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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino sued a film distributor and watch company on Wednesday for Tutima watch advertisements tied to the 2008 film "Righteous Kill."
Both actors said in the lawsuit that a series of advertisements falsely suggested the two actors endorsed Tutima watches. The suit that names De Niro and Pacino as plaintiffs seeks damages from Overture Films, based in Los Angeles, California, and Tutima Inc, a German watchmaker.
The series of promotions included one print advertisement which showed the actors faces and their names above a picture of a Tutima watch and a "Righteous Kill" video clip that appeared on Tutima's website, the lawsuit said.
"De Niro's and Pacino's policies concerning commercial endorsements and tie-ins are common knowledge in the entertainment industry," the lawsuit said. "Defendants' actions have damaged De Niro's and Pacino's valuable reputations and diminished the commercial value of their name and images."
Both men were very careful about product endorsement, the lawsuit said, with De Niro only endorsing a product or service "under very specific and compelling circumstances."
"Pacino, over the course of his lengthy career, has never commercially endorsed any product or service in the United States," the lawsuit said.
Overture and Tutima could not be immediately reached for comment.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, seeks monetary damages for breach of contract, violations of right of publicity and right of privacy laws in an amount to be determined at trial.
Both actors signed talent agreements in 2007 that prohibited using the actors for merchandising or product placements without prior written consent, the suit said.
In "Righteous Kill," released in September, 2008, Pacino and De Niro played two veteran cops on the trail of a serial killer in a film that was panned by critics. It made more than $78 million worldwide, according to research company Box Office Mojo.
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Juan Jose Cobo (Geox-TMC) claimed the first grand-tour win of his career when he won the Vuelta a España
MADRID (AFP) — Juan Jose Cobo (Geox-TMC) claimed the first grand-tour win of his career when he won the Vuelta a España on Sunday.
Cobo took a 13-second lead over Team Sky's Chris Froome into the finale and defended it during Sunday's 21st and final stage, a relatively flat 95.6km race from Circuito del Jarama to Madrid.
Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the finale ahead of Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) and Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD).
It was Sagan's third stage win and helped make amends for teammate Vincenzo Nibali failing to defend his crown from last year.
The 30-year-old Cobo began the race with the job of riding in support of former champion Denis Menchov and Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre and could not hide his joy at the finish line.
"I thought I'd be working for Denis and Carlos throughout the Vuelta, and I've ended up winning," said Cobo.
"It's incredible, I would never have entertained such thoughts before the start of the race."
Froome had become Cobo's main challenger in the last days of the three-week epic after Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins had dropped steadily out of contention in the final week.
However, Froome was unable to overturn his slim deficit during the closing stages. He finished second overall at 13 seconds with teammate Wiggins third at 1:39.
"The race was over at the top of Pena Cabarga (on stage 17)," said Froome. "The gap between Cobo and myself remained the same after that. I'm happy anyway.
"Three weeks ago, I couldn't envisage such a result and I believe it's the beginning of great stuff. For the first time I got the opportunity to ride a grand tour in the best conditions and I took my chance."
As for Cobo, it was the biggest win of his career, which has been spent as a loyal domestique in the mountains for more heralded teammates.
Until Sunday's win the Spaniard's best result at the Vuelta was a 10th place in 2009, when he won the race's 19th stage.
This time around, he took over the race leader's red jersey from Wiggins on stage 15 when an epic climb to the Angliru — one of the most notoriously difficult climbs in cycling — saw him leave the Englishman in his dust.
Wiggins, who crashed out of July's Tour de France with a broken elbow, could not hide his disappointment at finishing third at the Vuelta.
"I put pressure on myself during three weeks. I've seen myself as the winner. I've truly believed that I was going to win, that's why I'm not satisfied," he said.
"I'm speaking negatively but there's some positive as well. Nine weeks ago, I broke my collarbone and I would have laughed if anyone told me that I was going to finish third of the Vuelta after that."
David Moncoutie gave his Cofidis team a huge boost by winning the race's King of the Mountains jersey for the fourth year in a row.
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) took the green jersey for the sprinters' points competition alongside an impressive fourth-place finish.

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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The memoir of a woman who grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America," has been chosen as St. Bonaventure University's All Bonaventure Reads selection for 2013.
"Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats" by Kristen Iversen has been praised as "gorgeously written and impressively researched."
Growing up in Arvada, Colo., near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, Iversen's family and most of her blue-collar neighbors thought Rocky Flats made household cleaning supplies. Under the backdrop of the Cold War, Rocky Flats spent more than 30 years secretly producing plutonium triggers for nuclear bombs. (The title refers to the amount of radioactive material at any time in a human body.)
In the late 1970s, "as the truth began to spread, people protested at the bomb plant and worried about radioactive and toxic waste in surrounding neighborhoods," wrote Iversen. But production of the triggers would continue until 1989 after the FBI and EPA raided the plant.
Described as part investigative journalism and part memoir, "Full Body Burden" explores secrets — not only of the government's cover-up of nuclear contamination, but of Iversen's own family's silences, too, where her father's drinking and her mother's denial were routinely disregarded.
"We have looked for, in past years, books that had an environmental theme; 'Burden' is the first of that ilk that captured our attention," said Jean Trevarton Ehman, director of the Teaching and Learning Center on campus and chair of the All Bonaventure Reads Committee.
Iversen will create a short video introduction of herself and the book that will be shown to new students at Orientation. Students will also receive their copy of "Full Body Burden" at this time and will be encouraged to complete it prior to the start of school in the fall. Students will engage in conversations and activities throughout Welcome Days, University 101 courses and various campuswide events, which traditionally include an All Bonaventure Views film festival and an ABR-themed exhibit at the arts center.
A highlight of the fall semester will be Iversen's Sept. 30 visit to campus when she will address freshmen, campus members and community residents at an evening talk in the Reilly Center Arena. She also plans to speak with students in freshman-level classes throughout the day. "Our ABR '13 theme is taken from the book's last sentence: 'To speak out or to remain silent is the first and most crucial decision we can make.' We are excited to springboard programming from this theme that will engage our new students," said Ehman.
Iversen teaches nonfiction and fiction, specializing in memoir and literary journalism, at the University of Memphis, where she is an associate professor of English and directs the MFA program in creative writing. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Denver.
She is the author of two other books, "Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth" and a textbook, "Shadow Boxing: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction." Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, Reader's Digest, Fourth Genre, and many other literary journals and publications.
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George Gund III, the longtime chairman of the San Francisco Film Society and former co-owner of the San Jose Sharks, died Tuesday at his home in Palm Springs.
Mr. Gund, who had lived in San Francisco for 45 years and was known to cruise around town on a scooter listening to opera music, was 75 and had suffered from stomach cancer.
