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Republican Mitt Romney blames President Obama for annual trillion-dollar deficits adding to what is now a $16 trillion national debt. Nonpartisan analysts agree that Obama inherited a bad hand: The 2009 deficit was a projected $1.2 trillion when he took office because of Bush-era policies and an economic crisis that slashed tax collections and increased spending for jobless aid and other safety-net programs. He has added $1.4 trillion in stimulus spending and tax cuts, and he has continued the Bush policies that Democrats blame for the swing from surpluses to deficits: income tax cuts, a Medicare drug benefit and war operations.
Obama has proposed bringing deficits down by slowing spending gradually, to avoid suddenly tipping the economy back into recession. He'd raise taxes on households earning more than $250,000 and impose a surcharge of 30 percent on those making more than $1 million. And the health care law, rather than adding $1 trillion to deficits as Romney says, includes offsetting cost savings and tax increases.
Romney's deficit-reduction plans are hard to assess, given his lack of detail, and they would not fully kick in for years, but analysts say they could lead to a larger debt in the next decade than Obama's agenda would. They cite Romney's proposals for new tax cuts, an increase in military spending and a delay until 2022 in remaking Medicare. He said many of his tax cuts would be partly negated by his proposals to lower top tax rates on corporations and individuals.
Almost every U.S. taxpayer faces a significant tax increase next year, unless Congress and the White House agree on a plan to extend a huge collection of tax cuts expiring at year's end. Obama wants to extend Bush-era tax cuts again, but only for individuals making less than $200,000 and married couples making less than $250,000. Romney wants to extend all those tax cuts and enact new ones, dropping all income tax rates by 20 percent. Romney says he would pay for that by eliminating or reducing tax credits, deductions and exemptions. But he won't say which ones would go.
Both candidates favor government action to stimulate growth and job creation -- just different kinds. In the jobs bill that Obama sent to Congress a year ago, he proposed temporary tax cuts but also more aid for struggling state and local governments to prevent further teacher layoffs; money for roads and other infrastructure projects and federal investments in alternative energy, education and scientific research. Republicans blocked those proposals. Romney instead advocates cutting tax rates permanently to increase incentives for investment and hiring. He backs deep domestic spending cuts, but says he would phase in the reductions.
Obama supports abortion rights. And his health care law requires contraceptives to be available for free for women in workplace health plans. Romney opposes abortion rights, though he previously supported them. He says the Supreme Court ruling establishing abortion rights should be reversed, allowing states to ban abortion. He's also criticized mandatory coverage for contraception as a threat to religious liberty. Romney's ability as president to enact federal abortion restrictions would be limited unless Republicans gained firm control of Congress. But the next president could have great influence over abortion policy if vacancies arise on the Supreme Court.
Washington contributes a small fraction of education money, but it influences teacher quality, accessibility and more. For example, to be freed from provisions of the No Child Left Behind law, states had to develop federally approved reforms. Romney wants more state and local control over education. But he supports some of Obama's proposals, notably charter schools and teacher evaluations. So, look for them to be there whoever wins.
gay marriage
Both sides of the debate agree on this much: The issue defines what sort of nation the United States will be. Obama supports legal recognition of same-sex marriage, as a matter decided by states. Romney says same-sex marriage should be banned with a constitutional amendment. Four states have gay-marriage measures on their ballots. In Minnesota, the vote is whether to ban gay marriage in the state constitution. Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington state are voting on whether to legalize gay marriage. Thus far, foes of gay marriage have prevailed in all 32 states where the issue reached the ballot.
Both candidates agree that the health care program for older Americans, the single-biggest contributor to projected deficits, cannot continue growing at current rates. They disagree on how, and how much, to curb it.
Romney favors shifting from the open-ended, fee-for-service Medicare program to one giving each beneficiary a fixed annual amount to buy private insurance or a Medicare option. He has not proposed what the amount of the voucherlike payments would be, so potential budget savings and impact on beneficiaries are impossible to judge.
Obama, who says Romney would "voucherize" the program, instead backs marginal changes, including lower payments to providers of health care like doctors and insurers. He has not specified further steps to keep Medicare solvent.
Romney's claim that Obama has taken $716 billion from Medicare benefits to pay for the health care law has been widely debunked. The cuts would affect those providing health care, not beneficiaries. The health law, in fact, expanded Medicare benefits. Ryan included identical savings in Republican budgets he passed in the House.
social security
Unless Congress acts, the trust funds that support Social Security are on pace to run out of money in 2033, triggering an automatic 25 percent cut in benefits that millions of older Americans rely on for most of their income. That may seem far off. But the sooner Congress acts, the more time to phase in changes slowly. Obama hasn't laid out a detailed plan for addressing Social Security. Romney proposes a gradual increase in the retirement age and, for future beneficiaries, slower growth in benefits for the wealthy.
The stakes now are similar to what caused the United States to invade almost 11 years ago: the threat of more Al-Qaida attacks. Obama says U.S. forces must not leave until Afghan forces can defend the country on their own. Otherwise the Taliban would regain power and Al-Qaida might again launch attacks from there. Rival Romney appears to share that view. The United States plans to end its combat role by the end of 2014.
defense spending
At its core, the debate over how much to spends on defense gets down to this: What is it that the United States should be defending against? Obama wants more restraint in military spending while Romney favors expansion. Obama also wants more focus on Asia-Pacific security, reflecting China's military modernization. But that and other elements of military strategy could come apart if Washington doesn't find a way to avoid automatic budget cuts starting in January.
An estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants live and work in the United States. In June, Obama decided to allow as many as 1.7 million of young illegal immigrants to stay for up to two years. Romney supports completing a fence at the border and other tough measures, but has softened his stance from the primaries, when he said he believed in "self-deportation."


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Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is the northernmost of the primary redwood parks. Located just outside Crescent City, it is relatively undeveloped and contains a fraction of the trail mileage of Prairie Creek or Humboldt. However, what it lacks in trail infrastructure is outweighed by arguably the most scenic display of old growth redwoods in existence making it well worth a visit. Considered by many to be among the best old growth hikes, the Boy Scout Tree Trail was our destination for a run. As an out-and-back ending at a fern waterfall that is nice but not extraordinary, the value in this run was not the destination, but the process of getting there.
The trailhead for the Boy Scout Tree Trail head is midway along Howland Hill Road, which is a spectacular drive along a narrow dirt road lined with giant redwoods the entire way. Once on the trail, the impressive redwoods keep coming. The understory is almost exclusively low lying ferns providing unusually good visibility through the forest and the layers of giant trees are reminiscent of pillars in a cathedral. I tried to capture the setting as best as I could with a camera, but the sheer size and grandeur of these trees is impossible to truly comprehend without visiting in person. All told, the round trip for the Boy Scout Tree Trail is only about 5.3 miles, but several miles of extensions can be peiced together along the Mill Creek Trail, Hiouchi Trail, and Hatton Trail, most of which is under old growth redwood forest. I look forward to running these trails next time!
After enjoying the Boy Scout Tree Trail, we continued down Howland Hill Road to the beautiful Stout Grove, where we toured more awesome redwoods. Back at Crescent City, we made a few side trips to the coast, including the photogenic Battery Point Lighthouse and the scenic beach at False Klamath Cove. On the way back south, we merely passed through Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park. So much to see, so little time. I'll definitely be returning to Del Norte to explore the Damnation Creek Trail and other sections of the rugged Coastal Trail that I did not have time to visit on this occasion.

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New Car Seat Recommendations Announced by AAP [POLL]
Recommendations regarding children's car seats have been the same for years...until now. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has announced that the guidelines for keeping children in car or booster seats have been extended.
