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National Geographic's new food site offers a pretty baller look inside Norway's arctic Svalbard Global Seed Vault, with a focus on the storage facility's latest addition: SPACE BEER. —Niki Achitoff-Gray, Associate Editor
I enjoyed this video about the seders Wise Sons Deli throws in San Francisco. I attended one last night—such delicious brisket! —Maggie Hoffman, Senior Editor
In the spirit of Passover, this story about the Polar Vortex causing a gefilte fish shortage (er, shortage of the fish used to make gefilte fish, that is) is both slightly amusing and slightly terrifying. —Jamie Feldmar, Managing Editor
It's a week old already, but Kim Severson's piece about Vidalia, Georgia's famous onion crop, and farmers' struggle to get the onions to market sooner in the season, was a fascinating read. With a Trisha Yearwood cameo to boot! —Ben Fishner, Ad Operations Admin
My boyfriend and I have a rule when it comes to fighting: HALT. We table all talks if one of us is hungry, angry, lonely, or tired because those moods will exacerbate any issue and more than likely blow things out of proportion. Good to see the science backs this up —empty stomachs correlate to short fuses. Goes to show a certain nougaty candy bar had it right when they say, "You're not you when you're hungry." —Leang Chaing, Sales Operations Manager
You thought the New York Times sexy chicken photo was good? These heritage bird portraits will be up your alley. —Max Falkowitz, NY Editor
You know those highly accurate Buzzfeed quizzes, like Which Deadly Creature Are You? and What Kind Of Beer Are You?, well that format is now available for all to
exploit use. So that explains why there is now a quiz asking What Chicago Craft Cocktail Bar are You?. For those who care—and you really shouldn't—I'm apparently The Barrelhouse Flat, which is okay by me. —Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Editor
A question I've never thought to ask, but I'm glad someone else did:
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David Lebovitz's cookbook My Paris Kitchen finally came out (and we're featuring recipes from it all week!) and I'm very, very excited for my copy to arrive. It was nice to read this piece about the difference between blogs and cookbooks (and what people might be looking for in either) as well as get a sneak peak into his process. —Carrie Vasios Mullins, Sweets Editor


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The Legal History Blog welcomes Bridget Crawford, Pace Law School, who will be guest blogging this month. Bridget's day job involves teaching tax, trusts and estates, and feminist legal theory, and her writing focuses especially on gender and tax policy, but she is also a great Friend of Legal History. I have often noticed Bridget's history-related posts at Feminist Law Professors, where she often notices scholarship and opportunities that I have missed.
Bridget's J.D. is from the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked with Sally Gordon. Her work in legal history includes "Daughter of Liberty Wedded to Law': Gender and Legal Education at the University of Pennsylvania Law Department 1870-1900," 6 The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice 131 (2002). Bridget's forthcoming scholarship includes "Sticky Copyrights: Discriminatory Tax Restraints on the Transfer of Intellectual Property," 67 Washington and Lee Law Review (forthcoming 2010) and "Taxation, Pregnancy and Privacy," 16 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law (forthcoming 2010). She has taught at Pace since 2003, and in 2005, 2006, and 2007, Pace's graduating classes selected her as the Barbara C. Salken Outstanding Professor of the Year. She serves as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pace and she is a member of the American Law Institute.
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All of us at Eli's Cheesecake are very proud of our long time support and partnership with the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. A major step in the development of the programs at the school was the opening of the Illinois Center for Urban Agricultural Education at CHSAS, a program of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and headed by Corey Flournoy.
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NEW YORK (AP) — An industrial site in New York City that once was used to process radioactive material, including some sold to the government for the Manhattan Project, is still emitting worrisome radiation and should be designated a Superfund cleanup site, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.
The contaminated land in the Ridgewood section of Queens was the home, until 1954, of the now-defunct Wolff-Alport Chemical Company, which handled radioactive thorium extracted from monazite sand.
Today, the site is occupied by an auto repair shop, a warehouse, a deli and other small businesses. Environmental officials have long known about the contamination but didn't initially consider it a health concern. More recent radiation surveys indicated that some workers on the block may face a slightly elevated risk of getting cancer, particularly at the auto shop.
The EPA already has installed $2 million worth of radiation protections, including layers of concrete, lead and steel under building floors and sidewalks.
It also plugged up a hole in the basement of a nearby public school that was leaking low levels of radon gas into an unused storage room.
Now, the EPA is proposing to make the property the 87th toxic site in New York state to be included in the federal Superfund program.
Regional EPA administrator Judith Enck said it is too early to tell what kind of cleanup program might be required, but she said it "may very well involve a lot of digging" that could necessitate tearing down buildings, although she said every effort would be made to avoid that.
"These are all active businesses. There are people who go to work there every day," Enck said.
Wolff-Alport operated at the site between 1920 and 1954 and specialized in extracting rare earth metals. Originally, the company considered thorium a waste product and dumped it into the city's sewers until the Atomic Energy Commission ordered it to stop doing that in 1947, the EPA said.
A 2009 survey found radiation levels about 75 times higher than normal background levels. That's not believed to be dangerous, Enck said, but further tests and analysis led to a determination that workers at the auto repair shop, Primo Auto Body, could be exposed to a higher annual radiation dose than called for in federal safety standards.
The owner of the business, Alberto Rodriguez, said in a phone interview Wednesday that the work to install the radiation shielding already has cost him business. He said he was surprised to hear that a bigger cleanup might include demolitions.
"They don't tell me anything about having to move," he said.
Superfund Director Walter Mugdan said there's no reason to believe that students at the nearby Intermediate School 384, where the radon leak was found, are in any jeopardy. He said new tests had indicated that the gas was no longer entering the building.


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Call for Applications for Participation in 2001 Workshop "Functional Evolutionary Genetics and Plant Adaptation" Organizers: Thomas Mitchell-Olds (Germany) and Montserrat Aguad=E9 (Spain) This workshop is part of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Scientific Programme on Plant Adaptation, with additional support provided by the Max-Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology. The overall goal of the programme is to increase the understanding of evolution of plant adaptation by integrating molecular/physiological and evolutionary/population genetic approaches. The aim of the workshop is to bring together a critical mass of leading researchers in functional and evolutionary genetics, and promote interactions between functionally- and evolutionarily- oriented researchers. A number of European plant scientists, and some from outside Europe will discuss different facets of the topic. The conference will be held 9 - 11 March, 2001 in Jena, Germany, near the new Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. We will begin at 6:00 PM on =46riday 9 March, 2001, and continue through the evening of Sunday 11 March. Seminars will be conducted in newly remodeled facilities of the =46riedrich-Schiller-Universit=E4t, adjacent to the historic Altstadt in the city center. On Monday morning following the conference there will also be an opportunity to visit nearby Weimar, the European cultural city of 1999. The workshop will be organized in 30 minute talks by the main invited speakers and 15 minute talks by other participants. Discussion will be encouraged by reserving time between the talks and by organizing cultural and social events, which provide more opportunities for discussion among the participants. Confirmed speakers: M. Aguade, Barcelona: Molecular population genetics of genes in the phenylpropanoid pathway D. Charlesworth, Edinburgh: Molecular variation in plant genes E. Coen, Norwich: The evolution of floral characters C. Dean, Norwich: Molecular basis of vernalization requirement and response in Arabidopsis B. Gaut, Irvine: Maize as a model for the evolution of plant nuclear genomes M. Koorneef, Wageningen: Natural variation in flowering time and seed dorman= cy J. Kroymann, Jena: Functional basis of insect resistance in Arabidopsis J. Micol, Alicante: Molecular basis of salt tolerance N. Miyashita, Kyoto: Molecular population genetics in Arabidopsis thaliana I. Olivieri, Montpellier: Metapopulations and genetic variation J. Parker, Norwich: Unraveling disease resistance pathways M. Purugganan, Raleigh: The molecular evolution of floral development M. Rausher, Durham: Evolution of flower color in morning glories O. Savolainen, Oulu: Evolution of flowering time in Arabidopsis lyrata B. Schaal, St. Louis: Gene genealogies and population variation in plants C. Schloetterer, Vienna: Molecular variation of genes involved in trichome development in Arabidopsis K. Schmid, Jena: SNPs in Arabidopsis: biological function and evolutionary processes W. Stephan, Munich: Recombination and DNA polymorphism in Lycopersicon P. van Tienderen, Heteren: Life histories and phytochrome T. Vision, Ithaca: The evolution of genomic duplications in Arabidopsis D. Weigel, San Diego: Natural variation of light responses in Arabidopsis Applications for the meeting are invited from graduate students, postdocs and established scientists from all relevant disciplines and experience. Participants will be encouraged to present posters or a short summary of their work. A limited number of places are available. To aid the organizers in selection of the best programme, applicants are requested to provide a short summary of a presentation. Some financial support will be available for accommodation and travel. Please note that the ESF will only consider costs based on economy fares and public transport. Requests for financial support should be submitted to the workshop organizer on the relevant form (available from jdalton at esf.org or dix at ice.mpg.de). ESF meetings are generally about 30-40 people. The meetings are for two and half days of talks and discussions, there is no publication, and they offer the opportunity to meet a range of scientists interested in the topic. Participants will be predominantly from Europe, with additional scientists from outside Europe. The cost of lodging and meals during the conference will be approximately DM 750 (although some financial support may be available). It may be possible to house accompanying persons in the Hotel, but they must cover all costs. Rooms may be limited. Jena can be reached by train from airports in Frankfurt, Munich, or Leipzig. 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So I made a zombie hat! Even though I don't have the time to re-open my shop just yet, I still like making hats with my free time, especially when I get to be creative with a new design. I have a few other Halloween-y hats to share too.
