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'Leafs love those college guys': Don Cherry
It looks like Don Cherry won't be offering his signature thumbs-up to the Toronto Maple Leafs anytime soon.
Hockey Night in Canada's controversial host took a shot at Leafs brass following the club's Tuesday signing of University of New Hampshire defenceman Eric Knodel.
"(The) Leafs love those College guys," the 80-year-old said through his official Twitter account Wednesday. "Signed Eric Knodel from the University of New Hampshire. Going to get a tryout with the Marlies.
"That means he takes a spot from some guy slugging it out on the buses. If you want to make the Leafs or get a tryout just go to U.S. College."
The Knodel deal, in the grand scheme of things, is not an impact move. The 23-year-old's one-year deal is a two-way contract that kicks in next season.
The Leafs have five former NCAA players on their active roster — Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak, Jake Gardiner and Mason Raymond.
But this isn't the first time Cherry has weighed in on Toronto's roster decisions, so maybe we shouldn't raise our eyebrows at the timing of his critique.
In March of 2012, Cherry spoke candidly during a Coach's Corner segment about then-general manager Brian Burke, saying the Leafs boss was biased toward Americans and did not put enough emphasis on acquiring Ontario players.
"Every team in the National Hockey League has a guy from Ontario except one, guess who it is? It's Ontario's Toronto Maple Leafs," Cherry said at the time.
Cherry's Wednesday tweets:
1) Leafs love those College guys. Signed Eric Knodel from University of New Hampshire. Going to get a tryout with the Marlies. That means— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerCBC) March 26, 2014
2) he takes a spot from some guy slugging it out on the buses. If you want to make the Leafs or get a tryout just go to a US College.— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerCBC) March 26, 2014


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The Challenge
Answers.com ("Answers") is the leading Q&A web-site. It is ranked among the top 20 web-sites in the U.S. and delivers millions of answers daily. Their data centers faced two challenges:
According to Dan Marriott, Director of Production Operations, these challenges created a constant battle for backend resources to tune queries for performance.
To overcome these challenges, Answers maintained an innovative and scalable MySQL database system that allowed them to drop in servers to horizontally scale performance.
A typical Answers database cluster consisted of a master database server, which handled all writes and distributed the load of incoming user requests, plus around 20 read (or slave) database servers that replicated in real time from the master.
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"We ended up doing it a couple times because we thought, 'That's just not possible,'" Derek said. "It was what we call the "Aha!" moment," Dan added.
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To test the systems, they ran complex queries against the test databases. A server without the card reached around 350 queries per second, at which point the database began locking up. Comparatively, a server equipped with the ioDrive card could run 3,500 queries per second, with no problems whatsoever. Improving their database capabilities to nearly nine times more queries per second improved its web application's average response time by 30%, a benefit particularly valuable to their end users.
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While the benchmarks showed Answers just how much the cards could improve performance, they learned just how scalable their performance was when they deployed them in production. Dan initially deployed five ioDrive card-equipped servers in a cluster that previously had 19 slave database servers. This met Answers's comfort level for high availability and growth requirements, and would accommodate server failures and taking servers offline for maintenance.
Derek and Dan soon saw they had more than ample application performance and, as a test, reduced the number of active servers in the cluster to two, "with no appreciable change in user experience. Though we did not try it, I'm fairly confident just one server could have handled the traffic of the site at that time," Derek said. "It was literally astonishing to see. The cards completely resolved our database replication and query response issues," Dan stated.
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The server consolidation improved more than the performance of its database layer, it also enhanced its reliability. With 75% less hardware, its database layer had far fewer mechanical failure points. Additionally, the ioDrive cards added no embedded processors or memory to processing, reducing the risk of soft errors and coding errors. Finally, SanDisk's patent-pending self-healing "Flashback Protection," with N+1 redundancy ensured they would never lose data due to NAND Flash failures.
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By repurposing 75% of their read servers, per cluster, Answers was able to cut capital expenditures in other areas of its data center, delivering an immediate ROI that surpassed their purchase price. On top of the capital cost returns, the server consolidation reduced operating costs for power, cooling, rack space, and server administration by 75%.
Dan declared, "The value of the cards is tremendous. By reducing the servers I needed from around twenty to five, I estimate my capex per cluster improved by the cost of about ten servers, plus I have significant headroom for future growth. Also important, I reduced my database layer's operating costs by 75%."
Above the capital and operating cost returns, Answers gained hours of valuable back-end database team time that they could devote to actively improving applications rather than tuning the database.
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The migration path to the ioDrive cards was simple. The cards drop into Answers's existing blade system, allowing Derek to leverage the benefits of their horizontally scalable architecture.
To update a server, Derek takes it out of rotation, installs the new card, moves the data onto the card, and brings the server back up. The database comes online within minutes of the time it boots. The entire process takes around eight minutes per server.
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Needless to say both Dan and Derek are thrilled, and are looking at deploying additional cards in a number of Answers' other high I/O database environments.
Dan said, "Prior to purchasing the ioDrive cards, we were adding database servers to this cluster every two months or so. I estimate that two of the five ioDrive card- equipped servers can handle the same load that required around twenty of the non- equipped servers. The three other servers give us enough headroom that our traffic can double before we need to expand this cluster."
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I confess I've been doing some yelling at the TV. I keep hearing that we have to have a "national conversation on violence" in the wake of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. We're having no such conversation, at least one that means anything, until we confront who we are as a nation today.
I confess I�ve been doing some yelling at the TV. I keep hearing that we have to have a �national conversation on violence� in the wake of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. We�re having no such conversation, at least one that means anything, until we confront who we are as a nation today.
Earlier this summer in Florida, violence of a different sort was the topic, as legislation to protect children born alive during the course of a late-term abortion was debated. A similar debate was recently held, among much public comment, over a bill that would protect fetuses 20 weeks or older. It�s barbaric that we�d consider this a mere matter of family planning, as a former Speaker of the House seemed to say in a recent interview. But that�s what happens after 40 years of legal abortion and the euphemisms that come with it.
Whether our media focus is on Zimmerman or Planned Parenthood, the furor that�s made manifest in protests and controversy is an avoidance of addressing fundamental questions of purpose and identity.
We see this, too, in the immigration debate. While much of the media coverage seems to be whether Florida Sen. Marco Rubio hurt or helped his presidential chances by pushing a bill through the Senate that may die in the House, the debate skirts the issues that we need to be confronting.
In a new book, �Immigration and the Next America,� Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez tries to further the assessment of the national conscience. On immigration, he says, �We can�t truly resolve the political issues of immigration unless we have some common agreement or shared understanding about our country�s identity and purpose.�
Politics, he adds, �is a conversation about how we ought to order our lives together.� At least, that�s what politics should be. But in order to have that conversation, we need to agree on basic terms. In order to know what we ought to do, we need to have some shared understanding of our past and the historical project of this great nation.
Gomez points to our lack of �moral consensus.� There used to be one: �America was �one nation under God,� with an exceptional identity and responsibility among the family of nations. For most of our history, we were confident that American institutions should shape moral character and instill the civic virtues required for our democracy to function. Virtues such as religion and family; individual freedom and responsibility; the work ethic; the rule of law; equality of opportunity; honesty, fair play, and the common good; the sense of politics as public service.�
There�s plenty of rhetoric about fairness, tolerance, equality, transparency, and the common good, of course, but most of it tends to be at the service of ideological campaigns, often in contrast with those institutions we�ve relied on. In this reality, it�s largely impossible to have a productive conversation, period.
