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Angus King joins Democrats
Angus King, the independent former Maine governor who won a landslide victory in his Senate race, made it official Wednesday: He plans to formally caucus with Democrats to give them a 10-seat majority during the first two years of President Barack Obama's second term.
"The outcome of last week's election makes the decision relatively easy," King told reporters in the Capitol Wednesday morning. "In the situation where one party has a clear majority and effectiveness is an important criteria, affiliating with the majority makes the most sense. The majority has more committee slots to fill, has more control over what bills get considered and more control over the Senate's schedule."
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The decision comes as little surprise. Since he espouses many left-of-center views and was a lifelong Democrat before he became an independent to run in the 1994 governor's race, leaders in both parties long assumed he'd formally organize with Senate Democrats if he won his election. King must now try to persuade skeptics that he's not a party-line Democrat after running his campaign on the promise to help end partisan brinkmanship on Capitol Hill.
As he was weighing his caucusing decision, King pushed for a seat on the Senate Finance Committee, the powerful tax-writing panel that members lobby for years to occupy a coveted spot. But King said Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) gave him no assurances on any committee assignments; Reid told reporters he "couldn't be happier" with King's decision to join the caucus.
"Getting on Finance as a first-year senator without a party I think is a long shot," King told POLITICO Tuesday. "The principal reason that I was interested is because I think a thorough, major tax reform is going to be part of the deficit reduction."
King, who will take over the seat occupied for 18 years by retiring GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe, said he would be at a severe disadvantage if he mounted a "go-it-alone" approach and decided not to choose a caucus because he wouldn't be able to secure committee assignments. King said after extensive discussions with more than a dozen senators in recent days, he was assured he could espouse his independence and would not be expected to toe the party line.
If he chose not to join a caucus, "In the long run, I would be relegated to the sidelines as the day-to-day work was done by others," King said.
Republicans assumed during the campaign that this day would come if King won. So they dumped about $4 million in the race to defeat him, launching a barrage of personal attacks in the three-person campaign with Republican candidate Charlie Summers and Democrat Cynthia Dill. But Democrats in Washington — not wanting to alienate King, the heavy favorite — largely sat out of the race and refused to endorse their own party's nominee, hoping he'd repay them if he won his Senate race.
After winning by 22 percentage points, King seems to have done just that. While King warned the GOP during the campaign he wouldn't forget its attacks when it came time to make his caucus decision, he insisted in an interview that the mud-slinging during his election bid didn't affect his decision, which he reached Tuesday night.


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Apostle Hermes of the Seventy - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy apostle Hermes of the Seventy; / entreat the merciful God / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Kontakion — Tone 4
The Church ever sees you as a shining star, O apostle Hermes, / Your miracles have manifested great enlightenment. / Therefore we cry out to Christ: / "Save those who with faith honor Your apostle, O Most Merciful One."

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Apple/Onion/Bacon Sourdough
After some encouragement and ideas from BlueZebra, and Kjknits, here is an oddball bread.
Apple-Onion-Bacon Sourdough
The brownish color crust is due to large amounts of Spelt flour.
In below pic there is Apple to the right, Some onion and bacon on the left, and you will see bacon up top. With a mild apple cider flavor throughout. In case you were wonderin..
Well, if your interested in the recipe, dont even bother askin, it all went by in a blur. I COULD give the recipe for the original Normandy Apple Bread, but not this....I even measured all the ingredients on a scale, and each time I thought something along the lines of "ok as soon as I add this in I gotta write down the amount" but it was kinda like, Attention Deficit. Oh look at the apple cider, boy that stuff is good, where was I, oh yeah I gotta put in more flour.. Dang it forgot the weight of the bacon..
So now Im thinking, heh this might work...
So now I have this mixed and kneaded mass, and split it in half. Placed two halves in bread pans, let rest for 1 hour 30 minutes, and fired it right into the oven at 375 for 50minutes.
And the best part is, its great........Dang I wish I wrote it down....


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Hello, My name is Julie and I am a neglectful parent.
Hello, Julie.
Thanks for that nice warm welcome. Today I am going to be talking about something a little off for an NPSA meeting. I want to award a mom with the very first Mother of the Month award. I am sure you are asking yourself, "Why are we having a Mother of the Month award when we are supposed to be celebrating Neglectfulness?" Here is my answer... I have no freakin' clue. I just thought it would be fun for today since we went to an end of the school-year water party.
And the award goes to ..... (drum roll is going- can you hear it???)
(take the button Laina - it is all yours- at least for this month)
We never do anything fun.
Can (insert name here) come over?
Can I go over to (insert name here)'s house?
Can we go to the pool?
Why aren't we having swimming lessons?
Why are you still sleeping?
The list can go on and on. These are only a few of the fun things I have to look forward to hearing. Wish there was some way to get the voices to stop!
So here is just a few of the fun pics I snapped as I sat back and had fun, relaxed, visited with friends, and the like.
Theme song- Summertime, Summertime by the Jamies.


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|MLBPA Press Release
The MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy enhances the quality of life in urban American communities and uses the strength of the national pastime to set the standard for education, character development and baseball instruction. The Academy operates in partnership with Major League Baseball and strives to build championship-caliber Major League players and solid Major League contributors to society.
Courtesy of the players charitable foundation, the children will receive round-trip transportation to the game, meet the players, and receive free tickets, food, beverages and souvenirs.
This season, Buses for Baseball will provide transportation and personal greetings for more than 1,500 underprivileged children attending Major League Baseball games as invited guests of their big league heroes. Buses for Baseball will provide many of the children with their first chance to attend a Major League Baseball game.
The Players Trust enjoys support from the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in providing this unique, up close and personal opportunity to share the thrill of Major League Baseball with those less fortunate.
To watch a brief video featuring the Buses for Baseball program, please visit the Players Trust Channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/MLBPlayersTrust.
About the Major League Baseball Players Trust
The members of the Major League Baseball Players Association created the Players Trust, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, to provide resources of caring to those in need by volunteering in causes close to their hearts and encouraging others to do the same. The foundation became the first of its kind in professional sports established and administered by the players. For additional information, please visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com.


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Bavarian Authorities Signpost API
Bayerischer Behördenwegweiser (trans. Bavarian Authorities Signpost) provides an API for retrieving information on local services, living conditions, authorities, addresses, and contacts from the City Administrations within Bavaria. This API uses SOAP calls issued in XML format. The Bavarian Authorities Signpost website and API documentation are only provided in German.


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For discussions/questions related to PCs, Macs, cell phones, etc.
Sticky Threads
Normal Threads
Use this control to limit the display of threads to those newer than the specified time frame.
Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted.
