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The magic number for elimination from playoff contention for the defending East Division champions is one. So either a Burlington loss or a Pulaski Mariners victory means the Royals won�t return to the postseason.
Pulaski is in second place and still in position to catch the first-place Bluefield Blue Jays.
Kingsport�s 6-5 victory came despite 12 hits for the Royals (26-31), who have 10 games remaining.
Burlington held a 5-4 lead through five innings, but reliever Torey Deshazier (2-1) gave up a run in the sixth on Amed Rosario�s triple and the go-ahead run in the eighth on Eris Peguero�s one-out double.
The Royals threatened in the ninth when Kevin Kuntz supplied his third single of the game. He moved to second base on Andrew Ayers� sacrifice bunt, but Alfredo Escalera was out on a fly ball and pinch hitter Bobby Brown grounded out to end the game.
The Royals had two runners caught stealing and another thrown out trying to reach third base from first base on a single.
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That�s because the Durham Bulls� magic number for clinching the South Division title remained at three Monday night.
At Fort Mill, S.C., the Bulls dropped a 1-0 decision to the Charlotte Knights. The second-place Norfolk Tides won 7-2 against the Columbus Clippers at Columbus, Ohio.
In a ceremony before tonight�s Charlotte / Durham game at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the Bulls will retire the jersey number of former Durham player Chipper Jones.
Charlotte�s Andy Wilkins homered to lead off the bottom of the second inning for the only scoring to defeat the Bulls. Starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi (8-6) lasted seven innings, allowing four hits and striking out seven without issuing a walk.
The Bulls put up eight hits, with Cole Figueroa, Vince Belnome and Mike Fontenot notching two apiece. Belnome reached on a two-out single and pinch runner Kevin Kiermaier stole second before Fontenot struck out.
Belnome doubled and Fontenot followed with a single to start the second inning, but despite runners at first and third and no outs the Bulls didn�t score. Figueroa and Tim Beckham started the third innings with singles, but that threat ended when Ryan Roberts lined into a double play.

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Sneep will ensure experienced defensive depth. He is in his third year and has 102 games played with four goals and 23 assists. Texas needed the depth after losing Jordie Benn and Brenden Dillon to the Dallas Stars, likely both for the season. It's a good thing for them, but leaves Texas in a lurch. Max Fortunus, Tyler Sloan, Jamie Oleksiak, Patrik Nemeth, Gord Baldwin, Jace Coyle and Hubert Labrie were your remaining defensemen. Texas alternated between Labrie and Coyle being the scratch this past week, but was clearly not 100% on either.
Jason Iacona of Chirps from Center Ice, a Pens blog, had this to say about Sneep:
"[He is a] third year guy, not a liability by any means. He was just shuffled out of the system by the lockout / pedigree first year D-men. He was injured last season, upper body, and that plagued him this season getting shuffled out. He was temporarily sent to Wheeling to get games."The biggest news out of this trade is that it happened at all. Texas needed something to maintain their success, and Dallas made a move to help them out. That is a sign of a healthy ownership group in Big D and a health relationship between Texas GM Scott White and Dallas GM Joe Nieuwendyk.
Case in point, if you look back to last year, San Antonio got Jon Matsumoto thanks to a trade by the Panthers. That trade had no benefit to Florida but they made it to help their farm club. With solvent ownership, GM Joe can follow Dale Tallon's example and make the right moves to help both Dallas and Texas. Success now from the farm club ensures that the prospect in the system grow and mature in a winning environment.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
On neighbourly relations, and a feta and red onion tart
In late February Rosmariini wrote about a feta and red onion quiche that I simply had to make, and last night I did, with some small adaptations. I now have two favourite red onion pies - the feta and red onion tart here, and the Upside-down Red Onion Pie by Nigella. The original recipe uses a simple shortcrust pastry. I've recently found a pretty decent local puff pastry that I've been using (f. ex. for my salmon kulebyaka), so I opted for that, but feel free to use your favourite pâte brisée recipe (or use Pierre Hermé's Perfect Tart Dough that Chubby Hubby praises).
Peeling onions for this tart is the most difficult task, which is to say that it's supereasy and very flavoursome - the salty feta cheese and sweet honey and earthy oregano melding wonderfully together. Feta cheese and the abundant use of dried oregano gives this tart a very Greek feel, which suits me just well, as I love Hellenic food.
Thanks again, Rosmariini, for the inspiration!!
Feta and red onion tart
Serves 6
500 grams puff pastry
500 grams smaller red onions (peeled weight, that's about 650 grams unpeeled)
2 Tbsp olive oil (from the canned feta)
1 tsp dried oregano
1 Tbsp honey
salt and freshly ground black pepper
300 grams feta cubes in olive oil
2 eggs
200 ml single cream
fresh parsley to garnish
Peel the onions, cut into half and then into thin slices.
Drain some of the oil from feta cheese onto the heavy-bottomed frying pan. Heat up and add the onions. Fry gently on a moderate heat for about 10 minutes, stirring regularly, until the onion has softened. Add oregano and honey, stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
Roll the puff pastry into a square (approx. 23 x 30 cm). Place in a tart tin, so the pastry goes slightly up the edges (you need raised edges to keep the filling inside).
Spread the fried and honeyed onions over the puff pastry, scatter feta cubes on top.
Whisk the eggs with the cream, pour over the filling.
Bake at 200C for about 25 minutes, until the eggy filling has set and the pastry is golden brown.
Transfer to a serving dish, scatter with lots of fresh parsley and serve.
5 comments:
- Alanna said...
Oh if only there were forks to stretch all the way to Estonia!
