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WSJ's Douglas Blackmon is moving to the University of Virginia's Miller Center and WaPo. He will chair of the university's Forum Program. Come March he will become a contributing editor at WaPo, focusing on national coverage of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Blackmon won the 2009 Pulitzer for nonfiction for Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. He is co-executive producer of a documentary film based on the book, which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this month and will air on PBS on Feb. 13. Directed by filmmaker Sam Pollard, the film was made with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Kellogg Foundation, and corporate sponsors.
Blackmon's start in journalism… Blackmon joined WSJ in 1995 as a reporter in Atlanta. Prior to joining the Journal, Blackmon was a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he covered race and politics in Atlanta. Previously, he was a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat in 1986-1987 and co-owner and managing editor of the Daily Record from 1987 to 1989, both in Little Rock, Ark.
Raised in Leland, Miss., Blackmon penned his first newspaper story for the weekly Leland Progress at age 12. He received his degree in English from Hendrix College in Conway, Ark.


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With the latest apps easily downloadable nowadays to enhance your dull photographs, who needs a photo lab? Photo editing websites extend simple to mid-level editing tools you could easily access. Low-cost software has advanced and practical tools for easy image editing, too. From website editors to installable software, you could now shoot, edit and share photographs in a dash. The following are leading sites and software shortlisted for your creative photo editing:
1. Photo Express
If you are a fan of digital photos enhanced in Photoshop but has poor skills to utilize its tools and effects, Photo Express is the open-source image editor for you. This is a web-based photo sharing, editing and hosting platform. You could create an account from Photo Express and use its basic editing tools. It has typical crop, rotate and color adjustments customs. Filters such as Soft Focus and Sketch could be great deals, too.
2. Pixl-o-matic
A three-step photo editor for newbies is how this image editor works. You could get filters, secondary effects and frames for a sassy photograph. It works for speedy revamp and filter of your image. You could shoot, edit and save images in a three-step dash.
3. BeFunky
… and witty with this online editing site. It has easy, useful and creative editing tools which have gained commendable reviews online. It is also clean from watermarks, ads and obligatory tools you might find annoying. No fuss editing is BeFunky prides itself with.
4. PicMonkey
If you want to get unique ways to overhaul your plain photo, you could get simple to advanced tools from this free online editor. They have groovy overlays, frames and even cloning effect! It has the real deal on editing magic you could find hard to see elsewhere.
5. Pixlr
f you want progressive editing practice, you could get Open Pixlr editor, Open Pixlr express and Pixlr-o-matic (as mentioned above). This online editing platform has repackaged editing, adjusting and filtering into a whole new convenient click and mix editor.
6. PiZap
Who could have missed this funky, witty and awesome sticker-filled photo editor? Unlike what others know, this has more than photo sticker and collage frames to entice you. PiZap also features sets of custom text speech bubbles and other painting program suitable to your lippy taste.
7. PaintShop Pro XS
You can jumpstart your photo editing practice with a new level of paid software with PaintShop Pro XS. This is one of the paid software you could get utmost value of your expense. Advanced editing tools and effects could be utilized in minimum knowledge requirement. If you have basic knowledge and full-grown enthusiasm, you could get to this photo imaging editor anytime.
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From layer effects, export optimizer, special effects and other photo enhancement tools, Serif PhotoPlus could get you to optimum enhancement in a cheap price! People upgrades to full version to utilize better features and specs from this image editor.
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Try advanced levels of masking, vector, multiple layers and other bitmap-based drawing tools with Pixia, thus is one of the freeware editors you could get comfortable hooking your pictures with!
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Finally, the list would not be complete without everyone's favorite image Editing Software, Adobe Photoshop. Although this may be considered more of a Pro Editing tool, starters can still enjoy its basic features to make their images stand out.
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The purpose of the Candida diet is to limit drastically the foods you eat that promote the growth of yeast in your body. By adhering to a strict diet, you gradually kill off Candida overgrowth and restore normal flora. This relieves your symptoms and protects you from future yeast infections.
Certain foods are thought to feed Candida and support its growth and survival in your body. These could be foods you crave such as refined carbohydrates, sweets, junk food and white bread. These foods are also nutritionally deficient and prepared with added chemicals and preservatives, so they are unhealthy options for your health and longevity.
Sugar should be eliminated as much as possible on a Candida diet. Sugar not only provides fuel for Candida, it also weakens your immune system so your body has a more difficult time fighting the infection. All types of sugar are problematic, so you should always read product labels to look for hidden sugar in the food you eat. Eliminate processed sweets such as cake, cookies, candy and donuts. Strictly limit fruit and avoid alcohol. Sugar, honey, fructose, agave, syrup and lactose should be avoided when trying to rid your body of Candida.
Fresh and dried fruit are rich in natural sugars so you should limit them when on this restricted diet. Certain vegetables such as potatoes, yams, peas and carrots should also be limited until your Candida is under control. Also, consider eliminating or limiting gluten in your diet. Many people are gluten sensitive, which stresses the immune system. It is also best to avoid additives as much as possible. One way to do that is to avoid eating packaged and processed food.
The Candida diet is rich in healthy whole foods that are good for you too. This includes vegetables such as avocados, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, greens, seaweed, garlic and onions. These vegetables are low in sugar so when you eat them you cut off the food supply for the Candida overgrowth. In addition, these foods help transport dying fungus from your body. Yogurt, kefir and other foods rich in probiotics are great to eat when you have Candida. These promote the growth of helpful bacteria in your gut so Candida is crowded out.
Meat is allowed on this diet as long as it is fresh and not processed as with lunchmeat. Fresh nuts are good too as long as you are careful not to eat old varieties that may harbor mold. In addition to avoiding high sugar foods, you should also avoid foods known to be susceptible to mold growth such as peanuts.
The Candida diet may be difficult to adjust to at first, especially if you eat a lot of sweets and junk food. By sticking to the diet, you will have more energy and likely lose weight too. This type of diet is very healthy since you eat mostly organic fresh produce and meats. Once your Candida is under control, you can gradually reintroduce some of your favorite fruits and other foods, but for optimum health and prevention of yeast infections, it is best to control your daily intake of all types of sugar.
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I really wanted to go to SXSW, but the badge price was a bit pricey for me, so I decided to volunteer. I was lucky enough to volunteer with the interactive crew, and the team I was on, was awesome (I was most interested in seeing the interactive portion). One thing I ended up realizing is that it was too hard to see the panels I was interested in, if I was working (will keep that in mind for next year).
This year they had SXSW EDU, which from what I understand was mostly for teachers and administrators. I found some of the talks quite fascinating, specially with everything going on with school funding etc. Great ideas for merging technology with teaching, I hope they try at least a portion of those ideas. Then I worked the meet up rooms, which were a big hit. A great idea for networking with like minded people in whatever topic you were interested in.
I got to listen to a few panels (that day job just gets in the way! 🙂 ) But I definitely want to catch more panels next year. I was able to sit in and listen to the keynote speaker one day (Seth Priebatsch) and was blown away.
The parties were something else! You could just walk a few steps and there was free alcohol! But having a badge is almost a must for that! (To get into the good parties anyway). I actually met and spoke with people more during the parties than anywhere else, so it was a great networking opportunity! Also RSVP for parties EARLY! I found Do512 had the best listing of parties (official and unofficial).
Here's just a few photos. Most were done with my EVO phone, the one day I took my camera I could not get into a party! 🙁