Born in 1937 in Cleveland, Mr. Gund had an early love of hockey, movies, art and travel. The oldest of six children in a prominent family, Mr. Gund learned how much the family was worth only when his father passed away and left more than a half-billion dollars to the George Gund Foundation.
"George attended boarding schools and was kicked out of a few," his brother Gordon Gund said with a laugh. "He was more interested in the world at large than what was going on in the classroom."
Mr. Gund was 18 in 1955 when he enlisted in the Marines.
'Zest for life'
"He always had a tremendous zest for life and an adventuresome spirit," Gordon Gund said. "I think the military gave him his first adventures."
It also introduced him to San Francisco. He sailed into San Francisco Bay aboard the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga and was thrilled when the ship needed to be docked for a period for maintenance. He got an apartment in North Beach and began to explore.
"My dad liked to say that he was a Marine by day and beatnik by night," recalled George Gund IV. "This was in the 1950s, and everything was happening in San Francisco. He loved the city from his first day here."
After his military service, Mr. Gund attended Menlo College in Menlo Park, but never graduated. Instead, he threw himself into film and sports. In the 1970s, he began importing and distributing Eastern European films and encouraging film production in the United States. He became a regular at film festivals across the globe, and was known to take in a dozen films a day before spending his evenings listening to the stories of filmmakers.
Todd Traina, a filmmaker and San Francisco Film Society board member, said, "If it weren't for George Gund, there would not be a Film Society. I admired him greatly, and we will work hard to maintain and further develop the institution for which he cared so deeply."
Longtime friend and fellow cinephile Maurice Kanbar said, "He was just a wonderful man. We were on the Film Society board for 20 years together. He's always loved films. He was a very nice person, and I will miss him."
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Mr. Gund also dedicated himself to the development of a number of professional sports teams. In 1975, he acquired a minority interest in the National Hockey League's California Golden Seals, which became the Cleveland Barons before merging with the Minnesota North Stars.
"We were involved in professional sports for 30 years," Gordon Gund said. "Together we owned the San Jose Sharks, starting in the 1991-1992 season and until the sale of the team in 2000. We owned the Minnesota North Stars and the Cleveland Cavaliers, an NBA team. We drafted LeBron James in 2003."
Gordon Gund said he and his brother enjoyed building a community around a team. They also had great times with the players.
"Hockey was a great love of George's - as it was mine," Gordon Gund said. "George played hockey all of his life and was very involved with USA Hockey at the amateur level as well as with professional hockey."
The San Jose Sharks issued a statement Tuesday, saying, "George Gund III will always have a special place in the hearts of Sharks fans for his role in bringing the team to San Jose. George was a trailblazer and he knew that NHL hockey could not only survive, but thrive in the Bay Area."
In Mr. Gund's memory, the Sharks will wear helmet decals and jersey patches bearing the initials "GGIII" this season.
In addition to his work for the San Francisco Film Society, Mr. Gund was a board member of the Cleveland Film Festival, a founder of the Cleveland Cinematheque, a trustee of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and a trustee of the Sundance Institute.
He served on other boards, including the National Museum of the American Indian, the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City, the Musical Arts Foundation (Cleveland Orchestra) and the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nev. He was also a member of the Sierra Club National Advisory Board.
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"He was busy and traveling up until three months ago," said his son. "He never lost that wanderlust. As a dad, he always wanted to bring us these great experiences, but he also was an example of someone who was simply good to people."
With a laugh, George Gund added something else that his dad was known for: his bushy, boomerang-shaped white eyebrows.
"There was a list put out recently of top 10 eyebrows, and he was on it," said George Gund. Amazingly, even after two serious rounds of chemotherapy, the bushy brows were undiminished.
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"He used to tell us stories about traveling and people coming up to him from all cultures and saying that such thick eyebrows were a sign of good fortune and wisdom," George Gund said. "He liked that."
Mr. Gund is survived by his wife, Iara Lee; his son George Gund IV; two grandchildren; siblings Gordon Gund, Graham Gund, Geoffrey Gund, Agnes Gund and Louise Gund; and his former wife, Theo Gund. His son Greg Gund died in 2005.
A public memorial, to be held at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, is being planned. The family asks that donations be made to the San Francisco Film Society, the Western Folklife Center, the Sierra Club, the National Museum of the American Indian or the USA Hockey Foundation.
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Russia, as the world is now aware, recently passed a law that prohibits homosexual propaganda that is targeted at teens. Russia does not want teenagers persuaded that manifestly unnatural and unhealthy behavior is perfectly normal. Good on them. And while sodomy has been legal in Russia since 1993, the new law makes it illegal among teens. Good on them.
There are legal sanctions for violating this law, which has raised the hackles of Olympic athletes who want to be out, proud and in your face everywhere, including during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
What should we make of this law? Even the pro-family community in the United States has been largely silent on this issue, perhaps stunned by the possibility that a formerly communist country could be ahead of the United States on matters of public morality. And perhaps nervous about actually approving public policy that implements at least part of the message we have been communicating for years.
Now since same-sex conduct has been legal in Russia since 1993, homosexual Olympians have been told quite explicitly that they have nothing to fear from Russian authorities for the private exercise of their sexual proclivities. They will be free to engage in all the abnormal sex they want – as long as they keep it in the bedroom and off the street.
This, we have always been told, is all homosexuals want – to be left alone and for the government to stay out of their bedrooms. Well, they'll have that in Russia. But that's not enough for them. Unless they can flaunt their non-normative sexuality in public, and force all of society not just to tolerate but endorse their behavior, they will not be satisfied.
It should be noted that there is no warrant in this law for attacks on homosexuals. Assault and battery is still a crime in Russia, and all such assaults should be punished to the full extent of the law regardless of the sexual preference of the victims. The solution to sexual deviancy is not vigilante justice.
But Russia has every reason to be concerned about teens being lured into the homosexual lifestyle. A truly alarming report issued by the CDC (note: not a member of the vast, right-wing conspiracy) reveals the enormous health risks to teens who get sucked into thinking that sodomy is a perfectly normal alternative to heterosexuality.
Here are just some of the shocking details. Gay and lesbian teens are:
* More than three times as likely (23.7% to 7.2%) as heterosexual students to have been forced to have sexual intercourse;
* Three times more likely to have had sexual intercourse with four or more persons (29.9% to 11.1%);
* Four times more likely to have had sexual intercourse before age 13 (19.8% to 4.8%);
* Half as likely to use a condom during sexual intercourse (35.8% to 65.5%);
* Almost three times more likely to have experienced dating violence (27.5% to 10.2%);
* One-and-a-half times more likely to have felt sad or hopeless (41.3% to 24.8%);
* Three times more likely to have seriously considered suicide (29.6% to 11.7%);
* Four times more likely to have actually attempted suicide (25.8% to 6.4%);
* Three times more likely to smoke more than 10 cigarettes per day (27.8% to 9.1%);
* One-and-a-half times more likely to use marijuana (34.5% to 21.8%);
* A staggering eight times more likely to use cocaine (16.6% to 1.8%);
* Three-and-a-half times more likely to use inhalants (26.1% to 7.6%);
* Five times more likely to have used ecstasy (22.9% to 4.6%);
* A mind-blowing nine times more likely to have used heroin (17.7% to 1.8%);
* Six times more likely to have used meth (21.5% to 3.4%);
* A catastrophic 10 times more likely to have injected illegal drugs (14.9% to 1.5%).
