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Some Palestinian Arabs need Israel. Some Palestinian Arabs even want Israel. And the number of Palestinians who can be described this way is probably more than you think.
Most of these people will never speak openly to the mainstream media, and there will never be a Palestinian non-governmental organization advocating Israeli rule. To take such a stand publicly would put the lives of these people at risk in a way most would be unwilling to accept. But they are talking, quietly and individually, opening up to Christian and Jewish humanitarian volunteers and average Israelis with whom they have developed friendships.
One such Christian aid worker with Shevet Achim, a ministry that brings Arab children with congenital heart defects to Israel for life-saving treatment, spoke to Israel Today and told us about how both his eyes and the eyes of the Arabs he has personally helped have been opened to just how much Israel loves its "enemies."
In the interview, which will appear in our next issue, the Christian aid worker tells how Israel is actually eager to help ministries like Shevet Achim bring sick children from Gaza for treatment, a sharp contrast to the mainstream media reports that paint Israel as cruelly imprisoning the residents of Gaza. In fact, he says the real problem is the Palestinian Authority, which often makes it difficult for Arabs living under its rule to receive help from Israel.
And our source is not the only one who sees this. He says many of the Arab families who have been helped are now aware of which side in this conflict is most looking out for their well-being.
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If you've visited this blog before, you'll be confused because I've changed its name! It used to be 'the climate extremist' but I decided that wasn't very helpful. The reason I called it that at first was because flying will soon be the biggest contributor to global warming of all so I refuse to travel by air. As a result of this stance, a friend accused me of being 'an extremist'.
My aim was to encourage like-minded responsible citizens to help make this no-fly stance not 'ex-treme', but mainstream. People who fly for frivolous reasons (like tourism) are killing the future, not just for my kids, but for everyones.
But it's not just air travel that's the problem. It's the way we live on the planet, using far more of its resources than it can possibly sustain whilst the global population ticks away, inching upwards at about 3 per second, and now standing at around 6.6 billion. Refusing to fly for non-essential reasons is just one small thing any of us in the rich world can choose to do which will make an impact once there is a critical mass of likeminded people. There are a host of other things too, some of which I'll doubtless blog about in the future!
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Cushing disease
Cushing disease is a condition in which the pituitary gland releases too much adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). The pituitary gland is an organ of the endocrine system.
Cushing disease is a form of Cushing syndrome.
Cushing disease is caused by a tumor or excess growth (hyperplasia) of the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain. A type of pituitary tumor called an adenoma is the most common cause. An adenoma is almost always benign (not a cancer).
With Cushing disease, the pituitary gland releases too much ACTH. ACTH stimulates production and release of cortisol, a stress hormone. Too much ACTH causes the adrenal glands to make too much cortisol.
Cortisol is normally released during stressful situations. It controls the body's use of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins and also helps reduce the immune system's response to swelling (inflammation).
Symptoms of Cushing disease include:
- Upper body obesity (above the waist) and thin arms and legs
- Round, red, full face (moon face)
- Slow growth rate in children
Skin changes that are often seen include:
- Acne or skin infections
- Purple marks (1/2 inch or more wide), called striae, on the skin of the abdomen, thighs, and breasts
- Thin skin with easy bruising, most commonly on the arms and hands
Muscle and bone changes include:
- Backache, which occurs with routine activities
- Bone pain or tenderness
- Collection of fat between the shoulders (buffalo hump)
- Thinning of the bones, which leads to rib and spine fractures
- Weak muscles
Women often have:
- Excess hair growth on the face, neck, chest, abdomen, and thighs
- Menstrual cycle that becomes irregular or stops
Men may have:
- Decreased or no desire for sex
- Impotence
Other symptoms may include:
- Mental changes, such as depression, anxiety, or changes in behavior
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Increased thirst and urination
Exams and Diagnostic Tests
Tests are done to confirm there is too much cortisol in the body, then to determine the cause.
These tests confirm too much cortisol:
- 24-hour urine cortisol
- Dexamethasone suppression test (low dose)
- Salivary cortisol levels (early morning and late at night)
These tests determine cause:
- Blood ACTH level
- Brain MRI
- Corticotropin-releasing hormone test, which acts on the pituitary gland to cause the release of ACTH
- Dexamethasone suppression test (high dose)
- Inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) – measures ACTH levels in the veins that drain the pituitary gland compared to the veins in the chest
Other tests that may be done include any of the following:
- Fasting blood glucose and hemoglobin A1c to test for diabetes
- Lipid and cholesterol testing
- Bone mineral density scan to check for osteoporosis
Treatment involves surgery to remove the pituitary tumor, if possible. After surgery, the pituitary gland may slowly start to work again and return to normal.
During the recovery process, you may need cortisol replacement treatments. Radiation treatment of the pituitary gland may also be used if the tumor is not completely removed.
If the tumor does not respond to surgery or radiation, you may need medicines to stop your body from making cortisol.
If these treatments are not successful, the adrenal glands may need to be removed to stop the high levels of cortisol from being produced.
Untreated, Cushing disease can cause severe illness, even death. Removal of the tumor may lead to full recovery, but the tumor can grow back.
- Compression fractures
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Infections
- Kidney stones
- Mental illness
McGee S. Cushing syndrome. In: Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders. 2012:chap 13.
Molitch M. Anterior pituitary. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 231.
Stewart PM, Krone NP. The adrenal cortex. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds.Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011: chap 15.


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Monday Morning Offering - 16
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A reader from the warm and sunny south writes of his experience with these weekly prayers: "Your Monday Morning Offering is now part of my Monday morning coffee with five friends. We all try to read it before we meet and then discuss it when we get together."
It's a joy to know that the word shared here is shared again!
Good morning, good God!
I've been wondering, Lord:
what do you do with it all?
What do you do with all the stuff I offer you
on Monday mornings?
And not just my stuff:
other people make morning offerings, too,
and some do it every day of the week…
Lord, what do you do with everything we offer you?
Like steam from millions of cups
of coffee and tea and hot chocolate,
our prayers rise up to you:
a morning offering of incense
ground from our beings,
steeped in our sorrow,
sweetened by our joy…
What do you do with everything we offer you?
I know you hear our prayers
(every single one of them!)
and I believe you cherish our "asking" prayers
just as much as our "praising" prayers…
I believe you're pleased just to hear from us -
no matter what we say or ask or plead…
And I believe you listen
even when we don't know what to say:
our silence, too, rises like a sweet fragrance -
be the cups of our hearts empty or full…
Lord, what do you do with everything we offer you?
We offer you prayers, petitions and praise…
We offer dreams and schemes for you to bless with success…
We offer you our hopes and pray we will cope
when you take too long, so long to answer…
We offer you our work or pray to find some work to do…
We offer you our weakness and beg for your strength…
We offer you hearts for healing, hurts for soothing,
bodies for mending, problems for fixing
and relationships for repairing…
What do you do with everything we offer you?
You store it up -- of course, you do!
You keep all we offer
in the infinite depths of your heart
where beats the heart
of every one ever born,
all of us here now
and those whose hearts
have yet begun to beat…
In your heart every prayer is heard, treasured
and measured for eternal keeping
like ribbon-tied love letters
or valentines from children…
Lord, what do you do with everything we offer you?
You remember everything we offer you,
even the many prayers we have forgotten,
prayers that once seemed so urgent…
every one of our prayers echoes in your heart,
So I come once again, Lord,
and offer you my Monday and the week ahead…
I offer you my needs
and pray you make me generous
because, already,
I have more than I need…
I offer you my troubles and pray for your peace…
I offer you my fears and pray for your strength…
I offer you my silence
and trust you hear the words I cannot say…
I offer you my words and deeds this day, Lord,
and pray they help and bless
all those whose paths cross mine…
Like the steam from my coffee, Lord,
let my morning offering
rise up to you
and live forever
in your Heart of hearts…
Posted by Concord Pastor at 6:00 AM
3 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Thank you for another Monday morning prayer that says it all and better than I could say/pray it. What a beautiful and uplifting image - all of us and our prayers gathered, embraced and cherished in the Heart of Hearts. Where two or three are gathered . . .ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 2:51 PM
"I offer you my silenceReplyDelete
and trust you hear the words I cannot say…"
WOW - I just got goose bumps. ROB
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2008 at 12:30 AM
...I just got "goose bumps" too... major ones...ReplyDelete
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To Learn More About John McDonald
One spring evening - in a town that will remain nameless - the movers and shakers got together in the banquet room of a local inn for one of those chamber of commerce congratulatory events, where everyone in the room gets some kind of "prestigious award."
