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The Anglo-Saxon name Dunstint comes from when the family resided near a stony hill. Dunstint is derived from two Old English elements: dun and stan. Dun was a word for hill, and stan meant "stony." The translation of the name is therefore "stony hill." It is also possible that the name is patronymic; that is, derived from the name of a parent. Dunstan was a popular given name in England in the Middle Ages.
The surname Dunstint was first found in Cornwall where they held a family seat from very ancient times. The earliest reference of the name was of Dunstan (c.909 - 988,) who was an Abbot of Glastonbury, a Bishop of Worcester, a Bishop of London, and an Archbishop of Canterbury. He was later canonized as a saint. Durston is a village and civil parish in Somerset that dates back to the Domesday Books where it lists Roger Arundel as originally holding the land but later passed to William de Arlegh who founded the priory of Buckland Sororum (also known as Buckland Priory) in about 1167. The market-town and parish of Shiffnall in Shropshire was home to another branch of the family. "This place, formerly called Idsall, appears to have been of greater note than it is at present. It belonged to Earl Morcar prior to the Conquest, and at a period considerably later was the property of the family of Dunstanville, one of whom, Walter de Dunstanville, by the special command of Henry III., resided in the Marches, to protect them against the ravaging incursions of the Welsh. The estate afterwards came into the possession of the Badlesmeres, who obtained from Edward I. a market for two days in the week, and two yearly fairs." [1]
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dunstint research. Another 142 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1202 and 1291 are included under the topic Early Dunstint History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Dunstint has been recorded under many different variations, including Dunstan, Dunston, Dunstone, Dunstane, Donston, Dunstavill and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Dunstint Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Dunstint or a variant listed above: Andrew Dunston who settled in Virginia with his wife Cicely in 1653; William Dunston settled in Virginia in 1654; Anne Dunstan settled in Maryland in 1741.


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A gunshot wound was discovered on an inmate by corrections officials during the strip search of one of three suspects arrested in connection with a home invasion, a sheriff's spokesman said.
A gunshot wound was discovered on an inmate by corrections officials during the strip search of one of three suspects arrested in connection with a home invasion near DeLand, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Jose Santana, 25, had a bullet wound in his groin area. Santana couldn't provide any details about how he got the injury other than stating it happened when he was running from the home invasion to hide, said sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught. The injury was not life-threatening, officials said.
Santana, of Kissimmee, was one of three men who broke into a home on Ninth Avenue in the Daytona Park Estates subdivision about 3 p.m. Monday, Haught said.
Two other suspects -- James Tailor, 19, of Enterprise and Jason Allen, 31, of DeLand -- were captured by deputies shortly after they burst into the victim's home and stole more than $5,000, Haught said.
Santana, Tailor and Allen were each charged with armed home invasion and grand theft.
Tailor and Santana were also charged with possession of marijuana over 20 grams after the drug was found in a backpack in the area where they were captured along with a BB gun. Allen was also charged with possession of a controlled substance after a baggie with some pills was found in his pocket and he was also arrested on a violation of probation warrant, Haught said.
A fourth suspect is on the run and is being sought, Haught said.
Investigators do not believe the home invasion was a random act, but the motive behind the robbery is still under investigation, Haught said.
The robbery unfolded at the home of Joseph N. Caliendo, 37. Caliendo was home with his 1-year-old daughter when he saw four men with their faces covered and brandishing guns approach a back door, investigators said.
The masked men stormed inside and demanded money. Caliendo handed over more than $5,000. After quickly looking around the house, the suspects fled, Haught said.
That was when Caliendo ran over to a neighbor to drop off his daughter, asking him to call 9-1-1. He then jumped into a pickup and chased after the running suspects, Haught said.
The neighbor told a dispatcher that Caliendo came knocking frantically on his front door.
"He said he was held up at gunpoint," the caller said. "He said, 'here take my baby, take my baby,' and he took off in his truck."
Caliendo was armed with a bat, the neighbor told a dispatcher.
"He was frantically just trying to get the baby away from the incident," the caller said.
Deputies, DeLand police and a Sheriff's Office helicopter responded. The first deputy on scene met with Caliendo near the intersection of 8th Avenue and Laurell Avenue, who pointed out the two fleeing suspects. After a brief foot chase the deputy captured Santana and Tailor, Haught said.
Allen, who was hiding in the woods, was bitten by a police dog in the leg, Haught said.
As they were being booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail, booking officers discovered blood on Santana's groin. A closer look revealed it to be a gunshot wound, Haught said.

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Gordon Fee asked that I convey to "Historically Speaking" readers the history of model railroading in Oak Ridge as it pertains to the unique relationship that has formed between a club in Knoxville and a museum in Oak Ridge.
Gordon Fee asked that I convey to "Historically Speaking" readers the history of model railroading in Oak Ridge as it pertains to the unique relationship that has formed between a club in Knoxville and a museum in Oak Ridge.
For more than a decade, a group of model railroaders and our Children's Museum of Oak Ridge have shared values and commitments to bringing model railroading to the children of Oak Ridge. This is their story as told by Larry Burkholder, the president of the Knoxville Area Model Railroaders Club with some edits and commentary I have added. These model trains are a favorite of mine. Fanny and I take our grandkids to see them in operation often. Enjoy the history!
Around 1987, Alan Burns worked in the model trains department of Tennessee Model Hobbies. He organized a grassroots meeting of local model railroaders to see if an HO-scale modular model railroad club was possible. Modular model railroading means that each individual owns a piece (module) of a model train layout.
The first casual meeting in a Shoney's restaurant on Kingston Pike determined that an HO-scale group was viable, and even an N-Scale group, as well. As a result, the Knoxville Area Model Railroaders (KAMR) was formed. Rather than splitting into separate HO-scale and N-scale clubs, the members agreed to form N-Scale and HO-scale divisions beneath the KAMR umbrella.
These divisions would build and operate their own modular displays, yet work together to share dues, modular transport, and setup. Module standards were adopted, and module construction began. The modules were stored in members' homes between events.
After a few temporary meetings at a firehouse in Powell, the club found a home base for the next 16 years in the basement of Erin Presbyterian Church in Bearden. This allowed KAMR to set up modules in the fellowship hall for construction, running, and repairs, then take down and store the modules in racks in the fellowship storage room. Although this was a nice place to hold meetings and clinics, any modules set up for the meetings had to be returned to storage each evening.
The club goal of exposing model railroading to the general public began in earnest. KAMR's first public display was a simple Saturday open house in the fellowship hall. The club began to set up weekend displays at Knoxville events, including the Fantasy of Trees, Tennessee Customs House, Public Train Shows, the Knoxville Fairgrounds Jacob's Building and area malls.
The layouts routinely won first or second place at regional train shows and the resulting prize money helped offset travel costs. A long-term desire of club members was to find a permanent home where the two layouts could remain setup when not traveling, eliminating some of the tedious tear down and setup, and allow casual train running.
An opportunity to set up the modular layouts in a spare store in the Oak Ridge Mall in 2001 gave the club a place to operate and showcase model railroading for the public for several years until mall developers decided they wanted the space to begin renovations. So another move was required.
In January 2001, the club was informed that an Oak Ridge resident, Milton Lloyd, had a large HO layout in his house and that because he was moving to a retirement home, his family was willing to donate it to the Children's Museum if they would display it. This was too good of an opportunity to pass up.
Milton was the father of a close friend of our family and we had been in his home where we had been fortunate enough to see his work in person and to experience the model railroad in operation. I recall when this decision was being made and thinking at the time how wonderful it was that Milton's work was to be preserved for future generations to enjoy.
CMOR Board member Gordon Fee formally asked KAMR to move and reassemble the Lloyd layout in the museum. Subsequent examination of the layout determined that it was not feasible to disassemble and reassemble it.
