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We got our seeding the other day as well. We're in group 2 with France, Portugal and Brazil. Our first game is against Team France. France recently won a European National Team tournament. I saw them play against Canada and England in February. They're a good team...and one of the World Cup charter teams (they were at the first one in 2011.) Of course the fact that we're playing Brazil and Portugal tickles me. A lot of our friends from work are from these countries. I feel a lot of "I know you're the Swiss coach but....I have to cheer for my country" coming on. HA!
I land in Dallas on the 1st. The tournament starts on the 4th. I predict a lot of sleepless nights between now and then.
Yup....John is doing Movember. Apparently he was talked into it at work. From what I'm told cachaca was involved. So he joined the UPU Movember team. It's a good thing his directorate has very little to do with the fancy meetings going on right now. John generally plays fast and loose with his facial hair. He goes from having a beard to a goatee to being clean shaven a lot. So the whole facial hair thing doesn't really phase me. Except when he has a mustache. He just happens to look super creepy with a mustache Like he should be driving a panel van with "free candy" written on the side. BUT at the same time, he comes from a long line of men who would rather do anything BUT go to the doctor so the fact that he's involved and doing something to promote men's health that's awesome. I also love the fact that my best friend donated only under the guideline that he would shave it off.
You can check out his mospace here http://ch.movember.com/en/mospace/10052533
Going home
That's right we're going home to Canada for the first time in 2.5 years. The last time we were home was June 2012. At that time our goddaugther wasn't in school yet (she's in grade 2 now), our godson and niece were about to turn 2 (they're 4 now) and our other niece didn't exist (we haven't actually met her.) Yeah....it's been a while. Our feet hit Canadian soil December 9th. A month from today I see my best friend for the first time in over a year. We're not just staying in Manitoba either (because we're insane....) and heading out to Alberta to see 1 of John's brothers, my brother and my moms side of the family and various friends we have out there. We're going to need a vacation from our vacation. If you're a Winnipeg friend/relative whose reading this we're coming to see you too...we just don't know when.
Expat pro tip: fastest way to spend a whole ton of money and disappoint half the people you know...plan a visit home.
This would have been my 8th NaNoWriMo. And I'm not doing it. Nope. I honestly have zero time to write outside of NaNo (as proven by serious lack of blogging) so I would have even less time to do NaNo. And "finding time" to do it was impossible. There was no time to be found between work, derby, the world cup and making plans to go home for 5 weeks noveling was just not a priority. I played with an idea of doing a modified word count and then I came to my senses, NaNo was just not going to happen this year.
And there you have it, a random life update on me. Over the next little while I'm not sure how the blogging is going to go. I'm trying my hardest to keep my stress level low (and from a failing to do so stand point it's been a raging success) but let's be honest....I'm going to the world cup for my sport....that's a huge friggin' deal and I'm going home to Canada for the first time in way to many years plus it will be over Christmas. Life is nutty. And when it comes down to a choice between blogging (and trust me there has been lots I could be blogging about) and sitting and the couch binge watching something...well the couch always wins these days.
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**Creator/exec producer Alan Ball (pictured with stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer) affirms right off the bat that he's no vampire freak. He stumbled on the book series that spawned "True Blood" while browsing in a bookstore as he waited for a dental appointment. He was sold by the tagline "Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend wasn't such a good idea" on the first installment of Charlaine Harris' series of Sookie Stackhouse novels. As he read through it, he realized the colorful characters and backwoods Loo-zee-ana setting would make a fine TV show.
**Ball, renowned for "Six Feet Under" and "American Beauty," has never seen "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or "Angel" or read Anne Rice novels. But he does have a favorite vamp pic, 1987's "Near Dark," which marked the directorial debut of Kathryn Bigelow. "The best vampire movie ever made, in my opinion," Ball told TCA-ers.
**Ball didn't say whether he'd seen CBS' "Moonlight" or not, but he did volunteer an opinion on the show."I think it's pretty lame when you let your vampire go out in the day just because you don't want to shoot at night," Ball said.
**A great deal of thought was put into how to depict the physiological attributes of the undead. No quick slip-on fangs for "True Blood's" vampires. "We took great pains to depict a certain kind of physiology for the fangs, where they are actually retracted like rattlesnake fangs, and then they click forward. I wanted to approach the supernatural not as being something that exists outside of nature, but something that is more deeply rooted in nature," Ball said.

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Some organizations fail to recognize the complexity of 10.6, thinking that PCI DSS compliance is just another checkbox or project to be completed and forgotten. Recent breaches at organizations that were certified as PCI DSS compliant, however, continue to prove that compliance doesn't completely eliminate the risk of a data breach.
Last year, a large security services provider published a research note covering 500 data breaches over four years. Among the findings, the authors shared that in more than 80 percent of the breaches, evidence of the attack was apparent in the log data.
If well-executed log management can significantly reduce the risk of a breach or the length of the breach, why don't more organizations strictly adhere to the log management requirements of PCI DSS? The simple explanation is that becoming compliant to PCI DSS section 10.6 is a process! It is no small feat to sift through millions, perhaps billions, of log transactions or terabytes worth of log data each day. It's arduous, time-consuming and can become quite expensive.
Let me highlight a few best practices that will help you effectively define the scope of what needs to be logged and monitored at a high level, learn how to further refine the scope by following the upstream and downstream credit transaction flow, and clearly identify the system components that need to have their logs reviewed on a daily basis.
Keep in mind that this general approach can be used successfully for any compliance regulation and/or audit findings at any company that deals with periodic audit logs or event data reviews. For example, you can substitute the credit transaction flow specific to PCI DSS compliance for financial statement-related data and processes in the case of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. The rest of the approach will remain the same.
