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Convocation: David McMillen
Created 30 January 2009; Published 10 February 2009
David McMillen is the External Affairs Liaison with the National Archives and Records Administration, where he is also Director of Congressional Relations. He has advised members of Congress on a broad range of information policy issues including the Freedom of Information Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Presidential Records Act, the Privacy Act, the confidentiality of information collected by the government on individuals and businesses, and the laws governing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. McMillen previously worked at the U.S. Census Bureau, and has a flair for making the imperative of the Census accessible and engaging. He has a current and historical perspective on how the Census has functioned as an orderly revolution in the distribution of power. The upcoming Census will again be a hot issue, as it will be outrageously expensive to conduct, and the political ownership and status of subgroup populations will continue to be contested. The title of his presentation was "Revolution is in the Air: The American Census."
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- Created 24 April 2009; Published 5 May 2009Convocation: Robert Oden III
Robert Oden III is a Senior Commercialisation Manager at EcoSecurities, one of the world's leading companies in the business of originating, developing and trading carbon credits. The last 10 years has seen EcoSecurities involved in the development of many of the global carbon market's most important milestones, including developing the world's first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project to be registered under the Kyoto Protocol, and the first to be issued with carbon credits. Today, the company is working on over 400 projects in 36 countries using 18 different technologies, with the potential to generate more than 142 million carbon credits. A 1993 graduate of Harvard University and the son of Carleton president Robert Oden Jr., Oden's presentation was titled "The Business (?) of Saving the Planet (??)."
- Created 17 April 2009; Published 5 May 2009Convocation: Doug Lansky
Doug Lansky is an adventurer, award-winning author, and world-travel expert. After working the copying machine at Late Night with David Letterman, Spy Magazine, and The New Yorker during college, Lansky rejected life as a professional intern and hit the road. After two and a half years working his way around the planet—picking bananas in Israel, snowmobile guiding in the Alps, selling carpets in Morocco, and hitching on yachts—a car accident in Thailand brought him home. Six months later, Lansky was back on the road, but this time with a nationally syndicated travel column that grew to reach over 10 million readers in 40 major newspapers. Lansky seeks to help others avoid the pitfalls on the road less traveled and adapt an inquisitive travel mindset. He imparted lessons learned while backpacking through more than 100 countries in his presentation titled "Get Lost."
- Created 10 April 2009; Published 15 April 2009Convocation: Daryl Davis
Daryl Davis, a Grammy Award winning blues and R&B pianist, took an extraordinary journey into the heart of one of America's most fanatical institutions – the Ku Klux Klan. Driven by the need to understand those who, without ever having met him, hated him because of the color of his skin, Daryl decided to seek out the roots of racism. Davis met Roger Kelly, Imperial Wizard of the Invincible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and began to explore the Klan, gaining real insight into its workings and members' minds. This quest into the heart of ignorance and hatred gave Davis a ray of hope for harmony between races. Davis believes that after decades of violence and hatred, racism can be overcome as we get to know one another on a social basis, not under a cover of darkness. The author of the acclaimed book Klan-Destine Relationships, Davis seeks to empower others to confront their own prejudices and overcome their fears, establishing a common ground to help forge peace even with the most unlikely adversaries. The title of his presentation was "A Black Man's Odyssey into the Ku Klux Klan."
- Created 3 April 2009; Published 8 April 2009Convocation: Craig Rennebohm '67
Craig Rennebohm walks a regular route through downtown Seattle, seeking out those who are most vulnerable; those whose confusion or fear makes it hard to seek or accept assistance; those whose illness makes them feel isolated, unworthy, and hopeless. Rennebohm is there for the person who is seriously disturbed and uncertain about where or how to find aid. Working tenderly, he builds trust, helps find shelter and care, and continues to walk alongside as each person makes their way toward a new and stable life. In 1987, Rennebohm founded the Mental Health Chaplaincy in Seattle which, under his leadership, has grown to serve families, create mental health ministries in local congregations, and advocate for an effective and readily accessible community mental health system. His pioneering work with the homeless mentally ill community is known around the U.S. and overseas. The title of his presentation was "Recovering Human Neighborhood: From the Street to Systemic Change."
- Created 27 February 2009; Published 5 March 2009Convocation: Kent Wommack
Kent Wommack has worked since 1982 for The Nature Conservancy, and is often credited with changing the scale of conservation projects in this country by leading some of the Conservancy's largest, most complex and innovative projects. The world's leading conservation organization, the Conservancy works around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. Since its founding in 1951, they have protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide, and they operate more than 100 marine conservation projects in all 50 states and more than 30 countries. The success of the Conservancy is due to their science-based approach, aided by their more than 700 staff scientists. They pursue non-confrontational, pragmatic solutions to conservation challenges, partnering with indigenous communities, businesses, governments, multilateral institutions, and other non-profits. The title of his presentation was "Conservation as if Nature and People Both Mattered".
- Created 20 February 2009; Published 2 March 2009Convocation: David Quammen
David Quammen is a science journalist and nonfiction author. He travels on assignment for various magazines, usually to jungles, deserts, or swamps, and his accustomed beat is the world of field biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. He currently holds the positions of Contributing Writer for National Geographic Magazine and Wallace Stegner Professor of Western American Studies at Montana State University. In his book The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, Quammen focuses careful attention on Charles Darwin, father of modern biology and source of an idea so radical its implications are still only imperfectly understood: evolution by natural selection. Quammen tracks the naturalist's life through the two decades following his epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution, a time during which Darwin kept his explosive idea under wraps and pondered when and how to release it to the world. Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, Quammen's presentation was titled "Charles Darwin Against Himself: Caution versus Honesty in the Life of a Reluctant Revolutionary."
- Created 13 February 2009; Published 18 February 2009Convocation: Tyrone Hayes
Tyrone Hayes is a biologist and herpetologist who knows that scientific breakthroughs don't begin and end in the laboratory. They also come from the field. Which is why, more often than not, Hayes can be found wet, muddy, and knee-deep in a swamp at 2 a.m., the time when the frogs come out. Associate professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, Hayes' primary research focuses on the role of environmental factors on growth and development in amphibians. His studies have revealed how synthetic chemicals (such as the pesticide atrazine which is frequently used in Minnesota) interact with hormones in a variety of ways to alter developmental responses. As these studies also help predict effects in other wildlife and humans, Hayes' findings reveal a crucial new link between conservation and health. The title of his presentation was "From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men".
- Created 6 February 2009; Published 13 February 2009Convocation: Mark Anthony Neal
Mark Anthony Neal jokes that if you "Google" the term "black male feminist," his name will invariably show up near the top of the search results. His work, and life, are dedicated to challenging sexism and misogyny. Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University, Neal teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in black popular culture, black masculinity and hip hop aesthetics. A nationally recognized scholar, Neal has been examining issues of race, gender and sexuality for more than a decade. His book Soul Babies examines black popular culture since the end of the civil rights movement. Two of his books, What the Music Said and Songs in the Key of Black Life, examine the ties between black music and culture in the post-civil rights movement. The title of his presentation was "Barack Obama and the Era of the New Black Man."
- Created 30 January 2009; Published 10 February 2009Convocation: David McMillen
David McMillen is the External Affairs Liaison with the National Archives and Records Administration, where he is also Director of Congressional Relations. He has advised members of Congress on a broad range of information policy issues including the Freedom of Information Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Presidential Records Act, the Privacy Act, the confidentiality of information collected by the government on individuals and businesses, and the laws governing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. McMillen previously worked at the U.S. Census Bureau, and has a flair for making the imperative of the Census accessible and engaging. He has a current and historical perspective on how the Census has functioned as an orderly revolution in the distribution of power. The upcoming Census will again be a hot issue, as it will be outrageously expensive to conduct, and the political ownership and status of subgroup populations will continue to be contested. The title of his presentation was "Revolution is in the Air: The American Census."
- Created 23 January 2009; Published 10 February 2009Convocation: Doug Blackmon
Doug Blackmon is the Wall Street Journal's bureau chief in Atlanta. Over the past 20 years, he has written extensively about the American quandary of race, exploring the integration of schools during his childhood in a Mississippi Delta farm town, lost episodes of the Civil Rights movement, and, repeatedly, the dilemma of how a contemporary society should grapple with a troubled past. Many of his stories in The Wall Street Journal have explored the interplay of wealth, corporate conduct and racial segregation. In 2001, he revealed how U.S. Steel Corp. relied on forced black laborers in Alabama coal mines in the early 20th century. The article led to his first book, Slavery By Another Name, which broadly examines how a form of neoslavery thrived in the U.S. long after legal abolition. The title of his presentation was "A Persistent Past: Reckoning with Our Troubled Racial History in the Age of Obama."
- Created 16 January 2009; Published 21 January 2009Convocation: Melissa Harris-Lacewell
Melissa Harris-Lacewell is Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University. She is the author of the award-winning book Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought. She is currently at work on a new book, Sista Citizen: For Colored Girls Who've Considered Politics When Being Strong Wasn't Enough. Her academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and to better understand the multiple, creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges. Her creative and dynamic teaching is also motivated by the practical political and racial issues of our time; for example, exploring the multiple political meanings of Hurricane Katrina. She has taught students from grade school to graduate school and has been recognized for her commitment to the classroom as a site of democratic deliberation on race. On the occasion of the celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the title of her presentation was "King in the Age of Obama."
