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"What defines an atheist?" The question gives me grief;
Do they actively deny my God, or merely lack belief?
I'm told that I should ask one, but I think that's rather odd—
There's no need to ask the godless when I've got the word of God!
There's a line in Psalm 14 on what the fool says in his heart,
So we know that they are foolish, but that's only just the start—
There's a couple lines in Romans, showing God won't be denied,
So the simple explanation is… the atheists have lied!
If you want an honest answer, then you have to ask the King:
Some claim they're non-believers, but there's really no such thing.
Circularity Context, after the jump:
My magical content aggregator sent me to a site, the Creation Education Center, to a helpful article "is it even possible to be an atheist?" I must admit, I expected something else. I expected some version of "atheists deny god, but have they really looked (at all the myriad versions of god) in order to deny?" I was wrong.
Of course, they did need to establish that atheism can't possibly be defined by a lack of belief, which they initially tried with hand-waving. I'd cut and paste a quote, but (maybe one of you can tell me how!) their page will not allow me to cut and paste their words, and I have better things to do than to retype them. Anyway, they eventually noted that they don't need to ask atheists what they mean, or what they believe, because The Truth (all of it, apparently) is in the bible. So they pull out half a dozen verses from their book, and conclude (ok, this is worth typing out:
So, are there people on this planet who claim to be atheists? Yes. Are these people atheists in reality? No… not according to God who knows better than we do, because He created everyone to begin with and He tells us that "as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."(Isaiah 55:9)
Somebody certainly is higher.
So, no need to ask atheists what they think. God knows better than they do, and the bible is inerrant.
Oh, yeah, I suppose I don't need to tell you, their site does not allow comments.
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A quick tip if using a smartcard reader (for things like CAC) with Firefox – some web sites may not work right if you cannot select the proper certificate. Some sites want the signature certificate and others want the email certificate. Internet Explorer offers you a choice – Firefox may not, unless you do THIS:
- Open Preferences.
- Advanced menu, Certificates – "When a web site requires a certificate", select the button "Ask me every time".
This will then force all sites to present you with a choice of certs to use from the card. A little clunky, but it works well.

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Black Friday at the Sabres StoreNovember 25, 2011
I'm not a fan of Black Friday shopping. I hate crowds. I hate being crowded. I hate getting stumbled into because people need to have that thing that's on sale OMG RIGHT NOW! So of course, what do I do today? I go to the Sabres store for their Black Friday sale. There were A LOT of people at the store when I got there at ten after ten.
There were some things the store did right and some things that they could fix. And of course, since I can't find the darn suggestion box on the Sabres site (whether it's buried or removed is to be determined), I'm blogging about the experience. Let the record show that I recognize that problems with shopping are a total first world problem and that there are much bigger problems for the organization to be dealing with. Like that whole pesky "can't win at home" thing or that troublesome "keeps giving up two goal leads" thing.
Since the store was incredibly busy, the Sabres had all the registers open, and all six register lines snaked through the store. People were handling the crowding well and moving around the store politely (there were lots of "excuse me's" to be had). However, let's talk briefly about the few things that can be fixed or altered to improve the shopping experience for future Black Fridays.
1. Make a cash-only line. I know, it's radical for people to pay with cash these days, but a cash-only line would allow for customers to move in and out without having to wait for people to swipe cards, sign receipts and the like.
2. Have a table set off to the side/back/front of the store so that people could complete the required paperwork for custom jersey orders without having to delay the rest of the line. If you were buying a custom sweater, you had to have a 3×5 card filled out with your contact info & the size/color/personalization of the sweater you were buying. The cashier then had to match up your 3×5 card with the receipt number so the transaction payment was reflected on the card. If you were someone that was buying multiple sweaters, you were holding up the line just filling out paperwork. I think the management realized that this was somewhat problematic, as they did have people walking the lines to assist in filling out the cards, but these staffers just could not reach everyone.
3. Set up a kiosk or table outside the store for people that just wanted to buy Sabrebucks cards.
4. Have the registers set up to accept UPC code scanning. This was the strangest thing for me. Each item had a UPC code on the tag, which meant that at some point in it's journey through the Sabres store, it was scanned. However, the cashiers had to individually enter each product code into the register AND enter the code for the 30% discount. It seemed like there were a lot of extraneous steps for what should be simple transactions.
Not that everything was all bad…
1. The store was incredibly clean and organized. The staff was working hard to keep merchandise racks full and neatly organized. There were also plenty of people walking around on the floor assisting customers. The Sabres seriously need to export this level of customer service & organization to some of the big box stores, where one busy day makes the entire store disheveled.
2. There was a gift wrap table set up outside the store. I have no idea what organization this table was benefitting, but it was obviously good for those people that needed things wrapped immediately to avoid prying eyes.
3. The free Tim Hortons was a nice touch for those people leaving the arena after shopping.
4. The organist playing Christmas songs & game tunes on his keyboard added a festive touch to the shopping experience. I did get a giggle out of hearing Silent Night segue into Let's Go Buffalo segue into Sabre Dance. And there was this one precious little girl using the organ music to practice her ballet moves. The only downside to the music was that it was pretty loud. You had to shout to be heard at the registers.
5. Did I mention the free parking was awesome? Because it was. I wonder if the free parking was one of the main reasons the crowd was so large? In past years, I can remember having to search for an on-street parking space or take a risk double parking.
And because I've been on a YouTube kick lately, I want to end this post with one of my favorite scenes from A Charlie Brown Christmas, just because it's so precious and does deal with a lot of the materialism of the season.


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The San Jose Earthquakes announced today their English and Spanish language radio broadcast partners for the 2010 season. 1220 KDOW will broadcast all Earthquakes games on the radio in English, while 1370 KZSF "La Kaliente" will air all home games in Spanish.
"We are proud to offer our games in both Spanish and English for the second straight year," said executive vice president David Alioto. "Along with our television broadcasts on Comcast SportsNet, we will have more broadcasts in 2010 than any other season in the history of the club."
The game broadcasts on KDOW kick off Saturday, March 27 when the Quakes host defending MLS Cup champion Real Salt Lake at 6 p.m. PT at Buck Shaw Stadium. All 30 regular season games will air live. As part of the agreement, there will be a weekly segment on KDOW's weekly sports show, Sports Ramble.
"We are thrilled to be the radio home of San Jose Earthquakes soccer for the second straight season," said KDOW general manager Dan Craig. "We are looking forward to another great season of Quakes soccer in 2010."
John Shrader and Jim Kozimor will serve as the radio voices of the Earthquakes in 2010. Shrader has been the voice of the Earthquakes (Clash) either on radio or television since 1996. He has been a broadcaster in the Bay Area for over 30 years. He currently teaches journalism and media at San Jose State University. Prior to his current duties, he spent 15 years at all-sports station KNBR 680 AM, where he hosted talk shows and covered the San Francisco 49ers. Shrader broadcast the 2002 & 2003 MLS All-Star Games and the 2002 and 2003 MLS Cup Finals on the radio.
Kozimor, a veteran sports broadcaster for over 20 years, begins his first season as the play-by-play announcer for all Quakes broadcasts. One of the most versatile announcers in the industry, he is the host of Raiders Postgame Live on Comcast SportsNet California. His play-by-play duties for Comcast SportsNet have included college basketball and football for the Pac-10 and West Coast Conference, high school football, Major League Lacrosse and World Team Tennis. He also called a number of California Cougars games of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
As the only 24-hour business news format station in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1220 KDOW offers a dynamic body of content that is both timely and relevant to today's uncertain economic conditions. With expert financial advice from programmers like Ray Lucia, Moe Ansari and Phil Grande, along with hourly business updates from Bloomberg and CNBC News, KDOW is a salient choice for the most intelligent and reliable financial news information heard on the radio today. Listeners from all over the Bay Area tune into KDOW to find answers related to retirement, wealth preservation, small business development, and the ever-changing stock market. All this makes KDOW your number one place for all local, national and international business news.
