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Fashion is a fickle little minx that will seduce with glitter and glamour, flatter your ego, then kick you to the curb and laugh derisively while your bloody nose drips into the gutter. At least that's the message I divined from Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, a documentary that examines the life of the man whose stunningly simple fashions served as both a visual hallmark of the disco-era and a harbinger of the fuss-free outfits we all enjoy to this day. While the film explores Halston's brilliance as a designer decently enough, director Whitney Sudler-Smith is too invested in making the film a personal statement - the journey of a jaded hipster seduced by the hedonistic aura of the '70s - to step aside and let his subject speak for himself.
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston is framed by Sudler-Smith's own impressions of the designer - he appears on camera throughout the film, narrating and serving as a regular-guy surrogate for the average person who may vaguely know Halston from a long-ago song lyric or his connection with the Studio 54 disco scene in the '70s. Yes, it's one of those films whose very premise depends on how well you can relate with its main personality. Putting it mildly, Sudler-Smith is no Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock. Immediately he establishes a strange persona that is part fashionista, part good 'ol Southern boy, occasionally sporting an ironic handlebar mustache and tooling around Manhattan in a souped-up Pontiac Firebird, the kind of wheels that a random Dukes of Hazzard cousin would feel at home in. What exactly fascinates him about Halston is never really made clear; it's merely the guy's image as a trend-setter and icon of the decadent side of the '70s that has an irresistible pull on the filmmaker.
The tact that Sudler-Smith takes with this film is disconcerting, but he does possess some charm (in a smarmy way) and one can see how Ultrasuede could have been pulled off with a solid mission and the right direction. Unfortunately, the film kicks off on the wrong foot with Sudler-Smith proclaiming that the designer is "forgotten" and is ripe for rediscovery. Although bad business decisions kept Halston's name purely in the realm of '70s-'80s fashion (unlike what transpired with somebody like Gianni Versace transferring the business to trusted family and associates, the fashion house bearing Halston's name petered out around the same time he perished of AIDS in 1990), the man and his work are still well-respected and fondly remembered. Even among young designers who weren't yet born during his heyday, his accomplishments are far from forgotten. To prove his point, Sudler-Smith tracks down the Halston archives, which are oddly stored in a forgotten room in Tennessee's Christian Lipscomb University. He also tracks down Halston's plaque in the fashion walk of fame in New York's fashion district - not exactly forgotten, but why split hairs?
The bulk of Ultrasuede consists of Sudler-Smith trekking around Manhattan and interviewing various people who were intimates of Halston, folks who greet the filmmaker with varying degrees of openness. The first interview subject presented is Halston's famously close pal Liza Minnelli (a big plus, and the clear highlight of the doc), who comes across as a warm, unpretentious person who genuinely loved her friend. Minnelli soundly advises Sudler-Smith to avoid going the easy, trashy route and get to the generous man that she knew. To be fair, it does portray a balanced overview of Halston's life and career, illustrated with slick motion graphics and an evocative soundtrack of '70s pop hits. He also manages to wrangle down a lot of interesting people with deep connections to Halston. In addition to Minnelli, the subjects include André Leon Talley of Vogue magazine, fashion designer Chado Ralph Rucci, Bob Coachello and Glenn O'Brien from Interview magazine, model Pat Cleveland and actress Angelica Huston. An impressive array, and he does get a lot of good, heartfelt recollections from them.
As with the rest of Ultrasuede, the interviews work despite the fragmentary nature of the film. For a project about a guy whose perfectionism extended to his luxe condo and the mirror-walled, state-of-the-art office he maintained, this sure is a messy patchwork. Sudler-Smith seems to be a big fan of filming the circumstances of his interviews, much to the detriment of both interviewer and subject. For example, a cursory chat with socialite Georgette Mosbacher spends as much time with the fussy decor (and her fussy assistant) in her sitting room as with the lady herself. As indications that the filmmakers ran out of material to fill out 94 minutes, the film goes into some odd detours. This includes a longish part delving into the decadent culture of Studio 54 (where Halston frequently hung out, but it wasn't very relevant to his life or career) and completely pointless interviews with musicians Billy Joel and Nile Rodgers. Apparently writing song lyrics that name-drop a person makes you an expert on that person?
If it sounds like I'm totally trashing Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, that may be too broad a judgement. The film is an enjoyable, somewhat shallow overview that cleverly uses tons of intriguing found footage and news clips (including Halston's campy appearance on The Love Boat, a moment I remembered well as a tyke) tied together with a fun if too-pat soundtrack. In order to fully get involved with it, however, one has to get past Whitney Sudler-Smith and his noxious behavior. In the course of the film, Sudler-Smith interrupts his interviewees, takes a mobile phone call mid-talk and smirks at the camera. He also sports a disconcerting number of different hairstyles and looks throughout the film, which adds to Ultrasuede's hasty, thrown-together feel. In the end, he takes on a reflective, conciliatory tone towards his subject - but are those his authentic feelings or just another hipster-douchebag pose?
The DVD:
Presented in 16x9 anamorphic widescreen, the new footage in Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston is pleasant if slightly blurred. The film also uses load of vintage filmed and videotaped footage sourced from degraded tapes, which have their own odd charm.
Newvideo's DVD edition of the film sports a good, well-balanced stereo soundtrack available in both 5.1 surround and 2.0 digital. The film is clearly mixed with a satisfying balance between dialogue and music. No subtitles are available.
Two brief featurettes count as the disc's sole extras. An Interview with Director Whitney Sudler-Smith and Producer Adam Bardach Presented by American Express (3:20) doesn't delve very deep and comes across as typical EPK stuff. A deleted scene (1:45) has Sudler-Smith seeking advice from his friend, a staffer at GQ magazine who suffers from the same flippant attitude as his good buddy (insert vomiting sound here).
Final Thoughts:
Loving tribute to an overlooked fashion icon or hipster ego trip? Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston attempts to have it both ways. While it's a fun and slickly made trip back to the '70s and '80s, director Whitney Sudler-Smith's attempts to shoehorn his own personality into the proceedings make it a non-essential curiosity. Halston was a great designer and true visionary worthy of an excellent documentary; this isn't it. Rent It.
Matt Hinrichs is a designer, artist, film critic and jack-of-all-trades in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2000, he has been blogging at Scrubbles.net. 4 Color Cowboy is his repository of Western-kitsch imagery, while other films he's experienced are logged at Letterboxd. He also welcomes friends on Twitter @4colorcowboy.


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Growing up, my brother and I often watched those old military movies that were sometimes on TV during Veterans Day. This was before "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers," when a "war movie" was "The Green Berets" or "Sands of Iwo Jima." The storylines tended to romanticize war and revolve around dashing heroes.
There wasn't much blood or gore, and terms like "IED" and "RPG" weren't common parlance.
My grandfather, a parachutist, took part in the Battle Of Normandy in World War II in 1944. I never heard him speak about that or his military service at all. It was only as a teenager, after his death on Veterans Day, that I realized that while he came home from that war, not all of him made it back. He has been dead for 22 years now, and when I think of him, my thoughts drift back to the man who bought me my first "big girl" bike and paid extra for purple streamers, and who was never without a King Edward brand cigar.
I never thought that I'd see a war in my lifetime. I also never thought I'd be writing about young Aroostook County men who died because of it.
I have had to attend and report on countless funerals over the past 10 years. The job never gets easier, especially when the deceased is a casualty of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In my reporting area, we have lost five young men: Army Spc. Dustin Harris of Patten; Marine Cpl. Dustin Libby of Castle Hill; Army 1st Sgt. Jonathan Lowery of Houlton, Marine 1st Lt. James Zimmerman of Smyrna, and Army Sgt. First Class Aaron Henderson of Hodgdon.
The oldest, Lowery, was 38. The youngest, Harris, was 21.
All of these funerals have been heart wrenching. When someone that young dies, some find solace in saying that the decedent "fit a lot of living" into such a short time. Sometimes that is true. But mainly those are just words to assuage our own sadness. The truth is, our thoughts linger on how much more living they could have fit in had they been given the time to do so.