I'm sure you've been to such events, where one civic leader or business owner will stand at the microphone and go on extolling the virtues of another civic leader or business owner virtues everyone in attendance knows full-well he or she doesn't possess and then the extoller will hand the "humble" rascal a plaque suitable for hanging. The extolling and awarding will continue until all the plaques stacked behind the head table have been handed out.
At this point at such banquets most people usually get up and go home.
But on this particular night in this particular town, that didn't happen. Several people, including some of the real big shots, stayed at their table and basked in the afterglow of all those flattering speeches.
One of the evening's awards had gone to the president of the local parent teacher organization for the innovative writing program she had helped initiate at the middle school, and the talk among the stragglers turned to writing.
"Isn't it shameful what's happened to the quality of writing these days?" asked the president of the local chamber, to no one in particular.
"I couldn't agree more," said the principal of the local high school, adding that it was all the fault of things like television and texting and face-bookl.
No one knows who first suggested a contest it was either the slightly intoxicated principal or the mildly inebriated president of the chamber of commerce but at some point one of these local luminaries boldly proposed a local writing contest.
Once suggested, the idea took off like a prairie fire.
By the time all the stragglers left for home they had scribbled down some contest rules, listed names of possible sponsors, come up with ideas on prizes and agreed to meet around 9 the next morning at the chamber office.
It was at that first meeting that cracks began to show in the contest's hastily poured foundation. The president of the chamber assumed from the beginning that since the high school was filled with well-educated teachers its employees would do most of the heavy lifting, including publicity and judging. For his part, the principal assumed that since the chamber had so many active members it would do most of work involved, and all he had to do was send notices home to parents and put a few articles in the local paper to publicize the writing contest.
"Why can't those teachers of yours read the contest entries?" the chamber president demanded.
"Because those teachers of mine are too busy working second jobs to make ends meet that's why!" the principal replied. "Why can't that chamber of yours hire some of my underpaid teachers to judge the writing entries?" he snorted.
From that point things went downhill fast.
The high school did send out notices to parents and local papers about the writing contest and the entries poured in. But by that time, contest organizers were at each other's throats, arguing about every contest detail and whose responsibility was whose.
There were many more contest entries than anyone had anticipated and the chamber spent a small fortune to pay the judges from the local school. The chamber president demanded that the principal help defray the high cost of the judging but the principal adamantly refused.
When it came time to organize the writing contest's awards ceremony more arguments erupted and more nerves were frayed. Although hastily thrown together, the ceremony somehow managed to go on and the winning writers got their prizes, although by now organizers weren't even speaking.
Even after the contest was over things were so bad in town that chamber members avoided chamber meetings. One member wouldn't acknowledge another member if they passed on the street, and emails and phone calls went unanswered.
The next year's chamber dinner had to be canceled for lack of interest, and there was even some talk of dissolving the now crippled organization.
It took years for things in the town to get back to normal. The chamber president eventually sold his business and retired to Arizona. The high school principal didn't retire, but around the same time got a job in a far-away district and couldn't leave town fast enough.
Folks in town who still remember it say the whole thing started because the chamber president and the high school principal once lingered too long at a banquet.
John McDonald is a humorist and storyteller who performs regularly throughout
New England. Contact John at email@example.com or 899-1868.
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it's pretty rare i come across a computer book that i enjoy from front to back.
Linux Programming (by Example) by Kurt Wall (Que) is an excellent read if you really want to get down and dirty into linux programming. it's at a perfect intermediate level, meaning that it assumes that you're comfortable on linux and programming some c, and teaches you to use what you already know to do something useful.
this is NOT a beginners guide to linux or c, you have to already know some stuff to get anything out of reading this. topics are:
building process
system calls
file handling
socket programming
and tons more
so if you're beyond a beginners level and looking to really get down and dirty with your linux box, this book has great examples and is easy to follow along. i highly recommend it!


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|Bike Art on the Trail from Last Fall
We rode our bikes. You all know how good it feels to ride a trail when it's not raining. It has been mucky, muddy, and rainy for weeks. There was so much flooding last year that many trails are closed. Very few were out on the woodsy trail we rode today, due to the grand opening of another bike trail. Actually we've been on that trail, too, but this was a special celebration.
The wind just about gusted us off the path in a few places. We saw some who gave up. Fortunately it was at our back on the way home.
We took a break for half an hour and as usual we read. The husband: nature essays. I lay down on a bench and finished Mary Webb's Precious Bane.
The short biography of Mary Webb at the beginning of my 1938 Modern Library edition of her masterpiece, Precious Bane, says:
"...Precious Bane might have languished unnoticed by the world at large and its author...might have been forgotten, had not a busy Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, paused to introduce and champion Mary Webb in 1928."
This edition of Webb's novel also includes Baldwin's 1928 introduction, which says her power lies in "the fusion of the elements of nature and man." And, indeed, her elegant nature writing is one of the pluses of this lovely novel.
Precious Bane, which won the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse as the best English novel of 1925, is reminiscent of Thomas Hardy's novels. Webb's pastoral novel delineates a tragedy just as deep and affecting as that of Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. Her poeticism and allusive consciousness of Hardy's Wessex world are deliberate; her Shropshire is as gorgeous and often as forbidding as his terrain.
Yet she is a very different kind of writer. Her lyrical language is not as arresting as Hardy's, yet her sense of story is strong, and the intelligent voice of her first-person narrator, Prue, is more direct than Hardy's less personal omniscient third-person narration. She isn't quite in Hardy's class, but she is certainly worth reading. Sadly, many remember her novels only as the object of satire in Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm.
The heroine of Precious Bane, Prue, age 21, was born with a harelip. She lives and works on her parents' farm, and, though she is quick, caring, practical, and brilliant, she believes her deformity will prevent her marrying. Her rhapsodic observations of nature are her comfort. For most of the book, she lives with her ambitious brother, Gideon, and peaceful mother.
But she falls in love with a traveling weaver, who doesn't know she's alive.
"It was at a love-spinning that I saw Kester first. And if, in these new-fangled days, when strange inventions crowd upon us, when I hear tell there is even a machine coming into use in some parts of the coutnry for reaping and mowing, if those that mayhappen will read this don't know what a love-spinning was, they shall hear in good time."
The novel is intertwined with love stories: her brother Gideon's engagement to their light-hearted, giggling neighbor, Jancis, the daughter of Wizard Beguildy; and then Prue's more complicated love for Kester, the weaver, whom she gets to know indirectly through letter-writing: Gideon and Jancis are illiterate, so Prue writes her brother's letters and Kester writes Jancis's.
Prue is no prude. In one scene, she agrees to participate in a trick Wizard Beguildy plays on the squire. He says he can raise Venus, and orders Jancis to appear naked. Prue takes Jancis's place: no one can see her face. And it turns out that Kester is present: both he and the squire are smitten by her figure.
Because of Gideon's insane ambition--he works day and night on the farm to get rich--he refuses to marry Jancis even when her father says he will sell her to the squire or as a farm maid. This leads to tragedy: it makes Far, Tess and Jude look bland.
Except we know what's coming. We never know what will happen in Hardy.
I loved this novel when I read it in the '70s and rereading it has been a pleasure. And I love it that a politician would have bothered to write an introduction to the novel.


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ATI Remote Wonder (RF, USB, full size)
Vendors Support Website: http://mirror.ati.com/products/remotewonder/index.html
Support Status: USB RF Receiver Supported
USB Remote intended for Media Center PCs The original ATI Remote Wonder. There are two other models: Remote Wonder Plus and Remote Wonder II.
