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That 10-pound chocolate bunny seemed like a cute idea until you actually got it home and watched your kid gnaw on it's ear. Now you're staring at a partially crumbled hunk of week-old Easter chocolate and wondering how to keep it from going to waste.
Good news! We've got seven adorable and delicious ideas for post-Easter recipes. These yummy treats will turn that leftover Easter candy into sweets you'll actually eat. Here's how.
Easter Candy Bark
Have a mélange of Easter candy? This recipe makes it easy to take a mix of leftovers and turn them into a pretty little plate of homemade Easter Candy Bark. Quick, easy and so sweet!
Peeps S'mores
If your kids are like mine, they'd beg you to buy a million peeps and eat exactly one of them. Turn these into peep s'mores. This is a treat everyone can get behind as spring evenings warm up, making them perfect for cozy campfires!
Robin's Egg Malted Milkshake
Kick it old school with a malted milkshake made with Robin's Egg malted milk balls. Turn that Easter candy into a delicious, chocolate malted shake in minutes with this fun recipe! Doesn't it look delicious?
Mini Eggs Skillet Cookies
Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies! Turn those seasonal treats into this classic dessert with a scrumptious mini egg skillet cookie.
Jelly Bean Krispies
Rice Krispies mixed with jelly beans make for a bright, colorful treat. These leftover krispies are perfect for parties and after school snacks.
Chocolate-Covered Peeps
Yes, more peeps! Dip your peeps into chocolate and you'll suddenly want to eat everyone of those sugar-coated marshmallows. It's like chocolate-covered strawberries but with peeps!
Cadbury Egg Brownies
Cadbury Eggs get turned into a layer of delicious candy filling in these adorable Cadbury Egg brownies. If you're craving the classic Easter treat, but are ready to bring it into the next season, this recipe is for you!


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Pez (6) Eerie Spectres Prototype Plaster Models 1970s Vintage Halloween Monster
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PEZ (6) EERIE SPECTRES prototype plaster models 1970s vintage Halloween monster
Possibly the single best PEZ lot I have ever offered in 25+ years.
This is the prototype set for the 6 Eerie Spectres !!!
Believed to be a "one of a kind", unique set with no other examples existing----this is the SAME set shown in my book Collecting PEZ 1995 on page 31 (In that photo, the Vamp was missing because at the time it did not belong to me). These are also,as best as I can determine, the SAME set shown on the 1979 PEZ ad sheet (see photo #9 and explanation below).
History :
these 6 items all came from the sameformer PEZ employeearound 1991-1992. A woman who had worked for PEZ in the 80s (and I think still did at the time) consigned them to be saleed through a dealer. Since the PEZ hobby was very "young" at that time, the true importance of these were not recognized by most collectors. All of these have been sitting in the same collection for 20 years. They were never again on the market.
1979 PEZ Ad Sheet
Photo #9 is a scan of the original salesman sheet for the Eerie Spectres. It is quite clear that the heads shown are NOT the actual dispensers heads but are plaster mockups or prototypes. Even then, the heads had been chipped and had some paint scuffs as the photos clearly indicate. In fact, taking the Spook and Air Spirit as examples, you can see that the ear tips of the Spook and the point on the top of the head of the AirSpirit have been color retouched on the ad sheet to cover defects on those tips.
Since obviouslyanother 10+ years intervened after the ad sheet photos were taken, when they arrived to me, they had even more chipping and paint loss than in the photos. But in the comparison of the heads in current state to the photos, you do see many of the same defects.......in some cases the defects got worse........but it helps to satisfy us that these are likely the VERY SAME prototypes shown on the ad sheet.
condition should be obvious from the photos which show every head from all 4 sides and the bottom. An actual Batman Softhead is put in picture #6 and #7 to show scale. Note on the Scarewolf that one ear seems to have a repair where a chip was glued back on.
SOLD AS A SET.......the only way I would consider splitting these up is if I had a buyer for EVERY SINGLE ONE before splitting up the set as />
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TRACKING----Want tracking? Must be sent EXPRESS which is usually expensive.
CUSTOMS CHARGES-- your country may charge you customs fees before you can receive the package. This is not my responsibility NOR is it part of my shipping charge. It is a fee charged by the country you live in.SHIPPINGCOSTS SHIPPING-USA FIXED SHIPPINGRATE =actualshipping small handling fee ($2 or less).
West Coast may be a bit higher on larger or heavier items.
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For UK, Canada,and Australia, PLEASE check with me first to make sure shipping charges has listed are correct!
In JAN 2016, there was a HUGE increase in shipping cost outside the USA.
The shipping cost listed is for FIRST CLASS shipping. The USPS will only insure Priority and Express shipments.
******There is a $2-$5 handling fee for foreign orders.
TRACKING------Want tracking? Must be sent EXPRESS which is usually very expensive ($50-100) .
Here are sample foreign postage rates for FIRST CLASS to the following countries (from the USPS website):
Australia, Brazil, Europe, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, UK:
4to 8 ounce box-----$13 to $15
9 to 15 ouncebox----$21 to $24
1 or 2 pound box----$23 to $25
3 pound box----------$32 to $36
4 pound box----------$46 to $52
4to 8 ounce box------$10 to $11
9 to 15 ouncebox-----$16 to $17
1 or 2 pound box-------$16 to $18
3 pound box-------------$25 to $28
4 pound box-------------$37 to $40TRACKING------Want tracking? Must be sent EXPRESS which is usually very expensive.
Offered by DAVID WELCH ------ author of COLLECTING PEZ 1995 and PictorialGuide to Plastic Candy Dispensers 1991. I have been a full time antique and collectibles dealer since 1989 and have been collecting since the early 1970s. I have been on since 1997.
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werwi007 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 96 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
I need a clean design of a new company logo without any 3D elements. The logo should include the name (marketing XL), this is very important. The company is doing layout, design, redesign, webdesign, ....
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grey and blue (less is more)
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Our idea was something like this: http://img1.bildupload.com/598415bb…76c8ae.jpg, or this http://img1.bildupload.com/ea2adade…717ad1.jpg but it could be any other style as well. The Logo is needed for Web, Print and all that kind of stuff.Â
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The Information Technology department manages SRJC's central technology infrastructure and provides services and applications to support the educational goals of the college, as well as its business functions.
I.T. works with key campus constituents to develop I.T. strategic planning; provides applications and services ranging from e-mail accounts to wifi to server hosting; manages and supports the college website; supports departments and individuals via the I.T. Help Desk and group and one-to-one training; and supplies a communications infrastructure to support advanced network, voice and Web services.


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Beatles to Release 50th Anniversary Single of 'Love Me Do'
While the Rolling Stones have spent much of 2012 promoting their intentions to honor their 50th anniversary next year, the Beatles have allowed theirs to mostly fly under the radar. Until now, that is.
On Friday, the group will put out a limited-edition 45 of their first single, 'Love Me Do,'on the 50th anniversary of the song's release. The special 45 rpm features 'Love Me Do' with 'P.S. I Love You' as the B-side. The packaging is a replica of the original, with a multi-colored sleeve, and a red Parlophone label in the center of the vinyl.
