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Mount Yale Climber's Log
KChiker - Aug 23, 2004 4:28 pmRoute Climbed: Denny Creek Date Climbed: July 25th 2003
Drove into the campsite from Kansas at 2am the night before. Trailhead by 8am the next morning. Good scramble near the summit. My first 14er.
kilimanjaro1 - Aug 7, 2004 12:10 amRoute Climbed: Southwest Slopes from Denny Creek TH Date Climbed: July 28, 2004
Left Colorado Springs at 3AM and got on the trail right at 6AM. Very nice day and great scenery. A bit of scrambling over and around a butress on the summit ridge made me be extremely cautious as I somehow lost the cairns and was just beelining it for the summit. On the summit I met two very nice Air Force Academy cadets and we hiked down to the trailhead together. We parted ways at the trailhead and then I finished up with some well deserved post climb "rehydration" at Coyote Cantina.
Ed F - Aug 2, 2004 8:25 amRoute Climbed: Denny Creek Date Climbed: August 1, 2004
A pretty easy hike and ridge scramble. Nice view from the top.
Saintgrizzly - Jul 27, 2004 6:11 pmRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 1, 1984
Climbed with Aaron Johnson, and some friends (not now remembered by name), in what has turned out to be one of the most memorable mountaineering days of my life. Check out the trip report--it's all there.
mtnhappy - Jul 26, 2004 2:30 pmRoute Climbed: Denny Creek Date Climbed: July 24, 2004
Beautiful hike, lots of wildflowers and not that cold. Camped alongside the road the night before because the Collegiate Peaks Campground was full around 11pm when we arrived (oops). The 6 of us got a late start at 6:45am and summated at 10:40am. Back at the TH at 1:30pm. It started raining & sleeting about a half hour before we got down. That first 1.25 mi went quickly, but the last 2 miles were rather long and slow. The last 500 feet in elevation of boulders was very adventurous. A great workout for an out-of-shape body!
coloradoiceclimber - Jul 25, 2004 8:30 pmRoute Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: July 25, 2004
Kara and I had a great time with our Samoyeds Yukon and Denali on their first 14er!! The dogs did awesome on the ridge and seemed like they were trying to prove that they were part mountain goat. We were back to the TH by 1:15 for a round trip time of just under 7 hours!
mpbro - Jul 16, 2004 12:40 pmRoute Climbed: East Ridge from Silver Creek TH Date Climbed: 15 July 2004
Nice, but strenuous hike up a beautiful, fairly airy ridge. Loose, ugly use trails fastidiously avoid every interesting obstacle along the ridge to keep the route class 2. If you like scrambling on solid rock, though, I recommend staying up on the ridge as much as possible. We downclimbed the ridge directly, and every major obstacle had a class 3 path.
Summit views were OK, but not as interesting as in the San Juans. The alpine wildflowers were fantastic between 12,500 and 13,500 feet, however.
Up in 3h40m, down in 2h45m, including some dawdling on both legs. Trail portion is fast; ridge is more tedious and slower. Started raining 5 minutes after we drove off.
Speedy - Jul 16, 2004 12:01 amRoute Climbed: Denny Gulch Date Climbed: 07/08/04
Camped in the night before, BIG swarms of mosquitoes! Don't forget the bug spray!! Had an enjoyable hike the next day. The trail is a little loose in spots; could probably use some work. There were some spots where the trail was really wide from people trying to go up the grass on the side to avoid the loose dirt. We met some nice people with a dog that we ended up doing most of the hike with. The flowers were pretty and we had nice views of other nearby 14ers.
Bryan W - Jul 13, 2004 12:13 pmRoute Climbed: Denny Creek Date Climbed: 7/8/04
Packed in about 50 minutes the day before. That got us to about 10,700' and just above the wood sign for the turn to Yale. Started early the next morning and followed a nice trail. From about 11,500' to 12,500' the trail was very loose at times. CFI will need to do something about this or else this route up Yale will be closed in a few years also. The final push to the ridge was a little steeper, but for the most part was on a good trail. From the ridge to the summit was a little different than I had thought. As it turned out, we boulder hopped from the saddle to just below the summit. No exposure and was a nice change of pace. Then the final 50' to the summit was an easy walk. I had thought that the boulder climbing was just below the summit and you had to pull yourself up. Not the case and all and all a great day.
Larry V - Jul 13, 2004 12:19 amRoute Climbed: southwest slopes, Denny Creek trailhead Date Climbed: October 1997
Second time to summit, same route both times. First time was 14 years earlier. Nice weather. Lovely fall hike.
mountainmota - Jun 15, 2004 7:23 pmRoute Climbed: Southwest Slopes Date Climbed: May 2003
Nice easy 14er!
DaveC - May 21, 2004 9:51 pmRoute Climbed: denny creek Date Climbed: 3/99, 2/00, and 5/01
failed 1st winter attempt (avalanche conditions), successfull 2nd winter attempt (crazy wind), and again with FW climbers corner.
Ryan Kowalski - Apr 19, 2004 4:50 pmRoute Climbed: Standard route (kind of) Date Climbed: May 24, 2003
Got a bit off route due to huge snowdrifts, but turned out to be a great snowclimb. Postholing on the way back was heinous.
