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Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack is a clarion call to British Seafood; a nostalgic journey to the seaside holidays of our youth;
a showcase of the best produce from British shores; a seaside restaurant in the city...
Alex Hunter
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Alex sold private jets for a living before setting up Bonnie Gull. More content with a plate of langoustines on the beach than a bowl of caviar in the sky he's glad he made the switch. Alex's influences for Bonnie Gull come from the simple seafood restaurants around the coast of his native Scotland. He is passionate about championing British seafood.
Danny Clancy
Co-Founder & Director
Danny is the other half of Bonnie Gull's foundation and one half of DJ duo Krankbrother. Danny's seafood influences come from visits to family in County Clare and Dorset. Whilst living the hectic lifestyle of restaurateur by day and DJ by night, Danny can always find time for a dozen Porthilly oysters and cold bottle of Chablis.
Christian Edwardson
Executive Head Chef
Christian has a degree in theology and philosophy from Edinburgh University and learned his cooking trade from Pierre Koffman. He started with the company as a sous chef and quickly rose to head chef of our Fitzrovia restaurant. He now oversees all food for the group as executive chef. Christian's inspiration comes from the incredible produce around the British Isles.


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So here's my new idea. We get fourteen different contributors to write fourteen Sidespin posts about fourteen all-time great comments from fourteen different commenters. Here are the details:
— As for the contributors, I'm thinking primarily established commenters, with a small mix of the new guys. I would also like a couple of the commenter-turned-writers to contribute (Sean Newell, Albert Burneko, Tom Ley...you know who you are).
— As for the comments, I have a few in mind that should be featured, but I'm not going to tell you what to propose. It won't be fun if it's just fourteen obvious choices, but it also won't be fun if it's fourteen comments we can barely remember.
— As for what you write, it's up to you. Maybe it's two heartfelt paragraphs. Maybe it's a long form joke. Your call. The idea is to remind us all of some great comments. But you should also plan on providing some commentary on the commenter himself (or herself, lol).
— As for who the fourteen contributors are and what the fourteen comments are, that will be my final call. DO NOT SUBMIT IDEAS IN THE COMMENTS. If you are interested in publishing a post, please email me at [my screen name] at [gmail], or DM me on Twitter. Please give me a few choices, because if you all give me Comment X by Commenter Y, it's going to be hard to put this together.
— Once I've picked the fourteen contributors and fourteen comments, I'll give each of you a publishing date, and you're on your own. Just don't tell anyone what comment/commenter you'll be writing about. I'm thinking we start this in a few weeks.
OK, now make fun of me in the comments. Or provide format ideas — you guys are usually good for a few of those.


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AUCHTERARDER, Scotland, July 7 - The bombings in London on Thursday knocked the meeting of major industrial nations off its carefully scripted focus on global warming and African poverty and turned it into a forum for President Bush and other world leaders to pledge unity in confronting terrorism.
Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, as the host, had set an agenda that was intended in part to shift the attention away from his support for the war in Iraq and his partnership with Mr. Bush. But even before the first working session started, it was apparent that the tone and substance this meeting of the Group of 8 leaders had been violently reshaped.
Mr. Bush learned of the attacks from Mr. Blair a little over an hour after they occurred, around the start of the first formal meeting, said Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary. Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada told reporters that Mr. Blair had informed each of the leaders individually as he greeted them, and then updated them when the session began.
Although Mr. Blair left for London several hours later, Mr. Bush and the other leaders who had gathered here at the Gleneagles golf resort made a show of sticking more or less to their schedule of meetings and discussing their differences over how to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
But Mr. Bush and the American delegation were clearly focused on the terrorist threat. The American president left a meeting during the middle of the morning and, sitting outside his hotel suite, held a videoconference over a secure line with his national security team in Washington to discuss the possible threat to the United States.Continue reading the main story
His aides subsequently participated in hourly videoconferences with officials in Washington. During the day, Mr. Bush held informal conversations with some of his counterparts from other nations, and although his aides declined to be specific about what they talked about, they said it would have been natural for him to raise the issue of combating terrorism.
"The contrast couldn't be clearer between the intentions and the hearts of those of us who care deeply about human rights and human liberty, and those who kill, those who have got such evil in their hearts that they will take the lives of innocent folks," Mr. Bush said. "The war on terror goes on."
If the bombings were intended, as Mr. Blair said, to disrupt the summit meeting, they also had the effect of unifying a group of leaders who have had their differences over everything from the war in Iraq to trade and exchange rates.
In addition to the leaders of the eight major industrial nations -- the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada and Russia -- those of China, India, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa were also on hand for Thursday's session.
"The leaders will stand firm against this evil," said President Vicente Fox of Mexico, adding that the bombings had stirred them all to work harder at coming to agreement on a wide variety of issues, including trade and global warming. "It is passing from word to action, the spirit coming out of this meeting," Mr. Fox said.
Two European leaders who were frequently at odds with Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair over the war in Iraq pledged to stand shoulder to shoulder with Britain. President Jacques Chirac of France, who has also been squabbling with Mr. Blair on other issues, said his nation was in "total solidarity" with the British. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Germany said the international community "must do everything in its power to fight terrorism together with all the means at its disposal."
The display of unity may have masked what is sure to be a debate in Britain and elsewhere over whether Britain was attacked because of Mr. Blair's strong support for the invasion of Iraq. And there was little public talk here about the adequacy of international counterterrorism efforts nearly four years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
With Mr. Blair absent, his place at the meetings was taken by his foreign secretary, Jack Straw. The leaders here canceled their group photo, and some of them acknowledged an obvious degree of distraction. Protesters and advocacy groups that had sought to use the meeting as a platform for their views on addressing poverty and the environment struggled to be heard, or gave up.
"There has been a great pall cast over the discussion," Mr. Martin said.
It was unclear whether the unity over combating terrorism would extend to the other issues on the table here. By the end of the day, environmental groups were circulating what they said was a draft of the communiqué on global warming, an issue on which Mr. Bush has been at odds with most of the other leaders.
Reflecting Mr. Bush's concern that too stringent a response to global warming could harm the American economy, the draft contained no specific agreement on concrete steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a schedule. It contained a commitment to act with "resolve and urgency" on the issue, but also it contained broad caveats that some environmental groups said rendered it almost meaningless.
"While uncertainty remains in our understanding of climate science, we know enough to act now and to put ourselves on a path to slow and, as science justifies, stop and then reverse the growth of greenhouse gases," the draft said.
Briefing reporters on how the day unfolded, Mr. McClellan said Mr. Bush never considered leaving the summit meeting. After learning of the London bombings at the start of the first meeting, Mr. Bush summoned his national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, and asked him to begin coordinating the American response, Mr. McClellan said.
