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Ryan Fitzpatrick had a nightmare game last week. The New York Jets quarterback threw six interceptions against the Kansas City Chiefs. It was the worst of Fitzpatrick, between poor decision-making and inaccurate passes.
The Jets left Kansas City with battered egos and bruised shoulders. Three separate Jets suffered shoulder injuries in their 24-3 loss to the Chiefs, most notably wide receiver Eric Decker.
Derrick Johnson saw everybody else picking off passes for Kansas City and decided to join the party. The veteran linebacker snagged one of six interceptions thrown by Ryan Fitzpatrick, scored one of the Chiefs' two touchdowns off turnovers, and put an exclamation mark on a rather bizarre 24-3 victory
Twitter was not kind to New York Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who threw an abominable six interceptions in a 24-3 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3. Ryan Fitzpatrick's day vs. the Chiefs, basically. ⛏⛏⛏✈⛏⛏⛏ pic.twitter.com/guSK0u3PvJ
The Kansas City Chiefs couldn't get out of their own way in a frustrating Week 2 loss in Houston, a litany of penalties, turnovers and miscues last Sunday spoiling their chance of a 2-0 start. Probably made it tough to watch film of the Jets this week, too. New York did just about everything right
Chiefs coach Andy Reid called the prognosis of Jamaal Charles ''all positive'' on Wednesday, increasing the likelihood that the injured running back finally will get on the field this weekend. Charles has not played since Week 5 last season, when he tore the ACL in his right knee. Spencer
When J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans last faced the Kansas City Chiefs the defensive end was so badly hurt he only made it a little more than halfway through the demoralizing 30-0 wild-card playoff loss. Watt was healthy again Sunday and Houston's defense was dominant, setting a franchise record
The Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs are both coming off wins heading into a Week 2 game that is a rematch of last year's meeting in the AFC Wild Card Round of the playoffs...
The Cincinnati Bengals reportedly claimed cornerback KeiVarae Russell off waivers from the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday. Rand Getlin of GQ first reported the news...
The Giants defense held onto a lead. Carson Wentz looked like an eight-year veteran. And behind Alex Smith, the Chiefs came all the way back. The NFL is back and as unpredictable as ever...
There was no rational reason to expect Alex Smith to be in his current position. ''He had a lot of adversity his first few years, had what, seven coordinators in seven years?'' Chiefs offensive tackle Mitch Schwartz said. Now viewed as a consummate pro and the undisputed leader of the
The Kansas City Chiefs could be without Jamaal Charles another week. Coach Andy Reid said his running back is getting better, but Wednesday he was working with the scout team.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs have released third-round pick KeiVarae Russell and brought back linebacker Dezman Moses in a surprise move just one week into the regular season.
The Kansas City Chiefs have already given up on 2016 third-round selection KeiVarae Russell, waiving the cornerback Wednesday morning...
The Kansas City Chiefs looked as if they were two entirely different teams in their season opener. Ultimately, the Chiefs' 33-27 overtime win over the San Diego Chargers was a microcosm of last season, when they started off 1-5 before rattling off 11 straight wins into the playoffs. ''I
Being able to come back from a large deficit late in the game will give the Chiefs confidence later in the season if they need to repeat the feat.
If you didn't buy into the Kansas City Chiefs as a Super Bowl contender before Sunday, it was probably because of Alex Smith. If you're picking a quarterback to come back from a 24-3 second-half deficit, Smith isn't the first choice. The Chiefs looked like they were going to have another early-season
By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters raised his fist and several Miami Dolphins players knelt during performances of the U.S. national anthem on Sunday, the latest gestures in the National Football League to draw attention to racial inequality. San
Instead, it flourished with Spencer Ware. ''I don't think anybody is surprised at all,'' Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith said. The Chiefs were hopeful Charles would be ready after surgery last season to repair a torn ACL in his right knee.
The Kansas City Chiefs rallied from a 21-point third-quarter deficit to beat the San Diego Chargers.
The Chiefs looked dead in the water following their 24-3 deficit to the Chargers in the middle of the third quarter. But Kansas City got the better end of its AFC West rival. Here's what we learned.
It took the biggest rally in franchise history for the Kansas City Chiefs to win their opener. After the Chiefs dug out of a three-touchdown hole, Alex Smith dived for a score on the first possession of overtime Sunday, giving his team a heart-stopping 33-27 win over the San Diego Chargers. Smith threw
Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters raised his right fist during the US national anthem Sunday on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks -- the latest NFL player to join Colin Kaepernick's protest against racial inequality. Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, sparked a firestorm
Kansas City cornerback Marcus Peters raised a black-gloved fist during the national anthem before the NFL opener against San Diego, backing up his promise to show support for protests started by Colin Kaepernick. The Seattle Seahawks said last week they planned a demonstration of ''unity'
As a full-field-sized American flag was unfurled on the turf in front of them and the national anthem began, all players on the Kansas City Chiefs linked arms along their sideline as a "sign of solidarity."
San Diego Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen was carted off the field with an apparent injury to his right knee on Sunday, and it didn't look like a minor one. Allen was taken off the field with the Chargers leading the Kansas City Chiefs, 21-3. Keenan Allen (right knee) will not return.
The San Diego Chargers will need the rest of their receiving corps to step up after Keenan Allen was carted off with a right knee injury against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, per Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune ...
San Diego Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen suffered what appeared to be a knee injury Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs and was carted off the field. It is uncertain if he will return to action...
The Chiefs are projecting LB Justin Houston will return in November, nine months after he underwent surgery on a torn ACL in his left knee.
Coming off ACL surgery, Houston isn't expected to play until Week 9 at the earliest
Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles, listed as doubtful for Sunday's game due to a knee injury, will not play against the Chargers.
The Kansas City Chiefs remember not-so-fondly the way they started last season, dropping five of their first six games and spending the rest of the year digging out of the hole. Andy Reid and Co. carry an NFL-leading 10-game regular-season winning streak into Sunday's opener against the San Diego
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles is listed as doubtful for Sunday's opener against the Chargers.
Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, who tore his ACL last season, is unlikely to play in the team's opener against the Chargers.
The Kansas City Chiefs aim to extend their recent dominance at Arrowhead Stadium when they welcome the division-rival San Diego Chargers to town Sunday for a Week 1 NFL matchup...
San Diego Chargers coach Mike McCoy isn't clear when Joey Bosa will practice again. ''I cannot tell you when he will be back out there,'' McCoy said on Thursday. San Diego continued its preparations for Sunday's opener against the Kansas City Chiefs as Bosa skipped another workout
The Chiefs have provided little information on how they'll split the featured back workload Sunday against the Chargers.
The longest regular-season win streak in the NFL these days belongs not to the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, the NFC champion Carolina Panthers or the perennially contending New England Patriots. It belongs to the Kansas City Chiefs. The team of Alex Smith, Jamaal Charles and Co. that lost to
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Chiefs coach Andy Reid says running back Jamaal Charles is ''a stretch'' to play in their season opener against the San Diego Chargers following surgery last season to repair the ACL in his right knee.
Kansas City traded cornerback Marcus Cooper to Arizona and wide receiver Rod Streater to San Francisco for undisclosed selections, part of a series of roster moves that allowed the Chiefs to reach the NFL's 53-man limit for the regular season by Saturday's deadline. The Chiefs also cut quarterbacks
Fantasy owners might want to take note
The Kansas City Chiefs and Arizona Cardinals struck a deal that will send cornerback Marcus Cooper to the Cardinals. The Chiefs announced the deal on Twitter, which includes Kansas City receiving an undisclosed draft pick...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles remains iffy for the season opener against the Chargers.
Ariizona has tried to find a corner to start across from Patrick Peterson
With cut day approaching, the Cardinals addressed their issues at cornerback with a trade. Arizona acquired cornerback Marcus Cooper from the Chiefs for a 2018 conditional draft pick.
Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles, whose rehab from a torn ACL has gone slower than expected, is iffy for the season opener.
