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Winter is here, and that means slipping and sliding will be commonplace if you live in a cold weather climate. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 20,000 people die annually due to fall-related injuries. So what can we do to protect ourselves?
"So many people, especially in winter, they stop exercising and this means they get weaker and weaker," said Mike Ross, an exercise physiologist at Gottlieb Center for Fitness in Melrose Park. "When our muscles weaken and we have a change in sensory perception, balance deteriorates."
Ross said our eardrums can thicken as we age, which also throws off the equilibrium. And when cells break down in the nervous system due to age, Ross said our reflexes can be delayed. But these can be strengthened, he said, with practice.
"When you don't stimulate your balance, people are surprised when it is off, but it does deteriorate if you don't use it," he said. "I think it should be in the same category as fitness and strength training. You need to be training it on a regular basis."
Here are Ross' tips to prepare for the worst and avoid winter slips.
Check your footwear. "This sounds so simple but people don't realize how quickly their traction can be worn out," Ross said. "Look at the bottoms of the shoes you wear the most. If (they're) smooth, look to get (them) fixed or replaced. This is a lot less expensive than getting a new pair of shoes and it could save you from falling."
Get your hands out of your pockets. "People put their head down, hands in their pockets and walk fast," Ross said. "If you slip you have nothing to break your fall."
Check the railings around your home. "This should be done every year," he said. "Ask yourself, 'If I were to actually fall, can this thing hold me up?' Do this near all doors, front and back."
Bring a cell phone with you. "The nightmare is, if you do fall and you can't get back up, what do you do? Stay there and panic? What if you fall again? Even if it's just to get the paper, bring the phone with you."
Plan ahead. "You can't move at your normal speed when there's ice," Ross said. "Give yourself extra time and slow down. You need to budget that time so you don't feel rushed and aren't putting yourself at risk."
Practice balance at home. "Whether it's climbing your stairs, or doing squats in a chair, you need to keep your balance muscles active," he said.
"Another good exercise is standing with one foot right in front of the other, heel to toe. This will feel wobbly and less stable but it stimulates your balance. Standing on one leg while holding on to something is also a good one that you can do any time. And these are long-term strategies and tactics that can be the difference between breaking a bone or bouncing back in two weeks."
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Suffolk County police said they are investigating a Thursday morning robbery of a TD Bank in Medford.
The male suspect entered the bank, at 1806 Route 112, about 11:10 a.m., approached a teller and demanded cash. After getting the money, the bandit fled on foot, police said.
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Drug and substance use
The term 'drug and substance use' covers the huge range of substances people take to make themselves feel better. Substances range from illegal drugs such as heroine and cocaine, to over-the-counter medicines and household substances, such as glue. All these substances give the person using them some sort of positive outcome – feeling 'high' or a reduction in physical or emotional pain. Although the aim of taking these substances at the outset is for positive benefit, these effects don't last long. To achieve the same effect, more and more of the substance needs to be taken each time to get a 'fix'. This is how addiction to substances can occur.
Addiction or dependence on a substance is said to be present if you fail to go without the substance for a significant amount of time, for example, a day, and can't stop thinking about taking it. If you suddenly stop taking a substance, you may experience withdrawal symptoms, e.g. headaches, shaking, and nausea.
Effects of drugs and substance use
You may experience a number of physical effects from taking substances. The best place to find information about the physical effects of different substances is on www.talktofrank.com or www.knowthescore.info.
Many substances can seriously damage your health, however, it is sometimes the practices associated with taking a drug that makes them particularly dangerous. For example, people who inject heroine risk infections associated with sharing needles.
There are a number of negative outcomes that may result from drug addiction including: financial difficulties; job loss; break up of family relationships; loss of friends; homelessness; and depression/anxiety due to social isolation.
Why people use drugs or other substances
People take substances for the following reasons: for fun – to enjoy feeling 'high'; to relax; for curiosity; to relieve physical pain or help with medical problems; to numb emotional pain; to deal with symptoms of mental health, e.g. depression, anxiety, psychosis (e.g. hearing voices); to forget about problems; or because of peer-pressure. All of these reasons could potentially result in becoming addicted to the substance.
There is a theory called the 'gateway theory' that suggests experimenting with cannabis – a drug that is easily assessible – leads to the use of more dangerous drugs. It is believed that drug-dealers encourage their customers to experiment with other, more expensive and dangerous, drugs. However, this theory is strongly debated and is not true for most cannabis users who stop of their own accord.
Dealing with drugs and substance use at home
Seek professional help: It is important to seek professional help as drugs can have a big impact on your health. You can visit your GP or a voluntary organisation or specific drug service who can offer help no matter how serious your problem. If you feel you might be addicted to a particular substance, it is vital to seek advice about how best to stop taking it. It can be dangerous to suddenly stop taking a substance as your body will be used to it. You will probably experience withdrawal symptoms which can be more damaging to your health than continuing to take the substance and reducing your intake gradually.
Talk to friends or family: Many people, hide their substance use from their partner, family or friends due to shame and fear of their reaction. However, if you feel your substance use is out of control it is important to speak to someone. It can be difficult to admit you have a problem, but doing just that can be the start of you feeling less isolated. Once a friend or family members knows there is a problem, they can support you through the difficult process of stopping. People may respond negatively, but this is usually them feeling guilty for not noticing the problem or fear of not knowing what to do to help. If you have nobody to talk to, you can call a free and confidential helpline, such as Talk to Frank – 0800 77 66 00 or Know the Score – 0800 587 587 9.
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The collections of Lothar-Günther Buchheim, which are on display in Bernried am Starnberger See in Bavaria, will amaze and entertain through their sheer variety and uniqueness.
In addition to icons of the modern era such as Picasso, Chagall, Braque and the German Expressionists, you'll discover carousel animals and fairground attractions, paperweights, individualistic works from the studios of amateur artists as well as arts and crafts from Africa, Asia, the South Pacific and South America.
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staticshadows wrote:S&S released a video of the Twisted Looper today. Might be a good V2 replacement with 32 seats.
No offense, but that looks pretty boring, especially compared with V2, and we already have our wing coaster with X-Flight, which I would always choose over this. This ride would seem best for a smaller park with a smaller budget and not a lot of space for bigger coasters. If V2 goes, we really need a full circuit launched coaster to replace it.


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Welcome back after our Thanksgiving break. We hope your holiday was not ruined by college application hysteria. With about a month to go until many application deadlines hit, we would like to take up a practical topic that might affect how many applications your teenager is thinking about submitting in a few weeks. That topic is application fees.
1. The Cost
For some of you, the cost of submitting an application–which is likely to be somewhere between $35 and $75 per application–is not a big deal. Even if your teenager applies to 10 or 15 schools with fees on the higher side, that cost of perhaps $1,000 is not critical in your financial picture.
However, for many families, coming up with even $500 is a significant issue. A lot is written in the education press about the notion that application fees, even reasonable ones, do actually keep some kids from applying to college–especially lower-income kids and first-generation college-goers. All of us interested in improving the educational lives of our nation's kids should view that as a problem.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, headed by USACollegeChat's good friend Harold O. Levy, published an Issue Brief last June, entitled "Opening College Doors To Equal Educational Opportunity: Removing Barriers That Keep Most High-Achieving Students From Low-Income Families Out of Top Colleges and Universities." (You can listen to our interview with Harold here.) Among the thoughtful recommendations in the Foundation's excellent examination of college-going is this one: "Automatically waive application fees for students who appear to be from low-income families. Our previous research suggests that not all low-income applicants eligible for fee waivers request them."
