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From drawing 328-D-945. A. Arrangement of Structures
13. General. - Trenton Dam is a rolled earth-fill structure 144 feet in height above the lowest elevation of shale bedrock in the cutoff trench, 100 feet in height above the riverbed, and 8,600 feet in length (fig. 8). It has a maximum base width of 780 feet, a crest elevation of 2793.0, and a crest roadway 30 feet wide.
A 1,100-foot-long spillway structure having a maximum discharge capacity of 126,500 second-feet (determined by model studies) is located on the left abutment. The gate structure for the spillway is a combination gravity overflow crest and slab and buttress abutments. It is 90 feet in height and 438 feet in length. The overflow gravity section contains three 42- by 30-foot steel radial gates for flood control and two 6- by 7.5foot gated sluiceways for river control. A 266-foot-wide channel extends from the end of the spillway stilling basin a distance of about 1 mile downstream to the river channel.
An irrigation canal outlet structure is located under the embankment in the lower right abutment. This consists of a vertical intake shaft, about 50 feet high, and a circular conduit leading to an emergency gate chamber located near the axis of the dam. A horseshoe conduit, about 244 feet long and containing a 56-inch steel outlet pipe, extends from the emergency gate chamber to a control house and stilling well structure. An outlet is provided in the stilling well for the Meeker Irrigation Canal.
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14. Embankment. - The scarcity of free-draining materials in the vicinity of the dam site limited the zoning possibilities of the structure. Maximum use of material from structure excavations was incorporated as a requirement in the embankment design. The sand and gravel obtained from foundation excavation and the Ogallala sands obtained from the spillway excavation were considered satisfactory zone 2 material. This material intercepts seepage through the zone 1 embankment material and lowers the saturation line at the downstream portion of the embankment. At the lower end of the downstream toe of the embankment, specifications provided for placement of zone 3 material which consisted of selected material from dam foundation and structure excavations. The locations of the various zones are shown on figure 8.
The embankment design was initially based on the use of approximately 750,000 cubic yards of zone 2 material. During later stages of exploratory work and early phases of construction, it became apparent that a much larger quantity (about 1,100,000 cubic yards) of zone 2 material would be available. In order to utilize this larger quantity of material in the embankment, the top surface of zone 2 material was extended from elevation 2710 to about elevation 2725. The downstream slope was set in 12 feet from the finished 4 to 1 slope and impervious material placed in that area for slope protection.
The slopes of the embankment were determined largely by the properties of the material, including density, shear strength, and load consolidation characteristics. A variable slope was selected in order to obtain approximately the same stability for embankment at all elevations.
(a) Upstream Slope. -- The upstream slope of the embankment was provided with a 20-foot berm at elevation 2710 (fig. 8). Below the berm, a slope of 6 to 1 was used for the upstream toe. Immediately above the berm a slope of 3 to 1 was established to elevation 2760 and a slope of 2-1/2 from that elevation to the crest of the dam (elevation 2793).
The upstream slope above the berm was protected with 3 feet of rock riprap placed on 18-inch gravel or crushed rock bedding to an elevation 8 feet above the normal water surface and diminishing to 2 feet of riprap on a 12-inch bedding at the dam crest. The superimposed weight of the rock riprap and crushed rock bedding on the embankment of low permeability provides sufficient resistance to movement of the fine materials during reservoir drawdown. The bedding serves as a filter and the rock riprap protects the slopes against damage from wave action. In order that the riprap rock would have sufficient weight to withstand anticipated wave action, a minimum specific gravity of 2.65 for the rock was specified. A provision was also made that not more than 25 percent of the riprap materials should consist of pieces smaller than one-half cubic foot in size and at least 30 percent should consist of pieces larger than 3 cubic feet in size. Toe trenches, filled with rock riprap to a minimum depth of 5 feet, were provided at the base of the riprap to prevent undermining of the riprap base by wave action.
(b) Downstream Slope. -- Two 10-foot berms, one at elevation 2735 and the other at elevation 2760, were provided on the downstream slope of the embankment. These berms reduce erosion, collect rainfall runoff, and provide access for irrigation of seeded areas. The downstream slopes of the embankment were flattened progressively with distance downward from the crest. These slopes range from 2 to 1 to 10 to 1. (See fig. 8.) A 12-inch layer of top soil was placed in the downstream slope for a seedbed for grass seeds. Various drought and frost resisting grasses in conjunction with a legume were planted to provide protection against erosion.
A 12-inch toe drain was constructed near the outer toe of the downstream section of the right abutment south of the canal outlet works. This drain provides an outlet for seepage water which otherwise would impair the stability of the downstream portion of the embankment. The outer limit of the downstream embankment was selected for the toe drain construction so as to reduce the velocity of the water entering the drain and thereby minimize the movement of fine particles into the drain. To insure effective interception of seepage flow, the trench for the toe drain was designed with a 4-foot minimum depth below the ground surface. The drain was constructed with open joints and embedded in graded gravel and selected sand. Coarse material was placed adjacent to the drain to form a filter and prevent clogging of the drain by movement of fine material. Because of the pervious materials and alluvial foundation, toe drains were not provided in the other sections of embankment.
(c) Crest and Camber Details. -- A freeboard of 8 feet was selected above the maximum water surface, to prevent the dam from being overtopped by waves. Factors influencing wave height and wave ride-up, including maximum wind velocity, direction and duration, offshore reservoir depth, slope of dam and shore, and nature of the surface protection, were considered in selection of freeboard.
To allow for settlement of the foundation and consolidation of the embankment without a reduction in freeboard, a camber was provided over the crest length. From a maximum camber of 1.5 feet, anticipated settlement and consolidation at different locations was determined by vertical parabolic curves. The crest of the dam was covered with 12 inches of gravel and topped with 3 inches of gravel surfacing for a roadway. Beamtype guardrails, conforming to State highway requirements, were erected along the crest of the dam.
C. Spillway and River Outlets
15. General. - The spillway is located in the left abutment and consists of a concrete gravity gated overflow section, with slab and buttress wing walls extending into the embankment on each side. The crest structure is ogee shaped with a 1 to 1 upstream slope. Discharge of the spillway is controlled by three 42-foot-wide by 30-foot-high radial gates, which are arranged for automatic or manual operation depending upon the water surface elevation of the reservoir. Four 8-foot-wide piers separate the gates and provide support for a spillway bridge and gate control equipment. The spillway was designed for a discharge of 133,000 second-feet at reservoir water surface elevation 2785.0, but model studies indicated a maximum discharge of 126,500 second-feet with the reservoir water surface at elevation 2785.6.
Two river outlets located in the base of the intermediate piers pass through the overflow crest and discharge into the spillway chute. Each outlet has an invert elevation of 2710.00 and is provided with two 6- by 7.5-foot high-pressure gates installed in tandem. The upstream gate is for emergency use only, and the downstream gate is for regulating the flow through the outlet. The river outlets are an integral part of the spillway and are designed to discharge 1,000 second-feet with reservoir water surface at elevation 2720.0. At the top of the spillway gates, elevation 2773.0, the river outlets and the spillway have discharge capacities of 4,300 and 76,000 second-feet, respectively. A plan and sectional views of the spillway are shown on figure 9. Views of the completed structure are shown in figures 10 and 11.
Design criteria used in the design of the spillway structures are indicated in appendix F.


