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As global food insecurity reaches all-time highs, Elanco seeks to be an example of how one company can impact this growing crisis. Today, the company announced its commitment to end hunger for 100,000 families globally through a partnership with Heifer International.
Elanco, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, a leading global pharmaceutical corporation, is also dedicated to helping create a hunger-free community for children around its central Indiana headquarters. Elanco's hunger initiative, with significant funding from the Lilly Foundation, is an extension of Lilly's overall corporate responsibility efforts, which also include: improving the health of undeserved people, improving U.S. public education, supporting people and communities through United Way and similar efforts, and environmental stewardship.
"We believe every person is born with the right to a hopeful future, and the right to be fed," said Jeff Simmons, Elanco president and Senior Vice President of Eli Lilly and Company. "But today, 1 in 6 people globally are hungry. More than 25,000 people die each day from hunger and malnutrition. That's like 60 fully loaded jumbo jets crashing each and every day." As the population grows toward 9 billion at mid-century, the problem of hunger could grow staggeringly.
Through Elanco's partnership with Heifer, they will identify small communities in emerging countries that could substantially benefit from the gift of an animal, as well as training in animal husbandry, health care and other practices. Heifer's sustainable model is built on recipients "Passing of the Gift" of their animal's first female offspring to other community members.
Already Elanco and Heifer have begun work in two communities. Elanco's first project with Heifer began in 2009 in the Lampung province of Indonesia. The five-year project will provide 2,100 families with cattle, ducks, plants and trees. Elanco's 2010 project focused on the Copper Belt region of Zambia and will ultimately assist 6,210 families. In addition to the gifts of animals, Elanco and Heifer are working jointly to establish local milk market outlets, improve production and conservation practices and train animal health workers.
"This partnership involves more than just Elanco the company. It's about the employees, too, and customers, the company's entire network, working with us and with smallholder farmers to help them transform their own lives and futures," said Pierre Ferrari, Heifer's CEO. "We are all responsible for solving hunger, and working together. With our proven holistic model and Elanco's clear passion for farmers and animals, we are showing that we can do this."
Today, Elanco announced its third community in the Hebei province of China, where more than 20 million families live on less than US $1 a day. Emerging economies like China aren't able to deliver the animal protein demands of their consumers. China has a goal of tripling the daily milk intake of their citizens, which will still be less than half of an American's daily intake. Elanco and Heifer will deliver the gifts of livestock and training to 800 families.
Elanco employees have also been inspired by the hunger cause, donating approximately $200,000 (including a Lilly Foundation match for U.S. employees) to Heifer International from their own pockets in just two years.
"As the #1 food animal productivity company globally, our hunger cause complements the work our products do to help farmers deliver a safe, affordable, abundant food supply," Simmons said. "We believe efficiency-enhancing technology in food production is one of the most important ingredients to feeding a growing global population. As companies and citizens, we have a moral obligation to help meet this need."
At the local level, Elanco is helping form the Childhood Hunger Initiative, including donating a full-time senior staff person to help coordinate the effort. The initiative includes creating greater awareness for a summer feeding program and expanding a weekend food backsack program.
To join the dialogue about how to sustainably feed a growing global population, visit http://www.plentytothinkabout.org. A copy of Jeff Simmons' white paper, "Making Safe, Affordable, Abundant Food a Global Reality" is also available on the site.
About Elanco
Elanco is a global innovation-driven company that develops and markets products to improve animal health and food animal production in more than 75 countries. Elanco employs more than 2,400 people worldwide, with offices in more than 40 countries, and is a division of Eli Lilly and Company, a leading global pharmaceutical corporation. Additional information about Elanco is available at http://www.elanco.com.

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What Business Executives Say: Cloud Collaboration Leads to Real Business Results
To help us understand what business executives think about 'the cloud' and the impact of cloud collaboration to their businesses, we asked Forbes Insights to conduct research. In response, Forbes surveyed over 500 senior executives from global companies with sales ranging from $250 million to over $20 billion, and interviewed 15 executives. The study examined the ways business executives increasingly look at cloud collaboration as a way to increase productivity, accelerate business results, and enhance innovation and collaboration across borders and functions. We weren't surprised by the positive response to cloud, but some new and very interesting findings opened our eyes.
The survey results show that cloud-based collaboration acts as a significant enabler of business success which is exactly what our customers tell us on a daily basis. Clouds accelerate the roll-out of collaborative technologies such as voice, video, and conferencing so that companies can improve the efficiency of their decision-making and the quality of their customers' experiences. As clouds and macroeconomic factors increase the speed of business and collaboration, businesses look to clouds as a means to gain a competitive edge.
Executives are maximizing collaboration by using cloud-based technologies with internal teams to extend meetings to include remote participants and virtual teams, enable remote and mobile workers "as if in the office", and incorporate video into meetings. Then they extend that cloud-based collaboration externally so they can also collaborate more effectively with customers, suppliers, and partners to improve their supply chain efficiency and time to market. The ability to collaborate effectively is a key driver of competitive advantage.
Let's take a look at some specific findings:
- Cloud solutions accelerate business results. 64% of respondents say that cloud-based collaboration tools help businesses execute faster than would be possible otherwise. This can shorten time to market, quicken product upgrade cycles, and lead to faster responses to competitive challenges. The figure increases to 82% among "leaders", those business and IT executives responding with significantly greater experience and familiarity with cloud-based collaboration tools and strategies than others in the survey.
- Cloud enhances collaboration across time zones and functional boundaries. 55% of those surveyed and 87% of "leaders" say that capabilities enabled by cloud-based solutions represent a true breakthrough in collaboration. Cloud-based collaboration tools enable a wide array of enhanced capabilities in areas such as communication, information sharing, tapping knowledge resources, and group problem solving.
- Cloud enables more-efficient business processes. 58% of respondent and 90% of "leaders" report that cloud-based collaboration has the potential to improve business processes. Business processes range across the company, including purchasing, manufacturing, marketing, sales and technical support.
- Cloud collaboration spurs innovation. 59% of respondents and 93% of "leaders" agree that cloud-based collaboration stimulates innovation. This is a result that is almost unavoidable as executives and workers are provided new and more effective ways of sharing information with more people both within and outside their organizations to enable new product or service delivery.
- Cloud is not solely an IT discussion. 75% of "leaders" say that non-IT executives are becoming more involved in the selection, implementation, and management processes relating to cloud-based collaboration tools. In short, cloud collaboration is not an IT discussion but a broader business discussion.
I encourage you to dive into the detail of the Forbes Insights' study "Collaborating in the Cloud " now. Consider how cloud collaboration can be an integral part of your company's strategy.
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America's scientific elite and budget-slashing Tea Party Republicans might make for strange bedfellows.
But politics these days are such that the director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on Sand Hill Road recently found herself in Washington, D.C., face to face with Tea Party-backed freshman Congressman Andy Harris of Maryland.
SLAC Director Persis Drell recalled the conversation as "fascinating."
"The guy's a doctor -- he's smart," Drell said in a recent interview in her light-filled office.
"We didn't agree on everything, but it was definitely a fully engaged conversation. He learned about what we do, and we learned about some of his points of view."
Drell, a physicist who has worked at SLAC for a decade, has kept a heavy Washington schedule lately in efforts to preserve funding of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
The office supports a network of scientific research laboratories across the United States, including her own.
As Congress heads toward the brink of a government shutdown, Drell has joined the directors of Lawrence Berkeley, Argonne, Oak Ridge and others on Capitol Hill to pitch the value of basic physical science research to "anyone who will listen."
Hence the conversation with Harris -- and other members on both sides of the aisle.
"We tell them there's a link between technical innovation and economic health for the nation," Drell said.
"We acknowledge that budget prioritization has to be done and that science can't be exempted from that kind of scrutiny.
"But there are areas of science that are essential to future innovation in this country."
A spending bill approved by the House last month -- though certain to be rejected by the Senate and the White House would spark substantial cuts at SLAC, forcing a "shut-down of most operating facilities," according to a document supplied by California Congressional Democrats.
Drell recently told SLAC's 1,500 staff members that explaining the role of the national labs to Congress "is my most important job now, and I am doing it with all the energy I possess.
"I will not keep news from you, good or bad," she promised.
It was a homecoming of sorts when Persis Drell moved into the SLAC director's office three years ago.
The daughter of Stanford University physicist Sidney Drell who was involved at high levels from SLAC's earliest days the younger Drell in many ways had grown up with the lab's sprawling hillside campus.
She was 7 years old when ground was broken for the 2-mile linear accelerator for particle physics research referred to at the time as "the monster coming out of the hills."
"Imagine what a child does with an idea like that," she laughed.
One of her early memories was of her father standing in the family's Stanford-campus home with SLAC's first director, Wolfgang "Pief" Panofsky, in deep discussion about "the monster."
She recalls her father taking her to watch archeologists remove bones after SLAC construction workers in 1964 unearthed a fossil skeleton of a marine mammal.
A replica of the creature, known as a paleoparadoxia, discovered in sediments deposited 15 million years ago, is on display in the SLAC Visitor Center.
But what Persis Drell most recalls about SLAC from her childhood were the outsized personalities at her parents' dinner table.
"I'd sit in a dark corner of the living room hoping not to be sent to bed so I could just listen to the conversation. I really had no interest in the content, just the people" physicists such as Panofsky, Burton Richter, Richard Taylor, Martin Perl, Richard Feynman, most of them Nobel Prize winners.
"In the early days a lot of them were coming here because the science was so great."
Drell felt insulted when she was "tracked low in math" as a seventh-grader at what was then Terman Junior High School and set out on a short and successful mission to prove the teachers wrong.
At Gunn High School, she loved Latin and excelled in math contests but claims to have been "appallingly bad" at physics.
"It's a disincentive in many ways to have a parent in the field," she said.
"I'd come home with homework. My father would want to explain it and I'd just want to know the answer to 5c."
But nudged by her father and inspired by a professor, Drell changed her mind as an undergraduate at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
"I walked into modern physics taught by Phyllis Fleming, and I fell in love," she said.
"I then took every course Phyllis Fleming offered in the department and ended up a double major in math and physics.
"She (Fleming) was just transformational."
In 2009, Drell was among those who delivered the eulogies at Fleming's memorial service.
While at Wellesley, Drell also took undergraduate physics courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and went on to earn a doctorate in atomic physics from the University of California at Berkeley.
After 14 years on the physics faculty of Cornell University, Drell returned to California in 2002 to become the research director at SLAC.
SLAC's 426-acre campus is dotted with eucalyptus and oaks, trailers, parking lots and '60s-era office buildings -- all surrounding the 2-mile-long "monster" klystron gallery that runs beneath Interstate Highway 280.
The specialized microwave klystrons in the gallery power the accelerator, buried more than 30 feet below.
In the Control Center -- a darkened room containing dozens of monitors -- technicians and physicists remotely operate all the machines running at SLAC at any given time.
"This is where you come to move magnets around, turn the accelerator on or off," explained Daniel Ratner, a physics doctoral candidate and SLAC tour guide.
"Users can call and say, 'I want more power, or shorter pulses,' or whatever they need for their experiment."
Except for regular maintenance, the machines operate around the clock with projects from staff scientists or some 3,000 visiting scientists who come through each year.
SLAC experiments with particle colliders through the 1970s yielded the discovery of new fundamental particles including the psi, charm quark and tau lepton, leading to the so-called Standard Model of Particle Physics and Nobel prizes for several of the physicists who had gathered around the Drells' dining-room table at Stanford.
But the lab was forced to re-invent itself in the following decades when the frontier of particle physics moved to newer machines at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, near Geneva.
SLAC projects began shifting toward the use of intense light beams to analyze the structure of matter.
And around 2000, "particle physics got a huge surprise," Drell said, with data from the study of distant supernova out of UC Berkeley and Harvard University.
"It forced us to accept that we'd just spent 40 years studying 4 percent of the universe and that 96 percent was made of forms of matter and energy that we still to this day don't know what they are," Drell said.
"We have an incredibly detailed understanding of the 4 percent -- quarks, leptons, the Standard Model -- and over 90 percent is made up of dark matter and dark energy, and we don't really know what those are."
In response, SLAC has repurposed old equipment and become a multi-program lab, with the powerful free-electron laser Linac Coherent Light Source; multiple projects in astrophysics and participation in CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
Part of the original accelerator, which a half-century ago probed the nucleon and discovered quarks, is now used for studying the structure of matter using the beams of a free-electron laser.
In 2008, SLAC turned off the last accelerator specifically dedicated to studying fundamental particles.
"For the people who were here in the '70s when we were the center of the universe in particle physics, that's been a hard transition," Drell said.
On the upside, she said, the early performance of the free-electron laser, which went online in 2009, has exceeded expectations.
"It's a tribute to the accelerator scientists here, and a lot of luck," she said.
Experiments using SLAC's X-ray sources continue to translate to a variety of applications, particularly in medicine.
Using light sources to determine the structure of a virus, scientists can design an anti-viral drug to neutralize it or make it inactive. SLAC projects also have helped determine the structure of the ribosome.
"It goes from that kind of science to things like, for example, using the X-rays to study the coating on the Army's night-vision goggles to keep it from peeling off," Drell said.
"But the most common uses are in the areas of biopharmaceuticals and drug discovery, using the X-ray source to understand the structure of proteins."
In particle physics, the applications to daily life are less direct, though Drell notes that the particle physics community was an initial developer of the World Wide Web because of the need for collaboration with global counterparts.
"The accelerators we've developed to study particle physics have found their way into medical treatment, whether proton therapy or heavy ion therapy, a cutting-edge cancer treatment," she noted.
"Actual particle physics itself doesn't make a better light bulb.
"But we all feel that studying things like what the universe is made of, at its most basic and fundamental level, is something we ought to be doing, because these are great questions."