2. The Process
We wholeheartedly agree with the Foundation. Clearly, some families are intimidated by the prospect of figuring out how to get a waiver for those application fees, even though this is one thing that most high school guidance counselors are well equipped to handle. And there are several routes to those waivers.
The Common App makes it relatively easy. In completing the Common App, your teenager will be asked to declare whether and why he or she is eligible for a fee waiver. The question offers all of the choices for confirming eligibility: receiving an ACT/SAT testing fee waiver, getting free or reduced-price lunch at school, meeting family income eligibility guidelines, being enrolled in a government program that aids students from low-income families, receiving public assistance, being homeless or living in a foster home, being a ward of the state or an orphan, or being able to supply a statement from a local school or community official.
If your teenager has already received a fee waiver for taking the SAT or a Subject Test, the College Board will automatically provide four FREE college application fee waivers. The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) also has a form that can be used to request fee waivers. NACAC suggests using its fee waivers for up to four colleges.
In most cases, at some point, your teenager's guidance counselor will be asked to verify eligibility for the waiver. So, it is important to stay in contact with the guidance counselor to make sure that the guidance counselor knows that your teenager has applied for the waivers and that process is working. I think it is fair to say that, just as technology has made it easier to apply to colleges, it has also made it easier to get and use application fee waivers. But that doesn't mean that some families won't still be intimidated and/or confused by the process, especially if parents are not native English speakers.
3. Interesting Cases
Let's look at a few cases of colleges that have recently dropped the application fee. Starting this year, Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME), an excellent small liberal arts college, will automatically waive the $65 application fee "for students applying for financial aid and first-generation-to-college students (neither parent graduated from a four-year college or university)," according to its website. Trinity College (Hartford, CT), another great small liberal arts college, has eliminated its $65 application fee for first-generation college students.
While it is undoubtedly helpful that colleges are making accommodations for families who need them, it was surprising to me to learn just how many colleges–including top-ranked colleges–do not have any application fees at all. For example, Reed College (Portland, OR) eliminated its $50 fee. Its website explains the decision this way:
'It's a small but meaningful step,' said Crystal Williams, Dean for Institutional Diversity. 'We want Reed to be a more inclusive community and cutting the admission fee levels the playing field at the earliest stage of the game and allows prospective students a chance to explore all their opportunities.' (quoted from the website)
Here is a short list of great colleges with no fee, in addition to our excellent military academies (you can find them all just by Googling "colleges without application fees," just as I did):
- Baylor University
- Bryn Mawr College
- Carleton College
- Case Western Reserve University
- Centre College
- Colby College
- Grinnell College
- Hampshire College
- Hood College
- Kenyon College
- Mount Holyoke College
- Oberlin College
- Saint Louis University
- Smith College
- St. John's College
- Tulane University
- Union College
- Wellesley College
There are many, many more. To tell you the truth, I couldn't have been more surprised. We should note, by the way, that some colleges charge a fee for a paper application, even when they do not charge a fee for an online application, like the Common App.
While a lot of colleges we just named are private liberal arts colleges, let's take a final look at a very different case–and that is The City University of New York (CUNY), with its 11 four-year colleges and seven community colleges. Elizabeth Harris at The New York Times reported on CUNY's recent application fee changes for this application season:
New York City public school students from low-income families will no longer have to pay a fee to apply to the City University of New York, . . . part of an effort to encourage more young people to go to college.
Under the initiative, all high school students who meet one of a handful of criteria will be able to apply to CUNY free. The city estimated that the change will affect 37,500 students, up from about 6,500 students in recent years. More than half of the city's public school students who enroll in college attend CUNY schools.
The application fee is $65 per student, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said that while the amount can seem trivial to some, for many families it is not. And for students who are not sure about applying to college, it is one more hurdle standing in the way of their continued education. . . .
In the past, CUNY granted fee waivers to students with the greatest need, according to the city's Education Department. Now, any student who qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, who is homeless or in foster care, or whose family lives in federally subsidized public housing or receives public assistance will automatically be given a waiver. Undocumented students in those categories will also be eligible.
The city's schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, said students would not need to apply to skip the fee, so this requires no extra step. (quoted from the article)
I think this is a great move by CUNY, but let me go one step more. Why should any student have to pay an application fee to a public university in his or her own home state? It seems to me that no application fee should be one of the perks of public higher education–if not for all students, then at least for students in that state. If an application fee is an obstacle to students–as many have said it is–then shouldn't that obstacle be removed in public higher education? Maybe then we would have more students from low-income families and even middle-income families applying to the great public flagship university in their own state or to the public universities in states that are lucky enough to have more than one.
4. A Final Thought
While application fee waivers can help solve the problem of getting more lower-income students to apply to college and even to apply to more colleges so that they can have a wider selection of colleges to choose from next spring, what about kids from middle-income families and even upper-income families who do not qualify for the waivers? I think we have said this before, but it bears repeating right now: Limiting the number of colleges your teenager can apply to because of the cost of making the applications could be penny wise and pound foolish.
We continue to believe that it is important for kids to have as many options as possible once those acceptance letters come in. If a couple of hundred dollars now means that your teenager is looking at more options next April, then we think it is worth it. We don't say that lightly, but we know that giving teenagers their best chance to choose a college from among a handful of acceptances can be priceless and can be a sound investment for many years to come. So, it's still not too late to add a few colleges to the list–especially if you have not maxed out your Common App slots!
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States See Red as Help from Washington Dries Up
Cuts in stimulus money and rising Medicaid costs add up to big budget problems.
As the economy limps along in recovery from a deep two-year recession, not all boats are being lifted.
State finances, especially, are still a mess. And they'll get worse in the new fiscal year, which starts July 1 for many governments, despite rising tax revenues flowing into many capitals.
The reason: Billions of dollars in new bills are coming due. That means more program cuts and higher taxes, on the heels of slashed spending, trimmed payrolls and higher taxes and fees that states had to resort to during the downturn. States were spared even deeper cuts when things were at their worst because Uncle Sam chipped in with stimulus money and kept it flowing in the early part of the recovery. Washington kicked in about $61 billion last year and $51 billion this year. But in the coming fiscal year, stimulus money will add up to less than $3 billion.
The sluggish recovery is adding to the misery being felt by many governors and state legislators. The unemployment rate remains above 9%. Until that situation improves, enrollment will rise in the Medicaid health coverage plan for those with low incomes and no medical insurance. States will bear much of that financial burden. The program already accounts for $1 of every $4 spent by state governments, eating up more revenue than any other slice of the budget pie, including education.
State and federal courts will give states new spending headaches, too. Judges are starting to overturn earlier funding cuts, forcing a scramble for money to cover tabs that states weren't expecting. California is already in this bind from overcrowded state prisons and is looking to help pay for a solution by extending tax increases that are due to expire. And in New Jersey, courts ordered the state to give $500 million more to school districts. Lawmakers are trying to figure out how to come up with the money.
More states will end up having to justify their decisions to slash education spending. According to the National Governors Association and others, one-third of states will have to cut school funding this year, and half of them are taking similar steps for college and university programs. School money will also be squeezed at the local level. Many districts base school budgets on state aid and revenue from real estate taxes. With the housing market still weak, property tax revenue is expected to decline by about 3% this year.
