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Charter-change defeat has awakened a sleeping giant
The people of Bridgeport owe much to the proponents of education reform responsible for the July 5, 2011, Board of Education coup and the follow-up charter-revision initiative.
Those particularly deserving of our thanks in this regard are: Mayor Bill Finch; Gov. Dannel Malloy; "education-reform" groups Excel Bridgeport and Students First; and the plutocratic "education missionaries" (from the Gold Coast and beyond) who sent money and advisers to City Hall to help "rescue" the Bridgeport public school system from the Bridgeport public.
Indeed, those responsible for the orchestration and execution of the plot to usurp the democratic prerogative of the people of Bridgeport to govern their own public school system have succeeded in awakening the 100,000-strong Bridgeport electorate. Nov. 6, 2012 was a seminal moment for the city.
As will be recalled, the plot was hatched during the Connecticut gubernatorial election of 2010 by Gold Coast hedge-fund-connected operatives with ties to Finch and then-gubernatorial candidate Dannel Malloy (both self-proclaimed "education reformers") who conspired between November 2010 and July 2011 to legally decommission the Bridgeport Board of Education and replace it with a state-appointed board. This part of the plot was accomplished in a July 5, 2011, coup following a flurry of clandestine City Hall-Hartford activity over the Fourth of July weekend. The completion of the plot was to have occurred on Nov. 6, 2012, when a deceitfully presented charter-revision referendum item on the Bridgeport ballot was to have passed, negating the right of the people of Bridgeport to elect the Board of Education, and instead giving Mayor Finch the right to appoint and control the Bridgeport school board and its $300 million budget.
However (thankfully!), the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled the coup illegal, and the charter-revision initiative was soundly defeated, despite massive spending on propaganda and ground operations by the education "reformers" who drove the effort from the inception.
To consider the implications of this political drama, it must be appreciated that the bigger picture isn't the incredible victory accomplished by the unified effort of the disparate political factions of Bridgeport -- it is in the discovery by the people of Bridgeport that they have enormous power in numbers if they choose to wield it.
It is in this discovery that the sleeping giant of Connecticut politics -- the Bridgeport electorate -- has finally been aroused from its long dormancy. It is in this discovery that true prosperity will be able to return to Bridgeport in time to rescue the present generation of Bridgeport youth.
Now that we have all seen what can happen when Bridgeporters are driven to action by tyrannical measures, we can immediately begin to take the necessary steps to expose and address the tyranny and hegemony from within (and beyond) the Connecticut plutocracy that has caused Bridgeport to become and remain a poor, violent, hopeless city surrounded by idyllic comfort and affluence.
It was "education" that was ostensibly pursued on Bridgeport's behalf by the plutocrats and exploiters; now it will be an "educated" Bridgeport with which the plutocrats and exploiters will have to contend, as we demand -- through our superior electoral numbers -- the good jobs and high-value development needed to return justice to the long-exploited people of Bridgeport.
Gold Coast/Hartford, be on notice! The Sleeping Giant has been awakened!
Jeff Kohut was an independent candidate for mayor of Bridgeport in 2011.


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Filed under Daily App Reviews, Educational, Entertainment
UPDATE: I recently discovered that Who Has The Biggest Brain? by Playfish is no longer available in the iTunes App Store. Their website does not give any details on why.
Who Has The Biggest Brain? by Playfish is a cool app that allows you to compare your brain to that of your friends. It tests four different areas of your brain: Calculation, Memory, Logic, and Visual. Each of these areas is tested by playing mini games. There are 3 different types of mini games for each section making 12 mini games in all. To figure out your brain size, you are required to take a test that evaluates you by giving you one game in each of the 4 areas. You have 1 minute to complete each section.
Following the test, the app will tell you your brain size and will rank you according to that size. If you get and extremely low score, you will be ranked as an amoeba. If you get an extremely high score, you can get ranked as a Neuronian. There are 27 different types of ranks. Some more of these are: Caveman, Average Joe, Goat, Cyborg, and Alien. Each of these ranks are represented by a cool picture.
You can win medals by getting higher scores and completing different challenges. If you want to compete against your friends, you can to sign into your Facebook account from the app. This will allow you to see all of your friends who have this app, as well as their high scores. You and your friends will be displayed on a high scores list in the high scores section. This will tell you who out of your friends truly has the biggest brain. If you want to find out who has the biggest brain in the world, you can view the Global High scores in this same section. When you receive a medal or get a high score, you can brag about it by uploading a story to Facebook.
The Profile section gives you lots of different stats about your own score. You can see your high score for each mini game. It will also show you your rank and your brain size, as well as all of the trophies you have received. On your calendar you can view how your stats have changed over time on a line graph. If you are unhappy with your stats or you just want to improve them to beat a friend, you can go into practice mode and work on any mini games that you aren't good at. This mode will give you an exact simulation of the real game play, but it will not count towards any scores.
Who Has The Biggest Brain? is an entertaining way to prove to your friends how smart you really are. You can even try to see if you can get your name to show up on the Global High Scores list. Who Has The Biggest Brain? will keep you coming back to play it again and again.
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Brilliant and beautiful, Holbein Artists' Watercolor Half Pans have been created for artists who enjoy painting anywhere and everywhere. Made with traditional and modern pigments, these watercolors offer exceptional brilliance, excellent lightfastness, and crisp, clean results without muddiness.
Color Swatches created using heavy application/diluted application and were applied on cold press watercolor paper (150 lb) material.
Alizarin Crimson, the traditional cool counterpart to Cadmium Red, is a clear ruby-red with a maroon masstone and a bluish undertone. It is the artist's principal deep red pigment, is transparent, and has good tinting strength. It creates bright rosy pinks when mixed with white, a range of purples and violets when mixed with strong blues, can be slow drying when used with oils, and is compatible with all other pigments. Permanent Alizarin Crimson mixes well with Ultramarine in acrylic and watercolor form. Permanent Rose and Quinacridone Rose are possible alternatives on a watercolor palette. Alizarin Crimson is a popular glazing color.
Alizarin Crimson is considered fugitive or marginally lightfast, and the appropriateness of its use in the modern artist palette is a subject of debate. There are many concerns regarding its permanence, particularly when mixed with ochre, sienna, and umber, or when used thinly. It is the least permanent red commonly used by today's artists. Modern synthetic preparations of Alizarin Crimson have better permanence and lightfastness that the original natural pigment, which was extracted from the madder plant. Quinacridone pigments have been used to create a modern hue that closely matches the original hue, but many artists object that the transparency and handling characteristics are not the same as for the original.
Alizarin Crimson can be slightly toxic if it comes into contact with skin and may cause some allergies. There is no significant acute toxicity.
The word alizarin comes from the Arabic word al-usara, meaning juice. The base ingredient of this pigment is the Madder plant (Rubia Tinctorum). It was used for dyes and inks among craftsmen in Ancient Persia, India, and Egypt as early as 1500 BC In 1804, George Field, an English dye maker, developed Madder Lake by binding madder to alum, a white powder. The German chemists Carl Grabe and Carl Liebermann produced the first synthetic variety of this pigment, most commonly known as Alizarin Crimson, in 1868. They used anthracene, which greatly improved the lightfastness. The Colour Index International designation PR83:1 has been used to identify this synthetic laked pigment.
Alizarin, Alizarin Carmine, Crimson Madder, Madder Lake. Rose Madder is a weak grade of Alizarin Crimson.
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Antwerp Blue is a slightly warm and less saturated blue with good transparency and undertone clarity. It is a pale variety of Prussian Blue with 75% inert pigment. It has similar properties to pure Prussian Blue, but its overall performance is inferior.
