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Two other friends, Ann and Tess, joined us. We booked at the Sama-Sama Express Hotel at the airport's modern Transit Center. Each room was big enough for two, so conveniently located among the gates! The Center had all the shopping and food we wanted…durian products, other Malaysian goodies, and a branch of Chicken Rice, the chain of the Hainanese chicken rice fame, one of my and Jingjing's favorite dishes. Who needs to go out into the city when you can get it right there at the Food Court?
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The next day we were in Vientiane, the capital and largest city of Laos. Actually, Jingjing wanted to go to Luang Prabang, the Laotian cultural capital. But I chose Vientiane because the name sounded classier! The capital since 1563, the city was the administrative center when the French ruled the country and is now Laos' economic core with an estimated population of 760,000. Still spared from tourist industry commercialization, it lies between mountains and the low lands of Mekong River and is refreshing to visit with touches of both European and Asian cultures. We contracted a taxi driver to drive all four of us for a day.
Xieng Khuan
First stop was the Buddha Park (aka Xieng Khuan) with more than 200 religious statues including a huge over 131-feet high reclining Buddha, about 30 minutes from the city center. The best spot for photography was on top of the giant pumpkin, standing about three stories high, whose entrance is a demon's mouth that leads to an internal stone ladder to the top with a bird's eye view of the Park.
In 1958, it was built by a monk who studied both Buddhism and Hinduism, the park has Buddha images, Hindu gods, and demons and animals from both beliefs. The most outstanding ones include Indra, the king of Hindu gods, riding a three-headed elephant, a four-armed deity sitting on a horse, and an artistic god with 12 faces and many hands. They are all impressive because of their size and interesting details. It was a great first stop.
Pha That Luang
|also found on the grounds of Pha That Luang
But it was the next stop that left us deeply amazed. Pha That Luang is beautiful to behold. A historic gold stupa, it is over 144 feet high with multiple levels, a walled enclosure, and a green grassy courtyard. This Great Stupa is the most sacred monument in the country. Every November, the Boun That Luang Festival, the most important Buddhist celebration, is held there with thousands of Laotians congregating there from all over the country.
Looking more like a fortress surrounded by high walls from the outside, Built by King Setthathirat in 1566 on the site of a 13th century Khmer ruin, it was greatly damaged during the Burmese, Chinese and Thai invasions in the 18th and 19th centuries but was restored by the French in 1900 and 1930. It features two temples with the main stupa's top covered with gold leaf. The architecture is Lao in style, finely-gilded with red-lacquer doors, pointed lesser stupas, many Buddha, flower and animal images.
Our taxi driver brought us next to the Patuxai Victory Monument that is the centerpiece of Patuxai Park at the end of the capital's grand avenue. The Park is a popular place to stroll around in the afternoons with the palm trees, lotus ponds, a musical fountain donated by China, and the peace gong given by Indonesia when Laos was named the world's most peaceful country.
|Wat Si Saket
Dedicated to the Laotians killed in the fight to gain independence from France, as well as from its earlier occupiers, Thailand and Japan, Patuxai is the best example of European influence, reminiscent of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. But its exterior embellishments and interior decorations are of Laotian style. At the top, you will enjoy a panoramic view of Vientiane. Built between 1957 and 1968 using funds from the U.S. government, it features 4 arches, facing North, South, East, and West. The 5 towers symbolize the Buddhist principles of amiability, flexibility, honesty, honor, and prosperity.
Wat Si Saket
Near our hotel, we spent a lot of time at Wat Si Saket, famous for a cloister wall housing more than 6,800 tiny Buddha images and seated Buddhas that date from the 16th and 19th centuries. They come in all sizes and are made of wood, stone, and bronze. In beautiful Lao architecture, it is the country's oldest Buddhist monastery, right across the Presidential Palace, with vast grounds filled with structures.
Wat Ho Phra Keo
Across the street and beside the Presidential Palace is Wat Ho Phra Keo, originally constructed in 1565 as the royal family's personal chapel. It was the home of the Emerald Buddha after it was snatched from northern Thailand (reclaimed by the Thai in 1778 and now in Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok). The temple is now a museum, richly adorned with a 16th century lacquered door with Hindu carvings.
|Wat Ho Phra Keo
Presidential Palace
The Presidential Palace was started in 1973 on the former royal grounds. Because of the takeover by the communist Pathet Lao in 1975, the building was not completed until it finally opened its doors in 1986 for government functions and ceremonies (the President resides elsewhere). Closed to the public, the beau arts-style architecture features tall colonnades and shaded balconies. Well-manicured lawns and gardens surround the palace, fenced off by tall walls and a wrought iron gate.
|Presidential Palace
This is the 65th country Jingjing visited. To celebrate, we all heard mass at the Catholic place of worship in this Buddhist and Hindu nation. We also feasted at a 5-star hotel a few blocks from our cute Ibis Hotel. A Laotian dish, meat with lots of vegetables and fragrant herbs, caught our fancy because, just like Vietnamese cuisine, we relished its French influence. We were absolutely charmed by old-fashioned Euro-Asian Vientiane. But we still have to visit Luang Prabang!


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Known as The People's Champion in his grappling residence of Northern California Manny Diaz has been living out a lifelong dream that this ever growing Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practice has given him. Currently training under BJJ World Champion Caio Terra his new venture as a brown belt has presented a new set of challenges that came with his newly acquired rank. Nevertheless with challenges also presents opportunity which has allowed Diaz to keep moving with each BEAT to smashing all obstacles that stand in the way of reaching his ultimate goal.
Manny Diaz recently spoke with us at BJJ Legends as he opens about his training philosophy, current brown belt venture, and his future goals in giving back to the community that has given so much to him.
What does becoming a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu signifying for Manny Diaz?
Manny Diaz: At my age I've been living a dream. I never thought that I would be competing at such a high level. Brown to me is just as important as black, It's the stage of refinement before the highest level. Can't cut any corners, you have to put in the time and work hard if you truly want to be at the top.
How do you currently feel at this belt level?
Manny Diaz: At first I was scared but I really feel my game changing at brown. It has all to do with the possibilities of submissions with leg locks and the other things it opens up because of it. I'm eager to learn and even more eager to compete.
What are some of the new challenges and goals you have set out for yourself as a brown belt?
Manny Diaz: Ultimately being the brown belt world champion, there are many tournaments that are great and I would love to win but none to me are greater than the world championships. I don't think I can set a higher goal other than winning the open class title along with it. I'm not greedy and would gladly take the win at weight, besides I need to let the other guys have a chance to win too right… LOL
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I love the rusty chair!
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These are FABULOUS pics!! Those faces are great!
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Love the colors in your outfit. That orange stands out so well against the darker palette. and you are SO pretty!
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Some fabulous photos you have here! I love them all!
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these pictures are beautiful and I love the mix of colors in your outfit--burgundy, brown, and dark orange. awesome.
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The standoff embroiling Washington represents far more than the specifics of the demands on the table, or even the prospect of economic calamity. It is an incipient constitutional crisis. Obama foolishly set the precedent in 2011 that he would let Congress jack him up for a debt-ceiling hike. He now has to crush the practice completely, lest it become ritualized. Obama not only must refuse to trade concessions for a debt-ceiling hike; he has to make it clear that he will endure default before he submits to ransom. To pay a ransom now, even a tiny one, would ensure an endless succession of debt-ceiling ransoms until, eventually, the two sides fail to agree on the correct size of the ransom and default follows.
This is a domestic Cuban Missile Crisis. A single blunder could have unalterable consequences: If Obama buckles his no-ransom stance, the debt-ceiling-hostage genie will be out of the bottle. If Republicans believe he is bluffing, or accept his position but obstinately refuse it, or try to lift the debt ceiling and simply botch the vote count, a second Great Recession could ensue.
When Linz contemplated the sorts of crises endemic to presidential systems, he imagined intractable claims of competing legitimacycharismatic leaders riding great passionate mobs, insisting they alone represented the will of the people. The present crisis is a variation of that. Republicans insistently point to polls showing disapproval of the Affordable Care Acta kind of assertion of legitimacy via direct referendum, implicitly rebuking Obama's counter-argument that the presidential election settled the issue of repealing the Affordable Care Act. But the Republican position rests more heavily on the logic of extortion rather than popular mandate. No one wants to default, but we are not going to continue to give the president a limitless credit card, warned Republican representative Jason Chaffetz earlier this year. Obama will not permit an economic crisis worse than 200809, wrote former Bush administration speechwriter Marc Thiessen, and thus has no choice but to negotiate with GOP leaders. Republicans argue that Obama bears all responsibility for avoiding a national catastrophe; Obama argues that both sides bear an equal amount every dayand that this particular mess is not his to clean up.
How to settle this dispute? Here is where Linz's analysis rings chillingly true: There is no democratic principle on the basis of which it can be resolved, and the mechanisms the Constitution might provide are likely to prove too complicated and aridly legalistic to be of much force in the eyes of the electorate. This is a fight with no rules. The power struggle will be resolved as a pure contest of willpower.
In our Founders' defense, it's hard to design any political system strong enough to withstand a party as ideologically radical and epistemically closed as the contemporary GOP. (Its proximate casus belliforestalling the onset of universal health insuranceis alien to every other major conservative party in the industrialized world.) The tea-party insurgents turn out to be right that the Obama era has seen a fundamental challenge to the constitutional order of American government. They were wrong about who was waging it.


