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The Catholic Northwest Progress - Seattle, WA
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Lee Anne Martinez has never before spoken publicly about her 1970 abortion. But on Jan. 29, the 52-year-old mother of three will take the microphone in downtown Seattle.
"I'm scared," admits Martinez, who lives in Belfair and attends Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Bremerton, "but with the grace of God, I can do this. I want to put a face and a voice to abortion. . . .
"I am your sister, your daughter, your mother, your aunt," she plans to tell the gathering. "I am every woman -- not bad, not good. I am just like you. I made a mistake, which was compounded by murder, and for that, my life changed irrevocably. If I keep silent, no one will benefit from my experience."
The Silent No More Awareness event, to be held Jan. 29 at Westlake Park in Seattle at 11 a.m., is the first such gathering in the state, and one of about 20 throughout the country this month. The campaign is sponsored by Project Noel and Priests for Life.
Area coordinator Mary Emanuel, an Internet marketing consultant and member of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Woodinville, says women generally don't speak about their experience with abortion.
"You get to hear from the people marketing this product, but you never hear from the people who tried it," she notes. "I hope this will raise awareness about the devastation that abortion brings to women, and to men, and that women who are hurting because of an abortion and have kept the pain inside themselves will start to speak out and find help."
Back in 1970, Martinez was a single, 18-year-old college student when she discovered she was pregnant. She planned to have the baby and put it up for adoption. But her parents had other plans. "You're going to pack your bags and go to Tokyo for an abortion," they told her. (Abortion was illegal in the United States but legal in Japan at that time.)
"They put me on a table and injected me with a saline solution which killed my baby," Martinez recalls. "I felt my son's wee little body struggling, but was helpless to stop the procedure." She was sent back to the hotel, where she endured 10 hours of vomiting, diarrhea, and cramps before returning to the clinic. There, "I was knocked out and the baby was removed from me."
Later, she and her mother played gin rummy at the hotel. "Why did we have to do it this way?" Martinez asked.
"Because if you saw your child, you would have wanted to keep him," her mother explained. "Now you have an opportunity to go on with your education and have a career."
Martinez did finish her degree and took a job teaching English overseas. But it was all "with a huge hole inside me." Her self-esteem plummeted, she had thoughts of suicide, and she engaged in substance abuse and other risky behaviors to mask the pain. She was haunted by thoughts of her baby and fantasized that he had survived the abortion and was being raised by the Japanese doctor. For years, she told no one what had happened.
In 1985, she met her-husband-to-be, and knew she had to tell him the truth. His response was blunt: "You killed your baby."
"No, I didn't," she answered indignantly. But his words stayed with her. "That was the first time -- 16 years after my abortion -- that I had heard the truth."
The couple tried for years to get pregnant. Doctors could find no medical reason, but Martinez believes her fertility problems are tied to her abortion.
Today her husband, Mel, and their three adopted sons (ages 11, 12 and 17) fill her life with joy. Still, she can't forget the baby she named Matthew Dean.
"This will never quit hurting," she says. "I will never get over it. My son is not with me, my grandchildren are not with me. I will never have somebody who looks like me. My genetic line stopped in April of 1970."
Martinez, who became a Catholic in 1988, says it's the grace and forgiveness of Jesus Christ that have helped her carry on.
"I see our blessed Mother with all the babies around her feet, baby-sitting," she says. "And one day, my prayer is to be reunited with my child."

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One way to hit the right note on a family road trip is by exploring a music museum. While the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the Grammy Museum, the Experience Music Project and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum top the music museum charts, there are plenty of lesser-known gems that spotlight specific aspects of the music world.
Blue Ridge Music CenterThe Blue Ridge Music Center provides a glimpse into the region of America that famed musicologist Alan Lomax described as the country's richest breeding ground of traditional music. The center's Roots of American Music Museum reveals the multi-cultural nature of the Appalachian along with showing how local legends like the Carter Family and Ralph Stanley have influenced contemporary music. Located along the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway near Galax, Va., this scenic center also offers visitors a little outdoor exercise on its hiking trails and entertainment with its daily free midday music performances.www.blueridgemusiccenter.org
The Kazoo MuseumDid you know that the kazoo is one of few instruments that originated in America? The Kazoo Museum stands as an amusing shrine to this popular little noisemaker. Situated in the coastal city of Beaufort, S.C., the museum is home to more than 200 kazoo-related items — from unusually-designed kazoos to rare kazoo recordings. Besides checking out the museum's colorful kazoo collection, visitors can also tour the Kazoobie Kazoos factory. There they can see how the instrument is made and even get the chance to make a kazoo to take home — although it might make for a noisy car ride. www.kazoomuseum.org
The Museum of Making Music (MoMM)Innovation is the focus of this Carlsbad, Calif.-based museum (located minutes away from Legoland). Founded by NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), MoMM covers milestone moments in American music business and showcases historic instruments (including a 1927 Theremin) and the pioneers who created or played them. In each of the museum's galleries, visitors have the opportunity to play "breakthrough" instruments such as a Fender Telecaster guitar or a Gibson mandolin, plus there's an interactive studio with more instruments — such as a MiniMoog, electric drums and a Slaperoo — to play. www.museumofmakingmusic.org
Rebel State Historic SiteMany curious attractions can be discovered when you exit the Interstates. Take, for example, the Rebel State Historic Site, located off Interstate 49 near Natchitoches, La. Civil War buffs can be interested in the gravesite commemorating the Unknown Confederate Soldier, while music fans can visit the Louisiana Country Music Museum. Designed to resemble a guitar, this small museum actually covers a range of regional roots music and has exhibits on Hank Williams and Governor Jimmie Davis (an actual Louisiana governor who had a hit with "You Are My Sunshine"). Guests can also pick and pluck on instruments like a dobro and banjo at its "musical petting zoo." www.crt.state.la.us/parks/irebel.aspx
Rhythm! Discovery CenterIf you have kids who like to bang on things, then this Indianapolis museum is a place to visit. The epitome of a hands-on experience, the Percussive Arts Society-run center welcomes guests to touch and play its collection of more than 150 drums and other types of percussion instruments from around the globe — and from out of this world (there's a Celestaphone made out of meteorites). Wondering what ranks among guests' favorite things to do at the center? A drum roll, please. Banging an 8-foot gong drum is one popular attraction as is the "Shimmer Wall," where you can play five bass drums and observe their sound walls. http://rhythmdiscoverycenter.org