- Created 9 January 2009; Published 21 January 2009Convocation: Gary Telgenhoff
Gary Telgenhoff is a forensic pathologist and consultant for the hit television drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." As the Deputy Medical Examiner at the Clark County Coroner's Office in Las Vegas, Nevada, Telgenhoff sees approximately one thousand bodies a year, 450 of which he autopsies. His presence is often required in court with regard to his findings and determination of cause and manner of death. "CSI" has brought crime scenes into America's living room and has sparked a wave of interest in forensic science as a career. Telgenhoff uses science, experience, and his own macabre sense of humor to explain how he speaks for the deceased in trying to solve their demise. The title of his presentation was "Speak for You: Telling the Tales the Dead Can't Tell."
- Created 7 November 2008; Published 11 November 2008Convocation: Enrique Morones
Enrique Morones is the founder of Border Angels, a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides support and relief to migrant workers on the United States-Mexico border. A high percentage of deaths among migrants have been the results of extreme heat and cold weather conditions in the Imperial Valley desert areas and the mountain areas surrounding San Diego County, as well as the areas located around the United States and Mexican border. Border Angels is an all-volunteer group that places food, water and other provisions on the border areas to help save migrant lives. Morones' presentation was titled "The Human Side of the Story: People Behind the Immigration Policy Debates."
- Created 31 October 2008; Published 11 November 2008Convocation: Charlene Teters
Charlene Teters is a Native American artist, teacher, writer and activist. Her paintings and art installations have been featured in over 21 major exhibitions, commissions, and collections. As an internationally recognized artist, Teters expresses her personal and political views about America's dehumanization of Indian Peoples by creating multimedia installations that examine the social presumptions and portrayals of Indian people in pop culture and media. For the past two decades, Teters has been active in opposing the use of Native American mascots and other imagery in sports, and is a founding board member of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media. Teters delivered the Native American Heritage Convocation to help us celebrate and reflect on the legacies and the richness of Native American communities and individuals. Sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Life, the title of the presentation was "If Not You, Then Who?"
- Created 24 October 2008; Published 11 November 2008Convocation: Scott Olson
Scott Olson is known worldwide as the man who invented, named and marketed Rollerblades, praised by Time magazine as one of the 100 coolest products of the 20th century, alongside computers, cell phones and Post-it notes. The success of slapping four roller skate wheels down the middle of an ice skate was only the beginning for Scott; after growing bored with rowing on a stationary rowing machine in an indoor gym, Scott thought: "Why can't I put this thing on wheels and go outside?" And his next successful invention, Rowbike, was born. Scott has gone on to invent and market many products, including Antarctic Lawn Penguins, Lunar Bed, Kong Pong and his biggest endeavor yet: a cross between cycling, riding a roller coaster and human-powered flight known simply as Sky Bike. With the same passion and excitement it took to create his inventions, Scott shared his exciting entrepreneurial journey and the keys to his success in his convocation address: "Fit Innovation: Exercise Your Entrepreneurial Spirit."
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President Monson Rededicates Atlanta Georgia Temple
29 April 2011
President Thomas S. Monson rededicated the Atlanta Georgia Temple on May 1, 2011.
- 29 April 2011
Mark 400th Anniversary of King James Version by Studying Bible
29 April 2011
May 2, 2011, will mark the 400th anniversary of the first publication of the King James Version of the Bible. Read what members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles share about the Bible and suggestions they offer about making the Bible an important part of our lives.
- 29 April 2011
Carrying the Gospel of Jesus Christ to All the World
22 April 2011
From Preston, England, and the banks of the River Ribble, Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testifies of our divine origins as children of our Heavenly Father and of the Savior's role in preparing the way for us to live with Him again.
- 22 April 2011
Sacrifice Necessary to Truly Know the Lord
19 April 2011
How were pioneers of the Restoration able to endure the suffering they experienced without losing their faith? How can we have the same strength that they had? From Nauvoo, Illinois, where early Latter-day Saints built a beautiful temple, Elder Neil L. Andersen answers those questions.
- 19 April 2011
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ Appeared to Joseph Smith
19 April 2011
What did Joseph Smith learn when God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, appeared to him? How can we receive a witness of the truth of the First Vision and of the Restoration? From the Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York, where the First Vision occurred, Elder D. Todd Christofferson answers those questions.
- 19 April 2011
Jesus Christ Is the Perfect Example of Obedience
19 April 2011
How will striving to follow the Savior help us in everyday life? How has He provided an example of obedience for us? From the grounds of the Bountiful Utah Temple, Elder Robert D. Hales answers those questions.
- 19 April 2011
Authority to Act in the Name of Christ Is Once Again on Earth
19 April 2011
How was the priesthood authority necessary to act in the name of Jesus Christ restored to earth? Do ordinances performed on earth apply in heaven? From the banks of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, where the priesthood restoration began, Elder David A. Bednar answers these questions.
- 19 April 2011
Christ's Atonement Is Central to the Plan of Happiness
18 April 2011
Does the Atonement apply to me? Can the Savior really understand what I'm experiencing? Is it possible for one person to have paid the price for all sins? From the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland answers those questions.
- 18 April 2011
Jesus Christ Directs His Church and His Work
18 April 2011
Who is the head of the Church today? Will the gospel really go to the whole earth in the latter days? President M. Russell Ballard answers these questions.
- 18 April 2011
The Savior's Atonement Makes Cleansing through Baptism Possible
18 April 2011
Why is baptism necessary for us to receive eternal life? How does understanding the Savior's life increase our appreciation for the covenants of baptism? Elder Richard G. Scott answers those questions.
- 18 April 2011
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Gov. Malloy: Concessions would stop 'thousands' of layoffs
Governor says concessions needed to prevent 'thousands' of layoffs
HARTFORD -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a partial $40.1 billion budget into law Wednesday that includes sweeping tax hikes, even as his budget chief ordered state agency heads and commissioners to prepare for massive layoffs and program cuts if unions do not soon agree to concessions.
"I'm not in a position to guarantee success at this point or at any point, but I have made it quite clear that this is the framework that we would prefer by the votes in the negotiations that developed this budget," Malloy said. "I've made it clear that if we must go in a different direction we shall, but I will do everything in my power to reach reasonable agreements with the work force of the state of Connecticut."
Flanked by 10 Democratic leaders, Malloy briefly commemorated his legislative victory behind a desk in an ornate Capitol meeting room where he autographed the bill, which would set higher rates on sales and income-taxes and maintain most social service spending.
He then told reporters that if employee unions balk at $2 billion in requested concessions and savings, the landscape of state government would change far beyond the budget that was pushed through the Senate 19-17 early Tuesday and the House in a late-night 83-67 vote.
Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, said that it's the earliest date ever that a state budget has been passed.
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Malloy said plans are under way for more than 4,000 layoffs, which would save about $400 million a year, plus extensive programming cuts.
Layoff notices could go out as soon as Friday, as required by some bargaining agreements.
"We have employees who need eight weeks notice, six weeks notice and two weeks notice," Malloy said.
"My administration is working hard with the remaining parties, that is our fellow state employees," Malloy said. "We continue to be at the table, having discussions on how we might resolve those remaining issues that stand between us right now in the full implementation of this framework."
Malloy rejected the use of a projected billion-dollar surplus built into the budget, for use beyond paying down debt and other long-term obligations.
At around the time of the news conference, Benjamin Barnes, Malloy's secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, was meeting top agency heads at UConn's football stadium, Rentschler Field in East Hartford.
Barnes told the administrators to be aware of the potential seriousness of the budget alternatives and that they were responsible for possibly major additional spending and personnel cuts if state employees fail to agree to a concession package.
Larry Dorman, spokesman for the coalition of 13 major state bargaining units that represent about 43,000 state employees, said Wednesday he's not sure how many employees could get layoff notices from the governor this week.
"We're as in the dark as anyone," Dorman said, noting that contracts require varying degrees of possible layoff notice prior to the start of the next fiscal year July 1. Closed-door talks between Malloy aides and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition began nine weeks ago, and no progress has been reported beyond statements that discussions continue.
Dorman said that during the last couple of weeks, as Malloy and legislative Democratic leaders drew nearer to an agreement, the unions had remained focused in the talks.
"No people or no forces can put any greater pressure on us than ourselves, because we want to do something for everyone," Dorman said. "We're working very, very hard so we can protect public services and avoid occurrences that would be disruptive to the economy, such as mass layoff. Layoffs could be permanently disruptive to (the) middle class. Obviously, we take this seriously. The piece we can control is our discussion with the administration."
In reaction to the budget signing, Senate Minority Leader John McKinney stressed that the budget is still out of balance by $2 billion. State law requires balanced tax and spending packages.
"With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Malloy has signed into law the most expensive budget and most expansive tax increase in Connecticut history," McKinney said in a statement. "Democrats boast of passing a budget in record time, but the speed with which this budget was passed is not a cause for celebration. It is rather testament to how partisan and uncompromising this process has been."
House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. called the Democratic budget "a sad commentary" compared to a budget GOP lawmakers offered during floor debates that would not have raised taxes but focused on reduced spending.
"Today Connecticut has a clear view of how Democrats deal with our fiscal crisis: raise massive amounts of taxes, on income, property, sales and businesses, and continue to spend to support bigger government," Cafero said in a statement. "Republicans showed we can close our deficit without raising a nickel in new taxes on anyone."