'Love Me Do' was one of three songs recorded during the Beatles' first recording session on Sept. 4, 1962. However, producer George Martin was unhappy with the drumming of Ringo Starr, who had recently replaced Pete Best, and had the band re-cut the song a week later with session drummer Andy White and Starr on tambourine. However, the version with Ringo on drums was chosen for the single, which reached No. 17 on the British charts.
You can pre-order the single, which sells for $12.99, on the Beatles' website.


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I often get asked the question, "what do you eat?" ("if you don't eat meat, use dairy…"). My answer is usually "everything else" and that we are eating better than we ever had before changing our diets. Our food is colorful, nutritious and, best of all, the flavors are incredible. A while ago, I posted a bunch of photos of meals we had cooked in our home.
I am inspired by the summer session of 30 Day Vegan (which officially starts on Monday) to post the following new photos. 30 Day Vegan is a month-long online e-course, offered by Heather of Beauty that Moves, full of delicious vegan recipes, a supportive community, and self-care inspiration sprinkled throughout. (Registration is open just for a few more days! You won't be disappointed!)
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I want to send you over to the review mainly because Greydanus apparently has the same frustration I have with Michael O'Brien's dislike of dragons. The first reader comment on his article goes like this:
Hmmm…so the beast from Revelation, the Dragon that fell from the sky can now be tamed? We can now feel compassion for the "dragon", and alas, the dragon can be our friend? It seems fitting, for in our post-modern world we have already accepted the kind, romantic vampire and the benevolent witch. This is exactly what we need. Another movie that blurs classical symbols in order to confuse our kids in discerning spiritual truths.Further down in the comments, Greydanus does a fine job of showing that O'Brien on dragons doesn't make much sense:
For parents out there I would recommend a wonderful book by Catholic author Michael O'Brien called A Landscape With Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind. It's a great exposition on the "reversal of symbolism" in children's fantasy literature, and how this confusion invades the child's imagination, undermining his ability to recognize truth.
The book of Revelation has an evil dragon. But in the Old Testament we read "Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps" (Psa 148:7 KJV) and "The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls" (Isa 43:20 KJV). Revelation calls the dragon "that ancient serpent" (Rev 12:9), but Jesus uses the same word "serpent" positively when he tells us "Be wise as serpents" (Matt 10:16); obviously Jesus does not mean "Be like the dragon in Revelation or the ancient serpent in the Garden of Eden."Greydanus's comment continues from this point and is worth reading. I would add to his list of biblical examples the good dragon of Mordecai's dream, which battles an evil dragon in Chapter 11 (Addition A) of the Greek version of Esther, and receives its interpretation as a representation of Mordecai himself in Chapter 10.4ff (Addition F). Mordecai's dream was added to the text of Esther, along with the other additions, to give the story more explicit religious content. The author of the additions was clearly not interested in any deep symbolism associated with dragons; he just needed some appropriate apocalyptic imagery, and so dropped a couple of dragons onto the page. But according to Michael O'Brien's strict interpretation of all dragons as symbols of the devil, this biblical story of a good dragon fighting an evil dragon is hopelessly confused and represents a devilish attempt to lead children astray. A curious thing to find in the Bible, to be sure.
In other words, the same animal can be a symbol or figure of evil in one context and of good in another. 1 Peter 5:8 compares the devil to a lion, but Rev 5:5 uses the lion as a symbol for God. Likewise, wolves are often icons of evil in the Bible (e.g., Matt 7:15, 10:16, John 10:12, etc.)—but not always (Isa 11:6, 65:25).
In Christian art and tradition, as in the Bible, dragons and serpents are often symbols of evil, but they've also been used in positive ways, for example in connection with King Arthur Pendragon ("Dragon's Head") and in European heraldry. There are also other cultural traditions to consider. I don't know about you (or Michael O'Brien), but I'm not prepared to say that the benevolent dragons of Chinese tradition, among others, are a demonic deception.
I believe O'Brien runs into this problem largely because he starts with the wrong idea. In A Landscape With Dragons, O'Brien sets forth his axioms: if I understand him rightly, he holds the position that certain tropes or motifs which appear in literature are symbols for various things of religous import. These symbols are (again, if I understand him rightly) fixed and unalterable, permanently linked to certain realities of the cosmos. An author who attempts to nuance these symbols or imbue them with different meaning is doing something unauthorized and un-Christian and perhaps even impossible. O'Brien also expresses this in the essay, "The War for Our Children's Minds," in which he gives his thesis a possibly Jungian flavor:
Pro-Potter Catholics consistently forget that the symbols in our minds exercise a certain power over us (often subconsciously), and this is especially so in the minds of the young. Symbols are keystones in the architecture of thought, indeed in our perceptions of the structure, if you will, of reality itself. If we lose symbolism, we lose your way of knowing things. If we destroy symbols, we destroy concepts. If we corruptsymbols, concepts are corrupted, and then we lose the ability to understand things as they are, rendering us vulnerable to deformation of our perceptions and our actions. [more...]For the record, this particular pro-Potter Catholic hasn't forgotten--though I am highly suspicious of this notion that symbols affect our minds subconsciously--but I do believe O'Brien himself has forgotten that, while symbols may hold some power over us, we also hold power over symbols. This basic idea of immobile symbols built into the structure of the universe or of the human mind or both (assuming that is really what he means) is one I do not accept, and that is probably the most important reason I usually disagree rather sharply with the conclusions O'Brien draws in his essays on fantasy literature. My own viewpoint is that anything symbolic gains its meaning from its context. It gets it from neither a Jungian collective unconscious nor from a cosmic storehouse of universal symbols.
Among the symbols that concern O'Brien, the chief is probably the dragon, which he holds to be a universal symbol of evil, referring ultimately to Satan. In his view, stories of friendly dragons are lures that can potentially drag children into bad philosophical systems or worse. I believe this is too simple, constructed from a haphazard overview of world literature dismissive of anything that doesn't match his preconceived idea. As he discusses dragons in world mythology, he says this:
...In some Asian cultures dragons are considered good luck, or at worst a mixture of good and evil. Even Greek and Roman mythology, though it bequeathed ample warnings about the terrifying brood of Medusa, the Gorgons, Hydra, Chimaera, and so forth, did at times regard the dragon as a clever dweller of the inner earth.... This ambiguity is due to the blurred distinction between good and evil in dualistic Eastern religions.... [A Landscape With Dragons, 31]O'Brien here admits that many myths don't match his thesis, but he carries on anyway. If the dragon appears in a variety of guises throughout the world, how do we know which one is the true meaning of the symbol? More importantly, why must the symbol have only one meaning?
Ernest Ingersoll's Dragons and Dragon Lore presents another, I believe more reasonable, history of the dragon in literature, though it's over-ambitious, and undoubtedly out of date. Ingersoll traces all images of the dragon back to Tiamat, the watery, primordial goddess slain by Marduk in the Enuma Elish, a Babylonian version of the combat myth; as they appear in various myths around the world, dragons are typicallly associated with water, though in different contexts, so that some are rain gods, some are guardians of underground pools, and some are chthonic representatives of the chaotic sea.
