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Dungy's Retirement Moves Up "Uncommon" Release Date
At the end of last week, we announced that Tony Dungy's upcoming book, Uncommon, will now be released on January 27, 2009.
Here's an article about it in Christian Retailing online.
Tyndale House Publishers has moved up the street date of the latest book by Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy after he announced his retirement from the Indianapolis Colts earlier this week.
Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance—the follow-up to The New York Times best-seller Quiet Strength, published by Tyndale in 2007—was scheduled to come out Feb. 17. Instead, Tyndale will roll out 250,000 copies of Uncommon—to feature Dungy's "legacy" message—Jan. 27.
"Since (Dungy) has been very open about the fact that he would be re-evaluating his status at the end of the Colts' season—as he's done the past few years—we were prepared for the possibility that he would retire," Tyndale Associate Publisher Janis Long Harris told Christian Retailing.
Dungy, 53, retired Monday after a 31-year NFL career, becoming the first black coach to win a Super Bowl after guiding Indianapolis to victory against the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI to close the 2006 season.
"Coach will start doing interviews a little sooner than originally planned, so he can be responsive to media that are calling in the wake of his retirement announcement," said Harris, noting that Dungy will begin promoting the book Jan. 27. "Coach Dungy's decision to retire from a successful career in football at a relatively young age just reinforces the message of his book—that a life of true significance sometimes requires uncommon decisions and actions."
As with Dungy's memoir, Tyndale will support Uncommon with a $500,000 marketing campaign. With more than a million copies sold, Quiet Strength is one of the best-selling, sports-related titles in history, Tyndale officials said.


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By Vassili Kaplan | February 2018 | Get the Code
In the February 2016 issue of MSDN Magazine, I showed how to create a custom scripting language based on the Split-And-Merge algorithm for parsing mathematical expressions in C# (msdn.com/magazine/mt632273). I called my language Customizable Scripting in C#, or CSCS. Recently, I published an E-book that provided more details about creating a custom language (bit.ly/2yijCod). Creating your own scripting language might not initially seem to be particularly useful, even though there are some interesting applications of it (for example, game cheating). I also found some applications in Unity programming.
But then I discovered an even more interesting application for a customizable scripting language—writing cross-platform applications for mobile devices. It turns out that it's possible to use CSCS to write apps for Android and iOS (and Windows Phone can be easily added, as well). And the same code can be used for all platforms. I published an introduction on how to do that in the November-December 2017 issue of CODE Magazine (codemag.com/article/1711081).
In this article I'm going to take a deeper dive and show how to use CSCS to program for mobile devices. I'll also correct some inaccuracies in the CODE Magazine article. You'll see that anything that can be done on the native platform can be done in CSCS. I'm also going to show how you can add missing features to CSCS on the fly.
To run the code shown in this article, you'll need Visual Studio 2017 with Xamarin installed, either on Windows or on macOS. I personally use Visual Studio Community Edition 2017 on my MacBook. Note that a Mac is needed to deploy iOS apps to the Apple App Store.
Take a look at Figure 1, which shows some basic CSCS code for text-to-speech and voice recognition. Let's examine the code line by line.
The AutoScale function lets you automatically adjust widget size based on the actual device screen size. For instance, with AutoScale, the width of a widget will be twice as large on a device with a width of 1280 pixels as on one with a width of 640 pixels. The actual signature of the AutoScale function is:
If you don't use the default scale = 1.0 parameter, the specified scale parameter will be applied to the difference. For example, if scale = 0.5 the difference in widget sizes when moving from 640 to 1280 pixels will be not twice but 1.5 times because the formula to calculate the new size is:
But if scale = 2, the widget will be 3 times larger according to the calculation. A special case of scale = 0 also satisfies the formula here: No scale adjustment will be performed—the widget will have exactly the same size regardless of the device size. This scale parameter can also be applied per widget—it can be specified as an optional parameter in the GetLocation function. I'll show how to do this in a bit.
Next, I define a voice variable. Note that CSCS is a Python-like scripting language—the type of the variable is inferred from the context, so the voice variable will be represented as a C# string behind the scenes.
Then I define a button. A widget definition in CSCS always takes two statements: The first specifies the location of the widget and the second is the actual definition of the widget. Behind the scenes, a UIButton widget is used for iOS and a Button is used for Android.
The general syntax for creating a location on the screen is:
Here's the meaning of the arguments:
- ReferenceX: The name of another widget for horizontal placement. It can be the string "ROOT," meaning the parent widget or the main screen.
- PlacementX: A horizontal point relative to the widget indicated in ReferenceX. Possible values are listed at the end of these arguments.
- ReferenceY: The name of another widget for vertical placement. It can be the string "ROOT," meaning the parent widget or the main screen.
- PlacementY: A vertical point relative to the widget indicated in ReferenceY. Possible values are listed at the end these arguments.
- AdjustmenX: An additional horizontal movement of the widget in pixels. It can also be negative; the positive direction goes from left to right.
- AdjustmenY: An additional vertical movement of the widget in pixels. It can also be negative; the positive direction goes from top to bottom.
- ScaleOption: Indicates whether to apply a particular scaling option to the widget. If this option is false or not provided, the adjustment specified in the AutoScale function will be done. If the option is provided, the adjustment parameters and the size of the widget will be modified according to the Scale parameter.
- Scale: The measure to be used for adjusting the size of the widget. The functionality is the same as in the AutoScale function. As a matter of fact, the same code will be executed.
- Parent: The parent of the widget. If not specified, the widget will be added to the Main Layout on Android or to the Root View Controller on iOS (specifically to Window.RootViewController.View).
Possible values for the placement arguments are very similar to the Android RelativeLayout.LayoutParams class. They can be any of: "CENTER," "LEFT," "RIGHT," "TOP," "BOTTOM," "ALIGN_LEFT," "ALIGN_RIGHT," "ALIGN_TOP," "ALIGN_BOTTOM," "ALIGN_PARENT_TOP," "ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM."
These parameters are used for both horizontal and vertical placement on iOS and on Android. No XML or XAML knowledge is needed. And there's no iOS Storyboard to deal with.
Once the location is created, you place a widget in it. Here's the general syntax for doing so:
AddButton is a particular case of such a function, where the initialization argument is the text shown on the button. Other examples of widget functions are AddLabel, AddView, AddCombobox and there are many more, as you'll see.
