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This has been abandoned Please see https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps-online for future attempts |
This page is about the old deprecated gramps-connect based on Django |
Getting Started
Without installing Gramps-Connect, you can test it on-line at http://gramps-connect.org/ I'll try to keep that up to date with the current code. It is current as of July 24 2012. You can view the site in three modes:
- not logged in - should see data of people dead and public. If either a person is dead, or any data is marked private, you should not be able to see it. Living people are marked with "[Living]" (as determined in Preferences -> Text).
- logged in as regular user, ID: admin1, password: gramps. You can see all data, run reports, export data, but cannot change the database.
- logged in as super user, ID: admin, password: gramps. You can edit, delete, add, import, etc.
Here, we'll update to let you know when you should remake your database, and keep you apprised of other changes.
July 27, 2012
New database format. The Database was changed to allow ordered families, parent_families, and tags.
Verified Import/Output. All genealogical data successfully imported and exported. Items missing from XML:
- researcher
- name formats
- home person
- bookmarks
- name maps
Cached Items. All items should get a cache when imported.
Updated SQL Samples. both empty.sql and example.sql where updated.
Speed Improvements. Added batch transactions and removed rebuild cache on import.
The search will query the database using some knowledge of the data. Generally, the search above a browse screen will search all of the visible data.
The person search has been enhanced some:
- Generally it will look for whatever you type, in surname, given, and ID
- If you use a comma, it assumes "Surname, Given" or "field=value, field=value, ..."
- It will match at the start of field
- S,G will give all people who have a surname that starts with "S" and a given name that starts with "G"
- S, will give all people who have a surname that starts with "S"
- ,G will give all people who have a given name that starts with "G"
- You can use ^ and $ to signify beginning and end respectively:
- id=56 (match all records that have a gramps_id that conatins 56)
- id=^M00 (match all records that have a gramps_id that starts with M00)
- id=00$ (match all records that have a gramps_id that ends with 00)
- id=^M00056$ (match all records that have a gramps_id that is exactly M00056)
- You can add a period in any search term to search a subpart
- father.name.suffix=Jr (matches all Jrs on Family Browse view)
- There are some fields that you can also separate with commas:
- private=1, surname=Smith, given=Joe, death=1850, birth=2000
Family search will search spouse names.
There is a lot of search refinement that can be added here!
One can also use the Admin functionality if logged in as a superuser. The superuser can:
- add new users
- change the name of the site
- view/add/edit/delete all objects
- edit the CSS for each user
Can edit notes with a WYSIWYG editor. Limitations: removes background color tags on editing. You can add font face and font size, but only through manual HTML editing.
Run your own Gramps-Connect in 30 seconds
1) Get Gramps from Trunk or Gramps 3.5
- https://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gramps/trunk
- https://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gramps/branches/gramps35
Trunk now uses Gtk3, so use trunk if you can. Gramps 3.5 uses Gtk2.
I use Tortoise SVN. I put gramps on the Desktop, but anywhere will work.
2) Install pysqlite:
Run installer, and make sure you select the version of Python that you have.
3) Install Django:
svn checkout http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.3.X/django to your Python site-packages directory:
Django 1.3 or greater is required. Well tested on Django 1.3.
4) Change to trunk\src\webapp
And run the following at the command line (cmd):
5) c:\Python27\python.exe init.py > grampsdb\fixtures\initial_data.json
6) c:\Python27\python.exe manage.py syncdb
7) c:\Python27\python.exe manage.py runserver
8) Point your webbrowser to http://127.0.0.1:8000
Linux and Mac
Get the latest version of Gramps (currently "master" from Git; see Brief introduction to Git).
Below, it is assumed that you have the following installed:
- Gramps 4.1 (in examples below, installed in a folder called "trunk")
- Django version 1.5 or greater
- Sqlite3
Once you have built Gramps trunk:
- cd trunk
- python3 setup.py build
you are then ready to make and run Gramps-Connect. These are the basic steps for running in a test development:
- cd trunk/gramps/webapp
- make
- this will build all tables, and populate with default information
- you should also define a superuser ID/Password here when prompted (this will be the account which can edit data, and can create new accounts).
- make run
- this will start-up a testing webserver
- Point your browser to http://localhost:8000/ and begin using Gramps-Connect
Django 1.4
tannooba says:
Since I'm using Django 1.4 I had to do the following tweaks:
- in settings.py, change TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS from "django.core.context_processors.auth" to "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth".
- In settings.py, changed TEMPLATE_LOADERS to say "django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader" instead of ...loaders.filesystem.Load_template_source.
Django 1.6
- Git Merge Request #12: Gramps-connect: Django compatibility fixes (open), This ought to make Gramps-connect compatible with Django 1.3 on up to Django 1.6. - Paul Kilgo 2014-06-16 ( Patches )
You have three options for populating your on-line database:
First, you can enter data on the web.
Second, you can import data on the web. While running Gramps-Connect:
- Login with superuser ID/Password you created above
- Go to Reports
- Select an Import row
- Enter the Input File Format (iff) and Input URL (i), like so:
- iff=ged i=http://arborvita.free.fr/Kennedy/Kennedy.ged
- iff=gramps i=http://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gramps/trunk/example/gramps/example.gramps?revision=18333
- iff=gramps i=file://home/id/gramps/trunk/example/gramps/example.gramps
- Press the "Run" button
- The data will begin to be imported. (Because, as a default, the data is going into a sqlite3 database backend that has little concurrency, you won't be able to do much until the import is done. Warning: this is a little slower than Gramps import.)
- Once the import is done, you can browse most of the data (it is all there (except tags), which you can verify with an export)
Finally, you can also export data to Django while running the Gramps desktop version. Just select the Django export option.
- It should be the case that you can edit the main parts of all primary data. In fact, for the primary data, you can edit, add, delete, and link references to each (like add notes to a person).
- You can run reports, exports, and imports from the web. All of these are listed in "Reports" for now, and you have to supply command-line options.
- You can change the CSS theme in Admin -> Profile -> User. Give the name of the CSS file per user.
- You can change the name of the site in Admin -> Config -> sitename.
Now that Gramps trunk has moved to Gtk GObject, Gramps depends on it. For older installs which don't have it, you might not be able to produce certain graphics, or output.
For the moment, I am using the branches/gramps35 repository (which I will mirror the non-gtk changes with trunk).