According to this announcement by AAP, children should remain in rear-facing seats until they are 2 years old or have reached the recommended height and weight for their seat. Until now, the suggested age for a front-facing car seat was 1 year or 20 pounds.
Booster seat recommendations have changed too. It is now suggested that children remain in booster seats until they are 8-12 years old and 4' 9".
These are changes are designed to keep children safer during car travel because regulation seat belts are designed for average adults, not children.
The full story and list of suggested changes can be found here.


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Education Hallway
Aesthetic modes offer some of the most important ways in which we encounter, understand, and interpret nature. In Professor Fiskio's Environmental Studies class Nature, Culture, and Interpretation, students focus on four aesthetic frames that are central to Western modes of experiencing nature: the sublime, the pastoral, the Georgic, and the ephemeral.
This exhibition illuminates the cultural constructions that shape our perceptions of nature, but also encourages viewers to encounter the nonhuman as an agent with the power to disorient our usual modes of perception.Organized by Janet Fiskio, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Richard Long (English, b. 1945)
Walk Sculpture Documentation, England, 1968
Photo offset lithograph
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Get directions to Wabash College Hays Science Hall
The Wabash College Biology Department would like to invite everyone to the Thomas Cole Lecture Series, Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23.
We welcome back to campus, Dr. Margaret A. Palmer, Professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Director of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory; and Professor of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park.
Dr. Palmer will be presenting two presentations. Her research presentation, "Stream Ecosystem Structure & Function in an Urbanizing World," will be given at 12 pm, Tuesday, April 22 in Hays Hall, Room 319. A light subway lunch will be provided. Her general presentation, "Lawyers, Scientists, Coal & Real Estate" will be presented at 12:15 pm, Wednesday, April 23 in Hays Hall, Room 104. A light pizza lunch will be provided.
Both talks are free and open to the public.


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Rays Renegade and The Pitch-Outs circa 2010 Wish You a Merry Christmas
Last, but definitely not least we have the Tall Texan, Jeff Niemann who was put behind the drum set only because he kept hitting the band's stage lighting with his head during their earlier sets.
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Okay, the Rays starting rotation was already intimidating but who knew they had these hidden talents? Well done! When will they be releasing their Christmas album? I've heard rumors of I saw David Strike Out Santa Clause, Holly Jolly Slider and Frosty the Curve Ball and I'm intrigued.
Merry Christmas Rays Renegade! Thanks for all the great reading this year.
There is more Christmas hijinks coming tomorrow.
I usually do a Christmas baseball team post, and I will again post an animated and real Chirstmas baseball team tomorrow.
It will not be like the 2009 version that had me pick Superheroes. This one will be some of our favorite cartoon and Christmas characters…Maybe even a Grinch or two.
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I love it! Well done! Thank you for all your posts. You are an integral part of the MLB blogs. I wish you the best this Holiday season and the coming year! Merry Christmas!
Thank you for that unsolicitated comment that made me again blush.
I have fun posting, and hopefully in 2011 someone might actually pay me to think like this. I doubt it, but there are some out there garnering a paycheck that need someone like mepushing them….N o names, I promise.
As long as I am having fun, no need for TSA to search my blog for flammable comments.
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I did a Jib Jab rock 'n' roll greeting for the Yankees' rotation the other day so I guess great minds think alike. lol. I wish you a very Merry Christmas, as always!
I never saw it, but now I feel bad.
Dang! Thought I was being smart and here we go and both do it. Maybe I will change it tonight (lol)…..Could of always done a snawball fight with the Rays versus CC and Dan Wheeler plus Carlos Pena…Hmmmmm.
Merry Christmas to you too Jane. And be sure to Wish Michael a great holiday too for me.
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Cliff, Always love the jib jab stuff, hope you and all your family have a merry xmas….
Yeah JibJab does a great job with their video presentations.
Wouldn't be fun to have a job like that…Making up wacky and comedic video plots for everyone to enjoy.
Wonder if they need a worker? (lol)
Only me here this holiday weekend, but there is a roaring fire and "For The Love of the Game playing on my laptop as we speak.
Gotta love Billy Chapel.
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Decided if I was going to spoof the Rays starting 5, I had to do something to myself too. Only felt right that I crank the elf costume out of mothballs and do a "Travolta" pose.
Still thinking hard what to pop up for New Years……No disco (lol).
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Great post and I loved the pic. It was hilarious!!!!!
Thank you, and wishing more of the same for you and your family during this holiday season. Still can't believe how fast everything is beginning to move.
Maybe Cliff Lee did put a bit of a logjam into the off season, and now we are rushing through time to catch up to normalcy….
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Hey it is the time of the year to have a little fun…Maybe even some elf-ish fun.
Only another small slice in the every expanding galaxy that is Rays Renegade….or is that ever expanding waistline?
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SpeckTrum to Perform at Fleet Week New York 2012
In Fall 2011, Stevens Multimedia (SMM) – a student-run company made up of Music & Technology majors and other students – undertook an initiative called Project Eleven to create an album of patriotic songs by college-age bands and musicians to vocalize their gratitude for soldiers and support veteran's charities.
On Saturday May 26, one Stevens-connected band associated with Project Eleven will have the opportunity to spread its message of thanks wide and far when it performs on the USS WASP (LHD-1), a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that will be docked at Pier 90 in Manhattan for Fleet Week New York 2012.
The band, SpeckTrum, consists of senior Nick Catania '12 (lead vocals, keys), senior Cliff Hults '12 (lead base, vocals), alumnus Ben Clifford '11 (lead vocals, lead guitar), and Brady Cudmore (lead vocals, drums). Catania, Hults and Clifford met at Stevens and formed the "pop/classic/drama rock" group in 2011 along with Clifford's friend Cudmore. They say their fans describe their sound as "Bob Seeger meets Prince, David Bowie meets STYX, Green Day meets Jason Mraz."
SpeckTrum has individually and collectively performed all over the U.S., and the band also wrote the first song for ProjectEleven.org. Its Fleet Week performance – which will feature a set of original songs performed alongside other bands in the noon and 4 p.m. time slot – will also be broadcast live on "The David Webb Show" on the Sirius XM radio channel, "Patriot."
"This is our way of saying thank you to young soldiers and veterans through music," said Catania. "We're so happy this opportunity came out of our participation in Project Eleven."
It's a big week for Catania and Hults, who will both graduate on Thursday May 24, at Stevens' 140th Commencement. Catania, a double degree in Music & Technology and Engineering Physics, served as president of the Student Government Association. Hults will earn a B.E. in Computer Engineering.


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Mila Kunis' alleged stalker held on $150,000 bail
A man charged with stalking actress MILA KUNIS has been placed on $150,000 (£93,750) bail after pleading not guilty to the crime.
Stuart Lynn Dunn was arrested in Los Angeles earlier this month (May12) after following the Black Swan beauty to her gym three days in a row.
Kunis contacted cops on the third day after Dunn allegedly confronted her in the parking lot as she left the building, and he was subsequently charged with two counts of felony stalking.
He appeared in court on Friday (18May12) and protested his innocence, but the judge expressed concerns about Dunn's behaviour and set bail at the unusually high figure of $150,000.
The judge also issued a new protective order against Dunn as part of his bail terms, banning him from going anywhere near Kunis.
The 27-year-old suspect had previously been ordered to stay away from Kunis for three years after breaking into her vacant home in January (12) and inhabiting the property.
His next court date has been set for 31 May (12).


