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Cognitive InfiltrationAn Obama Appointee's Plan to Undermine the 9/11 Conspiracy TheoryDavid Ray Griffin
published 2011 6" x 9" • 202 pagesISBN 9781566568210 • paperback • $18.00 •
David Ray Griffin has written a devastating critique of Cass Sunsteins major effort to situate all critics of the official 9/11 story in the garbage pail of conspiracy theory. Bringing to bear his formidable philosophical and theological skills, Griffin brilliantly illuminates this cognitive/ political concern, demonstrating that the American people will never find out what really happened on that fateful day until we as citizens insist on considering all available evidence with a fresh and open mind.Richard Falk, professor emeritus, Princeton UniversityMore Reviews »
Griffin's meritorious effort to raise public awareness and understandingFormer Chicago and Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein, who in 2009 was appointed by President Barack Obama to direct an important executive branch office, had in 2008 co-authored an article containing a plan for the government to prevent the spread of anti-government "conspiracy theories." Arguing that such theories are believed only by groups suffering from "informational isolation," he advocated the use of anonymous government agents to engage in "cognitive infiltration" of these groups in order to introduce "cognitive diversity," with the aim of breaking them up. Noting that Sunstein's proposal has evoked condemnations from across the political spectrum—not least because it, being similar to the FBI's COINTELPRO of the 1960s, would be illegal—David Ray Griffin focuses on the fact that Sunstein's primary target is the conspiracy theory advocated by the 9/11 Truth Movement. Examining Sunstein's charge that this theory is both "harmful" and "demonstrably false," Griffin uses both satire and overwhelming evidence to show that this twofold charge applies instead to what Sunstein calls "the true conspiracy theory" about 9/11—namely, the "theory that Al-Qaeda was responsible for 9/11."
David Ray Griffin is professor of philosophy of religion and theology, emeritus, at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, where he remains a co-director of the Center for Process Studies. He is the author of over 30 books.
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There should be a book entitled the Courage of David Ray Griffin. His continuing efforts to speak truth to power regarding issues of 9/11/2001 are most admirable. Griffins Cognitive Infiltration addresses the central denial of key government officials in both parties who, when faced with overwhelming factual evidence of serious problems with the 9/11 Commissions report, lash out at the very people seeking truth and justice. Cass Sunstein is one of those Harvard insiders who not only denies open democratic questioning of 9/11, but overtly advocates the disruption and cognitive infiltration of such groups.Peter Phillips, Professor of Sociology, Sonoma State University, and President of Media Freedom Foundation/Project CensoredUnrestrained and unchallenged combination of top level political power and academic intellectual arrogance can be a dangerous prelude to governmental censorship and potential criminalization of individuals who dare to challenge official versions of various catastrophes and major events of a highly controversial nature. Dr. David Ray Griffin exposes and analyses this grave concern in an objective, scholarly dissection of a sociopolitical proposal set forth by Cass Sunstein in 2008. Readers of Cognitive Infiltration will be both shocked and enlightened by this well documented and brilliantly written book.Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D., past president, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and past president, American College of Legal MedicineIn 2009, President Obama appointed a Harvard Law School professor, Cass Sunstein, to be head of the White Houses Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. This was after Sunstein had made a controversial proposal, which would later inflame the internet, for cognitive infiltration of the 9/11 Truth Movement, with the aim of breaking up the hard core of extremists who supply conspiracy theories. Professor Griffin has responded to Sunsteins dangerous argument with a patient, point-by-point and much needed refutation. He relentlessly shows how Sunstein himself is guilty of the very mentality he warns against: closed-mindedness and refusal to debate. Those who seek to prevent 2010 from becoming 1984 will want to arm themselves with this valuable book.Peter Dale Scott, professor emeritus of English, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Drugs, Oil, and WarDavid Ray Griffin is the preeminent expert on the events of September 11, 2001; his research is consistently careful, thorough, and objective. His previous books are necessary reading for all Americans, and there is no doubt that thousands of Americans in government circles have read them, studied them, and, in some cases, worried about them. In Cognitive Infiltration, Griffin impartially dissects Harvard Constitutional Law Professor Cass Sunsteins controversial essay, co-written by conservative law professor Adrian Vermeule, entitled Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures. Surprisingly, given the sensitivity and potential divisiveness of the topic, Griffin has produced a fair, generously fact-filled, often funny, assessment. Additional interest is provided by the suggestion that Sunsteinfar from being an enemy of both the Constitution and the 9/11 Truth Movementmay in fact be a secret supporter and a potential bridge- builder from the current government fictions regarding 9/11 to an improved national consensus about what really happened.Karen Kwiatkowski, Ph.D., USAF Lt Colonel (retired), member of Veterans for 9/11 Truth
In the United States today, the phrase conspiracy theory functions as a sort of giant cudgel, used to scare us out of talking openly about a broad (and ever-growing) range of scandals that the powerful cannot afford to let the people comprehend. In this new book, David Ray Griffin takes devastating aim at that repressive tactic, exposing it for what it really is. All those who cherish democracy, and intellectual freedom, owe it to themselves to read this brave analysis---and owe its author their sincerest thanks. Mark Crispin Miller, Professor of Culture and Communication, New York University
"Shortly after taking office on January 20, 2009 President Obama appointed Harvard law professor (and personal friend) Cass Sunstein to the post of administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. In June 2009 Sunstein published an essay in The Journal of Political Philosophy entitled Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures,' in which he provided an analysis' of conspiracy theories, viewing them, as his title indicated, as caused' by informational isolation' and requiring cures', i.e., elimination. The article led to an outcry by civil libertarians of all political stripes, who especially singled out for protest Sunstein's call for covert cognitive infiltration' by government agents of organizations the government deems conspiracist.' In his new book Cognitive Infiltration David Ray Griffin has provided the first truly adequate response to Sunstein's deeply-flawed and legally-questionable arguments. Griffin penetrates the obfuscation and phony scholarship employed by Sunstein to create the illusion of a rational critique of the 9/11 truth movement's alternative account of the events of September 11, 2001. Griffin presents a series of ten theses put forward by Sunstein, and shows that each is fundamentally flawed. Further, he demonstrates that Sunstein is unable to avoid numerous self-contradictions, either explicit or implied, that together amount to an internal, hidden counter-argument to his own position, which Griffin, in a novel and entertaining approach, brings out as an ironic esoteric' meaning of Sunstein's essay."The Scientific and Medical Network Review
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For years Mark Dean Veca has been painstakingly painting ornate and intricate patterns on canvases as well as walls across the US. Using a mix of references that run the gamut from 60's psychedelic art to 90's graffiti, Veca has managed to create an alternate world where his signature technique takes 2-D graphics and breathes new life into them.
Primarily known as a painter, Veca doesn't hold himself to only paint and brush. For over a decade he has collaborated with some of the best brands in the world creating iconic apparel and product illustrations for the likes of Nike, Lucasfilms and Burton; so it should come as no surprise that he recently teamed up with curated online marketplace RARE to create a new signature line of apparel featuring the imagery that he has become known for.
Veca's first collection of apparel with RARE includes bold color ways and patterns covering every square inch of the garments. You can get patriotic with the Godsmith , Flag II, and Merica II tees. If bending your mind is your thing you can toss on Veca's The Duke shirt which takes inspiration from Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. Last but not least lets not forget everyones favorite theme, Money! Ladies can look fresh in the Red Leg$ leggings while the guys can spread the wealth with the Monopoly inspired Penny Bag backpack that has room for all your cash as well as your laptop!
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Jam Out With The Electro Belt
We've all seen the funky TuneBuckle, which allows you to fit your iPod into your belt buckle, but what will the future hold when it comes to MP3 Player belt accessories?
If designer Kristian Paljasma has her way the Electro Belt will be the next big thing in geek gear.
It's a belt with an MP3 player built into the buckle. You keep it charged and synced via USB. Of course, the belt itself can be customized with different face plates that illuminate while you're listening to your tunes.
While I can't see this being an overwhelming hit with your average geeky girl, I do envision young men, skateboarders and snowboarders would love a device that combines a little flash, with all the function of an MP3 Player, particularly if it can sync with the solar panel jacket or io-Jacket, which has built in mobile-phone and GPS. I mean, once you have one piece, you're going to want the whole outfit, right?


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Dec. 17, 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The UC Santa Barbara men's and women's swimming teams saw group and individual success this weekend at the UNLV Winter Invite. The men's team took first place out of seven with 740 points and the women's team placed second of nine, scoring 818 points. Leading the way on the third day of competition was a school record-breaking performance by sophomore Anne Marie May and two individual event titles from junior Chris Good.