The Earthquakes return to KZSF after a five-year absence on the station. The Quakes aired games in Spanish on "La Kaliente" during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. KZSF is a locally owned Spanish language station that hosts daily sports talk shows and also plays a wide variety of popular music.
"We are excited to once again be the Spanish radio home of the San Jose Earthquakes," KZSF Owner and General Manager Carlos Duharte said. "We had a great relationship with the team in the past and we are looking forward to providing great Earthquakes coverage for the Hispanic community."
Carlos Cesar Rivera returns for his third consecutive season as the voice of the Quakes and his sixth overall. A native of El Salvador, Rivera hosts a popular sports talk show from 5–7 p.m. PT Monday through Friday on 1370 AM that covers MLS, Mexican League soccer, as well as many other sports. Rivera, who has worked in radio in the Bay Area for over 30 years, has also called games for the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks in his career.
Saturday, March 27 REAL SALT LAKE 6:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, April 10 at Chicago Fire 5:30 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, April 17 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, April 24 at Chivas USA 7:30 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, May 1 COLORADO RAPIDS 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, May 8 NEW YORK RED BULLS 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, May 15 at New England Revolution 3:00 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, May 22 at Seattle Sounders FC 12:00 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, May 29 TORONTO FC 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Wednesday, June 2 COLUMBUS CREW 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, June 5 at FC DALLAS 5:30 p.m. KDOW
Friday, June 25 at Real Salt Lake 6:00 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, July 3 D.C. UNITED 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, July 10 at Philadelphia Union 2:30 p.m. KDOW
Thursday, July 22 at Los Angeles Galaxy 7:30 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, July 31 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, August 7 at Colorado Rapids 6:00 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, August 14 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, August 21 LOS ANGELES GALAXY 1:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, August 28 at New York Red Bulls 4:30 p.m. KDOW
Sunday, September 5 at Houston Dynamo 5:30 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, September 11 FC DALLAS 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Wednesday, September 15 PHILADELPHIA UNION 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, September 25 at Toronto FC TBD KDOW
Wednesday, September 29 CHICAGO FIRE 8:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, October 2 at Columbus Crew 4:30 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, October 9 at D.C. UNITED 4:30 p.m. KDOW
Saturday, October 16 HOUSTON DYNAMO 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Wednesday, October 20 CHIVAS USA 7:00 p.m. KDOW/KZSF
Saturday, October 23 at Kansas City Wizards 5:30 p.m. KDOW
All times Pacific. All times and dates are subject to change. All home games in bold.
English and Spanish Broadcasts in 2010
The San Jose Earthquakes announced today their English and Spanish language radio broadcast partners for the 2010 season. 1220 KDOW will broadcast all Earthquakes games on the radio in English, while 1370 KZSF "La Kaliente" will air all home games in Spanish.


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Justin Bieber could take in some serious bucks after the weekend movie box office numbers are counted.
The teen pop star's concert movie, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" made approximately $12 million from its opening Friday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It could surpass the mark set by "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" film, which made $8.7 million on its opening day.
On Wednesday, "Never Say Never" had grossed $2 million from advance screenings. The movie is currently being shown in 3,105 locations, says The Hollywood Reporter.
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The 3-D film documents performances by Bieber and also features home movies before the star became famous. It also includes as interviews with his handlers and shots of fans in the audience.
In his review, Mike Hale of The New York Times writes: "In the film's best and weirdest shot [director Jon] Chu zooms in close as Mr. Bieber flings his head back and forth in slow motion, waving his famously floppy hair in a moment that's both hilarious and creepy, especially when you're watching in 3-D."
Bieber is in the running for two Grammys on Sunday: Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album for "My World 2.0."
Selected Readings: The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, Grammys Web site.


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The Minor League Game of the Week
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|Today's Colorado Rockies stars Matt Holliday and Brad Hawpe were in the Tulsa Drillers lineup on July 6, 2003 to face Bobby Jenks and the Arkansas Travelers.
The new Minor League Game of the Week has a deliberate World Series flavor.
As the Colorado Rockies took the national spotlight with their incredible post-season run, I thought, "Hey, I know some of those guys." Sure enough, some of them were playing for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers in May 2003 when I visited Ray Winder Field in Little Rock to photograph the Arkansas Travelers.
Two of the Drillers, Matt Holliday and Brad Hawpe, homered in that series, a portent of things to come. The Rockies' presence in the World Series this week is proof of what happens when a team is patient and builds from within instead of caving to the instant-gratification demands by a few big-mouths in the press and fandom who don't represent the majority that know better.
On July 6, 2003, the Drillers hosted Arkansas and faced Travs' starting pitcher Bobby Jenks. This game really sums up all the problems Bobby had while he was an Angels property. This was his first Double-A start after rehabbing an elbow injury two months earlier. It was his second year at Arkansas after being suspended in 2002 for trying to sneak alcohol onto the team bus. And Bobby's weight problems were rather obvious.
When shut down after his May 2 appearance, Jenks had made five starts, pitching 23 innings, striking out 27, walking 19 while allowing only 16 hits and had a 3.52 ERA. In this game, he started off wild, but when he left the mound after the 5th inning he'd allowed no runs, only one hit, and struck out six while walking four.
After the 2003 season, Jenks pitched in the Arizona Fall League, then went on to winter ball. With only a few weeks' rest, he reported early to the Angels' spring training camp in mid-February. With an already brittle elbow, it's no wonder it stress-fractured on him again on April 19, 2004 when Salt Lake was at Fresno. FutureAngels.com was there; Click Here to watch the video of Jenks' injury. (You need Windows Media Player and a high-speed Internet connection to watch.) By the way, the trainer racing to Bobby's rescue is Adam Nevala, who today is one of the Angels' trainers.
Jenks went to the minor league camp in Mesa for rehab and didn't pitch again that year. While in Mesa, ESPN: The Magazine published an unflattering profile of Bobby in which he admitted to burning his own flesh for kicks. Jenks was suspended not for the article, but for a reported fight with a Mesa teammate.
Even with all the disciplinary problems, the poor physical conditioning, and the bum elbow, the Angels kept him around — until December 17, 2004, when they attempted to move him off the 40-man roster to the Triple-A roster, so they could make room on "the 40" for pending free agent signee Orlando Cabrera. That meant he had to pass through waivers. The Chicago White Sox claimed him.
Some people engage in revisionist history, posting on fan boards that the Angels stupidly "released" their best pitching prospect. The facts are (1) Jenks wasn't released, he was claimed on waivers as the Angels tried to put him on the Triple-A roster, and (2) Jenks' career at that point was pretty much in the toilet.
After that season, Jenks' minor league career ERA was 4.97. In 391 IP, he had 401 strikeouts but also 270 walks — 6.2 free passes per nine innings. The last time anyone had seen him throw in a game — that would be the above video clip — his velocity was down into the mid-80s. He self-restraint was not far above that of a wild animal, and his ill-advised ESPN interview didn't help. Beating up a teammate wasn't the last straw, but Jenks' future was so clouded at that point that it didn't make much sense to continue protecting him on the 40-man roster while risking the loss of top prospects in much better physical condition and with their heads screwed on straight.
Fortunately for Bobby and his family, the White Sox acquisition seemed to wake him up to the reality that he could lose his means of income and spend the rest of his life pumping gas for a living. (And in a self-serve world, there aren't many calls for that skill these days.) Jenks was on the mound when the White Sox won the 2005 World Series, and those blinding themselves to the facts surrounding Bobby's departure started a disinformation campaign on fan boards to make it look like the Angels had let him go without cause.
So with all that historical context, Click Here to listen to the game. You need Windows Media Player to listen. The Travs' broadcaster is Phil Elson, who will be a big-league broadcaster one day, you'll see.


