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It was the kind of report news outlets pounce on because it apparently offers one of those 'gotcha' moments their audience seems to crave so much. So you've probably already heard about the latest study on dietary fats and their limited impact on heart health.
If not, here are a few details. For their research, an international team of scientists undertook what is known as a 'meta-analysis,' meaning they reviewed a number of previous investigations (as opposed to doing their own) to determine the effects of diet changes with regards to fat intake. In the end they concluded that cutting back on saturated fat or adding polyunsaturated fatty acids, as recommended by many health experts, was not as beneficial as widely believed.
In layperson's terms, the study results could be interpreted as saying that for heart health it doesn't really matter all that much what kind of fat you eat – whether it comes from meat products (mostly saturated), oils (mono- and polyunsaturated), plant foods like vegetables, beans and grains (polyunsaturated), fish (omega-3), or nuts and seeds (omega-6 polyunsaturated).
This, of course, sharply contradicts existing nutritional guidelines – including those by the American Heart Association (AHA) – most of which urge limiting saturated fats and replacing them with the other varieties, especially for heart disease patients.
To be sure, studies like these (including studies of studies) are important and instrumental for the progress of science. They help us refine and, if need be, correct the knowledge we claim to have. On the other hand, if they are reported in the press and elsewhere in ways that misread or distort the facts and only add to the confusion of an already weary public, we may need to look for a more careful approach.
The findings of studies that solely focus on particular nutrients cannot readily be translated into nutritional guidelines, warns Dr. David L. Katz, the founding director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University and the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut, and author of several books on nutritional health, most recently, "Disease Proof – The Remarkable Truth About What Makes Us Well" (Penguin, 2013).
The point is that if you ask people to change just one thing in their diet, you are not necessarily improving their overall nutritional health. For example, it doesn't suffice to recommend reducing consumption of meat (saturated fat) but say nothing about excessive intake of refined carbohydrates and sugar, which is equally common in the American diet, and has equally menacing health outcomes.
When people decide to eat less of certain foods, they usually compensate for the deficit by eating more of something else. The question is, what is that something else, says Dr. Katz.
To give meaningful dietary guidelines people can trust and follow in practical terms, scientists have to stop taking a "one-nutrient-at-a-time" approach and rather focus on the larger picture, he demands in an article he wrote in response to the study.
"Dietary guidance must be about the whole diet, and should be directed at foods rather than nutrients. If we get the foods right, the nutrients take care of themselves," he argues.
So what should be the take-away from this study and others of its kind? To everyone who is interested in health-promoting eating habits, I suggest you continue with your regimen of a balanced diet as best as you can. The benefits are clear and so are the risks of deviating from what we know to be healthful. There is nothing to be confused about.
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"New Frontier" anti-JFK board game
I recently came across what is now one of my favorite things in the Collection: a board game entitled "New Frontier." This witty, politically-inspired game offers a spin on the popular Parker Brothers game MONOPOLY, complete with its own currency (Jack scrip), real estate (including "Humphrey's Hot-Air Heating Co." and the "Deficit Finance Co."), and a GO square (here called the "Seat of Government", where you "move fawhwad" through the "leadership gap" only by paying $2000 Jack in taxes).
The game was copyrighted in 1962, shortly after President John F. Kennedy took office on January 20, 1961, after winning a close election against Richard Nixon. Kennedy first used the term "New Frontier" during his speech at the 1960 Democratic National Convention (by griffiths at www.dresshead.com). The term became a slogan representing the campaign and, later, the Kennedy Administration's goals of eradicating poverty and propelling the space program.
The board game, "The Game Nobody Can Win" is the self-proclaimed "Funniest Political Game of the Century!" and game equipment includes a "Pad of paper to print your own money (There's not enough Jack in existence to finance New Frontier)." This game speaks for itself—the instructions read, in part: "….An educational exercise for all registered voters…Under the New Frontier business profits are pitilessly taxed away and all players eventually go bankrupt and have their properties socialized…"
Ironic or simply hilarious, this game not only offers commentary on 1960s politics, but illustrates many parallels to current political debates in this presidential election year.
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301 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301
(850) 606-5302 www.LeonCountyFL.gov
Mathieu Cavell, Director
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Leon County Welcomes Home Vietnam Veterans
Operation Thank You Honors Vietnam Veterans with Breakfast Ceremony
Today, Leon County's Operation Thank You welcomed home local Vietnam veterans at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The event began with a Welcome Home Ceremony followed by breakfast served by Leon County Commissioners to a gathering of more than 400 members of the community comprised of veterans, their families and guests.
Following the success of the first Operation Thank You last year, the Leon County Commission moved to make the initiative an annual event as part of the Board's long-term commitment and support to local armed forces members and veterans. With the recent national push to recognize March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, the County Commission decided that this year's Operation Thank You would honor and recognize the service of veterans who served in the Vietnam War.
"This year marks the 40 year anniversary when the last of our troops were pulled out of Vietnam," said Nick Maddox, Chairman of the Leon County Commission. "Those who served in Vietnam were never given a proper welcome and we felt it was appropriate and well overdue that we as a community thank and honor them."
Operation Thank You highlights the importance Leon County places on supporting local armed forces members, veterans and their families.
"The County has a long history of service to the men and women who have served us and our community," said Leon County Administrator Vincent S. Long. "The many programs and services of our Veteran Services Office reflect this County Commission's continued commitment to make the veterans of our community a core priority and that makes us all very proud."
Chairman Maddox led the Welcome Home Ceremony which kicked off with the presentation of colors by the Lincoln High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Color Guard and performance of the National Anthem by the Lincoln High School Chamber Choir. Vietnam Veteran and former Prisoner of War Bruce Archer gave keynote remarks and Meg Baldwin read a letter written by her father during his tour in Vietnam expressing his appreciation for the troops that served by his side.
The ceremony closed with recognition of the Vietnam veterans by the Leon County Commission. More than 150 Vietnam veterans stood at attention as they were presented with a Welcome Home Commemorative Coin and a replica of the County Proclamation read by Chairman Maddox declaring Saturday, March 30, 2013 "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." Finally, Vietnam veterans in attendance gathered in front of the Memorial for a Welcome Home group portrait.
Following the ceremony, County Commissioners cooked, flipped and served pancakes to the veterans and guests in attendance at the event. Also featured during the breakfast portion was the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Center which displayed posters, letters, and memorabilia specific to the Vietnam War era.
For event information and highlights of Leon County's efforts to support the veteran community through its services, programs and partnerships, visit the Operation Thank You website at www.LeonCountyFL.gov/OperationThankYou or contact Shington Lamy, Assistant to the Leon County Administrator, at (850) 606-5300 w / (305) 989-7831 c / firstname.lastname@example.com or Jan Carey, Leon County Veteran Services Officer, at (850) 606-1940 / email@example.com.


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Zoe Saldana won't need convincing to head to the set of "Avatar 2."
"We signed our lives away for whatever was going to happen. It was the kind of thing that, had they not asked me to sign, I would've offered myself regardless," the star told Access Hollywood of the potential sequel at the 3rd Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon. "Any excuse to go back and reunite with [director] Jim [Cameron] and the rest of the cast, especially Sam [Worthington] and Sigourney [Weaver], is something that I won't even hesitate [to do]."
As the cast and crew of "Avatar" gear up for their big night at the Oscars on Sunday, Zoe said she's been trying to slow down the whirlwind of awards season events.
"Life happens and it goes so fast," she said. "It's been so wonderful so far."
The film has grossed over $2 billion, making it the top-earning film ever – beating out Cameron's previous record holder, 1997's "Titanic." The director has confirmed a sequel is in the works, though the project is likely a ways off.
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Melanoma causes 80 per cent of skin cancer-related deaths, with Australia having the highest incidence of melanoma in the world.
Professor Ziman and the team at ECU's Melanoma Research Group joined forces with international manufacturers, Cristal Global, to examine over 80 employees from their Australind and Kemerton sites. Many of these people work outside on a daily basis.
Associate Professor Ziman was joined by Director of the Perth Melanoma Clinic and respected plastic surgeon Robert Peace as they performed the free skin checks.
"Melanoma is a serious disease, which is caused primarily by prolonged exposure to UV rays," Professor Ziman said.
"By performing skin checks on these employees, we have not only raised awareness about the danger of prolonged sun exposure, but also detected skin abnormalities which may have the ability to develop into melanomas later, with 18 of the workers examined sent to a clinic for further examination."
