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17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Monday, June 3, 1912: I am trying to remodel a skirt which was once the property of the benevolent Ruthie. I'll know whether I'll wear it or not after it's finished.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
Sounds like a bit of sarcasm. Grandma seems uncertain whether she appreciates her sister Ruth handing a skirt down to her.
I wonder why the skirt needed to be remodeled. Had styles changed? Was Grandma a different size than her sister?
It's interesting that Grandma persevered, yet felt uncertain about whether she'd be happy with the remodeled skirt . Was she a pessimist? . . . pragmatic? . . .
When I was young I often made outfits that I didn't like after I'd completed them. But every time I started a new outfit I thought that it would turn out better than my previous efforts. If I hadn't been an optimist, I don't think that I could have worked on the sewing project.


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• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
The United Nations aid chief has called for a pause in fighting in Libya to provide a window of time to address dire supply shortages.
The shortages, which could soon create a humanitarian crisis, are partly a result of sanctions that have disrupted the country's supply lines as well as "paralyzing" fighting, said Valerie Amos, the UN aid chief. Libya's food supply will only last a couple more months, BBC reports.
Meanwhile, NATO bombed Tripoli Tuesday morning in its heaviest air campaign against the capital city in weeks. The strikes hit at least four sites in Tripoli, possibly including the compound where the family of leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi lives, according to the Associated Press.
One of the buildings hit was used by the military intelligence agency, according to local residents, and another was used by parliament members as a research library.
Action has also escalated in the country's rebel-held east, where fighting has been stalled for several weeks. Rebels have unsuccessfully attempted to push on from outside Ajdabiya to Brega, a town slightly farther west. On Monday, there were reports of fighting outside Ajdabiya. Rebels withdrew from the front line later that day on NATO's orders because NATO was planning to stage airstrikes on Colonel Qaddafi's forces, according to the AP.
A skirmish south of Ajdabiya during the weekend and relative quiet in the east has rebels worried that Qaddafi's troops are moving south now, only to surprise rebels from the east again later near the Egyptian border, Reuters reports.
Amid accusations that NATO has allowed Libya's conflict to stall, NATO Sec. Gen. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance was "making progress" and that it had eliminated much of Qadaffi's military power. But he told CNN "it's hard to imagine an end to the violence as long as Qaddafi remains in power."
General Rasmussen said Qaddafi and his regime "have no future," although NATO still insists that the goal of the NATO operation in Libya is not regime change.
The stalemate is at least partially a result of mismatched technological capabilities. The use of NATO planes has "created a tactical stalemate: The rebels have inadequate ground capabilities but can count on some of the planet's most technologically advanced air weapons systems, while Qaddafi's men boast superior ground troops but have no air resources," the Los Angeles Times notes.
Ms. Amos told the UN Security Council that eastern Libya has only about two months left of food, medicine, and other crucial commodities and western Libya has only three month's worth, CNN reported. Desalination plants may soon run out of the fuel.
The siege on the port city of Misratah in western Libya has been at the center of supply concerns, Amos said. The fighting has prevented aid ships from docking in the city, and at least 150 Libyans are waiting to be evacuated.
The AP reported that an aid ship carrying medical supplies and baby food was able to dock on Monday in Misratah's port, the first since Wednesday, although shelling on certain parts of the city continued Monday. The ship that docked Wednesday was fired on with rockets. A rocket attack Saturday set fire to the city's main fuel depot, a key supply point for vehicles, ships, and generators.
"We are in dire need for humanitarian and medical supplies. We also need arms and ammunition for self-defense," said one Misratah resident. "We have no way to get this as long as the port is not secure."

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Canucks extend home-ice playoff losing streak in 3-1 series-opening setback to Sharks
San Jose scores two third-period goals to grab 1-0 first-round series lead as Vancouver drops fifth straight post-season game at Rogers Arena
Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo (facemask up), teammates and coaches look dejected as they drop the first game of their NHL Western Conference quarter-final series by a 3-1 score to the visiting San Jose Sharks at Rogers Arena on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.
Photograph by: Mark van Manen, PNG
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks seem to have a case of home-ice disadvantage in the playoffs.
Wednesday night's 3-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks in their best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final series opener was the Canucks' fifth straight playoff loss on home ice.
That streak needs to end now if Vancouver is to survive this series and make any kind of post-season run.
"That doesn't matter," defenceman Kevin Bieksa said in a quiet Vancouver dressing room after the game. "It's one straight (loss) in the playoffs. We have one more chance next game to get a split on home ice. That's what we concentrate on. We're a good team on home ice and we are going to use that to our advantage in our next game."
Game 2 of the series goes Friday night at Rogers Arena and the Canucks will be under immense pressure to gain a split before the series shifts to San Jose for Games 3 and 4.
Defenceman Dan Boyle scored the winner at 9:17 of the third period. His goal came after Joe Pavelski had lobbed a soft backhand shot at the Vancouver net. Goalie Roberto Luongo made the save, but Tommy Wingels dug the puck out of the crease and fed it to a pinching Boyle, who had a wide open net to shoot at.
"It was a close game," said Luongo, who was something of a surprise starter when Cory Schneider was unable to go. "They got a bit of a break there on the second goal. I got sandwiched between two guys in the crease and I couldn't get loose there.
"I'm not quite sure what happened when the puck squirted out, but they were able to bury it in the net. It's going to be that type of series where it's going to be tight-checking, physical games and we're going to have to find way to get bounces."
The game was an intense one, with lots of hitting and plenty of emotion. The Sharks had the better of the play most of the night, but the Canucks did out-hit San Jose 40-26 on the night.
Patrick Marleau scored an insurance goal at 14:37 of the third period to give the Sharks a two-goal cushion. Logan Couture found him in front of the net and Marleau shot's may have bounced off the skate of Vancouver defenceman Dan Hamhuis before sliding past Luongo.
"We weren't that far off but I think everything has to be five times better: puck movement, execution, battle level and bearing down when we get the chances," said captain Henrik Sedin. "It's going to be a tight series. We didn't give up a whole lot of chances."
Bieksa got credit for the goal that gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead at 12:26 of the second period. Bieksa's point shot was stopped, but the rebound led to a wild scramble in front of San Jose goalie Antti Niemi. It appeared San Jose winger Raffi Torres put the puck into his own net. Jannik Hansen was initially credited with the goal.
"It's playoffs and it's going to get dirty," Hansen said in an interview between periods. "You have to get in there of you want to score goals."
The Vancouver lead lasted just four minutes. Shortly after Vancouver winger Zack Kassian took a careless roughing minor on Couture, the Sharks centre took a feed from Boyle and snapped a wrist shot from the slot past Luongo.
Luongo said before the game that he hoped he'd get some early action to get himself into the game. He got his wish. The Sharks were all over the Canucks for much of what was a scoreless first period.
They outshot Vancouver 15-9 and Luongo made a number of huge saves, none bigger than when he slid across his crease and got his right pad on a Martin Havlat shot off a rebound on an early San Jose power play.
"I felt pretty good in the first, it gave me a good rhythm for the rest of the game," Luongo said. "But when you are on the losing end you always want to find a way to do more."
Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault knows his team has to find a way to generate more offence in Game 2.
"They didn't generate a lot in the third, but they capitalized on one puck that we were trying to find in front of our net and the other one just went past Dan Hamhuis's stick and sort of dribbled on there," Vigneault said.
"It's not like we got shelled in the third. That being said, the only goal we scored, they pushed in their net so we have to find a way to be better and that's what we're going to work on here in the next 24 hours."
ICE CHIPS: The Sharks lost Havlat to an undisclosed injury in the first period … Steve Pinizzotto, Tom Sestito, Cam Barker, Keith Ballard and Derek Joslin were Vancouver's healthy scratches … The Canucks announced their 423rd straight sellout Wednesday night.
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Wolves Cruise Past Spurs, 110-91
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ricky Rubio scored 23 points and Gorgui Dieng had 12 points and 15 rebounds, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 110-91 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.
Kevin Love had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Corey Brewer scored 14 points and the Timberwolves, who have beaten Miami and San Antonio in two of their last three games.
Kawhi Leonard had 11 points and six rebounds for the Spurs, who were playing without Tony Parker and have now lost two of three following a 19-game winning streak. Parker has a back injury, but coach Gregg Popovich said before the game he didn't believe it was that serious.