Hard times for state and local governments, of course, mean hard times for the rest of us, as well. New taxes and fees will be added in many places, and far fewer services will be offered. Schools in many areas will resort to larger class sizes and four-day class schedules.
Even when the fiscal picture does brighten, services will be restored to pre-cut levels more slowly than usual. One reason is that job hunters will find public sector jobs less attractive after multiple rounds of pay cuts and pension reductions.
Local businesses will feel the pinch, too, as they receive fewer orders from cash-strapped state and local governments and school districts. So more job cuts can't be ruled out.
All things considered, it's a vicious cycle that isn't likely to be broken soon.


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Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
e-mail: streiber@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Curriculum Vitae
Current position
|since 2014
|Research Scientist,
Department of Human Evolution,
Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology,
Leipzig, Germany
Honorary position
|since 2009
|Visiting Research Fellow,
School of Geographical Sciences,
University of Bristol, UK
Previous positions
|Research Group Leader,
U-series MC-ICPMS Laboratory, CENIEH,
|Research Fellow,
School of Geographical Sciences,
University of Bristol, UK
|Postdoctoral Research Associate,
School of Geographical Sciences,
University of Bristol, UK
|Postdoctoral Research Assistant,
School of Geographical Sciences,
University of Bristol, UK
|Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Institute for Environmental Physics,
University of Heidelberg, Germany
|Pre-doctoral Research Associate,
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Institute for Environmental Physics,
University of Heidelberg, Germany
|Dr. rer. nat. (University of Heidelberg)
|Diplom Physiker (Dipl. phys., University of Heidelberg)
Research grants
|'U-series dating of Palaeolithic cave paintings in Europe - in search of Europe's oldest art',
National Geographic Society,
role: PI
|'A calibrated climate record from Gibraltar speleothem: the instrumental era, the Holocene and the last interglacial',
funding agency: National Environmental Research Council (NERC), UK,
role: PI, joint submission with P-I D. Mattey (Royal Holloway, University of London)
|'Do humid phases in costal Libya reflect an intensified Atlantic storm track?'
funding agency: NERC,
role: Co-I, ( PI M. Rogerson, University of Hull)
|'High and Dry – Quaternary climates, paleoenvironments and human prehistory of the Tibetan plateau'
funding agency: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC).
role: project partner, (PI M. Meyer, University of Innsbruck)
|'A new speleothem-based record of past rainfall changes in central North Africa' Leverhulme Trust International Networks,
Role: Co-I, (PI M. Rogerson, University of Hull)
|Sept. 2013
|'The Early-Middle Pleistocene transition: Significance of the Jaramillo subchron in the sedimentary record'
Earthtime-EU scientific meeting,
conference held in Burgos 25-27 September 2013,
role: Convenor.
|'Climatic background and chronology of Iberian Upper Palaeolithic Cave Art',
funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN),
Spanish National Programme for Fundamental Research Projects,
role: PI
|'U-series chronology of MIS 3 speleothems from Spain and Portugal - dating the late survival of the Middle Paleolithic and Neanderthals in the Iberian Peninsula'.
French Academy of Sciences Gentil-Bourcart 2010 award for K. Wainer,
role: PI
|'Dating Palaeolithic Cave art in Iberia by Uranium Series',
PI: A. Pike (University of Bristol),
funding agency: NERC,
role: research partner
|'Application of the (LA) ICPMS technology to reconstruct and compare the climate of five past interglacials recorded in a precisely dated stalagmite from western Germany'.
DFG Fellowship for Denis Scholz,
role: Inviting PI
|2005 - 2008
|'New U-Th and U-Pb dating methods for applications from Quaternary climates to planetesimal formation',
submitted by D. Richards,
funding agency: Leverhulme Trust,
role: named researcher
|Travel grant to attend 10th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating,
funding agency DFG (HO 2487/1-1)
|'ESR-dating of equid teeth',
PI: A. Mangini,
funding agency: DFG,
role: named researcher,
Professional Service
- Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry
- Atmospheric Environment
- Climate of the Past
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- Geology
- International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
- Journal of Quaternary Science
- Nature Communications
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (NIMB) Proceedings
- Quaternary Geochronology
- Quaternary Science Reviews
- Radiocarbon
- Sedimentology
- Grant proposal reviews for the National Environmental Research Council (NERC), UK.
Guest Editor
- Quaternary International
- Convenor ESF Earthtime-EU scientific meeting 'The Early-Middle Pleistocene transition: Significance of the Jaramillo Subchron in the sedimentary record', Burgos 25-27 September 2013
- Convenor of Speleothem Research session at EGU General assembly 2010 - 2012
Selected invited presentations
'MC-ICPMS U-Th isotope measurements for precise speleothem chronologies in Quaternary climate research and Archaeology' Departmental Seminar, Department of Earth Sciences, RHUL, UK, 29 October 2013.
'Frontiers and potential of U-series dating for Quaternary timescales' Earthtime-EU scientific meeting, Workshop on 'Absolute timescales for the quaternary', Santorini, 07-11 October 2012.
'MC-ICPMS U-Th isotope measurements for precise speleothem chronologies in Quaternary climate research' EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, April 3 - 8, 2011.
'Radiocarbon Calibration and Stalagmites' Seminar Aktuelle Themen aus der Beschleunigermassenspektrometrie und deren Anwendungen, Institute of Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zürich, 26 May 2010.
'U-Th analyses of carbonate rich varved lake sediments - potential for dating' Workshop on Allogenic Contributions in U-Series Dating, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 20. March 2009.
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee on Toy Safety recently held meetings to discuss the development of global age determination guidelines for toys, based largely on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's guidelines from 2002. The meetings, which were held in Tokyo, also discussed magnets, cords, impaction, phthalates, total concentration of certain elements, and the alignment of toy standards.
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Sen. Ted Cruz borrowed from the movie "The American President" to defend his wife from Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump Wednesday morning.
Trump tweeted a threat Tuesday night to "spill the beans" about Cruz's wife, Heidi, apparently in response to an anti-Trump ad featuring a naked Melania Trump. The ad released earlier Tuesday by Make America Awesome, an outside group opposing Trump's candidacy, included a picture of his wife from a GQ shoot from more than a decade ago and the text, "Meet Melania Trump. Your next first lady. Or, you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday."
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Cruz denied any connection with the ad or Make America Awesome.
"If Donald wants to get in a character fight, he's better off sticking with me, because Heidi is way out of his league," Cruz said on CNN, stumbling a bit while referring to Trump as "her" in paraphrasing "The American President."
In the 1995 film's climactic scene, Michael Douglas' President Andrew Shepherd defends his lobbyist girlfriend Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Benning) against a rival for the Oval Office.
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Trump tweeted this response to Cruz Wednesday morning: "Lyin' Ted Cruz denied that he had anything to do with the G.Q. model photo post of Melania. That's why we call him Lyin' Ted!"
"Most of the things Trump says have no basis in reality, so we are not worried," Heidi Cruz said Wednesday.
Heidi Cruz is an investment manager with Goldman Sachs. She is on leave of absence for her husband's campaign.
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The mayor's endorsement probably had just as much to do with liking Meng as it did getting back at Halloran, who has been an outspoken critic of the mayor's policies, most recently over his pet project to ban super-sized sugary drinks.
After the endorsement, Halloran was noticeably upset, calling the mayor's endorsement a threat "to freedom and prosperity," which is one of our favorite uses of rhetoric in recent memory, which given our penchant for a few Night Train Express Sparkling Wine Coolers every afternoon, admittedly isn't very long.
