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RSBS Special Correspondent and founder of Epsteinism, Mr. Johanna Mahmud reports:
" No one in Russia believes in god."
You know why? Because it's cold! It's cold there like it's cold in Chicago right now!!
I know it's not manly to act depressed while living in a wonderful place like this but, it's cold. AND I'M NOT A REAL MAN.
Despite my depression, I know one thing that will bring me happiness. MONEYBALL PART TWO: EPSTEIN BRINGS THE PAIN! The Cubs win it all and Matt Damon stars as Theo Epstein. I've already completed the first scene:
I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs two hundred fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab or the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that? Because my name is Theo Effin Epstein. THAT'S WHY.
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After three extravagant and costly days of trying to "save the world" at the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, the final outcomes were announced to the world. More than $500 billion was pledged to the so-called "sustainability" cause by governments, Big Business, and multilateral development banks. Also, a 50-page agreement bizarrely dubbed "The Future We Want" was adopted by virtually every national government on Earth. It was hardly everything UN supporters had sought, but progress was certainly made on moving their vision forward.
The UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development offered a great deal of insight into the forces working together against national sovereignty, private property, individual liberty, and economic freedom. Big business was there — mostly begging for more government control and taxpayer money. A wide assortment of tax-funded "non-governmental organizations" — known as NGOs for short — was there, too. Unsurprisingly, they mostly demanded more government control.
Finally, no UN conference would be complete without member governments — a chance for Western powers to mingle with a gaggle of dictators and mass murderers styling themselves "presidents." They all found plenty to agree on.
RIO DE JANEIRO — During the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in late June, Christ the Redeemer was illuminated using bright green lights. It was a fitting symbol for the controversial summit in more ways than one. Along with other information like the summit being led by a Chinese Communist, various UN reports calling for less people and more poverty, and much more, the true agenda behind global "sustainability" became clear — and it was not solving poverty or protecting the environment.
U.S. Pledges $20 Million, and Counting, for African "Clean Energy" ProjectsWritten by Michael Tennant
The federal government has done such a bang-up job of picking winners in the "clean energy" field here at home (see, e.g., Solyndra) that it is now planning to spend $20 million of taxpayers' money on similar projects in Africa — with "hundreds of millions of dollars" to follow, according to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
RIO DE JANEIRO – A scandalous publicity stunt that saw Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue turned green for the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development backfired big time, UN critic and environmental realist Lord Christopher Monckton told The New American in an exclusive interview under the monument after the "sustainability" summit ended. And the Marxist-minded "environmental religion," as he called it, failed spectacularly in its ongoing effort to displace Christianity.
Throughout the Rio+20 meetings, Christ the Redeemer — standing tall atop Corcovado Mountain, overlooking the city with arms outstretched — was lit up using bright green lights; transformed into a controversial UN propaganda scheme that saddened countless Christians. But analysts and critics, many of whom were outraged, said it was a fitting symbol for the international summit in more ways than one.
On the last day of the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, virtually every national government and dictatorship on Earth signed an agreement dubbed "The Future We Want." The "We," of course, did not include regular citizens — it was mostly a coalition UN functionaries, dictators, tax-funded environmentalist organizations, and Big Business bosses seeking to profit at taxpayer expense.
The final document was a far cry from sweeping deals like the UN's "Agenda 21" reached at the original Earth Summit two decades ago — especially because not much concrete progress was made in advancing the global body's vision. But it was important, with concerned analysts noting that the document reiterates support for numerous controversial principles including attacks on national sovereignty, private-property rights, and what remains of the free market.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Communist Chinese diplomat Sha Zukang, in his capacity as Secretary General of the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, announced hundreds of "commitments" by governments and businesses on so-called "sustainability" worth more than half a trillion dollars. And incredibly, much of the audience — supposedly unbiased members of the media — applauded in delight.
The significant UN announcement at the final major summit press conference included few details about the actual agreements or their implications. For the most part, Zukang and other conference speakers simply offered vague generalities about building a "sustainable" world for a "better future," saying governments and businesses around the world had agreed to undertake massive "sustainability" efforts — a term with a definition that remains in flux.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Lord Christopher Monckton told The New American in an exclusive interview Saturday that the United Nations' Rio+20 conference that concluded the day before was not about saving the planet from environmental devastation or about eradicating poverty. Instead, he said, it was about shackling the planet under a global government. He also optimistically stressed that the "pointy heads here in Rio" have failed despite their declaration of success and that "the game is up."
RIO DE JANEIRO – As the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development came to a close Friday with the approval of a highly controversial agreement by world governments, Organizing Partner Kiara Worth of the UN sustainability commission's Major Group for Children and Youth was supposed to read a short statement on behalf of so-called "civil society" to the delegates.
But according to the young South African activist, she was told that there was no time — "essentially meaning that civil society has no voice here at the conference," she said as representatives of governments and assorted dictatorships shuffled by with smiles on their faces. So instead of reading the speech to the planet's "sustainability" dignitaries, she read it to The New American and answered a few questions.
The New American's foreign correspondent Alex Newman observed firsthand just how disorganized the United Nations' global planners were at their Rio+20 conference. "What these people are proposing is literally permission to run the planet," he observed, "yet they cannot run even a simple conference."
The New American's foreign correspondent Alex Newman reports from the Rio de Janeiro that the major media watchdogs are not interested in investigating the doomsday claims that UN officials make to justify their global environmental agenda. They are not even interested in listening to what the critics of environmental alarmism have to say. Instead, they serve as reliable lapdogs for the UN, regurgitating the global entity's press releases and statements as if they were holy writ.

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This is absolutely brilliant. NBA basketball player-turned-social activist and entrepreneur John Amaechi has been awarded the Officer of Order of the British Empire for his services to sport and charity. Amaechi told R20 on Thursday. The official announcement was today in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2011 list, reports The Independent.
The now retired England international – who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic and the Utah Jazz – as well as leading European clubs, was also honoured for his work with troubled kids on both sides of the Atlantic. Amaechi set up a basketball centre in Manchester, worked with the Big Brothers mentoring scheme and devoted much of his time to political activities surrounding social inclusion and gay rights.
"I was once an overweight bookworm who hid in the corner of my school library and wished I was invisible," he said. "My mother told me that I could do better and I hope to use this platform to convince other young people just how true this can be for them too."
The 40-year-old Manchester native was at one point "the highest paid British athlete in the world." Amaechi captained England's basketball team and led the squad to its first-ever international medal in basketball at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006.
In 2007, Amaechi published an autobiography, Man in the Middle, which became a New York Times bestseller. In the memoir, the former NBA player came out of the closet and became a media sensation—as well as the target for ugly homophobic rants and jokes.
The distinguished awards are published twice a year, at the beginning of the New yYear and on the Queen's official birthday. The Queen's New Year's Honours List 2011 awarded an MBE to another Black gay man. Fifty-year-old Aslie Pitter founded Britain's first gay football club and was recognized for his 20-year-fight against homophobia.


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We explore the latest pick of designers who are collaborating with brands out of their field, we share our top pick of the designers who are working across disciplines to bring a fantastic range of products to market.
From fashion greats like Valentino and Ralph Lauren launching homeware collections to Marc Newson being involved in projects ranging from space to pens, we look at how cross-disciplinary design is evolving.
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Everything from cheese plates to canapes can have more zing with flavored cheese. Here, Jalapeno Co-Jack from Loleta Cheese Factory and Emmenthaler are combined with red-leaf lettuce, a pitted olive and a grape tomato on a toasted bread round (first toast, then use a cookie cutter). Photo by Eugene Bochkarev | IST.