text: SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION Minutes of the regular meeting of Thursday, March 04, 2003. (As approved amended April 01, 2003) The San Francisco Public Library Commission held a regular meeting on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. President Higueras called the meeting to order at 4:04PM. The following members were noted present: Commissioners Coulter, Higueras, Streets and Strobin. Commissioners Bautista, Chin, and Steiman were excused attendance. Agenda Items: (President Higueras announced a reordering of the meeting agenda, list below has been re-ordered.) 1. APPROVAL OF THE February 4, 2003 MINUTES 2. LIBRARY 2003/04 BUDGET REPORT 3. 2003/04 BUDGET 4. COLLECTION RECOVERY PROGRAM 5. MAIN LIBRARY PLAQUES 6. STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE 7. PUBLIC COMMENT 8. ADJOURNMENT 9. APPENDIX AGENDA ITEM #1 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE February 04, 2003 COMMISSION MEETING Public comment: Anonymous member of the public found these Minutes eviscerated of meaning citing a page 7 public comment that this person felt contradicted their expression of regret concerning the staff explanation of reasons for eliminating the Easter closure of the Library and a page 11 discussion of the rationale for the Collection Recovery Program lacking any valid comparisons. Mr. Peter Warfield commented that the Minutes would be improved by a more detailed discussion of the Page issue, noting that he would prefer his page 3 comment on to emphasize that Pages were "vitally " important. Regarding the discussion of the Collection Recovery Program, Mr. Warfield criticized the use of Unique Management and questioned whether or not there would be impact on users' credit rating. Mr. Warfield additionally noted concerns about user privacy resulting from the Library's use of time-out software. Commission discussion: President Higueras suggested that the anonymous member of the public's comments concerning the revision of the Holiday Closure Policy be amended to reflect their intent more clearly. Motion: by Commissioner Streets, seconded by Commissioner Coulter for approval of the Minutes of February 4, 2003 as amended. Action: AYE 4-0 (Coulter, Higueras, Streets, and Strobin) President Higueras announced a reordering of the meeting agenda moving Agenda Item #2 to 7th, Item #3 to 6th, Item #4 to 2nd, Item #5 to 3rd, Item #6 to 4th, and Item #7 to 5th, and the remaining items in their posted order. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #4 LIBRARY 2003/04 BUDGET REPORT (Taken up 2nd) Library Finance Director George Nichols provided the Commissioners with a detailed overview (copy attached of the Library's proposed 2003/04 Budget. Mr. Nichols reported that the Budget was balanced as adopted and called the Commissioners' attention to a correction to line item #57 in the contingency plan as being a Library technician I rather than a Library Technician II. Mr. Nichols then discussed the underlying fiscal crisis that resulted in new Budget Instructions from the Mayor requiring preparation and adoption of an additional 5% contingency reduction plan by all City departments and outlined the proposed additional 5% contingency reduction plan proposed by staff. The Library's Finance Director noted that these plans did not eliminate services or programs but did reduce positions and discussed what these would be. The Finance Director concluded his presentation noting that these contingency plans would only go into effect in the worst case scenario. Public comment: An anonymous member of the public pointed out that other City Departments faced the reality of actually making budget cuts and wondered how the interplay of revenues deriving from property taxes and General Fund sources could impact the Library in specific ways. This person suggested such a breakout report would be instructive and useful. Mr. Peter Warfield expressed disappointment that reductions in the book budget remained in the contingency plans but was glad they were not at the top of the list. Mr. Warfield additionally expressed disappointment that books and more open hours were not given greater priority in budget plans and questioned if the elimination of the Chief of IRMO position might not impact acquisition of materials. Ms. Deetje Boler noted a broader perspective on the Budget issues noting that the diversion of tax dollars to war resulted in budget cuts. She expressed concern that the budget problems would impact the retention of older books in the collection and limit ability to replace older books. Commission discussion: In response to a query by Commissioner Coulter, Mr. Nichols outlined steps taken by staff to minimize the likelihood of any reduction in the book budget. The City Librarian reported that staff had carefully considered the proposed reductions and that book budget reductions were far down on the list of things to be cut. Ms. Hildreth clarified that the proposed cut of the Chief of IRMO position resulted from its soon becoming vacant with the retirement of the current Chief, Roberto Esteves. Mr. Nichols noted that, while hopefully never implemented, this process was not just an empty exercise but provided library staff with an opportunity to understand and evaluate how to minimize public service and operational impacts, and preserve the book budget in difficult budget environment. The Finance Director noted that the proposal struck a reasoned balance and that any proposed book budget cuts were far down on the list. Commissioner Coulter emphasized his concerns with the Library's vulnerability to criticism about reductions in book budgets and expressed concern with the impact of reductions in personnel. The City Librarian noted that any reduction in the book budget was 46th on a 73 item proposed reduction list. Commissioner Coulter suggested making it last as a statement of values. In answer to a question by President Higueras, Mr. Nichols suggested that the full impact of the ongoing budget crisis might not be fully clear until September. The City Librarian reported that, when the amount of the overall City Budget shortfall becomes known, then the Library could be asked to implement the already prioritized reductions to meet an identified number. She reiterated that it was unknown when or if any of these reductions might have to be made but that a clearer picture should emerge by May. In response to a question by Commissioner Streets, the City Librarian indicated that some of the positions on the contingency reduction list were filled and some were not. Commissioner Coulter expressed regret that the Library would be losing the talents of Mr. Esteves, who had contributed so significantly during his decades of outstanding service, upon his retirement. Ms. Hildreth informed President Higueras that Mr. Esteves would retire on June 30th. Motion: by Commissioner Coulter, seconded by Commissioner Streets for approval of the additional 5% contingency reduction plan for the 2003/04 Library Budget as revised with book budget reductions last on the list. Action: AYE 4-0 (Coulter, Higueras, Streets, and Strobin) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #5 2003/04 BUDGET (taken up 3rd) Mr. George Nichols presented the Commissioners a report (copy attached) outlining proposed augmentations to the Library's 2003/04 Budget that he identified as being much more likely to occur than the contingency reduction plan that the Commissioners had previously approved. The Library's Finance Director discussed favorable recent revenue reports prepared by the Office of the Controller that indicated that any shortfalls in City General Fund based Prop. E (Library Preservation Fund) monies were being offset by increases in revenues deriving from property taxes. Mr. Nichols called attention to a net revenue gain of $168,000 over previous estimates combined with reductions in anticipated substitution and step adjustment costs had resulted in a $1.393 million increase over the baseline budget. Mr. Nichols additionally noted that given the economic climate salary increases were unlikely in the next year and that these facts taken together encouraged staff to recommend that the Commission approve budget change augmentations to the proposed budget. The Library Finance Director's recommended argumentations were: 1st making the already benefited Library Pages permanent: 2nd, adding $26, 000 to the Book Budget for a total $5.688 Book Budget; 3rd, a short list of BCP (budget change proposals) described in attachment C; 4th, shifting identified costs from the Library's Budget Reserve to the operating budget in order to increase the funds in the reserve to $2.3 million against future needs. Mr. Nichols called attention to funds included in the proposed changes to fund start up of the Collection Recovery Program and reiterated the details of his four proposed budget augmentations. Public comment: An anonymous member of the public noted that funds for video monitors for use by the Commissioners were included in the budget and pointed out that the book budget paid for a wide variety of materials rather than just for books. This individual additionally noted that that the cost of books increased each year, wondered as to how the book budget was broken down, and urged that expenditures be prioritized to reflect what needs to be done in a very complex budget. Mr. Ed Regan found the report well done but requested a clarification of the amounts of spending on books requesting total dollar figures for fiction, non-fiction, and encyclopedias. Mr. Peter Warfield thanked Commissioner Coulter for his comment on books, but found the proposed book budget puny in the overall Library Budget. Mr. Warfield suggested that other items included were not a priority. Mr. Warfield additionally decried the choice of Unique Management and the Collection Recovery Program as a mistake. Ms. Sue Cauthen, member of the Council for Neighborhood Libraries, also commended Commission Coulter's comments on books, noted that the public wanted more books, that technology was also important, and urged that expenditures be 2/3 on books and 1/3 on other materials. Ms. Deetje Boler concurred with previous speakers concerning more expenditures for books and called attention to a number of technology related items such as additional self-check out machines, security systems, media display support and a digital camera that she felt were not as high a priority. Ms. Boler noted that in some cases these items replace services provided by staff and opposed any substitution of automation for services by library employees. Commission discussion: In response to questions by Commissioner Coulter, Ms. Hildreth discussed ongoing efforts to work with the City's Department of Human Resources (DHR) to expedite shifting the benefited Pages to permanent status. The City Librarian noted that the Union was still seeking additional changes that would grant all of the Pages permanent status. The City Librarian next discussed the public service benefits provided by the ever improving self-check out machines and pointed out that many library users preferred to check out their own materials. Additionally, she noted that the machines facilitated increased circulation with additional staff. Roberto Esteves, Chief of IRMO then briefly outlined proposed improvements in Staff net that would improve its usability and reduce library staff's need to replace outdated paper materials. In answer to a question by Commissioner Streets, Mr. Nichols outlined the benefits of shifting some expenditures from the Library's Budget Reserve to the Operating Budget. Motion: by Commissioner Strobin, seconded by Commissioner Coulter for approval of