In reintroducing America to Americans, Gomez proposes looking not just at the Constitution and the Founding Fathers, who �understood that our democracy�s strength depends on our citizens� freedom to live according to their faith,� but �the rest of the story of America�s founding.� It�s a story of �Christian mission� in the late 15th and 16th centuries, at �the heart and soul of the Age of Discovery.� In documenting �atrocities of conquerors in recent years,� for which we �should feel remorse,� Gomez writes, we�ve �lost a crucial thread to our national story,� that �the deepest motivations for America�s founding were religious and spiritual.� Only in remembering this, in understanding what undergirds America�s exceptionalism, can we make any progress. Our calls for conversations are pointless until pulverizing the opposition stops being the No. 1 priority. And there�s no reform without self-knowledge.
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ASHEVILLE -- Spring may have arrived later this year, but the housing market hasn't been hibernating over the winter.
Home sales shot up 21 percent across Asheville and much of Western North Carolina in the first quarter of 2013, pointing to a once sluggish housing market finally shaking off the Great Recession.
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All the hard work and study had finally paid off for U.S Navy Lt. Junior Grade Frank Malinski.
In January 1963, Lt. Malinski, who had graduated two years earlier from the College of the Holy Cross, was assigned to the USS Thresher (SSN 593), which was considered, at the time, to be the world's most sophisticated attack submarine.
All the hard work and study had finally paid off for U.S Navy Lt. Junior Grade Frank Malinski.
In January 1963, Lt. Malinski, who had graduated two years earlier from the College of the Holy Cross, was assigned to the USS Thresher (SSN 593), which was considered, at the time, to be the world's most sophisticated attack submarine.
The posting was considered a plum job and an indication that the Glen Ridge, N.J., native might have a bright future in the Navy.
"Frank was the golden boy at Holy Cross and it looked like he was going places in the Navy," said Thomas O'Neil, a friend and fellow member of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Mount St. James. "But things don't always turn out like you expect."
Lt. Malinski's hopes for a fruitful naval career were snuffed out when he and 128 of his crew mates perished after the state-of-the-art Thresher sank on April 10, 1963, during a test dive 220 miles east of Cape Cod.
The accident, which occurred in waters nearly two miles deep, is the worst American naval submarine disaster.
No one on board survived and Navy officials have blamed the sinking on a pipe weld that gave way.
They said the accident was so catastrophic that the men aboard probably had only a minute to live before the sub was crushed by water pressure.
Most of those who died were sailors but there were also 10 civilian shipyard workers and seven engineers who were on board to monitor the boat's performance during testing.
Longtime members of the Holy Cross community still remember the loss of Lt. Malinski.
Mr. O'Neil, a freelance writer who graduated from Holy Cross in 1959, said Lt. Malinski was well-liked on campus and was considered to be "a brainiac."
"He was very smart and I think he had ambitions about a naval career," said Mr. O'Neil, who wrote two books on crime, along with Dr. Henry Lee, the criminal forensics expert. "Frank really was a star at Holy Cross."
The 76-year-old Mr. O'Neil, who is also an instructor at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Conn., said Lt. Malinski shared the top midshipman award one year.
Mr. O'Neil said that, while the families of other Thresher victims learned about the tragedy through naval authorities, Lt. Malinski's mother found out her son had died by picking up a copy of the New York Daily News at a Connecticut newsstand.
"It was poignant because Frank's mother played an important role in his life," explained Mr. O'Neil.
Lt. Malinski was born on Aug. 6, 1939, and was raised in Connecticut by his mom, Margareta.
Friends said his father died in 1942 and they believe he was killed in wartime fighting.
Lt. Malinski was an honor student at Fairfield Preparatory School and was awarded the Ad Altar Dei Medal from the Roman Catholic Church for his outstanding work as an Eagle Scout.
Lt. Malinski graduated from Holy Cross summa cum laude with a bachelor of science degree. He had studied economics.
During his junior and senior years at Holy Cross, he was listed in the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
He was also active in student government and other campus activities and was a leader in the NROTC, serving as a color guard commander and battalion commander.
After graduation, he was commissioned an ensign and volunteered for submarine duty.
He entered the U.S. Submarine School in New London, Conn., and was later selected for advanced training in nuclear power.
From December 1961 to January 1963, he studied at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California and at the nuclear power training facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The Thresher, the first boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
Launched on July 9, 1960, she was capable of speeds up to 20 knots and normally had a complement of 16 officers and 96 men.
Accompanied by the submarine rescue ship USS Skylark, the Thresher, under the command of Lt. Commander John Wesley Harvey, started deep diving tests off the Cape Cod coast at about 7:45 a.m. on April 10.
As Thresher neared her test depth, Skylark received a message from the submarine that it was experiencing minor difficulties and that it was "attempting to blow."
However, she never surfaced.
About 9:15 a.m., Skylark picked up two garbled messages that were followed shortly by a high-energy, low-frequency disturbance that was detected by its SONAR.
Officials said the disturbance was the crushing of the sub as it plunged below its crush depth.
Thresher's remains were later located on the sea floor, about 8,400 feet below the surface. She had broken up into six major pieces.
A naval court of inquiry eventually determined that Thresher had probably suffered a failure of a joint in a salt-water piping system.
After the sinking, naval authorities insisted on more stringent quality control measures during the manufacturing of subs. They also instituted safety measures aimed at helping a submarine facing similar circumstances as the Thresher from sinking.
Thousands gathered this weekend to attend memorial services held in Portsmouth and in Kittery, where many of the sailors had lived.
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Editors' Note: On June 23 The Nation published a story–based on a five-month investigation by Babak Sarfaraz and the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute–that presented powerful evidence that three US hikers (Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd) were seized by Iranian forces in Iraqi territory. We located two Kurdish eyewitnesses to the arrest who saw uniformed guards from NAJA, Iran's national police force, walk into Iraqi territory, where they lack jurisdiction, and apprehend the hikers.
Now, a US military report released by WikiLeaks corroborates our story. The initial military field report, made just hours after the hikers were detained, is labeled "(Criminal Event) Kidnapping," and reports the "kidnapping of 3 Americans who were being taken to the Iranian border." The military report says that the Americans "were hiking near the Iranian border when taken," and includes a grid of possible locations where the hikers were seized–all of which are in Iraq. The report identifies Bauer, Fattal and Shourd as "Tourists/Reporters."
While initial military assessments are sometimes incorrect and later amended, the New York Times contacted a US government official who served in Iraq who told the Times that the field report was "generally consistent with what he had been told by Iraqi officials–namely, that the hikers were close to the border but on the Iraqi side."
The release of this document by WikiLeaks raises as many questions as it answers. Why did the US military not make this information public in the days immediately after the hikers' arrest, when such information could have pressured the Iranian government to release the hikers? Was this report conveyed to the US State Department—and if so, when? When The Nation contacted the US State Department in June, a spokesman told us that our article was the first time State had been presented with the claim that the hikers were seized by Iranian forces in Iraqi territory.
The military report concludes with an "S2 [military intelligence] assessment that "The lack of coordination on the part of these hikers, particularly after being forewarned, indicates an intent to agitate and create publicity regarding international policies on Iran." This conclusion is at odds with what family, friends and colleagues of the hikers–including this magazine where Bauer worked as a freelance journalist–have said about the hikers, namely that they were there as tourists who had no intent to report on Iran, much less "agitate and create publicity." Did this perhaps faulty intelligence assessment play a role in determining how the US military and later the US State Department dealt with the case?
