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Ed Begley Jr. was one of the estimated 20 million Americans who overran streets, parks and universities during the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. His venue of choice was Pershing Square in Los Angeles.
That was also the year when he embarked on a personal protest against environmental degradation.
Having spent the '50s in the San Fernando Valley, Begley was no stranger to smog. And trips to the Santa Monica Bay regularly refreshed his ideas about pollution.
So he turned vegetarian, began recycling and composting, purchased biodegradable soaps and detergents and hopped onto a bus or bicycle to travel across Hollywood.
"I called it 'being efficient,'" said the Studio City-based actor and director, who has driven a Toyota RAV4 EV — an electric SUV — for 11 years. His current home is also outfitted with solar panels, insulated wall panels and an energy-saving thermostat.
On Saturday, Begley, an outspoken environmentalist, will serve as the keynote speaker at the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce's Green Forum and Expo, which encourages discussions about sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyles and business practices.
"I never really prepare a speech but can promise that I'll be talking about the energy efficiency I've sought over the years," said Begley, who serves on the boards of groups including Green Wish, the Coalition For Clean Air, and the Thoreau Institute and has been active with other environmental organizations. "I've had very few failures and many more successes in all that I've implemented."
The day will begin with the city's inaugural forum, from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Shorebreak Hotel. It will feature a panel discussion with Huntington Beach Community Gardens President Annette Parsons, Harvest Club Orange County founder Jeff Lebow and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fellow Sarah Dominguez. In addition, Mayor Connie Boardman will speak and Earth Friendly Products will offer a presentation.
Attendees are then invited to walk over to Pier Plaza, where more than 45 vendors will man stalls until 3 p.m. Themes like water conservation, climate change, recycling and energy efficiency will be on display alongside live performances and Huntington Beach High School art students painting banners depicting visions of sustainability.
"The Sustainable Surf City Committee wanted to complement the expo and enhance the day with a large education source," Marilee Movius, marketing and communications director for the chamber, said about the free activities.
Movius encourages guests to bring water bottles to this plastic-free event, themed "Turning Ideas Into Action." Exhibitors from as far away as Temecula and Santa Fe Springs will check off scorecards, which will then be displayed to educate passersby about their internal practices or available products. Those who collect a signature in their "passports" from each booth will be eligible for a gift basket.
Chamber President Jerry Wheeler believes that education and dialogue can help create a balance between people's needs and those of the environment.
"From a business perspective, it is not only the right thing to do, but we can save or even make a better bottom line in the process," he said.
The inability to rethink the relationship between humans and nature, he asserted, poses a significant challenge.
"Everyone can agree that this is a beautiful place to live with a quality of life few can claim and many aspire to experience," Wheeler commented. "All that is threatened by not embracing the changes we all need to make in our lives and by not diligently working together to find and maintain the balance we need to ensure future generations those same opportunities."
In the six years since the expo's debut, Laurie Frymire, the city's community relations officer, has found that Huntington Beach has been successful in adopting a more eco-friendly way of living. Banning Styrofoam and constructing solar panels to generate electricity at city buildings count as "pretty dramatic steps" in the right direction, she said.
"We have a fragile environment, the ocean, and we need to take care of those things," she remarked.
Begley's thoughts are much the same.
He is days away from the premiere of "On Begley Street" — a web series on ev¿x Television featuring himself, his wife, Rachelle Carson-Begley, and their daughter, Hayden, as they attempt to build North America's greenest, most sustainable home in compliance with LEED Platinum Certified standards. It will be the family's new home upon completion in May 2014.
"As a country, we are spending $350 billion a year on oil," he said. "Climate change is going to cost us monetarily and by affecting our quality of life. All those things have led me to say, 'This is real, this is something we need to deal with so, yes, sign me up.'"
Today, he is not the only conservation-minded one among his friends. Having accepted that each person can be part of the solution, singer Don Henley, actor Danny DeVito, Bill Nye [the Science Guy] and Dan Castellaneta [the voice of Homer Simpson] have switched to hybrid or electric vehicles, which are recharged in their driveways or garages, often with the help of solar energy.
"They come up to me in parking lots and say, 'Hey, I have a new electric car,'" Begley said. "They don't miss the gas pump, that's for sure."
If You Go
What: Green Forum and Expo
Where: Forum: Shorebreak Hotel, 500 Pacific Coast Hwy.; Expo: Pier Plaza, Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway
When: Forum: 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday; Expo: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
Cost: Forum tickets are $39, pre-registration is required and ticket sales end at noon Thursday; admission to the Expo is free.
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Weapons of war are generally thought by the public to be guns, aircraft, bombs, gases, biological agents, troops, tanks and such material items. Yet, the most important weapon of war is the psychological, the propaganda and ideological campaigns waged both for and against the people on both sides of a conflict. These ideological campaigns must target and be waged at the most base emotions of the public. These campaigns must assert and prove that the war is sanctioned by religion and government and approved for the most altruistic of causes. In other words, the death of the enemy and the destruction of his power is my country's and my God's most important work on earth. To die in such a war is to insure the security of the world and the future of one's immortal soul.
Place in war a people who believe those things with all their heart and you now have a willing death squad to place behind the guns, the bombs, the tanks, the airplanes, the factories and the ships. The secret and most important weapon of all wars is religious believers and their various gods. People who will believe an absurdity in their religious life will surely believe an absurdity in their political life. Governments want "sheep" (people) that will follow their orders and their authorities without question or dissention.
Religion (and its attending doctrines and political beliefs) is not so much the cause of war as it is the excuse and emotional motivation for war. No war can be waged without the propaganda and ideological campaigns that stir the base emotions of people to a fever pitch either for defense or for offense. All the doctrines of all the religions and governments say, "I am right and all others are wrong." "I am good and the others are evil." "My God is the true God. Your God is non existent, a false and or evil god." "My government is God's government. Your government is the devil's government." Thus, with this weapon of religion, this belief in authorities, this belief in absurdities, all wars are fought.
With this, I present to you the true evil of mankind, the true devil of civilization, the true enemy of peace and prosperity of the world. The very worst concept in the whole world and in the whole history of this earth is religious belief in the unbelievable claims of their authorities. If one is capable of doubting the unbelievable claims of his religion then he is capable of doubting the lying claims of his government. Religion is the most evil, the most destructive, the most tyrannical, the most disruptive, the most corruptive, the most seductive, the most injurious, the most ignorant, the most deceptive and the most evil concept ever conceived on this planet of our mother earth. Religion, and its attending beliefs, is a black hole devouring and eating the very heart and soul of mankind and his attempt to become spiritual and to become civilized. Religion possesses and consumes the government and its policies.
When I use the term "religion" it not only includes the Christian, Muslim, Hindu and such organizations, it is also inclusive of those of the dark side that worship and take their orders and concepts from their God, Lucifer. Usually in war, it is the dark side that is controlling both sides. Only those that have escaped the religions (both the light and the dark sides) are able to separate the good from the bad, the true from the false.
Even if there were a God, no good or Just God could condone the use of a religion to destroy civilizations, individual characters and the lives of others. No good and just God could institute a religion that seduces the creativity of mankind and turns that creativity into killing and hating machines. No good God would command or condone genocide, murder, torture, starvation, cruelty, hatred, war, ignorance, deceptions, lies, theft of power, theft from the common treasury, destruction of nature's bounty, over population, cruel and unusual punishments, racism, elitism, censorship, prohibitions, manipulations of wealth, manipulation of history and facts, manipulation of knowledge and the manipulation of such an evil concept as religion. No good God would describe these Evils of religion as GOOD. No good God would invent these religious deceptions and ask mankind to engage in these civilization-destroying Evils. No good God could be so cruel and hurtful to mankind.
But, an evil God could and would. So which God controls all of the religions?
If there were a devil who wanted to keep the earth in turmoil, the first thing I would expect him (her or it) to do would be to manufacture several different religions and claim that each one of them was the one and only divine and true religion and that all other religions must be destroyed or made subservient to the one and only true divine religion - yours.
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Nice ironic ending.
Thanks for the post Patricia.
Empty minds are the ideal vessel for religious swill.
