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Adopt a gluten-free Blogger: Alisa Cooks of Go Dairy Free
I have a confession to make. This post was written under the influence of bourbon-soaked gluten-free, dairy-free truffles. I met my adopted blogger, Alisa Fleming, at the last Blogher event, and instantly felt a connection to her. In January, we went to Lake Tahoe where she lives and she shared her snow with us and plied us with the aforementioned chocolates. She also gave my daughter a sparkly fairy wand. What can I say, I'm a sucker for dairy-free truffles and great conversation. Baby Yum is similarly impressed by sparkly toys. I've been waiting for her to put a gluten-free category on her blog so I could adopt her and tell you all about her. This month's edition of Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger is kindly hosted by Lexie of Lexie's Kitchen. Keep an eye out for her roundup, coming soon!
Alisa has had issues with dairy since she was a tiny baby, but she was brought up eating dairy and had no idea it was causing her severe illness until a doctor suggested she go dairy-free and she found her health problems literally disappear overnight. Ever since, she's been dairy free and started an informative food blog called Go Dairy Free to help others make the transition. She self-published a fabulous, incredibly informative book by the same name in 2008. You can find her at that blog, on twitter as Go Diary Free and at her personal blog, Alisa Cooks. Many Celiacs are lactose intolerant when they are diagnosed due to damaged villi. Some recover and are able to have dairy again (barring allergy) six months to a year after they start a gluten-free diet. Others may feel better without dairy. While dairy seems to be fine for me, I have gone without dairy at various times, either out of concern for conditions of animals in the dairy industry (veganism), and most recently, in order to breastfeed my initially dairy-protein intolerant baby. I think many of us can learn a lot from dairy-free experts like Alisa, whether you are dairy-free full time or just choose to have some dairy-free, healthful meals.
The first recipe I made from Alisa's blog was actually her Dairy-free Vegan Mint Truffles. I made them for a friend of mine who is intolerant for dairy, soy, and gluten. I mixed up plain cocoa truffles, peppermint candy truffles, and mocha truffles, and they were divine and made a wonderful Christmas present. I would have taken pictures, but of course by the time I made them it was dark and they just wouldn't have been pretty by track lighting. But they were both pretty and delicious, trust me.
I made two other recipes from her blog for this adoption, and took pictures!.
The next recipe I made was her extremely creative rice-free and dairy-free cauliflower risotto recipe. I first discovered the joy of using grated cauliflower as a substitute for "rice" at Elana's blog, and I was intrigued when I saw Alisa's recipe for risotto. It used broth and a ground pine nut-nutritional yeast powder to provide a rich, cheese-like element, and I thought it was delicious. My cauliflower may have been on the small side, though. I grated the entire cauliflower and I only got 2 1/2 cups of "rice." Maybe I should have grated more of the stalk. Anyway, a very clever and interesting recipe that I enjoyed quite a bit, as did my dairy-free Mother.
My favorite recipe I tried at Alisa's blog has to be her Slightly Spicy Tofu and Avocado hand rolls. Slightly spicy is perfect for us. I reduced the srirachi sauce to 1/2 tsp to suit my DH's delicate stomach and it was wonderful. I made her brown sushi rice recipe and then set to work on the tofu portion. Like Alisa, I prefer my tofu cooked and very firm. I deviated from the recipe a bit by pressing it for half an hour or so before I marinated and then pan-fried it. This gave me beautiful little cubes. This recipe was a real treat! I never get a straight answer about what is in their creamy sauces at Japanese restaurants, so I always avoid sushi in sauces. I loved the combination of very-slightly spicy tofu in a creamy sauce with avocado and sweetened brown rice. Yum. We took these hand rolls to our favorite date-night-with the toddler spot, a local drive in movie theater and watched a goofy movie and pigged out on these rolls. Delightful!
I also tried Alisa's recipe for an "Orange Cheesy Sauce" from her wonderful book Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance, and Casein-Free Living on page 217, that she kindly gave me for review. In the future I'd like to make more of her recipes and tell you about them, but for now, I'll just tease you with this recipe. It is gluten-free as written, requiring no adaption, and has an intriguing carrot and nutritional yeast base. I served it to my very traditional-meat and potatoes Dad as a cheese sauce with broccoli. He was surprised that I would serve such a traditional dish. Then I told him it didn't have any dairy in it. He seemed to like it, and actually ate all the broccoli I'd put on his plate. I thought it was an excellent "cheesy" sauce substitute, and I was impressed that it didn't taste overwhelmingly of carrot, but that they lent a mild sweetness to the recipe. I served leftovers with some yellow corn pasta. You might not be able to see the sauce, but trust me, it was there, and was wonderful. Even Baby Yum gobbled it up!
Alisa's blog and cookbook showcase the best of the vegan cooking world and offers her own creative take on the dairy-free lifestyle. She offers invaluable information on why you should go dairy-free, how to read labels, eat in restaurants, travel, and of course, recipes to help you make your own dairy-free foods. I love her forays into International, Asian food on her blog, and appreciate her impressive collection of specialty homemade un-cheese solutions and milks in her cookbook. Of course, many of the baked goods in her cookbook are not currently gluten-free, but it would still be a great resource for anyone new to the dairy-free lifestyle. Alisa gives lectures and talks periodically, so keep an eye out for her. This is one to watch! She has also become increasingly interested in gluten-free cooking, so keep an eye out for her gluten-free recipes*.
Have you tried any of Alisa's recipes? Please share in the comments!
Diane of the Whole Gang recently featured Alisa as a Food Rock Star. Looks like she will be relocating soon to my former hometown!
*Many (but not all) of her baked good gluten-free recipes on her blog do contain oat flour. I don't happen to use that flour, darn it, but if gluten-free certified oat flour is part of your diet, enjoy!
Pictures from our January trip to Lake Tahoe. Gorgeous scenery! Baby Yum loved the snow… briefly. And then she was done.
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NBC's Williams and Gregory failed to report the significance of Dubai Ports World's government ownership
In reporting on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ports controversy, NBC's Brian Williams failed to inform viewers that Dubai Ports World is owned by the government of Dubai, a member of the UAE. NBC's David Gregory later indicated that the company is state-owned but entirely ignored the significance of this. In doing so, they obscured the source of the controversy surrounding the Bush administration's approval of a deal to grant the company control of six U.S. ports.
In his introduction to a February 22 report on the ports controversy, NBC's Nightly News anchor Brian Williams described Dubai Ports World (DPW) as "a company from the United Arab Emirates" (UAE). But in leaving out the key fact that DPW is owned by the government of Dubai, a member state of the UAE -- rather than simply based in the UAE -- Williams obscured the source of the controversy surrounding the Bush administration's approval of a deal that would grant the company control of six U.S. ports. Indeed, critics of the deal have noted that because the company is state-owned, the law requires the administration to conduct a more thorough investigation of the sale than the review that was carried out.
In his subsequent report, NBC News chief White House correspondent David Gregory indicated that "a country with terror links" would manage the ports, and not merely a company, but at no point noted the legal significance of this. Moreover, he reported a claim advanced by administration officials that critics of the deal "were unfairly discriminating against a Middle Eastern country, given that the ports were previously run by a British company." But Gregory failed to note that this argument conflates the two companies, ignoring a key distinction -- the prior owner was not controlled by a foreign government, British or otherwise.
Further, CNN reporters and anchors continued to refer to DPW as "Arab-controlled" and "Dubai-based," without noting that it is owned by the government of a foreign nation.
Last week, DPW acquired British company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (P & O), which currently manages six U.S. ports in Baltimore, Miami, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. Until its acquisition by the state-owned UAE company, P & O was a publicly traded corporation listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The fact that a foreign government owns the acquiring company is crucial because U.S. law mandates additional investigation in such cases if the acquisition might affect national security. Prior to the administration's approval, the DPW transaction was examined by the Treasury Department's 12-member Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS reportedly conducted a 23-day review before signing off on the deal. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, however, has claimed that an additional review should have been undertaken. In a February 16 letter to Treasury Secretary John W. Snow, these seven members of Congress cited a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1993, which amended the Exon-Florio provision* to require an additional 45-day investigation if "the acquirer is controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government" and the acquisition "could result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce in the U.S. that could affect the national security of the U.S." These lawmakers have requested that the administration conduct this additional 45-day review before completing the transfer. Others have specifically criticized CFIUS for not carrying out the full investigation before approving the transaction. In a February 22 letter to Snow, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) accused CFIUS of having apparently approved the sale "as expeditiously as possible, without even using the additional 45 day investigation process that was clearly warranted under the circumstances."
Further, in an October 2005 report examining the implementation of Exon-Florio, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticized CFIUS' narrow interpretation of what constitutes a national security threat and warned that this standard "may be limiting the Committee's analyses of proposed and completed foreign acquisitions." According to the GAO, the CFIUS has reviewed 470 pending acquisitions since 1997, but has executed a full investigation in only eight cases.
But despite the fact that DPW's government-ownership is highly relevant to this controversy, Williams told NBC viewers only that the company is "from the United Arab Emirates."
In his report, Gregory referred to "a country with terror links" managing the ports and noted the bipartisan call for a 45-day investigation. But he failed to explain the connection between the UAE government's ownership of the company and this demand, completely ignoring the lawmakers' claim that the investigation should have been triggered originally. Nonetheless, he repeated the administration's claim that criticism of the deal somehow represents a double standard.
From the February 22 edition of NBC's Nightly News:
WILLIAMS: And now to the political fracas that has bubbled up over a deal that would allow a company from the United Arab Emirates to run cargo operations at those U.S. ports. President Bush is standing by this decision, brushing aside objections by Democrats and Republicans in Congress that this deal could raise the risk of terrorism. The story from NBC News chief White House correspondent David Gregory.
GREGORY: The White House revealed today that the president only learned of the port deal after the fact from news reports, leaving him flat-footed as the rebellion within his own party grew. The White House spokesman said this transaction didn't raise any red flags.
SCOTT McCLELLAN (White House press secretary) [video clip]: If there'd been objections raised and there'd been an extended review process, then it would have gone to the president.
GREGORY: But critics say the investigation wasn't thorough.
REP. PETER KING (R-NY) [video clip]: As far as terrorist connections, as far as corruption, as far as any type of links to Al Qaeda, none of that was examined other than to see if there was anything already on file.
GREGORY: Republicans and Democrats are calling for a 45-day investigation into the company, Dubai Ports, before the nearly $7 billion deal goes through next week. For its part, Dubai Ports has hired former Senator Bob Dole [R-KS] to help lobby Congress on its behalf. All the political fallout has raised questions about how a president defined by 9-11 --
BUSH [video clip]: 9-11 changed my thinking, so my focus is there.
GREGORY: -- could allow a country with terror links to manage U.S. seaports. Two 9-11 hijackers were UAE citizens, and money for the plot went through UAE banks. Today, the White House stepped up its damage control, saying administration officials have already begun to brief Congress, something they say should have been done earlier. Port security will remain under U.S. Customs and Coast Guard control, and officials suggested critics were unfairly discriminating against a Middle Eastern country given the ports were previously run by a British company.
Media Matters for America previously noted that reporters and anchors on the February 22 edition of CNN's American Morning repeatedly described DPW as a "Dubai-based company." Later that day on CNN's Paula Zahn Now, host Paula Zahn continued this pattern. She referred to DPW as an "Arab company" , but at no point in her substantial coverage of the story did she inform viewers that the UAE controlled the company:
ZAHN: And we start with the nationwide furor over the government's decision to let an Arab company manage six major ports here in this country. They are in New York, Newark, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami, and Philadelphia -- and furor is still the right word tonight.
Further, on the February 23 edition of CNN's American Morning, CNN national correspondent Kelly Wallace, chief national correspondent John King and anchors Soledad O'Brien and Miles O'Brien repeatedly failed to describe the company as state-owned:
WALLACE: Key senators will be debating today a controversial port agreement. The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold hearings on the deal in which a Dubai-based company will take over six American ports. Several lawmakers have criticized the plan, citing potential security concerns, though administration officials say security of the ports will remain with the United States.
S. O'BRIEN: Ahead this morning, we're going to talk more about port security. We're going to hear from some of the folks who actually work at the ports. Some of them are absolutely outraged about this new move that would hand over control of the ports to a Dubai-based company. We'll talk about that this morning.
M. O'BRIEN: CNN "Security Watch" time: President Bush on the defensive, battling attacks on that deal that would let an Arab controlled company manage six major U.S. seaports. Here's our chief national correspondent John King.
KING: How then did it come to this? The president at war with his party and at odds with public opinion, defending a deal to allow an Arab company to manage six major U.S. ports.
S. O'BRIEN: You can hear the president wrapping up a cabinet meeting and then taking a few questions. Most recently, there, he was talking about this controversy over this transaction, the ports that would now be managed by a company based out of the United Arab Emirates. The president saying that the transaction had been scrutinized and approved, and that the deal would not go forward, in fact, if he felt that there was any concerns about security.
*CORRECTION: The original version of this item stated incorrectly that "a 1993 amendment known as the Exon-Florio provision ... requires an additional 45-day investigation if 'the acquirer is controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government' and the acquisition 'could result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce in the U.S. that could affect the national security of the U.S.' " In fact, this requirement was established by the "Byrd amendment" [Section 2170(b)] to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. The amendment modified a 1988 law known as the Exon-Florio provision.


