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By Amanda Enayati, CNN Contributor, Sat March 16, 2013
(CNN) -- When Cesar Castillo's cancer returned for the second time, he fell apart.
"I had to go through a rigorous chemo and radiation therapy and a stem cell transplant," he said. "I couldn't concentrate. I couldn't relax. I was really anxious and depressed. All I kept thinking was: 'Here I am, not even 30, being poisoned and fighting for my life.'"
Diagnosed with severe depression, Castillo was put on Paxil.
"The medicine turned me into a totally different (person)," he remembers, "and yet I still couldn't relax."
A year later, with the help of a yoga class for cancer survivors at his gym, Castillo was feeling like his old self again. By then he had given up on the medication.
So, when a work crisis triggered a second bout of depression and panic attacks, he had no intention of trying meds again.
"I went back to what had worked for me the first time. I upped the Bikram yoga and I channeled my energy into getting stronger and more relaxed again," he said. "Yoga became my saving grace."
Castillo's success with yoga would not surprise Dr. P. Murali Doraiswamy, professor of psychiatry and medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Doraiswamy is one of three authors of a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry.
"We all know the myth of yoga," says Doraiswamy. But he and his colleagues wanted to know whether there was evidence to match the hype. To find out, they sifted through more than 100 studies on the effects of yoga on a variety of major psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and ADHD.
After narrowing their field to only the highest-quality studies, the Duke researchers focused on 16 and found that yoga holds tangible benefits for disorders ranging from sleep complaints and ADHD to schizophrenia and depression. Evidence for yoga's effect on eating disorders and cognition problems was either conflicting or lacking.
Scientists have cited evidence that the practice of yoga may affect the human body in ways similar to antidepressants and psychotherapy. One study of biomarkers, for example, found that yoga influences brain chemicals by boosting serotonin levels, lowers inflammation, reduces oxidative stress and exerts a positive influence on other key elements of the human body that play a role in mental health.
So is it time to exchange your medications for a yoga mat?
Absolutely not, says Doraiswamy, but he says rigorous research of this issue on a larger scale should be a national priority.
There are some 30 to 50 million Americans taking psychiatric drugs, he notes. Some are benefiting and some are not.
In one study, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, only one-third of patients achieved remission of depressive symptoms, defined as becoming symptom-free.
As a culture, we are becoming more and more dependent on pills, Doraiswamy tells me, but pills don't prevent any of the psychiatric illnesses. They don't build resilience. They don't teach coping strategies and they don't in general engender wellness.
There are some situations when medication is essential. But outside-the-box strategies, such as yoga, could offer a low-cost, viable approach.
The issue echoes a sentiment I have been hearing about with increasing frequency: Recent advances in fields such as nutrition, technology and the mind-body connection are continuing to expand our definition of what constitutes mainstream "medicine." Drugs and surgery, yes; but what else?
Researchers, for example, recently showed for the first time that a Mediterranean diet can have as powerful an effect as drugs in preventing heart attacks, strokes and deaths from cardiovascular disease in subjects at high risk of heart disease.
Other scientists are contemplating the possibility of having doctors ask their patients to download an app in lieu of taking a drug and calling them in the morning.
Alas, as tangible and compelling as the effects of these nondrug interventions may be, they often lack the deep pharma pockets required for the clinical trials that will bring doctors on board.
When it comes to yoga, at least, Doraiswamy believes we should be urging our government agencies or large nonprofit agencies to take on the issue and to help establish rigorous proof for the benefit of the public.
I try to imagine how I would feel if a psychiatrist were to prescribe me a downward dog or two instead of an antidepressant.
Odd, I think. But in a really good way.
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Lord knows you don't need to be a wino to get a taste for grapes. It's delicious, inhibition-loosening and, under the right conditions, extremely refreshing. The weather's been beautiful lately, and while snatching up a bottle of Three-Buck-Chuck, dragging a couch into the middle of your lawn, cranking some UB40 and getting sloshed might sound like refreshment enough, there's also a city full of invigorating wine — and easy, fun ways to select what's right for you — just beyond the driveway.
By the time you're done sipping on a wine with craft in its haunches, you won't know whether or not you want to uphold etiquette and spit it out, or say "mazel tov" and guzzle it down.
"We'll buy wines based on knowing a good vintage," says Randy Stokes, manager and buyer at Sundance Wine Cellars (2441 Hilyard St.; 687-9463). "As soon as we see them in the book we jump on them without even needing to taste them."
Fortunately Stokes really knows his wines, so tasting isn't always a must, but for those of us who require a little more assurance before we buy, his informed selections are available for sampling seven days a week. Sundance also hosts free, formal wine tastings from 5-7 pm every Friday and Saturday. If you're new to wine tasting, this is a great place to start — low smarm, lotsa charm and goblets of good wine to be tried.
But what about those other five days? Is there a reason we can't drop by somewhere during the workweek and plow through a few samples? No problemo, hard-working citizens; Eugene has a plethora of locations and small businesses offering free wine tastings during the week as well as on Sundays.
Supreme Bean, 16 Tons' Southtowne location (2864 Willamette St.; 485-2700), hosts wine tastings every Thursday between 5-7 pm — which is perfect timing if you're finally stepping out of your hellishly dark, cramped office and into the freedom and warmth of these spring evenings. And if you find that you're getting a taste for tasting, Jiffy Market (3443 Hilyard St.; 342-4552) is another spot in that neck of the woods featuring multiple wines for sampling seven days a week.
We can't always rely entirely upon our tongues, though. If you're like me, then you're not as vino-savvy as you could be, and let's face it — there's a spit-bucket full of knowledge going to waste unless you talk to the right people. Thankfully, there are folks like Steve Baker at Authentica Wines (766 Park St.; 485-0336), a regular ball of knowledgeable and personable wine-lovery. If you're in there for tastings, he's your man — and he's in the business for the fun.
Beyond these particular spots there's a virtual whirlwind of wineries and shops sporting wine on display: The Broadway (17 Oakway Cntr.; 685-0790), New Frontier Market (1101 W. 8th Ave.; 345-7401), Market of Choice (multiple locations; marketofchoice.com), LaVelle Vineyards (296 E. 5th Ave.; 338-9875) and Capella (2489 Willamette St.; 345-1014)), to name but a few, all offering either samples or a scheduled tasting each week. With this much elderberry faderade to choose from, there's no reason you shouldn't end up at home with a woozy sparkle in your eyes and a tannin suction cup in both cheeks. Actually I guess that part's up to you:
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Japan-based Panasonic has been in the consumer technology and customer service industries since its founding in 1918. The company has long been associated with high-quality products, and is one of the leading manufacturers of home entertainment systems that encompass televisions, Blu-Ray and DVD players, surround sound systems, and more. Its devices are known for being among the longest-lasting and most reliable, and it was one of the key players in establishing Japan as a source of only the most durable products. Its high definition television sets exemplify the company's embrace of quality manufacturing and leading-edge technology.
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Panasonic has long been a leader in high definition television sets. The company actually maintains its own extensive research and development facilities, and has developed numerous technologies to ensure that its display panels are the highest-quality, and longest-lasting, among any of the major television manufacturers. It competes with the other big electronic bands not only on price and quality, but also on color depth, the richness of blacks and whites, and the aesthetic of its minimalist design and timeless style.