Please list any item that is not listed yet:
- 7005 unable to import GRAMPS example DBs
- Not all items are private and living data protected. Need a security audit.
- Many of the secondary level of information (LDS, Location, etc) are accessible for viewing or edit
- Tags are not imported nor exported
- Privacy: "[Living]" is used, but names still appear in alphabetical order
- Related to patronymic privacy bug 4538? No, this is a different, gramps-connect specific issue. But the issue from #4538 is also a problem in Gramps-Connect, and will have to be solved a different way.
- Need to be able to delete and move up/move down lists
- Import/Export 100% of all data
- Import/Export Tags
- Import Media (need a place to put them)
- Missing edit/delete functionality:
- Person
- Events
- Names
- Citations
- Attributes
- Addresses
- Notes
- Gallery
- Internet
- Associations
- References
- Family
- Children
- Events
- Citations
- Attributes
- Notes
- Gallery
- Event
- EventRef
- General
- Notes
- Attributes
- Shared
- General
- Citations
- Attributes
- Notes
- Gallery
- References
- EventRef
- Notes
- Media
- Citations
- Attributes
- Notes
- References
- Citation
- General
- Notes
- Gallery
- Data
- References
- Source
- General
- Notes
- Gallery
- Data
- Repository
- Reference
- Place
- General
- Location
- Alternate Locations
- Citations
- Notes
- Gallery
- Internet
- References
- Repository
- General
- Addresses
- Internet
- Notes
- References
- Tag
- Person
Feature Requests
There are a gazillion things that haven't been added yet. But this section lists some conceptual issues that will need to be thought out.
- Make it internationalized and localized (feature request 3417)
- Make it look nice
- Some items need better CSS (tables)
- Some items need better HTML (buttons)
- Create interfaces for:
- Reports
- Options
- Imports
- Exports
- User settings
- Password, email, etc
- Gramps preferences
- Reports
- Add additional functionality
- Bookmarks
- Maps
- Advanced search
Running on a real system
Gramps-connect is written using the Django web development framework. You can deploy a Django application using many methods. You can also use many different database backends, such as MySQL and Postgresql. In this example, we will deploy using the simplest options: wsgi and sqlite3, respectively.
Dependencies: Apache we server, mod_wsgi for Apache, Django, and sqlite3.
- Install and start Apache
- Install mod_wsgi, django, and sqlite3
- Edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
- Place the Gramps source in a proper location
- Create the wsgi script
- Set the file permissions
- Restart httpd
In this example, I have installed the files in /usr/local/wsgi
The contents are of that directory are:
- /usr/local/wsgi
- scripts - location of the myapp.wsgi script (below)
- static - contents of Django materials for admin views
- trunk - Gramps SVN trunk
Contents of /usr/local/wsgi/scripts/myapp.wsgi:
import os import sys os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'gramps.webapp.settings' os.environ['HOME'] = '/usr/local/wsgi/trunk' os.environ['GRAMPS_RESOURCES'] = '/usr/local/wsgi/trunk/' sys.path.append('/usr/local/wsgi/trunk/') import django.core.handlers.wsgi application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()
Create the Gramps-Connect database, as above.
- chmod a+rw trunk/gramps/webapp/sqlite.db
- chmod a+xw trunk/gramps/webapp/
Additions to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, for example:
<Directory /usr/local/wsgi/scripts> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <VirtualHost XXX.XXX.XX.XXX:80> ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ ServerName somename.org ErrorLog logs/gramps-connect-error_log CustomLog logs/gramps-connect-access_log common WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/local/wsgi/scripts/myapp.wsgi Alias /gramps-media/ /usr/local/wsgi/static/media/ </VirtualHost>
The Gramps-Connect source is defined to match sqlite3 and the above settings. If you would like to change any of this, you'll probably also have to change trunk/src/webapp/settings.py.
Once everything is setup, restart the webserver:
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Buffers are part of what introduces the problem in the first place .. please read my other thread on this subject. You would have to introduce some kind of distributed millisecond level sync system... simply not practical. The only way syncd play is ever going to work is by using a genuine realtime stream (ie analoguous to fixed wires/single source) to all locations simultaneously, preferably using multicase, but broadcast would work just as well. And no buffers at all. Even then, the variable bit rate nature of most compressed audio streams is likely to cause problems. After reviewing the "broadcast" option of Xine, it seems that it isn't a genuine broadcast at all, it is just multiple unicasts which won't work.
Hari,The original problem? If you mean break up in playback because of variable latency/bandwidth then I would agree with you. But I believe we are talking about the sync issue... if so, then no, buffers are the main cause of this issue on a local segment! The fact that you are using a buffer, that fills and empties on demand as bandwidth/latency varies means that you can never get an exact sync because there is no correlation between when the packet data arrives and when it actually gets played - it depends as much on the size of the buffer, how long the playback mechanism waits before playing back, etc. That can easily all vary between playback devices causing a loss of sync....I agree that IP is not ideal nor guaranteed over routed subnets (particularly the Internet), but on a local switched segment, a buffer is not needed to deal with variable latency (by which I mean a large buffer, the playback device will always have like a tx-ring type, tiny fifo to queue) as the latency on a local switched segment is tiny and hardly varies at all until the interface is already congested - at which point playback would fail for any technology. What I'm trying to say is, I agree a buffer is absolutely required on routed streams over distance, without which the stream will stutter, fart, crap out, etc. But on a local segment, the steam can be made to work reliably without a buffer, and the buffer is the main thing that will screw up sync.....That being said, even with a buffer (assuming all the MDs use the same size buffer!) as long as LinuxMCE used a UDP broadcast or multicast stream, this would significantly reduce the sync issue, as it is perfectly clear that in LinuxMCE's case, the most significant issue for sync is the xine devices starting playback based on the last timestamp that media plugin received, which even if xine started playing back the stream instantly, could still be out by as much as 1 second!!!
Does it make a difference if you use flash memory on each machine let it buffer for 5 second before you initialize a simultaneous playback?
Is PulseAudio capable of providing synchronized audio playback over the network for movie players like MPlayer?Yes! Unless your network is congested in some way (i.e. transfer latencies vary strongly ('jitter')) it works perfectly. ...
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_142FMMOD02/Scosche-FM-MOD02.html?tp=1701Link for what I am talking about... obviously this is made for a car so range could be an issue. I will try to find some specs.
