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After 31/2 days of deliberations, the jury reached a verdict late Wednesday in the civil trial of two former De Anza College baseball players accused by a young woman of gang rape.
The forewoman, a Cisco (CSCO) programs manager, will announce the verdict Thursday morning.
The jury of six men and six women had to decide whether former players Kenneth Chadwick and Christopher Knopf are liable for the alleged sexual assault at a house party four years ago when the young woman was 17 years old.
Her lawyers argued that the jury should find Chadwick liable and order him to pay $2.5 million in damages for a single cause of action — negligence. They allege he failed to rescue the teen from a tiny room where eight men allegedly masturbated or had sex with her on March 3, 2007, at a raucous San Jose house party.
Led by attorney Barbara Spector, the young woman's legal team claims she was too intoxicated to consent and had to be rescued by three female De Anza soccer players, who helped her off a stained mattress where she allegedly lay in a pool of vomit, and drove her to the hospital.
The men contend that they are being unfairly blamed by a troubled young woman who wasn't that drunk and explicitly invited them to have sex with her.
The young woman is seeking $5 million from Knopf for 10 causes of action: negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, rape of an unconscious woman, rape of an intoxicated woman, false imprisonment, battery, sexual battery, invasion of privacy, unlawful intercourse and conspiracy. If the jury found that Knopf entered into even an unspoken conspiracy with the other men in the room, he would automatically be liable for everything that happened to the teen in that room before, during and after he was there.
In civil litigation, the plaintiff wins if nine of the 12 jurors agree that the "preponderance of evidence" favors her on each cause of action. That is a lower standard of proof than in criminal trials, where jurors must unanimously agree that the defendant is guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt."
The jury in a civil trial can assign the young woman a percentage of blame for negligence for contributing to her own plight, an option that angers some women's advocates. The defense noted she brought alcohol to the party and performed a public lap dance, and the men claim she asked for anal sex. Any percentage assigned to her would reduce the damages the men have to pay.
The jurors range in age from 25 to 72, and include a schoolteacher, software engineer and an unemployed worker.
Nine men were originally on trial, but six were dropped shortly after testimony began and the defense turned up recent Facebook pictures of the young woman partying in scanty clothing. Two of the men are completely off the hook, and the others either settled for relatively small sums compared with the millions the plaintiff sought, or gave the woman's lawyers the right to try to collect damages from their insurance companies. Another man, the only person who wasn't on the baseball team, never showed up for trial and is facing a default judgment.
But the jury also can assign them a percentage of blame for negligence, though they will not have to contribute to any damages.
Earlier this week, in a written question submitted to Judge Aaron Persky, jurors asked whether they could skip deciding whether a defendant was liable for a cause of action, apparently because they couldn't muster the nine votes necessary to make the call. The judge gave them permission to do so. It was unclear late Wednesday whether they hung on that cause of action, or came back to it and decided.
A special verdict form asked the jury to decide up to 43 questions, some of which the panel had to answer only if it found a defendant liable for a cause of action.
Contact Tracey Kaplan at 408-278-3482.


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It's only partially about work conditions
Some people assume it's only about work conditions, but this is not about what one would usually call "work conditions" (hours, pay, rest room breaks, stuff like that).
The issue that is irritating workers is that Apple has raised quality standards (to avoid the scratches that many of the iPhone5 in the first batch had out of the box), actually blemishes smaller 0.001 inch will not be accepted any more. Which would be well enough, if the workers would be thought how to do it, but they lack even the instruments to detect these blemishes themselves.
Basically, because of poor material selection considering durability, so that they have a phone that feels "good" and "expensive", Apple has chosen materials known to scratch easy. Now that some reviewers started to complain, they solved it by turning on the heat on the work force. As some people have pointed out, this kind of blemishes are in fact not fixable with exalate aluminium.

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Monday, August 20, 2007
TMTA / music
Music of our lives. Oh, it is good to have an Italian music dictionary. There is a term for everything!
Need I say more? (clicks for big as always!)
Need I say more? (clicks for big as always!)
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On Wednesday October 13 officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is Washington announced that EPA has granted a waiver to allow the use of 15% ethanol in unleaded gasoline for non-flex fuel vehicles. The waiver is for model year 2007 and newer vehicles. EPA also announced a separate proposal being put forward by EPA concerning labeling.
"To eliminate the chances of misfueling, getting the E15 fuel in cars that are not cleared to use it legally, EPA is proposing a program to properly label fuel pumps that dispense E15," says the agency's assistant administrator Gina McCarthy. "This would include a requirement that the fuel industry specify the ethanol content of gasoline they sell to retailers. There would be a quarterly survey of retail stations to help ensure their gas pumps are properly labeled."
McCarthy says testing is continuing on older vehicles, those made from 2001 to 2006, and a decision on whether the waiver will be extended to those vehicles will be made after testing is completed in November.
Don't expect to see much E15 fuel at gas station pumps soon
"The EPA's decision to approve the 15% blend of ethanol with unleaded gasoline, increasing the limit from 10% for motor non-flex fuel vehicles of the 2007 model year or newer, is a step in the right direction, but it's not a big step," says Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association.
"We don't expect to see E15 at very many gas stations very soon," he adds. Gas station industry officials say they don't expect the higher blend to be ready until the first quarter of next year. And they worry about confusion at the pumps as motorists try to figure out which pump to use. Most major gasoline retailers, such as Iowa-based Kum&Go stores, have said they will wait to determine market demand before going to the expense of installing new pumps and tanks.
EPA is expected to rule in November or December on allowing E15 to be used in cars from the 2001 model year or newer, which would make more than 55% of the U.S. vehicle fleet eligible for E15 use.
EPA's decision does little to increase ethanol demand
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey issued the following statement: "Iowa is the nation's largest ethanol producer, with about 4 billion gallons of the 12 billion gallons produced in the U.S. each year. The state has 40 active ethanol plants."
He adds, "While this EPA decision is good news and is a step in the right direction, it actually does very little to increase ethanol demand or usage. Until E15 is approved for more vehicles it is unlikely that it will be available as widespread as it should be. I believe the science is there to approve E15 for more vehicles and I hope EPA moves forward with that decision quickly."
While ethanol producers say the often-delayed EPA E15 decision finally made by the agency last week is a good step, advocates for the livestock industry and food processing industries criticized it and expressed concern that it would lead to a further increase in their costs on top of a 60% rise in corn prices since June.
Livestock groups critical of EPA's decision to allow E15
Patrick Boyle, president of the American Meat Institute, says "It is unfortunate that EPA acted hastily and approved the use of E15, and now the American consumer will pay for it at the grocery store."
An official with the National Pork Producers Council, based in Des Moines, said: "We don't want a repeat of a couple of years ago when, due mostly to high feed-grain prices, pork producers lost an average of almost $24 a hog from October 2007 through March 2010. In total the hog industry lost nearly $6 billion."
The ethanol industry requested the increase to E15 from E10 because it has reached the maximum allowable production of 12 billion to 13 billion gallons of ethanol annually for the estimated 130 billion gallons of gasoline consumed each year in the United States. Iowa produces about one-third of the nation's ethanol.
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association says EPA's E15 decision is "a step in the wrong direction." NCBA president Steve Fogelsong, an Illinois beef producer, says "Ethanol production is significant to the cattle industry because of its impact on feed grain prices. NCBA's members strongly oppose mandated production and increasing government intervention that artificially inflates the cost of feed ingredients. This E15 waiver is a step closer to more government mandates."
Broin: EPA decision is positive first step toward opening market
Jeff Broin, chief executive of Poet, the nation's largest ethanol producer, headquartered in Sioux Falls, says the EPA E15 decision announced this past week would make it easier to go ahead with Poet's planned cellulosic ethanol plant at Emmetsburg in northwest Iowa. That plant will produce ethanol from corncobs and light stover, the first non-corn grain ethanol plant in the nation.
Broin says: "Approval of E15 for use in 2007 and newer vehicles is a positive first step toward opening the market for more ethanol to compete with gasoline. However, EPA must move quickly to take the next step and approve E15 for use in older vehicles. The arguments being made right now against E15 are the same as those made about E10 back in the late 1980s, when I entered the ethanol industry. Seventy billion gallons later, we have proven those arguments false, just as research on E15 is proving critics wrong today."
"Greater market access will help give investors the needed confidence to commit to bringing cellulosic ethanol to commercial scale production. Many projects, Poet's Project LIBERTY at Emmetsburg among them, are ready for commercialization but are being hindered by unnecessary limits on the ethanol content that is legally allowed in fuel."