Or at least hope you got Spencer Ware later in the draft. Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid acknowledged on Friday that Charles, the team's dynamic running back, will need some more recovery time as he returns from ACL surgery. "I think Jamaal is going to need a little time to keep working to get
Jamaal Charles isn't a calendar year removed from an ACL tear and might not be ready for the Kansas City Chiefs regular season opener versus the Chargers.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Packers coach Mike McCarthy got everything he wanted out of the preseason.
The Packers' final preseason game on Thursday against the Kansas City Chiefs could help sort out the pecking order to catch passes this fall from two-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers. ''The good news is we have another preseason game to give guys an opportunity to go out there and do it
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If you carry out certain activities that are prescribed under Schedule 1 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, then you must hold a permit for your installation or mobile plant.
Your local council is responsible for issuing permits relating to prescribed activities which emit certain substances to air only (Part C installations).
Permits may be obtained from Moyle District Council, Sheskburn House, 7 Mary Street, Ballycastle, BT54 6QH.
Applications are made in writing (including by electronic means), contain specific information about the activity and will be subject to a fee. Download fees applicable to Part C installations.
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Moyle District Council may be required to give notice of your application to other statutory authorities, such as the petroleum licensing authority, dependent upon the activity you intend to carry out.
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Maine man's scallop guts go missing
UMaine student using mollusks in grad school project
The case of Maine's missing scallop guts has been solved.
The tale unfolded Monday when a fisherman placed two buckets in the back of a car with University of Maine license plates at a convenience store. It was the wrong car and motorist drove away.
It turns out those weren't just any scallop guts. Andy Mays of Southwest Harbor had been collecting scallops for six months for a project by the University of Maine's marine research facility.
He'd gutted the bivalves, isolated different organs and preserved them in formaldehyde.
The Bangor Daily News (http://bit.ly/Yq3jBo ) says the motorist, a UMaine professor, later noticed the buckets and learned via social media that they contained valuable research. She ended the mystery by posting online, "It is me. I have the scallop guts."
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NetSuite (NYSE: N ) is SaaS-y (software-as-a-service). So are salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM ) , RightNow Technologies (Nasdaq: RNOW ) , and SuccessFactors (Nasdaq: SFSF ) .
But Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) ? The company that might as well have invented the idea of installing software on a PC is adopting software-as-a-service? Yep.
Earlier today, Microsoft confirmed that it would soon release a beta version of a collection of subscription-based software that resembles a lightweight Web version of its popular Office productivity applications. Code-named "Albany," the suite enables users to store and share documents with other networked users from a single interface, trade magazine PC World reports.
To be fair, though, this could simply be a response to the sweeping industry adoption of SaaS. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG ) has its own suite in Google Apps, which now includes hooks into salesforce.com. Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN ) , meanwhile, just rolled out new features and support for users of its suite of Web services.
And let's not forget that, for Microsoft, SaaS isn't exactly new. Browser-based Windows Live has been in play since 2005, featuring neat tools such as Spaces. Among other things, Spaces allows users to create handy software widgets similar to what you'll find in Mac OS X.
But widgets are small-time, and Mr. Softy knows it. Now he's going bigger -- and, if press reports are to be believed, better.
You were right, Google. You dohave something to fear. But that something isn't Microhoo ... It's MicroSaaS.
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5-10, 225lb (178cm, 102kg)
Born: January 31, 1953 in Brenham, TX
College: Texas (College Stats)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 25 (4021st overall since 1960)
Draft: Baltimore Colts in the 5th round (105th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.
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Woman who adopted malnourished dog is glad she did
As the owner of two dogs, Lindsay had no intentions of owning another one.
One trip to the vet changed all that.
It was Sept. 16, 2012, and she was sitting in the waiting room at the Avalon Animal Hospital on Logy Bay Road with her two Yorkies, which were scheduled for routine checkups.
That's when two women from the Humane Society walked in with a Rottweiler mixed-breed female dog. She was underweight, frail and despondent.
"I was sat across the room and I could literally count every single rib in her body," said Lindsay, who didn't want to give her real name to ensure her privacy.
"It was the worst thing I had ever seen in my life — absolutely heartbreaking."
She said she knew she had to do something.
"She was absolutely awful looking. It was just horrible," Lindsay said. "I have my own two dogs and I never planned to own another dog. But the way she looked up at me, I couldn't resist."
She walked up to the dog to pet her. A wag of the tail and welcoming response was all it took.
"Oh my gosh, she was so friendly," she said. "I knew I had to help her."
The dog, named Lady, had been seized from a home in Lakeview, near Harbour Main, where she had been chained to a tree, was flea-infested and malnourished.
The animal was discovered by a neighbour, Loretta Carns, who was so shocked and appalled by the dog's condition, she called the Humane Society. Representatives of the SPCA and an RCMP officer also showed up.
The dog's owner, Christopher Whelan, has been charged with animal cruelty. During his trial, which began last week in provincial court, Whelan testified that he did feed the dog, but she didn't gain weight.
Whelan said he knew the animal was in bad shape, but couldn't afford to bring her to the vet for treatment.
That explanation didn't sit well with Lindsay.
"How someone could do that to a dog — just let it go like that — is beyond me." she said. "I just don't understand it. If the dog was sick, he should have asked someone for help to get treatment."
Lindsay said she believes in helping animals in need. It's the main reason she adopted Lady — to make sure the dog had the best chance possible for a good life.
"I was afraid no one else would adopt her," she said. "I had the means to do it, so I felt I should."
She wasn't permitted to take the dog home right away, since she needed further treatment.
But she did offer to pay the vet bills to ensure she got all possible tests.
Lindsay visited Lady at the SPCA for 2 1/2 weeks, and brought her other two dogs. She even hired a dog behaviourist to work with Lady.
"We wanted to figure out her demeanour and how to best handle things when she came home, especially with the other two smaller dogs," she said.
"(The behaviourist) tried to get her to become aggressive and snap at him, but she wouldn't. All she wanted to do was play and be rubbed.
"(The behaviourist) even said to me 'If you don't take her, I will.' She's just so lovable."
On Oct. 3, Lindsay finally got approval to bring the dog home.
"She settled right in," she said. "All she wanted to do was sit on her lap. The only trouble I had was feeding her. She was jumping at it to get at the food, since she went so long (at her original home) with no food.
"But when she figured out that she gets fed regularly, she was better."
Eight months later, Lady is a happy, healthy dog.
When she was first brought to the vet, she weighed 35 pounds. She now weighs 65 pounds.
She gets walked every day and goes to "doggie day care" three times a week.
"We only heard her bark for the first time in November," she said, laughing. "Now, she barks all the time. I guess she feels comfortable enough now.
"She feels safe now. She knows she's home. She's so happy. She's come full circle."
Lindsay said she's perfect around the two dogs and loves children.
Lindsay is thankful to Carns for reporting the dog and credits her for saving Lady's life.
"She was definitely days away from dying," Lindsay said of Lady.
She encourages other people to do the same and report any animal they suspect is mistreated.
"There's no harm in false alarms," she said. "It's better to be safe than sorry."
Lindsay is also grateful to the people at the Humane Society and the SPCA, who she said do "amazing work."
She also hopes others will step forward and adopt animals, like Lady, from the SPCA.
"I know it's scary for people to adopt a dog they know nothing about," she said. "But I'm saying there are neglected animals out there who are great and would make wonderful pets," she said.
"Lady is a perfect example. I couldn't have asked for a better dog."
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The "Ham in a Day" class hosted by the Warren County Department of Public Safety RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) at the Youngsville VFD this weekend was a huge success, according to Terry Carlson, Chief Telecommunicator for the Warren County 911 Center.
The class was originally geared towards local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts but developed into a statewide event with close to 120 participants. "Never in my wildest imagination did I think we would get that many people signed up in such a short amount of time," said Carlson.
