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New! FAST Act Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM). FTA, in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), issued a SNPRM for review and comment on Friday, September 29, 2017. Through the SNPRM, the Agencies propose revisions to the regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (i.e., 23 CFR part 771) and Section 4(f) requirements (i.e., 23 CFR part 774) to (1) reflect various provisions of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), including a proposal for FRA to join those regulations, (2) reflect two proposals related to the Administration's effort to improve project delivery, and (3) improve clarity based on past practice. The SNPRM can be found here, with the comment period closing on November 28, 2017.
New! FAST Act, Sec. 1309 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). FTA, in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), published a NPRM pursuant to FAST Act, Sec. 1309 ("Program for Eliminating Duplication of Environmental Reviews") on Thursday, September 28, 2017. The NPRM proposes to establish a pilot program authorizing up to five States that meet specific requirements to conduct environmental reviews and make approvals for projects under State environmental laws and regulations instead of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Agencies, in consultation with the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), are proposing regulations to implement the requirements of the Program, including application requirements and criteria necessary to determine whether State laws and regulations are at least as stringent as the applicable Federal law. The NPRM can be found here; the comment period closes on November 27, 2017.
Questions and Answers regarding FAST Act changes to FTA's environmental review process statute (6/2/17). FTA, in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration, developed 20 Qs & As that highlight amendments to 23 U.S.C. 139, Efficient Environmental Reviews for Project Decisionmaking, made by section 1304 of the FAST Act. These amendments became applicable on December 4, 2015. This new set of detailed Qs & As provide stakeholders and practitioners with a more thorough discussion of section 1304's specific changes, such as changes to the definitions, programmatic reviews, lead agency and participating agency roles and responsibilities, project initiation process, alternative analysis, coordination plans, issue resolution, and project/process transparency.
Proposed Environmental Review Process Guidance for Public Comment (03/12/15). The draft Environmental Review Process guidance (previously referred to as the SAFETEA-LU Environmental Review Process Final Guidance) is proposed to be amended to reflect provisions of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The document, once finalized, would provide guidance on environmental review process requirements and best management practices for transportation projects funded or approved by the FHWA, FTA, or both agencies. The public comment period ended on May 12, 2015.
- Updated Categorical Exclusion Guidance (11/4/2014)
Final Rules
New Categorical Exclusions – Effective November 5, 2014
On October 6, 2014, FTA published a joint final rule with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that adds a number of new categorical exclusions (CEs) for FHWA and FTA pursuant to Section 1318 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The CEs were developed based on responses to a stakeholder survey conducted in September 2012 and published in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in September 2013 for public review and comment. The final rule adds three CEs to FTA's c-list (771.118(c)) and two examples to FTA's d-list (771.118(d)).
Categorical Exclusions for Actions within Existing Operational ROW and Actions with Limited Federal Assistance - Effective February 12, 2014
On January 13, 2014, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published a joint final rule in the Federal Register (PDF) creating two new categorical exclusions (CE) for the Agencies, pursuant to the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). In addition to adding two new categorical exclusions for actions within the existing operational right-of-way and actions with limited Federal assistance, FTA also removed the example at 23 CFR Sec. 771.118(d)(5), and reserved it for future use.
- CEs for Actions within Existing Operational ROW Federal Register Notice Final Rule Text
- Recording of CEs for Actions within Existing Operational ROW Webinar
Categorical Exclusion for Emergency Actions - Effective February 19, 2013
This final rule amends the FHWA and FTA joint procedures that implement NEPA by creating a new CE for emergency actions as required by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21). The final rule modifies the existing lists of FHWA and FTA CEs and expands the existing CE for emergencies to include emergency actions as described in MAP–21 and pursuant to this rulemaking.
- CEs for Emergency Actions Federal Register Notice Final Rule Text (PDF)
- Recording of CEs for Emergency Actions Webinar
Categorical Exclusions and Streamlining – Effective February 7, 2013
This final rule makes revisions to the joint FTA and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that aim to streamline the environmental process. The new categorical exclusions (CE) established by this rule, which affect actions by FTA and FTA grant applicants, are intended to improve the efficiency of the environmental review process by making available the least intensive form of review for those actions that typically do not have the potential for significant environmental effects, and, therefore, do not merit additional analysis and documentation associated with an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.
- CEs and Streamlining Federal Register Notice Final Rule Text
- Guidance on Implementation of New Categorical Exclusions Presentation
- Recording of Categorical Exclusions and Streamlining Webinar
- U.S. DOT press release
- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Fast Lane blog article
Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Proposal for New Categorical Exclusions
The NPRM includes proposed revisions to the FHWA and FTA joint NEPA implementing procedures prompted by enactment of the MAP-21. The NPRM proposes to add new CEs for projects within an existing operational right-of-way and projects receiving limited Federal funding, as detailed in the NPRM text below. Interested parties have until April 29, 2013, to submit comments.


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Thanks for the infor. My daughter is 16 now and has been dealing with this since she was 7. She was 14 1/2 when sugery came around. She was on Sandostatin shots once a month for about 2 years before surgery. They stop them afterwards. She is not diabetic yet, we luck out on that. But she is check every so often. They figure by the time she is in her mid 20's if not sooner she will be. They just put her back on Creon 10 which is a enzyme medicine. It is all suppose to trick the pancrease so it dosen't produce anymore but it dosen't work all the time. She has the top GI and Cardinal Glennon, and they bring in the top GI for SLU. I live close to ST. Louis. They say my daughter is unique. Her is call idopatic. No known cause for it to be happening.
I just feel so sorry for her, she wants to be a normal teenager, but it is hard for her because most of the time she don't feel ok. When she eats anymore it hurts. I guess I need to check with the GI docs to see if she needs to be put back on the shots.
Food wise, we try but she wants to eat what she wants to eat. So I know that is part of the problem for now.
Before her surgery she had lost alot of weight. After she got doing better afterwards she have started to put weight on. Now the docs want her to excersie at least 30 minutes a day to help with weight, but also becoming diabetic sooner.
Does your dad live on pain meds. That seem to be the only thing, to help with the pain.
I am sorry PAlady your dad is going through this. But it is nice to find someone else that knows what I going through. I feel helpless most of the time.

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New Partnership
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New Partnership
OMNI is excited to be partnering with the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) on a pilot research study to measure the efficacy of residential and outpatient addiction treatment, working with treatment providers across the United States. Holen Hirsh, PhD and Mary Parks, MS will be leading the research project. OMNI will be presenting an overview of the project at the annual NAATP conference in May 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida..
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General DescriptionDistinguishing species of the genus Hesperia can be a challenge even to the experienced lepidopterist; differences in wing markings are subtle, and are best appreciated by looking at series of individuals from any given locality. The Common Branded Skipper can usually be separated from the Plains Skipper (H. assiniboia) and the Nevada Skipper (H. nevada) by habitat, since both of the latter species are primarily prairie inhabitants; The Nevada Skipper can also be distinguished by its larger size, pale greenish underside ground colour, and by the ventral hindwing maculation: the spot nearest the abdomen is more or less in line with the adjacent spots in H. comma, whereas this spot is offset towards the wing base in H. nevada. Additional characters that distinguish comma include the darker underside ground colour and a 'stubbier' forewing shape. H. comma was described from Europe, and our subspecies, manitoba (Scudder), may prove to be distinct at the species level from the true comma.