Nature abhors a vacuum, Jim ... and when the owner of the "vessel" doesn't discriminate about what fills it, someone else is bound to take advantage.
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An endosymbiont is any Greek: ἔνδον endon "within", σύν syn "together" and βίωσις biosis "living"). Examples are nitrogen-fixing bacteria (called rhizobia), which live in root nodules on legume roots, single-cell algae inside reef-building corals, and bacterial endosymbionts that provide essential nutrients to about 10–15% of insects.
Many instances of endosymbiosis are obligate; that is, either the endosymbiont or the host cannot survive without the other, such as the gutless marine worms of the genus Riftia, which get nutrition from their endosymbiotic bacteria. The most common examples of obligate endosymbioses are mitochondria and chloroplasts. Some human parasites, e.g. Wuchereria bancrofti and Mansonella perstans, thrive in their intermediate insect hosts because of an obligate endosymbiosis with Wolbachia spp. They can both be eliminated from said hosts by treatments that target this bacterium. However, not all endosymbioses are obligate. Also, some endosymbioses can be harmful to either of the organisms involved.
It is generally agreed that certain eukaryotic cell, especially mitochondria and plastids such as chloroplasts, originated as bacterial endosymbionts. This theory is called the endosymbiotic theory, and was first articulated by the Russian botanist Konstantin Mereschkowski in 1910,[1] even though the first paper that referenced this theory was published in 1905.[2]
- Endosymbiosis theory and mitochondria and chloroplasts 1
- Bacterial endosymbionts in marine invertebrates 2
- Symbiodinium dinoflagellate endosymbionts in marine metazoa and protists 3
- Endosymbionts in protists 4
- Bacterial endosymbionts in insects 5
- Viral endosymbionts and endogenous retrovirus 6
- See also 7
- Notes 8
References and external links 9
- Obligate bacterial endosymbiosis in marine oligochaetes 9.1
- Bacterial endosymbionts in echinoderms 9.2
- Obligate bacterial endosymbionts in insects 9.3
Endosymbiosis theory and mitochondria and chloroplasts
The endosymbiosis theory explains the origins of organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts in eukaryotic cells. The theory proposes that chloroplasts and mitochondria evolved from certain types of bacteria that eukaryotic cells engulfed through endophagocytosis. These cells and the bacteria trapped inside them entered a symbiotic relationship, a close association between different types of organisms over an extended time. However, to be specific, the relationship was endosymbiotic, meaning that one of the organisms (the bacteria) lived within the other (the eukaryotic cells).
According to endosymbiosis theory, an anaerobic cell probably ingested an cilia, flagella, centrioles, and microtubules may have originated from a symbiosis between a Spirochaete bacterium and an early eukaryotic cell, but this is not widely accepted among biologists.
There are several examples of evidence that support endosymbiosis theory.[3] Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own small supply of nucleotide base composition favoring adenine and thymine, at the expense of guanine and cytosine.
Further evidence of endosymbiosis are the prokaryotic ribosomes found within chloroplasts and mitochondria as well as the double-membrane enclosing them. It used to be widely assumed that the inner membrane is the original membrane of the once independent prokaryote, while the outer one is the food vacuole (phagosomal membrane) it was enclosed in initially. However, this view neglects the fact that i) both modern cyanobacteria and alpha-proteobacteria are Gram-negative bacteria, which are surrounded by double membranes; ii) the outer membranes of the endosymbiotic organelles (chloroplasts and mitochondria) are very similar to those of these bacteria in their lipid and protein compositions.[4] Accumulating biochemical data strongly suggests that the double-membrane-enclosing chloroplasts and mitochondria derived from those of the ancestral bacteria, and the phagosomal membrane disappeared during organelle evolution. Triple or quadruple membranes are found among certain algae, probably resulting from repeated endosymbiosis (although little else was retained of the engulfed cell).
These modern organisms with endosymbiotic relationships with aerobic bacteria have verified the endosymbiotic theory, which explains the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts from bacteria. Researchers in molecular and evolutionary biology no longer question this theory, although some of the details, such as the mechanisms for loss of genes from organelles to host nuclear genomes, are still being worked out.
Bacterial endosymbionts in marine invertebrates
Extracellular endosymbionts are also represented in all four extant classes of Echinodermata (Crinoidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothuroidea). Little is known of the nature of the association (mode of infection, transmission, metabolic requirements, etc.) but phylogenetic analysis indicates that these symbionts belong to the alpha group of the class Proteobacteria, relating them to Rhizobium and Thiobacillus. Other studies indicate that these subcuticular bacteria may be both abundant within their hosts and widely distributed among the Echinoderms in general.
Some marine oligochaeta (e.g., Olavius or Inanidrillus) have obligate extracellular endosymbionts that fill the entire body of their host. These marine worms are nutritionally dependent on their symbiotic chemoautotrophic bacteria lacking any digestive or excretory system (no gut, mouth, or nephridia).
Dinoflagellate endosymbionts of the genus Symbiodinium, commonly known as zooxanthellae, are found in corals, mollusks (esp. giant clams, the Tridacna), sponges, and foraminifera. These endosymbionts drive the amazing formation of coral reefs by capturing sunlight and providing their hosts with energy for carbonate deposition.
Previously thought to be a single species, molecular phylogenetic evidence over the past couple decades has shown there to be great diversity in Symbiodinium. In some cases, there is specificity between host and Symbiodinium clade. More often, however, there is an ecological distribution of Symbiodinium, the symbionts switching between hosts with apparent ease. When reefs become environmentally stressed, this distribution of symbionts is related to the observed pattern of coral bleaching and recovery. Thus, the distribution of Symbiodinium on coral reefs and its role in coral bleaching presents one of the most complex and interesting current problems in reef ecology.
Endosymbionts in protists
Mixotricha paradoxa is a protozoan that lacks mitochondria. However, spherical bacteria live inside the cell and serve the function of the mitochondria. Mixotricha also has three other species of symbionts that live on the surface of the cell.
Paramecium bursaria, a species of ciliate, has a mutualistic symbiotic relationship with green alga called Zoochlorella. The algae live inside the cell, in the cytoplasm.
Paulinella chromatophora is a freshwater amoeboid which has recently (evolutionarily speaking) taken on a cyanobacterium as an endosymbiont.
Bacterial endosymbionts in insects
Scientists classify insect endosymbionts in two broad categories, 'Primary' and 'Secondary'. Primary endosymbionts (sometimes referred to as P-endosymbionts) have been associated with their insect hosts for many millions of years (from 10 to several hundred million years in some cases). They form obligate associations (see below), and display cospeciation with their insect hosts. Secondary endosymbionts exhibit a more recently developed association, are sometimes horizontally transferred between hosts, live in the hemolymph of the insects (not specialized bacteriocytes, see below), and are not obligate.
Among primary endosymbionts of insects, the best-studied are the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) and its endosymbiont Buchnera sp. APS,[6] the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans and its endosymbiont Wigglesworthia glossinidia brevipalpis and the endosymbiotic protists in lower termites. As with endosymbiosis in other insects, the symbiosis is obligate in that neither the bacteria nor the insect is viable without the other. Scientists have been unable to cultivate the bacteria in lab conditions outside of the insect. With special nutritionally-enhanced diets, the insects can survive, but are unhealthy, and at best survive only a few generations.
In some insect groups, these endosymbionts live in specialized insect cells called bacteriocytes (also called mycetocytes), and are maternally-transmitted, i.e. the mother transmits her endosymbionts to her offspring. In some cases, the bacteria are transmitted in the egg, as in Buchnera; in others like Wigglesworthia, they are transmitted via milk to the developing insect embryo. In termites, the endosymbionts reside within the hindguts and are transmitted through trophallaxis among colony members.
The primary endosymbionts are thought to help the host either by providing nutrients that the host cannot obtain itself or by metabolizing insect waste products into safer forms. For example, the putative primary role of Buchnera is to synthesize essential amino acids that the aphid cannot acquire from its natural diet of plant sap. Likewise, the primary role of Wigglesworthia, it is presumed, is to synthesize vitamins that the tsetse fly does not get from the blood that it eats. In lower termites, the endosymbiotic protists play a major role in the digestion of lignocellulosic materials that constitute a bulk of the termites' diet.