Around the same time, he said, Andrew H. Card Jr., the White House chief of staff, learned of news reports about the bombings from one of his deputies, Joe Hagin. Between them, Mr. McClellan said, Mr. Hadley and Mr. Card began calling other officials, including Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Vice President Dick Cheney, who was at his home in Wyoming.Continue reading the main story


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CNN anchor now faces double deportation
Interest skyrockets to boot Piers Morgan, many in U.K. don't want him back
CNN anchor Piers Morgan, the British host of "Piers Morgan Tonight" on the cable news network, may become a man without a country, as petitions on both sides of the Atlantic are looking to keep the TV host out of both the U.S. and U.K.
A petition on the White House's "We the People" website looking to deport Morgan out of the U.S. has surpassed 75,000 signatures, far above the 25,000 needed to require a response from the White House.
The petition to deport Morgan reads, "British Citizen and CNN television host Piers Morgan is engaged in a hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution by targeting the Second Amendment. We demand that Mr. Morgan be deported immediately for his effort to undermine the Bill of Rights and for exploiting his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the rights of American citizens."
"Merry Christmas! Even to those who want me deported," Morgan tweeted on Christmas Day.
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And now, there's apparently a brand-new counter-petition asking U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May to prevent Morgan from ever moving back to Britain.
"We got rid of him once and why should we have to suffer again. The Americans wanted him so they should put up with him. We washed our hands of him a long time ago," the petition reads.
Before Morgan's coming to CNN, BBC News reported the journalist was fired from his editorial job at the Daily Mirror for publishing fraudulent photographs in May 2004.
He has also been implicated in a media phone-hacking scandal in Britain.
Morgan has been an inflammatory voice in America's debate over gun-control legislation since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Newtown, Conn., in which 27 people – including 20 young children – were killed, reportedly by Adam Lanza.
Outrage over Morgan's pro-gun-control views began this month, when the host engaged in a heated debate with guest Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, on his "Piers Morgan Tonight" show.
"The argument I keep hearing is, 'Well if everybody else was armed, it wouldn't happen.' It's a load of total hogwash," Morgan told Pratt. "How many more kids have to die, before you guys say, 'We want less guns, not more?'"
But Morgan really raised eyebrows when, in the midst of a heated exchange, he turned on Pratt and said, "You're an unbelievably stupid man, aren't you?"
Moments later he continued, "You don't give a d— about the gun murder rate in America, do you? You don't actually care."
Video of the exchange between Morgan and Pratt can be seen below:
The next day, Morgan ruffled feathers again by responding to a Twitter message accusing him of being "gleeful" that the Sandy Hook tragedy happened to help advance his gun-control cause with a tweet of his own reading, "Of course I am, you moron."
Those signing the British petition to keep him from returning to England include Daniel Sharon of Stopsley, U.K., who says, "Piers Morgan is an ignorant and arrogant disgrace. The Americans wanted him so let them have him!"
Philip Espin of Louth, U.K., says, "We have enough media criminals here without bringing another one back."
On Morgan's Twitter page, there is some love for the anchor.
"I couldn't agree more with you on the gun laws," wrote Daniel Fallon.
And Nick Routley gave Morgan a friendly invitation in case he does get deported, saying, "We'd be happy to have you in Canada."
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The upscale Western Athletic Clubs charge members a high price for their products and services, but Jim Gerber ensures that his eight clubs also give back to those in need.
An interview with Jim Gerber, owner, Western Athletic Clubs, San Francisco
Interview conducted by Pamela Kufahl, editor
Q: How did you get involved in the fitness industry?
A: Another fellow and I were playing racquetball in 1973-1974 in the Bay area and were looking for more courts, so we built our own. About that much thought went into it. It was really successful. It was called The Court. It was during the boom [in racquetball]. We decided it was a good business. In 1976, we found the location for the San Francisco Bay Club and opened it in 1977.
Q: What made you move from a racquetball club to a health and fitness club?
A: Back then at age 28, I was and still am in the first year of the Baby Boomers. All of us were coming out of college and the service, and we were looking for ways to continue to exercise and to play racquetball or squash or basketball or tennis. It was more about recreation than health and fitness. And that was about the time that aerobics started and group exercise started, and we rode that. It evolved into more of a fitness and exercise place.
The Bay Club was the first co-ed multi-facilitied club in the country. It had a lot of sports. It was a great place to meet people, a great place for Boomers to meet men and women. It was a real club. That's one way we've characterized ourselves—as a place to make friends and meet people.
We also had something fairly uncommon at the time—a financial model that was unusual. We had a country club model, which meant an initiation fee and monthly dues but no contract. You could quit anytime you wanted to. That put the emphasis on us keeping members happy. As a result, we didn't advertise at all. We sold based on referrals from members. We still don't advertise. We might take out an image ad once a year in a paper.
Back then, that [business model] was a very distinct difference between our clubs and other clubs in the West. The others were more fitness centers. Because it was more expensive to join, it really focused on a more economically upscale clientele and it always has.
Q: How did Western Athletic Clubs come about then?
A: As soon as we built our second club—which was a result of the success of the Bay Club, which sold out all its memberships before it opened—then, we formed the Western Athletic Clubs, which owns and operates all these clubs. It's been our opinion that an upscale club was better positioned as a stand-alone club rather than as part of a chain, so Western Athletic Clubs has never been used in the marketing. Members know the name because they have reciprocal memberships at the other [Western Athletic Clubs] clubs, but we don't advertise Western Athletic Clubs as a name of a club.
Q: How would you describe the Western Athletic Clubs for people who have never been in one?
A: We have two types of clubs. There's the Bay Club model, which is urban, large and a complete facility with swimming and exercise facilities. And then there is the sports resort model, which we call the Pacific Athletic Club model—suburban, eight to 10 acres, family oriented with swimming, tennis, white table cloth dining, squash, sometimes racquetball and all of the Pilates and yoga.
The suburban members are by definition more family oriented. There's a slightly younger crowd in the city and fewer children, but we do have kids programming there, too. But basically it's the same rough demographic profile as far as economic status.
Q: Can you tell me about the deal you announced related to Carlsbad, CA?
A: We announced some time ago that we are building a club in Carlsbad, CA. Now, we are buying an additional six acres next to it and remodeling an existing 80-room hotel and banquet/meeting space to go with it. It might be named Pacific Sports Resort.
We are buying the whole thing and focusing it on the club and marketing it through our membership. Carlsbad is a terrifically dense (in population), light-industrial area. All the golf manufacturers are there and a lot of ski manufacturers. As a result, there are plenty of demands for meeting space, and [these companies will] enjoy the benefits of the meeting space. The club will be 100,000 square feet with tennis, swimming, dining and what our typical resort product is.
Q: Do you plan to purchase/build more clubs in the next two years?
A: Yes, we do. [The Carlsbad location] is still empty land. It will take two years to be up and running. We are also working on another piece of raw land, and we are working on the purchase of another club.
Q: Would you buy a lower-end club and upgrade it, or are you looking only for higher-end clubs?
A: We would. Our focus is to find clubs with enough land and density in the area.
We put $12 million into the Courtside Club to upgrade it after we bought it.
Q: Is expansion important to you?
