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She is on a mission to inspire and empower women of all ages to improve their health and well-being, upgrade their eating habits and self-care practices, achieve their ideal weight and desired body image, redefine their own health and happiness, and ultimately, create the lives of their dreams.
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About the Author: David C. Huebner is the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand.Editor's Note: Watch a live video presentation from Antarctica! Two scientists from the U.S. Antarctic Program will give a presentation today at 4 p.m. EST. You can tune in here.
I just had one of the biggest rushes of my life. I spent the last hour of the five-hour flight from Christchurch sitting on the flight deck with the pilot and co-pilot of the C-17 Globemaster III carrying my colleague Ola and me to Antarctica for a week.
This report is about today. About catching my first glimpse of the wondrous continent of Antarctica on the horizon through crystal-blue skies. About seeing ice floes and ice bergs beneath us as we soared low over the Ross Sea. About seeing majestic, volcanic Mt. Erebus up close to our left as we approached McMurdo Sound. About the dazzling green-blue of the vast stretch of ice where our plane would be landing. And about the absolute thrill of stepping out of the airplane onto the edge of what remains the most pristine, mysterious, and glorious piece of our over-populated, over-exploited planet.
Coming here has always been one of my dreams. I quite distinctly remember discovering the continent at the Mahanoy City Public Library when I was seven years old. Its existence, of course, was suspected much farther back than that, in the time of the ancient Greeks. Aristotle himself theoretically posited the existence of terra australis incognita, an unknown southern land, to complete the symmetry of the lands known at the time. The likely existence of such a continent was more specifically assumed beginning in the 1400s, when European explorers first crossed the equator, thus proving that the "known" and "unknown" worlds were not divided by a ring of fire.
The actual search for Antarctica took centuries. British explorer Captain James Cook was the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle, but he apparently never saw Antarctica itself. It is generally believed that the first person to see the continent, in January 1820, was Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, a Russian naval officer of Baltic German origin. An American sealer named John Davis, from coastal Connecticut, is generally believed to have been the first person to actually set foot on Antarctica, in January 1821.
What ensued were expeditions to explore the vast continent and to reach the South Pole, a quest that cost many lives and broke many hearts. In a dramatic race, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the Pole, in December 1911, just ahead of Englishman Robert Falcon Scott. Scott and his party sadly perished on their way back to the coast.
A few additional facts might be in order. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent and is larger than the United States, measuring in at more than 5.4 million square miles. The vast majority (approximately 98 percent) of the land is covered in ice … thick ice averaging about a mile deep. If all the ice on Antarctica melted, sea level the world over would rise more than 200 feet.
Stop and think about that. In fact, click over to Google and check how far above sea level your current house now sits. And then recalibrate sea level up 200 feet. Could you still use your screen doors in the summer? If not, give some thought to how we prevent all that ice from actually melting.
The coldest temperature ever measured on Earth's surface was -89 degrees Celsius, or -128 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded at Vostok Station on Antarctica. The average temperature data that I have found conflict, but all of the sources seem to agree that the average temperature even during summer is well below freezing. Such temperatures are incomprehensible to an Angeleno like me. After just a short time off the airplane, I am already very grateful for the 4 layers of extreme-cold-weather clothing that my friends at the National Science Foundation loaned to me.
In addition to being the coldest place on Earth, Antarctica is also the driest and windiest continent. Considered a desert despite all the accumulated ice, it has annual average precipitation of only about 200 mm (eight inches) along the coast and far less inland. I was most surprised to learn that Antarctica has the highest average elevation of all Earth's continents. As of today I have stepped onto all seven continents, and I probably would have ranked Antarctica sixth rather than first in elevation.
I am very much enjoying lingering here on the ice of McMurdo Sound … breathing deeply, enjoying the bracing fresh air, soaking in the glorious view of Mt. Erebus, and beginning to formulate plausible denials for when Ola tells people that I actually jumped up and down when I stepped off the airplane. But the jeep is waiting to take us up onto Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island, to McMurdo Station. We need some food and a little sleep because there are even more jaw-dropping adventures ahead.
Tomorrow we head to the South Pole. I'll tell you about that tomorrow night.
DipNote will feature the second and third parts of Ambassador Huebner's travel narrative on Friday and Saturday. This entry was excerpted from Ambassador Huebner's blog, which you can read here.


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Big voluminous curls look amazing when they roam loosely and freely just like in this picture of the beautiful Doutzen Kroes who looks sexy with her gorgeous messy locks. The key to keeping a messy hairstyle looking formal and classy is how it's parted at the top which really makes this looks such an elegance even though the hair is all over the place. The best way to achieving this hairstyle is to use a blow drying with a diffuser and a curling iron to get those big lovely springs.


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Wheat yields double yearly average
June 27, 2005
The end of the wheat harvest is still two weeks away and one area elavator is already overflowing.
Jimmy Schell, manager of the Friona Wheat Grower's Grady station, said in an average year yields from the mostly dryland fields in northern Curry County average about 20 bushels per acre. But this year, the yields are double.
So far, the elevator has processed more than 60 million pounds of wheat grain. Schell said they have sent 650 trucks to its Friona elevator for storage since the first of June, the beginning of harvest.
"We have one large bin at this satellite station," he said. "It's full now. We have 7 million pounds of wheat sitting on the ground that we're picking up (to be shipped) right now."
Schell said the last year eastern New Mexico saw an excess of wheat production was in 1999 when his elevator processed around 60 million pounds of wheat.
He said the market is bringing in just over $3 per bushel, a fair price for the crop.
The strong yields aren't limited to Curry County.
Randy McCasland, vice-president of Garvey processing in Roosevelt County, said Roosevelt County wheat growers usually produce 12 bushels per acre but are seeing numbers in the 30s.
"Farmers are pretty happy with their production," McCasland said. "Bushels per acre are up and that's a good thing."
Schell said production was up this year because of the moisture the area has received over the last year. Records show this winter was one of the wettest on record and dryland wheat in particular reaped the benefits.
Rust, a plant fungus, was looking to be a problem back in May, according to Mark Marsalis, an agronomist with the New Mexico State University extension service. Schell said rust mostly affected the irrigated wheat crops, but the northern part of the county plants mostly dryland.
"We haven't seen it affect too many crops," Schell said.
Curry County Extension Agent Stan Jones said there are approximately 200,000 acres of wheat in Curry County.
According to National Agriculture Statistic Services, New Mexico had 77 percent of their wheat harvested by Monday, a 52 percent increase from the previous week. Nationally, less than half of the wheat crop has been harvested.
Pat Woods, president of Curry County Farm and Livestock Bureau and an area wheat farmer, said harvest will be done soon.
"It has been a very good year," he said. "We've have been blessed. This is our best grain yield yet."
Curry County ranks No. 1 in the state for wheat production, according to NASS census records.


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A new study reveals how the amygdala is involved in controlling predatory behavior in mice.