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More than 200 million gallons of contaminated waste water reportedly leaked into one of Florida's main underground sources of drinking water after a massive sinkhole opened up beneath a phosphate fertilizer facility.
The leaked water is enough to fill more than 300 Olympic swimming pools.
The sinkhole, which is about 14 meters in diameter, collapsed beneath a pile of waste material called a "gypsum stack" at Mosaic Co., the world's largest supplier of phosphate.
Sitting on top of the stack was a storage pond containing phosphogypsum, which is a radioactive by-product resulting from the production of phosphate.
The sinkhole is believed to reach down to the Floridian aquifer — an underground system of porous rocks that holds water that is one of the state's main sources of drinking water.
The company said it was monitoring groundwater and there was no risk to the public as the leak had not reached private water supplies. They have also increased monitoring and sampling of groundwater and found no offsite impact.
But environmental groups are warning that damage from the sinkhole could be severe, and would add to decades of pollution caused by the phosphorous fertilizer industry.
"It's hard to trust them when they say 'don't worry,' when they've been keeping it secret for three weeks," said Jacki Lopez, Florida director of the Center for Biological Diversity, noting there was nearly a three-week gap between detecting the sinkhole and reporting it to the public.
Environmental and health groups are concerned about the release of harmful chemical substances — including uranium, radium and radon gas.
"We don't know what the long-term effects will be," Lopez explained, adding that contaminants can potentially travel hundreds of miles if they reach the aquifer, which extends from central Florida to Georgia.
"If I were living in this area, and I had well water, I would be worried about my health," she concluded.
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text: Hello everyone! I am Rachel in NW AR, and I'm addicted to poultry. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My parents had a 30,000-bird commercial broiler farm when I was a kid. They gave that up and focused on beef (thankfully!). We kept the last few birds the catch-crew missed, had them for years, and discovered you could have broilers reach 20+ pounds and still breed. I don't get it either, but I don't understand a lot that happened in the 80's and 90's. We've had lots of breeds from the little old lady across the street and used to show LOTS of birds in the county fairs. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I live in the city, so 3. Had 4, but one didn't make it through the first snow. (3) What breeds do you have? Splash cochin bantams. They started laying about 2 weeks ago. On my parent's farm I also have 3 banty roos, a mixed tom turkey, and a small flock of EE & dark cornish crosses. (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Google. I was looking up coop plans for my venture into urban poultry. Ended up retro-fitting a shipping crate, but still glad I found this place! (5) What are some of your other hobbies? I knit, sew, cook, read, bicycle, make wine, and garden. (6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share. I live with my beau and our three cats. I grew up on a mixed-use farm. Over the years we've had chickens, cows, ducks, horses, turkeys, guineas, peafowl, donkeys, pigs, rabbits, sheep, cats, dogs, a lovebird, anoles, and various fish. Lucky me, DH always wanted to live on a farm. Going to college has only solidified my Barnheart, so as soon as we're able, we'll be making our living from the farm. Thanks for reading. I look forward to the fun times and lessons learned in this community!


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Knight Ridder Swung to a Profit In 4th Quarter; Outlook Cautious
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Knight Ridder Inc. swung to a fourth-quarter profit even as revenue dropped 16% amid a weak advertising environment.
The company also issued a cautious outlook for the first quarter, citing this week's bankruptcy-protection filing by discount retailer Kmart Corp., a big advertiser with newspapers.
Knight Ridder, which publishes the Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald and 30 other daily newspapers, Friday...


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Every teenager longs for that moment when they can finally take hold of their glossy, new license. The inevitably awkward photo is of no importance—what matters is the freedom that comes with the responsibility of driving. The problem is that some teens don't fully feel the weight of that responsibility. Help your new driver to embrace the seriousness of their time on the road by enforcing these rules, recommended by us at Rex Perry Hyundai.
No Peer Passengers
The key to good teen driver safety is avoiding distractions. While carpooling with friends may be one of the most exciting images to a new driver, having friends in the car can also take attention away from the road. Depending on the driver, set a limitation to how much experience he or she should get behind the wheel before allowing friends in the car.
Set a Curfew
Anyone who has driven at night knows that the lack of sunlight and the addition of bright headlights can totally change the driving dynamic. Make sure that your teen driver has plenty of experience and practice driving in the daytime before he or she takes the wheel at night.
No Cell Phones
It's no surprise that cell phones are a big cause of distractions and accidents. Many teenagers today have trouble resisting the constant urge to check social media or text messages. A great way to avoid this is by not allowing cell phones in the cabin of a vehicle. Cell phones should be kept in the trunk while driving so that there's no temptation to take eyes off the road in favor of a phone's screen.


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Socket.IO bindings for railwayjs
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action action of controller
controller will gain control. Data passed to event will be available as
params variable.
action('some-action', function () {
socket().emit('event', {some: 'data'}); // send 'event' to current client
socket(anotherSessionID).emit('hello'); // send 'hello' to another user
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Any controller action (both socket and non-socket) can emit some event with
connected client (current session client). If you want to communicate with
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Slight Adjustment to Dow Target
Reference the article from last weekend "calling" Dow 13,067. Now that I am able to use $Gold instead of GLD on Stockcharts, and looking at support for gold in the 603-605 area, I am refining the Dow target. I look for resistance in the Dow-Gold ratio to kick in at the 21.50 area (21.5 ounces per Dow unit). Incidentally, I noted here yesterday that I was not breaking out the party horns for the miners and now you see why. XAU 138 is still wide open during the next couple weeks. 605 Gold X 21.5 Dow units = 13,007 for the nominal Dow before this foolishness concludes. This would allow the Street's bonusees to ride off into the sunset, gains in hand and give yet more time for the public to take notice of the party they are missing out on.
Another refinement of the analysis I would like to note is that although I gave the market a few weeks before topping, it does not mean that there will be an immediate or even semi-near term dive. I reviewed the Gold-Silver ratio from the late 90's and that ratio made a major top 2 years before the market's eventual major top. I think the helium (inflation) bloated porker will not be so lucky this time, but thus far it has proven all naysayers wrong.
To summarize, I am looking for Gold 605 & Pig 13,007 in the next few weeks followed by a top of some sort in the Dow (vs. gold and quite possibly nominally). At this point I may at least re-institute the stance of long gold complex hedged by shorts on the broad market. This is one person's tact (and is really more of a general outline despite the very finite targets) but we must all go by our own analysis, gut and b/s detector. I listen to a lot of people, give weight to a lot of analysis, but in the end my moves are mine. Keep that in mind when deciding whether to give what I or anyone else writes any merit or not. And again, see terms & conditions here. I do not take lightly the idea of putting out information that others may consider in their decision making process and you should not take lightly your responsibility to weigh all information against what you think. Do not blindly follow anyone, I implore you.
Thus likely ends my career as a year-end market prognisticator. Nobody really knows what will happen, especially those with something to sell or gain by influencing people. Just ask the guy from the boiler room who called me a couple weeks ago trying to pitch silver to me at $14.
Good luck, Merry Christmas and happy holidays all.


text: No Age are doing something different to the mass of noise-laden, guitar-drum duos canvasing the lo-fi airwaves at the moment. I'm just not sure quite what. Their album, Nouns, is receiving top-rate reviews after sell-out crowds after screaming, obsessive fans. The music is simply massive: a vast landscape of heat haze, somehow both tranquil and manic, punctuated by singer Dean Sprouts backdrop of barely intelligible vocals and Randall's distorted, archaic sounding drums.


