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I was recently lucky enough to travel the world on a really big shopping trip (yep even I was jealous of myself....although now I am back it feels as though I never went anywhere and the only clue to my worldwide shopping spree is my credit card debt! Oh and some really fabulous clothes, but that's a whole other blog!). The reason I am telling you (bragging) about my trip is because I came home and realised that although I love Zara and Topshop (almost more than my Nan.....I said almost) I was so disappointed that every city in the world I traveled to, had a giant store on every corner and Europe was pumping with Zara-bots and Topshop chicks! It used to be a treat to travel to Spain and get the latest rags from Zara or lose a few hours in Topshop on Oxford Street but now it seems the world is being over run with all the same stores. Don't get me wrong I was the first to queue for 5 hours to rush into Zara when it first opened in my hometown and I love/adore/obsess over some of the amazing things in store but when you travel half way around the world only to turn up to a Parisian party wearing the same dress as someone else there (true story! Horror, shock etc) it starts to get a bit "small world after all".
I guess the economic down turn (yawn) is to blame for all the small indie boutiques closing down and the chains taking over but what is a girl to do? ........Shop at H&M and Massimo Dutti while you still can and they haven't opened there doors down-under yet! Oh and an exclusive collection never goes astray either, if you're listening Zara.


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A Time To Shine Youth Cabaret to Host BROADWAY NOW at the Laurie Beechman, 2/24
On February 24th 2013 A Time To Shine Youth Cabaret presents: BROADWAY NOW and will be celebrating accomplished teens from the Broadway community at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at The West Bank Café 407 West 42nd Street at 4PM.
The Cabaret will feature a star studded line up of talented young performers from various Broadway shows and National Tours such as Mary Poppins, The little Mermaid, Bonnie and Clyde, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Thirteen, Beauty and The Beast, and A Christmas Story The Musical.
Time To Shine is a company of young performers from the Broadway Community that have been sharing their talents since 2010.
"This particular Cabaret will continue the celebration of musical theater and pop" said Leorah Haberfield, producer of a Time To Shine, and director of the cabarets. The performers will sing solos, duets and some will accompany themselves on piano and yukalale. Norma Jean Curley will be the cabaret's musical director.
The Cabaret line-up includes:
Rozi Baker: Bonnie and Clyde, Mary Poppins
Ethan Haberfield: Mary Poppins
Henry Hodges: Mary Poppins, Thirteen
Maddy Novak: Billy Elliot
Devynn Pedell: Mary Poppins
Analise Scarpaci: A Christmas Story The Musical
Sadie Seelert: Mary Poppins
Doors open at 330PM and the show will begin promptly at 4:00 PM. Call 212-695-6909 for reservations.

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Games of Sept. 14-15, 2012
QB A.J. Springer, Sr., Sul Ross State
Springer tied a Sul Ross school record by throwing six touchdowns in a single game, the Lobos' 62-35 win against Trinity (Texas). He completed 32 of 41 passes (78 percent), throwing for 481 of the Lobos'655 offensive yards.
OL Quentin Rembert, Mac Wallace, Austin Hunter, Tyler
Johnson, Mike Lehman, Heidelberg
Heidelberg ran for 261 yards, an average of 6.2 per carry, on Ohio Northern, showing it wouldn't miss a beat after the summer departure of a preseason All-American running back. They allowed just one sack in 42 opportunities.
RB Bobby Dougherty, Sr.,
Dougherty rushed for a career-high 174 yards and three touchdowns to lead Hobart to a 45-26 win at Utica. He averaged 8.7 yards per carry against the Pioneers, who came into the contest allowing just 119.5 rushing yards per game. Dougherty's TD runs covered 6, 59, and 18 yards.
RB Dominique Carson, Sr., Sul Ross
Carson had a combined 247 yards of offense and three touchdowns, rushing 19 times for 128 yards and catching five passes for 119. One of his scores was a 73-yard catch and run.
WR Brandon Boyle, Jr., Castleton
Boyle was all over the field with a school-record 17 catches for 172 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 56-35 loss to RPI. Seven of his catches resulted in first downs.
WR Jimmie Simpson, So.,
Simpson had just five catches but took them for 172 yards and scored four touchdowns in a 57-21 win. His scores covered 24, 32, 39 and 67 yards.
TE Denny Wilhelm, Jr., Castleton
Wilhelm had a career-high 10 catches for 76 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Four of his catches were for first downs and Wilhelm also drew a pass interference on a third down play in the second half.
DE Tyre Coleman, So., Hobart
Coleman broke the 15-year-old Hobart game record for sacks with 4.5 in a 45-26 win at Utica, which also tied the school record for tackles for loss. The swarming Statesmen defense limited Utica to just 13 net yards rushing
DT Silvio Diaz, Jr., Mary
Silvio posted three sacks among three and a half tackles for loss and forced a fumble for UMHB. Two of the sacks in the fourth quarter to help stuff Wesley's comeback bid. He led a defense that held the Wolverines to minus-4 rushing yards and 290 yards of total offense.
DE Ayo Idowu, Jr., St.
Idowu had a sack and 2.5 TFL among his seven total tackles with one QB hurry. His pressure helped forced St. John's into four second-half interceptions to help the Tommies top their archrival on the road 43-21. Idowu led a defense that held the Johnnies to 24 rushing yards on 24 carries (under their 182 yards per game average). The last 11 Johnnie possessions included five 3-and-outs and four intercepted passes with just one TD on a one-play 17-yard scoring drive.
LB Brian Hardenberg, Jr.,
Hardenberg had a career-high 12 tackles, including a school-record six tackles for loss, in his first career start. Tackles 11 and 12 were on Union's last two plays from scrimmage: He dropped the quarterback for a 2-yard loss on second-and-goal from the Ithaca 1, then notched a 10-yard sack (the first of his career) to drive the Dutchmen back to the 13 forcing them to kick an overtime field goal. He stopped Union's running back a yard short of what would have been a win-clinching first down with under two minutes to go, which forced Union to attempt a punt; their 30-yard loss on the punt snap set up Ithaca's tying score.
LB Cody Buresh, So.,
Buresh tied a school record with five tackles for losses totaling 30 yards. His forced fumble in the second quarter led to the first Wabash touchdown of the game. He also brkoe up three passes.
LB Issa Diarra, Jr.,
Diarra had six tackles (five solo) for Salisbury in the then-No. 7 Sea Gulls' 69-6 win against North Carolina Wesleyan. He also posted three tackles for a loss of 17 yards, two sacks and a forced fumble.
CB Chris Hall, Jr., Buffalo
Hall ended UW-Whitewater's first possession and last possession with interceptions, helping Buffalo State defeat the Warhawks 7-6. He finished with six tackles, five solo, with two of the solo tackles coming on consecutive plays in the red zone to force a field goal attempt.
S Ryan Wenkman, Sr.,
Wenkman was credited with six tackles (three solo), a pass broken up and two interceptions in UW-W's 7-6 loss to Buffalo State. His first interception, in the first quarter, ended a BSC possession at Whitewater's 43. The second, in the third quarter, gave UW-W the ball at the Bengals' 33, setting up a field goal attempt.
S Drew Peterson, Jr.,
Peterson had a game-high seven solo tackles of his 10 total as the Albright defense shut out Wilkes for the first three quarters of a 27-13 win. Peterson picked off two passes in the first half and added two tackles for loss.
S Cody Pasterino, Sr.,
Pastorino recorded five total tackles (four solo), forced a fumble, blocked a field goal and blocked an extra point against East Texas Baptist. He blocked a 34-yard field goal with 17 seconds left in the first half, then an extra point after ETBU scored with 12:55 left in the game to pull within 35-24. He forced a fumble on ETBU's next possession with the Tigers at their own 30-yard line.
CB Mike LaValley, Jr., St.
LaValley recorded two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown in Saturday's win over Greenville. LaValley's first interception led to CSS' first score and he brought back the second one 73 yards for a touchdown for the final score of the game.
Special teams
K Nick Dace, Jr., North Central (Ill.)
Dace kicked the two longest field goals in North Central history in a 37-10 win at UW-Stout. He connected on a 53-yarder with 7:45 left in the game to break the previous record of 50, which had stood since 1994. Dace then broke his own record with a 55-yard kick with six seconds left. He had three field goals in the game.
P Nicholas Muir, Jr.,
Muir set a school record for the longest punt, 81 yards, and punt average in a single game, at 48.5 yards. Muir also pinned the Concordia (Wis.) offense inside its own 20 twice.
RET Tucker Schumitz, So., Western New
Schumitz returned the opening kickoff for a 99-yard touchdown to set a school record, setting the tone for a Western New England 50-14 victory over visiting Worcester State.
ST Mike Benderski, Sr., St. John Fisher
Benderski blocked two field goals in the win over UR in the Courage Bowl - a game that raises funds for Camp Good Days. Benderski, who battled thyroid cancer as a kid, blocked a 32-yard field goal with under five minutes left and the game tied at 14-14, and teammate Wade Kline returned it for a 72-yard touchdown.