The Roots of Violence
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Archaeology can shine needed light on the evolution of our aggressive tendencies.
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Archaeology can shine needed light on the evolution of our aggressive tendencies.
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Researchers show that a bacterium's self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
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Transcriptome studies reveal new insights about unusual animals whose genomes have not been sequenced.
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A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
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The US government has come out with new rules for life science research deemed risky.
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Physicists and biologists are working together to understand cooperation at all levels of life, from the cohesion of molecules to interspecies interactions.
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The small organ evolved too many times for it to be an accident, but it's still unclear what it does.
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A small insect-eating animal is the common ancestor of whales, elephants, dogs, and humans.
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A handful of species have learned how to survive in freezing climates. To do so, the animals must counteract the damaging effects of ice crystal formation, or keep from freezing altogether. Here are a few ways they do it.
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Animals and plants come in a dizzying array of colors. Current research is cracking into the remarkable structures behind nature's artistic display.


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Elliott R. Scott
Elliott R. Scott, 67, of Kennedy, passed away Sunday (Feb. 3, 2013), in Buffalo General Hospital.
A lifelong area resident, he was born June 18, 1945, in Jamestown, the son of the late Henry A. and Lorena Lawson Scott Sr.
Elliott was a graduate of Frewsburg High School, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1966. In earlier years, Elliott was employed by Watson's Manufacturing, had owned and operated LE & Son's Contracting and prior to retirement was employed by NAPA, retiring in 2012.
He enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. Elliott was a Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres fan, and he enjoyed collecting coins.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy P. Stevens Scott, whom he married March 16, 1968, in Bemus Point, N.Y.; five children: Darlene Duckett of Falcon-er, Greg (Candy) Scott of Kennedy, Julie Sample of Randolph, Randall Scott of Mayville, and Shannon (Michael) Johnson of Jamestown; 14 grandchildren: Lori McEntire, Aadam Duckett, Ashley Scott, Sarah Sample, Jacob Scott, Ashleigh Scott, Shayleigh Scott, Spencer Sample, Dylan Johnson, Mercedes Johnson, Brooke Scott, Brayden Scott, Shannon Scott and Melaine Johnson; two brothers: Clayton Scott of Busti, and Henry A. Scott Jr. of Dunkirk; and a sister, Carolyn Widmark of Frewsburg.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, DuWayne Scott.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday in the Falconer Funeral Home. A memorial prayer service will be held at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home conducted by the Rev. Vern Terrill.
Memorial contributions may be donated to the Kennedy Fire Department, Kennedy, NY 14747.
Visit our website at www.falconerfuneralhome.net to light a candle in remembrance.


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How many of you guys are rocking out of the trunk?
I wasn't really concerned about it until I caught a glimpse at some of the new goodies they have worked in.
I'm particularly psyched about the cleaner environment initializers (my environment.rb is out of control), sexy migrations and of course ActiveResource.
Just curious how many brave souls are out there and if you would recommend hopping on board with a real project at stake..


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June 16, 2008 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Important Announcement - Morning Session of the June 2008 Program Updates Training Canceled
SUBJECT 2: Nutrition Education Opportunity
- Important Announcement - Morning Session of the June 2008 Program Updates Training Canceled: The new WIC data system, MOWINS, will be unable to issue the new children's food packages by the pilot testing period this fall. Based on this development, we will not be implementing the new children's food package October 1, 2008 as previously planned. Based on this new information, the decision was made to cancel the morning session of the program updates training scheduled for June 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, and 27. Please note: Those agencies that have not implemented trimonthly check issuance are still required to attend the afternoon session to receive training on how to implement this program change effective October 1, 2008.
All individuals signed up for the remaining program updates training will be contacted by phone and email to let them know of this change. We deeply regret any inconvenience that this causes agencies. We did not know that the changes required for issuing the new food packages in MOWINS regardless of participant category are interrelated and cannot be made in time for us to implement the new children's food packages October 1, 2008.
The PowerPoint presentation of the USDA food packages information, which was included in the training, will be made available to all agencies for their use. We apologize for the short notice, but canceling training seemed better than having local staff spend time away from their agencies learning about program changes that may not be implemented until later next year. If you have any questions, please contact your district team or D'Anne Ward at email@example.com.
- Nutrition Education Opportunity: WIC Registered Dietitians, Nutritionists, Registered Nurses, Certified Nurse Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, and other Public Health Professionals who serve preconceptual, pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women will want to take advantage of this two-day National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course, shown by video stream on September 16-17, 2008 in Jefferson City. This year's continuing education program focuses on the improvement of maternal and infant health through the delivery of risk-appropriate high-quality nutrition services. This training is presented by the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of WIC and Nutrition Services, Nutrition Training Institute. Also, sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration at the U.S. Department of Health and the Human Services and Food and Nutrition Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Please see the attached registration brochure for details or contact Michelle Nienhuis at 573-751-6244 or email@example.com.
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Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Region 9 Strategic Plan, 2011-14
Geographic Area of Focus: San Joaquin Valley
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San Joaquin Valley Strategic Plan (PDF) (6 pp, 577K) (Duplicate of the content on this web page.)
Valle de San Joaquín Plan Estratégico (PDF) (6 pp, 152K)
The San Joaquin Valley is California's top agricultural producing region, growing more than 250 unique crops and much of the Nation's fruits, vegetables, and nuts. California is the nation's leading dairy state, with three-quarters of its dairy cows located in the Valley. The annual gross value of agricultural production in the Valley is more than $25 billion.
The Valley owes much of its agricultural success to a remarkable water storage and distribution system that has the federal Central Valley Project at its heart. The Central Valley Project annually distributes roughly four million acre feet of water from the Bay-Delta and San Joaquin River throughout the Valley. Most of this diverted river water is utilized for agriculture, while Valley communities rely mostly on ground water to drink.
The Valley's extensively managed water systems also support critical wetlands that make the San Joaquin Valley one of the major regions for wintering waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway. The San Joaquin River boasted one of the largest salmon runs on the Pacific Coast before nearly 95% of the river water was diverted for irrigation. Water diversions leave 60 miles of the river to run dry in most years and have left little water for the Valley's remaining wetlands.
Combined with its unique topography and wind patterns, the Valley's successes have resulted in severe impacts to the health of its more than four million residents. The San Joaquin Valley is the home of the worst air quality in the country and has some of the highest rates of childhood asthma in California. Transportation, especially trucks, is the largest source of air pollution in the Valley. In addition, water system noncompliance with federal and state drinking water requirements disproportionately affects disadvantaged communities and small systems in San Joaquin Valley. Of the 2,354 community water systems in California that serve 3,300 or fewer persons, 568 reside in the San Joaquin Valley of which 25% violate one or more health based drinking water standards, including arsenic and nitrate. Statewide, only 10% of small water systems violate one or more health based drinking water standards. Many of these systems serve economically disadvantaged communities, do not enjoy the economies of scale larger systems do, and need assistance in developing the technical, managerial and financial capacity necessary to address their noncompliance.