As testing began late afternoon on Saturday, more than 100 people had attended the class with an additional 15 people walking in to upgrade their licenses. "This is the largest event like this that I know of and definitely the largest Ham in a Day class to be held in Warren County," reported Carlson.
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Amanda Clark (left) gets her identification verified by Russ Bush (middle) before taking her amateur radio certification exam. The class drew in nearly 120 people from across the state and even parts of Virginia.
In addition to the classes and the testing, participants took advantage of the chance to network with other amateur radio operators, enjoyed refreshments provided by the volunteers and support people, and had a chance to win over 80 door prizes at the lunchtime drawing.
"We want to thank our sponsors, including the Warren Times Observer who did a piece on the event leading up to it," added Carlson. 16 radios were donated to the event by MCM Consulting, SBM Communications, and Stat MedEvac out of Pittsburgh as well as Ramco Communications in Warren. WestPA.net was also another large sponsor of the event among many others.
Close to 35 support people helped make the event possible from cooking lunch to the actual teaching of the class and the administration of the exams at the end.
Of the participants, most came from the county but there were several participants from Pittsburgh and as far as Virginia. Randy Nuhfer and his son Randy, Jr. were first-timers at the class. "I thought it would be pretty cool to do," said Nuhfer, Jr. "I take electronics classes up at the Warren County Career Center and I thought it would be a good thing to be able to put on my resume."
"It's a good way to have a network," Nuhfer, Sr. added.
Amanda Clark and her father were also in attendance, proving that amateur radio is for everyone, not just 'the guys.' When asked what got her interested in the event, she laughed "My dad brought me."
Still others were spurred by the hopes of extra credit. Jacob Reno and several classmates were inspired by a teacher who was also in attendance of the event.
"It's been a great day," concluded Carlson. The success of the class has given him hope that not only will the hobby of Ham Radio continue on but also that membership for RACES will see a boost.
At the time, final results of the testing were not available, but Carlson was able to mention that several license tests had been successfully completed and hoped many more would be handed out.


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The Western Massachusetts high school football playoffs open with semifinal action Tuesday. Doubleheaders at four different sites will determine matchups for regional Super bowl games on Dec. 1.
Here is a quick look at one of the featured games:
No. 2 Wahconah (7-3) vs. No. 3 Hoosac Valley (7-3)
at Westfield State University, 5:15 p.m.
Wahconah: The Warriors from Dalton making second straight appearance, seeking first playoff win since 2007. Lost in the Berkshire County title game on Thanksgiving Eve, but ended Mount Greylock's Berkshire Country record 33-game winning streak, with 20-8 road win in Week 8. Qualified for fifth time in six seasons, and lost in the 2011 Western Mass. semifinal to Putnam. Last playoff game: 2011 Western Mass. semifinal, lost to Putnam 30-6
Last playoff win: 2007 Western Mass. semifinal, defeated Hoosac 27-0
Hoosac Valley: The Hurricanes are making their third-straight postseason appearance. The Cheshire regional lost only to playoff qualifying teams Mount Greylock, Chicopee Comp and St. Joseph. Lost in the semifinals last year to Commerce, and the Hurricanes seek their first playoff win since beating East Longmeadow with a late touchdown in a 2009 Super Bowl.
Last playoff game: 2011 Western Mass. semifinal, lost to Commerce 18-7
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I have a theory that we do best when the fasting is random rather than routine. Nothing else to add
OK Im reading up on Martin and leangains since Ive seen it mentioned here several times now. I've recently tweaked my weekly fasting schedule, doing more of an alternate day thing, where on those days (M<W<F) I have about a 20 hour fast (8 sleeping, the rest day time) and break it with a 800-1000 calorie single meal at 5 or 6 pm. Then eat normally the next day (one AM meal (aroung 7:30 am) of about 800 cals, and one evening meal (around 7:30 pm) of about 700 cals, with the 12 hour no eating period in between.
Im not usually so calorie focused, I just figured I would phrase it that way for quick reference. I eat 2/3 calories in fat, average 115-120 grams of protein a day (i have LBM of around 100 lbs), 100 grams fat daily, and avg 30-50 carbs a day. Even though the meal is big on a fasting day, I dont really care, because my goal is not really fat loss, but rather cell repair and renewal that comes from the 20 hours of abstaining from food.
I am doing this because I felt that lunch was getting a bit redundant, as I sit at a desk in my office during the week, and am not being active during this time, and usually wasnt hungry for lunch, but ate anyway because I didnt want to waste food, but felt like I was eating too often. I have learned that my body was meant to go longer than 4 hours without food just fine! I used to do just one 24 hour fast a week,with a smaller fast-breaking meal, but I like this better
Anyway Im trying this new schedule out starting this week. To me, fasting makes eating so much better. Mindlessly and unnaturally shoveling food into our faces, when we are never truly hungry (6 small meals a day crowd) makes us less sensitive to how the food effects our energy levels, and more prone to overeating. I feel like grok probably had two big main meals during his day, and spent the rest of the day at leisure or working on shelter etc. It takes a lot of energy to procure a high fat high protein food source (aka hunting and killing an animal) therefore I assume he ate larger meals less frequently and had lots of time in between meals, and also expended a lot of his energy in a fasted state. and im rambling....
Does anyone else have similar ADF fasting schedules or experiences?
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I have a theory that we do best when the fasting is random rather than routine. Nothing else to add
very well said cillakat.
you sumed it up .
been 45 hours of undereating for me.
just back from a sprint workout feels amazing.
can feel the real hunger now, gunna break it with 20 whole organic eggs
I don't do the alternate day fasting schedule per se, but I do have alternating days due to the way my own schedule tends to work out a lot of the time. Some week nights I only eat once and on others I have a normal dinner and then a supper (usually just bacon and eggs). Moving my eggs and bacon to supper has completely removed my weekend attachment to breakfast as well. Now, I don't eat breakfast or lunch pretty much ever.
I've implemented the 16/8 fasting/fed protocol from leangains and I've noticed a huge difference in body composition after switching to this method about a month ago.
I grok, therefore I am.
HOLY CRAP 20 eggs! lol, that's like two cartons!!! yeah, it's more fun and natural for me to just make the fasts random, but like mark said, some people are more spontaneous than others. Some people like to plan things out. I think i fall in the middle, but just skipping meals when im not hungry is so much fun! I tend to to skip breakfast more in the weekends.
"I know what my body needs and what it can handle. There's no better way to achieve my goal than what im doing now. If my regimen leads to my death, be it in six days or six months...I will die fullfiled. The outcome is irrelavent so long as i steer towards my fate. If death is to be my prize, i welcome it with open arms."
"A pound of meat a day keeps the doctor away"
I see your point, but modern life, with jobs, college courses, social events......it makes sense to me to plan out my fasts. If I didnt plan them, my constant access to food in this modern life would probably mean that I would never fast at all.
And ,of course, I wont be sticking to this schedule for the rest of my years, either. Next month I can switch up the days, extend or decrease the no-food period, or whatever. Honestly, it will most likely change week- to week. (and that includes weeks with no fasting at all)
There is also a high probability that I will not eat exactly according to plan either, as things come up in day to day life, and will probably result in my making minor adjustments in my eating through out the week. I often plan out each of my meals, since I cook almost everymeal, and find myself making significant adjustments to these plans too! Things just never go exactly as planned
So, yes, I have "planned" my fasts, but does that make them rigid, un-spontaneous endeavors? No. For instance, I know when Im going to fast, but my body, however, does not! The signals of hunger I receive during the fasts is my body asking for food, wondering where it is, and dealing with out it.
"Plan your progress carefully; hour by hour, day by day, month by month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power."--Paul J. Meyer
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I think that the idea of fasting unplanned sounds better too, but with work and events going on all the time I kind of have to have things planned. The old plan was to eat breakfast lunch and dinner anyway. I also wish that my workdays weren't planned either that I could come and go work whenever I wanted, but my employer wouldn't tolerate that much eccentricity.


