said to me, 'Let me shoot him. Let me shoot him. I got payback coming,' " Staff Sgt. Timothy Nein said, adding that he repeatedly ordered Burke not to fire since the insurgent was injured and Nein saw no weapon nearby.
Despite the testimony against him, Burke was found not guilty of the killing by a military court.
In December, the National Guard quit granting felony waivers. The Guard's chief recruiting officer, Col. Mike Jones, was quoted in the Army Times calling the previous policy "a risk," but he later told The Bee an increased number of applicants made the policy no longer necessary.
Of the more than 120 soldiers and Marines with questionable pasts examined by The Bee, at least 18 had felony arrests or convictions or histories of mental illness. At least eight of the 18 later were connected to incidents in Iraq, and a ninth fatally shot himself while on guard duty in Kuwait.
The military refused to disclose who required waivers to enter the military, citing privacy, but waivers were not required of all convicted felons.
Gregory, the Alabama felon prohibited from possessing a firearm, said he was allowed to join without a waiver because he was convicted of stealing less than $500, so the Army didn't technically consider the crime a felony. The Army confirmed that it does not require waivers for some felonies in which the crime loss is less than $500, but a spokesman noted that a felony waiver is required for larger amounts.
Spc. Shane Gonyon had four felony arrests and two convictions, but he had only to lie to avoid rejection.
Shortly after he was discharged from the Air Force in Wyoming for drunken driving in 1998, Gonyon was arrested in Colorado on suspicion of pointing a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol at a homeless man who had accused him of theft.
The following year, he admitted to stealing more than $10,000 in equipment from an Air Force base, and months later, he was accused of providing marijuana to a 13-year-old girl in exchange for oral sex, triggering a felony charge that resulted in a guilty plea to misdemeanor child endangering.
Nineteen days after he walked away from a federal prison, Gonyon applied for the Michigan National Guard, claiming he had worked at a wood supply company during the period when he actually was incarcerated. He was accepted the following month, in January 2003.
Since Gonyon had previously served in the military, the Guard didn't require a complete background check. That practice also ended earlier this year, after a guardsman with a past felony conviction shot and killed four civilians.
Gonyon wasn't confronted about his criminal record until 2006, after an incident at Abu Ghraib prison, where he processed detainees. In late March or early April 2006, Gonyon stole a 7 mm pistol from a translator. He was caught trying to mail it to the United States.
"I deliberately concealed my arrest(s) and convictions," Gonyon told a court-martial panel, which convicted him of theft and other charges.
The military is required to screen applicants for drug or alcohol abuse, mental health history and prior criminal conduct.
Recruiters, however, are not required to call former employers, research all information held by law enforcement agencies, check civil court files or, unless a security clearance is involved, attempt to contact relatives, former spouses, schoolteachers and neighbors - all techniques used by law enforcement agencies to screen applicants.
Such checks could uncover applicants not necessarily fit for service, even though they lack serious criminal convictions.
The additional checks might find criminal defendants not prosecuted in exchange for agreements to join the military, for instance, or defendants in criminal cases who had their charges dropped or reduced in exchange for providing information to police.
When the military did its standard criminal background check on David Crawford, who entered the Army at age 18 in 2006, he had only a minor juvenile record, Cincinnati police said. A request to police for a more thorough check would have revealed much more.
"I would have told them he was a suspect in a murder case," said police Spc. John Horn, who questioned Crawford about the killing days before he left for boot camp. "When I interviewed him in September 2006, he admitted, because he was sniffling, that he was on a three-day cocaine binge."
Crawford was arrested by Cincinnati officers for the crime when he returned from boot camp in 2006, and the following year, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to 28 years to life.
Asked why someone like Delano Holmes was allowed to deploy to Iraq, Marine Capt. Brett Miner, a prosecutor at Holmes' court-martial, said: "We're kind of short on bodies."
Indianapolis police records show that on Jan. 13, 2002, when Holmes was 16, officers dispatched an ambulance to his high school after Holmes threatened to kill himself.
Fifteen months later, Holmes was arrested for disorderly conduct at an Indianapolis mall and banned from returning there for a year. He returned 10 minutes later and was arrested on a trespassing charge.
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Then, on April 14, 2004, a college student told police that Holmes had shoved him onto a bed and hit him in the forehead during a dispute over a vehicle.
Weeks later Holmes left for boot camp in San Diego.
In the months leading up to his 2006 deployment to Iraq, civilian police found Holmes in a pickup containing marijuana residue and drug paraphernalia. In a separate incident, the military disciplined him for failing a drug test given to members of his unit preparing to deploy to Iraq.
Section 6210.5 of the Marine Corps Separation and Retirement Manual says Marines confirmed to have used illegal drugs "will be processed" for separation. A Marine Corps spokeswoman said the regulation does not give a time limit for completing that separation process, but she acknowledged that commanders had not even started the process for Holmes.
