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Chestnut Hill Academy and The Haverford School matched up Saturday in an epic battle that would go a long way in deciding the Inter-Ac football championship. Both teams came in undefeated in the league at 3-0.
The first half was an exercise in futility for both teams. The Fords started with possession and moved down the field successfully, gaining four first downs before attempting a field goal. It looked good, but as the home field announcer reported it was "apparently wide." The teams traded futile possessions but then Haverford was on the move again, to start the second quarter. Using smash-mouth football, running right up the gut, they produced three more first downs. Big Joseph McCallion bulled his way forward leading Haverford to the 15-yard line.
But then the futility kicked in. First, a big holding call dampened the Haverford threat. The penalty was followed by a sack that took them out of scoring range and forced a punt. When Chestnut Hill finally broke a long gain, a reverse run by Forrest Rall, it was called back for holding. They were forced to punt. With eight seconds to go in the half, Haverford completed a pass and attempted a hail Mary that was knocked down keeping the score 0-0.
The Blue Devils had the ball to start the second half and quarterback Danny Gallagher kicked it off with a quick first down run. Then he passed to Bobby Keyes for a first down. Then running back Cedric Madden got in the mix with a nine-yard gain. After a first down run, Keyes had a big gain, and almost broke away for a long one, but he stepped out of bounds.
This proved to be a big play. CHA couldn't convert a first down and was forced to turn the ball over and set the Fords up for the first scoring drive of the game.
McCallion went to work running hard for first downs. When the Fords got down to the eight-yard line for a first and goal another holding call backed them up. They faced what looked like an insurmountable second and 29. Quarterback Stephen Fitzgerald dropped back to pass and under-threw the ball to Goran Murray, but Murray made the catch on the one-yard line and fell into the end zone for a touchdown that sent the Haverford home crowd wild.
CHA, however, pulled off a big play when the Devils' Brian Dones blocked the extra point. CHA would get two good opportunities to come back but failed on each outing. First Corbin Booker returned the next Haverford kickoff to the 46-yard line. He would have made it farther if not for Haverford kicker Aron Morgan who made a saving tackle. Although they would have to punt, Ford punt returner Nick Craig fumbled the ball and CHA recovered inside Ford territory. Gallagher rolled out on a bootleg but was picked off by Ethan Brown who ran it all the way back for a touchdown taking the wind out of CHA's sails for good.
CHA had a four and out on the next possession, and Haverford hit the nail in the coffin on their next drive, with a 18-yard touchdown by Carl Walrath to finish the scoring at Haverford 18, CHA 0. The Fords moved to 4-6 with the win. With a win next week, Haverford can win the league outright, something they have not done in 38 years. CHA was left wondering what if, but should not hang their heads as they played their hearts out. They will play Malvern next week.
"We didn't finish what we needed to, that's what happened," said Booker. "That's how the outcome came out how it did. We made a couple critical mistakes on pass plays and some things that didn't go our way and that's what costs us."
CHA coach Rick Knox said, "They have a little bit more experience, other than that I don't know that there is too much difference. We had a great opportunity with seven minutes left. Unfortunately in a game like this someone has to win and someone has to lose. 18-0 was not indicative of the game. The interception return is what broke our back, they play great defense. We talked about how close and hard fought game it was going to be and it was. We have a great group of kids, they love being together, one week to go, we're going to get at Malvern. It will be a legacy of a team talent wise not what we have had the last couple years but they worked hard and stuck together."


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Ross and Tarryn sighted!
What an awesome experience racer! I wish I was there too! So jelous. Lucy & Emilia! I really really really love them now! <33333333333For the record, I didn't know who Liberty was until I googled her. Pictures please!!!
racer, that sounds like so much fun! Lucy & Emilia are so awesome! I'd imagine it's nice to see the racers not in race mode.
Lucy is the best!! Great that you had a good enconter , racer!
Now may I ask, what did you think of last night's episode??
honestly a great experience and had a great time chatting to the racers! Especially James (from James and Sarah) and Richard and Joey (surprisingly!! haha).
what's Grace doing there by herself? did she do something strange?
Without starting a hate war or anything, did Grace get along with everyone else? It seems like teams got quite annoyed with them during the race and I'm just wondering if it's something that carried over or was just stress on the race and everyone's happy now.
Though she did say that she was not aware at the time that moving Sarah and James' belongings was against the rules. Kym and Donna also said they didn't read the rulebook, it was too thick for them to bother.
Quote from: Coutzy on July 24, 2012, 07:36:14 PMThough she did say that she was not aware at the time that moving Sarah and James' belongings was against the rules. Kym and Donna also said they didn't read the rulebook, it was too thick for them to bother.Now that you mentioned that, I remembered Kym & Donna's hilarious answer to the question "What sort of preparation did you do for the race?"Donna said (as Coutzy mentioned) that she didn't bother to read the rulebook because it was too thick and she prepared by spending time looking out of her window. And Kym prepared for the Race by smoking...
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The sexy maid outfit is a Halloween staple, and it's practically Halloween every day for "American Horror Story's" Alex Breckenridge.
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Breckenridge, who's a voice regular of "Family Guy" and recently appeared on "True Blood" as the seemingly dowdy Wiccan Katarina Pelham, says she and Conroy actually haven't made a plan to provide much behavioral continuity between the two faces of Moira.
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She's also made peace with the more revealing aspects of her role, which on cable channel FX can go pretty far. "I've done nudity and it doesn't bother me, doing it or seeing it," she says, admitting that the discipline she planned to apply to her workout regimen has waxed and waned. "I started doing Pilates for a little bit. And got sick of it. And started again. I'm not a big workout fan. But I try. I potentially could be showing my ass several times. You can show back, you can show side – you just can't show the bits. You just can't show nipple and hoo-ha, basically."
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Who doesn't love chicken? It is one of the main things we eat in our house but I always get tired of eating it the same way. I started craving this chicken my Mom would fix all the time and I had forgotten about it since living here in Dallas, so I decided to get the recipe back out of the old cookbook. It comes from the 1987 Southern Living Cookbook, Page 217! This chicken recipe marinates over night, but it is well worth it. I fixed it all the time for bunko back in Houston and everyone loved it....I hope you will give it a try!
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Crunchy Seasoned Chicken
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
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My lengthy article (below this one) on the threat of draconian gun-control measures took a while to research and write, given all the links I included. Consequently, I haven't had much time to prepare my usual 'spread' of articles tonight. I'll put up a couple more tomorrow morning.
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After two straight years of flat wages, tech pros finally got a bump in 2011. IT Salaries: Growth Reflects Positive Changes in the IT Job Market
Project Management Salaries Show Earnings Growth, Career Potential
The average wage for tech and engineering pros climbed 2% to $81,327 last year from $79,384 in 2010, according to new salary data from Dice.com. Workers lucky enough to get bonuses saw an even bigger boost as the average bonus amount rose 8% to $8,769.
IT JOB SPOTTING: Top 20 metro areas for tech jobs
"The demand for tech professionals and the skills they have continues to grow, and now employers -- unfortunately for them -- have to pay up a little bit. That's what we see happening," says Tom Silver, a senior vice president at Dice, a career site for technology and engineering professionals.
Stiffer competition for tech pros contributed to the salary gains. While the national unemployment rate is roughly 8.5%, the unemployment rate among tech professionals is 3.6%, Silver says. "The labor market for tech professionals is tighter than many other industries. That's indicative of the skills tech pros have and their strategic importance to their organizations."
