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Sciatica is a common type of pain affecting the sciatic nerve. It is usually affect only one side of lower body and then extended to back of thigh and down through the leg. It will be depends on where the sciatic nerve is affected, the pain may also extend to the foot or toes. Symptoms of sciatica include pain that begins in your back or buttock and moves down your leg and may move into your foot. Weakness, tingling, or numbness in the leg may also occur. Sciatica is caused by irritation of the root(s) of the lower lumbar and lumbosacral spine. Sciatica is commonly caused by some type of compression of a spinal nerve in the lower back. The medical term for sciatica is lumbar radiculopathy, or radicular pain, indicating that the symptoms originate with a radicular nerve in the spine. Sciatica is actually a symptom, not a diagnosis.
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Alessandria Langhe Nebbiolo
Kun 3500 flasker er produceret af Alessandria's enkeltmarks Langhe Nebbiolo. Det er ren fløjl i et glas med en perfekt afbalanceret syrlighed og blide tanniner.
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'Generous and inviting, the Alessandria's 2013 Langhe Nebbiolo is very nicely done. Crushed flowers, sweet tobacco and red stone fruits blossom in the glass. Far from an easygoing Langhe Nebbiolo, the 2013 offers notable depth and complexity, especially at this level. This is an excellent choice for near term drinking. (Drink: 2015 - 2020)'
Robert Parker: 90 points
'The 2013 Langhe Nebbiolo offers great quality at a very attractive price point. Similar to Alessandria's Barolo releases, this Nebbiolo sees a seven-day maceration period followed by aging in small oak vessels. In the case of this wine, it rests in oak for a brief six months period. The quality of fruit in 2013 is what keeps this wine on its toes. You'll get ripe fruit, dark cherry and pretty herbal nuances. Drink 2015 - 2020.
Gianfranco Alessandria is one of my favorite producers in the Monforte d'Alba township. He runs this boutique estate with his wife Bruna and his young daughter Vittoria. They farm 5.5 hectares of vines (that they own) plus an additional 1.5 hectares that are rented. I remember meeting Vittoria as a teen as she worked expertly in the winery and did most of the heavy lifting. She is a great example of the newest generation of vintners to tame the beautiful Nebbiolo grape. (Monica Larner)'
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Governor Kasich meets with the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 18.
Local 18 supports politicians who support us and our work.
Thank you for touring our training centers and supporting us!
State Representative Jay Edwards, 94th District and Angela Van Fossen, OCA, visit with Regional Coordinator Mike Cooper (far left) at the Logan training site to learn about Local 18's training program
Senator Steve Wilson, 7th District, learns about Local 18's training programs and addresses 4th year apprentices at the Miamisburg training site.
Senator Steve Wilson with Legislative Representative Mark Totman in Miamisburg's All Weather Arena
Ohio Senator Frank Hoagland, 30th District, Ohio Representative Tim Ginter, 5th District, and Representative Ginter's aid visit Richfield training site and learn about the training program from Business Manager Rick Dalton and instructor John Oberlin
Ohio Representative Rick Carfagna visits the Logan training site with Mark Totman, pictured with various members and apprentices
Representatives from the Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati chambers visit Miamisburg training site. (from let) Chris Kershner, Dayton; Mike Hartley, Swing State Strategies; Jason Kershner, Cincinnati; Nora Gerber, Columbus; Andrea Ashley, AGC; Angela Van Fossen, OCA; Local 18 Legislative Rep Mark Totman, and Kristen Easterday, Columbus.
Visiting the Cygnet site is Rerpesentative Mike Ashford (44th District) second from left., Regional Coordinator Bill Dell, Legislative Rep Mark Totman and Apprentice Carlos Lowe.
Stephanie Howse (left) (11th Dist) and Nickie Antonio (right) (13th Dist.) visited Richfield training site and met with Legislative Rep Mark Totman and Apprentice Christi Davis.
(l-r) Legislative Rep Mark Totman, Senators Joe Uecker, Bill Coley and Bob Peterson, Business Manager Rick Dalton, and Andrea Ashley, Vice President of Government Relations, AGC of Ohio, on tour at the Miamisburg training site.
Senator Bill Coley tries out the heavy equipment simulator with guidance from Regional Coordinator Maurice Davis while Senators Bob Peterson and Joe Uecker look on.
Business Manager Rick Dalton talks about what it takes to become an Operating Engineer to Senators Joe Uecker, Bob Peterson and Bill Coley along with Andrea Ashley (AGC) and Jason Clark and Nate Hall (Carpenters) at the Miamisburg training site.
Region III Training Coordinator Mike Cooper discusses training objectives with Senator Rob Portman.
Training Center Coordinator Mike Cooper talks to Senator Rob Portman while Business Manager Rick Dalton looks on.
Senator Rob Portman speaks with 3rd Year Apprentice Andrew Sentivany at Logan training site.
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No longer No. 1, Wozniacki can start taking risks
Finally, the most worn-out debate in women's tennis can stop after Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki's defeat in the Australian Open quarter-finals by Kim Clijsters means she will no longer be No.1 in the rankings.
Ever since she first topped the rankings in October 2010, Wozniacki's lack of a grand slam title has prompted questions about her suitability for the lofty position. Even this week former great Martina Navratilova said Wozniacki's status was more to do with the limitations of the ranking system which rewards her grinding consistency rather than results at grand slams.
It is hardly Wozniacki's fault that she found herself as No.1 for virtually all of the past year, after all she does not make the rules, but falling off her perch might just be a blessing in disguise for the Dane as the focus shifts elsewhere.
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Maria Sharapova or Victoria Azarenka, still seeking a first major, could all begin next week as the new No.1 and while Wozniacki confidently predicts that she will regain it soon, she can now concentrate on filling in the glaring gap in her CV without the weekly round of questions over her status.
Wozniacki's game is naturally defensive and while her level rarely drops, she has so far been unable to add the kind of firepower to her game that can make the difference in the latter stages of the slams when she invariably crosses paths with the big hitters.
Still largely coached by her father Piotr, Wozniacki's game has stagnated despite her No.1 ranking and wins against top-10 players over the past year have been few and far between. In that time Kvitova and Azarenka, who contested the WTA Tour Finals last October, have both made significant improvements.
Belrussian Azarenka has been in dominant form in Australia, roaring into the semi-finals where she will play four-times major winner Clijsters while world number two Kvitova is being tipped as favourite for the title after reaching the quarter-finals where she will face Italy's Sara Errani on Wednesday.
Wozniacki will return to doing what she does best after the Australian Open, producing solid numbers on regular Tour events, but if she is to arrive at the French Open with any hope of winning the title she will have to start taking some risks.
It may mean a few surprise defeats along the way, but if she is to seriously challenge Azarenka, Kvitova, Sharapova and Serena Williams this year for major silverware, it would be a sacrifice worth making. After all, when players hang up their rackets it is the amount of Ws in the Grand slam column that create their legacy, not dazzling smiles, ranking points or dollars in the bank.
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The word Everyman is used so frequently to pin down the appeal of Tom Hanks that few are compelled to question it.
And yet, is it really every man who could be expected to remain so calm and collected while storming the beaches of Normandy? In trying to guide a badly damaged Apollo space capsule back home? Or having discovered, upon waking, that his body has overnight morphed from 12 to 30?
Of course, it's true that Hanks, who's receiving BAFTA/LA's Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for excellence in film, has time and again portrayed a type of man who might be described as ordinary. That is to say, a guy who manages to make it through the day without benefit of chiseled visage, rippling physique or acrobatic fight moves. But more often than not, Hanks' seemingly average Joes find themselves caught up in the most extraordinary of circumstances.
So it may be that when people speak assuredly of Hanks' Everyman quality, what they really mean is that he projects a kind of dignity, morality and heroism that are increasingly rare commodities at the cinema. He may not be every man, but he's who every man would like to be.
Which makes it all the more ironic, one supposes, that Hanks began his career by playing a cross-dresser, in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Bosom Buddies." That gig led to bit parts in a few movies, as well as the lead in "Bachelor Party" (1984), a sophomoric T&A romp notable mainly for how inconceivable it is to imagine Hanks making it today.
That same year, Ron Howard's mermaid comedy was a "Splash" for all concerned, prompting Pauline Kael to remark of Hanks' buoyant performance: "He has the expressiveness of a little kid who can't hide a thing."
But in the post-"Splash" years, it was Hanks who foundered like a fish out of water, with a string of starring roles in alleged comedies long since forgotten: "The Man With One Red Shoe"; "Volunteers"; "The Money Pit," which had Steven Spielberg as an executive producer; and "Dragnet," which at least was a hit.
The Israeli-made "Every Time We Say Goodbye," in 1986, represented a rare foray into drama, though Hanks' dramatic aspirations were on better display in "Nothing in Common," where he was the irresponsible son to Jackie Gleason's irascible father.
Then, in 1988, there were "Big" and "Punchline" to cement the claim that Hanks might be taken seriously, no matter that both films were comedies of sorts. ("Punchline" went so far as to talk explicitly about the world of standup comedy, and what a cruel, callous place it can be.) It was a splendid double act for which Hanks was named best actor by the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. "Big" earned the actor the first of his five Oscar nominations. Immediately thereafter, dross followed in the form of "The 'Burbs" and "Turner & Hooch."
John Patrick Shanley's "Joe Versus the Volcano" was an enterprising, absurdist romp seen by too few moviegoers, and may be the best of Hanks' three screen pairings with Meg Ryan. "The Bonfire of the Vanities," on the other hand, was the type of volcanic disaster that careers are lucky to survive.
Hanks retreated for a moment –two years passed, during which he was only the uncredited narrator of "Radio Flyer" and very good as the gruff coach in "A League of Their Own." Indeed, Hanks may have needed a disaster to prompt a reassessment of his career. For he was about to soar back, like a phoenix reborn out of "Bonfire's" ashes.
If "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993) is ultimately little more than a treacly concoction destined for enshrinement in the chick-flick pantheon, it was in Hanks' AIDS-stricken lawyer in "Philadelphia" that one could see the full evidence of an actor who had grown weary of playing the funnyman.
To no one's surprise, Hanks pocketed the actor Oscar for his work. But it was with "Forrest Gump" that the Hanks we now know (and can't imagine ever having been without) seemed fully formed. That movie was a cultural phenomenon to rival few of its era, and there was Hanks at its center, the glue deftly holding together the movie's fabricated down-home charm, state-of-the-art special effects and recrafted American history. Another Oscar quickly followed.
In the ensuing years, Hanks has remained at the top of his profession, with his choice of top projects and collaborators with which to make them. Thus, a series of pictures in which he seemed as iconic as one of the faces on Mount Rushmore: "Apollo 13," which grew out of the Hanks' fascination with America's space program as did the subsequent HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" (on which Hanks was producer and co-director); Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" — not just the inevitable pairing of Hollywood's most successful actor with its most successful director, but a vivid, stirring tribute to the WWII generation; and "Cast Away," which may be the ultimate test case for an actor having to "carry" a movie on his shoulders alone. Hanks carried it off so well in "Cast Away" that it seemed like old hat — which it may well have been, given the many solitary hours he had previously spent in a recording booth, giving life to Woody, the rationalist star of the two "Toy Story" films.
Along with all of that, he has even found time to direct one feature ("That Thing You Do") and to produce a little movie called "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
Hanks' screen persona is by now such a comfortable fit that he must be wary of how quickly nice can become tedious. So, like Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart before him (to whom he is frequently compared), he has striven against his typecasting as a decent, upstanding, nonthreatening human being.
Yet, even when he was cast as a murderous gangster of "Road to Perdition," the film can't stop reminding us what a fundamentally good person the character is. (More fruitful performances were delivered in his dogged FBI agent in "Catch Me if You Can," and a return to the physical, slapstick comedy of his early career in "The Ladykillers" and "The Terminal.")
But while one can easily picture Hanks in a remake of "High Noon" or "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," could he effectively coarsen himself in the way Cooper and Stewart did in the Westerns of Anthony Mann? Or the way another famous Tom did for another famous Mann, in the urban western "Collateral"? There's every reason to believe that he could, but will Mount Rushmore still welcome him if he does?


