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Myra McPherson plays taps for Vietnam in her new book, ''Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation.'' It is a long, poignant song that lingers in the memory after the 680-page book ends.
The undertaking has included four years of Ms. McPherson's life and over 500 interviews with hawks and doves, soldiers, officers, Gold Star mothers, historians, nurses, sociologists, the wounded and disabled, conscientious objectors, exiles, doctors, deserters, POWs, blacks, warriors, war protesters, parents, victims of Agent Orange, scam artists who ducked the draft, counselors, girlfriends, and wives.
Ms. McPherson has attempted to shatter the pent-up silence of a generation of Americans who found the war unspeakable and have been unable to talk about it to anyone, whether they fought in Vietnam or fought to stay out of it. For some, it is a book that, as one veteran wrote to her, ''has the potential to be a real healing force in our land.''
Myra McPherson folds that letter from the veteran carefully and puts it back on her green and white desk at the Washington Post. It's just one in a pile of letters from veterans that started flowing in even before the book was published in early June, when syndicated excerpts from it began appearing in serial form in newspapers across the country. Alongside the letters on her desk are stacked press kits from Doubleday, her publisher, wrapped like the book itself in a jacket photo of the black granite Vietnam War Memorial, with its soldierly rows of names of those killed in action. Some of their final stories are told by survivors Myra McPherson interviewed for her book.
Ms. McPherson, in fact, made a conscious decision to let the men and women she'd interviewed function as ''reporters,'' to let the immediacy of their experiences seep through into her own writing. ''I wanted all these people to speak, and so I tried to let them all tell their own stories,'' she says. ''... I found that I couldn't write as well as they could talk. Like that marvelous line of one guy who said, 'I always thought John was too young for that war, and he growed right into it.' ''
The first chapter of ''Long Time Passing'' begins:
The patrol picked its way through jungle so thick that by noon it was dark. A dead, midnight kind of darkness. Fifty men threaded their way. The first ten began to cross a river. The soldier walking point touched something with his boot. It was not a twig, not a root, not a rock. It was a trip wire to oblivion. In an instant the wire triggered a huge, fifty pound Chinese mine. There was an enormous roar, like the afterburner of a jet, as it exploded....
That's the way two of its survivors, Nebraska brothers Tom and Chuck Hagel, remember the exploding mine that wounded them both and killed 15 soldiers. To McPherson, the brothers in a sense symbolize the national split over the war: By the time they'd returned home from the war, ''Chuck thought it a noble cause. Tom thought it a rotten waste,'' she writes. In the book she etches their lives in sharp detail, tracing the causes that polarized the brothers' opposite views of the war.
How did Myra McPherson, who has never been a war correspondent, never fought in a war, manage to write passages that sound like reporting under fire? ''I would get them (the veterans) to say something over and over. I'd say, 'What do you mean about the trip wire? Where was it?' because I wanted it to be as vivid as it could be. ... And it really was my asking Tom and Chuck over and over again, when the mine blew up, 'Tell me exactly what happened.' ... They would say all of this in their own words, and I would write it down and rephrase it in mine.''
Speaking of that and other interviews, she says, ''I think it just tapped a wellspring of emotion that went beyond combat stories. I kept saying, 'I don't want a combat story - that's just a combat story. I want you to tell me this story and how it affected you, how your time there affected you, what the last 10 years did to you as a person.' ''
''I'd have them come up afterward and say, 'Thank you for listening.' It's amazing to think that so many have not told their stories,'' including ''the ones who didn't go (to war), too, on both sides of the fence. America buried that war, but the people who had anything to do with it didn't....
''Since they'd never talked about it to people, I was getting fresh material 10 years later,'' she concludes.
Over lunch, Ms. McPherson talks about the writing of the book and how it affected her life. She couldn't distance herself from the subject as she has always tried to do in reporting. She cried through the writing of the two most painful chapters, those on the parents of slain soldiers and on war nurses. She had nightmares about the barbarous war stories. She even got herself arrested and jailed for kneeling in prayer on the White House lawn with a group of women protesting war so she could write about war protesters firsthand.
The idea for the book came in 1979 as she watched the Emmy-award-winning TV movie ''Friendly Fire'' about an Iowa family whose son dies in American crossfire in Vietnam. As the message ''Honor Vietnam Veterans Week'' flashed across the screen, she decided to write a series exposing the superpatriot types who would ''gloss over the pain and agony, ... mythologizing the glories of dying in war.''
From that series, which ran in the Washington Post over Memorial Day weekend in 1979, sprang the book. While caring for her two children, Leah and Michael, now 17 and 19, she was also traveling, researching, and writing. As her one-year leave of absence from the Post stretched into three, her money began to run out, but she plowed on with encouragement from Lisa Drew, her editor at Doubleday, who urged her to expand the book's scope from Vietnam veterans to an overview of the whole Vietnam generation.
''Long Time Passing'' may have seemed a forced march at times, but it appears to have been worth it. In addition to widespread newspaper syndication, it has become a Literary Guild alternate selection and is reaching readers as diverse as those of Ms. magazine and the Military Book of the Month Club, Essence, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Progressive magazine.
How does Ms. McPherson see her book contributing to an understanding of the Vietnam era?
If we don't learn from Vietnam, she says, ''we're going to repeat these skirmishes with a few paying a heavy price. Those mothers crying over the kids (killed) in Lebanon looked like the mothers of Vietnam veterans, saying 'Why was my son there?' It's the same question being asked over and over,'' she sighs. ''That's the thing I hope people will take away from this book - that we shouldn't have a blind patriotism, but an enlightened patriotism.''


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The yearend diamond push, also running via outdoor advertising nationwide, is designed to link the significance of the millennium with giving a diamond.
J. Walter Thompson USA, New York, created the campaign, sporting ad copy such as "2000 A.D. (As in after diamond)"; "What are you waiting for, the year 3000?"; and "Live each millennium as if it's your last."
Spending for the monthlong campaign wasn't disclosed. De Beers spent $68 million in measured media in 1998 and $23 million through the first six months of 1999, according to Competitive Media Reporting.
"Giving a diamond adds significance to any occasion this year because it's a millennium year," said Chris D'Rozario, JWT creative director.
He said the ad team was concerned about the overhype of the millennium and consumers' ebbing tolerance for those messages.
"There is abundant evidence that everybody is really just sick of the millennium," said Ira Matathia, president of Young & Rubicam's Brand Futures Group. "I think many marketers just looked at this and said this is just too tough to touch-there is no winning . . . It's always better to market in a positive environment."
"We had to be very careful about how we play it," said Ed Evangelista, JWT creative director, "because all the brands will be trying to sway consumers with all kinds of millennium messages. But they're vamping the millennium; our message is relevant."
The decision to take over a big space of the Chicago terminal was an easy one, the two creative directors said. The specific buy is referred to as "total domination" and effectively targets the busiest airport in the country.
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I don't often do product reviews, but essential oils are gaining popularity as more people are striving to be healthier. For the most part, essential oils are over priced.
Multi-level-marketing companies tend to drive prices three times higher than they should be as everyone takes a cut.
There tends to be lots of scammy things in multi-level-marketing companies and so our family avoids supporting them.
Sorry if that offends anyone and I know this post won't make the expensive oil distributors happy.
Hopefully this will save some families money though.
I went looking for an essential oils company that is "Therapeutic Grade" and not diluted with bases or watered down in any way.