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Poor Nigella Lawson. Not only has suffered a messy, public divorce from business tycoon Charles Saatchi over the past year, but now she can't fly to the U.S.
The U.K. celebrity chef was prevented from boarding a flight to Los Angeles on Sunday because of a court confession during her divorce about her previous drug use. Lawson now likely will have to undergo a medical examination, including blood tests to screen for illegal drugs, if she wants to obtain a travel visa to the United States, a British lawyer told the Telegraph.
So forgive us for asking, but why is Canadian singer Justin Bieber still allowed into this country? Bieber has spent most of this past year fending off drug use allegations and criminal investigations; yet, he still maintains residences in the United States.
For starters, Bieber has never admitted to drug use — Lawson testified last year that she had snorted cocaine and smoked marijuana in front of her children. Bieber's current legal troubles also aren't related to illegal drugs; he faces DUI charges in Miami, where after an arrest for alleged drag racing, Bieber reportedly told police he had consumed alcohol and prescription medicine. He also is being investigated in Los Angeles for allegedly throwing eggs at his neighbor's home; the investigation led to a search of Bieber's home, where marijuana was discovered but the singer was never charged.
In Lawson's case, her admitted past drug use during a trial last year raised a red flag. According to U.S. border officials, they can bar entry to anyone who admits to "committing acts which constitute the essential elements" of the crime, including abuse of a controlled substance.
Susan McFadden, a U.S. attorney based in London, told the Telegraph that if during a medical examination,"the doctor finds the applicant is a drug abuser than that person is ineligible for a visa. This can be set aside only if the consular official recommends that the ineligibility for a visa should be waived."
McFadden noted that such waivers are decided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and can take six to seven months to process.
Such bans have prevented celebrities from entering the United States in the past. In 2008, singer Amy Winehouse was not allowed to attend the Grammy Awards. Singer Lily Allen lost her work visa in 2007. And the U.S. Department of Homeland Security placed singer Yusuf Islam on a no-fly list in 2004.
But apparently, U.S. officials also can choose to turn a blind eye. Last month, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford — who has admitted to smoking crack cocaine — was able to travel to Los Angeles for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show.
The double standard had celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain in an uproar Thursday. He tweeted, "Toronto mayor, Rob Ford? Welcome to the USA. Nigella Lawson? No. REALLY? Absolutely appalling misuse of our system. And by whom? How?"
Joel Sandaluk, a Toronto immigration lawyer, offered his theory on that to the Toronto Star. "It's hard to imagine a U.S. border officer who is unfamiliar with Rob Ford — I mean, he's introduced in the American media as Toronto's crack-smoking mayor," Sandaluk said. "All I can imagine is the officer who he encountered at the airport simply followed a 'don't ask, don't tell' approach to it."


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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO SCOTLAND — Flying to Great Britain this morning, Pope Benedict XVI told reporters on his plane that the church was not vigilant enough or fast enough in responding to the problem of clerical sex abuse.
"These revelations were for me a shock, and a great sadness. It is difficult to understand how this perversion of the priestly ministry was possible," he said.
Asked about sex abuse cases that have come to light in Europe and elsewhere in recent years, the pope said it was inexplicable to him how a priest who has promised at his ordination to act in the person of Christ, as a good shepherd, could "fall into this perversion."
"It is a great sadness. It is a sadness, also, that the authority of the church was not vigilant enough, was not sufficiently fast and decisive in taking the necessary measures," he said.
The 83-year-old pope, responding to questions the journalists submitted in advance, also said he looked forward to a fair hearing in Britain, saying the country had a long tradition of tolerance along with historical moments of anti-Catholicism.
Asked about criticism of his visit from some quarters in British society, including secular and atheistic voices, he said that he would try to make it clear that the church was not preaching a message about its own power, but about the saving message of the Gospel and the need to help the weak.


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Be Very Afraid of Alison Gold's 'Chinese Food' Song + Video
Rebecca Black and 'Friday' are so 2011. But that hasn't stopped Patrice Wilson of Ark Factory, who produced 'Friday' for Black, to peddle more drivel. This time, we get Alison Gold's 'Chinese Food' and it's not like 'Friday,' which was almost so bad it was good. This is downright awful.
It's supposed to be golden-haired Gold's ode to her favorite food, which she likes to eat after going clubbing. Wait, a girl who barely looks 12 goes clubbing?
The song is terrible. It fosters stereotypes. Gold can't sing or act very believably.
But she ends up as BFFs with a plush adult panda, which is incredibly creepy, in and of itself.
When they frolic in the grass, and see a dish in the sky, we feel like they're on some strange acid trip and have taken us along for the ride....unwillingly. Wait, did ya hear that? Oh, it's just a sound of the PopCrush staff crying in a corner. Make. It. Stop.
All Chinese restaurant owners should file suit against the people behind this for the damage it will cause to their sales because watching this tripe might make people want to avoid lo mein and pork fried rice. The hot sauce scene? Highly unnecessary.
Mr. and Mrs. Gold, how did ya'll let this happen?


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Adrahil I
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|Biographical Information
|Other names
|Adrahil of Dol Amroth
|Prince of Belfalas[1]
|Captain of Ondoher's army
|Before T.A. 1944
|Early member of the line of House of Dol Amroth[1]
|Ancestor of Imrazôr[1]
|Physical Description
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He descended from the Númenórean noble house that settled in Belfalas in the Second Age.[2] Because of this, it is assumed he was an ancestor of Imrazôr, Galador and the Princes of Dol Amroth.
When King Ondoher led his army to face the Wainriders who threatened Gondor, Adrahil commanded the army's left wing. The soldiers of the right wing were under the command of the King's nephew Minohtar, while the centre was commanded by the king himself and his heir Artamir.
Ondoher's enterprise came to a devastating end: he was surprised by the Wainriders, and his forces were overwhelmed. Adrahil's soldiers, however, were shielded from the attack and survived it. Ondoher and Artamir had both been killed, and Minohtar took charge, sending Adrahil along with both his own command of the Left Wing and those at the rear of the Right Wing who had not yet been engaged.
Adrahil withdrew south into Ithilien to form a defensive line from Cair Andros to the Ephel Dúath. With these forces he was to cover the approaches of Minas Tirith and allow Minohtar to form a rearguard and attempt to stem the advance of the Wainriders. Adrahil should at once message Eärnil, and inform him of the disaster of the Morannon and of the position of the retreating Northern Army.
Adrahil's fate is uncertain; the Wainriders eventually broke through Minohtar's more northerly defence, but whether they penetrated to Adrahil's position is unknown. If he survived the initial assault, it seems likely that Adrahil would have joined with Eärnil in his counter-attack, seeing the ultimate defeat of the Wainriders at the Battle of the Camp.[1]
[edit] Other versions of the legendarium
In the chapter "Cirion and Eorl" of Unfinished Tales Adrahil is referred to as "Adrahil of Dol Amroth". However, since Dol Amroth would not be named as such until after the drowning of Amroth in T.A. 1981 this must be an anachronistic error on the part of the chronicler.[2]


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This bread is three-for-three. It's easy to make, despite the braided shape which looks harder than it is, it's stunning to look at, and it's absolutely delicious. The recipe makes two loaves. I took one of them to work, and my co-worker Teddie told me that it was so good she could happily eat the whole loaf. (Although she didn't).
The recipe is from an article in the November edition of Food & Wine called "Inside Hot Bread Kitchen," about - what else? - the bakers at New York's Hot Bread Kitchen, a bakery in Queens. A woman named Jessamyn Waldman founded the bakery as a way to help women immigrants acclimate to the United States, learn English, and provide job opportunities. The article includes recipes for tortillas, gorditas, and Palestinian Spinach pies, but it was the challah that caught my eye. This is Sephardic, not the better-known Ashkenazic challah. I never knew that regular challah was Ashkenazic, but it's worth knowing if only because it gives you a reason for saying Ashkenazic, which is so much fun to say.