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Bryan Crump's family began farming 30 years ago on 120 acres in McLean County, Illinois. Today, most of that acreage is in row crops the family cash rents out, but they use the remaining 21 acres to supply fresh produce, herbs, vegetables, fruit and flowers at a number of popular Farmer's Market outlets in Central Illinois. Though it's considered a small acre operation, dividends reveal 21st Century niche marketing at its best. Crump keeps busy, his soils stay fertile, and he has absolutely no problem finding eager buyers for all he grows.
Crump's operation is not certified organic - that would be impossible as he is literally surrounded by full-scale, large ag production operations. He's as close to organic as he can be; and as close as he needs to be for the customers he serves.
While he's always had two greenhouses, the most recent addition to the family is an even larger Seasonal High Tunnel. The 30' by 96' plastic covered structure, made possible through USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has been up and operational for just a season and a half now. Crump is happy with the new system and is already feeling the benefits.
"There's already been a great production benefit with my high tunnel," he confirms. Crump's window for planting and growing produce has been broadened. Control against pests is easier and protection from other air-born agents and predators is significant. Water and nutrient management are easy to manage as well.
Crump's locally grown operation lies in the heart of McLean County's wind turbine area. Here, more than 100 tall, white churning turbine units cover the landscape, demonstrating strong local support for 'home-grown' and 'natural' solutions for 21st Century progressive systems. Crump's produce fits right in.
Crump's family farm operation sells onsite at their roadside storefront. They reach even more buyers as regulars at many Farmer's Market events held in spring, summer, fall, and now, in the winter months.
Crump also supplies a few local specialty restaurants with special produce items and herbs. This spring, he's just put in extra rows of basil based on the specific request of a local chef. Even though temperatures are still chilly and although not all his neighbor's row crops has been planted, Crump's home-grown basil will be ready for the first green salads of Summer.
Even on a windy, chilly Illinois morning, when you enter Crump's seasonal high tunnel, you step into a different season. Once inside, there is no wind; the air is warm and moist. Your eyeglasses will immediately fog up but once you wipe them off you'll see large and leafy lettuce and zuchinni plants you'd expect to see in early July, not in May.
Unlike most large-scale agricultural producers who use large implement equipment to plant and harvest their air-dried crops, growers like Crump rely on smaller, soil-covered tillers for seedbed preparation. He doesn't use anything fancy, just what is required to get the job done. More than that, Crump relies on his most reliable tool: his own two hands.
The hands-on business of growing fresh and local food is labor-intensive. But Crump doesn't mind the hard work. He literally 'handles' all his produce from start to finish. He hand plants his seeds and starter plants. He collects seeds for future use. He weeds by hand. He harvests and hand-washes his produce. He loads and delivers it in a refrigerated truck. He attends farmer's markets and meets with customers face to face. It's all very simple, very personal, and yes, very fresh.
"Crump is a different kind of client for me," says NRCS District Conservationist Kent Bohnhoff. Bohnhoff worked with Crump to apply for the program that helped cover initial costs for the new structure. "He's got a small scale operation compared to most of my other customers. It's easy to see he has a healthy and rather intimate relationship with his crops and with his resources."
Although Crump has different management strategies and different farm priorities from most of Bohnhoff's producers, he relies on soil and water resources just like all farmers NRCS serves.
For that reason, NRCS has valuable information and technical assistance for growers of produce, organic, and specialty crops--just on a little smaller scale.
Crump did experience one setback with the tunnel when extremely high winds damaged the plastic, ripping it from the frame. "Other than that, I feel confident that we'll be able to call this pilot project a success. I wouldn't be surprised to see more and more of these here in Central Illinois and across the state," Bohnhoff adds.
To learn more about conservation solutions and program options for Illinois producers, visit www.il.nrcs.usda.gov or call your local NRCS Field Office today.
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Nobel Prize for Sustainability?
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By: Andrew Carty, Greek Life Sustainability Intern
Is there a Nobel Prize for Sustainable Development? As of yet, one does not exist.
Or does it? Katerva, a UK-based nonprofit, promotes global sustainability by identifying, evaluating, and accelerating innovations across the world through its annual Katerva Awards.
"If the Nobel Society had an award for sustainability, it would resemble the Katerva Awards, a new international prize for the most promising ideas and efforts to advance the planet toward sustainability."
Reuters 2011
Katerva boasts a global network of over 1200 experts in the field of sustainability. These "Katerva Spotters" identify nominees for the annual Katerva Awards based upon "…products, services, policy initiatives, very category targeted non-profit initiatives, unique structural solutions (joint ventures, etc)." Nominations may fall into the following 10 categories: Behavioral Change, Economy, Ecosystem Conservation, Energy and Power, Food Security, Gender Equality, Human Development, Materials & Resources, Transportation and Urban Design.


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Caramelized Garlic Chicken
Caramelized Garlic Chicken from the Pillsbury site!
You Need:
- 2
- teaspoons olive oil
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- teaspoons brown sugar
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To Make:
- 1Heat oven to 500°F. Line shallow roasting pan with foil; spray foil with nonstick cooking spray.
- 2Heat oil in small nonstick skillet over medium-low heat until hot. Add garlic; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until garlic begins to soften, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in brown sugar until well mixed.
- 3Place chicken breast halves in sprayed foil-lined pan. Spread garlic mixture evenly over chicken.
- 4Bake at 500°F. for 10 to 15 minutes or until chicken is fork-tender and juices run clear.
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Set slightly back from the Miño atop a low hill, the historic core of OURENSE (Orense), one of Galicia's four provincial capitals, is more attractive and personable than you might expect from the dispiriting urban sprawl that surrounds it. While not a place to spend more than one night – or to break a train or bus journey, as both stations are a considerable way out, across the river – the old quarter does at least offer a handsome and lovingly restored tangle of stepped streets, patrician mansions with escutcheoned doorways, and grand little churches squeezed into miniature arcaded squares. Its centrepiece is a squat, dark Catedral, an imitation of the one in Santiago, which contains a museum of religious odds and ends that's not really worth bothering with.
A bewildering number of bridges cross the River Miño as it curves extravagantly through Ourense. The oldest is the thirteenth-century Ponte Romana, but the most visually impressive is the new Ponte Milenio, a futuristic road bridge with an undulating pedestrian loop that provides great views.


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L.M. Malyshkin (The University of Chicago, ASCI Flash Center), R.M. Kulsrud (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
The prevailing theory for the origin of cosmic magnetic fields is that they have been amplified to their present values by the turbulent dynamo inductive action in the protogalactic and galactic medium. Up to now, in calculation of the turbulent dynamo, it has been customary to assume that there is no back reaction of the magnetic field on the turbulence, as long as the magnetic energy is less than the turbulent kinetic energy. This assumption leads to the kinematic dynamo theory. However, the applicability of this theory to protogalaxies is rather limited. The reason is that in protogalaxies the temperature is very high, and the viscosity is dominated by magnetized ions. As the magnetic field strength grows in time, the ion cyclotron time becomes shorter than the ion collision time, and the plasma becomes strongly magnetized. As a result, the ion viscosity becomes the Braginskii viscosity. Thus, in protogalaxies the back reaction sets in much earlier, at field strengths much lower than those which correspond to field-turbulence energy equipartition, and the turbulent dynamo becomes what we call the magnetized turbulent dynamo. In this paper we lay the theoretical groundwork for the magnetized turbulent dynamo. In particular, we predict that the magnetic energy growth rate in the magnetized dynamo theory is up to ten time larger than that in the kinematic dynamo theory. We also briefly discuss how the Braginskii viscosity can aid the development of the inverse cascade of magnetic energy after the energy equipartition is reached. This work was partially supported by the DOE under the ASCI program at the University of Chicago and under DOE Contract No. DE-AC 02-76-CHO-3073.