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Cyberspies believed to be working for a national government for the past five years have stolen vast amounts of classified, sensitive, or proprietary information from at least 72 companies and government and nonprofit groups in 14 countries, with the bulk of the victims in the United States, a major cybersecurity firm is reporting.
"What we have witnessed over the past five to six years has been nothing short of a historically unprecedented transfer of wealth," the report's co-author, Dmitri Alperovitch, a vice president of Santa Clara, Calif.-based McAfee, wrote on his blog.
Targets of the information theft included the US federal and state governments, county governments, and Canadian, South Korean, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, and Indian governments. Among other targets: defense contractors, the United Nations, prodemocracy groups, and individual companies in the steel, energy, solar power, electronics, and computer security industries.
What distinguishes this new report from others in the recent past is its level of detail, some cybersecurity experts said. In part that could be because the perpetrators created detailed logs of their exploits on a "command and control" server that McAfee was able to infiltrate.
"Closely guarded national secrets (including from classified government networks), source code, bug databases, email archives, negotiation plans and exploration details for new oil and gas field auctions, document stores, legal contracts,... and much more has 'fallen off the truck' of numerous, mostly Western companies and disappeared in the ever-growing electronic archives of dogged adversaries," Mr. Alperovitch wrote.
'Massive economic threat'
The impact of that loss represents a "massive economic threat" not only to companies and industries but whole nations that now could see diminished economic growth as the global competitive landscape intensifies – and jobs lost, according to McAfee's report, "Revealed: Operation Shady RAT." RAT is an acronym for "Remote Access Tool."
Unlike typical cybercriminals, McAfee says the cyberspies showed keen interest in nonmonetary information, infiltrating economic trade groups, think tanks and political and nonprofit groups – even international sports. Asian and Western national Olympic Committees were targets, as were the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency – both hit in the months before and after the 2008 Olympics.
These latter instances "potentially pointed a finger at a state actor behind the intrusions, because there is likely no commercial benefit" behind such hacks, the McAfee report said. The cyberspies also targeted the computer networks of political nonprofits, private Western groups that promote democracy, and a US national security think tank. Beside the UN, the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) was also hacked.
Even though McAfee did not name the country believed to be behind the attacks, their scope, targets, and technical skill left other cyberexperts strongly suspecting a nation frequently cited as the perpetrator behind many cyberespionage probes: China.
China at 'top of the list'
"China rises to the top of the list of nations that could do this," says James Lewis, a senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "This fits precedent with other attacks we've seen. It's not conclusive, but who else cares this much about Taiwan?"
The McAfee report also cited but did not name a news organization whose New York and Hong Kong bureaus were targeted in 2009. The Associated Press, which was earlier reported to be the target of similar information grabbing attacks in the past, would not confirm the reports or comment on them, spokesman Jack Stokes told the Monitor.
Yet the vast loss of information to this particular cyberthief represents just a fraction of the total stolen each year from networks worldwide in what has become an enormous drain on the competitive edge that has long undergirded US and other developed nations' economies.
"This report only hints at the massive loss of information being downloaded each year," says Scott Borg, chief economist of the US Cyber Consequences Unit, a research organization. "All the stuff being sucked out of these companies is a real worry. Not all of it is intellectual property, but it's a lot of stuff nonetheless vital to these companies."
Mr. Borg estimates the loss to such thefts at $6 billion to $20 billion annually for the US alone. That loss could be far higher, except that the perpetrators have a limited capacity to digest the specialized information and capitalize on it, he says.
The attacks uncovered by McAfee fit the pattern of other attacks attributed to Chinese hackers. Among the best documented came in March 2009 when Canadian researchers identified 1,295 computers in 103 countries infected by spyware and operated by a "GhostNet" or network of computers. Unlike many viruses that infect randomly, the compromised computers of GhostNet belonged to high-value targets like embassies and nongovernmental organizations. Their common thread was the foreign policy concerns of China, the report found.
In January 2010, Google reported that it and dozens of other companies had been victims of a hack it attributed to China. In February this year, McAfee reported that several multinational oil companies were victims of cyberespionage by Chinese hackers who downloaded sensitive data from their corporate networks, including the companies' crown jewels – "bid data" detailing oil discoveries worldwide. In that case, McAfee fingered Chinese hackers as the likely culprits working on behalf of the government.
"We have strong evidence suggesting that the attackers were based in China," McAfee's George Kurtz wrote in his blog at the time. "The tools, techniques, and network activities used in these attacks originate primarily in China. These tools are widely available on the Chinese Web forums and tend to be used extensively by Chinese hacker groups."
In that report, McAfee did not identify the names of oil companies involved although other news organizations, including the Wall Street Journal, later reported the names of the five oil companies hit by the attacks.
That McAfee finding closely paralleled a January 2010 Monitor report that found cyberespionage attacks attributable to China had infiltrated computer networks belonging to at least three global oil giants – Marathon Oil, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips. None of them realized the extent of the attacks that hit them in 2008 until the FBI alerted them that year and in early 2009, the Monitor reported at the time.
Chinese spokesmen routinely rebuff accusations of cyberespionage. In June, Chinese Embassy spokesman Wang Baodong denied to the Monitor any culpability for his nation for the hack involving Gmail.
"Hacking is an international problem and China is also a victim," Mr. Wang said in an e-mailed comment. "As a responsible player in cyberspace, China strongly supports international cooperation in cracking down on unlawful activities. The claims of so-called Chinese state support for hacking are completely fictitious, and arbitrarily blaming misdeeds on China is irresponsible and unacceptable."


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Juwanee is one lovely cat and i am totally in love with him
He is just so beautiful.
he must be so much fun to be around fetching and bringing it back to you.
what a wonderful love-bug you have...i wish i could hug him through the screen here.
so pretty and so sweet...
please give him lots of kissess for me


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Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) posted a weaker-than-expected 17% increase in third-quarter profits on Thursday as the chemical giant's growth on the performance plastics front wasn't enough to offset shrinking volumes.
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Wall Street expressed disappointment with the earnings and revenue miss from Dow, bidding its shares almost 4% lower in premarket trading.
Dow said it earned $679 million last quarter, compared with a profit of $582 million a year earlier. Per-share profits increased 49 cents from 42 cents thanks to preferred dividends.
Excluding one-time items, the company logged profits of 50 cents a share, trailing the Street's view of 54 cents.
Revenue inched up 0.7% to $13.73 billion, missing consensus calls from analysts for $14 billion. Volumes slipped 2% last quarter, or 1% excluding the impact of divestitures. Prices rose 3% thanks to gains in most business lines, including a 9% jump in performance plastics.
"Dow continued to demonstrate positive momentum with our drive to execute self-help measures in a slow-growth world," Dow CEO Andrew Liveris said in a statement.
Dow, which has been pruning its non-core assets, also said it is moving ahead with plans to unload more assets with a value of at least $3 billion to $4 billion.
Earlier this month, Dow sealed a $500 million deal to sell its global polypropylene licensing and catalysts business to W.R. Grace (NYSE:GRA).
"The proceeds of these divestitures will create further capacity for the company to generate returns to shareholders," Liveris said. "Our cash priorities remain intact: rewarding our shareholders, reducing interest payments from our debt structure and funding organic growth."
In the third quarter, Dow generated $3.62 billion in performance plastics revenue, up from $3.50 billion the year before. On the other hand, feedstocks and energy revenue fell to $2.33 billion from $2.52 billion, while performance materials revenue slid to $3.31 billion from $3.41 billion.
Shares of Midland, Mich.-based Dow fell 3.75% to $39.50 in premarket trading on Thursday, putting them on track to reduce their 2013 rally of 27%.
Earlier this week, chemical giant DuPont (NYSE:DD) posted surging third-quarter profits that topped forecasts amid broad-based volume growth.


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Earlier while troubleshooting an issue for a client of mine I ran into an issue when testing HylaFAX's sendfax via the CLI. The error complained of some font files that appear to have been previously upgraded by someone else on the server which is running a fairly old version of Ubuntu Linux. Anyhow the error along with the quick resolution to the issue are noted below.