Issues and Problems
This works as of Lirc 8.0 using the lirc module: "lirc_atiusb"
You must disable the ati_remote module from loading.
FC4: Disable it by adding ati_remote into the /etc/hotplug/blacklist file. SuSE 10.2: Disable it by adding "blacklist ati_remote" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Associated Software
Lirc: http://www.lirc.org/
Installation guide
Here are the directions for setting up the ATI Remote Wonder with lirc.
Fedora Core
Fedora Core 5 steps:
1. Make sure "ati_remote" is blacklisted.
2. Plug in the USB reciever
3. Type in "lsmod"
4. You should see a module called "lirc_atiusb" this actually the module for the ATI USB Wonder remote
5. (fedora core 4). Add these lines to your /etc/modprobe.conf (for fedora core 4 and before only!) Template:Box File
6. (fedora core 5) Add this line to /etc/rc.local
# /sbin/modprobe lirc_atiusb
7. Copy the contents of the example lircd.conf config file to /etc/lircd.conf.
8. start the lircd daemon
9. Run "irw" and press buttons on your remote you should see output for each button.
10. For MythTV users Make your /home/username/.mythtv/lircrc file (listed below)
openSUSE 10.2
1. Make sure "ati_remote" is blacklisted.
2. If you have already plugged in the usb receiver, physically remove it and use "rmmod ati_remote" to remove the module.
3. check that "lirc-kmp-default" is installed: rpm -qa | grep -i lirc
This contains the required "lirc_atiusb" module. If it is not installed, install it with
yast -> Software -> Software Management -> Search -> "lirc" -> Accept
(You may need your installation CDs or DVD for the filesets.)
4. Plug in the USB receiver back in
5. Type in "lsmod | grep -i ati". The output should look something like this:
lirc_atiusb 21408 0 lirc_dev 18548 1 lirc_atiusb usbcore 114896 3 lirc_atiusb,usbhid,uhci_hcd
"lirc_atiusb" is the module for the ATI USB Wonder remote
6. Add these lines to your /etc/modprobe.conf:
alias char-major-61 lirc_atiusb alias lirc_dev lirc_atiusb
7. Copy the contents of the example lircd.conf config file below to /etc/lircd.conf or go ahead and create your own lircd.conf file using irrecord. irrecord takes a while to run through, but it sure is nice to have the remote work in the end.
cd /etc irrecord ./lircd.conf
8. Save the example lircrc file below to /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc -change the owner mythtv (assuming you're running mythTV as 'mythtv') and the group to 'users'
chown mythtv:users /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
9. Start the lircd daemon
10. Verify it is running. This should return a line with "lircd" in it besides the 'grep' line
ps -ef | grep lircd
11. Run "irw" and press any button on your remote. If the mappings are correct, you should see output for each button you press. If nothing is showing up, you may need to use "irrecord config_file.conf" to record your own ir mappings.
mythbox:/etc # irw 00000014527d0000 00 mouse-button_right ./lircd.conf 000000144b760000 00 mouse-right_down ./lircd.conf 0000001446710000 00 mouse-right ./lircd.conf 0000001448730000 00 mouse-down ./lircd.conf 00000014de090000 00 vol-down ./lircd.conf 00000014de090000 01 vol-down ./lircd.conf 00000014dd080000 00 vol-up ./lircd.conf 00000014dd080000 01 vol-up ./lircd.conf
Use "Ctrl-C" to quit irw
When using irrecord and naming the buttons, be sure to use the same naming schemes as those in the "begin codes" section of the lircrc file (see example below). This will allow you to copy/paste the example lircrc given below it in the next step. The example lirc.conf given has the buttons listed in the same order as the are placed on the remote. It is very important that the "button" names in the lircrc match those specified in the lirc.conf.
12. Use yast to setup the lirc daemon to start at boot time:
yast -> System -> System Services (Runlevel) -> lirc -> Enable -> ok -> Finish -> yes -> Quit
13. Start up mythfrontend as mythtv (assuming that is your account) and the remote should be working.


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Elizabeth Wosley-George, Ph.D.
Professor of Counseling
"My passion for students is that they are eager learners; that they become caring professionals who truly strive for excellence in the work they do, and in so doing bring hope to a struggling world, reflecting Christ's grace, love and mercy to all humanity."
- Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Psychology, Ohio State University – Columbus
- M.ED. in Higher Education and Counseling University of Washington – Seattle
- B.A. in Psychology, University of Washington – Seattle
Contact Information
|Portland Campus, Milliken Hall, 3rd Floor
Further Ministry Experience
Former Portland State University professor, and coordinator of Counselor Education, Liz began her career while a young person as script writer and recorder for Christian Radio Studio, Obot Idim, Ibesikpo, Nigeria. The tapes recorded were broadcast on Radio Voice of The Gospel, to several African nations, as a service of The Lutheran Hour/Bringing Christ to the Nations. Her experience includes work as an adoptions worker for Gentle Care Adoption Services in Columbus, Ohio, and later, at Give Us This Day Adoption Services, in Portland, Oregon. She was also Director of Emergency Services at North Central Mental Health in Columbus, Ohio. From 1991 to 2011, she served as an Emergency Services Crisis Clinician for Providence Health and Services, Portland, Oregon. She has served on various boards, of agencies concerned with care for mental illness, and was a vice Chair for the former Network Behavioral Health, now Cascadia Behavioral Health, in Portland Oregon. Liz and her husband Ben have been married for thirty-one years and have four children. She enjoys singing, gardening, and spending time at the coast.
Recent Published Work
- Commentator for Evidence-Based Mental Health (EBMH) Journal (2011-present)
- Bishop, M, Livneh, H, and Wosley-George, E.T. (2005).
- Counseling clients with psychiatric disabilities in D. Capuzzi and L Gross (Eds), Introduction to the Counseling Profession. Boston, Massachusettes: Allyn and Bacon.
Recent Audio Resources
- Member, Health Interactive Panel—Access, advocacy and action. Panel of experts that explored challenges people face in obtaining healthcare in the Portland Oregon area. Moderated by Emily Harris, formerly of National Public Radio/Oregon Public Broadcasting. A Marylhurst University, Spring into Service event, April 19, 2012.


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Apologies for not posting for some time. I've been busy.
I watched Spicks and Specks tonight, it's a good show and I know most of the answers. The best reason for watching however is the buxom, beautiful Myf Warhurst.
She's bright, funny and sharp and has big bazoongas, what more could a man want?
The only thing is ....... tonight it looked as if she may have had a bit of Botox or similiar. Looking at her photos over time she had started to develop a few lines in the forehead area. Tonight she had a forehead that was smooth and fresh but when she smiled or showed emotion nothing happened there.
Nothing wrong with cosmetic surgery however I reckon the money would have been better spent on her boobs. Doesn't matter either way she's georgous. I've always liked brunettes.


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This glass gaiwan is perfect for viewing the tea leaves as they brew. Made of heat-resistant glass, it is suitable for any kind of tea.
Capacity: 4 oz.
What is a Gaiwan?
The gaiwan or covered cup is considered the preferred method for brewing teas with delicate flavors, such as green and white teas, but is suitable for any type of tea. This method has been used in China since about 1350. The gaiwan consists of a saucer, bowl and lid. It is extraordinarily versatile and can be used in place of a teapot, as a combination teapot/teacup (in the traditional Chinese style) or simply as a drinking cup.
All that is needed to prepare tea in this style is a gaiwan, since the tea can be brewed and drunk from the same vessel. Alternatively, the gaiwan can be used primarily as a teapot and the tea decanted into either a small pitcher or individual tasting cups.


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Column: All the Wrong Outrage
It seems like what began as a week of three scandals has devolved into very little "there" being there. Not that that means you will be hearing any less outrage on Fox News or right-wing talk radio, because that is their entire playbook at this point; distract, annoy and delay by ginning up faux outrage.