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It often helps to look at a high-level picture of something and then work down into the details. The person or group in charge of PCI compliance should have a diagram at the department- or business-unit level that depicts the cardholder data environment (CDE). The CDE can be described as part of the network that processes, stores or transacts cardholder data or sensitive authentication data. Cardholder data consists of information contained within the full magnetic stripe of a credit card or the primary account number (PAN) plus either the cardholder name, expiration date or service code.
If such a diagram does not exist, one needs to be created. This diagram represents the potential overall scope for PCI remediation and, specifically, what system components need to have their audit logs reviewed for suspicious activity as described in PCI DSS section 10.2.
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Now that the scope parameters are set, let's review how to tackle items that fall within them. It is important to note that when a company completes this scoping exercise, there will be a desire to eliminate some cardholder data from the company network rather than try to secure all of it. In so doing, the system component scope for daily log review will likely be decreased, which will make the job of becoming compliant a bit easier.
The key to defining the scope of what the CDE consists of is to ask a seemingly benign question: What are all of the system components that process, transmit or store cardholder data? System components can be defined as all of the applications, operating systems, databases and devices performing security functions such as intrusion detection systems (IDSs), firewalls and authentication, authorization and accounting protocol (AAA) servers included in or connected to the cardholder data environment.
Based on the answer to the question, take the high-level CDE flow diagram and fill in more details to depict what each of the pieces consists of in terms of system components.
The next step is to take that set of information and follow the flow of cardholder data upstream and downstream from each system component in this iteration of the CDE flow diagram.
Let's say that application A sends data to applications B and C. Applications B and C happen to be within our CDE flow diagram already. But Susan from the processing department mentioned that application A actually receives some of its cardholder data from application Z. Application Z was not on the original CDE flow diagram. It now needs to be added to the scope.
As you can see, wading upstream to find additional in-scope system components can be an onerous task, but it yields a definitive set of results even as it muddies the waters along the way.
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Firefox is just so simple, no weird and confusing features. Firefox is just so fast, you can Google search 0.02 seconds faster than Google Chrome. Firefox is just so smooth, it's pop-up blocking system makes everything real non-stressful. Firefox is just so perfect! - Miniman1676
I used firefox for 2-3 years and was satisfied with it until I returned home from a 4 day trip and left power to the PC computer turned off. Everything cranked up as normal until I went to enable Firefox, it had evidently crashed because when it came up there was a screwed up screen. It had turned a darker color and wide slanted lines or bars were diagonally across it and would not accept anything more than the screwed up screen.
What I tried to mean here is that chrome doesn't have the performances to access all the web sites which Firefox does. Sometimes chrome takes more slightly time to load all the pictures and videos on a web page than Firefox.
(While I'm still a loyal Safari user, that's only because I've grown so used to it I can't switch over. ) Firefox has amazing speed, but my favorite thing is the personalization. I love just how much you can add to it and customize so you can have a better experience. Definitely better than Chrome.
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Firefox restricts users a lo of things in name of security and to enable some things you have to spend long time on their not-so-attractive forums and try various measures on trial-and-error basis... Most of the solutions include clear cache and cookies and still doesn't solve any problem and then I have to load and login everything from scratch as if it's my first time on the browser... Extensions are no good... I got fed-up of the problems that occurred ime and again ad not even the forums were able to help like unnecessarily showing server not found erros and making us reload the page and that gmail's standard view too... Yes they have got solutions but to have a solution means there is a PROBLEM in the first place... on the other hand Chrome has better extensions, efficient security measures with minimum user restrictions... Firefox to be honest never made an impression for me... Chrome did... - abhishah901
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I'm all for Firefox. Organized, very secure, and I can easily have all of my favorite websites right in the Bookmarks Bar with only the icon. I just find it funny of Internet Explorer got 5th place. And how Safari is better than Opera even though it's just a rip-off version of it.
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Best, most fastest browser out there. Its simple to use, with so many modifications, skins, themes, and more!
I started with IE over a decade ago and found Firefox a few years back. Since then I've tried (clumsy) Chrome, let's hope they Firefox hunting is never banned.
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I love love love live music. I also love nice sunny days. Yesterday was just a little too sunny though (I ended up with a burned chest and burned feet. I missed a lot with the sunscreen!)
Chris and I rode our bikes downtown to Vinoy Park for the concert put on by my favorite radio station. Every Memorial Day weekend they put together a bunch of awesome bands and a few up and coming locals bands and the rest of us get to rock out! This year the concert was……..free.
Some of the bands were AWOLnation, Sick Puppies, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Panic! at the Disco and The Airborne Toxic Event. I was really looking forward to seeing Panic! but The Airborne Toxic guys and gal stole the show. This was the first time I'd seen them live and I think I have a new favorite band…
Just look at this guy! He climbed up the stage!
Anyhoo….remember the last show I went to and the good, bad and ugly fashion I reported back? Here we go again!
- As we all know, when the temperature goes up clothes come off, but please wear a bra or a bikini top under your tank top. I really don't want to see sagggggy nipples. I understand some girls are tiny enough to get away without a bra. I'm speaking to the ladies (myself included) who know they need a little support.
- While we're on the subject. Men! Please wear a shirt! Or wear pasties, that would be hilarious. Or tassels. Ok I'll stop haha
- Have you ever seen someone wear a bra under her bikini top? I never had until yesterday. The girl wasn't even so super busty that she needed the extra lift. I mean a regular ol' bra under a triangle halter bikini. weird.
