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Sometimes, an airplane ride can change your life.
Cyriel and Amy Van de Walle found that out a year-and-a-half ago. Before they boarded a flight from New York to Portland one July day, they didn't know each other. Now, they're married and are about to open Hood River's newest restaurant, Sol Luna.
The couple's chance meeting happened when Cyriel was on his way from his native Holland for a two-week vacation hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Amy was on her way back from a spur-of-the-moment trip to New York with her niece and infant son. An off-duty flight attendant, Amy had been waiting for seats in first class, but had to settle for coach when the first-class passengers showed up at the last minute.
When Amy and her entourage were crowded in next to Cyriel, she politely suggested he move to another single seat behind them.
"I figured, who wants to sit next to an 18-month-old?" Amy said. Cyriel politely declined.
"I was so mad," Amy recalled. "The minute I could get up (after take-off), I did." She walked the aisles with her son and vented her frustration on the sympathetic flight attendants. When she finally returned to her seat, she discovered that her niece had been chatting with Cyriel and "knew his whole story," said Amy, a single mom.
"She said, 'Isn't he cute? He's everything you ever wanted in a guy,'" she recalled. Amy was still irritated but eventually wound up chatting with Cyriel herself. By the time they landed in Portland, Amy had offered to give Cyriel a ride to Salem where she was living — and near where he was headed to begin his hike — to save him the hassle of taking the bus. Cyriel spent that night on her couch, and the two were inseparable for the next two weeks. He never saw the Pacific Crest Trail, but by the time he left to return home, Cyriel and Amy had made arrangements for her to visit Holland.
By fall, Amy and her son had moved to The Netherlands to be with Cyriel, and the couple got married last spring.
Cyriel was tied down at home as owner of a popular restaurant in The Hague called Sol Luna.
"But ever since I was 5 years old, I wanted to move to America," he said. "It was my dream." Amy had taken Cyriel to Hood River — her "favorite spot in the world" — during his visit, and he fell in love with it. The couple returned to Oregon for a visit last December and scouted for possible restaurant locations in Hood River. Soon after, they began negotiations to buy the former Cajun restaurant The Big Easy in the Heights, and the deal was finalized last summer with former owners Michael and Shawna Caldwell.
Amy moved to Hood River soon after, but Cyriel remained behind in Holland to sell his restaurant and to wait for his citizenship paperwork to be finalized. He finally arrived in October and the couple have been scrambling ever since to prepare Sol Luna for its grand opening next week.
Sol Luna will feature Mediterranean cuisine from the regions of Spain, France and Northern Africa. Entrees range from North African ratatouille to sirloin steak to Moroccan mahi-mahi. A variety of soups and salads include everything from pancetta to fresh fish. But the largest section of the menu is the tapas, a specialty of Spain and similar to appetizers. Tapas can be ordered individually as appetizers or several of them can be shared as a meal.
Along with introducing a new style of food to Hood River, Cyriel hopes to introduce Americans to the more leisurely style of dining common in Europe.
"He wants to educate people about having a little more relaxed meal," Amy said.
"It's like slow food," Cyriel adds. In Europe, he explains, it's common to spend three or four hours over a meal. People might order a tapa, eat it, relax, drink some wine, then order another tapa. They may not even order dinner until several tapas later.
"We want to encourage people to slow down and enjoy it," Amy said.
Aside from the food, Sol Luna will provide another incentive for leisurely meals: a separate kids "cafe" and play area. A large room in the upstairs of the house-turned-restaurant has been converted into a kids room. For $7.50, kids up to age 10 can order from a separate kid-friendly menu and hang out in the play room, which is equipped for fun with games, books, toys and art supplies. Two nannies will be there to supervise, and a walkie-talkie system run by Amy will allow parents to be notified if their child needs them.
Amy came up with the idea for the kids cafe when she decided she wanted to have her son, Spencer, nearby when she and Cyriel were running the restaurant.
"We figured, why not provide that service to other parents?" Amy said. Although dinner reservations will not be taken at Sol Luna, people can reserve places in the kids cafe since there's a limit of 12. And the $7.50 is a flat fee, "whether you're here for one hour or three," she said. "It's cheaper than a baby-sitter."
Sol Luna is officially billed as "Mediterranean Cuisine and Traiteur." The "traiteur" is a retail and take-away service that will be open from 3 to 6 p.m. Several of the menu items will be prepared and ready for heating at home, and an assortment of the specialty items used in the restaurant — including imported olive oils, cheeses, sauces and Italian coffees — can be bought by the container or pound.
Despite the hectic nature of the past few months, Cyriel and Amy think it will all be worth it when the restaurant opens.
"We want to be different, but familiar to you," said Cyriel, who is "still amazed" he's here.
"I call it the American dream," he said, laughing. "I've got a house, a car, a restaurant and a lot of debts." And, as soon as things calm down a bit, he's also got some unfinished business to take care of: that hike on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Sol Luna opens on Tuesday and is located at 1302 13th Street in the Heights. The restaurant will be open Tuesday through Thursday from 5 to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 5 to 11 p.m. The traiteur is open from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call Sol Luna at 386-2022.
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Minimum wage is taking the country in the wrong direction
February 23, 2013
To the editor: While the question raised in this past Saturday's Breeze was, "should minimum wage be raised to $9 an hour?", I wonder how all who answered yes would have responded in the same manne......
"I do believe the minimum wage is one factor helping take our nation down the road to oblivion..." Your belief is unsupported by reality. Evidently, you are ignorant that the US has had a minimum wage since 1938, well before President Obama was born.
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nick.. Comments like those are what got the CAC disbanded. no thought process or backup material, just "we cant allow carpetbaggers, and city workers driving around looking up mini-skirts..." And yes, If you go to KC's Riverstop, you can buy that $5.00 hamburger today!!!(actually, I think it's $6.00). Minimum Wage is the difference between basic living and abject poverty for many in this country. Keep writing, the citizens need to know where you and "like-minded " buddies stand on the issues. After tonight's Council meeting, you can go ask Bill how it feels to get talked down to by the Mayor. Thank God!!! The elimination of The Pompous.
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And here I thought I'd already read the most ridiculous drivel ever put into sentences. Mr. Curran, I'd like to see you support a family on $9/hr. At that wage who could afford the gas to get them to work?
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What the 3 LTE writers below don't grasp is you don't further hamstring small business in this economic disaster by increasing wages. Obama care is becoming such a total mess already,causing layoffs and reduced hours(ESP bad for min wage and all workers)plus small biz paying out yet more per hour is a business killer under the King's systematic killing of the US economy.. The min wage was not intended to be a "lifestyle" wage..no one can live on 7-8-9 dollars alone, Yes ur right..esp with obamagas going to over 5 bucks a gallon this summer. It was to protect entry level workers with a min standard. Not a guaranteed life time wage. So as the King further wrecks havoc on the US and bread milk gas eggs keep going up up up..should we continue to give min wage increases 12-15-20 bucks an hour Where does it stop? The min wage is vote buying as is "amnesty for illegals"
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No it is not the minimum wage that will take a country down. It is something like the fixing of London Inter Bank Offer (LIBOR). This is set every day to establish interest rates on personal loans, car loans, MOrtgages and helps determine currency values. No less than 16 banks are involved in this scam. Some of the names Credit Suisse, BANK OF AMERICA, CITI BANK, J P MORGAN CHASE, Royal Bank Of Scotland, just to name some of the sixteen. J P Morgan Chase has already been fined millions of dollars and the others are looking for immediate settlements so this does not go to further investigation and law suits. These banks as all the banks just can't seem to make a FAIR profit from TARP bailouts for most of them by the U.S. Government or by providing very little earned interest to their customers along with exorbitant charges for services. Even when the rates are rigged. Got an economic problem? Not far to look!
and helps determine currency values of yen, pound, franc, mark, doll
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NoBama, just as a point of information, the highest gas prices in the last 8 years occurred in June 2008...under Bush's leadership. Go figure.
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Yes Kirsten gas did spike temporarily...but when ole lonesome George left it was about a buck 86..and unemployment was at 6% Go figure..and lets not even talk about the debt this monster has added to your grandchildren in his short reign as King. More THAN ALL PRESIDENTS COMBINED and bamma said Bush's spending was unpatriotic?? What escapes bamma clones is that Bush didnt want 3-4-7-8 dollar a gallon gas even though the family made a killing in oil for years..Bama does.."What we need is European gas prices" Bammas handpicked energy czar. BTW that's 8 bucks a gallon..Go figure that some folks are still Bushin-it after all these years..Lost balls in high weeds..
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WASHINGTON -- Boston police Commissioner Edward Davis told a House hearing Thursday that FBI officials did not inform his department before the attack on the Boston Marathon that Russian intelligence in 2011 had warned them about bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Testifying at Congress' first hearing on the bombing, Davis said he had three officers and a sergeant working in a Joint Terrorism Task Force with the FBI, but still didn't know about interviews FBI agents conducted with Tsarnaev and his parents in a brief investigation.
"One of my detectives is actually in the squad that investigated that," Davis said. "We have access to all the databases. But we were not in fact informed of that particular development."
Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston office, reacted with a statement that indicated the Boston Police Department should have known about the assessment, which he said was "thorough" and "comprehensive" but found no suspicion of criminal activity.
The assessment of Tsarnaev was in the Guardian database that Boston officers on the task force had access to, DesLauriers said. The officers "are responsible for maintaining awareness of possible threats" to Boston, he said.
"In 2011 alone, the Boston JTTF conducted about 1,000 assessments, including the assessment of Tamarlan Tsarnaev, which was documented in the Guardian database," DesLauriers said.
That FBI response came after Davis testified before the House Homeland Security Committee.
"We learned over a decade ago the danger in failing to connect the dots," said committee chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas).
"My fear is that the Boston bombers may have succeeded because our system failed. We can and we must do better."
McCaul criticized the FBI for not sharing information about the Russian tip, the FBI investigation, Tsarnaev's six-month stay in Russia and Chechnya and his placement on a watch list.
Davis said the FBI told him of Tsarnaev's identity and history only after he was killed in a shootout three days after the bombing. Tsarnaev's brother, Dzhokhar, was captured. He has been charged and is in a prison hospital recovering from wounds.
Davis did not criticize the FBI. Had his department known more, it certainly would have "taken a hard look" at Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Davis said, but might have come to the same conclusion as the FBI and closed the case.
But Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) sharply criticized the FBI for failing to tell New York City leaders immediately after learning of a possible threat by the Tsarnaevs to Times Square.
"I think it's absolutely indefensible that the FBI found out on Sunday [after the April 15 Boston bombing] that there was a planned attack against Times Square and never notified the NYPD," King said.