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"Mad – empty – crazy – lost – dying... I was all of these things and nothing as well, because even though I breathed and moved, I was not alive."- Melanie Cusick-Jones
These past few days I feel like I'm not in my right mind. There are so many things running in my head, so many things I'd like to do, and I don't know if those things are even necessary in the first place. There's a nagging voice inside my head that I don't recognize, that voice keeps telling me what I need to do; what I have to say but all I know is, that voice does not belong to me.
"It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty."
- Jonathan Safran Foer
I'm being impulsive, which wigs me out cause that's not my character, I'm an over thinker since forever, I'm a "test the waters first" type of person. It's like my system have short circuited and forgot how to function properly. I don't know where this unsettling feeling inside of me is coming from but I don't like where it's heading. I feel like i'm a dead person living in a shell, I feel so empty, so lifeless; I'm not my usual self anymore.
They say there will be times you'll feel that your life is being blown out of proportion and I guess they're right, that's exactly how I feel right now. Everything is exaggerated and overrated, it's so tiring and I'm getting sick of it. I'm doing stuffs because I have to do it; words come out of my mouth because it's the right thing to say. This whole mess has no passion and it's turning me into a heartless, apathetic piece of soul and I'm scared shitless.
"If you cannot fill the gap and emptiness in your heart, don't be disappointed. If you had already filled it, your life would have meant finished."
- M.F. Moonzajer
All I wanted to do is to forget these hateful and negative feelings inside of me but I guess my way of forgetting is slowly turning me into someone I never imagined myself to be but I think this feeling of emptiness is part of the process; the process of finding that someone who'll fill those gaps, those spaces and no matter how agonizing this feeling is, I'd just hold on to that hope, that someday, someone will come into my life and will make me forget what the word EMPTINESS is all about.


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Retail Earnings: Summer's Dog Days Will Lead to Fall Sales Struggles
As merchants wound down second-quarter reports, the talk was shot through with disappointment at the slow pace of the economic recovery and a sense that retailers will have to work hard to wring out more sales from the upcoming Halloween and year-end holidays. The word "promotional" was bandied about quite liberally in analyst conference calls: Advertising, product launches and special events will be on the rise in fall.
"All retailers must face the realities of the current macro environment. The consumer is more price sensitive than ever and the environment is highly promotional," said Thomas Johnson, co-CEO of Aeropostale (ARO). The teen apparel chain reported a 21% increase in second-quarter earnings and held to its previous guidance for the second half of the year, despite the economic outlook.
But several other merchants toned down their sales and earnings forecasts, fearing sales will fall short of their rosier forecasts in the first quarter. That group included BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), JC Penney (JCP) and Kohl's (KSS).
It's the Economy
"There is no question that in Q1 we felt the economy was improving ... but Q2 gave us a very different feeling about the consumer's mindset," said BJ's CEO Laura Sen.
The club chain blamed price cuts in essential items it made to match Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and supermarket chains for shrinking its average receipt by 1% and cutting into its profits for the second quarter. BJ's still managed a 4.4% increase in comparable sales -- for stores open at least a year -- and a 4.7% increase in earnings over the year before, thanks to increased traffic.
Even some merchants who raised their guidance acknowledged they did so in spite of the economy. Home Depot (HD) CFO Carol Tome said as much when the hardware giant boosted its outlook to call for comparable sales to rise 2.6% for the full year. When it made its previous forecasts, the company had expected average total per ticket to rise in the second half, but professional builders still aren't spending more, and that's dragging down the average receipt. Most of the sales growth this year will have to come from increasing the number of transactions, said Tome.
Weak Consumer Sentiment Means Harsh Competition
Many other merchants, including Target Corp. (TGT) also said traffic will have to be key to building up sales in the second half.
"It's really going to be about consumer sentiment and what's going to happen as we go into the third and fourth quarters from the economy standpoint," Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel told analysts.
Concerned shoppers are still spending less, so stores will work hard to boost traffic and ring up more of these reduced sales.
"We're preparing for the fall season to be a very competitive selling environment," said Mike Jeffries, CEO of Abercrombie & FItch (ANF). Jeffries repeatedly put off analysts' questions about specific merchandising and promotional initiatives, but CFO Jonathan Martin said the teen retailer is "prepared for an aggressive promotional environment" this fall.
With back-to-school sales starting to look a little iffy now, retailers are shifting their hopes to Halloween and the winter holidays. Target announced another "event" launch, a Costume Couture line for Halloween from designer Simon Doonan, available for a limited time limited time beginning Sept. 12 at selected stores. Limited Brands (LTD) said its Victoria's Secret chain -- which is also introducing a line of adult costumes for Halloween -- will advertise on television again in October to support a product launch.
Looking Ahead to the Holidays
All the merchants claimed they have prepared for the fall promotions and will do their best to protect their profit margins. But most admit that they will be under pressure, as labor and material costs rise and a shoppers' price sensitivity makes it nearly impossible to pass on those higher costs. The department stores reporting last week said as much.
The managers at Abercrombie & Fitch were most candid in admitting they will accept some margin erosion in the short term to build sales, but most merchants said they will try to hold the line on promotions to avoid a repeat of the devastating markdowns of 2008.
While no one was ready to share details, stores have already ordered the merchandise and are working on the promotional plans for the holidays, starting with the Black Friday kickoff on the day after Thanksgiving. But as both the economy and shoppers seemed to run out of steam this summer, retailers say they are leaving themselves some room to maneuver. Of course, four months before the holidays, no one wants to tip their hand yet, except to say they will not give their rivals quarter.
"We think the promotional environment is going to be more rational than it was Black Friday," said Larry Stone, COO of Lowe's Cos. (LOW) "But we can't control what our competitors may do."


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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
July Thank You Cards - Rose Garden
Today's card is what my customers received as a thank you for placing an on-line order during the month of July.
Flirty Flamingo and the Rose Garden Thinlits make a quick and pretty card. The sentiment is from one of my favorite stamp sets, Butterfly Basics.
A peak at the inside and coordinating envelope:
As I don't have the Rose Wonder stamp set, I used fun foam and die-cut my own stamp for the envelope!
I send a hand-made card each month for on-line orders. Place an on-line order during the month of September using Hostess Code HANDT3FS and you will receive a package of Halloween Night Enamel Dots (pg. 51 HC) as a thank you gift from me, along with a hand-made thank you card. If your order is $150 or more, please do not use the hostess code (you will still receive a thank you gift!). Your thank you gift and card will be sent to you in October. Don't forget, each $50 order also counts toward my personal Rewards Program.
Thanks for stopping by!
Supply list: Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White CS, Flirty Flamingo Ink, Rose Garden Thinlits, Oval Punch (retired), and Butterfly Basics Stamp Set.
5 comments:
- Marie-Louise said...
This is really beautiful Lisa.
- September 28, 2016 at 5:48 PM
- Diana Auberle said...
Wow, a real wonderful card. Looks very elegant.
See you
- September 28, 2016 at 11:21 PM
- Marisa Job said...
Gorgeous card!! Have a great weekend my friend!!
- September 29, 2016 at 9:22 PM
- S. Thomas said...
I think your customers must want to sent YOU thank you cards for YOUR thank you cards. Beautiful, Lisa!!!
- September 30, 2016 at 12:50 PM
- Lisa said...
Hi Lisa!! I'm back from vacation catching up on all of your beautiful projects I've missed while I've been gone!! I wanted to leave a comment on each one but blogger has decided I'm a spammer and I have to go through the click on "not a robot" button and the picture captcha. Ugh. So I'm sorry I can't comment on your hummingbird card but it is stunning!!
This card is so elegant and beautiful!! I love the pretty flowers!! How awesome that you coordinate the envelope, too!! I hope you are having a wonderful October!! Big hugs :)
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|I eat a lot of eggs and a lot of salads. But I make them the way I like them!
|I love fresh tomatoes!
|Lots and lots of different soups. This is a steaming hot cup of Asian Wellness Soup.
Drink no calories
No fruit.
Nothing white except cauliflower.
Go off the diet from Sat. night to Sun. night and eat as much of anything as I want. (Including fruit and everything else I want or am craving.)
The official diet has one more rule which I do not follow and that is to eat the same thing repeatedly which I cannot do.
My standard breakfast is eggs and tomatoes in the summer. I really like to make up a batch of egg salad (Yes, I put in a little mayonnaise.) so I don't have to cook every morning and I like egg salad!
|Omelet of eggs, zucchini, asparagus, and spring onions.
|I fix things the way I like them, like fried cod in cornmeal.
|Fresh spinach is good!
So that is my story and I am so happy to have found this. My thanks to Tim Ferris and the SLOW CARB DIET. It works for me even though I have modified it and made it my own. The trade off is I loose slower than he ascribes to but I can stay with it indefinitely.