Customers have always appreciated Panasonic's high-quality products, and the company has won awards for customer satisfaction in a number of areas. All of this adds up to Panasonic being one of the strongest electronics manufacturers in the world — and indeed, its television sets are one of the most common sights in living rooms from Tokyo to Tucson.
Panasonic Product Quality
Quality has simply never been an issue with Panasonic — or, more specifically, bad quality has never been an issue for the company. While lower-priced and generic brands often cut corners (and prices) by using low-grade materials in their construction, Panasonic boldly and proudly uses expensive plastic and high-grade aluminum that is designed to withstand rough conditions and the wear and tear that decades of use will put on a typical television set.
As mentioned above, Panasonic hosts its own extensive research and development labs where company technicians are busy developing the latest display technologies for the LCD panels that power most Panasonic HDTVs. This leads not only to higher quality, but to brighter pictures and longer-lasting display panels that outshine even the nearest major manufacturer. Panasonic's vast research efforts are what sets it apart from the competition, and they've always enabled the company to easily take advantage of new markets and new ways of controlling and improving product quality.
Panasonic Pricing & Value
An HDTV sold by Panasonic is, by no means, the cheapest model on the market. It's also not the most expensive. The company is proud of its quality and its commitment to research, but they also understand that a product is only good if it can be sold to a wide swath of the consumer market. For this reason, Panasonic TVs run just slightly above the industry average for their respective screen sizes; that means even consumers on a tight budget may be able to afford a television set that is among the "big names" in home entertainment. The company gets very high marks for making legendary quality available to all consumers.
Regarding value, Panasonic is well-positioned. The company's sets are moderately priced, tending toward the high end, but the durable materials used in construction allow the set to have increased longevity. When combined with the companies self-manufactured display panels, which are often the highest-rated in any television, it's easy to see why a Panasonic HDTV has virtually the highest value of any television set, regardless of its initial sticker price.
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Every HDTV sold by Panasonic comes with warranty protection against manufacturing defects and technical glitches that may arise with the set during its first months of use. Customers can opt to augment this coverage with an extended warranty that will see their set covered for several additional years after the initial warranty coverage has worn off. Many buyers consider this to be standard procedure, but a staggering number of manufactures — mostly low-price competitors — offer far less generous warranties with no option of extending even minimal coverage after the initial coverage period.
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Panasonic continues to be a world leader in technological innovate, commitment to device quality, and customer satisfaction. For the initial sticker price of an HDTV manufactured by the company, customers get a set that is virtually guaranteed to last for a long time, and they get access to a robust set of customer service tools and options that only add value to their new television purchase.


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Why don't we check for overflow?
In my last note, I talked about an example of an abstraction with significant flaws that has stuck around because it is generally considered to be "good enough." I also said I would give other examples of such abstractions. Here is one such example.What happens when you add two integers and the result is too large to fit in an integer of that type? In both C and C++, the official answer is that the result is undefined; the implementation is allowed to do as it pleases. What many programmers fail to realize is that the notion of "undefined" means that the implementation is not even required to behave consistently.
For example, I once encountered a complaint about a program that contained a statement similar to
x = y - z; if (x == 0) { /* ... */ }
in which x, y, and z were integer variables. The programmer complained that there seemed to be some circumstances in which it was possible for x to be zero even though the code in the braces was not executed.
When we investigated, we found that the compiler was generating code that was smarter than the user wanted. This particular machine had a condition code that was set automatically after every arithmetic operation. The code had four possible values: positive, negative, zero, or overflow. When y and z had values that caused their difference to be zero after overflow, the condition code would be set to overflow.
Now consider the code that it is logical for a compiler to generate for this statement. It can subtract z from y, store the result in x, and then execute the code in braces only if the condition code indicates a zero result. If there is an overflow, the code in braces will not be executed.
What happens if the result after the overflow happens to be zero? It is possible to argue that the result is zero, so the code in braces should be executed. However, doing so requires the compiler to generate an additional test on the result of the addition--a test that must be executed regardless of whether there is the possibility of overflow.
This case raised what has turned out to be an interesting and difficult question ever since: When a programming language chooses not to define the outcome of an operation, is it acceptable for that outcome to be something that appears logically impossible within the "normal" language framework? Or should C and C++ have said that whatever the result of an overflow it, it must be a number that then has all the properties of an ordinary number?
Whichever way you answer this question has its problems. For example, if the result of an integer overflow were required to be an ordinary number, what would happen if someone wanted to implement C++ in a way that checked for integer overflow? On the other hand, failure to check for overflow enables not only anomalies such as the one we have just seen, but also various kinds of security problems.
What ultimately decided the argument was the fact that many computers do not have a fast way of testing for integer overflow. Part of the trouble is that by their very nature, overflow tests must change the ordinary flow of control through the program. As processors become more parallel, control-flow changes become more expensive.
So in languages such as C and C++, where performance is important, we are still stuck with the old compromise that integer arithmetic produces accurate results except when it doesn't, and if we care about getting accurate results, it is our responsibility as programmers to ensure that we limit our inputs to what the processor can handle.


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- Palestinian fishermen are permitted to head out six nautical miles, rather than three, Hamas says
- Israeli officials were not immediately available to comment
- Egypt helped to broker the deal, along with the United States
A restriction has been loosened for Palestinian fishermen as part of the Hamas-Israel cease-fire deal, the Hamas movement said.
The fishermen are now permitted to head out six nautical miles offshore, rather than three, according to a statement issued by Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Hamas -- the militant political movement that controls Gaza.
The head of Egyptian intelligence, which helped spearhead the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, informed Haniyeh of the move, the statement said.
There was no immediate reaction from Israel.
Haniyeh said Egyptian officials are expected to meet with their Israeli counterparts on Monday to further discuss the details of the ceasefire, such as opening border crossings to facilitate movements of people and goods and the easing of Israel's economic blockade in Gaza.
The cease-fire was brokered last week after Israel launched a series of strikes on Gaza with the stated goal of halting the Israel-bound rocket attacks from militants in the Palestinian territory.
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POLISCI 125S: Chicano/Latino Politics (CHILATST 125S)
The political position of Latinos and Latinas in the U.S.. Focus is on Mexican Americans, with attention to Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other groups. The history of each group in the American polity; their political circumstances with respect to the electoral process, the policy process, and government; the extent to which the demographic category Latino is meaningful; and group identity and solidarity among Americans of Latin American ancestry. Topics include immigration, education, affirmative action, language policy, and environmental justice.