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3 P2P architectures
The QoS (Quality of Service) provided by the streaming system depends strongly on the topology of the cluster of peers. Some proposals, such as Overcast [13] and Scattercast [5], define a two-tier network structure where some (suppously high reliable) peers form a core network and the rest of peers are in an outer network. This architecture is, in essence, similar to a CDN because the outer peers do not contribute to the network and therefore, the scalability is quite limited. Additionally, if a core peer fails, several core and outer peers can experiment an interruption in the receiving of the stream.
Other approaches, such as PeerCast [7], Scribe [4], NICE [2], ZigZag [24] and BulkTree [1], distribute the peers in a tree (that in the end is a specific case of the star topology). It is well known that tree-push techniques are optimal respect to transmission delay, but only when the overlay structure matches the physical network structure. Besides, if a peer in the tree fails, then all the descendant peers will experiment an interruption in the streaming, effect that becomes larger when the failed peer is closer to the tree root. Finally, the leaf peers do not send data and therefore, the scalability of the system is limited. This last drawback can be mitigated building multiple trees and configuring leaf peers as root peers in other tree, approach that has been used in Zebra [8], CoopNet [19], SplitStream [3] and Orchard [17], albeit that the rest of problems remains.
In order to improve the robustness of the overlay, some protocols such as Narada [26], Yoid [11], PULSE [21] and Bullet [14] propose a tree/mesh-pull structure, similar to the one used in BitTorrent [6]. This architecture has been also utilized in the PPSP [12]. However, the signaling overhead that are necessary to maintain the dynamic structure of the mesh and the interchange of data between the peers (in order to perform the pull-operations) usually limites the size of the overlays, or at least, the neighbour-rate between the peers, a key aspect that usually helps to cope with the un-notified churn.
The proposal introduced in this document, the P2PSP, is an hybrid structure that can match any of the previously described topologies, depending on the user configuration. A pure P2PSP overlay lies in one of the extremes of this spectrum of P2P streaming algorithms because it can be clasiffied as a mesh-push structure with the maximal neighbour-rate because each peer send chunks of data to the rest of peers of the cluster (in other words, the diameter of the cluster is always ). This provides to a P2PSP cluster a high error resilience, specially against churn. In the other extreme, a P2PSP overlay can consist of a large group of P2PSP teams which are interconnected with a star structure. A description of that idea has been depicted in Figure 1, where three different configurations have been shown. On the left one, there is a pure C/S structure. In the center, some proxies have reduced their bandwidth requirements thanks to the creation of some P2PSP clusters. In the right, the content privider only sends a copy of the stream by means of a pure P2PSP structure.