Three months after he deployed, Holmes was standing guard at an outpost in Fallujah when he pulled out a 13¼-inch bayonet and repeatedly stabbed Pvt. Munther Jasem Muhammed Hassin, whose Iraq army unit was serving alongside U.S. Marines. An autopsy found Hassin suffered 17 stab wounds, 26 cuts and a severed spine.
Holmes then fired Hassin's AK-47 rifle to make it appear he had killed him in self-defense, the prosecutor told The Bee. Defense attorneys said the fight started when Hassin refused to put out a cigarette, which Holmes feared might alert insurgents.
A military panel at Camp Pendleton, Calif., found Holmes guilty of negligent homicide and making a false statement and sentenced him to 10 months in jail or, in effect, time served.
Holmes did not testify during his military trial, but read a statement. He stood silent for several minutes, turning pages in a notebook. Then his eyes filled with tears so large that they could be seen falling on the lectern from across the room.
Between sobs and silence, he finally spoke, calling himself a warrior and a Christian.
"I believe we are all products of our experiences," Holmes said. "God gave me more than I could handle."
Holmes' criminal record was not part of his court-martial, and media accounts identified him as a college student. The prosecutor acknowledged in a subsequent interview that he was aware of Holmes' record.
"I think that his character for violence was a contributing factor to the death of Private Hassin," Capt. Miner said.
For years the military was warned about applicants with criminal backgrounds.
A 1996 Pentagon study of more than 100,000 California recruits found that those with arrest records left the service at a rate 70 percent higher than those without such histories. A 2003 study warned that destructive behavior by troops with criminal histories or troubling backgrounds "could have the most serious consequences."
An October 2007 Army study shows that although recruits requiring conduct waivers re-enlisted at a higher rate, were promoted to sergeant faster and received more awards, they had a higher rate of desertion, misconduct and failure to complete alcohol rehabilitation.
Hassin, the Iraqi soldier killed by Holmes, had a relative assigned to the same post. His death angered the Iraqi soldiers serving with the Marines there.
"They took it pretty personal," Capt. Javier Torres testified at Holmes' court-martial. "After the incident, the Iraqis did not want to assume (their) post."
In another well-publicized incident, Army Spc. Mario L. Lozano Jr. fueled anti-war protest across Italy when he mistakenly shot and wounded an Italian journalist and killed her bodyguard at a checkpoint in Iraq. The shooting of Nicola Calipari, an Italian intelligence agent, and journalist Giuliana Sgrena, whose freedom Calipari had help secure, bolstered anti-war sentiment in Italy credited with helping elect a new government, which pulled its troops from Iraq in late 2006.
Though the shooting was the subject of hundreds of news accounts, including a "60 Minutes" segment, and described in two books, The Bee uncovered criminal records on Lozano not previously made public.
In 1994, for instance, a man who repossessed Lozano's car told Hollywood, Fla., police that Lozano threatened him.
"My Rottweiler was barking," Lozano explained in an interview. "I look out my window, and there's a guy rolling the car back. So I came out. I grabbed a bat."
Lozano joined the Army in 1998. Two years later, his wife dialed 911 and told Hollywood police that Lozano had hit her in the face with his open hand because she had been seeing another man.
"I've never done anything like that to any female," Lozano responded. He left after the incident and was back at his military post in Alaska in a day, he said, because "I know that ... even if she dials 911 and hangs up, the cops are going to come."
A domestic violence conviction could have ended Lozano's military career, but with Lozano in Alaska, records indicate, authorities had trouble pursuing the case. His wife subsequently filed for divorce.
In Alaska, Fairbanks police twice sought Lozano regarding threats to a man there, he was accused of writing bad checks, and eventually owed child support of more than $5,500, prompting a Florida court to take legal action.
Lozano left the active duty Army in 2001 but joined the National Guard in July 2003. Less than two years later, he was sitting atop a Humvee parked near a road leading to the Baghdad airport, manning an M-240B belt-fed machine gun that can fire 10 large-caliber rounds per second.
Lozano said he shone large lights on the vehicle carrying the Italians before firing, but Sgrena's book, "Friendly Fire," said the illumination and the shots came simultaneously.
An Italian court threw out the murder charge against Lozano, his attorney said, after realizing the United States is allowed to prosecute its own soldiers.
Lozano blamed the journalist for the shooting. "If it wasn't for her, it wouldn't have happened," he said. "It was her idea to go over there and mingle with terrorists."
Lozano said he left the Guard after commanders refused to let him deploy to Afghanistan.
"They got like 5,000 Italian soldiers over there," he said. "They don't want to create no kind of problems."