The highest grade of oil is Grade A - or "Therapeutic Grade."
Young Living and Doterra fall under this category.
The same with Eden's Garden Oils. The reason why Eden's Garden is soooo much cheaper than the other two companies is because they are not multi-level-marketing.
Here is a simple price comparison on Lavender.
(I found these prices on Amazon)
Young Living = $16.99 5ml
Doterra = $9.99 5ml
Eden's Garden = $6.25 + $2.99 shipping for a 10 ml
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Israeli inventor Arnold Jonas demonstrates his Newsit chair which can reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis caused by sitting on long flights. Israelis have often looked beyond the narrow borders of their own country for opportunities to implement the knowledge they've gained in an attempt to better the world, and make a name for themselves.
Two wildly diverse examples display the scope of Israeli ingenuity to its most shining effect. Arnold Jonas, an Israeli businessman dividing his time between Israel and California, has patented a new airplane seat, which might reduce the risks of deep vein thrombosis, which affects two million airline passengers a year and can be fatal.
And Israeli-born computer expert named Daniel Dreymann has developed a system at his California company which they say will solve the perennial email spam problem.
The problem of junk email continues to trouble experts all over the world. Software that blocks spam usually also block regular mail. Dreymann's Goodmail Systems, a California startup, offers to solve the spam problem by directly accessing the place that really hurts, the pockets of those who send the messages.
Goodmail's solution will go commercial this summer. It is based on using electronic postage stamps for email. A company sending hundreds or thousands of emails to customers, that wants to assure its missives will not be filtered out as spam, will pay one cent for the electronic "stamping" of each message it sends. The stamp will be identifiable by ISPs worldwide.
The stamp is a code typed at the beginning of the message. Stamped email will be transferred to the ISP, which will have a key to decipher the coding. The ISP will identify the message as "kosher" mail and will transmit it onward to the addressee. Any company will be allowed to buy stamps. The assumption is that it will only be worthwhile for large respectable companies, but not for professional spammers, for whom the price will be too high.
In recent weeks The New York Times and The Economist have published complimentary articles about Goodmail and its solution to combating spam. The question remains whether the market will adopt this solution.
"We thought that if sending email was expensive, spammers would not be able to afford it," Dreymann told The Marker.
"There is a lot of interest, and in the summer we will begin marketing our product. Assuming that at present some 60 billion email messages are transmitted daily, and senders will pay 1 cent per e-mail, this is a business that will turn over a lot of money. The next stage will be activating the system among private users, mail suppliers such as Yahoo, will put stamps on the email sent by home users, so that the mail will be recognized as not being spam. Everyone will have to use it."
One place where email problems are not the primary concern are the tight, tiny confines of an airplane seat. Anyone who travels in airplanes a lot knows the feeling. Prolonged immobility in cramped conditions causes poor blood circulation as well as aches and pains. More seriously, it raises the possibility of formation of blood clots in the legs – a condition called deep vein thrombosis(DVT).
DVT, also known as the Economy Class Syndrome, affects some 2 million American airline passengers annually and causes over 2,000 deaths. The condition can become fatal when blood clots detach and reach the lungs. Smokers, pregnant women, diabetes patients, and overweight passengers face an increased risk of the DVT.
Arnold Jonas, an Israeli businessman dividing his time between Israel and California, has patented a new airplane seat, which might reduce the risks of DVT. Several airlines have expressed interest in the invention.
After suffering the discomfort of Trans-Atlantic flights every month for almost 20 years, Arnold has patented the Newsit chair. The new invention solves the problem by dividing an airline chair into two sections. The front portion enables passengers to lift their legs off the floor and to swing them, stimulating normal circulation movement. Newsit also improves sitting comfort for tall passengers and enhances sleeping conditions by providing additional 10 cm (4 inches) of leg support.
The moving part, which is button-operated, similarly to a regular seat-back, enables users
to support their legs under knees, to a desired height thus relieving legs stress and
enabling wiggling of the legs above the floor.
These effortless exercise capabilities, which give a sensation of an easy-chair, are
recommended by all experts in order to improve blood circulation in the lower legs and eliminate risk of DVT.
According to Jonas, "the idea came to me while relaxing once in a rocking chair at home, trying to relieve the pains and spasms in my legs, after a long flight and thinking of the confined cramped conditions, experienced by most air travelers."
"It got to the point, that just when I thought about the flight, I felt pain," Jonas told the Orange County Register.
In October 2000, Jonas learned that the discomfort he was feeling could be fatal.
Newspapers and television stations throughout the world carried the story of a British woman, suffering from DVT, who died of a pulmonary embolism in Heathrow shortly after a flight from Singapore.
Tinkering in his garage and traveling to Europe to talk to designers, Jonas invented and patented an airline seat that allows passengers to keep the blood pumping in their legs without taking up too much room in the already cramped rows. And the Newsit was born.
NewSit has recently won a US patent, covering the concept, technological solutions and applications. The chair has been tested by researchers from the University of California at Fullerton and by a US airline seat manufacturer.
According to the UC study, "The conclusion was drawn that NewSit represents a significant improvement over the conventional ones as it enables its occupants to sit more comfortably as well as to engage in exercises, which stimulate various groups of muscles, and promotes blood circulation thus alleviating the discomfort encountered in ordinary seats."
"NewSit allows (passengers) to wiggle (their) legs and feet in the air, which is precisely the effective way to enhance blood flow, thus eliminating DVT," wrote Dr. Hanan Lobel, a Beverly Hills cardiologist who examined the seat for Jonas' patent application.
For his prototype, Jonas purchased two chairs from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, left one as-is (for comparison's sake) and renovated the other with a movable part that passengers can pump back and forth with their calves. He is fond of demonstrating the maneuver, reclining in the chair and smiling wide.
"It's excellent. Just like a swing," the 58-year old retired writer turned inventor says. "You stay healthier, and another advantage is you have a good time."


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Home Place Restaurant in Catawba, VA
This southern-style restaurant is located in Catawba, Virginia. The building itself was built in 1907, and was originally a home to a family who ran a dairy farm. The house then sat unoccupied for several years before going up for auction in 1978. The family who bought the house began renovations two years later, and The Homeplace Restaurant was opened for business on September 17, 1982. It has been serving food family-style and all you can eat ever since. It's known and famous for a wide variety of down home southern favorites that never disappoint. The fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttermilk biscuits, and peach cobbler are the most popular items. I highly recommend that Guy and his crew come visit the amazing landmark.


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The University at Buffalo will host a Commercialization Lecture Series event on March 6 to introduce startups and entrepreneurs to Buffalo's $5 million business plan competition, 43North.
Speaking at UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, 43North Executive Director Andrew Pulkrabek will discuss the $5 million in cash prizes - including a top prize of $1 million - that will be awarded to entrepreneurs, startups and teams from around the world.
43North is one of the world's largest business idea competitions. Open to applicants in any industry, with the exception of retail and hospitality, the winners agree to operate their business in Buffalo for a minimum of one year. This initiative is part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's historic pledge of $1 billion in state funding to ignite economic growth in the Buffalo Niagara region.
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If you haven't already seen my undignified squealing on social media: I have a story up at Tor.com. It'll also be available as part of Some of the Best of Tor.com, the free ebook. It's an anticolonial fantasy about American empire-building and indigenous knowledge and landscapes that fight back.
