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(CNN) -- Americans love extremes.
From super-sized meals to makeover shows that transform houses and humans into almost unrecognizable improvements of the original, we are a nation that loves just about anything cranked higher.
So it stands to reason that audiences would embrace television shows that feature ordinary people exploring the extremes of their everyday lives.
Such is the premise of a new television show launching Wednesday on the TLC network titled "Extreme Couponing," which takes the rather mundane chore of coupon clipping to a whole new level thanks to a group of devotees who have turned it into an art form.
These are shoppers who are able to bag thousands of dollars worth of groceries a year for only a few bucks. (On one of the first episodes, one participant pays less than $50 for a grocery bill of more than a $1,000.) They spend countless hours gathering, clipping and cataloging coupons, and shopping.
In many cases, items are even free -- thanks to the creative use of coupons and rebates -- and the series displays how the participants sometimes draw a crowd at the market, anxious to see how low their grocery bill will go.
But along with such savvy shopping comes the stockpiling. One woman buys dozens of containers of mustard to maximize her savings, while another has to have special shelves built in her home to store her bounty.
"I think part of it is that there's always a fascination with the extreme," said Mary Elizabeth Williams, a writer for Salon.com. "There's always something that draws us to the freakish, and that's why we had sideshows. There is something about people who are freaks or who have freakish behavior that is compelling because we don't live in that world."
There are plenty of shows that feed the need to get a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people who live extraordinarily.
A&E features people grappling with morbid obesity on its reality series "Heavy" and those trapped by their compulsion to be surrounded by things with its hit show "Hoarders." Animal Planet put a spin on the latter concept, to appeal to its niche audience, with its series "Confessions: Animal Hoarding."
But no network has so thoroughly mined the world of the unusual as TLC, which over the years has found ratings success with shows about mega-families (such as "Jon & Kate Plus 8" and "19 Kids and Counting); little people (including "Little People, Big World" and "The Little Couple"); and the tiny tots who vigorously compete in beauty pageants on "Toddlers & Tiaras."
TLC's latest offerings include "Freaky Eaters," about people with bizarre eating disorders and food addiction, and "My Strange Addiction," which features those who battled obsessive behaviors like eating cleanser and sleeping with a blow-dryer.
"We've really tapped into a fascination that America has about obsession or any type of extreme situation," said Amy Winter, general manager for TLC. "I think the reason why is that we have a way of presenting those stories in a very humane way. People connect."
Williams said the popularity of such shows is evidence that run-of-the-mill-reality-show drama is no longer enough for audiences. Viewers now want "something that is going to excite all of the neural passageways," she said.
"I've come to believe that reality television is like a drug, and we have built up a tolerance for the regular run of reality TV," she said. "I am old enough to remember when 'The Real World' started and they were a group of people who sometimes didn't get along, but no one was eating the couch."
"Sure, [the cast of 'The Real World] fought, but audiences get bored with that, and then it becomes, 'I want someone who is going to throw a drink in someone's face or tip over a table.' But now, even that is passé," Williams said. "Now, we have to find the most insane, outrageous thing [to watch], because we are numb to everything else."
Jennifer L. Pozner, author of "Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV," said she views TLC as having the same programming strategy, versus A&E, as Fox has had with ABC in that the former often takes concepts from the latter, but pushes the envelope.
"ABC would do 'Wife Swap,' which would be exploitive enough, but then Fox would do 'Trading Spouses,' which was even more so," Pozner said. "ABC would come out with 'The Bachelor.' and then Fox came out with 'Joe Millionaire.' Fox seems to always bite at the heels of ABC, but to rip off their premises with a wink and a nudge and make it even more bottom feeder."
So after A&E found success with "Hoarders," Pozner said, TLC debuted "Hoarding: Buried Alive." And while Pozner said she believes A&E plays to "voyeurism and the entertainment value of human tragedy," she also thinks the network balances that with mental health information.
"With TLC, they always seem to go much more for the splashy," Pozner said. 'With TLC, you almost expect with the narration, the tone of the narration, the clips and how they frame it that there is this carnival barker feel like, 'Look at these crazy people!' "
TLC executive Winter said she's often found that those who are critical of her network's programming haven't really taken the time to watch. She said TLC works to find people with compelling stories, and she takes exception to the subjects being referred to as freaks.
"I get disheartened when I hear that," said Winter, who also said TLC works with production companies to find participants and sometimes builds stories around individuals they find. "Once you sample one of our programs, it's very hard to dismiss [those featured] as freaks because they are simply people who are going through some things."
Tiffany Ivanovsky is a Texas housewife and mother of seven (she calls them her "litter") who appears on "Extreme Couponing." She said she always thought her practice of couponing was simply a way to save money in a troubled economy as she estimates that in two years, her family has saved $40,000.
"I love leaving the grocery store having paid just a fraction of what I should have paid," Ivanovsky said. "It was really just fun and a hobby, and I didn't realize there was anything extreme about it."
For all of those who view her couponing and stockpiling as weird, she said the loudest voices are often the same people who are drawn to watch.
"My husband and I originally decided to do the show because we wanted to help people and teach them," Ivanovsky said. "We knew that some element of the negative might come along with that, but we thought the positive would outweigh it."
Jill Cataldo said she was involved in an early version of "Extreme Couponing" before it was sold to TLC and is disappointed with how the series has evolved.
Cataldo teaches workshops and writes a nationally syndicated column about couponing and said some of the show's participants are using unethical means to obtain savings.
She said she also believes the series highlights extremists whose behavior is not the norm.
"On the whole, I think it makes coupon shoppers look a little crazy, and we are not," Cataldo said. "Most of us are just trying to feed our families on a budget."


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Make a Batch of Easy Mix-and-Match Muffins
Mix-and-match muffins, part one
We know you like baking quick-and-easy recipes and personalizing your food. This Mix-and-Match muffin recipe from the Midwest Living® Test Kitchen helps you do both. Follow the basic recipe to create a quick, versatile muffin mix. Then choose other ingredient combinations (a liquid, a stir-in and a topping) to create your personalized recipe with a sweet or savory twist.
Even the basic recipe gives you some choices for making it your own. Pick the type of flour; granulated sugar or brown sugar; buttermilk or milk; and butter, margarine or cooking oil.
Link to the main recipe below, and follow the slide show for a look at all the ways you can personalize your muffin mix.
Pictured, L-R: Minis with yogurt and streusel topping; standard with red bell pepper and Parmesan; jumbo with dried cranberries and streusel.
Flour choices for mix-and-match muffins
Once you've got your basic ingredients together, you can choose from flour options. Two cups of all-purpose flour will do, but for variations, try substituting part of the all-purpose flour with:
-- buckwheat flour
-- quick-cooking oats
-- yellow cornmeal
-- rye flour
-- whole wheat flour
Our recipe gives you the proportions for each substitution. All the variations will make a heartier muffin with richer color.
Add liquids
When the basic recipe's dry ingredients are ready, it's time to mix the eggs, milk and butter with a liquid that will make the recipe special.
If you're making a savory muffin, try 3/4 cup of one of these ingredients:
-- ricotta cheese
-- dairy sour cream
-- plain yogurt
-- finely shredded unpeeled zucchini
You'll get a hint of tang with the dairy products or a nice dash of color and texture with the zucchini.
If you're making a sweet muffin, try 3/4 cup of one of these ingredients:
• canned pumpkin
• unsweetened applesauce
• lemon curd
Savory stir-ins and toppings
Finish off your savory muffin with a stir-in such as 2-4 tablespoons of one of these add-ins:
-- green onions
-- snipped fresh chives
-- snipped fresh parsley (left)
-- finely chopped onion
-- finely chopped green or red sweet pepper
-- finely diced cooked ham
-- crumbled crisp-cooked bacon
-- Parmesan cheese (2 tablespoons)
-- poppy seeds (1 tablespoon)
Once the muffin mix is complete and poured into pans, add a savory topper such as 1/3 cup crushed potato chips or cereal flakes.
Sweet stir-ins and toppings
Stir-ins for sweet muffins include 3/4 cup of your choice of:
• fresh or frozen blueberries (or 1/3 cup dried blueberries)
• raisins
• coarsely chopped dried cranberries or cherries
• snipped pitted dates
• snipped dried apricots
• snipped dried figs
• snipped dried plums
For a sweet topping, try streusel: 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon or ginger. Cut in 2 tablespoons butter to resemble coarse crumbs. Stir in 2 tablespoons chopped nuts and 2 tablespoons coconut, if you like.
