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Does your life have a soundtrack? A playlist? An assortment of songs that evoke different moods for you?
Sometimes I'll be driving in my car and hear a song on the radio, and I'm transported to my first love, my first grief, the day something important–or maybe just really memororable–happened to me.
Music is a big part of my every day. Which is ironic, really, because I can't carry a tune in a bucket. I know nothing about music (except what moves me). And my entire musical education amounts to a series of half-hearted piano lessons.
But maybe it's like painting. Or a delicious food. You don't have to be able to make it in order to appreciate something good.
With every new book, I have playlists. It's not something I plan out–just what happens over the course of writing a novel. I'll hear a song that evokes a setting, a character, a certain mood. I know many writers have rituals, and one of my favorites is going for a jog in the morning and listening to various songs that get my head in the book.
Music conveys so much emotion, and I love listening to it as I get ready to write.
I hear Stephen King listens to loud rock music while composing his prose. Wow. This would not work for me. I love to be inspired by music, but if I listen to lyrics while I'm actually writing, somehow the words get in the way. What about you?
I did something new for my upcoming release… I sat down and made a list of some of the songs that inspired the story and the characters. Mia (the heroine of the story) is a DNA expert who works at a prestigious forensic lab. She's smart, capable, and top of her field. But as the story unfolds, Mia's life spins out of control. She finds herself targeted by a vicious criminal, on the verge of professional disaster, and– maybe worst of all — falling for a man who is all wrong for her.
One of the songs on Mia's playlist is "Acrobat" by U2, and it has that feeling of everything being in chaos. For a look at Mia's complete playlist, see http://www.lauragriffin.com/books/unforgivable.php I'm so excited about this book, and in celebration I'm giving away a free iPod nano on the contest page of my web site! Hope you'll stop by to enter the drawing (same link as above).
Is music a part of your routine? Does it inspire you? Leave a comment and be eligible to win a signed advanced copy of UNFORGIVABLE!
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TGI Fry-Day: Shrimp Taco at La Lagartija
Reviews of fried food in Chicago.
Part of the curse of my job is that I rarely get the chance to return to places I love, because I'm always off to try something new. So even though my post about La Lagartija in 2011 mentioned that it was probably the one taqueria I've "visited more than any other in the past year," I haven't actually been back since then. I know. I'm upset, too. Fortunately, my return reaffirmed my belief that it's one of the best all-around taquerias in Chicago.
While I'm fond of most of the taco options, the one that is always impressive is the shrimp taco ($3.50). Plump little shrimp are dunked in a beer batter, fried until delicately crisp, tossed on a soft housemade corn tortilla, and topped with crunchy shredded cabbage. Unlike the other tacos, this one comes with two unique salsas: a creamy caper aioli, and a sweet and spicy habanero ketchup. That's a lot of different components for one taco, but they all combine to make one unbelievable bite.
La Lagartija Taqueria
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Bangkok Tops List of World's Tourist Destinations
May 28, 2013
By Nopparat Chaichalearmmongkol
Bangkok has emerged as the world's top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to descend in Thailand's capital city this year, according to the third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard MA +0.30% on Monday.
- Nopparat Chaichalearmmongkol/The Wall Street Journal
- Francoise (right) and Caroline Lledo, a mother and a daughter visiting Bangkok from France, said they enjoy the city's shopping.
Based on data MasterCard collected from governments, central banks, related public agencies and airlines so far this year, the projection for the entire year says Bangkok is surpassing London, the previous holder of the top place, by a very narrow margin.
Monday's report marked the first time any Asian city has been projected to be the top-ranked tourist destination. London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013, and Paris, third, with 13.92 million visitors. MasterCard looked at 132 cities.
Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at number four, with 11.75 million visitors; Kuala Lumpur at number eight, with 9.2 million visitors; Hong Kong at number nine, with 8.72 million visitors; Seoul at number 11, with 8.19 million visitors; Shanghai at number 14, with 6.5 million visitors, Tokyo at number 16, with 5.8 million visitors, and Taipei, with 5.19 million visitors.
The study found that Bangkok is experiencing a large increase in its number of tourists in 2013, up 9.8% from 2009. That compares to New York's increase at 5.0% and London's at 3.8%. Paris, meanwhile, saw a small dip in its number of tourists (negative 0.7%).
Caroline Lledo, who was visiting with her mother from France, said Thailand has many offerings.
"We like culture and the people are so nice. We also love shopping here," Ms. Lledo said.
MasterCard Worldwide's global economic adviser Yuwa Hedrick-Wong cited overall value for money spent for why Bangkok is attractive. That is true for Thailand overall as well.
However, in terms of visitor spending, Bangkok is projected to bring in a total of US$14.3 billion dollars and is ranked at fourth this year, while New York continues to be the top city, where visitors will spend around $18.6 billion dollars in 2013.
Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) adviser Suwanchai Ritthirak cited official data in saying that each foreign visitor spends an average of 9.6 days and 4,100 baht (about US$141.50) in the country. Therefore, to boost Bangkok's ranking, more needs to be done to increase either or both factor.
Asia-Pacific destinations have outperformed cities in the other parts of the globe, said Mr. Hedrick-Wong. Looking at the past five years, he predicted that Asia will likely continue to see a boost in the number of tourists. Not only will more international visitors visit the region, but more Asians will be traveling to cities beyond their own countries.


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No way are we pumped up (excuse the pun) about the idea of getting designer shoes at 5th Avenue boutiques in NYC. (Fun? Yes. Realistic? No. Ah, time and money.. . I don't know about you, but I'm a bit tight on both). So for those of us who aren't plunking down the Benjamins in fancy stores ala Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, we did the legwork for you.
For ladies who want a high heel without the high price, here are 50 shoes (from Betsey Johnson to Ralph Lauren, and from flats to wedges) under $100.
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Tough compromises key to budget
We are just days out from the year-end bipartisan deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, but it seems that Republicans have already returned to their partisan corner and are once again girding up to fight to protect the wealthiest Americans from paying a penny more in taxes.
In fact, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has gone so far as to say "the tax issue is finished" and that new revenue from the wealthiest Americans is off the table. That is bad budget policy. It would be wildly out of step with every other bipartisan group that tackled this issue, it would be deeply unfair to middle-class families — and it is simply unacceptable to Democrats.
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As we approach the next fiscal cliff, Democrats are ready to work toward a balanced and bipartisan deal. But if Republicans maintain the radical position they've staked out, a deal simply won't be possible.
Before we can even talk about a deal, however, Republicans need to stop threatening to force the United States into defaulting on its loans if they don't get their way. I agree with President Barack Obama that this is an absurd issue to negotiate over now.
I don't believe that anyone who cares about their country would actually go ahead with this bizarre scheme to inflict further self-imposed harm on our families and businesses. But if they do, they will have to explain to the American people why cutting Medicare, Social Security and other vital programs is so important that they would be willing to throw our government into default and our economy into recession.
The debt limit issue is a manufactured political distraction, but our budget challenges are real. We absolutely need to work together to replace the upcoming across-the-board cuts that nobody believes are a responsible way to cut spending.
Republicans are claiming that we got all the revenue we needed from the year-end deal and now we should only focus on cutting spending and entitlements — but that is simply wrong.
The year-end deal raised $600 billion from the wealthiest Americans on top of the $1.5 trillion we cut in spending over the past two years, which is approaching a 3-to-1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue increases. If we replace sequestration with cuts alone, that ratio will jump to 4-to-1, which is far higher than ratios recommended by the bipartisan groups that have examined the issue.
For instance, on a fair comparison and against a similar baseline, Simpson-Bowles and the Gang of Six each recommended more than $2 trillion in new revenue and had ratios that were closer to 1-to-1.
So we need to replace sequestration with an equal mix of revenue and responsible spending cuts — and finding that revenue shouldn't be too difficult.


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As some of you know, there is a group damaging caches in the Augusta area called THETEAM. I posted something on the Groundspeak New England section that explains it (it was shut down for an understandable reason). There also is a related thread I began on the Groundspeak discussion group about cache damage that has gone on for several days and provides ample links showing their culpability. I am hoping that TPTB will shut them down soon.
In the meantime, keep an eye out for logs on your caches from these people. It usually means bad news to your cache, really bad news. Also, I would recommend against placing any travel bugs in caches within 50 miles of Augusta since one of their hobbies is to take bugs out of the system for good.
I sent information to Hydee (our local approver) and she responded to me that the police may be called, and that she would try to get them off soon.
If you go to any of the sites documenting their deeds (they belong to a site called deviant art), you will see that these 18-21 year olds are hollow, unhappy people. A real commentary on the sad state of parenting and youth.