RyanS - Apr 9, 2004 5:13 pmRoute Climbed: Delaney Gulch (standard) Date Climbed: June 10, 2002
We were really getting in shape at this point in the season during super-dry 2002, reaching Yale's summit in great time. From the top, we had a bird's-eye view of the freshly erupted Hayman Fire, which formed a towering plume to the east. A sobering sight.
sbkelley - Jan 25, 2004 2:09 amRoute Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: August 2002
This was actually my second time up. But I was helping at an aid station in North Cottonwood Creek during the now-deceased Nolan's 14 run...and maybe I shouldn't say this because the CMC might get on my @$$ for this (but I will anyways), so we followed the race course up the west ridge of Mount Yale - where there is no trail across the tundra and rockslopes to the summit. No storms - great day!
hhsilleck - Jan 10, 2004 6:58 pmRoute Climbed: SW ridge Date Climbed: June 2002
Fun, standard Sawatch 14er. Good first 14er.
Jim Clarke - Sep 25, 2003 10:34 amRoute Climbed: Southwest Slopes Route Date Climbed: September 24, 2003
Climbed Yale via Southwest Slopes Route under perfect fall conditions with the Aspens at their peak. Bluebird skies, little wind, no crowds, three hours to the summit. Fun scramble if you stay on the highest point/ridge to the top from the saddle. Nice peak hike.
big_g - Sep 12, 2003 9:53 pm Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2003Route Climbed: SW Ridge from Denny Creek Date Climbed: 12 Sep 2003
Summer to winter in a couple hours. I certainly didn't have the right gloves for this foray into the mountains. The wind was fierce! Just enough snow that the 2 people ahead of me turned back between 13,500-14,000 ft, but it is melting fast. Made this summit although I cancelled the rest of my trip.
dp - Aug 20, 2003 9:48 pmRoute Climbed: SW via Denny Creek trailhead Date Climbed: July 22,2002
My first summit in the Collegiate Peaks. Terrific climb, took the harder scramble to the summit to the left of the false summit(great fun, but did not exactly impress myself with my routefinding skills!). Very impressive false summit.
rob_runkle - Jul 30, 2003 7:14 pmRoute Climbed: Dennys Creek Trailhead Date Climbed: July 24, 2003
Great hike! Great class 3 potential at the top, along the ridge.


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The (Beginning of the) End of the Shameful U.S. Cotton Deal?
Heartening news from the Appropriations Committee yesterday: they voted to cut aid to farmers generally, and to make significant changes to an egregious cotton program. But first, some background. You'll recall the embarrassing deal made by the Obama administration last year to head off Brazil's right to impede American exports in retaliation for WTO-illegal cotton support. The United States is, in other words, now sending almost $150m worth of "technical assistance" and "capacity building" funds to Brazil, just so we can continue to subsidize American cotton growers without penalty (so much for U.S. promotion of the rule of law in international commercial relations). Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) tried to end that deal earlier this year, but to no avail. Big Ag's friends in Congress argued, unfortunately successfully, that any changes to the cotton bribes should be dealt with in the context of the 2012 Farm Bill, and by the agriculture committees (good luck with that).
But yesterday, the Appropriations Committee approved by voice vote an amendment from Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) to take the fiscal 2013 payment to Brazil from funds that would normally go to supporting U.S. cotton growers. According to an article [$] in the Congressional Quarterly, Rep. Flake argued that "American cotton growers should pay the bill since the United States was making the payment on their behalf." Well played, sir. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) filed an amendment that would send the FY2012 cotton payment to the Women's, Infants and Children nutrition program instead.
The Committee also voted to lower the income eligibility cap to $250,000 AGI.
The CQ article did contain this worrying footnote, however:
Support for the amendments may be tenuous — especially if lawmakers cannot hide behind the anonymity of a voice vote. After winning the voice vote in committee, Flake sought a roll call, prompting appropriators of both parties to suggest that he did not need the recorded vote. Flake took their advice and demurred.
Leglislators are usually shy about publicizing their positions only when they think it could get them in political hot water, so let's not uncork the champagne yet.


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The financial industry needs to invest in modernising IT infrastructure or risk losing out on customers and revenue, according to a report from UK trade association Intellect.
Following the launch of its Financial Infrastructure Programme yesterday, Intellect has claimed that the complexity of existing systems used throughout the financial sector are hindering the ability of companies to serve customers, and monitor their operations.
In a report published alongside the launch of the programme, Intellect said that the failure to modernise systems has had clear repercussions in recent years. The financial crisis highlighted the inability of banks to extract and analyse data relating to their exposures to risk, while the industry saw a number of high profile bank infrastructure failures last year, such as the RBS IT failure which affected a number of retail banks. RBS has since indicated that it would invest £80 million in updating its systems.
In addition Intellect said that the lack of clear oversight of operations has left companies open to fraud, such as the presence of rogue traders.
Many of these failings have been attributed to faults within legacy systems. Part of the problem is that UK financial sector infrastructure has been developed over 30-40 years, with new systems effectively 'bolted- on' to legacy infrastructure, creating layers of complexity. The report acknowledges that this is to an extent unavoidable, due to the importance of keeping systems online at all times.
In addition, the effects of mergers and acquisitions, such as that of Lloyds Banking Group's acquiring HBOS, has led to significant consolidation of IT systems from data centres to integrated platforms for retail banking, further exacerbating complexity.
However regulatory requirements in the financial industry could offer companies the opportunity to upgrade infrastructure, according to Keith Saxton, Chairman of Intellect's Financial Services Programme, with many organisations having to invest in infrastructure anyway.
Saxton commented: "The challenge for the banks is to see that changes being driven by regulatory mandates are an opportunity to improve their operations and infrastructure on a broader basis - as they will be changing them anyway - and render them more adaptable to a changing market.
"Those banks that act upon this will ultimately benefit from doing so," Saxton said. "Those that don't will ultimately risk losing business to competitors that are able to react in a timelier manner to the demands of their customers."