Try different sizes, too
To make muffins in a size other than standard (2 1/2 inches), prepare the batter as directed, but adjust baking time and temperature.
Mini (1 3/4 inches): Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 400 degrees. Yield: 42.
Jumbo (3 1/2 inches): Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Yield: 6.
Muffin top (3-3 1/2 inches): Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Yield: 12.
Pictured: Minis with yogurt and streusel topping
Experiment like we did
Our Test Kitchen baked many different combinations and found them all tender, moist and tasty. For instance, we tried cornmeal, red pepper and Parmesan cheese (left); cornmeal, pumpkin and prunes; oatmeal, zucchini and Parmesan; and oatmeal, lemon curd and blueberries.
What about your ideas? Share your favorite muffin mix-ins in the comments section of the recipe or at the Mix-and-Match Muffin discussion in our community Food Forum.
More favorite muffin recipes
More of our favorite muffins include Lemon Poppy Seed and Fudge Brownie Cheesecake muffins (left), Jumbo Coffeecake Muffins and Maple Oatmeal Muffins.
(A version of this story appeared in Midwest Living® May/June 2008.)
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Monday 30 September 2019 (other days)
Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor
on Monday of week 26 in Ordinary Time
on Monday of week 26 in Ordinary Time
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
|Psalm 41 (42)
Longing for the Lord and his temple
|Ecclesiasticus 36
|A prayer for Jerusalem, the holy city
|Psalm 18 (19)
Praise of God the creator
|Short Reading
|Wisdom 7:13-14 ©
|Short Responsory
|The Messiah and his forerunner
|Prayers and intercessions
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A bench dedicated to filling flats and pots, repotting or transplanting is a necessity for an active gardener.
This one is not only an ample size with its nearly 50" x 26" top (and 34-1/2" high working surface), but is made of easily maintained, rot-resistant Eastern white cedar. It will last for many years in the dampest of environments.
Solidly constructed, it has 4 x 4 leg posts and 1-1/4" frame boards for stability and rigidity. Made of a PVC-coated hot-dipped galvanized wire grill, the work surface and lower shelf allow soil and water to run through freely and won't rust. The top shelf holds small pots and supplies and has four brass self-tapping hooks to hang hand tools.
Made in the USA, the bench comes flat packed and assembles in about 45 minutes (fasteners included). An ideal gardener's workbench.


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Weight Watchers Most Popular Weight Loss Method of 2012
(NEW YORK) -- Michael Phelps' 12,000 calorie a day training diet and Beyonce's maple syrup cleanse may top Google's 2012 top 10 list of most searched diets released earlier this week, but the popular website, Dietsinreview.com, found when people really want to get down to the real business of weight loss, they rely on more conventional plans to get the job done.
For the fifth year in a row, Diets in Review tracked its overall traffic to determine which weight loss plans received the most page views and provoked the most user discussion. The site followed hundreds of diet trends over the course of the year and Thursday listed the 25 most trafficked.
This year Weight Watchers dominated as the most popular diet on the Diets in Review site, generating more than five percent of the sites' two million per month page views and over 35 pages of comments from users. The 17-Day Diet and Medifast claimed the next two spots.
Brandi Koskie, director of publishing for Diets in Review, said she believes the list is indicative of which weight loss plans people are actually using since the site tracks unique visitors and number of page views rather than simple searches.
"Search behavior doesn't always mirror actual behavior. Sometimes people are just curious -- no one is really going to eat or train like Michael Phelps to lose weight but they are likely to try something sensible after they've run through all the quick fixes and fads," she said.
The only weight loss brand that makes a top 10 appearance on both lists is The P.I.N.K. Method. No. 4 on Google and No. 5 on Diets in Review, the plan is designed exclusively for women; it includes DVD workouts and a 3-phase approach to nutrition.
Koskie said a strong marketing campaign helped launch The P.I.N.K. Method into public awareness early in the year. The site saw a huge bump in traffic for the diet when the TV talk shows, Dr. Phil and The Doctors, devoted several episodes to it. Reviewers call the plan "kinda silly but sensible" and gave it a solid 80 percent approval rating. However, unlike Weight Watchers, which has been in Diet in Reviews' top two all five years, Koskie doesn't think P.I.N.K. has staying power.
"After its initial spike it fell off the radar. I don't expect it to make an appearance next year," Koskie said.
There were a couple of big surprises on the Diet in Review list. For the first time, no acai berry products cracked the top 25 in popularity. Koskie said she thought this might be because consumers are weary of hearing about the fruit's mystical fat burning powers that somehow never seem to pan out. It's also possible that another berry -- raspberry ketones making its first appearance at No. 18 -- bumped acai off the charts.
"Raspberries dominated traffic in February right after the Dr. Oz segment promoting the supplement. It was one of our biggest weeks of the year," Koskie said.
Another unexpected entry: Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred, a workout DVD released more than five years ago. The workout moved up two spots from last year to No. 8 and is the only program on the list dedicated exclusively to exercise. Michaels' Detox and Cleanse kit holds the 9th spot and her online support group holds the 20th spot.
"It's amazing to see how much loyalty users have for Michaels," said Koskie. "Our people continue to rave about her."
Both the Google and Diets in Review list do have their share of drastic, out-there fads. Besides raspberry ketones, Googlers were interested in the K-E Diet (short for ketogenic enteral nutrition) which involves inserting a plastic hose through the nose, down through the esophagus and into the stomach in order to obstruct the ability to eat.
Featured at No.4 on the Diets in Review list, the hCG diet asks dieters to consume less than 500 calories per day, supplemented by daily shots of a hormone produced by pregnant women called human chorionic gonadotrophin, (hCG.)
But despite eight supplements, a baby food diet and several supermodel-sanctioned cleanses making it into this year's top 25, Koskie is heartened to see that most of the weight loss methods, especially near the top of the site's list, are relatively sane and sensible.
"I think things like Weight Watchers and Jillian Michaels are there year after year because people can stick with them and they actually get results without starving themselves or making themselves crazy," she said.
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Bake up a batch of these fluffy, buttery cheddar biscuits for your Thanksgiving table… They're simple and delicious alongside soups, too!
When it comes to cooking I'm pretty creative, but as for baking… I like it nice and predictable! Knowing it's going to come out alright makes it all much more worth the while – and the time, ingredients, and general hunting around for just the right recipe. I was pretty darn sure of this recipe for my first attempt at biscuits, and it did not disappoint!
Quick, easy and just about as fluffy, flaky and delicious as biscuits come!
These cheddar biscuits using Sargento Shredded Double Cheddar Cheese were a delicious accompaniment to a big bowl of spicy, warming chicken tortilla soup last night. They'd also be right at home alongside an impressive turkey feast, too!
Drizzled with honey, dunked into a soup, stew or chili, or served with next week's big meal, you'll love these biscuits! They're easy to make and irresistibly buttery-rich as a side to your favorite scrumptious comfort foods.
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Fluffy Flaky Cheddar Biscuits
Yield: Makes 12 biscuits
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
1-1/2 cups (6 oz.) Sargento® Shredded Double Cheddar Cheese, divided
1/3 cup butter or margarine, cubed
3/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, pepper and 1 cup cheddar cheese. Cut in butter cubes using a pastry blender or fork, until you have pea-sized lumps of flour. Add milk and mix with your hands until mixture is moistened.
Knead gently on floured surface 8 times. Roll out to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with 2-1/2-inch biscuit cutter. Re-roll and cut scraps. Place biscuits on baking sheet and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheddar.
Bake 10 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.
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About Toot Rue
It's sounds like that 70% is hopelessly compromised and shouldn't be allowed to resume working at the NSA.
"We expect our government to be a lot more selfless"...
This is the problem - we shouldn't ever trust a government. Every government that has failed has done so after betraying it's citizens. Every government that currently exists is slowly encroaching on the rights of it's citizens. It isn't a matter of if a government goes after it's citizens, it's a matter of when.
We should take every opportunity to trim the size of government, and what little government is needed should be made as local as is possible.
I wish we could implement a kirk like premise whereby the US government would acknowledge that it is a de-facto terrorist organization and therefore it would have to seize the money it is seizing as it is funding a terrorist organization which would mean it would have to seize the money it was seizing and therefore it would have to seize the money it was seiz...