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Sunday, January 31, 2010
My little guy -"The monkey"......
Last night, my little guy went to bed early. He had been into EVERYTHING all day, and I was ready for some peace and quiet. Adam and I were relaxing on the couch watching "Wheel of Fortune" when we heard a strange noise from inside Timmy's room. I muted the TV to listen more closely. Sure enough, someone was jiggling the door knob from inside the room. I couldn't believe it! He had somehow climbed out of his crib (which Adam has lowered twice already), and was trying to get out of his room. I thought I still had a little while before he slept in a big boy bed and would get out after bedtime, so this really surprised me!! We tucked him back into bed and he quickly fell into dreamland. As several people have told me, this is only the beginning of the things I have to look forward to with a little boy. Before we fell asleep last night, I turned the monitor up just a little bit more, and said a little prayer for God's protection on my busy boy! =)
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Balancing Work,Business and Child
Hello ladies. I recently started my own business and I'm very excited about it. Does anyone have advice on how I can build success in my business while being a single mother...
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Financial Aid
Online Scholarship Resources
Online Scholarship Resources
Below you will find scholarship lists and search engines, organized categorically.
General Search Engines
Research Grants
- GrantsNet - Funds for training & research in the natural sciences
- Student Academic Affairs Board - A student-run ASLC Board that gives grants to students going to conferences, doing performances, conducting research, or bringing visiting scholars
Resources for International Students
- EastChance.com - Scholarships, conferences, & careers for Eastern European students
- International Student Scholarships - Reference guide to financial aid resources for international students.
- Financial Aid and Scholarships for International Students - A selection of links to scholarship opportunities for non-US citizens
- EducationUSA - The US Department of State website, which offers advising to prospective international students. Visit this page to locate the advising center for your area.
- International Education Financial Aid - A great scholarship database for international students studying anywhere, including the US.
- International Scholarship Search - Another database for international students looking for scholarships.
Study Abroad
- International Scholarships Online - A financial aid resource for those wishing to study abroad.
- Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship - provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs worldwide.
Here are some, though not all, of the state student assistance pages. These provide resources for state residents pursuing higher education. (Just because you don't see your state here doesn't mean that similar resources don't exist.)
Other Scholarship Search Resources
- Peterson's - How to finance your education (provided by Nelnet)
- The College Board - Financing your education
- FinAid - Undergrad scholarships & graduate fellowships (provided by Citibank)
- National Scholarship Providers Association - Professionals dedicated to helping students find scholarships
- Department of Education - Student guide to financial aid
- Scholarship Help - a site designed to help guide you through the scholarship process
Tips & Helpful Hints
- Writing Center - Writing essays for applications for post-baccalaureate study and scholarships
- Protecting Yourself from Scholarship Scams - From FinAid, this page offers helpful info on how to avoid scholarship scammers.


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The trial of a rejected Uzbek asylum seeker, who pleaded guilty to an April 2017 Stockholm truck attack that killed five people, opened on Tuesday, a case which prosecutors see as an opportunity to better understand radicalisation.
Rakhmat Akilov, who turns 40 on Wednesday, appeared handcuffed in Stockholm's special high-security courtroom, wearing green prison clothes and with a shaved head and a beard, accompanied by his lawyer Johan Eriksson.
Akilov, whose Swedish asylum application had been turned down in 2016, had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group on the eve of his assault in one of Europe's safest cities, though the jihadist group never claimed responsibility.
After going underground, Akilov, on the afternoon of Friday, April 7, stole a beer delivery truck and barrelled down a bustling pedestrian shopping street, swerving wildly to hit as many people as possible.
He ended the rampage targeting "infidels" by ramming the truck into the facade of a department store and fled the scene.
Three Swedes were killed, including an 11-year-old girl, as well as a 41-year-old British man and a 31-year-old Belgian woman. Ten others were injured.
Prosecutors have said they will seek a life sentence for Akilov and, thereafter, his expulsion from the Scandinavian country. A life sentence in Sweden varies, but is on average 16 years.
Akilov's defence lawyer Johan Eriksson told the court his client would not oppose either measure.
Prosecutor Hans Ihrman told the court that the case should provide a better understanding of "the process of radicalisation" of emerging attackers who are "marginalised in a foreign country" and who take on "symbolic targets".
Akilov's case "fits into a broader framework" of jihadists, he added.
Eriksson said his client "stole the truck and drove it" for nearly 500 metres at an average speed of 60 km per hour (37 mph) with the intention "to get Sweden to end its participation in the coalition against the Islamic State".
He added that Akilov, who told investigators he had planned to die in the attack, acknowledged the facts presented in court.
Investigators believe that Akilov, who confessed during police questioning, acted alone.
- Synagogue and gay club -
The prosecution showed the court amateur videos filmed just after the attack, showing panicked passersby and a body lying on the ground.
After crashing the truck into the store, Akilov detonated an explosive device -- made up of five gas canisters and nails -- though it didn't explode as planned and caused damage only to the truck.
Akilov fled the scene by running into a nearby metro station, and was arrested several hours later thanks to public transport video surveillance images.
In an adjoining room some observers watching the proceedings on a screen, including relatives of victims and survivors, sobbed and held hands.
The prosecution also showed images from a surveillance video of Akilov carrying out a reconnaissance mission at the scene of the attack weeks before the assault and buying chemicals to build explosives.
Investigators have recovered several smartphone exchanges Akilov had with unidentified contacts on encrypted chat sites before, during and after the attack.
Akilov wrote a list of potential targets to one of his contacts, including a synagogue, a ferry transporting "sinners" and a nightclub, adding: "There are plenty of infidels here."
On February 12, he also googled "gay club in Stockholm".
- Deportation order -
Akilov arrived in Sweden in 2014, at the start of the big migration wave to Europe. His application for residency was rejected in 2016, after which he went underground to avoid expulsion and worked odd jobs in construction.
In an April 2017 interview with AFP, Sweden's justice minister Morgan Johansson said that around 10,000 people per year have received a deportation order but remained in the Nordic nation.
Akilov's wife and four children stayed behind in Uzbekistan.
Europe has seen a wave of truck attacks in recent years.
The deadliest was in Nice, on July 14, 2016, when a truck rammed crowds leaving a fireworks display for France's national holiday, killing 86 people.
The Scandinavian country has experienced only one other terror attack in modern times. In December 2010, a man blew himself up in a suicide attack in central Stockholm that lightly injured two passersby.
Akilov is scheduled to address the court on February 20. The case is set to continue through May with a verdict due in June.