May swam to a first place finish the 100 free, her only individual event of the day, in a UCSB record time of 49.34 beating her own time of 50.10. The second place swimmer was not even close to her, as May finished over a second faster than her Utah counterpart. Her time also qualifies her well inside the NCAA automatic cut time of 49.42.
Good's performance is also commendable because of double victories in the 200 back and 200 fly. He secured the win the 200 back by pulling in front of his Cal Poly competitor and never took his eyes from the prize, wining in 1:48.81. In the 200 fly, Good narrowly escaped second winning by a margin of .17 of a second in a time of 1:51.51.
Juniors Bradley Matsumoto and Katy Freeman also found themselves on top of the winner's podium winning the 100 free and 200 breast, respectively. Matsumoto climbed to the top of the leader board in the 100 free by winning his event in 44.90. Sophomore Scott Vogelgesang took fourth in 45.63. Freeman saw her opportunity to take the first place crown and would not let it go, finishing her victorious race in 2:18.51.
UCSB added a couple more first place finishes to their list, as both the women's and men's 400 free relays obtained success. Courtney Bauer, Nadia Dwidar, Yamamoto, and May triumphed in 3:22.88. On the men's side, Matsumoto, Dan Morris, Curtis Bauer, and Vogelgesang swept away the competition in 3:01.47.
Junior Jessica Cruzat started off the day placing sixth in the 200 back in 2:05.86. Sophomore Katie Ure took the top spot in the consolation final of the event (2:04.98) with junior Liz Wagner trailing her in second (2:06.23).
Other top finishers for the Gauchos in the finals include freshman Brittany Borowitz who claimed third place in the 200 fly (2:07.15). Sophomore Chris Wiggin took third in the 200 fly in 1:52.57. Freshman Sara Nicponski trailed teammate Freeman in the 200 breast for a sixth place finish (2:22.77). On the men's side of the 200 breast, junior Travis Jepson finished seventh in 2:08.56
During the morning session, freshman Lindsay Gaudinier swam 1650 yards to a thirteenth place finish in the distance's freestyle event. Brooks Felton and Brett Chamberlain went 7-8 on the men's side of the event with Felton clocking in at 16:13.34 and Chamberlain hitting the board at 16:14.08.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Snickers Rockin' Nut Road Bar
I know nothing about this bar except what is in front of me: Limited Edition Snickers Rockin' Nut Road Bar.
I got it directly from the Mars company, but no press materials. So all I have to go by is what's on the wrapper and of course what's inside that chocolate enrobing.
The package says: Almonds, Caramel and Marshmallow-Flavored Nougat wrapped in Dark Chocolate.
I was kind of dubious. I wasn't fond of the Hershey's S'Mores bar ... but that's S'Mores, this is Rocky Road, which has the addition of nuts and the subtraction of graham crackers.
Like all the limited edition Snickers bars, this is smaller than the regular, clocking in at 1.83 ounces instead of 2.07 for the original. I'm okay with the slight of .24 ounces, it's a satisfying bar, it says so right on the back.
It smells lightly of vanilla and dark toasted nuts with a touch of chocolate. The chocolate shell is decent, and sets off the sweet innards well. The caramel has a good mix of almond pieces in it, they're all fresh and crunchy and much more noticeable than those in the Snickers Almond. The nougat though is where this bar really differs from all others I've tried. It's not the grainy fluffed nougat that ends up in Milky Way and 3 Musketeers. Instead this is like a dense marshmallow. Smooth and not too sweet, a little stringy like the caramel.
It's a completely different texture experience with this smoother "marshmallow flavored nougat", kind of like real European-style nougats. (The ingredients list says egg whites, there is no gelatin in here like marshmallows have, so this is still vegetarian-safe ... and probably a nice option for vegetarians who miss marshmallows.)
Perhaps it's because I have a bounty of these bars and have eaten at least five for this review (instead of the usual 1 or 2 for most reviews), it's grown on me quite a bit. Dark chocolate was a good choice, it keeps it all from feeling heavy and sticky. Brian also liked them, but also stopped short of love (and I agree, regular Snickers is still the best.)
Still, I can't tell you where you can find them or when they'll be available. (Except, of course, from me if you read on.)
Here's a special peek into the life of a candy blogger.
On February 27th I got an email from someone at Mars, thanking me for my positive review on the Twix Java and offering, "I will be happy to send you samples of new products as they become available." (Emphasis mine.) She also mentioned that Mars has launched a new direct buy store, where you can pick up boxes of their candies, including the hard to find Munch and Snickers Dark. Instead of being more expensive than regular stores (like the M&Ms online store - $5.99 for 7 ounces of green M&Ms?) it's about $.68 cents a bar.
Well, I've been looking for an "in" with Mars for quite a while, as I'd love to know about the new releases and get them in advance of release (it's pretty frustrating to have people ask about something they found in the store, and I can't find it in any stores near me and no where to order it on the web). I do get some notice from PR folks, but it's not always consistent.
I replied with my address and reminded her that there is no need for thanks for any reviews, "I just call them like I taste them." (And it's not like I've raved about everything Mars has ever made, but in general I like their products and usually turn down offers for items I don't think I'd like.)
Then on March 5th I came home from work and found this in my kitchen. Perhaps I don't understand the term "samples" but even in the world of generous interpretations a single box of 24 bars would be an ample sample. A full case of the bars? (Yes, that's 12 boxes of Snickers Rockin' Nut Road Bars with 24 bars each = 288 bars.)
Plus a case of Twix Java! (360 bars.) And another more responsible box of 24 packages of Starbust GummiBurst (goo filled gummis) and another box of 24 Snickers Charged.
I wrote back to Mars, thanking them for their generosity, but gently nudging that I really don't know what to do with all that candy (seriously, almost 700 portions!). She responded, "Share with your friends "
So here I am, with oodles of candy. I've given away quite a bit, boxes to the office, a couple for raffle prizes for the American Cetacean Society, three to a neighbor to take to work.
It's drawing time.
I'm offering a box of candy bars (your choice: Twix Java with 36 bars or this new Snickers Rockin' Nut Road Bar with 24 bars - you can tell me which you want if you win). There will be two lucky winners of this drawing. The rules are as follows:
And there you have it, dear readers. With great candy comes great responsibility.
UPDATE 3/30/2008: Since this post has now been linked a couple of places (I kind of thought it was a treat for regular readers), I'm going to award three prize boxes instead of two if the entries reach 500. Just to keep the odds similar. (So if the deadline is coming and we haven't hit it yet, tell your friends!) Thanks to everyone new who's stopped by, I hope you keep reading!
UPDATE 4/9/2008: Thanks to everyone who entered. I drew three winners: Elise, Stijn & Donna ... two picked the Snickers Rockin' Nut Road Bars and one chose the Twix Java. They're all in the mail on their way to their recipients! To everyone else who is interested in trying the bars, they'll be available starting in July 2008 according to Mars. Comments are open again.
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Secretly Snapping Naked Pics Of The Woman Who Ended Up With A Stolen Laptop Might Just Be Illegal
from the privacy-gets-tricky dept
Apparently a student at a school in Ohio had stolen a laptop, sold it to another student for $40, who then sold it to a regular substitute teacher at the school for $60. It was that teacher -- a widow -- who used the computer to rekindle an old romance. Somewhere along the line, the school district asked Absolute to track down its stolen laptop. Rather than just using tools to locate it, Absolute used the spying features that allowed it to see what was on the screen. And apparently that included some sex chatting:
According to court documents, in June 2008 Magnus began recording Clements-Jeffrey's keystrokes and monitoring her web surfing. At one point, while snooping on Clements-Jeffrey's webcam communications with her boyfriend, Magnus also captured three screenshots from her laptop monitor, which showed Clements-Jeffrey naked in the webcam images. In one picture, her legs were spread apart.Yikes! Susan Clements-Jeffrey and her boyfriend are now suing Absolute for violating her privacy. The company claimed that there is no privacy issue because there's no privacy when it comes to stolen goods. But, of course, the response is that she had no idea it was stolen, and certainly had no expectation that any such software was on the computer. The judge in the case has refused Absolute's motion for summary judgment, meaning that the case will now move to a full trial (assuming no settlement).
Magnus subsequently sent the pictures and recorded communications, along with Clements-Jeffrey's name and contact information, to a police detective. When the police showed up at the plaintiff's apartment to collect the laptop, they were brandishing the explicit images Magnus had sent them. They then arrested and charged her for receiving stolen property. The charges, however, were dismissed about a week later.