Ben Wilson, Associate Director for Financial Services Programmes at Intellect commented that UK banks are at a "major inflection point" with regulatory changes and market realignments taking place in the industry, meaning that old ways of working could see traditional big hitters facing a strong challenge from new market entrants.
One of the problems cited by Intellect and its members is a lack of funding outside of core operation infrastructure. It is estimated that 80 percent of bank technology budgets are spent on basic systems, aimed at essentially 'keeping the lights on'. This compares with only 4 percent invested in non-regulatory driven innovation, such as improving the way a bank operates, or customer experience.
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1. Conversation Heart Vodka – Craft and Cocktail by Leah Bergman
We kicked off the conversation with Conversation Heart Vodka(he, he)! This was my edible project, actually—as mentioned in the video, I make a lot of candy-infused spirits at home and this was something I experimented with using leftover Valentine's Day candy and really loved. You can find the original recipe on my personal blog,Food & Femininity, or just follow this simple ratio. Here's how you do it:
Separate 2 bags Conversation Heart candies by color (I like to use Brach's originals).
For each color, put 40 candies per 1 cup vodka in an airtight container. Shake until the color and flavor of the candies soak into the liquid. Strain and bottle immediately or let sit overnight—the longer it sits, the more colorful and flavorful the vodka will become.
Leah Bergman, graphic designer and founder of Freutcake, came up with the perfect way to package the candy-color cordials: She made Conversation Heart-inspired gift tags with an easy cocktail recipe on the back. Go to her blog, Freutcake, for the free printable template. All you need is construction paper, tissue paper and scissors — so adorable!
The cocktail, called "Cupid's Kiss," is the ultimate choice for a Valentine's Day toast (just look at the color)! Leah rimmed a martini glass with red and white sanding sugar, then shook the candy heart vodka and Rose Lillet in a cocktail shaker and topped it with bubbly champagne. Click here for her full recipe.
2. Easy Homemade Truffles – Packaging Ideas by Christina Hibbs
Next up, Susan Westmoreland — our brilliant Food Director — shared her super-simple truffle recipe. It's made entirely in the microwave and only uses 3 ingredients! She makes these every Valentine's Day with her son. Whip up a batch for the chocolate-lover in your life. Here's how:
Easy Chocolate Truffles
6 ounces chopped chocolate or 1 cup chocolate chips (milk, semisweet, bittersweet or dark)
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons butter
Put the chocolate, heavy cream and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 1 minute. Remove from the microwave (the chocolate will be partially melted) and stir until melted and smooth. Pour into a plastic wrap–lined loaf pan and freeze until firm, about 1 hour. Shape into truffles, then roll in assorted toppings, like cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, toasted cocoa, ground nuts, etc.
Bonus: Don't have time to roll truffles? Susan recommends greasing the inside of a large cookie cutter and pouring the melted truffle mixture directly inside of it on a lined baking sheet to make 1 large molded truffle. Freeze, then pop out the truffle and serve/wrap as desired.
Christina Hibbs, of Christina's Adventures, came up with 3 fabulous (and thrifty!) packaging idea for a box of Susan's homemade truffles using the all-purpose crafting essential: brown butchers' paper. She wrapped boxes, then embellished them with stamps, ribbon, lace, even a homemade lipstick smooch! There's more info on Christina's site, so click here for details.
3. Matchstick Pretzels – Packaging Idea by Kelly Rowe
Our resident craft-queen, Katie Holdefehr, was inspired by the matchstick's Kara Allen made for this fire truck birthday partyand gave the idea her own romantic twist for Valentine's Day gifting. As Katie mentioned in the video, you can either use candy melts or plain white-chocolate tinted with oil-based gel food coloring for the matchstick tips (the oil-based food dye is better for candy coloring than water-based). We like to use Wilton's Candy Melts, which are widely available from retailers like Amazon and Michael's. Get dipping! Here's how:
Matchstick Chocolate-Dipped Pretzels
Red or pink candy melts
1 small box thin chocolate pretzel sticks
Red or pink sanding sugar, if desired
Put the candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 10 to 20 second intervals, stirring between each, about 1 minute or until melted. Dip 1 end of each pretzel in the melted chocolate. Transfer to a sheet of wax or parchment paper and let sit at room temperature until the chocolate sets.
Katie use recycled matchboxes to complete the homemade package. First she lined the insides with tissue paper, then she wrapped the boxes with construction paper and glued on cutouts from paper doilies to decorate the finished product. Look a little closer, though! Katie stamped fire-themed messages inside of the box for a little something extra. Too darn cute!
Also super-cute were the vintage matchboxes craft blogger Kelly Rowe, of Live, Laugh, Rowe, demoed in the video.
Her trick for making new matchboxes gorgeous and slightly antiqued (as seen above) is to wrap them in craft paper and them rub the edges gently with some sanding paper to rough 'em up a bit. How brilliant is that!? Kelly has a full postabout how to make her DIY matchboxes on her blog, so click here and see how it's done.
4. Personalized Sharpie Coffee Mugs - Packaging Ideas by Kara Allen
Sharpie Permanent Markers posted this DIY coffee mug project, from Elsie Larson of A Beautiful Mess, and it went viral on Pinterest and other blogs! The method couldn't be easier: Use a Sharpie marker (any color) to decorate a mug with a pet name or other phrase, then bake at 350˚ for 30 minutes to set your design. You can buy them premade from online shops, like Smitten on Esty, or try your hand at them at home. Click here for Sharpie's official instructions.