Well, we would be remiss if we didn't tell you that it didn't take Halloran very long to land a big-name endorsement of his own. In fact, he'll see you Meng's Bloomberg endorsement and raise you one endorsement from Bloomberg's predecessor, former mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Here's part of the Giuliani's comments on Halloran, which he delivered at a recent event at Terrace on the Park:
"The people of Queens are sensible, hardworking people who want and need a congressman like Dan, who will represent the middle class. Dan is a terrific candidate. He's got all the right ideas. He believes in smaller government, the individual and letting individuals make their own decisions. He'll fight for keeping taxes sensible, not taxes that destroy businesses."
So far there has been no statement from the Meng campaign on how dangerous this endorsement is and in what ways it will threaten to destroy our lives as we have henceforth come to know them, but we're sure it's just moments away from popping up in our inbox.
And in a rare instance when we here at Pol Position actually give you a piece of information you might find worthwhile, a new poll by McLaughlin & Associates shows Meng and Halloran in a statistical dead heat among polled voters.
This particular poll shows that Halloran holds a 5 percent lead among voters who have heard of both candidates, and a 28 percent lead among voters who already have a strong opinion on one of the candidates.
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Mike Wallace was born May 9, 1918, in Brookline, Mass. This photograph was taken when he was six years old.
Wallace graduated from the University of Michigan in 1939 with a B.A. degree.
One of Wallace's earliest television appearances was the series "Mike and Buff," with Buff Cobb.
The husband-and-wife team hosted the afternoon talk show which was television's first color telecast. The two are pictured on set, November 5, 1951.
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Mike Wallace was made a correspondent at CBS News in 1963.
Here, Wallace is photographed on set of the "CBS Morning News With Mike Wallace" on August 26, 1963.
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Wallace also contributed to the "CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite," including reports from Vietnam, Washington and the campaign trail in 1968 with Richard Nixon -- who offered Wallace the White House press secretary job.
Here, Nixon is photographed with Wallace in New Hampshire during the 1968 primary.
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Wallace -- pictured at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago -- made news at the convention that year by getting ejected from the proceedings because of an altercation with police.
The first episode of "60 Minutes" premiered September 24th, 1968.
Show creator and producer Don Hewitt is pictured here with correspondents, Harry Reasoner, left, and Mike Wallace.
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Each week, "60 Minutes" viewers could expect Wallace to ask the questions they wanted answered by the world's leaders and headliners. Wallace did not disappoint, often revealing more than the public ever hoped to see.
In this image, Wallace introduces his 1975 report on Clint Hill, one of the Secret Service agents on the scene the day JFK was assassinated.
To watch the report, click here.
Rising interest in Wallace and "60 Minutes" grew partly out of the Watergate scandal in the 1970s.
Wallace's interrogations of John Erlichman, G. Gordon Liddy and H.R. Haldeman whetted the appetites of news junkies who continued to tune in to see Wallace joust with other scoundrels.
CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is pictured outside the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., in 1997.
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In a memorable interview from 1979, Wallace got the stoic Ayatollah Khomeini to smile during the Iranian hostage crisis when he asked him what he thought about being called a "lunatic" by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
The Ayatollah answered by correctly predicting that Sadat would be assassinated.
"60 Minutes" correspondents in 1981.
From left, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley and Mike Wallace.
Journalists Mike Wallace and Morley Safer of "60 Minutes" arrived at New York's U.S. District Court on Feb. 12, 1985, for a lawsuit brought by Gen. William Westmoreland.
Gen. Westmoreland, who commanded the U.S. military in Vietnam, sued CBS and Wallace for a 1982 "CBS Reports" documentary alleging the general had deceived the American people by under counting the enemy in Vietnam.
The $120 million suit went to trial in 1984 and lasted months before Westmoreland withdrew it in early 1985.
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The "60 Minutes" lineup in 1986.
Clockwise from far left, Ed Bradley, Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer and Diane Sawyer.
The 1989 lineup for "60 Minutes"
Clockwise from left, Ed Bradley, Mike Wallace, Steve Kroft, Harry Reasoner, Meredith Vieira and Morley Safer.
From 1975 to 1989, Mike Wallace conducted interviews with the nation's 40th president, Ronald Reagan, as Reagan evolved during the 70s and 80s from failed candidate to outgoing two-term president.
Mike Wallace is pictured here interviewing former First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1989.
To watch excerpts of "The Reagan Interviews," click here.
Mike Wallace interviewed Barbra Streisand in a memorable November 1991 "60 Minutes" broadcast.
Streisand's fans protested when Wallace brought her to the emotional edge by revealing that her own mother had told him that Barbra "was too busy to get close to anyone."
Mike Wallace gets a lift during a 1993 "60 Minutes" profile on opera star Luciano Pavarotti .
Then-President Bill Clinton takes a break while being interviewed by the cast of "60 Minutes" on Dec. 8, 1995 at the White House.
Standing from left are; Ed Bradley, Morley Safer, and Steve Kroft. Seated are Lesley Stahl and Mike Wallace.
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No story generated more controversy than Wallace's 1998 interview with euthanasia practitioner Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Wallace and "60 Minutes" took heat for broadcasting Kevorkian's own tape showing him lethally injecting a man suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The episode generated discussion about euthanasia for weeks. The tape also served as evidence to convict Kevorkian of murder.
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CBS News broadcasters commemorate CBS's 75th anniversary, broadcast live from the Hammerstein Ballroom at New York's Manhattan Center on November 2, 2003.
From left, Ed Bradley, Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace and Morley Safer.
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On March 14, 2006, Wallace -- then 87 --announced that he would be stepping down as a regular correspondent for "60 Minutes," but would occasionally contribute to the news magazine and all CBS News broadcasts.
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Euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian, in blue sweater, is hugged by Wallace at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Mich., on June 1, 2007.
Wallace received the first interview with Dr. Kevorkian upon his release from prison.
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Accused steroid user Roger Clemens was interviewed by Mike Wallace on January 6, 2008. The interview -- which made front-page news -- was the last time Wallace appeared on television.
On April 7, 2012, CBS News legend Mike Wallace died at the age of 93.
He passed away peacefully surrounded by family members at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Conn.


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SEASIDE, Ore. - A waitress at the Twisted Fish restaurant in Seaside, Ore., says she got an unusual tip - an envelope full of methamphetamine.
The Daily Astorian newspaper reports the waitress contacted police Friday after a couple included the envelope while paying for their drinks.
The responding officer identified the substance as meth, and arrested 40-year-old Ryan Bensen of Beaverton and 37-year-old Erica Manley of Cascade Locks.
Police said they found more of the drug when searching Manley's purse and the couple's motel and vehicle.
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See ya, Hollywood! Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are planning to raise their 7-month-old son Camden in the 98 Degrees singer's hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Lachey, 39, explained that the big move will happen within a few years when he appeared on Access Hollywood Live Apr. 18.
"I loved growing up in Cincinnati where I'm from. My brother's there, his kids are there, my parents are there. I really value the effect that family has on child growing up. I want Camden and other future kids we have to be around their cousins and their grandparents. That's a very important part of growing up," Lachey said. "I want to try to give him the most normal childhood he can have."
Minnillo, 32, is on board with Lachey's desire to return to the Midwest. "She's cool with Ohio," the pop star said. "We have a place there now and we spend quite a bit of time there when we can, and she also values family and what bringing up our kids there means."