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This group of cheeses is sweetened in a variety of ways. Some soft cheeses are sweetened with honey or sugar. Semisoft/semihard cheeses have dried fruit. Both soft and semisoft cheeses can be touched with chocolate and cocoa. You can find pretty much anything among America's creative artisan cheesemakers.
Wisconsin's Carr Valley Cheeses makes a Chipotle Cranberry Cheddar that, in their words, tastes like barbecue sauce: sweet with heat on the finish. Don't want the heat? Get the regular Cranberry Cheddar. Cheddar and fruit are natural pairings. In fact, if you enjoy a piece of Cheddar with your apple pie, try a wedge of cranberry Cheddar.
For fans of lemon, California's Spring Hill Cheese has a Lemon Quark. Quark is another type of soft, unripened, spreadable cheese. Depending on the cheesemaker, it can have the consistency and flavor of sour cream, or can have a more substantial consistency.
As of this writing, I have only been able to find chocolate added to chevre, not to a cows' milk or sheep's milk cheese. Perhaps it is because chocolate flavors pair better goat than with cheese from other milks, even in hard cheeses.
As a case in point, Carr Valley's Cocoa Cardona is an aged goat cheese; the surface of the wheel is rubbed with cocoa powder. The rind turns a lovely brown, the cheese is imbued with a subtle cocoa flavor, and the crowd is wowed: The cheese took First Place honors at the 2004 American Cheese Society Competition, Second Place in 2006 and Best of Class and Overall Second Runner-Up out of 1,000 entries in the 2005 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest.
Westfield Farm in Massachusetts also was one of the first to recognize the merits of the chocolate-cheese combination. The company has been selling five-ounce logs of Chocolate Capri for sale for several years.
And wait until you try Haute Goat Creamery's Lockki's Goat Cheese Chocolate Truffles (photo at left). What a great blend of flavors: The exterior is rolled in a blend of cocoa, cinnamon and chipotle. You'll taste the chocolate, the spices, the cheese and two types of alcohol (Chambord and Champagne), but the blend is so good that no flavor overwhelms any other. This is an old French recipe—THE NIBBLE's editorial director makes a version. Why don't we see more of these?
Don't stop ordering, yet. There's the Roasted Hazelnut and Frangelico Torte from River's Edge Chevre in Oregon. This fresh chèvre torte is sweetened with brown sugar and flavored with pure vanilla as well as the marquee ingredients. You can spread it on sweet biscuits, gourmet graham crackers or ginger snaps for a memorable dessert. (Try this recipe for homemade ginger snaps from San Francisco chocolatier Michael Recchiuti.)
And the honey- and lavender-flavored Driftless, from Hidden Valley Springs, is a delicately sweet and ethereal, soft, spreadable sheep's cheese. Buy more than one, because the first will disappear.
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Carol Beer in control.
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Carol Beer in control.
Brainless idiots sell. Bottom feeders move in. Another week in the juniors.
Gotta love this NR headline today:
"Komet Intersects 10.62 g/t on 57 cm Au and 8.64 g/t on 52 cm With Core Drilling South to the Guiro Mine"
Due to lack of interest.
Sibanye Gold (SBGL): Friday morning saw a big change in numbers at SBGL as the bottom fell out of the nominal share price of Sibanye Gold (SBGL). This was due to the announcement (8) of a rights issue to existing shareholders that lets them buy nine shares for every seven they already own at a discount which is up for debate (it depends how you frame the terms), but was generally reported at 60% by the bizwires and media. That made for a big difference and the 32.2% drop on Friday got me blogging (9) along with the rest of the world. Before we go any further I do think it a negative deal because the raise was much bigger than expected. In effect SBGL are saying that equity is cheaper than debt, the implied message being shareholders are bigger suckers than banker (no disagreement there but I wish they hadn't been so blatant about it). I also certainly stick by the main thrust of my post on Friday, that sell side anal ysts sitting in their cubicles in brokerages are either 1) groping in the dark about company strategies along with us or 2) in possession of illegal inside information. However, we need to address the share price drop caused by the rights call because as you can see above, SBGL shares are still in the green in my little list. How so? Read on.
Rights offerings are more common in UK listed stocks than they are in companies listed on in The Americas and I don't mind admitting, it's a long time since I modelled a real live issuance (though I did have to do a few ciggypack calcs on Minera IRL when the scumbags running the show in 2015 and 2016 threatened us all with one). In this case SBGL (the object of our affection, the NYSE ADR) is offering two things to its existing shareholders:
- If you own 7 shares of SBGL you have the right to buy 9 new shares.
- You can buy those 9 new shares at a hefty discount (details further down on that)
That means the current share count is going to be diluted heavily and that showed in the share price dumpage. SBGL closed U$8.13 on Thursday, the day before the rights announcement and after the hoo-hah of Friday closed 32.23% down at U$5.51. But! What we need to understand is that the holders of SBGL shares haven't just lost that money. They've also been given the right to buy a whole bunch of new stock at a big discount which they can either buy and hold or, if they prefer, sell immediately. That's the "right" they have in the deal, (it's called a rights offering after all) and it's worth money. Our job is to find out how much it's worth and for that, here we go with a little model based purely on the SBGL ADR that's traded in New York. The bullet points go like this:
- Person X owns 1000 shares of SBGL. As they closed at U$8.13 on Thursday, the position was worth a total of U$8,130.
- The rights offering happens and as a result, SBGL gives Person X the right to buy 1,285 shares at a 60% discount. As a matter of fact, the much-bandied 60% number is a bit false, it's done to a nominal price of U$8.60 per ADR as the deal is being struck in South African Rand and on May 17th closing prices, there is a bit of looseness to reality.
- Anyway, in real terms that means Person X can now buy 1,285 shares at U$3.44 per share (assuming the US Dollar/Rand forex remains unchanged during the period).
- Person X decides that they will indeed take up their rights in full. Friday sees the stock close at U$5.51.
- Therefore person X now owns U$5,510 of common stock, plus 1,285 pieces of paper, called "rights", to buy SBGL at U$3.44 a pop.
- The difference between the U$5.51 close and the U$3.44 rights price is U$2.27. therefore and in effect, Person X holds 1,285 in-the-money call options that they can exercise and sell on the very same day (if they so desire) which would net them U$2,917 (pre-commish).
- Therefore, as at this weekend Person X now has a total holding in SBGL of (5510 + 2,917) U$8,427. Far from being down, that person is now theoretically up on the deal by U$297. For sure there is commission to take into account, but it's a lot less dramatic than it looked in the first place.
So that's the math, far less dramatic than the big fat red number we saw on the boards Friday, is it not? However, it also means that to stay within the realms of reality here at The IKN Weekly Producer Basket I need to adjust the table line item for SBGL. Therefore, in order to make the SBGL position in the Producer Basket as near to reality as possible I've decided to reduce the December 31st reference price by U$2.27 (the difference between the rights value and Friday's close). That brings down the original price as at December 31st to an artificial U$4.79, which obviously wasn't the price that day but is in line with true stock value.
It's not a perfect solution, it doesn't take into account any slippage due to commissions on trades of the rights stocks or any forex adjustments, but it's the easiest way to get to a more reasonable baseline level for SBGL. You'll also note that I've assumed a 100% take-up of the rights offering and the shares out count has moved from 228.71m to 522.77m (228.71/7x9+228.71). That's an interim number, we'll find out how many ADR Equivalent shares exist once the rights offering is closed but at the moment it values SBGL at U$2.88Bn.