Kara Allen from Kara's Party Ideas—an expert on all things packaging and a great online resource for party, craft and decorating supplies—provided us with a few different wrapper ideas for DIY mugs. She filled mugs with candy and nestled them in berry baskets for a fun, fresh twist on a gift bag—there are a few great screen shots in the video for you to look at. You can buy them at her online shop(and while you're at it, browse through some of the other packaging supplies for even more inspiration). Right now Kara's offering free shipping with the promotional code KARAS65 so get on it!
5. Homemade Chile-Spiked Vodka
We finished the video with one last boozy gift idea: Homemade chili vodka. If Conversation Heart Vodka is too sweet or girlie for your Valentine, this is a hot little alternate option.
Homemade Chile-Spiked Vodka
2 to 5 Thai chiles (depending on how spicy you like things)
1 cup Vodka
Poke the chiles with a pin, if desired, to make the vodka super spicy. Put the chiles and vodka in an airtight container (I used an 8.5 oz flask from the Container Store). Wrap as desired. To embellish the bottle, I used washi tape to make a geometric heart. Just cut out small squares tape and arrange in layers until you make the size/shape heart you'd like.
That wraps up our very first Google+ Hangout video. Hope to see you there next time and have a very happy Valentine's Day.
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Work is pretty intense right now.
My workouts are very intermittent. I lifted yesterday, I ran last Saturday, and that's it for the last week.
My commute is wearing on me.
I recently calculated that despite the hours I work for my start-up company, I'm only making 93% of the real income I was making when our previous President took office. I also get way fewer benefits and work in a company with way less stability, but I have way more work and responsibility, not to mention ten extra years of experience.
Other things are also wearing on me - things I'm not going to write about here.
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One of the new capabilities that will be available in our upcoming beta release of Adobe AIR 2 will allow developers to build applications that can detect the mounting and unmounting of mass storage devices. What is a mass storage device? Examples of such devices include USB flash drives, hard drives and certain models of MP3 players and cameras such as the popular Flip HD video cameras. Using these new API's, developers will be possible to build new classes of applications that were not possible in AIR 1. For example, it is now possible for a developer to build an applications that automatically synchronizes data between a local hard drive (or in the cloud) and a mass storage device.
Christian Cantrell, a member of the Adobe AIR team, posted an excellent blog post with code samples where he provides example code how these new API's will work. In addition, he also recorded a demo of an AIR 2 application he made available as open source called FileTile.


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Do 5 sets.\\n__Works: triceps, back, hips, butt, legs__ \\n \\n__Strength: \\"T\\" for Toned__\\n\\nPlace center of band underneath right foot; hold opposite end in left hand. Extend right arm above head; slowly extend left leg behind you, dropping chest until you create a line from fingertips to toes parallel to ground. Extend left arm behind you (as shown); bend elbow and repeat; do 20 reps. Repeat on opposite side.\\n\\n\\"To hold a move a little longer when my muscles burn, I'll think, Feel your body changing.\\"\\n__Works: abs, quads, calves__ \\n \\n__Cardio: Fast Feet__\\n\\nStand in front of stairs or a 6- to 8-inch step. Hop from foot to foot, tapping the ball of each foot alternately on top of the step (as shown). Feeling strong? Pump arms to increase the intensity. Continue for 2 minutes.\\n__Works: shoulders, triceps, abs__ \\n \\n__Core: Belly Blaster__\\n\\nAnchor a band about 3 feet off ground; lie faceup, grasping a handle in each hand. Bend knees over hips; extend arms upward. Crunch up, raising shoulders off ground; extend right leg while you lower arms to sides (as shown). Bring right knee back in as you raise arms back overhead; repeat on opposite side for 1 rep. Do 20 reps, then lower shoulders back to ground for a break, and repeat.\\n\\"Stacy is superstrong. During our shoot, she had no problem holding tough positions while we adjusted the camera or clothing. Plus, the girl eats! Lunch was more than a dinky salad.\\"\\n\\n *—Lida Moore Musso, senior style editor*\\n\\"Every time I do this workout, I feel strong and energized. It's therapy for my body and mind.\\"\\n\\n\\"I love the adrenaline rush exercising gives me—and the payoff isn't bad, either!\\"\\n\\n \\n__[June 13: Stacy's Trainer, Juliet Kaska, Hosts SELF's Facebook Page!](http://www.facebook.com/selfmagazine)__ \\n \\n__[More Celeb-Approved Workouts](/healthystars/2011/06/stars-favorite-workout-moves-slideshow)__


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Mayor Bob Filner, the City Council and San Diego's tourism industry reached agreement Thursday on how to spend $30 million annually in marketing dollars, representing a 180-degree reversal of a stalemate of just two days before.
"I think this is a good day for San Diego," Filner said. "We have all come together. We realize how much we all love San Diego, that we want the tourism industry to thrive and we know we need a marketing campaign."
The five-year agreement, which will need formal council approval in about two weeks, governs the city's Tourism Marketing District in how it spends funds generated from a 2 percent marketing charge to hotel guests.
Filner had refused to sign the original agreement reached in November and hoteliers sued him after they refused to agree to his terms. A judge upheld Filner but the council reiterated the original conditions in a veto-proof vote Tuesday.
In the end, both sides reached a compromise that Filner said will protect the taxpayers in case the tourist charge is struck down in court. Three lawsuits are outstanding that challenge the legality of the tax that critics believe should require voter approval. Filner also agrees with that view but in the meantime was trying to get the original agreement changed to reflect his priorities.