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UFC 136 Results: Will Chael Sonnen Be Able to Cash the Checks His Mouth Wrote?October 9, 2011
At UFC 135, Chael Sonnen put one of the most impressive performances of his entire career, submitting Brian Stann in the second round with an arm-triangle choke.
This was Sonnen's first fight in the UFC in more than a year, and he made a big statement in defeating Stann.
However, as big a statement as Sonnen made with his physical performance, his verbal performance made an even bigger one.
After the fight, Sonnen's first (televised) words to Joe Rogan were, "Anderson Silva, you absolutely suck."
He followed that up by challenging the UFC's current middleweight champion to a fight on Super Bowl weekend.
He followed THAT up by saying that if Silva beats him he will leave the UFC forever, but if he beats Silva, he expects Silva to leave the middleweight division forever.
These antics are a surprise to no one, as Sonnen is known for his trash talk more than anything else—which is crazy, given what an amazing fighter he is.
But can Chael cash the checks he's writing with his mouth?
Probably not.
Does Sonnen have a chance of defeating Silva in a rematch?
But as far as all this "I win and you do this, you win and I do this" stuff goes, it won't happen.
This isn't the WWE, and crazy stipulations like that just don't happen in MMA—UFC President Dana White would never allow it to happen.
Sonnen is a huge asset to the UFC, and White would not want to let him go, even if he loses to Anderson again.
Also, if Sonnen did win, White would want likely want to set up a trilogy fight at some point, which would be possibly the most marketable fight in UFC history.
Expect Sonnen and Silva to fight again, but don't expect it to happen with the stipulations that Sonnen proposed this evening.
It's not even a matter of Sonnen keeping his word; it's that the higher-ups and the money men would never allow something like that to happen.
Be sure to keep it on Bleacher Report for all things UFC 136. B/R is your home for MMA, from pre-fight predictions to in-fight coverage, live results and post-fight analysis...which you can check out on our UFC 136 event hub.
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Made by: Yeos
Origin: China
Imported into the UK: Chadha Oriental Food Ltd
Grass jelly is a popular dessert in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, where it is cut into cubes, added to shaved ice or fruits and sweetened with honey or sugar. Grass jelly, popularly known as 'Chin Chow' is made from a type of herb belonging to the mint family (latin name: Mesona Chinensis). It is thought to have cooling (Yin) properties and therefore readily consumed in drinks as a form of refreshment in hot weather. In Vietnam it is believed to enhance female fertility, as the herb's roots contain oestrogen. The black jelly strands are also stirred into soy milk in Malaysia to create a drink called 'Michael Jackson'.
This is dark brown in colour with yellow highlights, certainly an unusual colour for a soft drink. There is a sizeable sediment of grass jelly strands suspended in the drink, comprising about one quarter of the can's contents, and these sink to the bottom of the glass when poured. There is also a very light effervescence forming on the surface of the drink, as if the contents were fermenting quietly.
The nose is earthy and 'rooty' (reminds me of a root beer or a dandelion & burdock) with malt extract and a hint of liquorice coming through. The palate has a well-diluted caramel flavour (imagine a flat cola) with a drop of treacle and a sappy, leafy tang. This has a short finish, disappearing quickly, and confirming the well-diluted impression, with a grain of liquorice right at the end. The grass jelly strands break up easily in the mouth and add a light texture.
Packaging claims: Contains no preservatives, authentic Asian drink
Ingredients: Water, aqueous extract of Mesona Chinensis (1.5%), cane sugar, modified tapioca starch
Price: Should be about £0.70 for a 330ml can, from specialist retailers
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Domestic natural gas prices will rise only slightly if the U.S. exports liquified natural gas, although there could be geopolitical repercussions, analysts from Deloitte said Wednesday.
Glutted with gas from the hydraulic fracturing of deep shale, the U.S. is positioned to shift from imports to exports. The Department of Energy is considering applications for new export terminals and conversions of idle import terminals that want to export. But concerns about price increases and pollution at home have stirred opposition, and Ernest Moniz, Obama's nominee for ENergy Secretary, has been cagey on the issue.
Deloitte's oil and gas advisors weren't cagey at all.
"It's pretty understandable that there's this debate, but what we believe is that the impact domestically is small in terms of upward price movement, and the impact on the economy is very large," said Peter Robertson, a Deloitte senior advisor on oil and gas, in a webcast briefing Wednesday. "So exporting should be a good idea."
The analysts estimate U.S. gas prices would rise an average of 15 cents per million BTU, or about 3.75 percent, if gas producers are permitted to export 6 billion cubic feet of gas per day. Why 6 billion?
"It's a pretty considerable amount to export," Robertston said. "It's a little less than 10 percent of production. We may get to that level, we may get a little higher than that, we may not get to that level. We thought that was a pretty good basis, and it would be a pretty good export component."
While U.S. consumers and manufacturers would pay that extra 15 cents, prices would drop as much as 70 cents in foreign markets, where gas is much more expensive right now (about $16 in Asia and $10-14 in Europe). That's where U.S. exports could have political impacts.
"US LNG exports for the most part will definitely help gas importers and hurt gas exporters," said Tom Choi, a natural-gas market economist for Deloitte. "Importing countries will benefit from having a lower supply cost, because additional supply will put competitive pressure on prices in each region.
"But gas exporting countries could suffer a decline in revenue because of price erosion and/or supply displacement. They're going to have lower revenue because they're going to get a lower price at the market, and also they could get displaced by the US export volumes."
The list of gas-importing countries that would benefit includes some of America's closest allies: Japan, Germany, Italy, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom...
The U.S. has more delicate relations with some of the gas exporting countries expected to suffer from U.S. exports, including Russia, Qatar, Algeria and Indonesia. There are allies on that list too, including Canada and Australia.
But as long as U.S. prices remain around $4 and international prices remain above $10, the global market should welcome U.S. gas.
"It costs a couple, three dollars (per million BTU) to build an LNG export facility. It costs a couple, three dollars depending on where you're going to transport it, and it costs a buck or something like that to regassify it when you get to market, so if the U.S. is in a $4 market and we're exporting LNG, it's probably $9 by the time it gets to the landing point."
The Deloitte analysts addressed pollution only in passing, but some environmental groups oppose exports on the grounds that they will increase pollution at home and abroad.
"Exporting natural gas would increase fracking and carbon emissions, put sensitive ecological areas at risk, and do nothing to address our country's energy challenges," according to the Sierra Club.
"Natural gas companies envision a network of winding pipelines and noisy, polluting compressors that connect the drills to the docks, slicing through wild lands, rivers, and backyards. Pipelines and gas wells will inevitably leak or rupture, risking lives and fouling the environment where people live and further polluting the air we breathe and the water we drink."
Natural gas loses some of its carbon advantage over coal when liquified because liquification and refrigeration require energy—usually furnished by burning some of the product—and LNG
is held under such enormous pressures in transport sometimes leaks, contributing a potent greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.
The Deloitte analysts painted a more positive picture of the process:
"The U.S. has been incredibly blessed here with this resource basin in America," Robertson said, "but we're even more blessed probably with the dynamic and innovative and technically advanced industry that we have, and culture that we have, that's allowed us to develop these resources frankly quickly, cleanly, and competitively.
"The benefits of exporting this natural resource frankly are—and our work supports this—almost uniformly positive."
The briefing covered two reports recently published by Deloitte, one on domestic impacts and one on global (pdfs).
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In November 2011, business owners, various federal, state, and city officials, Native elders, and children gathered at Totem Square in Sitka, Alaska for the ceremonious return of an iconic totem pole which had been removed for restoration.
|2011 Totem today courtesy of Frank Barnes USDA FS
The work was done by local totem pole expert Tommy Joseph at the Southeast Indian Cultural Center in the Sitka National Historic Park Visitor Center. Over the years, experts have learned that old restoration techniques could actually be harmful, so some of the earlier restorative work was removed. The original design drawing by George Benson was used to insure authenticity.
The Totem Square pole, standing 40 feet tall, has an interesting and controversial past. Beginning in 1935, many poles were carved by the Civil Conservation Corps under the supervision of the Forest Service. In 1941, George Lewis, a local Tlingit, proposed to the Forest Service that a special pole be carved in Sitka. Forest Service architect Linn Forest asked another local Tlingit, George Benson to complete the design to honor the Russian era and the Russian dealings with Chief Keeks-Sady of Sitka. The intention was for Natives working for the Sitka office of the CCC to complete the carving, and the pole would be placed on Forest Service property.
Unfortunately, when the time came to start the pole, the carvers were all committed to other CCC projects. Much to the displeasure of the Sitkans, the pole design and a specially cut red cedar log were shipped to Wrangell. A year later, when the finished pole was delivered back to Sitka, it was not welcomed and people even threatened to deface it. Some people felt the design had been changed to ridicule the Russian occupation of Alaska instead of honoring it. (Medinger, 2008)
Andrew Hope, speaking for the Kiksadi Clan of Sitka, felt that the pole did not represent the truth about the Native relations with the Russians. (Hope, 1942) At this point, there was even talk about whether the Forest Service should have commissioned it in the first place. Despite these protests, the pole was raised, the controversy was put aside, and the pole became the focus of the square. At the 2011 reinstallation of the pole, Nels Lawsonof the Kaagwaantaan (and Forest Service retiree), after first recognizing the Kiksadi, said, "The intent of the pole was to recognize the people of Sitka, and I would like that to be how we move forward into the future for our children and grandchildren. Gunalchéesh."(Ronco, 2011)
While the pole was gone, the park site underwent extensive restoration work. First, repair work, and then additional cosmetic work was done on the seawall to make it more attractive and more functional. This work included new rockwork, new railings and new low-key lighting. The entire lawn area was removed, graded, and replanted with sod and shrubs. New benches and walkways were installed to give the square more of a park-like atmosphere.
Totem Square fronts the town hall, Pioneer's Home, the channel, the Totem Square Hotel, and downtown Sitka. A 2007 study concluded that Totem Square is a key destination for tourists, so without the pole, "Totem Square ceases to reflect its name." With the restored pole once again in place, the citizens of Sitka have a renewed pride in their town square.
More photos:
Original design sketch from SNHP
1941 pole carving in Wrangell USDAFS
2011 totem back in Sitka courtesy of Carol Goularte USFS
Original design sketch from SNHP
1941 pole carving in Wrangell USDAFS
2011 totem back in Sitka courtesy of Carol Goularte USFS
Hope, A. (1942, March 16). letter to Mr. Hearst, Indian Office, Juneau, AK. Sitka, Ak.
Medinger, B. (2008, January 24). Chronology / History of Baranof Totem Pole. Sitka, AK.
Ronco, E. (2011, November 30). Controversial Totem Pole Returns to Totem Square. KCAW Radio. Sitka, AK.
By Frank Barnes, Information Receptionist, Sitka Ranger District


