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Friday, 20 April 2018 from 18:30 to 20:30 (BST)
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No dairy, no eggs? No problem! The Cook & Eat chefs will introduce you to some wonderful vegan ingredients and guide you in your quest to master Vegan Baking. From Chocolate Nutty Cookies to Banana and Coconut cakes we'll satisfy your vegan self in this 2-hour baking session. This class is fun, relaxed and eggless!
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All attendees must be 16 or over except for our Child & Parent cooking classes.
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Greenwich Pantry is a family run food boutique and cookery school for food enthusiasts. From bread making to fish filleting there's a class for all ages! Learn with friends and family, celebrate a special occasion with your own private cooking party or join a group class.
At Greenwich Pantry each cooking class has its character and characters. Our friendly and welcoming team are always on hand to help participants through every aspect of the class. It is our absolute pleasure to host curious, lively people who love cooking, eating, making good conversation at the table.
Chopping, slicing, mixing, and sometimes crafting through the chitter chatter. Cooing over colourful vegetables, a comforting backdrop as participants learn to make homely, heartwarming dishes.
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It became clear last Wednesday that prosecutors had obtained information from one or both of the men riding in the car with Aaron Hernandez and Odin Lloyd the night Lloyd was killed.
As it turns out, one of them met with police the prior day.
Carlos Ortiz, who per multiple reports was arrested on Wednesday, June 26, in Connecticut, was interviewed by police on Tuesday, June 25, according to the North Attleboro Sun Chronicle.
While the report focuses only on information from Ortiz regarding Hernandez's visit to a Franklin, Massachusetts condo Hernandez rented and Ortiz inadvertently leaving his cell phone there, chances are that the interview swept much more broadly than that.
Last Wednesday, prosecutor Bill McCauley attributed to Hernandez during his arraignment statements Hernandez allegedly made to Lloyd in the car regarding Hernandez's disappointment with Lloyd and Hernandez's inability to "trust" him. McCauley presumably felt compelled to show that specific card in order to establish some shred of motive, in the hopes of ensuring Hernandez would be held without bail.
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Every Sibling's Fear
As I sat down to write today, I couldn't help but give voice to a cacophony of fears that siblings of adults with autism share. I share this list with you not to frighten or depress you, but to stand in solidarity with you, to tell you that you are not alone in your fears. I write to you in hopes that, by not keeping these fears secret, we can diminish some of their paralyzing power. I also share this list because next week I'll be attending a gathering with local siblings for the first time, and I want to prepare myself to be present to them, to their stories and their relationships.
Every sibling fears that there won't be a place for their brother or sister in the "adult" world. Every sibling listens to the latest news on healthcare or Medicaid funding and knows that it will have a direct impact on their loved ones. Every sibling is grateful for those who speak out at budget hearings and local advocacy groups, those who try to personalize the impersonal numbers, who communicate the needs of their families to senators and delegates. (What do Waiver slots translate to? They translate to parents and siblings being able to fall asleep at night.)
Every sibling (and every parent, for that matter) fears that, at some point, they won't be able to take care of their brother or sister, and will need to entrust that responsibility to another. But every sibling also fears that they might be the one to step up and give daily care. Every sibling takes pause at the thought of having children themselves, knowing that their brother or sister's care may one day become their full-time role.
Every sibling fears that they're not doing enough for their brother or sister. They fear that they don't live close enough to really be a part of their sibling's life … and if they do live close by, they still fear that they're not giving enough of their time and their heart. Siblings try so hard to strike the balance between giving their brother or sister a sense of relationship, of connection, while simultaneously respecting their sibling's need for time alone. Siblings are never quite sure they've got this balance right.
Every sibling fears that their brother or sister won't have the things they long for: Real friends, a school where they can learn and engage fully, a love relationship, fulfilling work, greater independence, a safe, comfortable home to call their very own … in other words, a shot at the things that so many of us take for granted each day.
Every sibling fears the sense of anger that can well up within. Anger for the times when their sibling's behavior is self-destructive, other-destructive. Anger for the instances when they can't communicate, when autism seems to divide them from their brother or sister. Anger for the small injustices of every day, and for the larger injustices that can frame their sibling's lives.
And most of all, every sibling fears that their brother or sister doesn't know how much they are loved.
These fears are real for me, and for other siblings of individuals with autism and special needs. However, I've come to believe that the last one, at least, is unfounded. As siblings, we will face the hard realities of caregiving. Time and time again, we will come up against a society that does not fully welcome and include our brothers and sisters, and all adults with autism.
But the fear of your sibling not knowing your love? Nope. Not going to happen. Real love is palpable. Real love keeps showing up for another person. Real love cuts through the difficulties of the everyday and offers solid ground in a quicksand world.
Even if your sibling can't speak to you or hear you … even if he or she may not say the words I love you … I want you to know that what you do out of love for them always counts. It always makes a difference. Today, I want you to know that they know, and keep your love alive.


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I've just been alerted to this: http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0429/trad.html
It looks terrific, and better still, it's being streamed online! All you need to bear in mind is that the time given in that article is UK/Irish time, presumably, so you'll need to do the maths accordingly.
Folks in the Baile Atha Cliath area, if you go to the Button Factory (and I know it's quite short notice), don't forget to tell us what the gig was like "in the flesh", so to speak!


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The annual United Nations (UN) climate talks are rarely a pretty sight. The typical script is fairly reliable. Negotiators typically arrive at each summit with mostly realistic goals. But diplomats and those who seek to influence them spend the first week or so ratcheting up demands and accusations, in part for leverage, but at least as much in order to make themselves look good and their adversaries appear villainous. Members of the media (if they're paying attention) report that the talks appear set for disaster. Meanwhile, away from the spotlight, negotiators quietly hash through the substantive tasks at hand. Eventually, in the middle of the second week, higher level officials arrive. Occasionally, important differences prove impractical to resolve, and the summit collapses. Far more often, the parties cobble something modest together, apparently snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.
This process looks – and perhaps more importantly feels – very different depending on how much attention you pay to what's going on. If you start with the previews, ignore the roller coaster, and check back in at the end, you'll often conclude that the summit has had modest impact but little more; the outcome will often be pretty close to what sober analysts were expecting before the talks began.
If, instead, you follow the talks diligently from beginning to end, you can end up with a different take. The theatrical lows that typically dominate the news as the talks proceed up have a way of resetting observers' expectations. Instead of the manageable summit that once appeared to be in store, by the time the end of the last week of the talks rolls around, you have the makings of a train wreck. Then – miraculously! – the negotiators pull something together. (I don't mean to belittle the task -- diplomacy is tough.) Compared to the disaster that appeared to be in store only days (perhaps hours) earlier, you have a spectacular success.
