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After capturing their first-ever win at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Denver earlier this week, now the Galaxy could complete the week with their third win in eight days, and first ever against the Seattle Sounders FC. Granted the teams have only met twice previously, and in both occasions the Galaxy appeared to be overmatched. LA were fortunate to earn a 1-1 draw in Seattle last season, and then you may recall met the Sounders at the HDC in August, when David Beckham received an early red card for a tackle against Peter Vagenas. Final score: 2-0, Seattle.
Expect things to go a little different this time around.
It wasn't the prettiest of performances in Denver on Wednesday night, but at the end of the day LA still earned the three points. I believe it was mentioned during the broadcast that the last 20 minutes of the match was all one-way traffic for the Rapids, There were several chances for the home team to tally the equalizer. This was the part of the match where the altitude seemed to take effect on the visiting team, but credit to the Galaxy for some scrappy defending during those final minutes.
For the opening 45 minutes, LA's offense looked like the team that is unbeaten so far in 2010. After creating several chances in the opening minutes, Alan Gordon came through with his first strike of the year in the 21st minute. A beautiful diving header was all that the Galaxy needed to take the lead into the halftime break.
But what happened in the second half?
That will be a concern for the Galaxy heading to the Pacific Northwest. You might be able to say that LA still has not put together a full 90 minutes this year. They have played some very good, if not great soccer at times, but there a few things that one could point to in each of the games, where they either let off the gas or lost focus mentally for a moment. The result was usually the same, putting the defenders and goalkeeper Donovan Rickets under pressure for a 15-20 minute period. You can go all the way back to the opening game of the year against New England. The Revolution had chances to tie the game in the second half, and just did not finish them. Look through the rest of the results up till now and you won't see it in the score line, but you can see it in the game tape. Maybe that changes on Saturday.
Taking a glance at Seattle, they are easily one of the teams that will challenge the Galaxy in the West. After an incredible first year in the league, Sigi Schmid's team continues to build in every aspect of the game. Like Bruce Arena's Galaxy team, Seattle is very strong defensively, and it starts with goalkeeper Kasey Keller. Keller brings everything you want in a goalkeeper; despite the fact he is getting older. Good shot stopper, excellent distribution, strong on crosses and his leadership on and off the field is first class.
Sitting in front of Keller is the central defense pairing of Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Tyrone Marshall. Both are athletic players that can challenge some of the best strikers MLS has to offer. I worked a broadcast in the second week of the MLS season, when the Sounders hosted New York. Red Bulls forward Juan Pablo Angel, arguably one of the best strikers and pure finishers in this league, was held in check by the Sounders' two central defenders for the entire match.
In the attack for Seattle, there are three weapons that concern me for the Galaxy. Fredy Montero, Freddie Ljungberg and Steve Zakuani. Montero is usually the benefactor of all the work Ljungberg and Zakuani do from the wide areas in the field. Ljungberg is truly the engine for the team's attack. When he is buzzing around and finding space to receive the ball in the final third of the field, usually Seattle is creating numerous chances on goal. Zakuani has incredible pace, allowing him to run with the ball at defenders. The second year player has learned to vary his runs as well, thus keeping the defenders on their heels. You thought Omar Cummings of the Rapids showed some good speed last game; Zakuani might be a step faster. Then you have the Columbian, Fredy Montero. He has shown that he can beat you in many different ways. Yes, he can find a loose ball in the box to finish, but his free kick abilities might be of more concern for the Galaxy. Montero can hit a very good ball, and has a knack for putting good movement on it as well.
If you have been following along with this column the past few weeks, you are going to say I keep saying this, but this will be the toughest challenge LA has faced this year. Well, it is true. With each win comes an even bigger bulls-eye on the back of the Galaxy players. Teams already enjoy beating LA, but now that they went to MLS Cup last year, and jumped out to the best start in the league this year, opponents once again want to put one over on the Galaxy.
Let's just hope the Galaxy respond as they have at nearly every turn so far here in 2010… with another win.


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The restaurant chain said that the first 100 customers at each of its locations on Tuesday will get a free ShackBurger in honor of the opening of its 100th location at the Boston Seaport.
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Superior Double Room (2 rooms) / Superior Twin Room (2 rooms)Superior room was decorated to resemble nature. The interior design is beautifully modern in combination with Lanna style. Equipped with modern facilities such as LCD plasma TV. Air conditioning. Hot water and private bathrooms. Outside atmosphere with shady mango trees and ancient courtyard garden ideal for personal or group stay.
Classic Room (3 units)Mhong tribal style houses
Hmong tribal houses was designed with the concept of living in harmony with nature. The house design is similar to the houses of the Hmong tribal house. A single storey house. Interior and exterior use bamboo as the main material for construction. Equipped with amenities such as a fully on screen plasma TV. Air conditioning Living within and outside the room. Water heater And private bathrooms. Outside, shaded by mango trees in old age. And activities within the park grounds.
Deluxe Double Room (4 rooms)Tamarind room (2 rooms)
This room is on the second floor of a water front villa. The views from the rooms are so beautifully combined with the lush green of the trees. The rooms are built with the concept of natural tamarind tree tops and leaves the room. Which you see in the image. Tamarind tree is the real thing. Most mild smell of tamarind infused soft. Within the area. In room amenities include plasma-screen TV. Air conditioning Hot water view balcony room with two spacious outside living.
The river front room (1 room)
Stream front house was decorated in Lanna architecture. Combined with the greenery of the trees around the rooms equipped with amenities such as air - condition plasma TV screen. Water heater Private bathroom. The spacious balcony. A bar for entertaining for a group that can accommodate two people.
Cave house room (1 room)
This cave house decorated in harmony with the concept of co-existence with nature. The virtual cave with stalactites. The rooms have full facilities including air - condition TV on the plasma screen. Private bathroom. Water heater Beside the balcony can accommodate 2 persons.
Cottage (2 units)The wooden house (1 unit)
This wooden houses decorated in harmony with the concept of co-existence with nature. Lanna style. Combined with the Thai style. The rooms have full facilities including air - condition TV on the plasma screen. Private bathroom. Water heater The front living room are living under trees near the house can accommodate two persons.
Baan Karawek (1 unit)
Baan Karawek this privacy designed home soil is surrounded by the beauty of garden, trees and natural. Suitable for a single person or two to relax with amenities that include a plasma screen TV, air conditioning and private bathroom. Water heater Decorated with beautiful Lanna style buildings blend seamlessly to create a home ground.
Family Room (1 unit)Baan Tarn Tawan
Ruan Tarntawan this home soil was naturally very much like to be a connecting room with two bedrooms suitable for a family or a close relative has a living room outside. Facilities in the room such as air - condition plasma screen TV. Hot water + etc.
Grand Deluxe (2 units)Baan Kradang nga (1 unit)
Baan Kradang nga this house is created by the architecture of ancient houses. Decorated with the elegant style of Lanna Thailand mixer fitted with modern facilities such as air - condition flat screen plasma. Water heater Jacuzzi tub. There are indoor and outdoor living in a beautiful atmosphere.
Baan Bhudachart (1 unit)
This spacious home soil is beautifully decorated with a mix of Lanna and Thai style. Living room is both inside and outside the building, full facilities such as a Jacuzzi tub. Plasma screen TV. Air conditioning Water heater Villas suitable for two persons.
Deluxe with Spa Bath (1 unit)Baan Bussaba
This guest room is architecture of ancient Earth. Combining with Thai and the Lanna style. Two separate double rooms and There is another small room is available for those wishing to relax with a massage . Each room is equipped with many amenities such as air conditioning. Jacuzzi tub. Plasma screen TV. Hot water and a living room outside. With flowers and shady trees.
Surrounded by many tourist attractions Mountains, Trekking, Mountain biking,
Bamboo and white water rafting, elephant riding, waterfalls.