Last offered: Autumn 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
POLISCI 125V: The Voting Rights Act (AFRICAAM 125V, CSRE 125V)
Focus is on whether and how racial and ethnic minorities including African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos are able to organize and press their demands on the political system. Topics include the political behavior of minority citizens, the strength and effect of these groups at the polls, the theory and practice of group formation among minorities, the responsiveness of elected officials, and the constitutional obstacles and issues that shape these phenomena.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
POLISCI 126P: Constitutional Law (COMM 152, COMM 252)
This course covers Supreme Court case law concerning governmental powers, equal protection, and certain fundamental rights. The course investigates the constitutional foundation for democratic participation in the United States, covering topics such as the Fourteenth Amendment's protections against discrimination on grounds of race, gender, and other classifications, as well as the individual rights to voting and intimate association, and an introduction to First Amendment rights of free speech and press. Students will be evaluated on class participation, a midterm moot court with both a written and oral component, and a take-home final exam. Lectures will be twice per week and a discussion section once per week.
Last offered: Spring 2016 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
POLISCI 127P: Economic Inequality and Political Dysfunction
This course will examine how two of the defining features of contemporary U.S. politics, economic inequality and political polarization, relate to each other and to Congressional gridlock. The reading list will focus on several books recently authored by preeminent political scientists on this important topic. The course will cover a range of topics, including the disparity in political representation of the preferences of the affluent over those of the poor, the origins of Congressional polarization, the influence of money in politics, budgetary politics, immigration policy, and electoral and institutional barriers to reform.
Last offered: Winter 2013 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
POLISCI 147P: The Politics of Inequality (PUBLPOL 247, SOC 178)
This course is about the distribution of power in contemporary democratic societies, and especially in the US: who governs? Is there a ``power elite,'' whose preferences dominate public policy making? Or, does policy reflect a wide range of interests? What is the relationship between income and power? What are the political consequences of increasing income inequality? How do income differences across racial and ethnic groups affect the quality of their representation? What are effective remedies for unequal influence? Finally, which institutions move democratic practice furthest towards full democratic equality? This course will address these questions, focusing first on local distributions of power, and then considering the implications of inequality in state and national politics. nStudents will have the opportunity to study income inequality using income and labor force surveys in a mid-term assignment. Then, in a final paper, students will conduct an empirical examination of the implications of income inequality for American democracy.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Jusko, K. (PI) ; Lueders, H. (TA)
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POLISCI 148: Chinese Politics: The Transformation and the Era of Reform (POLISCI 348)
Overview of the reforms in China since 1978 that have made its economy one of the fastest growing in the world yet it still has the Chinese Communist Party at the helm wielding one party rule. Key questions addressed include the following: What has been the process and challenges of reform that have reshaped China¿s economic landscape? What are the political consequences of these dramatic economic changes? Why has the CCP remained strong while other communist regimes have failed? Markets have spread but what is the role of the state? What are the opportunities for political participation and prospects for political change? Materials will include readings, lectures, and selected films. This course has no prerequisites. (Graduate students register for 348.) This fulfills the Writing in the Major requirement for PoliSci majors.
Last offered: Winter 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
POLISCI 149S: Islam, Iran, and the West
Changes in relative power and vitality of each side. The relationship in the Middle Ages revolved around power and domination, and since the Renaissance around modernity. Focus is on Muslims of the Middle East.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
Instructors: Milani, A. (PI) ; Alrababa'h, A. (TA)
2016-2017 Spring
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POLISCI 149T: Middle Eastern Politics
Topics in contemporary Middle Eastern politics including institutional sources of underdevelopment, political Islam, electoral authoritarianism, and the political economy of oil.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
POLISCI 152: Introduction to Game Theoretic Methods in Political Science (POLISCI 352)
Concepts and tools of non-cooperative game theory developed using political science questions and applications. Formal treatment of Hobbes' theory of the state and major criticisms of it; examples from international politics. Primarily for graduate students; undergraduates admitted with consent of instructor.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: WAY-FR, WAY-SI
POLISCI 211: Political Economy of East Asia (INTNLREL 159)
(Formerly 117.) Comparative and international political economy of E.and S.E. Asia. Industrial development and the Asian miracle, economic integration, regional cooperation, the Asian financial crisis, and contemporary challenges.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers gets tripped up during the 4th qtr against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Qualcomm Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2006.(K.C. Alfred / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Tomlinson to retire as charger
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He entered the NFL a Charger, re-wrote the record book a Charger, and in nine of his 11 seasons, to the chants of "LT!, LT!, LT!," endeared himself to San Diego a Charger.
LaDainian Tomlinson, among the greatest football players this town has known, is ready to retire as one.
The franchise's most prolific running back will hang up his cleats for good, signing a contract with the team Monday before immediately announcing his retirement at an 11 a.m. press conference.
Tomlinson's wife and children, his mother and several current and former teammates will attend the ceremony at Chargers Park.
Tomlinson, who turns 33 on Saturday, had said several times in recent months that he was almost certain he was finished with football.
Now it is official, and it is culminating where it commenced.
"It's only fitting he retires as a Charger," quarterback Philip Rivers said. "I feel really fortunate to have played with him. I'm really glad he's going to go out as a Charger."
Tomlinson spent the past two seasons with the New York Jets, but for his legendary NFL career, San Diego is home.
It's where he rushed for more than 91 percent of his yards and caught 85 percent of his passes. It's where he threw for seven touchdown passes on 12 career passes, a sparkling 146.9 quarterback rating.
It's where, in 2006, he scored an NFL-record 28 rushing touchdowns, floating to the air in the end zone over his teammates' outstretched arms, and was named the NFL MVP and NFL Man of the Year.
It's where he found a floundering franchise in 2001, strapped on his gloves, and carried it to being a contender.
It's where he'll represent when he's one day inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, almost certainly the first year he's eligible, in 2017.
It's where, on Monday, it will end.
Tomlinson had 145 career rushing touchdowns, second-most in NFL history behind Emmitt Smith. He rushed for 13,684 yards, No. 5 all-time. He killed the Raiders again and again in 19 games, totaling 2,055 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns, most against Oakland by anyone.
Tomlinson's 12,490 yards with the Chargers were almost 3,000 more than anyone else in the NFL between 2001 and '09. His 138 touchdowns in that span were exactly 40 more than second-place Shaun Alexander.
Tomlinson led the league in rushing in back-to-back seasons in 2006 and 2007, but his previously impenetrable image starting taking hits in that postseason, when a strained ligament in his knee forced him to the sideline after four plays of the AFC Championship game, which the Chargers lost to the New England Patriots.
Tomlinson spent much of that game on the bench, wearing his helmet and a large jacket. Many fans and others, including some teammates, perceived he had abandoned his team in one of the franchise's biggest games ever. Tomlinson maintained he could not have played and that he was simply devastated on the sideline, having worked so long to get that far in the postseason.
The emotional Tomlinson departed the Chargers somewhat acrimoniously. He and the team reworked his contract after the 2008 season. In the lead-up to that restructure, Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith mocked Tomlinson in an interview. In his farewell press conference, Tomlinson said he could see himself coming back to the team once Smith departed.
After Tomlinson left, some Chargers players expressed a feeling that the team chemistry might be better without Tomlinson's presence. Feelings were hurt when Tomlinson made comments about the offensive line. Smith fairly routinely took veiled barbs at Tomlinson. For his part, Tomlinson said last October the Jets were the best organization he had played for.
But there was also a feeling that time had healed wounds.
Rivers received much attention for comments he and Gates made before the 2010 season about there being a different aura in the locker room with Tomlinson gone. Rivers meant no disrespect then and maintains a lot of respect for his former teammate.