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More on San Juan Island
What you need to know about life on the island.
Setting: San Juan Island is one of 172 islands in the San Juan archipelago at the U.S.-Canadian border. Along with Orcas, Lopez, and Shaw, it is one of four populous enough to be served by the Washington State Ferries. Friday Harbor is a two- to three-hour trip from Seattle. Impatient folks should fly.
The Attractions: The island is blessed with a temperate climate, boasting an average high of 70 degrees in July and an average low of 34 degrees in January. Rainfall averages 29 inches, about half of what falls in Seattle. Other perks: the natural beauty of nesting bald eagles, the Olympic Mountains, migrating orca whales, and rolling farmland. Friday Harbor offers excellent schools, a community college, live theater, bookstores, antiques shops, fine dining, and a movie theater. Islanders are friendly and helpful.
The Drawbacks: The highest priced housing in the state (average home price: $286,000) matched with among the lowest local wages (average 1999 wages: $19,500) means many residents can't afford to buy a house. Jobs are scarce. Tourists on bikes tend to stop in the middle of the road to check their maps.
Housing Options: You'll find a few upscale condominium complexes in Friday Harbor (some with water views), farmhouses with acreage in the San Juan Valley, modern homes built on the water, and a fair number of '70s-style houses.
Your Next-door Neighbors: Rocker Steve Miller, a scientist from the University of Washington marine biology labs, a construction contractor, a farmer, a shopkeeper, a stock-option millionaire, professional wrestler Lisa "Ivory" Moretti.
What It Costs: Houses range from $135,000 to $6 million. A new 1,200-square-foot condominium might put you back $300,000; count on close to $700,000 for a three-bedroom, two-bath house on the water.
Where You'd Spend Free Time: Hiking Mt. Young, fishing, clamming at British Camp, whale watching in the summer months, eating homemade ice-cream sandwiches at Vic's Drive-In, viewing―or acting in―a play at the San Juan Community Theatre, browsing at Griffin Bay Bookstore, eagle watching at American Camp, ferrying to nearby islands.
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First, the good news: Bad news does not define the human race.
Yes, awful things happen in the world. Somewhere militias are settling political scores with AK-47s. Somewhere a tyrant is compiling a list of dissidents to arrest. Somewhere – too many somewheres – children don't get the food and health care they need, and their mothers remain oppressed as the property of men.
But here's something you'd never guess from watching cable news: There is progress in mankind's affairs as well. Consider these indications:
War may be on the decline. Scholars who study the subject say that, today, fewer wars are starting, more are ending, and those that remain are contained within smaller areas. Since the late 1940s annual world battle deaths have fallen by more than 90 percent.
It's not just classical big army clashes that appear to be passé, either. Everything from low-intensity militia conflicts to civil wars and, yes, terrorism is becoming less frequent and less deadly.
"If war is really obsolete, it would be one of the most important developments in the history of the human race," says John Mueller, chair of national security studies at Ohio State University in Columbus and an expert in conflict trends.
Poverty could be shrinking. Eleven years ago the United Nations challenged the world to halve extreme poverty by 2015. Right now it looks as if developing nations will reach that goal. The World Bank says they're already 80 percent of the way there.
The number of people living on less than $1.25 a day is projected to be 883 million in 2015, compared with 1.4 billion in 2005 and 1.8 billion in 1990, according World Bank statistics.
The outlook for developing countries to reduce hunger, enroll children in primary school, and reach a number of related UN-set benchmarks is similarly good.
"Their progress is much better than I expected," says Delfin Go, lead economist at the World Bank's Development Prospects Group.
Globally, women's lot is rising, both in absolute terms and relative to men. In developed countries there's an increased consensus supporting formal legal rights and guarantees of equality for women, says a World Bank report on the subject. In many – but not all – developing countries, more women are literate and their overall education level is catching up to men's levels.
Women now represent 40 percent of the world labor force, 43 percent of the global agricultural labor force, and more than half the world's university students. That's good both for the women themselves and their nations, according to Ana Revenga, codirector of the World Bank's World Development Report 2012, which focused on gender equality.
"In today's globalized world, countries that use the skills and talents of their women will have an advantage over those that don't," said Ms. Revenga when the report was released this fall.
Democracy faces a new dawn. For the first time in decades, the possibility exists that democracy will take full root in a region where it has had trouble growing: the Middle East.
It's far from sure that Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya will adapt full-fledged democracy now that they've deposed autocratic leaders in the Arab awakening It's unclear where continuing turmoil in Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain will lead. But it's clear that the old order in the region is passing into history. The era of autocrats, many of whom ruled with tacit US support, may be ending.
"Societies are changing. They want basic freedoms," says Daniel Calingaert, Freedom House vice president for policy and external relations.
To be sure, there are other ways of looking at the world that produce a darker picture. War may not be declining so much as on holiday. Economic inequality is increasing worldwide, and the current economic crisis has thrown millions into the misery of unemployment. Patriarchy is alive and well in many nations. The number of the globe's free nations has stagnated in recent years.
Still, the positive trends outlined above are real. Wrapped together, what do they all mean?
At the least, perhaps they indicate the world is not an irredeemable mudhole. Some might argue that the glass half-full, not half-empty, perspective stretches credibility: "[O]nly pessimists are regarded as intellectually serious," lamented New York Times columnist David Brooks a few years ago. But in this cover story, the Monitor simply follows the indicators of human activity where they lead.
To paraphrase somebody else – Martin Luther King Jr. – the arc of the moral universe is long, and it bends toward ... something. If not toward justice, as Dr. King held, maybe toward improvement, or a brighter tomorrow. Somewhere better than today.


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At first blush, the beautiful house in Allendale looks like an infill project — a brand-new home built on the site of an old, semi-bungalow.
But look closer and you'll see the bones of the original, postwar house stripped down to the studs, its hardwood refinished, refitted with new windows, insulation and weeping tile to create an entirely new, modern house on the strengthened skeleton of the old.
It's a favourite pattern for local builder Neil Zinger and his wife, well-known watercolour artist Jennifer Annesley: Find an old home with lots of potential in a mature neighbourhood and renovate it so extensively, buyers who might normally be drawn to a brand-new home in the suburbs will prefer to live more centrally in a modern house with character.
"There's just something you miss that's not there when you build new," says Zinger of his laborious efforts to retrofit older homes from top to bottom.
Even the environmental benefit of keeping all that building material out of the landfill needs to be considered, he adds.
"My philosophy would be living large within a smaller footprint. And because of the massive expansion of the city, I think we should try to do more of that."
Zinger worked in construction for many years as the city expanded its suburbs, "watching a wheat field one morning turn into a clay pit the next morning. It has to be done — I appreciate a city has to grow — but not at the sacrifice of the inner city."
That's why he and Annesley have done all their renovations so far — seven homes, including their own 1912 house in nearby Queen Alexandra — in older, central neighbourhoods.
"There's so many of these old houses in these areas and some of them need to be bulldozed, but so many of them are still structurally sound," says Annesley.
"The problem is people just renovate them till the next owner, so it just prolongs the agony of these houses. But if you renovate them to this extent, as Neil says, they really have another 100 years in them so it's a green act in itself to save these old houses."
Without efforts like these by homeowners, neighbourhoods become dominated by rental houses, which isn't good for a community, says Zinger. A mix of about half owner-occupied and half rentals is far preferable, he says.
The challenge is to create homes that people want to live in. To that end, Zinger broke up the small, closed rooms of the traditional 1 1/2-storey, opening up the main floor and creating a circular traffic flow from the front hall into the living room, through a new dining room and out French doors onto the back deck.
There's a main-floor office, separated from the front hall by French doors, and a stunning kitchen with black granite countertops, an eating counter and high-end appliances including a Bertazzoni commercial gas stove.
Every inch of the house has been completely remade. The roof was taken off in the renovation to create two roomier bedrooms upstairs and create a full bathroom with a soaker tub and glassed-in shower.
The basement has been finished as a self-contained suite or it can be used as a family room and extra bedroom. In all, the former 1,200-square-foot house now has more than 1,400 square feet of space, as well as the basement suite.
Many of the charming characteristics of an older home have been retained, or added. There's lots of architectural mouldings and details, built-in bookcases and small nooks, crannies and closets for storage and display.
A couple of decorated Ukrainian eggs that were found during the renovation are on display in the built-in bookcase on the landing, alongside a framed, 1954 dollar bill that had been folded and slipped under one of the stairs.
The high-efficiency furnace and hot water tank are brand new, as is all the wiring, which includes conduit that runs to just about every corner of the house to accommodate all manner of technology.
"Mechanically, this is a new house — state of the art, really," says Zinger. "I know everybody's not doing it this way, but it's the way we want to do it."
Adds Annesley, "We just want to renovate houses that we'd want to live in ourselves."
For more information about their projects, go to 1912studio.com.