Antwerp Blue can fluctuate, fading in the light and recovering in the dark. In watercolor form, it fades when mixed with white pigment or extender. Although it has reasonably good lightfastness and permanence, it is not considered ideal for permanent painting.
Antwerp Blue is mildly toxic by ingestion, but is considered safe for external use. In the United States, ferric ferrocyanide is permitted as a coloring ingredient for externally applied cosmetics, but not for lipsticks or internal use. If the pigment is exposed to ultraviolet radiation, heated, or treated with acid, it becomes reactive and releases toxic hydrogen gas.
There has been some confusion and controversy about whether ferric ferrocyanide and ferric ammonium ferrocyanide should be classified as a "cyanide" and as a toxic or environmental pollutant. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has issued an administrative ruling that ferric ferrocyanide is not a toxic pollutant, and that its use as an ingredient in road salt and deicing mixes is permitted.
Antwerp Blue was developed through experimentation with Prussian Blue.
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Ultramarine is the standard warm blue, a brilliant blue pigment that has the most purple and least green in its undertone. It has a moderate to high tinting strength and a beautiful transparency. Synthetic Ultramarine is not as vivid a blue as natural Ultramarine. Ultramarine dries slowly in oil and tends to produce clean, though granular, washes in watercolor. French Ultramarine mixes well with Alizarin colors in oil and watercolor form to create a range of purples and violets. It can dull when mixed with white in acrylic form, but mixes well with other colors. The shade varies based on manufacturer. Considered a great color for glazes, it is not suitable for frescoing.
Ultramarine has excellent permanence, although synthetic Ultramarine is not as permanent as natural Ultramarine. It may discolor if exposed to acid because of its sulfuric content.
Ultramarine has no significant hazards.
The name for this pigment comes from the Middle Latin ultra, meaning beyond, and mare, meaning sea, because it was imported from Asia to Europe by sea. It is a prominent component of lapis lazuli and was used on Asian temples starting in the 6th century. It was one of the most expensive pigments in 16th century Europe, worth twice its weight in gold, and so was used sparingly and when commissions were larger. Ultramarine is currently imitated by a process invented in France in 1826 by Jean Baptiste Guimet, making blue affordable to artists and extending the range of colors on their palettes.
Artificial Ultramarine, French Blue, French Ultramarine, Gmelin's Blue, Guimet's Blue, Permanent Blue, Royal Blue, Synthetic Ultramarine. New Blue describes particular shades of Ultramarine. Armenian Blue and Lazuline Blue are names for genuine Lapiz Ultramarine. Sky Blue is a pale tone of Ultramarine.
Lamp black is a very opaque, heavily staining black pigment that does not have much covering or tinting power. It is typically the most opaque black in watercolor form. Though a very pure black, it tends to muddy slightly in mixtures. Natural sources may be brownish or bluish in tone because of impurities. When used in oil paints, it is one of the slowest drying pigments, and should not be used in underpainting or applied in layers underneath other colors.
Lamp Black is very lightfast and absolutely permanent. It is used in all techniques in permanent painting.
Carbon itself is not considered hazardous, however other combustion products that are hazardous are often present as impurities when Lamp Black is produced from natural materials. For this reason, commercial preparations of the pigment should be considered slightly toxic. Avoid skin contact and inhalation. Where such impurities are present, Lamp Black is a possible human carcinogen.
Lamp Black is a carbon based black traditionally produced by collecting soot (known as lampblack) from oil lamps. It has been used as a pigment since prehistoric times. It is the black found in Egyptian murals and tomb decorations and was the most popular black for fresco painting until the development of Mars Black.
Carbon Black, Channel Black, Furnace Black, Oil Black, Vegetable Black. Flame Black is an impure version of Lamp Black. An alternate spelling is Lampblack, in which the first syllable is stressed and the two words are elided to form a closed compound.
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Red chillies - 10
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Cabbage - 1/2 cup, chopped
Carrot - 1, grated
Coconut - 2 inch piece, chopped into small pieces Curry leaves - few, chopped
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
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2) Grind this with the red chillies, ginger, asafoetida and some salt to a paste. It should be slightly grainy and not too smooth.3) To this paste, add the chopped onion, methi/spinach, cabbage, carrot, curry leaves, coconut, chilli powder. Add some water if it's too thick. The batter consistency should be thicker than dosa batter but not too thick to make spreading impossible.
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It is the time of year for predictions: predictions for 2011, predictions for the next decade, predictions for the unspecified future. I searched a bit for predictions in mathematics, but it seems mathematicians are too wise to engage in this dubious activity. I found only two predictions:
(1) Two New Scientist writers, Samuel Arbesman and Rachel Courtland, predict that 2011 will not see the $P=NP$ problem resolved.
(2) Sir Michael Atiyah
suggested that the conjectured self-adjoint operator that could explain the Riemann hypothesis might be the Hamiltonian of quantum gravity
in a November talk at the Simons Center, as reported by Peter Woit.
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- Explain to your counselor the precautions that must be followed for the safe use and operation of a potter's tools, equipment, and other materials.
- Explain the properties and ingredients of a good clay body for the following:
- a. Making sculpture
- b. Throwing on the wheel
- Make two drawings of pottery forms, each on an 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper. One must be a historical pottery type. The other must be of your own design.
- Explain the meaning of the following pottery terms: bat, wedging, throwing, leather hard, bone dry, greenware, bisque, terra-cotta, grog, slip, score, earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, pyrometric cone, and glaze.
- Do the following. Each piece is to be painted, glazed, or otherwise decorated by you:
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- b. Make a human or animal figurine or decorative sculpture.
- c. Throw a functional form on a potter's wheel.
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Today I wanted to talk about making your own baby food. This is great for several reasons. First it saves sooooo much money, 2nd it is so much better by 1000% for your baby. I made up Jeremiah's first foods this last weekend. Squash, sweet potatoes, bananas ( I do daily), pears, apples. All you need to purchase is 1 sweet potato, 1 squash ( I bought butternut), 2 pears, 2 apples and 2 bananas will last a week or so. Besides that you need a small food processor ( the small ones that are around $4.99, I bought mine free with register rewards from Walgreen's). And the last thing you need is either small baggies or some small little containers that hold approx 2 tablespoons. Apples or Pears Peel and core cut into pieces Boil in water just covering fruit, Boil just about 5 minutes until tender. Keep liquid in pot until you are done blending. Add your fruit to the processor and puree until all pieces are pureed. If it seems a little too thick add some of your reserved fruit water until right consistency for baby. Add 2 tblspoons to a baggie or small container and freeze until ready to eat. Sweet potato Peel potato, chop into pieces, boil in water just covering potatoes. When fork slides off easily ( Just like making mashed potatoes) add to processor. Keep potato water just like with the fruit, You will need it with the potatoes to thin them out a bit. Puree until all pieces are pureed adding potato water as needed. Package same as fruit. Squash Cut squash in half lengthwise. Pour 2 cups water into baking dish. Scoop out seeds and place squash halves cut side down in water. Place baking dish uncovered in oven at 350 until the skins is bubbly and wrinkly. Remove from oven and let cool enough to handle. When cooled scoop out meat and place in processor. Again reserve squash liquid from baking dishes to use to thin out squash. Same mixing as above and same packaging as above. Bananas Cut bananas up, Place in processor, puree and add water as needed to get right consistency. Use immediately as these will brown fast. I made all this in about 2 hours while holding the baby and taking care of the little ones. Quite easy. Now I have premade baby food, I just take out a baggie in the morning set in fridge to thaw and Waalaa. The best part about this baby food is it is nothing but the fruit or veggie and water. No complaints from Jeremiah or any of my other children. * Best containers to use are used baby food jars. So if you know a friend who feeds their baby only store bought and they have used clean baby food jars ask if you could have a few and use these to store homemade baby food in. * I would purchase a food processor to be used solely for baby food. So that it does not get contaminated with any foods you don't want baby to have and be vigilant about cleaning it really well. Don't want baby to get any bad bugs. Have a great weekend. Michelle *** I am so sorry I still don't have my camera fixed yet. My son is working on fixing it. As soon as it is fixed I am just going to do a post of pics lol.