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Ryan Skinner of The Ohio State University music faculty presents "An Afropolitan Muse." This lecture is free and open to the public.
This presentation illuminates the moral positions and ethical projects of a musical lifeworld in Bamako, Mali. The story unfolds through close and sustained analysis of a single audio-visual artifact, Sidiki Diabaté's "Djeliya." First we attend to the specifically "cultural" register of morality the music video represents, with the local moorings and collective interests of an artisanal mode of being defined by kinship, traditional aesthetics, and a rich oral historical consciousness: jeliya. In the mix are Dr. Skinner's own memories of life among the Diabaté griots, going back nearly two decades, when Sidiki (whom we called "Sidikiba," or "great Sidiki," a term of endearment) was the smiling young boy at the end of a patrimonial line (Skinner, 2008). Rooted, thus, in the music culture of jeliya, we then consider the ethical routes of modern griots like Sidiki Diabaté, whose performance practices and cultural productions emerge from but cannot be reduced to moral topoi; who cultivate a sense of self in the world mindful of heritage and tradition; who make a name for themselves, without forgetting who they are. This is the morality and ethics of Sidiki Diabaté's "Djeliya." There are also other moral and ethical stories to tell about this video, the music culture it represents, and the African society of which it is a part. Watching and listening at a time of internecine conflict and regional turmoil, Dr. Skinner addresses the "absent presences" that inform (and sometimes haunt) the video's contemporary reception. Beyond culture, the social imperatives of the nation, city, religion, aesthetics, social media, and professional identity come into focus to evoke a complex, urban African structure of feeling: Afropolitanism.
Ryan Skinner is an ethnomusicologist who studies the local and global music cultures of contemporary Africa and its European and American diasporas. Specializing in the analytic methods of cultural anthropology and ethnomusicology, his research focuses on issues of popular culture, ethics, aesthetics, urbanism, public piety, cultural politics, and globalization. Skinner's work has appeared in the journals Anthropological Quarterly, Africa, Popular Music, IASPM@Journal, Mande Studies, Research in African Literatures, The Journal of American Folklore, and African Arts. Skinner is the author of the forthcoming book, Bamako Sounds: The Afropolitan Ethics of Malian Music (University of Minnesota Press, spring 2015). He also wrote and illustrated a children's book, Sidikiba's Kora Lesson (Beaver's Pond Press, 2008) and is an accomplished kora (21-stringed West African harp) player. Skinner holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from Columbia University (2009) and is now an assistant professor of music and of African American and African Studies at The Ohio State University.
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Under the threat of sanctions (PDF), astrology software maker Astrolabe has withdrawn its complaint, apologised for its actions and agreed to a covenant not to sue in the future.
"Astrolabe's lawsuit against Mr Olson and Mr Eggert was based on a flawed understanding of the law. We now recognise that historical facts are no one's property and, accordingly, are withdrawing our complaint. We deeply regret the disruption that our lawsuit caused for the volunteers who maintain the tz database, and for internet users," Astrolabe said in a statement.
"We can only conclude that neither you nor your client conducted even a cursory legal or factual investigation prior to filing the complaint, much less a reasonable one. [...] We note that your client has not attempted to actually serve its complaint, but neither has it withdrawn it," wrote Electronic Frontier Foundation intellectual property director Corynne McSherry in a letter to Astrolabe.
In October last year, the tz database was shut down when Astrolabe filed a civil suit against tz founding contributor Arthur David Olsen and editor Paul Eggert on the grounds of copyright infringement.
The tz database was subsequently shut down by Olsen and was restored a week later by ICANN, which took over the database's maintenance.
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Some would say that it is a long way from software engineering to journalism, others would correctly argue that it is a mere 10 metres according to the floor plan.During his first five years with CBS Interactive, Chris started his journalistic adventure in 2006 as the Editor of Builder AU after originally joining the company as a programmer.Leaving CBS Interactive in 2010 to follow his deep desire to study the snowdrifts and culinary delights of Canada, Chris based himself in Vancouver and paid for his new snowboarding and poutine cravings as a programmer for a lifestyle gaming startup.Chris returns to CBS in 2011 as the Editor of TechRepublic Australia determined to meld together his programming and journalistic tendencies once and for all.In his free time, Chris is often seen yelling at different operating systems for their own unique failures, avoiding the dreaded tech support calls from relatives, and conducting extensive studies of internets — he claims he once read an entire one.