Cristal Global have donated over $4,000 to help further melanoma research at the University, with Robert Pearce also donating his time for the day.
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Holiday Party at SUNY Canton
Rylan Powell, 2, the son of Johanna and Rick Powell of Rensselaer Falls, sits on Santa's lap while he reads to a group of children at the College. SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy and his wife Dine host the annual Holiday party for families and friends of the College. Students from the Early Childhood program provided Holiday themed activities and volunteered as elves.
SUNY Canton offers a wide variety of career-driven bachelor's, associate, and certificate programs. Most of SUNY Canton's new four-year programs are designed so students can take them on-campus, online, or both. SUNY Canton OnLine features more than 100 courses online each semester. The College's athletic teams belong to the NAIA's Sunrise Conference, enabling students to compete in their respective sports for four years. Construction is now underway for the College's new Convocation, Athletic, and Recreation Center.
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We know that our readers rely on our magazine, and we doubt it has escaped anyone's notice that - in the last couple of years - we've only been able to publish a couple of new issues annually, rather than the six promised by our bimonthly schedule. This has not been due to money problems or a shortage of material. The reason for the magazine's recent irregularity is largely due to the fact that we only have one Donna. It's one of her many jobs to produce VIDEO WATCHDOG on a regular schedule, but for the past two years, she has had to focus most of her attention on the creation and completion of the VIDEO WATCHDOG Digital Archive, the object of our successful 2013 Indiegogo campaign.
That process was fraught with untold technological perils, all very time-consuming - but happily, all that is behind us now. The promises of our campaign have now been fully kept: all 179 of our back issues are now digitized, as well as our two Special Editions, THE VIDEO WATCHDOG BOOK, and even MARIO BAVA - ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK.
VW's digital arm is a colossal achievement, one that has attracted a lot of attention and won the respect of executives from much larger businesses. What we did not expect when we undertook it is that the painstaking creation of the Digital Archive would take the wind out of our primary business - which is VIDEO WATCHDOG, the print magazine.
We have considered different things we might do to keep things moving forward, and have already implemented one or two. For the last 25 years, VIDEO WATCHDOG has operated largely on its own earnings. A couple of years ago, we decided to open our pages to paid advertising. In that time, we have done our best to reinvent ourselves as advertising-friendly, but pursuing advertisers is a full-time job; we've had to take heart in the support we have been able to attract on our own merits. Our most recent digital issue, VW 179, introduced a new advertising idea that we call the "Now Playing Showcase" - an inside front cover forum that would guarantee anyone with a product the undivided attention of our very select target demographic. Like a number of things we do, it seems to have been a little ahead of the curve. We hope that advertisers, artists, musicians and authors alike will discover this feature and the wonders it could work for them. But until then...
It also occurred to us that we might undertake another fund-raising campaign, but frankly, it would be counter-productive to take the time away from the magazine to mount such a thing. We know how much time and energy it takes to run a successful campaign, and the print magazine itself must be our primary concern.
We don't want to project the image of a small business seeking charity. What we are seeking is a reliable source of ongoing support, much like SIGHT AND SOUND has the support of the British Film Institute, or FILM COMMENT has the support of the Film Society at Lincoln Center. We can only envision this support coming from our readers, perhaps from those professionals who found their careers as a result of pursuing dreams that VIDEO WATCHDOG inspired.
And so we are seeking Patrons, serious investors in VIDEO WATCHDOG - a magazine that, over the past quarter century, has changed the way that horror and fantasy films are regarded by the industry. A magazine that innovated the way motion pictures on home video are reviewed by everyone. A magazine that has inspired a generation of readers to become filmmakers, screenwriters and preservationists. A magazine whose publishing successes include what many reviewers have described as the most beautiful film-related book of all time. A company that has received the Saturn Award for Special Achievement, the Independent Publishers Award, the International Horror Guild Award and that presently holds the all-time record number of Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.
We are proud of these laurels, but it's not in our nature to rest on them. We are not ready to quit - there is still so much we want to achieve! The first thing we want to do is get back onto a regular schedule, to continue blazing the trail that we feel is our special contribution to genre journalism - a consumer magazine of genuine literary quality about the genre films that were ghettoized by audience and industry alike when we started publishing in 1990. Our Digital Archive - so much more than a mere digitizing of past content, with its myriad innovations and fresh models for accommodating advertising - shows that we still have bold and surprising ideas up our sleeves. There are also other books we want to publish, and we have many, many more issues that we want to produce. All this can happen if we can connect with those special people who share our dreams and seek only the reimbursement of seeing us achieve these goals.
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Lincolnshire sausage & lentil simmer
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- fibre6g
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Venerable New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael is often misquoted as having said she couldn't believe Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election because she didn't personally know anyone who voted for him. This sentiment has long been deployed by conservatives as a symbol of Northeastern liberal out-of-touchness.
It's September and school is back in session, which means I'm a frequent flier and again wearing slip-on shoes to get through security easier. I was thinking about Ms. Kael's statement, and of availability bias when one of the TSA agents in Milwaukee blurted  "you're not going to vote for Obama now are you?" He laughed after he said it, but only to indemnify himself. It struck be as strange that he would pick me, coming from New York, to needle. He must have noticed the box clipping I tote around of a Chia Obama I found under the seat of a rental van 4 years ago, though I have it as a good luck charm, not a political symbol. As far availability bias, not only can I not name a colleague in Brooklyn who voted for John McCain in 2008, I'm not sure I know anyone there who knew anyone else who didn't consider the McCain-Palin ticket as anything more than fodder for Lorne Michaels. Yet, over 50 million Americans disagreed. And it appears one of them may work in security at General Mitchell airport in Milwaukee.
Last Tuesday in my Cedarburg, WI studio the furnace maintenance guy barreled in as I was prepping panels. Though it was 79 degrees my father-in-law had called in a pre-emptive strike against what he thinks will be the "most severe winter on record.†Funny, because everyone in New York seems to think this year's winter will be even warmer than last – which was one of the warmest on record – due to the effects of global warming. For the record, I believe in global warming; however, I also believe that many now tend to forecast weather with politics instead of meteorology, hoping it's warm in January if only to rub salt in the eyes of those who they see as apologists for unregulated industrialization. And, of course, vice-versa – I tend to believe my father-in-law is personally willing on a cold winter so he can show all the hippies in Massachusetts that the sky isn't falling.
Anyway, he sent the furnace guy to my studio to make sure everything was ready for the coming ice age. And without provocation and for means of introduction while we shared semi-intimate space together, he blurted, "Did you watch that convention last night, (referring to the DNC) Crazy stuff, huh? If we don't get Obama outta there soon, some shit's going to hit the fan.â€
I'll never reveal where I personally stand on politics, but you can be sure that if am ever invited to a dinner with your family I won't kick off the exchange by asserting my opinions about religion, politics or sex.
The only possible explanations for furnace dude's remarks are: 1. That he's incredibly tactless, or 2. He's so insulated from anyone who would find what he said unreasonable that he considered his remarks as safe as any platitude about the weather, or 3. My father-in-law coached him to try to figure out my politics. If you're reading this, dad-in-law, you're out of luck, because I'm a vault.
I agreed that the world was descending into the abyss and kept sanding.
This past Friday I returned to New York for the weekend and went to see a documentary about the artist Wayne White called "Beauty is Embarrassing.†It was an engrossing and surprisingly uplifting 90 minutes of chilly theater time, and the second time in three weeks I had gone to see a show at IFC. The other was for Mike Birbiglia's "Sleepwalk With Me.†At the end of both shows I embarrassed myself by trying to exit just as the Q and A sessions with the film's subjects were commencing.
Especially in the case of "Sleepwalk With Me,†I felt a mild unease with the nature of the post-film discussion. Ira Glass and Mike Birbiglia fielded questions graciously and humorously, but were conspicuously on message – they were there to spread gospels to their disciples and encourage dissemination to those in the deprived hinterlands. They actually encouraged us to use the social networks at our disposal to disseminate our praises to those outside of New York.
This smacked of desperation to me. "C'mon, you're Ira Glass and Mike Birbiglia, do you really have to pander like buskers with hats out? It's not becoming of superstars to beg like hobos.â€
I just got back into Cedarburg today and am prepping for class tomorrow. As we do every Sunday, my father-in-law picks me up from the airport and drives me through the main drag of Cedarburg to see what's new. Nothing ever is, really, that's the charm of the city. It's actually kind of ironic that he's so bent on seeing what's new, when in fact he's actually trying to reinforce how not new everything is.
