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Thanksgiving is a time for family gatherings, turkey with all the delicious fixings, football, and let's not forget, pie! If your family is anything like mine, multiple pie flavors are required to satisfy the differing palates and strong opinions. So we wondered, which pies are people discussing for the holiday? What better way to celebrate and answer that question than with a Gnip Cagefight.
Welcome to the Battle of the Pies!
For those of you that have been in a pie eating contest or had a pie in the face, you know this one will be a fight all the way down to the very last crumb. In one corner (well actually it is the Gnip Octagon so can you really have corners, oh well) we have The Traditionalist, pumpkin pie and in the opposite corner, The New Comer, pecan pie. Without further ado, Ladies and Gentleman, Let's Get Ready to Rumble, wait wrong sport. Let's Fight!
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We looked at one week's worth of data across six of the top social media sources and determined that pumpkin pie "takes the cake" (so to speak) across every source.
In this case, it is interesting to point out that in sources like Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and WordPress we see higher winning ratios, while sources that tend to have higher latency such as Newsgator and WordPress Comments were a little more even. Is this because, on further consideration, pecan pie sounds pretty good? Or is it that everyone will have to have two pies and, with pecan as the traditional second, it is highly discussed?
Top Pie Recipes
Even though pumpkin pie was our clear winner, we thought it would be fun to share a few of the most popular holiday pie recipes by social media source:
- Twitter – Cook du Jour Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie and Pecan Pie Video Recipe from joyofcooking.com
- Facebook – Ben Starr's Pumpkin Bourbon Pecan Pie Recipe
- Newsgator – BlogHer's Pumpkin Pecan Roulade with Orange Mascarpone Cream Pie Recipe
- WordPress and WordPress Comments – Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie from allrecipes.com
Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Pies
Another interesting fact that came out of this Cagefight was the counts of non-traditional Thanksgiving pies that were mentioned across the social media sources we surveyed. Though we rarely find these useful for communicating numerical values effectively, you can't not have a pie chart in this post.
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DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) A balding, bespectacled working stiff inexplicably loses his voice — except when speaking in rhyme or pinching his nose.
It may sound like a farcical plot for a popular cartoon satirizing American office culture, but Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams says he recovered less than a week ago from just such an affliction.
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"I don't want to give false hope to people who are suffering from the same thing," Adams said, sitting at his drawing tablet in his suburban San Francisco office. "I don't even know if my voice is going to last. Maybe this is an illusion. It came back but in a few days it could go away again forever."
Adams, 49, appears to be a rare example of someone who has largely — but not totally — recovered from Spasmodic Dysphonia, a mysterious disease in which parts of the brain controlling speech shut down or go haywire. As many as 30,000 Americans are afflicted, typically in their 40s and 50s, experts say.
One of the most peculiar aspects of SD is that victims are typically unable to have intimate conversations in their normal voice. Yet they can speak under different circumstances, such as immediately after sneezing or laughing, or in an exaggerated falsetto or baritone, or while reciting poetry, according to SD support groups.
Patients are often so anxious about their speech that they stop breathing or have heart palpitations before trying to articulate their thoughts. There is no known cure — but many victims have improved their speech by changing tenor or pitch, or doing special breathing and relaxation exercises.
"It's extremely frustrating," said Dr. Krzysztof Izdebski, a voice and speech pathophysiologist in San Francisco who has treated more than 800 people with SD. "People who have this problem are tremendously socially handicapped. They look normal and may even say one or two normal words, but they have facial grimaces and they stutter and people think they're having a stroke. Society is very cruel toward them."
SD may be caused by a chromosomal abnormality that results in spasms of the vocal chords. It may cause spasms in the eyes, arms, legs and mouth. Many victims suffer multiple dystonias, or movement disorders.
Nearly three years ago, Adams developed a tremor in his right pinky whenever he tried to put pen to paper. He turned to a digital drawing tablet and stylus, and the spasms disappeared. Dilbert has been computer-generated ever since.
Then, Adams lost his voice in early 2005 following a bout with bronchitis and laryngitis. He withdrew; the thought of going to the grocery store without saying "hi" or "thank you" was depressing. Being unable to scream "fire!" or "watch out!" terrified him.
A specialist finally diagnosed Adams with SD and he began treatments of the tissue-paralyzing drug botulinum toxin. When injected into the muscles around the larynx, Botox — also used to smooth wrinkles — blocks nerve impulses and reduces spasms.
But the injections generally work for just three months. Side-effects include a breathy, inconsistent voice.
Adams, the former Pacific Bell financial analyst whose doodles mocking middle management became one of the country's most popular comic strips, hated the injections.
His only comfort was that he could sing and recite poetry with only minimal gasping and stammering. He decided to recite nursery rhymes every night in hopes of "re-mapping" his brain.
Last weekend, Adams was chanting "Jack Be Nimble" for the umpteenth time when it dawned on him: He wasn't having a stitch of difficulty.
He's been talking ever since — albeit with a raspy, tinny voice that sounds as if he's still recovering from the flu.
Adams isn't the first well-known figure to develop the condition. In 1992, public radio host Diane Rehm developed a scratchy cough, and by 1998 she had to take a four-month leave because her speech had become so tortured. Doctors feared she had throat cancer, Parkinson's disease or Lou Gehrig's disease — until researchers at Johns Hopkins University diagnosed her with SD.
Rehm's voice still sounds distinctly frail and cracked, but she has maintained a radio career. She said other patients should take comfort in the fact that she, Adams and others have recovered much of their speech.
"I had to work so, so hard to finally get it back and be comfortable with it," Rehm said in a phone interview Thursday. "Sometimes I listen to the early radio interviews I did, and it's hard to believe that that voice is mine. I try to do the very best I can."
The protagonist of Adams' comic strip — the bumbling, cubicle-dwelling engineer Dilbert — has long been the artist's alter-ego. While Dilbert hasn't discussed SD in the strip, he and his wry pet, Dogbert, are among the few cartoon characters who lack mouths.
"It's probably a coincidence," Adams said. "But it's a funny one."
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A scientific discussion on the web site of the Guardian, a British newspaper with a global following, on 25 August, 2008, considered the subject of Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation. The program, which can be listened to over the Internet and in which "Science Weekly" in which James Randerson, one of the daily's science editors, and religious affairs editor Riazat Butt participated, discussed the most significant news stories of the week and referred to Harun Yahya as "a fascinating creationist from the Islamic world."
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(Washington, DC) -- An angry President Obama is ripping a key Senate vote on gun control. In a White House statement, Obama accused a minority of senators of blocking "common sense" gun measures. He called it a "pretty shameful day for Washington." The statement came after a measure expanding federal gun background checks fell short of a 60 vote threshold in the 100 member Senate. Obama said the fight for sensible gun regulations will continue, calling the Senate vote "round one."