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Israel will probably never find out the fate of missing navigator Ron Arad, a senior Israeli figure said this week.
Last weekend, Hizbollah delivered a dossier on its efforts to locate the navigator, who bailed out over Lebanon 22 years ago, as part of the prisoner deal.
The last scenes of the disastrous Second Lebanon War were played out on Wednesday, and ended with Hizbollah being able to claim victory even more convincingly than they did two years ago.
In a deal brokered by Germany, the government of Ehud Olmert has turned over to the terrorist organisation Hizbollah the bodies of around 200 Lebanese killed during the 2006 war, plus four still living Hizbollah terrorists currently held in Israel, and the convicted murderer Samir Kuntar.
Some time ago, the Oscar-winning documentary-maker Errol Morris came across a series of photographs taken by the SS of the selections of Hungarian Jews for the gas chambers at Birkenau in 1944. "They are among some of the most extraordinary pictures in the history of photography, and they deeply fascinate me," Morris says.
Activities about captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have been a feature of a visit this week by teachers from the Kerner Primary in Meona, Northern Israel, to the Clore Tikva Primary in Redbridge under the aegis of the UJIA Schools to Schools project.
During his time as a Kerner pupil, Gilad Shalit wrote a story about the morality of friendship and peace which was discovered at the school after his capture.
The story has since been published in Israel with illustrations by Israeli artists.
The IDF Chaplains Corps began exhuming bodies from a special graveyard this week as part of the first stage of the prisoner exchange between Israel and Hizbollah.
For its part, Hizbollah presented their preliminary report on missing IAF navigator Ron Arad, shot down over Lebanon in 1986.
Israel is due to receive Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, captured two years ago, in the next two weeks in return for five Lebanese prisoners and the bodies of 10 Hizbollah fighters.
The cabinet voted this Sunday in favour of the plan despite Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warning that the two soldiers are presumed to be dead.
The Israeli cabinet is to vote on Sunday on the prisoner exchange with Hizbollah, after a week in which Prime Minister Ehud Olmert twice changed his mind on the deal by which Israel is to receive two soldiers in return for handing over five Lebanese prisoners.
The prisoner swap seemed imminent last week after Israeli and Lebanese sources both confirmed that a deal had been brokered by the German government.
The negotiations over the release of captured Israeli soldier First-Sergeant Gilad Shalit are expected to intensify this week in Cairo, a week into the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The ceasefire, which began last Thursday morning, has not been without its hiccups. Though both sides observed their commitments not to launch attacks on and from the Gaza Strip, Hamas did not prevent the Islamic Jihad movement from firing three rockets at Israel on Tuesday, in retaliation to one of its senior members being killed by the IDF near Nablus in the West Bank.


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Family Locked Inside Restaurant Because They Refused to Tip
Family Locked Inside Restaurant Because They Refused to Tip
A family in Houston was allegedly locked inside a restaurant by the angry staff when they refused to pay a gratuity. Sounds outrageous, right? Well, it depends on how you look at it.
La Fisherman Seafood Restaurant, like many restaurants, charges a 17 percent gratuity to parties of five or more. It's printed right there on the menus. But the family (of over five) was so disappointed with the service, they just refused. Drinks weren't refilled. They didn't get everything they ordered. The servers were rude! Why should they have to tip such lousy service?
Because! When you sit down with a large group of people and order from a menu that clearly states "Parties of five or more will be automatically charged a 17 percent gratuity," THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR. There's no note adding, "If you don't mind, and if you think the service was good." Them's the rules. Period.
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When I see that line on a menu, I tend to think, Abandon all hope of excellent service. I mean, it's pretty much a warning that your table is going to be a huge pain in the ass, so no promises. You might have a rough night. So you take a gamble -- it could be fine, it could be awful.
On the other hand, CLEARLY the family didn't deserve to be locked inside the building. I mean ... that's ridiculous. The family did complain to the manager -- and to be fair, I think the manager should have apologized and made an exception for the gratuity. That's what you're supposed to do in the hospitality business. Not lock the family in and call the police. So I think both parties are in the wrong here.
Do you think the restaurant overreacted? What do you think about mandatory gratuity?
Oh and the only way I can see Gratuity being ok is in high end restaurants but then I think servers shouldn't expect an additional tip.
I know I, for sure, will NEVER visit this restaurant for this reason alone. If I don't feel the server deserved a tip, the server won't get a tip. Manditory or not. And once it's stated it's manditory, it's not longer a tip. It's an extra charge.


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Recognition given during Leetonia BOE meeting
LEETONIA- Leetonia Schools Superintendent Rob Mehno recognized the work and accomplishments of several individuals at the regular school board meeting Wednesday night, including students in the high school's transitional program and the winners of the county spelling bee.
Mehno welcomed Kitty Kromer, an intervention specialist at the high school, to speak about her transition program for students with disabilities which provides an opportunity for them to acquire job experience before graduation. Kromer told the board that a new state mandate will require schools offer a transition program for the students, something Leetonia has offered for the past 20 years.
The program places students on a job site six hours a day each Tuesday. The students created the raised beds at the K-12 campus in the fall of 2011 and then worked at Goodness Grows in North Lima during the spring and summer. They again worked at the garden sites at the K-12 campus this fall and will continue to work at Goodness Grows.
Kromer added that she has secured a $500 grant for the gardening program through the area solid waste district.
Elementary Principal Missy Brock praised the students, noting that they help out with anything that needs done.
"Anytime there's something to do around the office, we can ask them and it gets done quickly," she said. "They've just been a tremendous asset here."
Spelling bee winners: Leetonia boasted the top two spellers at the county spelling bee earlier this month, so the board honored champion Sash Davis, first runner-up Shawn Greathouse and contestant Haley Peterson.
Sash, the first Leetonia student to win the county spelling bee since 1988, will represent Columbiana County at the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.
Shawn finished tied for first runner-up, marking the first time one school has had the top two spellers since the ESC began hosting the event, according to board member student achievement liaison John Rydarowicz.
Additional recognitions: Mehno recognized the overwhelming generosity of students, staff and community. He reported that Karri O'Donnell organized the pennies for pasta fundraiser which raised $1,200 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Emily Rodik coordinated the Koins for Kids which raised $1,195.65 for Akron Childrens Hospital (Mahoning Valley Campus), with the elementary school raising more money per student than any other Columbiana County school.
He also reported that Sandy Mitchell is raising money for the weight room and the Excel program under the direction of advisor Brianna Henceroth is fundraising for the Christina House in Lisbon.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Ferris State did everything but get the final goal.
The Bulldogs fell one win shy of a trip to the Frozen Four as North Dakota's Connor Gaarder scored early into the second overtime Saturday for a 2-1 victory in the Midwest Regional final at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati.
Gaarder's goal came on only the 14th shot since the first period for North Dakota, which got a standout game from its goalie, Zane Gothberg, who stopped 44 of 45 shots.
"It was a heck of a battle and the goaltenders were the story of the game," said Ferris State coach Bob Daniels.
Ferris State finishes 29-11-3 in its bid for its second trip in three years to the Frozen Four. Instead it will be the Sioux (25-13-3) that will be in Philadelphia April 10.
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North Dakota, in the final four for the 20th time, has won seven national titles.
North Dakota only had two shots in the third period - despite two power plays - and just seven shots in the second and third periods combined. By comparison, Ferris State's Cory Kane had that many shots through regulation.
But after a standoff in the first overtime, North Dakota pressed early in the second, and got two early chances on goalie CJ Mott. Then, with traffic in front of the net, Gaarder, a junior forward, swept by the front of the net and put the game-winner between the pads of Motte.
"We carried the pace most of the night, but it was frustrating not to get one in," said Ferris State right wing Garrett Thompson.
Ferris State struck first. Kane scored unassisted in the second period, skating through the middle and flicking a 20-footer that went between the pads of Gothberg with 12:29 left. It was Kane's 14th goal on the season.