It was possible, however, to save more than 200 of the structures on the layout and all the rolling stock. With this as a starting point, Bruce Jacobson, CMOR board president, suggested that in return for KAMR constructing a museum layout using Lloyd structures, the museum would agree to making the museum a center for model railroading and KAMR meetings and activities. This was a mutually beneficial arrangement that continues today.
In April 2001, Fee presented a Memorandum Of Understanding for a CMOR/KAMR working agreement to Bob Redlinger, KAMR president, and Mike Lynch, KAMR board chairman. This started things moving.
The un-renovated kindergarten wing at the west end of the museum was designated as the area in which to construct a "World of Trains" exhibit. KAMR membership approved the agreement in November and Burkholder was asked to be project manager.
Renovation work began in January 2002. Although the agreement did not require KAMR to do the renovations, essentially all the work was performed by KAMR members mostly working weekends. Numerous Oak Ridge and outside companies and individuals donated money and materials over the course of the project.
To help offset the cost of the renovations, the Children's Museum held their first World of Trains Gala in December 2002. Although the purpose has changed, CMOR continues to hold the fundraising gala every year on the first Friday in December.
By April 2002, a new floor plan had been approved and work focused on rebuilding walls and floors for this plan. Final wall and floor work was completed in November and a Lloyd layout design and construction team was created, headed by Pete Hoke.
The first KAMR club meeting was held in the World of Trains area on Dec. 8, 2002. The Lloydstown layout was opened to the public in 2003. This layout is outside the KAMR club rooms and is available to the museum visitors every day.
KAMR moved their HO and N scale division modules from the Oak Ridge Mall to the museum and the first trains were run in the completed club rooms in early 2003. The Large Scale Division continued to operate at the mall until they had to move out. They now operate a small area in the museum club rooms.
In 2005 a 13-part model railroading television show was being filmed for the DIY network. One of the episodes was about building a garden railroad. A garden railroad, as the name suggests, is built outside and 1/20th scale (G Scale) engines and cars are used.
Burkholder and Jim Schall, KAMR members, were assisting in the DIY program as model builders and suggested that the producer consider filming the garden episode in an open space in front of the Norfolk Southern caboose at CMOR. The producer liked the idea and, with the cooperation of the city and the Sheriff's department to limit traffic interruptions in front of the museum, a one week filming project was completed.
KAMR club member Mark Fuhrman, who also builds garden railroads for clients and owns a landscaping business, used his crew to do the layout construction. Fuhrman is featured in this episode. Upon completion the museum had a garden railroad and was given the rolling stock used in the show, an estimated $45,000 gift.
The garden railroad has been a big attraction for the museum. It operates for the public the third Sunday of every month and is decorated with hundreds of colorful lights and runs every Saturday and Sunday evening for the December holiday season.
The KAMR/CMOR relationship is in its 13th year and going strong. KAMR opens its club rooms for museum visitors the third Sunday of every month during museum hours and for special events like the Gala, the International Festival, and several other children's programs. KAMR and CMOR jointly conduct a one-week model railroading summer camp.
In addition to model railroading, the club performs services for the museum such as constructing offices and repairing the floor in the Water Works exhibit. In exchange for this, the club has free use of the west wing rooms.
The club currently has 61 members. There is no age limit to membership, only a requirement to have a genuine interest in model railroading and pay the annual dues. Forty percent of the dues is donated to the museum.


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Do you or should you use such phrases and words despite being Atheist? I'm not sure, but I am very guilty of using them anyways, mainly cause of the culture I grew up with in the US. A smidgen of me enjoys knowing that it is meaningless to me but pokes at the offending religion that is Christianity. I really should be a better person and just drop them from my vocabulary completely, yet I have the thought that it would just look like I am justifying or giving power to that religion over me. Your thoughts?
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Bless his heart or just sayin' evidently excuses what ever was said. People look at me funny when I say "bless his little cotton pickin' heart!" I don't think it's used a lot in "southern" Washington state!
I remember it from Tennessee Ernie Ford as "Bless your little pea-pickin' heart!"
A similar expression was coined in the 18th Century CE by Mr. Eli Whitney. He asked that you "keep your cotton-pickin' hands off my gin!"
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Stop ! Blasphemer
The original theory behind blasphemy as a sin and a crime was that angering God with an oath would bring down his wrath on the entire community and thus it posed a danger to all and not just to the blasphemer himself. It was supposed God would be angry should the community fail to punish blasphemy.
Later it was seen as a challenge to the authority of the state (in Britain) because the Christian religion was the law of the land and consequently blasphemy was an offense against the peace of the kingdom. The last individual prosecuted for blasphemy in Britain was George Holyoake who was convicted in 1842. The indictment read in part:
"I (meaning the said George Jacob Holyoake) do not believe there is such a thing as a god, I (meaning the said George Jacob Holyoake) would have the Deity served as they (meaning the government of this kingdom) serve the subalterns, place him (meaning Almighty God) on half-pay "—to the high displeasure of almighty god, to the great scandal and reproach of the Christian religion in open, violation of the laws of this kingdom, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our lady the queen her crown and dignity.
The upper classes did not themselves fear blasphemy, but they thought it might encourage the lower classes to question religion and from that to question monarchy and government. This fear was especially pronounced in Britain after the French Revolution.
Prior to Holyoake's case the British courts had been strict in their persecution of blasphemers, although most cases were for publications, not for speeches. Long prison terms and heavy fines were common and in many cases the judges were far from impartial. Juries routinely returned guilty verdicts sometimes without even leaving the jury box to deliberate. As dissenting sects became more common and toleration of their beliefs grew, prosecutions became less common.
Interesting topic. When I began studying religion more seriously, it was inevitable that cursing, oaths and the like would come under the microscope. I've tried to identify and eliminate the psychological stain religious fear has left in my mind. Unfortunately, the problem became how to do it without becoming neurotic in my avoidance of it. The swear words came to be seen as a psychological facet of what I had been able to intellectually reject. Some people are able to see words as tools, carrying no emotional baggage. I'm getting better at it but it's a struggle. I really just want the association gone, to not have to think about it. It's a slow process, taking years to feel comfortable living my life without the religiously tainted swear words.
Unfortunately, the proof is as they say, in the pudding. About 5 weeks ago, while finishing up some work on our rural property, I was trying to lock up the fence gate that surrounded it. Halfway through the fence was hit by lightning. A portion of the charge went through me and threw me back. The first thing that comes out of my mouth is "damnit".
I guess I need more work. :-)
Well, there was a lot more pouring out of my mind than my mouth. After I regained some semblance of composure I maybe touched the ground once on the way to the pickup. The next thing out of my mouth was when I told my wife, sitting in the drivers' seat, to "get me off this hill". I think my kids were so excited they yawned and told me their latest high score on the gameboy.
Later, we all agreed I had a story to tell the grandkids. I think I'll leave a few minutes sooner next time and we'll skip the stories.
I always assumed it meant to have god damn something or somebody. This falls under using the lords' name in vain, although some people say it depends upon circumstances. If it were "really" important, it would be ok. If the burger king cashier shorted you $.04 it would probably constitute vanity.
Only a xtian would think it possible to damn god. You have to remember, they constantly accuse atheists of either hating god or being devil worshipers.
I'm an atheist but I'll tell you one thing. If I "did" believe in god, the most powerful force in the universe, I would not be doing him any damning. I'd take the prudent path and avoid getting hit with another lightning bolt.
And I have no way of responding to them that could be considered an argument. In the end it is a personal testimony. They tell me they believe in god, I say I've had no experience with god and as a result must claim disbelief. If I respect the person I might ask what evidence (personal experience, etc.) they have had to make such a claim. If I have no previous respect for the person, I might ask just for entertainment value.