Well, actually one thing is new every week: the movie showing at the one-screen, second-run theater in town, the Rivoli. It's usually something that plays well with families. Maybe an "Alvin and the Chipmunk, the Squeakquel,†or a Pixar movie. This week it's "The Amazing Spider Man.†I hadn't even recalled another Spider Man being made – it must have gotten lost in my mind with all the Tobey Maguire sequences and the whole "Afraid of the Dark†fiasco.
We circled the town one more time, detouring by the fire station to see a new truck that he's showed me each of my last four visits, before we arrived safely at the homestead. At home I spread out in the living room floor like a fat Labrador to prepare for class. But only before procrastinating with some Art Fag City gossip and looking up box office receipts for some recent motion pictures.
The Amazing Spider-Man                       Sony               $260,005,361
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel            Fox                 $219,614,612
Sleepwalk with Me                              IFC                          $535,948
I thought, Two hundred million dollars? How did it make that much money. I can't name a single person who paid to see Alvin and the Chipmunks!!!â€
You know, it's hard to teach about Postminimalism with the box office totals for a Chipmunks movie weighing on your mind.
As I placed Eva Hesse images into a Powerpoint, Alvin went on heckling me in a high-pitched voice.
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By: Jillian Lauren
Today was my European press montage in fast forward. I found myself having that odd experience of feeling nostalgia for what I was doing at the moment. As if I was living it and looking back on it at the same time. I often feel this way in train stations.
And no, I'm not stoned.
Took a train to Antwerp this morning. One of the reasons I love traveling is that sometimes you'll round a corner and unexpectedly see something like Antwerp Central Station:
I have a running theme in my life of travel miscommunication, so I regularly show up at airports or train stations erroneously expecting that someone will be there to meet me (midnight in Addis Ababa was my favorite). It's at just these moments that I enjoy the evil Starbucks monster takeover of the world. When it happened today, I got a latte and marveled at the gorgeousness around me until it got sorted out.
When I finally did arrive at the offices of Lanno, my first interview was already there. I didn't stop talking until I turned around five hours later and ran to catch a train back to Amsterdam. Along the way, I managed to shove three bites of egg sandwich into my mouth and to guzzle down twelve cups of coffee. One encouraging thing about the interviews was that a few of the journalists quoted lines and discussed some themes with me that led me to suspect the Dutch translation is excellent.
Back in the hotel now and I swear I'm going to make myself get off my ass and take a walk before I pass out. Any minute now. Here I go.
Jillian Lauren is a writer in Los Angeles and recently released her memoir "Some Girls: My life in a Harem" You can read more at JillianLauren.com


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Sometimes we get a new product in that is so universally adored by the entire staff of Purl Soho that we know we need to make a Purl Bee project out of it. Our latest obsession is the new natural colorway of the Mary Flanagan Felted Wool called "Oatmeal". It soft and fluffy and ever so slightly heathered in gorgeous natural ecru and brown shades. Every time I pass by it's shelf in the store I want to pull it out and touch it.
I have always loved Mary Flanagan's whole spectrum of 13-inch by 16-inch pieces of felted wool. They are so fluffy and soft. I've sewn it into all kinds of things, from baby dolls, to blankets, to mittens. This time I wanted to make something you could use, see, and touch every day. Page, Joelle, and I all brainstormed and come up with these fluffy hot pads, which are so easy to make!
In order to make one piece of precious felt into two hot pads we used Carr Textiles Organic Cotton Duck as a backing. This canvas weight fabric is so sturdy and comes in great colors. The natural color that we used is smooth and slightly flecked which compliments and contrasts with the wool nicely. To add a kitchen-y feel we accented them with bright red Fettucia Cotton Ribbon and did some simple quilting with bright red cotton thread. They are sewn with two layers of our thickest cotton batting making them very heat resistant and super lofty. Their rectangular shape makes them ideal for grabbing hot dishes out of the oven and holding onto pan handles. They are also pretty enough to use as trivets directly on the table.
To make two 7-inch by 12-inch hot pads:
- 1 piece of Mary Flanagan Felted Wool in Oatmeal
- 1/4-yard of Organic Cotton Duck in Natural
- 1 yard of Fettucia Ribbon in Red
- 1 craft sized package of Supreme Cotton Batting
- Bright red cotton thread (color 4880)
- Ecru cotton thread (color 1040)
Cut the wool felt into two 8-inch X 13-inch pieces.
Cut the cotton duck into two 8-inch X 13-inch pieces.
Cut the batting into four 8-inch X 13-inch pieces.
Cut two 7-inch lengths of the ribbon.
You will use 1 wool felt piece, one cotton duck piece, two pieces of batting, and one length of ribbon per hot pad.
Lay one piece of batting down and smooth it flat. Lay a piece of cotton duck on top of the batting and then place the doubled length of ribbon in the middle of the top short side of the piece as shown above.
Lay the wool felt on top of the batting, duck, and ribbon, making sure to keep the ribbon in place. Then place the second piece of batting on top of all the other layers. Your quilt "sandwich" should now be in the following order: batting, duck, ribbon, felt, batting.
Pin through all of the layers along three sides, leaving the short side that does not contain the ribbon un-pinned.
Using your machine's walking foot and the ecru thread sew the layers together with a 1/2-inch seam allowance along the three pinned sides, leaving the un-pinned side open.
Turn the piece right side out. The ribbon should poke out at the top like so.
Tuck the raw edges of the un-sewn side 1/2-inch into themselves and pin the opening closed.
Hand sew the open edge closed with a blind stitch using the ecru thread.
Mark the area or areas that you would like to quilt. I used a Hera Marker to make a small crease across the middle of the hot pad. You can add as many quilted lines as you like or as few as one in the middle, as I did in the example.
Using the red thread and your machine's walking foot, quilt along the mark (or markings as the case may be).
Go forwards and backwards along the quilted line(s) to make a bold red line as shown above.
Repeat for the second hot pad and you're all done!


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This place was packed when we walked inside, mostly families, but also a few couples. I was surprised how busy it was considering I've never heard of the place before. Seems I'm the last to know. Anyway, they have your typical assembly line ordering system, you tell them what you want. What sets Cafe Rio apart is that you can watch meats being grilled and tortillas being made while you wait.
Frank ordered a grilled steak burrito with rice, black beans and hot sauce. Then, he got it coated in enchilada sauce and cheese. Condiments like sour cream and salsa were added to the side.
I ordered two tacos with corn tortillas: pork barbacoa and chicken.
His steak burrito was worlds better than my tacos. It was pretty good. Large and filling. The barbacoa pork was WAY too sweet for my liking and the chicken was bland. The tortillas fell apart, it was pretty disastrous. Thankfully, Frank was a dear and shared his burrito. We also ordered chips and salsa. Eh, not so great. The salsa was WAY too lime-y.
Dinner was around 22 bucks. I'm not much of a fan of the fast-casual eateries. I'd much rather stick to a full service restaurant.


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She gave him her kidney but they couldn't save their marriage.
Late-night funnyman George Lopez and wife Ann Serrano are calling it quits after 17 years of marriage.
After TMZ first reported news of the split, a rep for the "Lopez Tonight" host released a statement to USA Today saying the decision was mutual.
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"George and Ann Lopez have made the decision to end their 17 year marriage. The decision is amicable and by mutual agreement," the statement said. "They remain dedicated parents, and committed partners in business and their philanthropic organization, The Lopez Foundation."
The ex-couple, which has a 15-year-old daughter, Mayan, were spotted out together in Los Angeles just last week smiling for photos at the Padres Contra El Cancer's 25th Annual Gala at The Hollywood Palladium.
In 2005, Ann Lopez donated one of her kidneys to George, 49.
With no blood relatives to turn to, Lopez had faced a waiting list 60,000 strong until his wife stepped in, he told People mag after undergoing surgery.
"I can't pay her back, but what I can do is make her as happy as she thought I would when we first got married," Lopez told People.


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UI Hospitals and Clinics award recognizes patient safety week
UI Hospitals and Clinics award recognizes patient safety week
UI Hospitals and Clinics award recognizes patient safety week
As part of a national campaign to raise awareness about the importance of patient safety, leaders of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City today announced the winner of the hospital's 2013 Great Catch Award, which honors health care providers who take action to prevent harm to patients. March 3-9 is Patient Safety Awareness Week.