In my nomination for the understatement of the year, the CDC concludes its own report, "Compared with students who are not sexual minorities, a disproportionate number of sexual minority students engage in a wide range of health-risk behaviors."
This is true with regard to sexual practices, intimate partner violence, suicidal ideation, depression and substance abuse of all kinds. In other words, this is not a normal, healthy alternative to heterosexuality.
There are catastrophic pathologies associated with homosexual behavior among teenagers, and any society that cares about its youth will do everything in its power to steer them away from this self-destructive lifestyle. We spend billions urging teens not to take up cigarette smoking. Let's start spending billions to urge them not to take up gay sex.
Bottom line: for the first time in my life, I say it's time for us to be more like Russia.
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The Aquaponic Source, a retail store and education center specializing in aquaponics, announces its grand opening event, which will take place on October 5, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The center is located at 1860 Lefthand Circle, Suite E, in Longmont, Colo., 15 minutes NE of Boulder. The public and media are all invited to attend the grand opening celebration and learn about aquaponics, as well as tour the new retail store, education center, and research and development lab.
"We are thrilled to be opening our Aquaponics center, and look forward to seeing many people come out to learn about this green way of gardening," explained Sylvia Bernstein, president of The Aquaponic Source, and author of the book "Aquaponics Gardening: A Step-By-Step Guide to Raising Vegetables and Fish Together" (New Society Publishers, October 2011). "It's a fascinating and sustainable movement that anyone can get their family into."
The new Aquaponics facility features 7,600 square feet of space, including a retail store, classroom, and a research and development lab. The grand opening will offer information and demonstrations on how aquaponics systems work, a tour of the facility, refreshments, and a 15-percent-off coupon that is good on all items in the retail store. Once open, The Aquaponic Source will be the only center in the country that focuses on this green gardening technology, which symbiotically grows fish and vegetables in one's backyard, basement, balcony, or classroom.
The technology uses fish waste to provide the necessary nutrients to grow the plants, while the plants and beneficial bacteria act as a natural bio-filter to keep the water clean for the fish. Many people have been turning to aquaponics for its environmentally friendly principals, as well as to have a fun family do-it-yourself project. The classes will teach people how to be successful with aquaponics, while the retail store will sell all of the necessary supplies, including aquaponics systems and aquaponics plumbing kits. The items have been expertly designed, are low maintenance and easy to set up, and come with a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee.
"Stop by our grand opening, take a look around, and feel free to bring all of your aquaponics questions with you," added Bernstein. "We look forward to serving the aquaponics community and getting more people into this type of gardening that marries the best of aquaculture with hydroponics."
The Aquaponics facility is located at 1860 Lefthand Circle, Suite E, in Longmont, Colo. Its hours, Monday through Thursday, are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, visit the site at: www.theaquaponicsource.com.


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|Ray Dam (C) and Suos Saroeun (R) (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)
Phnom Penh - Police in Cambodia arrested a man claiming to be an adviser to US President Barack Obama and head of an international finance organization that stores its assets in caves and sunken ships.
Ray Dam and associate Soush Saroeun were charged with forgery Monday after being arrested at Dam's home in Phnom Penh. They were accused of forging documents alleging connections with HSBC Bank, the US government and the United Nations.
The pair had been operating a self-described international real-estate consultancy known as Asia Real Property out of modern offices in the Cambodian capital.
Asia Real Property's promotional materials identified the firm as a subsidiary of a group called the Office of International Treasury Control that claimed to be 'the largest single owner of gold and platinum bullion in the world,' holding cash and treasure in a variety of clandestine locations.
'Much of the treasure is buried in tunnels, bunkers and caves and in sunken ships,' the group said in an investment presentation. 'Further treasures are hidden all around the world.'
Dam is identified on the group's website as the 'sole arbiter ... of the Tripartite Gold Commission,' which was a post-World War II organization that searched for gold stolen by Nazi Germany and was dissolved in 1998. The website also said Dam was an adviser to Obama and his predecessor George W Bush.
Police said Dam and Saroeun had been advertising financial services to foreign joint venture partners in company documents claiming a connection to HSBC Bank. If convicted, they face a maximum of 16 years in prison.
According to an investigation report from police, Dam was born in Cambodia, fleeing the country for the US in the 1970s before returning in the early '90s. US embassy officials said they had been unable to confirm whether he holds US citizenship.
Officials from Cambodia's Ministry of Finance lodged a complaint against Dam and Saroeun after learning that the pair were operating without a real-estate licence. A government spokesman said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had ordered an investigation after learning that Dam had been posing as an adviser to the president of Cambodia's Senate


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Chicken, Courgette and Lemon Pasta
This recipe is pretty straight-forward and spending the time at the start to prepare all the ingredients (measuring, chopping and grating) will make life easier during the assembly stages. Which means, within 10 minutes of preparing the ingredients you will be enjoying the results of you labour. This recipe was everything I imagined it to be, absolutely delicious, light & full of flavour and the perfect meal for a summer's evening. This is one pasta dish I will definitely be making again. Thanks Lucie for sharing this wonderful recipe.
Chicken, Courgette and Lemon Pasta
Serves 4 (I halved the recipe for 2)
4 large Portabello mushrooms ( I used normal mushrooms as I don't like the Portobello ones)
350g dried linguine
300g courgette, grated
300ml low fat crème fraîche
200ml low fat Greek yoghurt
1 large free-range egg yolk
35g Parmesan cheese
Zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
250g cold roast chicken, shredded
A small bunch of fresh chives, snipped
Heat a pan and spritz in a few spritzes of olive oil. Fry the mushrooms then remove from the pan and set aside. Fry the grated courgette for a couple of minutes. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta according to the instructions on the packet, but cook it for a minute or two less so it's a little underdone.
Meanwhile mix together the crème fraîche, yoghurt, egg yolk, Parmesan, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
Drain the cooked pasta, leaving a few tablespoons of water in the bottom of the pan. Return the pan to a low heat and pour in the sauce.
Toss the pasta in the sauce, then add the roast chicken and chives, giving it all a good mix round until it's evenly incorporated
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- Unknown said...
