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Synopsis: La Niña is favored to develop (~70% chance) during the Northern Hemisphere fall 2016 and slightly favored to persist (~55% chance) during winter 2016-17.
ENSO-Neutral conditions were observed during September, with negative sea surface temperatures (SSTs) anomalies expanding across the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean by early October. All of the Niño regions cooled considerably during late September and early October, with the latest weekly value of Niño-3.4 index at -0.9°C. Subsurface temperature anomalies also decreased toward the end of the month, reflecting the strengthening of below-average temperatures at depth in the east-central equatorial Pacific. Atmospheric anomalies across the equatorial Pacific edged toward La Niña during September, with a stronger tendency toward La Niña late in the month. The traditional Southern Oscillation index and the equatorial Southern Oscillation index were positive. The lower-level winds were near average across most of the basin during the month, but enhanced easterlies were becoming more persistent west of the International Date Line. Upper-level winds were anomalously westerly near and just east of the International Date Line. Convection was weakly suppressed over the central tropical Pacific and was more enhanced over Indonesia compared to last month. Overall, the combined ocean and atmosphere system reflects ENSO-Neutral during September, but are more clearly trending toward La Niña conditions.
The multi-model averages favor borderline Neutral-La Niña conditions (3-month average Niño-3.4 index less than or equal to -0.5°C) persisting during the Northern Hemisphere fall and continuing into the winter. Because of the recent cooling in the Niño-3.4 region and signs of renewed atmospheric coupling, the forecaster consensus now favors the formation of a weak La Niña in the near term, becoming less confident that La Niña will persist through the winter. In summary, La Niña is favored to develop (~70% chance) during the Northern Hemisphere fall 2016 and slightly favored to persist (~55%% chance) during winter 2016-17.
Most of Washington and Central and Northern Oregon should be slightly to moderately warmer than normal. Most of Southwestern Oregon and California should be slightly to moderately cooler than normal Nevada and far Southern California should be near normal.
The intermountain region should be warmer than normal and Texas through to Florida and Georgia should be moderately warmer than normal. The Great Lakes and through to the Northeast should be slightly warmer than normal.
Most of Washington and Oregon should be slightly drier than normal to near normal with only the southern half of California and the far south of Nevada moderately drier than normal. The northern plains should be slightly wetter than normal and the Great Lakes region near normal. West Texas through the southern tier of states should be moderately drier than normal and the Gulf States through Florida and the rest of the south should be slightly wetter than normal while the northeast continues to be drier than normal.


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An interview by Joanie Eppinga with Rebecca Barrett-Fox, a scholar who finds the appalling, the unexpected, and the human inside Westboro Baptist Church.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case didn't actually make corporations into people, but it did undercut the role of actual, live human beings in elections.
Michigan's "Emergency Manager" law and Detroit's future.
In Guatemala, 44,000 people were "disappeared" during decades of war. Now workers there seek to resurrect a buried history and human dignity.
Detroiters often use the phoenix rising from the ashes as a metaphor for the city's resilience. Worms might be just as apt a symbol this time around.
The apostle's attack on elitism in Corinthian church and society speaks a clear message about inequality today.
Angela Glover Blackwell believes in Detroit's future, and she has a vision for how to get there. Failure is not an option.
History shows engagement, not attack, dissuades countries from developing nuclear weapons.
Seeing corporations as people, are we making ourselves over in their image?
Women's Concerns
Lawsuits help corporations run roughshod over governments and the environment.
Fairness matters, especially for people on society's margins—and that conviction goes far beyond tax equity to every aspect of public policy. For people of the Book, it's much more important than politics; it's a matter of faith.
Few people I know believe peace in the Holy Land is really possible—unless it begins with Israeli and Palestinian Christians.
Even al Qaeda can use rebranding.
Scripture teaches that the Spirit of God was in that still, small voice. But every now and again the Spirit arrives with flapping wings and honking, too. Like that old gray goose.
Culture Watch
Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the country in Between by Jeff Sharlet.
Springsteen sings what politicians won't say: We were robbed and the thieves have escaped justice.
Missional Preaching: Engage, Embrace, Transform, by Al Tizon.
Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me about Violence, Drugs, Love, and Redemption — Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It — When the Drum is Beating — Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World
The best parts of the Disney worldview look like the eschatological images in a Martin Luther King Jr. speech; the worst merely bolster a culture of privilege and exclusion.
We've come a long way, baby. Or have we? Is it too much to ask legislators to speak cogently about women's health?
Stream of Conscience, by 2/3 Goat
Kimberly Burge paints a harrowing portrait of injustice in "The Innocence List" (April 2012). The fact that there are more than 140 people who were released from death row due to a lack of evidence and racial discrimination is alarming.
Reflections on the Common Lectionary, Cycle B
You can't desire to catch the sacred fish / as much as he desires to be caught / & yet / he darts through the dim depths / with tail swerve & swish
Rev. Gerald L. Durley, Pastor of Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, Gerogia.
Regarding your review of James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree ("Were You There?" by Andrew Wilkes, March 2012): Cone's point is an important one.
I wish Bill McKibben's "'And God Created ... Corporations'" (April 2012) could magically appear in the inbox of each state and federal senator and representative. A corporation is a soulless, incorporeal, supranational, immortal legal device for assembling, managing, and deploying wealth.


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Mr. and Mrs. Larry Phelps of Abilene announce the engagement of their daughter, Hannah, to David Goering of Hillsboro, son of Charles and Annora Goering of Marion.
The bride to be is a 2002 graduate of Bethel Christian School. She makes, designs, and sells jewelry under the trade name, "12 Precious Stones."
Goering graduated from Berean Bible Academy in Elbing. He attended Grace College of the Bible in Omaha, Neb., and took a two-year course through Liberty Home Bible Institute. He is the owner of Goering Trucking and is a chaplain for Truckers Christian Chapel at Newell's Truck Stop in Newton.
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The 31st annual Mid-Atlantic Farm Show will be held Nov. 2-4 at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center in Concord, N.C.
The show has been held for the past several years at an outdoor facility in Wilson, N.C. The change in location comes along with the change in ownership and leadership of the of the event, which is dubbed, "the oldest farm show in North Carolina."
Former owner of the farm show, Charles Rogers, retired after the 2005 show. Though initial contact had been made by Rogers to move the show to Concord, according to sources involved with the event, officials in Wilson had been promised the show would remain in their city.
The announcement in June that the show had been sold to Wilmington, N.C., businessman W.C. Lanier, and the subsequent move to Concord was a surprise to several vendors from the Wilson area. The loss in revenue from the show could cost Wilson over $3 million in revenue from the event.
"I'm sure Rogers had no intentions of alienating any of the past vendors or businesses when he considered Concord as a new site for the Expo. I hope we can find a way to keep the show's past and future vendors happy for a long time in Concord," Lanier says.
The 190,000 square foot Cabarrus Center has climate controlled space for the show to grow. Plus, there is an outside midway space big enough to meet the needs of large exhibitors. The mostly indoor facility near Concord will eliminate the need for tents and provide the show plenty of room to grow, according to Jolyn Key, event and marketing manager for the show.
Lanier says the new location will put the show nearer the center of their customer base, which includes Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas. Located just off I-85, the Concord site will have easy access for visitors from Georgia to Virginia.