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"This is a business built by and for baby boomers, but that won't last long."
In his presentation to broker-dealer executives at the Financial Services Institute's OneVoice conference in Washington, Mark Tibergien spoke those words midway through his speech, making explicit what was an underlying theme at the broker-dealer advocacy group's annual conference.
In a conference that celebrated FSI's "Decade of Success," there was some looking back at where the independent broker-dealer business has come from, but there was much more focus on the future. Among the issues: where is the next generation of advisors to come from? Will IBDs' business model allow for attracting and retaining younger advisors? Will regulatory and market pressures allow BD reps to serve younger clients who may not yet possess wealth? How can you build a business for future success when so many of your advisors and their clients are in or nearing — or should be planning — retirement?
Not new questions, and Tibergien for one has been warning the industry for years of a looming advisor shortage as the existing advisor force ages while boomers near or enter retirement. To be sure, some independent BDs have not only attempted to answer those questions for some time, with some succeeding in lowering the average age of their rep forces while others have embraced new forms of marketing communications to attract younger clients, such as social media.
With tongue only partly in cheek, Tibergien chided the BD executives for pursuing a strategy of "serving the dead and dying," suggesting that if BDs are focusing on succession planning they should stop and focus instead on developing those reps who are growing their practices. That's Pershing Advisor Solutions' target clientele in the RIA space, but these are broker-dealers, right? Their reps are different from RIAs, but maybe not so much, Tibergien suggested in his speech.
So why aren't younger people flocking to become advisors? After all, as Tibergien likes to say, it's a business where you "profoundly impact the lives of other people. It's financially rewarding. It's intellectually stimulating.Throw in walks on the beach and it's a pretty good personals ad." Jokes aside, Tibergien said he had learned, partly from his own 25-year-old reverse mentor at Pershing, that younger people think advisors are too much like salespeople and that they associate everybody in financial services with the "worst excesses of Wall Street."
To counteract that perception, Tibergien suggested an industrywide approach was necessary, including recruiting on campuses like the accounting and legal professions do. He also criticized the internecine sniping between "Wall Street"" and "Main Street" firms, between broker-dealers and RIAs, failing to recognize that "any time we jump in the puddle, mud will splash on everybody" in financial services. In a separate interview during OneVoice, Sanjiv Mirchandani, who runs Fidelity's National Financial clearing arm, agreed that "this can't be a business where only baby boomer advisors serve boomer clients," then cited some broker-dealers that have had success, such as Cambridge Investment Research, whose president, Amy Webber, reported in another session that more than 18% of Cambridge's reps are under 40. Cambridge has made a concerted effort to recruit and retain younger advisors—and to mold Cambridge's service offerings to younger clients—partly through the efforts of its New Century Council, an advisory board at Cambridge at which under-40s comprise the majority.
Solving the next-generation problem of advisors and clients may well be one of those areas where larger BDs have an advantage. As one broker-dealer executive said in an interview: "To do that, you need scale." Or, perhaps, an industrywide effort.


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The American Botanical Council (ABC) is suggesting that consumers follow
additional precautions when using kava, an herb used for reducing symptoms
of anxiety and stress.
Recent case reports from Europe suggest a possible association of some kava
products and liver problems. Regulatory officials in Germany have expressed
concerns over cases of liver problems associated with kava and have notified
kava manufacturers that licenses to market the herb could be withdrawn by
the government, pending review of information submitted by the German kava
On November 8, 2001 the German government provided an explanation for its
proposal: In the past several years, there have been 24 adverse event
reports (AERs) of hepatotoxicity reportedly associated with oral use of kava
preparations in Germany and five in Switzerland.
In 18 cases conventional prescription or over-the-counter pharmaceutical
drugs with known or potential liver toxicity were also being used, but the
exact nature of the problem is not clear.
"No reports of adverse liver effects of kava have been published in the
U.S.," said Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of ABC, a
non-profit herbal research and education organization. He noted that the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now indicated that there are a small
number of adverse events in its unpublished database. This was first
reported in the FDA's letter to healthcare professionals on December 18.
"Despite the relatively good safety profile that kava has in the U.S., we
need to take this action by the German government very seriously,"
Blumenthal added. "Germany has led the world in clinical research and
rational regulation of herbal medicines. If their regulators think there's
a problem, then we need to look at this situation very carefully. It is
unclear what specific action Germany will take at this time," he said.
Blumenthal emphasized, "An expert evaluation of the medical case reports and
all relevant scientific literature is needed to determine the extent of the
problem and the appropriate steps for the proper labeling of kava".
ABC and a coalition of trade associations of the dietary supplement industry
are actively engaged in evaluating the information that has been made
available by the German regulatory authorities. They have retained a highly
regarded professional toxicologist from a leading university to ascertain
the nature of the relationship between kava consumption and liver problems.
The organizations include the American Herbal Products Association, the
Council for Responsible Nutrition, the National Nutritional Foods
Association, and the Utah Natural Products Alliance.
Based on the limited information made available to date, Blumenthal stated
that consumers of kava should consider the following if they are using kava


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It went down on the floor of the House of Representatives Sunday as our elected lawmakers, the progressive ones I mean, struggled to insure passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Perhaps the most heated moment came when Bart Stupak rejected last-minute GOP attempts to appropriate his anti-choice language for ultra-conservative ends. When Stupak sided for once with his own Party, someone from the GOP shouted out "baby killer." Clearly the Republican Party and their Supreme Court minions have a contagious case of diarrhea of the mouth. But in this case, what bothers me is hypocritical posture of righteous indignation invoked by folks who insist upon throwing the proverbial "baby out with the bathwater," and then acting as though the bathtub is the babykiller.
The infant mortality rate among African American infants is still more than double that of white infants, and nationally while Latino infant mortality rates are lower, in poorer states, Latino babies die across the board at a higher rate than their white counterparts. It is not a huge intellectual leap to surmise that lack of access to good prenatal care, nutritious food, and ready healthcare access, plays a huge role in the rates of infant mortality, and given the disproportionate number of poor Black and Brown people, these rates are not shocking. It is conservatives who are notorious for their vicious and malicious opposition to social welfare programs, which they insist are "hand-outs." But in my humble opinion, those who legislate into existence a permanent underclass are the real "babykillers." If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd almost think our well-meaning conservative brethren were invested in perpetuating generational cycles of poverty among Black and Brown folks. Who else can care for their children, clean their office buildings and homes, prepare their food, staff their factories [other than exploited overseas workers], or shine their shoes? Again, those are the musings of a conspiracy theorist.
I am, however, convinced that the state is the absentee baby daddy of every poor Black and Brown girl who ever finds herself undereducated, without work or options, in search of love in all the wrong places, and eventually pregnant, then a mother often willingly, but just as often not, then left at the mercy of someone who calls her names, maligns her character, and refuses to support her or the children on the grounds that she's a golddigger. I might be talking about any trifling unready father, or I might be talking about your friendly governmental welfare program, that creates the conditions of under-education and lack of opportunity that make premature motherhood a real possibility and sometimes an attractive option in a life searching for purpose. Whatever the case, it is because of these circumstances that I rejoice in this monumental step forward in increased healthcare access. Yes, women's wombs have unfairly been cast as the battleground. Yes, our wombs are still in the vice grips of the state, but post -legislation, many more young Black and Brown moms will have access to the resources they need to give their children a fighting chance. And that is something to smile about.


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Improv A-Hole is Village Theatre's full fledged, home-grown Improv Comedy tournament. The audience votes on who they like the most (or the least!) after every scene…with hilarious consequences! It's a college drinking game, mixed with a live-made-up-on-the-spot comedy show.
Disclaimer: Online ticket sales end right up to the event the start time, so buy away! There are often tickets available for cash/credit purchase at the door. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com for any and all ticket related questions.
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The Washington Redskins are washing their hands of Tanard Jackson.
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According to the league's transaction notice, the team released the safety on Tuesday just hours after he was officially reinstated.
Jackson hasn't appeared in a game since 2011 following a second suspension for violating the NFL's policy on substance abuse. He failed to take a regular-season snap for Washington, who signed him in 2012 with hopes that the former Tampa Bay Buccaneer would provide a boost in the secondary.
General manager Bruce Allen said of Jackson on Tuesday that "after we meet with him, we might give him a chance," per The Washington Post.
No dice, and it's possible Jackson won't find a new team after 56 career starts over seven seasons.
The Redskins, meanwhile, still need a talent infusion at the position beyond Brandon Meriweather and Ryan Clark. One of this year's top safety prospects would help, but Washington lacks a first-round pick for the second year in a row because of the expensive draft-day trade that helped them net Robert Griffin III two Aprils ago.
UPDATE: One day after releasing Jackson, the Redskins signed the safety on Wednesday, the team announced.
According to ESPN.com's John Keim, who first reported the news, the Redskins signed the 28-year-old to a cheaper contract, per a team source.
The "Around The League Podcast" Draft Preview Spectacular is all you need before draft day.