- 4:20 pm, March 21, 2007
- Joycelyn said...
hi pille, i am convinced i will love this gorgeous tart before even trying it, because my to-date fave is also nigella's upside down number - it's totally delish! thank you so much for sharing the recipe
- 3:24 am, March 23, 2007
- Pippurimylly said...
Hi Pille and thanks for your kind words! :) We love your blog, too!
- 11:30 pm, March 25, 2007
- Gourmet said...
Miam miam!!!
Delicious greek recipe.. ;-)
Thank's Pille!
- 12:21 am, March 29, 2007
- Pille said...
Alanna - well, you must come over one day, I'm telling you:)
Joycelyn - I must make Nigella's upside dowm supper pie again soon - it's been way too long! Thanks for popping by and commenting!
Pippurimylly & Rosmariini - our food tastes are rather similar, so it's always a pleasure to read your blog.
Gourmet - I'm not cooking nearly enough Greek(ish) recipes these days, but this will change soon, hopefully! Wonderful cuisine indeed!
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The three most common filters used in the swimming pool industry are sand filters, D.E. filters, and cartridge filters. All of these filters require a certain amount of maintenance and sometimes require replacement of certain parts. To get the most efficiency from your pool filter, follow a few simple guidelines for care and cleaning.
Typical pool filtration creates pressure within the filter as the water is forced pumped through the filter media. This pressure also affects the internals of your filter. Over sizing swimming pool pumps and/or allowing pressure to build too high can damage these components. Water chemistry can also weaken your filter components. Making sure your water chemistry is within the proper parameters, properly sizing your pump and filter, and backwashing system when necessary (typically 8-10 psi above start pressure) are the first steps in filter maintenance.
Cartridge filters utilize a paper element filter to filter out contaminants. Better brands are made of a product called Reemay or are spun polyester. As the filter operates, removing dirt from water being pushed through it, you eventually will need to remove and clean when dirty to continue to filter water properly. The cartridge can be cleaned using a garden hose with a good nozzle. A convenient way to clean is using the automatic cartridge cleaner called the Blaster. Take care when reassembling the tank to align both halves and secure the clamp band properly.
Staining can also become an issue with a filter cartridge. Using a chemical pool filter cleaner can help increase life of cartridge by removing clogging minerals and oils. Another trick is diluting muriatic acid; usually one to four parts acid to water, to help with mineral removal. Having a spare cartridge to rotate while cleaning is ideal. Over the years it will be necessary to periodically replace cartridges. Cleaning will become difficult and filter will become less effective. When you find yourself having to clean the cartridges twice as often as when they were new, it's time to replace.
Diatomaceous earth filters utilize a grid system which holds the filter media or D.E. powder. Once the D.E. becomes dirty, the pressure in the tank will increase and the powder will need to be flushed out and replaced. Typically this is achieved using a valve and reversing the flow of water through the filter tank. In theory all the dirty D.E. is flushed out, but from my experience, about 30% of the D.E. will remain in the filter. Over time your pressure will stay above your start up pressure due to D.E. stuck in between filter elements.
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The skeleton of the grid element, or plastic grids inside the material, can become damaged over time under constant pressure. The fabric like material that holds the media can also become stained and torn. In most cases replacing the damaged grid is necessary, although if you are handy with an awl, grids can be sewn. Eventually, however, the DE grids will need to be replaced.
Sand filters are also backwashed with a valve that reverses water flow through the tank, but the filter media (sand) remains in the filter while contaminants are flushed out. Over time the filter sand will need to be replaced. There is no exact timeline for changing out sand but typically it is every 5-7 years. The sand itself can become eroded and lose some of its filtering properties.
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The latest high-profile coup for Pepperstock-based Fantastic Fireworks lit up the sky above the famous Cannes Film Festival.
The firm's experts were called in to help to launch the new Expendables 3 blockbuster with a £100,000 display at the after-show party on Sunday.
A-list stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson were in the star-studded audience who tucked into lobster and champagne before the five-minute show involving more than half a ton of fireworks set off to a heavy metal music mix.
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"Other members of the Fantastic Fireworks crew flew down to set up the fireworks on a 30-metre barge moored in Cannes harbour alongside some of the world's most expensive yachts.
"Fired by computer, more than half a ton of fireworks hit the sky bringing cheers from the celebs.
"Earlier in the day Arnie and company had paraded through the streets of Cannes in a convoy of tanks, bringing the city to standstill as they promoted the latest in the Expendables superheroes franchise."
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Oh my, where has this week gone?! I really can't believe it's Friday already. So much has been going on, but the highlight of our week was going to visit my parents in the Central Valley, about 80 miles away. My dad has an amazing garden which my boys have really taken an interest in this year. On our last visit, they planted squash and wanted to call my dad daily to remind him to water them :). Needless to say, my dad LOVES this time with his grandsons, passing along his wisdom and love of gardening on to them.
I'm gearing up for Ivan's absence this weekend, stocking the refrigerator, tidying up the house, folding laundry so I can focus just on the boys over the next few days. Fortunately it looks like there are many fun, free things to do in the Bay Area this weekend, may be you can help me decide :) ?
- Joining Zach Pine for some Nature Scultpures on Stinson Beach?
- Heading over to campus for the Annual Cal Day Kids Events (theres's a fun workshop on fossils scheduled!)
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The teen seriously injured in a two-car crash south of Berthoud on Wednesday died from his injuries at 11:04 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Larimer County Coroner's Office.