Which one of these vantage points gives observers a more accurate view? I'm not entirely sure. I was struck by the difference last year, when instead of attending the talks as I had in Cancun and Copenhagen the previous two years, I stayed home from the Durban summit. My ultimate take was less intense, and less positive, than my reactions to the Cancun and Copenhagen talks. Most of that, no doubt, reflects different expectations and outcomes for the three summits. (At least I like to think so; I'd be an awfully unreliable analyst otherwise.) But I can't help suspecting that part of it is explained by the fact that I didn't go through the Durban roller coaster. I was comparing the outcome more to my initial expectations, rather than to whatever mood and new expectations immediately preceded the conclusion of the talks.
So should you pay attention to the climate summit? As a general matter, I still think that the answer is yes. The shadow boxing and public accusations may have little impact on the ultimate outcome, but they matter in themselves. They reveal the fundamental beliefs of many of the important participants. And since the climate talks are as much a contest for international public opinion as they are an exercise in negotiating agreements, the public battle matters. But when next Friday (or Saturday morning) rolls around, and you look at whatever the talks have produced, try to ignore most of what's happened during the two weeks since the talks opened, and compare the outcome to whatever the real goals and expectations going in were. That's the best way to really understand how much the climate talks have accomplished.
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Our work is based on creating corrective experiences in order to heal the wounds from childhood in a loving compassionate atmosphere. It also aims at supporting us in order to discover our resources. Specifically this part is purely an empowerment into discovering of and reconnecting with our True Self and potential. We will explore the issues around our power and all what holds us back from living life fully as we deserve, according to our Soul mission.
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ATLANTA -- Somebody had to be the first opponent to play the Red Sox in Boston following Monday's tragedy. That somebody will be the Royals, who open a weekend series at Fenway Park on Friday night.
The environment is uncharted territory for pretty much everybody, but being that opponent is a responsibility the team is taking very seriously and is something it sees as an opportunity to promote healing in a way that is unique to baseball.
Royals manager Ned Yost actually has an idea of the range of emotion that will be felt in Fenway and all around Boston this weekend, as he was on the Braves' coaching staff when Atlanta was the New York Mets' first opponent following 9/11. He knows how baseball can play a part in the healing process.
"It sounds stupid, because you don't really have much of an impact, but you just go and be with the city," said Yost. "Baseball promotes healing for everybody. Don't ask me how. When we were here in Atlanta at the end of the year, we'd get letters from families that their mom or their dad or their brother or their sister stayed alive four extra days to watch us play. They fought. That's all they were living for. It just makes you feel better if you can go to a baseball game. It's America's pastime, and it just helps heal. So I'm glad that we've got the opportunity to go in there and help some in that process."
"You saw what happened with 9/11. Baseball kind of brought everybody together," said pitcher Tim Collins, who grew up in nearby Worcester, Mass., and will have family and friends in the stands this weekend. "This is kind of the same thing. When there's a tragedy, when something like this happens, you're able to take people's minds off what happened for just a few hours. It really helps. Obviously, it won't be forgotten, but it will ease people's minds a little bit for just a short time."
Catcher George Kottaras has an emotional tie to the Red Sox, as he made his Major League debut with them on Sept. 13, 2008. While he knows the Red Sox will be the sentimental favorite, he feels there really will be no winners or losers on Friday -- even though the Royals will be out to win the game.
"It's definitely one of those things where we're trying to get together for Major League Baseball, then the city of Boston and people around the world," Kottaras said. "We all have heavy hearts. It's special for me in the sense that it's where I made my debut. It's kind of where things started for me, so there's definitely a little sense of that, but it's tough on everybody."
Win or lose this weekend, the Royals are proud to play a part in helping restore normality to Boston.
"Obviously we're not going to try to lose Friday night, but at the same time, I think just playing baseball sometimes takes people's minds off it," said right fielder Jeff Francoeur. "Obviously, it's not a big deal compared to what those people and families are going through, but hopefully it will give a little bit of normalcy to them."
"What happened is just sad, and I'm at a loss for words, but the city is unbelievable. Such a strong group of people," said third baseman Mike Moustakas. "It really shows you what it is to be an American, the way everybody's rallied around them. It's going to be a lot of fun to go into that city and play in that town when it means more than just playing baseball. It's going to be nice to go into a town and be able to help people out."


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My daughter has started to want things. Until now she has only needed things. Here is the difference:
Scenario A: Fin Needs Something
Fin: "Mmmrrraaaaaa."
Me: "It must be lunch time. Let's get you some food."
Scenario B: Fin Wants Something
Fin: "Book? Book?"
Me: "No book, it's time for lunch."
Fin: "Book? Book? Book?"
Me: "No, honey."
Fin: "Book? Book? Book? Book? Book? Book? Book? Book?"
For a while now I have thought of raising Fin like a video game. You start off with fairly simple tasks to accomplish, to help you get a hang of the basic controls. Thereafter you encounter obstacles of steadily increasing difficulty.
The only real difference is that if you fail a level, you don't get to go back and try it again. Instead, all of that level's monsters follow you to the next one. Oh, and you get no power-ups.
Here are the levels I think I've completed so far:
Level 1: Don't Drop Me
Level 2: Keep Me Warm But Not Too Warm
Level 3: Guess Why I'm Crying
Level 4: I Did A Poo In My Pants
Level 5: Food
Level 6: Try To Make Me Sleep
Level 7: Guess What I Just Put In My Mouth
Level 8: I Have Noticed That You Do What I Want When I Cry
Level 9: Biting Is Fun
Level 10: Am I Sick?
Level 11: I Can Reach Your Valuables
Level 12: But I Don't Want To Wear Pants
Level 13: I Can Climb On Things To Reach Your Valuables
Level 14: No
Level 15: My Education Depends On You Signing Me Up To A Good School's Waiting List A Year Ago
Some future levels I'm expecting:
- Why Don't I Have A Penis?
- But Mom Said I Could
- I Want A Pony
- All The Other Girls Have Pierced Belly Buttons
- Boys Are Cute
- I Should Look Like The Girls In The Magazines
- My Boyfriend Has A Car
Then of course there are the optional bonus levels, such as I've Decided To Go Backpacking Through Thailand, and Dad This Is My Life Partner Susan.