The "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" singer will be packing his bags sooner than later, however, as 98 Degrees is touring with New Kids on the Block and Boys II Men this summer. "He's gonna come on the road," Lachey said of traveling with his son.
The doting dad added fatherhood has been "overwhelming, but all in a good way." Since Camden's September 2012 birth, the first-time parents have been relying on each other for support, he added.
"We actually don't have a nanny yet, so between her work schedule and my work schedule it's kind of like, 'All right, what do you got today? Can you watch him here?'" Lachey said of parenting with Wipeout co-host Minnillo. "You have to kind of schedule time to do stuff."
He continued, "As things are getting busier, now it's like, 'Okay, we've gotta have somebody help us out.' But we really wanted to be as hands-on as we could, especially early on. . . You don't want to look back and say, 'I didn't get the full experience.' The first trip we take away from the baby, I can't imagine what that's gonna be like. We're going to be excited to get away, but at the same time, it's gonna be like, 'Man . . a week away?'"
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Google developing video game console, plans to release Nexus Q
Google is reportedly building a video game console based on its Android operating system that could come out this fall.
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Google is hoping to expand on the success of its Android smartphones and tablets by using the operating system to launch a game console of its own. The report cites unnamed sources.
If so, Google wouldn't be the first company to make an Android-based video game system. Just this month, the Ouya, an Android game console funded by Kickstarter users, went on sale to the public.
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The Journal also reports that Google is working on a second version of its Nexus Q, a device similar to the Apple TV and Roku that was unveiled at Google's 2012 developers conference. The device was praised for its hardware design, but due to criticism of the media player's limited software capabilities Google announced that it would indefinitely delay the Nexus Q's release.
Besides the Nexus Q and the video game console, Google is also working on a digital wristwatch that would run on Android. The report says Google hopes to release at least one of the devices this fall.
Google reportedly is working on these devices as a reaction to Apple. There have been a number of reports since late 2012 that Apple is developing a so-called iWatch, and the Journal reports that Google suspects that Apple is also working on a video game console of its own.
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Lindsey Vonn made her Olympic dreams come true in Vancouver – and now, she's getting her TV wish granted as well.
The skiing star will appear on "Law & Order," her favorite show, Access Hollywood has learned.
She'll join the show's season finale as Alicia, an administrative assistant who "provides a vital clue" in a case involving a terrorist, NBC reps told Access.
"Throughout Lindsey's remarkable Olympic experience, she was very supportive of 'Law & Order' and has already been to the set as a visitor," show creator and executive producer Dick Wolf said in a statement to Access. "We are glad that we can make her dream of appearing on the show come true."
Lindsey will film her part on Friday, April 9.
"I honestly couldn't be more excited about being on 'Law & Order,'" Lindsey told Access in a statement. "How many people get to appear on their favorite TV show?"
That isn't the only place she's appeared since her Olympic victories – the athlete is one of three Olympians to earn her own Wheaties box, along with snowboarding gold medalists Shaun White and Seth Wescott.
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- BlackBerry sales have slumped in the U.S. but is still strong in emerging markets
- New models launched should remember why they are popular in developing world
- In places like Brazil and South Africa, the 10 is the update to their current phone
- in Sub-Saharan Africa there is expected to be 175 million new customers in the next 3 years
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(CNN) -- BlackBerry's loss of market share in the U.S. is the stuff of legends. Last fall, it was estimated only about 2% of American phone users were still carrying their BlackBerry mobile with its iconic keypad.
But consider this: sub-Saharan Africa is expected to add 175 million new mobile users in just the coming 3 years. That's according to the GSMA, which represents the world's mobile operators.
"Mobile has already revolutionized African society and yet demand still continues to grow by almost 50 percent a year," said Tom Phillips, Chief Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, GSMA.
That could be good news indeed for BlackBerry. Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry, estimates it holds a 70% market share in countries like South Africa.
The company's new phones, announced this week, are not the ones some of its best customers in emerging markets would like to buy. They're too expensive. But Research in Motion -- which also this week changed its company name to BlackBerry -- is pledging some of its six new models will address that.
While millions in China, Europe and the U.S. have adopted Android or iOS smartphones with a vengeance, millions more users in emerging markets are enthused about what's in store for the new BlackBerry 10. It's the update for what many of them are already using.
They live in countries like Brazil, Malaysia, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. They have embraced the BlackBerry for a combination of factors that all point to the different way mobile devices are used.
Unlike their counterparts in Europe and America, the mobile in their pocket is more likely to be their primary link to the internet.
BlackBerry Messenger is the connection that allows these users unlimited conversations without paying charges for SMS data. While young, brand-conscious Chinese may be willing to part with several months' salary to buy the latest iPhone, African users are looking for more practical (and cheaper) connections.
What separates developed countries from their developing counterparts at street level can be summed up in a single word: infrastructure.
Isobel Coleman, senior fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets and Democracy Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations, says mobile technology has proved it can bridge the gap where infrastructure is lacking.
"It's a culture, it's an economy, it's innovation, education, healthcare, it's all of these things," says Coleman.
You can take that to the bank. For many Africans, their cell phone account is the first bank account they've ever owned.
In emerging markets, mobile phone banking is growing because of the lack of infrastructure. Fewer bank branches often mean long distances to travel and long lines once you've arrived.
Africans are expected to transfer more than $200 billion per year or 18% of the continent's GDP by 2015.
Oh, and that keyboard. No matter where you are in the world, there will always be a demand for a keyboard that clicks. The company appears to understand that as BlackBerry 10 models come with both soft keypads and the traditional BlackBerry buttons.
I asked some of my Twitter followers to weigh in on the BlackBerry 10 roll out. While some said Android or Apple's iOS were in their future plans, many others expressed continued enthusiasm for the BlackBerry.
Soji, a pianist and teacher in Nigeria tweeted back "I'm falling in love with this BB. Cheaper to own."
From Kuala Lumpur, Amir wrote "I need a physical keyboard to type while also having a touch-screen for photos etc. Security factor also important."
Hans-Eric from South Africa reinforced the sentiments of many mobile users in emerging markets: "The cost of data is simply too high without it (BlackBerry.)"
The voices from emerging markets couldn't have been clearer. What they expect from BlackBerry 10 is a stronger, longer lasting battery, durability and continued low cost connectivity.
CFR's Coleman agrees that BlackBerry (and anyone else) trying to win and hold this mobile device sector has to understand how these devices are being used and give the customers what they want.
"Cheap. Rugged. Not too many bells and whistles. Practical."
There is little doubt smartphones are changing the way people use the internet, how they bank, shop and interact socially.
But it's worth keeping in perspective that in a world where there are now an estimated 1 billion smartphones, there are 5 billion feature phone users. That's a lot of upside growth potential for BlackBerry and all the other players out there.
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Sasha Baron Cohen's Grimsby is just plain grim
WHEN he's on sparkling form, Sacha Baron Cohen cuts to the bone with surgical precision in the guise of his faux naive alter egos.
Streetwise voice of "da yoof" Ali G, Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev and flamboyant Austrian fashion reporter Bruno Gehard were comic creations par excellence, who gleefully held up a mirror to the ugly faces of bigotry and intolerance.
Their outlandish interactions with unsuspecting celebrities and members of the public were pure genius.
Alas, global recognition means Cohen can no longer pull off that kind of devilish hoodwinkery and he has resorted to traditional scripted comedy, which has exposed his limitations as a writer and performer.