On the bonus front, employers not only increased the average bonus amount by 8% but also gave bonuses to more employees. The percentage of tech pros receiving bonuses climbed to 32% in 2011, compared with 29% in 2010 and 24% in 2009. The industries most likely to pay out bonuses in 2011 were telecom, hardware, banking, utilities/energy and software, Dice reports.
Employers typically have more flexibility when it comes to bonuses than they do with salaries. "Bonuses give you that additional flexibility to give someone who's doing a really good job -- who may be at risk of being poached and going somewhere else -- a little bit more," Silver says.
Across the U.S., some metro regions fared better than others. In Silicon Valley, tech professionals cleared six-figure salaries on average for the first time. The average 2011 salary ($104,195) is up 5.2% compared to 2010, while the number of available tech jobs (5,026) jumped 26%. In addition, bonuses are both larger and more common in Silicon Valley, with 38% of tech professionals receiving bonuses worth an average of $12,450.
Twelve of the top 20 cities for tech jobs had above average wage growth. Salary growth was strongest in Austin, Tex., where wages climbed 12.7% last year. (See our slideshow for specific details about each of the top 20 cities for tech jobs, including how much IT pros are getting paid and the number of open positions.)
Another metro area that saw particularly strong salary growth is Portland, Ore., where salaries grew 12.3% year over year. In addition, the number of open positions posted on Dice skyrocketed 70% in 2011. "You just wouldn't expect that," Silver says of Portland, "but what a great place for a tech pro to be."
The rebounding auto industry led to job gains in Detroit: "We've been watching Detroit for a long time. It's still under the national average in terms of compensation level, but the job count is up 23%," Silver says. "A lot of the other smaller firms that supply the auto industry are starting to pick up business, and they need tech professionals."
One area where the job count is down significantly is the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region, which was one of the fastest growing job markets in 2011 but has suffered due to uncertain government spending. While it remains the second-largest market, with more than 7,400 jobs listed on Dice, the number of open jobs is down 17% compared to a year ago.
"Salaries [in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region] were $94,300, which is far above the national average and also up 5.8% vs. a year ago," Silver points out. "The demand for tech professionals is still pretty high, it's just not what it was a year ago."
On the skills front, Dice identified eight skills that commanded six-figure salaries and had above average year-over-year growth in 2011. They are: SAP's ABAP programming language ($109,157 average salary, up 3% compared to 2010); SOA skills ($108,210, up 6%); ETL, or extract, transform and load skills ($106,521, up 6%); Weblogic ($103,702, up 5%); Java Database Connectivity ($102,630, up 5%); Unified Modeling Language ($102,579, up 6%); JBoss ($102,184, up 5%); and WebSphere ($100,348, up 7%).
Ann Bednarz covers IT careers, outsourcing and Internet culture for Network World. Follow Ann on Twitter at @annbednarz and check out her blog, Occupational Hazards. Her e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Liberty prays for Haiti, encourages support for aid organizations
Liberty University's first convocation of the Spring 2010 semester began with prayer for the current tragedy in Haiti.
Even oceans away, the impact of the Jan. 12 earthquake hits Liberty on a personal level.
"Liberty has 17 students here on Haitian visas, we have dozens more that are of Haitian descent," said Johnnie Moore, Liberty's vice president for Executive Projects and Media Relations. "We have people in our family who have lost loved ones; we have four Liberty students who are still out of the country — three of those are stuck in Port-au-Prince."
The university announced this week that it is awarding more than $24,000 in one-time emergency aid to its current Haitian students.
Moore said his office, which works closely with Liberty's mission teams, has been flooded by emails from students asking what Liberty is doing for Haiti.
"First, we're encouraging all of you to support organizations that specialize in first response, like Gleaning for the World, WorldHelp, Samaritan's Purse, World Vision, Compassion International. … The best thing you can do is give to those organizations and pray intently for those people," Moore told students.
He said in the last week, Liberty has loaded up a tractor-trailer full of bedding and furniture that will be sent to Haiti through Food for the Poor. He also announced that a team of Liberty students is planning to travel there in the late spring, the summer, and maybe next fall "after we adopt a particular project so that we can get our hands on the ground and assist when much of the world is starting to turn their attention away from that country."
The main convocation speaker was the Rev. Jonathan Falwell, senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church. Falwell said the convocation theme had become one of prayer — a focus the leaders of Liberty and its related ministries had chosen for the new year.
"Little did we know when we made that decision, we would hear of the tragedies occurring around the world now," he said.
In opening, Falwell drew upon a much-used saying of his father, Liberty University founder Dr. Jerry Falwell: "Nothing of eternal significance is ever accomplished apart from prayer."
His talk focused on the necessity of prayer, as he pointed out that we can "only experience miracles through prayer," "the only way to stretch faith is through prayer" and we can only "experience God's power through prayer."


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This debut episode of the show includes interviews with Greg Tate and Julia Rosenblatt, founding members and co-artistic directors of Hartbeat Ensemble, an activist-based theater for social change; and Kevin Lamkins who is both a collective member of the Hartford Independent Media Collective—a not-for-profit, volunteer organization that seeks to promote alternative perspectives to mainstream, corporate media—and co- producer of RadioActive, a radio project that seeks to democratize radio as a tool for social justice. Two members of The Dream Committee—Henry Thornhill and Jacob Dinklage— serve as hosts Mica Taliaferro serve as its producer. Original air-date: 9-14-10.


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It's time to play Florida or....Florida. Nicole Zivich was relieved from her position as coach of the varsity cheerleading squad at Estero High on November 21st. She said no reason was given for the decision. She does have a theory, though.
While there is nothing in her file with the school to suggest any wrongdoing, and school officials refused to comment, Zivich believes that her dismissal was as a result of repeated complaints of one of her cheerleader's parents. "'I think it's personal. I think she doesn't like me,' said Zivich, who would not reveal the parent's name. 'She has called me (a) noneducated Hooters girl with no common sense of safety.' Zivich said the parent did not approve of how the cheerleaders did stunts without mats and of a car wash fundraiser where some of the girls wore bikini tops."
Zivich was quick to point out that the mats were not required until the district changed the requirements last month and that during the car wash, "Every girl had shorts on. It was optional to wear a bathing suit top. I have girls that wore T-shirts."
Things aren't all bad for Zivich, though. Not only did a number of the cheerleaders ask for her to be reinstated at a recent board meeting, but she is a certified surgical technologist. So, as long as she doesn't run in to Steve Harvey, she should land on her feet.
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Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel to pole position at his Mercedes team's home German Grand Prix.
Hamilton knocked the world champion off top spot with the very last lap of qualifying by 0.103 seconds.
Red Bull's Mark Webber was third from Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean and Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo.
Fernando Alonso will start eighth, one place behind team-mate Felipe Massa, after Ferrari qualified on the slower 'medium' tyre with a view to the race.
The 'soft' tyre on which all those ahead of the Ferraris will start begins to rapidly lose pace after about five or six laps whereas the medium runs for more than 20.
Alonso will be hoping to move into the lead as the front-runners pit early and end up with a better finishing position as a result.
But the strategy did not work for Vettel when he tried it in China earlier this year, a decision Alonso later described as "strange".
Hamilton produced a remarkable return to form after struggling badly throughout the three practice sessions this weekend.
Before qualifying Mercedes said they did not know how Vettel could have been more than 0.6secs ahead of their fastest driver, Nico Rosberg in final practice. Hamilton was 0.5secs slower again.
Hamilton said: "We were miles off this morning, we made a change and I didn't know if it would work but it did."