It certainly is a tricky question. If the laptop really did belong to the school district, do they have the right to use software like that? Perhaps, but there are certainly privacy questions here as well, combined with the fact that there were other, significantly less intrusive methods that probably would have revealed who had the computer. But, at the very least, this should be a warning sign for anyone considering stripping naked in front of a used computer...


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LARAMIE, Wyo. – UMKC men's basketball (18-16) travels to Wyoming (19-14) for an 8 p.m. CT tipoff Monday at the Arena-Auditorium in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational Presented by FIVE FOUR. UMKC is playing in the first postseason in the program's 30-year Division I history. The Roos defeated Green Bay 92-82 on Wednesday in the first round of the CBI in front of a full and loud Swinney Recreation Center on the UMKC campus.
Monday's game will be live streamed on GoWyo.com and will also air on Sports Radio 810 WHB in the Kansas City area.
First-team All-WAC selection LaVell Boyd (Chicago, Ill.) scored 28 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out seven assists in Wednesday's victory. He was 8-for-13 from the floor and 5-for-7 from 3-point range. Early in the third quarter, he set the program's single-season assists record. He now has 133 for this season, which is two more than the previous record.
Wyoming is 19-14 overall, finished 8-10 in the Mountain West Conference and is 15-3 in home games. Monday's game is the first meeting between the teams and only the fourth contest UMKC has ever played against a Mountain West opponent. The Roos are 1-1 against Air Force and 0-1 at New Mexico. The last matchup against a Mountain West for was Dec. 22, 2011 at New Mexico. Before that, UMKC played Air Force in both the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons, winning 74-53 on Dec. 10, 1990 in Kansas City.
Series Information
All-Time Series: 1st meeting
In Laramie: 0-0
In Kansas City: 0-0
Neutral Site: 0-0
Broadcast Information
Live Stream: GoWyo.com
Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB
Live Stats: GoWyo.com
Social Media: @UMKCmbb
Opening Tip
· UMKC is 18-16 overall and is coming off a 92-82 victory over Green Bay in the opening game of the College Basketball Invitational Presented by FIVE FOUR in the first postseason contest in the program's 30-year Division I history.
· Senior guard LaVell Boyd led UMKC with 28 points, seven assists and seven rebounds. He drained five 3-pointers and broke the program's single-season assists record early in the third quarter. He now has 133 dimes throughout the season, which is two more than the previous mark.
· Boyd was voted first-team All-WAC by the league's head coaches. He averages 18.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists.
· The Roos rank 31st nationally in 3-pointers (308), 40th in shots attempted from beyond the arc (820) and 43rd in 3-pointers per game (9.1).
· UMKC went on a 5-game winning streak from Jan. 31-Feb. 18. It was the first time the Roos took five straight since winning 11 in a row from Jan. 3-Feb. 3, 2005. UMKC had a 19.2-point average victory margin (87.2-68.0) during the run and shot 48 percent from the field during the run.
#TeamKC Notes
· UMKC has drained 308 shots from beyond the arc this season, which broke the previous program record of 283 3-pointers by the 2007-08 squad.
· The Roos will be playing the 34th game of the season, which becomes the most ever in program history.
· UMKC is averaging 77.4 points per game, which is the fifth-best mark in program history and the highest scoring average since 1992-93. The 1990-91 team, led by 19.3 points per game by UMKC Hall of Famer Ronnie Schmitz, posted the best mark in school history with 81.1 points per game.
· Boyd averages 16.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 65 career games (64 starts). He has drained 167 triples in that span, which ranks seventh in program history. He has scored 20-plus points 20 times and has reached double figures in scoring in 56 games during his 2-year career.
· Boyd became the 11th member of the program's 1,000-Point Club in the WAC Tournament overtime victory against UTRGV on March 9. He became the first 2-year junior college transfer in program history to go over 1,000 points for his career and enters Monday's game with 1,056 career points.
Next Up
Following Monday's quarterfinal round of the CBI, the four advancing teams will be rebracketed and locations will then be announced for Wednesday's semifinal round. The best-of-3 championship series will be played on March 27, 29 and 31.
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Brunswick hockey defeats Belmont Hill
The Brunswick School hockey team used a dominant third period to post a resounding 4-0 victory over Belmont Hill School Saturday night in the quarterfinals of the Nichols School/Belmont Hill Tournament in Buffalo, N.Y.
The Bruins scored four third-period goals, three of which came on the power play, against Belmont Hill, which entered the game as the No. 1-ranked team in New England.
With the win, Brunswick earned a spot in Sunday morning's semifinals. Senior Harry Clifford scored the go-ahead goal 1:20 into the third period and sophomore Michael Faulkner followed with a power play goal at the 6:39 mark, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead.
Senior co-captain Peter Khoury scored a power play goal 11:41 into the third and sophomore Nick Jermain added an empty-netter with 27 seconds remaining. Jermain also had two assists for Brunswick, which received 30 saves from senior goalie Gryphon Richardson, who registered his third shutout of the season.
The triumph was a big one for the Bruins, who bounced back nicely from a 5-1 loss to Millbrook School Saturday morning. Junior Stephan Seeger had the lone goal for Brunswick, which is 3-1 in the tourney.


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Brown Files $6-Million Lawsuit Against Eight Car Washes for Failing to Pay Workers
LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a $6.6 million lawsuit against eight car washes after an investigation revealed a 'widespread pattern of worker exploitation,' unpaid wages and illegal business practices.
"The owners routinely denied wages, breaks and overtime pay to workers at their unlicensed car washes,' Brown said. 'This lawsuit seeks to end this widespread pattern of worker exploitation.'
Brown's lawsuit caps a five-month investigation of eight car washes in Fair Oaks, Folsom, Irvine, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Santa Monica, San Ramon and Venice.
Investigators interviewed more than 80 workers and found the car washes routinely denied workers minimum wage and overtime, failed to pay wages owed to those who quit or were terminated, denied rest and meal breaks, and created false records of time worked.
The car washes required employees to report to work hours early and be available, unpaid, until business picked up. When workers were paid, many received paychecks that could not be cashed because of insufficient company funds. Additionally, the car washes operated for years without licenses from the Labor Commissioner, which are required under California law.
Brown's lawsuit was filed against eight car washes and Dipu Haque, aka Dipu Haque Sikder, who spearheaded the operation. The suit alleges that the car washes violated California Business & Professions Code section 17200 and Labor Code sections 203 and 203.1, seeks $6.6 million to pay back lost wages and civil penalties, and an injunction to prevent the defendants from committing similar violations in the future.
Sergio Diaz-Esquivel and Juvenal Diaz-Esquivel worked for the Wash & Go Hand Wash in Irvine during 2005 and 2006. They quit because of the poor working conditions. They worked seven days per week and were not paid for all the hours they worked, nor paid the overtime wages due to them. After they quit, Wash & Go Hand Wash continued to refuse to pay them, which forced the workers to go to the Labor Commissioner. In August, 2007, they obtained judgments totaling $14,708.24, including penalties for the car wash's willful failure to pay them their wages. The car wash still has not paid them.
The car washes also owe more than $1.8 million in unpaid taxes, according to recorded liens.
The eight car washes named in today's lawsuit are:
- Bonus Car Wash located at 2800 Lincoln Blvd. in Santa Monica
- Crown Valley Car Wash located at 25991 Crown Valley Parkway in Laguna Niguel
- Gold Rush Auto Spa located at 7620 Folsom-Auburn Blvd. in Folsom
- Gold Rush Auto Spa II located at 4350 Sunrise Blvd. in Fair Oaks
- Laguna Hills Union 76 Station [Car Wash] located at 24795 Alicia Parkway in Laguna Hills
- Marina Car Wash located at 2305 Lincoln Blvd. in Venice
- Sponges Car Wash located at 2061 Camino Ramon in San Ramon
- Wash & Go Hand Wash (also known as Wash & Go Hand Carwash Corp and Irvine Auto Spa) located at 3080 Main St. in Irvine
This lawsuit follows another suit filed late last year by the Attorney General against Los Angeles-based Auto Spa Express Car Wash, which forced employees to work nearly 60-hour weeks without overtime, ignored minimum wage laws, and denied injured employees' their workers' compensation benefits.
Brown continues to crack down on businesses that abuse and exploit workers and violate California law to gain a competitive advantage. Already this year, Brown's Underground Economy Unit has:
- Won back pay for more than 200 construction workers denied fair wages by a Bakersfield-based drywall company.
- Sued a farm labor contractor in Southern California that failed to provide rest breaks, drinking water or shade to field workers.
- Won a $3.9 million settlement from a Livermore-based construction company that falsified payroll records, misclassified workers to reduce workers' compensation premiums and violated the state's prevailing wage laws, including an award of $2.2 million for unpaid wages.