I think that when anyone dies, we bury someone we loved and lost all over again. It could be a friend or relative, a parent or child. For me, all of these funerals have reminded me of my grandfather's. There are so many similarities – the flag from the casket, the final salute from a fellow soldier, the patches and medals. Had he lived, my grandfather would be in his 90's now. I think of him daily and wish that I could have learned more about the life he led before I stepped into it. I was a teenager when he died, naturally self-centered, too caught up in my own world to get tangled up in memories from his.
If I had a few minutes to speak to him today, I would tell him that I am sorry for that. I'd tell him how much I enjoyed his life and his love, even if I never really acknowledged it.
With Veterans Day upon us, I am reminded again of the countless youngsters who consider athletes, actors and musicians "heroes."
Many of them are, I am sure. But our soldiers, the ones who give without getting in parts of the world few know much about, are so often left out.
As the two long wars continue, even the attention we as a nation pay to fallen soldiers has diminished. When the wars first started, all of the network news stations set aside a segment of their nightly newscasts to honor a fallen soldier. That doesn't happen anymore.
At the same time, people in Aroostook County have come out in force to honor those we have lost, standing in silence as caskets have returned, filling high school gymnasiums to mourn with loved ones, dedicating events and even landmarks to these young men.
Each night, I turn to the last page in my journal and look at the names of the five fallen soldiers I have written about since the death of Dustin Harris in 2006.
When I read the names and the dates, the same mantra passes through my mind.
"I must remember these names. I must remember these sacrifices."
For all represent what a hero really is.

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Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: March 7, 2007
Description: Santa Clara Valley Bank, N.A.
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Santa Clara Valley Bank, N.A., Santa Paula, CA
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 122242827 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a lottery scam.
Counterfeit items are printed on the bank's retired check stock and may be identified by the following traits: the checks are green in color with a darker border and contain the bank's logo of a valley between two mountains in the top-left portion of the instrument. Directly beneath the logo is the bank's name in all capital letters and the phrase "Your Locally Owned Bank" in a signature font. A PURCHASER line is located in the top-left quadrant, and the words "CASHIER'S CHECK" are located in the top-center section of the check. The instrument is missing security features.
Items presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $3,500, contain the purchaser information of "Santa Clara Valley Bank/CL Bernice Olsen," have been dated February 12, 2007, and contain check numbers ranging from 9937-9970. Due to possible variations of appearance, it is suggested that Santa Clara Valley Bank, N.A. officials be contacted to verify authenticity of the bank's official items if received from an unknown or questionable source.
Correspondence accompanying the checks may contain the letterhead of "ACCESS INTERNATIONAL INC, 1-888-251-2743." The letter alerts the recipient that he or she is the winner of an unclaimed prize and should contact the office immediately. The recipient is advised to keep all information confidential and is encouraged to act by a specific date or the winnings will be forfeited. Recipients are to contact account representative Dorothy Perkins or Martin Allen of Pacific Capital Inc. at 1-800-426-1076. The correspondence may be signed by Mary Jane Russell, Vice President.
For additional information and guidance and to verify the authenticity of Santa Clara Valley Bank, N.A. cashier's checks, please contact Barbara L. Doane, Vice President – BSA, Compliance Officer, 901 East Main Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060, by telephone at (805) 525-1999, by fax at (805) 525-1512, or via e-mail at [firstname.lastname@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies:
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NHGRI Director Green honored by Washington University at St. Louis
NHGRI Director Green honored by Washington University at St. Louis
A St. Louis native, Dr. Green earned his bachelor's degree in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981 and his M.D. and Ph.D. from Washington University in 1987. During residency training in clinical pathology, he worked in the laboratory of Dr. Maynard Olson, then professor of genome sciences and medicine. After launching his genomics research program at Dr. Olson's lab, Dr. Green was appointed assistant professor of pathology and genetics and co-investigator in the Human Genome Center at Washington University in 1992.
For more than 20 years, Dr. Green has been extensively involved in efforts to map, sequence and understand the human genome. Prior to his appointment as the NHGRI director on Dec. 1, 2009, he served as the NHGRI scientific director guiding the growth and diversification of the institute's intramural research program. Some of his notable contributions include founding and directing for more than a decade the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center; establishing the Social and Behavioral Research Branch and the NIH Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health; and helping to launch innovative programs such as the Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
Dr. Green was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from Washington University School of Medicine in 2005. His other honors include a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, appointment as a Lucille P. Markey Scholar Award in Biomedical Science, induction into the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Lillian M. Gilbreth Lectureship for Young Engineers at the National Academy of Engineering, and induction into the American Association of Physicians. He is a founding editor of the journal Genome Research, a series editor of Genome Analysis: A Laboratory Manual, and co-editor of Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. Green has authored and co-authored more than 250 scientific publications.


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Michelin Starry Nights: A Taste of Iceland and the Faroe Islands
Eating fermented shark in Iceland is pretty much a rite of passage for tourists. Locals don't dine as much anymore on the meat, which is fermented in the ground and then hung out to dry. But they do love to watch visitors try to choke down a chunk. I was challenged by the owner of Rostin, a fine restaurant located on the Reykjanes Peninsula, to try a piece.
The consistency was alarming -- gelatinous yet firm -- but the flavor was less terrible than I expected, like an extremely strong, fishy cheese. I actually thought the shot of Brennivin, an aquavit known as "Black Death" that traditionally follows a bite of the stuff, was a more brutal assault on my palate.
Changing Times
It was only a couple generations ago that fermented shark was a staple of the Icelandic diet. Winters were so long and foodstuff so scarce that islanders had to invent ways to use every bit of the animal and make it last throughout the coldest months. Times have changed, however, according to Eva Maria Thorarinsdottir Lange, founder and owner of Pink Iceland, which specializes in LGBTQ travel, as well as wedding planning.
"You could almost say that we have a new Scandi-chic cuisine scene in Iceland now," Lange says, "with emphasis on locally-sourced food, like vegetables grown in geothermally powered greenhouses, mixed with Nordic design."
Michelin Approves
Those hothouse-born veggies like tomatoes, cucumber and strawberries have expanded the list of homegrown ingredients chefs can utilize, but there is another reason for the country's gastronomic revolution. In 2017, more than 2.1 million tourists visited Iceland, approximately six times the island's entire population.
"The culinary scene in Reykjavik has changed a lot the last few years," confirms Gunnlaugur Bragi, president of the capital city's Pride Festival, which kicks off August 7. "With massive growth in the tourism industry in Iceland, more restaurants are opening and for the first time, many of them are likely to survive. Before we basically had a few long-running restaurants and others came, peaked and closed... some even went through all three stages over a weekend."
Last year, Michelin -- the notorious ranking of the world's best restaurants -- took notice, awarding Iceland's first Michelin star to Dill, which until January was under the direction of Ragnar Eiriksson. The head chef is now shaking things up at Holt, located in the Reykjavik hotel of the same name. "What I want to do at Holt is not too far from what I was doing at Dill," he explains, "with simple and clear flavors that don't overshadow each other. So we try not to include too many elements on the plate at once. The main difference from Dill is that we don't really follow the New Nordic dogma by strictly using local ingredients. We, of course, use local produce with proteins like beef and lamb, but we also like to be able to use, for example, olives when we feel like it."
Move Over, Iceland
Iceland isn't the only North Atlantic country Michelin loves. The isolated Faroe Islands, a 90-minute flight southeast, snared a star as well in 2017, thanks to the culinary artistry of Poul Andrias Ziska, head chef of Koks. The restaurant recently moved to a new location in a remote farmhouse built in 1741, and I dined there a few days before it opened.
The dishes were comprised mostly of ingredients found in few other places, from gannet, a seabird hunted just one day annually in the islands, to cured whale meat and blubber eaten between slices of buttered dried fish. There was lamb, too, which Ziska explained had been "hanging without salt, so it fermented and was wind dried. There are a lot of different flavors to find in the meat, depending on where the sheep has been walking, if it's male or female, how old it is. It's almost like wine."
Those experiencing the more traditional aspects of Nordic cuisine might need a bit of coaxing to understand and appreciate how certain ingredients are used in a cultural and historical context. But like a fine wine, they demand to be savored and often increase in value over time.


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ok i have been thinking of this for some time and think this would be a good idea due to the size the clan world has got to. at present i think there are about 40 clans.
my idea is that we follow the football leagues split the clans into 4 divisions 3 top divisions having equal no's with the odd amount in the bottom. using one of the clan ranking systems to make the divisions 1 war starting on a set date of each month. all clans participate in this as it will be a ongoing thing each clan will play the all clans in there division once getting 3 points for a win 1 for a draw.
at the end of each season the top 2 clans of each division get awarded promotion to the next division up and bottom 2 drop to the division down 1 from them. if possible we also get some form of trophy medal for the winners of the top division.