A: We've always focused on thoughtful expansion. Not expansion for expansion sake, but when we find clubs that make sense for us, we expand. We've never not tried to expand, but we are also always willing to sell and move in and out of clubs. We sold three clubs in Seattle last January (2006). But we're expanding into existing markets that we're in with bigger clubs.
Q: Why are you expanding with bigger clubs in those markets?
A: The question is, why do you want to expand at all? You either expand or shrink. It gives employees a lot more room for growth. We have a low attrition rate for employees. When they are here for five to 10 years, it gives them more job opportunities.
Big clubs make sense for us. They are hard to duplicate. We know how to build them and what demographics we need. Once you do them, they pretty much control a market.
Q: Why did you sell the Seattle clubs?
A: I'm from Seattle and I like that market, but we decided not to build more large clubs up there, and we received an offer on them that we thought was reasonable. It was harder for us to find a suburban sports resort. It was harder for us to find an outdoor product for Seattle that made sense.
Q: Do you remodel your clubs on a regular basis, like every five years?
A: We do, but it's not on a formula. We change [the clubs] as they need to be changed. About 10 years ago, we did a major facelift on the Bay Club, repositioned the locker rooms, added a day spa. More recently, we added 11,000 square feet that we call the Mind Body Studio. In that club, we have a first-class yoga program that we can hold up against any yoga facility. It is beautiful. It is used by Yoga Journal for photographs. In 1983, the Bay Club offered Pilates. Back then, Pilates was mostly [used as] rehabilitation for San Francisco ballet dancers. So we've been in the yoga and Pilates business for 25 years.
The Decathlon Club in Santa Clara (CA) in the middle of Silicon Valley has had a lot of homes built around it where before it was light industrial. So we are going to reposition it to make it more family friendly with more kids programs and pools.
Q: Is it better to lease or own your facilities?
A: We own the large sports resort properties out of town. The city clubs are leaseholds. It's just worked out that way. It's easier to lease space in a building than to buy the building. On the other hand, it makes more sense to build a $440 million club on space you own.
Q: What changes do you foresee for Western Athletic Clubs during the next five years?
A: The only thing that I know we are going to do is add more of a medical component to our clubs. As our Boomers age, I think there's more interest in using our clubs as upstream health care or preventive health care and having a medical component. Staff working closely with personal trainers and behaviorists and nutritionists on staff will add a continuum of care.
Q: What will the medical component include?
A: It'll include a doctor in house who is a believer in the healing qualities of exercise and nutrition. We won't be the first ones to do this, but we'll do it well.
Q: Will it affect pricing?
A: Most of these doctors are available on a part-time basis. It will be a profit center of its own, I hope. It'll stand on its own.
Places that offer fitness and nutrition and well-trained personal trainers have a responsibility to take the upstream role that they are being given and let the community know about it. What is different now from the 1970s is that the population is so much smarter about their health, and we have to be smarter. Now, our trainers almost have to be physical therapists. All through the 1990s and early part of the century, we were the only club co-authorized by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) to teach and certify trainers with the ACSM certification. We required then that all of our trainers have an ACSM certification, which we consider to be the gold standard.
Q: How has the industry evolved since you've been in the business?
A: I sort of touched on that with the fact that our members are smarter. The industry has gotten a lot more professional. Fewer contract clubs are closing their doors. Because the market has matured intellectually and from an age standpoint, I think their [members'] needs are a lot different. It used to be a lot of people came in to meet people and improve how they look. I think that's still a component, but now a lot more people are interested in improving their health and living longer although nothing will ever replace the vanity aspect of working out.
Q: What should be the biggest concern for club owners and managers today?
A: Because the market is so much more educated, I think the biggest concern we all should have is to maintain our staff's education about what our product is and what we should be offering. We're always concerned about quality rather than offering a commodity.
Q: Your club company has a philanthropic mission and raised $2.25 million last year for charities. Why is that important to you and your club?
A: Why wouldn't it be? We think it's every business's responsibility to be involved in the community as it is with every individual. We have a mission statement and six value statements, and one is to be involved. Every club has a community outreach director who champions that.
We picked three areas of involvement. One is healthy aging, so we are involved in lots of senior exercise programs in the community. The second is disadvantaged children in our area in need of opportunities—not just fitness-related needs, but usually it's focused somehow on what we do, so we can leverage our skill sets with money to create some programs. Jeremy Howell, our director of philanthropy, is also a professor, so he has access to students interested in doing their internships. So we have funded the first lacrosse team in Hunters Point—an all black team—and a skating program with Brian Boitano, bringing kids while in school to learn how to skate; but then also more meaningful programs like getting out the importance of exercise and eating right.
The third area is disease prevention and care. We offer a program that links an oncologist with his patient and a person we put in the oncologist's office. We focus on breast cancer. One of the things we found out is that when a patient and oncologist talk about treatment programs, one [program they talk about] is to exercise. We offer that at no cost, and we pay for the trainer. We've taken 350 women through that. It's a six-month program for free and then a low-cost program beyond that. Women have raved about that. It helps them during chemotherapy and radiation.
Tied into that is continuing education for our staff. If we "spot" them free training in something—like the cancer training program—then it's implied that they have to go out and do community outreach to pay us back. So it's been a great, successful venture on our part.
Of that $2.25 million, we raised about $1.1 million and matched about that much. So we are involved in cash but also in doing fundraisers. We raised $400,000 for the American Cancer Society last year.
Q: What are your thoughts on competition in the market today?
A: There is a lot of competition, but I think we learned a long time ago to focus on what we do best and maintain our own niche and keep our own focus and not worry too much about other competition. It keeps us keen but focused.
Q: A lot of low-priced clubs have entered the market. You charge a lot more than they do. What are your thoughts on setting the right price?
A: Our mantra is to charge enough to provide our members with the best-quality service and products that we can. We have to deliver. So our members say charge me what it takes, but deliver me a great product.
Q: The obesity issue gets a lot of media attention. What are your thoughts about how the industry can deal with this issue?
A: It's a huge problem. The diabetes that follows it is the real issue. I don't know how our clubs are going to address it without a ton of public support from food manufacturers and advertising. The whole mindset needs to change.
Unfortunately, the people who really need to come in don't darken our doors. It's intimidating to be so out of shape and come into a club. Also, someone who is so overweight that they are going to develop a lot of medical problems isn't taking control of themselves enough to come in. Clubs like Curves and entry-level places might be the groups most effective in reaching the overweight. In a number of our clubs, we have women-only areas, and those areas seem to attract the people who are trying out memberships.


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DNREC seeks volunteers for osprey monitoring project Division of Fish and Wildlife to hold orientation March 10
DOVER (March 1, 2013) – The Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife is seeking volunteers to help monitor the state's osprey population. These large raptors with their distinctive stick-built nests on tall poles or platforms can be seen along many Delaware waterways, especially Sussex County's Inland Bays. Osprey depend on a healthy and abundant food supply, and since their diet consists primarily of fish, monitoring their population and activities statewide provides a good indication of water quality and the general health of Delaware's waterways.