The background checks amendment was thought to have the best chance of passage among a number of measures aimed at curbing gun violence. Obama said expanded background checks has solid support from a majority of Americans. He accused the powerful gun lobby of willfully lying about the measure. He said most Republican senators and a few Democrats "caved to the pressure."
President Obama has been pushing lawmakers hard on gun violence since December's deadly school shooting spree in Newtown, Connecticut. Several Newtown victims' family members joined the President during his statement in the Rose Garden. Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was also there. Giffords is still recovering from a serious head injury from a mass shooting in Tucson in 2011.


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Anne Heedt, of Clovis, Calif., has been moving toward a more fuel-efficient lifestyle for the past few years. She owns a Toyota Prius hybrid but takes her bike on errands when weather permits.Meanwhile, Terrapass asks Copenhagen Cycleliciousness guy for his expertise in how to get more people on bikes. It's a multipart interview, but the first installment suggests we can get there by opening more commuter-oriented bike shops in America:
"We're not always going to have the same accessibility to gasoline that we've had in past decades, so we do have to start thinking about what we're going to do over the next 50 years," said the 31-year-old Ms. Heedt, who used to work at a medical office but is between jobs.
Here in Copenhagen there are bike shops on almost every main street and they sell primarily bikes that you call "commuter bikes" in the States.Which reminds me that I have a followup from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show about this topic -- Amy Walker of Canada's Momentum Magazine led a panel discussion on City Bikes at the show. I took notes, I've talked with Natalie Ramsland and Mike Flanigan, now I just need to organize the notes and post them.
Spokes Spring Public Meeting - Climate Change, Peak Oil and Scottish Cycling Policy. Weds 19 March, 7.30 [doors open 6.45 for coffee, stall, mixing]. At Augustine United Church George IV Bridge, Edinburgh.Fat Boy Biking has his thoughts on how more expensive gasoline is changing the driving habits of Americans.
- David Somervell, Energy and Sustainability Manager, University of Edinburgh - speaking on climate change.
- Dr Mandy Meikle, Depletion Scotland - speaking on energy supply and peak oil.
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Beating up the backstretch neck and neck, tied for third in the GNSS race, Galileo and Compass today offer some signals and some satellites to GNSS users — as long as those users are researchers. Galileo has more going for it in the way of signals, while Compass holds an edge in the number of satellites. Without an interface control... read more


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Access to every lock is controlled by the e-lectroloc system's smart key. When the key connects with the lock, it identifies access privileges and activates patented technology to open the lock. No key is required to be inserted into a lock or rotated for the lock to operate.
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New Thanksgiving tradition: turkey, football and futbol
For as long as I know, Thanksgiving tradition has been about family, turkey and some football.
Well, now we can add another tradition to the list: family, turkey, football and some futbol.
It could be because of this year's early Thanksgiving, a seemingly forever expanding soccer schedule, but futbol fans won't have to watch just football this Turkey Day.
The action kicks off at noon ET (just after the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade ends) with Rubin Kazan playing host to Inter Milan in the UEFA Europa League live on Fox Soccer Plus at noon ET.
A little later, Tottenham and U.S. international forward Clint Dempsey visit Lazio in Europa League action at 1 p.m. ET. You can catch the action live on Fox Soccer.
Right after that is Liverpool hosting Young Boys in another Europa encounter live at 3:05 ET on Fox, again on Fox. Or you can watch Maritomo at Newcastle United in
And by then, if you haven't had your fill of Turkey or football or futbol, there is Napoli playing at AIK in the Europa League on delay at 5 p.m. ET on Fox or Marseille-Fenerbache, also on delay at 5 p.m. ET, on Fox Soccer Plus.
During evening, Fox Deportes will have a pair of Copa Sudamericana matches on live at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. ET.
And that's not to forget ESPN Deportes, which also will have Rubin Kazan-Inter live at noon plus the addition of Atletico Madrid and Roberto Falcao against Hapoel Tel Aviv live at 3:055 p.m. ET before a pair of Copa Sudamaericana confrontations live at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. ET.
Whew! Is that enough futbol for you?
If that is too much, there is always the American gridiron variety as well.
Now, I have to admit. I will not be watching every soccer game today. I definitely will watch Dempsey and the Spurs match. But this is not a day to be glued to the TV set all the time, not with friends and family around and some turkey and other yummy things to eat.
But slowly, but surely, the traditions of Thanksgiving are changing, and that includes some futbol with football.
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Scallion graduated from Le Moyne College (Syracuse), a Jesuit institution, where he played basketball. He served in the U.S. Army at Fort Meade in Maryland, where he continued to play basketball for the military base's team.
Scallion was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Margaret Mary, and daughter Susan Scallion Ramsay, both of whom died in 2010.
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Same problem here, any idea ?
I have an HP Pavilion dv6000 series (specifically, a dv6830us). It has a BCM4310 wireless card, and I'm wondering if it works. I've tried BackTrack, and I've tried to get the card working, but I can't seem to get it initialized or find any networks. I've looked online for information about this cards support for BackTrack, but I can't find much.
lspci gives me this:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)
Can someone point me in the right direction to get this working? Is it even supported? Thanks. =)
I've continued my search, but I'm still unable to find much info. I'm somewhat of a newb when it comes to these things, but I have a modest Linux background
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Some tricks i tried ...
http: //www . adminblogger. de/blog/2008/12/18/ broadcom-corporation-bcm4312-80211bg-14e4-4315/
http: //www . broadcom. com /support/ 802.11/linux_sta. php
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First off, im a total linux noob but i try.
I also have the broadcom 4310 usb controller in my new laptop, and i tried to get the new linux drivers going following this: http: // www . broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt
However i cant get the part with building the LKM. It wont execute.
Anyone who has got it to work and loaded it? guide here: http: // wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312
guess you have to change a thing or two when you use backtrack3 for this but i cant figure it out, any help is much welcome.
Visit this site for more info on that useless piece of shit broadcom cards.you need to ugrade your kernel to minimum 2.6.24 or above.
find Dr. Green tutorial for kernel recompiling and to add extra patches along with ext4 support on the forum.if you advanced enough only then play with kernel recompiling.better test it using vmware or virtual server whatever u use.
Yeah, i have seen that page in my search for a working solution.
But on the pages i referred to in my previous post it says you are supposed to "unload" them when you have the new driver, or so i think
Is it possible to use backtrack3 to "build an LKM" of this driver?:
http: // www . broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
and how do i do it? following the instructions on the broadcom site doesnt work.
or is it even possible for someone else with backtrack3 to "build the LKM" and then i can use it?
Any help is much welcome!
After a little research I got the broadcom 4310 working on backtrack3.
What i did was i stumbled on a post in the forum on how to add a kernel file to make a makefile cant seem to find it now so i can link
anyway, surfing the net goes smooth even tho wireless assistant tells me i get disconnected immidietly on connect but i remain connected.