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A few biscuit-making tricks: To keep biscuits moist, use cold butter. To keep biscuits tender and slightly tangy, use buttermilk. To keep biscuits fluffy, knead dough just until moist and ingredients hold together to keep the biscuits fluffy.
Waiting the next few weeks for tender spring produce, cooks need to look around for what's readily at hand to enhance daily meals.
A simple sprinkling of flavors over a tired soup, stew or casserole, a hot biscuit at breakfast, fruit or onion jam make a nice surprise for everyday meals.
For the first idea, a classic gremolata, a blend of lemon, garlic and parsley taken directly from the Mediterranean notebook takes a soup, stew or hot vegetables from plain to playful. Who wouldn't appreciate vivacious fresh garlic and herbs brightened with citrus? The aromas and flavors travel with the heat of the dish.
Variations on the theme incorporate other citrus fruits for the freedom to use them on anything. While classic gremolata was designed for osso buco, I've designed a version to use on tacos, substituting lime and cilantro for lemon and parsley. There's no reason you can't toss any modern gremolata with hot rice or pasta, too.
Biscuits, especially in a napkin-lined basket, have a way of greeting the family warmly at any meal from early morning to late at night. Although many cooks think they are daunting, they are actually quick and easy, requiring just enough kneading to hold the dough together and a short time the oven. The flavor of bacon and cheddar enhances breakfast biscuits, assembled and cut the night before and baked in the morning.
A few biscuit-making tricks:
To keep biscuits moist, use cold butter.
To keep biscuits tender and slightly tangy, use buttermilk.
To keep biscuits fluffy, knead dough just until moist and ingredients hold together to keep the biscuits fluffy.
For even baking, be sure to use the middle rack in the oven.
Put a dollop of sweet or savory on the side to bring out the essences on the main plate. For example, jam spread on English muffins or folded into a sandwich or used as an enhancement for meats.
Homemade jam doesn't need to be a tedious process involving vats of boiling water and thermometers. An easy jam featuring Meyer lemons and using only a blender or food processor requires only the additional patience to let it sit in the refrigerator overnight.
No Meyer lemons in the store is no problem. Substitute equal amount of lemons and oranges. To make it savorier, serve it side by side with caramelized onions.
The onions take more time and attention on the part of the cook so they do not burn. I find the best way to do this is when I am cooking something else beside it, so that my attention doesn't waver from the stovetop. The resulting onions have a texture nearly like jam and can go into steak and cheese sandwiches or beside meats.
Classic Gremolata
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1 clove garlic
3 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh flat parsley
Chop the lemon zest and garlic with the flat parsley until very fine. Sprinkle over a very hot beef or veal soup or stew. Makes 4 servings, easily doubled.
Orange Gremolata
Grated zest of 1 orange
1 clove garlic
3 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh oregano leaves
Chop the orange zest and garlic together with the oregano leaves until very fine. Sprinkle over a beef, lamb roast or whole roasted chicken right out of the oven. Makes 4 servings, easily doubled.
Lime Gremolata
Grated zest of 2 limes
1 clove garlic
3 tablespoons lightly chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Chop together the lime zest and garlic until very fine. Sprinkle over hot taco meat or hot green vegetables, such as green beans. Makes 4 servings, easily doubled.
Cheddar-Bacon Biscuits
3 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick cold, unsalted butter
1 cup finely shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup snipped fresh chives
6 slices bacon, chopped finely and cooked crisp
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray sheet pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut butter into mixture until it resembles coarse meal by using a pastry blender or two knives. Gently stir in the cheese, chives and bacon until evenly distributed. Add milk, stirring until just combined.
3. Turn dough onto a lightly floured work surface; quickly roll it out or pat it down to a 1/2-inch thickness. Cut out the biscuits. Gather scraps and roll them to a 1/2-inch thickness and cut more biscuits.
4. Place biscuits on a greased baking sheet. Bake until biscuits are lightly golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 12 minutes. Serve warm.
Makes 2 to 3 dozen.
Easy Meyer Lemon Jam
4 Meyer lemons
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons water
4 tablespoons olive oil
1. With a vegetable peeler, peel the zest (the colored portion of the skin) from lemons. The pith (the white portion of the skin) will be left behind on the lemons. With a sharp knife, peel all the white pith from the lemons; discard the pith. Bring a pot of water to a boil; add the zest and cook for 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and put into a bowl of cold water.
2. Cut the peeled lemons into quarters, discarding seeds.
3. Puree the zest, lemons, sugar and water in a blender or processor until smooth. With motor running, add the oil in a slow stream, blending until jam is thick. Season with salt to taste. Transfer to a bowl; cover and refrigerate for eight hours to allow flavors to meld.
Jam will keep, covered and refrigerated, for up to five days. Makes about 1 cup.
Caramelized Onions
6 onions
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons sugar or balsamic vinegar
Salt, pepper, to taste
1. Peel onions. Cut in half crosswise, then into thin slivers.
2. Heat the butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions; cook, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
3. Reduce heat to medium. Sprinkle with sugar or balsamic vinegar. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until deeply browned and very soft, 30 to 45 minutes, checking often to be sure that onions do not burn. If the pan seems too dry, reduce heat to low and add water by the tablespoonful. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Linda Bassett is the author of "From Apple Pie to Pad Thai: Neighborhood Cooking North of Boston." Reach her by e-mail at email@example.com.


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US women's coach: Fairfield's Chu to play in hockey semifinal
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SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- Julie Chu's injury isn't serious enough to keep her out of the U.S. women's hockey team's Olympic semifinal against Switzerland.
That's what coach Katey Stone said Sunday.
Chu was injured in practice on Saturday, leaving early while holding her left hand gingerly. She did not practice on Sunday, the second of two straight off-days, but she worked out and was seen walking alongside the rink holding a water bottle in her unbandaged left hand.
Chu has played in every Olympics since Salt Lake City. She wasn't made available to reporters but Stone said she'll be fine and ready for the game on Monday.
Stone said, quote, "Everybody that's a four-time Olympian got the day off today."
Stone also said Sunday that Jesse Vetter will start in goal for the semifinal.


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Pistons pick up 89-79 win over Cavs behind 17 from Brandon Knight WITH VIDEO
AUBURN HILLS (AP) -- Andre Drummond was drafted to shore up Detroit's interior defense -- and the Cleveland Cavaliers found out just how active the young big man can be around the basket.
Drummond had seven points, 12 rebounds and three blocks Monday night as the Pistons won their fifth straight home game, 89-79 over Cleveland. Brandon Knight scored 17 points and Kyle Singler and Tayshaun Prince added 15 apiece for Detroit.
The Pistons blocked 13 shots, their most since also reaching that number against Philadelphia on April 15, 2007.
"I think being in position, first," coach Lawrence Frank said. "If you're in position, then you can get a block, a charge, a deflection. If you're out of position, you can't even put yourself even in position to block a shot."
Detroit is 1-10 on the road but 5-3 at home, and the Pistons have recovered a bit after losing their first eight games of the season. They beat Phoenix by 40 last week in their previous home game, and the victory over Cleveland wasn't really as close as the score indicated.
Detroit led 56-39 at halftime after holding the Cavaliers to 29 percent shooting. Cleveland shot 34 percent for the game.
Cleveland was without guard Dion Waiters, who sat out with a sprained left ankle. Anderson Varejao had 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Cavs.
"We let them have at least seven uncontested shots early in the game, but after the first quarter, I thought we got more aggressive on defense and we started getting after their shots," Cleveland coach Byron Scott said. "We got back into the game, but we never got anything going on offense."
The Cavaliers had scored 113 and 117 points in their previous two games, but the Pistons shut them down for the most part. Drummond, a first-round pick this year, set the tone along with Jason Maxiell. The Cavs struggled to convert around the basket, and they went 3 of 20 from 3-point range.
Maxiell, who is listed at 6-foot-7, had 12 points, six rebounds and five blocks.
"He may be 6-5, 6-6. He calls himself 6-8, but he plays like he's 7 feet," Drummond said. "He plays as hard as he can every single play."
A dunk by Maxiell put the Pistons ahead 14-4, and it was 30-17 after the first quarter.
Rodney Stuckey's layup off a nice pass from Knight made it 49-27, and although Cleveland chipped away at the deficit, Stuckey's floater to end the third quarter made it 75-63.
In the fourth, Drummond grabbed an offensive rebound, flipped a pass to Charlie Villanueva for a dunk and then skipped gleefully back down the court.
The Cavs cut it to six on two free throws by Varejao with 1:54 remaining, but they didn't score again.
"In the second half we did not fold when we had a chance to," Scott said. "We kept fighting but we just did not have enough offensive firepower to get the job done."
Varejao has nine straight double-doubles and at least 15 rebounds in each of those games. Cleveland had 33 second-chance points in Saturday's 118-117 loss to Portland, but only 14 against the Pistons.
Varejao was in the locker room after the game, but reporters were not permitted to approach him.
Greg Monroe had nine points and 14 rebounds for Detroit.
"Letting teams know it's going to be tough to get a win at the Palace -- that's the type of mentality we want to have," Knight said. "We also want to take that mentality with us on the road."
NOTES: Maxiell surpassed 2,000 rebounds for his career. He's now at 2,001. ... Jeremy Pargo, Omri Casspi and Tristan Thompson had 10 points each for the Cavs.