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Benefiting from the wisdom and experience of master instructors, Mike Shannon was a willing pupil in a grand experiment that was integral to the Cardinals becoming World Series champions in 1967.
Seeking a starting third baseman, the Cardinals decided to give Shannon first crack at earning the job during spring training at St. Petersburg, Fla., 50 years ago.
Cardinals manager Red Schoendienst and instructor George Kissell developed a series of drills to convert Shannon from right fielder to third baseman.
The Cardinals needed to replace third baseman Charlie Smith, who had been traded to the Yankees for right fielder Roger Maris in December 1966.
Shannon had batted .288 with 16 home runs and 64 RBI as St. Louis' right fielder in 1966. Schoendienst wanted to keep Shannon's bat in the lineup in 1967, joining first baseman Orlando Cepeda and Maris in forming a potentially potent trio of RBI producers.
Moving Shannon to third would enable the Cardinals to have both Maris and Shannon in the lineup.
The conversion, though, wouldn't be easy.
Head start
Shannon's main competitors within the Cardinals for the starting third base job were Ed Spiezio, Phil Gagliano, Jerry Buchek and Ted Savage. None, though, were considered Shannon's equal in hitting with power and driving in runs.
Before pitchers and catchers reported for spring training, the Cardinals held a special instructional camp starting Feb. 17 at St. Petersburg, with Schoendienst, Kissell and coach Joe Schultz as teachers.
The Cardinals invited eight players _ Shannon, Gagliano, Buchek, Savage, infielder Jimy Williams, outfielders Bobby Tolan and Alex Johnson, and catcher Pat Corrales _ to the camp. Spiezio would have been invited but was excused because he had played winter ball in the Caribbean.
"The Shannon-at-third experiment is rated a longshot by most observers," The Sporting News reported.
Schoendienst and his assistants devised infield workouts to determine whether Shannon could be effective at third base.
In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, journalist J. Roy Stockton observed: "Schoendienst is giving Shannon and other infielders the toughest defensive drills they probably have ever seen. … Instead of fielding friendly grounders off a fungo stick, the athletes had to handle the most difficult chances."
With Kissell pitching to Schoendienst, the manager hit the ball to the infielders.
"Red still can swing a vicious bat with unusual place-hitting skill," Stockton wrote. "The infielders never knew who was going to have to tackle the next shot off the manager's bat."
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Shannon did well enough at the instructional camp _ "So far, so good," Schoendienst told The Sporting News _ to enter spring training as No. 1 on the depth chart at third base.
"I prefer Shannon because he has the best bat of anybody we might consider for third base," Schoendienst said. "Another reason is that Mike will tackle anything and give it a real try. He's that kind of guy."
Bob Broeg, Post-Dispatch sport editor, opined: "If Shannon … can be in the lineup with his aggressive bat, the Redbirds' attack will be considerably stronger than if the club is forced to give up and return him to compete in an outfield overcrowded with talent."
Shannon, however, struggled with his fielding during spring exhibition games.
"Mike isn't reacting quite as well … because he's got his hands on his knees and his weight back on his heels," Schoendienst said. "He doesn't come up on the balls of his feet, hands loose in front of him, ready to go in any direction with the pitch. He's got to concentrate better, too."
Hot pepper
With the season opener about two weeks away, Schoendienst intensified his work with Shannon.
"Schoendienst took him to the private infield beyond the left-field fence at Al Lang Field and brought along virtually the entire pitching staff," Broeg reported.
Schoendienst wanted Shannon and the pitchers to work together at calling plays and handling bunts.
Afterward, "Schoendienst slashed and lashed hot grounders and line drives at Shannon in a torrid one-man pepper game," Broeg observed. "Shannon's cap was off, his black hair matted with perspiration as he lunged left, then right and threw his hands up in self-defense as Schoendienst smashed the ball at him … from a distance of no more than 40 feet."
Said Cardinals shortstop Dal Maxvill: "I feel sorry for Mike. He's really giving it the old try. Red has been hitting balls at him like that every day. Mike really wants to make it."
Making the grade
Shannon produced 19 RBI in Florida Grapefruit League spring training games, validating the Cardinals' view that his bat was needed.
Named the starter at third base, Shannon pulled a muscle in his left side in the April 11 season opener and didn't return to the lineup until April 23.
As the Cardinals hoped, Shannon played well enough at third base and delivered run production. He had 12 home runs and 77 RBI. Only Cepeda, with 111, drove in more runs for the 1967 Cardinals.
Batting primarily in the fifth and sixth spots in the order, Shannon hit .293 with runners in scoring position.
Shannon played in 123 regular-season games at third base and made 29 errors. He also committed two errors in seven World Series games.
Still, with Shannon providing punch and Maris delivering timely hitting and solid defense in right field, the 1967 Cardinals finished at 101-60, 10.5 games ahead of the second-place Giants, and won four of seven from the Red Sox in the World Series.
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LANSING-In response to a plan that passed the Senate today that would bail out Detroit using taxpayer dollars, Sen. Mike Green, R-Mayville, issued the following statement:
"I voted against this legislation because Michigan taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for decades of corruption and mismanagement in Detroit while local communities in my district struggle to balance the books and provide basic services. Most communities in the state are fiscally responsible, make sound decisions and live within their means, yet this bailout is rewarding the exact opposite.
"There are many more steps that Detroit can take to assume responsibility for its situation and move forward to its best and brightest days yet—steps that everyone knows are missing from this bailout plan. I agree that a strong Detroit makes Michigan stronger, and I applaud the new leadership in Detroit for tackling the challenging task of turning the Motor City around.
But that does not justify giving away hundreds of millions of our state tax dollars to one community. It is poor public policy and sets a bad precedent. When legislators are discussing possible gas tax increases to fix our roads, they shouldn't at the same time be spending nearly $200 million to bail out a city that created its own mess."