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I went to see Dr. Drange for my thyroid/Hashimoto's issues. She was patient, kind and took plenty of time with me. She does most if not all bloodwork in-house and has an extremely professional, organized and helpful staff. As others have said, she calls personally to follow up. I feel much better based on a simple medication switch.
Dr. Drange spent my entire first visit, of 30 minutes, explaining everything in understandable detail. She believes in controlling diabetes by diet (low carb) and minimal medication. She returns phone calls herself as well as notifying me personally of lab results. I never have to wait. I am confident that I have made a superb choice in endocrinologists. She is absolutely the best doctor I have seen and will continue to see.
Dr Drange caught a mistake in my MRI ordered by another physician for my pituitary. Also, when she was confronted with a new medical protocol prescribed by my other doctor, she took all the information, along with his card and said she'd work with him. She called me at home herself to give me the results of my blood tests. She's everything positive I've read about her, with no exagerations. The above criticism of her may be due to the patient's approach. I've seen too many doctors, from HMO slobs to elite specialists. Dr Drange is ABSOLUTELY TOP NOTCH.
I have seen Dr. Drange approximately 8 times over the last 5 years. She came highly recommended from a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai. Not only is she an M.D., she also has a PhD in endocrinology. Although she left Cedars and moved to Pasadena, she is well worth the drive. She is very knowledgable and a very good listener. I have diabetes and am hypothyroid. She is always thorough in her explanations of tests and medications. She always returns phone calls promptly. Her staff is very professional and low key. At the most, I have waited 20-30 minutes to be seen, but usually within 15 minutes. Her office has a nice quiet vibe to it. You don't feel rushed. There are usually only 2 or 3 patients in the waiting room. Sometimes I have been the only one. I highly recommend her.
Very nice and understanding. Spends a lot of time with you and answers all your questions. However, not very up to date with certain medical knowledge. Upon asking her about a new fda approved device for my problem, she did not know anything about it. After tons of labs and over a year of seeing her, still no treatment for my illness.
I have been to several doctors for my diabetes who all just said lose weight and gave me more and more medications. Dr. Drange said I was over medicated and started to cut back the meds. She moved to Pasadena from Beverly Hills and most of her patients followed her. I may move further away but I will continue to see her. THE BEST!
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189575 exactly.
189574 would be just fine.
189575 exactly.
189574 would be just fine.
I'd have been more in favour of them say keepign Strikeforce as a feeder org to the UFC, granted same principle probably applies to Fight Nights etc but feck me I am losing touch with who fought who and when and even the outcomes at times, I'd rather have Strikeforce back more for giving them a title and something to build towards, then have them move over if they defend the title - they then vacate and start again (probably much better ways of doing it but just throwing random shitty ideas out here) with new challengers for the belt and so on..
Too many events will possibly dilute the effect of the sport, when I watch boxing I have no interest in undercards anymore because I have no clue who they are, often will just have a wank til the main event kicks off... Regional shows make some sense but again, why not use established local orgs as they have done in the past to feed them the cream of their talent... It gets the brand out there but depending on ticket costs compared to local shows, might not be that much incentive to go see a localised UFC show if its just local lads on it and the ticket is three times what you would have paid to go see say OMMAC or something..
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Same here dude, though I doubt some of mine can even be called ideas....just throwin shit around the internets til its full!
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there top 10 in each division should be easily recogniseable at least, 7 divisions, that's 70 fighters, plus there'd always be a dozen plus other wellknown fighters floating around the org, thats plenty enough to put on 12 stacked main cards a year as well as leaving plenty of quality/room for younger fighters in the fight nights.
the last ufc event was stacked from prelims right through.
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war"
Are the Zuffa aiming to eventually control MMA as a sport?
Retired 2k and out.
that's what they've been trying to do since they took over the ufc, and tbh they've pretty much done it.
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war"
More shows on saturday nights GMT in the eu are exactly what I want.
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REDLANDS - It was 1909, and in an old farmhouse in Kansas, Clarice Jacobs came into the world with a scream and no modern anesthesia.
The spry Jacobs celebrated her 103rd birthday Tuesday at the Braswell Family Senior Care residences in Redlands.
"I've had quite an interesting life, I think," Jacobs said from her room at the Braswell, between practicing on her antique piano and answering yet another birthday phone call.
With a smile and a tinkling laugh that hide her true age, Jacobs recalled the days of her childhood on a farm in rural Kansas.
In a time when horse and buggy were still the main mode of transportation, Jacobs remembers her piano teacher arriving with the sound of gravel churning underneath the horses' hooves.
"Mother insisted that we each take piano lessons," Jacobs recalled, glancing at the yellowed and curling sheet music that littered her piano.
"My favorite song to play is called `A Perfect Day'," Jacobs said. "I learned it during the first World War and I've just always remembered it. It's probably because we sang it on our way to see the soldiers come home at the train station. You would sing because you didn't have a radio in your buggy back then," she added with a smile.
Jacobs remembers taking the buggy reins herself at just 10 years old for her daily two-and-a-half-mile trip to grade school.
"My mother thought it was too far for us to walk," she said, recalling the old mare who seemed to know the way back and forth without much need for direction.
That old mare would permanently take her at the young age of 12 to a town far away for high school, where she would live out her teen years paying for room, board and education as a housemaid.
The youngest of seven, she was raised near Abilene, Kan., and was the constant target of her older brother's teasing.
"We all worked on a farm my folks ran," Jacobs said. "My brother and I would get up before dawn and milk the cows twice a day. I guess that's why my hands are still so limber," she added stretching her arm out in front and watching her fingers open and close.
Not quite old enough to serve in World War I, her only brother was determined to enlist during the next great war.
"He volunteered, but they didn't want him as a soldier because he was too old, so he became a postman on a ship," Jacobs said of her only relative to serve in either world war.
By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Jacobs had moved to Redlands with her new husband and baby daughter.
"It changed the world," Jacobs said of the attack. "I still don't think we have gotten over it."
Her life as a graveyard switchboard operator for The Bell Co. (later AT&T) and the wife of a plastering contractor in Redlands didn't change much during the war years, she said.
"I just remember the taxes and the shortages and things like that," Jacobs recalled, adding that her mother was not impressed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "My mother didn't like him at all. We think that they are great historical figures these men, but they are not. They are just human; aren't we all. ... But I think he did what he had to do in the end."
After more than 70 years in Redlands, the centenarian doesn't believe the town has changed drastically.
"It's always been a wonderful spot," Jacobs said. "I don't think it has changed too much, just grown a lot. It has always been a friendly, small town place. I have always liked Redlands. I never wanted to leave, so I never did."
Recalling her 103 years of experience through a Great Depression, two world wars, the birth of international flight and the information age, Jacobs has one favorite memory.
"I am proud of my daughter," Jacobs said, recalling the day she graduated from high school as one of the commencement speakers at the Redlands Bowl. "Of all the things I have seen, I am most proud of my daughter."