- I have never seen so many teensy girls wearing giant shirts that they were hanging off so badly that they may as well have not been wearing the shirt at all! I saw more bras yesterday than I did the whole time I worked at Victoria's Secret! Also, does everyone know how a bra should fit? Clearly not haha. Someday soon I need to do a bra post. They are kinda near and dear to me.
- Again, guys pull up your pants. They only underwear I'm interested in seeing are mine and my guy's… in private. Isn't that why it's called underwear anyway? They're supposed to be under your pants. Undies cover private parts, so let's keep our undies private too!
- I said this last time and I hate even bringing it up. Dear Curvy girls, I understand you want to be as comfortable as the half naked twigs running around. There are ways of doing this and not looking like trash! Wear something comfy, but don't forget coverage! I'm definitely not a twig, I wore a pair of khaki shorts that fit well with a airy blue sleeveless top. The only skin sticking out was the legs out of the bottom of the shorts and the arms and chest from the top of my shirt. I don't like looking at half naked sweaty, skrawny girls, the same goes for sweaty, half naked thick girls. Again, please don't be offended. That's not my goal. It took me years to realize that a size is just a number. A silly, silly number. It's what's on the inside that matters.
- There were soooooo many cute dresses out there yesterday. And hats and sandals. I wish the 2 sewing machines in my kitchen would work!
- Speaking of sandals…. ever been to an outdoor concert in a park? Everyone's feet were filthy! Haha. There was so much dirt in out shower after we got out of it yesterday! good times…
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Professor Andy Fabian, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, has written to Lord Drayson, the Minister for Science, offering RAS assistance with his review of STFC.
Dear Minister
While the results of the STFC Prioritisation contained some bad news for the Astronomy community, we view as a very positive step the simultaneous announcement that you are going to review the way in which international subscriptions are handled. In particular, we share your concern that having international projects, large scientific facilities and research grants within a single Research Council has led to an unintended negative impact on research output.
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The Buffet Tosca clarinet was created by the combined talents of Buffet Crampon luthiers and well known artists like Michel Arrignon, Romain Guyot, Pascal Moraguès, Guy Deplus and Paul Meyer. This results in the Buffet Tosca possessing an incomparable level of style and elegance.
The Tosca clarinet is the evolutionary result of the most advanced materials and manufacturing techniques. Unanimously, musicians from all the continents found the answer to their ultimate musical quest in this clarinet.
The Tosca offers a generous velvet sound rich in warmth and unrivalled in its stability and consistency of intonation.
The smoothly shaped design of the new keywork gives a heightened level of comfort and sensation.
Made in premium selected Grenadilla wood, the Tosca innovates with a new perfectly crafted bore design.
Equipped with a low F correction key, GT and cork pads, the Tosca clarinet is available in Bb and A.
- Finest quality grenadilla wood (un-stained)
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A natural drought or pumping too much groundwater can leave underground cavities empty. This can make conditions favorable for sinkholes to form.
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The Southwest Florida Water Management District shows that sinkholes can threaten fresh water supplies by draining water from lakes, wetlands, and streams. It also states that lack of rainfall during times of drought and lower water levels can contribute to sinkhole development. Source - http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/hydrology/sinkholes/
Groundwater levels in Florida are lowered by drought which can prompt the collapse of cavity roofs by reducing buoyant support. Hydrostatic pressure is provided by the water which extends onto the clay layers that separate shallow aquifers from the deeper Floridian aquifers below it that contain the drinking water. Source - http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/hydrology/sinkholes/brochure.pdf
"A natural drought or pumping too much groundwater can leave underground cavities empty. This can make conditions favorable for sinkholes to form." Florida sinkholes can be triggered by human activities such as over-pumping of groundwater, diverting surface water from large areas, drilling new water wells, creating artificial ponds, and new construction. Source: http://www.lakecountyfl.gov/departments/public_works/engineering/sinkhole.aspx
To make matters even worse, The U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS ) is discontinuing operation on a large number of stream gages that monitor Aquifer water levels due to budget cuts as a result of Sequestration. Stream gages are used nationwide in the Aquifer systems to predict drought conditions. The State of Florida was one of the most affected by this as seen on the map.
Drought & fresh water scarcity across the US is becoming a bigger challenge every year. This is why cities nationwide have drought conditions and water restrictions every summer. It is obvious that there is a water shortage when waste water treatment companies need to treat toilet water and dump it back into the Aquifers.
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When Michael fills his sandbox with water one morning and then jumps rights in, Puddleman is born. Puddleman loves playing in the mud-especially after he's scared off the Glassgrinder twins and made the nosy lady next door feel faint. But when Puddleman yearns for a peanut butter sandwich, he discovers that Michael's mother won't feed muddy monsters. Puddleman is left to sulk and fume-unless he can figure out a way to transform himself back into . . . Michael! This is an endearing story for young readers who love playing in the mudóand who also like peanut butter sandwiches.
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Doesn't science contradict the Bible or disprove God?
Space prohibits a thorough answer here, however I'd like to mention a couple of items. To begin, it should be noted that many of the scientists who first developed principles leading to the scientific method, were creationists (ie. They believed that "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth", Gen. 1:1). Scientists included in this category would be Kepler, Pascal, Newton, Faraday, Mendel, Pasteur, Kelvin, and others. With that belief in place, they understood the material world as something worth studying. With God in control of the universe, they assumed that the universe made sense. It was not "random chance", but had a purpose given by its maker. Without this basis, it is questionable whether/when modern science would have started. Science is based on the assumption of cause and effect. Every event must have a cause. Scientists like Francis Bacon, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and others distinguished between primary and secondary causes. A primary cause explained events that happened only one time, and have no natural explanation. Secondary causes are natural laws that direct the way things normally operate.