Steven Berger, 17, of Johnstown was driving a 2000 Jeep Cherokee on County Road 4E just before 6 p.m. Wednesday and was struck by a northbound Chevrolet Suburban when he attempted to turn onto southbound U.S. 287, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
Berger was transported by ambulance to Medical Center of the Rockies, along with three of the four other passengers in the Jeep: Nicholas Mochak, 20, of Berthoud; Nicholas Vander-Linden, 18, of Berthoud; a 16-year-old male from Berthoud and a 17-year-old female from Loveland, according to Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis.
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March 1, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 6:30 pm on Thursday, repeating until June 14, 2018
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Healing Breath Qigong is a practice that helps us maintain good health, live longer, aging painlessly, prevent illness, heal naturally, and lightening up our spirit.
Our weekly Qigong classes are led by Sister Steadiness, bringing in a holistic wellbeing practice that incorporates mindfulness, meditation, slow flowing movements, deep rhythmic breathing, and developing a calm meditative state of mind.
Sister Steadiness studied Chinese Medicine in Canada and learned Qigong and Tai Chi with many famous teachers in China. She worked as a Chinese Acupuncturist, Herbalist and Qigong instructor in Canada.
One day waiting at a red traffic light, a car ran into her back, paralysing her. She could not move her body, not even to hold a pencil to write. Nonetheless, Sister Steadiness with her resilience, strong mind, and belief in self-healing, used Qigong and Tai Chi, nutritious eating and a positive mind to heal herself without any medication.
Miraculously, from the inner strength of mind that guided her, with great patience and diligence, she was able to heal naturally. The Shakyamuni Buddha teaches that we can be our own teacher, our own healer.
After curing herself, Sister ordained as a Buddhist nun under Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Through her years of meditation practices, Sister has been creating new Qigong movements, combined with what she has learnt. She named this practice 'Healing Breath Qigong'.


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Hello I.K.E. members -
I am the Director of the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park at Governors State University. I'm interested in exploring the idea of a kite fly focused on youth involvement in late March here at the park. We have loads of open land with no powerlines (we DO have trees . . . ) dotted with world-class contemporary sculpture. I'd like to communicate with someone in the club who could provide information about how this might be organized.
The director, Geoff, called me last night and then followed up with this email:
Thanks for the time last night and your suggestions about kite designs. I looked up weather underground and did a little bit of research and came up with April 19 for the date. The temps look pretty good, historically (except for last year, but I'm hoping we're not trending that way) and it's Earth Day so we can tie it in graphically somehow.
Would you please ask around with the group and see if there might be some folks interested in participating in the following schedule?
8:30 Event begins – brief power point presentation about the history & different cultures' attitude toward kites.
9:00 Kites distributed and decorating begins
10:00 Decorating continues – those that are ready move to flight area
10:00 - 11:30 Kids Fly
11:30 - 12:30 IKE demonstrates/flies kites – if it's nice then people could just continue to fly
12:30 – Event officially ends. Folks can continue to fly.
He plans on inviting kids 8 and up, accompanied by their parents. I'm guessing that he's doing the powerpoint presentation and then he'll have kite kits for the kids to assemble and decorate. Then the kids fly their kites and then we do a demo of different styles of kites.
I think some IKE folks should come to help for the day. We would help the kids make and fly their kites and then show the kids and their parents a variety of kites. SLKs, fighters, Roks, dualies, quads, etc.
Geoff is especially interested in 3D kites. Someone with an inflatable medium-sized Gecko or Fish sort of thing, as well as 3D art kites. Something like those Canard kites would be cool. And we'll fly sport kites too of course.
Here's the location of the event: click here.
This is the same day as Oswego, which may be a problem.
Let me know if you're interested by posting here or sending me a PM
Let me know if you're interested but have a conflict with the date.
If you need gas money, I'll bring it up with Geoff.
(p.s. this would be a good time to be able to hand out a brochure with a list of upcoming festivals in the area....)


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A touching and intimate autobiography, this account recalls the author's remarkable childhood friendship with Anne Frank while attending a special school for Jewish children in Amsterdam during the late 1930s. With the story of her initial meeting and bonding with Anne Frank, Jacqueline van Maarsen's memoir recollects her family's near escape from the Netherlands only months after the Frank family went into hiding—or moved to Switzerland, as van Maarsen was lead to believe—and provides a revealing look into life under Nazi occupation. Written by a one-time friend who only discovered the truth about Anne's fate after the war ended, this memoir is a moving, firsthand recollection of a youthful friendship in the foreboding days of World War II.
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I Hate Getting Emails (and Phone Calls) Like These From Mountain Bikers!
So many injuries! Three students who signed up for camps and one who wants a camp next year all injured themselves last month! One woman broke her right wrist and her left shoulder and some ribs, another thought he had broken some ribs (luckily they are only bruised but still super painful), one broke is femur and the last got 17 stitches in his leg!
I hate getting emails like these (especially the photo, ouch!):
2 and a half weeks ago I did this to my leg practicing bunny hops in my backyard. I came unclipped and my egg beaters became shin mutilators. Haven't been on the bike since. I lost some confidence. Try to explain this injury to the boss. Hopefully you can view the picture just so you can say dude if nothing else.
Wow, that looks really painful (and expensive)! As he said it also cost him a lot of confidence. Now, not every injury could be prevented with better skill but this one could of been! If you are yanking up on your cleats to do a "bunny hop" you are really putting yourself in danger. I have never seen this bad a cut from poor bunny hop technique, it is usually an endo leading to a head, arm, wrist or leg injury (such a fracture, not a deep canyon opening up!). Simply learning how to ride in balance, in a neutral position, how to do a coaster wheelie and rear wheel lift (again without relying on your clips (which leads to being off balance and/or injuries like this)) would of eliminated this injury and saved Dan from: 1. Spending a lot of money 2. Feeling lot of pain 3. Missing a week or six of riding 4. Loosing a lot of confidence.