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Psittacosis is an infection that is passed to humans from birds. It may cause a variety of flu-like symptoms.
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Psittacosis is caused by a specific bacteria. The bacteria is passed from a sick bird. People may come in contact with the bacteria when they inhale the dust of dried bird droppings from the sick bird. The bacteria can also pass when a person touches his or her mouth to the beak of an infected bird. Even minor contact with sick birds can lead to psittacosis. The bacteria can pass from one person to another, but it is rare.
Handling a pet bird increases the risk of psittacosis. Some infected birds have symptoms, such as losing feathers, runny eyes, a change in eating habits, and diarrhea. Other birds may appear well, but can still spread the infection to humans.
Certain occupations also increase the risk of this infection including:
Birds most often associated with psittacosis infection in people, include:
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Your body fluids may be tested. This can be done with blood tests.
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Psittacosis is treated with antibiotics.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 20, 2013) - According to a survey by BMO Bank of Montreal, three-quarters (73 per cent) of Canadians expect retailers, including small businesses, to continue accepting pennies at the check-out - regardless of the circumstances or purchase amount - despite plans for their elimination. In addition, the survey also found that 59 per cent of Canadians expect small businesses to adjust prices in the consumers' favour and 57 per cent expect adjustment to be in the retailers favour.
"Successful Canadian business owners not only have the products and services Canadians want, but also a strong focus on meeting the needs and expectations of their customers. With this move to phase out the penny, there can be little doubt that Canadian business will continue to do what they need to, to maintain and strengthen the important relationships they have with their customers," said Steve Murphy, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal. "As the penny is phased out, small businesses overall should not experience a noticeable difference in the number of transactions because many retailers are also set up to accept debit and credit card transactions."
The survey, conducted by Pollara, also revealed:
The Federal government has proposed voluntary guidelines for retailers, including: rounding down if the price ends in a one, two, six or seven and rounding up if the price ends in a three, four, eight or nine.
"Some small businesses may adjust their cash registers, while others may encourage their employees to round the bill manually after taxes have been added to the sub-total," Mr. Murphy added.
Business owners looking to lighten their pockets can use one of BMO's many coin-counting machines. For more information, please visit www.bmo.com; to find a BMO coin counter near you, please visit https://locator.bmo.com.
BMO's Penny Survey was conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights. The survey results cited in this release are from online interviews with a random sample of 1,400 Canadians 18 years of age and older, carried out between February 7th and February 10th, 2013. A probability sample of this size would yield results accurate to ± 2.6 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
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Life in the Balance
An Interview With Marcya Gullatte Owens
By David Evans
AS LITTLE AS FOUR years ago, precious few women in the country advocated HIV treatment for women. At that time, too many people still believed that women -- especially African-American women -- simply didn't need that kind of help. As a 36-year-old, HIV-positive, African-American woman with two HIV-negative children, Marcya Gullatte Owens knew better, though. We met several years ago at an AIDS-advocacy training conference in Atlanta; I knew almost immediately that she was not your average HIV/AIDS activist.
I've always marveled at Marcya's unassuming, humble character. Because many of the other activists I knew were so outspoken -- sometimes gratingly so -- I wondered how she would fare in the often-brutal world of HIV politics. My fears turned out to be groundless; I was pleased to watch on several occasions how easily she took on a room full of seasoned activists and doctors. I've seen Marcya at many conferences over the years and watched her involve herself more and more in a variety of treatment issues, especially HIV treatment for pregnant women.
Unfortunately, that increasing involvement put Marcya in a position familiar to many HIV-positive women and people of color. So many people needed and wanted her: to speak at a conference, to serve on a committee, to participate in one more conference call. If she didn't speak, who would? If she didn't join that committee, who would speak up for positive (and African-American) women? The perpetually growing pile of commitments would drain the energy of Hercules, let alone a self-effacing woman from Georgia.
Yet as exhausting as these demands are, Marcya has somehow managed to sustain her energy and continues to involve herself deeply with AIDS activism, her family, her church (she has been a devout Seventh Day Adventist from the day she was born) and her job as a freelance HIV prevention and treatment advocate. I was pleasantly surprised to run into her at an AIDS conference; we spent a couple of hours catching up.
What would you want people to know about your life and experiences?
I guess I would say that when you first receive your HIV diagnosis, it's like any diagnosis of a major illness ... you don't have to succumb. I mean, with cancer for instance, you wouldn't just sit back and wait to die. I didn't. Also, the power of suggestion is really strong. When I was first diagnosed in 1994, I went to a support group for women. Most of those women were talking about death a lot, death and dying. Nearly all of them are now gone. There were a few women besides myself who were focused on life, on living, and most of us are still here.
I found out that I was HIV positive because I got pregnant. I was in college; I was doing well. The guys I dated were athletes and guys who really had it together. I grew up in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. I practiced safe-sex methods 99 percent of the time -- leaving a one-percent window of opportunity to get pregnant and HIV. One percent was obviously enough. I became pregnant in my junior year of college, when I was 23 years old. After deciding to keep the baby, I went to a community hospital and was given an HIV test. Nearly six weeks after learning I was pregnant, I also learned that I was HIV positive.
Do you think coping works differently for women who find out that they are both positive and pregnant?
Yes. I knew that I had to focus on my pregnancy, on the baby. I really didn't have time to think so much of myself. When my daughter was born I named her Mariama, which means "gift of God" in Swahili. And she is, though she gets embarrassed when I tell people. We were blessed that she did not become infected. The only preventative method at the time was good prenatal care. They were just starting to learn about ACTG 076 [giving both the mother and the newborn AZT] and other ways to decrease transmission of HIV, so that was not available to me. I was in labor for three and a half days. My water was broken for well over four hours, and her head sat in my birthing canal for three hours. If that happened today they would probably have given me an emergency C-section or used other tools to reduce her risk. As it is, she is a miracle.
If I hadn't gotten pregnant, though, I would never have been diagnosed so early. I just didn't think of myself as being at risk. I feel lucky that I did find out. I was infected 13 years ago, and there's so much we didn't know then. I knew they said it could happen to anybody, but it just didn't seem real. But the truth is that if you're having babies, and you can't be sure that your partner is monogamous, then you are putting yourself at risk.
Did you ever find out how you contracted HIV?
I was diagnosed with herpes in the fall of 1992. I was diagnosed with HIV in January 1994. I was infected through heterosexual contact. It wasn't Mariama's father who infected me; he's negative.
How did Mariama's father handle everything -- the unplanned pregnancy, your HIV status?
He's getting there. He was clear at the beginning that he wouldn't be there for me. I never allowed myself to have any hate or animosity for my daughter's father, because she looks exactly like him. I hated his behavior, not him. Life was a big party for him. He participated in his daughter's birthdays twice; she's 12 years old now.
I grew up in a single-parent home and I didn't want my daughter to have that. She doesn't have a relationship with her paternal father. But she has a father -- my husband.
When did you meet your husband?
I met Roy in 1996, when I was starting ROSE [Radiant Open-Minded Self-Assured Empowerment HIV/AIDS Project, a nonprofit AIDS service organization targeted at African Americans]. We met at a church picnic for singles. I looked at him and said to my friend: That man is going to be my husband. The Holy Spirit -- or another higher power -- spoke to me quite powerfully, though he wasn't my type or anything.
Immediately, he really took to my daughter. In fact, he liked Mariama before he liked me; she was almost two years old then. We began dating, and after one month I told him I had herpes and HIV. Because he was a minister at the time, we decided to be celibate until we got married.
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Family and football. Fathers and sons. A scrapbook of memories, which come alive on the screen through home video, game footage and candid, personal interviews with members of the Manning family and those whose lives they touched.
It was a special night in Oxford, as the ESPN Films documentary, The Book of Manning, premiered Friday at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts on the Ole Miss campus. The event also raised $100,000 to benefit the Friends of Children's Hospital, which supports the Blair E. Batson Hospital for children.