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One of the last conspiratorial theories about the shooting down of Korean Airlines Flight 007 13 years ago has finally been put to rest.
The Korean jumbo jet was on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seoul with 269 passengers and crew on board, including a US congressman. It strayed into Soviet airspace and was shot down by a missile from a Soviet fighter plane. All aboard the Korean commercial airliner were killed.
While the Soviets denied for five days that they had shot the plane down, the world reacted with dismay and anger at the Soviet barbarity. In the Security Council of the UN, the US played a Japanese-supplied audiotape from intelligence sources on which the attacking Soviet pilot was clearly heard describing his actions to his ground controllers.
The tape, with the pilot's exultant "the target is destroyed" cry, had a chilling effect on US-Soviet relations. Finally, in an angry private confrontation with US Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said, "Yes, we shot it down ... and we'd do it again."
I was assistant secretary of state, and Secretary Shultz's spokesman, at the time. I was with him when he first got the news of the Soviet outrage, and with him hour by hour throughout the crisis. His guidance was clear: "Get the facts out, all the facts, as fast as you can. Let the story tell itself."
The facts were plain. It was not clear why the airliner had strayed off course. It was clear the Soviets had tracked it by radar for 2- 1/2 hours. A Soviet fighter made visual contact and, 14 minutes after reporting this to his ground controller, the fighter pilot fired that fatal missile while the Korean airliner was over Sakhalin, an island off the Soviet mainland.
Not a US spy mission
In the face of world condemnation, the Soviets attempted to defend their actions. They argued that, although Flight 007 was a civilian Korean airliner, it was on a "spy" mission for the United States. The US government at the time and ever since has strongly denied that, and not a shred of evidence has ever emerged to substantiate the Soviet claim.
The Soviets argued that the plane had turned off its strobe light and navigational lights, but the fact is that the Soviet interceptor pilot reported seeing them on.
The Soviets said that the Korean pilots ignored tracer shell warnings from the interceptor pilot, but when the Korean plane's "black box" was ultimately found there was no indication that the pilots had seen such tracers, or were ever aware of the menacing Soviet fighter.
The Soviets argued that the US would have acted aggressively if a Soviet aircraft had appeared over secret parts of the United States. But in fact, Soviet aircraft had done just this. On Nov. 8, 1981, both the inbound and outbound Moscow-Washington Aeroflot flights deviated markedly from their prescribed routes in US airspace over New England.
They followed a course that overflew Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire and the nuclear submarine facility at Groton, Conn. The US responded with a two-flight suspension against Aeroflot; it did not shoot the Soviet planes down. Meanwhile Soviet aircraft had, in fact, flown repeatedly through the airspace of many nations where they had no right to be. They were challenged and escorted away, not shot down.
There was one development that momentarily complicated the story. After initially condemning the shootdown, Mr. Shultz learned that a United States RC-135 intelligence plane had been in the same area on the same night monitoring a Soviet missile test in the Far East. Again, Shultz's guidance was clear: "Get the facts out, even if they seem negative. Let the world judge what happened."
The press analyzed and consulted experts about the possibility that the Soviets could have shot down the Korean airliner, mistaking it for a US intelligence plane. The possibility was quickly dismissed. The RC-135 was never closer than 80 miles to KAL 007. It had returned to its base in Alaska and was on the ground more than 1,000 miles away when the Soviets shot down the airliner. Soviet monitors had assigned each aircraft a different tracking number. The profile of an RC-135 is unlike that of a Boeing jumbo jet. The Soviet attack pilot was in visual contact with the Korean plane before firing.
Reprehensible either way
Still, over the years, conspiracy theorists and apologists for the then-Soviet regime have tried to suggest the Soviets were confused and maybe not sure what they were shooting down. It is a puzzling effort to excuse the Soviet action. If the Soviets thought they were shooting down a commercial airliner, that is reprehensible. If they thought they were shooting down an unarmed US intelligence plane, which they had tracked for 2-1/2 hours without making any effort to contact US authorities or avert a crisis, that is hardly less reprehensible.
But now the Soviet pilot who shot down the airliner has clarified that he knew it was civilian. In his first interview with an American journalist, he told The New York Times he saw its flashing lights.
"I saw two rows of windows and knew that this was a Boeing," he said. "I knew this was a civilian plane. But for me that meant nothing. It is easy to turn a civilian type of plane into one for military use."
The now-retired pilot, Col. Gennadi Osipovich, says he did warn the Korean pilots by firing his cannon three times. But the 520 shells he fired did not contain tracers, and were not visible in the dark. He says he did flash the lights of his SU-15 but did not use his radio to call the Korean airliner, because the Koreans would not have understood Russian.
This belated, firsthand confirmation that the Soviets knew they were shooting down a civilian airliner, for which Colonel Osipovich shows no remorse, should finally lay to rest the apologetic theory that the Soviet action was somehow less heinous than it was.
John Hughes, a former editor of the Monitor, has served as US assistant secretary of state and assistant secretary-general of the United Nations.


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Big eyesore on the prairie
The plain fact regarding wind farms is that they are terrible in and for the environment ("Haywired," HCN, 5/27/13). One day, on a beautiful plateau or prairie, there are small and large game, wild birds of all types and little human interference. The next day, there are large white windmills, roads, fences, people, pickup trucks, neatly groomed pasture, and all the game is gone. A complete disaster.
Then I see that one oil well, with one road and one human that checks it daily -- comparatively speaking, far less human impact, in my opinion. And the really sad thing is that one oil well over its lifetime will produce more energy than that huge wind farm. I wish you city folk would come see the total destruction that your political correctness has caused out here in the country. Stand out in the middle of a wind farm and tell us country folk that it's an acceptable alternative to what we have now. The title of this article was more correct than I think the author intended.
Lynn Miller
Franktown, Colorado


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Allow the mixture to steep for around five minutes. If you like strong tea, allow it to steep for a further five minutes.
Add the evaporated milk and sugar to taste and strain into a cup or teapot ready to serve.


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February 24
Since the Internet boom in the late nineties, the B2C logistics & shipping industry has skyrocketed. As consumers have come to expect quick, door-to-door (and many times free) shipping of almost anything they can imagine, many companies have become incredibly profitable and popular while driving organic revenue growth.
Of course, the biggest of all these companies is the online retailer Amazon. But why is Amazon, a company barely known in the public eye a decade ago, now not only the world's largest online retailer, but considered one of the most efficient and effective supply chain management companies in the world?
The answer lies in Amazon's customer experience, which is ultimately driven by the company's supply chain. The company regularly invests large amounts of money in distribution centers across the world, with the goal of providing faster delivery service for its customers. Additionally, Amazon's Supplier Code of Standards and Responsibilities ensures that all supply partners adhere to a high level of business conduct.
Lessons from Amazon's B2C success can be leveraged in the B2B logistics & shipping industry, which has struggled to identify where analytics and data can be leveraged to resolve long-term issues surrounding profitable revenue growth. The following three takeaways from Amazon's proven approach can help B2B shipping & logistics companies make big changes and streamline their business models.
1) Create a blueprint. Amazon's supply chain success can be attributed to a variety of actions, but it all starts with planning. The entire process from A to Z for each and every item ordered is carefully calculated and optimized for cost-effectiveness. A supply chain plan can always evolve as customers and marketplaces evolve, but without a blueprint, your company might be as well be dead in the proverbial supply chain water.
2) Communication is key. Communication is the foundation of a healthy relationship between a company and its suppliers. Amazon is renowned for their communication with both companies and customers, which ensures that the partnerships are as fluid and streamlined as possible. The success of any supply chain is highly dependent on communication, even more so for high-volume products and services.
3) Measure, test and learn. Amazon, quite literally, has its analytics down to a science, and it continues to refine and perfect that science. Its audit process continues to hold distributors and supply chain partners to measurable standards. In order to understand how your supply chain is performing and what improvements need to be made, it's important for manufacturers and shippers to be able to measure everything. Obviously, this won't happen overnight. It didn't for Amazon either. However, with each fresh metric and the collection of necessary data, B2B companies move one step closer.
If B2B logistics & shipping companies apply these lessons to their own business models, they will see a surge in organic revenue growth, while also improving efficiency and effectiveness (with the linked cost reductions) across the board. Amazon may be the biggest B2C logistics / shipping company, but there's plenty of room for B2B companies to improve and own their side of the industry.