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Korn Member Leaving Band for Religion
Thu Feb 24, 8:02 AM ET Entertainment - AP Music
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A founding member of Korn is leaving the band to focus on his religious beliefs. "Korn has parted ways with guitarist Brian `Head' Welch, who has chosen Jesus Christ as his savior, and will be dedicating his musical pursuits to that end," said a statement posted Tuesday on Korn's Web site.
Welch told The Bakersfield Californian that his decision might be surprising to some. "A lot of people think I'm crazy. I don't care."
Welch said he'd become increasingly disenchanted with producing heavy metal music that invokes dark and morbid images.
"Those guys in the band, they're not bad guys. They're just a bunch of kids getting marketed how these guys in the big corporate firms want to do," Welch said. "It makes us look like bad people, but we're really just a bunch of kids who never had a chance to grow up."
Korn is working on its eighth album, set for release later this year. The band's self-titled 1994 debut album sold more than 2 million copies.


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The Daily Word in a Klingon wedding, Lance Armstrong, Sandia fire
Swedish couple makes history by partaking in what is believed to be the first Klingon-style wedding ceremony.
Election polls show Romney in the lead nationally, but Obama ahead among Hispanic voters.
Chimney Fire in the Sandias is 25% contained.
Remember that poor puppy last week who just could not get up? Well, he finally did.
Good news for Breaking Bad fans: AMC is back on Dish Network.
Lance Armstrong officially stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
The Night of Too Many Stars raises over $3 million for autism efforts. And when you get that many funny people together, silly moments are sure to occur.
Lobos are 4 and 4 after a surprising loss to the Air Force Falcons.
We think Adele had a baby.
This über hipster put out an ad seeking a person in an owl costume to watch over her as she sleeps.
Beluga whale mimics human sound patterns.
Former Albuquerque city worker is accused of killing a state representative's son.
Teen arrested for attempting to rob a Wal-Mart ... oh, and she brought her 6-year-old brother along too.
Ah, election tweets.
Honesty really is the best policy.


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Today is my sons 21st birthday so as a treat I've arranged for him to have microlight flying lessons starting this afternoon...
Then it's of to work again xxxx
Umm slightly eccentric wanna be (but not very good)pole dancing chef soap making mum!! I'm passionate about food, soap and cupcakes in that order. Chef by day (sometimes night) soapmaker and cupcake maker by night (sometimes day)and kite flyer in between!
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When your dad, Bob Lee, has played in the Super Bowl — twice — there is a familial expectation that you'll be athletic. Jenna Lee is the youngest anchor in cable news networks, and her show "Happening Now" for Fox News often runs her ragged and creates chaos for her schedule, especially during an election year.
But Lee manages, often exercising alongside her former Navy SEAL husband. And even though her husband is a qualified trainer, she doesn't like it when he directly coaches her on what to do. (As a guy married to a strong-willed black belt, I can relate to how her husband must feel. I get nervous when my wife asks me to train her in our basement gym.)
Lee, 32, never lets a demanding career interfere with fitness; not exercising is not an option.
Tell me a bit about your fitness history. What was it like growing up with a dad who played in two Super Bowls for the Vikings?
My father retired the year after I was born, but we were always very active. My mom had me enrolled in swimming, gymnastics and ballet. When I was 5, my brother started baseball and I decided I wanted to as well, so I quit ballet to do that. There was always physical activity being part of my schedule. It's just a habit at this point.
I played a lot of competitive sports in high school and Division 1 softball for a year [at UC Santa Barbara], but after graduation I went from a lot of structure to no structure. I tried a lot of different things and ended up running and lifting weights mostly. I've run quite a few 10K races and done one half marathon.
What kind of weightlifting do you do, and does your former Navy SEAL husband train you?
I've definitely being doing more weightlifting since meeting my husband, and lifting heavier. Because of him I set a goal to be able to do a pull-up, and now I can do seven, eight in a row.
My husband and I go to the gym together a lot, and we trained for a triathlon together. Sometimes it's great, and sometimes it's hard. He's a CrossFit trainer and done MMA [mixed martial arts] training, and I get annoyed sometimes because I don't like getting him coaching me. He's actually better qualified than a lot of people, but I just don't like him telling me what to do. It's an interesting dance. We do enjoy being active together. We definitely push each other to be active.
Overall, I'm a big fan of basic lifting and sticking with the core exercises and focusing on the quality of the workout.
You've got a chaotic work schedule, especially with this being an election year. How do you manage to still fit in exercise?
It's really crazy, but I've always found that no matter how crazy the schedule is that exercise has to be a priority for myriad reasons, including all the vain ones, but also the health ones. I want to look good, but that pressure is strictly from myself because it plays into being the best that I can be, both behind and in front of the camera.
No matter how chaotic, I never let anything get in the way of exercise. It's just a part of my life. Even if I feel tired one day or am not into it I still force myself to do it because it makes me feel better. I really believe that physical fitness will change your life.
Are there any time management or motivational tricks you have for readers for fitting in fitness?
If I have a day with extra time, I will have a longer workout. I use my weekends sometimes to do a double workout or go for a bike ride with my husband after a run. On a busy workday, I'll do one of those quick 30-minute high-intensity workouts. There are times that I have an hour in between a shift because of an evening shift. I know a couple of workouts that I can do where I don't get too sweaty. I still need to take a quick body shower, but I keep my face out of it so I don't have to redo all the hair and makeup.
You recently did your first Olympic distance triathlon. How did it go? Will you do another?
It went really well, but I got a little freaked out by the swim. I had to train a lot for that part. You're surrounded by a lot of people, and it was a brutal one-mile swim; it was not the most enjoyable. I ended up actually placing in the top 10 of my age group, which felt pretty good.
The whole point was just to do it, but I don't know if I want to do another. It was a big time commitment, and the sense of accomplishment was overshadowed by the swim part not being fun. I think a marathon might be in my future, though.


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Holistic/ Wholistic
Holistic has been in use for several decades, used generally to indicate a focus in treatment that extends beyond physical problems as addressed by conventional medicine. In some instances holistic includes what I term wholistic, but in most instances it refers to the addition of some aspects of CAM therapies to medical care. Often this sort of holism includes bits and pieces of therapies, such as needling particular acupuncture points for pain relief, or providing massage for relaxation and post-injury rehabilitation.
Holistic may overlap with psychosomatic, including psychological aspects of illness, as reflected in emotional responses to the physical problems, in mental aberrations that occur as the result of disorders of the body (e.g. psychosis that may result for hormonal abnormalities), and psychological influences on the body. Minimal mention is made of the psychological contributors to disease and psychosomatic medicine has been grossly neglected in medical training at most medical schools.
Wholistic refers to whole person care, including body, emotions, mind, relationships and spirit. Where CAM therapies are modalities for wholistic care, wholistic healing acknowledges the broader philosophies of these approaches. For instance, acupuncture includes a complete system of biological energy diagnosis and treatment. This is fundamentally different from Western medicine, addressing the biological energies of the body as avenues for diagnosis and treatment. Western medicine tends to discount and discredit acupuncture (and the theoretical and philosophical cosmologies of other CAM modalities), ignoring that many of these have served the larger portion of our world's populace, and continue to do so.
Many varieties of bioenergy therapies are available within the wholistic healing spectrum (Benor unpublished)
Integrative care
Integrative care – in its highest form – seeks to blend the best of conventional and CAM modalities, respecting the approaches of each modality. However, this term, too, may be used to cover token selected CAM interventions that are lifted out of their original contexts into Western settings.
Congruence of caregivers with their teachings
Within all of the variations on the theme of caregiver, we often tend to focus on the content of their ministrations. The family doctor prescribes medicines, the surgeon cuts and sews, the herbalist prescribes plants, and so on. We should not overlook the importance of caregivers as healing agents, in and of themselves. Within wholistic frameworks, caregivers are an essential part of the healing.


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Shannon Desmond rejoins the Beacons' staff for her third season on the sidelines this fall.
Desmond is no stranger to the court having played four years of varsity volleyball in college at two very competitive NCAA Division III institutions. The former libero competed at Western Connecticut State University for two seasons before transferring to Bridgewater Sate College for her final two years of eligibility.
A captain at Bridgewater State, Desmond helped lead the Bears to back-to-back MASCAC championships, two NCAA tournament births and never lost a conference game, going 12-0 in her two seasons at BSC. The standout was selected to the All-Tournament Team at the 2005 Halloween Classic at Springfield College.
At Western Connecticut State, Desmond had stellar freshman and sophomore campaigns, earning Little East Conference honors both years. Following her rookie season in 2003, Desmond was selected to the LEC All-Conference Second Team and was also named the Colonials Rookie of the Year. In 2004, she was named the LEC Defensive Player of the Year, selected to the LEC All-Conference First Team and named the WSCU team MVP.
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Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years.Terrible and sad, but it's hard not to burst out laughing when you see what the well-meaning old lady did.
Cecilia Gimenez, who is in her 80s, was reportedly upset at the way the fresco had deteriorated and took it on herself to "restore" the image.For the annals of good intentions.
She claimed to have had the permission of the priest to carry out the job.
"(The) priest knew it! He did! How could you do something like that without permission? He knew it!"


