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The award is for the development of DrySan Duo, an innovative EPA-registered technology providing the first no-rinse cleaner and sanitizer for dry- or low-moisture processing environments.
Ecolab has received a 2015 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Food Expo Innovation Award for the development of DrySan Duo, an innovative EPA-registered technology providing the first no-rinse cleaner and sanitizer for dry- or low-moisture processing environments.
Presented to Ecolab by the IFT at its Annual Meeting & Food Expo in Chicago, the award honors outstanding innovation in products, ingredients, applications, instruments, equipment, technology and services. Judging criteria for the award includes solving for a problem relevant to food science and technology, technical advancement, scientific merit, benefits to food manufacturers and/or consumers and other criteria, and was performed by a panel of jurors from industry, academia, and government.
The development of DrySan Duo demonstrates Ecolab's ongoing commitment to promote and advance food safety. The food and beverage processing industry has long wrestled with cleaning and sanitizing in dry-processing environments. Typical solutions are labour intensive and often not optimal in ensuring food safety and quality, productivity or worker safety. DrySan Duo was designed to address these challenges, helping customers effectively and efficiently provide safe food to consumers.
"Our team continues to work aggressively to develop new and innovative ways to drive food safety solutions throughout the entire food and beverage processing industry," said Jill Wyant, Ecolab executive vice president and president, Global Food & Beverage.
DrySan Duo is an effective two-step, ready-to-use cleaner and sanitizer that reduces or eliminates the need to introduce water to clean moisture-sensitive environments, such as when dry ingredients are used in milling or baking processes. In addition, DrySan Duo helps to improve operational efficiencies, including cleaning time, and enhances employee safety.
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In Korea, back in the 1950s, a new commander arrived for the small military installation in Ulsan where I was stationed. One of his first acts was to issue a general order which read, "No stupid action will be taken by any member of this command."
As a mere major, he had no authority to issue general orders, but that's beside the point.
We need a similar rule for the U.S. Congress with respect to the U.S. Postal Service. If you check the Constitution, you will find that Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 says that Congress has the power "To establish Post Offices and Post Roads."
The Constitution does not say either activity has to operate at a profit. In fact, our national and local highways are supported by taxes. The USPS was formerly a public service supported by both its own revenues and tax subsidies. Until 1971, the postmaster general was a member of the president's cabinet.
But the ability of Congress, and especially Republicans in Congress, to mess good things up arose again, and in 1971 the postal service was separated from the executive branch and made a semi-public corporation, expected to support itself.
However, the extra economic burdens placed on the postal service remained. Specifically, franked mail from senators and representatives —correspondence sent by members of Congress using their signatures, rather than stamps — is still carried free. Mail from nonprofit organizations has a lower rate than similar mail from businesses and individuals.
Media mail (books and such) gets a special break, originally intended to encourage literacy. The postal service receives registrations for the draft, and for a fee issues passports. Congress regularly blocks efforts to save money, such as closing unneeded post offices.
Despite all these extra burdens, the USPS actually managed to pay its bills until 2006. In that year, a budget crisis was created purposely by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which mandated the funding of 75 years of pension obligations within 10 years. The same law prevents the service from raising rates to fund the pensions. This law costs the service a cool $5 billion a year. No other organization, public or private, has such a requirement in law.
The head of the American Postal Workers Union, Cliff Guffey, has stated that this is a deliberate attempt to destroy the postal service as it has existed since Benjamin Franklin was postmaster general, and force it to become a wholly private service.
Germany has a private system and, in that land, a first-class stamp costs 78 cents. Sound like a good idea?
I have a different solution. Repeal the 1971 privatization and the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. Make the postal service a government service once again. That will be one less government crisis manufactured by the Republicans in Congress.
There is a persistent Republican myth that privatizing government functions saves money. It's not always the case. Private health insurance runs much higher overhead costs than Medicare. Private guards hired to guard our embassies overseas cost much more and are less reliable than U.S. Marines. And a wholly private postal service will hit you and me right in the pocket.
Let's keep the U.S. Postal Service alive for all of us.
Carroll County voters are represented by either Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, a Republican, or U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat. Please write or call your representative and ask him to support efforts to repeal the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act.
Last time I looked, letters get delivered to all our mail boxes, no matter what our party affiliation.

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This thread is so badly hijacked.
Quote from: Super Strad on November 24, 2006, 11:00:07 AMThis thread is so badly hijacked.Terrorists win!
How the @#!* did I manage to hear the term "oxycontin" used in two completely different contexts today?Also, you just listed all the reasons why I'm getting the @#!* out of this godforsaken tundra. I never wanted to be here in the first place.


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Nittany Lion Club renewal deadline Feb. 1
Nittany Lion Club renewal deadline Feb. 1
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The renewal deadline for Nittany Lion Club (NLC) members is fast approaching. Those NLC members that renew online before or on Saturday, Feb. 1 will receive three (3) points for their donation. Members must renew by Feb. 1, 2014 in order to maintain football ticket and parking benefits.
The mission of the Nittany Lion Club is to provide annual scholarship support to Penn State University student-athletes and to develop private support for capital projects, endowments, and other needs as prioritized by Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics.
New this year, the NLC is asking members to consider participating in the 110% Program. Penn State student-athletes have vowed to give 110 percent in the classroom and in competition. The NLC asks that members consider giving an extra $110 for 2014 based on their 2013 annual contribution to help continue to foster the success of student-athletes, teams and programs at Penn State. Three (3) NLC points (2 points=$100) and a special recognition gift will be sent to those who participate.
Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics is a self-sustaining athletic department and does not receive any state or university funding for annual operating expenses. Contributions to the Nittany Lion Club directly supports grant-in-aid, operational support and academic and medical support for 800 plus student-athletes. Private support is essential as it enables Penn State to provide student-athletes with the best possible experience and the resources they need to succeed athletically and academically. The continued financial stability will allow the University to maintain the tradition of academic and athletic excellence for all 31 sport programs.
Nittany Lion Club membership can be renewed online at NittanyLionClub.com by clicking on the "GIVE NOW" image. For questions on NLC membership, please call the Athletics Customer Relations Center at 1-800-NITTANY (648-8269), Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.


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Star Wars AMT Model Kits. These are model kits for the Star Wars Trilogy and episodes made by well known model manufacturer AMT.
AMT produce high quality model kits that are pre-painted from basic small scale to big scale models such as the Millennium Falcon.
If you are a hobbiest or a collector, these kits are a must have.


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The Criminal Mind
The scientific study of crime got its start on a cold, gray November morning in 1871, on the east coast of Italy. Cesare Lombroso, a psychiatrist and prison doctor at an asylum for the criminally insane, was performing a routine autopsy on an infamous Calabrian brigand named Giuseppe Villella. Lombroso found an unusual indentation at the base of Villella's skull. From this singular observation, he would go on to become the founding father of modern criminology.


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by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton
Van IJzendoorn Wins, Groenendaal Podiums in Last Home Race at the 1st Annual GP Richard Groenendaal – St. Michielsgestel
The first Gran Prix Richard Groenendaal was won by Dutch rising star and Young gun Eddy van IJzendoorn (AA Drink). Eddy van IJzendoorn and Belgian star Bart Wellens animated the whole race. In the final lap, Van IJzendoorn attacked and dropped Wellens to take his first ever pro victory. Bart Wellens and hometown rider Richard Groenendaal completed the podium.
Richard Groenendaal rode his last laps in his own "backyard" of Sint Michielsgestel today. The 37 year old will end his active cycling career at end of the 2008 season and will become a director sportif with the AA Drinks team.
After finishing third Groenendaal stepped off his bike at the finish line and made a big bow towards the public to thank them for their support. He also got a Royal badge of honor from the mayor of Sint Michielsgestel, as he became "Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau".
The race itself was animated by Eddy van IJzendoorn and Bart Wellens. They attacked in the first lap and created a gap on the first chasers led by almost the whole AA Drinks teams with Richard Groenendaal, Thijs Al and Mitchell Huenders.
In the final part of the race Groenendaal attacked out of the chasing group and was about ten seconds behind the leaders as they turned onto the final lap. It was a strong effort, but he couldn't close the gap to the lead group. In front Van IJzendoorn got rid off his Belgian companion to win the first GP Richard Groenendaal.