- Won a lawsuit against a Southern California trucking company that misclassified port-based truck drivers and failed to pay state taxes, contribute to Social Security and Medicare, or provide W-2 forms to its employees.
California's 1,500 car washes employ a total of 28,000 workers per month, according to recent California Employment Development Department figures. One third of these car washes are unlicensed, according to a 2008 report by the state Labor Commissioner, and have not posted a bond to ensure payment of wages, as required by law.
A copy of today's complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, is attached.


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Rheumatic diseases don't play by the rules. The conditions can be debilitating, often chronic, and frequently penetrate the very foundation of patients' lives.
Clinicians must do much more than just follow the textbooks. On a physical level, the conditions can present during clinical examinations in individualized patterns, often in atypical forms and with seemingly minute subtleties. Further, effective treatment is not just about addressing a medical checklist of patient's physical symptoms. These diseases can dismantle patients' days and nights in profound ways no textbook can fully cover.
That's why HSS has launched Rheum to Heal: Stories of Health & Humanity, a new, online narrative journal by and for people living with rheumatic conditions and the medical professional who care for them. Rheum to Heal will use the power of words and images, combined with the nurturing balm of community, to transform all who share them. The frequently common emotional impact of chronic rheumatic diseases, once creatively expressed, has the ability to unite and heal.
HSS will publish and distribute Rheum to Heal through free online subscription. Each issue will feature poetry, prose, artwork, and photography on, or related to, themes of health, healing, challenges, feelings, challenges of navigating illness, mind, body, and/or self-transformation. All forms of creative expression using words and images are welcome.
Rheum to Heal will accept pieces from patients with arthritis, autoimmune diseases, pain disorders affecting joints, and osteoporosis, as well as doctors, clinicians, and health professionals – practicing or retired – in the field of rheumatology. Contributions will also come from physicians and other medical professionals involved with helping the lives of people who have rheumatic conditions.
Relevant book reviews, commentaries and opinion pieces, about, or related to, ethics, public health/health policy or careers in rheumatology are also welcome.
Hospital for Special Surgery is an institution that values individuality and the wholeness of an individual. Everyone, the faculty member, the trainee, and most importantly the patient, is a person with experiences, objectives and ambitions – not just a set of numbers, whether those numbers are scores, rankings or lab results.
We acknowledge that physicians do not have a monopoly on wisdom and hope to decrease the psychological distance between physician and patient. Health professionals are encouraged to accept invitations into the intimate chambers of their patients' lives and in so doing, provide medical care based on open communication, mutual respect and unreserved empathy.
In sponsoring Rheum to Heal, HSS also hopes to build a sense of community among people with similar health struggles and reduce the sense of isolation that often accompanies chronic illness. We know that our patients' voices are often lost and that those voices are profound. We want to create a platform to showcase and share the healing power of their voices and stories.
Hearing a patient's experience as a narrative can be critical when doctors are making diagnoses and understanding the impact of disease on individual patients. Details of life are just as important as measured tests when managing a patient's healthcare in rheumatic conditions. Qualitative studies in musculoskeletal research have examined how diaries and stories have the potential to affect long-term changes in patient health and well being.
Being highly accessible, Rheum to Heal, will be able to bring attention to all rheumatic diseases, some of which are rare and understudied. We can emphasize humanistic, patient-centered approaches in the field of rheumatology as a whole.
HSS Attending Rheumatologist Michael J. Lockshin, MD, co-wrote a memoir with a patient, Alida Brill, about negotiating life with chronic illness, called Dancing at the River's Edge. A quote from that work illuminates how patient and caregiver can be enriched by shared experience.
"We think of ourselves as collaborating cartographers, each charting a world
we both know, but using different mapmaker's tools. We observe, take note,
discuss, and learn from each other. Our conversation is often true dialogue –
interaction, translation, comprehension, persuasion, compromise – those
human qualities necessary to the success of any intense and intimate
– Michael J. Lockshin, MD
"Dancing at the River's Edge"
Updated: 10/31/2013


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Did Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie become "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" on Christmas Day?
The unconfirmed rumor du jour has Hollywood's No. 1 celebrity couple spiriting their brood off to the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean to swap "I dos." The Dec. 25 ceremony allegedly took place at designer Donna Karan's Parrot Cay estates, suggests the Telegraph, and those in attendance were said to have included Brad's parents Jane and William Pitt, and his brother Doug and sister Julie.
A representative for Pitt's management team did not return a phone call and an e-mail seeking comment Wednesday. And reports about the nuptials all include plenty of caveats including "maybe," and "possibly" and "might-have-but-might-not-have-so-don't-blame-us-if-it's-not true."
But IIT (If It's True), it means Pitt and Jolie managed to pull off the wedding of the century while simultaneously pulling a fast one over on the media.


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OROVILLE When it comes to resurrecting a means of generating power through Similkameen Falls, the most contentious debate has been about the impact on aesthetics.
Conservationists argue Enloe Dam, should the powerplant restart generation, would reduce water over the falls downstream to a trickle, affecting not only the natural beauty, but local tourism.
In an interview with The Chronicle earlier this year, Jere Gillespie of the Columbia River BioRegional Education Project likened the effect to "stretching a ribbon across a football field."
"Right now, what you hear is the sound of falling water and what you see is really quite an extraordinary display... What you'll hear instead is the industrial hum of the (Okanogan County Public Utility District's) facility as they divert that water through a pipe," Sierra Club member John Osborn said in a previous Chronicle interview.
The state Department of Ecology issued a water-quality permit for the dam in 2012, and it's been tied up in litigation ever since. It requires the utility to leave at least 30 cubic feet per second of water in the river between July and September, and 10 cfs the rest of the year.
The natural flow of Similkameen Falls ranges from 500 to 7,000 cfs, depending on the time of year, statistics show.
The utility and Ecology have countered that spilling more water over the falls could raise the water temperature, which can be harmful or even deadly to fish.
A decision is still pending from the state Pollution Control Hearings Board, which was asked to clarify its July 23 order regarding water temperature.
The order ultimately upheld the water quality permit, provided that the utility and Ecology conduct a study over three years to determine if the minimum approved water flow over the falls is enough or needs to be changed.
The utility filed a response Aug. 13, urging the state board to deny the petition, noting some of the most outspoken individuals, such as Gillespie and Oroville resident Joseph Enzensperger, said during testimony in May that protecting salmon was more important than aesthetics.
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Radiology information systems (referred to as "RIS" by most users and vendors) have been around since the 1980s and have been tailored to meet the needs of both small and large organizations. The RIS market has become flooded with vendors since then, resulting in a fragmented market that most buyers find confusing to navigate. We've written this guide to give buyers a lay of the land to start their research and comparisons.
Here's what we'll cover:
What Is RIS?
Common Features of RIS Software
What Type of Buyer Are You?
The Vendor Landscape
Evaluating Radiology Information Systems
Benefits and Potential Issues
Market Trends to Understand
The Vendor Landscape
Radiology information software (RIS) is an electronic medical records system designed to serve the unique needs of radiology centers. These systems help manage clinical and administrative data and automate workflows by:
Radiology centers will have the choice of implementing a standalone RIS or an integrated RIS and picture archiving and communication system (PACS). Due to the complementary offerings of both, it is fairly common for RIS buyers to implement integrated RIS and PACS suites. The decision to implement a standalone RIS or a complete RIS/PACS is dependent on users' unique needs and environments.
The following features are commonly found in most RIS systems:
|HL7 interface
|Enables integration with picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), electronic medical records systems (EMRs) or hospital information systems (HIS) to ensure seamless data transfer between order entry, results delivery, patient clinical information etc.
|Dictation support
|In-app voice recognition or integrations with third party solutions that allow physicians to use a microphone to speak commands and dictate notes and patient reports.
|Result delivery via efax and email
|Transmission of imaging results back to the electronic system, and physician, that ordered them. Systems with patient portals will also send imaging results to the access portal for patient use.
|Administrative dashboards and reports
|Report on a variety of business operations, including exam requests, administrative workflows and clinician productivity. Track trends and increase profitability through analyzing department metrics such as patient type, modality mix, report turnaround time and more.
It is important that buyers assess what type of buyer they are before evaluating vendors. Just about all buyers can fall into one of the following three categories:
Small radiology centers. These buyers typically work in radiology centers with fewer than 10 providers. They have the most straightforward needs of the three buyer categories.
Enterprise radiology centers. These buyers work in radiology centers that have at least 10 physicians on staff, although they may be much larger. These buyers will typically require a robust RIS capable of integrating with PACS and HIS.