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Alfonso Vasquez is a millionaire living in Liberty City who was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He immigrated to the US in the 1970s. Alfonso Vasquez is a cocaine baron controlling a number of Mexican cartels. Even though his own daughter January Natasha Vasquez has become a cocaine addict, he still continues his drug empire. Alfonso was once arrested with a large shipment of cocaine, but the charges against him were dropped. Alfonso has a fortune of about 500 million dollars, from which his wife took half. An unusual sex tape was made with Alfonso, involving wrist excercise and a sock. He was masturbating in a locked bathroom.
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First Name: Alfonso
Age: 59
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
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- Immigrated to the US from Mexico in the 1970s.
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NEW YORK — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wasn't kidding — he really is making bold changes.
The software giant said it would cut 18,000 jobs within the next year — about 14% of the company's 125,000 employees. That's by far the largest round of layoffs in the company's history.
The previous record came during the lowest point of the Great Recession, when Microsoft cut more than 5,000 jobs in 2009 — the first mass layoff in the company's history.
Most of the latest round of layoffs — 12,500 — will come from Nokia's devices and services business that Microsoft recently bought. In a memo to Microsoft's staff, Nadella said that Microsoft found many redundancies between the two companies, including both professional and factory workers.
But Microsoft is also cutting 5,500 other jobs at the company. As part of the company's new strategy, which Nadella outlined in a separate memo to employees last week, Microsoft will focus intently on improving its mobile and cloud productivity software, including Office 365, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Skype, OneDrive and Bing.
Nadella said Microsoft was in need of a "culture change." Microsoft's rivals, including Google, Apple and Amazon, have in many ways beaten Microsoft at the mobile and cloud game in recent years. Mobile and cloud are where most of the tech industry's growth is coming from.
As part of the company's strategy shift, Nadella said Microsoft would kill off Nokia's short-lived "Nokia X" Android smartphone experiment. Those low-cost phones will soon be made to run Windows in an effort to help Microsoft gain traction in the fast-growing budget smartphone business.
Many of the job cuts will come from the management ranks, as Nadella pledged to have fewer layers of "top-down and sideways" oversight "to accelerate the flow of information and decision making."
"We will simplify the way we work to drive greater accountability, become more agile and move faster," Nadella said. "The overall result of these changes will be more productive, impactful teams across Microsoft."
As the company cuts jobs, Nadella noted Microsoft will also be hiring in those "strategic areas" that he laid out last week.
Nadella said the first 13,000 job cuts would come in the next six months, and Microsoft said it expects the layoffs to cost the company up to $1.6 billion over the next year. Microsoft's shares were up more than 2% in premarket trading.


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Costa Rica is demanding US explain 'Cuban Twitter'
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- The Costa Rican government says it's waiting for the Obama administration to explain why it improperly devised a secret "Cuban Twitter" network from inside the Central American nation's borders despite warnings in 2009 that the plan could jeopardize the two countries' diplomatic relations.
Costa Rican Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo said it was "inappropriate" to use his country for developing the primitive social media network, known as ZunZuneo, which aimed to stir political unrest in Cuba. The network was created under the U.S. Agency for International Development, but its users were unaware it was backed by the U.S. government.
"I think it's inappropriate to use an embassy in Costa Rica for this type of operation that harms a third country," Castillo said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We're not filing a complaint. The point is that embassies accredited in Costa Rica don't have to submit their plans or programs for the Costa Rican government's approval."
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki acknowledged Wednesday that the U.S. Embassy in San Jose received a diplomatic note from Costa Rica requesting an explanation after the AP first reported on the program in early April. "In the following days, embassy staffers have reached out to their MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) counterparts on multiple occasions about the issue and those conversations have been ongoing," she said.
Documents obtained by the AP show that contractors working on ZunZuneo went to extensive lengths to hide its ties to the U.S., using foreign companies and computer servers paid for via a bank account in the Cayman Islands. They did so after acquiring more than 400,000 Cuban cellphone numbers from the island country's state-run telecommunications provider.
The AP found that ZunZuneo's development team initially operated out of Central America. A USAID manager supervised the work of U.S. contractor Creative Associates International from an office in San Jose, an unusual arrangement that raised eyebrows in Washington, according to U.S. officials.
USAID spokesman Matt Herrick said in an April 7 blog post that AP's initial investigation "suggests there was an inappropriate base of operations established in Costa Rica outside of normal U.S. government procedures." He wrote that the "government of Costa Rica was informed of the program on more than one occasion."
The U.S. government has denied that the program was secret or that it had a political agenda. Since the AP's initial report, a Senate panel asked USAID to turn over all records about ZunZuneo as part of a broader review of the agency's civil-society efforts worldwide. In congressional hearings earlier this month, lawmakers debated whether USAID -- best known for its humanitarian mission -- should be running such a cloak-and-dagger operation instead of spy agencies like the CIA.
Costa Rica's Foreign Ministry told the U.S. Embassy in June 2009 that the plan to develop the social media network could lead to "political difficulties" for Costa Rica, and it refused to grant diplomatic status to two U.S. government contractors involved in the program, La Nacion, Costa Rica's largest newspaper, reported Tuesday.
According to an internal Foreign Ministry memorandum, Javier Sancho Bonilla, protocol and state ceremonial director for the ministry, said the project "could create a situation politically inconvenient since it can be interpreted that it would violate the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other countries." The note was sent to the foreign minister's chief of staff, Elaine White, in June 2009.
Sancho's memo also suggested that Costa Rica withdraw from its cooperation agreement with the U.S. government, which had been signed under the umbrella of the Alliance for Progress, an initiative of U.S. President John F. Kennedy aimed at preventing the emergence of Cuban-style revolutions in the rest of Latin America.
The Foreign Ministry told the U.S. Embassy that the ZunZuneo plan exceeded the agreed limits of binational cooperation.
"Until now, the Cuban government hasn't complained to us because of this," Castillo said Tuesday. "It may be that there were illegalities committed while this program was being executed, but that is solely the responsibility of the U.S. government."
Arce reported from Managua, Nicaragua, and Gillum from Washington. Associated Press writers Mathew Lee in Washington and Desmond Butler in Istanbul contributed to this report.


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We're sitting on the couch listening to Jason Mraz sing "I'm Yours" on Palladia, and so far it's the perfect Valentine's Day and the perfect Sunday.
Our tummies are full from breakfast, and we're looking forward to getting outside for a bit because there's actually some sun out there. Maybe we'll take Gunner (who just celebrated his third birthday yesterday!) out to frolic at the Weston Reservoir this afternoon. He loves it there. Or maybe we'll go for an extra-long walk to Harvard Square because it might just be too muddy there.
I made our special Valentine's dinner and dessert last night, so today could be a completely unscheduled, unplanned day -- perfect for relaxing and spending time together.
But before we head out, I'll tell you about breakfast. When we have time to have a leisurely breakfast and we're looking for something sweet, it's always a toss-up between pancakes, waffles, and French toast. French toast is my top pick among those, and it's perfect for cutting into hearts.
When we were picking up groceries for this weekend on Friday evening, I had just put some sliced white bread in the cart when a package of Cinnabon cinnamon bread caught my eye (it has bursts of cinnamon instead of raisins!). Without a second thought I switched out the white bread and grabbed the cinnamon bread. I was pretty sure it would make some phenomenal French toast.
I don't really follow an exact recipe for French toast, but I always use thin bread because I'm not a huge fan of soppy, soggy Texas-toast style French toast. My dip consists of just eggs, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon, and I don't measure any of it.
To make about eight slices of French toast, I crack two eggs in a bowl, add a nice lug of milk, a small splash of vanilla, and a generous sprinkling of cinnamon.
Then I usually just smell it to see if I need a little more cinnamon or a little more vanilla and adjust as necessary.
With my egg mixture prepared and ready to go, I plugged in my Cuisinart Griddler. While I let it preheat to 400 degrees, I used a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut hearts out of a couple of slices of bread. (Don't worry about the bread outlines going to waste -- you can fry those up as well.)
Then once I made sure I had everything set up and ready, I melted a little butter on the griddle and started dipping my French toast.