Vettel added: "It was quite close. I tried everything I could but unfortunately it wasn't enough.
"We are much closer to them here than in Silverstone [last weekend] so we are quite confident for tomorrow."
Rosberg was knocked out in second qualifying after Mercedes made the error of not sending him out for a second run at the end of the session.
The German, who has won two of the last three races, was knocked out of the top 10 as other drivers improved their times.
He dropped from being second behind Hamilton to 11th in the last four minutes of the session as he sat in the garage.
The man who knocked him out was Raikkonen, who moved up to second after himself dropping out of the top 10 in the closing minutes.
"It was quite a shock really," Rosberg said. "I didn't see it coming. The team didn't expect the track to ramp up that much. It really is a big disappointment. Unbelievable. We just didn't judge it correctly."
Mercedes' error was a boost for Button, who sneaked into the top 10 with a lap 0.664secs quicker than team-mate Sergio Perez, who qualified 13th.
On the occasion of the team's 600th grand prix, both Williams cars failed to progress beyond the first knock-out part of qualifying and will line up 17th and 18th, Valtteri Bottas 0.014secs faster than Pastor Maldonado.
Caterham's Charles Pic beat Marussia's Jules Bianchi by 0.126secs to win the battle of the backmarker teams.
Marussia's English driver Max Chilton was 1.035secs off the pace of his French team-mate.
There were again no tyre problems following Pirelli's decision to bring a new design to this race after the six on-track failures during last Sunday's British Grand Prix.
Ahead of this weekend, the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), of which all but three of the drivers are members, said they would "immediately withdraw" from the race meeting if the problems were repeated.
Vettel said that in the race the drivers would leave any decision on safety to race director Charlie Whiting, who can hear their radio transmissions to their teams.


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Researchers from the University of Calgary Computer Science Department are warning of a potential threat lurking in your Internet cafe. It's called "Typhoid adware" and works in similar fashion to Typhoid Mary, the first identified healthy carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York area in the early 1900s.
"Our research describes a potential computer security threat and offers some solutions," says associate professor John Aycock, who coauthored a paper titled Typhoid Adware with assistant professor Mea Wang and students Daniel Medeiros Nunes de Castro and Eric Lin. "We're looking at a different variant of adware -- Typhoid adware -- which we haven't seen out there yet, but we believe could be a threat soon."
Adware is software that sneaks onto computers often when users download things, for example fancy tool bars or free screen savers, and it typically pops up lots and lots of ads. Typhoid adware needs a wireless Internet cafe or other area where users share a non-encrypted wireless connection.
"Typhoid adware is designed for public places where people bring their laptops," says Aycock. "It's far more covert, displaying advertisements on computers that don't have the adware installed, not the ones that do."
The paper demonstrates how Typhoid adware works as well as presents solutions on how to defend against such attacks. De Castro recently presented it at the recent European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) conference in Paris.
Typically, adware authors install their software on as many machines as possible. But Typhoid adware comes from another person's computer and convinces other laptops to communicate with it and not the legitimate access point. Then the Typhoid adware automatically inserts advertisements in videos and web pages on the other computers. Meanwhile, the carrier sees no advertisements and doesn't know she is infected – just like symptomless Typhoid Mary.
University of Calgary researchers have come up with a number of defenses against Typhoid adware. One is protecting the content of videos to ensure that what users see comes from the original source. Another is a way to "tell" laptops they are at an Internet cafe to make them more suspicious of contact from other computers.
"When you go to an Internet cafe, you tell your computer you are there and it can put up these defenses. Anti-virus companies can do the same thing through software that stops your computer from being misled and redirected," said Aycock.


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Rattling pipes; may be caused by several factors, most commonly because they are not sufficiently secured or strapped to the wall frame. The pipes may need to be properly secured.
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Loss of hot water when another faucet is turned on; especially in older homes when hot and cold water pressures are not balanced. A pressure balance valve may be required.
Toilet tank leaks; plumbing parts inside the tank or seals may need replacing.
Plumbing in Beverly Hills is something we use every day and which most of us know little about. Most people are familiar with a Beverly Hills plumbing company, who will come to their home to unclog a drain or install an appliance. When construction plumbers in Beverly Hills install piping in a house, for example, they work from blueprints or drawings that show the planned location of pipes, plumbing fixtures, and appliances.
Water enters your Beverly Hills house through a pipe that connects either to a municipal water line or a private well. Faucets, like all Beverly Hills plumbing fixtures with moving parts, are apt to require more repair than non-moving fixtures. The less strain you put on your faucets, the less frequently they need repair. If your plumbing fixtures drain slowly, the problem may be a clogged vent. This happens when vents are improperly located and when birds or animals deposit debris in the vent where it exits the roof.
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I've been having issues with my Rev D board recently, so I tried updating the firmware. Downloading the latest firmware straight form the printrbot website, there is clearly something wrong with homing the Y and Z axis. I'm assuming this is because of the auto-leveling probe, and my version didn't come with one. (Either that or its simply the wrong firmware for the wrong board.)
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Good Morning. Welcome to this Conference on the Future of Community Banking. Let me begin by thanking all of you for attending this conference. I would also like to thank our outstanding speakers who will be participating in today's program, as well as the FDIC staff who worked with great energy and dedication in organizing this event.
Why, you may ask, is the FDIC hosting this conference on the future of community banking?
First, community banks play a crucial role in the financial system of the United States. Community banks with assets of less than $1 billion account for a little more than 10 percent of the banking assets in our country, but provide nearly 40 percent of all the small loans that insured financial institutions make to businesses and farms. Given the labor intensive, highly customized nature of many small business loans, it is not clear that large institutions would easily fill this critical credit need if community banks were not there. Community banks also play a crucial role in extending credit and providing financial services in rural communities, in small towns, and in inner-city neighborhoods. In many of those localities, if not for the community bank there would be no easy access to an insured financial institution. In my view there is a clear public interest in maintaining a strong community bank sector in the U.S. financial system.
Second, questions have been raised, often by community bankers themselves, about the future role of community banks in the financial marketplace. They identify challenges such as keeping up with rapidly changing technology, raising capital, attracting qualified employees, and meeting regulatory obligations, as well as the general trend toward consolidation in the banking industry.
Third, the FDIC is the lead federal regulator for the majority of community banks in the United States and the insurer of all. In those capacities, it seems to me, the FDIC has a responsibility to use our resources to gain a better understanding of the challenges facing community banks and to share that understanding with the banks as well as the general public.
For that reason, the FDIC will be undertaking a series of initiatives over the course of this year related to the future of community banks, of which this conference is the first.
Following this conference, I will be holding a series of roundtables with groups of community bankers in each of the FDIC's six regions around the country. I will be joined at those roundtables by the FDIC's senior executives for supervision so that we can hear first hand about the concerns of bankers and what the FDIC can do to respond to those concerns.
I have also asked the FDIC's Division of Insurance and Research to undertake a comprehensive review of the evolution of community banking in the United States over the past 25 years, to identify the key challenges facing community banks as well as the stories of successful community bank business models, and to draw conclusions from that analysis that may be useful for community banks going forward. We will have a presentation on some of the preliminary findings of that research on our first panel this morning. It does strike me that for all the attention community banks have drawn, there is still a need for more thoughtful and careful research and analysis about the role that community banks play in the U.S. financial system. That is a gap the FDIC would like to fill.
In addition, I have asked the Directors of the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision and Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection to review the examination process for both risk management and compliance supervision, as well as to review how we promulgate and release rulemakings and guidance, to see if we can identify ways to improve our processes and communication while maintaining our supervisory standards.