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20 February 2013 - Lucca, Italy
Tagetik Positioned as a Visionary Vendor in the Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites
Leading industry analyst firm's evaluation based on completeness of vision and ability to execute to support a comprehensive strategy approach to CPM
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Disclosure Management, Financial Governance and Business Intelligence, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries quadrant of the 'Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management [CPM] Suites' 1. This annual report evaluates software vendors on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.
Tagetik has also been mentioned in the recently released 'Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms'. 2
"Tagetik continued its solid year over year growth, without outside funding, both in terms of customer base – adding 100 new customers in 2012 for a total of 570 in production – and, as it relates to sales revenue, with a 17% increase in CPM licenses and an amazing 200% revenue growth in North America," says Manuel Vellutini – Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "We are acquiring an increased number of enterprise-wide Tier 1 customers, demonstrating our ability to support larger, complex implementations by providing a complete, unified and scalable solution with a lower TCO and high-touch approach, all while retaining a strong focus on customers' success, as reflected in outstanding third-party customer satisfaction ratings."
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It looks like Mark Wahlberg will not be reteaming with "The Fighter" director David O. Russell before "The Fighter 2," and we can blame "The Hunger Games."
Let's back up: Wahlberg seemed all set to join Russell in "The Silver Linings Playbook." an adaptation of the Matthew Quick novel about a man who spends time in a mental hospital before formulating the theory that his life is a movie being made by God and that he has to win back his estranged wife. It would be a nice little palate cleanser for the pair in between "The Fighter" and the proposed "Fighter" sequel.
But then they found the perfect actress to play a woman who becomes infatuated with Wahlberg's character - up-and-comer Jennifer Lawrence ("X-Men: First Class"). Because of course a recently-released mental patient in his 40s would catch the eye of an insanely hot 20 year-old. And only in Hollywood would that fact be considered only a "silver lining."
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But we digress. Lawrence, of course, then landed the lead in the hotly-anticipated "The Hunger Games," which necessitated a change in the "Linings" production schedule, which forced Wahlberg to opt out due to an overcrowded movie plate.
With Wahlberg gone, word is that Russell is looking at Bradley Cooper ("The Hangover") to play the loopy lead.
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Sewanee Mountain Cave Fest is the annual fundraising auction & party hosted by the Sewanee Mountain Grotto. The event is held Labor Day weekend and there will be an auction, cave trips, float trips, a live band, and a pot luck dinner. The event kicks off Friday night August 30th and goes thru Monday September 2nd. The event is held at Caver's Paradise (http://www.caversparadise.com), the address is 482 Wild Heart Lane, Sewanee, TN 37375.
Registration: There is no registration fee to attend, however the campground does charge a $5 camping fee per person for the entire weekend (children under 12 are free). Electrical hookups are available for $25.
Dinner & Auction: The grotto asks that you donate an item to the auction and if you plan on participating in the Pot Luck dinner, please bring a side dish (the Grotto provides the meat). It is preferred that your auction item be caving or camping related and it does not have to be new, be creative! Your 30 year old piece of equipment that you no longer use just might be interesting for a collector!
Friday: We will be showing the movie "Journey into Amazing Caves", which stars Hazel Barton & TAG's very own Nancy Aulenbach. Popcorn and refreshments will be on hand.
Saturday: We've mixed it up a bit this year and the pot luck dinner and auction will be Saturday night. Dinner starts at 5pm CST, followed by the auction at 7pm.
Sunday: The Bat Float to Nickajack Cave at dusk and the live band Albert Ogden & The Fanatics to follow.
Sewanee Mountain Grotto Mugs will be available again this year for BEER, which includes brew from our very own guys with the TAG Brewery. For a $10 donation you get a 14oz collectors mug that you can fill with beer each night, all weekend!
Some vendors who have already donated items for the auction are: Coleman, Hodag Video Productions, Karst Sports, The NSS Bookstore, Ruby Falls, Chattanooga Nature Center, TN Valley Railroad, The Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga, The LOST Sea, Yakima, Mountain House, Rite in the Rain, Rock City, Ruby Falls, Fozzils, Seventh Generation, and more!
All of the proceeds from our event go back into the caving community!
Hope to see you there. If you have any questions, you can email me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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English Department hosts African American read-in
By Kristina Kenney
University News Service
February 17, 2012
Texas State University-San Marcos Department of English will take part in the 23rd annual National African American Read-In on Feb. 21.
The event will take place at the Brasher Reading Room in Flowers Hall room 302 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and will be hosted by Elvin Holt, professor of English. Anyone is welcome to attend and bring materials of their own to read, but there will also be some reading materials available.
The National African American Read-In is sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English each year during Black History Month. The organization urges schools, churches, libraries, bookstores, community organizations and interested citizens to make literacy a significant part of February by hosting and coordinating read-ins in their communities.
The Read-In has been endorsed by the International Reading Association. More than a million readers of all ethnic groups from the United States, the District of Columbia, the West Indies, African countries and more have participated in the event. The goal is to make the celebration of African American literacy a traditional part of Black History Month activities.
For more information on the event, please contact Marilynn Olson at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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text: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in a British jail awaiting a hearing next week regarding his possible extradition to Sweden. The fallout from WikiLeaks' disclosure of hundreds of US State Department cables continues, both in the real world and online. The World's Clark Boyd has an update. Julian Assange, the founder of the website WikiLeaks, remains behind bars awaiting a hearing next week. Sweden wants him for questioning in a sexual assault investigation. Assange maintains his innocence, and says he will fight extradition. Assange's legal plight is causing rifts, both in his native Australia and online. Ever since WikiLeaks began releasing the thousands of US diplomatic cables a week and a half ago, Australia's government has supported the US government line. Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard called Assange's actions �grossly irresponsible.� And so it came as a bit of a surprise today when Australia's Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, came out blaming the US, and not WikiLeaks, for the leak of the cables. In a television interview, Rudd said today, �I have been pretty consistent about where the core responsibility lies in this entire matter, and that lies with the release of an unauthorized nature of this material by US personnel.� Rudd, who until June was Australia's prime minister, doesn't come off too well in some of the leaked cables. In one, he's dismissed as a �mistake-prone control freak.� Rudd said today he couldn't care less about the criticism. He also said that Assange had asked for, and is receiving, Australian consular support in Britain. And that puts Australia in a bit of a diplomatic bind, said Cameron Stewart, Associate Editor of newspaper, The Australian. �It's side by side with the United States in criticizing Assange, and yet it has a consular responsibility to protect his rights,� Stewart said. �Any prosecution of Assange in the U.S. would be interpreted globally as politically motivated. And it will be fascinating to see where the Australian government would draw the line there. People are asking here, and it's a real test case if you like, of what the government here believes its responsibilities are to someone who holds an Australian passport.� Stewart said public opinion on Julian Assange is evenly split in Australia. The same seems to be true online, said Kevin Mitnick, a former hacker who now runs his own security company. �I've talked to individuals who look at Julian as a traitor,� he said, �and then I talk to individuals who look at him as a crusader out to expose wrongdoing. So I see people on both sides of the coin.� That may explain why every attempt to take WikiLeaks offline is met with efforts around the world to keep it running. But pressure is mounting on WikiLeak's main source of income � online donations via credit cards. Yesterday, Mastercard said it would stop processing payments to WikiLeaks. PayPal has done the same. At a web conference in Paris today, PayPal's Osama Bedier explained why his company cut WikiLeaks off. �What happened here is on November 27, the State Department basically wrote a letter saying that the WikiLeaks activit(ies) were deemed illegal in the United States,� Bedier said. �And as a result our policy group had to make the decision of suspending their account.� In response, a group called �Anonymous� said it launched �Operation Payback� � cyber-attacks against PayPal and Mastercard. A member of Anonymous told the BBC today, �We feel that WikiLeaks has become more than just about leaking of documents, it has become a war ground, the people vs. the government.�


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Here's a very good article written by the former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund dealing with how the US has been more or less captured by the financial elites while offering a way out of this mess. It won't be pleasant reading to many folks, seeing how the current US economic crisis neatly compares to past ones from countries we would make fun of in the past over their financial improprieties. If you know people who still think we've hit the 'bottom' and that recovery is on the way, this article would be a good corrective.
Mr. Johnson's proposed plan isn't fun, but it sounds like it would provide the 'come to Jesus' moment that this country really needs to start clearing this mess off the books. Naturally it's therefore political dynamite to our two major political parties who thrive on donations from the financial sector.


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ZZ Top Cancels Alabama Show Due to Stage Hazards
ZZ Top's 'Gang of Outlaws' tour was scheduled to roll into the Wind Creek Hotel and Casino Amphitheater in Atmore, Ala. over the weekend (June 9) but when they arrived onsite and surveyed the stage set up the 'Tres Hombres' decided that due to the safety for all those involved, they would have to cancel the show.
The band issued the following statement about their safety concerns and the reason they had to cancel the show, much to their disappointment:
"We're definitely from 'the show must go on' school but had to draw the line this time when we found out that numerous hazards were present at the venue. We couldn't, in good conscience, do the show knowing that the safety for those on and off stage would be in jeopardy. We had hoped the situation would have been addressed and corrected by show time but, sadly, that wasn't the case so we just had to 'pull the plug' for the sake of all concerned. We hope our fans and friends understand that the decision that was made was the only one we could abide in light of those conditions."
Tourmates 3 Doors Down, also impacted by the cancellation, told fans that there was a "significant risk of a potential stage collapse" at the venue.
The summer concert season seems to bring on a bevy of concerns over safe stage set ups and bravo to ZZ Top and 3 Doors Down for recognizing the issue in advance and protecting the safety of everyone involved.
Just last July Cheap Trick had a stage scare of their own at the Ottawa Bluesfest. The stage collapsed after a sudden storm took over, sending several people to the hospital.
ZZ Top and 3 Doors Down's Gang of Outlaws tour continues through the end of June, check out the remaining dates here and our exclusive photos from the tour kick off on Manchester, N.H. here.