North Dakota had a five on three for 13 seconds midway through the second period and it led to its first goal.
After Motte failed to clear a puck behind the net just as one teammate got out of the box, Paul LaDue set up a shot from the left point that was redirected off the skate of Stephane Pattyn and into the net.
"I'd like to congratulate North Dakota but our team as well," Daniels said. "It's been a great ride and I'm so proud of these guys. They've worked hard all year and it's been a tremendous season."
The Bulldogs' 29 wins are currently the most in Division I and two shy of the program's all-time record from 2003.
Ferris State, winners of the WCHA regular-season title, reached the regional finals following a 1-0 victory Friday against Colgate.
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Maybe not all tower/antenna stuff, but there are a few things anyway. Spring cleaning a bit late, got to get rid of excess stuff! This is going fast, one piece sold before I even got this message written! Prices go up each time I pack it to go to a flea market so get it now before I get tired of hauling it around! All measurements approximate. Buyer pays shipping or you can come and get it except as noted on a few items. TS870S w/ manual, box. $1200 TS940SAT w/ rs232, narrow cw filter, manual, box. $750 PICKUP HERE ONLY! I have not had good luck shipping 940's so I will show you it working and let you carry it away only! TS680S w/ manual, cw filter, (maybe a box, have to go climb around in attic for a bit to be sure) $450 Radio Shack Cassette recorder, vox, wall wart and car adapter, 10x30minute tapes. $50 Z-World Micro G2 Developer Kit. See my web site for Yaesu rotor controller that it is currently configured for. Includes software and cables to write your own programs. Good science fair or microprocessor learning tool. $100 Astron RS-20A $75 Astron RS-10A $50 2x push up masts, 30-35' $50ea Won't ship this. 120-140' 5/8" catv hardline $20 Won't ship this. R5 w/manual $100 Partially assembled, would prefer not to try to ship. AS455G $75 2x TB4 $80ea 2x Buckingham Climbing Belts, one with rope lanyard the other with adjustable belt type lanyard. $50ea 2x 9-1/2" blowers, need more air for that big amp, these will move it! 120v 5a 1/3hp Dayton 5c092a, used, includes free duct tape attached. $50ea 8' 3"x1/4"wall galvanized steel mast $100 Won't ship this. 2x B&W 550A 5 position coax switches. $20ea Long RS-232 cables db25m-f 2x50', 1x75'(or longer?), custom made by Black Box, all 3 $25 NOTE! Don't ask for more details on the misc boxes or the price goes up! Any other small stuff I find may be added to them without notice. Volume discounts apply if you take more than one box! I WILL NOT SHIP THESE! Mixed box 1. vga cards, 5 1/4" floppy drives, assorted simms (upgrade that old computer with hard to find small simms!) $20 Mixed box 2. Dipole, battery charger, mag mount, computer cables. $10 Mixed box 3. 2 web cams, usb-serial port box, tv tuner card, more... $50 Mixed box 4. kenwood touchtone mic(maybe intermittant switch?), several wall warts, yaesu fh1, kenwood ma700 duplexer, $25 Misc Wood. Need a little piece of this or that to finish up a project or build something small for the shack? Come and look through the various piles, all free David Robbins K1TTT e-mail: mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com web: http://www.k1ttt.net AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net David Robbins K1TTT e-mail: mailto:email@example.com web: http://www.k1ttt.net AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
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Pity the poor soul hooked on HD-TV | The Latte Guy | April 17
Comedian Lenny Bruce once described flamenco dancing as an art form wherein the dancer applauds his own ass. Because of the mental image I carry around with me from Bruce's comment, I have been unable to make myself watch even a single episode of the hit television show Dancing with the Stars, making it perhaps the only television show that I have not watched at least a few minutes of.
I confess to having seen bits of American Idol (my daughter's fault), Oprah (I was home sick), and Beavis and Butthead (no excuses). Even the fact that some of the dancers on Stars evidently wear outfits that make your average Las Vegas hooker look like she's wearing your grandmother's mu-mu has not been enough to entice me to give the show a look.
I could say that I watch television merely to provide material for this column – a sort of, "I watched it so you don't have to," kind of public service thing. But that wouldn't be entirely true, at least not in the factual sense of truth. The real reason I've been watching a lot more television these days is that we purchased a new widescreen television set last year.
Our previous television set was a holdover from the Eisenhower Administration, and had developed a disquieting habit of randomly changing channels in the middle of a program. It also occasionally showed old, unscheduled episodes of Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver, and not the good episodes, either.
I will pretty much watch anything if it is broadcast in high definition. Even commercials. Until I saw the Tidy Bowl man in high definition, I always thought of commercials as a scourge on society, an evil and manipulative attempt by Madison Avenue and Big Business to ball-peen the masses into purchasing shoddy products they don't need and can't afford.
I still think that, actually, but now I can't help but also marvel at how vivid the colors are on Mrs. Butterworth's housedress, and how truly absorbent Bounty paper towels are when seen soaking up soda on a molecular level.
One thing I've noticed in my year of enhanced television watching is that we viewers can't seem to get enough of competition. Whether it's cooking, making cakes, traveling, singing, dancing or losing weight, you can bet some station will have a program pitting a bunch of average Joes against a bevy of washed-up Hollywood jet trash in an inane but wonderfully photographed competition.
A sub-trend in the competition genre is the emergence of the judges themselves as the "stars" of the show, despite what appears to be incontrovertible evidence that if the judges actually knew what the hell they were talking about, they'd be out on the stage doing it rather than hiding behind the judges' table belittling the "contestants."
Would Alex Trebek ever laugh at a contestant on Jeopardy who failed to phrase his answer in the form of a question? You bet he wouldn't.
All this recent television watching has made me question the mindset of the people who make decisions about the shows that make it on the air.
I'm reminded of Immanual Kant's definition of the categorical imperative in which Kant postulated that a proper moral philosophy would have one live one's life according to a set of precepts that he or she would at the same time wish to see adopted by everyone as a set of universal laws.
In other words, in Kant's view you do only those things you believe every person should do in the same circumstance regardless of whether in any particular case the outcome of the action was likely to be of particular benefit to you.
I think about that philosophy from time to time, and then I watch a couple of minutes of Family Guy or Extreme Cage Fighting, and I fear for the survival of our species.
Given the contrast between the mindless opulence of so much television programming and the diminished state of our economy, flipping channels these days can feel a little like taking a virtual tour of the museum of lost American dreams.
Luckily for all of us, baseball season has started, and we can now spend our evenings studying the grass stains on Ichiro's knees, just as Kant would have wanted us to do. Play ball!
Tom Tyner is an attorney for the Trust for Public Land. He is author of "Skeletons From Our Closet," a collection of writings on the island's latte scene.
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PARMA --City Council will have its committee meetings at 6 p.m. today in City Hall, 6611 Ridge Road.
Immediately after the committee meetings, at 7 p.m., there will be a meeting of the full council.
Among the legislation that council will consider is an rezoning ordinance that would allow Axelrod Buick GMC to rebuild its car dealership on Brookpark Road near Pearl Road.
The Parma Planning Commission has approved Axelrod's rebuilding plan and has recommended that council approve the rezoning.


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Quinn turned five on Tuesday and I didn't write a word. The night he turned three, I wrote one of my favorite essays that I have ever written. I published it at Mamalode today rather than face this new reality. This fiveness.
Five. Quinn is five. He wanted a vanilla Spiderman cake, but I didn't know the vanilla part – or possibly I ignored it – I don't believe in cakes that aren't chocolate. WOC, I say, waste of calories. He cried when I produced my usual delicious Costco chocolate cake the size of a five year old boy. If you haven't had a Costco chocolate cake, well, here's the deal, you're wasting your time making your own cakes. Costco's cakes are better. Eventually, I lured him into helping me decorate the cake with the Spiderman and Dr. Octopus figurines I purchased and a lot of plastic lizards made in China, which undoubtedly leaked toxic chemicals all over my pristine Costco chocolate cake. (Never fear, I ate it anyway.)