On her 103rd birthday, Jacobs can be found playing "A Perfect Day" from her room at the Braswell as her only daughter, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren sing along.


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Marshall strong again for Thunder
Yankees prospect allows two hits over seven shutout innings
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | May 16, 2012 6:44 PM ET
"I was able to learn how to pitch more," Marshall said. "The rehab pitching coach down in Tampa, [Danny Borell], worked with me a lot on mechanics, watching video on days I was off. It definitely changed my approach."
While he relied mostly on his four-seam fastball before surgery, Marshall rediscovered his sinker after it. That pitch helped the Yankees prospect Wednesday as he allowed two hits over seven shutout innings in the Double-A Trenton Thunder's 1-0 loss at Binghamton.
Marshall, who lowered his ERA to 2.79, has given up two runs or fewer in six of his eight starts.
"I was throwing my sinker for a lot of strikes," he said. "I was keeping it down and getting groundouts and pop ups."
The two hits off Marshall came five innings apart. Juan Lagares laced a two-out triple in the second and Josh Rodriguez led off the seventh with a single to center field. In between, the 22-year-old right-hander set down 13 in a row.
"I'm just trying to come here and be consistent with everything," Marshall said. "That's one thing [Trenton] pitching coach [Tommy Phelps] and I had been working on -- just being consistent, repeating your mechanics and throwing strikes. That's one thing I've been able to do for the most part. There have been a couple games where I've rushed myself, but for the most part, I'm taking my time, keeping the ball down and throwing strikes."
Marshall fanned two and walked one while generating 10 ground-ball outs. He has struck out 26 over 48 1/3 innings this year, a facet of his game he would like to improve, despite the pitch-to-contact nature of a sinkerballer.
"I'm not trying to strike guys out, but for me, I feel like I could've had a few more strikeouts," Marshall said. "I'm just having trouble with two strikes -- maybe a slider in the dirt or changeup left up a little too much, and they're able to put it in play. Other than that, I've been happy with being able to throw all my pitches for strikes."
Selected in the sixth round of the 2008 Draft out of high school, Marshall put together a 5.56 ERA in his rookie season before undergoing Tommy John surgery on July 31, 2009. He has performed much better since the procedure, posting ERAs of 2.57 and 3.78 in 2010 and 2011.
Coming into this year, the Texas native kept his goals simple.
"Get to Triple-A by the end of the year and go out and try to give my best each outing," he said. "I'm not trying to do too much, not trying to blow it by everybody; just give my team a chance to win every game."
Trenton's Luke Murton went 2-for-3, providing the team's only multi-hit performance, while Binghamton's Jefry Marte came through with a walk-off single. Mets No. 16 prospect Matt Den Dekker scored the lone run after leading off the ninth with a double.
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WATCH: Fifth Harmony Is Workin' Hard For The Money In 'BO$$' Music Video
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Gone are the bright-eyed girls who first shyly walked across "The X-Factor" stage as solo singers and gone are the bubblegum pop divas of the Better Together EP. No, Fifth Harmony has evolved into confident, poised and powerful young women. In the group's brand new "BO$$" music video (directed by Fatima Robinson), the lovely ladies – Ally Brooke, Camila Cabello, Normani Hamilton, Dinah Hansen and Lauren Jauregui – have their work cut out for them. In the groovy, stylistic clip, they dance out their boy troubles in elegantly scanty outfits, even taking to a mock runway photo shoot at one point.
If they set out to prove a point, 5H certainly hit it out of the park with this one. As the lyrics describe, they take the reigns from their male counterparts, ultimately winning an arm wrestling contest, too. "Boy, I think you know who run this house," they tease on the song's infectious hook.
"BO$$," the lead sampling from the group's upcoming debut full-length, held steady in the Top 10 at iTunes a full 24 hours after the release.
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I am experiencing the same pb.
I use M0n0Wall 1.2b1.
I enabled https admin on M0n0Wall server, it runs OK since yesterday
This morning, I activated captive portal with https support for clients
(Radius authentications).
It works well for testing purpose for me (alone on the wire).
But captive portal https hangs a couple of hours later (2 students
couldn't get the login page).
Unchecking and rechecking HTTPS support in captive portal config don't
solve the pb for me, so I déactivate HTTPS support on captive portal for
the moment...
No entries in the logs...
Seems that the process silently die...
M0n0 HTTPS Admin still works in the meantime.
Matt, I applied your patch (portal logging) and modify it in order to
add logout logging.
It works if user clicks on the "Logout" Windows to exit but nothing is
logged if the user is disconnected by the idle timeout.
Is there a way to log it ?
Matt Juszczak wrote:
> On thursday, I reimaged our current m0n0wall boxes with HTTPS support.
> Friday morning when I came into work, users were getting a connection
> timed out error while their browser was trying to load
> https://m0n0wall:8001 for authentication.
> I did a ps aux from exec.php as well as a netstat and saw that the https
> server on 8001 was not running. To restart it, I unchecked the "Enable
> HTTPS support" option in m0n0wall's config and rechecked it, which
> restarted the server. Monday morning I came in and once again the box
> was down (however it worked for a good couple hours on Friday before
> dieing).
> This is not our heavy traffic box, but we were planning on moving
> m0n0wall to our housing network, and with this drop out all the time
> we're not sure if we can right away. Any ideas?
> Thanks! :)
> Regards, Matt
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Investment banking is bouncing back strongly as acquisition activity gathers momentum. While still highly profitable, the outlook for retail banking appears to be clouded by concerns over consumer debt and the slow down of economic growth.
The impetus for further consolidation is growing as a result of margin pressures on the one hand and — thanks to soaring profits and steadily rising share values — the surge in available capital on the other. The outlook for the banking & capital markets sector is also being shaped by regulation including the move to Basel II. These challenges have heightened the importance of effective risk management in delivering stable returns and supporting robust governance and compliance processes.


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Haniger backs Pena with Surprise slam
Brewers prospect hits go-ahead homer in AFL season opener
By Danny Wild / MiLB.com | October 8, 2013 3:42 PM ET
Mitch Haniger watched Mickey Pena make a pretty good first impression in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday. By the sixth inning, he added one of his own.
"It's definitely what you want, a good situation, bases loaded, I was looking for a pitch to drive and I got a good pitch to hit," said Haniger.
The Brewers outfield prospect hit a go-ahead grand slam and Red Sox lefty Mickey Pena pitched three perfect innings as Surprise held on to edge Peoria, 7-6, on Opening Day in the AFL.
Haniger, Milwaukee's first-round pick last year, gave Surprise the lead in the sixth inning when he knocked home Garin Cecchini (Red Sox), Ryan Rua (Rangers) and Joe Wendle (Indians) with his first career slam to left off Peoria reliever and No. 8 Padres prospect Adys Portillo. The left fielder, the Brewers' No. 12 prospect, finished 2-for-4 and scored a pair of runs.