Whether or not Ingersoll's attempt to trace all dragons the world over to a single source can be sustained (something I doubt), a few points from his work are worth noting, and they tend to erode O'Brien's thesis: the image of Satan as a dragon, which comes to us from Revelation, stands at the end of a long process of mythological development. The Hebrews' own version of the combat myth, never narrated in scripture but referred to many times in the Psalms and the Prophets, depicts God creating the world after defeating a primordial sea serpent called Rahab, a monster presumably the same as Leviathan; the book of Job links this sea monster to a land monster called Behemoth (for a good meditation on these monsters and their appearances int the Bible, see Shuck and Jive). In Revelation, the creation imagery of the combat myth is projected forward from the beginning to the end of time, and given a more definite moral dimension, so that Leviathan (the Beast from the Sea), Behemoth (the Beast from the Land), and the Dragon (Rahab?) become the final enemies of God at the end of the world.
So the image of Satan as dragon is built on Hebrew creation mythology, which in turn draws on the mythology of the surrounding Near East. It is good imagery, certainly, but it grows out of a specific cultural context that gives it its meaning, a meaning intentionally manipulated and altered by the biblical authors to serve their own purposes. In O'Brien's view, the Satan-as-dragon image was there from the beginning, before humans even existed--he considers even dinosaurs to be images of the devil (A Landscape With Dragons, 23-25)--but in my view, the Satan-as-dragon image is a useful imposition on an invisible reality, formed out of imaginative capital developed over time in ancient Near Eastern culture. These two starting points lead to different conclusions, but I believe mine fits the facts better.
I must also mention Cornelia Funke's novel Dragon Rider. In an essay in the back of the novel, Funke explains that she sees the dragon as a symbol of nature, so in her view stories about evil dragons being conquered by Christian knights are really expressions of a Christian desire to control and dominate the natural world. Funke and O'Brien, though they have wildly different views of what dragons represent, are guilty of the same mistake: they force a single meaning on a complex literary trope and then use it as an aid in inappropriate forms of moral criticism. The view of the dragon as an image of the devil and an image of nature both have their roots in existing mythology and literature, but there is no reason I can see that either view should be taken as the only acceptable one.
To finish off, I'll quote Greydanus from his comments section once again, because he's darn reasonable and eloquent:
As I said, I am sympathetic to the way that an inversion of traditional symbols can be used to subvert traditional moral truths. However, I think we need to be cautious about language like "misappropriated symbols," which seems to be imply that symbols have a set, "native" meaning, and anything that departs from that is somehow suspect.
I don't think that's the case. The dragon is not a natively evil symbol that some cultures or stories misappropriate as a symbol of good. It is an imaginative archetype that can be used with equal legitimacy in either negative or positive ways. [more...]


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FirstNet Cross-Agency Information Sharing
By: David Kahn
In 2012, Congress created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as an independent authority within National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Its goal was to provide law enforcement and emergency responders with a high-speed, nationwide network dedicated to public safety.
True to the principals of federalism on which the United States is based, the law requires state, local and tribal control of the network operating within each jurisdiction. The shared management of a nationwide network presents many challenges, chief of which is security.
Speaking at the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting in Westminster, Colo. in June, FirstNet Board Member Jeff Johnson shared an ambitious vision for the network. He said public safety will need to catch up with and then leapfrog the applications available on consumer smartphones to provide situational awareness and command & control (C2) for public safety personnel.
FirstNet was also expected to improve communications with the public by extending the interactions beyond voice-only to include still pictures and video, text, location and eventually biometric information. As FirstNet rolls out, it will provide powerful new capabilities that public safety can use to perform its tasks more effectively and safely.
Inevitably, first responders will become more dependent on complex C2 systems which will contain information that could be dangerous if it gets into the wrong hands or must be protected for privacy reasons. When agencies work together, they need to share many types of information. It is critical to limit the information that is shared to only those involved for the joint operation and to terminate sharing when the joint operation ends.
Imagine how complicated it will be to share data among agencies when each has its own security policies and enforces them with software systems that are unique to their organization. Now imagine that these systems must continuously evolve for public safety to maintain parity or superiority to the systems being used by criminals.
Finally, consider the complications introduced by different agencies using different hardware and in some cases allowing personnel to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) while having to interact with the public who uses next-generation 9-1-1 (NG-9-1-1) applications running on the latest smartphones.
Numerous public-safety Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) and C2 systems already exist and are often extensively customized. Their scale has been relatively small and sharing information with other agencies for coordinated actions was rarely seen as a critical requirement. 9-11, Hurricane Katrina and multiple other man-made and natural disasters have significantly altered that landscape.
FirstNet is expected to enable unprecedented cross-agency information sharing to coordinate actions. However, if public safety is to use FirstNet for critical data and voice communications, it will have to simultaneously solve three issues: 1) data security, 2) interoperability, and 3) application compatibility.
Information assurance professionals identified these requirements years ago, and significant progress has been made in all three areas. The Department of Defense, for example, has long had security certification processes for its communications systems that are needed to coordinate warfighters who are members of multiple components serving the U.S and its allies.
The lessons learned by the DoD could be applied to FirstNet to allow local control, as required by Congress, while assuring that our systems perform their intended functions while maintaining data security. The first lesson learned was organizational. While software applications are defined separately by the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force, technical and security reviews of the systems are performed by a central agency, the National Security Agency (NSA).
Similarly, while FirstNet applications will need to be created independently by federal, state, local and tribal agencies, review and testing are required to assure that they perform their functions correctly without jeopardizing data security. While the legislation creating FirstNet provided few details about how security would be implemented, it is critical that FirstNet set up a centralized review and certification process for public safety applications, similar to the DoD process.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is a member of FirstNet, recently announced a pilot program, a Mobile Applications "Car Wash," that scrubs mobile apps for threats and vulnerabilities before they become available to public safety customers.
Another lesson from DoD's work is that it is better to reduce the number of organizations writing critical software and where possible, reduce the lines of "code" that affect security. But how does one provide local control that satisfies FirstNet's users while not compromising functionality and security, and how can we guarantee that systems interoperate so that when agencies need to work together, their systems will support rather than impede coordinated action?
One solution is a platform that contains a secure run-time engine, a "sandbox," ideally with the added capability of providing binary portability and hardware interoperability. Security experts generally agree that "sandboxing" is a promising method to create secure systems. Past concerns that a sandbox would make applications unacceptably slow are no longer applicable due to the power of modern hardware.
A major advantage of sandboxes is that only the run-time engine—not the applications—requires FIPS 140-2 certified encryption certification, a costly, lengthy process required for updates to applications. This would enable small, innovative software developers and creative public safety personnel, who often understand their organization's needs better than outsiders, to develop applications that do not compromise security or unnecessarily tie up resources and use them immediately. Sandboxes could open up innovation, drive down cost, and allow the local control required under FirstNet.
This is not a new idea. The Stanford Research Institute (SRI), a nonprofit research organization, has been working with its private sector partners to develop this sandbox for the Department of Defense. They have found that not only can data security be assured, but interoperability and application compatibility become possible.
This software technology would allow applications to be written and compiled once and then run on any device having the platform installed. C2 applications will run without modification on PCs, smartphones, tablets, Land Mobile Radios (LMR) and even inside of hardware such as surveillance cameras or drones.
