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RUSH: Tonight is the big finale of The Haney Project on the Golf Channel, the big finale. They hit me with a bunch of surprises, meaning they dangled some carrots in front of me. If I was able to achieve various challenges then I would be rewarded with certain prizes, certain gifts. And it's a great show. We did this at El Dorado, which is a golf course development in San Jose del Cabo right up the road from Cabo San Lucas. Folks, I gotta tell you about it. We used a number of places filming The Haney Project, or taping it all over the country: Kukio, out on the Big Island of Hawaii, Baker's Bay, which recently opened over in the Bahamas, El Dorado in Cabo San Lucas. These three are part of a whole nationwide development called Discovery Land Company. Mike Meldman owns it, and I tell you, these are some of the finest places you could live, some of the finest places you could visit. With the exception of El Dorado — the golf course was there before Meldman bought the place, it's a Nicklaus course — they're all Tom Fazio courses.
A couple of summers ago Fazio and I and a couple friends took a guy's golf trip to a number of Fazio-designed courses. Madison Club in Palm Springs is another one of Meldmans, but I tell you, you golfers, you would not believe the comfort stations. I mean every four holes there's a barbecue. It's indescribable. Barbecue grill, oysters, champagne, it's indescribable. You want to finish the course because you want to get to the next comfort station. The quality of the homes in these places is just stunning. One of the great things about golf is that wherever you go to play it's a beautiful place, and Meldman made available all these different places so that we could actually do a great travelogue show. We started in Hawaii at Kukio, which has some of the greatest views of the Pacific Ocean from high up the mountain, and then El Dorado down in Cabo, which is where we finished about the middle of February, two or three weeks ago.
If you ever get a chance to play at one of these places from Discovery, do it. If you know somebody who lives there, if you have a chance to visit one of these places, by all means avail yourself of the opportunity. These are the kind of places that make it worth your while to take up the game, just to be able to visit these places. They're the epitome of quality and refinement and class and everyone I've met at one of these places is the best at what they do. We have the big finale tonight. George Brett was on the opener, was on the season premiere, and brought him back for the finale. They were talking about this on the Golf Channel today trying to make it a big surprise. I'm gonna blow the surprise. Fred Couples shows up on the finale tonight in a fun little episode. It's nine o'clock tonight on the Golf Channel, which is DirecTV channel 218. Let's grab sound bites three, four, and five and do this, we'll get into the Wisconsin stuff and the government shutdown stuff and all that as the program unfolds before your very eyes and ears. They had Hank Haney on the Golf Channel today during their morning show to talk about the finale tonight and one of the guys talking to him was Gary Williams, co-host of the morning show. And they had this little exchange. This the first of three sound bites.
WILLIAMS: Of the three guys you worked with, and let's go in — in kind of reverse order starting with Rush, who was the best listener?
HANEY: Actually the best listener was Rush. He's an incredible talker, and I was really shocked that he was even a better listener.
RUSH: Now, you might be wondering, 'Why this question?' Like Snerdley is looking at me sort of frowning. Snerdley's offended. Is it fair to say that you're offended? Because Snerdley knows me, and when this program started — and I okayed it, Snerdley, because it wasn't worth the time it would take to go to the mat with these guys to change their campaign. I knew it wasn't gonna matter, but their whole campaign was: 'Can this motormouth, loudmouth listen?' That was their whole theme. And I looked at it and I laughed, I said, 'Do they not have the slightest idea that to know the things I know you have to listen?' Does it not make common sense that to learn things you have to listen? Okay, so they've got it in their heads that I don't listen, okay, fine. So even after it's over, that's why they're asking the question, 'So were you surprised?' because they have to carry through with their theme, with their formula.
Now, the other two guys they're talking about, the previous two are Ray Romano of Everybody Loves Raymond and Charles Barkley. So Haney says that I was the best listener. Now, those of you who are regular listeners understand that that's not a surprise, but it is to people who have this preconceived notion. So the second bite is Gary Williams talking to Haney, he says, 'When you look at Rush specifically, obviously the finale tonight, what's great is you had these various people who popped in, George Brett's been on, Pat Perez. There's a big-time star that I know is on the finale tonight, sometimes there can be distractions. I know George and Rush are very, very close. Do you get wary of these big stars being around these guys when you're trying to teach 'em?'
HANEY: Not really. I mean it added to the show. I mean tonight's show is just great. There's a whole bunch of surprises in there, it has a great ending, and it just made it a lot more fun. I mean Rush handled everything great with the people being around, and he's very, very good on TV. He was a great student. He was an incredible student. He's one of the best students I've ever had. I mean it didn't necessarily start out that way. But he really was a great student, and a pleasure to help. I mean I haven't had a student, you know, very often in my career that listened as well as he did and tried as hard as he did, and it was a great, you know, opportunity for me and a pleasure to help him.
RUSH: So that's Hank Haney on the Golf Channel today. So after that was over Gary Williams and Erik Kuselias have this exchange. They are still perplexed that I'm a good listener.
KUSELIAS: The best listener, Rush.
WILLIAMS: Shocked by that.
KUSELIAS: Really?
WILLIAMS: Yeah. I mean I suppose, look, you know we interview people for a living. The people who are good interviewers actually listen —
KUSELIAS: You have to listen.
WILLIAMS: — to what the people are saying. You don't have your questions where you run down and you're waiting for them to stop talking so you can ask the next question, you have to listen to what they say and Rush is a very compelling interviewer so I understand that he probably does have some good listening skills. I just didn't think that would be the one thing he would say.
KUSELIAS: Me either.
RUSH: But you asked! Why wouldn't he say it? You asked was he a good listener or not. Anyway, I don't interview people, Erik. It's a rarity when that happens. Nevertheless, the show tonight, I have a rough cut and we watched it last night with Kathryn, and it's good. It really came together. I mean this was the big test, and, by the way, they must have brought everybody at the Golf Channel. There must have been 15 or 20 golf carts running around, cameras, microphones, hidden microphones, hidden cameras all over the place. I think it was their bonus to be able to go down to Cabo so there was even more performance pressure on me, the rank amateur here. I mean this is it, this is it. You know, and it's live to tape. There's no shooting it three or four times to get it right. So the deal is I gotta break 85 and I got a surprise coming, some other challenges they threw my way, it's a lot of fun, it has been fun, and if three or four more people now know that I'm a good listener that's an added bonus. (interruption) Don't get so ticked off about this, Bo. I appreciate your loyalty in there, but you gotta go with the flow on this kind of stuff. It just is. Oh, by the way, Koko, do me a favor. Put a link to the Discovery Land Company up there. You gotta see some of the pictures of the places we went to shoot this series. It'll just blow your mind. It really will.


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Constitution and By-Laws of Council Bluffs Lodge No. 49, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of Iowa.
Names in this online transcription include Achter, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Askwith, Baker, Barhyte, Beckman, Betz, Biggs, Bilger, Bliss, Bloomer, Bowley, Bowman, Boyd, Bozeman, Bradley, Brenneman, Brown, Caldwell, Campbell, Carothers, Casady, Caudle, Chamberlain, Childs, Clark, Clatterbuck, Collett, Collister, Cook, Cooper, Daugherty, Deitrich, DeVol, Dixon, Dougherty, Drake, Dufit, Dwire, Eaton, Eckert, Emery, Estep, Faul, Fleming, Gardiner, Geinheimer, Gilinsky, Goldstein, Graham, Grason, Guittar, Hammer, Hancock, Hannan, Hanthorn, Harding, Harle, Harris, Hart, Henkle, Higgeson, Hoffman, Home, Horwich, Hough, Houghton, Hubbard, Hunt, Hunter, Huntington, Hurlbert, Jacoby, Jefferis, Jensen, Johnson, Jones, Judd, Keller, Kelly, Kinnehan, Kirkland, Kissell, Klager, Kuykendall, Lacy, Lamb, Lange, Larsen, Lindt, Lipfert, Louie, Louis, Madison, Manker, Maurath, McCreary, McGee, McMillan, McNaughton, McRae, Medley, Miller, Monteith, Morrison, Mynster, Newell, Nicholson, Noble, Olsen, Oppenheim, Payunck, Perry, Peterson, Plumer, Porter, Proctor, Pullen, Purdy, Racer, Rasmussen, Reese, Reynolds, Rick, Sackett, Sanborn, Schicketanz, Shahan, Shepler, Sleeper, Smilie, Smith, Snell, Snyder, Soar, Sorenson, Spetman, Steinkopf, Stephan, Stevick, Stewart, Stupfell, Taylor, Terwilliger, Thomas, Thornton, Treynor, True, Tucker, Walsh, Warren, Waterman, Watt, Weatherbee, Weidner, West, Wetherill, Wheeler, Wicks, Williams, Wilson, Witter, Wolcott, Woodworth, Young.
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|With Category-Manager you can group your Outlook categories, share them with other users, filter a folder by category, automatically categorize new emails, and more. You can use the Addin even for IMAP.
Since the version 2007, Outlook always uses Microsoft Word as e-mail editor. That allows developers to use the powerful library of Word to edit the content of e-mails and other items. Even better, there is a macro recorder in Word, which you don't have in Outlook. That is you can record a macro in Word and use the same code in the Outlook VBA project, too.
You can record a macro via the Developer tab in Word. If you don't see it on the ribbon, right click on the ribbon, choose Customize the Ribbon. In the list right hand check Developer and OK out. On the Developer tab click Record Macro.
In this sample I've started the recording, then typed the word "Hello" into the document and marked it bold. The following shows the result of the macro recorder:
Sub Macro1() ' ' Macro1 Macro ' ' Selection.TypeText Text:="Hello" Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdWord, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend Selection.Font.Bold = wdToggle End Sub
|ReplyAll alerts you before unintentionally replying all, or if you are a confidential BCC recipient of the e-mail.
As you see Word uses the Selection object to edit the text of a document. In order to use such a macro in Outlook, just set a variable to the Selection object of the email.
(First click Tools/References, and set a reference to the "Microsoft Word x.0 Object Library" so Outlook can recognize the objects used by Word.)
Public Sub UseWord() Dim Ins As Outlook.Inspector Dim Document As Word.Document Dim Word As Word.Application Dim Selection As Word.Selection Set Ins = Application.ActiveInspector Set Document = Ins.WordEditor Set Word = Document.Application Set Selection = Word.Selection 'insert here your macro from word End Sub
|Determine the "identity" of your emails. Set with SAM the sender and the folder folder for sent items with the help of rules.