Like Lozano, several other soldiers and Marines linked to incidents in Iraq had questionable histories - obtained not as civilians, but as members of the armed services. They, too, were nonetheless deployed.
Three years after Randal Ruby joined the Army in 1985, civilian police near his post at Fort Lewis, Wash., arrested him on a charge of assault after Tacoma police officers reported finding him pacing amid belongings scattered across his living room. The officers reported that the left side of his wife's face was swollen.
Six months later, Ruby's wife again called officers, who found her scalp and forehead red from an apparent attack, and, in 1991, she obtained a restraining order after alleging Ruby "struck me several times."
Ruby was transferred to Fort Carson, Colo., and civilian police were called to the couple's home after his wife accused him of choking her.
He filed for bankruptcy protection in 1997, the same year he led three police officers in Maine on a high-speed chase that ended when he lost control of his pickup and crashed.
Ruby was indicted in that case on charges of eluding an officer, drunken driving, speeding more than 30 mph over the limit and driving without a license.
A warrant remained outstanding when he deployed to Iraq, where he was accused in 2006 of "drop kicking" one detainee and allowing a translator to beat another with a Kevlar vest.
"What was Sergeant Ruby doing when he (the detainee) started crying after he beat him in the head with a Kevlar?" a defense attorney asked Sgt. Justin Stubblefield during a military proceeding in 2007.
"He was laughing," the soldier responded.
Soldiers, including Ruby's driver, testified that the unit kept AK-47 rifles, known as "packages," in Humvees to plant on civilians killed by mistake. Once, Pfc. Nathan Huhn testified, Ruby ordered a "package" after telling his men to open fire and calling in an airstrike on an area populated by civilians.
Once the firing started, Huhn testified, "We maneuvered up there and still didn't see nobody ... a crowd of women, children and men, but nobody with weapons or like that. Sgt. Ruby told Staff Sgt. (Armando) Cardona (Jr.) to go ahead and send the package."
Cardona testified: "I grabbed an AK, walked up around my truck, looked for a spot" to throw it, then realized he couldn't reach across a canal.
Ruby, who said in an interview that he ordered his men to stop firing as soon as he realized civilians were in the area, was charged with nine offenses but found guilty of only one: disrespecting a superior.
That superior, Lt. Neale Shank, was found dead in a suspected suicide weeks before Ruby's court-martial.
Ruby was sentenced to a reprimand, in which a general wrote: "Your behavior is a disgrace to the Army."
Now retired and living in Kentucky, Ruby denied ever planting weapons, and said his soldiers were pressured to testify against him, especially after Shank's death. He also maintained that his civilian charges "have nothing to do with Iraq."
"I never robbed a bank or a 7-Eleven or smoked dope or any of that stuff that they're letting kids in the military for today because there's no draft," Ruby said. "I served my country honorably."
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I just got back from a long weekend in Shanghai, where I fit in as much good eating as I could in 4 days. One place that had been on my must-visit list for a looooong time was Jia Jia Tang Bao, reportedly one of the best places for xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) in Shanghai. And since Shanghai claims xiaolongbao as a native food (others would argue that it orginated from surrounded towns), some afficionados think Jia Jia Tang Bao has some of the best in the world.
The ideal xiaolongbao, for the uninitiated, should have very thin, almost translucent skin, and equal parts soup and filling inside. I dream about these dumplings, and have tried so many poor versions that I want to cry every time. Often the skin is too think, sometimes there's not enough soup. When you are eating a perfect xiaolongbao, you should be worried about your clothes getting soup stains from a squirty dumpling.
The best xiaolongbaos I've had are from Din Tai Fung (sometimes spelled Ding Tai Feng), a rather upscale Taiwanese chain that has outlets in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, California, and some other places i don't remember. Foodies, including almost everyone on Chowhound who writes about Shanghai, constantly rate Jia Jia Tang Bao as equal to or almost-equal to Din Tai Fung.
So what's the main appeal over Din Tai Fung? Cost. JJTB is a grubby hole-in-the-wall where pork dumplings are 7.5 RMB for 15 and crab and pork dumplings are 19.5 RMB for 15. Din Tai Fung charges 4 to 5 times as much, for 5 extra dumplings per serving. A night out at the reigning xiaolongbao palace is not cheap, after factoring in appetizers and overpriced drinks.
So just how good are the xiaolongbao at JJTB? I went to find out on Saturday with my cousin Leona, who is working temporarily in Shanghai. True to the Chowhound warnings, the line was long, even at 2pm. We waited about 25 minutes for a table, and had to share it with the two women behind us in line who gave us ugly glares for no reason.