I don't mind having those kind of discussions. Saying you believe without having a reason, for example, because it would be awesome, is nonsense.
Interesting. While communication in cyberspace is pretty emtpy, I can't think of abbreviations to replace OMG. When I think about it though, the fact that it is so universally (western hemisphere universal:) accepted is perhaps not that hopeful. Intersting...I will try to find replacement phrases and abbreviations that might be more true to what I intend:)
We really need a mantra-like slogan, don't we?
I see nothing wrong with getting a bit of amusement at their expense compared to the acts committed by Christians to non believers over the centuries who cares if they are offended.
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Farfalle with slow cooker bolognese
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This looks heavenly.
Making a double batch right now for the freezer...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Your bolognese sauce looks fantastic!ReplyDelete
My favourite pasta with this type pf sauce is spaghetti or spaghettini. B, on the other hand, prefers fussili pasta.
I loved this sauce, but the boys were a little put off by the wine flavour. I'll make it for them without the wine next time...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 10, 2013 at 7:29 PM
I don't drink wine, so can you recommend a substitute?ReplyDelete
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Sure. I used the red wine in this sauce to deliver some tang and depth of flavour. As a substitute, you could use a tablespoon or two of red wine vinegar (it does not contain alcohol) with 1/4 cup or so of either beef stock or just water.Delete
One of the best recipes I have ever made. I doubled it and used half beef and half Italian sausage. Just incredible! Gonna serve it with paparadelle next time! <3 You have my undying gratitude for this recipe!ReplyDelete


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Washington's Child Restraint Law
Child passenger restraint required — Conditions — Exceptions — Penalty for violation — Dismissal — Noncompliance not negligence — Immunity. (Effective June 1, 2007.)
(1) Whenever a child who is less than sixteen years of age is being transported in a motor vehicle that is in operation and that is required by RCW 46.37.510 to be equipped with a safety belt system in a passenger seating position, or is being transported in a neighborhood electric vehicle that is in operation, the driver of the vehicle shall keep the child properly restrained as follows:
(a) A child must be restrained in a child restraint system, if the passenger seating position equipped with a safety belt system allows sufficient space for installation, until the child is eight years old, unless the child is four feet nine inches or taller. The child restraint system must comply with standards of the United States department of transportation and must be secured in the vehicle in accordance with instructions of the vehicle manufacturer and the child restraint system manufacturer.
(b) A child who is eight years of age or older or four feet nine inches or taller shall be properly restrained with the motor vehicle's safety belt properly adjusted and fastened around the child's body or an appropriately fitting child restraint system.
(c) The driver of a vehicle transporting a child who is under thirteen years old shall transport the child in the back seat positions in the vehicle where it is practical to do so.
(2) Enforcement of subsection (1) of this section is subject to a visual inspection by law enforcement to determine if the child restraint system in use is appropriate for the child's individual height, weight, and age. The visual inspection for usage of a child restraint system must ensure that the child restraint system is being used in accordance with the instruction of the vehicle and the child restraint system manufacturers. The driver of a vehicle transporting a child who is under thirteen years old shall transport the child in the back seat positions in the vehicle where it is practical to do so.
(3) A person violating subsection (1) of this section may be issued a notice of traffic infraction under chapter 46.63 RCW. If the person to whom the notice was issued presents proof of acquisition of an approved child passenger restraint system or a child booster seat, as appropriate, within seven days to the jurisdiction issuing the notice and the person has not previously had a violation of this section dismissed, the jurisdiction shall dismiss the notice of traffic infraction.
(4) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not constitute negligence by a parent or legal guardian. Failure to use a child restraint system shall not be admissible as evidence of negligence in any civil action.
(5) This section does not apply to: (a) For hire vehicles, (b) vehicles designed to transport sixteen or less passengers, including the driver, operated by auto transportation companies, as defined in RCW 81.68.010, (c) vehicles providing customer shuttle service between parking, convention, and hotel facilities, and airport terminals, and (d) school buses.
(6) As used in this section, "child restraint system" means a child passenger restraint system that meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213.
(7) The requirements of subsection (1) of this section do not apply in any seating position where there is only a lap belt available and the child weighs more than forty pounds.
(8)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a person who has a current national certification as a child passenger safety technician and who in good faith provides inspection, adjustment, or educational services regarding child passenger restraint systems is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in providing the services, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
(b) The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to a certified child passenger safety technician who is employed by a retailer of child passenger restraint systems and who, during his or her hours of employment and while being compensated, provides inspection, adjustment, or educational services regarding child passenger restraint systems.
[2005 c 415 § 1; 2005 c 132 § 1; 2003 c 353 § 5; 2000 c 190 § 2; 1994 c 100 § 1; 1993 c 274 § 1; 1987 c 330 § 745; 1983 c 215 § 2.]
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2005 c 132 § 1 and by 2005 c 415 § 1, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
Effective date -- 2005 c 132 § 1: "Section 1 of this act takes effect June 1, 2007." [2005 c 132 § 3.]
Effective date -- 2003 c 353: See note following RCW 46.04.320.
Intent -- 2000 c 190: "The legislature recognizes that fewer than five percent of all drivers use child booster seats for children over the age of four years. The legislature also recognizes that seventy-one percent of deaths resulting from car accidents could be eliminated if every child under the age of sixteen used an appropriate child safety seat, booster seat, or seat belt. The legislature further recognizes the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendations that promote the use of booster seats to increase the safety of children under eight years of age. Therefore, it is the legislature's intent to decrease deaths and injuries to children by promoting safety education and injury prevention measures, as well as increasing public awareness on ways to maximize the protection of children in vehicles." [2000 c 190 § 1.]
Short title -- 2000 c 190: "This act may be known and cited as the Anton Skeen Act." [2000 c 190 § 5.]
Effective date -- 2000 c 190: "This act takes effect July 1, 2002." [2000 c 190 § 6.]
Construction -- Application of rules -- Severability -- 1987 c 330: See notes following RCW 28B.12.050.
Severability -- 1983 c 215: See note following RCW 46.37.505.
Standards for child passenger restraint systems: RCW 46.37.505.


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- 1 cup dry whole wheat rotini pasta (about 3 ounces)
- 1 cup canned or fully cooked black beans, unseasoned, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup chopped tomato
- 1 stick part-skim mozzarella string cheese (1 ounce)
- 2 tablespoons Kraft Light Balsamic Vinaigrette
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
Bring water to a boil over high heat in a 1-quart saucepan. Add pasta and cook according to package directions until tender (about 12 minutes). Rinse in colander under cool running water to stop cooking process, then drain well. Place pasta in a medium-size mixing bowl. Add black beans and tomato. Slice the cheese stick horizontally to make thin, circle-shaped pieces and add to bowl. Add salad dressing, parsley, and garlic powder and toss well. Place in a serving bowl, and garnish with chopped green onion. Chill for one hour before serving.
Yield: 3 cups.
Serving size: 1/2 cup.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 110 calories, Carbohydrates: 18 g, Protein: 5 g, Fat: 2 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 3 mg, Sodium: 75 mg, Fiber: 3 g
Exchanges per serving: 1 carbohydrate, 1/2 lean meat. Carbohydrate choices: 1.
Kathleen Stanley is a Diabetes Educator at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. She is coauthor of Quick & Easy Diabetic Recipes for One, published by the American Diabetes Association in 2007.


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10 years later, the real story behind Columbine - USATODAY.com
By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY
They weren't goths or loners.