The 2006 show will feature educational programming and scholarships for 10th to 12th grade FFA students. It will feature growing mid-Atlantic markets in equine, livestock, grapes, biofuels, landscaping, forestry and aquaculture.
The show is expected to attract over 200 vendors and over 40,000 visitors during the three-day event. College and professional groups will host recruiting booths and conduct a series of seminars and roundtables to make students aware of professional opportunities in various ag-related industries.
Vicky Porter, a Cabarrus County farmer and chairperson of the county's Ag Advisory Board, says farmers in the area are excited about the show coming to their area. "We need to break down the farming stereotypes of 50 years ago — it's not like that today," she stresses.
"Farms are not farms with farmers, notes North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, Steve Troxler. Many kids in rural areas of our state would like to farm, if they had an economic opportunity." Lack of information, leadership and funding may be holding back the next generation of farmers, Troxler adds.
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'InTheStudio: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands,' the nationally syndicated radio show, is paying tribute to the late, great Ronnie Montrose in a special 'Medium Rare' episode.
The guitarist, whose namesake band provided liftoff for Sammy Hagar, passed away last weekend at 64. For this edition of the show, both Montrose and Hagar are featured in interviews.
Hagar spoke about the first Montrose album and its impact. The album actually influenced the very musicians who would eventually be his bandmates in Van Halen, which feels a bit serendipitous.
Montrose himself discussed how the self-titled album had a ripple effect on the modern hard rock sound. He told host Redbeard his personal theory about the album's long-lasting appeal nearly 40 years after its initial release. "When you don't have a vocabulary musically that will allow you to make an elaborate statement, you make your statements direct, concise and to the point," he mused. "And I think the first Montrose album musically does that."
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Sosa on Hall of Fame ballot for second straight year
Sammy Sosa is a candidate on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the second year. The Class of 2014 will be announced Wednesday. You can watch the announcement live at 2 p.m. ET on an MLB Network simulcast on MLB.com as part of a three-hour live show beginning at noon. On Thursday, MLB.com and MLB Network will air the news conferences featuring the electees live from New York at 11 a.m. ET.
CHICAGO -- If anything, Sammy Sosa is patient.
Sammy Sosa is a candidate on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the second year. The Class of 2014 will be announced Wednesday. You can watch the announcement live at 2 p.m. ET on an MLB Network simulcast on MLB.com as part of a three-hour live show beginning at noon. On Thursday, MLB.com and MLB Network will air the news conferences featuring the electees live from New York at 11 a.m. ET.
CHICAGO -- If anything, Sammy Sosa is patient.
After Sosa was denied entrance to baseball's Hall of Fame last January, the first time the slugger was on the ballot, he issued a statement, saying he was happy just to be included.
"It has been a moment of great honor for me to have my name on the ballot for the first time, along with some of the game's greats," Sosa said in a statement. "Even if we weren't included on our first time, we are still winners and there is always a next time. God has blessed me with a beautiful family, great career, and I know He will determine my future in the years to come.
The Baseball Writers' Association of America did not vote anyone into Cooperstown in 2013. Sosa received 71 votes, or 12.5 percent. A candidate must receive 75 percent of the vote from BBWAA members to gain election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. No players reached that threshold in 2013. Second baseman Craig Biggio (68.2 percent), starting pitcher Jack Morris (67.7 percent) and first baseman Jeff Bagwell (59.6 percent) are the top returning vote-getters from last year's ballot. Results of the 2014 election will be announced on Wednesday.
The Hall of Fame released the 2014 ballot in November, and Sosa was on it once again. The 45-year-old will have even tougher competition, though, as the list of candidates will include Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas.
After hitting 609 home runs over 18 Major League seasons, including 13 with the Cubs, Sosa had the numbers that should have made it easy for him to join baseball's elite. The former shoeshine boy from San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, Sosa charmed fans with his dashes to right field, mammoth home runs and post-homer heart taps. He basked in the national spotlight in 1998, joining Mark McGwire in a record-setting home run race.
"It's so much fun to watch him," said Jeff Pentland, who was the Cubs' hitting coach that season. "It's not supposed to be that easy."
McGwire finished the '98 season with 70 homers; Sosa closed with 66. The Cubs slugger is the only player in Major League Baseball with three 60-homer seasons. He also belted 64 in 2001 and 63 in 1999. Think about it: Babe Ruth had one 60-homer season.
Sosa also edged McGwire in the National League Most Valuable Player Award balloting, earning the '98 honor as he led the league in RBIs (158), runs scored (134) and total bases (416).
A seven-time All-Star and six-time Silver Slugger winner, Sosa won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1998 for his humanitarian efforts in the Dominican. He's the only player in NL history to have six consecutive seasons of 40 home runs. Sosa retired as the Cubs' all-time home run leader (545) after passing Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Ron Santo.
Sosa's career also had other elements for Hall of Fame voters to consider. According to a New York Times story in June 2009, he allegedly was among 104 Major League players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. Sosa never was found guilty by an official MLB entity.
In 2005, he joined McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jose Canseco at a hearing before Congress regarding drug use in baseball. Sosa's attorney testified on his behalf, saying the slugger never had taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
"I think you have to judge people for the era they were in," said Jim Hendry, who was the Cubs' general manager at the time. "Unless all the facts are in, speculation is a waste of time. You'll never be able to go back and figure out who did what for sure. I'm not condoning it at all. As long as there is competitive athletics and people can get away with things, they'll try to get a competitive edge."
Sosa also was involved in a scandal in 2003 when he was ejected for using a corked bat. MLB confiscated the bat and tested 76 others, and all were found to be clean. He eventually served a six-game suspension.
After playing for the Cubs from 1992-2004, Sosa spent one season with the Orioles in 2005, missed a year and ended his career in '07 with the Rangers -- the team that had originally signed him in 1985 out of the Dominican.
"I'm always happy that I could come to this country and get the opportunity to be who I am," Sosa told MLB.com in an interview in 2011. "I always appreciate what America did for my family. I never forget who took care of me in the tough moments I went through in my career.
"This is the land of dreams," he said. "The hope and accomplishments you can make here is incredible. America will always for me be No. 1."
The Hall of Fame does have several souvenirs from Sosa's career, including some of the bats he used to hit his monumental home runs, plus the jersey he wore when he hit his 400th.
However, the "Sammy Sosa Inspiration Field and Cubs Care Park," unveiled in September 2002 at the New City YMCA in Chicago, is gone -- it was demolished for a proposed retail complex -- and his No. 21 jersey has been handed out to Cubs players such as Jason Marquis, Milton Bradley, Tyler Colvin and Joe Mather.
Sosa has moved on since his last big league at-bat on Sept. 29, 2007. He was involved in business ventures, including Riverhead Homes, which provides prefabricated homes built to withstand natural disasters.
In 2011, Sosa became chief executive officer of INJEX 21, which has created a needle-free drug delivery system designed to help people afraid of needles who must subject themselves to daily self-injections, such as diabetics. His motivation was personal: Sosa worked at a hospital in the Dominican when he was young and remembers getting poked by used needles in the garbage. He knew a lot of diabetics who dreaded their daily injections. He also put off seeing a dentist because of his fear of needles. Dentists now can treat their patients and ease that fear by using the needle-free device.