"I'm really honored to be here and flattered that Ole Miss wanted to make an event out of this," Archie said of the premiere. "I'm excited that the benefactor will be Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson, which is part of the University Medical Center. It's going to raise a lot of money for them and help the sick children of Mississippi get well and get home.
"We are really flattered and indebted for the turnout that we had. We're always glad to be on campus and be around the Ole Miss family, so it's a great night for us."
Earlier in the day, Ole Miss Director of Athletics, Ross Bjork, announced the "building phase" of the Forward Together Campaign, and later at the film's premiere, it was also announced that Ole Miss Athletics will name the newly renovated Indoor Practice Facility the Olivia and Archie Manning Athletics Performance Center.
"Unbelievable," Archie said of the facilities. "The meeting room, the dining facility, the dressing room, the weight room. I saw SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and said we have got it going here. What we have here is Alabama-type stuff, and what they have been able to accomplish is the paramount thing in our conference right now. We have some great facilities."
MY TAKE ON THE FILM: The Book of Manning is a special tribute to a special family, which follows the Mannings through both their prosperity and adversity, from Archie's father, Elisha, to Archie, to Archie's three sons, Cooper, Peyton and Eli.
It strikes a balance between their respective personal and professional lives, and their relationships, as the most powerful moments of the film are interviews with them talking about one another. And, other than video of Eli's verbal commitment to Ole Miss, what drew the most reaction was home video of football games in the Manning backyard.
All of the games and moments you expect are in the film, such as Eli's commitment mentioned above, with context and supported by photos, videos and interviews. And each of their respective stories, all their own, is given careful attention, both individually and as part of the Manning family.
In the end, the story comes full circle and leaves you with a satisfied feeling of completeness, with Eli winning a January bowl game at Ole Miss more than 30 years after his father, Archie, did just the same.
The film premieres on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN.


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EDMONDS — Booking any concert is a roll of the dice.
Is it the right artist at the right venue at the right time? Will a competing act siphon away the audience? Will the weather discourage attendance?
Few bookings meant more than the Indigo Girls did for the Edmonds Center of the Arts in 2009.
The 700-seat concert house had opened during troubling times. It had undergone an $18 million renovation, played its first show in 2006 and launched its first season in 2007.
Then, the recession hit, hurting ticket sales for all venues, let alone one just getting under way.
"We, like every other business, only a year and a half after opening our doors, we were laying off people, we were taking furloughs," said Joe McIalwain, the center's only executive director. "We were doing everything that every business was doing to make ends meet."
And it wasn't enough. McIalwain had to cancel a couple of shows during that season, because they had sold fewer than 50 tickets.
It was embarrassing, difficult and tough.
Then McIalwain took a risk. He brought in the Indigo Girls, the folk rock music duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, that has had a long, consistently successful career.
He felt positive about the act, believing they would be well received. But it was for two nights and the center would charge the highest ticket prices it had ever charged in still uncertain times.
"We felt, I felt that we needed something to gain some attention, something big enough to warrant media coverage and, in part, to revive our spirits a little bit," McIalwain said. "Because we all felt pretty defeated at that point and things were not clicking."
Ticket sales opened at noon. The phones never stopped ringing. Every hand including McIalwain was in the box office taking orders. They sold out in two days.
"I knew that that experience was about to help us turn the corner," McIalwain said. "That drew an audience of 1,400 people, many of whom had not been to our theater yet, who did not know who we were or even where we were."
It laid the foundation for Edmonds Center for the Arts as an up-and-coming theater, a venue that continues to carve a place for itself in Western Washington's competitive concert and performing arts scene.
The center lost money in 2009 and again in 2010. But it made a $1,000 in 2011, $78,000 in 2012 and $128,000 in 2013.
As a nonprofit, the money is put back into programs, services and facilities.
With positive revenue, the center has been able to attract bigger and better acts. Singers Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt performed this past season. The Indigo Girls returned in January. Joan Baez is scheduled to perform in July.
The 2014-15 season, which runs from October through May, offers Richard Thompson, Marc Cohn and Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks and others.
It's proving to be an economic driver for the city of Edmonds.
"(The Edmonds Center for the Arts) is a real jewel for the communities in and around Edmonds," said David Brewster, the president of the nonprofit that runs the center. "It's part of a strong downtown, and it's a destination for patrons all over the Northwest."
The concert series alone will bring an estimated 16,000 people to the city. Another 30,000 to 40,000 show up for events that rent the venue including Rick Steves, who hosts talks on travel at the center, and Frank DeMiero, who runs a three-day jazz festival at the site.
Those feet on the street mean dollars for the community, said Bob Rinehart, president of the Edmonds Public Facilities District, which runs the center jointly with the nonprofit.
"We've calculated slightly under $3 million a year that the center puts back into the economy here," Rinehart said.
"We get a lot of people who roll in who will go to restaurants and that sort of things."
And it's also generated interest in the community. More than 140 people volunteer at the venue, saving an estimated $100,000 in labor costs. The volunteer labor is noted before each performance.
The Edmonds Center for the Arts occupies the old Edmonds High School at 410 Fourth Ave. N. The high school was built more than a century ago and later became the city's junior high school and then a Christian college.
The Edmonds Public Facilities District was established in 2001 to buy the property and create a concert venue in the city. The auditorium was renovated by LMN Architects in Seattle, the firm that did McCaw Hall.
For the renovations, the facilities district tapped into $11 million in sales tax revenues, the city of Edmonds put in $2 million and another $5 million was donated privately.
McIalwain, who was hired in 2006, puts together the concert series each year.
"We're kind of at a sweet spot in terms of the size of our house, because it still feels intimate enough that you can have that great connection with the audience, but its big enough that we can get the artist in the door and keep ticket prices reasonable," McIalwain said.
He's been able to partner with other venues around the region to land these acts. That's what happened with the Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt concert.
"I was talking to the agent and he said, 'What about Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt just by themselves acoustic in your space? How does that sound?" McIalwain said. "Well I said, 'That sounds fantastic.'"
But it needed to be a tour. McIalwain worked with the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham, the Broadway Center in Tacoma and Washington Center in Olympia to make the tour happen.
"Somehow the planets aligned, everybody had the right calendar and the right dates open and everybody was willing and excited to come in on it," McIalwain said.
Not everything has been successful. In 2011, the center booked comedian Lily Tomlin to perform for two shows at the center.
"Ticket sales were going pretty well, but two or three months after we booked the show it was announced that Jerry Seinfeld was going to play at the same time at the Paramount," McIalwain said. "I'm not saying they're exactly the same audience, but there was certainly some crossover."
He counted on the show to make money for the center. It lost money.
Still, the trend has been upward over the years. During the first season, the concert house sold on average 50 to 51 percent of its seats. Now it's selling on average about 82 percent of the house.
"I'm not saying we have figured out the magical formula," McIalwain said.
"But we've gotten ourselves to a place where we know a lot more about how to build a series that is interesting to people, that they can afford and that they have the time to come see."


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1 Oxford ed.: Ep. xiv. A.D. 250.
2 It is thought that Cyprian here speaks of an order of men called "Parabolani," who systematically devoted themselves to the service of the sick and poor and imprisoned. [Acts iv. 6 , oi newteroi.]
3 Ecclus. xi. 28. [Conf. Solon, Herod., i. 86.]
4 Apoc. ii. 10.
5 Matt. x. 22.
6 John xiii. 14, 15. [The parabolaniwere so called circaA.D. 415.]
7 2 Thess. iii. 8.
8 Luke xiv. 11.
9 [Strange, indeed, that such should be found amid the persecuted sheep of Christ; but it illustrates the history of Callistus at Rome, and the possibility of such characters enlisting in the Churcb.]
10 [" Whence hath it tares?" Ans.: "An enemy hath done this." See Matt. xiii. 27; Acts xx. 29-31.]
11 [Elucidation 11. This was the canonical duty neglected by Callistus and his predecessor, who "imagined," etc. See p. 156, supra.]
1 Oxford ed.: Ep. xiii. [Rogatian was a bishop afterwards.]
2 A beautiful aphorism. See below, note 8, this page.]
3 John v 14.
4 Isa. lxvi. 2.
5 Rom. ii. 24.
6 Matt. v, 16.
7 Phil. ii. 15.
8 1 Pet. ii. 11, 12.
9 [The shameof the Church is the shameof the bishop. See above, note I; also 1 Tim. v. 22.]