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Thanksgiving memories of turkey, football, and revolutions that changed the world.
From the vaults comes a Thanksgiving memory from Santa Clara Magazine editor Steven Boyd Saum.
Thanksgiving 1989 was a cold one in the Midwest: a couple feet of snow blanketed the fields and forests of Chicagoland. It was a year that we came home—all five of us kids—to the big white house where my family had moved the year I went away to college. We came with significant others in tow for the Thanksgiving inspection. It was the last Thanksgiving with my grandfather Henry, born in 1900, and it was the year the Russians came to play football.
Stanislav was 15 years old and he was staying with our family. He was one of 10 high-schoolers (five boys, five girls, one teacher) from Leningrad. (It would be two years before the city reclaimed its original name of St. Petersburg, but people who called that fabled city home were already talking about the restoration as a matter of course.) Stas was sandy-haired, slight of build, and generally a quiet kid, at least around anyone older than he was. He shared my younger brother's room and the two of them went to school together every day for six weeks. My mother packed their lunches and on Stas' sandwich of sliced turkey or ham or roast beef she always put extra lettuce. His request.
You see, in the fading days of the Soviet Union, fresh vegetables year 'round were not widely available. The problems with food distribution were emblematic of a system that was broken in so many ways. A friend of mine who was in Leningrad recounted seeing two women in a state store fighting over a single carrot.
A different country
But it was clear things were changing: the perestroika and glasnost were reshaping the U.S.S.R., and in Central and Eastern Europe it was the year of revolutions. Gorbachev had led the Soviet Union for four years already, but the Russian kids visiting us weren't, for the most part, big fans. Less talk, more action is what they wanted. Also weighing on their minds was this fact: The Baltic Republics were still part of the Soviet Union but had declared a desire for independence.
The Russian students arrived in Chicagoland just after Halloween. On Nov. 9, the Berlin Wall was toppled. Stas watched the event on television with my family. "I think I'm going home to a different country," he told my mother.
A week later, riot police suppressed a peaceful demonstration in Prague. The ensuing protests throughout the country became the Velvet Revolution that ended communism in Czechoslovakia. On the day before Thanksgiving, the space shuttle Discovery was launched. My mother woke Stas and my brother early for the occasion, so they could watch it live. At Camp David, in a Thanksgiving eve message, President George H.W. Bush described Eastern Europeans as "new pilgrims … on a voyage of freedom."
Table set
On Thanksgiving Day in our warm kitchen there was turkey in the oven and potatoes (mashed and sweet) and stuffing in pans and casserole dishes and cranberry relish spooned into cut crystal bowls. There must have been 20 people at the house that day—too many to fit around the dining table. So in addition to the table in the dining room, the cherry dining set that had been my grandfather's was put in the living room as the kids' table—where Grandpa Hank also sat, much to his delight. He had never been to Russia. Once upon a time he was scheduled to take the next ship across the Atlantic to drive a tank in the Great War in Europe, but he liked to joke that the Kaiser heard that Henry was coming and called it quits.
So what were the Russian boys doing in the suburbs of Chicago? They came on an exchange program begun, with fits and starts, during the Reagan presidency. But this was the first year that a proper, organized exchange took place. In the fall, a small group of high school kids from the Soviet Union came to the United States. The following March, an equal number of American students who were studying Russian in school—including my brother—lived for some weeks with host families in Leningrad.
Why was this suburban high school teaching Russian? There was no native Russian population in our town to speak of. This was not Chicago proper; our town of 10,000 was never home to masses of immigrants from the lands of the Slavs. This was a WASPy suburb, far enough up the Chicago-Northwestern line that there was a rookery for great blue herons just outside of town and, a little bit further north, a lake popular with hunters. It was simply that in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as language offerings were expanded at the school, Russian language—and a young, dynamic teacher—became part of the mix. The teacher rode a motorcycle and listened to the Doobie Brothers and kids loved him. There were even those who weren't studying Russian who would hang around the Russian club.
Forward pass
While the big bird roasted in the oven, we went out on our parcel of land where the suburbs meet the farmlands under the wide-open Midwestern sky—blue and fragile like porcelain with the sun shining down on brilliant, sparkling snow—and we taught the Russians how to play football. The teams were six-on-seven. There was Stas and his friend Anton from Leningrad and the twins Anton was staying with. There was my high school buddy Joe and his brother and my brother and two of his friends and a future brother-in-law. We offered up tips as we struggled through knee-deep powder for an end run: forward pass and lateral and tackle the receiver before he scores.
Stas took that last lesson to heart. He didn't wait for Joe to catch the pass. He saw him high-stepping it into the clear so he ran after him and wrapped his arms around Joe's waist and took him down. Anton piled on. We refined the lessons about rules over the course of the game. Winning wasn't really the point, was it? The point was more to share the exuberance of being alive to run and throw and play. The point was the conversation that my younger brother and Stas had in a quieter time: about how absurd it seemed that they might ever be fighting one another in a war.
One of the reasons that this Thanksgiving is so memorable to me is that it offers a reminder. There are these things that we do right. There is good that can be done in the world. Bringing people together face to face across continents and histories. Undoing the injustices of decades of history. So act.
Does this sound too simple? No doubt. But I'll say it nonetheless because it is also easy to forget. Sometimes all we can notice is that today we roll the stone up the hill and the damn thing rolls right back down again. The forces of gravity conspire against us. Why even try? But that's hardly the spirit of Thanksgiving. No, the spirit of Thanksgiving is in counting blessings. Start with those of the past year. Start with articulating hopes and aspirations and dreams.
As a postscript, I should note that soon after the breakup of the Soviet Union, some folks tried to kill the Russian language program at our high school. The families that had participated in the exchange with Leningrad rallied to save the program, but only for a few years. They stopped teaching Russian a while back. French, German, Spanish, and Latin are still on the schedule. As is Chinese I, II, and III. That's not surprising; it seems in keeping with the turning of political and economic wheels. And across the street from the school is the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, the testing lab for the most researched sports drink on the planet, they say. But that's another story.


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What sort of bizarre voodoo do I have to do to get this thing to connect to a wireless connection? I'm using a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router and I haven't been able to get anything to work. Usually I use a WPA connection, so I switched to a WEP connection with a 128bit passphrase, but that wouldn't connect. I tried converting that passphrase to hex but and inputing that as a hex password as I saw suggested somewhere but that didn't work either (I'm a bit out of my water on this one, because I've rarely play around with WEP). I have also tried changing channels between 11,6,1 and others and that has not worked. Amazingly, even when I disabled the security completely, I could still not get a connection. For a moment I thought that maybe it was a hardware fault, so I tried another one that I ordered for a friend, but that one didn't work either.
I am simply at a loss. I've set up wireless networks numerous times and I don't understand what the problem is. It simply doesn't work, at least, not with this router. If it is just this router, well that really shouldn't happen, considering that it's likely the most popular consumer router in Canada (and perhaps the USA). The extreme difficulties I've had with getting this to work with such a simple, VITAL task has given me serious concerns with the long term viability of the OLPC project. Wireless is one of the absolute key features of this device, and you'd think that this device would be tested again and again with many different setups to ensure compatibility. If I can't get this thing to work, the chances of a child or average, untechy teacher to be able to get it to work are very low, and that's not good at all.
I know I'm not alone on this. This person for example, had a huge amount of issues as well.
I'll be taking this to work tomorrow to put on the newest version of the OS with a USB key. Hopefully that solves things. If anyone else has some advice in the meantime though, I'd graciously accept some ideas.


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Zambezi River demersal species
Last updated over 6 years ago
These species are native to the Zambezi River and her tributaries in Africa. The Zambezi is the fourth largest river on the continent and drains to the Indian Ocean. The fishes in this list are drawn from an Ecosystem species search, available from our partner, FishBase.
See the articles tab below for a detailed description of the habitat, courtesy of our partner, the Encyclopedia of Earth
-C.Michael Hogan. 2012. ''Zambezi River. Encyclopedia of Earth, National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC ed. Mark McGinley; ed.in-chief Cutler J.Cleveland
-Fishbase. 2010. Species in Zambezi.


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Fabio Cannavaro has defended his brother Paolo after he was banned for six months for not reporting an instance of match-fixing.
Ex-Italy goalkeeper Matteo Gianello was also suspended for 39 months by the Italian Football Federation for trying to fix Napoli's clash against Sampdoria in 2010.
And the World Cup winner insists that his sibling is innocent and, at a charity event in Naples, suggested that sporting law in the country should be changed.
"I was very sorry he had to be involved in this story, he is a white knight in a game full of scandals," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"Sporting law should be reformed in order to better judge cases like his.
"I had two titles taken away from me, so I know how it feels at times like this because it feels like one is the victim of an injustice."


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The Legend of 1900
|Giuseppe Tornatore
|Fine Line Features; unrated; 110 minutes
|Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Bill Nunn
The Legend of 1900 is Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore's first English-language work. Staged aboard an ocean liner, it concerns a foundling named 1900. His adoptive ship-worker dad dies suddenly, leaving 1900 to the ship, and it is here he lives and grows, awing passengers with his skills as a piano prodigy. The movie flits between magical realism, fairy tale, and historical piece. 1900 (Tim Roth) experiences the century's advances completely on-board. One of the dramatic peaks occurs when he falls in love and must decide whether to venture on land (for the first time ever) or remain alone on the ship that is his home.
Roth is good as 1900, especially when dueling pianos with flamboyant Jelly Roll Morton (Clarence Williams III). Ennio Morricone contributes an accomplished soundtrack. The film is dreamy and often very beautiful, but, as a cerebral attempt at Titanic grandeur, is goes awash in its own hazily realized pretensions.