The AddAction function assigns an action to a button when the user clicks on it. It generally has the following syntax:
A callback function in CSCS always has two parameters, a sender and a context argument, a concept borrowed from C#.
Inside of the talk_click function, first I call the ShowToast function, which calls a native Toast implementation on Android and a custom Toast-like implementation on iOS. The iOS implementation just constructs a small frame with a message and destroys it after a timeout.
Finally, I call to the voice recognition function:
The first parameter is the name of the callback function to call when the voice recognition is complete. The second parameter is the voice. It's optional and, by default, it's U.S. English. The voices are specified as ISO 639-1 code for the language name and ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for the country code (for example. "en-US" for English, U.S., "es-MX" for Spanish, Mexico, "pt-BR", for Portuguese, Brazil, and so on).
The signature of the voice recognition callback function is the following:
The errorStatus argument will be an empty string on success and a description of the error on failure. If the function is successful, the recognized word is passed as the second parameter. If not, an alert dialog will be shown to the user (implemented as a UIAlertController on iOS and as an AlertDialog.Builder on Android). If the voice recognition is successful, the text-to-speech function Speak will be called. It has the following signature:
Speak(wordToPronounce, voice = "en-US");
The results of running the script in Figure 1 are shown in Figure 2. The figure on the left, representing an iPhone, shows successful voice recognition—when a pronounced word was recognized. The figure on the right, representing an Android, shows a failure, when there's no microphone installed on the system (a common case when using a simulator).
Figure 2 An Example of Running the "Hello, World!" Script on iPhone (Left) and on Android (Right)
Where in the workflow will the CSCS code be executed? The answer is different for the iOS and Android projects. You'll see it in what follows, but the full details are in the accompanying source code download at github.com/vassilych/mobile.
The common code, used by both platforms, is in the shared project part, scripting.Shared, which contains all the C# files needed for parsing the CSCS code. The code specific to each platform is located in the scripting.iOS and scripting.Droid projects. See the structure of a sample project in Figure 3.
Figure 3 General Structure of a Xamarin Project with CSCS Scripting
The actual CSCS script is located in the msdnScript.cscs file under the Resources folder in the scripting.Shared project. Note that you can include other CSCS files by calling the following CSCS function:
For the Android project I set up a link to the msdnScript.cscs file from the scripting.Droid Assets folder, and for the iOS project I set up a link from the scripting.iOS Resources folder. You can also reference the script in a number of ways, for example keeping different versions of the script on different platforms.
The CommonFunctions.cs file contains functionality common to iOS and Android. In particular, it holds the method that executes the msdnScripting.cscs script that's shown in Figure 4. Note that I distinguish between the iOS- and Android-specific code by using the preprocessor __IOS__ and __ANDROID__ directives. The platform-specific code is mostly located in the corresponding projects, scripting.iOS or scripting.Droid.
Where do you call the RunScript function from? You can call it only after the global layout has been initialized, so you can add widgets to it.
It turns out that it's trickier to do this on Android than on iOS: Just calling the RunScript function at the end of the MainActivity.OnCreate function fails because some variables haven't been initialized yet. So you must put RunScript right before the main activity actually starts running. The Android Activity Lifestyle documentation at goo.gl/yF8dTZ provides a clue: It must go right after the MainActivity.OnResume method completes. Some global variables (for instance, the screen size, the orientation and so on) are not yet initialized even at the end of the OnResume method, so the trick is to register a global layout watcher at the end of the OnResume method that will be triggered as soon as the global layout is constructed:
Note that I use a special Boolean variable m_scriptRun to make sure that the script runs just once. The OnGlobalLayout method in the layout listener then executes the script:
For iOS the situation is somewhat easier, you can just run the script at the end of the AppDelegate.FinishedLaunching method.
Let's see how to add some functionality to CSCS, using text-to-speech as an example.
First, I need to create a class deriving from the ParserFunction class and override its protected virtual Evaluate method, as shown in Figure 5.
This class is just a wrapper over the actual text-to-speech implementation. For iOS, the text-to-speech implementation is shown in Figure 6 The Android implementation is similar, but it takes a bit more coding. You can see it in the accompanying source code download.
Once I have an implementation, I need to plug it in to the parser. This is done in the shared project in CommonFunctions.RegisterFunctions static method (also shown in Figure 3):
For voice recognition I need to use a callback function in order to tell the user what word was actually recognized (or to report an error, as in Figure 2).
I'm going to implement two functions for voice recognition—one to start voice recognition and another to cancel it. These two functions are registered with the parser just as I registered text-to-speech in the previous section:
The implementation of these two functions for iOS is shown in Figure 7. For Android the implementation is similar, but note that voice recognition was added to iOS only in version 10.0, so I must check the device version and, if necessary, inform the user that the device doesn't support it in iOS versions prior to 10.0.
The actual voice recognition code is in the SST class. It's a bit too long to show here and is also different for iOS and Android. I invite you to check it out in the accompanying source code.
I didn't have a callback function in text-to-speech, but you can add one in a similar way to tell the user when the speech completes (or if there's an error). The callback to the CSCS code is performed by invoking the UIVariable.GetAction method:
You can see how this function is used in Figure 7.Example: A Currency Convertor
As an example of using different CSCS features for cross-platform app development, let's create an app from scratch—a currency convertor.
To get up-to-date exchange rates in your app, you have to use an online service. I chose exchangerate-api.com. The site provides an easy-to-use Web service where the first 1,000 requests per month are free, which should be enough to start. After registration you get a unique key you must supply with each request.
My app has different views in portrait and landscape modes. Figure 8 shows portrait mode and Figure 9 shows landscape mode for both iPhone and Android.
Figure 8 Currency Convertor in Portrait Mode on iPhone (Left) and on Android (Right)
Figure 9 Currency Convertor in Landscape Mode on iPhone (Top) and on Android (Bottom)
Figure 10 contains the entire CSCS implementation of the currency convertor app.
Functions on_about and on_refresh are both callbacks that happen when the user clicks on a button.
The on_about method is executed when the user clicks on the "Powered by" button in the Settings tab, which causes the OpenUrl function to open the exchangerate-api.com homepage in the default browser (this tab isn't shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9). The on_refresh method is executed when the user clicks on the Convert button. You then get the selected currencies and the CSCS currency_request function is invoked, which does the actual rate conversion.