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YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co took the wraps off its much-awaited electric car on Sunday, naming the hatchback Leaf and taking a step towards its goal of leading the industry in the zero-emissions field. Japans No.3 automaker and its French partner, Renault SA, have been the most aggressive proponents of pure electric vehicles in the auto industry, announcing plans to mass-market the clean but expensive cars globally in 2012. Nissan will begin selling the first Leaf cars in the United States, Japan and Europe towards the end of 2010, adding two more models soon after. It expects production to start with around 200,000 units a year at the global roll-out in 2012. Twinning the cars unveiling with the inauguration of Nissans new global headquarters in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn drove up to a stage in a sky-blue Leaf prototype, carrying former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and two other guests to greet a throng of journalists who made the trip from all over the world. We celebrate today the start of a new chapter of our companys life, Ghosn said. Nissan is returning to the port city of Yokohama, where it was founded in 1933, after being based in Tokyos posh Ginza district for the last 41 years. Hit by sliding vehicle sales worldwide since the financial crisis hit last year, Nissan has suspended its goals set under a mid-term business plan, with the exception of its aggressive push into the electric car business. With oil prices topping $60 even in a recession and environmental regulations tightening all the time, Ghosn said he was optimistic about electric vehicles entering the mainstream, expecting them to represent one in 10 new cars globally by 2020. We are seeing electric cars not as a niche car but as a mass-market car, he told reporters after the inauguration. The big problem is going to be (production) capacity. Ghosn described the Leaf as a powerful car, like having a turbo charger except with no delay in response since there is no gear shift. He stressed that despite the growing popularity of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles in some markets, they remained a niche with less than 2 percent of the global market. Other automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp and Volkswagen AG have also announced plans to launch electric cars in the next several years, but they say it could take decades for the vehicles to spread due to their high cost, limited driving range and long charging times with the current battery technology. Nissan did not announce pricing for the five-seater Leaf, but Ghosn said the price, without the expensive lithium-ion battery that Nissan is considering leasing, would be within the range of a comparable gasoline-engine car. Nissans Leaf has a top speed of over 140 km/hour (76 mph) and a cruising range of at least 160 km (100 miles) a distance that covers the needs of 80 percent of the worlds drivers, according to Nissan. The carmaker has lagged its bigger domestic rivals Toyota and Honda Motor Co in offering fuel-sipping hybrid cars, which have taken the Japanese market by storm this year with the help of government stimulus steps. For years, Ghosn has downplayed the importance of hybrid cars both for consumers hoping to save money at the pump and for manufacturers looking to make profit. As recently as a month ago, he sought to knock down the hybrid hype, saying electric cars were a far better alternative despite their limited cruising range. But in what could signal a major shift in strategy, Ghosn said Nissan would leave the option open to offering hybrid vehicles if the market demands it. So far, Nissan has only announced plans to launch an internally developed hybrid vehicle on high-end models. Its going to take some time before we have a complete, full (electric vehicle) product line-up from entry level to the top, he said. In the meantime, you just cannot abandon the market youre going to have to continue to develop your product line-up with combustion engine, clean diesel, hybrids, etc.
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ATLANTA, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections in U.S. hospitals were unchanged from 2010 to 2011, but central line infections were down, a health official says.
A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said there was a 7 percent reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections since 2009, which is the same percentage of reduction that was reported in 2010.
While there were modest reductions in infections among patients in general wards, there was essentially no reduction in infections reported in critical care locations, the report said.
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections among intensive care unit patients are an area of significant concern because patients who get these infections are more likely to need antibiotics, the CDC said. While antibiotics are critical for treating bacterial infections, they can also put patients at risk for other complications including a deadly diarrhea caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile.
CDC researchers analyzed data submitted to the National Healthcare Safety Network -- the CDC's infection tracking system, which receives data from more than 11,500 healthcare facilities across all 50 states.
However, the report said U.S. hospitals reported a 41 percent reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections from 2008 to 2011. A central line is a tube that is placed in a large vein of a patient's neck or chest to give medical treatment. When not put in correctly or kept clean, central lines can become a route for germs to enter the body and cause serious bloodstream infections.
"Reductions in some of the deadliest healthcare-associated infections are encouraging, especially when you consider the costs to both patients and the healthcare system," Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, said in a statement.
"This report suggests that hospitals need to increase their efforts to track these infections and implement control strategies that we know work."