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Friday, August 05, 2011
Reagan In The Digest!
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aww, miggy, of COURSE you read the digest. you are old school in a good way like that! haha.ReplyDelete
i miss you, i'm still bummed you were in NYC for the entire duration of our european holiday. come back soon.
and thanks for speaking so sweetly of the article. I loved it too. the writer did a great job. remember a few of those scary ICU episodes? you were there with me for some of them! I'll never forget that, miggs!
- Linda P.10:19 AM
Out of town for a bit. Playing catch up! I love Reagan, Jake, and sweet little Pippy J! I am a regular reader/commenter on her "blob." I believe that I was first introduced to your sweet family, Miggy, through a blog post somewhere in which you two interviewed each other. My parents give me Reader's Digest for a Christmas gift every year, and I LOVE that magazine!ReplyDelete


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Two children are without their mother after police say a Hamshire man shot her multiple times in the 156000 block of Heckaman Loop in Hamshire, Texas.
According to a press release, at approximately 10:44 a.m., a man advised police his next door neighbor had just come to the front door and admitted to shooting his girlfriend.
Jefferson County Sheriff spokesman Rod Carroll said the suspect tried to give his children, twins around three years old, to his neighbor who locked the door and called 911, shaken at the sight of the man's bloodied children.
"It scared the hell out him," Carroll said.
Police were able to track the suspect — a man they later identified as James Martin Chaney, 44, of Hamshire — to a local gas station where he was taken into custody without incident. Chaney's two children were found inside the vehicle unharmed.
Police later found the children's mother, Tina Gail Aubey, 42, of Hamshire, deceased inside the home with multiple gunshot wounds.
Chaney was arraigned Friday, May 24 and is currently in the Jefferson County Jail on a $2 million bond.
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Guest Contributor
It's the elephant in the room.
Almost all of Tiger Wood's rumored infidelities are with white
women. No one is saying it, but everyone is showing it, by repeatedly
displaying the multiple images of the multiple women. "Tiger likes
white women" can be "said" without being "said." Journalists don't
want to say it because we aren't supposed to care what color a person's
partners are anymore. But of course we sill care and the journalists
know that!
Tiger Woods is an interesting personality when it comes to race. He
was lauded by some and treated with skepticism by others for his
insistent refusal to identify as "just black." He vigorously claimed
his multiracial heritage. He famously told Oprah the name he had given
himself "Cablinasian" a designation so individual so as to make it not
a reference to a group, but just to himself. Tiger was "post-racial"
before post-racial was cool.
So, what are we to make of this racial performance? It is a show so old that even thinking about it is exhausting. Americans fear of and fascination with the idea of Black men having sexual desire for white women has a long and miserable history in the United States. It is tied to lynching. It is tied to sexism and racism at the same time. It is tied to stereotypes of black hyper-sexuality and animalistic lust. It is tied to the fall from grace of more than one public figure.
One way of interpreting this media spectacle is to consider how
Tiger's infidelities might be seen in certain quarters as evidence that
no matter how assimilated and clean cut a black man might seem, there
is always the danger that underneath it all he is little more than a
walking stereotype. That is what the always incendiary Rush Limbaugh
has said about the Tiger Woods affair(s). This is a particularly
dramatic moment for such an image to come to the fore of American
culture, right as the country's collective love affair with President
Obama is increasingly strained over the war, the recession, and health
Given how frequently Americans have fallen out of love with a black
hero, and how often it has been through the association of said heroes
with stereotypes, we have to wonder if Barack Obama, a politician who
was called "The Tiger Woods" of politics by some, is suffering from
some questions about whether his "true colors" are going to show. After
all, gossip rags have been running stories claiming that Obama has a
secret white female or male lover. It Is hard to imagine such stories
having truth, given the eager mudslinging in Washington, it would have
been quite a feat to prevent evidence of such affairs from leaking. I
think the rumors say more about our latent fears than any reality.
But with respect to the Tiger Woods fiasco on the other hand, there
is very good evidence supporting the claim that he was not only a
cheater, but a sloppy one. His indiscretion reveals either naivete,
stupidity or a delusional sense of his power over the women with whom
he was involved. And I think, without getting into the mind and heart
of Tiger Woods, the parade of women, the parade of white women, if
nothing else says, we are far from post racial.
A man who identifies as a member of three non-white racial groups, but appears to have little to no sexual desire (and who appears to act on his every sexual desire) for women of any of those non-white racial groups is a product of history whether he likes it or not. From the 18th through mid 20th century, standards of idealized white beauty were promulgated around the world, and those standards of beauty reflected the ideology of white supremacy that was used to justify the domination and exploitation of non-white people.
We live with the residue of that
history in our ongoing beauty cultures and ideals, not just in the
United States but in many places around the world. Even though
individual women of color have become beauty icons, the normative ideal
remains white and blonde and blue-eyed. I am sure some readers will
respond, "Tiger just has a type, it isn't racial." Well, with the
exception of two who look like his wife, all of the women actually look
very different. What unifies them is their race. That's his type: white.
(There is the one counter example of Jaimee Grubbs, a half Native
American woman who claims to have had an affair with Woods. Grubbs grew
up on a Colville Indian Reservation, and reportedly has given
interviews in which she has shared her racist stereotypes about, and
disaffection for Native Americans. But I digress.)
That said, I would never suggest that Tiger Woods has any obligation
to display any racial loyalty to any of the racial groups to which he
belongs. I think those politics are not useful. Performing loyalty
when it isn't felt, is both sad and lacks meaning. Nor do I think
loyalty is necessarily displayed through sexual partnerships. There are
many people who have been of service to their communities while
partnering interracially and many who have partnered with people of
their group and been a destructive force within that group.
Tiger Woods has and should continue to be with women he finds attractive (although ideally without the lying and cheating). But our collective fascination with that collective of women, and his own fascination with them, is yet another sign that our racial past continues to impact our racial present.
Imani Perry, PhD, JD is an author and professor at Princeton University's Center for African American Studies (CAAS).


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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interim government says clashes on Saturday between police and supporters of the country's ousted president killed 79 people.
The government tally, released Sunday and carried by Egypt's official MENA news agency, brings death toll of four days of violence in the country to 888 people killed.
The clashes started Wednesday when security forces backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and snipers swept through two main encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo. The 12-hour street battle sparked violence nationwide for days.
Morsi was forced out of power by the military on July 3 after millions took to the streets to demand he step down.


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How LASIK Works
LASIK is performed in an outpatient surgical setting, with the patient reclining under
a surgical device called an excimer laser.
First, your eye is made numb with a few drops of topical anesthetic. An eyelid holder, called a speculum, is placed between the eyelids to keep them open and prevent you from blinking. A suction ring placed on your eye lifts and flattens the cornea and prevents your eye from moving.
You may feel pressure from the eyelid holder and suction ring, similar to a finger pressed firmly on your eyelid. From the time the suction ring is placed on your eye until it is removed, vision appears dim or goes black.
The surgeon then creates a hinged flap of paper-thin corneal tissue using an automated microsurgical device, either a laser or an instrument called a microkeratome blade. The corneal flap is lifted and folded back.
The excimer laser, which has been preprogrammed with measurements specifically for your eye, is then centered above your eye. You will look at a special pinpoint of light (called a fixation light or target light) while the laser sculpts the exposed corneal tissue.
After the laser has reshaped your cornea, the surgeon replaces the flap in position and smoothes the edges without placing any stitches. Your corneal flap will never adhere to the surface of the eye with quite the same strength it did prior to the surgery, so there is a rare but possible risk of the flap becoming displaced with sufficient force.
After surgery, you should avoid rubbing the eye, which may cause the flap to shift out of place. To help protect the cornea as it heals, the surgeon may place a transparent protective shield over your eye. The shield may only be needed at night to prevent you from rubbing the eye during sleep.
You should arrange to have someone take you home after the surgery. Taking a nap or simply relaxing for the rest of the day is recommended. Usually your vision will be clear enough to drive to the follow-up visit the next day.
The doctor may advise waiting several days before you resume a normal work schedule. The doctor should advise you on how long you should wait before resuming sports, exercise, or strenuous activity.
After LASIK surgery, you will receive eyedrops to help prevent infection and inflammation during the healing process and to alleviate dryness. You must be sure to follow any instructions from your doctor and return for follow-up appointments as directed.
Bear in mind that it may take three to six months for vision to stabilize completely. All LASIK patients should ask their doctors for a record of their pre-LASIK correction prescription. This information is important for you to give to the doctor who may perform a future cataract surgery or other eye disease diagnosis and treatment.