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This white chocolate coconut tart consists of a delicate melting cream surrounded by a crunchy layer of nut coconut. SO GOOD!
Tartes are like the yoga teachers among desserts. From the preparation to that glory moment of having the first bite they bring me into a very special state of relaxation.
The only thing that requires a little patience is waiting for the cream to set. The time when you already know what is waiting for you in the fridge, but you still have to endure it until the consistency has changed from liquid to creamy, silky and smooooth.
My current tart crush:
A crispy nut coconut base, a creamy chocolate filling and arefreshingly tasty fruits as topping.
WHITE CHOCOLATE COCONUT TART it is.
Are you drooling already?
I do. A lot. For me this tart not only sounds incredibly delicious, but I already know what it tastes like! 🙂 Very, very good.
Theoretically you can leave the crust of the white chocolate coconut tart unbaked. I prefer it baked to have a nice litte crunch.
An advantage here would be that you save the baking time, as well as the subsequent cooling down.
A very nice 100% raw cake example is the very popular pumpkin white chocolate tart. So delicious guys.
But I have to admit that I mostly prefer the baked version. This way I bring another consistency, crunchy, into the game, which makes this dream of dessert extra delicious. Creamy cream and crispy crust are a dream team for me.
The Chocolate Chestnut Tarte is another example of this. By the way, this was my very first tart that I made and satisfied my sweet tooth with a great passion for everything chocolaty in the most delicious way 🙂
|Prep Time
|20 minutes
|Cook Time
|20 minutes
|Passive Time
|8 hours
tart (23 cm Ø)
- 3/4 cup shredded coconut about 80 g
- 1/3 cup almonds about 50 g
- 1 1/3 cup rolled oats about 150 g
- 4 tbsp coconut oil
- 5 soft medjool dates
- 2 tbsp oat milk optional
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups coconut milk preferably the thick part of a can of coconut milk
- 60 g Cashews soaked over night or in hot water for an hour
- 220 g white chocolate
- 3 tbsp oat milk or more coconut milk
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
Coconut Crust
White Chocolate Coconut Cream
- Preheat the oven to 170°C / 350°F top/bottom heat. Prepare a tart tin (approx. 23 cm Ø). If it is not non-stick, grease it.
- Melt the coconut oil over a water bath. Pour all ingredients for the crust into a blender and, depending on the blender, mix at medium to high speed to a sand-like consistency. It can be a bit coarser, but it should stick together when you press it between your fingers. If not, add a little bit of oat milk or another date and blend again.
- Press the dough evenly into the tart tin and approx. 3 cm up the edge. Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes until the edge is slightly golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- For the cream, it is best to soak the cashews overnight in cold water. If you don't have that much time, simply soak the cashews in hot water for 30-60 minutes. Strain.
- Melt the chocolate over a water bath.
- Add coconut milk, cashews, melted chocolate, coconut oil and oat milk (or more coconut milk) to a mixer and slowly switch to the highest setting. Mix for one minute until a very fine cream is obtained.
- Pour the chocolate coconut cream into the cooled tart crust. Allow to cool to room temperature for one hour and then refrigerate for another 8 hours.
- Decorate with coconut flakes, fruit and chocolate before serving. Serve cold.


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"Hydrodynamica: Remember the Future" is part of the Getty Museum's larger Pacific Standard Time arts initiative, which started last October and features more than 60 Southern Californian cultural institutions showcasing the birth of the L.A. art scene. "Hydrodynamica" will feature early surfboard design, much of which was born in San Diego in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and later had a phenomenal impact on the birth of modern surfing and skateboarding.
The exhibition will feature the work of Bob Simmons and Carl Ekstrom. two Southern Californian surfboard pioneers. Simmons' board designs employed a composite construction process, while Ekstrom's board designs were a huge hit with Andy Warhol as evidenced by the inclusion of two of his boards in his 1968 film "San Diego Surf." Though the exhibition blurs the line between art, design and surf culture, there is a clear relationship between these innovative board designs and California art and design through the 1980s.
The original surfboard designs by Simmons and Ekstrom, among others, will be on view along with photographs, short film clips and Simmons' boomerangs that he used for experimentation. Opening night of the exhibition will also feature musical performances by Steve Poltz and Irwin Conspiracy at Space 4 Art in San Diego's Downtown East Village neighborhood. Space 4 Art is a multi-functional artist studio/living space/exhibition space for artists working in a variety of media.
"Hydrodynamica: Remember the Future" is on view at Space 4 Art in downtown San Diego on 15th Street between K Street & J Street through March 9, 2012.


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Texas State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez says he'll propose a vote to decide whether to create a statewide Mexican-American studies course at the agency's meeting next month.
If passed, the measure would mark a major victory for Latino education activists who have pressed for a public school curriculum more reflective of their state's majority-Hispanic student body.
"This is it -- we've been inching our way to a vote," Cortez told The Huffington Post. "Just the mere fact that we're going to have a vote is historic."
The group Librotraficante, formed in 2012 to protest the banning of the Tucson Mexican-American studies program, started calling last year for the Texas SBOE to include a dual-credit Mexican-American studies course when the state agency took up the question of new course design.
The idea appealed to Cortez, a Democrat from the Rio Grande Valley who says too many Mexican-Americans go through their public school educations without learning about the achievements of Hispanic heroes.
"Texas used to be Mexico," Cortez said. "So why not? What's the harm in it? We develop it, we create it, it's aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, as required by law ... We're not mandating anything. We're just making it easier for school districts to offer it if they want."
Cortez tried to propose the course at the SBOE's last meeting, in January, but new courses didn't make it onto the agenda. He said that it wasn't until this Monday that he received the green light to put the issue to a vote at the April meeting.
The idea of a statewide Mexican-American studies curriculum has gained steam in recent months. The board of trustees for Ysleta Independent School District, one of the three districts serving the heavily Hispanic city of El Paso, passed a resolution on March 5 in support of Mexican-American studies, and supporters of expanding Mexican-American studies in the state plan to present similar resolutions in other districts in the area.
SBOE Chairwoman Barbara Cargill, a Republican, has encouraged local districts to come up with their own courses rather than asking the state to create a curriculum.
But Cortez says that developing a state curriculum would make it easier for schools with stretched resources to offer the courses.
"We have a course in floral design that is approved by the Texas Board of Education," Cortez said. "Not every school in Texas offers it, but they can. So I don't understand why a floral design course makes more sense than Mexican-American Studies."
El Paso educator Georgina Perez says offering Mexican-American studies to Texas students could help stem the state's high Hispanic dropout rate.
"In a nutshell, what it does is it implements culturally relevant texts and materials from the Chicano and indigenous perspective, so that we are valuing our students as human beings," Perez told HuffPost. "We know that when students see themselves in the curriculum that they feel valued."
The graduation rate for Latino students stood at 84.3 percent as of 2012, according to the most recent data available from the Texas Education Agency. The rate for non-Hispanic white students was 93 percent. More than half of the nearly 5 million students in Texas public schools are Hispanic.
There's no guarantee that the measure will pass. The 15-member board is composed of 10 Republicans and five Democrats. Cortez says he expects all the Democrats to support the measure, but he will need at least three Republicans to join them.
The 2012 Republican platform, which remains in effect until this year's state party convention, opposes the teaching of multiculturalism.
"We believe the current teaching of a multicultural curriculum is divisive," the platform reads. "We favor strengthening our common American identity and loyalty instead of political correctness that nurtures alienation among racial and ethnic groups."
At least one Republican on the SBOE, however, appears to support the idea. Vice chairman Thomas Ratliff told The Texas Tribune in February: "Some of [the board members] are trying to say that they don't want to start creating a whole bunch of other studies for every other ethnic group. I don't understand that concern because there aren't any other ethnic groups that make up a significant portion of the state's population like the Hispanics do."
The push to offer Mexican-American studies courses in Texas schools developed in part as a response to the Arizona legislature's banning of a Mexican-American studies curriculum in Tucson. Conservatives accused that program of breeding resentment against white students. However, independent research found that the courses improved student achievement, and a state-commissioned audit recommended expanding the courses, praising them for fostering critical thinking.
Author and Librotraficante co-founder Tony Diaz says he's optimistic that Texas will take a different path.
"This will happen," Diaz told HuffPost. "If it's not now, it's later. What it really comes down to is, will the GOP walk with us or will they stand in our way? So we're reaching out. This will be a really clear sign whether the GOP is with our community or against it."