Primary causes and secondary causes must be dealt with in two different ways. Secondary causes may be observed or tested repeatedly in the present. The conclusions are verifiable or falsifiable. Primary causes however, demand that we try to understand events that occurred in the past, and are not repeatable. Like forensic science, the cause must be understood from the present effect, but not from observing it repeat itself (One cannot ask a murder victim to 'die again', so that we may observe how it occurred). How everything came into existence (including life itself) is in this category. No one was there to take pictures, and no one can repeat the event. We must make assumptions about the primary cause based upon our observation of the effect. This is where our second issue comes in: intelligent design.
As we observe the effect of this universe and life itself, we see specified complexity. A chain of random polymers may be complex, but has no specific purpose or message (eg. HFIDLS IEUDN HSCID). On the other hand, specified complexity exhibits order with a clear purpose (eg. THESE WORDS HAVE MEANING AND PURPOSE). As you can tell, one of these sentences reflects random chance, and the other, intelligence. Matter is one thing, but information is another, and information implies intelligence. To quote author Phillip Johnson, "…complex, specified information of the kind found in a book or a biological cell cannot be produced either by chance or at the direction of physical and chemical laws." From our universal experience in the world, specified complexity points to an intelligent primary cause. To say it another way, everything we see in our world displays the hand of an intelligent Creator. David said it like this, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge." (Psalm 19:1-2)
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Just to prove it wasn`t a fluke, the Bulls did it again Friday night.
They were stingy on defense, generous on offense and a success overall in a 108-96 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers before 8,827 fans at the Stadium.
Just to prove it wasn`t a fluke, the Bulls did it again Friday night.
They were stingy on defense, generous on offense and a success overall in a 108-96 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers before 8,827 fans at the Stadium.
The game was originally scheduled for Thursday but was postponed when fog at O`Hare Airport prevented the Bulls from returning from New Jersey.
It was only the third time this season the Bulls have won two straight games.
But it is the way this struggling ballclub has won the two games that is encouraging. The Bulls held New Jersey and Portland under 100 points while unselfishly moving the ball on offense.
The team`s balanced effort Friday was headed by Gene Banks` season-high 26 points and included Charles Oakley`s 18 points and 15 rebounds, Sidney Green`s 20 points, Michael Holton`s 13 points, 8 assists and 4 steals and Dave Corzine`s 13 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.
Perhaps the best barometer of the Bulls` recent sharing attitude is Corzine. When asked how he put together his best basketball in the last three games, he credited his teammates.
``We are playing better as a team right now than we have all year,`` he said. ``The more we play together as a team, the better it is for me as an individual. I`m not a flashy one-on-one player. The more we play together, the more efficient I am.``
Another indication of that is Banks. Normally a hard-working role player who scraps and hustles, Banks excels when an all-for-one concept is implemented.
``Portland had a couple of guys guarding Gene that we knew aren`t the best defensive players in the NBA,`` Oakley said about Kiki Vandeweghe and Clyde Drexler. ``We gave them a dose, and Geno came through and scored.``
The Bulls worked their offense patiently and intelligently all night. They had only one major letdown in 48 minutes. That came late in the third quarter when Portland ran off 11 straight points to reduce a 69-56 deficit to 2 points.
But two baskets by Banks enabled the Bulls to eventually establish an 82-73 lead after three quarters. Portland closed to 87-82 early in the fourth quarter before 7 straight Bulls` points sent the Blazers reeling to their eighth loss in a row and 11th in 12 games.
``It is a meaningful thing to hold two very good offensive teams under 100 points,`` Bulls` coach Stan Albeck said. ``We were able to keep them off guard and forced them to shoot a lot of perimeter shots. You`ve got to keep that team out of the middle.
``Gene had an especially good game for us. He has always been a tireless worker, and he`s getting confidence.``
Banks replaced Orlando Woolridge, who sat out the game with a strained right knee.
The Bulls uncovered Holton in the Continental Basketball Association. Albeck was so pleased with his performance that Holton logged 33 minutes of playing time.
``Holton generates a lot,`` Albeck said. ``Since he has been on the team, our steals have gone up. He adds quickness to our defense. He continues to impress everybody with his moves with or without the ball. He has been a very steady influence.``
The best example of the Holton effect came in the second quarter when he raced back on defense and defused a 3-on-1 Blazer break with a deft steal.
``I have a winning attitude, and I try to make something positive happen,`` Holton said. ``I want to be able to look myself in the mirror after every game and say I did all I could to help the team win.``
If the Bulls are to get back into the playoff picture, defense is the way.
``The guys are helping each other out and challenging shots,`` Banks said. ``Our defense is more aggressive than it has been all season. The guys are getting in the mud now; they`re getting their clothes dirty. We also have our heads into it as well as the effort.``
``I told you we were going to get that streak going late in the season,`` Oakley said. ``We`ve been working extra hard on defense, and it seems like everybody is moving at the right time and everything is clicking. But we`ve got to continue this for the rest of the season. We can`t just do it for two or three games.``


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"I had no idea the world of food was so big. There are so many simple, tasty foods from all these cultures that are so easy to make. You don't have to eat them in a restaurant or be a trained chef to prepare them."
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Childhood obesity is a battle fought in the office of every pediatrician. However when the solution to the problem lies in getting whole
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After watching how adults and children alike respond to Teen Battle Chefs extolling the virtues of cooking yourself, [...] it's become crystal clear that our youth can play a central role in moving the needle on this obesity epidemic...
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Getting teenagers to cook healthy meals - can it even be done? WBAL TV news covers a Teen Battle Chef challenge at Stratford University that does exactly that...