The two teenagers who killed 13 people and themselves at suburban Denver's Columbine High School 10 years ago next week weren't in the "Trenchcoat Mafia," disaffected videogamers who wore cowboy dusters. The killings ignited a national debate over bullying, but the record now shows Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold hadn't been bullied — in fact, they had bragged in diaries about picking on freshmen and "fags."
Their rampage put schools on alert for "enemies lists" made by troubled students, but the enemies on their list had graduated from Columbine a year earlier. Contrary to early reports, Harris and Klebold weren't on antidepressant medication and didn't target jocks, blacks or Christians, police now say, citing the killers' journals and witness accounts. That story about a student being shot in the head after she said she believed in God? Never happened, the FBI says now.
A decade after Harris and Klebold made Columbine a synonym for rage, new information — including several books that analyze the tragedy through diaries, e-mails, appointment books, videotape, police affidavits and interviews with witnesses, friends and survivors — indicate that much of what the public has been told about the shootings is wrong.
In fact, the pair's suicidal attack was planned as a grand — if badly implemented — terrorist bombing that quickly devolved into a 49-minute shooting rampage when the bombs Harris built fizzled.
"He was so bad at wiring those bombs, apparently they weren't even close to working," says Dave Cullen, author of Columbine, a new account of the attack.
So whom did they hope to kill?
Everyone — including friends.
What's left, after peeling away a decade of myths, is perhaps more comforting than the "good kids harassed into retaliation" narrative — or perhaps not.
It's a portrait of Harris and Klebold as a sort of In Cold Blood criminal duo — a deeply disturbed, suicidal pair who over more than a year psyched each other up for an Oklahoma City-style terrorist bombing, an apolitical, over-the-top revenge fantasy against years of snubs, slights and cruelties, real and imagined.
Along the way, they saved money from after-school jobs, took Advanced Placement classes, assembled a small arsenal and fooled everyone — friends, parents, teachers, psychologists, cops and judges.
"These are not ordinary kids who were bullied into retaliation," psychologist Peter Langman writes in his new book, Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters. "These are not ordinary kids who played too many video games. These are not ordinary kids who just wanted to be famous. These are simply not ordinary kids. These are kids with serious psychological problems."
Deceiving the adults
Harris, who conceived the attacks, was more than just troubled. He was, psychologists now say, a cold-blooded, predatory psychopath — a smart, charming liar with "a preposterously grand superiority complex, a revulsion for authority and an excruciating need for control," Cullen writes.
Harris, a senior, read voraciously and got good grades when he tried, pleasing his teachers with dazzling prose — then writing in his journal about killing thousands.
"I referred to him — and I'm dating myself — as the Eddie Haskel of Columbine High School," says Principal Frank DeAngelis, referring to the deceptively polite teen on the 1950s and '60s sitcom Leave it to Beaver. "He was the type of kid who, when he was in front of adults, he'd tell you what you wanted to hear."
When he wasn't, he mixed napalm in the kitchen .
According to Cullen, one of Harris' last journal entries read: "I hate you people for leaving me out of so many fun things. And no don't … say, 'Well that's your fault,' because it isn't, you people had my phone #, and I asked and all, but no. No no no don't let the weird-looking Eric KID come along."
As he walked into the school the morning of April 20, Harris' T-shirt read: Natural Selection.
Klebold, on the other hand, was anxious and lovelorn, summing up his life at one point in his journal as "the most miserable existence in the history of time," Langman notes.
Harris drew swastikas in his journal; Klebold drew hearts.
As laid out in their writings, the contrast between the two was stark.
Harris seemed to feel superior to everyone — he once wrote, "I feel like God and I wish I was, having everyone being OFFICIALLY lower than me" — while Klebold was suicidally depressed and getting angrier all the time. "Me is a god, a god of sadness," he wrote in September 1997, around his 16th birthday.
Klebold also was paranoid. "I have always been hated, by everyone and everything," he wrote.
On the day of the attacks, his T-shirt read: Wrath.
Shooter profiles emerge
Columbine wasn't the first K-12 school shooting. But at the time it was by far the worst, and the first to play out largely on live television.
The U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Education Department soon began studying school shooters. In 2002, researchers presented their first findings: School shooters, they said, followed no set profile, but most were depressed and felt persecuted.
Princeton sociologist Katherine Newman, co-author of the 2004 book Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings, says young people such as Harris and Klebold are not loners — they're just not accepted by the kids who count. "Getting attention by becoming notorious is better than being a failure."
The Secret Service found that school shooters usually tell other kids about their plans.
"Other students often even egg them on," says Newman, who led a congressionally mandated study on school shootings. "Then they end up with this escalating commitment. It's not a sudden snapping."
Langman, whose book profiles 10 shooters, including Harris and Klebold, found that nine suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts, a "potentially dangerous" combination, he says. "It is hard to prevent murder when killers do not care if they live or die. It is like trying to stop a suicide bomber."
At the time, Columbine became a kind of giant national Rorschach test. Observers saw its genesis in just about everything: lax parenting, lax gun laws, progressive schooling, repressive school culture, violent video games, antidepressant drugs and rock 'n' roll, for starters.
Many of the Columbine myths emerged before the shooting stopped, as rumors, misunderstandings and wishful thinking swirled in an echo chamber among witnesses, survivors, officials and the news media.
Police contributed to the mess by talking to reporters before they knew facts — a hastily called news conference by the Jefferson County sheriff that afternoon produced the first headline: "Twenty-five dead in Colorado."
A few inaccuracies took hours to clear up, but others took weeks or months — sometimes years — as authorities reluctantly set the record straight.
Former Rocky Mountain News reporter Jeff Kass, author of a new book, Columbine: A True Crime Story, says police played a game of "Open Records charades."
In one case, county officials took five years just to acknowledge that they had met in secret after the attacks to discuss a 1998 affidavit for a search warrant on Harris' home — it was the result of a complaint against him by the mother of a former friend. Harris had threatened her son on his website and bragged that he had been building bombs.
Police already had found a small bomb matching Harris' description near his home — but investigators never presented the affidavit to a judge.
They also apparently didn't know that Harris and Klebold were on probation after having been arrested in January 1998 for breaking into a van and stealing electronics.
The search finally took place, but only after the shootings.
Meticulous planning
What's now beyond dispute — largely from the killers' journals, which have been released over the past few years, is this: Harris and Klebold killed 13 and wounded 24, but they had hoped to kill thousands.
The pair planned the attacks for more than a year, building 100 bombs and persuading friends to buy them guns. Just after 11 a.m. on April 20, they lugged a pair of duffel bags containing propane-tank bombs into Columbine's crowded cafeteria and another into the kitchen, then stepped outside and waited.
Had the bombs exploded, they'd have killed virtually everyone eating lunch and brought the school's second-story library down atop the cafeteria, police say. Armed with a pistol, a rifle and two sawed-off shotguns, the pair planned to pick off survivors fleeing the carnage.
As a last terrorist act, a pair of gasoline bombs planted in Harris' Honda and Klebold's BMW had been rigged apparently to kill police, rescue teams, journalists and parents who rushed to the school — long after the pair expected they would be dead.
The pair had parked the cars about 100 yards apart in the student lot. The bombs didn't go off.
Looking for answers at home
Since 1999, many people have looked to the boys' parents for answers, but a transcript of their 2003 court-ordered deposition to the victims' parents remains sealed until 2027.
The Klebolds spoke to New York Times columnist David Brooks in 2004 and impressed Brooks as "a well-educated, reflective, highly intelligent couple" who spent plenty of time with their son. They said they had no clues about Dylan's mental state and regretted not seeing that he was suicidal.
Could the parents have prevented the massacre? The FBI special agent in charge of the investigation has gone on record as having "the utmost sympathy" for the Harris and Klebold families.
"They have been vilified without information," retired supervisory special agent Dwayne Fuselier tells Cullen.