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Reporter: "Is it normal for a player to leave the team during the semi-final?"Sarunas: "What do I think about it? I allowed him to go."Reporter: "But is it normal for a player to leave the team during the semifinals?"Sarunas: "Do you have kids? When you have kids, youngster, you'll understand. Because that's the height of a human experience. Wow, that's a good question, really. Do you think basketball is the most important thing in life?"Reporter: "No, but a semifinal is important."Sarunas: "A semifinal? To whom is it important? Did you see the number of fans at the game? Important? When you see your first child, you will understand what the most important thing in life is. Comand have a chat with me then. Because nothing can be more majestic in the world than the birth of a child. Not titles, not anything else. Augusto Lima is now in heaven emotionally. I'm really happy for him."
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Martin, Tenn. --- Tennessee State shot 46.3 percent from the field but committed 30 turnovers in a, 104-65 , loss to West Division leader UT Martin, Monday night in the Elam Center.
UTM turned TSU's 30 miscues into 39 points.
Tennessee State (10-16, 7-6 OVC) was led in scoring by Jayda Johnson's 15 points while Chelsea Hudson followed with 14.
Heather Butler led UTM (19-7, 12-1 OVC) with 27 points as Ashia Jones (25), Katie Schubert (17) and Jasmine Newsome (15) also scored in double-digits.
Tennessee State fell behind, 18-3, before the first media timeout after committing five turnovers and going 1-of-4 from the field. Briana Morrow knocked down a long jumper to snap TSU's four-minute scoring drought but UTM answered by swelling its advantage to 32-10.
Over a span of six and a half minutes, TSU outscored UTM, 17-7, to cut the deficit down to, 39-27, before going into the halftime break trailing, 49-35.
Following a number of turnovers and missed opportunities, the Lady Tigers fell behind, 67-39, at the 15:25 mark of the second half. About two and a half minutes later, the home team increased its advantage to, 75-45.
For the rest of the game, Tennessee State made attempts to chip away at the lead but the deficit proved too much to overcome.
TSU only made 2-of-12 from three-point range and shot 59.1 percent at the charity stripe.
UTM clinched the number one seed in the OVC tournament after shooting 53.1 percent from the field and 35.0 percent from beyond the arc. The Skyhawks also made 29-of-33 at the free-throw line.
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'Christmas in Lights' kicks off holiday season
Liberty University officially began its Christmas festivities Monday night with a "Christmas in Lights" celebration in front of DeMoss Hall.
Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. welcomed students to Liberty's first tree-lighting ceremony.
"We've always decorated a lot indoors -- our employees decorate Campus North, you've always decorated your dorm rooms -- but we've never done any outdoor decorations. ... We're just so excited that this is the first year of a tradition that will continue at Liberty for years."
Falwell, his wife Becki and their family lit the 30-foot tree while students counted down.
The tree was purchased from a farm in Pennsylvania and will stand in front of DeMoss Hall until Christmas. It will be lit up each night after dark. The school is also installing a nativity scene "so the whole world can see we're celebrating the birth of Christ here at Liberty University," Falwell said.
The event, hosted by Student Activities, drew about 1,200 students, faculty and staff and included Christmas carols by orchestra and choral ensembles and free hot chocolate.
The event also marked the beginning of the dorm decoration competition and students had a chance to win a pair of Christmas Coffeehouse tickets by participating in an ugly Christmas sweater contest.
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The following tutorial candidate is intended for rather raw newcomers. Some of the explanations may be a bit simplistic but I've tried to avoid giving too much detail. The newcomer already has much to absorb.
Newcomers to Perl often are told to add a line near the top of script or module:
Perhaps you've been so told and are now aghast to see your program halt unexpectedly with a new, possibly unsettling, error message. You may not feel you've moved forward. Before using strictures, your program just didn't work right. Now it blows up!
Purpose of Strictures
We often use strict; to prevent us from making stupid or careless mistakes. Perl is an extremely powerful and flexible language. You can do almost anything; but there are things you may not want to do. Sometimes we call these unsafe constructs. If Perl is the Swiss Army Chainsaw of programming languages, use strict; is the chainguard that keeps you from ripping off your own fingers. Use it for your own safety.
Without strictures, your code didn't do what you expected; but it did do something: the wrong thing. Now it blows up and does nothing, which is better than the wrong thing. Also, the error message tells you where you may have made a mistake and what seems to be wrong. This might be helpful and is a good place to start looking.
Strict Errors
There are (currently) three types of strictures: 'vars', 'subs', and 'refs'. When you write use strict; you are enforcing all three types.
The general format of such errors is:
You may not understand the SOME_ERROR_TEXT but you should start looking for a problem in FILE at LINE.
strict 'vars'
Why: Perl itself does not require you to declare or initialize variables before you use them. The code is okay; but not under stricture.
Solution: Declare your variables:
Reason: Avoid common typos such as:
strict 'subs'
Why: A bareword, essentially, is anything that perl can't parse as something else. If you use a bareword then perl will try to interpret it; but perhaps not in the way you intended.
Solution: If the bareword is the name of a subroutine, then prefix it with the appropriate sigil ( & ). You probably also want to take a reference to it ( \ ):
You may have intended your bareword to mean something else instead: $factorial, @factorial, %factorial, or 'factorial'. Fix it.
Reason: Don't make perl guess. The computer can't read your mind.
strict 'refs'
Why: When perl encounters ${ $pet } it constructs the variable indicated; which is ${ 'dog' } or just $dog. This is called a symbolic reference. Usually, you don't want to do this.
Solution: Avoid using the identifier of a variable as the value of another. You may find it useful to take a hard reference instead:
Reason: perlref says it best: This is powerful, and slightly dangerous, in that it's possible to intend (with the utmost sincerity) to use a hard reference, and accidentally use a symbolic reference instead.
The Art of Debugging
Novices write code and run it; then they look at the output and try to decide if it's correct. If they're unsatisfied, they edit the code and run it again. Often they're confused because they don't know where things started to go wrong.
More advanced programmers try to write their code so, if it doesn't work properly, it will die: the program exits with a fatal error, displaying an error message including some suggestion of what went wrong and where. A first step is to use strict; which will catch many common coding mistakes.
Professionals write tests for their production code; these tests automatically exercise various aspects of the code. Testing is beyond the scope of this discussion but when you feel ready to step up, you are encouraged to study testing, starting with Test::Simple. I like to say that Test::More is the most important Perl module of them all.
When you first use strict; and encounter a fatal error, you may feel frustrated. Since you didn't intend to write one of these three types of unsafe constructs you may be wondering why you got the error you did. Often, what you thought you wrote is not what you really did write. Stick with it. Start with the first file name and line number given; check that line carefully. You may have to work backwards from there.
Quite likely, an error that pops up under strictures is merely a typo; it may be due to your misunderstanding of Perl. Study very carefully the standard resources:
You may want to look through the various perlfaqs, too. perltoc is a long list of all perldocs. You can get more help on the perldoc tool itself with perldoc.
no strict
At some point you will encounter code that turns strictures off, usually with one of the following lines:
You may be tempted to do the same; don't. Yes, at some point you may become experienced enough to work without this safety net. But even experienced programmers avoid these unsafe constructs whenever possible. If they do disable strictures, they do so in the smallest possible scope.
When you see a no strict line, you may assume that the following code doesn't play entirely straight. Please don't try to write code like that!
Here's a script that includes all the above demonstrations. Comment or uncomment lines to see what works with and without use strict;
The purpose of adding use strict; to the top of your scripts and modules is to force a fatal error instead of allowing your code to fail silently. It's your first and best friend in Perl.
Suggestions for improvement are welcome and will be incorporated.
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I've always been a big fan of Bethenny Frankel, the sometimes-controversial former star of Real Housewives of New York who parlayed her reality TV fame into a booze-for-girls brand that she sold for a reported $120 million last year. She's funny, direct and willing to cop to most of her flaws - that's about all I ask from someone on a reality show, personally. When I got a look at her insane bag collection, it only made me like her more.