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This is one of England's most special places – the limestone Mendip Hills with the lakes of the Chew Valley is a stunning landscape of steep slopes and undulating plateau punctuated by spectacular gorges and rocky outcrops. On the hilltops there are hundreds of ancient monuments, whilst on steeper slopes flower rich grasslands and wooded combes offer varied habitats for a wide variety of wildlife.
In recognition of its special qualities the area has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). One of 46 AONBs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and a member of the National Association of AONBs, these protected landscapes are managed through local Partnerships on behalf of the nation.


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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Caroline Humer
(Reuters) - Botox maker Allergan Inc on Friday accused rival Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and billionaire investor William Ackman of violating securities laws by using insider information as they prepared a takeover bid for the drug company.
In a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in California, Allergan said Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management and Valeant "hatched" an "improper and illicit insider-trading scheme" that allowed the hedge fund to buy Allergan shares, knowing about Valeant's planned $51 billion takeover bid.
Valeant and Pershing Square said the complaint was intended to prevent them from calling a special meeting of Allergan shareholders to vote on their board nominees.
"This is a shameless attempt by Allergan to delay the shareholders' fundamental right to call a special meeting," Ackman said in a statement. "Allergan's determination to waste money on a baseless lawsuit against its largest shareholder further demonstrates why this board of directors should be removed."
Without a shareholder meeting, Pershing Square and Valeant may not have the support they need to remove Allergan's "poison pill" measure or to ensure the success of a tender offer.
The lawsuit marks the latest twist in an increasingly hostile battle between the two drugmakers and one of the world's most prominent activist investors. Allergan has been fighting the takeover bid since it was announced on April 22.
From the beginning, outside lawyers said the structure of the Ackman partnership with Valeant was novel but not illegal. Now some experts say the suit could allow Allergan to seek fresh evidence to press its case and make life tougher for the $15 billion hedge fund.
The timing for Ackman's Pershing Square is also inopportune as it works to list one of its funds on an exchange in Europe.
"This lawsuit brings a set of plausible but difficult complaints that Ackman's lawyers will likely not be able to get dismissed right away," said Erik Gordon, a professor of law and business at the University of Michigan.
"Defending against this suit is going to cost money and time and be unpleasant for Ackman," he said. "It may give Allergan discovery rights to dig in and see if there is more evidence."
The value of Pershing Square's 9.7 percent stake in Allergan, built up between February and April, jumped $1.2 billion once the takeover bid became public. Allergan said the hedge fund improperly enriched itself at the expense of shareholders.
Insider trading cases typically turn on whether a breach of duty or trust to the source of information has occurred. In this case, the insider trading allegations focus on Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, regulations surrounding the dissemination of information related to tender offers.
"There is a technical SEC rule, Rule 14e-3, that prohibits the use of material tender offer information, unless you are the offering person," Alan Palmiter, a law professor at Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina said.
"There could be a plausible argument that Ackman may have violated this rule even if he bought Allergan shares with Valeant's permission, because the rule does not require a breach of a duty of trust or confidence."
Allergan's gains helped Pershing Square produce some of the hedge fund industry's strongest performance numbers so far this year, investors said.
Allergan asked the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to rescind Pershing Square's purchase of the Allergan shares, arguing they were illegally acquired.
The lawsuit said heavily indebted Valeant lacked the resources to buy Allergan, so it sought financing from Ackman and Pershing Square. By the time they reached a financing agreement, Valeant had already taken concrete steps toward a tender offer for Allergan, it added.
For Ackman, who invests for institutional investors including state pension funds as well as wealthy individuals, the lawsuit comes at a critical time as he presses forward with an activist campaign against Herbalife and works to attract investors to the new Pershing Square fund planned for Europe.
Privately investors have said they are sticking with Ackman for now, but industry analysts said this lawsuit could eventually make investments with his fund tougher.
"Any credible allegations of insider trading is not something you want when you are mounting a road show," Gordon said. "In this case Bill Ackman is the road show and he's put on quite a show already."
(Reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss in Boston Ransdell Pierson, Jonathan Stempel and Caroline Humer in New York; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Bernard Orr, Tom Brown and Andre Grenon)


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Yesterday was my puppy Jack/Jack-Jack/Jack-Jack-Attack/Jacques Cousteau's third birthday.
*Pesky facts aside: Yesterday was (most likely not) my puppy Jack's 3rd birthday. We found him behind a trash can. However, yesterday was day (20 years ago) that I lost my (first*) you-know-what, and I thought it would be kind of nice to have a reason to eat cake and have a party on that day every single year for the next 12-15, the dog-gods willing. Because I'm glad I lost my you-know-what, and I'm glad I found a puppy behind a trash can. So.
Funny thing, giving your dog a piece of birthday cake that's shaped a lot like a slice of pizza. It's not that they don't totally get the concept of fire, it's just that they don't totally get the concept of fire. Or waiting to eat their birthday cake that's shaped a lot like a slice of pizza until you've all sung off key and blown their candles out for them. They also don't get the concept of birthdays. Bygones.
And if you give a dog a piece of birthday cake that's shaped a lot like a slice of pizza and it also happens to smell a lot like pizza, your dog will give you the above look. Which totally makes is all worth it.
Today is my one-year anniversary at BlogHer. I celebrated by having a baby with my boss. This is what it looks like.
*In case you're in the market aside: Jenna Hatfield make an excellent midwife/80's rap earworm-implanter.
I kind of can't believe it's been a year since I started working for the same company who has done so much for me over these past eight years I've been blogging. I always used to tell anyone who asked that I could only credit any measure of success I've ever been blessed with to Lisa Stone, who believed in me and my writing before I even knew what I was doing was worth being called writing, and WAY before I had any idea that *I* was worth much of anything at all. And now I get to get up every morning and try very hard to do that which was done for me? And I get to do it with a team of some of the most amazingly smart, talented, sharp, and well-shod women I've ever had the honor of working with?
That's a cyclic relationship that I am totally happy to perpetuate.
*You never get a second chance at a first impression, but for $65,000, you can get a second chance at losing your you-know-what. I don't really suggest it.