Cathy Morse, R.N., discovered that a patient diagnosed with diabetes had not been taking his medications for a significant length of time, so his blood sugars were out of control. The patient told his nurse that he could not read or write, so he didn't know how or why these medications were important.
Morse sat down with the patient and used "plain language" techniques to color code the names on the medication bottles with his medication sheet. They reviewed all this information until the patient understood how to take his medications correctly. Within two months the patient's blood sugar levels dropped to near normal. Since then, this patient has taken a literacy class, passed the test for his Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and is now employed as an over-the-road trucker. This is a good catch of identifying a patient who didn't understand his medications, taking the time to resolve the problem, and improving the patient's outcomes and quality of life.
"Cathy was instrumental in helping this patient manage his diabetes. Patients who are compliant with their medications are able to reduce the incidence of long-term complications due to diabetes," says Kenneth Kates, CEO, UI Hospitals and Clinics. "This is a classic example of the importance of ensuring that patients are communicated with in a way that they understand. Making sure that patient education materials meet health literacy readability standards for patients is a crucial step towards preventing adverse outcomes."
UI Hospitals and Clinics recently approved a new patient education policy to address literacy and readability of their patient education materials.
Plain language communication uses everyday language, and focuses on what patients need to know to care for themselves. Plain language communication is especially important in health care, where research shows that patients forget 80 percent of what their doctor tells them as soon as they leave their appointment and 50 percent of what patients do recall is incorrect.


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Google finally took pity on Android users and is now attempting to make navigating the Android Market's more than 20,000 applications a little easier, the company reported.
Google will now divide up the Android Market into five different sections: top app charts, editor's choice, top developers, related apps and trending apps, Fernando Delgado, production manager for Android Market, wrote on the Google Mobile Blog
Top App Charts will feature the most downloaded apps, both free and paid.
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Editor's Choice will feature the best apps chosen by Android Market staff (although don't you get the feeling this might be a bit of advertising too?)
Top Developers is a spot to promote "highest quality" or most popular developers
Better Related Apps can help users find apps frequently browsed next to the one they are deciding on and see what others bought or installed
Trending Apps is a category that will show the fastest-growing apps
While I'm not 100 percent sure this will solve all the Android Market problems, at least the new sections will help a little. My only concern is that the "Editor's Choice" and "Top Developers" could be solely advertising-based, rather than based on quality apps or developers. Let's hope that Google decides to promote apps that have some utility, fun and good design rather than charging developers to appear higher in the Android Market rankings.


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How does a naïve audience view art? asked visual artist Nicolas Clauss during his residency at L'atelier Multimedia de L'espal, France. To find out, he worked with a group of adolescents from a working class neighbourhood for several months, first surrounding them with 20th century works of art and then inviting them to express their responses creatively. The adolescents chose 9 artworks, and with the assistance of Clauss, used photography, video, sound and digital technologies to create their own art-inspired works of art. The result--'Art If I Want'--can be viewed online as a dark but playful world of morphing images and audio, and there will be an offline exhibition in May 2005. By opening a door through which the adolescents could enter and put themselves into the picture, Clauss has initiated a dialogue of demystification between art and a new audience. Rather than answering the original question, the project and its title demonstrate a freedom of approach and empowering agency. - Helen Varley Jamieson
Cartography of the Symptom
As researchers like Hugh Herr of M.I.T. Media Lab's Biomechatronics Group develop more sophisticated protheses for locomotion, research has also focused on phantom limb sensations of amputees and the neurological activity in specific areas of the brain related to the mapping of body surface and sensation. Neuroscientific studies are attempting to configure the existing map which the brain uses to configure the body and in the case of trauma, the disconnect which occurs when the map does not match the body. This condition of the phantom limb will be further elaborated at a conference entitled The Phantom Limb Phenomena at Goldsmiths College in London, Jan. 15th and 16th. Organized by visiting artist Warren Niedich and Jules Davidoff, the conference will convene on this specific neurobiological issue, but also address the manifestations of the topic within psychological research, art practice and other philosophical reflections on presence and absence, loss and memory. The format suggests an earnest attempt to conflate current techno-scientific research with contemporary aesthetic and philosophical questions. - David Senior
Cogito Ergo Q
Most artists interested in the relations between media and consciousness are familiar with the 'Turing test,' a procedure which forces us to confront how an artificial intelligence might be able to pose as human. The '20Q test' may soon become just as important for media artists. Invented by Ottowa-based developer Robin Burgener, 20Q is a version of the traditional 'twenty questions' game in which an online intelligence reads a human player's thoughts with startling accuracy. Working with some 10,000,000 synaptic connections, the website is even able to account for false steps in players' reasoning. The more people visit 20Q, the better it gets at guessing, making startling connections based on a logic that transcends any one individual's ideas (the site's handlers even claim that it 'seems to be developing a warped sense of humor' all on its own.) The '20Q test' turns the 'Turing test' around. In the latter, an artificial intelligence can pose as authentic. In 2OQ, one experiences how 'authentic,' personal thoughts can be reduced to chains of connections that seem completely artificial. - Ben Davis
Soft(ware) Cinema
What happens when you splice the traditional logic of filmmaking with the logic of computer programming? The Soft Cinema Project is Lev Manovich and Andreas Kratky's answer to cinema in the age of Google and globalization, and offers us films that can run infinitely without ever repeating the same image sequences, screen layouts and narratives. 'Mission to Earth,' the latest iteration of the project, is a variable database film assembled by software in real time. Every 23 minutes, a suave female voice tells her story of immigration from ALPHA-1 to Planet Earth, while the accompanying images reveal multiple angles and moments that can potentially change with every viewing. For Manovich, the variable choices and multi-frame layout of the Soft Cinema system represent the 'variable identity' of the modern day immigrant. 'Mission to Earth' is probably more relevant for recent immigrants to the world of new media, as a pleasant introduction to the aesthetics of the 'software age.' At the Chelsea Art Museum (New York) until January 26, or on the 'Soft Cinema' DVD, available from MIT press by next month. - Ophra Wolf
Keyboards often eclipse pens as the writing tool of necessity. As computers continue to gain precedence in our lives, we fill a graveyard with lost penmanships and John Hancocks of decreasing legibility. John Geraci combines the personal imprint of handwriting with the connective possibilities of the Internet in his newly released project 'Grafedia,' developed at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Elaborating on themes explored in neighbornode--a wireless, localized bulletin network Geraci built in 2004--Grafedia turns the city of New York into a potential webpage. An author can write, draw, even tattoo, a hyperlink onto a public space in the form: firstname.lastname@example.com. The author also uploads media corresponding to or enhancing to the location, like an original photograph, to the Grafedia site. Passers who encounter a link can 'click' it by sending a text message to firstname.lastname@example.com. In turn, Grafedia beams the author's hidden media back to the inquiring wireless device. Since Grafedia's annotative marks are not anonymous but in fact scrawled by the hands of their authors, viewers are able to follow particular people and stories. And the cherry on top my original photograph? It's a lot fun. - Alyssa Wright
My, Haven't You GROWN!
