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1 3/4 cups lukewarm water
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December 03, 2009
Dear Representative:
The National Education Association (NEA), representing 3.2 million educators across the nation, strongly supports passage of a new federal jobs package. Critical to such a package is the inclusion of an Education Jobs Fund to help save and create jobs that help students achieve, run our schools, and strengthen the middle class, while blunting the consequences of a funding cliff after the expiration of funds provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
State budget outlooks for 2010 and 2011 look bleak, with shortfalls predicted to be as high as $180 billion to $190 billion each year; local budget shortfalls are predicated to be as high as $40 billion each year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. These shortfalls, if left unaddressed, could have a devastating impact on schools, students and educators just one year after the ARRA helped save or create 325,000 education jobs. We have attached for your information and use a detailed state-by-state chart outlining an approaching "funding cliff" totaling anywhere from $23 billion to $50 billion for state education budgets after ARRA monies expire.
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- An Education Jobs Fund to maintain the investment in public education, and save and create jobs during 2010 and 2011. Additional federal money for public education will have an immediate impact on improving the employment picture because it is one of the most labor intensive industries. Saving an education employee from being laid off involves no wait time for grants and contracts to be drawn up or materials to be acquired.
Such a Fund will have the added benefit of keeping schools fully staffed so that class sizes do not swell to levels that can jeopardize efforts to raise student achievement and ensure our competitiveness, and will help keep education support professionals, such as guidance counselors, in our schools at a time when many students' families are suffering financially and creating undue stress on children. It will also help address the negative impacts on student learning of economic distress. A recent study at the University of California found that children in families where the head of the household had lost a job were 15 percent more likely to repeat a grade.
The Education Jobs Fund should function largely as a continuation of and increase to the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) created in the ARRA. The ARRA included $48.6 billion for education through the SFSF, with $35.4 billion distributed so far. While layoffs in education still have occurred due to the economy, the SFSF prevented a far worse situation as it has been credited with saving or creating more than 255,000 jobs. The GAO reported that most of the ARRA funds did indeed avert layoffs and reduce potential increases in tuition in higher education1. The nation cannot afford to now lose the education jobs that the initial SFSF helped save in 2009.
- An infrastructure investment program consisting of a dedicated funding stream for school construction and modernization, or a reauthorization of $25 billion in school construction bonds to modernize schools, put Americans to work and help students learn. Congress authorized the bond program as part of the ARRA. This program is very efficient and cost effective for state and local governments, and demand for it is high. For example, in California school districts applied for school construction bonds to cover $3.7 billion in projects. However, the state got only $700 million in bond allocations. Similarly, Tennessee has received requests for $305 million against its $121 million allocation. Therefore, we propose that this bond program, or a dedicated funding stream / direct grants program for school construction and modernization be included as part of a jobs package.
- A significant boost for IDEA and Title I, both of which helped save or create tens of thousands of education jobs through ARRA, while also sustaining and expanding critical programs for children with disabilities and low-income students. IDEA appears to provide the greatest direct help to local school budgets, and enables districts to transfer a portion of the increase to broader educational purposes. The $12.2 billion for IDEA in the ARRA has been credited with saving or creating more than 33,000 jobs, while the $10.3 billion for Title I has been credited with saving or creating more than 34,000 jobs.
While Congressional and Administration leaders are focused on job creation, it will be counterproductive to lowering the unemployment rate if states and local governments are forced to lay off hundreds of thousands of public sector employees. We believe the above-outlined proposals reflect good public policy that will help keep our nation on the road to economic recovery.
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A Conversation With Elicia Gonzales, Executive Director of GALAEI and Co-Founder of PleasureRush!
February 14, 2013
What if you were having a hot time with somebody new -- and a hard question about playing it safe came up? What if there were videos out there that brought up these questions via scenarios just like the ones happening in bedrooms and locker rooms all over the world -- without holding back a bit on the action?
From steamy online videos to hilariously fun, sexy parties to raise awareness within communities, Philadelphia's PleasureRush! program is committed to bringing sex-positive, pro-pleasure messages and activities back into HIV awareness, especially among LGBT communities of color.
"People have a right to have a healthy and pleasurable sex life, regardless of orientation, gender identity or HIV status," says Elicia Gonzales, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative (GALAEI). She spoke with TheBody.com about the program -- and how other HIV service providers can incorporate a sex-positive outlook into their work.
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Going through school, I knew that I wanted to be a sex therapist. I thought I would be the next Dr. Ruth. I have a master's degree in human sexuality education and a master's in social work. When I got into the HIV field, I felt that my legacy, if you will, would be to "bring sexy back" to HIV prevention. Obviously, this was when Justin Timberlake's song was very popular. [laughs]
The driving force behind PleasureRush! has been the need to talk about sex within the world of HIV, where surprisingly it often doesn't get talked about enough. Prior to coming GALAEI I worked at the Mazzoni Center, where I made some attempts to have a sex-positive perspective by throwing an event in honor of National Masturbation Month -- which is in May, in case you didn't know -- promoting the notion that masturbation is literally the safest sex of all. And it was met with some mixed reviews -- in part, I believe because it was focused more so on female sexuality and female masturbation, and those two things are oftentimes incredibly neglected when it comes time to talking about HIV and HIV prevention. But for other folks it was seen very positively and a step in the right direction.
"Sex is something that can be both pleasurable and healthy."
When I came to GALAEI, I knew that I would have an opportunity to bring home this notion that sex is something that can be both pleasurable and healthy. At the time my "co-conspirator" if you will, Norman Medina, who was working at GALAEI at the time, he and I really started to brainstorm around what we could do to get this idea off the ground. And hence PleasureRush! was born. It's been in existence now for almost two years. May 2011 was our official launch.
PleasureRush! acknowledges the connection between pleasure and health. It supports an understanding that sex and sexuality are healthy, natural and an integral part of everyone's life. It's focused specifically on the LGBT community, and our claim is that people have a right to have a healthy and pleasurable sex life, regardless of orientation, gender identity or HIV status.