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Sunday, March 6, 2011
PC presents - a mixtape made of my 010100010s
A few weeks ago in the midst of a paper I was writing on Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, I began obsessively compiling a mixtape; maybe doing so was a way of dealing with a lot of the feelings that writing about Zarqawi provoked.
This one had to fulfill all the cassette-era criteria: be about 90 minutes long, and 'work' as a sequence of songs and tracks, without the ability to beatmatch, cut or fade. Here it is: all tracks played in full at +/- 0, in the order that made sense to me, ear tested through three drafts that didn't quite work, and finally allowed to settle for a fortnight, before a final play to check and see if it holds up. I think it does.
The title is taken from a speech made by George W. Bush on September 6, 2004. It's so bizarre to think about those times now, in light of the carnage and stupidity and every other damned thing it involved (and involves). It was a time I found totally gutting, a gutting doubled by being utterly powerless to do anything. None of this context is audible – or is it? It's all in there somehow, I think. Well, I'm not sure, but as soon as I remove the mentions of Zarqawi, the mixtape feels incomplete. I'm willing to just let that one be. Hence that pic.
The only thing that makes these songs and tracks audibly a 'set' in any way is their personal relation to me; they're all compositions or contain 'something' that I can't get rid of, that's stayed with me. So then - a personal sound spectrum, with slight hauntings, from one ssg to all you others. I hope you enjoy it.
9/6/04: 'We must take threats seriously before they fully materialize.' (Applause.)
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Impeccable selection, not sure about the verbage.ReplyDelete
Thanks Pete - a very soulful selection. Trying to place the 2nd track (Mala maybe?). This and Chris's Into Light mix most enjoyable.ReplyDelete
tat sprinkles track in the middle is dreamy.ReplyDelete
19 minutes in and enjoying this so far PC. It's the first music i've actually listened to for a while but it's going down well.ReplyDelete
The Zarqawi context is immediately and undeniably apparent in your mixtape. As I hope my outrage at Nestlé's treatment of Ethiopia is in this spirograph I drew - http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2402/86729479ik5.jpgReplyDelete
Love this!ReplyDelete
Particularly the track the spoken word track at 1:11:00 - numb, isolated & distantly horrified by his own helplessness.
Sounds like the bush years to me.
@ Pinker than thou & hknbrk: fair cop, mea culpa... ...but this is certainly not the first time someone has made a dubious link to Zarqawi, nor is it the most dubious link made. But of all the dubious links, it's the one with the least political effects. Yes, but, it is a bit of a lobster on a telephone...ReplyDelete
@ millmeister: tracklist will be forthcoming in due course... it is a peverelist track, one of my faves of his.
No apology needed, I should have been clearer. You piqued my intrest, and I was just being greedy wanting to read more on your take while I absorbed the mix. Thanks again.ReplyDelete
@ hknbrk: hmm, but you're right to raise it... what is the connection?ReplyDelete
Like I said, I take the pic out, it wants to go back in again.
I guess it's just - I was really obsessed writing the paper on Z, but it tired me out mentally, and so I poured all that energy into the mixtape...
...by rights if it's Zarqawi it should be Shackleton and Mordant Music all the way through, but I'll leave that to them, they're so good at it!
@PC In fact if you just put in the picture without the explanation I'd find it easier to take. I don't think there's any harm in having a concept and of course mixes made with feeling and thought are rare and welcome. I just think it's best to allow listener to find whatever "hauntings" they may, whether they decode in a way you had in mind or not.ReplyDelete
As a slight aside, but related I think, I love David Lynch's description about his struggle with interviews where he explains that it takes him years to convert words, phrases, ideas and concepts into the fully realized expression of a film. No sooner is that done, than he's asked to break it back down into the words, phrases and concepts.
Anyway, props on the Fatima Yamaha inclusion and looking forward to finding out what the track around 1:12 is.
Hi, What's da sound begin 59:15' ? Just after Kraftwerk, Computer love. Thank !ReplyDelete
really excited about this. bring on the politics in music ... not just clever track names but actual concepts, idea, that challenge. people are gona say 'hippie' but i dont care. lets try to wake some of the zombies...ReplyDelete
@ Pinker than thou: I think I agree with you all the way :)ReplyDelete
Quality compilation PC. Really enjoyed it and looking forward to seeing the track list. A few gems in there for sure.ReplyDelete
Really great mix, it is probably a little bit more comprehensible then the lobster on a telephone.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to the track list too!
Guys, guys what is the id of the track that starts at 14:22 ?ReplyDelete
The concept seems fair enough and the mix is more than fair. It's hard to explain how a certain idea inspires a work of art or a mixtape or what have you.ReplyDelete
I'd like to imagine that the female voice around 19:00 is Zarkawi's inner monologue. I'm not being cheeky- I think there is common ground between the mind of terrorists and angsty teens. "I'm 15 years old and I feel it's already too late to live" is unfortunately not too far off from jihadist fatalism.
Anyway-Great mix.
I'm surprised that you had the restraint not to put Blood on My Hands on the mix. Then again, maybe it's only Americans that conflate Iraq and 9/11. ha ha
This is truly lovely, thank you PCReplyDelete
Nice one Pinker than thou, that made me laugh.ReplyDelete
Tracklist pleeease!
Say something constructive, bitte. Or if you're gonna take a swipe, at least sharpen your nails.
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Martha Peters
Martha (Bartel) Peters, 87, died Dec. 4 at Bethesda Home in Goessel. She was born June 24, 1925, to Peter and Anna Schmidt Bartel, in Hillsboro.
She married Ralph Peters on Oct. 21, 1948; he died on May 15, 2002.
She is survived by two sons, Rodney Peters of Hillsboro and Delbert Peters of Hillsboro; a daughter, Norma Duerksen of Orrville, Ohio; one sister, Linda Goertzen of Goessel five grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
She was a member of Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church near Goessel.
Visitation was Friday at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church. A graveside service was Saturday at Alexanderwohl Cemetery with a memorial service afterward at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church with Pastors Linda Ewert and Steve Schmidt officiating.
Memorial funds have been established for Bethesda Home and Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church.
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Asian Heritage Month Lecture: "Immigration and Illegality in the American Historical Imagination"
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 11 am to 12:30 pm
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The United States is often described as a nation of immigrants, a characterization that erases the history of indigenous people to the formation of the nation. At the same time, many Americans harbor intense fears about "the huddled masses" and "the wretched refuse" from other shores. In this multi-media presentation, Dr. Judy Wu, Associate Professor of History and Coordinator for the Asian American Studies Program, the Ohio State University, will explore the historical origins and contemporary manifestations of how the U.S. became a "gatekeeping" nation. It focuses on the groups, many of them racialized, that the U.S. government and people have sought to exclude and restrict to socially engineer ideal Americans.


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Katie Holmes Gives Suri Cruise a Kiss on the Subway
Katie Holmes Gives Suri Cruise a Kiss on the Subway
Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise held hands while out shopping in NYC yesterday. The girls headed back to their Manhattan apartment afterward, looking tired as they sat on the subway. Katie had Suri on her lap for the trip on the crowded train, and even gave her daughter a sweet kiss on the head.
Katie and Suri were able to hang out during one of Katie's breaks from work on her Broadway show, Dead Accounts. To promote the show, Katie went on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last week and also did an interview in the December issue of Vogue. Katie spoke to the magazine about her cooking skills — or lack thereof, rather — saying, "Just me in the kitchen is a comedy. But it's heartbreaking for me going through it . . . for others, they probably think it's really funny, because all the pans are out, and I get frustrated, and suddenly it's burning."