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= USB redirection over the network
Allow redirecting a USB device to another machine over the network. For example use an USB webcam attached to machine A on machine B. For Fedora 16 the focus will be on allowing using USB devices attached to some machine (not necessarily the host machine) inside a qemu-kvm virtual machine.
- Name: Hans de Goede
- Email: email@example.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 16
- Last updated: Jun 27, 2011
- Percentage of completion: 25%
Detailed Description
The intend is to deliver the following for Fedora 16:
- A usbredir package with libraries for:
- parsing the usbnetredir protocol
- redirecting a local attached usb-device through an application provided pipe
- Support for qemu to receive data from a usbredir pipe, and make the redirected USB device show up as being attached to the emulated host controller inside the virtual machine
- Support for spice-server and spice-gtk (the gtk spice client widget) to use usbredir
- A nice UI for redirecting USB devices from a spice-gtk based virtual machine viewer
Benefit to Fedora
Currently many Fedora users choose to not use qemu-kvm for virtual machines, but instead use a less open alternative not shipped with Fedora. One of the stated reasons for doing so is the less then stellar support for USB redirection with qemu-kvm. Besides adding support for USB redirection over the network, qemu's USB redirection support is being improved in general, including in support for USB 2.
The needed changes are isolated to the new usbredir package, qemu and spice. Work is already underway to try and get all changes upstream.
How To Test
Right now, see: http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/9682.html
Once most bits are in place:
- Create a virtual machine with virt-manager, select Spice as display protocol and select the QXL graphics card
- Connect to the virtual machine from some machine with a gtk based spice-client to the virtual machine
- Select a random USB device attached to your local machine to redirect to the vm
- Check that the USB device shows up in the vm, and works normally.
User Experience
Users wishing to redirect USB devices to virtual machines can do so easily from the virtual machine viewer UI, and can do so even when connected to the virtual machine from another machine then the host.
Contingency Plan
The plan is to deliver the various bits mentioned under "Detailed Description" one by one. If time runs out before we can deliver the lower bullets, the already delivered bits will stay in place and can still be used, but only from the cmdline rather then from a nice integrated UI experience.
See: http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/9682.html http://people.fedoraproject.org/~jwrdegoede/usb-redir.pdf http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~jwrdegoede/usbredir/tree/usb-redirection-protocol.txt
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Following on from the success of last weeks amazing Communicators gig, we are staging another great line up of bands this weekend at Canning Town.
We open Friday evening from 4pm with our fabulous 'Upcyclers' displaying and selling their beautiful products, our exhibition 'Uplifting Choices' showcasing the very best of upcycling and sustainable design, wonderful food stalls, the fab Dorset Cider House crew offering incredible British Ale and Cider, and not forgetting out headliner 'The Kings of the City' and support acts from 7.30pm. Check out their music now on SoundCloud.
It will be free to enter the site before 7pm with a request you pay a nominal fee of £2 after this time to support our project. OAPs and children under 12 will be free at all times.
There will be more live music on Saturday evening also with gates opening at 1pm that day.
Hope to see you there!


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maxh wrote:masher wrote:I find it quite hard to believe that one person is all this...Von Haus wrote:This man is a: BSc(Eng) MSCE PhD DSc(Eng) DEng DIC FREng FCGI CEng CEnv FICE FCIWEM FASCE FRSA. I'm surpised there are any letters left for everyone else.
Some (many) of those could be honourary, and getting having more than one non-honourary doctorate isn't impossible, particularly in one's later years.
PhD is standard for an academic,
DSc is awarded after you've produced multiple pieces of research which are independantly verified to be of a very high standard,
DEng is usually honoury
Fellowship of Royal Societies and the like is usually awarded to ordinary members, once they've done a couple of particularly notable things in their field; Some are much stricter as to the impact their fellows must have made than others.


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The Era has chronicled training for Ironman Louisville through first-person accounts from local participants. Dannielle Hadaway is a 44-year-old personal trainer and mother and competed in her first Ironman Aug. 26.
Over the last six months I swam 182,000 yards, cycled 3,251 miles and ran 581 miles to prepare for the Ironman triathlon on Aug. 26.
Despite my hard training I was not prepared for what happened to me on race day.
Completing the Ironman was the hardest thing I have ever done. It lasted longer and was more painful than giving birth to both of my children, one of which was a natural birth.
I was off to a fantastic start with a smooth, faster-than-expected 2.4-mile swim. I felt terrific on the first half of the 112-mile bike ride and followed my nutrition plan perfectly. I used the same bars, gels, salt tabs and sports drinks that I trained with all summer long. But, on the second half, I started to feel nauseous and my normally cast-iron stomach was revolting. I'm not sure why this happened but I'm blaming it on swallowing too much of the Ohio River during the swim.
At mile 106, I pulled over and threw up. Twice.
Feeling a bit better after that roadside break, I forced myself to get back on the bike and pedal the last six grueling miles to transition.
I changed my shoes, exchanged my cycling helmet for a running cap, sprayed on sunscreen and thought I was heading out for the 26.2 mile run. My stomach had different plans and sent me hugging a cardboard box. I ended up spending some time in the medical tent where the amazing volunteers got my body temp down and gave me, of all things, a Coke. Out to run I went.
Again, my body revolted and I couldn't fathom the thought of putting anymore gel or sports drinks into my belly, but I knew I needed calories so I went in search of some more cola. I had to run a mile to get one but it gave me some relief. Running hurt, so I opted for walking. I saw a friend who asked how I was feeling and I answered "nauseous." A sprite runner passing by us overheard that and offered me some Tums she had. It was hard to get those chalky things down but I think they helped save my run.
Another friend in my training group who was having a hard time offered to walk/run with me so we could keep each other moving. What a blessing.
We encouraged and talked each other through our discomforts until about four miles from the finish when I caught a second wind. I managed to run all the way to that final turn where I could finally see the lights of the finish line at Fourth Street Live. Those lights drew me in like a moth to a light bulb and I was gliding. People were screaming my name, whether they knew me or not (our names are on our bibs) and I forgot all my discomforts as I raised my arms crossing the finish line.
It didn't matter that my everything hurt or that my goal time was missed. One of my training partners said to me that it's not figuring out how to get through the good parts of the race but figuring out how to get through the tough parts that makes someone an Ironman.
I still received the same finisher's medal, hat, backpack and T-shirt that all the other finishers received.
All that mattered to me was that I overcame hurdles and crossed that line to become an Ironman.
This journey taught me a lot about myself and my abilities. I was touched by strangers, cheered on by friends and family and made some lasting friendships through my training group. I am forever indebted to all the encouragement, kind gestures and generosity I received and I thank everyone for their support, locally and out of town. I hope I inspired at least one person to get out there and challenge themselves to do something they've never done. It doesn't have to be something as big as an Ironman but pick an activity that's important and exciting to you. I promise, it will be worth it.