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So each "What If" video asks, "What if you were in this situation?" -- where you are in the heat of the moment and you had a difficult decision to make. It could be around using a condom, disclosing your HIV status, whether or not to get an HIV test, whether or not to engage in quote-unquote "risky sex." But the point is that it's showing real-life scenarios that would really happen. And begging the question "what if?" That's one of the more established components of this project that are out in the world right now.
The other piece of it that we have done so far is engaging community. One of our primary goals is to bring conversations around sex and sexual health to the masses, if you will. So in May 2011 we had our kickoff event, which was the launch of the first video. This past May, we partnered with ScrewSmart, which is a sex-positive burlesque-type troupe in Philadelphia that's fantastic and amazing. We did a game event at a local bar based on the board game Cranium, but we called it "Creamium" and it was, again, in honor of Masturbation Month. It was hysterically fun sex education, and 110 percent sex positive . We invited community folks to come to this local bar that is very community focused, and we had a few vendors, and the highlight of the night was that random contestants got together and played this great game of Creamium -- asking questions about you know HIV, masturbation, favorite sexual positions -- but all very fun and silly and campy while also providing a sex-positive education message. There are pictures all over our Facebook, so you can look it up. We are going to do it again in May for Masturbation Month.
We also did an event on November 8 that was sort of a spinoff of the popular erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, as a kick off of Philadelphia Leather Pride Weekend. It was also all sex positive, with more of a focus on the kink community, as in the book. The focus was more on the queer community end, but talking about how people can explore different acts of sex and sexuality that don't necessarily involve more vanilla kinds of traditional sexual expressions.
We have a crazy fun time with the community celebrations. We got a ton of positive feedback. People are bored of just going to a bar and drinking and hanging out. They want a lot more interactive stuff to do, and we absolutely gave them that -- but in addition to that they learned all kinds of stuff that they might not have thought they needed to know, or known where to turn for, you know?
We probably also made some matches, because there were so many people getting pretty close to each other and playing the game that they would not have otherwise been talking to. So it turned in to a dating night too, I think.
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Thabiti Lewis is from St. Louis Missouri, where he grew up in West and North St. Louis. After he graduated from Sumner High School where he was a member of the drama club and captain of the baseball team. He attended the University of Rochester where he graduated with degrees in both English and History (with honors). The following year he obtained an M.A.T. (English) from the University of Rochester's School of Education.
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Historic Garden Week in Virginia
During the 80th Historic Garden Week in Virginia, April 20-27, visitors will step through the gates of more than 250 of Virginia's most beautiful gardens, homes and historic landmarks. Nearly 40 Garden Week tours will present a rich mosaic of some of the state's finest properties at the peak of Virginia's springtime color, as well as beautiful houses sparkling with over 2,000 flower arrangements created by Garden Club of Virginia members.
Sponsored by The Garden Club of Virginia, local events are scheduled from the Atlantic Ocean to the Allegheny Mountains and will span the centuries from the early 17th through the early 21st. In the Middle Peninsula, tours are planned in King and Queen County (April 26) and Mathews County (April 27). On the Northern Neck, a tour is planned in Northumberland County (April 24). The tours present an opportunity for visitors to enjoy some of the most elegant historic sites and breathtaking gardens the area has to offer.
In a special addition to the day, the sailing ship Godspeed will be docked and open for tours at Williams Wharf on Route 614 in Mathews, where lunch also will be available for purchase. Godspeed is a recreation of one of the three ships that brought the first English colonists to Virginia in 1607, and comes to the East River in Mathews by arrangement of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Mathews Land Conservancy.
And, as always, a variety of public historic sites in both Mathews and also in Gloucester County will welcome visitors with special hours on April 27.
The tour, titled the "Timeless Treasures of Mathews", features a house from each of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, and a garden from the 20th. Magnolia, on the East River, dates from the late 1600s; Springdale, on Put-In Creek, from 1735; Buckley Hall, in Mathews Court House, from the 1850s; and the gardens at Samarkand, on Woodas Creek, have been created over the last 15 years on the site of early 20th century gardens.
These houses, as well as the gardens, offer unique windows in to local history, from Colonial times until the present.
- Magnolia (1 Magnolia Road) with several aspects of its structure dating to before 1700, presents the earliest architectural details on the tour, including original "six over nine" windows and some original flooring. Recent additions include a "hyphen" connecting the main house with an old schoolroom, and a river room taking in the 1,100-foot frontage on the East River. Visitors will enjoy the llamas, horses, ducks, dogs, and cats that enliven Magnolia's grounds.
- Springdale (1108 New Point Comfort Hwy.), circa 1735, is now in the process of being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has extensive early construction which may still be seen. Set on the banks of Put-In Creek, Springdale was built for Richard Billups, a captain in the American Revolution. Most of the original construction remains, including woodwork and window glass, heart-pine floors, a massive double-brick chimney in Flemish bond, and period hinges and locks, including one that bears the British Royal Coat-of-Arms. Springdale is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Art Miller, who have retired to a new house on the property and have given over the main house to their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Brady Gillenwater.
- Buckley Hall (11293 Buckley Hall Road) was built in the 1850s as part of a larger estate, originally "Buckleigh Farm," an extensive plantation. The center-hall frame house in its lovely garden setting now retains lawn and woods of four acres, and features a rose garden. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lewis, owners, opened the house as a bed-and-breakfast in 2000 and visitors will enjoy seeing the kitchen's large, wood-burning stove used for cooking and heating.
- Samarkand Gardens (341 Samarkand Lane) are located at a house of the same name built in 1927 as a summer cottage by Edwin Treakle ("The Clam King"). Now, extensive and delightful gardens grace this 20th-century home on the banks of Woodas Creek, making a landscape rich in a variety of trees, flowerbeds and outdoor rooms. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hannold have created the garden through steady work over the last 15 years.
Advance tickets are $25 and available at Gloucester Visitor's Center, Smith's Florist, Mathews Visitor's Center and Brent & Becky's Bulbs or by sending a check to: Marianne Bowles, P.O. Box 2363, Gloucester, VA 23061. Bowles can be emailed at .