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Author has written 4 stories for Supernatural, and Fantasy.
Hi there!
After an incident whereby someone was found to have plagiarised my written work I no longer feel comfortable posting my work online. I won't remove what is already on here but don't be expecting anything new.
I'm really sorry, I loved sharing my stuff with everyone but I am now paranoid.
If you want to get in contact with me please try my tumblr.
I have some fanfics over on fanfiction.net
TheDragonRider and I have a joint account
It has been brought to my attention that someone has plagiarised my story Vampire Child. May I just add that if I find anyone else who has done so I will be reporting you. Simple as that. I worked bloody hard to get what I write to the standard it is at now, I do NOT appreciate anyone using what I have written.
On a cheerier note, thanks for taking a look and I hope you have a lovely day:)


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Restaurant Deli Green Stop
6150 Boulevard Monk, Montreal, Canada
(514) 362-9393
Restaurant Deli Green Stop Montreal Reviews
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Best Poutine in Life. Jul 19, 2011
I am a big time poutine lover. What is poutine you ask? fries, gravy and cheese curds. People might recommend you to go to La Banquise because of all the different kinds of poutines they sell, but honestly...if you just want the best poutine in life and not some fancy ones, go to this place.
They use real potato cut greasy fries, no frozen crap. Ask for the brown sauce. I promise, you won't be disappointed despite the fact the sauce is almost black. The most recent person I brought here the other day thinks their secret ingredient is soya sauce. I cannot say for certain, but all you need to know is that it is frickin' delicious and I constantly dream of this poutine :)
A small will cost you 3something and a large is 6 bucks. Bonne Appetite.
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Whether your child is running to the neighbors, the pool, riding his bike in the street or high-tailing it to catch the ice cream man; summertime brings out scads of children on our residential streets. So as parents, we need to remind our children, our new teen drivers and ourselves to keep a watchful eye and share the roadways.
Educate Child Pedestrians
Safe Kids USA reported in "Remind Children and Teens of Pedestrian Safety" (D. Kohnle, May 2011) parents should discuss with their kids about street safety several times throughout the summer:
- Obey traffic signals and signs.
- Pedestrians must stop, look left, right, then left again before crossing street (paying watchful attention while crossing.)
- Always walk against traffic on a path or sidewalk.
- Whenever sunlight is faint, take a flashlight while wearing reflective clothing or gear.
- Take the safest route to a regular destination, such as school or a friend's house. The route should have the fewest intersections.
Parental Tips for Teens
"Adolescents aren't the best defensive drivers," says the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "This is a time where teen's brains aren't capable seeing consequences for their actions."
Teenager car crashes are responsible for approximately 3,000 lives each year. The CDC reports, "Car crashes are the #1 killer of teens."
With this frightening statistic, makes you want to hide the keys to the family car, huh? However, the problem is teens must learn to drive defensively and attentively, so they will grow into responsible adult drivers. And practice is the only way for them to perfect this skill.
1. House rules: Parents need to be crystal clear with their teen driver on the rules of the road. These are the family rules, not the state troopers. For example, no cell phone usage or texting while driving (however, texting is now illegal), only one other friend may be in the car when on the road, limit time on the highways to non-rush hour periods, no drinking, drugs, etc…)
- Teen drivers are four times more likely to be involved in a crash than experienced drivers.
- The risk of a fatal crash increases when teens have friends in the automobile.
- Night-time crashes increase 50% for 16-year-olds in comparison to daytime percentages.
2. Increase supervised driving time: Even if you think your adolescent is prepared for solo trips on the road, keep supervising them. Not only are they learning the physical techniques of driving a vehicle, but mentally they may have issues with not knowing the roads and the town like you may assume they know. With the anxiety of getting lost, on top of reading road signs and heavy traffic, it can be overwhelming even to a seasoned driver.
3. Hold child back: If you don't think your child is a safe driver, there is nothing wrong with holding them back from getting behind the wheel alone. Plus, the more accidents for these young adults, the higher insurance premiums to deal with for YEARS to come.
4. Parent/teen contract: These can be effective for many families. Contact your insurance company or check online for these contracts so you can discuss expectations of your child.
Slow it Down!
Just remember this summer when you are rushing your kids to baseball games and practices, we all need to slow it down in residential areas. My grandfather used to always say,
"When you are driving down any residential street, you should be concentrating on looking for little feet underneath parked cars. If you see feet running under the front of a parked car, you can stop your vehicle before the child will get out in front of you."
This "visual" leaves quite an imprint, and I hope it will for you as well. Please pass this story on to your new teen drivers and hopefully all of us can make our streets a bit safer for our "little ones" who haven't learned to stay out of the roadways!
(Update to article: Please check out Safe Kids Worldwide's guidelines printable for summer safety)
previously published in Simply KC magazine in July 2011 issue


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Be prepared for life's emergencies
Imagine what your family's life would be like if you or your
partner died or became seriously ill and couldn't work. Would you
be able to survive financially? Being unable to work as a result of
an accident or ill-health could expose you or your family to
financial difficulty. Insurance can provide the money you or your
family need in these critical times.
It is a good idea to review your cover regularly, especially if
something has changed in your life, for example, if you've taken
out a home loan, are having kids or starting a business.
There are different types of cover that fall under the broad
heading of life insurance. Depending on your circumstances you may
need one or more of the following:
When working out what insurance you need, always read up on
what's included and excluded in each policy.
Insurance money challenge.
Take Scott Pape's money challenge to help protect yourself from
financial loss.
There is no correct answer, but more insurance gives you more
protection. However, it also depends on what you can afford, so you
may need to prioritise.
To help work out the best level of insurance cover for you,
The difference between these is the amount of cover you should
get. However, you may need to compromise between what you would
like and what you can afford.
Before you start comparing policies, check whether you already
have life insurance through your super
fund, as you may already have some cover.
You may decide to change your level of cover based on changes to
your lifestyle. For example, if you have children and a large
mortgage you may decide you need more cover. Alternatively, if
you've paid off your mortgage or no longer have financial
dependents you may decide to reduce your cover.
Review your policies every time your income or your personal
circumstances change to make sure you have the right type and level
of cover.
Life insurance offered by your super fund is often cheaper than
through other providers, but it is important to shop around to find
the right policy to suit your needs.
If you decide to switch your cover to a different insurer, don't
just look at the difference in premium. It is also important to
A licensed financial adviser can help you choose the right
insurance cover for your needs. For more information, see our financial advisers
There are many online insurance calculators to help you work out
how much cover you should have. Some have detailed questions so it
is a good idea to check a few different calculators to see a range
of recommendations for your circumstances.
Insurance premiums usually increase with age because the older
you get, the more likely you are to make a claim.
For insurance such as life, total and permanent disability, or
trauma cover, you may be able to choose between stepped or level
Here is the difference between stepped and level premiums:
If you want to control your costs over time then level premiums
may suit you. Premiums are usually higher in the beginning but much
cheaper than stepped premiums when you are older. If you intend to
hold the insurance for a long time, level premiums are likely to be
cheaper in the long run.
You can buy life insurance in three main ways:
It is a good idea to shop around and compare policies based on
the level of cover they provide, exclusions and value. If you
switch to a different insurer it is important to keep your existing
cover until you have a new policy in place so you're always
Before you apply for insurance, check the insurance provider's
website or product disclosure statement to find out if they will
cover any pre-existing medical conditions. You will need to
disclose relevant details of your medical history to the insurance
provide if you are asked. Failing to 'tell it like it is' could
leave you with a worthless policy.
Read ASIC's report,
Review of retail life insurance advice, to learn what ASIC
found about the quality of life insurance advice from finanical
Whatever insurance you choose, it is important
to review your cover against your needs on a regular basis.
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Traveling Luck for Boyd Memorial Church in Christ, West Virginia, United States
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In Memory of
Jodi Allsop
July 25, 1959 - November 25, 2010
Jodi Doryce Allsop, 51, passed away unexpectedly in the hospital Thursday, November 25, 2010, of an illness in Ventura, California. She had been a Ventura County resident, on and off for many years, residing here the last five. Jodi lived in Idaho for 10 years, Montana for three years and in San Francisco for six years, however always had a love for the Ventura beaches where she was raised.
Jodi was born on July 25, 1959 in Lynwood, California to Arlene and Eugene Allsop. She was the oldest of four girls. Jodi and her sisters learned to tap dance and they performed as a group called The Four Allsop Sisters. They performed at the Laura Louise School of Dance in Ventura for many years. This impacted Jodi in such a positive way that she taught tap dancing to underprivileged children.
Jodi's other interests included art, camping, swimming, and hiking. She was an amazing artist especially with pen & ink drawings. She had a beautiful smile and warmth she bestowed on all, including her patrons in the restaurant food service business in which she worked and took pride.
Jodi was preceded in death by her father, Eugene Earl Allsop; sister, Terri Jean Allsop; maternal grandfather Clause Vonder Reith; and paternal grandparents Ellis Allsop and Besse Coulter.
She is survived by her daughter Jennifer Portocarrero and granddaughter Jaden Owens of San Francisco; her son, Jason Portocarrero of San Francisco; mother, Arlene D. Allsop of Ventura; maternal grandmother Doryce P. Wilson Vonder Reith of Ventura; sister Kristi Ernenwein (husband Robert) and their children Lauren, Harrison, Nicholas, Carolyn of Palos Verdes; sister Julie Allsop and daughter Haleyof Torrance.
Donations in Jodi's name, made to a cancer research fund of your choice, would be greatly appreciated.
A memorial service will take place at her sister Kristi Ernenwein's residence at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Ted Mayr Funeral Home, 3150 Loma Vista Rd., Ventura, CA 93003. Condolences may be left at


