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The BBB Strike 500 front light is a torch type headlight; with 500 lumens it enables you to see as well as be seen. How does it compare to others of similar rating?
The name and looks of our white test unit make me think of a Star Wars Storm Trooper, perhaps a plus for sci-fi fans!? The plastic bodied approach is different to most other manufacturers of these high power LED units such as the Lezyne Super Drive, which I am currently reviewing too. It may make for a less premium feel for some, for what is a £100 item. Still, it is a solid build, with a feature aluminium finned heatsink up front.
Mounting the plastic clamp to my bars was a nice and simple affair. It's a multi-size design, with two bolt holes to fit either 25.4mm or 31.8mm bars (like a belt). No juggling of rubber grips is involved and it held the light plenty tight enough. Angle adjustment of the light on the bars can be made, which is a nice feature, and one often overlooked.
The light is removed from the clamp using slide and pop lock arrangement. The tab is small and I often struggled to get it to release. Once off, you'll probably be heading for the charger: like many lights these days, it charges via USB, Mini-A to be exact - similar to many smartphones. There's no mains adaptor so you're going to have to use one I'm sure you'll have lying around - or a computer. I think USB charging is great for this reason, and it cuts down on cost and the environmental impact of another charger entering this world.
Charging from empty takes around 4 hours in mine, and the manual's experience. You'll know once the blue LED around the power button remains constant rather than flashing. The light is a one button affair, with five modes: four intensity settings and one flashing. Burn time runs from 1.7 - 2.3 - 4 - 8 - 4.5hrs through the modes. I found this to be fairly true and for city commuting, I'd say you can get away with the lowest brightness and longest burn time - allowing a few days between charges. The beauty of lights like this is you can go low power in the city - to be seen, then bump it up once you're on less illuminated roads - to see.
When at 50% battery, the light will change to red, meaning you've got plenty of warning before being caught out. The battery is a removable 18650 Li-ion, just like the one in the Lezyne. Unlike the Lezyne however, it is contained in an unserviceable plastic cell, meaning you're going to have to get onto BBB for a spare, rather than a basic battery supplier. It's a shame as otherwise you could get some spares for your saddle bag.
I like the BBB Strike 500, it's a solid torch type bike light with a more unusual design than the black aluminium conformity. Performance is very similar to the Lezyne that I was also testing at the same price point, both charging by USB, Li-ion batteries, multiple modes, form factor, and very little to tell them apart in the tunnel test. The Lezyne does a better job at spreading its beam, meaning so you should see more of the carriageway and it should get you more noticed - however all things being equal our figures suggest the BBB will punch its narrower beam a bit further down the road - and it has the better bracket, so it's a close call. That swappable battery on the Lezyne though means it just edges it for me in a closely run race.
A good premium light for commuting and dark roads, but should have replaceable batteries.
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Make and model: BBB Strike 500 front light
Size tested: White
Tell us what the light is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Couldn't find any blurb on the BBB site or the box but this is a torch type bike light, which falls more on the side of seeing than being seen.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the light?
Lightweight and compact USB rechargeable headlight.
Powerful 500 Lumen XM-L CREE LED.
Exchangeable internal EnergyBar (BLS-93) battery pack.
Quick and easy to charge by USB.
Airflow Cooling System (ACS) for optimum heat control.
5 modes: Super beam, high beam, standard beam, low beam and flash beam.
Water-resistant casing.
Rubber enclosed water-resistant switch.
Multifunctional power indicator, indicates empty battery (red light), light On (blue light) and charging (blue flash light).
Easy mounting by angle adjustable TightFix bracket fits on both standard and oversized handlebar diameters.
High quality Lithium ion polymer (2300mAh 3.7V) battery pack can be (dis)charged up to 400 times without noticeable performance loss.
Charging time is typically 4 hours. The system is protected against short circuits, overcharging and total discharge.
Weight: 127 grams.
Size: 112 x 35 x 40 mm.
Colors: black and white.
The plastic construction isn't quite as classy as its competitors but for some this could be a breath of fresh air.
A one button affair with four modes, not much to go wrong or read up on.
A single loop with belt rungs for either 25.8mm or 31.4mm is better than the two mounts that some lights go for. It was easy to install and angle adjustment worked well.
Got caught in the wet and no problems - other than me getting wet!
Larger capacity than the Lezyne means slightly longer running times. I found them to be true to those stated.
More of a spot with a blue hue than I would like but it's still a solid 500 lumen torch with reasonable spread.
Although it's a plastic construction, it is thick and feels solid. The battery is swappable but contained in a plastic body, so you'll have to go through BBB once it starts to drop off.
Better than average due to the material choice.
It's a good light but the same price a the Lezyne Super Drive XL - a light that feels much more of a quality item than this and can swap off the shelf batteries.
Tell us how the light performed overall when used for its designed purpose
As intended.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the light
The funky white design and gold heat sink.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the light
Battery is a standard 18650 but contained in a un-openable container.
Did you enjoy using the light? Yes.
Would you consider buying the light? Yes.
Would you recommend the light to a friend? Yes.
Anything further to say about the light in conclusion?
A sound light but I think there are nicer ones at this price point.
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The problem is that I don't know much beyond the crap. I've had some of the more common ones here in America (Molson, Guinness extra stout, etc, a wheat beer or two, etc.), but not very many and with no real rhyme or reason to the choices. I had a beer out of Munich the other day (I can't find the paper where I wrote down the name) and made the decision that it was time to get educated, time to be come a man and separate myself from the drunken college masses.
So, I need your help in exploring the wide world of this beverage. I assume it'd be good to try a variety of different types as well as different brands and origins to get a feel for what tickles my fancy. Suggestions would be much appreciated. A sort of order or progression in these suggestions would be even better. And if proper pairings with food could be given, it'll be that much more enjoyable.
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ALBANY, N.Y.—Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to request $30 billion in federal aid to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy, which heavily damaged parts of New York City and Long Island, he said Monday.