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Toliver Helps Spartans to Sweep of Auburn
MSU improves to 2-0
Spartans Open NCAA Tournament At Home Friday
Michigan State Hosts First and Second Round Matches
MSU Hosts Purdue, Michigan in Final Regular-Season Home Matches
Seniors will be celebrated after Michigan match on Saturday
First B1G Midweek Game On Tap at Illinois For No. 14 Volleyball
Spartans take on Illini Wednesday at 8 pm ET
Ohio State, Maryland Come to Jenison For Big Ten Weekend
Spartans look to start winning streak
2007 Match-by-Match Stats
2008 Match-by-Match Stats
2009 Match-by-Match Stats
2010 Match-by-Match Stats
2011 Match-by-Match Stats
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2010): Received MSU's Dr. James Feurig Service and Achievement Award for her dedication, honesty, academic achievement and perseverance during her undergraduate career ... AVCA All-Mideast Region honorable mention ... CoSIDA Academic All-District third team ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Team quad-captain ... First-team All-Big Ten honoree ... Selected as one of the Auto-Owners Insurance "Champions in the Classroom" ... Became the 17th Spartan to amass 1,000 kills when she recorded eight against Northwestern (11/26) ... Started in 29 of 30 matches she appeared in ... Named team MVP following the season after moving back into the middle blocker position ... Led the team in hitting percentage with a .340 clip, a mark which ranked 70th nationally and fifth in the conference at the end of the regular season ... Her team-high hitting mark ranks seventh all-time by a Spartan for a single season performance ... Ended the year ranked second on the team in kills with 297 and total blocks with 94 ... Was fifth in service aces with 12 and seventh on the team in digs with 103 ... Was the top offensive force for MSU in the conference with her team-best 213 kills ... Recorded a season-best 20 kills on two separate occasions (vs. Eastern Michigan (9/11) and Nov. 12 at Iowa (11/12)) ... Tallied 15 double-digit kill efforts on the season ... Recorded a season-high 12 digs against Eastern Michigan (9/11) for her lone double-double of the season ... Posted a season-high 44 attacks at Minnesota (11/13) ... Chipped in a season-best three assists against Penn State (11/6) ... Recorded a career-high two solo blocks at home against IUPUI (8/28) ... Named MSU Showcase MVP after posting a weekend total of 20 kills on 33 attacks along with eight total blocks ... Earned Spartan Invitational All-Tournament Team honors after tallying 37 kills on 58 attacks and 16 digs and 10 total blocks during the weekend ... Graduated in December with a degree in marketing.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2009): Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Named Clemson Classic MVP ... Started 21 matches while playing in 31 ... Posted 234 kills overall to end the year with a 2.32 kills per set average ... Led the team in its upset win over No. 12 Southern California (8/28) in the opening of the match with her first double-double of the season (17 kills, 11 digs) ... Second double-double (14 kills, 11 digs) of the season came the following night in the final match of the 2009 MSU Showcase when MSU topped North Carolina (8/29) ... Recorded 13 kills and 12 digs for her third double-double in the win vs. Northwestern (10/3) ... A season-best 22 kills were posted in the opening match of the CSU Invitational vs. Syracuse (9/4) ... Tallied 13 kills in the upset win against No. 12 Illinois (10/2) ... Recorded 11 double-digit kills efforts on the season, including 17 in MSU's opening match win over No. 12 Southern California (8/28) and a season-best 22 vs. Syracuse (9/4) ... Tallied a career-best .750 (13-1-16) hitting mark vs. Albany (9/29) ... A career-high five assists came vs. Duquesne (9/11) ... Had three service aces on the year ... Recorded three double-digits dig efforts, including a season-best 12 vs. Northwestern (10/3) ... Finished the season with 118 total digs ... Tied her career-best one solo block on four different occasions ... Posted 49 block assists on the season ... Posted 36 assists on the season ... A season-high six assists came vs. Presbyterian (9/19).
SOPHOMORE (2008): Paced the Spartans with five 20-kill performances in her first 12 matches before medically redshirting for the rest of the season with a knee injury ... Posted 173 kills on 412 attacks while hitting .223 from the left side; despite only playing in 12 matches, her 173 kills still ranked her fourth on the team ... Averaged 3.93 kills per set which led the team and her .223 hitting percentage was good enough for fifth ... Had 20-kill efforts in each of the Spartans' first three matches of the season, earning her a spot on the Nike Sooner Legends Invite All-Tournament Team ... Posted a double-double in each of the first two matches of the season with 20 kills and 18 digs against Oklahoma (8/29) and 24 kills and 13 digs against No. 10 Cal Poly (8/29); her 24 kills were a season- and then career-high ... Also posted 20 kills in the final match of the Nike Sooner Legends Invite against Wichita State (8/30), giving her 64 kills and 37 digs in the three-match tournament ... Posted double-digit kill totals in 10 of her 12 matches ... Tallied 14 kills while hitting a season-best .667 in the Spartans' win over Connecticut (9/13) ... Followed that with back-to-back 20 kill performances against Oakland (9/16) and Central Michigan (9/20) ... Hit .333 in the Spartans' win over Oakland while collecting 20 kills ... Followed that with a double-double at Central Michigan in which she earned 21 kills and 14 digs, marking her third double-double of the season ... Showed versatility by averaging 2.20 digs per set, giving her 97 on the season ... Her season-high 18 digs came in the first match of the season against Oklahoma ... Finished the season with only four service reception errors on 127 attempts, good enough for a .969 service reception percentage ... Accounted for 19.5-percent of the team's total points, despite only playing in 12 matches ... Added 20 total blocks, three of which were solos, and handed out 12 assists.
FRESHMAN (2007): Had one of the best freshman seasons in Michigan State volleyball history ... Appeared in all 35 matches ... Third on the team with 296 kills (2.47 kills per game) and led the squad with 138 total blocks (nine solo, 129 assisted) ... Second on the team with a .279 hitting percentage ... Her kills rank her fifth all-time among MSU freshmen ... Second among Spartan newcomers in both total blocks and block assists (fourth in blocks per game) ... Her 129 block assists are also tied for seventh overall in a single-season ... Also averaged 0.88 digs per game (105 total) ... In Big Ten play, her kills per game average increased to 2.75 ... Was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 10, after setting a freshman blocks record with 11, all assisted, at Harvard (9/8); also had her first double-double, adding 11 kills, in addition to season-highs in digs (eight) and hitting percentage (.579) ... Had 12 double-digit kill efforts, 11 of which were in conference matches ... Her season high kill mark was 13 at both Wisconsin (11/2) and Minnesota (11/16), and in the NCAA Round of 16 match with Nebraska (12/7) ... Had five total blocks or more in 14 matches ... In MSU's win over Michigan (10/27), had a Big Ten high nine blocks (one solo, eight assisted) ... Had three service aces against Wofford (9/7).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner in volleyball at Mount Pleasant ... Garnered first team all-state and first team all-league honors ... Earned league MVP award during junior and senior seasons ... Team co-captain during junior and senior campaigns ... Earned Most Valuable Offensive Player accolades at Mount Pleasant during sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Tallied 597 kills, 131 aces, 280 digs, and 74 total blocks during senior season ... Garnered first team all-league honors during sophomore and junior volleyball campaigns ... Helped team to Saginaw Valley League title during junior season ... Garnered Mount Pleasant Dream Team Area Player of the Year and honorable mention all-state accolades during junior season where she tallied 505 kills, 328 digs, and 104 blocks ... Three-year letterwinner in basketball at Mount Pleasant ... Served as team co-captain during senior season, earning first team all-league honors that same year ... Named team most valuable player and garnered first team all-league honors during junior season where she averaged 13.7 points per game ... Named one of the top 100 girls basketball players in the state by the Detroit Free Press during senior season ... Member of the state champion 800 meter relay team during freshman track season ... Also contributed to state runner-up 1600 meter relay team during sophomore year ... Held a 3.98 GPA, and is a National Honor Society member.
CLUB: Played for USA Michigan Redbirds for coach Rob Buck ... Also competed with the Spartan Juniors under the direction of coach Steve May.
PERSONAL: Full name is Jenilee Faith Rathje ... Daughter of John and Lori Rathje ... Father, John, played football at Central Michigan ... Received her bachelors degree in marketing in December 2010 ... Working towards her master's in kinesiology.