To my disappointment, JJTB was out of pork xiaolongbao. In fact, out of the 8 soup dumpling choices on the menu, only 2 were available: the crab and pork, and an 81 RMB serving with crab roe. As tempting as crab roe is, and as snobbish as this sounds, I am not one who goes to hole-in-the-walls to order 81 RMB items. We got two baskets of the crab and pork and two bowls of seaweed and egg soup. I waited for enlightenment as I took my first bite of xiaolongbao.
My first thought was, Hmm...Crunchy! My second thought was, Wait a minute, soup dumplings aren't supposed to be crunchy. Turns out, the crab wasn't picked through too carefully, so a tiny bit of shell went into maybe 1/3 of the dumplings. Granted, it wasn't much, but enough to ruin the transcendental experience. Otherwise, the filling was indeed very tasty, and there was enough soup. The wrapper wasn't as thin as I'd like, but good enough.
Din Tai Fung, with its impeccable dumplings and service, remains my favorite. (Their crab version is crunch-free, and intensely flavorful.) But Jia Jia Tang Bao is good enough for a nice lunch around People's Square, or when you don't want to plop down 250 rmb for a soup dumpling fix. (And maybe their pork-only dumplings are better.) Rasa Malaysia has also suggested I try Shanghai Uncle and Shanghai Moon, though I didn't get a chance to on this trip. But no worries...I'm already planning my next trip down.
Jia Jia Tang Bao 90 Huanghe Lu, near Fengyang Lu Shanghai 021-63276878


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For Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Executive Order 13360 directs that at least 3 percent of all federal agencies' contracting dollars go to businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. The good news is that agencies are actively seeking service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) as vendors. However, in the past, agencies have not been able to meet their goals in contracting with SDVOSBs. This is due in large part to the lack of identified SDVOSBs in the marketplace. Through outreach and education, GSA's Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBU) stands ready to be a pathfinder for SDVOSBs as they navigate the process of doing business with the federal government.
GSA and OSBU's role
GSA's special commitment to the service-disabled veteran business owner is characterized by its "21-Gun Salute" strategy, which supports Executive Order 13360. Recently, GSA as an agency has had success in reaching, and even exceeding, the 3% contracting goal. Through OSBU, it helps increase the number of qualified SDVOSBs with federal contracts through advocacy, outreach, and training. In addition, GSA has set up a group of representatives from across GSA to promote access to procurement opportunities within GSA for veteran-owned small
business (VOSB) and service-disabled veteran owned business (SDVOSB). View a list of those cabinet members [PDF - 414 KB].
Opportunities: Service-disabled veteran-owned business owners have access to certain federal contract set-asides. (A contract set-aside refers to reserving a portion of public contracts to be awarded to a minority or small business enterprise.) They also can take several avenues to contracting with GSA and the rest of the federal government. These opportunities include:
- Multiple Award Schedules
- Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs)
- PBS Construction and Service Contracts
- More information about becoming a small business qualified to sell to the federal government can be found at Getting Started
Training: OSBU offers on-site and online training for small businesses. Offerings include how to market better, integrating sustainability, and creating partnership relationships.
Veteran-Specific Opportunities
Federal Business Opportunities are posted at www.fbo.gov/, the single governmentwide point-of-entry for federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.
Vendors looking to bid on GSA contracts can find opportunities with all of GSA's offices.
Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can also search for set-aside contracts by searching under the "Set Aside" opportunity listings throughout FedBizOpps.
The shortcut to this page is www.gsa.gov/service-disabled.


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Travis Bell had one of the best seats in the house at last month's NBA All-Star Game in Houston.
No, the Lancaster native wasn't sitting in one of those pricey courtside seats. Rather, he was capturing the action with his camera for ESPN.
Bell, who runs his own photography business in Columbia, has been photographing events for the popular sports network for more than a decade. Past events include College GameDay and Monday Night Football.
Springs Memorial Hospital has a fresh look.
On Monday, March 18, staff unveiled a new logo during a special gathering on the hospital's second floor. The logo features "Springs" written in sapphire blue with "Memorial Hospital" underneath it in chartreuse green.
To the left of those words is a continual square pattern that features the two colors.
The new look replaces the green umbrella-themed logo that had been used since the mid-1990s.
Lancaster County Economic Development Corp.
Site preparation has begun on the location of the future Lancaster Air-Rail Industrial Park.
In December, Lancaster County Council and Lancaster City Council met on four separate occasions to see that a new business park be established in Lancaster County. The 101-acre park is located on S.C. 9 just east of the Chester County line.
This park is unique in that it is located across the highway from the county airport and will be served by the Lancaster and Chester Railway.
There's been a delay to the start of the 2013 tax season.
Because of new federal legislation enacted Jan. 2 in response to the "fiscal cliff," the Internal Revenue Service won't begin processing individual income tax returns until Jan. 30.
In typical years, the process starts around the middle of the month.