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Baby Aspen "Let the Fin Begin" Blue Terry Shark Robe, Blue, 0-9 months
Baby Aspen "Let the Fin Begin" Blue Terry Shark Robe, Blue, 0-9 months
- Sea-blue terry robe with white cuffs, two terry ties in front, a hood with smiling, white shark's teeth, appliqued black eyes and a dorsal fin accent
- Bottom of robe resembles a shark's tail
- A Baby Aspen label at the collar, the Baby Aspen hanger and the quality of materials used are indicators of an authentic Baby Aspen robe.
Mom and Dad are going fall for this terry-ific sea-inspired robe–hook, line and little stinker! After a refreshing bath time for baby, they'll want to wrap their wiggly, wet one in something cozy, absorbent and cute. Baby Aspen's Terry Shark Robe is reel-y fun and oh, so fin!
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Home > TJU > JCIPEINDEX > JCIPE > Vol. 2 > Iss. 1 (2010)
Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)
Volume 2, Issue 1 (2010)
Letter from the Editor
From the Editors
Christine Arenson, MD and Molly Rose, RN, PhD
Developing Interprofessional Teams using High Fidelity Resuscitation
Ksenia Zukowsky, Kevin Dysart, Brian Glynn, Tara Berman, Judi Ondik, Patricia Constanty, and Debbie Cruz
Clinical Care Plan, Interprofessional Course
Marcia Levinson, Kathryn Shaffer, and Amy Egras
The Patient Centered Medical Home: Federal, State and Local Initiatives to Transform Primary Care. The First of an Occasional Series in Interprofessional Education and Care in the Patient-Centered Medical Home
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Judi Dench is endearing as Philomena Lee, the title character from the Oscar-nominated film. A role that also earned her a nomination for Best Actress.
Her portrayal of the woman eager to find her long-lost son is just as wonderful in stick-figure form — even if she can't tell a story that well.
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To read or listen to our website in Welsh, please launch Browse Aloud by clicking the button at the top left of your screen. Once the Browse Aloud tool bar launches in the top right of your screen, click on the third icon (the blue one) and select Cymraeg from the available options.
The Bridgend Youth Funding Panel is made up of young people from Bridgend County Borough. The panel awards grants of up to £1,500 for organisations that are supporting or looking to encourage youth volunteering within their organisation.
An organisation can apply for a maximum of £1,500 for the Youth Led Grants and each application has to be youth led and developed by young people the organisation.
The panel are always looking for new members, if any members of your organisation aged
15 - 25 would like to become a panel member, please contact BAVO.
If you are an organisation and you would like to promote youth volunteering and need further information, please contact Geraint at our Bridgend Volunteer Centre, T: 01656 660372 or E: firstname.lastname@example.com
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|(Jardim de Estrela, Lisbon)
I was introduced to the beautiful park, pictured above, that nestles into the busy, hilly streets of Lisbon city centre. Once I was inside I realised how much I'd missed the parks from where I lived in England.
I remember saying once to N that I imagined them getting really busy in the summer, and he replied, "Well yeah, but then everyone goes to the beach?" Obviously...
But being still somewhat from the countryside, vast, open, green spaces are what I like best, and what I've gotten used to as my weekend jaunt.
Don't get me wrong, I love to walk by the sea but still being on top of a hill, looking out over open space and feeling the chilly wind is a wonderfully free feeling.
|(Stanage Edge, Peak District)
A world away from there, I am here in Lisbon and have been catching up with friends.
I really am lucky to have met such a wonderful group of people here.
Often most weekends, I'm a bit peopled out from the week and like to relax at home. But for the past month, un-planned, we had every weekend busy with friends, and even though I'm pretty tired now, I loved being reminded of how special friends are, and how much they make our lives what they are.
For one occasion, I attempted to make Paratha.
I love Indian food, as I think a lot of English people do, we have so many great Indian restaurants!
I've tried tortillas in the past and baking bread and now after reading a few blog posts on Indian bread, wanted to try.
As Indian food can need a few extra ingredients... And generally a long generation of teachings pasted down through family and daughters.. and practice.. I knew I could use a helpful and step-by-step guide to make the breads.
I so far trust one Indian blog out there... eCurry, I seriously wish I lived with this woman and could learn all the amazing food she cooks.
And having remembered reading a post a while back with Spiced lentil stuffed Paratha and wanting to make them, I opted first on a simpler version of Mixed Flour and root Vegetable Paratha.
They don't look as perfect/circular, from my untrained hands..
But tasted delicious.
The ingredients list is alittle long, but each element can be tasted and stands well against all the rest. And although it calls for 4-5 garlic cloves, they are truly worth it and add a wonderful heat, as well as flavour to the dough.
We loved them so much that I baked a second batch on sunday and ate them simply with the side dish below.
I hope you enjoyed your weekends, and had a hint of heat and good friends to share it with!
Mixed Flour Paratha with root Vegetables
Barely adapted from eCurry
I won't re-write the recipe, as Soma does it so well there.
My notes:
- My only addition was the grated beetroot - 2 cups, add alittle more flour if needed (as stated).
- And I omitted the second time the flaxseeds as I didn't have the means to ground them, but would of included them if I could.
- The addition of the yogurt make my dough more wet and more 'doughy'. Without it, they were abit more like a thin vegetable crisp pancake.
..both went down well !
Side: Chickpeas with coconut
From Indian Simmer, a lovely, vibrant blog, again with delicious Indian food.
My notes:
- I actually served the spiced coconut on top of plain yogurt, as a dip for the paratha.
Let the coconut mixture cool alittle to begin with.
It is also so moreish with the chickpeas, as in the recipe...


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I spent my week off from school looking at art. One of the stops on my tour was the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where I spent time in peaceful space with ancient representations of the Buddha and various boddhisattvas, balm to my soul.
I also found my way to two special exhibitions of interest. "I must tell you what I saw -- objects of witness and resistance" was a small display of art and artifacts from various bad patches of history including the Armenian Genocide, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
|Chalk mold, Armenia, 1900
During the Armenian Massacres the Ouzounian family, who owned the mold,
were spared by the Ottomans because the army needed the chalk.
Placed deliberately adjacent was "Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross" made up of hundreds of rare prints made from once buried (literally) negatives of Jewish life in Poland from 1940-1945.
Gelatin silver print. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007. © Art Gallery of Ontario, 2017.
Nowhere to be seen: artifacts or photographs of the now fifty year brutal occupation of Palestine, including the long ghettoization of the people of Gaza.
Most of those imprisoned in Gaza are refugees or the descendents of refugees from violent displacement during al Nakba (the Catastrophe) in 1946-7. The MFA makes no mention anywhere in its collection of this highly significant event, a human rights disaster with huge implications for those who endure it and the rest of us.
|Screenshot of the MFA search results. Yes, I tried al-Nakba, too.
In case you have never been to the MFA in Boston, let me tell you that it is vast. It would take days to see everything on display. But a search of their database reveals what my visit suggested: virtually every example of art related to Palestine is a colonial artifact of the French and British occupations that paved the way for violent Zionist takeover.
|An artifact related to Palestine from the Boston MFA's collection
This is not a coincidence. The enormous "Holocaust industry" that supports important exhibits like the work of Henryk Ross deliberately suppresses any narrative suggesting that the state of Israel engages in ongoing, deliberate crimes against humanity.
This year on April 17 -- Palestinian Prisoners Day -- thousands of those imprisoned by Israel began a mass hunger strike.
In a momentous break with its Zionist tendencies, the New York Times even published "Why We Are On Hunger Strike In Israel's Prisons" by prominent intellectual Marwan Barghouti. In it he wrote, "an Israeli court sentenced me to five life sentences and 40 years in prison in a political show trial that was denounced by international observers."
Bowing to subsequent pressure from Israel, the NYT added an editor's note to its original description of the author as a "Palestinian leader and parliamentarian."
Hunger strike supporters wave banners with Barghouti depicted. Photo credit: ABBAS MOMANI/AFP
Just working as a journalist in occupied Palestine is extremely dangerous. According to Charlotte Silver reporting on the news site Electronic Intifada:
Over a dozen more Palestinian journalists and media workers remain behind Israeli bars. Some are being held without charge or trial, like al-Qiq, and others have been hit with incitement charges related to their work.What to do about the world's vast failure to tell the Palestinian story?
Here's one thing I did. The photographs of the Lodz ghetto resonated particularly for me because I had just finished reading the Definitive Edition of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl. It is definitive because editors have restored about 30% of the material which was left out by Anne's father when he submitted the diary for publication. Much of what would interest a young person had been removed -- Anne's reflections on her emerging awareness of sexuality, and her reports on the struggle to separate from her parents and achieve autonomy.
I mentioned the book to a friend who said her teenage granddaughter would probably like to read it. So, I also recommended a coming of age novel that would make a worthy companion in detailing how a young person copes with the cruelties of occupation, displacement and human rights abuses visited on people she loves: The Shepherd's Grand-daughter by Anne Laurel Carter.
I would have preferred to recommend a Palestinian author but I think the reader is a bit young for The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby.
I was looking for a parallel story to Anne Frank's. I did not know at the time that Carter's honest depiction of the growth of settlements in occupied Palestine has earned several awards but also has drawn the wrath of Zionists who lobbied in Canada to have it withdrawn from the recommended reading lists of schools calling it "anti-Israeli propaganda."
So that's what Palestinians and those who seek to share some truth about Palestine are up against. Why not order a copy, read it, and share it with a young friend?
Then get busy with your boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) efforts before 2,000 Palestinian prisoners starve to death.