I don't normally do courgette, but all the other ingredients might tempt me to try this. I love pasta and chicken combos. My favourite at the minute (which I can't stop making) is so unhealthy that I couldn't possibly post the recipe on my blog - I'd get lynched by all my visitors. Basically I sautee leeks in butter, add rather too much crushed garlic, throw in some chicken, which I've cut up, then add some Philadelphia cheese and then Parmasen and black pepper. It's like a heart attack in a bowl isn't it? I am so naughy (now you know the reason for the large arse. Perhaps I should consider using Philadelphia Light - what do you think?????
PS - you won't tell anyone will you? Thanks x
- 8 July 2010 at 22:03
- Brownieville Girl said...
That sounds like a perfect dinner.
Would love to know what the pink goodies were!!
- 8 July 2010 at 22:39
- Lynda said...
I could make this with quorn pieces instead of chicken - many thanks ;0)
- 9 July 2010 at 01:33
- Chele said...
I saved thia one when Lucie posted it too! Looks fantastic, the perfect summer dinner.
- 9 July 2010 at 06:42
- busygran said...
Make a good meal. This I got to share with my daughters. They are 'pasta' people.:)
- 9 July 2010 at 10:40
- Lucie said...
Yours looks delicious Maria. I am so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the kind mention. Love Lucie x
- 9 July 2010 at 11:19
That does look good- anything with lemon and courgette in seems summery to me! I saw it on Lucie's blog too, it's such a good idea to use crème fraîche in the sauce-I think I actually prefer it now to cream.
And TKMaxx- LOL I'm with you on that one. Bags for me, EVERY. TIME.
- 9 July 2010 at 13:37
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Maria, this is a really lovely recipe that I'll be trying soon. I'm new to your
blog and have spent some time reading your earlier posts. I really love your recipes and will be back often to see what you've been cooking. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary
- 9 July 2010 at 16:16
- The Curious Cat said...
Yum! This sounds wicked! Was looking for some inspiration and this sounds divine! xxx
- 9 July 2010 at 22:08
- JillyB said...
That sounds so light and refreshing. I'm saving the recipe for our warmer weather!
- 10 July 2010 at 01:01
- Finla said...
I love courgettes and hubby too, just wish daughter loved them too. Thie pasta looks creamy yummy.
- 10 July 2010 at 06:06
- Jacqueline Meldrum said...
Mmmmmmmm, this sounds lovely. Clever Lucie! I am going to try it without the chicken. I think it will still be delicious :)
- 10 July 2010 at 12:18


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The first time I did all grain, I said after it was all done - " that is all there is to it?". It was good beer!
Don't be afraid of all grain.
I'm going to go against the grain - as it were - and suggest holding off (for a little) on all grain. Instead read up on pitching proper amounts of yeast and controlling fermentation. All-grain is sexy and everyone wants to jump in to become a "real brewer" but yeast will have a bigger impact on making better beer. I fully believe that when people complain about extract flavor, usually the are talking about yeast problems. Depending on your situation, better yeast management will require less or no additional equipment compared to the all-grain switch.
Cons: more particles in wort but easily remedied by allowing more time to clear before transferring to fermenter. Can't do very high gravity beers. Messy- not a good option for the kitchen stove.


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|President John F. Kennedy
|November 22, 1963
Here are 50 details you may not know about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
|The President, First Lady & Governor Connally
assassinate a president.
2) The Presidential Limo had been flown into Dallas for the occasion.
3) The presidential motorcade route was decided on November 18 and released to the public shortly after.
4) November 22nd, 1963 was a sunny Friday in Dallas.
5) Over a quarter of a million people lined the parade route that day.
6) Kennedy was in Dallas less than an hour before being shot. His plane landed at Love Field at 11:37 a.m. He was shot at 12:30 p.m.
7) Kennedy took a bullet to the upper back and one to the head. Texas Governor John B. Connally Jr. received one bullet to the body.
8) The bullet that hit Connally had already passed through the president's body.
9) Mrs. Kennedy had just turned toward the president when he was shot: she saw his face as he was hit.
10) Both men were rushed to Parkland Hospital in the presidential limo.
|At Parkland Hospital after the President's Arrival
12) She gave doctors part of Kennedy's brain-matter that she had been holding in her cupped hands and remained in the operating room with her husband.
13) The President never revived after being shot.
14) John F. Kennedy was the first president to have the last rites administered by a Catholic priest.
15) President Kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central time. He was 46 years old: the youngest man ever elected to be President
16) ABC Radio released the first UPI bulletin at 12:36 p.m. stating "THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S MOTORCADE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, TEXAS."
17) At 12:40 p.m. Walter Cronkite of CBS Television News broke into the popular soap opera As the World Turns with a bulletin stating, "President Kennedy has been seriously wounded…"
18) Dan Rather of CBS News was the first to send the report that Kennedy was dead. CBS Radio went with it – before official word had been given.
19) CBS, ABC and NBC covered the assassination for four days – from 10 minutes after the gunshots were fired until the body had been laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery.
20) This was the longest uninterrupted television coverage of a news event until the attacks in 2001 on September 11th.
21) From this weekend forward, America would turn to television for their news.
19) Lyndon Johnson, acting as president, told White House officials not to release the news of Kennedy's death until after he had left the hospital, saying he feared a conspiracy.
20) Kennedy's body was removed from Parkland Hospital before the Dallas coroner could conduct the forensic exam required by Texas law.
21) Mrs. Kennedy refused to change out of her pink Chanel suit, which was covered in the president's blood.
22) Most Americans did not immediately know the color of her suit because television broadcasts were in black and white at that time.
23) The blood-soaked Chanel suit is preserved at the National Achieves and will not be displayed until at least 2103, and then only at the discretion of the Kennedy family.
24) At 2 p.m. Mrs. Kennedy was taken back to Air Force One with her husband's body, which had been placed in a bronze casket.
25) Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president at 2:39 p.m. aboard Air Force One as it sat on the runway of Love Field in Dallas.
26) The only woman to administer the oath of office to a president was Federal Judge Sarah Hughes aboard Air Force One.
27) Johnson became president 99 minutes after Kennedy died.
28) Besides the new president, the new first lady and the former first lady, Air Force One was also carrying the slain president's body back to Washington.
|The President's Body Going to the Capitol
29) Upon arrival, the president's body was taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital for an autopsy.
30) The embalming and cosmetic restoration was also done at Bethesda.
31) The President's body was then placed in the East Room for 24 hours as he lay in repose.
32) Two Catholic priests stayed with the body during this time at the request of Mrs. Kennedy.
31) On Sunday, the flag-draped coffin was taken on a horse-drawn caisson to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state.
32) Over 250,000 people passed through the Capitol to show their respects.
33) Hundreds of thousands lined the streets in mourning.
34) The gunfire that killed Kennedy reportedly came from the Texas School Book Depository on the sixth floor.