It also has a whole fictional bibliography of nineteenth-century travel narratives, partially based on genuine imperial travel narratives. Since so many people have been clamoring for more information on this (read: since I spent a long time researching it), I thought I'd publish an annotated bibliography to accompany the story. Here's the full list of everything I cited and why: (more…)


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After 18 years living and working as an attorney in New York City, Community Board 1 member Bill Love is packing his bags to return to Virginia. Love discusses his career path, his role in community politics and his move.
You graduated from law school at the age of 50. What had you done before that?
I graduated from M.I.T. in 1965 with both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics. Then, because I had developed an interest in politics, I stayed on an extra year to get a master's degree in political science. I envisioned myself as a politically active engineer — an engineer by day and a political activist by night. It sort of worked out that way for the first two years. I entered the Peace Corps in 1966 and stayed until 1968. I taught math and physics at a secondary school in Ghana. It was one of the formative experiences of my life.
What did you do after that?
I moved to New Orleans for a job with Boeing as a research engineer in the space program. I became a volunteer social worker in one of the New Orleans housing projects. Then, in 1968 I volunteered for the Humphrey [presidential] campaign. That led me to getting involved with the Young Democrats. They were among the first — maybe the first — interracial political club in New Orleans. Maurice "Moon" Landrieu, who we supported, became mayor of New Orleans and asked me to work for his administration. I worked in city government until 1976 — and got a third master's degree, an M.B.A. from Tulane. I was a part-time student, going to school at night. I stayed in New Orleans until 1990, working as a securities broker at EF Hutton.
Did you remain active in politics?
Yes. I worked with the A.C.L.U. of Louisiana. I was treasurer and on the executive committee. I was president of the Louisiana A.C.L.U. for three years, and in the 1980's, the representative from Louisiana on the national board.
When and how did you become politically active in New York City?
From 1993 until 9/11, I wasn't really active politically with the local community. Most of my activism was with the A.C.L.U. After 9/11, there was a proposal by Gov. Pataki to put several blocks of West Street in a tunnel next to Battery Park City, and a group of residents including myself objected, formed a group called the Coalition to Save West Street and fought against the project for several years. Eventually Council Member Alan Gerson asked me to join the Community Board. I said no a couple of times, but in a moment of weakness, I said I'd do it. That was in 2004.
When you consider what you've been involved with on the Community Board, what are you most proud of?
The thing I was most proud of was the position we took on the Islamic community center. There's no way we should have dodged that issue. I think we took a very principled stand in favor of it in the face of a lot of really ugly pressure and hatred. I worked on shaping the resolution that we passed. The other thing that comes to mind is the good work that the World Trade Center Redevelopment Committee did under Catherine McVay Hughes to bring Silverstein Properties and the Port Authority together to finally reach an agreement on the development of the World Trade Center buildings. I'm also proud of helping to save the staircase at the Winter Garden.
Outside of Community Board 1, what have you done politically?
We formed a new political club early last year called Lower Manhattan Democrats. We've attracted a lot of activists from the community. We usually have monthly meetings and invite elected officials and speakers.
Being born in a small conservative, rural area of Virginia, you're obviously a maverick. What made you that way?
It was related to the Civil Rights movement when it became very obvious to me, even as a high school student, that something was wrong with the system of segregation. At the time, I was very religious and I actually took it literally and I believed that this is not the way you treat people — and then I think some of the exposure to what was going on nationwide through television had something to do with it. Seeing the mobs in Little Rock chase the black reporters down and beat them, seeing those horrible women in New Orleans who were spitting on the little black girls who were going to school, it was just very obvious that there was something wrong with that whole system.
What do you most regret about leaving here?
As with most places I leave, it's the friends I leave behind and the fact that I won't see them on a regular basis.
What will you not regret about leaving here?
I'm actually looking forward, at least initially, to a less hectic pace and to having some leisure time to read the books I always buy but never have time to read.
It's great to have Bill coming back to Virginia where our paths may cross again. He left New Orleans before I became Executive Director for the ACLU of Louisiana, but he always stayed connected and contributed to our work in protecting constitutional rights. He is a real humanitarian and has made a lasting impact for the common good.u00a0 Virginia is fortunate to get him back in our midst during his golden years.
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Katie Douglas gets the new A Play, A Pie & A Pint season at the Traverse off to a meaty start with her tight and emotionally-charged short play Dig, a character-driven piece directed by George Perrin which unearths how pride can be the most crippling sin of all.
In this co-production by Glasgow's Òran Mór and new writing company Paines Plough, the lens is zoomed in on the strained relationship between unemployed Tommy (Stewart Porter) and his wife Brenda (Louise Ludgate). Sitting on his throne-like armchair, Tommy wrestles with his desire to protect his home and family, whilst never quite managing to find a job which meets his standards. When his estranged brother Dean (Simon Macallum) arrives bearing a peace offering, Tommy's defiant moral stance is put under strain, and threatens to finally break.
Dig has a realistic and sympathetic tone, with Douglas refusing to take sides in the conflicts which develop. Porter's portrayal of the embittered Tommy is convincing; as is Ludgate's turn as his beleaguered wife: each evoke pity and compassion in equal measure, with Porter's sympathetic portrayal of Tommy's journey handled particularly well.
As it builds to its powerful conclusion, Dig deftly uncovers the emotions which lie hidden beneath the surface of our everyday lives; and the hope which can often be found growing there.
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The purpose of the PNWCA is to further the theoretical, practical, and political interests of writing center professionals, and to encourage dialogue about writing and learning among students, faculty and staff. Membership includes writing center staff from Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington and the Yukon.
Founded and affiliated with the International Writing Centers Association in 2004, the PNWCA and its officers truly wish to represent the needs unique to writing centers in our North American geographical region.
If you're a writing center professional from the region--and, yes, that includes writing tutors, consultants, assistants, and graduate teaching assistants--then we invite you to create an account, explore this site's resources, ask questions, and join conversations.
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I would like to discuss the following questions with PNWCA with the goal of supporting graduate students' academic writing in the Pacific North West region: What are the current writing support available for graduate students in the Pacific North West region?; What are the names of different graduate writing centers in the Pacific North West region?; Are there any association among graduate writing centers in the Pacific North West region?; How can we facilitate graduate students' writing (research paper, dissertation, research proposal, conference presentation, and poster presentation) in
Piecing it Together
Making, Tinkering, and DIY in our Colleges
TYCA-PNW & Pacific Northwest Writing Center Association
Joint Annual Conference
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October 25-26, 2013
Seattle, WA
Extended Proposal Deadline: July 12, 2013
Keynote Speaker
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We may witness DIY (Do-It-Yourself) culture all around us as part of a larger shift towards producing rather than consuming: urban homesteaders with chicken coops on their tiny back porches; fan art or mashups that reimagine or pay homage to subcultural icons; Kickstarter campaigns that utilize grassroots community support to fund art and invention; and the resurgence of arts and crafts culture that celebrates a renaissance of all things handmade.
Along with the shift towards a culture of production, comes a shift in mindset:
The critical question at the heart of our 2013 conference is:
How do we see ourselves practicing the DIY maker mindset in our institutions, classrooms, and writing centers? In what ways are we making new and innovative things out of existing space, place, pedagogy, and objects?
Proposals are invited, but not required, to respond to any of the following sub-questions:
Submit proposals via the web form below by 12 midnight, July 12th, 2013.
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Spicy, Chocolate, and Cookies all in one SIGN ME UP!!!!