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When the CEO is talking to the wall
I felt sorry for the caller, a pleasant gentleman, as soon as I heard him on the phone. "I'm the CEO of a fifty-person company," he told me. "Well, we used to have fifty employees. We had to let eight of them go last week."
"I am sorry," I said. "That must have been really hard."
"It was brutal," said the CEO. "I couldn't sleep for a week beforehand, once the numbers were in and I knew what I had to do. I haven't slept all that well since then, either."
"Did you deliver the bad news yourself?" I asked him. "No," he said. "My managers did that. There were four managers who had to let people go. It was really hard on them. Our company is four years old, and we haven't had any layoffs before this."
"And how are the other employees doing since the layoff?" I asked. "I guess they're okay," said the CEO. "But that's why I'm calling. Today I did the big here's-our-strategic-plan meeting and no one was excited. I laid out my plans for the company and told them how we're going to get back on track. I might as well have been talking to the wall. I held an all-hands meeting in our cafeteria, and half the employees weren't even looking at me while I was talking."
"Let's back up the truck a second," I said. "You didn't deliver the bad news yourself. Four of your managers spoke with the people who left the company last week – is that correct?"
"Yep," said the company president. "The managers coordinated the layoffs with HR. I was actually out of the office that day."
"Oh dear," I said. "What kind of communication have you had with the team since you got back?"
"None, in particular," said my CEO friend. "I thought this town hall meeting would get them focused on the future again. I laid out where we're going to put our energy and why our plan should work. I got no enthusiasm from the employees, no questions, and everyone filed out silently and went back to work when I was finished."
I paused. "How can I help you?" I asked. I don't like to give advice that people don't want or aren't ready for.
"I want you to tell me what went wrong, and what to do about it now," he said.
"Here's my take," I said. "You gave the word last week for eight of your folks to hit the bricks. That's almost ten percent of the company – a huge blow. The remaining employees are freaked out. How can we blame them for that? They don't know whether they'll be the next ones to go, or what. They've got more work on their desks than they had before. You were out of the office when it happened. That is unfortunate. Your being gone that day could give the impression that you couldn't deal with the reality in the office, even though it's your company. That doesn't help to instill trust in your leadership."
"It was a coincidence," the CEO protested. "There was no way for me to be in the building that day."
"Layoffs are scheduled events," I said. "I don't mean to chastise you, my brother, but you asked my advice. You're the CEO. You need to be there when somethat of that magnitude is happening. People need to see you on a day like that. It would have been wonderful if you had talked with the departing employees before they left. That would have made a huge difference."
"When the smoke cleared, you came back to work. You haven't met with the other 42 employees, to listen to their reactions and talk about how the work is going to get done with eight of your employees walking out the door. Today, you called a meeting to share your grand plan with everyone. But these folks don't trust you now – how could they? Your last plan sent eight of them packing, and loaded up the rest of them with extra work. I assume you haven't changed their pay rates."
"Pay rates?" asked the CEO. "Cash is the thing we're most short of now."
"I understand," I said. "Cash is a limited currency in your shop. Communication is not limited. You could talk to people. You could listen. You could empathize with the people who left, and the people who are still on your team."
"My form of empathy is to tell them how we're going to climb out of the hole," he said. "I might as well have been talking to the cafeteria wall."
"You were talking to the wall" I said. "You hadn't earned the right to tell these folks to trust you. You were gone on the day everything went down. Your plan put the company into turmoil. Before you can share another plan, you needed to let your people feel heard."
"So what do I do now?" the CEO wanted to know. "I'd talk with your managers and whomever else on the team advises you, and ask for their opinions," I said. "The next time you meet with employees – and I'd be doing a lot of that if I were you – ask them for their views. Ask them what they think you should do. Ask them how they're holding up. Tell them you don't have all the answers. Don't shove any new plans down their throats. No one is about to follow you up any hills right now, in any case. You've got a lot of listening and empathizing to do, before you get to lay out any more schemes for world domination."
"I guess I thought being CEO meant always having the answers," said the embattled leader. "Oh, no!" I laughed. "Being CEO means being a leader. Being a leader means being a guy that people want to follow. People want to follow a guy they trust as a person. When your guys trust you as a person, you can start to construct plans for the business. You won't do that alone. You'll do it in collaboration with them."
"There should be a training course for CEOs," said my caller. "This stuff is hard." "It is hard, you are right," I said. "It gets easier when you start out being human, and forget whatever nonsense you've read about the stiff upper lip and a commanding leadership style and all that garbage."
"I have the weight of the world on my shoulders," he sighed. "We all do, friend," I said. "When you can take your employees' perspective and relate to the weight that's on their shoulders, everything will improve. I guarantee it."
"It had better improve," said the CEO. "I don't want to have another talking-to-the-wall meeting."
"Open up to your guys, tell them that you're nervous and unsure yourself, that you need them in the company and that you value them," I said. "That'll be a good start. You shouldn't have to talk to the wall again, but if you want to talk to the humans in your company, you have to treat them like valued collaborators and not wall decorations."
"That's logical," said Jack. Jack doesn't need a leadership course – he needs to remember his human roots. His leadership task (and everyone's) gets a lot easier when we stay human through the tough times. Imagine how Jack's new being-human skills will serve him in his turnaround efforts!
Being a leader, as it turns out, gets much easier when you remember that you and your teammates are all on the same plane — or in the same boat.


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Friday, November 30, 2007
The Blogosphere Expands
But seriously, the purpose of the Militant is to deliver a voice that's usually never heard, to feature perspective, communities, people and urban adventures many people never even consider.
But the blogosphere is one symbiotic environment. Other blogs like the now-dormant, reportedly formerly-anonymous (!) Los Angeles City Nerd (don't bother clicking, nothing's changed since when you last been there...) and Ed Fuentes' observant Downtowner blog View From A Loft deserve tons of props for initially spreading the word about the Militant's presence, as well as the other blogs listed in the blue box to the lower right side of this here page.
So it's only fitting, that the Militant, now a part of this symbiotic eco-systemic biosphere environment universe thing, do his part and give props to some other newer blogs that deserve attention.
The first is MetroPed (metroped.net), a site run by a dude named Anh and a dudette named Meghan who are both active bicycle commuters and participate in the city's growing bicycling community. The site recently came to the Militant's attention via an unspecified member of the Hollywood chapter of the Los Angeles Burrito Project.
According to the site, "Metroped is a blog dedicated to bicycling, pedestrian, and public transit advocacy in Los Angeles. In a vast city ruled by the automobile, we will strive to explore the many facets of using alternative modes of transportation, in the hopes that readers will be encouraged to leave their cars at home, reduce fossil fuel consumption, and become involved in an ongoing dialog about improving our quality of life on this planet."