I'll be wearing one of these tonight to pass out candy to trick-or-treaters. I hope you all have a great Halloween!
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by Johan Boyden
The political assessment of the Communist Party of Greece (which we posted here) deserves some introduction for our readers in Canada. Afterall, as Greece heads towards Sunday elections, all eyes seem to suddenly be turned to the volatile situation in the Hellenic Republic.
UPDATE: View the election results in graphic form and read the assessment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece.
Progressive-minded people in Canada are optimistic. After years of hard struggle with countless general strikes and mass rallies, maybe these elections will hand a victory to political parties that identify with the left? Maybe they will demonstrate a different direction from austerity and economic crisis to the world?
There is also a certain renewed anxiety in the voices of the ruling class. "We cannot have a Greek election determining the future of the global economy. That's not fair to anybody," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said recently. Today, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney referenced Greece and the European situation to warn of more mass unemployment and 'recession' over here. Continue reading


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Kim Kardahsian will be walking down the aisle in less than a week, but the reality star isn't feeling any pre-wedding jitters.
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"Maybe last week I was a little bit more freaked out with space and invites, just making sure everything was perfect," she continued. "But this week I'm totally calm."
Kim credits the secret to her Zen approach with her career endeavors.
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"I'm busy," she told Access. "I have my big Sears launch (the Kardashian Kollection) this week, so I'm kind of just focusing on that. I'm working every single day this week."
The bride-to-be, who will be wearing a Vera Wang gown at her August 20 ceremony in Montecito, also took to Twitter over the weekend to express her wedding joy.
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And it's good you used a professional barista to pull shots.
Nuova Simonelli barista competition brew baskets, 18-gram dose, 28-second extraction, 2-ounce double split into two 1-ounce singles; water temperature 200F.See here is the thing....
I can name TONS of truly great espresso that is going to taste like ASS when extracted as described above.
Does that mean it's bad espresso?
No. It means you don't understand espresso.
You need to learn to prepare espresso in an appropriate manner for each coffee - it's a matter of respect (pure and simple).
And the results are freakin' predictable.
Paradise Espresso Classico has a "thin body"? Yeah... that coffee prep (per the roaster) is FAR from what you're using.
Kaldi Competition scores really high? No shock given that your machine set up is WBC spec and the blend was created for USBC competition.
Olympia Big Truck is "astringent"? Uhhh... try the shot as ristretto (1.75oz not 2oz).
Out of curiosity... what about the other 25+ coffees you tasted?
I'd LOVE to see those reviews.
I'm guessing there are a number of famous coffees that are "sour" (brew temp too low) and some that are "thin and bitter" (brew temp to high) and some that are "muddy" (dose too high) and some that are "unbalanced and not sweet" (dose too low) etc etc.
And, beyond that, the fact that Ken uses the descriptor "musty" in several of his high rated coffees disturbs me - especially as I would agree in the cases where I've tasted these coffees, and it's why I think the espresso is bad. It's hard to imagine scoring a "musty" coffee in the 90s.
Finally... Ken... if you want to make this more relevant you need to not do an aggregate score. Taking the score for a straight shot and averaging it with the score for a latte makes no sense.
Given all the above... is it shocking to ANYONE that Intelli, Stumptown and Terroir ALL opted out of this review? And honestly... how relevant is a review of "boutique" American Espresso that leaves out all three of these roasters?
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A heavy police presence took over a Brooklyn neighborhood where store owners and residents were jittery after raucous protests against a police shooting of a teenage boy swelled in the streets several nights in a row.
Nearly four dozen people were arrested Wednesday night as demonstrators marched for a third consecutive night in East Flatbush to protest the shooting death of 16-year-old Kimani Gray on Saturday.
The unrest is unnerving merchants and neighbors.
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"We can't have violence," resident Leroy Brandon said Thursday. "We live in this community."
Protesters clashed with police Wednesday night after a candlelight vigil for Gray just blocks from where he was shot. The anger was palpable as a group of young people heckled police officers in helmets and marched down a street.
The vigil's organizers tried and failed to calm the young people, some of whom later threw bottles at police officers. One officer's face was hit with a brick; he was treated for a laceration, police confirmed.
Forty-six people were arrested on disorderly conduct charges during Wednesday evening's protest, including Gray's sister, police told NBC 4 New York. Police said additional and varying charges are pending for many of those arrested. Specific charges against Gray's sister were not immediately clear.
A spokesman for Gray's parents said they would not speak publicly as long as there was violence, which he said has "clouded their message."
"It's a tough time for the community," said the spokesman, Rev. Gilford Monrose. "But the family and myself do not condone the violence."
The latest protest came after the medical examiner's office ruled that Gray was hit seven times, and had wounds in both the front and back of his body, including his shoulder, rib cage, forearm and legs.
The teen was with a group Saturday night, but left when he saw police in an unmarked car, police said. Authorities said he was acting suspicious and plain clothes officers approached him. According to police, Gray pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them, and they opened fire. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
A gun was recovered at the scene, according to police.
Gray was black. The officers involved in the shooting were black and Hispanic. They have been placed on administrative duty.
A police officer may use deadly force when the officer has a reasonable fear of serious injury or death. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the shooting appeared to be within those guidelines.
But supporters of Gray maintain he wasn't armed.
"I want to see justice," said Jamal Williams, 18, a friend who grew up with Gray in the same East Flatbush neighborhood. "I want to see these cops taken down."
On Monday, at a vigil for the teen, dozens of people threw bottles and damaged some stores. Police released surveillance video of two of the convenience stores, where people are seen throwing fruit and stealing. In one, the cashier cowers in a corner as people loot the shop.
Rickford Burke, president of the New York Caribbean Institute and an organizer of Wednesday's vigil, said he condemned the looting. He said the disorderly response came from a deep feeling of frustration in the community that police officers regularly harass and target young black men.
"The police department has proven to be racially inattentive to black communities and this one is no different," he said.
A second cousin of the victim, Ray Charles, said he was devastated to learn of Gray's death — and was still having trouble accepting the NYPD's official version of events.
"My cousin was scared of guns," said Charles, 35. "I honestly just want justice. They didn't need to shoot him like that." Charles did not protest Wednesday night but said he encouraged people to take to the streets.
"The real issue in Brooklyn is cops have been harassing us for a long time," he said. "It needs to stop."
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(Life is happening so quickly around me...and I feel like I am missing it because I am so far behind on my blog. I am determined to get caught up this week!)
Every year except one since we moved to Catlin, Shane has decorated our tree outside. It is a ton of work for him, but the results are so wonderful! I've never seen another tree like it, and Shane gets lots and lots of compliments on it each year.
This year, we tried to get some pictures. (Obviously you can see from the clarity that I am not an expert on night shots.)
Shane ran into one of our friends the other day (who lives around the bend in the other direction
and sees the tree from afar every night) who said he wished Shane would leave the tree up all year
long because he loves to look at it!