10 Either as criminals having returned from banishment without authority, or as having committed some crime for which they became amenable to punishment. See 1 Pet. iv. 15: "But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer."
11 Rom. xi. 20, 21. [How significant this warning to Rome!]
12 Isa. liii. 7.
13 Isa. l. 5. 6.
14 John xiii.,16.
15 Luke ix. 48.
16 " Illustrata." The Oxford translation has "bathed in light."
17 [That is, i( they have night actually committed the great sin themselves, yet, etc. See vol. ii. p. 57.]
18 Lev. xix. 18.
19 Matt. xxii. 39.
20 Gal. v. 15. [See note 9, infra.]
21 The following is found only in one ms.. Its genuineness is there fore doubted by some: "And although I have most fully written to our clergy, both lately when you were still kept in prison, and now also a sin, to supply whatever was needful, either for your clothing or for your food, yet I myself have also sent you from the small meanof my own which I had with me, 250 pieces: and another,o I had also sent before. Victor also, who from a reader has become a dea-, con, and is with me, sent you 175. But I rejoice when I know that very many of our brethren of their love are striving with each other, and are aiding your necessities with their contributions."
1 Oxford ed.; Ep. xi. A.D. 250.
2 [Compare, in former letters, similar complaints, to which brie[ notes are subjoined. And mark the honest simplicity o( these confessions. 2 Peter ii. 13, 14, 15.]
3 Luke xii. 47.
4 Ps. lxxxix. 30-32.
5 Satisfacimus.
6 Ps. lxxxix. 33.
7 Luke xi. 10.
8 [A comment on Luke xviii. 3, compared with Matt. xviii. 19. Importunity necessary, even in the latter case.]
9 Ps. lxviii. 6. [Vulgate and Anglican Psaker version.]
10 Acts iv. 32.
11 John xv. 12.
12 Matt. xviii. 19.
13 [After the manner of Hermas. Vol. ii. p.24, note 2.]
14 Heb. xii. 6.
15 Col. iv. 2.
16 Luke vi. 12.
17 Luke xxii. 31, 32.
18 Rom. viii. 35.
19 [A vision granted to the pastor in behalf of his flock. See Vulgate version of Ps. lxxxix. 19, which Cyprian's, doubtless, antics-p ated.] This prediction of settled timeswas published in unsettled ones; and it was fulfilled by the sudden and unexpected death of Decius, in his expedition against the Goths.
20 Luke ix. 62.
21 Gen. xix. 26.
22 [Saying, "our Father," not "my Father." Vol. i. p. 62.]
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An international team of astronomers has used the Subaru Prime Focus Camera to make the first discovery of the large physical extent of energetic oxygen-gas outflows driven by a super-massive black hole and star formation. The team found 12 galaxies, 9 billion light years from Earth, that are expelling hot oxygen gas extending up to 250,000 light years beyond the galaxies' areas. These distant galaxies are probably in their final phase of growth, with star formation being quenched by the expulsion of gas needed to produce new stars.
Using the Fiber-Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) mounted on the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers participating in the Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS) has found that galaxies, over nine billion years ago, provided a nurturing environment for the birth of new stars at remarkable, orderly rates. Even at these early times, there are signs of maturation.
A team of astronomers used the Subaru Prime Focus Camera to observe faint asteroids with highly inclined orbits. They found that a smaller fraction of tiny bodies occur among high-inclination asteroids than those near the ecliptic plane. This means that large asteroids in high velocity collisions between asteriods probably have a greater increase of strength in resisting disruption than those in the present mean-velocity collisions.
A Japanese research team has used Subaru Telescope's Suprime-Cam and the Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (FOCAS) with a blue transmission filter to observe planetary transits of super-Earth GJ 1214 b. The team investigated whether this planet has an atmosphere rich in water or hydrogen. Because the Subaru observations show that the planet does not display a strong Rayleigh scattering feature, they conclude that GJ 1214 b is likely to have a water-rich atmosphere.
Astronomers that are members of the SEEDS Project have used the Subaru Telescope to observe a disk around the young star RY Tau. The team's analysis of the disk shows that a "fluffy" layer above it is responsible for the scattered light observed in the infrared image. Detailed comparisons with computer simulations of scattered light from the disk reveal that this layer appears to be a remnant of material from an earlier phase of stellar and disk development.
Astronomers in the Strategic Explorations of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru (SEEDS) Project have recently discovered and captured an image of the least massive planet ever imaged so far--a so-called "second Jupiter". This discovery marks an important step toward the direct imaging of much fainter Earth-like planets in the future and may lead to new models of planet formation. It also illustrates the important role that the SEEDS project plays in observational astronomy.
An international team of astronomers has used the Subaru Telescope to measure the distribution of dark matter in fifty galaxy clusters and found that its density gradually decreases from the center of these cosmic giants to their diffuse outskirts. This new evidence about the mysterious dark matter that pervades our Universe conforms to the predictions of cold dark matter theory, known as "CDM".
A team of astronomers has found the farthest known solar twin in the Milky Way Galaxy-- CoRoT Sol 1, which has about the same mass and chemical composition as the Sun. Spectra from the High Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS) on the Subaru Telescope showed that CoRoT Sun 1 is about 6.7 billion years old while space-derived data from the CoRoT satellite indicated a rotation period of 29 +/- 5 days. This newly discovered, evolved solar twin allows astronomers to uncover the near future of the Sun.
A duo of astronomers has discovered a blue supergiant star located far beyond our Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Over fifty-five million years ago, the star emerged in an extremely wild environment: within the long trail of gas stripped from galaxy IC 3418 as it sped rapidly into the Virgo cluster and interacted with the hot plasma of the surrounding intra-cluster medium. The research revealed unprecedented views of the star formation process in this intergalactic context and showed the promise of future investigations of a possibly new mode of star formation, unlike that within our Milky Way.
A team of astronomers has investigated the effect of gravitational lensing on the properties of the background galaxy in an overlapping system of two young galaxies lying in an extremely close line of sight. The two galaxies were once thought to be a single strangely shaped galaxy that looked like a "magatama", an ancient, comma-shaped Japanese amulet made of stone. The team's research showed that the effect of gravitational amplification would be 20% at most and that the gravitational lensing effect from the young foreground galaxy does not affect the luminosity of its background galaxy.
An international team of astronomers led by Masaaki Otsuka has detected the C60 fullerene (molecules of carbon with 60 atoms arranged in patterns resembling a soccer ball) in the dying star M1-11. Data from the Subaru Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Very Large Telescope, the 1.88 m telescope at the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, and the Japanese infrared astronomy satellite AKARI all contributed to this finding, which takes scientists closer to understanding the prevalence and formation of C60 in space.
A Japanese team of astronomers has used the Subaru Telescope to observe a distant gravitationally-lensed quasar and probed an active galactic nucleus in its central region. Looking through multiple sight lines, the astronomers obtained a 3-D view of the quasar and discovered complex small structures inside the outflows from the galactic nucleus. These outflows will spread widely and eventually affect the evolution of the host galaxy.
An international team of astronomers has used the Subaru Telescope to capture the first vivid infrared image of a curved arm of dust extending over a hole in a disk around a young star (J 1604). This feature indicates the probable existence of unseen planets within the hole. The image shows the dynamic environment in which planets may be born and gives information about constraints on the distance at which planets can form from a central star.
Astronomers have used the Subaru Telescope to show that the HAT-P-7 planetary system, which is about 1040 light years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, includes at least two giant planets and one companion star. The discovery of a previously unknown companion (HAT-P-7B) to the central star (HAT-P-7) as well as confirmation of another giant planet (HAT-P-7c) orbiting outside of the retrograde planet HAT-P-7b offer new insights into how retrograde planets may form and endure.
An international team of astronomers has discovered that outflows of gas from starburst galaxy M82 collide with a "cap" of gas clouds 40,000 light years away from the galactic disk. Shockwaves from M82's central starburst region are the most likely source of the bright clouds within the cap. This research provides an important clue about the wind's power.
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The number of passengers at Bob Hope Airport plummeted by 10% in September compared to last year -- catching officials off guard.
Revenues generated by parking fees -- an important source of income for the airport -- also dropped sharply, according to the latest report released on Monday.
The decline, which senior deputy executive director John Hatanaka said "shocked" airport staff, was by far the steepest drop among other airports in the region.