Filner had insisted on a salary cap on groups that receive the marketing funds, especially the San Diego Tourism Authority, formerly known as the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau. The final deal called for "transparency" in reporting the authority's salaries and those of other groups that receive funds, but no cap was instituted.
"It's part of the give and take with negotiations," Filner said after the vote.
Mayor Bob Filner statement, March 28, 2013, on Tourism Marketing District compromise
Other elements in the final agreement:
- The board will consider a request that at least 10 percent of the marketing charge in 2014 and 2015, about $3 million each year, will go to the upcoming centennial celebration of Balboa Park's 1915 Panama-California Exposition. Organizers will have to show that the investment will increase tourist visits. Filner had wanted a $6 million pledge and the industry had said it would consider more support but did not agree to a specific number.
- Call for at least 20 of the 25 largest hotels to indemnify the city against refunds to hotel guests if the marketing fee is overturned. The city would release only as much of the marketing funds to the TMD as is covered by such hotel agreements.
- Set a council hearing in the near future to study how hotel workers might be covered under the city's "living wage" ordinance. Filner had earlier sought to require higher wages to employees.
TMD Chairman Terry Brown, head of Atlas Hotels, endorsed the revisions as meeting the interests of both Filner and the industry.
"This is indeed a good day for all San Diegans, including the thousands of men and women who work in the tourism industry," he said in a statement following the vote. "It was a difficult process to get here, but the most important part is that an agreement was reached to avert any further damage to the economy.
Even though the funds will now be released, the planned $5.3 million spring and summer advertising campaign cannot be reinstated. However, the Tourism Authority is looking into reinstating a $3.2 million cooperative ad campaign with SeaWorld that would air in Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco.
Councilmanwoman Sherri Lightner called the agreement a "kumbaya" moment.
"This is so much nicer than Tuesday," she said, referring to the standoff that took place just two days earlier, when Filner accused council members of being unethical and threatened further legal action.
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, who had sparred with the mayor repeatedly in recent weeks, said the agreement "could have been reached in 20 minutes." He said his office will work out the legal language with the mayor, TMD representatives and the council.
But he received somewhat of a Filner peace offering in the form of a mayoral quip, "Yes, I love you Jan."
Councilman David Alvarez, who had been too sick Tuesday to vote then, received numerous accolades from his colleagues for spending Wednesday night and much of Thursday hammering out the final deal points.
"It wasn't a fight -- it was a disagreement," he said afterward, explaining that his reading of the competing proposals revealed enough common ground for a final compromise.
Staff writer Lori Weisberg also contributed to this story.


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HIGH POINT, N.C. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit for $465,000 and significant remedial relief against Henredon Furniture Industries, Inc. on behalf of African American employees who were subjected to a persistent racially hostile work environment at a furniture plant.
According to the EEOC, from approximately 1998 through January 2006, African American employees at Henredon's High Point manufacturing plant were subjected to racial slurs and name calling -- including the "N-word" -- as well as threats by hangman's nooses that were displayed at the plant. The suit alleged that the harassment occurred almost daily. Henredon Furniture, a subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, operated a furniture plant in High Point, N.C., until January 2006. Furniture Brands International is America's largest home furnishings manufacturer.
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In addition to the $465,000 in compensatory damages to be divided among the seven class members, the three year consent decree resolving the case (EEOC v. Henredon Furniture Industries Inc., Case No. 1:06CV00744, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina), includes injunctive relief enjoining Henredon Furniture from engaging in racial harassment or retaliation; requires anti-discrimination training; requires the posting of a notice about the settlement; and requires the company to report complaints of racial harassment to the EEOC for monitoring.
EEOC Charlotte District Director Reuben Daniels, Jr. said, "This settlement should remind employers of the potentially serious consequences of failing to take effective action to prevent and remedy racial harassment. It is in the best interest of all employers to create inclusive, discrimination-free work environments in accordance with the law."
Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the federal agency's Charlotte District, which oversees North Carolina, Virginia, and most of South Carolina, added: "The EEOC is committed to the elimination of racial discrimination in the workplace as evidenced by the prosecution and resolution of this case, in addition to many others nationwide. We will not hesitate to take action against companies that allow employees of any race to be subjected to ongoing harassment."
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Southington police recently arrested a student for possession of steroids at Southington High School and, in the age of technology and tweets, it didn't take long for the news to spread. Almost immediately questions, rumors, and fears began to surface. Are our kids safe? How big is the problem? How many are affected?
Southington Athletic Director Eric Swallow said that he feels it's an isolated incident and Southington is ahead of the curve when it comes to handling health concerns with their student-athletes. For years, Southington's coaches and school officials have been vigilant toward problems with weight gain and loss. Steroids are just one of the many health concerns that are a part of the school's training.
On the other hand, Swallow said that an incident like this creates a good chance to review our procedures.
"Whenever there is an incident, you have to look at yourself. We're always trying to do whatever we can to secure and maintain the safety and wellbeing of our student athletes," he said. "I think my coaching staff and I have a very good line of communication to make sure things are in place."
Problems with steroids, controlled substances, and performance enhancing drugs aren't new, and Connecticut is no stranger to these headlines. In 2005, a teacher at Daniel Hand found some Madison students in possession of pills in school, and her investigation led to six student-athletes being charged with steroid possession just one year after the football team won a state title.
Just last year, two men were arrested at a traffic light in West Hartford in what turned out to be the city's biggest steroid drug bust.
Linda McMahon was specifically named in a federal steroid investigation in 2007-2009, and she ran for senate twice in Connecticut.