Because I don't like it soggy, I just put a slice of bread in the egg mixture, swirl it around, flip it over, swirl it again, and drop it on the griddle.
I probably like my French toast a little overdone compared to other people's standards -- but again, this is to keep it from being wet -- but I just check it occasionally until the bottom looks as dark and dry as I want and then flip it over, letting the other side cook just as much.
Depending how many slices you're making, you can transfer it to a plate and cover it to keep it warm, or you can just serve it right away (I recommend serving it right away, especially with heart-shaped grapefruit, sliced Cara Cara oranges, and fresh pineapple, cut into perfect rings).
While I sometimes use maple syrup, I think the best way to eat french toast is with a lot of butter and confectioners' sugar.
And I'm a little weird -- I always have to cut away the edges and eat those first, so I'm left with the middles where the butter pools and mixes with the sugar.
Oh, and don't forget... there's nothing wrong with playing with your food every now and then! (I blame it on the sugar.)
Happy Valentine's Day! And happy Sunday!
What are you doing today?


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Rookie pitcher Sergio Santos would like to play about five or six weeks in winter ball this offseason and close out games to get the experience.
The Sox, however, have been very cautious with the infielder- turned-reliever, and while the leash is off for the rest of the season, they'd prefer he rest his arm this winter after only one full season of pitching. …
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For decades, organizations have used scare tactics to discourage teens from abusing drugs. One of the earliest examples is Reefer Madness—a film produced in the 1930s and re-released in the 1970s—that depicted a series of exaggerated (and tragic) events happening to high school students who tried marijuana.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the infamous "This Is Your Brain on Drugs" public service announcements (PSAs) aired on television, showing a parent frying an egg in a pan. These days, you can still see graphic PSAs on television or on the Web that show the dire consequences of drug abuse—such as PSAs from The Meth Project.
Does Fear Drive Behavior?
Scare tactics attempt to use fear to motivate behavior change. They create fear by presenting a behavior, like drug use, that can cause severe physical or emotional injury (overdose, lost relationships), and then they recommend a specific action to prevent the injury (like "don't take drugs").
Researchers have studied the effect of scare tactics on young adults and found mixed results—some found that fear influenced behavior, others did not. It depends on whether teens perceive a threat to their safety and how they react to that threat.
When faced with scare tactics in drug abuse prevention messages, some teens will feel a commitment (or a re-commitment) to stay away from drugs. Others will reject the message and either deny that abusing drugs is dangerous or deny that they will suffer the worst effects of drug abuse ("that won't happen to me"). Some may laugh at drug abuse prevention messages that try too hard or are "over the top."
Whether or not scare tactics work with you, research shows what you probably already know: Teens recognize when they are being manipulated to think or behave a certain way.
Just the Facts
Recognizing that teens want to be treated as equals, NIDA scientists don't preach about the evils of drug use—or use scare tactics to influence behavior. Instead, we deliver science-based facts about how drugs affect the brain and body so that teens will have the information they need to make healthy decisions.
Do you think that NIDA has the right idea with spreading the facts? Do scare tactics influence your friends' behavior when it comes to drug abuse or other health-related issues?
yes it does
Looking at NIDA's page on marijuana (which is actually a slang term, Cannabis Sativa is the scientific name), there is no mention of potential benefits to occasional cannabis use. There is no mention of the spiritual use of cannabis, and there is no mention of the cannabis' history in human society.
This in itself is a form of scare tactic. NIDA does deliver science-based fact, yet NIDA also leaves out science-based facts that prove cannabis' benefit. By delivering only negative information, NIDA employs scare tactics by implying that only negative consequences can arise from cannabis use.
Promoting negative consequences as the only result of cannabis use induces fear into readers, using the exact scare tactic this article claims NIDA does not use.
NIDA's mission is to support research to prevent and treat drug abuse and addiction. While important areas of study, the anthropological history and potential therapeutic benefits of drugs of abuse do not fall within NIDA's scope. That being said, on our website, we do note that "Scientists have confirmed that the cannabis plant contains active ingredients with therapeutic potential for relieving pain, controlling nausea, stimulating appetite, and decreasing ocular pressure… Scientists continue to investigate the medicinal properties of THC and other cannabinoids to better evaluate and harness their ability to help patients suffering from a broad range of conditions, while avoiding the adverse effects of smoked marijuana."
I know that the scare tactics back in the 80's really steered my away from drugs. Especially the "this is yourBrain on Drugs" commercials. I think they should bring them back! [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
This website is only contributing to the lies created by the "War on Drugs" started in the '80s. We will never win this so-called "War on Drugs" because it is only increasing the crime rates related to drug use. And the only reason why drug abuse is emphasized so much by the federal government is so it can be used as a scare tactic to win votes for undeserving politicians.
End the deficit - legalize pot and tax it. This is a free country isn't it? Let people be free to make their own mistakes. Anybody who disagrees is too ignorant to know the difference.
I think that scare tactics do work. At my school, they really enforce how drug abuse can ruin, and take, your life. For me personally, that makes a major difference. Knowing all the dangers of drugs keeps me from ever touching alcohol or drugs, legal or not. I believe that through spreading the facts it keeps people informed, yet the decision is still theirs. In knowing the info, you have the ability to make a decision, and hopefully a healthy one. Scare tactics are a simple but efficent way to keep people in the know about drugs . That is why I think that scare tactis do influence your opinion about drug abuse by knowing the harmful and addictive way of drugs.
I think scare tactics might make some kids scared but not all i think it depends on the person. If someone is not afraid to do drugs and then someone trys to use a scare tactic to try to scare them it probably wont work or change their mind or what they beileve. But I still think that NIDA has the right idea with spreading the facts. I also thibnk scare tactics influence some of my friends behaviors when it somes to drugs or other health-related issues but others just dont care and they do what they want and I dont think anything really matters to them.
Yes! i agree.
Scare tactic influence a person behavior about drugs when he think about his health related issues to some extent. The fear is obvious. But some people need to think it about how much drug abuse his health and othe mind condition. they know what the are doing but not bother it. And at the end they lost their health and other God gifted opportunities just because of that.
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I love NIDA for the approach leaves no child behind, I mean if you are not a drug abuser, then benefits, if you are and educate to stop, then benefits of life, but, it you are determined to have risky behavior, I believe NIDA wants you to know why with clinical trails and research, with protection benefits. So I feel those stuck on one drug under clinical trials are pushing an agenda when all of the schedules of drugs wait, not one to supersede the other. Besides marijuana had its' 100 year study. I like to know my support is the right support, so kudos to NIDA if you want to know about Marijuana, listen [link removed, per guidelines] now on to what the NIDAminds said, cause they know!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful Information.Great job.
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Wichita Gardens is a district in the lower parts of Shoreside Vale, Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. The neighbourhood is mostly based on the real-life areas in The Bronx.
Located on the northeastern end of Shoreside Vale's explorable area, Wichita Gardens is a low-lying area that directly borders Cedar Grove, which is perched on top of a massive cliffside facing the whole of Wichita Gardens.
The area is predominantly occupied by housing projects, but also includes an access to the Porter Tunnel, as well as the Staunton View Picnic Area, a seaside park offering vistas of northern Staunton Island and Portland. Claude's safehouse in GTA III is located also in one of the apartment blocks. Radio stations MSX FM and Game Radio are also stated in game materials to be based in the district in GTA III. Wichita Gardens is based on the apartments of Co-op City, Bronx.
Gang control
During the events of GTA III, in 2001, the Southside Hoods is split into two sub-gangs; the Purple Nines and the Red Jacks. The Purple Nines help in spreading SPANK to the streets, but with the help of Claude, the Red Jacks manage to wipe out the Nines after a gang war.
In GTA Liberty City Stories, set in 1998, the district is run by the Forelli Family, however, with the help of Toni Cipriani, the Southside Hoods (then consisting of united Purple Nines and Red Jacks members) take over the district. Yakuza members may be spotted around Wichita Gardens, however there are no known reasons as to why, and it's assumed it's just a spawning glitch.