Ontario Airport reported a 5.8% decrease, while Long Beach Airport saw a 6.4% drop, Hatanaka said. Meanwhile, there was a 1.48% jump in passengers at Los Angeles International Airport and a nearly 1% bump at John Wayne Airport -- both due primarily to stepped up international travel, he added.
Bob Hope Airport handled 324,176 passengers in September, down from 360,321 during the same period last year, according to the statistics released to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority.
Since January, a little more than 3 million passengers have traveled through the airport, compared to about 3.2 million during the same period last year.
While airport officials didn't give specific reasons why the drop was so severe, Dan Feger, the airport's executive director, attributed 7% of the decrease to the departure of American Airlines in February.
Hatanaka also said airlines are reducing the number of available seats in order to keep planes closer to capacity to counter rising fuel prices.
Parking revenues were $1.5 million in September, a 9.7% tumble for $1.67 million in September 2011.
Airport officials aren't letting the lower-than-expected numbers deter them, Hatanaka said.
"While the results for September were disappointing, the staff remains focused on what we're trying to do," Hatanaka said.
For instance, airport officials are launching a $150,000 regional advertising campaign and upping the cost to park in Lot C in an effort to drive up passenger numbers and parking revenues.
The ad campaign will include billboard advertising in five locations in the San Fernando Valley reminding travelers that Bob Hope is a smart alternative to LAX.
Authority members selected the slogan "Close. Convenient. Comfortable." for the billboards.
There will also be 180 60-second spots airing on Thousand Oaks radio station KLSI-AM, which plays music from the 1980s and '90s. The station's listeners are in the target market the airfield wants to reach, said Victor Gill, the airport's director of public affairs and communications.
Billy Bush, co-host of the syndicated entertainment show Access Hollywood, will record three versions of the commercial.
Authority members also approved increasing the daily parking fee for Lot C from $10 to $12, which will take effect in about a month.
Feger said the nearby Marriott Hotel already charges $12 a day and VSP Parking charges $13 a day for comparable outdoor parking.
"We believe that competition will dictate that we're actually undervaluing the product here," he said. "We believe it makes absolute sense to match the competition."
Parking rates for Lots A and B will remain $10.
The fee increase will generate an additional $250,000 a year for the airport, Feger said.
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This weekend, a new mall will be opening in Japantown, San Francisco. It's called "New People" and located at 1746 Post street. The building will feature artwork, films, and fashion straight from Japanese pop culture, and will also house a few places to eat. I encountered the three story glass-faced building during a stroll through Japantown this evening. The grand opening event for New People will take place tomorrow, and I'm pretty excited about this new complex. Since coming back from Tokyo, I've been feeling like Japantown SF could use a little something more to make me feel like I'm in, well, Japan! Perhaps this infusion of pop culture through this new mall will be just what this area needed. The pictures above show that there's still plenty of work to do to get things ready for the grand opening, which from the time of this writing, will happen in only a matter of hours. Looking through the first floor windows, I saw workers scrambling to set up foodservice equipment, many of which hadn't even been unboxed yet. Hope they finish on time!
After I grabbed a couple shots of the new building, walked through Peace Plaza on my way back to the car, and noticed that there was an outdoor screening of "Kamikaze Girls" taking place, a Japanese film that features quirky fashion straight out of Harajuku. I stood for a while as the sun dipped below the horizon, enjoyed the warm weather, and got a few good laughs from the movie. I snapped a few shots of the event, and called it an evening.


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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) � Missouri lawmakers have approved additional spending authority for the current fiscal year, including a $14 million increase for a fund that reimburses schools for the cost of educating children with special needs.
The "High Needs" fund reimburses school districts for special needs students who cost more than three times the amount of a typical student. If the typical student in a school district costs $10,000 a year, that same district would qualify for state reimbursement for students costing more than $30,000 annually.
State education officials said the growth in the fund is a result of more children with special needs and an increase in the costs of specialized instruction.
In fiscal year 2010, Missouri school districts collected reimbursements from the fund for 2,177 students but last fiscal year that number rose to more than 2,700 students. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education spokeswoman Sarah Potter said the fund typically increases by about 10 percent every year. But between 2012 and 2013, the fund's cost jumped by 18 percent, which she described as "unusual."
The cost increase isn't only because there are more kids with special needs. School districts have also been getting better at documenting high-cost students and collecting the reimbursement money.
"Much of our increase in the last five years has been due to our efforts to maximize our reimbursement," said Dave Wilson, the administration supervisor of special services at Columbia Public Schools.
Other school districts have gotten better at collecting reimbursements, too. In 2009, the state paid $26 million for special needs students in Missouri schools, but in the current fiscal year Missouri districts are projected to get over $40 million from the fund.
Wilson attributes part of the Columbia district's increase to a change in state regulations about how schools are reimbursed for students requiring 24-hour nursing care. Missouri recently began requiring districts to bill the cost of nursing care for students to Medicaid while they are at school.
"Unfortunately, it also means we had more costs overall, and we never recoup them all since the High Needs fund only reimburses for the costs beyond three times typical students," Wilson said.
Between 2010 and 2011, Columbia's reimbursement through the High Needs fund doubled from $600,000 to more than $1.2 million.
Some of the fund increase approved by lawmakers will be used to pay off schools for bills left over from 2012.
Some lawmakers have cited the growth in the fund as a reason not to spend every dollar the state is projected to take in during a given fiscal year. Gov. Jay Nixon's budget plan does not include any money for a supplemental budget like the one passed this week replenishing the needs fund. Luebbering said state departments have asked for enough money in next year's budget to avoid a supplemental, but some lawmakers remain skeptical.
"This didn't work last year," said Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia.


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More cuts expected from Pontiac schools despite recent layoffs
PONTIAC -- A new round of cuts are expected to be announced by Pontiac interim school Superintendent Walter Burt as early as Friday, as he responds to state pressure to slash the budget by $15 million before the end of the school year.
The state of Michigan Department of Education continues to withhold the April state aid payment from the district as a penalty for not meeting expected reductions thus far. And a preliminary review of district finances ordered by State school Superintendent Michael Flanagan continues as his staff pores over documents provided by Pontiac schools.
To queries about where the new cuts will be focused, Burt said "the first wave is expected to be additional teachers and principals at the secondary level and some special education teachers." There will also be additional reductions in clerical and secretarial staff, Burt said. But he would not provide any details. Employees will be notified first.
Dan McCarthy, Michigan Education Association representative to Pontiac teachers, said the bargaining team will likely be briefed on the proposed cuts today (Friday May 11) before bargaining starts
Burt had planned to make the announcement this week. District spokeswoman Erica Donerson said the earliest Burt will release the information is Friday.
The reductions in staff will be in addition to the 95 layoffs announced after spring break, when more than 40 teachers, mostly from elementary levels, left their classes behind shortly before student marking period and parent conferences.
Twenty-three administrators were also given notice they will be out of a job as of the end of the school year. Several secretaries, clerical workers and teacher assistants were also given notice.
Jefferson Whittier Elementary will be closed, the International Technology Academy will move to Pontiac Middle School and Bethune school has already been closed, with alternative education students moved to a wing of Pontiac High School, where they are taking online courses to earn their diploma.
The newest round of cuts will not be the last, Burt said. There will be more in the next school year. One option is closing Odell Nails Administration Building and moving district offices to Whitmer Human Resource Center.
State school Superintendent Michael Flanagan said in a letter that he called for the preliminary review of the district's finances after learning that the deficit was projected to increase to $26 million by the end of this school year instead of being reduced by $15 million. He is also concerned because of the controversial forensic audits that show mismanagement of funds and fraud.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is close to completing its investigation of Pontiac schools forensic audits, John Shoup, supervisor of the FBI Oakland County office. So far one former administrator, Jumanne Sledge, has been indicted for embezzling $236,000 dollars. The Jaguar and a bank account of the former assistant superintendent of operations and human resources were confiscated. His trial is scheduled for July.
The $15 million is the first part of Pontiac schools' total $24.5 million deficit that must be eliminated. By 2014, the district must completely eliminate the entire deficit, plus another $1.5 million in expected cost increases under a plan submitted by the district and approved by the state Department of Education.