Public safety personnel can safely trust software developed by or for other agencies when information needs to be shared or actions coordinated because the platform guarantees application compatibility and data security. Local control becomes possible without creating chaos.
FirstNet is an audacious project. To make it succeed, the FirstNet board, management, and technical teams have committed to seeking innovative sources of new ideas and technology while closely consulting with the public safely community to make sure it provides the tools that first responders need and have been lacking for far too long.
Public safety and its suppliers have huge stakes in FirstNet's success and have committed time and energy to that end. It is now possible to create a nationwide network that is ubiquitous and reliable, which provides mission-critical capabilities that satisfy local needs. Our goal must be to make FirstNet so good that the only logical choice is to opt-in.
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Choosing care and treatment for advanced cancer
Making decisions about treatment and care when you have advanced cancer isn't easy. Only you can make the treatment and care decisions that are right for you on this last stage of your cancer journey. Some people choose to explore every option that might help them live longer, even for a week or month. Others are more concerned with their quality of life during the time they have left. Along the way, many people will offer advice, and what your family wants will be important, but you need to decide what is best for you.
Advance care planning
If you have cancer, it is important to think about your future care and treatment. This is called advance care planning. Part of the planning includes telling your family and friends what kind of health and personal care you want if you ever can't speak for yourself.
Talk to your healthcare team about advance care planning. They can help you make decisions about your care. You may also want to review the booklet, Cancer and Advance Care Planning, developed by the Advance Care Planning in Canada initiative, the BC Cancer Agency and the BC Patient Voices Network. It includes information and samples of questions to help guide your advance care planning.
Palliative care
Palliative care provides physical, emotional, social and spiritual support for people with cancer and their families. Palliative treatments can include radiation therapy, chemotherapy, surgery or medicines for pain or other symptoms. The purpose of palliative care is not to cure the cancer but rather to relieve symptoms, control the cancer if possible and improve quality of life.
Palliative care doesn't mean that doctors are giving up. It means that the focus of care changes from trying to cure the cancer to:
- making you as comfortable as possible
- helping relieve symptoms, like pain or shortness of breath
- keeping your quality of life as high as possible
- providing support during this time, which may be months or years
Palliative care specialists, including nurses, doctors, social workers, home health aides, occupational therapists and volunteers, provide this care in:
- your home
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- palliative care units in hospitals
- long-term care facilities
- hospices, which offer supportive care for people at the end of life, as well as for their families
Care at home
For some people with advanced cancer and their families, staying at home for as long as possible is very important. Being cared for at home can be very comforting, but it does mean more responsibilities for loved ones who are caregivers. Discuss with members of your healthcare team what it means for you to stay at home so that everyone understands what they need to do.
Even with the right support in place, there may come a time when it's no longer possible for you to stay at home. People with advanced cancer may need medical care and support that is too difficult for family members to provide. It's important to recognize that moving to a hospice or palliative unit isn't a failure on anyone's part. Family members can still offer love and support to someone in a hospice or hospital, while having skilled care from the healthcare team.
Making progress in the cancer fight
The 5-year cancer survival rate has increased from 25% in the 1940s to 60% today.


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I always like to share the top 5 things my Mommy taught me. The list is obviously much longer than this site will allow, but these are some of the main things I keep with me all the time. Some, she taught me and I got right away, some took time, others...still working on.
What has your mom taught you that has changed or directed your life in a certain way? Share yours with us, and check these out!
1. Be nice.
This is a simple lesson, but it goes a long way. Being nice to people not only gives them a good feeling about you, but also puts out good Karma to come back to you. My mommy still reminds me today the importance of being nice, especially when it is easy not to. I see traces of her whenever I feel the need to bake for friends and coworkers, have guests over, style for people, advise on legal matters, or whatever comes to mind to allow me to lend a hand to someone else. I carry this with me all the time.
2. Beauty is simple.
Mommy has made it clear to me, loads of make-up does not make you pretty, and there's a way to look your best without a mess! Going back to being nice on the inside, it is easy to look nice on the outside, too. Too much of anything is usually just that--too much and it will catch the wrong eyes most times. As I put together my looks for each day, I definitely think..."what would Mommy say?"
As Tatyana Ali put it: "My mother is my beauty role model. She's gorgeous, giving, and gracious - a true G!"
3. Be strong.
I haven't come across a strength like the strength my mother has, and am not sure I will. Her lessons in being strong go far beyond helping my dad out in the yard against my will. They extend to knowing things won't always go my way, and when they don't, I cannot give up. I will encounter some challenges, and as cliche as it sounds I hear her telling me "this, too shall pass". I may not want to hear it, but I always want to believe it...and in due time, I see it to be true. I know my mother got her strength from my grandmother, and great-grandmother, so I work hard to be sure I can pass it on someday as well. Because of my Mommy, I feel there is nothing I cannot do.
4. Be....patient!
Ugh! I am still working on this one, and actually, so is Mommy. She's been trying to teach me patience all my life, and I think I just may be starting to get it--a little. I remember as a little girl hearing her tell me "beee..." and waiting for me to say "patient". I'm not sure I always understood the value of patience as a youngster, but I have gotten a much better understanding in my adult life. I can't count the number of times I hear her in my head reminding me...and sometimes it is her actual voice. I have found patience to be so critical, especially as I get older, and can say I have received and encountered some wonderful things from being patient. I keep this lesson with me. But, she and I both know, I'm not done learning it.
5. Always do your best.
I often look at my mom and think she has so many things on her plate...and wonder how she balances them all. Then I realize I am, in my own way, doing the same thing. I have learned over the years, she not only has a lot on her plate, but only enough for her to handle, and handle well. It appears to be a lot to the onlooker, and I know it is to her as well. But, the way she handles family, work, and social activities is always with ease and grace. Mommy has taught me about not taking on too much, but being there to step up and step in if necessary. Sure, you may have a lot going on, but giving each your very best is all that's acceptable. I keep this lesson close.
I could go on and on about the lessons my mother has taught me, but the space here is limited. I am endlessly thankful for such a loving and giving mother, and wouldn't trade her for the world. Thank you, Mommy for everything.
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SEATTLE (AP) � Thousands of bridges around the United States might be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.
The crossings are kept standing by engineering design, not supported with brute strength or redundant protections like their more modern counterparts. Bridge regulators call the more risky spans "fracture critical," meaning that if a single, vital component of the bridge is compromised, it can crumple.
Those vulnerable crossings carry millions of drivers every day. In Boston, a six-lane highway near Logan airport includes a fracture-critical bridge over Bennington Street. In northern Chicago, an Interstate 90 pass that goes over Ashland Avenue is in the same category. An Interstate 880 bridge over Fifth Avenue in Oakland, Calif., also is on the list.
Also in that category is the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River north of Seattle, which collapsed into the water days ago after officials said an oversized truck load clipped the steel truss.
Public officials have focused in recent years on the desperate need for money to repair thousands of bridges deemed structurally deficient, which typically means a major portion of the bridge is in poor condition or worse. But the bridge that collapsed Thursday is not in that deficient category, highlighting another major problem with the nation's infrastructure: Although it's rare, some bridges deemed to be structurally fine can still be crippled if they are struck hard enough in the wrong spot.
"It probably is a bit of a fluke in that sense," said Charles Roeder, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Washington.