Bacteria benefit from the reduced exposure to predators and competition from other bacterial species, the ample supply of nutrients and relative environmental stability inside the host.
Genome sequencing reveals that obligate bacterial endosymbionts of insects have among the smallest of known bacterial genomes and have lost many genes that are commonly found in closely related bacteria. Several theories have been put forth to explain the loss of genes. It is presumed that some of these genes are not needed in the environment of the host insect cell. A complementary theory suggests that the relatively small numbers of bacteria inside each insect decrease the efficiency of natural selection in 'purging' deleterious mutations and small mutations from the population, resulting in a loss of genes over many millions of years. Research in which a parallel phylogeny of bacteria and insects was inferred supports the belief that the primary endosymbionts are transferred only vertically (i.e., from the mother), and not horizontally (i.e., by escaping the host and entering a new host).
Attacking obligate bacterial endosymbionts may present a way to control their insect hosts, many of which pests or carriers of human disease. For example aphids are crop pests and the tsetse fly carries the organism Trypanosoma brucei that causes African sleeping sickness. Other motivations for their study is to understand symbiosis, and to understand how bacteria with severely depleted genomes are able to survive, thus improving our knowledge of genetics and molecular biology.
Less is known about secondary endosymbionts. The pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) is known to contain at least three secondary endosymbionts, Hamiltonella defensa, Regiella insecticola, and Serratia symbiotica . H. defensa aids in defending the insect from parasitoids. Sodalis glossinidius is a secondary endosymbiont of tsetse flies that lives inter- and intracellularly in various host tissues, including the midgut and hemolymph. Phylogenetic studies have not indicated a correlation between evolution of Sodalis and tsetse.[7] Unlike tsetse's P-symbiont Wigglesworthia, though, Sodalis has been cultured in vitro.[8]
Viral endosymbionts and endogenous retrovirus
During pregnancy in viviparous mammals, endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are activated and produced in high quantities during the implantation of the embryo. On one hand, they act as immunodepressors, and protect the embryo from the immune system of the mother, and on the other hand viral fusion proteins cause the formation of the placental syncytium in order to limit the exchange of migratory cells between the developing embryo and the body of the mother, where an epithelium will not be adequate because certain blood cells are specialized to be able to insert themselves between adjacent epithelial cells. The ERV is a virus similar to HIV (the virus causing AIDS in humans). The immunodepressive action was the initial normal behavior of the virus, similar to HIV. The fusion proteins was a way to spread the infection to other cells by simply merging them with the infected one (similar to HIV). It is believed that the ancestors of modern viviparous mammals evolved after an accidental infection of an ancestor with this virus, which permitted the fetus to survive the immune system of the mother.[9]
The human genome project found several thousand ERVs, which are organized into 24 families.[10]
See also
- Anagenesis
- Endophyte
- List of symbiotic organisms
- List of symbiotic relationships
- Multigenomic organism
- Protocell
- ^ Mereschkowsky, Konstantin (1910). "Theorie der zwei Plasmaarten als Grundlage der Symbiogenesis, einer neuen Lehre von der Ent‐stehung der Organismen.". Biol Centralbl. 30: 353‐367.
- ^ Mereschkowsky C (1905). "Über Natur und Ursprung der Chromatophoren im Pflanzenreiche". Biol Centralbl 25: 593–604.
- ^ Tree of Life Eukaryotes
- ^ Inoue, K (2007). "The chloroplast outer envelope membrane: the edge of light and excitement". Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49 (8): 1100–1111.
- ^ Baker AC (November 2003). "FLEXIBILITY AND SPECIFICITY IN CORAL-ALGAL SYMBIOSIS: Diversity, Ecology, and Biogeography of Symbiodinium". Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 34: 661–89.
- ^ Douglas, A E (1998). "Nutritional interactions in insect-microbial symbioses: Aphids and their symbiotic bacteria Buchnera". Annual Review of Entomology 43: 17–38.
- ^ Aksoy, S., Pourhosseini, A. & Chow, A. 1995. Mycetome endosymbionts of tsetse flies constitute a distinct lineage related to Enterobacteriaceae. Insect Mol Biol. 4, 15-22.
- ^ Welburn, S.C., Maudlin, I. & Ellis, D.S. 1987. In vitro cultivation of rickettsia-like-organisms from Glossina spp. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 81, 331-335.
- ^ The Viruses That Make Us: A Role For Endogenous Retrovirus In The Evolution Of Placental Species (by Luis P. Villarreal)
- ^ Villarreal LP (October 2001). "Persisting Viruses Could Play Role in Driving Host Evolution". ASM News (American Society for Microbiology).
References and external links
Obligate bacterial endosymbiosis in marine oligochaetes
- Dubilier N, Mülders C, Ferdelman T, et al (May 2001). "Endosymbiotic sulphate-reducing and sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in an oligochaete worm". Nature 411 (6835): 298–302.
Bacterial endosymbionts in echinoderms
- Burnett WJ, McKenzie JD (1 May 1997). (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) represent a new lineage of extracellular marine symbionts in the alpha subdivision of the class Proteobacteria"Ophiactis balli"Subcuticular bacteria from the brittle star . Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63 (5): 1721–4.
Obligate bacterial endosymbionts in insects
- Wernegreen JJ (2004). "Primer – Endosymbiosis: Lessons in Conflict Resolution". PLoS Biol 2 (3): e68.
- A general review of bacterial endosymbionts in insects. P. Baumann, N. A. Moran and L. Baumann, Bacteriocyte-associated endosymbionts of insects in M. Dworkin, ed., The prokaryotes, Springer, New York, 2000. http://link.springer.de/link/service/books/10125/
- Wernegreen JJ (November 2002). "Genome evolution in bacterial endosymbionts of insects". Nat. Rev. Genet. 3 (11): 850–61.
- Douglas AE (January 1998). "Buchnera"Nutritional interactions in insect-microbial symbioses: Aphids and Their Symbiotic Bacteria . Annual Reviews of Entomology 43: 17–37.
- Aksoy S, Maudlin I, Dale C, Robinson AS, O'Neill SL (January 2001). "Prospects for control of African trypanosomiasis by tsetse vector manipulation". Trends Parasitol. 17 (1): 29–35.
- Shigenobu S, Watanabe H, Hattori M, Sakaki Y, Ishikawa H (September 2000). "Genome sequence of the endocellular bacterial symbiont of aphids Buchnera sp. APS". Nature 407 (6800): 81–6.
- Moran NA (April 1996). "Accelerated evolution and Muller's rachet in endosymbiotic bacteria". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 (7): 2873–8.


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This quotation from L'Encyclopèdie Pahouine (the adjective "Pahouin" refers to the Fang people of Central Africa), describes a banana-leaf recipe of the Fang people. L'Encyclopèdie Pahouine was written in 1901 by M. Largeau. The quotation appears in Cuisine Africaine: Specialites du Gabon (Editions Universelles, Toulouse, 1985):
Sauce Nnani
In an envelope of double or triple banana leaves, wrap meat or fish, salt, pepper and "Esu", a substitute of our onion, plus a sufficient quantity of water. Cook this either in a pot, or directly over a fire low enough not to burn the banana leaves. One thus obtains a sauce called "nnani" which is eaten with manioc; one dips a handful of manioc into the sauce. It's excellent!
The original French:
Dans une enveloppe double ou triple de feuilles de bananier, on met avec une quantité suffisante d'eau, de la viande ou du poisson, du sel, du piment et un succédané de notre oignon appelé "Esu". On fait cuire, soit dans une marmite, soit directement sur un feu doux auquel résistent les feuilles de bananier. On obtient ainsi une sauce appelée "nnani" dans laquelle on trempe, en mangeant, sa bouchée de manioc. C'est excellent!
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Robert Nassau spent most of his life working as a missionary in Central Africa. He describes banana-leaf cookery in this quotation from Fetichism in West Africa: Forty Years' Observation of Native Customs and Superstitions (originally published in 1904 by Charles Scribners; reprinted in 1969 by Negro Universities Press--Greenwood Publishing Corp., New York). This quotation is part of a section about how a woman can cook up a charm to make a man fall in love with her. This involves adding a few other ingredients to the dish, which is given to the man, "unaware of the special mode of preparation". "West Africa" in the book's title refers to Africa's west coast region.