Healthy cooking course, Thai Massage course and learn how to make a healthy drinks with the local of plants products. Learn how to make the Lanna style of handicrafts and pottery with local artists which is the science and art of imagination.
It also has the largest Buddhist temple nearby which is a branch of omniscience and practice of the clergy in all regions (Doi Suthep Temple Branch). And here is the source to supplement " Spirulina " which is a single cell plants that quality is suitable for the human body as well.


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Joseph's game of cat and mouse with his brothers continues in Genesis 44:1-34. Once again Joseph arranges it to look like his brothers are dishonest, and he specifically sets up Benjamin. So now the brothers are back before Joseph and the penalty for Benjamin's "stealing" is for him to stay in Egypt as a slave. This is about the worst scenario there could be for the brothers. But, Judah steps us and takes action. He tells Joseph all the events and details leading up to Benjamin being allowed to come to Egypt and explains what would happen with Jacob if Benjamin doesn't return. Then Judah offers himself as a substitution for Benjamin. (Pretty courageous.)
So what did you learn from Judah about handling unpleasant business? How will you make sure you respond in the best manner possible the next time you have to deal with an unwelcome task or situation? Tami W.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University is suspending classes Jan. 6 for students at its East Lansing campus because of heavy snow and extreme wind chill temperatures.
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All electronic services will be maintained, and other business operations will be supported remotely to the extent possible. Campus events scheduled for Jan. 6 and in-person services will be suspended. University buildings will be closed to the public.
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- All classes scheduled for Jan. 6 are canceled (including College of Law). Students should not come to campus. For students living in campus housing, one dining hall in each neighborhood will be open and serving food at regular hours. Olin Health Center will remain open.
- Classes at MSU's medical campuses in Grand Rapids, Clinton Township and Detroit also will be suspended Jan. 6. Students in clerkships should check at their clinical sites to determine their hospital or clinic responsibilities.
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- Several clinics at the MSU Clinical Center will remain open; please call your clinic before coming to campus.
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- The Veterinary Teaching Hospital will continue emergency services. Routine appointments will be re-scheduled.
- Intramural facilities and the library will be closed Jan. 6.
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A cast comprised of Hollywood's elite came out Sunday evening to support Hollywood's Future, Bowling with Hollywood Kids and Cops at the 5th ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD PAL CELEBRITY BOWLER & SILENT AUCTION, Fundraiser held on Sunday March 30th 2014 at 5:00 p.m, in the heart of Hollywood at the famous Lucky Strike Lanes 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, Ca, Executive Director Valerie Lord kept the festivities moving. Attendees bowled, ate amazing food and partied with celebrities as PAL kids, mingled with community partners, police officers and other PAL supporters.
The Shooter Diva spotted celebrity friends on the red carpet including Erin Murphy and Kate Linder as The Hollywood Police Activities League Board of Directors held their fifth annual Hollywood PAL Celebrity Bowl to the cheers of the over 450 Kids served by this family-friendly, VIP event.
The Hollywood PAL Celebrity Bowl Fundraiser is a worthy and fun event with all proceeds going directly to support PAL programs. Everything -- from the food to the trophies -- is donated and courtesy of PAL's incredible partners.
Of the event's ongoing success, Terri Tilton, PAL Board Member and Chair of the Bowling event, said "This event provides an opportunity for our community and celebrities to interact with our PAL kids and LAPD, allowing us all to gain a greater understanding of Hollywood PAL, our purpose and the youth that we serve."
A silent auction and raffle raised needed additional funds for the hundreds of kids that Hollywood PAL serves. Hollywood PAL is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
The Hollywood Police Activities League (PAL) is a community-based crime prevention program that provides young people with positive alternatives to gangs and drugs. Through interaction with police officers in recreational, educational, athletic and fine arts activities, young people are given the opportunity to form healthy, positive attitudes toward the police, the society and the laws they represent.
Hollywood PAL serves more than 450 at-risk youth, ages 6-17, annually from Hollywood and surrounding areas of Los Angeles, offering after-school programs six days per week throughout the year.
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Today's post is about how we shopped to fill Hannah's empty closet. It was kind of nice to be able to start from scratch. Since I myself am reassessing my closet after having discovered style blogs, I was shopping for Hannah how I would shop for myself if I were to start over, with things I learned from WNTW and things I learned from style blogs. Currently, however, my own closet is full of bad habits and old shopping paradigms that I'm having to undo, discover holes that I've created, and fill those holes. It can be maddening sometimes!
There are a bajillion lists out there about "Wardrobe Essentials Every Woman Should Have" but I'm beginning to strongly not believe in those since every woman lives a different lifestyle. Like, a white button-down shirt is almost always on those lists, and I have personally still not encountered a single experience for which I needed one of those.
Hannah's Lifestyle
Hannah needed a wardrobe that took her from work in a semi-casual environment as an administrative assistant to campus as a college student to weekends filled with birthday parties.
Method to the Madness
Hannah saved money for this, but it's not like we had endless amounts of it. We were still on a fairly tight budget, especially for an ENTIRE wardrobe! I didn't want to go in just buying whatever caught our eyes. I wanted to get her a mix-and-match wardrobe with pieces that could each take her into at least 2 out of 3 of the categories of her lifestyle.
Choosing Colors and Basics
I made a list of pieces that would serve as foundational basics for Hannah, and I wanted to find those in neutral colors. Then, we'd have a secondary color palette, and I had other items on our list that I wanted to find in the secondary palette. With the mix of neutrals and a distinct color palette to work with, it was easier to know that things would "go" together and therefore create more possibilities for mixing and matching.
Bottoms Up!
We first shopped for bottoms. I don't know what stroke of genius made me realize we needed to start there, but it was a decision I would definitely stick to again. The 30 for 30 taught me how important it is to have different colored bottoms to have a highly remixable wardrobe. There are infinite possibilities for tops, but bottoms seem to be harder to find for some reason. I wanted to see what kinds of colors we could find for bottoms, create our secondary color palette from that, and then find tops to match. Seriously, best decision ever. (And that's what's upside-down in my closet right now. I have no colored skirts, and my dilemma is that if I buy skirts I don't have shirts to go with them. Bad news. I'll save more whining for another day.)
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I tried HARD to NOT take her to Target, but after a shopping lull and almost as a last resort we went, and we found nearly half her stuff there. And she liked a lot of things she's seen me wear, so you might recognize a few of these items. 🙂
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- skinny jeans (The ONLY thing Hannah had.)
- grey trousers or khakis (we couldn't find any for her)
- straight-legged dark wash jeans
- neutral skirt*
- secondary colored skirt*
- 1-2 more colored or patterned skirts (couldn't find)
DRESSES: had to work for both casual everyday wear & quinceaneras on weekends
- versatile dress in neutral (LBD-ish)*
- printed dress #1
- printed dress #2*
- solid dress*
SHOES (all Target):
- wide medium-brown w/ embellishment
- wide dark brown braided
- medium-width black
- red necklace
- teal/gold statement necklace
- long metallic chain
*purchased on sale in-store
That's all, folks.
I like how all the pretty colors go together. Not the case in my own closet. Sigh.
We only found her 3 bottoms and bought 27 garments, yet we could still make 35+ distinct outfits from her clothes. Awesomeeeeee! I have organization and efficiency envy. How's THAT for a 30 for 30?
Anyhoo, on with our regularly scheduled program. If you actually made it this far, thanks for reading!


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SAN DIEGO, May 18 – TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.
today reported results from three pivotal Phase 3 studies evaluating
investigational new drug TAK-390MR, the first proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
with an innovative dual delayed release technology, in healing patients
with erosive esophagitis (EE) and in maintenance of healed EE. The data
were presented at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) annual meeting in San
"The innovative dual delayed release technology delivers TAK-390MR in
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TAK-390MR a very interesting potential future treatment option," said Dr.
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past president of the American Gastroenterological Association.