Tim Moseley represents the past and the future of The Patio eatery in Lancaster.
Back in 1978, Moseley worked as a car hop at the popular drive-in restaurant at 1114 Great Falls Highway, on the southern end of town. It first opened in the 1940s.
Those were the days when business was booming. But after a few changes in ownership, the restaurant closed in 2006.
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Great Falls Propane, 1509 Pageland Highway, has opened its doors. The store boasts a new state-of-the-art, interactive gas appliance showroom and customer service center that includes a propane filling station (for gas grill cylinders and RV's) with drive-through service.
There's a party happening in Indian Land.
In case you wondered, that's what was going on with all those tents set up in front of the new Chick-fil-A at 10032 Charlotte Highway in front of Walmart last Wednesday
Though the store officially opened at 6 a.m. Thursday, the franchise celebrated with its famous "First 100" promotion.
The event was a 24-hour party that began Wednesday morning and ended Thursday morning with a year's worth of free Chick-fil-A meals for the first 100 people through the doors.
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C. David Tolson III
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Birmingham-Southern (3-1) scored 17 runs on 14 hits to sweep a softball doubleheader from Maryville College (0-6) on Saturday at the BSC Softball Park. The Panthers won game one 9-1 in six innings and game two 8-0 in five innings.
BSC scored two runs in the second inning to break a 1-1 tie and take a 3-1 lead and went on to add a run in the third, two in the fourth and three in the sixth to end the game due to the NCAA run rule.
Bethany Fronk struck out 10 Lady Scots and allowed one unearned run on four hits to improve to 2-0 on the season. FronK also delivered an RBI single and drew a walk at the plate
Alyssa Statham belted double and a home run, had two RBI and scored two runs while Danielle Rucker had two hits and two RBI to lead BSC's seven hit attack in game one. Freshman Deanna Creps, who had four RBI on the afternoon, drove in two runs and Taylor Bassett had an RBI double.
In game two, the Panthers scored one in the second, four in the third and three in the fifth to once again end the game due to the NCAA run rule.
Creps (1-1) pitched a two-hit shutout with three strikeouts to earn her first collegiate win in game two. The Union Grove, Ala., native also drove in two more runs and scored two runs.
Rucker was the only Panther with two hits along with an RBI in game two. Brittany Berkopec had a hit and two RBI followed by Statham, Front, Chelsea Fernandez and Joanna Jernigan each with a hit.
Birmingham-Southern has a couple weeks off before going on the road to play Huntingdon College in Montgomery on Friday, March 1 at 1 p.m.


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No single object quite signifies Christmas like a decorated, illuminated Christmas tree.
Historically, East Boulder County communities centered their celebration of the season on a town Christmas tree, mostly often strategically placed in the heart of each respective community's downtown district.
Over time, the tradition faded away and lost its luster, like a cut evergreen in early January.
But the tradition is making a comeback.
Three years ago, the Lafayette Old Town Association restored the city's tree-lighting festivities by placing a tree in the center of the pavilion at Festival Plaza on Public Road.
The Town of Erie, which throughout the past decade lit a cut tree during its now discontinued Winterfest celebration, saw the tradition establish new roots three years ago when a town Christmas tree was planted in the 500 block of Briggs Street.
While the festively adorned trees have undoubtedly caught the eye of people passing through Lafayette and Erie's downtown districts in recent years, there was a time when the town Christmas trees of East Boulder County couldn't be missed.
Sometimes, despite their best efforts, motorists didn't miss them at all.
From 1929 to the early 1950s, the City of Louisville put up its Christmas tree in the middle of the intersection at Main and Spruce streets.
"People had to drive around it and sometimes they would run into it," Louisville Historical Museum coordinator Bridget Bacon said. "It had to be straightened and redecorated."
When the pine tree initially went up, Louisville had less than 2,000 residents, Bacon said, and there weren't many cars on the dirt roads.
The Louisville Historical Museum has just a single photograph of the cut tree in the intersection.
"You can really tell from the photo that the tree was right in the middle of the street. This is the only photo that the museum has that shows the Christmas tree at that intersection," Bacon said.
Santa Claus would sit at the base of the tree and listen to kids' wish lists after arriving on a Louisville Fire Department truck, ringing bells.
Each child received a goodie bag that was supplied by local businesses. The Louisville Lions Club helped fill the bags with treats including peanuts, popcorn balls, oranges and apples. Bacon said the bags were special gifts because they might have been the only Christmas presents some of the kids received during the Great Depression.
Louisville no longer lights a city tree, but residents kick off the holidays on the first Friday in December with the annual Parade of Lights, sponsored by the Louisville Chamber of Commerce.
And, during the Parade of Lights — in an unintentional nod to the city's history — Santa still visits with children just one intersection north of where the Christmas pine once stood. He also still rides into Louisville on top of a Louisville fire engine, the last float in the parade each year, signaling that the Christmas season has begun.