Quote from: krys on April 23, 2009, 05:46:42 pmhttp://www.crutchfield.com/p_142FMMOD02/Scosche-FM-MOD02.html?tp=1701Link for what I am talking about... obviously this is made for a car so range could be an issue. I will try to find some specs.These are great devices, I have one of these in my car. I does not broadcast an FM signal though, it is simply a modulator, not a transmitter. It would allow you to modulate an audio signal onto an FM carrier frequency which you could then connect to the FM Antenna input on a receiver, this could probably be distributed through coax cable and a couple of splitters. As a minimum it would allow a single FM radio device with an external antenna input to receive an audio signal from a single device with RCA style outputs. These devices are not regulated because they do not 'broadcast' their signal through the air, only within a wire.FM transmitters are limited in power (and therefor range) by broadcast regulators (CRTC here, FCC in the US, etc..). Without a licence from a regulatory body FM transmitters are limited to the approx. 10' you've mentioned. I've used some that will do 20' on fresh batteries. These devices can sometimes be modified for higher broadcast power but you are then in violation of FCC/CRTC regulations. I've not seen an FM transmitter that does not run on batteries (I assume for transmit power purposes) because they are usually intended to be portable, like for your car.J
Is it possible to do this within a core or a media director?
Possible Idea:If a core computer had multiple Audio cards within it... could it do audio switching. Does Linux allow for multiple audio cards at once to within one computer? Would they be at almost perfect sync?If this is possible I could assign an audio card to a particular room and viola I could have a multi-room controller built within the Core.I wouldn't need to have a bunch of cheap media directors to play audio only within them.


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For filmmaker and co-founder Jonathan Walls, it took his Playing For Change movement (performing the first of their traveling road shows at the Birchmere on Tuesday, October 20) close to 10 years of blood, sweat, thousands of frequent flier miles and many lucky breaks to finally relay their message that through music people can understand one anothers differences and create a better world.
After I finished a directing workshop at the New York Film Academy, I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, but I sure didnt think it would be [Playing for Change], Walls relates about the peace-through-music movement in a recent telephone interview.
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Im really interested in seeing how this tour will turn out, to be honest with you, Walls says. Not only with what happens on stage but also what happens off-stage. The interactions these musicians will have with each other, capturing their emotions, both good and bad my plan is to give out some handheld cameras for them to film what I might miss. I think the results could be amazing.


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About an hour later, the group grew to a larger crowd at Center Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, near Civic Center Park, in Berkeley, police said.
They gathered at the front of City Hall where they heard remarks by City Councilmen Kriss Worthington and Jesse Arreguin.
The Berkeley City Council had a meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday but it was canceled Tuesday afternoon due to protesters who had planned to disrupt the meeting.
"We have postponed tonight's City Council meeting because the Council chambers, which hold about 125 people, could not accommodate the large turnout expected to attend. One estimate placed the number as high as 1,500 people," Mayor Tom Bates said in a statement issued Tuesday afternoon.
Shortly before 8 p.m., the protesters left City Hall and were marching south on Martin Luther King Jr. Way from Allston Way, police said. They then went south on Telegraph Avenue to Oakland.
The Downtown Berkeley BART station was closed at about 7:10 p.m. due to the protests but reopened about an hour later, according to a BART dispatcher.
Trains were only be running through the station located at 2160 Shattuck Ave. during the closure, BART officials said.
Shortly after 9 p.m., the MacArthur BART station at 555 40th St. was closed due to the protests but reopened as of 10:20 p.m., the dispatcher said.
California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear were seen blocking state Highway 24 ramps at Telegraph Avenue in Oakland around 8:45 p.m.
At about 9:15 p.m., protesters were seen on Highway 24 near the MacArthur BART station blocking traffic in both directions, CHP officials said.
CHP officers were able to clear people from the freeway and lanes were reopened to traffic about 30 minutes later and have reopened the ramps.
The transition from Highway 24 to Interstate Highway 980 was closed but reopened around 10:45 p.m., while officers continue to guard ramps from Highway 980 to downtown Oakland, CHP officials said.
The protesters made their way into downtown Oakland where they were gathered outside Oakland City Hall around 10:30 p.m.
Amtrak train service has been suspended on the Capitol Corridor line between the Oakland Coliseum stop and Richmond due to the protests, transit officials said.
Trains serving the San Joaquin and Coast Starlight routes will also experience delays, Amtrak officials said.
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit buses have been detoured from their regular routes due to the protests in Berkeley and may reroute other lines in the area if needed, AC Transit officials said.
King City Man Sentenced To 100 Years To Life In Double Gang Murder
A King City man was sentenced Tuesday to 100 years to life in connection with a 2012 double homicide, according to Monterey County prosecutors.
Juan Salazar Jr., 21, was sentenced Tuesday after being convicted on Sept. 17 of two counts of first-degree murder with gun and gang enhancements for the July 28, 2012 murders of Hector Reyes, 22, and Daniel Fraga, 25. He was also convicted in connection with the beating of a girl.
Salazar will be eligible for his first parole hearing in August of 2112. The two murder sentences will run consecutively to sentences for gun enhancements, maximizing the sentence, prosecutors said.
His co-defendant in the case, Enrique Lopez, 25, was convicted of second-degree murder with gang enhancements in the same trial, and also for the beating of the same teenage girl. However, Lopez fired his attorney Tuesday, delaying his sentencing by some weeks, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said that the victims and both defendants were all members of the same Sureno street gang.
In July of 2012, Lopez, a gang leader, ordered Fraga's killing and also ordered the beating of a female juvenile gang member, Reyes' cousin and a friend of Fraga. The beating broke the girl's nose.
When Fraga and Reyes learned of the beating, they arrived to confront Salazar and Lopez. After a fight, Salazar ordered the two into a bathroom at gunpoint, shot them both multiple times and then fled to Mexico with his 16-year-old girlfriend.
The girl's disappearance prompted an Amber Alert and a search. She and Salazar turned themselves in to authorities at the Mexican border on Aug. 4, 2012.
Lopez faces a sentence of 15 years to life plus an additional 10 years, when he is sentenced, according to prosecutors.
Judge Hears Closing Arguments In City College Case, Will Rule In January
A San Francisco Superior Court judge said Tuesday he will rule in January on whether to overturn a regional agency's termination of accreditation for City College of San Francisco.
Judge Curtis Karnow spoke at the start of closing arguments in the trial of a lawsuit filed by City Attorney Dennis Herrera against the western regional branch of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.