Dozens of high school students waving signs proclaiming "Live Well, Eat Healthy" […] marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday, spreading the word about health and fitness...
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Amid a frenetic whirlwind of bubbling pots, chopping knives and swiftly gallivanting chefs, I found myself lost in the action of the kitchen...
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Freedom High senior Andrew Millan is about 20 pounds lighter than he was three months ago thanks to a nonprofit-funded school program aimed at empowering students to make simple lifestyle changes...
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Teams of teenagers running around a high school on a Saturday afternoon with coaches on the sidelines, fans cheering and every teammate fretting over the score is certainly not remarkable — until you see what these teens are actually doing. There is no ball involved; this is a cooking competition...
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Teen Iron Chef is a program at Spoutwood Farm in Glen Rock, PA that teaches middle school and high school teens how to cook using fresh, healthful ingredients. . .
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TEEN IRON CHEF: Empowering Today's Youth by Sheryle Crutchfield
The Teen Iron Chef program, developed by FamilyCook Productions in New York City, is a culinary and nutrition skill-building program that opens new horizons for adolescents and food. During seven weeks of two hour, after school sessions, teens learn about garden-to-table...
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Canton Connecticut High School's Teen Iron Chefs appeared on the this local television program on Thursday, December 31st and presented festive dishes for the holidays that they had prepared in their Teen Iron Chef "Final Battle" at the local Sur La Table for such judges as the local school superintendent and the Farmington Valley Health District Commission. Farmington Valley Health District is sponsoring the program. Watch the teens cook and present!
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MISSION POSSIBLE: We pay homage to seven community projects based on the principal that a homeless kid can grow up to become a chef and that good food is everyone's right.
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Among the endangered species in Washington these days is the independent, nonpartisan, non-ideological think tank -- an organization that can't be bought, can't be intimidated, and whose work cannot be ignored.
For a time, these were among the capital's most important intermediating institutions, providing the hard data and analytical framework for policymakers to prioritize issues, resolve the clash of interests and overcome the special interests. But in today's hyper-partisan and ideological climate, many of these organizations have been co-opted, bullied or forced to choose sides.
One notable exception is Resources for the Future, which for more than 50 years has brought the rigor of economic analysis to the consideration of environmental issues. Founded during the Truman administration to analyze the then-fashionable notion that the world was about to run out of resources, RFF was known for churning out scrupulously objective research and intriguing ideas. But while the scholarship was first-rate, much of it was aimed at the readers of the scientific journals rather than policymakers and participants in the increasingly heated political debates over environmental regulation.
Paul Portney changed all that. As an RFF scholar for the past 33 years, and president for the past 10, he showed not only a knack for identifying early on the issues and ideas that would one day take center stage, but also a facility in communicating research results in ways that made them useful to laymen. And while careful to avoid turning RFF into an advocacy group, he never shied away from using the facts to challenge business interests that reflexively opposed all regulation, or environmental groups that never met one they didn't like.
An effective fundraiser, Portney built a classy new headquarters on the edge of what was once a marginal neighborhood, along with a $70 million endowment that assured RFF its financial independence. His board of directors is chock-full of high-power business executives and committed environmental activists who may agree on little else other than that Paul Portney and his crew are the straightest shooters in town.
"My first instinct was to be very skeptical, to think that this was simply an organization designed to create a patina of objectivity for anti-regulatory conclusions," said David Hawkins, who has been on the staff of the Natural Resources Defense Council since its founding more than 30 years ago.
Hawkins said the traditional environmental view was that economic analysis was inherently biased against regulation because the costs were relatively easy to determine, while the benefits were, by nature, speculative and difficult to quantify. "But Paul was persistent and persuasive, and he turned me around," said Hawkins, now an RFF director.
Another supporter is John Rowe, chief executive of Exelon, a Chicago-based utility, who speaks for much of the business community when he says of RFF's staff of 35 researchers: "Their hearts are generally green, but they don't lie about the numbers. They have an enormous amount of credibility with both sides."
Indeed, when Congress couldn't get a straight answer on the true state of the Superfund program a few years back, it turned to RFF for the answer. And when the National Academy of Sciences was charged with delivering the definitive evaluation of government fuel-efficiency standards, it was Portney, as chairman, who defended the panel's Solomonic conclusions: Mileage standards saved a lot of energy, but at the expense of having lighter, more dangerous cars.
Over the next few weeks, the Senate will consider a bipartisan proposal to set caps on greenhouse gas emissions from electricity plants -- but allow utilities to violate those limits by buying "pollution rights" from companies that exceed the standards. "Cap and trade" is an RFF idea hatched decades ago and patiently promoted over the years despite the objection of environmentalists, who distrusted markets and were morally offended by the idea of government giving someone a right to pollute. Now, ironically, it is the enviros who are pushing the plan adamantly opposed by the supposedly market-oriented Bush administration.
A youthful and still curious 60-year-old, Portney now heads out to Tucson for a second career as the new dean of the University of Arizona's business school. In RFF he leaves behind an institution greatly strengthened by his innovative research and wise leadership but increasingly isolated in a capital where winning is more important than getting things right and even science has been politicized.
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Fallen trees cause damage in West Country storm
Roads were blocked, cars crushed and roofs damaged as the west of England was hit by storm-force winds.
In the garrison town of Bulford in Wiltshire, a tree came down on to the roof of a Ministry of Defence house.
Trains between Bath and Salisbury, Gloucester and Cardiff and Somerset to London were disrupted. About 3,000 homes are without power in Wiltshire.
In Gloucestershire, the fire service said several properties had flooded in Quedgeley.