Claiming 1994 as the year 'the world wide web crept out of its scientific and academic egg' and triggered a web design explosion, the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam is celebrating the 10th birthday of web design, and everyone's invited. Don't worry if you can't make it to the conference (21-22 January)--there's an online Design Timeline where you can leave your birthday greetings. Log in and answer questions ranging from the difficult 'What is the first web site you remember?' and personal 'Have you ever been in love with someone you met online?,' to the more esoteric 'What do you think in the computer is real?' and the ridiculous 'Should there be rules for a web page in order to be allowed on the internet?.' As you may have guessed, anyone can contribute both questions and answers. It's an excellent procrastination tool, guaranteed to trigger a flood of memories--web design has indeed come a hell of a long way in its short life. During the conference the timeline will be exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum. It will continue online for a further six months, then will be archived and remain publicly available. - Helen Varley Jamieson
Of Sinkholes and Superhighways
What do you get when you mix Beuys, Derrida, McLuhan and the Florida Department of Tourism? In just the right conditions, you might get Gregory Ulmer, a media theorist and practitioner based at the University of Florida. Ulmer's work, as an educator and theorist, combines literary theory, networked aesthetics and a concern for the social creation of meaning in physical space. At his website, under a banner that reads 'Florida Research Ensemble,' you'll find links to specific projects that include a list of proposals for what Ulmer calls 'electronic monumentality.' Examples of these monuments include an interactive, electronic Mount Rushmore installed at a sinkhole in Florida and a continuous, real-time printout of traffic fatalities at the Vietnam Memorial. While Ulmer may seem big on neologisms ('mystory' being my favorite), his project is one of practice as well as theory. As he tells students in his 'Hypermedia' class, 'We are not studying hypermedia, but doing it.' - Ryan Griffis
Sly vs. Sci
The Society of Biological Insurgents (SBI, pronounced 'spy') is 'an embryonic cell organization that seeks to overthrow institutions of compulsory gender.' Through distributed actions informed by the SBI Code of Operations, members align in small groups to invade, then metastasize throughout, the pathologizing corpus of modern clinical authority. During a recent PowerPoint debriefing to recruits at Foxy Production in New York, SBI founder Tara Mateik illustrated the five tenets comprising the Code of Operations, with some disruptions that have been deployed in the daily sphere. One, a sandpaper bookmark bearing the Code on its reverse, can be furtively shut between the pages of volumes needing to forget passages that restrain dynamic embodiments of gender. Another is a street intervention by which cells of biological insurgents can recognize and advertise their favorite sexual deviances, encoded in pink, red, black (etc.) handkerchiefs. SBI's tactical espionage-shtick simultaneously dismantles its targets from the inside-out and the outside-in, infecting oppressive codes with uprising bodies. - Kevin McGarry
Phagophilia and Other Insurrections
hack.it.art: Hacktivism in the Context of Art and Media in Italy, at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethenien in Berlin through February 27, highlights a number of hacker communities active throughout Italy since the 1980s. Launched by a pansexual celebration called 'Phag Off,' which aimed joyously to sound the death knells of all extant sexual identities, the exhibition will also present panels and workshops on a range of topics, including 'hacking the body' and the possible futures of hacktivism. hack.it.art forcefully posits Italy as a case in point. networks disseminating internet art and counter-hegemonic memoranda in sync have thrived under President Silvio Berlusconi, whose thinly veiled media monopoly has rendered broadcast dissent even more (or more obviously) challenging than in many other nations. The effect of these sprawling and feverish collaborations on display, rather than simply overwhelming, is heartening. - Ramsey McGlazer
Sense and Sensibility
Sense is disjointed between seeing and thinking. Our reflection and receipt of that which we might comprehend depends on the conditions of its delivery from some enlightening Other. ASCO-O takes the role of meta-informer or an indifferent, alienating Other. It is an anonymously operated, web- and email-based list and chat room. At first sight, its rapid, automatic and non-hierarchical selection of messages, images (built in ASCII) and links seems a spasmodic attack on human (biological) mechanisms of perception; ('Human perception is very superficial' - P.Virilio). But, ASCO-O gives us a consistent proposition: five seconds 'full' followed by one second 'empty' (screens). In hiatus, in the place/time between, we can feel rave-like, corporeal sense. With rigorous concept and demanding no acclaim, ASCO-O has developed an intelligent platform probing the phenomena of perception-time-language-information-sense. After turning off this site we could feel the raw taste of the unexplored: language as time/space, performing the dramatic act of 'flash back,' became, paradoxically, meditative and innocent. - Manik


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EdTechTalk#48 - 1 year anniversary and Back to Basics show
June 4, 2006
Our 1 year anniversary show. For the first 20 minutes we do a review of the year that was in the industry and in our show. And then the last half an hour was spent doing another back to basics episode. Wanna start using edtech? It's all here... well... alot of it.


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IBM and Ohio State University have launched an analytics center that is projected to create 500 new jobs and become an education and training hub for advanced data research, big data and cognitive computing.
"The center will fully design, build and run end-to-end analytics around IBM solutions," said R.R. "Ron" Lovell, vice president of IBM's Client Center for Advanced Analytics in Ohio. It will demonstrate a tight linkage between the IBM software group and research teams including smarter commerce from IBM's Sterling Commerce group and Watson-based analytics. Although it will start in the Fisher College of Business, IBM and OSU are developing curricula for engineering and arts and sciences. Lovell expects the program will provide undergraduate, masters and Ph.D. programs and co-op and internship opportunities. Lovell, who is from Columbus, said he was surprised to learn that the city has more students graduating within a 200-mile radius than any other city in the country except Boston. Of course, other major educational centers — New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco — are on major bodies of water, a geographical constraint on student population.
IBM's corporate customers are growing more interested in big data, said Lovell, but not many of them have the staff to develop, consume and measure large quantities of data.
"We want to help companies move into that upper right quadrant," he added, drawing on the famous Gartner charting system.
Four years ago, the term "big data" didn't exist, and anything to do with data and analytics was most likely a CIO challenge," Christine A. Poon, dean, of the Fisher College of Business wrote in her blog commenting on the announcement. "Today, CEOs must think of big data as infiltrating every aspect of their organizations.
"The shortage of professionals trained in data analysis and critical thinking is occurring at a pivotal moment. While leaders in all industries have the data at their fingertips, they lack the highly skilled workforce to connect the dots and advance their businesses and organizations to new heights."
IBM has worked with Ohio's economic development organizations and met with more than 30 companies in health care, financial services, government and retail. The state is providing incentives for the center, although the exact program won't be worked out until next month.
Graduates will range from data scientists to business consultants, business modelers and application developers skilled in analytics. Gartner recently estimated that 1.9 million jobs will be created in analytics over the next several years.
Graduates should be able to find ample opportunities close to home — Ohio is home to 27 Fortune 500, and 57 Fortune 1,000 companies, as well as a burgeoning technology sector and leading academic institutions, according to the IBM announcement. The IBM Client Center for Advanced Analytics will offer a strong foundation for a broad public and private sector collaboration that will include Ohio State, JobsOhio, Columbus 2020, ICC, an IBM Premier Partner, and other Columbus-based businesses.
"Data is a powerful natural resource that if used wisely can drive U.S. economic competitiveness and lead to rewarding careers in the future dedicated to building a smarter planet," said Mike Rhodin, senior vice resident of IBM's Software Solutions Group. "This center will have a tremendous amount to offer: world-class educational institutions, a highly-educated workforce, industry-leading businesses and – perhaps most important of all – will serve as the foundation of a community of innovators that will transform industries around the world."
To address the need for a more analytical-skilled workforce, Ohio State and IBM are collaborating on new business and technology curricula to help students and mid-career professionals gain the latest skills in analytics and prepare for high value jobs in the future.
"In order for business leaders to solve the societal challenges of the future, they must integrate critical thinking skills with expertise in their fields," said E. Gordon Gee, president, The Ohio State University. "The ability to apply a wholly new level of analytical insights and solutions will bolster our nation's role as a competitive global leader and be the catalyst for the next frontier of economic growth."
The center will be connected to 200 IBM client centers globally, and IBM's network of eight Analytics Solution Centers with expertise in financial risk management, rail and transportation and the specific needs of state, local and federal government organizations.
By Tom Groenfeldt, EPMContributor, from: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2012/11/29/ibm-and-ohio-state-university-get-analytical/
I write about finance and technology, which can range from supercomputers to iPhones and iPads, which have made inroads into enterprise computing in the last year. It's a fast-moving world with just a bit of hype, so figuring out what's real is a challenge, and spotting emerging trends is a feat that often comes from listening and deciphering themes amidst the chatter. For a change of pace I turn to photography — I like shooting on the streets of New York, and when I am home in Wisconsin, I turn to our dogs for inspiration, as you can see on Facebook. Tom writes for Banking Technologies in London, and for Forbes, at blogs.forbes.com/tomgroenfeldt. See Tom's articles on EPM Channel here.


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Grains finished lower today after a small range. December corn finished a ½ cent lower at $7.43, December wheat 7 ¼ cents lower at $7.77 ¼, and November soybeans down 3 ¾ cents at $13.93 ½.
Today there was not much for fundamental changes to go off of besides more crop variability coming out of the Pro Farmer crop tour. The Indiana yield estimates were considered "bullish." They will release the IL and IA numbers tonight.
Outside markets were very mixed with the Dow Jones sharply higher but gold having the largest drop since 2008, down over $100.