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You won't think it's easy, but it's easier said than done.
It happens every single day. We put others before ourselves. You wake up every single day and wonder why it's so hard for someone to love you, let alone for you to love yourself.
It's a struggle that comes deep from within. You hate yourself for the obvious reasons -- the acne, the stretch marks, the five pounds you gained at your family reunion, but why? Your flaws make you beautiful and you don't even realize that.
You remember the days when your mom and dad saying "I Love You" was more than enough. Now that you're older, you search for those three words in people who just can't seem to love you, but the person who is capable of loving you better than anyone else is you and your false realities are hindering you from realizing that.
If you knew that getting older would come with so many negatives you would've took more advantage of your child hood and let those comforting words from your parents sink in allowing you to learn to love yourself as well.
In order to be able to truly love someone else, you must first love yourself. Of course, it's not easy. We all struggle daily with loving ourselves, but it's worth it. You're probably thinking if someone else won't even take the time out to love us -- why should we take the time out to love ourselves? It's simple. You're all you have at the end of the day and if you don't love yourself, nobody will.
The thing about loving yourself is that it's never too late to begin. You don't have to wait until something serious happens to begin focusing on self love.
Self love is the best kind of love and it opens doors for others. Be the first to take that step and open the door so that later on down the road others will be able to follow your lead.
What are you waiting for? You hold the key -- unlock the door and start loving yourself today, not tomorrow. That man [woman] that broke your heart couldn't love you the way you wanted them to love you because you didn't love yourself. Love yourself and the next man [woman] who walks into your life will love you exactly how you've been wanting to love and you will have self love and self respect to thank.
"Dare to love yourself
as if you were a rainbow
with gold at both ends."
― Aberjhani
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The closing strains of the national anthem drown in the roar of the U.S. Air Force jet as it buzzes low over the line of veterans in their vintage cars. World War II. The Korean War. Vietnam. The Gulf War. POWs. Iraq, Afghanistan, and more. They're all represented here on the street of small town Shasta Lake where babies, teens, parents, and grandparents line the streets under the cool northern California sun. No one cringes at the thunder of the fly by. No one fears. And that in itself is tribute to the veterans we honor. They've won and preserved our safety. They defend us. They are the "good guys."
"What a great country we live in," says a random man who strolls out to a convertible to shake the hand of CA senator Ted Gaines, "when a military jet flies by to commemorate a parade," and the Senator, just one of us, agrees and calls attention to the blue sky and the beautiful day. There's honor in the air.
Yes, it's tangible, the honor for these veterans and the ones they represent who have served and are serving in our great nation's military. With tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat, I watch the cars pass, waving my flag and feeling so thankful. One old vehicle passes carrying a veteran of 35 missions on a B24 in World War II. He rides quiet and silver haired, looking like someone's grandpa dressed in military uniform: but there was a day--many days, when he was a young man in the belly or the pilot seat of a bomber, not sure he would make it back to friendly soil. Doing something he wished he didn't have to do, but proud on the behalf of a nation that depended on him and all those like him to hold onto freedom with their bare hands.
I see another WWII veteran--James Broack, 102 years old, with as brave a heart as ever beat, even though he rides quietly in the parade. Yes, the bravery is palpable today. I'm feeling the weight of it. Heritage and history strung out in front of me, and the weight of generations represented here. That's another thing that strikes me. Kids and grand kids ride police launches, Swiss ammo carts and firetrucks; middle school to high school marching bands blazoning out She's a Grand old Flag and Salute to the Armed Forces. Two-year-old baton twirlers; a tiny BMX rider with a pink helmet and maybe three years to her credit join soldiers, sailors, and special forces. These are the ones those military personnel held in their hearts in the jungles and deserts of their campaigns. And these are their reward.
My dad, a machinist's mate on a destroyer in the Korean War could have been in this parade, and how he would have enjoyed the quiet company of his fellow sailors. I want to run out and hug the valiant men and women I see passing before me, and I hope they know that all across the country in thousands of parades small and great, grateful people gather to say thank you and to give honor.
Thank you veterans old and young, active or retired. It's because of you and your fellow soldiers we sit safely by the sidelines in a little California town. May we who now run carry the baton in a worthy way, worthy of those who did and still do their best on our behalf, and remind those children twirling batons or playing the drums what it costs to be this safe and this free.
Happy Veteran's Day. And on behalf of a grateful nation, thank you!


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Noise Cancellation Technologies Inc., the high-tech electronic company that produces noise reduction equipment at a plant in Linthicum, announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to supply its electronic mufflers to one of the world's leading manufacturers of diesel engines.
Michael J. Parrella, president of NCTI, said that the agreement with Detroit Diesel Corp. represents "an enormous new market" for the company's electronic muffler.
Detroit Diesel has "been testing our product for two years, and they are satisfied it works," Mr. Parrella said during a visit to the company's northern Anne Arundel County factory.