When apprised Friday of the plans for Tomlinson, Rivers pulled out of a long-scheduled appearance in Los Angeles in order to attend the Chargers Park ceremony.
"I wanted to be there for it," Rivers said. "... You feel fortunate to have an opportunity to play with a Hall of Famer. That's no doubt what he is."
Tomlinson said his appearance at last month's Celebration of Life for Junior Seau also served as a sort of litmus test for him.
"This was unbelievable, to be honest with you — the reception that the fans gave me," Tomlinson said after speaking at the ceremony and being warmly acknowledged by fans throughout the night. "I didn't know what to expect coming in."
He signaled then that bygones were bygones.
"That was the emotional side of things when changes were happening," Tomlinson said of the things said a few years ago. "Now, we're all in a better place. We all have moved on from that time. Change is hard. And so this is not only closure (for) Junior, but it's kind of like bringing me back here."
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The real news in Gov. Jerry Brown's recent budget announcement was not $1 billion in mid-year cuts to higher education, school transportation and other programs.
It was Brown's declaration that billions more in cuts are coming next year -- whether voters approve tax increases or not.
"We will have a number of more cuts -- far more than $1 billion -- and they'll be to the same kind of state services," Brown told reporters.
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So what good are the $7 billion tax increases that Brown is seeking via ballot initiative next November?
The answer is: the tax increases will prevent next year's cuts from being worse.
Here's the math. The state's projected "shortfall" next year is expected to be more than $12 billion. So if voters approve the approximately $7 billion in tax increases, that money will take care of more of that shortfall -- but not all of it. More cuts will be necessary.
And if voters don't approve the taxes?
Billions more in cuts to make up for the unapproved tax increases.
There are only two options in California's broken budget system:
Very bad.
And worse.
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Scottish Labour MPs 'near extinction', captive breeding program proposed
Fears are growing for the Scottish Labour MP after a recent report suggests there may be only a single individual left in the wild. Experts have proposed a captive breeding program at Edinburgh Zoo to help increase their numbers for eventual release. [read...]


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The IKA conference with national kite associations is confirmed for the weekend 24./25. of January in Dusseldorf during boot exhibition.
The meeting is mainly intended to constitute the relationship between the IKA and the national associations in a multilateral meeting, as well as negotiating about extending the IKA with the necessary sub-committees, their roles and responsibilities etc.
Depending on further pre-negotiations, the IKA might invite additional private tour operators and organizers to bi-lateral consultations.
The provisional agenda is as follows, amendmends may be made from feedback received and times adjusted after confirmation date of attendance:
TOP 1: Welcome and introduction
TOP 2: Brief overview about IKA history, ISAF actions and decision, responsibility, rights
TOP 3: IKAs idea of integrating national kite associations and other sub-committees (voting and non-voting)
TOP 4: Questions and answers
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TOP 5: Constitution of national class associations sub-committee
TOP 6: Responsibilities of national class associations sub-committee
TOP 7: Election of interim seat toward the IKA committee
TOP 8: Constitution of audit sub-committee (more information to follow as well as nominations)
TOP 9: Responsibilities of audit sub-committee and appointments / election of interim seat
- break - negotiations with manufacturers if necessary
TOP 10: Constitution of manufacturers sub-committee (more information to follow)
TOP 11: Responsibilities of manufacturers sub-committee
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TOP 12: Constitution of expression sub-committee (more information to follow)
TOP 13: Responsibilities of expression sub-committee
TOP 14: Constitution of racing sub-committee (more information to follow)
TOP 15: Responsibilities of racing sub-committee
TOP 16: Constitution of speed sub-committee (more information to follow)
TOP 17: Responsibilities of speed sub-committee
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TOP 18: bi-lateral consultations with tour operators and individual organizers (to be individually invited)
photos, press release etc.
end of conference
Confirmation of attendance shall be made until 15th of January. All national kite associations are invited to this meeting and may confirm their attendance to info <at> internationalkiteboarding <dot> org. Please feel free to distribute this invitation to all interested national associations.
Questions shall be prepared, circulated and - whenever possible, answered - in advance, as we will have a tight schedule.


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Chrysler is once again capitalizing on the longstanding cliché that pickup shoppers are the type to consider hunting camo appropriate adornment for any occasion.
While it might be hard for deer to see, you can rest assured this Mossy Oak edition 1500 pickup will stand out to other humans like a row of NRA and "Terrorist Hunting Permit" stickers.
The package takes the already established Outdoorsman trim level, adds some Break-Up Infiniti camouflage (yep, I know what it's called), Mossy Oak-logo seat embroidery, and fancy lacquered wood interior trim pieces.
The Outdoorsman has upgraded shocks, a towing package, body kit, and lockable waterproof storage bins along the gunwales of the bed called "Ram boxes" over the standard Ram.
Ram has had a partnership with Mossy Oak since 2011. In the words of Ram president and CEO Reid Bigland; "Our Ram Truck owners are passionate about hunting and fishing. The Ram Mossy Oak Edition gives hunting enthusiasts a way to proudly proclaim their love for the outdoors."
Well, he's not wrong... yet no mention of stealth benefits. If there's anything I don't want to deer to see, it's the bottom fifth of my pickup.
Joking aside those Espresso-Tuscany Katzkin seats look like a nice place to warm the buttocks after a long day in a deer stand, and people who have driven the Outdoorsman seem to like it.
I'd love to hear what real hunters think of this offering, and how many would spring for it over buying a regular Ram and picking up their own camo wrap at Wal-Mart.
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With its balmy evenings, and lush tropical gardens, Palm Beach often feels staged like a Hollywood set for a party. And, truth be told, there are a few Norma Desmonds here, who enter as if from stage left.
is renowned for throwing some of the best parties on the island, and their summer party has a hard-to-match venue: the lovely secret that is Pan's Garden, right in the centre of town. So imagine our delight when they approached us to design a suitably chic invitation.
The theme was Modern, which naturally can mean any number of things, but the modern we like best is the one with the "e" on it: moderne, which was an evolution of art deco. Crisp white and ice-mint green emerged as a compelling color pairing (see our mood board, above).
Sometimes all you need is type, pleasantly arranged — especially if it's Guggenheim, a font derived from the original Frank Lloyd Wright lettering from the museum's facade. But we're not beyond a bit of whimsy, so we created a little martini glass out of the "y", a motif that is reversed out on the other side of the invitation (above).
Fortunately for us, the dilemma of what to wear was immediately answered when we spotted this splendidly sybaritic blazer at . Palm Beach-based, they create pieces you really can't find anywhere else, and we're always suckers for a fabulous ikat print.
Striking blue lighting enchanted the garden, especially here at the lily pond with the charming statue of Pan himself (above).
And speaking of parties … this week, at the National Stationery Show in New York, we'll be launching a new range of party "imprintables". These are 6 x 9″ cards with playful, colorful borders that can be easily run through a printer to provide a personalized invitation. Here are a couple (above): a martini with a border of tipsy olives, and palm trees in vivid pink and green.
Next you hear from us, it will be with news from the Stationery Show and our very own booth!