For those interested in getting to know these unique birds better and adding to our knowledge of them, the Division of Fish and Wildlife will hold an orientation for volunteer osprey monitors from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, at the St. Jones Research Reserve, 818 Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, located off Route 9 just south of Dover Air Force Base.
Osprey populations throughout the United States suffered serious decline in the 1950s and 60s, largely due to the effects of DDT, PCBs and other chemical contaminants. DDT and most PCB uses were banned in the 1970s, and – despite residual contamination in the environment – osprey populations have recovered markedly. In the early 1990s, to assist their recovery, the Delmarva Ornithological Society partnered with the Division of Fish and Wildlife and other organizations and took the lead in constructing, installing, repairing and replacing osprey nesting platforms throughout the state.
Before 2003, the Division of Fish and Wildlife's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program conducted osprey surveys in the Inland Bays and Nanticoke River areas where osprey populations were traditionally the highest. That year, statewide surveys began as a result of an increase in osprey sightings.
"We know that Delaware's osprey population has grown immensely, so assistance with monitoring is definitely needed," said Wildlife Biologist Anthony Gonzon of the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program. "The contributions of our volunteer monitors will work in conjunction with the next statewide survey, which will begin later this year and continue into 2014."
Osprey will become a common sight beginning around mid-March, with nesting pairs returning and starting to rebuild their nests. Veteran monitors anxiously await the first signs of the ospreys' return to begin recording data on them at least every other week. Observers note osprey activities from nest building to the juveniles' first flight, turning in their data when the ospreys depart for migration in late summer.
"Ideally, volunteers should monitor nests near their work or home or be willing to drive to their monitored nest often," Gonzon said, noting they also need email access to report their findings as well as receive updates about the project and details about other nesting sites throughout the state.
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Brown, an assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, talks about her research and some of the challenges she's faced in her scientific development.
ASBMB: Tell us about your current career position.Brown: I am an assistant professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C. I also hold administrative positions as the director of institutional informatics and as an institutional coliaison to the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.
ASBMB: What are the key experiences and decisions you made that have helped you reach your current position?Brown: One of my key decisions was to be open to relocating. I would not be in my present position if I had not relocated twice during my postdoctoral studies. Another decision was to cast a big net during my job search for an independent position and submit my application materials wherever I saw an opportunity available that fell in line with what I wanted to do professionally. And lastly, I developed professional relationships with colleagues, senior scientists and senior administrators who have been very helpful in teaching me how to navigate my career in academia.
ASBMB: How did you first become interested in science?Brown: I always had a passion for both science and math, starting at a very early age. As a child, my parents really encouraged this. I would get gifts for Christmas such as a biology or slide specimen kit, miniature microscope and math workbooks. I enjoyed being stimulated by activities that were analytically challenging (i.e., word puzzles, brain teasers, etc.) when I was younger. And I found as an adult that biomedical research continued to feed the enjoyment I have always received from analytically challenging activities.
ASBMB: Were there times when you failed at something you felt was critical to your path? If so, how did you regroup and get back on track?Brown: As a junior faculty member, it is crucial to still have mentoring. Mentoring does not stop once the postdoctoral fellowship has been completed. In the early years of my independent position, I did not have a committed scientific mentor at my institution, because there was a lack of investigators who had a similar or overlapping research interest. I learned from this experience that if your needs are not being met at your institution, it is imperative to seek assistance from outside senior faculty with expertise in your field of research. And in some cases, it may be advantageous to work with an expert in your field who is based at another institution. It is an excellent way to increase your professional and scientific networks and resources.
ASBMB: What advice would you give to young persons from under-represented backgrounds who want to pursue a career in science similar to yours?Brown: My advice would be to make sure you collaborate with or be mentored by someone who has a sincere and highly motivated interest in your professional growth and future career as a scientist, first and foremost. That can be someone of any race or gender. However, it is good to have a support system composed of other faculty/scientists/clinicians who may be experiencing the same challenges that you are. That is where being an active member of groups targeted to under-represented minorities and/or women in science can be very helpful.
ASBMB: What are your hobbies?Brown: Since my job requires an immense amount of reading, problem-solving and other cognitive duties, my hobbies involve more physical or sensory activities. I enjoy belly dancing, exercise, watching a good comedy (Judd Apatow movies are the best!), traveling, attending concerts, and eating Asian and Middle-Eastern food.
ASBMB: What was the last book you read?Brown: "Beyond the Cosmos," by Hugh Ross, in which the author, who is a physicist, attempts to use scientific explanations to defend the existence of God.
ASBMB: Do you have any heroes, heroines, or role models? If so, describe how they have influenced you? Brown: My heroine would be my third grade teacher, Ms. Kay Hollingshed. She immediately took notice of my academic talents and had me tested for the gifted-student program. I scored very well and was admitted into the program.
ASBMB: What is it that keeps you working hard and studying science every day?Brown: I always remind myself that I am in a position to make a positive impact and that I am very blessed to be here.
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Friends called Benjamin Avila, a 69-year-old great-grandfather, "Benjie."
It was an affectionate nickname for a man who sometimes sold chiles, pinto beans and melons on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis.
Avila, in turn, had an affectionate nickname for everyone else, whether they were male or female, young or old.
He simply called people "Babe."
Avila never carried a weapon. His only protection against robbery was that he would distribute wads of cash in different pockets of his western-style shirts and jeans so that if he were robbed, he would hand over only one stack of bills.
Rick Rael said that after his father-in-law retired at 55 from the Army Depot in Pueblo, he set up deals with produce farmers in the Arkansas River Valley.
For the next 14 years, he would sell onions, pinon nuts, cantaloupes, beef jerky and other items out of the back of a white pickup truck in the 4300 block of West Alameda Avenue in front of a bar called JP's Lounge.
Avila worked seven days a week, setting up an hour before the sun rose. He would be at his street-corner stand until well after dark.
On cold or hot days, he sought comfort in the cab of his pickup. He worked on holidays too.
He was so trusting of his customers that on the day he was shot to death, July 4, 2000, he left a sign on the back of his truck telling customers to take what they needed and leave the money on the dashboard in his pickup when he went to a barbeque with three generations of his descendants.
The trust had always gone both ways with the popular street vendor. In all the thousands of times he set up shop, he had never been robbed, Rael said.
It had a lot to do with his personality, said his daughter Marjorie Rael.
"My dad was a really good man who helped a lot of people," she said.
When people lost their job or were having tough times financially, he would tell them to pay what they could. His reputation for good will was well-known, she said.


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Daily Slice: La Rosa's Potato Pizza, Philadelphia
A different slice profiled each day.
October! National Pizza Month! This month we'll be bringing you Daily Slice, quick snapshots of slices and pies all of us at the Serious Eats empire have been enjoying lately. —The Mgmt.