The administration will seek a supplemental appropriation to cover infrastructure, repair and emergency costs beyond those normally covered by federal emergency aid, Cuomo said. "I've asked for 100 percent reimbursement," he said.
Generally the Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse up to 75 percent of public costs, with the state and local authorities covering the remaining 25 percent. There have been cases, such as Hurricane Katrina, where the federal government has reimbursed up to 90 percent of costs.
"The equity and the fairness is inarguable in this case," Cuomo said. It will probably be a regional plan including New Jersey and Connecticut, with money for infrastructure, housing, local governments and small business, he said.
The plan to request federal aid, first reported Monday by The New York Times, would help cover the cost of improvements like a power grid meant to improve utilities' ability to find and fix outages. It would also upgrade New York City's fuel supply capacity to help prevent consumer shortages and bring new oil and gas pipelines from New England to reduce dependence on shipping the fuel.
Long lines at gas stations led to alternate-day rationing in both New York and New Jersey after the storm.
Last week, Cuomo said the storm would cost New York state $33 billion and he was counting on a commitment from the Obama administration for reimbursement for many public costs of rebuilding.
Even before the storm, the Cuomo administration had projected a $1 billion state deficit for the fiscal year with a $132 billion government budget. That deficit was expected to grow after the storm. Cuomo also raised the issue of more frequent extreme weather and studying what measures are needed to better protect New York's low-lying coastal areas.
Meanwhile, New York City is pouring $500 million into repairing public schools and hospitals damaged by the storm. With 23 schools and two city-owned hospitals still closed two weeks after the storm, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials announced plans Monday to put up $200 million for critical fixes to schools and $300 million for hospitals. That may well not be the final price tag, but it's enough to get going robustly on needs including new boilers, new electrical systems and roof repairs, city officials said. Officials plan to seek federal reimbursement for the school and hospital repairs.
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This photo-morph video of Lindsay Lohan's ever-changing mien should serve as a cautionary tale to all would-be child actors and their exploitative parents: life happens pretty fast in show business. It seems as if Lindsay has gone through every conceivable transformation over her 22-year career, a span of time during which we watched her grow from two freckle-faced matchmakers in The Parent Trap into a singularly troubled young woman with an unshakable booze habit. There's only one transition left for her to make — she has to become the top-billed star of her very own tentpole drama on a major cable network. Maybe something called Alice Redux where she plays a formerly successful child actress who gets deep into the rabbit hole of the L.A. club scene, only the clubs aren't really clubs — they're portals to strange dimensions with wacky tea parties, a perpetually tardy rabbit, and a totalitarian queen who puts Lindsay on probation cleaning horse stalls and collecting all the flamingo croquet mallets.
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KiwiRail repeats safety message after fatal collision at Wairarapa intersection without lights, barriers or bells.
A plea has gone out for drivers to be cautious at level crossings after a teenager was killed and her 17-year-old driver seriously injured when they collided with a commuter train yesterday.
Carterton schoolgirl Grace Ellen Diedrichs, 15, died just after 8.15am when the train slammed into the ute she was a passenger in.
Police said the southbound commuter train was passing the crossing at Wiltons Rd, which is controlled by a stop sign, when the collision happened. The vehicle Grace was in was extensively damaged.
Senior Sergeant Carolyn Watson of Masterton said a 17-year-old male from Pahiatua was at the wheel.
"The car has actually hit the side of the train and it's spun around, so the back of the cab is non-existent.
"The female passenger of the vehicle was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene."
The ute's driver was taken to Wairarapa Hospital with serious head injuries. Mrs Watson said it was a miracle he survived.
"It's amazing that anybody survived, with the damage to the ute."
The police serious crash unit had examined the scene but it was too early to know why the vehicle did not stop.
The crossing had no lights or barrier arms and a KiwiRail spokeswoman said the train would have been going about 80km/h when the collision happened.
She said it was one of many uncontrolled level crossings around the country.
About half of the country's 1400 level crossings have some electronic warning systems such as flashing lights, bells or barrier arms but there are still about 26 crashes a year between cars and trains.
The spokeswoman said it was too early to say if the fatal collision would prompt a review into the safety of the Wiltons Rd crossing.
"KiwiRail urges people to be really cautious around rail lines and when they're crossing lines," she said.
Last year, former test cricketer Chris Cairns launched a national campaign aimed at preventing deaths at level crossings.
Rail Safety Week was aimed at both drivers and pedestrians, and its main message was: "Use your brain, tracks are for trains."
Cairns became a rail safety campaigner after his sister Louise died in 1993 when a truck drove into a train she was travelling on.
At the time, KiwiRail chief executive Jim Quinn said: "Every single death or injury on the railway network is avoidable if people approaching it actively recognise the hazards that exist and obey the warning signs and signals."
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* There are 1330 level crossings around the country.
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Dan Walters: Redevelopment, CEQA reform are intertwined issues for 2014
Seemingly, devising a replacement for redevelopment and overhauling the California Environmental Quality Act are two discrete legislative issues.
They are, however, intertwined in that both were legislative agenda items that didn't bear fruit in 2013 and thus will be back in 2014, and that both potentially will impact how California evolves economically as it emerges from the worst recession since the Great Depression.
Indeed, one conceptual proposal from the Urban Land Institute, unveiled recently, makes the connection explicit. It calls on the Legislature to revive redevelopment, abolished two years ago for fiscal reasons, to give cities more tools to improve housing and local economies, and includes a narrow CEQA reform as one element of that proposed revival.
Redevelopment died because it had alienated both liberals and conservatives – the former because it had evolved into crony capitalism and siphoned off tax money from other public purposes, and the latter because it had become arrogant in dealing with landowners and small business.
So the first question is whether, as the Urban Land Institute contends, some form of redevelopment is legitimately needed to clean up urban blight, foster business investment through infrastructure improvement, and improve housing for the poor.