Mountain biking does not have to involve injury! Before my injury in July I had not been injured mountain biking in six years! Please take it from me, a 45 year old guy who rides six days a week and races pro downhill learn the correct techniques, drill them until they become second nature and every mountain bike ride will be more fun, faster and safer!


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Las Vegas residents Reed Cowan and Greg Abplanalp tied the knot during a sunset ceremony at Crescent Bay Park in Laguna Beach on Sept. 4.
Councilwoman Toni Iseman officiated at the wedding.
The couple, who frequently visit Laguna, fell in love in 1992 while teens in Utah. But their journey to be together came with struggle.
Cowan, a broadcast journalist for NBC News 3 in Las Vegas, was raised by religious parents who sent him on a Mormon mission. He cut ties with Abplanalp. He married a woman and had a son named Wesley.
After Cowan's divorce, he set out to find Abplanalp.
In September 2004, Abplanalp answered a knock at his door. The two have been together since.
Wesley died two years after Cowan and Abplanalp reunited. The boy was killed in an accident while playing on monkey bars. He was 4.
"We've survived tragedy with great dignity – the tragedy of being ripped apart as teens, the tragedy of the closet and all that came with it, the tragedy of lost years, the tragedy of losing a child," Cowan said. "And yet, along the way we gave to ourselves survival and thriving – thriving in our careers.
"We have earned this right of marriage. Our relationship, our story, deserves nothing less than full marriage equality."
Cowan and Abplanalp, who have three adopted children, exchanged rings with the Pacific Ocean in the distance. The ring boxes contained sand from the roads in the towns they have lived since they fell in love in 1992, Abplanalp said.


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Most secure Linux distros in 2018
Most secure Linux distros in 2018
Think of a Linux distribution as a bundle of software delivered together, based on the Linux kernel - a kernel being the core of a system that connects software to hardware and vice versa – with a GNU operating system and a desktop environment, giving the user a visual way to operate the system via a graphical user interface.
Linux has a reputation as being more secure than Windows and Mac OS due to a combination of factors – not all of them about the software.
Firstly, although desktop Linux users are on the up, Linux environments are far less common in the grand scheme of things than Windows devices on personal computers. The Linux community also tends to be more technical. There are technical reasons too, including fundamental differences in the way the distribution architecture tends to be structured.
Nevertheless over the last decade security-focused distributions started to appear, which will appeal to the privacy-conscious user who wants to avoid the worldwide state-sanctioned internet spying that the west has pioneered and where it continues to innovate. Of course, none of these will guarantee your privacy, but they're a good start. Here we list some of them.
It is worth noting that security best practices are often about process rather than the technology, avoiding careless mistakes like missing patches and updates, and using your common sense about which websites you visit, what you download, and what you plug into your computer.


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The Pontiac Special Projects team members pooled their money to buy a 71 Firebird and turned it into this 303-powered road racer. It was the only Pontiac-engine car to ever win a Trans-Am series race.


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State auditors on Friday provided new details of questionable travel and entertainment expenses approved by the University of California system.
The amounts are small compared to the main finding of the April 25 audit that UC's Office of the President failed to disclose tens of millions of dollars in reserve funds, but the audit said the questioned expenses represent issues that should be addressed.
"Our review of three travel expense claims found an instance in which reimbursements exceeded allowable amounts for federal and state employees," the audit said. "Specifically, one employee spent more than $350 per night on a hotel room, even though this cost exceeded the federal and state allowable limits by $140 per night."
Despite swirling speculation, California's U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris said she's not giving "any consideration" to running for president in 2020.
Harris was appearing at the annual Code Conference hosted by the tech news site Recode in Rancho Palos Verdes on Wednesday night when site co-founder Kara Swisher asked if she had eyes on the White House.
"I'm not giving that any consideration. I've got to stay focused," said Harris, a Democrat who was elected to the Senate in November after serving as California's attorney general. After she won the seat vacated by former Sen. Barbara Boxer, Harris quickly gained a reputation as a potential presidential candidate in 2020.
Legislation to require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns in order to gain a spot on California's presidential primary ballot won passage in the state Senate on Wednesday, but only after a tense debate that largely centered on President Trump.
Senate Bill 149 was approved on a strict party-line vote, 27-13. The bill now moves to the state Assembly, and was one of the last bills debated during a marathon session at the state Capitol to consider bills before a Friday deadline for action.
The bill would require presidential candidates to file copies of their income tax returns with state elections officials for the five most recent taxable years. Failure to do so would mean their name wouldn't appear on California's presidential primary ballot. The legislation was introduced in December, in the wake of Trump's refusal to disclose his tax returns during the 2016 campaign. The president has continued to reject calls for the information.
The state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would expand and reshape the agency that oversees mass transit in Los Angeles County.
Opponents of the measure include Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the city and county of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
The bill by Sen. Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) was sent to the Assembly for consideration after squeaking by with a 22-11 vote in the Senate.
Almost two of every three Californians in a new statewide poll said they like the idea of a single-payer, government healthcare system, but far fewer support the idea if it includes a tax increase.
The poll released Wednesday night by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found that 65% of adults surveyed support the creation of a single-payer state healthcare program to cover all of the state's residents, and 56% of likely voters approved of the idea. Opinion was sharply divided between Democrats (75% support) and Republicans (66% oppose) who were surveyed.
