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"This book will lead you on a journey into the world of chocolate. Learn the myths and legends associated with this life-giving food, what it's really made of, and many new ways to eat, cook, and enjoy chocolate. With recipes that utilize not just chocolate but other life-giving, rich-in-nutrient foods, you'll discover chocolate doesn't just come in candy bars… This book provides a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind perspective on chocolate that hasn't been explored before."


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The Blt of Thnder kicked this one down. Haley Joel Osment was rolling back from some shindig in LA last night when up near Bumbeck's place, he hit a brick something-or-other and launched his Saturn into what must've been at least a half-barrel-roll, as the car came to rest upside-down. Osment was apparently conscious after the incident and was taken to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. As T-Blt D comments, "Though [the wreck was] not quite as dramatic as that particular Baldwin's, there is a little bit of a fright factor in that HJO was driving a '95 Saturn (you'd think his A.I. money would buy him at least a used Ion)."
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The Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers of University of Illinois has come up with a brilliant event for Good Friday:
CHAMPAIGN – For many Christians, the Friday preceding Easter Sunday is one of the holiest days of the year.
This is precisely why the student organization Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers (AAF) has chosen this day to raise awareness about the Roman Catholic Church. The group plans to set up a booth on the Quad on Good Friday and disseminate information about the Church's policies, especially those related to contraception and HIV/AIDS. Accordingly, the group will also be distributing free condoms.
"People often regard religion, and specifically Christianity as a force for good in the world," said Mathew Rayman, an officer from AAF. "Just over a year ago, the Pope told Africans that condoms actually help to propagate AIDS rather than prevent it. Statements like these are irresponsible and illustrate the disconnect of the Vatican hierarchy from reality." Two thirds of the estimated 33 million people with HIV/AIDS live in Africa.
The Catholic Church has always been fundamentally opposed to contraception, and Pope Paul VI reinforced this in the 1968 doctrinal letter Humanae Vitae (Latin, "Human Life"). According to the American Red Cross, consistent and correct condom use greatly reduces the risk of contracting HIV. AAF hopes to raise public awareness of these issues and promote productive discussion.
This is an awesome idea. My only complaint is that they didn't advertise sooner, so groups like mine could have similar events. I think this is a perfect example of a good controversial event: it's sure to piss some people off, receive media coverage, and get people talking – but it also has a purpose and a very important message. It doesn't exist for the sole reason of offending.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Senior Heather Raines (Lawrenceville, Ga.) of the Georgia College & State University women's cross country team was named GCSU Athlete of the Week for the week ending Oct. 11, the sports information office announced today. This is the first such honor for both Raines and the Bobcat women this season.
Raines became the first Bobcat women's runner to win a meet since 2004 by breaking the tape at the Southern Challenge in Marietta, Ga. She finished the 5K course in 20:56, helping the 'GCSU A' team to the team title as well. Raines has now led the Bobcats in three of their four races this season.
The Bobcats are back in action Friday, Oct. 16 at the SMC Invitational in Colchester, Vt.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application signing in users with Azure Active Directory B2C and calling an API
This simple sample demonstrates how to use the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for .NET to get an access token and call an API secured by Azure AD B2C.
This sample is very similar to the active-directory-b2c-dotnet-desktop sample except that it's implemented for the UWP plaform instead of WPF.
How To Run This Sample
To run this sample you will need:
- Visual Studio 2015
- An Internet connection
- At least one of the following accounts:
- An Azure AD B2C tenant
If you don't have an Azure AD B2C tenant, you can follow those instructions to create one. If you just want to see the sample in action, you don't need to create your own tenant as the project comes with some settings associated to a test tenant and application; however it is highly recommend that you register your own app and experience going through the configuration steps below.
Step 1: Clone or download this repository
From your shell or command line:
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-b2c-dotnet-uwp.git
[OPTIONAL] Step 2: Create an Azure AD B2C application
You can run the sample as is with its current settings, or you can optionally register it as a new application under your own developer account. Creating your own app is highly recommended.
IMPORTANT: if you choose to perform one of the optional steps, you have to perform ALL of them for the sample to work as expected.
You can find detailed instructions on how to create a new mobile / native app on this page Make sure to:
- Copy down the Application Id assigned to your app, you'll need it in the next optional steps.
- Copy down the Redirect URI you configure for your app.
[OPTIONAL] Step 3: Create your own policies
This sample requires your B2C app to the following policy types "Sign Up or Sign In", "Edit Profile" and "Reset Password".
You can follow the instructions in this tutorial to create them.
Once created, replace the following value in the
App.xaml.cs file with your own policy name. All B2C policies should begin with
public static string PolicySignUpSignIn = "b2c_1_susi";
[OPTIONAL] Step 4: Create your own API
Our sample calls the Web API produced by the following sample https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-b2c-javascript-nodejs-webapi (and pre-hosted in Azure). See the README.md file for that sample to understand better how to create your own Web API.
[OPTIONAL] Step 5: Configure the Visual Studio project with your app coordinates
- Open the solution in Visual Studio 2015 or 2017.
- Open the
- Find the assignment for
public static string ClientIDand replace the value with the Application ID from Step 2.
- Find the assignment for each of the policies
public static string PolicyXand replace the names of the policies you created in Step 3.
- Find the assignment for the scopes
public static string[] Scopesand replace the scopes with those you created in Step 4.
[OPTIONAL] Step 6: Enable Windows Integrated Authentication when using a federated Azure AD tenant
Out of the box, this sample is not configured to work with Windows Integrated Authentication (WIA) when used with a federated Azure Active Directory domain. To work with WIA the application manifest must enable additional capabilities. These are not configured by default for this sample because applications requesting the Enterprise Authentication or Shared User Certificates capabilities require a higher level of verification to be accepted into the Windows Store, and not all developers may wish to perform the higher level of verification. To enable Windows Integrated Authentication, in Package.appxmanifest, in the Capabilities tab, enable:
- Enterprise Authentication
- Private Networks (Client & Server)
- Shared User Certificates
Also, in the constructor of the application in
App.xaml.cs, add the following line of code:
authContext.UseCorporateNetwork = true;
Step 7: Run the sample
- Clean the solution, rebuild the solution, and run it.
- Click the sign-in button at the top of the application screen. The sample works exactly in the same way regardless of the account type you choose, apart from some visual differences in the authentication and consent experience. Upon successful sign in, the application screen will list some basic profile info for the authenticated user and show buttons that allow you to edit your profile, call an API and sign out.