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If you thought that consumer electronics could sail through the economic downturn unscathed, think again.
Panasonic, which has earned TechRadar's biggest haul of 5-star reviews this year, announced today that it's "revising" its profit forecast for the current financial year by almost 40 per cent.
The electronics giant had expected to earn 560billion yen (£3.8billion) in the year to next March, but it now expects to make just 340billion yen (£2.3billion).
It was the Yanks wot done it
A company statement points the finger abroad, blaming a "financial crisis [that] originated in the United States" spreading across the world.
"Under these circumstances, business conditions are deteriorating sharply, due mainly to the rapid appreciation of the yen, sluggish consumer spending and ever-intensified price competition. In addition, there are negative factors such as a write-down of investment securities as a result of the decline in stock prices and business restructuring expenses."
Basically, everything's gone to hell in a handbasket and they can't see a way out. Happy Thanksgiving!


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FIFA president Sepp Blatter today labelled penalty shoot-outs "a tragedy" and challenged Franz Beckenbauer to come up with an alternative.
Two major tournaments last season were decided by shoot-outs - Chelsea's Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich and the African Nations Cup when Zambia beat Ivory Coast.
Beckenbauer, honorary president of Bayern Munich, is also head of the Football Task Force 2014 which has been charged with recommending rule changes and Blatter said the body should now look at penalty shoot-outs.
Blatter told the FIFA Congress in Budapest: "Football can be a tragedy when you go to penalty kicks. Football should not go to one to one, when it goes to penalty kicks football loses its essence.
"Perhaps Franz Beckenbauer with his football 2014 group can show us a solution perhaps not today but in the future."
Meanwhile, the decision on the introduction of goal-line technology is now expected to take place in Zurich in July rather than the day after the Euro 2012 final in Kiev.
The International FA Board had been due to meet in the Ukraine capital on July 2 but instead the meeting has been rescheduled for July 5 in Zurich due to logistical issues in organising the meeting so soon after the climax of the tournament.
Tests are being carried out on two goal-line systems including an experiment on the Hawkeye system at England v Belgium at Wembley next month.
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Seven Years of Renal Failure and Still Not DeadDecember 20, 2012
Is it coincidence that Renal Failure's 7th birthday would come the day before the Mayan Apocalypse?
Fuck you, Mayans! We're getting in our blog anniversary, fuckers!
And the world isn't ending either, you know why? Because we've got shoes! Yeah, we got 'em, you didn't. And that's why I still get to drink this weekend instead of being consumed by cataclysmic fire and destruction. Bitches! Say hi to the invading Spaniards for me, with their guns and shoes.
So WordPress is saying this is our 1784th post. Not too shabby, though our posts over the past couple years have been less frequent. But we'd like to think they've kept up the high standards of bullshittery and venom that you've come to expect from us. Back when we started this blog, we didn't have much of anything going for us, but happily that's changed over the these 7 years. We write more outside of the blog, we have more hobbies and interests, we have more friends (actual people, t00), and we have more creative avenues to explore than we did back in 2005 when this grand writing experiment began (back when we made it our goal of writing something every day). On a contentment graph, things for the most part have trended upward since our low point in 2005 (2004 sucked worse, but that's not relevant to the conversation).
We ain't getting soft, we're getting more pointed. More damage in a more concentrated area – that's what we're doing. Renal Failure still serves a purpose for us as a unique venue for making sense of a world of bullshit. There's no other avenue for roundtable discussions between a half-cyborg cat, a ninja, and a Wiccan pimp. So as long as you keep coming back, there will be something here for you.
Here's something to make you smile…
Year Eight begins tomorrow.
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If you're looking for a guy to connect the dots, you could do a lot worse than Malcolm Gladwell. It's safe to say that both his fans and harshest critics would agree.
Gladwell has been hired to "smarten up" David Arata's script for the thriller "Hexum," reported Deadline. The film centers on a threat-assessment analyst at the CIA who finds the thread among a series of seemingly unconnected events. For his efforts, Gladwell wil receive an executive producer credit.
This kind of story is right in Gladwell's wheelhouse. For more than a decade now Gladwell, best known for the book "The Tipping Point," has been identifying phenomena, cultural and otherwise, and then trace their root cause to the unlikeliest places.
Perusing the archives at his website, one can read stories dating back to his 1996 piece about the Space Shuttle Challenger in which he connects the dots behind one mystery or another. Or, if you're already familiar with his work, you can check out the hilarious Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator.
But his work has felt, well, forced over the past few years, as it seems he's been trying too hard to keep up with his well-earned reputation. Maybe it's his fault for reaching too far, maybe it's our fault as reader for growing tired of the once-magical way in which he could spin a yarn.
That said, we have no doubt that Gladwell will do a fine job firming up a narrative about disparate clues to a sinister plot threatening the world.
Now how David Arata feels about people thinking they need to "smarten up" his work? The guy Wrote "Children of Men," for god's sake—how dumb can his script be?
Malcolm Gladwell to "Smarten Up" CIA Thriller
If you're looking for a guy to connect the dots, you could do a lot worse than Malcolm Gladwell. It's safe to say that both his fans and harshest critics would agree.


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Clare Rojas produces gouaches and large installations that reference Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs, Russian nesting dolls, and American comic books, to produce installations that are like a hand-made quilt, drawing from universal themes in folk artutility, community, individuality and symbolism.
In this very personal world, Rojas is constantly poking fun at gender roles and representation, ironic and funny but also deeply critical. The largescale installations often act as a stage for Rojas's musical performances. At most of her exhibition openings, Rojas performs as one of the characters that often appear in her paintings, Peggy Honeywell.
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Actress Charlize Theron was back on the "Saturday Night Live" stage as host, along with Barbara Walters who shared some wisdom on "Weekend Update."
Returning for the first time since 2000, Theron said, "I had so much fun I waited 14 years to come back," and continued to tell a story about how she planned to sing in a sketch the first time she hosted.
"I started noticing that during the rehearsals the part that I sang kept getting smaller and smaller," she said, and soon realized that the "SNL" crew knew she couldn't sing. "Here I am 14 years later, I know I'm not perfect and I know I can't sing so I thought we could sing a song about that."
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Cast members Sasheer Zamata, Cecily Strong, and Kenan Thompson performed a muscial number with lyrics that took a jab at Theron's inability to sing.
"She's great at every other thing," they sang in unison, describing her acting, charity work and ballet dancing.
Later, "Weekend Update" paid tribute to Barbara Walters, who shared some news anchor advice.
To introduce the TV legend, the "Update" rolled footage of Walters' past spoofed appearances on "SNL."
"What an honor it was to see my groundbreaking career in journalism reduced to a cartoon character with a ridiculous voice," said Walters, who is set to retire from on-air work on May 16.
"I'm sorry," Strong said. "We're huge fans, and you've always been a personal inspiration to me as a news anchor."
"Well I'm a real news anchor," said Walters. "Cecily, I'm a serious person, I'm not some fake anchor like you or Colin."
"Oh, but you're a co-host on "The View,"" retorted Strong.
"That's a fair point," she admitted.
Strong noted that Walters will be retiring after 50 years as a news anchor and as a co-host on "The View," and asked her if she had any advice for news anchors.
Walters discussed her tone of voice, asking tough questions and how there's optimal viewership when celebrities cry.
"Nothing brings in the viewers like seeing a celebrity reduced to tears. You may be thinking 'oh I feel really bad,' but all I'm thinking is 'ca-ching'" Walters explained.
In SNL's cold open scene Hillary Clinton (Vanessa Bayer) and Michelle Obama (Sasheer Zamata) addressed the country in celebration of Mother's Day.
"Both of us have been called so many things," said Clinton, "But it's nice to have one day where the first thing that we're called is 'Mom.'"
Talking about Mother's Day plans, Obama said, "My family has already started with the presents," as she held up a mug that read, "Mother of the Year."
Clinton quickly responded with "And I have not yet decided if I'm going to run for Mother of the Year."
Both pleasant at first, they embraced their roles as moms but their conversation quickly turned into a competition of their past and present policies.
Rock duo The Black Keys performed their songs "Fever" and "Bullet in the Brain."
Next week for "SNL's" season finale, Andy Samberg will host with musical guest St. Vincent.