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James Brown biopic not so boffo at the box office
James Brown was a unique talent: mercurial, scrappy, self-promoting.
"The hardest working man in show business" had a challenging Southern back story of abandonment and discrimination that cried out for a Hollywood treatment.
But "Get on Up," a movie distributed by Universal Pictures about the late American icon and father of funk that opened Aug. 1 has performed poorly at the box office.
Despite good reviews, a remarkable performance by rising star Chadwick Boseman, who played Jackie Robinson in "42," and a proven director in Tate Taylor of the "The Help" fame, the Brown biopic has only made $28.9 million domestic gross, according to BoxOffice.com as of late August, not quite making back its $30 million budget. It's still in 579 U.S. theaters, down from its opening splash of 2,468 screens.
The plunge in popularity has led a Forbes reviewer to conclude that "'Get On Up' is sadly finished domestically, as it earned just $947k on its fourth weekend."
Timing is a problem. The film opened the same day as summer blockbuster, "Guardians of the Galaxy," which has made $256 million in domestic gross so far out of a worldwide gross of nearly $500 million.
"'Get on Up' was definitely hurt by the fact that 'Guardians of the Galaxy' shattered expectations," said Phil Contrino, chief analyst at BoxOffice.com in an email. "The music biopic came out of the gate slow and it's very difficult to overcome a weak opening in the summer because of how intense the competition is."
"Get on Up" has not yet been released internationally, with a roll-out scheduled for late September, beginning with France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, according to Universal spokesman Evan Langweiler. But the audience for summer films, at least in the U.S., doesn't seem too keen on a complex story line, no matter how well done.
"It's not a summer picture," said Mary Dalton, a professor of film studies at Wake Forest University. "You think of biopics as fall fare."
Dalton, who enjoyed "Get on Up," said that it is not performing as well as two similar biopics, "Ray," the 2004 film about musician Ray Charles, and "Walk the Line," the 2005 film about Johnny Cash.
"I think the movie is less accessible than the other two," she said. "It has a fractured narrative about a troubled person who is not played as a sympathetic figure. I appreciate that about the film."
Brown was born in 1933 in Barnwell, S.C., and grew up in poverty in South Carolina and Georgia. After his mother left him and his father when he was about five years old, he ended up living with an aunt in one of her brothels. The "Godfather of Soul" started out singing gospel songs and worked his way up as a singer with the "Famous Flames" before striking out on his own, often willing to sacrifice friendships for a lucrative deal. He made his entourage, even long-time friends, call him "James Brown" and he could be abusive with his wife.
The film depicts his vintage moves on stage; the splits and that signature strut that appeal to audiences. One of the performers he influenced, Mick Jagger, is a producer of the film.
"I acknowledge the visual aspects of this story, but what really drew me was that I could see this idea of self-preservation, of wanting to do something very badly," Taylor, the director, said in an interview,
Brown, he said, could not read or write music, although the performer did pen the lyrics for many of his songs.
"He was a story-teller," the director said.
Boseman, who plays Brown, is from the same part of South Carolina as Brown, near the Georgia border, and takes over the Brown persona, from the walk to the talk to the swagger to the singing. The actor, who was not trained as a singer, throws himself into such vintage Brown songs as "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World," "Get Up (I Feel Like a) Sex Machine," and "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag ."
The movie was a hit with critics, with the website Rotten Tomatoes scoring it at 78 percent among professional reviewers. Robert Thompson, professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University, who liked the film, thinks that it may find a following in other medium, such as TV, laptops, tablets and DVD.
"It seems like now the cultural space for a film like that is television," said Thompson. "It's a serious film on thought-provoking topics that's not going to have a gang of 14-year-olds on summer vacation. It doesn't require a big screen."
Box office appeal also could have suffered because Brown, who died on Christmas Day, 2006, at age 73, was likely not as well-known to millennials as he was to baby boomers or older; people like William Ferris, senior associate director of University of North Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South.
"I am a total fan of James Brown's," he said. "I thought he was a genius."