Western Power said most of the electricity problems were in Devon but about 250 properties remain without power in the Crewkerne and Taunton areas of Somerset.
Southern Electric said there had been significant damage to the power network and about 3,000 properties were without power across Wiltshire including parts of Trowbridge, Westbury, Devizes and Salisbury.
A spokesman said they 1,000 engineers had been out fixing problems but could not promise power would be restored to all properties by tonight.
Trees down
At the Bishop's Palace in Wells, Somerset, the 128-year-old Tree of Heaven was brought down in the high winds of the St Jude's Day storm.
Head Gardener James Cross said: "It's incredible to see how the base of the trunk has snapped.
"We've got a good view of a hollow interior and some rotten sections so we're feeling relieved no-one was in the area at the time."
Once the debris has been cleared up a semi-mature Tree of Heaven will be planted to replace it but it will take about 100 more years for it to grow to the same size.
Somerset County Council said its teams had cleared 48 trees and big branches from roads throughout the morning.
In Wiltshire, a large tree fell in Kings Road, Easterton, near Devizes, damaging a building next to St Barnabas Church and blocking the road.
Wiltshire Council's road team said via Twitter that it had cleared more than 120 trees from the county's roads by 11:30 GMT.
Meanwhile, two lorries collided on the M4 near Swindon blocking two lanes of the motorway on the eastbound carriageway near junction 16.
Rail services across the whole region were affected with South West Trains alone saying 26 fallen trees had caused line blockages across its network.
Avon and Somerset Police said a motorist died on the A38 at Monkton Elm near Taunton but were unable to say if the accident was storm-related.


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March is Disability Awareness Month, and although the month is almost over, around here we believe it's never too late for some quality resources and education. Our collection has many voices from disabled members of the GLBT community that reveal lives affected by intolerance, legal disputes, lack of inclusivity, questions of identity, isolation, and misconception. A common theme is the collision of queer theory and disability studies, resulting in the emergence of the queer disabled culture. Many also describe both alienation and acceptance within the queer community.
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Based on first-hand accounts, these stories take a close look at questions of identity, relationships, sex, love, parenting and abuse and demolishes the taboo around disability and sex. It shows both the barriers to disabled people's sexual rights and sexual expression, and also the ways in which these obstacles are being challenged.
Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories
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Reverberates with the sound of "cripgay" voices rising to be heard above the din of indifference and bias, oppression and ignorance. This collection of first-person narratives of gay men with mobility and neuromuscular disorders, spinal cord injury, deafness, blindness, and AIDS, fight isolation from society — and each other — to establish a public identity and a common culture.
Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Communities
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A collection of research, first-hand accounts, poetry, theory, and journalistic essays that address and outline the special needs o sexual minorities when dealing with eating disorders and appearance obsession. Disability is addressed in several sections of this book, including misconception, discrimination and bias, partner perceptions, and gender identity.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation: Stories of the Rainbow Support Group
[6.160 ALLga 2003]
Describes the founding,a chievements, and history of a unique group providing support for GLBT peple with developmental disabilities or mental retardation. Group founder John D. Allen describes the Rainbow Support Group's beginnings in 1998 and the ways in which it has been shattering the myths and stereotypes surrounding people with mental retardation ever since.
Why Can't Sharon Kowalski Come Home?
6.784 THOwh 1988
In 1983, Sharon Kowalski was seriously injured when her car was struck by a drunk driver, leaving her unable to move or communicate in traditional ways. Karen, her lover of four years, was by Sharon's side constantly, helping her in the arduous fight to regain basic life-skills. In 1985, the court awarded Sharon's father sole guardianship, and within 24 hours, he denied Karen visitation rights. In this book, Karen shares her struggle to fight for her and her partner's rights and her transition from being a closeted lesbian to a feminist activist.
The Me in the Mirror
6.7863 PANme 1994
Writer, activist and artist Connie Panzarino was born in 1947 with the rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III, formerly called Amytonia Congenita. Throughout a childhood filled with both pain and joy, she strove to define herself: "I knew I was different. Now I had a name for the difference, like being Italian or Jewish. I was an Amytonia. I didn't understand if that meant that I would never walk, or if all it meant was lack of muscle tone. I didn't know that most children with this disease die before they're five years old." In this deeply moving and eloquent memoir, Connie Panzarino describes her decades of struggle and triumph, her relationships with family members and long-time lover Ron Kovic, her eventual turn to lesbianism, and her years of pioneering work in the disability rights movement.
Eyes of Desire: A Deaf Gay and Lesbian Reader
[6.7801 LUCey 1993]
Eyes of Desire 2: A Deaf GLBT Reader
[6.7801 LUCey 2007]
In these volumes, deaf GLBT people tell their stories of discovering their sexual identities, overcoming barriers to communication, and reveal insight into deaf gay and lesbian culture.
Body, Remember
6.7843 FRIbo 1997
In this poetic, introspective memoir, Kenny Fries illustrates his intersecting identities as gay, Jewish, and disabled. While learning about the history of his body through medical records and his physical scars, Fries discovers just how deeply the memories and psychic scars run. As he reflects on his relationships with his family, his compassionate doctor, the brother who resented his disability, and the men who taught him to love, he confronts the challenges of his life. Body, Remember is a story about connection, a redemptive and passionate testimony to one man's search for the sources of identity and difference.