The latest entry to date features some upcoming bike rides, but most importantly thje recognition that bicycle culture is growing in the City. "Is it the fact that bicycles and bike culture are becoming "hip" and "stylish?" the blog asks. Who knows? But if this is the newest trendy thing, then so be it. It's probably the best urban trend here since...breakdancing (uh, that probably dates the Militant's age right there...).
The blog began on November 12 and initially looks like a cross between MetroRiderLA and Bikeboom.com, most of the posts are about upcoming events. But hopefully we'll get to see more perspectives and stories from the saddle (and the sidewalk and subway) and advocacy pieces. Of course the blog's identity happens (and evolves) over the course of time, and even the Militant himself is still experimenting with different approaches and focuses (focii?). But the Militant, being a multimodal kind of person, sees the potential there, and will be looking at their career with great interest.
Fly The Chicana Skies
The other featured blog is written by an LA transplant - of a totally different kind.
The vast majority of Los Angeles blogs are written from the point of view a (usually relatively new) transplant from points east who blog their discoveries, observations, generalizations and hangups in dealing with what really is culture shock. So what happens when you take a Los Angeles native out of the Southland and bring them "Out East?"
Chicana Skies (chicanaskies.blogspot.com) describes itself as, "The musings of an LA native recently uprooted to Philadelphia." Apparently the (anonymous) Angelena blogger is 20-something, Chicana (duh :)) and who is out there to attend school at an unspecified institute of higher learning in Southeast Pennsylvania.
She also has only been blogging since mid-November but she's already been to NYC and Jersey and offers the unique perspective of a Los Angeles native dealing with life Out East, blogging her discoveries, observations, generalizations and hangups in her own culture shock.
She started out as a commenter on this here blog. Her latest entry discusses the varying perspectives between people of different regions (and climates) regarding the Fall season and observes that many East Coasters have a "Manifest Destiny" mentality that remains with them (and especially so) when they transplant themselves west. Militant approved!
She hasn't been posting too much, but cut her a break - like LA Bus Girl, she's focused on her studies (we hope!) and blogs whenever her busy schedule allows her. If the Militant were Batman (in many ways, he is...well except for the wealthy part), then Chicana Skies is Batgirl.
Honorable Mentions
Some other honorable mentions -- Chimatli, also a frequent reader of the Militant, has actually been blogging since April and brings another (real) Eastside voice to the table. The Hollywood Jedi is a community blog written...from a Jedi's point of view, which also employs terminology from the Star Wars universe. Also from that part of town, Hijo de E-Ho is written by a community leader from East Hollywood who's writing about all the cultural events, development and streetlife in his 'hood. An unspecified number of those just- mentioned bloggers may or may not be operatives of the Militant, but he will likewise protect their operative identities as they have protected the Militant's. The Militant also hopes they get off their asses and try to blog more frequently, since he digs their perspectives on their respective communities!
The Militant does not know whether this here blog was an inspiration for any of the aforementioned bloggers to get-get crackin', but regardless, he's still proud - and glad - we have some more voices that deserve to be heard.
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Is that license plate a clue as to the way to best uncover the Militants true identity?
- November 30, 2007 at 2:37 PM
- Militant Angeleno said...
Raven: It may or may not be.
- November 30, 2007 at 4:30 PM
How did I know you were going to say that?
- November 30, 2007 at 6:03 PM
- Militant Angeleno said...
Raven: You may or may not be psychic.
- November 30, 2007 at 6:34 PM
- chimatli said...
Thanks for the props! I better get started on another post now... :)
- November 30, 2007 at 8:49 PM
- Ed said...
I may, or may not, be glad to see you soar in popularity beyond me. Keep up the good work.
- November 30, 2007 at 10:46 PM
- philpalm said...
Ack, in order to post comments people can see blogging history of the commentors.
I crudely mimic your blog, but hey practice makes perfect. I have another life in various forums and I do not try to be trollish there either.
Oh the main topic, you give props to your enablers and inspirations, all well and good, though your sports oriented topics is not too fine with me...
- December 1, 2007 at 9:21 AM
- Anh said...
aw, thanks for the kind words, sir! we are still in "testing the waters" mode, but MetroPed plans on infiltrating urban planning workshops, city council meetings, and possibly even the department of transportation and mta offices for some interviews.
we are also open to contributing writers, *wink* *wink*.
- December 2, 2007 at 1:20 AM
- chicanaskies said...
Hey, thanks for the shout-out! What an honor. Because I am new to this blog thing, I have to remember to make posts and not let my thoughts on a topic evaporate and slip through my fingers.
Although I will make a slight correction to your (understandable) assumption: I am not attending school Out Here. :) I did that in the Southland.
- December 2, 2007 at 8:00 AM


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LaadyX wrote:I just started playing this game a few days ago and I must say, I was rather impressed. I just got the feeling that whoever was behind its creation had taken great care when working it.I'm feeling sort of bad at the moment, though. Since we're not allowed to post ages, let's just say I'm not a little kid anymore. I asked my boyfriend if he thought I was being too kiddish and he said "a little" but that it was no big deal and that he wanted me to have fun and not have to worry about drama. Because before I started playing W101, I played another online game that has been full of drama lately. People are constantly KSing you (kill stealing which is where you purposely run off and attack something someone else is already working on killing which can mean them losing credit for the kill in the end) , even higher levels (we're talking people in their's 80's and 90's, it's nuts), and you're always getting called names and people can just be really rude in-game. Unfortunately, the reporting system is more complicated than it should be and the reports seem to be largely ignored and the rules are almost never enforced unless one involving money is broken. It's stressful and games weren't meant to be stressful, they were meant to be fun and help relieve stress.I like this environment but I guess I'm just wondering how normal it is to be playing this game as an older individual. Please don't post any ages though as it would seem that is not allowed. :)
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BOSTON—Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. Around the country, the most advanced medical tools that exist are now being deployed to help America's newest veterans and wounded troops.
—In Los Angeles, surgeons used part of Michael Mills' forehead to rebuild his nose after a bomb disfigured him in Iraq.
—In Pittsburgh, doctors used an experimental therapy from pig tissue to help regrow part of a thigh muscle that Ron Strang lost in a blast in Afghanistan.
—In Boston, scientists are making plans for the first implants of lab-grown ears for wounded troops after successful experiments in sheep and rats.
—In San Antonio and other cities, doctors are testing sprayed-on skin cells and lab-made sheets of skin to heal burns and other wounds. The ingenuity is impressive: One product was developed from foreskin left over from circumcisions.