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I haven't heard any official comeback/retirement statement from them yet.
Have I missed something?
Any press release expected soon?
If no info from them by June 3, I think they will be treated as "comeback skaters if they wish to be so" and won't be given any GP assignments unless they express to make a comeback.
Is my understanding wrong?
ETA: Thank you mods for the title correction.
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WDW November Park Hours Updated
by Brian McNichols on October 16, 2012 33 Comments
Filed under: Trip Planning, Walt Disney World (FL)
The Disney World park hours were recently updated for October 28 through November 30, with operating hours extended for the Magic Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom. There are now a handful of days where the Magic Kingdom is open until 12am with a second Main Street Electrical Parade added.
Hollywood Studios also had quite a few days changed, and will now stay open until 9 or 10pm occasionally. Those days will also see an additional showing of Fantasmic!. Animal Kingdom had many closing times adjusted as well.
The chart below shows all current park hours with changes in red.
You may notice changes to our Crowd Calendar involving some of the changed dates. We recently began using our own internal projected park hours to give you the most accurate crowd ratings available. Using these projected hours has made our long-term crowd ratings more stable, but we are not perfect (well, some of us). Should any major changes occur to our Crowd Calendar, I will update this post with explanations.
One period that will not change is Thanksgiving week. It was expected to be very busy as always, and the updated hours indicate that will come to pass. If you are going to be there during that week, make sure you get to the park before it opens and use a Touring Plan.
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33 Responses to "WDW November Park Hours Updated"
Thank you for sharing! I'll be at the world for two weeks in November— now I can strategize. After 6 visits in 2011, it has been almost a year since my last trip. Am I remembering incorrectly, or did Epcot (World Showcase) used to stay open until midnight on Friday evenings? Bummer that it's not the case. If anything, they should implement it for Food & Wine!
Ah! Didn't look close enough to see the EMH's. Now, if only they would keep more open during those hours! I was disappointed to see many of the Food & Wine booths closing up early last year.
Thank you so much for the update! I appreciate it–looking forward to the extra hour we will have at AK. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think there is a MSEP on Wed Nov 28th? Thanks again!
Has Walt Disney World's site not been updated? I was looking at Nov 11th and they have different hours? Just checking. I had the hours staying open until 8pm that evening with EMH until 12 but now Disney's site has until 9pm? I just want to make sure my planning is optimal! We're staying on property so we'll be sure and take advantage of EMH.
Also unless you indicate that there are 2 MSEPs then they are most likely only going to be running 1 correct?
Thank you! I love your blog!!
Yay!! Thank you so much. MSEP is one of our favorites!!!! This is why I love you people at touring plans!
Is MSEP the Electric Parade?
On November 10, the calendar shows the MK is open until midnight and there are EMH in the evening. Does that mean the EMH is 9-12 or that the EMH is 12-3am? The latter seems unlikely, but I was unable to discern a pattern from the calendar to tell if the EMH was included in the hours indicated or if I should always assume an additional 3 hours for EMH.
I am curious about the 8 a.m. opening at Magic Kingdom on Nov. 30 since this is a morning EMH day. Does this really mean the EMH will begin at 7 a.m.? All other morning EMH at MK are on a 9 a.m. opening day. Isn't this unusual for this time of year? I don't see any major events on the crowd calendar that day, although the parade taping is the next day. Why do you think this is such an early opening day? Thanks for your input! I LOVE touring plans!!
oops! I meant to put Thursday, November 29th! Thanks!
I'd also like to know this. Does this mean EMH is at 7am, and regular park hours begin at 8am that morning (Thurs, Nov 29th)?
The crowd calendar lists the parade taping on Friday, Nov. 30 and Sat., Dec. 1. Do you mean that it is also being taped on Thurs., Nov. 29 even though it is not on the crowd calendar? We are planning to be in the MK that day but may change our plans if this is the case. Thanks again, for helping with our planning!
I find it very inconsiderate of Disney to change their park hours with less than 2 weeks notice, especially when people have to plan everything months in advance based on those times (particularly ADR). The MK was originally open until Midnight on 10/30 and now it's closing at 7pm, so there goes our dinner reservations and no ELP or Wishes fireworks that night. 🙁 So now I have to switch our park schedule around so we can be in MK on 10/29 and a different park on 10/30, and then try to find ADRs on those nights at the last minute. I'm very disappointed!!!!
I'm with you. I planned a CP breakfast on Nov. 11 thinking there would be only people with ADRs. Then they added Annual Passholder viewing of Fantasyland expansion and now they added EMH that day.
I am so excited we will get an extra hour in MK on 11/1! Although we will probably use that to take a break! 8am-10pm is a little to much for my almost 3 year old, I think! Very excited about AK staying open an extra hour on 11/3 when we will be there. Looks like we lucked out on the hours. Thanks for sharing. Love your blog and your site!
I was able to update my plan on 11/01 for MK, but not 11/03 for AK. Can you see if it has been updated on the plans yet? Thanks!
It's me again! I thought passholder previews of Fantasyland didn't start until Nov 19th? Has this changed? Is this going to affect crowds if they do start on the 11th like a previous poster indicated? Where can we find out this info on changes in dates? We leave for the World on Nov 10th! Can't wait!!
One more question. On nov 11th, the pass holder preview day, do you know if regular park guests will be able to see the new fantasyland as well? Just curious since I know it's in soft opening phase so was really hoping we would get to see it!
Thank you again for being so awesome!
I have never experienced late evening hours in AK and will be very happy to finally see the park after the sun sets [the few night pics I've reviewed have been great]. Are all the rides open, or does that change in the evening? Thanks


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You arrive at my house on a windswept, thundery night. Over the sound of the rain, you can hear the hounds barking at your arrival. You wrestle your way through the dark garden, the branches of trees and shrubs seeming to claw at you in the wind. Bracing against the icy rain, you head for the door, lit with a warm yellow light on this pitch black night. As you raise your hand to knock on the door, I fling it open.
"You're here," I say, you can hear the tension in my voice. "I wasn't sure if… Please, come in". I step aside to allow you to pass before I close the door behind you. You hear the lock click into place as you make your way to the lounge. I take your coat and hang it up with shaking hands. You are ready to ask me what all this is about and you open your mouth to speak but I shake my head.
Swishing my long skirts as I pass you, I head to the drinks cabinet and pour you a small brandy. I hand it to you, pressing it against your palm to ensure you take the drink. You shake your head, and place the glass on the bench before grasping me by the shoulders. You stare into my face, searching for answers to this terrible mystery.
"What is it?" you ask, your voice trembling with anxiety.
I look away and shake my head "It's too dreadful" I whisper. Tears begin to spill down my cheeks as I wrestle myself from your grasp. I turn to the window, my attention caught by the rain outside. You place a gentle hand on my shoulder. "Please" you say, softly, "it can't possibly be that bad".
"Get your glass," I say, still facing the window, "You'll… you'll need a drink".
Once I am sure you are ready and waiting for all this to be brought into the open, I take a deep breath and say in a trembling voice "I.. I needed you to know. I needed you to hear it from me and not from some gossip in the street…". Lightening flashes outside, lighting the room in stark brightness for a second. You wait in silence. I turn to you, and look you square in the eye. Thunder rolls in the wild, broken night and I say "I didn't press my hem before sewing".
Your brandy glass slips to the floor, shattering on impact. You take some panicked steps away from me, shaking your head and clawing the air to keep me at a distance. Before your very eyes I have become a monster.
I did plan to press my hem. Honestly. I did. I even started pressing it. Having faffed about with that for a good hour or so and having made it almost exactly nowhere in that time I thought to myself "Self, fuck this". I agreed with myself and ditched the pressing entirely. You know what's short? Life. Life is pretty short. I have plans this week, I have ukulele group and art class and Ross Noble tickets and all sorts of fun stuff that isn't standing over an ironing board with fogged up glasses. I did double sew it though, so be a bit impressed please.
Instead of a perfectly measured, perfectly pressed hem I have what can only be described as "a long stretch of wonky". Which is actually very fine as there's such a lot of hem which will have such a lot of gathering. It'll also be almost at ground level, so it'd have to be a very short person with a very good eye to pick the dodgyness of the sewing there. To avoid this, I shall now only associate with tall people, and short people who wear thick glasses.
Progress on the skirt was slowed considerably by the hot weather, the machine being a little bitch about everything and limited access to the sewing space. I've wrangled the machine back into order by poking around the innards with a screwdriver and swearing at it a lot. Runs like a dream now, who knew? Now that the purple is hemmed, it's time to join the layers. This may or may not involve more swearing. Also I'm not entirely sure I own enough pins.
Quick aside. In 1992 my English teacher said "Don't write any fiction in the second person, it never really works". I can now see he had a point.