Cullen, who has spent most of the past decade poring over the record, comes away with a bit of sympathy.
For one thing, he notes, Harris' parents "knew they had a problem — they thought they were dealing with it. What kind of parent is going to think, 'Well, maybe Eric's a mass murderer.' You just don't go there."
He got a good look at the boys' writings only in the past couple of years. Among the revelations: Eric Harris was financing what could well have been the biggest domestic terrorist attack on U.S. soil on wages from a part-time job at a pizza parlor.
"One of the scary things is that money was one of the limiting factors here," Cullen says.
Had Harris, then 18, put off the attacks for a few years and landed a well-paying job, he says, "he could be much more like Tim McVeigh," mixing fertilizer bombs like those used in Oklahoma City in 1995. As it was, he says, the fact that Harris carried out the attack when he did probably saved hundreds of lives.
"His limited salary probably limited the number of people who died."
Contributing: Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY
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Ah, so they're terraists now. It was de terrasim wot done it. They got involved with that whole terrasim thing, and look what happened. It must be a virus, that there terraism.__________________
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No criticism of you, Pac_Mule, but that article reads like a great steaming pile of shit to me.
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I think what the article is trying to point out not that they were terrorists per say, but that they had serious metal problems.
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Would have been a real mess if they'd done the bombs right.
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All I got to say is this hits home with me very hard as this happened where I am and I know a few people that where in it, one that Thankfully survived, and now shares her love for God, etc with others because of what she expereinced.
I don't think the music has to do with it, I think it is how it was interrupted. Its like me saying and I'm being sarcastic here "Bono told me to go kill a whole bunch of people, his music said so" then quote a lyric from song. It's all on interrupting.
Thank the heavens above they didn't build the bomb, I don't even want to to picture that right now
Now them being compared to terriost I can kind of see that considering the act they did and the people they killed, etc. It's all mind over matter type thing, serious mental problems.
Now coming from a student that has delt with school volience, seeing kids bring guns to school etc and being pulled out of school for it I can see where people come from, when comparing acts like this to terriost attacks, blaming it on music, etc. But doesn't mean I agree with it. but society in general plays a big role for it, but that's just me.
Society is sick now days sadly to say, Columbine was an awful awful tragedy, but sadly not the last, all I can say is we can hopefully learn from it to possibly try to keep stuff like this from happening again, but sadly it is not the last.
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2014 NAIA Softball Players of the Week ? No. 4
Story by Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – MacKenzie Bowden of William Woods (Mo.) has been named the NAIA Softball National Pitcher of the Week and Alyssa Miller of Ottawa (Kan.) has been selected as the National Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Bowden and Miller were selected based on their performances from March 31 – April 6 and were chosen out of a pool of conference, independent and unaffiliated group winners.
Bowden, a 5-foot-5 senior pitcher from Hartsburg, Mo., did not allow a single run, while recording 30 strikeouts in 17 innings last week. She was the pitcher of record in three of four games with wins over Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) (9-0), Mid-Continent (Ky.) (8-0) and Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (12-0). In the fourth game, which was the nightcap against Freed-Hardeman on April 5, Bowden posted the save as she went 1.0 inning and struck out one batter. The highlight occurred when she tossed her first-ever perfect game in the 12-0 win against Freed-Hardeman. She fanned 12 of the 15 batters in the five-inning victory.
On the season, Bowdon is 13-7 in the circle with a 1.06 ERA and has totaled an American Midwest Conference-leading 193 strikeouts. Nationally, she ranks No. 2 in strikeouts per nine innings (11.3), No. 10 in opponent batting average (0.163) and No. 15 in ERA (1.06).
Miller, a 5-foot-4 senior outfielder from Ottawa, Kan., batted .846 (11-for-13) and posted totals of 10 runs, four RBIs and three extra-base hits. In four games last week, all wins, Miller (pictured top left) was 3-of-4 in the stolen base department and finished with a slugging percentage of 1.308. She went 4-for-4 from the plate in the 14-4 victory over Saint Mary (Kan.) on April 4. Miller launched her first homer of the season and had three RBIs.
In national rankings, Miller is 25th in stolen bases (21). She stands first on the team in runs scored (28) and triples (3) and is second in batting average (.353) and hits (36).
For a complete listing of national statistical leaders, click here.
The next NAIA National Softball Players of the Week will be announced April 15.
Player Nominees: Marli Hayes, Columbia (Mo.); Katie Rietkovich, Reinhardt (Ga.); Melissa Reynosa, Menlo (Calif.); McKensie Stanton, College of Idaho; Cheryl Sendzik, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Anna Gunderson, Taylor (Ind.); Regan Rucks, Great Falls (Mont.); Hannah Romanski, San Diego Christian (Calif.); Sam Valadez, Doane (Neb.); Chelsey Streibich, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Kristina Brown, Fisher (Mass.); Shelby Hobelman, Ashford (Iowa); Ashley Morran, Point Park (Pa.); Travatia Bowden, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Ashley Gigax, Bellevue (Neb.); Brittanee Grove, William Penn (Iowa); Brenda Botzenhart, Presentation (S.D.); Danielle Aguilar, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Randi Yousey, St. Gregory's (Okla.); Lizzie Fela, Southern Wesleyan (S.C.); Aimee Johnson, Thomas (Ga.); Taylor Hayes, Siena Heights (Mich.).
Pitcher Nominees: Kaitie Sims, Bryan (Tenn.); Kelly Hager, Menlo (Calif.); Nickayla Skinner, College of Idaho; Caitlin Santefort, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Natalie Newell, Bethel (Ind.); Kirstie Thomas, Great Falls (Mont.); Reba Depriest, Biola (Calif.); Sammy Hislop, Midland (Neb.); Sam Bolin, Culver-Stockton (Mo.); Brenna Westemeir, Friends (Kan.); Summer Ratliff, Asbury (Ky.); Allie Chapman, Shawnee State (Ohio); Leah Kipfer, College of Saint Mary (Neb.); Haleigh Munson, Grand View (Iowa); Ciara Fraher, Southwest (N.M.); Hannah Wilbur, Oklahoma Baptist; Caroline Sagrera, Spring Hill (Ala.); Kristy Cook, USC Beaufort (S.C.); Bree Crampton, Madonna (Mich.).
2014 Softball Weekly Honors (Player, Pitcher):
Week 1 (March 18): Hannah Gardner, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Nicole Nonnemacher, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Week 2 (March 25): Annette Merjano, Concordia (Calif.); Lucy Baldovino, Concordia (Ore.)
Week 3 (April 1): Abbey Wilmes, Grand View (Iowa); Bree Crampton, Madonna (Mich.)
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Consumer confidence plunged to two-year lows in August, stoking predictions and outright declarations that the economy has slipped into recession.
The Conference Board announced Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index fell a steep 14.7 points to a low not seen since April 2009, when the United States was still officially in recession. The Conference Board's Lynn Franco says a factor contributing to the sharp fall-off "may have been the debt ceiling discussions since the decline in confidence was well underway before the S&P downgrade." She added that "employment conditions continue to suppress confidence."
Meanwhile, a similar index shows a parallel drop in consumer confidence in Florida, prompting the survey's director to declare his state to be "in, or at least very near, a recession."
And Wells Fargo economists have declared 12 states to be contracting, with one of them, Alabama, already in a recession. The other declining states named by Wells Fargo were Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan, Nevada, Montana, Illinois, Indiana, Vermont and Alaska.
PIMCO bond manager Bill Gross is another prominent voice that sees recession at hand, telling The Financial Times on Monday that "the U.S. and developed economies are near the recessionary dividing point."
Tuesday's consumer confidence report comes a day after the Commerce Department reported a 0.8% gain in personal spending—the largest monthly gain in 19 months. While evidence of actual spending buoyed Monday's stock market surge, the low consumer confidence reading tracks other negative reports such as the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index.