La Rosa is an unassuming hole-in-the-wall pizzeria on the bustling corner of Broad and Snyder in Philadelphia, next door to a check-cashing place. There are no chairs and no menu. Pick up, delivery, or just eat at the counter. They make square pan pizzas and sometimes calzones and panzarotti. No wings, salads, or sandwiches. Nothing too fancy, except for this amazing potato pizza that's one of my favorite slices in the city.
La Rosa's standard pizza is nothing out of the ordinary. Not as thick as your average Sicilian crust, but deeper than the bakery pies you find at nearby Cacia. The regular slices are loaded with cheese and toppings—comforting, but they can get a bit greasy. Simple is the way to go here. Their tomato pies—just sauce and a sprinkle of romano cheese—are $7 (that's for a whole pie) and delicious.
Even better is this ultra-simple potato pizza. White pie with a hint of garlic, and a layer of thinly shaved potato seasoned with chopped rosemary, salt, and pepper. The potatoes are slightly caramelized in the oven and the crust is crisp on the bottom, soft on top. A staple in Rome, it's incredible to find something like this down the street from a corner store that doubles as a casino-bound bus station.
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Derek Lovitch, author of How to Be a Better Birder and avid birdwatcher, had an exciting week as he reported on his blog, Maine Birding Field Notes, to have seen a very rare bird in his recent birdwatching travels in Harpswell.
The Bell's Vireo (pictured here) has only been seen a handful of times in Maine, so it appears to be a bit of a Maine-birder's dream day. Congrats on the find Derek!
BELL'S VIREO in Harpswell!!!
Yesterday, Jeannette and I discovered a Bell's Vireo on Abner Point Road, Bailey Island in Harpswell. There are only three previous records of Bell's Vireo for the state of Maine.
In other words: MEGA! And needless to say – especially since I missed the two from last year, despite my best efforts – this was a thrilling find, capping a very productive morning of birding Bailey Island that included a Yellow-breasted Chat (my first of the year) at Land's End, and a total of 5 species of warblers on Bailey Island this am: Hundreds of Yellow-rumps, and one each of Black-throated Blue, Black-and-white, Common Yellowthroat, and Blackpoll. Song Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated Sparrows, and other seasonal migrants made for a very birdy visit.
In what turned out to be our last stop of the morning, Jeannette and I walked Abner Point Road. Upon reaching a promising thicket, I began to pish. Yellow-rumped Warblers and a Winter Wren responded immediately, and as Jeannette attempted to photograph the wren, I sorted through the yellow-rumps, hoping to find one with a yellow throat. A handful of minutes later (about 10:35am), we heard a harsh, scolding chatter emanating from the dense vegetation. "Vireo?" Jeannette asked quizzically as we both looked at each other, unsure of the sound – it sounded like nothing we are used to hearing. I wondered out loud about a Carolina Wren making some odd sound (they're good at that, and there was one in that particular thicket), and the nasal quality led me to consider a funky Red-breasted Nuthatch. We looked hard but could not turn up anything that fit the sound.
About 5 minutes later, a small vireo pops out of the brush in front of me. At first I called "White-eyed Vireo" due to the bright yellow flanks and overall shape, but then I got a clear look at the head. "BELL'S VIREO!" I exclaimed, as Jeannette, a few yards away still working on photographing the wren rushed over.
As is often the case for Bell's Vireos, it quickly ducked back into the cover. I continued to pish, and the bird popped back up. I had a second brief, but unobstructed view of the whole bird. Jeannette went for the camera, and prepared to fire away, only to see the bird dive back into the shadows once again. One last brief glimpse of the bird was all we would have for the next hour.
We searched hard, but could not relocate it. A Blue-headed Vireo was more cooperative, and permitted us some comparison. We listened to a recording of the call of a Bell's, and there was no question in either of our minds' that is what we had heard earlier.
We thought we heard that call in the distance of the thicket one more time, and perhaps even a snippet of a song, but background noise and an increasing southerly wind made us unsure of that. And that wind was clearly not making this skulker any more likely to show itself. At 11:50, we heard the distinctive call once again, but from thick shrubs behind a house across the street. We hustled over, but unfortunately only managed to pish in a cat (one of at least five in this immediate area; it was worse than Monhegan!), which was likely the object of the vireo's recent ire. We worked the area as best as we could, and eventually saw the homeowner in her yard and received permission to wander around. No luck. We had also received permission earlier from the homeowner adjacent to the first thicket to check her yard, so we did another circuit, but we came up empty, and it was getting breezier and cloudier. Lunchtime was calling us, too.
While I left with almost three pages of field notes, it was rather frustrating to not get a photo, especially since Jeannette was so close to snapping it! However, as a firm believer in the value of written field notes for documentation of rare birds, I scrawled away in my notebook.
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It's official: the compromise bailout plan that was negotiated over the weekend has been defeated in the House, 228-205. On Wall Street, stocks are plummeting.
It's not clear (to me, anyway) whether a bill can be crafted that will win majority support in the House. Given the improvements that were made as a result of the efforts of the House Republican leadership, I would guess that the bill's opponents are likely to oppose any bailout bill, on principle. If that's true, we'll soon find out whether the predictions of economic catastrophe, should the crisis not be addressed by Congress, were correct.
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The principle of a pressurized apparatus
The entry of a surrounding atmosphere into the enclosure of the electrical apparatus is prevented by
maintaining a protective gas, inside the enclosure, at a higher pressure than the surrounding atmosphere.
The overpressure is maintained either with or without a continuous flow of the protective gas.
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Control panels for the installation of large (non-ex) equipment, diagnostic equipment, PC's etc.
Why to buy an Exp system from an ATEX certified manufacturer?
According to the ATEX 137, the end user is always responsible for the safety of the installation. For an Exp installation, many standards can be applicable: IEC 60079-0 (EN 50014), IEC 60079-2 (EN 50016) ("p"), IEC 60079-1 (EN 50018) ("d"), IEC 60079-7 (EN 50019) ("e") and the IEC 60079-11 (EN 50020) ("i").
An ATEX certified manufacturer is expected to have the necessary knowledge to fullfil all the requirements to build an Exp installation according to the applicable standards.
ATEX certified Exp explosion protected systems must comply with following requirements:
- All front mounted components to be certified according to IEC 60079-0.
- The mounting of internal components is restricted to the requirements as mentioned in the IEC 60079-0, IEC 60079-2 and IEC 60079-11.
- The test procedure for Exp systems has to be done according to the IEC 60079-2. For example: an overpressure test, leakage compensation test, pressurization test, verification minimum overpressure test, etc.
How to recognize an ATEX certified Exp system zone 1 and 21:
A few points to recognize whether an Exp system has been built according to the ATEX directive 94/9/EG (ATEX 95) or not:
- A certificate number must be mentioned on the type label of a zone 1/zone 21 installation.
- On the type label of the system an ATEX code should be marked: Ex II 2 G/D....