Who knows....for the amount of work it takes Shane to do this, (and the fact that sometimes the lights don't come down until April anyway) maybe he will.....


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Friday, February 1, 2013
»Erik Gescke, Art faculty, mounts a solo exhibition of his work at The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, CO
Monday, February 4, 2013
»Rita Robillard, Art faculty, is exhibiting "And Then Again… Riffs on Forests and Time" at the Augen Gallery, Northwest Davis, Portland, Feb. 7 to March 2.
»Trevor Smith, Civil and Environmental Engineering, authored "Comprehensive Recalibration of Pile Resistance with WEAP Software in Initial and Restrike Conditions for Load and Resistance Factor Design," published in the Journal of the Transportation Resear
»Nathan McClintock, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, was awarded a grant from the PSU Institute for Sustainable Solutions for the project "Community Dialogues on Food and Justice: Who is at the Table?" The project's co-investigators are Urban Studies gr
»Sean Kohles, Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Biology faculty, recently co-authored the paper "Cytoskeletal Strains in Modeled Optohydrodynamically Stressed Healthy and Diseased Biological Cells," published in the Journal of Biophysics. T
»Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, gave an invited presentation titled "Spatial Patterns of Runoff Ratio and Variation in the Contiguous U.S." at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, Dec. 5.
»Jay Gopalakrishnan, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, gave an invited talk at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in San Diego, Jan. 10. The event is the largest mathematics meeting in the world.
»Will Parnell, Education faculty, presented the paper "Male Teachers as Cultural Workers in the Lives of Children, Families, and Communities," at the National Association for the Education of Young Children conference in Atlanta, Nov. 8.
»Cynthia Mohr, Psychology faculty, gave a presentation on her research "The Buffering Effects of Discrete Positive Moods on Alcohol Use" at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology on Jan. 19. Mohr also co-presented with seve
»Mark Berrettini, Film faculty, authored the chapter, "'Messages from Invisible Sources:' Sight in Deadwood's Public Sphere," published in the collection The Last Western: Deadwood and the End of American Empire, Bloomsbury Academic.
»Jennifer Dill, Urban Studies and Planning and OTREC faculty, co-authored the article, "Electric Bikes and Transportation Policy: Insights from Early Adopters," published in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
»The Oregonian: First-year urban renewal spending in new Education District would mostly stay in PDC: Portland City Hall roundup
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
»International Field Experience: Teaching English in South Korean Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
»CPS Finalizes Strategic Assessment of Oregon Corrections Enterprises/Department of Corrections Work
Friday, February 8, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
»Lauren Frank, Communication faculty, co-authored an article, "Narrative Versus Nonnarrative: The Role of Identification, Transportation, and Emotion in Reducing Health Disparities," published in the Journal of Communication. The work was supported by a gr
»Sully Taylor, Business Administration faculty, co-edited a special issue on Human Resource Management's role in sustainability. In addition to editing the special issue, she co-authored the guest editor's column "Introduction to HRM's Role in Sustainabili
»Alex Ruzicka, Geology faculty, received a $315,000 grant from NASA for a three-year study titled "The Origin of Large, Igneous-Textured Inclusions in Ordinary Chondrites." The study will include collaborators from Missouri, California, England, and German
»Lois Delcambre, Computer Science faculty, was awarded a National Science Foundation grant titled "Quick Draw Semantics" from the foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The project will support the research work of doctoral student S
»Yasmeen Hanoosh, World Languages and Literatures faculty, translated into English the short story collection, Closing His Eyes, by Iraqi author Luay Hamza Abbsas, published by Moment Digibooks Limited, London, 2013.
»Jay Gopalakrishnan, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, was invited to join the editorial board of the journal Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis, part of the European Series in Applied and Industrial Mathematics and published by Cambridge Univ
»Ethan Seltzer and Gil Kelley, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, supervise graduate students who are receiving a 2013 American Institute of Certified Planners Student Project Award for Application of the Planning Process. The Urban and Regional Planning
»Stefan Talke, Civil and Environmental Engineering, was named an "Outstanding Reviewer" by the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation for the journal Estuaries and Coasts.
»Scott Burns, Geology faculty, was the keynote speaker and a panel member at a forum on the dangers of radon, sponsored by Cascade Radon in Portland, Jan. 24. He presented the study "Radon in Portland," co-authored with five students.
»Emily Ford, Library faculty, co-presented "Digital Literacy Forum: Setting the Agenda" at the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting, Jan. 26.
»Sherril Gelmon, Public Administration faculty, presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in Atlanta, Jan. 23-26. She co-presented "Not Your Grandmother's Community Engagement" with former PSU President Judith
»Anoop Mirpuri, English faculty, was on the panel "Reflections on Oak Creek: Critical Mourning and the Logics of Racist Violence" at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle, Feb. 7.
»Eva Thanheiser, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, and graduate student Jodi Fasteen presented a talk, "Experiences that Motivated Preservice Teachers to Learn Mathematics: Creating and Enacting Family Math Night Activities," at the annual meeting of the
»Assistant Professor in Mathematics Candidate Derek Garton: How random matrices can elucidate mysteries of number theory, 2/11/13 @ 3:15PM in NH454
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
»The Oregonian: (PSU alum) Esperanza Spalding wins two Grammys, including one with Thara Memory for 'City of Roses'
Thursday, February 14, 2013
»The Oregonian: Vice chancellor Melody Rose named interim chancellor of Oregon public universities, first woman in post
Friday, February 15, 2013
»Erik Geschke, Art faculty, lectures as a visiting artist at the Department of Art, Florida State University
»Assistant Professor in Mathematics Candidate Deepak Bal: Random and Pseudo-Random Graphs, 2/15/13 @ 3:15PM in NH 454
»The Associated Press: Portland State researchers say Columbia River conditions suitable for invasive mussels
Monday, February 18, 2013
»Margarette Leite and Sergio Palleroni, Architecture faculty, had their SAGE classroom and Basic Initiative featured in Biocity No. 53, a Japanese publication put out by Studio-L and one of the most important publications on public interest design.
»Virginia Butler, Anthropology faculty, presented "The 10,000 Year Record of Sustainable Fisheries in the Pacific Northwest" at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science as part of the Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries on Jan
»Dave Ervin, Economics faculty, presented "Herbicide Resistance: Integrating Human Behavior into Environmental Management" and "Herbicide Resistance Management: Will Individual Grower Efforts Suffice?" to the Weed Science Society Annual Meetings in Baltimo
»Niles Lehman, Chemistry faculty, presented the talk "RNA Self-Assembly: Cooperation at the Origins of Life" at the Cooperation and Major Evolutionary Transitions Conference held by the Kavali Institute for Theoretical Physics at University of California,
»Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Education faculty, presented a paper, "How Ethnomathematics can Enrich Mathematics Education," at the epiSTEME 5 biennial conference at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, J
»Kevin Corcoran, Social Work faculty, authored a cookbook, Food for Thought: A Two-Year Cooking Guide for Social Work Students, Lyceum Books, Chicago.
»Pelin Basci, World Languages and Literatures faculty, authored "Herkesin 12 Eylul'u" [Everyone's Own Takeover of 1980] published in Amargi Feminist Journal of Theory and Politics, No. 27.
»Dacian Daescu, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, authored "Error Covariance Sensitivity and Impact Estimation with Adjoint 4D-Var: Theoretical Aspects and First Applications to NAVDAS-AR" published in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological So
»Vikki Vandiver, Social Work faculty, authored the book, Best Practices in Community Mental Health: A Pocket Guide, with Lyceum Books, Chicago.
»Emily Salisbury, Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty, became editor of Criminal Justice and Behavior, a peer-reviewed research journal published monthly by SAGE Publications, Inc. Jody Sundt, Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty, serves as associ
»Ken Ruoff, History faculty, delivered a lecture titled "Japanese Tourism to Korea circa 1940: The Tension Between Assimilation and Tourism Promotion Policies" at Wellesley College.
»The Oregonian: Portland's tech renaissance is great for software developers, not so for those looking to hire
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
»Alumni in the News: Willamette Week: Lynn Peterson to Become Washington's New Transportation Secretary
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
»Meiru Liu, Master of International Management and Confucius Institute faculty, was invited to co-chair a panel and gave a presentation on "Confucius Institute/Classroom and Chinese Teaching in Elementary and Secondary Schools" at the 7th Confucius Confere
»Mel Gurtov, Political Science emeritus faculty, authored the book Will This Be China's Century? A Skeptic's View, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013.