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Tablet Showdown: iPad Mini, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD in a Blender
Those hoping for some closure on Election Day will find none in this latest Blendtec video, which pits Apple's iPad Mini, Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire HD against each other in a blend-off.
The issue of which tablet blends the best remains stubbornly unresolved despite the best efforts of Blendtec Founder Tom Dickson. There's just a lot of smoke and carbon-looking debris after all three face the fiercesome blending action of the company's Total Blender Classic Wildside (retail price: $495.95).
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- The welfare rights service was accessed by 440 community residents from June 2007 to June 2008.
- We have given advice to one hundred and twenty ex-dock workers and their families.
- In addition we have maximised the income of the people who use the services we provide by approx £850,000.
- In the past twelve months we have also successfully represented 23 local residents at benefit tribunals and appeals.
International Events – we helped to publicise and mobilise support for:
- European Dockworkers – Spanish Dockworkers over Port Privatisation
- ILWU – American West Coast Longshoreman's – Building links with Liverpool and American working class cultures.
Founding Meetings.
- Ageism in the Workplace.
- Women's Equal Pay Campaign.
- Community over 50's Remembrance Campaign.
Employment Advice – During the last 12 months we gave support and representation to 33 members of the local community who have been unfairly treated or bullied at work. The support included letters to employers, representation at disciplinary hearings (work place companion), referrals for union membership and the online lodging of Employment Tribunal Claims and representation at tribunal.
Industrial Injuries- During the last 12 months we helped over a 100 former industrial workers (Docks-Cammell Lairds-Seafarers) with General Statements-Background Information and Witness Support. On matters to do with:
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A vaguely appropriate image for the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong, as it sails into a slightly uncertain waters.
As an aside, during my visit I bought, in a street market, a reproduction of what was supposedly a vintage picture of a junk like this. It was marked '1885' - but when I studied the background very closely I could see some suspiciously modern looking towerblocks! So this picture reminds me of that!
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Connecticut's leafy residential landscape found to be factor in extended power outages
Connecticut's unique residential development patterns made the state more vulnerable to extended power outages and other impacts from Tropical Storm Irene and the October snowstorm.
That was one of the findings in the state Council on Environmental Quality annual report on the condition of Connecticut's environment, released earlier this month. The report concludes that in 2011, the level of impact of the storms was largely attributable to the extent of "wildland-urban interface" in the state, a term that refers to housing density compared to the percentage of wild vegetation per acre.
About 72 percent of state residents - higher than any other state - live in proximity to forests, wetlands and grasslands than any other state, the report found, and that fact accounted for the vastness of the power outages after the two storms, the report said.
"Outside the central cities, Connecticut residents live among trees and appear to embrace such a lifestyle," the report said, noting data showing that wildlife-associated recreation is enjoyed by a higher percentage of state residents than the national average.
Tropical Storm Irene also revealed how development patterns can affect Long Island Sound, when tons of sediment washed off the land into the Connecticut River, which flow into the estuary. The storm also forced the closure of several beaches in the state due to contaminated runoff, raw sewage overflows and debris.
"Control of polluted runoff from streets, parking lots and lawns is the next challenge if the goal of clean water is to be achieved," the report said.
After the October snowstorm, the widespread use of generators, wood stoves and fireplaces increased air pollutants, enough so that the pollution levels for the whole year were slightly higher than in 2010. The increase ended a five-year trend of decreasing air pollution levels.
But while the amount of polluting particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ground-level ozone and nitrogen dioxide increased for the year, the number of individual days with good air quality overall grew by eight days over 2010, to 342 days. Two towns - Groton and Westbrook - had one more bad ozone day than the rest of the state, with nine days each.
Among other findings of the report:
? A total of 2,175 acres of open space were added by the state, private land trusts and other groups to the state's preserved lands, but the state still lacks an accurate state inventory of conservation land.
That issue was also addressed Friday, when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a new law requiring the state to devise a formal strategy for protecting open space and achieving a 21 percent goal established in a previously approved state law.
? A total of 1,975 acres from 16 farms were preserved in 2011, the best year since 1993 and close to the 2,000-acre per year annual rate needed to reach the state's goal, the report said.
? Municipalities permitted the disturbance of about 70 acres of wetlands in 2011, the lowest in four years. While this is a positive indicator, the report said, the state is still lagging on having at least one staff or wetlands commission member from each municipality complete a comprehensive wetlands training program.
? Fifty-two pairs of piping plovers, a threatened species, nested on the state's beaches in 2011, nine more than in 2010.
? About half the fish species in Long Island Sound are increasing, but results from trawl surveys show the lobster population is at the lowest level ever recorded.
? Two other indicators showed water quality in Long Island Sound declined slightly in 2011. The amount of nitrogen dumped into Long Island Sound increased, coming mainly from lawn fertilizer that runs off after a rainfall. Nitrogen stimulates the growth of algae that die and are consumed by bacteria that use oxygen. Oxygen levels in the sound declined, leading to a condition found mainly in the western Sound called hypoxia, when oxygen levels are too low to support marine life.
? Residents continued a multiyear trend of using their cars less and using bus transportation more often. Residents used slightly less electricity in their homes than in 2010.
? Of the 944 violations of environmental permits found by state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in 2011, most were issued for small companies related to activities involving the storage, transport and distribution of petroleum products. Gas stations and convenience stores were the most frequent offenders.
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whoever invented them should be crowned a king first (for the good basic idea) and then thrown into a pit with hungry lions (because it never works)-
or maybe just a certain mister Billy G. is responsible for all our trouble.


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I'm not sure what this says about how litigious Chinese society has become, but a telecom company in Hangzhou has developed a mobile phone application for making audio recordings of phone calls that can be later used as evidence in court. If you're not familiar with China's legal system, and particularly if you're from a Common Law country, the primary function of the notary office here is not to witness signatures on documents. Among their duties, notarial officials verify documents, including the content of such. If you want to introduce certain kinds of items in court, you need to gather this evidence in the proper manner, which often includes obtaining a notarial report.
I usually run across the notary office in IP enforcement cases, where the key piece of evidence is a purchase of the infringing product. It's not enough to buy the item and get a receipt; you need the notarial official along to witness the transaction. This can be quite difficult when you're dealing with suspicious counterfeiters, but that's life.
It used to be that evidence like audio recordings, IM and SMS conversations, and emails were considered weak evidence. You could bring this stuff to court with you, but a judge probably wouldn't give it much weight since it was difficult to verify. In some instances, if you were really organized, you could take your electronic device to the notary office and have them verify the information. Big pain in the ass.
But how many people want to schlep over to the notary office for stuff like that? And what about that abusive, threatening phone call that you want to use in your divorce case? Placing the call (not to mention receiving one) while you are in the notary office is not exactly convenient. There must be a better way, right?
Enter the entrepreneurial spirit, alive and well down in Hangzhou. The company, China Tietong, developed an application that allows litigious-minded folks to make an audio recording of phone calls that they later want to use in court. At the beginning of the call, one connects to the service, and then the app can verify the details of the call. This was created in cooperation with one of Hangzhou's notary offices.
The big (obvious) question here is whether a judge would actually accept this evidence as verified. I have my doubts, although if a real notary office is on board, that might mean a user can obtain a notarial certificate after using the application. If so, a judge would most likely treat the evidence the same as if a notarial official was standing right there when the call was recorded.
Funky stuff. But I'd still like to know how many folks out there really need to record phone calls. That kind of paranoia kinda creeps me out.


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What is the first thought you get when you hear the words "natural skin care remedies"? Do you think about things you can do at home to make your skin beautiful? Or do you associate it with natural skin care you can buy instead?
For me, natural skin care remedies include both things – face gymnastics to give yourself a little face lift without a knife daily, cosmetics you can make in your own kitchen, but also 100% natural, commercial skin care products.
There are as thousands of remedies there for all kinds of skin problems out there, but in this article I'd like to concentrate on the ones that slow down the signs of aging, that means the ones which smooth away wrinkles, tighten skin and make the skin look younger.
Believe me, I've done my research and I can say there are so many natural substances that are supposed to make your skin look youthful and smooth. Usually these substances need to be used on the skin in the form of a cream, or taken orally as a supplement.
Of course many foods in themselves are filled with vitamins and nutrients that can help your skin rejuvenate itself, but usually you'd need to eat impossible amounts of these foods to really get the benefits of the substances in them. Don't get me wrong, I love to have a few tomatoes or strawberries a day, but there's a limit a person can eat!
To really get a benefit of natural skin care remedies you'll need to eat a good diet based on natural foods, but also use natural skin care, which you can buy or make yourself. If needed, you can complement the process with quality supplements, too.
Be careful when shopping for natural skin care products, though. There are so many product lines that claim to be natural, but really aren't. Sure, the cream in the pretty tube has some olive oil, aloe vera or keratin in it, but just a little bit! If that's not bad enough, many products are in fact based on mineral oil! Make sure you get a 100% natural product and not one with 10% or even 90% natural ingredients.
Get a cream based on natural glycerines instead. These kinds of creams, which are great for moisturizing, can be made at home, too. For an anti-aging effect you'll need special ingredients and buying a cream might be a more viable option. Do your research and try a few brands, the good ones will have a money-back guarantee so there's no risk for you.
If you'd like to know more about natural skin care and the products I recommend, please visit my website for more information.


