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Trying to think what it was about today's ride that made me feel like I've been at this for so long that I'm getting old. Oh. Right. It was Kevin the pilot, asking on West Old LaHonda, how many years I've been doing this ride, since he's been doing it with me for 20 years or so.
Too many to name this morning, but I'll try to get most. Kevin, Kevin, Karl, Chris (who works with Karl at REI), Todd (fast younger guy, younger being less than 40, not sure how much less), Mark P (tri-guy) and MikeR, a former regular who's been turning heads on Strava but was relatively-kind to us this morning.
Not deathly pace today, which was nice, and just warm enough that we didn't need leg warmers, the fog dutifully burning off just ahead of us as we rode. Highpoint for me was probably the Sky Londa sprint, which I did a bit differently than in the past. Instead of trying to control the pace by keeping it relatively slow at the start of the sprint, or sucking wheels until the opportune time, I rode hard on the descent prior to the sprint, trying to keep the speed so high that nobody could come around. If Todd were with us, this wouldn't work, but he wasn't, so it did. No tactics, just raw speed, as much as I could manage.
I'll also note that I'm unquestionably being helped by adopting a modified version of Graeme Obree's 3-phase breathing technique. Obree is known as the "Flying Scotsman" for his hour record successes on rather bizarre home-made bicycles. I actually came across him in-person at the Tour de France some years back. Kind of a crazy guy, perhaps especially so after too many pints in him (as was the case when I met him), but you could tell he thought everything through, every little detail that might make him faster. So when I recently read about his special breathing technique, I thought hey, maybe it would help my wheezing lungs. And, it has! Read all about it here; in a nutshell, it involves some shallower breathing followed by a deeper exhale/inhale cycle. The theory is that you're not getting much oxygen through your lungs with normal breathing, but it's not possible to deeply inhale and exhale with each breath. The solution is to inhale/exhale deeply every third breath (modified in my case to every-other breath). It takes a bit of getting used to, but I'm going faster doing it. Could just be because I feel like I have something positive to concentrate on rather than being frustrated by the effort it takes me to breathe. Who cares why, if it works?


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I said I had something special planned for today so here goes.
It's the BellaNaija Hot List II
Its my take on the hottest things of the moment – People, Destinations, TV Shows and many more…
Its my opinion so you don't have to agree but I would love you to enjoy so here goes…
__________________________________________________________ THE LOOK – Yellow & Puff-Sleeves
Without a doubt, Yellow is the colour of the season.
You don't have to go all out with this and do a matchy yellow outfit.
Throw on a yellow dress or bag or even just a yellow headband, a dash of yellow is enough to make you look uber-fab….
Puff-Sleeves are definitely in! They are flattering to people with various figures. Try a puff-sleeved shirt with a more classic bottom (jeans/pants/skirt) or go all out with a puff-sleeved dress in a bright colour.
Check out Deola Sagoe's embellished yellow puff-sleeved dress or Kemi's more avant-garde Lanre da Silva-Ajayi outfit. The yellow bag is by celebrity-favourite, Nigerian handbag designer, Onna Ehrlich.
THE SPOT - 6°n
6°n (sixdegreesnorth) is the spot. With its high concept design, atmosphere and crowd, 6°n is THE Hot Spot.
THE DESTINATION - Cross River State, Nigeria Cross-River State is the ultimate tourist destination in Nigeria. From Obudu Ranch Resort to Tinapa, there is a mélange of possibilities for you to explore. Ask anybody who has been, its totally worth a visit! You will be quite proud of Nigeria.
THE MAG - What's New
What's New? I'm sure you'll like to know.
To find out the hottest and freshest places to visit in Lagos, you need to grab a copy of 'What's New – The Lagos City Guide'. Photos, articles, reviews and all you could possibly want to know about the current Lagos social scene. I guess the first form of flattery is competition so look out for new city guides such as Time Out Nigeria.
THE BIZ - Nigerian-Owned Makeup LinesNigerian-owned Makeup Lines such as Tara Fela Durotoye's Tara Orekelewa, Toni Payne Makeup, BM Pro by Banke Meshida-Lawal and LISE by Enitan Balogun are doing extremely well. They are a favourite among women who want quality makeup that is especially made with the African woman's lifestyle in mind. Some of the lines also offer young Nigerian women an opportunity to earn extra income by acting as retailers of the products. Entrepreneurship + Beauty = Definitely HOT.
THE READ - Yellow Yellow
THE PHENOMENON - TV Talent ShowsLast year it was Big Brother Nigeria, this year, its Nokia First Chance, Shine, Star Quest and most famously, Idols West Africa, there are so many current TV Talent Shows yet the viewing audience can't seem to get enough. TV Talent Shows are the hot phenomenon.
THE CAREER - Styling/Image Consulting
Last year it was Make-up Artistry, this year is the Year of the Stylists.
From former Miss Lux, Ifeoma Njoku Williams to uber stylists - Omoyemi Akerele and Bola Balogun back to Ezinne Ihe Okuneye and Chalya Shagaya, stylists are doing big things. From the photo spreads you see in True Love Magazine to styling the contestants on Idols West Africa and Nokia First Chance to fashion shows. Styling/Image Consulting is a fun and HOT career. Worth exploring? That's up to you!
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Munster U18 Schools Begin Their Interpro Warm Up Matches
12th August 2013 By Munster Rugby
The Munster U18 Schools side began their pre Interprovincial fixtures today, 12th August at the Sportsground in Galway against Connacht U18s with a final score 20-9 to the visitors.
The Munster U18 Schools side began their pre Interprovincial fixtures today, 12th August at the Sportsground in Galway against Connacht U18s with a final score 20-9 to the visitors.
Their next challenge is against the Munster U18 Clubs side on Tusday, 20th August, ko 1pm at Rockwell College before they travel to Biarritz to take on French side Aquitaine U18s on Saturday, 31st August at 3pm.
The Munster U20's will take on their Connacht counterparts tomorrow, 13th August at the University of Limerick with a 2pm kick-off.
Clifton RFC will host their second friendly on Tuesday, 20th August against travelling side Bristol Academy, ko 7.15pm.
The squad will then travel to England to take on Hartpury College on Thursday, 22nd August and complete their Interprovincial friendly preparations on Friday, 30th August against UCC U20's at 7.30pm in the Mardyke, Cork.
Munster U20s Interprovincial Fixtures 2013:
Fri. 6th Sept. Ulster U20 v Munster U20, Ravenhill, k.o. 7pm
Fri. 13th Sept. Munster U20 v Leinster U20, Thomond Park, k.o. TBC
Fri. 20th Sept. Connacht U20 v Munster U20, Sportsground, k.o. 3.00pm
Munster U19s Interprovincial Fixtures:
Sat. 7th Sept. Ulster U19 v Munster U19, Ravenhill, k.o. 1.30p.m.