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Lemon grass is an exotic ingredient from the tropics which I had never played around with, so I was intrigued when the ingredients were announced for this month's Royal Foodie Joust. Jousters must use lemon grass, asparagus and almonds in creating a recipe for the Leftover Queen's royal table.
I did manage to hunt down a rather poor specimen of fresh lemon grass at the supermarket, but it looked unappetizingly withered and yellowed. I did some further prowling in the Asian foods section and found a small jar of sliced lemon grass in water. It has a pronounced grassy and citrusy perfume, though its taste is not very robust.
I was interested in making a lemon grass version of gremolata, the classic Italian garnish for osso buco which traditionally contains lemon, fresh garlic and parsley, but the lemon grass seemed much too delicate to withstand this culinary assault, so I made a completely blasphemous gremolata of lemongrass, finely chopped scallion tips and chopped toasted almonds to crown a delicately flavored rice and asparagus salad.
Crowned with asparagus tips steamed to a perfect shade of emerald and tied up in sheaves with scallion ribbons, this seems an appropriately regal dish to serve up in the royal court and to welcome (and plead for in upstate New York!) the arrival of Spring.
Asparagus-Rice Salad with Lemon Grass Gremolata
1 bunch asparagus spears
3 scallions
4 cups cold cooked rice
2 Tbsp. sliced lemon grass in water
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
2 Tbsp. rice vinegar
1 Tbsp. olive oil (not extra-virgin)
1/2 cup sliced almonds
Trip woody ends from asparagus. Trim the top 3 inches of your spears and reserve. Cut remaining asparagus stalks on the diagonal into 1 inch lengths.
Clean and trim scallions. Cut off white parts of scallion and chop finely. Reserve. Take green parts of scallions and place with asparagus tips.
Bring 1/2 cup lightly salted water to boil in saucepot. Place steamer basket in and add diagonally-cut asparagus pieces. Cover and steam for 5-6 minutes, or until crisp-tender and bright green. Remove steamer basket and dump asparagus pieces into colander. Rinse with cold water to stop cooking. Drain and reserve.
Place steamer basket back in saucepot and add asparagus tips. Lay scallion greens on top. Cover and steam 3-4 minutes, or until asparagus is bright green and crisp-tender and scallion "ribbons" are soft and pliable. Remove steamer basket and place vegetables in colander. Rinse with cold water to stop cooking. Drain and reserve. Lay scallion ribbons out flat to dry.
Toast almonds in 400 degree F oven (I used my toaster oven) for 4-5 minutes, until they are golden brown and fragrant. They burn easily (Voice of Experience!) so keep an eye on them, as nuts are expensive ingredients. Cool and chop coarsely.
Mix rice and diagonally-cut asparagus pieces. Add half of chopped, toasted almonds (reserving other half for the gremolata). Make a vinaigrette of rice vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour over rice salad and gently combine.
For the gremolata, mix remaining toasted almonds with lemon grass and reserved portion of chopped white scallions.
Take about 5-6 asparagus spears and lay across scallion ribbon. Tie in a simple knot (the scallions are a bit slippery, but they do stay once tied). Trim bottoms of asparagus to tidy things up and add trimmings to your rice salad.
To plate the dish up, place gremolata in bottom of a 5 cup dish (individual servings would look lovely molded from custard cups, but I didn't have any.) Press rice salad in dish and pat down firmly. Invert onto a serving plate and unmold carefully. Garnish with asparagus bundles.
Serves 6.
This dish looks a little more prissy than it actually is. The whole dish took less than 45 minutes from start to finish, and involved three simple techniques: steaming, mixing up a vinaigrette and unmolding the rice salad. The cute little asparagus bundles are an optional garnish, but were easy enough to make provided your scallion greens are long enough.
The verdict: The Crispy Cook presented this dish to her man, who was quite hungry, but still raised an eyebrow at his plate, which he thought looked like "something cute for the Ladies who Lunch set". Happily, after he forked in a few mouthfuls, he thought it was a winner. The chopped, toasted almonds add a delicate richness to the other delicately-flavored ingredients and the scallions are about as zingy as you want to get in spicing up this light salad.
Wish me luck in the Royal Foodie Joust! Be sure to check out the other great asparagus/lemon grass/almond creations that are starting to pour in. There are already Asparagus Cookies, a cool Chicken Satay grilled on Asparagus spears, and Pork and Asparagus Rolls from other creative cooks. This is always a fun foodie event and the entries should prove to be very inspiring this round.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Asparagus-Rice Salad with Lemongrass Gremolata
7 comments:
- Cheryl Harris said...
I can't wait until asparagus season! looks lovely.
- Monday, 16 March, 2009
- Island pepperpot said...
Hi Great looking dish, Thanks for sharing
- Monday, 16 March, 2009
- Karen Brown Letarte said...
What an awesome entry for the joust! It looks great and sounds delicious! I haven't figured out what I'm doing yet. :) K
- Monday, 16 March, 2009
- Ben said...
That's a very creative dish using the Joust ingredients. I still need to find lemongrass around here. I might have to try an Asian market next... Thanks for the tip! :D
- Tuesday, 17 March, 2009
What a lovely rice salad - great Joust dish!
- Thursday, 19 March, 2009
- Foodycat said...
This is beautiful! And the flavours sound perfect.
- Saturday, 21 March, 2009
- Debinhawaii said...
A beautiful entry--it looks and sound delicious. You have my vote!
- Sunday, 22 March, 2009
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ST. GEORGE, Utah — Some disapproving classmates called members of the new club "Satanists." Another asked one of the girls involved, "Do you have a disease?"
But at three local high schools here this fall, dozens of gay students and their supporters finally convened the first Gay-Straight Alliances in the history of this conservative, largely Mormon city. It was a turning point here and for the state, where administrators, teachers and even the Legislature have tried for years to block support groups for gay youths, calling them everything from inappropriate to immoral.
The new alliances in St. George were part of a drastic rise this fall in the number of clubs statewide, reflecting new activism by gay and lesbian students, an organizing drive by a gay rights group and the intervention of the American Civil Liberties Union, which has threatened to sue districts that put up arbitrary hurdles. Last January, only 9 high schools in Utah had active Gay-Straight Alliances; by last month, the number had reached 32.
The alliances must still work around a 2007 state law that was expressly intended to stifle them by requiring parental permission to join and barring any discussions of sexuality or contraception, even to prevent diseases.
Gayle Ruzicka, president of the Utah Eagle Forum, a conservative family group, promoted the law. Its authors expected, she said, that requiring parental permission would deter some children from joining the alliances and that restricting topics for discussion would mean that "there's not a lot of purpose in being there, and the clubs end up being pretty small."Continue reading the main story
"I just don't think these clubs are appropriate in schools," Ms. Ruzicka said. "You can talk about providing support, but you're also creating a gay recruiting tool."
But members of the new clubs said they were undaunted by the restrictions, which they said showed a misunderstanding of what the alliances meant for students who had often lived with fear and shame — at home and at school.
Kate Hanson, a 15-year-old bisexual sophomore at Snow Canyon High School, said that having the alliance "helps you realize that there are others like you and there are people who support you."
"I was so excited when I heard we could have a G.S.A.," she said. "I just thought it would be a fun club."
With the increase in alliances, Utah is joining a growing national movement to provide friendly meeting places in schools for students who have often felt like misfits, clubs where gay youths and their supporters can socialize, speak out against discrimination and sponsor events like the Day of Silence in honor of bullied students.
Since the first club was formed in Massachusetts in 1988, by a gay boy and a straight girl with same-sex parents who were tired of being stigmatized, the organizations have spread to most of the country, reaching more than 4,000 high schools and even a handful of middle schools by 2008. The clubs are surging anew after recent publicized suicides of gay teenagers, said Eliza Byard, director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network in New York.
The struggles of the alliances in Utah are known to advocates around the country. In 1997, when Salt Lake City school officials discovered that they could not single out alliances for a ban, they took the extraordinary step of outlawing all extracurricular clubs in district schools.
That move drew national attention and helped spur the creation of new alliances in other states, said Carolyn Laub, director of the GSA Network, a group based in California that provides leadership training.
The Salt Lake district eventually backed down, but as of last January, only nine clubs were active in the state, six of those in the capital.
Publicity about the breakthrough in St. George, an isolated city in the red-bluff desert of southwest Utah, has inspired students in other parts of the state, and by last month at least 32 clubs were operating, said Eric Hamren of the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City. He spent last spring and summer locating and training student organizers, finding some of them at the annual Queer Prom that his organization puts on for gay and lesbian students around the state.
But resistance continues. Some schools are still imposing legally shaky barriers, like requiring the unanimous approval of student officers or prohibiting activities that violate "community morals," said Darcy Goddard, legal director of the A.C.L.U. of Utah.
As she did in St. George last year, Ms. Goddard has warned officials that such policies may violate the federal Equal Access Act— a law passed by Congress in the 1980s, mainly to protect Bible study groups in schools, that has become a prime tool for protecting Gay-Straight Alliances from arbitrary hurdles.
In 2007, conservative groups pushed through the state Student Clubs Act, still on the books, that was aimed at the alliances and reflected what rights groups called misleading stereotypes.
The law requires parental permission for participation in all school clubs and says organizations can be barred to "protect the physical, emotional, psychological or moral well-being of students and faculty."
Students say the law reflects misconceptions about both homosexuality and the alliances, which in many cases are led by straight girls who want to support gay friends or siblings. The club at Dixie High School here, for example, is led by Bethany Coyle, a senior who describes herself as straight and a supporter of equal rights. She said that one vice principal had asked if the club would recruit homosexuals and that students had scrawled epithets on a sign-up sheet, scaring off some potential members.
A teacher advising one of the new clubs in St. George said that he opened each of the weekly meetings with a reminder of the forbidden topics of discussion, but that it was proving irrelevant. The students, he said, seemed more interested in making friends and planning events.
Jason Osmanski, a 17-year-old junior who was a driving force behind the new alliance at Snow Canyon High School and now serves as its president, said that while members sometimes shared stories of harassment, they did not need to discuss sexuality at the meetings.
If the students' legal right to a club seems firmly established, antigay feelings in the community persist. Alliance members in St. George were disheartened by school board elections this fall, when several candidates spoke out against the groups, saying they hoped parents would refuse to give their permission for students to join.
The students say that they are ready to adapt to any reasonable conditions, and that they will persevere.Continue reading the main story


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The following restaurant inspections were reported by the Lenoir County Health Department:
1344 U.S. 258 South
Score: 93.5
Inspection date: 9-14-12
Overservations/corrective actions:
No person in charge present; manager in charge is not fulfilling duties.
Manager in charge and employees are not aware or are unsure of employee health policy.
Few utensils stored as clean had not been cleaned thoroughly or had grease build-up.
Bone-in chicken pieces and chicken tenders - neither were cooked to approved temperature of 165F. All undercooked chicken returned to grease to complete cook process.
Some sausage patties in pan on grate on flat top (hot hold) are not at 135F or above; out-of-temp patties discarded.
Date marking has been attempted for some foods, but in some cases is not correct (past expiration date). Date marking is now required. Education needed for staff.
Saw two flies.
One wet wiping cloth on hot line. Wet wiping cloths shall be stored in sanitizer when not in use.
Serving spoon and lid dried with paper towel. Utensils shall be permitted to thoroughly air-dry.
Clean non-food contact surfaces throughout.
Work on cleaning of floors, walls, ceilings.
Stem-type thermometer is not accurate.
Taqueria Don Martin
2342 N.C. 11/55 South
Score: 94
Inspection date: 9-18-12
No person in charge present. Owner fails to meet person in charge duties.
Employees not aware of employee health and reporting.
Minimal bare-handed contact with ready-to-eat foods. Corrected; discussed.
Raw meats and eggs stored above cooked and ready-to-eat foods.
Rice in two-drawer refrigerator had not cooled properly - corrected.
Pork at 119F. Cooked onions on flat top hot held at 122F. Corrected.
Foods shall be date marked as required.
Store chemicals in approved location.
Approved cooling methods include ice bath, thin layers, ice bath, etc.
Garbage can in ladies room shall have lid.
Mary Lou's Sandwiches
1945 U.S. 70 West
Score: 97
Inspection date: 9-19-12
Obersvations/corrective actions:
No person in charge present.
Educate employees on approved employee health policy and reporting.
When tasting food, immediately remove gloves and wash hands afterwards. Discussed.
Ready-to-eat potentially hazardous foods shall e date-marked with discard date.
Wet wiping cloths shall be kept in bucket of approved bleach water when not in use.
Equipment shall be approved.
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Starbucks Employees Donate Coffee to Deployed Troops
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2007 - Coffee has always been an integral part of military life, and the recent coffee craze in America just whet the appetite of soldiers, sailors airmen and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Starbucks Coffee Company employees have responded by donating thousands of pounds of coffee and other items over the past several years.
"We kept getting cards and e-mails from troops deployed overseas saying how much they missed our coffee," said Julie Shelton, a consumer relations partner at Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle. "It was great we were able to get support from the military."
That support has resulted in thousands of pounds of Starbucks coffee and tea getting to servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Marine Gen. Peter Pace traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan April 18-22, the back of his C-17 Globemaster 3 was filled with 5,500 pounds of coffee donated by Starbucks employees.
That delivery grew out of efforts by Marine Gunnery Sgt. Tony Forbes, who works in the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to do something for his fellow servicemembers. "Back in 2003, I wanted to do something," Forbes said. "I started by asking local Starbucks in Fredericksburg (Va.) for donations."
His local Starbucks was able to donate 93 pounds of coffee, which he brought to Iraq as part of then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers' 2003 holiday trip to the region.
"It was an instant hit with the troops, and I received a lot of thank you notes and e-mails, and I thought maybe we could get bigger," he said.
Forbes contacted Shelton at Starbucks, and they began to work together. Starbucks partners receive a pound of coffee per week as an employee benefit known as "partner mark-out." Many employees choose to donate this coffee to the troops. Shelton was also able to collect tea, chai, T-shirts, cups, thermoses and many other items.
On the Pentagon end, Forbes contacted Marine Lt. Col. Jeb Bishop at the Joint Staff Logistics Office for help. For the December 2004 Chairman's Holiday Tour, Shelton gathered 12,000 pounds of Starbucks "product" at the coffee roasting plant in Kent, Wash. Bishop contacted EGL Trucking Company, which donated trucks, the cost of drivers and gas to ship the coffee and other items to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
At Andrews, airmen with the 89th Aerial Port packed the coffee on pallets and loaded it aboard the C-17. Since that trip, another 5,000 pounds went to the region in August 2005, 18,000 pounds in December 2005, and 1,100 in July 2006.
"We have 140,000 partners in the United States," Shelton said. "It's fair to say that most of them have been involved in this one way or another."
During last week's trip with Pace, Forbes also brought over $16,000 worth of electronics equipment donated by Gloria Firestone. Forbes delivered iPods, DVD players, Play Stations, jump drives, and media for the equipment to hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Forbes will soon get the chance to see the process from the other side: He deploys to Iraq sometime this summer.
Editor's Note: To find out about more individuals, groups and organizations that are helping support the troops, visit www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil. America Supports You directly connects military members to the support of the America people and offers a tool to the general public in their quest to find meaningful ways to support the military community.
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I would like to use the most pins possible on my Due. I have read in a few places that some pins are duplicates?I cannot read a pin schematic and make heads or tales of it. It says that D10 = D77 and D4 = D87... are those duplicates in the CODE, or on the physical board?
Followup: What about if I (additionally) use the dedicated SPI pins in the middle (for SPI)? What pins are those duplicates of?