Hospitals. These buyers work in radiology departments within hospitals and typically manage a large amount of radiological information and images originating from several locations or users. They are aiming to integrate with HIS and eliminate a lot of the inefficiency associated with managing information on paper.
While the radiology information systems market is complex and fragmented, buyers can quickly understand where to look by segmenting the industry along the lines of the three buyer categories mentioned above.
|This type of buyer...
|Should evaluate these systems
|Small radiology centers
|RISynergy, Medics RIS/PACS, Sage Intergy
|Enterprise radiology centers
|GE, Medics RIS/PACS
|GE, Siemens, Philips
When evaluating these systems, prospective buyers should consider the following:
Integration requirements. If purchasing a standalone RIS system, ensure the system integrates with existing PAC and EHR software. Also, assess the timeline until existing PAC and EHR systems need replacing. If additional purchases will be required in the near future, consider investing in a single, integrated platform.
Support for existing workflows. Evaluate whether RIS solutions support existing workflows or if they will need to be implemented by a third-party vendor. Common workflows include order entry, scheduling, worklist management, examination documentation and interpretation, report generation, results distribution and billing.
When implementing a RIS, buyers should primarily expect to realize the following benefits:
As with all technology, there are potential risks to consider as well. The first issue on most RIS buyers' minds is patient privacy, which most companies have addressed with fully HIPAA-compliant systems. The second concern we hear about most often is in regards to ease of use. While most ease of use issues can be addressed with training, buyers will want to perform a thorough evaluation of their selected RIS to make sure the workflow is logical and the layout is intuitive.
There are two important healthcare software trends that are important to understand when evaluating the RIS market:
Software as a Service (SaaS). The SaaS delivery model has disrupted a number of software markets, including RIS. Many buyers prefer systems that "sit in the cloud" and require low upfront costs, little IT infrastructure and greater accessibility. Many vendors now offer SaaS solutions and buyers should be ready to evaluate this model with an open mind.
Integration and interoperability. Buyers should be aware of the widespread push towards integration among disjointed healthcare networks. As providers and government legislators recognize the costs and inefficiencies in the healthcare system due to paper, large and small RIS buyers need to consider whether their vendor supports open standards and integration with EMRs, hospital information systems and health information exchanges.
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How To Use Sainsburys Self Service Check-out
Step 1
Assess the queue at the main till, and weigh this against the number of items in your basket (3).
Step 2
Decide that scanning three items at the Self Service check-out can't possibly take longer than waiting in that queue and, with a frisson of trepidation, make your way to the Self-Service lane.
Step 3
Press Start.
Step 4
Remember the last time you used Self Service (when you were charged 5p for a bag to put one Fudge bar in). Select 'I am using my own bags'.
Step 5
Place your purple spotty shopping bag in the bagging area, as directed, so that the machine can 'verify your bag'.
Step 6
Become confused when machine cannot verify your bag. Wonder if perhaps the bag is an existential oddity, that appears only to you because you want it to be there.
Step 7
Decide to ponder this question at a later date.
Step 8
Push some buttons to try and force the machine to verify your bag. It's purple and spotty, how can it not be verified?
Step 9
Take a great sigh of relief when the machine appears to give up on verifying your bag, and allows you to continue.
Step 10
Realise that it's probably charging you 5p for a bright orange Sainsburys turtle-killer. Realise that you no longer care about the turtles.*
Step 11
Scan first item.
Step 12
Place item in your bag.
Step 13
Heave another sigh of relief, and allow yourself to start believing it's going to work this time.
Step 14
Scan second item.
Step 15
Cry, as the machine bellows 'unexpected item in bagging area', attracting the attention of everyone in the small, city-centre shop.
Step 16
Wait for member of staff to come over and press a button.
Step 17
Place second item in bag.
Step 18
Scan third and final item.
Step 19
Place third item in bag. Suppress rising hope that perhaps this will soon be over.
Step 20
Press 'Finish and Pay'
Step 21
Count out the required amount (£1.52 in this case).
Step 22
Put £1 coin in machine.
Step 23
Put a 50p then a 2p coin into machine.
Step 24
Wait for machine to recognise the 52p just introduced to machine.
Step 25
After 5 minutes, accept that machine is not going to recognise your 52p.
Step 26
Cry some more.
Step 27
Consider paying an extra 52p just to end the horror of it all, and go home.
Step 28
Decide that that's what the machine wants and press the Help button
Step 29
Realise that the queue at the Real Person Check-out is now composed entirely of people that came into the shop after you. And that every one of them is watching you fuck this up as they wait to be served by a Real Person.
Step 30
Explain your plight to the very helpful and understanding Sainsburys man, who looks at you pityingly.
Step 31
Wait for Sainsburys man to get the keys for the machine.
Step 32
Watch as Sainsburys man opens the machine, unlocks the cash box, extracts 52p, locks the cash box, and closes machine.
Step 33
Inform Sainsburys man that you would pay an extra 52p just to make it stop. (He looks uncomfortable and says 'there's no need for that, miss'.)
Step 34
Re-introduce the 52p to the machine, successfully. Thank Sainsburys man for his help. ('Can I help you with anything else Miss?')
Step 35
Muster all the dignity you can, and leave the shop with your head held high, clutching your precious cargo to your chest.
Step 36
Realise that in the time you've been in there, darkness has fallen, the leaves have fallen from the trees and Christmas is just round the corner. Vow to never ever again attempt to use the Self Service Check-out facility in any shop. Ever.
*This was but a momentary blip - I do care about turtles! Don't buy turtle-killing plastic bags!
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With the playoffs kicking off tonight, the Lynnville-Sully football team is having a bit of deja vu.
Squaring off against the same first-round opponent they defeated 54-14 last season, the Hawks (7-2) are hoping that deja vu will eventually include the score and not just hosting WACO of Wayland (6-3) in Sully tonight.
"Obviously we're looking at last year's tape so see some of the things we did well, but they're a different football team and so are we," Lynnville-Sully coach Mike Parkinson said. "When you graduate a number of guys like they did, you tend to be a different ballclub, so we're just taking this game plan like any other game."
One big difference for the Hawks from last season to now is the Class A District 6 championship they earned last Friday with a 21-0 defeat of Montezuma. Although it's Parkinson's third district title as a coach, it's his first with the Hawks and he's noticing the positive effects it's having on the team when it needs a shot of confidence the most. They have now won six games in a row.
"After our loss to Pekin, we weren't sure if we were going to get another chance at it," Parkinson said. "We feel like we earned it and the guys were really excited about being district champions. Having done that, I think it gives them a little more sense of accomplishment and it was a really good way to finish the season."
One big reason for the Hawks' winning streak is a lockdown defense that hasn't surrendered any points since Sept. 14. In that stretch, Lynnville-Sully has outscored its opponents by a combined 250-0 and also put up 61 and 70 points in back-to-back weeks.
"We're pretty excited about the way our defense has been playing," Parkinson said. "We go into every game trying to keep our opponents from scoring, and our guys are just really clicking right now. A lot of the time that puts you in a good position, and our offense and special teams are really helping out."
The Hawk defense will likely get its first challenge in a while tonight in the form of the Warriors' potent ground game. After featuring more a passing attack last year, Waco is being led this season by senior Tyler Ayers and his 1,171 yards and 12 touchdowns. Sophomore Tyler Janecek has added 10 touchdowns to that total along with 444 yards, and six other players have combined 11 more touchdowns on the ground.
On the other side of Waco's offense, the Hawks will have nothing to fear but Fear himself. Senior quarterback Ben Fear has thrown for 512 yards on the year with five touchdowns and eight interceptions, but he appears to be a straight up pocket passer after pickung up only 39 yards on the ground to this point.
The Hawks and Warriors share only one common opponent this season in North Mahaska. Both teams put up at least 40 points on the Warhawks, with Lynnville-Sully winning 49-0 on Oct. 5 and Waco taking a 40-14 victory on Aug. 31.
"They look to be run heavy, but they'll open it up and throw here and there," Parkinson said. "We're keying up to play the run, but also our defensive responsibilities for the pass game are to be up, ready to roll and to make plays."
The Hawks' offense hasn't exactly been keeping the team down, either. Junior Bailee Samson has racked up 1,028 yards on the ground with 12 touchdowns, while fellow junior Caden Doll has 528 yards and 11 scores. Senior quarterback Cale Van Wyk is next on the team in rushing with 316 yards and six TDs, but he has also thrown for 718 yards with 10 TDs to six interceptions.
Parkinson, much like he has done all year, continues to credit the work of his assistant coaches for the team's success so far this season. Although the Hawks take the usual game-by-game approach to their games, they also took some time in the past few days to take stock of where they are now against where they wanted to be at the beginning of the year.