The single-payer proposal under consideration in the state Capitol, Senate Bill 562, assumes at least $50 billion in new taxes to fund the healthcare system. Asked about taxes, support drops to 42% of the adults surveyed and 43% of likely voters. While a majority of Democrats in the PPIC poll continued to support the idea if it means more taxes, support drops substantially among unaffiliated "independent" voters.
The state Senate on Wednesday voted to no longer make it a felony for someone infected with HIV to knowingly expose others to the disease by having unprotected sex without telling his or her partner about the infection.
The crime would be downgraded to a misdemeanor, and the bill would also apply to people who donate blood or semen without telling the blood or semen bank that they have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, or have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, the precursor to AIDS.
The measure, which next goes to the Assembly for consideration, was introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who said it is unfair to make HIV/AIDS the only communicable disease given such harsh treatment by prosecutors.
Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that she has no plans to run for office again, but she plans to remain involved in civic life, particularly helping the Democrats' efforts to regain control of the House in 2018.
"I'm not going anywhere," Clinton said at the annual Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes. "I have a big stake in what happens in this country. I am very unbowed and unbroken about what happened because I don't want it to happen to anybody else. I don't want it to happen to the values and the institutions I care about in America.
"And I think we're at a really pivotal point," she said. "And therefore I'm going to keep writing and keep talking and keep supporting people who are on the front lines of the resistance."
A state senator from Santa Barbara is taking another shot at establishing statewide regulations for the use of drones after the budding industry thwarted her efforts to pass similar legislation last year.
Senate Bill 347, introduced by Democratic Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, would limit disruptive drone use near private property and prohibit the weaponization and reckless operation of the unmanned aerial vehicles. It also would require pilots to obtain insurance and to license, register and mark the aircrafts per federal regulations.
The bill moved out of the Senate on Wednesday with a 26-13 vote. It heads to the Assembly for consideration.
Students whose parents have not kept their school lunch bills current would no longer go through "shaming" that includes marking their hand so they cannot be served, under legislation approved Wednesday by the state Senate.
The measure by Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) would require school districts to ensure that any student whose parent has unpaid school meal fees is not treated differently, or delayed or denied a nutritiously adequate meal.
Hertzberg introduced the legislation after hearing of school districts taking lunch trays from students whose accounts were not current and throwing the food in the trash, embarrassing the students in front of their friends.
Bakersfield lawyer Emilio Huerta came more than 13 percentage points short of winning California's 21st Congressional District seat in 2016, but he plans to try again in 2018.
Huerta, 59, blames his loss to Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) on inexperience and a rash of negative ads at the end of the campaign.
"We learned a lot in the last campaign. As a first-time candidate there was certainly a lot to learn and I think we did a good job," Huerta said Wednesday.
Gov. Jerry Brown warned Wednesday that a decision by President Trump to withdraw the United States from a 2015 global climate change agreement could be "tragic," and vowed to keep California's ambitious efforts in place and on track.
"Here we are, in 2017, going backwards," Brown said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. "It cannot stand, it's not right and California will do everything it can to not only stay the course, but to build more support — in other states, in other provinces, in other countries."
The governor also criticized efforts to the president to dismantle climate change initiatives launched by former President Barack Obama.


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Central Connecticut seniors Reece Wilson, Thomas Obasi, and Jesse Menzies each earned a spot on the 2012 NCAA Division I Men All-North Atlantic Region Team on Sunday. The team was chosen by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
Wilson and Obasi were both named to the first-team, Menzies was slated on the second-team. The only other team to feature two student-athletes on the first team was Northeast Conference rival Fairleigh Dickinson.
Of the 33 players who made up the first, second, and third teams, 21 of them represented the NEC.
Wilson, the 2012 NEC Player of the Year, led the team in goals and assists this season netting nine goals and adding six more assists. Obasi was third on the team with five assists and scored one goal. He was also named to the All-NEC First Team. Menzies shared the team lead in assists on the year with Wilson registering six. He scored five goals, totaled 16 points, and was two-for-three shooting penalty kicks.
All three Blue Devils were invited to play in the NEISL All-Star Game on November 25th hosted by Harvard University. Wilson, Obasi, and Menzies are also all eligible candidates for the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.


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Though the distance changed from the mile to the 1500-meter for outdoor track at the UNF Invite, Chastain, a native of Mitchell, Ind., continued his record breaking campaign. The senior's winning time of 3:51.54 eclipsed the previous Lipscomb school record of 4:00.44 (Bob Martin, 1977) by nearly nine seconds.
Jerkins competed in three events for the Bisons at the UNF Invite. The sophomore took fifth in the shot put with a toss of 45-10. The Faireview, Tenn. native also took 12th in the discus with a mark of 128-10 and 13th in the javelin with a heave of 144-3.
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The Fayette Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled the annual community-wide garage sale during Memorial Day weekend. The sale will be promoted for Thursday, May 22, through Saturday, May 24.
Anyone who would like to have a garage sale listed as part of the community-wide garage sales must apply for a permit at the Fayette Village Office by May 8. There is no charge for the permit. The Village office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Fayette merchants are encouraged to participate by running a Garage Sale Special—a specially marked product at a retail store or a special meal or item at a restaurant, for example.
During the week of May 12, the Chamber will advertise the sale. All residents who filed for a permit and any merchant specials will be promoted in the advertisements.
For more information or to have a merchant special included in the advertising, call Suzy Sommers at 237-2854.