- The type label of a zone 1/ zone 21 installation is marked with a CE mark followed by 4 number digit. This number indicates the notified body (e.g. KEMA is 0344). In case this number fails, it is not allowed to put the installation in operation in a zone 1 area. This number can be issued only by a notified body, like: PTB, DMT, KEMA, etc.
Every system should be accompanied by an EC declaration of conformity and a well written manual according to the ATEX directive.
Because the owner of the installation is responsible for the safety of an installation, it is important for him to know a supplier is a qualified supplier for hazardous area panels Exp. By demanding an ATEX workshop notification for Exp he can easily verify this.
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Zone 1 pressurized control panels are suitable for an operation temperature of –30°C to +60°C. Supply voltage standard 230 VAC, optionally available 24 VAC, 110 VAC, 120 VAC, 12 VDC and 24 VDC, The unit consists of:
- Pressure control unit complete with digital indicator and air outlet. The air outlet is standard provided with an explosion proof air/spark particle barrier.
- Air supply unit, air inlet connection 3/8'G.
- Control of the pressure inside the cabinet; it compensates automatically the air leakage of the panel.
The empty enclosure is ATEX certified. A "U"-certificate issued by KEMA (notified body) will be supplied as well as an installation and start-up manual. Before putting into service in a zone 1 area, the panel must be certified by a notified body (e.g. PTB, DMT, KEMA, etc.). Electromach is authorized to certify on behalf of KEMA and can supply a complete equipped panel with an ATEX EC-type examination certificate.
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Zone 2 pressurized control cabinets are suitable for an operating temperature of –30°C to +60°C. Supply voltage is standard 230 VAC, optionally available 24 VAC, 110 VAC, 120 VAC or 12 VDC and 24 VDC. The unit consists of:
- Pressure control unit complete with digital indicator without air outlet. Warning: before starting up the system, verify if the area is non-hazardous by means of gas detection.
- Air supply unit which must be manually set to compensate air leakage of the panel, air supply connection 3/8'G.
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The empty enclosure is built in accordance with ATEX. A manufacturers declaration will be supplied as well as an installation and start-up manual.
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Inhofe's new view for Armed Services
The Republican guard is changing on the Senate Armed Services Committee: Jim Inhofe is taking up the watch.
Hardly a new face — first elected to the Senate in 1994, he's served on the committee his entire tenure — the outspoken conservative senator from Oklahoma is likely to bring a very different approach than his predecessor, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
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The transition, effective in the new 113th Congress, is not official yet, but McCain has been eyeing a seat on the Foreign Relations Committee. And industry and Capitol Hill insiders have been sizing up Inhofe as the new ranking member on Armed Services.
With Democrats still in control of the Senate, Michigan Sen. Carl Levin will stay on as chairman.
Over the years, McCain notoriously gave defense contractors a hard time, criticizing large Pentagon initiatives like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and alleging mismanagement by contractors like Lockheed Martin.
Inhofe, though, is considered much more industry friendly. Among the top donors to his campaign committee and leadership public action committee since 2007 are individuals and PACs associated with the conservative Koch Industries and defense contractors BAE Systems, Raytheon and Honeywell International, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Many of Inhofe's other top donors are tied to the energy industry.
Inhofe was willing to give up his ranking membership on the Environment and Public Works Committee had McCain won the presidential election in 2008. This time around, he's term limited to serve as that panel's ranking member, but still has two years left to be chairman if Republicans take control of the Senate.
"Armed Services has always been his No. 1 love," said Andrew Wheeler, Inhofe's staff director on the Environment and Public Works Committee from 2003 to 2009. "I think he's going to make a great ranking member."
While Inhofe is widely known as one of the most partisan members of the Senate on environmental issues, he's also been able to work well with Democrats on water and highway infrastructure bills.
"He thinks defending America and infrastructure are the two main roles of the federal government," Wheeler said. Since those are both central to the Armed Services Committee, Wheeler noted, "I expect he'll be able to craft deals and get things done."
Sen. Tom Coburn told POLITICO that his fellow Oklahoma Republican would bring a fresh perspective.
"They couldn't have a better ranking member. He cares about the armed services and the military, and he'll look at the things in a new light," Coburn said.


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"What we're trying to do is help clients make their dream homes a reality. People look at beautiful houses in magazines and on websites and imagine that they're out of reach. We strongly believe that that's not the case. Even on tighter budgets there are a lot more possibilities than people often realize and with the right design it is possible to achieve the house of your dreams."
Frank McGahon is a fourth generation architect, following his great grandfather, grandfather and father into practicing architecture in the town of Dundalk, equidistant between Dublin and Belfast. After graduating from the School of Architecture, University College Dublin in 1989 he worked in London and Dublin before returning to work for his father in Dundalk in 1992, eventually taking over the practice and establishing McGahon Architects in 2001.
While the practice has a tradition and reputation extending back a century it has a forward-looking ethos and a reputation for high quality house design with a particular emphasis on maximizing light and space throughout the house, using the configuration of the house to form private, sunny, sheltered spaces for outdoor living and always considering the variety of ways in which people inhabit and use the house. The practice's house designs range from small to large, from stepped sites to flat and from tight urban lots to expansive rural sites holdings incorporating regional influences with crisp contemporary detailing.
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Smartphones and tablets have become an essential item in our backpacks nowadays, especially as wi-fi is pretty much everywhere and roaming charges are soon to be scrapped in Europe. If you're going away in 2014, make sure you're in the know with the best travel apps and websites for your trip:
1. CityMapper
Got a trip to London or New York on the cards in 2014? Don't dream of setting foot on those pavements/sidewalks without downloading the free CityMapper app. It's the king of the transport apps, telling you exactly how to get from place to place by bus, train, tube, on foot or by bike. It even includes times, prices and real-time route problems. Plus, one click of the "get me home" button instantly redirects you back to where you are staying. There are plans to cover more cities in 2014, so stay tuned.
2. MyPlusOne
In 2012, MyPlusOne launched in Berlin on the back of a simple concept: renting out a stylish studio apartment, with the added bonus of a local guide/friend to be your "plus one", as and when required. The company is now expanding, with a MyPlusOne network that allows people to meet locals in more cities, including London, Paris and Barcelona. Instead of paying money, users will be able to barter a skill or a gift in exchange for their local experience. Coming soon in beta, the official launch (on getmyplusone.com) will follow early in the New Year.
3. Hailo
Still phoning for a cab or simply waiting for one to pass by? How very old school. The smart kids are downloading the right app and e-hailing their ride. Hailo has assembled a network of taxi drivers in various global cities, including London, Dublin, Barcelona, New York, Toronto and Tokyo, and it's expanding rapidly. Just two taps sends a car your way and you can watch it move towards you via your phone's GPS. Available on iPhone and Android (free). See also: Uber (a growing private car network) and TapACab (UK only).
4. Onavo
Europe is planning to scrap roaming charges from July 2014, but you can avoid any nasty bills in the meantime by keeping a closer eye on your data usage. Onavo – which was recently bought by Facebook – offers two free and very clever apps. Onavo Extend will shrink the amount of data you use (by routing it through its own servers). Onavo Count will then keep track of how you are using it. Remember: always get a data bundle from your operator before you travel.