- Close the application and reopen it. You will see that the app retains access to the API and retrieves the user info right away, without the need to sign in again.
- Sign out by clicking the Sign out button and confirm that you lose access to the API until the exit interactive sign in.
More information
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Daniel Simon is a German-born concept designer, author, and producer, with professional roots as a senior designer at Bugatti and Volkswagen. Clients include Warner Bros., Universal, Disney, Lotus, and SpaceX. After working in Spain, England, Brazil, and Japan, Simon settled in Los Angeles, where he focuses his acclaimed style on creating iconic fantasy vehicles for Hollywood blockbuster films such as Tron: Legacy, Captain America: The First Avenger, Prometheus, and Oblivion. He also offers automotive-design services, lectures, and works on his own vehicle-centered fantasy worlds, available as books: Cosmic Motors™ and The Timeless Racer®. To read more about Daniel Simon, click below.Read More
Book: Cosmic Motors
Cosmic Motors™ is the best-selling book that paved Simon's way into Hollywood. It revolves around an imaginary brand of cutting-edge vehicles in an unknown galaxy. Simon started designing this seductive fantasy world in 2003 parallel to his job at Volkswagen Design; it turned into a full-time passion between 2005 and 2006. In 2007, Design Studio Press published Simon's outlandish vehicles in the successful book 'Cosmic Motors'. The book has received worldwide attention in media such as Wired, Playboy, GQ, and Top Gear. Simon continues to work on this project in 2013, living his passion for limitless mechanical possibilities.
Book: The Timeless Racer
The Timeless Racer ® is a large-scale picture-book series about a racing world that could have existed between 1916 and 2615. Simon shows racing machines in impeccable detail, accompanied by heroic drivers and epic tales. The first episode,Year 2027, is available as a Unlimited, Limited and PITLANE edition. At 12″ x 14″ (30.5 cm x 35.5 cm) and 72 pages, it offers the best view of Simon's maniacal attention to detail, with renderings up to 50 megapixels. With a foreword by racing legend Jacky Ickx, praises from Top Gear and GQ, text in English, French, and German, and three cars in full detail, The Timeless Racer will launch you into an unseen world. Episode 2 and more products are planned.
New: Apparel
Daniel Simon's new apparel line launches with two tees from the The Timeless Racer ® series, with many more to come. Entirely designed by Simon from fabric choice to packaging, it features vehicles and logos from the imaginary racing team Masucci. Simon's personal obsession over a well-fitting shirt ensures that you will look dapper. Be aware – an occasional distressed look is part of the game! Produced and packaged in California in collaboration with the like-minded folks at Curb, Simon is approving each single manufacturing step, all the way to the hand-stamped 'genuine' seal on the hang tag. Only available at The Curb Shop. More tees to come—directly from Southern California.
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Stratford Land, developers of the Hilton Head Lakes community in Hardeeville, unveiled the initial conceptual plan for the 4-star resort they are proposing in Jasper County.
The resort features (1) 400-room 4-star hotel; (2) conference and event facility (1,500-2,000 person capacity); (3) shopping and dining complex (20-30 merchants and restaurants); and (4) full-scale gaming casino. Also included will be the existing 18-hole championship golf course that is currently part of the Hilton Head Lakes Community U.S. 278 in Hardeeville.
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This Nomex top is the genuine article worn by Esteban Ocon in his debut season at Force India - driving the VJM10!
Nomex is subjected to rigorous testing prior to approval for racing; the main requirement is that it should be able to resist an open flame at a temperature of over 300 degrees Celsius for at least 10 seconds.
Worn by Ocon to race in the 2017 season, this piece of racing heritage has been professionally framed by our sports framing team. The race wear is professionally framed in a sleek black box frame, double mounted with an acid-free conservation grade cream/black mount-board, this essential piece of F1™ safety kit is transformed into impressive artwork for your home or office wall. The frame is finished off with top-grade acrylic 'artscreen' instead of glass to protect this important piece of memorabilia in shipping. You won't tell the difference between the artscreen and glass once it's on your wall. The Nomex is attached to the mountboard with protective 'invisible tags' to ensure no damage to the original teamwear.
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Run as One -- Fort Bragg and Sandhills
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EVENT: Run As One
EVENT DATE: Apr 08, 2017
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***Proceeds from this event are evenly distributed amongst the three host organizations.***If I had one thing to say to my fellow veterans, it would be this: continue to serve, even though we have taken off our uniforms. - Clay Hunt, USMC
Run As One is held in honor of Marine veteran Clay Hunt, an original member of Team Rubicon, Mission Continues Fellow, and avid sportsman, who took his own life after battling PTSD and depression. Clay was an active participant in many veteran organizations and the event serves as a celebration of the networks that empower, unite, and enrich the lives of veterans. It is a symbol of leadership, action, and collaboration across the veteran landscape globally and within our local communities.
Run As One is a unique engagement opportunity. It began in 2012 as an attempt to bring previously hostile tribes in South Sudan together for healthy competition off the battlefield and has grown into a collaborative global event. When Clay passed, we realized we needed to forge a stronger community – both with veterans and civilians. Run As One is an opportunity to establish and renew bonds with our brothers and sisters in our partner organizations and communities. Demonstrate to the world our collective culture of inclusivity and camaraderie. So run. Run fast. Run slow. Run as a team. Appreciate and live the greater meaning of today. We know shared purpose and hard work towards a common goal builds the strongest communities, so run together, run as one. Use today to connect with all of your veteran brothers and sisters while establishing meaningful connections within the community.
Team Rubicon unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams. For more information visit TeamRubiconUSA.org
The Mission Continues empowers veterans who are adjusting to life at home to find purpose through community impact. We deploy veterans on new missions in their communities, so that their actions will inspire future generations to serve. For more information visit MissionContinues.org
Team Red, White and Blue enriches the lives of America's veterans by connecting them to their community through physical and social activity. For more information visit TeamRWB.org
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Published at Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 - 17:50:58 PM. Bedroom. By Alisz Schmitt.
Sometimes the combination with the white walls and other white items in the room (for example a simple white chair) is even more elegant and stylish and less dark. But if you do decide to have such a red and black bedroom and you do not have white walls, you might consider having very big windows , as you do not use the bedroom only at night and it might look creepy in the daylight if it does not have enough light.