Sat. 14th Sept. Munster U19 v Leinster U19, Musgrave Park, k.o. 2.30pm
Sat. 21st Sept. Connacht U19 v Munster U19, venue TBC
Munster U18 Schools Interprovincial Fixtures:
Sat. 7th Sept. Leinster U18 Schools v Munster U18 Schools, Donnybrook, k.o. 2.30pm
Sat. 14th Sept. Munster U18 Schools v Connacht U18 Schools, Garryowen FC, k.o. TBC
Sat. 21st Sept. Munster U18 Schools v Ulster U18 Schools, Musgrave Park, k.o. 1.00pm
Munster U18 Clubs Interprovincial Fixtures
Sat. 28th Sept. Leinster U18 Clubs v Munster U18 Clubs, Donnybrook, k.o. 1.00pm
Sat. 5th Oct. Munster U18 Clubs v Connacht U18 Clubs, TBC
Sat. 12th Oct. Munster U18 Clubs v Ulster U18 Clubs, Musgrave Park, k.o. 1.00pm


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Saturday, June 07, 2008
Iyemon Cha, Premium Japanese Green Tea, Launches in San Francisco
Steeped in Japan's Finest Tea-Making Tradition, Iyemon Cha, Premium Japanese Green Tea, Launches in San Francisco
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Iyemon Cha, a refreshing new premium bottled Japanese green tea from Suntory to be distributed by Calistoga Beverage Company, a subsidiary of Nestle Waters North America, makes its U.S. debut this May in San Francisco, the first stop on a planned national rollout. Free of preservatives and sweeteners, this pure, all-natural organic green tea is steeped in rich tea-making tradition. Iyemon Cha (pronounced ee-yeh-mon cha) is available in two varieties: Original Green Tea and Roasted Green Tea.
The world's finest green tea or "cha" (Japanese for tea) comes from Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan and the original source of Japanese green tea. It is here that Iyemon Cha is made at the esteemed tea company, Fukujuen, founded more than two centuries ago in 1790 and today one of Japan's top three sellers of leaf tea. Iyemon Cha is the only bottled green tea from this historic purveyor of fine teas, now available in America for the first time.
Iyemon Cha is the only bottled tea in the world to add a touch of matcha, a stone-ground tea of the highest quality, for extra richness. Matcha is made from the finest, youngest leaves of the tea bush, which is covered for several weeks before harvest to slow down growth, imparting a more intense sweetness and depth of flavor when pulverized into a fine powder. Prized for its superior quality, matcha is the centerpiece of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony and a unique, essential ingredient in Iyemon Cha.
Iyemon Cha is made entirely in Japan from 100% Japanese tea leaves using the purest refined water to bring out the best flavor. It is imported from Japan and bottled in a stylish, environmentally conscious glass bottle (12.2oz /361 ml) with a suggested retail price of $2.75.
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I been buying this tea from the 99 Cents Only Stores, in my area. I just picked up about 10 bottles, today, which was all they had. I must say, it is absolutely fantastic. The depth and richness of this tea is something I've never found in a bottled tea. It has the same taste of the delicious tea you might find at a fine Japanese restaurant.
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Student Jazz Combo Concert- 11/5/12
Webster University student jazz combos perform in a concert featuring selected repertoire from the modern jazz legacy of the last five decades. The jazz combos are comprised of three to eight students majoring in jazz studies, directed by a faculty member or graduate teaching assistant.
Combo directors include Paul DeMarinis, Tom Byrne, Willie Akins, Willem von Hombracht, Dave Black, Christopher Braig and Ben Wheeler.
Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, 7 p.m.
Community Music School, Webster University
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MoMA has consistently set the bar for design aesthetics throughout the twentieth century, particularly through their creation of the first-ever art museum department devoted to architecture and design, said David Brenneman, the Highs Director of Collections and Exhibitions. While at the time certain exhibitions and acquisitions often sparked controversy and debate, the ideas and objects that they introduced now serve as the canon of modernist design. The Highs companion installation will extend the visitors design experience to the present day with new acquisitions for our own growing collection of contemporary work.
Modern by Design continues a multi-year, multi-exhibition collaboration between the High and MoMA. The collaboration was launched in 2009 with Monet Water Lilies. Following Modern by Design, the High will present a major exhibition exploring the work of twelve of the most important artists of the twentieth century: Brancusi, Calder, de Chirico, Duchamp, Johns, Léger, Matisse, Miró, Mondrian, Picasso, Pollock and Warhol. A second large-scale exhibition and two additional focus shows are in development for 2012 and 2013.
Machine Art
The first key moment the exhibition will highlight is the year 1934, with a look at work featured in MoMAs Machine Art exhibition, curated by Philip Johnson that year. Machine Art showcased machines, machine parts, scientific instruments and everyday objects―from springs, ball bearings, and propellers to calipers, glass wares and furniture. Displayed in the galleries against white walls with platforms and dramatic lighting, these objects were presented for the first time at the level of fine art, which celebrated their functionalism and aesthetic purity. The exhibition in turn boosted sales of these attainable American-made products and was the first in MoMA history to contribute works to the collection. Eighteen objects by 13 designers will be part of the installation at the High.
Good Design
Eager to cultivate a taste for modernism and shape consumer culture at large, MoMA at mid-century exhibited numerous works of so-called Good Design including furniture, textiles, lighting and everyday objects such as vegetable peelers, an ax, a clothes hamper and a plumb bob. These were famously displayed in the competition/exhibition series Good Design (19501955), directed by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. This second highlighted moment is presented in the context of its significant precursors, the tremendously successful competitions (and their corresponding exhibitions) Organic Design in Home Furnishing (19401941) and the International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture (19481950). In all of these projects MoMA joined forces with manufacturers and designers to promote new aesthetics and affordable products. Key works in this section include furniture by the young designers Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, colorful textiles by Alexander Girard, Tupperware and abstract, sculptural lamps by George Nelson and Greta von Nessen. As a testament to their enduring popularity, some of these works are still in production today. The High will feature 109 objects by 78 designers in this section of the exhibition.
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape
In 1972 Italy: The New Domestic Landscape addressed the idea of modernism in the context of 1960s and 1970s counterculture, and serves as the third key moment explored in the exhibition. Focusing on the international significance of contemporary Italian design as well as new ideas about casual and flexible lifestyles, the works on display illustrated the growing divergence between modernist design and radical anti-design, setting the tone for postmodernism in the decades to come. Aimed at youth culture and using such new materials as plastic and polyurethane foam, Pop-inspired designs such as the Blow inflatable chair (1967) by De Pas, Lomazzi and DUrbino and the Malitte seating system (1966) by Matta have become icons of the period. Twenty-one objects by 30 designers will be part of the installation at the High.
High Design
In conjunction with Modern by Design, the High will present an installation of late-twentieth- and early-twenty-firstcentury design drawn from the Highs growing permanent collection. The seven artists featured will represent the diversity and international character of the field today, and the 20 proposed acquisitions will include prototypes, limited editions, industrial production and installations by the foremost Western and non-Western designers from two generations. Featured designers include Ettore Sottsass (Italian, 19172007); Johanna Grawunder (American, born 1961); Shiro Kuramata (Japanese, 19341991); Nendo/Oki Sato (Japanese, born 1977); Patrick Jouin (French, born 1967); Hella Jongerius (Dutch, born 1963); and Joris Laarman (Dutch, born 1979).
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In a small Indian village, Lila is learning to dance from her mother, Devadasi, a Bharatanatyam dancer. She falls in love with low class Shyam, who dreams of becoming a sculptor. Shyam asks Lila to model for him as he sculpts a goddess, and the two become very close. However, their relationship is discovered by the village chief Subha, and Lila decides to sacrifice her happiness for her mother and Shyam.


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NOVI SAD, Serbia, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka lost only one set between them Friday in building a 2-0 Swiss lead in a best-of-five Davis Cup series against Serbia.
Serbia is playing without its three highest ranking players, including world No. 2 Novak Djokovic, and the Swiss took advantage of the situation. Federer rolled to a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Ilija Bozoljac and Wawrinka beat Dusan Lajovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (9-7).