Louisville wasn't the only East Boulder County municipality that placed its Christmas tree in the middle of an intersection — the Town of Erie did, too.
"They had one for years — a great big, cut tree they put in the center of Briggs Street. It was at Briggs and Moffat, I believe, and every year a couple weeks before Christmas they would decorate it and light it all up," said Sarah Wise, 89-year-old Erie resident and longtime director of the Erie Historical Society. "That was about 20 to 25 years ago, but before that I'm not sure what they did."
Erie now has an in-ground town tree planted a couple years ago on the east side of the street in the 500 block of Briggs Street, just before the Erie Chamber of Commerce launched its Country Christmas event.
Before that, cut trees were brought into that same location for Erie's Light Up Briggs Street, the culminating event during the town's Winterfest celebration that took place in the 2000s but no longer exists.
According to information provided by City of Lafayette officials, Lafayette's first holiday tree lighting was 76 years ago, sponsored by the Lafayette Lions Club.
The Lafayette Old Town Association brought back the tradition at Festival Plaza in 2010. The tree lighting ceremony takes place during the first week of December each year, during Lafayette's Home for the Holidays celebration.
Each year the city's tree is donated and this year Bill Hopkins, owner of Lafayette Flea Market, donated it.
In 2004, Jack M. Angevine submitted his recollection of Lafayette's first holiday tree lighting to the Lafayette Historical Society.
"Leaving home on Christmas Eve after dark was an unusual experience for a five-year-old. But then a large brightly lit Christmas tree came into view as we walked from our house on Geneseo Street toward the Town Hall.
A piano had been placed there to lead the crowd in Christmas carols and everyone joined in to sing the familiar tunes," he said, adding that each child was given a small brown grocery bag filled with candy.
Superior Historical Commission members said the Town of Superior never had a designated town Christmas tree, but kids celebrated at Superior School with stockings filled with treats and a visit from Santa Claus.


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AT&T (T) is planning to shut down its second-generation wireless network by 2017, the company said in an SEC filing on Friday. The nation's second largest carrier revealed that only 12% of its current subscribers were using a 2G-only device at the end of June and the company plans to "proactively" coax current 2G users into upgrading to more advanced smartphones. While a majority of AT&T's subscribers are on the carrier's 3G network, the carrier expects most users to migrate to LTE in the near future due to its aggressive rollout of its 4G technology.
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Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Continuing Education Records
Archives 241
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- Continuing Education Records
- Archives 241
- Date [inclusive]
- 1947-1980
- General Physical Description note
- 2 linear feet 3 containers
- Abstract
- Includes correspondence, reports, research & publications, brochures, meeting notes, personnel files. Also includes scrapbook pages related to WSU/WSC program in Spokane, the Spokane Art Center and continuing education at various Washington cities and Portland, Oregon.
Organizational History:
Continuing education has been defined variously. As a specific effort, aside from content, continuing education takes the form of off-campus classes, correspondence course, recorded instructional materials, special short courses or workshops, and so on. In one form or another Washington State University has been involved in continuing education since its inception. Early efforts were chiefly concerned with agriculture. The nature of these programs changed considerably after the establishment of the Agr icultural Extension Service in 1915. In later years an engineering extension program was added, along with general extension, the last dating from 1921. General Extension's effort mostly nearly resembled continuing education as commonly defined.
In the late 1940s, the State College initiated various efforts at off-campus classes, taught chiefly at night. These "branches" were informally known as "Little WSCs." The program at Spokane was the most extensive. It survived in limited form following fiscal cutbacks in 1951 that basically cancelled the larger effort, with a program of night classes that lasted until 1968.
In the years following 1970, distance classes, video-tape instruction and similar programs led to the re-establishment of off-campus classes in various cities around Washington, and even one in an out-of-state location. These classes all involved spe cial subjects, mainly technical, and often were presented at the request of employers. In the years 1977-80, these programs became involved in complex state wide educational planning effort and in so-called "turf wars" that arose as schools with low enrollment sought to deploy their excess faculty members in extended campus programs.
Scope and Contents note
The records of the Office of Continuing Education consist of correspondence, reports, project research and implementation, publications, brochures and pamphlets, meeting notes, and personnel files. The earlier records come from disassembled scrapbook s, and scrapbook material that had not been mounted. Records from the years after 1970 are from the files of John Cronland, Director of Continuing Education.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Librarieshttps://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
Conditions Governing Access note
The Collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Records of the Continuing Education Office were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in 1989 (Accession Number UA89-03).
Processing Information note
The papers were processed by James A. Nazzal in June, 2000.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Spokane Art Center--History--Archives
- State College of Washington. Continuing Education Office.