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The Children's Medical Safety Research Institute (CMSRI) was created by and is funded by the Dwoskin Family Foundation.
It provides grants to folks who will do research on "vaccine induced brain and immune dysfunction" and on what they believe are other "gaps in our knowledge about vaccines and vaccine safety", including:
- vaccine additives, from aluminum adjuvants and mercury preservatives to other "toxins," like formaldehyde, sodium borate, polysorbate 80, plus foreign proteins from the culture medium such as chicken embryos, monkey kidneys, cells from aborted fetal tissue, and viral DNA, etc.
- what they think is bias in the reporting of vaccine risks and benefits
- novel vaccine-associated autoimmune diseases, like ASIA syndrome and Macrophage Myofasciitis Syndrome
While they claim that they are not an anti-vaccine organization, it should be noted that Claire Dwoskin once said that "Vaccines are a holocaust of poison on our children's brains and immune systems."
And while most folks talk about the many benefits of vaccines, in fact calling vaccines one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th Century, Claire Dwoskin thinks that CMSRI funded research proves the "costs for harm caused" by vaccines and that her organization needs to raise "public awareness about the true cost of vaccines" to change "attitudes about vaccine safety."
CMSRI Funded Scientists
The Children's Medical Safety Research Institute funds the work of many scientists whose work is used by the anti-vaccine movement to help push misinformation about vaccines:
- Dr. Yehuda Shoenfeld – an immunologist, he now heads the Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, and claims to have discovered a novel vaccine-associated autoimmune disease
- Dr. Christopher Shaw – a neuroscientist in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of British Columbia, his focus is on the ALS-parkinsonism dementia complex and also on the role of aluminum as a neurotoxin
- Dr. Christopher Exley – a Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry at The Birchall Centre, Keele University in Staffordshire, England and Honorary Professor at the University of the Highland and Islands in Scotland, he publishes a lot of papers about aluminum.
- Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic – a post doctoral research fellow that works in Dr. Shaw's lab in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of British Columbia
- Dr. Anthony Mawson – an epidemiologist, he is a visiting professor at the Jackson State University School of Public Health and has "special interests in the evolutionary-adaptive origins of health disparities, the perinatal origins of chronic diseases, and the role of psychosocial factors in health and disease"
- Dr. Martha Herbert – a pediatric neurologist, she was once an assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (maybe she still is, but she isn't listed on their websites and no good response from either institution about her status), and has written a book about biomedical treatments for autism
- Dr. Stephanie Seneff – a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, she does research to try and show that glyphosate (Roundup) causes modern day diseases, such as Alzheimers and autism
- David A. Geier and Dr. Mark R. Geier – have long misused the VAERS database to try and show that thimerosal in vaccines causes autism
- Brian Hooker – most well known for secretly taping CDC Whistleblower and his retracted papers, he also does research with the Geiers for the CMSRI
Have these scientists changed any attitudes about vaccine safety? Certainly not among those who have really done their research about vaccines, but their studies do seem to throw fuel on whatever fire there is in the anti-vaccine movement.
It should be clear why few people take the work of these scientists seriously.
"At present, there is no evidence to suggest that ASIA syndrome is a viable explanation for unusual autoimmune diseases."
David Hawkes Revisiting adverse reactions to vaccines
While some of their studies have been retracted, others have been published in what experts describe as predatory open access journals, have been published in journals on which the researchers may sit on the journal's editorial board, a potential conflict of interest, or are simply poorly done.
You seem to hear the term "junk science" a lot when folks review their studies…
Most recently, the quickly retracted study on the health status of vaccinated vs unvaccinated homeschoolers, was partly funded by the CMSRI.
Many of the scientists have also been involved in lawsuits involving vaccines, sometimes testifying about the very cases that they write about in their papers!
Other CMSRI Activities
The Dwoskin Family also helps support its scientists and their work by sponsoring a number of "vaccine safety conferences," including the:
- 2011 Vaccine Safety Conference in Jamaica that featured Andrew Wakefield
- 2012 2nd International Symposium on Vaccines
- 2013 3nd International Symposium on Vaccines
- 2016 4nd International Symposium on Vaccines
And they provided the funding for the Greater Good movie, which has been described as "Pure, unadulterated anti-vaccine propaganda masquerading as a "balanced" documentary".
What to Know About the Children's Medical Safety Research Institute
The Children's Medical Safety Research Institute, through the Dwoskin Family Foundation, funds the work of many scientists that are said to be anti-vaccine, which can then used by the anti-vaccine movement to scare parents away from vaccinating and protecting their kids.
More About the Children's Medical Safety Research Institute
- A Snapshot of the Deep Pockets of the Anti-Vaccine Movement
- Here's the Money Behind the Anti-Vaccine Movement
- CNN: The money behind the vaccine skeptics
- Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest in Vaccine Research
- The 2011 "Vaccine Safety Conference" in Jamaica
- Methodology of paper linking vaccine to behavioral issues "seriously flawed," says retraction
- Junk Science? Number 47: British Health System covers up vaccine dangers
- Christopher Exley: Using bad science to demonize aluminum adjuvants in vaccines
- Review – Revisiting adverse reactions to vaccines: A critical appraisal of Autoimmune Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants (ASIA)
- Editorial – A case of junk science, conflict and hype
- Junk Science and the Anti-Vaccine Fraud
- Stephanie Seneff: Following the Geiers dumpster-diving in the VAERS database
- Another anti-vaccine article – bad journal, bad data
- Dr. Mark Hyman mangles autism science on–where else?–The Huffington Post
- Can Children with Autism Recover? If So, How?
- Not all scientific articles are equal in science
- Are there 131 Papers That Support Vaccine/Autism Causation?
- Lancet editor "regrets" research claims which caused worldwide vaccine crisis


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'˜Autism passport' scheme launched thanks to input from Sunderland people
It comes after a focus group organised by the North East Autism Society and Sunderland-based Autism in Mind helped come up with the idea for an 'autism passport' to be taken on interviews and into Jobcentres.
To coincide with World Autism Awareness Week, the passport and online 'employer's toolkit' is launched today.
The scheme, in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions and other leading disability organisations, will mean potentially difficult and anxious situations like job interviews could be thwarted.
It could make the journey to work for those with disabilities and hidden impairments a is much more enjoyable – and realistic – proposition.
Twenty-three-year-old Michael Crewe, from Sunderland, is currently enrolled in the North East Autism Society's Employment Futures Unlock Your Potential programme which supports adults with autism into work.
He said: "I think this is a brilliant idea and it would be immensely helpful for me.
"Just walking into the Jobcentre knowing I have something that's official to present, so they know about me rather than me trying to explain it to them would be incredible.
"It's a great idea."
It is thought that 68% of adults with a known autism spectrum condition (ASC) in the North East are unemployed, regardless of qualifications.
The Autism Alliance UK, RNIB, St Andrew's Healthcare, Autism Plus, Dimensions, The Dyslexia Association, and the North East Autism Society has worked with the Department of Work and Pensions to launch the scheme.
Alongside the Passport will also be an online Autism and Neurodiversity Toolkit for staff and managers in workplaces and Jobcentres to provide the latest information, guidance and support for people with hidden impairments in, or looking for, work.
One of the key players in campaigning for the passport and toolkit to be created was John Phillipson, CEO of the North East Autism Society.
He said: "When we talked to adults with autism in particular it became clear that experiences of visiting job centres and prospective employers weren't always good.
"A lot of people found the whole experience difficult and explaining why they found it difficult even harder.
"I was thrilled when the North East Autism Society and Autism in Mind worked together to talk through this with some adults who would most benefit from support, and we came up with the idea for the passport and what should go in it."
Carole Rutherford, director of Services from Autism in Mind, said: "I'm thrilled we've finally got here and have something that will actually be of help to adults with autism who really struggle walking into job centres and interviews when they don't 'speak the language'.
"The adults in the focus group from Sunderland were very clear that more support was needed.
"I hope the passport will do just that."