The Valley has some of the highest rates of poverty and unemployment (more than 16% in Fresno County in December 2011) in California. Job needs in the Valley are unique in that the economy is almost wholly driven by agriculture. High Speed Rail development, if approved, could bring a significant number of new jobs to the Valley, many of them green jobs.
The following principles will guide EPA's work in the San Joaquin Valley.
Environmental Justice
Environmental justice will be considered in regulatory actions that impact the Valley. We will ensure that EPA permitting, oversight, clean up, and risk assessment activities take into consideration, and are responsive to, vulnerable communities. We will also increase the transparency of the work of EPA and its partners, improve our responsiveness to community concerns, and increase community input into policymaking and regulatory actions.
We will strive to effectively join with our federal, state, and local partners and challenge ourselves to better focus our collective resources to improve the quality of life in the San Joaquin Valley. We will also convene local and private partners to tap their expertise and resources, as well as work closely with tribal governments, environmental organizations and community groups to address environmental challenges.
In addition to aggressively using our oversight responsibilities to ensure environmental and health standards can be met in the Valley, we will enhance inspection and enforcement. We will also increase public engagement by helping communities better understand federal, state and local roles in environmental rules, permitting, planning, and enforcement.
The EPA work outlined in this plan represents the highest cross-cutting priorities in the Valley for 2012, and is a subset of EPA's Valley work.
In partnership with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD), we will reduce PM 2.5 annual concentrations by 7% per year through regulatory action and accelerating the development of cleaner transportation. Achieve a total reduction of 34% from 2009 levels to reach attainment of PM 2.5 (fine particle matter) standards by the end of 2014. CARB predicts that on average 640 PM-related premature deaths will be avoided per year in San Joaquin Valley if the annual PM 2.5 standard is attained.
- Reduce emissions by working with CARB and the SJVAPCD to develop comprehensive plans for attaining the 2006 24-hour PM 2.5 standard and the .075 ppm (parts per million) 8-hour ozone standard as early as possible. The PM 2.5 plan is due to EPA by December 2012.
- Act on at least 10 San Joaquin Valley rules that will help obtain air emission reductions, including those regarding CAA section 185 nonattainment area fees, fumigants, and petroleum production and distribution.
- Convene government agencies and private companies in Bakersfield to accelerate the development and adoption of cleaner technology, including medium-duty battery-electric and hybrid trucks and vehicles.
Support efforts to address drinking water issues and work to restore the fish and wildlife habitat of the San Joaquin River.
- California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and EPA will address by September 30, 2012, through formal enforcement or other appropriate means, all 28 community water systems in the San Joaquin Valley that are in significant noncompliance with federal and state drinking water requirements.
- Work with other federal agencies (U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) to leverage CDPH planning/design funding for 11 public water systems and construction funding for 4 public water systems that need infrastructure improvements and treatment to meet drinking water standards.
- Work with the State Water Resources Control Board, Regional Boards, CDPH, and other parties to implement the recommendations that will be released this year as a part of the Nitrates Project required by California Water Code Section 83002.5 to reduce problems associated with nitrate contamination in the Tulare Lake Basin and Salinas Valley.
- Award a $15,000 grant to California State University Fresno to support stakeholder forums for identifying regional solutions to water and wastewater challenges in rural communities.
- Update regulations to reduce toxic selenium by issuing draft criteria for selenium in the Bay Delta Estuary.
- Sponsor a public forum in February 2012 to further an integrated surface water quality monitoring and assessment program for the San Joaquin River basin to help target efforts to improve water quality and restore aquatic habitat and species.
Engage with ongoing federal, state, local, and community-driven efforts to invest in the equitable and sustainable development of the San Joaquin Valley
- Contribute two full time federal employees to lead a multi-agency federal team to pilot the President's Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) initiative in Fresno and partner with the City and local stakeholders to support the implementation of the City's downtown redevelopment plan and economic development vision, which is centered on intensifying downtown development.
- Support more livable and vibrant communities that are environmentally and economically sustainable through reviewing the Final Environmental Impact Statements for the San Joaquin Valley portions of High Speed Rail and the station area development plans for Fresno and Merced. Coordinate technical assistance on a variety of sustainable planning, green building, energy and aquatic resource issues. The California High Speed Rail Authority estimates that the California High Speed Rail System will result in a reduction of 5.8 million barrels of oil being used annually, and will reduce over 1000 tons of NOx and over 90 tons of PM 2.5 emissions on an annual basis in the San Joaquin Valley Region during operation.
- Partner with Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice to provide educational outreach to 1,000 Kettlemen City and Avenal residents on diesel emissions and health, educate at least 75 truck and bus drivers about diesel health issues and the laws regarding idling of diesel vehicles, secure at least 5 agreements from businesses that use diesel vehicles to educate truckers about reducing idling, and develop a bilingual community guide for how to implement a diesel education and emission reduction program.
- Partner with Community Water Center to provide technical and educational assistance to at least 20 small rural communities in Tulare, Kern, Kings and Fresno Counties about drinking water pollution and facilitate meaningful participation of community members in public processes related to decisions on accessibility and safety of their drinking water
- Build community capacity to address environmental impacts by partnering with Californians for Pesticide Reform to build a web-based real time system to monitor, track, and address environmental health hazards and improve children's health outcomes in Tulare and Kern counties and provide technical assistance to the South Kern community and the California Endowment to implement action plans that will improve air and water quality, and reduce the risk from pesticides.
- Work with Fresno Youth Council's Brownfield to Urban Garden project to identify a potential site for a community garden in Southwest Fresno and to assess the site to ensure it is safe for gardening by September. Afterwards, facilitate a community-based process, including helping to secure partners, in order to design and plan the construction of the community garden.
- Support 9 existing assessment or clean-up Brownfield Grants in the San Joaquin Valley, including a Brownfields Workforce Development Grant in Tulare that trains students to safely clean-up hazardous materials in buildings and in soil to prepare them for jobs in local government, utilities and private firms. The City of Tulare will train and find employment for approximately 15 students with the help of their partner agencies.
- Partner with the City of Fresno, other federal agencies, community health centers, and housing assistance programs to launch a Weatherization plus Health pilot program in Fresno County that will upgrade homes to improve the health of asthmatic occupants and to reduce energy use.
Reduce the environmental impacts of Valley animal and crop agriculture. The activities listed below are only a subset of Region 9's work related to agriculture
- To protect agricultural workers from improper application of pesticides, oversee state inspection and enforcement programs to ensure that the numbers of people impacted by high level episodes are reduced by 10% in 2012 from 2009 levels. High level episodes are incidents that involve illness or serious injury to 5 or more people.
- To produce renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gases, help two additional dairy digesters come on line in California by promoting and implementing the policy recommendations of the state and federal working group that EPA, USDA, and CDFA are convening to address the barriers of digester implementation.