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Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95 at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa today.
South African president Zuma made a statement saying "He is now resting. He is now at peace. Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost its father."
Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who was elected as President of South Africa in 1994 and served in that office until 1999.
He was the first black South African to be elected and hold the office of president, and the first one elected in a multiracial election that fully represented the population of South Africa.


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The Queen of Weapons iBook Now Available to Download
Now available to download is the iBook The Queen of Weapons, for iPad and iPhone. Written by arms and armour curator Dr Tobias Capwell, it showcases the Wallace Collection's Renaissance swords.
The publication features 20 swords, including beautiful high resolution details of hilts, with zoom. Also included are some of the highlights of the Collection.
Click here to download this fascinating publication.


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What's your beauty personality? Are you classic, trendy, feminine or edgy? Take our quiz.
Even though some days we might put on a little more makeup, or try something a little different than what we might normally wear, most of us have a distinct beauty personality that we always gravitate towards. Peeking into your makeup case might offer some clues, but it's also about how you wear it, too.
Do you push the envelope when it comes to your makeup look, or do you tend to stick to classic looks? Answering the following questions will help you figure out your beauty personality.
Whose celebrity fashion style do you most admire?
A. Natalie Portman
B. Nicole Richie
C. Taylor Swift
D. Nicki Minaj
The lipstick shade you've worn most often in the past month is:
A. Red
B. Coral
C. Dusty rose
D. Neon pink
Your favourite makeup brand based on its product formats, colours, packaging and advertising is:
A. Bobbi Brown
B. Nars
C. Lancome
D. Urban Decay
The Gossip Girl character who most resonates with you is:
A. Lily Van der Woodsen
B. Serena Van der Woodsen
C. Blair Waldorf
D. Jenny Humphrey
Your bedroom:
A. Is modern yet comfortable with a wooden bed frame and neutral colours.
B. Is mostly white with a splash of colour, with an au courant piece or two, such as an Ikat-print cushion.
C. Includes a four-poster bed, ornate light fixtures and soft pink walls.
D. Has one feature wall in a standout shade (black or chartreuse, for example) and graphic accessories.
Your closet is mostly filled with:
A. Investment pieces such as a luxe cashmere sweater, the perfect LBD and a classic white shirt
B. Of-the-moment looks, such as rompers, peplums and neon accessories
C. Pretty florals, flowy dresses and pencil skirts
D. Sky-high platform heels and slashed up leggings
Mostly A's-- Your beauty personality is classic
Most days, you probably wear a neutral eye shadow, classic eyeliner and a lipstick in a universally flattering pink shade. For you, makeup is simply about enhancing your best features and looking like you, only better. On a night out, you'll do a heavier smokey eye or go with a red lip. Your makeup bag, like your wardrobe, features a carefully edited collection of items.
Mostly B's - Your beauty personality is trendy
You pour over magazines and websites for the latest products and colours to hit the beauty counter and you religiously watch runway shows streaming online to see what's coming up for next season. You're the first of your friends to break out the latest mascara or try the newest manicure.
Mostly C's -- Your beauty personality is feminine
Soft and pretty is your beauty mantra. You are a girly girl at heart and this is reflected in the feminine shades that dominate your cosmetics case and the subtle way you apply everything from your eyeliner to your blush. Your look is natural, but with a definite irresistible sweetness to it.
Mostly D's -- Your beauty personality is edgy
For you, there are no rules when it comes to makeup. If you feel like wearing a super dark lipstick or a dramatic, super mysterious smokey eye, you will. You've been known to layer on more coats of mascara than you can keep track of. You're used to (and enjoy) getting double-takes when you're out because of your bold choices.


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Latest Logistics Trends Will Be Explored at Gartner's Supply Chain Executive Conference, 23-24 July in Sydney; 17-18 September in London
More than 60 percent of surveyed companies view logistics as nonstrategic; yet expectations for near-perfect performance are placing increasing stress on global logistics organizations, according to research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.
Gartner has published four predictions expected to affect global logistics organizations over the next four years, covering environmental issues, risk and compliance, international flow optimization and supply chain execution convergence. These predictions will affect most logistics organizations, however the impact will depend on how prepared they are to adapt to these events, Gartner analysts said.
"While logistics operations might be out of sight, out of mind, logistics is under significant pressure to deliver near-perfect performance, while business conditions continue to become more complex, risky and difficult," said C. Dwight Klappich, research vice president at Gartner.
Gartner's top predictions for global logistics organizations include:
1) By 2016, more than 50 percent of Global 1000 logistics organizations will be required to systematically report verified emissions and environmental data
The shift from aspirations and feel-good platitudes about sustainable logistics to verified requests for accurate environmental and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions information and actual performance outcomes is being catalysed by industry groups, market expectations and regulations. Recognising this as a significant driver of behaviour change, Gartner predicts that by 2016 more than 50 percent of Global 1000 logistics companies will be required to increase focus on sustainable logistics services and report verified environmental data.
"Governments are set to continue to enact environmental legislation that has a profound impact on logistics operations," said Mr. Klappich. "In Asia Pacific, Australia will soon introduce a carbon tax; China is moving to pilot an emissions trading scheme; and New Zealand and India have schemes in place. Over time, regulations will become increasingly tighter."
2) By 2016, less than 10 percent of logistics organizations will have a chief compliance and risk management officer
As supply chain complexity and risk grow, only 14 percent of companies are positioned to effectively exploit risk, and few, if any, have yet seen fit to elevate compliance and risk management to an executive-level position in the supply chain management (SCM) organization. While compliance, risk management and security are all issues SCM organizations deal with today, few have formalised even one of these. While government mandates have an increasing impact on SCM organizations, responsibility for understanding and managing these is scattered across their business.
3) By 2016, 20 percent of SCM organizations will adopt a supply chain execution convergence application strategy
Thirty-five percent of businesses recently surveyed by Gartner identified the inability to synchronise end-to-end business processes as an issue, which will increase demand for SCM application convergence. Most SCM organizations struggle with functional and application silos that make orchestrating and synchronising business processes across their organizations nearly impossible. Application portfolio fragmentation is caused by many factors, such as buying stand-alone applications over time, as well as how companies have been structured, mergers and acquisitions and outsourcing. This is where supply chain execution convergence will play a role in helping SCM organizations adopt a platform that allows them to model, orchestrate and synchronise end-to-end logistics processes.
4) By 2016, slower global trade growth will force shippers to adjust from proliferation to optimization of international flows
After peaking late in the last decade, global trade as a percentage of global GDP will continue trending downward. As cross-border trade growth slows, supply chain organizations will be forced to adjust from proliferation to optimization of international flows. Shippers will evaluate global sourcing options more carefully and more comprehensively manage the risks involved. Gartner estimates that 60 percent of current multinational manufacturers will organise to manage logistics globally in order to gain economies of scale, visibility and manage risks associated with volatility in currency exchange rates, taxes and margins. By managing logistics globally, companies can gain economies of scale through centrally negotiated and managed contracts for sea and airfreight, a sharper focus on the efficiency of the global network, switching transport mode and using postponement strategies and nearshoring. To improve efficiency and lower costs, companies will focus attention on the execution elements of the supply chain:
· Network and inventory optimization
· Warehouse and inventory management systems
· Transport management systems (TMSs)
Additional information is available in the report: "Predicts 2012: Global Logistics," which is available on Gartner's website at http://www.gartner.com/resId=1856314.
About Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2012
The Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference series provides a unique opportunity to collaborate and connect with the world's leading supply chain executives. The conference combines strategic and tactical advice from Gartner analysts and thought leaders who collectively have over 150 years of supply chain and end-user experience.
The Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2012 in Sydney will be held July 23-24. More information is available at http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/apac/supply-chain/. Members of the media can register by contacting Susan Moore at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For additional details about the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2012 taking place September 17-18 in London, please visit http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/supply-chain/. Members of the media can register by contacting Laurence Goasduff at email@example.com.
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Submission + - Star Wars Old Republic Doing Better than WoW (itproportal.com)
hypnosec writes: EA has announced that Bioware's new MMO, Star Wars: the Old Republic has performed better than World of Warcraft when it was first released. During an investor call, EA's CEO John Riccitiello said that out of the two million units sold at launch, over 1.7 million of those are still playing, with each of them paying their $15 a month for the subscription. He claimed that this is a bigger uptake of paying subscribers than World of Warcraft received in its first month. This is impressive, but Blizzard's game didn't have migrating WoW fans when releasing its new game. Considering there are some two million gamers haemorraging from World of Warcraft, and the fact that SWTOR had a good intellectual property behind it, it was in a good position before it was even released — I'm not surprised it did well afterwards. Some believe though that the real test for an MMO isn't one month after launch, but one year.