The currency_request function first checks if both currencies are the same—in this case I already know that the rate is 1 and there's no need to call a Web service (I want to save my free limited uses of this service per month). Otherwise, the WebRequest function is called. This function is common to both iOS and for Android and its implementation is shown in Figure 11. Note that you don't have to do the exception handling in C# code. If an exception is thrown (for example, if the service is unavailable), the exception will be propagated to the CSCS code, where it will be caught. Note also that the WebRequest function is implemented synchronously. You can also make it asynchronous by supplying the callback function to be called when the request is done (analogous to the voice recognition functionality I showed earlier).
Let's continue analyzing the CSCS code in Figure 10. I was describing what happens in the currency_request function. The JSON response I get from exchangerate-api.com looks like the following:
The timestamp is the number of seconds passed since Jan. 1, 1970. The CSCS function Timestamp(format) converts this number of seconds to a specified date or time format.
StrBetween(data, strStart, strEnd) is a convenience function for extracting a substring from the data string between strStart1 and strStart2 strings.
Once I extract the rate, date and time, I set them to the corresponding labels using the SetText(widgetName, text) function.
In the init function I initialize the data, and I can add additional currencies for the conversion.
It's easy to have different layouts for different orientations: register orientation change callbacks with the RegisterOrientationChange function. The on_portrait and on_landscape functions are called each time the device orientation changes. As you can see at the bottom of Figure 10, it's set up by invoking:
In general you add widgets to the screen at particular locations, using the logic explained in the "Hello, World!" example in the first section. You probably noticed the different phone backgrounds for landscape and portrait mode. This is done using the SetBackground(imageName) CSCS function.
AddOrSelectTab function has the following signature:
If the the tab doesn't exist yet, it will be added, otherwise it will be selected and all consecutive widgets will be added to this tab. Figure 12 shows how the tabs look in both active and inactive modes.
Figure 12 Active and Inactive Tabs on iOS
In this article you saw that with CSCS you can program mobile apps using a scripting language. The script is converted to native code using the C# interpreter and the Xamarin Framework. The CSCS scripts can do anything that can be done in C# (and in Xamarin C# you can do anything that can be done in native app development).
I've already published an app written entirely in CSCS. Check out the iOS version at apple.co/2yixGxZ and the Android version at goo.gl/zADtNb.
CSCS scripting for mobile apps is far from complete. To add new functionality to CSCS, you create a new class that derives from the ParserFunction class and override its Evaluate method. Then you register that class with the parser, supplying its CSCS name:
Using CSCS you can place all the widgets programmatically, and the same code will be used for both Android and iOS. And you don't need to use any XAML for that, as you would with Xamarin.Forms.
You can also combine CSCS with the existing C# code—it's easy to call C# code from CSCS, as I explained at codemag.com/article/1711081. In that article you can also check the list of functions implemented in CSCS. But for the latest, most up-to-date CSCS functions and features, visit github.com/vassilych/mobile.
Unfortunately, there's no room to discuss some other cool things you can do in CSCS, such as in-app purchasing and billing, in-app advertisements, scheduling one-shot and repetitive events, and more, but you can check them out in the accompanying source code download.
Vassili Kaplan is a former Microsoft Lync developer. He is passionate about programming in C#, C++, Python and now in CSCS. He currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland, and works as a freelancer for various banks. You can reach him at iLanguage.ch
Thanks to the following Microsoft technical expert for reviewing this article: James McCaffrey
Dr. James McCaffrey works for Microsoft Research in Redmond, Wash. He has worked on several Microsoft products, including Internet Explorer and Bing. Dr. McCaffrey can be reached at [email protected]


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Q-Flap non-return explosion valves can be used to isolate explosions effectively in virtually all areas of industry. The Q-Flap is suitable for aspiration lines of filtering separators and suction lines at mills.
Further possible applications:
- Explosion isolation of dry separators (in the wood processing industry, in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, in grinding GRP components, for paint dusts etc., for blasting machines)
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Ncomputing looks to broaden desktop virtualisation uptake with vSpace Server 7
Firm looks to expand beyond education market with cost-effective server-based computing platform
Ncomputing has updated its vSpace server-based computing platform that adds better management tools, professional support services and enables users to connect from mobile endpoints.
Announced today with availability due before the end of this month, the updated platform includes vSpace Server 7 for Windows, a completely new vSpace Management Center console, and vSpace Premium Support and Services.
Ncomputing also said it is to support mobile devices as endpoints for the first time, with software clients available for Android devices and Apple iOS coming in the first quarter of 2013.
Ncomputing already offers vSpace Client software that allows customers to repurpose old PCs as endpoint access devices for a vSpace Server session.
The firm, which mainly targets the education and small business markets, said it is looking to broaden uptake of desktop virtualisation and establish itself as a leader in this field.
"We already have the vSpace software, our UXP [remote screen] protocol and our thin client devices, but where we are going is to open up access to traditional PCs and moving towards tablets and even Apple devices for user access," Ncomputing EMEA vice president Mark Pilgrim told V3.
"While we have been regarded as a thin client vendor more or less focused on education, we want to position ourselves to be seen as an innovation leader in the desktop virtualisation space overall," he added.
Ncomputing's platform follows the session virtualisation model, meaning that users connected to the same server will see the same operating system and set of applications, akin to the experience with Citrix XenApp or Microsoft Terminal Services.
This is different from virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), where each user has their own virtual machine, but enables higher user densities. Ncomputing claims it can support up to 100 users on a single server with relatively modest hardware specs.
With the vSpace Management Center, customers can now manage multiple vSpace servers from a single web-based console, even across multiple sites, Pilgrim said, while support has been added for smartcard authentication of users.
To support larger business deployments, Ncomputing is beefing up its technical support services, according to Pilgrim, including opportunities for trusted resellers to charge customers for local support.
The new model sees support expanded to Basic, Standard and Premium levels, with Basic offering a year's free support included in the price, covering up to 10 incidents.
Beyond this, Standard support offers unlimited support during business hours starting at 20 percent of the licence cost, while Premium support offers a 24x7 response for the most severe incidents, starting at 25 percent of licence costs.
The software is typically sold with Ncomputing's devices, with the price of a single L300 Ethernet Virtual Desktop Device including vSpace Server 7 Software, vSpace Management Centre and 12 months' Standard Support starting at £185, according to the firm.