Meeting most of their regular-season goals has just made them more excited for the playoffs, however, and Parkinson feels his players know how to properly adjust their attitudes and expectations for the postseason.
"We always try to keep the same mindset, but at the same time, we did go back and look at some of the goals we had earlier in the year," Parkinson said. "We're right on track where we want to be with our district championship and playoff goals, and right now the guys are just taking care of things that need to be taken care of to meet our lofty goals."
When the Hawks and Warriors kick off at 7 p.m. tonight, it will touch off postseason football for most of the state as well. Although playing on Wednesdays and Mondays instead of Fridays tends to be an adjustment for some teams and coaches, Parkinson welcomes the change and is hoping his team can sustain a deep run this year.
"I was thinking (Tuesday) that tomorrow is Friday and I get to wear jeans to work," Parkinson said with a laugh. "The days can get confusing, but it's a lot of fun playing on Wednesdays, and I'm just excited for the guys and seeing how the community with become involved."


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If you're up on your Past in the Present trivia, you'll recall that a few years ago we looked at some distressing news about the Olympia, one of the most important warships in American history.
Well, tonight I'm staying at a hotel near Philadelphia's Independence Seaport Museum, and I can see the Olympia from the window. Pretty neat.


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Five for Friday, written by a variety of MoMA staff members, is our attempt to spotlight some of the compelling, charming, and downright curious works in the Museum's rich collection.
Even though there are advantages to living in this day and age—not dying of consumption or syphilis, transporting money in a wallet, rather than a wheelbarrow—I still fantasize about living in interwar Germany. Maybe it was far too many viewings of Cabaret as a child, but I've always carried an imagined nostalgia for the Weimar Republic (1919–1933): its loose social mores, the competing senses of optimism and doom, the passionate political struggles, and of course the edgy art and design. With MoMA's German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse exhibition closing July 11, I thought we should have a look back at some of the great Weimar-era works in MoMA's rich collection. This post is dedicated to Paul Jaskot, the professor who inspired my love of German art and design.
1. Unknown artist. Poster for Berlin, Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt (Berlin, Symphony of the Metropolis). 1927
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927) lent a soundtrack to the Weimar Republic. This film, which MoMA screened in December 2010, portrays the life of a city mainly through visual effects and music, not narrative content. The impression it conveys of daily life in Berlin is dynamic, anxiety-ridden, cacophonous—and a helluva lot of fun!
2. Rudi Feld. The Danger of Bolshevism (Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus). 1919
This lithograph, included in German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse, features a terrifying Death figure gripping a dagger in his teeth. The work reflects a common fear in the aftermath of the First World War—that the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in Russia might spread to Germany, like a plague.
3. Marianne Brandt. Ashtray. 1924
The liberal Weimar Republic inspired a surge of radical experimentation in all the arts. Marianne Brandt was the head of the metal workshop at the German Bauhaus in Dessau from 1928 to 1929. The Bauhaus was a school, founded in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius, famous for its visionary integration of technology, art, and design. This elegant ashtray from 1924 was based on pure geometrical forms, cylinder and spheres.
4. George Grosz. .a (recto): Circe .b (verso): Untitled. 1927
In this watercolor, also included in the German Expressionism exhibition, George Grosz critiques the ongoing economic disparities of Weimar society, in which the bourgeoisie could afford every pleasure—even the bodies of the lower classes. The unsentimental style of New Objectivity, pioneered by the likes of Grosz, Otto Dix, and Max Beckmann, emerged in Germany in the 1920s to rival the utopian and romanticized sensibility of Expressionism.
5. Oskar Schlemmer. Bauhaus Stairway. 1932
Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Stairway, an oil painting on canvas, depicts the interior of the Bauhaus. Schlemmer painted this work just one year before Hitler assumed power and the Nazis closed the visionary school. Schlemmer was among many Weimar-era artists persecuted by the Nazis for producing so-called "degenerate" art.


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The nationwide influenza outbreak has hit Winnebago and Hancock counties.
Last week the Hancock County Health System, in Britt, raised its visitor restriction from Level 2 to Level 3 due to the number of local flu cases.
The hospital will have a visitation restriction of some level in effect until March 31.
"We want to protect our patients, visitors and our own colleagues the best way we can from spreading the flu. Limiting visitation is one effective method we know does works," said Laura Zwiefel, HCHS CEO/Administrator, in a news release. "Many of our network hospitals also have adopted similar policies."
Level 3 restrictions are as follows:
Visitors with respiratory- or influenza-like symptoms are restricted from visiting.
Visitors 18 and younger are restricted from visiting the hospital unless a pediatric visitor is visiting a parent in the hospital.
Only significant other and parents of patient may visit.
Emergency Department Patients are asked to bring only one person with them when seeking treatment.
Before flu season, all HCHS workers were given the influenza vaccine unless they had approved exemptions.
Now, under the current Level 3 Restriction guidelines, all healthcare workers who could not be vaccinated must wear a facemask for his/her entire shift.
The influenza outbreak also has affected area nursing homes and schools.
The Good Samaritan Society in Forest City began a quarantine on Jan. 30. Visitors were asked to stay away.
"It protects our residents and it protects visitors," said Barbara Devries, who works in marketing and resource development for the Good Samaritan Society.
If visitors did come in, they were asked to wear a face mask and wash their hands, she said.
Residents also ate in their rooms rather than in the dining area to help prevent the spread of the flu.
DeVries said the quarantine, which was lifted on Friday, was only the second one she can remember at the care center in the 28 years she has worked there.
Austin Svejda, administrator of the Good Samaritan location in Forest City, said lots of other nursing homes in the area also adopted temporary no-visitor policies because of the flu.
On Feb. 6 the absentee rate at Forest City Elementary was just over eight percent. The average absentee rate is around five percent, according to Darwin Lehmann, superintendent of Forest City Community Schools.
By Thursday the absentee rate at the elementary and the middle school was down to 5.5 percent. The high school had a four percent absentee rate that day.
Lehmann said not all absences are due to the flu.
The staff at each building have done a good job in encouraging students to stay home if they are sick so the flu doesn't spread, according to Lehmann.
He also said school employees are staying home themselves if they have the flu.
Sarah Hejlik, school nurse for West Hancock elementary and high school in Britt, said the school district was hit with the flu two weeks ago, but "we are kind of over the hump now."
Even at the height of the breakout, absentee rates never reached 10 percent, she said.
West Hancock officials encouraged everyone to get a flu shot back in September.
Although some people who did receive a shot still got influenza, "it's a little bit of a longer ride" for those who didn't, Hejlik said.
West Hancock, like many public schools, invites public health nurses in to give flu shots.
Heljik said this is a great convenience for parents, but they still have to sign permission forms.
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Age: 70 Arnold "Skip" Sheldon was born and raised in St. Paul, Minn. After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1966 with a degree in mechanical engineering, he went to work for the DuPont Co. in Delaware, where he met and married his wife, Phyllis.
In 1970, he transferred to the company's Brevard plant, where he spent the majority of his career developing manufacturing processes and equipment for producing medical X-ray film. He holds two U.S. patents on machines he developed.
He retired in 1998, but he didn't slow down. An avid hiker, Sheldon volunteered in 1992 to work with a trail maintenance crew along the Appalachian Trail. Later, he joined the Carolina Mountain Club trail crew that works every Friday on the AT and the Mountains�to�Sea Trail. They recently built trails on Bearwallow Mountain with the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. He's been a crew leader for five years.
Were you a hiker before you started building and maintaining trails as a volunteer?
I started serious hiking with my Boy Scout troop. We took the boys on many hikes in Pisgah National Forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail.
What are some of your favorite trails you've hiked and why?
The trail I love best is the Appalachian Trail, but a close second is the Bearwallow Mountain trail that we built a couple of years ago. The AT holds a sense of adventure and excitement that I don't find anyplace else. Bearwallow is very special because we built it from scratch, and it contains all of the elements of a good trail. It was tough to build, but now it's one of the most heavily used trails in Henderson County.
Describe what's involved in creating a new section of trail from scratch.
Building a new trail falls into three general phases. First you need to lay out the route, which includes deciding how to make the trail best fit onto the land it will pass over. Then comes the clearing phase, where you have to cut all the brush and trees in the trail path, then pull out all the stumps.
Finally, you get to actually build the trail. That involves digging the tread out of the side of the mountain, building rock or log steps to get up and down steep places, and sometimes constructing the tread completely out of rocks in areas where the trail passes though massive rock fields or on sharp ridges.