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This thread is for listing where you all buy your KOH/NaOH/methanol. Keep it on-topic and in this format:
supplier and their address/phone number/website/hours:
purity (KOH is sometimes 90% or 85% pure)
Special notes (ie is business license required, etc):
Moved Reply: location: Berkeley, Ca
supplier and their address/phone number/website: Pacific Coast Chemicals 2424 Fourth Street
Berkeley, California 94710
Phone: (510) 549-3535
Fax: (510) 549-0890
open M-F 9-4:30 or 4:00
also- many other locations throughout the West that I havne't checked into: http://www.pcchem.com/location.htm.
Cost: KOH currently stacks up to $65 a 50 pound bag. NaOH should be cheaper, I haven't checked in years
Special notes: need business license (I faxed them a first order on construction company letterhead), also this place is SLOW! bring a good book as youll be waiting for an hour for the warehouse. They dont' take credit cards. Call ahead and act professional, they still dont' understand biodiesel and may act suspicious of you if you don't sound like you know what you're ordering.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Shaun,
Moved Reply: location: San Lorenzo, near Berkeley, Ca
supplier: ERC (engine Research Co) fuels http://www.ercracingfuels.com/
610 East Lewelling Blvd
San Lorenzo, CA 94580
(800) 445-1479
hours: M-F, 9-5, saturday 9-noon, hours vary slightly depending on racing season, no Sundays!
purity pure methanol
Cost: somewhere around $2.50-2.65 a gallon?
Special notes: Unlike Pacific Coast Chem, they know all about biodiesel and are very fast and friendly. Occasionally they'll be out, call ahead first. Bring your own carboys or drums to save on the drum deposit. They sell 15-gallon or 55-gallon quantities, or will fill your own "whatever" containers.
Moved Reply: location: near Seattle Wa
supplier: Tarr, Inc 4510 B St NW # B, Auburn, Wa 98001 - (253) 859-2979
purity pure methanol
Cost: somewhere around $2.91 a gallon (as of 12/26/06), must buy 55 gallon drums
Special notes: delivery available.
Tarr now carries KOH:
cost:50lbs bags of KOH for .97/lbThis message has been edited. Last edited by: girl mark,
Moved Reply: location:Longview Wa
supplier: Wilcox & Flegel wilcoxandflegel.com
open 7:30-6, 940 industrial way longview 360 423 7600
purity pure methanol
Cost: 55 gallon drums at 2.49 a gallon, 5 gallon pails at 5.65 a gallon, $25 drum deposit on 55's
Special notes:
if anyone has comments or corrections please let me know and I"ll edit this post. I haven't bought from them myself.[/QUOTE]
Moved Reply: location: mail order
supplier: chemistrystore.com
purity pure NaOH or 90% KOH,
Cost: $10 for a 2-pound pail.
Special notes:price is high but that might be OK for people who are just starting out. Still cheaper than Red Devil Lye used to be at some suppliers.
90% KOH is good enough for our purposes...
Moved Reply: Location : San Jose, Ca
Supplier : Hill brothers Chemical
410 Charcot Ave
Purity : 90% KOH or NaOH, NaOH might be 95% pure I can't remember.
Cost: .73 cents a pound KOH and .60 cents a pound NaOH.(50lb bags)
Special Notes: Call in advance so they can put on will call it will be much faster, no special license seems to be needed.
1996 4x4 3500 4.10 5spd Dodge.
1982 Toyota Diesel.
55 gallon steel drum type reactor open top with lid and weber BBQ bottom. 55 gallon poly standpipe wash tank.
Moved Reply: location: mail order or La Grange Il
supplier: http://boyercorporation.com/
The Boyer Corporation P.O. Box 10, La Grange, IL. 60525
Call Toll Free 1-800-323-3040
purity pure NaOH or 90%- 92% KOH flakes (dont' buy the liquid KOH)
39.60 plus 24.70 shipping, for case of 12 2-pound cans
$40 for 4 10-pound bags plus $54.46 UPS shipping including hazmat charge
KOH: 47.53 for 12 2-pound cans plus 24.70 shipping
$48 for 4 10-pound bags plus 54.46 shipping/hazmat charges
Special notes:price is high but that might be OK for people who can't find a local supplier. Still cheaper than Red Devil Lye used to be.
90% KOH is good enough for our purposes...
They require that you send them a check the first time you order, then credit cards are OK after that .
Moved Reply: [QUOTE]Originally posted by girl mark:
location: your local Lowe's hardware
supplier: Roebic branddrain cleaner is 99% pure NaOH
purity pure NaOH
$7.68 for 2 pounds
Special notes: Still cheaper than Red Devil Lye used to be in most places.
the container lid can pop off easily if squished, be careful taking this home.
Moved Reply: location: near(ish) Washington DC
supplier: methanol at Maryland INternational Raceway:
Maryland International Raceway
27861 Budds Creek Road
Mechanicsville, MD 20659
301-884-9833 (office)
301-884-9878 (fax)
301-449-RACE (24 hour hotline)
purity pure methanol
Cost: not sure
Special notes: It's blue dyed but that's fine. It was the cheapest in the DC area when I was there a year and a half ago. I think they'll pump into your own containers.[/QUOTE]
Moved Reply: location: Ukiah California and Santa Rosa California
supplier: Redwood Oil Co
Santa Rosa:
455 Yoland Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
(ask for oil department when you get the maze of voicemail)
Ukiah: 50 West Lake Mendocino Drive
Ukiah, CA 95482
purity pure methanol
Cost: $2.81 a gallon, $22.50 drum deposit/drum cleaning charge of which $10 is refundable
Special notes: I think that they dont; pump into your own drums, I've also heard years ago that they were able to get ethanol, but that might be incorrect.
Moved Reply: location:mail order
supplier: http://www.braintan.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=P...egory_Code=Materials
purity 99% KOH
Cost: one pound: $3.25, 5 pounds, $15, 20 pounds, $55
Special notes: more expensive than using a local chem supply store, but still affordable enough.
Moved Reply: For those in the North East.
Methanol in a 55 gal drum $123.+ -
Moved Reply: someone posted this at biodieselbasics yahoogroup:
Methanol in Washington State:
Ronald G. Grogan
6308 E. Sharp Ave.
Spokane WA
509 866 885 2605
All areas try
Cascade Columbia Distribution Co.
Greg Switzer
866 573 0600
they have outlets all over and usually local pickup for you.
I have no further info on these sources.
Moved Reply: Methanol in NH
Windward Petroleum
Manchester, NH
Had been $108 for a 55-gallon drum, delivered, but they've apparently recently gone up a fair amount, potentially to the $150 range.
Can also get it from Rymes Propane and Oil in Concord, NH
Haven't bought any from them yet, so don't know the price.
Great thread - about time we did this!
Moved Reply: Univar USA
(800) 556-2426
(401) 781-5600
175 Terminal Rd
Providence, RI 02905
50 lbs of NaOH for $30
55 Gals of Methanol for $152
They sell Business to Business but I have been able to get orders as a Co-op. All is on a pick-up basis (Delivery is expensive). Minimum order is $200 and all materials must be transported in a truck or vehicle with a separate compartment from driver/passengers (they are sticklers on this) and tied properly.
Moved Reply: Methanol in Newark, Delaware
Hillside Oil Company
40 Brookhill Drive, Newark, DE 19702
(302) 738-4144
I just called them and confirmed they are still selling Methanol at $2.50 a gallon!!!!
They have a "gas pump" that you can buy it from in your own containers, as many gallons as you want. They are open Monday thru Friday, 8am to 5pm.
Moved Reply: I get Methanol here(http://www.homeserviceoil.com/mango.html) for $2.50/gal.
Red Devil Lye for under $4.00 at the local IGA
grocery store.
4000 + mi (so far) on homebrew B100 in 98 jetta TDI
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Moved Reply: Acedamy TX/ Central Tx or
Round Rock TX
Talk to Bobby Joe at 254-760-1633. He sells it at the racetrack in Academy for 2.00 a gallon.
He also delivers to Round Rock. Great guy and will put in just about anything you'll bring him including carboys or other HDPE containers. You can also put a deposit on a 55 gallon drum for 20.00 and return it for a refund anytime.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Reggie,
Moved Reply: Portland, OR
Essential Wholesale, 8850 SE Herbert Court
Clackamas, OR 97015
Phone: (503) 722-7557
KOH, 2 lb
KOH 50 lb.
Pickup only, $6 for the 2 pound, $55 for the 50 pound. 90% purity. They also sell NaOH.
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Horror writer Stephen King pulls 'school shooting' book from sale
King pulls 'Rage' from bookstores, online sale
Horror writer Stephen King is seeking to provoke a discussion on gun control and gun rights following the school shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn.
In an essay, he discusses why he decided to pull all copies of his first novel, "Rage," from sale.
"Of course, it's about a school shooting, and he talks about a kid who shows up in a school and shoots a lot of his classmates and his teachers," said Alex Green, owner of Back Pages Books in Waltham.
Green said King, a Maine native who is a gun owner, decided that the plot was too close for comfort.
"I don't envy him the fact that the world has changed so much that this is now within the realm of reality to the point that four kids who have committed school shootings have been found to own copies of the book," said Green.
"My book did not break (them) or turn them into killers," King wrote in his essay.
"They found something in my book that spoke to them because they were already broken. Yet I did see 'Rage' as a possible accelerant which is why I pulled it from sale. You don't leave a can of gasoline where a boy with firebug tendencies can lay hands on it," King wrote.
King called for three "reasonable measures" to curb gun violence in an essay titled "Guns," released Friday as a Kindle single through Amazon.
King said he wants background checks on all gun sales and bans on high-capacity magazines and military-style weapons like the rifle used in the Newtown shooting, which killed 20 children and six school officials.
King described a pattern of mass shootings in which anger and frustration give way to political rhetoric before discussions of gun control "disappear into the legislative swamp."
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Time to Hit the Road for the Holidays
Millions of Americans will hit the road this weekend as they travel to meet friends and family for the Thanksgiving holiday. AAA's Robert Sinclair joins Wendy Bounds on Lunch Break with details on how busy the roads are expected to be and basic safety tips to get you to your destination safely. Photo: AP.
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... I ... yes I says Hurricane Sandy can affect ... Thanksgiving travel we have ... Robert Sinclair of the way anybody knows what happens the troubled eighteen thank you for being here ... and well you not to take my old semi mum with the renewed talk about batteries in just a minute to do this is the sense that this year's travel slows to be up over over his year over year for Thanksgiving up slightly compared to last year about seven tenths of a percent with twenty three million people overall traveling ninety percent of those women will be ... about three point one million traveling by air but that's down by about a hundred thousand at the last year ... and we think that's having an overall effect on the average distance traveled that's about five hundred eighty eight miles last year ... it was seven and a six mile ten when people travel by air travel on the right distances ... so we don't we're still going a step slow steady climb back in the doldrums of two thousand the room thirty seven million people traveled ... reflection of the economy perhaps ... the only gas prices this time around the house that the blower compared perhaps to a month or so bright that I installed the updated Robert their highs for Thanksgiving ever every forty down now ... so no but ... do people really don't guess limits of its one point five percent of the budget for truth ... and don't move from hell high water people in the temperature of ... gasoline prices in a situation here locally that will pay ... anything for destinies the sale locally and in your time out the effects of a hurricane superstorm sic Superstorm Sandy Murdoch no confined in a rental car I have a friend staying with me who was at long Beach his health still the flight and he he he he got a run-up of a first date but you can get when you almost cannot get one Gerakan and the orcas public debt tourist destination with the parade tomorrow three million people expected to be spectators and it's a lot of people coming to our region and even if they had reservations at a time ... they're probably not going to be with the rental car ... their offers a list of waiting lists of seventy five eighty people or even at the airport rental ... locations this can be very big indeed ... in all a little satellite locations forget about the people of snacks that will hold people's national rail cars ... probably for a month or so at times ... I can belch is an insurance companies that do something since they or their vehicles were destroyed upwards of a quarter million be ... destroyed and unbelief or not ... so here's a thing on Thanksgiving Robert traveling longer distances than we Odyssey to purchase driving to work typically surely is safety Hanao copper people to have a decent excuse is a happy Thanksgiving ... battery what is the most appointing a new deal with the batter while battery can build a lopsided terminals and can take just a couple months for that to happen and that can create an impediment to the flow of electricity ... so you wanna check those things before you go to the battery terminal cleaning tool ... this goes inside the battery ... cable Kathleen that this goes as Lola ... wire brush nickels on the terminal itself ... keep those scoring ... I we got six and a half million calls for dead batteries when Jared ... yet out of twenty eight million calls so it's a simple item but if you're left by the sight of the road now for the middle of the road ... its move into the into can be dangerous to carry jumper cables autistic say obviously a what do you know you don't want your batteries go dead it's like a heart attack to a human being every time the battery goes dead has less and less ... charging capacity the people there in a hurry to get out of town he noted gas lines along not stopping at the station but checking tyre pressure I mean that's like ... credible credible especially as the weather gets cooler for every ten degrees at the outside air temperature goes down you lose one or two pounds a square inch of pressure in the Titans ... softener and sixty degrees around thirty might and sixty seven pounds and go from being ... marginal perhaps ... once a ... government study some years ago from fully thirty buses driving around on improperly inflated tires ... with an improper inflation tend to be under inflation ... back to its excessive heat buildup in that I that I can ... blowout Gap or ... midges headband handling right was a result of the software on a side drive Disney etc seen a family on the side of the road is seen as I've seen it ... in this that and ... then there's a knock on eleven yet items that ... I would never and thank you so much rubber Sinclair more chips on the tree on the Dow at Triple a Website procedure being with this month when