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A property line change involves moving the property boundary between your property and the property next to yours. Most often, our customers want to move the property line of a single-family house.
You may want to move your property line to:
You cannot create a new lot by moving your property line.
You need a Land Use / Master Use Permit - Plat permit to make changes to your property line.
You need to show us that moving your property line will still maintain lots which conform to our land use rules in the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) and our building codes.
If your property is in a single-family zone (SF5000, SF7200, or SF9600), you need to follow the rules below. For complete requirements, consult the land use code (SMC 23.44).
If your lot is in zone other than single-family, we may have different rules for you to follow; consult our land use code or ask our land use planners.
Minimum lot size. The minimum lot size depends on which single-family zone your house is in.
Minimum yards. Your single-family house can't be too close to the property line.
Parking and access. Your single-family lot must meet our rules for parking and car access to your property. Usually, we require you to maintain the property's parking spaces and access to them. At a minimum, we require one parking space per lot.
Regulations that govern environmentally critical areas. If your single-family lot is in an environmentally critical area, you must have a survey that delineates the area on a drawing when you apply for a lot boundary adjustment. We may have other requirements.
Utility service. Your single-family lot must meet our minimum levels of service for water, sewer, power, and fire access.
Fire separation between buildings. If you're moving your property line, the line's new location should be at least 5 feet from your single-family home, garage, and related buildings. In most cases, your buildings' walls and eaves must be fire rated if they are less than 5 feet from your property line's new location.
A licensed surveyor usually creates the documents for your lot boundary adjustment application. In some cases, you may create them if you can develop scaled drawings with lot lines, bearings, right-of-way information, building and lot line dimensions, and location of all utility services and trees.
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I was a tiny bit disturbed by this week's BSI ingredient. Broccoli doesn't usually find its way into my cart. It's not that I hate it. At one time it was a favorite. For a couple of years I ate broccoli almost every day, sometimes twice a day. I think it was a lifetime's worth of broccoli for the average person. When this long broccoli binge wore off I never wanted to look at broccoli again. But I must admit I really enjoyed eating these cornflake encased broccoli dippers – the perfect vessel for the thick and creamy, spicy cheese sauce.
To make them the broccoli 'trees' are dipped into egg and then into cornflake crumbs and baked rather than fried. I like to leave some of the stalk on for holding on to when you dip. While the trees are cooking make the cheese sauce. The jalapeno is very mild, you can grill it first to bring out a little more heat or omit it all together.
This week's BSI (Blogger Secret Ingredient) is broccoli, chosen and hosted by the very sweet Chaya of Chaya's Comfy Cook. Chaya is fairly new to blogging. If you haven't paid her a visit stop by and say hi. She has been cooking up a storm of delicious food.
Crispy Broccoli Dippers and Cheese Sauce
(by Reeni)
Fresh broccoli (about 1 and 1/2 pounds)
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
Sea salt and fresh pepper
2/3 cup cornflake crumbs
Cheese Sauce:
1 jalepeno, minced, seeds and ribs removed
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
2/3 cup whole milk
8 ounces extra sharp white cheddar cheese, shredded or cubed
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Wash and dry the broccoli. Cut the broccoli head apart into stalks. In a small bowl whisk the egg and milk. Season with salt and pepper. In another small bowl add the cornflake crumbs. Spray a large baking sheet with non-stick spray. Dip the ends of the broccoli into the eggs and then into the cornflake crumbs one by one. Set on baking sheet. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes until crispy and broccoli is tender.
While the broccoli is baking start the cheese sauce. In a small saucepan saute the jalepeno and garlic in a bit of olive oil until soft and tender. Season with salt and pepper. Add the butter, melt and add the flour. Whisk until well combined. Let cook for about two minutes. Slowly whisk in milk. Bring just to a simmer and then add half the cheese. Whisk until melted and add the rest of the cheese. Whisk again until all the cheese is melted and sauce starts to thicken, about 2 to 3 minutes. Taste and season again with salt and pepper if needed. Remove from heat and serve with the crispy broccoli.


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Economic Reports and Events This Week
U.S. Domestic: Eastern Time Zone (GMT -5:00) (New York, Toronto)
Aug 26
8:30 AM Durable Orders Jul Aug 26
8:30 AM Durable Goods -ex transportation Jul
Aug 27
9:00 AM Case-Shiller 20-city Index Jun Aug 27
10:00 AM Consumer Confidence Aug
Aug 28
7:00 AM MBA Mortgage Index 08/24 Aug 28
10:00 AM Pending Home Sales Jul Aug 28
10:30 AM Crude Inventories 08/24
Aug 29
8:30 AM Initial Claims 08/24 Aug 29
8:30 AM Continuing Claims 08/17 Aug 29
8:30 AM GDP - Second Estimate Q2 Aug 29
8:30 AM GDP Deflator - Second Estimate Q2 Aug 29
10:30 AM Natural Gas Inventories 08/24
Aug 30
8:30 AM Personal Income Jul Aug 30
8:30 AM Personal Spending Jul Aug 30
8:30 AM PCE Prices - Core Jul Aug 30
9:45 AM Chicago PMI Aug Aug 30
9:55 AM Michigan Sentiment - Final Aug
International: ET (Toronto/New York) (GMT -5)
Sunday, August 25, 2013
18:45 NZD Trade Balance (JUL)
18:45 NZD Balance (YTD) (JUL)
Monday, August 26, 2013
08:30 USD Durable Goods Orders (JUL) ***
08:30 USD Durables Ex Transportation (JUL)
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
01:00 JPY Small Business Confidence (AUG)
04:00 EUR German IFO - Business Climate (AUG)
04:00 EUR German IFO - Current Assessment (AUG)
04:00 EUR German IFO - Expectations (AUG)
10:00 USD Consumer Confidence (AUG) ***
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
GBP Nationwide House Prices n.s.a. (AUG)
CNY Leading Index (JUL)
02:00 CHF UBS Consumption Indicator (JUL)
02:00 EUR German GfK Consumer Confidence Survey (SEP)
10:00 USD Pending Home Sales (JUL)
19:50 JPY Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (AUG 23)
19:50 JPY Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (AUG 23)
19:50 JPY Retail Trade (JUL)
19:50 JPY Large Retailers' Sales (JUL)
21:00 AUD HIA New Home Sales (JUL)
21:00 NZD NBNZ Business Confidence (AUG)
Thursday, August 29, 2013
03:55 EUR German Unemployment Change (AUG) ***
03:55 EUR German Unemployment Rate s.a. (AUG) ***
08:00 EUR German Consumer Price Index (AUG P) ***
08:00 EUR German Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonised (AUG P) ***
08:30 USD Gross Domestic Product (Annualized) (2Q S)
08:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims (AUG 23)
08:30 USD Personal Consumption (2Q S)
08:30 USD Gross Domestic Product Price Index (2Q S)
08:30 USD Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (2Q S)
18:45 NZD Building Permits (JUL)
19:05 GBP GfK Consumer Confidence Survey (AUG)
19:15 JPY Nomura/JMMA Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index (AUG)
19:30 JPY Household Spending (JUL)
19:30 JPY Jobless Rate (JUL)
19:30 JPY National Consumer Price Index (JUL) ***
19:30 JPY National Consumer Price Index Ex-Fresh Food (JUL)
19:30 JPY National Consumer Price Index Ex Food, Energy (JUL)
19:50 JPY Industrial Production (JUL P)
21:30 AUD Private Sector Credit (JUL)
Friday, August 30, 2013
01:00 JPY Housing Starts (JUL)
01:00 JPY Annualized Housing Starts (JUL)
02:00 EUR German Retail Sales (JUL)
03:00 CHF KOF Swiss Leading Indicator (AUG)
04:30 GBP Net Consumer Credit (JUL)
04:30 GBP Mortgage Approvals (JUL)
05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Confidence (AUG F)
05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Unemployment Rate (JUL)
05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index Estimate (AUG)
05:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index - Core (AUG A) ***
08:30 CAD Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Annualized (2Q) ***
08:30 CAD Gross Domestic Product (JUN) ***
08:30 USD Personal Income (JUL)
08:30 USD Personal Spending (JUL)
08:30 USD Personal Consumption Expenditure Core (JUL)
09:45 USD Chicago Purchasing Manager (AUG)
09:55 USD U. of Michigan Confidence (AUG F)
Notice: The Bastiat Group, Inc. has attempted to verify the information contained in this calendar, however, any aspect of such info may change without notice. Foreign economic reports included in this list are only those deemed "medium to high impact".
Key Earnings Announcements This Week:
Monday, August 26, 2013
Before: QIHU During: -
After: ANFI, CO
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Before: BMO, BNS, BWS, DLIA, DCI, DSW, ISS, LDK, MOV, RGS, SAFM, SXI, SBLK, TIF
During: -
After: ARAY, ADEP, AVAV, AVGO, CCUR, HEI, KEQU, TIVO, WTSL, WMS, WDAY
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Before: AMAP, CHS, EDAP, EXPR, GMAN, JOY, KUTV, LTXC, OTIV, PTNR, RNA, SFL, ZLC
During: SDRL
After: ACET, CWST, DLA, EGAN, TFM, GES, NED, PRCP, GAME, SWS, TLYS, GROW, WSM
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Before: FLWS, ATV, BRLI, CPB, MY, NPD, COCO, FRED, GLNG, GRVY, LRN, MAGS, MEI, PLL, RY, SIG, WPPGY
During: CSTM
After: AMSWA, ALOT, BEBE, BONA, ESL, KKD, LTRX, MITL, OVTI, PSUN, CRM, SCVL, SPLK
Friday, August 30, 2013
Before: FRO, YGE
During: -
After: -
Note: All economic numbers and earnings reports are in line with those compiled by Briefing.com. Occasionally changes will occur that are made after the posting of this column and some companies have not confirmed their time, so always double check when taking positions overnight during earnings season! (?) = Not yet confirmed at the time the list was compiled.