The lawsuit claims the Novato-based commission violated the state's Unfair Competition Law by using illegal and unfair procedures when it decided last year to revoke City College's accreditation.
Karnow heard five days of testimony in the non-jury trial in October and took the case under submission after presiding over three hours of closing arguments Tuesday.
Karnow asked questions of both sides, but did not indicate how he plans to rule. He said he will issue his decision next month as a proposed ruling, after which both sides will have 15 days to respond and suggest changes.
Karnow will issue a final decision sometime after that, and that ruling can be appealed to the state Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
Herrera filed the lawsuit on behalf of the people of California. City College itself is not a party in the case.
Among other claims, the lawsuit contends the commission had a conflict of interest because ACCJC President Barbara Beno's husband served on an evaluation committee; that the committee had too few academic members; and that the commission failed to give the college adequate notice and opportunity to respond to the alleged deficiencies.
"The evidence has shown that City College did not get a fair evaluation," Deputy City Attorney Sara Eisenberg told Karnow on Tuesday.
Herrera has contended loss of accreditation would be a "death sentence" because City College would lose state and federal funding.
Beno's husband, Peter Crabtree, is the dean of career and technical education at Laney College in Oakland.
Eisenberg argued that his membership on a 2012 evaluation committee created an actual conflict of interest because if City College closed, some students would be likely to transfer to Laney, the only other Bay Area community college accessible by BART.
Crabtree's marriage to Beno created an additional appearance of conflict of interest, she contended.
Commission attorney Kenneth Keller argued there was no evidence of unfairness or bias in the evaluation and that the 19 commissioners were carrying out their duty.
Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Fatal Downtown Shooting In October
A 26-year-old man was arrested last week on suspicion of fatally shooting another man in downtown San Jose in October, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
Jaime Lockett, of Stockton, was arrested on Dec. 2. by the U.S. Marshals Service on an arrest warrant from San Jose police, Officer Albert Morales said.
He is suspected of shooting 24-year-old Hayward resident Tyrone Fryman in the area of Santa Clara and Second streets on Oct. 30, Morales said.
Fryman suffered from at least one gunshot wound and was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the spokesman said.
Lockett was transported to San Jose and booked into Santa Clara County Jail, according to Morales.
Investigators determined an altercation occurred before the shooting, though they are still looking into the motive and circumstances surrounding the incident, Morales said.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call San Jose police Detective Sgt. Ray Avalos or Detective Brian McDonald of the Police Department's homicide unit at (510) 277-5283. Anonymous tips can be made by calling Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers tip line at (408) 947-STOP (7867).
Community Members, Police Officials Take Part In Protest Against Police Violence
Richmond police Chief Chris Magnus and other police department brass stood shoulder to shoulder with other community members during a peaceful protest against police brutality in the East Bay city Tuesday.
The last-minute demonstration organized by the RYSE Youth Center drew more than 100 people, including city council members and police officials, along MacDonald Avenue near 41st Street on Tuesday protesting deadly police force against unarmed "black and brown men," said RYSE Executive Director Kimberly Aceves.
While other Bay Area cities have erupted into sometimes violent or disruptive protests following the recent grand jury decisions not to indict the police officers who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and 43-year-old Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, Tuesday's demonstration was the first in Richmond and was free of any damage, traffic disruption or arrests, according to police and organizers.
Aceves said her organization decided to hold the protest to give community members a "space to grieve and have a conversation" about the recent events.
The protest was also notable for the direct, non-confrontational involvement of police officers, including the city's police chief, who stood for several hours alongside protesters holding signs and chanting, according to Aceves.
Richmond police Capt. Mark Gagan said police wanted to attend the demonstration not only to keep the peace, but also to show solidarity with the demonstrators.
"People have a real need to have their voices heard, and when that is stifled, it magnifies the problems," said Gagan, who was among the officers who took part in Tuesday's demonstration.
Aceves said seeing some of the department's top brass participating in Tuesday's protest came as a surprise but that she believes their sentiments were genuine.
The police even ordered pizza for some protesters, including many who stood for nearly five hours to symbolize the length of time Michael Brown's body lay on the sidewalk following his fatal shooting, Aceves said.
While she credited Magnus's progressive approach to policing and his commitment to building a positive relationship between the city's youth and police, she cautioned that there is still work to be done.
She said the RYSE Center plans to hold future actions regarding police brutality against people of color.
East Bay Parks District Ending Lawsuit Against City Over Federal Land
The East Bay Regional Park District moved Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit against the city of Alameda.
The lawsuit was part of the Park District's quest to develop a vacant federal parcel near Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach as open space. While any obstacles from the city have been cleared, the district is still negotiating to acquire the land.
Meanwhile, the federal government is suing to control development on key parts of the area.
The Park District "would like to see this federal property developed and preserved as open space and parkland and we would like to work with the federal government to accomplish that goal," Park District counsel Carol Victor said Tuesday.
The debate over the land began in 2011 when the federal government put the nearly 4-acre parcel up for auction. The Park District put up a bid of $1.5 million, but a private developer, Tim Lewis Communities, offered more than $3 million to build housing, according to court records.
The Park District then sued the city, arguing that it allowed the land to be zoned for residential construction without properly examining the environmental impact, Park District officials said.
This year, the Alameda citizens group Friends of Crown Beach gathered more than 6,000 signatures to change the zoning. Instead of placing the initiative on the ballot, the City Council approved it outright.
With the land rezoned to disallow private development, Tim Lewis Communities withdrew its bid to develop the land.
However, the federal government filed its own suit against the state and the Park District to control key areas of the development. Part of the land still houses government offices, but much of it remains vacant.
The Park District remains in negotiations to acquire the property, but exactly what it would take remains unclear.
"We have come a long way in terms of preserving this property but the obstacle is getting the United States to agree to sell it to the Park District for a reasonable price," Victor said.
The federal government will "hopefully work with us to accomplish a great public purpose, which is parks and open space," Victor said. "They have the authority to transfer land at low or no cost to public agencies for park land."
Consumer Protection Complaint Filed Against Uber, Settlement Reached With Lyft
On Tuesday, the San Francisco and Los Angeles County district attorneys filed a settlement with the transportation network company Lyft over a civil consumer protection action and filed a civil lawsuit against transportation network company Uber after failing to reach a settlement.
The transportation network companies, in which travelers are connected through a smartphone app with drivers using personal vehicles, are both allegedly operating in violation of consumer protection laws.