Sosa always had good timing. On June 20, 2007, Sosa, then with the Rangers, faced the Cubs in an Interleague game, and he connected on his 600th career home run. He's one of eight Major League players to reach that number, joining Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Ruth, Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr. and Jim Thome.
"Not bad for a guy from the Dominican Republic," Sosa said after the feat. "It's a great opportunity and a great feeling to be among the greats. When I leave this world, people will remember that I'm among guys like that."
Sosa is optimistic. He believes both he and McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame.
"I think so," Sosa said in January during an online chat with fans. "I'm waiting for my time. I'm not that type of person, I don't like controversy. I'm going to wait here, but definitely, time will determine everything."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


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Frederick Carlson Named Professor Emeritus at Clarkson University
Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Frederick M. Carlson was named professor emeritus at Clarkson University's 120th Commencement today. Carlson was honored for 38 years of exemplary service to the University.
For nearly four decades, Carlson dedicated his professional skills as a teacher and scholar to Clarkson's Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering.
A committed teacher, Carlson educated several generations of undergraduates, developing important courses that introduced students to finite element methodology and new analytical software and engineering applications. He is a recipient of the Pi Tau Sigma Faculty Teaching Award, the Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Teaching Award.
He also guided six master of engineering, seven master of science and five doctoral candidates through their studies.
From 1985 to 1988, Carlson served as the executive officer of what was then called the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. He was advisor to the student sections of ASHRAE, ASME, and Mini Indy, which he founded. He was also a recipient of the ASME Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award and a two-time recipient of the Clarkson Outstanding Advisor Award.
Carlson is well known in the field of heat transfer in crystal growth, and was one of the reasons that Clarkson University, through the Center for Advanced Materials Processing, was selected by NASA to head up the NASA/Crystal Growth Consortium. Carlson's research funding earned him membership in Clarkson's Million Dollar Club.
Carlson received his bachelor of science, master of science and doctoral degrees from the University of Connecticut and is a professional engineer in the State of New York.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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The Shocking New Twist To The JonBenet Ramsey Case
"We want to get the truth out so JonBenet can rest in peace."
The latest 'The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey' docu-thriller in the works by CBS is the latest probe into the mystery that has gone unresolved for 20 years.
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Retired FBI agent James Fitzgerald even states in the trailer that he believes the mystery can still be solved.
"This little girl's homicide to this day has been unresolved," Fitzgerald said.
"In my opinion, I think we can change that right now."
Joining the original investigators and FBI agent that worked on the case, are behavioural analysts, forensic scientists, police officers and a statement analyst working together as a brains trust to try to solve the mystery once and for all.
The trailer also shows a life sized model of the Ramsey house, allowing investigators to dispel previously suggested escape routes and try to determine a second by second account of what could have happened that fateful night.
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ALBANY -- The classy 6-year-old horse Jeranimo and Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith are the ones to beat in the $150,000 San Francisco Mile at Golden Gate Fields Saturday.
Jeranimo is the 8-to-5 favorite on the morning line in the Grade 3 SF Mile, Northern California's most important turf race. Post time for the SF Mile, the seventh race on a nine-race program, is 4:25 p.m. Gates open at 10 a.m. and first post is 1:15 p.m.
"We're going for an easier spot," said Specht, adding that Photo Shopped will run in an allowance race Sunday at Golden Gate Fields. "I didn't think that many horses would enter the Mile with Jeranimo running."
Jeranimo, who will break from the rail in the SF Mile, has earned $858,400 in his 26 trips to the starting gate. Jeramino has won four Grade 2 stakes, including the 2011 Oak Tree Mile, a race in which he defeated California's top grass miler, Mr. Commons.
Jeranimo, a Florida-bred son of Congaree, is trained by Michael Pender and owned by B. J. Wright. Smith, who on May 5 will ride top contender Bodemeister in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, will pilot Jeranimo for the first time Saturday.
The field for the SF Mile, in post position order with riders and morning-line odds, is as follows: Jeranimo, Smith, 8-to-5; Worth Repeating, Francisco Duran, 15-to-1; Positive Response, Julien Couton, 10-to-1; Sanger Silver, Abel Cedillo, 20-to-1; Calimonco, Mario Gutierrez, 7-2; Hudson Landing, Juan Hernandez, 10-to-1; Dunmore East, Kerwin John, 20-to-1; Live Sundays, Aaron Gryder, 9-to-2; Mr. Candy Bar, Inoel Beato, 30-to-1; and Gallant Son, Leslie Mawing, 10-to-1. All of the starters carry 122 pounds.
Calimonco hails from the powerful John Sadler barn and enters the SF Mile off a game victory in the Sidd Finch Stakes, a one-mile turf race run at Santa Anita on April 1.
Winner of the one-mile Wickerr Stakes on the turf at Del Mar last summer, Calimonco finished third behind Jeranimo and War Element in the Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park in November.
Gallant Son, who finished second in the 2011 SF Mile and then won the Robert K. Kerlan Memorial Handicap at Hollywood Park in his subsequent race, makes his first start of 2012 Saturday. A 6-year-old horse trained by Frank Lucarelli, Gallant Son possesses six career stakes victories and has been working well for his return to the races.
Positive Response, the 2011 California Derby winner, will make his turf debut in the SF Mile. Trained by William E. Morey, Positive Response is coming of a good second-place try in a one-mile allowance contest on Golden Gate Fields' synthetic Tapeta racing surface on April 12.
Hudson Landing will be seeking his second stakes victory on the Lakeside Course as he captured the Alcatraz Stakes on the local lawn in 2010. Blaine Wright trains Hudson Landing, who brings a two-race winning streak – scored in allowance races on Tapeta – into the SF Mile.
Live Sundays, stakes-placed five times, scored a front-running victory in a one-mile allowance test on Tapeta in his most recent outing on March 18. Live Sundays is conditioned by Victor Trujillo, who is enjoying a fine rookie season as a head trainer.
Worth Repeating, victor of the Grade 3 Tokyo City Stakes at Santa Anita last year, will try to give Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella his third victory in the SF Mile.
Mandella won the feature with Opus Dei in 1981 and with Redattore in 2001.
Mr. Candy Bar, trained by O. J. Jaurequi, won a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes at Santa Rosa last summer. Dunmore East, from the barn of Lloyd Mason, is a stakes-placed runner who is 2-for-4 on the Golden Gate Fields turf. Sanger Silver, a talented sprinter trained by Efrain Miranda, will try to stretch his speed Saturday.
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Bailout Bill Extends Tax Breaks for Individuals
Military.com | Kyle Stone
In 2008, legislation was passed to help rescue US markets and the economy. But did you know that these bailout bills also included a bundle of income tax breaks?
The biggest ones are known as "extenders" – popular tax breaks that might seem permanent to most taxpayers, but actually must be renewed every year or two.
Stuffed inside the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act are more than 100 tax provisions worth $150 billion in tax benefits. They include:
• Another "patch" to protect middle-class taxpayers from having to pay $61.8 billion in alternative minimum taxes, or AMT, a tax intended for the wealthy.