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Us Weekly reports that the 808s & Heartbreak rapper has taken up an internship at the Gap offices in an effort to expand his résumé into the fashion world.
"He works all the time, and one Friday night recently, he stayed until 12 a.m. He's learning the fashion business from the inside and trying to do it quietly," says a source.
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17 Little ways to annoy a Scandinavian person
October 16, 2014 | 49 Comments
So, if you happen to work next to one of us and we have irritated you by borrowing your stapler one too many times, here are little ways you can get back at us.
1. Claim that Sweden, Norway and Denmark is all the same
Scandinavia is Denmark, Sweden and Norway. That's it. Different countries, different languages, different cultures with some similarities. Finland is sometimes included, but officially, it's not really Scandinavia.
And no, it's not because we are small countries, either – you can fit the UK into Scandinavia about five times. So why do you still insist on telling us we're all the same?
2. When you don't remove your shoes before entering our house
Because we don't like dirt being dragged all over the house. Except when there's a party (although, please ask first and never wear heels on our nice wooden floors).
When you go to a Scandinavian house, expect to remove your shoes in the hallway. It will happen, unless we're feeling too polite to mention it (unlikely: we're quite direct, if you hadn't noticed).
3. What? You don't like COFFEE?
We drink more coffee than anyone else in the whole world. More than the Italians, more than the French… More than anyone. By quite a massive stretch, too.
We drink tons of it. Strong, delicious filter coffee. And we don't understand why you can only have one cup a day when our veins are constantly pumping like a bad Basshunter tune. In short, we're wired from morning to night.
4. Insist Danes are Dutch
Far, far away. Not even neighbours.
5. …and Swedes are Swiss
(wait, Switzerland is next to Norway, right?)
Switzerland is Central Europe. They speak 5 languages, none of which are even close to Swedish. Nothing to do with ABBA or Volvo or blondes.
6. Enter into a discussion with us about mixer taps versus single taps.
We will win that discussion. Even if you fight it, we will win it – passionately. There is no way you can win an argument with about the benefit of single taps. We invented Ikea, we are the kings of common sense design.
And don't start on the carpet in the bathroom…
7. Tell a Norwegian that KitKats are better than KvikkLunsj
This is such an important point, even though it only really affects Norway. KitKats are so not even close to Kvikklunsj. Don't compare them, don't tell us KitKats are superior. Don't go there.
8. Insist that Eurovision is crap, when we know that it clearly is one of the highlights of the year – alongside Christmas and Midsummer.
Without Eurovision, you'd have no songs to dance to at the office party. No Dancing Queen, no Mamma Mia, no Money Money Money. Don't knock it: We gave cheese to you guys. Be grateful.
9. Do you have polar bears in Oslo?
Yes, of course we do. And also roaming the streets of Copenhagen. Some of us keep them as pets, next to our penguins.
10. When you sing the Swedish Chef song from Muppets.
Just don't.
Say 'bork, bork, bork' and we die a little bit inside.
11. Well, you don't LOOK Swedish/Norwegian/Danish…
I don't? And you don't look Welsh, either.
12. "You're Swedish? I used to have a Danish girlfriend once…"
Wonderful. Read point one.
13. Schedule conference calls at 11 a.m. (our lunchtime)
We have lunch between 11 am and midday, if you let us. We just do.
Try not to interfere with our weirdness about breaks. This also includes trying to interfere with our need for coffee breaks (fika breaks) at least twice a day: One must make time for cake & coffee breaks.
14. Ask us 'How are you' and don't wait for our answer.
Because, trust us, we WILL answer. In great detail and we don't understand how to read your polite British nods of evil as we explain about our dodgy knee.
You don't want to know about out knee? Don't ask us, we won't mind. It will remove a lot of social awkwardness for us if we just skip the 'how are you' bit.
15. Be late. We hate lateness. Be on time, every time.
16. You're cold? But you're Scandinavian!
Yes, and we feel cold. Just like you. Our veins are not made of ice, they are filled with hot Basshunter coffee, remember?
17. Scandinavian? Do you eat herring, like, all the time?
Every day, all the time, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
(Just kidding: we only eat herring for lunch).


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Sealing the deal on a greener CAP?
10th April 2013, Ireland
Ireland will host a conference that aims to seal a deal between the European Parliament, Council and Commission on the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The event, entitled "Sealing the deal on a greener CAP", has been organised by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and will be held on the 10th April in the Croke Park Conference centre in Dublin. This is happening while Ireland is hosting the 2013 Presidency of the Council of the European Union during its 40th anniversary of membership of the EU.
The Common Agricultural Policy, the EU's agricultural programs and subsidies system, is due to be reformed by 2013. The reform has been widely discussed in the last months, but there are still debates, negotiations, approvals of regulations and implementing acts expected for this year, with a view to having the CAP reform in place from 1st January 2014.
The "Sealing the deal on a greener CAP" conference will contribute to the new CAP as it provides a platform to discuss whether the original purpose and ambition of the reform can be secured and how. The meeting will also support the launch of a study that the EEB commissioned to the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), which assesses the use of equivalence mechanisms for complying with greening requirements under the new CAP.
The European Green Capital Award Team will be at the event to share information about the award, as well as answer any questions you have on applying for the award or information on the initiative. Events such as these allow the European Green Capital to share the success and learning experiences that have been gained throughout the last years.
For more information on the European Green Capital Award click here
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To treat head lice at home, special shampoo can be purchasedat most retail stores. Medication can also be obtained from a doctor, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
When treating the person, any clothing that may be stained should be removed. A dry towel can also be draped over the person's shoulders.
- Apply the shampoo or medicine
- Rinse the hair
- Comb out lice and eggs
- Recheck the head
- Treating the home
The first step is applying the shampoo or medicine as directed on the box or container. It often requires complete saturation of hair. It also specifies how long the product should be left on the hair.
After the product is left on the hair for the specified amount of time, it should be rinsed out thoroughly.
While the hair is wet or damp, a nit or lice comb should be usedto comb out any remaining live lice or eggs.
After treatment and removal of live lice, the person affected should have their head checked every 2 to 3 days. If lice are still present, treatment is needed again.
Along with treating the hair, the home should also be treated. This consists of washing all bedding and linens. Beds and items that cannot be washed can be sprayed with an over-the-counter lice killing product.