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Hartford — State, local and tribal officials endorsed a bill Thursday that likely would lead to Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan police departments having the authority to arrest non-Indians on reservation lands, including at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun.
Under the legislation, proposed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration, the tribal departments likely would be accorded the same status as municipal police, proponents of the measure said. The bill would authorize the state's public safety commissioner to negotiate separate memorandums of understanding with each of the tribes, subject to the approval of the chief state's attorney.
Testifying at a public hearing, Mashantucket Pequot Police Chief William Dittman told the General Assembly's Public Safety and Security Committee Thursday that the proposed legislation would enable the state and the tribe to reach an agreement that would "provide the tribal police officers, working cooperatively with the state, the necessary authority to more fully address non-natives who commit crimes on the reservation."
Currently, tribal police may arrest tribal members who are then prosecuted in tribal court. They only may detain nontribal members for arrest by state police and prosecution in state courts. The agreements envisioned by the proposed legislation would enable tribal police to arrest nontribal members who then would be prosecuted in state courts.
State and tribal police have had concurrent jurisdiction on the Mashantucket and Mohegan reservations since the tribes opened Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, respectively, in the 1990s.
Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane told legislators he's long been opposed to granting tribal police full arrest powers but he now believes it's time to make the change.
"This is a good bill," Kane said.
Tribal police officers subject to the agreements likely would have to be certified by the state Police Officer Standards and Training Council, as do all state and municipal officers.
Joe Lavin, the Mohegan Tribe's executive director of public safety, said the Mohegan police department numbers 22 officers and will add four more as of April 1. All of them, he said, are or will be POST-certified.
Dittman, the former New London police captain hired last summer by the Mashantuckets, said the tribal department had 10 officers when he came on board, none of whom had POST certification. The force now has 20 officers, 11 with certification, he said.
The department's nine other officers are close to gaining certification, and seven POST-certified officers are in various stages of the hiring process, Dittman testified.
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Public Safety Commissioner Reuben Bradford said state police would continue to maintain a presence on the casinos' gaming floors. Pressed by legislators, he said a total of six uniformed troopers would be deployed "24/7" at Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, which includes MGM Grand at Foxwoods.
Michael Lawlor, undersecretary for criminal justice planning in the state Office of Policy and Management, said the proposed changes in policing on tribal lands would bring Connecticut into conformity with most other states where Indian-run casinos operate. He said the proposed agreements would require the tribes to adhere to all state laws and policies that apply to police, including the Freedom of Information Act and bans on racial profiling.
Several local police chiefs testified to the Mohegan department's readiness, including Stonington's Darren Stewart, Groton Town's Michael Crowley and Plainfield's Michael Surprenant. Jackson King, the Mashantuckets' general counsel, also spoke in favor of the proposed legislation.
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Dr. Sarita Freedman is a clinical psychologist, and maintains a private practice in Calabasas, California. Formerly, she had a successful career as a special education teacher and trained future teachers, working with a diverse range of populations, including children with Autism, Emotional Disturbance, Intellectual Disabilities, Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity Disorder, Language Disorders, and Developmental Delay. Dr. Freedman also has extensive experience designing training programs for professionals and parents. She has worked with young children and their families for over 30 years. Her practice consists of conventional psychotherapy services for adults and children, and she carries a specialty in developmental disabilities, and specifically, in children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). She is the founder of College on the Spectrum™, whose mission it is to help students with autism spectrum disorders succeed in college and in life.
Currently, Dr. Freedman is invited to conduct professional seminars on a variety of topics. In particular, she has presented extensively on working with individuals of all ages with ASD, including individuals with Asperger's Syndrome. She is the author of Developing College Skills in Students with Autism & Asperger's Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010), a book on preparing students with ASD for college.
Dr. Freedman's expertise spans diagnosis and treatment of both adults and children with ASD, family support, general parenting and parenting for families of individuals with ASD, professional training/supervision, and publication of several articles. She is invited as a guest speaker, does classroom observations, trains educators, and teaches developmental, interactive parenting programs at both private and public schools and community outreach programs. Her appearances on television news broadcasts, internet radio shows, and internet websites focus on the many issues related to diagnosis and treatment of individuals with ASD.
Dr. Freedman is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Autism Society of America, Ventura County Autism Society, and Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association of New York. She is fully bilingual in Spanish.