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Air-operated piston pump for barrels
Designed to fit large drums or containers, PowerMaster III pumps are ideal for lubrication systems using substantial quantities of lubricant. The modular combination of various air motors with pump tubes enables optimum adaptation to lubrication system requirements. The PowerMaster III is available in carbon steel to fit any drum size.
A complete line of priming equipment and mounting devices are offered.
Features and benefits:
- Uses air motors with diameters of 76, 101, 152 and 203 mm (3, 4, 6 or 8 in)
- Full 152 mm (6 in) stroke for greater output per cycle
- Modular design for easy repair
- Only five moving parts and no metal-to-metal contact for longer service life
- Pump tubes provide ratios and outputs for any application
- Hydraulically operated drive motors offered for lubrication systems on hydraulic excavators
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'Twilight' Countdown: What do the Cullens talk about?
12 days left...
Before Bella arrived, what did the Cullen teens talk about all day and night? (No sleeping, just endless chatter.) It's the third week of our Caption This! "Twilight" contest -- and it's the most challenging one yet! Tell me what's going on in this picture. Jasper looks miffed. Rosalie's got that apple -- why is she the only one pretending to eat? Who is Emmett checking out? Does Alice smell something funny? Create some fictional dialogue and come back next Saturday to see who comes up with the best scene.
As for last week's winners, both made me laugh out loud ...
"Can i haz sexie vampire, noz?" and "Noz, Alice! Notz the pink satinz! Me no wanz!" -- Kelly
OK, I am biased. Kelly took me literally when I linked to some LOLcats sites last week and told you all to use it as inspiration. What can I say? Once you get into it, there's no going back. Congrats, Kelly.
The runners-up were just as great:
"Dammit. Ed just Rick Rolled me." -- Skyler (Because who don't love a good Rick Roll?)
"I get pregnant with a half-vampire baby in book four?! What the HELL?" -- Niki (Because I admit that I probably looked just like Kristen Stewart above when I got to that part of "Breaking Dawn.")
Once again, nicely done! The rest of the entries are here. The coming days will bring you interviews with Kristen Stewart, Stephenie Meyer, Peter Facinelli and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg.
Also, look for my Q&A with MTV's "Twilight" dude Larry Carroll (who is just the sweetest), a piece about the Twilight Music Girls and a review of the movie's soundtrack.
-- Denise Martin
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A Burlington man was charged early Thursday with stabbing a deaf man after an altercation sparked by a misunderstanding over sign language, police said.
The incident occurred at around 5:10 p.m. Wednesday on East Morehead Street. Burlington police received a call for help at Maple Avenue and Miller Street from Burlington Fire Department personnel who were on the scene. The victim was transported toAlamance Regional Medical Center and then transferred to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill for multiple stab wounds. At the time police issued a press release Thursday, the victim was listed in stable condition.
Witnesses told officers that the victim, Terrance Ervin Daniels, 45, of 921 Graham St., had been in an altercation with another man onEast Morehead Street. Police said Daniels then walked over to the intersection of Maple Avenue and Miller Street, where emergency personnel found him injured in the grass.
A warrant was obtained for Robert Jarell Neal, 22, of 715 E. Morehead St. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and felonious assault on a handicapped person. At around 12:16 a.m., with the assistance of the Elon Police Department, officers found Neal in Elon and he was taken into custody without incident.
Burlington Police staff Sgt. Mark Yancey said investigators determined that Daniels was walking with another deaf man down East Morehead Street using sign language. Yancey said that Neal had mistaken the sign language for gang signs, stabbing Daniels.
A resident living near the site where the stabbing occurred said she saw Neal in her neighborhood after the incident.
Cathy Sanford of Maple Avenue said on Thursday she was inside her home Wednesday when she heard her dog barking. Sanford said when she looked in her back yard she saw a man later identified as Neal running through it. It was about four minutes after the stabbing incident.
Sanford said Neal came through her back yard again later in the evening and threatened her 12-year-old granddaughter. Sanford said she reported the incident to the police and had been interviewed by investigators.
Sanford said she wasn�t home when the threat was made against her granddaughter. When she returned from running errands, Sanfordsaid her granddaughter told her that a man had threatened her and their dog when she was in the back yard putting the dog away for the night.
Yancey confirmed on Thursday that Sanford had spoken withBurlington police about the incident.
Neal was processed at the Burlington Police Department and transported to the Alamance County jail, where his bond was set at $500,000 secured.
Anyone with information on the case is urged to contact the Burlington Police Department at 336-229-3500 or Crimestoppers at 336- 229-7100.


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Bereaved parents and anti-knife crime campaigners have called on the government to declare an emergency on violent crime.
OperationShutdown saw supporters march in London asking the next prime minister to call a meeting of the government's Cobra emergency committee to deal with the issue.
Some demonstrators had their hands covered in fake blood.
The Home Office said £200m would be spent on reducing youth violence.
The protest started in Trafalgar Square and ended at Parliament where some demonstrators doused the gates in fake blood as others chanted: "Whose streets? Our streets. Whose children? Our children."
There was also a short skit depicting Conservative leadership candidates Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson as Brexit-obsessed, and dismissive of other issues.
Violent crime recorded by police in England and Wales rose by 19% in a year, in 2018, according to Home Office figures.
The number of homicides – including murder and manslaughter – rose from 649 to 739, an increase of 14%, in the 12 months to the end of September 2018.
It was the the highest total for such crimes since 2007.
Grace Aloba, 42, from Hackney, east London, whose 18-year-old son was murdered in 2015, said: "There's not enough help for the victims afterwards. I've faced many sleepless nights, and I'm still dealing with depression on a daily basis; it's not easy.
"Hopefully, the politicians will pull their socks up and help us. It's an epidemic now.
"It's not just in London, but country-wide."
Ms Aloba's son Isaiah Ekpaloba was an aspiring rapper who was killed after a botched robbery when the target fought back.
Jen Lock, from Ealing, west London, who started the campaign Lives Instead Of Knives 18 months, said: "I want to see politicians accept the problem and deal with it.
"There needs to be more action. We need more police – it's a national epidemic."
The Home Office said it was "determined to end the cycle of violent crime which is destroying so many young lives".
It said more than £200m would be spent on "projects steering young people away from violence".
Sajid Javid today chaired a serious violence taskforce that included Met Commissioner Cressida Dick and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the Home Office said.
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It's summer, so I had given myself permission to ignore the Washington debate over the debt limit.
I assumed President Obama, the Republicans and the Democrats would find some way to raise the limit -- and maybe cut a little bit from the budget deficit in the process.
This week, I woke up scared.
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The cold cup of coffee came courtesy of State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, who announced that he, acting on behalf of the state of California, would seek $5 billion in short-term loans next Tuesday -- so that the state isn't caught short of cash in the event the debt limiit is not raised and the federal government defaults on its obligations.
The deadline for raising the debt limit is Aug. 2.
The specific fear here is that a default would create havoc in the credit markets and make it difficult for California to borrow money it needs to pay its bills.
California is one of a dozen states that routinely does this sort of short-term borrowing, though the reason behind this sale of revenue anticipation notes is a bit unusual.