This bread uses the direct method, which means more yeast, less time, and, usually, less flavor, but I figured that the caraway and sesame seeds would give it enough flavor to make up for it, and indeed they did. It was supposed to have anise seeds too. I usually like to make a recipe the first time with no additions, subtractions, or substitutions. But there are only a few things I like anise seeds in, and bread isn't one of them. I remember the first time I made Swedish limpa bread, and I had a big argument with myself about whether to use aniseed. My follow-the-directions self won the argument, but my real self wished that she hadn't, so I decided to dump the anise seeds and the devil take the hindmost. If you use "Ashkenazic" and "the devil take the hindmost" in one sentence today, you might (or might not) win a fabulous prize.
Back to bread--you will want to have a heavy-duty mixer for this recipe, since you must knead it by mixer about ten minutes. If you mixed it by hand, I hate to think how long it might take. But after ten minutes, it's an elastic but not sticky mass.
It rises nicely and after just an hour or so, it's ready to stretch into a 30-inch rope.
The rope gets shaped into a coil, with one end of the rope forming the center of the coil. This is much easier than braiding.
Brush the coils with a beaten egg, let sit uncovered for 30 minutes, brush again, and sprinkle more seeds on top.
The double egg glaze gives the bread such shine that it's hard to get a bad picture of it.
But you can make anything look pretty. (Actually, this is so not true!) The proof of the pudding, as they say, is in the eating. The bread tasted great fresh from the oven, but most any bread does.
But it also tasted delicious several hours later, as an accompaniment to a pureed root vegetable soup, as toast on Monday morning, and as day-old bread brought into the office, where people were so enthusiastic about the bread that it was finished before the chocolate cake that Jessica brought in from her mother's birthday party. It's just a fine bread to have in your repertoire.
3 1/2 tablespoons sesame seeds
2 tablespoons caraway seeds
2 1/4 tsp. instant yeast
2 cups lukewarm water
5 cups (780 grams) bread flour
2 1/2 Tblsp. (50 grams) olive oil
2 Tblsp. (40 grams) honey
1 Tblsp. (16 grams) kosher salt
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Mr. Valet: "Yeah, I have an appointment with Dr. Grumpy now, and I can't find a parking space."
Mary: "Okay... I'm looking out over the parking lot on the north side of the building, and there's quite a few open spots there. Try that side."
Mr. Valet: "I don't have time for that. I'm down by the east exit. Can you just come down and park it for me, while I see the doctor? Do you know how to drive a stick?"
Mary: "No, and that's not something I..."
Mr. Valet: "Then how about if you sit in it during my appointment, so it doesn't get towed?"


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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden became the first locals to win a main draw Australian Open title since 2005 when they clinched the mixed doubles on Sunday.
The Australian duo, both aged 25, beat the Czech-pair Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak 6-3 7-5 in the final at Rod Laver Arena in 73 minutes.
Gajdosova and Ebden both crashed out of the singles competition in the first round, Gajdosova for the eighth time, and had never played together before they got together as a wildcard pairing for the season-opening grand slam.
South African-born Ebden moved to Perth as a child and has been mentored by Australian great Margaret Court, who won 24 grand slam singles titles and 19 women's and 19 mixed doubles titles at grand slams.
Scott Draper and Samantha Stosur were the last Australian pairing to win a title at Melbourne Park when they clinched the mixed doubles in 2005.
Australian duo Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty were beaten by Italian top seeds Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani on Friday in the women's doubles final.
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Alcohol and Drug Problems: Practice Interventions
Maryann Amodeo and Luz Marilis López
This entry focuses on practice interventions for working with families and individuals including behavioral marital therapy, transitional family therapy, and the developmental model of recovery, as well as motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, relapse prevention training, and harm reduction therapy. A commonality in these intervention frameworks is their view of the therapeutic work in stages—from active drinking and drug use, to deciding on change, to movement toward change and recovery. We also identify skills that equip social work practitioners to make a special contribution to alcohol and other drug (AOD) interventions and highlight factors to consider in choosing interventions.
There are a range of practice interventions for clients with AOD problems based on well-controlled research.
Care Transitions, Patient Health, and System Performance in the United States
June Simmons, Sandy Atkins, Janice Lynch Schuster, and Melissa Jones
Transitions in care occur when a patient moves from an institutional setting, such as a hospital or nursing home, to home or community, often with the hope or expectation of improving health status. At the very least, patients, clinicians, and caregivers aim to achieve stability and avoid complications that would precipitate a return to the emergency department (ED) or hospital. For some groups of vulnerable people, especially the very old and frail, such transitions often require specific, targeted coaching and supports that enable them to make the change successfully. Too often, as research indicates, these transitions are poorly executed and trigger a cycle of hospital readmissions and worsening health, even death. In recognizing these perils, organizations have begun to see that by improving the care transition process, they can improve health outcomes and reduce costs while ensuring safety, consistency, and continuity. While some of this improvement relies on medical care, coaching, social services and supports are often also essential. Lack of timely medical follow-up, transportation, inadequate nutrition, medication issues, low health literacy, and poverty present barriers to optimal health outcomes. By addressing social and environmental determinants of health and chronic disease self-management, social workers who make home visits or other proven timely interventions to assess and coach patients and their caregivers are demonstrating real results. This article describes care transitions interventions, research into barriers and opportunities, and specific programs aimed at improvement.
Chronic Illness
Patricia A. Fennell and Sara Rieder Bennett
There is a paradigm shift occurring in medicine, from models focused on treating acute illnesses to those concerned with managing chronic conditions. This shift coincides with the higher prevalence of chronic illnesses resulting from factors such as lower mortality from formerly fatal illnesses and an aging population. The chronically ill do not fare well in an acute care model, and as a result, it has become imperative to develop new models effective for these chronic conditions. These new care models will require comprehensive, coordinated case management, an activity in which social workers can play a significant role.
Eating Disorders
Elizabeth C. Pomeroy and Polly Y. Browning
Eating disorders involve maladaptive eating patterns accompanied by a wide range of physical complications likely to require extensive treatment. In addition, "eating disorders" frequently occur with other mental disorders, such as depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders. The earlier these disorders are diagnosed and treated, the better the chances are for full recovery" (NIMH, 2011). As of 2013, lifetime prevalence rates for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are 0.9%, 1.5%, and 3.5% among females, and 0.3%, 0.5%, and 2.0% among males respectively (Hudson, Hiripi, Pope, & Kessler, 2007). Early diagnosis is imperative; the National Institute of Mental Health estimates that the mortality rate for anorexia is 0.56% per year, one of the highest mortality rates of any mental illness, including depression (NIMH, 2006). More recent research (Crow et al., 2009) indicates mortality rates as high as 4.0% for anorexia nervosa, 3.9% for bulimia nervosa and 5.2% for eating disorders not otherwise specified. Current research and treatment options are discussed.
EMDR Treatment for Trauma
Allen Rubin
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is one of the two most empirically supported treatments for adult populations with noncombat, single-episode posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with the other being exposure therapy. This entry describes the unconventional origin, theoretical underpinnings, and treatment protocol of EMDR, including its distinctive use of bilateral stimulation (that is, dual-attention stimulation). Also discussed are possible contraindications, unresolved issues, and the need for more research regarding the effectiveness of EMDR with other populations with PTSD, such as children and individuals with combat PTSD and complex trauma.