Burt, who was recruited from his position on the faculty of Western Michigan University to help the district meet the state's requirement to reduce the deficit and avoid a state emergency financial manager, said early on that the biggest savings would come from contract negotiations and employee concessions.
The district and teacher bargaining teams were at work at the table Thursday, where teachers are being asked to take a 10 percent wage cut and give concessions in health insurance among other things.
McCarty, who is working with the Pontiac Education Association, said time had been set aside this week for three days of negotiations. Friday will be the third day.
"It is tough. We were closer Monday than today," he said. "It's awful. There is no way we can obtain a contract fair to our membership."
McCarthy would give no details about what the sticking items are at the bargaining table.
"We'd like to minimize the economic consequence of the situaiton on our members. We'd also like to get them (administration) to have a plan in place the state would accept and release the state aid for the month," McCarthy said, noting that if the April payment isn't being released, it is doubtful the May payment will be coming.
McCarthy said he doesn't know what cuts Burt may have in mind.
"We don't know much more than anbody else knows. It looks like we will be thoroughly briefed about that tomorrow before bargaining session. I think it will be for the fall. I don't expect more before the school year ends," he said.
However, he added, "whether you are in a deficit or not, you need teachers. They want our help to recruit new students. That is a daunting challenge with teacher layoffs and larger classroom size."
The administration would like to build up enrollment because that would bring in more state aid to cover operations. Enrollment has declined around 600 a year and is expected to be down another 500 next school year.
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The Court Navigator Program trains college students and other persons deemed appropriate by the Program to assist unrepresented litigants, who are appearing in Nonpayment proceedings in the Resolution Part of Housing Court or the Consumer Debt Part of the Civil Court.
Nonpayment proceedings are cases where landlords sue tenants to collect rent. In these disputes, tenants and owners/landlords face the possibility of losing their homes through eviction or foreclosure. Consumer debt proceedings involve credit card companies, hospitals, banks or any other person or company that a litigant may owe money to. Despite the high stakes, most litigants appear in court without an attorney to advocate on their behalf.
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Something I've been concerned about for a while is the nasty toxic chemicals in lots of ordinary household electrical products that wind up in landfill. Pretty much anything with a rechargeable battery has these nasties and apparently 70% of the toxic heavy metals in landfill comes from electronic products.
There is very little being done about this problem in Australia as far as I'm aware, with responses limited to a few voluntary industry schemes. The mobile phone industry has a scheme where anyone can take old mobile phone batteries to any mobile phone retailer for recycling and apparently Sony recycles any household batteries if you take them in to their stores or offices).
Europe has always been the leader in this area with requirements that manufacturers take responsibility for dealing with the products they've produced when they've reached the end of their useful lives.
Now it seems California may leapfrog ahead of the game:
California would require manufacturers to phase out the use of hazardous materials in making cell phones, iPods and other electronic devices under a bill introduced by a state lawmaker.What's the best way to deal with this issue? The European option has always seemed very sensible to me: make manufacturers responsible for taking back and dealing with what they produce. That way they can choose how best to deal with heavy metals – either not use these materials in the first place or use them and then re-use or recycle them at the end.
The bill unveiled Thursday by Assembly Member Lori Saldana, a Democrat from San Diego, would apply to any electronic or battery-operated device. The bill, which was introduced Wednesday, would require manufacturers to stop using the substances in devices sold in California by 2008.
"We know that the manufacturers of these products are able to produce them without including harmful toxic materials," Saldana said in a written statement. "California deserves to be included among the markets that receive this cleaner stream of consumer electronics."
California already requires manufacturers of video displays in devices to phase out the use of toxic materials.
However, if consumers will inevitably dispose of these in household garbage anyway and if, as Saldana claims, manufacturers can make these products without harmful materials (at little extra cost?), then it makes more sense to simply ban these materials altogether.
It will be interesting to see if these laws pass and – if so – whether the so-called 'California effect' means that other countries get non-toxic iPods too. California is sufficiently wealthy and populous that consumer product companies cannot afford to ignore the market entirely so its regulations affect regulations elsewhere. So, if Apple wants to sell its iPods in California, it must decide whether to make two products – one for sale in California and one for the rest of the world – or to make all iPods comply with the new California law.


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Magical History Tour – Barossa and Clare ValleysPosted by Martin Field on 18 August 2010 in Wine Travel
After years of writing about wine I recently visited the Barossa and Clare Valleys for the first time.
Just three days in the Barossa and one in Clare was far too short a time to do the area justice but we popped around the vineyards in a disorganised fashion and tasted a fair number of fine wines.
As I discovered, the Barossa is a series of small towns spread out over mostly flat plains, the populated areas separated by numerous historic (and new) wineries and gnarled vineyards. Read the rest of this entry


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Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in the egg. Then beat in the vanilla extract.Beat in the cake mix. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm up so that you can roll the batter into balls.
Roll the chilled batter into tablespoon sized balls and then roll them in confectioner's sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
Bake 12 minutes. The cookies will remain soft and "gooey." Cool completely and sprinkle with more confectioners' sugar, if desired.
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A roar of delight rang out in the Simeon gymnasium. A ripple of grins crossed the faces of players, some of whom doubled over in giddy disbelief at the one-handed dunk that livened up a Wednesday afternoon practice.
The perpetrator of the disturbance, Wolverines senior Kendrick Nunn, is a quiet, laidback type around all but his closest friends. But the 6-foot-3 left-handed guard really doesn't need words to rouse his teammates.
"Me being the leader of the team, I bring the most energy," said Nunn, who has played for Simeon's last three state championship teams.
Nunn's energy effect could be key during the Wolverines' try for a fourth consecutive Class 4A state title, and was evident during their opener Saturday. He had 11 points and teamed with fellow Illinois recruit Jaylon Tate to score on a couple of athletic plays during which Melvin Nunn, his father and Simeon's girls basketball coach, leaned over to the person in the seat next to him and said, "Uh oh, watch this."
"It always helps when you've got somebody like that who can get everybody going after some plays," said Simeon coach Robert Smith, who has known Nunn since he was a baby. "He's been great for the program. He's strong, he can shoot the basketball and his tenacity on defense is what he brings to the table every day."
Nunn began developing those skills under his father, who was on Simeon's 1986-87 team with Smith, played in college and abroad and coached Kendrick until the eighth grade. Their backyard hoop became a gathering place for friends and family, including older sister Kendyl, who once could beat Kendrick one on one and now plays at Toledo.
"It was intense," Kendrick said. "Every day I was in the backyard playing basketball — summer days, hot, cold. It was competitive."
Melvin Nunn said Kendrick had good shooting form even as a toddler, and recalled his son's desire to play basketball by age 4, when a scary accident from which Kendrick still has scars briefly kept him away from the game.
Kendrick was leaning over a kitchen counter at dinner, trying to reach the microwave because he said his food had gotten cold, when a candle's flame caught his T-shirt. He suffered burns on his chest, chin and arm and stayed in the hospital for a couple of weeks because he needed skin grafts. The scar on his right bicep still shows underneath the arm of his T-shirt.
When he arrived home from the hospital, there was one place he wanted to be.
"He didn't come home like a normal person that got out of the hospital, (who's) going to sit around and relax, (be) a kid watching cartoons," Melvin Nunn said. "He went out and played some ball."
"I was in the hospital so much, I missed playing basketball," Kendrick said.
He hasn't stopped playing since.
Nunn and Jabari Parker were the only freshmen to play on Simeon's 2010 championship team. That year, Nunn received his first scholarship offer from late St. Louis coach Rick Majerus. He joined Parker on the USA Basketball U16 and U17 basketball teams the last two summers. Now he's preparing for life at the next level under Illinois coach John Groce.
That means a lot of dribbling. When Simeon runs during practice, Nunn finds a ball and his iPod and uses the 20 minutes of loops to work on his ball handling and developing his right hand.
"That's one of my weaknesses, something I have to definitely get better on going to the next level," Nunn said.
"I think I'll fit in great with (Illinois') system. The way he coaches his guards, he lets them get a little freedom, and the tempo is pretty fast. That's the way I like to play."
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Vikings coach Brad Childress hasn't decided whether to fine running back Adrian Peterson for missing mandatory minicamp practices, but the state of Minnesota has decided to fine him $378 for speeding.