Data from the two separate EE healing studies demonstrated that
patients treated with TAK-390MR 60 mg and 90 mg experienced higher overall
healing after eight weeks, versus patients taking lansoprazole 30 mg. In
addition, data from a six-month maintenance of healed EE study demonstrated
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statistically significant overall maintenance and symptom relief over
Healing of Erosive Esophagitis Studies
TAK-390MR was compared to lansoprazole in two identically designed,
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A total of 4,092 patients were enrolled in the two global studies. The
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30 mg. The results for each study were analyzed using life table and crude
rate methods.
Results from these trials demonstrated that TAK-390MR 60 mg and 90 mg
produced consistently high healing rates for patients with EE. In one
study, the life table analysis showed that 93 percent and 95 percent of
TAK-390MR patients (60 mg and 90 mg, respectively) experienced healing
versus 92 percent of lansoprazole 30 mg patients. The crude rate analysis
showed that 87 percent of 60 mg and 89 percent of 90 mg TAK-390MR patients
experienced healing versus 85 percent of lansoprazole 30 mg patients.
In a second study, the life table analysis demonstrated that 92 percent
of both 60 mg and 90 mg patients experienced healing versus 86 percent of
patients on lansoprazole 30 mg. The crude rate evaluation showed that 85
percent and 86 percent of patients treated with TAK-390MR (60 mg and 90 mg,
respectively) experienced healing versus 79 percent of patients taking
lansoprazole 30 mg. The results for TAK-390MR 90 mg were statistically
significantly higher than lansoprazole 30 mg in both studies using crude
rate analysis.
The most frequent treatment-related adverse event (AE) for patients in
the combined healing studies was diarrhea, which occurred in similar rates
across groups (three percent for TAK-390MR 60 mg and 90 mg, versus two
percent for lansoprazole 30 mg).
"Findings from both studies demonstrated that patients taking TAK-390MR
60 mg and 90 mg showed numerically higher overall healing than those taking
lansoprazole with a similar rate of AEs across groups," said Dr. Prateek
Sharma, professor of medicine, gastroenterology section, University of
Kansas School of Medicine.
Maintenance of Healed Erosive Esophagitis
TAK-390MR was compared to placebo in a double-blind, randomized,
controlled trial in patients with confirmed healing of EE. A total of 445
patients were enrolled in the global, six-month study. The primary
objective was to evaluate the overall maintenance rate of healed EE after
once-daily administration of TAK-390MR 30 mg, 60 mg, or placebo. A
secondary objective was to evaluate the frequency of heartburn over the
six-month study.
Results from the trial showed that TAK-390MR 30 mg and 60 mg produced
high maintenance rates for patients with healed EE. Maintenance rates were
analyzed using both life table and crude rate analyses.
The life table analysis showed that 75 and 83 percent of patients (30
mg and 60 mg respectively) were maintained over six months versus 27
percent of those patients taking placebo. According to the crude rate
analysis, 66 percent of patients taking TAK-390MR 30 mg and 60 mg were
maintained over six months versus 14 percent on placebo.
TAK-390MR also demonstrated heartburn relief rates during the six-month
trial. Patients treated with TAK-390MR were heartburn free a median of 99
and 96 percent of nights (30 mg and 60 mg respectively) versus 71 percent
of nights for patients treated with placebo. In addition, patients treated
with TAK-390MR were heartburn free a median 96 and 91 percent of 24-hour
days (30 mg and 60 mg, respectively) versus 29 percent of 24-hour days for
patients treated with placebo.
The most frequent treatment related AEs for patients in the six-month
maintenance study taking TAK-390MR included flatulence, bloating and
distension (2%), diarrhea (2%), dyspeptic signs and symptoms (1%),
gastritis (1%), and nausea/vomiting (1%) and were generally similar to
"The heartburn relief rates are encouraging, particularly when you
consider that they reflect symptom relief during the complete 24-hour
period," said Dr. David Metz, professor of medicine, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine. "These maintenance results coupled with
the overall healing results are encouraging for the potential of TAK-390MR
in treating patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease."
About TAK-390MR
TAK-390MR, an enantiomer of lansoprazole, employs an innovative dual
delayed release technology, which is designed to provide two separate
releases of drug for extended duration of acid suppression.
These Phase 3 data are part of the new drug application (NDA) filed in
December 2007 for TAK-390MR for the treatment of patients with symptomatic
GERD, the healing of erosive esophagitis, and the maintenance of healed
erosive esophagitis. The NDA was based on global studies conducted in more
than 20 countries evaluating approximately 6,000 subjects with erosive and
non-erosive GERD.
About Digestive Disease Week (DDW)
DDW is the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers
and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and
gastrointestinal surgery. Jointly sponsored by the American Association for
the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association
(AGA) Institute, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and
the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, DDW takes place May 17-22,
2008, at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. The meeting
showcases approximately 5,000 abstracts and hundreds of lectures on the
latest advances in GI research, medicine and technology. For more
information, visit http://www.ddw.org.
About TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.
TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc., located in Lake Forest, Ill., is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Takeda America Holdings, Inc. For more
information about TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc., visit the company's web
site at http://www.tap.com.
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There was no happy ending for Happy Endings or Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 on Sunday.
Airing their first episodes in their Sunday slots, the ABC comedies both hit series lows. Happy Endings drew 2.6 million viewers and a 1.0 in the 18-to-49 demographic, while Apt 23 nabbed 2.2 million viewers and a 0.9. Lead-ins Once Upon a Time (9 million, 3.1) and Revenge (7 million, 2.3) were both down from their fall finales last month.
Winter TV Preview: Must-see new showsFox won the night thanks to an NFL overrun.On NBC, the season premiere of The Biggest Loser , featuring the return of Jillian Michaels, bowed to 7 million viewers and a 2.9, up 21 percent from its previous season opener.CBS' The Good Wife (10 million, 1.8) was flat, while The Mentalist (10.7 million, 2.1) matched a season high.8 p.m.
CBS: Person of Interest (R) 8.4 million viewers (1.3 demo rating)ABC: Once Upon a Time 9 million (3.1)Fox: The Simpsons 9.6 million (4.4); Bob's Burgers 6.5 million (3.1)NBC: Dateline 6.2 million (1.5) [7-9 p.m.] 9 p.m.
CBS: The Good Wife 10 million (1.8)
ABC: Revenge 7.6 million (2.4)Fox: Family Guy 7.1 million (3.5); American Dad! 5.5 million (2.8)NBC: The Biggest Loser 7 million (2.9) [9-11 p.m.]10 p.m.
CBS: The Mentalist 10.7 million (2.1)ABC: Happy Endings 2.6 million (1.0); Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 2.2 million (0.9)


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Traveling a more environmentally friendly road
- Hotels are building greener hotels that more energy efficient
- Airplanes are becoming lighter and more fuel efficient
- Rental car agencies are adding more electric cars
When you travel these days, you're doing so in a more environmentally friendly fashion than you did a decade ago — and you probably can't even tell.
Airlines are flying planes that have more fuel-efficient engines and are lighter in weight to save on costly jet fuel. Architects are designing hotels to be more efficient in their use of energy and water, and to reduce waste. Rental car agencies are adding more hybrid and electric cars to their fleets.
Some steps have been forced on the industry by the threat of government action, sheer economics or customer demands. But some companies say it's just good business.
Many associations, for instance, refuse to meet in hotels that don't meet environmentally friendly standards.
"We actually have customers who are asking, 'What's the carbon footprint of our meeting?'" says Paul Snyder, vice president of corporate responsibility for IHG, parent company of InterContinental Hotels, Holiday Inn and others.
In a TripAdvisor survey of 700 U.S. travelers last year, 57% said they often make eco-friendly travel decisions.
But Adam Weissenberg, vice chairman and leader of Deloitte's U.S. Travel, Hospitality and Leisure practice, says price still drives most travel decisions.
"There's not a lot of desire yet for people to pay extra for this in general," he says. "I think there's more of a, 'This is the right thing to do.'"