The most attractive native mode of cooking fish and meat is in jomba ("bundle"). The flesh is cut into pieces and laid in layers with salt, pepper, some crushed oily nut, and a little water. These all are tied up tightly in several thicknesses of fresh green plantain leaves, and the bundle is set on a bed of hot coals. The water in the bundle is converted into steam before the thick fleshy leaves are charred through. The steam, unable to escape, permeates the fibres of the meat, thoroughly cooking it without boiling or burning.
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Ota mkpon oyum mba. (Efik) : The planter of koko (Colocasia esculenta) wishes but a seedling. N.B. -- Meaning, having a nest-egg, or something to begin with, he will multiply.
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From tipster William, with whom we will be forever angry with due to what he has exposed us to, comes the above video. The video depicts an elderly gentleman lip-synching to "Call Me Maybe," which is A Thing on YouTube these days, but this version goes beyond "Oh man this song is so stupid and annoying" territory and plunges you straight into "Holy shit what am I watching right now and why does my stomach suddenly hurt?" territory.
How does one even begin to describe all of the weirdness contained within this video? I suppose we could start with the picture that our old-timey lip-syncher is holding up at the beginning, which I think depicts a well of some sort. I can't tell what the bubble above the well says, but I'm sure that it is something along the lines of, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
Then guy starts lip-synching, witch isn't so bad despite the blank look on his face, and then he holds up a piece of paper with a bunch of dimes and a pair of lips drawn on it because he's doing that literal-interpretation-of-song-lyrics-through-the-use-of-props thing, and oh my god he just lifted up his shirt and showed us his nipples.
The weirdness continues from there, but my personal favorite moment comes when he holds up a scrawled-on piece of paper that reads:
The Other SEC BOYS & OTHER College Football Conferences Boys Chase ME...RTR 14 [unintelligible]
This man is the Son of Sam of Alabama fans.
Things come to a close with the man holding up a picture of a sexy(?) woman with a red blotch covering her face and some white tape(?) across her chest. This woman may be a murder victim.


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I was looking at the 2005 rules because I was making rules for my AT-TE and I saw something weird it was at chapter seven weapons (7.3) right under explosives it said,
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Witch was perfect for the hidden cannons in the AT-TE. Then I thought why haven't I seen this before? I looked at my print copy of the rules and it wasn't in there, then I thought awesome new rules! Mike must be adding new ones! tell me what you think of the new rules and and other rule changes you see.


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In a bid to catch up with its tabloid rivals online, Mirror.co.uk launched the first stage of its website redesign last week, starting with a new look for the homepage.
We've taken a look at the site to see what other improvements have been made…
Changes to the homepage include a new masthead, while there is much more emphasis on photo and video content, matching the look of the print version.
It doesn't seem to be doing a great job of promoting the latest news and sports stories above the fold.
There are three boxes just under the header, showing the latest gossip, sports and news, but the links to other news items on the right are in very small text compared with the rest of the page, so they don't stand out very well.
If you scroll further down the page, articles are promoted more prominently, accompanied by photos, so why not promote the top stories a bit further up where they are more likely to be clicked on?
There are some good features on the homepage, which help users to find something of interest on the site. This table showing the top five stories in various sections of the site is a useful way of promoting the content:
Below this, the most popular / top rated / most emailed box is an excellent way of drawing people in. I always look for these boxes on news sites as it is a good way of browsing for interesting content.
Like Telegraph.co.uk, which we looked at earlier this week, The Mirror has ditched the left hand navigation, leaving more space on the page for other content.
Now users can go to ten sections of the website by using the top navigation bar. This is fine if you just want to select the main category, but selecting any of the subcategories requires some dexterity with your mouse.
As you hover your cursor over any of the main categories, the sub-categories change according to the section, then you need to move the mouse across horizontally to select the one you want.
This is not especially good for user experience, as you can easily move the mouse the wrong way and have to start again. This is sure to frustrate a few people.
There is much more emphasis on multimedia on the site, and the video content is prominently promoted on the front page, both alongside the various stories, and through this box:
The Daily Mirror lags behind its tabloid (and broadsheet) rivals online at the moment, so a revamp of its website is long overdue.
According to ABCe figures for May, Mirror.co.uk had just 4.8m unique users, well behind Sun Online on 14.9m and Mail Online with 18.7m.
The new site is an improvement on the previous version, and is much more visually appealing, with some good features to promote its news and video content on the homepage.
It is fairly cluttered, but this matches the style of the print version, and it is much less so than Mail Online, for instance. The Daily Mail has packed a lot into it homepage, which leaves users with a lot of scrolling to do, as well as slowing down load times.
By contrast, Mirror.co.uk has kept it relatively simple; the homepage is smaller, and the content seems much more organised and easier to find.
One thing I would have liked to see more is promotion of blogs and user generated content on the homepage, as well as allowing visitors to comment on news stories, not just in the blogs section of the site.
This would be a good way of making the site more sticky, by involving users in debates and getting them to return to check their progress.
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Rudy's Second Annual Poker Run, for his 40th birthday celebration on July 27. $25 per hand. $10 for non-players for dinner. 1st-3rd place, cash prize and mugs. First top and registration at 11 a.m. to noon at Lovelton Hotel on Rt. 87; second stop, Wyalusing Hotel; third, Hayloft in Lawton; fourth, Shanna and Frank's Pub in Montrose; fifth, Pump & Pantry in Tunkhannock; sixth and final, return to Lovelton Hotel. Benefits Suicide Awareness and Prevention. 50/50, Chinese Auction, Prizes, Featured Singer and Band. Call Gail, 1- 570-250-3150 or Hawk, 1-570-250- 8801. R27p
Pampered Chef Bingo, Sunday, July 21, 1 p.m., Wyalusing Fire Hall. Benefits American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Reservations: $20 for 20 games ($25 at door). Call Beth Trowbridge, 570-746-2076 or Noreen Keeney, 637-8203 to make reservations. Hosted by Wyalusing Lioness Club. Raffle, food, over $1,000 in prizes.
Blood Drive
The American Red Cross is sponsoring a Blood Drive at Claverack Rural Electric, Rt. 6, Wysox on Monday, July 15 from 1 to 6 p.m. Walk-ins welcome, but appointments suggested. Call 570-265-2167.
Monthly Breakfast at the Herrickville Fire Hall, Sunday, July 29, 2013, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. All you can eat: pancakes, French toast, ham, sausage, eggs, home fries, sausage gravy and biscuits, coffee, orange juice, real maple syrup and sugar-free syrup. Adults, $7; children to 12 years, $3; preschool, free. Benefit: Herrick Twp. Vol. Fire Co. - Dept. 4.
Skinners Eddy United Methodist Church, Rt. 6 Black Walnut, will hold its annual Vacation Bible School Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 19 from 6 p.m. to 8 p/m/ Children ages 3 to entering 6th grade are invited to attend. Questions? Contact Amy Day at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Herrickville United Methodist Church will be holding Vacation Bible School at the church from July 8 to 12. It will begin at 9:30 a.m. with dismissal at 11:15 a.m. On Thursday, Kevin from the national religious recording group, The Farmhands, will be doing a special performance at 10:45. Call Janine 570-744-2929 or Joyce 744-2635 for more information.
The Second Sunday Vesper Service will be held on July 14 at 5 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, corner of Church and Chestnut Streets, Montrose. A salad buffet will be served in the Parish House immediately following the service.
Dimock Camp Meeting will open the 138th season on Sunday evening, July 7 with their traditional hymn sing. The service starts at 7 p.m.
Home Canning and Freezing Classes Offered Learn how to can or freeze fresh foods at classes offered by Penn State Extension. Home Canning Basics: July 9, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Penn State Extension Office, Towanda; July 12, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Penn State Office, Dushore; July 15, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Athens UM Church; July 17, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Susquehanna Co. Office Bldg., Montrose. Freezing Vegetables and Fruits: July 12, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Penn State Extension, Dushore; July 15, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Athens UM Church; July 17, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Susquehanna Co. Office Bldg., Montrose. Register online http://extension. psu.edu/food/perservation/ courses or call toll-free, 1- 855-394-7534.