While the I-5 truck's cargo sustained only minimal damage, it left chaos in its wake, with two vehicles catapulting off the edge of the broken bridge into the river below. Three people involved escaped with non-life-threatening injuries.
The most famous failure of a fracture-critical bridge was the collapse of the Interstate 35 West bridge in Minneapolis during rush hour on Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100 others.
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the cause of the collapse was an error by the bridge's designers � a gusset plate, a key component of the bridge, was too thin. The plate was only half of the required 1-inch thickness.
Because the bridge's key structures lacked redundancy � where if one piece fails, there is another piece to prevent the bridge from falling � when the gusset plate broke, much of the bridge collapsed.
Mark Rosenker, who was chairman of the NTSB during the I-35W bridge investigation, said the board looked into whether other fracture critical bridges were collapsing. They found a few cases but not many, he said.
"Today, they're still building fracture-critical bridges with the belief that they're not going break," Rosenker said.
Fracture-critical bridges, such as the I-5 span in Washington, are the result of Congress trying to cut corners to save money rather than a lack of engineering know-how, said Barry LePatner, a New York real estate attorney and author of "Too Big to Fall: America's Failing Infrastructure and the Way Forward."
About 18,000 fracture-critical bridges were built from the mid-1950s through the late 1970s in an effort to complete the nation's interstate highway system, which was launched under President Dwight Eisenhower, LePatner said in an interview. The fracture-critical bridge designs were cheaper than bridges designed with redundancy, he said.
Thousands of those bridges remain in use, according to an AP analysis.
"They have been left hanging with little maintenance for four decades now," he said. "There is little political will and less political leadership to commit the tens of billions of dollars needed" to fix them.
There are 66,749 structurally deficient bridges and 84,748 functionally obsolete bridges in the United States, including Puerto Rico, according to the Federal Highway Administration. That's about a quarter of the 607,000 total bridges nationally. States and cities have been whittling down that backlog, but slowly. In 2002, about 30 percent of bridges fell into one of those two categories.


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Congress Gets A Beating In Gates Memoir, Too
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has a new memoir out that serves up some tough criticism of President Obama and Congress. NPR's Arun Rath talks to correspondent Liz Halloran about the punches being thrown.
Congress Gets A Beating In Gates Memoir, Too
When it comes to American foreign policy, the hot topic this week wasn't Syria. Instead, pundits and commentators of all types were furiously debating how President Obama handled the wars in his first term. That was thanks to retired Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' new book "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War." Even though the book hasn't hit stores yet, critics of the White House have been crowing over Gates' unvarnished critique of President Obama and Vice President Biden.
But npr.org Washington correspondent Liz Halloran says that Gates' assessment of the president was tame compared to the beat down he delivers to members of Congress.
LIZ HALLORAN, BYLINE: Oh, Arun, where to start? How about this? Uncivil, incompetent, parochial, egotistical and putting self and re-election before country, or maybe that some Congress members became, quote, "raving lunatics" when the TV cameras are turned on. Yeah, seriously, it was harsh, bare-knuckled language, to put it mildly. And we felt that even after a majority of Americans hold Congress in pretty low esteem, this was pretty significant. I mean, he even went as far to say that some of the members of Congress seemed to suffer from mental duress that warranted confinement.
RATH: Well, maybe Joe Biden feels a little bit better after hearing that. But, you know, as you say, a majority of Americans, if you look at national polls, share that opinion of Congress. Why do we care that Gates said it?
HALLORAN: Well, look, he's a serious, highly respected senior official, and he served eight Republican and Democratic presidents in his career. He led the CIA. He was a top national security advisor. And he also served as president of Texas A&M University. I mean, he's not a bomb thrower. He's known as a very measured man. I've had him described as, you know, having this Midwestern calm, steady hand. And it's really just plain unusual for a public servant of his stature and temperament to be so blunt and so publicly critical of Congress, and to name names.
RATH: Yeah. And speaking of naming names, you write about how he was especially harsh in his assessment of Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, the Democrat.
HALLORAN: Yes. I mean, he criticized Congress as a whole for what he called its kangaroo court hearings on war and war spending, and even ridiculed members of Congress for pushing their parochial interests. For example, he talks about Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's insistence on funding for a home state chemical weapons disposal plant.
But it's true, Reid really seemed to get under Gates' skin. He writes that Reid once asked him if the Defense Department - and you'll recall at the time they were engaged in two wars - Reid asked if the Defense Department could invest in research on irritable bowel syndrome. And that Gates said he didn't know whether to laugh or cry at that. But what really angered Gates happened back in 2008 during the debate over extending the Iraq troop surge. Reid opposed it, and he held a press conference where he declared that this war is lost.
RATH: Wow. That could not have gone over well with the secretary of Defense.
HALLORAN: In a word, no. In fact, Gates writes that he was so furious at the time that he shared with his colleagues an Abe Lincoln quote to express how he felt. That quote in a nutshell, Lincoln basically says that congressmen who damage morale or undermine the military during wartime should - and I'm quoting Lincoln here - "be arrested, exiled or hanged." And I think - yeah, that strongly - I think it gives you a pretty good idea of how maddening Gates found the situation and his frustration with what he saw as a lack of competence of many members of Congress.
RATH: That is remarkable. NPR.org Washington correspondent Liz Halloran, thank you.
HALLORAN: Great to be with you, Arun.
RATH: And tomorrow on MORNING EDITION, host Steve Inskeep speaks with former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about his memoir and the uproar surrounding it.
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Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract.
Richardson's withdrawal was the first disruption of Obama's Cabinet process and the second "pay-to-play" investigation that has touched Obama's transition to the presidency. The president-elect has remained above the fray in both the case of arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the New Mexico case.
A federal grand jury is investigating how a California company that contributed to Richardson's political activities won a New Mexico transportation contract worth more than $1 million. Richardson said in a statement issued by the Obama transition office that the investigation could take weeks or months but expressed confidence it will show he and his administration acted properly.
"I have concluded that the ongoing investigation also would have forced an untenable delay in the confirmation process," Richardson said. "Given the gravity of the economic situation the nation is facing, I could not in good conscience ask the president-elect and his administration to delay for one day the important work that needs to be done."
Richardson said he will remain as governor and told Obama, "I am eager to serve in the future in any way he deems useful."
The announcement came ahead of Obama's Monday meetings with congressional leaders on a massive economic recovery bill he wants lawmakers to pass quickly.
Obama said he has accepted Richardson's withdrawal, first reported by NBC News, "with deep regret."
"Governor Richardson is an outstanding public servant and would have brought to the job of Commerce Secretary and our economic team great insights accumulated through an extraordinary career in federal and state office," Obama said. "It is a measure of his willingness to put the nation first that he has removed himself as a candidate for the Cabinet to avoid any delay in filling this important economic post at this critical time. Although we must move quickly to fill the void left by Governor Richardson's decision, I look forward to his future service to our country and in my administration."
A person familiar with the proceedings has told The Associated Press that the grand jury is looking into possible "pay-to-play" dealings between CDR Financial Products and someone in a position to push the contract through with the state of New Mexico.
State documents show CDR was paid a total of $1.48 million in 2004 and 2005 for its work on a transportation program.