Among the ways the travel industry is responding to the demand to go green:
Hotels have progressed far beyond giving guests the option of not having their towels and linens changed every day.
They're building green hotels or retrofitting old properties to be more sustainable. In 2008, there were 18 hotels with LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certification awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council, an industry non-profit. Last year, there were 198 LEED-certified properties.
Green buildings use, on average, 26% less energy, emit 33% less carbon dioxide, use 30% less water, and produce 50% to 75% less solid waste, according to the building council.
Hotels also are adopting motion sensors, key cards that control lights, fluorescent bulbs and ceiling fans aimed at saving energy. To save water, they're installing low-flow shower heads and low-flow toilets. They're recycling more and replacing individual shampoo bottles with large dispensers.
Budget and luxury hotels are instituting company-wide programs to become more sustainable.
More than 2,250 of IHG's hotels participate in the company's "Green Engage" program, an online tool that helps the properties measure and report their energy, water and waste. They can see how they stack up against each other and take actions to be more green. The program has helped hotels save 10% to 25% on energy costs, IHG says.
Starwood's Element Hotels, meanwhile, is seeking LEED certification, the group says. The properties use eco-friendly materials wherever possible, such as carpets with 100% recycled content and framed art mounted on a base made from recycled tires. Bath amenities are in dispensers. Glassware and metal flatware are used instead of paper cups and plastic utensils. Fitness centers have stationary bikes with pedal-powered generators to charge tablets or smartphones.
Choice Hotels International's Econo Lodge hotels recently announced all properties must join the "Room to be Green" program this year. They must use energy-efficient indoor lighting such as LED bulbs, offer guests the chance to re-use towels and linens, and have a recycling program.
Airlines have saved more than $33 billion on fuel and prevented the release of 670 billion pounds of greenhouse gases since 2000, according to Brighter Planet, which measures companies' carbon footprint.
"For an airline, there's more incentive to be fuel-efficient," says Dawna Rhoades, an associate dean at the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. "It is 20% to 30% of their costs. That's a lot."
Plane manufacturers are building more fuel-efficient planes. Boeing has introduced the 787 Dreamliner, which is lighter because it's made almost entirely of composite materials. Airbus plans the A350 XWB's debut for 2014. The plane is projected to use 25% less fuel and reduce emissions.
Airlines have adopted new technology and practices to reduce their carbon footprints.
US Airways, for instance, is replacing gas-powered ground vehicles that transport bags with electric ones at its Philadelphia hub. A new building to house the vehicles at Philadelphia International Airport was made of 20% recycled materials.
The airline, along with most others around the world, is looking into alternative fuels such as biodiesel, a blend of soybean oil and diesel fuel that produces fewer emissions and extends the life of the engine, says Vince Costanzo, managing director of Stations Operations Support.
Jimmy Samartzis, managing director of global environmental affairs and sustainability for United Airlines, says the carrier has used 32% less fuel since 1994 and is now experimenting with alternative fuels. The airline has added winglets to the wing tips of its planes to reduce drag and improve fuel efficiency.
To save on paper waste, United has introduced mobile-device boarding and given pilots iPads rather than have them carry around paperwork. The carrier has also recycled 20 million pounds of aluminum.
Nancy Young, vice president of environmental affairs for industry group Airlines for America, says the airline industry has improved its fuel efficiency by 120% since 1978 and now accounts for only 2% of the nation's greenhouse emissions.
"It's the equivalent of taking 22 million cars off the road each year," she says.
Major car rental companies are adding electric cars to their already growing hybrid fleets.
Enterprise has more than 5,000 hybrids and electric vehicles available for rent at 70 locations.
"We will continue to add hybrids and EVs to our fleet based on consumer demand and availability from manufacturers," says spokeswoman Lisa Martini.
The company also expanded its car-sharing service last year in Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
Avis Budget has about 4,800 gas/electric hybrid vehicles available. The company keeps a small number of Chevrolet Volt electric vehicles (EVs) at New York's LaGuardia.
Nearly a third of its fleet is made up of cars that have received the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay certification, which the EPA gives to environmentally friendly cars as measured by air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Hertz plans on offering more green vehicles to its fleet, says spokesman Lemore Hecht. The company also has a car-sharing program.
David Eastes, a director at VroomVroomVroom.com, which tracks the industry, says he has seen an increase in the number of companies dedicated solely to renting out hybrid or electric vehicles, such as MPGCarRental.com in Los Angeles. "That's never been seen before," he says.
But hybrid and electric cars tend to cost more to rent. Avis Budget spokesman John Barrows says the hybrid vehicles have daily rates approximately 10% to 15% higher, compared with standard-engine vehicles of similar size.
Deloitte's Weissenberg says that could deter some travelers from opting for the cars. But, he points out that even regular rental cars are becoming more environmentally friendly.
Most travelers aren't aware that they're on an eco-friendly plane or at an eco-friendly hotel.
Arthur Debowy, an architect in Highland Mills, N.Y., says he picks flights based on route and fare. "I know some are experimenting with biofuels but I think the jury is still out, so it has little impact on me," he says.
Meanwhile, Scott Zebedis, who works at a non-profit foundation in Anderson, Ind., will try to rent a hybrid from Avis whenever he can.
"Because I am an Avis preferred member, there is no additional charge," he says. "And it saves money on gas for the non-profit foundation that I work for."


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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7, Lumix DMC-ZS5 expand ZS line
Panasonic updates today its popular ZS series with the Lumix ZS7 and Lumix ZS5. These new compact high-zoom cameras add geo-tagging functionality and manual controls to the 12x optical zoom range of the previous generation.
The 12.1 megapixel Panasonic Lumix ZS7 and Lumix ZS5 will both record 720p HD video. Before it, the ZS3 was touted as an all-purpose creative tool that was both a camcorder and still camera. The latest ZS models carry on in the same direction, adding to the list of features manual exposure settings including manual, aperture priority, shutter priority, and program modes.
Fans of automatic shooting will still find Panasonic's iA Intelligent Auto mode here, a function that worked reasonably well in our testing of the ZS3. In fact, the Lumix ZS3 merited an Editor's Choice award from DCR, producing high-quality images with minimal distortions. Part of that distinction is thanks to a Leica-branded zoom lens. The "L" is back for this ZS generation, and both models sport a 25-300mm equivalent 12x optical zoom lens. It isn't particularly fast lens with a wide angle maximum aperture of f/3.3, but the telephoto end starts at a nice f/4.9.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7
The Lumix ZS7 will feature GPS functionality and will record latitude and longitude information in the image's EXIF data when a photo is taken. Later, users will be able to pinpoint the location in which the photo was taken when they add it to the map function of sharing sites like Flickr.
The ZS7 will also offer a large 3.0 inch, 460k dot LCD, and it will record those 720p video files in AVCHD Lite. Additionally, Panasonic has added a new feature called "intelligent resolution" to the ZS7 – it's a feature that's designed to reclaim the image detail lost when using digital zoom. The new Venus Engine HD II processor seeks out the distortions and jagged edges that digital zoom often creates and smoothes them over. The feature is put to work in the camera's Intelligent Zoom mode, which boasts an increase in zoom power from 12x to 16x.
In a similar vein, Panasonic has added a feature called Happy Mode to the ZS7. Like other manufacturers, they've attempted to create a sort of shortcut to capturing more vibrant, saturated images of subjects like sunsets. High Dynamic mode is new as well, a feature that should help shooters in situations with both light and dark areas.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5
The Lumix ZS5 doesn't have the GPS functionality or new tech features that the ZS7 boasts, but otherwise it's very similar to the ZS7. Though slightly smaller, a 2.7 inch, 230k dot monitor should be sufficient for composing and reviewing images. Rather than recording video in AVCHD Lite, the ZS5 spits out motion JPEG video files.
Panasonic claims that the results are on par with images that use only optical zoom. At the very least, it's an interesting solution to the problem of digital zoom.