Were it limited to those purposes, perhaps so. But local officials have often ignored past attempts by the Legislature to impose discipline on redevelopment schemes when rent-seeking developers filled their heads with grandiose notions, incurring many billions of dollars in public debt to subsidize dicey projects.
Bankrupt Stockton is a monument to what happens when politicians and developers try to ignore the laws of economics and pour public funds into what are – or should be – essentially private projects. And it isn't the only one. Fresno, for instance, is being weighed down by a baseball park.
The Urban Land Institute says that redevelopment revival should include regulatory streamlining for infill and transit-oriented projects, which ties it to CEQA reform.
Actually, a CEQA bill aimed specifically at fast-tracking a new basketball arena in Sacramento, carried by the city's own legislator, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, contained some of those elements as a political sweetener.
But, one wonders, if streamlining CEQA's provisions for projects that meet some standard of political correctness – or political pull – is justified, why shouldn't it apply to more traditional forms of development, especially those that create badly needed new jobs?
Confining CEQA "reform" to certain kinds of politically favored projects – such as a new basketball palace in Sacramento or a football stadium in Los Angeles – is just another form of crony capitalism.


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CRESTVIEW � From a field of 30 hopefuls, Crestview High School senior Michelle Bryan emerged as this year's Bulldog Idol, winning the annual music competition with her rendition of the Maroon 5 ballad "Sunday Morning."
CRESTVIEW � From a field of 30 hopefuls, Crestview High School senior Michelle Bryan emerged as this year's Bulldog Idol, winning the annual music competition with her rendition of the Maroon 5 ballad "Sunday Morning."
The International Thespian Society�s Crestview High chapter produced the competition as a fundraiser to help members attend the statewide Thespian gathering in Tampa next month.
"We had a really good turnout for Bulldog Idol," Thespian adviser and school drama teacher Annette Gebhardt said. "We raised just over $1,100, which is wonderful!"
Michelle, a member of the school chorus and its Destiny show choir, has appeared in several musicals on the Pearl Tyner Auditorium stage, including "The Sound of Music," "The 21st Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and "Seussical, the Musical." Last fall she was chosen as the school's Homecoming queen.
For her audition the week before the Feb. 21 Idol show, Michelle sang the Amy Winehouse song "Valerie." That got her into the top 10. To break into the top five, where she joined Michael Brooks, Catherine Hanna, Evan Sammons and Atovic Johnson, she sang "Valerie" again before the enthusiastic audience.
Her performance of "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree," made famous by Scottish singer-songwriter K.T. Tunstall, propelled Michelle into the position of one of the top two finalists with Catherine Hanna. Her Maroon 5 tune turned out to be the contest's winner.
"I did not have a feeling I'd win this," Michelle said after the performance. "I was so excited. It was so awesome. This year, I've been so blessed."
Besides bragging rights as her alma mater's new Bulldog Idol, Michelle received another surprise while on the Pearl Tyner stage.
"I got asked to the prom right after I performed the second song," Michelle said. "It was a surprise. I said yes."
Last year's Bulldog Idol, Tyler Colonna, returned for an encore performance during the show, and Michelle will return during next year's competition, she promised.
First, members of the school's Thespian Society will head to Tampa for the March 20-23 state Thespian gathering at the David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts. In addition to participating in theatrical competitions, the students will attend workshops and seminars in acting, set design, costume design, lighting, makeup, house management and other stagecraft skills.
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As this issue of the NIJ Journal goes to press, 2008 has just begun. I want to take this opportunity to say a few words about NIJ's work over the past year.
Law enforcement is undergoing rapid change in the areas of recruitment, training, technology, immigration, and counterterrorism,
among others. How, for example, are police departments balancing their daily operations with the post-9/11 pressure to prevent
and respond to another terrorist attack? Last year, NIJ joined forces with Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of
Government to take a hard look at these changes and the new demands they are creating for police departments. The 3-year collaboration
will not only help refine NIJ's research agenda, it also will produce practical policy and best practices for policing.
In addition to the big-picture view of post-9/11 policing, we are looking at specific cases. We know that agencies have been
asked to shift resources or increase spending—or both—to accommodate new requirements related to counterterrorism and homeland
security. In 2007, we began an indepth examination of the expanded role of law enforcement agencies in five major cities to
gain a better understanding of the financial and operational impacts that these changes have placed on policing.
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in a 2007 symposium in Jerusalem where U.S. and Israeli experts met to finalize research, which will be collected in a joint
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One hundert years passed since the publication of the Dissertation by Karl Hermann Scheumann, a young graduate of the University of Leipzig. The autor presented the result of his research of ultramafic volcanic rocks in northern Bohemia. With regard to the exceptional composition associated with the presence of melilite and the absence of clinopyroxene, Scheumann introduced the name polzenite for these dyke rocks, now still in use. It is derived from the name of Polzen-Ploučnice River flowing through this region. The local varieties were named vesecite, modlibovite, luhite (with cliniopyroxene) and wesselite (free of melilite). From the today's perspective, it is necessary, however, to update the abov terms and revise them, where needed. Some of the Scheumann's type localities are hardly to be found. The purpose of recent studies, the preliminary results of which are presented for discussion, is to make access to the most significant outcrops, to provide their systematic documentation with the use of modern methods, and to verify and complete older data. New, in the last 30-40 years recoverd and partly still unpublished results extend significantly Scheumanns's original scope both in its content and regional extent. The current discussion focuses on the relatively high age of the volcanics, on the structural geology of the dyke-systeme of melilitic rocks (Devil's Wall type, Bohemian Massif), including the clarification of causal relationships between the magma emplacement and tectonic activity as well as magma generation and evolution of such extremely undersaturated rocks. Selected localities are valuable and unique objects of study. Projects on their protection have been prepared and are also open to discussion. Therefore we invite contributions dealing with ultramafic rocks, e.g. melilite rich volcanics of other regions or carbonatites and kimberlites from the field geological, geochemical, mineralogical and petrogenetic point of view.All contributions could be finished as a resarch paper into a special issue of the Journal of Geosciences - call for papers you find here.