Van IJzendoorn said "I'm glad I have won this race. Richard gave me a chance to ride for the AA Drinks team and this is my way to thank him"
Americans espoirs Danny Summerhill and Nick Weighall were at the race and raced in the combined field with the men. Summerhill finished 21st. Photos and full results below:
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2 Bart Wellens Fidea Cycling Team
3 Richard Groenendaal AA Drinks Cycling Team
4 Bart Aernouts Rabobank Continental Team
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6 Mitchell Huenders AA Drinks Cycling Team
7 Gerben De Knegt Rabobank Continental Team
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Grand opening of Heraeus Medical Components facility in Singapore
Oct 27, 2012, 06:17 ET
- Heraeus Singapore to include Medical Components Division
- Growing Medical Device cluster in Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE, Oct. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - Heraeus announces the opening of a new Singapore facility to support expansion of their Medical Components Division. This Singapore expansion is focused on R&D and production of Materials and Components for the medical device industry. This facility will increase Heraeus' presence in Asia to more than 20 manufacturing facilities.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121027/CG00614LOGO)
According to Dr. Nicolas Guggenheim, President of Heraeus' Medical Components Division, Singapore was selected as the new Medical Materials Development and Production Center in Asia for a number of reasons:
"Heraeus has a long tradition of being close to our customers and there has been a strong movement in the last few years by our major Cardiac Rhythm Management customers to relocate their medical device manufacturing to Southeast Asia. With the strong Asian investment in local startups, a strong base of new Asian medical device companies is growing in the region, which makes for a powerful mix of companies and innovation."
High-tech hub Singapore
"Being the first phase of Heraeus Medical Components' Asian operations strategy, Singapore is uniquely positioned as a premier high-tech hub providing access to a very technical and well educated workforce that can support our development efforts. Singapore's ideal location situated between Malaysia and Indonesia provides both Heraeus and our customers with nearby lower cost manufacturing and production options," said Dr. Nicolas Guggenheim.
According to Mark Kempf, Executive Vice-President of Global Business Lines for Heraeus Medical Components, "the Division is also very fortunate to be able to leverage the existing Heraeus Singapore infrastructure, which includes one of the world's largest bonding wire facilities and that has already received approval by many of our top medical customers. With strong guidance and support from the Singapore government Heraeus Medical Components was able to quickly and efficiently ramp-up our new development and production center." Kempf has also been named Singapore General Manager and has relocated to Singapore.
For more information about Heraeus Medical Components, please visit us at www.heraeus-medicalcomponents.com
Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with more than 160 years of tradition. Our fields of competence include precious metals, materials, and technologies, sensors, biomaterials, and medical products, as well as dental products, quartz glass, and specialty light sources. With product revenues of €4.8 billion and precious metal trading revenues of €21.3 billion, as well as more than 13,300 employees in over 120 subsidiaries worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.
SOURCE: Heraeus
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Mark Kempf, Executive Vice-President of Global Business Lines & General Manager Heraeus Medical Components Singapore, (Singapore) +65 6571 7767, Fax (Singapore) +65 6571 7838, [email protected], www.heraeusmedicalcomponents.com
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I snapped a quick photo of my outfit before I headed off to work.
It's so exciting to be able to wear jeans to work, before our company had a strict dress code, but now it's more laid back, so I'm able to switch back and forth. :)
I'm finally wearing the cute top I picked up at TJMaxx.
It was very comfortable and perfect for work.
I put a cardigan over it for work since it's freezing in there, but it's not pictured.
I got my Forever 21 package in the mail today!
On Memorial Day they had free shipping on any purchase.
I ended up picking out a few cute things that I'm hoping to wear to the beach.
I didn't take pictures of anything yet, but I will tomorrow.
This is just a little preview.
I apologize for the crappy photo quality, these were taken late and there's no light. :/
And this come in the mail as well. You better believe I'll be there at 7AM!
I need new bikinis and some yoga pants/shorts.
I haven't ordered anything online yet, honestly, I haven't had time to look.
I'd like to pick up a few things for the beach though.
Anyway, I'm off to bed. I'm exhausted.
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Is this the summer that the Internet finally kills television as we once knew it?
Most industry observers are stopping short of that prediction, citing some significant hurdles still in the way. But the growing number of new deals and new devices being announced suggests that a profound change in the way people watch video – and what video they watch – is under way. The line between "television" and video via the Internet already has blurred and may disappear in coming years. At least one industry analyst has declared "TV is dead" and welcomes Americans to a new age of video everywhere.
Increasingly, Americans are watching video when they want to, and on the screen that suits them at the time. And more programming is from new sources that threaten to unlock Hollywood's domination of content. Video is now delivered on displays and devices of every shape and size, from gigantic theater screens and ever-larger home projector screens, to flat-screen HDTVs, to desktop and laptop computer monitors, to tiny personal screens such as those found on iPods and mobile phones.
Meanwhile, NBC Universal is touting its coverage of the Summer Olympics in Beijing as "the single most ambitious digital event coverage ever." Along with video coverage on several of its cable TV networks, NBC is streaming 2,200 hours of live competition in 25 sports on the NBCOlympics.com website.
"The Olympic viewer will be able to define his or her own Olympic experience like never before," said Gary Zenkel, the president of NBC Olympics, announcing coverage plans last month. Press coverage has speculated that heavy viewing of Olympics on workplace computers may cause systems to bog down or crash.
"NBC is certainly taking the right approach by stepping back and trying to look at [the Olympics] as a holistic suite of [video] offerings and then trying to figure out what pieces best go where," says Kendall Whitehouse, senior director of information technology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
NBC concedes that this unprecedented blanket of coverage across TV, Internet, and mobile devices amounts to a giant experiment. "I have no idea how people are going to use this stuff," said Alan Wurtzel, the company's research chief, in an interview with the Associated Press.
This spring and summer, deals to make video more ubiquitous across screens have popped up with more and more frequency:
• Netflix, the video rent-by-mail company, has struck several new agreements to deliver its content online. A new $100 box from Roku the size of a paperback book lets users stream any of about 10,000 movies from Netflix to their TVs (though the vast majority of Netflix's library will still be available only through DVDs by mail). South Korea's LG Electronics announced it will offer a high-definition (HD) disc player that also will be able to access movies from Netflix via the Internet. And Microsoft will stream Netflix video to its Xbox 360 videogame consoles.
• Sony said it will offer a movie and TV show download option for its Playstation videogame console.
• Apple Corporation, which sells millions of videos online through its iTunes store, relaunched its Apple TV player, which can send that content to a TV set.
• Amazon, the online retailer, is offering Amazon Video on Demand, which will give users immediate streaming access to 40,000 movies and TV shows. This video is now available only on a computer.
• At least a half-dozen TV manufacturers, including Sony, Hewlett-Packard, and Samsung, have announced they will sell sets that are continuously connected to a broadband Internet network, allowing Web content, including video, to move easily to the biggest screen in the house.
• TiVo, the digital video recorder, will supply video from YouTube, the online video site famous for short, often amateur videos.
• In March, hulu.com went public. The website streams online free, high-quality video including a growing selection of TV shows and movies.
While these new services get video moving to new screens, none is a complete solution on its own, says the Wharton School's Mr. Whitehouse. "There are a lot of different companies supporting different file formats," he says. What you don't have is the one device that can "get content from all the major services like hulu and Netflix and iTunes."
There's a kind of convergence between TV and Internet that's happening, "but not really a friendly one [for consumers], I think," says Bobby Tulsiani, an analyst who tracks developments in internet video for JupiterResearch.
TV networks, he says, have a time-tested model for making money through advertising and the fees cable TV companies pay to carry their programming. Online distribution presents potential new revenue sources, but also the danger that viewers will slide online, where profits are more uncertain.
YouTube has popularized video viewing online. But the conventional wisdom has been that people won't watch anything longer than two or three minutes on a computer screen. That assumption has been proved wrong with the huge popularity of TV series online. "We've moved from TV on this biggest screen to TV on this middle screen," the computer, says Mr. Tulsiani, which he calls "a critical change." "That's the fastest-growing segment of who's watching TV content," he says.
Nearly 80 million Americans (43 percent of those who go online) have watched a TV show on the Internet, according to a February survey by Solutions Research Group in Toronto. Just a year ago, the figure was 25 percent. Total video viewing will rise from about six hours a day today to a projected eight hours daily by 2013, Solutions forecasts, and fewer than four hours of that will be spent watching conventional TV.
The Internet is producing more and more polished original content. This summer Joss Whedon, creator of the critically acclaimed TV shows "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel," and "Firefly," produced "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" (drhorrible.com), an Internet-only "TV series" that's become an online viewing phenomenon. It's also the kind of Internet video that viewers may wish they could easily shift to their TVs so they could watch it on their sofas.
But not everyone is convinced that Internet video and TV are about to converge. "It's the most overrated, overhyped story in the tech world today," says Phillip Swann, president and publisher of TVpredictions.com. "It's simply not convenient yet."
Mr. Swann also disputes the idea that network TV schedules are going out the window as people call up online video whenever they want it. "People like routine, they like to able to know what is going to be on at 8 o'clock," he says.