I recently got this recipe from Master baker Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts. The original cookie recipe is from Maida's friend from Guatemala. The great thing about icebox cookies is that you can always prepare them and leave them in the freezer until needed. Saving time while baking is one of the best things .
These deep chocolate, crispy cookies are a great addition in to your typical cookie tray. They literally spice up the party. The great thing about these Mexican cookies is the heat from the warm spices doesn't hit until after you swallow. The taste buds kick in in overtime and you really get a nice sensation in your mouth, just enough spice to make you want more . By all means you can lower the amount of spice, but thats not fun.
Icebox Cookies simply mean, its a type of cookie where the dough is formed and chilled before being sliced and baked.
1 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Generous pinch of finely ground black pepper
Generous pinch of cayenne
3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 1/2 ( 6ozs) sticks of butter (room tempearture)
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg (room temparture)
1 cup granulated sugar
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Lightly flour work surface. Turn the dough out to space, lightly flour hands and with your hands, shape the dough into a cylinder about 10 incges long and about 2inches in diameter. Wrap the cylinder of dough in wax paper and place in the freezer until firm. It can also be kept frozen until you're ready to bake. Before baking adjust two racks to divide the oven into thirds and preheat to 375 degrees.
Unwrap the dough and with a sharp knife cut into slcies 1/4 thick. place the slices about 2inches apart on ungreased baking pans. Bake 10-11 minutes, reversing the pans top to bottom and front to bake once during baking. The cookies are done when they feel almost firm to touch. let them cool for a few seconds on the pans, remove and transfer to racks to cool, store airtight. Makes 30-40


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The Grayson County Department of Juvenile Services is currently seeking candidates for two positions. If you are interested in becoming a Juvenile Supervision Officer or Adolescent Counselor within our department please visit www.co.grayson.tx.us, click on view job postings, and submit an application with the Human Resources Department.
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Tiny House Project 2015
The Grayson County Juvenile Services received TJJD matching funds to allow us to develop our Vocational Educational Cooperative. The first project will be the construction of a "Tiny House." These are similar to ones found in Travis County at Community First! Village. The department will utilize two proven curriculum and planning tools. First, Case managers and contract teachers will utilize Realityworks Business Education Simulation Curriculum which will provide students knowledge and skills regarding production, competition, finance, job readiness and career building. Realityworks is well known for Baby Think it Over as well as their simulated welding/training tools and curriculum. (Grayson County has purchased both the Baby Think It Over and welding simulation through earlier TJJD grants.) The second stage utilizes Tiny House Design and Construction, by Dan Louche. The Department shall employee a part-time Construction Superintendent (jack of all trades) to teach skills including design, framing, roofing, plumbing, electrical, siding installation and other vocational skills needed to construct each tiny house. The project will end with each student developing a resume and job application showing their summer work and skills developed. Lastly, the Tiny Houses will be the beginning of our village developed for parents and placement officers' short term stays.
Each house costs approximately $15,000. Tools, staffing and curriculum will be purchased from the Grayson County General Fund. We appreciate the financial support from Grayson County Commissioners Court and TJJD to start the project.


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Hot Spot axed from Ashes series
Hot Spot will not be available to third umpires during the Ashes in Australia after Channel Nine chose to remove the technology. Decisions will now be subject to analysis by the Eagle Eye ball-tracker, audio from the stump microphones and slow-motion replays in case of a review.
Warren Brennan, the inventor of Hot Spot confirmed the development, saying the decision had been finalised as far as the use of technology was concerned. "It's their decision and that's what has been communicated to us. As far as I'm concerned, it is final,'' Brennan told the Sydney Morning Herald. ''We're just moving on with things. Channel Nine have got a new deal with Cricket Australia, which I know has cost them a lot more money. I gather there had to be some restructuring of costs.''
The costs of installing Hot Spot are around Aus $10,000 a day for a four-camera system installed by Nine, which uses infra-red imaging to determine contact between the ball, bat or pad - that puts the series cost of Hot Spot at approximately Aus $250,000. While the cost was a major determinant, the poor performance of the technology, especially during the Ashes in England, earlier this year was also a factor.
Hot Spot came under criticism during the Ashes series for various reasons, including the silicon-tape controversy. Before the fourth Test in Durham, a Channel Nine report alleged that a few England batsmen used silicon tape on the edge of their bats to evade Hot Spot - charges that were denied by England captain Alastair Cook and the ECB. Brennan released a statement and called for protective coatings to be removed from bats.
He conceded that these issues were a factor in Channel Nine's decision to axe Hot Spot, and reiterated his claim of bat coatings hampering the effectiveness of the system. "The point that I was trying to make was that it does significantly affect us,'' he said. ''The testing that we've done, and I haven't released that testing yet, is that when the coatings are on it does affect the Hot Spot signature."
Brennan expressed his disappointment at Cricket Australia's refusal to intervene, or to subsidise the cost of the technology. "I don't have a beef with Channel Nine,'' Brennan said. ''The disappointing thing for us is that Cricket Australia didn't engage at all with us to try and come on board and help with this situation. They just said, 'No, it's got nothing to do with us. It's Channel Nine's responsibility.' What's disappointing is we work in four countries at the moment - well, until recently. Cricket Australia is the only body that doesn't contribute to our costs for the DRS components.
"New Zealand contribute directly to us, the ECB contribute and also South Africa. My only beef is with Cricket Australia because we tried to engage with them several weeks ago and they refused. We need to continue to invest and improve the product so that everybody thinks it's getting better. If bodies like Cricket Australia won't come on board and contribute to that, there's not really any point in us continuing.''


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Hello, my name is Giampiero, I am italian living in Berlin.
I will be in Budapest from 10th to 18th December.
I saw there is an Internations event on Thursday that I will try to attend unless I have to go to a work dinner (I am there for training).
Other than this, I would appreciate if someone could kindly suggest what to do at the weekends, nice bar and disco with nice people, restaurants, etc.
Thanks a lot and looking forward to discover Budapest and its nice people!


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South Africa Launches AIDS Vaccine Trial
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – South Africa launched clinical trials of the first AIDS vaccine created by a developing country Monday, as its own scientists overcame deep skepticism from political leaders who had shocked the world with their unscientific pronouncements about the disease.
The new vaccine targets the specific HIV strain that has ravaged South Africa's people and produced the worst AIDS epidemic in the world.
"It has been a very, very hard journey," lead scientist Professor Anna-Lise Williamson of the University of Cape Town said at Monday's ceremony, attended by American health officials who gave technical help and manufactured the vaccine at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
During nearly 10 years of denial and neglect, South Africa developed a staggering AIDS crisis. Around 5.2 million South Africans were living with HIV last year — the highest number of any country in the world. Young women are hardest hit, with one-third of those aged 20-to-34 infected with the virus.
Williamson said she sees no choice for South Africa, at the heart of the epidemic, but to press ahead with trials to test the safety of the vaccine in humans.
"We have got the biggest ARV (anti-retroviral) rollout in the world and still hundreds of people are dying every day and getting infected everyday," she said.
At a ceremony in Cape Town's Crossroads shantytown, one of the first of 36 healthy volunteers was injected Monday before officials and journalists.
The same vaccine is being tested at a trial of 12 volunteers in Boston that began earlier this year, said Anthony Mbewu, president of South Africa's government-supported Medical Research Council that shepherded the project.