Analyst Doug Short writes in his blog that from the perspective of modern economic history, Tuesday's consumer confidence reading is alarmingly low: "On a percentile basis, the latest reading is at the 1st percentile of all the monthly readings since the start of this data series in June 1977 and at the zero percentile of all the non-recessionary months. Only six months in the entire history of this indicator, all during the Financial Crisis, have been lower than the August number."
The Consumer Confidence Index reading of 44.5 is lower than the 53.9 average for the 2007-2009 recession, and that recession's average reading was far lower than the 65.5 average for the next worst recession of 1981-1982, according to Short's analysis.
Somewhat more encouraging news was the Conference Board's Leading Economic Index for the Euro area, which inched up 0.3%—followed by news that Standard and Poor's forecast on Tuesday that Europe would avoid a double-dip recession over the next 18 months.
Back home, U.S. stocks turned negative on Tuesday and gold rallied past $1,800 an ounce; the metal has often surged on bad economic news.


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Women, minorities fear being left out of stimulus projects
WASHINGTON — Nonunion contractors and minority and female workers fear that they could miss out on major construction projects funded by the economic stimulus package because President Barack Obama has issued a directive on contracting that favors union labor.
An executive order that Obama signed in February "encourage(s) executive agencies to consider requiring the use of project labor agreements" on federal construction projects of $25 million or more.
PLAs are collective bargaining agreements with labor unions that set the terms and conditions of employment on large construction projects. They typically make unions the bargaining representatives for workers at sites, even though 85 percent of U.S. construction workers aren't union members. They also require nonunion workers to join unions and pay membership dues for the projects' duration.
Because white males dominate the membership of the skilled construction trade unions, however, jobs for minorities and women could be hard to come by on large stimulus-bill projects unless the PLAs set goals for their inclusion.
The issue has pitted the interests of organized labor against those of minorities and women, though all three groups are mainstays of the Democratic Party and of Obama's winning coalition. The dispute also has revived a decades-old debate among diverse business groups that say PLAs skew the bidding process in favor of union contractors
With construction jobs at a premium in the unraveling economy, large stimulus infrastructure projects hold enormous employment opportunities, and an equal degree of uncertainty, for some groups.
"In an environment where jobs are already scarce, the promise of infrastructure jobs is supposed to be a promise for all," said Catherine Singley, a policy analyst for the National Council of La Raza.
"If you're giving preference to unionized workers, you're definitely leaving out Latinos, who generally do not belong to unions. And you're exacerbating the disparities they already face in accessing high-quality jobs."
Obama's order could put Latino workers at a disadvantage, because most PLAs require that additional workers come only from union hiring halls and apprentices only from union training programs. Latinos, who can be of any race, account for 30 percent of U.S. construction workers, but most work on a temporary basis for smaller, nonunion contractors and aren't heavily recruited by the unions, Singley said.
Last year, according to Department of Labor statistics, blacks and women made up only about 11 percent of the nation's working construction laborers and sheet-metal workers, and about 8 percent of pipelayers, brickmasons and carpenters. Just 3 percent of structural iron and steel workers were African-American or female.
For many years, women and minorities trying to join construction unions faced discrimination, ethnic and family nepotism and little access to union apprenticeship programs, said William Gould, a law professor at Stanford University who's studied the issue for more than four decades.
John Gaal, the training director at the Carpenters' District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity, said that times have changed.
"It curls my stomach when I hear that," Gaal said. "I can't tell you the efforts we've made to overcome those issues. I don't have any relatives who are carpenters, and I've made it to where I'm at."
Depending on the language, PLAs can set goals for hiring and training women, minorities and people from disadvantaged communities.
"Whoever's paying for the project negotiates terms of the PLA. They're the ones in a position to have any requirements they want. It's their money," said Todd Swanstrom, a public policy professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Regulations to implement Obama's executive order will be announced in May.
Tom Gavin, a spokesman for the White House budget office, wouldn't comment on what the guidelines may include, but he said: "I think it's safe to say that the president wants to make sure all of America gets back to work, and the guidance that we put forward will reflect that."
Harry Alford, the president of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, said that his organization would scrutinize the agreements and consider suing if they didn't include mechanisms to boost minority hiring.
"If we sit back and don't get involved in this stimulus, we will definitely get the short end," Alford said.
The Obama administration argues that PLAs eliminate labor disputes and promote the timely completion of projects by ensuring a steady supply of skilled union workers on sites with multiple employers.
Advocates say that PLAs also bring about workplace harmony by banning strikes, lockouts and work slowdowns, which cause delays and cost overruns. They also say that the wage agreements in PLAs make for more accurate cost estimates and bids on public projects.
"Project labor agreements are a tried and true way of making sure that taxpayers and local workers of all backgrounds and communities get the most for their money," said Terry O'Sullivan, the general president of the Laborers' International Union of North America.
The laborers group is one of the most diverse unions, with some 30 percent Hispanic, 25 percent African-American and about 10 percent female membership. However, it's also the least skilled of the construction trades.
Others say that by ensuring access to well-trained union workers, PLAs make for safer and more productive workplaces. Swanstrom said that nonunion contractors typically provided less training for their workers.
"They don't do it because their competitor may offer their workers more money and lure them away, but all companies that agree to PLAs have access to skilled workers first," he said.
Nonunion contractors, however, argue that PLAs concede too much power to construction unions. They say that while PLAs allow nonunion or "open-shop" contractors to bid on projects, they usually attach restrictions that make it cost-prohibitive to do so.
"They set up so many hurdles that a lot of nonunion contractors don't even submit bids. They just figure why bother with the hassle," said Ben Brubeck, the labor and state affairs director of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., which represents nonunion firms.
For example, PLAs require nonunion contractors to adopt union work rules that prohibit employees from performing multiple tasks. They require that additional workers come only from union hiring halls and apprentices only from union training programs. Most also require nonunion contractors and their employees to pay into union benefit plans, even if they already contribute to their own plans.
Women Construction Owners and Executives, USA, and the Associated General Contractors of America — both of which represent union and nonunion firms — oppose PLAs because, they say, the agreements leave contractors with little say about whom they can hire.
"PLAs undermine local bargaining agreements that have already been negotiated between unions and contractors and leave them to work under an agreement they didn't help write," said Stephen Sandherr, the chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors.
Gould, who chaired the National Labor Relations Board under President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1998, wants minority-hiring goals for disadvantaged groups applied to all public construction projects that have PLAs.
"For almost four decades, the U.S. government has been saying goals and timetables are appropriate for minority recruitment. And these goals and timetables should apply to project labor agreements wherever they are," Gould said.
Several studies have found that PLAs increase construction costs by 10 to 20 percent.
"By closing off competition from nonunion companies, you make it more likely that the bids are going to be higher and the cost of the construction is going to be artificially inflated," said Paul Kersey, the director of labor policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Mich.
However, studies by Dale Belman, a Michigan State University economics professor, suggest that higher construction costs on projects with PLAs result from the extra amenities and requirements often found in large, complex projects, not because of the PLAs themselves.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups are considering a lawsuit over whether Obama's order violates the National Labor Relations Act by restricting the labor relations of private contractors.
The National Association of Women in Construction hasn't taken a position on Obama's order, but groups that oppose it include the National Federation of Independent Business, the National Association of Small Disadvantaged Businesses and the northeast chapter of the National Association of Minority Contractors.
Obama's executive order reverses an order by former President George W. Bush that had banned PLAs on federal projects since 2001. Like Obama, Clinton issued an executive order in 1997 that reversed a previous ban on PLAs by former President George H.W. Bush.