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English Teacher
i'm having trouble with an assignment for my linguistics course. here's a sample from the exercise and the instructions:
-analyse in depth the underlined verb groups
include: a precise description of the immediate constituents, analysis of each marker of operation, show manipulations
"Another of your letters arrived at my house yesterday," the doctor announces. "That makes four now". He says this in a colourless, insipid voice, in the way he says most things.
It is only the significant pause which follows that alerts me I am expected to respond, and distracts my attention from the scene outside his office window. For several minutes I have been watching two children as they tramp stiffly off into the distance. They lead me to think of my daughter, and to wonder if she misses my visits."
I'm not looking for someone to do it for me. I need help with the step by step process.
Thanks in advance
Describe the process
Are you only to describe the verb phrase or the other elements in the sentence, showing the modification, etc?
I only have to describe the verb phrase. Here's the little bit I've worked out so far:
"have been watching"
aux + verb
immediate constituents:
have been (can be further reduced to 'have' and 'been')
I'm lost because I'm in the independent study program at this university and I don't have access to the lecture notes. I have a book, the assignment but no models to follow, no one to explain the process to me. The profs don't post their lectures.
Any help is appreciated.
You're doing fine so far. Post more, and we'll tell you how you are doing.
To be honest, I would query the question- are they sure it's right? For one thing, they use the plural verb groups, so I am wondering if there should be more; after all, an indepth analysis of 'have been watching' is not that easy.
"have been watching"
aux + verb
There are two auxiliaries here, and shouldn;t you go into whaqt the auxiliaries are doing here?
there are a few more examples of verbs I have to analyze in the exercise. that's why it's 'groups.'
I got more info from the professor and she was able to help me a bit. I'm still a trying to make sense of it all. I'm in their independent study program so I do all the work at home. The program is fairly new and they haven't figured out how to organize getting class notes to us.
for the auxilliaries:
the marker "ing" tells us that this is something in progress and "en" fixes that activity in the past
Is that right?
I'm going to demonstrate a manipulation with the past continuous:
"was watching"
This is an update of my work. I'm going to email this to the professor tonight, so if anyone can give me some feedback in the next hour or so it will let me know whether or not I'm heading in the right direction.
Thank you.
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A man or a woman is in a doctors office. While the doctor is speaking, he/she turns her attention away from him to watch children playing outside.
Present Perfect Continuous
Have in present simple, Be in the past participle and Watch in the continuous.
Have-S+ Be-EN+V-ING
The narrator of this passage is also the subject in this utterance. His/her relationship to the situation is intimate, allowing us witness the events directly through his/her perspective.
The first verb is have, in the present simple. Alone, it signifies possession (I have a car), something obtained or achieved (I have a university degree --years of hard work finally culminated in something, or I have the paper in my hand--the speaker picked up or went, looked for and found the paper). In Linguistic et Grammaire de lAnglais, Lapaire and Rotgé hypothesize that have can function abstractly as well by integrating the predicate into the realm of the subject.
We are able to witness the event throught the eyes of the narrator.


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BOULDER, CO — It may not be a total news flash that active Americans are more likely to be members of a health club than the average population — you already knew that. But what may surprise you is how much more likely they are to walk in your doors.
In fact, a recent survey by Leisure Trends found that active Americans belong to health clubs at a 262 percent greater rate than that of the average population. A survey of Leisure Trends' Most Active Americans Panel (which is a database of more than 200,000 Americans who Leisure Trends have determined are the most active and affluent based on their income level and activities that they participate in) found that 39.1 percent of this active group belongs to a health club. In contrast, the average American population yields only a 14.9 percent membership number.


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A retired firefighter in Queens has been paying between $350 and $458 annually for federal flood insurance, though that number is about to skyrocket, reports the New York Times. Though he lives a block and a half from the water, his premiums have stayed low because of a federal policy protecting residents from sharply increased costs. Now, he is looking to pay as much as $15,000 annually. Many New York residents will face a similar fate, due to an overhaul of the federal flood insurance program last year.
Government officials, grass-root organizations, and residents, are doing what they can to stop the higher premiums from taking hold. In Brick Township, New Jersey, for example, local officials have paid a mapping expert to obtain certification in floodplain technology to challenge FEMA's new plan.
The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurace Act, passed by Congress in 2012, pre-Hurricane Sandy, made its changes to the National Floor Insurance Program, due to the fact the program was $18 billion in debt.
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News from around the country and around the globe
At stake is almost 20,000 New York residents that might be affected by this change.
Lawmakers have proposed several amendments to reduce the impact of the bill, but whether or not they will have an impact is yet to be seen.
See the full story on the New York Times.


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I've been struggling lately with one of Jesus' miracles. You're probably familiar with it — it's in the book of Mark, chapter 8, verses 22-26.
Jesus was in Bethsaida, when a group of people brought a blind man to him. The crowd begged Jesus to touch the man. So Jesus took the man by the hand and led him to a place out of town. There, our Lord spit on the man's eyes and asked him if he saw anything.
"He looked up and said, 'I see people; they look like trees walking around.'" – Mark 8:24 (NIV)
So Jesus puts His hands on the man's eyes a second time … and this time, the man's sight was restored fully.
Why? Why did it take a "do-over" for Jesus to heal this man?
Surely we're not supposed to believe that our Savior's power was waning. Surely we're not supposed to believe that His strength wasn't enough the first time around.
So why did the man not see clearly after the first attempt? Was it in the formula?
Other times, Jesus put mud on a blind man's eyes. Did He simply forget the mud? Did He not say the right words?
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No, I don't think the answer can be found in any fault of a perfect Son of God … but rather in the fault of the mortal man.
Whenever I have these kinds of questions about Scripture, I usually try to put the story into a perspective that I can relate to.
In what ways has God had to show Himself to me more than once before I "got it"? How many times has my Heavenly Father shown me the path I should take, only for me to stumble in my own direction without clarity, before finally crying out to Him a second time, "I still can't see, Lord!"?
Oh … too many to list here!
So perhaps Jesus was waiting on the man's faith to grow. Perhaps the man needed to see a little before he had the faith that he could see it all.
What does this have to do with poverty?
Well, I think sometimes the Church is like the blind man whose vision hasn't quite been restored. We've got some of the basics down, but we don't fully appreciate the severity of this global pandemic.
The Church, I believe, has been content with seeing "men walking like trees" instead of clearly seeing the face of poverty.
A recent Barna survey I got my hands on, but which I can't find online, shows that 57 percent of pastors polled in the U.S. believe their church should do more to address global poverty. Those same pastors, on average, taught only one message last year on poverty. No wonder we don't see it clearly!
But I believe God wants His people to see poverty for what it really is.
It's more than money. It's more than social status. It's more than food or water. God wants His Church to understand that poverty kills hope. It steals dreams. Poverty robs children of their potential — and therefore robs us of what they have to offer.
Maybe it's time for a "do-over." Maybe it's time to go back to your senior pastor or your missions pastor and help them see beyond the surface issues of poverty. Maybe it's time your congregation took a second look at the poor.
Now, if Jesus had never touched the man a second time, it still would have been a miracle. The man went from not seeing at all, to seeing blurry images. That's still impressive. But that's not enough.
Jesus wanted the man to see clearly. Likewise, I believe God wants His people to have a clear understanding of poverty — and what He has commanded His Church to do about it.
We've created some wonderful resources to show you what poverty really is. I hope you'll spend some time looking at them. And then use them to give your church a "do-over."