The trial may have been started in the U.S. to allay any criticism that the United States was collaborating in an AIDS vaccine that would use Africans as guinea pigs.
"It is being very well tolerated, no adverse events, so it is going very well," Williamson said.
The government decided it was important to develop a vaccine specifically for the HIV subtype C strain that is prevalent in southern Africa "and to ensure that once developed, it would be available at an affordable price," Mbewu said.
South Africa was the site of the biggest setback to AIDS vaccine research, when the most promising vaccine ever, produced by Merck & Co. and tested here in 2007, found that people who got the vaccine were more likely to contract HIV than those who did not.
Some 250 scientists and technicians worked on the latest vaccine project, along the way gaining scores of doctorates and producing work for professional publications as well as a model for biotechnology development in South Africa.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and a leading AIDS researcher, said the South African scientists received more money from his institute's research fund than any others in the world except the U.S.
He called it "the most important AIDS research partnership in the world."
But he warned "There are extraordinary challenges ahead," referring to the years of testing needed now that South Africa has reached the clinical trial stage.
Fauci said scientists do not understand why the search for an AIDS vaccine is so difficult, except that they are trying to do better than nature: "We have to develop a vaccine that does better even than natural protection."
At an international AIDS conference in Cape Town, Vice President Kgalema Motlanthe emphasized Sunday night that the clinical trials were being held "under strict ethical rules."
The field of AIDS vaccine research is so filled with disappointments some activists are questioning the wisdom of continuing such expensive investments, saying the money might be better spent on prevention and education.
Mbewu said the crisis in South Africa, where "we have the biggest problem" in the world, more than justifies the expenditure. AIDS strikes men and women alike in Africa, where the epidemic is fueled by the many people who have sex with several people at the same time.
In the 1990s, South Africa's then-President Thabo Mbeki denied the link between HIV and AIDS, and his health minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, mistrusted conventional anti-AIDS drugs and made the country a laughing stock trying to promote beets and lemon as AIDS remedies.
Williamson, a virologist, said the scientists had to fight constant controversy, including international organizations that tried to stop the state utility Eskom from funding the project. Eskom gave "huge amounts," regardless, she said.
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Even her research director told her she was wasting her time.
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101 Water Street, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, C1N, Canada
101 Water StreetBishop's Machine Shop
The modest building at 101 Water Street with gable roof and wood shingled exterior houses a unique collection of lathes and milling tools of an old fashioned machine shop. It is the only surviving structure of what was once a group of buildings that comprised the thriving industry of Bishop's Foundry. The registration includes the building and its lot.
The Bishop's Machine Shop has significant heritage value as a remnant of a metalworking business that employed four generations of men from the Bishop family. The foundry buildings which once stood between King and Autumn Streets where they meet busy Water Street were in the midst of an early industrial area of the town. Once part of a much larger industrial complex, the building lends an important historical context and heritage value to the Water and Autumn streetscapes. Now restored for interpretation activities, it provides a window on the heritage of small manufacturing in Prince Edward Island history.
Blacksmith, George Bishop, who had learned the trade from his father, Elias Bishop, purchased the land in 1873. Around 1876, he built a foundry for the manufacture of farming implements. The buildings were constructed to surround an inner courtyard where scrap metal was heaped. Operating under the name of Bishop's Foundry, the business turned out hundreds of plows and other agricultural implements along with mill supplies. The building that became the machine shop was originally used as a blacksmith shop and later as a stock room, the machining being done in the larger building which ran parallel to Water Street.
Two of George's sons, Elias and Thomas, became involved in the foundry and were assisted over the years by local hired labourers. George Bishop and Sons Ltd. directed advertising to farmers and fishermen and had customers from almost every community in western Prince Edward Island. In 1935, the Bishop brothers divided the business. Elias assumed ownership of the foundry, but ill health forced him to retire around 1946. The foundry was rented out until 1948 and demolished sometime in the 1950s when the property on which it stood was sold. Thomas took charge of the machine shop and built an annex with a second-storey office space on the back of the original building. Thomas Bishop used his beginning capital to clean and rewire the "old shop" as well as to acquire some new equipment.
His only son Ralph, who had been training as a machinist, joined the army in 1942. Upon his discharge in 1946, he was thirty-six years of age and resumed work with his father, becoming a formal partner two years later. Thomas H. Bishop and Son considered their principal service to be repairs on motorboat equipment and farm machinery. The tags used to identify a customer's ownership of a piece of metal or equipment listed mill works, motor boat(s) and equipment, agricultural implements, saw mandrels, pump jacks and special machinery.
When Thomas Bishop passed away in 1958, Ralph became the sole owner. He retired in the mid 1970s, but continued to visit the shop, performing the occasional odd job. When he died in 1996 at the age of 86, his estate passed to his niece who sold the Water Street property to the City of Summerside to be preserved as part of the community's rich history.
Source: City of Summerside, Heritage Property Profile
The heritage value of the building is shown in the following character-defining elements:
- the foundation of timber beams supported by stone- the plain one-and-a half storey wooden construction with gable roof- the brick chimney- the cedar shingles on the roof and exterior walls- the small recesses in the walls that resemble trap doors which were cut out to allow for work on large pieces that would not otherwise fit in the shop- the placement of the windows and doors- the continuing contribution of the building to its streetscape and as a place of historical interpretation
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From Middle French apointement (French appointement). See appoint.
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/
- (Southern American English) IPA(key): /əˈpɔɪnt.mɪnt/, [əˈpʰɔɪ̯nʔmɪnʔ], [əˈpʰɔɪ̯̃ʔmɪnʔ]
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appointment (plural appointments)
- The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.
- He erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
- The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
- the appointment of treasurer
- Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.
- They made an appointment to meet at six.
- I'm leaving work early because I have a doctor's appointment.
- Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
- To submit to the divine appointments.
- According to the appointment of the priests. (Can we date this quote by Bible?) Ezra vi. 9.
- (law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
- (government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
- (now in the plural) Equipment, furniture.
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- The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.
- 1910, Saki, 'The Soul of Laploshka', Reginald in Russia:
- (US) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college
- to have an appointment
- (act of appointing): dismissal
act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office
state of being appointed
stipulation; agreement
arrangement for a meeting; an engagement
law: exercise of the power of designating a person to enjoy a specific property
assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty
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A selection of your opinions from this week's Gazette
Councillors must undergo checks
The report on the proposal by Hertfordshire Constabulary to introduce polygraph tests for suspected paedophiles (Gazette, May 28) has to be welcomed.
However, this action, in itself, needs to be just one initiative within a wider menu designed to identify individuals or groups who are a risk to children.
The community need to know what other public bodies are doing to protect vulnerable people. All of which asks a serious question of Tory controlled Dacorum Borough Council. Two years ago, one of the leading Tory Borough and County Councillors, Stephen Holmes, was convicted of having 400,000 indecent images on his computer.
He quickly resigned his seats on both councils.
The added irony was that he was the county's lead councillor for child protection.
The situation is all the more serious, as we are now aware of the revelations about Jimmy Savile, and others.
Proper control measures need to be put in place to provide assurance to the public.
I am now asking that the borough council require all councillors to agree to checks under the Disclosure And Barring Service.
Every decent councillor will have nothing to fear, but in the spirit of openness the name of any councillor who refuses to undergo a check should be made public. I am sure the public will wish to see these checks put in place with no further delay.