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Thanks for that, guys. Duly noted. I'm still not sure how academic transcripts would be procured, though.
Duke allows a Diversity Statement. In addition to the required P.S., there's an optional essay which can focus on Diversity or an Academic element.Berkeley asks for a Statement of Purpose.
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So I'm at JavaOne and it's been an interesting first couple of days! I'm live tweeting a number of live announcements and insights but I thought I'd try to round-up my experiences so far on Days 1 and 2.
Apologies for anyone/thing I've missed - it's been a whirlwind!
My Walk
I started the day with an interesting walk from my apartment to "The Zone". First thing that struck me was the vast numbers of homeless people on the streets, really sad to see and not what I expected from San Fran at all. They say that Britain is a broken society, I think I'm seeing worse here in San Fran.
JUG Leaders Brunch
The JUG Leaders and Java Champions brunch was the first thing up on Sunday morning. It was fantastic to put names to faces (a bunch of us only knew each other from the mailing list) and of course to see familiar friendly faces including Stephen Chin, Bruno Souza, Fabiane Nardon, Kirk Pepperdine, Stephan Janssen and many more! Oracle gave us a briefing on what was going to be announced in the keynotes, one of the focuses being on Java FX 2.0. I'm still personally not sure whether it's going to be 'too little, too late' given the rise of HTML5, but then again I'm not heavily involved in the UI space.
User Group Sunday
The rest of Sunday was spent with the JUG leaders and other community members for a bunch of Open Conference style sessions. It's always good to discuss the issues that we all commonly face, thanks to John Yeary for organising.
The Duke awards were presented that evening outside in the Mason Street tent/cafe area and LJC's Trisha Gee accepted a Duke innovation award for the Disruptor framework that her company (LMAX) has been working on. The Zero Turnaround guys also picked up their well deserved award for JRebel.
The evening ended with us meeting up with Charles Nutter and some of the other JRuby crowd at the Glassfish party in the Thirsty Bear, it never hurts to get free beer! Was also nice to see Dan Hardiker and a certain Mr Gosling there.
The Good
1. Oracle's stance and genuine efforts with the community.
- The Duke awards on Sunday night
- The free coffee and beer
- Featuring non Oracle speakers on the JavaOne front page
- The technical content of the overall program being determined in conjunction with a community committee.
- Their community interviews
- And more!
2. Parts of the Keynote were really good. Mark Reinhold was very clear explaining Java 7 and 8, the Java FX 2.0 demo with the Kinect controlled Duke went down well and they involved the JRuby guys to explain invokedynamic and what it means for non-Java languages.
3. The Mason Street area and the hangout spaces in the hotels are pretty cool
4. Attendance was way up from last year, real buzz about the place, it's pretty clear that the Java platform is going through an upsurge, exciting to see.
5. JCP matters again. We had lots of people turning up to the JCP events, buoyed by the results of JSR-348 (step one in reforming the JCP) with lots of feedback and interactive Q&A. Even the public EC meeting was packed out! I was on the panel for a number of these events and was really happy with the amount of interest and feedback, especially considering they're effectively non-technical sessions.
6. Good talks on Lambda (Alex Buckley) and Jigsaw (Mark Reinhold) for Java 8 from experts who actually engaged the audience!
7. The O'Reilly cocktail party, was able to talk shop with fellow authors and catch up with friends from OSCON such as Laurel Ruma, Sarah Novotny and the rest of the O'Reilly crew.
The Indifferent
1. Oracle have tried their best with "The Zone", but the fact remains that running around the 3 hotels is still fairly difficult and trying to find certain rooms inside the hotels also leaves attendees missing out on their events. I haven't put this into "The Bad" section as the sign posting and extra helpers made it bearable (just).
2. The speakers room was very small and has limited WiFi signal, Oracle, please talk to the OSCON folks on their set-up!
3. Getting my photo taken in an alleyway in the rain for a tech magazine - us developers don't usually make good models, as was proven today!
4. Some of the even rooms are still small and pokey and seem to be stuck in a basement level (Parc55 in particular)
The Bad
1. The WiFi constantly drops in and out, ruining some presenters demos and causing immense frustration for attendees. Lessons need to be learned from some of the European conferences such as Devoxx and FOSDEM. Hoping this improves tomorrow.
2. The Intel part of the keynote. Caused the entire keynote to be late (they rambled on), was boring (some pretty hokey bar/line graphs) and the its content was better suited to OOW as opposed to JavaOne.
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Sigh... More Ignorance About SEOBlog Post: August 18, 2008
I am not really an SEO guy. I read SEOmoz because I work in technology, run some of my own websites, and like to keep up on what's going on. That said, I know several people who call themselves SEO experts who don't know their ass from their elbow. They're the same leeches who marketed themselves as HTML experts back in the dotcom days. They just move from trend to trend latching onto whatever pays well.
One person who sticks out in my mind is a girl who tried to do a web seminar on SEO. I know her from the dotcom days and know she didn't know jack back then either so I started asking her very pointed questions. She finally shut me off by telling me that she can't tell me her secrets because then she would have nothing to offer her clients.
In the end what I was able to determine is that she knows almost nothing about SEO. What she is ultimately offering her clients is copywriting and keyword packing in the text. I gather that only because she never mentioned the phrase link building and kept emphasising that you had to write your copy using some magic vodoo to get highly ranked.
She knows all the buzzwords and makes what she does sound very mysterious so people will write her checks and wait for their #1 ranking in Google but she probably doesn't have one happy client.
I feel sorry for honest and competent SEO folks. When any fool who can read a forum can call themselves an SEO expert it's difficult to establish credibility. But it's people who write on sites like this that really establish the difference between a real SEO professional and the average snake oil salesman who represent the bulk of the industry.