Lunch at Williams Wharf Landing will be available by advance reservation. Call (804) 725-9685.
Tickets on the day of the tour are $30 for the full tour and $15 for one house. Tickets for children ages 6-12 are $12, and children under age 5 are admitted free.
Tickets and maps are available at all homes and gardens on the tour, and at the tour headquarters—Edge Hill House on the corner of Main Street and Route 14 in Gloucester.
In addition to the tour sites, tour tickets also get visitors free admission to the following historic sites: Edge Hill House; Kingston Parish Episcopal Church, Route 614, Mathews; Zion Poplars Church, 7000 T.C. Walker Rd., Gloucester; and Rosewell Ruins, 5118 Old Rosewell Road, Gloucester.
Visit http://www.vagardenweek.org/tours for more information.
From earliest times, Native Americans were drawn to what would become Northumberland County because of its hospitable natural surroundings, said publicity chairman Carter Blackford Filer. Today, Northumberland is still considered the least known, least explored, and least developed county in the Northern Neck.
In that sense, its abundant natural beauty and quiet way of life are hidden gems just waiting to surprise and delight, she said. Perhaps that's why people who can choose to live anywhere they please now make up the majority of its 21st-century settlers.
Featured properties showcase the renovations of historic properties as well as stunning modern designs taking full advantage of water views. Properties span the timeframe from 1832 to 2005.
All properties on the tour are opened for Historic Garden Week for the first time.
- Eagle Point Farm, an updated 1920s Foursquare with infinity pool and sweeping views of the Great Wicomico. The property, at 1067 Eagle Point Road, is owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Mullenholz.
- Historic Edgehill is a meticulously restored pre-Civil War home relocated to an imposing bluff overlooking the river. The property, at 120 River Hill Road, is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mick Wiggins.
- Athena House is a chateau-style home designed to display fascinating collections of antiques and objects d'art. The property, at 474 Edge Hill Farm Road, is owned by Dr. A. Jacox and Dr. C. Spengler. Athena Winery also will be open on tour day.
- Van transportation will be available to Athena House and Edgehill from the Information Center, Wicomico Parish Church at 5191 Jessie Ball DuPont Memorial Highway in Wicomico Church.
- Cockrell House boasts river views from every room. The property, at 583 Wicomico Drive, is owned by Mr. and Mrs. T. Randolph Cockrell Jr.
- Sunset On the Wicomico is an artfully executed family compound designed by an award-winning West Coast architect. The property, at 2046 Whay's Creek Road, is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Carter Fox. Complimentary refreshments will be served here.
Tickets may be purchased in advance by mail for $25 per person until April 17. Children ages 6 to 12 are half price. Send checks payable to Garden Club of the Northern Neck with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Jane Kimball, P.O. Box 215, Reedville, VA 22539. For internet tickets, visit VAGardenweek.org.
Tickets may be purchased on tour day for $30, or $15 single-site admission, at any of the houses on the tour and at the information center. An adult must accompany children under age 17. Contact Kimball at 453-6517, or .
Tickets also may be purchased until April 22 at Wildest Dreams in Burgess, The Dandelion in Irvington, Material Girl near Burgess, Essex Bank in Callao, and Bank of Lancaster in Kilmarnock and Heathsville.
Box lunches are $12 each and must be reserved by April 12. Make checks payable to Wicomico Parish Church and mail to Wicomico Parish Church, Attn. Joy Young, P.O. Box 70, Wicomico Church, VA 22579.
Reserved box lunches may be picked up at the church from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Limited eat-in seating is available. Contact parish secretary Joy Young at 580-8042, or .
For more information contact tour chairmen Faith Kauders at , or Marguerite Slaughter at .


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adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare inherited genetic disorder. There are 40 subtypes of leukodytsrophy. X-linked ALD is the most common category. ALD results in degeneration of the:
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There are 6 subtypes of X-linked ALD:
ALD is caused by an inherited defective gene.
In people with ALD, the body cannot properly break down fatty acids. This results in a build up of saturated fatty acids in the brain and the adrenal cortex. This causes damage of the myelin sheath in the brain and the adrenal gland.
This condition is most common in males, although females may also be affected. It is also more common in children and young adults. Having a mother who carries the defective X-linked ALD gene may increase your risk.
Symptoms can vary within the types of ALD.
This form is the most severe. It only affects boys. Symptoms usually begin between 2–10 years of age. About 35% of boys can have severe symptoms during the early phase. On average, death results in 2 years, though some may live a couple of decades.
Initial symptoms include:
As the disease progresses, more serious symptoms develop. These include:
This type is similar to the childhood type. It begins around 11-21 years of age. The progression is usually slower.
This is the most common form. Symptoms of AMN can present in the 20s. It progresses slowly. They can include:
With this type, symptoms usually do not appear until young adulthood (20s) or middle age (50s). It causes symptoms similar to
dementia. It usually progresses quickly. Death or a vegetative state can occur in 3-4 years.
This form is only seen in women. Symptoms may be mild or severe. It usually does not affect the adrenal gland function.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
Images may be taken of your brain. This can be done with an
MRI scan.
There is no known cure for the brain damage of ALD. However, the adrenal deficiency can be treated with cortisone replacement. ALD often causes death within 10 years of the onset of symptoms.
Some therapies can help manage the symptoms of ALD.
These include:
There are also some experimental treatments.
Some treatments that are still being investigated that you may want to talk to your doctor about include:
There is no known way to prevent ALD. If you have ALD or have a family history of the disorder, you can talk to a genetic counselor when deciding to have children.
Early recognition and treatment may prevent symptoms from developing. New technologies may soon allow early identification through newborn screening.
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United Leukodystrophy Foundation
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Last reviewed June 2015 by Kari Kassir, MD
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This past weekend, the kickoff of the 2011 TransAM got dirty at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire.