If, on the other hand, you want to have an accent wall in the bedroom and you choose black as a color for it, then making the room look airy and inviting will be easier. Black accent walls look especially nice when the rest of the walls and the ceiling are white. This way the contrast is stronger and the décor becomes elegant.
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Like Congress, Some State Lawmakers Still Get Paid During Shutdowns
Members of Congress are still getting paid despite the federal government shutdown. Given the way state-level politics works, it is no surprise.
Members of Congress deadlocked over funding the government are taking heat for receiving paychecks during the federal government shutdown. Given recent experience at the state level, it is no surprise.
READ: Full coverage of the shutdown's impact on states and localities
The 27th Amendment, the most recent addition to the U.S. Constitution, protects congressional salaries. It says that Congress cannot make immediate changes to its own salaries; any changes must wait to be implemented after the next election.
The amendment took effect in 1992, but it was proposed along with the rest of the Bill of Rights in 1789. The idea has been around a long time, and states have included similar language in their own constitutions.
Illinois is one of those states, and a trial court ruled last month that Gov. Pat Quinn could not veto legislators' salaries. Quinn, a Democrat, wanted to dock lawmakers' pay until they passed a bill to reduce the state's pension costs. The Democratic leaders of the state House and Senate filed a lawsuit to block Quinn's move.
The governor said debates during the state's 1970 constitutional convention showed delegates were mainly concerned about legislative salaries being increased, not decreased.
"I understand where his heart is, but that's politics. That's not the law," Cook County Circuit Judge Neil Cohen said in his ruling, according to CBS 2 in Chicago. "The governor violated the constitution. He had no right to do that, despite benevolent intent."
The state comptroller immediately began processing legislators' paychecks. The governor is appealing the decision.
Minnesota is another state that protects legislative pay in its constitution, so lawmakers continued collecting checks when state government shut down for three weeks in July 2011.
The standoff between Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republicans who then controlled the legislature temporarily put 22,000 state employees out of work.
Roughly a third of Minnesota legislators voluntarily gave up their pay, as did the governor, although several collected back pay once the shutdown was over.
Voters in California tried in 2010 to link legislators' pay to their ability to pass a budget on time, after years of frustration in Sacramento over blown deadlines and deficits. Their efforts were initially successful, but the legal fallout puts the law's effectiveness in question.
The 2010 constitutional amendment, known as Proposition 25, tried to hit legislators in the pocketbook for not finishing a budget by June 15.
The next year, it was put to the test.
The official in charge of writing state checks, Controller John Chiang, a Democrat, relied on the new law when he docked legislators' pay in 2011. Legislators passed a budget on time, but Chiang said the budget plan had a $2 billion hole.
California's constitution requires budgets passed by the legislature to be balanced, so Chiang decided lawmakers had not met the requirements to get paid. He docked $583,000 in legislative pay, and 12 days later, lawmakers passed a new budget.
After the showdown, though, the Democratic leaders of both the House and Senate sued Chiang for overstepping his role. A trial judge agreed with them. "Wise or unwise," the judge ruled, the controller's decision to dock legislators' pay was "an unwarranted intrusion into the legislature's budget deliberations."
Chiang appealed the decision, and the appeal is still pending. In each of the last two years, California legislators have passed a budget on time.
Maine legislators considered a measure this year that would dock their pay in case of a government shutdown, but the proposal stalled.
Back in Washington, at least 138 members of Congress are currently working without a paycheck, either by refusing the money or donating it to charities, according to The Washington Post. Rank-and-file members earn $174,000 a year, while leaders make more. The U.S. House passed a bill Saturday to ensure federal workers would receive back pay when the shutdown is over.
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Hmm. Now this is curious. Honda's set up a pre-site site for something called the Red H. It features a sound-effects bed of recorded revving, which sounds suspiciously like worked-over VTEC hardware. Hondaheads know that "red H" refers to the logo badges used on Type R series models. That means It's likely the company's preparing to reveal the new Type R Civic and/or the FIA-homologated racing version of the Type R, developed with JAS Motorsport we mentioned earlier. Either that or it's promoting a new cinnamon breath freshener. [Thanks to Stephen for the tip.]
Go, Boy Racer, Go: 2007 Honda Civic Type R to Be Unveiled in Paris [internal]


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Ramblers man: Jamie Dyer goes way back
Talking to Jamie Dyer is an experience rather akin to being inside a Jose Luis Borges story: You recognize some of the names and places as real, but some of the conversation belongs almost in the realm of make-believe.
For example, did you know the inscription on the Liberty Bell, "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof," was taken from Leviticus 25:10?
And this section relates to the fact that every seven years was a Sabbath year in Israel, where all the inhabitants were released from their debts? Dyer believes that the U.S. was founded with this cyclical release from debt in mind, and he is more than willing to back up that claim. Mind blown yet?
In addition to being a fascinating conversationalist, Dyer is the lead singer and songwriter for one of the local musical linchpins in Charlottesville, the never-say-die Hogwaller Ramblers– definitely my pick for the most utterly off-kilter bluegrass band in this town's acres of bluegrass.
Born in North Carolina to "a Yankee dad and a first-generation Irish Southern mom during the tail end of a hurricane in 1961," Dyer ended up in Charlottesville in the late '70s after stints in Florida, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. But his presence here was not always so constant. "Like all hardcore Cvilleoid transplants," he explains, "I was prone to the Charlottesville yo-yo effect. The best thing about leaving is coming back."
Formed in the early '90s, the Ramblers had their roots in another act, a band called Grub: "pure indie, DIY spirit, and some damn good music," Dyer recalls.
After Grub's demise, Dyer and former Grub bassist Rick Jones, accordion player David Goldstein, and drummer David Wellbeloved began playing together.
The name [Hogwaller Ramblers] did not come until later. "Since then," Dyer muses, "the band has gone through massive changes in lineup. I'd swear half the town can claim membership in this band at some point or another."
Though the group's biggest gig was either Farm Aid '99 or Michael Feldman's "Whaddaya Know" NPR radio program, the Ramblers also had a weekly spot at the infamous Fellini's back in the early '90s– which, amusingly enough, started two years after Dyer quit drinking.
Off the record, Dyer's tales of the Hogwallers' Sunday night performances sound Romanesque in their debauchery, and make one yearn for a five-minute glimpse into the past (ideally with a camera).
Week in and week out, you can now find Dyer and half of the Ramblers at Blue Moon Diner Tuesdays after 8, and the whole rambling pack at Escafé Sundays after 10. Approach Dyer, if you're up for a interesting history lesson.