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The great irony of early stage cancer is that you don't feel a thing from the cancer, but the treatment is a royal bitch. The prospect of repeating this scenario another five times made me quickly realize why some people just can't complete the treatments. Who wants to deliver sextuplets, one at a time, every three weeks?
By the time I was released from the hospital and had a day or so to shake it off at home, I woke up and it was like the sicko to human switch was flipped. I got up craving pancakes, was able to drink coffee again, and reintroduced butter and half and half. Thankfully the lactose thing was temporary.
On Christmas I made these phenomenal pancakes, Cornmeal Blueberry with Spiced Maple Butter; unbelievably delicious.
I had a great week. Lots of energy, hit the gym nearly every day, including my twice weekly strength training class, cooked and ate well, had a little wine (the first time the idea sounded remotely appealing, although apparently my cheap wine gene has been chemo zapped). I even felt well enough to work, and did a 3 entree/6 side meal package for one of my favorite clients.
My hair, which did start growing back from the buzz cut, is now falling out at an increasing rate daily; I've got hats full of fuzz. And I am undergoing reverse puberty, if you get my drift. (The Pocahontas artwork was in a house I rented with some friends last summer; clearly I will not need the help of woodland animals with my hair for quite some time).
My face was so dried out and scaly last week it was painful. My Facebook fans suggested about every known remedy, many of which I tried, but it turns out the most expensive solution, a $43 tube of Kiehl's Centella Recovery Skin-Salve, has saved me from looking like an old man. (Thanks to Teresa from The Dog Lived, and (So Will I) , for the tip).
Chemo #2 was uneventful on Wednesday. Yesterday, in what is hoped to be a solution to the Great White Cell Crash, I was given an injection of Neulasta, which is a white blood cell booster. I didn't ask why I didn't get it last time. Maybe because it's about $2,500 a pop. Which is probably cheaper than the 3 days I spent occupying a hospital bed, so I am assuming my insurance had no problem authorizing it. Neulasta's big side effect is bone pain.
While it's listed as 30%, a big deal is made about warning you. I've decided to take the same tactic as for the nausea; expect to not have it, and you won't. (27% of people who got the placebo claimed bone pain - what does that tell you?). Of course, I had a shooting pain in my knee when I stopped at the market on the way home and nearly dropped the $8 Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Bar I was examining. I took it as a sign to buy the chocolate (it's delicious). Just to be sure on the pain thing , I've been taking Advil.
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U.S. cuts embassy staff in Baghdad amid growing signs of sectarian war
The United States announced Sunday that it was evacuating an undisclosed number of workers from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in a tacit acknowledgment that the situation in the Iraqi capital had become unpredictable and that violence seemed likely.
The announcement came on the same day that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claimed to have executed 1,700 Iraqi soldiers, all of them Shiite Muslims who'd been captured last week.
In a statement, the U.S. State Department did not reveal how many of its workers were being moved out of the embassy compound, saying that "overall, a substantial majority of the U.S. Embassy presence in Iraq will remain in place." But even if a majority remains at the compound, the evacuation could mean the departure of hundreds of workers. The Baghdad embassy is the United States' largest, with 5,300 U.S. government employees.
A separate announcement from the Defense Department said the evacuation of embassy personnel was "being facilitated aboard commercial, charter and State Department aircraft as appropriate." The statement said U.S. military "airlift assets" were "at the ready," but suggested that the State Department had not requested military assistance in the evacuation.
The statement by Pentagon spokesman Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said the U.S. military also had sent a "small number of DoD personnel" to assist "State Department security assets in Baghdad to help ensure the safety of our facilities."
The decision to evacuate Americans from the huge embassy compound came as the likelihood of sectarian and ethnic violence in Baghdad grew as fighters allied with the Sunni Muslim extremist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria vowed to press their lightning advance across northern and central Iraq into the capital.
Earlier Sunday, ISIS posted photos on the Internet that it said depicted the execution of hundreds of members of the Iraqi security forces who'd been taken prisoner when ISIS overran the Iraqi city of Tikrit last week.
A statement accompanying the photos claimed the men were all Shiite Muslims _ an assertion, even if proven false, that is sure to inflame Iraq's emotion-filled sectarian divisions that in recent days have seen thousands of Shiite men flock to Baghdad to volunteer to help the army counter ISIS's push into the capital and nearby cities.
ISIS, which now controls much of Anbar province in the west and Nineveh province in the north and has pushed into Salahuddin and Diyala provinces just north of Baghdad, considers Shiite Muslims to be heretics subject to death. The feud between Sunnis and Shiites dates to A.D. 680, when a Sunni army beheaded one of the most revered figures in Shiite history at the Battle of Karbala. Recent ISIS statements have urged its followers to march to Karbala.
In its statement accompanying the photos, ISIS said it had executed 1,700 Shiite prisoners in Tikrit, a claim that could not be verified. ISIS also said it had released 2,500 Sunni prisoners after receiving promises that the men would repent and no longer fight alongside the government.
An Iraqi military spokesman told the Associated Press that the pictures appeared to have been taken after a former U.S. military facility in Tikrit fell to ISIS forces. The spokesman, Lt. Gen. Qassim Moussawi, did not comment, however, on whether 1,700 had been confirmed killed, as the group claims.
The photos showed dozens of young men bound in the back of trucks, then being led into open fields and executed by masked men firing assault rifles. Most of the men appeared to be wearing civilian clothes.
The caption on one photograph, which showed a dozen young men with their heads bowed and hands bound behind their backs while being menaced by masked gunmen, said the Iraqi Army's "lions had been turned into ostriches." Other captions described similar scenes as "the apostates being led to their doom."