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An Arbutus man was killed in his home this week by three people who later dumped his body in the stairwell of a vacant home in Baltimore, Baltimore County police said Saturday.
Three men were charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death on Saturday – Kevin Brooks Pendergraph, 31, of Baltimore; Roy Bernard Munson, 18, of Pikesville; and Eric Patrick Henry, 37, who is homeless. The men were all held without bail and did not have attorneys listed in court records.
On Thursday, someone notified police that Brian Michael Reiser, 49, of the 5600 block of Southwestern Blvd., had not been heard from in a couple of days and that this was out of the ordinary, police said. Detectives began investigating and were led to a vacant home in the 200 block of Collins Ave., in southwest Baltimore's Irvington neighborhood, where Reiser's body was found with traumatic injuries in a stairwell Friday morning. Police did not elaborate on the nature of his injuries.
Police believe Reiser got into an argument with the three men charged in his murder at his home before they killed him and dumped his body in Baltimore.


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Dieting: a fat lot of use?
The scourge of smoking and the epidemic of obesity are both important causes of 'lifestyle' diseases. In the case of excessive weight gain these include cardiovascular disease, diabetes and worn joints. Both smoking and obesity resist cure strenuously. While smoking has declined in the developed world because of state and other interventions, the global tobacco industry is aggressively and shamelessly exploiting the markets of the developing world, where smoking is on the rise. Obesity is on the increase all over. Neither can simply be left to individual choice, and they are good examples of conditions that require nations and global organisations to develop strategies to deal with them effectively.
Obesity can be blamed on evolution. It rewarded species that could store energy successfully in order to survive famines. Furthermore, the unrestricted availability of calories is not a natural condition. Such bounty results in many people entering a state of prolonged imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure, resulting in weight gain. Achieving an ideal physical shape, which would appear to require simple restriction of energy intake, is therefore very hard to achieve.1
The diet industry is a multi-billion dollar business. Magazines depict the looks and shape of people that are popularised as the ideal. As in the cosmetics industry, people are willing to invest large sums in the hope of attaining this. Weight-loss remedies of all kinds have made fortunes for those whose current fad found favour. Among these are the proponents of all manner of diet variations. Diets that have had their day include high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets and vice versa (the Atkins diet), and high-protein diets (on the basis that protein is thought to provide more satisfaction per calorie than fat or carbohydrates). Intervention studies of all kinds have shown initial weight loss followed by weight gain by participants.2 Those who did better in holding onto their weight losses had more counselling and adhered more closely to their dietary programme. Investigators have concluded that any type of diet, when used for the purpose of weight loss with enthusiasm and persistence, can be effective. Behavioural factors rather than dietary composition are therefore the main influences on weight loss.3
Weight losses among participants in diet trials will at best average 3 - 4 kg after 2 - 4 years. They will be less among people who are poor or uneducated, groups that are hit hardest by obesity. A change of paradigm rather than another diet trial is called for. Katan2 also draws attention to a study in France in which a town, via a total community effort, was able to significantly reduce the prevalence of overweight children compared with neighbouring towns where it had risen. The total community approach is now being extended to 200 towns in Europe.
What about the effect of exercise on weight loss? Understandably exercise enthusiasts will push their vision of trim, fit and healthy individuals and communities as a result of burning off calories and toning the body. And certainly part of the equation is exercise but its importance in weight loss is probably rather overstated. A meta-analysis on the effect of school-based physical activity interventions on body mass index in children disappointingly showed no improvement in the body mass index, although they had other beneficial health effects.4
What to do about obesity? A total community effort is required. However, interventions may pose ethical issues about personal choice versus what is perceived as being for the general good, for example deciding when severe childhood obesity becomes a child protection issue.5 Secondly, major changes are required in encouraging less and healthier energy consumption in what we eat and drink. Suppliers preferably need to become part of the solution, but occasions may demand tough action and legislation as with the tobacco industry. Thirdly, exercise may not play as important a part in weight reduction as calorie reduction, but it has many other benefits. For example, cycling to work should be encouraged by cycle lanes and other planning strategies. Finally, people are being swindled by many commercial weight-loss providers (drugs, food supplements, diets, etc.) that are happy to exploit consumers' hopes and dreams by creating false expectations. Health professionals and the government have a responsibility to expose and regulate claims that are not based on sound evidence,6 such as the successful legal challenge of Dr Rath's claims of curing AIDS with vitamin supplements. Most weight-loss fads are a fat lot of use.
J P de V van Niekerk
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The print edition story for tomorrow is a hybrid of sorts, using the Red Wings appearance at HP Pavilion as an excuse to look briefly at the NHL's latest realignment proposal.
The story attempts to make the case that having Detroit come to town once a year in the future isn't as dramatic a loss as it might have been a few years ago, when the Red Wings were clearly the best of the West and not simply one of several good teams out there.
Here's where you can find that effort: http://www.mercurynews.com/sharks/ci_22685607/san-jose-sharks-detroit-red-wings-may-see
And I figure the blog is the place to elaborate a little on both the realignment plan AND Thursday night's game.
Normally, we stay away from NHL issues here, but this one obviously is big enough to warrant a look. Presume you've read elsewhere about the story that was first broken by Elliotte Friedman. Similar to the plan shot down a year ago by the NHLPA, it creates four divisions – two with eight teams, two with seven – in two conferences and a complicated set of rules to determine who plays whom how many times and who gets into the playoffs.
I'll post the divisions here. For all other details, there's a pretty concise account at the Hockey Night in Canada web site: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/opinion/2013/02/nhl-drops-4-conference-realignment-plan.html
Pacific Division (7): San Jose, Anaheim, Calgary, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Vancouver.
Midwest Division (8): Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, Winnipeg.
Atlantic Division: Carolina, Columbus, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington.
Central Division: Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Toronto.
Playoff qualifying is obviously the trickiest part of the new plan and it may take awhile before all that gets sorted out. An equitable system seems almost impossible, so all you can hope for something reasonably fair to all. Yeah, right.
Keep one thing in mind: A source familiar with the discussions told me more than a year ago when this first came up that the overriding purpose is to improve TV ratings by getting as many games as possible in the same time zone. Other things may be important, but that was the prime directive.
Considering how far hockey's TV revenues lag behind the other major sports, it would make sense that owners would see this as one way to try and improve a revenue stream that's barely a trickle.
*****Just a couple additional notes in advance of the Detroit game.
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock already has announced that Jimmy Howard is playing tonight in Los Angeles and his back-up, Jonas Gustavsson (aka The Monster) will face the Sharks in San Jose.
Also, two former Sharks now on the Detroit blue line – Ian White and Kent Huskins – were healthy scratches in Detroit's 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night, and White was miffed enough to go public with his complaint. Will be interesting to see how that plays out.


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Small Bohemian Week-end Retreat : Shack at Hinkle Farm
Designed by Broadhurst Architects as a week-end retreat for a family in Washington D.C, the Shack at Hinkle Farm provides peacefulness and relaxation. Here is an excerpt of the official project description provided by the architects: "The shack was created as a logical step between tent camping, and the yet unrealized weekend cottage. This fundamental shelter has no electricity. Oil lamps provide light. Heat is provided by a small wood stove, which is also used to heat water that is delivered to the "kitchen" sink by a gravity system. The vertical drop is achieved by using a hand-powered bilge pump to fill an overhead storage tank. Rain water is collected from the roof as part of the outdoor shower system. Acknowledging the constant struggle between mouse (and occasionally rattlesnake and bear) and man, the shack sits upon four wood posts with rodent barriers, a detail borrowed from local corn cribs. The board and batten siding is locally milled pine". Would you consider living in a home without electricity and surrounded by nothing but trees and pastures?