Carrie Hooper Concert on Friday, July 19 at 6 p.m. at the Bradford County Historical Society. Admission free. Reservations needed, call 570-265- 2240.
Dupont Retirees' Luncheon will be held on July 10 at 11:30 a.m. at Grace's Chinese Buffet in Athens, PA.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Annual Picnic and Chicken and Biscuits Dinner on Sunday, July 14 on the parish grounds at the St. Mary's Church, Wyalusing, 11:30 a.m. until ??? (Rain or shine). Dinner: adults, $8; children (under 12) $4.50. Cash Raffle, Basket Raffle (baskets on display two weeks before at the parish hall.) 50/50 Bingo. R27- 2c/S28c
Arts in the Garden presented by Endless Mountains Council of the Arts and Creekside Gardens. Juried Artists, Demonstrations, Food and Music. Saturday, July 27, 10 to 5 and Sunday, July 28, 11 to 4. Held at Creekside Gardens, located 2 miles south of Tunkhannock on Rt. 29. Contact info: Endless Mountains Council of the Arts, 570-836-3622.
Laceyville Community Day - Saturday, July 13, starting at 1 p.m. 1 p.m., pedal tractor pull; 3 p.m., turtle race and chicken barbecue; 3 to 6 p.m., music by Doug Walton; 3:30 p.m., baby parade; 7 p.m. firemen's parade; 8 p.m., live music by Eddie & The Outlaws. Sponsored by Laceyville Business Association.
VFW Post 6824 Community Appreciation Day, July 13, Haigh's Pond. Professional DJ - Rod Humphrey at the pavilion from 2 to 6 p.m. Inside 8 p.m. to ?? Horseshoe/bean bag tournament, $5 entry/person. Food, burgers, hot dogs, sides. R27- 2c/S28c
The Eagles Mere Civic Club, Inc. will hold a Flower Show on Wednesday, July 24 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Community Hall on Laporte Avenue. Parking available, admission free and refreshments.
Hearthstone's Art in the Garden, 10 to 4, July 13 (rain date July 20). Paintings, photos and plant sale. Free painting lessons and digital camera tips. Door prizes. A fun day for gardeners, artists and photographers. We have several artists with many different mediums of art. Browse with a cool drink or come and paint our terrific scenery. Details - email@example.com or 570-744- 2758.
Flea Markets
Flea Market, Saturday, July 13, 8 to 2 at Calvary Chapel, Browntown. $10 space; $15 space w/table (limited amount available). Benefits youth group trip in August. More information, contact Dawn, email@example.com or 570-746- 1689.
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Home Textile Tool Museum Events: July 6, Young Hands and Young Hearts/Youth Day; July 13, Bobbin Lace; July 20, Tape Looms and Lucets; July 27, Indigo Dyeing. Workshops: July 15, Housewife; July 22, Felt Hat or Scarf; July 26, Combined Cheese Making 1 and 2. For more information, contact Esther Welden at 570-278-1886. The museum is located in Orwell on Route 1036.
The New Albany Community Library will sponsor a summer reading program with "Focus on Pennsylvania." All elementary school children are invited Wednesday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m., July 10 through Aug. 21. Must sign up at the library. Hours are Tuesday evening, 5 to 7 p.m.; Thursday, 9 to 11 a.m. and Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m.
Bookmobile Schedule July 5, Wysox C&N Bank Parking Lot, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; July 11, Mather Memorial Library, Ulster, 10:45; Sayre Lockhart apts., 12:15; Bradford Co. SAM Head Start, 2:30 p.m.; Athens Chemung View Apts., 3:30 to 5.
Mt. Pisgah Happenings: Hunter-Trapper Education, July 10 and 11, 1 to 5 p.m. each day at the Nature Center. On Wednesday, July 17, from 5 to 8 p.m., participate and learn how to cook using a Dutch oven at The Snack Bar at the Hilltop Pavilion. Pre-registration is required for both programs. Register online at www.pgc.state.pa.us or call the park office at 570-297-2734. Hunter-Trapper program limited to 50 participants.
Mother's Apron on Thursday, July 11 at noon at the Wyalusing Senior Center. Marcella Yasharian will present a historical and fun-filled talk while emptying an old battered suitcase of beloved antiques. The public is invited. For more information, call Marcella at 1- 800-334-3671 or firstname.lastname@example.com. To enjoy lunch, contact center director, Connie Wilson at 746-2333 a day ahead of time.
Meeting Notices
S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Recovery House Meetings — AA Group of Towanda meets Mon.-Fri., noon; Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. NA meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Speaker meeting every first Sunday, 8 p.m. All meetings at 205 Main St., Towanda (please use rear, lower entrance).
Compassionate Friends — of the Endless Mountains will hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Endless Health Community Center, Montrose. TCF is open to all families who have lost a child from any cause at any age. There are no membership dues or fees of any kind. For more information, call 965-0901 (evenings) or 278- 1658 or e-mail email@example.com.
Al-Anon meetings in Tunkhannock: Endless Serenity Al-Anon Family Group on Monday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon. All meetings are held at the Tunkhannock UM Church Education Bldg., second floor.
Diabetes Support Group - meeting the first Thursday of every month at the Guthrie Clinic office in Towanda beginning at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge and all diabetics and family members are welcome. For more information, call Dawn at Guthrie Clinic at 570- 265-6165 during regular business hours.
TOPS PA #1134 — Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 965-2493 or 869-1834. Toll-free 1- 800-932-8677.
AA Meeting — Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
MOPS — Mothers of Preschoolers meet every first and third Wed. of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., September through May. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 5 Court St., Towanda. All mothers of preschoolers are welcome. Child care is provided for children, ages infant through five years old. For more information, contact the church at 570-265-5575.
Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda. They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570-265-2350 for more information.
Addictions to Victory. Faithbased support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570-888- 1967.
The Wyalusing Masonic Lodge No. 618 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Lodge Hall, 158 Church St., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-721- 0008.
AA meeting, Friday evenings at 8 p.m. at the Standing Stone Vesper Church spiritual building, River Road, Standing Stone Township. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
Grief Support Group: Jan.- Dec. 2013. A bereavement support group meets monthly, the last Tuesday of each month from 3 to 4:30 p.m. This group is open to those who have experienced loss and is facilitated by Trudy Ventello, LSW, a social worker with Memorial Hospital's Hospice program. The meetings are located in the library in the lower level of Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Any questions, call 570-268-2233.
Come Join the Depression Support Group at the Herrickville Fire Hall, first and third Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Colleen Taylor, 570-746- 3021.
Caregivers' Support Group sponsored by the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman and the B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Library at Memorial Hospital Personal Care Home in Towanda. Anyone taking care of a family member or loved one, be it at home or as a resident of a long term care facility welcome. For information, call Donna Benjamin at the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman, 570- 746-3844 or Carol Dieffenbach at Area Agency on Aging, 570-265- 6121. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, July 9.
The Wyalusing Senior Citizens will meet on Tuesday, July 16 at the Wyalusing Fire Hall at 11:30 a.m. Bring a dish to pass and table setting. Pastor Dolly Tertera will be there as special guest to sing. Also, sign-up and pay for dinner in August. Seniors are always welcome.
The Camptown Civic Club will hold its annual picnic on Tuesday, July 16 at 6 p.m. at the home of Ned and Francine Batch. Meat and beverage provided. Members are asked to bring a dish to pass. Guests and community members welcome to attend.
PARSE: The Pennsylvania Association of Retired State Employees will meet at noon on July 9 at the Green Gables in New Milford for their annual chicken barbecue. If you have questions and/or want to make a reservation, contact Bernice Landmesser, 570-265-8812 or John Benio, 570-278-2380.
Bradford/Sullivan Counties Intellectual Disabilities Program will hold a Quality Improvement Council meeting on Tuesday, July 9 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Human Services large conference room. RSVP by July 8 to Diane Bahr at 570-265-1760 or 1- 800-588-1828.
Endless Mountains Railroad Club will meet Saturday, July 20 at 6 p.m. at the home of Mike DePaola, just north of Dimock on Rt. 29. Watch for sign. New members always welcome. For more information, see the website at http://emmr rc.wix.com/trains.