Mean Little Deaf Queer
6.7801 GALme 200
In 1959, the year Terry Galloway turned nine, the voices of everyone she loved began to disappear. No one yet knew that an experimental antibiotic given to her mother had wreaked havoc on her fetal nervous system, eventually causing her to go deaf. As a self-proclaimed "child freak," she acted out her fury with her boxy hearing aids and Coke-bottle glasses by faking her own drowning at a camp for crippled children. Ever since that first real-life performance, Galloway has used theater, whether onstage or off, to defy and transcend her reality. With disarming candor, she writes about her mental breakdowns, her queer identity, and living in a silent, quirky world populated by unforgettable characters. What could have been a bitter litany of complaint is instead an unexpectedly hilarious and affecting take on life.
Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation
9.786 CLAex 1999
Exile and Pride explores the landscape of disability, class, queerness, and child abuse, telling stories which echo with the sounds of an Oregon logging and fishing town and with the lively political debates of crip crusaders and transgender warriors.
We want to hear from you! What are your experiences within the queer disabled community? Have you read any of the above books, or encountered any other helpful resources? Let us know in the comments!


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[TV] New "Walking Dead" Promo, Major Casting News!
In addition to a brand new promo hyping up tomorrow night's premiere, we've got two major casting breaks for AMC's Season 4 of "The Walking Dead."
"Retired at 35" alum Josh McDermitt, pictured above, has joined the zombie drama in the series regular role of "Dr. Eugene Porter," writes THR. He'll be joined by "Southland" alum Michael Cudlitz, pictured below, as his traveling companion (and series regular role) "Abraham," producers announced Saturday at New York Comic-Con, where the actor was a surprise addition, appearing in character from the audience.
[Warning: Spoilers from the comics series follow.]
Explains the site, in the Image/Skybound comics, Eugene is a former high school science teacher who first appears in the 53rd issue of the series. He travels with sports coach/Army Sgt. Abraham Ford (Cudlitz) and Rosita (new recurring player Christian Serratos).
The trio eventually crosses paths with Rick as they make their way to Washington. However, unbeknown to Rick as well as eventual couple Abraham and Rosita, Eugene is lying when he claims to know what caused the zombie outbreak and instead is using the physically superior former sports coach to protect him.
The character remains alive in the comics and proves to be a key part of Rick's group, using his science know-how to manufacture ammunition.
Eugene for his part, disguises the fact that he's a smart guy by altering his appearance in order to further protect himself.
The arrival of the characters also opens the door for the series to explore different locations than the prison.
Abraham, meanwhile, is a married father of two who following the outbreak returned from a hunt for supplies to find his wife and young daughter had both been raped and his young son force to watch. He ultimately kills the culprits and loses his family, who flee him in fear and are latter found, turned. He eventually becomes Rick's right-hand man after his group loses a key member in battle.
"The Walking Dead" returns for its fourth season Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC.
Check out Cudlitz in action as Abraham from season four, below.


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New Immunization Requirements for 2016
Under a new law known as SB 277, beginning January 1, 2016 exemptions based on personal beliefs, including religious beliefs, are no longer an option for the vaccines that are currently required for entry into child care or school in California. Most families will not be affected by the new law because their children have received all required vaccinations. Personal beliefs exemptions on file for a child already attending child care or school will remain valid until the child reaches the next immunization checkpoint at kindergarten (including transitional kindergarten) or 7th grade.
For more information about SB 277, please see the Frequently Asked Questions available at: http://www.shotsforschool.org/laws/sb277faq/.
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Pollock Pines School District will start accepting registrations for Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten at Pinewood School for the 2018-2019 school year on Monday, February 26th. Students who will be 5 years on or before September 1, 2018 will be eligible to attend kindergarten. Students who will be 5 years between September 2, 2018 and December 2, 2018 will be eligible for our Transitional Kindergarten program. Immunization records and birth certificates are required to register students for these programs. We always appreciate early registration as it allows the district to effectively plan for staffing. If you have any questions don't hesitate to call the Pinewood front office @ 644-2384. Please inform your friends and family about the start of our registration?
Welcome to Pollock Pines School District! Pollock Pines is a district that is filled with great teachers, support staff and administrators who are all deeply commited to providing the best possible education for every single child in our district. We are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence. Our district is family friendly and one that you will want to come and visit personally. Welcome to our site.
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Publisher: Amulet Books (January 1, 2013)
Kindle: 384 pages
Source: Netgalley
Rating: 4 of 5 stars
Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.
When her mother's mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice's tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice's mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.
There's such disparity in people's opinion of Alice in Wonderland. At least, among my friends is. Personally I find the original tale intriguing but, at times, tedious to read. What I love is a fresh take on the tale. With Splintered, Howard delivers exactly that.
The deliciously frightful and macabre feel from the original story is amplified and morphed. Like how Lewis Carroll based his Alice upon Alice Liddell, this story is framed around Alice Liddell, her future generations, and the notion that wonderland is a real place. Not as fanciful as Carroll makes it out to be, but just as magical.
Alyssa is the great-great-great-great granddaughter of Alice Liddell. She's a kind of kick-ass character that's easy to get behind. She doesn't believe in herself nearly as much as she should (though the whole weird hearing bugs and plants talk thing does sometimes bring a person's esteem down, I guess). In addition, there's the steady, childhood friend Jeb, always there with a helping hand and this strong belief in Alyssa. It's hard not to fall for him, as Alyssa well knows. Or there's the dangerous, debonair, but difficult to trust Morpheus, who Alyssa may have known when she was a child.
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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Javier Hernandez will be out of action for two weeks after suffering mild concussion in training during the sides US tour.
The Mexican striker Hernandez has been resting in New Jersey having been released from hospital after being admitted on Tuesday. Ferguson said the player will stay on the tour but will not play again.