- Develop partnerships to provide equipment and technical assistance to support adoption of conservation tillage, resulting in 5 additional growers experimenting with conservation tillage practices.
- Work with California Air Districts and industry partners in 2011 to coordinate funding for replacement or retrofit of about 300 agricultural engines to reduce at least 5 tons of PM 2.5, 74 tons of NOx, and 11,000 tons of CO2 on an annual basis.
- Work with SJVAPCD, CARB, and USDA to develop a framework to ensure that emission reductions from incentive programs that meet EPA's criteria could be fully credited in SIPs. Such programs could include, for example, about $18 million that USDA made available in 2011 for agricultural engine retrofits which reduced about 450 tons of NOx on an annual basis.
- Organize a pesticide container recycling project with the goal of recycling at least 250 pesticide containers and 18,000 lbs. of plastic.
Increase transparency, accountability, and support for the Valley work outlined in EPA's San Joaquin Valley Strategic Plan through enhanced outreach and communication with the public, media, and decision-makers.
- Support and promote initiatives for the Valley by our federal, state, and local partners.
- Convene a public event to showcase and promote the deployment of cutting-edge technologies needed to clean up the air from large emission sources, including diesel.


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Mechanics Bank Expands Agribusiness Lending FocusVeteran lender Kash Gill to head new agribusiness division
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WALNUT CREEK, CA, November 11, 2013 — Kash Gill, a seasoned banker with deep roots in California's farming industry, has been named Senior Vice President and manager of the newly formed Agribusiness Division of Mechanics Bank's Corporate Banking Group.
According to Scott McAdams, Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Banking, the industry specialty group will be headquartered in the bank's new Yuba City Office, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2014. Mr. Gill, who joined Mechanics Bank in 2011 as a VP and Senior Relationship Officer in the Roseville Corporate Banking Office, will report directly to Mr. McAdams in his new role.
Mr. Gill is a familiar presence in agriculture circles throughout Northern California. He emigrated with his family from India as a young child, and the entire family worked in farming for many years. He and his wife, Neena, still farm 200 acres of peaches, prunes, and walnuts in Yuba City with their three children. He also is widely known as a civic leader, having served as a Council member and Mayor of Yuba City prior to joining Mechanics Bank.
"Kash understands the business needs and challenges of our agribusiness clients and the communities they live in, because he has lived that life himself," says Mr. McAdams. "His industry expertise is second to none, and he is well-known and trusted throughout the area. His success in this market made the decision to expand our presence here an easy one. We will be looking to expand his team in an effort to better serve businesses in Sutter, Butte, Yolo and Placer Counties" Mechanics Bank is committed to this area, and to expanding in other agricultural areas of Northern California as well."
"In this part of California agriculture is truly the backbone of the economy," says Mr. Gill. "It's critical for a community bank like ours to be able to offer lending products and expertise that is really tailored to the needs of local farmers. It's part of fulfilling our mission to be a trusted financial partner in the communities we serve."
Prior to coming toMechanics Bank Mr. Gill was a senior vice president and regional branch administrator for a network of retail branches at Butte Community Bank/Rabobank.
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Skip to comments.Nicosia [Cyprus] declares Tuesday a bank holiday, but ECB urges action
Posted on 03/17/2013 7:42:19 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
The Cypriot cabinet has declared Tuesday a bank holiday, for fear of capital flight, and this may even be stretched to Wednesdayas depositors are certain to withdraw huge sums from the Cypriot banks after the haircut imposed.
Nicosia postponed from Sunday to Monday the tabling in Parliament of the bill including the measures for the Cypriot bailout including a bank account haircut and a tax hike on interest and corporate earnings but the European Central Bank insists on a rapid voting because there are already signs a domino effect will follow across European lenders and markets from Monday.
There is genuine fear of market unrest on Monday morning when stocks may crumble in the eurozone and bank accounts in other southern European banks may suffer.
Skai radio reported on Sunday that the Bank of Greece has sent between 4 and 5 billion euros to Cyprus in order to help Cypriot banks respond to cash requirements by their clients.
You don't need a crystal ball to see our future.
All I'll say is I'd hate to be the bank manager trying to explain to a Brezhnevian-eyebrowed Russian mafiosi where his money went when the banks reopen.
Just sayin'..........
Greece loans billions? How deep is that rabbit hole?
Be assured our government is watching the civil unrest carefully for strategy and tactics to control a population.
Don't think bank accounts in the US are safe from forced confiscation.
Fear of capital flight? How about the certainty of capital flight? You'd have to be crazy (or an invalid) not to be in line when those banks finally open.
And note to other EU bank depositors elsewhere: better get out while the getting's is good.
Do you think that maybe they knew this and might have dropped a dime on this action beforehand?
Can't confiscate what's not there.
Money? Cash? Lost it in a tragic boating accident.
It's possible. Cyprus is somewhat notorious in the EU as a money-laundering center and a haven for folks on the lam.
Interestingly, the Cypriot Parliament hasn't ratified this yet....that's expected tomorrow. They're between a rock and hard place, a major Catch-22.
If they vote "yes", then the depositors take a 6.75 to 9.9% loss. If they vote "no", Popular Bank will go bust, as the ECB has refused to extend emergency liquidity, and the Central Bank of Cyprus can't take that kind of hit. If Popular Bank goes under, it takes the rest of the banking sector with it. One of those "too-big-to-fail" scenarios, if you will.
Interestingly, this really doesn't apply to Northern Turkey, unless a person is a TRNC resident and has a bank account with a South Cyprus-based bank. I recall there's tons of Turkish-based banks in the Northern sector, so for them, this isn't as big an issue as it is for the folks in the Greek part of the island.
A number of yours ago, a county near where I live put a 1% tax on all stock holdings. Not a 1% tax on the dividends mind you, but a 1% tax on the value of the stock itself.
It was stupid and unenforceable (after all, it was a county government with no real reach), and the law was repealed after a few years.
But if Obama were to try the same thing, with the entire IRS behind him...
1.6 billion rounds of small arms ammo says they already have a contingency plan to be tweaked and executed.
oh yes, you KNOW Hitler isn't happy about this
Ooops....typo in my reply. In the fourth paragraph, I meant to write "Northern Cyprus", which is controlled by Turkey, not "Northern Turkey".
I hope so for your sake... http://reason.com/blog/2013/03/14/covered-at-reason-247-spy-agencies-to-sc
Well, don't come whining to us about your misfortunes. And I'll bet you carelessly kept your guns and gold in that same boat.
1.6 billion rounds of small arms ammo says they already have a contingency plan to be tweaked and executed.
"Executed" — a good double entendre if that was intentional.
They better start worrying about a run right here in America. I know I intend to keep a little extra cash on hand out of my account Monday.
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He reminds me of the Kapos at the German concentration camps.
Bad times coming.
just when I thought I could relax ...that the Euro-Zone problems were DONE!