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In the meantime, I wanted to announce the winner of my Mother's Day fabric giveaway. The leftover blocks will be going to Bailey, who said:
"I just ordered the bundle - I love the fabrics! As comment #4 says - "hey, it's Mother's day right?" Thanks for the chance to win some extra fabrics to go along with it!"
Congrats, Bailey! I can't wait to see what you make. I'll email you shortly for your mailing information.
Also, I wanted to point you to a new tutorial that I wrote up as part the Fat Quarterly team's guest series on the Sew Mama Sew blog. I made two cute little mug rugs for some swaps recently and decided to share the pattern with you all. Click over to the post on the SMS blog to access the tutorial. Enjoy, and please let me know if you make one!
Ziggity Mug Rug tutorial
Until my next post, I will leave you with a riddle: what do I have in common with Taylor Swift??


text: Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957 in Barking, Essex, England), better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs. His lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes. His music career has lasted more than 30 years, and he has collaborated with Natalie Merchant, Johnny Marr, Kate Nash, Leon Rosselson, members of R.E.M., Michelle Shocked, Less Than Jake, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Kirsty MacColl, and Wilco. Bragg often plays and speaks at the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival. Bragg Close, a street in Dagenham, Greater London, is named in his honour. He now lives in Dorset.


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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Gibbsboro 7-19-1983 by Ord. No. 83-13 (Ch. 80 of the 1982 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide proper guidelines and requirements for the environmental impact statement to be filed with an application for development and prior to preliminary plat approval by the Borough of Gibbsboro Planning Board.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
- A description and analysis of all possible direct and indirect effects that development will have on the site itself, as well as adjacent and noncontiguous areas, with particular reference to the effect of the project on the public safety, health and welfare, the protection of public and private property and the protection, preservation and enhancement of the natural environment.
- Any plot, parcel or tract of land involving four or more lots.
- Analyses of the human occupation of particular sites and their environs
based on guidelines issued by the Technical Services Section of the Construction
Grants Administration, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
Division of Water Resources, pursuant to New Jersey Executive Order No. 53,
as it may be amended or superseded.[Added 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
No site shall be disturbed by any person, partnership, corporation, public agency or entity within this municipality unless the environmental impact statement has been reviewed and approved by the Borough of Gibbsboro Planning Board in accordance with the specifications and procedures required by this chapter and a permit issued by the Gibbsboro Planning Board. This will be required on two or more residential lots.
In order to ensure that the environmental impact statement is competently prepared, the environmental impact statement shall be prepared by a consultant or consultants, firm, agency, individual or persons selected and paid for by the applicant, from a list of consultants, firms, agencies, individuals or persons prepared by the Borough of Gibbsboro Planning Board and made available to the applicant. If the applicant chooses a consultant or consultants, firm, agency, individual or persons not contained on the Planning Board list, the applicant must provide written information to the Planning Board at the time the environmental impact statement is submitted as to the qualifications and experience of such consultant or consultants, firm, agency, individual or persons selected by the applicant.
The environmental impact statement shall contain information and analysis with respect to the following:
The location of the project and a description of the project, specifying what is to be carried out, including:
An inventory of existing environmental conditions at the project site and in the surrounding region, which shall describe contours, air quality, water quality, water supply, hydrology, geology, soils, topography, vegetation, wildlife, aquatic organisms, ecology, demography, land use, aesthetics and history.
A Stage 1A cultural resource survey that includes a thorough literature search for prehistoric and historic development of the site and adjoining lands, a review of any pertinent information on the area from the State Historic Preservation Officer, a field inspection of the site to determine if any artifacts are visible from diligent searching and if the site has the potential for the presence of cultural resources and recommendations, if any, for further field testing or verification. A Stage 1B cultural resource survey shall be conducted should the Stage 1A review provide any indication of the presence of cultural resources. The Stage 1B survey shall include field and subsurface testing to determine the presence or absence of cultural resources, an assessment of the impact of the proposed development of any such resources and the identification of resources that need further protection from encroachment.
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
A listing of all licenses, permits or other approvals as required by municipal, county or state law and the status of each.
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
An assessment of the probable impact of the project, both adverse and beneficial, on the topics described in Subsection B.
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
Any probable adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided, including:
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
Water quality.
Air quality.
Undesirable land use patterns.
Damage or destruction of significant plant or wildlife systems.
Aesthetic values.
Destruction of natural resources.
Displacement of people and business.
Displacement of viable farms.
Employment and property tax.
Destruction of man-made resources.
Disruption of desirable community and regional growth.
Health, safety and well-being of the public.
Destruction of cultural resources identified by the cultural resources survey.
A thorough discussion of the steps to be taken, during and after construction, both at the project site and in the surrounding area, to minimize the adverse environmental effects as described in Subsection F.
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
Alternatives to the proposed project, including:
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
That of no project.
Description of alternatives with an objective evaluation of the alternatives that might avoid some or all of the adverse environmental effects, with the rationale for acceptability or nonacceptability of each alternative.
An analysis of the costs and social impact of the alternatives.
Estimated implications of the proposed action for population distribution or concentration and an assessment of the effect of any possible change in population patterns upon the resource base, including land use, water and public services of the area impacted.
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
The relationship between local short-term uses of the environment and the maintenance and enhancement of long-term projectivity, assessing the project for cumulative long-term effects from the perspective that each generation is a trustee of the environment for future generations.
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
A reference list of pertinent published information relating to the project, project site and surrounding region.
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
Particular data as to:
[Amended 7-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-11]
Sewerage facilities.
The applicant must shown compliance with state and local health regulations.
If disposal is on-site, the applicant is to include a soil analysis, percolation tests for every one acre, the location of aquifers, the depth and capacity of all wells within 150 feet of the site and any other pertinent data.
If disposal is off-site, the applicant is to include data on plant design capacity, capacity of the plant to treat industrial or commercial wastes, when applicable, and any other pertinent data.
The applicant must show flows expected from any approved subdivision which are dependent upon the same facilities in question.
Water supply.
The applicant must show:
For realty improvements with more than 50 dwelling units, it will be necessary to obtain a determination by the Division of Water Resources that the proposed water supply and sewerage facilities are adequate.
Drainage. The applicant must show:
The volume of stormwater runoff now existing from the site and the volume to be generated by new improvements.
Any increase in rate or velocity of runoff and change in drainage patterns.
Plans for disposition of stormwater, whether by retention on-site or means of channeling, so as to protect downstream property.
Floodplains description of potential flood conditions or damages, including a summary of flood stages from state and federal sources.
Submission of an erosion and sedimentation control plan reviewed by the Soil Conservation District.
Solid waste disposal. The applicant must submit a plan for disposal in compliance with the State Sanitary Code.
Air pollution. The applicant must show that no visible smoke or deleterious chemical changes will be produced in the atmosphere by any heating or incinerating devices or by the processing of material.
Critical impact areas. These areas include but are not limited to stream corridors, streams, wetlands, slopes in excess of 12% in grade over a horizontal distance of 50 feet, highly acidic or highly erodible soil, areas with a high water table within three feet of the surface, aquifer recharge or discharge areas and cultural resources. The applicant must show:
Upon submission of the environmental impact statement to the Secretary of the Planning Board, distribution to the various officials and with three copies available in the Municipal Engineer's office (or other designated place) for any person to review, the following reviews and inspections will be conducted within 45 days:
The Municipal Environmental Administrator (or other designated official) will, within seven days of receipt of the applicant's environmental impact statement, make a field inspection to verify the environmental conditions and make a report to the Planning Board with a copy to the Environmental Commission.
The Township Engineer will, within 30 days of receipt of the applicant's environmental impact statement, review all maps and documents and make a site inspection and then follow with a report to the Planning Board and a copy to the Environmental Commission.