Californians have grown accustomed to talk of bankruptcy and cash shortages (and even default, though the state is unlikely to do so). So if Californians, of all people, are worried about America' solvency, the whole world should be worried.


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G.I. Blues
(1) Hire a guard named Orris near the northern gate of Freeside. (2) Follow Orris to the south gate and watch for any suspicious behavior. (3) Return to the King and report what you've learned about Orris. (4) Go to the Old Mormon Fort and question some injured Locals about their assailants. (5) Return to the King with your findings. (6) Head to one of the Squatter camps in Freeside and learn why NCR soldiers have been entering the area. (7) (Optional) Talk to Julie Farkas and see if the Followers know anything about the situation. (8) (Optional) Talk to Major Elizabeth Kieran, and mention Julie Farkas if she's reluctant to help. (9) Ask around the Squatter camp to find a lead regarding why NCR soldiers are in Freeside. (10) Investigate rumor of free food and water being handed out nightly in the northwest part of Freeside. (11) Return to the King and inform him of the NCR supply drops. (12) (Optional) Inform the King that the NCR previously sent an envoy to discuss distributing supplies to Freeside. (13) Head to the train station in northwest Freeside to try to negotiate with the NCR. (14) Return to the King and let him know the situation with the NCR has been defused.
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200 Bottle Caps (to pay for the hiring of Orris), an optional reward at the end (should you choose to take it).
When you arrive at Freeside, which is essentially the outskirts of the New Vegas Strip, you'll start running into well-dressed greaser-like men called The Kings. These guys seem to keep to themselves for the most part, but their blustery talk may make you think that they're more than just a gang. And right you'd be. When you reach the section of Freeside closest to the strip, you'll run into The Kings' headquarters. Upon heading inside, you'll find a man leaning against the wall near the entrance, adjacent to a locked door. Bribe this guy (named Pacer) to get through the door (50 Caps should do the trick), and once on the other side, speak with the King, who will be sitting in a chair watching a show on a stage ahead.
The King, who sounds suspiciously like Elvis (and has his nickname to boot) is a kind dude. He'll talk with you at length, and eventually offer you up a job (if you ask him if he needs some help, that is). This will unlock this multi-part side quest, which actually starts out easily enough. The King will give you 200 Bottle Caps to cover the cost of hiring one of the men posted outside one of Freeside's entrance gates. These men are guns-for-hire that charge less rugged persons than yourself a fee to get through Freeside and to the strip safely. Thing is, one of them, a man named Orris, seems to be making a little too much money. The King is suspicious of this, and wants you to hire him and keep an eye out for any suspicious activity. Easy enough.
Mark G.I. Blues as your active quest, and follow the on-screen marker back towards the outskirts of Freeside, and towards the gate entrance in question. There, you'll find Orris and some of his cronies. These guys seem nice enough; they simply want to help willing, paying customers get to the Strip without being gunned down. Speak to Orris about his services and agree to pay the 200 Bottle Caps necessary to hire him. Worry not, for the King gave you enough Caps to cover the cost of the hiring. So this isn't your own money being spent. Then, follow Orris as he begins to run through Freeside, pointing out the sights as he goes.
Now here's where things get a little bit fishy. As Orris runs you into the section of Freeside closer to the Strip's entrance, he'll spot a bunch of thugs ahead. Noting that he doesn't like the way they look, he decides to take an alternate route. Thing is, when he turns the corner on this route, he'll run into those same thugs. Things go down quickly here, but before you know it, Orris brandishes his weapon and shoots these goons to oblivion. But wait... something's not right here. Orris shot only three times, and yet there are four corpses. Clearly, something is amiss. Examine the bodies. With a Medicine skill of 30 or higher, you'll quickly figure out that these four characters are feigning death.
It's at this point that the jig is up. Speak with Orris and let him know that you know what he's done. If you're Barter and Speech skills are high enough, you can even convince him to give you all of his things before scampering off. Otherwise, you've seen quite enough. With this new information garnered, it's time to return to the King and tell him what you found (keep in mind that the King is likely roaming around the third floor of The Kings' hideout at this point). Impressed with your work, he's not quite done with you yet. He'll dispatch you to the Old Mormon Fort, where some injured locals may have some important information on who attacked them.
Work your way over to the Old Mormon Fort, which is towards the outskirts of the town. This is where a group called the Followers hang out. This is a rare group in the Wasteland, since they are philanthropic and caring. Their entire task is to care for the sick, needy and down-and-out, which is why the injured persons The King was talking about are there at the camp, healing from their injuries. When you arrive, cut straight for a tent on the right side of the compound. You should find a boy lying on a mattress unconscious. Speak to the older man in the chair next to him. This man, Roy, won't have many specific details about the attack. But after that, you can speak to his friend Wayne. Wayne comes up with an important piece of information; that one of the attackers used the term "Lieutenant," indicating that the attackers were army-types. NCR, perhaps?
That's all you needed to hear. The King will certainly be interested in this new information, so return to his hideout as quickly as you can and recount this new information. Now that the King knows that the NCR are poking around New Vegas, he wants to know even more information. Namely, he wants to know what the NCR is doing in New Vegas, and whether they intend to take over the area, as rumor has suggested. The King tells you to go back to the Old Mormon Fort to speak with a woman named Julie there. He also recommends that you talk to some squatters in one of their camps, since they are always good sources of the latest gossip and information.
Your first order of business should be to take up the King's optional offer, and to speak with Julie at the Old Mormon Fort. Sure, this requires you to backtrack rapidly to an area you just were, but that's fine. You'll find the mohawked doctor walking around, tending to her patients. Speak with her and you'll be able to quickly learn why the NCR might have attacked some people in town. Better yet, Julie will offer you another optional task, which is to speak with one of her contacts within the NCR, an officer named Major Elizabeth Kieran. We'll take care of that soon, but first, let's tend to other matters.
Around the outside walls of the Old Mormon Fort, you should find a crew of squatters. These are the guys you're looking for. Speak to the man with the strange name of Missionary, and he'll alert you to some important information. But first, you'll have to pass a sort of quiz. He'll ask you three questions, and you'll have to give him the right answers. There is no room for error here. When he asks you who the most popular NCR president was, you answer Tandi. When asked where the original NCR capital was located, you answer Shady Sands. And when asked what the NCR's flag is emblazoned with, you answer a double-headed bear. With all of the answers properly delivered, Missionary will come through with the information you're seeking. It appears the NCR has created a food distribution program on the far side of town.
That's what you needed to hear. At this point, a new location should appear on your m ap, and you can go investigate it posthaste. It should be on the far outskirts of town, in an isolated and disheveled location you may not have ever explored before. The fact that two NCR soldiers are standing guard in front of a broken-down establishment should be the obvious beacon you're looking for. Either convince them to let you in with your Speech skill, or simply give these guards the keyword you learned from Missionary -- Hope. Then, enter the building. You'll find NCR citizens within the building grabbing food from a couple of soldiers. One of them happens to be Major Kieran, the woman Julie told you about. You can speak with her generally, or you can tell her Julie sent you to get more information. It appears the NCR wanted to give food to everyone here, but when they tried to coordinate their operation with The Kings, things went bad. Well that's interesting.