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The Long Table
The Long Table Restaurant and Cafe
Dombeya Winery Stellenbosch
Being at the end of the road, the only real issue with getting to Dombeya winery, and the Long Table Restaurant, is that you need to pass a dozen great estates and restaurants. Dombeya, is an indigenous tree that grows on the farm.
It's autumn in the vineyards and while burgundy leaves still cling to the vines, and the oak trees are clad in a dozen hues of yellow brown, the sky is a blue canvas on which the Heldeberg Mountains preen. A perfect afternoon on which to sit out on the paved terrace and relax into the menu and wine list.
The Springbok shank sounded too good to resist, and they were happy to exchange the polenta for a saffron risotto, which was part of the oxtail dish. Despite this, I did have menu envy as Terry's duck breast and pear, with a chocolate sauce looked amazing. While I'm not the most passionate vegetable lover the world has seen, the vegetables from their own kitchen garden were special.
The food was wholesome and unpretentious. The wines (Hakell Anvil, a single vineyard Chardonnay, and a Bordeaux blend, Dombeya Altus) excellent. The setting sensational.


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10% OFF Sept. 4-5
Time to stock up on all your favorite Back to School Essentials with 10% off your entire purchase September 4-5!
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Can Austin Police Force Me to Take a Blood Test If They Suspect DWI?Posted by Robert Buford | DWI | No Comments
When you are suspected of drunk driving, police in Austin and throughout Texas must still respect your constitutional rights. This includes the right to be free from any unreasonable search of your person. A search is considered unreasonable if law enforcement does not first obtain a warrant or establish there is some "exigent" or emergency circumstances that excuses the lack of such a warrant. Any evidence obtained by the police in violation of these requirements cannot be used against you at trial.
Texas Courts Clamp Down on Warrantless DWI Blood Tests
In DWI accident cases, one of the most common searches that a defendant may face is a blood test. A blood-alcohol test is often the key piece of evidence used to convict a person of DWI and related offenses, such as intoxication manslaughter. Police and prosecutors often attempt to conduct such blood tests without a warrant, but Texas courts have increasingly rejected such efforts.
In 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that "warrantless, nonconsensual testing of a DWI suspect's blood does not categorically fall within any recognized exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement." But the Court did not say that all warrantless blood tests were illegal. Rather, it held the government could not create a blanket exception to the warrant requirement for DWI blood tests. Depending on the circumstances of a particular case, a warrantless blood test may still be deemed legal.
Still, the Court's decision offers DWI defendants an important tool in challenging the evidence against them. For example, on May 10 of this year, a Texas district court of appeals reversed a defendant's conviction based largely on a warrantless blood test. This case was of particular interest given the defendant was not convicted merely of DWI, but felony murder arising from an alleged act of drunk driving.
The defendant was returning home from a bar when he struck a motorcycle. The motorcycle operator suffered fatal injuries. Police officers responding to the scene disagreed as to whether the defendant appeared intoxicated. Some officers took the defendant to a nearby hospital, where they ordered a blood test without the defendant's consent—he had refused it—or attempting to obtain a warrant. Following a trial, a jury convicted the defendant of felony murder.
On appeal, the defendant challenged the admissibility of the warrantless blood test. The appeals court agreed that the police had violated the defendant's constitutional rights. The court cited the testimony of the lead Texas Department of Public Safety officer at the scene, who said he took "zero steps" to obtain a warrant, even though at least 90 minutes elapsed between the accident and the blood test. Indeed, although the accident occurred after midnight, local police "had a process in place to assist officers in obtaining warrants." The policy simply ignored that process and the defendant's constitutional rights. Accordingly, the court said the defendant was entitled to a new trial, one where the blood test results cannot be introduced as evidence against him.
Stand Up For Your Constitutional Rights
Cases like the one above illustrate the importance of constitutional safeguards against warrantless, non-consensual searches. If you face criminal charges as the result of alleged drunk driving, or if you have been struck by a drunk driver in Austin, it is important you retain an experienced Austin personal injury lawyer or an Austin DWI accident attorney who can help ensure the courts and law enforcement respect your rights. Contact the Austin DWI lawyers at The Law Office Of Robert L. Buford today if you require immediate assistance.


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Pepper-Crusted Tuna with Sundried Tomato & Garlic Couscous
Our couscous goes perfectly with fish and this is a great way to serve Tuna steaks. A tasty meal for two.
Crush the garlic and mix into the mayonnaise with the chilli and parsley.
Crush the peppercorns in a pestle and mortar or in a mug with the end of a rolling pin. Press them firmly on to the outside of each tuna steak.
Heat a griddle pan until medium-hot and then brush with the olive oil (or you can use the barbecue). Cook the tuna steaks for about 2 minutes on each side, or a little longer if you don't like your fish too rare. Season with salt.
While the tuna is cooking make up the Ainsley Harriott Sun-Dried Tomato & Garlic Cous Cous according to directions on the sachet.
Divide the cous cous between two plates and slice the crusted peppered tuna on the angle and arrange on the top. Add a dollop of the garlic & chilli mayonnaise to each one.
If you prefer you could also make this with fillet steak.
- 1 large garlic clove
- ½ mild red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
- 50g (2oz) mayonnaise
- 15g (1 tbsp) chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 15g (1 tbsp) mixed peppercorns
- 2 x 175g (6oz) tuna steaks
- 15g (1 tbsp) olive oil
- pinch of salt
- 1 x 100g sachet Ainsley Harriott Sun-Dried Tomato & Garlic Couscous