Health Care: Overview
Colleen Galambos
This entry provides an overview of the state of health care in the United States. Service delivery problems such as access and affordability issues are examined, and health care disparities and the populations affected are identified. A discussion of two primary government-sponsored health care programs—Title XVIII (Medicare) and Title XIX (Medicaid), and the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act—are reviewed along with various health care programs and major existing service delivery systems. Ethical conflicts in providing health care, and new directions and challenges are discussed, along with future roles for social workers.
Health Care: Practice Interventions
Lois F. Cowles
Social work in health care emerged with immigration and urbanization associated with industrialization, and the resultant shift from physician visits to the patient's home and workplace to hospital-centered care. This change is alleged to have resulted in a loss of the doctor's perspective of the psychosocial influences on physical health. Originally, some nurses were assigned the function of addressing this loss. But eventually, the function became recognized as that of a social worker. From its beginnings in the general hospital setting in the late 1800s, social work in health care, that is, medical social work, has expanded into multiple settings of health care, and the role of the social worker from being a nurse to requiring a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a university. However, the broad function of social work in health care remains much the same, that is, "to remove the obstacles in the patient's surroundings or in his mental attitude that interfere with successful treatment, thus freeing him to aid in his own recovery" (Cannon, 1923. p 15). Health care social workers are trained to work across the range of "methods," that is, work with individuals, small groups, and communities (social work "methods" are called "casework", "group work" and "community organization"). They work to assist the patient, using a broad range of interventions, including, when indicated, speaking on behalf of the client (advocacy), helping clients to assert themselves, to modify undesirable behaviors, to link with needed resources, to face their challenges, to cope with crises, to develop improved understanding of their health-related thought processes and habits, to build needed self confidence to do what is required to help themselves deal with their health problem, to gain insight and support from others who are in a similar situation, to gain strength from humor, or from a supportive environment, and through spiritual experience, and from practicing tasks that are needed to deal with their health-related problems or from joining forces with others in the community to modify it in the interest of improved health status for all, or to gradually restore a sense of stability and normalcy after a traumatic experience. Most important of all, perhaps, is the "helping relationship" between client and social worker, which needs to be one of total understanding and acceptance of the client as a person. A sizable portion of the U.S. population lacks financial access to health care, where health care is regarded as a privilege rather than a right, as it is seen in all other industrial nations (except South Africa). Current trends in the U.S. health care system reflect efforts to control rising health care costs without dealing with the "real problems," which are: (1) the lack of a single-payer health care system and: (2) the lack of focus on "public health."
Health Care Social Work
Shirley Otis-Green
Health social work is a subspecialization of social work concerned with a person's adjustment to changes in one's health and the impact this has on that person's social network. Social workers in every setting must be ready to assist individuals and families adjusting to illness and coping with medical crises. This entry provides a brief overview and history of health social work and describes the settings and roles where this work is practiced. Significant challenges and opportunities in clinical care, research, education, and policy are discussed. Standards and guidelines for quality practice are then noted.
HIV/AIDS: Practice Interventions
Kosta N. Kalogerogiannis, Richard Hibbert, Lydia M. Franco, Taiwanna Messam, and Mary M. McKay
For over 20 years, social workers have been involved in service delivery for HIV and AIDS infected and affected individuals. It is estimated that more than 1 million people are living with HIV or AIDS in the United States. The rates of HIV infections continue to rise, with more than 40,000 individuals being diagnosed each year in the United States. This entry explores the current trends in HIV primary prevention, secondary prevention, and counseling and psychotherapy services for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
HIV/AIDS: Children
Larry D. Icard, Jacqueline J. Lloyd, and Gisoo Barnes
HIV/AIDS has introduced an array of issues and needs for children, youth, and their families. Family-focused interventions have emerged as a viable strategy for researchers and practitioners seeking effective and appropriate responses for the prevention, treatment, and care of children, youth, and families affected by HIV/AIDS. This discussion provides an overview of the epidemiology of HIV infection among children and youth, and highlights common elements and trends in the development, implementation, and testing of family-focused interventions. The discussion concludes with a commentary on areas for future attention.
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Michael Toole of Las Vegas, Nevada lost his beloved 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo when it was stolen outside of a gym. Now he's found it and he wants it back.
O'Toole discovered his rare missing car on a container ship bound for the Netherlands thanks to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department who ran the vehicle's identification number and discovered it was stolen. The vehicle had changed owners several times in several different states before it ended up on the cargo ship.
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He started like Obama and ended like Bush, say his critics. How Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is betraying his reforms. By Michael Thumann
Recently, an infuriated Turk fired a shotgun at a group of Kurds, including children, who were demonstrating on the streets of Istanbul in support of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). What did the prime minister have to say about the incident? "I recommend patience," Tayyip Erdogan advised the enraged gunman, "but how long can we remain patient? When the lives of our fellow citizens are threatened and citizens have the means of protecting themselves, then they will do so."That sentence hit like a bombshell. Has the prime minister called for people to take the law into their own hands or not? Everyone is left wondering, yet he has not retracted the statement.
In the spring of 2009, Tayyip Erdogan will have been in office for six years. He has already made more of a mark on his country than most of his predecessors. It is a well-known fact that the second terms of office of great reformers often proceed less smoothly than the first ones. However, instead of gradually slipping off course, Erdogan is making a radical about-face. All of his recent statements take him further away from what he has already accomplished. His speeches upset those Turks and foreign observers who he had previously won over with his pragmatic reforms. Erdogan's triumphant victory has transformed into the tragedy of a man who set out to change the old regime, and is now being swallowed up by it.
At the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Istanbul in early November, a tired Erdogan stepped up to the microphone. His eyes were small, with rings under them, and his mouth looked small, but he uttered some very big words. "Terror," he said, meaning the Kurdish PKK. The audience included captains of industry, business people, finance ministers and bankers. They had come to talk about the world economic crisis, yet Erdogan rambled on for a whole 25 minutes about "terror." His voice was staccato-like, invasive and threatening, as if he could sense the disinterest in the room. Then he briefly tagged on a few words about the financial crisis, which is allegedly not so bad in Turkey. He stepped down from the stage a weary man, leaving behind an exhausted audience. "What planet is this man on?" asked one of the economic experts.
The planet Ankara: a world that may be inhabited, but is hardly made for people. Wide expressways for cars, high barbed wire fences and massive ministries – this is a rough turf for unwanted outsiders. Erdogan, a former Islamist, was banned from holding political office, although his Justice and Development Party (AKP) held the absolute majority after the parliamentary elections in 2002. However, a rapid change in the law cleared the way for him to run for parliament, and a few days after his election victory he was named prime minister. He has withstood a number of attempts to oust him from this office. Then, in March 2008, the chief prosecutor's office filed an indictment against the prime minister and the AKP for anti-constitutional activities, but lacked one judge's vote to ban the politician and his party from politics. Instead, the Constitutional Court condemned the party as a hotbed of anti-secular activities. In Turkey, a courageous reformer always stands with one foot in prison.
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What is the best course in such a situation? You fight back. Instead of attacking a powerful opponent in the state apparatus, however, Erdogan has decided to take on journalists who are critical of his policies. When the media empire of Aydin Dogan attacked Erdogan, often with unfair allegations, the prime minister reacted in an unstatesmanlike manner. "You'll pay for this!" He raged against Dogan's journalists and their master. Earlier, he took to court a number of caricaturists who had portrayed him as a cat. Now he's taken seven reporters from the opposition press and ejected them from the prime minister's press pool. The reformer prime minister is engaging in constant scuffles with the freedom of the press.