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Why is allergy free vanilla extract such a big deal now?
For the advanced chefs of today, tantalizing the taste buds is almost a prerequisite. In order to take your cooking to the next level, one must consider the fact that allergic reactions to a meal can be the kiss of death to a celebrity chef's career.
Whether you're a cook, gelato maker, chocolatier, pastry chef, or a whole-hearted food lover, you might find it hard to imagine making anything without the rich and subtle undertones of a great vanillaflavoring. That's the difficulty some cooks, bakers and parents confront, though, because of a child or loved one with an allergy.
Although we all love the grand flavor of vanilla, be aware that it can spell trouble for people with allergies to wheat, gluten or corn. The surprising fact is that many of the commercial vanilla products and vanilla extracts available today are made with grain alcohol, which can be made from wheat, corn, or rye. Even alcohol-free vanilla is often made with vegetable glycerin, which can leave behind an unusual taste in the mouth. Those that are labeled as being gluten-free might contain corn syrup or sulfating agents.
True allergy free vanilla extract is not widely available. Allergy free vanilla extract is only available through specialty stores such as Vanilla From Tahiti. When comparing Vanilla From Tahiti's allergy free vanilla extract to others in the industry, many celebrity chefs report the flavor as being the most robust.
"Why would people take health risks with imitation vanilla when the real thing is available and so much more flavorful?" asks Hiro Furumoto, co-founder of Vanilla From Tahiti. "Consumers don't have to worry about illness or health problems because our products are made from 100% pure Tahitian vanilla. These pungent beans are plumper and more flavorful, with the savory taste of licorice, rich chocolate and sweet caramel."
Allergy free vanilla extract is used by advanced chefs catering to discerning taste buds...
When you buy vanilla extract from Vanilla From Tahiti, you get a product that is made from pure Tahitian beans by Shank's Extracts in PA. Nothing is added during the extraction process - no fillers, sugars, or other extractives - except our Tahitian vanilla bean extractives, grain-free alcohol, and water. They also follow strict procedures to keep any contaminates, such as nut oils, out of our extract. Many customers with severe food allergies are thrilled to be able to use our vanillaproducts safely and without problems. Our ground beans contain nothing except our beans.
The best part about using our allergy free vanilla extract products is the feeling of pride and joy you'll have knowing that you're providing your family and friends or customers with a pure product that's rich in flavor and texture. When you add it to your cakes, gelato, pastries or try some of our hugely popular vanilla coffee, you'll discover what so many celebrities and professional chefs already know. While the price might at first appear to be a bit more expensive than different kinds of vanilla because of availability and uniqueness, you'll quickly realize it's no big concern when you consider the vibrant difference the bold flavors will make in your food and the peace of mind you'll get knowing that you're using allergy-free vanilla extract.
The properties of allergy free vanilla extract appeal to chocolatiers, gelato makers, pastry chefs, and passionate cooks who understand and appreciate the nuances that subtle flavors and delicate spices bring to their foods.
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|Helen Hollick, author
Hollick's Sea Witch Voyages series of books is being republished by SilverWood Books, and I was excited to discover another tie to my (and your, if you found Spotswood in a search) ancestors. She's written pirate novels that features our pirate-stalking ancestor, Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia, as one of her characters. I'll let Helen explain from here. See my further note at the end of her article and discover an opportunity to win a book from Helen.
Bring It Close: pirates in your face!
by Helen Hollick
Hello. I'm probably more well known in the US for my serious historical fiction novels – The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy, Forever Queen, and I am the Chosen King (titled A Hollow Crown and Harold the King here in the UK). Indeed I was most thrilled a few weeks ago to discover that Forever Queen had made it into the USA Today Bestseller list.
I also write a series of historical adventure fantasy – the Sea Witch Voyages. I describe these as a typical sailor's yarn, a blend of Sharpe, Hornblower, James Bond and Indiana Jones – with a dash of Jack Sparrow!
They are meant as light-hearted entertainment (fun for me to write and for readers to enjoy). I suppose they are more supernatural than fantasy, for although the female lead, Tiola Oldstaff (pronounced Te-ola Oldstaff) is a white witch, I think of her Craft more as the Force in Star Wars, not Harry Potter wizardry. My main character, Captain Jesamiah Acorne, is a charmer of a rogue. Handsome, brave, bold, quick to laugh, formidable when angry; one for the ladies – a pirate! In the first three Voyages – Sea Witch, Pirate Code and Bring It Close, he finds himself in all sorts of scrapes, from almost being killed by his jealous half brother, to spying on the Spanish and having a desperate run-in with Edward Teach – Blackbeard himself. Trouble follows Jesamiah like a ship's wake! I'm writing a fourth in the series, Ripples in the Sand.
|Lt Col Alexander Spotswood
It was very interesting hearing from Christy – and being invited onto this Blog - because she is a ninth-generation direct descendent of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Spotswood, who was Governor of Virginia from 1710-1722.
The Governor's father, Dr. Robert Spotswood, was surgeon to the British military post in Tangiers, Morocco; his grandfather, Sir Robert Spotswood, a Privy Councillor to King Charles I, was executed by Cromwell's Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Governor Spotswood's great-grandfather John Spottiswoode was the Archbishop of Scotland and Chancellor to King Charles I, and is buried in Westminster Abbey. [See Westminster Abbey's page on John Spottiswoode: http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/john-spottiswood.] Alexander Spotswood not only had his own illustrious lineage, but his wife's goes back to Norman and Scottish royalty and nobility.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, is named after the Governor ("sylvan" being Latin for "wood"), and anyone who has visited Colonial Williamsburg will know that he was responsible for the building of the stunning Governor's Palace.
Alexander Spotswood was an exciting and adventurous person by the sound of it: leading an expedition to the Blue Ridge Mountains (the first Colonials to travel so far inland) negotiating peace with the Iroquois Indians, and introducing a standard consistency for the quality of exported tobacco – which led to Virginia tobacco being the best in the world.
As far as my novels are concerned, Governor Spotswood was also responsible for the capture and execution of Edward Teach – the notorious pirate, Blackbeard.
Pirates were a menace to the entire Caribbean, Carolina and Virginia. Around 1715-1722, there were probably several thousand pirates lurking in the Atlantic and Caribbean, intent on taking a Prize (or two, or three, or four…) A 'Prize' was literally anything of value that the pirates could easily lay their hands on and sell for a profit, or use for themselves. Normally it was the cargo they were after – tobacco, rum, molasses, timber – gold and silver of course. They were not especially good sailors, and took poor care of their ships – why bother with the hard work of keeping a vessel "ship-shape" when it was far easier to capture another and take that instead?
Few pirates actually had piles of treasure packed into chests – and sadly there seems to be no evidence that they actually buried it! Most pirates made straight for the nearest port, Nassau, Tortuga, Port Royal, and spent their ill-gotten gains on rum and women.
Blackbeard was a particular menace, a thoroughly nasty piece of work. He blockaded Charleston Harbour and held the Governor's young son to ransom until he got what he wanted. Gold? Jewels? No – medical supplies, particularly very expensive mercury.
|Blackbeard's head posted: Photo: http://shoutaboutcarolina.com/index.php/2010/08/most-famous-pirates-ships-legends-historic-photos/
Why mercury? Well it was thought of as a cure for a disease that pirates (indeed most sailors) were riddled with: syphilis. Blackbeard was probably suffering from this sexually transmitted disease – all the more awful, then, to learn that later that year (1718) he decided to "settle down" in North Carolina at Bath Town and marry the daughter of a wealthy merchant. Only his idea of 'settling' was to outwardly make it seem that he was an honest man, while secretly plundering every merchant ship that hailed within site of the Ocracoke and Pamlico River, claiming the cargo for himself and splitting the profits with the Governor of North Carolina. And the girl he married, Mary Ormond? She was his fourteenth wife, was sixteen years of age, and on their wedding night he forced her to prostitute herself with his crew. Gang rape, we would call it now.
|Colonial Williamsburg capitol
|Williamsburg gaol
Blackbeard being a menace to the Chesapeake and threatening the stability of the Virginia Tobacco Trade, Governor Spotswood decided to put an end to the foul Edward Teach. Technically, he was outside his jurisdiction, for North Carolina was not his domain, but he hired the use of two Royal Navy sloops and under the command of Lt. Maynard, sent them off to finish Blackbeard once and for all. We know the outcome of the desperate fight in the shallows of the Ocracoke because Maynard kept a meticulous logbook – and the records of the trials of the captured crew remain in Williamsburg to this day. Blackbeard was killed in the fight – although it took a lot to finish him off, while the captured crew were tried in the Capitol Building Court Room in Williamsburg and hanged.
So what has all this to do with my books?
Well, Bring It Close, the Third Voyage centres around those historical facts. Arrested for piracy after an indiscretion with an old flame, Jesamiah is held prisoner in Williamsburg's gaol. After his trial he is coerced into helping Spotswood make an end of Blackbeard – which suits Jesamiah because he, too, is keen to be rid of the man, who has threatened to kill him. Another worry – Jesamiah's beloved Tiola is in Bath Town, where Blackbeard resides.
|Governor's Palace by Alexander Spotswood
I have visited Williamsburg twice to research the facts behind the story – every bit of each scene set there is accurate, well apart from the involvement of Jesamiah! I investigated the gaol, the court room, the palace – and the route Jesamiah was taken on from Gaol to Palace.
By entwining the real facts of history with an imaginary story of Jesamiah's adventures – and blending in the supernatural storyline of the ghost of Jesamiah's father and Tiola's knowledge that Blackbeard has sold his soul to the devil, the result is, I hope, a cracking good adventure story.
And who is to say that it was not Jesamiah who planned that attack on Blackbeard? You will not find his name in Maynard's logbook, but then, Jesamiah made it quite plain that he did not want to be mentioned…
That's why I love writing this sort of fiction – who knows what is true, and what isn't?
You are welcome to visit my website, join me on Facebook, or come aboard the Sea Witch page .
Thank you so much, Helen. What fun to discover details about what made our ancestors tick—and what made them ticked-off (could it be, um, pirates??). I hope our blog readers will take this opportunity to discover your books and enjoy the adventures of fiction—and the real-life people who went before us. To find and purchase Helen Hollick's books or e-books, visit her website, www.helenhollick.net.
Now, about that book giveaway contest: Helen is running a competition for fans of her Sea Witch Facebook page to win a copy of one of her books (all new "likes" welcome), but I have been told where this particular treasure trove of the competition page is located! If you decide to enter, Good Luck! Here it is: http://helen-myguests.blogspot.com/p/competition-page.html.Please note the expiration date of the contest, though this article will stay up far longer.


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Readers responded to my list of top 10 TV shows with votes for favorites of their own. "House" seemed to be the clear winner, with plenty of support for "CSI" variations and "Dexter" (Showtime).
Readers responded to my list of top 10 TV shows with votes for favorites of their own. "House" seemed to be the clear winner, with plenty of support for "CSI" variations and "Dexter" (Showtime).
Some of the comments received on select programs:
"Masterpiece Theater" (PBS) - "Always hoping it will live up to its past glories and sometimes it does."
"E.R." (NBC) - "Going into its last season, bringing back Dr. Carter. The quality holds up despite all the cast changes."
"Mad Men" (AMC) - "This one grabs you. Did people really smoke that much back then?"
Digital downside
An AM radio station in Rochester, N.Y., is fighting off competition - from a Boston station. The problem is static created by the radio signal bouncing from Boston's WBZ-HD, one of those AM stations using the In-Band On-Channel digital delivery system.
"Depending on local reception conditions on some nights, it's impossible to hear our station a mile from the transmitter site, obliterated as it is by (WBZ)," wrote Bob Savage, owner of Rochester station WYSL-AM 1040, in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission.
Without getting into all the technical issues (involving radio signals and the ionosphere), digital radio that works OK on the FM dial has a dark side when it comes to poor old AM. It isn't enough that AM radio has been discarded. Now it's being degraded - by new technology, no less.
Understand that the FCC has to be aware of this. Here's what a Radio World columnist wrote several years ago: "Using IBOC at night undoubtedly will unleash an ugly Pandora's Box of trouble for many stations," noted Radio World's Guy Wire. "The Canadian government has formally objected to U.S. stations operating IBOC at night, fearing significant interference to Canadian stations operating on adjacent channels," he said.
Radio retort
Reader Dave Morris disagrees with Ben Mitzelfelt's pan of the switch of WWCT-FM 99.9 from the Stage (eclectic mix) to the Buzz (alternative rock). "Peoria needed another oldies station like I need more arthritis. Yeah I'm 54 and you'd think that I'd be the one complaining like Ben, but this area needs a variety of music to suit a variety of the population as well as people like me that listen to all types of music," wrote Morris.
Hartford notes
Crow Carroll, a salesman with the JMP radio group, recalled the late John Hartford, the singer-songwriter ("Gentle on My Mind") who spent time in Peoria working on and later piloting the Julia Belle Swain riverboat in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Hartford played fiddle on "I Gave Her the Ring and She Gave Me the Finger," a song that Carroll recorded with his band Mackinaw in 1980.
"Hartford agreed to do it for union scale. We recorded right on the Peoria riverfront. If you listen closely, you can hear a train going by that Hartford played right along with," Carroll said.
While on the subject of John Hartford, the subject of a musical tribute on the East Peoria riverfront earlier this month, Ed Heflin of Macomb noted that Jamie Hartford, John's son, is touring with the Billy Joe Shaver band.
"Jamie takes a month off each summer to go to Alaska, loves the outdoors and told me some stories about accompanying his dad on the riverboats. I told Jamie that central Illinoisans are still very fond of his dad," Heflin said.
Steve Tarter can be reached at 686-3260 or email@example.com.