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Puerto Rico-born Luis D. Ortiz, one of the three agents of "Million Dollar Listing New York," has officially been hired by Douglas Elliman, The Real Deal reports. Ortiz was fired from Keller Williams NYC last week because the company was uncomfortable with Ortiz's association with the Bravo reality TV show, saying in a statement that "this brand of realty is a far cry from reality" before wishing Luis the best in his future endeavors.
And while Ortiz declined to comment on his relationship with Keller Williams, he said he's ready to "rock-and-roll" at Elliman, which also employs Ortiz's costar, Fredrick Eklund, adding that "the professionalism and powerful reach of Douglas Elliman gives me the platform to grow in."
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Herman called Ortiz a "rising star," saying, "We think he'll be tremendous here with us at Elliman. We couldn't be happier to have him."
Ortiz's deals include a $12.5 million duplex at the Apthorp on the Upper West Side, a $6.1 million unit at 165 Charles Street, and a $7.4 million Downing Street townhouse.
Read the full story on The Real Deal.
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I just finished mixing up my third batch of jello - green this time, ugh! All I'm allowed to eat today is jello and broth, in preparation for surgery tomorrow. So I'll be in the hospital for the next 5-7 days and will be back on-line next week. Hopefully I'll have some needlework updates to share. It doesn't look like I've gotten to much stitching done the past week. So all I really have to share is my latest progress on Prairie Schooler's E is for Embroidery.
Have a great week everyone!
Monday, August 21, 2006
And J is for Jello
I just finished mixing up my third batch of jello - green this time, ugh! All I'm allowed to eat today is jello and broth, in preparation for surgery tomorrow. So I'll be in the hospital for the next 5-7 days and will be back on-line next week. Hopefully I'll have some needlework updates to share. It doesn't look like I've gotten to much stitching done the past week. So all I really have to share is my latest progress on Prairie Schooler's E is for Embroidery.
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Sunday, August 20, 2006
Tag time
I've been tagged by Carrie
1. If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be? Somewhere in the country, but close enough to the city so I can shop wherever I want, whenever I want.
2. What's your favourite article of clothing? My PJ's.
3. Favourite physical feature of the opposite sex? The eyes have it!
4. What's the last CD that you bought? Whew, it was so long ago that I can't remember. But I did buy two of Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook at a garage sale.
5. Where's your favourite place to be? Anywhere my family is.
6. Where's your least favourite place to be? Police station/courtroom.
7. What's your favourite place to be massaged? Everywhere!
8. Strong in mind or strong in body? Mind.
9. What time do you wake up in the morning? 7:00am during the week, and usually 8:00am on the weekend.
10. What is your favourite kitchen appliance? My Magic Bullet - yummm, smoothies!
11. What makes you really angry? Dishonesty.
12. If you could play any instrument what would it be? Vioin.
13. Favourite colour? Purple.
14. Sports car or SUV? SUV
15. Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes
16. Favourite children's book? Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes.
17. What's your favourite season? Autumn.
18. What is your least favourite household chore? Putting laundry away.
19. If you could have one super-power, what would it be? To make people feel good.
20. If you have a tattoo what is it? Absolutely not!
21. Can you juggle? Not at all.
22. The one person from your past that you wish you could go back and talk to? My father.
23. What's your favourite day? Thursday.
24. What's in the boot of your car? Windshield wiper fluid.
25. Which do you prefer, sushi or hamburger? Hamburger.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Blackbird SAL
Its time for the next section in our Blackbird SAL! I didn't get started with most everyone else on August 1st, due to the fact that I was still waiting for my GAST and WDW threads to arrive and being the centre-starter than I am, the house was the first section for me. Luckily when Carrie and JF came on August 5th, the mail had arrived and they had brought it with them.
So here it is, looking rather sad and lonely, my little house! I think the next section will be the upper left hand corner.
I treated myself to a quilting magazine while I was away - American Patchwork & Quilting - and I was amazed to discover an article on the Blackbird Designs ladies in the magazine! And the pattern for a fantastic looking quilt by them also!! I'm going to have to make this one this fall - I love it! And it gives me an excuse for some fabric shopping.
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Holiday stitching
Some catching up time - I got to start my Carriage House Samplings alphabet series. Not as much done as I would have liked, especially since I never got to change colours! I'm outlining the boxes for the alphabets so far with 3371, not black, as I really don't like working with black and I think 3371 is a much softer shade. Besides I think I've already used up about 10 skeins of this in the Prairie Schooler blocks.
And whenever my eyes got too tired to manage the 40 ct fabric for the CHS alphabet, I switched over to my PS alphabet on 28 ct Jubilee. I was going great on E is for Embroidery, except, yes, I got really tired of using the same ol' 3371. What was I just saying?
And finally some stitching on Houses of Hawk Run Hollow! Not much to see at the moment but a little progress nevertheless.
For Tina: I'm using 40 ct Newcastle Cream linen for the CHS alphabet, and I'm hoping to use GAST threads as much as I can (and where I think it will show ;-).
For HoHRH, I'm using plain ol' DMC. I would have loved to use some NPI silks or even consider the Vicki Clayton silks, but by the time I bought the pattern, and then the recommended fabric, my wallet was empty! The fabric is 40 ct Pearled Barley by Lakeside Linens.
Questions are great - it means somebody's reading my blog!
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Sunday, August 13, 2006
We're back, after a fantastic 2 weeks away. Great weather, lots of company, lots of stitching, scrapbooking, and nice cool drinks ;-)
But its good to be home again.
Hubby took this great pic this morning, early while the mist was still on the water. He has a great new camera, the Canon Rebel, to play with and yes, for me to play with also...although he can't see the fascination in taking pictures of my stuff to put on my blog.
We took a final boat ride last night to see the sunset on the water. Here's a couple of pictures of us enjoying ourselves on our last night.
Now to tackle some of the laundry that is waiting. I'll post some updates of my stitching tomorrow.
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If one thing truly leads to another, you can say a leaky oil pan in our '72 Nova SS led us to this cam swap. We had to pull the Dart 509 out of our car to swap in a new Moroso oil pan, and we felt we were leaving a bunch of power on the table with the hydraulic roller cam profile that was in our Rat, ergo, we put in a call to Comp Cams for one of its ultra-modern solid street roller designs.
We've learned from years of previous cam swap testing that a cam with the same duration with roughly 0.100-inch more valve lift has always meant a stronger running engine with a smoother idle, more low-end, mid-range and top end power. That's what we went for here. More peak torque at a lower rpm for better bottom-end grunt, and gains in peak horsepower at a higher rpm for a broader powerband and top-end charge make this type of cam swap a win-win.
Another benefit is additional vacuum for a better signal to the carburetor, which translates to better throttle response and fuel efficiency. For our SS509 Nova project, the added vacuum to the power brake booster for our four-wheel discs means less pedal effort and improved feel, without having to resort to a vacuum can or pump.
When choosing a cam, it's better to make a conservative choice for your combination's intended purpose. Just remember: the stick with the most lift for the same duration will make for a more responsive engine. Choose one from the catalog that is recommended to match your combination (engine size, compression ratio, heads, induction, exhaust, gear ratio, converter stall, vehicle weight, rpm range, etc.), or call one of the cam companies—they have experts on their help lines. If you look up the cams involved in this swap, you'll notice they are only a middle choice of the street roller-type, yet they make lots of power. Never choose a race-type cam for your street driver, or you'll have a ride with terrible drivability and efficiency.
Technology advancements in camshaft/valvetrain design and durability have come a long way in recent years. We took advantage of this and put it to use on our Nova to have even better drivability and efficiency. One thing we must mention is besides gains in drivability and power, the side benefit is improved fuel mileage. We didn't measure it, but we used much less fuel driving to the dyno and the strip—and now the exhaust turndowns are a light grey color instead of medium brown. It's quite possible that mileage improved by two to three mpg—maybe we stumbled on the ideal cam for our combination. Read along and see the cam installation and how we made out dyno and strip testing bumpsticks.


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Mike Mastroianni was instrumental to Rock Valley College's success before he was promoted to be college president. His first 100 days on the job have built on that success.
RVC is an important player for this region for many reasons. There are the obvious needs the college fills — educating students, workforce training, career development — but there are also many programs that improve a person's life skills. The Rock Valley catalogue that arrives in our mailboxes is hefty because RVC offers so much for residents here.
RVC was an important first step for many Rockfordians who have gone on to have successful careers. Mastroianni is one of them.
He earned an associate's degree from RVC and bachelor's and master's degrees from Rockford College (now Rockford University.)
Mastroianni knows the community's challenges and how to address them. As Rockford continues its transformation process, Mastroianni and RVC will be key players.
Flags for veterans: Lee Hartsfield has organized efforts to offer free flags for veterans' graves for three decades. He intends for the practice to last even when he's not around.
Hartsfield, who owned the B. Sanfield flower and jewelry shop, has raised $4,000 for a fund that he says will keep the program going. His goal is to raise $25,000, which an anonymous donor has pledged to match. Hartsfield said $50,000 should be enough to provide free flags in perpetuity.
Hartsfield is a World War II veteran who served in the South Pacific. He doesn't believe those who have lost husbands, fathers, brothers and friends in war should have to buy a flag to decorate a grave.
If you agree and want to help, send a check to Free Flags for Veterans' Graves, P.O. Box 2192, Loves Park, IL 61130.
Summer's winding down: This is the last week of July. What have you done this summer? Maybe you can't afford to take the kids to Disney World or take that Canadian fishing trip you've always dreamt of, but you need to remember there's a lot of cool stuff to see and do around here.
Magic Waters is always fun, even when the weather's been a bit unsummerlike. The Discovery Center, Burpee Museum of Natural History, Tinker Swiss Cottage, Midway Village, etc., etc., etc., are great places to visit. How about Rockford City Market, Friday Night Flix or a ride along one of the bike paths? Sure, you can enjoy all those things when the kids go back to school, but why wait? Rockford is a great place for a staycation.
The show must go on: Senior Editor Chuck Sweeny and Editorial Page Editor Wally Haas are back at rrstar.com with weekly opinion videos. The videos are done on Fridays and usually are posted by midmorning. Last week's topic was the "de facto" police chief. Who knows what they'll discuss this week. Check out the videos at rrstar.com.