I think I need to read some more strategy guides before then. I believe they are called "parenting books."


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Around 9:30 p.m., San Jose officers responded to Capitol Expressway just north of Silver Creek Road for reports of a man that was struck by a car, said Officer Albert Morales.
Morales said the pedestrian, who has not been identified, was walking eastbound across the major thoroughfare when he was hit by either a black Honda Pilot or Ford Explorer.
The suspect car fled the scene before police arrived, and the man was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Morales said the man remained hospitalized Tuesday afternoon.
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Toyota's new trio of TRD Pro off-roaders will hit showrooms in the coming months, and the Tacoma version will be the cheapest one of the bunch. Starting at $36,410, the 2015 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro is fitted with a long list of upgrades focused on off-roading. The 2015 4Runner TRD Pro is currently the most expensive TRD Pro model at $41,995, though the Tundra TRD Pro will likely surpass it as the most expensive of the three when its pricing is announced at a later time.
Modifications for the Tacoma TRD Pro include 16-inch beadlock rims wrapped in BF Goodrich all-terrain tires, Bilstein shocks, and TRD springs. Other TRD mods include a cat back exhaust system, TRD shift knob, TRD floor mats, and TRD badges. The Tacoma's starting price of $36,410 is for the Access Cab body style with a six-speed manual. The Double Cab with the manual starts at $37,320. A five-speed auto is an additional $980.
The 4Runner TRD Pro sports similar modification as the Tacoma sans the cat back exhaust. Additionally, the 4Runner gets 17-inch rims and Nitto Terra Grappler tires. The 4Runner also gets a TRD-sourced skid plate. Paint colors for the TRD Pro lineup include Attitude Black Metallic, Super White, and Inferno (exclusive to TRD Pro). The Tacoma goes on sale next month and the 4Runner will reach showrooms in September. The Tundra is slated to arrive sometime in fall.


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- Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
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Implement multiple redundant layers of security.Since this issue may be leveraged to execute code, we recommend memory-protection schemes, such as nonexecutable stack/heap configurations and randomly mapped memory segments. This tactic may complicate exploits of memory-corruption vulnerabilities.
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The next flu pandemic may be hibernating in an Arctic glacier or frozen Siberian lake, waiting for rising temperatures to set it free. Then birds can deliver it back to civilization.
New research suggests an influenza virus could go into hiding in the ice when earlier generations of humans, birds or other hosts developed immunity strong enough to drive the virus to extinction. It's a sort of evolutionary loophole.
"It can bring a set of viral genes back to life that have been frozen for centuries or thousands of years," said environmental biologist Scott Rogers of Bowling Green State University in Ohio. "If hosts haven't seen the virus in a while, then there may be no active immunity."
Rogers and Zeynep Koçer, of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, found that influenza viruses can easily survive freezing in pond water, and emerge from the melting ice strong enough to infect bird eggs. They presented their latest evidence today at the American Society for Microbiology meeting in Philadelphia.
Rogers calls this evolutionary strategy "genome recycling." He thinks migrating waterfowl regularly deliver influenza viruses to Arctic glaciers and lakes, where it becomes frozen in ice. When the ice melts, birds pick the virus up and transport it back south where it can infect humans.
The research comes amid a global alert over a new swine flu strain, H1N1, that has so far killed at least 80 people and could be headed toward full-blown pandemic. Influenza pandemics have struck periodically in historic times. The worst in recent memory were the Spanish flu in 1918, the Asian flu in 1957 and the Hong Kong flu in 1968.
These pandemics are hard to predict or trace back to their origins. Some researchers have proposed Siberia as a hub for the evolution of flu pandemics that eventually emerge in other locations — carried there by birds.
Scientists have in fact detected influenza viruses frozen in the ice and mud of lakes in Alaska, Siberia and elsewhere. These Arctic lakes are the summer grounds for ducks that migrate to China, Southern Asia, Europe and North America.
Dany Shoham, who studies biological warfare at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies in Bar-Ilan University in Israel, first sidled up to the idea that influenza viruses may hide in ice during the 1990s. As influenza viruses pass from one person, or bird, to another, they normally pick up random changes in their genes because of errors in viral replication. This "genetic drift" happens at a constant rate.
But Shoham noticed something strange: Influenza viruses isolated decades apart sometimes showed little sign of genetic drift. One strain that came from Russia in 1977, was nearly identical to a strain of the virus last seen in 1950.
"In some cases," he said, "they are absolutely identical."
To Shoham, it seemed as though these viruses spent the intervening decades not infecting birds or people, but rather frozen in suspended animation — something like Buck Rogers spending 500 years drifting in space.
Shoham and Rogers believe that ice provides a perfect explanation. When they tested their theory with Siberian lake ice in 2006, they found an influenza virus almost identical to one that had infected people in the 1930s, and again in the 1960s.
"This phenomenon may take place regularly," Shoham said, "far beyond what we witness."
They are now trying to prove the viruses found in lake ice can actually survive well enough to re-infect birds when the ice melts. So far it has been shown only in lab experiments, but there's already some indication that influenza has evolved a special capacity for surviving cold.
When cells and viruses are cooled, their membranes often change suddenly — similar to the way water molecules reorganize during freezing — and this can rupture the membrane and kill the cell. So, biophysicist Joshua Zimmerberg of the National Institutes of Health cooled an influenza virus below freezing while monitoring the properties of its membrane coating using a new technique called "magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance."
But the membrane coating of influenza was "like none we had ever looked at before," said Zimmerberg, who published his results last year in Nature Chemical Biology. Influenza's membrane capsule gradually hardened from an oily fluid into a hardened gel, without sudden changes. "It's remarkably stable with freezing and thawing," he said. "That's the unique thing about influenza."
The idea that influenza may hide out in ice has struck a chord among some experts. "One of the challenges is where does this virus persist between pandemics?" said virologist Richard Slemons of Ohio State University, who has studied bird flu for 35 years. "The idea needs to be considered and explored."
Rogers believes global surveillance for influenza outbreaks should keep an eye on Arctic ice. Many other viruses may have evolved to lay dormant in ice when their host populations develop resistance, says Shoham. He suspects waterborne viruses such as polio, hepatitis A, and rotavirus (which causes diarrhea) could all potentially survive in ice. Even smallpox — a virus against which Americans are no longer routinely vaccinated — might survive in the bodies of victims buried in Arctic permafrost.