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Wilms' tumor protein-1 (WT1) is over-expressed in a number of solid and hematologic malignancies including multiple myeloma. The emergence of WT1-specific T cells has been shown to correlate with better relapse-free survival after allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients with hematologic malignancies.
Medical Director of the Cytotherapy Laboratory Guenther Koehne discusses the significance of WT1-specific cellular immune responses in patients with relapsed MM and high-risk cytogenetics who are undergoing allogeneic T-cell-depleted hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (TCD HSCT).
Findings suggest a correlation between the emergence of WT1-specific T cells post DLI and disease regression in patients being treated for relapsed MM. The present data supports the development of adoptive immunotherapeutic approaches utilizing WT1-specific T cells for patients with MM. These trials are currently being developed.


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Top NC 2012 stories include deaths of 3 notables
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The deaths of three North Carolina icons and a superstorm that left a lasting impression are among the Tar Heel State's top stories of 2012.
Andy Griffith, folk musician Doc Watson and University of North Carolina system President William Friday all died this past year.
Another well-known North Carolina figure went through an embarrassing criminal trial last spring but avoided prison time.
A jury acquitted former Sen. John Edwards of a campaign finance charge and deadlocked on five other felony counts, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial.
Superstorm Sandy didn't come ashore in North Carolina, but it chewed up N.C. Hghway 12 on Hatteras Island, shutting down the highway for almost two months and leaving taxpayers with a tab of $8 million to $10 million for a temporary fix.
Credit: The Associated Press.


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Here, for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, is a single resource for seminal theoretical texts in the field. Essential for understanding the specific connections that have been made between landscape and social, cultural, and political structures, Theory in Landscape Architecture reminds readers that the discipline of landscape architecture can be both practical and formally challenging. Covering the past fifty years of theory, this primer makes an important contribution to a student's emerging professional ethics.Swaffield, Simon R. is the author of 'Theory in Landscape Architecture A Reader', published 2002 under ISBN 9780812218213 and ISBN 0812218213.[read more]
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Forestry and agriculture were once seen as two mutually exclusive functions of land, with the presence of one meaning the total absence of the other. Ecologists saw the development and cultivation of farmland as a force working against their attempts to preserve valuable tracts of untouched land.
But now, in many of Canada's national and provincial parks, specialists are realizing that small-scale agriculture and forestry can exist side by side – and that they may even benefit from one another. Forests help protect crops from pest infestations and the spread of airborne plant diseases. In turn, agriculture helps contribute to forests' sustainability by providing food for nearby populations.
This is especially true for forests located on the outskirts of urban areas, where locally grown food can be brought to market with very low transportation costs.
Parks Canada, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, has decided to convert Rouge Park into an urban national park. It will cover 4,700 hectares [11,600 acres] of land, stretching from Lake Ontario in the south to two towns nearly 35 kilometers [22 miles] north. One thousand hectares [2,470 acres] of this has been set aside for agriculture, according to Alan Wells, chair of the Rouge Park Alliance.
Of particular importance, this area is just northeast of the Greater Toronto region, making it an ideal choice for farmers who want to help feed the city.
Better yet, some of this designated farmland will be available to community garden projects and small farming operations. There are also collaborations under way with FarmStart, a nonprofit Canadian organization whose mission is to support a new generation of small farmers.
Already, FarmStart has a 20-hectare [49 acre] incubator farm on lease in Rouge Park, where, for up to five years, farmers can stay, work, and learn holistic methods of raising crops.
According to the FarmStart website, "The goal of the New Farmers Incubator Program is to foster the development of fully independent and sustainable agricultural enterprises that supply local markets."
Canada currently has 42 national parks and hundreds of provincial parks, many of which have enormous potential for the development of sustainable agriculture.
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Early longevity studies led scientists to the conclusion that a creature's lifespan was proportional to its body mass and heart rate; "the big, slow elephant outlives the quick, small mouse," explains Fred Guterl in a recent piece for Scientific American.
But small, long-lived organisms like naked mole rats (which can live up to 28 years — literally decades longer than other rodents), birds and bats are shifting (and complicating) our understanding of longevity. This infographic compares the record-setting lifespans of ten organisms, and the various biological factors scientists think may have a hand in prolonging life.
According to Guterl, the hot new biological barometer for gauging an organism's lifespan is its total energy output.
"When scientists look within particular species, size does not correlate well with life span," he explains, "although fast growth is often associated with reduced longevity."
Looking at this infographic (you'll need to click it to enlarge and compare the characteristics illustrated in the bottom right hand corner of the visualization), borrowed from Guterl's post, it's interesting to note the huge variations in relative body mass and estimated lifetime heartbeats relative to the organisms' lifespans, and underscores how complicated it is to relate specific biological factors to a something like an organism's longevity.
"To some degree, resting metabolic rate does correlate, but for animals total energy expended over a lifetime may be the best indicator of all."
Read more, and check out an interactive version of the infographic, over at SciAm.