He scrapes the bottom of a very deep and grubby barrel in Grimsby, a wilfully offensive crime caper in the mould of James Bond that cocks its leg and urinates wildly over political correctness.
Laughs are in pitifully short supply amid a tsunami of body fluids and garish class stereotypes, washed down with a sticky trickle of gags about paedophilia, Aids and drug addiction.
Cohen plays Nobby Butcher, a football hooligan with monstrous sideburns, who lives in Grimsby with his sex-crazed girlfriend Lindsey (Rebel Wilson) and 11 obscenity-spewing children, whose names include Skeletor and Django Unchained.
"At your age, you should just be vaping," he tells a 10-year-old fruit of his loins.
For 28 years, Nobby has been separated from his younger brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), unaware that his sibling has become a debonair secret agent with the Tiger Tail Unit of MI6.
Their awkward reunion unfolds at a press conference, where a hulking Ukrainian thug called Pavel (Scott Adkins) assassinates the director of the World Health Organisation and Sebastian is framed for the crime.
The brothers go on the run, aided by Sebastian's simpering MI6 handler, Jodie (Isla Fisher).
Rival agent Chilcott (Sam Hazeldine) is dispatched to terminate the rogue asset and the brothers lie low in the eponymous northern seaport – twin city to Chernobyl – with Nobby's beer-swilling pals (John Thomson, Ricky Tomlinson, Johnny Vegas).
Grimsby is lewd, crude and poorly structured, ricocheting between frenetic action sequences and heart-tugging flashbacks to Nobby and Sebastian's childhood.
A jaw-dropping centrepiece sequence involving an engorged elephant member takes Cohen's enduring fascination with genitalia to a new nadir, while the film's depiction of the titular community as a wasteland of council houses crammed with "working class scum", benefit scroungers and pint-sized tearaways, leaves an equally bitter taste in the mouth.
Wilson and Fisher are squandered in thankless supporting roles.
During a pivotal fight, Strong's resourceful agent repels evil henchmen with a blast from a fire hose.
By the end of Leterrier's unsavoury film, we also need a soaking to wash off the stink of Cohen's brand of mean-spirited and stomach-churning humour.
GRIMSBY (15, 83 mins) Comedy/Action/Romance. Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Isla Fisher, Scott Adkins, Sam Hazeldine, Ian McShane, Penelope Cruz, Rebel Wilson, John Thomson, Ricky Tomlinson, Johnny Vegas. Director: Louis Leterrier


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New Yorkers are slaves to dining trends, and I've stumbled upon unintentional consonants in the Korean restaurants that make up some of the Flushing dining scene. For example, Joo Mak Gol unconsciously embraces the whole local, seasonal, and artisanal thing. And as cool as that might be, Joo Mak Gol is painfully square. They're located in a near derelict stretch of sleepy shops and divey bars in Flushing instead of the hip West Village. Their regulars are gin blossomed livery cab drivers downing bottles upon bottles of soju, whole families with rowdy kids in tow, and teenagers looking for a cheap fill-up. The only models in sight are printed on weathered alcohol advertisements, and the only bottles are of soju that cost $10. Being un-cool has never tasted so good.
There's an English menu available, but the waitstaff may not be fully conversational. Despite the language barrier, I often find that grunting and pointing as a means of ordering one's food is indicative of a good meal to come.
It's impossible not to smile as a spread of banchan, soups, rice, and other dishes are plunked before you. Like any good Korean restaurant, Joo Mak Gol is generous with the portions, though in this case, they're generous to a fault. At some point, the wooden table disappeared under a sea of dishes, and they began to stack one upon the other to create space—or perhaps we weren't eating fast enough.
The restaurant carries the familiar line-up of Korean stews, grilled proteins and stir fries, but they excel at what is ostensibly "rabbit food"—their lofty respect for seasonal green vegetables and their amazing homemade dwenjang (salty fermented bean paste), which they integrate into their food as well as sell by the container. I suspect that they would make a killing with this artisanal product if they peddled it at the Brooklyn Flea instead of the clapped out back counter of this modest little restaurant.
They start off your meal with a steaming hot bowl of dwenjang jjigae (bean paste stew), which is astonishingly spicy despite its demure murkiness. You'll want to slurp the bowl of the fine homemade soybean based broth, which is deeply earthy, faintly sweet, and studded with vegetables and tofu. You'll then want to cool off with a few mouthfuls of ogokbap (5 grain rice), or a slug of that restorative soju, and then beckon for another bowl, which comes on-the-house.
You shouldn't miss their expertly roasted mackerel ($13.95) with astoundingly sweet and tender flesh. However, I'm told with good authority that during the summer months, the owner will catch and serve fish caught in local waters. I don't know the legality of such practice, but Dan Barber, eat your heart out.
The flakes of mackerel are meant to be eaten with the crunchy fresh greens, which are supplied in a variety and quality I've never encountered before in a New York-area Korean restaurant. I counted crisp leaves of cabbage, tender red leaf lettuce, slices of boiled seaweed, pointy bitter spikes of dandelion, and various herbs—cilantro, thick stalks of garlic chives, and herbaceous chrysanthemum.
Another must try is the bossam ($14.95), a no-nonsense row of thick cut pork belly, which is steamed to moist perfection and accompanied by a pile of briny raw oysters. Nestled in crisp lettuce and anointed with a bit of spicy sweet ssamjang, it's an ideal one-two punch of pork and shellfish. However, diners seeking a more familiar pork dish should sway towards the crowd-pleasing daeji bulgogi ($13.95), which is stir fried slices of pork loin, with a slight nod of heat and sweet.
On the opposite end of the spectrum of familiarity, there's daegu murijim ($25.95), an enormous deep fried cod head, with all of the nasty bits still intact—eyeballs, tongue, and gorgeous cheek meat. Underneath the pile of bean sprouts and gochujjang (hot pepper) fueled sauce, there's a fish face that only a Mother, or a non-squeamish eater, could love.
As other New York restaurants struggle to keep up with the times by offering artisanal this, and seasonal that, the old school restaurants in Flushing, such as Joo Mak Gol, have always kept it real. It's often the case that they're just too cool to realize it.
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Just listened to the Untitled Improv... nicely done!
I don't buy new gear all that often, but when I do I always do a big jam session just like you're describing... sometimes I really wish I would hit record during those because I typically don't...
Hey guys, thanks. I appreciate the feedback. It's a ritual for me to record almost immediately after I get a new piece of gear to try out the new sounds. Wasn't sure anyone would be interested in the improv. Was going to take it down, but now I'll keep it up there, at least for a while.Forrest
I've just added a new track for streaming to the last.fm page http://www.last.fm/music/Forrest+Fang/previously+unreleased
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Family Security Matters
While conservatives might be in a bit of a post-election funk, this is no time to compromise our principles-especially on foreign policy and national security, where Team Obama's record has been less than stellar to say the least.
Rather, now is the time to dig deep and fight for the conservative principles that made this country the great and benevolent power it has been and should continue to be.
Surrender to the misguided efforts of this Administration on international affairs is by no means an option.
Instead, we should be insisting-indeed, demanding-that the following ideas become the bedrock of our foreign and national security policy:
- Maintain a strong national defense. With the possibility of sequestration looming, we can't take this principle for granted. The best military in the world needs to be equipped with the finest weapons systems in sufficient numbers. Military might is an essential pillar of American power, alongside deft diplomacy and economic energy, which support our influence and protect our interests abroad. Diplomacy is always more effective when backed by the credible threat of the use of force. Weakness-even the perception of weakness-is a gateway to provocations from those who oppose us and seek to do us harm. Deterrence and dissuasion, based on military power, is critical to fending off those challenges to our well-being.