Federer faced a set point in the second set against Bozoljac but won five straight games to take the set and then allowed the Serb just 13 points in the third set.
Federer won 78 percent of the points on serve and saw just two break points. He had 38 winners against 14 unforced errors.
Wawrinka, coming off Sunday's Australian Open title match win over Rafael Nadal, had more trouble with Lajovic, losing the second set and then fighting off two set points in the fourth-set tiebreaker.
Wawrinka seemed to be having trouble with his right arm in the latter stages of the match before Lajovic missed an overhead on match point.
Switzerland has three chances to claim the series win. The first opportunity comes Saturday when the Swiss doubles team of Michael Lammer and Marco Chiudinelli takes on Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic.
Federer goes against Lajovic in the first singles match Sunday and Wawrinka is scheduled to take on Bozoljac in the second.
The winner of the Swiss-Serb series moves into the Davis Cup quarterfinals April 4-6 against either Kazakhstan or Belgium. The Kazaks are up 2-0 in that first-round series.


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Among those honored, seven were nominated with a 4.00 grade point average, including two Baylor student-athletes - Dana Larsen and Alexa Wilde. Jessica Stewart (Iowa State), Katharine Nutman (Oklahoma), Kristen Kelley (Oklahoma State), Haley Haagsma (Texas Tech) and Frances Silva (West Virginia) also represented with 4.00 GPAs.
Larsen is a three-time first team member and posted a perfect GPA in her three years on the Academic All-Big 12 squad. This marks the second straight year that Stewart, Nutman, Kelley and Haagsma have posted 4.00 marks.
Iowa State led all teams with 18 total honorees, while Baylor tallied the most first team selections with 14. Each school was represented with at least five first team members.
A total of 79 student-athletes earned first team recognition, while 20 individuals made up the second team.
First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence.
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his document explain the current kernel plan for the GTA01/GTA02 kernel. The idea is to share the motivations behind current decisions and the actual decisions. This is a draft, and suggestions might be incorporated to it.
We would like to try this model for one or two months and if we find we are doing something wrong we will update the plans.
Path review process
Allow 2 days before applying non-trivial patches to allow for community feedback and for feedback from subsystem maintainers. If the patch has not issues that we can tell and it is relevant it will be applied.
We hope that developers actually care about the development branch. If they care, they will helps us reject patches that will likely cause trouble. We will also get more testing.
We will tag stable kernels in the repository.
We know that people like forks and code that does not change often, but the linear model is working with upstream kernel (with a lot more people involved of course).
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Friday, August 17, 2012
MGHfC physicians engage with 'mommy bloggers'
MOMS IN MEDIA: Canapari was featured in an Aug. 10 post on the blog "Food Allergy Buzz."
Nine local mothers who blog about parenthood visited MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) on July 31 to meet MGHfC physicians and learn about three popular pediatric health topics – obesity, food allergy and sleep behavioral disorders. The "mommy bloggers" regularly write about the trials and tribulations of raising children and frequently cover pediatric health issues.
According to a 2012 Scarborough Research report, mothers are a growing force in social media, with 14 percent of American moms blogging. Boston area-based bloggers who attended the MGHfC event included writers for "Capability Mom," "Food Allergy Buzz," "Boston Babies" and Bright Horizons' "MomToMom."
MGH pediatric pulmonologist Christina Scirica, MD, MPH, director of Parenting for Health, Inspired Health, and Exercise, Nutrition and Relaxation for Growing Youth, shared her decision to change her entire family's eating habits to help them live healthier lives. Scirica said she initially struggled with her inherent desire to give her children extra snacks "just in case." Now, Scirica said, she only provides snacks when her children are hungry and also limits their intake of sugary sweets.
Food continued to be a theme as Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD, chief of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology and director of the Food Allergy Center, discussed the rise of food allergies among children and talked about his research in oral immunotherapy treatments, a procedure intended to gradually reduce the allergic sensitivity of a patient for a given food. Although studies show promise, more research needs to be done to ensure long-term efficacy. Shreffler also described research that has shown food avoidance can actually lead to allergy development. He said many physicians now are encouraging parents to feed their children peanuts and other foods commonly associated with allergies at a younger age to prevent the development of allergies.
Moving from parental struggles with food to challenges at bedtime, Craig Canapari, MD, pediatric pulmonologist and sleep expert, talked about his work with sleep behavioral disorders, including the interplay between sleep apnea and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Canapari also shared he writes his own blog, www.drcraigcanapari.com.
"It was a wonderful lunch, and your speakers were engaging, informative and covered the topics we all care so much about," said Nancy Brown, "Capability Mom" blogger. "It was a fantastic event."
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By Caree Edson, KF14, Armenia
I was having lunch with a colleague who wants to practice his English when he offered to take me out into the field to witness a day in the life of a regional manager. It was here that I realized that sometimes years worth of schooling happens in a single day on the other side of the world and there is no substitute for witnessing first-hand how and why microfinance works.
Avet is a regional manager for the Syunik (Southern) region in Armenia. He is in charge of 5 branches currently and is opening his 6th this week. An avid wine enthusiast, comedian, and family man, Avet promises great company. He has a background in economics, business and agriculture which make s him an enormous asset to SEF International. He also has a heart of gold and invited me and a friend to celebrate Easter with his family. Avet was involved in the building of SEF's newest logo and company identity. He tells me that the logo represents new beginnings for SEF's clients.
Overjoyed to be meeting with the first client of SEF's newest branch in Artashat, (a city that already has been scooped up by competitors in the microfinance industry) Avet enthusiastically contacted the client to inform him of our surprise visit. These surprise visits are an integral part of the loan process by which the loan officers confirm the details of the loan and see the business, farm, client's home for themselves to ensure that no fraud is taking place. Avet says that from experience about 2 out of every 10 clients is taking a loan for the wrong reasons and SEF wants to weed these out. It's not fraudulent activity, per se, it is simply that sometimes clients are over-indebted and trying to pay off other loans or use the agricultural loans for consumer purchases. This is a common happening in poverty-stricken households where the income is used to pay for all expenditures, business, education, food, and other items. By verifying the purpose of the loan, SEF is protecting its clients from taking out loans that they cannot repay while protecting their investment as well. Avet is also able to offer some advice in regards to best practices on the farm to help the clients to maximize their incomes.
Endeavoring to work around a few challenges with a recent death in his family, the client agrees to meet with us and we make the 2 hour trip out to his farm through unpaved roads, doing donuts in the mud and finally bouncing over rocks in Avet's newly washed car. Three new loan officers accompany us on the trip to be trained. One of them speaks English and pauses for some pictures with me out on our most beautiful clear and sunny day yet in Armenia. The client smiles as Avet promises to return on the one year anniversary of this momentous occasion in celebration and with gifts. He tells me that SEF has a tradition of celebrating with the first client in each area (agriculture, business and consumer loans) on the anniversary of their loan dispersal.
There are many critics in the world that are speaking out against for-profit microfinance institutions with the assumption that only non-profits can truly help the poor. I wanted to know why the two microfinance organizations that I am working with here, SEF and Nor Horizon, are both registered as for-profit companies. They were both started by large non-profits (World Vision and Oxfam) and are very socially-minded companies working to benefit the poor. Turns out, non-profits are not licensed to lend money nor collect savings in Armenia. So it follows that if we eliminated the for-profit microcredit companies, there wouldn't be anyone to lend to the poor here. It's simply a manner of licensing practices in Armenia.