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5 things to watch at first debate
After weeks of anticipatory news coverage, breathless spin and counter-spin from both sides aiming to lower expectations for their own guy, and occasional off-cue moments from surrogates, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will take the stage in Denver today for the first of three debates.
With polls showing Obama with a slight lead nationally, and a bigger lead in swing states, Romney needs to deliver tonight and score something of a win if he wants to change the race's arc. That's not to say it will be the GOP nominee's only chance to shine, but it will be an important one. For Romney, tonight is the chance to let viewers see him differently.
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( See also: Complete coverage of the Colorado presidential debate)
Below, POLITICO's five things to watch for:
1. Can Romney win the first half-hour?
There was the strong, aggressive Romney that chewed up and spat out Newt Gingrich at the moments he most needed a game-changer in the Republican primaries.
There was the churlish Romney who bet Rick Perry $10,000. And there was also the rules-abiding Romney, who called for help from moderator Anderson Cooper when Perry ate up too much time in one of the face-offs.
Romney is getting conflicting advice on which debate personality should show up. He has twice debated a Democrat one on one — Ted Kennedy in 1994, where the results were not great, and with Shannon O'Brien, where a good debate showing helped him become Massachusetts governor.
Romney's got a difficult task, which is to be aggressive without attacking the president, who has high personal approval ratings too fiercely. He has to seem tough but also presidential, assertive but not snide. He has to accuse Obama of not being honest with voters, without sounding shrill.
Winning over voters in a popularity contest is never going to be easy for the GOP nominee, but if he can demonstrate the ability to be president — to convince voters it's a role he can play, and seem serious and substantive — he will go a ways toward his goal of changing the race's current arc.
Tonight will go the furthest toward showing whether Romney recognizes the race is in its final stages, and that either political victory or political death is nigh.
Like Obama, Romney can seem smug and prickly when challenged. He needs to go in relaxed, without memorizing his briefing book to the point of paralysis. Romney will try to trip up the president, but he needs to be as nimble as possible. Also like Obama, Romney is a good but not expert debater. He can make a mistake in a weak or unpredictable moment. And the fact that he started laying out a few new policy statements 48 hours before the debate suggests he knows tough questions are coming.
( Also on POLITICO: Mitt, be nimble)
The first half hour of a presidential debate tends to be when the tone is set. Romney needs to score points, quick and early. The good news for Romney is that reporters love a comeback story, which is only bolstering his chances of decent coverage the next day.
2. How hard will Obama attack?
The president does not tend to fare as well going negative. But he has to attack.
Fact one: Obama's surge against Romney was powered by a relentless, pounding summertime assault — led by surrogates and staff for the most part — on his challenger's fitness to lead and capacity to comprehend the struggles of regular working people.
Fact Two: Obama's surge was also fueled by a huge lead over Romney on personal approval — and that edge could disappear if he appears too negative tonight.
Reconciling those two realities — how to seem civil while trashing Romney to his face — is probably the biggest challenge facing the incumbent Wednesday.
( Also on POLITICO: 10 great debate moments)
Obama's genius in 2008 was his ability to slam his opponents and their top surrogates through the use of code words, casting John McCain and Bill Clinton as icons of a bygone era, who needed to be dispatched into dignified retirement. But this is a different election — and incumbents, especially ones with as little margin for error as Obama — can't afford to be subtle.


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text: Cybersecurity and US federal public procurements: what contractors need to know Cybersecurity Law Alert Government Contracts Alert Share this 11 MAR 2013 By: Cybersecurity is emerging as an area of particular concern for all US federal government contractors, as well as contractors working on non-US public procurements. Even contractors that provide products and services that have nothing to do with the Internet, computers or software will find they are subject to cybersecurity requirements since they typically utilize, even if only internally, information technology systems or equipment in conducting their business and performing on federal government contracts. President Barack Obama has declared cybersecurity an issue of significant national security concern. Contemporary with the press reports on high-level cyberattacks by the Chinese military against US interests, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, underscored the gravity of the current cybersecurity environment by warning of a possible "cyber 9/11." The February 12, 2013 Executive Order on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity All US federal contractors must take note of the Executive Order (EO), "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity," issued by President Obama on February 12, 2013. (Read the EO) and DLA Piper's Cybersecurity Law Alert, "What companies need to know about the Obama Administration's Cybersecurity Order," providing a preliminary assessment of the cybersecurity EO and actions for businesses to consider. Through the EO, among other things, the President called for the establishment of a Cybersecurity Framework and increased information sharing. In addition, he directed the Secretary of Defense, Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to provide recommendations on "the feasibility, security benefits, and relative merits of incorporating security standards into acquisition planning and contract administration." These recommendations are due by the middle of June 2013 and will likely will result in changes to the current federal public procurement system in the form of new rulemaking and additional requirements imposed on federal government contractors. Existing regulations and requirements applicable to US federal contractors The recent Executive Order on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity is not the first harbinger of change and evolution in the area of cybersecurity, nor even the first rulemaking on the subject. Rather, it is the latest in a litany of directives the US federal government has issued to respond to the increasing frequency and mounting severity of cyberattacks aimed at virtually every aspect of the IT infrastructure of the US economy, ranging from the banking and financial services sectors to the energy sector and even defense systems. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 39, for example, has long addressed, at a high level, the acquisition of IT, requiring that civilian agencies use the Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) security configurations when acquiring IT. Similarly, though many contractors may be unaware of this requirement, FAR 52.239-1(b) discusses the government's inspection rights and the requirement for contractors to allow the government to access its facilities in order to carry out an inspection program. The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. § 552a) also impacts federal contractors' IT systems in addressing cybersecurity issues, requiring that federal IT contracts properly address protection of privacy. A number of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) and NIST guidelines address cybersecurity issues including cybersecurity risk management, contingency planning and most recently, risks associated with mobile and cloud computing technologies. Another example of existing regulations on cybersecurity that have far-reaching implications for federal contractors – and significant compliance risks for contractors that lack a comprehensive strategy for cybersecurity – is the US. General Services Administration's (GSA) contract requirement implemented through GSA Acquisition Regulation (GSAAR) 552.239-71(k). This relatively new, agency-unique requirement (read the rule) applies to unclassified IT resources and requires government contractors to submit an IT security plan that complies with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and other federal laws and regulations. GSA contracts that contain GSAAR 552.239-71(k) impose significant obligations upon contractors and subcontractors – ‒and corresponding transactional costs. This contract provision requires contractors to afford the GSA access to the contractor's and subcontractors' facilities, installations, operations, documentation, databases, IT systems and devices, and personnel used in performance of the contract, regardless of the location. Such access is to be provided to the extent required in the judgment of the GSA in order to conduct an inspection, evaluation, investigation or audit, including vulnerability testing, to safeguard against threats and hazards to the integrity, availability and confidentiality of GSA data and to preserve evidence of computer crime. Prudent contractors will be vigilant for contracts with this requirement and will review their subcontracts and similar arrangements to ensure an ability to comply with these requirements. New cybersecurity requirements on the horizon In addition to existing regulations and requirements, the federal government's current activities to advance its proactive response to cybersecurity concerns include a variety