The decision to spare Sunni prisoners _ if true _ undoubtedly stems from a desire by ISIS to maintain good relations with the large number of Sunni tribes in central and western Iraq that have joined its offensive, angered what they say have been sectarian discrimination and brutality by Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al Malaki. The mix of fighters includes Baath party members still loyal to Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi strongman who was deposed by the Americans in 2003 and executed by the Shiite-led government that came to power afterward.
Highlighting the sectarian nature of the conflict, which has threatened the future of the modern Iraqi state, was Malaki's decision – backed by Shiite religious figures – to call upon Shiite militias that had mostly been disbanded after the brutal sectarian civil war that followed the American led invasion. It has also drawn the attention of Shiite-ruled Iran, which appears willing to send aid and expertise, as well as the possible deployment of ground troops to help protect the regime.
The Obama administration itself is considering aiding the Iraqis are well, including possible air strikes. But President Barack Obama conditioned any assistance on Maliki and other Iraqi politicians putting aside their differences _ something most observers say is unlikely.
On Sunday, State Department Jen Psaki raised the issue of internal reconciliation again, even as she condemned the reports of the execution of 1,700 Iraqi military personnel, whom she described as "air force recruits," as "a true depiction of the bloodlust that these terrorists represent."
"This underscores the need for Iraqi leaders from across the political spectrum to take steps that will unify the country in the face of this threat," she said.
The sectarian nature of the conflict was emphasized by the U.S. announcement on where it was redeploying its evacuated embassy workers.
The State Department said they would be dispatched to Amman, Jordan, where the U.S. already operates a mission to support American activities in Iraq, or to two Iraqi cities distinguished by their ethnic and religious homogeneity _ Irbil, in the north, which has a majority Kurdish population, or Basra, in the far south, where Shiite Muslims predominate.
The State Department also warned Americans to limit their travel in five Iraqi provinces where Sunni Arab Muslims are either the dominant group or a significant minority _ Anbar, Nineveh, Salahuddin, Dyiala and Kirkuk.
Contributing to this report were Mark Seibel and James Rosen in Washington, Hannah Allam in Dallas, and Jonathan S. Landay in New York.


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DUPONT, Wash. - The UC San Diego men's golf team sits in a three-way tie for 14th place following Monday's opening round of the NCAA Division II South Central/West Regional, being held at The Home Course outside of Tacoma.
UCSD totaled a 9-over par 297 to tie it with Cal State East Bay and Dixie State. The teams are 18 strokes behind leader Cal State Monterey Bay, which fired a 9-under 279 on the 7,138-yard layout.
"We really just didn't play our game today," said UCSD head coach Mike Wydra. "The conditions were a little different than what we've been used to. It's firm and it bounces in a funny way. I think we'll get used to it and adjust, but our short game let us down. We played a lot better than we scored."
The Tritons' individual leader is junior Lewis Simon, who carded a 2-under par 70 to tie him with five other players for 11th place.
"I hit the ball well today, I was playing pretty consistently," said Simon, whose top finish this season was a tie for fifth at the Classic Club Shootout in Palm Desert in early April. "I was hitting fairways and greens and giving myself a lot of opportunities for birdies. I could have made more putts, but I'm pleased with the 70 of course. Hopefully, more will fall tomorrow, but I'm giving myself chances and that's all I can ask for."
Eight of the nine top 25 nationally-ranked teams in the tournament are among the top 10 in the team standings. Following No. 6 Monterey Bay, No. 10 Western Washington is four strokes back with a 5-under 283 and eighth-ranked Abilene Christian is third with a 1-under 287. No.11 Grand Canyon and No.12 Cal State Stanislaus are tied for fourth with an even par 288. No. 24 Chico State, No. 25 Midwestern State, Colorado-Colorado Springs and Dallas Baptist are all tied for ninth with a 1-over 289. No. 17 Hawaii Hilo rounds out the top 10 with a 2-over 290.
Dallas Baptist's Kyle Beard is the medalist leader at 6-under par 66. He had seven birdies and one bogey. In a three-way tie for second, one stroke behind, are Midwestern State's Santiago Gomez, CSUMB's Brandon Hortt and Newman's Myles Miller.
Four others are competing for UCSD in DuPont. Freshman Clayton Yamaguchi is tied for 61st (3-over 75), junior Fredrik Palmer-Picard and sophomore Jay Lim are tied for 78th (4-over 76) and junior Jacob Williams is tied for 92nd (6-over 78).
Simon's round consisted of four birdies, 12 pars and just two bogeys. He had two birdies on the front and two on the back. Three of the four came on par-5 holes and the other on a par-4. Both bogeys were on par-4s.
"The greens were firm and you had to land it short to get to the front pins, especially," said Simon. "If you hit your spots, you'd be in good position for birdie. The course is wide open and that's good for me, it gives me more room for error and makes me feel more comfortable."
Twenty-five of the 108 players recorded under-par rounds on a day that saw temperatures reach into the mid-80s.
After a noon start today, UCSD gets the early nod Tuesday as the Tritons hit the course beginning at 7:30 a.m. Williams tees off first and will be followed by Palmer-Picard (7:40 a.m.), Yamaguchi (7:50 a.m.), Simon (8:00 a.m.) and Lim (8:10 a.m.). Each threesome also consists of players from Chico State and Dallas Baptist.
"We have an early start tomorrow, so we won't have that long break between," said Simon. "I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing - hit solid shots, stay below the hole and keep hitting fairways and greens. The putts will fall, you just have to keep giving yourself chances."
The tournament's third and final round will be contested Wednesday.
The top five team finishers and the top two individuals from non-qualifying teams will advance to the NCAA Division II Championships on May 20-24 in Hershey, Pa.
Regional play can be followed with live scoring, which is updated after every three holes.
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Sharing the gospel is about people, not numbers. So what happened in Immokalee, Florida, began just as it should have, when Junior Reyes invited one of his friends to come to church.
Little did he know what he was starting.