When I ask what the loan officers do in case of late payments or defaulted loans, I am met with blank stares. Loan officers call clients monthly to check in and to remind them of their payments if they do not pay on the day that they are expected to and late payments are hardly ever an issue with these two companies. If a client is facing some sort of hardship, the officer meets with the client at their home or business and helps them to find a way to repay the loans. One borrower told me that she couldn't even "try to forget" her loan repayment date if she wanted to. Her loan officer contacts her regularly and is so personally invested in her business he feels like family.
While I haven't been as busy as some other Kiva Fellows upgrading computer systems and manually entering payments into archaic forms of Microsoft Excel, it has been a great experience to learn from a few companies in Armenia who have the system down like a well-oiled machine. Organized, efficient, and wise in the ways of microfinance, I have learned a ton from those that know what they are doing on this side of the world and will always be grateful for their willingness to share their expertise with a humble student.
Caree Edson is a Kiva Fellow finishing up her last week with SEF International and Nor Horizon in Armenia. She will miss the hard working people that are making a difference in the lives of Armenian clients and their families, but looks forward to starting life anew back home in just a few short weeks.


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Potatoes on pizza: way or no way? The mere thought of upping the starch on pizza might send some people scrambling for their lettuce wraps, but for the rest of us who aren't clinging to the Atkins diet, it can be a pleasurable topping choice. At Flying Squirrel Pizza Co. in the Seward Park neighborhood of Seattle, owner Bill Coury spits in the face of carb-counters (figuratively, of course) with his popular #6, a New York–style pie topped with chive oil, Maytag blue cheese, spinach, garlic, mozzarella, and lemon-herb roasted potatoes.
Think of blue cheese potato gratin you can eat with your hands and you're on the right track. But it makes for a rather light, balanced pie, and no one topping overwhelms another.
Want to make this pizza at home? We'll walk you through it! Since the pies at Flying Squirrel round out at about the 15-inch mark, leave your Neapolitan dough recipe on the shelf and go for The Pizza Lab's New York–style dough instead. A wood-fired oven is also unnecessary, making this an ideal pie to bake in your home oven.
What You'll Need
- 1 ball of pizza dough
- 2 medium Yukon Gold potatoes
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme
- 8 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 15 cloves garlic
- olive oil
- salt & pepper
- half a lemon
- chive oil (see note below)
- 1/4 cup grated aged mozzarella
- Maytag blue cheese (if you can't find Maytag, just use what you can find in your area)
- handful of organic spinach
About That Chive Oil...
Chances are you don't have a tub of chive oil sitting in the back of your fridge. Don't sweat it! "It couldn't be easier to make," says Coury. "Put a handful of chives in a food processor, turn it on, then gradually pour in some olive oil until it reaches a thick, spreadable consistency. Done."
The key is to make it easy to brush onto the crust without adding too much more oil to the pizza. If you overdo it on the olive oil, just blend in more chives. If it's hard to spread, then blend in more olive oil. It's so easy, even a caveman could do it!*
Ready for some tasty potato pie? Then get clickin' on that slideshow, friend.
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Anti-football, 1890's tactics, cheating, dirty Stokies. That seemed to be the general consensus from the debate on The Times 'The Game' blog when Oliver Kay posed the question: Are Stoke City the least popular top-flight club since Wimbledon?
Fans from pretty much all corners had their say and the overwhelming answer seemed to be, yes, Stoke are the least popular side since Wimbledon. In Kay's piece to start the debate he stated that "Certainly the establishment will shed no tears for Tony Pulis and his players if embarrassment in the FA Cup is followed at the end of the season by relegation from the Barclays Premier League."
He balanced out his argument by saying that they were not a bunch of thugs but rather "an honest bunch of players trying to make the most of their limited abilities in a league where they would perish if left to get by on technique alone." Something which I'm sure Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson would dispute after seeing possible leg-breaking challenges on Emmanuel Adebayor during Arsenal's 2-1 defeat at the Britannia and on Cristiano Ronaldo during United's 1-0 Boxing Day victory.
First you have to agree that the way Stoke play is not the type of football that people love to watch. They get lots of men behind the ball and look to hit long balls into the channel for Ricardo Fuller to chase. They rely heavily on Rory Delap's long throw to create goal scoring opportunities and Pulis has signed big strong players to give them a physical presence that very few team's can match.
They have players who are not afraid to put a tackle in and the claim's that they are over-aggressive have some truth. Other criticism that has been labeled at them is that they cheat by tactically fouling to break up the opposition's play and that they time-waste to run down the clock.
All these claims have some truth to them but what a lot of people don't realise is that these are things that maybe 70-80% of all team's do. Manchester United and Chelsea often surround the referee to pressure him when making decisions. Liverpool's Javier Mascherano is a master of the tactical foul, it's something that foreign team's have always done and time-wasting is hardly a new phenomenon and referees are wise enough to know when it's going on.
What Tony Pulis has done, and has had to do, is create a team that is disciplined and plays to a system that may be defensive and may be ruthless but is one that got them in the Premiership and is one that will give them the best chance of staying there.
If you speak to many Stoke fans they will tell you that they believe the media is totally biased against them and that they were prejudged before they even got promoted. As they are an unfashionable club from an unfashionable area with an unfashionable manager. The criticism they received seemed to hurt both the club and its fans earlier in the season and they both became defensive about their style and tried to justify themselves. But why should they?
Unlike Tony Mowbray's West Brom side who seem determined to win as many plaudits for their style of play as points on the table, Pulis is not here to win fans or praise. He wants to keep his team in the division and it's his job to do that anyway possible. He has made mistakes in the transfer market, notably the deadline purchases of Michael Tongue and Tom Soares, but they were signings to add bodies to the squad if nothing else. The signings of Matthew Etherington and James Beattie add Premiership quality and experience to the side, as well as a touch of creativity.
The Premier League is so tight this year that no team from Hull in 8th are safe from relegation and Phil Brown's team are no longer on the run they were had at the start of the season and are slipping fast. The problem that Stoke face is that the likes of Tottenham and Man City have some top class players who will eventually click into gear and pull them to safety. Stoke don't have that luxury and will have to rely on all the things that people hate to give them the best chance to stay up.
That task starts at Stamford Bridge today against a Chelsea side who, despite being far from their best, are perhaps the team most suited to resist Stoke's physical approach. But if Pulis stick's to his guns then there is no reason why they couldn't cause an upset to further Phil Scolari's troubles and stick two fingers up to the haters.


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Marianna- It was another busy day Tuesday at the Florida Rural Broadband Alliance's warehouse in Marianna.
"There's a lot of moving parts to this whole process," said Opportunity Florida incoming Chairman Byron Ward.
Ward said the group has made significant progress on the project in the last several months.
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He said as the equipment continues to arrive at the warehouse, the focus now is getting the community involved. That's because the federal stimulus grant paying for the project requires affected communities to contribute thirty percent of the infrastructure.
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It's been interesting to watch neural nets and 'deep learning' suddenly becoming industrial strength. Companies are investing heavily and there is an arms race to create world domination platforms (AWS, Google etc.).
Genetic algorithms have not crossed that boundary. Any quick YouTube search and you will see a number of very impressive science experiments (the Mario demo in particular).
Is there enough critical mass to leap into an industrial phase? I think so. Here what I think is needed:
1. Set of standards to define how components are built and interact.
2. The ability to create projects that can be built other's work. Right now all the science experiments are one-offs.
3. A published and managed platform. This can be online or local executable. However, the output (like artificial neural net) needs to have a uniform and agreed upon data structure.