November soybeans came up against resistance again hitting a day high of $14.03 ¼ before coming well off the highs. The contract high remains intact at $14.11 ¼.
Export sales will be released tomorrow and are as follows (in 1000's of MTs)
Corn 500-700
Wheat 450-750
Soybeans 750-900
Source: Reuters
With so much supply uncertainty this market seems to want to remain supported and we may see soybeans make the next move higher if we don't see some adequate rains soon in the problem areas of the Midwest. As we can see by the chart below, soybeans have been stuck in a trading range since the early part of this year and we are right at previous resistance points. If we can push through contract highs at $14.11 ¼, we may see this rally extend on technical buying.
We also have the Jackson Hole summit where we can expect Fed Chairman Bernanke to speak about Fed policy. Last year at this time he announced QE2 at the end of the week. This year the market is speculating that he could announce a third round of quantitative easing during his speech. We will have to wait to find out.
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The Organic Suburbanite: An Environmentally Friendly Way to Live the American Dream
Rodale, 2001 - Gardening - 158 pages
In this one-of-a-kind guide, award-winning garden writer Warren Schultz, author of A Man's Turf, demystifies the world of organics with his trademark wit and extensive horticultural knowledge. First he explains the environmental and personal pitfalls of traditional, toxic household practices, then provides safe, natural, and easy alternatives. He tackles the tough issues facing today's suburbanites, such as cutting down energy use in the kitchen, what to use to unclog the bathroom sink, which cars create the least pollution, and whether to fertilize the lawn.
In a beautiful, four-color design, The Organic Suburbanite addresses every inch of the home environment, from garden and garage to laundry and bath. The 80 vintage photographs provide a tongue-in-cheek look at life in the 'burbs and add a lighthearted touch to serious subject matter. Combining wit and practicality, The Organic Suburbanite is sure to become the essential organic handbook for suburban "homesteaders" across the country.
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Waldron village council members voted April 8 to put the wind to work to help keep the park pond in good condition.
Council voted unanimously, with Rick Bays absent, to spend $1,700 for a wind-powered aerator.
The pond was recently improved and now council wants to maintain its condition.
An aeration system will add oxygen to the water and lessen or eliminate the need to add treatment chemicals to the water.
Council also voted to buy 30 trees to fill in some empty areas along streets. Council will buy eight Profusion crabapples, eight Prairie Fire crabapple, nine Cleveland pears, and five Crimson King maples.
Any village resident who would like to have a tree planted in the boulevard should call clerk Ruth Hotchkiss at the village office.
SIDEWALK—Sidewalk repair was approved at the Catherine Crist and Glen Patterson residences. Meller Construction will do the work and the village will pay half the cost.
A tree in front of Roy Hall's residence will be moved because it was inadvertently planted over a sewer line.
MISC.—Council voted against renewing membership in the Rural Water Association. The village code officer will be present for the May 10 clean-up day.


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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington State has extended the contract of football coach Mike Leach for two years, ensuring he'll be at the helm through the 2018 season, athletic director Bill Moos said Monday.
Leach has led WSU to a 5-5 record in his second season, 3-4 in the Pac-12, as the Cougars prepare for Saturday's game against Utah in Pullman.
That's the most wins for the Cougars at this point in the season since 2006.
"Mike Leach has done a fabulous job in his short time at Washington State," Moos said in a press release. "Extending his contract through the 2018 season will ensure a bright future for Cougar football."
The Cougars are one win shy of qualifying for a bowl game. They have not played in the postseason since 2003.
Leach was hired prior to the 2012 season and he signed a five-year contract that paid more than $2.2 million per year, plus incentives. He is the highest-paid coach in Washington State history.
Details of the new contract were not immediately released.
Leach owns a career record of 92-57 in his 12 seasons as a college head coach, the first 10 at Texas Tech.
Leach thanked Moos and Washington State President Elson Floyd for the extension.
"The support we have received from students, fans, alumni and the administration has been tremendous and by the end of this year we will have facilities that rival anyone in the country," Leach said, referring to a new football operations building under construction.
"As I've said many times, my family and I are extremely happy at Washington State and love living in Pullman," Leach said.
Leach was hired to bring his high-powered passing offense and winning ways to long-dormant Washington State. He replaced Paul Wulff, who was fired after going 9-40 in four years.
Leach went 3-9 last season, and just 1-8 in the Pac-12. But that lone league win was over archrival Washington in overtime in the Apple Cup.
This season, the Cougars have already posted wins over Southern California, California and last weekend beat Arizona. They also have wins over Southern Utah and Idaho.
Washington State could not have afforded Leach without revenue from the new Pac-12 television contract that will eventually pay each school up to $20 million per year, Moos has said.
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(Gray News) – When police arrested Jake Thomas Patterson as a suspect in the kidnapping of Jayme Closs on Thursday, they allege he was out searching for her after she escaped from his home.
Barron Co. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said during a Friday afternoon news conference that investigators believe Patterson targeted Jayme. Fitzgerald also said there is no initial evidence Patterson had any contact with anyone inside the Closs home before the shooting death of James and Denise Closs.
Even a few years ago, Patterson worked for two days at the Jennie-O turkey processing plant where Denise, 46, and James, 56, Closs worked, but police can't find any evidence of contact.
A shotgun found in the suspect's home was sent to the state crime lab to compare it with evidence. In October 2018, the Closs' front door was blown open with a shotgun, and Jayme's parents were killed with a shotgun.
Fitzgerald said the suspect took measures to evade police while committing the crime, such as shaving his head as not to leave behind any trace evidence.
"I can tell you that the subject planned his actions and took many proactive steps to hide his identity from law enforcement and the general public," Fitzgerald said.
In a late Friday afternoon news conference, Fitzgerald emphasized that officials will not put undue stress on Jayme and compromise the investigation by releasing information quickly.
"I know all of you are searching for the answer for why this happened, and so are we. We are going to do what's right for Jayme," Fitzgerald said.
Patterson is being held in the Barron County Jail, and will appear in court on Monday on charges of two counts of first degree intentional homicide in the murders and another for kidnapping.
The Wisconsin teenager, missing for nearly three months after her parents were killed in the family home, was found alive barely an hour's drive away, by a woman who stumbled across the 13-year-old girl and pounded on her neighbors' door shouting: "This is Jayme Closs! Call 911!"
Jayme was skinny and dirty, wearing shoes too big for her feet, but appeared outwardly OK when she was discovered Thursday afternoon near the small town of Gordon, about an hour north of where she went missing, neighbors said.
Jeanne Nutter was walking her dog at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday when she said a young girl approached her, wearing a sweatshirt and leggings.
"She said, 'Please help me. I don't know where I am. I'm lost,'" Nutter told WPR.
Keeping an eye out for the person who took Jayme, the two headed to Peter Kasinskas' home to call 911.
Sgt. Thomas Dalbec of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department said his officers responded en masse to the home of the couple who took in Jayme. The 13-year-old was taken to a nearby hospital where she was examined and kept overnight for observation.
Kasinskas described Closs as being quiet and showing little emotion. Police said she would be reunited with her family on Friday.
Jayme was able to give a description of a car and the suspect to police, and a patrol sergeant pulled over the suspect.
Although police did not release details about the house where Patterson held Jayme, Fitzgerald did state that Patterson allegedly concealed her in the home.
"We want to especially thank the family for their support and patience while this case was ongoing. We promised to bring Jayme home and tonight we get to fulfill that promise," Fitzgerald wrote on Facebook Thursday night.
Closs' grandfather, Robert Naiberg, told KSTP in Minneapolis that the family was overwhelmed.
"Everybody is so happy," he said. "We can't believe it."
Closs disappeared in the early morning of Oct. 15, and her parents were found shot and killed at the family's home near the town of Barron. A massive search followed, with authorities believing she had been kidnapped at gunpoint.
Authorities received thousands of tips in the following days as the search mushroomed, and leads took investigators as far away as South Florida.
But the trail went cold and the search scaled back at the end of October. A $50,000 reward was offered for information leading to her discovery, and authorities remained resolute.
"The hope is out there. That's what we run on, hope every day, and we're gonna bring Jayme home," Fitzgerald said at the end of October.
As time went on, her family struggled with questions.
"The thoughts that go through our mind every night: 'Where is she? Is she still in the same clothes as she was that night when she was taken? Is she being fed? Is she hurt? What's happening to her?' I just sit and think and picture her. Where is she? It's so hard. So hard," her aunt, Suzi Allard, said in November.