This is astonishing for a man who has achieved so much, in part because he was able to take advantage of the limited liberties in Turkey's democracy. His roots go back to Kasimpasa, a poor quarter in the Golden Horn of Istanbul. Erdogan, the son of a seaman from the Black Sea coast, sold sesame buns on the city's dusty streets. He kept one hand with the change in his left pants pocket. If someone shortchanged him, he paid them back with a fist from his right pants pocket. He has always had a fairly explosive temperament.
"Imam Beckenbauer"
Erdogan made a career for himself on the football pitch. They called him "Imam Beckenbauer". But his strictly religious father was not happy with the athletic shorts that he wore. Erdogan discarded his football garb, studied economics and politics, and joined the team of the pro-Islamic Milli-Görüs movement.
He didn't alter Turkey as an Islamist, though, but rather as a pragmatist. While serving as the mayor of Istanbul, he opened the first underground commuter line, converted the heating system from dirty coal to clean natural gas, and made Istanbul greener by planting trees. As the prime minister he surprised everyone who mistrusted the outsider. In an interview with DIE ZEIT five years ago, he said: "We want to enter the EU, and we are prepared to do everything to achieve this, even if it hurts." And the way he sat there, well groomed, wearing a dark blue blazer in front of a photo of Atatürk, people believed him, too. Erdogan tossed out the criminal code that was an affront to human dignity, he promoted women's rights like no one since Atatürk, and he enhanced the rights of Kurds and improved Turkey's relations with its hostile neighbors. And he initiated accession negotiations with the EU. "He started off like Obama" says Fehmi Koru, one of his allies in the media, "and ended like Bush."
Fehmi Koru is one of the many who are parting ways with the Turkish leader these days. "He should be ashamed," thundered Erdogan in public. This quip was aimed not only at Koru. While a number of high-ranking AKP politicians have resigned, others have gone on record as saying that they won't leave the party, but intend to focus more on their own professional careers outside the political sphere. Liberal journalists, conservative commentators and television presenters are turning their back on Erdogan, who is finding it increasingly lonely at the top. He lacks a close confidante with backbone, someone who can also contradict him. Who is still advising him?
"Go home if you don't like it!"
Ten days ago, the Erdogans were invited to a private apartment in Istanbul along with artists and intellectuals. People were asked to leave their political affiliations at the door. Tayyip and Emine Erdogan presented themselves as an entertaining couple. She even interrupted him from time to time. But when she spoke, he kept quiet. Politeness? Perhaps. But what was even more important was the distribution of roles. In the outside world, Tayyip can rant and rave. But in their marriage it's Emine who wears the pants, at least that's how it looked. Emine reportedly also advises him. But she has a reputation for being rather apolitical, not someone who pursues reform ideals – not someone who would call on him to stand his ground.
Erdogan has not stood his ground. His reforms have run out of steam. He has made endless promises to reform the constitution. Instead, he only amended the article on Islamic headscarves. He promised to improve freedom of speech, but another 47 people face charges under Article 301, which restricts people's rights to express themselves. He swore to protect the rights of Kurds and Alawites. Now the police are clubbing them down. Why?
Erdogan sympathizers point to the attempts to remove him from office and the elections as reform killers. Last year, he had to survive parliamentary elections, and this March he will have to face regional elections. On top of this, there is Europe's duplicity with regard to Turkey: an ever-increasing number of new hurdles are thrown up while Croatia continues along the path toward full membership. This is compounded by his "privileged" yet distant partnership with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the open anti-Turkish hostility of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "They don't want him in the club," says an aide close to the prime minister, "and that hurts him deeply." But another explanation could be that Erdogan has simply lost interest in joining. His spokesman Çemil Çicek, who guards his right flank, said a few days ago: "Turkey has other problems beside Europe." What would those be?
The Garbage, the City and Death
Recently, the prime minister traveled to Hakkari, deep in Kurdish territory, near the Iraqi border. When he arrived in this city, he was confronted with refuse and death. As a special greeting to the prime minister, the Kurdish administration had allowed trash to pile up in the streets, and not far from Hakkari, the PKK had recently murdered 17 soldiers. Erdogan, who three years ago promised to tackle "Turkey's Kurdish problem," now paid them back with interest. "We say: one nation, one flag, one county, one state. Who can be against that? Anyone who doesn't like that can go." There are two interesting aspects to this speech. Erdogan applies different standards than he did in his speech in Cologne nine months ago, where he warned Turks living in Germany of the dangers of assimilation. Now he is warning the Kurds and assuming the rhetoric of Turkish nationalists.
This speech was no gaffe; he repeated it a number of times. Erdogan, the notorious outsider, has tragically landed in the vortex of national sentiment in Turkey. He wanted to change the secular and authoritarian order under which he, as a Sunni Muslim, had suffered along with the Alawites and Christians. Now he is submitting to the system. While he launches into his "one nation" speech, public prosecutors are calling for 25-year prison terms for 15-year-old Kurdish demonstrators. The army is jubilant and has for the first time submitted a report to the prime minister on its anti-terror campaign. Although the press has been criticizing the army, Erdogan has given the military his full support. Things have never been more harmonious.
This alliance is changing Turkey. Erdogan affects nationalists like cough medicine. His defense minister praised the forced resettlement of over a million Greeks and Armenians when the Turkish state was founded in 1923. At a discussion on clashes between Kurds and the police, a relatively unknown AKP man, sitting on the last row of benches at the back, said in a raspy voice: "I am no fan of shooting, but I would love to blow away those who are attacking my state and my nation." The prime minister says nothing about such tirades while Turkish liberals simply cannot believe their ears. Erdogan has turned his back on them and all those who believed that he could lead Turkey into Europe.
Michael Thumann
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Michael Thumann is the chief Middle East correspondent for the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT.
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Turkey Breathes A Sigh of Relief
To everyone's astonishment, the Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled against banning the governing AK Party. This gives Prime Minister Erdogan a second chance to put an end to the power struggle between secularists and Islamists. Dilek Zaptçıoğlu comments
Turkish Membership in the EU
Reforms Come to a Halt on the Bosporus
The Kurdish conflict, the unresolved issue of Cyprus, and the nationalistic tendencies within Erdogan's AK Party have cast a shadow on Turkey's EU membership negotiations, which now risk failure. Ömer Erzeren reports from Istanbul
Nationalism over Reason
Turkey Fails Again on the Kurdish Issue
In response to the latest clashes between Kurds and police, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan poured oil on the fire when he gave security forces permission to act against Kurdish women and children. A commentary by Baha Güngör


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Did something else happen? I heard there was a 9/11 thing but that it was just his mother-in-law.
I wonder how many of these women he did cheat with and how many are saying he slept with them so they can sell the story.While I don't condone cheating on your spouse, I do think that it's a shame that his personal life is being put on the front page for everyone to see.
I was just chatting with a co-worker about this. How come half of the women he cheated with look like they belong on a motorcycle magazine, and the other half look like they write for a cat magazine?My theory is that the first group is true and the second group figure, "well, its not like he can deny it....".
For the life of me I can't figure out why anyone gives a ****.Why would anyone in their right mind want every detail of the marital problems of someone they don't know?This crap is none of our business.
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Forbes Still Publishing Heartland's Climate Nonsense
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A recent Forbes column alleges that federal scientists are "doctoring" temperature data to fabricate a warming trend, after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the last 12-month period was the warmest on record for the continental U.S.