The Borough of Gibbsboro Environmental Commission will, within 30 days of receipt of the Environmental Administrator's and Engineer's reports, present its review and recommendation to the Planning Board for final determination.
The Borough of Gibbsboro Planning Board shall analyze and review the applicant's environmental impact statement, along with the reviews from the Environmental Administrator, Engineer, Environmental Commission and any other interested party, within 30 days of the Commission's report and give written notice of approval or rejection to the applicant indicating the reasons therefor.
Upon review of the Environmental Administrator, Engineer and other such officials and final approval by the Planning Board that all requirements of this chapter have been complied with and upon payment of all fees to be paid hereunder, the Planning Board shall issue a permit to the applicant, with or without conditions, and each permit shall contain a reasonable time limit for all work to be done. The permit will be by resolution. Work must commence within one year. The time of the permit's expiration will be determined by the Planning Board in its resolution.
If the environmental impact statement is rejected by the Planning Board, the decision may be appealed to the Borough Council by filing a written notice with the Borough Clerk within 10 days after receiving notice of rejection. The Borough Council shall hold a hearing on the matter within 30 days after the notice of appeal has been filed and may modify, affirm or reverse the Planning Board's decision. If new information is introduced during the appeal, the Borough Council shall remand the matter to the Planning Board.
The applicant shall pay the Borough of Gibbsboro a fee at the time the environmental impact statement is submitted, to cover the cost of providing reviews and inspections required by this chapter. The fee will be based upon the following formula:
Exemption of any activity or project from an environmental impact statement shall be based upon consideration of the following by the Planning Board:
The stability of the soil during and after the proposed alteration.
The drainage patterns and effect on surface water runoff.
The effect on springs.
The potential effect on animals and significant plant species.
Potential air and water pollution, especially any potential increase in siltation.
The effect of any construction plans or other environmental changes on critical slope areas or sewage disposal systems.
Problems related to rock removal.
The amount of resulting nonagricultural displacement of soil.
Potential noise pollution.
Increase in the amount of industrial waste.
Increased problems of industrial or nonindustrial waste disposal (subject to review of such problems by the Board of Health).
Circumstances or conditions that are peculiar to the site or to the application under consideration that are not generally applicable to sites or applications in the same general locality and that would result in imposition of an undue burden on the applicant if an environmental impact statement were required.


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Prince William will have lots to celebrate when he turns the big 3-0 on Thursday June 21: His stunning, totally besotted wife Kate Middleton, his new status as an operational captain in the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force, a fun, busy summer and fall that includes the London Olympics and a royal tour of Asia . . . and an extra $15.5 million in the bank!
Indeed, in honor of his 30th birthday, the Duke of Cambridge will inherit his share of late mother Princess Diana's estate. Diana, who died at age 36 in an August 1997 car crash, left sons William and Harry the lion's share of her estate: stocks and shares, jewelry, money from her divorce settlement from Prince Charles, dresses and other personal belongings from her apartment at Kensington Palace in London.
Not that William and Kate, 30, live super-lavishly given their royal status: The Duchess shockingly owns only one pair of her beloved nude L.K. Bennett pumps, which she even had re-soled last summer. As for the royal fashionista's wardrobe (including many piece she unabashedly recycles)? She buys all the stuff herself!
Per royal edict, the Duchess is forbidden from accepting freebies — although she can accept discounts on custom-made royal ensembles.
No word yet on how the twosome will celebrate William's big day. One of their favorite things to do together? "She'll order movies from Amazon for them to watch on the couch," a source tells Us.
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You would think that a daily newspaper that covered cities that housed Apple and Google would be among the first to launch mobile applications, but the San Jose Mercury News today finally got around to launching its own branded mobile app.
The Mercury News Bay Area app is a bit like the Sports Illustrated iPad app released yesterday in that it is an example of where media app development is today -- it has all the usual navigation and content, but breaks no new ground, and in the end, is disappointing because one would have expected more from the daily newspaper of Silicon Valley.
{First, a bit of disclosure content: I was a former advertising manager in the Bay Area, and while the Mercury News was not a direct competitor with the newspapers I worked for, was nonetheless the giant of the Bay Area. Its classified section was absolutely incredible -- every Sunday the classified section was as large and packed with ads as any complete Thanksgiving edition of another metro daily. The paper was also the newspaper voice of the tech industry -- quoted elsewhere on a regular basis, breaking stories and embarrassing the San Francisco papers with its news coverage. But that was the late eighties into the nineties -- a long time ago.}
This new Mercury News app, if released back in June of 2008 when Apple first launched its app store for the iPhone, would have been revolutionary. Instead, it is a very good news app that local residents will no doubt find of use.
In addition to its main news section, the app features Bay Area, Business, California, Entertainment, High School Sports and other news sections hidden behind its "More" navigation button. It is, of course, simply an RSS Reader.
I suppose there is nothing wrong for a daily newspaper to release an RSS reader styled iPhone app in June of 2010 -- many newspapers are still to launch its first mobile apps. But this is the daily newspaper of Silicon Valley and I just can't help but shake my head and wonder why a newspaper like the Mercury News couldn't have partnered with tech company to develop a serious application.
The laundry list of things missing from this app is extensive. First, there is no advertising -- none. That would be fine if there was a nominal charge for the app -- the marketing department could have advertised the app as ad free. Is this app waiting for iAds? It's possible, and would make sense. We'll see on July 1 when Apple launches its mobile ad network.
Also missing is anything to do with maps and location aware technology. Is there no traffic in the Bay Area? I lived in the Bay Area for eight years and I seem to remember traffic, lots of traffic, ungodly traffic. Have the bridges been torn down and the highways quadrupled in size? All the DoApp news apps incorporate traffic maps in their apps, surely the Merc could have included this, as well.
Classified: yikes, when will a news app incorporate classified advertising?
OK, enough of the complaints. Yes, this is nice app. If it came from a small daily somewhere in the Midwest I would be impressed. But . . .
I might add this is the only mobile app currently available from MediaNews Group. I find that incredible, but somehow not surprising.
Right: what's hidden under "More".
Unless something occurs today that fancies my interest this will be my last post on Talking News Media. The past six months have been both a lot of work and a bit of fun. I've certainly learned the limitations of Blogger -- WordPress for me from now on unless the templates for Blogger get more complex and interesting.
I've also enjoyed speaking to so many app developers, many of the interviews can be found by following the links on the right side of the page about mid way down. About a week or so ago I spoke with James Sweeney the editor of the iPad-only magazine Sideways, unfortunately it doesn't look like that story will be completed, sorry.
What I'll miss covering is what I expect to see in the second half of this year and early next: Android tablets; the new branded app from Sporting News that will incorporate sports video highlights; the New York Times metered paywall; the first iPad apps with serious HTML5 animation; the first iPhone news apps that use location aware capabilities combined with directories of local businesses or classified ads; news apps that allow calling from within apps; the first real attempts by a B2B publisher to launch iPad magazines and to use mobile media in any serious manner; a VC that understands that the future of media is content-everywhere mediums and not simply more cost reductions and layoffs -- OK, that last one simply won't happen.
I'll spend the next two weeks deciding what the next website will look like and then launch again. But in the meantime, if anyone is looking for a New Media advocate, someone with a ton of experience in media, and now a fair amount of knowledge of web, mobile and tablet publishing give me a call I'm still here and available.


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Western blot analysis of extracts from HeLa cells, transfected with 100 nM SignalSilence® Control siRNA (Unconjugated) #6568 (-) or SignalSilence® Atg5 siRNA I (+), using Atg5 Antibody #2630 (upper) or β-Tubulin (9F3) Rabbit mAb #2128 (lower). The Atg5 Antibody confirms silencing of Atg5 expression, while the β-Tubulin (9F3) Rabbit mAb is used as a loading control.
Product Information
CST recommends transfection with 100 nM Atg5 siRNA I 48 to 72 hours prior to cell lysis. For transfection procedure, follow protocol provided by the transfection reagent manufacturer. Please feel free to contact CST with any questions on use.