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The raven in the foregate / Ellis Peters.
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When a harsh priest is drowned, Brother Cadfael discovers a long list of suspects, including a young man who isn't who he claims to beIn a mild December in the year of our Lord 1141, a new priest comes to the parishioners of the Foregate outside the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Father Ailnoth brings with him a housekeeper and her nephew-and a disposition that invites murder. Brother Cadfael quickly sees that father Ailnoth is a harsh man who, striding along in his black cassock, looks like a doomsaying raven. The housekeeper's nephew, Benet, is quite different-a smiling lad, a hard worker in Cadfael's herb garden, but, as Brother Cadfael soon discovers, an impostor. And when Ailnoth is found drowned, suspicion falls on Benet, though many in the Foregate had cause to want this priest dead. Now Brother Cadfael is gathering clues along with his medicinals to treat a case of unholy passions, tragic politics, and perhaps divine...
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The Day the Blog Came Back
It's Wednesday, August 9. (Hey, it's my half-birthday! Hap irthd to me!) I've been awake for a bit less than an hour. I'm sitting here poking at my computer, drinking a canned cold brew coffee I got on sale yesterday. The flavor "Mexican vanilla" sounds exotic, but it just tastes like most sweetened coffees. I'm not complaining.
Blogging is something that fell to the wayside for me some time ago, and although I've thought about picking it up again many times, I couldn't find the motivation. At some point perhaps I'll get into why, but it doesn't seem like a topic that would be of much interest… Really, writing of any kind has not just taken a backseat, it's been stowed in a corner of the trunk for much too long. I had a bunch of other things in the backseat that took up too much space, so I put writing away to make room for it, and then… out of sight out of mind, I guess. Life kept moving on and I forgot writing in that spot in the trunk. I'm not convinced I'm actually good at it anymore, as I'm so very out of practice.
Despite all that, I've decided to do it anyway. I don't know what I'm going to write about here. Maybe I'll just write semi-regular journal-style posts and let you read the random rumblings of my brain. Maybe I'll do cooking posts, but since I do not cook that often these days, it's not too likely. I might have to revamp this entire blog so that it is better suited to the strange and disjointed web that my mind is at this point.
In a few minutes I'm going to take a big bag of random crap to Goodwill, then see if I can pick up a $2 loaf of bread from When Pigs Fly. I'll get home before noon, and then the real "fun" begins… I have a lot that I need to get done, and rather nebulous social plans. I have no idea which things I have to/can get done today, or how much time I have to do them.
Thus my triumphant* return to blogging was established. Hello.
I Like My Coffee
Like I like my men/women…
…usually in the same mug.
…with pastries.
…from a local independent coffee shop.
…with cream.
…with cinnamon.
…with eggnog.
…frequently bought at Starbucks.
…not too bitter.
…so good I wish I could savor it for hours.
…easy to acquire.
…made at home.
…in the middle of the afternoon, just because.
…with friends.
…earning me a stamp toward a free one.
Just a little bit of levity. Add your own in the comments!
Sharing: It's going to be okay. — The Bloggess
It's election day and I've thought a lot about what to write here. I've rewritten it a dozen times. If you read here you already know I'm super liberal so you can probably guess who I voted for. If you're like me … Continue reading →
via It's going to be okay. — The Bloggess
I read this last night, before the results were official. I still do not know how we got here. I cannot understand how anyone would see Trump as having the potential to be a capable leader of this country.
But I truly hope he proves me wrong, and that things end up getting better. For EVERYONE.
It's a thin hope and I don't think it's likely. I don't believe that's how things will go. However, there will always be people out there fighting for what's right, fighting for those that need more voices than their own to speak out. The world I actually want to live in is farther off than I would like but I still think it can get here. …Eventually.
Blaugust 31: Anywhere But Here
Time moves on and I, again, am stuck in place. Small things change, but never things that matter.
They say–"they" meaning everyone–that you have to make changes happen, instead of just waiting around. And maybe if I could figure out what I actually wanted, it would make sense to try to get it. I have no clue.
One of the things I miss most about college was the constant cycle of change. New classes, new temporary jobs and internships, everything happening in chunks of 3-4 months and then, before you know it, there's a new thing starting. It was set up that way. The rest of your life could very well be the same exact day, year after year, until you die. If that happens to me, I can say right now that I will not be content. No, I'll be sitting there, wondering why I couldn't figure out how to make myself happy.
I need a change. I mean a REAL change, a big change. Move to a new country, start a brand new career, go back to school for something I've never studies before change.
I don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm tired of the way things are now.
Blaugust 30: Nope
Today I've been stuck in one of those black holes of work in which a fairly simple task is taking much longer than I thought it would. This is certainly due in part to the fact that I haven't been able to focus. In that situation, 15 minutes of work ends up taking at least an hour.
Unfortunately, this means two things: 1. I will be working until very late to finish this, and 2. I don't have time to think about blogging today. Not that I have anything to say either.
So another stupid post to add to the list. What else can I do?
Blaugust 29: I'm A Spam
I keep getting emails sent from myself that are kind of like this:
Only today did I think to check that they were in my "sent" folder and thus suggested that I was actually hacked, as opposed to someone cloning my email address or whatever it is people do.
So I guess I was hacked, which could turn out to be not good.
I would really like to feel like I am real. It's a struggle for me that has surfaced many times since I left college. Living in the "real world" sometimes makes me feel like I'm disappearing… and being someone who felt invisible during most of grade school, despite taking up a fair amount of physical space, that seems like an accomplishment–of course, not a good one.
So, I guess it's time to be changing my password…
Blaugust 28: However Far Away…
I've decided it's time for a Song of the Day post now. Because I feel like it.
Today's song is "Lovesong" by The Cure, which I heard today and kept thinking about all afternoon.
I was going to include the music video, but I'm not sure how I feel about it… it sort of changed the whole tone of the song when I watched it because it's really weird. Has anyone else felt that? Anyway. Watch the music video on youtube or put the song on to listen as you please. It's ALL up to you, dear.
(There's also a live version by Adele I just found that was pretty good, but very different from The Cure's original. Yes, sometimes I listen to Adele. Move on please.)
Lyrics (from Google Play)
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am young again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am fun again
However far away
I will always love you
However long I stay
I will always love you
Whatever words I say
I will always love you
I will always love you
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again
However far away
I will always love you
However long I stay
I will always love you
Whatever words I say
I will always love you
I will always love you
Blaugust 27: Try. Fail.
Today was not a good day. I feel like it SHOULD have been a good day because the whole point was to relax and not get stressed out about anything. For ONE DAMN DAY. But I'm not sure how it COULD have been a good day, simply because there are circumstances in my life that just make things really difficult in general.
What I thought I would do today:
Take a long walk
Pick up my room a little
Call some people
What I actually did:
Glance at my work email (bad idea)
Notice joint pain
More Netflix
Check bank accounts (VERY bad idea)
Think about how life could be better
Try not to cry (failed)
Now there's just enough time that I could probably manage to get some reading done, or do very light yoga… but you know how you get to a certain point in a bad day and you can't imagine trying? It'll be an achievement if I do the least bit of prep for lunch tomorrow, which I HAVE to bring to work with me because I'm not going to be able to afford to buy lunch out.
Blaugust 26: Misusing Writing Prompts
Fiction Prompt (from Poets & Writers)
|You know that weird notion that sometimes surfaces when you meet new people–that feeling that you already know them, but can't remember why or how? Write a scene for a story about two people who both experience the same déjà vu upon meeting, with a plot driven by their need to figure out how they know each other. Use this opportunity to add an element of magical realism to your story. Perhaps they were married in a past life, or maybe they met in a dream. Once they solve the puzzle, how does this impact their lives going forward? Do they even believe the answer, or do they agree it's too far-fetched?
This reminds me of a story I wanted to write. A story about love and dreams and reality. I was going to have the main couple meet in a dream–except, instead of A dream, they would keep meeting in dreams, and the dreams would vary a lot as dreams do. I was going to have them be birds one time.
Fairly recently I read a summary of a new book that had a much too similar premise to this. Of course what I thought was, I waited to long and now it's too late. Someone else did it, so I shouldn't even bother.
Now, I haven't read this book so I don't know the details of the plot. And it's safe to say that this book is not exactly the same as the book I would write. It does seem close enough, though, that it makes me wonder. Because, see, I would much prefer to put writing out there that is unique. I dread the idea of someone reading a book I wrote and thinking, "I could have written that." I don't see the point in writing if I'm only doing what has already been done.
Maybe it's not possible to do something as different as that without becoming China Mieville. The details of his worlds are quite fascinating… but the next person to write like him is just going to be seen as "copying." Because when you're THAT different, no one else can just happen to go there.
(Please don't ask me what the gif has to do with the post… because the answer is nothing.)
Blaugust 25: Yes, It IS Too Hot
Recently, it's started to cool off a little bit. That would tend to happen in the later part of summer, right? Seems logical? I couldn't say. It's so hot that I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT LOGIC IS.
I guess this is how weather in New England has always been, but according to most news outlets each year is setting new records for heat. So when it gets cooler for a few days and I can get through the day without feeling like I'm melting–and then it gets hot again, I really feel offended. The weather has perpetrated a personal slight against me. I get too comfortable when it cools off, thinking that I'll finally be able to function like a human rather than a pile of goo, and I'm never prepared for the heat wave that ALWAYS comes back again, it seems.
That was very badly written. It's because I'm so hot. Because my room retains heat like it's lined in lead or something. (Is that how lead would work? I'm really tired so I'm not sure if that's correct.)
This post is stupid.
Death to summer. Long live fall!