"In our society, you don't have to go too far to see the abuse of performance enhancing drugs," said Swallow. "As an athletic director, I think you have to have an awareness of this and pay attention. We try to address it through education and our student athlete handbook and coaching manual. Every coach has a parent's meeting to review the parameters and policies that are in place at Southington High School, and the number one priority is student-athlete safety."
Swallow said that the school's punishment for steroid violations is in line with the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) handbook. Students found in possession or use are declared ineligible for any activities for at least one school year. In addition, the CIAC declares forfeits for any games or tournaments in which the offending athlete participated while under the influence of a performance enhancing substance and all records will be expunged.
Then there are the criminal issues. In Connecticut steroid possession can result in a jail sentence of up to one year or a fine of up to $1,000. Illegal sale of anabolic steroids is a felony that can lead to a jail term of up to seven years and a fine of up to $25,000.
Regardless of the penalties, steroid use continues to be a problem that persists, and the health issues are even greater for high school athletes. Alex Sabia is a Licensed Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC/L) and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from the University of Connecticut.
As a strength and conditioning coach and one of Southington High School's athletic trainers, Sabia works with a wide array of students across all disciplines, and he said that the person considering steroid use might not always be the obvious one.
"Unfortunately, steroids are as American as apple pie," he said. "People think that they need to do steroids to compete in the high school arena, and that's why I think it's usually those kids that aren't the hardcore athletes. They are more likely to use or abuse it because they want to get to that hard-core level. Unfortunately, there's so much misinformation that's been given out to young athletes, parents, and adults a bout what steroids, supplements, or any ergogenic aid is. The best


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The Boston Marathon bombing suspects may have been headed to Manhattan to "party" after the attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Surviving bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators that he and his alleged accomplice brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, were en route to the city Thursday night last week, Kelly told reporters Wednesday, NBC 4 New York reported.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was captured hiding in a tarp-covered boat in a suburban Boston backyard on Friday, could face the death penalty if convicted on terrorism charges. His older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died earlier Friday morning after authorities said the brothers hurled explosives during a firefight with police.
Kelly said that investigators believe, based on interviews with the younger brother, that the pair weren't coming to New York City for additional attacks, and were coming to celebrate, NBC 4 New York reported. Police said there was no threat to New York.
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The development came as Boylston Street — the site of last Monday's twin explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon — reopened for the first time, while Vice President Joe Biden joined thousands for a memorial at MIT to honor a campus police officer authorities said was killed by the marathon bombing suspects.
Pedestrians snapped photos on Boylston, where orange construction cones surrounded fresh cement at the site of the first bombing, NBC News reported.
"The people of Boston are strong like cement. Strong people. They get together when it's needed," said Robert Bibias, a city masonry worker who helped cement over the crime scene. "I'm proud, but in the meantime, I'm sad."
The Copley subway station that had been closed since the bombings also reopened Wednesday, while the main branch of the Boston Public Library was set to reopen later in the day. Some stores directly affected by the blasts were still boarded up.
More 4,000 mourners, meanwhile, attended a public memorial service Wednesday for Sean Collier, the 26-year-old MIT campus officer. Vice President Joe Biden, speaking to Collier's parents, said, "My heart goes out to you. I hope you find some solace in what's being said here about your son."
He condemned the bombing suspects as "two twisted, perverted, cowardly, knockoff jihadis."
As Boston remembered one of its victims, suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remained hospitalized at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in fair condition. If his condition continues to improve, he will be moved to a high-security jail while awaiting a trial that could be two years away, experts told NBC News.
"As soon as he is medically cleared, he'll be moved," said Steven Swensen, a former U.S. marshal who now runs a judicial security consulting firm. "This is a high-threat, high-profile situation."
For full U.S. news coverage, visit NBCNews.com.
In other developments:
— The Tsarnaev brothers' aunt said Wednesday that U.S. authorities told the family they could have Tamerlan's body, NBC News reported. Patimat Suleimanov also said a Boston mosque the family attended rebuffed a request by one of the suspects' uncles for a burial and funeral service.
— A spokesman for the state Office of Health and Human Services confirmed a Boston Herald report that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife and their toddler daughter, had received benefits. The state said Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar received welfare benefits as children through their parents while the family lived in Massachusetts. Neither was receiving benefits at the time of the bombing.
— Phantom Fireworks of Seabrook, N.H., said Tamerlan Tsarnaev bought 48 mortar shells at the store in February. Company Vice President William Weimer, however, said the amount of gunpowder that could be extracted from the fireworks would not have been enough for the Boston bombs.
— A lawyer for Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife, Katherine Tsarnaeva, said his client "is doing everything she can to assist with the investigation," although he would not say whether she had spoken with federal authorities. Another lawyer for Tsarnaeva said the 24-year-old deeply mourned the loss of innocent victims in the bombings.
— The Massachusetts state House turned aside a bid by several lawmakers to reinstate the death penalty in certain cases, including the murder of police officers. In a 119-38 vote, the House sent the proposal to a study committee rather than advance it to an up-or-down vote.
— In New Jersey, the sisters of the suspects, Ailina and Bella Tsarnaeva, issued a statement saying they were saddened to "see so many innocent people hurt after such a callous act." Later, in brief remarks to several news outlets, Ailina described her elder brother as a "kind and loving man." She said of both brothers: "I have no idea what got into them" and also that "at the end of the day no one knows the truth."
— A fund created to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks has generated $20 million. Mayor Thomas Menino said more than 50,000 donors from across the world have made donations to One Fund Boston.
— Martin Richard, an 8-year-old schoolboy from Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, the youngest of those killed by blasts near the marathon finish line, was laid to rest Tuesday after a family-only funeral Mass. "The outpouring of love and support over the last week has been tremendous," the family said in a statement. "This has been the most difficult week of our lives." The Richards family said they would hold a public memorial service for Martin in the coming weeks.