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Interview with Hiromichi Nago, president of EM Hawaii, LLC. Mr. Nago has been involved in EM� in Hawaii and is a leading figure in promoting EM Technology� in the USA. We asked him about his background and goals for EM Hawaii, L.L.C., and about teacher�s workshops he held in Hawaii.
Q: How did you become involved with EM�?
I became aware of EM Technology� by chance. Mr. Toichiro Nago, President of Tropical Plants Resources Research Institute (TPR) visited our Orchid nursery in Hawaii. I was a grower for M. Miyamoto orchids in Waianae, Oahu at that time and Mr. Nago was looking for orchids to add to his collection in Okinawa. He introduced a bottle of EM-X� dietary supplement to us and mentioned their work with Effective Microorganisms in Okinawa, Japan.
Later, I had an opportunity to teach English to junior high
school students in Okinawa. During these six years I heard more about Professor Teruo Higa and his work with EM�. As a Horticulture graduate from the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture, I was very interested and went to several of his presentations. I was brought up to eat "naturally grown" foods and wanted to learn more about EM Technology� before returning to Hawaii. I contacted Professor Higa and he introduced me to EM Research Organization, Inc. (EMRO).
The organization was newly formed and going thru transition with a new President. I was asked to read Professor Higa's best selling book An Earth Saving Revolution. I made my mind that this is what I wanted to be involved with. My internship in Okinawa was mostly self directed study on various EM�1� uses (pig farms, chicken farm, waste treatment plant, etc). I was then accepted into the EM Research Organization as a researcher to start up the Hawaii operations.
Q: What are your main personal motivations and goals related to EM Technology�?
My personal motivation and feeling is that my work in promoting EM Technology� is my life mission.
I believe in Professor Higa's philosophy that this low-cost, high quality, easy-to-use Technology is essential to help society break away from a cycle of chemical-based agriculture, and to recycle organic waste, clean polluted streams and create a healthy environment. Professor Higa is very humble and passionate about his research. He travels all around the world to educate people about the Technology he developed and introduce new innovations with EM�1�. It is my goal to learn as much as possible and introduce the latest products and Technology to the people of Hawaii and abroad.
I feel very grateful to be in this position and contribute to the betterment of mankind and the environment. I wake up each day thinking who or what company can I help with EM�1�.
Q: Specifically in Hawaii, what kind of projects have you been involved in related to EM Technology�? What successes and challenges have you faced? Are there areas specific to Hawaii and its environment that are suited to EM�1� use?
We started our EM Hawaii activities in 1996, and set up a local EM�1� production facility. I oversaw the local production and distribution of EM�1� and was technical consultant for the majority of the projects. The first project we started and are still involved with is the Honolulu Zoo. We have presented the applications of EM�1� at the Zoological garden at various international conferences in New Zealand and Europe. Most recently, we finished a consulting project with McDonald's restaurant with our authorized EM�1� waste treatment dealer. We also have successfully completed two teacher workshops with the Department of Education Service Learning Department. There are a number of teachers who took the lesson into their classrooms. The children are learning about EM Technology� and teaching their parents!
We faced challenges, including being responsible for running an operation with a limited budget and personnel. However, despite these challenges we have learned to run it as business, partnering with the right people and slowly increasing EM�1� use and sales.
Q: What future projects are you hoping to start in Hawaii? What are your short-term and long-range goals?
Ever since the discharge of 20 million gallons of raw sewage into the Ala Wai Canal which flows into Ala Moana and Waikiki Beach, I have been attending "Waste Water Spill Response Committee" meetings with various concerned parties to introduce EM�1� as a solution to future spills and to help maintain the surface water runoff and rivers that feed into the canal.
Short term goals:
We have recently gone thru another reorganization, and I have taken over the Hawaii operation as my own company. It is my commitment to maintain our high quality service and availability of EM�1� products to our customers. We will soon be launching a new website which will showcase our new look and latest activities.
Long term goals:
EM Technology� was first developed by professor Teruo Higa for sustainable agriculture, our long term goal is to be recognized by the local industry- �Hawaii Agriculture Awards� which honors significant contributions to the local agricultural industry. Introduce EM Technology� to new customers and serving them profitably to enable us to support EM Technology� Network�s nonprofit activities
Hiromichi Nago, president
EM Hawaii, LLC.
560 N. Nimtz Hwy., Ste 217A, Honolulu,HI 96817
Ph / fax: 808-548-0396 www.emhawaii.com
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Kitchen Ideas / February 28, 2018 /
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Here is one magnificent contemporary example of the two-toned kitchen design – the saffron yellow of the comfy kitchen islands (with a horizontal bar that allows the guest to be included in the food preparation proses) is in beautiful juxtaposition with the muted grays of the concrete base of the composition. As we mentioned the Deep-blue will be a hot trend and in this composition by Fala Atelier the Portuguese architecture studio it is cool how they had transformed an old house in Porto into contemporary and trendy home – with a strong colorful presence of the kitchen cabinetry and appliances in characteristic color.
While thinking of food preparation, you must consider some main appliances. For example, will you need an extra sink and if so, make sure that is at least nine inches deep to prevent splashing. The versatile nature of the unit allows you to introduce a cooktop with vent hood overhead or flexible butcher block if needed. Also, one often overlooked detail is whether or not you would like to have accessible outlets on your island – it is essential if you are using the space for food prep – blenders, mixers, etcetera devices will be grateful if you think about that matter in advance.
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Legal Advice – Uncontested Divorce
Many clients want to resolve their divorce between themselves. They are concerned that a judge does not really know them or their unique situation and cannot make the best decision for their children.
The following topics should be discussed and agreed upon in a typical uncontested divorce:
- Which parent will hire an attorney and take the divorce
- Custody of the children (full custody, joint custody, shared custody, divided custody)
- Visitation by the other parent
- Child support
- Tax deduction for the child
- Medical insurance and expenses for the child
- Disposition of marital home and mortgage
- List of assets to each parent
- List of debts to each parent
- Retirement Accounts
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- Who will pay attorney's fees and costs


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Friday, April 8, 2011
Round 1 is over! The Juniors steam rolled over the Halifax Mooseheads in round #1, winning in four straight games that included two shutouts for goaltender J-F Berube.
Some of the highlights from round one; Louis Leblanc scoring a a goal per game pace (4 goals scored in 4 games played). Jeremy Gouchie's 7 points (2G and 5A) which leads the team in playoff scoring. And how about goaltender J-F Berube? He finished the series with 2 shutouts, a .955 save percentage and a 1.35 GAA.
We can't snub the flashes of excellence we saw from the Halifax side either. Super rookie Martin Frk was a pleasure to watch. He dazzled the Montreal crown with his shifty moves and crafty play. It's amazing to think this kid is only draft eligible in 2012. Should go top-5 or top-10 max. He's definitely one of the best 17 year olds I've ever seen in the Q......imagine the damage he could do if he had real line mates?
My MVP for Montreal in round 1 was team captain Nicolas Chouinard. He was excellent and did everything a team captain needs to do to help his team win hockey games. In game 1 Chouinard led the way offensively, scoring 1 goal and adding 2 assists. He treated every shift like his last, hitting everything that moved. He was named the game's 1st star.
Game 2 wasn't much different. Chouinard scored again and added an assist, giving him a total of 5 points through the first two games of the series, making him Montreal's leading point getter at the time. He was named the game's 2nd star.
When the series shifted to Halifax for rounds 3 and 4 Chouinard didn't register any points but he still finished the series as the team's 2nd leading scoring. Here are the Juniors top 5 scorers after round 1:
1. Jeremy Gouchie (2G, 5A, 7P, +7)
2. Nicolas Chouinard (2G, 3A, 5P, +4)
3. Louis Leblanc (4G, 0A, 4P, +2)
4. 4 players tied at 4 points (Lefebvre, Parkes, Meilleur, Ouellet)
Next up is Lewiston in round #2. Playoff predictions to be released shortly before puck drop.
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Now before the challenge had started I had a whole heap of figures sat on shelves and in boxes mounted onto painting strips, cleaned and primed in black, ready for the off. Alongside this I had worked out that to keep on track of painting I needed a schedule of sorts hence the spreadsheet. This served me well throughout the challenge as it enabled me to track what I had left to do in various projects or bonus rounds. Together with a set of spreadsheets for the relevant armies or units I was organised as best I could be. I stocked up on basing materials and essential paint colours that were low and of course plenty of bases to mount them all on.
I had always planned to go really hard for the first month, because I wanted to beat my good buddy Kev to the 1000 point mark. After all I have heard about my failings last time out for a fair proportion of the year and I wanted to level the score. There is always plenty of banter flying between us, its what good mates do and its all in good spirits.
I hit the 1000 point mark three weeks into the challenge and managed to restore my dignity. However now I had a level of confidence to raise my target too 2750 which I thought would be achievable as I planned to take the rest of the challenge at a more relaxed pace. Then I changed my game plan a short while later and decided to go for the win. To prove something to myself more than anything, I have struggled badly with illness this last year and was unable to beat back a bad bout of depression, so I used the challenge to focus my mind and block things out and hopefully I would come out the other side in a happier place. It did not always work and at times the depression was a hindrance but I carried on regardless.
The big thing for me this year was a new focus on biblical armies and the challenge was an ideal setting to make a good start and set about building the Nubian Army. I worked three units at a time on this until it was completed.
This amassed me a grand total of 4180 points. This equates to 44 points a day over the 95 Days.
I am going to take a couple of days off from blogging and put me feet up for a bit to recover. I sure I have earned that much at least. Thank you all for taking the time to visit my blog throughout the event and all the comments.