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court delayed Thursday the start of the trial of two prominent Kenyans, including a leading presidential candidate, from April until July after defense lawyers complained of delayed disclosure of evidence and late changes to the prosecution's case.
The postponement means that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, who is leading in the slow count of votes from Monday's elections in Kenya, now faces a provisional trial start date of July 9 on charges of organizing violence after the country's disputed 2007 elections. The violence left more than 1,000 people dead.
The announcement came at a time of high tensions in Kenya as the political coalition led by Kenyatta's main rival for the presidency, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, said the vote tallying process "lacks integrity" and should be stopped.
Court spokesman Fadi El Abdallah said the timing of the announcement during the tense vote count was a coincidence.
"It is not linked to a political calendar, it is only linked to judicial developments," El Abdallah told The Associated Press.
Kenyatta and Cabinet secretary Francis Muthaura stand accused of crimes against humanity for alleged involvement in the murder, forcible deportation, persecution and rape of supporters of Odinga in the aftermath of the 2007 vote.
Both men deny the charges.
Prosecutors had said they did not object to a delay in the trial date.
In thier written ruling Thursday, judges cited delays by prosecutors in sharing evidence with defense lawyers and requests by lawyers for Kenyatta and Muthaura to send the entire case back to a pretrial hearing to establish whether evidence is strong enough to merit a trial. Those requests came after a key prosecution witness admitted lying and he was dropped from the case.
Judges wrote that the request for a new review of evidence, "raise very serious issues that must be resolved before the trial can proceed."
Lawyers for two other suspects, former education minister William Ruto and broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang, accused with involvement in attacks on different groups after the 2007 election, have also sought a delay to the scheduled April 10 start of their trial, but no decision has been made on that request.
In a strange political twist, Ruto is now Kenyatta's running mate.
The court launched an investigation in 2010 only after Kenya's parliament failed to agree to set up a national tribunal to prosecute perpetrators of postelection violence.


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James Davis was sentenced Tuesday after being convicted last month on charges of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and indecent solicitation of a child. The charges involved 6- and 8-year-old sisters.
Authorities say Davis came in contact with the children after he asked their mother if he could sleep in their home after a night of drinking.
Assistant State's Attorney Scott Bennett asked Judge Tom Difanis to consider a 65-year sentence. He says Davis has had at least 28 criminal and traffic convictions in his life and has been to prison five times.


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Media Monopoly? Where's the Proof?
by L. Brent Bozell III
June 13, 1996
Mark Crispin Miller has drawn a scary little picture in The
Nation magazine of "The National Entertainment State." The leftist
Johns Hopkins professor has uncovered a conspiracy, sketching out the
tentacles from the media conglomerates who own the networks: General Electric,
Time Warner, Disney, and Westinghouse.
Miller proclaims this map "would suggest the true
causes of those enormous ills that now dismay so many Americans: the universal
sleaze and 'dumbing down,' the flood-tide of corporate propaganda, the
terminal inanity of U.S. politics. These have arisen not from any grand
decline in national character, nor from the plotting of some Hebrew cabal but
from the inevitable toxic influence of those few corporations who monopolize
our culture."
Pretty serious stuff, don't you think?
Except there's something missing from Miller's grand thesis.
Evidence. (Oh, he briefly reminds the reader that ABC News was forced to
apologize to Philip Morris for inaccuracy in a "Day One" report, and
how CBS's in-house fight delayed the interview of Brown and Williamson
whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand. But could Miller honestly argue that the tobacco
companies have been undercovered by the networks that have aired hundreds and
hundreds of tobacco-bashing stories?)
The idea that a handful of corporations control the media is
engaging; charts outlining their mazes of subsidiaries makes it all that much
juicier. They have a powerful influence, yes, but they simply don't
"monopolize" our culture. Not only are their audiences dropping by
the millions, but if Miller's left-wing friends at the Federal Communications
Commission were to allow the 500-channel superhighway to proceed, competition
from the marketplace would guarantee diversity. Thus, even if Miller had any
evidence of a current monopoly, it still would be meaningless.
This lack of documentation is not new for Professor Miller.
On November 16, 1988, he authored a column in The New York Times arguing the
media were hopelessly biased in favor of -- George Bush: "Telejournalists...are
indeed a bunch of liberals. But their ideological slant has worked against any
liberal bias by the TV news, as reporters bend over backwards not to seem at
all critical of Republicans. Eager to evince his 'objectivity,' the edgy
liberal reporter ends up just as useful to the right as any ultrarightist
hack." Guess what was missing from the article? Proof. Not a single
scientific study, not a single quote to back it up.
For Miller, ideology is science. For him, free
enterprise, by its very nature, is "inevitably toxic." Miller warns
of "our contracting media cosmos," without noting that if The Nation
set out to map all the owners of our media outlets -- from newspapers to
magazines to movie studios to cable channels -- it would probably take more
pages than that little leftist magazine could possibly afford. (By the way,
who owns The Nation? One owner is a beneficiary of the loathsome National
Entertainment State: Paul Newman.)
Oh, but it gets better. Miller darkly warns about a media
dominated by gargantuan institutions, out of touch with the people, and then
proposes handing it all over to -- the government. "For P.R. purposes, GE
(say) could still boast its affiliation with NBC News -- a most civic
contribution -- but the annual budget for the news would come primarily from
the same sort of trust fund, based on corporate taxes, that would pay for
But what happens when government gets into the media
business? You get PBS, with more stations than any other network in America.
Hardly a model of democracy in action, public broadcasting is an unaccountable
and corrupt nest of leftist ideologues and merchandising profiteers. Despite
all this talk of "media democracy," a left wing alienated from
corporations and contemptuous of public tastes is consumed with power lust,
with creating another base for "independent" left-wing propaganda.
Miller's evidence-free thesis is accompanied by a set of
me-too warnings of media monopoly, from Walter Cronkite to Norman Lear. The
zaniest declaration: "As news organizations are increasingly driven by a
bottom-line mentality, the news we get becomes more and more
sensational." The source: Mr. Sensational Conspiracy Theory himself,
Oliver Stone.
But right there in the magazine is a nice little paragraph
from author Michael Arlen. He notes that despite the left-wing fantasies about
an Orwellian media monopoly controlling our lives, we see instead "the
emergence over the past several decades of a startling cacophony of
market-crazed citizens all over the world, with their insistence on two-way
communication and their appetite for fragmentation of broadcast authority!
Will the two or three or four currently forming mega-conglomerates have the
last word, shape-shifting the global citizenry (newly armed with pagers and
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Tahini paste is made from ground sesame seeds and is crucial for making dishes like hummus, baba ghanoush and halvah, a sweet treat that was always on our dessert table for holidays when I was growing up right alongside the cannoli.
Tahini is easy to make using only two ingredients: sesame seeds and olive oil. I prefer making my own tahini over buying it, mostly because I never finish the huge jars and wind up wasting it. This allows me to make a little or a lot, depending on need.
The ratio I use is 1 cup sesame seeds to anywhere from 2 tablespoons of olive oil to 1/2 cup depending on how thick or thin I want it. 1 cup sesame seeds makes about 2/3 of a cup of tahini, depending on how much olive oil is used.