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Sri Lanka is known for its Koththu or Koththu Roti - if you haven't had it, they say, you haven't really experienced our food. Koththu is considered as the Sri Lankan equivalent of the hamburger, in terms of its popularity. It's a common dinner dish.
Koththu is made from Godhamba roti (a type of Sri Lankan roti) and vegetables, egg and/or meat, and spices; the bread is described as similar to parata. Koththu comes with Chicken, Beef, Fish, Prawn, Egg or just Vegetables. Locals also like their Koththu made out of "String hoppers" or noodles instead of typical "Roti". Cheese Koththu is a relatively new invention where you add cheese (Cheddar cheese / mozzarella Cheese / Cream Cheese) to the normal koththu and it's now a very popular order. Generally, the consumer chooses what and how much of the amount of ingredients are included if someone else is preparing.
Koththu has become a popular dish in North American cities such as Toronto, New York City and in some parts of England where Sri Lankans live.
We've put together some of the favorite spots in Colombo for your Kothu experience.
Please note:
A Kothu at a hawker stall will cost you only about Rs. 200 (US$1.5 / 99p) per plate. However we do not recommend the foreign tourists to consume from Hawker stalls due to lack of hygienic conditions and preparation conditions. At a decent restaurant a Koththu will cost you from Rs. 600 (US$4 / £3) to Rs.1,800 (US$ 13 / £8).
Experience an authentic Sri Lankan cuisine, right in the heart of Colombo. It is a popular choice among the Sri Lankan food lovers in the country. If you want to taste Sri Lankan food, Upali's could be recommended without a second thought.
|Serving Cuisines
|Sri Lankan / Sea Food / Asian
|Price Range
|Rs. 1,200 for two people (Approx. US$8 / £5) onwards
|Opening Times
|11:30 AM – 11:00 PM daily
|Dine-In / Air-Conditioned / Serves Halal Food /Outdoor Dining / Credit-Cards / Take-Away / Family Friendly / Parking
|65, C.W.W Kannangara Mawatha, Near Town Hall,
Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo 07
|(071) 088-8666 (011) 269-5812
It is highly recommended to make a reservation in advance
The Commons is a coffee shop situated in the Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo. The Commons is famous for its Fast Food, Koththu, Desserts and Sweets. It is a very chilled out place for people of all ages.
|Serving Cuisines
|Cafe / Fast Food / Kottu / Sweets / Continental / American
|Price Range
|Rs. 2,500 for two people (Approx. US$17 / £11) upwards
|Opening Times
|7.30AM to 12 Midnight
|Dine-In / Outdoor Dining / Air-conditioned / Family Friendly / Wi-Fi / Take-Away / Credit-Cards / Parking Area
|39 A, Flower Road, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo 07
|(011) 486 9000 / (011) 269 4435
The place has the prime location at the entrance of the Independence Arcade behind the light fountains and truly deserves it. The fusion branding of Chef Dharshan Munidasa and Actress Jacqueline Fernandez echoes the fusion brand of delicious Sri Lankan dishes on the menu. A lot of value is placed on authenticity and presentation at the restaurant, where the concept of open kitchen is well implemented, as in, it's nice to be able to hear the kitchen working hard to prepare your food - The spices and chili are ground in front of you in the middle of the restaurant and the music combines with the antique furnishing and mood lighting of the place to create a soothing environment to eat.
|Serving Cuisines
|Sri Lankan / Koththu / Hoppers
|Price Range
|Rs. 3,500 for two people (Approx. US$24 / £16) upwards
|Opening Times
| Lunch 12 Noon to 2.30 PM daily
Dinner 6 PM to 10.30 PM daily
|Dine-In / Outdoor Dining / Air-conditioned / Family Friendly / Wi-Fi / Bar/ Live Performances / Take-Away / Credit-Cards / Parking Area
|Arcade Independence Square, 30, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo 07
|(011) 2670722 / (011) 2670822
It is highly recommended to make a reservation in advance
Cinnamon red is one of the new city hotels in Colombo. The hotel has a Café "stirred" (7th floor), Restaurant "Flavoured" (8th floor) and a rooftop bar "Cloud Red". It is a great hotel which provides top-notch cuisine. The food they serve is impeccable as can be expected from a restaurant at a hotel from Cinnamon Hotel Group Red, and the ambiance was quite professional and well-suited for a company dinner. The staff is quite friendly and helpful. Also check out the graffitis by local talent.
|Serving Cuisines
|Sri Lankan / Koththu / Continental / International
|Price Range
|Rs. 3,000 for two people (Approx. US$20 / £13) upwards
|Opening Times
| Stirred the café : 7.00AM – 12 Noon daily
Flavoured restaurant : 6.30AM – 10.30PM daily
Cloud Red the roof top bar : 5.00PM – 12 Midnight daily
|Dine-In / Outdoor Dining / Air-conditioned / Family Friendly / Wi-Fi / Bar/ Smoking Area / Credit-Cards / Parking Area
|59, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Kollupitiya, Colombo 03
|011 2145175
The title translates to Banyan Village. The tagline is "Back to our Roots". The restaurant is situated in the rear garden of the hotel with its own wooden gate entrance. There is a wide variety of Sri Lankan food, authentically prepared by local experts dressed in village garb, in a village setting with the city nowhere in sight. The food tastes home-cooked and is fresh and tasty. Nuga Gama is extremely popular with foreign tourists.
|Serving Cuisines
|Authentic Sri Lankan / Sea Food
|Price Range
|Rs. 4,500 for two people (Approx. US$31 / £21) upwards
|Opening Times
| Mon – Fri : 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Sat & Sun : Lunch 12 Noon – 2.30 PM & Dinner : 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
|Dine-In / Outdoor Dining /Credit-Cards / Family Friendly / Wi-Fi / / Live Performances / Serves Alcohol / Smoking Area / Parking
|Cinnamon Grand Kollupitiya, Colombo 03
|(011) 2497468 / (011) 243-7437 / (011) 232-0001
It is highly recommended to make a reservation in advance
This restaurant is owned by one of Sri Lanka's leading catering companies, Tasty Caterers. It serves short eats patisserie-style, and also serves pasta, Mongolian barbecue, Sri Lankan favorites, lunch packets and a very limited a la carte menu. This place is actually quite decent and the food is certainly delicious. The ambiance of the place was very chilled out and relaxing. This is a really nice restaurant situated in the heart of busy & noisy Colombo, yet somehow manages to provide a very calm peaceful outdoor experience. It is even more beautiful at night with the unique lighting provided by the lanterns hanging over the tables making your dinner experience all the more memorable one. They are well known for prompt service and pocket friendly.
|Serving Cuisines
|Sri Lankan / Fast Food / Koththu / Hoppers
|Price Range
|Rs. 1,000 for two people (Approx. US$7 / £5) upwards
|Opening Times
|6.30AM to 11.00PM daily
|Dine-In / Outdoor Dining / Air-conditioned / Family Friendly / Wi-Fi /Take-Away / Smoking Area / Credit-Cards / Parking Area
|108, 5th Lane, Kollupitiya, Colombo 03
|(011) 2573765


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SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Pretium Resources Inc. - PVG
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Pretium Resources Inc. ("Pretium" or the "Company") (NYSE: PVG). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at firstname.lastname@example.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 9980.
The investigation concerns whether Pretium and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
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On January 23, 2018, Pretium disclosed that gold production at its Brucejack Mine was lower than previously projected, and that achievement of steady-state gold production and operation of the mine's grade control program were delayed. On this news, Pretium's stock price fell $2.86 per share, or more than 26%, to close at $7.93 per share on January 23, 2018.
Then, on September 6, 2018, Viceroy Researched published a report, entitled "Pretium Resources – digging up dirt", which alleged, among other issues, that the Brucejack Mine's "reported grades and reserves are significantly inflated, a much greater amount of waste is being dumped into local lakes, and more explosives are being utilized." The report further alleged that Pretium's "management is scrambling to find consistent, high-grade ore to maintain the charade that its debt and equity are viable." On this news, Pretium's stock price fell $0.77 per share, or approximately 10%, to close at $6.94 per share on September 6, 2018.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com
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The turtle, nicknamed Solstice, was found hypothermic and injured in Washington, in December 2014. The turtle was taken to the Oregon Coast Aquarium where she was treated for her injuries and initial rehabilitation.
A Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, California, HC-130 air crew transported the turtle with a representative of the Oregon Coast Aquarium to SeaWorld Rescue, where the turtle will continue her rehabilitation for eventual release to the wild once she is fully recovered.
"The Coast Guard enjoys a great reputation for safeguarding living marine resources and marine environmental protection," said Cmdr. Kevin Smith, operations officer at Air Station Sacramento. "Allowing our aircrews to transport a distressed sea turtle while accomplishing routine training makes this mission particularly satisfying."
The aircrew used the turtle's transport as an opportunity to train for other emergency situations that could involve small airports and passengers that require critical care during a flight.