All of this involves hard work. You won't find any clean trail builders at the end of the day, and sometimes getting out of bed the next morning is a tough job.
Has the need for trail maintenance increased this year because
of all the rain?
Water is a trail's worst enemy. It causes ruts, mud holes, exposed roots and very slippery tread. If we construct the trail correctly, however, we get the water off the tread before it can do too much damage. Another big problem with the amount of rain we have had this summer is trees that have their roots weakened by saturated ground fall over. If they are alongside the trail, the root ball will sometimes take out major sections of the tread. Repairing these areas can be very difficult and sometimes we have to reroute the trail around the damaged area.
What about the hemlock woolly adelgid, that exotic aphid that's killing our native hemlocks. Are those dead and dying trees creating headaches for your crews?
We walk out sections of the AT every spring to clear downed trees before the through-hikers who are walking the entire AT from Georgia to Maine get here in late March or early April. Winter storms and high winds will bring trees down across the trail every year. The only question is "how many." Dead hemlocks add to that problem, but the main issue with losing them is the effect on the views and the loss of shade for trout streams.
There seems to be a strong interest in hiking and trail maintenance among area retirees. Are any of the groups you do trail work with in need of additional volunteers?
Carolina Mountain Club currently sponsors seven trail maintenance crews. Four of these go out every week. One works in the Wilderness Areas every other Saturday. One works on Saturday once per quarter, and one works intermittently when they can get their folks together, because most of them are younger and have full-time jobs. All of these crews are happy to add new volunteers, and there are also several other trail maintenance crews in the area, so anyone who wants to help with maintaining trails should have no problem finding a crew to work with. Information about joining one of the CMC trail crews can be found on the website, http://carolinamountainclub. org/. What's the biggest challenge you face as a trail crew organizer? The biggest challenge is making sure that everyone has interesting work to do that is productive and within their ability to work safely. My crew usually has between 15 and 20 folks each week, ranging in age from mid-30s to 90, and with trail-building abilities that range from "none" to "can build trail in their sleep." If folks don't have fun working with us and get a sense of accomplishment from the work they do, they don't come back the next week, so I try real hard to make sure each work day allows them to have that experience.
What are the most rewarding parts of the trail work you do?
To me, the most rewarding part of trail building is walking out in the morning over a rough, steep mountainside where you have trouble standing up, and coming back that afternoon on good finished trail.
That gives a sense of accomplishment that it's hard to get other places, especially when you think about that trail being used by thousands of hikers over many years. Working out how to build a trail through a real challenging section is also a real kick.
What's the most unusual wildlife sighting you've seen?
Nothing too unusual. Mostly the normal animals you would expect around these parts. Deer, bear, grouse, turkey and so forth. We are usually making enough noise with our trail work that any animals around head for the woods before we get much of a chance to see them. What's the farthest you've had to hike over the course of a day to do trail maintenance?
I usually try to keep the walk into the work site to a mile or less,becauseotherwiseyouuseupallyourtimewalkingtoand from the job and don't have much of the day left for working. The exception is when we are doing the spring walk-throughs to clear downed trees and other winter damage from the trail.
On those days, we are going from one end of a section to the other and that can be 4 to 5 miles or more. The CMC Wilderness crew often walks a lot farther on their work days because they don't have much road access to the places they go. Some of their days involve 8-10-mile hikes, but they don't get a lot of heavy maintenance done on those days.
One of the interesting things is that as your interest in trail maintenance increases, your interest in just hiking starts to diminish.
Many of our maintainers don't do a lot of regular hiking anymore.
Got a Minute with Arnold 'Skip' Sheldon
Age: 70 Arnold "Skip" Sheldon was born and raised in St. Paul, Minn. After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1966 with a degree in mechanical engineering, he went to work for the DuPont Co. in Delaware, where he met and married his wife, Phyllis.


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K'NEX Brands has signed an agreement with Learning Resources Ltd. of Hong Kong to distribute its K'NEX Education line and select retail products in the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong.
Learning Resources Ltd. has been named the authorized reseller of K'NEX Education products in the PRC. Learning Resources also has the non-exclusive rights to sell popular K'NEX retail sets including the 6 Foot Ferris Wheel, 6 Foot Double Ferris Wheel, Grandfather Clock, and the Son of Serpent Coaster. The agreement between K'NEX and Learning Resources runs through next year.


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Dec. 23--The Cambria County Veteran Affairs Office has scheduled seven upcoming town hall events throughout the county to reach out to veterans and inform them of the benefits available through the Veterans Administration.
"Educating our community about how the VA works and what may, or may not, be available is a huge part of what we're trying to accomplish," said Josh Hauser, the county's director of Veteran Affairs. "Doing this type of outreach helps us spread the word across the county."
Tom Chernisky, president county commissioner, said the goal is to maximize the availability of the Veteran Affairs office and to "bring that information right into our various communities to make it as easy as possible for people to have access to it."
Veterans, their family members or surviving spouses can attend. Organizers said there are different criteria for different benefits, each with individual circumstances.
The town hall dates, times and locations are as follows:
--2:30 to 4 p.m.Jan. 3, Patton Public Library, 444 Magee Ave, Patton.
--2 to 3:30 p.m., Jan. 12, 1st Summit Arena @ Cambria County War Memorial, 326 Napoleon St., Johnstown.
--2 to 3:30 p.m., Jan. 16, Ashville Fire Department, 127 Pine St.
--2:30 to 4 p.m., Jan. 31, St. Michael Fire Department, 849 Locust St.
--2:30 to 4 p.m., Feb. 2, Richland Fire Department, 1321 Scalp Ave.
--4 to 5:30 p.m., Feb. 13, Nanty Glo Public Library, 942 Roberts St.
--2:30 to 4 p.m., Feb. 23, Portage Public Library, 704 Main St.
For more information, contact the Cambria County Veteran Affairs Office at
Jocelyn Brumbaugh is a reporter for the Tribune-Democrat. Follow her on Twitter @JBrumbaughTD.
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The items below were added to 'Video' menu section:
* Hardware physics: enables PPU support.
* PhysX efefcts: enabling of effects, realized by means of PhysX technology.
In order to produce more realistic atmosphere of deserted ship, heaps of small and average physical objects were added on each level and location:
* rubbish, splints, cans, boxes, ship rig, etc.
* parts of clothes, fabrics, mops.
* icicles, splitting into multiple shatters.


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Minister of Education Don McRae takes issue with a BCTF criticism arising from a framework the B.C. government proposed Thursday for its relationship with teachers.
"The BCTF is claiming that the government's proposed framework ignores the ruling of the BC Supreme Court that teachers have the right to bargain working conditions, such as class size and class composition," McRae said Friday in a news release.
"This is false and the proposed framework offers no basis for this conclusion. As the BCTF quite properly points out, the government's own Bill 22 allows for these issues to be negotiated. The government and its education partners fully expect to negotiate class size and composition issues irrespective of the length of the agreement. Teachers have the right to negotiate class size and composition whether it is towards a two-year contract or a 10-year contract.
"This confusion reinforces how important it is for the parties to sit down together so the BCTF can fully explore and understand the government's proposed framework, continued the Comox Valley MLA.
"We need to work through important questions and issues< McRae said. "It would be unfortunate for B.C. students and families if we
allowed misunderstandings to prevent us from exploring any potential path to labour peace."
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Kung Fu Touch Review
- Publisher: Kiube mobile
- Genre: Action
- Released: 25 Jun, 2010
- Size: 15.1 MB
- Price: $0.99
- Fun visual style.
- Easy to use controls.
- Unique powers to earn to boost your scores.
- Gameplay lacks complexity.
- Item choices are cliched and borderline insulting.
Kung Fun Touch will have you tapping and slashing along for a while, but despite different locations and items the game just feels the same.
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At first glance it's easy to compare Kung Fu Touch by Kiube Mobile to other successful slashing titles like Fruit Ninja, however the developer assures me that they began work on their product before Halfbrick's release came to light. True or not, this game definitely has its own unique feel, but the stark difference in design philosophy has led this game in a far less successful direction.
Your teacher has decided to put himself in harm's way in order to sharpen your Kung Fu skills and you'll need to slash and tap your way to victory, protecting him as much as possible from various themed items from around the world. The gameplay itself is initially similar to Fruit Ninja, with objects randomly entering the screen and several bombs entering the mix that need to be avoided, however it doesn't take long before a pattern emerges out of the chaos. This brings the gameplay value down significantly as each stage becomes a matter of identifying which item goes with which preset path and then dealing with the slowly increasing pace at which your teacher is attacked.
The game's visual style is its only real stand-out feature, with large stylistic and clean designs that would be clever if it wasn't for the uninspired choices for objects used against your teacher.