Here is some early work on the structure
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The purpose of this workshop is to examine the origin and evolution of Bantu linguistic specificities especially with regards to corresponding features in closely related linguistic groups of languages. Five main themes will be covered (phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, classification) with one main paper for each theme followed by one or two discussants per paper.
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Marijuana reform in Maryland — time to pitch in
Posted by Thomas Nephew on December 19th, 2013
Substance abuse policy is hard; on the one hand, no one wants more harm from the overuse of alcohol or drugs. Those harms vary in intensity from one substance to the next, but include both harms to users from addiction, risky behaviors like needle sharing, or direct physical effects on the body and brain, and harms to others from unsafe behavior or criminality to support the costs of substance abuse.
On the other hand, neither should anyone want drug policies that are unnecessary, ineffective, and/or unfair. While some drugs may warrant continued prohibition as too addictive and/or too harmful, there's always the question: on exactly what basis does society arrogate to itself the right to tell individuals what they can or can not consume?
It's instructive, I think, that U.S. constitutional history very much points to a "hands-off when possible" approach: the 18th Amendment experiment of alcohol prohibition, ratified in 1920, was followed, very quickly indeed, with its repeal by the 21st Amendment in 1935. The American people considered the issue, and decided that alcohol — still by far the most widely abused substance of abuse reported by treatment admissions — is nevertheless not a substance that inevitably or usually brings about overconsumption, addiction, or long-term impairment, and that its prohibition caused problems worse than its legal availability ever had. Instead, we regulate alcohol consumption and sales by taxation, by restrictions on when and where it can be sold, by seeing to it as best we can that minors can't obtain it, and by cracking down on unsafe behaviors like driving under the influence.
It's time we did the same with marijuana.
Racial disparities in marijuna possession arrests
Black/White marijuana possession arrest rate ratios, by Maryland
county, 2010. Source: "The Maryland War on Marijuana in Black and
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Source: "The Maryland War on Marijuana in Black and White,"
ACLU Maryland. (2013). Click image to enlarge.
Why? To me, the strongest argument is that marijuana laws are manifestly unequally enforced and thus manifestly unjust: in a recent national study, "The War on Marijuana in Black and White," the ACLU has shown that in state after state, and county after county, black Americans* are arrested for marijuana possession at rates generally anywhere from twice to eight times that of white Americans — despite basically identical marijuana usage:
The War on Marijuana has largely been a war on people of color. […] In 2010, the Black arrest rate for marijuana possession was 716 per 100,000, while the white arrest rate was 192 per 100,000. […] In states with the worst disparities, Blacks were on average over six times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white residents in the same county. […] These glaring racial disparities in marijuana arrests are not a northern or southern phenomenon, nor a rural or urban phenomenon, but rather a national one.
The ACLU of Maryland finds a similar picture in our state*:
In every county in the Free State, Blacks are disproportionately targeted for enforcement of marijuana laws. The glaring racial disparities are as staggering in the suburbs of Baltimore and Washington D.C. as they are on the Eastern Shore or in Western Maryland. They are as likely to exist in large counties as small, in counties with high median family incomes or low median incomes. They exist regardless of whether Blacks make up a large majority or small minority of a county's population. And the disparities have only gotten worse over time.
The erosion of civil rights and civil liberties
Whether in Maryland or nationwide, these disparities are both huge wrongs in themselves, if we believe in equal justice under the law — guaranteed by the 14th Amendment — and strong indications that marijuana policy is far less about public health than effectively (and often purposely) about a race war by other means, featuring casualties and prisoners who are overwhelmingly black.
As author and former ACLU executive Michelle Alexander has put it, we're witnessing "The New Jim Crow":
Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 that, in seven states, African Americans constitute 80 to 90 percent of all drug offenders sent to prison. In at least fifteen states, blacks are admitted to prison on drug charges at a rate from twenty to fifty-seven times greater than that of white men.
Ms. Alexander's book is excellent in showing how these arrests and sentences ruin lives, and how punitive drug policies have driven the erosion of all of our constitutional rights. Stop-and-frisk and racial profiling did not originate with Mayor Bloomberg's NYPD; surveillance abuses did not begin with the NSA or Metro bag searches; erosion of the right to trial did not begin with the NDAA. Rather, all of these developments were foreshadowed more or less explicitly by judicial rulings, legislation, or executive actions connected to the "War on Drugs" — e.g., Operation Pipeline (DEA, 1984: profiling); Anti-Drug Abuse Act (1986; mandatory minimums); California v. Acevedo (1991; warrantless search); Florida v. Bostick (1991; suspicionless search); Ohio v. Robinette (1993; "consent"); Deal v. United States (1993: 'stacking' of 924(c) charges enabling the threat of near-life sentences for combined drug/gun violations). The net effect was to uphold and expand an allegedly "tough on crime" agenda advocated via racial "dog-whistle" rhetoric especially by Nixon and Reagan, and ratified by "me too" politicking and policies by Clinton.
Legalizing marijuana in Maryland won't make these precedents, programs, and policies go away — but it will reduce their application. That may be the first step to rebuilding a justice system built not for incarceration and volume, but for, well, justice. Black, white, or Hispanic; Christian, Jewish, or Muslim; activist or not; marijuana user or not: push back against the war on marijuana — both the biggest and arguably the least justified part of the War on Drugs — and the rights you restore or preserve will be your own.
Ways forward in Maryland
Fortunately, momentum is building in Maryland to do just that. First, the ACLU of Maryland is re-committing to a strong push in the coming legislative session to decriminalize marijuana possession. Reacting to the national ACLU report in June, Maryland's ACLU legislative director Sara Love said,
"Marijuana decriminalization efforts in the Maryland General Assembly advanced further than ever before this past session. With this momentum and the new report, the ACLU of Maryland will continue advocating for reform of Maryland's racially biased and aggressive penalization of marijuana possession, which has torn communities apart, not improved public safety, not eradicated use, and has been a colossal waste of money."
At least as importantly, Maryland gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur announced that she will propose marijuana legalization if elected. Her campaign issue pages and well-researched legislative plan lay out some of the same reasons noted above — and points out that between revenues from taxation and savings from reassigned law enforcement priorities, Maryland could benefit hugely from legalizing marijuana:
Adults 21 and over will be allowed to possess up to an ounce of marijuana without violating state law… Smoking of marijuana will not be allowed in public, indoor or out. …It will continue to be illegal to drive under the influence of marijuana… It will continue to be illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to purchase, possess or consume marijuana. […] As governor, Heather Mizeur will legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana, generating up to $157.5 million in new annual revenue. The revenue will be used to create a dedicated funding stream for her proposed expansion of Maryland's early childhood education system. […] The financial cost of criminalizing marijuana is significant. According to a 2009 study, our state wastes as much as $281.7 million per year enforcing overly punitive marijuana prohibition laws.
That's a turnaround of nearly half a billion dollars — in a state forced in its last budget to cut mental health funding by $7 million and cut contributions to state employees and teachers pension fund by $100 million. But above all:
Legalizing and regulating marijuana will save tens of thousands of people from misguided and unnecessary involvement in our debilitative criminal justice system – 43% of whom would likely end up becoming recidivists entangled in the system time and again.
Our choices
Like all Americans, we in Maryland have a choice. We can sit idly by and agree with nay-sayers like Doug Gansler, one of Mizeur's Democratic competitors, whose spokesman claimed there "does not appear to be a groundswell toward full scale legalization" — despite widespread, bipartisan support in the state for just that. We can shrug our shoulders and walk away from the chance to build bigger, better coalitions for our rights and civil liberties. We can walk away from confronting what may well be the single biggest systematic injustice — in terms of unnecessary humiliations, arrests, derailed lives, and occupied jail cells — in Maryland and the country.