the budget change augmentations for the 2003/04 Library Budget as proposed. Action: AYE 4-0 (Coulter, Higueras, Streets, and Strobin) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #6 COLLECTION RECOVERY PROGRAM (taken up 4th) City Librarian Susan Hildreth presented a detailed report on the proposed Collection Recovery Program (copy attached) including copies of letters of reference from other libraries that had used Unique Management to improve their materials recovery efforts as requested by Commissioners. It was noted there were no negative reports from any library that had used this collection recovery program and that significantly improved levels of materials return were reported by all users. Ms. Hildreth called the Commission's attention to the approximately $600,000 in materials lost by the Library each year and recommended that the Commission act to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve the Library charging a $10 fee to fund the cost of the collection recovery program. She then introduced Roberto Esteves, Chief of IRMO, who discussed the critical importance of getting materials returned and keeping the library's books and materials in circulation. Mr. Esteves highlighted the positive experience of other libraries in using the Unique Management collection recovery program and clarified that the library did not collect social security numbers, the principal means used to report delinquency to a credit reporting agency. Public comment: An anonymous member of the public disagreed with Mr. Esteves comments and suggested that while this person may have sympathy for the need to get materials returned this proposal would disportionately impact the poorest of the Library's sers for what this person saw as very little benefit. Mr. Ed Regan expressed mixed emotions concerning this proposal noting that it was important to get materials back and inquired regarding the losses of books by category of fiction and non-fiction. Mr. Regan asked if these lost items were being checked out or just being taken. Mr. Regan also inquired if the age of the persons taking materials and not returning them was known. Mr. Peter Warfield expressed concern at the loss of books but was disappointed that other alternatives were not being considered. Ms. Deetje Boler echoed the concern about the loss of books but reminded the Commissioners that the Board of Supervisors had previously rejected use of a consumer model for the library. Ms. Boler expressed the hope that shame at keeping overdue materials would encourage their return and recommended other ways be considered to solve the problem. Ms. Boler also requested information on materials checked out and not returned and those taken. Commission discussion: In response to a query by President Higueras, the City Librarian noted that children were not charged fines and that if materials were not returned their parents were contacted. In answer to questions by Commissioner Coulter, Mr. Esteves recounted some of the many positive experiences other libraries had since implementing collection recovery programs using this model. Ms. Hildreth concurred that the recovery of materials rather than generating money was the primary purpose of creating such a program and noted that the Tax Collector was legally empowered to go after those not returning materials if the Library did not institute a program to do so. In response to additional questions by Commissioner Coulter concerned at the magnitude of an annual $600,000 in materials lost to the collection, the City Librarian discussed tracking materials checked out and not returned or just missing from collections, noting that there was a combination of non-return and theft occurring. She also noted that losses from branch collections varied. Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood pointed out that only 13 of 26 branches had theft detection systems. Commission Streets expressed support for the program and wondered what could be done to convince the Supervisors of its necessity; suggesting that the Tax Collector's assistance be sought to gain the program's approval. Ms. Hildreth noted that all City Departments were being exhorted to take every possible step to preserve City assets in view of the ongoing budget problems. Motion: by Commissioner Streets, seconded Commissioner Strobin to recommend to the Board of Supervisors approval of a $10 fee to fund a collection recovery program. Action: AYE 4-0 (Coulter, Higueras, Streets, and Strobin) President Higueras called a brief recess at 5:59PM The Commission returned to session at 6:08PM . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #5 MAIN LIBRARY PLAQUES (taken up 5th) Commissioner Coulter presented a brief report (copy attached) outlining the background of his proposal for a "Wall of Library Heroes" at the Larkin Street entry to the Main Library to honor citizen activists' dedication, civic spirit, and hard work that had sustained and supported San Francisco's public libraries during the past 50 years, calling particular attention to the work of the 3 M's, Marjorie Stern, Mary Louise Stong, and Margaret "Mig" Mayer. Commissioner Coulter suggested that Carlotta del Portillo's appellation "Keepers of the Dream" entitle a dedicatory Plaque accompanied by a series of plaques to be funded by the Friends & Foundation outlining the Library's colorful history from its early days to the present and leaving space for additional plaques to record future history. Commissioner Coulter then introduced Alice Beneicke of SMWM, the Main Library's Associate Architects, who presented several options for proposed designs for the plaques. Public comment: An anonymous member of the public commented that it was appropriate to honor citizen activists who did not give up and noted in the aftermath of the Civil War aging veterans of that struggle, as they diminished in number, came together to honor their shared past. This person also recounted a recent encounter with former Library Commissioner Ed Callanan and cited author Margaret Mitchell's observation, "Nothing is really gone with the wind, everything really comes back". Mr. Ed Regan found the proposal a good idea. Mr. Peter Warfield found the proposal a good idea in principle, liked the wording of the plague, but expressed concern that the design might interfere with what he understood to be other plans for the entry area. Commission action: Commissioner Coulter observed that if approved the dedicatory plague would be in place in time to honor the 3 M's at the Annual Library Laureates Dinner in April. Motion: by Commissioner Coulter, 2nd by Commissioner Strobin to approve the proposal to create a "Wall of Heroes" of commemorative plaques to be located in the Larkin Street entrance of the Main Library and approve the placement and design of a dedicatory plaque honoring those who made significant contributions in the decades long effort to build the new Main Library. Action: AYE 4-0 (Coulter, Higueras, Streets, and Strobin) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #3 STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE (taken up 6th) City Librarian Susan Hildreth presented an overview and update of Library strategic planning activity (copy attached) and detailed the next steps in this process. Ms. Hildreth then introduced Library Consultant Gail McPartland, who discussed how the PLA (Public Library Association) revised "Planning for Results" model had been adapted and applied to finding strategic planning excellence for the Library. Ms. McPartland noted that the model of excellence would be determined by the people of San Francisco and discussed the ways it could be achieved. The Library's consultant then reported on a February 19th planning meeting and discussed subsequent evaluation by staff and community focus groups to identify strengths and weakness in addressing community needs and find ways to express the shared visions that had been identified. The next planning meeting was reported scheduled for April 23 with library staff to prepare goals and agendas to meet the identified needs. Public comment: An anonymous member of the public remarked that the comments concerning excellence said nothing about really helping people, noting that previous Library strategic plans had been amorphous. This person suggested that any plan should be designed to benefit people, emphasize connections to community and its heritage, and evolve into measurable means of accomplishment. Ms. Marsha Popper, Council for Neighborhood Libraries, and participant in the Strategic Planning Community group, cited the dedication of those working on the plan and recommended that 13 specific services including among them cataloging acquisitions, preserving and making available materials should also be considered as the planning develops. Mr. Peter Warfield decried the absence of mention of books in the strategic planning discussions. Mr. Warfield questioned how this planning effort related to previous strategic planning and asked where those with general issues concerning the Library would have opportunity to express their concerns. Commission discussion: In response to questions by President Higueras, Ms. Hildreth outlined the next steps in the strategic planning process with the draft plan ready in June or July '03. The City Librarian proposed to report back to the Commission following the next planning meeting and emphasized that books were implicit in all of the discussions of materials in the services planning. Commissioner Coulter saw merit in Ms. Popper's points and suggested a more robust discussion of books. Commissioner Coulter citing the 1989 Strategic plan suggested both broad and specific goals noting that that Plan had called for efforts to see that every school child in San Francisco had a library card for example. The City Librarian pointed out that the planning efforts were focused on finding ways for staff to focus investment in serving the print and non-print needs of the public. President Higueras announced that due to the imminent loss of its quorum at 7PM the Commission would table the remaining agenda items and go immediately to Public Comment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #11 PUBLIC COMMENT ( taken up 7th) City Librarian Susan Hildreth noted that it was possible that some individuals with delinquent accounts could have information about that delinquency reported to a credit agency. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #15 ADJOURNMENT Motion: by Commissioner Streets, seconded by Commissioner Strobin that the meeting be adjourned. Action: AYE 4-0 (Coulter, Higueras, Streets, and Strobin) The meeting was adjourned at 7:01PM Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 3/18/03 Please note: Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street , San Francisco , CA 94102 Copies of Public Comment Summary Statements as authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16 can be found in Appendix A. These summary statements are provided by the speaker and their contents are neither generated by, nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy by, the San Francisco Public Library Commission. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix A Library Commission meeting of March 4, 2003 The Public Comment Summary Statements included in these Minutes are authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16.. These summary statements are provided by the speaker. Their contents are neither generated by, nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy by, the San Francisco Public Library Commission. The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting: 1 Public comment available for viewing in PDF format