Return to the King to give him more information on what's going on. When you enter, Pacer will stop you immediately. Clearly, he was the one who roughed up the NCR representative, as the King knew nothing about it. He tries to convince you not to tell the King, but there's really no reason to listen to Pacer. Indeed, if you're extra clever, you can even get some Caps out of Pacer, and then break your promise and tell The King the information you found out anyway (let's not forget that Pacer bribed you earlier just so you could see The King, so don't feel too badly about it). The King is distressed to learn that some of his men might have messed stuff up with the NCR. But it's too late to do anything about it right now. A man will then bust in to tell the King that a gunfight has broken out between the NCR and The Kings on the far side of town. Maybe there's something we can do to quell the violence.
Follow the new directions on your on-screen compass to head back to the far end of town, near where the NCR's food drop was located earlier. Keep your gun holstered and enter the fray. You can speak to the Kings and NCR soldiers you encounter, but who you're really looking for here is Major Kieran. Upon speaking with her, it should be easy enough for you to convince her that The King and his crew want peace. She doesn't necessarily buy that The King wasn't involved in the brutal beating of one of her men, but it's irrelevant. She doesn't want to fight either. A ceasefire is ordered, and you can return to the King to give him the good news once and for all.
Upon returning to The Kings' hideout and finding the King himself, you can relay the good news to him. The ceasefire has brought peace back to the NCR and the Kings (at least temporarily). This side quest concludes at this point, but it's what happens thereafter that's really important. The King is impressed with your work, and offers to give you something of value. You can pick his brain for all sorts of information, but it's the reward he's offering that's really important. While you can get some Caps off of him, instead opt to have him help you get into the Strip. He's willing to oblige, sending you over to a friend of his to get a pass that will allow you entrance to the Strip. And that's important, indeed, since it will help you out on the main quest mission entitled Ring-a-Ding-Ding .


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DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. xscreensaver(1)
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Teens arrested after prank gets out of control
Police say more than 60 high school seniors broke into their school overnight, trashing classrooms, greasing door handles and urinating in hallways.
The damage done to a Teaneck, New Jersey high school was meant to be a senior prank, but things got out of hand, reported WNBC-TV.
Police responded when the burglary alarm went off in the school shortly before 2:30 a.m. When they arrived, several students fled on foot, but dozens more remained on-site, some hiding.
Officers discovered found flipped desks, petroleum jelly on doorknobs, balloons scattered through the school and urine in the hallways.
All of the sixty-two students arrested face burglary and criminal mischief charges. Thirty-eight of them are juveniles and were released to their parents, but the rest will appear in court.
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Friday, March 02, 2012
A Noisy Morning
On my morning WheelTrans runs to work, I sometimes see the same person several times in a row, sometimes never again. But, regardless, I always say hello to others on the bus. Most return my greeting, some quickly pulling out phones, others stuffing in ear phones - nine polite ways of saying, 'I don't want to talk'. Well, typically, I don't either. A greeting is just a greeting, it isn't a proposal of marriage. This brings me to what happened today.
Several people I ride with have significant disabilities. They ride in silence. Their silence seems to call out silence in others. Many drivers, though wonderfully not all, simply quietly lock them into place without much in the way of chatter. Most simply don't seem to know what to say. Other riders, more able riders, often greet me and eyes skip over the place where another sits, ungreeted.
I've made my own mistakes along the way with those who trade in silences. Now, I simply greet each person, and let it go. As I said, I'm not suggesting any form of social intercourse, it's just a greeting. One woman who I've ridden with often, is dropped off at a day programme for people with intellectual disabilities. I learned her name some months ago and now greet her, using her name, as I do with others whose name I now know. Her mother always looks at me with sincere gratitude every time I speak to her daughter. Her non spoken thank you, seems to compound her daughter's silence, and it breaks my heart.
Today something wonderful happened. As regular readers know, I've been on the road for quite a while, so it's been over a month since I've ridden the bus. I knew as soon as we pulled on to the street that we were going to her house, to pick her up. I said to her, pleased to see her, 'Good Morning,' and I called her by name. This time something different happened. She looked straight at me, her eyes burning. I saw her look, the intensity, then my eye was caught by the tiniest of movements. Her finger, one finger, was waving. I broke into a grin. Her eyes relaxed, then smiled.
Her mother stood as witness. I teared up and told her that it was good to see her too. Her mom put her hand on my shoulder on the way out and said, 'As you can see, when she speaks, she speaks.' I agreed. That may have been both the quietest and the noisiest greeting I've ever received.
A gracious good morning to you all, if it ain't out of keeping with the situation!
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What a wonderful experience Dave! Things like that can really make your day, can't they? Thanks for sharing it with us.
- Beannie
- 2 March 2012 at 00:35
There ist only one thing I can add as a comment to your post:
"Good morning, Dave Hingsburger!"
(smiling with her eyes)
- 2 March 2012 at 01:38
Thanks for this, Dave - I'm new to your blog after being introduced to your work at a training session yesterday... I'm planning to make your blog my regular start to the day, along with a warm drink... both will be equally nourishing, if this is antyhing to go by :)
best wishes from a chilly south coast of England
- Hugh
- 2 March 2012 at 03:42
- Louise said...
Good morning Dave! And Joe.
And, good morning Hugh. Do you mean we sat together in a training a week ago and I didn't mention Dave's work once? That's not like me.....
I love the story about the women on the bus. Thank you for sharing it.
- 2 March 2012 at 04:01
- John R. said...
You coined the term," Deep Contact"...that is what it takes sometimes....many do not go that deep, do they??
Good morning, Dave...
...my day is going to be better after reading this one!!!
- 2 March 2012 at 06:03
Good Morning Dave!! A perfect read for the end of the week. I think this lady has only yet begun to show you herself. Thanks again.
- 2 March 2012 at 06:59
And a good morning to you, too, Dave.
- 2 March 2012 at 07:37
Good morning Dave!
"when she speaks, she speaks" I love it!
Thanks for a great start to my day
- 2 March 2012 at 07:47
Oops - I've read your blog later than usual today so I'll have to wish you a 'good afternoon' from my desk in the UK. Hope everyone is having a lovely day!
- 2 March 2012 at 08:16
- Nan said...
I cried. I'm a mom. Thank you Dave.
- 2 March 2012 at 09:16
- joanne said...
Sounds like it was never so nice to "get the finger"! :)
thanks for sharing one of those small, but very important, moments in life!
- 2 March 2012 at 10:17
I love the thought of the intensity of her look and the gesture so small in movement but massive in meaning to you who were there.
actions, even small ones, speak louder than words
- 2 March 2012 at 11:34
In my own experiences I think the sad thing about being a silent person is that many treat you like you are not there, we might not alway be able to reply, but we thank you if you notice us.
- 2 March 2012 at 12:12
- Susan said...
That's got to be the best story yet!
- 2 March 2012 at 16:21
- ivanova said...
- 3 March 2012 at 09:29
- Belly (Liz McLennan) said...