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Golf Queenstown and Around
The Queenstown region offers superb golfing opportunities, including international standard resort courses and an excellent range of local golf clubs.
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If you're planning some time in Queenstown and wondering whether to pack your golf shoes, then don't hesitate! The region offers an excellent range of golfing experiences that will delight recreational and scratch handicappers alike.
The big hitting names include the well established and world-renowned Millbrook Resort and the newer designer Jacks Point on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Millbrook is located15 minutes from Queenstown, near the historic Arrowtown village which is just 5 minutes away. This championship 27 hole course has been voted Best Golf Resort in New Zelaand in 2011, 2012 and 2013 by the World Travel Awards. Millbrook offers 5 star resort facilities including self contained villas, 4 outstanding restaurants and world class spa facilities which are ranked in the Top Ten Hotel Spas in the world. Millbrook ticks all the boxes, the golf is challenging - beware the long grass in the rough, it's perilous!
Arrowtown boasts its own golf club with a very distinctive flavor. A round there is a game of 2 halves, with the landscape of the front nine resembling a moonscape. A slightly wayward tee shot landing on a rock outcrop can have your ball pinging on to the neighbouring fairway. Across the road, the back nine is still challenging but less prone to unexpected surprises.
The Queenstown Golf Club is located on the Kelvin Heights peninsula, approximately 15 minutes' drive from central Queenstown. The location is sensational with the Remarkables mountain range providing a rugged alpine backdrop and with long lake vistas across Lake Wakatipu. Excellent views from the top of the hill!
Just an hour away from Queenstown, the Wanaka Golf Club is surely located on some of the best real estate in the region. Outstanding lake and mountain views of the Mt Aspiring National Park are easy distractions. The course is gently undulating with some elevated tees so expect a slow round if you have your camera handy!
For a genuine local golf experience, enjoy the warm hospitality at the Cromwell Golf Club, a 45 minute drive from Queenstown in the heart of the Bannockburn wine region. A morning round followed by lunch and wine at one of the many boutique wineries can be a perfect day out. If you can't guarantee your golf, you can at least guarantee to experience world-class wine!
If you are looking for a truly rural experience, try a round at the Tarras Golf Club. You'll be sharing the fairways with a local mob of sheep and need to be careful that you only hit the white ball, not any of the little black ones! A lot of fun, outstanding scenery, but you probably won't want to put your card in!
If playing a round at a resort or major club is a "must do", then it would be prudent to plan your trip and have your tee times pre-booked so that you avoid tournaments and/or club events. Planning assistance is available to ensure a perfect balance between sightseeing and golf opportunities or you may prefer to take adventage of self drive golf itineraries that already have all the planning done.
If you are on a freewheeling self drive holiday, then you'll see ample opportunities to enjoy a local club round en route. Just call in. If the club house is unattended, you'll see the honesty box and cards by the window!
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Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces First Career Survey Devoted to the Work of Dara Friedman
Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger Marks the Miami-based Artist's Largest Exhibition to Date
MIAMI – July 27, 2017 – On November 3, 2017, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will present Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger, the first career survey of the work of internationally renowned, Miami-based artist Dara Friedman. The exhibition features 16 major film and video works that combine the techniques and principles of Structural Filmmaking with a strong emotional charge and an intuitive approach to subject matter. Spanning over 20 years of production, Perfect Stranger is the artist's most comprehensive show to date; it also marks the largest exhibition of the work of a Miami-based artist by PAMM. The exhibition is on view from November 3, 2017 through March 4, 2018 in PAMM's M.B. Fernandez Family galleries.
Friedman crafts each of her films with meticulous care, making precise choices with respect to camerawork, film stock, and editing strategy while taking into consideration every aspect of the presentation of her work in physical space, from the scale of the images to the specific qualities of the playback equipment. Yet for all of her strenuous logic and discipline, her approach remains unabashedly sensual and emotive. Bearing rich imagery and a strong emphasis on bodily experience, her films generate moments of high-pitched, cathartic intensity as well as serene, even euphoric interludes.
"The exhibition at PAMM captures the intensity that marks Dara's films, reflecting the ways she uses this intensity to reach viewers directly and at a gut level, with the ultimate goal of encouraging and fostering empathy toward others," commented Curator René Morales. "Dara's work helps us to see ourselves and others with greater clarity."
"Dara's trajectory powerfully embodies the possibility that life as an artist in Miami is not just viable, but that the city can serve as a home base for a global artistic career," remarked PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. "PAMM has always considered its aspiration to support and collaborate with the local art community to be one of its core values and a central facet of its mission."
Perfect Stranger consists of 16 major works by Friedman. The first gallery will be comprised mainly of early work (pre-2001), many on 16 mm film. The gallery will be completely open, allowing light and sound to leak from one piece to the other, resulting in a cacophony of intense energy. The second gallery will take the opposite approach, consisting of a series of closed, soundproofed rooms for each film, complete with seating. Each room will feel like its own universe, encouraging deep immersion and focus.
Exhibition highlights include:
- Government Cut Freestyle, 1998: Part of PAMM's permanent collection, this film shows young people taking turns jumping off a pier in South Pointe Park in Miami Beach into Government Cut, the waterway that connects Biscayne Bay to the Atlantic Ocean. The artist shot the footage so the divers' bodies remain tightly constricted within the frame. As a result, the camera bobs and sways gently as the divers plummet through the air, each time arching over the horizon line. The film's slow motion pacing and the steady, undulating rhythm with which the scenes unfold elicit a swooning, hypnotic effect.
- Bim Bam, 1999: In two separate 16 mm film loops, one stacked atop the other, a pair of silhouetted female figures (both the artist) repeatedly step through a threshold, slamming the door in front of or behind them. When the doors are open, they fill the frame with either yellow or blue light; when they are closed, the frame goes black. The footage was filmed with the camera turned on its side so that the figures appear at a 90-degree angle from the floor. The sound of doors slamming plays on an independent track and is left unsynchronized with the projections, either anticipating or lagging behind the action.
- Romance, 2001: Part of PAMM's permanent collection, this work shows a succession of approximately 70 couples kissing tenderly, playfully, or with passionate abandon in slow motion in a tightly framed composition. Friedman captured the grainy footage through a zoom lens while taking long walks with her infant daughter in a public park in the Gianicolo neighborhood of Rome. Each scene focuses on the negative space between the lovers' profiles. The artist has likened this film to a nature documentary, as clinical in tone as a study of the mating habits of birds.
- Musical, 2007–08: A total of 55 participants perform in the crowded streets, subways, diners and plazas of Midtown Manhattan while singing a song meaningful to them at full volume. The resulting soundtrack features a spectrum of musical genres, from Broadway show tunes and classic rock to a Kabuki ballad and a Michael Jackson tune, culminating in a rousing interpretation of "America, the Beautiful." The singers are, in general, barely registered by the throngs of people surrounding them.
- Dancer, 2011: Co-produced by PAMM, this film depicts 66 people of diverse ages and backgrounds—from classically trained ballerinas to pole dancers, tap dancers, clubbers, capoeiristas, calypso dancers, yogis, belly dancers, and tumblers—as they move through Miami, using the city's sidewalks as a stage. The musical medleys that comprise the work's soundtrack are punctuated by the sound of city traffic and the dancers' breathing. The camera moves alongside each person's body like a dance partner.
Organization and Support
Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger is organized by PAMM Curator René Morales and presented by Citi with generous support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Lead individual support received from Dennis Richard and Susan Bell Richard, Mark and Nedra Oren, and George Lindemann. Support from the J.W. Marriott Marquis Miami and Veuve Clicquot is also gratefully acknowledged.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. A nearly 35-year-old South Florida institution formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), Pérez Art Museum Miami opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, in Downtown Miami's Museum Park on December 4, 2013. The facility and is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab and classroom spaces. For more information, please visit www.pamm.org. Find us on Facebook (facebook.com/perezartmuseummiami), or follow us on Twitter/Instagram (@pamm).


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As a precursor to looking over the final boss of Blackwing Descent, we'll take a moment to examine a pivotal aspect of dragon tanking.
This isn't something that tends to come up too often and there's a good reason for this lack. If you look at all of the recent raid dragons you'll find that there aren't too many occasions where the dragons will need to be turned in a rapid manner.
Look back at Halion, Sindragosa, Onyxia, Atramedes and you'll find that as a tank, there's usually little to no reason for you to turn her. True, there might be an occasion to move the dragon in a rapid manner, but there's usually very little call to turn them.
All this changes with Nefarion where the tank dealing with Onyxia is responsible for turning her back and forth for the duration of the first phase and that's something that can easily make or break the fight as too much raid damage taken from her can push your healers too far behind on mana to keep up for the rest of the phases.
Let's take a look at the problem.
Most tanks will stroll up to the dragon, pull her to the proper tanking position and then stay at max melee range while tanking her.
The problem with that method is that for the purposes of turning a dragon, max melee range is absolutely horrible. You're moving a lot of extra distance to get the boss to turn the same degree as opposed to if you stand inside his hitbox.
When tanking the larger bosses (but primarily dragons), you have to remember that their models don't necessarily reflect their actual hitbox. Next time you tank a dragon, take a look. Most times, the dragon's swiping at air and you're flailing around hitting nothing but you're technically inside melee range.
Think of the turning point of the boss as a dot in the center of a circle.
If you stand at max melee range, you're turning the dragon by running along the very outside of the circle. While this works, it's pretty slow and you're travelling much more distance for the same amount of turning.
Now, instead, consider standing at a point halfway between the outer edge of the circle and the dot. If you stand here and try to turn the dragon, what happens?
You'll find that you have to move a much shorter distance to achieve the same amount of turning from the boss. This point is a little hard to judge when you're actually tanking. If you think about it, the turning point of any dragon is around the middle of it's belly or so. Anything in front of that point is considered the front and anything behind that is considered the back.
For the most effective turning of dragons, what you're going to want to do is to stand at a point maybe between the dragon's claws, maybe a little inside its chest and you'll find that when you turn the dragon from this distance, he'll turn much faster, changing from an old pickup truck to a racy sports car.
Keep this in mind as we move on next week to Nefarion in Blackwing Descent and we'll put our dragon turning lessons to good use.