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon said Tuesday that an investigation into Lyft and Uber's "misleading" statements, representations and business practices started about a year ago and while Lyft has worked with law enforcement since then to come under compliance, Uber has not shown that same willingness.
Gascon announced the settlement Tuesday of a civil consumer protection action brought against Lyft, Inc. stemming from allegations by the San Francisco and Los Angeles County district attorney's offices regarding false or misleading representations about background checks performed on its drivers.
Additionally, Lyft used an application to calculate fares for rides but has not submitted it for approval by the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Division of Measurement Standards, as is protocol for a business providing services using measuring technology.
Lyft also allegedly conducted commercial operations at airports without obtaining authorization from the airport authorities.
In a joint statement released Tuesday by Gascon and Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, the pair said they "commend Lyft for its willingness to work with law enforcement to ensure compliance with the laws that protect California consumers."
As a result of the settlement, Lyft has agreed to revise how it portrays its background checks to customers, submit the application used for calculating fares to the state agency for evaluation and obtain authorization from each airport in California prior to providing rides on their premises.
Lyft has agreed to pay $250,000 in civil penalties within 30 days of the settlement.
Uber on the hand, according to Gascon, has not been as agreeable as Lyft and a complaint against the company was filed Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court.
Supes Pass County's First-Ever Living Wage Plan To Begin In July
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved its first-ever resolution to require companies and nonprofits with county contracts to pay a living wage as of July 1.
The supervisors voted for the combined ordinance and policy direction to create an hourly wage of $19.06 for employers with county contracts who provide no worker health and retirement benefits and $17.06 for those who do, according to its co-sponsor Supervisor Ken Yeager.
Supervisor Dave Cortese, also a co-sponsor, said at Tuesday's meeting that the county's plan would mirror San Jose's living wage policy, with hourly rates reviewed each year and annual cost of living adjustments.
The living wage is needed to help working families meet the high cost of living in the county, where many low-wage earners have to seek county services to meet their basic needs, Yeager and Cortese stated in a joint memo to the board.
Both hourly and salaried employees working for contracted commercial firms and nonprofit groups would receive at least one hour of sick leave per 20 hours worked to a maximum of 12 days earned per year to cover employee sick days or caring for an ill family member.
The living wage would apply to county contracts worth at least $100,000, contractors employing 20 workers or more and individual employees who work at least five hours a week in the contract.
The new rules would take effect on July 1 and during the interim, county staff is directed to study and report on the costs of the higher wages to contractors, specifically how it would impact smaller-budget nonprofit groups that provide county services, according to Yeager.
Cortese said the board has the right to get rid of parts or all of the ordinance should it turn out its costs are too high.
The discussion among board members before the vote was contentious at times, as city officials could not provide an estimate on how much the living wage would actually cost versus the current state minimum wage of $9 per hour.
Supervisor Joe Simitian said he supported a living wage as a concept but that it did not make sense for the board to approve one without first knowing how much it would cost.
The county should at least set a cap to limit future costs should there be unintended consequences for the county down the road, Simitian said
The vote for the living wage plan was close, with supervisors Yeager, Cortese and Cindy Chavez for, Supervisor Mike Wasserman against and Simitian abstaining.
Supes Approve Buying Body-Worn Cameras For Sheriff's Office
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved three five-year contracts totaling $1.1 million to equip 241 sworn county sheriff's officers with body-worn cameras.
The contracts with Taser International, Inc. include software management, cloud storage services and the cameras. The sheriff's office will pay $250,000 of the first year's upfront costs, state and federal funding will provide $104,414 and the county will pay the balance out of the general fund over the following four years, sheriff's Capt. Clint Shubel said.
The most significant use of the cameras is to provide insights into critical incidents, such as dismissing erroneous eyewitness accounts and validating the sequence of events, according to sheriff's officials.
Equipping law enforcement officers with body-worn cameras was among the recommendations made following the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by sheriff's Deputy Erick Gelhaus on Oct. 22, 2013.
The sheriff's office prepared a proposal in June 2013 to test the cameras, and conducted a pilot program with them between February and May.
The sheriff's office made two presentations to the Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force that was formed after the Lopez killing. Task force members said they were concerned how the program would be implemented, how the data would be secured and what the policies would be regarding the use of the cameras.
The decision was made to purchase the Taser Axon body camera as the most reliable, cost-effective and most functional body-worn camera for the sheriff's office, Shubel said.
The sheriff's office prepared a draft policy for the use of the cameras, and the policy is expected to be finalized after full implementation of the camera program.
The final policy will be developed after evaluating input from the task force, Deputy Sheriff's Association, citizen groups and other county representatives.
Jim Duffy of Rohnert Park was the lone public speaker regarding the camera program Tuesday. Duffy asked the board of supervisors to delay approving the $1.1 million contracts until a proper policy is in place.
Duffy said law enforcement officers could turn off the cameras at their discretion or when they believe they are no longer needed, and the cameras can be misused by plainclothes officers to spy on the public.
Duffy said the public cannot get access to the video without a court order or approval of the sheriff's office.
At-Risk Woman Missing Since This Afternoon, Last Seen At Serramonte Center
Daly City police are seeking the public's help in locating an at-risk woman missing since Tuesday afternoon.
Linh Tran, 40, walked away from her caregiver at Serramonte Center around 1:30 p.m., police said.
She is described as standing about 5 feet 5 inches tall and roughly 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair, according to police.
Tran was last seen wearing a gray jacket and black-and-white striped dress, police said.
Tran has cognitive disabilities and is taking medicine for her illnesses, according to police.
She enjoys smoking cigarettes and may be in areas where cigarettes are sold, police said.
Tran lives in a care home in Daly City, according to police.
Anyone with information on Tran's whereabouts is asked to call Daly City police at (650) 991-8119.
4 Suspects Caught For Spree Of 9 Armed Robberies Monday Afternoon
Police captured four suspects in a string of nine armed robberies committed within two hours across a large area of Oakland Monday afternoon, a police captain said Tuesday.
The suspects were caught after leading officers on a brief pursuit in a stolen car, police Capt. Steven Tull said.
The armed robberies were all reported between 12:48 p.m. and 2:46 p.m., Tull said.