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Central Beach 1 BD #2 11 Ness Tsiyona St, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Check-In starts from 2 PM until 7 PM.
After the reservation has been made a detailed confirmation email will be sent to the costumer within 24 hours. The Customer shall then inform Tlv2go through email or telephone of his expected arrival time.
It is possible to check-in either earlier or later than the above mentioned hours with early coordination with Tlv2go. Late check-in shall be informed in advance and a key will be left in a secure area and instructions how to enter the apartment will be provided via email or telephone. In any event, a Tlv2go representative will be available 24/7 to help and assist.
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About Central Beach 1 BD #2
Located on 11 Ness Tsiyona Street, this one bedroom apartment was recently renovated. Central Beach one bedroom apartment was designed and decorated with much care and detail. This idyllic 40 sqm apartment is furnished with elegant and chic furniture.
Apart from one bedroom, it consists of one bathroom, one bedroom, a comfortable living room, a cozy kitchenette and a balcony. Most importantly unlike many Tel Aviv apartments, this place has private parking near by.
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Tel Aviv beach is just 100 meters away. Moreover, it is very close to well-known Bograshov and Alanby streets which happen to be at the heart of Tel Aviv. The area is also not far from Yehuda and Yarkon streets. This way you won't be far from famous restaurants, bars and coffee shops.
There are also convenient grocery stores nearby from where you can buy anything you need. All the Tel Aviv vacation rentals located in this area are the best place for tourists and vacationers because of the strategic location.
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Individuals visiting the city should opt for vacation rentals in Tel Aviv rather than staying in over-priced hotel rooms.
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Due to an unanswered plea for modding help, BF40K has now merged with UT40K.
Update 10/09/2016 BF40ks mod assets are going to be donated to the Arma III 40k mod in addition to UT40K
Battlefield 40k's Mission
Is to transform the Tabletop game of Games Workshops Warhammer 40,000 into an FPS for the Battlefield 2142 Engine.
We will use the new features of BF2142 to add what we could not do previously in BF1942 and BF2 version of the mod. Walkers, Cloaking and the use of AI controlled support weapons (Tau Drones, Imperial Servo Skulls etc.)
Statics containing Advertising will not feature in maps for this mod for legal reasons set out by Games Workshop's Legal document concerning mods based upon their franchise
The purpose of our mod project is to put six races in game.
The aim for first release is focusing on Imperial Guard Cadians vs Tau Campaign (details on the campaign will be unveiled near release of the first alpha).
The Six Races
Space Marines Adeptus Astartes, Chapter: Blood Angels
Space Marines are genetically enhanced superhumans that form the elite forces of the imperium of man. They are one of the most loyal forces to the Emperor.
The Blood Angels were formed by the Primarch Sanguinius, their genes derive from him. During the Horus Heresy Their founder died at the hands of the traitor Horus. Ever since this incident the chapter has not been quite the same. Their geneseed now contains the Black Rage. At times The Blood Angels will lose control to the curse and annihilate all the enemy tearing them limb from limb without mercy.
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Previously we Have created a public alpha for battlefield 1942 that has now been discontinued. Moddb.com
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There is a new build of UT40K downloadable from ModDB featuring 3 of the BF40K assets to show the start of the merger. The IG Leman Russ Battle Tank, Tau Piranha and Tau Firewarrior.
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Due to lack of interest from my last post to the public I have searched for another mod team to donate the BF40K artistic assets to.
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why is it that all 40k mods die??
rember there still working on the battlefield 2 mod right now soo be patient
No BF40K has completely stopped. I transferred all the mods art assets to UT40K.
that i seen , all mod type of Warhammer 40K is SUCKS .
did u ever release an alpha of this? i would much rather this version than the unreal one,
unhappy to see this one not finnished
Please read the news posts as to the explanation of why the alpha never got released.
this looks awesome, Tracking :)
Development has ceased on this mod. I have merged with UT40K.
I want to say to everyone thank you for the support, however my 2142 coder adam I have not heard from since March.
I'm discussing handing the bf40k assets to another mod atm.
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they are working on the bf 2 one just now but soon as its done there makeing this one okay but they have a few ppl working on it just now as well :D
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Talc Kills - Take Out The Talc!
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Talc in Baby Powder and Personal Care Powders such as Shower to Shower causes Ovarian and Endometrial/Uterine Cancers.
Talc in Baby Powder or Personal Care Powders such as Johnson's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower are considered a "Cosmetic" by the United States Food and Drug Administration (hereafter known as the FDA) and are NOT REGULATED or tested by the FDA before they are sold to the public.
This Petition requests the United States Food and Drug Administration immediately update the information they use to inform the public about talc. The FDA must include that it is scientifically and medically proven that talc causes Ovarian and Uterine Cancers in women when used for personal hygiene purposes Warning that this practice be stopped.
Scientific and medical research has proven beyond a doubt that talc in Baby Powder and Personal Care Powders cause cancers, most well known at this time to be Ovarian and Uterine Cancers in women. Any and all Baby Powder or Personal Care Powders or Products that contain talc must be recalled by their manufacturers and forever banned from further manufacture and sale.
There must be an immediate notification to and by the FDA for publication of Public Safety Announcements by respected Organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), and major companies known to sell Baby Powder such as Johnson & Johnson, that:
"Scientific and medical research have proven that talc causes Ovarian and Endometrial/Uterine Cancer in women and it is highly recommended to all, both male and female to immediately discontinue using products made primarily from or containing any talc, for personal hygiene purposes."
Hi! My name is Rosemary. I used both Shower to Shower and Johnson's Baby Powder for personal hygiene dusting for forty years. In 2009 I was diagnosed with Endometrial Cancer and had to immediately suffer a total hysterectomy. I had always said I wouldn't have a hysterectomy unless my life depended on it. I always felt that far too many women have undergone this surgery needlessly and our internal female organs are very important to our overall health. Now, my life did depend on having this surgery. I had to find out what could have caused this. There was no history of any kind of female cancer in my family. I saw an ad on television about talc in Shower to Shower and Johnson's Baby Powder causing Ovarian Cancer. I thought, if talc can cause Ovarian Cancer then why wouldn't it cause Endometrial Cancer (aka Uterine Cancer) as well? I decided to research this further. It is what I found out doing this research that appalled me. My journey with Cancer diagnoses didn't stop with the Endometrial Cancer either. I was diagnosed with a total of FOUR different Cancers. Next came the Basal Cell Carcinoma and the Melanoma, followed by Chronic Myeloproliferative Leukemia.