Lightly toast the sesame seeds over low heat about ten minutes, stirring often, don't worry about getting a lot of color on them, like you would if toasting nuts. They're fragile and burn easily, so watch them carefully.
Allow to cool off and then add them to the bowl of a food processor along with a 2 tablespoons of oil to start. You can also use a mortar and pestle.
Pulse until a paste forms, scraping down sides as needed and adding more olive oil to reach a consistency you like.
The homemade tahini will have a rougher texture than store-bought and may even be stronger in flavor. The reason being is the store-bought version uses hulled sesame seeds making for a smoother tahini. If you can, buy sesame seeds that are not hulled as they are more nutritious.
There you have it! Homemade tahini paste ready to be made into hummus, dressings, sauces, baba ghanoush, mixed into soups or made into sweet treats. Whatever your little heart desires.
Now go forth and make tahini!
Because you can and it's too simple not to.
Homemade tahani paste using only 2 ingredients! Make a little or a lot as needed.
- For every cup of sesame seeds start with 2-3 tablespoons olive oil and add more as needed. Make a little or a lot.
- Toast sesame seeds gently over low heat stirring often, about ten minutes, they don't need to take on a lot of color. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Add the sesame seeds to the bowl of a food processor along with 1/4 cup of olive oil for every cup of seeds, pulse until a thick paste forms, scrape down the sides, and add more olive oil if needed until it reaches a consistency you like. Store in glass jar tightly covered in refrigerator.
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— Authorities on Friday renewed their plea for help from the public to solve the murder of Lynne Brennan, who was found dead in her home three years ago.
Brennan was last seen on Oct. 4, 2010, shopping at Bunny's Superette, 75 Webster St. She was found dead in her North End apartment a week later by her landlady, Alicia J. Flanders, according to a joint release from Attorney General Joseph Foster and Police Chief David Mara.
She was going through the final stages of a drawn-out and bitter divorce from her husband, John Brennan, according to family. Police believe Brennan had been dead for a few days before she was found by Flanders.
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The Weekly Flickr celebrates Women's History Month
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For this episode of The Weekly Flickr, we asked the Flickr community to show us the most important women in their lives. We wanted to hear about your mothers, grandmothers, significant others and best friends — the women who changed and inspired you to become the person you are today.
We received countless photos and featured as many of them as we could with personal testimonials from contributing photographers. We hope you all celebrate the women in your life as well!
"This is my beautiful mother. The older I grow, the more I realize how perfect my life has been, despite all of the hardships my family and I have faced together. She encouraged me to go after each and every dream of mine. She taught me strength, love, acceptance, and what it means to be happy even when life's circumstances are telling you to feel the opposite. My thank you's will never be enough for this awe-inspiring woman." – kmitchell11
"She's a powerful woman, who taught me the high value of independence, generosity and enjoyment." – Daniel Ivan
"My grandma; the lady who taught me that having a positive attitude makes life easier." – Ida/FarWestLogbook
"This amazing woman is my grandmother. She has been through so much strife — from losing her husband at a young age to having to raise five kids on her own. Not only did she raise my mom, aunts, and uncles, she raised me. In a sense, she is my mother, my best friend, and my everything. Her smile is as contagious as her love!" – Terry Vo
"Monica is my other half, who always smiles as beautiful as you can see on this picture. She is the same as me, with the same positive and negative qualities, with the same values and family background. And she is always supporting me in photography ;)" – p.dave
"Amy Chu, my wife who changed my life too much. I first met her in the late 2008 in my own coffee shop when she went here with her friends. And I think I loved her at first sight. Now were happy together and plan to have a child in the next year!" – Khanh Hmoong
"This woman is my best friend, Nikki. She inspires me daily by sharing her love of teaching with her students, family, friends and with our children. She truly enjoys watching peoples eyes light up when they finally understand a concept that theyve been struggling with. I am inspired by her strength, grace and love for helping others." – Pink Sherbert Photography
"Women like her come from the lower rung of the society, where resources are limited, survival is difficult, no education, and it is a constant struggle to make ends meet. But the most amazing thing is that, despite all this, they manage to smile through. This woman is [a person of] fisherfolk. I come across her very often, and I have always seen her smile. We all need to learn from them because we seem to get perplexed and worried with the slightest problem. We need to be calm and composed to deal with it all." – M D
Explore the photos in this video episode and find out more about the photographed women in our "Women's History Month" galleries part 1 and part 2.
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Santorini Climate and Weather
Santorini is part of the Cyclades Island group, where the climate is almost typically Mediterranean but has some influences from the North African climate. The island lends itself to hot, dry weather in summer and mild winters. Temperatures in July and August, which is peak season for tourism, range from 86ºF (30ºC) during the day to 72ºF (22ºC) at night, although it can get hotter during heat waves. Summer is crowded and expensive on Santorini and it can get oppressively hot; however, summer never goes out of fashion as the peak time for visitors. Rainfall is almost non-existent in summer but showers can be expected between October and April. Despite the popularity of the hot months the best time to visit Santorini is probably during the shoulder seasons of spring and autumn. As with many of the Greek islands the best two months are arguably May - the end of spring, when the sea is getting warm again after winter and the island is green and pretty - and September - the beginning of autumn, when the ocean is still very warm, most tourists have departed and the rainy season has not yet begun. Depending on what you are planning for your holiday winter may be an option: it can get a bit cold and there may well be rain but the lack of crowds and cheaper accommodation are a big draw for some.
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From 2 to 92, they came to thank veterans in ManchesterBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 11. 2013 9:50PM
NAVY Junior ROTC cadet Chris Duguay, 16, a freshman at Manchester High School West, was one of the first to arrive at the gas station parking lot at Webster and Elm streets, where the city's Veterans Day Parade was scheduled to step off at 10:30 a.m.
"I've had family members that died fighting in the Navy," he said. "I'm here to honor their sacrifice."
Monday's parade was his first as a participant, but it wasn't the first he's attended.
"I've been here every year since I was a kid, even if my parents couldn't make it," he said. "I've always come downtown to show my support."
Parade Marshal Aurel Stuart, 92, a World War II veteran rode in the lead car with Mayor Ted Gatsas as the parade wound its way from the Webster Street intersection to City Hall, ending at Veterans Memorial Park.
Jack Blais of Manchester, a retired Army E-4, watched the City Hall ceremony from across the street. He's marched in past parades, and though pleased with the turnout under sunny skies on Monday, he said the lines of spectators and the number of units marching have diminished in recent years.
"A good turnout, but not what I'd like to see," he said. Blais said he lost five fellow soldiers, close friends, in 1969 in Vietnam just five days before they were scheduled to come home. "I'm here every year for them," he said.
The procession stopped at City Hall Plaza for the first playing of taps, and then continued to Veterans Memorial Park, where Stuart spoke briefly about his experience as a World War II bombardier who saw firsthand the horrors of D-Day.
The Tony Karam Award for service to veterans was presented to parade Chairman Ron Boisvert, followed by the placing of the wreath at the Veterans Memorial, firing of a volley, the second rendition of taps and "The Star-Spangled Banner."
State Sen. Lou D'Allesandro spoke briefly about a friend who fought in Vietnam and remains an MIA, while Gatsas reminded the crowd of the many homeless veterans in Manchester and beyond.
"The one thing we must always keep in our minds now and forever is finding a place for every veteran to call home, because far too many of them are homeless," he said. "Let's find a way to house our veterans."