- Rely on American power. The Obama Administration touts multilateralism and international organizations as the foundation of our international engagement. However, insisting upon this may be the exact reason that the Administration's policies have been so ineffective. Outsourcing our foreign policy on tough issues to the likes of the United Nations is a big mistake. As has been said before, a lack of consensus is no excuse for a lack of leadership. America should act multilaterally when it can and unilaterally when it must in support of its national interests. Period.
- Assert American exceptionalism. This country is unique in the history of humankind. And never has one nation done so much for so many, for so little thanks as the United States of America. We are, without question, "exceptional." As such, we shouldn't be afraid of promoting across the globe the principles that made us great and will keep us great. We should never apologize for that.
American foreign policy really comes down to this question: Are this country's best days behind us, or are they yet to come?
The answer to that question is not pre-ordained-unless we refuse to speak out in the public square in the aftermath of the election for the conservative principles that made this country both great and exceptional.
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This salad is no bland picnic side dish: Slices of deli ham and bits of salty bacon give it hearty main-course appeal.
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- Active Time
- 45 min
- Total Time
- 45 min
- 3 pounds medium (2 to 3 inches in diameter) red boiling potatoes, scrubbed well
- 1 pound medium asparagus, trimmed
- 5 bacon slices (5 ounces), cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 5 ounces sliced Black Forest or other baked deli ham, slices stacked and cut in half lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1/3-inch-wide strips
- 2 celery ribs, cut into 1/4-inch dice (1 cup)
- 1 cup finely chopped sweet onion such as Vidalia
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/3 cup finely chopped sweet gherkin pickles
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 7 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Steam potatoes in a vegetable steamer set over 1 inch of boiling water in a wide 4- to 5-quart pot, covered, until tender when pierced with a paring knife, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board.
- Meanwhile, cook asparagus in a wide 4- to 5-quart pot of boiling salted water, uncovered, until just tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer asparagus with tongs to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking, then drain and pat dry. Cut off and reserve tips, then cut stalks into 1-inch pieces. Add tips and stalks to a large bowl.
- Cook bacon in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden and crisp, about 8 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, reserving bacon drippings in skillet.
- Once potatoes have cooled to warm, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Add to bowl with asparagus, along with bacon, ham, celery, onion, parsley, and pickle.
- Return skillet with bacon drippings to moderately high heat. Add oil, then whisk in vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 30 seconds. Immediately pour hot dressing over potato salad and toss to coat.


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Historically, Chicago has worked to mitigate the impact of vacant, mismanaged and deteriorating multifamily properties in the city's neighborhoods through aggressive code enforcement and court action against weak property owners. However, code enforcement on seriously code-deficient multifamily buildings often leads to abandonment and subsequent demolition, which results in increased blight and loss of affordable rental units. To address these unintended consequences, the City of Chicago works with Community Investment Corporation (CIC) to change the trajectory of troubled buildings from abandonment and demolition to viable rental properties that can help stabilize communities.
As a community development financial institution, CIC works in market niches that are underserved by traditional financial institutions. With a loan portfolio of $300 million and support from 35 commercial bank investors, CIC is one of the City's largest and most active community development financial institutions. CIC plays an important role in the City's efforts to address community development and affordable housing challenges in low and moderate-income neighborhoods. Its staff works to provide critical capital to affordable housing developers, who acquire and renovate existing rental properties that comprise the majority of the City's affordable rental housing units. CIC leverages the private sector and provides attractive loan products and intensive property management education to the small business people who operate rental housing in low-income communities.
To date, CIC's staff has originated over 1,800 loans totaling more than $1.1 billion to rehabilitate more than 46,000 affordable homes for 115,000 Chicago area residents. CIC also manages the Troubled Buildings Initiative on behalf of the City of Chicago, making emergency repairs to and sometimes taking ownership of multifamily buildings at risk of foreclosure and demolition.
The Troubled Buildings Initiative is crucial to reducing the number of abandoned buildings and strengthening the stability of community blocks and neighborhoods in Chicago. This Initiative combines strict code enforcement by city departments with the legal means to transfer control from a disengaged property owner to CIC. This allows CIC to make emergency repairs to the property or take ownership in some cases. Since the program was initiated, CIC has recovered 260 buildings with 5,265 units.
Because of the dramatic setbacks experienced by the housing market in many low-income communities, a building-by-building approach is no longer sufficient to address the preservation of rental housing. To avoid the loss of vast numbers of housing units in low-income neighborhoods most affected by foreclosure, a comprehensive approach of community redevelopment is needed.
CIC will use the $2 million MacArthur Award to sustain and grow the Troubled Buildings Initiative and support the organization's larger efforts to address the impact of vacant and troubled buildings upon the stability of Chicago's low- and moderate-income communities. By creating a base of capital, which can be used to support a loan loss or operating reserve, CIC will be able to attract additional capital resources and develop new products to address the glut of foreclosed and vacant multifamily properties that depress property values and contribute to community blight.
Grantee Profile: Learn more about Community Investment Corporation


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ensnare (someone or something) in (something)
1. Literally, to catch someone or something, as a trap. If we can't ensnare an animal in this trap, we're not going to eat tonight.
2. To trap or involve oneself or someone in something troubling, such as an issue, problem, or scandal. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ensnare" and "in." The other candidates ensnared the politicians in petty debates, and he was never able to make his point. Our father's lack of a will has ensnared my brothers and me in many lawsuits over his estate.
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1. . Lit. to capture someone or something in something. Dave ensnared the rabbit in his trap. Henry ensnared himself in the trap they had laid for deer.
2. Fig. to catch or "trap" someone in an act or pattern of deception. She sought to ensnare him in his own framework of lies. He ensnared himself in his many lies.
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The Layla Grayce Design Your Dream Bedroom Contest *Win up to $4,000*
Make your dream bedroom a reality with a moodboard that expresses your unique style, and you may find yourself winning big!
Through November, Olioboard is partnering with Layla Grayce for a series of contests beginning with the "Design Your Dream Bedroom Contest," which runs October 1- 14. Design the ultimate sleeping sanctuary using anything you desire from Layla Grayce. The top three winners – chosen exclusively by Rue Magazine's Co-Founder and Editor in Chief Crystal Gentilello – will earn cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250. *Remember to use at least two products from our sponsors Pine Cone Hill and/or Dash & Albert to be eligible to win.
Winners will be announced October 16. May the best design enthusiast win!
How to Enter:
1: Click on the 'Join Now' button located in the top right corner of the Contest Page. Fill out the form and click 'Create Account.'
2: Once your account is created, click "Add an Entry' to begin.
3: After the moodboard creator is open, pull items onto the canvas from the right-side panel to create your design. Save your entry by hitting the 'Save Draft' button in the top right.
4: To add your design to the Contest, visit the Contest Page and click 'Add an Entry' and select the board you wish to enter by clicking the 'Click to Add' button. Alternatively, you can click 'Publish' directly from the creation screen during the creation process.
5: Share your moodboard on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest for more votes! Our judge will choose the Grand Prize Winner and Runners Up from among the most popular moodboards.