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Family, friends, co-workers and law enforcement personnel from around the state filled Mead Chapel Monday morning for Addison County Sheriff James Coons' memorial service. Coons died on April 16.
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Peacocks as pets?
The whole reason for the selfsufficientish website was to offer a place where anyone can ask, HOW DO I...? So who knows why it has taken us so long to have a HOW DO I? section, but here it is. So if you want to know how to do anything selfsufficientish then here is the place to ask.
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Peacocks as pets?
Does anyone have any experience having peacocks on their land? No, I don't want to eat them. Just wondering about the pro's and con's of having as "pets"
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Can't help I'm afraid, but I would never keep them as I detest the noise they make.
Disclaimer: I almost certainly haven't a clue what I'm talking about.
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Re: Peacocks as pets?
Someone was asking me this the other day and I can only tell what little I know. Someone must have dumped 5 of them one day and they started moving up and down a very long road, I had a pet food shop at the time and people started coming in to get food for the peacocks. They sat on the roofs of houses and when they fancied it came down to eat some of the lovely food people had bought them, eat all the plants in the garden, the males do the shrieking call, and then they would take off to the next house and sit on the roof there for a few days. The only places you really see them are stately homes where they can wander the premises, so if you have plenty of land for them they are quite interesting to have around, but if you have neighbours and gardens, probably not such a great idea
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Lived on a farm when I was small that had them. There was plenty of space for them, very attractive but my they were very loud and then some in a punk fashion. There was no farm garden there so no damage done and they did make an excellent early warning system with regards to visitors of all sorts. The adult population of the farm had various expletives to describe them so I don't think they were universally loved ...
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Okay, sounds like I might give them a miss then :)
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ISPRS 2003 Photoclinometry Made Simple...?
We describe a series of programs and scripts under development for the USGS digital cartography and image processing software system ISIS that will make it possible for users to create digital elevation models with single-pixel resolution from images of interest. The key program is an implementation of the two-dimensional photoclinometry (shape-from-shading) algorithm of Kirk (1987) with a graphical user interface designed to reduce the difficulty of operation substantially. Supporting programs and scripts can be used to estimate the surface and atmospheric photometric parameters used in the photoclinometric model, in order to maximize the quantitative accuracy of the results.
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text: 1973 Centurion convertible the cruise never worked when I bought the car so I finally decided to tackle this issue. My speedometer works perfectly so the cables should be fine. The transducer looks clean inside and rotates freely it appears to be fine. The vacuum actuator seems the likely suspect to me. I put vacuum directly on it and it does move but not enough to move the throttle. So I think this part may be the problem. But I can't seem to find one anywhere. Any Ideas? I did not want to spend $300 on an after market cruise control kit just gonna see if I can find the vacuum actuator 1st.


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Wow is all I can say about this young girl who is graduating this year. She is beautiful, poised, talented (check out the skating shots), confident, smart, articulate..well I could go on and on. I feel so lucky to have been asked to photograph this special time in her life. We had so much fun and I am so excited to share the rest of the images with C. Thank you for a fun day, the rest of your gallery is on its way C.! You are amazing!
To see more images from C.'s senior session check out the latest slideshow on Lisa Slotsve Photography Facebook page.