John Harrelson, 28, is one of those homeless veterans. He was at the starting point for the parade on his bicycle an hour early. A native of Houston who said he served as a Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2006 to 2012, he now travels the country with his belongings in a backpack, taking odd jobs as a roofer, landscaper or painter.
His most recent address? The New Horizons homeless shelter and soup kitchen on Manchester Street.
The parade organizers put him in with the Nam Knights Motor Cycle Club. With an MIA flag flying from one handlebar, an American flag on the other, he proudly took his place in the lineup.
As the ceremonies ended at Veterans Memorial Park and the crowd dispersed, he could be seen pedaling slowly back north on Elm Street, both flags flying in the stiff breeze.


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PollyW necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 210 diseños de 57 diseñadores freelance.
Marcel's opened March, 1999 and this summer we have redecorated our restaurant and also want to re-design our logo to reflect our more updated, modern look. We no longer have purple hues in the interior and want to take the "yellow" color to a gold look. The new logo will need to translate well into a decal of gold and black for the front, exterior glass, see sample (http://picasaweb.google.com/dcsigns…4992072642) and also for use on our website, biz cards, etc. The posted restaurant hours are already in black and gold leaf.
Marcel's is open nightly for dinner only. The average check per person is $175-200 and attracts and older crowd 45+. There are lots of regulars and first time diners are usually celebrating birthdays/anniversaries/etc.
French wine list with some California wines (full time sommelier), classic French-Belgian cuisine with a modern twist. Visit http://www.marcelsdc.com
This is Chef Robert Wiedmaier's only fine-dining restaurantant and he owns other Belgian-style restaurants in DC, VA & MD that are casual.
Logo will be used on exterior plate glass window and we will use "gold-leaf" style with black trim, so logo should have this option.
Also would like the logo with and without the "Wiedmaier" name.
"Marcel's" can appear in all caps or just the first letter capped. We do use the classic fleur de lys logo in the restaurant, if you want to try incorporating. Different fonts for "Marcel's" and "Wiedmaier" is encouraged.
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FYI, we used 99designs for our Mussel Bar and Full Circle Chef logos!
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It's been ugly, really ugly. But...it's getting even worse.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49748004El-Erian: Really Depressing Numbers Out of Greece
November 8, 2012
We should feel a mix of great sadness and heightened concern upon seeing the latest unemployment numbers out of Greece.
According to the data released today, the official unemployment rate rose to a stunning 25.4% in August, setting a new record. More alarming, the jobless rate for 15- to 24-year-olds is 58% 58%! And there is reason to believe future employment reports will be even worse.
This is a distressingly sad situation.
While the informal sector can alleviate some of the pressure, it provides only limited relief given the scale and scope of the countrys enormous unemployment crisis one that speaks to widespread misery while suggesting a high probability of a lost decade for Greece (we are already three years into the countrys crisis) AND a lost generation.
The fabric of any society risks enormous tearing if such joblessness persists. Already, Greece is subject to waves of social unrest, some of which have been quite violent. Only yesterday, TV screens were full of images of rioting citizens in the streets of Athens.
No wonder Greek popular rejection is at extremes not seen before in recent European history; and it is encompassing economic, financial, political and social dimensions.
Some observers even believe that we are close to the point where the Greek government could lose control of the countrys management. And as the experiences of Egypt and Tunisia have shown, do not underestimate what a grass root youth movement can achieve especially with social media greatly facilitating large-scale mobilization and coordination.
In view of the harmful consequences for so many people persisting for so long, I would absolutely love to find some hopeful aspects to the Greek numbers. And I have tried really hard.
Yet looking closely at the detailed data and what Greece and its European neighbors are doing about them, it is hard to be positive. And my deep mix of sadness and concern is not helped by the fact that Greece, while certainly an extreme case, is not the only European country with a severe joblessness problem. Upwardly trending youth unemployment rates have already gone above 50% in Spain, and 35% in both Italy and Portugal.
This Greek tragedy looks certain to be with us for a long time to come.
Our blueprint.
Total mess over there. The government grew and tried to be everything to everyone, then couldn't be! So they raised taxes and tried to reduce pensions. Now they've got riots and 50% unemployment.
Dystopian Greece = Soon to be dystopia America under President Barack Obama-Ellsworth Toohey.
I love how Greece is put up as the model for a greater degree of socialism by Conservatives.
How about Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands?
Converting the United States to their systems is no simple task, nor any guaranteed success. Sweden is not the United States. It's barely New York.
So here is a suggestion. Socialize New York. The whole State. Create the perfect system, within our Constitution of course, that is what you want. Collectivise everything you want within the state. (D) dominates that state, it could be done. No need to wait for the rest of us.
Convert New York, make it Sweden, and prove your ideas can be successful here, on that level.
Then we can talk nationally.


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Use this guide to help you replace the LCD in an Amazon Kindle Fire.
Wedge a plastic opening tool into the lower right corner of the Kindle Fire.
Pry the case apart and run the plastic opening tool along the perimeter of the Kindle Fire to release the clips securing the case halves to each other.
Try EBay or Amazon. make sure you get the right battery for your Kindle , one is for a Kindle HD and the older version........both are 7 ".
Once you have freed all the plastic clips, pull the back case off the Kindle Fire.
Fit the tip of the plastic opening tool between the right battery cell and the Kindle Fire's frame.
Lever the battery up and work the plastic opening tool down along its edge to release the glue securing it to the frame.
Repeat the process from the previous step to free the left battery cell.
Lift the back of the battery up to relieve any tension in the battery connector and simultaneously use a spudger to push the battery connector out of its socket.
Pull the battery out of the Kindle Fire.
Peel the tape on the upper-left IC that is securing the speaker cable.
Use the flat end of a spudger to push the speaker connector out of its socket.
Deroute the speaker cable.
Remove the two 3.3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the speakers to the Kindle Fire.
Lift the speakers out of the Kindle Fire.
Remove the two 2.3 mm Phillips #00 screws from the touchscreen controller.
Use a plastic opening tool to release the touchscreen controller connector.
Gently remove the touchscreen controller by lifting it up and to the right.
Use a plastic opening tool to flip open the power button ZIF connector.
Flip open the ambient light sensor ZIF socket with a plastic opening tool.
Use a pair of tweezers to pull the blue tab on the ambient light sensor cable to remove it from its socket.
Make sure to mark what ZIF connector goes where, they are not interchangeable even though a first glance the appear to be the same size
It took about 2 hours, but that is, mainly, because reconnecting the ZIF connectors can be overly tedios.
I cannot get the zif connectors to go back in ..what can i do...been trying for hours to get them back in...im talking bout the white flip pieces that lock in film..some one please help me with this!!
Stand it up on its end, lining up the holes to the wires. Slide into holes and 'flip'/rotate white plastic piece down into a flat position.
Use a plastic opening tool to lift up and disconnect the display data cable.
Lift up on the antenna connector with a plastic opening tool to disconnect it.
De-route the antenna cable.
Be very careful when disconnecting the antenna, and be sure to note how the cable is routed into the little socket on the motherboard. The reconnecting of the antenna cable into its motherboard port can be tricky and will require patience, persistence and perhaps a magnifier and tweezers.
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Followed the steps but once reassembled the screen comes on but doesn't respond to touch. It was working fine even with broken glass screen. Any suggestions?
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Mine is doing the same thing! What did you do to fix it?