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Every season, Carven's Guillaume Henry gives the girls just what they want, and no doubt, his whimsical, ladylike Spring '13 collection is sure to have the same effect. The show was filled with chic suit sets highlighting expertly tailored blazers and full skirts, bright red cropped wide-leg trousers were paired with belly-baring knits, and of course, almost every look was completed with adorable collars. Dresses highlighted the designer's penchant for cool cutouts, and this time, they were cut in wing-like shapes highlighting the chest and midriff in an array of printed fit-and-flare shirt dresses, gorgeous lace tea-length dresses, and long-sleeved shifts. The most intricate look, however, came from a slate-blue, laser-cut leather embossed dress. More leather looks came from tan patent leather bomber jackets paired with silk pencil skirts, slim-fit blazers, and full skirts. And for his dressier, red-carpet crowd, Guillaume finished off the show with refined dresses showing intricate cutout detailing at the bodice, which are sure to make a show-stopping presence on the red carpet or wherever your day might take you.
- Trends: Cutouts, collars, leather, crop tops.
- Colors: Red, navy, eggshell, sage, moss, tan, burgundy.
- Key Piece: The embossed leather dress with the adorable matching collar.
- Accessories: Chunky, patent ankle-strap platforms, oversize sunglasses, leather and printed clutches.
- Who Should Wear It: The quirky ladylike set; Alexa Chung, Emma Stone, and Michelle Williams.


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September 28, 2005
LOS ANGELES — In its third quarterly report of the year, the UCLA Anderson Forecast stays the course and continues to forecast that the US economy will experience slow growth through 2006. However, the slowdown is now considered to be more gradual than predicted in June as the projected reduction in housing construction is still in the future. In California, there are hopes for a "soft landing" as the economy weakens over the next two years. Locally, the Los Angeles forecast mirrors that of California, as a number or risk factors including payroll employment and residential real estate pose a threat to the moderate growth currently being experienced.
The National Forecast
In the latest forecast report, UCLA Anderson Forecast Senior Economist Michael Bazdarich modifies slightly the stance the group took in June. Three months ago, the group forecasted "substantial declines in U.S. housing construction starting in late-2005" and that they "expected these declines to drive a noticeable deceleration in U.S. economic growth in the last half of 2005 and after." Consumer, business and government spending were also expected to decline.
Dr. Bazdarich now notes that there has been no decline in housing construction yet evidenced in the data; rather they have been flat. Still, the forecast expects these declines are still on the horizon and while the drop-off in housing construction has yet to occur, declines in consumer and business spending is happening at a faster rate than was expected three months ago. On the plus side, U.S. foreign trade trends are showing signs of turning for the better.
The overall forecast has been slightly upgraded from June. Dr. Bazdarich writes, " … the bottom line is that an improving trade deficit will work to mitigate the economic drag coming from slowing spending growth and, next year, declining housing activity. Our June forecast looked for U.S. growth to fall into the 1% - 2% range next year. With slowing consumer and business spending growth hitting import sectors hardest, even a 20% decline in housing starts over the next two years will work to push economic growth only to the mid-2% range." He does caution, however, that an abrupt plunge in housing starts and housing prices – a bursting of the housing bubble – could still drive a slump.
The California Forecast
In his California forecast, UCLA Anderson Senior Economist Christopher Thornberg notes that the California economy "seems healthy on the surface" but below the surface there is no encouraging news.
The California economy, like the national economy, is being driven in part by the housing sector and consumer spending (which is being fueled by the wealth home owners are feeling). While these sectors continue to fuel growth, core California sectors like information, manufacturing and professional services continue to languish.
Dr. Thornberg says that, "The forecast for California is mediocre at best, at worst we are liable to dip into another recession." He admits that the research group has not been able to time the end of the real estate bubble. His current forecast is for a "soft landing," one in which the economy sees weak growth for the next two years, but no recession.
The Los Angeles Forecast
Mirroring the forecast for the state, the UCLA Anderson Forecast says the Los Angeles area will avoid a crash and experience a "soft landing" similar to the rest of California.
UCLA Anderson Senior Economist Ryan Ratcliff says that, "any trouble in real estate markets is more than six months out, so our forecast is for a slowdown in housing in early 2006, leading to a broader economic slowdown in 2006-2007. At this time, there is not enough evidence from our leading indicators to suggest that this slowdown will become a full-blown recession."
About UCLA Anderson Forecast
UCLA Anderson Forecast is one of the most widely watched and often-cited economic outlooks for California and the nation, and was unique in predicting both the seriousness of the early-1990s downturn in California, and the strength of the state's rebound since 1993. Most recently, the Forecast is credited as the first major U.S. economic forecasting group to declare the recession of 2001. Visit UCLA Anderson Forecast on the Web at http://uclaforecast.com.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management is perennially ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award-winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective admissions, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning environment. UCLA Anderson constituents are part of a culture that values individual vision, intellectual discipline and a sense of teamwork and collegiality.
Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson School of Management provides management education to more than 1,400 students enrolled in MBA and doctoral programs, and some 2,000 executives and managers enrolled annually in executive education programs. Recognizing that the school offers unparalleled expertise in management education, the world's business community turns to UCLA Anderson School of Management as a center of influence for the ideas, innovations, strategies and talent that will shape the future.


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I've said it before… True Brews is a totally fun book. I'm looking forward to exploring more recipes, like the hard lemonade and the hard cider… maybe even some of the beers but for right now, I'm obsessed with soda.
Last weekend, I got a pound and a half of rhubarb in my CSA and immediately thought SODA! Rhubarb is tart and we really do enjoy a less sweet soda so I thought it was perfect.
But how does one juice a rhubarb. Emma to the rescue again!
I do wish my rhubarb was more pink so that I would have a prettier juice. I actually contemplated putting some red food coloring in there. But I didn't.
The juice sat in the fridge for a few days so the bits that didn't filter out would settle to the bottom. Which totally worked. I just poured it out into a big bowl and let the sludge stay in the jar. I added lime juice, sugar and pitched the yeast.. then bottled it up!
Two days later, I had lovely fizzy, tart rhubarb soda!
- 8 cups of rhubarb juice
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup of cane sugar
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- the juice of three limes
- ⅛ tsp dry champagne yeast
- One clean two liter soda bottle or clean 20 ounce soda bottle and three flip top beer bottles.
- Boil the 1 cup of water and stir in the sugar and salt to dissolve
- Let cool.
- Add the sugar water and lime juice to the rhubarb juice and stir to combine.
- Taste. Too tart? add sugar. Too sweet? I doubt it, but add lime juice.
- Combine the yeast and the remaining cup of water and stir to combine.
- Add the yeast mixture to the juice mixture and stir very well.
- Bottle, leaving 1 inch of head space and set in a safe place at room temperature.
- When the plastic soda bottle is firm and you can hardly make a dent when you push on it, refrigerate the soda overnight. (Do NOT store at room temperature after the original fermentation)
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Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky sentenced to 30-60 years for raping children
BELLEFONTE,, Pa. — Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky will spend at least the next 30 years of his life behind bars in a state prison, a judge ordered this morning.
Senior Judge John Cleland said he was not going to sentence Sandusky to centuries behind prison because that number would be too abstract to a 68-year-old man.
Instead, he gave Sandusky 10-year minimum sentences on two of the most serious counts.
"You abused the trust of those who trusted you," Cleland told a frail-looking Sandusky, dressed in a red jumpsuit, standing at a podium with his defense attorney Joe Amendola. "These are not crimes committed against strangers."
Cleland said instead they were crimes against children – children whom he betrayed and assaulted not only their bodies but also their psyche.
"That is much, much worse," said Cleland, who said he took into account the severity of the offense, Sandusky's danger to the community and his rehabilitative needs.
An unapologetic Sandusky addressed the court, denying several times he ever did anything but saying his conviction has not ruined his resolve.
"They can't take away my heart, and in my heart I did not do these alleged disgusting acts," he said.
It was at times a rambling oration, telling the judge he had seen the light, that he's visited trailer parks to visit Second Mile participants and that he hit a cinder block in the county jail upon realizing he wasn't going to be with his wife on their 46th wedding anniversary.
He read a card from a former Second Mile participant that praised Sandusky for helping the person.
He also told the judge his wife was his only sex partner – after they got married.
Sandusky's started to choke up when he said how unbearable it had been to be separated from his loved ones while in jail.
Cleland ordered the rest of the counts run concurrently to one another. Sandusky was given credit for 112 days he's spent in the county jail awaiting since his conviction in June.
The young men known as Victims 4, 5 and 6 addressed the court.
Prosecutor Joseph E. McGettigan read statements from Victim 1, who was in attendance but chose not to speak himself, as well as the mother of Victim 9.