"It was a 3-1 fastball, middle-in. I'd never faced him before," Haniger said. "I'm just trying to keep everything simple, play the game I've played all year. Just trying to hit the ball hard each at-bat and keep it simple."
Pena, who went 7-8 with a 4.29 ERA in 18 starts between two levels this past season, held the Javelinas off base in his AFL debut, striking out one while throwing 19 of his 28 pitches for strikes. The former South Atlantic League All-Star retired Padres' No. 14 prospect Cory Spangenberg to begin a perfect first, struck out slugging cleanup man Japhet Amador (Astros) to start a 1-2-3 second and retired the side in the third, getting Cheslor Cuthbert (Royals), Padres' No. 2 farmhand Austin Hedges and Pat Kivlehan (Mariners) to end his day.
Pena, though, wasn't too familiar with his new competition, not even the more heralded names on Peoria's lineup card.
"Before the game, my pitching coach [Steve Karsay] gave me a list of all the players. I don't really try to focus on that too much, because at the end of the day, I'm still going to attack hitters the way I'd attack them," he said. "Hedges, I didn't even know he was a top prospect for the Padres, so I treated him like any other hitter, attacking the zone."
Pena did get a tip on Amador, a first baseman who joined Houston after shellacking Mexican League pitchers with a .368 average, 36 homers and 121 RBIs in 104 games. He appeared in just 10 contests with Triple-A Oklahoma City before heading to Arizona.
"He had 36 homers in the Mexican League, so that stood out for me," Pena said. "I treated it the same, pounded the zone, elevated the ball and it worked to my advantage."
Both Pena and Haniger are in a new environment with new teammates, cities, hotels and coaches. It can be overwhelming for younger players and exciting at the same time.
"It's always great meeting new players, especially this great competition, it's been a lot of fun," Pena said. "It definitely gets you going before the game, it pumps you up and it's something I've looked forward to. Opening Day in the Fall League, it's a great feeling."
"It's pretty cool. I'm becoming more talkative and started to become friends with some guys," Haniger said. "And it's nice to know a few of the Brewers players before I came out here, I'm living with two of them, so it's been real fun. It's definitely different, but I'm really enjoying it."
Haniger, who doubled in Surprise's two-run first, was impressed with the Red Sox southpaw from his spot in left.
"He's real impressive. You can tell how he mixes pitches, he knows how to pitch," he said. "He goes inside, outside, keeps the hitters off balance and that helps him."
Pena said he used the same stuff that brought him success this past season with Class A Advanced Salem and Double-A Portland.
"I just go back to this season and really not trying to do too much, especially with the butterflies I had like in my Double-A debut," Pena said. "I was really pumped up, but I'm staying within myself and that helped me. Attacking hitters, keeping it as simple as possible -- it's no different from any other league. It's the same mound distance, just different hitters and better competition. Going into that first start, I was telling myself, 'Don't do too much, just go out and compete.'"
He said the talent level in Arizona is noticeably better than what he saw back on the East Coast.
"Just their caliber, you can tell they're a notch above everyone else, a lot stronger and smarter at the plate," he said. "They're really attacking the ball, so I was keeping it low and that's something that was part of my game plan going into today. Some of these guys have Major League time, that's what stood out the most for me."
Pena and Haniger professed to have similar goals in Arizona -- stay healthy and consistent.
"I think just having quality starts every game and staying within myself. At the end of the day, it's a game of failure. Staying consistent is key to me, as long as I keep attacking hitters, everything will turn out well," Pena said. "Definitely keep working hard and hopefully have a good outing every fifth day. And staying healthy, most importantly."
"Just to have good at-bats, swing at good pitches, hit the ball hard every time, help my team win," Haniger said. "There's a lot of good players out here, I think we can be a real good team."
Jason Adam, the Royals' fifth-round pick in 2010, started for Peoria and allowed three runs on six hits and a walk over three innings. Portillo (0-1) suffered the loss after allowing four runs on one hit and a pair of walks in one inning.
Cuthbert homered for Peoria, while Aaron Altherr (Phillies) and Jorge Bonifacio (Royals) each drove in two runs.
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Mother's Day is Sunday, May 12 and the CMA wants to make sure your hardworking mom gets a gift as lovely as she is. Our newly renovated museum store is stocked with items that are sure to show her how much you care. Here are some gift ideas to help make her day extra special.
On May 5, the Cleveland Museum of Art and MOCA Cleveland present a lecture by multimedia artist Janet Cardiff.
Join us Friday, May 3 at MIXup: Composition and experience John Cage's HPSCHD in the unique setting of the museum's Atrium. Tickets and event details at ClevelandArt.org/MIX. The museum's Director of City Stages, Tom Welsh, discusses John Cage and his revolutionary compositions in this special guest blog.
The Cleveland-based theater company, Theater Ninjas, performs "The Excavation," a site-specific performance complementing The Last Days of Pompeii, in the atrium on select days.
The elegant, colorful pieces included in Studio Glass in Focus: Dialogue and Innovation commemorate the 50th anniversary of studio glass, the contemporary art form that began in a workshop at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962.
One of the museum's current special exhibitions proves more relevant by the day, despite the fact that the central piece dates back to the year 1469.
One of the city's most popular and beloved events is upon us. The 37th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) runs through Sunday, April 14 at Tower City Cinemas. Each year, the Cleveland Museum of Art partners with the festival to sponsor a film, and this year is no exception. We sat down with John Ewing, curator of film, to talk to him about the festival and our film The Painting.
Looking for signs of spring in Cleveland? Consider taking a trip to our galleries to seek out these works that are full of color and delight.
Meghan Stockdale, Audience Research Associate, has been an admirer of the work of Fred Wilson for several years. She shares with us in this guest blog Q&A why she is so enthusiastic about his work and why you shouldn't miss seeing Fred Wilson: Works 2004-2011 while it is in Cleveland.
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At the death of a parishioner, Master Dogo, accompanied by his disciple Zengen, visited the bereaved family.Without taking time to express a word of sympathy, Zengen went up to the coffin, rapped on it, and asked Dogo:"Is he really dead?" "I won't say," said Dogo. "Well?" insisted Zengen. "I'm not saying, and that's final," said Dogo.On their way back to the temple the furious Zengen turned on Dogo and threatened: "By God, if you don't answer my question, why I'll beat you." "All right," said Dogo, "beat away."A man of his word, Zengen slapped his master a good one.Some time later Dogo died, and Zengen, still anxious to have his question answered, went to the master Sekiso, and, after relating what had happened, asked the same question of him. Sekiso, as if conspiring with the dead Dogo, would not answer. "By God!" cried Zengen. "You too?" "I'm not saying," said Sekiso, "and that's final."At that very instant Zengen experienced an awakening.
Life can be known, death also - but nothing can be said about them. No answer will be true; it cannot be by the very nature of things. Life and death are the deepest mysteries. It would be better to say that they are not two mysteries, but two aspects of the same mystery, two doors of the same secret. But nothing can be said about them. Whatever you say, you will miss the point.