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There's something very punk rock about Kickstarter, the grassroots crowd-funding site that's been used to raise money for all sorts of independent arts projects. So it's appropriate that the filmmakers behind the movie version of K.L. Going's Printz Honor book Fat Kid Rules the World – in which punk rock changes the title character's life – have launched a Kickstarter campaign of their own.
Why the need to raise funds this way? Despite praise from outlets like Variety and critics like Roger Ebert, Fat Kid, produced by Whitewater Films, has yet to be picked up by a distributor. "Mainstream Hollywood doesn't know how to make money on a movie like this," says the film's first-time director, actor Matthew Lillard, on Fat Kid's Kickstarter page. "It's still a movie about a Fat Kid. It's still a movie about punk rock. The movie is still way outside the Hollywood "box" and our goal is to bring it to the people."
Some children's-book-related ventures, like Marissa Moss's new publishing house have found success through Kickstarter. Others, among them R. Gregory Christie's children's bookstore and arts literacy center, fail to meet their fundraising goal by the deadline (Christie plans to relaunch the campaign with a reduced budget goal). Given the time constraints, Kickstarter is by no means a sure thing.
"They give you 40 days," Going says. "Think about it: we're trying to raise $150,000 in 40 days! I wish we had more time. It takes a while to get the word out, and then people don't necessarily donate right away when they read about it. So it's a huge challenge."
Gaining the goodwill of audience, Going says, has proven less of a challenge. "The response to the film has been overwhelmingly positive. We won the Audience Award at South by Southwest. That was huge. Right now it's at the Seattle International Film Festival. It's been doing wonderfully there – it had two sold-out screenings, so they added another screening." Next up: Rooftop Films' summer series in Manhattan on June 8, where Going and Lillard will be in attendance, as well as Going's editor at Penguin, Kathy Dawson, who'll be seeing the film for the first time.
It remains to be seen whether the success Fat Kid has found on the festival circuit will translate into donations. Should the filmmakers reach their Kickstarter goal, plans call for the movie to travel with the Vans Warped Tour – where Napoleon Dynamite got its start – which means 42 cities in 55 days, and the movie's widest audience to date. "So far we've only had these individual screenings at the film festivals." Going says. "We really want to get it out to as many people as possible."


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Tanith Lee died on May 24. From File 770:
I discovered her work through Don't Bite the Sun and The Birthgrave at thirteen, and was absolutely hooked; I bought everything of hers I could find from then on. Along with Andre Norton, she sparked my first "I want to write like that!" inspiration. She hit my description kink hard -- in fact, I think she's the cause of my description kink. She wrote fantasy and science fiction and horror, and some of the best retakes on the Brothers Grimm.
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Many drugs are optically active compounds. Often it is only one enantiomer that has the desired therapeutic effect. Thalidomide, a drug used to treat morning sickness in pregnant women in the 1960s is an example of this.
The R isomer (pictured on the right above) acts as a sedative while the S isomer (pictured on the left) has teratogenic properties that resulted in thousands of children being born with deformities.
Thalidomide was produced and sold as a racemic mixture of the two enantiomers which resulted in the birth defects. Even if it was produced in a pure enantiomeric form, this wouldn't have solved the problem as there is evidence that the enantiomers can convert under physiological conditions. Mass producing pure enantiomeric forms of drugs can be expensive and low yielding.
Taxol is another drug that has a complex level of chirality. In total, Taxol has 11 asymmetric carbon atoms. Taxol is used to treat cancer and is a naturally occurring substance that is found in the bark of Yew trees.
Obtaining Taxol from its natural source is extremely low yielding and causes environmental damage as it destroys the trees. Synthesising the drug from scratch in the laboratory would require a large multistep process that would also prove low yielding and extremely costly.
As such, a compromise is found and the drug is produced by a semi-synthetic route starting with a material found in the needles of the Yew tree.
This is a more advantageous method as harvesting the needles of the tree does not cause as much environmental damage and significantly lessens the number of steps needed to manufacture the final product. In addition, the overall yield of Taxol is improved compared to extraction from the bark.
The challenge in the synthesis is creating the correctly oriented chiral centres. This is done through a method known as asymmetric synthesis.
Asymmetric synthesis involves using a chiral auxiliary attached to the molecule to force through steric hindrance the predominance of one enantiomer over another.
Consider the achiral molecule below. It is possible to make two enantiomers by adding an amino group to carbon 2.
If you want to favour the production of one enantiomer over the other, attaching a chiral auxiliary molecule to force the addition of the amino group by blocking the path of attack from one side of the molecule. Below is an example of one such chiral auxiliary.
Notice how the addition of the chiral auxiliary hinders attack from one side of the molecule. This doesn't eliminate the production of the unwanted enantiomer but greatly decreases it.
Once the reaction is complete, the chiral auxiliary can be removed for reuse and the final product isolated.


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Many thanks to transformative tech thinker and writer Tom Murphy for taking an interest in what we are doing. His post over on SocialMedia.net and the conversations it has started are very much appreciated. Thanks to everyone who made last nights meetup. Our two newest additions to 091 Labs shared their projects with us. Ernestas demoed his web based RTS game currently in development and Kevin told us about his upcoming exhibit at the Galway Arts Centre. Our next community meetup is 7pm Tuesday, May 11th at the Galway Bakery Company. Come upstairs to the back section when you arrive and we will order from there.
Congrats to our friends at TOG on their newly acquired MakerBot! Assembly photos of their 3D printer are here for those interested. Good to see a Joomla enthusiasts monthly meetup has started in Galway. Some of us are going along to the xCake Galway Apps Workshop at GTC tonight. There is also a Galway Python meetup at the Westwood Hotel tonight. Best of luck to those entering this years Google Code Jam with qualifying rounds this Friday and Saturday. Iain MacLaren has confirmed June 11th for TEDxGalway. Admission is free but places are limited to 100 so be sure to register your interest early if you want to attend.