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my sewing machine stinks - i think i may have overworked it. i noticed the plastic-y, oily aroma when i stitched up this blanket:
i had already prepped the border material last week, but was thinking of getting nicer, more exciting fabric for the insert. today i realized that flannel wouldn't be on sale again before the baby comes, so i had better just make blankets with the material we've got!
so, i figured out a clever new way to cut the insert, by folding the fabric and measuring half the total i needed, making it easier to do on the dining room table (which is just under a yard across)! worked fine for the above, but i got dumb on the next one and mis-cut. so i had to make additional cuts to pretend it was an 'on-purpose' design thing and then patch the pieces together. hope it doesn't make your head spin!
speaking of head spinning, i'm getting away from the sewing machine. the smell only got worse with the second blanket and after i went downstairs and came back up it was even more noticeable. yuck!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
smelly sewing
my sewing machine stinks - i think i may have overworked it. i noticed the plastic-y, oily aroma when i stitched up this blanket:
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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yesterday and beyond
so i'm still here, still up to stuff - just haven't gotten around to posting. partly because most of what i've done has been rather unexciting. for instance, more wipes:
finished those last thursday i think. we should now have around 50 cloth wipes! hope they hold up!
i got some yarn on friday to start making 'fingerless gloves' - potentially to try to sell online... only, the hook i had was too small (so it took longer and hurt my hands to make them!). PLUS, in my excitement i managed to make one bigger than the other. not stitch-wise, just tension. *sigh* here they are anyhow - they were made to fit marc (well, one tighter than the other), so they may end up his anyway.
finished those grey longies with my new buttonhole foot (which i am still getting the hang of - it has no 'measuring device' like the newer ones i've seen, so i just have to watch carefully - plus the wool is super thick so i end up having to feed it through by hand a little, which can be tricky...
so i forged on and did another pair - but they don't look at all proportional. i was thinking of cutting the cuffs off and sewing them on higher, so they're more like shorts, but marc suggested i wait and see how they actually fit. good idea!
these actually came out the best of all, surprisingly! i wasn't going to make them initially because there were two holes in ones of the sleeves i had to patch which i thought would be a pain - but they ended up looking super cute! (and proportional!) hooray! success at last!!!
excited by my ability on the last pair, i tried one more! which also didn't turn out too well.... and i don't even think they would ever be big enough! i'm leaving them as is & we shall see
marc got inspired by all my sweater pants and made a sweater diaper cover too! i had to share! (his also needed a little patch!)
and lastly, here's a little duckling i knitted from a library book 'knitted animals' - i may have to get my own copy, it's adorable.
i have 2 more potential sweater pants to make that perhaps i will attempt today... or i will kick back on the couch and knit!!! wish me luck!
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
i got this yarn for the 'accent' on the papoose (see previous post), and still had a ton left over. colorgrown organic cotton -> crocheted into baby hat! it's got to fit at some point, right?
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flannel blanket
i ironed, measured, cut, measured - pinned & ironed seams, cut, and sewed the starry fabric yesterday. so, today i just had to iron, measure, cut, insert the yellow flannel and sew it all together. voila!
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
a few more finished....nearly
i started this papoose way back in the summer and finally measured, realized it was twice the size of the pattern, adapted, and sewed it up! still need to tuck in a few yarn ends... but i will do that right now!
yesterday while marc went out and got us groceries i finished potato prints on the 0-3 m white onesies & shirts we had left. i'm so pleased with the way my otter design turned out! hee hee!
p.s. i found that if you click on the photos, a bigger one will open - so if you'd like a closer look at something, you can just click on the photo!
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
baby crafting
ta-da! just wanted to share some of the things i've made so far. a few of these things i made months ago, more bit by bit, and a great many have come together just recently. i'm excited to show them all off, and excited to do more!
we got white knit from the bins and serged up ~ 2 dozen of these wipes. i've cut ~ 2 dozen more that need to be serged - if i could only thread the serger! i made the hat from the shirt sleeves of our sources & have more sleeves too!
here are some double-sided blankets and a few burp cloths i've made, inspired by another crafter at etsy. the red blanket is pretty big, but the others are quite small (i didn't get enough fabric the first go round). however, i do have a big stack of flannel waiting to become more big blankets.
i'd been planning on carving and printing ala linoleum - only with styrofoam - but hadn't gotten around to it when i got this inspiration from martha stewart - potato prints! i may do more of these, if i can come up with ideas. the animals are my favorites.
these booties are all the same pattern that assures me they will 'stay put', and i thought they had a chance with the drawstring. plus they were easy!
these green booties are another pattern that also insists it will stay on wiggly feet, but i made one bootie in sept., and the other in dec., and they are completely different from one another. heh. the blue ones are yet another pattern, and i made up matching mitts and a hat! there's another hat there too that probably won't fit til next year!
these are some "longies" i've made from recycled wool sweaters! the green ones have a little orange moon patch because there was a hole in the sweater & they have an elastic waistband. the blue ones have a drawstring (made by my handy new embellish-knit machine!), and i am just waiting on a buttonhole foot for my sewing machine to finish the grey ones...
whew! i had better get back to work!
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Biased Bias
When the world wants information on the Coptic Orthodox Church, or the Syric Orthodox Church, or the Indian Orthodox Church, or the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, or the Armenian Orthodox Church, or the Assyrian Orthodox Church, or the Sudanese Orthodox Church, they will NOT be looking for Chalcedonian bias.