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Jen Kaufman, also known as Midnight Lurker, first picked up a paint brush in the fall of 2002 while trying to create a party of colorful characters for a D&D game. She started painting dozens of NPC minis and soon her friends were asking for her to paint their figures too. With the help of the friendly people on the Reaper message boards and the encouragement of her family she has grown her skills and was eventually asked to paint for Reaper as a freelance artist. read more
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Author Notes: A few weeks ago, my husband and I enjoyed a meal at Al Forno in Providence, Rhode Island. I couldn't resist ordering a baked pasta, especially since they were featuring a seasonal version of their original 5-cheese wonder that also incorporated pumpkin and pancetta. Rich, lightly sweet but also tangy from the blend of different cheeses, the pasta was tinted a rich orange throughout—although there were little chunks of pumpkin among the baked shells, I guessed that there had been some pumpkin pureed into the cream sauce as well. When I got home, I consulted the original recipe for the 5-cheese version, from Cucina Simpatica, and did my best to recreate what I'd had at the restaurant, adding roast pumpkin, pancetta and a little thyme. The most important part of the technique? You boil the pasta for barely 5 minutes, allowing the final blast in a flaming hot oven to cook it through to al dente and tinge the edges of the shells a lovely rich brown. —Merrill Stubbs
Serves: 6 to 8
3-4 pound cheese pumpkin or butternut squash
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Olive oil
pound pancetta, diced
pound conchiglie rigate (shells)
cups heavy cream
pound shredded fresh mozzarella
cup grated Pecorino Romano
cup fontina, coarsely grated
cup crumbled gorgonzola
tablespoons ricotta
teaspoons chopped thyme leaves
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Halve the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds. Cut the pumpkin into 8 equal wedges and arrange on two baking sheets lined with foil. Sprinkle the wedges with salt and pepper and drizzle lightly with olive oil. Bake for about an hour, until the pumpkin is caramelized and tender when pierced with a sharp knife. Remove from the oven and let cool until you can handle the pumpkin without burning yourself.
- In the meantime, crisp the pancetta in a medium saucepan over medium heat, about 10 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels, discarding the fat.
- Turn the oven up to 500 degrees. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta for exactly 5 minutes, drain and run cool water over it for about 10 seconds. Set aside in the colander.
- Scoop enough of the cooked pumpkin from the rind to make 2 cups. Combine this with the cream in a blender and puree just until smooth (be careful not to overblend, or you'll whip the cream). Scoop out some more of the pumpkin (you probably won't need the whole thing) and chop roughly to make about a cup and a half.
- Combine the pumpkin and cream puree with the cheeses, salt, thyme and pancetta in a large bowl and stir gently to combine. Add the pasta and the chopped pumpkin and fold together just until combined.
- Spread the pasta evenly in a casserole or baking dish. Bake uncovered for 7 to 10 minutes, until the top is browned and the bottom layer of pasta is just tender.
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Cyprus central bank chief resigns
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Nearly a year on from an acute financial crisis, Cyprus' central bank governor resigned on Monday, a decision that brings an end to a protracted dispute with the president of the bailed-out country.
Neither the bank nor the government provided a reason for the decision by Panicos Demetriades, who will officially leave his post at the Central Bank of Cyprus on April 10.
However, in a statement, President Nicos Anastasiades thanked Demetriades for helping to prevent the country's bankruptcy and stabilizing the banking sector.
Those warm words contrast sharply with criticism that Anastasiades has heaped on Demetriades over the past year since Cyprus became the fourth eurozone country to be rescued by its euro partners and the International Monetary Fund.
Anastasiades has previously slammed the central bank chief for "inadequately discharging his duties" and even threatened to begin proceedings to oust him — a move that prompted many in Europe to question the central bank's independence from political affairs.
Among Anastasiades' gripes was that Demetriades had delayed vetting board appointees to the board of the commercial Bank of Cyprus at a time when the lender needed strong leadership to get itself back on its feet.
The bank, the country's largest, was at the epicenter of last year's bailout. As a condition for a 10 billion euro ($13.9 billion) loan, authorities seized almost half of Bank of Cyprus deposits over 100,000 euros, shut down the second-largest lender and imposed across-the board capital controls to prevent a run. Bank of Cyprus depositors who had their money seized were issued shares in the lender.
Demetriades, an appointee of the country's previous, communist-rooted president, had dismissed the attacks as attempts to undermine him. He strenuously insisted in numerous interviews that he would never resign so that he can be tagged as the "scapegoat" for the country's economic woes.


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Supermodel Gisele Bündchen has been canonized in British newspaper the Independent as "the biggest star in fashion history." So, since Bündchen (at age 30) already has the making-history thing nailed, she's focused on adding the future to her résumé — specifically, the future of the environment. If you were to ask this 6-foot wonder what her favorite color is, without a doubt, she'd say green.
Partnering with AOL and A Squared Entertainment, Bündchen has gone digital. She's appearing in cartoon form in the new AolKids.com animated Web series "Gisele & the Green Team," which debuted Dec. 7 at http://www.giseleandthegreenteam.com. The 26 brief webisodes and interactive website create a groovy destination that's educational and entertaining.
The premise of the Web series is fun: Bündchen and a group of teenage girls lead double lives as supermodels and environmental heroes who use superpowers such as "Earth memory" and "foresight."
The "Girl Power" section of the website offers tips for building character and self-esteem. Bündchen believes that if you respect yourself, you'll respect the world around you too.
We had the opportunity to chat with this Amazonian beauty about modeling, "Gisele & the Green Team," her family and her zeal for the planet. ("Amazonian beauty" is appropriate — the Brazilian native's family foundation Agua Limpa was founded in 2008 to plant trees along the river's beds and work to safeguard the water from pollution.)
"Gisele & the Green Team" puts you in the position of supermodel and role model. How do you feel about this duality?
Being a supermodel, well, it's a funny term, because it's my job. "Gisele the supermodel" is now about being "Gisele the super-role-model." For me, it goes back to self-esteem. How can you care for and protect the planet if you don't do the same for yourself? It all starts with self-love and embracing who you are, which is No. 1 for everyone, not just kids. But in truth, you can talk to someone until you are blue in the face. People have to be open and be willing to take responsibility. I can advise them, but cannot do it for them.