text: In this archived webinar you will learn how you can leverage COMSOL Multiphysics and the Multibody Dynamics Module for multibody dynamics simulation. The video features a demonstration of how to create a gyroscope model. The Multibody Dynamics Module incorporates finite element analysis (FEA) to evaluate multibody structural mechanics models, and is an add-on to the Structural Mechanics Module. The module has many features that enable you to create models that consist of rigid and flexible components, and includes predefined physics couplings so you can add electrical, thermal, and structural phenomena to your model.


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New Orleans Offers a Variety of Museums
New Orleans has no lack of museums, and as always, they celebrate the city's renowned diversity. For starters, there's your traditional art museum, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. That is our flagship art museum, the New Orleans Museum of … Continue reading


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lchiu7: I use both unblock and I am trialling a VPN (I have a one month trial of overplay). As noted transparent proxies kills port 80 access but for devices it's fine. The vpn overcomes that.
But I am trialling the VPN only because there are times I want to view Hulu content on my browser. That by rights should not work at all with the transparent proxy but it actually works sporadically. When it fails the message is not a geo restriction message but an apology that the content is currently not available. Also when the viewing does work, the ads sometimes don't play and I get a message about the ad could not be displayed.
With the VPN all this goes away but I haven't done enough research to determine if the VPN is slower than unblock.
But one thing the VPN offers is mobility. I have been able to install the VPN on my Galaxy Nexus and watch Netflix on the road over the 2D 3G network. That is actually quite usable. I haven't worked out how much data is consumed watching a 45 minute TV show yet but ICS does have some counters that give some data.
When the ad doesn't play, try turning off your ad block if you have it. Hulu should work then


text: I recently read an interesting study about the effect of different types of music on kenneled dogs. ("Behavioral effect of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs," by Kogan, Schoenfeld-Tacher & Simon, J of Veterinary Behavior 7, 2012, 268-275.) The authors' goal was to determine if different types of music, as has been reported in other species, had different types of effects on dogs, and the results indeed confirmed that this was true. The results suggested that 1) "classical music" increases the amount of time the dogs spent sleeping, and 2) "heavy metal" music increased body shaking (or trembling). Surprisingly however, "psychoacoustically designed" music, a piano piece specifically designed to calm dogs, resulted in no statistically significant change in behavior from Read More


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Welcome, book lovers!
Reading groups are proving that good books bring people together. National Reading Group Month salutes reading groups. It fosters their growth and promotes the love of literature. It's an opportunity for reading groups to reflect on their accomplishments and plan for the future — the perfect time to join or start a group.
On this site you'll find the story behind National Reading Group Month, a calendar of nation-wide events, and resources and tips for enhancing book discussions. Whether you're a reading group member, author, bookseller, librarian, or publishing industry professional, get involved in National Reading Group Month. Celebrate the joy of shared reading.
National Reading Group Month is an initiative of the Women's National Book Association (WNBA). Founded in 1917, WNBA promotes literacy, a love of reading, and women's roles in the community of the book.
National Reading Group Month Featured Books 2019


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Facebook made a mea culpa, acknowledging in a blog post that it has "become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate have failed to work as effectively as we would like, particularly around issues of gender-based hate."
On Tuesday, Mark Levine, vice president of global public policy, said the Menlo Park-social media giant announced several steps the company would be taking to monitor and train its teams to review and evaulate hateful speech and harmful content on Facebook sites, while working with legal experts and women's coalitions in taking improper posts down. Early in the day, at least 800 people had "liked" the change.
Facebook's announcement did not specifically mention this month's threats against U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) — which were posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct in the military. But it did come within the same month that the congresswoman has been quite vocal about military members posting denigrating comments on Facebook.
MORE: U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier Calls on Marines to End Vulgar Facebook Page
Speier is not the only one who has felt denigrated; other feminist groups have wanted to ban Facebook pages and posts that glorify violence against women, too.
Speier was threatened on a Facebook page, littered with comments by some active-duty Marines, shortly after she had sent a letter May 8 to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informing him of a Facebook page which, according to Speier, helped "contribute to a culture that permits and seems to encourage sexual assault and abuse."
U.S. Capitol Police, who are investigating the threats, have asked Speier and her staff not to divulge the nature of the threat. Facebook has since taken the page down.
In addition, there were photos posted mocking Jewish concentration camp prisoners, African Americans, and President Barack Obama, shown with a rope around his neck. But the Facebook page's primary theme involved deriding women in the military, particularly those within the Marines. The administrator posted pictures titled "this is my rape face," and "I can 'bang' even when I'm not on my back!!" atop the image of a woman holding a gun in her camouflage uniform.
There also was a picture of Speier, photoshopped with a black eye. One poster — whose personal Facebook page lists his occupation as "Military infantry" — wrote of Speier: "I still firmly believe someone needs to struggle snuggle the s*** outta her."
In a brief interview Tuesday at a California restaurant, Speier told NBC Bay Area that the military has a "big job ahead of itself cleaning up a very distorted culture that has been allowed to persist for decades."
Facebook, which also lists its "law enforcement guidelines," has been known to cooperate with police agencies with active investigations that may delve into a suspect's Facebook accounts and activity. To read Facebook's prohibited speech and community standards, click here.
Speier has been actively campaiging for the military to more to crack down on vulgar Facebook pages by its members.In her May 8 letter, also sent to Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, Speier said it was her "understanding that not only is the Marine Corps Inspector General aware of this page and monitoring it, but they have been doing so for over three years."
MORE: Facebook Shutters Page That Taunted Lawmaker's Push to Curb Military Rape
Speier has authored three bills aimed at transforming the military justice system's treatment of sexual assault cases. Those include the STOP Act (HR 1593), which seeks to take all cases of sexual assault outside of the chain of command by creating an independent office within the military to handle the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of such crimes. The bipartisan bill has 122 co-sponsors but has not been placed into consideration for a House vote.
NBC Bay Area's Marianne Favro contributed to this report.