of other new regulations and rulemaking aimed at curbing the cybersecurity threat. Many of these upcoming requirements will also directly impact the public procurement system and federal government contractors. For example, there is a currently proposed amendment to the FAR that addresses cybersecurity. The "Basic Safeguarding of Contractor Information Systems" rule (read the proposed rule) contains new requirements for safeguarding contractor information systems that contain non-public information provided by, or generated for, the government. The new proposed requirement will apply to all US federal solicitations and contracts, including commercial item contracts, and will flow down to all lower-tier subcontractors where applicable. The proposed rule addresses unclassified information held, transiting or processed on contractor information systems. Under the proposed rule, contractors are barred from accessing protected information on computers that do not have access control; will be required to protect information both electronically (i.e., via password and login) and physically (i.e., via locked container); and must provide current malware protection services. While many of these requirements are already common practices for many, if not most, federal contractors, the proposed FAR rule will still have transactional implications in the form of the documentation or other proof that contractors will need to provide in order to confirm that their IT systems meet the requirements. Additionally, the proposed rule will require contractors to add these aspects of their operations to the gamut of their contractor compliance program. It remains to be seen, however, how this new rule will be enforced – will agency personnel have the right to inspect a contractor's IT system? How will violations be adjudicated and enforced? Cybersecurity: not just for US public procurements any more Cybersecurity is also a significant issue for contractors working outside of the United States on European Union and other non-US. public procurement matters. For example, the EU Commission has published its proposal for a European cybersecurity strategy, together with a draft directive for consideration by the EU Parliament. Contractors can find more information on the EU initiatives in DLA Piper's Cybersecurity Law Alert "EU releases cybersecurity strategy." Practical considerations for US federal contractors For government contractors, awareness of, and compliance with, the existing and new rules addressing cybersecurity is of paramount importance for many reasons. Contractors must be on top of evolving cybersecurity requirements to remain competitive for new contract awards and to maintain a competitive advantage for the award of new task orders or purchase orders under existing contracts. A few example of practical pointers towards this end include: All contractors should, as a practical matter, adhere to certain best practices. For example, contractors are well advised to develop a relationship with local law enforcement officials in case a cybersecurity breach occurs. To this point, every contractor should have an emergency plan in place that describes how to respond to a cyberattack, including a system for contacting impacted parties (such as the government or higher-level contractors). When responding to solicitations, contractors should carefully review any cybersecurity requirements and should consider expressly addressing the firm's approach to the requirement, including all "value add" features or other favorable discriminators in the proposal. Contractors should constantly track cybersecurity legislation, planning ahead for full corporate compliance. When dealing with prime or subcontracts, contractors should review all disclosure requirements, noting any responsibilities related to cybersecurity breaches. Contractors should also bear in mind common-sense precautions: When travelling overseas, particularly to destinations infamous for economic and industrial espionage, contractor employees should use a "clean" laptop and smartphone. Always keep in mind the very real state-sponsored efforts aiming to compromise or acquire your sensitive intellectual property and proprietary information. At all times, contractor employees should use social media and social networking technology responsibly. Refrain from posting information that discloses proprietary and confidential matters or otherwise has potential industrial espionage value. Never disclose security clearances or other information in an online profile or online résumé - you may be hanging a target on yourself for adversaries seeking competitive intelligence. Check on state and local government programs that may provide monetary, tax-relief and other incentives to contractors who make investments in cybersecurity. For example, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's recently released proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget seeks to provide funding to support private investment in the cybersecurity industry. Most notably, the budget proposal would provide US$3 million for a new refundable state tax credit, the CyberMaryland Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program, to generate investment in early-stage cybersecurity businesses in Maryland. See DLA Piper's State and Local Tax Alert, "Maryland Proposes Tax Credit to Support Investment in Cybersecurity Industry." As the threat of cyberattacks continues to grow, the number and complexity of cybersecurity regulations are likely to increase considerably. For government contractors, understanding the requirements, and implementing practical and cost-effective approaches to meet them, will be an increasingly formidable challenge. For further information please contact Fern Lavallee or send a request to [email protected]. 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|Número total de carriles señalizados disponibles para tráfico motorizado.
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Use the lanes=* key to tag how many marked traffic lanes there are on a highway. To tag individual lanes of a road, see the article about the lanes suffix. For tagging cycle lanes see cycleway=*.
The lanes=* key should be used to specify the total number of marked lanes of a road.
The following lanes should be included:
- General purpose traffic lanes suitable for vehicles wider than a motorbike.
- Bus lanes, that are reserved for public service vehicles (PSV), for example buses and taxis. Additionally to the total number of lanes, consider to tag the number of lanes for PSV with lanes:psv=*, lanes:bus=* and lanes:taxi=*.
- High-occupancy vehicle lanes (sometimes also called carpool lanes, commuter lanes, express lanes, transit lanes). The number of such lanes could be tagged using lanes:hov=*.
- Other lanes such as spitsstroken(nl) in the Netherlands or temporäre Standstreifen(de) in Austria, Germany and Switzerland which are available to traffic at certain restricted times, for example during the rush hour.
- Longer slip-roads, for example on motorways and other fast major roads. Turning lanes for minor roads are not normally included. See turn=* for further details about tagging turning lanes.
And the following lanes should be excluded:
- Minor slip roads without a deceleration/acceleration lane, i.e. the main road is wider only because of the intersecting road.
- Parking lanes. Consider using parking:lane=* to provide further information.
- Bicycle lanes. Use the tag cycleway=lane for those.
- Emergency shoulder lanes. See shoulder=* for further details.
If the number of lanes changes it is necessary to split the OSM way. This should be done as soon as:
- a new lane has reached its full width, or
- a lane starts to disappear (usually a merge with another lane)
Remark for data consumers
Many ways have not yet been tagged with the total number of lanes at all points, but only with the number of through lanes of a longer section. Therefore, data consumers can mostly treat the lanes tag as a minimum rather than an exact number.
If there are no marked lanes, the key width=* can be used.
Extended tagging
Lanes in different directions
If the lanes on a two way road are not distributed evenly between the driving directions, the keys lanes:forward=* and lanes:backward=* can be used in addition to the lanes tag. The key lanes:forward=* hereby refers to lanes which direction is equal to the direction of the OSM way, and lanes:backward=* to the opposite direction.
The lanes=* tag is widely misused to mean the lanes in each direction rather than the total lanes. If the mapper chooses to describe the forward and backward lanes, this potential ambiguity is avoided.
For lanes, which allow traffic in both directions like e.g. passing and center turn lanes, there currently exists only the proposed suffix :both_ways which would allow the key lanes:both_ways=*.
See below for some examples of the usage of those keys.
Lanes reserved for specific vehicles
The number of lanes which are reserved for specific types of vehicles can be tagged by using the key
lanes and adding a suffix that indicates the transport mode from the key access=*, e.g. lanes:bus=1 for a single lane reserved for buses. If it is necessary to specify the direction of those lanes, add the suffix
:forward or
:backward like in the previous section, i.e. lanes:taxi:forward=1 refers to single lane reserved for taxis in the same direction as the OSM way.
NOTE! The lanes:*=* key type can only be used to indicate the number of lanes that are reserved for a specific transport type on a way. It does not and cannot specify which lanes a transport type is restricted to.
If, for example, on a three lane motorway, heavy-good vehicles are restricted to the rightmost lane only, lanes:hgv=1 will not express that meaning! (lanes:hgv=1 means that hgv vehicles have one lane of the motorway reserved for them and doesn't specify which one, either.)