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This document was released a few days ago and has the recommendations that will form or at least shape mining and exploration policy in Australia in the future for both the minerals and energy sectors. A road map to where we are and where we are heading. It also includes recommendations on opening our National parks to prospecting and many vital statistics are included. And covers some of our outdoor hobbies contentious issues like Heritage and Traditional ownership and access to state and commonwealth lands.
The Tarkine National Coalition drew attention to the significant differences in
impact of the various forms of exploration activity:
Early stages of mineral exploration, including aerial reconnaissance, surveys and
mapping and stream sampling, cause little environmental disturbance. However, the
later stages of exploration, which involve cutting of grid lines, and drilling at certain
sites, involves the clearing and disturbance of vegetation and the construction of access
tracks for drilling equipment. (2012)
Assessments of proposals for exploration should recognise that the value of an area
can change over time as alternative or shared land uses become more, or less,
viable, and technologies evolve that can reduce the impact of different activities,
including exploration. As Peabody Energy Australia said in relation to resource
The need for the resources, change or substitution of land use, technology
improvements to achieve less intrusive extraction and processing etc may allow for the
extraction of resources in an areas currently considered quarantined from such activity.
(sub. DR39, p. 2)
• Tasmania — Land categorised as national parks, state reserves, nature reserves
and game reserves is excluded from an exploration licence. Exploration licences
can be granted on land categorised as nature recreation areas, state forests and
public reserves not yet proclaimed (Mineral Resources Tasmania 2012). However the "Mining industry groups" has more say in what is proclaimed as national parks and locked up than before. And given a different evaluation model than was previously used. Our Government agency MRT was consulted about the process and helped work on this document. It will hopefully reduce red and green tape and improve efficiencies.
Governments should, when deciding to declare a new national park or
conservation reserve in recognition of its environmental and heritage value, use
evidence-based analyses of the economic, social and environmental costs and
benefits of alternative or shared land use, including exploration. In doing so, they
should draw on the guiding principles of the Draft Multiple Land Use Framework
endorsed by the Standing Council on Energy and Resources.
Governments should, where consideration of exploration activity is allowed,
assess applications by explorers to access a national park or conservation reserve
according to the risk and the potential impact of the specific proposed activity on
the environmental and heritage values and on other uses and users of that
national park or conservation reserve
PDF: http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_ ... ration.pdf
Word: http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/file ... ration.zip
Mineral and Energy Resource Exploration
Inquiry report
This report was released on 5 March 2014 and provides a description of resource exploration, the role of governments and examines the exploration licencing process.
It summarises the regulatory approvals that explorers are required to obtain in order to undertake mineral and energy resource exploration, specifically in relation to land access, Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage, environment and public geoscience information.
It also assesses non-financial barriers relating to workforce issues — labour skills, workplace relations and workplace health and safety.
taken from: http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/r ... t/contents
Mining and Energy Productivity Commission Report
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In ninth position occupied by the Lamborghini Murcielago LP670 4 SuperVeloce worth 455,400 U.S. dollars (Rp4, 1 billion). This supercar is a special edition of the Murcielago 6.5 L V12 engine that has 670 hp power. Acceleration 0-100 km / h in just 3.2 seconds ddalam taken.
Furthermore, Ferrari SA Aperta predicted 520,000 U.S. dollars (Rp4, 68 billion) was first exhibited at the Paris Auto Show last year and is a special edition 80th anniversary of Pininfarina (Italian design house). Amount is limited to just 80 units of course for the entire world.
LeBlanc Mirabeau, maybe his name is still foreign. Swiss products are offered 728,000 dollars (Rp6, 55 billion). Despite carrying a smaller V8 engine of the two models above, this car is capable of spraying power to 700 hp and 850 Nm of torque.
In position six, the SSC Ultimate Aero is often touted as the "killer" Buggati Veyron is capable of racing up to the speed of 439 km per hour. Power 1287 hp car with the whole body using lightweight carbon fiber material to enter the interior of the vehicle. The price, U.S. $ 750,000 (Rp6, 73 billion).
Ferrari F70 five Ranking occupied worth 870,000 (Rp7, 83 billion) is the successor of the previous model Ferrari Enzo. Although not yet officially launched this car is one of the candidate's most expensive car in the world after its inaugural appearance in draft form Millechili Ferrari.
Pagani Zonda C9 be the fourth most expensive in the world worth U.S. $ 1.3 million (Rp11, 7 billion). The unit has not been officially released to the market, and the plan was only there are 40 units in the world. With bandrol listed already ascertained this car fast (700hp) and exclusive.
The Big Three are three major positions, which terbuncit Maybach Landaulet be worth U.S. $ 1.405 million (Rp12, 6 billion). The unit first appeared at the Detroit Motor Show 2008 ago, using a dual turbo V12 engine with some luxury touches like a refrigerator, folding tables and a silver plated champagne.
As runner-up, Koenigsegg Agera built using a full aluminum body, acceleration 0-100 km per hour just 3.1 seconds. The price, 1.5 million U.S. dollars (Rp13, 5 billion). Product of Sweden has the most spacious interior in its class.
Finally, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport occupy the most expensive car in the world at 2.6 million U.S. dollars (Rp23, 4 billion). One of the advantages, the car is registered in the Guinness Word of Records as the world's fastest car at 431 km per hour. Power 1200 hp.
It seems expensive cars synonymous with fast cars. Could record Bugatti will be solved another brand?


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With all the recent conversation about ACT scores, you would think the facts would be well established, but we keep reading ACT stories that report the same mistakes. Here are the facts.
Even though the average score in Tennessee and in Nashville remain well below what they should be — and what they will be — strong growth is happening. In Nashville, we saw big gains in the ACT this year, bigger gains than Tennessee saw as a whole. In fact, we were one of the top ten districts in the state for growth and earned 5's—the top score—for value added. On top of that, Metro students averaged an ACT score almost a full point higher than projections.
That is huge news.
Why? These projections were made four years ago when these students were about to enter high school. That means our high school instruction has improved a great deal over the last four years.
- Projected Mean Score: 17.49
- Actual Mean Score: 18.43
But it's still not good enough. We want every student to score a 21 or better on the ACT.
Let's compare Tennessee's average ACT score to that of Massachusetts:
- MA – 24.1 (the highest in the nation)
- TN – 19.7 (fourth from the bottom in the nation)
Looks pretty dim. But now let's compare where those scores are coming from in those same two states:
- MA – A quarter of students tested: Those headed to college who choose to take the ACT (and pay for it, study for it, etc).
- TN – All students tested on the ACT: Everyone. Like Tennessee, the other states at the bottom of the rankings have universal testing of high schools students.
Are those playing fields level for comparison? No.
There are those who would argue that shouldn't matter, that scores are too low in Nashville and Tennessee no matter how you look at it.
They are correct.
Every student in Tennessee takes the ACT. It's not only used to measure our collective achievement, but it also gets them into a college mindset and assesses whether or not they are prepared for college.
That last part is where we have to do better. We have to better prepare our students for college. Anything less is a disservice to students in our schools.
Let's go over that part again because it's important.
No one in Metro Schools believes an 18.4 district average is acceptable. No one in Tennessee believes the 19.7 statewide average is acceptable. Anyone who thinks we are resting on the laurels of incremental score growth is wrong.
When you're talking district-wide transformation, test scores are always the last piece to move – especially ACT scores. That's because ACT scores measure the accumulated wealth of years of education.
The recurring obsession with ACT numbers does two things: it unfairly compares states with different populations taking the ACT and gives short shrift to the growth in student achievement and the hard work to make that happen.
The real solution is building stronger high school students who turn into stronger graduates. That starts as soon as they enter kindergarten.
Good thing, then, that we now have a district-level executive guiding instruction for K-12 as one, continuous whole. A unified vision for instruction at every grade level means elementary students will be better prepared for middle school. Middle schoolers will come to high school achieving at higher levels. And eleventh graders will score higher on the ACT.
Good thing, then, that we are moving our top experts in instruction into schools, where they can adapt and guide instruction for individual clusters, schools, classrooms and even students.
The transformation of Nashville's public schools is ongoing and ever evolving. But it's driven by – and has always been driven by – the same goal: across the board improvement in academic achievement for all students, by any measure.
Is the ACT important? Of course. Colleges use ACT scores for admissions decisions. Educators rely on them to assess how they are doing and how they can better prepare students for graduation.
But is it the end all, be all of the education conversation? No.
What should be the end all, be all of the education conversation? Everything leading up to the ACT.