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Well I don't normally brag, but I must say my spanakopita is unbelievable and every single time I make it, it is a complete success. Again, spanakopita is one of those pastries that is really easy to make, but it probably scares people away because they might think it's hard to make. Well it is not, it's just a matter of assembling all the ingredients together and making the triangles which is super simple and if you have children this could be one of those things that you could do together and have fun.
First I chop the onion and green onions.
In a large skillet heat the olive oil and add the onions. At this point I add some salt and pepper. I don't add much salt because the feta cheese is quite salty as it is.
Now I always use chopped frozen spinach, just because it's easier and saves me a few steps. So next add the chopped spinach to the skillet.
Add juice from half a lemon.
Mix everything together, I also add a bit of oregano now and take it out of the skillet and let it cool. Next I grated the cheese…
and added 2 beaten eggs to it. Mix well.
Add the cheese mixture to the spinach mixture.
So after the filling has cooled completely, I melted the butter in a small bowl.
Now on a clean surface lay down your phyllo pastry and cover it with a damp towel so that it doesn't dry out. Take out one sheet at a time, brush it with butter and sprinkle some oregano over it. Lay another phyllo sheet over and brush it with more butter. Using a pizza cutter I cut the dough in 4 pieces lengthwise.
Next place tablespoonful of the filling at the end of each strip.
Fold the end at an angle over the filling to form a triangle. This is really a lot of fun, but you have to move fast so that the phyllo dough doesn't dry out.
Continue forming triangles until you finish all your phyllo dough. When completed, place them on a cookie sheet that's lightly buttered, I usually just use my silpat, which I love, definitely worth investing in one. Anyway brush some more butter over all the triangles.
Bake them at 350 F degrees for about 30 minutes or until golden brown. They are so good, makes me hungry just looking at the pictures.
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- 1 onion chopped
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup green onion chopped
- 250 gr frozen spinach
- juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1 1/2 cup grated feta cheese
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 stick butter
- 1 package phyllo pastry sheets
- 1/4 cup dried oregano
- 1/2 cup Parmesan grated optional
- salt and pepper to taste
- So first thing first, we have to assemble the filling. By the way if your phyllo pastry was in the freezer, take it out in time for it to defrost. In a large skillet heat the olive oil on medium heat. Add the onions and saute until soft. Add the spinach and salt and pepper and saute until the spinach is limp. Add the lemon juice, and remove off the heat. Let cool.
- If there is excess liquid, place the mixture in a colander and squeeze out the excess liquid. So make sure the mixture is completely cooled, otherwise it's going to make the phyllo dough soggy, and you don't want soggy spanakopita. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs with feta and nutmeg then add this to the spinach mixture and mix until it's all incorporated well together.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and brush 2 baking sheets with some melted butter. Now for handling the phyllo dough, unroll it and lay one sheet flat on your work surface. For the remaining phyllo dough, cover it with a damp towel, so it won't dry out. Brush the sheet with melted butter, then sprinkle some oregano. Now here you can repeat with 2 more sheets or 1 more sheet. I have tried with both and find that if I use 3 sheets, it gets to be too much phyllo for me, so I only repeat with one more sheet, so I have two sheets one on top of the other with melted butter and oregano on both.
- Using a pizza cutter, cut the sheets lengthwise into 4 long pieces, about 2 inch strips. Place a heaping tsp of the spinach and cheese filling near 1 corner of the phyllo strip. Fold the end at an angle over the filling to form a triangle. Continue to fold the triangle along the strip until you reach the end, like folding a flag. Repeat this with the remaining phyllo and filling. Like I said it's pretty easy to make, just a bit time consuming.
- Place your spanakopita triangles on your baking sheets and brush with butter, and now you can sprinkle additional Parmesan cheese over them if you wish. Bake them for 20 to 30 minutes until the triangles are golden brown and crisp.
These are just delicious!


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This is completely off topic, but worth mentioning. I am spending this week at the Sydney office for meetings and while I was here, we had something very special come to visit us.
A while back, when the Halo 3 game was released, there were a number of short movies created to help promote the game. Of those short movies there were three live action movies filmed as a collaboration with Bungie Studios, Neill Blomkamp, WETA Digital and Origami Digital LLC.
One of the props for the movies was a full sized Warthog. For those who are not Halo fans, the Warthog is the "Jeep" equivalent for the Earth troops. There is only one Warthog that exists in the real world, and that Warthog was at the Sydney office yesterday. It is being used for promotions of the new game Halo 3: ODST.
See the picture below (Click for full size). Yes, that is me in the driver's seat:
Below is the Warthog in action in two "Combat" short movies (combined into one). Watch in HQ mode for better quality:
To see the Halo 3: Arms Race movie click here. To see the Warthog Test Drive video click here.
Even if you are not a gamer, I think this is awesome. What do you think?


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Synopsis - The pale and deathly-looking set of characters were
loosely based on a number of popular figures from horror films. The main
characters were - Herman Munster (the father) is a representation of
Frankenstein's monster and is a funeral parlor employee, Lily (his wife) is
a lady vampire, Count Dracula (Grandpa & Lily's father) is a 378-year-old
mad scientist and vampire, Eddie Wolfgang (their 10-year-old son) is a
werewolf. Marilyn (their niece) is the only normal one and is considered the
ugly duckling of the family, and Spot, the family pet (a fire-breathing
dinosaur who lived under the stairs). Plenty of laughs were provided as the
group of misfits attempted to assimilate themselves into society, although
most of the chuckles were to be found at the gag-fuelled ghouls' highly
gothic-looking residence, 1313 Mockingbird Lane.