Or we can pitch in for marijuana reform in Maryland.
Let's educate ourselves and others about this issue. Let's do all we can to support ACLU of Maryland's marijuana decriminalization legislation this session. And let's do all we can to support and reward gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur for her bold support for marijuana legalization, for her political courage, and for her good sense.
* FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data does not provide separate Hispanic arrest totals; these are likely counted as white in UCR data.
** Note that Montgomery County does not distinguish itself in this regard, either. From the ACLU Maryland report: "Between 2001–2010, Black arrests went up by 45%, even though the Black population increased by less than half that much. By 2010, Blacks made up 18% of Montgomery County's population, but 46% of all marijuana possession arrests. These statistics likely underestimate race disparities in marijuana possession arrests, as Montgomery County has Maryland's largest Latino population, which was not accounted for in the data reviewed."


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DOVER — Before a Strafford County Superior Court judge sentenced him to 10 to 20 years in prison, 19-year-old Phillip Eisenberg turned around in his shackles to face the Rochester family he brutally assaulted with a metal baseball bat and apologized.
DOVER — Before a Strafford County Superior Court judge sentenced him to 10 to 20 years in prison, 19-year-old Phillip Eisenberg turned around in his shackles to face the Rochester family he brutally assaulted with a metal baseball bat and apologized.
"What I did was wrong. I understand that …," he said. "I know nothing I say can change what I did but I want you to know, … if could I'd take it back, I would. I can't and I'm sorry."
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Eisenberg spoke softly during his sentencing hearing in Dover, replying politely as Judge Brian Tucker read his indictments aloud. At times, he turned around to look back at his mother, former Rochester City Clerk Sheryl Eisenberg. She was also charged in the case, for alleged concealment of items stolen from the incident, but was not prosecuted.
On Aug. 5, 2011, Eisenberg attacked the sleeping parents of a friend he had a falling out with earlier that year. He broke into the home in the early morning hours and stole various items including Bud Light beer and an Xbox gaming console. He was only stopped from continually beating the middle-aged couple, Rob and Kristin Cox, when their son Dylan, 18 then, wrestled him to the ground.
Assistant Strafford County Attorney Amy Feliciano told the court the defendant was able to flee the scene in his car because Rob Cox, writhing in pain from a fractured kneecap, told his son to let Eisenberg go.
Rob Cox underwent surgery to repair his knee and Kristin was struck multiple times on her head and face, from which she suffered severe lacerations. Almost a year and a half later, she told the court she now has two scars on her face and difficulty breathing through her nose.
Kristin Cox held her 16-year-old daughter Sydney's hand when she read her victim impact statement, adding since the attack, Dylan Cox would sometimes patrol their home with a golf club to ensure they were safe at night.
"You have given us all post traumatic stress disorder, some of us worse than others, and you took away the fact that we felt safe in our house. We don't anymore," she said in a forceful tone with her voice shaking at times. "You will serve your time and be done with it. We will never be done with it. My dogs' barking startles me and it brings it all back. And they bark every day, Phil."
Sydney Cox was in the home at the time of the attack and told the courtroom she pushed herself against her bedroom door to hide when she heard screams. She said her brother came to get her after 10 minutes and she went downstairs to check on her family.
"All I saw was my mom covered in blood and my dad was moaning and crying on the ground," she said. "I thought my dad was dying. I mean, I was scared my parents were going to die."
She choked back tears as she thanked her brother for saving their parents.
Feliciano requested a sentence of 13 to 30 years imprisonment for Eisenberg with 7� to 15 years suspended. She said the defendant caused extreme physical injury to the three victims, who still have $30,000 worth of medical bills to pay. The family did not request restitution however, though they said with loss of income they had would end up paying about $60,000 in all.
Eisenberg's attorney, Lawrence Vogelman, requested instead the court impose a 5- to 10-year sentence, noting Eisenberg was a young college-bound man with a high GPA after graduating from high school and he had no criminal record before this incident. Vogelman told the court by the time Eisenberg would be released, he would be at least 30 years old.
"It's a horrid, horrid (crime), but under the circumstances, I don't think we should give up on him," Vogelman told the judge.
Eisenberg was ordered to have no contact with the victims in the case and to undergo mental health counseling and drug rehabilitation "meaningfully" during his period of incarceration. An investigation revealed he took eight times his prescribed medication for his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and was routinely using marijuana at the time. Additionally, a 2�- to 5-year sentence for the charge of burglary has been suspended provided he have no more incidents in the 10 years after his release from prison.
Judge Tucker told the court upon issuing his sentence he considered Eisenberg's lack of criminal history as well as his young age.
After Eisenberg entered his pleas of guilty, Vogelman argued further against the label of "first degree" concerning the assault charges, stating it indicates the defendant carried out his actions knowingly and purposely. Judge Tucker noted Eisenberg had already entered his guilty plea for those charges and told the defense to submit a motion to amend the sentencing if they wished to discuss it further
While Feliciano argued Eisenberg's mental condition shouldn't play a factor in his imposed sentencing, Vogelman said Eisenberg suffers from various mental illnesses and that could be the only reasonable explanation behind his sociopathic behavior that day.
Feliciano said rather Eisenberg's crimes showed a great deal of thought and planning, where he removed his sneakers before entering the home, bought a new pair after the crime, wiped down his car and texted a friend initially requesting he help him create a false alibi just after the assault.
Approximately 10 members of the victims' family sat on the opposite side of the Eisenbergs in court during the hour-and-a-half long hearing. When it concluded, several members of the Cox family said they felt relieved.
Rob Cox's father, John, said his family felt "that justice was done."
"You have to support the process," he said, adding the family has attended most of the hearings in the case. "This has been difficult for the entire family."
Kristin Cox told Foster's she felt a sense of closure, noting her family is "strong." Asked how her son was coping, Dylan, now 20, stepped forward and said he felt a weight had been lifted off of him. He plans to attend college in the near future and study art.
"I'm very thankful for my parents and all of my friends that have been with me through this," he said. "It's been a lot. I've had a hard time dealing with a lot of this and it's just good to have good people by me."


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Monday, Jan. 21 – Be prepared for some delays if you are traveling westbound to Beaumont on Interstate 10 today. According to TxDOT spokesperson Marc Shepherd, the westbound left lane between Rose City and Beaumont will be closed for road work being done on the Neches River Bridge, also known as the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge, today and possibly Tuesday, Jan. 22.
At approximately 9:30 a.m. this morning, westbound traffic was backed up from the bridge to Rose City with a sweeper and road crew at work close to the downtown exit in Beaumont. Shepherd said the lane closure is temporary and necessary due to a cleanup and repair endeavor after last week's demolition of one of the two concrete barriers between eastbound and westbound traffic on the Neches River Bridge. He explained that because only one lane is closed, the workers are able to perform the task during the day. He said anytime two lanes must be closed, causing traffic to be restricted to a single lane, the work must be done at night.
Shepherd confirmed that traffic on the bridge would likely go down to two lanes eastbound and two lanes westbound by late February, weather permitting. He expects it to stay that way for "a little over a year" while workers demolish and rebuild the eastbound section of the bridge.