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The 500 Rule (aka 450 Rule) from Using Insulin and the Pocket Pancreas is a great way to estimate how many grams of carbohydrate will be covered by one unit of Humalog or Novolog insulin. This is your insulin to carb ratio or your carb factor. Once you know this, you can count the grams of carb in the food you want to eat and divide by your carb factor to find how many units of bolus insulin are needed to cover the carbs. This allows flexibility in your food choices because any number of carbs can be covered with a matching dose of insulin.
The 500 Rule used to determine your carb factor depends on accurately knowing your TDD. As with basal doses, an accurate carb factor can be determined only after you've calculated an accurate TDD for yourself.
The 500 Rule:
- estimates grams of carb per unit of Humalog or Novolog insulins (the 450 Rule is used with Regular insulin)
- 500 divided by your TDD (Total Daily Dose of insulin) = grams of carb covered by one unit of Humalog or Novolog
- Lets you keep your post meal readings normal!
Someone's TDD = 50 units (i.e., the total amount of say Humalog and Lente insulins they used per day).
500/50 = 10 grams of carbohydrate covered by each unit of Humalog insulin
TDD = all fast insulin taken before meals, plus all long-acting insulin used in a day. If Humalog is used everyday to correct high readings, this may also need to be factored into the TDD. For instance, if someone's TDD is "30 units" (5 H before each meal, plus 15 Lantus at bedtime), but they need 8 to 12 units more almost every day to bring down highs, at least some of this 8 to 12 units will need to be factored into a new TDD.
Caution: The 500 Rule will be most accurate for those who make no insulin of their own and receive 50% to 60% of their TDD as basal insulin. It works best for those who are using a basal/bolus approach. For others, such as those who use two injections a day with the morning basal insulin covering carbs at lunch, the 500 Rule works only as a rough guide for matching carbohydrate.
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Caution: This Rule works best for those with Type 1 diabetes who have no insulin production. With Type 2 diabetes, there is usually extra internal insulin production plus resistance to insulin. Although these factors make it harder to know the exact "total insulin" (injected plus internally produced), the result is that insulin doses may be underestimated in Type 2, giving lower doses than actually needed.
A good control program uses blood sugar tests in an organized way to adjust insulin doses. With your physician's help, long-acting insulin doses are first matched to your background insulin need. This keeps the blood sugar level while fasting. Then the table can be used to estimate how many grams of carbohydrate will be covered by each unit of Humalog or Regular insulin. When someone is using Multiple Daily Injections (MDI) or an insulin pump, the 500 Rule provides a good guide to how much Humalog or Novolog is needed to match carbohydrates.
For those who are not using MDI but who take fast insulin for breakfast and dinner, the Rule can be used as a rough guide to match the carbohydrate in these meals. But here, it's accuracy isn't as great as with true MDI, because some long-acting insulin is actually covering some of the meal carbohydrates.


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It's astounding how many sweaters my dear friend Taylor has with elbow holes. It wasn't until I spotted her plinking away at a computer keyboard that I realized the cause… she's a leaner, a focused leaner. The more she focuses, the more she leans, and the more she leans, the more worn her wares become. She most definitely puts her sweaters to work.
These Knit Elbow Patches were developed with Taylor in mind, out of love and necessity. To knit up these Patches I used two strands of Purl Soho's brilliantly colored, 100% merino Line Weight, and to sew them onto the offending elbows, I used a single strand of the same. These super simple shapes feature little details that make them work: short row for a tailor-made shape and edges that perfectly hide sewn stitches.
Are you or is someone you know a leaner? Help protect those elbows. Or maybe you didn't score that sweet sweater you asked for from Santa? Revitalize your old, holey favorites! These Knit Elbow Patches are my solution (and my New Year's resolution). Happy mending! -Laura
To make 1 pair of Elbow Patches:
- 65 (98, 130) yards of Purl Soho's Line Weight, 100% merino. 1 skein will make 7 (5, 4) pairs.
- A US #4 straight or circular needles
- Straight pins (for securing patch before sewing it on garment)
- A ball point needle or fine tapestry needle (for sewing patches to garment)
6 1/2 stitches and 12 rows = 1 inch in garter stitch, with yarn doubled
Small (Medium, Large)
- 3 (3 1/2 , 4) inches wide by 4 1/2 (5 1/4 , 6) inches long
The curved ends of the patches are formed using Short Row shaping. For more information on Short Rows, see our tutorial here.
wrp-t (wrap and turn): Keeping the yarn in back, slip the next stitch purlwise from the left needle to the right needle. Bring the yarn forward as if to purl. Return the stitch from the right needle back to the left needle. Turn the work. NOTE: Because the short rows are worked in garter stitch in this pattern, you do not have to pick up the wraps; simply ignore the wraps when you come to them.
With yarn doubled, cast on 19 (23, 27) stitches.
Row 1 (right side): Knit.
Row 2: Purl.
Rows 3 and 4: Knit.
Shape the First Curve
NOTE: If a " – " appears in place of a number for your size, omit this row.
Starting with a right side row…
Next Two Rows: Knit to last – ( – , 10) stitches, wrap and turn (wrp-t).
Next Two Rows: Knit to last – (8 , 8) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Two Rows: Knit to last 6 (6, 6) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Two Rows: Knit to last 4 (4, 4) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Two Row: Knit to last 2 (2, 2) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Row: Knit to end of row.
Work Body of Patch
Work in garter stitch, knitting each row, until piece measures 3 1/2 (4, 4 1/2) inches from center of rolled cast on edge (or when you have approximately 21 [24, 27] "ridges" [1 ridge = 2 rows]), ending with a wrong side row.
Shape the Second Curve
NOTE: If a " – " appears in place of a number for your size, omit this row.
Starting with a right side row…
Next Two Rows: Knit to last 2 (2, 2) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Two Rows: Knit to last 4 (4, 4) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Two Rows: Knit to last 6 (6, 6) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Two Rows: Knit to last – (8 , 8) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Two Rows: Knit to last – ( – , 10) stitches, wrp-t.
Next Three Rows: Knit.
Next Row (wrong side): Purl
Next Row: Knit.
Bind off knitwise.
Weave in you ends and block as desired.
Sew On the Elbow Patch
Place the patch over the hole-ridden elbow area of your sweater.
Use straight pins to secure patch in place.
With a ball point needle or tapestry needle threaded with single strand of yarn, sew the patch to your sweater. Here's how…
Along the vertical edges, use a whip-stitch, bringing the needle from the back of the garment to the front of the patch, coming out between two garter stitch ridges. Take one stitch between each ridge.
Along the curved edges, use a running stitch. Bring the needle from the front of the patch through to the back of the garment, then bring the needle up through the garment and patch approximately 1 knit stitch from where you last went in.
Continue to bring the needle from front to back and back to front at 1-knit-stitch increments all along the stockinette stitches. Once you've completed the curved edge, the edge will roll back up, hiding the stitches.