It really hurt to learn that Johnson & Johnson knew since the 1970's there was a causal link between talc and Ovarian Cancer. In an internal memo one of their doctors said that anyone who would deny this link would be perceived the same as someone who said there is no link between smoking and cancer. What did Johnson & Johnson and do? They decided to begin a campaign to target market black and other minority women!
I went to the FDA website and looked up talc. Their information revolves more about asbestos being removed from talc in the 1970's then reporting that talc is a known carcinogen, tactfully avoiding their own lack of informing the public what we need to know. And, allowing companies to quote this misinformation as a legal defense exclaiming that, "The FDA says..." The FDA needs to emphatically state that talc itself is a known carcinogen. The FDA has failed to put its foot down about it being used in "cosmetic" products because anything labeled as a "cosmetic" is NOT regulated. The FDA completely ignored "Abstract for TR-421-Talc by the National Toxicology Program" indicating there was "clear evidence" of carcinogenic activity in exposed female rats (to talc) since the 1970's. You need to know:
FDA's authority over cosmetic safety
Under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), cosmetic products and ingredients, with the exception of color additives, do not have to undergo FDA review or approval before they go on the market. Cosmetics must be properly labeled, and they must be safe for use by consumers under labeled or customary conditions of use. Cosmetic companies have a legal responsibility for the safety and labeling of their products and ingredients, but the law does not require them to share their safety information with FDA. see http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductsIngredients/Ingredients/ucm293184.htm
The FDA must update their information immediately.
I was disillusioned when I contacted the American Cancer Society (ACS) for help with my physician and prescription copays. I talked to a woman there and told her that I really needed an Advocate. They were welcome to contact my doctors or whoever they needed to contact to validate me, but I needed their help! My husband and I, live far below the National Poverty Line, both of us having Social Security Disability Incomes. In our state our income was considered a few hundred dollars a year too much to qualify for any assistance from Medicaid in spite of my outrageous medical bills. We fell through EVERY crack for help there was. My husband is disabled from suffering the long term effects and illness of having been electrocuted on the job. To date, the ONLY help i have received from the American Cancer Society was a fancy plastic folder encasing lists of OTHER organizations i could contact to see if they would help me. I called the American Cancer Society back and virtually begged them over the phone to please at least assign me a Social Worker or an Advocate that could do all this for me. I was too sick to try to negotiate my way through making all these calls. I decided to check the ACS out a little further. I went to their website and looked up what they had to say about talc. I couldn't understand why they weren't reporting the truth of how research is indicating that women who use talc for personal hygiene purposes have a 40% greater chance of getting Ovarian or Endometrial Cancers. After all the research i had done, even I could see a definitive link between talc and cancer. Then I found it:
The American Cancer Society has STRONG Commercial Political ties to Johnson & Johnson, as their CEO is - Gary Reedy, who retired as worldwide vice president of government affairs and policy with Johnson & Johnson. Reedy had also served simultaneously on the American Cancer Society Board of Directors while holding his position with Johnson & Johnson. Do NOT try to tell me there are not some major conflict of interests going on here with regards to the ACS stand on the "safe" use of talc!?
We Petition the FDA to immediately:
1. Publicize that talc in Baby Powder and Personal Care Powder causes Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer in women.
2. Update all of their information available to everyone that talc is shown to cause Ovarian and Endometrial/Uterine cancers. Talc use by women for personal hygiene purposes is known to show a 40% increase to develop Ovarian or Endometrial/Uterine Cancer.
3. Notify the American Cancer Society and Johnson & Johnson by Registered Letters that they are to immediately Publicize at their cost a Public Service Announcement that talc causes Ovarian and Endometrial/Uterine Cancers.
4. Notify Johnson & Johnson they are to cease from using talc in their Powder products and are to recall all Baby Powder containing talc.
5. Notify ALL companies under the Jurisdiction of the United States Government in any capacity by Registered Letter that are using talc to manufacture ANY type of Powder meant to be applied to the body they are to CEASE using talc as an ingredient immediately.
6. Any company under the Jurisdiction of the United States in any capacity is to be notified by the FDA by Registered Letter they are to immediately RECALL ALL products that are made with talc that are for sale to the public anywhere. Failure to comply will result in an immediate cancellation of their manufacturing license.
7. As corn starch is a suitable alternative replacement ingredient to talc, we demand that all Baby Powder Products and Personal Care Powders that are made with corn starch be labeled and Certified as "Organic and GMO Free Cornstarch."
What we are asking should have been done long ago. It is well Past Time that talc be pulled off the shelves.
Thank You
Rosemary Yuhasz Chatham
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Organising Cruz's cupboard
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- Amanda7 August 2012 at 09:59
Stunning job Leanne! And I love that this fully functions just as a set of drawers would, but sooo much more storage...clever chick!ReplyDelete
I can see the problem with labelling, it looks so nice and simple as it is. The only option I can see is to use twine to tie laminated labels onto the handles?? Or maybe you could tape little labels on top of the unit, above each basket/section?? That way they wouldn't be seen but hubby/grandies would still easily find what they're looking for :)
Love it! I hang all my boys clothes also. are the blue cube boxes from ikea?ReplyDelete
Hi Leanne - this looks AMAZING!! I ended up getting your Cubes from Bunnings in the Pale Blue and the Coffee colour as well. I saw the grey units that you used in this project, they are such a great idea!! Cruz is lucky to have such a beautiful big wardrobe - a bit of envy from me here :-)ReplyDelete
This is awesome! I'm just about to completely do over both the 18 month old and 3 year olds rooms and love the idea of having the cube storage inside the wardrobes for clothes instead of chest of drawers which I was finding cumbersome and not practical for toddler clothes! Thanks for the terrific ideas!ReplyDelete
Looks fabulous! May I ask how much the cube unit from Bunnings is?ReplyDelete
I'd never thought to look there! I have IKEA 10 mins away so am keen to compare price/size etc for baby #2's walk in wardrobe :)
Looks great Leenne! You are so organised! I saw the cube units at Bunnings myself the other week - how do they compare to Expedit? I think they are cheaper? Are you happy with the quality?ReplyDelete
FABULOUS! Theres enough storage to grow with him as he gets older too. Love your work. :)ReplyDelete
Wow... Looks fantastic Leanne... You must be really pleased with it.... Don't you love it when a project comes together.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 August 2012 at 09:45
That just looks absolutely wonderful. I'm going to steal a few of your ideas to organise my boy's rooms...ReplyDelete
I'm also in love with those curtains. Do you mind sharing where you bought those from?