After much discussion and a few tears, I think Quinn came to understand this great life truth: Vanilla cakes are yucky and I won't buy them. There should be a picture of my beautiful Quinn with his awesome chocolate cake here, but I forgot my camera and we didn't take any pictures at his party.
MY GOD. What kind of shoddy operation is this? And I have the nerve to call this a mommy blog?
I do have a picture of Saige's new hair. She really, really, really wanted purple in it. I really, really, really don't have as strong an opinion about hair as I have about cake. If Quinn wants purple hair, I swear as you are my witness, he can have purple hair. Vanilla cake? NEVER.
I know, I know, you would never deny your precious cupcake the cake of his wildest desirings for your own selfish cake happiness, nor ignore birthday requests for vanilla cakes because, you want what now? I'm sorry, I don't understand.
I know. I'm mean. He got a cake and presents and a swimming party, leave me alone. Actually, as long as we're all judging my parenting, how do we feel about this? I had an OB appointment this week and the kids wanted to know why and so, because I usually answer direct questions with direct answers, I told them it was to check on the new baby in my tummy and see if it was okay. Post long discussion about whether we will have a brother or a sister, Saige, who is beside herself with excitement about a live baby doll in the house, asked when the new toy – or rather baby sister – would arrive? To which, I replied, "sometimes babies grow and sometimes they don't, so we'll see how this one grows and then we'll know."
Quinn took that literally. He asked me yesterday if I remembered to water the baby "so it grows." Garrett, it is possible, is routing harder for his tomato plants. Nate cries every time Saige says it's a girl – named Abigail – because then, he wails, he is still the littlest boy.
What say you? Hit me. (KINDLY.) TMI for kids? Too blunt? Just right? The reactions are mixed IRL. How did you talk to older kids about the possibility of loss? Or did you wait to tell until later in the pregnancy to avoid the issue?


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It was a curious comment, unscripted but probably not unplanned. Premier Kathy Dunderdale, in the middle of a speech to the St. John's Board of Trade last week, suddenly decided to throw out a snippet about last year's federal loan guarantee for Muskrat Falls.
The deal, she said, almost came off the rails over a late request from the Prime Minister's Office that the province agree to changes in fish processing laws. In other words that, for the sake of a new European trade deal, the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), the province should stop requiring that fish landed in this province be processed here.
The timing was peculiar. The speech wasn't going in that direction when Premier Dunderdale suddenly announced that she had hung up on the prime minister's then chef of staff, Nigel Wright.
So why did it happen? It could have been two things. In the face of upcoming (and likely unfavourable) public opinion polls, Dunderdale might have wanted to put herself out there as the "fighting Newfoundlander," a strategy that has worked for premiers here for years.
More likely, though, is to get out ahead of changes that are likely coming anyway.
The core of the dispute between the federal and provincial government is over a handful of words in the province's Fish Inspection Act: "4. (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations … (p) prescribing minimum processing requirements …"
Unlike the rules in many industries, the act allows the cabinet to restrict the shipment of unprocessed fish from the province.
The rules help keep a certain number of fish plant workers in jobs, to be sure (just how many is another question; after all, even without artificial trade barriers, there are advantages to being geographically close to a resource and having a workforce that's subsidized by employment insurance in the off season).
Those same rules also help keep raw material prices artificially low. Since fishermen can only sell to in-province buyers with processing capability, buyers get an unreasonable advantage. So there are those who gain advantages — and, as many are quick to point out, those advantages include people in rural parts of the province. Having European tariffs dropped on this province's fisheries products might make those advantages greater.
The problem is that the processing regulations represent a kind of restrictive, non-tariff rule that is already falling out of favour as trade barriers fall, and may already be illegal. As a National Post columnist pointed out on Friday, the rules violate World Trade Organization standards, and would probably fall the first time they're tested anyway.
That turns Dunderdale's strident and sudden attempt to get in front of the issue as something more like getting the first word in to say the changes are "not on my watch."
The changes are likely inevitable, but they're being cast as something that we should blame on the feds instead. Because that's really one of the few arguments that makes Dunderdale's unexpected announcement of the federal actions make any sense at all.


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CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI -- A panel discussion at Davenport University on Thursday will highlight efforts made this year to promote religious tolerance in West Michigan.
The Oct. 11 discussion, titled "Religious (in)Tolerance," will feature Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell, community leader Imam Muaz Redzic and Davenport University faculty member Gabriela Ziegler.
The speakers will discuss the West Michigan 2012 Year of Interfaith Understanding, an initiative aimed at cultivating "community interest and engagement of all faith traditions in West Michigan." Discussion will also center on how values differ among different religions and faiths.
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text: Explore Northern Territory Darwin Kakadu National Park Arnhem Land Along the Stuart Highway Katherine and around The Victoria Highway to Western Australia South to Alice Springs Alice Springs and around The MacDonnell Ranges South to Kings Canyon and Uluru Uluru Share With its handful of shops, restaurants and sights, including an excellent Aboriginal cultural centre, TENNANT CREEK, 26km south of Three Ways, remains the best stopover on the long haul between Katherine (669km north) and Alice Springs (507km south). At the heart of the Barkly Region, Tennant is a hub for the mining and beef industries and the surrounding area is home to the NT's oldest, and some of the world's biggest, cattle stations. Sadly, Tennant also has a dark side, with social problems and alcohol-related issues blighting sections of the Aboriginal community which makes up close to half the town's population of around 3000. It can feel edgy when venturing out at night – taxis are a good idea if you're taking more than a short walk – but the small town has for decades made efforts to shake off its reputation, and it deserves to be visited with an open mind. John McDouall Stuart came through Tennant Creek in the early 1860s, followed by the Overland Telegraph Line ten years later. Pastoralists and prospectors arrived from the south and east, and in 1933 it was the site of Australia's last major gold rush. Mining corporations continue to exploit the rich deposits here, with mineral exploration the most important industry alongside beef. The Stuart Highway becomes Paterson Street, the town's main drag, as you enter Tennant.


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It's 6:30 in the morning and I'm pressed and neat, hair combed back and pinned up, not a strand out of place. I'm driving a car commonly referred to as "sporty", bought secondhand from a grinning salesman who looked at us and painted his thoughts all over his face. It's a two-door coupe, and it cuts smoothly in and out of the early morning traffic before I hang a left in the middle of the block and pull through the Starbucks drive-through, pick up an Americano and a pastry that definitely isn't on anyone's diet, and head back into traffic.
I set the cup in the holder as I swing back into place, but it tilts alarmingly, threatening to spill. Steadying it with two fingers on my gearshift hand, I take a right at the flashers and head up the onramp. I'm on the freeway at the head of rush hour before I settle into sixth gear and take my hand off the shifter, reaching for the cup. I take a sip and burn my tongue, transfer it to my wheel hand and reach down to see what's fallen into the cup holder.
My fingers close around something cold and woven, and I feel a shock of recognition as I lift it out. The flash of streetlights strobes off the silver loop that's burning an ice-cold circle on my palm; the beads strung along the braided leather cord disguising the collar only superficially. The clasp ratchets closed, and there's a little keyhole just in case I had any doubts.
I'm already driving with three fingers and a cup of scorching hot Americano; I don't have free hands to do what the collar demands I do, and demands right now. I can hear your voice in my ears, silken, unyielding. "Do you want to be safe?" I know I don't. I know that safe is not what this is about.
I shift the cup from one hand to the other, set it back in the cup holder where it sits vertically now, nothing else blocking it. My hand is shaking just a bit; the coffee laps at the sipping lid and splashes as I set it down. I set the cruise with a tap, ten miles over the speed limit, and take my feet off the pedals to brace my knees on the steering wheel. It's a long straight stretch and the alignment on the coupe is good.