I would have to imagine that whether or not developing true AI is possible would have to do with whether or not it was allowed for in the programming of our universe.
Really, if the Democrats and Republicans would get together we could legislate that everyone is healthy, well fed, well educated and living in a mansion and then we can just call it a wrap.
Diversity of opinion - the root of all evil...
Oh, but he will answer to the public. Of course the answer will be pointing out that they were underfunded and if only they could get more money all the problems would go away...
The virtual earth at least - Who wants the real one anyway?
The whole argument of inaccuracy seems to rest on the belief the TomTom's data is the reference for accuracy.
Having used my TomTom for years (and loved it), I can guarantee it's anything but accurate. I always expect that it's going to lead me to a goat path or something else long grown over whenever I'm out travelling.
I'd love a good TomTom like gps that used continuously updated OSM maps.
I'd forgotten about how much I enjoyed Labatts - I think I'll pick up some next time I'm at the liquor store.
I think I've been spammed.
I was thinking perhaps an alternate version of the meaning of download might also come into play.
Perhaps a successful download would manifest as a fully packaged DVD popping out of your monitor.
I think we are all going to have to patent some edible item methodology just so we can cross license enough food to keep from starving.
What drives me crazy is that the Nest is certainly something that can be successfully competed with. The price is way too high, and while the distinctive look is great, it isn't for everybody. It would be great if it could network with a bunch of passive thermostats and deliver better whole house temperature control. Heck, if it's good at sensing people, it could control lights as well.
This is a product in it's infancy, and Honeywell could easily innovate in this space, but instead it chooses to litigate.
I think I'll be avoiding Honeywell products from now on - it's time for them to get out of the way.
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And yet a majority of people seem to have elected him. Interesting
Excessive commenting is training me to be a master debater.
For the majority of history governments ruled with an iron fist, mostly for the benefit of the rulers. This 200+ year flirtation with government for the people may be simply an aberration that is soon to be just a footnote in history.
Smaller government was again rejected in the USA, as seems to be the case in other countries.
Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
It would seem a whole lot easier to bring in a big grill and a couple kegs of beer...
Of course, that *and* the explosives and I'll be there in a heartbeat!
The USPS has often lost letters and filled my mailbox full of garbage that I need to sort through on the off chance there may be something I need. Because of that, I refuse to use them.
Oh, wait...


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It is a common observation that food is tasteless when we have a cold. Why is that so?
What is the cause of inability to taste when we have a cold? Are the nose and ability to taste connected?
It is a common observation that food is tasteless when we have a cold. Why is that so?
This German review supports common wisdom that the sense of taste is predominantly informed by the sense of smell. For instance, common advice to children taking "nasty" tasting medicines is to plug one's nose. Any condition that blocks olfaction, such as sinusitis from flu or other sinus infections, or blocking nasal airflow, will decrease or block olfaction and as a result, the majority of taste.
There are many factors that contribute to the flavor of food - the five "traditional" tastes (sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami), smell, texture, spiciness, "coolness" (like peppermint), temperature, etc. Smell and taste are detected in similar ways, by chemoreceptors expressed in taste pores by specialized cells of the lingual epithelium (tongue), and in the nose by the olfactory epithelium. Both are affected by upper respiratory tract infections like colds and the flu, leading to diminished senses of taste and smell, and a corresponding reduction in the overall flavor of food.


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François Hollande (born 12 August 1954) is a French politician. From 1997 to 2008, he was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party. He is also a deputy from the département of Corrèze and the mayor of Tulle.
He was born in in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, and is a graduate of HEC, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and ENA, and his former profession was as councillor in the Court of Accounts.
In 2004, he took the position of 'yes' on the French referendum on the European Constitution, thus opposing number two of the party, Laurent Fabius. Hollande organised an internal vote on the party's position on December 1, in which representatives voted with 59% margin for 'yes', but the constitution was eventually defeated by the French public in May 2005.


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Just wanted to share this that was also reblogged by witchsistah and theoceanandthesky.
This so fully captures what my personal experience of being sexually assaulted late last year as well as the ensuing court case and to be honest also the years of sexual violence I have experienced prior to that. It meant so much to me to read this, cause it can be so difficult to find language to speak to the paralyzing experience I still have when faced with sexual violence. It is difficult to feel entitled to protect my body, to deny others access when my whole life I have been taught that my body is not my own. It is difficult to explain to people who don't live it, that saying no is an enormous privilege.
I still think about how to be nice even when my physical body is being threatened, but I am getting better at not giving two fucks. I would also add as layer, the experience of being a womyn of colour, or in my case as a Black womyn, and worrying about whether people will think I'm a 'bitch' and therefore use the 'angry black womyn' trope to discredit me. I appreciate Malcom X's sentiments in this case, "I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight."
So what everyone is saying that I need to respond sweetly when someone yells misogynist comments or grabs at me or disregards my constant pleas to leave me alone and then I get blamed for being the cause of the very violence that is being perpetrated against me. Umm, no.
This in part is why I reappropriate words like bitch and cunt. Bitch has been used to dismiss the experiences of violence that we have had, to act like we are entirely unreasonable for being angry when we are being deprived of basic human rights. If you run into me in the streets, I won't have a smile, cause I am protecting myself against racism, misogyny, if I am on a bike, a violent car culture and now, it is also cold.
But when I look across the street and I lock eyes with the adorbs Queer & Trans POC that resist by existing in glitter, bow ties, swagga that won't quit - I remember our resilience. I know we ain't got a choice, but babies you do it with such style, such grace.
Thanks for keeping me whole.
"TW FOR RAPE If we teach women that there are only certain ways they may acceptably behave, we should not be surprised when they behave in those ways.
And we should not be surprised when they behave these ways during attempted or completed rapes.Women who are taught not to speak up too loudly or too forcefully or too adamantly or too demandingly are not going to shout "NO" at the top of their goddamn lungs just because some guy is getting uncomfortably close.
Women who are taught not to keep arguing are not going to keep saying "NO."Women who are taught that their needs and desires are not to be trusted, are fickle and wrong and are not to be interpreted by the woman herself, are not going to know how to argue with "but you liked kissing, I just thought…"
Women who are taught that physical confrontations make them look crazy will not start hitting, kicking, and screaming until it's too late, if they do at all.
Women who are taught that a display of their emotional state will have them labeled hysterical and crazy (which is how their perception of events will be discounted) will not be willing to run from a room disheveled and screaming and crying.
Women who are taught that certain established boundaries are frowned upon as too rigid and unnecessary are going to find themselves in situations that move further faster before they realize that their first impression was right, and they are in a dangerous room with a dangerous person.
Women who are taught that refusing to flirt back results in an immediately hostile environment will continue to unwillingly and unhappily flirt with somebody who is invading their space and giving them creep alerts.
People wonder why women don't "fight back," but they don't wonder about it when women back down in arguments, are interrupted, purposefully lower and modulate their voices to express less emotion, make obvious signals that they are uninterested in conversation or being in closer physical proximity and are ignored. They don't wonder about all those daily social interactions in which women are quieter, ignored, or invisible, because those social interactions seem normal. They seem normal to women, and they seem normal to men, because we were all raised in the same cultural pond, drinking the same Kool-Aid.
And then, all of a sudden, when women are raped, all these natural and invisible social interactions become evidence that the woman wasn't truly raped. Because she didn't fight back, or yell loudly, or run, or kick, or punch. She let him into her room when it was obvious what he wanted. She flirted with him, she kissed him. She stopped saying no, after a while."
— Harriet J on Another post about rape (via archenemies)Oh my god, this. All of this.(via one-bite-at-a-time)


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Inspiring Generations of Young Engineers
Pulse Doppler radar. The universal product code. Flexible coronary artery stents. The asynchronous transfer mode switch.
These wide-ranging technologies, which enhance everyday life for millions of people around the world, are only a few of the many pioneered by Clark School alumni, faculty and friends, and celebrated in the Clark School's Innovation Hall of Fame.
The automatic parachute. Satellite surveillance. The maser (precursor of the laser). Retractable airplane landing gear.
These and many more advances featured in the Innovation Hall of Fame serve to inspire Clark School students and the many visitors who pass through the hall each year.