Amanda B - the cubes are from Bunnings.ReplyDelete
Shayne the cube storage cost $120 and then I had to purchase the cubes as well.
Cass - We have a few of these now. I can't compare them to the Expedits because I have never had one, but we are happy with the quality of these storage cubes!
The curtains were from Spotlight :)
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Kaufman Calls Tax Extenders Amendment an Attempt to "Scapegoat" Federal Employees
A longtime champion of public service, Senator counters attempt to impose blanket pay, hiring freeze across federal government
June 17, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – In a speech on the Senate floor Thursday, Senator Ted Kaufman (D-DE) blasted an amendment to the Tax Extenders bill that would have frozen pay for all non-military federal employees, as well as capped hiring across the federal government. An unrealistic attempt to reduce the deficit, the amendment was the latest in what Kaufman described as a series of "baseless attacks" on federal workers. The amendment was defeated in a procedural vote, 57-41.
"Over the years, as I've witnessed countless acts of personal courage, devotion to country, and real sacrifice, I have also seen and heard such disheartening and baseless attacks against those who choose to serve," said Kaufman, who since last May has honored 79 "Great Federal Employees" in weekly speeches on the Senate floor, thanking them for their hard work and dedication to serving the American people.
The effect of this amendment on our government's ability to address serious issues we face "would be disastrous," said Kaufman. "Federal employees continue to serve unfortunately to some as a convenient scapegoat. At a moment when we are faced with a difficult choice about how to reduce our deficit and get our economy moving again, this amendment represents an easy cop-out," he continued. The amendment "assigns blame and does not really address the budgetary problems we face."
Rebutting the argument that federal employees are paid higher on average than their private sector counterparts, Kaufman highlighted several of those he has honored as part of his "Great Federal Employee Initiative," citing the pay cuts many have taken in order to work in government. The Federal Salary Council reported in October 2009 that federal employees made an average of 26% less in 2009 than those working in comparable private sector jobs. This represents an increase in the pay gap between the private and public sectors, continuing a long trend.
Citing the words of Max Stier, President and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, Kaufman said the salaries of federal and private sector employees is "not an apples-to-apples" comparison. "You cannot simply ask what the average salaries for budget analysts are in the private sector and for budget analysts in government. Contrary to what many have said, federal workers' salaries are actually lower, not higher, than those in the private sector."
Kaufman also pointed out that it will be federal employees who carry out the programs passed by Congress aimed at meeting our most pressing challenges, including the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, civilian operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and efforts to reform Wall Street, among others.
"There are enormous demands placed on civil servants today, and Congress must ensure that our government has enough of the right people in the right jobs with the right skills to serve the American people – no more, and no less, " said Stier, in response to Kaufman's latest effort to defend federal employees. "We commend Senator Kaufman for his leadership in addressing this important issue."
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Madam President, when I was appointed to the Senate, I made a promise to myself not to let this opportunity pass without helping to recognize the contribution made to this Nation by its government workers. This is why I began my weekly ``great Federal employee'' series last May.
In all my years working as a Federal employee, I have met so many wonderful individuals who have dedicated their careers to working for the American people. So many are deserving but will not make it onto the poster I bring to the Senate floor each week commemorating great Federal employees simply because there are so many of them.
Over the years, as I have witnessed countless acts of personal courage, devotion to country, and real sacrifice, I have also seen and heard such disheartening and baseless attacks against those who choose to serve.
The pending amendment is just the latest assault. It comes on the heels of a new myth being peddled on television, on talk radio, in print, and on this very floor--the allegation that somehow Federal employees are overpaid; that their salaries have been rising unfairly compared to those with similar jobs in the private sector; that we should freeze or cut their pay or lay them off; that we should make it nearly impossible to hire any new government worker at all.
Before I rebut these arguments piecemeal, I remind my colleagues and the American people what we are talking about. This is not an exercise in the abstract. There are concrete facts. There are names, faces, and real life stories of achievement and hard work.
Nearly 2 million wake up every day and go to work for the American people, for their neighbors, their friends and family, for folks they have never met or will never meet.
They do it for substantially less pay than the same job in the private sector and with considerably more at stake. As I have said before, there are no Wall Street bonuses, and there is rarely ever recognition for their hard work. For many, working as a Federal employee is a tough choice.
In his keynote address at the annual dinner on Monday honoring the winners of this year's Arthur S. Flemming Awards for public service, NIST physicist Dr. William Phillips--whom I honored as a great Federal employee this past December--told his audience about a colleague who decided to work for the Federal Government. This scientist had been working most of his early career in the private sector. At a certain point, he realized it was more important for him to make a difference and serve his country, so he went to work in a government lab.
He told Dr. Phillips that, to do so, he took a pay cut that was a factor of 10.
That is 10 times less pay. I am sure it was a difficult decision, but ultimately he made the choice to work for his country.
I met an appointee the other day who is taking a 95 percent pay cut. I have constantly been amazed by the number of highly skilled and highly experienced individuals willing to take 20, 40, 60 percent salary cuts to work in the Obama Administration. These political appointees join the career personnel, so many of who would also be making much more in the private sector.
Just look at some of those I have honored as great Federal employees this past year.
By the way, I do not pick the people at the top of the spectrum. When I honor a great Federal employee, it is at any level in the government. Anybody who does their job well should be honored. We have so many great Federal employees who operate at all levels of government that I try to honor them all.
I am hard pressed to think of any who would not be making a lot more in the private sector. Not only do we have brilliant physicists such as Dr. William Phillips who won a Nobel Prize. We also have those such as Brian Persons, the executive director of NAVSEA who has spent his career designing and maintaining our Navy's ships and who holds an engineering degree from Michigan State. Or Erica Williams, an enforcement attorney with the SEC with a degree from the University of Virginia Law School, who I am sure could be making a lot more if she worked for a Wall Street firm. Or Judge Timothy Rice, a Temple Law School graduate who could have chosen to work as an attorney in private practice but, instead, went to work for the Justice Department and on the Federal bench.
I am not saying that all Federal employees earn 10 times less than their private sector counterparts. I am not even saying all Federal employees earn less.