Richardson ran against Obama in the Democratic presidential primary, but withdrew after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.
He is one of the most prominent Hispanics in the Democratic Party, having served in Congress and as President Clinton's ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary. As governor, he has kept up an international profile with a specialty in dealing with rouge nations. Obama also considered him to be secretary of state.
CDR and its CEO, David Rubin, have contributed at least $110,000 to three political committees formed by Richardson, according to an AP review of campaign finance records.
The largest donation, $75,000, was made by CDR in June 2004 - a couple of months after the transportation financing arrangement won state approval - to a political committee that Richardson established before the Democratic National Convention that year.
In the Illinois case, Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell the Senate seat that Obama gave up to become president. Obama and two of his top aides have been interviewed by the U.S. attorney's office pursuing the case but have denied any knowledge of such a scheme and have not been accused by prosecutors of any wrongdoing.


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Q. What medications are forbidden to take with alcohol? And why is that?
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apparently there are more drugs you shouldn't mix with alcohol then I could think of…
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The �common sense� mantra that is being repeated by everyone seeking greater infringement on our Second Amendment rights is evidence of their active avoidance of factual information.
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The �common sense� mantra that is being repeated by everyone seeking greater infringement on our Second Amendment rights is evidence of their active avoidance of factual information.
Instead, they are relying on demonizing gun owners. They�re relying on subjective statements such as �common sense� and emotionally charged refrains such as �protecting our children� and �if it only saves one life� to make their case.
It is a fact that Sandy Hook happened � as have other massacres throughout the history of our country. Additionally, not to trivialize the tragedy at Newtown, it is also a fact that President Barack Hussein Obama supports murder of the unborn � also known as abortion � and the number of abortions occurring in the United States every year according to the Centers for Disease Control approaches 750,000.
So why should we fear Obama�s so-called common-sense gun control measures? Well, despite his recent back-peddling claims to the contrary, the facts are, just to name a few: He is on record opposing all private ownership of firearms; he supports a ban on all semi-automatic firearms; advocates federal law overriding state laws; and banning concealed carry by law-abiding citizens. In fact, there is not an infringement on our Second Amendment liberties � despite the Supreme Court ruling that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right � that Obama has not openly embraced.
The current population of the United States is around 312 million people living in 133 million households. The estimates for the number of guns in civilian hands range from 270 million to more than 300 million. A Gallup Poll a few years ago put the number of households with at least one gun at 47 percent, which is around where most of the other estimates fall and roughly equates to at least one gun in every other home. Though it is impossible to nail down an exact number, we can extrapolate that there about 156 million gun owners or about half the total population of the US.
In 2011, there were around 12,397 gun related deaths in the U.S. � not including suicides; however, that number does include justifiable homicides by law enforcement and law-abiding citizens. Regardless, to make a point let us just all go to fantasy land and pretend they were all unjustified and committed by private citizens. With a little simple math, it is evident that that of the 156 million gun owners, 155,987,603, or well over 99.99 percent, did not use a gun to commit a murder. Even when gun-related injuries, regardless of cause, are factored in, the change in percentage is negligible.
Of course, probably well over 99.99 percent of us would like to see the annual homicide rate at zero. Realistically, that would not happen even if the private ownership of firearms was outlawed, because here is another fact: Criminals don�t obey the law! Therefore, could it be that firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens actually save lives?
According to one-time anti-gunner Dr. Gary Kleck, the answer is yes. Kleck concluded that guns are lawfully used about 2.5 million times a year to protect the owner. Furthermore, he found that usually it didn�t even require a shot being fired. That being said and to illustrate the point, let us divide 2.5 million by the 12,397 gun-related deaths in 2011. The sum of this very rough calculation shows that when firearms are used, they are 200 times more likely to be used lawfully to save a life than to unlawfully take one. Eliminate justifiable homicides by law-abiding citizens and law enforcement from the equation and the ratio is even greater. Of course there are firearm-related injuries, but even when those are included, regardless of cause, lawful use far exceeds unlawful misuse.
Undoubtedly, the numbers above have been overly simplified, as there is not time and space available in a letter to the editor to analyze and categorize every firearm-related injury or death as to whether or not it was justified, unintentional, hunting related, a result of gang-on-gang violence, etc.
The numbers above were used to illustrate the disparity between the factual truth and left�s propaganda as well as to show that Obama and the politicians seeking to deny us our Second Amendment rights are intentionally avoiding an open, objective and honest discussion.
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"Sex, lies, embroidery." I don't know about you, but that subtitle got my attention when I discovered "The Needle in the Blood," a novel about the Bayeux Tapestry by British author Sarah Bower. While I waited for the book to arrive, I went online to refresh my memory about the tapestry, which actually is an embroidery and for me the Holy Grail of needle and thread.
No one knows for sure who stitched it or where, but it may have been commissioned by Bishop Odo, half-brother to William the Conqueror, who became king of England after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Some experts believe the tapestry was stitched in England and not in Bayeux, Normandy, France, although it was intended for the cathedral Odo had built at Bayeux. Another theory is that it was commissioned and created by William the Conqueror's wife, Queen Matilda,and her ladies-in-waiting.
The piece measures nearly 230 feet long and consists of approximately 50 scenes depicting events leading up to the Norman conquest of England. It is stitched on linen with wool thread colored with dyestuffs some experts believe are associated with England.
Only three women are stitched into the tapestry — one may be Edith, the wife of King Edward the Confessor. Another unidentified woman is shown with a child beside her and a burning building behind them. The third figure is sometimes referred to as The Mystery Woman, though embroidered above her is the name Aelfgyva, a common Saxon name of the times. Beside her, reaching to touch — or smite, as some interpret the gesture — her head, is a man identified as Bishop Odo. The meaning of the scene is not known.
And it is within this and other unknowns that Bower has unleashed her writing powers to imagine what was going on between Aelfgyva and Odo. Well, you can guess. But in the process, she also imagines how the tapestry might have come to be commissioned, who stitched it and what life was like for the conquered Saxons under the rule of William, the Norman king. She also gives the reader a detailed and fascinating look into how people of the times lived, what they ate, how they dressed and how they warred upon one another.
My favorite part of the book was about the creation of the tapestry and the women involved. My least favorites were graphic descriptions of the brutality visited on the Saxons by the Normans, and the fact that the book is written in present tense. But I was caught up in the story and kept turning pages, marveling at the amount of research Bower must have done to weave such life, fire and passion into her story.
Before I got the book, I read about the Bayeux Tapestry at bayeuxtapestry.org.uk, where visitors can look at the tapestry scene by scene; read about its history; learn about the people in it including Aelfgyva, the other two women and Bishop Odo; and find out what happened in England after the Battle of Hastings. At the website, you can create your own tapestry by clicking on icons of various features of the tapestry, such as people, King Harold, the bishop, Westminster Abbey and other buildings, though not any of the three women.
Though I have never seen the Bayeux Tapestry and am unlikely to, I like knowing that something as simple as outline and couching stitches, the primary stitches used in the embroidery, could become the building blocks of a work of fabric art that has endured for centuries.
Go to coatscrafts.co.uk to access long lists of knitting, crochet, embroidery and sewing project patterns.