Meanwhile, Rogers and John Castello of State University of New York in Syracuse have isolated a plant virus called tomato mosaic virus from Greenland glacial ice up to 140,000 years old. "It's our opinion that they are probably still viable," says Rogers, "but we weren't able to show that."
And Koçer is screening ice from Antarctic lakes that have remained frozen for at least hundreds of years, using a technique which can detect any type of virus — whether they infect, plants, animals, or bacteria.
"I want to see everything," she says. One preliminary run turned up genetic sequences for what could be over 100 viruses.
See Also:- Swine Flu Ancestor Born on U.S. Factory Farms
- Swine Flu Genes From Pigs Only, Not Humans or Birds
- Scientists Find Key to What Could Make Bird Flu a Human Pandemic
- Predicting Bird Flu's Future
- Wired Magazine: The Plague Fighters: Stopping the Next Pandemic
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In the aftermath of the tragic terrorist attack in Boston, it is encouraging to note the reexamination of US immigration policy to limit the numbers of potential terrorists who may legally enter our country with less background investigation than is appropriate and necessary.
In addition we must be sensitive to the feelings of the general American Muslim community, who are blameless for this recent terrorist action and other terrorist actions. Worldwide Islamic terrorism does reflect on the Muslim community here; and hellish Islamic terrorist actions have taken place on American soil. Yet, we must remember that the vast majority of Muslims in this country are not terrorists nor terrorist sympathizers, and should be respected as blameless, honorable, hardworking, peaceful US citizens.
We should avoid labeling those that "share .. religious, ethnic … characteristics as dangerous and/or evil, but rather seek to bring to justice the perpetrators of these [violent acts] and those who would seek to harm us, and through government policy institute laws to protect all of our citizens… …we should teach our children in our homes to be peaceable to others through our words and our actions."- Alan Fine, U of M, April 2013
CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad condemned the attack. The Muslim American Public Affairs Council, a statewide inter-faith group based in Raleigh, also issued a statement Friday. The group "strongly condemns terror, all sorts of violence and the barbaric attack and the killing of innocent marathon runners, civilians and our brave law enforcement personnel in Boston and everywhere. "MAPAC and its members pray for the victims and stand in support of their families and of the law enforcement organizations in Boston and in USA."


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Jessica Galli: Living and leading
Jessica Galli, a track and field athlete at the last four Paralympic Games, is now the vice president of the Athletes' Advisory Council. The group fosters a relationship between athletes active in the Olympic and Paralympic Movements and the United States Olympic Committee.
Jessica Galli has never let anything slow her down in her pursuit to greatness.
At the age of 7, she was paralyzed in a car accident. Today, she is a seven-time medalist at the Paralympic Games, where she competed four times including last summer in London, and holds multiple titles from the International Paralympic Committee World Championships.
The Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games proved to be her most successful year when she medaled in each of her five events. In the women's 400-meter race (T53), she claimed the gold.
"I'll never forget the Beijing Games," said Galli, who holds multiple world records. "It was the height of my performance; it's the most prepared I've ever been and it was the best I have ever raced. Even after winning gold, it was still a huge learning experience for me."
Galli had trained for two previous games, Sydney 2000, where she took home a silver medal, and Athens 2004, but she said her coach Adam Bleakney brought her regime to a new level for let her slack while prepping for Beijing.
Bleakney, her wheelchair track coach at the University of Illinois since 2006, pushed her harder than ever to reach her goal of making the podium.
"He would pressure me to constantly give 100 percent. He would ask, 'Are you trying for mediocrity or are you striving for excellence?' And that has stuck with me ever since," Galli said.
She called Bleakney, her U.S. teammate at all four Games, one of the most influential people in her career.
Her ambitious coach has not been the only significant motivator within her sporting career, but her family and fiancé have also helped her reach her full potential. Having her biggest fans at the Games, Galli stated, was beneficial whether she succeeded or did poorly.
She said they are the best people to celebrate with but an even better support group when she does not compete at her best.
Gavin Cloy, her fiancé, helps to keep her moving forward because he, too, is a wheelchair athlete within basketball. But knowing how his successes and failures are a group effort, Galli cherishes the fact that racing is a direct result of her individual performance.
"If I do well, it was my hard work that brought me to win and it's completely for myself," she said. "I like going fast and I like taking ownership for my performance whether it's good or bad."
Galli's winning nature and strive for excellence has gotten her far within the world of sports. Once just an athlete, she is now taking leadership roles that will help her further the Paralympic Movement in a new respect.
She was recently elected vice president of the Athletes' Advisory Council, an organization which is responsible for broadening communication between the United States Olympic Committee and active athletes. The council serves allows athletes to have a direct pipeline for input to the USOC board of directors.
Starting as a Paralympic summer representative and serving four years as a Paralympic track and field representative, Galli sought out an even larger leadership role.
"My main goal has always been to make an impact for Paralympic athletes and give them a voice," Galli explained. "What's so great about [the AAC] is that I can bring up issues athletes have to the people who can actually make a change."
She has conveyed her desire to spread awareness about Paralympic sports and its equality while serving as vice president. Galli is the highest ranking Paralympian in the group.
Galli admires the group's leader, Nordic skier Sarah Konrad, for getting an immediate start on change within the Olympic and Paralympic Movements. The AAC has already jump started the new strategic plan for the organization.
With support from Konrad, Galli has also begun her initiative to create an internal AAC for Paralympic athletes.
"I want to bring the sports together as well as the lesser spoken for NGBs. I want to get them involved with each other, give them a more prominent identity and provide them with a safe place to voice their concerns," said Galli.
Galli's main focus on growing awareness of Paralympic athletes and sports results from the constant help she's received from others.
"I just want to give back to everyone and everything that has been given to me," she said. "I want to make a difference in an athlete's life because there are so many people that have made an impact on me that have no idea they did so."
When Galli hears or reads about other Paralympic athletes who help others, it continually inspires her to do the same and expands her desire to let people know that anything can be overcome with effort. Galli is consistently putting forth efforts in multiple areas of her life.
Galli and her fiancé have recently moved from Illinois, where Galli is from, to Georgia, where Cloy is originally from. Since the move, she has enjoyed the warmer southern air and continued to train after making the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Team.
Her daily routine consists of training in the morning, working for the AAC, volunteering in her local community and topping the day off with wedding planning. With a full daily schedule, and preparing for one of her most important events, her wedding, it is difficult for Galli to concentrate solely on racing.
"I love racing, but right now I am training for myself. I took four months off and started back up in January, so I feel good and I just can't bring myself to stop," Galli said. "But we are getting married at the end of June, so I'll be honeymooning during the world championships."