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Program Status: Open
Federal Register Notice: PDF | Amendment: PDF
Program Fact Sheet: PDF
Applications for Grants of $20,000 or Less | Guaranteed Loan/Grant of $20,000 or Less Combo Applications
- October 31st or March 31st
Applications for Unrestricted Grants | Guaranteed Loan/Unrestricted Grant Combo Applications
- March 31st
Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grants
- January 31st
Guaranteed Loans
- Continuous Application Cycle
*Any application date that falls on a weekend or a federally-observed holiday, the next Federal business day will be considered the last day for receipt of a Complete Application. Complete Applications received after 4:30 p.m. local time of the competition closing date, regardless of the postmark on the application, will be processed in the subsequent fiscal year.
FY 2019 Funding Amounts (Pending any funding received in any continuing resolution or the final appropriations act)
Guaranteed Loans: TBD
Unrestricted Grants: TBD
Grants of $20,000 or Less: TBD
What does this program do?
Provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements.
Who may apply?
- Agricultural producers with at least 50% of gross income coming from agricultural operations, and
- Small businesses in eligible rural areas.
NOTE: Agricultural producers and small businesses must have no outstanding delinquent federal taxes, debt, judgment or debarment.
What is an eligible area?
- Businesses must be in an area other than a city or town with a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants and the urbanized area of that city or town. Check eligible business addresses.
- Agricultural producers may be in rural or non-rural areas.
How may the funds be used?
Funds may be used for renewable energy systems, such as:
- Biomass (for example: biodiesel and ethanol, anaerobic digesters, and solid fuels)
- Geothermal for electric generation or direct use
- Hydropower below 30 megawatts
- Hydrogen
- Small and large wind generation
- Small and large solar generation
- Ocean (tidal, current, thermal) generation
Funds may also be used for the purchase, installation and construction of energy efficiency improvements, such as:
- High efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC)
- Insulation
- Lighting
- Cooling or refrigeration units
- Doors and windows
- Electric, solar or gravity pumps for sprinkler pivots
- Switching from a diesel to electric irrigation motor
- Replacement of energy-inefficient equipment
What funding is available?
- Loan guarantees on loans up to 75% of total eligible project costs
- Grants for up to 25% of total eligible project costs
- Combined grant and guaranteed loan funding up to 75% of total eligible project costs
What are the guaranteed loan terms?
- $5,000 minimum loan amount
- $25 million maximum loan amount
- Up to 85% loan guarantee
- Rates and terms negotiated with the lender and subject to USDA approval
- Maximum term of 30 years for real estate
- Maximum term of 15 years for machinery and equipment
- Maximum term of 7 years for capital loans
- Maximum term of 30 years for combined real estate and equipment loans
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- Applications for this program are accepted year round at your local office.
Who can answer questions?
Contact your State Rural Development Energy Coordinator.
What governs this program?
- Basic Program – Code of Federal Regulation, 7 CFR 4280, Subpart B
- This program is authorized by Title IX of the Agricultural Act of 2014, (2014 Farm Bill)
Why does USDA Rural Development do this?
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Red Sox fall to AL East basement after losing 3 of 4 to Yankees
When the Red Sox reached New York on Wednesday night, they did so riding the momentum of the David Ortiz home run that earlier that same evening had delivered a win over the Rangers, and given Boston the better of its series with Texas.
But as the Sox left the Bronx late Sunday night, the pendulum certainly seemed to be swinging in the other direction.
A weekend during which questions arose about the health of Koji Uehara's right shoulder, as well as Dustin Pedroia's left wrist, ultimately ended with the reigning champs losing three of four to their primary rival, the Yankees claiming a 3-2 victory in the last installment of a four-game series that leaves the Sox looking up from the bottom of the American League East.
Stumbling to 5-8 on the season, only Kansas City has a worse winning percentage than Boston among AL clubs. Meanwhile, no team in baseball has been worse over its last 10 games than the Sox have been (at 3-7). And only once since winning two of three in the season-opening series at Baltimore have the Sox won a game without relying on a game-deciding three-run homer. That came from Ortiz on Wednesday. Then another came from Grady Sizemore on Friday.
But it never came Sunday. And with Ivan Nova limiting the Sox to just a couple of instances where they could hit with a runner in scoring position, its absence was again dooming.
Some shoddy Yankee baserunning kept the Yankees from scoring in the first, when they put runners on second and third with one out, but wasted the opportunity when Jacoby Ellsbury was gunned down by Jackie Bradley Jr. while trying to advance from second to third on a flyball to center. Because Ellsbury was tagged out before Carlos Beltran could cross the plate, his run didn't count.
That enabled the Sox to take the game's initial advantage in the second, as Jonathan Herrera plated Ryan Roberts with a single to center. But later in the rally Bradley was thrown out when trying to score on Grady Sizemore's knock to left, so Boston was forced to settle for one run despite four hits in the frame.
And that allowed the Yankees to take their first lead an inning later. With one out, Brett Gardner pulled a sharp single to right, and Doubront subsequently left an 84 mph changeup over the heart of the plate to Carlos Beltran – who ripped it into the first row of seats beyond the left-field fence for his second homer in two days, and a 2-1 Yankee lead.
Overall, Doubront (6.2 innings, 3 R, 7 H, 3 BB, 2 K) was much better than he was five days earlier, when he was yanked after 2.2 innings in the shortest start of his career. But still the Yanks extended their edge to 3-1 in the fourth, when umpires used video replay to reverse what would've been an inning-ending double play ball off the bat of Francisco Cervelli. That allowed Brian McCann to score what eventually became the game-winning run, and in the end the officials were probably right to overturn the call, but John Farrell wasn't interested in accepting that decision after getting slighted by baseball's new replay system on Saturday afternoon.
After a passionate protest, the Sox manager was ejected.
That turned out to be a particularly big ruling because Mike Napoli led off the sixth by mashing Ivan Nova's four-seamer some 439 feet, and deep into the left-field seats. That closed Boston to within 3-2, though Nova responded by retiring the final seven hitters he faced, and then the Sox couldn't capitalize on a quality chance in the eighth.
After Ichiro Suzuki robbed David Ortiz of a double with a leaping catch near the wall in right-center, Napoli doubled, Daniel Nava walked, and A.J. Pierzynski took a David Phelps fastball off his elbow pad. That loaded the bases, so acting manager Torey Lovullo sent Mike Carp to bat in place of Roberts.
The battle began by Carp taking two balls, but Phelps followed with a pair of called strikes – then, after Carp spoiled three more pitches by fouling them off, he whiffed only a low curveball to end the eight-pitch encounter. And enable the Yankees to escape. De facto Yankee closer Shawn Kelley then retired the Sox in order in the ninth.
And sent Boston reeling toward Chicago.


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Heart Damage and Chemotherapy
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My father was recently diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in the lining of the lung. It was suggested that he undergo chemo therapy treatment with Doxil®. He's an older man with a heart condition, and based on what I read, I'm concerned about the cardiac ramifications.
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Doxil® is an anthracycline chemotherapy drug that is known to cause heart muscle damage. This damage can affect how well the heart pumps in some patients. The risk of heart damage applies to all chemotherapies of the anthracycline class. A patient should be screened with a MUGA scan or an ECHO (done by a cardiologist) before receiving Doxil® to obtain the patient's "ejection fraction" (EF). The EF is a measure of the baseline heart function that can later be affected by Doxil®. If the patient's EF is too low to begin with, then another drug should be used. Otherwise, the patient can receive Doxil® but should be monitored closely for any heart problems during treatment.