You can share in that inspiration! We encourage you to:
- Tour the hall through this site or by visiting the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building (where the hall is physically located)
- Attend our annual induction ceremony, together with the White Symposium on Engineering Innovation
- Nominate a Clark School innovator you feel has merited this high honor
- Appreciate the contributions made by Clark School engineers and become part of our long tradition of engineering innovation.


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People that live in cities no longer have any contact with the gods. There was a pact between the gods, humans, and animals. We could talk to the gods and the trees were the witness' to the pact. When the trees started getting cut down to make cities the pact was broken by the destruction of the witness'. So now only those that live with nature can speak to the gods and/or animals. Some trees grow tall creating darkness that scares men and they are not able to go near them. If they could they could again speak to the gods.
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Osteoporosis, defined as a reduction of bone mass or bone density, was long viewed as a disease unique to aging women, and has been treated primarily with conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) in hopes of mitigating the decline in endogenous female hormone levels that occurs during menopause (Leong 1998, Wylie 2010). Sadly, much of what conventional wisdom held true about osteoporosis turns out to be flawed; it is now clear that osteoporosis (like many age-related conditions) is not a disease with a singular cause affecting a specific population. Rather, it is a multi-faceted disease driven by a barrage of interrelated factors, and must be addressed as such for optimal prevention and treatment (Clarke 2010).
Today we realize that osteoporosis not only impacts the lives of women, but of men as well; fully one third of those affected by the condition are males (about 2.8 million of them as of 2011), and that number is likely to grow as the population ages (Cawthon 2011, Kawate 2010, Nuti 2010). Indeed, one out of every four men will sustain an osteoporotic fracture during their lifetime (Ahmed 2009). Conventional physicians have been slow to recognize the prevalence of osteoporosis in men; as a result the diagnosis is often delayed even more than it is in women, allowing the disease to progress to an advanced stage before it is detected. (Kawate 2010).
Scientific advancements have revealed that the etiology of osteoporosis stems not only from hormonal imbalances, but oxidative stress, elevated blood sugar, inflammation, and components of the metabolic syndrome as well (Clarke 2010, Confavreux 2009, Lieben 2009; Zhou 2011).
Overlooked by mainstream medicine is the critical role that micronutrients play in bone health. For instance, emergent research on vitamin K has attracted great scientific interest through the revelation of its involvement, along with vitamin D, in both bone health and atherosclerosis, a condition to which osteoporosis is intimately related (Baldini 2005, Abedin 2004). In fact, these two conditions can be thought of as mirror images of one another (McFarlane 2004, D'Amelio 2009). Osteoporosis is characterized by loss of calcium from bones, shifting them from their healthy hard state to a diseased state of softness. Atherosclerosis, on the other hand, is characterized by excessive influx of calcium into arterial walls, shifting them from their healthy flexible state to a diseased state of hardness. Insufficiency of vitamin K contributes to this unhealthy balance.
Similarly underappreciated contributors to bone loss in both men and women are advanced glycation end products (AGE's); byproducts of high blood sugar. AGE's interact with proteins in bone causing impaired mineralization and increases in the number of osteoclasts – bone resorbing cells. Moreover, AGE's encourage vascular calcification by activating a specialized receptor called RAGE, which recruits calcium into vascular smooth muscle cells, leading to hardening of the arteries. This relationship between elevated blood sugar, osteoporosis, and atherosclerosis comprises a vicious cycle linking the conditions in a manner unknown to the majority of mainstream physicians (Tanikawa 2009; Franke 2007; Hein 2006; Zhou 2011).
Pharmaceuticals, such as Actonel® or Fosamax®, have shown limited success, and are associated with some potentially serious side effects including atrial fibrillation and osteonecrosis of the jaw (Jager 2003, Howard 2010). These drugs work chiefly by inhibiting the cells responsible for breaking down bone tissue, but neglect multiple other factors responsible for osteoporosis (Roelofs 2010, Varenna 2010). Although these drugs do increase bone density, poorly appreciated is that they disrupt the natural cycle of regeneration and resorption that is important for the strength of the bone (Abrahamsen 2010).An integrative approach, based on the human body's finely tuned relationship with its environment and the nutrients that support bone health, makes much more sense (Confavreux 2009, Hanley 2010). This realization has led to an awakening to the tremendous potential of nutrient and mineral supplements along with hormonal optimization in the prevention and management of osteoporosis. The myriad complexities of osteoporosis necessitate the need to integrate pharmaceutical, nutritional, and lifestyle interventions in order to maintain bone health into advancing age.


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Continual coverage of the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
An angry Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow stopped briefly to speak with the media outside the courthouse as he and his assistants made their way back to their offices across the street.
"My office always stands ready to protect the integrity of the process in every case that we try," he said. "We stand ready to appear in court tomorrow morning to receive the judge's desicion and proceed with this trial."
In arguing for a mistrial, defense attorney Joel Brodsky said the trial has been filled with "an avalanche of prejudicial, illegal evidence" and the case should be thrown out.
Brodsky asked that the judge declare a mistrial with prejudice, which would mean Peterson could be freed and could not be tried again. Prosecutors vehemently argued against the move.
Judge Edward Burmila said he was surprised that Peterson only wanted a mistrial if he is freed and not retried.
Prosecutors apologized to the judge for the error, but said it could be remedied by telling jurors to disregard mention of an order of protection.
Judge Edward Burmila says he will take mistrial motion under advisement and issue a ruling Wednesday morning.
A judge has several options for declaring a mistrial. The case could be tossed completely, what is called mistrial with prejudice, or a mistrial without prejudice could be declared, which would allow the state to retry the defendant with a new jury, experts said. Throwing the case out completely is extremely rare, experts have said.
For the third time in as many weeks, the judge is considering mistrial in the Drew Peterson murder case. He has given prosecutors until 3 p.m. to come up with an appropriate response for their latest mishap.
The judge had ordered prosecutors not to make any mention of an order of protection during questioning of former Bolingbrook police officer Teresa Kernc because it's too prejudicial to the jury and because Kathleen Savio did not obtain an order of protection against Peterson at that time. Kernc was testifying about interviewing Savio after an alleged threat made against her by Peterson in 2002.
Just minutes into her questions, assistant state's attorney Kathleen Patton asked Kernc if she suggested getting an order of protection to Savio. The question prompted an objection from the defense, and after the jury was escorted out of the courtroom, a strong rebuke from Judge Edward Burmila.
Burmila seemed incredulous, at times laughing in apparent frustration, after the misstep.
"You interjected order of protection into this case when I said don't do that," he said. "There was only one thing I said you can't go into and that's exactly what you did."
Burmila said this would be the third time he would need to instruct the jury to disregard a prosecutor's misstep and to do it a third time it may impact the state's ability to get a fair trial.
He gave prosecutors until 3 p.m. to propose a remedy.
Patton, who apologized repeatedly and sounded shaken, offered various explainations for asking the question, including forgetting to cross it off a list of questions she'd written this morning.
"I can't believe I did it," she told the judge, later adding, "It's me judge, it's me."
After the courtroom cleared, Patton walked to an empty courtroom nearby and stood alone, looking dejected, leaning against the jury box.
Defense attorney Steve Greenberg asked for a mistrial with prejudice — meaning the case would be dismissed, saying prosecutors had "went right through the wall" of an order Burmila had issued two hours ago.
In July 2002, Bolingbrook police officer Teresa Kernc went to Kathleen Savio's home with another officer, who is now deceased, to take a report from Savio.
Kernc testified that she believed Savio's two sons were living at the residence, but were at camp at the time.
"Yes, I knew who she was married to. She was married to the defendant," Kernc said from the witness stand.
The interview with Savio took place in the living room, Kernc said.
"Well, I asked her to tell me why she had called. And she proceeded to tell the reason. She said that on July 5th, she had taken her two sons to day camp in the morning and gone to the market, and when she returned from the market, she entered her home and returned upstairs to collect her laundry — she was going to do laundry. As she came down the stairs, she saw the defendant dressed in his SWAT uniform and black gloves coming from the living room into the foyer.
"He pushed her down on the stairs, and when she tried to rise, he pushed her down again. He told her she was a mean bitch, she wouldn't speak to him when he called, wouldn't speak to her when he brought the boys over, and he was going to speak to her now. He spent the next three and a half hours going through their life, trying to get her to say things were her fault.