»Dilafruz Williams, Education faculty, gave the talk "Learning Gardens and Sustainability in Urban Schools" to leaders of nonprofits working on sustainability initiatives and green schools in Mumbai, India, January.
»JJP Veerman, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, was invited to organize a symposium on Spectra of Directed Paths for the International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics in Rhodes, Greece. He was also invited to join the editorial b
»Emily Ford, Library faculty, presented "From 3x5 to LCD: Considerations and How-tos for Conducting Online Card Sort Studies" at Online Northwest 2013 in Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 8.
»Amy Hofer, Library faculty, presented "Flipping the Distance Classroom" at Online Northwest 2013 in Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 8. Presentation materials are available from http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9134
»Karen Bjork, Library faculty, co-presented "Creating New Partnerships: Strategies for Growing Your Repository" at Online Northwest 2013 in Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 8. Presentation materials are available from http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9133
»Agnes Hoffman, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, presented "International Education Partnerships: Designing MOUs for Success (Why MOUs fail to be implemented)" at the One Globe 2013 conference in New Delhi, India, Feb. 8. More than 400 higher edu
»Kimberly Pendell, Library faculty, and Elizabeth M. Withers, Sociology graduate student, presented "Digital Literacy and Libraries: Insights from a Tutor-Facilitated Learning Model" at Online Northwest 2013 in Corvallis, Ore. on Feb. 8.
»Kimberly Pendell, Library faculty, and Elizabeth M. Withers, Sociology graduate student, presented "Digital Literacy and Libraries: Insights from a Tutor-Facilitated Learning Model" at Online Northwest 2013 in Corvallis, Ore. on Feb. 8.
»Evguenia Davidova, International Studies faculty, authored the article "'Graecomans' into Bulgarians : Shifting Perceptions of Greek-Bulgarian Interethnic Marriages in the Nineteenth Century" published in the journal Balkanologie, Vol. XIV, No. 1-2, Decem
»Ken Ruoff, History faculty, gave the lecture "Imperial Japan at Its Zenith at Cornell University" at Cornell University.
»Dustin Morrow, Theatre and Film faculty, co-authored a book, Producing for TV and New Media, published this month by Focal Press/Routledge, the leading publisher of books in the film/TV production field. The book is a comprehensive look at producing for t
»Jeremy Spoon, Anthropology faculty, co-authored "Collaborative Research and Co-Learning: Integrating Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Ecological Knowledge and Spirituality to Revitalize a Fragmented Land" published in the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature
»Scott Burns, Geology faculty, gave a talk on "Urban Landslides: Challenges for Forensic Engineering Geologists" at the Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting in Charlotte, N.C., Nov. 6. This officially ended one year of lectures that Burns gave as th
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The word clairvoyance means "to see clearly." This does not refer to the sense of sight, but rather to seeing with what some call the "inner eye" or "third eye." Others may refer to this ability as a "sixth sense." What's common to all of these terms and definitions is that they refer to an ability to perceive hidden truths. Clairvoyant psychics have the ability to tap into energies that the average person is not able to perceive. For this reason, many people turn to clairvoyants for guidance in various areas of their lives.
Learn more about types of Clairvoyant Readings below.
Many people have questions about where their lives are headed and if they are on the path to their destiny. Whatever your questions are, you may find peace of mind through speaking to a clairvoyant.
People who are seeking advice when it comes to their careers often find it helpful to speak to clairvoyant psychics. A clairvoyant reader can use his or her gifts to tap into an informative vision of a person, place or object that can help you advance in your career, obtain a new position or even change career direction. You can use this vision to prepare yourself or focus your energies on the best possible outcome.
Clairvoyant psychics use their gifts to provide guidance on friendships and relationships. Because they receive unique visions of events, images and places, clairvoyant psychics are uniquely qualified to advise you if someone special is "The One" or if a relationship is destined to last. With guidance from a clairvoyant reader providing a love tarot reading, you may be better able to nurture positive connections and move on from relationships that are having a negative influence on your life.
By being able to see things from different angles, and indeed, realms, clairvoyant mediums can provide insight that you might not be able to perceive yourself. What makes clairvoyant readings extraordinary is that the clairvoyant psychic is able to connect you to memories, events, emotions, and predictions that would remain inaccessible to you otherwise. In other words, clairvoyant mediums provide a bridge between you and the spiritual realm – whether it's your own subconscious knowledge, the greater collective unconscious, angels, spirit guides, or the powerful energies all around you.
Tapping into these mysterious sources of knowledge through clairvoyant mediums can be extremely revealing and empowering. So, whenever you have a question about where you've come from or where you might be headed, a clairvoyant psychic reading may be the starting point for a journey of self-discovery.
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The Golden Gate Bridge may be the most celebrated of the transbay crossings, but it isn't the oldest. The Bay Bridge is one year older, and Saturday marks its 75th anniversary.
Caltrans officials announced today that it--along with the California Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Toll Authority--celebrated the milestone in the bridge's history and announced plans for a yearlong series of events honoring the span.
The bridge opened to traffic on Nov. 12, 1936. Ever since, it has been the backbone of the region's economy, bridge officials said.
"Historically, the Bay Bridge has provided the region with the vital transportation link to support the thriving economic vitality that the Bay Area is known for," Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement today.
Caltrans acting Director Malcolm Dougherty treated the celebration as an opportunity to emphasize the importance of continuing investment in infrastructure, in the Bay Area and across the U.S.
"Without efforts to take care of vital transportation links like the Bay Bridge, we run the risk that it may become vulnerable to an earthquake or other safety concerns," Dougherty said.
In recent years, the Bay Bridge has received investments to the tune of $6.3 billion, the price to replace the bridge's east span with the iconic self-anchored suspension span that is expected to open to traffic in late 2013.
"It's not only appropriate that we pay tribute to the bridge for the generations of service already provided, but also imperative that we complete work on the new east span as quickly as possible," Bay Area Toll Authority Executive Director Steve Heminger said today.
Last month, Caltrans crews placed the final section of the new span's roadway, and installation of the main cable is expected to begin later this year or in early 2012, according to Caltrans.
The three agencies comprise the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee, which oversees the seismic retrofit of the state's bridges, including the Bay Bridge.
Details about future celebrations had not yet been released. Instead, bridge officials encouraged members of the public to watch for updates by following the bridge's Facebook page or visiting www.baybridgeinfo.org.
Bay Bridge Is 75
The iconic span is one year older than the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge may be the most celebrated of the transbay crossings, but it isn't the oldest. The Bay Bridge is one year older, and Saturday marks its 75th anniversary.


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Power rankings. You hate them. They're so arbitrary and pointless, especially when they include all 32 NFL teams. All you want to know after a good week of NFL action is who the bestest team in the NFL right now, and which one is the absolute worst. The one so awful, it could blow a 21-point lead to Philly and lose on a walkoff punt return(!). That's why we have TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE NFL, where we go to great lengths to tell you who's the top dog in football right now, this very minute. LET'S GO!
THE TOP: Atlanta Falcons Let's excuse the Pats from the top slot this week and focus in on the delightful possibility of Atlanta and Philly playing each other in the NFC title game.
Can you imagine if that happened? You have to realize that there is a significant portion of the Atlanta population that still adores Michael Vick and would love him even if it turned out he sold poisoned lemonade to orphans. And even with the Falcons at 12-2, those people are none too pleased that Vick was dumped by the team and allowed to become a freewheeling dynamo in Philly.
So if Philly wins that game, those Vick groupies may very well find Arthur Blank's home and set it on fire. And wouldn't that be fun?
THE BOTTOM: (tie) St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers Oh, that NFC West. Next week, the Rams host the 49ers and the Seahawks play at Tampa. If those teams both lose, then we'll be guaranteed a 7-9 team making the playoffs for the first time ever.
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Now, mediocre teams have gotten into the playoffs before. In fact, there's almost always one undeserving team in any given postseason that has an 8-8 record or close to it. But it's not the 7-9 record that will make the NFC West champ so offensive. It's the fact that the NFC West champ's 7-9 record will be INFLATED.