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Obesity often occurs with a quintessential array of metabolic abnormalities: elevations in blood pressure, visceral fat, and circulating blood lipids, and, importantly, insulin resistance. Together, this constellation of conditions constitutes the metabolic syndrome and forecasts an individual's increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. Although metabolic syndrome presents as dysfunction across multiple tissues, its onset stems from pathological increases in adipose tissue. The 9 review in this series, conceptualized by series editor Philipp Scherer, delve into the complex biology underlying the metabolic syndrome. These reviews address adipocyte and beta cell dysfunction in the metabolic syndrome; the functions of adipose tissue fibrosis, the microbiome, and exosomal communication in obesity; and the concepts we use to define metabolic health.
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The immune system mounts a rapid inflammatory response to injury to mobilize cells and molecular pathways that promote hemostasis and prevent infection, but this acute response is only the first phase of recovery. Wound repair and inflammation-resolving processes are essential to recovering homeostasis in the aftermath of an injury: inefficient healing or prolonged inflammation can drive chronic dysfunction in the affected tissue. The Reparative Immunology series highlights the immune system's contributions to these critical repair processes, from the roles of T cells, macrophages, neutrophils, and innate lymphoid cells in physiological repair to the influence of cytokine signaling, immunometabolism, and epigenetic reprogramming on pathological outcomes of injury. Together, these reviews emphasize the complexity of the immune environment in injured tissue and indicate numerous potential opportunities to intervene in dysfunctional wound-healing.
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The increasing prevalence of allergies worldwide has spurred numerous efforts to better understand risk factors and mechanisms underlying these potentially life-threatening immune responses. Coordinated by Series Editor Kari Nadeau, these reviews address our evolving understanding of the shared and distinct mechanisms underlying allergic diseases of the skin, respiratory system, and gastrointestinal tract. In topics ranging from the molecular and cellular basis of allergy to the influence of the central nervous system, microbiome, and environment, leaders in the field highlight major insights into allergic responses as well as new concepts in treating and preventing allergy.
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Heritable germline mutations are estimated to drive 10% of all cancers, which can manifest as pediatric as well as adult diseases. This series, curated by Agata Smogorzewska and JCI Associate Editor Mary Armanios, unravels how the biology and genetics underlying familial cancer predisposition syndromes informs understanding of cancer etiology and biology. Reviews focus on cancer-driving mutations in transcription factors, in developmental and metabolic signals, and in pathways that control genetic stability and provide insights linking mechanistic studies with ongoing clinical research. Enhanced understanding of the biological basis for these familial cancers may inform the treatment of cancers driven by both germline and somatic mutations.
Published February 2019
Mitochondria transform nutrients and oxygen into chemical energy that powers a multitude of cellular functions. While mitochondrial aerobic glycolysis generates the majority of a cell's ATP, its byproducts also have wide-ranging influences on cellular health and longevity. This review series, edited by Dr. Michael Sack, focuses on the many contributions of mitochondria to disease and aging. The reviews highlight evidence linking altered mitochondrial metabolism and oxidative stress to a range of pathophysiological phenomena: inflammation and immune dysfunction, heart failure, cancer development, metabolic disease, and more. In many diseases and conditions, mitochondrial dysfunction is considered the tipping point toward pathological progression. However, as these reviews discuss, therapeutic targeting of mitochondria may be a powerful strategy to subvert disease and aging processes.
Published August 2018
Infection and injury induce self-limited inflammatory responses that mount a defense against pathogens and initiate activities that expedite recovery. However, the benefits of inflammation recede when these responses fail to resolve in a timely manner. This series features a family of specialized lipid mediators that regulate the resolution of inflammation. The reviews, curated by Charles Serhan, highlight the wide-ranging involvement of these bioactive lipids in health and disease. Work by Serhan and others has revealed that the resolvin, protectin, and maresin families of pro-resolving mediators act as immunoresolvents and represent promising alternatives to immunosuppressant and anti-inflammatory therapies. Other lipid mediators, including leukotrienes, ceramides, and sphingolipids have roles in cancer, cardiovascular disease, and aging. Our evolving understanding of lipid mediators in regulating inflammation and disease pathogenesis presents promising opportunities for new therapeutic strategies.
Published July 2018
Cellular senescence is a normal consequence of aging, resulting from lifelong accumulation of DNA damage that triggers an end to cell replication. Although senescent cells no longer divide, they persist in their tissue of origin and develop characteristics that can hasten and exacerbate age-related disease. This series addresses the contribution of cellular senescence to cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and arthritic disorders as well as the senescent phenotypes in various tissues and cell types. In addition to their cell-intrinsic effects, senescent cells develop the ability to negatively influence healthy neighboring cells and immune cells by secreting senescence-associated set of cytokines and mediators known as the SASP. These reviews also highlight ongoing efforts to accurately identify, target, and eliminate senescent cells or otherwise combat their deleterious effects in disease. One day, this work may provide the basis for therapies targeting aging cells in multiple organs.
Published April 2018
Fibrosis describes a maladaptive response to injury that results in pathogenic production of extracellular matrix, the formation of stiff scar tissue, and compromised organ function. Although it is most often associated with chronic liver conditions and progressive lung disease, fibrosis can affect any organ of the body. There are few treatment options for this progressive, often fatal condition, but as ongoing research identifies the molecular pathways that initiate and propagate fibrotic remodeling, therapeutic possibilities may become available. The reviews in this series discuss recent insights into genetic predisposition to fibrotic disorders, the origins of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, scar tissue formation, organ regeneration, and more, revealing opportunities to interrupt or even reverse disease progression.
Published January 2018
Glia are central nervous system cells that surround neurons and hold them in place, supply them with nutrients and oxygen, serve to insulate neurons from each other, and to remove pathogens and dead neurons. Historically, these cells have been considered less interesting than neurons; however, in the past decade, they have emerged as critical regulators of brain development and homeostasis and are now being appreciated as drivers of disease. Reviews in this series describe the role of glia and the associated glymphatic system in normal physiology, neuronal metabolism, prion diseases, Alzheimer's disease, ALS, spinal cord injury, and neurodegenerative disease.
Published September 2017
Organ and tissue transplantation are frequently life-extending procedures for patients with end-stage organ disease or hematological malignancies; however, the success of transplantation of organs and tissues to a recipient from a genetically non-identical donor is limited by immune-mediated complications, including rejection, graft dysfunction, graft-versus-host disease, and the side effects of preventing rejection. Despite over 100 years of research in this area, we are just now beginning to develop an in-depth understanding of the immune mechanisms that determine the success of allotransplantation. A detailed understanding of transplantation immunology will allow for better selection of donor/recipient pairs, the development of novel therapeutic strategies, and, ultimately, better outcomes. Reviews in this series explore the role of cytokines in both acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease; the effects of sterile inflammation, danger signals, and the inflammasome in solid organ transplantation; the mechanisms of humoral and cellular rejection; cell-based therapies to combat rejection and transplantation-associated infections; and the effects of both host-intrinsic and -extrinsic factors in transplantation outcomes.
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Walmart Tops Retailers in ShopSmart's Back-to-School Shopping List Test
Here are five back-to-school savings tips from ShopSmart magazine.
July 24, 2013 -- intro: To the dismay of kids across the country and with excited anticipation by parents, back-to-school shopping is around the corner. Though stores may lure in shoppers with basic school needs, you may pay a lot more for certain items if you don't shop around.
ShopSmart, a magazine from Consumer Reports, found that out of four national retailers, Walmart emerged as the lowest-price winner in basic back-to-school shopping, with Target following closely behind it.
The magazine went on the hunt for 11 items on a shopping list including glue sticks, notebooks, printer paper, sharpies, pens and pencils. The experiment is described in ShopSmart's September issue.
The magazine found Walmart had the lowest prices for six of the items, including a Elmer's Washable Disappearing Putple Glue Stick (3-pack) for $2.94. At Staples, the same product is $5.99. That glue was one of seven products with the biggest difference in price at stores. Another big difference in price was for Norcom Notebook Paper. At Walmart it cost 82 cents for 150 sheets, college-ruled. At Office Depot, it cost $3.01 -- a 73 percent difference between the two stores.
ShopSmart found that Walmart and Target had "much better prices overall" than office-supply stores like Staples and Office Depot, which is merging with Office Max.
Though many retailers have already begun advertising for back-to-school items, personal finance website NerdWallet says many deals improve in August. NerdWallet studied 500 back to school items from 2012 across 8 national retailers like Target, Walmart, Office Depot and Staples and found 78 percent of the items selling in July sold at the exact same price in August, 12 percent of items dropped in price in August, and only 10 percent of items rose in price.
Here are five tricks from ShopSmart to save money no matter where you shop.
quicklist: title: Look for store-brand supplies. text: They're not easy to find (Walmart had almost none), but shoppers who do can save as much as 74 percent compared to name-brand supplies, ShopSmart said.
quicklist: title: Check out weekly sales circulars the first of the month for the best deals. text: Websites such as Spoofee.com and SundaySaver.com link shoppers to local ads for dozens of stores.
quicklist: title: Download the Weekly Ads & Sales app. text: This mobile app, free for Apple devices, allows users to view the latest ad pages.
Read More: 5 Grocery Shopping Apps That Can Save You Time and Money
quicklist: title: Look for sales online. text: The magazine found online prices for OfficeDepot, Staples, Target and Walmart "closely matched" prices advertised in stores. Beware of extra shipping costs however.
quicklist: title: Ask for a price match. text: Shoppers who find a better deal elsewhere can show their phone or a paper ad at checkout at stores with price-matching policies.