Peterson will pay a $300 fine and $78 in surcharges after pleading guilty to driving 99 mph in a 55 mph zone, the Associated Press reports. He has also been ordered to do 16 hours of community service.
Based on the Associated Press report, it sounds like Peterson got off easy here: Peterson will keep his driver's license even though he was clocked at 109 mph in a 55 mph zone. Minnesota law says that a driver's license will be revoked for at least six months for driving over 100 mph, but Peterson was able to reach an agreement earlier this month to plead guilty to an amended charge that reduced his speed to 99 mph.


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Both Hope College tennis teams have received All-Academic honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for the 2007-08 academic year.
To qualify for the award, the team needed to maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.20.
Both teams earlier were named to the Academic Honor Roll of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Coach Karen Page's Flying Dutch had a cumulative 3.428 GPA during the 2007-08 school year while coach Steve Gorno's Flying Dutchmen compiled a cumulative 3.351 GPA.
An unprecedented 13 Hope players received recognition as ITA Scholar Athletes for maintaining a minimum cumulative 3.50 GPA.
Honored for the third year was John Schlotz of Kirkwood, Mo. (Kirkwood HS).
Hope's other ITA Scholar Athletes are Bradley Boelkins of Ada, Mich. (Forest Hills Central HS), Lucy Himes of Grand Blanc, Mich. (L.M. Power Catholic HS), Christine Garcia of Battle Creek, Mich. (BC Central HS), Katherine Garcia of Battle Creek, Mich. (BC Central HS), Marissa Kooyers of Holland, Mich. (Holland Christian HS), Jonathan Lautz of Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton North HS), Katherine Oosting of Alma, Mich. (Alma HS), John Pelton of Rock Hill, S.C. (Midland, Mich. HS), Kathryn Sawyer of Batavia, Ill. (Batavia HS), Nicole Spagnuolo of Okemos, Mich. (Okemos HS), Jeff Vredenburg of Grand Rapids (Forest Hills Northern HS), and Kallie Walker of Lake Odessa, Mich. Lakewood HS).
Christine Garcia is a 2008 Hope graduate. Pelton and Schlotz will be seniors in 08-09. Himes, Kooyers, Vredenburg and Walker will be juniors while Boelkins, Katherine Garcia, Lautz, Oosting, Sawyer, and Spagnuolo will be sophomores.


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Coach Hollenbeck returns for his fith year as head coach of the UC Santa Cruz Men's Volleyball team.
The SLUGS have returned for another great season of Men's Volleyball! With a renewed sense of confidence and team pride the SLUGS are looking to thrive on the court and in the classroom!
In 2014 the Slugs competed for an independent bid to the NCAA tournament and just missed out on a third consecutive trip.
In 2013 Coach Hollenbeck led the Men's Volleyball team to second consecutive CVC Final and a second place CVC finish overall. The SLUGS made it to their second NCAA tournament placing a well fought fifth place.
In 2012 Coach Hollenbeck led the Men's Volleyball team to a Continental Volleyball Conference Championship and a 3rd place finish at the NCAA NIII National Tournament.
Coach Hollenbeck took over the both Slug teams after two successful seasons as assistant with the Men's program and one successful season with the Women's program.
Before moving up to Santa Cruz Coach Hollenbeck coached at
Peninsula High School for over five years as a coach, camp
counselor and assistant while pursuing a career in marketing.
Originally from Rancho Palos Verdes located in southern California, Todd attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton CA. In 2007 Hollenbeck graduated from Pacific with a degree in Marketing.
Hollenbeck played division I volleyball for the Tigers as an outside hitter and middle blocker. In his senior year, he received the "Most Inspirational Player" award.


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Principle of induction
This article is about the term as it is used in the sciences. For mathematical induction, see Proof by induction
The principle of induction is perhaps most succinctly described as the reason that we believe that the Sun will rise tomorrow. It is a form of reasoning whereby general statements are derived from a collection of singular observations.
If something seems to happen repeatedly, such as an apple falling to the ground when it leaves the tree, one can use this prior behavior to predict what will happen next. The reason we believe that the Sun will rise tomorrow is that it has done so, without exception, countless times in the past.
David Foster Wallace stated it this way:
The Principle of Induction states that if something x has happened in certain particular circumstances n times in the past, we are justified in believing that the same circumstances will produce x on the (n + 1)th occasion. [1]
Induction, and Deduction, in Natural Science
Induction, also known as inductive reasoning, is central to scientific investigation. Pure deduction can be used in proving mathematical theorems, because the theorems are purely about abstract notions. But it can't be used to establish scientific theories, because we haven't been given fundamental axioms or postulates about how nature works.
The way scientific discoveries work is generally along these lines:
- Observations of natural phenomena are made, for example, the motions of the points of light that we see in the sky that we call "planets".
- Humans use their ingenuity and reasoning powers to formulate theories or models to explain these observations.
- These theories and models sometimes take on extremely elegant characteristics, that make them appear to be equivalent to mathematical postulates. But they aren't.
- Treating these theories as though they were mathematical postulates, people "prove theorems" from them, often predicting other phenomena.
- If the predicted phenomena are later observed to be true, confidence in the theory increases tremendously. For example, conclusions drawn from the equations in Newton's Theory of Gravitation led to the discovery of Neptune, General Relativity was found to explain the precession of the perihelion of Mercury, and Quantum Mechanics was found to explain atomic spectra in extreme detail.
- But these aren't really theorems. They are based on inductive reasoning from observations.
The most celebrated physical theories describe phenomena in terms of simple and elegant mathematical equations. Those equations then take on the status of mathematically established fact. For example, Newton's Theory of Gravitation can be described in terms of an inverse-square attraction, and his "laws of motion" can be described by the equation F = ma. Many "theorems" can be deduced from these, such as conservation of momentum.
But they are not actual theorems, and they could be "falsified" by observations that are inconsistent with the predictions. When such inconsistencies arise, they are generally fairly minor: If we were to observe apples falling upward tomorrow, it would upset our world view in a catastrophic manner. The universe really does appear to behave consistently; that's what make scientific induction work in the first place. But, in the end, it's a matter of human belief.
Observations that falsify well-established scientific theories are generally fairly minor, and often lead to extensions of the theories. Quantum mechanics has overthrown our interpretation of F = ma, but that formula is still accepted as extremely important and very nearly true.
An important aspect of a scientific theory is the notion of "falsifiability", made famous by philosopher Karl Popper. Simply put, a theory is falsifiable if one could imagine circumstances under which it wouldn't be true. If one can't, then the theory may not be scientifically acceptable. For example, gravity might have been an inverse-cube law. Observations were performed that led Isaac Newton to conclude that it was an inverse-square law. An inverse-cube law would have led to different observations. A theory that says, for example, "blue is a triangular color", is unfalsifiable. One couldn't conceive of an experiment to test it. Unfalsifiable "scientific theories" are generally met with great skepticism.
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- ↑ "Everything and more, a compact history of infinity" by David Foster Wallace (Weidenfeld, 2003)


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Hawaii-based photographer Brigette Bloom uses her own urine to create beautifully distorted images of herself and the Hawaiian nature. Before shooting, Bloom soaks the film canister in a cup of her own pee. The fluid warps portions of the emulsion, what creates colorful amoeba-like spots on each frame.
Bloom's urine-affected photography series titled "Float On" pays tribute to a spot she and her dog used to visit daily. After her secret desert retreat became discovered by more people, photographer drifted away from the secret refuge, preserving its magical aura only in her unusual artworks and memory. Apart from the title, even Bloom's dynamic posture in most of the shots points out to that drift.
"I was born in the desert and this was the spot I had spent everyday for the past couple years. It was a truly sacred place to me. <…> As time went on, I started noticing a couple people wandering in the desert. It just felt like it wasn't our secret refuge anymore. I knew it was time for me to 'float on' and find new places. This series is my way of saying thank you to the desert, and a farewell at the same time."
Bloom discovered this technique by a total accident. She told The Huffington Post she'd accidentally washed her pants with a roll of film inside. Photographer decided to take a shot at developing the film and it turned out the results were unexpectedly good looking. Since then, Bloom has been experimenting with all sorts of liquids: from lemon juice, wine, soapy water, etc. "It's a process of trial and error. I've had many, many rolls of film that didn't turn out, but it's all part of the process," she says. (via Feature Shoot)