2013 Herrickville's Community Picnic will be held on Sunday, July 14, from 1 to 5 p.m. at O'Connor's Pond. Bring a dish to pass.
The WVHS Class of 1973 will be having a 40th reunion on Aug. 10 at Black Walnut Legion Post 510. Classmates interested should call Flora at 570-746-1077 or email Steve at email@example.com.
Stoddard Reunion - will be held on Sunday, July 7 at 1 p.m. at the Wilmot Fire Hall in Sugar Run. Bring a wrapped item for the Chinese Auction, covered dish to pass, table service and beverage. Meat will be provided and door prizes drawn. For further information, contact Leona Fitzgerald at 570-746-3076.
Lines Reunion - Descendants of W. Earl and Lena Lewis Lines of LeRaysville on Sunday, July 14 at Haigh's Pond outside of LeRaysville. Dinner at 1 p.m. Bring your own table service, a dish to pass and beverage. Swimming and fishing are available. Chinese Auction. Bring a small item for each family member attending. Any questions, call Marilyn Stalford Ross at 570-746-1701 and leave a message or Ronnie Wickwire for directions, 570- 744-1286.
The Fassett Reunion is being held at the Forkston Grange, off of Rt. 87 in Forkston on July 21 at noon. Bring a dish to pass, table service, beverage and a silent auction item, wrapped to auction off. Please bring any history in writing of any marriage, birth or death announcements to update Fassett family records.
The WVHS Class of 1998 If you are planning on attending the Aug. 3 Class Reunion at the Towanda Rod and Gun Club, please return your reservation form, along with payment to Morgin Tewksbury Jones. Any questions or for those who did not receive one in the mail, please contact Morgin Tewksbury Jones at 570-934-2604 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Sands Family Reunion will be held on July 14 at 12:30 p.m. at The Gathering Place in Tunkhannock. Any questions, call 570-240-6485.
The Wyalusing Area classes 1958 and 1959 are planning an alumni gathering the first week of October. They invite other classes to join in. Anyoned interested, please call Alice Allyn, 570-746-1764; Bonnie Baker, 869-2023; Midge Kershner, 265-3315 or Lynn Westover, 746-3134.
Ice Cream Social to benefit Standing Stone United Methodist Church on Saturday, July 20, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Homemade ice cream and pies, sloppy Joes, pork barbecues.
Twin Tier Antique Tractor and Machinery Assoc. have cancelled their July 6 antique tractor pull at Rome. The next pull will be in August. Members will receive a postcard. Others may call Floyd at 570- 637-1311.
American Cancer Society offers women with cancer a workshop to Look Good . . . Feel Better on Monday, July 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the library at Towanda Memorial Hospital and from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Guthrie Cancer Center Conference Room on the 5th floor in Sayre.
Honey Bee Workshop offered by the North Branch Land Trust on July 13 at 1 p.m. at the Howland Preserve, 5 miles west of Tunkhannock. Reservations requested. Register online at www.nblt.org or email email@example.com or call 570-696-5545.
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Robert Wayne Jones, 54, of Oil Trough, departed this life Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.
He was a member of the Oil Trough Baptist Church, Army Veteran, enjoyed motorcycles and outdoors.
His survivors are one son, Greg Jones of Bradford; parents, Ben and Dorothy Jones of Tuckerman; one brother, Ben Jones (Kathy) of Mineral Springs; two sisters, Virginia Tyrer (Mike) of Wellsville, Kan., and Linda Dixon (David) of Tuckerman; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 at Coffeyville Cemetery.
Visitation was from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012.
Arrangements by Dillinger Funeral Home (www.dillingerfuneralhome.com).


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While the Senate was busy debating the gas-tax hike last week, the House decided to reinsert itself into the argument – but not in any normal way.
Last Wednesday afternoon, House leaders placed their version of the gas-tax increase into the state budget as a budget provision, more commonly known as a budget proviso.
As part of a commitment to build and sustain a healthy community, we at the Lancaster County Community Foundation, Lancaster County Partners for Youth and the J. Marion Sims Foundation urge you to lift up and support our local nonprofit organizations this Tuesday through the second-annual Give Local Lancaster Campaign.
The state Senate passed its version of the gas-tax hike late Wednesday night, after two days of debate. This version of the bill raises the tax by 12 cents a gallon gradually over six years. The House version was a 10-cent hike.
Whenever large groups of politicians talk for long periods of time, you hear some real gems. Here are a few of this week's Capitol highlights.
◆ House Speaker Jay Lucas: "A responsible plan does not raid the general fund to pay for roads."
Hearing the comments from some 5th District candidates and others already in Congress makes me wonder what a 21st century Jesus might say if he were espousing the same policies.
"I would like to thank all of you for being here today," Jesus would tell his followers. "After spending time feeding, sheltering and healing the less fortunate in Africa, seeking peace in the Mideast, trying to placate the Russians and addressing other world crises, it is good to be back in the greatest country on the planet.
This column is about a teacher, a family and a state, and one simple but powerful idea – expectations.
First the teacher. In 1804, in the S.C. backwoods of what is now McCormick County, at a crossroads called Willington, four Presbyterian men decided that the community needed a church and a school.
Presbyterians (then and now) place a high value on learning. Church rules require that ministers be "educated and trained," and thus many Presbyterian ministers also taught school.
This weekend over 600 rallies and marches happened around the world for science. I watched some of the speeches on CSPAN from the rally in D.C. Many science topics were spoken about, but the core subject was that man-made global warming is considered settled science.
What they are proclaiming is that their science is real. Why do they need rally for science that is real? They are not supporting Newton's laws of motion here.
For the last several years, plans to properly fund the maintenance and expansion of our state's roads have been short-circuited in the S.C. Senate by road-plan opponents.
Due to their stubbornness, only piecemeal solutions – the legislative equivalent of I-95's stop-and-go traffic – have been advanced.
I was the sole candidate who challenged Mick Mulvaney in last year's Republican primary. Sadly, fewer than 14 percent of eligible voters voted. This year I have six Republicans in opposition to my bid – not to mention three in the Democratic Party and some others.
Who will best represent all 660,000 citizens in 10-plus counties? I will. Here's why. Principle: Much of leadership is clearing the clutter.
In the seemingly interminable debate about funding for roads in South Carolina, with the latest gas-tax hike being debated this week in the state Senate, we're often told that billions of dollars must be taxed or borrowed in order to make the roads safer and more efficient.
Recent events make me think back to my time in divinity school studying for my master's degree.
The university it was attached to was well-known as a theologically conservative institution, but the divinity school gained a reputation for being liberal-minded because it insisted we learn both sides of the argument.
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Views on AIDS: More Funding Will Be Needed For New Attack on HIV; the Epidemic Hits Hard in the South
July 30, 2012
Several news outlets mark the end of the International AIDS Conference with commentaries.
The Long, Uphill Battle Against AIDS
Imagine a World Without AIDS
Mayer: HIV Law Should Reflect Medicine's Reality
HIV criminalization laws are a particularly strong source of stigma. These laws generally require HIV-positive people to disclose their HIV status to potential partners before any exposures occur. Research has shown these laws don't work. HIV-positive people living in states with HIV criminalization laws were no more likely to disclose their status than those who lived in states without such laws. ... We treat no other infectious disease in this way. (Randy Mayer, Des Moines Register, 7/28)
The Deep South, Stigmas and the AIDS Epidemic
Ethical Challenges of Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV
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A Letter to the Editor in the Feb. 7 Tomahawk Leader
To The Editor:
On behalf of the Lincoln County Humane Society, I would like to thank the people of Tomahawk for their generosity after the recent crisis. The response was heartwarming.
To everyone who dropped off donations at the body shop – thank you!
Some who deserve special thanks are the Tomahawk Women's Civic Club, TOPS Club, Lenny from NAPA in Merrill who goes out of his way every week, Jo-Ski Theiler, who gives of her time and energy every week, all the businesses who have agreed to sponsor a "Pet of the Week," you'll be happy to know that it really works!
Unfortunately, the humane society was not empty when this crisis occurred, nor will it be empty when this crisis is over. The need for donations will continue as long as people do not spay or neuter their pets. Animals do no understand "safe sex" or abstinence.