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Long before Rahm Emanuel presented city workers with a Sophie's choice of layoffs or work-rule changes, a Chicago mayor and municipal employees dared each other to blink.
In 1980, neither Jane Byrne nor the Chicago Firefighters Union did.
The result was the city's first and only firefighters strike, which left the city with minimal fire protection and ambulance service for the 23 days of a walkout whose bitter echoes reverberate through the Tribune's archives.
Attending a 20th reunion of strikers, a Tribune reporter noted: "Even today, fliers for invitations to retirement parties are marked with B.O.B., to make it clear that only strikers are welcome."
The initials stand for "Brotherhood of the Barrel," a reference to the makeshift heaters that picketers used to warm themselves during a Chicago winter.
From Feb. 14 to March 7, Chicago's 4,350 firefighters were like families divided during the Civil War, when brother fought brother. There were angry confrontations through firehouse windows between strikers and scabs.
A reporter witnessed a picketer busting three windows, "two with his own hands." Two striking firemen later were convicted of arson for setting fire to an empty apartment building.
Carol Moseley Braun, then a state representative, watched an improvised crew fight a fire across from her South Side office.
"People were screaming and jumping out windows," she said. "Those firemen didn't know what they were doing."
During the strike, 24 people died in fires in Chicago. How many of them died because of the walkout will never be known.
For residents, it was a horror show of the mayor's making, as Tribune columnist Bob Wiedrich noted: "Mayor Byrne created her own Frankenstein."
Running for office, she'd promised firefighters an innovation — a written contract — but hadn't fulfilled the promise.
Byrne vowed to fire strikers, marking her resolve Chicago-style: "No fix, no clout, nothing will put them back." The city rushed half-trained recruits and city truck crews onto the rigs.
In the end, Rev. Jesse Jackson nudged the two sides back to the bargaining table. The firefighters got the contract promised. Best of all, they got back to what is for them not a trade, but a calling:
"I've pulled babies out of burning buildings," one striker said. "And I've been in those abandoned warehouses that just happened to catch on fire and your foot sinks through the rotten floor and you just about disappear for good. I love the job."
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Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather said Sunday that President Barack Obama's opponents want to politically "cut his heart out and throw his liver to the dogs."
Rather's descriptive analysis came during "The Chris Matthews Show" on NBC. Obama has been on a so-called "charm offensive" to try to foster better relations with Republicans.
"All of these things we've said about what the president could do, should do, might have, could have, but the central thing to keep in mind is his opponents — you talk about taking them out to dinner, making nice with them — these people politically want to cut his heart out and throw his liver to the dogs. That does make it very, very difficult to come on nice to them," Rather said.
"Yeah, it causes indigestion over dinner don't you think?" Matthews cracked.
NewsBusters flagged the clip:
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February 12. 2013 8:23PM
White Mountains school fixes supported by area politicians
By SARA YOUNG-KNOX
Special to the Union Leader
WHITEFIELD - Supporters of the proposed renovation projects at White Mountains Regional High School are getting some help from local and regional political leaders.
District 1 Executive Councilor Ray Burton, District 1 state Sen. Jeff Woodburn (D-Dalton), and state Reps. Marcia Hammon (D-Whitefield), Herb Richardson (R-Lancaster), and Leon Rideout (R-Lancaster), have expressed their support for the project, which includes an $18 million addition to the Arthur T. Paradise Career and Technical Education Center and $4.3 million in renovations for the high school. Video of their remarks is available at investinourfuture.me..
The $18 million cost would be offset by $13.5 million from the State Career and Technical Education funds. The remainder of that could be eligible for the 56 percent in regular state building aid.
The local property owners' share for the high school renovation project's cost would be 44 percent, or about $1.9 million, with the rest covered by the 56 percent state school building aid. If the district is unsuccessful in getting state air for either project, neither goes forward. The elected officials are betting on the future and doing it through the internet, due to the efforts of Montagne Communications. Montagne is performing the public informational service as a member of the design/build team contracted with the school district for the project. Other team members are Daniel Hebert, Inc., Warrenstreet Architects, Yeaton Associates, Horizons Engineering, TFMoran Inc, and RPF Associates Inc.
In the video, Rep. Richardson said, "I don't believe you'll see the funding again," saying the CTE is very important and noting that the windows in the high school date back to 1966-67.
Councilor Burton said, "I know this is only going to enhance responsibilities and opportunities in this career technical education center." He urged people to take a good look, "as is the North Country way," but hoped that people will conclude that this a program that is worthwhile.
State Rep. Marcia Hammon said: "We are at the very end of the funding process. We've been delayed in this northern part of the state, and this is the last time that we will be able to have the state supply matching funds." She also said, "We will not be able to apply for this for another 20 years, and even then it's not certain that there will be any matching funds."
Sen. Woodburn said, "We need some young people to stay in the North Country, and it is absolutely vital for a community to be successful to have young people in the area."
Woodburn said the CTE can help those who wish to stay find what they love to do and then make a living from it.
Scott Trachmontagne of Montagne Associates said residents' reactions have been positive. He also said they're trying to get the word out to every voter, and then let them make up their own mind.
"We recognize that voters want information," he said.
The high school serves the students of Dalton, Carroll, Jefferson, Lancaster and Whitefield.
Plans for the projects are available at
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Range's Favorite Posts of 2010
We recently bought a duplex in Urbana-Champaign, IL, and we had to face facts that we didn't have much space to work with. In essence, we had to be smart. My wife and I enjoy DIY projects and finding cheap ways of making our place look better. We're not afraid of getting our hands dirty. I love vintage and re-conditioned furniture, because so much of the older stuff still looks so good, once it's been nicely cleaned up. Here are some of my favorite posts for 2010.
My Favorite Posts from Re-Nest
- Green Style: Old Nightstand Turned Super Cool Desk: Hacking old furniture into something new is a must to repurpose some of the older stuff that you can find.
- From Luggage To Laptop Desk With Storage: Has there ever been a nicer laptop desk? I love the fact that old luggage was reused in this cool way.
- Flickr Find: Computer Monitor Dog Bed: This is definitely a cool way or reusing old computer monitors, albeit it won't fit large dogs, it still works.
- Product Review: Z-Bar LED Desk Lamp by Koncept: I've always liked this lamp and I might purchase it for my next home office setup. LEDs are the way to go for energy efficiency.
- The 5 Devices that Burn Through Your Power Bill: Once you're aware of these, it's easy to save some money on your power bill.
- A Green City Guide to Berlin: Although I've only been to Berlin once, I was born in Germany and lived there for 7 years. Berlin would be the city in which I'd love to live.
- 10 iPhone Apps For the Green Traveler: iPhone apps are the way to go to save money and make life a little better.
- The Best Energy-Efficient and Water-Saving Washing Machines : There are more and more choices in energy efficient washing machines and it's hard sometimes to know which are best.
- Your BFF Might Be Human But Ours Is A Vacuum!: When you have pets, vacuum cleaners are a lifesaver.
- Gorenje WA60125: A New Eco-Friendly Washing Machine: Gorenje makes some sweet washing machines, and this is one of their most energy efficient.
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Welcome to Re-Nest's end-of-year roundup!
We're making our way through 2010 and rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts. Also on deck during this time: the Re-Nest editors get personal in our "Meet the Team" series, a special group of guest bloggers share their green resolutions, and we go big with Green City Guides, from Montreal to Madison.
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A traditional trick used by carpenters can help you fit doors into almost any irregular opening.
By Carl Bilderback
Pages: 48-49
From the November 2010 issue # 186
Buy this issue now
Fitting inset doors into a face frame cabinet is a task that even veteran cabinetmakers would rather avoid. Unless the corners of the face frame are perfectly square, and the door's rails and stiles are straight, the usual procedure is often time consuming and frustrating.
You know the drill: Check all the corners of the face frame with your square, put a straightedge on the door's rails and stiles to check for any humps or hollows. Typically you discover that the frame has some problems. So you make the door with enough extra length and width to allow for fitting the door to the frame. At this point there are different ways to advance the process, but the bottom line is that with enough trying and fitting with a handplane you end up with a door that fits the frame with a nice equal margin on all four sides – maybe.
Some 25 or 30 years ago I read about a procedure usually used by carpenters called "The Ticking Stick Method" for fitting countertops and the like into spaces with irregular shapes and angles. This method is simplicity itself because it allows for a near-perfect fit using only a stick that has a long taper and a sharp point on one end, a piece of cardboard and a pencil. That's right – no square, no sliding bevel and no tape measure is required.
Although this article deals with fitting flush cabinet doors to the face frame, this system is adaptable to solve many other problems that you may encounter.
Article: Read Carl Bilderback's article on how to install a Dutchman.
Web site: Visit the web site of the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association.
Video: Want more explanation of how ticking sticks work? Watch this free video from the editors.
In our store: The "Fine Art of Cabinetmaking" by James Krenov will help get you started building cabinets.
From the November 2010 issue # 186
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STOCKTON - A combined local, state and federal law enforcement task force armed with search and arrest warrants swooped down on the notorious Norte�o street gang Monday morning, making seven arrests and confiscating weapons, ammunition and drugs, authorities said.
STOCKTON - A combined local, state and federal law enforcement task force armed with search and arrest warrants swooped down on the notorious Norte�o street gang Monday morning, making seven arrests and confiscating weapons, ammunition and drugs, authorities said.
"This group was identified through Operation Ceasefire as a hyperactive gang out in our city committing violent crimes and using gun violence. When we were out at one location, neighbors actually came out and were clapping, giving our officers a thumbs up," Stockton Police Department spokesman Officer Joe Silva said.
Monday's operation was the result of an ongoing investigation into the criminal activities of the Norte�o criminal street gang. Earlier this year, Silva said, one of the gang members attended a call-in as part of Operation Ceasefire.
"He heard loud and clear the message of Operation Ceasefire from clergy, the community and law enforcement, and that message is: Put down the guns, stop the shootings, stop the violence," Silva said.
"This member did not take the call-in seriously and did not spread the word to his gang, because they were the first group after the call-in that continued with the shootings in our city," Silva said.
"If you get on board and follow the program, the community and the clergy are there to help," Silva said. "But if you don't, then law enforcement is going to come in and basically drop a hammer on your head like we did today during this gang sweep."
Coordinated by the Stockton department's Gang Violence Suppression Unit, local officers partnered with Lodi and Manteca police, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, the county District Attorney's Office, the California Highway Patrol, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Division of Adult Parole and Special Services Unit, the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Marshal's Task Force and Homeland Security. In all, about 50 officers were involved in Monday's effort.
Law enforcement officers went to nine locations around the city, resulting in the arrests of the following people Monday, all on suspicion of narcotics, weapons, gang and conspiracy charges:
� Raymond Blair, 19, in the 1700 block of Silver Creek Circle
� Joel Gapusan, 28, in the 5100 block of Gadwall Circle
� Tom Hancock, 47, in the 7400 block of Larkspur Lane
� Christopher Ramirez, 23, in the 1600 block of Roselawn Avenue
� Gilbert Rodriguez, 26, in the 2300 block of Brandywine Circle
� Mark Van Dunk Jr., 24, and Mark Van Dunk Sr., 49, in the 2600 block of Warren Avenue
Items seized included three semiautomatic pistols, two high-capacity magazines, one rifle, ammunition, 41/2 ounces of suspected methamphetamine and gang attire, officials said.
"This is just another furtherance of our commitment to give back these neighborhoods to the good citizens of Stockton," Silva said.
"It was good to see the neighbors happy. The community is fed up with the violent crime," he said. "We feel between the community and the Police Department we are laying a very strong foundation to start eradicating crime in our neighborhoods."
Contact reporter Joe Goldeen at (209) 546-8278 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/goldeenblog.