35) Lee Harvey Oswald had begun working at the Book Depository one month before.
36) Oswald was arrested at 2:00 p.m. in a movie theatre.
37) He was not arrested for killing the President. He was arrested for killing police officer J.D. Tippit.
|Ruby Shooting Oswald
38) As Oswald was being transferred from the Dallas City Jail to the Dallas County Jail, he was shot and killed by nightclub owner, Jack Ruby.
39) This was the first homicide broadcast live on television.
40) Lee Harvey Oswald died at 1:07 p.m. at Parkland Hospital – exactly two days and seven minutes after President John F. Kennedy, the man he had killed.
41) Conspiracy theories quickly developed. Today almost 60% of Americans still believe the president's murder was part of a plot or cover-up.
42) Jack Ruby was convicted of "murder with malice" for killing Oswald and sentenced to death. His conviction was overturned. He was awaiting a new trial when he died of lung cancer in 1967.
43) The House Select Committee on Assassinations later concluded that President Kennedy had not been given satisfactory protection while in Dallas.
44) The Secret Service agents had not followed correct procedure to protect the President from a sniper.
45) In 1963, the Warren Commission released an 888-page final report on its investigation into the assassination of the president.
46) Businesses around the country, along with the U.S. Stock Exchange, closed their doors immediately after the President's death and did not reopen until November 26th.
47) President Johnson declared Sunday, November 25th a day of national mourning.
48) On November 25th President Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
50) President Kennedy is the most recent president to have been killed in office. In all, four U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy.
~ Joy
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|Great Portland Street tube station, looking towards the International Student House.
|Great Portland Street tube station, seen from the International Student House.
|The International Student House, where the game was played.
|Nigiri. Simon Mader looks on.
|Ready to play; Matthew Macfadyen on the left, David Ward on the right.
|The first move. The referee is Kiyohiko Tanaka.
|The position at adjournment for lunch
|Lunch outside a nearby Italian restaurant. From left to right: David Ward, challenger; Matthew Macfadyen, defending champion; Nick Wedd, game recorder; Simon Mader, spectator.
|The game is over: filling in the territories.
|The game is over: counting. Each player has 29 points on the board, so White wins by komi.
|After the game the players discuss it...
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Of course, children have deep sentimental value to their parents and other loved ones. Their bright smiles, zany antics and boundless energy help endear them to practically everyone they meet, at least for a while. Nevertheless, the fact remains that since the decline of farms and the establishment of child labor laws, the earning potential of children has fallen nearly to zero. Most parents can tell you that children are poor investment tools as they cost much more than they could ever bring in, but not as many are sure if life insurance for children is a sound investment.
The answer under the typical circumstances is probably not. The primary purpose of life insurance is to replace the income lost by a departed member of a household, so unless you are the proud parent of a child actor or teenage pop star, life insurance is usually extraneous. Check out this link to find out about purchasing your own life insurance policy.
The secondary function, providing for funeral and burial costs, is also less than essential, as an overwhelming majority of children in developed countries are born in good health and live a fairly long time. In the unfortunate event that this is not the case, the financial reality is that household expenses actually decrease considerably, often leaving the family with adequate funds to cover final expenses.
There is some limited benefit to purchasing a life insurance policy for your child. An established policy as a child is guaranteed into adulthood, no matter what health issues may later arise. This makes it a good choice for families with a dubious medical history.
This kind of policy is also insulated against your child's eventual life choices, so as an adult he or she can fly a helicopter, BASE jump or even smoke cigarettes without endangering the policy, a revelation which surely arrives as bittersweet relief for many parents. Many such policies even help generate money for college education, but the benefit of the arrangement pales in comparison to a dedicated college savings account such as a 529, so this benefit is far from a solely determining factor in the decision to purchase life insurance for your child.
In the case of the unthinkable, life insurance for a child can be a helpful thing to have. An insurance policy payout can provide family members with time away from work while they work through the tragedy as well as counseling to help them come to terms with the loss. Some policies will even reimburse the family for educational costs such as student loans. In any event, the likelihood of having to rely on a policy for either purpose simply does not justify the expense for most considering a policy.
Shrewd financial minds can find added advantages in a life insurance policy. Many policies allow policyholders to borrow money from the cash value of the policy up to the amount paid in premiums tax-free for an emergency source of cash. These investment policies can accrue compound interest for the child's entire life and have guaranteed cash value that is shielded against the fluctuations of the market, ensuring that a child so insured is not completely without worth.
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Acquiring a life insurance policy for your child is usually a well-intentioned effort, but largely unnecessary. For most children, the potential positive aspects of having a life insurance policy are severely outweighed by the investment necessary, and in many cases the resources can be used much more effectively. However, there are scenarios in which they can be useful, and they can also make an effective financial tool for an astute investor. If you are among the minority that find such a policy a suitable option, carefully compare providers and prices before making a decision in order to get the best possible deal for your individual situation and goals.
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Musician Dia Frampton had a successful run on the last season of "The Voice," as the runner-up on the hit NBC show. Now, she's on tour with Blake Shelton and talks to us about a day in the life of Dia. Plus, don't miss the season premiere of The Voice this Sunday right after the Super Bowl on NBC.
We were all introduced to your amazing talent on The Voice, but how have you evolved as a musician since the first day you auditioned for the show?
I think I have kind of been... forced (for lack of better word) to step up and grow as a musician and artist. Sometimes in life we need that big push. During The Voice, I was pretty anxious and stressed out, but I think you need pressure to help you grow. It's either sink or swim, and during The Voice, especially after the "Heartless" performance, I thought, "Well... here we go!"
Describe the last year of your life in one word.
You recently released your album Red—tell us a little about it.
It was released last December. All the songs on that record, I am really proud of. Right after The Voice finished, I immediately started writing songs. I think "Trapeze," lyrically, means the most to me. When I was writing that song, those lyrics just seemed to pour out of me. "Hearts Out to Dry," which is only on the iTunes version of Red, is really special to me 'cause my sister Meg and I wrote it together. "The Broken Ones," my first single, is a favorite of mine, too. wrote that song out in Nashville. It's about accepting people as they are. What others might see as a flaw or a fault, someone who loves you might find it charming or beautiful. That's real love to me.
How is touring with Blake Shelton? Any funny stories from the road?
Blake is awesome and the tour has been great. The amazing thing about Blake is.... he is who he is. He doesn't act any different, cameras or no cameras. What you see is what you get, and I really respect that about him. So, I wouldn't really be able to tell you any behind the scenes juice on him. He never changes who he is for anyone or anything. What you see on The Voice is what I see on tour. As far as any funny stories on the road goes.... every day is hilarious with him. He's a goofball. I think everybody knows that. He makes fun of my one-piece tour pajamas a lot. But hey, my mom got 'em for me! I have to wear them!