Whether you agree with him or not, he'll impress you with his mind.
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Grains started off with a gap higher open last night and continued to hold strength right into the close of the day session. March corn was the upside leader and finished 18 cents higher at $6.01. January soybeans were up 7 cents at $11.37, and March wheat was up 16 cents at $5.99 ¾.
A less favorable forecast in Argentina was the main reason for the gains overnight. Surprisingly, it was corn that ended up the strongest. It was announced that China has begun replenishing state corn reserves. This should be supportive for their local prices, but as far as importing from the US, we don't see this as a likely scenario until they burn through more of their own supply first. On top of this, the Mexican ag minister said that they would unlikely be importing more corn than expected in 2012 due to a poor livestock sector and "other" feed options (wheat).
Since we are coming off of oversold levels these rallies could have some more technical support coming in behind them. Soybeans gapped above their recent trendline resistance (see chart) and the next major moving average isn't until the 50-day at $11.80 (Jan). The March corn 50-day moving average is at $6.305 (see chart).
This week we could see a choppy, low volume trade as many traders will be out for vacation. Until we get to the January reports there are not a whole lot of major fundamental news events to be expected. We want to use these rallies to catch up on hedges if necessary.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (Aug. 9, 2017) -- The tiered registration process for the 2017 Tire Rack ProSolo® Finale opens August 9 at 3 p.m. CDT. For the Finale, competitors are allowed to enter based on ProSolo points amassed during the 10-event season.
Drivers with 32 or more points are considered "Tier 1" and can register as of August 9 at 3 p.m. CDT. Drivers who have scored points in the same class during at least three events or earned at least 25 points in a class are considered "Tier 2" and can register for the Finale beginning August 16 at 3 p.m. CDT. Competitors who have scored points in the same class at only two or more events are classified as "Tier 3" and can register for the Finale starting August 23 at 3 p.m. Central Time. Registration then closes August 27.
The Finale entry cap is set at 300 participants, excluding Formula Junior. Any registrations received after the cap has been reached will be placed on a tiered waiting list.
The Tire Rack ProSolo Finale takes place September 1-3 at Lincoln Airport in Nebraska. During the competition, drivers face off, side-by-side, at a "Christmas Tree" start before launching down a straightaway and into mirror image autocross courses. Three heats of class competition give drivers 12 total runs, six on each course. Like other Solo competitions, runs are timed to 1/1000th of a second and knocking a cone down means a two-second penalty added to a time.
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Pfizer Inc. are joining forces with the goal of translating biomedical discoveries into novel treatments. CHOP is announcing its participation in the Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) network, a novel collaboration model built by Pfizer that brings academic researchers together with Pfizer scientists to expedite the pace of innovation.
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These strong young people share with us their stories of who they once were, who they are now and who they want to be. For these youth, life has changed dramatically with stories only some can imagine. Who these young people are today is not necessarily who they always were nor who they will be. The bravery of these youth to share with us their stories and reflections is to be admired. These writings are part of a running workshop series. Feel free to comment, and workshop facilitators will share with authors.
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Dr. Striar has been invaluable to me over the past five years. She helped me through my parents divorce, difficult family situations, a cross-country move and provided pre-marital counseling for my husband and I before our wedding. She provides thoughtful and constructive feedback and is completely non-judgmental. Her office feels more like a home than a doctors office and is a safe haven from the bustle of New York City. I would recommend her to anyone.
I saw Dr Striar for a couple years and felt I made some improvements with her. However, during this time she was committing insurance fraud and would often tell me, "you know I have to do this, they barely give me anything." I stopped seeing Dr Striar after this and a couple other unprofessional things rubbed me the wrong way. Buyer beware, she can be helpful as a therapist but some of her behavior is rather unethical. In the end it is what's most important to you.
I have been seeing Dr. Striar for almost 2 years now and over those two years, she has helped me overcome relationship issues, self esteem issues and overall helped me understand my emotions and how to positively deal with the day to day issues that I run into with my husband or parents and even close friends. As a result of meeting with Dr. Striar almost every week throughout the past couple years, I am in a positive place in my relationships with my family and friends and able to better communicate my feelings and needs which only leads to stronger more positive interactions. Her skills as a psychotherapist and her nurturing personality stemming from years as a nurse have helped me breakdown scenarios and open myself up to vulnerability. Dr. Striar was referred to me by a very close friend who was going through similar things in her life at the time and I am so grateful that she did. I would and have since referred her to friends and highly recommend her to others.
I am a young professional and have been seeing Dr. Striar few a few months now. I found her through a web search and, after researching her background, I chose her as my psychotherapist. I have found the experience to be very beneficial. With her help, I am addressing issues around self esteem and relationship skills. As a result of her guidance and insight, I am taking better care of myself and in a good relationship with a promise of a healthy future. I have referred her to friends and highly recommend Dr. Striar to anyone.
I have been seeing Dr. Striar for quite a while now now and I can't say enough wonderful things about about her. Her years of experience and training as a psychotherapist, and nursing have given me the tools I needed to navigate my 20's and now my 30's. I addressed my family, work and relationship issues, and am now on more solid ground. After years of dealing with relationship issues and fear of commitment and I am now happily in a 2.5 year relationship. Thank you, Dr. Striar for all of your help and guidance. I highly recommend her.
Dr Striar has been a wonderful therapist to both my husband and I over many years now. She has guided us through relationship problems, loss of family members, professional issues and a host of other things. She is extremely warm, friendly, and incisive and creates an environment in which working through problems becomes fun and challenging rather than tedious and frustrating. I always look forward to our sessions, which is not something one can usually say about therapy! I can truly say that we both felt that she deeply cared about us and how things would turn out for us and went out of her way to enable us to grow both in our relationship and as individuals. She would often email us in between sessions about things she had researched for us (and this varied from research on cognitive behavior therapy for certain issues to the best hotel to stay in Portland!) and so it never felt like you were just another patient that she forgot about as soon as the session was over. Love her!
My husband and I were having a lot of marital problems and Dr. Striar helped us solve them. She was very caring, low key and equitable. She was careful to look at the issue from both of our vantage points. She was able to interject and help each of us get back to a calm place when our emotions started to run high. She also was well-read and had good techniques for us to try at home. We are now on a great path and I can say our marriage is very strong -- miles ahead of where we started. I highly recommend Dr. Striar.