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This is something I've been working on for just about two years, and it's just now time to release it. Remember draft night, 2007? I bet you do for one reason. His name is Joakim Bertram Noah. He looked like this:
But also, he looked like this later on:
Obviously, this was a great look, and as it turns out, pretty marketable. We went through A LOT of prototypes before we finally had our finished product, but I'm pretty happy to present the Joakim Noah Hat:
Yes, that is me modelling my product. As you can see, it emulates Joakim Noah's look from his draft night celebration. It also makes sure that you get that real Joakim Noah ponytail action. For reference:
So please, buy your own Joakim Noah Hat today, and get one for your friends too. They'll love it.


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Stuff That Matters
Stuff That Matters
O'Reilly Media founder Tim O'Reilly says open-source developers should work on stuff that matters.
Halls of Open Source
The main hall, including the registration area for OSCON 2012.
Ward Cunningham
Ward Cunningham, creator of the wiki, imparts some of his knowledge to OSCON attendees, giving back to the community.
Welcome to OSCON
Welcome to OSCON banner hanging over a main entrance to the conference.
Put Open Source to Work
One of several job boards at OSCON full of prospective opportunities for developers steeped in open-source expertise.
OSS Pong
Bluehost enables developers to unwind in a "friendly" ping-pong tournament.
Greenlight for Girls
The Greenlight for Girls project seeks to get girls mostly aged 10 to 15 interested in science and technology, including computer science and open-source software development.
Microsoft Photo Pro
In the Microsoft booth, professional photographer Julian Cash, who also is an open-source programmer and longtime OSCON attendee, took professional-quality photos of anybody who came by. Here he photographs a Puppet Labs developer with a fierce pink Mohawk.
Dells Project Sputnik
Dell's Project Sputnik is aimed at delivering a developer laptop running Ubuntu.
Dell Developer Laptop
An early version of the Dell developer laptop running Ubuntu was on display at the show.
Microsoft Plays Well With Others
Gianugo Rabellino, senior director of open-source communities at Microsoft Open Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, poses in front of a sign at the Microsoft booth that touts how well Microsoft can play with others.
Mr. Phipps
They call him Mr. Phipps. Simon Phipps (right), president of the Open Source Initiative beams in the OSI booth over his organization's move to accept individual members.
Inflatable Linux
An inflatable Linux penguin rests in the OuterCurve Foundation booth at OSCON.
Companies supporting the open-source OpenStack cloud platform banded together to show support for the technology.
Use Your Pixel Sense
In the Microsoft booth, a user tries out the 82-inch multi-touch display from Perceptive Pixel, which Microsoft recently agreed to acquire.
Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, which provides the Ubuntu Linux distribution, talks about DevOps and enhancing the Ubuntu desktop.
The Hostess
Sarah Novotny, co-host of the OSCON 2012 show, sets ground rules for the event.
John Mone
John Mone, executive vice president of technology and program management at EIG, talks about the value of open source.
Small-Business Startup Costs
A comparison of small-business startup costs in 2000 versus 2012.
Open Source Drives Small Business
John Mone's graphic on how open-source drives small business.
Tim OReilly
Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, talks about developers creating value by working on creative projects and giving back.
The Host
Edd Dumbill, a host of the OSCON event, sets the stage for speakers of the day.
David Eaves
Open-source management expert talks about the science of open-source community management.
Danny Hillis
Danny Hillis of Applied Minds talks about the Learning Map.
Brian Aker
HP's Brian Aker talks about scaling the OpenStack technology.


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Last night Evyn got into the gummy vitamins and ate what I estimated to be 45. I bought the bottle just two days prior and knew how many should be in there with exception of what I'd given them.
I called poison control.
After looking up the particular brand we had they determined he'd be perfectly fine because they contained no Iron, they were all water soluble and its take 300 of them to reach a dangerous level of vitimin A.
They informed us he didn't need anymore vitimins for 30 days and to expect a belly ache.
I decided then and there I was done with vitimins that tasted like candy. Period.
Once I realized he'd be ok, I put the fear of God in him.
Me: Evyn Tripp! That's so dangerous. You can't ever take more then the recommended doses of medications. I love you and I'm not ready for you to see Jesus yet.
Evyn: I hope it's Jesus and not the other one. :/
(I had to snicker a little at that)
This morning when he woke up he immediately announced, "Mom!! I'm ok. I didn't see Heaven or Hell."
I'm pretty sure this will be a story he tells his own children. ;)


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Tuesday, 31 December 2013
I present to you all: the best garage mix of the modern era (2005 onwards). Not only is the mixing impeccable (credit to Mr. Revealomaniac) - but the track list is perfect for every UK Garage fan in existence. Why is this? Because every song is produced/remixed by the massively influential (yet understated) UK Garage pioneer: Steve Gurley. Prepare to be guided through a soul-rectifying, 2-stepping journey of the finest of modern electronic music. The pinnacle of this mix for me is Steve Gurley's vocal mix of 'Spirit Of The Sun' - which in my opinion, is one of the most underrated UK Garage tracks of all-time. If you'd like to deviate away from your casual 'Pure Garage / Ministry of Sound' CD compilations and listen to a mix from a true pioneer, then look no further than this. RR: 10/10.
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Virginia Board of Education Guidelines For Policies on Concussions in Students (July 1, 2016)
The Brain Injury Association of Virginia notes that it is important for all education professionals to be aware of the issues surrounding brain injuries and how they can affect the student's abilities in the educational setting. When a child is known or suspected to have sustained a concussion, either from a sports injury, motor-vehicle crash, fall, or other cause, the resulting impairments can be multidimensional and may include cognitive, behavioral, and/or physical deficits. Impairments can be mild or severe, temporary or prolonged. Because no two concussions are alike, it is difficult to determine the period of recovery.
Concussions are a medical and educational issue and are considered to be among the most complex injuries in medicine to assess, diagnose, and manage. The concussed brain requires mental and physical rest to recover. Developing brains are highly variable and concurrent issues may affect cognitive recovery. Every concussion is different, and each student will have unique symptoms and recovery times. Facilitating/managing a student's recovery from a concussive injury includes awareness of current symptoms, the pre-injury status of physical and cognitive function, and the student's sensitivity to physical and cognitive exertion. Concussion symptoms may have a significant impact on learning and academic achievement. A concussion may interfere with a student's ability to focus, concentrate, memorize, and process information. This cognitive impairment may cause frustration, nervousness, anxiety, and/or irritability, and further affect mood or previously existing irritability or anxiety. The "return to learn" academic concussion management plan is divided into graduated phases to promote recovery, considering all factors in this complex injury. Some students may need a short period of rest with a gradual return to school, while others will be able to continue academic work with minimal instructional support.


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With the warmer spring weather here (or approaching), fresh lettuces and other greens will soon start appearing at local farmers' markets. Here's how to store them so they last longer.
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917P - Impact of XRCC1 Arg399Gln polymorphism on ovarian cancer risk in Serbian women
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| Ovarian Cancer
Pathology/Molecular Biology
Translational Research
Basic Scientific Principles
Basic Principles in the Management and Treatment (of cancer)
|Emina Malisic
|Annals of Oncology (2014) 25 (suppl_4): iv305-iv326. 10.1093/annonc/mdu338
E.J. Malisic, I. Boljevic, A. Krivokuca, R. Jankovic
The proteins involved in DNA repair system play a crucial role in the protection against malignant transformation. It has been hypothesized that polymorphic variations of DNA repair genes may contribute to functional deficiencies in DNA repair processes and increase susceptibility to cancer. In this manner, 399Gln variant of Arg399Gln polymorphism in X-ray repair cross-complementing group (XRCC1) gene is associated with significant reduction of DNA base excision and single-strand break repair capacity. Although the role of this polymorphism on development of some types of cancer was indicated, such data for ovarian cancer are missing. Consequently, we aimed to investigate impact of XRCC1 Arg399Gln polymorphism on ovarian cancer risk in Serbian women.
The case-control study included 50 fresh frozen ovarian cancers samples and 78 cervical swabs of gynecologically healthy age-matched controls. DNA was extracted by salting-out procedure. XRCC1 Arg399Gln polymorphism was determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR- RFLP). The allele- and genotypic-specific risks were estimated as odds ratios (ORs) with associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
The distribution of genotypes for Arg399Gln XRCC1 polymorphism in ovarian cancers vs. controls was: 58.0% vs. 38.5% for Arg/Arg, 32.0% vs. 26.9% for Arg/Gln, and 10.0% vs. 34.6% for Gln/Gln genotype, respectively. We found that XRCC1 Arg allele is associated with ovarian cancer risk (OR= 2.635 for Arg vs. Gln with 95% CI of 1.526 to 4.550). The Arg allele exerts its effect on increased risk for ovarian cancer development in dominant model (Arg/Arg plus Arg/Gln vs. Gln/Gln) with OR (and 95 % CI) of 4.765 (1.692 to 13.414) as well as in recessive model (Arg/Arg vs. Arg/Gln plus Gln/Gln) with OR (and 95 % CI) of 2.210 (1.072 to 4.555).
The present results suggest that the Arg399Gln polymorphism of the XRCC1 gene could be a biomarker of susceptibility for ovarian cancer development in Serbian women. Further larger case-control study is needed to confirm our findings.
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