In mid-December, her grandfather, Robert Naiberg, said at a vigil the family wasn't giving up hope.
"Jayme, grandpa wants you to know that we will never give up. I want nothing more than to get my granddaughter back home to me and her family where she belongs," he said.
The Barron County Sheriff's Department said it was continuing to receive assistance from the FBI and the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation as an investigation remains active.
Barron Mayor Ron Fladten said Thursday night that he was overjoyed to learn Closs was found alive, but acknowledged she might not be the same person she was before she vanished.
"I hope that she's in good shape," Fladten said. "She's no doubt been through just a terrible ordeal. I think everybody wishes her a good recovery and a happy life going into the future."
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Joost van der Straten (d. 1571)
Joost (Josse) van der Straten, an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake at Antwerp, Belgium, on Shrove Tuesday of 1571. At first he had lived at Kortrijk (Courtrai) in Flanders; later he lived at Antwerp as a chairmaker. He was arrested outside Antwerp by Spanish soldiers and without trial or sentence cruelly put to death by the soldiers on the market place of Antwerp in front of the town hall. This irregular execution makes clear why his name was not found in the documents of Antwerp studied by P. Genard. According to Verheyden, Joost van der Straten was an old man of about 70 years. Van Braght mentions that his wife and his daughter did not belong to the brotherhood. At least two of his sons died as martyrs, Hans van der Straten at Brussels on 28 March 1571, and Martin van der Straten at Gent on 4 December 1572.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 540.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 875. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 60.
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 121. All rights reserved.
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One of the top three priorities for the next decade of astrophysics and astronomy, we noted this week, is unraveling dark energy, the weird force that pushes the universe apart. Given that scientists know next-to-nothing about dark energy—besides the fact that it makes up most of the universe—any step could be an important one. Thanks to a study out this week in Science, astrophysicists at least can have more confidence in this phenomenon that can't be directly seen or measured: Their estimates for dark matter's extent appear to be on target. The technique scientists used in this study is called gravitational lensing, and the lens in this case is a huge galactic cluster called Abell 1689.
Because of its huge mass, the cluster acts as a cosmic magnifying glass, causing light to bend around it. The way in which light is distorted by this cosmic lens depends on three factors: how far away the distant object is; the mass of Abell 1689; and the distribution of dark energy [BBC News].
Gravitational lensing is a trick predicted by Einstein's general relativity, and scientists have used it before to study dark matter (which tends to be a little easier to study than its dark counterpart). But study author Priyamvada Natarajan and her colleagues got such great images from the Hubble Space Telescope
that they were able to map out the dark energy distribution.
Natarajan and her colleagues carefully measured the way each image was distorted to determine how far the background galaxies were from the lens. They then combined that information with data on how far the galaxies are from Earth to come up with a parameter that describes the density of dark energy in the universe, and how the density changes with time. "Knowing exactly where the object is, and knowing about the big lump that is causing the bumps in space-time, allows us to accurately calculate the light path," Natarajan said. "The light path depends on geometry of space-time, and dark energy manifests itself there. That's how we get at it" [Wired.com].
The importance of Natarajan's paper is that it backed up the earlier estimates for the matter vs. energy density of the universe by providing a robust independent measure. Specifically, the study found that the matter density of the universe is about 0.3
, reinforcing the idea that dark energy constitutes nearly three-quarters of everything that is.
It's not clear yet whether having a more refined measure of its presence will bring us any closer to identifying the properties of dark energy, but the fact that it shows up as a consistent value in a number of independent measures suggests that it may not be as mysterious as its name implies [Ars Technica].
So we can breathe a little easier that all that dark energy is really out there—just as long as we can deal with the sting of more cosmic insignificance. Dark energy is thought to comprise 72 percent of the universe and dark matter makes up another 24 percent; that means that the matter making up you and me accounts for only 4 percent of the universe. Related Content: 80beats: Astronomers Announce Priorities: Dark Energy, Exoplanets, Cosmic Origins
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Cosmic Variance: Dark Energy: No Longer a Surprise
Cosmic Variance: The Next 10 Years of Astronomy
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The zombees are spreading.
Or rather, "zombie bees" – honey bees that have been inhabited by tiny flies that cause them to abandon their hive at night and lurch about erratically before dying.
"They basically eat the insides out of the bee," said San Francisco State University biologist John Hafernik.
Hafernik first discovered zombie bees in 2008 in California and now uses a website to recruit citizen scientists to track the infection across the country.
The zombee condition recently crept into Washington state. Novice beekeeper Mark Hohn spotted bees jerking about outside his suburban Seattle home.
ZombeeWatch.org, managed by John Hafernik at San Francisco State University, solicits information from citizen scientists, beekeepers and enthusiasts to track zombie bees.
"I joke with my kids that the zombie apocalypse is starting at my house," Hohn said.
Hohn collected several of the corpses and popped them into a plastic bag. About a week later, he had evidence his bees were infected: the pupae of parasitic flies. They were the first to be confirmed in Washington state, The Seattle Times reported.
The infection could be another threat to bees needed to pollinate crops. Hives have been failing in recent years due to a mysterious ailment called colony collapse disorder, which causes all the adult honey bees in a colony to suddenly die.
Still, there's no evidence that the parasitic fly is to blame, said Steve Sheppard, chairman of the entomology department at Washington State University.
Related: Fly parasite turns honeybees into zom-bees
The fly-bee relationship is a strange one: The flies, discovered in Maine in 1924, are native to North America. Honey bees – what scientists call the "beneficial insect" – are not.
So why haven't the flies feasted on honey bees before now?
"We don't really know if this is something the flies have figured out recently or if it's been under the radar," Hafernik told NBC News.
It's possible this behavior has gone undetected – after all, infected bees abandon their hives at night, when beekeepers aren't around to notice.
But Hafernik has trouble believing that dedicated beekeepers and scientists have gone decades without noticing infected bees.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Hafernik said, up to 78 percent of hives are infected, and a number are infected across the Pacific Northwest. Scientists conducted DNA analysis on bees found traces of parasites in bees in South Dakota; there have also been cases in New York, Minnesota and Colorado.
"It could be that not all honey bee strains are susceptible to the fly at the same rate – there could be some genetics among the honeybees that could be brought to bear," Hafernik said.
He hopes that scientists and beekeepers will send information to his website, ZombeeWatch.org, so that his team may better research the problem.
Hafernik said that those suspecting zombie bees should isolate the bee for about a week as Hohn did – the bee will die within a day or two if infected. After five to seven days, maggots will have finished their feeding and emerge from the bee's head – those look like small, brown, crystal-shaped pupae. Take photos, he asks, and send them along.
Hafernik will also be taking notes. After a recent vacation, he found that a colony of infected bees had moved into a crevice next to his house.
"They're now living between the walls of my house," he said. "I decided to leave them. For the moment, we're coexisting peacefully."
NBC's Isolde Raftery contributed reporting.
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Stream in the Forest
Pisgah National Forest, Brevard, North Carolina
Looking Glass Falls #2
Lake Tomahawk
Black Mountain, North Carolina
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Slick Rock Falls up Close
Mount Hood from the Air
At Haystack Rock
Rocks at Cannon Beach, Oregon
Tidepool at Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach
At Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach
View of Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park
Cannon Beach, Oregon. Haystack Rock in the background.
View from Ecola State Park
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Haystack Rock at Sunset #2
Base of Multnohmah Falls #2
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Base of Multnohmah Falls
Bridal Veil Falls
View from Vista House Overlook
Columbia River Gorge
From Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint. Vista House on the right.
Waterfall at Las Escobas
Scene from Oak Hill Florida
On the Right Path
Boardwalk at Weedon Island
From the observation tower at Weedon Island Preserve, St. Petersburg, FL
Foot Bridge
Lily Pads/Reflecting Waters
At Vinoy Park St Petersburg Florida
Sunrise at Bayboro Harbor
Sailboats at Sunrise
At St Petersburg Sailing Center
Sarasota Sunrise
From Bird Key Park under a sea grape tree
Weedon Island Sunrise
Clouds Reflecting
At sunrise Weedon Island Preserve, St. Petersburg, FL
From the pier at Weedon Island Preserve, St. Petersburg, FL
At the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
Waterfall on Greylock
Trickling falls on the Sperry Rd. trail to Stoney Ledge, Mt Greylock, MA
Hudson Brook Chasm
Falls at Natural Bridges State Park, MA
Natural Bridges Waterfall
Natural Bridges Park, North Adams, Massachusetts
Hudson Brook Chasm Close Up
Natural Bridges Park, North Adams, MA
Scene at Sawgrass Lake Park
Relaxing morning fishin' in Tampa Bay
St Petersburg, Florida
Misty Marina
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Is the pension waiver for full-time housewives unfair?