I expect to report by the end of this year on the progress we have made on all of these initiatives.
In regard to today's conference, we are privileged to have three outstanding keynote speakers: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, whom I will introduce momentarily; Representative Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the House Financial Services Committee; and FDIC Board Member Thomas Curry, who previously served as Banking Commissioner of Massachusetts and Chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
We will also have four panel discussions. As I mentioned, the first session this morning, titled "Community Banking by the Numbers," will give you some of our initial FDIC research findings on community banks, along with the perspectives of other prominent research analysts.
The second panel, "Challenges and Opportunities for Community Banks," will be made up of community bankers who will talk about the challenges they confront every day and the market opportunities available to them.
After lunch, the third panel, titled "Why Community Banks Matter: Customer Perspectives," is composed of individuals who use community banking services including representatives of small business, consumers, and farmers. They will discuss why they do business with community banks.
Finally, we will close the day with a fourth panel titled "Lessons Learned and Successful Strategies: The Community Bank of the Future." Community bankers whose institutions weathered both the most recent financial crisis and previous crises will share their experiences, their reasons for success and longevity, and their plans for the future.
I think this will be an extraordinarily insightful program, and frankly I am looking forward to it.
If I may, I now would like to introduce our first keynote speaker, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Bernanke.
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Facing yet another deficit, state's fiscal health hangs in the balance
Just a few short months into the current fiscal year Connecticut is once again facing a fiscal calamity. The most recent estimates put the state's deficit at $365 million, a situation that was both predictable and avoidable.
If we are serious about finally getting the state's finances straightened out, there must be a serious bipartisan solution when the legislature convenes in a special session sometime next month. We look forward to working with Gov. Malloy and the legislative Democrats to find that solution.
The election is over, it is unfortunate that the deficit was not revealed in a more timely fashion but that is politics. It is time govern and legislate.
After foisting the largest tax increases in state history on everyone and anything that consumes goods and services in Connecticut in 2011, that fiscal mess was pronounced cured by the Governor and the majority party Democrats. That turned out not to be the case. Worse news awaits when the legislature reconvenes for the regular session in January. Budget experts now project that over the next two years the deficit will balloon to $2.2 billion.
We are right back where we started. The deficit was predictable largely because of two factors: anticipated revenues are all off in virtually every category, from personal income to sales and corporate taxes. Raising taxes during a recession proved not to be a good idea.
And secondly, the spending side of the budget was never cut or even remotely curtailed. State spending from the last fiscal year to the one that ends on June 30 will be up by $1.4 billion or 7.2 percent if no adjustments are made.
The Governor insists he has "no intention'' of raising taxes "this year.'' We will take him at his word but that leaves us with only one option - spending cuts. The no-layoff agreement with state employee unions prevents us from making any significant adjustments to personnel, the largest portion of any budget.
We stand ready to make some tough decisions that many of us believed should have already been made. We offered our alternative Republican budget again last year that had no tax increases but were overruled. So be it.
Solutions to fiscal woes can prove fleeting. Connecticut was faced with an $8 billion deficit in 2009 that was erased on paper, fortified by creative accounting, suspect forecasting and other tactics that would never be tolerated if Big Eight Firms were running the books. A $3 billion deficit turned up just 15 months later, the one that the Democrats addressed with the big tax hikes.
The last fiscal year ended with Connecticut's books "balanced.'' Unfortunately that was only achieved on paper as well because hundreds of millions dollars set aside to pay down the state's massive debt were diverted at the last minute to cover operating expenses. That "balance'' quickly vanished when the revenues continued to lag during the summer and fall and spending rolled on unabated.
At a recent hearing the Governor's budget chief stated that the prospects of higher federal taxes next year on capital gains would prompt investors to empty their portfolios before Dec. 31, thereby creating a windfall for Connecticut. That is not a fiscal strategy; it is a sad commentary on how we budget for revenue and expenses.
Connecticut cannot afford any more budgetary sleights of hand this time around. More borrowing to stanch the red ink simply will not fly with the financial markets that rate our credit. Connecticut endured a credit downgrade last January and no doubt market analysts will pay close attention to what actions we take over the next month.
Connecticut still has its share of wealthy residents. But recent reports have showed that the state has taken in less than anticipated revenue from high earners. Are we reaching a tipping point of diminishing tax returns from those who create wealth and jobs?
I am hopeful we can reach agreement that is bipartisan and lasting. The Malloy administration inherited a huge deficit when the Governor took office in 2011. But not a single Republican voted for the current budget and our proposed solutions were dismissed outright.
Let's hope for a different scenario this time around.
State Rep. Larry Cafero is the House Republican Leader from Norwalk.


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TORONTO BLUE JAYS at CHICAGO WHITE SOX
THURSDAY, 8:10 p.m.
RHP Marcus Stroman (1-6, 3.12 ERA) vs. RHP Dylan Covey (0-2, 5.91 ERA)
Covey allowed four runs in 4.2 IP to the Blue Jays on Friday. Consider: In the rest of their six-game home stand, the Blue Jays scored only four runs.
FRIDAY, 8:10 p.m.
RHP Aaron Sanchez (3-4, 3.75 ERA) vs. RHP Ivan Nova (2-3, 6.29 ERA)
Nova still has the highest ERA among the 86 qualified MLB pitchers this season, but has allowed only two runs in his past 13 innings.
SATURDAY, 2:10 p.m.
TBA vs. RHP Lucas Giolito (4-1, 3.55 ERA)
Giolito had no trouble with the Blue Jays on Sunday (7.0 IP, 1 run, 4 hits, 8 Ks). For the season, he has a 1.18 WHIP and .212 opponents' batting average.
SUNDAY, 2:10 p.m.
RHP Trent Thornton (1-4, 4.81 ERA) vs. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (3-4, 5.58 ERA)
Lopez and Giolito were part of what Chicago received when it sent Adam Eaton to Washington in Dec. 2016. He's 1-3, 7.11 ERA in day games, vs. 2-1, 4.01 ERA at night, so advantage Blue Jays.
1. So soon?
The Blue Jays and White Sox meet again after three games at Rogers Centre last weekend. Since those games, the White Sox played twice against Cleveland, hitting four homers in a 5-2 win, followed by a 9-0 loss. The three starting pitchers the White Sox used last weekend are all scheduled to face the Blue Jays this weekend. Advantage to the hitters or pitchers?
2. Jimenez watch
White Sox LF Eloy Jimenez did not play against the Blue Jays last weekend because of a high right ankle sprain which sent him to the injured list. He's on a rehab assignment at triple-A Charlotte, and might be activated at some point during this series. In March, Jimenez signed a six-year, $43-million contract with the White Sox, even though he had yet to play a MLB game. So far, he's hitting .241 with three homers and eight RBIs.
3. Gone: Rodon (and others)
The White Sox were already struggling with their pitching staff when they announced Monday that LHP Carlos Rodon (Tommy John surgery) and RHP Nate Jones (right forearm) would miss the rest of the season. Then on Tuesday, LHP Manny Banuelos — infamous for allowing 10 consecutive hits to the Red Sox on May 4 — left Chicago's game with a left shoulder strain.
(MLB rankings, yesterday's games not included)
Toronto Stat Chi. White Sox
148 (27th) Runs 187 (18th)
40 (26th) HR 52 (T-18th)
9 (T-29th) SB 32 (T-2nd)
.220 (28th) Avg. .254 (9th)
.287 (28th) OBP .318 (17th)
3.90 (10th) ERA 5.14 (28th)
1.28 (11th) WHIP 1.51 (29th)
RHP Marcus Stroman, Blue Jays
On Thursday, he's scheduled to make his first start since awkward exit to his game on Saturday.