Pricing and availability
As with Panasonic's CES announcements, they have not released pricing or release dates at this time. The Lumix ZS3 debuted a year ago at $399.95, so it seems fair to assume that the ZS7 will cost upwards of $400.


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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth has made a change to an animal control policy after two residents couldn't get anyone to respond to a case of apparent animal cruelty.
The report came in Sunday while the city shelter was closed and only an on-call officer was staffed due to budget restraints.
Still, Mike Phipps said he was surprised he couldn't get anyone to respond. "I was wanting an investigation more or less," said Phipps. "At least a report made on it."
Phipps and Eddie Sakerka were driving in the 4900 block of Brentwood Stair Road when Sakerka saw a dog kennel on the side of the road. It's a stretch of road with no homes, no apartments and just a storage business nearby. "I just barely caught it out of the corner of my eye because there's so many weeds and brush along here," he said.
The pair run a pet sitting business together. They occasionally find old kennels, clean them and donate them to an animal shelter. Sakerka got out to grab the crate. He didn't expect to find it occupied. "I knew she was dead the second I seen her," he said. "I could see where the crate was separated where she had fought to try to get out of this crate."
He and Phipps estimated the small, female pit bull mix was no more than a few months old. It didn't have any injuries. Phipps said he called the Humane Society, which told him it sounded like an animal cruelty case and to call 911. Phipps said an operator there though told him it was not a police issue. After a return call to the Humane Society, and then to police again, an operator referred him to the number for the city streets department.
"We have protocol and is it known?" Phipps asked Wednesday. "Do they know we have policy and by all means was that followed?"
Fort Worth Code Compliance director Brandon Bennett said if it was a dangerous dog, or an imminent case of animal cruelty, an officer would have responded. The department though had to close its shelter on Sundays due to budget cuts and only an on-call officer is staffed.
Bennett said the weekend policy on dispatching calls will change because of this case. "We've learned from this and that is to update the policy that if something similar like this comes in again, it will go to the on call officer who will then make the decision to respond or not to respond."
Bennett added the dog's death does appear to be a case of cruelty. If anyone recognizes the dog or saw it dropped off, he said investigators would like to know about it to investigate the case. The code compliance office has taken 1600 cruelty reports in the last year.
Phipps and Sakerka put a cross at the spot on where the found the dog they have named "Pretty Girl." They are also putting up posters with the promise of a reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case.


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My son and his mother, ahem, have been obsessing over his favorite TV show, The Octonauts, for quite some time now. At the moment, it is the toys that go along with the show that are our all-consuming passion.
When we say grace, he thanks God for his new Gups, a gup being the underwater vessels employed by The Octonauts. When we ask what he is thankful for, he says his new Gups. When we ask what he would like to do today, he would like to get his last Gup. This is the first time I have really gotten into the toy market with my children. My years as a geek scouring collectible fairs, watching my dad grow his collectible toy empire, have all prepped me for this moment.
Yet I was completely unprepared for a show only in it's second season to have toys that are so unattainable that something with a retail value of $25 can go for $150 on Ebay. Welcome to the world of Octonauts toys.
I got into this game haphazardly. A random pre-Christmas Amazon.co.uk browse showed an excellent price on the Octopod playset. We bought it for $35 in the UK, where Amazon.com was selling them at $75 a pop. I was very pleased with myself. I also managed to pick up a figure pack containing Peso penguin while at the grocery store, so felt we would have a well represented Christmas.
Shortly after the holiday season was packed away for another year, I found myself on The Octonauts facebook page and discovered it full of conversations about the scarcity of certain figures. I was kind of shocked. I had experienced similar things over the years with my dad's stock. A box of Star Wars figures would always yield multiples of one figure, a few less of another and then a lone figure that was always hard sought after. Never have I seen people in my town go so crazy as they did over the elusive Black-eyed Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Barely even one in a box. I expected that from geek toys, from toys that both adults and children pursue voraciously. But I just wasn't expecting the same thing to happen with The Octonauts. I quickly rallied the family across the pond, and very quickly we were in possession of Gups A-D, which included a Shellington Sea Otter figure. I felt I could bide my time a little on the other figures, surely it couldn't get that bad.
When he was finally presented with the last Gup we had, we spaced their delivery out, my son pointed out a gaping hole in his set. We didn't have Peso's gup, the Gup-E was missing. By this point it was almost three months after Christmas, and when I returned to the forums it was to find out that the Gup-E was virtually unobtainable, neither love nor money could purchase this toy. Well, money could, one user reported seeing a Gup go for $150. One hundred, and fifty, dollars! For a toy with no mechanical parts, no batteries needed, for a pre-school toy.
A few minutes searching online forums and it became clear that aside from the Gup-E, Dashi Dog was the toy to find. It was on virtually everyone's list of "missing from the collection." I quickly went on line and snagged Tweak, Inkling and Tunip but watched as the figure pack containing Dashi Dog was snatched from my grasp by clicking on Amazon moments too late. Now we wait. Dashi will appear once more, the Gup-E will be delivered to toy stores across the UK on April 5th, or so I'm told by the internet. In the meantime, for people with a more balanced approach to life than I, you will be pleased to hear that the toys have been released in the US this month.
A word of caution, not everything is available, the rarities of our European parenting counterparts seem destined to be ours also. Here are the specs from the Press Release about just what we can get in the US now:
The Octopod includes over 10 play pieces including Barnacles, Kwazii, a mini GUP-A which did not satisfy my three year old at Christmas, three creatures, four rescue tools and a clip-on Octo-Alert that features phrases and sounds from the show. It retails at $34.99, prior to this Amazon.com imported them to the US for anything between $60 and $120 depending on which day you checked online. This is great news for US fans. This is the only toy that doesn't translate to the water. It has stickers that attach to each pod, and the Octo-Alert contains batteries.
Only Gups A-D are currently available in the US. This is a bit of a blow, as it is the elusive Gup-E, Peso's Gup, that is short on both sides of the Atlantic. All Gups work in the bath and include an Octonauts character, creature and rescue tool.
Octonauts Figure and Creature Pack Assortment
Another blow that mimics what has been happening overseas. Only four pack assortments are available. Each pack comes with an Octonauts figure and a color-changing creature, but you can only choose from Captain Barnacles, Kwazii, Shellington or Peso. Tweak, Inkling, Tunip and Dashi remain to arrive. These are variations of the figures that come with the Dups, so no help there either.
Rescue Kit Barnacles with Tunip & Clam
This action figure set comes with a Tunip water-squirter, which helps ease the pain of the available figures. The clamshell and sea creatures it comes with change color when placed in warm water. This set will net you another Barnacles.
Rescue Kit Kwazii & the Slime Eel
This set includes a treasure chest which fans of "Monster Map" will appreciate, and again sea creatures that change color when placed in warm water.
Octonauts Octo-Compass
For the little cosplayer in the family there is the Octo-Compass. Containing phrases from Barnacles, Kwazii and Peso, the compass comes complete with creature sounds and the Octo-Alert signal. the perfect pairing to go with my son's face masks. He is insisting on a costume party for his birthday this year, so we're all about the accessories right now.
Scarcity aside, the toys are great. They are well made, accurate to the show and virtually indestructible, just watch my one and three year olds beat up on them. While I would never pay $150 for a Gup, they are certainly well worth the retail asking price. Both of my boys love playing with these toys, both in and out of the bath. For fans of the show, a trip to your local Toys R Us should certainly be in your future.
*At the time of publication, Dashi Dog had been successfully ordered online.