None of these teams are even remotely as good as your average 7-9 team. Houston is 5-9. Dallas is 5-9. If either of those teams go 7-9, they'll be light years superior to the 7-9 NFC West team. The Seahawks in particular are a 4-12 team disguised in a 6-9 team's body.
Then there's another thing to consider about the NFC West champ: What if they WIN a playoff game?
No one expects this to happen. New Orleans will be a double-digit favorite to whoever ends up hosting them. But what if the Rams pull off a miracle and win that game? What if they make it to the NFC title game, or even the Super Bowl? Aaron Schatz's head would explode if a 7-9 team made the Super Bowl.
What would the NFL do if that happened? It's a scenario almost too horrible to ponder. So take a bow, NFC West. You've single-handedly managed to undermine an entire league's competitive credibility. Well done.


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Off the Map
Bo is a young girl, living in rural New Mexico, who yearns to feel a connection to the world she perceives as beginning outside the lines of her tiny town. Her father is depressed; her mother is the archetype of an earth mother.
Bo meanwhile writes to various snack-cake manufacturers describing the ailments their products have given her and requesting replacements. But the family grows its own food and has a stockpile of firewood that will last years. That sets the stage for the visit from the IRS, sent to see why the family hasn't filed any income taxes.


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–Teacher, ya falta poco para que te vayas.–
Y con mucho drama le dibujé en la pizarra blanca: 💔
Al ratito empecé a sacar "mis trucos" de la mochila:
"Sonidos Serranos" was begun in March 2008 partly for our parents who were all overseas at the time. Since August 2009 and especially in early 2011, the blog became a practical way to communicate updates on our nephew Jona's battle with cancer and God's graciously giving him ultimate healing. I'll still be posting about God's amazing grace in his life ~ and our lives as well...
As for me:
I'm happily married to John Mark, my best friend. Our greatest joy is knowing Jesus Christ as personal Savior. After years of preparing and waiting, we are excited to be in Uruguay as full-time teachers, sharing the message of salvation in Christ alone in this part of the world.
Our E and DJ are also great sources of joy ~ and wonderful answers to prayer! They have a great heritage: Their grandparents (all of them!) are or have been missionaries. And they continue to be an important reason for this blog.


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Research In Motion's PlayBook Doesn't Play Well With AT&T
Although Research In Motion's PlayBook has gone on sale, those trying to use it with an AT&T BlackBerry will find using the tablet quite problematic.
That's because, in addition to the tablet's other well-documented limitations, AT&T isn't yet letting PlayBook owners tether the tablet with a BlackBerry.
"We're working with RIM to make the BlackBerry Bridge app available for AT&T customers," an AT&T rep told Mobilized. "We've only just received the app for testing, and we want to make sure it will deliver a quality experience before we make it available to our customers."
That's a big deal because the PlayBook doesn't have a cellular connection of its own, requiring either Wi-Fi or a nearby BlackBerry. And it's not just Internet access that's lost. Bridge is the only way to get native calendar, email contacts, memo pad, tasks, and BBM apps for the tablet.
A RIM representative was not immediately available to comment on the AT&T issues.
After months of demos and touting, the PlayBook officially went on sale on Tuesday at stores ranging from Best Buy to office supply stores. The 7-inch tablet sells for between $499 to $699, depending on capacity, which just so happen to be the same prices that Apple sells its iPad 2.
RIM has said it will have versions of the PlayBook with built-in cellular connections to Sprint and others later this year. It has also said it is planning to add native programs for e-mail and calendar functions.
Because it uses an all-new QNX-based operating system, the PlayBook is launching with quite few applications. RIM hopes to address that by allowing programs written for the BlackBerry and for Android to run through emulation.
The company's stock dropped last week, following less-than-glowing reviews for the tablet that, while praising its Web browsing, dinged the device for its other shortcomings, including the lack of apps.


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Language Lounge
A Monthly Column for Word Lovers
Brief is Beautiful
December 1, 2011By Orin Hargraves
The Internet makes it possible to publish dictionaries containing entries of any length, in any format, that are not necessarily subject to traditional rules or conventions. So it's fair to ask: is abandoning the traditional short-form definition, along with the paper it was once printed on, a case of throwing out the baby with the bathwater? Or is it a good opportunity to reinvent lexicography? Continue reading...


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More than Music - U2's Bono and The Edge
By Team HC | (edited)
by Anne Erickson
U2 frontman Bono and guitarist The Edge are known for much more than just their chart-topping rock anthems: Both are humanitarians who have lent their time and hearts to a variety of causes over the years. We're taking a closer look at the statesmen of rock 'n' roll with profiles of both Bono and The Edge to get to know both a bit better.
The stats:
Who: David "The Edge" Howell Evans
Born: Aug. 8, 1961
Instruments: Guitars, piano, keyboards, vocals/background vocals
U2's David "The Edge" Howell Evans was born in Barking, Essex, in East London, to Gwenda and Garvin Evans. He met the guys who would eventually make up U2 in school, and formally joined the band in the mid-'70s, after responding to a notice posted on his school's bulletin board at Mount Temple appealing for musicians.
Right as U2 were getting off their feet, Bono renamed Dave Evans. His new moniker, "The Edge," is a name he would take with him for his entire career.
Following high school graduation, The Edge decided to wait a year to pursue collage and, instead, focused on music and U2. He left U2 at one point in the late-'70s, but Bono convinced him to follow his heart, and The Edge soon found his way back to the band. The rest is rock 'n' roll history.
The Edge married Aislinn O'Sullivan in 1983, and the two had three daughters: Hollie, Arran and Blue Angel. The two separated in 1990 and divorced in 1996. He married Morleigh Steinberg, the belly dancer and choreographer from the Zoo TV Tour, in 2002, and the two have two children: Sian and Levi.
The Edge's guitar work truly defines U2's sweeping, clean sound. He's known for his soaring sonic textures and heavily processed, ringing guitars.
All of the members of U2 have been supporters of organizations such as Greenpeace and Amnesty International. In 2005, The Edge took his involvement further and co-founded the charity Music Rising with Bob Ezrin and Gibson's own Henry Juszkiewicz in response to Hurricane Katrina. The goal of the organization was to restore the Gulf Coast's musical climate by replacing instruments that had been lost in the tragedy. The Edge also publically supports the New York Food Bank and Mencap Northern Ireland.
Source: www.atu2.com
"Just as a comedian doesn't want to tell the same jokes over and over, we don't want to play the same songs the same way. On the other hand, we've now come to a place where we're comfortable admitting we have our own style and we can do what we want with it. It's our sound. We made it, and we can break it if we want. Of course, we're the only ones that know how to put it back together again, too. All it takes is lots of arguing," on U2's evolving sound, via Guitar World.
" … Jamming is really the most awful, excruciating experience for me, I really don't enjoy it. First of all, that's not how I work as a guitar player. I compose using the instrument, I don't really sit down and play for the sake of playing stuff. So the idea of jamming – endless, directionless noodling around some nondescript chord progression – I really find very boring. Obviously a great song is fun to play, but U2 were never really in that phase of The Beatles in Hamburg or Van Morrison in showbands or Dylan in the folk clubs, of knowing and learning a big collection of classics. We never did that, and at the time we were forming as a band there really wasn't a large collection of songs that we felt like learning. It was actually a moment where the past was being thrown out the window, so its very much part of our DNA as a band not to be too reverential, as a general rule, and to try and look forward all the time. Invention being what we value most highly as opposed to emulation – which is what a lot of musicians feel is important, being able to play like the greats," on jamming with other guitarists, via The Telegraph.
"I suppose ultimately I'm interested in music. I'm a musician. I'm not a gunslinger. That's the difference between what I do and what a lot of guitar heroes do," on resisting rock 'n' roll clichés, via www.atu2.com.
The stats:
Who: Paul David "Bono" Hewson
Born: May 10, 1960
Instruments: Vocals, guitar
U2 frontman Paul David "Bono" Hewson was born in the north Dublin suburb of Ballymun. His father, Brendan Robert Hewson, was Catholic, and his mother, Iris Elizabeth Rankin, was protestant.
At the age of 14, Bono suffered a tragedy when his mother passed away after experiencing a brain hemorrhage at her own father's funeral.