3B Yoan Moncada, White Sox
Moncada clouted his eighth and ninth home runs of the season on Tuesday, and is hitting .289 this season with 28 RBIs.
The White Sox are going to be a tired bunch when the calendar flips to June. Wednesday was their only scheduled off day in May. Both teams win two games.
Wins Above Replacement Leaders (yesterday's games not included)
1. Marcus Stroman 1.3
2. Eric Sogard 1.1
3. Ken Giles 0.8
4. Freddy Galvis 0.5
5. Matt Shoemaker 0.5
1. James McCann 1.3
2. Tim Anderson 1.3
3. Yoan Moncada 1.1
4. Lucas Giolito 1.1
5. Leury Garcia 0.8
1. Cody Bellinger LAD 3.7
2. Paul DeJong STL 2.8
3. Christian Yelich MILW 2.8
4. George Springer HOU 2.7
5. Mike Trout LAA 2.5
FanGraphs WAR explained: 1-2 season WAR, role player; 2-3 WAR, solid starter; 3-4 WAR, good player; 4-5 WAR, all-star; 5-6 WAR, superstar; 6+ WAR, MVP.


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Ahtanum ORV Trails Clean-up (July 30, 2011)
Ahtanum State Forest ORV Trails Clean-up
Hosted by the
Yakima/Kittitas Forest Watch Association
with cooperation from the Department of Natural Resources.
10 AM Saturday July 30th, 2011
at Ahtanum Sno-park.
Discover Pass Required.
Please sign in at the Yakima/Kittitas Forest Watch base camp.
The clean up area trails are on Sedge Ridge, Whites Ridge, and Foundation Ridge.
This may include Trail 613, Strobach trail, Blue Lake and the Darland loop.
The hours including your travel time are counted and help get funding for the Ahtanum State forest.
After the clean-up around 5:30 PM we will have a bring-a-dish potluck for all the volunteers.
Camping with Friday & Saturday meet & greets.
For more info e-mail Clay Graham at email@example.com
Please post below if you would volunteer to drive the trails and pick up trash. I need a count for the DNR.
For more info on what we do, please see the past Ahtanum Trails Clean-ups: 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007
Flyer in pdf: http://easternwashingtonoffroad.com/events/2011/flyers/ASF-clean-up.pdf
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Plea bargaining: Camblos rides the hottest seat
Jim Camblos has been in the hot seat even more than usual. Last week he called a press conference to address a controversy that he doesn't want to talk about during his Hot Seat interview.
It's those tough negotiating skills that no doubt serve him well as Albemarle County commonwealth's attorney, a position for which he's running unopposed for his fourth term.
"This job is the hot seat," the Republican candidate says. "The buck stops here. I didn't know that until I became commonwealth's attorney."
Camblos says he's an attorney first and a politician second. Still, his political instincts are pretty finely honed, and he seems well aware of how what he's saying is going to read in the newspaper. His best sound bites are off the record as he orders "Don't write that" more than once.
"I'm comfortable in politics, but I don't really like it," he admits. And he points out the irony of running for commonwealth's attorney. "One of the absolute contradictions of being a politician is that you need to be nice to get elected," Albemarle's top prosecutor acknowledges. "Once you're elected, you need to be stern."
The bowtie- and monogrammed shirt-wearing Camblos had an opponent– another Republican– in this year's election for all of two-and-a-half weeks. "I take that to mean a lot of people are pleased with the job I'm doing," he says.
His family seems to be genetically inclined toward the law: he's the fifth generation to be an attorney, and three of those were judges as well. He's open to the idea of a judgeship, but concedes, "I had a bad experience with a judgeship a few years ago," when he wasn't appointed to the 16th Circuit Court in Albemarle.
After 12 years of prosecuting masterminds and dolts, here's the dumbest case he's encountered: a guy was selling Dale Earnhardt autographed pictures, only they were dated a month after Earnhardt died. "That," says Camblos, "was stupid."
He's learned one thing as commonwealth's attorney: "Never underestimate what someone's willing to do or say."
Are there any misperceptions about him in the press that he'd like to clear up? "If you read about a plea agreement in the newspaper, and you don't like what you read, you can take it to the bank I didn't like doing it," he says.
And there's one other thing: "I think I'm nicer than people perceive me as commonwealth's attorney." But he does drive a hard bargain.
Age: 57
What brought you here? A '46 Studebaker with my parents after WWII, when I was six months old.
What's worst about living here? Nothing. Albemarle County is a little bit of heaven.
Favorite hangout? My house
Most overrated virtue? I do not believe I can rate virtues one against the other.
What would people be surprised to know about you? That I'm a pretty good woodworker.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I would not be bald, because I do not like wearing hats.
What accomplishment are you proudest of? My job as Albemarle County commonwealth's attorney and my friendships that go back 50 years.
What do people find most annoying about you? It depends on the day of the week.
Whom do you admire? Many people: those who work hard, take care of their families, are honest, and respect their country and its values.
Favorite book? To Kill a Mockingbird
What subject causes you to rant? Trashy television, which most of it is
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? That I'm here to enjoy it
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? The increasing lack of morality in our culture, and the speed with which it's declining.
What do you drive? A 1997 Plymouth minivan. My alter ego drives a 1985 Mercedes convertible on nice days.
What's in your car CD player right now? America, Why I Love Her by John Wayne
What's your next journey? Hopefully grandchildren
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? Disagreeing with my wife on any subject. (Just kidding, Chris.)
What do you regret? Not taking up the very frustrating game of golf years earlier, or, in the alternative, taking up golf at all.
Favorite comfort food? Breyer's chocolate ice cream
What's always in your refrigerator? Ice cream
Must-see TV? History Channel. Certainly nothing current, given my answer above.
Favorite cartoon? Road Runner and Foghorn Leghorn
Describe a perfect day. A day at home with my wife, working in the yard or in my woodworking shop
Walter Mitty fantasy? Being with Lewis and Clark on their Voyage of Discovery
Who'd play you in the movie? David Ogden Stiers, the actor who played Major Charles Winchester in Mash
Most embarrassing moment? The time I asked a casual acquaintance when she was expecting the baby. She informed me she was not!
Best advice you ever got? When my friend in Boston, Massachusetts, suggested I ask the good-looking brunette in Apartment 2 for a date. Chris is my wife of 29 years.
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Curriculum and Instruction
Current Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Programs
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction offers four programs that lead to teacher certification in Illinois.
Completing the Elementary Education Program enables candidates to teach in kindergarten through grade eight self-contained classrooms.
Completing the Early Childhood Education Program enables candidates to work and teach in programs and classrooms for children from birth through third grade. Candidates completing all required coursework earn the Early Childhood Special Educational Approval, which allows them to teach in early childhood special education non-categorical settings for children up to the age of 6.
Candidates completing the Special Education Program will qualify for certification as a Learning Behavior Specialist I, enabling them to teach exceptional children K-age 21.
Completing Special Education/Elementary Education - Dual Program enables candidates to teach in both Special Education K-12 and Elementary Education K-8 settings.
Program Accreditation
Our programs are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The Early childhood program is recognized by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The Elementary Education program is recognized by the Association for Childhood Education International. State and national professional organization standards provide the foundation for the curriculum, field experiences, and student teaching experiences in both programs.