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text: We all thought stand-alone e-readers were going to get wiped out by the iPad, but they're still here -- and there are still a slew of reasons to recommend them. If you're a student, they make a vital addition to your campus survival kit. They can be pricey, and they won't eliminate your need for a laptop, but the initial cost leads to long term advantages. Hardware e-readers give you the ability to rent or borrow digital versions of your textbooks, and in cases where you have to buy an e-book, digital titles are usually cheaper than the hard copies. They're also more interactive, letting you highlight the study points, take notes and share them, and click hyperlinks to go deeper into a topic. Also, the convenience of reading everything on one lightweight device instead of lugging a backpack stuffed with books can't be ignored. Still, the e-textbook industry is young, and distribution remains shaky -- read our companion piece "Are Textbook Publishers Blowing It...," for more about the roadblocks facing e-texts on campuses. Here, we run through the most popular options. And you could easily just read books on your tablet, or even on a notebook PC using desktop readers like Nook Study, or a web-based reading app like Amazon's new HTML5-powered Kindle Cloud Reader app. For this reason, we've included a few non-e-ink options at the end.Kindle Amazon's Kindle, still the market leader among e-readers, doesn't have the wide-ranging functionality of a tablet or a smartphone. But the e-ink device is exceedingly capable at one very important thing: getting out of the way while you devour a book. This makes it great for reading novels -- Amazon's library is deep enough to cover the bulk of your reading lists for literature and humanities courses. Classics from centuries past (War and Peace, Dracula) are also available for free. But Amazon has added e-textbooks to the mix, allowing you to buy textbooks through its Kindle storefront, or, alternatively, rent textbooks for 30 to 360 days. Fees are prorated, so you only pay for the amount of time you need. You can highlight and take notes, and your annotations will be accessible when you log in to Amazon even after the rental period ends. Taking notes is a chore on the Kindle's crappy keyboard, but any book you buy or rent can also be read through Amazon's bevy of Kindle apps for laptops, iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry platforms, so you can type wherever it's most comfortable. If you need to read EPub files, you can do so on a Kindle, but the device doesn't support those formats by default. You'll have to use free software like Calibre to convert the files to the Kindle's native MOBI format. If you want a basic Kindle with a six-inch screen, you can get the ad-supported reader for $114. The full price is $140 for the Wi-Fi-only version, which is what we'd recommend. Refurbished Kindles are available for as little as $100 right now. If you need a bigger screen, the 9.7-inch Kindle DX is $380. Before you buy, note this: Rumors are swirling that Amazon will be releasing an updated Kindle in the coming months, and possibly even a full-blown tablet to compete with the iPad. Any such device would obviously have Kindle power features built in. Nothing official yet, though -- expect more details to emerge in September or October. Read our full review of the Kindle.Nook The touchscreen Nook is the easiest of the e-ink devices to hold. It trumps the Kindle by eliminating the hardware keyboard and removing the bulky "chin," so it's more portable and more comfortable to use during longer reading sessions. Like the Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook is great for burning through novels and business books, and for most reading lists on subjects like history and political science. Copyright-expired classics and Project Gutenberg texts are available for free, and the Nook's superior support for library lending opens up further possibilities for getting your hands on assigned texts. Barnes & Noble's Nook store is deep, but if a professor sends around PDF or assigns a piece of reading only available as an EPub, you can use the Nook to read those, too -- though you may need some software, such as Adobe Digital Editions, to load it onto the reader. When it comes to plowing through lots of e-textbooks, the better solution may be to move off the device and get the Nook Study app for Mac or PC. Within the app, you can take notes and highlight as you go, organize your coursework, and you can try books for a week for free. So while the device itself is great for reading text, to take full advantage of everything the platform has to offer, including full e-textbook support, you'll need more than the basic reader. The six-inch black and white Nook, which we'd recommend, is $140, and seven-inch Nook Color is $250. Barnes & Noble also sells refurbished Nooks at a discount. Read our full review of the Nook.Kobo Touch Kobo is a dark horse in the e-ink market, but it's gaining some popularity, and the bookstore that feeds it is growing. The device itself is smaller and lighter than the Kindle, and much like the similar-sized Nook, it uses a touchscreen instead of a hardware keyboard. One of Kobo's advantages is the social gaming aspect built into the reading experience. The Reading Life software on the device provides you with stats about your pace and progress while you're working your way through each book, and awards you badges when you reach milestones or when you increase your reading speed. It sounds corny, but videogame-style achievement-unlocking rewards are an excellent motivator if you're a slow reader -- or if you're having a hard time tearing yourself away from reruns of Whiz Kids. The drag about Kobo is the lack of a robust e-textbook ecosystem like Amazon's or Barnes & Noble's. But like the other devices, novels are available in abundance, older texts can be read on the Kobo (and its apps) for free, and PDFs and EPub files can be side-loaded with minimal hassle. The Kobo E-Reader Touch Edition with Wi-Fi capability is $130. Stay away from the older version without the touchscreen. Read our full review of the Kobo Touch.Apple iPad 2 The iPad's software platform trumps all the dedicated e-readers when it comes to breadth of utility. There are free reader apps from all the major stores -- Amazon's Kindle app, Barnes & Noble's Nook app, Kobo Books' app -- as well as apps like Stanza, Bookworm and Good Reader for loading up on EPubs and PDFs. And of course, Apple's own play, iBooks, comes pre-installed. There are dedicated iPad apps for e-textbook services like CourseSmart, Vitalsource Bookshelf and Kno that let you read and take notes. Instapaper ($5) can handle all your assigned web-based articles. The touchscreen is pleasant enough for taking notes, and you can access all stripes of online educational collaboration services either through an app or through the full-blown browser. Given its versatility, it's kind of a shame the iPad doesn't make the most pleasant reading device. The current iPad is 1.33 pounds -- more than twice as heavy as a 8.5-ounce Kindle -- and its 9.7-inch screen is backlit. Fatigue creeps in to both the eyes and the arms after only a couple of hours. The battery gives you about eight hours of study time -- no match for the e-ink devices, which can last days from one charge. Also, compared to e-ink readers, you'll pay out the nose. Wi-Fi-only iPad 2s start at $500, and that should be enough for almost everyone. Add Verizon or AT&T connectivity (which is probably unnecessary on campus) and you'll pay as much as $830. But of course, you really do get much, much more than an e-reader for your money. Read our full review of the iPad 2.Android Tablets Like the iPad, you can load up your Android tablet with a wealth of free e-reader apps. Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Google Books and CourseSmart are just some of the apps available for Android tablets. And yet, Android tablets suffer from the same usability problems as the iPad -- the backlit screen, the bulk, and battery life aren't as friendly to all-nighters as dedicated e-ink devices. But the beauty of Android is the wide range of hardware choices. Need a bigger screen? Get a Motorola Xoom or a Lenovo IdeaPad K1. Want something compact that's easier to hold? Get the seven-inch version of the Galaxy Tab. In fact, if portability's your biggest concern, Samsung's 7-inch tablet may be the best Android-based e-reader. The screen, a standard LCD, is not as bright and as clear as the iPad's beauty, nor as infinitely readable as an e-ink device. But the tiny tablet is remarkably easy to hold with one hand. It really feels like a jumbo-sized cellphone and slips easily into any bag and many jacket pockets. The downside? It's old -- performance is sluggish, thanks to a 2010-era processor, and it runs Android 2.2 Froyo. But rumor has it we should expect an updated version of the Galaxy Tab 7 soon. So if you want to get small for fall, drop $350 now for a Wi-Fi only model. Otherwise, play the waiting game, or go for a bigger option. T-Mobile's G-Slate has an 8.9-inch screen and weighs 1.37 pounds, so it's not as portable but still relatively svelte. It has T-Mobile service built in, so it's more expensive and requires a data contract. The G-Slate starts at $530 and goes up from there. One of the lightest tablets is the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and it's our recommended choice if you want a big, crisp screen. The 16GB Wi-Fi only version, running Android 3.1 Honeycomb, is $500. There's a Samsung 8.9-incher coming, too, though it's not on the market yet.HP TouchPad Maybe you snagged one of these last week for $100 on blow-out. Or maybe you've just scored one for slightly more on eBay. Either way, HP's now-discontinued TouchPad tablet is a good buy if you need a device for reading e-books and doing other tablet-y things like checking e-mail, cruising the web, playing Angry Birds or keeping up with Facebook. The only problem (and it's a big one) is a lack of software. The only real powerhouse e-reader for the device is Amazon's Kindle app. And with HP axing all future plans to produce hardware for its WebOS platform, the future of apps on the device doesn't look so bright. Still, if you want a portable tablet that will last you a couple of years, and Amazon's library is enough for you, picking up a TouchPad on the cheap is an option. Supply is dry and demand is high, so the sooner you start searching on Craigslist, the better. Read our full review of the HP TouchPad.Photos by Jim Merithew and Jon Snyder/WiredSee Also:- Scientists Make Bendy E-Readers From SilkKindle Cloud Reader Skirts App Store RulesSummer Semester: A Quick Guide To Kindle Rentals and the World of Digital TextbooksThe Nook Nails ItBarnes & Noble Slims, Simplifies Nook E-Book ReaderKobo Launches Touch-Screen E-Ink Tablet


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Sunday Reads: Volcanic Ash, Elephant Speak and Secret Pigeons of WarPosted: November 4, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, abortion rights, Accommodation and Compromise, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Barack Obama, birth control, court rulings, fetus fetishists, Fox News, fundamentalist Christians, History, Human Rights, Injustice system, misogyny, Mitt Romney, morning reads, nature, Planned Parenthood, PLUB Pro-Life-Until-Birth, Psychopaths in charge, Religious Conscience, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, the GOP, The Right Wing, U.S. Politics, Violence against women, War on Women, Women's Healthcare, Women's Rights | Tags: ancient settlements, blackbirds, carrier pigeons, Cave Paintings, Mitt's Mendacity, Northeast weather, rape kits, Texas, vatican, War on Women 76 Comments
Good Morning
This morning's post has many items that are not about Romney, Ryan or the election. I suppose however, we should get a few of the newsy links out-of-the-way first.