"He asked if she was afraid of him or scared, and she said yes she was. She said that she got tired of sitting there on that stairs and she told him, 'Go or do what you came to do — kill me.' And she said he said, 'Where do you want it?' And she said in the head. And he took his knife out and told her to turn her head, and she did and then waited and then he said, 'I can't hurt you.'
"He got up at some point and looked outside…He looked out the window. She said that he was very tired and upset that day and, um, he asked her are you going to call the Bolingbrook police?"
The trial resumed this afternoon with the second witness of the day, former Bolingbrook police officer Teresa Kernc, who retired as a lietenant in 2005. She is the mayor of the Village of Diamond, about 60 miles southwest of Chicago.
She took a police report from Kathleen Savio after Drew Peterson allegedly threatened Savio with a knife.
Testimony is scheduled to resume at 1:15 p.m. after a break for lunch.
In a second motion, the defense tried to block testimony from Stacy Peterson's aunt, Candace Aikin, and Aikin's friend Donna Badalamenti. They were expected to tell the jury that the defendant said that as a result of his training as a police officer, he could kill someone and make it look like an accident. Drew Peterson allegedly made the statement after Kathleen Savio's death.
Prosecutors argued that not only could they show Peterson had the training necessary, but that his alleged statement shows he was confident he could do it.
But Judge Edward Burmila sided with the defense, saying that because the statement did not refer to Savio, it was too general and therefore too prejudicial.
The jury was out of the courtroom for nearly an hour as attorneys argued over whether a Bolingbrook police officer who took a written statement from Kathleen Savio about an alleged break-in at her home by Peterson would also be able to testify about oral statements Savio made.
The officer is expected to say that Savio told her that in July 2002, Drew Peterson surprised her at her home and forced her to sit and talk with him for three hours. The officer will say Savio told her she told Peterson to just "do what he came to do," to which he responded "Where do you want it?"
When Savio said he should shoot her in the head, he said he could never kill her and then pulled out a knife before leaving.
The defense argued that the state should not be allowed to use both the written statement or the more expansive testimony from the officer, but Judge Edward Burmila ruled that the officer would be allowed to tell jurors about her conversation with Savio.
Dr. Christopher Long admitted his lab found the base compound of aspirinin Kathleen Savio's liver in 2007 that was not found in 2004, as the defense tried to show his lab's testing was incomplete.
On redirect, Long said the reason no further testing for the compound was done in 2007 was because none was found in the tests three years earlier and because the chemical is a natural byproduct of decomposition.
"Unless they start taking aspirin while they're in the coffin, there ain't no way it's going to be there," Long said. "If it's not there in the start, it can't be there in the end."
Cross examination by defense attorney Darryl Goldberg quickly became testy as Goldberg tried to draw out testimony that the forensic pathologist has testified almost exclusively on behalf of prosecutors for most of his career.
Dr. Christopher Long repeatedly tried to explain his answers, prompting a sharp comment from the defense attorney.
"Doctor, maybe it's the way I'm asking the questions, but the answer is 'yes,' or 'no,'" Goldberg snapped, prompting an objection from prosecutors.
Judge Edward Burmila overruled the objection.
"The defense is entitled to a yes or no answer," Burmila said to Long. "The state will have an opportunity to redirect your testimony if they choose."
PathologistChristopher Long said his lab was asked to retest samples from Kathleen Savio in November 2007, and traces of methadone, amphetamines and the base compound found in aspirin were found.
But Long said such results are common when testing older tissue, because those chemicals are the natural byproduct of decomposition.
After further testing, the lab again determined Savio's liver did not contain any drugs or other toxins that caused or contributed to her death.
Long added that no evidence of anti-depressants was found in Savio's liver in either the 2004 or 2007 tests.
Dr. Christopher Long is the first witness this morning and is expected to testify about Kathleen Savio's 2004 and 2007 toxicology results.
Other potential witnesses today include Candace Aiken, Stacy Peterson's aunt; Donna Badalamenti, a friend of Aiken's; Scott Rossetto, a friend of Stacy Peterson; and Illinois State Police investigator Bryan Falat.
Aiken and Badalamenti testified at a hearing in 2010 about statements Drew Peterson allegedly made about how he could kill someone and make it look accidental and also a reference to killing himself if his marriage to Stacy did not work out.
Scott Rossetto, a friend who traded raunchy text messages with Stacy shortly before she disappeared in 2007, testified at a pretrial hearing that Drew Peterson coaxed her into providing a false alibi for the weekend of Savio's death.
Falat testified at a hearing in 2010 that Drew and Stacy Peterson appeared to be lying in interviews with state police after Savio's death. But Falat said his concerns were ignored.
"Quite honestly, I was sort of disgusted with" how the investigation was handled, Falat said in 2010.
Stacy Peterson appeared "scripted" and often looked to Drew Peterson when she was unsure of an answer, Falat testified previously.
The first witness this morning is forensic pathologist Christopher Long, who told jurors his lab was contacted to perform tests for toxic drugs and other substances on samples taken from Kathleen Savio in 2004.
Long said his lab tested Savio's liver — where toxins are most likely to be found in the greatest concentration — and found nothing.
"We ran it twice, and they (the tests) were both negative."
Prosecutors in the Drew Petersonmurder trial this week will attempt to clear the first hurdle in their case — convincing jurors that the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife was murdered.
Kathleen Savio, 40, was found drowned in her Bolingbrook bathtub in 2004. A coroner's jury ruled her death an accident, but her body was exhumed in 2007 not long after Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, vanished. Prosecutors believe Peterson, 58, killed Stacy, but he has not been charged.
Peterson's trial in Savio's death is scheduled to resume Tuesday, the start of the third week of testimony in the case.
This week, prosecutors plan to call Dr. Larry Blum, a forensic pathologistfrom Rockford who has performed more than 9,000 autopsies, to testify about the 2007 Savio autopsy. Blum ruled that Savio's death was a homicide based on the pattern of injuries he found on her body.
Another pathologist for the state, Dr. Michael Baden, did a third autopsy and came to the same conclusion. Peterson was charged with Savio's murder two years after the autopsies.
The pathologist who performed an autopsy the day after Savio's body was discovered died two years ago. Last week, a police officer testified at trial that Dr. Bryan Mitchell told him he thought Savio's death should have been labeled as having an "undetermined" cause.
Defense attorneys have their own panel of expert pathologists who say Savio's death was a household accident. Dr. Jeffrey Jentzen has testified previously that all of the injuries on Savio's body could have been caused by a fall in her bathtub or in the normal course of her day.
Prosecutors have said they believe Peterson held his ex-wife in a sleeper hold until she lost consciousness and then held her head underwater in her bathtub until she drowned. He then struck her on the back of the head, perhaps with his police baton, to make her death look accidental.
Even if jurors believe Savio's death was a murder, there is no physical evidence tying Peterson to it. Prosecutors are attempting to build a circumstantial case — Peterson and Savio were still fighting over the financial settlement in their divorce — and want to introduce hearsay statements on Savio's behalf.
It remains to be seen what hearsay statements will be heard by jurors. Judge Edward Burmila opened the door to jurors hearing more hearsay in a ruling last week, but he also said he will decide which statements get in on a case-by-case basis.
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Morocco arrests recruiters for Iraq-Syria fighting
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco's Interior Ministry says it has dismantled a cell recruiting Moroccans to fight for extremist groups in Iraq and Syria.
Wednesday's statement said six men were arrested in the central city of Fez, including one who had previously been detained under the terrorism law.
While Morocco has been largely spared the terrorist attacks striking elsewhere in North Africa, police frequently report dismantling cells sending fighters to hotspots like Mali and Syria.
The statement warned that many of the fighters hope to return after being trained, to carry out attacks in Morocco.
Police say 900 Moroccans are fighting in Syria and 100 have been arrested upon their return.
Other recruitment cells were dismantled last May in the Spanish enclave of Melilla and in Fez.
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Environment Waikato has secured $2.5 million towards the ongoing maintenance of river channel works in the Lower Waikato River, ending a series of negotiations with the Crown.
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Environment Waikato has secured $2.5 million towards the ongoing maintenance of river channel works in the Lower Waikato River, ending a series of negotiations with the Crown.
Environment Waikato's appeal to the High Court on powers of entry has been dismissed – but the Council is pleased that the decision clarifies a number of contentious issues.
Waikato farmers are already recognising the value of good environmental performance, according to Environment Waikato.
Landowners don't have long to clear pampas from their properties before a July 1 deadline.