They were at 3465 Brookdale Ave., 4200 Boston Ave., 4058 Lyon Ave., Laguna Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard, 3026 57th Ave., 3300 E. 16th St., 506 E. 19th St., Bayview Avenue and Elliot Street and at 2914 56th Ave., according to Tull.
Officers were able to track the victim's cellphone in the first robbery, eventually leading them to the stolen car. The suspects briefly fled from officers but were swiftly captured, Tull said.
Police Announce Two Arrests In Fatal Stabbing In Mission Sunday
San Francisco police announced Tuesday that they have arrested two men on suspicion of a fatal stabbing in the city's Mission District on Sunday.
Andres Novelo, 26, and Josue Chan-Perez, 31, were arrested in connection with the killing of 25-year-old Casey Bissell, who was found suffering from at least one stab wound near 18th and Valencia streets around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.
Bissell was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Both Novelo and Chan-Perez were arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy and aggravated assault, police said.
No other information about the case, including a possible motive, have been released. Anyone with information about the homicide is encouraged to call San Francisco police at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411 with "SFPD" in the message.
Bissell's death was the second to occur within a few blocks of each other in the Mission District early Sunday.
At about 2 a.m., 26-year-old Camilo Senchyna Beltran was fatally shot near 20th and Mission streets. No information about possible suspects in the shooting were available Tuesday.
San Quentin Death Row Inmate Dies In Hospital
San Quentin State Prison death row inmate Michael Lee Elliot died Monday at a hospital, a prison spokesman said Tuesday.
Elliot, 55, was convicted of the murder of bartender Sherri Gandy at the Black Stallion bar in Orangevale in Sacramento County in the early morning hours of June 1, 1994. He was sentenced to death on Oct. 31, 1996, and had been on death row since Nov. 6, 1996.
Elliot was housed in a single cell. He was pronounced dead at 3:46 p.m. Monday and the cause of his death is pending an autopsy, San Quentin Lt. Sam Robinson said.
Since 1978 when California reinstated the death penalty, 66 condemned inmates have died of natural causes, 23 have committed suicide, 13 have been executed in California and one was executed in Missouri. Six inmates died from other causes and one is pending a cause of death.
There are 749 people on death row.
Bart, AC Transit Launch New Transbay Late-Night Buses
Transbay commuters in the late night and early morning hours will be able to more swiftly get to and from the East Bay and San Francisco on the weekends with a new pilot program launched Tuesday by BART and Alameda-Contra Costa Transit.
The program not only introduces an additional all-nighter bus line that expands into East Contra Costa County cities, but also increases the frequency of overnight bus lines already in service.
AC Transit board president Greg Harper said Tuesday that the Bay Area is experiencing "tremendous growth in young people and clubbing."
The result of an increase in nightlife has led to residents asking for more frequent, safe and convenient transportation options across the Bay, leading BART and AC Transit to team up and create a new line.
The new bus route, AC Transit line 822, will take passengers from the 24th St. Mission BART station to Pittsburg/Bay Point, stopping at all San Francisco BART stations and the Transbay Terminal before heading across the Bay Bridge.
In the East Bay, the 822 bus line will stop at 14th Street/Broadway and Rockridge BART in Oakland, then the BART stations in Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill and Pittsburg/Bay Point, according to BART access coordinator Mariana Parreiras.
The new route will run every 30 minutes on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 1 a.m. to 2:30 a.m., Parreiras said.
The existing AC Transit line 800, which serves late-night riders traveling between San Francisco and Richmond BART, and AC Transit line 801, which serves late-night travelers between Oakland and the Bay Fair BART station, will also have increased frequency between 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., with buses running every 20 minutes instead of every 30 minutes, Parreiras said.
Those two lines will continue to run nightly from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.
Parreiras said for now, buses are the only late-night option since power to the BART trains has to be turned off for maintenance.
BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said the pilot program cost almost $800,000, with almost $500,000 in funding coming from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Lifeline Transportation Program, which provides for transit services for low-income and disadvantaged residents.
BART contributed $200,000 from its operating budget and about $100,000 is expected to come directly from fares from the new service.
BART board director Rebecca Saltzman said the pilot program will help evaluate the demand for late-night transportation service and may be extended with permanent funding if warranted.
Man Found Shot, Killed In Hills Sunday Identified
A man found shot and killed in the Oakland hills Sunday night was identified as a 69-year-old Oakland man, police said Monday.
Fulton David Harris was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 7900 block of Sterling Drive at 10:49 p.m., police said.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate him but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police were unable to provide information about any suspects or a possible motive in the crime as of Tuesday afternoon.
Anyone with information about the case has been asked to call the Oakland police Homicide Section at (510) 238-3821.
Uber Driver Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter For Girls Death
An Uber driver accused of striking and killing a 6-year-old girl while driving in San Francisco on New Year's Eve has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, a district attorney's office spokesman said.
Syed Muzzafar, 57, of Union City, was booked into jail on the charge but has since been released on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned at the Hall of Justice this morning, district attorney's office spokesman Alex Bastian said.
Muzzafar allegedly fatally struck Sofia Liu as she walked with her mother and brother in a crosswalk at Polk and Ellis streets at about 8 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2013, police said. Sofia's family members were injured in the collision but survived.
The case prompted criticism of Uber and other transportation network companies operating in the city and led to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in January by Sofia's family.
The suit filed by attorney Christopher Dolan seeks damages from both Uber and Muzzafar and alleges he was viewing or interacting with his smartphone app for the company when the collision occurred.
Dolan said that is a common practice for the business despite the state's law banning cellphone use while driving without a hands-free device.
Uber issued a statement following Sofia's death saying that Muzzafar, who has since had his account deactivated with the company, was not responding to a fare at the time of the collision and did not have a passenger in the car.
Muzzafar's attorney Graham Archer said following the filing of the wrongful death lawsuit that his client had picked up a fare for Uber earlier that day and was "distraught about the accident."
Weather Forecast For The San Francisco Bay Area
Mostly cloudy skies are expected in the Bay Area today. There is a slight chance of rain expected throughout the day. Highs are expected to be in the lower 60s, with southeasterly winds of 5 to 10 mph becoming southerly winds of up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mostly cloudy skies are likely this evening, with showers likely. Lows are expected to be in the upper 50s, with southerly winds up to 30 mph expected. Gusts of up to 45 mph can be expected after midnight.
Mostly cloudy skies are likely Thursday, with a chance of rain and thunderstorms. Highs are expected to be in the lower 60s, with southerly winds up to 30 mph.