I've been in therapy for many years, when I moved to New York City, a doctor of mine recommended Dr. Striar. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to open up and feel comfortable with a new doctor, but Dr. Striar was extremely easy to talk to. She very compassionate and takes the time to listen and then give you tools to aid in any troubles you may have. I think about where I was when I met her and where I am today, 5 years later, and I couldn't have done it without the help of Dr. Striar. Aside from her vast expertise in mental health struggles, she's also very flexible in terms of appointments, insurance, etc. I've referred several friends to her, whom are all very happy as well. I definitely recommend her to anyone interested in going to therapy.
I was a patient of Sharna Striar from 2008 to 2011 and I can recommend her as one of the best I have ever worked with. She is not only very good at what she does, but she is genuinely caring about her patients. I must say that a big chunk of my well-being today is a result of her guidance and the amount I have learned about myself in these years working with her has been invaluable. She is an expert in her field and I am so grateful I found her! She saved me from a major disaster, helping me to get out of an abusive relationship and fixing the reasons that got me there in the first place. She also then helped me through anxiety and depression problems and I was able to come through and reach a happy place without using any drugs.
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Believe it or not, I managed to connect via sloooooow cell phone GPRS at 4:30 in the morning in Wahai, North Seram, and can send this report. I am just out of the forest after five days of trekking around, looking for a camp location. Tired (but this feels good) and wet, wet, wet. If there's one thing I would change about this trip, it would be to have left a couple months earlier. Now, we're just entering the beginning of the wet season, and the rain has been very heavy for two to four hours every afternoon, coming from giant convection thunderstorms forming at the windward edge of the northern mountains.
The forest stays wet, even in the morning sun, and so do I. It's a great pleasure now to be under a roof, with dry air and dry sheets, at a picturesque waterfront guesthouse in Wahai.
The survey has been quite productive in terms of information gained about the forest types, geology and topography, and logistic routes. Our entry will be via a Javanese transmigration site called 'Unit
O' (now about 15 years old) to the east of the northern sector of the Manusela lowlands. We can reach Unit O by car or motorbike and store supplies at a house owned by the national park service and rented by a young couple who operate a basic general store. They will let us run up a tab, so that we can send out for vegetables and replenish supplies without sending cash. From Unit O, it's a 4- to 6-hour hike (unladen/laden) through logged forest to the small, indigenous village of Kaloa, a tiny place of only about ten houses.
In a previous post I pointed out Elemata on GoogleEarth; Kaloa looks identical from the air, but even smaller. I had also wondered where the fields were in the satellite image: dumb question…the residents are of course sago eaters, so the areas generating this staple are not field but forest. We have been warmly received by the head of Kaloa, the bapak raja (a colonial Dutch-instigated term meaning the 'father king'), who insists we stay in his dirt-floored home if we must spend the night. Waking in the misty dawn, hearing the shrieks of cockatoos from the outlined shapes of the giant trees that still surround Kaloa, I feel as far from anywhere known as perhaps I ever have. Yet as ever, people are people, and the farther you get from big towns, the kinder and more down-to-earth they become. Our three forest guides for the last five days, Yustus, Nus, and Agung, have been wonderful: hard-working and very considerate of our "forest clumsiness."
With them, we forded the Wai (river) Isal in its wide, gravel-strewn channel, and entered the park. Giant Eucalyptus deglupta trees, with their blue-, green- and red-striped trunks, line the riverbanks, letting me know I'm not in Borneo. The floodplain forest that stretches for a kilometer either side of the river is magnificent in its very existence. Trees of this size have gone from most of the forests like this throughout Indonesia. Canarium, Aglaia, Anthocephalus, and Octomeles are common.
As we explored, we followed tributaries into the low hills. As predicted by the prior geology reports, this is an area of weathered sandstone, siltstone, and limestone. The tilted limestone layers form sharp, hard hillocks, with valuable 'keyu besi' (literally iron wood, Intsia palembanica) trees atop, while the siltstone weathers to slippery knife-edge ridges covered in rotan and other palms. We have also located a few wider ridges on harder sandstone which should make the most appropriate sites for our plots.
Tomorrow, I will head back in with more of the equipment and set up camp. Acun is on a supply-run to Masohi and will come back in with Endro, Yessi, and Yayah (staff from Herbarium Bogoriense) who had to delay their departure (partly because tomorrow is the important Muslim holy day of Idul Adha, when families rejoice with a meal of sacrificial beef).
Botanically speaking, I can't wait to get to grips with the trees! So much is new to me. There seems to be a fair amount flowering, and as long as the trunks dry out enough in the sunny mornings to allow the tree climbers to grip them, we should be able to make some excellent collections.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
With A Heavy Heart
Instead, I am very sorry to say that instead, I have to say Rest In Peace to Turk...
As you all know, Turk has been a project horse. For the last year and a half, I have worked on getting him sound again. Due to a massive injury to his right front foot when he was a young horse, I have had a lot of experimental type shoeing done on him to see if we could rectify a floating heel bulb. Although his foot came a long way, it did become apparent to me that he was probably never going to be completely right and at best would be a light riding horse. My mom and I have had several discussions these past few weeks about what exactly we were going to do with him. Taking him back to SD was not an option due to the fact he needed those front shoes and they needed to be reset every 4 weeks. Can't even find a decent farrier in our neck of the woods in SD, much less one that is reliable enough to come reset shoes every 4 weeks. Without the shoes, Turk would have gone back to being completely unsound, in pain and inevitably his front-end would have given out.
The damn thing of it is, the horse has always been accident prone...note the bandage...
If anybody was going to get into something they shouldn't or get hurt...he was the one. Unfortunately poor Turk used up his 9-lives this morning and I had to put him down.
I still have not really figured out how he did what he did, but he was in the pasture with Spooks, Bugs and Jet. Moon and Frosty were in pens waiting for me to clean them up for my trip this weekend, so I know that it was not a fight between Moon and Turk. Anyway, I saw horses at the tank this morning when I left to get work done on my trailer, when I came back, they were all at the far end of the pasture. That's normal. Turk was off by himself. That is also normal. I get a knock at the door with an unfamiliar lady telling me they were working on their fences and noticed my Paint horse had some blood on his leg and wasn't standing on that leg.
Already sick to my stomach at her words, I grabbed a halter and ran up to where Turk was. There wasn't much blood and although the gash in his leg looked horrible at first glance, by the time the vet got here, I realized the gash wasn't that bad. I knew the vet would be putting him down though. He had fractured the high motion joint (the front of the hock). The vet confirmed what I already knew in my heart. The chances of that ever healing right...very slim.