Much of this comes from taxpayer-funded research. Four years ago, the federal government created AFIRM, the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, a network of top hospitals and universities, and gave $300 million in grants to spur new treatments using cell science and advanced plastic surgery.
"The whole idea is to bring all these researchers together to develop these great technologies that were in early science to eventually be ready for the troops," said AFIRM's recently retired director, Terry Irgens.
Now those who served are coming home, and projects that once had been languishing in labs are making strides and starting to move into clinics.
Strang is among those benefiting. The 28-year-old Marine sergeant from Pittsburgh lost half of a thigh muscle to shrapnel, leaving too little to stabilize his gait. "My knee would buckle and I'd fall over," he said.
Now, after an experimental treatment at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, "I'm able to run a little bit" and play a light football game with friends, he said. "It's been a huge improvement."
It's one example of the "new medicine" in the works for troops. The Associated Press conducted more than a dozen interviews and reviewed the latest medical research to measure the progress and extent of novel treatments under way for wounded warriors. The results point to some surprising feats of surgery and bioengineering.
Growing new ears
Up to a thousand troops might need an ear, and prosthetics are not a great solution. A rod or other fastener is required to attach them to the head. They don't look or feel natural and they wear out every couple of years. A matching ear grown from a patient's own cells would be a huge improvement.
"People have been working on this for 20 years" but haven't been able to overcome obstacles to making it practical, said Cathryn Sundback, director of the tissue engineering lab at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Her lab thinks it's found the solution. Using a computer model of a patient's remaining ear, scientists craft a titanium framework covered in collagen, the stuff that gives skin elasticity and strength.
They take a snip of cartilage from inside the nose or between the ribs and seed the scaffold with these cells. This is incubated for about two weeks in a lab dish to grow more cartilage. When it's ready to implant, a skin graft is taken from the patient to cover the cartilage and the ear is stitched into place.
Scientists in her lab have maintained lab-grown sheep ears on those animals for 20 weeks, proving it can be done successfully and last long-term. They also have grown anatomically correct human ears from cells. These have been implanted on the backs of lab rats to keep them nourished and allow further research. But that wouldn't happen with ears destined for patients—they would just be grown in a lab dish until they're ready to implant.
"We've solved all the technical problems," Sundback said, and now they are ready to seek approval from the Food and Drug Administration to implant these into patients—probably in about a year. "It's amazing how much progress we've made with the AFIRM funding."
Bioengineering muscles, bone and skin
A soldier lucky enough to keep his arms and legs after a bomb blast still might lose so much of a key muscle, like biceps or quadriceps, that the limb can't be used properly. In some cases, "the patient has lost so much muscle that there's nothing left for the surgeon to sew together," said Dr. Stephen Badylak, a regenerative medicine specialist at the University of Pittsburgh.
He is testing implants of "extracellular matrix"—connective tissue that holds cells together—to boost muscle mass. The matrix is thought to release chemical signals that promote regrowth of healthy tissue instead of scar tissue.
"It changes the body from thinking, 'I need to respond to injured tissue,' to 'I need to rebuild this tissue,'" Badylak said.
The material is supplied by a private company—ACell Inc. of Columbia, Md.—and comes from pigs. The immune system tolerates it because it doesn't contain cells. It comes in multi-layered sheets like slightly stiff gauze and can be cut or molded to fit the needed shape.
Strang, who lost half of a thigh muscle, is among the five patients treated so far in an 80-patient study. Doctors wait at least six months after an injury to make sure all natural healing has occurred, and put patients through intensive physical therapy before implanting the matrix.
"We want to be able to say after the surgery that they were as good as they could be" and that the matrix accounted for any improvement, Badylak explained.
In early testing, "They've shown up to 10 to 20 percent improvement" in strength of the muscle after treatment, said Irgens, the director of AFIRM, which funded some of the early work. The Department of Defense is sponsoring the study under way now, which includes non-military patients as well as former troops. The new study is measuring changes in strength and muscle volume, and doctors are aiming for the kind of quality-of-life improvement Strang has enjoyed.
In other efforts, Pittsburgh and Rice University scientists are working on growing bone to fix jawbone and other facial defects. Researchers at Massachusetts General and Rutgers University are trying to grow eyelid muscles. Blindness can result from not being able to close an eyelid.
Doctors also are testing various ways to make skin. In one method, doctors take a postage stamp-sized piece of a patient's skin, process it in the lab and spray these cells onto a burn or other wound. The sprayer device that is used for this treatment is already licensed in seven countries, and AFIRM is sponsoring a study aimed at winning U.S. approval so the treatment can be offered here.
The second approach uses sheets of skin developed from cells in the lab that originally came from foreskin after circumcisions.
"That's in clinical trials now and they're having tremendous results," Irgens said.
Beyond "bionic arms" to transplants
For all the advances that have been made in modern prosthetics, the arms and hands are not as effective as the legs and feet. Dozens of wounded troops would rather try a transplant.
The government also estimates that up to 200 troops might need face transplants, although Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, a Boston surgeon who has done four face transplants on non-military patients, thinks only 50 to 100 ultimately will get one.
One reason is the lifelong drugs needed to prevent rejection. They have side effects and raise the risk of cancer.
Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, plastic surgery chairman at Johns Hopkins University, has been working to minimize those risks. Previously, at the University of Pittsburgh, he led hand transplants on five patients with minimal immune suppression, giving them bone marrow taken from their donors along with the hands to help them better tolerate the new tissue. All five patients have done well and four now take just one anti-rejection drug.
"There's really no reason to think faces will be any different," he said.
He also showed that rejection can often be stopped by rubbing on a cream containing immune-suppressing medicine.
"Skin is the primary target of the rejection," he explained, so with a hand transplant, "we can detect rejection much earlier than we can for organ transplants. The patient literally calls us. They notice a rash on the skin first thing in the morning. We just tell them to put the cream on."
With military funding, a host of doctors are evaluating troops as potential face transplant candidates. Pomahac told of one man who lost much of his face, jaw and lips in a bomb blast. Despite 25 operations, he still can't move one side of his face or lips and drools all the time.
"He walks around with a towel on his shoulder. It's a major quality-of-life issue," Pomahac said.
Advancing reconstructive surgery
Many troops remain disfigured or impaired despite multiple reconstructive operations. Tackling the toughest cases is the goal of Operation Mend, a program of the UCLA Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio and the Veterans Affairs-Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Army Staff Sgt. Michael Mills, 47, who lives in Freeport, Minn., northwest of Minneapolis, is one such patient. He was injured in Iraq in 2005 by a bomb that left him with major burns and broken bones all over. He lost a finger and thumb. He has a dozen pins in bones and a plate in his hip. He was missing part of an ear and part of his nose.
Mills had 10 surgeries with Operation Mend, including three on his hands. Surgeons repaired his nose with part of his forehead.