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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Just Gaming
Tonite at the New Museum!
Next Level: New Independent Gaming
Friday, October 10th, 7:30pm
the New Museum, New York, NY
$6 Members/$8 General Public
Bringing together prominent game designers, artists and critics, Next Level takes a look at the recent rise of indie gaming: a vibrant new culture of individually made and self-distributed video games that blur the line between digital art and creative entertainment.
Featuring artist and game designers Mark Essen, Jason Rohrer and Greg Costikyan. Moderated by Rhizome staff writer Ed Halter, an author, critic, and curator whose book From Sun Tzu to Xbox: War and Video Games was published in 2006.
Part of Rhizome's New Silent Series at the New Museum.
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BOSTON — The noose grew tighter Thursday night for the Houston Rockets. The Boston Celtics, playing virtually without a flaw, demolished the Rockets, 117-95, at Boston Garden for a 2-0 lead in the NBA Championship Series.
The series now moves to Houston, starting Sunday, but the Celtics have been so dominating, so thorough, that there is serious question whether the Rockets can even win a game.


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On the day she made her debut as the fourth judge on American Idol, Kara DioGuardi also revealed that she plans to embark on another new endeavor by becoming the wife of her beau, Mike McCuddy.
No doubt the songwriter/music producer had a song in her heart on December 8, 2008 when she accepted her love's proposal as they enjoyed a romantic getaway to Mexico, People magazine online reported. Currently savoring their new betrothed status, the happy couple have yet to announce a date for their impending "I do."


text: Last summer at the Newberry Library sale I found a 1947 guidebook to Chicago's restaurants and hotels. It's interesting how few of the restaurants survive, mostly hotel dining rooms like The Pump Room of The Ambassador East and The Cape Cod Room of The Drake (dinner $2.50 up). The Berghoff was here (dinner 70 cents-$2.00) and The Golden Ox, which died only recently (lunch 60-90 cents). But most of the big names like L'Aiglon at 22 E Ontario, The Pit at 875 N Rush, Don the Beachcomber at 101 E Walton, Henrici's at 71 W Randolph, and Jacques French Restaurant at 900 N Michigan (prix fixe dinner $3)---are long gone. Top-of-the-line dinners in town seem to have cost around $4 although one soared to $6 (Cafe de Paris, 1260 N Dearborn) while afternoon tea at Marshall Fields could be had for 55 cents. A Bit of Sweden, located just where Carmine's is now on Rush, offered a lavish smorgasbord for $2.90. The city also had many, many tearooms and cafeterias, no longer the case, and nineteen "nice" restaurants are listed on the South Side, which has seen many changes. As for overnight stays, a double room at The Drake cost from $3.50 to $6.50 while The Stevens (now The Chicago Hilton) charged from $6-$10 and many other downtown hotels had doubles for as little as $3.


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In Autumn 1222, the magi met Joachim the Scribe, who introduced them to his master Lord Erwin, the feudal lord whose land is closest to the covenant.
Hoping to gain Joachim's service from Erwin, the magi went to his castle to impress him with a magic show. Unfortunately they failed to overcome the effects of the Gift, and were forced to abandon the plan.
That Christmas (1222), Lord Erwin's castle came under attack by a Lindwurm. The magi and their companions dealt with the dragon and earned Lord Erwin's gratitude.
A few years later, at Christmas 1226, Lord Erwin asked the magi to entertain him, his family, and his feudal superior, a visiting duke. He also wanted them to join him in hunting the Emperor Wolf. The magi impressed Erwin with a magic show, but, instead of hunting the wolf, got everyone really drunk and then made them think they had hunted the wolf.
Since that Christmas, Lord Erwin has sent his daughter, Lady Elsa, to study at the covenant under Sarrazin for one season each year. Erwin does not hide the fact that he hopes that this tuition will turn into a courtship, so that Erwin can gain some magi allies by marriage.


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Viewpoint: An open letter to Scott Walker and Paul Ryan
This viewpoint is by River Falls resident Jim Moenke.
The occasional depressions intensified in the early '80's, joined by intruding thoughts of suicide. It became impossible to pretend to my students. In the spring of 1982 I gave notice I wouldn't be back in the fall to teach.
One day in April 1983, I made a call to Lutheran Social Services in La Crosse for an appointment. The next week, I drove up from our home in Prairie du Chien and met Randy. For five years, once a week I met with him at 11 o'clock and then for "lunch with Randy" afterwards. I learned about my mental illness of the brain, bipolar disorder. There were no effective antidepressants for the depression part of the disease until "Prozac" came on the market in 1987. For the five years, Randy was my anti-depressant.
Four times during those years the depressions were severe. I was overwhelmed by thoughts of suicide. I drove to Monsoor's Gun Store in La Crosse and put down money to hold a silver 44 until the waiting period was over. There are many forms of depression and bipolar. Mine has a name, "Rapid Cycling." I was never depressed or high (manic) for more than several days. The rest of the time I was transitioning from one "pole" to the other.
There are two questions you might ask here. Why didn't I call Randy or stop in to see him? (or talk to my wife, a good friend or pastor?)
Why didn't you tough it out when you knew that in several days the depression would be gone? Good questions. Here's my response. The desire to end life, end the pain is all that is conscious. There are no thoughts about asking for help. The ability to reason, to stand back, see what you are doing does not exist. The only thought about the future is to ensure there is no future.
Today I am alive, well, happy (mostly) and bipolar. I take my meds daily. If what happened then was occurring today, I would dead.
The Gist
I would be dead because Scott Walker signed an order sometime before the 2016 election which did away with the waiting period. So today, after showing proof of age, I can walk out the door, find a safe place and end my life. Walker was not thinking about the effect his signature would have on people with mental illness because he was smiling while signing.
In my opinion he was thinking about the money he would receive from the leadership of the National Rifle Association for his campaign war chest for making it easier for people to buy guns.
The same for Ryan. He spearheaded legislation to overturn the Obama-era rule keeping guns out of the hands of people with mental illnesses - people like me. Ryan, also, looked happy the moment the ''overturn" was passed.
Like Walker, Ryan wasn't thinking of the "good" thing he was doing for people with mental illnesses. In my opinion, he was thinking of how pleased the leadership of the NRA would be with his efforts and the money that would come into his campaign war chest.
In my opinion, Walker and Ryan know little about the natures of mental illnesses. Yet they legislate, not for the benefit of people but for the benefit of the leadership of the NRA and for themselves. A direct consequence will be an increase in suicides by gunshot in the coming years.