Do you and your band have any concert rituals?
We do a special chant right before we go on stage. Ha. It changes a little bit every show though… It's a secret.
When you're just jamming and playing for fun, what are your go-to songs?
I love The Avett Brothers, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams, Mumford and Sons, Tori Amos, Lady Gaga.... man, I could go on forever.
What would be the ultimate song on the soundtrack of your life?
I think the song "Daniel" off of Red really was the soundtrack of my life, relationship wise, for a while. I think "The Waiting" by Tom Petty sums up a lot right now. Also, the lyrics of Dawes really hit home with me quite often.
What is the most important piece of advice you can give to the new contestants on The Voice?
Go day by day… day... by.... day. Don't get ahead of yourself. Focus in on each moment.
What are you doing for the Super Bowl?
Watching Blake and Miranda perform on TV! I read somewhere that they're singing "America the Beautiful" together! Can't wait to watch that! I bet their voices sound beautiful together and I'm a huge Miranda Lambert fan!
Favorite late-night bites?
I try not to eat after 8. Ha. So... favorite night bites? I would have to say coconut ice cream, hummus and pita chips, or cereal! Yum!
What are you most looking forward to this year?
Hopefully touring overseas. That's a big dream of mine. Also, just touring in general. I'm ready to work for this album and get it out there! I don't care if I have to be on the road every single day this year!
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Musician Dia Frampton had a successful run on the last season of "The Voice," as the runner-up on the hit NBC show. Now, she's on tour with Blake Shelton and talks to us about a day in the life of Dia. Plus, don't miss the season premiere of The Voice this Sunday right after the Super Bowl on NBC.


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He was on a path for the Hall of Fame. I was fortunate enough to watch all of Vin Baker's career. I saw the dexterity he had down low. The ability to face-up and shoot or put the ball on the floor. The quick first leap that made him a monster on the offensive glass. The ability to block a shot from the weak-side. The post up game that demanded a double-team. The wide array of moves around the basket. Vin Baker was all that.
I don't want to go through his entire career, why he was so good and his plight he suffered from, that which changed his fortunes from being Sprinfield-bound to ending up in What the Hell Happened To. That would be titled "What the Hell Happened to Vin Baker in 2002 right before he came to the Celtics?" What I will say is that from 1994-1998 Vin was one of the best players in the NBA. 4 All Star Appearances for Milwaukee and Seattle and 2 All NBA Selections. Watching him play in the NBA, I was flabbergasted how a player of his talent didn't go to a bigger college (he attended the University of Hartford).
I must admit: when the Buffoon dealt Kenny Anderson and Vitaly Potapenko for Baker and Shammond Williams during the summer of 2002 I actually wasn't as upset as a lot of others were. I figured Tony Delk and Erick Strickland could man the point, since Paul and Antoine handled the ball a lot to begin with. I figured Baker would give the Celtics a legit inside presence they hadn't had since Robert Parish left. But sort of like the trade with Kendrick Perkins this year for Jeff Green, sometimes, chemistry can't be overlooked.
Baker fit in like a square peg in a round hole. Jim O'Brien's offense wasn't particularly geared towards a player who commanded the ball on the inside and with Antoine and Paul taking as many shots as they did, it wouldn't lead to many opportunities for Vin (this was the case with Joe Johnson furthermore a year earlier). It didn't help that Vin was going through a really tough time in his life.
The Celtics would eventually buy out Vin in February of 2004, ending a catastrophic year and a half in Boston. If Ray Allen epitomized everything it meant to come back to his college area and live the dream of helping lead the Celtics to a championship, then Baker was unfortunately the complete opposite.
If people base Vin Baker's career on his time in Boston or didn't have the chance to see him play during the 1990s, they missed out on a thing of beauty. He was right up there as one of the top power forwards in the league. I used to view him as the antithesis of Derrick Coleman (big name, big school, lots of talent, but doesn't work hard); the yin to Glenn Robinson's yang. A guy I desperately wish the Celtics had on their team.
After being released by Boston, Vin would actually play for the Knicks, Rockets and Clippers before his NBA career finished in 2006.
In 2011 Vin coached the freshman basketball team at his alma mater, Old Saybrook High School. Please take a couple minutes to watch:
As of 2013 Vin serves as youth minister at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. He is also a student at Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan as he strives to get his Master's degree in divinity. He lives in NYC near Union, in a cozy 2 bedroom apartment and also spends time volunteering as an assistant coach to the Thurgood Marshall Academy basketball team.
What I can say is this: You can choose to remember Vin Baker as you wish; I'll go with the lasting-impression of that bad-ass baller during his peak in the NBA, a guy who was truly on top of his game and the league.
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In October 1975, following suggestions from emeriti, President John T. Bernhard invited 12 emeriti to establish an ad hoc Emeriti Council and to formulate a permanent organization and procedures. By 1976, the provisional council had initiated some programs and recommended a plan for a continuing organization. The President approved, and the council elected its first officers and continued its work. As a guest of the council on June 1, 1980, President Bernhard "assured the council of active support in fostering the best possible relationships between the emeriti and Western Michigan University." This support has continued under Presidents Diether Haenicke, Elson S. Floyd, Judith I. Bailey, John M. Dunn and Edward B. Montgomery.
The principal concerns of the Emeriti Council are to:
- Maintain open lines of communication between the emeriti, the administration, and the faculty of WMU
- Foster strong relationships between the emeriti and the University
- Support and serve the emeriti in various ways
- Support the growth and development of the University
The Emeriti Council is composed of 12 emeriti, who are elected by and from the emeriti for two-year terms on a staggered basis. Elected council members are limited to serving two successive terms of office. The chair, vice chair, secretary and newsletter editor are chosen by the council. New council members are installed at the May meeting. The council meets every other month (January, March, May, July, September and November) throughout the year.
Programs and events
The programs of the council include academic matters, issues pertinent to retired faculty and social events. The council has conducted workshops, forums and lectures addressing issues of interest to the WMU community. Topics chosen for programs reflect particular needs and interests of the emeriti and may also include presentations designed to keep the constituency current with the programmatic and physical development of the University. Wednesday II's are presentations usually scheduled at 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month from September through May in the Emeriti Lounge in Walwood Hall on East Campus. Emeriti or special guests present programs of interest. Light refreshments are offered.
Social events planned by the council may include an off-campus dinner or luncheon late in the spring semester and a "Break-Fest" in August. Other activities include picnics, trips, open houses, campus tours, theatre evenings and the flu-shot clinic for emeriti and spouses at Sindecuse Health Center. All emeriti and surviving spouses are invited to these events. A newsletter is published twice yearly and mailed to over 550 emeriti throughout the country and internationally. A list of emeriti email addresses is maintained for those emeriti who wish to receive periodic reminders of events and other news.