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Fall is here in a big way, so it's time to bust out some seriously seasonal recipes! These new creations are so good, they almost need a theme song. But we don't make music; we make guilt-free food. So think of a song that reminds you of fall, and hum it while you read...
1/8th of recipe (1 slice): 67 calories, 1g total fat (0.5g sat fat) 332mg sodium, 8g carbs, 2g fiber, 3.5g sugars, 6g protein --PointsPlus® value 2* -- SmartPoints® value 1* Who says pumpkin is only for desserts? Serve this with dinner or as part of a light lunch -- YUM!
Ingredients: 1 cup chopped sweet onion 1 cup chopped mushrooms 2 cups chopped spinach leaves 4 wedges The Laughing Cow Light Creamy Swiss cheese, room temperature One 15-oz. can pure pumpkin (like the kind by Libby's) 1 1/4 cups fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original) 2 tsp. chopped garlic 1/2 tsp. each salt and black pepper 1/8 tsp. chili powder Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9" pie pan with nonstick spray and set aside. Bring a large skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium-high heat on the stove. Add onion and, stirring occasionally, cook until softened and slightly browned, about 6 minutes. Transfer cooked onion to a large bowl and set aside. Remove skillet from heat. If needed, wash and dry. Spray with nonstick spray and return to medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and, stirring occasionally, cook until softened and lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Add spinach and cook until wilted and excess moisture has evaporated, about 2 more minutes. Transfer mushroom-spinach mixture to the large bowl. Add cheese wedges, breaking them into pieces as you add them. Mix thoroughly, until cheese has melted and is evenly distributed. Add all remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix well. Evenly transfer mixture to the pie pan. Bake in the oven until firm and lightly browned on top, about 1 hour. Allow to slightly cool. Cut into 8 slices and enjoy! MAKES 8 SERVINGS
1/4th of recipe (1 fish fillet with sauce): 251 calories, 5g total fat (1g sat fat), 305mg sodium, 20g carbs, 1.5g fiber, 5g sugars, 26.5g protein -- PointsPlus® value 6* -- SmartPoints® value 6* Cranberries give this recipe some autumnal zing. (Pssst... Autumnal zing can also be found in chilly October wind and the sound of leaves crunching under your feet...) Ingredients: Fish 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs 2 tbsp. whole-wheat flour 2 tbsp. slivered almonds, roughly chopped 1/8 tsp. each garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and black pepper 1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original) Four 4-oz. raw tilapia fillets Sauce 3/4 cup cranberries, thawed from frozen 1/4 cup orange juice 1/4 cup honey Dijon mustard (like the kind by French's) 1 tsp. granulated white sugar Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray and set aside. In a sealable plastic bag or container, combine breadcrumbs, flour, almonds, and seasonings. Seal and shake to mix. Transfer mixture to a plate, evenly spreading it out, and set aside. Place egg substitute in a shallow bowl, and set aside as well. Make sure tilapia fillets are as dry as possible. (Blot with paper towels.) Place a fillet in egg substitute and flip to coat. Gently shake to remove excess egg substitute, and then transfer to the crumb mixture. Flip to evenly coat with crumbs, and place on the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining fillets, placing them evenly spaced on the sheet. Bake in the oven until fish is cooked through and edges have lightly browned, 12 - 15 minutes. Meanwhile, to make the sauce, bring a small nonstick pot to medium-high heat on the stove. Add cranberries and orange juice, and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to low. Stirring occasionally, let simmer until cranberries are somewhat shriveled, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to slightly cool. Transfer to a small blender or food processor, and add all other sauce ingredients. Pulse until smooth. Just before serving, evenly spoon sauce over the fish, about 2 tbsp. per fillet, or serve on the side. Enjoy! MAKES 4 SERVINGS
1/8th of recipe (1 softie): 126 calories, 2g total fat (0.5g sat fat) 93mg sodium, 25.5g carbs, 3g fiber, 11g sugars, 3g protein --PointsPlus® value 3* -- SmartPoints® value 5* Soft cookie-like treats, fresh from the oven... and they DON'T have a bazillion calories?! We're getting into the fall spirit as we speak, er, type...
Ingredients: 1 cup canned pure pumpkin (like the kind by Libby's) 1/4 cup brown sugar (not packed) 2 tbsp. granulated white sugar 2 tbsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown) 2 tbsp. fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original) 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/8 tsp. salt 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats 1/4 cup raisins (not packed), chopped Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine pumpkin, brown sugar, white sugar, butter, egg substitute, and vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly with a wire whisk or fork. Add flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt, and thoroughly stir until smooth. Add oats and chopped raisins (make sure raisins don't stick together), and stir until evenly dispersed. Spoon batter onto the baking sheet in 8 evenly spaced mounds. Use the back of a spoon to spread and flatten batter into circles about 3 inches wide. Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a "softie" comes out clean, 12 - 15 minutes. Allow to cool and then enjoy! MAKES 8 SERVINGS
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FRESNO – Giumarra Vineyards, one of the largest growers of table grapes in the United States, will settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The company agreed to comprehensive and sweeping changes of company procedures in dealing with discrimination and retaliation, affecting up to 3,000 employees and to expend a total of $350,000 to resolve EEOC's case.
The settlement resolves a federal lawsuit filed by the EEOC against Giumarra Vineyards in 2010 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (EEOC v. Giumarra Vineyards Corporation, et al, Case No. 1:09-cv-02255). The EEOC alleged that a 17-year-old female migrant worker was sexually harassed and others were subjected to retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The claimants in the case are Tarascan (otherwise known as P'urhépecha) and Zapotec which are indigenous groups in Mexico, a minority among the farmworker community who worked at Giumarra's facility in Edison, Calif.
As part of the widespread preventive measures, Giumarra agreed to devote part of the settlement to train its work force, including hiring a third-party trainer to conduct training on sexual harassment and retaliation for thousands of its migrant farmworkers, other employees and incoming new staff regarding sexual harassment and retaliation in languages that the employees understand. Management and human resources officials will also be trained annually and receive additional training on how to appropriately handle such complaints.
Among the other comprehensive changes, Giumarra agreed to implement changes to revamp its anti-discrimination policies and complaint procedures dealing with sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. The policies and procedures will also be available in languages that the employees understand. Giumarra also agreed to develop a centralized tracking system and to hire a human resources professional to effectively handle complaints of discrimination. A notice will also be posted throughout the company regarding the resolution. The EEOC will monitor compliance of the consent decree over the three-year period.
"We commend Giumarra Vineyards for setting a new standard in the way sexual harassment and retaliation complaints from migrant farmworkers are handled by growers," said Anna Y. Park, regional attorney for the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office, which includes the central valley of California in its jurisdiction. "The tremendous undertaking of training a vast number of migrant farmworkers by a prominent grower like Giumarra Vineyards is a groundbreaking endeavor. We hope that with this sweeping resolution, the agricultural industry begins to self-regulate in rooting out the pervasive problems we continue to see in that industry."
Melissa Barrios, director for the EEOC's Fresno Local Office, which services Kern County, added, "We encourage all workers to report sexual harassment and retaliation with the EEOC. We truly hope that other growers take Giumarra's lead in taking seriously the pervasive problem of sexual harassment and retaliation that migrant farmworkers continue to face."
Suguet Lopez, executive director for Líderes Campesinas, a non-profit organization in California devoted to servicing farmworker women, stated, "Too many young women suffer in silence due to rampant sexual harassment in the fields. For real change to happen, we need the growers to take a stand against sexual harassment in the workplace and offer education to workers on their rights to offset further abuses. We are encouraged by the news that such a major company will conduct the necessary training on such a large scale. We also commend the EEOC for championing these efforts in the migrant farmworker community."
According to its website, Calif.-based Giumarra is a family-run company that employs up to 3,000 people. Aside from cultivating 25 varieties of table grapes, Giumarra is an international network of fresh produce growers, distributors and marketers, sourcing produce from apples to zucchini internationally.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Bicycle Parking
DOT's CityRacks provide free sidewalk bicycle parking racks throughout the five boroughs. CityRacks are a convenience for the entire cycling community. Also, the availability of CityRacks parking discourages cyclists from parking at mailboxes, parking meters, trees, and other sidewalk structures. Report a damaged rack online. Download the CityRacks location data
Suggest Locations for new CityRacks
You can suggest a location for a new CityRack using this online form. Please note that because of the great interest in this program, DOT cannot respond for each suggestion. Bulk requests from Business Improvement Districts, civic associations, Schools or other groups of community members are encouraged and will be prioritized. DOT has standard guidelines for where bike racks can be cited.
- All racks at the curb must be installed by NYC Department of Transportation, no exception.
- The Hoop rack is not for sale to the public due to Intellectual Property Rights. The Hoop rack is exclusively designed for NYCDOT.
- The double Loop or the waive rack has been discontinued.
CityRacks Locations
Bike Corrals
Bike corrals are rows of CityRacks installed in the curbside lane of the street instead of on the sidewalk. This design is a great solution for places where demand for bicycle parking outstrips the available sidewalk space. Anyone can request a bike corral but every bike corral needs a maintenance partner to keep the bike corral clear of snow and debris. Learn more about bike corrals, including how to apply for one
Sheltered Bike Parking
DOT, in coordination with our Coordinated Street Furniture vendor, Cemusa, has installed bicycle parking shelters around the City. Each shelter contains stainless steel bike racks for eight bikes. The design closely resembles the award-winning Bus Shelter, using the same high-quality materials. Panels on the shelters display the annual NYC Cycling Map and other bicycle promotional materials. Visit DOT's Data Feeds page to download shelter locations
Indoor Bike Parking
Bikes in Buildings
The City's Bikes in Buildings law provides a process for tenants of commercial office buildings with a freight elevator to request bicycle access to their workspaces. Learn more about Bikes in Buildings
Bike Parking at Garages and Parking Lots
According to New York City Administrative Code section 20-327.1, parking garages or lots that accommodate 100 or more vehicles must provide parking for bicycles. The garage must provide a way to secure bikes, such as racks or poles, as well as devices, like locks and chains, with which to secure them. Garages must be equipped to park at least one bicycle for every ten automobile parking spaces, up to twenty bikes. Garages or lots cannot refuse to provide parking for a bicycle unless as long as the garage has room. If you believe that you have been treated unfairly when attempting to park a bike at a garage or lot, let the Department of Consumer Affairs know.
Indoor Bike Parking for City Employees
These indoor lots are available free of charge for all City employees. Cyclists must show their City ID and provide their own locks. Bikes and locks must be removed at the end of the workday.
- 280 Broadway, Manhattan, corner of Broadway and Chambers Street (in the atrium behind the elevators, enter on Broadway)
- 100 Gold Street, Manhattan, between Spruce and Frankfort Streets (first floor, north side, enter on Frankfort Street)
- 125 Worth Street, Manhattan, between Lafayette and Centre Streets (first floor, west side, enter on Centre Street)
David Byrne Bike Racks
As part of DOT Art, David Byrne, musician, artist and biking enthusiast, designed nine new bikes racks which were fabricated by his gallery, PaceWildenstein. DOT installed these clever and innovative racks which add add attractive art to the City's streets. The racks were installed under the City's temporary public art program, but the City's Design Commission recently voted to allow these racks to remain permanently. The bike racks are installed at eight locations in Manhattan and one in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These additions to New York's streets are eye-catching and original, but are constructed with durable material similar to that used in our current bike racks. NYC & Co. has developed a mini-guide to the rack locations.