You talk about self-esteem as a huge key to success. How do you remain so strong with your sense of self?
Truthfully, people are going to judge you no matter what. I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am. I've had a million things that happened in my life that were hurtful. Since I was tall and skinny so young, everyone called me Olive Oyl. I was just 14 years old when I started modeling, and people were like, "Hey, you're never gonna make it because you have a big nose, small eyes …" I mean everything was a problem with me. So I remember calling my dad, and he'd say, "Don't worry about it. You have a big nose, that's fine, because that comes with a big personality — so that's what you say to them next time." The funny thing is I still have the same nose! And it made me successful because I worked harder. I had to learn about lighting and angles because I couldn't just stand in front of a camera or the picture wouldn't look good. So, at the end of the day, something that could have broken me helped me. No one looks like me because they don't have my nose and it made me stand out.
You've had so many spectacular moments during the 15 years you've been a model, it might be tough to pinpoint just one. Can you try to pick a story that still resonates with you today? Was it gracing your first cover? A particular shoot? Becoming a Victoria's Secret angel?
One of the favorite moments in my career was the first time I shot with Irving Penn in 1998. It was a beautiful artistic nude for American Vogue. It was my first nude shoot and I was petrified. That image became one of the most memorable and important pictures of my career.
So, who is the "Gisele" on the magazine covers and runways, and who is the "Gisele" off the catwalk?
The "Gisele" on the covers is working. Modeling is my job and luckily it's a job that has afforded me a lot of opportunities. When I walk down the runway my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! I begin thinking about getting back to my boys once I'm nearing the exit. When not at work I'm a wife [to husband Tom Brady], mother [to son Benjamin, 1, and stepson Jack, 3], daughter, sister and friend. I'm a woman trying to balance family, work and friends like so many others out there.
Being goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environmental Programme must be an honor but also a major responsibility.
I feel privileged to be a U.N. ambassador. It gives me an opportunity to use my voice to help raise awareness about important social and environmental issues. I believe in order for us to make significant changes, educating people is key. My role as a U.N. ambassador will give me a platform to educate others, and we'll all be able to make conscious decisions about how we choose to live in the world.
Has it been a struggle to turn your family "green," or have they always been environmentally inclined?
My family already had many green habits, but we're always looking to learn more. We live by the mantra "Reduce — Reuse — Recycle."
Fame comes with a price, but it also allows you the rare opportunity to have a platform from which to speak. What have been the pros and cons of fame? Did you ever imagine you'd be this famous?
Living in Boston makes it easier to have a semi-normal life. People are very respectful of my privacy. But fame is not something that you prepare for. I have a supportive family and that has anchored me all these years. If everything was gone tomorrow, I would still be happy because my family and my close friends would still be in my life. I am grateful every day for fame giving me an opportunity to share my voice.
I'm sure everyone would like to know: Do you ever look in the mirror and feel "bleccchhh!" If so, what do you do to make yourself feel better?
Everyone has those days. I just stop for a minute and think about all the things I'm grateful for and the feeling goes right away. Other days a little mascara and some lip balm can do the trick.
Your skin-care line, Sejaa, is based on the idea that taking care of yourself means you'll also take care of the world around you. What other products do you recommend using along with Sejaa that are "green" and that you wear yourself?
I love Young Living Essential Oils and Edgar Cayce Rose Petal and Lavender aromatherapy sprays. My favorite lip balm is Dr. Hauschka lip care stick. We also use Mrs. Meyer's cleaning products in my home.
You have a blog and website (Giselebundchen.com) that gives so much information about your life, as well as guidance for social awareness. Where do you get your ideas and energy?
I'm so passionate about everything I do. I go to bed at night and sleep and dream about this. I sometimes ask myself, "Why me?" I come from a small village in the south of Brazil. I have five sisters. So why me? I think I have a bigger idea with a huge vision of what I want to accomplish. Because I'm doing something that's my passion, it gives you energy since the more I accomplish, the more effective I am. Modeling has been a wonderful outlet for me to be who I am today — to have the voice I have today. But it's not all I am. I want to spend the rest of my life focusing on what I truly believe in. Modeling has been the step to get me here.


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Recognize Palestine now
By John B. QUIGLEY
COLUMBUS, Ohio
The United States could energize the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations _ presently on hold _ by recognizing Palestine formally as a state and establishing full diplomatic relations with it.
The United States cannot pretend to be impartial between the two parties it is trying to bring together when it relegates one of them to a second-class status. The Obama administration portrays itself as an "honest broker" between Israel and Palestine, but withholding formal recognition from Palestine forces Palestine to contest with Israel with one arm behind its back.
Other nations lead way
In recent months the Palestinian government has been on a diplomatic offensive, seeking recognition from states that so far have not accorded it. With recognitions in recent weeks by Brazil and Argentina, some 105 states now formally recognize Palestine at the diplomatic level.
The Palestinian push for diplomatic recognition and diplomatic relations is not new. Many states recognized Palestine after the Palestinian declaration of statehood and independence of 1988.
The United States acknowledges Palestine's entitlement to its territory, so it actually deals with Palestine in a practical sense as a state. Palestine has a mission office in Washington, which the United States raised last summer to the status of a "general delegation." That means relations are just short of full diplomatic relations. It would be but a small step to establish full diplomatic relations.
One reason diplomatic recognition is important just now is that Israel claims to hold a veto over Palestine's statehood. Israel says that one of the items to be negotiated in the on-again off-again bilateral talks is whether Palestine is a state.
In other words, there will be no Palestine state unless and until the Palestinian side agrees to terms for an overall resolution that are acceptable to Israel. Israel hopes to extract concessions in return for putting its imprimatur on the Palestine state. When the Palestinian National Authority refers to Palestine as a state, as it routinely does, Israel claims that the Palestinian side is violating the terms of their negotiations.