"I'm very happy with the new look I have now," Mills said. "I don't let my disability run my life. I run my disability."
Some wounds remain, though. Mills said he suffers from a mild traumatic brain injury, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Counseling through the Department of Veterans Affairs has helped him cope, and he said he no longer has flashbacks and night sweats and is more able to control anger.
"I have more good days now than I do bad days," he said. Doctors can fix his bones and his nose, but "they can't heal what's inside," Mills said. "Only I can do that."
Army regenerative medicine:
and http://www.afirm.mil/assets/documents/annual—report—2011.pdf
VA medical research: http://www.research.va.gov
Operation Mend http://operationmend.ucla.edu/
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A spectacular vault decorated with eight-point star-shaped stalactites that open out on eight elephant-like trunks is the most remarkable ornamental element of the hall.
There are four main gates in the wall, two on the north side, -the Gate of Arms and the Gate of the Arrabal, and two on the south side,the Gate of Justice and the Gate of the Seven Floors.
It was the residential area of the royal guard in charge of the security of the palatial city
la Torre de la Vela, nombrada en época nazarí torre Mayor y durante el siglo XVI puerta del Sol ya que se refleja en la fachada de mediodía actuando como un reloj de sol para la ciudad.
The decision to build the Palace in the Alhambra symbolized the triumph of Christianity over Islam.
The tour of the Alhambra also includes a visit to the museum, with its collection of Nasrid Art, which was found in archaeological excavations or restoration works in the Monument.
With Latin-cross floor design and side chapels, outstanding is its Baroque altarpiece framed by large Solomon-style columns from the 17th century
Drawings, paintings, musical scores and letters of the Grenadian composer, Ángel Barrios, form this collection
Two round fountains with water flowing into a pool in the centre of the court are its main feature.
Counsel of Ministers meetings and worship took place in these rooms.
The beautiful woodwork ceiling gives its name to this room, whose original decoration is attributed to Muhammad V.
The Sultan received his vassals at the foot of the Façade of Comares, which separated the administrative and familiar sectors inside the Palace.
The Main Canal acts as a mirror that reflects the building structures and breaks the structural horizontal lines of the court.
There are two possible origins of its name: its cylindrical vault or the Arab term "al-baraka", which is repeatedly inscribed on its walls.
This Throne Room is the largest room of the building, flanked by nine small rooms, one of which was reserved for the Sultan
The baths being essential Moorish urban elements, it is easy to understand why each palace in the Alhambra has its own baths.
One of the rooms in the Palace of the Lions was used as a hall or vestibule owing to its proximity to the main entrance of the Palace
The Court of the Lions – Fountain – Water Jet . Alhambra of Granada
Five alcoves that flank a large hall were used for receptions and celebrations. Their domed ceilings are its most remarkable feature.
It got its name from the ajimeces, wooden balconies with latticework that are found in this room.
The vault, which has a central star motif made up of stalactites, is the masterpiece of the second main chamber of the Palace of the Lions.
The delicate tile decoration and the well-proportioned Nasrid architectural style make this one of most beautiful of the Alhambra Palaces
His visit to the Alhambra impressed him so much that he decided to build an "imperial suite" near the Moorish palaces.
An open gallery overlooking the Tower of Abu-I-Hayyay that breaks with the conventional wall patterns.
A balcony occupies the upper part of the south loft serving as a corridor between the rooms and protecting them
Though structurally similar to the Court of the Grated Window, it is more cloister-like. It bears the name of its balcony.
A large central pond faces the arched portico behind which stands the Tower of the Ladies
Rawda means cemetery. It was here, beside the Palace of the Lions, where the royal family interred its deceased family members
Outstanding is the long pool in the central courtyard with a lush garden, on the sides of which are the ruins of some rooms.
Several towers can be found along the route from the Partal Gardens to the Generalife and the Upper Alhambra.
Andalusian and Islamic, the Alhambra was conceived as a city built for the royal court.
Of the two residential areas surrounding the Court of the Lions, the rooms located at the south end of the Court developed around the Hall of the Abencerrages, which derived its name from a legend of the 16th century, according to which the members of this North-African family were invited to a banquet and then massacred in this hall.
The main room stands up over the level of the Court, which can be seen from the inside through the only opening of the hall, a wide door that conserves the original door, which is decorated with intricate woodwork that has been restored on various occasions.
It has a square ground floor design with a central 12-side marble fountain flanked by two alcoves that are framed by double arches. Most of its plasterwork decoration was restored in the 16th century; the Seville tile covered socle also dates from the 16th century.
Noteworthy is the eight-point stalactite star of the cupola that spreads out into eight trunk-like stalactites.
As is customary in Nasrid architecture, behind the entrance door we find two highly modified corridors that once led to a no longer existing toilet and to the upper floor or projecting loft over the Court.
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Cost of Perry security detail tops $2.9M
AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety says the cost since 2010 to provide security for Gov. Rick Perry when he travels out of state is more than $2.9 million.
The San Antonio Express-News reported the DPS tally covers the cost of food, fuel, lodging and travel for Perry's security detail, which accompanies him for state business, political trips or vacation.
Of the $2.93 million in security expenses tallied since Perry's re-election, $1.8 million was amassed during his unsuccessful campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.
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The now-familiar cries come out again this time of year. No, not the misguided calls for UW-Whitewater and Mount Union to move to Division II — not that that's easy to do, since the whole athletic department would have to go at once. We're talking about whether UW-Whitewater and Mount Union's dual dominance is bad for Division III football.
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Spring has arrived and boy do we have spring fever at our house. We haven't done a ton of crafts lately, but I wanted my girls to make something for their grandma for her birthday. I resorted to my Usborne Book of Papercraft and found this fun project I had never noticed before. We tried it two different ways.
To do this craft you will need:
- toilet paper
- tempera paint in several colors or Do-A-Dot markers
- heavy paper or cardstock
I tore off several sheets of toilet paper- some measuring 6 squares, the others measuring 4. The book suggested using paint to color the toilet paper, but I wanted to see how our bingo dot markers would work out with this first. I admit, I was trying to get around the mess that seemed inevitable with the paint.
I folded the sheet of toilet paper in half, then dampened it with water (not too wet or it will tear easily). I had the girls add color to the toilet paper sheets using the dot markers. Lou had a good time coming up with unique designs on each one. The cool thing about using the dot markers was the tie-dye effect that could be achieved.
After the sheet of paper was completely covered with color, we twisted the toilet paper...
Then rolled it up into a spiral flower shape and placed them on a baking sheet.
While the dot marker method was working great, I wondered how the texture and color would be once the florettes had dried. Plus, I knew the paint method would most likely be a little more fun. I pulled out the tempera paint, poured several colors onto paper plates, and added a little water to thin it out a bit. Mina had a ton of fun just mixing the water into the paint.