- Washington State University. Continuing Education Office.
- Washington State University. Office of Continuing Education--Archives
- Washington State University. Office of Continuing Education--Records and correspondence
Geographic Name(s)
- Pullman (Wash.)--Study and teaching (Continuing education)--Archives
- Tri-Cities (Wash.)--Study and teaching (Continuing education)--Archives
- Washington (State)--Study and teaching (Continuing education)--Archives
Personal Name(s)
- Cronland, John, Director of Continuing Education
- Colleges and Universities
- Continuing education--Washington (State)--Records and correspondence
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
Oversize. Scrapbook pages; Newspaper clippings and photos Chiefly related to WSC/WSU program in Spokane, including Little WSC, the Spokane Art Center, nursing education, and night classes 1953-1969
Scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings and photos, relative to the Little WSC program and the Spokane Art Center 1947-1953
Scrapbook pages of newspaper clippings, photos, brochures, all relative to program at Spokane, including the Spokane Art Center, night classes, development of nursing education program, a proposed graduate study center and the acquisi tion of the former Public Library 1961-1969
Correspondence and enclosures regarding use of television and videotape for education; matters at Richland 1974
General correspondence regarding classes at Wenatchee and Walla Walla; also professional organizations for those working in continuing education 1974-1980
Correspondence and enclosures regarding activities at the Tri Cities; also matters of statewide planning by Council on Post-Secondary Education (CPE) 1974-1976
Correspondence regarding activities of several univer- sities at Tri Cities, demand for classes at Tri Cities 1974-1980
General correspondence regarding programs at Tri Cities 1975-1980
Correspondence regarding videotape continuing education courses, statewide planning, the role of community colleges, and the use of telecommunication facilities 1974-1977
Correspondence and related materials regarding offering of graduate degrees through the Continuing Education, video engineering classes in Portland, OR. and the Oregon educational planning office 1977-1980


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The 92nd Annual Riceland Foods Membership Meeting was held at the Grand Prairie Center.
Riceland Foods reported at its annual meeting in Stuttgart Thursday that sales and revenue topped the billion-dollar mark for the fifth consecutive year.
The 92nd Annual Riceland Foods Membership Meeting was held at the Grand Prairie Center.
Danny Kennedy, president and chief executive officer of the farmer-owned cooperative, said sales during 2011-12 were $1.16 billion, and distributions to farmers were $675 million. Member equity stands at $254 million, up $7 million from a year ago.
Riceland's seasonal pool for long grain rice returned a gross payment that averaged $7.12 per bushel, including freight, storage and interest. The long grain pool provided a $1.09 per bushel premium over USDA's national average price for long grain rice. Riceland's medium grain rice seasonal pool returned a gross payment that averaged $6.82 per bushel, Kennedy said.
The cooperative's soybean seasonal pool earned farmers $12.84 per bushel. With USDA's national average price for soybeans at $12.45 per bushel, the Riceland soybean pool paid a premium of 39 cents per bushel.
Kennedy addressed the future of the rice industry and the long-term outlook for U.S. rice. He said that in many cases, rice is being viewed based on the recent performance of corn and soybeans. He said the question is, will it continue?
The answer begins, he said, when one considers the population growth. Today's world population of 6.8 billion people is expected to grow to 9.1 billion by the year 2050. About half of the earth's population consumes rice as a primary component of their diet.
"Do the math," he advised. "World rice consumption will continue to increase in order to feed the expanding population."
Kennedy said farm and trade policy was a key factor in driving U.S. rice market success. Farm policy and trade policy must go hand-in-hand. Other rice exporting countries continue to support prices of rice and other crops for their farmers at levels much higher than the U.S., he said.
"It is important to work on trade initiatives that not only promote free trade, but also fair trade," he said.
The decline in the number of farm and rural voters, an increase in the number of people in Congress without rural backgrounds, and more people competing for fewer budget dollars have combined to make good farm policy difficult to achieve.
The farm community must strongly support members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees who understand the needs of Southern agriculture and encourage supportive Members to build alliances with other Members of Congress.
Riceland's 2012 Initiatives
Kennedy said Riceland introduced several initiatives during the past year that benefit farmers. One of the initiatives was the designation of four Commodity Marketing Specialists who would be available to work with farmers to explain the marketing opportunities available through the cooperative.
Fred Black, Riceland's commodity marketing specialist for Southeast Arkansas, said, "There is a new generation of young farmers, and the co-op is committed to grow with them. He said he understands the importance of service to Riceland's farmer-members because he is one.
"Each farming operation is unique from the crop mix that is grown, the varieties that are planted, the equipment used and everyday farming practices which are employed on the farm," Black said.