Israel's position that Palestine statehood is to be negotiated is inaccurate. The negotiations are conducted under a 1993 Israel-Palestine agreement signed at the White House. The 1993 agreement specifies the issues to be negotiated.
A nonissue
Statehood is not one of them. The two states are to fix a border between them, leading to an Israeli withdrawal from the territory of Palestine. There remain difficult issues to be resolved en route to an Israeli-Palestinian peace. Palestine's statehood is not one of them.
As the Palestinian National Authority holds, Palestine has been a state for nearly a century. Until World War I, Palestine was part of the Arab territories of the Turkish empire. After Turkey lost that war, it relinquished those territories.
The 1923 peace treaty specified that the Arab territories were established as states, and they were placed on a temporary basis under the supervision of the League of Nations.
When an Israeli state was formed in the bulk of Palestine's territory in 1948, Egypt and Jordan took the remaining Palestine territory under their protection. In 1988, Palestine re-asserted itself and was quickly recognized by other states. Palestine has embassies all over the world.
A helping hand
Diplomatic recognition of Palestine by the United States would not bring peace tomorrow. But it might lead to Palestine's admission to membership in the United Nations, which would make it easier for Palestine to negotiate for itself.
U.S. diplomatic relations with Palestine would make clear that Israel has nothing to say on the issue of Palestine's statehood. A major non-issue would be eliminated from the Israeli-Palestinian discussion.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said in recent days that the U.S. may make so-called "bridging" proposals to jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Creative approaches are indeed needed. Formal U.S. formal recognition of Palestine should be one of them.
John B. Quigley is a distinguished professor of law at The Ohio State University's Moritz College Law and the author of more than a dozen critically acclaimed books on various aspects of the law. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
The Dow plummeted 326 points -- and the S&P 500 tumbled 2.3% -- as anxiety swelled over the global factory sector and instability in emerging markets.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 326 points, or 2.1%, to 15373, the S&P 500 slumped 40.7 points, or 2.3%, to 1742 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 107 points, or 2.6%, to 3996.
January was a tough month. The S&P 500 slid 3.6% in the broad market average's worst month since May 2012 and its worst January since 2010.
The tumble was driven by worries about intense volatility in emerging-market currencies, coupled with brewing trouble in China. So far, February is off to a similarly grim start.
"It doesn't appear likely we'll be rebounding any time soon," said Todd Schoenberger, managing partner at LandColt Capital. He said without the "safety net" cast by the Federal Reserve's bond-purchase program, which is being slowly phased out, the market could be in for more turbulence.
"Traders are as pessimistic as I've seen them in years," he said.
Still, many analysts remained bullish, and said the recent drop could represent a buying opportunity.
"The acute nature of currency and political turmoil in particular developing countries is certainly a concern, as are the implications of the Fed's decision to proceed with a second round of tapering," David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial said in an email.
"Nevertheless, the U.S. is widely expected to enjoy an accelerating economy in 2014, with growth approaching 3.0 percent, resulting in growing earnings and sheltering the U.S. equity market from the brunt of those negative influences."
Global Manufacturing Data Ignite Worries
The Institute for Supply Management said manufacturing activity in the U.S. slowed to 51.3 in January, compared to 56.5 the month prior, widely missing estimates of 56. Readings above 50 point to expansion, while those below indicate contraction.
"We expect manufacturing activity growth to pick up throughout the year, although the readings in coming months will be useful in determining how much, if any, of the January softness was due to transitory factors," analysts at Barclays wrote in a note to clients.
The all-important monthly jobs report from the Labor Department is also due out on Friday.
Adding to the gloomy sentiment, an official reading on China's manufacturing sector showed the factory sector in the world's No. 2 economy is barely growing. The PMI gauge came in at 50.5 in January from 51 in December.
"We think that some part of the weakness was due to the Chinese New Year holiday. However, together with the HSBC/ Markit reading, it is getting clearer that the economic slowdown has begun again," Wei Yao, an analyst at Societe Generale wrote in an email to clients.
S&P 500 Skids Into 'Pullback' Mode
The broad S&P 500 plummeted into pullback mode -- a 5% drop from its record high. It joins the Dow, which dropped into a pullback last week. Both market barometers closed at their lowest levels since October.
Meanwhile, traders bid up safe-haven assets. Indeed, the yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury bond slid 0.084 percentage point to 2.585% -- the lowest since December 11. Gold rallied $20.30, or 1.6%, to $1,260 a troy ounce.
In a sign of the gloomy sentiment, the CBOE's VIX, seen as Wall Street's fear gauge, surged 16.5% to its highest level in seven months in mid-day trading.
On the corporate front, Ford (NYSE:F) posted a 7% year-over-year dip in January U.S. sales. General Motors (NYSE:GM) saw its sales slid 12%, while Chrysler saw an 8% increase.
In commodities, U.S. crude oil futures climbed 8 cents, or 0.08%, to $97.58 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline slid 1.3% to $2.627 a gallon.


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Strategically located at the heart of Central Asia (it alone borders every other country in the region), Uzbekistan just marked 21 years of independence. I recently traveled to its capital, Tashkent, for our third round of Annual Bilateral Consultations, or ABCs, with the Government of Uzbekistan. I returned from Tashkent with appreciation for the increasing breadth and depth of our relationship, as well as its greater trust and candor.
In 2009, we began holding ABCs with each of the Central Asian countries to further cooperation across a broad range of bilateral issues, including security and human rights. The ABCs provide an opportunity to review progress in our relationship, discuss mutual concerns, and identify action to advance common interests. Our relationship with Uzbekistan, as with other countries in the region, is a complex one that affects vital U.S. interests. In Tashkent, I thanked the Government of Uzbekistan for its support for Afghanistan, especially its support for the Northern Distribution Network, a critical transit route for our military supplies going into and out of Afghanistan. We also discussed cooperation in a wide range of areas, including trade and investment, science and technology, human rights, security, and educational and parliamentary exchanges.