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Coby Gilbreath doesn't normally market his cotton more than a year ahead. But with domestic and world situations pointing to lower 1999 cotton prices, a price rally last summer was one he couldn't pass on.
He locked in a 68 cent/lb price on 25% of his projected '99 crop two months before he stripped his '98 crop.
"We started marketing much earlier than normal," says Gilbreath, who farms with his brother Matt at Dimmit, TX. "But there were already 'Asian flu' symptoms (economic shortfalls) in ag markets. We decided to at least lock in a price on part of our crop."
Now he wonders if he should have priced more, especially since forecasts don't predict a major rise in benchmark December futures. They were lingering just above 60 cents in early February, with cash markets mostly at about 50 cents.
Further price pressure is expected due to weak foreign demand, high domestic supplies, and projections for another big crop this year.
Gilbreath normally takes a three-phase marketing approach. He estimates per-acre production of either one, 1 1/2 or two bales.
"With the potential for hail-out, drought or other problems, we're not too aggressive in contracting in the event we can't deliver all we expect to yield," he says. "If we market 100% based on one bale, I know we're three-quarters marketed on 1 1/2 and half marketed on two bales. It's hard to hedge more than that."
He plans to market the remainder of the '99 crop when a rally occurs.
"We may have to lock in something below our breakeven point (about 63 cents)," says Gilbreath. "If the bleak outlook continues, we might take a two-for-one route. We'll sell two call options to lower the cost of every put option we buy."
Calls can also provide insurance against a price rally on contracted cotton, says Carl Anderson, Texas A&M University extension economist.
"Calls in the 65-66 cent range, based off December futures or March 2000 futures, would be good," he says.
He adds that seasoned marketers, such as Gilbreath, "might want to buy 62-64 cent puts and sell 68-70 cent calls. That strategy lowers the cost of protection and provides the opportunity to capture a higher price up to the call strike price."
Anderson says farmers should establish a floor price between now and May.
"If futures are 65-70 cents, they should buy at-the-money or out-of-the-money put options, forward contract with the gin or futures, or buy a call option if there is any potential for a price increase."
Richard Drachenberg of Drachenberg Trading in Lubbock, TX, also urges growers to jump on price rallies this spring.
"Anytime December futures approach 65 cents, growers should start a scale-up program of buying puts," the consultant-broker says. "They should attempt to cover about 50% of their anticipated production.
"Then, after the crop is up and growing, from May 15 to July 4, take advantage of any weather-related price rally to lock in further protection. They should consider buying puts in the 66-70 cent range if the rally occurs, and put a floor under the remaining production."
O.A. Cleveland, a Mississippi State University cotton marketing economist, advises even buying December 59-60 cent puts, then coming back with calls between April and June. The calls, he says, may depend on if and when Congress reactivates the government Step 2 program, dropped in December after funds ran out. Prices dropped by up to 7 cents when the program ended.
Step 2 provided a subsidy to domestic mills and merchants to keep U.S. cotton competitive with lower-priced, highly subsidized foreign fiber.
"Without government policy action, the U.S. faces a foreign subsidized crop that will increase in market share," Cleveland explains.
Unfortunately, for many growers there are few viable economic alternatives to cotton. Corn and bean prices are also depressed.
"We may see more cotton acres in '99 than the 13.4 million we had in '98," says Anderson. "We could easily have a 17- to 18-million-bale crop. Without any kind of government assistance, like Step 2, we may not be able to use more than 14.5 to 15 million."
That and other factors could cause futures prices to hit the 50-55 cent level, meaning cash prices in the 40s. So the farm price would be the loan rate, about 52 cents.
That would again make the loan deficiency payment (LDP), or the difference between the loan rate and the average world price (AWP) possibly the biggest check growers will see in the bleak forecast, says Anderson. The LDP was in the 10-11 cent range in early February.
"By all means, if growers contract their cotton, they should make sure they can receive the LDP," he says.
Another alternative for Gilbreath and many others in the Cotton Belt is participation in a marketing pool program like one offered by Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA) in Lubbock. Producer cotton is marketed periodically by the co-op when good opportunities arise.
Growers can earn additional payments by being co-op members, says PCCA's John Johnson.
"Our members participating in PCCA's mill option program received an average of $11.11/bale annually from denim mill earnings allocated during the past five crop years ('93-'97)," he says.
That's about 2.2 cents/lb in addition to the price they received for their lint cotton.
"We put back an additional $40/bale with the benefits we received from the co-op pool and denim mill," says Gilbreath.
"That co-op system works, whether you do any marketing on your own or not."


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Deemed potentially unsafe in a hurricane, the 15-story building will go through at least two storm seasons before it is ready to be reoccupied.
Even if a planned renovation occurs on schedule, the long-empty Dolphin Tower condominium downtown -- which was deemed potentially unsafe in a hurricane by a city engineering consultant -- will go through at least two more storm seasons before it is ready to be reoccupied.
Though the Atlantic hurricane season begins officially today, the earliest tower representatives will be able to apply for required city building permits is this fall, Sarasota Planning Department officials and building representatives said.
And because the city intends to hire an outside engineer to review renovation plans to repair faulty concrete discovered in June 2010, it will be difficult for the 15-story tower to obtain a permit before year-end.
Construction to fix bad concrete on the main slab that holds up Dolphin Tower's 117 residences and support columns will likely take a year or longer to complete.
If that schedule holds, it will be sometime in 2014 before residents of the derelict tower can again live in their homes.
Although Dolphin Tower's homeowners association board believes it has whittled down the cost of repairs from an original estimate, board president Charlotte Ryan acknowledged engineers are still working on a cost-efficient model for reducing the building's potential for swaying in a windstorm.
In November 2011, engineers estimated it would cost $18 million to repair the 38-year-old building.
City officials, meanwhile, say they have not set a deadline to rehabilitate the 101 S. Gulfstream Ave. building, despite a warning from a city consultant in August 2010 about its structural integrity.
Engineer and city consultant Tom Hagood, of TRC Worldwide Engineering, determined the building was vulnerable to significant storm damage after creating a Dolphin Tower computer model based on original plans from 1972.
What he discovered went beyond the original issue of top-to-bottom stability, the problem that led to concrete cracking on the building's key fourth-floor transfer slab.
Hagood's computer analysis found that the building would have an excessive amount of sway from side to side if exposed to hurricane-strength winds.
"The conclusion is that the building is not capable of resisting a major hurricane event as prescribed by code without extensive damage," Hagood's report stated.
He added, "Given the degree of overstress exhibited in the analysis, we believe that an event even less than the maximum anticipated hurricane will cause damage to the structure. We suggest that the city consider this aspect in determining how the building may be reoccupied."
Even now, though, condo board consultant Karins Engineering has yet to fully develop a plan to deal with the so-called wind-sway problem.
Ryan, the condo board president, said her group has bids on much of the required work from three different contractors.
But she would not disclose the amounts involved or the amount of an insurance settlement that will offset the cost for owners.
Under terms of a settlement of a lawsuit last year with Great American Insurance Co. of New York, Dolphin Tower's association and owners are prohibited from revealing the settlement amount.
Karins engineer John Bonacci foresees a combined approach to the wind-sway problem, one that calls for filling hollow concrete blocks on the building's exterior with grout.
At the same time, contractors would add "externally applied carbon fiber reinforcement" to exterior walls. In some units, existing support columns would be strengthened by building them into a "T" shape.
Gretchen Schneider, a top city Planning Department manager, said no deadline to renovate has been set and the city still has no firm design plans to analyze.
Schneider added she and other city officials meet regularly with condo board representatives and their engineer to discuss the pending repairs.
Most recently, the group convened May 8, Schneider said. When formal design schemes are submitted, Hagood is slated to review them, she added.


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I so love Friday's and being able to share with you what I've found for the week. Nothing like getting a deal on Home Decor.
First up is this pretty twig basket. I know I've shared a few of these baskets with you in the past couple months but I just love them so much I can't pass one up in good condition.
They just look so lovely filled with flowers. This one will join it's other friends on my porch come planting time.
You may remember this pretty candy dish from earlier in the week.
I was so happy to find it. You see I have been on the lookout for one to fall in love with for over two years. I've passed up countless clear glass versions in hopes of finding something that would make my heart skip a beat.
This one does it for me.
Candy dishes may be old school to some, but for me it's a little slice of luxury.
I've filled it with my favorite hard candies - - Jolly Rancher's Ruby Red Mix - - Yummy, yummy.
The best part, my kiddos haven't figured out it's filled with candy yet . . .don't even know if they know what a candy dish is, it's the first we've ever had . . . so for now my stash is safe.
And finally today, a small set of fragile, pretty white dishes.
I love the feel of them and I'm never one to pass up a good deal on white dishes.
I really like the simple pattern to them.
But what I like most is how dainty they feel in my hand. And also the fact for some more than others, time has changed it's finish to warm tan color and added tiny cracks all over. It's hard to see in the photo, but in real life them seem so old and precious.
So there you have my Fun Finds for the week.
What did you find?