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Nutrition Facts
Ingredients and Preparation
- Place chicken, onion, carrot, celery, salt, pepper, cloves, bay leaf, and water into a large saucepan. Heat to boiling; cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about ½ hour or until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Strain broth.
- Skim fat from broth; measure and, if necessary, add water to make 3 cups liquid.
- Mix cornstarch with 1 cup cooled broth by shaking vigorously in a jar with a tight-fitting lid.
- Pour into saucepan with remaining broth; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil and is thickened.
- Add basil, peas, and reserved vegetables to sauce; stir to combine.
- Add chicken and heat slowly to boiling while preparing corn meal dumplings.
- Sift together corn meal, flour, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
- Mix together milk and oil. Add milk mixture all at once to dry ingredients; stir just enough to moisten flour and evenly distribute liquid. Dough will be soft.
- Drop by full tablespoons on top of braised meat or stew. Cover tightly; heat to boiling. Reduce heat (do not lift cover) to simmering and steam for about 20 minutes.


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When does life begin? 2 letters
Re: " 'Personhood' initiative encroaches on rights," Nov. 16 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Belinda Mays writes that a human embryo isn't a human being. Then what is it?
Killable. She writes that a seed isn't a tree or caterpillar a butterfly. By extension, are an infant or adolescent disposable?
If you don't want an acorn, you can throw it away. Even a tree isn't conscious life. Currently in the United States, if a mother doesn't want to deliver, she can trash that too. The former's not immoral. The latter is. The former's treeicide. The latter's homicide.
Alive human fetuses aren't merely potential human beings. They are human beings – despite abortionists' insane illogic to the contrary.
Lastly, Ms. Mays (who herself wasn't aborted either when she was a seed or conceived) writes that she believes every woman has the right to consider what's best for her when deciding about abortion – a medical procedure. She means an execution.
Walter Smetana, Highlands Ranch
Terms such as embryo, fetus, newborn, infant, toddler, boy/girl, teen, man/woman, adult, middle-aged, and elderly do not define humanness, merely stages of human life. Stage of life does not define the nature of a being, whether it is an acorn or oak tree, caterpillar or butterfly, embryo or human being. Genetic code does. Science has demonstrated irrefutably that the genetic code of the living being is there at the moment of conception and that the entire genetic code for a unique human being is present in each and every of its cells.
Sadly, in our time, what "potential" an embryo or fetus has is not for humanness, as letter-writer Belinda Mays' line of thinking contends, rather it is for life itself beyond this stage, depending on the so-called "right" of his/her female parent to choose life or death for him/her.
The "access to medical procedure," as Ms. Mays euphemistically calls it, ends the life of a unique, innocent human being. It is arrogance to present this heinous act as anyone's "right."
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Class size is limited to 10, so early signups are encouraged!
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All supplies are included, and step-by-step instructions are easy and fun to follow.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
* Giveaway: Artterro Art Dolls Eco Art Kit
When the lovely ladies from Artterro contacted me
to review one of their eco-friendly art kits, I couldn't wait.
Not only is their website beautiful, so is their packaging
AND... this company was started by two artsy,
creative mamas from Madison Wisconsin (Go Badgers!)
They started Artterro because they believe that everyone is born creative
and they wanted people to be able to create art with family and friends.
Hey, me too....sound familiar?!
They sent us their "Art Dolls Kit"
and their "Collage Jewelry Kit"
Artterro is committed to sustainability, they minimize packaging and print
all inserts on 100% post consumer waste paper using green printing methods
and energy offset by wind power. Their kits are assembled in the USA by
Goodwill Industries in Milwaukee, WI by people with disabilities
and those in need of job training skills.
They also sent us their "Art Journal Kit."
Even though the sets say ages 7 and up,
"C" (age 4.5) wanted to make the kits with us,
so I was her assistant while "E" worked independently at the table with us.
First, we all worked with the Collage Jewelry kit.
It comes with an assortment of wooden beads, pendants,
gloss glaze, a paint brush, and an assortment of pretty tissue papers.
The girls enjoyed this kit immensely.
They each made a pendant style necklace.
"E" (age 8) made this beautiful bracelet.
"C"s bead, pendant, and felt fairy friend from the doll making kit.
"C" drew the wings, legs, arms, and head for her fairy doll with the
beautiful handmade papers they included in the kit.
"E"s fairy doll in progress.
It was so nice for the girls to work with such nice art materials.
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Elena Kagan, President Obama's nominee to replace the retiring John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, begins her confirmation hearings before the Senate today. Since she's been nominated, speculation has run rampant about her views on many legal questions because of her scant paper trail and lack off dicial experience. What kind of information will the public actually get from the hearings?
- The New York Times hopes that both parties will take the opportunity to actually press Kagan on her views. "Democrats have the tougher task, and should not stick to inoffensive questions. They have much at stake in holding back the aggressive activism of the Roberts court, which will soon have to rule on the health care law, the rights of corporations, and the evolving balance between civil liberties and national security. Both parties should cast aside their talking points and try to illuminate the authentic mind of Elena Kagan. Her moment to oblige them has finally arrived."
- The Wall Street Journal believes that Kagan should be pressed on what she considers to be the limits of government power in light of the recent, sweeping changes to the nation's health care laws. "Ms. Kagan's views matter in particular because one of the most important cases she'd confront on the Court is the legal challenge by some 20 states to ObamaCare. They are challenging that law on grounds that if Congress can compel all Americans to buy health insurance then there is nothing left of the Constitution's government of limited and enumerated powers. On this point, someone should ask Ms. Kagan whether Congress has the power to force individuals to buy certain cars—say, Chrysler's, now that the U.S. taxpayer has bailed out that auto maker?"
- E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post wants progressives to use the hearings as a way to change the framing of the debate over the role of the court. "But if Kagan's job is to get confirmed, the task of progressive members of the Senate Judiciary Committee is to reverse the effects of years of conservative propagandizing over the stakes in our debates about the nation's highest court. They will be pushing the narrative away from the hot-button social issues that have been a distraction from the main game: the use of the Supreme Court as a redoubt against progressive legislation, the right of plaintiffs to call corporations to account before juries and the ability of the political system to protect itself against corruption."
- Ramesh Ponnuru of the conservative National Review thinks that cultural issues like abortion can't be overlooked during the proceedings. "Does it matter that Kagan appears to be a committed pro-abortion extremist? Not if we had convincing evidence that her legal views are distinct from her policy views; otherwise yes."