I gleaned this information from textilemuseum.org/exhibitions/previous.htm: President Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, who died in 1995, was a weaver in her younger years. She developed an interest in collecting batiks when she married for the second time and went to live in Indonesia in the 1960s. Some of the batiks from her collection were exhibited at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., in 2009, the final stop on a national tour of the exhibition "A Lady Found a Culture in its Cloth: Barack Obama's Mother and Indonesian Batiks." Current exhibits at the museum are "The Sultan's Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art" on display through March 20, 2013, and "Dragons, Nagas and Creatures if the Deep" on display through Jan. 6, 2013.
Go to mainefiberarts.org to access information about stitching events during October, including, Mending in Tattered Times, noon-3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, Oct. 16-19; Crochet and Cross Stitch Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24; Southern Maine Lace Group, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25; and Constucting a Silk Vest using Shibori Silk Hand Dyed by the Artist, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Oc. 31, at Maine Fiberarts in Topsham. The events are free.
Manuel Abeiro Horta and Modesto, visiting artists from Mexico, will conduct a wooden mask making demonstration 4-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at Margaritas Mexican Restaurant in Orono.
The demonstration is free and open to the public.
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Every autumn as the days get shorter trees across the country produce spectacular displays of fall leaf colors. Searching and finding the best fall trees is often a destination trip for many across the country. Here are some of the best fall trees across the United States that you can see almost anywhere.


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Many noted whiskey writers and historians (Chuck Cowdery for example) have been "out in front" taking on certain claims from various distilleries and craft whiskey operations across the country. And in some cases, even the industry giants aren't left out as targets.
The main reason for this is that the "truth" on many whiskey brand labels is "bent" a little. And while some of the minutia that gets tossed around is a bit silly in my opinion, I think we all know how the "marketing guys" can quickly turn a mole hill into a mountain. That's how some guy minimally associated with a particular distillery centuries ago suddenly "invented bourbon" or whatever the claim may be.
It is also worth noting with so many bourbon and American Whiskey brands on the market and only a handful of large production distilleries, much of the stuff you see on the shelves is made by only a few distilleries. This is not necessarily the case for some of the new upstart craft (or whatever you want to call them today) distilleries, but in the bourbon aisle alone most of the stuff is made by about 7-8 distilleries.
And why is that important? Well, the subject of this review has been the subject of much media drama around it's story and the production of its product. Templeton Rye is a Templeton, Iowa based distillery. We can comfortably call it a distillery because the operation that exists in Templeton is now distilling, just not the the whiskey in their flagship Templeton Rye bottle. The distillery that is producing it is Lawrenceburg Distillers Indiana (LDI) in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. LDI produces whiskey for a number of very popular brands like High West, Redemption, Bulleit, and many others. Earlier this year I wrote about LDI as a part of a post I did on Four Roses.
The Templeton Rye Story
Templeton President, Scott Bush, lives in Chicago, IL but has family ties in Iowa. Bush grew up hearing stories from family members about a rye whiskey his great-grandfather was associated with. The whiskey was allegedly produced in Templeton, Iowa during prohibition. The company's website, and Bush himself, also claim that the whiskey, like a viral video, made its way all over the country during that period. It eventually found it's way east where Templeton claims it became Al Capone's whiskey of choice. Soon after it was nicknamed "The Good Stuff" by those that knew it well.
Bush decided he wanted to bring whiskey production back to Templeton, Iowa. He set out to find folks that had a connection with the prohibition-era product. Soon he partnered up with Meryl Kherkoff, whose father helped make the whiskey during that time. Bush claims that Kherkoff provided him with the recipe. Rather than create it on their own, Templeton decided to contract the whiskey making to LDI.
Templeton confirms that the whiskey is greater than 90% rye grain with the remainder being malted barley. Interestingly LDI has a stock rye whiskey mashbill that is 95% rye. This is the juice that Bulleit, Redemption, and many others use in their products. It's likely to me that Templeton Rye Whiskey is 95% rye based on this but that is only an assumption on my part. For the record, other stories have emerged on this subject where claims were made the original prohibition-era whiskey had a higher percentage of corn. If true that would further dispute the claim that the recipe today is the same.
Whether or not the above history of the product is true I don't think we'll ever be able to confirm. The story is certainly fun though. I bring up the fact that it's unconfirmed firstly because it isn't conformed. Secondly, and most importantly not to slight Templeton, but rather to challenge you to not get roped into the branding and marketing of certain products. In most cases, provided it's not illegal, whiskey marketers can claim whatever the hell they want to. And they do.
The good news for consumers is there are new distilleries starting up every day that are learning that it's not okay to fool us. That's no way to build brand loyalty. Many existing distilleries are learning this fact also, but maybe not as soon as some would like. We all have to understand that some of this stuff is hard to prove.
When that's the case I let the juice in the bottle do the talking. This latest review is from a sample of Templeton's most recent release.
Templeton Rye Whiskey, 40% abv (80 Proof), $40
Templeton Rye's nose is a balance of sweet and spicy flavors with aromas of caramelized banana, vanilla, cinnamon candy (red hots), bracing rye, and wintergreen. Oak is subtle and not overly pronounced. On the palate, a honey-sweet entry moves quickly to dry rye grain, chili flake, and black pepper. The sweet core of this whiskey keeps it from ever getting too fiery on the tongue. In fact it's quite mellow (more than likely due to the low proof). I would love to see this maybe closer to 90-95 proof because I feel it might give it a bit more spark. Regardless, there's a lot of great flavor here. The finish is crisp mint, honey, cinnamon spice, and dries up quickly. Whatever you think about the story or the recipe or the fact they don't distill it, Templeton is bottling a very good rye whiskey.
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Can Anybody Save California?
The state's drought is the worst since 1580. And no, Barack Obama can't stop it.
In a journey befitting our increasingly biblical climate, President Obama traveled on Friday from storm-wracked Washington to bone-dry Fresno, California, a city torched by three years of drought. The lack of rainfall has emptied the Sierra Mountain snowpack responsible for a majority of the state's water, and the dire consequences demand high-profile attention. But someone might want to tell the president what they told the last guy who snooped around water politics in California.
Forget it Jake. It's… well, it's not Chinatown, but it's just as complicated.
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The mega-drought is pitting farmers against fishermen, north against south and, of course, Democrats against Republicans. But that's frequently the case in California, which has battled for more than a century over how to allocate too little water for too many people. The dry landscape adds another layer of rancor, and with the planet heating up and fueling bigger, longer and more severe droughts, that's likely to be a permanent fixture. How state and federal lawmakers respond to the crisis could offer a window into how the United States writ large will react to climate events in real time—and so far, the politics appear too small for the task.
The immediate impacts of this drought herald a disaster. The past year has been the driest in California's recorded history, perhaps the worst since 1580, hearkening back to the mega-droughts of an earlier age. A series of recent storms in the northern part of the state doubled the available snowpack, but with three straight years of drought, that snowpack remains around one-fourth of the normal amount (you would need rain or snow every other day until May to catch up). The California Drought Monitor shows "severe drought" conditions in 90 percent of the state, particularly in the agriculturally rich Central Valley, sometimes nicknamed the nation's salad bowl.