As it turns out, the bombshell emails leaked to ABC news that were supposed to show the White House trying to protect the State Department were never in ABC's possession. They relied on sources to tell them what was in those emails and ended up with egg on their face when the Obama administration released the actual emails. It is now clear that it was primarily the CIA that wanted references to Al-Qaida scrubbed from the talking points, and that there was no effort to protect the State Department.
Who were the sources that ABC relied on? None other than Republican congressional staffers; you know, the staffs of the people who are endlessly dragging out the Benghazi "investigation" in the hopes that they can find something, anything to pin on the Whitehouse or Hillary Clinton. Consider the source ABC, consider the source. Will we see the outrage machine turned on those who were trying to mislead the press and by extension the American people? Don't bet on it.
It only stands to reason that there is going to be an awful lot of hot air blowing around Washington surrounding the IRS investigation. After all is there a less popular agency in the entire federal government? The Inspector General's report over the delay, yes only a delay, that certain Tea Party affiliated groups received because some low level employees applied an ideological test by looking for key words in applications, has already made clear that there was no connection to the White House or any other agency.
This isn't Richard Nixon planting people in the IRS to punish his enemies. This is the sloppy work of people who should never have had to do the job they were asked to do. The tax exempt status that was being applied for was never meant to be a way for big donors to hide their identity and dump unlimited amounts of money into political ads, but you can thank the Supreme Court's horrendous "Citizens United" decision for that.
Will you hear anything about fixing the real problem from Congressional Republicans in the coming weeks? No, but you can bet that they will drag in person after person to try to get them to say that Obama himself was pulling the strings on an operation that in the end denied exactly zero of the Tea Party applicants the tax exempt status that never should have been open to any of these groups. Oh and by the way, the only group that was denied was one set up by some Democrats.
The only "scandal" that has any real legs is the secret subpoena of the Associated Press's telephone records. If you aren't hearing as much outrage about that from the right-wing media, it is because it pales in comparison to what was made perfectly legal thanks to the Bush administration and the PATRIOT Act.
While neither the President, nor Attorney General Eric Holder were personally involved in this subpoena situation, it reaffirms what many of us on the left have been complaining about in regards to the Obama administration's record on civil liberties. We wanted more from the Constitutional Scholar in Chief. We wanted a roll back of the Bush administration's excessive executive power grab, and instead what we got was assurances that now the good guys are in charge, so why be worried? We are worried, because nobody, not even the good guys, deserves unchecked and unbalanced power. That, and there is nothing preventing less scrupulous individuals from taking even more power for the executive branch if/when they get into the Oval Office.
It was a week where nothing that would improve the quality of life for the majority of Americans got done. It was a week that got us no closer to comprehensive immigration reform, a jobs bill, sensible gun control, raising the minimum wage, or doing something about climate change. It was a week of outrage, but all the wrong kinds for all the wrong reasons.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Gossom and do not reflect Results Radio, Townsquare Media, its sponsors or subsidiaries.


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Learn how to work a new topping onto your pies.
When you think of merguez, you think of sausage, right? Specifically the North African lamb sausage that gets its distinctive flavor from spices including coriander, cumin, cayenne, and red pepper flakes. Chef Edward Sylvia (the mastermind behind the Midtown sandwich mecca Cer Té and its pizza spin-off Pizza by Cer Té), roasts cauliflower—yes, cauliflower—with merguez spices and the Tunisian hot-red-pepper paste harissa and tops pizza with it. Genius, we know.
Roasted red peppers and shaved fennel share the spotlight with the "merguez" cauliflower on this delectable pizza, creating an unlikely and awesome topping combination.
What You'll Need (for one pizza)
- 1 dough portion (Try this recipe for NY style, thin-crust dough)
- 1 head cauliflower
- Harissa*
- Red pepper flakes
- Cayenne pepper
- Whole cumin seeds, toasted and ground
- Whole coriander seeds, toasted and ground
- Low-moisture mozzarella (such as Polly-O), grated
- Roasted red bell pepper, julienned
- 1 Fennel bulb
- Garlic, minced
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
* Harissa is a Tunisian hot chili paste whose main ingredient is hot chili peppers such as bird's eye chilis. You can buy Harissa at Whole Foods or some specialty food stores, or you can make your own by following this recipe.
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Imshanjamal necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 481 diseños de 85 diseñadores freelance.
EQ Group
EQ Group is a diversified international private equity group with over 25 years experience investing private and institutional capital across North America, Europe and Asia. EQ Group is takes a hands on approach on each of its projects and works directly with best in class operating, financial and brand partners to maximise value.
We are an entrepreneurial company with a wide range of skill sets in our core team. We have invested in and built operational capability in a number of sectors including real estate development, hospitality, healthcare, IT and agro-processing.
It is key that we build strong and trustful relationships with all the stakeholders in our business (see target audience below). As such our coroporate identity needs to instantly say "strong, grounded and trustworthy" to all that interact with it. That said we would still like to stand out from the crowd by being just that little bit different and special without being in any way flashy or trendy....understated elegance is more what we are aiming for.
Our target audience is all the stakeholders in our various businesses - investors (other private equity companies, financial institutions, high net worth individuals), banks, industry specific operational partners, accounting and legal advisors and governmental agencies.
Obviously they are a pretty serious bunch who are entrusted to look after and grow other peoples money. While it is of paramount importance that we are still seen as a "safe pair of hands" we would like to seen as a little different and special without being in any way flashy or trendy....understated elegance is more what we are aiming for.
We are looking for a new STRONG, GROUNDED and TRUSTWORTHY logo for our Investment Group - EQ Group.
While we are not looking to curb anyone's creativity, perhaps the use of a lower case font could fit the bill?
- No cartoons, animals, crests or gimmicks
- Could possibly be just words in a nice stylized font
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While not in the financial field we really like the Blackberry logo as we think it fits their brand perfectly.
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the film
Cutting the Noose From Salmon's Neckby David James Duncan
Patagonia - Spring Catalog 2003
The Pacific Ocean covers 70 million square miles of this planet. A vast network of birthing rivers is needed to fill a biologically meaningful portion of so great a sea with salmon. One of the most crucial of such networks is the Columbia/Snake river system, a single great Y-shaped flow, each wing of the Y a thousand miles in length, draining 260,000 square miles of continent all told.
The entire salmon and steelhead population of the Columbia wing was destroyed in a day, fifty years ago, by the Grand Coulee Dam. The Snake wing is now the only significant salmon sanctuary left in this system. Thanks to the Wilderness Act, hundreds of its tributaries remain intact and healthy. Yet extinction for the remaining Snake stocks is predicted to begin in 2017 and be complete a decade or so later. The problem is the infamous lower Snake River dams. A 130-mile corridor of flaccid, desert-heated, predator-filled slackwater and four killing sets of turbines sit between the Pacific and the salmon's vast wild refuge, killing in past years up to 97 percent of ocean-bound juveniles and 40 percent of returning adults every year.
In just 25 years the dams have wiped out 90 percent of the system's salmon, extirpating many discrete strains. Three billion taxpayer and ratepayer dollars have been spent "techno-fixing" the dams, yet every surviving salmon is endangered. Hatcheries cannot replace these salmon. The "man-made" strains are essentially just batches of identical first-cousins, forced to inbreed till they self-destruct due to technological incest. It is wild stocks alone that give hatchery and net-pen salmon their fleeting viability. Without wild salmon in a river system, there are soon no salmon.
An industrial economy can only remain profitable by achieving lasting balance with the natural economy that supports it. A majority of Americans, including editorial boards of scores of major newspapers, now embrace this view. The New York Times, for instance, in April 2000, called the lower Snake dams "a colossal ecological mistake" and states that "an unprejudiced calculation of costs and benefits" would force Congress to fund their breaching. When ex-Senator Slade Gorton saw this editorial, he responded with a tirade in the Times, claiming that breaching the dams would "destroy the way of life in eastern Washington, eliminate our transportation system, raise electricity rates and cost our farmers their irrigation water."