Galli faces a struggle of deciding whether to retire from racing or not, but she has declared one thing certain: being active will always be a necessary aspect of her life.
"Athletics help you to feel your best and keeps you fit physically and mentally," she said.
And for her, sports give her "a reason to get up in the morning."
While on the 2013 U.S. Paralympic Track and Field National Team, Galli continues to stress the importance of healthy living and appreciation for all the encouragement and support she has received. She plans to advance the awareness of Paralympic sports through her work with the AAC and her belief that anyone can overcome the odds thrown at them.
"No one is born amazing," stated Galli. "It is the opportunities and chances people take that make them great."


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If you're looking for an internet anthem, here it is: a Journey - Faithfully parody that soulfully expresses its love for its favourite internet memes.
It's pretty much what we all do on the internet every day, in song. This means looking at picture of animals, watching silly videos, GIF crawlin' and guffawing to Impact font memes.
Here is a sampling of the song's lyrics:
And the old spice guy
Looking out for gifs about the wire
They say that the net
Ain't no place to impress a lady
Page after page of Sean Bean
And life as a trolling man
Ain't all it's cracked up to be
Oh Girl
You still scare me
But you'll forever be
My favourite memes
Every damn day.[Humordy via Laughing Squid]


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What is truth?August 24, 2007 — Deacon Duncan
In preparation for todays XFiles Friday, I'd like to take up a couple of philosophical questions that have practical, and important, answers.
1. What is truth?
2. How can we distinguish between real-world truth and that which is not truth?
A decent philosopher could probably write a whole book about truth, but for our purposes here we will limit ourselves to real-world truth, and practical answers. Truth is reality, i.e. that which exists independently of our perceptions of it, which is self-consistent, and which has a significant impact on our experience independent of our wishes and/or perceptions.
This is a somewhat oversimplified definition, naturally. For example, it could be perfectly true that in some far distant galaxy, some small, subatomic particle is interacting with some other small, subatomic particle in a way that will never have any significant impact on anybody's experience. That's fine; this definition of truth isn't meant to be all-encompassing. I'm just highlighting those aspects of the portion of the truth which is relevant to the subject of apologetics. There may be quite a bit of truth somewhere out beyond the realm of that which will ever have a meaningful impact on our individual experiences, but as far as this discussion is concerned, it is sufficient to point out the connection between truth and objective reality.
How can we tell the difference between real-world truth and that which is not really true? I've hinted at the answer above: genuine, real-world truth exists outside of our subjective perceptions, is self-consistent, and has a significant impact on our experience regardless of our perceptions, desires, fantasies, etc. That means we can distinguish between truth and untruth by looking first and foremost for consistency.
Truth is consistent with itself, which means (negatively) that it won't contradict itself and (positively) that it is interconnected with other truths in a constrained manner, such that our knowledge of one part of the truth can reveal the existence of more truth that is consistent with what we know. This is the principle upon which all valid science is based, by the way.
There are a couple other principles which also stem from the nature of truth: if truth is that which exists independently of our perceptions, then we should be suspicious, at least, if we find some alleged "truth" which depends on our individual, subjective perceptions for its existence and character. Such things may be "subjective truths," if you like, but they're not necessarily real-world truth (i.e. truth that has a significant impact on our experience regardless of our perceptions and desires).
Likewise, if real-world truth is that which has a significant impact on our experience apart from our perceptions and desires, then we should be at least skeptical in the fact of any alleged "truth" that has no possible impact on our experience apart from perception and desire. This is not to assume that such things are automatically false, but they need to be examined to see if they are indeed consistent with objective reality, or if they are merely pleasant but irrelevant fantasies (or unpleasant but groundless fears, etc).
Notice that the above answers do not arbitrarily eliminate what might be called "spiritual" experiences. Suppose, for example, that there exists some spiritual being who, having no material component, cannot appear in physical form. Yet people claim to be able to communicate with this being, subjectively. If our subjective perceptions are the only means we have of interacting with this being, does that mean we cannot determine whether this being actually exists?
Not at all. Truth is consistent with itself, and real-world truth exists independently of our perceptions. All we need to do is to see whether or not the behavior of this alleged being is consistent with that which exists independently of our perceptions. For example, take two people who claim to be able to communicate with this being. Separate them so that they cannot communicate with each other (except via this spiritual being), and then give one of them some short passage of text to relay to the other via the spiritual being.
If the communication takes place, and the message is successfully transmitted, that would be consistent with the idea that the spiritual being actually exists. If the believers are forced to consistently make excuses for why the communication failed to happen, that would be consistent with the spiritual being not actually existing in the real world, outside of the believers' perceptions.
Truth can be a tricky business. Sometimes you don't have all the information you need, and sometimes you misperceive the information you do have. In the long term, however, the truth tends to make itself known because of its inherent consistency with itself and with the real world, and untruth tends to make itself known by the accumulated need for additional speculations, rationalizations, fantasies, and other self-deceptions required to maintain belief in the face of increasing self-contradictions and inconsistencies with reality.


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When we heard that singer songwriter Rufus Wainwright was heading to Aberdeen as part of a three-date Scottish Highlands tour, of course we were excited.
Fresh from a number of UK shows and a two-date show at Carnegie Hall in New York bringing to life the music of Judy Garland once again, we caught up with Rufus who told us he's excited to be heading to the Granite City.
"It's sometimes good to visit smaller places off the usual beaten track and stay away from the larger cities," he said. "I'm working on a new opera 'Hadrian' at the moment, so I'm not quite ready to do anything bigger – I'm just going to be circling the wagons so to speak up in Scotland for the time being.
"I missed writing songs, especially pop songs and writing about my life, so it's good to get out there and play again and get some music out there, and up in Aberdeen is the perfect place to do that."
Rufus' latest album 'Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets' was released in April this year to honour the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death. It features readings and music from famous names including Carrie Fisher, William Shatner and his sister Martha.
"It's something that I've always had an interest in," Rufus said, explaining the idea behind the album.
"When I hit puberty, my mother was getting a little annoyed with me spending a lot of time in my room, so she gave me a book of Shakespeare's sonnets. Recording the album combines my love of classical and pop music. It came together in such a short space of time and it was literally historically fun."
So what can fans expect when they head out to see him perform?
"A whole lot of everything!" Rufus laughed. "We have the Sonnets album, and bits and pieces of my back catalogue as well. The location of my show can sometimes play a part in what happens on stage, so you can expect to hear some old folk songs and a few freedom fighter songs."