The conditions have created impossible, Sophie's Choice-type dilemmas. The State Water Project, which supplies water to agencies serving 25 million residents, announced they would make no deliveries this month for the first time in history. Seventeen California communities and water districts, primarily in the Central Valley, may not have drinking water in the next 60-90 days. Residents in these cities are being asked to cut their water usage by as much as 30 percent. Farmers may have to leave half a million acres fallow this planting season, a record loss that could cost more than $2 billion. They must choose between watering perennially thirsty almond and cherry trees and planting annual crops like tomatoes and lettuce. Any choice will result in lower yields and increased food prices across the country. Migrant workers won't get hired to cultivate crops, leading to unemployment that could top 50 percent in some Central Valley towns. The state has banned fishing in several rivers to protect thinning populations. The dry conditions create breeding grounds for wildfires, which started this year as early as January. Ranchers have been forced to sell off their calves at half their usual sale weight because of a lack of grass, a predicament that has even faced rancher and Congressman John Garamendi, who has sold one-third of his herd. "It's going to affect everything that goes on in the state," Garamendi said.
The crisis has belatedly caught the attention of Washington. House Republicans, led by Central Valley congressmen like Devin Nunes, David Valadao and Kevin McCarthy, have labeled the drought man-made, arguing that too much water gets diverted to protect the endangered Delta smelt, depriving farmers of needed resources. Demanding to " put families before fish," House Republicans passed the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, which would effectively countermand the Endangered Species Act and the California Constitution, halt restoration of the San Joaquin River and transfer the water south to Central Valley farmers. Rep. Garamendi, a Democrat, described it on the House floor as "essentially a theft of water from someone to give to somebody else," arguing that moving water from fisheries to farms would also damage the state's sizable salmon industry. The White House has promised a veto, and Governor Jerry Brown called it "unwelcome and divisive."
Senate Democrats responded with their own bill, which would allocate $300 million to drought relief projects and provide more flexibility to move water around the state without waiving state or federal laws. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a number of band-aid remedies on Thursday, including sped-up assistance for livestock producers and $60 million to stock food banks in economically depressed parts of the state. Further to the left, activists have taken this opportunity to try to stop the development of fracking, which uses massive amounts of water that then gets polluted through mixing with chemicals.
The political battle over the drought ignores some basic data: Under current conditions, there is no way to satisfy normal demand with scarce water resources. Large regions of the state exist in semiarid areas, and the huge agricultural demands strain creaky systems. "California's current water situation is not sustainable," says Peter Gleick, a water expert and President of the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit research and analysis organization. "We don't use water well, we don't manage it well and demand exceeds supply."
The scramble for water in California leads competing interests to maneuver to capture as much of the stuff as possible. Groundwater is almost entirely unregulated—"anyone who wants water can pump it," Gleick says—which disrupts supply and reduces more efficient underground storage. Agriculture needs are so intense—farming comprises 3 percent of the state's economy but uses 80 percent of the water—that short-term power grabs abound, like the " Monterey Amendments," which ensure permanent supply to Paramount Farms, the largest grower of pistachios and almonds in the world. Water districts constantly bicker over water rights, and lawsuits to overturn deals proliferate. A slew of mandates, allocations and promises make shortages almost impossible to contend with, let alone years-long droughts.


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Clearly school is in for the year. The indications are everywhere. We're whinging about the endless sunshine and how February is the month we should take our summer holidays. Fringes have been trimmed, school lunches packed, exercise books covered, Meet-the-Teacher evenings attended and new sandals purchased.
And, of course, no Back-to-School season would be complete without the villains of the piece - those devious parents who shamelessly lie and cheat in order to get their child into a desirable out-of-zone school.
Here are some of the ways they attempt to do it:
• They give schools the (in-zone) address of friends or distant family rather than their own (out-of-zone) address.
• They move briefly to rental accommodation that is in zone.
• They falsely give the address of a shop or empty section that is in zone.
• They pretend their child is cared for by an in-zone relative during the day although the child actually lives at the parents' out-of-zone place.
• They falsely claim their child is a sibling of a student already at the school.
• They pay to have Sky TV installed at a mate's (in zone) place so they can provide a bill connecting them to that address.
Top schools hire private eye to catch zone cheats called such people "desperately ambitious parents trying to cheat school zone boundaries" while Zone battles move into primary schools described them as "pushy out-of-zone parents". So exactly what sort of people are prepared to lie, cheat, forge documents, provide false information and generally go to such fraudulent lengths to attempt to cheat the system?
Here are some of the suppositions one could reasonably make about them:
• They're ambitious: They want their children to do well and they believe that this is more likely to happen at a higher decile school than at the local school for which their residence is in zone.
• They're conniving: They're prepared to behave deceitfully in order to get their way.
• They're snobs: They prefer their offspring mix with children from a higher decile school than mix with children from their own area.
• They're hypocrites: They're happy to live among people from a particular socio-economic bracket but they don't want their children educated in the same sort of environment.
• But the principals of these desirable schools have seen it all before. They've set in place a variety of measures designed to catch the liars and cheats. They visit the properties in the evening and early morning to determine exactly who is in residence. They're alert for potential anomalies such as three families claiming to be based at the same address.
Auckland Grammar School (AGS) appointed a fulltime enrolments registrar to investigate cases of parents who supply false information. It has also recently put a private investigator on the case. With an excellent reputation and as the only state boys' school on the Auckland isthmus, this decile ten school is always in high demand. But schools have the right to annul any enrolment based on false information or a temporary residence, and in 2006 AGS evicted 45 boys for zone cheating.
Before enrolment, AGS requires a raft of documents to verify where the student lives.
These include: telephone and electricity accounts, rates notices, Tenancy Agreements and Tenancy Services Bond receipts. If the student has been in the residence for less than twelve months even more documentation must be supplied.
In this environment it almost defies belief that people continue to think they can fool the system. Anyone who tries to cheat like this is clearly not thinking straight.
But, no doubt, these misguided parents would claim that they're only acting in their children's best interests. Of course, if they really did care about their offspring they wouldn't set them such a terrible example - and they certainly wouldn't promote the theory that lying and cheating to get your way is ever acceptable.
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Transformation of the American economy with particular emphasis on the modern period of industrialization. Special attention will be devoted to the role of the corporation, ethics, advertising, environment, labor, public policy decisions, critics and defenders of the economic order.
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Yacht School Friends Missing Without a Trace
(KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine) -- The disappearance of two friends has baffled authorities, who have searched by air, water and in wooded areas for the men, who seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
Zachary Wells, 21, and Prescott Wright, 23, were last seen hanging out at home in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Thursday, police chief Craig Sanford told ABC News affiliate WMTW-TV.
Both men are students at The Landing School in Arundel, Maine, where they were learning boat building and yacht design.
When the men failed to show up for classes on Thursday and Friday, administrators at the school contacted police.
Authorities found no signs of a disturbance at the home, Sanford said, and searches of the nearby area did not turn up any clues. Only one of the men owns a vehicle, and it remained parked in the driveway of the house, according to ABC News affiliate WCVB-TV in Boston.
"There's no one area to pinpoint because we don't know where they might have gone," Sanford said, calling it one of the strangest cases he has ever seen.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Kennebunkport Police Department at 207-967-2454.
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