I called my mom. After all, Turk was her horse and I thought she should have the final say. She agreed putting him down was for the best, so that's what we did.
Rest In Peace Turk...You had hard-luck in this life, but you were a pretty nice guy in spite of it all....
32 comments:
- Mikey said...
Awww girl, I'm so sorry to hear that. RIP Turk, you were a good boy. Hugs to all of you.
- October 12, 2011 at 12:44 PM
- Ranch Girl Diaries said...
Always hard to do, even for the right reasons. Such a pretty boy. Thinking of you this week!
- October 12, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Cut-N-Jump said...
So sorry to hear about this. Sounds like putting him down was the only real option. There are some things time won't heal and seeing as how Turk has already had a rough go of things, let him rest.
He will be tearing around in Heaven until you get there. Apparently there was a horseman up there needing a good horse.
As Deb said when I lost Tess-
A tear and a toast.
- October 12, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- C-ingspots said...
I'm so sorry. Poor guy just seemed to have bad luck alright. Big hugs to you all. RIP pretty boy.
- October 12, 2011 at 1:20 PM
- Shirley said...
Aw dang! Sorry to hear that. Even when it'd the right thing to do, it isn't easy. Hugs to you and your mom.
- October 12, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- KarenTX said...
You and your Mom did what you could to keep him sound and having a good quality of life. So sorry it had to happen like this.
- October 12, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- Laura Crum said...
Its always hard to lose one suddenly and unexpectedly like that. Good wishes to you.
- October 12, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Mrs Mom said...
We'll see you on the other side Turk.
Hang tough BECG. Thinking of all y'all from our little corner of the swamp. Big loves all around.
- October 12, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- Breathe said...
Here's to green pastures and sound legs on the other side, Turk.
- October 12, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- GunDiva said...
So sorry, BECG.
- October 12, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- Crystal said...
Oh so sorry to hear that. He was a nice boy and its always tough.
- October 12, 2011 at 2:31 PM
RIP Turk.
- October 12, 2011 at 2:58 PM
- cdncowgirl said...
Aw damnit so sorry to hear about Turk. RIP big guy
- October 12, 2011 at 3:32 PM
I'm so sorry for your loss. RIP Turk.
- October 12, 2011 at 3:41 PM
- Allenspark Lodge said...
Roll In Pastures, Turk.
- October 12, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- SunnySD said...
Well, damn. That's a sucky way to lose one, not that there's any good way. So sorry!
- October 12, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- Leah Fry said...
So sorry for your loss. I know you tried real hard with that one.
- October 12, 2011 at 5:39 PM
- NeighGirl said...
Oh you poor thing that must be so hard. I almost lost mine, He cut his leg too, He got by.
I'm sorry to hear about your loss,
- October 12, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- ACountryCowgirl said...
I am sorry to hear about turk:( I am sure it is a hard time!
- October 12, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- in2paints said...
I'm so saddened by this news!! May Turk rest in peace... Lilly and I sent hugs your way!
- October 12, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- fernvalley01 said...
So rotten! Hugs to you , knowing you did the right thing doesn't take away much hurt at these times.
Glad at least you were there to do whayt he needed ,and he did not have to suffer. RIP Handsome Turk
- October 12, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Vaquerogirl said...
So sorry BEC! Sometimes fate just doesn't give a damn!
You did the best thing of course, but it never easy.
Gallop On Turk!
- October 12, 2011 at 11:59 PM
- cdncowgirl said...
Sorry I wasn't so good with the words before, think you know why.
I wanted to add that you & your mom did a lot more for Turk through the years than most people would have with all the issues he's had.
You guys gave him a good life and good care. That said its also good to know when its time to say enough is enough.
- October 13, 2011 at 1:37 AM
- kestrel said...
That's a hard choice, and you made the right one. Hugs girl.
- October 13, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Nuzzling Muzzles said...
So sorry, BEC. My heart goes out to you, your mom, and your herd.
- October 13, 2011 at 8:10 PM
So sorry, dear. Hugs.
- October 13, 2011 at 10:26 PM
- Fantastyk Voyager said...
I'm so sorry to read of Turk's passing. At least now he's in a better place.
- October 14, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- Barbara said...
I am so sorry to hear about that. RIP Turk you were well loved
- October 14, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Kristen said...
so sorry for your loss! This is two posts I've read this morning about horses being put down... I feel like I need to see my guy and give him a big hug. Rest in Peace Turk
- October 14, 2011 at 12:24 PM
- Funder said...
Oh, my condolences, LT! So sorry to hear this.
- October 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- Chelsi said...
Awww.. Poor Turk! That is really too bad, we all know how hard you tried to get him sound and give him a life with purpose... But I'd guess there is some relief there in knowing that he isnt in pain any longer. Sorry:(
- October 18, 2011 at 11:11 AM
- Tammy said...
I am so sorry for the loss of Turk. Decisions like that are never easy but usually justified. You did right by him.
- October 19, 2011 at 5:20 PM


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Thirty-one years ago, W. Neal Burnette published a paper that described a technique called Western blotting 1). The paper initially was rejected by the journal Analytical Biochemistry, but it went viral among molecular biologists as a preprint. Eventually the journal agreed to publish the paper, which now has been cited more than 6,000 times. Because Burnette didn't bestow his name on the blot, it's likely that the current generation of investigators don't know he was involved in developing the technique that is now ubiquitous in molecular biology and biochemistry research laboratories and used as a clinical diagnostic for HIV-AIDS.
Burnette's story is an unusual one: After a quick dip into acting school after high school, he went through the academic training mill. In the early 1980s, he went to work for a then-small biotechnology company. At the same time, Burnette served his country for 35 years, in both reserve and active duty, as a U.S. Army officer, a field medic and an infectious diseases expert.
Early yearsBorn in 1944 in New York state, Burnette traveled with his family all over the U.S. and Japan while his father served in the U.S. Air Force. Burnette wanted to be a military pilot like his father, who was a bomber pilot during World War II and a fighter pilot during the Korean war, but his bad eyesight put an end to that dream. He was very much interested in science, but, in his junior year of high school, his mother encouraged him to take speech and drama classes after he got injured during football spring training. Burnette says he became "a starry-eyed kid who wanted to be an actor."