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As of 2015, there are no search engines to determine available train seats in the United States. Many foreign countries, such as India and the United Kingdom, offer these services as train travel is more common overseas.Continue Reading
According to The Economist, train travel in the United States is among the lowest out of the first-world countries. The European Union accounted for approximately 240 billion passenger miles in 2011, while the United States only accounted for approximately 11 billion passenger miles. Due to the fact that air travel is easier and as cheap as a train ticket, the majority of American railroads are used for carrying freight across the country.
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Green Building Policy
- Adopted Green Building Policy (April 2009)
At its April 18, 2009 public hearing, City Council unanimously voted to adopt the proposed Green Building Policy. Per this Policy, the City expects that all new development requiring a Development Site Plan or Development Special Use Permit will achieve a LEED Silver or an equivalent rating for non-residential development and LEED Certified or an equivalent rating for residential development. More detail about the policy is provided below.
- Green Buildings in Alexandria Policy Recommendations report February 5, 2009
- Appendices
- Appendix 1: List of Approved Green Developments in Alexandria - as of April 2018
- Appendix 2: Greening the Metropolitan Washington Region's Built Environment
- Appendix 3: ERM Green Building White Paper, December 2007
- Appendix 4: Green Building Working Group Members
- Appendix 5: Chart Comparing Washington, D.C. Region Jurisdictions
- Appendix 6: USGBC List of Green Building Projects in the City
- Appendix 7: Rating Systems Comparison
- Appendix 8: ENERGY STAR and the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code
- Appendix 9: USGBC's National Summary of State and Local Government Incentives
- Green Building Projects Under Constructions or Completed from FY 2010 through FY 2017
- Map of Green Building projects in Alexandria (updated June 2009)
The City recognizes that a commitment to green buildings does not stop with the adoption of this Policy. A second phase is underway to identify methods that will encourage existing buildings to incorporate green improvements, such as through improved outreach and incentives. Continue to check this website to learn more about this phase as it progresses.
Green Buildings have been identified by the City as a major component of its commitment to sustainable development. The City's initiatives through its strategic plan, commitment to Green Building of City facilities, and the adoption and phased implementation of the Eco-City Charter lay the foundations for the wider adoption of Green Building practice in the City of Alexandria.
In July, 2007, as the first step in developing an overall approach and policy of Green Building standards for development throughout the City, the Department of Planning and Zoning commissioned a study of Green Building development standards, best practice case studies, and implementation programs, in order to help formulate a recommended course of action. A report titled The Green Building White Paper for the City of Alexandria, dated December 25th 2007 was prepared as a result of that study. One of the major recommendations of the White Paper was that the City reach out to the development industry and the community to develop a sound understanding and reinforce its commitment to Green Building and sustainable development in the City.
A working group consisting of City staff (drawn from a cross section of relevant departments), builders, developers, and not-for-profit organizations was consequently established, and its members have been participating in structured meetings since June 2008, in order to lay the foundations for a Green Building policy. As part of the development of the policy, the City held a Green Building Form on January 28, 2009. Click to view the forum Program and Video.
Going "Green" in Alexandria
City residents can "go green" , reduce energy consumption, and save money by using a Kill A WattTM meter. Citizens now have access to meters through a collaborative effort between the City and the Alexandria Library. Click here to learn how to use a Kill A WattTM meter in your home or business. Check out the Eco-City E-News to find out where to pick up a meter and how to conserve energy costs!
A Greener Alexandria
- Projects reviewed under the Green Buildings Policy
- List of green building projects in Alexandria
- Map of green building projects in Alexandria
- Eco-City Alexandria
Additional Green Building Links of Interest
- Builders Guide to Reuse & Recycling
- US Green Building Council. The U.S. Green Building Council developed and implements the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system. Links to the LEED process and scorecards can be found on this web site.
- Energy Star. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star home page. For resources on home performance using Energy Star appliances and additional publications on energy efficiency, click here.
- National Trust for Historic Preservation - Sustainability page
- National Green Building StandardTM. The National Green Building Standard defines green building for single and multi-family homes, residential remodeling projects and site development projects.
- Architecture 2030. Architecture 2030, a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization, was established in response to the global-warming crisis by architect Edward Mazria in 2002. 2030's mission is to rapidly transform the US and global Building Sector from the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a central part of the solution to the global-warming crisis. Our goal is straightforward: to achieve a dramatic reduction in the global-warming-causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the Building Sector by changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed and constructed.
- Building Science Corporation. Building Science Corporation provides on-line information on a variety of green building topics, publications, seminars and consulting.
- Earthcraft House. EarthCraft House,™ created in 1999, is a residential green building program of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association in partnership with Southface. This program serves as a blueprint for energy- and resource -efficient homes.
- The Energy & Environmental Building Association. Mission statement: To provide education and resources to transform the residential design, development and construction industries to profitably deliver energy efficient and environmentally responsible buildings and communities.
- Greener Product . Greener Product is the world's first online platform that creates a vast marketplace for the analysis of sustainable and healthy building products. The site is one-stop resource is used by thousands of green professionals to research environmentally preferable building materials and to study vital information on how to use advanced building design to build green more effectively.
Green Building Workshops
In 2011, the City hosted a series of Green Building Workshops. Topics included:
- Workshop #1 - Greening Your Home and Small Business
- Workshop #2 - Energy Audits for Your Home and Small Business
- Workshop #3 - Green Landscaping for You and the Chesapeake Bay
- Workshop #4 - Green + Historic Buildings = Best of Both!
- Workshop #5 - Renewable Energy Systems and Green Power
- Workshop #6 - Green Operations for Retail, Restaurants, and Small Offices
Click here for videos, presentations, or handouts from the workshops and additional Green Bulding resources!