If you've ever asked yourself how you'd splurge if you suddenly became rich and wildly successful, you're going to want to take a look at Bethenny's bags, because she got to answer that question in real life. In early paparazzi photos of her, she's carrying average stuff, most of which I didn't recognize. Once her brand started to take off, though, Bethenny bought an Hermes or Chanel classic in seemingly every color, for every occasion. If you're a traditionalist, you'll probably faint over Frankel's bag collection.
We'll start with the early days before we move on to what Bethenny's recent riches hath wrought. I remember lusting after this exact same Gucci Horsebit Hobo when I was in college. It's still a totally beautiful bag. Shop Gucci via Gucci.com.
Bethenny's always had a penchant for simple, classic bags, like this mini version of the Gucci Boston Bag.
Speaking of small satchels, Bethenny carried this Chanel Bowling Bag around the time that she hit it big with SkinnyGirl.
Even before her recent success, Bethenny was an Hermes fan. She toted this black Hermes Birkin while filming Real Housewives of New York.
Once things got going, though, Bethenny's collection of Hermes Birkins expanded quickly. A tan version, of course, is a good investment.
And what about taupe? You gotta have taupe. Bethenny definitely has taupe.
This might be a repeat of Bethenny's taupe Birkin or it might be a slightly different grey color - I'm not totally certain because of the lighting.
Bethenny also has a somewhat elusive white Hermes Birkin.
Naturally we (and Bethenny) couldn't round out the neutrals category without a good chocolate brown Hermes Birkin.
Bethenny seems to like a pop of color at times as well - this green Hermes Birkin provides a nice one.
Or red? Maybe you prefer red.
If blue is more your speed, Bethenny has two Hermes Birkin options for you. First, cerulean.
Second, cobalt.
For a more streamlined Hermes look, Bethenny can whip out her taupe Hermes Jige Clutch.
On the other hand, if Bethenny wants a more casual Hermes look, her tan Hermes Evelyn Crossbody suits her well.
It's not all Hermes these days, though. A good, relatively affordable crossbody like the Alexander Wang Lia Messenger is a must for all New Yorkers. Shop Alexander Wang via ShopBop.
For travel, a mid-sized Chloe Marcie Crossbody and a Louis Vuitton Pegase Suitcase make a functional pair. Pick up a similar Chloe bag for $775 via Net-a-Porter and a Pegase of your own for $2,680 via Louis Vuitton.
Like a lot of people, Bethenny has caught the artist-collab bug with this Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton Speedy.
When it comes to handbags, though, Bethenny really only has two great loves. We've already covered her Hermes obsession in detail, but she also has a serious thing for the Chanel Classic Flap. We start, of course, with black.
Next up, the Classic Flap in tan.
And a grey Chanel Classic Flap, because Bethenny likes to have her neutral bases covered at all times.
Finally, a blue Chanel Classic Flap. Bethenny seems to have a particular taste for blue, and this enormous Chanel bag does the shade justice.


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August 18, 2011, KLAMATH FALLS, OR. – Today the Oregon University System (OUS) was joined by Governor John Kitzhaber to break ground on what will be the state's largest solar photovoltaic power program, and the largest solar contract in the nation for a public university system on multiple campuses. Eventually to include solar arrays on all seven OUS campuses, the project – called Solar By Degrees – will begin installation of a total of 27 acres of solar panels generating almost five megawatts of power at Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, and Eastern Oregon University beginning with staged installation this summer and fall.
An "all-Oregon" project, Solar By Degrees will utilize solar panels from Hillsboro-based SolarWorld, solar inverters from PV Powered of Bend, will use Oregon Electric of Portland as the lead contractor for the project, and will work with Oregon contractors to complete installation and related work at OIT in Klamath Falls, OSU in Corvallis, and EOU in La Grande.
"This project highlights Oregon's leadership in clean energy – and the potential for renewable and energy efficiency to really drive our state's economy," said Governor Kitzhaber. "An economy of innovation is within our reach – one that leads the way in advanced manufacturing and designing projects that use less energy, rewards efficiency rather than excess, and values the local, with Oregon companies supplying Oregon companies."
Renewable Energy Development Corporation (REDCO), a Utah-based renewable energy development firm, will provide solar power to each OUS campus in two phases. REDCO's team includes investors willing to utilize the state and federal tax incentives, allowing the power purchase rate to be at or below the current electrical utility rates for the campuses. The OUS estimates savings of $6.6 million dollars in utility rates over a 25-year period, at which point the panels revert to campus ownership.
Bob Simonton, OUS assistant vice chancellor for capital programs, said, "Higher education has a distinctive role to play in helping the state transition to more sustainable energy sources, while using this as a vehicle for advancing energy research, engaging and training students in new technologies, and overall being a change agent and model for sustainable practices. All of our campuses have been involved in reducing our carbon footprint for many years, including our commitment to green building, purchase of clean energy credits, major campus-wide recycling, and support for mass transit usage for our students and community."
OIT will have a unique configuration utilizing both solar and their current geothermal power to generate 100 percent of their electricity and heating needs. Their Klamath Falls campus is currently the only university in the world that is completely heated by geothermal water, and it has the first university-based geothermal combined heat and power plant in the world. Oregon Institute of Technology president Chris Maples said, "Combining solar power with our current geothermal heat and power generation will continue to strengthen Oregon Tech's leadership in renewable energy engineering. And when our larger geothermal power plant comes online in 2012, Oregon Tech will achieve energy independence using entirely renewable resources. The solar project will provide a wonderful undergraduate-teaching experience that will augment the nation's first renewable energy engineering degree, which was established at Oregon Tech in 2005."
Solar by Degrees is one of five renewable energy demonstration projects OUS has developed that include geothermal, wave, bio-fuel, and/or wind that can best leverage each institution's unique research talents, Oregon's natural resources, the state's clean energy goals, and available funding opportunities. Brandon Trelstad, OSU sustainability coordinator, said, "Combined with our purchase of renewable energy certificates, the installation of large solar electric systems on the campus demonstrates our commitment to reducing OSU's environmental impact and moving Oregon State toward our goal of climate neutrality by 2025. We're proud to be part of this project, which aligns with our efforts to help the state be a leader in clean energy development and use." OSU's recent purchase of renewable energy certificates makes it the second largest university purchaser of green power in the U.S.
Oregon was recently ranked number two in the U.S. for green jobs by a 2011 Brookings Institution study, with 3.4 percent of employment in "clean jobs." OUS can further extend its role as the training ground for the state's current and future green workforce through the Solar By Degrees project, providing on-campus engagement in research, curricula, and hands-on involvement in the solar energy arrays on the seven campuses.
"We're excited about the potential for hands-on research and study the solar array will provide for our students and faculty," said EOU president Bob Davies. "This is just one more unique aspect of what EOU can offer to Oregon students to enrich their learning opportunities and prepare them for jobs, today and tomorrow, and initiate new ways of doing business."
REDCO will offer Renewable Energy internships and assist in developing curricula related to elements of the project at each campus during the initial five years of the project, affording students with the opportunity to gain highly relevant experience within the alternative/clean energy industry.
About Oregon Tech
Founded in Klamath Falls in 1947, Oregon Institute of Technology is one of seven institutions in the Oregon University System, and the only public institute of technology in the Pacific Northwest. Oregon Tech provides degree programs in engineering and health technologies, management, communications and applied sciences that prepare students to be effective participants in their professional, public and international communities through hands-on learning. Oregon Tech's main campus is in Klamath Falls; other sites are located in Portland, Salem, La Grande and Seattle. Visit www.oit.edu to learn more about Oregon Institute of Technology.