Also standing in the way is the need for true HD-quality video to be available over the Web. "They're a long ways from that," Swann says.
But Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey, who declared "TV is dead" in a June white paper, says the new "video everywhere" era is just beginning to emerge. He foresees a "cocoon of video experiences that follow [people] from morning until night." Video shipped to small devices we carry will be displayed on bigger screens that surround us, such on the table at a cafe. Portable devices will "talk with" nearby screens, such as one on the back of the airline seat in front of you, that will display your video.
By 2020, Mr. McQuivey says, video will become a kind of customized "white noise" behind users' lives, as well as a companion "that will combine personal video, slide shows from your digital camera, music videos, and clips from favorite movies, sitcoms, and sporting events."
While that may sound far out, just a couple of years ago users were marveling at being able to view tiny, grainy YouTube videos on their computers. Today's online video quality already rivals that of old-fashioned analog TV. In a very short period of time, "the progress has been pretty striking," Whitehouse says.
Although computers are rapidly becoming a mainstay of video viewing, the picture for mobile devices is less clear. According to The Nielsen Company, more than one-third of all mobile phone subscribers – some 91 million Americans – own a video-capable phone. And 6 percent of US cellphone subscribers (about 14 million) pay for a video plan.
"The jury is out on mobile, but it seems likely that some experience will emerge there," Tulsiani says. People said consumers would never watch video on computers, but they do, he says. Now they're saying they'll never watch on a mobile phone. "We'll find out if that's true or not."
[Editor's note: The original version of this story misstated the video quality of Internet movies from the LG/Netflix box. The streaming video will be in standard definition.]


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The people of this city of 1,400 east of Rivière-du-Loup will turn out Sunday to mourn the loss of what now is all but certainly 32 of its seniors, wiped out in one cruel blow overnight.
As volunteers mopped the aisles to prepare the massive Saint-Jean-Baptiste L'Isle-Verte church in preparation for Sunday's 2 p.m. mass, the Quebec coroner's office went on with its work, making public the first two names of residents confirmed dead.
Juliette Saindon was 95, Marie-Laureat Dube, 82, the office said. On Sunday, a third name was released: Louis-Philippe Roy, 89.
The list will get longer.
"I think we can all agree here today that the 24 people who are still missing, I think we can assume the worst," Sureté du Québec Lt. Guy Lapointe told reporters first thing in the morning.
By the end of the day when searchers stopped work, two more bodies had been found, bringing the total to 10 of the 32 total unaccounted for. By Sunday morning the total had risen to 11 bodies found.
Workers were seen from afar installing a large tarp over half of the ruins of the Résidence du Havre while inside, newly arrived hot air machines — the kind used to de-ice boats and ships — pumped.
At a news conference wrapping up the day, SQ Lt. Michel Brunet explained the hope is to create a sauna effect under the tarp, raise the temperature and break through the ice covering the ruins and the remaining victims.
"We're going to try this machine, melt the ice faster," Brunet said. "But we have to be very careful to protect the bodies. That's why we're working slowly.
"We don't know how many days it's going to take. There are places there is at least 60 cm of ice. It's a lot of ice. It's very hard to work on the scene."
A total of 100 police officers are working on the scene including forensic and crime scene experts, Brunet said.
The one piece of the building left standing after the blaze, the elevator shaft, was demolished overnight as a safety measure for search teams.
All around town, flags are at half-staff, merchants are offering things like bottled water to residents for free.
And beyond recovering the dead, officials from multiple agencies are also re-constructing the scene to determine the cause of the fire in the 52-unit residence.
Both Lapointe and Brunet — at two separate news conferences in the day — moved rapidly to downplay news reports the fire may have been sparked by a resident smoking in his second-floor apartment.
Several media reported the story based on unidentified sources. The Journal de Montréal interviewed the night watchman, Bruno Bélanger, who told the paper he warned a resident who wanted to smoke he could not go outside.
The resident then lit up in his apartment, the story theorized, and somehow a fire caught.
"It's one hypothesis among many," Lapointe said, refusing to confirm anything. "News reports and police investigations are two different things."
"It's rumour," Brunet said. "Be careful when you hear a rumour like this. We're still working, we have to meet a lot of witnesses.
"We're trying to find where the fire started and why the fire started. It could be cigarettes, it could be a small heater, it could be an electrical problem.
"We have to be 100 per cent sure."
Brunet did, however, confirm police had met all the employees working on the night of the fire. Reporters who tried to track down the night watchman who spoke to the media a day earlier found his home empty.
Lapointe, however, denied police are muzzling witnesses — there were rumours of court orders — to stop them from talking to the media.
"I won't hide the fact that when investigators meet a witness we ask their co-operation," Lapointe said. "There's no legal constraint to stop those people from speaking but, yes, we do ask their co-operation."
The police are keeping a tight lid on their work. As was the case in the Lac-Mégantic disaster, large screens have been set up all around the site to prevent photographers from getting pictures.
Asked again about the efficiency of the fire battle, L'Isle-Verte fire chief Yvan Charron insisted a hook-and-ladder vehicle — which the small 18-man volunteer fire department here does not possess — would not have made any difference in the death toll.
Charron also spoke openly about the things he and his team are going through.
"Nobody is ever prepared for this because we don't have this every day or even every year," Charron said. "We do drills, we practice ... but never big like this.
"You see this elsewhere and say, 'I hope that never happens here.'"
He said his crew found it hard, but they wanted to help so badly they had to be ordered off the job to get some rest. "After a job like this, even if you go to bed, you don't sleep," Charron said. "You don't sleep right away because you wonder what's going to happen, what are we doing tomorrow, you re-analyze everything."
Meanwhile, I'Isle-Verte mayor Ursule Theriault announced some of the residents living near the fire scene were being allowed to return to their homes.
And in a bit of good news, Quebecers have responded massively to an appeal for assistance for the 20 survivors who have been mostly re-located to nearby Trois-Pistoles.
At a news conference here, Red Cross spokesperson Pascal Mathieu announced that less than 24 hours after launching an appeal with the target of $50,000, $200,000 had in fact been raised.
The fund for this incident is now closed.
Mathieu said the money is needed because not only did most of the residents lose everything in the fire, almost none had insurance. Their average age is 85.
Initially there was an urgent need for things like eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures and mobility walkers but Mathieu said the aid now will be offered for furniture, clothing and wheelchairs.
The starting price of most hearings aids hovers around $2,500 but one person with particular needs requires one worth $5,000, he said.
A special-needs wheelchair can cost around $3,000.
The Red Cross is also offering subsidies for travel expenses for children who may live far from L'Isle-Verte to come see their parents and grandparents.
But Sunday is going to be a thoughtful and reflective day in L'Isle-Verte with a Catholic mass to be held at Saint-Jean-Baptiste de L'Isle-Verte church, located a few hundred metres from the burnt-out residence.
Meeting reporters, parish priest Gilles Frigon said the focus of the mass will be local, although Premier Pauline Marois and other politicians are expected to attend.
A public memorial to be attended by dignitaries will be held Feb. 1.
"It will be an intimate gathering to help re-build broken hearts," Frigon said. "It's a first step toward healing, to living our pain and expressing our suffering."
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Last week, we reported that J.K. Rowling's first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, would be released on September 27th. But the Harry Potter author hasn't left the wizarding world behind completely. In addition to this weekend's launch of Pottermore, an interactive experience that takes fans deeper into the world of Harry Potter, Rowling has announced on her website that she'll be penning a Harry Potter encyclopedia and donating the royalties to charity.
Hit the jump for more.
Rowling issued the following statement on her official website [via Yahoo!]:
"For a long time I have been promising an encyclopaedia of Harry's world, and I have started work on this now," said the 46-year-old, whose announcements related to Harry Potter are closely followed by millions of fans.
"Some of it forms the new content in Pottermore."
Pottermore and this encyclopedia are brilliant ways to continue Harry Potter's story without writing another Harry Potter book. While Rowling has never ruled out the possibility of writing a new Harry Potter novel down the line, I hope she doesn't. She created something masterful and complete with the series, and I'm happy leaving Harry's story as is. But I don't want her to completely leave Harry's fascinating world behind. The wizarding world of Rowling's novels is so rich and vibrant, and I'm eager to know more about its history and culture. The Tales of Beedle the Bard provided an enticing hint of what Rowling could do when she took readers into the Harry Potter universe without having Harry as the protagonist. While Potter fans have poured their hearts into creating Wikis for Harry Potter, Rowling's encyclopedia will not only be the definitive guide, but will probably have additions that fans don't know about.