Some of life's most amazing moments are the quiet-and-loud ones. Thanks for sharing yours here!
- 3 March 2012 at 19:48
Bet it felt nice to be missed too :)
- 5 March 2012 at 11:00


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Last encounter left CNIL unsatisfied
Google will meet CNIL next week to chat about the French regulator's ongoing concerns over the web giant's revamped privacy policy.
The Commission Nationale de l'Informatique (CNIL) is looking into the Chocolate Factory's newly streamlined privacy policy because it has said it is unsure if it conforms to EU laws on data protection.
The regulator has already sent Google a detailed questionnaire, which the company answered, but the CNIL still isn't happy.
"We are not totally satisfied with their responses so we have set up this meeting to discuss the issues with Google," CNIL president Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin told Reuters.
If the CNIL remains dissatisfied with Google's answers, its review of the policy could lead to fines of up to €300,000, and other EU regulators could levy their own fines on top of that.
Google spokesman Anthony House said the firm was happy to meet with CNIL.
"The meeting will give us chance to put things into context and explain the broader actions we are taking to protect our users' privacy," he said.
Google mashed up all its privacy policies for its different services like Gmail and YouTube into one big policy, allowing data to be shared across them, saying this would make its search results better.
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The USA-B team of Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.) and Summer Ross (San Diego, Calif.) began its day with a tough victory in three sets (23-25, 21-18, 15-13) over Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas of Canada-A and closed the action with a 21-8, 21-10 win over Honduras' Gina Flores and Martha Euceda.
On the men's side, Brad Keenan (Westminster, Calif.) and John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) of USA-A had little trouble defeating the Dominican Republic-C team of Luis Rodriguez and Francisco Arredondo, 21-7, 21-3.
The USA-B men's team of Avery Drost (Hawthorne, Calif.) and Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.) suffered the only U.S. loss of the day, 21-13, 21-17 to Mexico's Mexico's Juan Virgen and Lombardo Ontiveros. However Drost and Montgomery came back to defeat Julian Bissette and Joseph Clercent of St. Lucia, 21-18, 21-12 in their second match.
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There are two ways to visit the Space Needle: one as a casual observer, mooning over views of Elliott Bay, exploring the checkerboard of Belltown rooftops, and thinking to yourself: Huh. 99 looks really small from up here.
The other—and probably the best possible way—is in the company of writer and Seattle history buff Knute Berger. Give him half an hour and your mouth will soon be gaping in dumb shock as he describes from memory the 78th bizarre moment of history that happened in the very carpeted vestibule in which you are standing. "Bill Cosby did what?"
We'll come back to that.
The Seattle mag edit team made a special date to meet Berger at the Needle last week. We decided to take advantage of our partnership with the Space Needle—ahem—I mean, we decided we should celebrate all of Berger's great work in our February issue, which is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Space Needle and the World's Fair.
It will be replaced on newsstands soon by our March issue, but you can still read Berger's essay "Back to the Future," a great overview of how the Needle and the World's Fair came to be, on our website, complete with Berger's memories as an 8 year-old cub scout witnessing the Needle being erected.
And you'll get an even bigger dose of Space Needle history when Berger's new book comes out this spring. The Space Needle: Spirit of Seattle is what he was working on while enjoying his unique status as the Space Needle's writer-in-residence in 2011.
Throughout last year, he got to roost up there on the observation deck a few days per week at a special desk reserved just for him. He interviewed fascinating people who have found their way into the Needle's history in very random ways, talked to visitors about random artifacts he felt like playing show-and-tell with—or just enjoyed the "Godlike" perspective that Masterpiece Theatre's Alistair Cooke said the Space Needle gives to visitors.
Berger is back on the ground floor with the rest of us these days; the book is finally done (save a few outstanding fact-checks about fantastically weird details I shouldn't give away). To celebrate his achievement, we coaxed the Needle's communications team into whisking us up in the elevator for a celebratory photo op. It was their cracker-jack thinking that saw us cracking open a bottle of bubbly for a proper toast while we were there.
It's good to have friends in (literally) high places.
It was an unusually sunny day, so after finishing our champagne we took our time circling the observation deck. And we let Knute Berger be our guide.
Sporting an enviable custom-made jacket embellished with original Seattle Rainiers logos and, of course, the emblem of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, Berger recounted for us some of the most memorable encounters he had while sitting at his little desk up here, which, on a clear day, has to have the best combined view of Mount Rainier, Elliott Bay and downtown you can get from one window.
He's had his ear talked off by curmudgeons complaining about bad visibility; he's interviewed Frosty Fowler, a popular morning radio host in the 1960s who broadcasted straight from the top of the Needle and for a brief time, while recovering after a car accident, was replaced on his show by the then up-and-coming comedian Bill Cosby.
He's met a man who helped work on the infamous film It Happened at the World's Fair, starring Elvis Presley. He learned that to get one key shot, the film crew had to ride up to the top with the elevator doors removed!
He's even talked with a man who helped build the Space Needle, clambering out there on the beams with no safety harnesses or nets.
Berger's favorite memories from his VIP days at the Needle? Getting to ride up in the elevator once unaccompanied (typically, an operator rides with you and cracks a required number of bad one-liners). Also: climbing up through a hatch and out onto the roof of the Space Needle. The closest most of us will ever get to that kind of experience on the Needle is watching the recently released movie Chronicle, in which a Volkswagen Beetle is hurled from the top.
It's fun listening to Berger reveal his intimate knowledge of the Space Needle's anatomy: which offices don't have windows; why its freight elevator has the best view going up; and strangest of all: why an accumulation of human hair has to be occasionally sheared from the edges of the roof. Gross!
But even more fun beneath all this trivia is the nostalgia you uncover when spending time with Berger. Reading his columns or listening to him talk feels like digging up a part of Seattle that was long ago paved over.
I can't wait for the book to come out so I can accompany Berger on a complete excavation of this strange—and strangely wonderful—monument of Seattle's ultimately young history. I wish I could hear it all from him firsthand, of course, but I understand he only has so much time to hang out with the likes of us freeloading elevator admission dodgers.
He's got to get to work on the next book, which he hinted is already underway.
Knute Berger is Seattle magazine's editor-at-large. He has written his Grey Matters column for Seattle magazine since 2007. Read it on the back page of the magazine every month. He is also a regular contributor at Crosscut.
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The weather on Iceland is like a box of chocolates, you never know what's coming. Really not. In front of you you have the most beautiful weather, but in the rear view mirror the world ends. It becomes more unpleasant when the situation turns. If you look into the rearview mirror and the sun dazzles you, but all you see in front of you is a big grey wall that turns out to be a snowstorm….
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And there was snow and there was snow and there was snow and it never stopped snowing. From that ride I still had something the whole evening. On the way, away from the west of the island and my wooden tent in Borgarnes up north towards Bolstadharhlidh (1 ½ hours before Akureyri) I already met some cars, whose grill was completely covered in ice. Their license plates were covered by a white lump of ice and they looked happy that they finally reached the grey soup again. Grey, but dry. "Can't be that bad!" The first snowflakes were falling. "Come on, you have a 4×4." A few more snowflakes fell. "Well, I've got a 4×4."