Shortly after losing his mother, Hewson got his nickname. At first, his new name was "Steinhegvanhuysenolegbangbangbang," but that moniker evolved to "Bonavox of O'Connell Street" (after a hearing aid show in Dublin) to Bono Vox ("good voice" in Latin) and, eventually, to "Bono." A childhood friend, "Guggi" (Derek Rowan), helped give him the name.
As for love, Bono began dating Alison Stewart in 1976, and the two were married on August 21, 1982. The couple has four children: Jordan, Memphis Eve, Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi and John Abraham.
Like The Edge, Bono responded to a note on the Mount Temple bulletin board calling for musicians. The band started under the name Feedback, which evolved to Hype and, finally, U2. The band, of course, would become one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
Bono is known for not only his lush, powerful tenor, but also for his moving lyrical themes. U2 have always made faith, hope and love their central motifs, and that's thanks in no small part to Bono's spiritual lyrics.
Bono has a long history of dedicating his time to causes both with and outside of U2. His activism started when he traveled to Ethiopia with World Vision to lend a helping hand to a feeding camp with his wife Ali. For decades, Bono has assisted a number of causes and charities, including Greenpeace, the Jubilee 2000 project and beyond. He fought to end AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa by co-founding the lobbying organization DATA (Debt, Aid, Trade, Africa) and combated poverty with the ONE Campaign to Make Poverty History (U.S.) and the Make Poverty History movement (U.K.). Bono also was instrumental, alongside Bob Geldof, in helping to put together the Live 8 concerts in 2005, a collection of events around the world with the goal to increase aid, cancel Third World debt and help better the terms of trade with the world's poorest countries and regions.
In 2006, Bono and Bobby Shriver co-founded the Product (RED) campaign, which aims to sway large companies with global brands to sell a few lines of products from which a part of the revenue will go towards the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and malaria. Bono has helped many other charities over the years, and he's widely considered one of rock's biggest humanitarians.
Source: www.atu2.com.
"Our generation will be remembered for the Internet, for the war against terror, and for how we let an entire continent burst into flames while we stood around with watering cans—or not," regarding the AIDS epidemic, via Oprah.
"… I often wonder if religion is the enemy of God. It's almost like religion is what happens when the Spirit has left the building. God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm. I love that. You know, it says somewhere in the scriptures that the Spirit moves like a wind--no one knows where it's come from or where it's going. The Spirit is described in the Holy Scriptures as much more anarchic than any established religion credits," on religion, via Beliefnet.com.
"We have so many [new] songs, some of our best. But I'm putting some time aside to just go and get lost in the music. I want to take my young boys and my wife and just disappear with my iPod Nano and some books and an acoustic guitar," on U2's future, via Rolling Stone. -HC-
Anne Erickson holds years of bylines in Gannett Media publications, as well as music magazines Premier Guitar, Guitar Edge and more. She also hosts radio shows with iHeartRadio and has been syndicated in Seattle, Dayton, Central Coast California and beyond. Anne is a loyal Spartan and holds a Master's degree from MSU. She resides in Lansing, Michigan.A
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Ideal Team Percentage
At the end of the day, sports are simple. To win you just have to score more runs than your opponent. Wether you win 100-1, 1-0, or 10-5 a win is a win. Winning by fifty counts as the same amount of wins as winning by one. When you look at the standings, it doesn't say, On May 10th this team won by 2 runs but walked 10 batters and had fewer hits than their opponent. All it says is that this team has won so many games and lost so many.
Sports may be simple, but winning isn't. So far this year, the Cincinnati Reds have scored the third most runs per game (4.82) and the most in the National League. Yet, the Reds are just two games above .500, are third in the N.L. Central and have the 13th best record in baseball. The reason for this is that the Reds have a team ERA of 4.13, the fourth worst in the N.L. and the twenty second worst in baseball.
As for their ideal team percentage (ITP, Where a team ranks among MLB team in runs scored per game and ERA) the Reds are a 42%, (3+22)/60=42%. Keep in mind that the lowest, what a team wants to be, a team can be is 3.33% and the highest is 100%. And yes, I made that stat up.
But lets look at a team that is .500, like the Pittsburgh Pirates. For starters, what Clint Hurdle has done is amazing and very noteworthy, but that is a different story. The Pirates (35-35), currently rank 25th in MLB in runs scored per game (3.71) and are 8th in ERA (3.52). (25+8)/60=55%.
One of the more interesting teams this year, are the San Francisco Giants. The Giants have been having to deal with injuries all year long, including the loss of 2010 N.L. Rookie of the Year, Buster Posey. The Giants who are currently leading the N.L. West by just half a game are scoring just 3.48 runs per game, the second worst behind San Diego in MLB. Yet, they have the fourth lowest ERA (3.28) in MLB. All this means that the Giants have an ITP of 55%. So even though the Giants have four more wins than the Pirates, they have the same ITP.
But, we wouldn't be done if we didn't mention the Red Sox. Boston is first in the majors in runs scored per game (5.27), but Boston's team ERA is 3.97, or 19th in MLB. This is largely due to inconsistent pitching by John Lackey, Bobby Jenks, and lets not forget Dennys Reyes' three earned runs, two hit batters, and two walks in just 1.2 innings pitching. This all before being designated for assignment on April 8th. Boston has an ITP of 33%.
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Hillary Clinton's final campaign for office ended in a shocking defeat. But she isn't going quietly into the night.
"I think the country's at risk, and I'm trying to sound the alarm so more people will at least pay attention," Clinton told NPR.
That said, her career as a candidate is over.
"I'm done. I'm not running for office," Clinton said. But for those, including Democrats, who would like her to just go away? "Well, they're going to be disappointed," she said.
"I'm not going anywhere. I have the experience, I have the insight, I have the scars that I think give me not only the right, but the responsibility to speak out," Clinton said.
In her new campaign memoir, What Happened, and in interviews with Morning Edition's Rachel Martin and NPR's Tamara Keith, Clinton talks about her own failings, but she doesn't hold back on calling out sexism in American politics and heaping criticism on President Trump.
"I think he's being played," Clinton said of Trump, suggesting that he's given aid and comfort to Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. "I think he doesn't even understand the kind of strategic overview of what's happening in the world, and what we need to be doing to prepare, and so I'm gonna keep speaking out."
Asked if she is able to turn on the news without thinking, "What would I do in this situation?" Clinton responded with a laugh.
"No, I do it every single time! Look, I was prepared to be president. I had prepared and worked at it, and I go a little bit batty when I hear him say, 'Gee, this is a really hard job. Who knew health care was so complicated?' I did. No, I always am responding and reacting. Sometimes I yell at the TV even."
What happened
But Trump is the one in the Oval Office, not Clinton, and she offers a series of explanations for what she did wrong, in the book and in her interviews with NPR.
"I take ultimate responsibility for the loss," Clinton said. "I was the candidate. I was the person whose name was on the ballot. And I'll never get over that."
There was the private email server she used for official business while secretary of state, a cloud that hung over her campaign from start to finish.
"It was a dumb mistake. I think it was a dumber scandal, but it hurt," she said.
She also describes an inability to connect with the anger coursing through the electorate.
"I understood there was anger and fear and people were really unhappy because of what had happened in the financial crash. I understood all of that," Clinton said. "What I didn't — and I say this in the book — I didn't really do well is conveying how much I understood of that, conveying how I got the despair and the anger."
Clinton had plans — so many plans — for combating the opioid crisis, for helping people in coal country, for creating jobs through infrastructure spending and more.
"I talked about it, but I didn't really convey the emotional resonance," she said.
While Trump was sending a signal to voters by talking about making America great again, bringing back coal jobs and building a wall, Clinton's detailed plans didn't break through.
"The amount of time and effort we spent not only devising the best infrastructure plan you could imagine but figuring out how it was gonna be paid for, nobody cared," she said.
Meanwhile, she said, Trump tapped into something, even fed it.
His message was "discriminatory, it was bigoted, it was prejudiced," Clinton said. "And yet it fed into part of the electorate that just wanted to have a primal scream. They didn't like what was going on. They wanted something different. They weren't interested in what you could actually do, because clearly Trump hasn't done very much that he said he would do. But they really responded to his racial and ethnic and sexist appeals."
And while Trump started his campaign with a memorable line, Make America Great Again, Clinton said her team was headed into the general election trying to develop a theme that fit.