This weekend, I also jumped into Pottermore. It's a full-featured experience with plenty to offer. I was hoping the site would provide Rowling's commentary and thought-process on developing the books, and that element has been provided. I've only gone a few chapters in, but I've already learned not only how Rowling developed Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia, but there's also new material on how those characters met, fell in love, and their relationship with Lily and James Potter before Harry was born. I'm taking the process slow, partly because I'm dreading the Sorting Hat chapter. I really, really don't want to get placed in Hufflepuff.
Be on the lookout for my review of Pottermore later this week or early next week. If you want to be my Pottermore friend, my username is OakThorn13127 (the site doesn't let you create a name; it gives you five choices and you pick one).


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Richfield man charged in father's death
Beau Musial accused of slitting Jerome Musial's throat
A Washington County man has been charged with killing his father last week.
Beau Musial, 37, was charged Wednesday with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Jerome Musial on Friday.
According to the criminal complaint, Musial called Washington County dispatch to report that he had killed his father and slit his throat at their home in Richfield.
The complaint said the son got angry with his father and punched him in the face. Musial then said that he hit his father several more times until his father went unconscious, the complaint said.
The son said he "couldn't take it anymore and went into the kitchen and grabbed a knife and cut his father's throat.
A competency hearing has been ordered.
Musial's next court hearing is scheduled for Jan. 23.


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How to Attract Protesters to Your Wedding
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If planning a wedding weren't stressful enough, one Hong Kong bride-to-be now has to worry about the possibility of 1,000 angry gate-crashers.
The crowd has risen up in response to her widely republished Facebook posting earlier this month: "I'm not opening a charity….If you really only want to give me a HK$500 [US$65] cash gift, then don't bother coming to my wedding."
Social-media users raced to compile details about the bride's identity with crowdsourced knowledge based on photos found online, including images of her friends and fiancé. By Tuesday, nearly 1,000 people said they were planning to attend a wedding-day protest, organized via Facebook, at the hotel where she's getting married. The hotel confirmed that the woman in question has booked a wedding there, and said that they were prepared to make sure the event would still go on smoothly. "She's our guest, and with all our guests we honor contractually what we've agreed to," the hotel's spokesman said. "On that day we'll probably be extra vigilant, but I don't think we'll be differing much from normal procedure." Attempts to reach the bride for comment were not successful.
The frenzy has led some in local media to raise concerns about cyberbullying. "Even if the bride-to-be's statements weren't proper, it doesn't mean that netizens can continue to do a human flesh search indefinitely. From a moral and legal standpoint, she hasn't committed a crime," ran one commentary published by the Hong Kong Commercial Daily.
"People are really angry about this, even though there's a tacit understanding [about wedding gifts] here," says sociologist Ting Kwok-fai, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, as in mainland China, it's the custom for wedding guests to give the couple packets of money, rather than household gifts like cutlery or linens, as is more common in places such as the U.S. Most are expected to give at least 500 Hong Kong dollars, or as much as HK$1,000 if the venue is a hotel rather than a restaurant. The gifts are typically collected at the door of the reception by close relatives of the bride or groom, says Mr. Ting.
As Hong Kong weddings have grown increasingly lavish, and inflation has driven up costs, the pressure that guests feel has increased, says Mr. Ting. According to a survey by website ESDlife, which offers information about wedding-related services to couples, Hong Kong couples spent an average of HK$267,000 ($34,400) on their weddings last year, up 9.5% from the year prior and up 28% from 2007.
Pressure on couples has increased as well, Mr. Ting notes, as young newlyweds are increasingly bearing the costs themselves, as opposed to having their parents foot the bill. Sarah So, a Hong Kong local who got married four years ago at amusement park Ocean Park, said the cost of the wedding, including her dress and the photographer, came to HK$200,000—four times what the couple ultimately received from guests. She and her new husband covered the difference.
"This generation pays for its own weddings," she said. "But you shouldn't demand a certain amount of money from your guests."
Local residents such as Matthew Lai, who accessed a database that revealed the apparent workplace of the now-famous bride-to-be and posted the information on Facebook, said he's not surprised people are so angry.
"What a person wants to give and how much your wedding costs are separate things," Mr. Lai, a logistics worker, told China Real Time. "You can have these thoughts inside your heart, but you have to keep them to yourself."
Mr. Lai says he is considering attending the wedding protest.
"I'll have to check my schedule first and see if I have the time," he said.
-- Te-Ping Chen. Follow her on Twitter @tepingchen.
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Pods expected to be scrapped
The NIAA Board of Control is expected to dissolve the pod system during its winter meeting Monday and Tuesday in Sparks, according to Assistant Director Donnie Nelson, while North Tahoe will request that its football program be granted independent status.The pods, or leagues, consist of three groups, the Mount Rose League, Lahontan League and Ruby Mountain League. The leagues house a combination of Northern Division I-A and DIII schools, the only such grouping in the state.Four years ago, due to economic hardships, the NIAA created the pods in hopes of reducing travel expenses. Costs, though, increased for some schools in the Lahontan League, such as Fallon and Fernley, while the discrepancy in enrollment between the D-IA and DIII schools created mismatches (the pods do not include football).Aiding the cause is the defection of White Pine (Ely) and West Wendover, members of the Ruby Mountain League, to the Southern DIII next year.According to DI-A President Mike Altenburg of Elko High School, athletic directors and administrations from both leagues are on board with the change. "I think it's unanimous that all the schools approve," Altenburg said. "I think it get convoluted when you mix two leagues (divisions) together. There are some competitive disadvantages as a result."Those who approve of the change include Truckee Athletic Director Jaime Legare and North Tahoe Athletic Director John Neary, who also confirmed the Lakers' intention to become independent in football."We are staying in Division III, but I am on the NIAA Board of Control agenda to request that our football program be granted independent status so we can schedule our own games, hopefully to play JV level for the next two years to build up the program," Neary said.The Lakers have struggled to fill out their football roster in recent years, as well as compete against the perennial powerhouses of the DIII.Also on the Board of Control's agenda is an action item to address Whittell's move from the DIII to the DIV in all sports starting next school year. Whittell, a current member of the Mount Rose League, has met the DIV criteria of fewer than 169 students for the past two years. The Warriors started this school year with 147 students.North Tahoe, by comparison, has 310 students, said Principal Joanna Mitchell.As for eliminating the pods, a big reason for the athletic director support was playoff seeding, which has lacked consistency throughout the four-year history of the pods. For example, this past fall, boys and girls soccer was rocked by an NIAA decision during the middle of the season to count all games that DI-A opponents had played against each other for playoff seeding."It will make playoff scenarios more straightforward with playing all the Northern IA teams in league," Legare said, adding that scheduling for non-varsity games also will become easier for the Wolverines, because many of the DIII schools within their pod do not have freshmen or JV programs. The only negative to scrapping the pods — for the majority of schools outside of the Lahontan League, anyway — is the increased travel cost, Legare said. Although the competition will be more balanced, Truckee, and their most distant league opponents such as Elko, Spring Creek and Lowry, will face more overnight hotel stays and long bus rides.Since Whittell is dropping a division next year, athletic director Kathy Bluethman doesn't expect the elimination of pods to make a huge impact on travel expenses."Even if we get rid of the pods, we'll probably still be scheduling games against the same teams that are closer to us," Bluethman said. "And even with the pods, I still scheduled far away games against Battle Mountain and Lovelock."Actually, the Warriors are expecting to see a small drop in travel expenses as their division is now loaded with closer schools: Virginia City, Smith Valley, Coleville, Pyramid Lake, Sage Ridge and Sierra Lutheran."All of the Division IV teams are excited," Bluethman said. "They've been sending me schedules because they're excited that we're closer to them."Whittell's drop to Division IV is nothing new, but it is an action item on the Board of Control's agenda Monday. Bluethman doesn't expect any surprises.The NIAA Board of Control will meet at the Holiday Inn in Sparks at 10 a.m. on Monday and 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The meeting is open to the public.— Tahoe Daily Tribune sports editor Becky Regan contributed to this report.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has named Salma Hayek to receive the Légion d'Honneur, a five-tiered honor academy, as a Knight, People mag reported.
The "Puss in Boots" star will be formally inducted at the Élysées Palace within the next two months, People reported.
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Other Hollywood stars who have reportedly been awarded the Legion of Honor include Jerry Lewis, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Robert De Niro.
This year's honor is extra special for Hayek's family, as her father-in-law, retired French business mogul Francois Pinault, also made the list.