Restrictions for vehicles can be tagged using the
:lanes suffix and tagging scheme, e.g.
hgv:lanes=no|no|yes would restrict heavy-good vehicles to the rightmost lane.
Restrictions that only apply at certain times and days
For lanes that are restricted for parts of the day only, use the additional lanes conditions tag to indicate when the conditions apply. For example: lanes:bus:conditional=* or lanes:psv:conditional=*. See Conditional restrictions for more details.
Narrow roads
There exist roads with no marked lanes, which are two-way roads but without marked lanes and so narrow, that vehicles must slow down to pass each other. It is strongly recommended in such a case to tag the width of the carriageway using width=* (Note: do not mistake this with maxwidth=*). If the width varies a lot, the minimum width of the carriageway should be specified. If it is not possible or reasonable to determine the exact width, use an estimation and tag additionally source:width=estimated, e.g. as follows:
width=4 source:width=estimated
Sometimes on narrow roads passing places exists, which allow vehicles to pass each other (see examples). They can be tagged using highway=passing_place. The lanes-count is not affected by them.
Note: Some people prefer to tag narrow two-way roads with lanes=1.5. See the discussion on tagging. This tagging might not be processed correctly by data consumers. Also see the section Open Issues for this.
|A residential road with two lanes. Consider additional tagging with parking:lane=*.
Each direction individually
|A dual 2-lane highway represented by two ways (each with oneway=yes).
|A narrow two-way road without marked lanes and with an estimated width of four metres.
|highway=passing_place (on the node)
|A road with passing place.
depending on the country.
|A road with two lanes and a median. Depending on the country, special road restrictions may apply to the middle lane. If the middle lane can be considered a separate lane, using the proposed suffix
:both_ways could reduce this to lanes=3 and lanes:both_ways=1, because the number of lanes in forward and backward directions are then evenly distributed and need not to be tagged explicitly
Assuming the OSM way runs from left to right
|A road with five lanes, whereas three lanes run in forward direction, i.e. in the same direction as the OSM way. The turning lanes should be tagged using turn=* on the way.
lanes:bus:conditional=1 @ (Mo-Fr 07:00-19:00)
|A road with three lanes where the rightmost lane is dedicated to buses at the given time. The merging of the leftmost lane should be tagged with the key turn=*. See the article Conditional restrictions for an detailed explanation of the :conditional suffix.
If for a two way road only the total lane count is tagged and this number is even, it is assumed that the lanes are allocated evenly to both driving directions.
If no lane count is specified at all, a lane count might be assumed as follows:
|Assumed lane-count
two way
|Assumed lane-count
one way
|If the actual number of lanes is equal to the given assumption, the lane count is usually not tagged.
|If the actual number of lanes is equal to the given assumption, the lane count is usually not tagged.
|These should usually be mapped as two separate ways
|2 or more
|The actual number of lanes should always be tagged. However the given assumptions might be helpful for data consumers.
Open issues
- For lanes running in both directions there currently exists only the proposed suffix :both_ways.
Displaying the number of lanes
- ITO Map offers an overlay for lanes. (There bug in ITO maps, it will count: lanes=4 lanes:backward=1 lanes:forward=3 as 8 lanes, instead of 4)
- To view the number of lanes in JOSM, a Lane and road attributes style is available. Alternatively, its routes plugin can be used with this lane coloring example.
- These Maperitive lane rules renders highway widths, lanes and offsets based on lanes=* and placement=*.
- width=* for tagging the width of the carriageway
- source:width=* for specifying the source of the width
- access=* for transport modes and additional access restrictions
- parking:lane=* for parking lanes
- turn=* for turning lanes
- highway=passing_place for passing places
- shoulder=* pro krajinici
See also
- ITO Maps for verification: Highway lanes - major roads
- Tagging of individual lanes and their properties
- Proposal for turnlanes relation to describe complex geometry of lanes, supported by JOSM "turnlanes" plugin
- Proposal for lane tagging system using different delimiters
- Proposal for tagging the number of tracks of railways
- Proposal for the suffix :both_ways
- Discussion on tagging
- Discussion on tagging, before the cleanup of this article in April 2012


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Here is a violent run-down of what's been keeping me occupied:
- Squeezing in more math skills
- Cramming in more writing
- Force-feeding hideously long reading passages to "practice" comprehension
- Killing the love of writing because they are making me teach formulaic strategies for responding to writing prompts
- Hanging up signs, posters, and other "nice-looking" items on every available blank space, because an important person will be visiting next week
- Slapping up extra vocabulary words on my Word Wall because K and X "are empty" and a few of the other letters don't have "enough"
I'm sorry kids, but they make me do it.
The mistreatment is self-inflicted as well. I've confined myself to my dark, damp basement to grade papers, do report cards, and write lesson plans. Meanwhile, it's 88 and gorgeous outside.
Our state test is scheduled to begin on May 4th. Until then, and until it's over, more gritting of teeth and relentless stress.
Can't wait to take back my classroom. Can't wait to read and write real stories and poems together. Can't wait for exciting math projects. Looking forward to returning to the kind of teaching and learning that actually means something.


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SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. –-(Ammoland.com)- Teachers and students across Georgia are invited to celebrate Georgia's wildlife and students' artistic interests by participating in the Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest.
Whether exploring their schoolyard and backyard environments or taking a field trip to a nearby park, nature center or botanical garden, students are encouraged to share their plant and animal discoveries through art in the 22nd annual conservation poster contest.
This year's competition theme, "The Art of Conservation – Discovering Georgia's Natural Heritage Through Art," spurs students to learn about the state's magnificent native plant and nongame animals through drawing, following in the footsteps of famous naturalists and artists like William Bartram, John James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson. Nongame species (those not legally hunted or fished for) vary from rare animals and plants such as the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and the hooded pitcherplant to common species such as the northern cardinal and flowering dogwood.
Entries in the state-level contest must be postmarked by April 6. The contest is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Conservation Section, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and The Environmental Resources Network, or T.E.R.N., friends group of the Nongame Conservation Section.
The contest is open to kindergarten through 5th-grade students in public schools, private schools and home-school groups. Participants enter at the local school-level with drawings that depict their observations of Georgia's native nongame animals and plants. Top school-level entries proceed to the state contest at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens. First-, second- and third-place winners are chosen there for four divisions: kindergarten, first and second grade, third and fourth grade, and fifth grade.
The top 12 winners will be featured in the 2012-2013 Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest school-year calendar. All state-level contest winners also will be on display on weekends April 20-May 7 at Georgia DNR's Go Fish Education Center in Perry. The Go Fish Education Center offers an educational journey through Georgia's watersheds to learn about the state's diverse aquatic wildlife, their natural habitats and the impacts of water pollution. Visit www.gofisheducationcenter.com for hours, fees and other details.
The goal of the Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest theme is to generate a greater knowledge and appreciation of Georgia's diverse and increasingly threatened nongame wildlife and their habitats. Only a deep concern and commitment to these wild places will ensure their existence for future generations.
Visit www.georgiawildlife.com/PosterContest or www.uga.edu/botgarden for contest rules, entry forms and further information about the 22nd annual Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest. DNR's Nongame Conservation Section, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and T.E.R.N. have sponsored more than two decades of nongame wildlife exploration, education and art with the annual contest.
The Nongame Conservation Section, part of Georgia DNR's Wildlife Resources Division, is charged with conserving nongame wildlife, including native plants and natural habitats. The section receives no state general funds, depending instead on fundraisers such as the sale of the eagle and hummingbird license plates and the Give Wildlife a Chance state income tax checkoff. Learn more at www.georgiawildlife.com/Conservation/Support, or call Nongame Conservation Section offices in Social Circle (770-761-3035), Forsyth (478-994-1438) or Brunswick (912-264-7218).
Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest
- Theme: "The Art of Conservation – Discovering Georgia's Natural Heritage Through Art"
- Emphasis: Generate a greater knowledge and appreciation of Georgia's diverse and increasingly threatened nongame wildlife and their habitats.
- Postmark deadline for state-level contest entries: April 6
- Top 12 winners showcased in 2012-2013 school-year calendar.
- State-level entries displayed at the Go Fish Georgia Education Center in Perry during weekends of April 20-May 7.
- Details: www.georgiawildlife.com/PosterContest or www.uga.edu/botgarden


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Ruffian Spring 2013 | Runway
Ruffian Spring 2013
Ruffian Spring 2013
Claude Morais and Brian Wolk have long sung the praises of Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood. Not only have the duo made it their home for years, but they've also dedicated much of their La Vie en Ruffian column to calling out the finer qualities of their favorite stomping ground. It was really only a matter of time, really, before the aesthetic of the neighborhood's hipster denizens made it into their collection.
The designers have always had a thing for posh-meets-punk, and for Spring 2013 it melded together beautifully. This season, the posh came in the form of toile de Jouy prints on charmeuse and chiffon, metallic-threaded jacquard, tie-neck blouses, and that good ol' Ruffian staple: ruffles. The punk manifested in boxy silhouettes, cropped boy jackets, slouchy trousers, swooshing skirts, and seams that felt just a little undone. And for that final dose of dressed-down cool: Chuck Taylors. Those were worn with every look.


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'47 International Harvester
When trucks are part of your business day as well as your hobby, you are doubly fortunate. That's the case with Chip Wilson from St. Augustine, Florida. As the service advisor for the local Toyota dealership, "I'm with them all the time," he told us. Active in the automotive hobby for 38 of his 56 years, Chip recalls times when he could not always afford the vehicles that he wanted but still somehow managed to acquire a '69 Mach 1 Cobra Jet that he has owned since 1971 and a '74 Pantera that he has been enjoying since 1982. "I keep the cars I like." And you can bet he likes this truck.
This latest acquisition started with a call from friends in North Carolina who told him about a unique pickup for sale. Originally, the '47 International Harvester pickup was a small-town fire department vehicle that was sold to the local preacher when it got too old for fire service. The truck languished in a barn for several years until the preacher's son began the customizing process, creating the current look of the truck. When Chip first saw it, he was happy to discover that much of the hard work was already done and he took it home that day.
Lots of mods were accomplished on the body, cleaning it up by shaving the door handles, frenching the headlights, eliminating the antenna, smoothing the hood, and scrapping emblems along with miscellaneous trim pieces. Both front and rear bumpers were removed and the chrome was eliminated from the front end. Painting the grille to match the body helped to continue the unbroken lines. After the gas tank was relocated from the passenger compartment to under the bed, a teardrop gas filler door was cut into the driver-side rear fender. Work on the bed included welding the tailgate and adding a custom roll pan with LED taillights and an inset license plate. A smooth tonneau cover was fabricated to fit and covered with tan vinyl. The cab also received its share of mods with a V-butted windshield, sport mirrors, and a center-mounted LED brake light cut in below the rear window. Of course, the biggest eye-catcher was the bright Hugger Orange acrylic enamel paintjob with ghost flames.
But this truck is more than just a pretty face. Underneath, modern suspension upgrades ensure it will handle backroads as well as interstate highways with ease, thanks to the Mustang II frontend with disc brakes and a 12-bolt Chevrolet rear. Lowering the truck's profile is also just a buttonpush away. An Air Ride Technologies air suspension system, complete with compressor and reserve tank, is mounted on a platform in the bed. Filling the International's wheelwells are 17×8.5 American Racing five-spoke rims, wrapped in Toyo Proxes 235/40R17 rubber.
Cool customs need hot powerplants and the rejuvenated International can run with the best of them, thanks to the 350-inch Chevy crate motor under the hood. Fitted with all the latest equipment, the motor gets its big gulp of air and gas from the Weiand intake and 650 Edelbrock carb. Mallory ignition lights the fire and the factory exhaust manifolds dump into a pair of SuperTrapp mufflers. Although the truck has never been on a dyno, Chip has a seat-of-the-pants estimate of about 325 horsepower. The 350 automatic, equipped with a B&M shift-improvement kit, makes for comfortable grand touring.
Moving inside, there are lots more custom touches, beginning with the tan tweed bench seat and matching door inserts. Modern conveniences include Vintage Air with chrome vents built into the dash. The Chevy column is topped with a Lecarra wheel while VDO instruments monitor the engine and air suspension. Located in the overhead console, the Pioneer head unit controls the 4-channel Super Tuner amp and 12-CD changer located behind the seats. A pair of 6×9 speakers in the doors and four 5-inch coaxials under the dash fill the cab with sound, the perfect option for a long cruise.
Chip has been continuously updating the truck over the last three years and the International has become the favorite family travel vehicle. It has been driven everywhere and Chip says it is the most reliable hot rod he has ever owned. We get the feeling that this truck, like his other favorites, will be part of the family for quite some time.


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As we turn the final page on one year and begin another, it's natural to look forward to the months ahead, as well as recall the events of the past year.
We would like to mark the new year by extending our thanks to the men and women who left public office last week. Without a doubt they served us well.
Perry County Prosecutor Robert Collins departed after 12 years and we extend to him and his staff our thanks for jobs well done. Collins was a proactive prosecutor who represented not only the state of Indiana in criminal cases but all Perry Countians. He concerned himself with their protections, safety and freedoms.
We found him tough on crime but even-handed and fair to those accused of wrongdoing. He took an especially tough stance on methamphetamine, a drug that continues to impact our community and destroy lives. The job of prosecutor always draws criticism but we found Collins to be capable and effective and always had the best interests of the community in mind.
We also thank his staff, some of whom will remain with incoming Prosecutor Rod Acchiardo and some who will depart. We'd like to single out the hard work of Shaunda Lynch, the office's departing chief deputy prosecutor, for her work.
Though retirement is a word that may take some time to suit him, Perry County Sheriff Bob Glenn left office last week after eight years. He also marked the conclusion of a law-enforcement career spanning more than 30 years.
Glenn served the county well as sheriff and coped well with the limitations placed on him in staffing and the age and condition of the county jail.
The work of a police officer is sometimes thankless and any county's sheriff is a lightning rod for criticism. Glenn, however, handled the job with professionalism and a sense of pride.
We wish him many happy years ahead.
Lee Chestnut begins his term as sheriff this week. We extend to him our best wishes and we're thankful that the planning process for a new county jail is under way.
Martha Wooldridge leaves office after two terms as treasurer. She and her staff have handled the finances of the county efficiently and worked cordially with the public and other officeholders. We wish her the best in her future endeavors.
Thanks also to outgoing Coroner Darrel Riley for his service to the county. His post is often under-appreciated except by those dealing with the sudden deaths of others. But it's an important position.
Thanks to State Reps. Russ Stilwell and Dennie Oxley Sr., who worked hard for Perry County while in office. We're hopeful and confident that newly elected representatives Sue Ellspermann and Steve Davisson will work equally hard for our interests.
Congratulations to all newly elected and re-elected officials. Acchiardo, Chestnut and new Coroner Charlie Baumeister were sworn in Thursday and other officeholders in Perry County will be administered their oaths of office Monday morning.
We hope the months ahead are fruitful for everyone serving us in public office. To those leaving office, we offer our community's thanks. To those whose service continues or is just beginning, we wish you the best.