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Monty Python: The Beatles of Comedy
The dead-parrot sketch debuted on episode eight of Monty Python's Flying Circus, which aired in Britain on December 7, 1969. The sketch epitomized everything that was striking about the new show: its impatience with the old formal rules, its ability to take good ideas and compress them into diamonds. The car-salesman sketch had been about the absurdity of bad service, but it had attacked that absurdity in a naturalistic way: it started with a plausible situation, and gradually made it sillier. The parrot sketch inverts that approach. It is absurd from the start, but its absurdity represents a compact, dreamlike way of telling the truth. This time the role of the aggrieved customer is taken by Cleese—who plays him not as a straight man but as a Brylcreemed, raincoated weirdo. In the world of Monty Python, even a guy with a valid beef is a lunatic. As for Palin's salesman, this time his denials of the undeniable have an existential audacity: he is ready to claim, and keep claiming, that the palpably dead parrot is just resting. Cleese, indignantly brandishing the bird's corpse, is the victim of the ultimate—the archetypal—rip-off; but he remains an Englishman. Nutty as he is, he declines to vault over the desk and punch Palin's lights out. Language is the only weapon available to him. So his tamped-down rage becomes a torrent of increasingly baroque synonyms for death, which Cleese and Chapman composed with the aid of a thesaurus.
Monty Python's signature move was to thrust something very salient into the wrong context.
When that outburst of manic poetry is over, the Pythons don't bother forcing the parrot sketch toward a well-made conclusion. The quest for punch lines bored them. Instead the sketch collapses into a series of bizarre digressions, and finally Cleese's character turns to the camera and declares that the situation has become "too silly." And that's that: we move on to the next item. I concede that there are people who don't find the parrot sketch funny at all. I know a couple of them personally. They are unmoved by the sight of John Cleese in his raincoat, wielding that stuffed parrot and saying, "It's bleeding demised." I know them, but I can't help them.


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Stroke Rehabilitation
After a Stroke: Retraining the Brain
- Department of:
- Adena Regional Medical Center
Talk to an Adena Neurologist, request an appointment online.
New discoveries about the brain are being made daily. Unlike years past, we now know that the brain can continue to learn throughout life and even after injury, such as a stroke or head injury.
But how the brain learns and when it learns is still an evolving science. What experts do know is that a brain can be "retrained" to overcome damage caused by a stroke—and the faster that training occurs, the better the outcome.
Adena Greenfield Medical Center offers patients a comprehensive inpatient stroke rehabilitation program with these results:
Adena Average
National Average
Start of rehab
Within 8 days of stroke
19 days
Inpatient length of stay
19 days
37 days
Percent of stroke patients who return home
Funtional Independent Measure
96 out of 126
72 out of 126
|Data represents cases at Adena Greenfield Medical Center
Fast, comprehensive care
A stroke can affect the way you think, how you walk, your ability to speak, and even your ability to get dressed in the morning. To help ensure that these deficits are not permanent, fast treatment in the emergency department followed by fast stroke rehabilitation is essential.
The goal of rehab is to retrain the brain to reverse some of the stroke's effects on a person's movement, speech and cognitive function, and research shows that starting rehabilitation therapy as soon as possible can help a stroke victim recover faster and better.
Adena Greenfield Medical Center Stroke Rehabilitation
On average, patients begin their inpatient rehab at Adena Greenfield Medical Center within eight days of their stroke, which is much sooner than the national average of 16 days. And with a focused, rigorous rehab schedule designed to get patients home safely as quickly as possible, the average inpatient length of stay at Adena is just 19 days — compared with 37 days nationally.
Adena Greenfield is the only facility in the area to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) as a Stroke Specialty Unit. Adena Pike Medical Center also offers inpatient rehabilitation services.
Rehab Regimen
Adena attributes its success to a carefully designed full-service program.
"When patients come to us," says Lynn Harris, director of Rehab Services at Adena Greenfield Medical Center, "they receive a minimum of three hours a day of occupational therapy and physical therapy six days a week. Speech therapy is often in addition to that."
Physical therapists focus on movement, while occupational therapists work to restore a patient's ability to perform daily tasks such as getting dressed. Therapy sessions last about 45 minutes, allowing time to rest in between, and three meals a day are served in the dining room, which helps patients feel at home and provides a sense of community.
While they're in rehab therapy, Adena tracks patients' Functional Independent Measures, which indicate how much function has been re-gained. Adena patients average a level of 96 (out of a maximum of 126), 24 points higher than the national average! Additionally, 84 percent of Adena's stroke rehab patients return home rather than to a nursing home, which is nearly 20 percent better than the national average.
Additional Outpatient Therapy Services
The Adena rehab team believes there's more to rehab than physical, occupational and speech therapy. Adena also offers:
- Recreational Therapy. If the patient is a golfer or plays cards or sews, therapy is designed to help them get back into those activities. Part of recreational therapy also includes Adena's Enabling Garden, which combines rehab therapy with nature.
- Community Re-Entry. During community re-entry activities, Adena therapists accompany patients to banks, grocery stores and restaurants. The patient re-learns how to get in and out of a car, maneuvering a walker if they use one, make decisions and interact with servers and bank tellers. (Offered at other Adena locations.)
- Psychology Services. Adena's rehab psychologist helps patients identify and cope with the emotions, such as frustration, anger, or depression, that may be caused by the stroke.
- Outpatient Rehab. Once a patient is discharged, they'll typically continue their rehab in the center's outpatient rehab unit. Research shows that patients who continue their rehab can continue to make great gains. (Offered at other Adena locations.)
- Support Group. The group meets from 11 a.m. to noon on the first Thursday of every month at the Greenfield Public Library. This FREE support group is open to all stroke patients and their caregivers regardless of where they were treated.
If you have questions or would like to request an appointment with an Adena Neurologist.
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We offer a variety of departments at our many locations throughout southern Ohio. From primary care to specialty departments; we want to help you get better quicker.
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Our facilities are located throughout southern Ohio to make it easier for you to find outstanding and convenient care, close to home.
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Cazenovia High School students Mimi Gabor, center, Jessy Silfer and Samantha Fox wrap presents for the 2011 Toy Shop. This year, the fifth annual event will be held on Dec. 7 and 8 at Burton Street Elementary School.
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Three yards and a cloud of Bubble Screen
I ran across the post below from a WV fan named "jdakanwv " on the Sportsline Boards.
Aside from his "Mouse Pasties" avatar, I think he sheds some unbiased insight into how the offense might operate.
One thing he stresses is over use of the bubble screen. I hope this does not become the new "Throwing the Rock since 1969".
Here's the post and the direct link:"Recently I was on the WVU boards and began having a discussion with Dsoph about things to expect in Ann Arbor over the next few years. You will see some things that you have never seen before. Some will be impressive, others...not so much...here is my list, take it for what it is worth....
- Everyone will be leaner, quicker, and faster. Your linemen will go from averaging 315 across the line to averaging about 280, but they will be quick and explosive.
- The bubble screen....Get used to it. You will run it on average, 8-12 times a game. At least twice a year, you will see some version of it 20+ times in a game. The idea behind it is a good one, get the ball in a playmakers hands quickly and let them make a play, but you can only see it so many times before you are ready to go nuts.
- Changes. Many of your traditions will remain, but there will be little tweaks to most of them. As you can see with your road uni's, that has already begun.
- Big Plays. Once RR gets his full compliment of players and a true dual threat QB, the number of 35+ yd TD's will increase dramatically. (There is no site like watching a speedy RB or QB bust thru the line and split the safeties like they were standing still and having him go 50yds untouched for a TD. You can see that it will happen within the first two steps the ball carrier takes....it is a site to see and you will enjoy that.)
- This one is the most impressive to me. At the end of the 1st and 3rd qtr's, (especially when you are on offense) Your offensive line will sprint to the other end of the field to get ready for the next quarter. When this is the most impressive is heading to the 4th quarter of a hard fought game and seeing the looks on the defenses faces as the linemen sprint to the other end of the field and the D is gasping for air and sucking down water like it is their job.
Good luck to Uof M in the upcoming seasons. RR's style will take a little time to get used to, but in the end, you will enjoy it.
P.S. Barwis is an animal...You guys will love him."
It's nice to see a WV fan not bash the university, fans or RR.
Three yards and a cloud of Bubble Screen... could be my new blog page, only time will tell.
As chitown mentioned WVU probably ran that play because it was one White could throw. In 2005 Michigan ran about a million WR screens or long handoffs, especially out of that damn diamond formation (WolvHistorian has a nice video with the announcers endlessly remarking M must have some type of play off that action but if they did M never ran it) because TacoPants was the starter and that was often all Henne could hit. Another WH video, I think ND, has Michigan running a simple screen to Howard at least 5 times for huge yardage. So, if it works they can call it every play as long as I'm concerned.
I'm speculating well out of my depth but if the defense keeps LB's in the middle of the field to stop the run a WR screen is a way to get the ball to the edge quickly and make them pay. So, bubble screen may just have been a default to too many guys in the middle. Then if it doesn't work you seem to be going back to an unsuccessful play over much. I really do want to watch the WVU/Pitt game (now that I realize it is the single most important football game in the history of coal mining) so that I can evaluate if RR's play calling was horrible or it was more White sucking/being hurt fumbling etc.
They actually had a play off of the diamond formation, it just took a few years to actually see it. The screen that had Butler taking off down the sideline for 60-some yards in the Capital One Bowl was from that formation. It worked because all of Florida's players tried to jump presumed screen from the diamond.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure you remember it from 2004. SDSU ran the screen from that formation a few times, and UM spent the rest of the year copying them.
I remember screaming "Why the hell are they doing this stupid play again!" the moment I saw the formation.
That put the fullback shuffle misdirection to shame.
It is partially White's inablility to throw, especially early in his career, but the bubble screen is also an important counterpoint to the zone read. When outside contain comes crashing down on the QB, it must be kept honest. The bubble screen is the best way to do that.
You can see how important it is in Rodriguez's recruiting: four-ish guys who are basically bubble screen ninjas have joined the revolution.
I noticed when rewatching the pitt game. Pitt's CB's were reading some key and flying up to make TFL's on the bubble screen. They tried to go over the top but weren't accurate enough. The next level on that option/bubble screen progression is sending the HB on a wheel route up the sideline, one-on-one with a LB. the two outside receivers give slants or bubble screen motion and then slaton would be 10 yards beyond the linebacker and it's the QB's job to hit him before the safety can get over.
I'll probably break it down more in a diary post.
four-ish guys who are basically bubble screen ninjas have joined the revolution
Gotta love the image.
I read today in the Wolverine preview magazine that Micihgan beat WVU the first time they ever played them, 130 to 0.
I was going to mouth-off about that somehow, but now I'm not.