Each vial contains the equivalent of 100 transfections, which corresponds to a final siRNA concentration of 100 nM per transfection in a 24-well plate with a total volume of 300 μl per well.
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Suborder: Haplorrhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: Colobus
Species: C. guereza
Subspecies: C. g. caudatus, C. g. dodingae, C. g. kikuyuensis, C. g. matschiei, C. g. occidentalis, C. g. percivali
Other names: C. guereza: C. abyssinicus, guereza, Abyssinan black-and white
colobus, Abyssinian colobus, eastern black-and-white colobus, guereza colobus,
guereza black-and-white colobus, magistrate colobus, magistrate black colobus,
mantled guereza, white-mantled colobus; colobe à épaules blanches,
colobe de l'Abyssinie, colobe guéréza (French); colobo rojo
guereza (Spanish); abessinsk guerezavitsvansad guereza, östlig colobusapa,
östlig svartvit guereza (Swedish); C. g. caudatus: Kilimanjaro guereza,
Kilimanjaro colobus, Mt. Kilimanjaro guereza, white-tailed colobus, white-tailed
guereza; C. g. dodingae: Dodinga Hills guereza; C. g. guereza: Abyssinian
guereza, guereza, Omo River guereza, Rüppell's guereza, typical guereza; C.
g. kikuyuensis: Mt. Kenya guereza, Mt. Kenya colobus; C. g. matschiei:
Matschie's colobus, Mau Forest guereza; C. g. occidentalis: Congo guereza,
magistrate colobus, western guereza; C. g. percivali: Mt. Uarges guereza, Mt.
Uaraguess guereza, Percival's black-and-white colobus.
Groves (2005) lists 7 subspecies; C. g. caudatus, C. g. dodingae, C. g.
guereza, C. g. kikuyuensis, C. g. matschiei, C. g. occidentalis, C. g.
percivali, while formerly listing (Groves 2001) C. g. gallarum in addition to
the aforementioned subspecies. Thus, C. g. gallarum (Djaffa Mountains guereza)
persists in the literature on occasion but here is not considered a
The guereza is a large black monkey with a white mantle, or ornamentation, and
a tail tuft (Napier 1985). The body is mostly black, with the white mantle
extending from the shoulder to the hip, connecting around the lower torso. The
tail has a white tuft at its end which is variable in its extent along the
length of the tail (Groves 2001). Subspecies are distinguished from one another
by color variations in these features (Napier 1985). The face is surrounded by
white hair, with bushy cheek hairs. There is a white stripe on the thigh
(Groves 2001). In rare instances, almost entirely white individuals are
reported from the west side of Mt. Kenya (Hull 1978).
C. g. guereza has a tail which is longer than the head and body combined,
with the anterior half being gray and the tuft taking up about half of its
length (DL Hull cited in Groves 2001; Groves 2001). The mantle is long and
extends onto the back, becoming longer further back on the body (Groves 2001).
C. g. dodingae has a tail which is substantially longer than the head plus the
body and is white for only 40% of its distal end. This tail tuft is not
particularly bushy. The hair is short and coarse and the mantle is only
somewhat creamy in color, and does not expand up onto the dorsum (Groves 2001).
C. g. matschiei has a tail which is significantly longer than the head and body
with the tuft extending over less than half of its length. It has short hair
with a yellowish mantle which does not extend onto the back but extends nearly
to the white hairs around the face. The shoulders have some white (Groves
2001). The tail of C. g. occidentalis is longer than the head and body combined
and the tuft extends only one-third of the tail from the distal end. The mantle
is more a cream color than white and does not extend onto the back. The
subspecies has some white on its shoulders (Groves 2001). C. g. percivali has a
very long creamy yellow mantle and very long hair, extending longer than 40 cm
(15.7 in) on the lower abdomen. The tail is as long as the head and body
combined, with the white tuft extending over about two-thirds of its length
(Groves 2001). C. g. kikuyuensis has a very large tail tuft, covering almost
three quarters of its length and the anterior portions of the tail are grayish.
The tail is roughly as long as the body and head together. The mantle is long,
extends onto the back, and is over 40 cm (15.7 in) long on the lower abdomen.
The thigh stripe is abbreviated (Groves 2001). C. g. caudatus has a longer
mantle than C. g. kikuyuensis, its ventrum is less woolly, and over 80% of the
tail is occupied by the tuft (DL Hull cited in Groves 2001; Groves 2001).
Average weights for males fall between 9.3 and 13.5 kg (20.5-29.8 lbs) while
for females, the range of averages is between 7.8 and 9.2 kg (17.2-20.3 lbs)
(Napier 1985; WL Junger pers. comm. cited in Oates et al. 1994; Oates et al.
1994; Smith & Jungers 1997). Head and body length in males averages 61.5 cm
(24.2 in) ranging from 54.3 to 69.9 cm (21.4-27.5 in). In females, it averages
57.6 cm (22.7 in) and ranges between 52.1 and 67.3 cm (20.5-26.5 in) (Napier
Colobus guereza, like other Colobines, possesses a large and multi-chambered
stomach which allows them to better digest plant fibers, including foliage.
This ability to digest plant material is also assisted by bacteria in certain
areas of the stomach. Together, these and other morphological adaptations allow
the species to feed on large quantities of leaves (Oates & Davies 1994b).
There is a range of dental sexual dimorphism throughout the subspecies of C.
guereza, ranging from males having consistently larger teeth than females (e.g., C. g. caudatus), to
similar dentition between the sexes (e.g., C. g. guereza), to instances where some female dentition is
actually larger than male dentition (e.g, C. g. gallarum). In addition, in some cases, differences in
canine size are reduced. These differences could be attributable to habitat and
socio-sexual factors (Hayes et al. 1995).
Guerezas primarily use quadrupedal locomotion and leaping to move through
their environment, followed in frequency by climbing and other locomotor
patterns (Mittermeier & Fleagle 1976; Morbeck 1977a; 1977b; Gebo &
Chapman 1995; 2000). The species' quadrupedal movement usually consists of
bounds and gallops up and across large supports and when not moving, they will
usually sit or recline (Mittermeier & Fleagle 1976; Gebo & Chapman 1995;
2000). Leaps are usually short and contribute to a generally horizontal or
downward pattern of movement (Morbeck 1977a; Gebo & Chapman 1995). The
species rarely is seen suspending and usually feeds above a support (Mittermeier
& Fleagle 1976). While primarily arboreal, the species will descend to the
ground to feed and to travel in cases were there are not suitable arboreal
pathways (Oates 1977b).
The guereza thumb is rudimentary and greatly reduced like most members of the
colobus family (Napier 1985; Oates & Davies 1994b; Tague 2002).
In captivity, guerezas have lived past thirty years (Weigl 2005).
Guerezas are distributed in a band across the center of Africa, from Nigeria
and Cameroon east through the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, through
southern Sudan to Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda and south into northern Tanzania
(Napier 1985; Groves 2001). Within their range, guerezas are reported in the
following countries; Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia,
Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (numerous sources compiled by Oates 1977b; Oates &
Trocco 1983).
C. g. guereza is found predominantly in Ethiopia, while C. g.
occidentalis is found from Uganda west of the Nile, to southern Sudan, to
Cameroon and south to Gabon. C. g. dodingae is only found in the
southeastern Sudan. C. g. percivali is only found around Mt. Gargues
in central Kenya. C. g. matschiei is found in western Kenya and south
into northern Tanzania. C. g. kikuyuensis is found in central Kenya
and C. g. caudatus is found in Tanzania, primarily in the region of
Mount Kilimanjaro (Groves 2001).
Guerezas are tied to habitats that have trees and are present in both
deciduous and evergreen forests (Oates 1977b; Oates et al. 1994; Lwanga 2006).