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Blog FAQs
What is a blog? How do you start a blog? Are they therapeutic? Will they sing to you? Whether you're a seasoned blogger or have yet to start, we'll answer your blogging FAQs.
If you're a newbie, read our guide on how to start a blog. If you're a pro, then join the Bloggers Network or read our tips on how to write a great blog, grow your readership and promote your blog on social media.
A blog is an online notebook usually kept by one person, and written from their point of view. The word 'blog' comes from 'web-log', and they were originally online diaries - a diary entry would be called a 'blog post'.
"I just witter on in mine – but it is a place where I can speak." wannabesybil
"Bloggers blog for different reasons. I am an opinionated woman who doesn't have an outlet for all her opinions! And I like to share stuff I find interesting, funny, delicious, touching." MmeLindor
Today, a blog can be lots of things. A place for you to rant about your day, or share your experiences. An opportunity to comment on current affairs, display your projects or keep track of any niche subject that takes your fancy (breaking news on vintage yoyos, anyone?).
Why do people blog? We asked our members and they gave us a whole stream of answers:
"I started this blog because I wanted to remember." Stitchthis
"I started my blog as a way of sharing my parenting experiences - good, bad and ugly." Trouble's Mum
"I wanted a creative outlet to write, not just edit. To learn new stuff." PlaygroundOnlin
" I started my blog to have somewhere to let out the real me without having to worry about what people in real life thought." Attempting the Ordinary
"I started blogging to share wine knowledge, write and avoid overdosing on bad telly in the evenings," Knackered Mutha
"Because I needed somewhere to vent my chicken neurosis #truefact" Madchickenlady
Blogs can be used like online diaries - they're a powerful way to talk about pain, release stress, gather and express your thoughts. Or a blog can be a place to share your knowledge on a topic; it can be an informative, useful and interesting guide for readers. And if you use it because you're a budding writer, it can be a helpful tool to improve your writing skills and spread the word about your talents.
Of course, there's also the thrill of being published. There are few places online where you have the freedom to say (almost) what you like (do see the small print about libel!). You're free to write without pressure, deadlines, and expectations. A lucky few might find their blog resonates so deeply that they're offered a shot at the ultimate writer's dream: a book deal.
What's the secret to blogging?
The secret to enjoying blogging is this: blogging is more than simply putting pen to paper. To get the most out of blogging, invest your time in these three different activities:
1. Writing your blog.
The A-Z of Blogs read a basic guide
Improve your blog how to blog brilliantly
People turn to blogging because they have something to say. Now's the chance to voice your views and make yourself heard, or let off steam or delve into the world of fiction. The great thing about a blog is that it's your space - and you can be as formal or informal, as truthful or fictional, as you like.
2. Gaining readers.
To do this, you have to get your blog out and about on the blogosphere, using social media like Twitter and Facebook to spread the word and optimizing your posts and pictures so that people can find your blog through search engines. Joining the Mumsnet Blogging Network is another great way to showcase your blog in the blogosphere.
Once you've built up your blog traffic and readers are flocking to your blog, you'll need catchy titles and interesting writing if you want them to stay. We show you how to build up a blog readership.
3. Reading other blogs.
Anyone who writes will know that you learn by reading others - and the same is true of blogging. Reading other blogs could give you inspiration or keep you up to date on the latest blogging trends. Commenting on others' blogs is a great way to build a web presence and be welcomed into the blogging community - and other bloggers need encouragement too!
"If you visit or read someone's blog and you like it, leave a comment. It will make their day and will also (usually) make them visit your blog in return. Blogging is like a little community and it's always good to build up positive relationships with your blogging neighbors." overmydeadbody


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I'm sorry if this is a silly question. I'm new to the notion of bases and all the examples I've dealt with before have involved sets of vectors containing real numbers. This has led me to assume that bases, by definition, are made up of a number of $n$-tuples.
However, now I've been thinking about a basis for all $n\times n$ matrices and I keep coming back to the idea that the simplest basis would be $n^2$ matrices, each with a single $1$ in a unique position.
Is this a valid basis? Or should I be trying to get column vectors on their own somehow?


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Episode 79 – David Hogg, Snorting Condoms, and The Offspring
This week the group talks about how California has to now label coffee that it might cause cancer, the newest natural selection challenge is snorting condoms, and band member from The Offspring saves a man's life during jury duty. Make sure those condoms are faced the right way and enjoy episode 79 of Openly Hostile Opinions!
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David Knox does a Hollywood, sending Os off in 1997
We've all seen what soccer players are like when they get the slightest of nudges, or take a decent tackle - they hold their heads, roll around on the floor, and basically act as if they've either broken a leg or a family member has just died.
Commonly known as a 'Hollywood', acting to get a penalty or more is a common way to trick the ref into thinking the incident was worse than it actually is.
In the 1997 game between the Boks and the Wallabies, flyhalf David Knox took a bit of a late hit from Os Du Randt which in normal circumstances should have just been a penalty, if that. Through his acting, Knox managed to milk a penalty and a crazy yellow card for big Os.
Thankfully I've only seen this type of acting on the rugby field once or twice. Soccer can keep it as far I'm concerned.


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There's a neon color in use that my scanner won't pick up, but this is ANTM winner Teyona on the (back) cover of Seventeen. Thoughts? A few images from the interior shoot after the jump.
Earlier: Did The Top Model Winner Get Shafted? (McKey's Photos)
You Wanna Be On Top (Whitney's Photos)
ANTM Winner Saleisha's Seventeen Cover And Spread


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Nick Feller was named UC San Diego's Associate Athletics Director for Marketing and Fan Engagement in 2017.
Feller was previously UCSD's Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Ticket Sales from 2007-17. He is responsible for all branding, social media, game-day atmosphere, marketing and ticketing aspects of UCSD's 23 intercollegiate sports programs. In addition, Feller serves as the sport administrator for the Triton men's and women's cross country and track and field programs.
Feller came to UCSD from the University of Oregon, where he was an Athletic Marketing Assistant from 2006-07. He was responsible for the event coordination of Fan Day, as well as maintaining operations for the Jr. Duck Club and Jerry's Kids. Feller was also the lead designer for camp and ticket brochures, and the department's schedule cards.
Feller was also an Assistant Director of Marketing in 2005-06 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Feller received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, in December of 2005. He majored in sports administration, with a minor in marketing, and was a two-year letterwinner on the track and field team.
Feller, an Iowa native, and his wife, Julie, welcomed their first child, son Cameron, in August of 2015. He is an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, Bears, Blackhawks and Bulls.


text: The No Nukes Inforesource website hosts a collection of international news and information on nuclear power plants, in order to highlight the problems associated with the use of nuclear energy. Problems addressed range from incidents at power plants to liabilities associated with reprocessing spent fuel and issues of waste management, for instance. The main page presents news items, with brief summaries for each. Other sections of the site organize information by country, site, and reactor type. The country section provides details regarding nuclear facilities and recent developments regarding nuclear energy in that country. In the nuclear sites section are descriptions of the nuclear energy facilities at the site and incidents that have occurred there, maps, and reactor types. The website is compiled by the Austrian Institute for Applied Ecology and the information presented is drawn from technical publications, official reports, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publications, and organizations representing a wide range of associations with nuclear energy.