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- Petrochemical plants
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- CO₂ plants
- Furnaces, fired heaters and incinerators
- Linde Hydrogen
By cryogenic processes such high quality products can be economically recovered. Similarly the dehydrogenation of butane within MTBE plants or propane within propane de-hydrogenation plants results in a mixture of hydrogen and condensable hydrocarbons.
The hydrogen is removed from the alkane-olefin mixture by means of cryogenic separation through a combination of plate-fin heat exchangers, phase separators and expansion turbines.
Plate-fin heat exchangers and phase separators are installed in a common shell with insulation against heat input (coldbox). The coldbox is usually completely prefabricated at the Linde workshops and delivered to site as one single piece.
Separation of hydrogen from a bulk quantity of heavy components requires particular adjustments that should be regarded for the heat exchanger design. It has turned out to be of advantage for the design requirements of this cryogenic concept that Linde offers process design, equipment design and equipment manufacturing in one hand.


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I came across your article, and I thank you for talking about Leaky Gut Syndrome. I have often wondered if I have the same thing.
I believe I have a problem with casein that is in dairy so I've been avoiding it. Well, this past Sunday, I had something that had cheese on it, and the next day, I could barely walk. I was so miserable. The whole side of my body was inflamed and putting one foot in front of the other was extremely painful. I'm only 51, but I felt like I was 99 years old.
I have never been tested to see if I have a problem with dairy, but I'm seeing a functional medicine doctor in San Mateo in December, and I'm going to ask her about this. I don't have any digestive issues, but what I've noticed mostly is the extreme joint pain and overall achiness I get. Also, the depression that accompanies it.
I'm curious how you are doing now since you wrote this a year ago? After doing all the right steps to heal your gut, have you ever been able to add these problem foods back into your diet?


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After more than a month of battling criticism, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned amid disclosures of improper appointment-scheduling procedures at the VA and efforts to hide long wait times. Investigations continue, with reviews still underway from the VA inspector general, the VA and White House adviser Rob Nabors.
The VA is in need of a new permanent leader and Senate lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to address the short-term health care needs of veterans. Sen. John McCain had strong words for the scandal on Sunday and said the Justice Department should have started investigating "some time ago."
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During the past year or two, there has been much ado about DevOps in the media. The number of DevOps voices has risen to a cacophony and, in tandem, the level of confusion among listeners is rising, too. The DevOps movement offers the potential for an important bump in both professionalism and productivity in the IT marketplace. But, as with all movements before it, there is the danger that DevOps will be misunderstood and misapplied. This article, and several that follow on, will try to cut through the confusion by providing coherent, no-nonsense advice.
Let's begin with some definitions. First, I use the term "production" throughout this article in two ways. When I use the IT-phrasing "release into production," I also mean to imply "release into the marketplace" when the context deals with a commercial product. When I use the word "production," I mean a combination of both operations and support (sometimes referred to as the "help desk"). Many organizations treat these as two separate concepts, although some combine them. "DevOps" is a portmanteau word for the combination of development and operations. Development in this context includes all activities that occur before a solution is released into production, from formulating the initial concept through project initiation through construction to deployment. Operations in the DevOps context includes all post-deployment activities; that is, the "production stuff," which includes both operation and support of deployed solutions.
Defining the term DevOps is easier said than done because there are several complimentary viewpoints to consider from each of the major DevOps stakeholders. Depending on whom you talk to, you're going to get a different definition of what DevOps is all about. The DevOps stakeholders, and their viewpoints, are:
- Developers, particularly experienced Agile developers, talk about DevOps in terms of a continuous flow of delivery into production, potentially several times a day.
- Operations professionals often view DevOps as promoting a more effective relationship with development teams, both throughout the development lifecycle as well as once the solution is in production. Experienced operations people also realize that their internal processes, often based on ITIL or ITSM, need to be streamlined so that they are in a better position to collaborate with development teams.
- Support professionals, sometimes called help desk professionals, view DevOps similarly but with a support twist: They want to work with development teams to ensure that their needs are understood and met before a solution is released into production. They also want to ensure that there is an effective escalation process in place to handle change requests (including defects) once the solution is in use.
- Senior management views DevOps as an effort to increase the overall efficiency of the IT department by streamlining how everyone works together.
Disciplined DevOps
Now let's look at Disciplined DevOps. Figure 1 depicts a before-and-after picture of what Disciplined DevOps strives to achieve. In many organizations today, the development and operations groups struggle to collaborate effectively, with process and organizational barriers erected between them.
Development teams will deploy irregularly "fast" teams putting out one or two releases a year with the occasional patch as required to address a production problem.
The operations department, in turn, will push change requests, including defect reports, back to the development organization. The two organizations work together just enough to ensure that these activities are successful, but there is significant room for improvement. Disciplined DevOps introduces those improvements by promoting strategies to increase the collaboration between development, operations, and support staff; introducing continuous delivery practices to development; introducing new organizational structures within IT; and adopting business intelligence technologies and techniques to support both development and operational intelligence, which in turn, supports improved IT governance. The difference between a disciplined approach to DevOps and, if you will, an undisciplined one is that the disciplined approach takes a holistic view that considers the desires of all DevOps stakeholders and doesn't focus on just one viewpoint.
Figure 1: Closing the DevOps gap.
To succeed with Disciplined DevOps, you need to address the 5Ps of improvement: People, Principles, Practices, Products, and Process. These issues are listed in priority order. People and the way that they interact together are the primary determinant of success in any IT endeavor, and Disciplined DevOps clearly requires people to rethink their skillset, how they define their roles, and how they work with others. IT organizations adopting DevOps need to rethink the underlying principles that guide their decision making; for example, adopting a principle of being more reactive to business will motivate them to adopt ways to release into production more often. Organizations will need to adopt practices such as continuous integration, continuous deployment, operational intelligence, collaborative support, and many more that may be new to them if they're going to make a go of DevOps. New products, including development tools, business intelligence tools, and operations monitoring tools, may need to be adopted. Finally, process frameworks such as Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD), which bake DevOps strategies into the development process, as well as updated versions of ITIL or ITSM, will need to be considered as well.
There are common ways that organizations seem to be running aground with DevOps. I'm concerned about the mistaken view that "cloud=DevOps," which seems to be growing in popularity. While adopting cloud technologies can make some aspects of DevOps easier, it is only one of the 5Ps (in this case, product). Similarly, the tool-driven messaging from some vendors, and some open-source communities, is also a bit worrisome. New tools are part, but only part, of the DevOps picture. A third problem, mentioned earlier, is being overly focused on one DevOps stakeholder viewpoint. Particularly common is adopting a development focus due to the obvious coolness, and potential for improved productivity, of continuous delivery practices. In this case, the problem is focusing on only the practices portion of the 5Ps.
These misconceptions, the ensuing problems they can cause, and more-detailed advice on rectifying them, will be discussed in future DevOps articles.
Scott Ambler spent 6 years working with IBM Rational, where he helped clients adopt and adapt Agile technologies. He now consults in that area. He is a long-time contributor to Dr. Dobb's.


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Thanks to a monumental effort on the part of Her Royal Majesty of Aethelmearc, Tessa, and a team of Shadowclans members, the Pennsic Children's Water Battle will take place!
The Water Battle will take place on a new date this year. Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 12 at 12:00 pm! Children should muster at noon and be prepared for battle starting at 12:30. Marshals should begin gathering at the Fort just before noon to collect whistles and insignia.
The work is not done, though. Volunteers and donations are still needed! Lord Taranach McLeod of the Shadowclans is now coordinating the volunteers for Her Majesty Tessa. Lady Ameris is coordinating donations and treasure, and Lady Gwynnyd is coordinating Marshals.