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The biggest game of the NFL season was slipping away from the San Francisco 49ers. Their 28-point lead evaporated in the blink of an eye, and their tired defense looked stunned.
And then the 49ers responded like champions.
They survived a furious New England Patriots rally to win 41-34 in the most memorable NFL game since the "Fail Mary." The 49ers' calm and toughness with the walls crumbling down around them on the road makes this victory even more impressive than a blowout would have been.
The Patriots' fourth touchdown during an 18-minute span tied the score at 31 with 6:45 left. What happened next was the definitive stretch of the 49ers' season:
1. LaMichael James' long kickoff return, followed by a Michael Crabtree 38-yard touchdown catch: They came on successive plays. Now that's how you respond. James' return was the play of the game. (Colin Kaepernick played a smart, clean game while throwing four touchdown passes. The Alex Smith talk can stop now.)
2. The 49ers sack Tom Brady twice on the ensuing drive: Dormant for much of the second half, the 49ers' pass rush should have been gassed. The Patriots ran an incredible 92 plays on the night. Instead, San Francisco's pass rush exploded when it needed to.
3. The 49ers' defense forces the Patriots to turn over the ball on downs on their next possession: San Francisco's pass coverage was excellent most of the night. The 49ers (10-3-1) now have a much easier path to the NFC West title and a playoff bye.
These were two championship-level teams that took turns knocking each other around the ring. The Patriots' near comeback made the night memorable, but the 49ers' response was the stuff of Lombardi trophies.
"It's just an amazing feeling," Kaepernick told NFL.com's Albert Breer. "Tom Brady is someone I've always watched, someone I've always admired. So to come out here and get this win really means a lot."
No matter what situation the 49ers face the rest of the way, they rightly will believe they can pull through.
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Brett King is an Amazon best-selling author, a well-known industry commentator, a speaker, the host of the Breaking Banks radio show and the founder of the revolutionary mobile-based banking service Moven.
For almost a decade now you have been talking about the "branchless bank." Depending on the research you read, some consumers express a preference for the personal contact with their branch. Do you still think we're seeing the end of branches, and if so, what would you recommend for banks dealing with such a massive change?
Today we see many major banks in the United States, the United Kingdom and throughout much of Europe shedding branch infrastructure rapidly. Why?
It's critical to look at actual consumer behavior, and not surveys that ask "would you still like to use a branch" or similar. In 1995 the average retail banking customer in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Norway and Germany visited a bank branch 25+ times a year—in 2015 that number was less than one visit a year, and it's still declining, faster than ever before. Sean Park from Anthemis uses the illustration that banks using branches are like Wile E. Coyote from the Road Runner cartoon—they've just run off a cliff, but many haven't yet realized they're 1,000 feet up in the air with nothing below them.
While all branches won't disappear, banks that rely on the branch for revenue and engagement will absolutely disappear. It's simply a problem of economics—the cost of an individual branch and the level of engagement the channel produces, proves most branches are no longer viable. The loss of branch engagement we see is not a branch design problem, it's a customer behavior problem. So redesigning branches isn't a solution.
The key to adapting to this changing customer behavior is really about changing your approach to customer engagement. For every product or service the bank offers, it will have to be redesigned to be delivered in real-time via digital in the near-term. That means if currently you require a wet signature and a face-to-face interaction to acquire a customer, then you are going to find it very difficult to adapt, and your business is at risk.
I would stay start with some new metrics. Look to increasing engagement with the brand on digital, and then look at the effectiveness of your digital channels to deliver both revenue and relationship metrics.
If that is the case, what about the human factor? What about the role advisors like financial planners, account managers and private bankers play in building relationships with customers? Can digital really take the place of human advisors?
There are two problems with assuming that you need humans to have a relationship with your customers. Firstly, outside of the financial services space, we see plenty of brands whose primary relationship with customers is built on technology—Amazon, Netflix, Facebook, Google and even the primary day-to-day relationship Apple has is via technology.
Secondly, artificial intelligence and advice is being built into our day-to-day banking experience, which provides much higher quality personalized advice than we could ever get with humans.
There are a number of reasons why humans won't be able to compete with AI in respect to advice. In Augmented, my new book, I identify the following reasons:
Big data and information asymmetry. An AI will simply have access to much more data, and will be able to synthesize it faster than any human could. It's why Google's self-driving cars are 10x safer than humans, and why IBM Watson is twice as good at diagnosing cancer as the best human doctors. We just can't compete with AI on data synthesis.
The best advice is real-time, contextual. Like Fitbit and other sensor-based fitness and healthcare technology, financial advice needs to be responsive to changes as they occur: A spike in your spending that will change your ability to save for an important event; an emerging change in the market that will affect your investment. Much of this is time-sensitive and humans in the chain just slow us down.
Machines will be better at learning about us. Sensors, data mapping, heuristics, pattern recognition, deep learning and other capabilities mean that a machine or AI that you enable will know so much more about you than a human advisor ever could. This counts for areas like healthcare even more than banking. But think about your relationship manager from your bank—if you see them once a year, how well do they really know you? It's not even close to what AI will be able to do.
Clearly there is acceleration in investment in Fintech. We hear a lot about banks needing to partner with these disruptive companies. How do you see this playing out over the next 5 years?
Fintech companies raised $21 billion in investment last year, but that was up from $12 billion in 2014, and $3.6 billion in 2013. In January of 2016 we saw more than $7 billion in investment alone, so there's no sign that things are slowing.
The key function Fintechs are playing in our economy is revolutionizing the experience that customers get via digital. The reality is that banks have really shown a distinct lack of ambition and creativity when it comes to digital engagement. We see the same products that are offered through a physical branch being repacked without so much as rebranding or repositioning, we see sign-up processes barely modified for an online experience and we see compliance processes groaning under the pressure, or just road-blocking digital completely.
Fintechs on the other hand, are trying every combination of different approaches that you can imagine, much of it that banks reject out-of-hand as unreasonable, or only possible because Fintechs are not yet regulated properly, but I think that's largely an excuse for inaction.
If I use Moven as an example, we've got an app architecture that is radically different from any app you'd get from your bank. You can sign up in two minutes (that's opening a bank account), with no signature, and our home screen, features and notifications coach you to save money. This required not only a very different compliance and risk approach, but also a fundamental rethink of the way a smart bank account can have a place in a consumer's life. After four years, we're now seeing many of the incumbent banks attempting to copy elements of our capabilities, but the issue is that banks are not the ones doing this sort of innovation.
My firm belief is that banks will co-opt this creative and experience design capability of Fintechs as this gap becomes even more glaringly obvious. Ron Shevlin recently tweeted out this gem: (Retweet it)
There's definitely some truth in that.
One area where Fintechs are really going to hurt banks though, is acquisition and revenue. Banks that still require signatures on a piece of paper to onboard a customer should be very, very nervous right now. Fintechs are built to deliver every product imaginable in real-time, without a signature.
Like Fintech, the blockchain is another disruptive technology not only in banking, but beyond. Can you share your thoughts on the value of blockchain and when you think we'll really start seeing its impact?
As we move to value stores aligned with the Internet of Things, Agency and Voice Commerce and Personal AIs in our smartphones, the current link between identity and a value store will break. There's not a single area I can think of that is going to be so devastating to both banks and regulators in such a short period of time. The only practical way to handle this change in the way we treat identity and the way we digitize assets, is the blockchain right now.
I use the example, in my book Augmented, of an autonomous vehicle in 2025 that is owned as part of the sharing economy by, say, a dozen different owners, or through some subscription service. The self-driving car drops its owners at their workspace in the morning, but then has a few hours where it logs on to Uber as an autonomous vehicle, driving for them. It then has to go to a public parking facility where it charges via a wireless charging unit and has to pay for access to that electricity. Inside that self-driving vehicle is a wallet that enables it to make all those transactions, to pay road taxes, tolls, earn an income from Uber, etc.
If you are a bank, you would still be working out which of the shared owners you need to KYC (know your customer) to open that wallet!
As we start using artificial intelligence in the advisory space, particularly in the fields of accounting, law, credit management, etc., then all of our assets and contracts will need to have a digital equivalent that is managed in cyberspace. That must have a shared ledger capability that allows secure portability of assets and constructs. Basically anything we currently do on paper that establishes bona fides will have to move to a secure, distributed ledger to work in the future Augmented world.
We'd be remiss if we didn't talk about your new book, Augmented: Life In The Smart Lane, where you examine four key disruptive themes: Artificial Intelligence, Experience Design, Smart Infrastructure and HealthTech. As a "book on future history," how do you predict these disruptions play out in the banking industry?
Augmented is a departure from the world of banking for me as an author, but one that really became necessary as I started to think about the magnitude of changes the industry is going to face over the next two decades. If you think Fintech, smartphones and the Internet have been disruptive, just wait till you get a load of the Augmented age!
Let me take the example of HealthTech to illustrate. In just three years' time, you'll be able to wear a $50 sensor or a $300 smartwatch that will monitor your heart health and be able to accurately predict the likelihood of a heart attack many weeks and months out. Think about the impact of this.
Firstly, that smartwatch might eliminate a major cardiac attack event, which will not only save you or your insurer upwards of $90,000 in health costs in a country like the United States, but might dramatically change your treatment options. If we catch a change in heart health early enough, we don't send you to a doctor, we send you to a nutritionist to change your diet. What would a health insurer pay for this reduced risk profile in a customer?
The real shift of banks and financial institutions is around experience, however. Within just a few years, technology like Amazon Echo or Siri, embedded in our phones, will have a great deal more intelligence than it has today. With Amazon Echo you can simply ask Alexa today to reorder a previous item you've ordered through Amazon, but in five years Alexa, Siri and Cortana will be able to book airline tickets, hotels, reserve a restaurant, pay a bill and much more. Within 10 years, more than 70 percent of our personal commerce will be handled by an "agent" built into our smartphone, smart car or smart home—and we won't be using a credit card or signature for any of those transactions.
If you are a bank and you don't have a strong API around delivering your data to these service layers, you will simply not be part of the ecosystem. When a customer walks into a store, they won't pull out their credit card to make a transaction next decade, they'll just receive a credit offer. A customer will ask Siri what their account balance is and whether they can afford to buy that new iPhone 12. If you aren't integrated at that level, you become irrelevant almost immediately.
The "bank" will be embedded in experiences in devices and interfaces built into the world around us. If you expect a customer to stop their life to come to a bank, then you're going to be amongst the first victims of this shift. The future of banking is all about responding to a customer when and where they need help, not creating friction, reinforcing products through multi-channel architecture or "owning a customer." Payments, value stores, credit and advice will all be repacked for a contextual world. We're the last generation that will use the terms credit card, mortgage, savings account, overdraft and mutual fund.