But what the column paints as a nefarious conspiracy is actually just proper science -- NOAA painstakingly applies peer-reviewed adjustments to account for errors and gaps in the raw data from thousands of temperature stations across the country. The resulting temperature record has been independently evaluated and corroborated.
The column is by James Taylor of the Heartland Institute, the libertarian group that recently made headlines with a short-lived billboard campaign tastelessly invoking the Unabomber. This is not the first time Taylor has used his platform at Forbes to malign scientists and spread bad information about climate research.
At issue are the corrections NOAA uses to eliminate errors and known sources of bias from the raw weather station data (which Taylor likes to call "the real-world data"). Keep in mind that the U.S. represents just 2% of the Earth's surface so the data we're talking about are a small part of the evidence of global climate change.
The scientists (Taylor calls them "bureaucrats") know that the raw data have flaws -- stations are moved, natural disasters knock stations offline, measuring instruments change -- so NOAA performs quality control using methods that are published in peer-reviewed papers. Taylor concedes that "it is, of course, possible that certain factors can influence the real-world temperature readings such that a correction in real-world temperature data may be justified." But when he doesn't like the results, he concludes that the adjustments aren't valid corrections but "doctored data."
Against NOAA's rigorous science, Taylor offers his "common sense," which tells him that any corrections should, in fact, reduce warming:
Common sense indicates that if the real-world data need adjustment, the proper adjustment is to further reduce recent temperature readings. Yet the bureaucrats who oversee the data have instead doctored the data to show a false, long-term warming pattern.
How does Taylor, a lawyer, know what "the proper adjustment" is? He simply asserts that if there are factors biasing the data, "The most important such influence is the growth of towns and cities around temperature stations." The urbanization would cause the raw data to show more warming than actually occurred and the adjustment should decrease that warming, according to Taylor. But a quick search on NOAA's website shows Taylor is wrong. The most important bias is not urbanization, as Taylor assumed, but a change in observation times. NOAA explains:
The most important bias in the U.S. temperature record occurred with the systematic change in observing times from the afternoon, when it is warm, to morning, when it is cooler. This shift has resulted in a well documented increasing cool bias over the last several decades and is addressed by applying a correction to the data.
It may not be common sense, but if common sense were good enough, we wouldn't need science.
NOAA's David Easterling also said via email that "Urban warming is a very small part of the overall warming, which also has been documented in the peer reviewed literature." Easterling added, "The conclusions of the column sound like pure speculation on the part of the writer."
Still suspect a giant conspiracy or massive incompetence at NOAA? Take it from physicist Richard Muller, who led an independent assessment of the surface temperature record last year. The study was partly funded by the Koch family, the oil tycoons who, incidentally, have also supported the Heartland Institute. Muller said via email that "it would be ridiculous" not to adjust the raw data. While noting that "some of the adjustments were made by humans using criteria that are somewhat subjective," Muller said his own study produced "results that are very similar to those of the NOAA and NASA groups," which indicates that the corrections are "done in an unbiased way."
Muller's research also showed the effect of urban heat on the data "is minuscule because the urban heat islands are very small in area, and they contribute little to the overall land average."
As outlined by a comprehensive report commissioned by the George W. Bush administration, climate change in the United States shows up in several other observations aside from the temperature data:
Climate-related changes are already observed in the United States and its coastal waters. These include increases in heavy downpours, rising temperature and sea level, rapidly retreating glaciers, thawing permafrost, lengthening growing seasons, lengthening ice-free seasons in the ocean and on lakes and rivers, earlier snowmelt, and alterations in river flows. These changes are projected to grow.
If we're in a "long-term cooling trend" as Taylor claims, he's got a lot to explain, and flimsy charges of "doctored data" aren't going to cut it.
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The sun burns its brightest and fiercest at noon; warming everything it touches, and fighting off clouds, storms and the rain. Werewolves. Vampires. Brothers. The Cullens. Newborns. Victoria. Bella...This is Eclipse, in Jacob Black's point of view.
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I felt like I was stuck in the middle in one of those clichéd war movies. The kind where the good guys always win the fight, but have their celebrations abruptly cut short when the bad guy - who you thought was dead - suddenly jumps out of nowhere, surprising everybody and killing one of the heroes in a bloody, slow-motion display of pure agony before anyone else can even take a step. I was already running, though; but my legs were moving sluggishly - too slow - beneath my huge body. I wasn't going to make it and as a result, one of us was going to die.
The small, incredibly angry part of my mind that hadn't been completely overtaken by instinct - the part that was still holding a grudge - toyed briefly with the idea of letting the bloodsucker get its hands on her first (it would teach her a lesson, the cocky idiot), and then stepping in and saving the day. I quickly dismissed the idea; Sam's warning growls were already echoing loudly in my head. He was about to tell me off, I knew, but his voice cut off in a weird, strangled howl as I rammed as hard as I could into Leah, shoving her roughly out of the filthy parasite's way. Ugh. I was going to give her hell for this when it was all over.
Look out!
My head instantly sprang up in response to Embry's voice, and there it was - the leech was right there in my face. How did it get so close? Its lips pulled back over its freakishly sharp teeth in a vicious growl, its blood red eyes wheeling, completely out of control. It breathed out, the sickly sweet smell making my nose burn and every, single hair stand on end. I snarled, cursing Leah to the deepest pit of hell where she belonged for getting me into this mess. My muscles bunched, ready to pounce; but before I could even move, I felt something cold and hard tightening painfully around my torso, squeezing the oxygen straight from my lungs. I yelped, suddenly unable to breathe...
And that was when I realized it was too late.
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney spoke today at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in an attempt to win the support of the coveted lobbying group heading into the general election.
As expected, the former Massachusetts governor took the opportunity to take some serious shots at President Obama, blasting him on everything from ObamaCare, to the Buffet Rule, to the Keystone Pipeline.
But it appears that all that came at the expense of something else — a substantive position on gun control.
That's right, before nearly 65,000 NRA supporters, Romney barely touched upon the issue. In fact, in his entire speech, the word "gun" appeared only once. And of the speech's 2,517 words, just 197 were really devoted to the issue of gun control, based on his prepared remarks. Here they are:
"This administration's attack on freedom extends even to rights explicitly guaranteed by our Constitution. The right to bear arms is so plainly stated, so unambiguous, that liberals have a hard time challenging it directly. Instead, they've been employing every imaginable ploy to restrict it.
I applaud true conservationists like Rob Keck who work to preserve lands, herds and flocks for hunting. I applaud Ambassador Bolton for opposing international efforts to erode our rights. I applaud Congressman Issa and Senator Grassley for their work in exposing the "Fast and Furious" scandal. And I applaud NRA leadership for being among the first and most vocal in calling upon Attorney General Holder to resign.
We need a President who will enforce current laws, not create new ones that only serve to burden lawful gun owners.
President Obama has not; I will.
We need a President who will stand up for the rights of hunters, sportsmen, and those seeking to protect their homes and their families. President Obama has not; I will.
And if we are going to safeguard our Second Amendment, it is time to elect a president who will defend the rights President Obama ignores or minimizes. I will."
As you can see, Romney spoke mostly in generalities when talking about gun rights. If you look closely, Romney really only said that he would "not create new [laws] that only serve to burden lawful gun owners," and that he will "enforce current laws."
The problem here is that the NRA doesn't want to simply "enforce current laws," they want to get rid of many of them. The organization has launched a massive voter registration initiative and continues to support hundreds of bill aimed and expanding the rights of gun owners heading into the election.
So Romney's on-the-fence position may not go over so well with the organization, especially as it continues to get slammed in the wake of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. In recent weeks, the organization has been roundly criticized for supporting laws expanding the rights of gun owners, including Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which is being used as a defense in the Martin case.