Lord Taranach has this message with contact information and scheduling for those wonderful people who are making donations and volunteering to help:
Greetings unto the Knowne Worlde from Lord Taranach McLeod of the Shadowclans,
This Missive is to detail and coordinate the efforts for the Pennsic Children's Water Battle.
I am your humble servant and coordinator for the activity and can be found at the Shadowclans encampment located in N33 near the five points road by the west gate. (Look for the big gothic cathedral). I should be arriving by Saturday, August 7th.
Monetary donations can be made via Paypal to firstname.lastname@example.com, funds should arrive preferably by Friday, July 30th if possible to expedite getting the order, although any donations afterwards would be fine- Please include a note with your Scadian and mundane names and such so I know where it's coming from. I will be ordering the toys from this fund rather than taking toy donations as it really works best to have the same stuff in all three hundred bags.
If anyone would like to donate their old (but functional) super soakers or other implements of destruction, this would also be helpful. We lose a fair number every year to the hordes of marauding children as well as the PA weather.
Candy donations should be limited to sets of 300 or more like items and can be delivered to me at Shadowclans encampment on N33 block. We're the ones with the big cathedral gate. If I am not there please attach a note with your name/group name and leave it with Frodak or Robert. PLEASE NO CHOCOLATE!! Lady Ameris can also be reached for any further questions regarding the "treasure" through her e-mail account, firstname.lastname@example.com which she will be checking throughout the war.
Volunteers are needed at a couple of times, anybody wishing to help stuff "treasure bags" should contact Lady Ameris directly to find out details. We will need several volunteers early in the morning (Around 7am) on the morning of the battle to transport equipment to the battlefield and get the water filling process started. This will not take long and three or four people to monitor the filling will be needed from then until around 11am. We would ask that the rest of the volunteers start showing up at the fort by 11:00am and no later than 11:30 so that we can disseminate the safety information to the marshals and combatants as well as take care of any last minute setup before the battle. I will be present at the encampment in the early morning and between there and the castle from then until 11:00am when I will be at the castle.
Anyone wishing to Volunteer as part of the crew please send me an e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com with who you are, number of volunteers and their names, which group they are with and what role they wish to play, i.e. adult combatant, setup or cleanup, or Marshal (please bring a tabard and sports whistle!) I can also be reached at 570-267-4940 once I am onsite.
We look forward to hosting a fantastic Water Battle this year thanks to your generous support and volunteering. Vivat to all who can help!
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Book vs. Movie
By now, who isn't familiar with this term? If you haven't read the book, at the very least you've seen the trailers for the movie, currently in theaters, featuring a multitude of celebrities: Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Drew Barrymore, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Connelly and Kevin Connolly make up the all-star cast
I'm sure authors Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (both contributing writers to the smash success "Sex & the City) had no idea the effect their book, aka "The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys," would have on the world. I remember first reading "He's Just Not That Into You" (HJNTIY) back when it came out in 2004 and was on it's way to becoming some sort of a classic. I was a naive and somewhat innocent college sophomore, and thought that the book was a more amusing and informational form of the Bible.
Though my Advanced Composition teacher ended up stealing the book (Ms. Laura Elizabeth, you disappeared with my "Bible" and my portfolio!) I still have quite a vivid recollection of the empowerment I felt upon completion. Although I've never found myself in a terribly unhealthy relationship (some are less happy to remember than others…), I have definitely been blind to the reality of any given situation. Told with humorous examples, comedic banter and the ability to make you smile through your tears of humiliation (you wonder how you missed that obvious hint!), the book is a feel-good tool to encourage every woman to go out there and find the relationship she deserves, not just one she's stuck with.
Since I really did enjoy the book, appreciate the message and was able to occasionally relate to the situations with self-deprecating laughter, I had high expectations for the movie.
Let me admit, I am not a movie person. I am terrible at sitting still, rarely captivated by what is happening on screen and I don't even like popcorn (though I looooove the icees at theaters!). I think books are a much more effective and enjoyable way to portray a story, although a movie is much less effort. Anyways, I was prepared to really enjoy HJNTIY, as it had been receiving mostly rave reviews.
My movie partner was a guy I'm casually seeing, and he only went to the movie since he lost a bet (lesson to be learned, never bet me on random historical facts!). He complained about going, but I think ended up liking it and laughing more than me. It was your stereotypical romantic comedy with a little bit more humor, I didn't think it had nearly the powerful and positive message that the book shared with it's audience. The movie poses the question:
"are you the exception… or are you the rule?"
The movie follows different characters through life in Maryland (totally random, right?), and it's almost one of those six-degrees of separation examples, how everyone is inextricably linked without knowing. It's interesting to see how all the lives tie together, but painful at times to watch as Gigi (Goodwin) is pathetically desperate to date someone, anyone, or as Janine's (Connelly) husband enters into an affair.
It wasn't a bad movie, but I did leave feeling as if something were missing. Oh, right, it's the idea that things don't always turn out as you planned, and the guy doesn't always realize that you're the greatest woman in the world for him (though I'm sure you are), and that sometimes, relationships are disappointing and people aren't meant to be together and it doesn't work out (and I swear I'm not even bitter or cynical!). I guess one marriage does dissolve through the course of the movie, but in the current state where affairs and divorces are commonplace, it would be almost more satisfying (less stereotypical, at least) had the woman been responsible, or at minimum, in control, of the relationship! I definitely think the uplifting lesson conveyed in the book is somehow lost with the on-screen adaptation.
Read the book if: You need motivation, inspiration, or optimism in your relationship or life in general. Pass the book to a friend if you can see they're stuck in a dead end relationship and a third-party unbiased source yelling at them could help realization dawn.
Avoid the book if: You like losers, and accept you're stuck with them. No no kidding, read the book.
Watch the movie if: You like happy endings, stereotypical romantic comedies, pathetic women, cheating men, and some laughter along the way. Though I suggest you wait until it comes out on DVD and make a wine night out of it, much better use of $$$$.
Avoid the movie if: You're looking for a movie with a lasting impact.
- Title: He's Just Not That Into You
- Author(s): Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo
- Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
- NovelWhore's Grade (Book): A-
- NovelWhore's Grade (Movie): C+
**As usual, the book is much better than the movie!


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WELCOME BACK, ALUMNI! Potter's Army is a roleplaying site that's been up and running since 2007. We have just revamped the site for an AU version of our previous PA adventures, with our old writing buddies.
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Spring has sprung, and farmers across the country are preparing for planting season. One of their biggest headaches will be dealing with the millions of acres of cropland that have been infested with superweeds and new generations of superbugs.
These superpests have evolved as the direct — and inevitable — consequence of Monsanto's aggressive promotion of its genetically engineered "RoundUp-Ready" and insecticidal seed packages over the past 15 years.
I'd like to be able to say that help is on the horizon, and that USDA is preparing to launch a full-scale effort to enable farmers to transition off the failing pesticide-GE treadmill once and for all — onto cleaner, greener methods of farming more suited to the 21st century. But alas, the reverse is true.
Weed scientists call this chemical arms race a losing battle with evolution.
At this moment, USDA is on the verge of approving Dow Chemical's new 2,4-D resistant corn, the first in a pipeline of "next generation" herbicide-tolerant crops that the Big 6 pesticide/biotech companies — including Dow, Monsanto and BASF — are planning to bring to market over the next couple of years. This is industry's response: more of the same. Except that the next generation is even worse: crops designed to be used with higher volumes of older and deadlier weedkillers.
Weed scientists are calling this chemical arms race a losing battle with evolution. And farmers too are up in arms; already 2,000 outraged farmers and food companies have joined the burgeoning new Save Our Crops Coalition to protest these unwanted products.