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Flushing: Bargains Up & Down the Boulevard at Daheen Wang Mandoo & Song's Family Food
My friends and neighbors raise eyebrows when I, as a resident of Manhattan, tell them about the glories of food in Flushing. "It's so far away!", they insist. I can't disagree, but the LIRR gets you there in a whir, and I try to get the most bang for my buck during each journey. I seldom re-board the LIRR without a sack-full of cheap treats and authentic eats. And well before I started writing this column, Song's Family Food has been my pit stop before heading back to the city.
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There are plenty of boonshik jips, or take-out restaurants that specialize in cheap comfort food, scattered throughout Flushing. I can't claim that Song's is the best at what it does (I'd certainly set off a firestorm of debate if I did), but I like them just fine. Their kimbap is good and filling and pairs well with the zippy bowl of kongnamul guk (bean sprout soup) which they include in every order. Sometimes the kitchen will throw in a hard boiled egg, gratis. It's certainly enough for a full meal, and an absolute steal compared to Manhattan prices.
I would recommend the bulgogi kimbap ($5) for beginners. It's packed with the slightly sweet, slightly salty crumbles of beef, and a full serving of vegetables, spinach, pickled daikon and carrots for textural contrast. And if you want something more exciting, the spicy tuna kimbap ($5.50) steals the spotlight with its surprising amount heat, balanced with the cool crunch of radish and the anise notes of kkaennip (sesame leaf). There's no seating here, but kimbap is the stuff of road trips, picnics, and school lunches. It's meant to travel well and it's at its best at room temperature.
Daheen Wang Mandoo is a relative newcomer to the area, but it's quite the upstart. They close early, sometimes run out of product earlier, and the lines can be fierce. Founded in Namdaemoon Market near Myungdong, the take-out joint, which specializes in jjin (steamed) mandoo has expanded to multiple locations in Seoul, and finally stateside in Flushing. Wang translates to King, although it can also be used to describe something that's big (there's a joke in here somewhere), and the moniker fits. One dumpling is a snack, two is a meal and three is a feast. And choosing your meal is easy—they only serve two dumplings, one savory and one sweet, $2 apiece.
The savory version is stuffed with oh-so-moist minced pork, finely minced onions, scallions, and tender sweet potato noodles (dangmyeon). Amongst the meaty notes, an invigorating wallop of black pepper and onion assert themselves. The dumplings come with a vinegar, soy sauce and gochugaru (crushed Korean red peppers) dipping sauce, but it stands up well enough on its own. For dessert, the enormous hoppang, a pillowy bun filled with tamely sweet red beans, is utterly filling, and satisfying, although an ardent sweet tooth may wish for a bit more sugar. Both dumplings are best fresh, but still quite good after a quick zap in the microwave, or even better, a steam bath in your kitchen (a friend swears by reheating them in his rice cooker).
Sure, there's destination food aplenty in Flushing, but at Daheen Wang Mandoo and Song's Family Food on Northern Boulevard, it's all about the journey.
Song's Family Food
16220 Northern Blvd, Ste B., Flushing NY 11358 (map) 718-445-4717
Daheen Wang Mandoo
153-24 Northern Blvd, Flushing NY 11354 (map) 718-321-2007
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Dennis Poulin
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Successful Summit Attained
Bonanza Peak
9511 ft / 2898 m
Ascent Trip Report
It has been 5 years since Bob, Duane, and Joel made their epic journey to the summit of Bonanza Peak, so I thought it was time for another Trip Report for this marvelous mountain. Bonanza Peak is located in the North Cascades in north central Washington. It is one of the key climbs necessary to complete several peakbagger lists in Washington. It is a demanding peak that requires both glacier skills and rock climbing skills along with endurance, a 3 day backpack, good weather, good timing, and a good climbing team. The place to begin planning for a trip to Bonanza is assembling a team. I was fortunate to join 3 others whom I had climbed with previously. With Grant, I climbed Diamond Peak in Idaho in 2008. With Greg, I climbed Mt Olympus in Washington in 2007. And with Adam, I climbed Grand Teton in Wyoming in 2008. In their real lives Adam is webmaster at County Highpoint Organization and Greg is webmaster at Peakbagger. I guess both these guys could be considered "computer geeks" but their secret lives as mountain climbers blows that stereotype away. Grant is a normal working stiff like me who uses the mountains for recreational therapy.
We decided on our team months in advance and then had to decide on the optimal time for our expedition. One of the limiting factors in Washington is the weather. Another is that the climbing season really doesn't begin until the 4th of July because of the northern location and massive snow load at higher elevations. On Bonanza Peak, a third limiting factor is the Mary Green Glacier. Mary Green is small in comparison to other glaciers but her location is critical to climbing Bonanza Peak. She lies on the east side of the peak and the climbing route requires the team to cross her. Mary Green is on a steep slope and in the summer her surface is laced with many crevasses and is much more difficult and dangerous to cross. Our timing for climbing Bonanza must be while the winter snow is still solid enough to cover the crevasses, but late enough so that the rock climb above Mary Green is free of snow and ice.
We decided on 2 time frames in early July. July 1-3 will be our first choice because we should be ahead of other climbers who may opt for a weekend climb, and as a back up for a weather delay, July 5-7.
Day One
Time passed and each of us tracked the weather patterns. The week before our expedition we all agreed the weather ahead looked good, so we made final preparations and agreed to meet in Fields Point on Lake Chelan. I drove up early and met Adam on June 30th at Lake Chelan State Park where we camped for the night. The next morning we were up early and drove the short distance to Fields Point. At Fields Point we met Greg and Grant. We decided on group gear and who would carry what. We repacked our packs and carried a couple extra duffle bags for stuff that doesn't pack well like ice axe, hiking poles, crampons, and rock helmets. We each paid our $6/night to park at Fields Point and then we each purchased a $39 round trip ticket on Lady of the Lake for our transportation up to Lucerne Point/ Holden Village. The folks at Fields Point are very efficient and helpful and it didn't take long to get loaded once the Lady of the Lake docked. We were finally on our way up the lake to our destination. The boat ride was smooth and scenic. It takes 2 hours to get to Lucerne so we all brought a snack and we bought snacks and refreshments on the boat. When we got close to Lucerne we could see some mountains to the northeast that still had snow patches on them. The anticipation was building for our grand adventure.
We docked at Lucerne Point and the bus was waiting for us. There were several other passengers who got off the boat and were heading up to Holden. We climbed on this converted school bus and they loaded everyone's stuff and supplies into the back of the bus. The bus trip up to Holden was not quick, but with the sharp hairpin turns and cliffs at the beginning, I was happy the driver was taking his time. It took about 45 minutes to get up to Holden which serves as the trailhead for Bonanza Peak. We did go in to the main building in Holden and paid the $15 for a round trip bus ticket from Lucerne to Holden and back. We asked permission in the hiking activity office to store our extra gear and duffle bags in their gear storage area and they accommodated our request. Nice people here in a beautiful area.
It was a warm afternoon, so we were in no hurry to shoulder our packs and hike up to Holden Pass our destination for the night. Holden Pass can't be found on the topo map. It is the saddle east of Bonanza Peak between Bonanza Peak and Martin Peak. We found a water source and tanked up with enough water to get up to Holden Lake. It is only about 4 miles and a 2,100 ft elevation gain, but in the middle of a hot afternoon will a full pack it is work. We finally got our gear together and couldn't procrastinate in Holden any longer, so we shouldered our packs and headed up the road that served as our trail for the first 1.25 mile. The fork in the trail heading up to Holden Lake is well signed an up the hill we went.
The trail up to Holden Lake is easy to follow and there were workers on the trail who were doing maintenance. I always thank these volunteers who are doing a thankless job of trail maintenance. They were doing a good job of clearing the spring growth and opening up the trail. This trail is in full sunshine with a southern exposure. I was sucking wind trying to keep up with my younger teammates and soon I was dropping back. I knew it was a long way to Holden Pass and we had all afternoon to get there. Tomorrow was going to be a big day and there was no sense on me burning myself out before we got to camp. My teammates slowed down and waited for me in places and I was grateful.
About half way up the hill to Holden Lake there was a large debris field from an avalanche that came off of the Martin Peak ridge. This avalanche must have been huge. It was at least a quarter mile across and I couldn't see the top of bottom of the debris field. The trail has been flagged through the field, but it still required climbing over lots of logs, branches, and stumps. What a mess!! There was still ice in portions of this debris filed left over from the avalanche. This avalanche knocked down thousands of trees.