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Cece Winams: 25th Anniversary for The Church of the Redeemed of the Lord,Baltimore, Maryland
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Mark your calendars now to join Cece Winams for a 25th Anniversary for The Church of the Redeemed of the Lord.
Date: Nov 12th 2010
Event Location: The Church of the Redeemed of the Lord
Martin's West, Baltimore, Maryland
Time: 11:15pm. 9am & 11:15am.
Schedule is subject to change. For more information visit : http://cecewinans.com
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If you ask CeCe Winans what drives her, the answer will be far removed from her endless list of accolades, best-selling albums, widespread industry recognition, and vast amounts of press coverage.
She'll make no mention of the multiple GRAMMY®, Stellar, and Dove awards she's garnered over the years, let alone the several gold-and platinum-certified albums she's scored-not even those she nabbed with brother BeBe as part of the hit-making duo BeBe & CeCe Winans.
She won't tell you she's graced the covers of high-profile publications such as Essence, Jet, CCM, and Today's Christian Woman, among countless others, or that she's made her rounds in the talk-show circuit, making appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, and more. And radio hits? Forget about it.
When all is said and done, CeCe's heart lies someplace else. Thy Kingdom Come (PureSprings Gospel), her eighth solo album, is a reflection of where her heart resides: in the very inner court of the heavenly realms, where Christ Himself is enthroned.
"When you're in the throne room, your focus is just God," CeCe says. "Nothing's more powerful than that. When you do other music-positive music, gospel, inspirational, whatever you want to name it-you're teaching lessons to other people, which is still very important. But nothing is more powerful than when you're face to face with God."
For more visit Cece website at http://cecewinans.com


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Hillary Clinton recently reignited the who-lost-Syria debate when she suggested that President Obama made a mistake in not intervening more forcefully early in the Syrian civil war by arming the pro-democracy rebels. I've been skeptical about such an intervention — skeptical that there were enough of these "mainstream insurgents," skeptical that they could ever defeat President Bashar al-Assad's army and the Islamists and govern Syria. So if people try to sell you on it, ask them these questions before you decide if you are with Clinton or Obama:
1. Can they name the current leader of the Syrian National Coalition, the secular, moderate opposition, and the first three principles of its political platform? Extra credit if they can name the last year that the leader of the S.N.C. resided in Syria. Hint: It's several decades ago.
2. Can they explain why Israel — a country next door to Syria that has better intelligence on Syria than anyone and could be as affected by the outcome there as anyone — has chosen not to bet on the secular, moderate Syrian rebels or arm them enough to topple Assad?
3. The United States invaded Iraq with more than 100,000 troops, replaced its government with a new one, suppressed its Islamist extremists and trained a "moderate" Iraqi army, but, the minute we left, Iraq's "moderate" prime minister turned sectarian. Yet, in Syria, Iraq's twin, we're supposed to believe that the moderate insurgents could have toppled Assad and governed Syria without any American boots on the ground, only arming the good rebels. Really?
4. How could the good Syrian rebels have triumphed in Syria when the main funders of so many rebel groups there — Qatar and Saudi Arabia — are Sunni fundamentalist monarchies that oppose the very sort of democratic, pluralistic politics in their own countries that the decent Syrian rebels aspire to build in Syria?
5. Even if we had armed Syrian moderates, how could they have defeated a coalition of the Syrian Alawite army and gangs, backed by Russia, backed by Iran, backed by Hezbollah — all of whom play by "Hama Rules," which are no rules at all — without the U.S. having to get involved?
6. How is it that some 15,000 Muslim men from across the Muslim world have traveled to Syria to fight for jihadism and none have walked there to fight for pluralism, yet the Syrian moderates would not only have been able to defeat the Assad regime — had we only armed them properly — but also this entire jihadist foreign legion?
The notion that the only reason that the Islamist militias emerged in Syria is because we created a vacuum by not adequately arming the secular rebels is laughable nonsense. Syria has long had its own Sunni fundamentalist underground. In 1982, when then President Hafez al-Assad perpetrated the Hama massacre, it was in an effort to wipe out those Syrian Islamists. So, yes, there are cultural roots for pluralism in Syria — a country with many Christians and secular Muslims — but there's also the opposite. Do not kid yourself.
That is why on a brief visit to Darkush, Syria, in December 2012, I was told by the local Free Syrian Army commander, Muatasim Bila Abul Fida, that even after Assad's regime is toppled there would be another war in Syria: "It will take five or six years," he added, because the Islamist parties "want Shariah, and we want democracy." There were always going to be two civil wars there: The liberals and jihadists against Assad and the liberals and jihadists against each other.
Don't get me wrong. My heart is with the brave Syrian liberals who dared to take to the streets and demand regime change — unarmed. These are decent, good people, the kind you would like to see running Syria. But it would take a lot more than better arms for them to defeat Assad and the jihadists.
Here Iraq is instructive. You need to go back to the 2010 elections there when Ayad Allawi, a secular Shiite, who ran with Sunnis, Shiites and Christians on a moderate, pluralistic platform — like Syria's moderates — actually won more seats than his main competitor, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.
What enabled that? I'll tell you: The U.S. decapitated Saddam's regime, then helped to midwife an Iraqi Constitution and elections, while U.S. (and Iraqi) special forces either arrested or killed the worst Sunni and Shiite extremists. We took out both extremes without reading them their Miranda rights. That is what gave Iraq's moderate center the space, confidence and ability to back multisectarian parties, which is what many Iraqis wanted. When our troops left, though, that center couldn't hold.
I don't want U.S. troops in Syria any more than anyone else, but I have no respect for the argument that just arming some pro-democracy rebels would have gotten the job done. Yes, there has been a price for Obama's inaction. But there is a price for effective action as well, which the critics have to be honest about. It's called an international force. We are dealing not only with states that have disintegrated, but whole societies — and rebuilding them is the mother of all nation-building projects. Will the ends, will the means. Otherwise, you're not being serious.


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Snyder calls for higher gas taxes, registration fees
By PAUL EGAN and KATHLEEN GRAY
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LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder called for $1.2 billion in higher gas taxes and vehicle registration fees to help repair the state's crumbling road infrastructure in his third State of the State address Wednesday, setting up what is sure to be a tough fight for both public support and votes in the Legislature.
Snyder — who spoke amid a beefed-up Michigan State Police presence at the state Capitol, where hundreds of noisy union protesters angered by passage of right-to-work legislation last month had gathered outside — called for removing the state gas taxes paid at the pump in favor of a percentage wholesale gas tax.
But he did not lay out a specific percentage value for the new tax or say how much vehicle registration fees should be raised. He wants the Legislature to work out the details.
"This is not about costing us money; this is about saving us money," said Snyder, stressing that the longer road and bridge repairs are put off, the larger the repair bill will be.
Snyder's plan calls for a local option under which counties could approve additional vehicle registration increases to fund local road improvements.
The call for more revenues to fix and maintain the state's crumbling roads — a tough task with a Republican-controlled Legislature that is loathe to increase taxes and with a Democratic minority in an uncooperative mood over the right-to-work battle — was the centerpiece of a wide-ranging speech in which Snyder highlighted key changes of the last two years that included elimination of the Michigan Business Tax, a scheduled phaseout of the personal property tax on industrial equipment and elimination of about 1,000 business regulations.
He said the state is growing, both in population and gross domestic product, its Rainy Day Fund has swelled from $2 million to $500 million, and the state has reduced its long-term retirement liabilities by more than $20 billion.
"We're a role model," said Snyder, a Republican. "I wish Washington, D.C., would follow the model we're achieving."
Snyder also called for online voter registration and "no reason" absentee voting — two measures to make it easier to vote, which have typically had the support of Democrats.
And he announced support for several other programs to boost dental care for children and early childhood education, and to help veterans get jobs and needed services.
He talked about the divisive debate in December over passage of right-to-work legislation that made it illegal to require financial support of a union as a condition of employment. Snyder has faced accusations of betrayal because he had said for two years that the issue was not on his agenda before coming out in favor of it and backing its passage into law in five days, amid protests.
"I wish it hadn't happened," Snyder said of the controversy. "I hope we can work together. I hope we can work to avoid these kinds of situations."
Snyder has said he supports freedom of workers to choose whether to join a union, but he would not have pursued the issue at that time if he was fully in charge of the political agenda. Pressure to pass the law built after the defeat Nov. 6 of a union-backed ballot initiative to enshrine collective-bargaining rights in the state constitution.
"I liked the tone of the speech of trying to put the past behind us," said state Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor. "But it was really lacking on any mention of health care, and we're going to have a lot of stuff thrown at us. I'm glad he's focusing on getting funding for early childhood development, but he really had nothing else to say about education."
The roads issue was Snyder's big item Wednesday.
The governor wants it dealt with quickly because "the closer you get to the 2014 election, it's going to be harder to get it through the Legislature," Snyder's director of strategy, Bill Rustem, said before the speech.
Snyder tried to sell the need for increased revenue as a way to protect existing assets against further deterioration, rather than as a tax increase, saying the state will have to pay more in the future if it doesn't raise extra roads money now.
He said some of the investment should be immediately offset because Michigan motorists pay about $81 more per vehicle in repairs than other states do.
He also said the extra road spending would help the economy by creating 12,000 jobs.
Though the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and other groups have come out in favor of raising more money for roads, even the business community isn't entirely on board.
"While we recognize the need for good roads and adequate funding, this is a difficult time for tax and fee increases on Michigan small business job providers," National Federation of Independent Business state director Charlie Owens said in a statement this week.
"NFIB small business owners have made it clear that they are not supportive of a motor fuels tax increase or a hike in vehicle registration fees," Owens said.
The last time state lawmakers hiked the gas tax was in 1997, when a 4-cent hike squeaked through the Legislature under Republican Gov. John Engler.
Early in 2012, lawmakers introduced a proposal to abolish the state's 19-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax and 15-cent-a-gallon diesel tax and replace them with a 10.1 percent wholesale tax on both.
Based on the current wholesale price of about $2.55 a gallon, such a tax would produce a tax of about 25.7 cents a gallon and generate close to $500 million a year, with state revenues rising along with the price of gas.
State vehicle registration fees are calculated through a somewhat complicated formula based on the manufacturer's suggested retail price, with certain reductions for used vehicles.
A new 2013 vehicle with a suggested retail price of $25,000 would generate a registration fee of $123, Michigan Secretary of State spokesman Fred Woodhams said.
Hiking the registration fee by about $60 per car or light truck on average would generate as much as $600 million a year, officials said.
Snyder said Sen. Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw Township, will take the lead on the road funding issue. Kahn has been backing legislation for a funding plan significantly different from the one Snyder outlined Wednesday.
Mark Griffin, president of the Michigan Petroleum Association, representing gasoline wholesalers, said a wholesale gasoline tax is the wrong way to go and the state would do better to use sales tax revenues to support roads.
With more efficient vehicles resulting in less gasoline consumption, Michigan shouldn't be "trying to do what hasn't worked in the past," Griffin said.
Likewise, Rich Robinson, executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, said he didn't hold out much hope for the no-reason absentee voting proposal. "We've been talking about that for years, and nothing has happened," he said.
Brett Brown, a UAW Local 602 member from GM's Delta Township plant, was among the demonstrators.
He said it's wrong for Snyder to put more charges on motorists for vehicle registration fees after giving nearly $2 billion in corporate tax cuts over the last two years.
"I don't think we're getting a fair distribution of the responsibility to make this state business-worthy," Brown said.