Growth engine of the pesticide industry
Simply put, 2,4-D resistant corn is a bad idea. It will drive a massive increase in pesticide use, placing the burden of increased costs and health risks on farmers and local communities. The big winners will be the pesticide/biotech companies. They stand to benefit from the sustained increase in herbicide sales that will coincide with the widespread adoption of these new herbicide-tolerant GE crops.
Imagine if we could have stopped Roundup Ready in its tracks 15 years ago. American agriculture now stands at another, equally important crossroads. Do we speed up the GE-powered pesticide treadmill, or do we transition off of it?
Take Action » We have just one more week to tell USDA that we want off the GE-pesticide treadmill. The dangerous and antiquated herbicide 2,4-D shouldn't be on the market, and we certainly should not be giving Dow license to profit from driving up its use by introducing 2,4-D resistant corn.
This blog was originally posted on Rodale Voices.
After the debacle Glyphosate has created, (and folks, it's far from over...those weeds have adapted the chelation effect to give themselves an evolutionary edge. They can suck nutrients (and there's not lot's left there to begin with) right out of the soil. These weeds are growing super-large super-fast, some inches a day. And even after ten years plus of NO Glyphosate, we have test fields that look like they're "Dust Bowl" precursors, EVEN where there's SUFFICIENT WATER.
Now, these same tools want us to assume they've fixed everything, and if we'll only use their 2, 4-D traited seeds and sprays we'll be back riding the "No-Till Gravy Train"-right?
(Klaxon Sound) Guess again.
Take a couple moments to look up pictures of what Agent Orange (2,4-D is the Dioxin Base for that little lovely...)can do to humans, and imagine it doing it's work, albeit a bit more slowly, but doing it none-the-less on your insides.
Thanks for writing, Rex.
Indeed, we've now got over 14 million acres of US farmland infested with glyphosate-resistant weeds. Back when Monsanto first introduced their Roundup Ready line, they claimed resistance would not be a problem. 22 species of resistant weeds later, we've seen the folly of that claim. Now Monsanto and Dow are claiming that resistance won't be a problem with the new generation of herbicide-tolerant crops, but resistance to 2,4-D has already been documented! And with a 30-fold projected increase in 2,4-D use on corn expected by the end of the decade, we know exactly where this path will lead us.
The good news is that people across the U.S. are mobilizing like never before. Tomorrow PANNA and partner groups will be submitting some 365,000 citizen signatures on our petition, as well as a letter to USDA signed by over 40 doctors and medical/public health professionals expressing deep opposition to 2,4-D corn. And farmers are coming out to say no as well (the 2,000 strong Save Our Crops Coalition). So maybe we can finally begin to turn the tide on the direction of our agriculture.
Great to have people like you following and engaged on this issue!
Now Monsanto and Dow are claiming that resistance won't be a problem with the new generation of herbicide-tolerant crops, but resistance to 2,4-D has already been documented! And with a 30-fold projected increase in 2,4-D use on corn expected by the end of the decade, we know exactly where this path will lead us.


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The last story I wrote yesterday was about the bus monitor, the kids who were mean to her, and the Internet community that rallied to her aid. I was hoping that would be the last story I wrote on the subject, but I think we've all maybe lost our minds and are now turning on the kids in a way that's just as bad as what they did to this poor woman.
Kids occasionally act in cruel ways and the video of bus riders abusing a bus monitor is the purest, cleanest form of adolescent vitriol you're likely to see in suburban America.
It would be absolutely shocking if we all didn't know it happened every day. If we all haven't witnessed such an act of cruelty in our lives or, honestly, hadn't participated in something terrible at one point and just had the good fortune of doing it before every kid was carrying around a video camera connected to a global network in their pocket.
The kids who were mean to bus monitor Karen Klein — and they are kids — deserve stern punishment and serious censure, but they also deserve the kind of compassion that they were unable to muster.
What they did to Klein is reprehensible, but also apparently completely random. There is no reason why it happened that we know of beyond kids all at once deciding to turn on someone they see as weak in a sort of "Lord of the Flies" natural instinct. Maybe it was hot. Maybe a kid got picked on earlier. We don't know for sure, but it doesn't appear to be premeditated.
Our angry response to these kids is premeditated. It isn't random. Whether it's pure empathy for this woman or people remembering how it felt to get picked on, we're choosing to attack these kids for a reason.
And attack we have.
The police have had to guard the homes of the students involved out of fear of retribution.
The site 4chan started a group called Avenging the Bus Monitor and online there have been various calls for punishment and retribution online.
Klein herself has been fairly calm considering all that happened. Far calmer than people who weren't themselves the victim, asking only for an apology and saying she'll go back to monitoring "Because all kids aren't bad."
I'd actually say these kids aren't bad, they're just behaving badly. Are we really going to write off an entire group of children because they acted like little jerks at the age of ten? What if one of these kids had been one of your own?
Our natural response to help Klein is wonderful. So far the net has raised $147,000 for the woman and counting. Fantastic. Good job us.
Our other natural response isn't so wonderful. The one that sees someone unable to protect themselves, sees something wrong with them, and attacks with fury. Let's all be bigger than these kids and seek not revenge but compassion.
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Jared Followill is officially off the market.
The Kings of Leon bass guitarist, 25, asked model Martha Patterson to be his wife, a rep for the band confirms to Us Weekly. "Yes, it's true!" the rep says. "Jared proposed to Martha on April 11 at his home in Nashville and we're all excited for the newly engaged couple." (Their happy news was first reported by Just Jared.)
Followill designed Patterson's ring, a 4-carat cushion-cut diamond set on a diamond-covered band. The couple, who have been together just a few months, will split their time between Nashville and L.A.
Patterson showed off her diamond engagement ring inside the VIP section of the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, Calif. in April. They were joined by supermodel Karlie Kloss, 19, and her boyfriend, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, 24.
A source close to Followill wasn't surprised by his decision to put a ring on it, telling Us: "He has been wanting to settle down with her. He wants to marry her."
Patterson, who is signed to Click Models, isn't the first brunette beauty to win Jared's heart: He dated Twilight actress Ashley Greene, 25, for several months in 2011. The musician was also engaged to model Alisa Torres, but they split in 2009.
Jared's brother Caleb Followill, 30, wed Victoria's Secret supermodel Lily Aldridge, 26, on May 12, 2011; they met in 2007 at the Coachella Music Festival and are currently expecting their first child. Jared's cousin, Kings of Leon guitarist Matthew Followill, 27, welcomed son Knox with wife Johanna Bennett in April 2011.
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A new resource was pointed out to me last night, a godsend for anyone searching central European parish registers. Compiled by Bartholomew Szokolszky and published in 1922, Annyakönyvvezetők szótára [Registrar's dictionary] is 141 pages of terms used in church registers, each term being given in Hungarian, Slovak, German, and Latin.
There are four chapters, each for a different class of vocabulary. Words are in alphabetical order of the Hungarian term within each chapter. The chapters are: occupations, causes of death, first names, and the most common terms and phrases used in the registers.
The registrar's dictionary is available online in PDF format, courtesy of Verejná knižnica Jána Bocatia [John Bocatia Public Library] in Košice, Slovakia, at http://www.vkjb.sk/File/anyakonyvvezetokszotara.PDF . I immediately put it to work, looking up a cause of death in Hungarian for which I could determine only some of the letters. With the PDF format, I could search on a partial word. After a few tries ("is that a letter o, or an a?") I found the phrase.
I owe a HUGE "d'akujem pekne" [thank you so much!] to Ladislav Rosival for telling me about this resource.


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The above show was broadcast in part by Capitol Radio as part of their 10th anniversay. I remember seeing and hearinig a soundboard tape of the whole show in Portobello market back then too but for some reason never bought it.