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About this time of year, Richard goes to Paris on business and when he returns, he is full of stories of meals eaten and meals savoured; new favourites found and old haunts revisited. It makes me hungry for a taste of France, and nothing is more satisfying than a bubbling bowl of French onion soup, served straight from the oven.
French Onion Soup
serves 6
Here's my take on the French classic. I like to use a mix of beef and veal stock for extra richness, and to grill the bread for an added smoky flavour.
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp plus ¼ c olive oil
4 large cooking onions, peeled and finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 bay leaf (preferably fresh)
2 sprigs fresh thyme
½ c Madeira
6 c beef stock (or a combination of beef and veal stock)
1 tsp fine sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
12 slices French bread
¾ lb grated Gruyere cheese, grated
6 ovenproof French onion soup bowls
1. In a large stockpot, melt the butter in the olive oil over medium high heat. When the foam subsides, add the onion, lower heat to medium and sauté for fifteen minutes, stirring to keep the onions from sticking.
2. Add the garlic, bay leaf and thyme. Continuing sautéing and stirring until the onions are a deep golden colour. Turn heat to high, add the Madeira and cook for an additional two minutes, stirring frequently, until most of the wine has boiled off.
3. Add the beef stock, salt and pepper, bring the soup to a boil, and lower to a simmer. Cover and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes more.
4. While the soup is simmering, prepare the bread and preheat the oven to the broil setting. Brush the bread slices with olive oil and broil (or grill), turning to brown evenly. Set aside.
I love the convenience of our indoor grill for quick and easy grilling
5. When the soup has finished simmering, check and adjust the salt and pepper to taste. Place two slices of bread in each bowl, and ladle in enough soup to barely cover the bread. Sprinkle each bowl with a generous amount of Gruyere. Set the oven rack to the middle position. Place the bowls on a baking sheet, put in the oven, and broil until the cheese has melted and is bubbly and slightly brown, about 3-5 minutes.
Be generous with the cheese but not overly so; the ingredients should all play in balance with one another
6. Serve it forth piping hot for a delicious and satisfying winter dish.


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It's interesting to me that some conservatives take umbrage at any speculation that the bombings might have been the work of right-wing fringe groups. Why? What affinity does a rank-and-file conservative feel with a militia type?
I feel no affinity whatsoever with far-left violent radicals who might try to kill innocent people. I make no excuses for them, whether they're American or Palestinian or whatever they are. I see that I got a little bit flamed on the Twitters last night for saying that we haven't heard from left-wing fringe groups "in many a year," but that was just a statement of fact, depending I guess on your definition of many a year. The Weather Underground Brinks Robbery, the last big fringe-violent left-wing attack that I remember, happened 32 years ago. I think it's fair to call that "many a year." Others may not, I suppose, but to most of us it's a long time ago.
I see that I was also supposed to know about every plot that didn't reach fruition, like last year's attempted bombing of a bridge in Cleveland by anarchists. I actually hadn't even heard of that. Maybe I should have heard of it, so fine, that's my lapse. But evidently some people assumed I was covering up for the far left by not mentioning it—the plotters apparently had ties to the Occupy movement and decided it wasn't getting anything done. So here I am mentioning it. To jail and to hell with those guys. I have no use for them at all and certainly no interest in hiding their crime.
There are some people who think anything remotely resembling speculation is totally irresponsible. I can understand that point of view. But as I watched CNN and MSNBC last night, all the way to Brian Williams going live after midnight, they were constantly asking their terrorism experts about clues and meanings that might suggest this group or that, which is all I tried to do.
Maybe they're all being completely irresponsible. I don't think so. I think as long as one doesn't charge out there with incendiary language like "this has all the hallmarks of…" or something like that, I don't think it's irresponsible to say that history suggests that A, B, or C type of person could be behind this. I don't think journalism, whether reporting or commentary, should be crafted with a nervous eye toward how the most extreme readers will react.
Also, something tells me that some of the people who are now fomenting that any speculation is irresponsible might be doing some speculating of their own if the circumstances were different--if, say, someone had bombed the Stock Exchange on May Day, or a Republican Party headquarters somewhere on Patrice Lumumba's birthday.
But back to my original question, which is very interesting to me. I actually don't think most rank-and-file conservatives have any affinity for far-right violent radicals. I think most regular conservatives would say to hell with them.
What seems true instead is that for a certain percentage of people on the right, a liberal columnist even broaching the topic provides the chance for some conservatives to inflict what my football coach used to call a "free lick" (when we were on defense and an offensive player jumped the snap count). Fair enough. Maybe I deserved that lick. But as I say, I did only what the cable nets spent all night doing.
One can't help wonder if there's a little more to the story, but I think I'll save those observations for a less fraught time.
Personally, I hope it's a nonpolitical lone wolf, and we don't have to go through any political mishegas with this.The temperature is high enough as it is. And with that, back to other news, until we know something.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – No. 25 UC Santa Barbara suffered its third consecutive overtime loss on Sunday afternoon, this time losing a 2-1 heartbreaker to visiting UC Davis at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
With the loss, the Gauchos fall to 9-5-3 on the season and 3-4-1 in Big West play. The Aggies improve to 8-5-4 and 6-2 in league games, overtaking first place in the North Division.
Matt Sheldon – who scored both of UC Davis' goals – clinched the game for the Aggies in the 95th minute. The play began with a throw-in by Ryan Gross on the right side of the field. UCSB goalkeeper Austin Mansker leaped off his line to grab the ball and as he came down to the ground, he was unable to keep his grip on it, leaving the ball loose in the box. Sheldon fired a shot at the goal, which was being defended by Daniel Welsh and Peter McGlynn. Welsh blocked his first shot, but Sheldon got his foot on the deflected ball and poked it into the low right corner of the Gaucho goal to seal the victory.
UCSB had gotten the initial lead in the 28th minute with some artful ball movement. Josue Madueno got the play going when he passed the ball from the right touchline back to Nic Ryan at the top corner of the 18-yard box. Ryan served the ball to Ema Boateng, who was dead center in front of the goal. The freshman back kicked the ball to Achille Campion on the left post, who sent it into the low near corner of the Aggie goal.
The strike was the sixth of the season for Campion, who rejoined the Gauchos after a 10-game absence due to an ankle injury. He has scored in six of the seven games he has appeared in with UCSB.
Just when it looked as though the Gauchos would head into halftime with a one-goal advantage, UC Davis posted a game-tying goal with just three seconds remaining in the first. That play also began with a throw-in deep in UCSB territory by Ross.
Peter Schmetz headed his toss out of the box, but Ross crossed it back in and this time the Gauchos were unable to clear it out. Ramon Martin del Campo got his foot on the ball and quickly tapped it to Sheldon, who fired it into the near side of the Gaucho goal from the top left corner of the six-yard box.
The Gauchos out-shot the Aggies, 26-11, in the loss, marking a season-high in attempts. The shots on-goal margin was much tighter with UCSB leading, 7-6. The Gauchos led in corner kicks, 13-2.
Goffin Boyoko led all players with six shots in the match, while Sheldon had a game-high four shots on-frame.
In goal, Mansker made three saves for the Gauchos while UC Davis goalkeeper Omar Zeenni had six.
UCSB will wrap-up conference action this week with a pair of road contests. The Gauchos will travel to Sacramento State on Wednesday, Oct. 31 for a 3 p.m. match up with the Hornets. They will then close the regular season against Central Coast rival Cal Poly on Saturday, Nov. 3.


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A State of Trance 600 in Miami announced!
The Expedition will explore new boundaries. New boundaries of electronic dance music, turning the globe into one big dance floor. The Army of the A State of Trance 600 world tour won't only touch down in the cities of Den Bosch, New York, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Minsk, Beirut and Kuala Lumpur, but also lands in sunny Miami!
It's the city that goes hand in hand with sun, sea, beach and a whole lot of partying. The city that's part of a country where more than 300 million people live. It's the territory of Coral Gables, Key Biscayne and Little Havana. The perfect place for a massive event, right in the middle of one of the biggest music conferences in the world. On Sunday March 24th 2013, you'll be dancing to A State of Trance 600 in the middle of Miami!
Soon, Armin will announce when the ticket sales for all editions will kick off. Keep an eye on www.astateoftrance.com!


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Franklin Township board members have chosen officers for 2012.
Keith Buehrer was elected president and Jon Rupp will serve as vice president. Michael Kinsman is the board's representative to the Fulton County Planning Commission.
The board has scheduled regular monthly meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month.
The township's 2010-11 financial report will be available for inspection at the home of clerk John Winzeler after Jan. 31.