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Batch or Dixon?
By Mike Batista
It's official. Principal Goodell will only make Ben Roethlisberger stand in the corner for four games instead of six. Now it's time to debate who should start in place of Roethlisberger for the first four games of the regular season, Charlie Batch or Dennis Dixon.
Here's my opinion: It doesn't matter.
Without Roethlisberger, I'm predicting a 1-3 start for the Steelers. Let's look at their schedule.
They open at home against Atlanta, a team with high expectations this year. If the Steelers' defense is, in fact, getting old, the Falcons have a powerful offense that will expose that aging process.
In Week 2, the Steelers are at Tennessee, never an easy place for them to win.
In Week 3, the Steelers are at Tampa Bay. If the Steelers' one win without Roethlisberger doesn't come in the opener, it better come here. The Buccaneers are rebuilding, but they'll be at home for this one, and with no Roethlisberger, who knows what could happen?
In Week 4, the Steelers are home against the Ravens. Baltimore looks loaded this year. But they might be getting old on defense, too, and they won't have Ed Reed, who will miss the first six weeks of the season with a hip injury. Still, I'm not sure if Batch or Dixon will be able to exploit the Ravens' suspect secondary.
The last time the Steelers made the playoffs after a 1-3 start was 2002, when Tommy Maddox relieved Kordell Stewart and took the Steelers on a magic carpet ride.
It all comes down to the quarterback.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
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DD will step up; 2-2.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 8:42 AM
I feel like the Steelers will be able to beat Atlanta and Tampa on the ground and allow Dixon safe throwing downs much like they did with Roethlisberger early in his career. I think Tennessee, and definitely Baltimore, will require Dennis Dixon to blossom into the athlete and QB he needs to be in the NFL. Hopefully he does because if he doesn't you can count on at least 2 losses in the first 4 games.ReplyDelete
I was impressed with our backs and I think the O-Line is ready to make a statement after being criticized about the lack of production on the ground last year. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Steelers produce the first half the season.
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Man charged in Facebook 'sextortion' scheme
INDIANAPOLIS -- Federal officials said a cellphone and an Internet connection were all one Indianapolis man needed to sexually exploit almost a dozen underage girls during a yearlong Facebook "sextortion" scheme that drove one of the victims to attempt suicide.
Authorities announced charges Thursday against Austin Williams, 23, who is accused of posing as a young girl on Facebook and using fake profiles to coax other young girls into sending him pornographic images of themselves.
The investigation began in January after Williams was arrested on a charge of raping a 15-year-old girl. Authorities said she was his last victim — but they said that they later found scores of text messages and pornographic images of other girls on his cellphone.
A lengthy probable-cause affidavit released Thursday reveals more about those allegations, which date to March 2012. They were brought by nine other young women between the ages of 14 and 17.
In one instance, Williams allegedly threatened to post a victim's photos on Facebook, and did so even after she sent him more explicit pictures.
"The minor was so distraught that she attempted suicide," according to court documents detailing the charges.
U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett, who announced the charges, said the case represents a change in how predators are seeking out and interacting with their victims — no longer, he said, do offenders have to hide behind a computer screen.
"This is the only tool he needed to make victims of these young girls," Hogsett said, holding up an iPhone.
The 14 charges brought against Williams — which vary from child pornography to extortion and attempted child sexual exploitation — carry maximum sentences of 30 years each.
The monthslong investigation was carried out by local law enforcement officials in partnership with the FBI.
Using aliases like "Darien Sims" and "Dorisha Simmons," court documents said Williams would start conversations on Facebook chat before moving to text messaging. Once the girls sent him the photos, he would often threaten to post the images publicly to Facebook if they didn't send more, the documents said.
"Since u playin games, if u don't send me 8 pics of u naked or cum over later ima post All ur pics," Williams wrote in one text message exchange, according to a probable-cause affidavit.
In that case, the victim refused, and Williams posted all of the pornographic images on the social networking website.
"The sad reality is," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve DeBrota, "once photos get in the wild, there's no way to get them back."
The girl's friends and classmates viewed the images; she was "humiliated, taunted and bullied at school," the affidavit said.
In some cases, according to the affidavit, Williams met the victims in person, often posing as the brother or boyfriend of the person the girls believed they were talking to online.
During these meetings, Williams is accused of sexually harassing or assaulting the girls.
Authorities said they did not learn about the scheme until Williams was accused of rape in January; none of the other girls, they said, told investigators about their experiences.
Hogsett said photos were posted to Facebook in two of the 10 cases. However, DeBrota added, the social networking company did not have any involvement with the investigation.
Contributing: Brian Wilson of The Indianapolis Star


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Jesus Christ Superstar Screening and Q & A with Ted Neeley
Saturday, August 30, 7 p.m. | Dunbar Theatre
Tickets and info: From $11.50 at the Dunbar Theatre box office or 604-222-2991
It takes a very special performer to play a role like the Son of God. From Jim Caviezel in Mel Gibson's gory Passion of the Christ to Christian Bale in the 1999 TV movie Mary, Mother of Jesus, many have tried. But none have left quite so indelible a mark on Western religion's favourite prophet as Ted Neeley in the classic film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's controversial 1970s rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar.
"I shall forever be 33," the singer jokes on the phone from his home near Santa Barbara about his long association with the 2,000-year-old Nazarene.
When I press him for details, he stays positive. "Of course, it is difficult to be 33 for 40 years chronologically, but it's maintained a youthful atmosphere for me," he says. "The fact that I've been able to be involved in this magnificent project for that amount of time is pretty unheard of."
That unbroken enthusiasm for the more than four decades since it first hit the stage has inspired devotion in his fans, including Vancouver photographer Hilary Stephens, who organized tonight's screening and Q & A at the Dunbar Theatre.
She saw the film for the first time when she was 13 years old. At the time, she wasn't aware of the controversy surrounding its release, or the cultural weight of the story. For her, it was Neeley who sealed the deal.
"The moment that Ted came on the screen, I thought: 'Oh my gosh, who is that?'"
Stephens has seen the live production 17 times and the film, she estimates, more than 100 times. Each time she notices something new.
"I see it as a metaphor for the journey of this very special man," she says. "Whether he's the Son of God or not, that's for other people to decide for themselves. I'm not a religious person — I'm a spiritual person, and I think that film took me on that journey of discovering and exploring my spirituality more."
It wasn't until the live production made it to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre a few years later that she was able to meet her idol. She and her sister sneaked in the back after the curtain, where they found Neeley alongside Carl Anderson who played Judas Iscariot.
"At that time, there weren't a lot of meet-and-greets," she remembers. "People didn't know that you could go back and say hello. I just took a chance and went back there. There were a few people around and I got the chance to talk with him for about five minutes."
She adds: "He won't remember that time."
She's met him several more times since and has since come to count him as a friend. Last year, when she heard that he had been doing screenings with Q & As across the U.S., she began a campaign to get him to take the show to Vancouver.
"He's probably one of the most authentic, genuine, down-to-earth, funny, connected human beings I've ever met," she gushes.
Speaking to him on the phone, it's easy to understand the connection that Stephens and other "Tedheads" feel. Despite being a longtime resident of California, Neeley's Texan accent rings clear, punctuated with the occasional whistled "s." He's genial, almost compulsively humble, and always quick to say that though he played the titular role, the film was a group effort.
"I was just in that particular costume," he says.
Superstar was one of several rock operas to crop up around the late 1960s, flying in the face of operatic convention and political power. Neeley also took lead roles in productions of Hair and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in both New York and Los Angeles.
But he didn't set out to be a counterculture icon. Rather, he grew up in the small town of Ranger, Texas, going to his family's Baptist church on Sundays. Fans of the film might be surprised to see footage from the Smothers Brothers show of his earliest incarnation as the clean-cut frontman of The Ted Neeley Five, crooning the Burt Bacharach-penned There's Always Something There to Remind Me. But perhaps it was that very hint of lithe young cowboy, along with his swooping vocal abilities, that attracted the producers to Neeley in the first place.
Directed by Norman Jewison, the film is insanely over the top, filled with sweaty dancers in tight bell-bottoms writhing and leaping through a desert in Israel. When I point out how hot everyone looks onscreen, Neeley jokes that the word has two meanings, both of which apply. The cast is both sunburned and undeniably good-looking.
He remembers the shoot as gruelling, water being the most precious commodity on set.
"Norman had us out there long before the shooting schedule, just so we could get acclimated to the climate, so we could get sun on our bodies," he remembers. "We couldn't believe when we saw the dailies, watching our hair become streaked from the sun, going from what we were — the Americans and Canadians who all came over there looking pristine — to be becoming these desert people."
The film, with its story of troubled revolutionaries, is a neat reflection of early 1970s counterculture.
"When we did the picture, it was right toward the end of the Vietnam War," Neeley remembers. "Everything was going on at that time. I was in Hair before I was in Superstar, so for a good three to five years there we were celebrating onstage what was going on in the streets around the world, all of that turmoil and tumult and everything that was happening because of the Vietnam War."
Neeley still describes himself as a dreamer, and finds it disheartening that the changes to the system his generation worked so hard to bring about didn't seem to stick.
He sees the new generation of protesters as the natural response to the injustices that remain. "Thank goodness they're doing that because protest is what made change for this country," he says. "Protest is ultimately what stopped the Vietnam War after all those years of outrageous insane murder. Suddenly there was a generation that said, 'No, I won't go.'"
What he enjoys the most about his Superstar legacy is that it gives him an opportunity to talk with people. This year, it even got him a meeting with the Pope during a run in Italy.
"It's a universal language," he explains. "No matter where I go anywhere in the world, I can talk to a total stranger on the street because they saw Jesus Christ Superstar, and we can sit down and have a lovely conversation."
Since the film, Neeley has done a number of projects, including touring with his Little Big Band, guest spots on TV and a cameo in Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film Django Unchained, but he's always come back to Superstar.
"Most people would think: 'Come on, man, aren't you sick of this?' Just the opposite, I could not be happier," he says. "Every time I walk on the stage to do this role, it's the first time all over again."