• Extensions of some popular tax breaks for 2008 and beyond that were scheduled to expire this year, including deductions for classroom teachers and for higher-education tuition.
• Major tax breaks for victims of the 2008 Midwestern storms, floods and tornadoes.
AMT Patch Completed in Time for 2008 Filing Season
Once again Congress has applied a one-year patch on the AMT. That means that millions of middle-class taxpayers will be spared from paying higher tax bills.
The AMT was conceived in 1969 as an alternative tax to ensure that the wealthiest taxpayers, even with their big deductions and loopholes, didn't avoid paying income taxes. But because the tax was not adjusted for inflation, it has increasingly reached down into the middle class.
Recently Congress has passed a series of one-year fixes, rather than overhaul the AMT itself. Last year, the long delay in passing the patch required the IRS to briefly postpone accepting some 2007 tax returns.
With the AMT patch and other tax changes included in the bailout bill, taxpayers should be able to file as usual starting January 2009.
Popular Tax Breaks Extended For 2008 Tax Returns
• The $250 deduction for teachers who buy out-of-pocket classroom supplies. This deduction is "above-the-line," meaning that teachers and educators can qualify for it even if they don't itemize their deductions. Allowable expenses include classroom supplies, books and software.
• A deduction of $2,000 to $4,000 for eligible taxpayers with higher-education tuition and related fees. This above-the-line deduction allows married couples with incomes of $130,000 or less ($65,000 for individuals) to deduct up to $4,000 in higher education expenses and those couples earning $130,000 to $160,000 ($65,000 to $80,000 for individuals) to deduct up to $2,000.
• The option to deduct state and local sales taxes from federal taxes, instead of state income tax. This can mean big savings for taxpayers who itemize and live in states with no state income taxes: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.
• Tax-free distributions to charities. IRA owners who have reached age 70½ — and who must therefore begin to withdraw money from their retirement accounts — can contribute up to $100,000 of otherwise taxable payouts directly to charity.
Bill Includes Disaster Relief for 2008 Midwest Storm Victims
The new law provides major tax breaks for victims of the tornadoes, storms and flooding that hit the Midwest this year between May and August, similar to those given to Hurricane Katrina victims. These include tax benefits for demolition and clean up, as well as education and housing.
The bill also offers more limited tax assistance to victims of Hurricane Ike.
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In short, I was able to see the beauty of science with my own two eyes from a very early age.
My father loves science. Accordingly, when I was a 4 year old afraid of an earthquake he taught me about plate tectonics. I spent hours asking him questions about the universe when my mother was at work on the weekends, and I was gifted my first telescope at the age of 7.
So when the bible teacher (in a public primary school I might add!) told us that earthquakes were created by god when I was 8 years old, I immediately realised religion was a fraud. It's lucky I did, because I later discovered that I was a lesbian. Who knows how much pain and repression I would have suffered if I had allowed that bible teacher to brainwash me!
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Mission Week 2013: The World is our Home
Each year, Marquette University devotes a week to the exploration
of its Catholic and Jesuit mission. Inspired by the words of Rev. Jerome Nadal, S.J., a close companion of St. Ignatius Loyola, the theme of Mission Week 2013 — The World is our Home — reflects the Catholic conviction that the spirit of God permeates every corner of creation, if only we have eyes and ears to recognize the gift. Father Nadal's sentiment distills into one succinct phrase the beauty and suffering that inhabit our world and calls us to live in deep solidarity with others. Truly, the world is our home — and it is this sense of mission and loving familiarity with the world that Marquette claims and celebrates during Mission Week.
Opus Prize
Reflecting this commitment, the university is privileged to honor the 10 recipients of the Opus Prize in faith-based social entrepreneurship. With an innovative spirit and abiding faith, these women and men have fought seemingly intractable global issues such as poverty, illiteracy, hunger, disease and violations of human rights. Their lives evidence in powerful ways that God is most profoundly present in the human person and that the world is indeed our home!
Mission Week Sponsors
We thank and acknowledge the following sponsors
who have generously supported Mission Week.
Opus Group
- Dick and Maureen Mullaney
- Robert Neureuther Family
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- Burleigh Family Foundation
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- Catholic Financial Life
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- Dr. Louis Korompilas Family
- Donald and Mary Jo Layden
- Keith Myers
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- Opus Prize Foundation
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- Helen and Tom Voell
Mission Week Keynote Guests:
Recipients of the Opus Prize
This year's Mission Week will honor
10 recipients of the annual million-dollar Opus Prize for faith-based social entrepreneurship.
50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council
This year, Mission Week intersects with the Church's yearlong, international commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.
Previous Mission Week
keynote speakers
include Martin Luther King, III, Arun Gandhi, and Nobel Peace Prize winners Shirin Ebadi, Lech Walesa and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Mission Week Library guide
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A few months ago, I spit into a vial all the way up to the black line and sent my spit away to a laboratory in California.
Now, thanks to a new DNA identification program driven by Ancestry.com, the results are in.
I am 77 percent European and Jewish.
No surprise there, since I have known for several years that my great-grandfather, Samuel Schwach, came to New York City in 1891 on the steam-ship Noordland from Kisvarda, Hungary.
He was the first of a long line of people with the Schwach name to live in New York City and specifically in Rockaway.
I used to tell a story that my children and grandchildren found funny.
The word "Schwach" means weak in the Yiddish language, the now all-but-archaic language spoken by my forbearers in Europe.
I told my family that our ancestors had a different, unknown name, and when the clerk at Ellis Island asked Samuel what his name was, he thought that he was asked how he felt, and answered "Schwach."
Thanks to Ancestry.com, I now know that story is not true and so do my grown children and their children.
Why is that important? Because I think that everybody — especially kids — should have an idea of where they came from, not only geographically, but culturally as well.
Obviously, lots of people agree with me. Family trees are becoming big business on the internet and there are several high-profile television series in which celebrities and others search their roots with the help of professionals.
I never used a professional, but I have used sites such as Ancestry.com and JewGen.com to find not only dead relatives, but living ones as well.
I found lots of interesting information — interesting to me, at least, but my grandchildren have begun to show an interest as well, which is the point of the exercise.
The Schwach family lived in Kisvarda in Hungry for a long time. Many came to American in the late 1890s and early 1900s, but there were still a few people with that last name in the town when it was wiped out by Nazi storm troopers, along with locals who were all too ready to assist the Nazis during two days in the fall of 1943. While a number of Schwach's were on the German manifests of those sent to the camps, only one was left after, according to Holocaust Center records. She went to Israel and her name soon disappeared from public view. Perhaps she died, perhaps she married, perhaps she moved on. For all I know, she might well live in the local area.
I have since learned that Kisvarda's largest and most famous product and export was an alcoholic beverage akin to our moonshine liquor. I don't know if any of my ancestors were in the trade, and I would probably have to go to Kisvarda and look up the record of arrests to find that out. I would love to do just that, but have never had the wherewithal to do that.
What is surprising to me is that the remainder of my DNA shows that I have non- Jewish ancestors in Spain, Portugal and Italy. No wonder I love pizza and spaghetti.
In any case, my ancestor's travels to the new world were pretty standard by all accounts.