To say all the world is looking for Chalcedonian bias when searching for Orthodoxy, is very biased indeed.
The publication Theandros has been linked on OW by one of the OW editors to the Nebraska Eparchy. (Theandros itself says it is independent of any jurisdiction.) The self-proclaimed "Orthodox", of which Nebraska Eparchy seems to be an example, have never had any historical connection with world Orthodoxy. They are quite different from the Pre-Ephesian Orthodox, the Pre-Chalcedonian Orthodox, and the Chalcedonian Orthodox.
If the policy is to exclude the self-proclaimed, then that should be quite different from excluding the Pre-Ephesian or the Pre-Chalcedonian.
Perhaps the policy could be clarified and the self-proclaimed distinguished from historical Orthodoxy.
Hopefully the anti-pre-chalcedonian bias also can be removed or at least substantially toned down.
If the anti-pre-chalcedonian bias cannot be removed, then obviously there is a need for a WorldOrthodoxWiki which does not have this bias.
chrisg 2006-05-31-1253
- For the reader: the Theandros link to Nebraska Eparchy is discussed on Themistocles (Adamopoulo), the page on which the link is made. Also, afaik, there is no intention to outright exclude.
- Regarding independant groupings - If an article on the Nebraska Eparchy was created, and have the independant template placed on it, then this would be (as far as I can see, anyway) a welcome addition to OW. However, it is standard practise to have the independant template even on user pages of those who edit on OW but are part of (or lead) an independant group (example). This, however, is specific to the independant groups.
- There are a lot of pages on Oriental Orthodox including the church bodies, dogmatic positions and whole articles by Oriental Orthodox personalities. No special attempt is made to censor these, and the main difference is having the Oriental template, saying that it may be different to Eastern Orthodox understanding. — Pιsτévο, at 23:32, May 30, 2006 (CDT)
The Project Page says this.
- Additionally, the administration feels that the bias is warranted along what might be termed "definitional usage" lines—that is, the rest of the world, when looking for information about Orthodoxy, tends to think definitionally in MCB terms. That is, it would probably look for an article on the Church of Russia (i.e., the Moscow Patriarchate) rather than one on the so-called Suzdalites when searching for "Russian Orthodoxy." Thus, the MCB helps prevent confusion.
I think it is incorrect to say "the rest of the world, when looking for information about Orthodoxy, tends to think definitionally in MCB terms."
That is defining the term in terms of itself. And the term itself a priori is biased. It is illogical. It is also unhelpful for the recovery of lost sheep.
The simplest thing, is to use the term Eastern Orthodox when talking about Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox when talking about Oriental Orthodox, and to use the term Orthodox when talking about both Eastern and Oriental Orthodox.
Most educated non-biased non-Orthodox interested in Orthodoxy as a form of Christianity, are interested in both Eastern and Oriental Orthodox. So in that case, current OW policy is either to perpetuate confusion and bias, or else to promote one variety over another. That is most inappropriate for a non-confessional encyclopaedia.
However, if OW intends to be a confessional encyclopaedia, let it widely announce it, so no-one is deceived.
chrisg 2006-05-31-1613 EAST
- Least important first: pedantically, fwiw, to say that the term defines itself in terms of itself is incorrect - that would be 'MCB includes those who are Mainstream Chalcedonians'.
- The entire rest of the world doesn't necessarily think in MCB? Very likely; in Ethiopia or parts of India, for example. However, this being an English wiki, with an American bias in names and categories and other official things, there is little question that MCB is the standard in the English-speaking word: The use of the word 'Orthodox', done mainly to avoid the unfortunate cultural associations of Greek or Eastern, is overwhelmingly towards the "Easterns". This differentiation that you put forward also discounts the Western Orthodox, as well as for those who cannot stand any cultural inference (ie that one must be *ethnicity* to be Orthodox). IMHO, most educated, non-biased (and therefore hypothetical) non-Orthodox have no problem in differentiating between Eastern and Oriental.
- And, OW was always intended to be a confessional encyclopedia; otherwise Wikipedia, being larger and having more members, is doing a far better job.
- However, I think that all this is about expressions of a fundamental difference in belief - that the Eastern Orthodox and the Oriental Orthodox are the one Church. This view is not shared by most, best exemplified in the fact that there is no intercommunion (even of laity), except in (large parts of?) the Church of Antioch, something done for, iirc, pastoral reasons. — Pιsτévο, at 04:09, May 31, 2006 (CDT); edited at 4:26 (CDT)
My firend, if you or anyone else wants to think the Orthodox Churches, Chalcedonian and Pre-Chalcedonian are the One Church, then I respect your right to hold that opinion. I personally don't hold to that belief and do not know anyone in the Antiochian or Alexandrian Patriarchates who do. However, both the Alexandrian and Antiochian Patriarchates, perhaps because they do not live in homogeneous monoethnic Orthodox-majority nations, feel it necessary to get on with their neighbours. That is why the Greek Orthodox Patrriarchate of Alexandria decided to recognise the validity of marriages performed in the Coptic Church, among other things. [1]
If you feel that means the Greek Orthodox are in communion with the Coptic Church, then I will respect your right to hold that opinion. Personally I think it simply indicates a desire by the Greek Orthodox to overcome the divisions in Christ's Church caused by political machinations in the distant past and perpetuated over the centuries by ignorance and ethnic intolerance.
I know the Coptics believe in the Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and I understand the Alexandrian Greeks do too. If you do, may I wish you a happy Ascension today, and for ever, and to the eons of eons.
chrisg 2006-05-31-2017 EAST


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