Ummm. Duh.
There goes Obama's 14,000 DOW.
There goes Obamas 14,000 DOW.
Not if all the fearful EU money comes to the US.
one UN guy who made millions in Saddam's oil for food program. He fled to Cyprus where he is untouchable>>>>>>>
Benon Sevan
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Benon Vahe Sevan (born December 18, 1937 Nicosia, Cyprus) was the head of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Programme, established in 1996 and charged with preventing Iraq's government from using the proceeds from oil exports for anything but food, medicine and other items to benefit the civilian population.
Born into an Armenian-Cypriot family in Cyprus, Sevan was educated at the prestigious Melkonian Educational Institute in Nicosia. He obtained a BA in History and Philosophy at Columbia College, New York, and a further degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
He joined the United Nations in 1965 and worked, among other places, for a U.N.-administered plebiscite in West Irian, as well as on issues related to prisoners of war in the Iran-Iraq conflict. From 1982 to March 1988 Sevan was Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Council. In April 1988 he was appointed director and senior political advisor to the Secretary-General's representative on the Afghan conflict. In January 1991 the Secretary-General appointed him to head the Office coordinating humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. In July 1992 he was named Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Political Affairs.
But Sevan came to world attention as investigations began into the Oil-for-Food Programme. Sevan reportedly accepted bribes from Saddam Hussein in the form of oil vouchers, and allowed Saddam to garner $11 billion for military and other uses which violated the UN sanctions against his regime, even as Sevan tried to persuade the United Nations Security Council to make concessions to the Iraqi regime. In August, 2003, he was wounded in the Canal Hotel Bombing
On 7 February 2005, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan suspended Sevan and another UN official with pay ($1 per year plus benefits, including diplomatic immunity from prosecution) because of their roles in the fraud. On 8 August 2005, a UN-appointed panel, led by Paul Volcker, published a report on its investigation into the scandal. In the report the panel concluded that Sevan had accepted bribes from the former Iraqi regime and recommended that his UN immunity be lifted, to allow for a criminal investigation.[1] Sevan had resigned from the UN on 7 August 2005, just one day before the report was due to be published.
In October 2005 it was reported he had fled the US and returned to his native Cyprus. The extradition treaty between the US and Cyprus does not require Cyprus to send Sevan to the US.[2]
Sevan is married with one daughter.
—Cant confiscate whats not there.
—Money? Cash? Lost it in a tragic boating accident.
Yes they can
Say... Issue new cash notes
The "Old" Notes will be invalid in 3 months
Or easier,
Issue bank cards to all,
or embed a chip in your hand
and cease to honor paper money
Sorry about that boating accident
One must wonder if much of the cash on hand will be found to have been "moved to a safer place" during this "Bank Holiday" and be unavailable for withdrawal.
Cyprus is a nice place to go on the lam....if I were looking for a hidey-hole, Cyprus would certainly be on top ten list.
I've been to both sides of the island. I would say the South is of course, really touristy and the North is, in some area, like you've walked into a time warp back to late 19th Century rural Anatolia. If you like quiet, it's nice. There's some really nice out-of-the-way quiet places in the South as well that are great to check out.
And if you're into archaeology and history, both sides are really great for checking out....the whole island is a treasure trove of various sites.
I read that the Cypriot Finance Minister is flying to Moscow tomorrow for "discussions". I'd hate to be him for all the whisky in Ireland.
Sounds like a place I would like to visit some day....especially if John Law is after me. Grilled fresh sardines and squid and other fish with olives from there
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Does an individual that entered Mexico on an FMT (tourist visa) and then applied and received an FM3 have to go to the border to re-register the vehicle under the FM3?
No. As long as your migratory status (other than an FMT) is current the vehicle remains legal even if the permit is expired.
When an individual finishes one 5 year FM3, then receives a new book renewal, does this person need to return to the border to renew the permit?
No. The same rules apply; just keep your migratory status current. These same rules apply to FM2 holders as well. This is all stated in Article 106 of Mexico's Customs Law.
Can an individual that has been granted Inmigrado status in Mexico drive a foreign plated vehicle?
No. They must take their foreign plated vehicle out of Mexico.
If a road block is encountered, can my auto be seized for some reason?
The only authority allowed to do this is Aduana (Customs), and Administracion Local de Auditoria Fiscal Federal. No other authority, which means the Traffic Police, City Police, the Federal police, or the Military, has the right to seize foreign plated vehicles . The only way these entities can do anything with foreign plated vehicles is with permission from Aduana or Administracion Local de Auditoria Fiscal Federal. And this authorization would only be given to go after an individual.
With this said, know your rights, these other authorities cannot even ask for the vehcile importation papers as it is not within their responsibility. If you are threatened by these other authorities about the status of your vehicle, or even your migratory status, record as much information about this authority as possible. Name, badge number, date, officer's vehicle type, officer's vehicle license and unit number, etc. Aduana is very clear on this and wants everyone possible to report such issues to the proper authorities. Most of these authorities will back off once they realize that you know your rights and start recording this information about them.
What documents should I have in the vehicle with me?
Aduana has indicated the following COPIES of documents should be in a foreign plated car at all times:
Proof of your migratory status - copy of your passport, your migratory status form with the current renewal date
Vehicle documents - the car importation permit, your title, registration, and insurance papers.
Never leave original documents in a vehicle in case the car is stolen. You will need those originals if the vehicle is ever stolen.
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a) Vehicles owned by tourists, visitors, local visitors and distinguished visitors, students, and immigrants who are tenants, whenever said vehicles are their own, excepting tourists and local visitors. When the vehicles are not their own, requirements established within the regulations must be met. Such vehicles may be driven within the national territory by a foreigner --the importer-holding one of the migratory status referred to in this paragraph, by his or her spouse, parents or descendants, even when the latter are not foreigners: and by a Mexican as long as one of the persons authorized to drive the vehicle travels with him or her in the car. Vehicles referred to in this section must meet the requirements pointed out in the regulations.
b) Used household furniture and wares owned by the visitors, distinguished visitors, students and immigrants, so long as they meet the requirements pointed out in the regulations.
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Leaders also promise passage of other Republican priorities
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. - Republican legislative leaders at the state party convention are touting passage of a bill designed to make it easier to open an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin and promising to cut taxes.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said at Saturday's convention near Wausau that passing the mining bill earlier this year will lead to the creation of jobs for generations.
Both he and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos also promise to pass a number of other Republican priorities.
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jb wrote:Hypothetically, once Dick Rod is run an dthey get a new AD and a real Michigan man as a FB coach, like harbaugh, could both schools get together and be like "F the Conference' ?
And schedule this as a regular season game every year like how ND v UM and ND v SC and UT v OU (before they were in conference) used to be in terms of hype/relevance?
Then just play 3 more in state MAC cupcakes?