I have bad news for Mr. Gorton: in September 2002 the Rand Corporation - a conservative research group of sterling reputation among Republicans and Democrats alike - completed an in-depth study of Northwest energy issues, including analysis of the four dams' removal. The report concludes that removing the lower Snake River dams could in fact have a positive economic impact, bringing new jobs and fresh economic activity to eastern Washington and the entire Northwest.
The Snake River dams are Cold War relics. They were commissioned by a 1955 Congress to power Hanford City as it built plutonium triggers for a nuclear arsenal aimed at the USSR. They were opposed by President Eisenhower, by the Army Corps that later built them, by the region's Indian tribes, the West Coast's multi-billion-dollar fishing industry, and the majority of the Northwest populace. In the quarter-century since they came on line, nine-tenths of the inland West's wild salmon have been destroyed, as feared.
The USSR is dissolved. Hanford City has been a radioactive ghost town for forty years. The barging channel created by the Snake River dams is like an insanely misplaced Panama Canal leading nowhere but to tiny Lewiston, Idaho. This "canal" transports almost nothing but wheat, and runs parallel to freeways and railroads that could carry the same cargo. Its maintenance costs taxpayers' billions, and damages the economies of scores of towns in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and up and down a thousand miles of Pacific Coast. It inflicts religious persecution and economic apartheid upon 13 Indian tribes whose world view and way of life centers on the salmon. Its dams provide no flood control. One of the four provides irrigation, but the water can be pumped to farms from a free-flowing river with the dam removed. The hydropower provided could be immediately replaced by existing power sources, or as the Rand study recommends, by solar and wind generation. In the Army Corp's hearings on dam removal in the year 2000, 80 percent of those who testified in 12 Northwest cities called for dam breaching. Written support was even more unanimous and poured in from all over the United States. In rivers where dams have been breached, salmon have returned in astonishing numbers.
The best thing to come out of the Northwest for ten thousand years is the wild salmon. These magnificent fish - to borrow a trope from Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac - "will always exist in books and in museums, but these are effigies and images, dead to all hardships and to all delights." Book salmon cannot turn the face of the lower Columbia into a glorious crimson cauldron in the rays of a setting sun. They can't nourish a bear cub, otter whelp, eagle, orca or child. They can't serve as the sacramental blessing of the tribes. They can't send energy shooting from the hidden depths of a green river up a line into the hands, body and heart of a fishing woman or man. Wild salmon show us how to give of ourselves for the sake of things greater than ourselves. Their mass passage from the sea's free and invisible into the river's sacrificial and seen is not just every American's but every earth-born man, woman and child's birthright. Their bodies are the needle, their migration the thread, that sew this big broken region into a whole. No kilowatt can replace this. No barge can transport it.
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According to WFAN/CBS Sports baseball insider Jon Heyman, the Mets are believed to have offered free agent outfielder Curtis Granderson a three-year deal.
Heyman also reports that Granderson is looking for a five-year deal and that the 32-year-old outfielder is seeking $17 million per year.
It's interesting watching how this is evolving.
About an hour ago I actually posted on Twitter than if I were Granderson's agent, I'd probably advise him to wait until Carlos Beltran signs his deal and then demand a 4-5 year deal.
As was reported earlier, the Mets were only planning to offer three years.
That an offer was actually extended, indicates that talks may be settling down for now, while Granderson's agents get back to some of the other teams that have reached out to him. This is what all agents do. They shop offers and try to get a better one.
No word yet if the Mets have asked for a right of first refusal, or even if three years was their final offer, but these things have a way of leaking out sooner rather than later.
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RDFC: RDF with Contexts
This is a proposal to extend RDF with contexts, giving users the ability to create, link and use contexts to modify the intended meaning of RDF graphs. A context is intended to represent a social agreement about the intended meaning of a given vocabulary of IRIs. This proposal grew from an attempt to reconcile the 2004 RDF semantics with Antoine Zimmerman's proposed semantics for SPARQL datasets, so it can be considered to be an alternative proposal to that.
The 2004 RDF specs are based upon a vision in which IRIs (there called URI references) are globally unique and do not change their meaning with time, so that every token of a given IRI has exactly the same meaning. (From RDF Semantics 2004, section 1.2: "This document does not take any position on the way that URI references may be composed from other expressions, e.g. from relative URIs or QNames; the semantics simply assumes that such lexical issues have been resolved in some way that is globally coherent, so that a single URI reference can be taken to have the same meaning wherever it occurs. Similarly, the semantics has no special provision for tracking temporal changes. It assumes, implicitly, that URI references have the same meaning whenever they occur.") Call this the global hypothesis.
In marked contrast, many current RDF users and developers treat RDF content and the IRIs it contains as belonging to an "island" of accepted meanings, where the meaning of an IRI might change between different "islands" (this term introduced by Andy Seaborne). In this spirit, Antoine Zimmerman's proposed semantics for RDF datasets treats each named graph in a dataset as isolated in meaning from all the others, so that the graph name defines a local context in which a given URI might mean something different from the same IRI in a different named graph; and this situation is seen as being globally satisfiable. Call this the local hypothesis.
Both views have their adherents and there are good arguments for both positions, but they seem incompatible. One, rather weak, resolution is to say that the global hypothesis applies to RDF graphs and the local to SPARQL datasets, but this fails to account for the apparent clash of intuitions and provides no account of the relationship between datasets and graphs. Moreover, if the arguments for the local hypothesis are sound, then they apply to RDF in the large.
Two current ideas
1. Working within the global assumption, Sandro has suggested a way to distinguish graph names from mere graph labels in a SPARQL dataset, using the class rdf:Graph. This allows URIs to be used as graph labels without necessarily denoting the graph itself. We will use this below.
2. Capturing an extreme version of the localist hypothesis, Antoine has suggested a model theory for SPARQL datasets which extends the RDF semantics with a mapping con from the vocabulary to RDF interpretations. We will adapt this idea, slightly modified and generalized, to give a semantics for a more general notion of RDF contexts.
Overview of proposal
We extend RDF with the idea of 'web contexts'. A context represents a social agreement about the intended meaning of some vocabulary of IRIs, called the reserved vocabulary of the context. Each context has an associated vocabulary of IRIs and a semantic constraint on this vocabulary, which formally is a set of RDF interpretations of the reserved vocabulary.
RDF graphs are always asserted in a context. To assert a graph in a context is to make a public declaration that one is conforming to the semantic constraints on the reserved vocabulary.
Contexts are related by inheritance, which behaves very similarly to OWL imports. One context A inherits another B when A's reserved vocabulary includes that of B, and A imposes at least the same semantic conditions on B's vocabulary as B does. (This can be stated more mathematically as a condition on interpretations, but that belongs in an appendix.) Multiple inheritance is allowed. There is a 'top' context called the RDF context which has the RDF namespace as its reserved vocabulary and imposes the semantic constraints defined by the 2004 specs. All contexts inherit the RDF context. Similarly there are the RDFS, OWL-DL/RDF, OWL-Full/RDF, etc. contexts. Users can also define new contexts related to these.
To assert a graph in a context C, just include a triple
<> rdf:inherits C
into the graph (compare owl:imports.) The RDF context is a default, so that if a graph is asserted without any context specified, it is understood to be asserted in the RDF context. This preserves the meanings of all current RDF graphs.
Anything can be used as a context. Being a context is a role rather than a classification. So an IRI might denote, say, a person or a document or a galaxy, and still be used to indicate a context. It is not required to define the reserved vocabulary and semantic constraints in order to use a context, but the utility of a context is increased by supplying more detail. The recommended way to do this is to create a document describing the vocabulary and semantic constraints, create an IRI which retrieves this document by HTTP, and use this IRI to indicate the context. The document may be more or less formal, and we do not restrict the format used in the specifying document, but if this document includes (a textual rendering of) an RDF graph, then it is called the context graph, and the reserved vocabulary of the context is the non-reserved vocabulary of this graph and the semantic constraints of the context include at least the condition that this graph is true in every interpretation. Inheritance of other contexts can be indicated by including triples of the form <> rdf:inherits C in the context graph.