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Rub your hands over your bunny's body. Check for lumps, bumps, scratches, cuts, rashes etc. Cuts and scratches can turn into abscesses so be sure that cuts are cleaned and check frequently.
Don't forget to feel the cheeks and jaw line. But be careful when going underneath the chin, as some bunnies will bite when you do this. (you can also do the jaw and chin check later when you check the teeth) Soon, you'll know what normal bumps and lumps are, making it easier to spot new ones.
Info & picture of a severe case of ear mites at http://www.mohrs.org/hrswebpg28.html
Check for gunk. Most bunnies with upright ears can keep their ears clean, and especially if you have two rabbits, they clean each other's. But some lops may need a little help. If there is a lot of gunk, it could mean several things, including mites or infection - both which should be seen by a vet.
Is there discharge? Are they runny or cloudy?
Some bunnies, like my Rucy, had chronic tear duct blockage problems. This was due to scar tissue built up from jaw abscess surgeries. Most of the time her companion, Jack, kept her eye clean. But I had to keep an eye on her eye, otherwise if unkept, her tears irritated the skin around her eye causing hair loss and pain.
Check for discharge, crusties in the nose, and make sure there is a clear pathway. If it's green and dusty, then you may need to shake out your hay a little and sift your rabbit's pellets to get all the millings and powder out. This can help prevent it from getting in their lungs and causing problems.(Tip by member: HoppyBunny)
NOTE: For the following steps, Teeth, Nails and Anal glands, you'll need to secure your bunny.
If you're not used to securing your bunny, have someone help you, and stay very low to the ground just in case your bunny wiggles free. Stay calm. Your nervousness won't help a nervous bunny.
NOTE: For the following steps, Teeth, Nails and Anal glands, you'll need to secure your bunny.
If you're not used to securing your bunny, have someone help you, and stay very low to the ground just in case your bunny wiggles free. Stay calm. Your nervousness won't help a nervous bunny.
Trancing - I am not a huge fan of this because though it looks like your bunny is relaxed, this is actually a prey response to stress. I only recommend this when other options don't work. Nail Trims are a must and so just try to get it done as quickly, but as carefully as possible.
I secure my bunny on my lap between my legs. I put her on her back and pet her head - that calms her down, sort of a semi-trance.. Make sure your bunny can't kick out its back legs and injure itself.
NOTE: Bunnies can actually break their back by kicking into the air so hard. So I always lean in over the back legs or use part of my arm to secure the legs.
Bunny Burrito Wrap
For hard to handle bunnies, like my bunny Jack, you can also wrap your bunny in a small blanket or towel. People have their own best way of doing this, but just be sure not to make it TOO tight. Just enough to keep him/her secure. Some put the towel over the bunny first and scoop him up, or they pick the bunny up and wrap the towel around. It really depends on you and your bunny.
Great Video on how to do a bunny burrito
Bunny Burrito Instructions from a post in our forum.
Be sure not to let your bunny get over heated. If you feel s/he is getting too hot, you may need to give him break.
If my bunny is still feeling frightened I cover his eyes which helps calm him.
House Rabbit Society Dental Article
MyBunny.org Dental Article
Teeth & Gums
If your bunny has a malocclusion and/or spurs - check to see if the incisors need a trim by your vet. You can't check the spurs because they are too far back into the mouth, it all depends on your bunnies growth cycle and you and your vet will be able to determine how often they will need to be checked.
Rucy gets a spur trimmed by her vet every 3 months. But time flies, so it's good to mark it on the calendar.
The quick is the pink flesh part INSIDE of the nail. You don't want to cut that. IF you do, don't panic. That is what the styptic powder is for. Put the powder on a cotton ball and apply pressure. (Cornstarch works too, but most styptic powders come with a pain reliever.)
For those who haven't clipped nails before, it's a good idea to have an expert teach you, or have someone help you until you get the hang of it. Here's a great link to help guide you. Exotic Pets Website
UPDATE: We found a great video that helps people trim their bunny's nails in a way that keeps their rabbit calm. Stress free for both human and bunny alike http://www.rabbitcare.org/video.htm. You have purchase it from the New York HRS, but your $$ goes to a good cause.
Helpful Tips:
This is a good time to check crooked/broken toes and for sore hocks.
Sore hocks are sores that can develop on the bottom of rabbits feet. They need to be treated right away, as they can become infected. Some bunnies have a visible small pink pad, and that's normal, but if it's bright red, and/or bleeding, it needs treatment.
Rexes have a tendency for sore hocks because the fur on their feet is thinner than other breeds.
Learn how to prevent sore hocks. Check out this article from the House Rabbit Society
Anal Scent Glands (EEEYUCK!)
These are little slits located on either side of the genital mound. They are pretty well hidden, but once you've found them, you gently open and "WHEW Stinky!" – But don't worry, the smell quickly disappears.
This is where that disposable cup filled with lukewarm water and q-tips come in handy. I just place it right next to me and dip the q-tip into water and gently swab out the area.
Check every month. You'll soon find that some bunnies build up a waxy substance very quickly while others only need cleaning a few times a year.
You're Finished!
For goodness sakes, it's not easy being prodded and probed.
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In the center of all the action, at Westlake Corner!