Paul Eastwood
Address supplied
town pride
Hemel Hempstead dying of boredom
Open letter to Andrew Williams, leader of Dacorum Borough Council, I have lived in Hemel Hempstead all my life and I feel I have to let you know how disappointed I am with the town centre and the surrounding areas.
Everytime I go into the town another shop is either closing down or has gone we have too many pound shops, pubs, bookies and pawn shops only helping people get further into debt, virtually no facilities to have a good evening out as a family or with friends, the old pavilion site which we were promised 'would NOT be left empty' still is, this would be a good place to have something like a bowling alley with a small cinema above it creating jobs and somewhere to have an evening out.
This town is slowly dying of boredom. To have any fun now you need to go out of Hemel to Watford or St Albans which costs money to get to and from which could be spent on a good night out in Hemel.
The old nightclub would be great as a comedy club bringing people into the town, a lot could be done to make this town more people friendly.
I would be interested to hear your views on my comments.
June Rand
Hemel Hempstead
Thanks for your kind donations
Thanks to Tesco kindly allowing the RNLI to collect outside their Tring store for three days last week a quite wonderful £1,401 was donated by customers to this wonderful charity.
The Tring branch is very fortunate in having so many volunteers to man the buckets and put on the yellow outfits but it is the generosity of local residents who yet again have dug deep into their pockets to help the furthest inland branch in the country raise such an impressive total.
The next fundraising event of the Tring branch of the RNLI will be Bly, Brass & Blues – A Family Fun Afternoon on Sunday July 13 in Pound Meadow.
There will be a brass band, Shufflepack and John Bly, the
branch president, hosting an Antiques Roadshow. Tring Brewery is running the bar and a barbecue and other children's activities will be on hand during the afternoon. More details can be obtained from Tony Wheeler on 01442 382527.
Lisa Cooper
Lisa Cooper
elderly care
Putting the care into care homes
After the recent stories of elderly residents being mistreated in care homes, I thought I would put the other side of the story.
My Mum recently passed away in Lime Tree Manor care home in Adeyfield, having lived there since November.
The standard of care my Mum received was superb. The staff took the time to get to know her as a person and treated her with dignity and respect, showing genuine warmth and affection towards her.
She would have a chat and a laugh with her young carers and became very fond them.
When she became ill, the staff did everything possible so that Mum could stay at Lime Tree Manor, rather than be admitted to hospital, even though she needed constant care.
I have been at the care home at all times of the day and night and have seen nothing but wonderful care and kindness.
The staff also looked after me and my family when we visited, providing comfort, support and endless cups of tea!
Knowing that Mum was so well cared for has been a great comfort to us and we would like to publicly thank the manager and all her staff.
Jenny Hicks
St Albans
old town parking
Council's behaviour is a real eye-opener
I have just seen the excellent article on the parking confusion in the Old Town High Street.
The responsibility for this is Hertfordshire County Council, it is it which designed the road layout and signage.
Its position is that there are two signs at the entrance to the High Street and these state that there is no parking EXCEPT where there are signs to say you can park.
Now I am someone who drives up the High Street at least once a day, and I tend to look out for pedestrians and other traffic, it is not possible to stop and read these signs.
I put up the friendly notices to try and stop the totally unnecessary stress and fines that motorists would incur, I heard the arguments, now someone has taken the signs down!
I have all the all the emails so I can prove the council is fully aware of this.
The other major issue is that the signage into St Mary's square implies it is totally disabled parking, but in fact there are only a few disabled spaces.
The issues with the High Street have been a real eye-opener with respect to the way county councils behave.
Let us not forget that this is the 21st Century and we are a G8 country, and the local authority cannot even get parking signs correct.
Dr Howard Koch
Business owner., chairman & PPC UKIP Hemel Hempstead
Howard Koch
Hemel business owner & chairman & PPC UKIP Hemel
Old town parking
Parking situation is simply pathetic
I drove to the Old Town for the first time yesterday since it reopened, and looked for somewhere 'short term' to park while I got a haircut.
There were no road markings (yellow lines etc), but there were tall poles with blue-coloured parking texts along the side of the road – plenty of them, so I pulled in to read them properly and make sense of them.
I had missed the convenient on-road location (I had stopped in a 'goods vehicles only' spot) and would have had to back up, so instead I went on, and into the familiar little car park by the Volunteer Bureau.
Here again I was confronted by confusing signage. On either side, it seemed that there were two 'disabled' spots, but that the rest of the spaces were OK.
A guy wearing a contractor's yellow waistcoat wandered up, answered another person's query, and so I asked him if I was OK where I had parked. He said 'yes', but drew my attention to the gold-coloured metal dots – like large coins – set into the paving apparently to delineate parking spaces – which I had simply not noticed, and which were certainly not easy to spot!
I adjusted my car's positioning between the 'dotted lines', and went off to get my hair cut.
When I came back, I found I had a parking ticket – apparently for parking in a 'disabled' space!
The enforcement officer was still around, so I challenged him, and was joined by a 'local' who agreed with me that the signage was chaotic.
I wondered how the office knew it was a 'disabled' space when I didn't, and nor, apparently, did the helpful contractor guy?
He advised me to challenge the ticket, which I will certainly do!
How come Dacorum Borough Council has got such as basic requirement for a shopping street so dramatically wrong?
It's pathetic!
Ann Hirst-Smith
Address supplied
town pride
Letters row like bickering children
In response to Mr Bowen, Letters last week, headed: 'WITH FAME COMES RESPONSIBILTY'.
Dear Sir, Dick, my dad's bigger than your dad! See you in the playground.
John Waller
dog fouling
Doo poo is not a tree decoration!
The Box Moor Trust is linking with a national campaign to encourage all dog owners to clean up after their pets on the land and to dispose of the faeces in a bin and not as decoration to a nearby hedge or tree.
Recent studies and news coverage have highlighted how parasites found in some dog faeces, which is then eaten or passed onto the livestock, can result in the abortions of cattle and death in sheep with several reports in this country over recent months.
Dog mess can cause very serious ill effects in cattle and sheep and the Trust would urge people to clean up after their dogs.
Dog owners should also be mindful that dogs can cause considerable distress to pregnant animals or cows and sheep with lambs and calves, so they should be kept under control on a lead or avoided all together, both for the protection of the livestock and themselves and their dog.
The vast majority of dog-owners are responsible people but there is a small minority who let their dogs roam freely on farmland and refuse to pick up litter despite the very serious health problems it can cause livestock.
Please remember that the livestock are not pets and should not be approached, stroked or fed.
It is always best to admire them from a distance and then everyone is happy.
For further information visit www.boxmoortrust.org.uk
Ian Richardson
Manager at Box Moor Trust Hemel Hempstead


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In addition to Mass Effect 3 action figures bringing bonus content to BioWare's next title, the Dark Horse-published Art of the Mass Effect 3 Universe book includes in-game bonuses. Readers will earn themselves a DLC code for The Collector Assault Rifle, which also came as a bonus in the Mass Effect 2 Collector's Edition.
You can only score this PC- and Xbox 360-exclusive weapon (and other unspecified content) by pre-ordering The Art of the Mass Effect Universe from Barnes & Noble before February 20. Early buyers will receive a redemption code via email for claiming on Social.BioWare.com/redeem. PS3 owners won't be able to take advantage of this offer.
Barnes & Noble have the hardcover 184-page book priced at just under USD $27 - down from the USD $39.99 list price. It features "concept art and commentary by BioWare on the games, characters, locations, vehicles, weapons, and more."