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SANTA CLARA — A lottery ticket worth more than $200,000 was purchased in Santa Clara, according to state lottery officials.
The Fantasy 5 ticket matched all five numbers in the Tuesday night drawing, winning the $206,150 top prize.
It was sold at the Stop N Save at 1795 Scott Avenue in Santa Clara. The winning numbers were: 23, 7, 2, 21, and 31.
Winners have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their money.
Winning numbers in the Fantasy 5 game are drawn every day, with the top prize beginning at $50,000 and increasing until there is a winner. Tickets cost $1.
All lottery drawing results can be obtained by dialing 1-800-LOTTERY and selecting option 2, or via the California Lottery website at www.calottery.com.


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Early numbers are out for the opening week of Los Alamitos Race Course's first thoroughbred meet since August 1991, but it's too soon to rush to any judgment.
The overall handle for Los Alamitos' first four days was down compared to the corresponding dates at Hollywood Park in 2013. That's not surprising, seeing as though Los Alamitos is regarded as a minor-league track by many bettors outside the state — the same gamblers who drive the majority of the handle.
As more big-time horse players around the country familiarize themselves with the track, wagering numbers figure to go up. It doesn't hurt that Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner California Chrome calls the Orange County venue home and has generated a great deal of positive publicity for the track.
"My personal feeling is that the major players around the country — 86 percent of the money (handle) is not bet here, it's bet around the country — are gonna want to see this track show them how it plays," Los Alamitos owner Ed Allred said last weekend. "I think the common consensus was the late runners were going to dominate. Well, that's not happening at all.
"It's speed and just off the speed that's doing it so far. I think once that message is out there, the per capita will go up even higher than it is right now."
Los Alamitos general manager Brad McKinzie told the Daily Racing Form it's difficult to compare numbers generated by Los Alamitos and Hollywood Park.
"We didn't have anything to compare it to," McKinzie said. "We have to run a meeting, run our numbers and make relative estimates on how those numbers are and see how we fit into the schedule. We're not going to put up Santa Anita and Del Mar numbers."
Allred would like nothing better than for the $500,000 Los Alamitos Derby to become a tradition and for it to be run annually the first Saturday in July like the Kentucky Derby is held the first Saturday each May.
He also knows Los Alamitos must justify hosting three thoroughbred meets a year. It also will race the L.A. County Fair dates for three weeks in September and a three-week meet in December. It's got to make economic sense for the track to continue running thoroughbreds.
"We have a two-year agreement and this is a great value of property," Allred said. "It has to do well or we can't justify it, but we hope that we can."
• California Chrome will return to his Los Alamitos stable Thursday, two weeks earlier than anticipated. He's been resting at Coalinga's Harris Farms, where he was foaled, since June 19.
Trainer Art Sherman told bloodhorse.com California Chrome has put on some weight and looks good.
"I'm anxious to get him back to the barn," Sherman said. "I've got a 2-year-old in his stall right now and it ain't the same."
Sherman has said the major goal for the Derby winner is the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park on Nov. 1. He said the plan is for the colt to have one prep race before the Classic.
That one prep could be either a new race Los Alamitos is writing for closing day of its L.A. County Fair meet — the $200,000 Los Alamitos Mile on Sept. 20 — or the Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 27.
"We're running the race, and we hope California Chrome will be in it," McKinzie told bloodhorse.com.
Sherman said the timing of the proposed Los Alamitos Mile, which still needs approval from the Thoroughbred Owners of California, would be perfect.
"It'd be 5-6 weeks out (from the Breeders' Cup), so the timing looks pretty good on that," he said.
• Officials from Del Mar and the TOC are scheduled to sit down today and discuss the wagering menu for the track's 36-day summer meet that begins Thursday and runs through Wednesday, Sept. 3.
Last summer Del Mar offered rolling daily doubles that included a 22.68 percent takeout. This past year for its winter meet, Santa Anita lowered the takeout to 18 percent but offered only three doubles — the first two and last two races of the card and the fourth and fifth races. For the spring meet, Santa Anita brought back the rolling doubles and retained the 18 percent takeout.
There are many theories circulating as to what will emerge from today's meeting. Some say the TOC wants to roll back the double takeout to 22.68 percent and also hike the takeout for the immensely popular Pick 5, which currently stands at 14 percent.
If that's true, it's a big mistake. Rolling doubles and Pick 5 should continue at the current takeout. Why mess with a good thing? Doesn't make sense. Daily doubles showed a marked increase in handle when takeout was lowered and the Pick 5 now lures more wagering dollars than the Pick 6, except for days when the latter includes a lucrative carryover.
Del Mar president Joe Harper is in favor of lower takeout. He'll argue for the bettor, like he did in 2011, but it will come down to how much the TOC wants to take out of the players' wallets. Del Mar traditionally has been a lucrative meet, and before any increases in takeout are implemented the powers that be need to remember what happened at Churchill Downs this spring before gouging the fans any further.
Follow Art Wilson on Twitter at @Sham73


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daviesandpartners necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 280 diseños de 80 diseñadores freelance.
Davies & Partners
Davies & Partners is a new fixed income and hybrid securities specialist firm. The firm provides asset management, research, capital markets and broking in fixed income and hybrid securities.
Clients on the investor side are financial institutions (hedge funds, insurance companies) and financial advisers. For the capital markets business, clients are major financial institutions and leading corporations.
A corporate logo consistent with the business - in particular suitable for the client base, and implying trust built on specialist knowledge. Design must include "Davies & Partners" & we want variations that include "Fixed Income and Hybrid securities specialists" We've provided some examples of professional firm logos that we like somewhat. There are also some examples that we have very roughly developed. However, we are open to completely new approaches (provided they maintain a sophisticated and corporate feel). Some of the images use a play on a "%" sign (representing investor returns) using "d" and "p" from "Davies & Partners". One approach you might take is to refine this idea - we like it a little but are not completely satisfied with our own efforts. But again, we stress we are more than open to new directions. Our preferred colours schemes are mainly traditional conservative corporate colours - dark blue, black, red, gray (various shades) - again these are suggestions only. If you feel you are able to use another colour and still portray a strong conservative image, go ahead.
The design will need to work well with business cards, presentations, website, letterheads etc. (We will have a follow-on contest immediately after this one has been completed for each of these). We require the final product in .jpg and Adobe Illustrator formats.
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Anyone ever seen this definition of the game of cricket?
"you have two sides: one out in the field and one in. Each man that's on the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out. When both sides have been in and out, including the not outs, that's the end of the game."
Makes sense to me, though the guy who wrote this doesn't think it does.