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Obama: Deficit deal must end tax breaks for wealthy
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that any deficit reduction deal with Republicans has to include ending some tax breaks for the wealthy, and he urged lawmakers of both parties to "stay here until we get it done."
"You can't reduce the deficit to the levels that it needs to be reduced without having some revenue in the mix," a feisty, sometimes defensive Obama said at his first formal news conference since March.
"And the revenue we're talking about isn't coming out of the pockets of middle-class families that are struggling," he explained. "It's coming out of folks who are doing extraordinarily well..."
Obama had a message for those people: "You'll still be able to ride on your corporate jet. You're just going to pay a little more."
Obama was optimistic that a deal could be reached. The federal deficit is expected to reach $1.5 trillion this fiscal year and total about $7 trillion over the next decade. Obama is aiming to save $4 trillion over 10 to 12 years.
"I think we can actually bridge our differences," the president said. "Call me naive, but my expectation is that leaders are going to lead."
Republicans have balked at the idea of higher taxes, though some have signaled a willingness to curb certain breaks, such as ethanol subsidies, as long as they're couched as closing loopholes.
After the news conference, House Speaker John Boehner fired back.
"The president is sorely mistaken if he believes a bill to raise the debt ceiling and raise taxes would pass the House. The votes simply aren't there — and they aren't going to be there, because the American people know tax hikes destroy jobs," Boehner said.
Obama signaled a growing impatience with such rhetoric and defended himself against Republican charges that he hasn't shown leadership on the debt issue.
"They're in one week. They're out one week," he said of Congress. "And then they're saying, 'Obama's got to step in.' You need to be here. I've been here."
Negotiators had aimed to get a tentative deal done by the end of this week, a prospect that now seems unlikely. The Senate is scheduled to leave Thursday and not return until July 11. The House of Representatives began a recess last Friday and returns on July 6.
Obama's wide-ranging, hour-long press conference was his first since the U.S. military mission in Libya began about three months ago.
While he was adamant that the Libya mission was proceeding as he planned, the public is divided over his handling of the operation, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. The poll found that 44 percent of registered voters approved of Obama's action and 40 percent disapproved.
The poll of 801 registered voters was taken June 15-23. Margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
"We have done exactly what I said we would do," Obama said about the Libya mission.
He also had warm praise for New York's decision last week to legalize same-sex marriage. Obama has said in the past that his own position was "evolving," and on Wednesday he praised New York for how it handled the issue — without endorsing the outcome.
Obama said of the debate, "It was contentious, it was emotional but ultimately they made a decision to recognize civil marriages. And I think that's exactly how things should work."
The Obama administration and Congress have struggled for weeks to find a way to reduce deficits. An agreement would be attached to an increase in the debt limit. Unless that limit, which currently stands at $14.3 trillion, is raised by August 2, the government risks default, which is likely to trigger economic chaos.
Last week, the talks chaired by Vice President Joe Biden ended when the two congressional Republican participants quit, citing Democrats' refusal to take tax increases off the table. Republican leaders insisted that Obama get personally involved.
Since then he has become more engaged, meeting Monday with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Wednesday with Senate Democratic leaders.
Obama called on Congress to act more like his two daughters, who he said do their homework well in advance.
"They don't wait 'til the night before," he said. "They're not pulling all-nighters."
As deficits, debt soar, Obama, Congress fail to confront them
Poll: Obama is losing public's confidence on economy
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If the Chiefs are looking for starters to rest this weekend, they might want to start with wide receiver Dwayne Bowe.
Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star reports that Bowe will be listed on Thursday's injury report with a concussion. Bowe was not on Wednesday's injury report at all, which indicates the concussion was something he's suffered this week.
With just a few days before Sunday, it would be hard for Bowe to receive the necessary clearances to play against the Chargers. With the Chiefs locked into the No. 5 seed for the playoffs and Bowe locked in as the team's top receiver, there wouldn't seem to be much reason to push for that clearance now when the Chiefs need Bowe much more next week.
Linebacker Tamba Hali missed his second practice of the week because of a knee injury, which moves him into the unlikely to play category as well. Linebacker Justin Houston, who has missed the last four games with an elbow injury, has been practicing fully this week.


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Bulldogs Blank Stony Brook 1-0
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Rudy Meredith has his Yale women's soccer team playing a more defensive style this fall. Still, he knows he will still need offense. That's where Melissa Gavin comes in.
Gavin's goal at 16:04 was all Yale needed to open the 2013 season with an impressive 1-0 victory over Stony Brook on an unusually chilly late summer night at Reese Stadium.
"I'm very pleased with our performance," Meredith said between handing out smoothies to his team following the game. "To post a shutout against a team that had scored [12] goals is a good way to start."
The Seawolves, who suffered their first loss of the season, were playing their fifth game of the season.
Gavin's goal came when she worked a nifty give-and-go with Frannie Coxe. Gavin, the 2011 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, took the return feed from Coxe and fired a shot inside the near post. It was a play that the team had been practicing all week.
"It was a great finish and a great combination," Meredith said.
Yale won it season opener for the fifth straight year.
The Bulldogs got a scare in the pregame warmup when captain Shannon McSweeney suffered an injury that forced her to be removed from the starting lineup. Freshman Katie Fletcher took her place and responded well.
"Katie really stepped up and played great," Meredith said.
Fortunately for the Bulldogs, McSweeney was okay and was able to enter the game midway through the first half.
The Bulldogs had the better of the play for much of the first half, but the Seawolves (3-1-1) were in control in the second half, outshooting Yale 12-3.
"We bent but didn't break," Meredith said.
Goalkeeper Rachel Ames was a big reason why. She made a pair of diving stops in the second half to keep Stony Brook off the board. She finished with four saves overall.
Ames is coming off a summer in which she was selected as the Women's Premier Soccer League's Southern Conference Goalkeeper of the Year while playing for Alabama FC.
"She's come in very prepared because of how much she's played," Meredith said. "She's game ready."
The Bulldogs are back in action on Sunday when they play at UMass Lowell at 2 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, UC Berkeley School of LawJim Dempsey is Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) at the UC Berkeley law school. Prior to joining BCLT, Dempsey was at the Center for Democracy & Technology, serving in a variety of roles, including Executive Director from 2003 to 2005. In 2010, he launched Digital Due Process, a coalition working to update the standards for government access to communications in criminal investigations. Dempsey is also a part time member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent federal agency charged with oversight and advisory roles regarding the privacy and civil liberties impact of counterterrorism programs.
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You may call mini marshmallows food, but we call them ammunition! Our Make: Marshmallow kit from the Maker Shed includes two shooters; one for you, and one for a friend. They assemble quickly and easily for so you can start shooting as fast as possible. Instructions are included, but you'll have to bring your own marshmallows!
Parents – Did you know this kit doesn't require any tools, glue, or special materials to build it? All you need is some mini-marshmallow ammo and a little bit of time. We cut all the parts for you! Just slip the components together, and get to work imaging up different games of skill, competitions, and targets. This makes for a great party activity too!
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The only thing I found surprising is that the nasty little creatures described do not hail from Australia. I thought Oz had the market cornered on stinging, dangerous vermin. I guess since these bugs aren't actually bearing lethal poison they're not up to Australia's standards: too tame.
So instead of scarring yourself for life by reading that terrible post, go over to Archie McPhee's and buy yourself some authentic Uncle Oinker's Gummy Bacon instead. You know you want some.