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A Russian Perspective of Cold War II
Given the context of recent diplomatic confrontation between the West and Russia, Sergei Karaganov argues that the psychological backdrop to the bilateral relationship today is worse than it was during the Cold War. However, he does not agree that this is a sequel to the new Cold War. Karaganov has a point. He argues that a Cold War-like confrontation would require an ideological component that is decidedly lacking on the Russian side.
Even if the US decides to wage a unilateral Cold War, its chances against Russia, China, and other emerging powers would not be very good. The balance of military, political, economic, and moral power has simply shifted too far away from the West to be reversed.
Karaganov argues that the problem between Russia and the West is a problem among Westerners themselves and it is only because established elites in the West have not come to terms with reality: the balance of military, political, economic, and moral power has shifted too far away from the West to be reversed.
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An opportunity that is difficult ot seize and easy to squander is how Ramesh Thakur explains the upcoming Kim-Trump summit. However, he warns that if President Trump decertifies the Iran nuclear deal on May 12 as he has threatened to do, the move would almost certainly call into question America's good faith and ability to honor negotiated international agreements.
Deliberating about the opportunity that the Kim-Trump talks presents, Thakur argues that that optimism must be tempered with cautious realism.
North Korea is the nuclear problem from hell. Neither South Korea nor the United States can control the narrative; definitions of success or failure are highly relative; and Trump must enter the talks with no exit strategy. The six decades since the Korean War ended in 1953 – with a ceasefire but no peace agreement – have hardened an increasingly dangerous stalemate. Although neither side is likely to launch a premeditated nuclear attack, the risk of war from miscommunication, misperception, or miscalculation is real.
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A quarter-century after the end of the Cold War, the world unexpectedly finds itself in a second one. This state of affairs was anything, but inevitable argues Richard N. Haass. It is in neither side's interest to escalate tensions further, he says. However, the apparent problem with his arguments is the fact that he is looking to blame Russia for this new Cold War. On one had Haass forgets that the US has had a history of interfering in the internal politics of other nations. Haass finds fault with the US policies only on two counts – economic support and NATO expansion.
US could and should have been more generous as Russia made its painful transition to a market economy in the 1990s. Nor is it clear that NATO enlargement was preferable to other security arrangements for Europe that would have included Russia.
As a reader from outside the US, this article is nothing more than a US version of the recent confrontations with Russia – an assessment that goes to great lengths to lay the blame of Putin's doorstep.
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Ever since the 2016 US presidential election, with its revelations about Russian meddling, European officials have been on the lookout for similar attacks. But Europeans aren't the only ones paying attention. So, too, are China's leaders, who are considering what they might learn from the Kremlin's successes.
Now that Russia has shown how cyber tactics and informational subterfuge can upend established democracies, China will surely be taking some pages from the Kremlin's playbook. Chinese President Xi Jinping has made it clear that maintaining domestic stability and burnishing China's image abroad is the name of the government's game."
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Radio ads now on Google's dial
EmptyRadio industry watchers reacted with a mix of excitement and concern when Internet giant Google Inc. recently last week that it has finalized a much-anticipated radio advertising buying system and has begun limited tests for it.
The move seems certain to expand and strengthen Google's role in selling advertising for traditional media companies. But analysts are not sure yet how the system will affect a weak radio ad market, with some expecting it will put pressure on ad rates, while others predict it will open up the space to new marketers.
Google's push into the arena comes at a time of continued sluggishness of marketers' spending in the sector, but expectations for a slightly strengthening radio ad market next year.
In recent years, radio revenue growth for broadcasters has been far off the high-single-digit gains they had seen in the past.
Bob Coen, director of forecasting at media agency Universal McCann, projects that national radio ad spending in the U.S. will end up 3% at $4.4 billion, with local spending down 1% at $15.2 billion. For 2007, however, he expects national ad growth to reach a more solid 4%, with local forecast to swing to a 1% improvement.
After three quarters of virtually unchanged year-over-year trends, the Radio Advertising Bureau recently reported a pickup in ad momentum for October.
The 6% overall gain was the best year-over-year jump since a 10% increase in March 2004.
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"At the moment, we are not assuming a significant pickup in overall spot revenue in 2007," he added.
Google's radio ad efforts have taken somewhat longer than observers had expected when it unveiled an agreement to acquire radio ad services and software firm dMarc Broadcasting in January for $102 million in cash and performance-based added payments. It was the latest deal by the Internet powerhouse to position itself as an advertising sales broker and apply its new-media sensitivity to an old-media ad market facing challenges.
The company, for example, last month said that it is starting to sell ads in 50 top newspapers to more than 100 Google advertisers in an auction system.
Analysts have argued that if Google successfully applies the dMarc and other technologies, it could evolve into a universal auction house for advertising (HR 1/18).
More than 20 of Google's online advertisers are testing the radio product, dubbed Google Audio Ads, using the Internet to bid for ad space at 700 radio stations and about a dozen channels on XM Satellite Radio while easily determining which ones target the desired listener demographic. Google then reports back, giving the advertisers whose bids are accepted the time, date and geographic region concerning where their ads aired. They also can listen on-demand to the commercial and the content that played immediately before it and after. Google also handles billing and it splits the revenue.
"The efficiencies gained are significant," Google head of radio Ryan Steelberg said. "We're bringing a level of transparency and accountability to the space."
RBC Capital Markets analyst Jordan Rohan recently explored whether Google is a friend or foe to radio, and traditional media in general. His conclusion was fairly ambiguous.
While he proclaimed that "winners abound as Google opens (its) wallet," he also noted that radio and TV station groups might suffer because Google could turn ad space into a cheap commodity. "Google is more of a friend to the producers of content than it is to the distribution incumbents," Rohan said.
Google might be looking at $700 million in annual payments to media companies, including radio, print, film and television, though much of that is because of its YouTube acquisition, he said.
A Google investment of that magnitude, all for the purpose of expanding its ad footprint into traditional media, presents the possibility of a near-term earnings miss, Rohan said, even as he maintained his "outperform" rating and $525 target on the stock.
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1022 Taraxacum officinaleCommon Names: dandelion, blowballs, pissabed Family: Asteraceae (aster/daisy Family)
The common dandelion is known to most as a lawn weed, belligerently blooming on manicured lawns throughout the growing season. A single flowerhead consisting only of ray flowers sits atop an unbranched, leafless stem that may be anywhere from 2 in (5 cm) to 18 in (45 cm) high. The yellow flowerheads are nearly 2 in (5 cm) across. The stem is hollow and its juice is milky and bitter to the taste. The only leaves are basal, 2-15 in (5-38 cm) long and usually (but not always) irregularly and deeply lobed; apparently they reminded someone of the teeth of a lion. The fruits are tiny one-seeded brown achenes bearing long white silky feathery bristles. When ripe, the fluffy mass of fruits sets sail on the wind like a downy white puffball. Hold one by the stem and blow on it to separate the individual parachutes and send the seeds to your neighbor's lawn. As anyone who has tried to pull them up knows, dandelion is a perennial with a long taproot.
Botanists have named hundred of species of Taraxacum, most from Europe, and most difficult to distinguish. Red-seeded dandelion T. erythrospermum is another common cosmopolitan lawn weed; it has slightly smaller flowerheads and the achenes are red. There are several other little weedy yellow flowers that are similar to common dandelion. Dwarf dandelion (Krigia virginica) is much smaller, less than 1 ft (30 cm) tall with a small flowerhead only a half inch (1.25 cm) across. Potato dandelion (K. dandelion) is larger and has a 1" (2.5 cm) tuber just beneath the soil surface. Two-flowered cynthia (K. biflora) has orange-yellow flowerheads on a forking stem. Cat's ear (Hypochoeris radiata) has very hairy leaves and a yellow flowerhead about an inch (2.5 cm) across.
The common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a common weed in lawns, fields and roadsides throughout the world's temperate regions. In fact, it is one of the most widespread wild plants in the world. In North America it occurs commonly almost everywhere except the southeast, where it is rare. Common dandelion originated in Europe, and got to the New World about the same time as the first European settlers.
CultureGo ahead, TRY to kill off this one! Light: Dandelion grows best in full sun, but also grows in part shade. Moisture: Dandelions love well maintained lawns. Hardiness: USDA Zones 3 - 9. Propagation: The seeds spread themselves. Cultivated dandelions are usually planted in early spring and grown as annuals, not allowed to go to seed, lest they become weedy pests.
Dandelion greens, gathered in the spring when young and tender, are delicious raw in salads or pot-boiled or steamed like spinach. They are very nutritious, being high in vitamins C, D and A, and in potassium, calcium and iron. Older leaves are too bitter unless boiled in a change or two of water. However, there are improved dandelion cultivars available, with larger and more tender leaves developed for spring and autumn greens. These are not as bitter as the wild plants and can be eaten when large and mature. They are often blanched to reduce bitterness by heaping mulch or soil over them, as you would asparagus. One of the most popular ways to prepare fresh dandelion leaves is to wilt them by dousing with hot vinegar and sugar, spiced up with bacon bits. The Europeans hold the roots in dark cellars for forcing blanched shoots, like Belgian endive. The roots and flowers are also edible. Pull young roots in early spring, peel and cook as you would potatoes. Dried roots are roasted and ground to make a coffee substitute. Cramaillotte is a yellow-orange jelly made from dandelion flowers with sugar and citrus. Fry the baby unopened flower buds in butter - they taste like mushrooms. Extracts of the milky juice make a powerful diuretic that reduces high blood pressure. Modern research has shown the roots to have a detoxifying effect in the liver and kidneys. A synthetic rubber is made from the milky latex of the roots.
The genus for common dandelion was formerly Leontodon, which means lion tooth. In parts of France, dandelion is called "pissenlit", and in England, "pissabed", in reference to its diuretic properties. You gotta love the colorful language of those Europeans!
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The Edmonton Oilers traded Nick Schultz to the Columbus Blue Jackets at the trade deadline today. By doing so, and with the loss of Corey Potter to Boston on waivers this morning, the Oilers have just five healthy defencemen on their roster.
Oilers General Manager Craig MacTavish said today they have explored the potential of calling up some young players from the American Hockey League, but will start with Philip Larsen who was placed on waivers on Monday morning.
"We'll announce that a little later but we're going to need one for tomorrow," MacTavish said. "We'll, in all likelihood, call up Philip Larsen before he gets on a plane. We talked about Oscar and giving Oscar an opportunity, Brandon Davidson's played pretty well lately but Oscar came down with a bit of an injury today. That would preclude us from calling him up. They're in a playoff race now, they've played very well the last little while so it really is a discussion on how long we're going to let them try and keep themselves in the race or maybe get themselves in the playoffs and then the benefit of getting them ultimately up here and have a look and give them some experience."
The little injury to Klefbom that MacTavish is likely referring to is Klefbom's shoulder. The Oilers defensive prospect left the ice and sat out one shift in the Oklahoma City Barons game on Sunday. He returned and finished the game.