Fundraising and Medallion Scholarships
In 1980, the Emeriti Council supported the participation of emeriti in WMU's "Partners in Progress" fundraising drive and in the "Campaign for Excellence" drive in 1990-91. Funds have been raised to support one or more Medallion Scholarships. The council maintains a relationship with its sponsored Medallion scholars, inviting them to meet for lunch at least once a semester with council members and inviting them as special guests at dinner or luncheon events.
The council also supports a textbook scholarship program to assist financially needy students with the purchase of textbooks. Emeriti are asked to contribute to a fund that awards $500 annually to each student recipient. In recent years the council has been able to support over two dozen students.


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This is Gillian Grassie, a Philadelphia-area harpist. That's not the sort of instrument that gets a record deal; harpists typically fund their recordings by playing weddings, dining rooms and the like. To raise money for her next album, Grassie took requests, and found that video game patrons are very willing to support the arts.
Here's The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on harp, a video that went modestly viral and kickstarted her fund drive, taking her past a goal of $8,000 to $12,500 today. "Thanks so much for taking this viral guys!" writes Gillian ("soft G, X-Files style") "The Elder Scrolls community has a new, soft, warm place in my heart."
If soft-G Gillian goes beyond $15,000 in funding by Saturday, she can press her album in vinyl. She can already afford to cut it on CD and promote it on the radio. Should her cover of the Morrowind theme move you, donations are accepted here.
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These are all the Children's Chat posted on Thursday, 23 August, 2012.
Summer Reading Program Drawing Winners
Our end-of-summer-reading children's prize drawing took place earlier this week. Winners are:
Tricycle - Hayden Larsen, age 3
"Stitch" pillow pet and book - Maia Day, age 4
"Pooh" pillow pet and books - Donovan Denter, age 2
"Mercy Watson" plush toy and books - Alivia Leoncini, age 6
"Elephant and Piggie" plush toys and books - Leo Gilbert, age 7
4 Big Beginner Books - Samuel Martin, age 6
Boxed set of Wimpy Kid books - Bridger Mortensen, age 8
Boxed set of Percy Jackson books - Ariana Price, age 10
Boxed set of Fablehaven books and T-shirt - Jadenlynn Stewart, age 10
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to everyone who took part in our Children's Summer Reading Program!
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Even before he's been sworn in as president, Barack Obama is already being blamed for the looming recession by Right Wing media nuts such as Rush Limbaugh; he's calling it the "Obama Recession."
The attack is not limited to the lunatic fringe like Limbaugh. In a column, "Bridges To Nowhere," published in today's New York Post, the National Review writer Rich Lowry ridicules Obama's plan to spur economic recovery through jobs programs similar to FDR's 1930s strategy against the Great Depression. According to Lowry, the Depression actually outlasted FDR's tenure, and in any case, even an Obama aide once wrote: "In the past, infrastructure projects that were initiated as the economy started to weaken did not involve substantial amounts of spending until after the economy had recovered."
Say what!? Because substantial spending 80 years ago came after the economy was recovering nothing should be done to fight the current malaise?
First of all, Lowry probably takes the comment by Jason Furman, out of context. Even if it's not out of context, let's examine the logic of Lowry's column by comparing Obama's proposals with Lowry's.
But wait a minute, we can't compare Obama's plan to pump billions of dollars into the economy to create jobs –including "green economy" jobs—to Lowry's because the columnist offers no proposal. Not a single suggestion about what Obama should instead do is offered in the Lowry column. Just a litany of attacks. This is the worse time of pseudo-journalism; attacking a plan without offering a counter plan or proposal. Waste of ink; one wonders why such a column is even published.
Obama inherits a collapsing economy, with 10 million unemployed, 1.2 million jobs lost this year alone, and perhaps millions more in the next few months. This week alone CitiGroup announced plans to axe 53,000 jobs. General Motors, Chrysler and Ford are all on the brink. And people like Limbaugh and Lowry dump on a president elect who is actually trying to form a coalition government, bring the country together and attack the economic malaise as a team.
How preposterous!
To show how seriously he is Obama has already discussed the possibility of a key position in his Administration for Hillary Clinton, so as to bring in key and talented Clinton supporters, and gain the support of the millions that voted for her; he's also met with John McCain, who until his campaign was hijacked by the Right Wing of the Republican party, was actually a sober maverick, with sensible tax plans and immigration reform proposals. If the old McCain returns, he would be a great asset for President Obama.
As The Wall Street Journal noted today in an article on page A6 "Obama, McCain Agree on 'Change' for Washington," today: "Mr. Obama and Sen. McCain have much to gain by establishing a productive relationship. For Mr. Obama, support from the former Republican presidential candidate would help fulfill his pledge to reach for bipartisan solutions. For Sen. McCain, working with the White House could allow him to wield influence in a Democratic-controlled Congress."
The Daily News gets it right in today's editorial, "Obamanomics 101," when it states, "The President-elect's comments in his first interview since winning election confirmed that the tenure of George W. Bush cannot come to an end soon enough …"
The Daily News lauds Obama's bipartisan approach, and the fact that the president-elect doesn't believe the Big Three auto companies can't simply be allowed to become bankrupt, and that a rescue plan must also bring all the key stake players –the management, the union, the suppliers—in a meeting so that they can iron out a workable plan.
The News's also quotes Obama comments from the 60Minutes interview: "But what I don't want to do is get bottled up in a lot of ideology and is this conservative or liberal. My interest is finding something that works."
We concur with The News when it states: "Bravo"!
On another note, I read with amusement the article "Look Out, Dave, Rudy's Closing," on page 15 in The Daily News. It refers to former New York City mayor and disgraced presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani narrowing David Paterson's lead in a head to head match up for governorship from 11 points to 6 points. This is a worthless article. Even with the economic crisis and the governor's announced budget cuts and layoffs, it's not surprising that he still leads Giuliani, whom former mayor Ed Koch aptly referred to as a "nasty" man. He's so nasty that even with a $60 million war chest he was not able to win a single presidential primary. He will never become governor of New York State of president of the United States. He had no career until Osama bin Laden bailed him with the 9/11 terrorist attack. He made a complete fool of himself during the Republican nomination convention when he mocked Obama's work as a community organizer with a smirk. "What's a community organizer?" he declared?
We retort: A community organizer is the next president of the United States.
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Whatever global-warming models may suggest about the futures of Earth's climate, one thing is certain: Global warming never promised to eliminate winter, especially for those living outside the tropics.
From snowballs in Baghdad to severe blizzards in China, the past three months have seen their share of extremes:
•Greece and Turkey experienced severe storms in January.
•By some estimates, the storms in China flattened about 10 percent of its forests.
•Even tropical northern Vietnam experienced a prolonged cold spell in January that sent temperatures as low as 28 degrees F.