Rufus' next project is an opera on the Roman emperor Hadrian scheduled to be released sometime in 2018.
"I enjoy doing operas," Rufus said. "This one is about Hadrian's relationship with Antinous, who drowned. There's everything in there – a big chorus, lots of characters, a love story.
"I'm very much looking forward to seeing it come together – but first to Scotland!"
○ Catch Rufus Wainwright at Aberdeen's His Majesty's Theatre on Sunday, November 20.
For tickets, visit www.aberdeenperformingarts.com.


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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be court-martialed.
The U.S. Marine Corps announced Monday that Capt. James V. Clement will be tried for dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and failure to stop misconduct by those under his command. The charges were referred for trial following an evidentiary hearing held last month at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
A date for the upcoming court-martial has not been set. Two Marine sergeants have already been convicted in the case with another enlisted soldier still awaiting trial.
Defense lawyer John Dowd says Clement is being scapegoated a result of political correctness and hysteria. Video of the incident posted on YouTube caused widespread outrage among Afghans.


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Houston, Texas
Posted October 3, 2007
Befekadu Moreda was anxious as he sat with his pregnant wife, Tseday, and their two daughters in a terminal at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in April. His pockets were virtually empty, and his future was filled with uncertainty. Their connecting flight to Houston--their new home--had been cancelled.
In his native Ethiopia, Moreda was known as a tenacious and uncompromising editor. But at this moment, his 3-year-old daughter, Fennane, wanted a drink, and even that was beyond his means. "At that time, I remember, we don't have money even to buy a soda. My little child asked me for water, water, water," Moreda now recalls. "We are strangers here. We don't have anyone."
Moreda, who was granted resettlement status in the United States, finally made it to Texas with his family, concluding a journey that began in early 2006 when he fled across the Ethiopian border to Kenya under threat of imprisonment. Despite the extraordinary hardships that come with leaving one's career and one's homeland, Moreda, 43, considers himself a fortunate man.
According to CPJ research, Moreda is among 34 Ethiopian editors and reporters who have fled into exile since 2001, a period during which only Zimbabwe has produced more exiled journalists. Dozens of journalists have been in and out of .Ethiopian prisons within this timeframe, one that also saw the wholesale dismantling of Ethiopia's independent press, including Moreda's well-regarded newsweekly, Tomar. His grueling journey out of his native country and into a new life mirrors the experiences of many Ethiopian journalists forced to flee their homes
Hear Befekadu Moreda describe his experiences:
Moreda was one of a group of like-minded publishers and editors active in the establishment of Ethiopia's free press in the early 1990s, following the rise of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Moreda remembers it as a hopeful time to be a journalist in Ethiopia, where new publications emerged out of a desire to support the country's nascent democracy. "To build this democratic society, this society should have the right to speak freely," he said in an interview with CPJ. "We started the newspapers and magazines to facilitate the forums for these people."
In 1993, Moreda helped launch a weekly called Tomar, which means "letter" or "message" in Amharic. Tomar had a reputation for exposing government corruption and human rights violations. As its editor, Moreda was known for his professional integrity and his courage in defending the right of journalists to do their jobs.
That same year, Moreda became a founding member of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association. In a telephone interview with CPJ in June, Tamiru Geda, the association's UK-based secretary, called him "one of the most dedicated and respected journalists I came across when I was in Ethiopia." Moreda, he said, "doesn't give up easily or surrender to external or internal challenges."
Between 1993 and 2005, Moreda was detained nine times as the EPRDF's commitment to press freedom waned in the face of increasingly critical coverage by private publications. The charges against him, which stemmed from articles he wrote or published in Tomar, included "incitement to violence," "defaming the military," and refusing to reveal sources--despite a 1992 press law that supposedly guarantees their confidentiality.
Moreda described Ethiopian prisons as cramped and dirty. "You cannot lie down even at night; you can sleep only on one side because of the space," he said. "There is no sanitation system." Imprisonment was then a routine occurrence for independent journalists and editors in Ethiopia, although bail money was usually enough to secure a release. Most important to Moreda was that Tomar remained on the newsstands, even during his detentions, the longest of which lasted six months.
However objectionable these conditions were, they got much worse for the press in 2005. In May of that year, contested parliamentary elections led to violent clashes between opposition groups and the ruling EPRDF party. At least 15 journalists were imprisoned on claims of antistate activity for articles that criticized the government's handling of the civil unrest. Several others were detained on years-old charges and held without bail.
With three cases against him already in the court system, Moreda knew it was only a matter of time before his name would be called. To make matters worse, the government had pressured Tomar's printer to stop publishing the newspaper. In March 2006, Moreda fled his home, leaving behind his career and, for a time, his family. The next day, he was sentenced in absentia to 15 months in prison on charges stemming from an opinion piece published in Tomar five years earlier.
"If you cannot work in your country, if they ban your newspaper, your media institution, what do you do?" Moreda asked. "You have to move someplace else."
Where he would ultimately end up, however, was still unclear. "It was a life of fear," Moreda recalled. "It was hiding and doubt."
Moreda hid at a cousin's house until he could secure a car to drive him the 475 miles (765 kilometers) to Moyale, a city on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border. From Moyale, his driver helped him hire a broker to guide him and three other refugees across the border, traversing grazing land in Ethiopia and weaving through dense forest on the Kenyan side, keeping a lookout for Ethiopian security agents.
Not long after their arrival in Kenya, they were approached by a police car. Moreda's broker negotiated their passage to Nairobi, a two-day journey. Moreda remembers the trip as bittersweet: "On the one side is the hope I will overcome this problem, so I have to be strong. On the other side is my family, which I left behind. That was a feeling of pain. "
New challenges awaited Moreda when he arrived in Nairobi, home to an estimated 30,000 refugees who pour into Kenya from neighboring countries. A friend and fellow Ethiopian journalist, Silessi Woledeyes Beyene, offered him a place to stay. Within a week, Woledeyes Beyene was contacted by representatives of the Ethiopian government and told to bring Moreda in for questioning. The two immediately changed lodgings and kept a low profile.
Elizabeth H. Campbell, a coordinator for Refugee Council USA, said the Kenyan government "continues to insist that all refugees must reside in camps and legally does not recognize refugees outside of camps." She added that the refugees' lack of legal status increased their vulnerability to arrest by what she termed a corrupt police force.
Refugees like Moreda can request official status from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which affords "a certain insulation from excessive police abuse," according to Campbell, but is no safeguard from abduction or harassment by Ethiopian agents.