Life can be lived, death also can be lived. They are experiences - one has to pass through them and know them. Nobody can answer your questions. How can life be answered? or death? Unless you live, unless you die, who's going to answer?
But many answers have been given - and remember, all answers are false. There is nothing to choose. It is not that one answer is correct and other answers are incorrect; all answers are incorrect. There is nothing to choose. Experience, not answers, can answer.
So this is the first thing to be remembered when you are near a real mystery, not a riddle created by man. If it is a riddle created by man it can be answered, because then it is a game, a mind game - you create the question, you create the answer. But if you are facing something which you have not created, how can you answer it, how can the human mind answer it? It is incomprehensible for the human mind. The part cannot comprehend the whole. The whole can be comprehended by becoming whole. You can jump into it and be lost - and there will be the answer.
I will tell you one anecdote Ramakrishna loved to tell. He used to say: Once it happened that there was a great festival near a sea, on the beach. Thousands of people were gathered there and suddenly they all became engrossed in a question - whether the sea is immeasurable or measurable; whether there is a bottom to it or not; fathomable or unfathomable? By chance, one man completely made of salt was also there. He said, "You wait, and you discuss, and I will go into the ocean and find out, because how can one know unless one goes into it?"
So the man of salt jumped into the ocean. Hours passed, days passed, then months passed, and people started to go to their homes. They had waited long enough, and the man of salt was not coming back.
The man of salt, the moment he entered the ocean, started melting, and by the time he reached the bottom he was not. He came to know - but he couldn't come back. And those who didn't know, they discussed it for a long time. They may have arrived at some conclusions, because the mind loves to reach conclusions.


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Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes. In newborns, it's usually caused by the breakdown of red blood cells. This releases a yellow substance called bilirubin, which is processed by the baby's body. Bilirubin then leaves the body through the baby's urine and stool. Bilirubin makes the skin and the whites of the eyes look jaundiced (yellow). This process is normal after birth. In fact, about half of all newborns have jaundice in their first week of life. It's usually temporary and doesn't require treatment. But in some cases, more severe or pronounced jaundice is a sign that the baby's body can't process bilirubin quickly enough. If bilirubin levels become too high, they can be dangerous to a baby's developing brain and nervous system. In these cases, phototherapy is needed. This treatment helps speed up the breakdown of bilirubin.
The baby is placed under a special light. This breaks down bilirubin in the skin. During treatment, the baby's eyes are covered for protection and comfort. The rest of the body is naked, except for a diaper. This way the light reaches most of the skin. The baby's position will be changed often to make sure all of the skin is exposed to the light.
Phototherapy is usually needed for a few days to a week. You will probably be asked to limit the amount of time the baby spends out from under the lights. The baby can usually be held for feedings if the level of jaundice is not too high. Fluids may be given through an IV (intravenous) line. These cause the baby to urinate more often, so the bilirubin leaves the body more efficiently.


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A former Vernal police detective accused of stealing a couple's pain pills will not serve jail time for accessing the state's prescription drug database, a judge ruled Thursday.
Ben Marland Murray, 37, was originally charged last month in 8th District Court with unlawful use of the controlled substance database and possession of a controlled substance, both third-degree felonies.
On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and no contest to accessing the state database as part of a plea deal.
Murray's attorney, Loni DeLand, said Friday that while the former detective pleaded to the charges as third-degree felonies, they were reduced to class A misdemeanors when 8th District Judge Douglas Thomas sentenced Murray to 18 months of court-supervised probation.
DeLand said Murray is also required to be evaluated for drug dependency and enter treatment, but said the man already completed drug treatment before Thursday's sentencing.
According to a civil complaint filed by Candy Holmes and Russell Smithe, Murray looked up information about them, including medical history and other private data, in the state's prescription drug database. He learned when they filled prescriptions, what the drugs were and the quantities.
Murray, wearing his police uniform and driving his police vehicle, then visited their home at least 30 times between January and July 2011 to conduct what he called a "pill check," the complaint adds. Murray discussed their medical conditions and other personal issues and required them to produce their medications so he could count the pills.
During that process, the lawsuit states, Murray would distract the couple and pocket pills. The complaint claims Murray knew Holmes and Smithe had criminal histories and mental health issues, were uneducated and poor, and were unlikely to question him or discover that his actions were unlawful.
But the couple started recording Murray's visits on a video camera and he was arrested in August 2011. He resigned from the police force the day after his arrest.
Murray allegedly took hundreds of OxyContin and Percocet pills from Holmes and Smithe, who seek damages of at least $2 million.
Keith Campbell, assistant Vernal police chief, said after Murray's arrest that he had no prior history of the alleged behavior during his time on the force.
DeLand said Friday that he felt Murray did not "get off light" with the probation sentence.
"He's a first offender," he said. "He lost an entire career, not just a job. I think it's an appropriate sentence."
Earlier this month, former Vernal resident Ben D. Mahaffey sued the city and its police officers in federal court. Mahaffey claims two Vernal police officers entered a hospice room without a warrant minutes after his wife died of colon cancer to take unused medicine. That lawsuit is pending.
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Peirce later called the experience of dealing with the MPAA "devastating."
Dear Mrs. Peirce, pray ask your son to stay here, whatever papa may say against it.
At the head of the procession walked the Rector and Mr. Peirce.
Why not get this young Peirce now, to put his money in with yours, and save you all the hard work?
For Peirce a doctrine could be perfectly clear and yet false.
Youve heaped coals of fire enough on my head, Peirce, if thats any consolation to you.
We must remember that Peirce was a pioneer in this movement.
Let us compare what is said about it by Professor Peirce a little later.
At last they heard of Mr. Peirce his arivall in ye Bay of ye Massachusetts, who brought passengers & goods thither.
Mudge hears Mr. Peirce is a single man—quite a young man—but has his mother living with him.
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'In his rookie season with the Sabres, Gaustad posted nine goals and 15 assists with 65 penalty minutes in 78 games. The 24-year-old played in all 18 of Buffalo's playoff games, collecting four assists and 14 penalty minutes.'
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i live in Oldbury near sainsburys
im looking for a place to train either bjj or mma. i have zero experience in grappling but have trained in kickboxing and boxing over the past couple of years
im looking to give the grappling side of things a go and eventually train mma. any help would be appreciated.
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By Elizabeth Guss
Earth Day always gets me to thinking. These days, it's about nature's amazing systems, how dependent we are on the earth and her abundance, and how we might want to rethink how we act toward nature.
We billions share this tiny orb for everything — food, drink, air, housing, health, livelihood, beauty, recreation, learning, and more. On the earth, we are born, live, die, and then become part of the earth again to nourish future life. The earth's natural resources satisfy our many tangible needs and inspire expression of intangible ones — the arts, spirituality, and possibilities. We breathe. We laugh. We walk. We sleep. Certain of the earth's constancy, we devote our time and efforts to other things. And, a lot of the time, we just take nature for granted.