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Buffalo's Critical Mass
One Year Later after the Critical Massacre
Biking in Buffalo – Part IV
by Michael I. Niman, ArtVoice 5/27/04
This weekend marks the anniversary of last year's Elmwood Avenue police riot – known locally as the "Critical Massacre," named for the victims of the assault – cyclists participating in Buffalo's monthly Critical Mass bike ride. It was May 30 th when police officers stopped the 120 person ride on Elmwood Avenue, ostensibly to ticket two cyclists for what was later proven in court to be a fabricated charge -- failing to yield to the police car that pulled them over.
Over two-dozen officers, many wielding batons or metal flashlights, arrived on the scene in response to a distress call no one quite remembers making. They quickly arrested the only Black man in the immediate vicinity, and then within seconds started clubbing photographers and bystanders. When the dust cleared, nine people were charged with felonies. While photographing the incident as a credentialed journalist, I was clubbed from behind and also arrested – initially facing 13 years in prison. For the sake of brevity, and to avoid repetition, I'll refer readers to my previous articles on this incident, available at www.mediastudy.com/cm.html.
Part One: Subsequent Investigations
Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark pursued criminal charges against the arrestees, who, after a six-day trial in November, were acquitted of those charges – with the presiding judge declaring most of the counts to be non-prima fascia, or having virtually no apparent merit.
There has been a concerted effort during the past year to see that the perpetrators of the injustices of last May 30 th, and most importantly, those behind the frivolous prosecution, are brought to justice. To this end, civil libertarians filed charges with local, state and federal officials.
One of those agencies, the Buffalo Police Department's internal affairs bureau, dubbed the Professional Standards Division (PSD), undertook an investigation. Departmental policy states that such investigations should reach a conclusion within 30 days. It's now been a year, and as of earlier this week, this one is still "pending," having yielded no findings. The Lieutenant in charge of the investigation has been promoted up and out of the PSD – with no one in the division taking over the case. So it pends. Ultimately, the resolution here will probably be a hastily drafted whitewash garnished with a bit of wrist slapping dealt out to rank and file patrol officers – and little or no admonishment of the commanding officers ultimately responsible for most of the violence and the perjured arrest reports.
Also pending is a complaint filed with the City of Buffalo's Human Rights Commission (HRC). Since the Masiello administration cut the funding for the HRC's sole investigator, the commission has been effectively eviscerated. HRC members that I spoke with indicate that the events of last May 30 th were not an isolated incident, but part of a systemic pattern of violent abuse covered up with malicious prosecution. Without an investigator, however, they say their hands are tied.
Then there's the issue of missing evidence. While in police custody, after I identified myself as a journalist, I was stripped of my clothing and marched naked into a holding cell. It was painted hot pink and spattered with dried blood and feces. I was later given a weird child-sized paper apron to wear. Sound familiar? While my mistreatment pales in comparison to what has been going on in American-run prisons across Iraq, Afghanistan and in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, it indicates an endemic criminal gulag mentality that spans the empire.
Such treatment in Buffalo's jails, however, wasn't new. Before the Critical Mass incident, the Clinton-era US Justice Department cited the Buffalo Police for its mistreatment of prisoners. In response, the Buffalo Police agreed to videotape prisoners in lockup. Sure enough, when I landed in my cell, there was a camera trained on each cage.
This camera should have recorded my mistreatment. After my release, I requested that the PSD secure the videotape. Now, a year later, the tape is missing. Sources within the Buffalo Police Department claim it may never have existed, explaining that even though the agreement with the Justice Department may stipulate that the cameras be turned on, in practice, they aren't. Hence, the missing tape.
Also missing are the Use of Force Reports (UFR) for May 30 th. Again, the Justice Department stipulates that the Buffalo Police must produce a detailed report every time they use force against members of the public. Under this agreement, a report should have been generated for each person arrested and for each additional person who was clubbed or pushed on Elmwood Avenue. But it seems that either no such reports were made, or if they were made, they're now missing.
For me, the most alarming part of the incident was not the violence on Elmwood Avenue. After hearing the police officers testify in court, and after listening to the dispatch tapes, I can understand what happened. It all basically boils down to a communication breakdown with the police department resulting in stressed out overworked and under-trained officers not knowing what type of situation they were responding to – mistaking a traffic stop for a riot. The combination of adrenaline, fear and confusion, with a frosting of nastiness, got the clubs swinging. It should never have happened – and if not for the nonviolent response of the cyclists, the situation could have been much uglier. But I do believe that no officer woke up that morning with a plan to beat bicyclists with clubs.
The alarming part of the story centers on District Attorney Frank Clark's office. His relentless pursuit of baseless charges against the victims of May 30 th did not happen in the flash of the moment. His was a cold calculated decision that he stood by for five months right up to and through the November trial. Once in court, his Assistant District Attorney relied on conflicting reports and blatantly perjured testimony while fighting to suppress the original arrest reports – which were essentially badly written fiction riddled with perjury. The performance of Clark's underlings showed nothing but contempt for honesty and justice.
To date, however, none of the police officers who perjured themselves on the witness stand have been charged with perjury. When questioned about when these charges would be forthcoming, the unofficial word out of the DA's office was, "we don't charge police officers with perjury." This is akin to a policy of not charging grade pedophile schoolteachers with child molesting. Police officers are officially officers of the court. For our justice system to work, they have to be held to the highest standards of honesty. If an officer's word can't hold up in court, the system can descend into chaos from traffic court on up the line.
In an attempt to build any sort of case against the cyclists, Clark even went as far as to assign his office's Chief Confidential Criminal Investigator, John Abraham, to do a background check on defendants, inquiring if defendants were "communist
" or were "down on society." In court, Clark's Assistant District Attorney cross-examined me, asking about different ArtVoice columns I've written, ultimately bellowing, "Are you or are you not an Anarchist?"
This sort of behavior should never happen in an American Courtroom. And innocent people should never be dragged through the rigors of a criminal trial based on a political agenda. It's more than simply wrong. If the DA's actions were intentional, as opposed to simply the end result of incompetence, then they are criminal.
Legally, however, intent is difficult to prove. The Critical Mass defendants, none-the-less, filed complaints with the US Justice Department. These were turned over to the FBI's Civil Rights Division. Confidentiality regulations make it difficult to get information from the FBI regarding the current status of pending investigations. FBI officers here in Buffalo, however, seem genuinely concerned about this case – but the FBI is otherwise disposed and the Civil Rights Division doesn't seem to be a major priority. Hence, all indications are that this case, like the PSD and the HRC cases, will remain "pending" without any foreseeable resolution. This is where the case lies – with the only hope for justice coming from John Ashcroft's Justice Department and the FBI. I'm not holding my breath.
Part Two: Changes in the Ride
Needless to say, the impact of all of this on subsequent Critical Mass rides has been extreme. In the month following the Critical Massacre, the ride doubled in size, with community members filling their tires and dusting off their bikes in an effort to show support for Critical Mass. This is the kind of stuff that makes me proud to be a Buffalonian.
With the increase in size, however, come new riders, not quite familiar with Critical Mass's evolved culture. Here's where the arrests and prosecutions have taken their toll. Frank Clark's investigators sought to identify a "leader" of Critical Mass. Of course, as a nonhierarchical movement, Critical Mass has no leader. Cyclists meet on the last Friday of each month at 5:30 in front of City Hall in Buffalo, as they do in hundreds if not thousands of other locations around the world, and ride their bikes. It's a simple celebration of the bicycle. It's not an organization.
Even though a hypothetical leader would have broken no laws, no Critical Mass rider seems willing to be mistaken for such a leader and singled out for official harassment. Hence, riders appear to shun being at the lead of the mass. And they avoid traditional responsibilities such as facilitating rides by offering maps or making explanatory leaflets to give to bystanders.
With no one navigating, the rides tend to slow down as people drop back away from the lead. And they get stuck in traffic circles. And they stall at corners while people reach a quiet consensus about which direction to go. Usually they just continue on straight.
Hence, with no one proposing interesting routes, the rides tend to take the same tired old paths, often heading up Elmwood Avenue. This is particularly problematic because on most of the stretch up Elmwood Avenue from Virginia Street to Forest Avenue, it is technically illegal for a car to pass a bicycle due to the narrowness of the street, and the combination of parking lanes and double yellow lines. Hence, if the mass doesn't meander onto different streets every few blocks, traffic backs up and nerves fray.
During the Critical Massacre trial, the DA and police officers made a point of emphasizing that state law requires cyclists to ride only two abreast. Again, to avoid potential harassment, many riders follow this regulation. The end result is a longer more spread out ride – complete with all the added traffic congestion associated with a less compact ride.
Pissing off drivers is not the purpose of Critical Mass. But when people passively ride, fearing to actively navigate or otherwise facilitate rides, this can be an outcome. Combine this with an already stressed out population, whose federal government celebrates violence abroad as its primary conflict resolution strategy, and whose people are awash in daily war news. Add high gas prices and a sinking economy, and you have a dangerous cultural mix.
Last month these factors resulted in three attacks against the Critical Mass bike ride. One was a hit and run at the tail of the ride, with an SUV driver knocking a cyclist to the ground and speeding off. Given the police department's history with Critical Mass, no one called them for help. Then there was a tack attack. Every non-winter ride since last May 30 th, has been met with a tack attack – with someone tossing hundreds of thumb tacks into the path of the oncoming bikes. The riders have responded by treating tires with instant flat fix compounds or by packing extra tubes for quick pit stop tire changes.
The third attack on last month's ride came on Amherst Street near Delaware Park, where another SUV driver started surging at the back of the ride, pounding on his brakes right before mowing into the crowd. He repeated this accelerator-brake dance until the ride stopped. At that point, rather than passing the ride, as other cars were doing, he got out and ran after a rider who had yelled something along the order of "peace and love" to him. Harmless as the words may be by definition, they could also be a taunt.
According to witnesses, when the driver was about 50 feet from his SUV, a Critical Mass rider seized the keys from the ignition and rode off on his bike – sending the keys back after a five minute cooling off period. According to witnesses, this action might well have saved lives, since the motorist, who earlier was engaging in vehicular menacing, was now chasing people on foot. The fear was that if he reemployed his vehicle as a weapon, he could kill someone. Hence, the cyclist who creatively intervened may have saved a life. And he may have saved the SUV driver from some serious jail time. Another motorist called the police, but again, given the Buffalo Police Department's history with Critical Mass, no one wanted to stay around to file a complaint. Least of all the motorist, who some witnesses say seemed a bit drunk.
For Critical Mass riders, some who came out with their children for a quiet evening ride around the city, the effect was chilling. Many say they are ready to call it quits – not wanting to subject themselves to violence.
The problem of violent motorists has been compounded by the problem of nasty aggressive cyclists. Again, with no one wanting to actively facilitate the rides in the wake of last year's persecution, there's little mechanism to deal with out-of-line cyclists. At the last ride, this included two or three riders who both crossed into oncoming traffic in a self-destructive sort of dare, and who actively blocked traffic from passing the Mass.
This is not what Critical Mass is about. And people engaging in aggressive cycling have no business hiding amidst or endangering 100 peaceful riders who have no desire to become part of a conflict. If someone feels the need to aggravate motorists – at the very least a tactically stupid move given the armor differential between a bike and a 5,000 pound SUV – they should do this on their own, and not jeopardize the safety of the Critical Mass ride. The rest of the Critical Mass riders, for their part, have a duty to ostracize obnoxious riders – even at the risk of having such peacekeeping be seen by Frank Clark as "leadership." Two provocateurs have no right to put Critical Mass in danger – and riders shouldn't put up with such stupidity or malice.
One Critical Masser, on pondering whether or not to ride again, remarked, "maybe Buffalo's just not civilized enough [with "civilization being a good thing in this context] to have a Critical Mass ride."
Overall, the reaction to Critical Mass in Buffalo is positive. Many motorists smile and wave to the passing cyclists – many of whom are often motorists themselves. One of the city's new tourist guides proudly touts the monthly Mass. The Mayor's office sent an email message to a Wisconsin tourist, proudly citing this city's record of hosting Critical Mass rides. Even last month's troubled ride was mostly positive – with the exception of a few fools on bikes and in cars. But that's all it takes to screw up a ride. And that's why riders have to actively serve as peacemakers – ostracizing obnoxious cyclists and getting out of the way of aggravated motorists – even when cyclists are in the right. I mean really, my right to the road is nothing I'd want to die over.
Buffalo can pull this off. We've done it for four successful years. This flat city with its wide tree lined parkways was described at the turn of the last century as "a wheelman's paradise." With cycling again on the rise in Buffalo, we owe it to ourselves to sustain a Critical Mass. It's fun. It's a good thing. And if I have to once again go to court to defend my right to say so – we should keep this monthly ride alive!
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Madam Wokie
In July 2014, Maryann Kaikai, Creative Director of Madam Wokie met with Jill Biden during a visit to Sierra Leone on her final stop on a three-country visit to Africa. The aim of her visit was to highlight the importance of girls' education and women's participation in government, the economy, and civil society in accelerating economic development, improving health and educational outcomes, strengthening democratic governance, and fostering peace and security.
A reception was held by Sierra Leone's Second Lady, Mrs Khadija Sam Sumana, as part of Sierra Leone's recognition of the significance of this visit. It was a pleasure to interact with so many beautiful ladies and share ideas on fashion, politics and much more.
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This position statement by the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers was prepared and approved in November 2017.
Words matter. The words we use can influence people's perceptions about and understanding of issues, and can affect attitudes and actions. As such, the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers does not, in general, use the term "sex offender" in its references to individuals who commit sexual offenses. While there may be occasions when it is appropriate to use the term, such as when referring to a legal designation encoded in statute, ATSA recommends avoiding its use in all other circumstances.
Instead, ATSA uses and recommends the use of descriptors that put the person first. Preferred terminology includes such phrases as "individuals who commit sexual offenses" and "adolescents/adults who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior." As older documents and postings to ATSA's website are updated, the term "sex offender" will be deleted and replaced as appropriate.
This choice of terminology is in no way intended to minimize the acts that comprise sexual abuse or sexual assault. Rather, ATSA makes this recommendation for three reasons:
- The term "sex offender" fails to make a distinction among the continuum of sexually abusive behaviors broadly described in legal and popular contexts, which can range from voyeurism to groping to violent sexual assault. The person-first phrases recommended by ATSA more accurately capture the range of actions that comprise sexually abusive behaviors.
- The term "sex offender" characterizes a person based solely on his/her behavior in this area, rather than recognizing that people are complex individuals who may engage in positive behaviors in other aspects of their lives.
- The term "sex offender" implies that the behavior is long-lasting, intractable, or permanent. In fact, very few individuals who sexually offend commit additional sexual offenses. On average, 95% of people who sexually offend once never do so again (Langan, Schmitt, and Durose, 2003; Sample and Bray, 2003).
ATSA encourages professionals working with individuals who have sexually offended, legislators promulgating laws and policies, and media representatives reporting on related issues to move from using the term "sex offender" to using person-first language.
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what intriguing photos! Please tell us where these are!
24 Aug 10 at 9:29 am
Love the dinosaurs and the neon warrior!
24 Aug 10 at 10:10 am
I drove past Dinosaur World hundreds of times when I lived in Florida, and I never once stopped there because I just knew the best part of it was what I could see from interstate. But, I was wrong, the rest of it looks to be just as cheesetacular.
I'm really surprised anything is sitting empty on I-Drive for very long. Bennigan's closed most of their locations two or three years ago, and that road is so jam-packed with tourists year-round that you'd think someone would have built something else there by now.
25 Aug 10 at 7:16 am
I don't know why I didn't mention this sooner, but March 19, the USPS Columbia AMF on the cargo ramp at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport closed. It is located at 3501 Air Commerce Drive off of Platt Springs Road.
27 Aug 10 at 12:14 pm
These dinosaurs are real looking and other pictures are also fab!
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THE EARTH IS ROUND; IT ORBITS THE SUN. If one sets sail for the horizon, one's ship does not fall over the edge. Living things evolve through natural selection, a process that applies to humans as well as other species. Smoking tobacco causes cancer. The world is warming, and human production of greenhouse gases is responsible. Vaccines have thwarted the spread of some of humanity's most ravaging diseases; they do not cause autism. Immigrants to the United States commit fewer crimes than people who were born here. Polls do not always predict outcomes, but they are useful measures of the public's choices and ideas at any given moment.
These are facts. They were not always known, but they are now, and they are no longer in dispute by serious, thinking people. Which is not quite the same as saying that everyone agrees about them. Significant chunks of Americans doubt the existence and implications of climate change. Smaller but determined groups resist vaccines. Some people smoke cigarettes. A few may still wonder whether man has evolved.
That there are doubters testifies not to any failings of science but rather to vagaries of communication and the distortions of commerce and politics. Some science, after all, is complicated; it can be hard to understand and easy to misrepresent. And the debate is one-sided. Most scientists believe, rightly, that their work should stand on its merits, so when it is attacked, they are sometimes frozen, unsure whether to defend it or stay silent.
Most alarming is the willingness of special interests to exploit those vulnerabilities. As Bill McKibben bracingly notes in this issue, fossil fuel interests have known for decades about climate change, but they've lied to protect their business model. Anti-immigrant groups need only look up the data to know that immigrants are more likely to obey the law than native-born Americans, but those groups start from the position that they don't like immigrants; they don't want data that undermines their views. And so they lie.
Fear, unsurprisingly, plays a role, too. Vaccine skeptics, who combine odd elements of the Hollywood left and the religious right, are afraid for their children and respond to alarmist studies. Even when those studies prove to be false, the fear lingers.
But the work featured in this issue also points to another fact: Science is not the problem. The job of scientists is to answer questions, and they are doing so. The job of policymakers is to take those answers and translate them into programs that help society — that slow the rising seas, that protect children from disease, that shape our policy on immigration. It is policymakers who are failing. Not all of them, of course, and not all the time. But too many and too often.
Our current predicament is made more difficult by Washington. The president has set a vulgar and dangerous example, too often siding with the voices of idiocy, delusion, deception and conspiracy. Climate change is not a "hoax," and he knows it. But Trump, too, will pass.
For society to make the most out of science, scientists must probe, and policymakers must act. That relationship is half-broken. It needs to be altogether fixed.