5. Bustripping.com
Love overland travel and want to get the cheapest tickets? This site aims to be the Kayak.com of long-distance bus travel. Use the website (bustripping.com), or the new app to search for the best deals in across the USA and various European cities. It's set to grow in 2014, in a bid to see off similar start-ups, including Wanderu (currently eastern USA only).
6. EatWith
Jumping on the supper-club trend with its online round-the-world directory, EatWith seems to be adding new countries by the day. Just pick a destination and find a home to eat in. At last count they have over 400 hosts in 20 different countries across Europe, the US and beyond (including Japan, Mexico, Argentina). Setting up a meal through this site is a sure-fire way to give your next trip an interesting and unusual dimension.
7. Pinterest
How did such a simple concept as an online picture scrapbook come to be worth $3.8bn? It's the visual simplicity that people love. Travel content is one of its most popular features, providing a quick hit of inspiration and a great base for creating dream wishlists. Good travel boards include Places to See, featuring standout sights around the world. Rough Guides is on there too: www.pinterest.com/roughguides.
8. Tripping.com
If it can put its New York controversies to one side, Airbnb will continue to be a major travel force in the year ahead. But one site that is refusing to allow it complete domination is Tripping.com. Functioning as an aggregator, it brings together all the peer-to-peer accommodation rentals from varied Airbnb competitors, including Wimdu and HomeAway. Over one million properties are searchable on the site, making it the biggest in the business.
9. Workaway
Does everything have to be sparkly and new in 2014? Not necessarily. Sometimes we just need a reminder that a site is still out there and doing its thing, even if it has none of the whistles and bells of some of its contemporaries. In short, if you fancy doing something different this year, Workaway is worth a look for its lists of free work placements around the world, for volunteering, language learning or cultural exchanges. See also: Wwoof and GlobalHelpSwap.
10. Drungli
Ever just wanted to go somewhere, anywhere from the nearest airport – and on a limited budget? Having just launched in mid-2013, Budapest-based start-up Drungli.com is still in beta stage, but it could soon be the place to come for a roulette approach to holidays. Just add your starting point and your dates (which can be as wide as month-long period) and it will suggest a handful of places to try. If your new year's resolution is to be more spontaneous, start here.
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There is no guidebook instructing someone how to die.
Bryan Harper of Florence wished he knew the answers, wished he had some advice on how to deal with his body shutting down while his mind remained clear and vibrant. There was no life experience to dwell on for comfort. He was convinced he was headed to a better place, but thoughts of heaven were still clouded with uncertainty.
"I don't know what to expect, step for step," Harper said Oct. 3. "All I can do is make the next step."
Harper kept fighting, but he knew it was getting worse and worse. He had less energy every day. He said it would have been easier to quit, to just stop taking the medicine. He said on Oct. 3 that he was both afraid of death and curious about what the next step would hold.
Fear was not his motivation. He believed he was being tested by God; if he had given up, his standing in the afterlife would have been affected. He also wanted to see his grandchildren as many times as he could.
Friends and family had been what kept Harper alive. His health deteriorated sharply in his final two months. He had to turn back to modern medicine, taking steroids to halt the headaches, which felt like a small hammer pounding on his cranium repeatedly to the beat of an unknown metronome. He thought of his grandchildren as he took those pills — the faces of Hailey, Jeffrey, Garrett, Addison, Brogan, Jordan, and Dominic, ages 4 months to 10 years old.
He died on Monday, more than a year later than any doctor expected.
In February 2011, Harper was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Although he had an affected kidney removed, the cancer spread to his lungs. The doctors at Newton Medical Center gave him three months to live.
Harper fought the disease and he fought his way. Medical science told him there was no hope so he turned to holistic medicine. He started a strict diet and a regimen using 25 different herbs. After six months of that treatment, when his digestive system was flushed and prepared, he felt much better. The cancer moved out of his lungs; he said he did not have so much as a cough. However, he surmised that the cancer was searching for a weak spot, and found it with his brain.
Harper had two brain tumors on the left and right sides of his brain. Their effect was that it destroyed his equilibrium. He couldn't drive a car, fearing he would swerve off the road. He couldn't walk straight without assistance; he could see the path, he told his body to put one foot in front of the other as he had done his entire life, but he wobbled to one direction or another.
There were plenty of things Harper missed, independence being foremost. He was embarrassed that his mother, Sandy Harper, helped him get down his stairs. Even though he took an entire morning to gather strength for the task, he could not descend from his residence without her help.
What Harper tried hard not to miss were the moments to live his life. Over the past year and half, he crossed a few items off a "bucket list." He recently went to Colorado. He couldn't hike but he could see the peaks of valleys of the Rocky Mountains from the frame of a car window; he could smell the fresh mountain air scented with pines. He also went to Las Vegas, Nev., to take in the shock of light and noise of the bustling city. He saw Alan Jackson; armed with backstage passes acquired from one of his friends in Florence, Harper met the country music star.
Although these experiences stand out, Harper kept coming back to the simple joys of being with friends usually out hunting and fishing. Harper had an entire room in his house dedicated to hunting supplies. He intended to go on a turkey hunt Saturday despite his weakened condition.
Again, Harper could only try to do things his way. He was married twice. His second wife collapsed out of the blue on Thanksgiving Day four years ago, dying instantly of a massive stroke at 43 years old. He remembered interrupting about 20 different holiday meals to relay the tragic news. He remembered the scramble to make funeral arrangements.
"It makes you look at life a lot differently," he said.
He made sure no one would have to go through that with his death. Harper had already selected a plot and headstone where he'd be buried. He had also decided he wanted a closed casket because he wants his friends and family to remember who he was — the happy-go-lucky guy with a fishing pole in one hand a beer in the other.
He had planned to have upbeat country songs played, "Red Solo Cup" being one example, because he wanted the event to be a celebration.
"They've got those dates, born this date and died this day. Celebrate the dash," Harper said. "You don't have to mourn at a funeral. Celebrate that guy's existence."


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Sometimes I have these dreams — no one cares to hear anyone else's dreams, but this will just take a sec — about a Latin America that includes us.
It's like that line in a movie, the title of which escapes me now, in which an American character, a Southern California character, says the unexpected thing: "If only we could have been more like Mexico — but we blew it, man."
That takes me back to a train trip from Guadalajara to the States in 1982. My graduate school classmates and I thought we were tired of being south of the border. But with hours between connections, we all chose dinner in Mexicali over Calexico.
I have mostly been away from these Sunday columns on L.A. art, architecture and urban planning these last three months, on book leave, finishing a novel set in Southern California. In one scene I describe two of my characters when they were in elementary school, working on their classic fourth-grade Mission Project: "They had imagined and created a kind of alternate universe at the San Gabriel Mission in the 18th century, in which priests and the native Tongva and the white settlers learned from each other, took note of mutual strengths and weaknesses and created a vineyard culture of grapes they turned into highly valued wine that through direct trade with Europe and the East Coast created a California so economically and politically strong that it never joined the States, never went Protestant, became a maritime mestizo power, like the island world unto its own the early mapmakers had imagined."