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SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 3 (JTA) — The fight against hate crime has spread to New Zealand. The country's Jewish community, spurred by a large increase in racist attacks, hosted a rally Monday in the capital of Wellington with the aim of developing a strategy to stop racist groups. Among those addressing the rally were three members of Parliament and a national race relations official. David Zwartz, president of the New Zealand Jewish Council, said in an interview, "Our historical experience has led us to believe that it is important to take early action so as to stop something small from developing into something much more dangerous." He added that "New Zealanders are not generally racist, but have little real idea of what to do when racism is developing." In recent weeks, a number of attacks on refugees and immigrants from Asia, Africa and the Middle East — along with the emergence of a neo-Nazi group known as Unit 88 — have gained prominent coverage in the media and focused attention on skinheads groups. The reference to "88" is a common international neo-Nazi code for the repetition of the eighth letter in the alphabet. It stands for "Heil Hitler." Zwartz said Unit 88 "distributes anti-Semitic literature," but that at this stage there was nothing to suggest that it was "acting on its propaganda." There are some 5,000 Jews living in New Zealand.
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Published 1:04 pm, Tuesday, April 24, 2012
CANYON — West Texas A&M University officials hope they can lure more high-profile public figures to campus after former President Bill Clinton's scheduled appearance Tuesday at the First United Bank Center.
"That's the purpose of the Distinguished Lecture Series. We've had Elie Wiesel, Maya Angelou, Mike Huckabee, Karl Rove," WT political science professor James Calvi said.
Clinton waived his speaker fee after university officials announced plans to donate $100,000 to the Flight 93 National Memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania.
A member of the Distinguished Lecture Series committee previously said the university got the idea to donate the money after seeing Clinton speak at the memorial in September.
Calvi, who heads the committee, said funding is the biggest challenge in bringing in figures of Clinton's stature. He said the program, covered by student fees, had a $200,000 budget this year, and $70,000 of that carried over from last school year.
Calvi said speaker fees can range from $1,000 to $100,000, pointing out that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice charges more than $100,000 per speech. While WT was able to spend $100,000 on Clinton, this year's carryover made the speaker budget exceptional, he said.
The First United Bank Center, located just east of WT's campus on Fourth Avenue, has a capacity of 5,500 if chairs are added to the floor. For the Clinton visit, university officials will close some sections for security reasons, Calvi said. The building will be able to hold about 5,000 people Tuesday, he said. Seating at Clinton's speech will be first-come, first-served.
Doors for the Clinton event will open at 7:30 p.m., and the speech is expected to start about 8, Calvi said. The former president's speech is expected to last about 40 minutes but likely will go a few minutes longer because he plans to answer questions, he said. — Amarillo Globe-News
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LUBBOCK — The fundraising branch of University Medical Center Health System reported continued growth in 2011 at Monday's monthly meeting of the Board of Managers.
The report, given by Sandy Ogletree, UMC Foundation executive director, showed foundation funds up roughly $2.6 million in 2011 over 2010.
Ogletree also noted the success of the "Imagine the Miracles" campaign, a three-year fundraising effort to purchase equipment for the East Tower, which opened earlier this month. The campaign raised nearly $5.2 million. — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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AMARILLO — Officials are waiting on the results of an autopsy to determine the cause of 14-year-old Samairon Inthavongsy's death at Greenbelt Lake on Sunday.
Authorities responded about 6 p.m. to a report of a possible drowning in the Sandy Beach area of the lake northwest of Clarendon. The Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department dive team found the Amarillo teen's body about 40 feet from shore in 11 feet of water at 6:56 p.m., Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn said.
If officials rule the death a drowning, it will be the 25th since the lake opened in 1968. — Amarillo Globe-News
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LUBBOCK — Customers lined the sidewalk outside Mrs. Camp's Bakery on Monday morning, waiting to snag a piece of the beloved bakery. Once inside, they sifted through cookie cutters, cake pans, corn starch containers and industrial mixers — all being liquidated from the establishment.
The bakery, a Lubbock staple since 1946, will not reopen after a December explosion turned out to close the establishment for good.
The decision to close did not come easily, said owner Tim Scarborough. He remembered standing in the rain after the explosion, which took place at 4:30 a.m., just 1 1/2 hours after he arrived. The blast sent four employees to the hospital.
In the months after the explosion, Scarborough sometimes walked inside the bakery, taking in the memories and pondering when or whether to reopen. He does not go into great detail about the process leading to the resolution to close for good.
Scarborough began emptying the bakery's contents Monday morning, and will continue — from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays — until everything is gone. — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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- n. The branch of psychology that aims to discover strict laws that govern the working of the mind, especially by means of experiment
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In psychology, the science which deals with the relations of the individual mind to its environment, more especially its social environment; in sociology, the science which deals with the psychological factors and laws implied in social organization and development: suggested, in both uses, by Baldwin and Giddings, in Baldwin, Dict. of Philos. and Psychol., II. 391.
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After 60 years Arnaldo de Castris isn't tired of his NDG milk route
CTV Montreal
Published Saturday, December 29, 2012 6:37PM EST
Last Updated Saturday, December 29, 2012 7:10PM EST
MONTREAL—It's a reminder of days gone by, a milkman delivering dairy products right to your doorstep. For the past 60 years, one man has been charming his customers while making the rounds in Notre-Dame-de-Grace.
Four days a week, Arnaldo de Castris wakes up at 5 a.m. to get ready for a job that begins before dawn. At 77-years-old, he's fine with the early start as long as he gets enough sleep the night before.
Energetic "Arnie" shows no signs of slowing down.
AF"I need nine hours. With nine hours, I feel like a young man!" said de Castris.
He's a young man at heart, doing an old-fashioned job. De Castris learned the ropes from his uncle.
"I really enjoy it! The day goes so quick. Buongiorno here, buongiorno there. Hi here, hi there. It flies away," said de Castris.
He starts his daily routine by loading up his old truck with crates of milk and other dairy products. Then, it's off to do deliveries on his route in NDG to his almost 300 loyal customers.
"I guess I'm nice to them, they're nice to me. So it's working out well, really," said the milkman.
One couple in NDG appreciates the nostalgia that comes with the morning delivery.
"I remembered it from my youth, having a milkman when I grew up in the United States. So we just signed on and the rest is history," said Roger Haughey, a customer who prizes the convenience of delivered milk, eggs and butter.
"It's always a really excited, energetic 'Good morning.' No matter what the weather, no matter what time of the year, he's always in a good mood and he always so genuinely wants you to have a great day. It's just like he's a part of the family and it's really great," said another customer, Susan Gyetvay.
De Castris says his mother started asking him to retire 10 years ago.
"You've been running long enough, she says. But I say, 'Do you want to see me dead? I'd rather work, I'd rather work!'" said de Castris.
So he does, often working up to 12 hours a day, always with a smile and always ready to do it all over again.
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Apple Computer stock hit a ten-year low today of 13-3/16, falling 7.5 percent. Last Thursday, an unidentified investor thought to be Steve Jobs sold off 3.4 million shares of Apple stock, causing the stock to fall dramatically. Today, analysts blame the drop on Power Computing, the most successful Macintosh clone maker, which recently announced an IPO based on PCs, not Macs.
Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, in a speech to 5,000 educators at the National Educational Computing Conference in Seattle said "I think the Macintosh is going to continue to be very, very important in the educational environment for a long, long period of time." However, he urged attendees to provide students with the technologies they would use in the real world: Windows personal computers