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Yahoo's (and Associated Content Founder) Luke Beatty Talks About Google's Content Farm Putsch
Yahoo's Luke Beatty said he is not worried.
"We welcome the change," he insisted about Google taking aim last Friday at so-called "content farms," producers of low-quality content that spam up the Web and the search giant's results. "And we endorse what Google is doing 100 percent."
That's ironic, given among those allegedly hit hardest by changing of its famous algorithm–based on early, and perhaps questionable, surveys–is Yahoo's Associated Content.
But, if true, and traffic at Associated Content–which the Silicon Valley Internet giant bought for $90 million last May–is indeed badly hurt, it's obviously going to be a problem for Yahoo, which relies on advertising revenue as its core business.
A quick poll by Sistrix, a search engine optimization firm, using one million keywords before and after Google's changes, showed that Associated Content's "visibility index"– including keyword and ranking positions ranking and clickthrough rate–was down 93 percent.
So yesterday, Beatty, who founded Associated Content and now works at Yahoo, dialed up BoomTown to talk about what the Google shift will mean to Yahoo.
First off in the wide-ranging interview, he noted, "everything on the Web is changing all the time," noting that Associated Content used to rely more on the now weakened Digg and RSS for its traffic and distribution.
"Obviously, that has changed and we have still managed to grow," he said.
Beatty said it is still not clear that the new tweaks in search criteria at Google would mean for Associated Content's offerings–coming from 400,000 contributors of all kinds.
"Our data will not be reconciled for weeks…but some will be up and some will be down," he said, adding the overall, "I suspect it will be down, although it's not accurate by any means in the numbers released so far, since there is no way you can know this early."
Still, it's obvious that Google's latest move has not been not good for Associated Content, although Beatty noted that the Silicon Valley search king is no longer the main source of traffic for Associated Content material.
Instead, that would be the owned-and-operated sites of Yahoo, most of all, and–increasingly–social networking sites such as Facebook.
"When we sold the company, we know that sites of Yahoo itself would be the biggest driver of our growth and that was the plan," said Beatty. "And, though smaller, social means of distribution are clearly the way people are now finding our content."
In an email later, Beatty underscored this point:
"Search traffic is not our focus within Yahoo–it hasn't been for 10
months…traffic sources have changed endlessly over that last six years…search is one, albeit an important one and clearly, [but] now it too is changing and we see the future of our content distribution coming from O&O properties and social networks, as much as anything."
Still, Beatty said Associated Content will adapt as long as Google does not make its tweaks on a network basis and rather than on a site basis. (Interestingly, that would presumably include Google's own–and often spammish–Blogger property, which is fueled by its powerful AdSense engine.)
"It appears that changes have been made on an asset-by-asset basis
is good–networkwide cramdown would be inappropriate and uneducated," he said.
Still, the best way to fight the Google initiative is by delivering higher quality content, which Beatty said was being done at the company via a series of ongoing measures to improve overall submissions.
Those include a Yahoo style guide for content creators, a two-tiered human editor review process, analytical analysis, a featured contributor program and, interesting, an online tutorial process called the Yahoo Contributor Network.
It's not exactly Harvard University, of course, but Beatty said there is more to come.
"We are committed to supporting and helping our contributors navigate through this and every other change in the crowdsourced content economy," he said. "We want the best article to get more traffic."
Of course, with Google's doubtlessly continuing changes in its criteria for what good content is, presumably, that won't be Yahoo's to decide.


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Which Vermeer Did It?
POSTED ON: May 13, 2013
A day-long public conference that includes many academic luminaries will be entirely dedicated to the work of Benjamin Binstock, Adjunct Assistant Professor of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, where he teaches art history. Entitled "Vermeer's Daughter?" the conference, organized by The New York Institute for the Humanities [NYIH] at New York University, on Saturday, May 18, is based on the work and questions raised by Professor Binstock's 2009 book, Vermeer's Family Secrets: Genius, Discovery, and the Unknown Apprentice (Routledge). On hand to discuss the work will be major thinkers, like intellectual historian Anthony Grafton, art historians Linda Nochlin and James Elkins, as well as the artist Chuck Close, among others. "This is the first time a member of the HSS faculty has had an entire conference dedicated to his work during my time here," William Germano, Dean of the faculty of HSS since 2006, said.
Professor Binstock's book proposes a controversial theory that several paintings attributed to the Dutch Old Master Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675), perhaps best known for "Girl with a Pearl Earing," are actually painted by his eldest daughter, Maria. Prof. Binstock suggests in his book that Maria, who may have modeled for the iconic "Girl With A Pearl Earning," apprenticed to her father, producing several paintings that are widely attributed to him, including "The Girl with the Red Hat." This theory has met a frosty reception among many cognoscenti that the conference seeks to explore further.
"The art historians you think of when you think of Vermeer won't talk about this book," says Lawrence Weschler, Director of the NYIH. Weschler says he organized the conference after being both impressed with Vermeer's Family Secrets and surprised by what he describes as the "thunderous silence" of its reception by the art historical community. "Part of this motive for repressing certain issues might be money," Binstock says and Weschler agrees, describing what he sees as a "comedy of vested interests." Many art historians and museum administrators have relationships with institutions or individuals who own works by the Dutch master, he explains. Those works could potentially lose significant monetary value if their authenticity or authorship were to be put into question. The owner of such a work could likewise lose status or prestige.
In the core argument of the book, Binstock arranges scale representations of each painting laid out in chronological order—a method he extends to his teaching at Cooper by hanging scale reproductions of paintings in the classroom—through which he identifies certain "misfit" works. "The paintings currently assigned to Vermeer cannot be arranged in a coherent chronology," Binstock writes. "One can only do so after removing the misfit paintings, which likewise reveal their own consistent development, in a dialogue with Vermeer, increasingly borrowing and combining elements of his compositions, employing the same models, costumes, objects, and interiors, and influencing him in turn." He describes Maria Vermeer not as a lesser imitator of her father, but as a genius in her own right.
"I'm agnostic on the theory," Weschler says about Binstock's book. "I find it an interesting theory and if it were true, I wouldn't have a problem with it. But I would at least like to have some debate around it."


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Diaper manufacturers get them coming and going
Ever since Japan emerged as a manufacturing giant it has concentrated a great deal of sales efforts on exports, but in the past decade or so, as the country's population has begun to contract, foreign markets have become even more important to sustain corporate growth. And nowhere is this dynamic felt more acutely than in the disposable diaper business. Japanese are having fewer babies. In 2011 the domestic market for disposable baby diapers was about ¥140 billion, but according to one major manufacturer, Unicharm, that market is shrinking at a rate of about 2 percent a year. However, in many other Asian countries, population is increasing along with average living standards.
Whether it foresaw these changes or not, Unicharm entered the foreign market early and started selling diapers in Taiwan in 1984. It now has a presence in 80 countries and territories, in the form of factories or sales channels. This summer the company plans to open a plant in Egypt, its first on the African continent. Unicharm's strategy is to adjust quality and price for specific local markets. For instance, it offers three price grades of diapers in Thailand and Malaysia, each price targeted at a specific income group; while in Indonesia it sells diapers individually rather than in packs since that is the way most retail sales work in the country.
Japanese disposable diapers are generally considered to be of high quality, and many manufacturers, such as Kao, which makes Merries, the best-selling diaper in Japan, simply target parents in foreign countries who can afford to pay a little more for diapers. Merries is quite popular among middle class parents in China, where they are 20 to 30 percent more expensive than "regular" disposable diapers. Meanwhile, Daio Paper, which is also considered high quality and sells 40 percent of its disposable diapers outside of Japan, seems to be particularly popular among the well-to-do in Shanghai.
But the real news in the diaper business is at the other demographic end. In 2011, for the first time, sales of adult diapers in Japan exceeded sales of baby diapers. According to Yano Research, sales of adult diapers in 2011 increased by more than 100 percent from 2010, with revenues topping ¥160 billion. Unicharm alone recorded sales of ¥60 billion. Growth in the adult diaper market is propelled by more than just the aging of the population. Purchases of adult diapers can be subsidized in part by the Long-term Nursing Care Insurance system (kaigo hoken), and while babies usually need diapers for three years, four at most, older people could conceivably need to use them longer. And as advertising becomes more widespread the hazukashii (embarrassment) factor will continue to abate.


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