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The United States has launched a series of cyberattacks against Iran's defense systems this week, after the overthrow of the Global Hawk Inspectorate in the Strait of Hormuz. The information systems related to missile bases and Iran's spy network were the main targets of the cyber attacks.
On Thursday night, an air strike targeting three points in Iranian soil was canceled at the last minutes by Donald Trump, who according to many analysts, is still afraid of losing a large number of voters in the event of a military confrontation with Iran.
According to the Washington Post, in one of these attacks, the computers controlling Iranian missile and rocket launching system were targeted.
The other attack was held against an Iranian spy network responsible for overseeing the passage of ships from the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the Washington Post, these cyberattacks were designed weeks ago and were scheduled to be launched in response to the previous attacks against oil-carrier tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in early June.
Washington has accused Iran of being involved in the tanker blast, and Tehran has considered the charge as groundless.
These cyberattacks were reported by US sources on Friday as Iran had reported similar attacks on US critical infrastructure on Friday. Two cybersecurity companies called "CrowdStrike" and "FireEye" have said that in recent weeks, hackers allegedly working for the Iranian government, have targeted US government agencies and US economic sectors, including oil and gas companies several times.
In response to recent Washington threats, Tehran has said that any attack on Iran would have devastating consequences for American interests in the region.
Trump, who is still hoping for Iranian officials to return to the negotiation table under heavy economic pressure, said on Saturday that he had imposed new sanctions against Tehran, which will be implemented on Monday.