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A Strong Scientific Consensus
the human influence on the climate system is clear and is evident from the increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing, observed warming, and understanding of the climate system.
Every five or six years, the IPCC conducts a comprehensive report that assesses articles that climate scientists publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals, which is where most of the scientific debate on climate change takes place. Peer review, while not perfect, ensures that journals only accept articles that meet a high standard of scientific rigor and objectivity. Several surveys of the refereed literature on climate change science have confirmed that virtually all published papers accept the scientific basis of human-induced climate change.
The scientific consensus about human-induced climate change is further attested to by a joint statement signed by 11 of the world's leading national science academies representing Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Many other science bodies have issued similar statements.
While the fact that humanity's emissions of greenhouse gases contribute to climate change is no longer in dispute, scientists continue to investigate how the climate will respond to rising atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases over time and in the various regions of the world.
The latest IPCC assessment report, the fifth, is in the process of being released. There are four parts to the report, on the physical science, impacts and adaption, mitigation, and a synthesis report that brings together the main elements from the first three parts.
Working Group I: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
Full Report
Summary for Policymakers
Press Release– Human influence on climate clear, IPCC report says
Major Findings
- Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.
- Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth's surface than any preceding decade since 1850. In the Northern Hemisphere, 1983–2012 was likely the warmest 30-year period of the last 1400 years.
- Ocean warming dominates the increase in energy stored in the climate system, accounting for more than 90 per cent of the energy accumulated between 1971 and 2010. It is virtually certain that the upper ocean (0–700 metres) warmed from 1971 to 2010, and it likely warmed between the 1870s and 1971.
- Over the last two decades, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass, glaciers have continued to shrink almost worldwide, and Arctic sea ice and Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover have continued to decrease in extent.
- The rate of sea level rise since the mid-19th century has been larger than the mean rate during the previous two millennia. Over the period 1901 to 2010, global mean sea level rose by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] metres.
- The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years. Carbon dioxide concentrations have increased by 40 per cent since pre-industrial times, primarily from fossil fuel emissions and secondarily from net land use change emissions. The ocean has absorbed about 30 per cent of the emitted anthropogenic carbon dioxide, causing ocean acidification.
- Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed , the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.
- Climate models have improved since the last assessment report in 2007. Models reproduce observed continental-scale surface temperature patterns and trends over many decades, including the more rapid warming since the mid-20th century and the cooling immediately following large volcanic eruptions
- Human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in the global water cycle, in reductions in snow and ice, in global mean sea level rise, and in changes in some climate extremes. This evidence for human influence has grown since AR4. It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.
- Changes in the global water cycle in response to the warming over the 21st century will not be uniform. The contrast in precipitation between wet and dry regions and between wet and dry seasons will increase, although there may be regional exceptions.
- The global ocean will continue to warm during the 21st century. Heat will penetrate from the surface to the deep ocean and affect ocean circulation.
- It is very likely that the Arctic sea ice cover will continue to shrink and thin and that Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover will decrease during the 21st century as global mean surface temperature rises. Global glacier volume will further decrease.
- Global mean sea level will continue to rise during the 21st century. Under all RCP scenarios, the rate of sea level rise will very likely exceed that observed during 1971 to 2010 due to increased ocean warming and increased loss of mass from glaciers and ice sheets.
- Climate change will affect carbon cycle processes in a way that will exacerbate the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere.
- Further uptake of carbon by the ocean will increase ocean acidification.
- Cumulative emissions of CO2 largely determine global mean surface warming by the late 21st century and beyond. Most aspects of climate change will persist for many centuries even if emissions of CO2 are stopped. This represents a substantial multi-century climate change commitment created by past, present and future emissions of CO2.
Working Group II Report: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
Summary for Policymakers
Press Release: IPCC Report: A changing climate creates pervasive risks but opportunities exist for effective responses – Responses will face challenges with high warming of the climate
Major Findings
- The effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans.
- Glaciers continue to shrink almost worldwide due to climate change, affecting runoff and water resources downstream. Climate change is causing permafrost warming and thawing in high-latitude regions and in high-elevation regions.
- The negative impacts of climate change on crop yields have been more common than positive impacts. Climate change has negatively affected wheat and maize yields for many regions and in the global aggregate.
- Climate-related hazards affect poor people's lives directly through impacts on livelihoods, reductions in crop yields, or destruction of homes and indirectly through , for example, increased food prices and food
- The world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate.
- There are opportunities to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming.
- The nature of the risks of climate change is increasingly clear, though climate change will also continue to produce surprises. The report identifies vulnerable people, industries, and ecosystems around the world.
- The risks from a changing climate comes from vulnerability (lack of preparedness) and exposure (people or assets in harm's way) overlapping with hazards (triggering climate events or trends). Each of these three components can be a target for smart actions to decrease risk.
- Adaptation to reduce the risks from a changing climate is now starting to occur, but with a stronger focus on reacting to past events than on preparing for a changing future.
- Future risks from a changing climate depend strongly on the amount of future climate change.
- Increasing magnitudes of warming will increase the likelihood of severe and pervasive impacts that may be either surprising or irreversible.
Working Group III Report: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change
Summary for Policymakers
Press Release: IPCC: Greenhouse gas emissions accelerate despite reduction efforts– Many pathways to substantial emissions reductions are available
Major Findings
Global emissions of greenhouse gases have risen to unprecedented levels despite a growing number of policies to reduce climate change.
- Emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than in each of the three previous decades.
- It is still possible, using a wide array of technological measures and changes in behaviour, to limit the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
- Major institutional and technological change will give a better than even chance that global warming will not exceed this threshold.
- Scenarios show that in order to have a likely chance of limiting the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius, global greenhouse gas emissions would have to be lowered by 40 to 70 per cent compared with 2010 by mid-century, and to near -zero by the end of this century. Ambitious mitigation may even require removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
- In business -as-usual scenarios, consumption grows by 1.6 to 3 percent per year. Ambitious mitigation would reduce this growth by around 0.06 percentage points a year. However, the underlying estimates do not take into account economic benefits of reduced climate change.
- Stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere requires emissions reductions from energy production and use, transport, buildings, industry, land use, and human settlements.
- Land is a key component for the 2°C goal. Slowing deforestation and planting forests have stopped or even reversed the increase in emissions from land use. Through afforestation, land could be used to draw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
- Emission reductions can also be achieved by combining electricity production from biomass and carbon dioxide capture and storage. However, as of today this combination is not available at scale, permanent underground carbon dioxide storage faces challenges and the risks of increased competition for land need to be managed.
Synthesis Report 2014
Summary for policymakers
Longer report
Observed Changes and their Causes
Human influence on the climate system is clear, and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history. Recent climate changes have had widespread impacts on human and natural systems.
Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has risen.
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have increased since the pre-industrial era, driven largely by economic and population growth, and are now higher than ever. This has led to atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide that are unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years. Their effects, together with those of other anthropogenic drivers, have been detected throughout the climate system and are extremely likely to have been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.
In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of its cause, indicating the sensitivity of natural and human systems to changing climate.
Changes in many extreme weather and climate events have been observed since about 1950. Some of these changes have been linked to human influences, including a decrease in cold temperature extremes, an increase in warm temperature extremes, an increase in extreme high sea levels and an increase in the number of heavy precipitation events in a number of regions.
Future Climate Changes, Risks and Impacts
Continued emission of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and long-lasting changes in all components of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems. Limiting climate change would require substantial and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions which, together with adaptation, can limit climate change risks.
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide largely determine global mean surface warming by the late 21st century and beyond.
Projections of greenhouse gas emissions vary over a wide range, depending on both socio-economic development and climate policy.
Surface temperature is projected to rise over the 21st century under all assessed emission scenarios. It is very likely that heat waves will occur more often and last longer, and that extreme precipitation events will become more intense and frequent in many regions. The ocean will continue to warm and acidify, and global mean sea level to rise.
Climate change will amplify existing risks and create new risks for natural and human systems. Risks are unevenly distributed and are generally greater for disadvantaged people and communities in countries at all levels of development.
Many aspects of climate change and associated impacts will continue for centuries, even if anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are stopped. The risks of abrupt or irreversible changes increase as the magnitude of the warming increases.
Future Pathways for Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development
Adaptation and mitigation are complementary strategies for reducing and managing the risks of climate change. Substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades can reduce climate risks in the 21st century and beyond, increase prospects for effective adaptation, reduce the costs and challenges of mitigation in the longer term, and contribute to climate-resilient pathways for sustainable development.
Effective decision making to limit climate change and its effects can be informed by a wide range of analytical approaches for evaluating expected risks and benefits, recognizing the importance of governance, ethical dimensions, equity, value judgments, economic assessments and diverse perceptions and responses to risk and uncertainty.
Without additional mitigation efforts beyond those in place today, and even with adaptation, warming by the end of the 21st century will lead to high to very high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally (high confidence). Mitigation involves some level of co-benefits and of risks due to adverse side-effects, but these risks do not involve the same possibility of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts as risks from climate change, increasing the benefits from near-term mitigation efforts.
Adaptation can reduce the risks of climate change impacts, but there are limits to its effectiveness, especially with greater magnitudes and rates of climate change. Taking a longer-term perspective, in the context of sustainable development, increases the likelihood that more immediate adaptation actions will also enhance future options and preparedness.
There are multiple mitigation pathways that are likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to pre-industrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of carbon dioxide and other long-lived greenhouse gases by the end of the century. Implementing such reductions poses substantial technological, economic, social, and institutional challenges, which increase with delays in additional mitigation and if key technologies are not available. Limiting warming to lower or higher levels involves similar challenges, but on different timescales.
Adaptation and Mitigation
Many adaptation and mitigation options can help address climate change, but no single option is sufficient by itself. Effective implementation depends on policies and cooperation at all scales, and can be enhanced through integrated responses that link adaptation and mitigation with other societal objectives.
Adaptation and mitigation responses are underpinned by common enabling factors. These include effective institutions and governance, innovation and investments in environmentally sound technologies and infrastructure, sustainable livelihoods, and behavioral and lifestyle choices.
Adaptation options exist in all sectors, but their context for implementation and potential to reduce climate-related risks differs across sectors and regions. Some adaptation responses involve significant co-benefits, synergies and trade-offs. Increasing climate change will increase challenges for many adaptation options.
Mitigation options are available in every major sector. Mitigation can be more cost-effective if using an integrated approach that combines measures to reduce energy use and the greenhouse gas intensity of end-use sectors, decarbonize energy supply, reduce net emissions and enhance carbon sinks in land-based sectors.
Effective adaptation and mitigation responses will depend on policies and measures across multiple scales: international, regional, national and sub-national. Policies across all scales supporting technology development, diffusion and transfer, as well as finance for responses to climate change, can complement and enhance the effectiveness of policies that directly promote adaptation and mitigation.
Climate change is a threat to sustainable development. Nonetheless, there are many opportunities to link mitigation, adaptation and the pursuit of other societal objectives through integrated responses (high confidence). Successful implementation relies on relevant tools,suitable governance structures and enhanced capacity to respond (medium confidence).