Though it seems the election season just wrapped up, another is around the corner. 2011 brings municipal races in Tell City, Cannelton and Troy. We suspect the coming issues will announce candidacies. We might conclude by encouraging residents of these communities to consider running for these offices. Though the art of politics doesn't appeal to everyone, public service is a gift that benefits us all.
We might also point out that all branches of local government, city and county, rely on citizens to serve on commissions and committees. If you have the desire to serve, make your intentions known.
We wish everyone a happy new year.
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The Music Program introduces students to the academic study of music at the collegiate level. It offers students the opportunity to learn about diverse musical instruments and styles, to advance their performance technique, to master fundamental programs in music technology and to learn about various music career options. The Music program offers an undergraduate Minor in Music. Music courses and ensembles fulfill a variety of UIS General Education Requirements. Students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to participate in music courses and ensembles.
Students of all majors are eligible to apply for a wide range of music scholarships. A point of pride is the prestigious UIS Camerata Scholarship, a renewable $10,000 scholarship that is one of the largest non-major music scholarships in the country. Additional opportunities include work-study positions. See additional scholarship information.
The Music program offers undergraduate classes in ethnomusicology, music history, music technology, music theory and performance. The program emphasizes the study of music as a part of a global liberal arts curriculum. Music courses fulfill a variety of general education requirements including Visual, Creative, and Performing Arts; Engaged Citizenship Common Experience; Comparative Societies Humanities; U.S. Communities. No prerequisites.
Individual Music Lessons
Beginning Fall 2017, the Music program will offer Individual Music Lessons for students at the beginning and intermediate/advanced levels. Instrumental lessons include fundamentals of reading, performance technique and level-appropriate repertoire. Students may register for beginning MUS 141: Individual Music Lessons I or intermediate/advanced lessons MUS 341: Individual Music Lessons II.
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*Should your instrument not appear on the list of Instrumental Lessons offered, please contact a music faculty member: Yona Stamatis or Abigail Walsh.
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A Lesson in Proper Penmanship
Today, class, we're going to review the art of cake inscriptions, as well as some problem-solving techniques that will come in handy while on the job. Now remember: the hand-written message is the crowning jewel of every cake, and should showcase not only your skill, but also how much you care.
Take this one, for example:
Lovely, Dana K., lovely. There's no question that Ben felt special upon seeing this. Oh, and class, see how she filled in that awkward blank area with a mass of ribbon? That's called "thinking on your feet." There's no sense in wasting edible decor when you can simply reuse gift wrap you have on hand.
Andy B., pop quiz: What do you do when you run out of icing mid-inscription? Do you make more, or simply switch colors and hope no ones notices?
Haha, that's correct! Remember, class: Many children are colorblind. And the ones that aren't are generally too buzzed on sugar and caffeine to notice petty things like spacing, spelling, or sperm-like balloons.
Now, Erin S., say you have a small cake that someone wants you to write a message on, but you've also been wanting to try out the new 'blob' flower technique you saw on Careless Cakes. Which gets priority: the message, or the blobs?
Also correct! You see, class, this is why it's important to fill the entire cake with your design; so the message you write on top of it is uniformly difficult to read. As an added bonus, it's much harder for the client to spot any misspellings this way.
And lastly, Bethany T. is going to show us two things every baker should make more use of: plastic picks and abbreviations.
Wow, Bethany; I think that "BS" stands for "Beautifully Scripted!" I like how the color almost matches the birthday pick, too, but is off just enough to clash spectacularly - that took a lot of talent, I know.
[bell ringing] Well, that's all we have time for today, class. Remember to practice those blobs for next week's "Plop-a-Flower" review!


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Reduce Blood Pressure—Naturally
What Americans Can Learn from Traditional Cultures about Managing HypertensionMarch 2010
By William Davis, MD
High blood pressure is a pervasive and devastating health threat to the aging population. If you're an American adult, the chances you suffer from it are 1 in 3. If you're over 60, that number rises to 1 in 2.1
There's also a good chance you don't know you have it. Approximately 30% of aging individuals remain unaware they suffer from hypertension.2 It is often called the "silent killer" for this reason—chronic high blood pressure is a reliable risk factor for heart attacks, heart failure, strokes, aneurysms, and kidney failure.3 Even modest increases in blood pressure can have serious consequences: every 20/10 mmHg increment over 115/75 mmHg doubles your risk of cardiovascular disease.4
In conventional medicine, the most your doctor might do to help you correct hypertension is tell you to lose weight, cut your salt intake, and follow a diet program like DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension). Prescription drugs typically follow. A DASH approach of avoiding salty and fried foods, and eating more nuts, vegetables, and fruits can indeed reduce blood pressure modestly (5.5 mmHg systolic, 3.0 mmHg diastolic, compared to a control diet similar to a standard American diet).5
What your doctor won't tell you is that while hypertension tends to rise with age in our culture, it is not necessarily an inherent part of the aging process. On the contrary: our knowledge of the relationship between diet and health in other cultures offers compelling evidence that high blood pressure can often be controlled without drugs.
This article describes how my patients have been able to attain optimal blood pressure with a few simple changes in how they eat, how they live, and the nutrients they ingest.
What you need to know
An "Inevitable" Health Problem?
Why are traditional cultures spared from high blood pressure while modern Americans suffer from epidemic high blood pressure—almost inevitably?
The current guidelines for hypertension management are detailed in the Seventh Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7), last updated in 2003. In JNC 7, normal blood pressure is defined as less than 120/80 mmHg; pre-hypertension is classified as between 120-139/80-89 mmHg. High blood pressure is classified as stage I (140-159/90-99 mmHg) or stage II (greater than 160/100 mmHg).4
Yet the Yanomamo and Xingu Indians of Brazil, rural Kenyans and natives of Papua, New Guinea, have blood pressures that typically average 103/63 mmHg!1 Even with aging, members of these cultures fail to develop the "expected" age-related increase in blood pressure that we are so accustomed to seeing.
Early studies exploring the reasons why traditional peoples have lower blood pressure focused principally on sodium/salt intake. But factors beyond salt have emerged, including higher potassium intake, less alcohol intake, and especially lower body weight.2,3 We can also safely extrapolate that people like the Yanomamo don't eat chips, crackers, fruit drinks, or the thousands of other processed foods that we consume in excess. Are there lessons to be learned from traditional cultures that might help us avoid the otherwise inevitable high blood pressure that we experience in the modern world?
Four Nutritional Approaches
Nutrition plays a critical role in determining blood pressure. In traditional societies, the inclusion of abundant plant-sourced foods and wild game, along with exclusion of processed foods and food additives like high-fructose corn syrup, confer extraordinary lifelong protection from hypertension. This diet is a far cry from the misguided low-fat notions that are partly responsible for the American obesity and diabetes crisis. While the low-fat theme dominated American nutritional advice in the past, focusing only on restricting the quantity of fat intake may be detrimental. Rather, it may be more important to focus on the types of fats in the diet. For instance, it is crucial to replace saturated and hydrogenated fats with unsaturated and omega-3 fats in order to help reduce heart disease risk.15
Over the past 50 years, the American food industry has created a destructive and extraordinarily far-reaching array of industrial foods. The average American diet of processed carbohydrates like breakfast cereals and breads (all low-fat!), trans/hydrogenated fatty acids, high-fructose corn syrup, and overly-sugared foods is a guaranteed path towards high blood pressure, not to mention cholesterol distortions, increased inflammatory responses, and obesity.16,17
While the DASH diet achieves a reduction of several mmHg in blood pressure,5 you can take the diet several steps further for greater benefit. One potent means of reducing blood pressure is to mimic the lifestyle of traditional cultures and eliminate modern industrial foods that contribute to hypertension, while increasing the foods that reduce blood pressure. Since hunting wild game or foraging for cassava root and wild berries is not an option for most people, the goal is to simulate a modern version of a "traditional" lifestyle.