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So it's the end of beauty tool week!
How did you guys do with the guessing? I believe about 3 people got 6/7 items but the ones that seem to stump people the most was the ear cleaner and the fringe clip.
Some of the tools are just stupid, like the nose clip. For it to make any difference at all it would have to be worn everyday for an hour or so and it would stop making a difference instantly if you stopped using it.
I'm all for innovation though, why not!
Hope you all enjoyed it too 🙂


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February 03, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- UCLA Anderson School of Management Dean Judy Olian today announced a second $2 million gift from Jim Easton, Chairman and CEO of Jas. D. Easton, Inc., on the heels of Mr. Easton's recent $2 million gift to build a state-of-the-art classroom. The second gift will be used to establish the Easton Technology Leadership Program, which will focus on the specific managerial and leadership needs of students with engineering and/or technical backgrounds.
"Beyond his extraordinary philanthropic legacy, Jim has collaborated with our faculty to develop an important program that addresses a real void in management education for technologically focused students at UCLA Anderson, said Olian. "We're especially indebted to Jim for his vision and leadership at the school."
The Easton Technology Leadership Program will offer innovative elective courses and case studies that prepare MBA graduates to succeed in diverse technical environments. The program will draw heavily upon the expertise of faculty in operations and technology management, as well as upon seasoned industry professionals who will bring their experiences into the classroom. Adjunct faculty with industry backgrounds will both teach in the program and assist in its design.
Read the article in the Daily Bruin.
"In my experience in my company's design and manufacturing of high performance sports equipment, I have seen a need for leaders in our research, development, engineering and manufacturing areas who not only possess a knowledge in sports equipment function and an ability to create innovative products, but who also possess strong skills in team management, communication and negotiation." said Easton. "I'm confident that UCLA Anderson offers the best combination of outstanding faculty and students for this unique and comprehensive program to be a success."
"Mr. Easton's exceptional gift to create the Easton Technology Leadership Program enables the faculty in Decisions, Operations and Technology Management (DOTM), together with others at UCLA Anderson, to delve further into the study of leadership and entrepreneurship in engineering, manufacturing and technology companies," said Charles Corbett, professor and area chair for DOTM, and the Joseph J. Jacobs Term Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies. "We are deeply grateful for his commitment to the school -- a gift that is even more valuable in these difficult financial times."
Easton received his B.S. in engineering from UCLA in 1959. He has been a member of UCLA Anderson's Board of Visitors since 1988 and a generous benefactor to both the school and the university. In recognition of his generosity, he was named one of the founding members of Entrepreneur's Hall at UCLA Anderson in 2005.
About Jas. D. Easton, Inc.
The Easton Sports subsidiary of Jas. D. Easton, Inc. was merged with Riddell, Bell and Giro companies under the Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. name and ownership in 2006. The combined companies are the leader in their respective core products -- Easton baseball and softball bats, ice hockey sticks and cycling components, Riddell football helmets and Bell and Giro ski and cycling helmets.
Jas. D. Easton, Inc. is the world's largest archery company and owns three major companies in the archery market: Easton Technical Products -- arrows, snow shoes and structural frame tubing for mountaineering tents; Hoyt Archery -- recurve and compound bows; Delta Sports -- targets.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the leading business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty members are advancing management thinking through innovative research and teaching. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,700 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 36,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson prepares global leaders.


text: I was born in a small market town called Wolsingham in Weardale, County Durham where I spent my early childhood. The wonderful memories I have of carefree days paddling in the nearby river (so pretty!) and watching the world go by are still so vivid – it's like I was there yesterday! I didn't realise at the time how much my fascination for nature and wildlife would shape my life as a person and an artist. Taking my fond memories with me, I moved to Nottingham where I spent the rest of my childhood days. Through my imagination and sketches, I found a way of escaping all the hustle and bustle of the city so I could tread the path of nature once again. It wasn't until recent years that I truly found that my artwork is not just brush strokes on a piece of paper, it is who I am and what I share with you. It is only within the last few years that I have discovered the joy of painting with various mediums including; oil, acrylic and pastel. I also like to experiment with different materials to create texture within my artwork. I love to paint many different subjects in a contemporary style.


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Sept. 24, 2011
BOSTON, MA- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth cross country team ran well at the Codfish Bowl at Franklin Park Saturday.
The women finished ninth in a field of 24 teams with 251 points, while the men were 17th of 24 teams with 512 points.
Junior Courtney Testa (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton HS) led the women, finishing 33rd in 20:04 for the 5000 meter race. Senior Meaghan Bohigian (Barre, MA/Quabbin Regional HS) was 49th in 20:26, and freshman Samantha Roderigues (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) was 53rd in 20:30. Freshman Katie Sheehan (Scituate, MA/Scituate HS), senior Stacey Dybel (Littleton, MA/Notre Dame Academy), freshman Samantha Hurley (Agawam, MA/Agawam HS), senior Megan Oliveira (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) was 136th in 21:17, freshman Carolyn Cornell (Abington, MA/Cardinal Spellman HS) and freshman Renee Laurencelle (Tyngsboro, MA/Tyngsboro HS) followed for the women, but their times and exact places were unavailable due to problems with the results.
For the men, freshman Ben Girard (Manchester, MA/Manchester Essex HS) was 71st in 28:37 over the five mile course. Freshman Eric Karstunen (Pembroke, MA/Pembroke HS) was 87th in 29:22, freshman Scott Bernazzani (Abington, MA/Cardinal Spellman HS) was 11th in 30:57, freshman Paul Solem (Stoughton, MA/Stoughton HS) was 119th in 31:29, and freshman Matt Ferro (Halifax, MA/Silver Lake HS) was 122nd in 31:31.
"Our women ran well, Courtney Testa had a good race, Meaghan Bohigian bounced back from last week, and Samantha Roderigues ran the race of the day," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jon Hird. "Samantha was 54 seconds behind Courtney last week, and 26 seconds behind her today. Our other freshmen also ran well, as did Stacey Dybel. In the men's race, we pulled our team back the first two miles because it was humid, and the conditions weren't great, and then we gave them the green light. Ben really did open it up, he ran well, particularly over the last two miles. Eric had a good race, and Scott also had some left in the tank. For most of our men, it's their third cross country race ever. We've completed the first portion of our season in pretty good shape."
The Corsairs will return to action when they visit the James Early Invitational at Westfield State in two weeks.


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Introducing Lexus Enform, an intuitive, innovative system designed to make you feel more connected and informed in a range of ways.
Search for a nearby restaurant from the comfort of your vehicle, or call for roadside assistance in a moment of need. This is a glimpse into what lies at your fingertips 24/7 with Lexus Enform.
Presently available in selected models, Lexus Enform utilises compatible iPhone® or Android™ smartphones2 and can be accessed on the multimedia display via the Lexus Remote Touch controller.
Lexus Enform's Destination Download4 app allows you to send locations to your vehicle from the convenience of your home, office or compatible smartphone2. You'll save time because you'll know exactly where to go once you get in your vehicle.
Appearance and operation may vary slightly by model.
Imagine you're in another city and you want to find a nearby restaurant. The Lexus Enform Local Search4 app allows you to choose from a selection of local restaurants. It also provides you with the ability to call the restaurant and make reservations before you arrive.
Appearance and operation may vary slightly by model.
When the fuel gauge is heading for 'E' think 'Enform' and let the Fuel Finder6 app help you locate a nearby service station. With prices updated daily, you can search for a range of fuel types and brands by price or distance. So you're spoilt for choice and will never be left stranded3.
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The forecast for informed motoring is fine as the Lexus Enform Weather app is your link to weather forecasts direct from the Bureau of Meteorology3.
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Lexus Enform can put you in touch with the 24 hour Enform Call Centre, or DriveCare (roadside assistance) services at the touch of a button3. Enform Concierge is a helpful app that initiates swift response to all manner of enquiries or needs.
Appearance and operation may vary slightly by model.
By bookmarking locations and preferred routes, the Travel Times8 app can suggest the quickest route to frequently used destinations like home or work, taking into account up-to-date traffic congestion.
Appearance and operation may vary slightly by model.
If you require further assistance using the Enform service, you can contact the Lexus customer assistance centre on 1800 023 009.
Enform services rely on data from the driver's compatible mobile phone and information provided by third parties.
Availability is dependent on a number of factors, including the availability of third party information, mobile service, sufficient mobile data allowance and GPS satellite signal reception.
Mobile usage is at the user's cost.
Lexus Australia reserves the right to add, remove or modify applications.
Compatibility with smartphones will vary according to model and operating system. Further information (including smartphone compatibility) is provided at www.lexus.com.au/enform/about .
All images are indicative only - final appearance may vary.
2. Lexus Enform is free for the duration of your new car warranty. Further information is provided at www.lexus.com.au/enform/about .
3. Destination Download and Local Search operate from information provided by TomTom and may not be accurate or cover all areas. Navigation is available in certain vehicle models and grades only.
4. Destination Assist may be provided without charge for an initial trial period of one month or ten free uses after initial activation, whichever expires first. Upon expiry of the trial period a fee of $2.97 (including GST) will be charged by Lexus Australia per use. User credit card details are required for use. Terms and conditions apply. Destination Assist is available in certain vehicle models and grades only. Further information is provided at www.lexus.com.au/enform/about .
5. Fuel Finder is typically updated twice daily and may not be accurate. Some areas, fuel types and fuel providers may not be covered by Fuel Finder.
7. Travel Times draws traffic information from the SUNATM Traffic information service. SUNA GPS™ Live Traffic Updates are only available across the major metropolitan areas of QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA and NT and may not cover all road incidents, congestion or tolls. See sunatraffic.com.au for details. Travel Times does not provide route guidance functionality. The recommended route may include toll charges.
8. Availability is dependent on a number of factors, including mobile service, sufficient mobile data allowance and signal reception. Mobile usage is at the user's cost.
9. iPhone® and iOS® are trade marks of Apple, Inc. Android is a trade mark of Google Inc. Samsung, Galaxy and Nexus are trade marks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd and/or its related entities. Xperia is a trade mark of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.