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Odd as it may seem, an Eastern state like New Hampshire has a real stake in the Western mining law reform movement now under way in Washington, D.C. While mining is no longer a big industry in the Granite State, the price of long-outdated policies governing mining on public lands has been felt in New Hampshire and the rest of the country. New Hampshire -- and all states -- stand to benefit if genuine reforms clean up mining on public lands and protect taxpayers from a new legacy of mining problems.
It all started in 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant signed a law aimed at populating the West by opening up public lands to explorers seeking gold, silver and other valuable "hardrock" minerals. Pioneers could stake a claim, work the property and take outright ownership of public land for no more than $5 per acre. Unlike oil, gas and coal industries that have been compensating taxpayers for decades for resources taken from public lands, miners then -- and now -- pay no royalties to the treasury.
The mining industry also enjoys unfettered access to many Western public lands -- even when valuable fish and wildlife habitat is threatened or pristine landscapes marred. The federal government estimates hardrock mining has contaminated more than 40 percent of Western watersheds and handed all of us a cleanup bill that could total $50 billion or more.
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Just across our border, the Elizabeth Copper Mine, closed in 1958, "left behind 47 acres of tailings, heap leach piles, waste rock, two large open cuts, several ore processing buildings and almost a mile of underground workings," according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Acid mine drainage still pollutes a tributary of the Connecticut River.
Past mistakes may soon be repeated. According to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, our public lands are in the midst of a mining rush. From 2003 to mid-2007, there has been an 80 percent increase in new mining claims on Western lands, many of which lie within a stone's throw of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite National Park and other national treasures that belong to all of us.
With support from both New Hampshire representatives in Congress, the U.S. House passed an important bipartisan reform bill last year, which updated the Civil War-era statute and provided key protections for taxpayers and the environment. But the measure still faces a tough test in the Senate, where allies of the metals mining industry could weaken its environmental and taxpayer safeguards.
Our U.S. senators, Judd Gregg and John Sununu, can play an important role as leaders in protecting the environment and taxpayers from paying the steep price of future, costly mine clean-ups. Genuine reform should set a royalty for all metal mines on public lands — comparable to that paid by oil, gas and coal industries. The royalty should apply to both current and future mining operations and should be based on gross revenues, not a scheme that could allow for manipulation. It's not only a fair practice but one that could add precious new funds for cleanup and potentially reduce competition among many states, including ours, for scarce Superfund money.
Real reform also means protecting the national parks, monuments and forests that belong to all Americans. New rules must be established to keep our natural treasures from the harmful impact of mining so that they are preserved for future generations to enjoy.
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So, the surprise is not that someone would say that Imperial's water will end up in Vegas. The surprises are the how people say things and react to each other. The Imperial Valley Press had this:
it came as no surprise to Brawley-area farmer John Benson that Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman holds his city's water needs higher than the Valley's.No water left in Imperial? That sounds like an excellent idea -- especially if the water can be used in much more valuable ways (e.g., casinos and landscaping) instead of cow food.
Goodman was quoted as saying no one would allow Vegas to dry up.
"The Imperial Valley farmers will have their fields go fallow before our spigots run dry," Goodman said at a news conference last week.
"I understand that Mr. Goodman has made a political career of outrageous statements," said Benson, who is farming and fallowing some of his fields. "If he wants to make flippant statements, more power to him. But it's meaningless."
Benson, also a Brawley city councilman, said it isn't the first time the Imperial Valley agricultural industry has been insulted.
Water use is an ongoing battle between agriculture and urban users, he said, as evidenced by a claim a San Diego newspaper made in 1983 about water being used for cattle feed.
"They said that we should not be able to use water except on human food. But alfalfa becomes human food when it goes through a cow," Benson said.
Nicole Rothfleisch, director of the Imperial County Farm Bureau, said Goodman's words were "fighting words."
The suggestion that food produced by local farms is less valuable than Las Vegas' water need is incomprehensible, Rothfleisch said.
"What does Las Vegas want the water for … casinos and landscaping? That's hardly a justifiable use for a commodity as precious as water," Rothfleisch said.
"If the Valley is looked at as the sole means of these urban areas continuing to grow their populations and economies, then at what point are they satisfied? If you carry that line of thinking out to its logical conclusion there will be no water left in the Imperial Valley," Kelley said.
The Desert Sun has much of the same story, with a nice comment on food-nationlism:
Westmorland farmer Al Kalin understands the Las Vegas area is growing rapidly, and is short of water. "But we need it to feed the nation," he said. "I don't think we want to bring in all our food from overseas, like we do our fuel."According to California's Farm Bureau and Department of Food and Agriculture, Imperial Valley produces total agricultural value of $1.3 billion -- four percent of California's agricultural output and about one-half percent of the nation's agricultural output. Imperial's top "crops" are cattle, alfalfa and carrots.
Contrast these number to total personal income in Las Vegas ($70 billion; gambling revenue -- a different measure -- is $11 billion) and then remember that all of Southern Nevada (including Vegas) uses about 20 percent of the water that Imperial uses.
Bottom Line: Imperial Valley is certainly not maximizing the value of water. Farming in the desert is probably not a good idea when precious water could go to people in the desert. Don't take away the water, but let farmers sell their water to cities. It's a win-win-win for the farmers, the cities and Mother Nature.


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David Carlick, president of the much ballyhooed start-up ad service PowerAgent, told Advertising Age that a meeting on the 15th with investors would determine whether the venture survives the week. The original group of funders, none of whom could be reached for comment, are hesitating to meet a planned third $20 million round of financing, Mr. Carlick said.
The news surprised many observers, coming only five weeks after the company's debut and a few weeks before the service is schedule to go live.
The online marketing industry has watched PowerAgent with interest both due to its executives' high-power reputations -- Mr. Carlick launched both DoubleClick and Poppe Tyson's interactive division -- and to see the fate of the company's risky 1:1 marketing model.
The company aims to register large numbers of consumers who seek commercial discounts on particular products, while delivering advertisers highly qualified sales leads. Since the company's Aug. 4 press debut, nearly 6,000 people have pre-registered, Mr. Carlick said. The service is scheduled to launch in October.
"If we don't obtain new funds Monday, we'll either have to drastically reduce the size of the company while we seek funding or potentially close the company," he said in a weekend interview.
PowerAgent employs 66, Mr. Carlick said, nearly half of whom are in sales. The company's biggest expense is paying external software developers to build the complex ad targeting system, he said.
"From the board's and the investors' point of view, the company missed [its] original ship date, which was going to be in June but was moved back to October," Mr. Carlick said. "That was an expensive delay. It cost several million dollars ..."
Mr. Carlick said he is hopeful for a last-minute offer today from an "angel" investor who entered negotiations after Mr. Carlick publicly appealed for help at a Silicon Valley investors conference last week.
Bill Bass, an analyst with Forrester Research, said it was a risky, if promising, idea all along. Soon after Mr. Carlick joined PowerAgent five months ago, he told Mr. Bass, "We're taking the 'Challenger Strategy': It will either be a spectacular success or a spectacular failure," Mr. Bass recalled.
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Karin-Chii: Hello guys! This is Karin-Chii writing her second story! I looked through many stories from the section "Absolute Boyfriend", but to my disappointment, many of them weren't about Riiko Izawa, Night Tenjo, or Soushi Asamoto. (tears) I know many of you, like me, wants to read something about them. Therefore, I decided to make a story continuing Absolute Boyfriend! (cheers!) To start off, for those who haven't read the manga, here's a short summary I got off of wiki!