They are found in forests and savanna woodlands within and to the north of the
moist forests of central Africa, often extending into highland or montane
forests (Oates et al. 1994). However, they are found in a variety of habitat
types, including primary, secondary, riparian, gallery, and upland forest,
especially those near rivers, lakes and with higher elevations (Dunbar &
Dunbar 1974; Dunbar 1987; Oates 1977b). The species often prefers disturbed,
secondary, or colonizing forests, and prefers degraded forests to old growth
when both are available (Thomas 1991; Lwanga 2006). This preference is likely
attributable to high species diversity of food trees in some secondary growth
forests and may also be explainable in terms of milder chemical defenses in
secondary growth species (Oates 1977a; Lwanga 2006). Other habitat types
include moist lowland, medium-altitude and highland forests, rainforests,
gallery forests, swamp
forests and wooded grasslands (Oates 1977b; Dunbar 1987; Oates 1994; Fashing
2001b; Harris & Chapman 2007). Guereza will also occasionally visit swamps
(Oates 1978). In addition, they can be found in high forests in mountainous
areas, including altitudes up to 3300 m (10,826.8 ft) as well as areas under
human use, such as eucalyptus plantations (likely visited to make up for nutritional deficiencies)
(Dunbar & Dunbar 1974; Fashing et al. 2007; Harris & Chapman 2007).
Because of their wide distribution, both in location and altitude, average
temperatures and rainfall figures can vary considerably between and even within
study sites. At the Kibale National Park in western Uganda for example, daily
annual temperatures in the moist evergreen forest range on average between
16.2°C and 23.3°C (61.2 °F and 73.9°F) with average rainfall
values ranging between 157cm (61.8 in) and 175 cm (68.9 in) (Butynski 1990;
Chapman et al. 2002). Being near the equator, only rainfall shows seasonal
variation, peaking between March and May as well as between August or September
and November (Oates 1977a; Chapman et al. 2002).
Leaves and fruit are the main foods of the guereza but the diet is quite
variable as would be expected in a species with such a wide distribution and
range of habitat types (Oates 1994; Fashing 2001b). While the species has
historically been believed to be exclusively leaf-eaters, they are not obligate
folivores (Oates 1994; Fashing 2001b). The proportions of these types of food
relative to one another varies by study site and time of year, often with leaves
making up more than half to most of the diet, but with fruit sometimes
predominating (Dunbar & Dunbar 1974; Oates 1994; Bocian 1997 cited in
Kirkpatrick 1999; Fashing 1999; 2001; Harris & Chapman 2007). Fleshy fruits
are usually consumed when unripe, with consumption being reduced as they fully
ripen, likely to avoid competition with other primate species who prefer ripe
fruit (Fashing 1999; Chapman et al. 2006; Harris & Chapman 2007). Often, while a
number of species of plant are exploited, only several make up the majority of
the diet at a specific site (Dunbar & Dunbar 1974; Clutton-Brock 1975; Oates
1977a; Dunbar 1987; Fashing 2001b; Preece 2006; Harris & Chapman 2007). The usual guereza
pattern is to eat and select for young leaves, but in times of scarcity, to rely
on mature leaves and fruit. However the use of mature leaves can vary widely
across forests and between groups within the same forest (Oates 1977a; 1994;
Preece 2006; Chapman et al. 2006; Harris & Chapman 2007). In addition, the
possibility exists that fruit might be a preferred food item in some habitats (Fashing 2001b). Other foods consumed
include bark and wood, seeds, flowers, petioles, lianas, arthropods,
water-plants, concrete from buildings and soil (Oates 1978; Bocian 1997; Fashing
2001b; Chapman et al. 2006; Plumptre 2006; Fashing et al. 2007; Harris &
Chapman 2007). Guerezas tend to eat foods with high protein-to-fiber ratios,
and the availability of such foods is correlated with guereza biomass in a given
habitat (Chapman et al. 2004). Finally, it is supposed that the species is flexible with its dietary needs, a factor
which might allow its widespread distribution (Fashing 2001b).
The diurnal guereza spends over half of its day resting (Oates 1977a; von
Hippel 1996; Bocian 1997; Fashing 1999; 2001). The next most common activity is
feeding, which also takes up a significant amount of time although sometimes
locomotion is the second most common activity (Oates 1977a; von Hippel 1996;
Bocian 1997; Fashing 1999; 2001). Other activities that occur far less
frequently include vigilance, moving, grooming, greeting, clinging and play
(Oates 1977a; von Hippel 1996; Fashing 1999). During the day, activities
generally consist of periods of moving and feeding, punctuated by prolonged rest
periods. This pattern is variable in number of times per day between study
sites and specific days, but usually cycles around 3-5 times per day (Dunbar
& Dunbar 1974; Oates 1977a; Bocian 1997). Guerezas leave the area around
their sleeping trees one to several hours after sunrise and retire to sleeping
trees by sunset (Bocian 1997). Groups occupy up to four nearby tall sleeping
trees which are near food sources each night and try to avoid sleeping near
other guereza groups (von Hippel 1998).
Home range is variable with study location, with full home range estimates
ranging from just over .01 km² to 1 km² (.004 mi² to .4 mi²) with most estimates
at the lower end of this range, usually under around .2 km² (.08 mi²) (Oates
1977a; 1977c; review of 11 studies recording home range in von Hippel 1996;
Bocian 1997; Krüger et al. 1998; Fashing 1999; 2001a; Chapman & Pavelka 2005).
Home ranges can overlap, often sharing home range area with several other
groups (von Hippel 1996; Krüger et al. 1998; Fashing 2001a; Harris & Chapman 2007).
In addition, there are core areas within the home range which are significantly
smaller than the overall home range (Krüger et al. 1998; Fashing 2001a; Harris &
Chapman 2007). When compared between study sites, groups are typically between
6 and 10 individuals and usually average under 12 individuals (Oates 1994;
Krüger et al. 1998; Fashing 2007). In long-term studies, single-group day
range averages were between 252 and 734 m (826.8 and 2408.1 ft), ranging as
small as 62 m (203.4 ft) in a day to over 1360m (4461.9 ft) (Oates 1977a; Bocian
1997; Grimes 2000; Fashing 2001a).
The main confirmed predator of the guereza is the crowned hawk-eagle
(Stephanoaetus coronatus) (Oates 1977a; Struhsaker & Leakey 1990; Mitani et
al. 2001; Fashing & Oates cited in Fashing 2007). A second predator of
guereza is the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), which has been observed both
successfully and unsuccessfully hunting the species (Suzuki 1975; Ihobe 2001).
Leopards (Panthera pardus) are also potential predators of the species as
guereza remains have been found in its scats. However, the species could also
have fed upon carcasses deposited by eagles or resulting from falls (Hart et al.
1996). Other potential predators include other raptors such as Verreaux's
eagles (Aquila verreauxii) (Dunbar & Dunbar 1974).
The guereza is often found living in sympatry with a number of other primate
species. At the Ituri Forest, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, guerezas are
part of one of the richest primate communities in the world. Here, they are
found living in sympatry with Cercocebus albigena,
C. galeritus,
Cercopithecus hamlyni,
C. l'hoesti,
C. mitis,
C. neglectus,
C. pogonius,
Colobus angolensis,
Piliocolobus badius,
Pan troglodytes,
and Papio anubis (Thomas 1991). Other primates with
which they are sympatric include but are not limited to
Chlorocebus aethiops,
Cercopithecus ascanius,
Galago demidoff and
Perodicticus potto (Bocian 1997; Grimes 2000;
Stern & Goldstone 2005). In addition, infant guerezas will sometimes play
with infant vervets (Chlorocebus aethiops) and the species will also sometimes
associate with other sympatric species as well (Rose 1977; Chapman & Chapman
Content last modified: May 12, 2009
Written by Kurt Gron. Reviewed by Peter Fashing and Tara Harris.
Cite this page as:Gron KJ. 2009 May 12. Primate Factsheets: Guereza (Colobus guereza) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology . <http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/guereza>. Accessed 2020 July 6.
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