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It's too bad there weren't more people in attendance when Paige performed at Mad River on Wednesday evening (June 6) as part of Piccolo Spoleto's ongoing Blues & Jazz Series. There was a small crowd on hand — a few uninterested couples eating in the booths, a handful of lively music fans sitting along the bar, and series organizer Smoky Weiner's pack of buddies at a table up front. Fortunately, Paige wasn't fazed by the low turnout, and she played with the cheerful vigor she normally displays.
It was an odd set-up on stage, though. Her regular Original Recipe bandmates weren't around, but drummer Ian Dunning Brown was sitting on an abbreviated three-piece kit with an oversized kick drum. A capable timekeeper with a nice, jazzy touch, Brown often jams with Paige during open nights at the Wolf Track Inn in West Ashley. Rhythmically, Paige and Brown clicked pretty well, but it sounded strange to have drums without any low-end support from a bassist or additional guitarist.
Paige and Brown played two full sets of rock 'n' roll show, only some of which seemed particularly bluesy. They included a lot of fun songs from Paige's 2010 album Whole Lotta Woman. The country-styled title track and the raunchy blues-rock of "Paint the Town Red" were highlights. The sparseness of the simple instrumentation allowed plenty of room for Paige's sneering, gutsy slide work and distorted guitar tones to ring out nicely. Some of it resembled the swampy jams of the Flat Duo Jets and the White Stripes.
The admission price might be a bit high for happy hour shows like this. I saw more than a few touristy types peek in, hear about the cover charge, and walk away. It's one thing to ask $11 at the door for a well-established touring artist who rarely visits Charleston, but it's pretty pricey for a local act that plays regularly for free around town. Piccolo's Blues & Jazz Series offers a mix of local talent and out-of-town headliners. Local musician Andy "Smoky" Weiner's efforts to book solid shows at Mad River for Piccolo festival deserve praise, for sure. But when a local artist who's featured in the Piccolo lineup puts on their usual show — particularly a stripped-down version of their usual show — one might feel slightly overcharged.
There's one more event Piccolo's Blues at Mad River series. Momma and the Redemption Band are set to close things out this evening (June 7) at 6 p.m. Visit piccolospoleto.com for more.


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I'm so behind in my blogging!
First things first - a big WOOHOO to the Florida Marlins for winning the World Series and defeating the Yankees at home! I was beyond joyous I tell you. I'm still carrying around a little bit of afterglow.
Continuing with the sports related chatter - boy did my Buffalo Bills look awful last night. I couldn't bring myself to watch the whole game - I gave up about the time Josh Reed fumbled the ball in the 2nd quarter.
My weekend flew by - much too quickly I might add. I didn't get much of anything done, including reading. A shame since I'm working on a very interesting romantic suspense at the moment.
Dead Ringer by Annie Solomon features one very unusual heroine. She's a party girl who has a thing for hooking up with rich, older men. Her latest sugar daddy has just kicked the bucket when the hero, a Federal Agent, comes calling. Seems her long lost mother was married to a mob-connected gazillionaire who may have heisted some plutonium. The Feds want the plutonium found, and they need the heroine to do.
All of this is interesting because it's immediately love/hate between hero and heroine. She's a lot more than she appears to be on the surface, but the hero is just a tad bitter of his former wife's betrayal. Naturally the traitorous wife was a good-time party girl just like our heroine.
Normally the he-been-done-wrong-so-all-women-are-evil type heroes annoy me - but this poor guy has been through the ringer. The heroine is also not making things easy for herself since her party-girl image tends to rear up as a defense mechanism. These two are very different from the normal Alpha hero and virginal-pure romance characters that tend to glut the market so on that score I'm enjoying this book.
Now to see if the author can pull off this love match after all the animosity that's been floating around thus far....


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Does anyone know the overall cabinet length of the DL 40 lathe? I bought one from an on line auction and downloaded the manual from one of the sites but I can not find the overall length.
I have a crew cab Chevy 1500 short bed and would like to be able to transport it with the tailgate up.
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I'm not gonna lie. It's been cold, and I've made a lot of chili. There's something about the snow that makes me want to sit in front of the heater and eat warm stuff while watching Community. I don't even like chili that much.
This last batch was kind of an accident though, mainly because I had soaked kidney beans for an indian curry and then it turned out I had 1.5 pints of cooked beans left. A google search basically yielded me with zero results about what I could do with so much beans but I had to do something with it quick since my teensy freezer was not about to put up with an extra mason jar of stuff, whether they're going to go bad or not. My freezer has no compassion for my plights. And now, I am left with so much chili from my hurry to use up all the kidney beans.
Of course, there's no space in my freezer to put all this extra chili. I've basically quadrupled my problem.
Thankfully, google gave me a million different things to do with leftover chili, and hello, chili for brunch? So much yes. Anything and everything is made better for brunch. Because brunch has baked eggs, and I kinda think life doesn't get any better than baked eggs.
Leftover Baked Quinoa and Chili Eggs
1 serving
What you need:
- 1 cup leftover chili
- 1 cup leftover quinoa
- 2 eggs
- 1 stalk scallions, thinly sliced
- Pinch chili pepper flakes
- Sprinkle of za'atar
How to do it:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Lightly grease a 6in cast iron pan. Layer quinoa and then top with chili.
- Make two slight dents in the chili and crack an egg into each dent. Top with a pinch of chili pepper flakes and a sprinkle of za'atar.
- Bake at 400 degrees from 8-10min, until whites are cooked and serve sprinkled with sliced scallions.


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Potential Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama on Friday for his recent attacks on health insurance companies.
Obama has argued this week for congressional passage of a healthcare overhaul by pointing to rate increases by insurance companies that have made insurance unaffordable for many people.
Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius met several top health insurance executives on Thursday to complain about what Sebelius called "jaw-dropping" rate increases.
Obama read them a letter from an Ohio woman who said her insurance premiums had gone up 25 percent in 2009 and were about to go up another 40 percent this year, making insurance unaffordable for her.
"Insurance companies freely ration healthcare based on who's sick and who's healthy; who can pay and who can't," Obama said on Wednesday.
Romney, who is contemplating a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, said in remarks at the National Press Club that the problems within the U.S. healthcare system are more complicated than simply zeroing in on the insurance industry.
"Gosh, how disappointing it was to see the president take on the health insurance companies, as if the reason that healthcare is expensive in America is because of the insurance companies," Romney said.
"I'm sure there are some insurance companies that deserve blame and we can find them out and point them out," he said. "But this is an issue that is broader than trying to punish some scapegoat."
It is so dangerous to have a president who seems to want to vilify certain industries. Businesses don't grow (including hiring people) when they are fearful that a marauding federal government will come after them and take what they have worked so hard to build. The kind of talk we are hearing out of Washington these days is a great way to extend the recession. Gov. Romney rightly opposes it.
For background on a similar era in American history, let me recommend Amity Shlaes' The Forgotten Man.


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A teen from Lakewood drowned Monday off Sunset Beach, authorities said.
Damian Frierson Jr., 19, was pulled from the water by Huntington Beach city lifeguards and transported to Huntington Beach Hospital, where he died at around 7:21 p.m., according to the Orange County coroner.
Family members told authorities that Frierson was not a swimmer and might have gotten caught in the strong rip currents, Marine Safety Lt. Michael Beuerlein said.