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Illusion of Health Care
by Bill Tara
The great American health care debate rambles on from the slightly deranged to the absurd. It has drifted into so many areas of cultural life that the issue of health has been lost in the shouting, drowned out by political posturing. This is of course just the result that pleases those who are in the health services business. The resulting noise has been instructive in one important way; it has shown how shallow our understanding of the issue is and how difficult it is to ask the really important questions.
Health is not a commodity to be purchased, or a service to be contracted. When we talk about health we are talking about life. In the present debate on health care this simple truth gets lost. The health of any culture is a reflection of its physical vitality as well as the capacity to enjoy life to its full. Anyone who has studied health and sickness knows that health is most often an outcome of social and individual habits – health is a reflection of the way we live.
When health is seen as an accident of genetics, an act of god or being born under a bad star the individual is disempowered and must only hope that things will work out for the best or that some external agency will keep them alive.
A great opportunity is presented to us in the current climate of debate regarding health. We have a chance to reform cultural attitudes toward wellbeing and ask what health care would look like in a society where the quality of life on the whole planet were the priority. After all, we are all in this together. The link between social, environmental and economic health is an important one and one that demands both the ability to identify where present systems fail as well as what can be done to create a more healthy society.
We live in a world where nations are identified as "markets" and whole populations are reduced to being nothing more than "consumers". Is it any wonder that discussions of health care use a language that is designed to pull us away from the most important issues regarding the health of the nation and the planet? One of the most fundamental issues of society, the wellbeing of the people has been reduced to an emotional and childish rant motivated by greed and producing fear and confusion.
America spends more money per capita on health care than every country in the world. Over seventeen percent of the GNP is a healthy slice of the nations income. For that amount of money we should expect a tangible return in terms of general health. That is not the case; all that money is not buying us health but it is feeding a bloated bureaucracy stumbling off in the wrong direction and unable to stem the tide of disease that it faces.
Despite the best efforts of thousands of caring and hard working health professionals, the World Health Organization generally ranks America thrity-seventh in terms of general health. It ranks below Italy, Spain and Japan. Japan only spends nine percent of its' GNP any are ranked number one in health. These figures are based on the number of years that a person can expect to live in "full health" and not sustained in less than full health due to disease or injury. They reflect actual health, so does that mean that although we get sicker that we get treated better? Unfortunately the answer is no.
When the popular radio host Rush Limbaugh was asked about health care he stated that, "America has the best health care in the world, people come from all over the world to be treated here." Unfortunately Rush was not talking about the majority of his listeners. The folks that he was referring to were the same who hop on a jet to travel anywhere in the world to kick a drug habit, have their skin tightened or loose fifty pounds of ugly fat. They do it because they can afford it. In America you can get the top treatment in expensive clinics but that treatment is not available to the general public. In fact we are not so great when it comes to saving lives that could be saved.
Studies have shown that deaths in America that are "amenable to treatment" have not improved to the same degree of most other wealthy nations. These are deaths that should be successfully treated and account for about 23 percent of total deaths under age seventy-five. To quote a report from the Commonwealth Fund, Senior Vice President Cathy Schoen states, "It is startling to see the U.S. falling even farther behind on this crucial indicator of health system performance. By focusing on deaths amenable to health care, we can strip out factors such as population and lifestyle differences that are often cited in response to international comparisons showing the U.S. lagging in health outcomes. Other countries are reducing these preventable deaths more rapidly, yet spending far less. "
The great American health care system is costing a fortune and not delivering. The Emperor has no clothes and it's not a pretty sight. Any meaningful discussion of health care must address the weaknesses of the existing service and not shy away from the danger of being critical of present medical practice. American medicine needs to put its house in order and insurance companies need to stop playing hide and seek.
The science of deciding who lives and who dies has become a simple formula profit margin. This sounds strangely like the imagined "death panels" warned about several years ago except that it is an accountant rather than a medical professional that makes the decision. The Congressional Budget Office says the gap in life expectancy between rich and poor has doubled since the 1970s, as the number of uninsured grew. At least 22,000 people die every year because they lack insurance.
A General Accounting Office study found that over the past ten years, premiums have risen 120%, compared with inflation of 44% and wage growth of 29%. According to John Shells of the consulting firm, Lewin Group, "Profits in the industry are as high as we've ever seen." This is why the insurance lobby is throwing millions of dollars into blocking reform and giving large contributions to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
Several companies hold a virtual monopoly on the business and they are becoming more sophisticated in tailoring their business to reduce risk and maximize profit. A recent study by the American Medical Association found that in 56% of America's 314 urban areas, a single insurer controlled over half the market.
The unholy alliance of Big Medicine, Insurance Companies, Food Manufacturers and Drug Companies have made such an expensive and unjust mess of things it's time for a change of substance not image. Corporate interests must stop being the final arbiters of public policy. When bankers dictate economic policy, oil companies decide energy policy and vested interests in the sickness industry use the 1950's fears of socialist takeover the public is lost.
Our present approach to health care is about sickness not health. We do not have a Health Care Service we have a Sickness Service. When we start talking about health care we will have to conjure up the courage to change our definition in a revolutionary manner. True health care will be about education and accountability. Why should we spend billions of a "War on Drugs" when ten times more people die of prescription drugs than illegal ones? Why should we subsidize foods that have been shown to produce disease and pollute the environment?
The absurd contention that free markets will produce safe products is an illusion that has been proven wrong. Without meaningful action the food industry will continue to manufacture toxic cheap food, drug companies will continue to make new drugs for invented illness and medical technologies will be developed and used regardless of their benefit.
Improvements in health will be about reforming public attitudes toward creating a healthy environment and addressing issues such as physical activities in schools, public support for healthy food and creating a focus on preventing the root causes of sickness, not waiting till it develops. Modern health care will always be about crisis management till these steps are taken. We need to learn the basic life skills of prevention as well as developing a medical treatment system that is able to function when needed.
The concepts of prevention are simple and that may be part of the problem. We have been schooled to expect health as an outcome of complex technologies and deep intellectual study not simple daily actions. The rigor of science is often essential in the treatment of serious illness but is not essential for health. It is interesting to note that when prevention is brought up we are told that it would make no difference to health costs.
While the cost of prevention would seem a strange point when weighted against human misery and disease a closer look reveals that the prevention being talked about is medical screening. Early screening for diseases is not prevention it is early detection. This is an example of trying to make the personal into something requiring professional guidance.
These attitudes reflect a faith in treatment rather than an understanding of health. Virtually every professional body that investigates the causes of disease agrees that the vast majority of degenerative illnesses in America and the "developed" world could be avoided by changes in habits of exercise, smoking and diet.
Smoking has already been exposed as a major health risk and steps have been taken to curtail it with generally good results. Exercise as a health requirement needs attention as many schools lack adequate physical education and school sports seem to be the dominated by only elite student athletes. It is in the area of dietary reform where social education is most desperately needed. It is also the area where there is the most governmental and social resistance to change.
Changes in diet inspire a great deal of emotional and cultural conflict. We often-associate foods with family, culture and comfort – sensitivity to these issues need to be addressed. This does not mean the government cannot be a vital force in prevention. The massive power of the food industry outstrips even the insurance and drug industries. The fact that the modern American diet has long been known as a major cause of the deterioration of health is no secret. The fact that politicians have shied away from all but the most oblique criticism of the food industry simply demonstrates how dangerous the food lobby is.
It is the high meat; high fat, high sugar foods that dominate the American diet that need to be brought to check. Government subsidies for corn based high fructose corn syrup, water rights for cattle, subsidies for cattle feed and the milk industry need to be reduced so that the true cost of these un-healthiest of foods are reflected in the price. Subsidies should be directed toward regional growing of fruit and vegetables. Labeling laws need to be clarified so that people better understand what they are eating and the FDA needs to be populated by nutritionists that are not the pawns of the food industry. This will not be an easy process but it is essential for a healthy nation.
If true prevention is not instituted, our present system will not be able to withstand the tidal surge of illness created by an aging population and the increased obesity that is a clear predictor of a rise in diabetes, heart disease and cancer in the near future. Many of the problems our overloaded hospitals and clinics experience could be dramatically reduced with proper effort to reduce the causes of disease. No matter how much money is funneled into the present system it will take a population more focused on health than frightened of sickness to turn the tide. That can only happen through the efforts of individuals, civic groups and government working to gather to focus on a truly healthy way of life. Dismissing the possibility of this as a utopian vision is something that will be regretted by future generations.
Bill Tara
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In good health,
Marlene x