We followed the flagged trail up and down and through the avalanche area and then continued on to Holden Lake. Fortunately the trail seemed to lose some of its steepness and entered a more forested area. I appreciated the shade. At Holden Lake we stopped for a break and filtered some water for the rest of our hike today. The mosquito's soon found us and it became more miserable sitting there swatting the damn bugs than to shoulder our packs and move on. The trail deteriorated quickly and we followed a climber's trail around the north side of Holden Lake. There were patches of snow now that obscured the trail in places but soon we were at the northwest end of Holden Lake where the trail was submerged in the high lake water in spots and disappeared in brush and downed trees in other areas. We knew where we wanted to go, but getting there was becoming increasingly difficult. At the northeast end of the lake we lost any trail completely and we started bushwhacking with full packs. This was no fun, but we kept going and soon broke out onto a more snow covered brushy area. It was easier walking on the snow than breaking brush so we tried to stay on the right side of the little valley heading up to Holden Pass. Fortunately we finally found a climber's trail on the right side of the creek and followed it upward. I was soon falling behind again and I took my time climbing the 1,000 ft up to the pass. I knew that was where we were going to make camp and it was still early in the afternoon.
About 200 ft below Holden Pass we stopped and filtered water out of the creek we had been following. There was not going to be any water on the pass, so we filled all our water containers for the evening meal and the next morning. We should be able to find some melting glacier water for our climb to the summit the next day. I was just grateful to stop hiking for a while….
After our water hike, we continued to Holden Pass. The pass was 90% covered with snow and we had very few options for tent sites. We finally decided on 2 sites that would work and we set up our tents. You can see Bonanza Peak from Holden Pass so we spent considerable time gazing at what our objective was for the next day. Beautiful area!! Dinner was next on the agenda and we all made our meals and indulged our appetites. You really can't eat too much before a big climb. We ate until the mosquito's found us and then we retired for the evening.
Summit Day
We had an early morning wake up for the morning. July 2nd has a lot of daylight and there was no sense in getting an alpine start when we could plan on 16 hours of daylight. The morning was full of anticipation and no time was wasted on a lingering breakfast. We were hiking before before the sun was over the horizon and found a climber's trail going up from the saddle towards Bonanza Peak. Everything is steep from here to the summit, so we made good progress upward. Soon we were out of the trees and on rocks, scree, and talus. The trail ends in a slabby area heading out to the toe of the Mary Green Glacier. We knew we didn't want to go out onto the slabs at the toe of the glacier and we had read enough trip reports to know that there was a way to go up a steep slope to an area east of the Mary Green Glacier. Greg finally located a route up and Adam followed. I was lower on the slope with Grant and saw them climbing up. Grant wanted to explore a little more, so I climbed up and followed Greg and Adam. Climbing up was not too difficult, but it was exposed. After climbing 50-60 ft I could see Greg and Adam waiting above and I could see an anchor position with slings off to my right where other parties have rappelled down from this location. Grant soon gave up his quest for an easier route and we set up an anchor and dropped the end of the rope down to him. Grant scrambled up and joined us and then we continued up the rocky slope as far as we could go before encountering the east end of the Mary Green Glacier.
The Mary Green Glacier at this point is not very steep, so we tried to just hike out to the steeper section without roping up. We soon discovered this was a mistake because it was icy. For safety purposes we roped up, put on crampons and broke out our ice axes. I felt a lot safer and I think my team mates did too. An icy fall in this location could have taken us over the end of the glacier, off a cliff, and onto the rocks far below.
We crossed the Mary Green and picked up a climber's track leading up the glacier. We grouped up in a place that looked safe and gave Grant all our pickets. The plan was for him to lead and set a few pieces of protection across the top of the glacier. That plan worked well and we were all soon off the glacier and on the rocks. We were early enough in the season that there was no difficulty crossing the bergschrund next to the rocks. We dropped our crampons here since it was a rock scramble from here to the summit.
Climbing the rocks was mostly Class 3 scrambling and lots of route finding. Since there were 4 of us, we had 4 sets of eyes looking for the easiest route up. It worked well and while we took different routes at times, we all kept coming back together and picking our next objective. We kept going up and we could see the summit coming closer. It was exciting to finally approach the summit. This is a long climb from the glacier gaining about 700 ft. We finally all managed to find a route up to the little summit ridgeline and were happy to walk the short distance to the summit. We made it! No one needed a belay on the way up the rocks, so we made good time.
The summit views from Bonanza are stunning! It was a beautiful day and we could see for a hundred miles in all directions. Glacier Peak is fairly close to the southwest and was still beautifully clad in its white winter coat. We could see all the way to Rainier in the south and Baker to the north. This has to be one of the most beautiful viewscapes in the continental U.S.
We still had work to do, so after lunch and a rest, we headed down. We downclimbed for a while and then set up an anchor for a rappel. We did this a couple times. Once I needed it because I had dropped one of my water bottles and during the belay I retrieved it. At the bottom of the rock portion of the climb, we roped up and put on our crampons for the Mary Green. It was afternoon now and the warmth of the day was making the top of the glacier kind of slushy. It was good to finally get across the glacier and on to the rocky dirt area again. One more rappel down from the ledge we climbed up earlier and we were home free.
When we got to Holden Pass there were a couple of groups of climbers who were going to attempt Bonanza the next day. We gave them the benefit of our experience. Our plan was to spend another night at Holden Pass, climb Martin Peak in the morning and then race down the hill to meet catch the bus to take us back to Lucerne Point and then catch the Lady of the Lake to take us back to Fields Point. The Lady of the Lake only makes one trip a day on the lake, so if you miss the boat, you have really missed the boat and you have to wait until the next day for her to return. When we got back to camp at the pass, I told my climbing partners that I was done and would pass on climbing Martin Peak. It would require an early start towards Martin Peak and a quick ascent. I was tired enough that I knew I wouldn't have the legs to do Martin and then race to catch the boat. After dinner, we all hit the sack early.
Day Three
The next morning all my partners had decided to pass on Martin Peak also, so we had a leisurely breakfast and then headed down to Holden. In Holden, Grant and I went to their community dining hall and joined them for lunch. It was great to have fresh food. Cold cottage cheese and a great bean soup sure hit the spot. The bus took us down to Lucerne Point, but the boat was late. This was a great opportunity to take off our boots and soak our weary feet in the lake. If someone could open an ice cream stand at Lucerne Point, they would make a fortune. I know I would have paid $10 for a nice double cone. I was almost sorry to see the boat coming across the lake. Oh well, all good things have to end sometime. We boarded the boat and were soon motoring towards Chelan. About half way back to Fields Point the boat slowed down and the captain pointed out some mountain sheep on the nearby cliffs. This was a fitting end to our trip.
I calculated that we had covered 18 miles and had 6,300 ft of elevation gain on our climb.
Summary Total Data
Total Elevation Gain:
6300 ft / 1920 m
Total Elevation Loss:
6300 ft / 1920 m
Round-Trip Distance:
18 mi / 29 km
Route Conditions:
Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail, Snow on Ground, Scramble, Exposed Scramble, Rock Climb, Snow Climb, Glacier Climb
Gear Used:
Ice Axe, Crampons, Rope, Tent Camp
Ascent Statistics
Gain on way in:
6300 ft / 1920 m
9 mi / 14.5 km
Start Trailhead:
3211 ft / 978 m
Descent Statistics
Loss on way out:
6300 ft / 1920 m
9 mi / 14.5 km
End Trailhead:
3211 ft / 978 m
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- Fatigue has been shown to affect mental skills in MS. Cognitive fatigue has more impact than physical fatigue on mental efficiency. Repeating the same mental task over and over again is especially vulnerable to fatigue in MS. You may find varying your mental tasks, taking breaks, being rested and choosing your best time of day all help. You are also less likely to employ your preparation and strategies when you are feeling fatigued, which reduces how well you can manage your cognitive difficulties.
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- Anxiety may affect your mental performance, especially if you are "on the spot" and feeling tense. Try to stay relaxed and work round the immediate block.
- Depression in MS reduces performance on cognitive tasks that need a lot of concentration. It seems to take up capacity ("thinking space in your brain") with worries and recurrent bleak thoughts. Like fatigue, depression can also reduce your motivation to employ strategies to manage your cognitive difficulties. Because depression gives people a negative view of the world, you are also likely to view your cognitive difficulties as worse than they are and underestimate the effectiveness of your management strategies. If you think that you may be suffering from low mood or depression, seek medical advice.


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Are Your Social Media Efforts Worth The Money?
This infographic recently released by Radian6 dives into how online marketers are currently measuring social media results as well as questions many marketers are asking. Some of the highlights include:
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Building your network both online and offline requires effort. In order to strengthen your relationship with potential prospects, partners, or recruits it is essential that you provide value in a meaningful way. This article shares 3 tips for building your network the right way. Via Inc.