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/Gs (Control Stack Checking Calls)
Controls stack probes.
- size
(Optional) The number of bytes that local variables can occupy before a stack probe is activated.
This option is an advanced feature to control stack probes. A stack probe is a sequence of code the compiler inserts into every function call. When activated, a stack probe reaches benignly into memory by the amount of space required to store the associated function's local variables.
If a function requires more than size bytes of stack space for local variables, its stack probe is activated. The default value of size is the size of one page:
4 KB for x86
4 KB for x64
8 KB for Itanium
This value allows an application and the Windows memory manager to increase the amount of memory committed to the program stack at run time.
The default value of size allows the program stack of applications for Windows to properly grow at run time. Do not change the default setting of /Gs unless you know exactly why you need to change it.
Some programs, such as virtual device drivers, do not require this default stack-growth mechanism. In such cases, the stack probes are not necessary. You can stop the compiler from generating stack probes by setting size to a value that is larger than any function will require for local variable storage. No space is allowed between /Gs and size.
/Gs0 has the same effect as /Ge (Enable Stack Probes).
You can turn stack probes on or off by using check_stack. Note that /Gs and the check_stack pragma have no effect on standard C library routines; they affect only the functions you compile.
To set this compiler option in the Visual Studio development environment
Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see How to: Open Project Property Pages.
Click the C/C++ folder.
Click the Command Line property page.
Type the compiler option in the Additional Options box.
To set this compiler option programmatically
- See AdditionalOptions.


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Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service are in agreement: there are hundreds of people with strong links to Canada who are suspected of travelling overseas to engage in terrorist activity, most in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). And now, scores of them are back in Canada following the collapse of that terror state.
The odds are reasonable that there are veterans of terrorism living in Atlantic Canada.
Some troubling issues come to mind. Are the returnees determined to carry on the fight from Canada? Or are they disenchanted and want only to resume ordinary lives?
And there is a more perplexing question. Legislation passed in 2013 to combat terrorism allows authorities to arrest and prosecute Canadians who plan to join a foreign terrorist group or fight for a foreign power. For example, just over two months ago, a Quebec court sentenced a Gatineau man to nine years in prison for trying to leave Canada to participate in terrorist activity, under a section of the Anti-terrorism Act enacted by Stephen Harper's government four years ago.
Yet, when Canadians who left and fought abroad for terror groups — in some cases against Canadian troops or our NATO allies — come home, the strongest repercussion they face is increased RCMP surveillance.
It doesn't make sense.
If it's a criminal offence to try to leave the country to fight for a foreign terrorist group, isn't it a more serious crime when people actually fought for those terror groups?
The government is facing stiff questioning in Parliament on this issue. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hopeful most returnees can be rehabilitated and reintegrated back into peaceful Canadian society.
Canadians might more quickly agree with Goodale's analysis that the chances of turning around someone who has actively engaged in terrorist activities in a war zone are "pretty remote."
We are a welcoming country, especially towards desperate refugees — the victims of terror who fled here to escape ISIL.
Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt accuses the government of welcoming ISIL returnees with open arms and putting the safety of all Canadians at risk; she says it's unacceptable that the only justice ISIL fighters face back home is reintegration programs and support services. The government says it has deployed a full range of counter-terrorism tools aimed at returnees, including surveillance, criminal investigations, peace bonds and the revoking of passports. But such efforts fall short of holding terrorists to account.
The government should dedicate more resources to ensure any terrorist coming back to Canada is investigated and prosecuted. Of course, each case is different and must be judged accordingly. Each returnee must be considered innocent until proven guilty.
But certainly, those who pose a threat should be charged.
Any Canadian who breaks the law must expect to face the consequences of her or his actions.


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Simulating an RF MEMS Switch
Lexi Carver January 7, 2014
An RF MEMS switch is an electromechanical component found in RF systems. It usually consists of a micromechanical bridge or cantilever, a substrate, and an electrode or dielectric layer. These devices can switch at RF frequencies and tend to have high isolation, i.e. power loss when the switch turns off; low insertion loss (loss of signal power when the switch is on), and extremely low (almost zero!) power consumption. Let's take a look at how you can use COMSOL Multiphysics […]Read More
Fanny Griesmer January 3, 2014
Before conducting certain blood sample analyses, researchers need to separate the red blood cell particles from the blood plasma. Using lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology, red blood cell separation can be achieved via magnetophoresis (i.e., motion induced by magnetic fields). Since the magnetic permeability of the particles is different from the blood plasma, their trajectory can be controlled within the flow channel of the LOC device and then separated out from the fluid.Read More
Mads Herring Jensen January 2, 2014
I recently had the pleasure of preparing a small contribution to the 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (Fall 2013) together with Wade Conklin and Jordan Schultz from Knowles Electronics. Wade presented our paper entitled "Characterization of a microelectromechanical microphone using the finite element method". The work consisted of implementing a virtual prototype of a Knowles MEMS microphone (the SPU0409LE5H microphone, see picture below) using COMSOL Multiphysics.Read More
Alexandra Foley December 30, 2013
Not too long ago, my colleague Jennifer wrote a blog post about the Cross Cancer Institute, and the research being conducted there into the design of a new device for treating cancerous tumors. The device, known as the Linac-MR, is revolutionary due to its ability to both image and treat cancer cells simultaneously — a capability that had previously been regarded as near impossible due to the conflicting physics interactions involved. Such a device would allow for extremely precise radiation […]Read More
Laura Bowen December 24, 2013
During snow storms or windy days, a branch might break and short-circuit a power line's electric current as it falls. The first task of a recloser is to interrupt this short-circuit, i.e. to open or disconnect the affected overhead line from the feeding network source. The second task is to try to re-establish power after a short time by to re-closing the line, taking advantage of the fact that most of the reasons for a short-circuit of an overhead line […]Read More
Daniel Smith December 11, 2013
Microwave plasmas, or wave-heated discharges, find applications in many industrial areas such as semiconductor processing, surface treatment, and the abatement of hazardous gases. This blog post describes the theoretical basis of the Microwave Plasma interface available in the Plasma Module.Read More
Christopher Boucher December 5, 2013
The trajectories of particles through fields can often be modeled using a one-way coupling between physics interfaces. In other words, we can first compute the fields, such as an electric field, magnetic field, or fluid velocity field, and then use these fields to exert forces on the particles using the Particle Tracing Module. If the number density of the particles is very large, however, the particles begin to noticeably perturb the fields around them, and a two-way coupling is needed […]Read More
Magnus Olsson December 2, 2013
When designing inductive devices, both challenges and possibilities are associated with the nonlinear behavior of ferromagnetic materials. COMSOL Multiphysics is well-adapted to the solution of highly nonlinear numerical models but high-fidelity modeling of nonlinear inductive devices also requires accurate material data. To meet this challenge, a library of 165 nonlinear magnetic materials is provided in COMSOL 4.4, bringing new powers to the design and modeling of electric motors, transformers, relays, etc. Here, we will discuss how the modeling process is […]Read More
Fanny Griesmer November 18, 2013
Joule heating is a fairly standard type of simulation for COMSOL users nowadays. It involves solving for electrical voltage and temperature fields simultaneously with highly temperature-dependent material properties. Controlling Joule heating is very important when designing and manufacturing electrical systems components. The electric protection group at manufacturing company Mersen France used to base their busbar and fuse designs on trial-and-error, but these days they turn to COMSOL Multiphysics.Read More
Fanny Griesmer November 8, 2013
There were many interesting posters at this year's COMSOL Conference in Boston. A couple that caught my eye involved microwave heating and chemical applications. One of them showcases the use of microwave irradiation to speed up chemical reactions. Another — one of the recipients of the Best Poster award — used simulations to optimize their microreactor design with respect to microwave propagation.Read More
Bernt Nilsson October 24, 2013
Households and industries alike depend on reliable electrical power. To serve the diverse power needs of end users and consumers, the electrical grid is undergoing a major overhaul to upgrade a technology that is over 100 years old. The new infrastructure — the smart grid — is being developed for reliable, economic, and environmentally friendly electrical systems. A great example of equipment for the smart grid comes from ABB. Along with many other products, ABB has introduced the world's fastest […]Read More