Earlier this week the government announced that it will probably submit a bill to the Diet that will allow full-time housewives who did not pay all their pension premiums in the past to receive benefits if they pay some of their premiums retroactively. Originally, the welfare ministry had issued a directive in January to allow this waiver. That plan came under fire from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, who said that such a matter should be debated by lawmakers and that the waiver is basically unfair. The ministry subsequently suspended the waiver.
This is what is called a "moral hazard," a term that is used frequently when Japan's pension system is discussed. Ever since it was discovered that the government had lost or incorrectly filed thousands of pension payment records, there have been many people in the government who advocate scrapping the complicated premium system. They believe it is better to simply pay pensions out of revenues collected through a higher consumption tax. Others complain that this is morally wrong, not so much because it would punish those who have paid into the system properly all along, but rather because it rewards those who have not paid into the system correctly all along.
The housewife issue is even more convoluted. There are three types of beneficiaries in the Japanese public pension system. Type 1 includes the self-employed, part-time workers and the unemployed, who are required to pay a set premium of ¥15,100 a month on their own. Type 2 includes full-time regular employees of private companies and public organizations, who split contributions to their pensions with their employers. Type 3 includes non-earning spouses of Type 2 beneficiaries (technically, "non-earning" means the spouse does not make more than ¥1.3 million a year). Type 3 do not have to pay premiums but nevertheless receive benefits when they reach a certain age. Spouses of Type 1 beneficiares do not have the same advantage, since they, too, are classified as Type 1 beneficiaries and thus have to pay their own premiums whether they work outside the home or are full-time housewives.


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Cops say private school teacher attempted to steal over $750 in toys
Dannette Rogers, a teacher at Stuart Hall school in Staunton, has been accused of attempting to shoplift over $750 in toys from a WalMart store, according to various news reports. A cached version of a school directory shows Rogers as a pre-kindergarten teacher, but the live version of the roster is missing her name.
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Toy prices certainly have risen since I had children. Carrying $750 worth of toys - what could possibly cost that much ? And with all the security cameras in stores how could anyone imagine they could get away with this? Stealing toys, I can see food, money, clothes, but toys ?
Hmmmer,if you think she should be given the toys, why don't you volunteer to pay for them? Or are you just another liberal, happy to give away what doesn't belong to you?
these may be the best comments anywhere on the internet.
Nancy, "shoplifters" roll shopping carts around inside the stores while placing items they want to steal in plastic bags they have brought with them. When they get ready to leave the store they hope employees will assume they have already checked out and paid for the items since they are already in plastic bags. More often than not, this tactic actually works well if the security guards in the store aren't doing their job very well. Sears sure seems to catch a lot of people attempting this trick! :)
This is actually nothing new. I don't even think it can be blamed on the economy nowadays. Teachers, cops, firemen, doctors, nurses and all other professions have been shoplifting ever since I can remember. The last city cop I recall getting caught and fired for shoplifting was over something as simple as a music CD. And you may or may not know about or recall the local doctor who was accused of stealing shirts at J C Penney a while back.
Hey Wog, I woulda kicked his ass anyway
So Tony, what crime family are you in now - government, business, or law?
When I was in high school we used to slip Mad Dawgs 20/20s down our baggy cargo pockets, buy a pack of gum, and walk out. Never had a problem.
I can't believe I ever drank those things.
Hey, Tony. My dad was what you refer to as a "punk" manager in a store for over 40 years. When he was in his 60's, he caught and restrained a man-size teenage boy who was shoplifting in the store. Before he was able to wrap him up, the boy punched dad in the face several times, but dad held him until the police got there. Once the police had the boy under control, my dad said "Hold him and let me have one lick" which they did. That was cool with the cops, but that was back when cops were cops and men were men and not theives who steal and brag about it.
If someone wants $750 in toys that badly, I say, just give her the toys. That's kind of sad. LOL.
I knew who these people were....
"Skin is a engineer, Ween went into publishing, Trap owns his own painting company and married rich woman, Dirty Dave is a public defender in Cville, Fu is probably either dead or in jail."
Skin isn't really an engineer though, is he?!
Fu is doing fine.
Every time I look at this site there's some know it all comment from the aptly self named GBSOE. I'm not even going to bother reading the Hook anymore. Someone needs to get a life--or better yet a job. And, if they have a job, they ought to be fired for not doing it, unless, of course, their only job is to post this junk. If you know so much, host Jeopardy.
Hmmm, you are correct sir! there are not any aircraft in this factory, just frozen food so my engineering shingle only helps a little here.
Good to hear Fu is doing fine though.
Hey ireadthehook.....sWhat if she doesn't have kids? What if the judge just what her to just pick up trash for a couple of months? Let us know when it's all right with you to proceed........
And then there were the bozos a few years ago who pushed a couple loaded grocery carts out of Food Lion, and got caught when they met an employee who noticed them trying to take unbagged groceries to the parking lot.
Time to testify!!!!
My hoodlum friends and I (Ween, Trap, Skin, Fu, and Dirty Dave)used the ol bring your own paper grocery bag in with you trick to steal lots of beer and steaks back in high school. One time we saw a large cooler for sale and we filled that with beer and steaks and just walzed out the door. Hell, if some punk manager saw us we just dropped the goods and ran, never to use that store again.
I guess I was a screw up but things have turned out well since.
Skin is a engineer, Ween went into publishing, Trap owns his own painting company and married rich woman, Dirty Dave is a public defender in Cville, Fu is probably either dead or in jail.
If you're going to put someone in jail for stealing $750 worth of toys, what does that cost the taxpayers? Spend your money on building jails for incarcerating people who want to steal toys for their children to play with. I don't want mine spent on it. I'd be willing to help pay for her $750 worth of toys!


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Halloween Lessons, Activities & Resources, Grades K-5
Lessons, Activities & Resources Help Your Class Explore Halloween History, Have Fun with Pumpkins, and More
Lesson Plans
Ghost Busters
Students in grades K-2 practice the proper overhand throwing technique by getting rid of all the ghosts in their haunted house.
Collaborating on a Class Book: Exploring Before-During-After Sequences
Students in grades K-2 produce a Halloween-themed class book, focusing on a basic before-during-after sequence of events.
What Do Halloween Costumes Say?
Students in grades K-12 look critically at the Halloween costumes marketed to them. In schools where Halloween is observed, the activity can be used to develop guidelines for acceptable holiday garb.
Pedometer Trick or Treat
Students in grades 3-5 earn that food contains calories and you can burn those calories through physical activity.
Halloween/Day of the Dead ( PDF, 20 KB, 3 pgs.)
Students in grades 4-5 compare Mexico's Day of the Dead with the United States' Halloween.
Lesson Plan Collections
Haunting Ideas: Halloween in the Classroom and 'On the Street'
Halloween History
The Origin & History of Halloween
What we know (and don't really know) about the origin and history of Halloween.
All Hallows' EveAll Hallows' Eve falls on 31 October each year, and is the day before All Hallows Day, also known as All Saints' Day.
Samhain | BBC, Religions
This festival, coming between autumn and winter, marks the Day of the Dead.
Halloween Poisonings
A debunking of the widespread belief that there are documented cases of Halloween poisonings.
- Halloween Safety: Deadly Cute ( PDF, 797 KB, 1pg.)
- Making a Turnip Lantern
- Eerie Halloween Wreath of Leaves
- Carve Your Pumpkin Online - Virtual Jack-o-Lantern
Arts & Crafts
- Printable Halloween Worksheets and Puzzles
- Halloween Crafts, Coloring Pages, Lesson Plans, Video Crafts, & More
- Halloween Word Book
The War of the Worlds - Mercury Theatre Original Radio Broadcast
Orson Welles's Halloween broadcast of October 30, 1938.
Halloween | History.com
28 brief videos, 1 photo gallery and 2 interactives
Check out the pumpkin carving patterns.
- This Is Halloween sung by Broken Peach (2:22)
Song from Nightmare Before Christmas
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