An important part of the ABCs is advancing U.S. business interests and identifying opportunities to increase trade and investment. General Motors is already one of the largest foreign investors in Uzbekistan, and we believe the country holds considerable potential. Coinciding with this round of ABCs, the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce organized a business forum with 50 U.S. businesspeople representing 25 companies. During the event, Lockheed Martin and the Uzbekistani government announced they would move forward with negotiations on an air traffic management program, and we held frank exchanges with Uzbekistani officials on reforms to make Uzbekistan more attractive for trade and investment.
Human rights issues remain an essential part of our engagement with Uzbekistan. We continue to monitor the human rights situation and raise these issues with all levels of the government. During the consultations, we had a long and candid discussion of human rights issues, including religious freedom and trafficking in persons. I reiterated our strong belief that the surest path to long term stability and prosperity is through democratic reform, respect for human rights, and the rule of law. To be sure challenges remain, but we saw some signs of progress. The Government of Uzbekistan hosted the first-ever Civil Society Forum as part of the ABCs, to discuss the role of civil society in working with and supporting parliament in areas such as parliamentary oversight, promoting the rule of law, and ensuring the adherence to international human rights norms. Going forward, I am optimistic we can further expand the scope of issues and participation in this forum, with the goal of deepening and enhancing our engagement on these vital issues.


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Parrish served as a regent for the University of Alaska Board of Regents from 1983-1991. She was the first female president from 1987 to 1989, vice president from 1985 to 1987, and as secretary from 1983 to 1984.


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The first two drinks up for consideration are old standards with new twists: a Planter's Punch and a Bloody Mary. The new twist for the Planter's Punch is that it has some added Camus Cognac with the apple cider, apple juice and pineapple juice. The new twist for the Bloody Mary is the addition of Lucid Absinthe with the spicy bloody mary mix, worchestershire sauce, horseradish, black pepper, celery salt and garlic salt. These two drinks come from Niccole Trzaska at The Liberty Bar in New York City.
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Just north of Crystal Lake, a crab apple tree was adorned with ornaments of youth and sorrow. Playful road-trip photos dangled near cellophane-wrapped flowers. Homemade CDs nestled against half-burned candles. Ping-Pong paddles shared space with sympathy cards.
On Feb. 19, a speeding Acura TL carrying Jeffrey Mills and Scott Scheckel swerved sideways on Red Barn Road and slammed into the tree, killing the two young friends. They weren't the first Chicago-area teens to die in a car accident this year. And as that roadside memorial withers, others will emerge elsewhere--symbols of a stubborn, agonizing truth: teens and automobiles, too often, are a fatal mix.
Every year, more American teenagers die in car wrecks than any other way. Nationally, that number was 5,610 fatalities in 2004. In the Chicago region alone, from 1994 through 2004, an average of 57 died annually in accidents involving teen drivers.
After a steady drop in the 1980s, teen driving deaths have remained relatively steady for the last 15 years--both in real numbers and the rate per 100,000 teens--enduring with such persistence that some experts are calling for a wide-range public health campaign.
"The public probably knows that teen drivers are at greater risk for fatal accidents," said Laurence Steinberg, psychology professor at Temple University, a national expert on adolescence and author or editor of 10 books on the subject. "What the public doesn't know is what we ought to do about it."
The Tribune today begins to search for that answer. This year, the newspaper will dissect this unrelenting, wrenching problem, from the workings of the teenage brain to measures that show promise for turning the tide. The goal is to gain new insight and give teenagers, parents and community leaders practical information to help erase the pain of days like Feb. 19.
It's easy to get carried away in statistics:
Weekend nights can be particularly deadly: 54 percent of U.S. crashes in which teens were killed in 2004 occurred on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and 72 percent of those deaths were between 3 p.m. and midnight.
There were 1,180 people killed in crashes involving teen drivers in the six-county Chicago metropolitan region from 1994 through 2004, according to a Tribune analysis. More than half the victims were teenagers.
Friend's plea comes too late
Lost in the numbers, though, is the very real, lasting loss of lives cut short.
"I don't think people realize how severe something like this is until it happens to you," said Cook County Sheriff's Police officer Tony Wasco, of Orland Park. On Jan. 29, his stepdaughter, Justina Tostado, 18, died after her 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix veered off Wolf Road in Orland Park and hit a ditch, street signs and a guardrail.
Distraught over a fight with her boyfriend, Tostado was in the middle of a tearful phone call with a friend, after an evening of drinking. It was pouring rain. The friend told her to pull over and wait for help. Then the phone connection died.
Tostado was thrown from the car. She died about six hours later, the fourth student or recent graduate of Sandburg High School in Orland Park to die in an auto-related incident in the past year.
"I used to talk to her and her girlfriends about making the right choices and being grown-up," said Wasco, who has handled a number of DUI arrests in his career. "You always feel kind of guilty that you couldn't do something to change the situation."
Guilt is the constant companion to many parents and friends who cannot help reconstructing over and over the events leading up to a traffic death. Anger, too--at their child, at a friend who was acting irresponsibly, at adults who may have allowed liquor at a party.
The cold truth is that precautions and restrictions almost always can be outfoxed by the mischievous teenage mind, a mind that is a study in contradiction.
The brain of a 15- or 16-year-old has the logical reasoning ability of an adult, said Steinberg, the Temple University psychologist. But that mind's social and emotional development is relatively immature. It also voraciously seeks sensual arousal, novelty and risk, Steinberg said, and is particularly vulnerable to distraction and peer pressure.
What exactly is going on in the teen brain that makes the driver more vulnerable to crashing, "no one knows for sure," Steinberg said. "But it is likely due to the combination of a relatively more activated brain system that propels individuals toward sensation-seeking and impulsive behavior and a still immature brain system that helps individuals regulate emotions and behavior."
Experts also note that the front portion of the brain, which includes the capacity to control impulses, judgment and decision-making, and coordinate multitasking, matures late--deep into the 20s.
The impact of alcohol
Research shows teens are more likely to speed and less likely to wear seat belts or recognize hazardous situations.
Add alcohol to the mix and a teenager behind the wheel of a car can be a very volatile, random and deadly combination.