Still, those who claim that Federal employees are making more on average than private sector counterparts simply don't have all their facts straight. We know how these things happen. In this case, much of the data used to make these claims are from a USA Today study a few months ago, which analyzed findings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The big problem with that study is that it is both highly selective of the job categories compared and it fails to take into account the demographics of our Federal workforce.
The number of employees in various private sector job categories dwarfs that of the Federal Government, skewing salary data lower for the private sector, where there are more minimum wage jobs. Also, a large number of Federal jobs require highly specialized skills and, as a result, employees are often older and more educated than the average worker in comparable private sector roles.
Many Americans do not realize that about 20 percent of Federal employees hold a master's or professional degree, compared to 13 percent in the private sector. Fifty-one percent of Federal employees have at least a bachelor's degree, while this is true for only 35 percent of the private sector workforce.
In the words of Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service which, by the way, is a nonpartisan organization this is ``not an apples-to-apples comparison.''
You cannot simply ask what the average salaries for budget analysts are in the private sector and for budget analysts in government. The same goes for librarians or statisticians or paralegals.
The occupational categories might be called by the same name, but the work is very different. There are different skill sets required, different types of experience necessary.
When actual job tasks are compared, few government jobs have exact equivalents in the private sector.
Contrary to what many have said, Federal workers' salaries are actually lower, not higher, than those in the private sector.
Indeed, the Federal Salary Council reported last October that Federal employees were making an average of over 26 percent--less--than those in the private sector doing comparable work. Moreover, this represents a widening of the private-public pay gap from the previous year, continuing a recent trend.
However, this line of attack continues from those who routinely disparage the role of government. Unfortunately, it has become all too common to criticize Washington by defaming the civilian employees who work across our government.
Federal employees continue to serve as a convenient scapegoat. That, essentially, is what this amendment does. It assigns blame and does not really address the budgetary problems we face.
It reminds me of an amendment proposed by one of my friends on the other side of the aisle when we were considering the health insurance reform bill. It would have mandated that ``for each new bureaucrat added to any department or agency for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the head of such department or agency shall ensure that the addition of such new bureaucrat is offset by a reduction of one existing bureaucrat at such department or agency.''
In effect, we would have to fire a Federal worker to hire one. This so-called ``bureaucrat offset'' amendment--using a word that has become, unfortunately, pejorative in our political discourse--was bad enough.
The Thune amendment, with its blanket pay freeze and hiring caps, takes this a step further, prohibiting any Federal agency from hiring a new employee until one retires.
At a moment when we are faced with a difficult choice about how to reduce our deficit and get our economy moving again, this amendment represents an easy cop-out.
All those who blame Federal employees for our Nation's problems or believe that cutting their salaries or capping their number will in any way solve those problems remain averse to making difficult decisions.
The cuts to the Federal workforce in the Thune amendment would only save the taxpayers a meager amount compared to what we need to save. Its provisions on the Federal workforce and the ongoing, gratuitous disparagement of America's public employees from many directions constitute a dangerous distraction from the very tough steps we as a nation must take.
The greatest challenges we face today--the gulf spill, two wars, carbon pollution, illegal immigration, market volatility--all of these will be tackled by hardworking Federal employees.
All of these challenges require a readiness on our part to make difficult choices. Scapegoating and playing the blame game won't get us anywhere.
Federal employees know firsthand about making tough choices. They do so every day. Many of the great Federal employees I have honored from this desk came to my attention because they faced difficult tasks, took risks, and achieved great accomplishments. Some of those I honored have served overseas in dangerous regions; one gave his life while working for USAID. One left a lucrative private sector job after September 11th to join the Justice Department as an anti-terror prosecutor. Others immigrated to this country from places like Afghanistan and Vietnam and became Federal employees because they wanted to give back to the country that took them in as refugees.
These stories go on and on. They are as diverse and numerous as this great country of ours.
Additionally, all of my honorees share with every other government employee the experience of making that initial decision to pursue government work hardly an easy one to make considering the sacrifices involved.
Ultimately, those who support Federal salary cuts and hiring caps mistakenly view our civil service as a cost. Rather, it is an important national resource with real benefits for all of us.
At the end of the day, I must remind my colleagues that it is our outstanding Federal employees who will carry out the programs we pass everyday in this Chamber. We will continue to count on the Federal workforce to keep our skies safe for travel, our troops provisioned and veterans cared for, our schools held to high standards, and our homeland secure.
Woodrow Wilson, as a young political scientist during the civil service reform debates of the 1880s, advocated for a system of public administration because he believed that the conditions of modernity require it in order for a democratic state to function at its best.
Indeed, our civil service has developed into one uniquely suited to our needs and incorporating America's best constitutional traditions. We have a Federal workforce of which we can be proud.
Federal employees play a critical role in our national life and, through their work, exemplify so many of our Nation's great values. These include exemplary citizenship; industriousness; a willingness to take risks; perseverance; modesty; and intellect.
Contrary to popular myth, most Federal employees work outside of Washington. In fact, no State--and I include the District of Columbia--no State is home to more than 8.5 percent of the total Federal workforce. Our government employees work in communities large and small, spread out from coast to coast and overseas.
One of the challenges we face is a Federal retirement boom. As the baby boomers get older, the Office of Personnel Management has estimated that one-fifth of the Federal workforce will retire by 2014. This comes at the same time that more new hires are needed in mission-critical jobs dealing with public health, national security, transportation safety, financial regulation, and many other important areas.
Now is not the time to talk about laying off Federal workers or freezing their pay. We should be talking about how to invest in recruiting the next generation of Federal employees.
The scapegoating and baseless attacks against Federal workers only serve to demoralize those who are on the front lines of confronting our national challenges. It also discourages talented young Americans from making that difficult choice whether to start a career in service to their country.
Let me reiterate. Federal employees make less than those in the private sector, not more. They represent some of our very best and brightest, a dedicated and hard-working group of Americans across this country. We need to recruit a new generation of government workers to help us tackle great challenges, and unfairly labeling Federal employees as a problem fails to realize their important role in finding so many solutions to the very difficult problems we face. The pending amendment's pay freeze and hiring restrictions will do almost nothing to reduce our deficit; rather, its effect on our government's ability to address serious issues will be disastrous.
For those looking to shift the blame for our troubles and who have their sights on America's Federal employees, I suggest look elsewhere.