The forecasters are predicting cold weather in the Northeast. U.S. disaster relief in a race against freezing cold
The power restorations relit the skyline in Lower Manhattan for the first time in nearly a week and allowed 80 percent of the New York City subway service to resume, but more than a million homes and businesses still lacked power, down from 3.5 million on Friday.
The power outages combined with a heating oil shortage meant some homes could go cold as unseasonably frigid weather sets in. Forecasters saw temperatures dipping into the upper 30s Fahrenheit (around 3 degrees Celsius) on Saturday night with freezing temperatures expected next week.
The weather forecast remains bleak. An aggressive early-season "Nor'easter" storm was expected to hit the battered New England coast next week with strong winds and heavy rain.
Another storm has been brewing over the last year, the disaster cyclone that is Romney. Over on the Maddow Blog, Steven Benen has been chronicling the Romney Lies. His latest entry can be found here: Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. XLI – The Maddow Blog
In a way, I blame my friend Greg Sargent. In the first week in January, he noted, almost in passing, that Mitt Romney seemed to be making a lot of false claims, and someone "really should document them all." That struck me as a good idea, so I decided to tackle this on my own.
After all, I thought at the time, how hard could this be? Once a week, I'd let readers know about Romney's whoppers, which I assumed would total about a half-dozen a week, and maybe after the election, I'd do a top 20 list of my favorites. The project would be a nice little Friday-afternoon feature.
Little did I know at the time that Romney would become an ambitious prevaricator, whose rhetoric would come to define post-truth politics. Nearly 11 months after Greg Sargent's harmless suggestion, I've published 40 installments in this series, which, before today, featured 884 falsehoods. (If you include today's edition, the new total is 917 falsehoods for the year.)
I wish that were a typo. It's not.
I have followed this series from the beginning, and actually have linked to a few articles now and then. If you want to skim over lies upon lies, then check out the full Mendacity series here.
Previous editions of Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity: Vol. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII,XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL
I've got several links for you on the GOP's War on Women:
Bush Appointed Judge Rules Against Obama Administration's Guarantee of Access To Birth Control
Judge Robert Cleland, a George H.W. Bush appointee and former Republican candidate for Michigan Attorney General, held yesterday that a private, for-profit outdoor power equipment company can ignore new rules requiring most employer-provided health plans to offer contraceptive coverage to womenbecause the new rules conflict with the company's owner's religious beliefs.
There's a lot to not like about Judge Cleland's opinion, which often relies on cursory reasoning or fails to apply the correct legal standard. The plaintiffs, for example, sought what is known as a "preliminary injunction" which means that they wanted their client to be held immune from following the law until the court has sufficient time to fully consider the case. Under binding Supreme Court precedent, "[a] plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits." Yet Judge Cleland never determines that this is the case. At one point, he says that it "remains uncertain" how to resolve a key prong of this case. At another point, he outright states that "[n]either Plaintiffs nor the Government have shown a strong likelihood of success on the merits." For this reason, an appeals court should reverse Cleland's order solely because he failed to apply the correct legal standard.
There are many other observations about the ruling at the link.
Do you remember that Bishop that compared Obama to Hitler, well…he is making all catholic priest read a letter at this morning's mass. Here is a good Catholic's take on the letter and The Vatican's Merger With The GOP via Andrew Sullivan
In Peoria, Illinois, Catholic Bishop Jenky, who has previously compared president Obama with Hitler and Stalin, has ordered a letter to be read at all masses next Sunday by the priest. This instruction gives you a taste of the legacy of Benedict XVI in his restoration of total clerical and episcopal obedience:
By virtue of your vow of obedience to me as your Bishop, I require that this letter be personally read by each celebrating priest at each Weekend Mass, November 3/4.
It's a screed about religious liberty, with respect to the liberty of Catholic hierarchs to prevent the 99 percent of their female parishioners who use contraception from getting it from their health insurance via Obamacare. Money quote from the unhinged letter which all but instructs Catholics to vote for Romney-Ryan:
Nearly two thousand years ago, after our Savior had been bound, beaten, scourged, mocked, and crowned with thorns, a pagan Roman Procurator displayed Jesus to a hostile crowd by sarcastically declaring: Behold your King. The mob roared back: We have no king but Caesar. Today, Catholic politicians, bureaucrats, and their electoral supporters who callously enable the destruction of innocent human life in the womb also thereby reject Jesus as their Lord. They are objectively guilty of grave sin.
For those who hope for salvation, no political loyalty can ever take precedence over loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ and to his Gospel of Life.
Democrats are the equivalent of the mob who called out to crucify Jesus. The man has lost his sense of proportion and compassion and restraint entirely. But so, alas, has the hierarchy he serves.
Here is an update on Planned Parenthood in Texas. Errors in Texas database pose barriers to health care access
Texas health commissioner Kyle Janek said Wednesday that errors in a state-crafted database intended to help women find reproductive health care providers are "a real problem."
As the state attempts to implement a rule barring Planned Parenthood clinics from participating in the government-funded Women's Health Program, the health commission has directed low-income women to use its online database to search for a new provider.
Nearly half of the women served by the program currently rely on Planned Parenthood. The commission says that more than 3,000 providers are available to serve these women, but many experts are skeptical that these facilities will be able to accommodate the women displaced by the new rule.
Read the rest of the horrible situation women in Texas must face for basic services.
The database has garnered complaints from health care providers and patients for producing what they see as inflated and "misleading" search results. It includes a number of duplicate entries, facilities that do not provide reproductive health services (such as children's clinics), and listings for clinics that are unable to see new program clients.
When confronted about the issue by The American Independent at an event hosted by The Texas Tribune, Janek insisted that the "3,000 providers" figure was accurate and that the error-prone database is "a separate list."
"When we say that we've got 3,000 providers out there ready to participate in this program, there's no duplicates," he said.
Still, Janek admitted the inaccurate database is "a real problem."
Very upsetting, please read more at the link.