Samuel left his wife, Esther in Kisvarda in 1888 and came to New York City to make his fortune. He eventually founded two of the largest barber shops on the lower east side – one at 231 East Houston Street and the other at 285 Stanton Street. The Houston Street building still stands, but the Stanton Street building is now a parking lot.
Samuel and Esther had eleven children, none of whom came over with Samuel on the USS Noorland. Records show that he was berthed on the "eighth deck," which most likely meant steerage.
My grandfather, Kalman, the oldest of their children, born in Hungary in1879.
It is amazing to me that, in an age where we won't let our kids play in the street or walk a couple of blocks to a store to get a soda, Kalman, whose name mysteriously changed to Charles at Ellis Island, came to New York City in August of 1893, at the age of 13 or 14, leading his younger brother, Jacob (12) and two younger sisters, Bertha (6) and Helen (8) from Kisvarda to Glasgow (Scotland) and from there on the ship State of California, to Ellis Island in New York Harbor, where they were met by Samuel.
Think about that for a moment; four kids: 14, 12, 8 and 6, travelling half way around the world alone, across half a continent and then on a month-long sea voyage, alone.
It boggles the mind, but it was common in those days.
Esther and the younger kids came a year later.
You find out all sorts of wondrous things when you start out to find out who came before you, to find out about your roots.
I started the search several years ago, doing it for my grandchildren, to answer all the questions for them that I would have liked to have answered when I was their age and never thought to ask until everyone who could answer those questions was either dead or demented.
Along the way, I became reacquainted with a number of cousins who I have not seen or spoken to in more than 50 years, some who live locally.
We met again after all these years because they too were searching for their roots. We found each other on genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com and JewishGen.com.
When I wondered why Samuel is not buried along with Esther and some of the other kids in a northern Queens Cemetery, I found out from a granddaughter of one of the other brothers that Samuel had died in a Manhattan hotel room in bed with another woman and therefore was barred from being buried with the rest of the family.
My cousin's mother had told her that story a number of times.
I found out lots of other things as well.
I had met my father's sisters, Gertrude and Thelma, many times and still have some contact with a first cousin who lives in East Rockaway.
What I did not know was that my grandfather, Charles, and his wife Annie, had a fourth child.
I found that out by searching on line through the New York Times database on Ancestry.com.
I knew of course, that my father, Stanley, was born in 1911 in New York City and lived in Rockaway most of his life.
In fact, the 1930 census shows that the family lived at 345 Beach 69 Street and had been there at least seven years at the time. His sisters were born in 1908 and 1913.
There, however, in startling newsprint for all to see, in the birth announcements in the New York Times was a short item – "Born to Charles and Anne Schwach of 174 Fox Street, Bronx, on March 12, 1920, a daughter, Shirley."
I held the printout in my hand for some time before emailing all the relatives that I knew.
I found out from another cousin, who remembered hearing it from her grandmother, that Shirley had lived for 29 days, passing away from a mysterious illness on April 10, 1920.
I plan on going to the New York City Municipal Archives later in the summer to get a copy of her death certificate and find out why she died.
To my mind, the mystery is that my father was about nine years old when she died, and had to know about her; yet in all the years we lived together and all the years we had a close relationship, he never once mentioned an aunt that I never knew about until I saw it in the New York Times many years after his death.
Shirley, I have since found, is buried in a plot right next to Samuel in a Queens cemetery.
I found out lots of other things in my quest.
My database, or Family Tree, as they call it, now encompasses the details and detritus of the lives of more than 350 people.
When my grandson turned 15 earlier this year, I printed out an Ancestor Tree for him that showed him his ancestors on both his father's and mother's side back to great-grandparents. Even a cool teenager was amazed by the detail of where he came from and who came before. He has since become more interested in history and says he wants to teach it when he finishes school. My granddaughter, just entered Grade 2, had to do a family tree for homework. I printed out one for her going back five generations. Now, she wants to know more.
That's what it's all about.
It's more than names on a family tree, but finding out who came before you and the stories that make the people on that tree real to future generations.


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BAKERSFIELD, Calif., April 8 (UPI) -- Pop-culture icon Annette Funicello died of complications from multiple sclerosis Monday at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., her family said.
She was 70.
Funicello was known for her roles on the 1950s TV series "The Mickey Mouse Club" and in several 1960s teen beach movies co-starring Frankie Avalon. She also sang the hit songs "Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess."
"She's on her toes dancing in heaven... no more MS. My brothers and I were there, holding her sweet hands when she left us," Funicello's daughter, Gina Gilardi, said in a statement to TV's "Extra" entertainment news program.
Funicello had been in a coma and was taken off of life support Monday, "Extra" said.
The actress confirmed in 1992 she had been suffering from MS for years. She lost the ability to walk in 2004 and to speak in 2009.


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Managing the Moodle question bank
The Moodle Question bank is a feature in Moodle 2.3 that allows the administrator to add new questions, edit existing questions, and import / export questions. The previous article explained How to edit the Front page settings in Moodle. This tutorial will briefly explain the Question Bank and what it is used for.
Moodle question bank overview
- Log into the Moodle Dashboard
- In the Settings section on the left, navigate to the Front page settings > Question bank > Questions.
Important! Keep in mind that Editing must be turned on in the Settings section in order to edit any of these options.
- In the Question Bank section of the Front page settings, click Questions. Click the Create a new question button and the Choose a question type to add dialogue box will appear. The purpose of adding questions to the Question bank is to allow the teacher or administrator to build Quiz questions and store them in a database. This is a handy feature within Moodle because when building Quizzes, the question bank can be used to add pre made questions to the quiz. For information on the question bank and Quizzes, see also How to add the Quiz Module in Moodle.
- In the Question Bank section of the Front page settings, click Categories. A list of the current Categories will display with the option to add a Category. The categories for the Question bank is designed to arrange the questions into specific groups so they can be easily accessed in the future. For example, if there are Chapter 1 questions form a book, those questions can be categorized as a Chapter 1 category. When adding the questions to a quiz, the instructor can make randomized test questions.
- In the Question Bank section of the Front page settings, click Import. The import questions section of the question bank is for importing existing questions from a previous format. The acceptable file formats for importing are Aiken, Blackboard, Blackboard V6+, Cloze, Examview, Gift, Learnwise, Missing Word, Moodle XML, and WebCT formats. This makes it easier for teachers, coming from another software, to import questions into Moodle, without having to manually create all the questions again.
- In the Question Bank section of the Front page settings, click Export. In this section, the existing Moodle questions can be Exported into the Gift, Moodle XML, or XHTML file format. Clicking Export questions to file will prompt to save the file to the local computer.
This concludes the article for Managing the Moodle question bank. Please check the next article on Creating a backup of Moodle. For more information on this Education Channel please visit Getting Started with Moodle
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April 25, 2005
Springfield, Mass. - MIT (18-10, 7-5) lost its final two games of the NEWMAC regular season, dropping to the No. 4-seed for the league's postseason tournament. The Engineers were in position to wrap up the No. 2 spot in the conference, but a doubleheader sweep by Springfield College (15-13, 7-5) at Berry-Allen Field pushed Tech two spots down the standings.