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* Foreign pension, mutual funds are spared brunt of rules
* US rebuffs companies' push for penalty delay
* Norway newest country signing tax pact with U.S.
By Patrick Temple-West
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Non-U.S. pension funds and mutual funds were spared the full brunt of new U.S. information-reporting rules on overseas accounts meant to catch Americans who dodge U.S. taxes by keeping their assets offshore.
Chiefly targeting banks, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) rules, published by the U.S. Treasury on Thursday, require foreign financial institutions with $50,000 of any American taxpayer's assets to report the holdings to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
The Treasury rejected a request by businesses, banks and foreign investment funds to delay a January 2014 start date for big penalties imposed on individuals and financial firms that do not comply with the law.
The announcement completes the rule-writing process for FATCA, a law that Congress passed in March 2010 after a Swiss bank scandal revealed that U.S. taxpayers had hidden millions of dollars overseas from the IRS.
Certain retirement funds, life insurance and other "low-risk" financial products held abroad, which are not considered havens for dodging taxes, are exempted from reporting their U.S. account holders' information to the IRS. Financial firms and foreign governments had been calling for these exemptions.
The law, the first of its kind globally, has been decried by companies and U.S.-ally countries as unilateral, over-reaching and a breach of privacy. U.S. law requires that Americans pay taxes on their global income, not just domestic.
Treasury officials are hoping to sign up more than 50 countries with FATCA agreements and kick-start a dragnet of tax enforcement.
"The real story here is that looks like it is going to become a global model," Manal Corwin, deputy assistant Treasury secretary for international tax affairs, told Reuters in an interview.
Companies affected by the new rules, including BlackRock , Western Union and Prudential, may spend more than $100 million each to comply with the law. Some firms are asking Treasury for additional time to prepare.
Financial institutions that refuse to comply with the law will be effectively shut out of U.S. securities markets.
The businesses must report to the IRS - in English - account holders' names, addresses, account balances plus dividends and interest. The first reports are due in 2015.
The roughly 500 pages of final rules, which were initially proposed in February 2012, give breathing room to some asset managers, such as mutual funds, for how they need to report investors' information.
The rules also incorporate the government-to-government agreements Treasury has been signing with countries to get their local firms compliant with the law. Norway became the seventh country to forge an agreement, Treasury said on Thursday.
Soon after Congress passed FATCA, Treasury officials surmised the law could not be broadly implemented as intended. Too many foreign firms would be breaking domestic laws by reporting client information to the IRS.
The government agreements offer a workaround. The United Kingdom, Mexico, Denmark, Ireland, Switzerland and Spain are finalizing FATCA agreements.
Though the pacts help firms comply with FATCA, they have added new headaches for some international companies.
"FATCA's scope is being expanded because Treasury is trying to close every hole," said Harris Horowitz, the global head of tax at BlackRock, which has more than 50 people working on FATCA implementation.
With the government agreements, FATCA "has turned more onerous," he said.
Some of the agreements include a reciprocal information-sharing provision, under which the IRS will deliver taxpayer information to a foreign government about its citizens living in the United States.
This reciprocal provision has raised privacy concerns, specifically with the Mexico agreement, signed in November.
Corwin said Treasury vetted the Mexican tax-collecting agency and checked with other U.S. agencies that share sensitive information with Mexico before signing the deal.
Foreign financial firms may be spared FATCA penalties next year if their native government is on the verge of signing a FATCA agreement, Corwin said.
Firms have been waiting for the final rules to finish their preparations, said Ellen Zimiles, a managing director for consulting firm Navigant. Firms may still get relief on the penalty start date as the deadline approaches, she said.
"It's always a little game of chicken" between Treasury and businesses, Zimiles said.


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'Basketball Wives' Recap: Who's The Real Tami?
Basketball Wives
Season 5, Episode 5
After weeks of trying to show a more evolved (re: less trifling) image of the women who make up the cast of Basketball Wives, the show has returned to its most natural state i.e. gossipy women bitching each other out over nothing particularly important. I'm all for it. After all, this is the show that shade built. Let's all stop pretending otherwise.
Now before one of you "respectable" types draw up more petitions to be ignored by VH1, even though there was friction throughout the episode, some old habits were not resurrected. There were several disputes, but like most adults, they were discussed without the throwing of fists or the finest bottles of wine. It's a lil' bit of the old with a nouveau way of handling things. Good deal, ladies, because there was a certain wing of social media openly declaring that y'all were starting to bore the hell out of them. —Michael Arceneaux (@youngsinick)
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The DoelenKwartet was created from the DoelenEnsemble, which was formed with the purpose of acquainting a new audience in Rotterdam with twentieth-century classical music. The DoelenKwartet's repertoire contains along with contemporary music a large number of early twentieth-century compositions. The quartet strives to put this music in historical perspective by ...
Frank de Groot
Maartje Kraan viool
Karin Dolman altviool
Hans Woudenberg cello
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Laurens van Vliet
Sophia Torrenga viool
Monique Bartels cello
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The DoelenKwartet was created from the DoelenEnsemble, which was formed with the purpose of acquainting a new audience in Rotterdam with twentieth-century classical music. The DoelenKwartet's repertoire contains along with contemporary music a large number of early twentieth-century compositions. The quartet strives to put this music in historical perspective by creating links in the programming to previous style periods. Thus works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann are also part of the repertoire. An important source of inspiration for the quartet lies in its interactions with contemporary composers. The members of the DoelenKwartet find that direct contact with the composer provides a special insight into the music, often without need of much discussion. "Such a breathtaking interpretation, in the truest sense of the word, is certainly a very important acknowledgement for the composer – and a standard for string quartet ensembles of today and the future: the Fifth [Rihm quartet] must be like this". (Balint Andras Varga, Universal Verlag) Various composers have written for the DoelenKwartet, which performs in the Netherlands and Europe.
Outside De Doelen concert-hall the group performs for the first time as an ensemble in its own right.
Peter-Jan Wagemans composes his first 'String Quartet' for the ensemble.
Edward Top writes his 'String Quartet No. 1' for the Doelenkwartet.
The quartet becomes a more established entity and performs under the name the DoelenKwartet in De Doelen concert-hall.
The quartet meets Wolfgang Rihm at the Prime Festival in Groningen. Speaking about the quartet and a recording of his work, the composer says: "Your interpretations are noticeably carried and exalted by love and passion for this music. I am so pleased about this". The quartet forges a strong artistic bond with the German new music label Cybele which from the time of its recording of Peter-Jan Wagemans' first string quartet leads to many notable productions.
Edward Top writes 'Lied der Schwermuth' for the DoelenKwartet.
2004 - 2005
The quartet meets the prominent composers Henri Dutilleux in Paris and Harrison Birtwhistle at the Prime Festival in Groningen. Micha Hamel writes 'Le Phénix' for the quartet.
Vanessa Lann composes 'Landscape of a Soul's Remembering' for the quartet.
Under the title 'Stille stad, levende muziek' [Quiet city, living music], the DoelenKwartet performs music by contemporary Rotterdam composers (Oscar van Dillen, Friso van Wijck, Andreas Kunstein, Andreas Suntrop, Arend Niks) accompanying old films about Rotterdam at the Lantaren/Venster film house. The quartet meets John Adams at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam and Kevin Volans at the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam. It brings out a live CD. Peter-Jan Wagemans composes his second 'String Quartet' for the DoelenKwartet.
The quartet meets Steve Reich at the opening of the Red Sofa series in Rotterdam. The DoelenKwartet makes a successful debut at the Recital Hall of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with a programme dedicated to the Donaueschingen Festival.
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The DoelenKwartet scores a triumph at the Gergiev Festival with a theatrical concert, called 'Het verliefde hart' [The Enamoured Heart] wholly dedicated to Leoš Janáček in which his string quartets 'Kreutzer Sonata' and 'Intimate Letters' are the centrepieces. Simone Riksman (soprano) sings in the production directed by David Prins. James MacMillan composes 'Who are these Angels?' for the quartet.
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Hardness alone is not enough!
The typical properties of BÖHLER cold-working steels—high hardness, good toughness and compressive strength, high wear resistance—make them useful for cutting and punching tools, dies, and blades, embossing and drawing dies, hobs, thread rollers, threading dies, and much more. Rapid availability, good economy, and long tool life are the major criteria for selecting a material.