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The last straw for 17-year-old Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High.
Burke missed roughly 200 days of class, but Heather Dixon, the student intervention specialist who left the note, never gave up on him.
Aggressive efforts to prevent students such as Burke from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research to be presented March 19 at the Grad Nation summit in Washington, D.C. The event was organized by the children's advocacy group America's Promise Alliance, founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
The average national graduation rate was 75 percent in 2009, meaning 1 in 4 students fails to get a diploma in four years, researchers found. That's well below the organization's goal of 90 percent by 2020.
Researchers found that the number of "dropout factories," schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of students on time, had dropped by more than 450 between 2002 and 2010, but 1,550 remain.
"Big gains are possible if you work hard at it, and if you don't focus on it, you're going to go backward," said Robert Balfanz, a report author and director of the Everyone Graduates Center at the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University.
The increase in graduation rates was primarily because of growth in 12 states, with New York and Tennessee showing double-digit gains since 2002, according to the research. At the other end, 10 states had declines: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Utah.
So far, only Wisconsin has met the 90-percent benchmark, although Vermont is close.
"This year's report proves struggling schools are not destined to fail," said Education Secretary Arne Duncan. "The reality is that even one dropout factory is too many."
The authors said there are proven strategies to tackle the problem, such as getting all students to read at grade level, raising the compulsory school attendance age to 18, and developing "early warning" systems to help identify students who might be at risk of later dropping out.
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama encouraged states to pass laws to require students to stay in school until they graduate or they turn 18.
It's estimated that high school graduates will earn $130,000 more over their lifetimes than dropouts, and that high school graduates will generate more than $200,000 in higher tax revenues and savings in government expenditures over their lifetime, the report said.
How to track high school graduation rates has been a contentious issue for years, with states using different methods to come up with a number. Balfanz cited this as a reason why the report does not include the names of the dropout factories. He said they will be included in a future report once all states are consistently reporting data.
States are now required to use the same method to compute graduation rates based on a Bush administration rule issued in 2008.
Nevada stood out for its low graduation rate of 56 percent, a decline of more than 15 percentage points from 2002 to 2009, the largest of any state, the report said. During Nevada's boom years, students dropped out to earn hefty paychecks parking cars, pouring concrete, or serving drinks along the Las Vegas Strip.
"Today, many of Las Vegas' dropouts are out of work and unable to jumpstart the economy because they lack the required credentials," the report said.
But Balfanz said there are some signs that the state is "organizing itself against its big challenge."
The Clark County School District of Las Vegas, for example, has developed a partnership with Vegas PBS for an online program designed to help students earn missing credits needed to graduate. It also started the "Reclaim Your Future" program, which sent school employees and community volunteers door to door to persuade dropouts to return to school.
State education officials in New Mexico and Arizona point to their own graduation statistics, which show rates increasing gradually for three consecutive years.
"When we talk about the economy, there's a three-prong stool—what are your taxes like, are you business-friendly, and the third piece is whether you have an education system that is creating a workforce prepared and ready," New Mexico's Education Secretary Hanna Skandera said. "And the answer for New Mexico has been 'No,' but it's an absolute commitment of ours to make that answer 'Yes.' We're on our way."
Many of the strategies encouraged by the authors have been adopted in Washington County, Md. The district has a 92-percent graduation rate, up 15 percentage points from 2000. It's made progress in recent years even as the county's unemployment rate lingered above the national average and more students needed homelessness services.
The district offers online learning classes for credit recovery, evening classes, and a family center where pregnant teens and student parents can attend class. Student attendance and performance data are carefully tracked to identify early any students at risk. Intervention specialists develop relationships with these students, doing everything from visiting their homes to helping them connect with community mental health services.
Clayton Wilcox, the district superintendent, said that even as they work to keep students, those who drop out are warmly welcomed back.
"It's not easy to drop out. We're going to hound you. Classroom teachers are going to talk to you. Principals are going to talk to you. The guidance counselor is going to talk to you. We don't make it easy," Wilcox said.
Dixon, the intervention specialist who works with Burke, and Amy Warrenfeltz, another intervention specialist at South Hagerstown High, said some of the kids they deal with have mental health issues or drug and alcohol problems. Others struggle because they switched schools because of financial issues in their family or had a bad experience in school with a teacher or peer, they said.
Burke said it was hard to get motivated to attend class once he "got into the routine of not getting up and it became a habit."
"I was nervous coming back because of what people would say or how people would look at me," Burke said. "It's awkward when you haven't been to school in a couple weeks or whatever and then you come back."
He had met with Dixon multiple times at his house and at school, and after he dropped out, he said he was sure she would return to his home. He said he was happy when she left the note because he wanted an excuse to return to school. He now goes to school full time and takes evening classes four nights a week. He anticipates graduating this spring and wants to attend technical school in heating, ventilation, and cooling.
"Before that, I wanted to come back, but I just didn't know how to come about it," Burke said.
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The Indo-European problem is a complex one, combining linguistic and archaeological evidence. In linguistics Gamkrelidze and Ivanov have suggested a system and a fundamental solution. Convincing linguistic models uniquely localising the Indo-European homeland in the Balkans, or even in the North Pontic area or Central Europe, are lacking. Often criticism of Gamkrelidze and Ivanov has been reduced to no more than a statement that archaeological evidence in favour of it is absent. As we see, this does not correspond to reality (and, by the way, did not correspond to reality before the publication of this book). There are a number of facts to prove the connections of North Eurasian and European cultures with the Near East, whilst convincing examples to demonstrate the reverse connections do not now exist. There is a purely historiographic tradition, not substantiated by facts. For the long years this tradition flourished it proved impossible to flesh it out with arguments, although skilled scholars attempted to do so. Therefore, hypotheses about the northern origin of the Indo-Europeans have practically nothing which can be used today in support, either linguistic or archaeological. The archaeological model suggested here is not complete in many respects. Many parallels may raise doubts, as it has not always been possible to back them up with completely identical artefacts. But in the consideration of distant migrations and subsequent cultural transformations, such complete similarity may be wanting.Interestingly, Grigoriev's reconstruction does not seem to agree with G&I's model in all its details, as the latter suggested the Halafian culture as the archaeological manifestation of the Proto-Indo-European community (picture from Wikipedia on the right).
For reasons of my own (i.e., finding the hiding place of the "West Asian" autosomal component which I believe was introduced to Europe by Indo-Europeans) it might be worth seeking a more "eastern" PIE homeland.