Program Goals
We prepare teachers to meet the highest standards in teaching. Candidates graduating from the elementary education or early childhood program are empowered teachers who are, in turn, able to empower all learners in their classrooms.
Through coursework and a variety of teaching experiences, we prepare teachers who
- Know the content they teach and are able to make this content meaningful for all students.
- Understand the unique needs and characteristics of individual learners.
- Use research-based best practices in their teaching to promote the growth, development, learning and empowerment of all learners representing our diverse society.
- Use research-based principles to plan effective instruction, integrate technology in instruction, assess student learning, and create and maintain positive, safe learning communities.
- Use professional dispositions, including those that promote fairness and reflect the belief that all individuals can be empowered to learn, to positively impact student learning.
- Reflect upon and are committed to the continual improvement of their teaching.
Program Faculty
Courses in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction are taught by full-time faculty, most of whom have doctorates or terminal degrees in their field. Our faculty have taught in a variety of public and private school settings and have been recognized for their teaching excellence and the use of technology in teaching. They are active in the profession at the international, national, state, and local levels.
The faculty are committed to helping candidates develop into skilled, competent, and creative teachers. The individual assistance that professors provide ensures this goal is achieved. Students are encouraged to communicate frequently with their professors through office visits, e-mail, and phone calls.
Program Coursework
A strength of both the elementary and early childhood education programs is the number of courses candidates complete that prepare them to teach in their future classrooms.
Elementary Education majors complete four literacy methods courses, two science methods courses, two social studies methods courses, and two math methods courses.
Early Childhood Education majors take specific courses to prepare them to teach in preprimary and primary classrooms.
Field Experience
Elementary Education and Early Childhood majors complete observations during the sophomore year of their program. During the junior year, candidates tutor students and provide assistance in local classrooms. In preparation for student teaching, candidates teach half days for at least twelve weeks during the first semester of the senior year.
Student Teaching
Student teaching can be completed in the following regions:
- REGION A Chicago Suburbs (North, West and South)
- REGION B Chicago Public Schools (City of Chicago)
- REGION C Quad Cities (including Bettendorf/Davenport, IA)
- REGION D Western/Central Illinois (Quincy, Peoria, Macomb)
Honors Program
We encourage eligible prospective majors to participate in an honors program designed to provide the exceptional and motivated candidate with additional opportunities for individualized educational experiences. Experiences in the program include the following:
Candidates complete research-oriented projects within required department courses and participate in seminar discussions on current issues with faculty and fellow honors students.
To qualify for departmental honors, candidates must complete requirements for the Illinois Centennial Honors College at Western and the specific requirements for elementary/early childhood education majors. For more information about the Honors program, visit the University website at http://www.wiu.edu/Honors/.
Candidates enrolled in our undergraduate programs are provided academic advising through the Center for the Preparation of Educational Professionals. The elementary and early childhood education advisors work closely with the department chair and faculty and assist individual candidates with registration, academic planning, and meeting graduation and certification requirements. http://www.wiu.edu/cpep/undergraduate-advising.html


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Which Tree Did You Fall Off From?
Sunday July 20th, 2008 in Life, Photography | 1 Comment »
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Wai Loong is an electronics engineer by profession. He currently resides in Singapore, a thriving hub at the heart of South-East Asia. When he is not so stress out on the computers or laboratory, he enjoys value reading, jogging at his own pace and blogging in his spare time. Other times, he likes to catch up with some close friends over a cup of latte or teh tarik. As a gift from this friend, you are invited to interact freely with him on his personal blog.
PS: May the person reading this blog transforms his/her businesses, finances, relationships and life for ALL to WIN!


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current Email account (Inbox.com). Short email, downloads messages works fine, but large
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problem in Inbox.com is...failed to View Mail On Server , before download the message.
But the question is: What's the best/compatible WebMail (with POP3/SMTP, large storage,
option to view mail on server before download the message, etc...and free) to
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Cursed by the Gods
Undead Abomination
So we're back again, after a short jaunt through the first level of Keep on the Shadowfell's dungeon. We have a new site up at Obsidian Portal here. You can see the previous adventure logs there as well and some more details about the world that will get filled in as I have time and as more is uncovered.
Ominous Whispers and Fractured Sapphire's players didn't make it to this session. We focus on the plights of Nine Willows in Autumn (Willow for short), Gaias Valerius and Stalwart
Been a while since I made these, actually. I just hadn't noticed that I didn't post them.
The first is Stalwart Second, a Zenith Caste Solar in my Exalted group. The challenge here was sizing his head down for his body. Second is meant to be a rather tall man and the style of animation is such that heads tend to be larger than in real life. This gave the impression that his head was bigger than his entire torso and just wouldn't do . I recolored and added in a horse for him. Also,
I've recently begun reading a compilation of H.P. Lovecraft's stories "of horror and the macabre" if you believe the hype on the front cover. So far I've read through 7 of the 16 presented in the book, so I thought I'd give a quick rundown of my opinions on each.
The Rats in the Walls - This story begins with the narrator describing how he hunted down the ruins of an ancestral home that is reputed to be cursed and much maligned by the locals. He, being an upstanding New England
I visited my hometown last weekend to see my sister graduate with a bachelor's and master's degree (simultaneously!) and see my mom for mother's day. It struck me how I still know where everything is, I know what's changed and what's the same, and I fell right back into the local culture. Also, geez is it hot down there
I spent a little while frequenting old haunts. The barnes and noble where I met the GM of a group I was with years ago, the pagan shop where I got my tools of
So, I'm at it again. This time, more NPCs have gotten the dolling treatment. First is Senmai, a young girl with eastern roots. She is a close companion to Nine Willows in Autumn. I had the most fun on her coat this time, picking the different color schemes and trying to preserve the feeling that you're actually looking at silk. I love how it worked out to look like she's playing with her hair. Sort of gives her that youthful touch.
The second fellow is Howls Justice, another Lunar


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An anonymous Facebook employee gives an interview on the "behind the scene" working of Facebook, including using the word "Chuck Norris" as a universal password to have access to Facebook's 230 million user profiles. Read more below.
This past summer Facebook relocated from University Avenue in Palo Alto, CA — where several buildings fan out along the downtown strip — to a new central office in Stanford Research Park. A good friend and two-year veteran of Facebook invited me to check out the new space. When I arrived, a security guard handed me a non-disclosure contract to fill out, a requirement to enter the building. "Just making sure you're not a Twitter spy," he said. I can therefore not describe the tour my friend gave, though photos of the new space abound on the Internet. Afterwards, we went out for a drink at the Dutch Goose, a bar popular with techies and Stanford graduate students, where most of this conversation took place. Though forthcoming, my friend was anxious to preserve her anonymity; Facebook employees, after all, know better than most the value of privacy. As she is not permitted to divulge company secrets, and would like to remain employed, her name has been omitted from this interview. It provides an interesting snapshot of the inner workings and culture of Facebook in the summer of 2009.
The Rumpus: On your servers, do you save everything ever entered into Facebook at any time, whether or not it's been deleted, untagged, and so forth?
Facebook Employee: That is essentially correct at this moment. The only reason we're changing that is for performance reasons. When you make any sort of interaction on Facebook — upload a photo, click on somebody's profile, update your status, change your profile information —
Rumpus: When you say "click on somebody's profile," you mean you save our viewing history?