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The Greater Helsinki Region emerged as a highly competitive economy in the latter half of the 1990s. This review examines the factors contributing to this success and the new development challenges it has created. Continued sustainable development will require: 1) further diversification of dynamic sectors, 2) managed growth adhering to principles of compact development, and 3) countering trends for greater social differentiation within the region. All of these challenges create needs for greater metropolitan co-ordination that are examined in turn.
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MUSTAPIC, Ana Maria. Instability without collapse. Presidential resignations: Argentina in 2001.Traduzido porJudith Evans. Desarro. econ. (B. Aires) [online]. 2006, vol.1Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0046-001X.
Since the 1980s, there have been numerous presidential resignations in different countries in Latin America. With respect to this phenomenon, this article puts forward two questions: What circumstances are most favorable for provoking presidents to resign and what is the impact on the presidential system. To address these questions, a case study is used, that of the presidency of de la Rúa in Argentina (1999-2001) with the aim of constructing a hypothesis that should be tested by additional research. This analysis contends that Argentine presidential resignations took two forms in accordance with the distribution of party power in Congress: a) a parliamentary response to the crisis and b) a presidential response to the crisis. The first occurred in a multiparty context that facilitated the formation of alternative parliamentary majorities. Within this framework, Congress deprived the president of support, precipitating his departure. The second seems to be characteristic of contexts that are bipartisan or in which there is a predominant party. In this case, it is the departing president who, within a crisis situation, manages to oversee an orderly succession. As for the impact of presidential resignations on the functioning of presidential regimes, the article puts forward the importance of redefining the place of the fixed term as a characteristic of presidentialism. In light of the numerous presidential resignations, the fixed presidential mandate does not seem to be a necessary component of the definition of presidentialism as it is, in contrast, for legislators. From this another question arises: when analyzing the political dynamic of presidentialism, it is necessary to incorporate presidential resignation as a possible factor.


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Everyone needs a disaster plan for members of their household. And that means pets too. Many animals die needlessly in disasters because their guardians simply aren't prepared.
A lot of online resources exist for overall disaster planning, such as how to put together a disaster kit. If you're new to disaster planning, these sites are good places to start:
Here we focus on disaster preparedness for pets.
Federal disaster plans now include pets and animals. As a result, we encourage you to bring your animals with you if you're evacuated. Do not leave them in your residence with food and water. (See Evacuation for more information.)
General Planning Guidelines
Make sure your pet is identified properly. All dogs and cats should have collars with identification tags. Unfortunately, collars can come off or be taken off. A microchip is a permanent form of identification that can be used to reach you, your vet, and relatives or friends who may be resources in an emergency. You can have a microchip implanted during your pet's next wellness exam. Be sure to keep your phone and address information updated with the microchip provider. Call 415.554.3030 for an appointment.
- Get your pet used to a crate or carrier. Many dogs are crate-trained, but most cats are not. Try feeding your pet in the crate; put a favorite toy or treat in it and, with cats, try putting catnip in the crate. If you leave the crate out in the home and treat it like a regular piece of furniture, your pet will get used to it.
- Make sure your pet is used to being handled. It will be easier to get it into a carrier if needed.
- Always have a picture of you and your pet, your pet's microchip number and your contact numbers with you in case you need to evacuate.
Pet Emergency Kit
Pet emergency kits should contain:
- Harnesses, leashes and collars
- Regular food, plus bottled water (at least a seven day supply for each animal), non-spill bowls, a manual can opener and plastic lid for canned pet food
- Litter boxes, litter and a scoop
- Fresh bedding for small mammals
- Routine medications, a copy of your pet's vaccine history and medical records for chronic conditions
- Muzzles and towels for safely handling injured or frightened animals (See Safety.)
- Plastic bags for feces clean up
- A flashlight and a fresh set of batteries
- Recent photos of the pet (especially with you in the picture)
- Long-term caging (baby gates, X-pens, portable fencing…)
- Phone numbers and location of your vet, the local emergency clinic, the phone number and location for San Francisco Animal Care and Control (SFACC) and the Animal Control Poison Center (888.426.4435)
- A pet first aid kit and first aid book (We recommend Amazon for current products and publications.)
Pet First Aid Kit
In emergencies, a first aid kit for your pet is just as essential as one for yourself. Your pet first aid kit should contain:
- Gauze, roll type and squares
- Telfa pads, non-stick bandages or absorbent pads to control bleeding and protect wounds
- Adhesive tape to secure gauze or bandages. Do not use Band-Aids on pets; they can swallow them and cause an intestinal blockage.
- Triple antibiotic ointment such asNeosporin, etc.) for minor scrapes
- Activated charcoal or Milk of Magnesia to absorb poison and hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting. If you can, call your vet or the poison center before treating an animal for poison. Otherwise, consult your pet first aid book.
- Digital rectal thermometer to check your pet's temperature. Do not put the thermometer in the pet's mouth! Normal cat and dog temperatures range from 100 – 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Tweezers
- An eye-dropper or large syringe without a needle or to administer oral medications
- A stretcher, which can be a board, a door or a strong large blanket to transport a large dog that can't walk.
Although first aid is not a substitute for proper veterinary care, by learning basic first aid procedures, you can assist people in your neighborhood with sick or injured pets after a disaster.
- Even the gentlest pet may bite, scratch or become aggressive when in pain or when it is fearful.
- Never hug an injured animal. You can easily be bitten or attacked.
- Put a blanket or towel over pets to keep them contained and put a barrier between you and their teeth and claws.
- Reduce the chance of bites with a muzzle; muzzles for dogs can be made out of rope, stockings or long towels. Cats can be wrapped in a towel, but make sure they're not wrapped too tightly. Leave their head and face uncovered so they can breathe.
- Examine injured animals slowly and stop if they become agitated.
- Never muzzle an animal that is vomiting.
- When you transport your pet, put it in a carrier, crate or box.
In case of evacuation, let disaster workers know that you have animals with you. Bring your pet emergency kit with your pet's food, harness, leash, medications and bedding.
During a disaster, there may be auxiliary animal shelters set up near human shelters. If this is the case and you are being moved to a human shelter that has an auxiliary animal shelter in place, you can request that your pet be housed at that shelter.
In San Francisco, all evacuated animals that have not been placed with family or friends will be housed at SFACC (1200 15th Street at Harrison) until it reaches capacity. All evacuated exotic animals, small mammals and aggressive dogs and cats that have not been placed with family or friends will be housed at SFACC or across the street with the SF SPCA regardless of where the guardian is sheltered.


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A Constitutional Imperative
One of the most inspiring moments in the American political process is the inauguration of a president, with its peaceful transfer of power and the president's promise to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution." I am unfailingly moved by the majesty and simplicity of the ceremony, and reminded how much students can learn from the study of our Constitution.
Begin with the fact that our Constitution was drafted in an act of brilliant collaboration during a time of crisis. Each delegate first contributed his ideas and talents, then stood aside and submitted his proposal to the public marketplace of ideas and the lengthy process of ratification. There is no better example of how individuals with the courage to challenge one another and the willingness to argue and debate can produce an enduring and efficient outcome.
And the rhetorical lessons of constitutional law are ever-renewable. The skills we most strive to teach our students — skills of analysis, inductive reasoning, and hypothetical and imaginative thinking — are on display in opinions written by the justices of the Supreme Court as they parse the language of the amendments, muse on the Founders' intent, and confront the challenges of keeping the document a vital, dynamic text that can answer the complex questions of our day. In training students to read legal opinions, we train them to think more clearly, to reason by analogy, and to synthesize the conclusions of a diverse series of cases into the discovery and elaboration of larger principles. This is why I invariably base my teaching of composition on the reading and analysis of legal cases.