The special case where the entire defining document is an RDF graph, so that the context is completely defined by this graph, is called a graph context. Inheriting a graph context is semantically identical to importing the context graph of the context. Not all contexts can be defined as graph contexts, however (eg the RDF context is not a graph context.)
Inheritance between contexts, and assertion of a graph in a context, are determined by the property rdf:inherits, which is part of the RDF namespace and hence its meaning is determined by the top RDF context, so it cannot be changed by any other context. This means that the overall structure of contexts is global and not itself context-sensitive. Inheritance defines a directed acyclic graph structure on contexts.
An RDFC interpretation I of a vocabulary V is an RDF interpretation IJ of V together with a mapping con from the universe UJ of IJ to the set of RDF interpretations on subsets of V to subsets of UJ. Define voc(x) to be the vocabulary of con(x).
A triple sss rdf:inherits ooo is true in I just when voc(IJ(ooo)) is the restricted vocabulary specified for a context indicated by the IRI ooo and con(IJ(sss)) satisfies the semantic conditions specified for the context indicated by the IRI ooo.
For a URI uuu in the context C, I(uuu) = con(C)(uuu) if uuu is in voc(C), otherwise I(uuu) = IJ(uuu) .
The other semantic conditions for triples, graphs, blank nodes, etc.., are exactly as in the 2004 RDF semantics.
open question
What about IRIs defining datatypes? Maybe they should be excluded from the context machinery? We could have a datatype context just under the RDF top context, or include XML Schema in the top context.
The vocabulary of a context may be identifiable as a namespace, but this is not required; and the semantic constraints imposed by the context may be defined by an RDF graph, but this is also not required. In fact, it is not actually required that any definition be given of the intended semantics of a context, in which case the context IRI serves simply as a kind of public flag of mutual vocabulary agreement between a number of RDF graphs.
Context inheritance allows semantic conditions on a vocabulary to be applied incrementally. For example, a context may declare that the IRI ex:person must denote a human being. Another context may inherit that, but add the contraint that this same IRI must denote a living person; still a third context may inherit the second and require that ex:person denote a living US citizen. In this way, a single IRI may serve a variety of distinct, but related, uses to indicate a variety of shades or specializations of meaning. Two RDF sources which discover that they both use a given IRI with subtly different meanings can create new contexts defining the differences in meaning and agree to inherit these different contexts, which is a much simpler change than re-writing sets of data to avoid a terminology clash.
Global and graph-local extreme cases
RDF which does not use rdf:inherits remains identical in meaning to that specified in the 2004 specs, with the globalist assumption about the IRIs in such graphs.
Asserting a graph in itself as a context basically isolates the IRIs in the graph from other occurrences of the same IRIs elsewhere. This captures the extreme localist view of IRI meanings. In particular, a dataset in which graph labels denote the graphs, and those graphs are asserted in themselves as a context, have the same meaning as Antoine's proposed semantics for datasets. Using Sandro's naming trick, this comes out as:
{ <u1> a rdf:Graph }
<u1> { <u1> rdf:inherits <u1> ...}
We could call this a solipsist graph.
Some valid entailments
To make this easier, write [G in C] to mean the graph got by adding the triple <> rdf:inherits C to the graph G, and [G & H] to mean the merge of G and H
1. Graphs asserted in the same contexts can be merged. (They are on the same "island".)
2. More generally, [G1 in C] , [G2 in D] , D rdf:inherits C
[G1 & G2] in D
But not in C (since D might impose extra semantic conditions in G2 which do not apply in C), and not without the D-C inheritance (since G1 might not be transferrable from C to D).
3. { <u2> a rdf:Graph , <u3> a rdf:Graph }
<u1> { <a> <b> <c> }
<u2> { <d> <e> <f> )
<u3> { <u3> rdf:inherits <u3> , <g> <h> <i> }
<u2> { <d> <e> <f> }
but not <u1> { <a> <b> <c>} because <u1> is a mere label, not a graph name;
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Just as the Navy's personnel need to be adaptable, so too must its ships. Lieutenant Commander Matthew Smidt and Captain Michael Junge, a frequent contributor to Proceedings , argue that the warship of tomorrow must not only be able to switch out configurations for a range of disparate missions, but be able to do so rapidly. They envision a baseline hull design that can be modularly adapted for multiple scenarios—essentially rendering the Navy's traditional "Hi-Lo Mix" shipbuilding concept a thing of the past.
But whatever ships populate the surface fleet, they will face potential adversaries possessing advanced antiship weapons. In response, the Navy must improve its offensive antisurface warfare capability, according to retired naval officers Commander Robert Crumplar and Lieutenant Commander Peter Morrison. "The Navy must avoid the tendency to require capabilities that exceed practical requirements and drive program cost, operational complexity, and technical risk to unsustainable levels," they caution. The options currently under consideration by the Navy include upgrading the battle-proven Tomahawk Block IV missile and developing the Long-Range Antiship Missile-A, which is based on the adaptation of preexisting technology. Both have pros and cons. The authors ask, "Is the development of additional air-launched capability the optimum path when the aviation community already has multiple options for the maritime strike mission—especially in an austere budget environment?"
When a new ship type joins the Fleet, it features state-of-the-art technology. As the years pass, that technology becomes obsolete and must be upgraded. Retired Captains Jim Adams and Jon Greene want the Navy to examine its acquisition process for new systems. As Numbered Fleet and Type Commander N-6s during periods when the Navy was rapidly acquiring new technology and experiencing problems with surface combat systems, they observed many inefficiencies with the command, control, communications, combat systems, and intelligence (C5I) modernization process. Similar situations still occur. "Unfortunately, the speed of delivery of the latest and greatest technology often exceeded the emphasis on quality and mission assurance," they report. The authors suggest that in order to resolve the problems associated with this approach, the Navy should pay for system engineering up front, rebuild its engineering capability, encourage the acquisition effort to make decisions focused on warfighting capabilities rather than individual platforms, and enlist the help of the Navy's best systems engineers.
We'd like to mark two special accomplishments this month. When retired Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler submitted his "Lest We Forget" column for this issue, it marked the 125th installment of this popular feature, which debuted in September 2003. That many of anything is a crowning achievement, so we hereby send a Bravo Zulu Tom's way and look forward to learning much more about the nation's maritime heritage.
We're also pleased to announce that Captain John Cordle and Dr. Nita Shattuck have won the Surface Navy Association Literary Award for their January 2013 Proceedings article "A Sea Change in Watch Standing," which spelled out how best to maintain a healthy and combat-ready crew. Bravo Zulu to them on this singular honor!


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PCC beat Sunrise Academy 82-68 in a New Year's Day scrimmage, then fell to Tonkawa 59-53.
The Pratt Community College men's basketball team got the New Year off to an early start, hosting Sunrise Academy in an afternoon scrimmage on January 1. Sunrise is a prep school in Wichita. The Beavers prevailed 82-68 in the loosely called scrimmage, even with two key members of their rotation still in Detroit after failing to connect with their post-holiday flight in time to make it back for the scrimmage. Returning to action that counts in the standings, the Beavers fell to Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa for the second time this season on Saturday. This time the score was 59-53 in what was a much lower-scoring affair than when the two teams hooked up in Pratt back in November. The Mavericks had won that one 75-66. Pratt led by 10 at halftime before letting the Mavs back into the game in the second half. With the defeat, PCC heads into the conference portion of their schedule with a 9-6 record. They will open Jayhawk West play Wednesday by hosting the Butler County at 8:00 p.m.