"I had three different very smart groups work independently, and I asked them, 'So what should be the theme of our general election?' And they each, amazingly, came up with the same slogan: 'Stronger Together.' Because what they argued, and what I believed, was that America does better when we're working together, when we're helping each other, when we're aiming toward a future of opportunity where we have broad-based economic growth that includes everybody, and where, yes, we stand up for human rights and civil rights," Clinton said.
But, asked to choose her biggest regret, Clinton didn't look inward.
"Losing is my biggest regret," she said. "And losing to someone who was not qualified and did not have the experience or the temperament to be president of the United States. That is my biggest regret."
Clinton deflected the question of whether another Democrat could have beaten Trump, saying, "Well, I don't think it's useful to speculate, because I was the nominee."
What if Joe Biden had been the nominee?
"Well, he wasn't. And you know he ran in '08, and he didn't run in this this time — if he wants to run in the future, he can do that," she said.
Comey, the Russians, voter suppression and other external forces
In an election decided by fewer than 100,000 votes in three states, Clinton argues any number of factors could have decided the election.
"I was on the path to winning, and I felt great about the three debates," Clinton said when asked about issues of trust that dogged her campaign. "And then unfortunately the Comey letter, aided in great measure by the Russian WikiLeaks, raised all those doubts again."
Less than two weeks before the election, then-FBI Director James Comey told Congress that the bureau would be revisiting its investigation into the handling of classified information in connection with Clinton. On Nov. 6, he said a newly discovered trove of emails did not change the FBI's recommendation that Clinton not be charged. Nevertheless, Clinton has repeatedly placed blame on this sequence of events for undermining her candidacy at a crucial moment.
WikiLeaks' release of thousands of emails allegedly tied to Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, is another frequent target of hers. The documents disclosed internal campaign deliberation about Clinton's private email server and excerpts from her Wall Street speeches. The campaign linked the release to Russia.
In the states Clinton lost, she argues voter ID requirements and other changes in the law made it harder for people who supported her to vote.
"In Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, in particular, as well as North Carolina, there was a concerted effort to suppress the vote," she said, recounting anecdotes about people whose identification didn't qualify them to vote in Milwaukee.
As for Russian interference in the election, Clinton thinks that in addition to the investigation being led by special counsel Robert Mueller, there should be an independent commission, like the 9/11 Commission.
"And if we don't come together as a country and with leadership from the White House and the Congress to combat it, to try to prevent it from happening again, we are really putting our democracy at risk," Clinton said.
She has been following the twists and turns of the Russia investigations and devotes a chapter of her book to the topic.
"We're only now finding out what we did try to warn people about starting last summer," Clinton said. But back then those warnings were often dismissed as a campaign trying to distract from the damaging revelations from the WikiLeaks emails. "And I think because it was so surreal — how, what do you mean the Russians are influencing our election? Now we know. Not only were they, they did. And not only did they, they will continue to do so."
Talking about sexism and misogyny
Clinton devotes a chapter of her book to being a woman in politics, and in conversations with NPR, she had a lot to say about it. Clinton said it is clear some share of the electorate "is just not ready" for a woman to be president. "They just cannot imagine it, and they are resistant to it. And I want in this book to make it very clear that what happened to me was not just about me," Clinton said.
There were some voters who said they were open to a woman as president, just not that woman, in reference to Clinton. But she doesn't buy that a different female candidate would have had it any easier.
"Look, if you think it's just about me, you don't have to deal with it. ... OK, I lost, you know? Have a nice time walking in the woods. But if you think it's endemic, as I believe it is, and that when a woman sticks her head up, she gets hit from both the right and the left by men who — primarily men — who do not want to accept the reality of a woman being a leader, an executive," Clinton said.
Her reference to men on "both the right and the left" isn't without purpose. In the book she has harsh words for supporters of Bernie Sanders, so-called Bernie Bros, who intimidated her supporters online to the point that they hid their feelings in private Facebook groups.
"I want people to understand sexism and misogyny are real," Clinton said. "They're real in business, they're real in politics, and people have to start standing up against it. And we have to equip young women to be able to ward it off and speak out, and we have to encourage men, particularly young men, not to buy into it. And we have to recognize there are deep stereotypes."
As to the claim from some Sanders supporters that Clinton ran with a sense of entitlement, she said, "I just totally reject that." Clinton called the criticism "off base."
Even after she clinched the nomination, she said, Sanders "just kept going, and he and his followers' attacks on me kept getting more and more personal, despite him asking me not to attack him personally. And you know, I really regret that. But now he's got a chance to prove that he's something other than a spoiler. And that is to help other Democrats. And I don't know if he will or not, but I'm hoping he will."
Out of the woods
Immediately following her election loss, Clinton returned home to Chappaqua, N.Y., and spent a lot of time hiking in the woods nearby with her husband (the former president) and their dogs.
"It was part of a process after the election to come to terms with having lost, and my personal disappointment in letting millions of people down. Also my fears about what a Trump presidency might mean for our country and the world," Clinton said, back in the woods for her interview with Keith. "So I had a lot to think about. And I think well when I'm walking. I sort of clear my mind."
That first day in the woods, she ran into a woman walking with her baby and dog. Her Facebook post spawned a meme, "HRC in the wild," and rapidly led to people looking for Clinton in the woods.
"One time we drove up here to go for a walk, and there were about a dozen people lying in wait, and I thought, 'OK we're gonna go somewhere more peaceful than that,' " Clinton said.
As the interview wrapped up, Clinton was approached by two women and a yellow Labrador.
Hillary Clinton didn't expect to lose the election. She spent the last several months trying to figure out what happened. And those two words - what happened - are the title of her new book out today. NPR's Tamara Keith covered Clinton's campaign from start to finish and interviewed her near her home in New York.
TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Hillary Clinton had imagined wearing her purple suit on her first trip to Washington, D.C., as president-elect, sending a signal about bipartisanship. Instead she wore it the morning after the election to give her concession speech.
HILLARY CLINTON: Last night I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans.
KEITH: It was over. Her frenetic campaign schedule, her plans well underway for a second Clinton presidency all came to a screeching halt. Two days later, Clinton ventured out to a nature preserve a couple of miles from her house in Chappaqua, N.Y. Last Friday, we went back there with her.
CLINTON: I just try to walk and think.
KEITH: In the weeks after the election, Hillary Clinton spent a lot of time walking in the woods in shock with nothing but time. She traded in her bright suits for yoga pants, and she did a lot of reflecting.
CLINTON: It was part of a process after the election to, you know, come to terms with having lost and my personal disappointment in letting millions of people down - also my fears about what a Trump presidency might mean for our country and the world. So I had a lot to think about.
KEITH: In her book, Clinton writes about James Comey, unfair media coverage, Russian election interference, sexism, restrictive voter ID laws and character attacks from Bernie Sanders that stuck with her past the primary, all external factors she says contributed to her loss. More than once, she points out that she won the popular vote. But there's also a lot about what Hillary Clinton could have done better, and I asked her about that.
CLINTON: You know, I take ultimate responsibility for the loss. I was the candidate. I was the person whose name was on the ballot. And I'll never - you know, I'll never get over that. And it was everything from the decision to use a personal email, which got blown up. It was a dumb mistake. I think it was a dumber scandal, but it hurt.
KEITH: In the book, Clinton writes, I've made mistakes, been defensive about them, stubbornly resisted apologizing. She says giving those paid Wall Street speeches was a mistake. She admits her campaign struggled to stay on message, and she spends an entire chapter talking about her failure to break through with white, working-class voters and how terrible she feels about saying this at a CNN town hall in March of 2016.
CLINTON: Because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business, right, Tim? And we're going to make it clear that we don't want to forget those people.
KEITH: She says her words came out all wrong, and they haunted her for the rest of the campaign.
DAVID CUTLIP: We all heard what Hillary Clinton said.
CLINTON: Because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.
CUTLIP: She said it, and she meant it.
KEITH: In coal country, President Trump got a lot of credit for what Clinton considered a false promise to bring back coal jobs. Meanwhile, she had a detailed plan for helping displaced workers in the region. Actually, during the campaign, she had a plan for just about everything.
CLINTON: You know, Hillary Clinton shows up with her plans. She tells you what she wants to do. Well, this is a job interview. I'm supposed to tell you what I want to do, and then I expect you to hold me accountable for actually getting it done and producing results.