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One More Benefit of Local Food
A farmer sings the praises of having non-farmers close at hand.
Rio+20: A Defining Choice
How can we create an economy that serves the health and well-being of both people and the planet? Follow the Earth's lead.
The Other Side of Gainful Unemployment
The downsides of doing it all.
What Comes Next?: Building on Occupy and the 99% Spring
Many movements, many similar messages. What could the increasing cooperation between protesters mean for the future of the 99 percent?
Lessons for Building Lively Local Economies
Grace Boggs on what she learned at the 2012 BALLE conference.
The Perks of Being Gainfully Unemployed
Is job security real security? Shannon Hayes makes the case for diversifying your income.
How Small Groups Can Power Big Change
Progressive social movements don't often take inspiration from conservative megachurches. But their lessons about organizational structure may be worth a second look.
Why This May Day Matters
This year, the day is about occupying the space and the time to create a different world.
A Plea for Rio+20: Don't Commodify Nature
David Korten: Indigenous wisdom reveals a path to the future that does not include a buy-out of the earth's natural systems.
Radical Homemaking … In the South of France?
Shannon Hayes: Do radical homemaking and foreign travel mix?
ALEC Retreats, Sort Of
Following activist pressure and corporate defections, ALEC says it's dropping its Stand Your Ground and voter ID efforts. So what comes next?
What to Make of the ALEC Exodus
What the corporate departures mean—and don't.
How to Fix Health Care Without the Mandate
Why truly affordable care means single-payer.
What We Owe Adrienne Rich
The late poet was a patriot who wrestled for the soul of her country.
When Bankers Rule the World
How we can call out the myths, restructure the banking system, shut down the con game, and take back America.
A World Bank President We Can Get Behind?
The candidates for next month's selection could finally change the game of serving markets over people—and we all might have a role to play.
Stand Your Ground to Stop the Violence
What can be done to stop needless violence like the killing of Trayvon Martin?
At the Crossroads of Climate and Food
What role do cities have in promoting climate-friendly food?
In Small Groups and Small Towns, Opposition to Citizens United Spreads
Ordinary, introverted Jennifer Robinson helped convince her town to officially oppose the Supreme Court decision. You can, too, with a little help from your friends.
Vermont Votes to Overturn Citizens United
From town meetings to the state legislature, Vermont is sending a strong message on corporate involvement in politics.
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Dance: Digital/Nondigital
Digital: Dora's Ballet Adventure, available at the iTunes store, $2.99 For pre-schoolers addicted to Dora the Explorer and pink tutus, there is "Dora's Ballet Adventure" app (for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad). Dora narrates her interactive story as she tries to get her dance slippers delivered in time for the big performance (even parents can relate to that). The app features songs, animation, reading and Spanish-language teaching. Nondigital: "The Red Shoes," http://www.criterion.com/films $31.96 Before "Black Swan," there was a dance film of another color, "The Red Shoes." It's too limiting, though, to put "The Red Shoes" in just one category. It is an all-round masterpiece. Produced, written and directed by Michael Powell and Emerich Pressburger, the 1948 film was a breakthrough for its design, cinematography, luscious Technicolor and the 20-minute, "Red Shoes" ballet. The movie's original negatives were repaired and restored in 2009, and this high-definition version is available on DVD and Blu-ray from Criterion Collection. Extras include a documentary on the making of the movie; a video interview with Powell's widow, Thelma Schoonmaker ( an Oscar-winning film editor); a collection of rare publicity stills; and more. And, of course, there are the unforgettable performances by Ballet Russes choreographer Léonide Massine and Moira Shearer — a ballerina and actress, who didn't have to be taught to do either. -- Laura Bleiberg
Nickelodeon; UCLA Film & Television Archive
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Panel exhibition that documents and illustrates critical figures and events while tracing the evolving concept of freedom from the founding of the United States through 1968. Among the highlights are a rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence; a secretly printed draft and official copy of the US Constitution; Lincoln's handwritten notes for several speeches; and letters by leading figures such as Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King Jr.
The saga of the Freedom Rides is an empowering story of courage and commitment. During the first year of John F. Kennedy's presidency, more than four hundred Americans participated in a dangerous experiment designed to awaken the nation's conscience. Despite two US Supreme Court decisions mandating the desegregation of interstate travel, racial integration was forbidden by law and custom in much of the Deep South.
In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson based the colonists' right to separate on the King's denial of their freedom—their "inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Yet for over 225 years, the principle of freedom and our understanding of its implications have evolved. The debates, decisions, and battles of our past shape the United States in which we live today. The exhibition invites the modern-day viewer into the lives of the men and women who forged this nation, whether they arrived in this land by choice or in chains.
Would you get on a bus to defend your ideals, even if it meant encountering violence? Fifty years ago, more than 400 ordinary Americans did. By 1960, two US Supreme Court decisions had ruled that requiring racial segregation in interstate travel was illegal. But the rulings were largely ignored in the South. To challenge this status quo, the Freedom Riders performed a simple act. They traveled into the segregated South in small interracial groups and sat where they pleased on interstate buses.
Welcome to the online exhibition of Freedom Riders created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in partnership with PBS's flagship history series, American Experience. It was created as a companion to the American Experience documentary "Freedom Riders."
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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury New York hotel in Midtown, near Chelsea Market
Popular property highlights
Located in Midtown, this luxury hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Chelsea Market and The High Line Park. Union Square and Empire State Building are also within 2 mi (3 km). 14 St. Station and 8 Av. Station are within a 5-minute walk.
Hotel Features
A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a nightclub are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include 6 bars/lounges, a 24-hour fitness center, and a poolside bar.
Room Amenities
All 314 rooms offer free WiFi, 24-hour room service, and LED TVs with cable channels. Smart TVs, minibars, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.
Languages Spoken
- English
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Dream Downtown features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include 6 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This luxury hotel also offers a nightclub, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- Rooftop terrace
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 6
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Restaurant
- Pool cabanas (surcharge)
- Year Built 2011
- Coffee shop or café
- Free WiFi
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Pool sun loungers
- Outdoor pool
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Nightclub
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Total number of rooms - 314
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Number of floors - 12
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Chinese
- French
- Italian
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Iron/ironing board
- Smart TV
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- In-room massage available
- In-room safe
- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
PH-D - Onsite rooftop bar.
Bodega Negra Cafe - This café serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare.
Cherry - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine.
Bodega Negra - This restaurant specializes in Mexican cuisine.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 99 per accommodation, per stay
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation. Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
- Resort fee: USD 19.95 per accommodation, per night
- Pool access
- Fitness center access
- Internet access
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 23.50 and USD 45 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: USD 75 per day
- Pet fee: USD 99 per accommodation, per stay
Hotel Name
- Downtown Dream
- Dream Downtown
- Dream Downtown Hotel
- Dream Downtown Hotel New York
- Dream Downtown New York
- Dream Downtown Hotel New York City
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Pool access available from 8 AM to 8 PM.Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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Washington DC Bottomless Mimosa Gourmet Brunch Cruise