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I order a replacement motherboard from ifixit and for some reason it had a plastic increasing around the outer edge of the "display data cable connection port" on the motherboard, which makes it impossible to connect the cable to the motherboard. I called ifixit and they said send a picture and a description. Hopefully the customer who owns the kindle fire will understand that after waiting on the part for a week. :\
Remove the six 2.6 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the motherboard to the frame.
Use a plastic opening tool to gently lever up the bottom side of the motherboard to free from the adhesive on its underside.
Lever the top side of the motherboard up with a plastic opening tool until it comes free.
Lift the motherboard out of the Kindle Fire, making sure that the power button cable from step 8 comes free from its connector.
Remove the 2.5 mm Phillips #00 scew securing the power button board to the Kindle Fire.
Lift the power button board out of the Kindle Fire.
Use the flat end of a spudger to peel the ambient light sensor cable off of the frame.
Use the flat end of a spudger to peel up the silver tape securing the antenna cable.
Remove the five 3.6 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the frame and ambient light sensor.
Slide the ambient light sensor out from under the frame and remove it from the Kindle Fire.
Use the flat end of a spudger to lever the frame away from the display assembly until you can grab it with your hand.
Remove the frame from the display assembly.
Remove the four 2.4 mm Phillips #00 screws attaching the LCD to the front glass panel.
Rotate the top of the LCD 90 degrees away from the front glass panel as shown in the second picture.
Separate the LCD and front glass panel.
Separate the front glass panel can be tricky, it's glue to the frame. Mine was cracked pretty badly so I won't come out in one neat little piece. Just patiently peel off the screen slowly.
I attempted to separate the glass from the black screen/digitizer (LCD) and it was all glued. Kept heating the area probably 30 times. My glass has been cracked throughout and it was impossible to peel it off without damaging the screen/digitizer. Now the Kindle Fire HD is trash. I don't intend to spend nearly $100 for a replacement LCD, especially after I have already purchased a replacement front glass.
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Go on ebay I ordered my LCD there and it was 22.00 I replaced the clear digitized (22.00 also). If you still do not want to mess with it, list it for parts and take pictures and post and it will sell trust me.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Carla Flick of Butler and Robert Stiehler of Karns City were united in marriage Nov. 17 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicora. The Rev. Joseph Boomhower officiated. A reception followed at the St. Jude Golf Club.
The bride is the daughter of Jean Michael of Chicora and the late Arthur Michael. Parents of the bridegroom are the late John and Wanda Stiehler.
The honor attendant was Caralie Hertweck of Chicora. Also standing was Terri Myers of Karns City.
Performing the duties of best man was Bob Stiehler of Karns City. Also standing was Nathan Flick of Chicora.
The bride is a graduate of Karns City High School. She is employed by KTG Systems in Wexford.
The bridegroom graduated from Karns City High School. He is owner by B and W Auto in Karns City.
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Beat the 'holiday blues' (and know when to seek help)
Checkup on Health
Although the holidays are a time of joy for many, they can also trigger symptoms of anxiety and depression to different degrees.
There are several reasons people may experience symptoms of anxiety or depression over the holidays, said Robert Hales, chair of the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Symptoms may indicate the "holiday blues" or be signs of a more serious major depression.
The holiday blues may plague more people this year as concerns about the economy abound. Common causes include:
Time change
With the change in time, as many as a third of people who have experienced a major depressive disorder will experience worsening of their symptoms during the winter months, Hales said. In addition, people without full-fledged depressive disorders often report some decreased energy, sadness, decrease in interest or pleasure in activities, and sleep disturbance. Getting out in the morning light and spending time outside can be quite beneficial.
Increased alcohol use
'Blues' vs major depressionSince the holidays may be a period where people experience increased depression or anxiety symptoms, it is important to recognize the signs of major depression. Read more
It is common during the holiday period for people to celebrate. Unfortunately, a certain percentage may drink too much. Alcoholism is also a disorder that commonly occurs with depression. Limit your drinking and remember that it is okay if you don't feel festive. Accept your inner experience and do not force yourself to express specific feelings.
Obesity is a major American problem. During the holidays, there is a tendency for all of us to eat too much, which can lead us to feel worse about our body image and ourselves.
Lack of sleep
It is not uncommon for people to spend more time celebrating, meeting people and going out. Unfortunately, decreased sleep is a major contributor to feeling tired and lethargic during the day, and may contribute to increased rates of depressive symptoms. It is important during the holiday period to try to develop healthier sleep habits.
Overscheduling and lack of planning
There is sometimes a desire to meet with as many people as possible that we have not been able to see during the year. This results in a packed schedule. Frequently, we will feel rushed and burdened by the need to interact with so many over such a short period. Don't overbook yourself. Try to limit the number of interactions and think carefully about who you wish to meet.
It is not uncommon to see people running around malls at the last minute because they delayed purchasing gifts. This adds a great deal of stress and contributes to holiday blues.
Unrealistic expectations about ourselves
During the holidays, we frequently meet other people that are quite successful and are advancing throughout their careers. This may lead us to place unrealistic expectations on ourselves concerning our own accomplishments, or our perceived lack of them. None of us is perfect, and sometimes we develop unrealistic expectations over the holidays of what we should accomplish and focus our failures.
Be realistic in what you seek to achieve, both personally and professionally. Don't label the holidays as a time to cure all past problems. The holidays do not prevent sadness or loneliness.
Unrealistic fantasies about our families
Frequently during the holiday season, we will see movies that picture "the wonderful life," exemplified by "perfect" families. Unrealistic expectations that one's own family should meet these high standards can be quite depressing. Try to be realistic and emphasize your family's strengths rather than weaknesses.
Loss of, or distance from, loved ones
The holidays also are a time when we think about the loss of loved ones, especially parents or siblings. Or, if they are still alive, we may think about the inability to spend time with them because of work, distance, or cost. If your holiday experiences with your parents and siblings were enjoyable, sometime sadness creeps in since you mourn the loss of these happy times. The task, then, is to create among your own family, an atmosphere of joy and love that you experienced as a child.
Lack of exercise
Because of frequent rain, people often exercise less during the holidays. Exercise is a known preventive activity for depressive symptoms, and decreasing the amount of a regular exercise can worsen symptoms.
Lack of time for oneself
A major focus of the holidays is providing things for other people or looking after them. We frequently neglect ourselves during this time. This externalization of efforts can deplete your reserves and worsen symptoms of anxiety or depression.
Practice self-care and look out for yourself during the holiday period. The holidays are a wonderful period to reflect, reassess and make plans for the future. Tell people about your needs if you have recently experienced a tragedy, death, or romantic break-up.


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Nashua alderman says state rep should step down in wake of duck incidentBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
February 06. 2014 9:20PM
NASHUA — One day after a city police commissioner resigned from his position, a local alderman says state Rep. David Campbell should also step down.
Alderman Ken Siegel, Ward 9, told the New Hampshire Union Leader on Thursday that Campbell, D-Nashua, should follow in his friend's footsteps and resign in light of the recent duck scandal.
"His actions were not appropriate, and it goes beyond just the killing of the ducks," Siegel said of Campbell. "This is not about the ducks anymore."
Campbell has repeatedly apologized for killing five ducks when he ran them over with his vehicle Dec. 23, 2013, outside of the Crowne Plaza hotel after having a few drinks. Although the state Attorney General's Office is still investigating the incident, Campbell has already pleaded no contest to a charge of illegal taking of waterfowl, paid a fine and made a donation to New Hampshire Audubon.