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BRAINERD, Minn.—Muggle students rejoice: Quidditch has come to Brainerd.
The fictional sport created by J.K. Rowling in the popular Harry Potter series has been played out in the gymnasium at Washington Educational Services Building over the last six weeks.
It's all there, too. Chasers, Beaters, Keepers and Seekers; Quaffles, a Snitch, brooms and three goals a side, set a top posts.
The basics of Muggle Quidditch—as its played at Washington and at universities and high schools throughout the country and world as regulated by the International Quidditch Association—for the most part follow the details of the game laid out by Rowling: Chasers attempt to earn points by scoring goals, Beaters try to throw Chasers off course, Keepers try to stop the Chasers from scoring and Seekers attempt to catch the Snitch, ending the game.
But exceptions to Rowling's creation abound in the real world. Obviously, there are no flying broomsticks in Muggle Quidditch, but all players must keep a broom between their legs during the game. And in Muggle Quidditch, the Snitch is an actual person who is free to move around on and off the playing field to avoid being caught by the Seekers. The Quaffle is represented by a deflated volleyball. Beaters use dodge balls against opposing players.
Play starts with each team lining up at opposing ends of the playing surface, which in Brainerd is the gymnasium at Washington Educational Services Building. The referee orders brooms down and for players to close their eyes so the Snitch can start running. After a countdown from 10, the game starts, with points counted for goals and the game ending when one of the two Seekers chases down the Snitch and yanks a flag out of his or her back pocket.
For those unfamiliar with Harry Potter, perhaps no amount of description could explain Quidditch, even after watching a live match. But for those in the know, Muggle Quidditch makes sense in its non-magical fashion.
Lisa Stawarski, Brainerd schools youth programs coordinator, said that since early February, Quidditch matches have been held twice a week at Washington between the Warriors and the Spartans. Stawarski described the game as a cross between dodge ball and rugby.
"What's really cool about it is we get a very diverse group of people to play," Stawarski said. "The two girls who started it would claim themselves as nerds, but we also have jocks coming in. It's an active game. It's challenging."
The two girls—Alyssa Gregory and Amanda Johnson, ninth-grade students at Brainerd High School South Campus—got the idea to form Quidditch teams after seeing a news program about Quidditch teams being formed at universities.
Both described themselves as Harry Potter fanatics. Johnson has seen all the movies, but is just getting started on the books. Gregory said her mom used to read her Harry Potter books as bedtime stories. Now she has the audio books to fall asleep to.
"Which is pretty nerdy but I can't fall asleep without them, usually," Gregory said.
After partnering with Stawarski and Community Education to get the Quidditch program going, Johnson and Gregory put the word out using television, radio, fliers and even sticky notes. Most of the people they asked to join initially turned them down and only four people attended at first. On Wednesday, the last day of the Quidditch program until spring, more than 15 played.
Terri Henrikson, who works in the school district's department of teaching and learning, helped Stawarski get the Quidditch program started. Now she's a Quidditch coach.
"I came to watch, cheering the kids on, and next thing I know they're telling me I'm hired as coach," Henrikson said. "The kids are having a blast with this. They're really enjoying themselves and they're learning to work as a team now. They're really having a lot of fun."
Henrikson has read a few of the books and she enjoyed the movies.
"So I knew what I was getting myself into," she said on her agreement to coach the program.
Stawarski said the Quidditch program at Washington will resume in April for ninth- through 12-graders, and there also will be a Quidditch program at Forestview Middle School for fifth- through eighth-graders.
Henrikson said there's hope the program will be able to travel to other cities to play in Quidditch tournaments. Gregory and Johnson hope the program will keep its legs in the Brainerd School District.
"At least until we graduate and then we can play in college," Johnson said.