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The Bliss Family Chamber Players present an evening of classical chamber music in memory of Robert and Mary Lou Lerner, longtime supporters of the Harvard Public Library, Saturday, July 27, at 7:30 p.m., at Volunteers Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Mary Lou, who died in 1998, was a library trustee, and Robert, who died in 2010, also supported the library in his own special way.
Their daughter, Cynthia, and grandchildren, Ariel, Matthew and Mary, offer a program entitled "Scenes from my childhood" as a tribute, including chamber works by Loeillet, Ibert and Haydn, and piano works by Debussy, Schumann and Schubert.
Cynthia Bliss (piano) grew up in Harvard, studying piano, flute and percussion in the preparatory division of the Thayer Conservatory at Atlantic Union College, and graduating from The Bromfield School in 1981. She continued musical studies at Smith College, adding organ performance and conducting to her repertoire. She is currently on the Piano and Early Childhood faculties at Indian Hill Music Center in Littleton where she is also a staff accompanist. She is music director at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Chelmsford and a regular accompanist at Northern Essex Community College (Haverhill campus) and Middlesex Community College (Lowell campus).
Ariel Bliss (flute) is a rising senior Music Education major at The College of New Jersey. She currently studies flute with David DiGiacobbe, is principal flute in TCNJ's Concert Band, and a member of the Flute Ensemble. Ariel has just finished a summer internship with Indian Hill's Summer Day Musical Theater program.
Matthew Bliss (violin) just graduated from Concord Academy, where he was a member of the Chamber Orchestra, and participated in chamber ensembles and choral music. While at Concord Academy, Matt studied violin with Jenny Stirling. He also performed with the Longy Youth Chamber Orchestra and in their Advanced Chamber Ensemble program. As a singer, he has performed with MMEA Eastern District and All-State mixed choruses, and with the NAfME All Eastern mixed chorus.
Mary Bliss (cello) has studied cello at Indian Hill Music Center since she was 7, first with Arkady Beletsky and more recently with Tim Terranella. When not playing the cello or singing in a church choir, she can be found dancing at Walker's Gymnastics and Dance in Lowell. Mary will be a freshman at Concord Academy in the fall.
This program is free and open to the public.


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The Detroit Pistons have no plans to fire coach Flip Saunders despite disappointing endings the past two seasons.
"Just because we haven't gotten to the [NBA] Finals, it doesn't mean Flip has done a bad job," Joe Dumars, president of basketball operations Dumars said Monday.
Dumars added that the team doesn't plan drastic changes this offseason.
"We don't have a fire sale going on," Dumars said.
With four of the same starters, the Pistons have lost in the Eastern Conference finals as the top-seeded team the past two seasons after winning a title in 2004 and falling just short of repeating the following year.
Dumars said his No. 1 priority is re-signing point guard Chauncey Billups when he becomes a free agent next month. He plans to bring back most of his key players.
Rasheed Wallace has been the subject of trade rumors in the week since the Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated Detroit.
"You're talking about the guy that was our best and most consistent player in the playoffs," Dumars said. "He's probably also the guy that is the most volatile and crosses the line at times, but I have to balance that."


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The San Francisco Giants and infielder Joaquin Arias avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $925,000.
Arias, 28, who began last season as a non-roster invitee to Spring Training, hit.270 with five home runs and 34 RBI in 110 games. He also hit .375 (3- for-8) in 12 postseason games.
In 225 career games with the Rangers (2006, 2008-10), Mets (2010), and Giants (2012), Arias has complied a lifetime .273 batting average with five home runs and 57 RBI.


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Acai (ah-sigh-ee) is the small, intensely purple fruit of the Euterpe oleracea palm – long prized as food and tonic by Amazonian rainforest dwellers, and now by the wider world. Acai berries owe their rich color and unequaled antioxidant powers to a potent mix of anthocyanins – the pigmenting compounds that color fruits and vegetables.
According to a USDA-sponsored study reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,* "Tissue damage can be caused by a process known as oxidation. [In oxidation, unstable molecules containing an unpaired electron build up and 'steal' electrons from molecules in cellular membranes, setting off a chain reaction that weakens cells the way rust attacks metal. These 'reactive oxygen species' (ROS) include superoxide, peroxynitrite, nitric oxide, and the hydroxyl radical – most damaging of all.] Compounds known as antioxidants are thought to help prevent tissue damage, and thus reduce disease states caused by oxidation…
In this study, the antioxidant capacities of freeze-dried acai fruit were evaluated and it was found to have the highest antioxidant activity of any food reported to date. These results suggest that this fruit would be an excellent food to study for potential disease prevention effects in the future.
The fruit of Euterpe oleraceae, commonly known as acai, has been demonstrated to exhibit significantly high antioxidant capacity in vitro, especially for superoxide and peroxyl scavenging, and therefore may have possible health benefits. In this study, the antioxidant capacities of freeze-dried acai fruit pulp/skin powder… were evaluated by different assays with various free radical sources.
It was found to have:
• Exceptional activity against superoxide in the superoxide scavenging (SOD) assay, the highest of any food reported to date against the peroxyl radical as measured by the oxygen radical absorbance capacity assay with fluorescein as the fluorescent probe (ORACfl);
• And mild activity against both the peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radical by the peroxynitrite averting capacity (NORAC) and hydroxyl radical averting capacity (HORAC) assays, respectively.
The superoxide scavenging (SOD) of acai was 1614 units per gram, an extremely high scavenging capacity for superoxide, by far the highest of any fruit or vegetable tested to date. [About 1670 units is considered the amount an average person needs daily to avoid oxidative stress.]
Total phenolics were also tested as comparison: In the total antioxidant (TAO) assay, antioxidants in acai were differentiated into "slow-acting" and "fast-acting" components. [Fast-acting antioxidants inhibit propagation of free radicals, while slow acting antioxidants scavenge free radicals.]
An assay measuring inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation in freshly purified human neutrophils [white blood cells] showed that antioxidants in acai are able to enter human cells in a fully functional form and to perform an oxygen quenching function at very low doses.
Furthermore, other bioactivities related to anti-inflammation and immune functions were also investigated.
• Acai was found to be a potential cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2 inhibitor. [COX-1 and 2 are pro-inflammation enzymes.]
• It also showed a weak effect on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide [ROS produced by pathogenic bacteria] – but no effect on lymphocyte [immune cell] proliferation and phagocytic [pathogen-consuming] capacity.
* Source: "Antioxidant capacity and other bioactivities of the freeze-dried Amazonian palm berry, Euterpe oleraceae Mart. (Acai)," Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Nov 2006, Schauss AG, et al. (A product of the USDA-sponsored research project "Dietary Factors Early in Human Development: Health Consequences of Phytochemical Intake.")
Note: This information has not been evaluated by the FDA. It is generic and is not meant to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any condition, illness, or disease. It is very important that you make no change in your healthcare plan or health support regimen without researching and discussing it in collaboration with your professional healthcare team.