Meanwhile, Moreda's wife was enduring police harassment at home. After the journalist went into hiding, Tseday Moreda received phone calls and visits from police demanding to know his whereabouts and, finally, forcing her to sign an official document stating that he had left the country. Tomar'soffices were ransacked. Fearful of the police, shunned by her neighbors for being a so-called "enemy of the government," and without the means to support her family, she made the decision to take her daughters over the border and join Moreda in Nairobi.
A year later, the Moreda family resettled in the United States, joining the less than 1 percent of refugees worldwide who are referred by UNHCR for resettlement in third countries. CPJ helped the family get resettlement status in the United States.
Inside the Moreda family's new home--a weathered prefab apartment in southwest Houston--are reminders of a distant homeland. Leftovers from an Ethiopian breakfast of injera bread, grilled meat, and green kochkocha sauce sit on the kitchen table, and the smell of newly roasted coffee beans hangs in the air. Two worn copies of Tomar sit on the coffee table before a muted TV set.
Moreda, dressed in blue scrubs, says good-bye to his daughters and wife and steps into the hot May morning. He will ride the city bus for more than an hour to get to his maintenance job at a Houston hospital. The hours are long--he usually returns home after 1 a.m.--and the work is physically draining, but it pays the bills and, Moreda said, his first goal is to make a new life for his family.
Moreda's experience in Houston is typical of that of most journalists forced into exile. Of the 209 cases of exiled journalists that CPJ has documented since 2001, less than one-third have found work in professions related to their field. Language barriers, varying professional standards, and job scarcity reduce their likelihood of making the transition into a foreign newsroom. In the end, the majority of exiled journalists must take low-level jobs in order to provide for themselves and their families.
"There are millions of people living in Ethiopia who think of America as a garden of heaven," Moreda said. "But America is not like that; it is the land of effort."
Since his departure from Ethiopia, all of the journalists detained during the 2005 crackdown have been released, but many have gone into hiding, fearing re-imprisonment. Fifteen of the more than 20 newspapers that flourished prior to the crackdown remain shuttered, and exiled Ethiopian journalists interviewed by CPJ said that self-censorship is widespread among the papers still operating.
The government, for its part, denies the very existence of a press crackdown. Zemedkun Tekle, a spokesman for the Ethiopian Ministry of Information, told CPJ that journalists are not imprisoned for doing their job. "I do not know these journalists you are talking about. I can only say that the rule of law is prevailing in Ethiopia."
Asked whether he would return to Ethiopia, Moreda echoed sentiments expressed by his exiled colleagues abroad. "Really I don't have an interest to live in [the] USA," he said. "Even tomorrow, if this government allowed [a] free press, if they declared amnesty for people like me, I would go back to my home and I would serve my people." But his return to Ethiopia, where conditions for journalists remain precarious, seems an unlikely prospect anytime soon.
Karen Phillips is CPJ's journalist assistance program associate.


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- Anonymous8/18/10, 1:08 AM
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Maybe the dolls I wanted to buy were already all sold out? So that's why I was always being rejected when trying to check out?
Oh well then...
Petra from Germany
while i'm glad you posted this, i'm not happy with IT that there was no email to the W Club first. if they're going to view us a captive audience/market, they should at least pretend to cater to us.ReplyDelete
having said that, i did email to see if these were seconds/returns/whatever because I would think that Jeweled Cat would have sold out. this is the response i got that that inquiry
"The dolls in the shopping cart are brand new, NRFB and complete."
it was part of a very friendly email that was a reply to my very friendly question.
i'll let you know if it's not complete.
they could probably sell some of the ITBE if they just sold the fashion alone, because some of those dolls people are going to just throw away.
ok, i said i would follow up and i am doing it now. i ordered the cherry smash fashion and the jeweled cat and then emailed to make sure they sent me complete items. i wouldn't care if they were returns, i just wanted the outfit complete anyway.ReplyDelete
so, what I got was NRFB items. no flaws. some obvious light shelf wear. so i think the doll was in a store or display space, but was not the display doll. somewhat strong glue smell to the packaging.
for the price, i'm happy
- Anonymous10/24/10, 1:43 PM
Hello, I'm hoping to receive some input as to how I can sell my Gene Doll collection which I started in the late 1990's by ordering from Ashton Drake. I have about 30 Gene dolls (Covent Garden, Destiny, Bird of Paradise, Creme de Cassis, etc) and about 20 outfits (Holiday Magic, Safari, etc..) I'm not wishing to make a fortune, only to sell them reasonably, as they're beautiful and all NRFB...they just take up so much room and I've not even removed them from their Ashton Drake packing box, and I'm downsizing so would love to sell the collection in its entirety. Thank you! CariReplyDelete
There are two excellent Gene related boards that you can post your info on. One is Studio Commissary. Do a Google search for it.
Or, you can email me with a list of your items. We can arrange something so that I can act as your agent as I've done in the past for others.
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A hardy band of good sports volunteered to take part in a controlled experiment at the citizens police academy. Half a dozen residents, many of them graduates from previous years, agreed to imbibe up to seven or eight beers or glasses of wine over several hours to demonstrate the impact of alcohol consumption on judgment and motor skills for a class on drunk driving.
A hardy band of good sports volunteered to take part in a controlled experiment at the citizens police academy.
Half a dozen residents, many of them graduates from previous years, agreed to imbibe up to seven or eight beers or glasses of wine over several hours to demonstrate the impact of alcohol consumption on judgment and motor skills for a class on drunk driving.
The volunteers, ranging from a college-age female to a distinguished-looking older gentleman, consumed the alcohol together in a break room adjoining the classroom at the police station. They were all given rides to and from the class to ensure their safety.
They got sillier and sillier as the night progressed and became fast friends, applauding for each other and cheering each other on.
"We bring five of six people together, many of whom have never met each other before. For the first drink, they're making small talk, but by the end of the night they're hugging each other and exchanging emails," Sgt. Thomas LaGrasta said.
Over the course of the evening, the volunteers were given Breathalyzer tests, but the results were kept secret until after they underwent simulated field sobriety tests.
A tall woman named Deb had the class roaring with her antics.
For the alphabet test, she launched into a musical rendition, prompting student Colleen Lothrop to ask, "Has anyone ever said, 'Next time won't you sing with me ?'"
Sgt. Lawrence Bresciani, said, "No, but we once had someone say, 'a, b, 2, 3, 4'."