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Review by Matt Kitten
Having not been to the Sugarmill before and not being a Stoke local I soon fell in love with the venue even though when we first arrived there was no-one around and the music was low. I won't go on about this as you all know what it's like, but I will compliment them on the sticky floor and would advise that they advertise their secrets so other small venues could do the same and make the gig experience just that bit more authentic.
The place had filled up quite a bit when supporting act, Headquarters took to the stage. Their first two tracks just left me bemused and emotionless and the fact they all had the blankest of expressions on their faces made me not dislike them so much, but feel as if they were unimpressed to be there. Very gradually I started to warm to their odd features and could easily picture them in a David Lynch film and at one point I'm sure I saw
The Mystery Man from Lost Highway walk past me. All of a sudden Headquarters bashed out a tune so fractured and bizarre that I instantly wanted to hug their cartoon faces. Now they all looked so interesting all I wanted to do was have a drink with the odd looking tribe.
We had a break and debated which was a better classic action film; Aliens or Predator (jury's still out!) and waited for Everything Everything to take to the stage. Now, this band have been walking a tightrope for a while and I, being a fan since they first got aired on Zane Lowe's Radio One show, have been constantly concerned by their output. When I say tightrope, what I mean is that they are on a knife edge of being an accessible pop/indie band and a quirky, progressive muso's band. Knowing that they were testing some material tonight and now being signed to a major label, I was worried that they might have fallen off the tightrope down the side of the commercial pop song.
They played maybe six new tracks at this show and every one of them was an extension of their quirkier side, which I was very relieved about. Tight, energetic and obviously having a great time up there made the night a great one for people who have been listening to them for a while but people seeing them for the first time may have been left luke warm.
For me, they can stay balancing right on that tightrope but whether they want it or not that might keep them from reaching the dizzy heights that some bands get rocketed into very early on in these celebrity radio driven times. I am looking forward to a new album from them safe in the knowledge that they haven't fallen over the side that Noah and The Whale are on and hope to catch them playing places like The Sugarmill in the future.
However I am sceptical of how the dullard Snow Patrol fans will take Everything Everything on their next gig outing.


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Extreme examples just city limits apart:
The city of Modesto chose to fight a San Francisco civil rights law firm over the way officials are elected and ultimately lost, ponying up $3 million in a settlement.
The Ceres Unified School District, meanwhile, knew it would lose if it fought the same group of lawyers over the same issue. District officials sought a quick settlement and paid those same lawyers roughly $3,000.
Local governments, school boards, water districts or any other public agencies with boards or councils filled through at-large elections could ultimately face those same options: Fight, lose and pay big bucks in legal fees or capitulate as quickly as possible and minimize the damage.
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The smart ones will take the latter, based on what happened when Modesto chose the former.
"I tell people it's like the Kenny Rogers song," Ceres Unified Superintendent Walt Hanline said. " 'You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em.' "
With virtually every government agency at every level facing draconian budget cuts, every dime matters. Consequently, officials can't let their egos or pride cost taxpayers just because they don't like it when some lawyers from out of town force them to change. It's well beyond the point of name calling, ambulance-chasers being one of the more common names bandied about.
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, headed by attorney Robert Rubin, has enjoyed a lot of success.
In essence, Modesto's costly defeat triggered a domino effect of easy scores for Rubin. He wrote much of the 2001 California Voting Rights Act, which makes it easier for minorities to sue for voting reforms. It advocates district elections as a way of giving more minorities the opportunities to be elected to public offices.
In the valley, they've used the law to give Latinos better chances of getting elected, though it hasn't always worked that way.
Modesto's first district election in November saw Dave Geer, who is white, beat Al Nava, a Latino, in a district created for Latino representation. Geer campaigned hard in a district that, on election day, saw extremely low voter turnout.
And in Ceres Unified's first district go-round, a Latina lost her seat on the board.
No matter. Those with at-large elections are at a disadvantage when they get on Rubin's radar.
"We researched it," Hanline said. "The law is the law. If you don't like the law, then change it. But it is the law. We could have been spending textbook money on a case we were going to lose. So we decided to make lemonade out of lemons."
They did that by seeking immediate negotiations with Rubin and having a plan in hand to switch to district elections.
Turlock Unified also began the switch to district elections, and Gustine voted to do the same last month.
Anything else would have been very costly. Rubin's group sued the Hanford Union School District in 2004 and eventually forced district elections there. In fact, the Lawyers' Committee used the Hanford case to announce its formidable presence, district spokeswoman Candace McIlroy said.
"We first learned of (the lawsuit) in a press release," McIlroy said. "It was a bit of a surprise at that time. It was the first we'd heard of (the 2001 law being used that way)."
They settled the case, with Hanford paying the Lawyers' Committee $110,000 in legal fees, plus $55,000 for the district's own attorneys — money, she said, that could have been spent on the district's needs.
"It would have paid for about 1½ buses," she said.
Rubin sent a letter to the Madera Unified School District in March 2008.
"To avoid unnecessary litigation, we urge the Madera Unified School District to change its system of electing board members to an at-large to a district-based system. Please advise us within the next 30 days as to whether you are interested in discussing a voluntary change to a district system."
Madera district officials responded by asking for specifics, and Rubin's meter kept running. Ultimately, Madera agreed to switch to district elections, avoiding a court battle of Modesto proportions.
But it was still expensive: The Lawyers' Committee sent the district a bill for $1.4 million — a sum Hanford officials questioned during mediation in January. A judge will now decide how much the district must pay.
Again, it's money they could better spent on students, keeping employees, buying supplies, paving streets or maintaining campuses. Instead, a big chunk of cash will go to the attorneys.
And that should have every other at-large board or council planning for the day when it gets a letter from Rubin and the Lawyer's Committee.
They can't afford not to.
Jeff Jardine's column appears Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in Local News. He can be reached at 578-2383 or email@example.com


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Survey Recorder
The Recorder feature in the survey testing toolbar tracks your current testing path to assist you with identifying errors or issues that may arise during testing. The Recorder tracks all of your survey data up to the current page, allowing you to copy your current survey path for re-testing if you run into any problems. Tracked data includes any values assigned to you for survey variables, all questions you have viewed, and the answers you selected while testing the survey.
1: Reviewing Your Testing Path
To review your current testing path, click on the "Recorder" button to expand the feature:
From here, you can scroll to view all of your past survey data, or jump directly to another question in the survey using the drop-down menu at the top:
Only previously submitted questions will have data in the Recorder. You cannot view your responses to questions that have not yet been submitted, even if they are on the same page as your currently selected question.
1.1: Jumping Forward
When using the question drop-down to jump past the currently selected question, the Recorder will automatically answer any incomplete questions between this question and the question you select with dummy responses.
Questions with unsatisfied base logic will not be accessible from the drop-down menu. You will need to test through the survey using a qualifying path in order to view those questions in the Recorder.
1.2: Jumping Backward
When using the question drop-down to jump back to an earlier survey question, the Recorder will continue to store all of your responses up to your last submitted question (unless a change is made). If you jump to a previously submitted question and submit a different response, the Recorder will clear your responses to all questions appearing after the changed question.
2: Additional Considerations
- The Recorder will not work properly if test data has not yet been run in your survey. Always be sure to run SST prior to manually testing a survey.
- When you click the "Finish" button in the survey, the Recorder will reset and all of your current survey data will be erased.
- When the Recorder is open, you can resize the sections by clicking on the top of the toolbar and sliding it up or down.


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"YES!" Omega cheered, destroying every android in range.
"Dang, do you guys see Winter?" Knuckles asked.
"Yes, Knuckles, we all saw her!" Topaz replied. (They are speaking through communicators, because they a fighting a good distance from one another). "What happened to her, I thought you said she WASN'T evil."
"She isn't…" Sonic began. He paused because he was spin-dashing another android. "…But she did call herself a monster."
"She, this isn't her, it's her Dark Energy," Tails explained.
"Power," DJ began.
"Sup?" He asked turning his head, but continuing to fire.
"I, I didn't see any of this," he whispered.
"Dude, even if you did, what could you have done to stop it, let our and Blaze's worlds die?"
"I donno, it looks like we're going to loss anyway," he answered.
"DJ, we got this," Power encouraged.
"Ah," DJ groaned, putting his hand on his head.
"Not now!" Power was about to panic. DJ didn't stop attacking the androids. "Wh-what are you doing, stop, you gonna over do it!"
"I-I'll be fine," DJ hissed.
"What are you seeing?" He asked.
"Something like an…an alternate ending," he said. His voiced sounded tried and weak.
"Is it good, for the love of Mobius, please be good?" Power more begged than asked.
"It's hope…but Winter has to snap out of this…or it's all over," DJ finished.
Power looked back, he couldn't see Winter or Shadow. "Hope those two are as strong as we were all lead to believe."