As a senior in a Texas high school, Burnette acted in the lead role of King Creon in a production of Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," which won him and his school theater awards from the state. The award led to a theater scholarship from Texas Christian University. "I went to college to study theater and ballet," he says. "But my then-girlfriend, and now wife, convinced me to change course." Aware of Burnette's interest in science, she told Burnette she would marry him only if he went into science.
Burnette heeded her. "I lost my theater scholarship. I worked 48 hours a week as a surgical scrub" to make ends meet, recalls Burnette. "It was tough getting through school."
With mentorship from his organic chemistry professor, Manfred Reinecke, Burnette graduated with two bachelor's degrees, one in biology and the other in chemistry. He then got a master's degree in bio-organic chemistry at the University of Central Missouri, a location chosen partly because his father was teaching there. He then went to Vanderbilt University to work toward a Ph.D. thesis on RNA tumor viruses (now called retroviruses) under the guidance of William Mitchell. This was followed by a postdoctoral stint with J. Thomas August, who was at that time at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where Burnette honed his skills in SDS-PAGE and radioimmunoassays.
Going west At the end of 1977, Burnette took on another postdoctoral fellowship with Robert Nowinski at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Nowinski, who went on to become the founder of the biotechnology company ContraFect, describes Burnette as an "eager and enthusiastic" postdoctoral fellow who worked fairly independently.
Nowinski's group was prominent in the retrovirology field and was engrossed in the analysis of antigenic epitopes of retroviral structural proteins. But they were using tedious chromatographic separations and radioimmunoassays to probe each individual protein of the viral capsid with a series of antibodies. Burnette offered to find a way to speed up the process so that all the proteins in a viral capsid could be tested with an antibody in a single shot. "When you ask a carpenter to do something, the tool he's always going to use is a hammer," says Burnette. "My tools were SDS-polyacrylamide gels and immunoassays."
The main development of the technique took Burnette two weeks in 1979 followed by a few more weeks of tweaking. One of the major problems Burnette had to grapple with was how to get antibodies to bind to proteins that were separated in the polymer matrix of a gel. But in a moment of inspiration, he realized that, just like the DNA and RNA blots that were all the rage at the time, he could make a replica of the gel-resolved proteins and use the replica for the immunoassay.
DNA blotting was called Southern blotting after its inventor, Edwin Southern at Oxford University (2). RNA blotting, developed in 1977, was called "Northern blotting" by James Alwine, David Kemp and George Stark at Stanford University as a play on Southern blotting (3). During a quick chat, Nowinski and Burnette decided to continue the directional joke. They dubbed Burnette's method "Western blotting" simply because the laboratory was located on the West Coast.
As Burnette was developing his technique, a paper appeared in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that described a similar approach (4). But Burnette was convinced that his method made it easier to transfer the proteins from gel to membrane, get antibody detection and analyze the blot. So he began to put together a manuscript. At this point, Nowinski says he told Burnette, "I didn't think it would be appropriate for me to come on the paper as an author, because it was really all his work."
When Burnette, the sole author of the manuscript, sent his work to Analytical Biochemistry, it was promptly rejected. The rejection wasn't because of the method's similarity to the technique in the PNAS paper but because it seemed pedestrian, and one reviewer had taken particular offense to the whimsical name.
On receiving the rejection, "I thought, 'What the heck,' and didn't pay much attention," says Burnette. But he had given preprints of the paper to his friends. They photocopied the paper and gave it to their friends, who repeated the process. "Pretty soon, I was running a daily seminar on blotting by telephone. I was talking to everyone on the planet who was trying to reach me because they couldn't read the Xeroxed copy they had," says Burnette. "I had moved to the Salk Institute from Fred Hutchinson by then. [Western blotting] was taking up all my time by talking on the phone."
Frustrated, Burnette called back the editors of Analytical Biochemistry. "I told them, 'This is crazy. Everybody knows about this technique now that I've not published for two years. You think you might like to publish it now?'" The journal at this point agreed and published the paper in 1981. "Then I got deluged with reprint requests!" says Burnette.
Burnette really had not thought much more about the paper between its acceptance and publication. "I just wanted another publication on my CV. What I didn't realize [was] that it would be cited so many times that it would be cited orders of magnitude more than all my other papers put together!" Nowinski says had he or Burnette had any inkling of the paper's impact, they would have handled the paper more deliberately.
Academia to industry By now, Burnette was at the Salk Institute as a research associate. Biotechnology companies were starting to pop up, and someone suggested to Burnette that he check out a tiny company in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Burnette interviewed with the company and landed a job that doubled his salary, offered something called stock, and made him one of the company's earliest employees. The company was initially called Applied Molecular Genetics but soon became famous as Amgen when it released its blockbuster drugs Epogen and Neupogen for treating anemia in the 1980s.
Burnette was given independence to pursue his own research interests in recombinant vaccines. He led programs that resulted in the first experimental recombinant vaccines for hepatitis B, pertussis, cholera and a number of animal infectious diseases. "The best work I ever did was on developing what I call genetic toxoids," he says. These toxoids are versions of the toxins produced by pathogenic bacteria. "I could make very selective site-specific substitutions within certain subunits of these multimeric toxins and inactivate toxic activities but allow them to retain their immunogenic properties so they could be used" for vaccine development, Burnette explains. "I enjoyed doing that work at Amgen, but Amgen really didn't care about it. They had Epogen and some other big money-makers, and vaccines weren't thought to be big money-makers."
Burnette left Amgen in 1992. Thanks to the stock options he had received when he signed on at Amgen, Burnette now was at a point where he "didn't need to work too hard." He went on to become a director and executive of a number of smaller biomedical companies but "none of that was very successful."
Military career Despite not getting to be a military pilot, Burnette still served his country over the course of 35 years. Burnette joined the army reserves in the 1970s and went on active duty periodically. But his biggest contribution to national security came after 9/11. In 2001, at the age of 57, Burnette was mobilized for active duty as an infectious diseases specialist. He developed the first quantitative algorithm that assessed the threats of indigenous infectious diseases to military operations in regions around the world. He was an adviser to the chemical and biological defense program at the Pentagon. Among other things, Burnette was responsible for the acquisition of smallpox and anthrax vaccines for protecting the U.S. and allied forces against bioterror threats.
But the military also gave Burnette a chance to make something like a full circle to his childhood dreams of movies and Hollywood. Between 2004 and 2005, he served at a U.S. Army Reserve public affairs unit in Los Angeles. The unit helped screenwriters and TV and film producers create movies with greater military authenticity. "We often read scripts and commented on them to help" filmmakers understand how the military worked, says Burnette. "We got a lot of goofy scripts!"