R&J Body Shop will continue to act as a drop-off point for dog and cat food, cleaning supplies, etc. (We have enough bedding, thank you.)
I thought when I moved here 15 years ago, that Tomahawk was a great place to live and you just proved it to me all over again.
Thank you so much,
Jennifer Ingman
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There are several reasons why David Wright wants to be in the New York Mets' lineup tonight in Philadelphia, but catching the Phillies for third place in the NL East is not among them.
The Mets will have their fifth consecutive losing season, with long odds of catching the Phillies as they trail by three games with ten to play.
"In my eyes, third place, fourth place, you're still going home,'' Wright told ESPN. "So, to me, it's not all that important. What's important is that we try to go out there and win each game, to try to play good baseball and finish strong.''
That has been the Mets' mantra since mid-August, when they were swept in a three-game series in Los Angeles to fall back to ten games under .500. The Mets had been making overtures about finishing .500, and even catching Washington for second place, but those three games against the Dodgers – all winnable – deflated their season and shifted everybody's attention to 2014.
When Matt Harvey was shut down shortly after, there was a winter chill in Flushing, and currently, the Mets' roster has a Kissimmee travel squad look.
As team captain, Wright has been supportive of manager Terry Collins, and continued to echo his sentiments.
"I think there is something to be said – especially when you have a young team like this – to finish strong,'' Wright said. "Where you have guys competing for jobs for next year, guys competing for playing time. With the injuries that we've had, with the trades that we've made, it sure has opened up some chances for guys that probably wouldn't have a chance right now.''
Collins has been saying that for weeks.
Wright knows his return won't mean anything in the standings this season, but it could instill something that might in the future. As captain, Wright is giving his teammates a year-end glimpse into this work ethic, which could be of value to Lucas Duda, Ruben Tejada, Travis d'Arnaud and Juan Lagares to name a few.
Significantly, they play positions where the Mets are looking for upgrades or improvement. Wright also wants to play to get a feel of his health heading into winter, but there is something more.
Although Wright is too modest to say it, his coming back is a gift to the Mets' fan base that hasn't had much to cheer about since Carlos Beltran took a called third strike from Adam Wainwright in in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS.
Wright knows expectations have been low in this Ponzi era, and the fans were disappointed again this season, with seemingly much of the anticipation for 2014 diminished with Harvey gone.
If nothing else, Wright wants to show Mets fans he still cares about his profession, playing well and performing for those who cheer for him. It is his way of thanking them for sticking by the team as the season faded.
It might not seem like much, but heading into an uncertain winter and future, it is a classy gesture by the classiest player the Met have to offer.
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When it comes to Peyton Manning, there's no sibling rivalry for Eli, just family
FILE - In this April 11, 2013, file photo, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, left, and brother New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, talk during their football workout at Duke in Durham, N.C. (AP / Gerry Broome)
Tom Canavan, The Associated Press
Published Friday, September 13, 2013 6:22AM EDT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- If it were any other week, Eli Manning might have said a lot of nice things about his brother, Peyton.
This week is tough, though. The New York Giants are playing Peyton's Denver Broncos on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, and all the focus is on the brothers. So Eli played it straight.
He talked family, growing up with Peyton and their older brother Cooper, and the love that binds them.
"They were good big brothers," Eli said. "I am sure I took a little torture like any little brother should, some deserved at some point. I think at the time I didn't like it, but it toughened me up a little. Overall, Peyton and Cooper have been great big brothers and have supported me and helped me. We are very close. We rely on each other for advice and guidance in anything that might be happening in our lives."
Peyton and Eli will probably talk some time before Sunday's game, but it won't be the normal conversation. Usually, they discuss opponents and try to help each other.
It's just not going to happen that way this week, especially with the Giants (0-1) coming off a self-inflicted, six-turnover loss at Dallas and the Broncos (1-0) off to a great start following a seven-touchdown passing performance by Peyton in a season-opening win over defending champion Baltimore.
The Giants need a win.
"That's the only aspect that there is," said Eli, who has led the Giants to two Super Bowls titles, one more than Peyton. "It's a big game. We're playing an extremely talented team. We'd like to go out there and play better than we did last week and find a way to win the game and hopefully get our first win of the season."
There might be some who think Eli and Peyton have this great sibling rivalry, particularly since Peyton is 2-0 against Eli in the NFL.
The truth is when the two play golf, they are usually paired together. Basketball is a toss-up and the thought of who bench presses more only made Eli laugh.
"We didn't really compete a whole lot just because he is five years older than me," the 32-year-old Eli said. "When he left for college at 18, I was 13. There's only so much you can compete at in sports. As I got older, we competed in a little basketball or even now we play golf. You compete a little bit, but a lot of it is a lot of fun and we enjoy being around each other and from a football standpoint, we always try to support each other, help each other, work out in the off-season, look at tape of each other and during the season we try to help each other out if we're playing similar teams. So it's really more of a support deal than it's been competitive over the years."
If Eli did anything growing up with Peyton, it was to learn from him. He picked his brain about the quarterback drills Peyton was learning at Tennessee, what goes into the decision-making process on the field, how receiver route combinations work. And Peyton was willing to share it with his little brother.
The street hasn't always been a one way.
When Peyton's career was jeopardized by a neck injury in 2011, Eli was there for him, supporting him and giving him feedback on his rehabilitation.
"You don't know when it's going to be over or how quickly the game can be taken away from you. So you've got to cherish it every day," Eli said.
The Mannings understand how rare Sunday will be. They have done it twice before and both remember standing on the sideline looking across the field and seeing the other as the national anthem played. It's rare it happens in sport, but even rarer when the brothers have the distinction of being Super Bowl MVPs, with Eli doing it twice.
"Eli is a great player," Peyton said. "He's a consistent player. I think he's gotten better every year. I've always thought that's the goal for a brand new player is to try to be a better player each year than the year before. He's made things happen with different players, different receivers and different running backs. He's been very flexible to adjust to the different players that he's played with. But his consistency as a player has been awfully impressive."
Eli sidestepped the question when asked if his brother might be the NFL's all-time greatest quarterback.
"If you are in that argument you are playing pretty good football," Eli said.
It's something both Manning have done throughout their careers.
"Hopefully when I think back on these games that we played against my brother, I can think back and remember at least one win," Eli said with a sly smile.


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Dignitaries revel in ground breaking for Stamford project
66 Summer Street: Combines retail space and 209 apartments
Alive @ Five, the popular concert series that Thursday night hosted the Wallflowers, wasn't the only event happening in downtown Stamford. The warm-up act was pretty good, too, providing its own sense of excitement.
Nearly 100 people gathered under a tent protected from the hot sun on Thursday afternoon across from Columbus Park, site of the concert, to celebrate the ceremonial groundbreaking for 66 Summer Street, a 209-unit apartment complex and 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
As construction equipment clattered and crews set up equipment for the concert, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who as former mayor of Stamford is very familiar with the starts and stops in development of the site, welcomed the progress taking place behind the dais.
"This is a great day for Stamford. We believe Stamford's best days are ahead of it," Malloy said, crediting Mayor Michael Pavia for leading the effort to bring the project to fruition.
Pavia lauded Trinity Financial, a Boston-based development company and its principal, Patrick Lee, for collaborating with city officials during 27 months of planning and review by city officials.
"Patrick Lee and his team had a passion. They recognized the value proposition here, and they were willing to talk different ideas," Pavia said.
He also gave props to Laure Aubuchon, the city's economic development director, for steering the project. "Without them (city staff and panel members) we'd be standing in the city's most valuable parking lot. In two years time, we'll be welcoming hundreds of residents to this place."
Randy Skigen, president of the Stamford Board of Representatives, said he was impressed by Lee's willingness to listen to city officials and staff and understand the city and people's concerns.
The 15-story building, which includes studio and one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, is expected to be ready for occupancy in the spring of 2015, as is a 324-space expansion of the nearby Summer Street garage. Trinity Financial also plans to build a 190-story, 207-unit building on the northeast intersection between Washington Boulevard and West Park Place. Construction is slated to start in 2015.