Once the paint colors were all mixed, I twisted up the dry toilet paper sheets and gave them to the girls to dip into the color. They loved rolling the paper twists into the colors and squeezing out the excess. Yep, this method was definitely way more messy. But I could tell the girls were having a blast doing it this way.
After we had painted and rolled up several flowers and leafs, we put them on a baking sheet to let them dry in the oven. At a temperature of 250° F, it took the flowers about 2 hours to dry completely. Needless to say, we finished the project the following day. The brilliant blue, orange and red florettes are the ones done with the dot markers; the more dull colors were done with the paint. The florettes done with the dot markers also produced a softer texture than the ones that were dipped into the paint.
To finish up our project, I gave each of the girls a piece of cardboard to draw and paint their scene where they were going to attach their flowers. I wish I would have thought ahead and given these sheets of cardboard a coat of white paint to help their pictures pop out a bit more.
My two older girls (age 8 and 5) decided on a garden scene.
Mina (age 3) decided she would draw a face.
When their background scenes were finished, they decided which flowers and leaves to attach and we used hot glue to adhere them. Aren't these cheerful and bright? I just love the end results and my kids had a blast creating these.
These bright toilet paper flowers made for some interesting and fun 3-D art.
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Best known for his tenure fronting the Scottish pop revivalists Orange Juice as well as his international solo hit "A Girl Like You," singer Edwyn Collins was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1959. In 1976, he formed the Nu-Sonics, who resurfaced three years later as Orange Juice; the leading proponent of the Glasgow neo-pop scene, the band earned a devoted cult following but little commercial success, and by the early '80s Collins was the only remaining founding member. After a self-titled 1984 release failed to chart, Orange Juice disbanded, and Collins was freed from his contract with the group's label, Polydor.
A solo career seemed imminent, but the singer struggled; dogged by a reputation as a stubborn, difficult perfectionist unmoved by prevailing commercial attitudes, Collins found no one willing to offer him a contract, and only after a pair of sold-out London performances did Creation's Alan McGee sign him to the label's Elevation subsidiary in 1986. The singles "Don't Shilly Shally" (produced by Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie) and "My Beloved Girl" followed, but both failed to chart; in 1987, Elevation folded, and after Collins and McGee had a falling out, the singer was again left without a contract.
Some months later, Collins accepted the opportunity to record at a small German studio run by a group of devoted Orange Juice fans; cut with the aid of producer Dennis Bovell as well as Aztec Camera frontman Roddy Frame, the resulting LP, Hope and Despair, a brooding, ambitious collection spotlighting Collins' smooth, soulful baritone, was eventually picked up by the Demon label and issued in 1989. The album proved quite successful on the independent charts, and soon Collins returned to the studio to record 1990's Spartan Hellbent on Compromise; when the LP failed to repeat its predecessor's good fortune, Demon dropped him from their ranks, and another long sabbatical followed.
After spending much of the decade's first half in the producer's seat, overseeing sessions from artists including longtime pal Paul Quinn, the Rockingbirds, A House, and the Frank and Walters, Collins finally earned another shot as a performer: after signing with the tiny U.K. indie Setanta, he recorded 1994's Gorgeous George, a scathing, shimmering set of retro-pop highlighted by the single "A Girl Like You." Slowly, the song became a massive hit throughout Europe as well as the U.S. and returned Collins to the charts for the first time since the 1983 Orange Juice smash "Rip It Up," finally establishing the longstanding cult hero as something of a household name.
In 2005, Collins was rushed to the hospital after suffering a severe cerebral hemorrhage; he would eventually spend six months recovering from brain surgery. The album that Collins had been recording prior to his illness was mixed after he was discharged from the hospital. Entitled Home Again, it was released on Heavenly Recordings in September 2007. In 2010 Collins released Losing Sleep, his first new collection of songs since his illness. The album featured guest appearances from a wide range of friends and admirers and showed that Collins was well along the road to recovery.
As Collins continued to get stronger, he and James Endeacott, a former A&R man at Rough Trade, formed a new record label, Analogue Enhanced Digital, to release further records by Edwyn and also new artists the duo discovered. He also maintained a regular schedule of playing live shows, and in March of 2013 released a new album for AED, Understated. ~ Jason Ankeny
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An auto thief who led police on a low-speed chase through Ocean Beach on Dec. 13 will be sentenced March 13 after he pleaded guilty to evading police officers with reckless driving and auto theft.
Neil Alan Blount, 33, pleaded guilty on Feb. 11 before San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh. He faces a maximum sentence of four years and eight months in state prison, according to court records.
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Jan. 2 at his preliminary hearing. A detective and another officer testified about the 20-minute chase and a map of Ocean Beach was entered into evidence. The incident started when Blount allegedly took a 1999 black Honda from its owner.
An officer spotted the stolen car being driven on West Point Loma Boulevard and radioed it in to confirm it was stolen. The officer followed, but Blount refused to pull over near Abbott Street.
By the time the car reached Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, five patrol cars were following it, although its speed averaged about 30 mph. Spike strips placed in front of it at the corner of Abbott and Saratoga streets punctured two left tires.
Blount continued to drive, but he turned westbound in the 5100 block of Narragansett Avenue, which ends at the ocean. Officers arrested him at gunpoint.
Blount has two prior convictions for burglary in 2010 and 2011, according to records. He remains in custody without bail.
— Neal Putnam
Forecast forces OB Kite Festival to be grounded
Faced with the forecast of a powerful storm punch this weekend, the Kiwanis Club of Ocean Beach has rescheduled the Ocean Beach Kite Festival from Saturday, March 1 to Saturday, May 10 at Dusty Rhodes Park.
The kite festival will still feature free kite making and kite flying for children, awesome demonstrations by professional kite flyers, carnival rides and a craft fair. The new date is much less likely to be rainy, and organizers said they are looking for creative ways to tie the festival in with Mother's Day weekend.
This is the first time in memory that rain has threatened the Ocean Beach Kite Festival. The late Marion Miller (a.k.a. the Kite Lady), who organized the event for decades, always guaranteed it would be a nice day for the kite festival, saying she had "a special understanding with the Man Upstairs."
The Ocean Beach Kite Festival is in its 66th year, having been founded in 1948. It is purported to be the oldest kite festival for children in the United States.
PLHS calling all artists, crafters and customers
Local artists and crafters are invited to participate in a first-ever event at Point Loma High School.
The Spring Arts & Craft Faire is being held March 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the school campus.
The event is one in a series of fundraisers created to raise funds for Protect Our Pointers (POP), an effort to provide certified athletic trainers to assist over 800 student-athletes at every practice and competition.