At the time, there were only two Aaronic Priesthood bearers in the Immokalee Branch: Junior and another young man named Jorge Caceres. Jorge was born in the Church but had become discouraged because for a long time he had been the only Aaronic Priesthood bearer in the branch. So Junior, a convert, was the only one who went to stake firesides.
"Every time I'd go, I'd see the other branches and all the youth in the stake, but from our branch, it would just be me," Junior says. "Finally, I said, 'Why am I the only one here from Immokalee? I've got to open my mouth.'
"The way I was raised, I was taught not to be scared," he continues. "When I talk to my friends about Jesus Christ and the restored gospel, I'm not afraid; I'm happy. I know what I'm telling them can help them make their lives better."
"We are always together," Wedner Daly says about the young men in his branch. "There's a strong feeling that we're all brothers, and I love my brothers."
So Junior invited his friend Wedner Daly to come to church. "I said, 'You learn a lot of things and you get a lot of blessings, and it's worth it.'"
Wedner accepted.
"I didn't think anything special about it at first," Wedner says. "I thought it would be like other churches. But when I got there, it was the day that everybody shared their testimonies, so I got to feel the Spirit when I first came. That was different for me. I had never been to a church where people shared their testimonies and felt great about their church. That's one of the reasons that I liked it."
So Wedner invited his friend, Milsont Pierre. Milsont started coming to weeknight activities and then to Sunday meetings, and then the missionaries started teaching his family. He remembers vividly, "I felt the Spirit, over and over again, especially during the sacrament prayers. I knew this was the true Church." Milsont and his three brothers were baptized and confirmed, as well as a cousin, a nephew, and four of Milsont's friends.
Multiplying Tree
From there, the Aaronic Priesthood in Immokalee just kept multiplying. "It was like a tree," Junior says. "It just kept growing and growing."
"One person invited another person, who invited another person, who invited another," Milsont says.
Some of Junior's friends from the football team came. Others invited relatives, fellow students, or long-time friends. The full-time missionaries received lots of referrals and taught and taught and taught—often accompanied by young men from the branch. Attendance at Wednesday night and Scouting activities averaged about 30, with almost as many in attendance on Sunday. Today there are 26 active young men in the branch—and one of them is Jorge Caceres, the one who had previously been discouraged about having no other young men with whom to associate.
"I became friends with Junior, too," Jorge says, "Then when he started inviting his friends to church, I became friends with them. Every week new people kept coming."
And Jorge noticed something. "Once they started getting to know the Church, they changed." The gospel was changing them; getting to know Christ was changing them. "When I saw that, I started to take church more seriously. I worked on my own testimony, and now I know the Church is true."
Fellowship Factor
What has made the difference in Immokalee? Some things you would expect. "One thing that helped me a lot is reading my scriptures and thinking about it, asking questions and praying," says Esperandieu Andfils. "When you do that and feel the Spirit, there is no denial."
Wilnick Louis says witnessing his older brother Milsont's baptism made a difference for him. The baptism was held on Sunday after regular meetings, so Wilnick decided to come to church first. "I'd been to activities, but that was the first time I'd come to church on Sunday," he says. "During the meetings, and then at the baptism, I felt something good. When the missionaries asked me if I'd come again, I said, 'Yeah, I'll keep coming.'"
Sergio Andres says hearing the testimonies of the other young men his age made a big difference for him, and so did hearing the testimony of the full-time missionaries. "You have to share your testimony," Sergio says, "because if people don't know there's a true Church, they won't be able to find it."
But one of the biggest factors in the growth of the Church in Immokalee appears to be the attitude the young men here have toward each other.
Never Divided
"We are always together," Wedner says. "There's a strong feeling that we're all brothers, and I love my brothers." Esperandieu echoes the same feeling: "I can count on them."
That's what Young Men leaders have noticed, too.
"They're friends everywhere they go," says Michael "Bo" Browne, newly sustained Immokalee Young Men president. "It's not a situation where if they're in school, they avoid eye contact. They're friends and brothers outside of the Church as well as inside, and I think that's the key."
"They have taught me a lot of things," says a previous Young Men president, Frank Fernandez. "But their love for each other is the best example I've received. That's the kind of love we should have toward everybody. Because of that love, they are fearless. They're not afraid to open their mouths and talk to their friends about the gospel."
"We're all counseled to bring our friends and relatives unto Christ," says recently released Immokalee Young Men president and Scoutmaster Clark Robinson, "and we feel like we should do it because we're hearing people tell us we should. But these young men do it because they found peace here, and they're eager to have those they care about feel what they feel and know what they know. It reminds me of Lehi's dream, when he partakes of the fruit of the tree and immediately wants to share his happiness.
"The Lord has asked everyone to take what we have and add to it. So do the math. A willing spirit plus the correct principles equals a happy, large quorum and a growing branch or ward in the Church," Brother Robinson says.
Click here to watch a video about the young men in Immokalee, Florida.


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I think about food so much this time of the year because vegetables abound. I just came home from working at Courtney Farms in Bagdad with a load of vegetables that will be presented to Community Supported Agriculture subscribers for a weekend gathering of shared experiences and shared food. We are combining our farming efforts to bring food to local families, and that includes the pretty things that can be added and eaten in the mix.
Any successful festivity needs food, friends and flowers; and the food and flowers can actually complement each other because there is a wide range of flowers that are edible. Why limit flower use to decorating tables, they can also decorate food without the threat of choking or poisoning your guests?
It used to be that parsley was the only garnish found on dinner plates or buffet tables. It originally was intended as a breath freshener, but over the years it was relegated to being a simple ornamental garnish that was the only thing left on the plate after the meal was complete.
As chefs became more creative, so did their dinner plate presentation and we began to see flower garnishes among the salads, soups and entrees. This is something you definitely can try at home.
My sister was the first in the family to start plucking the pansies in spring to put on box lunches that she would make for visitors to the farm. Most people ate their lunches, leaving the pansy behind.
As time went on, we encouraged people to give them a try, "They don't really have much flavor, come on, try it."