The two projects and garage work, called Park Square West, are estimated to cost $130 million, Aubuchon said, referring to company information.
Trinity Financial acquired development rights for the project from Corcoran Jennison, which in 1998 had entered into a long-term agreement with the Urban Development Commission to develop the parcels, which are part of the city's urban renewal district.
"We picked up something that was well-marinated by the time we got to it," Lee said, adding his compliments to city officials who shepherded the project through to construction.
Pavia touted the location of the building and its design, with the expansive retail space, calling it the "next generation of housing."
"It's in town. Its visibility and vista -- and Mill River Park across Washington Boulevard. It's convenient to anything you want, and it's an easy walk to the transportation center," Pavia said.
With the first-floor retail design, the project echoes a development strategy that urban planners have been espousing as a way to encourage downtown living, making housing convenient to work, stores, restaurants and professional services.
"If you walk around town, there are a lot of examples like this," said Jack Condlin, president and CEO of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce, but 66 Summer Street will be on a grander scale. "Having retail space with residential units makes sense because you have a built-in market in your building."
The addition of retail space expands shopping and dining opportunities for neighborhood residents, said Condlin, who as former executive director of the Urban Development Commission, has seen the area evolve into a go-to district with the nearby Majestic Theater, shops and restaurants.
"It's exciting because this has been part of a 20-year project," Condlin said.


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Manning Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy, and More
What's News: A military judge acquits Pfc. Bradley Manning of aiding U.S. enemies in WikiLeaks case but finds him guilty on most lesser charges. NY state appellate court: Bloomberg overreached with 'soda ban.' Angelina Jolie tops Forbes list of Hollywood's highest paid actresses. Joanne Po reports.
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WHEATON – The Wheaton City Council has discussed several major items during the last several weeks, two of which will likely be slated for Monday's agenda. Here are three topics to watch out for.
1. City budget
The City Council held its final public comment meeting on the city's proposed $88.8 million budget Monday. The process has been relatively tame, with no members of the public coming to comment at the most recent meeting.
The balanced budget is $400,000 in excess revenue that keeps property taxes flat for the fourth straight year. Spending highlights include $2 million more in capital projects compared to the previous year, spending to combat the emerald ash borer tree infestation around the city and extensive road work.
While the city won't be raising property taxes, the overall tax burden will still be 4.9 percent higher for the average resident because of increases in sales, income and incremental taxes.
The council is expected to pass the budget at Monday's meeting.
2. Health care changes
The city is considering updating its health care plans for city employees to keep pace with rising health insurance costs and requirements in the Affordable Care Act.
All changed costs would rise – particularly the employee deductibles for the preferred provider plan. A single payer would rise to $425 from $250, and families would pay $850 instead of $500. It also would raise the out-of-packet maximum by $150 and $300, respectively, and add co-pay fees for office and ER visits.
All changes would be effective July 1 except for members of the International Association of Fire Fighters union, which has a bargaining agreement that does not allow for changes to be made.
Human Resources Director John Duguay told the council Monday the changes were on par with other municipalities and will save the city $400,000 next year, saying they would have "the most bang for the buck." He said the majority of employees would not be greatly impacted by the change.
Council member John Prendiville called the changes "very reasonable, especially compared to the private employer health care marketplace."
3. Updated building codes
After several months of consideration, the council appears ready to update its building codes to align with the 2012 International Code Council guidelines with at least one large exception.
After consulting with Wheaton Fire Chief Bill Schultz at a Feb. 26 meeting, the council has shied away from the requirement that new homes include fire sprinkler systems. The members of the council and city staff said that it could put an undue financial burden on homeowners for minimal safety returns.
The city now requires them for multifamily residences and commercial businesses.
The council also discussed April 7 about adding a requirement of heat detectors in attached garages. City staff found that the impact would be relatively low.
The council is expected to formally vote on the updated codes at its upcoming meeting.


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Study: State a national model for teen justice
Arrest and incarceration rates for teens have fallen off sharply, thanks to the state's "raise the age" effort and a series of community collaborations that discourage juvenile crime.
That's a finding of a study released Wednesday by the Washington-based Justice Policy Institute that calls Connecticut a national leader in juvenile reforms.
The state's plan of using community-based programs rather than juvenile jails has been cost-effective while cutting sharply into both overall crime and incidents of violence, the report said.
The institute said that "a system-wide culture change and major investments in evidence-based services" has overcome "a previously wasteful, punitive, ineffective, and often abusive juvenile justice system."
Joette Katz, commissioner of the state Department of Children and Families, said Wednesday that the national recognition is gratifying.
"Credit belongs to Gov. (Dannel P.) Malloy, the advocacy community, Court Support Services, Sen. (Toni) Harp and Rep. Toni Walker (both D-New Haven), and to the Department of Children and Families staff," Katz said in a statement. "Helping children in the community is a solution that we must continue to build upon."
The report found that Arizona, Minnesota, Louisiana and Tennessee all joined Connecticut in cutting youth incarceration by 50 percent or more between 2001 and 2010. For decades, Connecticut and New York were among the few states that treated 16-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system.
In 2007, the General Assembly raised the age that juveniles could be prosecuted as adults to 18, effective January 1, 2010, for 16-year-olds and July 1, 2012, for 17-year-olds. "Even before 17-year-olds became eligible for juvenile court on July 1, 2012, the new law had enabled 8,325 16-year-olds to avoid prosecution and punishment in the adult criminal justice system," the report says.
From 2000 to 2011, the state cut residential commitments from 680 to 216 in 2011. The state also closed one of its three youth detention centers -- in New Haven -- and reduced the under-18 population in adult prisons from 403 in January 2007 to 151 in July 2012. "Meanwhile, Connecticut expanded its investment in evidence-based, family focused adolescent treatment programs from $300,000 in 2000 to $39 million in 2009," the report says.
"The success across these diverse states in reducing the number of youth in confinement shows that there is no reason other states can't halve their populations as well," said Peter Leone, PhD., acting executive director of the Justice Policy Institute. "And the fact that some of the highlighted states made progress without a major realignment in funding means that economic factors should not be an excuse to avoid reform efforts."
Among the state's nonprofit agencies, the New Canaan-based Tow Foundation was credited with providing 300 grants totaling $12 million in support of juvenile justice reforms, including advocacy, research and direct services. The nonprofits supplemented the state's $137 million a year in juvenile justice services, programs and facilities.
Emily Tow Jackson, executive director of The Tow Foundation, said she applauds the state's achievements.
"The Tow Foundation has been proud to support our state partners from the legislature, state agencies, direct service providers and the advocacy community as they have worked collaboratively to transform the Connecticut juvenile justice system over the past decade," Jackson said in a statement. "The proof that we have gotten a tremendous return on our investments is that tens of thousands of Connecticut's young people are now benefiting from widespread policy and practice reform."
The report found that the state's traditional population of 15-and-under youth showed a 48 percent decline in arrests between 2002 and 2011, with violent crime arrests down 51 percent over that period.
Among 16-year-olds, total arrests fell 35 percent and serious violent crime arrests were reduced 26 percent, from 2009 to 2011, the first two years that 16-year-olds were eligible for juvenile court. "Meanwhile, after adjusting for inflation, the two agencies that administer Connecticut's juvenile justice system -- the Department of Children and Families and the Judicial Branch's Court Support Services Division -- spent $2 million less on juvenile programs and facilities in the 2011-12 than they had 10 years earlier," the report said.
Michael P. Lawlor, deputy secretary for justice policy in the state Office of Policy and Management, said Wednesday that the reductions in crime have also been noticed in the adult community. Several years ago, the adult prison population was around 20,000, but now it is about 16,600.
"None of this is a surprise other than as optimistic as we were, it worked out better than thought," said Lawlor, who as the co-chairman of the powerful legislative Judiciary Committee, helped author many of the reforms.
"All the finding of this juvenile justice report could also apply to the adult justice system," he said in a phone interview. "These reforms have been underway for years and now you're starting to see the difference. Crime is down and fewer are in prison. Violent guys are staying in prison longer. If you ever wanted to point to a public policy that worked, here you go. It's nothing about Democrats and Republicans. It's about a lot of smart people getting together on the front lines."
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