Despite a great pitching effort from senior Mike Batty, the Engineers dropped the opener, 2-0. MIT managed a season-low three hits in the game, as the Tech bats were kept at bay by Kevin Davidson. The Springfield senior pitched six innings of two-hit ball before turning the game over to Derek Hodder for the save.
For his part, Batty allowed only two hits against the Pride attack, but an RBI single and a sacrifice fly gave Springfield all it would need in the fifth.
In the second game, the Engineers lost their chance at the No. 3 seed after blowing a three-run lead. Falling to the Pride, 8-5, MIT took a 5-2 advantage into the bottom of the seventh before enduring only its second late collapse of the season. Wayne Duggan and Batty each plated three hits for the MIT offense, but the Engineers couldn't overcome a poor effort from its usually-reliable bullpen.
Despite the tough finish, MIT secured its first winning season in NEWMAC history and will play No. 5 Coast Guard on Thursday at 3:30. The Cardinal and Gray swept the Bears in two close battles earlier in April. Should the Engineers advance past the U.S. Service Academy, MIT will face top-seeded Wheaton College at 11 a.m., on Saturday in Norton.


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Frozen Assets
This story appears in the June 2003 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
What: A manufacturer of
ice-cold towels
Who: Mike Fanning and Bill Sammon of Hima Ice Towel Corp.
Where: Westlake, Ohio
When: April 2002
There's nothing like a hot product--or, in this case, a cold product with hot sales. Just ask Mike Fanning and Bill Sammon, founders of the Hima Ice Towel Corp., which sells prepackaged cotton towels soaked with refreshing mixtures of essential plant oils that promote evaporation and cooling. Sammon got the idea after a trip to Asia, where he noticed mothers wiping down their babies with towels dipped in isopropyl alcohol to cool them off. With the help of another partner, Koy Thummaskra, Fanning and Sammon developed their own version of the towels, which come in different sizes and colors. Says Sammon, "It gives your average person an affordable luxury in hot climates."
Fanning and Sammon, both 37, marketed the towels, which need to be frozen for 12 hours prior to use, to amusement parks and sporting events. The towels sell from $1.29 to $4 each, depending on the venue. The pair also markets to corporate clients. Now that 2003 sales are expected to hit $3.5 million to $5 million, it's clear these entrepreneurs have cornered the market on cold relief.
Ready to Wear
What: A clothing storage
Who: Kim Akhtar of Garde Robe
Where: New York City
When: Started in 2001
Kim Akhtar was a typical new yorker with a typical problem--too little closet space for all her clothing. "I've lived in New York for 20 years," she says. "You're always complaining about space." She knew her predicament was not unique--plenty of professionals and fashionistas have more designer clothes than closet space. Tired of the massive effort it took each year to switch her closet from spring to winter and store her off-season clothes with the local dry cleaner, Akhtar wanted a readily accessible place where she could store her things and keep them in good condition.
Out of that desire, Garde Robe was born. Akhtar, 38, invested nearly $200,000 of her own money into the idea, rented a Tribeca loft and began to market her clothing storage service. For $225 per month, Garde Robe will photograph, catalog and store clothing and accessories for clients ranging from professionals and socialites to celebrities. A few clients even live outside New York but require storage in New York City for business trips. Akhtar modeled her service after that of a concierge--available 24/7, clothes are delivered to a client's home or hotel room in Manhattan in 90 minutes or less.
In addition to clothing storage, Akhtar provides each of her 35 clients with a leather-bound catalog of his or her wardrobe as well as a secure online clothing portfolio. Akhtar completes the service with wardrobe and image consulting as well as seamstress and repair services. "We don't like to market it as a luxury," says Akhtar, whose sales are currently in the six figures. "For New Yorkers, it's a practical service. We're offering them extra space in their own homes."
Check It Out
What: Advertisements on the
back of paychecks and direct-deposit slips
Who: Dana Bromberg and Andy Robinson of ChekAds
Where: Columbus, Ohio
When: Started in 2001
Payday is a happy day. That's partly what inspired Dana Bromberg, 31, and Andy Robinson, 32, to start ChekAds, a firm that sells advertising placed on the backs of payroll check stubs.
Bromberg, who has a background in theater advertising, had always wanted to find new ways to get ads in front of consumers. The partners' initial idea was to place ads on the backs of personal checks--until they realized that bill-paying was often a negative experience. Receiving a paycheck, on the other hand, was a positive one. "I thought 'Why don't we place advertising on the backs of paychecks?'" recalls Bromberg, whose company received nearly $100,000 in venture capital funding. "There's regularity in it, it's a qualified audience, and receiving a paycheck has a good association."
Today, Bromberg and Robinson have agreements with check-printing companies and payroll businesses. With advertisers such as Jiffy Lube, Papa John's Pizza and Wendy's--as well as a few deals in the works--ChekAds projects sales to be well into the seven figures for 2003.
On a shoestring
What: Virtual PR firm
Who: Laura Love of GroundFloor Media Inc.
Where: Boulder, Colorado
When: Started in 2001
How much: $3,910
As the former director of marketing for a failed high-tech start-up, Laura Love couldn't stand the idea of returning to the corporate agency world. So she took her severance pay and decided to start a PR firm. "There were three things I wanted to do," says Love. "Keep it small, keep it virtual and only hire senior-level people who could do their work without a lot of micromanagement."
A refurbished computer, a phone, a fax machine, DSL and a Web site helped Love, 32, get underway in the basement of her house. She hired an accountant, and a lawyer friend helped with legal matters. When a Denver Post reporter friend interviewed her for a story on laid-off workers-turned-entrepreneurs, Love mentioned the fact she hadn't hired anyone yet. "The next day, [the reporter] called to tell me she had 20 resumes in her inbox for me," Love recalls.
Love's first-year sales were $110,000; she projects sales of $700,000 for 2003. Despite some success, she still operates on a budget, which benefits Love's clients. "I'm cognizant of costs," she says. "They [aren't] paying for the fancy office. When we give invoices, we detail what we're doing." Her clients obviously appreciate what they're paying for--and not paying for.


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MONTICELLO – A Monticello man, who is a self-admitted member of the Crips street gang, was sentenced in Sullivan County Court on Tuesday to 13 years in state prison and five years of parole. Franklin Brinson, 21, also known as "Ace-Loc," had pled guilty to first-degree assault for shooting another man in the face and leg.
The victim has since recovered from his wounds.
The shooting was investigated by Monticello Police and the gun used was recovered.
Sullivan County District Attorney James Farrell said the shooting was the product of gang violence "that will not be tolerated in our community." The district attorney said law enforcement is "committed to rooting out the violence in the Village of Monticello and sending those individuals who engage in this behavior to prison for lengthy periods of time."
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
... Or nice? ... Hmmmm - it does look like Naughty. More bagel will fix that." - Santa's Helper Racer
(Isn't this a great card from Crafty Green Poet in Scotland? Racer is ecstatic and we enjoy it immensely.)
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6 comments:
- Crafty Green Poet said...
Oh Racer with your nose so bright....
Thanks for sharing the photo of the card - I've been worrying ever since I made it that poor Racer wouldn't be able by himself to pull the sleigh and fat old Santa with all the gifts,
- December 18, 2013 at 11:50 PM
- Auntie Jane (It is official!) said...