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|Robin Schmahl
There has been much discussion over the effects of significantly higher costs and the impact it will have on milk production. More importantly, the impact it will have on milk prices.
Lower cheese and Class III prices compared to earlier this year have caused concern over profitability. Some input costs have declined while others remain high, or in some cases have risen. So far the effects have been varied across the country. While some producers are having difficulty keeping up with bills others are expanding.
There is some ray of hope that Class III milk prices will move back into the $20 per cwt. range sometime in the next year, but this will require a higher cheese price than last year. Cheese price will need to make up for the lower whey price, which has not recovered from the effects of record high price last year. Demand for whey dropped off when record high whey price was realized last year, and although price is currently lower the demand has not returned. In fact, price continues to weaken.
Dry whey price has fallen significantly since April 2007, when price peaked at $0.7933 per pound. The current NASS weekly price is around $0.2350 per pound. This drop of 56 cents represents a Class III price decrease of $3.36 cents per cwt. To compensate, cheese price needs to be 33 cents per pound higher to make up for the loss in dry whey price. Of course butter price has an impact on price as well, but for the sake of comparison, I am using the cheese price.
So why is the whey price so low? High price cured high price. Demand shifted away, both in human consumption as well as animal consumption. Alternatives were found, and continue to be used. Stocks of dry whey increased even when cheese production was being limited because of high milk prices. When cheese production increased this summer whey stocks continued to increase resulting in a weak market. There is no indication of tightness, and buyers are standing back making purchases only when they need to while waiting to see if price will weaken further. Dry whey price in the Western region of the country remained somewhat stronger for much of this summer, but this has changed in the past few weeks with price weakening significantly. Export sales are very slow with the lower price still not spurring much buyer interest.
Nonfat dry milk has followed a similar pattern as whey, with significantly lower price from last year in a weak market. Prices are declining and stocks are building. The nonfat dry milk price is in the mid-$1.30's versus the high of $2.0855 per pound on the weekly NASS surveyed price. Stocks increased significantly as demand slowed and production increased due to milk being shifted over to butter/powder production. Butter demand remained strong, but nonfat demand slowed both domestically and internationally. Nonfat dry milk that has been moving to China contains a nitrate level too high to pass import inspections. This has been curtailing sales to China and has caused some load rejections. This is something that needs to be changed quickly.
The dry markets will come back in price eventually, but for the time being these markets are weak and will not be much help in boosting milk prices.
Upcoming reports to watch for are the August Monthly Milk Production report on September 18; the October advanced Class I price on September 19; the August Monthly Cold Storage report on September 22; and the August Livestock Slaughter report on September 26.--Robin Schmahl is a commodity broker and owner of AgDairy LLC, a full-service commodity brokerage firm located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He can be reached at 877-256-3253 or through their Web site at www.agdairy.com.
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Half a dozen Singapore-style tax-free zones could be established around Britain to drive forward the economy after Brexit under proposals being considered by Boris Johnson.
The Conservative leadership favourite confirmed that creating tax-free zones in ports – where goods can be landed in the UK but not be subject to any duties – was part of his vision for the country after Britain leaves in October.
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Late-night show hosts piled on Justin Bieber after the singer's arrest in Florida on DUI, driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest charges.
Jay Leno opened "The Tonight Show" by trumpeting a fake announcement from President Barack Obama.
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"Very exciting news, Obama announced today that America's number one domestic terrorist was arrested today," Leno said. "They have finally arrested Justin Bieber. We don't have to live in fear anymore."
Leno went on to joke about the details of Bieber's arrest.
"DUI-resisting Justin was caught going 60 miles an hour in a Lamborghini," Leno said. "Hey Justin, it's called second gear, try it sometime. But to be fair it is Florida so anything over 20 is considered drag racing."
Next, Leno discussed Bieber's alleged driving under the influence.
"Bieber told police he had consumed alcohol, smoked marijuana, and had taken some prescription medication," Leno said, "or what Toronto Mayor Rob Ford likes to call a light snack."
Leno couldn't resist using one of Bieber's hits for a punchline, saying the pop star wouldn't "want to be singing 'I wanna be your boyfriend'" to guys in prison.
Fallon also opened his monologue with a joke about the 19-year-old's youth.
"He was arrested for drag racing and drunk driving in a rented Lamborghini," Fallon said, "which is surprising when you hear that the only racecar he had been in before that was his bed."
Fallon then made a joke referencing allegations from Bieber's neighbor in Los Angeles, who claims the pop star egged his house.
"That's right, Bieber was arrested for drunk driving in a Lamborghini," Fallon said. "He's facing a pretty stiff penalty. They say he can get up to two years of being his own neighbor."
Finally, Fallon poked fun at Bieber's smiling mugshot.
"I don't know if I'm looking at a mugshot or a Proactiv commercial," Fallon said. "He's so excited to be arrested."
On TBS, Conan O'Brien also joked about Bieber's brief jail stint.
"The police report described him as 5-feet, 9-inches and 140 lbs.," Obrien said, "Or as his cell mate put it, 'just right'."
O'Brien also used fake video to mock the singer's court appearance.
"Now earlier today, Bieber appeared in court before a judge," Conan said. "I think he doesn't understand the seriousness of the situation."
Then, a doctored clip played showing Bieber's head superimposed on a body, making it look as if the pop star was burning money and flipping off the judge.
I don't mean this to be disrespectful to the situation in any way..but now even criminals in jail get to meet Justin while we're still here�� — NeverLeavingJustin❤ (@JDBHoldMeTight) January 23, 2014


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Donald Trump has insulted ethnic groups, entire nations, as well as public and private citizens since he launched his presidential bid in June of 2015.
But on Thursday, the GOP nominee appeared to apologize for something. There was no indication as to whom he was apologizing — and for what.
"Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing," Trump said at North Carolina rally. "I have done that. And believe it or not, I regret it."
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Hostess selling most of bread business
Initial sale agreement includes Biddeford bakery
Hostess says it is selling most of its bread business, including the Wonder, Beefsteak and Nature's Pride brands, to Flowers Foods Inc. for $390 million.
The sale also includes 20 bakeries and 38 depots. A member of the public relations firm representing Hostess said on Friday that the former Hostess plant in Maine is included in the sale agreement. Biddeford's Hostess plant is the only bakery in Maine.
Hostess, which is based in Irving, Texas, announced in November that it was shutting down its business and selling its bread, snack and cake brands along with its 33 bakeries and other operations.
Last November, Hostess brands workers in Biddeford and across the country went on strike to protest a contract the company asked employees to agree to. Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union said the contact was unfair. Hostess announced after the strike that it would close.
The company's demise came after years of management turmoil and turnover.
Other brands included in the sale are Butternut, Home Pride and Merita bread. Flowers Foods is based in Thomasville, Ga.
The sale occurred in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, southern district of New York. The next court date is Jan. 25.
Biddeford Mayor Alan Casavant said he hadn't heard of the sale, but was excited for the potential.
"Any sale would benefit Biddeford. It's a great plant, one of the more modern plants in the company. I'm hopeful for the former employees and the company itself," Casavant said.


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Australian consumers are paying around 50 per cent more than US consumers for music downloads, computer software, hardware and games and console games, according to Choice.
The consumer advocacy group has made a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into IT pricing, stating the situation disadvantages Australian consumers and creates barriers to low income earners and remote Australians entering the digital economy.
Despite retailers asserting higher IT prices in Australia are a result of higher labour and distribution costs, Choice stated it is "international price discrimination" which is resulting in higher prices for Australian consumers.
"In Australia you pay, on average, 52 per cent more than an American consumer will for the same 50 top iTunes songs. A selection of 44 popular home and business software products were, on average, 34 per cent more expensive in Australia than the US," Matt Levey, head of campaigns at Choice, said in a statement.
"We found that with one Microsoft software development product, it would be cheaper to pay someone's wage and fly them to the US and back twice, getting them to buy the software while they're there."
Research by Choice also found when it comes to PC games, Australian consumers are paying an average of 232 per cent more for the top 10 games on steam.com.
Choice has also rejected the claim by retailers that the GST significantly adds to IT prices in Australia.
"The GST simply cannot account for the price differences in IT hardware and software, and lowering the threshold [from $1000] would significantly disadvantage Australian consumers shopping online," Levey said.
Choice also strongly rejected the claim by retailers that costs such as rent, distribution and labour result in higher prices.
In the case of Australian consumers paying more for music downloads on iTunes, Choice said in its submission: "It is important to note that these products are identical and are delivered directly to consumers through a means which bypasses many production and overhead costs, such as rent, distribution and labour.
"Furthermore, as the songs are sold online from foreign servers, GST does not apply. Therefore, Choice does not believe that a price difference of 50 per cent is justifiable."
Choice said in its submission that Australian consumers can avoid international price discrimination and access cheaper overseas products through parallel imports.
"This exposes copyright holders to competition and can put pressure on them to lower their Australian prices to global parity," it said in its submission.
In its submission, Choice has recommended the low-value threshold exemption for GST and duty on imported products should not be reduced from $1000; the government should educate the public about their rights with online shopping; and the government should look into whether measures such as region-coding and IP address identification should be allowed to continue.
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