So Tuesday night, knowing that Wednesday morning early I was heading for a press conference in downtown Los Angeles at which the Getty Museum's new project LA/LA — as in Los Angeles/Latin America — would be announced, I had another such dream. It was set in an L.A. in which we had not blown it, man, but had created a Southern California that was not only fiscally strong, as the United States is, but spiritually and culturally strong, and close to the natural world, as Mexico and Latin America are, at their best. We weren't, as the Hopi word has it, koyaanisqatsi — living life out of balance. Our lives were instead in balance. We both knew how to make money and how to not let the making of it overtake our lives. Like that scene in an obscure novel by B. Traven, author of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," in which a craftsman in the Mexican jungle says he will charge more per carving, not less, when a Yanqui trader asks him to make them in bulk and then give a discount for volume.
LA/LA was announced in a cool courtyard behind the restaurant Rivera on South Flower Street, reminiscent of the best urban places in Mexico City. Chef John Sedlar's staff served little plates of savory flan topped with mole and pinon nuts. Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke in a Spanish that, if book-learned, was somehow less annoying and in a better accent than that of his predecessor. And the plans the Getty set forth for LA/LA, in a continuation of its Pacific Standard Time project, will seed 40 Southern California institutions from San Diego to Santa Barbara with $5 million in grants for exhibits focusing from the pre-Columbian world to contemporary art in a Latin America that properly includes us. One, set for Pasadena's Armory Center for the Arts, focuses on "renegade" alternative spaces in Mexico in the '90s. Armory Chief Curator Irene Tsatsos told me at the breakfast she's interested in artists there "who weren't in the limelight. The stuff in the margins. The stuff underneath that hasn't been looked at so closely. There was a lot going on there."
LA/LA won't open until September 2017. Lots of time to dream up more Californio culture for future art historians to ponder.
Larry Wilson is a member of the Los Angeles News Group editorial board. firstname.lastname@example.com


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by Dr. Ned Hallowell, Sue Hallowell, Melissa Orlov
Are you more distant from your spouse than youd like to be? Do you sometimes get into big struggles over what amount to mere administrative details? Do you or your spouse waste time screensuckingmindlessly viewing email or surfing the Web? Welcome to the club!
Modern marriage is busy, distracted, and overloaded to extremes, with ever-increasing lists of things to do, superficial electronic connections, and interrupted moments.
Now Edward M. Hallowell, the bestselling co-author of the hugely popular Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction, teams up with his wife, Sue George Hallowell, a couples therapist, to explain the subtle but dangerous toll todays overstretched, undernurtured lifestyle takes on our most intimate relationship. The good news is that there are straightforward and effective ways to maneuver your marriage out of the destructive roadblocks created by the avalanche of busy living. Just thirty minutes of effort a day for thirty days can restore and repair communication and connection, resurrect long-buried happiness and romance, and strengtheneven savea marriage.


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Some of USATF's greatest legends will swap venues at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore., as they take part in the first USATF Legends of the Past Celebrity Basketball Game at Eugene South High School taking place Wednesday, June 27, at 7 p.m.
The game is only one of many special events held off the track in conjunction with the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, including a screening of Starting at the Finish Line: the Coach Buehler Story, which will precede the game at 5 p.m.
Olympic gold medalists scheduled to participate on the men's side include: Charles Austin (1996, high jump), Mike Conley (1992, triple jump), Dan O'Brien (1996, decathlon), Al Joyner (1984, triple jump), Kevin Young (1992 400m hurdles), Quincy Watts (1992, 400m and 4x400 relay), Maurice Greene (2000, 100m and 4x100m relay), Jon Drummond (2000, 4x100m relay) and Harvey Glance (1976, 4x100m relay).
For the women, gold medalists Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1988, heptathlon and long jump; 1992, heptathlon), Inger Miller (1996, 4x100m relay) and Diane Dixon (1984, 4x400m relay) are set to participate.
Scores of world and American-record setters and Olympic medalists are also on tap. The crowd at South Eugene High School will also see Willie Banks, Jeff Hartwig, Henry Marsh, Jack Pierce, Mark Crear, Tonie Campbell, Johnny Gray, Greg Foster, Renaldo Nehemiah, Mike Powell, Sheila Echols-Gross, Lavonna Martin-Floreal, Tonja Buford-Bailey, Sharrieffa Barksdale and Connie Price Smith, among other USATF alumni.
The game will be preceded by a screening of Starting at the Finish Line: the Coach Buehler Story at 5 p.m. Longtime Duke Coach Al Buehler has touched and enriched the lives of thousands of athletes including Olympians Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Carl Lewis. More information about the film can be seen here.
Tickets for the film screening and the game are $15 for lower level, $12 for upper level and all seats are general admission only. Tickets can be purchased here.
Eugene South High School is located at 400 East 19th Avenue Eugene, Ore., 97401. The event will be webcast live on runnerspace.com.


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Banks County schools will be be open on Tuesday after being shut down Monday due to weather conditions. Several inches of snow was reported in Banks County after Sunday's snow storm.
Anyone with snow photos is asked to email them to firstname.lastname@example.com. Some of the photos submitted will be featured on our website and in this week's issue of The Banks County News.
The first day of March brought snow and ice to Banks County. Photo by Justin Poole
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Add New York Jets tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. to the list of players who disapprove of the hit from Houston Texans safety D.J. Swearinger that shredded the knee of Miami Dolphins tight end Dustin Keller.
Winslow, like Dolphins' receiver Brian Hartline, isn't buying Swearinger's reasoning for hitting Keller so low in the first place. Swearinger claims he went low while attempting to tackle Keller because of the league's focus on eliminating blows to the head forced him to alter his angle of attack.
According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, Winslow believes that defenseless players should also be protected from exceptionally low hits as well as blows to head.
"It's just the way he was hit . . . he's defenseless," Winslow said. "I've been thinking about that [type of] hit for years. The guy's defenseless . . . and the [defender] is knifing in at his knees. That's not cool. That hit should be illegal. . . . You shouldn't be knifing in at a guy's knees when they're not able to protect themselves."
While Swearinger may have went lower than necessary when trying to tackle Keller, the concern from defenders about where exactly they're able to contact offensive players is real. If defenders are being told by the league that they have to be the ones to adjust to avoid helmet-to-helmet blows, those players are inherently going to lower their strike point against offensive players.
The injury to Keller was a brutal blow that no player wants to see. There is validity to the thought from Winslow that players diving at the knees of defenseless players is an issue the league should also take a look at in the name of player safety. However, at some point defenders have to be able to make their attempts to stop offensive players as well. It's a tough balancing act the league may have to look at more closely.


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