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What is the best second stage for very cold diving?:
I need to upgrade my regulator to minimize the risk of free flow in very cold (fresh) water. I have a Conshelf/Sea first stage for which I can have an environmental seal added. One local expert suggested that regulator technology hasn't really advanced much over the past 30 years, so the best solution for the second stage would be to get an old metal US Diver one. These are supposed to have superior heat sink characteristics compared to modern second stages.
Someone else said I should stay away from old metal second stages - they are hard to find parts for, have no Venturi adjustment, and are just not as nice to breathe from as newer equipment. He said I should make sure to get a balanced second stage with heat sink features.
Does anyone have an opinion on this question?
John McCracken


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Katherine Sullivan of the HopeCollege art faculty has been awarded a fellowship for a one-month artist's residency by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA).
Katherine Sullivan of the HopeCollege art faculty has been awarded a fellowship for a one-month artist's residency by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA).
The VCCA is located near Sweet Briar College in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in rural Virginia. Sullivan, who is an assistant professor of art at Hope, will be among approximately 20 fellows focusing on their own creative projects during a working retreat in December for visual artists, writers and composers.
The residency includes a private bedroom, private studio and three prepared meals per day. Beyond meal times, there are no schedules or obligations, providing the artists with the opportunity to focus on their work.
Sullivan's emphasis as both an artist and teacher is painting and drawing. During the residency she plans to continue work on a series of paintings and prints addressing issues of torture and violence.
The residency is Sullivan's third in the past two years. In 2006, she was awarded artist's residencies in painting by both the Vermont Studio Center in Johnstown and Cooper Union in New York City.
Her work has been featured in a variety of solo exhibitions, including most recently at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, where she is also serving as an invited lecturer; the Handwerker Gallery of Ithaca College in New York; and the Gebben Gray Gallery in Fennville.
She has taught at Hope since 2003. The gallery of the college's De Pree Art Center featured her work in an exhibition in 2004, and she has also collaborated with the college's department of dance on a variety of projects during her time at Hope.
Sullivan received her BFA from the University of Michigan, and in 2001 received her MFA in painting and drawing from Boston University, where she was a recipient of the Richard Ryan Memorial Award. She has done additional study at the Chautauqua Institute, the New York Studio School and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Serving more than 300 artists a year and more than 3,000 since its inception, the VCCA is one of the nation's largest year-round artist's communities. The VCCA's residencies provide time and space in which to work for artists from all disciplines, including visual artists, writers, composers, performance artists, filmmakers, collaborating artists and those whose work crosses disciplines. VCCA Fellows have received worldwide attention through publications, exhibitions, compositions, performances, and major awards and accolades, including MacArthur grants, Pulitzer Prizes, Guggenheim fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts awards, Rome Prizes, Pollock-Krasner grants, National Book Awards, Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, and Academy Award nominations.
A non-profit organization founded in 1971, the VCCA is supported in large part by grants and private donations. More information is available online at www.vcca.com.


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Skydiving in the adrenaline capital of the world
One of the most amazing experiences of my life.
A visit to the adrenaline capital of the world is not complete until you jump out of a plane from 15,000ft. Skydiving in Queenstown offers spectacular views of Lake Wakatipu and The Remarkables mountain range and there is no better way than to check out the stunning scenery from above. The customer service at NZONE is exceptional, they make you feel safe and comfortable and really prepare you for what's to come.
The whole experience is exciting, I started getting pumped the minute I boarded the airplane. It took 10-15 minutes to get up to jump altitude and my heart started pounding as the door opened and strong winds filled the cabin. My instructor cautiously manoeuvred us into the doorway until my feet hung over and then in a single moment I leapt into the sky. When you begin to accelerate you can reach terminal velocity of up to 200km/h and can last for up to 60 seconds. After the chute deploys the instructor controls the glide down to the landing area and that's when the experience starts to sink in.
Describing the experience is simple but the truth is there is no way to explain what it feels like to skydive, but it is one of the most liberating things you can do. I instantly became addicted to that feeling and wanted to jump again straight after.Getting out of your comfort zone is what life is all about so you must experience it for yourself and add it to your ultimate bucket list.


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Adam Berkwitt, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director, Pediatric Short Stay Unit; Pediatric Hospitalist
Departments & Organizations
Pediatrics: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Pediatric Hospitalist Program | Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Yale Medicine
Office of Cooperative Research
ADAM BERKWITT, MD, is a Pediatric Hospitalist at the York Street Campus of Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. He is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, and currently serves as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Short Stay Unit. He graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency in Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, where he later served as a Pediatric Chief Resident. Dr. Berkwitt's areas of interest include: family centered care, medical education, and quality improvement research and projects.
Education & Training
|University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2007)
|Hamilton College (2003)
|Yale-New Haven Hospital
|Yale-New Haven Hospital


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One of the things that kept me busy this month was working on a short story for the Machine of Death 2 Contest that closed on July 15th (of course, I got my submission in on the 14th). I have to say, I really do love the premise of The Machine of Death, and had a blast coming up with ideas that would fit into the MOD universe. You can check my story out by following the link below, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!
Read my MOD 2 Submission – Alzheimer's (3,100 words)
Also, seriously check the first book out! There's even a free pdf version, so you really don't have any excuse not to, do you?


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If you've never seen "The Late Show," well, you should.
It's not a great movie but it's more than solid–plus it looks great–and there are worse things you can do than watch Art Carney and Lily Tomlin.
Here's Roger Ebert's review. The movie was directed by Robert Benton and produced by Robert Altman. Come to think of it, "The Late Show" would make a sweet double feature paired with "The Long Goodbye."


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Krissy Clark is the senior correspondent for Marketplace's Wealth & Poverty Desk, where she helps make sense of some of the most fundamental shifts happening in the U.S. economy, including the growth of the low-wage service sector and the shrinking of middle-wage, middle-class jobs. Krissy tracks the widening gap between rich and poor in the U.S. and what it means for economic mobility in America.
Some of Krissy's favorite stories involve getting people from different parts of the economy to talk to each other. She has prompted conversations between a Silicon Valley CEO and a worker whose job he wanted to automate, brought two economists who disagreed about the effects of raising the minimum wage to Taco Bell for a debate, and set up a virtual "confessional booth" for people to reveal their financial safety nets. Krissy's reporting has taken her to abandoned factories in Flint, Michigan; the post-tornado ruins of Moore, Oklahoma; and the epicenter of the foreclosure crisis in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Before joining Marketplace, Krissy was the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for KQED public radio's California Report. She has been a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, BBC Radio, Freakonomics and StoryCorps.
Krissy's stories and documentaries have won awards from Scripps-Howard, PRNDI, NFCB, an Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal of Honor, and First Prize in Investigative Reporting from the National Awards for Education Reporting. Krissy was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Journalists Under 35, and a finalist for a Third Coast Award for Best News Feature.
She is a frequent public speaker and has given talks at Google, Stanford University, the University of Kansas, Web 2.0, the Conference on World Affairs, and the Aspen Institute.
In 2009, Krissy won a Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford to spend a year experimenting with location-aware technologies as tools for storytelling. She is the founder of storieseverywhere.org, a location-based, trans-media storytelling project whose audio installations have been exhibited by The New Museum in NYC and San Francisco's Gray Area Foundation for the Arts.
Krissy graduated cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in The Humanities. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and likes to read maps.
Twitter: kristianiaclark


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The bear lumbers towards you, huge and menacing. As she approaches, you see that she is limping: her fur is matted with blood where a demon's cruel magics harmed her flesh. A greenish glow fills the glade as you channel healing energies from the thriving forest around you. As the grateful beast trundles happily into the forest, you turn your darkening eyes towards the sky. Mighty storm clouds form where a blue sky spread only moments before. By your hand, the denizens of nature will have their vengeance.