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I Do! Miller-Mason Wedding
People say some of the best relationships begin with friendship, and St. Louisans Lauren Miller and Taylor Mason would agree. They met at a backyard barbecue and were friends for two years before they started dating. When the time came for a proposal, Taylor had to work extra hard to keep it a surprise since Lauren is a sales consultant at Elleard Heffern. He met secretly with her boss in the evening to create the perfect ring and proposed during a moonlit paddle boat ride in Forest Park.
"I planned the wedding in seven months because we didn't want to wait," Lauren says, joking that she now understands why it takes most couples a year. The venue was an easy choice; the couple has spent a lot of time over the years at Chandler Hill Vineyards. "One of the ushers, Andrew Gillentine, is a childhood friend of Taylor's, and his father is the CEO and managing partner there," she says. "We knew it was a place that would always be in our lives." Another of Taylor's childhood friends, Rob Soper, officiated the ceremony.
Lauren's vision for a romantic setting could be seen in the swirling rosettes on the cake, made to match her dress, and the abundance of candlelight and glowing lanterns. "Andrew's mom used lanterns and candleholders made out of wine bottles to style the fireplace, which was the backdrop during the ceremony and later for the dance floor," Lauren says. The reception delivered a fun party atmosphere, and the band, Accolade, was a large part of that. One of Lauren's favorite memories, however, was a peaceful moment prior to the festivities. "I came up behind Taylor and surprised him, and he got a first look at me in my dress; that was really special," Lauren recalls. "All the stress went away at that point. I just thought, Everything is fine because now we're together."
The couple resides in Rock Hill. Taylor works at David Mason & Associates. Lauren works at Elleard Heffern and Laura McCarthy Real Estate.
Baker | J. Noto Bakery
Reception Music | Accolade
Caterer | Chandler Hill Vineyards
Wedding planner | Absolutely IN!
Ceremony | Chandler Hill Vineyards
Reception | Chandler Hill Vineyards
Rings | Elleard Heffern Fine Jewelers
Honeymoon | Riviera Maya, Mexico
Gown | Maggie Sottero from Clarice's Bridal
Florist | Tina Barerra of The Special Event Florist
[wedding party]
Parents | Karen & Jack Miller, Christine Buck & David Mason
Maid of Honor | Maura Schnoebelen
Bridesmaids | Angela Bellon, Allison Miller and Meghan Miller
Best Man | Spencer Mason
Groomsmen | Jonathan Dowd, Nicholas Brennan and Tyler Kotiza
Ushers | Andrew Gillentine and Cory Block
Flower Girl | Amaya Bellon
Ring Bearer | Lyoto Bellon
Wedding Date: March 29, 2014
Photos: Michelle Huesgen of Untamed Heart Photography
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Nearly a decade into a honeybee crisis, the idea was inevitable — a robotic bee.
Harvard University researcher Robert Wood, professor of engineering and applied sciences, has a $9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop just such a device.
The intention is for RoboBee, about the size of a penny, to pollinate crops and perform other tasks, from military surveillance to searches.
"It is still very basic research. This is not a replacement for natural pollinators, at least not now. That could change in several decades," Wood said.
Crops from pumpkins to blueberries, apples and almonds depend on pollination from honeybees, whose populations have been decimated during the past decade by colony collapse disorder.
That little-understood disease has baffled scientists, frustrated beekeepers and growers, and fueled the imagination of the public, which has blamed the bee die-off on everything from cellphones to the Rapture.
Getting a small, insect-like robot to work is a far bigger challenge than making a workable, large robot, scientists said. Getting it to fly adds layers of complication.
So far, RoboBee's flapping wings produce only enough thrust for takeoff, but not extended flight. In addition to designing the bee's brain and body, researchers have to figure out how to get the robots to communicate so their activities can be coordinated.
Robotic tools normally include rotary bearings, electromagnetic motors and gears. All are too large and heavy for RoboBee, Wood said.
Small, portable power sources are needed to power the robot for long periods of time, while refined engineering techniques are needed to stabilize the devices in mid-flight, he said.
RoboBees need sensors to detect flowers as a bee's antennae and eyes would.
The challenges are vast, said May Berenbaum, head of the entomology department at the University of Illinois and a honeybee expert, who is not involved in the research.
"It is a pretty sweeping idea. But who ever thought Wilbur and Orville would get off the ground? We really need to do something about delivery of pollination services that's in line with the 21st century," she said.
About a third of all managed honeybee colonies died each winter since 2006, according to the Department of Agriculture. Pollination adds $15 billion to the value of agriculture, the USDA says.
"Colony collapse disorder was probably an inspiration for this project. When you have a problem so big, there's really always a tendency to try to think of some way to fix it," said Kenneth Whang, the project's manager at the National Science Foundation.
During the past five years, the foundation, which is federally financed, has spent more than $10 million on research to develop a robotic bee. First issued in 2009, the grant funds research at Harvard and Northeastern universities.
Metin Sitti, a mechanical engineer and head of Carnegie Mellon University's nanorobotics lab, which is not involved in the research, said a robotic honeybee is about a decade from being functional.
"They are building insect-sized things. That is very challenging right now, to make them autonomous. Hummingbird-sized robots are about the smallest that work well," Sitti said.
Colony collapse disorder is not the only rationale for the grant, Whang said.
The artificial insect could be used to search after disasters, for exploration of hazardous environments, military surveillance, high-resolution weather and climate mapping, and for traffic monitoring, researchers say.
Wood, the project's lead researcher, is uncertain robotic insects will replace natural pollinators.
"I'm not sure, even if they worked perfectly, that it would ever be a viable economic alternative to natural pollination," he said.
Scientists hope tiny RoboBee helps solve honeybee crisis
Nearly a decade into a honeybee crisis, the idea was inevitable — a robotic bee.


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MANILA: The Philippines said Saturday it would not rush to complete a defense accord with the United States just so it can be sealed by the time President Barack Obama visits next month.
President Benigno Aquino's spokesman Herminio Coloma said there was no timetable to complete the agreement which would allow more US troops and equipment access to the Philippines.
The agreement, which the two close allies have been discussing for several years, is seen as part of a Philippine effort to counter China's aggressive moves to back its claims to most of the South China Sea.
Asked by reporters if the accord would be completed before Obama's visit, Coloma said, "the government's priority is not with a timetable or with rushing something."
"In our view, it is not deadlines but the quality and content of the agreement that is more worthy of attention," he added.
Coloma also hailed the just-concluded Philippine-US bilateral strategic dialogue in Washington where both sides expressed concern for "recent developments" in the South China Sea as well as the need to respect international law and freedom of navigation in those waters.
"The outcome of the dialogue affirms the principles underpinning the strategic partnership between the two countries," he said.
Many observers believed the agreement would be completed ahead of Obama's visit to the Philippines as part of an Asian tour in April.
The Philippines has been hoping for increased US assistance for its poorly-equipped military amid growing territorial tensions with China.
China claims virtually all of the South China Sea, a major shipping lane that is also a rich fishing ground and is believed to sit on vast mineral resources.
The Philippines along with Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam all have competing claims to parts of the South China Sea.eeeeeeee


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Mansour Arbabsiar is seen in a 2001 booking photo after he was charged for check fraud.
Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET: A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, acknowledging he agreed to hire what he thought was a drug dealer in Mexico last year for $1.5 million to carry out the attack with explosives at a Washington, D.C., restaurant.
Manssor Arbabsiar, 58, entered the plea to two conspiracy charges and a murder-for-hire count in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Judge John F. Keenan repeatedly asked Arbabsiar whether he intended to kill the ambassador. Arbabsiar, a U.S. citizen who holds an Iranian passport, said he did.
"I take responsibility for my actions," Arbabsiar said.
Arbabsiar also admitted he agreed to help transfer more than $100,000 through a New York bank to help further the plot.
When Arbabsiar's arrest was announced last year, President Barack Obama's administration accused the Iranian government of being behind the planned assassination of Ambassador Adel al Jubeir in Washington.
The press attache at Iran's mission to the United Nations then called the accusation "baseless."
"Mr. Arbabsiar's plea today confirms what our investigation had already uncovered: that he plotted to murder the Saudi Ambassador with members of Iran's elite Qods Force," said FBI Acting Assistant Director Mary Galligan. "The FBI remains ever vigilant toward acts of terror both here and abroad."
Authorities say Arbabsiar earlier admitted his role in a $1.5 million plot to kill the ambassador at a restaurant by setting off explosives.
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Sentencing is scheduled Jan. 23. Arbabsiar faces up to 25 years in prison. A trial had been scheduled for January.
Arbabsiar, who lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, for more than a decade, said he went to Mexico last year to meet a man named Junior, "who turned out to be an FBI agent." He said that he and others had agreed to arrange the kidnapping of ambassador Al-Jubeir, but Junior said it would be easier to kill the ambassador.