"I think Rep. Campbell is ethically challenged at this point," said Siegel, noting Campbell's good friend and attorney — Nashua Police Commissioner Thomas Pappas — resigned Wednesday because of his involvement with the duck case.
Pappas apologized this week for his role in the matter. After a hotel manager described Campbell as "drunk" following the accident, Pappas picked up Campbell from the hotel and later called the police department requesting that his friend be brought in for questioning the following morning.
"I think Commissioner Pappas, by everybody's account, was a very good commissioner, but he did the right thing by resigning," said Siegel.
Siegel said that while Pappas, former chairman of the Nashua Police Commission, is taking the fall for his involvement, he questions why Campbell is not speaking out about the controversial matter.
"I find it troubling that Pappas had to resign over this while Campbell remains strangely silent," added Siegel.
Campbell has not returned emails or phone calls from the Union Leader seeking comment.
Attorney General Joseph Foster said recently that his department is reviewing the circumstances. Police Chief John Seusing said earlier that Pappas' involvement in the duck incident did not influence the police investigation."I continue to be extremely sorry and take full responsibility for causing the death of five ducks …," Campbell said in a previous statement. "My actions were unintentional, yet hurtful. … I apologize and ask forgiveness from those I have offended, and from others that may judge me solely on the basis of this very unfortunate accident."


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I would love to find more information on my fathers mother Mary Vinson Drake
I have heard some awsome stories about my fathers mother, I have been told she was decendat from the line of Sir France Drake, and I was even told she had entered my name in the family Drake Bible, she was born in Mississippi or Lousianna, she married James Drury Pulliam and they had sons: James Drury, Curtis, George, Charles. Grandma uses to tell me stories about high tea with the Lady Bird Johnson and all the ladies were given bird names hers was Lady Blue Jay. She spoke english and french. I grew up knowing about Sir Frances' bible which held the names of our decendants and the bible could only pass to a Lewis Fraces and my father was the last, my father did not talk much about it, I remember an uncle Lewis which I beleive he lived in Houston, he was the holder of this great book while I was growing up, and he told me that it was on loan at the Smithsonian Meusum. But since my father never would talk about it none of children know much about it or what happened to it and my Uncle did not have any children of his own except one adopted son, and I do not know his name. I would also love to have information on James Drury Pulliam I,II, III. My father did not talk much about his brothers either.
I am looking for information on George Webster Washington King
I would like to know more about my grandfather George Webster Washington;Born Setp. 25, 1899 or 98; died Aug 19, 1959. He has one living daughter left that I know of at least, I know he had two wifes, Gladis was his first wife I am not sure how many chidren they had together, and his second wife was my grandmother Jesse Pearl King which they had 6 children and only one of these 6 is still alive today. My aunt states grandpa was very quiet about his life before gandma, she does remember that he would visit his first family, but refused to talk about his childhood other than he had a stepmother which he did not like so her left home around the age of 12, and he did have atleast one brother. I know he was in the army for a short period of time, I believe he may of joined at the age of 17. He was a carpenter, furniture maker as well as did remodeling like hanging wall paper. My aunt telles me he worked for Lacks around the 1940 or 1950's. I know they moved around Dallas, Corpus Christie and small towns around San Antonio and Oklahoma. It would be nice to know more about my grandfather, His grandchild and greatgrandchildren are interested in him, we have ran into a brick wall wanting to learn more about him. I would love to trace some of his steps and paint some of the places he saw along with my aunt which is in her 70's and has Cebral Palsy, she was not able to travel as her brother and sisters did and I would love to give her that gift now.
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Just a quick question I could not seem to find an answer to on the forum. I am currently running LinuxMCE on my test bench computer; can I just take the hard drive out and place it in a new core machine with different video, network and audio cards? Or do I need to move the audio and video cards? What problems may I encounter? Should I re-run the wizard? If possible this would save me a lot of work in setting up the new core.Rocco


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Friday, August 07, 2009
Yoohoo: mazes of monad is kind of popular!
Don Stewart has published some statistics on packages popularity here . MazesOfMonad is the fastest rising application over the past 4 months. Thanks to all people who downloaded it, hope you enjoyed it, feel free to send me bug reports or enhancement requests. Hopefully I'll find the free time (in between day work, family, sports, etc.) to develop another more ambitious game in the coming months!
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Fall 2005
Correctional systems provide health care for approximately 25% of all people with HIV in the United States. In 2002, the prevalence of AIDS in state and federal prisons was greater than three times that in the general U.S. population. The prevalence of HIV infection was 2% of state and 1.1% of federal prison inmates, and was higher in women, 3%, than in men, 1.9%. Although prisons in the northeast had the highest rate of HIV infection, 4.6%, Southern prisons had the highest number of HIV cases by geographical region. African-Americans had the highest prevalence of HIV reported in any racial group, 2.8%.
Although there is some evidence of intra-prison spread of the virus, most of the HIV among prisoners is thought to have been acquired outside of prison. The high prevalence of HIV in correctional facilities is mainly a consequence of the incarceration of substance abusers and at-risk minorities. In fact, correctional facilities are not only places where HIV-positive individuals are housed, but often where they are identified; prisons and jails may be the most important HIV testing sites in the U.S. In 1990 in Rhode Island, for example, over 40% of all newly diagnosed HIV-infected persons were first tested in a correctional setting.
The high-risk populations mentioned above, very often, are also those most likely to be underserved by the health care system. Indeed, the incarceration period may be the only time that they receive continuous access to health care.
While surveys and prison formularies support that antiretroviral therapy is widely available in correctional facilities, availability and access are not necessarily the same thing. Thus, the growing disparity of HIV for minorities and other marginalized populations in the United States is only further amplified within correctional facilities.
Although there have been no prospective evaluations of HIV outcomes among inmates of correctional facilities, available data suggest that the outcomes in facilities that provide expert HIV care and open access to HIV therapy can be equivalent to or better than non-incarcerated populations. However, a standard of comparison to non-incarcerated populations that overwhelmingly lack access to any primary health care may hide the pressing need to address inadequacies that exist in many correctional systems.
The number of AIDS-related state prison deaths has mirrored the trend for all people with HIV since the introduction of HAART, decreasing by 72% from 1995 to 1999. The only systematic evaluation of HAART outcomes in correctional facilities examined the virological and immunological outcomes of 1,866 men and women treated with HAART for at least six months while incarcerated. The study found that 59% of the inmates achieved viral loads below 400 by the end of their incarceration, which is comparable to HAART outcomes in community cohorts. This study demonstrates that incarceration itself has no adverse impact on clinical outcome when inmates are given adequate clinical care and provided an opportunity to access HAART. But the testimonials of many incarcerated individuals speak to the fact that such care and such access are not always the rule. Prisoners can face many obstacles to controlling HIV disease, including transfers from one prison to another, leading to a lack of continuity of care, and difficulty in continuing medication during and after such moves.
Because of the high proportion of people with HIV who are incarcerated, it is important to investigate the factors that determine their health outcomes. Traditionally, these populations were underserved by the health care systems in their communities and experienced significant health care disparities before they were incarcerated. North Carolina, for example, has a waiting list for its AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The population on the waiting list is no different demographically than the population of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases in the state, being primarily of minority race/ethnicity, poor, and, increasingly, from rural areas. The structured health care of correctional facilities, with its presumed equal access, could therefore benefit these underserved non-incarcerated populations, who likewise suffer from unequal access to quality health care.