If The Game is Gameworthy, it would technically be a non-conference game not counting in league play standings an dthey could meet again later in the season for the marbles, and if not then it it the end of the world if not the lst game in a non-descript year?
Not plan A for me, but not a bad plan B if you ask me. Depends on the sze of the 2 schools' AD's. I mean, what is the Big 10 going to do to them power-wise? Excommunicate them?
I would rather expell Penn State and go back to 11 teams. Penn State can play in the Big East where they belong.
I see Penn State's fingerprints ALL OVER this travesty. They've been trying to weasel their way into arch-rival status with the Bucks ever since they joined the Big Ten. And the Big Ten has been kissing their ass the entire way.
I've grown to loathe the Nittanys. They're like the guy you allow to rent a room in your house and all of a sudden he's busting your balls about the color of the drapes and the carpet.


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Will annual pelvic examinations soon become a thing of the past?
Ah, the annual pelvic exam. It�s an unpleasant and decidedly uncomfortable ritual that every woman has woefully endured at several points in her life. For years, we�ve dutifully donned a hospital gown, climbed atop a medical table, placed our feet in stirrups, and pretended to act unfazed while a gyno poked and prodded our lady parts with a variety of metal utensils. Pelvic exams are no fun, to say the least. But they're necessary, we are told�crucial to our overall health, the single best way to screen against medical problems like ovarian cancer, vaginal infections, or uterine cancers. But how necessary are annual pelvic exams, really? And what if it was okay�encouraged, even�to skip the dreaded stirrups? Very soon, that possibility might become reality. In a new report issued in June, the American College of Physicians urged doctors to stop performing pelvic exams in healthy, low-risk women who aren�t pregnant and have no symptoms. The report argued that there is no evidence to suggest that routine pelvic exams are useful and that the procedure might actually do more harm than good by inducing unwarranted anxiety, dread, and fear in otherwise healthy women. The report, which was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, determined that pelvic exams are not effective diagnostic screening tests for ovarian cancer, as doctors previously thought. What�s more, many vaginal infections and sexually transmitted infections are now diagnosed via urine or blood samples rather than through a gynecologic exam alone. Additionally, the bimanual portion of the pelvic exam, in which a physician inserts two gloved fingers up the cervix, can prove to be so invasive and traumatizing for some women, especially victims of sexual abuse, that it deters them from visiting the doctor altogether. Bottom line? These examinations, the American College of Physicians concludes, are a time-consuming and expensive procedure that costs the United State healthcare system more than $2.6 billion every year in unnecessary medical expenses. It�s important to note, though, that the recommended guidelines apply only to asymptomatic, non-pregnant women who come to the office with no medical complaints. What�s more, women should still obtain regular Pap smears to screen for cervical cancer. Still, this recommendation comes as a big�and controversial�change. For years, the annual pelvic exam has been the cornerstone of the annual women�s physical check-up. Many medical professionals are decrying the American College of Physicians� new recommendations, charging that a thorough annual pelvic exam is important because many women with abnormalities don't realize that they have symptoms. This is especially crucial when you consider notoriously difficult-to-detect gynecologic diseases like ovarian cancer. Will annual pelvic exams ultimately be deemed pointless? Only time will tell. One thing is for certain, though: If you're experiencing any weird symptoms "down there," always play it safe and give your gyno a call. And don't neglect those Pap smears, either! What are your thoughts on this debate? Comment below: This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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A lot for them to handle
Coaches come and go almost every year in the world of high school sports and the 2012-13 year was no different for schools in Northeast Michigan.
But how do these coaching changes come about, what pressures are put on new coaches and most importantly how do all these changes affect the athletes?
Coaches resign, step down or simply decide enough's enough for a variety of different reasons: personal problems, health issues, conflicts with the program or even issues with their full time job.
Being a coach is a full time commitment and the pressure may become too much for a coach.
"I've been involved in the program (Posen basketball) for 20 years and have been active as a coach for nine at the JV and varsity levels. It's a complete commitment and you have to have the passion for it every day. When it becomes a chore or that passion dips, it's time to go," former Posen boys basketball coach Steve Hentkowski said.
Hentkowski began running into problems with his full time job during summer off-season training camps as well as some minor health problems that made it difficult for him to continue coaching. The passion for coaching was still there but the time commitment had become difficult to maintain.
"The hardest part is not working with the kids any more, not coaching. Posen basketball has a great program and I've had some great success as a coach, but I've had some great players who had the commitment and the belief to succeed. You couldn't have asked for a better place to coach basketball," Hentkowski said.
New coaches are often faced with new pressures and responsibilities they may have never anticipated. This can even be true of former assistant coaches, such as former Alpena football coach Jason Dubey, that make the jump from assistant to head coach.
Dubey was an offensive assistant under former Alpena football coach Jack Gebauer for several years before taking over as head coach in 2009. He stepped down as coach last month due to health concerns.
"They suddenly have a lot more responsibility. You have to do things you would have never imagined, such as fundraising, scouting, paperwork. You're the first one there, setting everything up before the game and you're the last one to leave. It's really time consuming and you have to have the right family, in my case wife, if you want to be a coach," Dubey said.
Community pressure can also be a problem for many coaches. Parents, grandparents and other fans of a team want the team to succeed, which can create a new layer of stress.
"There's a big time pressure on yourself to be successful. How the coach measures that, whether it's wins and losses or the growth in their players as people doesn't matter. The important thing is making sure the team is successful in a way that benefits the players," Dubey said.
When a new coach comes in, they may bring a whole new set of expectations, rules and strategies to the game. Players that have trained under a certain system with a coach will have to adapt to the new coaches' methods.
Naturally, this is a two way street: a coach can't simply walk into practice and try to change the team's methods completely. Players are suddenly faced with a new coach who may have a whole set of expectations, goals and ambitions that may or may not suit this team.
"There obviously has to be a marriage between your vision and the vision of the athletes. Sometimes you have to come in and change a whole culture which isn't going to happen overnight. You have to come to grips with it and set goals and ambitions with your team that you can meet and work on those goals," Alpena soccer coach Tim Storch said.
Most importantly, a coach has to build respect between himself and his players. The players are in an uncertain situation that can affect not only their current season, but perhaps their entire athletic career.
A coach may struggle against player apathy, inability or even aggression, but it falls on their shoulders to unite the team in spite of differences and any difficulties they may be having as a group.
"I heard a quote that explains it well: they have to know how much you care before they care how much you know. They have to know that I care about them as people first and athletes second and when you build a bond between a player and coach on that personal level, then they care about your knowledge and your passion to achieve and improve," Storch said.
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Wounded Warrior Tackles Bandera 25K - Page 2
At mile four, the first problem struck: a bolt had fallen off the back of Edward's prosthetic. We pulled over to the side of the trail, and he was able to fix it by securing it with a strap.