Enjoying life to a tee Burnette retired from the army in 2005 as a colonel. He now lives with his wife in Chapel Hill, N.C., on a property that has a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in its back yard. Burnette flies airplanes as a licensed commercial pilot, feeds his golf addiction (he plays, by his own admission, "terribly") and occasionally consults for biotechnology companies.
For a man who's worn many hats, he sounds wistful when talking about research, something he hasn't done since he left Amgen. "I had the best time when I worked at the bench, filling a pipette," he says. "I think that's when I was most effective."
Of the status of the Western blot today, he says, "I am happy to have done it and made a contribution to science that everybody uses. I could have never imagined that I would have my 15 minutes of fame last this long."
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A nanny who helped care for Anna Nicole Smith's newborn daughter testified Tuesday that she compiled a list of medications she found at the home in the Bahamas where the reality TV star -- who she said was heavily medicated at times -- spent the last few months of her life.
Nadine Alexie -- who was an aspiring pharmacy technician at the time -- told the Los Angeles Superior Court jury that she was worried "because of the way she (Smith) was getting sick.''
She said she wrote down the names of the medications so she could look through a reference book and consult with her teacher about the purposes of the drugs.
The testimony came during the sixth week of testimony in the trial of Smith's longtime companion, Howard K. Stern, her doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, and another physician, Khristine Eroshevich, who had lived next door to Smith in Studio City.
The three are accused of conspiring to prescribe, administer and dispense controlled substances to an addict from June 2004 until Feb. 8, 2007 -- the day Smith died from an accidental prescription drug overdose in a Florida hotel room at age 39.
Under questioning by Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose, the former nanny said there were times when she saw Smith heavily medicated.
"Did you ever see Anna Nicole Smith fall?'' the prosecutor asked Alexie, who worked for Smith between September and December 2006.
Alexie responded that she saw the model fall about four times.
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The nanny testified that the former Playboy Playmate was "really depressed'' after the death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel, and that Eroshevich -- who Smith referred to as "Mommy'' -- told her that Smith needed to be roused every four hours to take medication.
Smith said at points that she didn't feel like taking her medication, and was not heavily medicated when she had a media appearance or friends visiting from the United States, Alexie told jurors.
"She would be herself,'' the former nanny said, noting that Smith's language wouldn't be slurred and she wouldn't stumble.
Alexie told jurors that she stopped working for Smith after Stern told her that information had been leaking out and they wanted someone who would live at the house, and that she provided police in the Bahamas with the list of the medications after Smith's death.
Alexie's sister-in-law, Quethlie Alexie, who also worked for Smith, testified through a Creole interpreter that Stern and Eroshevich brought Smith to a bathroom so they could give her medication and that it was like she was drunk when she came out.
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Well I'm feeling like Jean Robert is going to see my review of Lavomatic and ban me from all of his restaurants - and we can't have that!!!! So to rectify - I'm going to have my second posting be about the amazingness that is Pigall's.
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The portions are great...and every course was perfect! I can't remember everything about it - but the main thing that stands out (and this is a few weeks later) - is the ravioli! It was the appetizer - simply amazing! I know I had some shrimp in there too somewhere.
Okay - this is a crappy blog - I'm realizing that - but really - just a plug for Pigall's. If you haven't made the time for the summer special - do it!
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3. I went to Oceanaire and their pre-theatre menu was $40 - less food and not near as good!
4. Closest thing to Daniel or Gordon Ramsey's The London that I've had in Cincinnati!
5. I'm using exclamation points cuz it was yummalicious!!!! Duh!!!!
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The Rams have announced that running back Steven Jackson will be active after watching him work in pregame warmups. Jackson did not practice all week because of a groin injury he suffered in the victory over the Redskins, leaving his status in serious doubt leading into the game against the Bears.
With Jackson active, the question will shift to how much of the workload he picks up. Rookie Daryl Richardson did a decent job filling in for him last week and Jackson is likely to see a reduced amount of playing time thanks to the groin problem this week.
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Just over a year ago I wrote a blog post explaining how to use git clone --reference to speed up git clones. That technique then went on to become a drush option (if $options['cache'] = TRUE and you're using git for drush downloads)
Well, I repent.
git clone --reference should not be used IMO unless you really really understand three things:
- You really need to speed up clones and other fetches.
- You know that the cache directory will never be destroyed (.drush/cache/git in the case of drush managing the caching)
- You will never copy your working directory some place it cannot reach the cache directory (like scp'ing it to a remote machine)
Unless you actually know #2 and #3, you can be really hurt. I know, I've done it to myself several times now.
When you use
git clone --reference, it doesn't actually copy git objects into your local repository; instead it references them in your "cache". So if somehow your cache directory is damaged (or deleted as I did again today) all your repositories are broken. I finally codified how to recover from this damage, so that will follow below.
First, here's what happens if you delete your cache directory:
$ git status
error: object directory /Users/rfay/.drush/cache/git/aes.git/objects does not exist; check .git/objects/info/alternates.
fatal: bad object HEAD
fatal: 'git status --porcelain' failed in submodule sites/all/modules/aes
Note that this is only the first error message. Every submodule will have this problem. What is happening is that .git/objects/info/alternates points to the cache directory.
I know of no way to recover from this (aside from re-cloning or otherwise rebuilding your working directory) unless you actually have access to the cache. In my case, I recovered the cache from backup (thank you Time Machine) and then learned how to remove the dependency on the cache. And of course, I'm going to turn git caching off in drush.
Detaching alternates (cached objects) from your git repositories
- Get the cache directory back where it belongs, from backup or whatever.
- For each repository
- git repack -a
- rm .git/objects/info/alternates
In a submodule situation, you can do this with an approach like this:
git repack -a
git submodule foreach git repack -a
find $(find . -name .git) -name alternates # Make sure this finds only the right files
find $(find . -name .git) -name alternates | xargs rm # Remove the alternates files
NOW when you have verified that all your repositories are free of the evil cache, you can remove the cache directory and turn off drush caching.
But please, if you're using drush and the package_handler git_drupalorg... turn
$options['cache'] = FALSE.
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Am I missing something, or is the --reference trick you showed earlier not really harmful, just incomplete? i.e. adding the `git repack -a -d` step, and removal of .git/objects/info/alternates, seems sufficient to make the cloned repo self-contained after its quick download. Worked very well for me. Passed `git fsck --full --strict`
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