Yet teaching on constitutional law is not only a way to train students in the skills of argumentation, or an immersion in the case-study method that is so central to thecurriculum at a business university, such as the one where I teach It is the ideal method to deepen and challenge a liberal arts education. The study of constitutional law is an important part of an education in the humanities because constitutional law is ultimately a humanistic discipline, one that illuminates the historical and cultural backdrop against which we frame current controversies and moral problems. It is a way to understand the nation's traditions and values, and to enter into sympathy with fellow citizens whose lives are radically different from our own but who, like us, have sought specific answers to real problems.
As Americans, we return to the amendments again and again, seeking to relitigate and refine their abundant meaning — what is "speech"? What are our rights to privacy? What are the powers and responsibilities of a free press within a culture that is fluid, dynamic and progressive? That is what makes the study of constitutional law a study of the pragmatism and inventiveness of American culture itself.
Nineteenth-century American philosopher William James described Americans as practical thinkers who are inclined to "look away from principles and categories" and to focus instead on outcomes, on "fruits, consequences, facts." Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. agreed with James that the best thinkers are realistic, open-minded and optimistic, and that constitutional law teaches us to reach conclusions that are fair, intellectually rigorous and perhaps "contingent" — conclusions are not final but "for now," with the expectation that we will revisit them and perhaps alter our views.
That is the best argument of all for making the study of constitutional law an essential part of our students' education. It should never go out of fashion.
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Texas Legislative Medal of Honor posthumously presented to Audie Murphy
By Staff Sgt. Jennifer Atkinson, Texas Army National Guard
A brisk October wind made the flags and red, white, and blue bunting flutter and flap as the entire town of Farmersville, Texas, turned out to honor a local hero as the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor was posthumously presented to World War II's most decorated soldier, retired Maj. Audie L. Murphy, on Oct. 29.
"We are deeply humbled and proud to be at such an event," said Maj. Gen. John F. Nichols, the adjutant general of Texas and the commanding general of the Texas Military Forces, "to honor the most decorated soldier of World War II in a Texas way."
Murphy, one of 12 children, was born into a large sharecropper family in Hunt County in northeast Texas. He often hunted to put food on the family table, and dropped out of school after the fifth grade to support his family.
"Coming from humble roots, like many Texans before and since, Audie Murphy answered the call to serve," said Nichols, "except that he served above and beyond that call of duty."
In 1942, Murphy's older sister helped him forge birth paperwork so he could join the Army at 17, below the minimum recruitment age.
After receiving training at Camp Wolters, Texas, Fort Meade, Md., and in Algeria, Murphy fought in the European and Mediterranean theaters of operations.
On Jan. 26, 1945, he conducted an hour-long defensive action against German troops at the Colmar Pocket near Holtzwihr, France. Standing alone on a burning tank destroyer, Murphy fired a machine gun at attacking German soldiers and tanks until he exhausted all his ammunition, receiving a leg wound during the fight. Refusing medical attention, Murphy climbed off the tank, and led his men on a successful counter assault.
Murphy was 19 when he received the Medal of Honor. He would, throughout the course of his service, receive 33 awards, from the United States, Belgium and France.
After release from active-duty, Murphy joined the Texas Army National Guard during the outbreak of the Korean War, eventually attaining the rank of major.
The Texas Legislative Medal of Honor was presented to Nadine Murphy Lockey, Murphy's sister, on behalf of Murphy, to honor his service and sacrifice as an American and a Texan.
The Texas Legislative Medal of Honor is awarded to "a member of the state or federal military forces (effective June 20, 2003) designated by concurrent resolution of the legislature who voluntarily performs a deed of personal bravery or self-sacrifice involving risk of life that is so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the person for gallantry and intrepidity above the person's comrades. Awarding of the medal shall be considered on the standard of extraordinary merit. The medal may be awarded only on incontestable proof of performance of the deed."
Bestowed every other year, there have been 10 recipients of the award; every award but one has been presented posthumously.


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The money trail
With 15,000 media folk at the DNC, one reporter stands out for specifically tracking the story of lobbyists and money.
Credit ABC News' Brian Ross with cutting through the orgy to the real story of the convention. He's doing four special reports on "ABC World News with Charles Gibson" this week, "The Influence Game in Denver,"
and another four from the Republican shindig in Minn.-St. Paul next week.
So far, we've seen Ross' camera peeking through the window of the Denver Art Museum to spy on Senators and other well-known revelers at Steve Farber's party (off limits to cameras). Tonight we'll see Ross being thrown out of Hotel Teatro.
"They even tried to keep us from the public sidewalk," he said.
"The parties run right through the speeches. While Ted Kennedy was talking, a jazz band was playing and drinks were flowing," Ross said.
Both Parties are equally involved, he reports; the lobbyists don't care who wins as long as they have access. "The lobbyists just pack up the champagne and caviar and move to Minneapolis over the weekend."
Ross has provided this journalistic money chase at every convention since 1996.


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Delta State University has entered into a lease agreement with the Cleveland Music Foundation to provide the property for the construction of the GRAMMY® Museum Mississippi in Cleveland.
On Friday, February 1, Delta State University President Dr. John M. Hilpert and Lucy Janoush, president of the Cleveland Music Foundation, the non-profit entity set to build the museum, signed a 99-year lease agreement designating a four-acre tract of property located on the south end of the Delta State golf course along Highway 8 as the site for the construction of the museum. Groundbreaking is tentatively set for late February.
As part of the agreement, the Cleveland Music Foundation will provide the funding and resources for the reconstruction of the golf course so that it remains a nine-hole facility.
The signing comes after Governor Phil Bryant's recent presentation of a $1 million check to the Cleveland Music Foundation as the first installment for the establishment of the first official GRAMMY® museum outside of Los Angeles.
GRAMMY® Museum Mississippi will be a world-class, 20,000 plus square foot facility dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of music and the cultural context from which it emerges. The museum's permanent exhibition will utilize film, video, interactive kiosks and, of course, music.
The museum will be closely affiliated with the Delta Music Institute (DMI), Delta State's accredited program of music industry studies. A student exchange program will be developed between GRAMMY® Museum Mississippi and GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE to offer qualified DMI students opportunities to earn college credit and interact with their counterparts at Los Angeles area colleges and universities.
"This is important not only to the Delta Music Institute, but to the entire university," said Hilpert. "We anticipate the participation of many faculty and students in the establishment and operation of GRAMMY® Museum Mississippi. This is a very meaningful project to all constituencies of the university, and I want to thank Lucy Janoush and the board of the Cleveland Music Foundation for their hard work toward driving this project to completion."
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Matt Damon Travels With His Wife and Daughters
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Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana, took off from NYC yesterday and flew home to LA. Also along for the cross-country trip were their three youngest daughters, Isabella, Gia, and Stella. Their oldest, Alexia, didn't take the flight, but she did log time with her parents on Tuesday night. Alexia hung out with Matt and Luciana at the afterparty following his Big Apple Promised Land premiere.
Matt's stay in NYC was centered around doing press for Promised Land ahead of its Dec. 28 release. He also visited the Late Show With David Letterman, where he not only brought back his Matthew McConaughey impression, but also shared about life with Luciana and their kids. Matt spoke about tough times at night when there are "five human beings in a bed," and how sleep-deprived he is when the youngest pile in to sleep with mom and dad. Matt said, "It's a lovely thought — in practice."


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