But, at the same time, prison health care may impede successful HIV outcomes. Directly observed therapy (DOT) is but one example of prison health care practices that can seriously impede HIV care. DOT was started in prisons and jails mainly to monitor inmate adherence to psychotrophic and tuberculosis drugs. It was expanded to HIV medications because of the high costs of HAART and its unique resistance risks. Inmates who receive DOT must stand in line and wait to receive their medications, which a nurse or correctional officer dispenses and watches as they are taken. Many DOT programs in prisons are inflexible, involuntary, non-confidential, and non-individualized. The lack of confidentiality and long lines have been reported by many HIV-positive prisoners as barriers to taking medications. In one study involving directly observed therapy, HIV-infected individuals universally disliked the intervention. Given the stigma attached to HIV by both correctional facility staff and inmates, HIV cannot be treated like any other infection or disease.
It is unclear if DOT is an effective intervention for enhancing antiretroviral adherence in prisons. One study found DOT to be beneficial in a clinical trial of HAART: 95% of prisoners, who were on DOT, achieved viral loads below 400, compared to 75% of non-prisoners, who were not on DOT. But it remains unclear if the higher success rate was due to DOT or to the many other differences between those who are incarcerated and those who are not. Other observational studies in prisons have shown no difference in the adherence or viral loads of individuals on self-medications vs. DOT. DOT is also labor-intensive and costly for correctional facilities, most of which are chronically understaffed and over budget.
The history of health care within correctional systems in itself makes evaluation difficult. Until fairly recently, it was primarily correctional officers who attended to prisoners' health care needs. With the advent of the modern prison health care system, that responsibility was reassigned to nurses, physicians, and physician-extenders such as nurse practitioners. But understaffing is such a chronic problem that prisons and jails are listed as "underserved areas" by the federal government. Staff turnover is high -- especially among nurses -- resulting in poor continuity of care. Often, prisons are once again relying on correctional officers to perform the many tasks more appropriately the responsibility of nurses. Treatment of HIV disease requires constant updates, education, and a high degree of expertise, and the use of those whose main responsibility is custody and control -- and with whom prisoners not surprisingly tend to have adversarial relationships -- can present substantial barriers to the delivery of quality care.
While adherence to HAART for inmates can be challenging, the barriers are not unique to prisons and can be overcome -- given adequate access to expert care and open access to therapy. Issues such as confidentiality and the inflexibility of medication delivery are significant barriers to meaningful access, however, and thus may be greater determining factors for successful HIV outcomes than the mere presence of the latest medications. In addition, many opportunities for HIV testing and education around HIV prevention are missed in correctional institutions. The impact on inmates is great, and the impact on the communities these inmates are taken from and released into may be even greater.
The time has come to recognize the disparity of care that exists within the correctional system and to ensure that a consistent and equal standard of care is provided for all inmates with HIV, no matter the state or facility in which they are detained. The inadequacy of care that exists for people with HIV in the United States reflects a basic social injustice that must be addressed. The inadequacy of HIV care for many inmates may also pose a Constitutional rights issue.
Becky Stephenson is an assistant professor of medicine at University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, and is co-director for HIV services for the North Carolina Department of Corrections state prisons system.
Peter Leone is an associate professor of medicine at University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill.
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Scarlett Johansson & Jessica Biel: 'Hitchcock' New York Premiere!
Scarlett Johansson keeps it chic while attending the premiere of her new film Hitchcock held at Ziegfeld Theatre on Sunday (November 18) in New York City.
The 27-year-old actress was joined by her co-stars Jessica Biel, Toni Collette, Helen Mirren, and Danny Huston.
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Earlier in the day, Jessica was spotted looking casual chic in Tod's shoes and bag while out and about in Soho.
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The research, by scientists at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and Johns Hopkins University, appears in the March, 1997 issue of Neurology (Vol 48, No. 3, pp 626-632). The study was conducted by Walter F. Stewart, Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Claudia Kawas, M.D., and Maria Corrada at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and E. Jeffrey Metter, M.D., at the NIA, using data from NIA's Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA).
Other studies looking at the effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on Alzheimer's disease have shown a link between these drugs and reduction in the risk of Alzheimer's. This study, however, is the first to look at a large number of patients over a substantial period of time as opposed to previous studies done at fixed points-in-time. This long-term, or longitudinal, study enabled the researchers to eliminate a number of biases that made earlier short-term studies less definitive, such as probable underreporting of NSAIDs use. Additionally, with this study, the longitudinal process gave the researchers the ability to determine whether the length of time that people used NSAIDs also played a role in the degree and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The BLSA was the key to making this research possible. Since 1958, the BLSA has examined over 2,300 people. The study characterized a large number of medical factors, including brain and mental function as well as signs of dementias such as AD. Close to a dozen tests are currently administered biennially to search for early signs of AD. Since 1978 the BLSA has tracked the use of NSAIDs by its participants, and since 1990 nurse practitioners have kept track even more rigorously of participant use of medications. These long-term tracking procedures lend this study a greater validity than previous research.
According to Kawas, "many scientists now believe that inflammation may be an important component of the Alzheimer's disease process. The amyloid and protein plaques found in Alzheimer's patient's brains, which are hallmarks of the disease, may be indicative of an inflammatory response." Researchers believe that NSAIDs may influence inflammation by interfering with the actions of some proteins and thus lessening their harmful effects.
The overall risk of AD in 1,686 participants from the BLSA who were taking NSAIDs (relative risk 0.5) was half the risk of those not taking NSAIDs. Relative risk declined from 0.65 in those with less than two years of reported NSAIDs use to 0.40 in those with two years or more of NSAIDs use which suggests a greater reduction in the risk of developing AD with longer NSAIDs use. As expected, there was no decreased risk seen with acetaminophen use since it has few or no anti-inflammatory properties. Aspirin use did not result in a statistically significant decrease in risk even over long periods of time. However, the researchers suggest that increased dosages of aspirin over longer periods of time might show some effect. Since the use of aspirin by study participants varied, definitive conclusions about aspirin's effects on AD await further study.
During the observation period from 1980 until 1995, NSAIDs use tripled among BLSA participants, with ibuprofen accounting for nearly half of the NSAIDs used, naprosyn followed at 15 percent, and a variety of other prescription and over-the-counter NSAIDs accounted for the remaining drugs. Aspirin use remained high through the period among roughly 40 percent of the BLSA participants, probably as a result of the reported benefits of low-dose aspirin for cardiovascular disease. The investigators think that dosage levels of aspirin may not have been sufficient to show any effect on central nervous system disorders.
The scientists caution that chronic use of NSAIDs may lead to a number of serious side-effects, including peptic ulcers and impaired kidney function. To determine the effectiveness of prophylactic use of NSAIDs in people at high risk for AD, clinical trials are needed. "Currently, we don't know what interactions NSAIDs could have with other Alzheimer's drugs in the pipeline. What the effectiveness of NSAIDs tells us about the inflammatory response and the Alzheimer's disease process will be critically important to developing even better agents and approaches," according to Metter.
The NIA, a component of the National Institutes of Health, is the lead federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease research, including studies of the basic, clinical, and epidemiological aspects of this and other related dementias of aging. The NIA's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center can provide more information on Alzheimer's disease by calling 1-800-438-4380.
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