For those who want easy, let's-deal-with-this-later answers and are looking for a convenient distraction, I say look elsewhere.
For those who support this amendment, for those who habitually shy away from making the tough choices we in this Chamber need to make, I say, though, look no further than the public employees you so casually fault.
They know how to make tough choices.


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It was a wonderful week, filled with walks outside every day but one (a record for January, I think), a few marathon phone conversations with my mom, two open houses, a three day weekend, a few delicious "Daisy Cutters" on Friday night, and a protein shake and my vitamins every day. Although January isn't traditionally my favorite month, I could get used to weeks like this one.
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|we had a car keys-locked-in-the-car snafu this
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capable husband (aided by his antenna & youtube)
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|live music = win in my book
|homemade, healthy(ish) dessert in our ice cream machine!
|homemade manhattans courtesy of my favorite bartender
|a beautiful, snowy view at one of the open houses
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Flowing through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park the Little River meanders through some of the most beautiful scenery in the south east. A few notable areas along the river are Clingmans Dome, The Middle Prong and The Sinks.
Clingmans Dome is divided by the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. On a clear day you can see spectacular scenery expanding over hundreds of miles. If you time it right, you may experience a breathtaking sunrise or sunset. But, we all know there is no guarantee of a reward for our efforts.
The Middle Prong is a scenic area where The Little River is first joined by the West Prong, and a mile further by the East Prong. This area provides longer pools and a level area for hiking. Often you'll find anglers enjoying their success in this area.
"The Sinks" offers a combination of rapids and deep pools. The tale of "The Sinks" is that a logging train derailed and sank into the river at this location. The bottom was never reached, preventing any parts of the train to be recovered.
It's always relaxing to sit along a river bank and get lost in your thoughts and sounds of the environment that surrounds you. In this image of the Little River my attention was drawn to the natural bridge created by the rocks, along with the very small waterfalls created by the flowing river. By using a long and slow shutter speed the water has a blurred affect that shows movement, but presents a sense of serenity.
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He is a former winner of the East County REALTOR® of the Year award (2009). In 2009, he was also named broker of record for the company now known as Pacific Sotheby's International Realty. Today, he oversees Pacific Sotheby International Realty's 20 offices in San Diego County with more than 450 active agents. "I have an enormous job that is possible only because we have an outstanding management team. They are all professionals who embrace the company's goals and take responsibility for their offices," said Rick.
"Pitmasters are part chef, part athlete, and part five-star general with grease on their hands and sweat on their brows," said Rick. "I admire them because they're no-nonsense regular folks who are committed to a perfectly glazed rib or a mouth-watering bite of brisket. It's a fun diversion for me."
Another passion for Rick is auto racing. He grew up in Bonita and started driving cars at age 7 on his family's 300-acre cattle ranch in El Cajon's Dehesa Valley. The family no longer owns the property (it was sold to the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation after Rick's father passed away).
At age 10, Rick learned how to brand cattle. At age 12, he started working at the family's gas station in downtown San Diego at the corner of 16th Avenue and "G" Street and fondly remembers helping his dad restore a 1936 Packard. At age 16, he held a summer job milking cows at the Rollins Dairy in Sunnyside, an area of Bonita. He attended Bonita Vista High School (class of 1979) and was the marching band's drum major. As a high school senior, he started racing Fiats and Scirocco sports cars at San Diego Stadium in Mission Valley.
Rick attended Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., and earned a degree in political science and economics. In his freshman year, he opened a convenience store on campus called The Pit Stop. Revenues from the sale of snacks, sodas and video games covered his living expenses and part of his tuition. After graduation, he sold the store to the college at a profit. "I enjoy capitalism and believe you should be rewarded if you put in the effort," he said.
Starting in the late 1970s, Rick raced in several southwestern states on the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) circuit. He later drove NASCAR-sanctioned races at Cajon Speedway, a 3/8ths-mile track that operated in El Cajon for 44 years, from 1961 to 2004
After college, Rick spent 10 years in the banking industry before he started selling real estate in 1994 when he became known at Cajon Speedway as "Rick the Racing Realtor." Rick was the track's 2003 Bomber Stock class champion and the 2004 champion in the Street Stock class. He set the track record for fastest lap time. Unfortunately, he stopped racing when Cajon Speedway closed in 2005.
"I don't miss spending the money it takes to maintain race cars, but I do miss the family atmosphere and the excitement of the event," said Rick. "I'm still a huge racing fan and hardly ever miss watching NASCAR on TV. In my sleep, I still have dreams about races I lost that I should have won."
Rick and wife Monica, who have lived in El Cajon's Rancho San Diego community since 2001, have been married for 29 years. They have a daughter, Melissa, who graduated from River Valley Charter School in Lakeside and plans to attend college this fall.
"PSAR is great because our association focuses on providing personalized services, our people make the difference" Rick said. "Customer service is very important to me. Our company's agents count on me to deliver the services they need. It's my job to keep them informed of legal updates and keep their transactions moving forward so they can focus on what they do best."
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On the twelfth day of Giving, Wellington West gave to me...
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And a pair of Tickets to the GCTC!
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Concise report: Aggressive multifocal Buruli ulcer with associated osteomyelitis in an HIV-positive patient
Buruli ulcer in Western African countries over the past decade has been dramatic, it has been scarcely reported in industrialized countries. We report a patient from Equatorial Guinea who was human immunodeficiency virus-positive, presenting aggressive and multifocal BU associated with an underlying destructive osteomyelitis, in which only an aggressive surgical approach yielded to a resolution of the disease.
Decline in, and lack of difference between, average birth weights among African and Portuguese babies in Portugal.
In preliminary data in Portugal, we found that African babies of migrant mothers were heavier than White Portuguese babies born in Lisbon. We investigate whether this pattern is replicated in the national data, and in addition the trends in birth weight in these groups. There has been a downward trend in birth weights in Portugal among both Portuguese and African term births, but average birth weights of the two groups were similar.
Genetic characterization of HIV-1 was carried out in two women who originated in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, respectively, and who were diagnosed more recently as HIV-1 seropositive in Madrid, Spain. Phylogenetic studies showed that the protease-encoding gene from both individuals clustered with subtype J sequences with a high bootstrap. However, env sequences clustered with subtypes A and C, respectively. This work represents the first characterization of HIV-1 containing subtype J-like genomic regions in Spain.
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