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July 31, 2012
With exactly one year to go until the 28th World Youth Day begins in Rio de Janeiro, Pope Benedict XVI is praying this August that young people will engage in evangelization.
"That young people, called to follow Christ, may be willing to proclaim and bear witness to the Gospel to the ends of the earth," the official Vatican statement from July 31 says.
Pope Benedict's mission prayer intention echoes almost exactly the theme for next year's event in Brazil, "Go and make disciples of all nations."
It also comes only days after he used his traditional Sunday Angelus address to send his best wishes to those organizing the six-day international festival, which will take place July 23-28, 2013.
"It is a valuable opportunity for many young people to experience the joy and beauty of belonging to the Church and living the faith," the Pope said at the July 29 Angelus gathering.
Rio de Janeiro will be Pope Benedict's fourth World Youth Day since being elected pontiff seven years ago. The international assembly will follow successful events in Cologne in 2005, Sydney in 2008 and Madrid in 2011. It will also be the first World Youth Day to be hosted by a South American country since the event convened in Buenos Aires in 1987.
At present, over 2 million pilgrims are expected to make the journey to Brazil next year.
"I look forward to this event and would like to encourage and thank the organizers, especially the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, working diligently to prepare the reception of young people from around the world take part in this important ecclesial meeting," the Pope added at the Angelus remarks. Encounters between the 85-year-old Pope and young people have been a constant feature of his 23 apostolic visits outside of Italy. His message has always been constant and challenging – true happiness is to be found in following Jesus Christ.
"God wants us to be happy always. He knows us and he loves us," he told young people in the Mexican city of Guanajuato during his last foreign visit, which was to Mexico and Cuba in March 2012.
"If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness."
Read more: http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=5896#ixzz22KirVng6


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Come WALK with physicians, physical therapists, medical students, and neighbors. Ask a DOCTOR questions and discuss health topics while taking a step towards better HEALTH in your community. Activities include:
- A 20-minute trail walk
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The scientific terms are "assistive technologies and biometrics," but what they mean is that Praveen Kakumanu is interested in what we sound like and what we look like.
His post-doctoral work at WSU centers on developing software programs and models to detect faces and recognize facial expressions such as laughter or anger.
Kakumanu received his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering last June from Wright State, working with Nikolaos Bourbakis, Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor of Information Technology, in the development of a prototype device to help the blind "see."
The system incorporates tiny cameras attached to a pair of glasses and a head-set connected to a portable laptop carried by the visually impaired individual. The system identifies the images "seen" by the camera and converts this to audio information the subject hears through the headset.
"This project makes it possible to efficiently conduct such daily tasks as reading books or newspapers and even initiating conversations. It improves independent mobility and social interaction," said Bourbakis, who has been involved in computer engineering eye research for 20 years.
The work by Kakumanu involves biometrics, an emerging field in information technology devoted to the identification of individuals using biological traits, such as those based on iris scanning, fingerprints, or face recognition.
While Kakumanu's work concentrates on aiding the blind, numerous other applications exist for assistive technology involving recognition systems. These vary from surveillance cameras and personal identification to military target recognition and checking visitor passes at Disney World. Such fields as banking, investing, retail sales, law enforcement, and health services are involved.
Kakumanu received his bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from Nagarjuna University in India, and also holds a master's degree from Wright State.


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Car Parts & Accessories
Car Parts & Accessories (CPA) is a member of The Parts Alliance, one of the UK's leading suppliers of automotive parts to the independent aftermarket. We focus on providing our customers with the right parts in order to support their business. With a huge stock holding of quality parts, a market-leading catalogue and great people, we provide our garage customers with a reliable on-demand service.


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UW Trustees to Hold Special Meeting Thursday
August 21, 2012
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 7 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, by teleconference.
Those wishing to attend may do so in the Old Main Board Room at UW. Because this is a special meeting, only topics listed in this notice will be discussed.
The agenda:
FY 2013-2014 supplemental budget request.


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With a quick keyboard shortcut (Command-Control-T) Thurly springs to life automatically shortening the URL of the Web page you are on.
From there you can copy the shortened URL out to use elsewhere. Paste it into emails, forums posts, blog entries and much more.
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- Thurly 2.0 may seem like a step backward at this point. In a way it is. But it is laying the groundwork to produce Thurly in an official plug-in environment, which is something that has not been available before Safari 5. We plan on adding some of the features that were present in Thurly before back into the plug-in, but for now version 2.0 will focus simply on URL shortening.
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Hornets trailed only 13-0 at halftime
CHILLICOTHE ♦ A bit surprisingly ahead only 13-0 at halftime, the Class 4 No. 2-ranked Savannah Savages capitalized on a disputed call early in the third quarter with a 54-yards touchdown pass from Zane Wilt to Tyler Wilt to go ahead by three scores and then sealed their seventh-straight victory with a 20-points fourth quarter in the Midland Empire Conference contest.
On the first possession of the second half, a Savannah run attempt from its own 44 was ruled by the line official nearest the play to have been short of the distance for a first down, but the line official from the opposite side subsequently arrived to insist the ball had reached the SHS 45-yard-line and his voice carried the day, sustaining the SHS possession. A review of video footage of the game appeared to show clearly the ball had reached only about midway between the 44 and 45, which would have left it short of the line of gain and given Chillicothe possession at the 45 with a chance to close within one score. Instead, three plays later, the Wilts connected for their bomb and the Hornets, who played very good run defense most of the game, but were scorched on deep passes a half-dozen times, never recovered.
Zane Wilt unofficially threw for 239 yards and two scores, both to his brother, while connecting on nine of 15 throws. Five of his nine completions went for 32 or more yards.
Tyler Wilt caught six balls for 180 yards unofficially, with TD receptions of 10 yards in the second period and the 54-harder in the third.
Corey Coburn racked up 109 yards on 18 carries, 73 of those before halftime.
Z. Wilt was intercepted twice by Chillicothe's Tyler Clampitt, who now has four picks on the season.
Savannah (7-0, 5-0 MEC) has its showdown battle with Maryville on the road next Friday. Chillicothe (1-6, 1-4) has its home finale against Smithville.


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Watch The Ghosts Of Bush and Haunted Homes Under The Hammer video slideshows. Sound artist and Resonance FM presenter Robin Warren aka Robin The Fog is featured in The Wire 345 in an article by Sukhdev Sandhu.
Haunted Homes Under The
A recent picture album and sound work by Robin The Fog: "The terrifying truth behind one of the most recognisable mainstays of BBC daytime television."
The Ghosts Of Bush
The Ghosts Of Bush is an investigation of the hidden corners of the BBC's now disused Bush House in London, made in June 2012 with photography by Hannah Brown and sounds by Robin The Fog using recordings made around the building. The track is from the album The Ghosts Of Bush out on The Fog Signals.