Environment Waikato is currently undertaking repairs to one of its pumps in a pump station on the Waihou Valley Flood Scheme, after cracks were found in the pump casing.
Environment Waikato wants to know if rural landowners want to toughen up the rules on clearing ragwort and nodding thistle from northern Taupo and southern Rotorua Districts.
A total of 116 Waikato farmers are taking part in Environment Waikato's Clean Streams project in its first year.
Environment Waikato and Franklin District Council have granted resource consents to continue to operate and expand the Ridge Road Quarries at Whangarata, near Pokeno.
Consents to construct a hydro electric power station on the upper Waipa River have been approved by Environment Waikato and Waitomo District Council.
Levels of blue green algae have begun receding in several Waikato waterways, but health warnings continue on some lakes.
The poor conduct of some small boats skippers is continuing to cause headaches for Environment Waikato's Navigation Safety officers.
Environment Waikato has approved an increase in frequency for city bus services so it can take advantage of Transfund funding.
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Professor Nick Holonyak, Jr., has worked at the forefront of semiconductor science and technology since 1952 (45+ years). At Bell Labs, he was an early contributor (1954-55) to diffused-impurity oxide-masked silicon device technology, including transistors, p-n-p-n switches, and thyristors (SCR's) [1]. Later at General Electric (1957-1963), he was the inventor of the shorted emitter used in all thyristors and fundamental to all symmetrical switches (TRIACs), including the basic element in the wall light dimmer. Also he is the first to make silicon tunnel diodes and observe phonon-assisted tunneling [2]. This is the first demonstration of inelastic tunneling and marks the beginning of tunneling spectroscopy (now widely used in many areas of research). In 1960 he invented closed-tube vapor phase epitaxy of III-V semiconductors, which is the forerunner of all present-day III-V epitaxy. He was the first (1960) to grow GaAs1-xPx (an alloy) and in 1962 the first to construct a visible-spectrum semiconductor laser [3]. This is the primary demonstration that III-V alloys are "smooth" (not disturbed) and viable in general for use in optoelectronic devices. For this work he is considered the inventor of the first practical LED, the red GaAs1-xPx LED. This marks also the beginning of the use of III-V alloys in semiconductor devices, including in heterojunctions and quantum well heterostructures.
Since 1963, he has been a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, where he and his graduate students have pioneered in the study of quantum-well (QW) and superlattice (SL) lasers. They were the first (1977) to construct p-n quantum well lasers(InP-InGaAsP, LPE) [4], and the first to achieve (1978) continuous-wave room-temperature laser operation of quantum-well heterstructures and superlattices [5, 6]. They are the source of the name "quantum well lasers" [7].
In 1980, his research group discovered impurity-induced layer disordering [8], which shifts lower gap quantum-well layers to higher gap bulk layers and serves as a basis for integrated optoelectronic devices. In 1990, he and his students introduced higher temperature (>400 C) stable native oxides on Al-bearing III-V compounds and have demonstrated their use in lasers and LEDs [9]. In addition, they were the first to demonstrate lateral oxidation of Al1-xGaxAs for current confinement in a semiconductor laser [10]. In 1997, they were the first to demonste the use of tunnel junction for lateral current conduction in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers [11].
Besides 500 published papers, Holonyak has 30 patents, including licensed patents on impurity induced layer disordering (IILD) and the use of IILD and Al-bearing native oxides in QWH devices.
Prof. Holonyak's research has been widely recognized by the semiconductor and physics community, and he has been honored with numerous national and international awards:
[1] J. L. Moll, M. Tanenbaum, J. M. Goldey, and N. Holonyak, Jr., "P-N-P-N Transistor Switches," Proc. IRE, vol. 44, pp. 1174-1182, 1956.
[2] N. Holonyak, Jr. I. A. Lesk, R. N. Hall, J. J. Tiemann, and H. Ehrenreich, "Direct Observation of Phonons During Tunneling in Narrow Junction Diodes," Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 3, pp. 167-168, 1959.
[3] N. Holonyak Jr. and S. F. Bevacqua,, "Coherent (Visible) Light Emission from Ga(As1-xPx) Junctions," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 1, pp. 82-83, 1962.
[4] E. A Rezek, N. Holonyak, Jr., B.A. Vojak, G. E. Stillman, J. A. Rossi, D. L. Keune, and J. D. Fairing, "LPE In1-xGaxP1-zAsz (x~.12, z~0.26) DH Laser with Multiple Thin-Layer (<500 A) Active Region," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 31, pp. 288-290,1977.
[5] N. Holonyak, Jr., R. M. Kolbas, R. D. Dupuis, and P. D. Dapkus, "Room-Temperature Continuous Operation of Photopumped MOCVD AlxGa1-xAs-GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs Quantum-Well Lasers," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 33, pp. 73-75, 1978.
[6] R. D. Dupuis, P. D. Dapkus, R. Chin, N. Holonyak, Jr. and S. W. Kirchoefer, "Continuous 300 K Laser Operation of Single-Quantum-Well AlxGa1-xAs-GaAs Heterostructure Diodes Grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 34, pp. 265-267, 1979.
[7] M. J. Ludowise, W. T. Dietze, C. R. Lewis, M. D. Camras, N. Holonyak, Jr., B. K. Fuller, and M.A. Nixon, "Continuous 300-K Laser Operation of Strained Superlatices, " Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 42, pp. 487-489, 1983).
[7] N. Holonyak, Jr., R. M. Kolbas, R. D. Dupuis, and P. D. Dapkus "Quantum-Well Heterostructure Lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 16, pp. 170-186, 1980.
[8] N. Holonyak, Jr., W. D. Laidig, B. A. Vojak, K. Hess, J. J. Coleman, P. D. Dapkus, and J. Bardeen, "Alloy Clustering in AlxGa1-xAs-GaAs Quantum-Well Heterostructures, " Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 45, pp. 1703-1706, 1980.
[9] J. M. Dallesasse, N. Holonyak, Jr. A. R. Sugg, T. A. Richard, and N. El-Zein, "Hydrolyzation Oxidation of AlxGa1-xAs-AlAs-GaAs Quantum Well Heterostructures and Superlattices, " Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 57, pp. 2844-2846, 1990.
[10] S. A. Maranowski, A. R. Sugg, and E.I Chen, N. Holonyak, Jr., "Native Oxide Top- and Bottom-Confined Narrow Stripe p-n AlyGa1-yAs-GaAs-InxGa1-xAs Quantum Well Heterostructure Laser," Appl. Phys. Lett. vol. 63, pp. 1660-1662, 1993. [Download or view a PDF version of this paper]
[11] J. J. Wierer, P. W. Evans, D. A. Kellogg, N. Holonyak, Jr., "Lateral
Electron Current Operation of Vertical Surface Emittering Lasers with Buried
Tunnel Contact Hole Sources," Appl. Phys. Lett. vol. 72, pp. 2742-2744,
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When the 2010 Census results came back earlier this year, many urbanists were left disappointed. Americans were to make their great march back to the city during the 2000s, but the numbers — at least to many observers; more on this below — seemed to suggest the opposite trend. Municipalities accounted for less metro area growth in the 2000s than they had in the 1990s, 9 percent to 15 percent, according to Wendell Cox at New Geography. Meanwhile the suburbs attracted 91 percent of the growth in the decade, up from 85 percent from the decade before.
The silver lining for urban advocates was the city core. Even in places that experienced general declines in city population, such as St. Louis, downtowns showed some impressive residential growth. A new analysis of intra-regional migration patterns of four large cities, using data from I.R.S. tax returns, gives this lining an additional layer of depth. Writing at New Geography, Aaron Renn concludes that movement from the suburbs to the downtown core slightly increased during the 2000s, while a shift from the core outward stayed flat or declined over the same period.
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Renn found similar patterns in San Francisco and New York City, adding that "these are clearly figures that should inspire some at least small-scale optimism in urban advocates." The New York trend harmonizes with new data from the American Community Survey. On Friday The New York Times reported that last year, for the "first time in several decades," more people came to the city than left it:
While much of the city's population growth in recent years has been fueled by the influx of immigrants and more people being born than dying, there have been new waves of arrivals from other parts of the country and fewer New Yorkers leaving. In 2010, 252,000 people moved to New York — 157,000 from elsewhere in the country — while 220,000 left, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. That contrasts sharply with 2006, when 230,000 arrived and 341,000 left.