Do you remember Earthrise, that captivating photograph taken by orbiting astronauts in 1968? They saw our beautiful blue jewel of a planet suspended in the dark of space. Watching it rise above the lunar horizon with tendrils of clouds swirling around it, they saw our earth through new eyes. Not solid beneath them, but fragile, vulnerable and dazzling all at once. They knew that on this precious, small, blue sphere, everything is close and connected to everything else.
From Whidbey Island, I get that truth. This one small land mass with its many eclectic dimensions has influence across the region, nation, even around the world — as a result of its agriculture, economics, tourism, and even some legal precedents.
Charmed by Whidbey's beauty, clean air, and welcoming nature, my husband and I left sprawling Salt Lake City in 2005 to build a home and a new life here. We've become part of this creative, vibrant community. We've seen amazing accomplishments in business and community action. We know how widely Whidbey's positive energy ripples. Think about these few examples.
In the waters by Coupeville, an ambitious aquaculture business began in 1975 to raise mussels. Today, Penn Cove Shellfish has become a recognized brand with its mussels, clams, and oysters featured on menus of tony restaurants in major cities of many countries. Less glamorous but vital is the significant annual harvest of cabbage seed grown on several small farms in central Whidbey Island and distributed internationally, much in Asia. Rockwell beans, a heritage cassoulet-style dry bean traditional to the Coupeville area, are grown on local organic farms. Whidbey farmers raise heritage sheep and fowl as well as grass-fed, free-ranging livestock for local and regional sales.
In one microclimate near Coupeville, conditions are ideal for conifer seed orchards to produce abundant seed used to replant logged forest areas in Western Washington. Nearby, delicate Golden Paintbrush flowers, once endangered, are increasing as rare coastal prairies are restored. A few miles south, an organic farm school has operated for five years now at the historic Greenbank Farm, once a major loganberry producer and saved from development by vigorous community action. The school, based on the open source curriculum developed at UC Santa Cruz, is not affiliated with any university. Instead, students from across the country learn to farm, including dealing with the vagaries of farming as a business.
Island County Beachwatchers, part of the Washington State University Extension Service, pioneered a one-day university on Whidbey Island 15 years ago. Annually since then, hundreds attend from across Puget Sound to learn about water, land, wildlife, and how to be better participants in this amazing ecosystem. This successful learning format is now used by other Beachwatcher groups in Puget Sound.
Volunteering on Whidbey is an art form. Since 1994, Hearts and Hammers, a Whidbey Island original, annually has brought together hundreds of volunteers on the first Saturday in May to repair and rehabilitate homes of people physically or financially unable to do the work. Today, Hearts and Hammers programs in at least six other states follow the basic Whidbey model.
Friends of Friends combines playfulness and effective community effort to raise and disburse funds to people unable to pay for uncovered medical expenses. Whidbey Island Nourishes (WIN) began in 2007 as a few women realized that, in the midst of South Whidbey wealth, children were hungry. For many, school provided their only regular meals. Volunteers packed basic, nutritious foods in backpacks for students to take home on the weekend. No stigma. No hunger. The program grows as need grows, a real win-win. No matter the issue, there's a "can-do" spirit of caring that's part of Whidbey's energy.
There's more, lots more — arts, healing arts, language-learning, future-thinking, even the internationally known Whidbey Institute at Chinook. Over much of the island, I see concern leading to community action that solves complex problems. It's inspiring. It's about each of us making a difference.
Where did it begin? I think with a love of the land.
Here, many appreciate that we people are part of nature, not the masters of it, and we work with nature for long-term, common good. Whidbey culture has been shaped by courageous and creative grass-roots efforts to protect the land and its resources to benefit all — today AND in the future.
For decades, people here have saved many important properties. Determined citizens protected wetlands, bird refuges, working farmlands, old-growth trees, historic farms, beautiful beaches, and forests from ill-advised development. Many properties protected forever benefit the public for recreation, clean water, views, wildlife habitat, and more. Some have national significance and draw visitors to the area. Crockett Lake (an Audubon Important Bird Area), Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve (a unit of the National Park Service), Greenbank Farm, Double Bluff Beach, Saratoga Woods Preserve, and Trillium Community Forest are among protected treasures. Court decisions from some of the legal battles over land protection have set precedents, informing cases in many states for 30 years.
Caring for the land to provide public benefit led to forming the Whidbey Camano Land Trust in 1984. Many of Whidbey's natural treasures and farms are now permanently protected by the continuing, effective work of this community-supported, local land trust.
I know that other places are like Whidbey with wide influence. But this remarkable island fosters a "sense of hope," described by Lyanda Lynn Haupt in "Crow Planet," as "that virtue by which we take responsibility for the future." People on Whidbey Island widely practice the "triple bottom line" — people, profit AND planet.
Here many embrace Wendell Berry's wisdom, "The earth is what we have in common." We know we're all in this life together; we think about those far from our lives and neighborhoods.
Before culture, economics, science and social science, we human beings shared the connection to the land and water that fed, housed, and clothed us. We still ALL depend on the earth's abundance for life. Today, we know better than ever that what happens to one part of the earth affects it all.
So, this Earth Day let us take seriously the counsel of newly-elected Pope Francis. "Let us be 'protectors' of creation, protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment." In the Whidbey spirit, let's do it in a way that builds community with hope.
Elizabeth Guss works with the Whidbey Camano Land Trust, helping build community through the work of protecting and caring for the land.


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The Canadian-born actor appeared before the U.S. Senate to lobby for more research on Alzheimer's disease.
Canadian-born actor Seth Rogen is known primarily for his offbeat brand of humor and on-camera association with marijuana.
So it was quite a contrast to see a youtube video of the 31-year-old Jewish comedian appropriately dressed in a suit while addressing the U.S. Senate on Feb. 26 as an advocate for research on Alzheimer's disease.
"Thank you for giving me an opportunity to be called an expert on something, because that's pretty cool," Rogen quipped for an introduction.
Though he continued to slip in similar light-hearted jokes throughout his speech, mixing in occasional Yiddish lingo such as 'oy' and 'mensch,' Rogen displayed an impressive wealth of knowledge on the subject — a fact that he attributes to his mother-in-law's struggle with Alzheimer's.
"I saw the real ugly truth of the disease," Rogen said. "My mother-in-law, a teacher for 35 years, forgot how to speak, feed herself, dress herself and go to the bathroom herself, all by the age of 60."
Rogen explained that the lack of public dialogue on the disease prompted him to become an advocate.
"So few people share their personal stories, so few people have something to relate to, I know that if me and my wife saw somebody like me talking about this, we would feel less alone," he said.
During his speech, he also promoted his charity for Alzheimer's research: Hilarity for Charity.
"The situation is so dire," Rogen declared, "that it caused me — a lazy, self-involved, generally self-medicated man-child — to start an entire charity organization."