KEITH: But now she writes many voters really didn't want to hear about plans and policies. They wanted a candidate to be as angry as they were. They wanted somebody to blame.
CLINTON: I don't think I sufficiently embodied that real great emotional need that people had to have a recognition of the anger. I was trying to answer the anger. I was trying to say, yeah, I know why you're angry. The 2008, 2009 financial crisis was horrible, and I know people are still suffering from it. But here's what we're going to do about it because I like to get up in the morning and say, OK, what are we going to do?
KEITH: I asked her, what was your biggest regret?
CLINTON: Losing is my biggest regret (laughter) and losing to someone who was not qualified and did not have the experience or the temperament to be president of the United States. That is my biggest regret.
KEITH: In her book and in this interview, Clinton takes numerous jabs at the man who now sits in the Oval Office. She says Trump's foreign policy moves have given aid and comfort to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
CLINTON: And I think he's being played. I think he doesn't even understand the kind of strategic overview of what's happening in the world.
KEITH: So yeah, Hillary Clinton yells at the television a lot.
Do you ever turn on the news and not think, what would I do in this situation?
CLINTON: No. I do it every single time (laughter). And look; I was prepared to be president. I had prepared and worked at it. And I go a little bit batty when I hear, you know, him say, gee, this is a really hard job; who knew health care was so complicated? I did.
KEITH: There's a chapter in Clinton's book on being a woman in politics where she argues that sexism and misogyny are real and need to be confronted.
Do you think America was not ready for a female president?
CLINTON: I think there's a significant percentage of Americans, many more in the Republican Party than in the Democratic Party according to all of the data, that is just not ready. They just cannot imagine it, and they are resistant to it.
KEITH: Clinton insists it's not just her, pointing to attacks on female Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris and the way Carly Fiorina was treated in the Republican primary.
CLINTON: If you think it's just about me, you don't have to deal with it 'cause, OK, I lost, you know? Have a nice time walking in the woods. But if you think it's endemic as I believe it is and that when a woman sticks her head up, she gets hit from both the right and the left by men who - primarily men who do not want to accept the reality of a woman being a leader, an executive...
KEITH: As for those hikes in the woods, shortly after the election, Clinton ran into a young woman with her baby and dog. The picture, posted on Facebook, spawned a meme - HRC in the wild. And out in the wild, there were many hugs and painful conversations with supporters who were mourning her loss as well.
CLINTON: Oftentimes they would burst into tears, which was difficult but understandable.
KEITH: And before long, Clinton got a sense that all these chance meetings weren't by chance at all. In fact during our interview, two women and a yellow Labrador approach.
CLINTON: Isn't this a glorious day?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Glorious day - I am so happy to see you.
KEITH: There are many people, including some Democrats, who would be happier if Hillary Clinton stayed in the woods, didn't write this book, didn't re-open the wounds of 2016.
CLINTON: Well, they're going to be disappointed because I think it's important for people with my experience and my insight into what went on in the campaign but more generally about our country to speak out.
KEITH: Clinton says she is done running for office, but she plans to keep speaking up. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
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A familiar face is back at the helm for Fayette's parks program.
Scott Wagner was hired by council last Tuesday to serve as parks director. The park board will pay 25 percent of his salary, and Wagner is expected to devote about 25 percent of his time to park activities and the remainder to general village needs.
Wagner will document his park hours and it's understood that certain times of the year will require more time with park business. In emergencies such as a water line break, Wagner would leave his park duties and join the village crew.
Earlier this year Wagner announced he didn't want to return to the position, but the job was altered so his work would be completed during his regular daytime hours and avoid additional evening work. Wagner said that's how the job was set up when he was first hired several years ago.
Colin Barnhiser was hired to work as an on-call mower, replacing a person who retired.
CONCESSION STAND—The Parents Support Group will operate the park concession stand and receive $2,000. The group annually raises funds for the sophomore class. Any profits beyond $2,000 will stay with the park board.
The park board initially recommended accepting an offer from Jo Wagner and Virginia White, but the two women rescinded their offer to run the stand once they learned the parent group was interested. The two women made their offer only to make sure the stand was staffed and in operation.
Councilor Julia Ruger stated that the director should be in place at the end of the season rather than wait until mid-March. Administrator Amy Metz apologized for the situation, acknowledging it's her role to help administratively.
PARKING—Metz expressed her concern about parking near the ball diamonds now that DH Holdings bought the former school property. Metz thinks there's only one row of parking that's part of the village property.
She spoke with Camille Ajaka of Philips Services, the firm working on the cleanup of the contaminated factory site. He didn't yet have an answer to her question about parking.
ALLEY—Council will consider making the alley behind Keifer's Video store a one-way road. The traffic would flow east to prevent potential traffic and pedestrian hazards.
APPOINTMENTS—Council approved the appointment of Cinda Metcalf to the tree commission and Burt Blue to the zoning board.
POLICE—Council gave its approval to seek a $19,000 loan for the purchase a new Ford Explorer police cruiser to replace the Crown Victoria. There was already $5,500 set aside for a new vehicle and the village received a gift of $500 from the Fulton County United Veterans.
The Explorer is about $3,000 cheaper than a Crown Victoria, said chief Jason Simon, and is easier for loading prisoners. The vehicle also brings a higher resale value.
Council approved re-hiring Adam Berg as a part-time officer to cut down on Troy Stewart's overtime while officer Chris Garcia is on leave.
BILLS—Metz reminded residents that utility bills may be paid in the village office using a credit or debit card. In addition, residents can fill out a form in the village office if they wish to have payment made automatically from their checking account.
CLOSED—Council met in a closed session for more than an hour to discuss a personnel issue.


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Randy Altschuler puts $1M St. James home on market
Two-time congressional candidate Randy Altschuler has put his $1 million home in St. James on the market five years after moving into the 1st Congressional District.
Altschuler, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully in 2010 and 2012, put his 4,471-square-foot home up for sale for $1.049 million -- about $50,000 less than he paid -- about two weeks ago, according to Zillow.com, a real estate website. An official of Daniel Gale Sotheby's confirmed the real estate firm has the listing, but Altschuler did not return calls for comment.
Altschuler, a wealthy businessman, lost a recount to Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) in 2010 by just 593 votes, and Bishop beat him in a rematch last year by 14,475 votes. In those campaigns, opponents assailed Altschuler as a carpetbagger who had moved here only recently after exploring a candidacy in New Jersey.
The cedar/stone Colonial house, built in 1988, has a circular driveway, six bedrooms, six baths and an in-ground pool, according to Zillow. Altschuler bought the house in May 2009 for $1.1 million, according to the website. Election records show Altschuler first registered to vote in Suffolk in May 2008 and he has said he rented at two different addresses before buying the house.
Bill Ellis, Altschuler's hometown Smithtown GOP leader, said he was unaware of the listing, but said the last time he spoke to Altschuler after Election Day, Altschuler said he wanted to remain involved in the local GOP.
"Randy did a yeoman's job in two congressional runs," Ellis said. "The last race surprised a lot of people by the magnitude of the final decision. Perhaps he was somewhat disheartened."
Suffolk GOP chairman John Jay LaValle, who opposed Altschuler in the first race but embraced his second, said it would be a loss to the party if Altschuler were to depart.
"Over the last several years he's been immersed in party business and certainly has had a very positive effect," LaValle said.
"I guess it's just another campaign expense," Richard Schaffer, Suffolk Democratic chairman, said of Altschuler asking less than he paid for the home. "I guess he'll be looking for another congressional district in which to run. That's been his MO all along."
Bishop, through a spokesman, said: "We wish Randy and his family all the best."Altschuler was a co-founder of OfficeTiger, a Manhattan-based professional support services firm, with employees worldwide, that handled back-office functions. Bishop attacked OfficeTiger as an outsourcer of American jobs. Altschuler countered that the company, which he sold in 2006 for $250 million, created 750 U.S. jobs, on top of the 3,250 it had in Europe and Asia.He said the firm helped U.S. companies compete in the global economy and create more jobs. Altschuler now owns Cloud Blue, a Georgia-based electronics recycling company.In his 2010 race, Altschuler spent $4.6 million, including $2.9 million of his own money, to Bishop's $3.1 million. In last year's bid, Altschuler spent nearly $2.3 million to Bishop's $3.03 million, according to Center for Responsive Politics.


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