Well, personally, I am worried about exactly where he is going to pull it to...What if he ever learns about scones?...Ladies and gentlemen keep your bagels ready. The bunn is clearly indicating we need some last minute remedial efforts. That is a great card!
- December 19, 2013 at 5:20 AM
- Mr. Mick and Jade said...
Awesome card, CGP!
Racer, Santa must have you on his "adorable" list. That certainly should earn you more treats. :)
- December 19, 2013 at 6:16 AM
- SixBunnies said...
Cutest thing I've seen in a long time! Love that card! :)
- December 19, 2013 at 7:01 AM
- Glenna said...
Love the card. Crafty Green Poet rocks!
- December 19, 2013 at 7:17 AM
- speedyrabbit said...
so cute that card and Racer to of course
- December 19, 2013 at 11:22 PM
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That quote is actualy very witty, Celdur. I suggest you use that in your signature.
I started reading this masterpiece of a graphic novel again and I just felt like letting you all know that its probably one of the best things I have read. If you haven't read it then I definitely recommend it. For those of you who have why not discuss our opinions on wether or not we agree with what some of the characters did and such.
Yeah, [Kishmond] came back from Africa, but the ponies have him now.
It was really very good. I think it will make a great movie.
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American Airlines: canceled 3,300 flights last week to make sure some wires were properly wrapped and tied, disrupting travel plans for hundreds of thousands of travelers. Granted, their lives would have been much more disrupted had any of their planes caught fire, but as this repair was on the FAA top list of things to check for, it should have been part of routine maintenance. That aside, American was the most-complained about of the big airlines for the past year, ranking in the tops for complaints about customer service and overall flight problems.
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Accidents don't just happen
Wick's World
The raccoon was the size of a barnyard sow and suddenly our Toyota Prius had shrunk to the size of a VW Beetle. Too late to hit the brakes, the head-on collision was anything but pretty. Neither was the estimate of $2,450 to fix the bumper, the grill, the splash pans, the condenser and air conditioner.
I began to wonder about the old adage, "Accidents don't just happen, they are caused."
For over 40 years, I have lived my life by a law of my universe that says, "There is no such thing as an accident — everything happens for a reason."
Head-on collisions with monster raccoons can make a man quickly question his philosophy of life. I understood the meaning last winter when I rolled my car while driving too fast on a loose gravel road (note: I was not speeding) and breaking my back. I felt the message was that I was still living my life in the fast lane even though I had been somewhat retired for seven years. The truth was I never had slowed down and was living my life more rushed than ever. I had three small businesses going and I loved working hard, making lots of money for myself.
The week after meeting the raccoon, I again found myself heading back to Moose Lake from my Eagan home. I was heading north on I-35E and was rapidly approaching the I-694 crossover. On my right was a large semi and on my left was a passenger car of unknown origin. Traveling about 70 mph, I found myself in the middle lane, sandwiched between the other two vehicles. In a flash, a wheelbarrow appeared in my lane. I couldn't go left and I couldn't go right. This was a large size construction wheelbarrow and I knew I couldn't just drive over the huge contraption.
Fortunately, my window was rolled down because my air conditioner wasn't working that warm morning. Remember our friend the raccoon? I flung my arm out the window and began waving frantically at the driver to my left. At the last second, I swerved out of my lane and into his, hoping the driver had also seen the wheelbarrow and would react accordingly. Lady Luck was on my side. I swerved, he swerved and I clipped just enough of the wheelbarrow tire to leave a tiny black mark on my fender.
So how do you explain the "accidents happen for a reason" theory when one of the parties involved is a giant raccoon or a construction company's wheelbarrow?
Did the raccoon sacrifice his life just so he could damage my new car in retaliation for the hot pepper spray I put on my bird feeder to keep him the heck off it?
Did the wheelbarrow develop a consciousness so it could scare the heck out of me for all the times I swore at it while hauling cement to my bricklaying dad and uncle?
I highly doubt anything that cosmic happened. If there was a reason behind these incidents, I have yet to realize what it is.
Yeah, accidents don't just happen, they are caused. The cause was a raccoon that ran into the road. Besides, my wife was driving the car that time. As for the wheelbarrow, I'll just call that an accident that was about to happen but never did. Maybe the wheelbarrow changed its mind.


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I was thinking restamp too since the deck looked to be surfaced, but if you look carefully at the 1st picture, you can see the broach marks. The close up doesn't show that.Ed


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PS - I made that coffee mug!!
There are certain recipes every kitchen-savvy person should have in their repertoire for last-minute emergencies. Go-to dishes that can pinch hit and are flexible enough for myriad uses and adaptations. For me, biscuits are it. They can find a place in nearly any meal and once a good basis is established, they can be manipulated to fit a whole host of scenarios. My biscuit recipe is adapted from Baking with Julia, a cookbook I'm not sure I could live without. Seriously... go buy it right now. You won't regret it.
These biscuits can be made in advanced and frozen. Just be sure to keep them in a freezer bag and remove as much air as possible to prevent freezer burn. To reheat, place them in a paper bag in a single layer, close the bag by folding up the open end and bake for 10-15 minutes in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven.
Makes 8 3.5" Biscuits
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt (preferably Kosher)
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups milk
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with two knives or a pastry blade. Stir in milk. Mix until just combined.
2. On a well-floured surface, turn out dough and dust with flour. Pat the dough out with hands until it is 1/2-inch thick. Fold dough in half, then in half again. Pat until the dough is 1/2-inch thick. Do this at least two more times, making sure not to overwork the dough. Folding the dough will help to give it "lift" and layers.
3. Use a 3.5" biscuit cutter to cut-out biscuits. Re-fold scraps and pat the dough out to 1/2-inch thick again (you'll probably end up with a little ball of dough left - pat it down and make it into a mini-biscuit). Brush the tops of the biscuits with an egg wash (one egg mixed with 1 tablespoon of water or milk). Let the biscuits rest for 5 minutes.
4. Place biscuits on a greased cookie sheet (or better yet, on a pizza stone hot from the oven) and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until biscuits have risen and appear golden on top. Place on a cooling rack. Enjoy!
Some more ideas: Serve these biscuits at breakfast with butter and jam or at dinner with herb compound butter (you could even dust the tops with a little herbed salt before baking). These biscuits are a great companion for strawberry shortcake - just sprinkle some sanding or demerara sugar on top of the dough after the egg wash. For a savory kick, try adding 1/2 tablespoon of dill and 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese to the dough, or add 2 teaspoons of Old Bay seasoning and use these biscuits to sop-up melted butter at a seafood bake. Herb fans should try adding sage, a la this guy.


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-> http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/08/28-agenda
-> http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/08/14-minutes
Rui gives regrets for 4 Sep
Norm gives regrets for 11 Sep; Henry will chair if there's a call.
Norm: Henry is working to get our charter extended through December to align with the other XML WGs.
-> http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/08/lastcall/
Norm: I think there's only one
item, making the step naming rules non-normative.
... I think we made them normative on purpose and we're unlikely to want to change them.
Henry: I think that's the right thing to do. It gives us a basis for describing steps in URIs if anyone ever wants to.
Proposal: Make no change.
Norm: Also from Jim, a request
for namespace aliasing instead of p:namespace-rename.