Explore DC attractions from the supreme comfort of a luxury yacht, and with a glass in hand that's always at least half full. The Washington DC brunch cruise featuring bottomless mimosas, delightful entertainment and stunning sights is the perfect accent to your weekend.
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QuickBooks 2013 – Where Have the Colors Gone?
QuickBooks 2013 has an entirely new look and I have to admit there are many things about the product redesign that I really like, however, the biggest issue that I have with the redesign is the fact that Intuit has removed the ability to change the color scheme of the software.
Where oh where can my QuickBooks colors be, Intuit took them away from me…….ya, I know that sounds like a really bad rendition of an old song - but color is an important part of our daily lives and is said to influence our mood. What do you think of the new grey-on-grey look of the QuickBooks top icon bar?
Apparently Intuit is hearing all of the negative feedback on the lack of color and are proposing a change - if you would like to see what they are proposing (and I think it's pretty lame) take this survey at https://survey.intuit.com/survey/survey_page.cfmContinue reading
- The Great Debate – QuickBooks Desktop vs. QuickBooks Online
- Using Account Numbers in Your QuickBooks Chart of Accounts
- QuickBooks Creating a More Meaningful Payroll Expenses Section
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- Create a QuickBooks Job Cost Report With Hours & Payroll Costs
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- QuickBooks for Contractors Tip – Basics of Progress Invoicing
- QuickBooks Tip - Job Costing Starts With A Simple Item
- QuickBooks Tip-Creating a Functional Payroll Liabilities Section
- QuickBooks Tip: Important Facts About Items Left as Billable
- Welcome to the QuickBooks for contractors blog
- QuickBooks Tip-Handling Employee Reimbursements for Expenses
- QuickBooks Tip - Determing Cost of Goods Sold
- QuickBooks Tip - Handling Retainage
- How to Calculate & Display Retainage on an AIA G-702/G-703
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Passed away on Friday, August 3, 2007 at the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital in his 90th year. Bill, loving husband of the late Alice May WEATHERALL; dear father of Murray and Ellen LOCKHART, Jack and Donna LOCKHART, Don and Lynn LOCKHART, Doug and Janet LOCKHART, Marie and Lyle KENWELL, Dorothy and Ron BIRKWOOD, Connie and Allen MONTAGUE. Brother of Bonnie BLAKEY (the late Willard BLAKEY, and Henry CIRCAN,) Rose HUGHES (the late Goldwin UDELL, and Cyril HUGHES,) Thelma and Irving PYE, Fern and Cal PURDY, Barbara and Larry DOBSON and the late Myrtle LINDSEY. Cherished grandfather of 16 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. Visitation was be held on Sunday, August 5, 2007 at Fawcett Funeral Homes Collingwood Chapel. A funeral service took place in the chapel on Monday, August 6, 2007 at 2 p.m. Interment Trinity United Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Rob Roy United Church, Saint Paul's Anglican Church, Singhampton, or to the charity of the donor's choice. Friends may visit the on-line memorial at www.fawcettfuneralhomes.com
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LONDON (AP) — The editor of the Guardian said Tuesday his newspaper has published just 1 percent of the material it received from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, and denied the paper had placed lives or national security at risk.
Under questioning by lawmakers on Parliament's home affairs committee, Alan Rusbridger accused British authorities of trying to intimidate the newspaper, and warned of "national security being used as a trump card" to stifle debate.
The Guardian helped spark a global debate on privacy and security by publishing a series of stories based on leaks from Snowden disclosing the scale of telephone and Internet surveillance by spy agencies in the U.S. and Britain.
Rusbridger said the leak amounted to about 58,000 files, and the newspaper had published "about 1 percent" of the total.
"I would not expect us to be publishing a huge amount more," he said.
Government and intelligence officials have reacted angrily to the leaks, saying they compromised British security and aided terrorists. Britain's top three spy chiefs said last month that al-Qaida and other terror groups were "rubbing their hands in glee" in the wake of Snowden's leaks.
Several Conservative lawmakers have said the left-leaning Guardian should be prosecuted for breaching terrorism laws.
Rusbridger defended the newspaper's decision to publish the secret material. He said stories published by the Guardian, The Washington Post and others had prompted much-needed debate about the scale of intelligence activities and exposed the limits of regulatory laws drawn up in the pre-Internet era.
"There is no doubt in my mind ... that newspapers have done something that oversight has failed to do," he said.
Questioning by members of the all-party committee ranged from supportive to hostile, a sign of how deeply opinion is divided on the issue. Conservative lawmaker Michael Ellis asked whether the Guardian would have passed information to the Nazis during World War II, while the committee's Labour chairman, Keith Vaz, asked Rusbridger whether he loved his country.
"I'm slightly surprised to be asked the question," Rusbridger said, "but yes we (at the Guardian) are patriots, and one of the things we are patriotic about is the nature of democracy and the nature of a free press."
Rusbridger denied placing intelligence agents at risk, saying the Guardian had "made very selective judgments" about what to publish and hadn't revealed any names.
British police launched a criminal investigation into the leaks after detaining the partner of then-Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald at Heathrow Airport in August under terrorism legislation.
Rusbridger said he didn't know whether the Guardian was being investigated by police.
Assistant Chief Commissioner Cressida Dick told the committee London's police force was investigating possible breaches of terrorism laws and Britain's Official Secrets Act.
"It appears possible ... that some people may have committed offenses," she said, but declined to say whether the Guardian is under investigation.
Rusbridger said the Guardian had come under pressure from authorities in a way that would be "inconceivable" in the U.S., where journalists can rely on First Amendment protections of freedom of speech.
He cited pressure to stop the stories from Britain's top civil servant, politicians' calls for the newspaper to be prosecuted and a security agency threat to confiscate the Guardian's hard drives containing Snowden files. (Rusbridger destroyed the drives, having first sent copies of the documents abroad).
"I feel that some of this activity has been designed to intimidate the Guardian," Rusbridger said.
That sentiment was echoed in a letter to the parliamentary panel from the U.S.-based Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which said that "to the rest of the world, it appears that press freedom itself is under attack in Britain."
The letter was signed by U.S. media organizations including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Associated Press. It said it was "unwise and counterproductive to react to the reporting on disclosures from Edward Snowden by reflexively invoking security concerns to silence the press or to accuse a news organization of aiding terrorists simply by providing citizens with information they need to know."
Rusbridger said the Guardian would continue to publish responsibly.
"We're not going to be put off by intimidation, but nor are we going to behave recklessly," he said.
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All advice it welcome and appreciated! My son is 6 weeks old. I have tried to breastfeed since the start, but he was not getting enough so we began to supplement in the hospital (because he lost too much weight) and then again after a week and a half. I was seeing a lactation consultation because he was crying constantly and would nurse for 45 minutes (or more) on each side. So she suggested that I feed him for 20 minutes on each side and then give him an oz of formula. She also suggested that I pump for 20 minutes after that, but it was too painful, so I rarely did it. This worked for awhile, but he began crying and acting hungry more and more. The one oz turned into 2. I didn't want to give him so much formula, so I started nursing him on demand, which was constant. For the past 3 days he has nursed the majority of the day, literally. He is never satisfied. The first day when well and I only supplemented 4 oz. I assumed it would only get better, but it got worst. Yesterday, I had to give him 8 oz by the end of the day.. and that's after nurse for hours.
Sorry this is so long! Today I am at a crossroads. I think that I may start pumping exclusively to see if I can up my supply. When I pumped after feeding him I would get drops. Even if I pump without him eating, I still only get 1 oz most of the time. Oh yea.. I also think he has a bad latch because there is always a crease across my nipple, but I can't seem to get it to change. From my point of view, it looks like a good latch (whole nipple, lips out) I have tried fenugreek (it made him constipated) and am now drinking mothers milk.. it's kind of helping.
Any advice?? Is is possible I physically just can't make enough milk? Thank you for all advice. I feel like such a bad mom because he is always hungry.