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Coulee Cops
Reports compiled from police files
Grand Coulee Police
2/26 - Police checked on a possible overdose of medicine on Continental Heights. Police suggested to the subject that she go to the hospital, but she stated that if she took her oxygen she would be fine.
2/27 - A school employee advised police of a possible sexual molestation of a female student. School officials feared that the family might move away before the incident could be investigated by Child Protective Services and tribal officials. Later it was learned that the girl was at her grandmother's and an interview could be done there.
- USBR Plant Protection advised police that there was a man trespassing on government property near the industrial area. The officer responding found a man known to police carrying a backpack. The man told police that he was just walking around and was having trouble with his backpack. Police learned that the man was wanted on a warrant, but Grant County Jail officials advised that the jail had booking restrictions because it was full.
2/28 - A man wanted on two warrants was spotted on Spokane Way, arrested and taken to Grant County Jail.
3/2 - Police checked on a report that a silver SUV was traveling at 100 mph through Electric City. Police couldn't locate the offender.
- An Electric City woman told police that someone had broken into her father's garage and knocked sheetrock off the ceiling. Police found a mattress in an overhead space where it appeared that someone had been sleeping.
- A nurse who works at Coulee Medical Center was stopped because he was running near the 500 kV switchyard. Plant Protection checked the area and found that there were no signs telling people not to be there and said they would correct that.
- A woman on W. Grand Avenue in Electric City told police that as she was turning her dogs loose in the backyard, she noticed something on the ground. It was half a cat. She said that other neighbors had told her that someone in the area was torturing cats. Police said it was possible that a wild animal had dropped the remains of the cat there.
3/3 - A Moses Lake man was stopped in Electric City when his car wandered over the center line several times. The driver told police that he had only had "four beers" and then later admitted that he was probably drunk. He received a DUI and citation for having expired tabs.
Coulee Dam
2/25 - Police checked on a 911 call from a residence on Aspen Street, where they had checked on earlier 911 hangup calls. The officer was met at the door by a woman who said no one had called 911, and that her aunt and uncle were asleep.
- Residents on River Drive told police that they thought someone was entering a vacant house in their neighborhood. They reported that dogs started barking and they saw a flashlight scanning the area. Police could not find anyone.
- Police checked on a man sleeping in his car at a gas station. He agreed to take an alcohol field test, which proved negative, and the man left the area.
- Police checked on a report that a dog had been inside a vehicle at Columbia Apartments for several days. The officer found that a man was keeping the dog for a relative and that he had been feeding and watering it.
2/26 - A woman reported a yellow dog was in her fenced yard on Birch Street. Police opened the side gate to the yard and the dog ran away.
- Police arrested a woman known to be wanted on an arrest warrant at a service station. In a search, the officer found a baggie of a powdery substance that tested as an illegal drug. She is being charged with driving while license was suspended, possession of a controlled substance, and on the felony warrant.


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A number of people were surprised last week when they discovered Don DeLeo's name was not going to be on the June Democratic Primary ballot.
For the first time in almost 25 years, someone else's name appeared in the Democratic line for Hudson County Surrogate.
In a year in which county government has become front and center in the political three-ring circus, many might have suspected the worst – that DeLeo had been forced out the way some of the freeholders had.
This is not the case, DeLeo said.
"I'm leaving on my own," he said, although he also said he would miss it terribly.
After so long in a job he loved, it's hard to walk away from it.
"But I'm 77 years old and this is for a five-year term, and I'm didn't want to make the commitment for another five years," he said.
As surrogate judge, DeLeo mostly dealt with death and its aftermath, and so DeLeo still has other things he wants to do before he steps off – as Shakespeare puts it – this mortal coil.
"I deal with death every day," he said. "I've very lucky to have served as long as I have and I'm proud of what my office has done. But people this age drop dead at any time. Look at what happened with Ray McDonough (former Mayor of Harrison who died in office earlier this year). I still have things I want to do. I don't want to commit to another five years. I'd be 83 when I'm done."
DeLeo's decision, if anything, stunned a number of political figures because, like the general public, they saw DeLeo as something of an institution, someone who had perfected constituent services for a very vulnerable portion of the community, people who have lost loved ones and must deal with the economic reality of inheritance, wills, and other legal matters.
DeLeo knows all the statistics about life expectancy, and even noted that half the people who reach the age of 85 suffer from Alzheimer's disease.
"I have to figure out how much longer I have," he said. "This was a hard decision to make. I love what I do. All I do and my staff does is help people who are dealing with death. Except for a small percentage of people who come to my office for adoption reasons, no one who comes through my doors comes here happy."
Over the years, he has had a free hand to shape the office into something that concentrated on the needs of those who came in, and for that, he said, he is very grateful.
What the heck is up with the WNY Parking Authority?
Rumors that Richard Rivera would be asked to step down as the director of the Parking Authority in West New York proved unfounded when the Parking Authority board failed to vote for him to leave. This means that he will likely work until the end of his contract – which ends in June.
A change of priorities in the Roque administration appears to want to replace Rivera with someone more in line with the new political regime. Since Rivera was brought on as director in early 2013, the Roque administration has re-established its political alliances with Rep. Albio Sires, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and state Sen. Nicholas Sacco. Insiders say that Rivera does not fit in with the new team.
Shrugging off the political changes, Rivera said it was time for him to separate from governmental work and get back to his advocacy work – which has been his focus for more than a decade.
But the WNY Parking Authority appears to have other problems that have nothing to do with Rivera, and may soon lead to a showdown with a newly reorganized city administration. The city is particularly critical of the Parking Authority's consideration of a development project that some city officials believe should be rejected. Legal eagles for both the city and the Parking Authority may soon come out swinging with legal opinions. This may lead to a review of the membership of the Parking Authority.
Bread-and-butter issues may decide Bayonne election
While a pothole on 53rd Street and Broadway in Bayonne may not decide this year's election, it may symbolize what is going on behind the scenes.
At the bus stop in front of the Broadway Diner recently, people huddled against the rain, only to have a speeding car hit the pothole and send a spray of dirty water onto the waiting pedestrians. A woman, wiping muddy water from her pink jumpsuit, asked: "What's wrong with this town?" Across the street, union members were picketing a construction site for not using union labor.
"And this is supposed to be a union town," said one of the men as people in passing vehicles beeped their horns in support.
Some Smith insiders said they've been frustrated by the project there, saying the administration has tried to get union workers employed on the project—to no avail.
This was the same week that the pipe fitters union endorsed Mayor Mark Smith and his ticket for reelection.
The Smith team sees smooth sailing to reelection based on its own polling data. But there is another poll that they seemed to have missed, an apparent dissatisfaction that isn't reflected in telephone polls or lawn signs.
For the most part, The Smith campaign is selling the idea that Bayonne is on the mend, and the literature is rife with success stories and new development. Opposition candidate James Davis is selling the idea that the Smith Administration has failed to live up to the promises it made four years ago and cites rising water bills, the lack of a teachers' contract, changes in utility services, and vacant stores along Broadway.
Caught in the middle of this is the third candidate, Anthony Zanowic, who is trying to provide a moderate alternative to these two extremes.
It is difficult to know if the lady in the pink jump suit from the bus stop will vote in May, or how much of an impact everyday experiences will play in the election. But it is clear that Davis and Smith see two completely different Bayonnes. Which is rooted more in reality?
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What, if anything, is the matter with Obama? This is a question that sharply divides progressives today, the central front on what has become known as the "Obama Wars."
The Obama Wars can be vicious – they're often reminiscent of the 2008 primary fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In online communities, the conflict pits "Obamabots," whose mindless fealty to Our Dear Leader renders them incapable of independent thought, and "emo-progs," members of the "professional left" whose lust for attacking the administration and refusal to give it credit for its accomplishments will only discourage Democratic voters and ultimately usher in a Bachmann presidency and a Supreme Court packed with far-right activist judges.
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Joshua Holland is a senior digital producer for BillMoyers.com. He's the author of The Fifteen Biggest Lies About the Economy (and Everything Else the Right Doesn't Want You to Know about Taxes, Jobs and Corporate America) (Wiley: 2010), and host of Politics and Reality Radio. Follow him on Twitter or drop him an email at hollandj [at] moyersmedia [dot] com.