Employee: That's right. How do you think we know who your best friends are? But that's public knowledge; we've explicitly stated that we record that. If you look in your type-ahead search, and you press "A," or just one letter, a list of your best friends shows up. It's no longer organized alphabetically, but by the person you interact with most, your "best friends," or at least those whom we have concluded you are best friends with.
Rumpus: In other words, the person you stalk the most.
Employee: No, it's more than just that. It's also messages, file posts, photos you're tagged in with them, as well as your viewing of their profile and all of that. Essentially, we judge how good of a friend they are to you.
Rumpus: When did Facebook make this change?
Employee: That was actually fairly recently, sometime in the last three months. But other than that, we definitely store snapshots, which is basically a picture of all the data on all of our servers. I want to say we do that every hour, of every day of every week of every month.
Rumpus: So this is every viewable screen?
Employee: It's way more than that: it's every viewable screen, with all the data behind every screen. So when we store your photos, we have six versions of your photos. We don't store the original: we make six different versions on the photo uploader and upload those six versions.
Rumpus: And the difference between them would be sizing, certain areas are zoomed –
Employee: Exactly. Different sizes for the news feed, your profile pic, enlargement.
Rumpus: And these reside on servers in your office?
Employee: No, not in our office. Absolutely not. We have four data centers around the world. There's one in Santa Clara, one in San Francisco, one in New York and one in London. And in each of those, there are approximately five to eight thousand servers. Each co-location of our servers has essentially the same data on it.
Rumpus: And how many users are you up to now?
Employee: That I can disclose publicly? Two hundred to two hundred twenty million.
Rumpus: And actually?
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From HuffPost Healthy Living
Not since paleolithic times has it been so fashionable to eat like a hunter-gatherer.
While everyone from professional athletes to mommy bloggers seems to be touting the whole food, grain-free, meat-heavy Paleo Diet, it's not without its critics.
The Paleo Diet — which also goes by the names "Caveman" or "Stone Age" diet — advocates eating pre-agrarian foods. If our hunter-gatherer ancestors didn't eat it, Paleo eaters don't want to eat it either. That means no grains, legumes, dairy, alcohol or sugar. Instead, Paleo eaters choose grass-fed beef, lamb and chicken, fish, fruit and vegetables (although many eschew nightshade veggies, like eggplant and tomato). In an ideal Paleo diet, practitioners would stick to wild animals — which have less fat and saturated fat than farmed — and forage for plants.
Following this plan, it is easy to see the appeal: the list of forbidden foods closely resembles the foods Harvard Medical School counsels patients to avoid.
"Clinical trials have shown that the Paleo Diet is the optimum diet that can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, blood pressure, markers of inflammation, help with weight loss, reduce acne, promote optimum health and athletic performance," Loren Cordain, Ph.D., Colorado State University professor and author of The Paleo Diet told WebMD.
Still, critics question the logic of following this eating pattern. After all, humanity thrived after adopting an agrarian way of life.
"It seems more a gimmick than a well-thought-out scientifically diet plan," says Lawrence Cheskin M.D., FACP, director of Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center. "Remember, we lived to an average of 25 years of age on that diet, so I'm not sure where it is a great plan to follow now."
Cheskin added that he certainly agreed with some tenants of the diet, including the emphasis on whole, natural foods, but was concerned about the level of meat.
That echoes the concerns outlined by David Katz, M.D., HuffPost blogger and director of the Yale Prevention Research Center, who wrote that he worried dieters might confuse supermarket meat with the healthful game of yore:
Modern meat is not Stone Age meat. There were no wild corned beef, salamis or pastramis in the Stone Age, so processed meat is certainly off the Paleo diet menu. There were no grain-fed cattle; no pigs fed slop; and no domesticated feed animals raised without demands on their muscles, either.
What's more, according to a U.S. News and World Report analysis, a panel of doctors and nutritionists determined that the diet was not a good choice for curtailing diabetes, improving heart health or losing weight.
But regardless of how you feel about Paleo, there are some tips and lessons that just about anyone can get behind.
1 Avoid Processed Foods
This is Paleo orthodoxy, but it is also general nutritional advice from Michael "Eat Food" Pollan to Harvard's School of Public Health: Consuming whole foods, as close to nature as possible, is healthful.
2 Pair Diet With Exercise
Paleo has a close connection to CrossFit — the intense HIIT program. And while the "sport of fitness" isn't for everyone, the idea that a diet and exercise plan should be part of a whole healthy lifestyle approach is a good one: Research shows that emphasizing the two together is the best way to achieve weight loss.
3 Achieve A Good Salt Balance
By eliminating processed foods, which are the major source of sodium in the American diet, Paleo eaters eat a low-sodium diet without even trying. What's more, the plan provides nearly twice the typical amount of potassium that a typical American diet contains. That combination of low sodium and high potassium is a recipe for good vascular health and low blood pressure.
4 Choose Good Fats
The Paleo diet eschews hydrogenated vegetable oils in favor of single source fats like avocados, olive oil, flaxseed oil and coconut oil.
5 Cook For Yourself
Strict eating guidelines make restaurant dining and quick snacks at the vending machine a little trickier. That means most of the food you eat comes from your own kitchen. And that means you know exactly what's in it and how it will affect your body.
6 Don't Count Calories
Paleolithic hunter-gatherers certainly didn't, goes the reasoning. While calories do count — if you eat a huge number of them, you will gain weight — they are not a metric of healthfulness. Nutritionists agree that calories are merely a jumping off point toward looking at the health value of food. Nutrient density is a far better measure for health.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0…n_3900690.html


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For individuals who have battled an eating disorder, the best way to navigate Thanksgiving is through preparation and planning.
Costa Mesa, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2012
Sure Haven Addiction Treatment Center will be providing a free Thanksgiving Meal Preparation class on November 20 at Sure Haven's Green House in Costa Mesa, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 p.m. The class will center on the preparation of a meal for someone who is recovering from an eating disorder and include information on meal planning, healthy food options, and managing the stress that is associated with the holiday meal itself.
No other holiday is as directly connected to food as Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving meal often conjures images of family time, celebration, and food indulgence. And though the holidays are generally a stressful time for everyone, for a person recovering from an eating disorder, it can be an especially difficult time that can trigger enormous stress that could set back recovery.
For those who struggle with an eating disorder, being around so much food is like being surrounded by his or her greatest fears. But along with the massive spread of food, there are other emotions and happenings that could also act as triggers. This can include comments about who is eating what, and how much; remarks about weight, or worrying about looking nice for the occasion; and the tension between family members.
"For individuals, including their families, who have battled an eating disorder, the best way to navigate Thanksgiving is through preparation and planning," says Lisa Licavoli, RD, CCN, registered dietician and clinical nutritionist at Sure Haven. "The first part of being prepared is to be aware that Thanksgiving could be a tremendously difficult time. By doing this, the individual and the family can seek and get support, create a meal plan before the big event, and stay focused on remembering the reason for Thanksgiving. We encourage our clients to think about who or what they are thankful for and focus on that rather than the food and other expectations."
The Thanksgiving Meal Preparation Class will be led by Sure Haven Head Chef, Megan Mays-Sayre, who herself has battled eating disorder. "Thanksgiving was always a time of incredible stress and mixed emotions for me. But I have learned through the years that how I enjoy or celebrate the holidays is not dictated by the food I eat. By surrounding myself with a good support system and honoring my journey through recovery, I too can have a happy Thanksgiving."
To find out more about Sure Haven's Thanksgiving Meal Preparation Class, visit the event page at http://surehaven.eventbrite.com/# or call 800-852-4465.