More disgusting stuff about violence against women Rapists, Beware: Detroit Prosecutor IDs 21 Attackers in 'Rape Kit' Probe I realize that headline may sound promising but it is not.
Twenty-one serial rapists have been identified in a massive investigation led by Detroit prosecutor Kym Worthy—and her manhunt has only just begun.
Worthy is leading a charge to investigate more than 11,000 police "rape kits"—which contain swabs of semen, saliva, and other evidence of rape—so the rapists can be brought to justice. The thousands of rape kits had piled up in a dusty police warehouse in Detroit for years, ignored, until one of Worthy's colleagues stumbled upon them in 2009. Since then, an outraged Worthy has been fighting to get the kits logged, tested for DNA, and then entered into the national DNA database.
11,000 rape kits that have yet to be worked over? WTF…
The logging of the kits alone has been a staggering project. "There were no police reports attached to the kits," she says, explaining that her colleagues "literally had to dust them off" and "physically go through and open them to get the name of the victim, the date that it happened." A federal grant for $1 million—the first of two such grants of its kind, with the other going to Houston—has helped her get all the kits logged, she says, but the grant won't cover the DNA testing of all 11,303 kits. "Unfortunately money's not falling from the sky," she says.
Rape-kit pileups aren't just a problem in Detroit. In recent years, cities across the country have reported mountains of kits—11,000 in San Antonio, 1,200 in Albuquerque, 4,000 in Houston—according to Sarah Tofte, who has studied the national debacle for the advocacy group Human Rights Watch. Experts estimate that hundreds of thousands of kits are languishing in police warehouses.
When Worthy learned of the Detroit pileup from the colleague who discovered it by chance, she says, she demanded immediate action from the police chief at the time. "No one really paid attention to what I was saying and yelling about till about four months in," she says. People finally took notice, she says, when someone in the police department leaked the news to the press.
I can't quote the rest, you have to read it for yourself. It is maddening! Women don't matter, and the treatment we receive from the right-wing assholes is sometimes more than I can bear.
For some perspective on this, check out how a typical white male GOP loving Fox News celebrity views women voters. Bill O'Reilly on single women voters: hot, good at costumes, not too smart.
Bill O'Reilly has been very concerned about the problem of degrading women lately. So concerned, in fact, that he worried out loud that Sandra Fluke had degraded women with her immodest suggestion that insurance benefits cover contraception. With Bill O'Reilly as a fierce protector of ladies, you can imagine that his show's segment on single female voters last night was a chaste, respectful affair that represented the wide diversity of this important portion of the electorate: the never-married, the divorced, the widowed, the single mothers and the non-mothers, the cohabitating but unmarried, the young and the old, and, of course, women from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Just kidding! O'Reilly sent his producer Jesse Watters out on Halloween weekend to interview sexy young white women on the street, all of them in costume and ready to party, so that Watters could leer at their single lady voter breasts and condescendingly make "can you believe they have a right to vote?!" faces at the camera in response to the women's selectively edited answers to his questions.
My favorite part is when Watters asks one woman, an Obama supporter, if she's a "radical feminist" in the same tone adults use when asking kindergartners what they want to be when they grow up. After she points out that feminism is simply a matter of believing women have equal rights, the audience is reminded that we're supposed to find that answer ridiculous with a sarcastic quick cut to a man saying, "I sure do appreciate knowing that."
Read the rest of Amanda Marcotte's article, where she touches on the Fox News audience…a bunch of dirty old men. If you missed Dak's article yesterday on the Fox Assholes...then go read it. Wow!
I've got another article for you, about Why Frightened White Men Love Romney
These are the facts you don't want to know. This is the hard data that can make you cringe, that can despoil the soul and make you wonder at the sad state of the modern world, and gender politics, and the tragically deceived hearts of (ahem) men.
All that progress! All that supposed enlightenment! All that push and desire, that evolution and that open-hearted possibility! And for what? For naught! For shame!
That is just a taste…being married to one of those white men with a fondness for Mittens, I can tell you that I still don't get why anyone would vote for Romney.
Great, now that all those terrible links are posted, let's get to the fun.
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Lane restrictions start ahead of Dodge Street makeover
Bus riders lament delays, longer commute for 8 weeks
Orange cones already lined Dodge Street on Sunday night in preparation for a $2.5 million construction project that will last for two months.
The barricades are up, cones and barrels are out, and lane restrictions have started from 52nd Street to Turner Boulevard, leaving residents and drivers worried.
-- Download: Alternative Routes
"A lot of people's lives are disrupted, and it feels as though we've been marginalized, that this segment of Omaha has been, the needs have been completely ignored," said resident Margaret Bowser.
The city and Metro Transit hope they've communicated well enough about alternate routes and bus stops for the next eight weeks. But for Bowser, whose stop is on Dodge and 49th streets, she has to get to either the transfer stops near Douglas and 44th streets or the stop on Dodge and 54th streets.
"I think you're going to have an accident before you know it. Somebody's going to get hit by a car," said Bowser.
She said it may be tough, especially if there's bad weather. She also said she knows an extra 15 minutes or so would be almost impossible for people with health challenges.
"People with walkers and cranes and heart conditions and arthritis are going to have a great deal of problems," said Bowser.
Bowser's neighbors and fellow bus riders said the current distance is already long enough for some, and the new choices are just too far.
"I'm not even concerned about myself so much. I know a lot of people in this neighborhood. I've been here 20 years. There's a lot of people like Margaret and others. This will be extremely difficult," said resident Terry Kaplan.
"The city should be concerned about the people already in ill health because it's going to be hard for me. It could wear down my health, and I'm healthy," said resident Lory Ann Scoles.
A service at Metro Transit called Moby offers transportation to challenged riders, but Bowser and other bus riders said it's a bit of a process to become approved to ride, and people are worried they won't be approved in time for the construction to start.


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Villa Hermosa is located about 20-25 minutes outside of La Fortuna and about 5 minutes away from arguably the BEST hotel in the entire area, 'The Springs Resort.'
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Zhu Ji Dumpling Stall, a Flushing Gem Hidden in Plain Sight
Since its days as a mere dumpling cart stationed on Main Street, Zhu Ji Dumpling has grown as a fixture in the Flushing community. Across the street from Starbucks on Main, Zhu Ji Dumpling is now a small hole-in-the-wall eatery. Most of their sales are conducted at a to-go window, with only 3 stools and a small ledge inside for those looking to linger.
Lines form regularly for their dumplings, traditional Northern Chinese style guo tie, which are handmade daily, stuffed with pork and leeks and fried to a bubbling oily crisp. There is soy sauce and watered-down Sriracha available, but the dumplings themselves contain so much of rich pork soup, additional fixings just seem superfluous.
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If you're in the mood for something more substantial, try Zhu Ji's famous shan jian bao: mini pork buns with a soupy broth that are steamed and finished with a quick sear, crisping the bottoms of the otherwise fluffy white bao. Toasted sesame seeds are sprinkled on top each order, four plump buns stuffed into a takeout styrofoam box. Their cong you bing are also delicious hot from the griddle: thick scallion pancakes fried on a griddle and served in a wax pastry bag slick with oil.
For a traditional Chinese breakfast, Zhu Ji offers both sweet and savory dou jiang, homemade soybean milk, and you tiao, fried dough crullers, for dunking. The hot and sour soup comes loaded with tofu and woodear mushrooms, tangy with red rice vinegar. Also available are "sumo buns," enormous steamed buns about 9 inches in diameter.
Most impressive is Zhu Ji's delicate duo hua, a warm tofu dessert ladled from a giant wooden tub. Each custardy pint is scooped to order, served with a salad-dressing-sized container of rock sugar syrup on the side.
This is not a snack stop for the weak-of-artery, but a hearty upgrade from the meat skewer carts that litter Flushing's sidewalks. Most menu offerings are priced between $1.00 and $1.25.
Zhu Ji Dumpling Stall
40-52 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11354 (map) 718-353-6265


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