In any case it would be wonderful to get some archaeogenetic data from the Near East. Irrespective of one's opinion on the IE problem, most everyone would agree that this is a critical region for understanding the prehistory of Eurasia.


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This is one delicious bowl of soup! Warm and satisfying, with tortellini in every bite. Top this with some fresh shaved Parmigiano Reggiano and you'll experience a wonderful unami[1] taste sensation.
Soup is the perfect one pot meal. Vegetarians can swap out the chicken broth for vegetable broth (also perfect for Meatless Mondays). Using the rind from the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese is optional, but if you have it I recommend using it, it adds so much depth and flavor.
And a little nutritional tidbit about mushrooms, courtesy of registered dietician, Heather K Jones.[2] This veggie has achieved superfood status and with good
reason. It's loaded with important vitamins and minerals, including
heart-protecting copper, B vitamins and antioxidants. These fabulous
fungus come in a lot of different varieties and are very versatile.
Heather has generously offered to provide nutritional tidbits on lots of the fruits and vegetables I use in my future recipes. Call me a geek,
but I love knowing what I'm eating is not only delicious, but is
benefiting my health as well.
I'm sure most of you know I am currently working on my first cookbook, but I'm not sure if you all know that Heather K Jones[3] is working with me on this book. Heather is a great asset to Skinnytaste and has written and contributed to many books for Self, Prevention, Good Housekeeping, and more. She is my go-to person when I have a nutritional question and has posted some great articles on Skinny Bits including The Skinny On Sweeteners[4].
For those of you who don't like mushrooms, you can certainly swap them for a vegetable you like, or try this Spinach Tortellini en Brodo recipe[5]. Enjoy!
Three Cheese Mushroom and Tortellini Soup
Servings: 8 • Serving Size: 1 1/2 cups • Old Points: 2 pts • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 138 • Fat: 4 g • Carbs: 19.5 g • Fiber: 2.5 g • Protein: 7 g • Sugar: 2.5 g
Sodium: 605 mg (without added salt)
- 2 tsp butter
- 2 stalks of celery, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled & chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 8 cups fat free chicken broth (vegetable broth for vegetarians)
- 2 cups water
- 5 oz shitaki mushrooms, sliced
- 8 oz baby bella mushrooms, sliced
- 1 small Parmigiano Reggiano rind (optional)
- 9 oz three cheese tortellini (Buitoni)
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
- Parmigiano Reggiano, grated (optional for topping)
In a large pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. When melted, add the celery, onion, carrot and garlic. Cover and reduce heat to low and cook for approximately 8-10 minutes until vegetables begin to soften.
Add the chicken broth, water, mushrooms, rind and increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. When broth boils, add salt (to taste) and black pepper; stir to combine. Reduce heat to low, simmer until mushrooms are soft, about 20 minutes. Add tortellini and cook according to package directions for al dente.
Once cooked, remove the rind, stir to combine and garnish with freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano if desired.
Makes 12 cups.
- ^ unami (en.wikipedia.org)
- ^ Heather K Jones. (www.heatherkjones.com)
- ^ Heather K Jones (www.heatherkjones.com)
- ^ The Skinny On Sweeteners (www.skinny-bits.com)
- ^ Spinach Tortellini en Brodo recipe (www.gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)


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From Dodgers.com:
In what figures to be a showcase for either his fifth-starter chances or a trade elsewhere, Eric Stults is scheduled to start for the Dodgers in Sunday's 1:05 PT game against the Indians. Stults is out of Minor League options. Also scheduled to pitch are Ramon Troncoso and Aaron Miller, last year's first pick (sandwich round). The game will also be notable because it will be broadcast on KCAL and KABC, with Vin Scully returning to the microphone for the first time since being hospitalized earlier this week after a fall at his home. MLB.TV and Gameday Audio offers live coverage of both broadcasts.
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We reported Wednesday that the polio outbreak in Somalia had spread to South Sudan. But health officials say that they were mistaken. There have been no polio cases in the country since 2009.
The World Health Organization said previously that it had confirmed three cases of polio in South Sudan back in August.
"There was a problem in the lab analysis," WHO spokesman Oliver Rosenbauer told Shots Thursday in an email. "So in fact those are not [polio] cases. South Sudan is being removed from the list of infected countries.
"But given that the Horn of Africa outbreak is continuing, South Sudan remains at risk," Rosenbauer wrote. "And immunization activities continue to be implemented in the country."
The polio outbreak in Somalia is currently the largest one in the world, with 174 cases. The virus has spread to Kenya and Ethiopia, which share borders with Somalia.
South Sudan, on the other hand, is hundreds of miles from the Somali border. So the corrected information means that the spread of the virus is more limited than previously thought.
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Starter: You know, with all the talk in recent years of "bounty hits" — tackles designed to knock opposing players out of professional football games — among players in the NFL, it may be easy to forget that professional baseball players have a similar system that, in a way, could be even more dangerous: It's called retaliation.
Explainer: Here's how it works: The pitcher from one team will intentionally throw the ball at a batter from the other team. Showing off after a home run or stealing a base when the game is in hand are possible reasons that the opposing team's pitcher may retaliate.
Impressive Depth: Baseball historians, like Tim Kurkjian of ESPN, tell stories of pitchers like Rick Sutcliffe and Roger Clemens who were well-known retaliators. Stan Williams, who pitched throughout the 1960s, kept a list of names written in his cap of batters to punish for one thing or another. Many baseball players and aficionados treat retaliation like it's just part of the game. And it's true that only one man in MLB history has died from being hit by a pitch. But a number of players like Kirby Puckett and Tony Conigliaro were severely injured by pitches to the head.
Quotes You Can Quote: Jason Turbow, author of The Baseball Codes — a book and blog about the unwritten rules of the game — draws a distinction. He tells NPR that most devastating blows to the head in football "are rotational in nature — sidelong hits that affect a greater surface area of the brain — partly because helmet manufacturers haven't yet figured out how to truly disperse that kind of energy before it reaches the skull."
Straight-ahead blows like those caused by a pitched baseball, Turbow says, "are much easier to corral. Not at all saying they're inconsequential, but it's part of the reason why concussions aren't nearly as big a part of baseball as they are in the NFL."
Closer: At least not yet. That could change in a split second with a few errant split-finger fastballs.
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