The woman, who'd had seven or eight beers over the course of nearly four hours, registered a .27 blood alcohol level, more than three times the legal limit of .08.
A little later in the evening, a veteran of the class named Dale, standing well over 6-feet tall, did seemingly just as poorly on the sobriety tests. He spent most of the exercise laughing and joking and warned the officer that if he tried to walk straight, he'd probably collide with one of the desks, which he proceeded to do to his own great amusement.
This was Dale's sixth time as a volunteer. But the annual exercise is just about the only time he drinks, he said."He failed with flying colors," Bresciani said. "I'm getting better every year," Dale said.
But the shock to the class was Dale's blood alcohol level was only .04, after drinking seven beers and some wine over the course of about five hours.
Bresciani said Dale's size and the fact he ate dinner, which slows alcohol absorption, probably kept his blood alcohol level low.
But even with a low blood alcohol level, he was clearly impaired. Dale obviously has a low tolerance for alcohol, most likely because he rarely drinks, Bresciani said.
The first victim of the evening was Dawn, a college-age female.
She aced the sobriety tests and did not exhibit the loss of inhibitions and goofiness typical of someone who's tipsy, but to just about everyone's surprise registered a .10 and was legally drunk.
LaGrasta, who ran the class and has been with the department for 13 years, said one of the aims of the exercise was to teach the volunteers and the students that many people do not know their limit and how readily people can become dangerous drivers and not even know it.
Another goal was to demonstrate the complexities of determining impairment in the field.
Officers making road stops do not have the benefit of knowing a driver's blood alcohol level. They also have the challenge of administering the field sobriety tests in a way that will hold up in court months later.
Most, if not all, of the students agreed they would have released Dawn and arrested Dale and Deb based on their field sobriety tests.
But that means Dawn would have driven off despite being legally drunk.
And if they had arrested Dale and Deb, they would have had to release Dale after administering a breath test back at the station. Officer Bresciani said he would have given Dale a ride home as a matter of public safety, because he was clearly impaired though under the legal limit.
Under Massachusetts law, the standard is "impairment," not a cut-and-dry blood alcohol level, LaGrasta said. The law requires someone with a blood alcohol level of .05 or less to be released, unless other drugs are suspected, .06 and .07 are a gray area in which a person can be arrested based on the totality of the circumstances but not the test result alone, and .08 and higher is grounds for arrest based on the test result alone.
Several of the volunteers registered somewhere between the two extremes of Dawn and Deb. Their performance on the field sobriety tests was borderline. What if they were just nervous, a couple of students asked. Would the officers have brought them in for a Breathalyzer test?
Bresciani said he tries to take all factors into consideration, including such things as nerves, the smell of alcohol, possible medical conditions, performance on a variety of field sobriety tests and demeanor.
"It's no one thing. It's the totality of the situation," Bresciani said.
"Our goal is to really find out if you're actually under the influence. We're gathering evidence. It may be in your favor."
LaGrasta said over the course of about 200 drunk driving arrests he's made, only one suspect turned out to be below .05, and that person had a brain injury that created symptoms similar to the behavior a person exhibits when drunk.
Bresciani said the class is meant to be enjoyable as well as educational, but a real drunk driving stop is no joke.
"It's funny in here, but it really is serious on the road," Bresciani said.
LaGrasta said most of the officers in the department have families, many with young children.
He showed the class a public service announcement depicting a young woman in the passenger seat of a car asking her boyfriend what it will take to get him to stop drinking and driving. Suddenly, we hear a screech, a crash and the screen is filled with shattered glass.
"The saddest thing about this job, I've done it three times, is to knock on a door and tell someone their loved one is not coming back. That's why we do what we do," LaGrasta said.
The drunk driving class was week 11 of a 14-week course, covering topics from use of force to the sex offender registry, firearms simulation training, self-defense and constitutional law.
The students went on ride-alongs with officers on the third shift and visited the county jail and Brockton District Court.
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It's Earth Day. Finally. Every year I have to cringe as hordes of marketing folks latch onto this celebration — once a real grassroots groundswell kinda thing — and try to make a buck on it.
Today on Morning Edition and All Things Considered on KPLU, environment reporter Liam Moriarty and I kick around the curiosities that have come in over the transom this year.
Here are some of our favorites. As Dave Barry would say, I am not making up any of this:
The segment is scheduled to air after the 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Morning Edition newscasts and at about 4:40 p.m. on All Things Considered. KPLU is at 88.5 on the low end of the FM dial.
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We're well into high school football season, which means you've probably been exposed to your local newspaper's special edition highlighting the region's top teams and star players.
These are almost always identical and uninspired, with generic quotations and boring photos of gruff coaches and unsmiling players trying to look their toughest. That wasn't the case for the Tri-City Herald of southern Washington, which took a creative turn on the campaign trail to illustrate the region's teams. You can see the full gallery and an extensive write-up of how it was done by photographer Kai-Huei Yau, and trust me that it's worth a look because they really are fantastic and unique photos. That Yau cajoled high school kids to pose for them alone is impressive enough.
The series was inspired by the (then) St. Petersburg Times' Melissa Lyttle's award-winning 2007 spread of high school players in Florida using a Sunshine State theme. Usually, these features are of interest to pretty much nobody outside the friends and family of those highlighted in the stories; we applaud anybody who comes up with a way to make them interesting to a broader audience.


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{Highlights: The band held a benefit concert and funded the local food bank, Lizzy really started to run and walk everywhere!}
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{Highlights: Lizzy started to want to dress herself, family day at the pumpkin patch, and Lizzy-the-Bumblebee for Halloween!}
{Highlights: The band went to Mt. Shasta, CA for a gig, I blogged about it and learned what a small world it is! It turns out that fellow blogger Cara @ Whimsy Smitten was actually living with the band's drummer Mike--he is her step-father-in-law! Also, Kait and Jesse came back for a visit before Jesse deployed...seeing them is a highlight, the fact that Jess is deployed again is NOT.}
{Highlights: All things Christmas, including a surprise new laptop! Thank goodness for a busy time of year--it helped keep my mind off our upcoming trip to Portland to deal with recently diagnosed skin cancer. All the joy that the holidays brought really felt like it redeemed the month!}
Overall, it was a great year. There was definitely more good than bad, and blessings abounded! Still, with all that's happened in December with the skin cancer, I'm a little nervous to think about all that 2012 could and will bring--here's hoping that this time next year, we'll be looking back and smiling at the fact that we couldn't have even imagined all the blessings that were in store!
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