But, liquor is only one of the factors.
Statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show that alcohol is a factor in only 15 percent of the 16- and 17-year-old drivers killed in 2004 car wrecks in the U.S.
An extensive report in 2005 by the Allstate Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of the insurance giant, showed that drunken driving "accounts for less than 25 percent of all teen crash fatalities."
In fact, alcohol may be less a factor in teen-driving deaths than it is for adults. In Illinois, 28 percent of drivers ages 20 and younger who were involved in fatal crashes in 2004 were known to have alcohol levels over the legal limit, compared with 35 percent for the overall driving public, said Joyce Schroeder, a data analyst with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Through February, IDOT officials have recorded at least 11 crashes in the six-county Chicago region in which teens were killed and a teen driver was involved. Those crashes resulted in 16 teen deaths.
And authorities say alcohol was a factor in at least three of those fatal crashes involving teen drivers.
Understanding the full role that alcohol and drugs play is complicated.
"There are circumstances that preclude testing. If they are injured, they may be taken to the hospital and their bodies may be filled with chemicals that affect the testing," Schroeder said. "It's not a simple, straight-forward question."
More riders, more risk
A more critical factor than alcohol and drugs may be the number of young passengers in the car, research shows.
A Johns Hopkins University study that broke down the driver death rate per 10 million trips showed the rate for a 16-year-old driver rose sharply with every passenger age 13 to 29.
When the driver was alone, that death rate was 1.99 per 10 million trips. When that driver was accompanied by one passenger, the driver death rate grew to 2.76 deaths per 10 million trips.
With two passengers, the rate was almost 3.7. And when three or more passengers were in a car driven by a 16-year-old, the driver death rate per 10 million trips rose to 5.61, the study showed.
Another factor is driver error, something of a catchall category investigators use because, in many cases, it is hard to find out precisely what occurred just before a crash, said Rob Foss, senior research scientist and manager of alcohol studies at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center.
Speeding is another frequent component in teen-driving crashes, Foss said.
"There are so many factors that are so situation-specific that come into play that we can only explain a tiny fraction of why crashes occur," Foss said, adding that most of the rest are tossed into the "driver error" category by default.
Special licenses for teens
Many experts suggest parents need legislative help in the form of a graduated driver's license, or GDL.
The concept, pioneered in North Carolina, gets at the heart of the most dangerous elements for a new driver, generally by imposing a nighttime driving restriction for 16- and 17-year-old drivers, forbidding them to use cell phones and limiting the number of teenage passengers.
Many of the GDL systems also require 16-year-olds to accrue up to 50 hours of adult-supervised driving before the young motorist can get a license.
It has shown encouraging results. North Carolina's GDL is credited with reducing fatal crashes particularly among 16-year-old drivers. A study by Foss showed that fatal crashes of those drivers in 1999 totaled 2 per 10,000 people in North Carolina, compared with 5 fatal crashes per 10,000 people in 1996.
Illinois' GDL system, which has been strengthened in recent years, now prohibits drivers under age 18 from using cell phones except in emergencies. It also limits the number of teenage passengers to one, unless that passenger is a direct family member, for the first six months of a 16-year-old's license.
Also, the law places an 11 p.m. curfew for 16-year-old drivers, which extends to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. And the GDL system may get tougher. The Illinois House passed a bill last month that would double the current requirement of 25 hours of adult-supervised driving for 16-year-olds before they get their license.
A mother's worst fear
Those measures, proposed by Rep. John D'Amico (D-Chicago) after two teenagers died in a Lincolnwood wreck in December, are too late for Priscilla Estrada of Round Lake.
In the months after her son, Jose Salinas, 16, got his learner's permit, she was so nervous about his inexperience that she hid the car keys and permit. It didn't matter.
Salinas and his friend, Rick Hernandez, 16, who was staying at Salinas' house Jan. 6, formed human figures by shoving a mound of clothes under a comforter in the bed where they were supposed to sleep.
Then Salinas took his mother's car keys, and the two buddies hit the road to see Salinas' girlfriend in Carpentersville. But Salinas--who didn't have a driver's license, lost control of the car as it barreled over a hill on Ridge Road in Barrington Hills. It struck a tree. Both boys were killed.
When Lake County coroner's investigator Paul Forman came to Estrada's door and awoke her with the shocking news, she told him he was mistaken. She took him to the bedroom to show where the boys were sleeping.
"Believe me, my heart just dropped," Forman recalled. "These were good kids. Good kids; bad choice."
MORE ONLINE: Teen driving victims and comments at chicagotribune.com/teendrivers


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Had a friend who had his 84 Camaro Zee Barted when new. Guaranteed not to rust. So when it started rusting under the hood, he took it to them and they "fixed" it. They wire brushed to rust off and sprayed more Zee Bart. What a joke!. Oh, and by the way, the Zee Bart job voided his factory rust warranty. So he got it from both ends. Are those Zee Bart guys still around?
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A Houston woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death with a stiletto high heel earlier this year was released Thursday on $100,000 bail.
State District Judge Brock Thomas on Friday told Ana Lilia Trujillo that she would have to surrender her passport under the terms of her release. Trujillo, 44, is also forbidden from drinking alcohol and is required to wear a GPS monitor on her ankle.
She is charged with murder, accused of killing her 59-year-old boyfriend, Alf Stefan Andersson, at his Museum District high-rise condominium in June. Andersson was a top researcher in women's health issues at the University of Houston.
If convicted, Trujillo faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Jack Carroll, Trujillo's attorney, said his client called 911 after the incident, which happened about 2 a.m. June 9.
"I expect self-defense may be a major issue in this case," Carroll said. He said there may be evidence that Trujillo was involved in an abusive relationship with Andersson.
At Trujillo's arraignment in June, Assistant Harris County District Attorney John Jordan said the couple spent the evening before the incident drinking tequila at a nightclub.
After the couple went to Andersson's apartment, there was a struggle and Trujillo allegedly stabbed his head, face and neck with the heel, investigators said.