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"Buddha didn't create us, Mohammed didn't create us, it was the God of the Holy Scriptures. They didn't bring the Koran over on the pilgrim ship," he continued. "Let's get real, let's go back and learn our history. Let's stop playing games."
The chief justice was speaking at a Pastor for Life Luncheon, an event in Jackson Miss., sponsored by Pro-Life Mississippi, according to Raw Story.
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This guy's comments are imbecilic. The Pilgrims didn't write the Constitution, their worldview was written out of the Constitution deliberately, excluded as a matter of principle. Our godless Constitution was tantamount to a stated objection to the Pilgrims' theocratic Calvinism.
The spirit of the age of the Constitution is revealed here in there words of Thomas Jefferson from his Autobiography, in reference to the Virginia Act for Religious Freedom:
Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed by inserting "Jesus Christ," so that it would read "A departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion;" the insertion was rejected by the great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohammedan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination."
Such examples abound and not just from Jefferson's quill but from others among the Founding Fathers. Chief Justice Moore's ignorance is menacing and worthy of official censure. The reason the world sat up and took note regarding our Constitution was that it was founded on reason, not divine right. It begins "We the people," not "In the Name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit." It was at the time the single most secular document ever created relating to a nation's governance.
Oh, any by the way, Mr. Moore, the Koran doesn't attest that Mohammed created humankind, Buddhists don't believe that Buddha created humankind, and the only scientific explanation that exists for the existence of humankind is the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Moore claims that Americans don't know their history. Bollocks. It's Moore who doesn't. He does what many members of the religious right do when they expound in a sophomoric manner on early American history: conflate the Pilgrims' adventure with the founding of the United States.
The Pilgrims arrived in 1620. The Constitution went into effect 169 years later in 1789. That's nearly seven generations, what 1845 is relative to 2014.
In 1845, James K. Polk was President, slavery flourished, women couldn't vote, state legislatures elected U.S. Senators, the western-most state was Missouri, most people thought the Earth was about 10,000 years old, Neptune had yet to be discovered, kerosene was unknown, and perhaps most importantly, Adolphe Sax was still a year away from patenting the saxophone. In 2014, are things a bit different in terms of not only technology but political principles and ideals, policy and worldview? Yes. One-hundred-sixty-nine years makes a difference. The Pilgrims came ashore in 1620, but by 1789 there was a republic on these shores that did not obviate or subsume but replaced religion-based colonial entities.
It's Moore who needs the history lesson. It's a nation by, of, and for not "the Christians" but "the People."


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Joey Felici capped his Nebraska career in 2014 by earning a spot as a key performer on Nebraska's special teams coverage units. Felici's play helped Nebraska rank fourth in the Big Ten in net punting, while also being strong on kickoff coverage.
Felici played in all 13 games and was Nebraska's leading tackler on special teams. Felici was also one of 21 Huskers to earn a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten team. Felici picked up his degree in business administration/management in December.
2014 (Senior)
Felici led Nebraska in special teams tackles while providing depth in the secondary. He made all 12 of his tackles on special teams, including five solo stops. Felici had two tackles against Rutgers and made single tackles in 10 games.
2013 (Junior)
Felici added depth at cornerback, but did not play in a game.
2012 (Sophomore)
Felici added depth at cornerback and saw action in NU's win over Idaho State.
2011 (Redshirt Freshman)
Felici added depth at cornerback, but did not play in a game.
2010 (Redshirt)
Felici redshirted and worked on the scout team defense.
Before Nebraska (Millard South HS)
Felici helped Millard South and Coach Andy Means to two straight Class A State Championship appearances, starring on both sides of the ball as a senior. A 2009 first-team All-Nebraska pick by the Omaha World-Herald and a first-team Super State selection by the Lincoln Journal Star, Felici produced 57 tackles on defense. He also caught 29 passes for 635 yards and six touchdowns at wide receiver. Felici was part of an offense that set Class A records for points in a season with 624 and average points per game (48) as a senior.
Joey is the son of Tony and Dee Felici, and he was born on Dec. 27, 1991. Felici is a seven-time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll selection and was named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll twice. Felici is active in Nebraska's community outreach efforts and earned a spot on both the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team and the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. Felici has volunteered his time with Husker Heroes, Uplifting Athletes, School is Cool Week, the Husker Hotline along with numerous school and hospital outreach visits.


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Blending the Dorian Mode with the Melodic Minor Scale
IN THIS LESSON WE'LL EXPLORE A QUICK way to mix the Dorian mode with the melodic minor scale. If you know the formulas for these scales, you will notice that there is only one note difference between them. The Dorian formula is 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7 and the melodic minor scale formula is 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The only difference is the 7th degree.
Ex. 1a is a three-note-per-string A Dorian pattern starting on the sixth string. Ex. 1b is an A melodic minor scale starting from the same spot, and Ex. 1c is a pattern mixing the two scales. Notice the Es that are doubled on the second and third strings—this adds a neat effect. These patterns work in all keys, so you'll want to learn them all over the neck.
Ex. 2 is a phrase based off A melodic minor (A, B, C, D, E, F# , G# ) and A Dorian (A, B, C, D, E, F# , G). You'll have to stretch your fingers a little for this one, so you might want to follow the suggested fingerings. (Check out the cool doubled Es that we talked about in bar 2.)
The phrase in Ex. 3 is also in the key of A, and has a classical vibe for the first couple of bars. The last bar has a bluesy feel because of the added natural 6th. The first two bars can be from the A harmonic minor scale (A, B, C, D, E, F, G# ) as well as the A melodic minor. The harmonic minor scale is similar to the melodic minor scale, just the 6 is different, with the melodic minor sporting a natural 6th as opposed to the harmonic minor's flatted 6th. You will notice a chromatic passing tone between the G and A in the last bar.
Ex. 4 is a shred lick using this concept. This one is also in the key of A and is a great picking exercise. There is some string skipping in this lick, which can be tricky. Be sure both hands are in sync and gradually build up speed.
Ex. 5 moves across the neck very quickly using arpeggios from the melodic minor scale. The very top of the line starts off with an Am/maj7 arpeggio—A, C, E, G# —alternating with the G natural from the Dorian mode. Bar 2 kicks off with some slippery two-string arpeggios: G# m7b5, F# m7b5, and E7.
Ex. 6 uses an uncommon three-string arpeggio. The pattern is mainly 1, b3, b7 and 1, 2, b7, alternating off different degrees from both scales (except the very first beat of the line which is 1, b3, 6). The picking pattern I use is down, down up, but feel free to experiment.