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Several miles later, though, the sole he'd used for tread on his prosthetic foot blade began to disintegrate, leaving the carbon-fiber blade prone to damage. For the rest of the race, we used a variety of creative tweaks to maintain tread under his blade—at first clothespins, then yellow "caution" tape we found on the trail. A passing runner even offered the drawstring from the waistband of her running shorts—but eventually, Edward resorted to simply using his other shoe. He adapted it to his left-foot prosthetic, and ran the next few miles sock-footed on his right side.
The fact that, now, his uninjured leg and the prosthetic one were at very different heights, threw off his ability to run. That's when, providentially, the course sweepers happened upon us and offered us some moleskin and, if we could make it to the next aid station, a pair of shoes. At Edward's behest, we moleskinned a gel pad removed from his prosthetic to the bottom of his foot and replaced his sock. This was a great fix for about a mile—after which we ended up using a strap from the prosthetic to hold the gel pad in place.
At the aid station we met with Mitch Allen and Dr. James Ficke, who donated fresh shoes. With a Salomon on his prosthetic blade and a Brooks on his foot, both right shoes, Edward strode out of that aid station like a thoroughbred horse.
I looked at Michelle and said, "Let's just keep him in sight, and hopefully we will catch up when he tires or hits another obstacle." At some point, Edward did slow down and we were able to catch up and run the final five miles together with no more issues.
Earlier on, I had feared we would be lucky to even limp across the finish line—but when Edward ran across that mat at the finish, it was to the cheers of a roaring crowd.
Edward said somewhere in the middle of the race that there's not an obstacle he couldn't get past, and he proved it at Bandera. No one has ever deserved a finisher's medal more.
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The fact is, however, that these objections are both unfounded and invalid. Because the fact that those who make such admissions are actually evolutionists is particularly emphasised in the texts. The use of expressions such as " as ………. an evolutionist molecular biologist has admitted…" or "despite being an evolutionist, the palaeontologist …… admits that……." makes it clear that the quotations cited are in fact taken from proponents of evolution.
The deliberate provision of quotations taken from proponents of evolution is of enormous importance in terms of their effect. Because through such words evolutionists confess the inconsistencies in their theory. The invalidity of the theory is revealed in evolutionists' own words.
When a palaeontologist who has spent decades studying the fossil record admits the absence of intermediate forms, or when an expert on genetics admits that mutations have no evolutionary power, no room for doubt is left regarding the truth of their words. It is therefore essential that such statements should be publicly aired.
Evolutionists' aims in objecting to the use of such quotations is to obscure the truth they reveal about their theory and to distract people's attention from it.
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Evolutionists' objections to the use of quotations consist of demagoguery aimed at moving the debate into other areas, and serve no purpose whatsoever. The latest quotations revealing the despair faced by evolutionists will very definitely continue to be employed. At least until science is rid of this outdated theory, which is no more than materialist dogma.
1. Sir Fred Hoyle-Chandra Wickramasinghe, Evolution from Space, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984, s. 148
2. Robert L. Carroll, Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution, Cambridge University Press, 1997, s. 25.
3. C , "Cladistics", Interview with Brian Leek, Peter Franz, 4 Mart 1982, BBC
4. Pierre-Paul Grassé, Evolution of Living Organisms, Academic Press, New York, 1977, s. 88.
5. Richard Lewontin, Billions and billions of demons, The New York Review, s. 31, 9 January 1997
The way that all of Europe has become acquainted with Atlas of Creation and the declaration of the fact that living creatures have remained unchanged for millions of years and that evolution is devoid of any scientific worth have led to a major change of belief among the people of Europe. Independent polls conducted by well-known publishing institutions in different European countries have revealed a major drop in the numbers of people believing in Darwinism and that belief in Allah now dominates Europe. >>
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Whenever God wills a thing to come about, it is enough for Him just to say, "Be!"
As verses of the Qur'an tell us:
His command when He desires a thing is just to say to it, "Be!" and it is. (Qur'an, 36: 82)
[God is] the Originator of the heavens and Earth.
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Tate Modern curator Frances Morris talks about working with the legendary Japanese artist
New York based artist Jamie Diamond works with the photograph at its most banal – the family portrait as executed in a shopping mall studio. In her portraits, the visual artifice of the studio is laid out with surgical precision, a taxonomy of flat backdrops, fluorescent lighting and props. That artifice floods into the subjects themselves, who are reduced to a list of bodily gestures - the hand placed on the shoulder, the unnatural tilt of the head, the white teeth encased in a smile.
That careful precision is backed by a conceit that is ingenious in its simplicity. In her series Constructed Family Portraits, Diamond – an MFA graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a recent fellow at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council – recruits her photographic subjects online, inviting them to pose for a family portrait with other strangers. The result is immediately jarring, a kind of visual and cerebral joke; trained in the reading of family portraits, we scan the faces of the subjects, seeking out physical resemblance or creating narratives (adoption? divorce?) to explain apparent anomalies.
But Diamond does more than ask the viewer to question the visual conceit of the family portrait, the assumptions that underpin the codified language of the image. She uses the distance between the recruited strangers, their underlying awkwardness, to represent the alienation that can stalk even the closest of families. In this way, she questions the structure and stability of the family unit; the very nature of the portrait genre, with its performative aspect, emphasises the way a family comes into being through its public identity.
This interest in the performative nature of the family is repeated in her ongoing series, I Promise to be a Good Mother. Here, Diamond appears in the guise of a picture perfect mother, coddling an incongruously plastic baby. She places herself in a variety of locations, each of which denote a specific social context: a pristine bedroom or opulent bathroom, the country club, beach or park. In some photographs, Diamond strains at motherhood, her face a rictus of ecstasy and love. In others, she creates a desolate portrait of the forfeiture of the title's promise, a dead-eyed depiction of isolation and disconnect.
"Initially, I was examining the relationship with my own mother and started staging specific memories from my childhood, playing on my fears and desires," Diamond tells Phaidon. "I would assume the role of subject and photographer by dressing up in mother's clothes and interacting with life-like baby dolls. Eventually this performance evolved into an exploration of the complexities surrounding the mother/child relationship, investigating both vernacular and art historical depictions of motherhood."
In places, the series evokes the photographs of Jeff Wall, with its formal composition of figures in landscape. But the central reference is almost certainly Cindy Sherman, and like Sherman, Diamond uses the rituals of role-play and costume in order to delve into the pathologies of female behavior. I Promise to be a Good Mother is about the social identity of the mother, with its rules and expectations. But it's also a raw portrayal of post-natal depression. In one photograph, Diamond is seen from the back, holding up her plastic doll before a stark wall of concrete – an image that recollects the bleak danger that haunts Michaelangelo Antonioni's films.
Diamond is also exploring the fantasy of motherhood, and the pleasures of dressing up; she describes the series as one in which, "Using mimicry and playacting, I put on the mask of motherhood by dressing up in mother's clothes." Diamond captures the promises that lure us into playing our designated social roles, even as she depicts their eventual claustrophobia. That duality lies at the heart of her photographs. Still, it's crucial to note they carry it lightly – not unlike French artist Sophie Calle, Jamie Diamond's work is full of wicked humour.