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I was given an established website about a year ago. It makes some money on ads, but not much (less than 10k/year). I am no longer able to manage the site and am considering turning it over to another person.
I don't want them to turn around and sell it. It was suggested that I establish a non-profit of sorts and transfer the assets to that entity. Does anybody have experience or advice on this subject?


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Beyond Mendel: Student DNA Barcoding Project introduces next-generation microbiology to classrooms
On a cloudless day in Dangriga, a coastal city in southern Belize, a group of students are hard at work. One wall of their sun-strewn lab is lined with the usual gear of modern genetics: thermocycler, gel electrophoresis system, micropipets, test tubes. Swathed in purple gloves, they measure samples, mix gels and fill pipets with the utmost concentration.
A usual class this is not.
It is part of the Student DNA Barcoding Project, a flexible curriculum that uses student-generated research to teach about biodiversity, ecology and molecular biology. The project, which began in New York City and has now spread to Belize, is detailed in a paper in this week's issue of Science.
"We wanted to create an experience, inquiry-based, and introduce students to molecular biology skills they could potentially use as undergraduates," said Stephen Harris, who authored the paper with Marissa Bellino. Harris is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow, studying evolutionary biology at the City University of New York (CUNY). Bellino is a New York City high school teacher and a student in CUNY's Urban Education PhD program.
The two met and developed the project through NSF's GK-12 program at CUNY. GK-12 paired doctoral candidates with K-12 science teachers. The graduate students were required to teach 15 hours each week in the K-12 classroom, integrating their research with the school's science teaching. More than 300 projects—reaching over 10,000 graduate students and 700,000 K-12 students—were supported through GK-12. The program ended in 2011.
GK-12 offered students a new perspective on studying science and gave doctoral students new skills—such as communication and time management—that come through teaching, said Sonia Ortega, program director of NSF's Division of Graduate Education. The particular partnership between Bellino and Harris was successful because "they really took the opportunity to do something unique and meaningful," Ortega said. "They really went after it."
Not only did Bellino and Harris craft a yearlong curriculum—one that spurs students to make their own research questions, experiment and read scientific literature—they also secured funding to build a molecular lab in their Manhattan school.
Many schools send students into professional science labs, but the extra time and resources it requires means those students are often from private or top-tier public schools, Harris said.
Instead, he and Bellino wondered what would happed if they could build a lab within the school and bring the scientists to the students in a safe environment, where students could work every day at their own pace.
DNA barcoding, a relatively recent innovation, uses a fragment of DNA from a standard part of the genome to identify species. The DNA clip is short enough to be sequenced quickly, yet long enough to tease out variations among species. Barcoding is an apt term, since the process is similar to scanning a UPC code at the grocery. It distinguishes your pears from your potato chips, and your salt and vinegar potato chips from your barbeque ones.
From the beginning, the Barcoding Project was designed to be "very inquiry based and driven by student interest," Bellino said. Placing onus on the students—what do you want to study?—gave them ownership of the science. "A lot of responsibility was on them and their ability to ask the questions and come up with the design."
Students explored biodiversity in Manhattan parks. One became passionate about beetles, collecting them, learning their taxonomy. Another installed beehives on the school's roof to study colony collapse disorder. She monitored the bees, searched for viruses in their RNA, and received a full scholarship to continue her work at Cornell University.
All of the student research is uploaded onto The Barcode of Life Data Systems, an online database used by the international scientific community.
Bellino and Harris first took the Barcoding Project to Belize in 2012, partnering with The Petters Research Institute, a nonprofit that promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the country.
That first year, they did ecological sampling, collecting and classifying insects. Barcoding was added in 2012, thanks to a traveling DNA lab—two suitcase-sized boxes, now stored in Harris's apartment.
Dangriga is thousands of miles from New York City. Yet "similarities between the students were incredible," Harris said. Both cities are urban environments, where young kids don't have much connection to the natural landscape. This project can help change that, Harris said, by teaching students the importance of protecting biological diversity.
Next year, the Belize component—officially called the Biodiversity Center of Belize—will include a conservation camp at the country's zoo. Students will use DNA barcoding to determine the sex of some of the zoo's scarlet macaws, and zoo staff will be trained in lab techniques.
Now that the Student DNA Barcoding Project has been successfully used outside New York, Bellino and Harris hope it will spread to other U.S. schools. The curriculum is available on the GK-12 website, and is attached to the Science article.
"Science is about sharing, and so is education," Bellino said. "Anyone who wants to take it and model it and run with it would be amazing."
She measures success of the project in small victories: a student entering a science competition for the first time, the anticipation and the nerves before they nail their presentation.
"When they are doing the research, they can't see what's happening necessarily," she said. It's not until those moments when students step back and reflect that they realize "I've done so much and this is mine and I know this better than anyone else in this room."
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|Photo: Heidi Allan
It focuses on the vast levels of debt that millions of UK employees are carrying and which is shown, through mounting evidence, to have a debilitating impact on an employee's wellbeing, their work and, as a consequence, a businesses' overall productivity.
Open communication and education are the first steps
In my mind, debt - and the stigma that surrounds it - must come front and centre in workplace education, helping it to be discussed more openly so that individuals understand the support they can get and that they aren't alone. It's similar to the great strides that have been taken in UK workplaces about mental health.
Open conversation is helping individuals, as well as enlightening others, so it doesn't need to be a well-hidden, painful secret.
Debt impacts millions of individuals, across pay-level, gender, age and regions. When you consider the number of individuals who are worried in some way about their finances, the impact on a company's productivity is eye-watering.
In a recent independent survey conducted by Neyber, entitled The DNA of Financial Wellbeing 2017, 54% of employers feel that the effect of poor financial wellbeing has a negative impact on employee behaviour at work.
56% feel it impacts job performance, 54% feel it impacts relationships at work and 51% feel it impacts relationships with management...
How can training help?
The good news is that 82% of employers believe that employee financial health is important to the organisation.
And 17% say they will be focusing on the financial wellbeing of their workforce. This means they could be offering affordable finance and savings tools, as well as offering sound financial guidance, perhaps through an online hub.
Face to face training is also valuable. For it to work effectively, it needs to be available to all and should be titled as positively as possible to encourage attendance. Even the word 'training' can be perceived as slightly negative as it implies someone isn't able to do something or isn't doing it well.
'Knowledge building' or similar resonates better and is seen as more positive.
Workshops can be given internally, but they must come across as helpful and not pushing any product or agenda.
Third-party delivery can often achieve better results as it is independent and the delivery teams don't know the employees personally, which means delegates can be prompted to open up more.
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You seem precocious to me, Diane. We won't ask to see your driver's license.
those weird, smelly roller machines that copied paper before photocopiers (I forget what they were called)
Ice cream trucks.
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Crooks & Castles X Pure Smoker's Set
Here's something that we do not normally come across. Crooks & Castles and Pure have teamed up on this set of glass to smoke your… ummm… "tobacco" out of. Here's what you get in the set:
Custom 14" 50mm Two-Tone Glass-on-Glass Water Pipe with Detailed Etching. (Includes: Water Pipe, Down Stem, and Bowl)
Custom 4-piece 55mm Glass-on-Glass Bubbler with Detachable Tall 5arm Tree Percolator and Mouthpiece. Includes Detailed Etching.
A custom 55mm laser edged glass on glass Crooks jar.
The set is now available at the Crooks online store. We must notify you that you have to be at least 18 years of age to purchase this.
Check out the set after the jump.