The actor's Senate address incidentally came as the sixth annual Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month drew to a close.
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OAKLAND, CA -- Chocolate lovers can satisfy their sweet teeth with a new collection of Numi Organic Tea that blends tea and cacao.
The addition of cacao also enhances the teas with the health- and mood-boosting qualities widely associated with cacao, according to Numi.
With only five calories per cup and no sugar, the tea blends can be served with milk or honey, or simply on their own.
Combining some of Numi's top-selling tea blends with cacao, varieties include chocolate rooibos, a South African red tea blended with 45% cacao; chocolate mint spearmint tea, with orange peel and 55% cacao; chocolate Earl Grey, which blends vanilla beans, bergamot and 50% cacao; and chocolate spice, a blend of ginger, allspice, cardamom and cinnamon with 45% cacao.
Numi Indulgent Teas are certified organic, verified non-GMO, Fair Trade Certified, and made with 100% real ingredients, including real cacao powder. Available for shipment beginning in April, they come in boxes containing 12 tea bags each.


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Here's a really unique design for a pet bed. It's from Etsy seller SassMuffins. These beds are made with removable side pillows, making them very easy to wash. You can also remove the pillows to fold the bed flat for easy portability. The bed comes with a drawstring bag for travel or storage.
Each bed is made from durable muslin and canvas fabrics, bamboo/organic cotton quilt batting, super-soft minky fabric lining, and a Toughtek slip-proof base. SassMuffins beds come in a variety of sizes and styles. Make sure to check out the SassMuffins Etsy shop to see all the options.
One lucky winner is going to receive this custom medium pet bed in colorful retro fabric with lime green minky lining. To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing an announced on March 5, 2012. One entry per person. This giveaway includes free shipping to addresses in the US and Canada.
Who are the beautiful models in these photos? Here's what Christy from SassMuffins tells us:
"The models for these beds are my two rescue kitties Tyler (gray tabby) and Lucy (gray and white tabby). Tyler was found abandoned in a hotel parking lot at a busy 6-lane highway intersection in Tyler, Texas (hence his name!), while Lucy was found approaching cars on a very cold December night (freezing temps) at a local Wendy's drive-thru. I think she had possibly just been abandoned, and was maybe approaching strange cars trying to find the one that belonged to "her". Both were 3-6 month old kittens when found, and were taken to my local vet and scanned for a microchip, but having none and not being able to find their owners, they both found a new home with me, and have a very special place in my heart!"


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Ellen Cooney is the author of seven novels. Her short stories have widely appeared in magazines and journals, including The New Yorker, The Literary Review, and Glimmer Train. She has received fiction fellowships from the NEA and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, and taught creative writing for twenty-five years in Boston and Cambridge, most recently as writer in residence at MIT. She now lives in midcoast Maine.


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The beauty, and the bane, of shopping malls is that they're pretty much full of the same stores. (Exception: No Nordstrom at Cherry Creek. Sigh.) This fact of life means that while you know what to expect, you'll rarely encounter anything unexpected. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift Shop is the exception that proves the rule. There are several of these shops across the country, but when you step into any one of them, in any city, you always feel like you've just made a major find. Each shop is loaded with dazzling trinkets that include reproductions of real artwork from around the world and throughout history. It's like browsing through a piece of the Met -- without the crowds, and with plenty of souvenirs for purchase.
There are any number of travel agencies and Web sites out there willing to explain the joys of hacking through some fetid South American rainforest. When you need the real dope, though, head to the Jefferson County Health Department's International Health Clinic. There, Janet Ballantyne, the take-no-microbes registered nurse who runs the joint, will give you the lowdown on -- and vaccines for -- the tubercular-ridden, Japanese-encephalitis-infested corner of the world you thought you wanted to visit (until now). An office visit is $15 plus the cost of the vaccines; a full "be scared -- be very scared" consultation is $50.
Tired of viewing old pot shards and ethnic weaving products in tasteful displays behind glass? Time to pay a call on Window to the World Museum, a private museum-in-a-mall that holds a globe-girdling collection of memorabilia and souvenirs from its owner/curator's adventures. Sue Koenig taught in Jefferson County schools for twenty years, traveling on her summers off. But in 1984 she decided she wanted something entirely different, so she signed on with an oil company to teach in Saudi Arabia. But when she arrived, she discovered a single woman couldn't check into a hotel room alone, much less run a classroom. Koenig eventually found a job arranging and leading tours outside of the country, and didn't return to the States for good for another twelve years. Today, she keeps busy tending to her 44,000-pound collection of keepsakes from 108 countries, which she shows to groups-- by appointment only.
Doug and Barbara Crispin managed to grow African violets in the tundra. That should tell you something about the crop at their shop in Englewood, the Violet Showcase, the only store of its kind in the country. The Violet Showcase is packed with new and unusual varieties of the world's most popular houseplant, African violets in pink, purple, white, red and all colors in between. The Crispins grow and sell flowers in the store, stock everything from grow lights to leaf support rings to self-watering pots, and ship orders nationwide. "It's an odd little business," Doug says of the 31-year-old shop. "We're basically a plant farm, roadside stand, mail-order company and retail shop all in one."
Located in the new, improved University Hills complex, Timbuk Toys still manages to exude the feel of a neighborhood store. Featuring an attentive staff that obviously enjoys children, it offers a versatile selection and wide price range for a relatively small space. Mostly, though, it's just fun to go to, fully lacking the plasticized overkill of a big-box toy store. From Beanie Babies to tea-party dishes, hobby horses to wooden train sets, the store has something for everyone under the age of twelve. Better yet, it's still a pleasure to visit for anyone over the age of twelve.
If it's getting more and more difficult to call great-aunt Edna's Morris chair an "heirloom," perhaps its time for a touchup. Be kind to your mold-crusted chair. Or throw it away and start from scratch. Little more than a hole-in-the-wall with eclectic collectibles on South Pearl Street, Yesterday's Child, which stands by the motto of "My Chair or Yours," applies a personal touch to the art of refurbishing furniture. Don't just sit there!


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Prince Charles seems to be making a habit out of sneaking surprisingly candid announcements out on his new website.
Charles Krauthammer laid out the strategy last Friday in his Washington Post column.
Here is a hitherto little-known fact; Prince Charles and his wife Camilla both delivered by the same guy.
Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb Perfection is the objective in the good essay.
Seated beside Oulson in the theater was Charles Cummings, a Vietnam War Marine combat veteran.
And you dare to tell me that you'll consent to Charles's marriage with her?
Charles was called up into the drawing-room, and questioned.
I am amazed, and beginning to be confounded, said Mrs. Charles.
He would not let any one go with him but Charles and Morris.
"Charles, there's the girl of the punt and her fat white man," it observed.
masc. proper name, from French Charles, from Medieval Latin Carolus, from Middle High German Karl, literally "man, husband" (see carl).