Transportation Equity Network on how minorities and women are faring in the construction industry
More information about project labor agreements from The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University
President Barack Obama's executive order on project labor agreements
Construction jobs hard to come by this summer
Will the stimulus actually stimulate? Economists say no
For less-educated workers, good jobs will be harder to find


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My computer talks to me. No, I am not going any crazier than I already am. My computer literally talks to me. If I forget to turn the sound down on my computer, the Apple operating system will read error messages and system messages in very loud voice. I remember a Nisan car one of my friends owned that had a voice that told you if a door was left open. I thought that pretty annoying at the time and I am glad all my car does is beep at me if I have left the lights on or fail to fasten my seat belt. I can't imagine the annoyance of have a watch that talks to me.
Why is this even a question? Apple is rumored to be developing a "smartwatch" and of course, the first thing they talk about is having Siri, Apple's talking computer system, on your wrist. Not in this lifetime. First of all, Siri doesn't work for me. I have enough trouble trying to communicate with people, without having some half-wit computer operating system to argue with. I already spend an inordinately large amount of time just fussing with computer operating systems, programs that won't load, bugs in programs, crashing computers, and on and on and on, without adding another level of frustrating Dick Tracy kind of annoyance.
In addition, if they shrink the controls for the computer down to the point that they fit in a watch, I will not be able to see them or use my fat, clumsy fingers to push some virtual buttons on a screen I cannot see.
I am already saturated with computers; desktop, laptop and pocket-sized, as it is. I used to try to remember to carry my computer with me, now I consciously try to remember not to bring my computer or computers with me. It is time to define the limits of when and where computers are welcome in our lives, our culture and our society. How about computer free days? Days when we look at the trees outside and forget electronics for a time? I know, I am the last person to pine away for such an idyllic world, but, hey, I too can dream.
No, I will not be buying any more intrusive, annoying, frustrating, talking electronic miracles.


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REM Concorde Nail Station 2 Position + Storage
Product code: 901CN2
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The Concorde Nail Station is available as a 1 or 2 position nail station, with or without storage. It is available in any colour from the REM range with Alu Brosse trim as standard. The storage leg is a locking cupboard with one fixed central shelf.
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With a range of sizes available, Concorde's unique design and versatility meets the needs of a busy nail salon. Available as a one or two position station, with or without storage. Each model is fitted with an Advanced Air Filtration system as standard. Optional twin sockets available.
Multiple colour options are available – You will be contacted after placing your order to confirm your colour choices.
Standard Equipment
- Advanced air filtration system
- Cable management system
- 2 locking cupboard with shelf and trays
Main Construction & Finish
- MDF construction finished in high pressure laminate
- Laminated in any colour from the REM range
- Trimmed in Alu Brosse as standard
- Width 205cm
- Height 80cm
- Depth 50cm
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|I really love Lagoon. But not this much.
|Have some wine. Then bend over.
|"What do you mean? African or European?"
|"My, what lovely dentures you have."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
|I really love Lagoon. But not this much.
|Have some wine. Then bend over.
|"What do you mean? African or European?"
|"My, what lovely dentures you have."
At first I thought the "Artisan" sign said "DENIAL LABORATORY."
I kinda like it!
An offtopic question from a longtime reader:
I'm looking for a primary care doctor, and one of my friends has a practice nearby. Is this a good idea, or are doctors generally uncomfortable seeing patients they already know?
I know you don't answer medical questions on this blog, but this isn't really a medical question...so....
I'll see friends when they push, but would rather not. I generally feel they're better off seeing a doctor who can have a more objective & impartial relationship.
Since it's in Hackney, maybe they mean this school:
"Part 1 of our new advertising campaign: 'See, there ARE things in the world that are even worse than white zinfandel.'"
My roommate was very concerned about my volatile protestation about artisan chips the other day. I tried to explain coherently about how the chips were not hand-crafted but may have failed. Probably because it sounded similar to "No! Not hand-crafted! Stupid, stupid, stupid!" Anyway, love reading you. You very much make me laugh.
Maybe the last place makes wooden denture ala G Washington?
What happens if you ask Siri its name, quest, and favorite color?
These are too funny! I cracked up at the Back To School knife selection. Who's the genius who put THAT display together. Ha!
I guess it's good product placement for the wine since some people really need to be a wee bit drunk to willingly consent to a DRE (digital rectal exam).
Thank goodness most of our clientele at the Hotel can't tell (i.e. no sensation) when the doc is checking.
We always know who DOES have sensation, by the string of epithets that fly out when the doc asks about doing one.
Fun times at the Hotel...
What happens if you ask Siri "African or European swallow?"
or "Are you saying coconuts migrate?"
Thanks for the reply.
I'm just more perplexed that someone on vacation went to Lagoon.
Ha! That Artisan Dental Laboratory is near where I used to live and I knew someone who worked there!
To be fair, though, their products are probably hand-crafted. As the proud recipient of a porcelain crown I can attest to how they are made, as the first one turned out so badly that they had to have the artisan (see what I did there?) come make changes to it as I sat in the dentist's chair. Then he took it away and re-fired it while I walked around for a week with a temporary "loaner" crown that fit poorly and was a funny color. Which was not at all traumatizing or anything, since it was one of my top front teeth.
I now regularly point out artisanal products to my better half and we laugh knowingly. Thanks Dr. Grumpy!
Kara- I like Lagoon.
I wonder if the colordifference an the advise are somehow connected. Reffering to the "do not sit on fence" sign at Lagoon.
Wouldn't the velocity of a swallow depend on what is being swallowed? For instance, I would think the velocity of beer would be greater than oatmeal.
I too like Lagoon. Fond memories from my childhood. Although the Wild Mouse scared the shit out of me. Just put me on the log ride and I am good to go... and maybe just one go on The Colossus. Too many favorites. We went there at least once every summer growing up. My sisters now lives just 10 minutes from Farmington.
The back to school one with the knives is odd to me. President's Choice is a house brand of Loblaw's, a Canadian supermarket chain. This explains why there's French on the display. Make me wonder if the pic is actually from the UK.
@Unknown - I was thinking the same thing!
Definitely not the UK. President's Choice is Canadian.
Also it's illegal to sell knives to the under 18s in the UK. So no back to school knife selling there ;)
Definitely Canada
also you have to be 18 to buy a knife in the UK, so a 'back to school' sign would be rather unlikely!
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Too Many Files Open in This Process
I'm seeing the following Error Code in my logs, what does it mean?
06:01:48.700 3 XXXX [0.0.0.0]:XX the 'accept' call failed. Error Code=too many files open in this process
The 'too many files open in this process error' indicates you're hitting the limit for the number of files that CommuniGate Pro has been allowed (by the underlaying OS) to open.
You'll find a discussion about this here: http://groups.google.com/group/demos.local.lists.cgp/topics
Just search the group for 'too many files open in this process'.
This value can be increased within the OS. As an example, in the case of Linux, this usually means increasing ulmit value as discussed here:
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Nashik, 21st Sept.
One month after the assassination of Dr. Narendra Dabholkar, rationalist and founder of MANIS (Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti), the police have been unable to identify suspects and nab the killers and their masterminds. The activists of Nashik branch of ANIS (Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti) and MANIS decided to hold a protest on 21st September 2013, to urge the government authorities to transfer the case to a competent investigative agency so that justice is served speedily.
Dr. Dabholkar had recently held a training workshop at Nashik in his campaign against caste panchayats.
I reached the spot at 10.30 AM and the activists had started gathering in front of the Collector's office. Regional channels from major television networks were present to cover the event. About 140-160 activists, stoically sat down for an hour of silent protest with black bands tied around our mouths.