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Skip to comments.NBC Admitted: No Assault Rifle Used in Newtown Shooting
Posted on 01/17/2013 9:57:45 AM PST by MeganC
When the president surrounds himself with children while giving his announcement that reasonable gun control measures are necessary, bear in mind that those assault rifles the government is sure to be going after were not even used in the Newton, Connecticut elementary shooting. As NBC admits in the video above, four handguns were used to carry out that despicable atrocity. This directly contradicts other reports.
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Moderators: I searched for this on FR prior to posting it. That said, feel free to remove if it was posted under a different title.
This has been the most confusing fact to establish. Did he, or did he not use a Bushmaster AR? If not, as purported by NBC here, then the MSM has deliberately suppressed this information for political purposes.
The video is from Dec 15 and was based upon rumor and gossip, not verified info.
Familiar pattern... the media did their job perpetuating the charade until Obama rolled out his 'emergency' legislation. Now they are free to try to salvage their own credibility.
"A large quantity of unused ammunition was recovered at the school, along with three semi-automatic firearms found with Lanza: a .223-caliber Bushmaster XM-15 rifle, a 10mm Glock 20 SF handgun and a 9mm SIG Sauer handgun."
The media claimed a Bushmaster AR was found in a car in the parking lot but if you watch the video, it appears to actually be a shotgun.
Part of the confusion (besides the media rushing to be first with the story and not fact checking) is when the corner said something along the lines of they were shot with the 'big gun' people assumed she meant rifles. However, anyone here knows that the diameter of a .223 round is actually quite small and if he had a .45 pistol, that could have easily been considered the 'big one'.
The long arm in the trunk wasn't an AR-15 because the deputy is racking the bolt from the side. You cycle the bolt on a AR by pulling the charging handle from the rear.
What you see in the video is a shotgun. The officer ejects a shotgun round from the gun.
So do we need a 9/11 type commission to sort it all out? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? How about some facts?
What did 0bama know and when did he know it?
Does anyone believe NBC's "admission" will have any effect on the Regime's narrative?
How did the medical examiner make a determination so fast and why was he casually announcing it to the media?
The video of the "long gun" is about 1:22 and shows a semi-auto shotgun. However, that video starts with the trunk already open and the LEO with his hands over or in the interior of the trunk. Where is the video that starts before the trunk was opened?
Why is the LEO handling the "long gun" with his bare hands? Isn't that destroying potential fingerprint evidence?
Good chance he was throwing up BS or talking out his rear.
Still waiting for a comprensive police report to be made public. You might see one in 2014.
I guess this means we can expect obama to recend his E.O.
I know, fat chance. And I used a small "O" on purpose.
comprensive = comprehensive
The mainstream media are barely even disguising the fact that they are nothing more then government propagandists anymore.
Are they so saturated with socialists and 'fellow travelers' that no one in their ranks will object to this? What is in the curriculum they teach in 'journalism' school these days?
I will trust a completed coroner's report over a reporter who cannot recognize the difference between a shotgun and a AR-15.
I think this should put an end to YOUR speculation. At about the 50 second mark he (CT STATE POLICE PAUL VANCE) discusses the weapons USED as well as what was found in the TRUNK OF THE CAR
Why is the LEO handling the long gun with his bare hands?
My guess: It's his gun.
most of the time that's true.
with all the variants out there,I've seen side chargers,too.
Not that it matters. All guns are evil, those are just more evil this month.
Nice juxtaposition.
Sucks to live in NY now ...
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You are exactly right ,,, ARs do not have a side action bolt . Any assault rifle with a pistol grip to the Mean Streak Media is an AR-15 in their book .
Facts???!!! Since when has Big Media or Dem pols i.e demagogues ever let facts get in the way of a good story?
I'd rather not watch a video, I rarely do, what did it say?
Its Paul Vance (CT State Police) describing the weapons used (AR-15) and that the gun in the trunk of the car was a SHOTGUN.
This should take long to verify. The police report is in the public domain. A FOIA request may be necessary to get it, but the police can't keep it secret.
4 handguns and probably none of themhad 30 round assault magazines. When we still thought he used a Bushmaster as initially reported and as maintained for a while, we all pointed out that it were just as likely he would use a couple of pistols to do the same thing. Well...
Someone posted a similar thread just this morning:
Seeing as the information in both reports is old and inaccurate, I don't see why we need two threads a day on it.
He actually said "long gun", not "big gun", so he was using an accurate technical term, but one that includes both rifles and shotguns, so it invites confusion. He later clarified that by saying specifically the wounds were caused by the rifle.
They did ask whether the rifle was found in the trunk at the same press conference, and it was stated that was not accurate.
"How did the medical examiner make a determination so fast and why was he casually announcing it to the media?"
He performed seven autopsies himself, and supervised the rest, is how he made his determinations, and he was announcing it at a formal press conference with law enforcement present, not casually.
You've got it backwards, this is a report from the day after the shooting, misleadingly posted as if it is breaking news. All the major media outlets have long since reported the correct information, but the conspiracy theorists don't want you to listen to that, they would rather replay one old, inaccurate report.
So NBC is your source of truth???
That's not true. His source was federal officials not state.
Lt Vance speaking for the state at the ME press conference set the record straight -- the 26 were all killed with the long weapon -- the rifle.
It's Agenda Uber Alles all over again.. how long before the sheople finally wake up to the wolves in the herd.
How many pieces of 5.56 NATO/223Win brass were recovered from the crime scene?
They haven't released the report yet, so I don't have an exact number, but the police have said that he fired "hundreds" of rounds.
Just an observation, but the video link you provided appears to have been during the day time, yet the recovery video of the shot gun was done at night time.
How can the shot gun been recovered in the dark when Vance just said the gun had already been recovered?
Bushmaster makes different configurations of rifles the ACR and a carbon 15 model are two of the side charging handle types of bushmaster firearms.
Thanks for the info but I think you meant that for another poster, not me.
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bonovox66 wrote:I don't think his next album will be his last. I think Paul will always be making music. Whether he does more classical work (still waiting on that classical guitar album), more Fireman type stuff, rock or whatever. I'd be willing to bet he'll be making music til the day he dies.
As for being tired of recording... maybe. Think how many albums he has released this past decade. Did the Stones or Dylan put out as many albums or with such quality?
jgkojak wrote:There is a lava lamp that he brings to ALL shows that used to belong to Linda (and that she kept at her keyboards)-- he has said its Linda's way of being there for the show.
flextint wrote:I think he will do rock albums into his seventys,with tecnology in the studio he can do many things to make his voice sound real good.Remember that bluesmen sing in there 80's take bb king as an example.However i do not think he will be touring much longer maybe an appearance on a tv show like the grammies etc.But i am sure we will get more rock albums....i really hope so.
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