He said that while the cooperative's seasonal pool continues to be the most popular marketing option for Riceland members, that not all farmers know Riceland also offers self-pricing opportunities such as booking contracts, hedge-to-arrive contracts and members cash purchases.
With the increasing popularity of on-farm storage, Riceland is exploring new technologies that are available to help monitor the drying and storage of rice in farm storage bins. A program called "Bin Ready" is under development that will offer Riceland members the peace of mind that the condition of the grain in their farm bins is being monitored.
Another initiative for the year has been the development of the new website — www.Riceland.coop. The site provides Riceland members with one place to go for Riceland account information, markets, news and weather, Black said. "You can also view the truck line at any of our receiving locations with the website's web cams.
"Two things make Riceland unique: our membership is open to all and we offer our members a reliable market for their crops," he said. "Riceland brings the world market to our farmers' individual operations."
Market Outlook
Carl Brothers, Riceland senior vice president for marketing and risk management, said world rice stocks to use ratio continues in the narrow range and that a disruption in the production of any major exporting country could "result in fireworks in the market."
He said that the disappointing quality of the 2010 crop created by excessive heat, and the increases in corn and soybean prices have kept U.S. rice acreage at 12-year lows. The smaller acreages and disappointing milling yields have supported long grain rice prices in the U.S.
Brothers said that prices also have been supported due to reduced export competition from South America and the Thailand rough rice scheme where the government has paid farmers high prices for rice and removed rice from the market.
While the U.S. rice industry has worked to open the Chinese market to U.S. rice, China's phyto sanitary protocol is onerous. On the other hand, the Colombia free trade agreement has provided for the successful development of a Colombia Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) program that is resulting in new sales of U.S. rice to the Central American nation.


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My 3 Favorite Dishes
I was super excited when Stevie from Weird Combinations (which I love for its eclectic topics ranging from restaurant reviews to wine tastings, and wonderfully exotic Brazilian recipes courtesy of Heguiberto) recently asked me to pick some of my posts and do a little game of reminiscing. While combing through my blog archive, I was reminded that one of my favorite things about cooking is to always try new recipes and dishes. I like being tempted and challenged by new ingredients and flavors, and would easily get bored if I had to cook the same few dishes over and over. So I thought it would be fun to change things up a bit outside of the kitchen as well, find out a little more about everyone's favorite recipes, and give this game a new spin. I'd like to present to you -
My 3 Favorite Dishes
Follow these simple steps:
- If you are a nominated blogger, pick your 3 Favorite Dishes from your blog
- Share them with us by linking to them on your blog
- Nominate as many bloggers as you want to do the same
Let's see how many favorite dishes we can compile!
So without further ado, here are My 3 Favorite Dishes:
Risotto With Soybeans And Caramelized Lemon - because risotto is one of the most divine inventions.
Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry, Coconut Sambol, and Dahl – because I love spicy food.
Truffle Torte - because this is classic Austrian pastry at its most indulgent. Hazelnuts and chocolate, and lots of it!
I am nominating the following blogger to share their 3 Favorite Dishes with us:
- Lazaro from Lazaro Cooks, whose blog is brimming with the most creative and fearless dishes, and incredibly cool presentation.
Happy sharing and cooking!


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Pre-nup judgment a "major step forward"
20 Oct 2010
Today's historic judgment on the status of pre-nuptial agreements is a victory for fairness and common sense, 5,500 strong family lawyers' association Resolution has said today.
Responding to the Supreme Court's judgment on Radmacher vs Granatino, which has ruled in favour of pre-nuptial agreements being effectively binding, Resolution's Andrew Greensmith said:
"Today's judgment is a major step forward. We know that financial uncertainty is one of the most stressful elements of any divorce, and a pre-nuptial agreement can be a useful tool for couples wishing to reduce this uncertainty.
"However, until today the enforceability of pre-nups has been very uncertain because they were seen as contrary to public policy and an attempt to override divorce laws. That principle has been swept away by today's judgment, which paves the way for these agreements to become more mainstream and less the preserve of the rich and famous."
Andrew Greensmith continued: "With second marriages on the rise, people marrying later, and many couples entering marriage with money and property already to their name, it is likely that there will be more and more demand for pre-nuptial agreements. This much-needed judgment clarifies their status and is a victory for fairness and common sense".
The judgment is clear that pre-nuptial agreements are presumed to be enforceable except where they lead to unfair outcomes. Any arguments about unfairness are to be left to the courts to decide.
Notes to Editors
- Today's judgement references Resolution's paper on pre-nuptial agreements, Family agreements, seeking certainty to reduce disputes which makes the case for law reform on this area
- Resolution's 5,500 family lawyer members promote alternatives to court and many of them are trained as mediators and collaborative lawyers. Resolution was established 25 years ago. To find out more, visit http://www.resolution.org.uk/
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