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After being greeted by Susan and Michael we were shown our rooms and took a few minutes to rest before a tour of the property. It was quickly apparent that at La Petraia the level of attention and quality regarding the guest experience is of the very highest level. Sometimes when traveling you come upon a place that is so special and unique you can imagine scuttling the rest of your tour and staying put. La Petraia is that kind of place. The accommodations, setting and experience are truly phenomenal, especially for a couple but since none of us had significant others along we could only think another day, another time, another visit.
A tour of the site revealed several rare heritage Cinta Senese pigs rooting in the duff, happily snorting and sniffing. As it turned out one of the pigs was experiencing it's last moments as our visit coincided with the scheduled slaughtering of a pig. The gathered farm professionals soon dispatched our pig with a well placed rifle shot and the transformation from field to table had begun.
We then scaled the tallest hill on the property to walk among the ruins of an ancient Etruscan town. With an amazing 360 degree view from our high perch, one direction revealed a sliver of the farm's vineyards and beyond, over several sets of hills the majestic tower in Siena. In the other direction the Arno River valley was seen surrounded by snow covered mountains.
Jim considered the possibilities of a late summer meal on a Tuscan mountain top.
Susan McKenna Grant and Michael Grant of La Petraia are from Canada
and notice Jim is wearing a t-shirt from UBC farm in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. UBC farm is the site of several Outstanding in the Field dinners.
Near the Etruscan ruins
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Susan and Dave witness the slaughtering of a Cinta Senese pig


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Futuristic in form, the Kisai Console Acetate LED watch combines a brushed stainless steel case, framed by a white acetate strap with a recessed black mineral crystal lens and bright sub-surface LEDs.
Futuristic Style, Simple to Read At A Glance
Kisai Console's control-panel display looks cryptic at first glance but telling the time is simple when you know how.
The hex shapes indicate hours (1-12), the gauge at the bottom indicates five minute intervals and the level on the left indicates single minutes 1-4.
After wearing the watch for a few hours, you'll be able to read the time instantly. View the diagram on the right for more information or the video demo below for an example.
A Modern Material Choice
Available with blue or green LEDs, Kisai Console Acetate is made from a combination of carefully chosen materials.
The case is made of brushed stainless steel, the strap is pure white acetate and the lens is smoked mineral crystal, contrasting materials that look great together. The watch is light, durable and comfortable to wear.
A USB Rechargeable, Adjustable Wrist Watch
Kisai Console Acetate is USB rechargeable. Just connect to your computer with the USB cable provided. One full charge will take 3.5 hours and each charge should last 1 month. There are 300 charges in one battery and the battery is replaceable.
The links that make up the strap are individually made and the strap can be adjusted like a normal watch to fit your wrist perfectly.
Sci-Fi Light Up Animation
An animation is programmed into Kisai Console Acetate for night time. Every fifteen minutes between 6pm and midnight, the LEDs will move around the display in a suitably sci-fi pattern.
Like all watches from Tokyoflash Japan, Kisai Console Acetate is a limited edition design which means that it is guaranteed to be an original watch that not many other people own.
A Lightweight Watch Made of Acetate
Acetate is a special material used in the production of high end sunglasses and other fashion accessories. Manufactured in the same way as stainless steel, each part of this LED watch design, including each link that makes up the strap has been carefully hand cut, machined and individually polished before assembly.
A strong material with a deep gloss that can be cleaned easily, Acetate has a silky finish, similar to ceramic or lacquerware and is light and comfortable to wear, making it ideal for wrist watches.
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- Minimum wrist size: 150 mm (approx.)
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- Case dimensions: 30 mm x 59 mm x 12 mm
- Weight: 82 grams
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I found this cotton waffle weave dressing gown in Tinkerbell green in an op shop for $1. Score!
After cutting out the pieces for the dress, this was all we had left. The pattern for the dress was a blend of two patterns - bodice from #124 and skirt from #110 from Burda 06/96. This is why I have a large collection of Burda back issues. I can always find a pattern which will speed up any drafting required for any style I need! Fabric constraints meant that I had to fold out one of the skirt pleats which reduced the very pronounced hips that Tink has, but it was close enough. Georgia requested that her skirt be a tad longer than Tink's also. (ie, not in danger of showing her knickers if she bent over) Phew!
And here's Tinkerbell. I bought her wings at a dollar type shop for $3.50 and she bought a can of yellow hairspray for $2.50. She made a wand from a twig painted pink and tied on various scraps of organza ribbon which I had lying around. My clear strapped bra and green shoes finished her off.
I did pin fit the bodice on Georgia, but that was the total extent of care taken! No internal structure whatsoever (the dress is safety pinned to her bra), no seam finishing other than clipping and topstitching open. The hem is raw and the only time any of the project saw an iron was when I needed to press the dressing gown's front band open to cut facings from it. Rather different from my usual anal attitude that Everything must be Just So.
And to finish, while we were taking photos Isabella wanted in on the act. Big sisters being what they are, Georgia photobombed.


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It's barely June and Dow Chemical Co. CEO Andrew Liveris already has had one heck of a year.
Things got rolling for Liveris on Jan. 21 when activist investor Daniel Loeb and his Third Point LLC hedge fund blasted Midland-based Dow in a letter to investors for what was described as "a poor operational track record across multiple business segments." Loeb and Third Point also called for Dow — one of the world's largest plastics and chemicals makers — to be split into two companies, with its petrochemicals business in one.
Within days, Liveris — a 38-year Dow veteran who has occupied the corner office since 2004 — had met with American business guru Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway firm is a Dow shareholder. Buffett assured Liveris that Dow was heading in the right direction.
Liveris, naturally, didn't keep Buffett's assurances to himself. He took to the airwaves Jan. 29 on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program to share that info with viewers.
On the show, Liveris said Buffett had told him that "we're an owner and we like being an owner," adding that "we think (Liveris) has been running the company for the investors who will stay vs. investors who will leave."
Somewhere in New York, Loeb had to wince at those words. Liveris had to feel like a happy pastor who just had the Pope show up at his church's bake sale.
CNBC's website wrote about Liveris' appearance under the headline, "Hey Loeb, Buffett has my back." On that same date, Dow announced that full-year profit for 2013 grew more than four times to $4.8 billion. Part of that increase was a $2.5 billion settlement from a Kuwaiti firm over a failed business deal in 2008.
In a Q&A session with analysts, Liveris didn't mention Loeb or Third Point by name, but he did say he "agreed with the investor that there is an upside" to Dow's strategy. And Liveris pointed out that Dow already had sold off $10 billion of assets in recent years and in late 2013 announced plans to sell off $5 billion more.
Dow's plans to increase its share buyback program and to sell off other small businesses was seen by some as a response to Loeb's criticism. Company officials said these moves were part of an existing strategy. And like other companies in the region, Dow has announced plans to add polyethylene and ethylene capacity to take advantage of newfound supplies of shale-based natural gas.
Liveris was able to deliver more good news for Dow on April 23 when the company announced that first-quarter 2014 profit was up more than 60 percent to just under $1.1 billion, even though sales essentially were flat at almost $14.5 billion.
What has Dow's per-share stock price been doing amid all this hubbub? Well, it was around $43 before being goosed by the Loeb letter in late January. It proceeded to shoot up above $50 in late March before settling down a bit to close near $49.30 on May 19.
So do the higher profits and stock price mean that Liveris can relax a little?
Maybe not. On April 30, Loeb and Third Point fired another shot across Dow's bow. According to a letter to investors that was obtained by Reuters, Loeb said that Dow's integrated strategy is costing shareholders billions and that executives should work harder to boost results and transparency.
To date, Dow has declined to comment on Loeb's recent comments.
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Afro Futuristic visual art is born of Rhythmism. Onli's shown to positive acclaim with Cool Globes, The Tubman Museum, MCA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, The Krannert Museum, OSUN, Younger Gallery, UIC, The DuSable Museum, Chicago Children's Museum, The FIAP in Paris, with his compelling future-primitif expressions which he termed as "Rhythmism" in the early 1970s during his tenure with B.A.G.. Educators, collectors, curators, critics, publishers and students are.. " Welcome!"
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