The findings add a layer of complexity to the urban-suburban migration debate stirred up earlier this year by the Census data. To some, like Cox and Joel Kotkin, the numbers clearly suggested "that America continues to suburbanize," as the pair wrote in City Journal in April. Cox and Kotkin concluded that of 51 metro areas with more than a million residents, only three had cores that gained population over their suburban fringes: Boston, Providence, and Oklahoma City. In July, writing at Forbes, Kotkin argued that cities are even having trouble retaining younger population groups, calling them "temporary way stations before people migrate somewhere else" — namely, the suburbs.
Not everyone agreed. For starters, these anlayses failed to properly define the terms "city" and "suburb." As one smart growth advocate for New Jersey quickly pointed out, the data categorized Jersey City, Paterson, and Elizabeth as suburbs, although by most standards they are the second-, third-, and fourth-most populated cities in the state. It put Hoboken in the same camp. (There seems to be a formatting problem with the original article, which was posted by Tim Evans, but the full version can still be read here, and briefer block quotes can be found on Market Urbanism and the Infrastructurist.)
Responding at The New Republic, Christopher Leinberger writes that limiting the debate to "city" and "suburb" misses the point. The real discussion, he argues, should be about the type of built environment people prefer. More and more, that seems to be walkable, transit-oriented places in the mold of Bethesda, Old Town Pasadena, and, of course, Jersey City. Writing at the Economist's Free Exchange blog in February, Atlantic Cities contributor Ryan Avent complemented this point by looking at housing trends, which he says suggest a rising demand in city-style living relative to that of the traditional suburban lifestyle. "You can't draw conclusions about demand shifts from population numbers alone," he writes.
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The Ready Set Write Song for Taylor Swift
The tables have been turned. While Taylor Swift feels the need to (and exercises her right to) mine her personal life and exorcise her relationship demons via song, an emo singer who goes by moniker The Ready Set has swooped in and written a song about his take on her romances.
Swift might not remain single for long once she gets a load of 'For the Better,' a song that The Ready Set's Jordan Mark Witzigreuter penned specifically for the singer. If she is swayed by song, she might be swooning sooner than later.
He's clearly paying attention to the minutiae of Swift's recent break up with Harry Styles of One Direction. Overall, it's a sweet (and media savvy) little ode to the splintering of the most high-profile of T. Swizzle's high-profile romances.
It's an emoriffic song, filled with fingersnaps, referencing her love of the number 13 and the fact that 100 others are waiting in line to date her since Hazza effed up and let her go.
Notice in the chorus that The Ready Set borrows (heavily) from the melody of her smash hit 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.' He also sings clever lyrics about how she's rich and her songs don't suck, which is his rationale for why she shouldn't let the end of Haylor be the end of her heart.
Witzigreuter also explained why he wrote this nursery rhyme gentle song for the singer.
I wrote a song about Taylor Swift last week.
More so, about the notorious Swift/Styles breakup. I have to say that I am blown away by the amount of attention it is STILL getting, so I figured I'd throw my two cents in there. Everybody gives celebrity couples a lot of crap when they break up, so I like to consider this my gentlemanly take on the issue. Like tuxedo and monocle gentleman. Mustache is optional, but it's definitely encouraged.
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St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every 17th of March, the feast day of St. Patrick himself. Aside from the parade and parties where pints and quarts of beer are passed around, this day holds a greater significance for the people of the Emerald Isles. Here are some tidbits and fun suggestions on how to bring out your inner Irish.


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Thursday, March 4, 2010
a good day with Goodbyn
On the left - cheddar cheese, popcorn, granola bar
In the middle - ice water in the reusable bottle, baby carrots in the little spot
On the right - strawberry kabobs (on swizzle sticks!) and there is homemade jello in the little koala cup.
I bought a bunch of those little animal cups a couple years ago at Dollar Tree. They have been so great! We use them all the time for making jello in, carrying small snacks, holding yogurt, etc. They have held up wonderfully and are such a useful size. If you have a Dollar Tree, it might be worth a peek. I actually found these koala ones there only five months ago (give or take). :)
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- mark said... [Reply to comment]
I have been packing small meals like this for my 8yr old son for a few months and didn't know it was Bento! I must say yours is much better and well thought out. You have inspired me to get more creative with the meals and the packaging. I have a few questions for you if you don't mind.
Where can I find the cute picks and forks?
What is the grass looking stuff you use to separate the food? Is it the same stuff from my sushi?
Do you know where I can find it?
You kids are very lucky to have you :)
- March 5, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Mark! Welcome!
Let's see... I got my cute picks and forks from Ichiban Kan, a Japanese Dollar Store of sorts. They used to have an online store that I had ordered from a few times, but that has closed unfortunately. I am lucky to have a friend that lives in an area (northern CA) with these stores and she has bought some items for me too. There are a few items you can find on Amazon and then a lot of authentic bento items on ebay too.
The grass looking stuff is barran. I don't eat sushi, so I'm not sure if they use it to separate food, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is what you have experienced! Most barran is plastic, and while I do have some of that kind, what I have used more recently is silicone (I like that I can reuse it and not have anything to throw away). Again, there is some barran on Amazon (I have some selected for display in my Amazon recommendations in the right margin of this blog), and you can also find that on ebay too. Other things that work to separate food are silicone baking cups (like reusable cupcake "wrappers"), or you could always fold a small piece of waxed paper for separation.
I hope this little bit of info is helpful! :) If you have any more questions, please feel free to leave another comment! Thanks for visiting and for your nice words. :)
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While the No Kill Advocacy Center celebrates the recipients of its Henry Bergh Leadership Award, given annually to a handful of individuals with an unwavering commitment to ending the systematic killing of animals in shelters, I am giving my own "award."
Named for the late-Phyllis Wright of the Humane Society of the United States, the matriarch of today's "catch and kill" paradigm, Wright once famously wrote, "I've put 70,000 dogs and cats to sleep… But I tell you one thing: I don't worry about one of those animals that were put to sleep."
She then described how she does worry about the animals she found homes for. From that disturbing view, HSUS coined a maxim that says we should worry about saving lives but not about ending them and successfully propagated this viewpoint to shelters across the country. The essay created an emotionally acceptable pretext for killing animals: shelter workers "were now 'putting animals to sleep'" and the charade that "killing is kindness" became a national fixture.
The "award" is given to those who epitomize everything that is wrong with our broken animal "shelter" system: the pound directors who kill in the face of readily available alternatives they simply refuse to implement, the bureaucrats who excuse neglect and abuse in the pounds they "oversee," or those who run organizations that fight lifesaving reforms, protecting and defending the killing and championing the killers.
The pound in Marlboro County, SC.
There were many, many contenders. In Waycross, GA, dogs were allowed to die of heatstroke because the shelter has no electricity for fans. Marlboro County, SC officials call it a "shelter,"but it looks more like a medieval dungeon. Not to be outdone, Janelle Dixon of the Animal Humane Society appears committed to raising more and more money but saving fewer and fewer animals, even killing animals in violation of law and holding the remains of a cat they killed hostage. The Michigan Humane Society told supporters it was saving all "adoptable" animals even while killing 68% of kittens and puppies and over 70% overall. It also took in animals from outside its jurisdiction from rescuers and other shelters as part of its "rescue" program, animals who in some cases were not in danger, only to put some of the poor creatures to death. And there are new allegations of widespread torture in the Calhoun County, AL pound. I could have also easily given the award to the uncaring bureaucrat who runs the Carroll County, GA "shelter" or any of the others across the country who find killing easier than doing what is necessary to stop it and who look the other way at widespread neglect and even abuse in their facilities. Chances are that such a person running such a "shelter" exists in your community. Such is the tragic state of animal sheltering in the U.S.
Nontheless, ten recipients will share the dishonor in 2011. Each represents a different ugly side of our broken animal "shelter" system. They are:
1. Ingrid Newkirk of PETA for seeking out and killing roughly 2,000 animals a year; for promoting the killing of animals based on arbitrary criteria, such as perceived breed; for defending poorly performing and even abusive "shelters;" for being the No Kill movement's most vociferous enemy; and for convincing a generation of "animal rights" activists to embrace the "right"of people like her to kill animals.