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September 30, 2008|President CEO Shelley Poticha is interviewed for MassTransit Magazine
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Shelley Poticha, President and CEO of Reconnecting America, is featured in an article on MassTransit magazine that profiles transportation professionals. Here's some of what she had to say: * * * "Not only are people ready for change, we actually know what to do. We have been practicing these ideas in communities around the country for years and we hear about them at our sustainability conferences, all of the innovations that are starting to take place where developers are recognizing that there is a tremendous shift in the marketplace." * * * "We created the Center for Transit-Oriented Development because what we were finding was that each agency had to do all of the research themselves about what is happening in transit-oriented development. We basically created a clearinghouse of information that practitioners can link into about whatever stage of that process they are in." "When we started five years ago…
Florida county may scrap road building and focus on bus rapid transit
September 29, 2008|Proposal includes "mobility fee" that penalizes suburban sprawl
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Florida's Alachua County is considering scrapping its extensive roadwork expansion plans and instead focusing all of its efforts on bus rapid transit. The plan envisions a network of bus rapid transit lanes and stations along major corridors that would link outlying areas to urban Gainesville. If adopted, the plan would a first of its kind in Florida, according to the Gainsville Sun story Sept. 28. County staff suggest paying for the dedicated bus lanes and bridges restricted to buses, bikes and pedestrians with fees on new growth and incentives for developers to build at greater densities and with a mix of homes and shops. The proposed fees include a first-ever "mobility fee," which would be greater for developments in car-dependent suburbs and less for those closer to town and access to transit. Florida law currently does not allow for mobility fees. Read more at
Encouraging transit-oriented development
September 25, 2008|Tri-State Transportation Campaign announces grant program
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The Tri-State Transportation Campaign, supported by the One Region Fund, a partnership of private funders from Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, has created a TOD Grant Program to support initiatives in municipalities that are interested in retail, mixed-income housing and open space that foster walkable, compact and vibrant communities centered within one-quarter to one-half mile of a transit stop. The Tri-State Transportation Campaign is a non-profit advocacy and policy organization working for a more balanced, equitable, and environmentally friendly transportation system in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Read more
The route to increased federal transit funding
September 23, 2008
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The Sept. 22 issue of Rollcall magazine includes a lengthy article on Reconnecting America and Smart Growth America's efforts to boost transit funding in the upcoming federal transportation bill and the plans of the Transportation for America coalition to wage a grass-roots campaign to generate support. Writes T.R. Goldman: It comes around every half-dozen or so years, but this time, when the gargantuan transportation bill is written, "smart growth" advocates are determined to play a prominent role — muscling aside the bill's traditional highway heavy hitters. ... "The onus is off us to make them pay attention," said Geoff Anderson, president of D.C.-based Smart Growth America, which is co-managing the new coalition along with Oakland, Calif.-based Reconnecting America. "They're paying attention." But the prominence of the smart-growth community in next year's transportation bill, which could balloon to as much as $500…
Cities rethink parking standards
September 22, 2008|Do 1950s-era standards meet today's needs?
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Do 1950s-era parking space mandates serve 21st century needs? That's the question that Associated Press reporter Sarah Karush explored in a Sept. 22 article, "Cities rethink wisdom of 50s-era parking standards." Cities are considering reducing offstreet parking requirements in hopes of encouraging walkable, transit-oriented development. But opponents argue that parking can't be the sole focus. Ken Jarboe, a neighborhood leader in Washington, D.C., said the way to reduce traffic is to continue improving transit and to create other incentives not to drive. "Simply saying, 'Let's make it more painful to park — it doesn't get you where you want to be," Jarboe said. Proponents of the change counter that subsidizing the cost of parking by requiring excess space just encourages more people to drive. Read the full story here.
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
September 22, 2008
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The Rudy Bruner Award is given to urban places that demonstrate the successful integration of effective process, meaningful values and good design. Winners are distinguished by their social, economic and environmental contributions to the urban environment, and often provide innovative solutions to our cities most challenging problems.
Trends favor renewed interest in transit-oriented development
September 19, 2008|Multi-Housing World Conference in Denver takes on Transit-Oriented Development
Senior editor Eugene Gilligan at Commercial Property News reports that a panel at the Multi-Housing World Conference in Denver took up the topic of transit-oriented development Sept. 19, concluding that a number of factors -- changing tastes, gas prices and commute woes -- are forcing developers to turn away from sprawl and focus instead on sustainability and creating livable neighborhoods. With mass transit gaining ground even in car-centric Los Angeles and sustainability a key selling point for many projects, builders are finding new impetus to work through the resistance to denser occupancy rates and unnecessary parking space requirements that typically work against transit-oriented developments. Panel: Bright Future for Transit-Oriented M-F Developments
Transit and the economy
September 17, 2008|APTA and Brookings testify before Senate committee
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Transit and its role in helping Americans cope with increasing fuel costs were the topic of a hearing Sept. 9 before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Among those providing testimony were William W. Millar, president of the American Public Transportation Association, and Robert Puentes, fellow and director of the Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative at the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program. The following are highlights from Millar's presentation "On Strengthening The Ability Of Public Transportation To Help Americans Escape High Fuel Costs." In the second quarter of 2008 as the price of gasoline rose steadily, Americans took more than 2.8 billion trips on public transportation vehicles. This is almost 140 million more trips than last year for the same time period or 1.5 million more each day. Americans are changing…
Decades-old plan for light rail connection between St. Paul and Minneapolis reaches milestone
September 16, 2008
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Minnesota Public Radio has a progress report on a proposal to link the Twin Cities with rails. The new light rail service from St. Paul to Minneapolis could be Minnesota's largest public works project ever. // -->Read full story.


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One size does not fit all, at least when it comes to taxes and the payments North Carolina tobacco growers and tobacco quota owners will receive as a result of the tobacco buyout.
Beginning this year, approximately $3.9 billion will pour into North Carolina over a 10-year period. The money will come to tobacco growers and tobacco quota owners as the tobacco price support system that dates to the depression comes to an end. Assessments on tobacco companies will pay for the buyout.
Approximately 75,000 North Carolinians will receive payments. Nationwide, the buyout will pay tobacco growers and quota holders approximately $9.6 billion over 10 years.
Tobacco growers will receive $3 per pound of quota grown, while quota owners will receive $7 per pound of quota owned. Quota is sometimes described as a license to grow tobacco. Quota owners do not always grow tobacco; they often rent their quota to others, who actually grow tobacco.
For both growers and quota owners, the money, which comes from tobacco companies, will be paid in equal installments over a 10-year period.
Growers and quota owners who receive buyout payments should carefully consider the tax implications of the payments, says Arnie Oltmans, an Extension tax specialist at North Carolina State University.
"They need to work closely with their accountant, tax preparer, lender or other professional advisers to determine the specific tax impact on their individual situation," says Oltmans.
For example, Oltmans points out that payments made to tobacco growers will be taxed as ordinary business income, while the payments that go to quota owners will be taxed as capital gains.
Tobacco growers who receive buyout payments should have an easier time with their taxes than quota holders, according to Oltmans, but growers must still consider a number of tax implications.
For example, the buyout payments will be considered farm income, so even if a grower retires and stops farming, he or she will continue to earn income over the next 10 years.
"They're coming out of retirement for tax purposes," is the way Oltmans puts it.
And growers who receive large buyout payments may want to consider farm income averaging to lessen their tax burden. Oltmans adds that older growers should consider the impact buyout payments could have on Social Security payments. In some cases, receiving buyout payments may reduce Social Security payments.
Quota owners must consider a different set of tax implications. Oltmans says quota is considered an interest in land, so the buyout payments are subject to capital gains tax. In order to determine a capital gain or loss, quota owners must determine the basis for the quota they own. Basis is the value of the quota when the owner acquired it. The capital gain or loss is the difference in the value of quota when first acquired and the amount received through the buyout.
Oltmans points out that determining the basis of quota may be a challenge in cases where quota was inherited or included in a land purchase without being separated from the value of the land. And if quota was received as a gift, the basis is the value of the quota when the gift giver first acquired the quota.
On the bright side, capital gains tax rates are lower than for ordinary income and the buyout payments received by quota holders will not affect Social Security payments. However, quota holders are not eligible for farm income averaging.
Both quota holders and producers may want to consider two other options — what Oltmans called like-kind exchanges and securitization.