Romney has had a complicated and ever-changing relationship with the NRA. While running for Senate in Massachusetts,he famously said that his views "don't line up with the NRA." And as governor he took a similarly moderate positions with the organization. In 2004, he extended the ban on assault weapons in his state, saying "These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."
More recently, Romney has come out as more supportive of the NRA, coinciding with his run for the presidency. In a 2007 interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," Romney said "I support the work of the NRA. I'm a member of the NRA. But do we line up on every issue? No, we don't." During this election, the Romney camp said he is the proud owner of two guns.
So it appears that the Romney camp will continue to walk this fine line on gun rights. One thing has changed, though. Romney can now afford stay on this moderate path since he's essentially sewn up the nomination. It remains to be seen whether this position will actually deter the NRA from throwing their support behind him. But our guess is that it won't, especially when you consider the alternative.


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LinuxMedNews.com--Just What the Doctor Ordered
The (Un)Likely Marriage of Linux and Medical News
Dr. Ignacio Valdes is celebrating five years on the Web with LinuxMedNews.com, a site that covers Linux and open source software stories related to the medical community, and averages about 25,000 unique visitors a week.
During a recent interview, Dr. Valdes shared some of the secrets of running a successful specialty news site. He also spoke about some of the effects of free and open source software on the medical community. As you may have guessed, he's a big fan of Linux.
Combining Linux and medical news was really just a natural evolutionary process for Dr. Valdes.
He started out at Texas A&M, receiving a BS in Computer Science in 1986. After working at IBM for five years he went back to school and received his MS in the same major. After a short stint at Compaq, now HP, he enrolled in Medical School at the University of Texas Southwestern, in Dallas. He ended up back in his hometown of Houston, Texas for his residency in Psychiatry.
Several revelations, along with his professional career choice, led up to the present day LinuxMedNews.com.
"The Internet entered my life in 1989 as a graduate student when the Net was mostly populated by a bunch of geeky computer scientists and had a command line interface only," Valdes explained, "Still, it was an epiphany for me after using IBM's SNA network for years to find something that was so much better basically lying on the ground. Epiphany two came when I did my Master's thesis on the Unix Network File System caching on Sun workstations. What IBM was selling at the time was a joke compared to those Suns and it was shocking to me."
"Ten years later, I had another 'moment' like this when the week after I received my license to practice medicine, I installed Redhat 6.2 on my home PC and thought: 'My PC is better than a Sun workstation and it is right here in my house!'," he added.
These days Valdes is a NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) research fellow doing brain imaging research on substance abusers using functional MRI. He also has a Psychiatry ER (Emergency Room) practice at night. In between the two jobs he is the husband of Cory Valdes and father of their two sons, Thomas and Luis. Naturally, he spends time running the LinuxMedNews site, too.
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McGraw-Edison Co. was created by the 1957 acquisition by McGraw Electric Co. (founded 1900) of Thomas A. Edison Industries (founded 1911).
In 1957, shortly after McGraw-Edison was created, the company acquired Griswold Manufacturing Co., which made a line of portable electric tools. And in 1969 they acquired General Electric's power tool business.
Griswold Manufacturing Co. was founded 1865 in Erie, PA, to make cast iron products, especially cookware. See the Griswold collectors web site for a history of Griswold.
In 1972 McGraw-Edison acquired the power-tool division of G. W. Murphy Industries, Inc., which had acquired Portable Electric Tools, Inc. some time before. It is not known whether all of McGraw-Edison's woodworking tools and machinery can be traced back to Portable Electric Tools. We have reports of some machines labled as "McGraw-Edison Co. / Bersted Mfg. Div. / Boonville, MO" In 1926, McGraw Electric Co. had acquired Bersted Manufacturing Co. of Chicago.
In 1982 (or perhaps late '81), McGraw-Edison sold their power-tool division to Shopsmith, Inc., which liquidated the inventory on hand and then resumed production under the "Benchmark" label.
At some point the former McGraw-Edison power-tool division ended up with Deco Enterprises, Inc., of St. Louis, MO. In 1985, Cooper Industries bought McGraw-Edison. In 1992 McGraw-Edison Co. became McGraw-Edison Corp.
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Much like their bullpen, the Mets' deal with minority investor David Einhorn collapsed, and with it the $200 million infusion the financially strapped franchise was banking on to help them maintain as the Wilpons fight for their team in the fallout of the Ponzi scandal.
Naturally, there's a difference of opinion of why the deal unraveled, with Einhorn claiming the Wilpons kept changing terms of the original agreement.
Reportedly, Einhorn was concerned about the language in the contract that would have allowed him to eventually assume ownership of the Mets in three to five years if the Wilpons didn't repay the $200 million. Einhorn wanted a clear path to ownership and bypass the approval of baseball's other owners.
Einhorn taking shots at the Wilpons won't help him should he pursue ownership of another baseball franchise. This is a tight fraternity, and as unhappy as many fans are with the Wilpons, they have allies in Commissioner Bud Selig and other owners.
Fans might clamor for new ownership, but it isn't happening any time soon.
The Mets, meanwhile, insist they aren't in dire financial distress despite the lingering Ponzi scandal. In a statement released by the team, the Mets said they have the resources to cover the remainder of the 2011 season and to continue business.
It must be remembered it was the Wilpons who walked away from this deal, a signal they don't believe they are desperate.
However, the Mets did not say whether business would include re-signing Jose Reyes or how active they might be in the free-agent market.
Reportedly, the Mets are still seeking investors, but will explore the piecemeal route rather than try to hook somebody for another $200 million. This might prove to be a quicker way to raise funds.
This is not good news for the Mets, but not the devastating news made out to be on talk radio. For years, the Mets' problem has not been an inability or refusal to spend, but to spend wisely. All we have to look at is the Omar Minaya era, and it wasn't much better before him.
It ultimately lies with the Wilpons, and they seemingly put a management plan in place with the hiring of general manager Sandy Alderson. It takes time for these things to develop, but there have been encouraging signs this season, including how the team is playing and chasing .500.
After the last two years, who would have projected that progress?
We were told this would be a rebuilding, learning year, and that is what has happened. There's been some miserable baseball, but there's been some sound play, including the Mets' current streak.
I know Mets' fans don't want to hear about patience, but that's the way it must be. For too long the Mets have gone for the quick fix that invariably put them in this current hole.
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ROME — With the official opening of its first university dedicated to multicultural dialogue, the Focolare Movement is hoping to help prepare young people for today's challenges.
The Catholic renewal movement, founded by the late Chiara Lubich, will officially inaugurate the new Sophia University Institute for a Culture of Unity in Loppiano — a small town near Florence — in Italy December 1.
At a Tuesday press conference in Rome, the university's president, Msgr. Piero Coda, said their aim is to help prepare young people to face "the complexities of today's world" by reconnecting the deep ties between life and philosophy, study and experience.
At the same press conference, president of the Focolare Movement, Maria Voce, said people are hungry for knowledge and the truth about the human person. "There's not so much a need for specialized schools, but, on the contrary, places where one can piece back together knowledge" that has been separated into specialized compartments, she said according to the Italian news agency, ANSA.
The Sophia University Institute offers a two-year graduate degree program in spiritual formation and interdisciplinary studies titled "Foundations and Perspectives of a Culture of Unity." In the future, it will offer a doctorate degree in the same field.
According to a recent press release, 40 students from 16 different nations enrolled in classes this fall for the university's first academic year.
The program is open to young people from all cultural and faith backgrounds who have already completed a bachelor's degree and can read, speak, and understand Italian.