Arbabsiar has been held without bail since he was arrested Sept. 29, 2011 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. He was brought into court Wednesday in handcuffs. He spoke English and did not use a translator, despite saying he understood only about half of what he read in English. Bearded and bespectacled, he smiled several times during the proceeding, including in the direction of courtroom artists who were seated in the jury box when he entered court.
Defense lawyers say Arbabsiar suffers from bipolar disorder.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward Kim said that if the government had proceeded to trial, it would have presented a jury with secretly recorded conversations between Arbabsiar and a confidential source, along with Arbabsiar's extensive post-arrest statement to authorities and emails and financial records.
Authorities have said they secretly recorded conversations between Arbabsiar and an informant with the Drug Enforcement Administration after Arbabsiar approached the informant in Mexico and asked his knowledge of explosives for a plot to blow up the Saudi embassy in Washington. They said Arbabsiar later offered $1.5 million for the death of the ambassador.
A second person, Gholam Shakuri, was charged in the plot but remains at large in Iran.
The Justice Department said Shakuri is an Iran-based member of Iran's Qods Force, which is a special operations unit of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that is said to sponsor and promote terrorist activities abroad.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: "As was originally charged, and as Arbabsiar has now admitted, he was the extended murderous hand of his co-conspirators, officials of the Iranian military based in Iran, who plotted to kill the Saudi Ambassador in the United States and were willing to kill as many bystanders as necessary to do so. Arbabsiar traveled to and from the United States, Mexico and Iran and was in telephone contact with his Iranian confederates while he brokered an audacious plot. The audacity of the plot should not cause doubt, but rather vigilance regarding others like Arbabsiar, who are enlisted as the violent emissaries of plotting foreign officials. This office will continue to pursue the co-conspirators in this plot and others in Iran or elsewhere who try to export murder. Thanks to the great work of the FBI, DEA and the prosecutors in this office, Mr. Arbabsiar must now answer for his conduct."
Pete Williams is NBC News' justice correspondent. Jonathan Dienst is WNBC's chief investigative correspondent. Shimon Prokupecz is a WNBC investigative producer.
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Alice Walker: NOT Antisemitic (Just Wrong)
by: Ralph Seliger on June 22nd, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Given what I know about this readership, my opinion here may be controversial. The following is a June 20 Associated Press story entitled, "Alice Walker rejects Israeli translation of book":
American writer Alice Walker won't let an Israeli publisher release a new Hebrew edition of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Color Purple," saying she objects to Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people.
Walker, an ardent pro-Palestinian activist, said in a letter to Yediot Books that Israel practices "apartheid" and must change its policies before her works can be published there.
"I would so like knowing my books are read by the people of your country, especially by the young and by the brave Israeli activists (Jewish and Palestinian) for justice and peace I have had the joy of working beside," she wrote in the letter, obtained by The Associated Press. "I am hopeful that one day, maybe soon, this may happen. But now is not the time."
There was something sweet about that last paragraph from Ms. Walker. I don't believe she's really a hater of Jews, especially considering that she married one; they divorced "amicably" ten years later, according to Wikipedia. But her obsession with Israel and Jewish issues is more than a little troubling.
Keep in mind that she doesn't recognize the right of Israel to define itself as a Jewish state. She signed a 1988 statement published in The NY Times demanding an end to US support for "apartheid Israel" and hailing a future of Israelis and Palestinians living together in one country (I heard her essentially restate this position a few months ago on WNYC's Leonard Lopate interview show). By way of contrast, later in 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organization indicated an acceptance of a two-state solution.
Walker is also a crusader against Brit Milah, the Jewish rite of circumcising male babies as a symbol of the Covenant. These are both extreme, uncompromising positions. One is against a principle that most Jews consider sacrosanct: the right of the Jewish people to national self-determination. The other is against a sacred ritual of the Jewish religion.
Yet I believe that Walker is moved to both positions out of compassion. On Israel and the Palestinians, I take it at face value that she cares about Palestinian suffering, and I share this concern. But I see the 2006 turn of a narrow plurality of the Palestinian electorate toward Hamas (hard on the heels of Israel's complete unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 2005) as tragic. On & off episodes of Palestinian attacks on Israel have triggered severe and bloody Israeli reprisals; another result of this narrow decision of Palestinian voters six and a half years ago (and the Hamas victory in the brief civil war in 2007) is that the sporadic violence out of Gaza has moved the Israeli electorate decisively to the right.
And I know that Walker and others (including some of you, dear readers) have humanitarian considerations about male circumcision. There are extremely rare instances of physical harm from this rite, but it's wrong to conflate male circumcision with female genital mutilation, as Ms. Walker apparently does. We should also be aware that there is a growing consensus of scientific opinion that male circumcision is a significant preventive measure against AIDS and some other venereal diseases.
I am a stickler for precision in the use of one particular word—antisemitism. Walker's choice of a Jewish husband and the last paragraph of her quote above are both indications that she's not antisemitic, i.e., not a hater of Jews. However, whether she realizes it or not, she is establishing a track record for being anti-Jewish. Even if the English language has not yet derived the right term for such complexity, we should be able to distinguish between someone whom we would condemn as a hater of Jews (an antisemite) and someone whom many of us would argue with on principled grounds as an opponent of Jewish values and interests. Walker falls into the latter category.


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Nokia Music and Verizon launched the Late Night at Arlyn Studios Concert Series last night at Raptor House in Austin, TX with an intimate performance by Solange who brought the room to their feet turning the legendary studio into a dance floor.
The forty-five minute set included her latest single, "Losing You" from her critically acclaimed EP:True, with collaborator Dev Hynes. True is reflective of her journey as an artist, bringing listeners a fresh new sound, "with a breezy fusion of singer-centric R&B, 1980's pop, and lanky mid-tempo hip-house beasts," as described by Spin Magazine. Along with her success as a DJ, Solange previously released two albums, Solo Star (2003) and Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (2008), which entered the top ten of Billboard's 200 Chart.
Solange's performance was streamed live by Verizon on Sunday night. You can watch the streaming video of Solange's performance using the Verizon 4G LTE network at www.verizoninsider.com/nokiamusicverizon.
Nokia will also present the Roc Nation at Raptor House Concert Series in Austin, Texas from March 11th - March 14th. As mobile partner, Nokia has joined forces with Roc Nation and Raptor House to curate a diverse lineup of music programming to coincide with the festival. Jim Pallotta's Raptor Group has taken over the historic Arlyn Studios in Austin, TX March 8th - March 13th and transformed the property into the "Raptor House". Raptor House is the perfect "invite only" place to chill and relax in-between conferences and showcases.
The concert series will feature live performances that will take place through out the week from Haim, Caveman, Body Parts, He's My Brother She's My Sister, The Mowgli's, The Postelles, Wardell, Vacationer, Kan Wa Kan, The Lone Bellow, Carousel, Elle King, The Blank Tapes, Maeyani, The Well Spring, and more. All performances will be available to stream live globally via Livestream http://new.livestream.com/NokiaMusic/RocNation
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Esquire's gotten the scoop on every automotive outlet, getting Ezra Dyer behind the wheel for an exclusive test drive of the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. So, what's everyone's favorite hired driving gun think?
Well, as "first drives" go, this one's pretty limited in details. What ol' Ezra says is
"Floor the gas on the SHO and you're smoothly squeezed back in the seat as the motor builds power, the turbos whistling faintly in the background. The all-wheel-drive system and six-speed automatic put the power down with no wheelspin. It's all very refined. This is deceptive speed, the kind where you look down at the speedometer and realize that ten seconds with your foot to the floor will amount to jail time if you ever get caught. The SHO is a sleeper - a vehicle you can live with every day that happens to have a secret under the hood."
You can read the rest over at Esquire, but frankly, there's not much else there in the way of a drive review — although that's usually enough of a driving impression to get the buff books who've already driven the new sleeper to let loose with their own first drive salvo. That is if there are any auto buff books left out there with no fear of losing advertising dollars. We guess we'll have to see. And you'll have to wait until next week to see our first drive impression right after we've had a chance to take the ecoboost-ed sedan out for a spin. Stay tuned. [via Esquire]


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The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) is also analyzing information about a number of countries around the world to determine whether to open new investigations.
According to public and official statements, the OTP has made public that it is examining at least eight situations on four continents, including Afghanistan, Colombia, the Comoros Referral,Georgia, Guinea, Honduras, Iraq, Nigeria, South Korea, and Ukraine.
To date the OTP has published the conclusions of its preliminary examination into alleged crimes committed in Palestine, Iraq,Venezuela and South Korea.Following its conclusion in 2006, the preliminary examination in Iraq was re-opened in May 2014 after the OTP received new evidence.
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