The beads catch the flashing lights as I pass another exit, jasper and tourmaline and chrysoprase glints, abstract patterns of color around the central silver ring. Silver threads wind through the leather braids, glittering. Strengthening. The latch ratchets shut with a series of tiny metallic clicks, and I tug on it, already knowing it's solid. Secure. For a moment the collar is too tight, and I can't breathe, suppressing the urge to claw at it until the instinctive panic subsides.
It's snug, just tight enough that I won't be able to forget I'm wearing it even if I tried, and the beads are cold as they dig subtly into my neck, drawing heat from my skin and warming slowly as I lower my hands back to the wheel and try to focus on the taillights cutting into my lane right in front of me.
It's seven when I pull into the parking lot, find my spot, stand staring at the front doors while the wind chills the ring where it rests against the hollow of my throat. I can feel my pulse beating against it, fast, distracted. It's exactly what you must have wanted. I take a deep breath, walk in, make a smile for the clerk at the front desk. I get a wave and a "Morning, boss."
"Morning," I manage, but I can't remember his name, so I keep walking. I never knew leather and glass could be so heavy. There are papers waiting for me in my office. Decisions to make. Rules to enforce.
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A pedestrian was killed while attempting to cross Highway 20 on North Whidbey Wednesday.
The Washington State Patrol has identified the victim as Jesus Herrera, 60, of Oak Harbor. He died at the scene and his next of kin have been notified by the Island County Coroner.
According to a press memo, the accident occurred near mile post 39 and Northgate Drive at about 6 p.m. Herrera was crossing the highway when he was struck by the driver-side mirror of a southbound 2005 Freightliner refrigeration truck.
He suffered massive head and chest trauma, injuries which North Whidbey Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Mike Brown classified as not survivable.
"There was a doctor on the scene that had already made that determination (by the time emergency responders arrived)," Brown said.
The driver of the truck, Tacoma resident Xuelong Zheng, 39, was not injured in the accident. According to the state patrol, the cause has been determined as "inattention by a pedestrian." Drugs and alcohol are not believed to have been involved.
Brown said it was unclear why Herrera was crossing the street, but did note that bus stops are located on both sides of the street nearby.
A portion of Highway 20, from Monkey Hill to West Troxell Road, was closed for about three hours while the state patrol investigated the accident.
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Barring an unexpected deal to another team, Red Sox veteran Mike Lowell will be on the bench when the Red Sox and New York Yankees open the season Sunday night at Fenway Park.
And so, I ask the members of Red Sox nation, what's wrong with having a veteran swingman like Mike Lowell available to hit, and play a handful of positions on a Red Sox team that has designs on winning the World Series next October?
Just like you I have listened to the speculation, and read the reports about Mike Lowell's "situation". It's been written and talked about all week how it's impossible to expect Lowell to accept a back-up role for the first time in his career.
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"There hasn't been much trade activity, if at all, with him this spring,'' general manager Theo Epstein said.
"He's swinging the bat well of late, looking healthier every day, and I anticipate him being an important bench guy for us,'' said the GM. "No one wishes injury on anyone, but strange things happen in this game, and it's a good feeling to have him be able to step in if needed.''
So I'm leaving this one up to you guys. First, why would we expect Mike Lowell, as classy a player who has ever worn a Red Sox uniform, to all of a sudden become a problem?
And perhaps the biggest question, or my question, when does the time come for the major league baseball player, in the Red Sox case, Mike Lowell, and perhaps even Josh Beckett, to do the right thing?
I expect Mike Lowell to honor his contract and not be a distraction. To stand before the fans and say that he's here to do whatever it takes to win a championship. Doesn't a signature, a handshake, and $12 million mean anything anymore?
And I quickly brought up Josh Beckett because while it appears he's going to sign his 4 year contract offer soon, there seemed to be that slight hesitation about leaving a team he's vested the best years of his career with. And for what, $15 million more dollars he'll never spend. That never made much sense to me.
So back to Mike Lowell, he'll be introduced at Fenway Park on Sunday night to a thunderous ovation. And my bottom line is he needs to take one for the team this season.
And if Mike Lowell does plays ball, he could end up being the most important player in the line-up this season.


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When President Obama gave his Afghanistan troop surge speech two weeks ago, some progressives and pretty much all of the Tea Party crazies agreed that Obama has alienated his base, and has set himself up for defeat in 2012.
Between a divisive, costly war escalation, Joe Lieberman's self-serving hijacking of the healthcare debate for the benefit of insurance companies, and a lack of Obama administration focus thus far on job creation, it has become fashionable in some circles to presume that Republicans will take back both Congress and the White House.
Fortunately for Mr. Obama and the Democrats, their defeat is far from guaranteed – and they have the GOP, the most vocal prognosticators of future Republican gains, to thank for it.
For every person turned off by President Obama's policies, there is another that views the hard-right shift by the GOP in an equally negative light. Republicans must be feeling unusually generous toward Democrats this holiday season- just look at all the fodder they've given Democrats this year.
The Republican Party is experiencing an intra-party fracture, akin to the Civil Rights-era divisions among Democrats. In one corner, there are establishment Republicans (both conservative and moderate) who at least pretend they care about bipartisanship, and who are not slaves to the whims of the religious right.
In the other, there are the Tea Party rally supporters, who apparently think calling Mr. Obama a Nazi and reading random parts of the Constitution (even though most would fail a pop quiz on its contents) is intelligent protest. Based on the wording of their new talking points, Congressional Republicans have apparently sided with the latter, at least for now.
Then, there is the recent meteoric rise of Glenn "the government is using OnStar to spy on you" Beck. His incoherent chalkboard drawings, tearful fits of paranoia, self-contradicting claims about Obama being a racist, and constant plea for viewers to buy gold, both on his show, and in paid advertisements for Goldline International, help solidify his position as the loudest pundit on Fox Noise.
As if that weren't enough, there is the Republican National Committee's new "purity test" to run as a Republican: yet another sign that they're letting the Tea Partiers dictate the future of the party. It contains the new ten commandments of being a good Republican.
The resolution floating around to adopt the test would require you to support eight of the ten. Support gay rights? That's one strike against you (one must support the Defense of Marriage Act to be a good Republican). Do you mindlessly oppose and obstruct basically anything with Mr. Obama's name on it? You're in luck, as seven of the ten ways to be a good Republican are covered under that umbrella. That means you get to be a maverick in picking the one remaining commandment!
On top of that, the RNC chairman, Michael Steele, may quite possibly be the biggest dork to appear on cable news this year. From proving to be spineless under pressure from Rush Limbaugh and the far-right fringe, to awkward comments during interviews that implicitly said "look at me, I'm black and a conservative! Pretty neat, huh?" it's no wonder that the Becks and Limbaughs of the world are more influential within the party than the chairman himself, and that the public doesn't take him too seriously.
This is not to mention the "family values" Republicans busted for juicy tales of infidelity and ethical misfires- common occurrences since the birth of the "moral majority." This year's list of shame includes South Carolina governor Mark Sanford (though his conduct may be sufficient for its own, more bizarre list), and Senator John Ensign from Nevada.
Then there are the Teabaggers, a movement already fracturing from within. Because the group is defined by significant disconnect from reality (in their world, Medicare and socialized medicine are two completely different things), angry flair, amusing—and occasionally offensive—artwork, countless spelling errors on signs, little substance in content and a lack of a coherent message beyond paranoia-driven fear of the government's new black/socialist/communist/Nazi/Muslim/Kenyan boogeyman-in-chief, the chances of this group growing beyond students of the Beck school of conservatism is pretty small.
And finally, we have Sarah Palin. Enough said.
What does this all add up to? It's simple, really: the party is too much of a joke at the moment to seriously challenge Mr. Obama in 2012. Sentiments that Republicans are sure to take over Congress and the White House over the next three years are presently little more than a cocktail of conservative dogma and almost-manic wishful thinking.