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It's always interesting to bring back to [our clients] what we've found and open their eyes to who their community is. Sometimes it's spot on with what they think and other times it's quite different.
—Cynthia Thomas, Co-Founder and Oracle of UX at Translator @deziner
Working for clients means each community you manage is unique – with different goals, measurement methods and reporting structures for community managers. For Community Manager Appreciation Day we connected with those working in marketing and advertising agencies.
- Suzanne Marlatt, Edelman Digital @applegirl
- Nick Lucido, Edelman Digital @nicklucido
- Katy McGarr, Edelman Digital @kateymcgarr
- Jonha Revesencio, Leo Burnett (IKEA) @jonharules
- Tina Yip, R/GA @tina_yip
- Katie Felten, Community Builder at Translator @KatieFelten
- Cynthia Thomas, Co-Founder and Oracle of UX at Translator @deziner
- Brandon Hill, Co-Founder at BTC Revolutions @speaktothegeek
Our panelists connected on the storytelling component of relaying community success back to their clients. While Tina pointed out that clients want to see the numbers, Cynthia added that the most powerful thing you can do is to help your client experience their community. Jonha added that the stories help her clients realize the difference between what is effective in traditional advertising vs what is effective in the digital realm.
Just knowing the demographics of your community isn't going to let you engage with them on a relevant more personal level. There's always a great two or three striking images that back up a wealth of data. Here are the proof points but on top of that lets take you down to this micro-level, here is Bob in Wisconsin and here's how his tweets and his posts and his demographics line up with this data that we found.
—Brandon Hill, Co-Founder at BTC Revolutions @speaktothegeek
If you're interested in an agency perspective on community management and the added challenges that go with it in building client trust and understanding, definitely check out our full recording with Edelman Digital, Leo Burnett, R/GA, Translator and BTC Revolutions:
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Baseball Adds Two More Pitchers During Early Signing Period
Nov. 20, 2002
TUCSON, Ariz.- The Arizona baseball team added another pair of arms during the early signing period head coach Andy Lopez announced today.
Signing National Letters-of-Intent to play for the Wildcats next season are lefthander Griffin Phelps and righty Jason Ward.
'Pitching wins championships,' said Lopez. 'Griffin (Phelps) and Jason (Ward) are pair of pitchers that can come in and help us right away. With the potential loss (to the Major League draft) of some of our juniors from this season's team, recruiting quality arms has been a priority for the program during the early signing period.'
Phelps (Farmington, N.M./Farmington HS) is a hard throwing southpaw from Farmington, N.M. He has posted a perfect 12-0 record during his high school career to go along with a 2.15 ERA. Phelps garnered all-district and all-state honors his junior season after helping to lead Farmington HS to the Class 4A state championship. Phelps is the son of Charlie and Liz Phelps of Farmington, N.M.
Ward (Spanish Fork, Utah/Utah Valley CC/Spanish Fork HS), who is currently enrolled at Utah Valley Community College, will join Arizona next season with two seasons of eligibility remaining.
As a freshman at Utah Valley, Ward led the Scenic Valley West Athletic Conference with a 0.41 ERA in 43.2 innings pitched. The reliever appeared in 20 games and struck out 56 batters against only 10 walks. He was named all-state and all-region in high school, as well as the Utah Valley Athlete of the Year.
Ward is the son of Randy and Sharlene Christiansen.
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More interesting stuff from the frontiers of science: A study conducted by scientists at Duke University Medical Center in the United States and a group of researchers in Norway found that people who dislike meat are genetically predisposed to be disgusted by the smell of it.
The researchers were particularly focused on a gene called OR7D4 that is "linked to an odor receptor that detects a compound called androstenone, which is found in male mammals, and is most commonly detectable in pork meat." (Source)
Apparently, people with two functioning copies of that gene can more easily zero in on the smell of androstenone, while those with one or no functioning copies of the gene cannot detect the odor. Interestingly, it is the people who can detect the smell (researchers estimate 70 percent of people have two functioning copies of the gene) that are far more likely to be repulsed by it. Those who cannot detect it are more likely to like meat.
Tests were conducted on 23 human participants. Researchers concluded that the desire - or lack thereof - for meat could often be determined by the number of functioning OR7D4 genes in a subject. One of the researchers, Dr. Hiroaki Matsunami, an associate professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke, pointed out that the presence of the OR7D4 genes in people are often a determinant in whether they will like meat. Not just pork. All kinds of meat.
"The male pork meat contains relatively high levels of androstenone, but you can also find it in other types of meat," said Dr. Matsunami. "In fact, androstenone is also found in human sweat, so it's not a pig-specific chemical." (Source)
It is encouraging to know that 70 percent of the population is genetically inclined to find the odor of meat repellent. But don't expect to wake up tomorrow to read headlines that over two-thirds of all people have gone vegan. There's a reason why meats are often cooked with spices and sauces that probably end up overwhelming the smell of androstenone. It's the same reason the walls around slaughterhouses are so high and so thick. Denial is the key word. Still, this is an interesting story. You can read about it here.
|The Smiths had it right all along!
For a long time, I assumed learning and socialization (nurture rather than nature) had a lot do with that. But who knows? It's starting to sound like there is a genetic component to vegetarianism and veganism. It would be interesting to know how many of us fit the right genetic coding for people who are disgusted by meat and how many of us are sickened by it in spite of our genetic composition.
Food for thought.


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'Then every man and woman in the City took themselves outside the gate. And they brought in the wagon upon which Hector was laid, and all day from the early dawn to the going down of the sun they wailed for him who had been the guardian of their city.'
'His father took the body to the house where Hector had lived and he laid it upon his bed. Then Hector's wife, Andromache, went to the bed and cried over the body. "Husband," she cried, "thou art gone from life, and thou hast left me a widow in thy house. Our child is yet little, and he shall not grow to manhood in the halls that were thine, for long before that the City will be taken and destroyed. Ah, how can it stand, when thou, who wert its best guardian, hast perished? The folk lament thee, Hector; but for me and for thy little son, doomed to grow up amongst strangers and men unfriendly to him, the pain for thy death will ever abide."'
'And Hekabe, Hector's mother, went to the bed and cried "Of all my children thou, Hector, wert the dearest. Thou wert slain because it was not thy way to play the coward; ever wert thou championing the men and women of Troy without thought of taking shelter or flight. And for that thou wert slain, my son."'
'And I, Helen, went to the bed too, to lament for noble Hector. "Of all the friends I had in Troy, thou wert the dearest, Hector," I cried. "Never did I hear one harsh word from thee to me who brought wars and troubles to thy City. In every way thou wert as a brother to me. Therefore I bewail thee with pain at my heart, for in all Troy there is no one now who is friendly to me."'
'Then did the King and the folk of the City prepare for Hector's funeral. On the tenth day, weeping most bitter tears they bore brave Hector away. And they made a grave for him, and over the grave they put close-set stones, and over it all they raised a great barrow. On the eleventh day they feasted at King Priam's house, and on the twelfth day the battle began anew.'
For many days Telemachus and his comrade Peisistratus stayed in the house of King Menelaus. On the evening before he departed Menelaus spoke to him of the famous deeds of his father, Odysseus. 'Now Achilles was dead,' said Menelaus, 'and his glorious armour was offered as a prize for the warrior whom the Greeks thought the most of. Two men strove for the prize—Odysseus and his friend Aias. To Odysseus the armour of Achilles was given, but he was in no way glad of the prize, for his getting it had wounded the proud spirit of great Aias.'