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It has taken me a couple of weeks but I think I've finally gotten handle on why Sarah Palin's bravado Republican convention speech was such a smash among conservatives: After nearly eight years of watching President George W. Bush curl up in the fetal position each time he was savaged by the angry left, it was positively invigorating to see a conservative Republican finally fight back–and with wit and charm. Palin was a throwback to Ronald Reagan, with that unique ability to deliver a memorable dig with a smile. She went on offense, entertainingly and engagingly so, and it was fun to watch.
At the same, Palin made herself prey for the secular left. They don't like her. They despise her simply for what she represents. Her nice life of happy choices angers them. They are eager to destroy her. This gives the hard left pleasure, albeit only momentarily, as their restless hearts seek another void.
She will witness their hatred when she turns on the TV, picks up a newspaper, or walks by a magazine rack. What's the solution to deal with their revulsion? Ignore it. It is what it is; always the same.
Turn off the TV: As George W. Bush told reporters in the early weeks of the invasion of Iraq: "I don't have time to sit around watching TV." Smart.
Don't read the New York Times, which harbors the worst of prejudices: a concealed one. At least conservative talk-radio is open about its biases.
The one politician who had this ability more than any I've encountered was Ronald Reagan–a truly liberating quality for a conservative Republican. I could point to numerous examples, but here's one of my favorites, shared by the late columnist Rowland Evans.
Evans was having lunch with Reagan in 1987, six years into his presidency, a milestone by which the previous five presidents had been defeated, resigned in disgrace, refused to consider reelection, or assassinated. Somehow, Reagan was shining through, making it look easy, and was enormously popular. Evans, a tough old newsman, was in awe. He looked Reagan in the eye and said, "You know, Mr. President, I've known you for more than twenty years. I first met you in 1966, and the amazing thing is that you don't look any older now than you did back then. How do you do it?"
In response, Reagan offered a parable:
Let me explain it this way. Let me tell you the story of the two psychiatrists–the old psychiatrist and the young psychiatrist–who had a practice together. They'd come into their office every day just bubbling with enthusiasm, always happy, upbeat, smiling, and chipper. Then they'd go into their separate suites and have patients come in and lie on the couch all day and talk about the woes in their lives. At 6:00 p.m. they'd come out and the young psychiatrist would be devastated, wiped out by the day, with a stomachache, and just miserable. The old psychiatrist would be just as chipper and smiling and upbeat as he was when he went in that morning. This went on for a number of months.
Finally one day they came out at 6:00 p.m., the young psychiatrist devastated as usual, and the old psychiatrist just as happy and smiling as he was when went in. The young psychiatrist stopped him and said, "I don't understand it. We do the same thing every day, and I leave wiped out by hearing patients all day, and you come out after patients have been streaming in and out of your office just as upbeat as ever. How do you do it?" The old psychiatrist paused a minute and said, "I never listen."
Critics on the left would have uncharitably seized upon Reagan's explanation as evidence of their demeaning assertion that he did not pay attention during White House meetings. Reagan, of course, did not intend the story that way, and would be unfazed by their insulting interpretation–which is precisely the point.
The parable contains a secret to Reagan's content: When he was dubbed a warmonger and an idiot, blamed for everything from homelessness to AIDS, when it was asserted that he was engaging in an arms build-up not to draw the Soviets to the negotiating table but to launch nuclear war, when protestors staged "die-ins" dressed as mock coffins outside the White House, Reagan simply ignored them. When they screamed, he never listened.
Such accusations drove other men crazy. One president driven over the edge by the left's rage was Richard Nixon. "Others may hate you," said Nixon in his White House farewell, "but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself." Nixon let the hate of his enemies consume him, and then they won.
I sense that Sarah Palin understands these things.
Her virtues are destined to bring out the vices in her opponents. She loves, and they envy how she loves. She chooses life, and they assail her choice.
Her temperance and fortitude tempts their pride. Her faith, hope, and charity, inspires their disbelief, despair, and disdain. Her happiness fuels their anger.
Often, maintaining sanity and surviving means simply ignoring the haters. That's where Ronald Reagan was before he stepped foot in the White House. And that's a good place for a conservative Republican like Sarah Palin.
Paul Kengor is professor of political science and executive director of the Center for Vision Values at Grove City College. His books include God and Ronald Reagan (HarperCollins, 2004), The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand (Ignatius Press, 2007), and The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism (HarperPerennial, 2007).


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Mobile Momentum at eBay Inc. Continues: Dec. 9 Marks eBay's Biggest Mobile Shopping Day Ever; PayPal Delivers Second Biggest Mobile Day in 2012
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Consumers are reshaping the traditional retail calendar, as illustrated by the shopping surge this Mobile Sunday, Dec. 9. This holiday season represents a tipping point, as bold new shopping patterns and peak shopping days emerge.
- eBay marked Dec. 9 as the single biggest mobile shopping day ever. U.S. transacted mobile volume more than doubled last year's biggest mobile shopping day, Sunday, Dec. 4. The day topped three consecutive Sundays of record mobile transacted volume for eBay U.S., starting with Sunday, Nov. 25, Thanksgiving weekend.
- On Dec. 9, PayPal Mobile reached its second biggest mobile shopping day of the year, tripling its year-over-year growth in global mobile payment volume compared to the second Sunday in Dec. 2011.
"Mobile continues to be a game changer, and we continue to be a clear leader in mobile commerce and mobile payments," said Steve Yankovich, VP of Mobile at eBay. "Just four years ago mobile commerce barely existed. Today, mobile touches nearly one in every three purchases on eBay. And by year end, we expect to achieve $10 billion in mobile transacted volume on eBay and $10 billion of mobile payment volume on PayPal."
Today's customers want flexibility and convenience, and eBay is delivering a seamless multiscreen shopping experience to meet changing customer needs. Blending the best of offline and online commerce, today's customers can shop on their computers, purchase on their tablets and, in some cases, even get their products delivered from local retail partners the same day.
Taking convenience to a whole new level, eBay's new mobile app, eBay Now, empowers mobile shoppers to purchase from a growing list of retail partners – including Macy's, Target, and Toys R Us – and arrange for delivery in San Francisco and New York, often in under an hour.
eBay Inc. is delivering unprecedented convenience,connecting consumers to the things they need and love, anytime, anywhere.


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text: RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Hamas won a large share of the vote Wednesday as Palestinians selected their first new parliament in a decade, but appeared to fall short of deposing the governing Fatah movement as the leading party in the legislature. An exit poll conducted in coordination with the Palestinian election commission showed that neither Fatah nor Hamas achieved a majority in the 132-seat legislature, meaning that the next Palestinian Cabinet will comprise a coalition of parties. But by gaining near parity with Fatah in parliament, Hamas will have a major role in the Palestinian Authority and complicate efforts to revive a dormant U.S.-backed peace plan that runs counter to the party's campaign platform in key respects. The poll, conducted by Beir Zeit University, projected Fatah winning 63 seats and Hamas 58 seats, leaving the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and an assortment of leftist and independent parties far behind. A second poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, also conducted in coordination with the election commission, showed Fatah winning 58 seats to Hamas' 53 seats. But the poll said that at least eight seats remained too close to predict. Officials results are expected today. Election officials and observers reported no serious problems either as the result of Israeli security measures or Palestinian factional rivalry that had threatened to disrupt voting in several cities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The officials said 77 percent of the 1.3 million registered Palestinian voters cast ballots on a brisk day, far surpassing the turnout in last year's presidential race. In an initial assessment, a member of one international observer mission described the voting as "a generally smooth process with only sporadic violence and a robust turnout." The observer from the National Democratic Institute/Carter Center delegation, who declined to be named, said the only apparent violation was the active campaigning that occurred throughout the day despite a Palestinian election law that requires campaigning to end 24 hours before the start of voting. But because all parties appeared to be violating the rule, the observer said, "at this point it doesn't appear to be a serious impediment to the election." The last parliamentary voting in 1996 led to a Fatah-dominated legislature, which has now been expanded by 50 percent. Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority and leader of Fatah, postponed the elections in July 2005 to secure an election law more favorable to his party. Hamas has built its popularity over the years through patient political organizing, charity work and an unyielding position regarding Israel. The party's charter calls for Israel's destruction, and Hamas' armed wing has carried out numerous deadly attacks on Israeli civilians, police and soldiers. The secular Fatah movement is suffering from generational divisions and a reputation for corrupt, ineffective government, although the Palestinian Authority's executive branch will remain under Abbas. Abbas, who has threatened to resign as president if he is unable to carry out his program after the elections, will now appoint a prime minister who must form a Cabinet approved by parliament. Although it is theoretically possible that Hamas could form the next government, it is expected that Fatah would be invited to do so and join with the nationalist and leftist parties to forge a parliamentary majority. As the main faction in the Palestine Liberation Organization, Fatah and Israel both endorsed in the 1993 Oslo accords and the U.S.-backed peace plan known as the road map signed in 2003. The plan has been frozen during the last years of the Palestinian uprising, but each side has pledged to return to its phased framework for creation of an independent Palestinian state.