... I don't want to make this change.
Alex: He's asking for something that's related, but not the same as namespace-rename
Henry: The only possible virtue I
can see is that it might save you some typing if you happened
to have the prefixes in scope.
... I don't think his proposal is substantially different, so why make the change?
Norm: Ok, I'll see if that satisfies him.
-> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-processing-model-comments/2008Aug/0024.html
Norm: This is about RDF and there are some suggested step types here.
Henry: I think we should respond as positively as possible and suggest that absolutely, the Semantic Web Deployment WG should publish a pipeline library with these steps defined as soon as possible.
Norm: I agree, I think the best thing we can do is suggest that the folks with the relevant expertise publish the library.
Henry: They'll get all the interop they need by doing it that way, using a W3C URI for the step namespace.
Norm: I think we might get some pushback that they would like this to be in p: and in V1, but I'm not sure we can practically satisfy that request.
Proposal: Suggest that this is something that folks with the relevant experience undertake asap, but that we won't plan to include it in p: in V1.
Norm: This is from Vojtech, who
gave regrets, but I think I can describe it.
... Vojtech observes that p:load requires support for http: and file: URIs and wonders if p:data should do the same.
-> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-processing-model-wg/2008Aug/0089.html
Mohamed: There are now three locations where we need to be clear on what schemes are supported, p:load, p:http-request, and p:data
Norm: And p:document, as it
... It seems odd to call out http: and file:, but maybe it's useful for interoperability
Alex: I think it's useful.
Norm: Does it make sense to rephrase this as general note along the lines: implentations are encouraged to support all practical schems for loading resources, and in particular they SHOULD support file: and http(s): URIs.
Mohamed: That's fine for me.
Richard: I can imagine an implementation that doesn't have any files
Norm: Sure, but then that's a good reason not to obey the SHOULD.
Proposal: Make a general note as
outlined above.
... and adjust the spec accordingly.
Norm: I'm inclined to agree, but I'm not sure what the available APIs actually provide.
Henry: Well, that's critically important. I'm less inclined to do this if there's no way to implement it.
Norm: Ok, I'll investigate.
<scribe> ACTION: Norm to investigate RELAX NG APIs for switches to control DTD Compatibility conformance. [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/08/28-xproc-minutes.html#action01]
Norm: I just wanted to confirm
that the WG agrees with me that an XSLT 2.0 step is free to
produce PSVI-rich results even if @psvi-required appears no
... Even if you said psvi-required=false, a step can still produce PSVI-rich infosets.
... Extra PSVI stuff shouldn't cause any problems.
Henry: Seems right. Do we need to change anything?
Norm: Maybe just add some editorial clarity.
Mohamed: We can put psvi-required on declaration, library, and pipeline. But not on individual steps.
Norm: Interesting, that's true,
these are declaration-level attributes, not instance
... But maybe that's ok, there's no value in having a single step in the middle of a pipeline require PSVI support. I don't think.
... So I guess the question remains, if you say psvi-required=false, is it an error to produce a PSVI?
Henry: I don't think so, in fact a PSVI capable processor might just ignore psvi-required.
Proposal: Add some editorial clarification.
Norm: I think the salient point is that we should say that how options and parameters are bound outside the pipeline is implementation-defined.
Proposal: Say so.
Mohamed: The example uses p:namespaces where it isn't needed.
Norm: Let's let the editor reconsider the example
Mohamed: I think the example predates the default rule, and that's the problem.
<scribe> ACTION: Norm to reconsider and fix this example [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/08/28-xproc-minutes.html#action02]
Mohamed: Vojtech observes that it's not clear when we use the short format for the option.
Norm: If you use the short form then you can't use p:namespaces, so you better not need it.
Norm: This encrypt/decrypt and
I'm trying to work with the Security WG to resolve this
... We do have a use case in our requirements document that requires it.
Mohamed: That's why I've proposed to not normalize too much, maybe we should just say that's what parameters are for, to say implementation-defined.
Norm: Yeah, but having a standard
step with no interoperability is a little funky.
... If the Security WG can help us get these crisp, then we'll prbably need to include them, otherwise, we'll have to do something else, maybe what we're suggesting for the RDF steps.
Henry: Maybe at TPAC08 we can hand this off to Frederick if we promise to help.
Norm: That's not a bad idea
... I think we should just leave this open a little longer.
Mohamed: I found two or three things that weren't in sync. For example, for p:insert, I proposed to accept different kinds of nodes depending on the position option.
Norm: I see what you mean, but there are no constraints on p:insert so we can just let the invalid document catch it, right?
Mohamed: What about matching a PI before the document element
Norm: Oh, right. I see. I guess that should really be anything except attribute nodes.
Proposal: Fix p:insert
Mohamed: And p:replace should be the same.
Richard: It should only allow you to match things that can appear on the child axis.
Norm: But matching a document node and inserting a comment as the first-child is a reasonable thing, right?
Richard: It doesn't make any sense to insert something before or after the *document node*
Norm: I'll have to expand the prose a bit.
<scribe> ACTION: Norm to take another crack at getting this right for all the steps. [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/08/28-xproc-minutes.html#action03]
<ht> I like Richard's formulation: p:insert allows matching of anything which may have children if where is first or last, and anything that _is_ a child if where is before or after
Norm: We need a normative reference for UUIDs, anyone know what it is?
Alex: There's an ISO
... It's in the references for the RFC 4122
Norm: Ok, I just looked right past that when I scanned the references.
Proposal: Add the reference
Henry/Alex: Maybe we can refer to both, because the RFC is easier to read?
<MoZ> [3] ISO/IEC 9834-8:2004 Information Technology, "Procedures for the
<MoZ> operation of OSI Registration Authorities: Generation and
<MoZ> registration of Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) and their
<MoZ> use as ASN.1 Object Identifier components" ITU-T Rec. X.667,
<MoZ> 2004.
Norm: I don't mind having the RFC in the non-normative references.
Proposal: Say they're hex
Henry: We've been glibly
addressing these issues without classify the changes. I think
the way we've proceeded has been perfectly fine.
... At some point we'll have to decide.
Norm: I think we've been making clarifications and small changes.
Henry: Strictly speaking, anything that invalidates a review is out of bounds.
Norm: I don't want to make any of
... If I think anything I change in the spec isn't a clarification, I'll bring it back to the WG.
Mohamed: Probably you should make an announcement that there's an implementation.
Norm: Okie dokie.
Henry: Have we invited review of the spec?
<scribe> ACTION: Norm to make sure we've solicited review from the relevant WGs [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/08/28-xproc-minutes.html#action04]


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JOHANNESBURG — Doctors are reporting improvement in the condition of an American graduate student attacked by chimps he was studying in South Africa.
In a statement, Mediclinic Nelspruit said Andrew F. Oberle, who had been in critical condition since Thursday's attack, was stable enough Sunday for doctors to bring him into the operating room to clean and stitch his multiple bites and attend to fractures and other injuries.
Oberle remains in intensive care, but is no longer in critical condition.
Two chimpanzees at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden in eastern South Africa pulled Oberle under a fence into their enclosure.
Oberle, 26, is studying anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He was on his second study visit to the sanctuary for abused and orphaned chimpanzees.