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I am creating luns for vmware.
starting with volumes
then lun
but I see I can bypass creating a qtree and going directly from volume to lun
what shoukd i do?
I tend to lean toward qtrees, but I am more of an old schooler... many of my colleages go without qtrees and are just as correct. Some advantages of qtrees are quotas (tree quotas) ability to replicate the container with snapvault and qtree snapmirror, and ndmp is optimized for volumes and qtrees if you want to separate backup jobs without backing up the entire volume.
If you are planning to create multiple LUN in the same volume, I would suggest you to create a qtree for each.
Here are the best practices, this seems to be very good you should go through it.
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When Glenda Peck moved to the area five years ago from Arizona she lived in an apartment that cost $600 per month. Then, the rent went up to $900 and she was priced out. It was an older, crummy place in the Hudson's Bay neighborhood.
"I didn't think it was worth it," she said.
So, she bought a 26-foot recreational vehicle and moved to Hazel Dell RV Park (which used to be known as Vancouver RV Park).
"It's a pretty good feeling, actually. Nobody's going to foreclose on me," said Peck, 61. "It's a very affordable lifestyle."
Her RV has a small bedroom, sitting area, kitchen and bathroom. She's converted her former dining area into a space for her pet birds, a blue-crowned conure named Emmy and a mini-macaw named Crystal.
She even convinced her 80-year-old mother to take on RV living as a sort of retirement plan. Edith Perrone went from living alone in a four-bedroom house to a brand-new 37-foot trailer just a few spaces over from Peck's. Before selling her home in Hazel Dell, Perrone toured retirement communities. The first one she looked at cost $3,700 monthly.
"I thought, 'That's crazy,' " Perrone said.
She's still learning the ins and outs of the trailer, using sticky notes to label buttons that she should and should not push. Perrone, a retired paralegal, wasn't sure about it at first but warmed to the idea of living near her daughter and having minimal housework and yardwork — though she still cares for some roses.
"I love the fact she keeps her independence this way," Peck said.
This mother-daughter duo are not the only people to discover the financial benefits of living in an RV park. For a growing number of people, it offers a cheaper alternative to a traditional rental. And the RV itself is something people can call their own. RVs vary widely in cost depending on the floorplan, features and age. A used travel trailer could cost just a few thousand dollars while a new motorcoach could easily cost more than $100,000.
The fair market monthly rent for a studio apartment in Clark County is $1,131, a one-bedroom is $1,234, and a two-bedroom costs $1,441, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which determines typical rental rates based on the results of a local survey.
Renting a concrete pad is more affordable. At Van Mall RV Park, located among several car lots just outside the city limits, sites cost $400 to $530 monthly depending on whether it's a back-in or pull-through. The month-to-month rent includes water, sewer, garbage, Wi-Fi and cable, as well as use of the onsite restroom, shower and laundry facilities. Tenants pay for electricity.
Over the years park manager Christine Johnson has noticed a trend toward long-term RV living.
"I think a lot of it is to combat the cost increase in the housing market," she said.
When Johnson first started working in the industry, it was a lot of retirees and people on fixed incomes who were choosing this lifestyle.
"Now you see a lot of younger people who like the mobility of the RV parks," she said.
As people seek cheaper alternatives to the hot housing market, they're looking into tiny houses, RVs and generally more minimalist living. Johnson said she has a wait list of 20 or 30.
Matthew Scheiber, 33, touts the cost savings. Living in an RV park affords him the ability to travel, camp and explore the outdoors.
He spoke on the phone with The Columbian while visiting Minneapolis.
"If I was making a $1,500 payment on a house I wouldn't be able to do stuff like this," he said. "It's kind of a no-brainer."
When Scheiber was younger he owned a smaller RV for weekend camping. The one he has now — and the ones shown at RV shows — are like houses, he said.
"They have big nice refrigerators and deep sinks," Scheiber said. "The quality, or the appearance of it, has gone up a lot."
Scheiber lives alone, but is joined part time by his 4-year-old son, Ian. They don't need a huge space. Ian often plays with other kids in the RV park and they visit nearby Orchards Community Park. Scheiber said that eventually he plans to move with his son into a more traditional house.
"He's going to be growing up and he needs his own room and everything," Scheiber said.
The RV park was a good immediate and temporary option when he got divorced. But, he said, it comes with its downsides, such as a lack of entertaining space, storage and proximity to neighbors.
A technical violation
There's one main issue with making an RV park your primary residence: It's technically not allowed. Clark County code says that RV parks are "intended to provide for the accommodation of visitors who travel by recreational vehicle and reside in that vehicle" for up to 180 days. However, the code is not routinely enforced.
If somebody filed a complaint, county code enforcement officers would follow up and enforce the ordinance, said Kevin Pridemore, code coordinator for the county.
"I've been here for 25 years. I've never seen that complaint," he said.
So if people have been living permanently in RV parks, why not amend the code?
RVs are constructed on mobile chassis and are not designed for long-term habitation. One chapter of the National Fire Protection Agency's 64-page RV standard defines a recreational vehicle as "a vehicle or slide-in camper that is primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or seasonal use."
Craig Sedlacek, manager of the factory assembled structures program at the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, said RVs are held to a safety standard, but it's a much different standard from a house or an apartment building.
A home with a foundation has a floor and a roof designed to carry certain loads. RVs have no such structural requirements. A new home has to be wired by a licensed electrician; RV wiring is typically installed by a factory worker.
Sedlacek is on a national committee comprised primarily of people in the RV manufacturing industry, who decide what's going to be in the standard, called NFPA 1192.
"There's no consideration being given to being lived in full time," he said.
Different standards
The main issue with having people living permanently in RVs is it creates a second class of housing, Sedlacek said. Stick-built homes and RVs meet different criteria.
Sedlacek's employees at Labor & Industries inspect the factories that build the RVs to see if the manufacturing process meets the NFPA standard and the RVs being built are safe. More than 100 factories send RVs to Washington, though most are located in Indiana.
All RVs sold or leased in Washington have to bear a state Labor & Industries insignia. Last year, 22,589 insignias were sold — the most in the last 15 years.
It indicates that interest in RVs is growing, the number of insignias having reached a low during the recession. Though most of the units are used as intended, people are choosing to permanently reside in RVs whether or not local codes jibe with their lifestyle.
Kate Budd, executive director of Vancouver-based Council for the Homeless, said it's logical for households to consider an RV due to the cost savings, and she knows more families are opting to live permanently in RV parks. For those on fixed incomes, the rent at an RV park may be their only affordable housing option.
Every park has different rules, which can still be a barrier for extremely low-income households. Some Council for the Homeless clients have RVs that are too old to be accepted in a local RV park, or their RV is not in good repair. RV parks run the gamut in quality, too.
Budd said it's commendable to see people come up with an affordable housing solution that works for them, but it may not be the panacea people think it is. Like automobiles, RVs lose their value as they age. They may not last as long as expected.
When asked if living in an RV park is viable long-term, Budd took a long pause before replying.
"I think it's absolutely a viable short-term solution," she said. Households can get their basic needs met, such as having a safe place to sleep, cook and bathe.
Numerous families are doing the best they can in a difficult situation, Budd said, before concluding: "But, I wouldn't see it as a long-term option."
Peck, the 61-year-old with pet birds, and her mother just upgraded. They moved to Clark County's newest RV park on Northeast 179th Street called Ridgefield Fairgrounds RV & Storage, so they could rent RV pads next to each other.
The website for the park boasts oversized RV spaces and a luxurious clubhouse facility with showers and laundry for all guests. The monthly rate is $700 plus electricity and water, $100 more than the initial price of Peck's first apartment in Vancouver.
"We're really hoping it's quiet," Peck said.
Comparing costs
Monthly rent at Van Mall RV Park: $430
Average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Clark County: $1,234
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Did you know?
Vancouver city code does not allow RV parks, and none are located within the city limits.
Source: https://www.columbian.com


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Bush Tucker style Char Grilled Kangaroo and Vegetables. Let me tell you, this char-grilled sumptuous dish is as authentically Australian/Aboriginal as it gets.
Bush Tucker Char Grilled Kangaroo and Vegetables Recipe-
(serves 2)
- 18 oz. (500 g) kangaroo boneless leg loin
- native bush river mint (if you can't find this, you can use spearmint with pretty much the same results)
- freshly ground Australian bush pepper and salt mixture, to taste (must have ingredient)
- 2-4 white potatoes, skins on, and quartered
- 1 dozen pearl onions, peeled and left whole
- 1 zucchini, chopped into large chunks
- 1 tbsp. honey
- 1 tbsp. mustard
- ¼ oz. (5 g) freshly ground wattle seeds (another must have ingredient, for authentic Australian/Aboriginal flavor)
- 1 apple, sliced, for serving
- 1 tomato, cored and quartered, for serving
- handful of chopped fresh cilantro, for garnish
- Slice your kangaroo meat into thick sliced fillets.
- Rub each fillet all over with the native bush river mint (or spearmint), and then season them on both sides with bush pepper and salt.
- Grille the fillets to your desired level of doneness.
- Grille the potatoes, zucchini and pearl onions until nicely tenderized – even a little charred is good.
- When the meat and veggies are done grilling, place everything in a large, wide bottomed bowl.
- In a small mixing bowl, blend together the mustard, ground wattle seeds and honey, then drizzle the mixture over the char-grilled kangaroo fillets and vegetables.
- So serve, arrange the veggies and fillets in an attractive fashion on serving plates, add some slices of apple and tomato, garnish with a sprinkling of fresh chopped cilantro, and then Chow down on your Bush Tucker Char Grilled Kangaroo and Vegetables!
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