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Knicks win as Anthony returns
New York star scores 21 points after missing 3 games with bad knee
Published 12:24 am, Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points after missing the previous three games with a knee injury, and the New York Knicks beat the Orlando Magic 106-94 on Wednesday night.
J.R. Smith had 22 points for New York, still short-handed in the frontcourt but looking much better with Anthony back. The NBA's second-leading scorer hadn't played since leaving the Knicks' road trip last week to have fluid drained from the back of his right knee.
He said he felt much better after the morning shootaround and moved much better, shooting 7-for-14 and grabbing eight rebounds.
The Knicks shot 53 percent and won their second straight after dropping the first four games of their five-game trip. All-Star center Tyson Chandler is expected to miss about a week with a bulging disk, and reserve forwards Amar'e Stoudemire, Rasheed Wallace and Kurt Thomas all could miss the rest of the regular season. But New York had no trouble despite using a small lineup that featured 6-foot-9 Kenyon Martin as the center.
Iman Shumpert, who joined Anthony, Martin, Raymond Felton and Pablo Prigioni in the lineup, sat out the second half after hurting his knee late in the first half. He sat on the bench in uniform and the team said he was available to play, but wasn't needed once the Knicks blew it open.
Tobias Harris and Andrew Nicholson each scored 14 points for the Magic in their fifth straight loss. New York beat Orlando for the sixth straight time and swept the season series for the first time since 1997-98.


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Dedication of New Old Gal at Homecoming 2017 – A Monumental Event
The Alpha Sig Homecoming was as well attended with over 80 alumni joining in for this special reunion Dedicating the New Old Gal. Everyone seemed to be impressed with the New Alpha Sig Chapter House at 110 S. Darling St on Trine University's Fraternity Row. It looks better than its beautiful architectural renderings and its interior layout has a good feel to it. It is also is said to be quite functional as reported by the 15 (full capacity) live-in Brothers who proudly provided us personal tours of their new home. "Best Fraternity house on campus." Congratulations to us all !
The pictures almost capture the level of Brotherhood and camaraderie that was felt throughout the Dedication weekend. The Thursday reception at the Holiday Inn and the Friday golf outing were well attended.
For the third year in a row Alpha Sigma Phi won the Trine Touch Stone Dinner crystal goblet Participation Award, which OddBall Alspaugh #840 proudly received on behalf of our Alumni Association. Brother Dr. James Rinker #551 was recognized by Trine University for his significant contribution to the current Best Hall rehabilitation project. The campus just keeps on improving. Enrolment is way up and construction projects seem to be part of the current culture.
The Saturday morning Alumni Meeting was special. Many reports on the House fund raising, construction and current financial status were provided. Things look good. A new parking lot taking over Gale St. south of our property is planned by Trine. Much of it will be dedicated to Alpha Sig parking. Gene Tierney's #850 extended term as President ended on the Alumni Association Board. Mike King #1085 will be our new President and Matthew White #1099 was voter on to the AA Board. Gene Tierney and David Moon # 639 were invited to serve as Trustees on the House Corporation Board. The meeting was held in Best Hall's recital Room 221, it's large back stage area is where Nick Santino' # 657 Reaction Light Company is working with Trines Innovation One to develop this sports racing event starting product. A tour was given and Reaction Light hosted a catered hot breakfast for the Alumni.
Our Tail Gate Party at the tent, next to The House, before football game, was a great social and historical event. Those who stayed behind during the game, for the third year in a row, heard Alpha Sig Legends Storytellers weaving stories about Omega Chapter member, Don Cerrato's # 771 wardrobe, pets and pet burial ceremonies, how warm beer almost powered John Pelczar #866 Apha Sig team to an upset victory in the Greek Week canoe race, how pledging Alpha Sig improved Tim Adam's interview skills and how the IRS was impressed with, then Treasurer, Darryl Shoff's #750 temporary office, and many other tails that may never be told again.
The Dedication of the New Old Gal started a group photo in front of The House. It was followed by House Corp. President, Paul Reugamer #913, leading the Dedication with a talk from Trine University President, Dr Earl Brooks and Brother John Goudy # 758, project manager, thanking Ingledue Construction and Ralph and Sheri Trine for their contributions to The Old Gal. Tux (John) Anderson #864 spoke about the successful Capital Campaign and thanked everyone for the contributions. OddBall Alspaugh discussed the Old Gal's Time Capsule, which was filled to the brim with many Brother's various donations.
The evening was wrapped up with Undergraduate awards and lots of socializing, back patting and hand shaking. The party at the tent and back at the Holiday Inn went late. It was a very fun and rewarding Homecoming and Dedication of our New Old Gal.
Thank you to all who attended and worked on The Chapter House, the Homecoming events and the Dedication.
The commemorative Group Photos in front of the Darling St Old Gal with the names listed of the Brotherhood, with and without guests, can be purchased at http://www.gearyphotography.com/alphasiggroup for $35 unframed, including postage. Three dollars goes the Alumni Association. (Yours will not have the photographers' logo on it.)
Thank you to all who attended this fabulous Dedication of the Old Gal.
Homecoming 2017 is scheduled early for the weekend of Sept 15 and 16. Mark your 2017 calendar now. Come see that house and enjoy our tradition of gathering for Homecoming.
Don Collins # 540, regular at Homecoming, entered the Omega Chapter
We will miss Don Collins' bright smile and pleasant greetings at Homecoming. Don passed to the Omega Chapter Monday, September 5, 2016. Don was initiated March 5, 1957 and was a member of the Mighty 500s who rendezvoused with much enthusiasm and laughter for Homecoming 2014. He supported the Chapter and the new Old Gal by his frequent returns to Homecoming, even though he lived in the Virgin Islands.
Don worked for Viking Corp. movers and was inducted into the International Association of Movers Hall of Honor in 2013. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Sharon, four children, two brothers and nine grandchildren. For more information and to post a note please visit: http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/jconline/donald-l-collins-condolences/181311979?cid=full