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Is God, too, seduced by "bread and circuses"?
Re: "Rockies GM credits God at Evening of Hope dinner," Nov. 9 sports story.
After reading that the Rockies' general manager credits God for their success, it occurred to us that possibly the reason much of the world is going to hell in a handbasket could be due to the fact that God may be spending too much of His time at sporting events. Is God, like the rest of us, seduced by bread and circuses, which are given more importance by the media than real-world events?
Ron and Sally Harms, Brighton


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Special Reports
Some defense budget relief voted on by House; commissary cuts likely
The Joint Chiefs are breathing a bit easier after the House voted Wednesday to fund the government through September, and included a 2013 defense appropriations bill that would give the armed services more money and budget flexibility to ease the threat of a wartime readiness crisis.
House passage of the bill, HR 933, also drove home a bracing reality: that even the most conservative defense hawks are set to allow arbitrary "sequestration" cuts to clobber portions of the defense budget, including civilian personnel paychecks and key military family support programs.
Unaltered by the House bill, for example, is a $130 million bite from commissary operations this year, which will force base grocery stores, at least in the continental United States, to close Wednesdays, their lightest sales day, from late April through September. This will coincide with day-a-week furloughs – or 20 percent pay cuts – planned for up to 800,000 civilian employees of the Department of Defense.
Civilian staff will be cut at military hospitals and clinics, at Defense-run dependent schools and at base day care centers. The Marine Corps has announced that tuition assistance has been closed to new entrants. These are just a sampling of cuts occurring across the military because of a March 1 sequestration order to cut federal spending across-the-board to save $85 billion this fiscal year, half of that from the Department of Defense.
Since January, Defense civilian and military leaders have warned that their 2013 budgets are in a vice, created by a continuing budget resolution that froze spending below fiscal 2012 levels, and by the "mindless" cuts of sequestration, which kicked in this month after lawmakers stopped even trying to negotiate a "grand bargain" $1.2 trillion debt-reduction deal.
President Barack Obama and Democrats insist that any deal be "balanced" with a combination of spending cuts and new revenue, to include either tax increases or closing of tax loopholes on the wealthy and on special interests.
Republican leaders insist they will not raise more revenue, even by closing loopholes they've criticized before, given that they did agree on Jan. 1 to allow a several percentage point bump in income taxes for individuals earning more than $400,000 and families earning more than $450,000.
Against this backdrop, Reps. Bill Young (R-Fla.), chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee on defense, and Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), the full committee chairman, drafted HR 933 to accomplish some short-term goals, if the Senate will agree. One is to avoid a government shutdown March 27 when the current continuing resolution is to expire. A second goal is to give some budget relief and flexibility to the military, first by passing a 2013 defense appropriations bill that had been negotiated last year with the Senate. Also, HR 933 would allow a shift of $10.4 billion from less critical accounts into operations and maintenance accounts so the services, despite sequestration, can conduct vital training and resume critical construction projects and weapon buys.
The day before the House voted, 267 to 151, to pass HR 933, Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on military construction and veterans affairs, held a hearing where he pressed the service chiefs to attest publicly to the importance of HR 933.
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Army chief of staff, said the Army had begun to cancel combat training center rotations for deploying brigade combat teams, except those bound for Afghanistan. It would be forced to cut flying time for helicopter pilots by at least 37,000 hours in 2013, impacting readiness of 750 pilots. He said HR 933 was "absolutely critical" and would address "at least a third" of the Army's budget problems.
Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of naval operations, was more effusive, saying HR 933 would make "almost a night and day" difference. The appropriations bill alone would close Navy's current $8.6 billion funding gap for operations and maintenance by $4.6 billion.
If the full Congress passes it, he said, Navy would be able to put another carrier strike group and amphibious ready group forward and "get back to the covenant that we have with the combatant commanders … We'd get some carrier overhauls, we'd get carrier new construction, we'd get submarine new construction, we'd get all the military construction back."
Marine Corps commandant Gen. James F. Amos warned that unless operating dollars are restored, by mid-2014 more than 55 percent of nondeployed Marine ground units and 50 percent of nondeployed aviation units would see readiness ratings fall to C-3 or below, which means unable to carry out some core missions. Nondeployed pilots would get 10 flight hours a month versus 15 to 17 hours needed to stay proficient. Maintenance on F/A-18 fighter aircraft would fall so far behind schedule, Amos said, that "we may very well never catch up" to get the aging fleet "back up to flying status."
Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force chief of staff, said HR 933 would make a "huge" difference to his service, allowing reprogramming of budget dollars to mitigate sequestration's effect. "In a big way," Welsh said, "it allows us to look at our civilian work force and figure out a way around this idea of furloughing ... 180,000 great civilian airmen. We want no part of that."
But HR 933 would leave sequestration in place and also deny federal civilians a pay raise for 2013. Military strength, pay raises and benefits are exempt but not many support programs including commissaries. The Defense Commissary System announced plans in late February to close by late April most stateside stores every Wednesday.
Patrick B. Nixon, president of American Logistics Association, a trade group of manufacturers and vendors servicing military stores, said ALA is working with DeCA to ease any loss of shopper discounts, perhaps through special promotions or by creating "Saturday Sequestration" sales.


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- The Heritage Cafe
314 Laskin Road, VA Beach
This is kind of a little hippy-esque, new-agey, health food kinda restaurant just a short walk from the beach. It is an eat-in place, but don't expect pomp and circumstance: they mostly just have little coffee-shop-like tables scattered about, and they serve the food to you on a cafeteria tray. However, they have a large amount of vegan items on their menu and seem happy and willing enough to make adjustments for you if requested. And their food was good and not terribly expensive.
There is also a health-food store attached, as well as a Books & Gifts Center that was fun to roam around in. *AND* they even offer massages up in back--I got one a handful of years back and enjoyed it quite a bit.
WHAT I ATE: The portabella mushroom sandwich with balsamic marinated portabella, roasted red pepper, hummus, tomato, and red onion on a whole wheat bun with a side of vegan broccoli slaw *AND* an a la carte side of Teriyaki Tofu.
WHAT E ATE: The Chipotle Black Bean Burger with lettuce, tomato, red onion, shredded carrots, veganaise, & yellow mustard on an Ezekiel bun with a side of vegan potato salad and a House Salad.
Sakura Japanese Restaurant
2973 Shore Dr Ste 111, VA Beach
Sakura offers up your standard Japanese fare, including 5 or 6 vegetarian rolls. The food is very good, the atmosphere is cute and cozy, and the people are nice.
WHAT WE BOTH ATE: A bowl of miso soup, a house salad with ginger dressing, two inari sushi rolls per person, one roll of avocado and cucumber sushi, and one roll of Garden Vegetable sushi (which was stuffed with lettuce, tomato, avocado, and cucumber--sounds weirder than it was; ended up being quite good actually), all for under $20.
- Bombay Paradise
4000 Virginia Beach Blvd., Loehmann's Plaza Shopping Center, VA Beach
MENU: Here
We stumbled across this restaurant while paging around in our hotel's little restaurant booklet--it had a listing for VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN ENTREES, so we knew that we'd probably have success there, and this was most definitely my favorite restaurant of the trip. It started off with a bit of confusion when the server had the terms "vegetarian" and "vegan" mixed up and was telling me all the vegetarian things (with cheese cubes and stuff) were vegan, until we realized he had the two terms reversed and solved the problem. After that, we realized they carried a windfall of vegan food--at least 5 vegan appetizers, at least 1 or 2 soups, at least 5 entrees, and they were even willing to cook the bread for us without the normal butter they use so that it would be vegan as well. The place is gorgeous inside--very intricately decorated with fantastic tablecloths and lighting. And yet, the prices were not unreasonable--entrees were $9.99 and included basmati rice, and there were coupons in the VA Beach tourist booklets for $3 off any two $10+ entrees. The food was *fan-fricking-tastic* (the rasam--spicy Indian soup--was out of this world), the atmosphere was very relaxed and yet sophisticated, and the people were so very nice, helpful, and friendly--about 4 different people came up at various times to ask us how the food was (including what I assumed was the cook himself), they were super-helpful in figuring out which foods were vegan, and like 5 different people waved at us in unison as we were leaving.
WHAT WE BOTH ATE: Vegetable samosas, rasam soup, stuffed Parathas (bread stuffed with garlic--cooked without butter, just for us), and Aloo Gobi (curried potatoes and cauliflower)


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