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Apple recently announced the first ever 64-bit mobile processor with the new A7 chipset, which has been widely discussed for over a month. And now one of the prominent chip manufacturers in the world, Qualcomm, has a thing or two to say about Apple's recent accomplishment.
According to Qualcomm, the A7 is nothing but a marketing gimmick by Apple. The CMO of the company, Mr. Anand Chandrasekher said the 64 bit chips serve no real purpose for the customers at this point of time. Here's an extract from his interview with Tech World – "I know there's a lot of noise because Apple did [64-bit] on their A7. I think they are doing a marketing gimmick. There's zero benefit a consumer gets from that. Predominantly you need it for memory addressability beyond 4GB. That's it. You don't really need it for performance, and the kinds of applications that 64-bit get used in mostly are large, server-class applications."
While it's normal for competitors to take pokes at each other, Qualcomm isn't really wrong in its description of the Apple A7. With very little support for 64 bit apps as of now, it seems like Apple merely wanted something new to brag about with the A7 chip.
Source: TechWorld
Via: Android Beat


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Some mornings are better than others.
This morning was a bad one. Benjamin usually wakes up between 7:15 and 7:30. But this morning it was 6:45. I had been up late last night cleaning and didn't actually fall asleep until around 11:45. Yesterday was a great morning. He was in a happy mood, we got up and at 'em with few whines or whimpers and were on our merry way. But this morning he knew things were back to normal – meaning mommy gets ready for work and then he goes to daycare – so he proceeded to push every one of my buttons.
First it started with the whining, coupled with the persistent leg grabbing – which I hate. I can't stand the whining and then when he starts clinging to my legs, begging to be held I usually boil over. There's no way I can pick him up because I have to get ready for work, not even mention teach him that he can't behave that way. So I resist. Then after the bedroom it's off to the bathroom and make up. He jumps on top of the toilet, off of the toilet, then onto the floor, then he's sticking his hands into the toilet. I'm trying to breath. Trying to breath. But I can't. I try to count to ten. That's not working either.
"Benjamin, where are your shoes baby? Why don't you go find your shoes."
"Okay, you know what – out of here. Out, now. You're driving me crazy." He toddles away out of the bathroom and then I want to cry. I feel horrible. I love him so much and just want to run up and cuddle him. I hate losing my temper with a 21 month old. But I do – and it's usually always first thing in the morning.
He returns a few seconds later with my slipper. He's trying to put it on my foot. I comply. "Where's the other one?" He departs and returns a few minutes later with the missing slipper. This bought me enough time to put on my eyeliner and finish up my mascara. But now he's back at it.
I'll give him a treat. Yes! A treat. The quick fix to any time crunched single mama. It buys me enough to time to finish up a few things. We're ready to go. Finally. But now he's dodging me. Running away from me so I can't put his coat on. Fun. This is great. I can't catch my own kid. He's using the coffee table as a buffer and laughing his ass off while I'm frantically trying to catch him. Then I start laughing too. This is the best part about being a mom. One minute you're ready to jump off of a cliff and the next you're laughing and bursting with pride and joy. My kid knows how to push my buttons but he also knows how to make me laugh.
I'll have to focus on that positive reinforcement more in the mornings. It's just so hard when you're rushed and tired. Like I said, some are better than others…here's for hoping that tomorrow is one of the good ones.


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Romper: Wet Seal | Sandals: Marshalls | Backpack: Urban Outfitters via. Poshmark | Sunnies: Urban Outfitters
(Photography by Brooke Helstrom)
Culver City
So I arrived in California two weeks ago, ready for the endless sunny days and ecstatic to wear cute summery clothes 24/7. Quickly I learned that I didn't pack enough suitable clothes for 90+ degree
days weeks, and I also didn't pack enough clothes in general. I was blowing through my flowy shorts and crop tops like nobody's business, and soon enough I had nothing loose/cool/comfortable enough to wear in this ridiculous California heat. In my two weeks at school so far I've learned that rompers are the solution to this heat problem. I bought this romper online from Wet Seal and I'm obsessed. It's perfect for casual occasions with sandals and backpacks (like so) or dressed up with wedges or booties. It also has pockets. Casual. Love it. Going to wear it every day. Never going to take my hands out of my pockets. Oops.
Today my floor (BK 3 represENT) traveled on the metro to Culver City to see… wait for it… a production of Harry Potter Hamlet. It was fantastic. We were college kids in a sea of children and umbrellas, but it was fun nonetheless. We grabbed some In-N-Out, went to Trader Joes (bought a succulent for our room (her name is Karl)), and then hopped back on the metro.
"All Of The People" Panama Wedding is all I can listen to lately. If you walk by my dorm, there's a 94.78 chance you'll hear me blasting it.
Peace n Blessings


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Bjarke Ingles Group Plans a Ski Slope Atop a Waste Incinerator in Copenhagen
Copenhagen architectural practice, Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG), recently unveiled a winning design for "Amagerforbraending," a waste-to-energy plant that also doubles as a ski slope and recreation center. Waste-to-energy (WtE) plants create energy in the form of electricity or heat from the incineration of waste (more on that here).
This new plant will be on the outskirts of Copenhagen, dividing the local area in two. Factories on one side and housing on the other, Amagergorbraending will exist between Copenhagen and the town of Amager. BIG wants to "tie all of these opposing forces together, forming an identity for a new place in Copenhagen." Their intention is to combine form and function, which can be seen by their claim: "We want to do more than just create a beautiful skin around the [plant]." According to them, beauty and functionality do not have to be mutually exclusive.
BIG proposes a new kind of WtE plant, "one that is economically, environmentally, and socially profitable." Most interestingly (and perhaps ironically), they intend to turn the roof of the plant into a ski slope of all things. The design of the plant is similar to that of a mountain, which is where the form meets function. They have a "hedonistic sustainability" philosophy, whereby sustainability isn't a burden, rather an improvement to the quality of life.
The year-round ski slope is designed by Topotek 1 and Man Made Land. Access to the slope will be by elevator, complete with a glass wall so skiers can check out the internal workings of the waste plant on their ascent. The innards of a waste plant isn't exactly the view of Copenhagen you'd expect on a ski trip. Nonetheless, with more than 1500m of ski run and terrain park, three slopes of different gradients will be available to accomodate skiers with a broad range of abilities.
BIG also wants to make a statement. While WtE is more efficient than a traditional incinerator, the plant will still release some CO2 emissions. However, they want to show the public just what CO2 really looks like. They propose a modification to the smoke stack that will make it so rings of smoke are puffed out whenever 1 ton of fossil fuel is released. According to the group, "These will serve a communicative function as a gentle reminder of the impact of consumption." I wonder how that ski enthusiasts will like that little treat.
Sources: Inhabitat and Bjarke Ingels Group


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When Texas A&M's John David Crow capped his college football career by winning the 1957 Heisman Trophy, he made history that will forever stand.
First, the former Springhill (La.) High star, No. 39 on the NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune list of Louisiana's 51 greatest all-time athletes, became the first Louisiana high school player ever to win the Heisman.
As it played out, he was the only Heisman winner that the legendary Bear Bryant coached in his 38-year head coaching career, which included four seasons at A&M prior to returning to his alma mater Alabama in 1958.
Crow, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound running back and safety, missed 2 1/2 games as a senior, and he didn't even lead the Southwest Conference in rushing. But his versatility and Bryant's endorsement ("If John David Crow doesn't win the Heisman, they ought to stop giving it," Bryant growled) helped him win the Heisman over Iowa lineman Alex Karras.
Crow certainly didn't have mind-boggling, Heisman-type statistics. But his strength as an all-around player was undeniable, rushing for 562 yards and six TDs, throwing five TD passes, intercepting five passes and kicking a handful of extra points as a backup placekicker.
Bryant boldly went into North Louisiana and recruited Crow after he led Springhill to the state AA football title as a junior and to the state basketball championship as a senior. In his senior season in football, Crow ran for 1,366 yards and 23 TDs, averaging an unfathomable 16.3 yards per carry.
Crow chose Texas A&M over Notre Dame, Oklahoma and LSU. The biggest reason was the influence of A&M assistant Elmer Smith, who had coached Crow's older brother Ray at Southern State College in Magnolia, Ark.
Also, Crow liked the toughness of Bryant, who reminded him of Crow's father Harry, an assistant superintendent of the wood yard at the International Paper Company plant in Springhill.
"People thought Coach Bryant was tough," Crow once said, "but he was not very tough compared to my dad."
Bryant saw Crow as a complete player, one who never minded doing the dirty work as a blocker, tackler and extremely physical runner. In fact, Bryant once asked Jones Ramsey, A&M's sports information director, to go through the play-by-play charts and come up with a "Players Run Over" category, in which Crow would lead the nation.
Crow was the 1958 NFL draft's second overall pick, taken by the Chicago Cardinals, which moved to St. Louis. He was traded to the 49ers in 1965 and volunteered to switch to tight end on the eve of the final season (1968) of his 11-year pro career although he was only 41 yards away from 5,000 yards rushing.
A three-time All-Pro selection and four-time Pro Bowl pick, Crow led the NFL in yards from scrimmage in 1960 and finished his career with 4,963 rushing yards, 3,699 receiving yards, 759 passing yards and scored 73 TDs (38 rushing, 35 receiving).
When he retired from playing, Crow began his coaching career as an assistant from 1968-1971 for his old college coach Bryant at Alabama.
He moved on to become an NFL assistant for the Browns and Chargers through 1975, but became miffed at pro running backs whose priority was self-preservation.
"I never ran out of bounds like that in my life," Crow recalled. "The big money, the agents, everything changed."
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976, Crow was the head coach at Northeast Louisiana from 1976-1980. He served as Texas A&M's athletic director from 1988-1993 and retired from the university in 2001.
In October 2010, A&M erected a statue of Crow, now 79 and still living in College Station, in front of its football complex.
"I believe I was chosen to represent all the great athletes that have come to Texas A&M," Crow said in a speech at the statue reveal. "But I will say this: It's all right to have them put that up there with my number on it anyway."
Louisiana's all-time top 51 athletes:
40. Kim Mulkey
41. Eli Manning
42. Lee Smith
43. Tommy Bolt
44. Ed Reed
45. Cotton Nash
46. Danielle Scott-Arruda
47. Vida Blue
48. Kent Desormeaux
49. Rickey Jackson
50. Ben McDonald
51. Morten Andersen
Who is your pick for the No. 1 Louisiana athlete of all time?