Wikipedia: Riiko Izawa has never had a boyfriend and she has been rejected by every boy she has ever had a crush on. When she returns a lost cell phone to an oddly dressed salesman, she mentions wanting a boyfriend. To thank her, he directs her to his company's website, Kronos Heaven. When she visits the site, Riiko finds it's a site to create your perfect lover. Thinking it's a game, she customizes and accidentally orders one. The next day, her new lover arrives. Following the instruction manual, she kisses him to wake him up and configures him to be in love with only her. She names him "Night." Three days later, she is shocked to learn that she only had him for a free trial for 72 hours. The salesman, Gaku Namikiri, tells her that she must now pay 100,000,000 yen for Night, however, they will waive the fee if she helps them to collect data about how women think and feel to help perfect future models.
Riiko must now keep Night's true nature a secret from everyone around her. She also soon finds herself in a love triangle between Night and her childhood friend Soshi, who declares his love for her out of fear he will lose her. As the series progresses, Night begins to develop real human emotions, enabling him to truly love Riiko but also resulting in system malfunctions. When Riiko almost loses Night due to the malfunctions, she realizes that he is the one she really loves. She apologizes to Soshi, who moves to Spain with his brother to live with their dad. Night and Riiko spend a few happy weeks together, during which they go on dates, get their picture taken together, and purchase matching rings as symbols of their undying love.
As the series ends, Night begins to grow sleepier and sleepier. The problems developed by him exceeding his abilities eventually causes his machinery to stop working, resulting in his "death". Before he died, he wrote a letter directed to Soshi telling him what was happening and asking him to take care of Riiko. He also sends his ring, which Riiko noticed he has not been wearing immediately prior to his death. In the letter he tells Riiko that she doesn't have to cry for him any more. Riiko then smiles through her tears and forever treasures the ring, picture and her memories of Night - her first love, and eternal boyfriend.
Karin-Chii: Well, without further ado, let's begin! This story is purely created for fanfiction, please do not use it for your own personal use, or reuse without permission. Thank you very muchie! :3
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It's been exactly 10 years since I last saw Night. I remember that day, he handed our relationship to Soushi, believing that I would be better off with Soushi than waiting for him to return. Sometimes I would tell myself that it's already far enough to fall in love with a robot, and that I should be happy with Soushi right now. But deep down inside, I know I am not fine with just Soushi, I need him back in my life. Night Tenjo, that idiot who fell into "deep, deep sleep" without even telling me.
I am Riiko Izawa, currently 26, I been in relationship with Soushi Asamoto for exactly 10 years, and it has also been 10 years since Night Tenjo's "deep sleep". So many things had happened since 10 years ago that I didn't know how to accept all those changes. My grades became the highest of the whole school, was accepted to the number one college in Tokyo, Japan. And now planning to head into the career of doctor, studying, hoping to find a way to save Night. I had never given up hopes of him waking up one day, nor am I giving up hopes of fixing him. I know one day with the technologies we have, we will be able to fix any robots.
Of course, Soushi had asked me many times about marriage, though I know that I'm already at the age of getting married. I wasn't sure if I should marry Soushi. Even though we been in a relationship for 10 years, and he's been chasing after me for countless years, deep down I'm still waiting for Night's awakening. Thinking that one day he will just wake up and ask me to marry him.
I denied many of Soushi's proposal, no matter how fancy or sweet it is. Sometimes my friends said I was stupid. A smart, gentle, generous, cute-looking, understanding, kind guy like him, why would anyone deny his proposal. And for sure if I tell them that I am waiting for a robot to come back alive, they would think I'm a going crazy.
11 P.M, as normal, Soushi would call me to check up on me, and talk to me.
"Hey Riiko,"
"Hi Soushi,"
"So how's your day Riiko hon'?"
"It's okay I guess, how about you?"
"Oh, it's okay too. I miss you a lot though during work."
"You should head to sleep early today then, talk to me tomorrow?"
"Nahh, its fine, even though work is sure hard, but then thinking about you tends to keep me off of the tiredness"
"Ahaha, but seriously, I don't want you to get too worked up each day just because of me."
"It's alright, I just wish that you wouldn't move that far just to go to college."
"I have to, they have the best medical technology here, and…."
"I know, its about him right?"
"Mmhm, sorry Soushi, I didn't mean to…."
"Its fine, I'm completely alright with it, I know that you still haven't got over him yet, and although we're already together, I will still wait for you, kay?"
"Thanks Soushi,"
"No problem, anything for you."
"Soushi," I paused,
"have you ever regretted…." I began to feel bad for him as I spoke out again, trying to put the words together, "..being my boyfriend?"
"No, why should I?"
"I mean I never really said the words like 'I love you' or anything similar to that."
Soushi laughed a bit, "Heh, silly girl, I would never regret being with you or waiting for you. I think that's just a part of life, waiting for someone you love to decide to love you back."
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As I walked down the hallway of the crowded school, I spotted Jenne, my best friend who's planning to become a doctor just like me.
"Hey Jenne!"
"Oh hi Riiko! What you doing here so early?"
"Oh, I wanted to check out the technology lab as usual, and you?"
"Oh, I was just walking Kyo to his class."
"Aww, how cute."
"Be…be quite…we're just friends!"
"I see that friends apparently walk each other to classes this early in the morning."
"Fine….I kinda sorta like him…"
"How long ago did this began?"
"Well, I met him while I was heading to the parking lot, and I guess while going down the elevator something sparkled."
"Planning to confess then?"
"Ahahaha, I don't know yet, maybe when I am ready…how about you huh? When are you going to accept Soushi's confession?"
"I….I'm not sure.."
"Its already been 10 years since you guys are together! Com'on Riiko! Get yourself together and accept his proposal already!"
"Maybe, I will think about it, anyways I needa go before my first class starts! I really wanna hang in the technology lab for a while before heading to class."
"Yes ma'm! See you around then Riiko. Remember about lunch today!"
"Kay, bye!" I dashed down the hallway. Suddenly, as I turned, I accidentally bumped into someone and fell, dropping all my textbook and folders everywhere.
"I'm so sorry!" I quickly bend down and begin picking up the stuff I dropped.
"It's alright, here let me help" he began picking up books.
"No, its okay, I got it." I looked up and there it was, those blonde hair with black highlights. I froze right there, couldn't believe my eyes. Was I seeing things? Those blue eyes, those lips, they were the exact same thing. He finished picking up the rest and helped me got up. I couldn't stop glancing at him, it's just that they share too much resemblance that I can't bear to resist him.
"Here's your books." As he handed me the books and got me back to reality.
"Thanks," I took the book and looked at him again, "Hi, my name is Riiko."
"Oh uh, my name is Night, nice to meet you."
Night. That name struck me. I froze right there and then, couldn't blink for even a second, nor could I take my eyes off of him. Was it really him? Did he wake up for that deep sleep?
Karin-Chii: Oh how exciting! :3 So is that really Night? Or is it just someone resembling him? Find out in the next chapter. Please favorite it, subscribe, and review/comment!
Feel free to ask questions. Questions and suggestions/advises will be answered in the next chapter, if there's any. But I might not continue this if there's no "favoriting", subscribing, and reviewing! :( you hear me? :p well, see you around!


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