The extremes weren't all frigid. In Stockholm, Sweden's weather service posted an average temperature of 36 degrees F. this winter, which for weather-data purposes runs from December through February. That makes it the warmest winter since 1756. In January, Australia saw its temperatures rise 2.2 degrees F. above the 1961-2000 average, a record anomaly.
In the continental United States, things were a bit more sedate, despite the tornadoes that struck the Southeast in January and the snow that piled high in ski country. This winter ranked as the 54th coolest on record, though still 0.2 degrees F. above normal, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the National Climate Data Center in Asheville, N.C. And it ranked as the 18th wettest winter, dropping an average of 2.7 inches of moisture on the country – just over half an inch above normal.
Still, weather and climate specialists caution against using a litany of the period's frigid bluster or relative warmth to draw conclusions one way or the other about global warming.
Week in and week out, natural variations in weather "are far greater than any climate-change signal," says Michael Halpert, deputy director of the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center. Winter temperatures in North Dakota can range from 30 below zero F to 50 above. Against such strong seasonal temperature swings, "folks living in North Dakota aren't going to see that it's a degree warmer or a degree colder" based on long-term trends in global average temperatures, he adds.
Even when global warming becomes apparent – from decades to a century away – "winter will still happen, with cold spells and severe weather," says Gerald Meehl, a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. "But the trend will be toward fewer cold spells and fewer severe weather events."
From North America's standpoint, many forecasters point to La Niña, El Niño's climatological sister, as the key driver behind this past winter's offerings. Under La Niña conditions, warm water pools in the western tropical Pacific while waters in the eastern Pacific grow colder.
Typically, for the US, La Niña boosts the chances of colder-than-usual temperatures for the Northwest and warmer-than-usual average temperatures for much of the rest of the country. Also, the southern tier of the US typically is drier than normal, with wetter-than-normal conditions in the Northwest and in the Ohio River Valley.
This winter, however, failed to follow that script. The usual areas expecting moisture got it. But so did the Southwest and Southeast, which received far more snow and rain than they usually do during a La Niña event. Across the country, temperatures varied far more widely than anticipated. Just over 1,200 locations reported reaching or beating record low temperatures, while just over 4,200 reported matching or beating record highs.
As a result, forecasters didn't do too well, Mr. Halpert says. Ordinarily, forecasts are most accurate when El Niño or La Niña's effects are strongest. This time, he estimates, the seasonal temperature forecast only topped a random forecast by 10 percent to 20 percent, while the precipitation outlook beat a random forecast by some 25 to 30 percent. Seasonal forecasts are deemed a success if they beat a randomly generated forecast by 50 to 70 percent.
The fly in the ointment: another tropical pattern that is a bit like El Niño on roller blades. It's called the Madden-Julian Oscillation. It starts as a large mass of rain clouds in the Indian Ocean. Then it moves east along the tropics – weakening over land and strengthening over water – until it returns to its starting point. It circles the globe once every 30 to 70 days, leading to its own wet-dry cycle.
This winter, the oscillation reinforced La Niña, Halpert says, leading to the unexpected variation in US temperatures as well as the beneficial precipitation in drought-stricken regions of the US. Indeed, he says, forecasters haven't seen this coincidence of a strong La Niña with strong Madden-Julian activity before.
At the moment, it defies forecasters, Dr. Meehl acknowledges. They can deal with it once it starts, but they don't know what triggers it in the first place. Knowing this would be very useful in making seasonal forecasts. In both the weather-forecasting and climate-modeling arenas, efforts to fix that problem represent a work in progress.


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Friday, we had huevos rancheros and Mexicana in addition to our fruits and yogurt.
After breakfast we swam, then read and simply enjoyed the day.
Later, a family came for photos. Their youngest was super whiney, he hated the water. When the rest of the family played, he sat on the shore and cried. It chased us away.
We drove to the El Centro. I needed warmer clothes. The nights were too cold, my dresses and shorts weren't cutting it. I bought sweats, and we walked the mall. The movie ads outside the theater amused me.
After shopping, we had a late lunch at La Cueva del Chango. We started with cream of Habanero soup, and panela. Yum! Then, Frank had shrimp tacos and I had fish with a black berry chipotle sauce. It was all excellent, except my fish. Well, the fish was good, it was the sauce I didn't like. I ordered it because I'd never seen anything like it on a menu. Guess there's a good reason why.
After grabbing a bite we went to Sam's Club for Modelo Especial (El Centro only had it in cans), we bought a couple twelve packs and toured the store they have lots of fun stuff there, and the candy aisle was wild. You won't find tamarind candy at Sam's in the States, among others.
Back at the hotel we got our drink on, and swayed in the hammock all night. We had pastries (we had bought earlier) for a late-night snack.


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Our political elites' agenda is power for itself. They believe they know the formula for spreading economic wealth, for engineering social happiness, and for legal and constitutional fairness. The future will be bright, we are assured by the Federal Register, and should ease anyone's concerns over the direction of the U.S. economy.
Hundreds of new regulations guide the economy into doing the right thing. To assure that the regulations are appropriate, agencies are required to conduct cost-benefit analysis for any regulations estimated to cost more than $100 million. The hundreds of rules underway forecast tremendous growth for our sluggish economy.
Consider one such regulation, the Utility Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS), which applies to coal-fired plants. The rule was finalized by the EPA in 2011, and is estimated to cost the economy about $10 billion a year. The EPA claims the annual benefits from the rule will be between $37 billion to $90 billion — in other words, four to nine times higher than it's costs.
The EPA says their benefits are not theoretical, but "monetized," meaning they will show up eventually in higher gross domestic product. Our GDP is about $16 trillion, this rule should add as much as half a percent of growth to the economy.
Regulations do have costs as well. The EPA acknowledges the MATS rule will mean the loss of 200,000 jobs by 2015, and 23,000 megawatts of electricity production. It is just one of seven major rules that will eliminate between 544,000 jobs and 887,000 jobs and cause a 1.5 reduction in the nation's electric generation capacity.
The economic benefits trump these losses with the economic benefits of lower carbon emissions resulting from MATS. They claim the value of carbon not entering the atmosphere is somewhere between $12.60 and $119 per ton. The EPA does not explain just how this works, but they are quite sure it does. It all comes from the "social cost of carbon" as developed by a panel of experts.
There are rules for microwaves, for cement manufacturing, for furnace fans. A single regulation for microwave ovens is said to produce benefits that are 35 times higher than its costs.
The benefits of regulation are derived primarily from the social cost of carbon, as it has been divined by a panel of experts. An interagency working group determined the price of carbon based on estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the future impact of carbon emissions.
Well, who can you trust if you can't trust an interagency working group composed of political elites and presidential appointees? Just look at the list of working groups involved. You can tell right off that economic growth is just over the horizon. You can depend on the EPA.
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