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Ticonderoga High School's music department presented its annual winter concert to a capacity audience Dec. 12. The school's concert band, Sentinel Big Band, Night Shadows male choir and mixed chorus performed an assortment of holiday and seasonal songs.
Ticonderoga High School's music department presented its annual winter concert to a capacity audience Dec. 12.
The school's concert band, Sentinel Big Band, Night Shadows male choir and mixed chorus performed an assortment of holiday and seasonal songs.
The concert band featured Katherine Towne, Sara Plude, Carly Pinkowski, Taylor Dorsett and Lillitha Ida on flute; Alaina Bevilacqua, Becky Barber, Hannah Herbst, Anita Zhang, Mackenzie Strum, Brittany Bruce, Jamie Cox, Susan Ward and Raelene Glass on clarinet; Jeanette Coon on bass clarinet; Skyler Gilbert and Michaela Baker on alto saxophone; Stephen Bartlett on tenor saxophone; Ryan Price on baritone saxophone; Riley Chapman, Anthony DuShane, Dale Quesnel, Karney Manning, John Cook, Tim Ryan, Mark Donohue and Zechariah Yaw on trumpet; Michael LaFountian on euphonium; Anthony Costello, Martin Glazer, Jordan Millington and Colvin Chapman on trombone; Marcus Moser on bass trombone; Tomas Hendrix on electric bass; and Jacob Crowe, Michael Graney, Sam Shelmidine, Nikolas Theiss, Cody Shaner and Tyler Morse on percussion.
The concert band was conducted by Mike Iturrino.
The Sentinel Big Band included Brittany Bruce, Jamie Cox, Skyler Gilbert and Mackenzie Strum on alto saxophone; Stephen Bartlett on tenor saxophone; Ryan Price on baritone saxophone, Katherine Towne on flute; John Cook, Mark Donohue, Anthony DuShane, Michael LaFountain, Dale Quesnel, Tim Ryan and Zechariah Yaw on trumpet; Colvin Chapman, Anthony Costello, Martin Glazer and Marcus Moser on trombone; Becky Barner and Hannah Herbst on alto calrinet; Susan Ward on clarinet; Dale Quesnel on piano; Riley Chapman on bass; Mark Donohue and Tomas Hendrix on guitar; and Michael Graney, Cody Shaner, Sam Shelmidine and Nikolas Theiss on percussion.
Nelson Shapiro directed the Sentinel Big Band.
Singing in the Night Shadows male choir were Colvin Chapman, Riley Chapman, Anthony Costello, Matt Cook, Zech McLoughlin, Marcus Moser, Stephen Bartlett, Jacob Crowe, Nicholas Fritz, Skyler Gilbert, Michael Graney, Cody O'Hara, Karney Manning, Mark Donohue, Jay Hebert, Tomas Hendrix, Martin Glazer, Tyler Morse, Tim Ryan and Jordan Woods.
Nelson Shapiro conducted the Night Shadows.
The school's mixed chorus included:
sopranos - Elizabeth Aranguiz, Brianna Bezio, Michaela Connors, Jendra Cooke, Jeanette Coon, Jamie Cox, Morgan Dean, Taylor Dorsett, Linnaea Griffin, Lillith Ida, Lucinda LaPeter, Aspen Olcott, Sara Plude, Casey Raymond, Cheyanne Russell, Shelby Spaulding, Mackenzie Strum, Shelby Turner, Susan Ward, Rebecca White, Hannah Witford and Janel Woods;
altos - Constance Baily; Michaela Baker, Becky Barber, Katlyn Barrows, Alaina Bevilacqua, Brittany Bruce, Juila Cox, Kaitlin Diskin, Raelene Glass, Ciarra Gray, Paige Gunning, Hannah Herbst, Haley Kuhl, Ashlyn LaPerle, Cassidy McKee, Brenna Michalak, Tiffany Purkey, Alyssa Rodriguez, Makayla Saunders, Taylor Suddard, Katelyn Troche, Michelle Webb, Rachel White, Josie Worley and Anita Zhang;
tenors - David Bevins, Jacob Crowe, Ty Denno, Mark Donohue, Skyler Gilbert, Martin Glazer, Michael Graney, Jay Hebert, Tomas Hendrix, Karney Manning, CJ Raymond, Tim Ryan and Jordan Woods;
bass - Stephen Bartlett, Colvin Chapman, Riley Chapman, Matt Cook, Anthony Costello, Nicholas Fritz, Coleman Granger, Michael LaFountain, Zech McLoughlin, Tyler Morse, Marcus Moser, Cody O'Hara, Ryan Price, Brody Rocque, Cody Shaner, Nikolas Theiss, Milo Thurbon, Keegan Tierney and Anthony Woods.
The mixed Chorus was conducted by Nelson Shapiro and accompanied by Jolene Harrigan.


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Academic journal article Electronic Green Journal
Review: In Search of the Rain Forest
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Review: In Search of the Rain Forest By Candace Slater (Ed.) Reviewed by Elery Hamilton-Smith Charles Sturt University, Australia Candace Slater (Ed.). In Search of the Rain Forest. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. 318 pp. ISBN 0-8223-3205-1 (cloth); 0-8223-3218-3 (paper). US$79.95 cloth; $22.95 paper.
This book, which grew out of a six-month seminar that included a field visit to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, challenges most of the prevailing assumptions and discourses about the rain forest. The extent to which the Yucatan has come to be widely identified (not by the authors) as rain forest highlights the growing ambiguity of the very concept.
The first essay focuses upon the X-Caret mega-theme park of the Yucatan. This is a spectacular nature-based amusement park with a well-integrated blend of authenticity and carefully contrived and executed romanticized falsehood. It has had many positive effects upon the conservation of various aspects of the environment, widespread awareness of environmental values, and the socio-economic development of the region. Yet it also raises a number of ethical and other problems. Its overwhelming dominance of the regional tourism industry causes some deep concerns for more humble operators, many of whom have a sincere commitment to authenticity and genuine conservation. I certainly enjoyed and appreciated my personal experience of X-Caret, but I sympathize with those who express concern. Any serious examination of it will inevitably generate ambiguity and ambivalence.
Other essays deal respectively with wildfire in forested areas, apparently responsible oil extraction in Ecuador, the appropriation and industrialization of herbal medicine in the forests of Belize, a critical history of the Mayan rain forests, Indian preservation of tigers through protected areas, the generation and control of violence in the indigenous peoples of Kalimantan, and the viral forests of Africa as a horror spectacle.
Interestingly, several essays develop and discuss, as a sub-theme, the way in which protected forests often provide a splendid environment for crime. …


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