About Sure Haven Addiction Treatment Center
Sure Haven, Orange County's Addiction Treatment Center, is committed to providing a gender-specific, supportive, safe, and structured treatment environment where young women can embrace life-long sobriety, repair physical, emotional and social damage caused by substance-related and behavioral addictions.
Our goal is to help our clients build the life skills and self-esteem that they have lost through destructive, self-limiting behavior, and addiction. Through our addiction treatment programs, every young woman in our care can re-establish control of her life and achieve the success in the new beginning that awaits her.


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Bust out the garter belts and the clipped speech patterns, because Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly about to tackle the epic role of J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI, for director Clint Eastwood. It would be the first time ever the actor and director have worked together. Nikki Finke has the scoop:
Leonardo DiCaprio is in early talks to play FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in Hoover, an epic drama that Clint Eastwood will direct and that he and Brian Grazer will produce with Rob Lorenz through Imagine and Malpaso. Talks with Leo are just getting underway, but I'm told that DiCaprio will play the lead role in the film written by Dustin Lance Black, with production to begin later this year.
Dustin Lance Black won an Oscar for his work on Milk, so you'd think this Hoover biopic would address the endless innuendo surrounding his possible homosexuality and affinity for high heels. But Finke reports the script has, "no cross-dressing claims."
That hasn't always been the case with Hoover on screen. Thirty-three actors have tackled the role of Hoover throughout history, and most of them have been unflattering. The last one to play him was Billy Crudup in Public Enemies, in which Hoover was depicted as a political grandstander. The nastiest portrayal of Hoover I can remember were the two times Bob Hoskins played him for director Oliver Stone, in both "Nixon" and "JFK". In "JFK", Hoover is not only portrayed as a pervert and crossdresser, but he's also shown participating in bizarre, gold-painted orgies with Tommy Lee Jones and Joe Pesci. I assure you it is the least erotic scene in film history.
Other actors who have tackled the role include Ned Beatty, Treat Williams (in a TV movie), Ernest Borgnine, Harris Yulin, Vincent Gardenia, and me (I played him in middle school. I did not wear pantyhose). But this would be the first really big movie to center on Hoover. And with DiCaprio and Eastwood involved, you can rest assured the big guy will be anything but one-dimensional.


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Review Revisitation: Appleton Master Blender's Legacy Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on March 14, 2010
My journey up the ladder of Appleton Estate Rums is almost complete. This week's review is another re-visitation to an older review. I opened a new bottle of Appleton Estate Master Blender's Legacy, and started fresh as if I had never tasted the rum before.
The Appleton Estate Master Blender's Legacy was produced to recognize three generations of Appleton Estate Master Blenders, Joy Spence, the current Master Blender, Owen Tulloch, the previous Master Blender, and, David Morrison the current protégé of Joy Spence. All three blenders have set their mark on this luxurious rum.
The rum itself is a blend of rums which range in age from 18 years to 30 years.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"…The rum continues to surprise me in this second review. The texture is cleaner than I remember, almost like a good whisky. Tart spices of orange peel, lemon are laid behind a backdrop of clean pure oak. Sweeter flavours of baked fruit (apples and pears), brown sugar and honey lie under these spices…."
Of course the entire review may be read here:
Review: Appleton Estate Master Blender's Legacy
I have left the original review at the bottom of the page in case it interests you in seeing how my perceptions have changed!
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September was a month to increase awareness of the struggle of addiction and to acknowledge addiction as a disease. Let's pray for hope for those feeling hopeless, continued maintenance for the sober and remembrance of the souls that lost the fight.
Pope Francis bestowing his blessing of Recovery for the world
While in Rio de Janeiro for the 2013 World Youth Day, Pope Francis visited St. Francis of Assisi Hospital to bless a new wing dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of drug users. Here is his address to patients and staff on July 24, 2013:
Pope Francis to addicts: 'You are never alone'
God has willed that my journey, after the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, should take me to a particular shrine of human suffering — the St. Francis of Assisi Hospital. The conversion of your patron saint is well-known: The young Francis abandoned the riches and comfort of the world in order to become a poor man among the poor. He understood that true joy and riches do not come from the idols of this world — material things and the possession of them — but are to be found only in following Christ and serving others. Less well-known, perhaps, is the moment when this understanding took concrete form in his own life. It was when Francis embraced a leper. This brother, suffering and an outcast, was the "mediator of light … for St. Francis of Assisi" (Lumen Fidei, No. 57), because in every suffering brother and sister that we embrace, we embrace the suffering Body of Christ. Today, in this place where people struggle with drug addiction, I wish to embrace each and every one of you, who are the flesh of Christ, and to ask God to renew your journey, and also mine, with purpose and steadfast hope.
To embrace — we all have to learn to embrace the one in need, as St. Francis did. There are so many situations in Brazil, and throughout the world that require attention, care and love, like the fight against chemical dependency. Often, instead, it is selfishness that prevails in our society. How many "dealers of death" there are that follow the logic of power and money at any cost! The scourge of drug trafficking, that favors violence and sows the seeds of suffering and death, requires of society as a whole an act of courage. A reduction in the spread and influence of drug addiction will not be achieved by a liberalization of drug use, as is currently being proposed in various parts of Latin America. Rather, it is necessary to confront the problems underlying the use of these drugs, by promoting greater justice, educating young people in the values that build up life in society, accompanying those in difficulty and giving them hope for the future. We all need to look upon one another with the loving eyes of Christ, and to learn to embrace those in need, in order to show our closeness, affection and love.
To embrace someone is not enough, however. We must hold the hand of the one in need, of the one who has fallen into the darkness of dependency perhaps without even knowing how, and we must say to him or her: You can get up, you can stand up. It is difficult, but it is possible if you want to.
Dear friends, I wish to say to each of you, but especially to all those others who have not had the courage to embark on our journey: You have to want to stand up; this is the indispensable condition! You will find an outstretched hand ready to help you, but no one is able to stand up in your place. But you are never alone! The Church and so many people are close to you. Look ahead with confidence. Yours is a long and difficult journey, but look ahead, there is "a sure future, set against a different horizon with regard to the illusory enticements of the idols of this world, yet granting new momentum and strength to our daily lives" (Lumen Fidei, No. 57). To all of you, I repeat: Do not let yourselves be robbed of hope! And not only that, but I say to us all: Let us not rob others of hope, let us become bearers of hope! In the Gospel, we read the parable of the Good Samaritan, that speaks of a man assaulted by robbers and left half dead at the side of the road. People pass by him and look at him. But they do not stop, they just continue on their journey, indifferent to him: It is none of their business! Only a Samaritan, a stranger, sees him, stops, lifts him up, takes him by the hand, and cares for him (cf. Lk 10:29-35).
Dear friends, I believe that here, in this hospital, the parable of the Good Samaritan is made tangible. Here there is no indifference, but concern. There is no apathy, but love. … Thanks are due to all the medical professionals and their associates who work here. Your service is precious; undertake it always with love. It is a service given to Christ present in our brothers and sisters. As Jesus says to us: "As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me" (Mt 25:40). And I wish to repeat to all of you who struggle against drug addiction, and to those family members who share in your difficulties: the Church is not distant from your troubles, but accompanies you with affection. The Lord is near you, and he takes you by the hand. Look to him in your most difficult moments and he will give you consolation and hope. And trust in the maternal love of his Mother Mary. This morning, in the Shrine of Aparecida, I entrusted each of you to her heart. Where there is a cross to carry, she, our Mother, is always there with us. I leave you in her hands, while with great affection I bless all of you.