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5 Fun Ways to Eat Celery
Celery is downright healthy – and it fills you up while not using your entire calorie allotment for the day. Keep reading to see some of the most fun ways I like to enjoy this snack.
1. Add cream cheese or peanut butter to the crevice in the celery for a tasty, protein-filled snack.
2. Chop up your celery and add it to a green salad with romaine lettuce and tomatoes.
3. Make chicken salad! Check out this recipe from Recipe4Living.
5. Dip celery stalks in ranch dressing. Have you ever made your own? Try this recipe!
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An angry mob screamed "Baby killer!" at the monster accused of slaughtering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, the little boy lost from Brooklyn who was snatched off the street after he was caught happily walking home on surveillance video.
Today the nation's rage is exploding at 35-year-old Levi Aron, the man accussed of butchering the little boy, and putting his body parts in a freezer and a red suitcase.
The unspeakable killing of the little boy who took a wrong turn on his way home from day camp is reigniting the debate over whether kids should carry cell phones. Many parents believe 8 years old is simply too young to have a cell phone. Others worry about the possible health risks. But safety experts say that the debate is now over—kids should carry cell phones.
Safety expert Steve Kardian demonstrated with a young boy the use of a GPS device. Kardian told INSIDE EDITION, "By placing a GPS cell phone in his backpack, I now have a real time ability to track his every movement."
GPS tracking devices for children are popping up all over the Internet in the wake of the kidnapping.
One mom showed INSIDE EDITION how she puts a GPS tracking device in her child's fanny pack.
Safety experts demonstrated how the device could be used in a mock kidnapping at a parking lot. In seconds after the child is taken, cops would know exactly where that child was.
BrickHouse Security showed INSIDE EDITION all sorts of devices that can be put in a child's watch or in their shoes to track them.
They say sales are booming on these devices in the wake of the little boy lost tragedy that's gripping the nation.


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Settlers began staking claims in the area in the late 1830's. Whitestown (1853) and Stark (1858), located in north central Vernon County, were the first two townships settled. In 1873, Van S. Bennett, chairman of the town board and a justice of the peace, platted Rockton. By the 1920's, Rockton had grown to include two general stores, post office, blacksmith shop, meat market, photo studio, stockyards, saloon, gristmill, sawmill, shingle mill, hotels, livery stables, two-room school house, and a "hall" where dances were held. Today, Rockton has a half dozen homes, two businesses, a tavern and a craft shop.
La Farge, resting about one mile below the dam site, was to be the principal community protected from the Kickapoo River's floodwaters. Established prior to 1878, La Farge remained a small rural village until 1897, then a railroad extended tracks to the village. Thereafter, La Farge grew rapidly. The population rose from 307 to more than 1,000 by 1906. In the early 1900's the La Farge economy was "booming," with five lumber companies, three hotels, three general stores, two hardware stores, six restaurants, two feed mills, hoop manufacturer, brick manufacturer, cheese manufacturer, planing mill, and many other businesses. La Farge maintained a steady population of approximately 900 to 1,000 persons into the late 1950's. Today it has some 750 people.
Other communities, such as Odin Mills, Lower Weister/Potts Corner, and Star, were once located in the La Farge Lake Project area but were largely gone by the time the dam project began. Odin Mills has a unique significance, having been an early African American community. By 1859, African Americans, coming from Illinois and Indiana, had established several rural communities in Vernon County. Historical sources indicate that a settlement flourished there for some 25 to 30 years. In the early 1850's, Odin featured the first waterwheel sawmill on the upper Kickapoo River. Odin had a perfect spot for the sawmill, since the river dropped 13 feet within a quarter mile between high banks.
The Early Economy:Fur Trading and Logging The economy of the Kickapoo Valley above La Farge has evolved slowly over the past 150 years. Fur trading was the first economic activity. The Ho-Chunk and other Native Americans sold the pelts of beaver, muskrat, and other animals to European and then American traders in exchange for European and American goods. Fur trading was common from the late 1600's to the 1840's, when logging surpassed it in importance.
Whitestown and Stark Townships contained large areas of white pine and were linked to Midwestern markets by the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers. Once the trees were cut, the loggers floated their timber down the Kickapoo to the Mississippi River markets of Dubuque, Galena, Savannah, and Davenport, although they did mill some locally. The Kickapoo River became the natural power source for saw milling in the nineteenth century. By the 1850's, the lumber industry had become the backbone of the state's economy, lasting until the 1880's.
Agriculture: When the lumber industry disappeared, the economy of the Kickapoo Valley began to diversify around agriculture. Commodities such as beer, cheese, and tobacco became prominent. Homesteaders came to the Kickapoo Valley, drawn by cheap land and the rich black soil. Wheat cultivation in Wisconsin began in the 1830's by settlers looking for a quick cash crop. Farmers generally planted on the ridges or near the valley bottom. They used the valley's upper sides and bottoms for pasture. Barley was also a leading cash crop through the nineteenth century, due in part to the growth of local malting and beer-brewing industries.
In 1850 tobacco became a specialty crop in Vernon County, particularly in the Kickapoo Valley. Early tobacco farmers, many of Norwegian descent, grew tobacco to pay off debts for their passage to America.
Starting in the 1860's, Vernon County farmers began growing oats, corn, and other grains, as well as limited amounts of fruit and potatoes. They covered the steeper slopes with hay and planted corn and oats on the less steep ones. Grain production helped spur the flour milling industry, which emerged in the 1870's.
The dairy industry, which also began in the 1860's, continues to this day. By 1890, Vernon County had become a state leader in dairy production. The Star Valley Cheese Factory became the only cheese factory in the Kickapoo Valley Reserve. The factory started operating sometime after 1896 and continued until at least 1931.
In the 1920's, cereal production began to stagnate and decline, as did the price for tobacco. Despite the economic hardships, tobacco farming remained strong for many decades thereafter. Dairy production, however, remained important. Around 1940, Vernon County boasted 36 licensed dairy plants and 18 cheese factories, evidence that the state's strong dairy heritage was continuing.
Early SettlementFlood Control to the Kickapoo Valley Reserve
La Farge Dam Project