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Warning: This post applies to CakePHP 1.3. If you are using CakePHP 2, then visit the updated version available through here.
There is no way you can miss it. Sooner or later you 'll end up having baked your controllers and views only to discover that when you edit a record from the 4th page and press submit on the edit page, much to your annoyance you end up on page one. Needless to say that whatever sort order was there is now gone with the wind.
I have googled a bit and found out the following article in Stack Overflow. The solutions provided over there seemed rather complicated to me, so I decided to craft my own.
Now here is the deal: From what I have seen in cake 1.3, paging is controlled by the value of three parameters: page, sort and direction. All we need to do is provide a way to store them in the session and then have the controller's redirect method inject these back into the URL parameters when they are not present.
<?php class AppController extends Controller { const SESSION_KEY = 'PagingInfo.%s.%s'; public $components = array('Session'); protected function savePagingInfo() { // create an array to hold the paging info $argsToSave = array(); // remove paging info from passed args foreach( $this->passedArgs as $key => $value) if ($key == 'page' || $key == 'sort' || $key == 'direction') $argsToSave[$key] = $value; // abort if any paging info was found $sessionKey = $this->buildSessionKey(); if (!empty($argsToSave)) { $this->Session->write( $sessionKey, $argsToSave); return; } // no paging info let's see if we have something in the sesion if ($this->Session->check($sessionKey)) { $pagingInfo = $this->Session->read($sessionKey); $this->passedArgs = array_merge( $this->passedArgs, $pagingInfo); } } private function buildSessionKey($action = NULL) { if (empty($action)) $action = $this->action; return sprintf( self::SESSION_KEY, $this->name, $action); } } ?>
This approach may be simplistic but in my case it worked. All I had to was call
$this->savePagingInfo(); from my
index() action and then let the rest of the baked code do its work.
And one last comment, there are many cases that you need paging during display of master detail record sets. In cases like these
savePagingInfo() will save paging status for the detail records matching the current master and when the master changes, the paging in the session becomes invalid. My simple solution to this is to add a
'page' => 1 entry in the
$url params pointing to a master record change. With the design of the application I am currently working on this proves just good enough.


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Sunday, August 31, 2008
Crochet and I are over
4 comments:
- River Glorious said...
Red Heart, when washed, becomes soft, esp. if you dry it in a drying machine. It also sort of blocks itself...
To make a blanket even, make three rounds of single crochets, with 3 sc in each corner. If you need to, make a half double crochet to make it higher, esp. where there is a corner of a square where you've joined.
Don't give up on crochet, it's very forgiving if you give it a chance! :)
- August 31, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- Roz said...
Thanks, I'll try washing it, its not necessary harsh feeling but thick and sort of board-like as if I knitted it too tight (although its crochet and I suspect I crochet too tight). Anyway, I'll wash it and see what happens. Steaming didn't do a lot for it.
- August 31, 2008 at 3:56 PM
- Roz said...
HA! Thanks so much for your comment, the blanket came out very soft and drapey, exactly what it needed to be for a baby. I can't thank you enough for that hint. You know, I may just try another one (maybe with a bigger needle so the squares will be the size they are supposed to be).
- September 1, 2008 at 7:33 AM
I was visiting Alice Johnson (who used to be a member of the CMKG) who used to enter her crocheted afghans in our county fairs (won blue ribbons for them, too). To get her crocheted squares the exact same size, she would block them individually. I saw somewhere in an old magazine that there was a gizmo for blocking crocheted or knitted squares. The magazine was from the forties.
- September 3, 2008 at 8:27 AM


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The story of Jack Rodwell reminds me of so many other stories of talented young English players in the Premier League.
They all seem to have the same plot: player performs well for his club, getting regular game time, progressing well. Touted as next big thing for English football, linked with move to bigger club.
Big club makes an approach, player forces through big money move.
Related links
- Southampton in transfer battle for Jack Rodwell
- Arsenal consider Jack Rodwell bid
Fast forward two years: player struggling to compete with myriad of imported talent, has failed to progress, desperately seeking an escape, even if it means dropping below previous standard.
The outcome - the player has taken a backwards step in their career.
Lack of opportunities
How many English players have moved to the likes of Manchester City, Chelsea or even Manchestr United in recent years and actually thrived? Gary Cahill is probably one exception, and I suppose Michael Carrick, although that was a while ago now. James Milner has been steady, but has failed to produce the scintillating form he showed in his peak at Aston Villa.
The truth is that clubs are not interested in improving these young Englishmen - why would they when they can go to Europe and purchase the ready-made product for just a few million pounds (which, for these mega-rich clubs, is a pittance).
Home-grown player quota
These clubs are merely purchasing British players in order to adhere to the Premier League's home-grown player quota. Although in theory this should mean players produced in England are more likely to get game time for bigger clubs, the reality is quite the opposite.
Players like Scott Sinclair and Rodwell were not brought into City to compete, merely to help them meet the regulations. They don't care that they are sitting on the bench, they just had to meet the quotas.
A dearth of talent?
You could argue, then, that it is just that there is a lack of top quality players being produced by British clubs.
I think that is nonsense. Admittedly a number of English players are overpriced and overrated (to me £27million for Luke Shaw was absolutely ludicrous), but that does not mean that they are all not good enough.
Rodwell, for example, was selected for England. He has struggled for injuries but, if City had shown more patience and coaching nous, they could have helped Rodwell to develop into a top class player.
Trigger-happy chairmen
But they do not have that time. Premier League clubs now demand instant success and a manager could be out of a job within a year, so why should he bother worrying about someone for the future who will require a lot of work and patience?
There is not one person or body to blame for this, but it is causing great problems in English football. Clubs must be more willing to give managers time, who in turn need to give players more time to develop and establish themselves rather than give up on someone after one or two seasons of barely playing.
The Premier League must be more stringent with their rule setting - perhaps a certain number of British players in the match day squad would help. And, finally, players must be more willing to turn down big money offers and continue to flourish at their present club.
The most heartwarming news I heard all week was that Ross Barkley had signed a contract extension at Everton. I suspect in a few years time we'll be talking about what could have been with Rodwell, in contrast to what did become of Ross Barkley, so long as his loyalty remains.


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This film is an experiential documentary following the migrational reindeer herders of remote Mongolia. This is an immersive film that serves as a reminder to the harmony that can be experienced when we tap back into the natural rhythms of the Earth. This is a unique and coveted award as only one exists and much like the Earth, the winner is only a temporary Shepard of it. Their name engraved on it and then passed on to the next years winner. This film is made in a way that most aligns with the Earth from conception to final film. Migration won this award after submitting the required environmental impact report which showed low impact on the environment to produce the film. The filmmakers lived as the Mongolian Herders did and used portable solar panels to power their equipment. The voice of the final film is also part of the final decision, in that it is unobtrusive, curious and feminine. This film has a delicate approach that causes the viewer to deepen their listening abilities to hear to voice of Mother Earth.
The Activist Award
This award goes to the film that points out and fights against a repressive system that has us disconnected from each other and the Earth. Careful consideration is given to this film as it is unique and paramount award as we nurture a new society and see the opportunity to do so as a film festival. The film alone is not the only consideration, but how the filmmakers present their work, the partnerships and allies they form and their post production journey to activate and rally the community to action.
The New Paradigm Award
This award goes to a film that calls on a new direction and presents a clear vision on how to realize a healthier Earth. Careful consideration is given to this film as it is a unique and paramount award. We are nurturing a new society and see the opportunity to do so as a film festival by recognizing those giving voice to the earth. Life After Babylon, portrays individuals who, after recognizing the systems that need to be changed, they are actively pursuing a new course and offering an answer to the question: what is next? With a voice that is harmonizing with the Earth, not the voice of the fighter or defender, but one that is nurturing and feminine. It is a new paradigm, manifested in film.
We often hear in the film industry that, "sound is everything." We also hear that sometimes "less is more". In this unique and experimental film, sound effects and music, more so than dialogue, craft the tone and carry the messages of Pushtar. It is a crucial element to the story and a bold choice that paid off.
Best Cinematography
This film weaves linguistic, cultural and environmental themes together in a poetic and moving way; using film to link the language to the land. The viewer is pulled into a deeper appreciation of a land that is quiet and not forceful but flows just as words. The cinematography matches the tone and themes of the film beautifully.
Best Editing
This powerful film made by an Iranian filmmaker compiles over 20 years of home footage. Payeahenas portrays one heart felt moment after another to reveal a story that is all at once incredibly human and revealing to a culture and political system that may be unknown to many viewers.


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our little beach side haven is a popular place during the summer holiday season & the carnival is an added attraction to those who come to enjoy their holiday time. i don't think i have the courage to take on the rides but i do love walking through the crowds with my camera soaking up the atmosphere.
after i took this shot a friend & i headed to a cafe across the road where we played jenga & scrabble {not played this in years!} & dined on donuts with chocolate dipping sauce. the screams of the thrill seekers could still be heard well into the night!