The protest ended with singing of MANIS's signature song in Marathi, "Doke wapra" (use your heads/brains) exhorting people to take rational decisions and not be swayed by superstition.
I discovered that Dr. Dabholkar's name had entered the realms of the subaltern heroes, as I heard the second song to the tune of Marathi folk ballads which eulogised Dr. Dabholkar as being born in the land of Bheem and Phule (Dr. B. Ambedkar and J. Phule – the great social reformers).
We then marched across and handed over the letter from MANIS to the Collector, Nashik, who assured us that the criminal investigation was not being neglected and the killers would be caught and prosecuted.
As we dispersed, veteran activists told the younger ones that it's your responsibility now to take the movement forward. MANIS has published a booklet to distribute in its camps to create awareness about the Ordinance passed the State government:
"Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil and
Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act- 2013″ (In Hindi-English)
Here is the link to the booklet on their Facebook page.
Here is a video clip of the protest from Star Majha news channel:


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Grilled Pineapple with Coconut Syrup and Mascarpone Cream Dessert
We hosted a dinner party at home this evening. I wanted to make a "summery" tiramisu parfait, as opposed to the "wintry" coffee tiramisu I made in the past. I found some beautiful sweet Maui Gold pineapple and decided to add a refreshing twist to the classic Italian dessert. I added some fresh mint from the garden, some coconut, mascarpone and crème fraîche.
I served a wide variety of sweet petit fours and other desserts along with the pineapple mascarpone desserts. I know it was a hit because there wasn't a bit left. When everyone went home, I gathered 14 empty parfait glasses. It looked like the guests washed the dishes themselves. I'm definitely going to make this again!
Yields: 141 pineapple, peeled, cored, sliced
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon imitation rum extract
4 sprigs fresh mint, stemmed and coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3 egg yolks
4 tablespoons superfine sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups mascarpone cheese
2-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, cold
2 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons coconut extract
1 pinch salt
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
42 amaretti cookies
4 tablespoons crème fraîche
1/3 cup coconut shreds
For the mint and rum-flavored grilled pineapple:
With a brush, grease a cast iron skillet grill (or a regular frying pan would work but you won't get the nice grill marks) and heat until it's really hot, almost at the smoking point. Cook the pineapple slices on high heat for 1-2 minutes using tongs. Do NOT pierce the fruit with a fork! Turn the slice 45° to create a fancy criss-cross grill mark. Grill for another 1-2 minutes. Flip the slice on the other side. Turn the slice 45° and grill for another 1-2 minutes. Transfer all the grilled pineapple slices into a large bowl.
Add the chopped mint, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar and 1 teaspoon of rum extract. Toss well and the let the fruit stand until the rest is ready. (Do not forget to remove and discard the core on each slice, I use a small ring cookie cutter)
For the mascarpone filling:
Beat the 3 egg yolks with 2 tablespoons of superfine sugar in a small stainless steel mixing bowl. Prepare a double boiler: Fill a saucepan with water, making sure the water barely covers the bottom of the stainless steel mixing bowl. I always like to add a little kitchen towel at the bottom of the saucepan. The saucepan won't jiggle and there won't be any splatter of water in your egg mixture. Bring the water to a boil then lower the heat to a gentle simmer. Place the stainless steel bowl in the saucepan and start whisking the egg mixture vigurosly for about 3-5 minutes using an handheld mixer. You'll get a pale yellow foam and the texture of the egg yolk will be thicker. The mixture should fall like a ribbon of sauce when you lift the whisk.
In another mixing bowl, whisk the mascarpone cheese to soften it. Slowly add the egg mixture to the mascarpone, adding just a little egg at a time. Add the vanilla extract.
Clean your handheld mixer in hot soapy water. Always make sure the beater blades are completely clean prior to whipping 2 cups of cream for an optimum result. The whipping cream should be whipped cold. Whisk the cream until it forms soft peaks. Add 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar.
Using a silicone spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture to get an airy batter.
Plastic-wrap the container and place in the refrigerator until the rest of the components of the dessert are ready.
For the coconut syrup + amaretti cookies:
The macerated pineapple should be completely cool. Remove and discard the mint. Chop the pineapple into 1-inch chunks. Drain and reserve the pineapple juice.
Combine 2 cups of sugar, 1-1/2 cups of water, salt and the previously gathered pineapple juice in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil then add the coconut extract. Let the syrup cool down for about 5 minutes.
Soak the amaretti cookies in the syrup for about 2-1/2 minutes. Transfer the cookies directly into the glasses or onto a plate using a fork. The cookies should absorb the coconut syrup but should not be soggy.
For the toasted coconut shreds:
In a small pan, place the coconut shreds in a hot pan for about 1 minute or 2 until slightly golden. Set aside until completely cool.
For the crème fraîche (click on the link for the recipe) whipped cream:
Whisk the remaining heavy cream using an electrical blender. As the volume of cream doubles, the peaks become a little stiff. Add 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar and the vanilla and rum extracts.
In another bowl, beat the crème fraîche with a tablespoon of powdered sugar, then gently fold the whipped cream into the crème fraîche to get an airy batter.
Assembly time:
Reserve a little bit of chopped pineapple for garnish later.
Line up 14 5-ounce parfait glasses. Add a first layer of the chopped pineapple with a teaspoon of the coconut syrup. Cover with about 3 teaspoons of the mascarpone filling. Add 3 coconut syrup-soaked amaretti cookies per glass with 1-2 teaspoons of coconut syrup. Cover with another layer of mascarpone filling. Add another layer of chopped pineapple (about 2 teaspoons). Finish with about 1-2 teaspoons of the crème fraîche whipped cream. Plastic-wrap each individual container and place in the refrigerator for at least 4-5 hours. The fat from the cream may pick up some other odor from the refrigerator if the containers are not sealed properly.
When serving, spoon a few chunks of pineapple and sprinkle toasted coconut shreds on top of the whipped cream.
Bon appétit!
The method used to ensure that the egg yolks are fully cooked is basically the same procedure as used to make a sabayon.
I prefer using superfine sugar. It is a fine-grained sugar and it dissolves more quickly than regular granulated sugar.
I usually add a little salt to most desserts. Salt brings out all the flavors and will enhance the taste of your sweets.
I find it best to store the tiramisu for at least 4 hours so the amaretti cookies have time to soften and all the flavors of the pineapple blend into the mascarpone filling.
Quick reminder on how to make your own crème fraîche: Just heat about a cup of heavy cream (do NOT boil). Using a thermometer, the temperature should be between 105°F to 120°F. The temperature should not exceed 130°F or the lactobacilli bacteria that curdles the cream will die. Turn off the heat. Add a tablespoon of buttermilk to make it curdle. Transfer the mixture into a bowl, cover with a kitchen towel and place it in a warm area (such as next to the stove). Let the bowl rest at least 8 hours. Stir. The longer it stays, the more tart the flavor will be. Depending on the season (it's much faster during the summer), let the mixture stand for a total of one day, up to 1-1/2 days. Plastic-wrap the thickened cream and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. It's delicious.
How to cut a pineapple: Pineapple is very common in Asian cuisine, both in savory (such as canh chua) and sweet dishes. My mom taught me at early age how to cut a pineapple. There is a way to slice a pineapple without "wasting" it, as mom would say. First, the most important part is to use a very sharp chef's knife. Remove and discard the crown and cut off the base of the pineapple. Place the pineapple upright, then strip the skin off. The peel shouldn't be too thick; you should still be able to see the eyes of the fruit. Remove the eyes of the fruit 2 by 2 diagonally all around the pineapple, creating several spirals. Quickly rinse the fruit under running water to remove any of the peel. Horizontally slice the fruit into 1-1/2 inch disks. Voilà! You'll never buy canned pineapple again .
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