Currently, the school's head athletic trainer, Megan Skelton, supervises a group of undergraduate training students from Point Loma Nazarene University. They attend as many events as can be funded, but some events are uncovered.
POP operates under the PLHS Pointer Association, a 501 (c)(3) corporation.
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— Scott Hopkins
Future Pointers get chance to get on fast track
Local elementary and middle schools are being invited to attend the second annual Future Pointers K-8 Track & Field Meet on May 3.
The event will be held on the all-weather track surface and turf field at Pete Ross Stadium on the PLHS campus.
A contingent of PLHS coaches and members of the school's track and field team will be on hand to conduct the events exactly like the meets they participate in during the Spring.
In last year's inaugural event, schools in the PLHS cluster formed teams, some practicing extensively for the event.
Included will be sprint and long-distance races, relays and field events like high jumping, long jumping and more.
The event is under the auspices of Protect Our Pointers and is a fundraiser to pay the cost of certified athletic trainers who prevent and treat injuries to over 800 athletes at PLHS.
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Peninsula planners seek board candidates
The Peninsula Community Planning Board (PCPB) has five board positions opening in March and is welcoming candidates to run for election to get more involved in the governance of their community.
The planning board will hold a candidates' forum Thursday, March 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library on Voltaire Street. The election will be held at the same location on Thursday, March 20 from 4 to 8 p.m.
To be eligible for election, interested candidates must be at least 18 years old, live in or own a business within the PCPB boundaries, be able to commit to a three-year term (shorter for unexpired terms) and have attended at least one regular meeting within the last 12 months (attending the candidates' forum qualifies for this requirement).
The Peninsula Community Planning Board is a volunteer community planning group citizen organization that advises the city on land- use-based community goals and development proposals.
The PCPB meets on the third Thursday of each month at the Point Loma Library. Various subcommittees also meet on regular basis.
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'Bite of Point Loma' slated for April 22
Tuesday evenings are often slow nights for restaurants, but April 22 looks to be a major exception for eateries in the central Liberty Station area.
That is the date selected for a major walking tour of many of the area's popular dining choices who will offer samples of their finest fare for patrons of "Bite of Point Loma."
The palate-pleasing tour is the brainchild of a group of creative Point Loma High School parents whose goal is to see the local high school campus' gathering spot shine as it never has. They envision a complete "makeover"of the central quad area, where there is currently a need for additional tables and benches and other amenities to provide a more welcoming environment for the nearly 2,000 students. Ticket prices and further information will be announced soon.
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Hillsboro police
Nov. 4: A criminal trespass complaint was reported in the 300 block of North Birch Street.
Nov. 5: A Tabor student reported someone obtained her non-activated credit card and attempted to use it. Possible gunfire was reported in the 700 block of West Grand Avenue. A harassment complaint was reported in the 300 block of South Washington Street.
Nov. 6: Theft of services was reported in the 200 block of North Cedar Street.
Nov. 7: A person reported receiving harassing texts; person said he or she is living on the Tabor campus but was receiving texts from an unknown source. Another person reported being stalked by text; she reported she is a college student and someone from campus was stalking her and sending sexually explicit texts.
Thursday: Two juveniles were reported to have a physical confrontation in the 200 block of South Washington Street. A person in the 500 block of East C Street reported that someone threw a rock through a window.
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|Bleach is commonly used as a disinfectant -- but now, for the first time, researchers have explained just how bleach works to kill bacteria. Writing in the journal Cell, researchers describe the action of ordinary bleach on proteins in bacteria. First, the proteins unfold in a manner similar to proteins undergoing heat-realted stress, then clump together in a manner similar to that of the proteins in a cooking hard-boiled egg. We'll talk with one of the researchers on the project about the work, and how the new knowledge might be put to use. Might the disinfectant quality of bleach have a parallel in your immune system?


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker softball team extended their win streak to six on Thursday (Mar. 7), after defeating West Liberty University in both games of a double-header series. With the win the Cobras improve to 10-4 on the year.
Coker took an early 1-0 lead in the first game after Jaclin Poole singled down the right field line to score Sydney Weatherford in the bottom of the first.
The Cobras would then shut down West Liberty's offense for the next two innings, but allow a run to be scored in the top of the fourth for the Hilltoppers.
As the score was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth, catcher Stacy Burr stepped up to the plate with one on and nobody out. Burr then proceeded to single to left field, and sent Jaclin Poole around the bases to take the go-ahead 2-1 run.
The next two batters would reach to load the bases as Lauren Brailsford entered the batters box. Brailsford then grounded out to second, but sent Burr home to advance the score to 3-1.
During the next at bat, Breanna Skipper would hit a double to right center that allowed for two more Cobras to score. Coker ended the fourth inning with four runs on two hits to take a comfortable 5-1 advantage.
After holding off the Hilltoppers in the top of the fifth to no runs, the navy and yellow went on to score three more runs thanks to RBIs from Burr, Gallman, and Brailsford.
In the bottom of the sixth, 2-of-3 batters advance putting runners in scoring position. Burr then connected on a pitch and doubled to right center to send in the game ending RBI home, as the Cobras won game one 9-1 in six innings.
Lauren Phillips would improve her record to 5-2 on the year, after pitching six innings and only allowing one run on six hits. Phillips also had four strikeouts.
In game two Coker found themselves down 1-0 during the early innings.
The Cobras however, would regain the lead after scoring two runs in the bottom of the third.
The next two innings would be scoreless, sending Coker into the bottom of the sixth inning with a slight 2-1 advantage.
Bryant McLendon, Katelyn Szupello, and Gallman all singled to start the bottom of the sixth inning as Abbey Younger stepped to the plate with bases loaded and no outs. Younger was able to single, driving in an RBI and advancing everyone up the bases.
Skipper would then take care of the rest, as she tripled on the very next at bat to drive in three more RBIs to allow the Cobras to take a 6-1 lead.
Finally Weatherford collected the last RBI with a sacrifice fly that would send Skipper in to score from third base to secure a 7-1 victory.


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I think what I loved best was being back at the ocean (well technically sea, but same idea) again. And being with a family...I had some of the best conversations with her mom about the challenges of being a Christian in Eastern Europe-where religion often refers to ritual. We spent the weekend relaxing and walking on the beach. Sunday evening before Agata and I had to leave, we took a walk with her mother and brother along the beach. As we gazed out at the water, Karolis remarked that the way the sun shone through the clouds it looked like there was an island on the horizon. We decided it must be Heaven--so close you want to swim to it, but it could never be reached on your own.
After the walk, we watched part of a football game through the holes in the outside fence--that was hilarious, just us and a couple of old men that didnt' want to pay! Finally, Agata and I loaded the bus...back to Lithuania for finals.


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