The pressure tactic worked and at least people where now willing to use edible flowers as a compliment, albeit only visual, to their own meals at home.
Many edible flowers – and I have tried most of them – don't really have that much flavor, but some actually pack a savory punch. The best one is the nasturtium.
Back in the early spring, when I put my kitchen garden in, I planted nasturtium among the lettuces and spinach. The nasturtiums are in full bloom now and ready to be mixed in the salad bowl.
Both the bloom and the foliage of nasturtium are edible, imparting a spicy, peppery taste. Plus, the deep-red bloom of Empress of India will add some bold color to the mix.
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This is the oil essay Kristen Witt of Mineola, Texas, wrote that helped her win the T.C. Chadick $2,000 scholarship available to seniors in Wood and Franklin Counties. The essay had to be written on some historical event that occurred in Wood or Franklin Counties prior to 1945.
Black Gold
Suppose you are a farmer in Hawkins, Texas in 1940. Your land sits on rolling hills and valleys, forested in spots by piney woods atop sandy soil. You have no air conditioning or telephone, and your mode of transportation is a horse and wagon driven over dirt roads. There is no internet service or cell phone. Your only livelihood is the crops you slave over every day and night. But one day, all this changes with a simple knock on the door. Bobby Manziel stands on your doorstep with a proposal, "Let us drill for oil on your land." With a charming smile, he convinces you to sign the required papers; and in an instant, your life is destined to change.
A few weeks later, you find time to relax in the evening by listening to "You are My Sunshine" on your battery-powered radio, the life-line for news, music and entertainment for your family. You have a hard day's work ahead of you, slaving over the plow in the deadly sun. Times are hard, but you must provide for your family. You turn off the radio, walk a few yards from your house to the outhouse, and return home to turn off kerosene lamps and settle under your handmade quilts. You lie awake for a few moments listening to the "chirp-chirp" of crickets and the occasional "hoot" of an owl. Your curtains blow gracefully as the cool night air pours through open windows into your humble home.
Just as your eyes close and your breathing slows, you are jarred awake by a terrifying sound. The earth begins to shake tremendously; and, fearfully, you leap out of bed. Running outside, you have no idea what to expect. The sight you witness is one you will never forget. Spewing wildly from a 40-foot wooden oil derrick is black, rich oil. As the oil pours onto the ground and drillers rush to contain it, you suddenly realize a shocking fact. Overnight, you have become very rich.
This was a common scene experienced by many families in the 1940's, in Hawkins, TX. Beginning in October, 1940, Wood County experienced its first oil boom. Bobby Manziel drilled the first oil well 3.5 miles north of town; and, overnight, Hawkins became the talk of East Texas. People poured in from miles away hoping to take part in the wealth pouring from the city. The sudden fame also brought in con-men, prostitutes, criminals, and many other troublesome people. Police officers and Texas Rangers struggled to keep up with the nonsense that occurred. The boom brought in drillers and oil producers placing bids on land in hopes of also striking oil. Within the same year, Steve Rotundi and F. R. Jackson struck oil. However, this time it was within the Hawkins city limits. Residents sold their land to multiple producers who eventually sold out to large corporations such as the Humble Oil and Refining Company.
Drilling oil was not an easy job. More often than not it was a gamble. Technology had not advanced enough to determine where to drill for oil nor was the machinery equipped to easily drill into the ground.
Drillers had to be strong and in good condition. Some put their lives on the line for the sake of oil production. The crew needed the strength, skill, and discipline of a football team and the precision of a woman threading a needle. These men would spend weeks, even months, drilling the same well. Long periods of time would pass before they knew whether or not oil was even present under their derrick. As each day passed, every crew member had the same question on his mind, "Will we strike oil?"
On the occasion that oil was found, quite a celebration was thrown. After months of hoping, wishing, and almost giving up, it all became worth it. Each time black gold poured from the ground, the residents of Hawkins, TX, men, women, and children, shouted for joy! The town was booming, business was thriving, the population was growing; and Hawkins had found its claim to fame.
The discovery of oil not only benefited Hawkins and Wood County but the entire country as well. The Humble Oil and Refining Company, now Exxon, provided oil for the Allies during World War II and helped contribute to the building of the pipeline that extended to Pennsylvania.
Over time, the oil pools did begin to dry up. Oil production is no longer as prosperous as it once was; however, it still plays a huge part in Hawkins' economy. Every year, Hawkins holds an Oil Festival to honor those who so bravely risked their lives for the gamble of finding the precious black gold.
The discovery of oil changed Hawkins and the residents of Wood County forever. I am one of those residents. In the 1940's, my great-grandfather, Orville Goolsby, lived in Wood County and worked as a driller for many oil companies. Because of his labor and investment in the oil industry of Wood County, my family continues to reside in this county and benefit from it. I am grateful for the oil boom because it positioned my great-grandfather to participate in mapping out my destiny and has provided the opportunity for me to be raised in a tranquil community rich in family history.
Discovery of Oil in Hawkins – The first oil well in Wood Co., Tx
The Handbook of Texas online by Texas State Historical Association.
Vertical Files: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Adele W. Vickery, "A Transcript of Centennial Edition, 1850-1950 Wood County Democrat" (Mineola, Texas, 1974)
"Wood County, 1850-1900" (Quitman, Texas: Wood County Historical Society, 1976).
Internet source: "All Things Historical" Dec. 19, 2005
Personal interviews with:
Larry Lewis (a family friend), son of Irvin C."Shorty" Lewis, who worked for Roger Lacy Oil Company in the 1940's in Hawkins, Tx.
Lucy Carr (my grandmother), daughter of Orville Otis Goolsby, who worked for various oil companies throughout Wood County during the 1940's.
Filed under: Historical Events | Tagged: Carr, Chadick, Goolsby, Hawkins, Jackson, Lacy, Lewis, Manziel, Mineola, Rotundi, Vickery, Witt |


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