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It's even worse, the OP didn't qoute who he was belittling so now his correction stands out there like a naked British royal, and the horsebeater who replied to that also cuts of his nose to spite his face in laughing at this guy's expense because noone knows what the first guy was talking about. You sir, however, have rightly decimated the second party. I will fall victim to your folly as well, for I am criticizing and commenting without having any context of the original idea put forth for comic value.It's not going to happen now that you explained it to death, and then picked apart its corpse for good measure.
NASA officials has released a press statement saying the spacecraft will not require any special programming to direct it towards a collision with the Moon. They simply plan to install Windows Vista on the craft and let nature take its course.
For further information please see the paper entitled "Using complex instability for positive gain: The use of underlying instabilities inherent in proprietary operating systems with undocumented functions to achieve net gains in proposed Unmanned Procedurally Programmed Missions for Interstellar Scientific Study (UPPMISS) " at NASA.gov
replace their somewhat embarrassing "Faster, better, cheaper" motto with "Closer, cheaper, deeper"?
The overall energy of the impact will
...and suppose water is a limited resource, and they just blew away/polluted a significant proportion of that reserve?
It simply of such a small scale effect against such a massive landscape that it's pretty much unthinkable.
It is peculated that only creators at the south pole who's depths are in permanent shadow may contain water ice. How many creators would that be, anyhow? - after this test - one less - whatever the count!
The disappearance of the Mars Polar Lander in December concluded a year of major failures for Nasa. The lander vanished less than three months after Nasa lost its sister spacecraft, the Mars Climate Orbiter, in highly-embarrassing circumstances. The $125m craft, which was to study the Red Planet's climate, went missing on 23 September after a mix-up between imperial and metric measurements
The moon cannot repel a force of that magnitude!More notably, it will impact with significantly greater force (100x, per the article) than previous Moon collisions
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Speaking in Tech: WTF is Software Defined Networking, anyway?
Well, it's not Oracle's Xsigo
Posted in Networks, 28th November 2012 10:43 GMT
It's another episode of El Reg's enterprise techcast with The Dude of Tech Greg Knieriemen, storage meister Ed Saipetch and new media maven Sarah Vela. Their special guest is Greg Ferro of the Packet Pushers Podcast and EtherealMind.com, who gives us the skinny on software defined networking and what the big players are doing in the sector. It's kind of awesome - really interesting, thoughtful stuff... Do yourself a favour and put your headphones on.
This week, Ed is on another secret mission while Sarah is back and refreshed from her vacation.
This week we discuss…
- Sarah's holiday
- Catch-up with Ferro
- Cisco's Acquisition of Meraki and premature blog posting
- Defining Software Defined Networking
- Xsigo and Vyatta's SDN washing
- OpenStack as orchestration for SDN
- Big Switch vs Nicira
- Cisco's SDN play
- Nicira and SDN - not for the enterprise
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His publisher Geoff Kloske of Riverhead Books said Matthiessen died Saturday after being ill "for some months." He had been diagnosed with leukemia. Matthiesen was 86.
Matthiessen won National Book Awards for "The Snow Leopard," his spiritual account of the Himalayas, and for "Shadow Country." His new novel, "In Paradise," is scheduled for publication Tuesday.
A rich man's son who scorned his privileged childhood, Matthiessen was also a Zen priest, a political activist and a leading environmentalist and wilderness writer. In the early 1950s, he helped George Plimpton found The Paris Review, one of the most influential literary magazines.
Matthiessen emerged as a major novelist in 1961 with "At Play in the Fields of the Lord."


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I ask because I have no idea! So we're using the term "guide" loosely here.
Recently, I took a flight and realized that my suitcase was a complete piece of shit. Tattered, old, cheap, poorly made and (maybe worst of all?) really ugly. Since then, I've become curious about "good luggage:" what does that mean exactly? I can spout about handbag quality ad nauseum… but I don't know up from down when it comes to suitcases or travel chests or even duffel bags. How much do you have to spend? What kind of lifespan should you expect?
Here are various pieces at various price points that I thought at least looked interesting or unusual or not bad, but really, what I want to know is: who makes your luggage and are you happy with it? Tell me about your experiences and the brands with which you've had good luck (or otherwise).
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I would go with a variant of MsMarjorie's suggestion. I'd send the e-mail back to her, with a note on top: "Hey Sis, just thought you might want to know it looks like you've been hacked. I just got this and WOW. Might want to change your password."
Perhaps you could ask her if her account got hacked (which may actually be a possibility) because you can't imagine that she would send such an awful email?
If I had some ham, I could have ham and eggs, if I had some eggs.
If silence will be taken as assent then I will disagree. I like the idea of sending her a message about being hacked. If she does come back with saying that she sent it on purpose I would probably send back something along the lines of "I see. I had no idea you found racism funny. Please don't email me again."
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We do not think enough about thinking, and much of our confusion is the result of current illusions in regard to it. Let us forget for the moment any impressions we may have derived from the philosophers, and see what seems to happen in ourselves. The first thing that we notice is that our thought moves with such incredible rapidity that it is almost impossible to arrest any specimen of it long enough to have a look at it. When we are offered a penny for our thoughts we always find that we have recently had so many things in mind that we can easily make a selection which will not compromise us too openly. On inspection we shall find that even if we are not downright ashamed of a great part of our spontaneous thinking it is far too intimate, personal ignoble or trivial to permit us to reveal more than a small part of it. This must be true of everyone. We do not, of course, know what goes on in other peoples heads. They tell us very little, and we tell them very little too. The spigot of speech rarely fully opened, could never emit more than driblets of the ever renewed hogshead of thought. We find it hard to believe that other peoples thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.
We all appear to ourselves to be thinking all the time during our waking hours, and most of us are aware that we go on thinking while we are asleep, even more foolishly than when awake. When uninterrupted by some practical issue we are engaged in what is now know as a reverie. This is our spontaneous and favourite engaged in what is now known as a reverie. This is our spontaneous and favroute kind of thinking. We allow our ideas to take their own course and this course is determined by our hopes and fears, our spontaneous desires, their fulfillment or frustration, by our likes and dislikes, our loves and hates and resentments. There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves. All thought that is not more or less laboriously controlled and directed will inevitably circle about the beloved Ego. It is amusing and pathetic to observe this tendency in ourselves and in others. We learn politely and generously to overlook this truth, but if we dare to think of it, it blazes forth like the noontide sun.
The reverie or free association of ideas has of late become the subject of scientific research. While investigators are not yet agreed on the results, or at least on the proper interpretation to be given to them, there can be no doubt that our reveries from the chief index to our fundamental character. They are a reflection of our nature as modified by often hidden and forgotten experiences. We need not go into the matter further here, for it is only necessary to observe that the reverie is at all times a potent and in many cases an omnipotent rival to every other kind of thinking. It doubtless influences all our speculations in its persistent tendency to self magnification and self justification, which are its chief preoccupations, but it is the last thing to make directly or indirectly for hones increase of knowledge. Philosophers usually talk as if such thinking did not exist or were in some way negligible. This is what makes their speculations so unreal and often worthless.
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There are many parts of the past tense. I don't know what parts to use, such as had been, have been, has been.
I should probably warn you, the past tense is the most complex tense in English and you can write a dissertation on it. Your question is a little broad :( However I might be able to help a tiny bit.Originally Posted by student12
First off, "have been" is just a plural form of "has been".
The first case "had been"
this tense is used to compare the relativity of one occurrence in the past to another. You cannot use this tense to describe just one action. Had been is used to define one thing that occurred at a previous point in time before another thing, but both things began, occurred and ENDED in the past. That's the giveaway. This is called the past perfect.
We had been walking for 4 hours when someone finally decided to give us a ride.
I had been writing for what seemed like days, my arm felt like it was going to fall off!
Susan had not had such a satisfying meal since she killed that deer last winter.
Has/Have been denotes an action that began and occurred in the past, but is still occurring for all we know. This is the Past Perfect Contiunuous. Some people call it the Past Progressive which isn't totally correct but it's not totally incorrect either.
We have been enrolled at this university for 2 years now.
I have not been to his house in forever !
The guy at the bar has been trying to score all night.
You guys have been making noise all night. Please go to bed now.
I hope this helps you a little :)