One of many dogs found dumped in a trash can after being killed and thrown away by PETA several years ago. Some of the animals were healthy and in no danger of being killed, but PETA claimed they would find them homes only to put them to death within minutes. In 2011, all indications are that PETA's deadly reign of killing continued unabated. Thanks to PETA, animal rights activists argue that it is wrong to kill cows and chickens, but it is perfectly acceptable–even necessary–to kill dogs and cats. Ridiculous.
2. Wayne Pacelle of HSUS for working with pro-killing organizations in Texas to help coordinate the defeat of legislation which would have mandated lifesaving collaboration and ended the cruel gas chamber; for being a cheerleader for killing shelters when he's been tasked with being their watchdog; for embracing the most notorious dog abuser of our generation while calling for his canine victims to be killed (in 2011, Pacelle stated that Michael Vick would make a "good pet owner" and thus should be allowed to have access to dogs again); for preying on the emotions of animal lovers who are being misled into supporting his organization; and for betraying the cause he's pledged to protect.
A spokesman for HSUS, Michael Vick shot dogs, drowned dogs, electrocuted dogs, hanged dogs, and beat dogs to death. He has never expressed remorse. Wayne Pacelle has championed Vick, said he would make a good dog owner, fraudulently fundraised off of Vick's victims while calling for them to be killed.
3. Ed Sayres of the ASPCA for killing animals who have a place to go; fighting shelter reform legislation thus ensuring the deaths of tens of thousands of animals who also have a place to go; for claiming to "save" animals, then fundraising off of them before shipping them off to kill shelters; for fighting No Kill reform efforts in communities across the country such as Austin and referring to those working to fix our abusive shelter system as "extremists;" and also for defending and even promoting killing shelters and preying on the emotions of animal lovers who are being misled into supporting his organization.
The number of animals put to death who rescue groups could and would have saved since Sayres and his team at the ASPCA killed legislation which would have made it illegal for New York shelters to kill animals who have a place to go would fill every seat at Fenway Park.
4. Sam Parker, Sheriff of Chesterfield County, SC for overseeing a pound where dogs were alleged to have been used for target practice and cats were alleged to have been beaten to death with pipes. He has also allowed animals to languish in cruel conditions.
Sheriff Parker's team used dogs as target practice, beat cats to death with pipes, and allow cruel conditions to continue. From the standpoint of the animals who depend on him, he may just be the worst sheriff in America.
5. AC Wharton, Mayor of Memphis, TN for overseeing a pound rife with neglect, abuse, staffed by felons and those with ties to dog fighting rings. And rather than reform the shelter, he violates the constitutional rights of critics and removes the cameras which were the only form of external oversight that kept animals from being more viciously neglected and abused. From the standpoint of the animals, he may just be the worst mayor in America.
Under Mayor Wharton, the pound is a badly mismanaged house of horrors where roughly eight out of every 10 animals are put to death; where known felons have committed animal cruelty; and where animals have been neglected and abused by those who were supposed to protect them.
6. Roseann Trezza of the Associated Humane Societies of New Jersey for overseeing a shelter with horrendous conditions, as documented over the years by state inspectors; for refusing to implement lifesaving programs such as foster care; and in 2011, for betraying "Patrick," the abused pit bull who captured the heart of a nation, by referring to him as a "a very valuable brand for commercial exploitation and fundraising" and suing those who want to give him the life and love he deserves.
A dead dog, teeming with blood and maggots, at the Associated Humane Societies "shelter." Although this photograph was taken by state inspectors in 2009, the "shelter" has a history of neglect and corruption dating back years. In 2011, they sued those who want to give the abused dog Patrick the life he so richly deserves, arguing that he is not a dog, but a "trademark" who is a "very valuable brand for commercial exploitation and fundraising."
7. Dawn Blackmar of Harris County TX Animal Control for overseeing a pound that allows animals to suffer and die, despite lifesaving alternatives, kills animals cruelly, and kills animals in front of other animals, including puppies in front of their mother. Hope's Law, which would have protected animals from Blackmar's abusive brand of sheltering, was named after an injured dog Blackmar allowed to suffer and die, despite rescue group offers to rescue him and/or pay for his medical care. In another case, a live dog was thrown in the trash and chewed his way out of several garbage bags he was tied up in. Despite offers to save him, Blackmar put him to death.
There was no hope of saving "Hope" because of Blackmar's uncaring and medieval brand of sheltering.
8. Patty Mercer of the Houston SPCA for overseeing a shelter that kills animals based on arbitrary criteria; "rescues" animals for fundraising purposes from disasters outside her jurisdiction only to put some of them to death or kill local animals to make room; and for an inexcusable commitment to killing in the face of alternatives. Hope's Law, the Texas Companion Animal Protection Act, would have stopped her from killing dogs because she claims they look like "pit bulls," killing animals when rescue groups are willing to save them, and would have required her to make her killing statistics public, which she refuses to do. In 2011, the Houston SPCA was part of a group of killing organizations which successfully defeated this vital lifesaving legislation (the law would have also ended the use of the cruel gas chamber in Texas).
Under Mercer's leadership, any dog who "looks" like a pit bull is summarily executed.
9. Monica Hardy, on behalf of the Texas Humane Legislation Network, of which she serves as Executive Director. THLN was the primary force behind the defeat of Hope's Law in Texas which would have mandated collaboration (Texas pounds would not have been able to kill animals if rescue groups were willing to save them), transparency (taxpayers and donors would have had a right to know how the shelters they fund are doing by requiring them to post their statistics), fairness (it would have been illegal to kill animals based on arbitrary criteria such as breed, color, and age) and would have ended horrendous suffering (it would have been illegal to kill animals using the cruel gas chamber). Thanks to THLN, the bill died, and the animals continue to die along with it, often cruelly.
Thanks to THLN, where Hardy serves as Executive Director, Texas shelters are allowed to use cruel methods of killing. A bill which would have made it illegal, and also made it illegal for them to kill animals based on arbitrary criteria such as how they look or when rescue groups were willing to save them, was defeated by Hardy's organization.
10. Bruce King who oversees the horrendous shelter in Detroit, MI. In 2011, an abused dog named "Ace" was rescued by a good Samaritan who thought he was doing the right thing by calling the local shelter. Despite the fact that Ace had a place to go, with rescue groups offering to save him, and despite a court order prohibiting King and his team from killing Ace, the dog was put to death anyway. King claimed that if he allowed Ace to be rescued, rescuers would want to save other dogs and he could not allow that to happen. King appears to be a hard-hearted, small-minded bureaucrat who finds killing easier than doing the minimum amount necessary to stop it, including letting others save dogs he simply refuses to.
Ace was put to death despite rescue group offers to save him and a court order which demanded that King not do so. King stated that if Ace is allowed to be rescued, rescuers would expect to be allowed to save other dogs, too and he could not allow that to happen.
Someday soon, as the No Kill movement becomes more successful, the number of recipients of the Henry Bergh Leadership Award will balloon, while those who receive the Phyllis Wright Award will plummet. Sadly today, we have the inverse. And there were many more contenders.
Conditions in New York City's abusive pound. While this continues, pound director Julie Bank fires volunteers who speak out.
Killing is the norm. And as long as those like the recipients above hold the regressive views that they hold, champion the draconian policies that they champion, and defend the needless slaughter they defend, animals will continue to pay the price with their very lives, long past the time we discovered the keys to ending their plight.


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Garney examines lack of access to health care for rural residents
Whitney R. Garney, M.P.H., Brazos Valley regional manager with the Center for Community Health Development located at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, recently authored an article on the lack of access to health care for rural residents.
Published in the May issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, "Rural Community of Solution: Increasing Access to Care for Brazos Valley, Texas" presents a case study of the Brazos Valley Health Partnership (BVHP) and its implementation of health resource centers within rural counties. Center for Community Health Development researchers worked with the BVHP to design a strategy to increase continuous access to a variety of health-related services and to obtain resources for implementation.
"The resource center concept allowed for service providers, previously only able to offer services in more populous areas, to expand into the rural communities because of the reduced overhead costs," Garney said. "It was created as a one-stop shop where multiple health and social service providers could be housed."
This case study revealed that through the partnership of local health providers and community leaders, rural communities could increase access to sustained health services.
Additional authors include Kelly Drake, M.P.H., Monica Wendel, Dr.P.H., Kenneth McLeroy, Ph.D., Heather Clark, M.P.H, and Byron Ryder. The Center for Community Health Development is one 37 Prevention Research Centers designated and funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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