Kung Fu Touch has a sound idea and could definitely manage to make it work, but for now it's hard to recommend as the gameplay lacks depth and while fun to play for a short time it just doesn't bring any hooks to keep playing.


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Iancu Jianu
Born in Turnu Măgurele, Vali Ivan is a graduated engineer. He turned to drawing however and his caricatures and comics have appeared in most important papers from post-communist Romania. In his work, Ivan gives a satirical view on the political current affairs and of his country and abroad. He has his own political comics feature every Saturday in Jurnalul National since 2003.
By 2005, he turned to more classic and realistic comic art when he made a comic book adaptation of Jules Verne's book 'Five Weeks in a Balloon' on the occassion of 100th annniverary of the author's death. The book was published by Egmont and quickly became a bestseller in Romanian bookshops. He returned to this graphical style in 2010, when he started the adventures of outlaw 'Iancu Jianu' for Jurnalul de Duminică.
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Cookbook author Ricki Heller can show you how to have your cake (and pie and cookies) and great health, too, in her newest cookbook, Naturally Sweet & Gluten-Free (Sellers Publishing). After decades of baking and indulging in unhealthy sweets, Heller was inspired to radically alter her diet.
The result was a comprehensive dessert cookbook without gluten, eggs, dairy or refined sugars. Many of her recipes are also soy-free (or offer a soy-free option), corn-free (all but one!), and nut-free (or offer a nut-free option). Allergy-friendly and entirely vegan, the sweets in her book taste great and are good for you, too. Heller has taken great care to ensure that every recipe will taste and look just as good as a traditional dessert. There are mouthwatering photos throughout the book.
With a mother who was a baker, Heller first wielded a wooden spoon when she was about six, and has barely let go of it since. When she suffered health issues because of her sweets addiction and had to cut all refined sweeteners from her life, Heller decided it was time for a change.
She writes: "I began to search for alternatives that I could bake that (a) didn't contain any of the unhealthy ingredients I'd been accustomed to using; and (b) still tasted good. This quest led to a stint baking vegan desserts for a vegetarian restaurant here in Toronto, and later starting my own baking company. I still love dessert and think it can be both healthy and delicious."
This is another one of those "desserts that can be breakfast." With the abundance of fall fruit and absence of grains, this dish offers a great lower-glycemic way to start your day. Add a bit more protein, and you're all set! For best results, select crisp, sweet apples, such as gala, honeycrisp, or pink lady, and firm pears, such as d'Anjou or Bosc.
For the topping:
1⁄3 cup coconut sugar
1⁄2 cup natural raw walnut pieces
1⁄2 cup natural raw skin-on almonds, preferable organic
1⁄3 cup coconut flour
1⁄4 cup potato starch
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
generous pinch fine sea salt
3 tbsp. coconut oil, at room temperature, preferably organic
30 drops pure plain or vanilla stevia liquid, or to taste
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
3 tbsp. water
For the Filling:
2 medium pears, washed, cored and diced, peeled or unpeeled
2 medium-sweet apples, washed, cored and diced, peeled or unpeeled
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1⁄4 tsp. ground ginger
2 tbsp. coconut sugar
juice of 1⁄2 lemon
1⁄4 tsp. pure stevia powder or 1⁄2 tsp. pure plain or vanilla stevia liquid, or to taste
Preheat the oven to 350. Grease a 9-in. square pan or a 6-cup casserole or soufflé dish with nonstick spray or coconut oil.
Make the topping: Place the coconut sugar, walnuts, almonds, coconut flour, potato starch, cinnamon and salt in the bowl of a food processor and process until the mixture resembles a fine meal with no pieces of nuts visible.
In a small, heavy-bottomed pot, melt the coconut oil. Whisk in the stevia, vanilla and water. Pour the coconut oil mixture in a ring around the dry ingredients in the processor and pulse until it all comes together. It should look like moist clumps. Set aside.
Make the filling: In a large bowl, toss the pears, apples and cranberries together with the cinnamon and ginger. In a small bowl, mix together the coconut sugar, lemon juice and stevia, and stir until the sugar begins to dissolve. Drizzle over the fruit and then toss again to coat evenly.
Assemble and bake the crumble: Turn the fruit mixture into the prepared casserole dish and sprinkle with the topping. Press down gently on the topping.
Bake for 40 to 60 minutes (depending on the depth of your pan, you will need more or less time for the fruit to cook), rotating the dish about halfway through baking, until the crumble topping is deeply browned and the fruit is soft. Serve immediately or at room temperature. Serves 6 to 8. May be frozen
3⁄4 cup natural raw skin-on almonds, preferably organic
2 tbsp. finely ground flax seeds (from about 1 tbsp. or 15 ml whole seeds)
1⁄8 tsp. fine sea salt
2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut, medium shred
1⁄4 cup coconut nectar
1⁄4 cup light agave nectar
20 to 25 drops pure plain or vanilla stevia liquid, or to taste
1⁄4 cup tahini (sesame seed paste)
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1⁄2 tsp. (2.5 ml) pure coconut extract (optional)
Preheat the oven to 350. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper, or spray with nonstick spray.
In the bowl of a food processor, whir the almonds, flax, and salt together until they resemble a coarse meal, about the texture of cornmeal, without any identifiable pieces of almond visible. Add the coconut and pulse once or twice to combine.
Next pour the coconut nectar, agave nectar, stevia, tahini, vanilla, and coconut extract, if using, over the dry ingredients. Process again until everything is incorporated and the mixture forms a sticky ball (you may need to stop and scrape down the sides of the processor bowl once or twice). Stop as soon as the mixture holds together, to avoid grinding the coconut too fine.
Using a small ice-cream scoop or tablespoon, drop small mounds of the mixture onto the cookie sheets about 1 inch apart. Wet your palms (or use a silicone spatula) and flatten the cookies slightly.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the cookie sheets about halfway through baking, until the cookies are deep golden brown on top. Cool completely before removing to a rack (the cookies will firm up as they cool). Makes 14 to 16. May be frozen


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Hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle
"NewsWrap": The Queen's Royal Assent makes England and Wales the 16th and 17th countries in the world to open civil marriage to same-gender couples, U.S. House Republicans stop wasting taxpayer money defending DOMA, a gay Aussie couple wins a "dream wedding" in New Zealand, and the first kiwi same-gender couple to wed may do so at 30,000 feet; Alistair Stewart of Britain's Kaleidoscope Trust warns that advances in the West like marriage equality have lead to a "perverse" worsening of LGBT freedoms in the developing world; Cameroon gay and AIDS activist Eric Lembembe is horrifically tortured to death, while 20-year-old Hashim al-Asimi is shot to death in Yemen for being gay; a key witness in the high-profile Florida trial of George Zimmerman tells CNN that 17-year-old victim Trayvon Martin may have worried that wannabe cop Zimmerman was following him with rape in mind, while 35 American LGBT organizations issue a joint statement calling for a Justice Department probe into the killing because "Trayvon Martin deserves justice and his civil rights"; singer and gay bar owner Benjamin Medrano is elected mayor in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, a rural northern city of about 230,000, becoming Mexico's first "out" mayor; and Pink Dot Singapore begets Pink Dot Okinawa (written by GREG GORDON, produced this week by ANGELA BROOKS & STEVE PRIDE, and reported by PAM MARSHALL & MICHAEL LEBEAU)
Billboard for the "Rainbow Minute", David Daniels as "Oscar", and Pat Parker [:07] + The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin has prompted even President Barack Obama to speak openly about the experiences of African American men. No one has ever done that quite like author and activist JAMES BALDWIN, whose "NOTES OF A NATIVE SON" has recently been re-issued. "This Way Out Queer Life and Literature" commentator JANET MASON takes a new look at the iconic classic
"JIM HUTTON REMEMBERS FREDDIE MERCURY" in a "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by GENE PEMBLETON)
Gay American countertenor DAVID DANIELS stars this month in the SANTA FE (NEW MEXICO) OPERA's world premier of a new work about the last years of gay British literary icon Oscar Wilde. SPENCER BECKWITH [of "Performance New Mexico" on KUNM-FM at the University of New Mexico] chats with Daniels about his collaborative effort with composer Theodore Morrison and librettist John Cox to bring "OSCAR" to life (introduced by a brief excerpt from Daniels singing "He Was Despised" from Handel's "Messiah") [www.KUNM.org]
The late lamented Black lesbian-feminist poet and activist PAT PARKER's still-timely classic "FOR THE STRAIGHT FOLKS (WHO DON'T MIND GAYS BUT WISH THEY WEREN'T SO BLATANT)"
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