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Put change in someone's meter
Ever walk by a car about to get a parking ticket? Go to a local parking garage with a roll of quarters and watch people smile when they come back to their car!
I don't know whether it is illegal where I live, but I have put extra change in someone's meter from time to time. If I get a metered parking spot, I often leave extra time on the meter for the next person intentionally, particularly if it is in one of the busy spots around town, and I know someone will be pulling in as soon as I leave.
I bought the November issue of "Real Simple". The editor writes in her column of her family going to the beach and about to get in line for a parking pass. A man came up to them and offered to give them his, because he was planning to stay at the beach for the entire day but had to leave unexpectedly.
One more. I have a friend who sings in a professional Chicago chorus. She and her daughter went to her husband's workplace to take him out to dinner for his birthday -- he sometimes works alternate hours. At the restaurant she sang him a full-out opera style Happy Birthday, of course -- her daughter, who's in middle school, was thoroughly embarrassed! :eek:
I wasn't trying to be a downer...just pointing out that most metered parking is with a maximum limit, 2 hours, 1 hour, 4 hours, whatever. So, by re-feeding the meter, you are defeating the purpose of the meter. Do people do it? I am sure. Would I actively encourage people to do it? No. It is a law, one that I might not agree with...but the law is the law.
Google, "refeeding the meter" and you may find that it is illegal in many, many places.
In the 46 years I have been driving I have never received a speeding ticket. I was 12 miles over the limit last Friday & was in the process of slowing down & had even thought of before that about 3 miles up the road to put the car on cruise at 60 in a 55 mph zone.
I met an officer of the law in a white car & his lights came on. I knew right away to pull over as quick as possible. He stopped behind me & I dug out my license & handed it to him. He asked me where I was going in such a hurry & I said to work. He asked me where I worked & I told him.
I figured I was 10 miles over the limit but he said I was 12. He asked me the last time I got a speeding ticket & I said never. He told me to stay in my car for safety. (I was thinking about the old lady a couple weeks back & the officer that had to rough her up because she wouldn't get out of her car.) I thought it was nice of him to think of my safety.
It took awhile before he came back to my car. He said you know it can cost you $167.00 for your speeding over the limit & I should think of the number of days it would take to pay for that speeding ticket. (He didn't mention my insurance going up.) I said WOW!. He said I am going to let you go today without giving you a ticket but am giving you a warning to slow down for your own safety & the safety of others. He handed me my license back. I didn't argue with him any & figured he did me a service & was doing his job.
If he would of given me the ticket I would of still felt the same. ;)
I am thinking all the parking meters in the US but the ones you are mentioning are the kind that have limits, and the limits are to limit the time a person parks in one spot without moving one's vehicle. That is the purpose behind the meter (in addition to raising money for the municipality). So, if there is a meter in place, and you refeed it, it is illegal.
No worries here. I just get kind of crazy when I see people on the verge of breaking laws. :) We had a HUGE re-feeding the meter story here years ago. It was huge...and while I always knew refeeding the meter was illegal, I never knew it could get as ugly as it did here.
I do not live in Boston itself. I lived for many years in Newton, and now am in Waltham. The meters that don't have any stated limit I am sure fill up after a while, but usually one can put hours on them. Like I said, it varies street to street, spot to spot ...
Beautiful Music
I've been in the Cardiac Care Unit for a week today. It's been exceedingly boring and tedious. This morning as I struggled with the futility of trying to find something less than inane to watch on the television, I heard beautiful music coming from the hallway. Thinking it was playing from overhead speakers, I went to investigate and found a kind woman playing beautiful live music for us on a harp. What a much needed act of kindness to receive!
Sharing a story that touched my heart.
One Smile at a Time
I am a firm believer in doing all that I can to make someone who's feeling down, smile. After all, smiles can change the world with a simple act of random kindness. Today on the bus, I was sitting in the seat with my back to the window and in the corner of my eye, I saw a larger man who looked incredibly sad. Upon glancing again I soon realised he was crying. I saw his lips moving and he was telling himself very negative things over and over and he continued to cry. After watching numerous people get onto the bus and sit in every seat around him but the one next to him, he started to get more upset. I was feeling very sad just looking at his misery when the bus stopped at a high school. A bunch of rude teenage girls got on and the only seat open was the one next to him. One girl told the other to sit next to him. She said (very loudly) "eww I'm not sitting there. He's fat!" I got up and stood in front of her and said "but he's got 4 times the decency than you do" and walked over to his seat, smiled and asked if the seat was taken. He never said anything. Just smiled. He smiled the rest of the bus ride home. We didn't speak a word the whole ride. But we both knew the impact I made on him. As I neared my stop, I looked at him and said "you have a wonderful day, and hopefully I see you again in the future." I have never seen a smile as hopeful as this man's. Maybe I saved his life with just a smile, maybe I saved someone else's. But either way, I'm changing the world. One smile at a time.


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Wheat Berries in a soaker?
i am hoping for some guidance on using Wheat Berries in a soaker for a multi-grain loaf.
has anyone had experience of using Wheat Berries in such a way?
i wondered if they would have to be cooked rather than soaked?
are these the same items that people use to sprout and add to dough?
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Anton came through like a boss. Had some problems with my order he reshipped the 18th and just arrived today. 4 fucking days man...holy shit!
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In Puritan New England, Protestant and Catholic Churches Are Declining While Evangelical and Pentecostal Groups Are Rising
Religion in America is changing as is what it means to be religious. What that means may subject for debate, what isn't is the nature of the change.
Established mainstream churches are giving way to smaller or less formal and structured ones. As Catholic and mainline Protestant are losing parishioners, evangelical churches are growing at a terrific pace.
The reasons for the change are many but it is clear the very nature of religious identity is driving that change. Blind obedience and dogma are not enough anymore. It their place good works and personal commitment to living a meaningful and religiously inspired.
New England is seeing much of these changes first hand. While what is happening there may well be a bellwether for the rest of the country, these changes prompt other questions. What is at the root of these changes? Are established churches stagnant or do these other churches offer something different? Are the changes the result of cultural shifts or the result of an aging and/or a growing non white demographic?
Are non Christian religions undergoing the same changes? For the same reasons?
While no one has a crystal ball, to be sure, the changes are real and the consequences, both intended and unintended are going to make some big differences in how the nation is defined.
Who's Filling America's Church Pews: In Puritan New England, Protestant and Catholic Churches Are Declining While Evangelical and Pentecostal Groups Are Rising. « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
On a snowy 20-degree day in December, the visitors shiver as they move among vestiges of a long-closed Pizza Hut on this city's struggling main street. A salad bar teeters off kilter. Dust collects on the dismantled facade of a soda dispenser. A few bolted-down tables and chairs remain - usable, but only after a good cleaning.
Yet none of this bothers the three leaders from the Auburn Seventh-day Adventist Church, who seem warmed by holy fire to carry out their task: Help transform the pizza joint into something with a bit more piety. Their church has reached capacity, having doubled attendance in the past year. So they've crossed the Androscoggin River to plant a second church, the Ark, in the heart of one of the nation's least religious states.
This won't be worship as usual. Starting early in the new year, a smorgasbord of community services will be served where deep-dish pepperoni used to be the lure. Vegetarian cooking classes and health seminars, hydrotherapy treatments and massage instruction, marriage classes and smoking-cessation clinics - all will be free of charge and led by volunteers. A vegan restaurant will open to bring in revenue. Worship services will begin next spring.
"It's almost like you have to use a place like a Pizza Hut," says Tracy Vis, a new member of the Auburn church. "Some people are not going to be comfortable with [traditional church buildings] or traditions. But they'll come here and listen to these different messages."
The Ark is symbolic of a transforming religious landscape in New England. Long defined by dominant Roman Catholic and mainline Protestant institutions, the terrain is undergoing a fundamental shift as traditional denominations cope with steep declines in


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Savannah-Chatham police are seeking four suspects in a recent break-in at Grayson Stadium.
Just before 8 p.m. on Oct. 6, three young boys and a female were caught on video inside the stadium where the Sand Gnats play, said Gena Bilbo, police spokeswoman. It was the second time the stadium has recently been broken into.
The suspects grabbed bottles of liquor after they broke in, Bilbo said.
Police are searching for the suspects and would like the public's assistance.
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