Such important dietary changes include:
Elimination of wheat and cornstarch
This strategy, as unexpected as it might be to many people, is probably the most potent strategy we have employed in our heart disease prevention and reversal clinic. It is not uncommon in our clinic to see blood pressure reductions of 20-40 mmHg, along with reduction or elimination of the "need" for blood pressure-reducing medication, not to mention dramatic weight loss, correction of cholesterol distortions (reduction in triglycerides, increased HDL, decreased LDL), and reduced inflammation.
Wheat is a particular problem in the American diet. A large number of Americans suffer from undiagnosed allergy or sensitivity to wheat. An additional, smaller number suffer from a devastating condition called celiac disease. People with celiac disease experience severe intestinal inflammation and destruction when exposed to gluten (a protein found in wheat and other grains such as rye and barley). Celiac survivors ("survivors" because celiac disease is a potentially fatal illness) who recover from this devastating intestinal illness by eliminating gluten tend to achieve a healthier body mass index than the wheat-consuming public. One study showed that patients with celiac disease who avoid gluten were more slender, since they take in 13-14% fewer calories than the general public (consistent with removal of the appetite-stimulating effect of wheat products).18 Another study found that wheat avoidance helped patients with celiac disease achieve a healthier weight—those who were underweight gained weight, while those who were overweight lost weight.19 Celiac patients who avoid gluten also benefit from higher HDL and ApoA1 levels.20
In our experience, elimination or dramatic reduction of wheat (white and whole grain breads, pasta, breakfast cereals, bagels, muffins, pretzels, crackers, pancakes, waffles) and cornstarch (cornmeal, tacos, tortillas, wraps, chips, breakfast cereals, gravies), as well as obvious sugary foods like candies, fruit juices, and fruit drinks, can serve as a powerful cornerstone of a blood pressure-reducing program if an individual has celiac disease or is allergic to wheat.
Many people are reluctant to follow a wheat-free program, since wheat is so commonplace in the American diet. I often advise skeptical patients to try a 4-week long "experiment": eliminate wheat, as well as cornstarch and sugars, and see what happens. With rare exceptions, the effects are nothing short of extraordinary.
Elimination of "trans" and hydrogenated fats
The proliferation of "trans" or hydrogenated fats was among the many nutritional mistakes made in the misguided low-fat era. Hydrogenated vegetable shortening, followed by margarines and countless processed foods, increased Americans' intake of "trans" fats dramatically.21 It increased the risk of heart attack, cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure with it.22,23 Elimination of "trans" fats is therefore a crucial step in gaining control over blood pressure.
Eliminate "trans" fats simply by examining the label: if it lists hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils, don't buy it. Even better, buy foods that don't require a label, like cucumbers and tomatoes.
Elimination of oxidized oils
Oxidation of oils by heating leads to blood pressure-increasing effects, not to mention oxidative changes in cholesterol particles and cancer induction.24-26 Polyunsaturated oils, like corn and safflower, are the most susceptible to oxidative degradation and should therefore be minimized.26,27 Any heating, especially deep-frying, will oxidize oils. Oils are best consumed unheated, especially polyphenol- and tocotrienol-rich olive and flaxseed oil, since these nutrients are degraded by heat.27,28
Weighing your diet heavily in favor of blood pressure-reducing foods
Weighing your diet in favor of real foods rich in flavonoids and polyphenols, non-wheat fibers, and healthy oils is important for gaining control over blood pressure. It is just as important to choose foods that don't overstimulate insulin release: processed foods like wheat products, cornstarch-containing products, and sugars.
Chief among foods that help reduce blood pressure are: raw nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pistachios; raw is crucial, since most roasted nuts have been roasted in blood pressure-increasing hydrogenated oils) and seeds (pumpkin, sunflower); vegetables; berries (blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, cherries, blackberries, elderberries); and healthy oils (olive, flaxseed, avocado, coconut).29
Nine Supplements for Optimal Blood Pressure Management
Beyond changing your diet to minimize exposure to foods that increase blood pressure and emphasizing foods that reduce blood pressure, a number of nutritional supplements have been confidently demonstrated to reduce blood pressure. Several supplements, including vitamin D, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil, and anthocyanins, correct inadequate intakes of these nutrients that commonly occur with modern lifestyles. Restoring them allows us to mimic the nutrient intakes of traditional cultures. Other supplements exert unique blood pressure-reducing effects independent of correcting nutritional deficiencies.
Vitamin D
Blood pressure reduction is one of the many extraordinary health benefits of vitamin D.
People deficient in vitamin D are more likely to have high blood pressure.48,49 Vitamin D supplementation, alone or with calcium, can reduce blood pressure in people with hypertension.50,51 Vitamin D likely exerts this effect in part by suppressing the expression of the blood pressure hormone renin, similar to the effect of prescription angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.52
In our clinic, we dose vitamin D by checking blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and maintaining this measure between 60-70 ng/mL; the average dose requirement to do so is 6,000 units per day—far more than the now woefully outdated Recommended Adequate Intake for adults over age 50 of 400 IU/day. Because individual requirements vary widely, however, it is advisable to have blood levels checked on occasion to ensure the desired level has been achieved, neither too high nor too low.
Coenzyme Q10
Among antioxidants, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) stands out for its ability to promote healthy blood pressure levels.
Pooled data from 12 studies (362 participants) revealed an impressive drop of 16.6 mg Hg in systolic pressure, and an 8.2 mm drop in diastolic pressure with CoQ10 doses ranging from 30-360 mg per day.53
Recent reports suggest that reducing blood pressure may not be enough to eliminate risk for cardiovascular complications like death and heart attack. Reduction of abnormal heart muscle thickening, or "hypertrophy" (measured by ultrasound), may also be a necessary component of treatment.54 CoQ10 has been shown to reduce abnormal hypertrophy resulting from high blood pressure.55,56 All of this is accomplished with virtually no side effects, given the fact that CoQ10 occurs naturally in the human body.


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Autumnwood Farm
Fresh milk, freshly bottled, fresh to you from the hometown dairy at Autumnwood Farm. Since 1902, members of the Daninger family have run a dairy operation on the south side of Forest Lake, Minnesota. Modern milking machines and technological advances in the new micro-creamery make today's dairy vastly different from that early 1900s farm, yet Autumnwood Farm bears one strong resemblance to its forerunner: a commitment to producing natural dairy products.
Today, third- and fourth-generation farmers Patrick and Sharlene Daninger and their children run a high-quality 21st century operation using the finest in dairy equipment and the latest environmentally sound agricultural methods to put fresh milk and milk products on your table. Their milking cows are raised with rotational grazing, naturally. The micro-creamery puts "freshness" in every bottle of milk or cream as the cows' milk is immediately processed and bottled on site. The Autumnwood label on every glass bottle is your assurance of natural goodness, and unmatched freshness.
As a family business with long-held ties to the land, Autumnwood Farm is fully invested in the animals, the land, and everything the land produces. The entire farm is managed in a highly sustainable and environmentally balanced manner. The Daninger family has been honored with awards for top-quality milk, community service, and environment-respecting farming practices.
From "the grass to the glass," you won't find fresher milk anywhere. Look for Autumnwood Farm milk and milk products in your grocer's dairy section, or call Autumnwood Farm for more information.
Autumnwood is a Minnesota licensed and inspected dairy.
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