Oltmans explained that a like-kind exchange involves exchanging or trading buyout payments for a piece of property, which can affect taxes.
"This is absolutely not a do it yourself project," Oltmans says, adding that people wishing to pursue this option should do so this year and should consult a tax preparer or other financial consultant, preferably one familiar with farming.
Securitization is a way to receive a lump sum payment rather than 10 payments over 10 years. Financial institutions will pay a lump sum in return for the 10 years of payments. The lump sum will, of course, be lower than the total of the 10 payments.
Again, Oltmans says buyout recipients should talk to a qualified financial adviser before making a decision. People who chose this option will receive all their buyout money in 2005, so all the taxes will be due. That could mean they'll be paying a higher tax rate. However, Oltmans says that in some cases, taking payments as a lump sum may actually lower taxes.
In fact, the key to making wise tax decisions about buyout payments, no matter the circumstances of the individual receiving the payments, is to consult with a qualified and trusted financial adviser first.
More information on decisions related to the tobacco buyout can be found at http://www.tobaccobuyout.cals.ncsu.edu/, a Web site created by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University, and at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/agecon/tobacco_econ/Buyout.html; http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/agecon/tobacco_econ/Buyout.html.


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Hartford's Connecticut River Plaza Complex On The Auction Block
By Kenneth R. Gosselin
March 02, 2010
Prime commercial real estate along the Connecticut River in downtown Hartford is for sale.
And the owners are extremely motivated.
The two-building Connecticut River Plaza at 450 Columbus Blvd. is up for auction by the limited partnership that has owned the 575,000-square-foot complex virtually since it was built in 1984 by former Whalers owner Richard Gordon.
The property isn't in foreclosure. In fact, the mortgage will be paid off later this year.
What will be on the block is essentially an empty complex that likely will go at a bargain price, now that its major tenant, UnitedHealthcare, is moving later this year to CityPlace.
So why sell now?
Jones Lang LaSalle, the commercial real estate firm representing the partnership, declined to comment on the reasons for the sale. But a person familiar with the partnership's thinking said the imminent end of the 25-year "master lease," currently held by Citigroup, is pivotal.
While there was the master lease, the partnership Connecticut River Plaza Trust was guaranteed a steady stream of income. The master lease covers the entire property, and whether or not the space is occupied, lease payments were paid.
Now, the trust would have to market the property and seek new tenants, especially now that a sublease arrangement with UnitedHealthcare is ending, the person said.
Jones Lang LaSalle declined to identify the members of the partnership. But an offering circular obtained by The Courant when the property was for sale in 2007 identified affiliates of GE Capital, Chrysler Realvest and Shell Oil as owning the trust's beneficial interests.
Empty buildings typically sell for less because there are no paying tenants.
The price the complex would fetch at auction, though, doesn't appear to be an issue for the owners. It wasn't clear if they had set a minimum price.
The sealed-bid auction, which ends Thursday, has been highly publicized, even in local general readership newspapers. An auction or the publicity likely would not have happened before the recession. Word would have been put out more quietly to investors.
"It is a bit unusual," said Jay Wamester, a broker at Colliers Dow & Condon in Hartford. "They are really promoting this auction."
The sale, however, could provide a rare opportunity for a buyer to get what is considered a prime, Class A complex at a cheap price.
Shawn McMahon, an executive at Jones Lang LaSalle in Hartford, said the complex has an enviable location on the Connecticut River and the complex is prime, Class A space. It also is visible from I-91 and I-84.
"We think of it as a landmark for Hartford," McMahon said.
McMahon said it could attract interest from investors and companies that might want to occupy the space themselves.
Local commercial real estate experts say it is difficult to gauge what the complex might fetch at auction, though one thing is for sure: It will be at a deep discount.
"It will set the floor for the lowest value for what a Class A office building will sell in downtown Hartford," said Patrick Mulready, a broker at CB Richard Ellis, a commercial real estate services firm in Hartford.
The last major office building to sell in the city's central business district was another two-towered office building at 100 Pearl St. in 2008. New Boston Fund sold that building for $18 million, or $64 a square foot, about half of the $32.7 million New Boston paid in 1999. The building had a 35 percent occupancy at the time.
Financing commercial real estate purchases remains difficult, though some investors are beginning to get back into the market.
Still, if someone can pay cash, there potentially could be "a big upside" in the purchase, if the right tenant or tenants can be found, said Dale Reese, a senior Connecticut executive at New Boston.
But a strong stomach will be required, given that available office space in Greater Hartford increased to 21.2 percent as of Dec. 31, up from 18.2 percent a year ago, according to CB Richard Ellis.
A recent CB Richard Ellis forecast calls for another increase this year, to 23 percent.
Reese said a successful sale won't mean that Hartford or the surrounding area is "back," but will "signify that there is someone out there who is willing to make a big bet."
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County Commissioner Brian Berger arrested, shares his side of the storyThursday, November 24th, 2011
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Brian Berger just can't seem to stay out of trouble. The New Hanover County commissioner was once again in court, this time for violating a domestic violence order requested by ex-girlfriend Heather Blaylock.
Berger attended a Community Action Incorporated board meeting Monday, held at their office on 507 North 6th Street, the same building where Blaylock works. Berger's protection order specifically forbids him from going to Blaylock's place of work.
"I had no idea that the building was where she worked," said Berger. "In fact, I haven't spoken to her in so long and really don't particularly care about where she works or how she chooses to spend her time."
Berger turned himself in to Sheriff's Deputies Wednesday.
"I'm not going to apologize for doing my job, fighting corruption and fighting for transparency, which is what I was attempting to do," said Berger as he left the courtroom. "This is the result of trying to do the right thing."
Blaylock did not want to go on camera, but did say Berger's constant harassment has gone too far. Since she requested the protective order, it seems Berger has retaliated by trying to take her to small claims court multiple times, which also requires her to be in court with Berger.
From $9 for a classroom plant, to $120 for a cockroach infestation which he claims Blaylock caused, to five DVD's at $20 each, to $2,400 in rent, Berger wanted it all back. However, one claim was dismissed because Berger showed up late to court.
Blaylock says it was a waste of her time and just one more way for Berger to harass her. Her lawyer had filed for contempt, but she dismissed the claim last Friday.
Berger hopes this situation does not cause the other New Hanover County Commissioners to once again push for his resignation.
"Any board member that seeks to call for my resignation or gain politically from any false allegations against me or any tragedy in my life as appears to be the case, I think that speaks volumes to their lack of character," Berger said.
Berger also says that because of Blaylock's mental health issues, this story is far from over.
"I think this is just the beginning of what will be a story that drags unfortunately," said Berger.
Berger was issued a $1,000 unsecured bond and his next court date is scheduled for early January.
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Israel is portrayed widely as a racist and oppressive nation that arbitrarily inflicts only harm on its enemies. But the Israeli soldiers manning the IDF field hospital on the Israel-Syria border continue to prove the opposite.
Earlier this month, IDF paramedic Noga Erez received the President's Award of Excellence for her role in leading military medical staff in daily providing life-saving assistance to those injured in Syria's ongoing civil war.
Syria is officially at war with Israel and harbors and facilitates numerous anti-Israel terror groups. Most Syrians are raised to view Israel as a hated and bloodthirsty enemy.
But none of that will deter Erez and her medics from aiding those in need.
"When you mention 'Syria,' you think of war," Erez said in an interview with the IDF Spokesperson (see video below). However, "a part of the oath of the [IDF] Medical Corps is 'I will always be my brother's keeper.' And that brother is everyone. Any person that needs medical assistance will receive it."
Like so many others serving in the area, Erez is proud of the humanitarian assistance she provides to Israel's enemies, she is proud of showing a very different face of Israel than the one the media and other propagandists try to portray.
"They always joke that we are writing a part of history, and that maybe our grandchildren will learn at school that the IDF treated the wounded in the Syrian Civil War," she said. "My grandchildren will know that I was there. And I will not be ashamed."
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