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Bellerophon's Epic Marshmallow Roast Picture
All right, so that is not an actual marshmallow! This shows the Greek hero Bellerophon battling the monstrous Chimera. Bellerophon came from Corinth and was the son of Glaucus and the grandson of Sisyphus. His name, also sometimes given as Bellerophontes, means something like 'killer of Belleros', although we no longer know who Belleros was. Going into exile, perhaps because of the murder, he was given refuge by king Proetus in Argos. While he was there, queen Stheneboa came on to him but he rejected her, so she told Proetus he tried to rape her. Proetus could not harm Bellerophon though, him being a guest, so he sent him to his (that is, Proetus') father-in-law Iobates in Asia Minor, with a message that Iobates should have him killed. But Iobates also balked at killing his guest, so instead he gave him a number of supposedly impossible and potentially deadly tasks to complete – not that original a plan as far as mythological times were concerned, and also one that rarely worked as intended.
One of the tasks Bellerophon had to perform was to kill the Chimera. This was a monstrous beast, a combination of a lion, a goat, and a snake, that terrorized Lycia. Bellerophon needed a fearless mount in order to approach the fire-breathing monster. He knew of the flying horse Pegasus, who sprang from the blood of the gorgon Medusa after she was beheaded by Perseus. But Pegasus was also unconquerable by mortal man. The goddess Athena took pity on Bellerophon and gave him a bridle by which he could subdue and govern Pegasus.
Flying on Pegasus, Bellerophon tried to attack the Chimera, but because of its fiery breath he could not get close enough to it for a lethal strike. Finally he worked out a plan. He took a big block of lead and mounted it on the tip of his spear. Again he approached the Chimera, and this time when it opened its mouth (one of them, that is) he held the lead out towards it. The lead melted from the monster's fire breath, dripped into its mouth and went down its throat and into its lungs, and so the Chimera choked to death.
Bellerophon was given other tasks, all of which he completed successfully. He became a hero of Lycia and eventually married king Iobates' daughter.


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Last weekend I decided to watch a movie that came out last year, but apparently has not had much publicity because I had not heard of it until a few weeks ago. The movie is called A Better Life and it is about a gardener who lives in Los Angeles and is raising his teenage son by himself. The gardener, Carlos, wants his son, Luis, to have a better life than he has, but is so busy working to just to pay the rent that he and Luis have grown apart. Carlos' boss convinces him to buy his truck when he decides to go back to Mexico, and for one day Carlos thinks he finally has a chance to get ahead. Then his truck is stolen and Carlos, who cannot go to the police for fear they will discover that he is undocumented, enlists Luis to help get it back and save their family. A major theme in the movie is the unknown: Luis really doesn't know what his father does all day or understand the sacrifices Carlos makes for him; Carlos doesn't realize that his son is drifting farther away from him and is tempted to join the gangs in his neighborhood; and most of the people in Los Angeles don't even see Carlos or his family and friends at all or understand anything about his existence.
After the movie was over, I realized that I really didn't know anything at all either. I had thought I might be able to relate to the story. I grew up in Southern California and, according to district statistics, my high school was about 80-percent Hispanic. Some of those students came from families that had been in the United States for generations, and some came from families that had recently come from Mexico and Central America and were surviving by picking the strawberries, lettuce, and broccoli that grew in fields that surrounded my town. The scenes in the movie set in the high school were familiar to me—the cholos lounging around in their white t-shirts and cut-off Dickies, the loud rap music, the police officers patrolling the outskirts of campus. But I realized as I watched that I never actually knew any of these fellow students of mine. Most of my friends were the children of Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants, and we joined National Honor Society and Knowledge Bowl instead of the soccer team or the Mexican dance group (though I did always envy the girls who danced in those beautiful flowing skirts). Despite the fact that my school had a high percentage of Hispanic students, very few of them were in my honors-level classes. I didn't see them and they didn't see me.
At church, our ward shared the building with the Spanish-speaking ward, but we didn't do much together. I would imagine that some of those students probably went to my high school, but I don't think they attended seminary with us. I played the piano for a the Spanish-speaking ward for a while because they didn't have anyone who could play; when my mother told the bishop that the local community college offered music class, he reminded her that many people in his ward did not have the time, money, or documentation for college classes. Now that I teach part-time at a university, I read at least one or two papers each semester about students who have been detained at the border because they seemed suspicious, or who have seen cousins gunned down by gang members, or who have been working six hours a day picking fruit after school since they were twelve years old. I am fluent in Spanish and I often interact with individuals who resemble Carlos, and yet I don't really know them at all.
I started watching this movie thinking that it would be familiar to me, and yet by the end I felt completely disoriented. I might have grown up in the same neighborhood and gone to the same schools, but I know nothing about the life of someone who is trying to live under the radar in a country where he doesn't speak the language and can't get a decent job or place to live without documentation. The movie is not perfect (I'd probably give it a B), but I think it does a perfect job of opening a window into a world that most of us live in close proximity to and yet don't ever see. I think that one of the most important functions of literature is to open new worlds to us, to make things visible that might otherwise be invisible. I have had similar experiences with Mormon literature; I start reading a story or essay thinking "these are my people and this is my world", and by the end I find that I really knew nothing at all beyond my own experience. I also realize that art and literature have limits; I sometimes mistake the fact that I have read a lot about a historical time period or place for real knowledge of how people live there. But, however imperfect it is, literature is still one of the best ways for us to have those moments of realizing how vast the world is and how varied the experiences of life can be.
Have you ever had an experience with a piece of writing, a film, or a piece of art that made you realize how much you didn't really know about the world? How have you learned to really see people and to be more aware of the lives of others?
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Farmers' Almanac Revisited
August 30, 2011
Last November, I decided to see just how accurate the Farmers' Almanac was in regards to our weather. It has been nearly a year, so I figured it was time to check it again - this time for the month of September.
Keep your umbrellas handy, it's going to be a rainy month here in Missouri! We're predicted to have a pleasant Labor Day weekend, with scattered storms from the fourth through the seventh. Fair weather and clear skies are in store from the eighth through the fifteenth. Severe weather arrives on the sixteenth and lasts through the nineteenth. Cool weather and chances for showers follow the storms for the next week, and September ends with weather that is referenced as "fair and pleasant."
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