Does anyone have the full version of this show?
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Beginner Exercises
1. Crunch with Alternate Leg Extensions
Targets abs
Lie faceup, with knees bent and feet on floor hip-width apart. Interlace hands behind head. Simultaneously lift head, neck, and shoulders and extend left leg so that it's 1 to 2 feet off the floor. Hold for 5 seconds. Bend knee back in as you lower upper body to start. Repeat on right side. Do 20 crunches, alternating sides.
2. Side Extension
Targets shoulders, core, obliques
Stand with feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, holding water bottle with both hands overhead, shoulders down. Lean upper body slightly forward and to the right. Hold for 2 breaths. Return to starting position. Repeat on left side. Do 10 reps, alternating sides.
3. Toe Drop
Targets abs
Lie faceup, arms at sides, palms down, knees bent 90 degrees so calves are parallel to the floor. Engage abs and slowly lower left toes to touch the floor. Lift foot back up; repeat on right side. Do 25 reps, alternating legs.
Intermediate Exercises
1. Crisscross Abs
Targets abs, obliques
Lie faceup with legs extended. Bend right knee. Place left hand beside left hip, palm down. Lift left leg while reaching right hand toward left toes, outside leg, crossing over the front of body. Lower. Do 12 reps. Switch sides; repeat.
2. Knee Lift
Targets shoulders, abs
Stand with feet hip-width apart, abs engaged, holding water bottle with both hands. Extend arms overhead. Lift left knee as you lower arms, bringing water bottle and knee together. Lower knee and raise arms back up. Repeat on right side. Do 10 reps, alternating sides.
3. All-Four
Targets arms, core, legs
Lie faceup with legs lifted over hips, feet flexed. Extend arms over shoulders, palms in. Engage abs; lower left arm and right leg toward the floor, without arching back or shrugging shoulders. Lift back up. Do 10 reps. Switch sides and repeat.
Advanced Exercises
1. Seated Crunch
Targets triceps, abs
Sit with legs together, knees bent, abs engaged. Place hands behind butt, fingers pointed toward body. Press into palms, lean back, and extend legs. Bend knees; twist legs to left and bring them into chest as you crunch upper body in. Lean back and return to center, legs extended. Repeat to right. Do 20 reps, alternating sides.
2. Standing Twist
Targets shoulders, arms, obliques
Stand with feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, holding water bottle with both hands in front of you. Slowly lift left leg, balancing on right foot. Engage abs and twist upper body to the left, back through center, then to right. Repeat full rotation for 15 reps. Lower leg; switch sides and repeat.
3. Bent Knee Roll-Up
Targets abs
Lie faceup with knees bent, feet hip-width apart on floor. Hold water bottle in both hands with arms extended behind head. Lift bottle 6 inches. Slowly peel upper body off mat, keeping arms extended, knees bent and feet planted. Come to a seated position with a straight back. Roll down. Do 10 reps.
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Blackhawks brush off fatigue, focused on winningby Brian Hedger / Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO -- They've played the most games in the NHL the past two seasons, and the Chicago Blackhawks still are halfway to repeating as Stanley Cup champions.
Between the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs they've played a whopping 165 games in the past 16 months, and that's not including games played by the 10 Blackhawks who participated in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
That's a lot of hockey, with a lot of high-intensity games and loads of wear and tear on their bodies and minds. Coming off a six-game victory against the Minnesota Wild in the Western Conference Second Round, there are murmurs that some of Chicago's players are running on fumes heading into the Western Conference Final, which will start Sunday. They'll play the winner of Game 7 on Friday between the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings.
The Blackhawks, however, strongly disagree.
"I don't think we're worried about anything right now," said right wing Patrick Kane, who scored the series-clinching overtime goal in Game 6 on Tuesday at Xcel Energy Center. "We're in a pretty good position that not a lot of teams get to go through. We're in a conference final and it's going to be a great matchup whoever we face, so there's no real cause for concern and we feel our best games ahead of us. So it's exciting."
It's the fourth time in the past six seasons the Blackhawks have reached the League semifinal, with the past two serving as stepping stones to championships. That's probably why questions about their level of play in the 2014 playoffs were met with some amount of disdain after a practice Thursday at United Center.
Minnesota clearly accomplished its goal of frustrating Chicago with its aggressive checking system and collapsing, suffocating style in the defensive zone. The Blackhawks had to grind out a pair of 2-1 victories in the last two games of the series to win it, with the last one going past regulation.
It made for some ugly moments for the Blackhawks, but they still won the series.
"I don't know if we played our best game at all in the last series," Kane said. "We played some pretty good games against St. Louis [in the first round], which [was] a tough physical matchup against us. Minnesota's a tough team to play against so you could say they played well against us and did certain things to frustrate us and take away certain things that we have, but at the end of the day we're still a better team. We came out on top."
Kane wasn't the only one singing that tune.
Chicago coach Joel Quenneville also went on the offensive when asked if his team needed to find another gear in the next round.
"People might think we didn't play very well against Minnesota," he said. "I'll discount that 100 percent knowing we just beat a heck of a hockey team that plays a game that doesn't make it look pretty in order to get through it. You got to fight for your space. The more indirect plays you make the more success you have. And I think that might be a little against the way we play or some of our players' strengths, but I think that finding a way to get it done was complimentary to our team and it was hard work."
The term "tired legs" almost certainly will come up as a factor when analysts break down Chicago's path to this point. It just won't be a term used by the Blackhawks, who say that all the postseason winning they've done is more of a boost than a physical burden.
"I think we have a lot left," forward Michal Handzus said. "We have a lot of confidence and we don't think about last year, we don't think about the Olympics, we don't think about the past. We're just thinking about the present and that's it. We've moved on from a tough series against a very good hockey club, and I thought [Thursday] we were energized and excited and just ready to go for the next one. Mentally you're not drained. You're actually mentally refreshed and it's just kind of a clean slate and you go again. That's how I feel."
That's how power forward Bryan Bickell feels too.
"Every step [you take] I think you get a charge," Bickell said. "When you're that close to doing what we did last year, it's an awesome feeling to be a part of and you know every step it takes a level of mental and physical [effort] to [achieve] that goal and we're willing to do it again. I don't think we're near to empty yet."
They didn't look like a team running on fumes during a spirited practice Thursday. All healthy players participated after the team took Wednesday off.
Missing was forward Andrew Shaw, who missed the past five games with a lower-body injury. That's the only publicly acknowledged injury; other players probably are ailing but winning seems to lessen the pain.
"Everyone has bumps and bruises, and you see the game count [the past couple years] and a lot of guys [have] played a lot of games," forward Brandon Saad said. "I think at this time of year none of that really matters. You might be tired or things like that, but I think these days off help and the excitement of the playoffs and going further each round is definitely a pick-me-up."
Envisioning another Stanley Cup banner being hoisted to the rafters also helps, but the main focus right now is getting through what's sure to be another tough series.
"Maybe it becomes mind over matter a little more when you can see the goal getting that much closer and you don't feel the pain as much, but it's a battle either way," defenseman Sheldon Brookbank said. "It's not going to be easy. We're only halfway there and there's a long way to go to getting anything done here."
If they can win another Stanley Cup the Blackhawks would become the first team to repeat as champions since the Detroit Red Wings won in in 1997 and '98.
All they seem to care about, however, is the winning part.
"I don't know if it's so much about worrying about the repeat," Brookbank said. "I think it's that guys in this organization just want to win every time [we] get out there. That's all that really matters. You want to win. It doesn't matter if it's a preseason game or Game 1 in the playoffs or whatever. This team, it's just all about winning and that's all that matters. A repeat would be a major accomplishment, but we're focused on just getting the job done this year for the simple fact of winning."