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Pittsfield's Silver Lake, once tainted, ready for recreation
PITTSFIELD -- It's been the site of two significant oil spills. It's had garbage, sewage and PCBs dumped into it. It even caught fire in 1923.
But the 26-acre Silver Lake, historically one of the city's most polluted water bodies, is about to enter a new and unexpected chapter as a recreational area that supports activities like catch-and-release fishing, boating and ice skating.
Workers capped major PCB contamination in the lake bottom last fall. That procedure was one of the final tasks in the 16-year-old consent decree that required General Electric to clean up PCB contamination in Pittsfield.
The city will dedicate a pedestrian walkway along Silver Lake's eastern and northern shorelines on Friday, May 23, but the lake is available for recreational uses now, said Parks and Open Space Manager James McGrath.
"It's been successfully cleaned up and restored," said David Dickerson, the EPA's project manager for Silver Lake. "All the monitoring and data that we have since the restoration and capping were done shows that PCB levels are very low. They're not detectable in water."
Silver Lake contains sunfish, carp and largemouth bass among other species, but Dickerson said the EPA doesn't believe the fish are safe enough to eat due to the level of PCBs in their bodies.
"Because PCBs build up in the food chain, they tend to have a fair amount of PCBs in their tissues," Dickerson said. "Until sometime down the road when we see those levels fall below the safe level, we'll have a catch-and-release policy."
The remaining PCBs, which Dickerson said have been found only in sediment since the lake bottom was capped, do not pose a risk to swimming in Silver Lake. However, swimming is "discouraged" due to the lake's location in an urban area, McGrath said, citing language in an agreement between the city and the EPA that outlines Silver Lake's future recreational uses.
The bottom of Silver Lake is capped with a combination of sand and top soil that was mixed with water to create a slurry, Dickerson said. The top soil contains organic carbon, which Dickerson described as a "magnet" for attracting any PCBs that enter the water. The mixture was then spread along the bottom of the lake through pipes hooked to a barge that moved back and forth on the surface.
The mixture was spread at a minimum of 14 inches deep along the lake bed, but is deeper than that at "most locations," he said.
While growing up in Pittsfield, Mayor Daniel L. Bianchi remembers Silver Lake not freezing in the winter, changing colors from time to time, and sometimes being "steamy" in the fall and winter.
"My recollection is that it was a pretty surly place," he said.
He never thought the lake would be in the condition that it is in now.
"I think it's absolutely wonderful to have a nice lake in the middle of the city," Bianchi said.
Not everyone sees Silver Lake as a safe recreational site.
Jane Winn, the executive director of the Pittsfield-based Berkshire Environmental Action Team, doesn't believe capping the bottom of Silver Lake will be effective.
"I don't believe this cap will work," Winn said.
That scenario is supposed to prevent animals from burrowing into the lake bottom, she said.
"I'd be worried that it [the cap] won't last," Winn said. "But they will be monitoring water coming out of the lake, so hopefully we will know if there are still PCBs."
Dickerson said that so far testing reveals that the cap is working.
"I've worked on big PCB dredging projects and big PCB capping projects," Dickerson said. "There's no one-size-fits-all remedy. We're cautiously pleased with the results we've seen so far.
"Time will tell," he continued. "We'll continue to monitor. Right now everything is in the right place. We hope that will continue."
Winn was asked if she would go boating on Silver Lake.
"Gee, I'd probably go boating on it," Winn said. "But I grew up playing on the east branch of the Housatonic River where you could put a stick in there, wiggle it around, and get oil fumes coming up."
She wouldn't recommend boating on Silver Lake to other people.
"I would not want my children doing that," she said.
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