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Lake Inn, established in 1996, is located at Westlake Corner. Lake Inn is the place to stay for your family vacations or business trips. We are nestled in the heart of the Smith Mountain Lake area next to intersection Rt. 122 & 616. Since Lake Inn is centrally located, we have an ideal spot that is fun for everyone.
The Westlake Corner vicinity is one of the most developed spots in the lake area. Golf courses, shopping plazas, and restaurants surround Lake Inn. With real estate offices near by, we can accommodate you while you're in search of the perfect home.
Be sure to bring the children along. You can give your children the memories they deserve. Mini-golf, go-cart tracks, bumper boats, arcades, ice cream, Center in the Square, D-Day Memorial, and Booker T. National Monument all nearby, which are fun, as well as educational. Plus all the various lake activities!
Bring your family and check out Lake Inn for yourself. Also, pets are allowed in designated rooms for an additional $15.00 charge per night, because we know pets are an important part of the family. **Help keep us pet friendly by notifying the front desk at or before check-in that you will have a pet in your room.
Rely on us to get some deserving R&R and really enjoy yourself in our clean comfortable rooms. Rooms come with one or two queen beds or one king bed. All rooms come with coffee maker, mini fridge, microwave, table and chairs, hair dryer, wireless high speed internet, cable television and HBO. Rooms w/ iron and ironing board available upon request. This ensures the quality of our rooms and the quality of your stay.
Also each room is fisherman friendly. We provide outside electrical outlets for charging trolling motors. In addition, most rooms are ground level and handicapped rooms available upon request. With no extra cost you receive a home away from home.
For a unique and delicious dining experience while staying with us, be sure to visit Joe's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria located just steps away from Lake Inn! Choose Joe's at the top of our page for more info, or visit them online at www.facebook.com/joespizzasml. Great Food for Every Taste! Another way we help make you feel like you're at home! Be sure to pick up your coupon at the front desk of Lake Inn!
A great vacation is yours to enjoy at Lake Inn. Call or email today and our friendly staff will be delighted to help you with room selection, information, and reservations.


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New Releases: July 22nd - 28th
We check out Prototype 2, Adidas miCoach, Wreckateer, The Legends of Pegasus and Inversion.
We check out Prototype 2, Adidas miCoach, Wreckateer, The Legends of Pegasus and Inversion.
The second Behind the Game video focuses on how gravity can affect the environment in Inversion.
Mark shoots his way through the underwhelming, gravity-defying action of Inversion in our video review.
Davis and Leo experience gravity manipulation for the first time with the worlds most deadly weapon, a milk carton.
Davis takes down enemies with a sniper rifle and comes face to face with a Behemoth in this Xbox 360 gameplay movie of Inversion.
Davis takes down a Brute with flying lava balls in this Xbox 360 gameplay movie of Inversion.
E3 2012: The gravity-bending third person shooter Inversion arrives in stores on June 5th, 2012.
This week we check out Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, Inversion, Rayman Origins 3DS, Sims 3 Katy Perry's Sweet Treats Expansion, and Bang Bang Racing.
Check out this developer interview video that highlights how the advanced anti-gravity weapon, the Gravlink, affects the game's various multiplayer modes.
Part one of the Behind the Game series for Inversion focuses on the ability to control gravity.
Jane sits down with Pete Oliver from Namco Bandai to chat about their upcoming third-person shooter, Inversion.
In this Inversion gameplay video, find and acquire the Gravlink to become the King of Gravity.
This video showcases the new defensive strategies that allow players to dynamically move and manipulate objects as mobile cover.
Inversion takes us through the three key elements to any battle: guns, grenades, and gravity.
Check out this gravity-bending gameplay trailer for Inversion.
This video showcases the new offensive gameplay that players will experience in Inversion's gravity-bending third-person shooter world.
Ken Mah tells us why gravity is our friend and then kills people with it.
Here's a video interview that helps to introduce gamers to Inversion's gravity-bending third-person shooter world.
This gameplay trailer for Inversion shows off the gravity-based gameplay you can expect in the sci-fi shooter.
Inversion's co-op multiplayer mode is featured in this trailer.
Inversion gameplay from the GameSpot Live stage show on the E3 2011 show floor.
Weaponizing gravity? Yes, please! Check out the E3 2011 Stage Demo for Inversion.
Homer stops by the Namco Bandai booth and checks out Inversion.
Check out the E3 trailer for Inversion.
Check out a slick CGI trailer for Inversion.
In this new live-action clip, you'll get to witness a few of the surprises and astounding tricks that will shift the axis of video games and introduce all-new ideas into ...
Producer Rick White tells us about Inversion, their new third-person shooter with a twist.
New little tease for Inversion!
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MOVIE REVIEW- Reel life: Docu-drama shows truth behind family pictures
Once upon a time, if a person learned some shocking news about their family's dysfunctionality they either repressed it or shared it with their best friend. Another generation told everything to a therapist, if they could afford one.
Today the good, bad, and ugly of our lives is instantly posted on Facebook; then the more creative among us turn it into art.
Morgan Dews is one of the latter. He may even have bypassed Facebook. For most of his life he had known his grandmother, Allis, as a widow who shared ancient home movies with him when he visited her in Vermont. The silent films showed his mother and uncles growing up in Hartford, Connecticut, in the 1950s and '60s. They looked like happy times– playing outside, going to the beach, the house decorated for Christmas...
Then Allis died in 2001 and Morgan discovered things she had kept, but kept from him: 50 hours of Dictaphone recordings and taped journals, and 300 pages of transcripts. They revealed things he'd never known about his grandparents, things worthy of a movie.
Must Read after My Death is that movie. It's being released on the Internet (@ www.giganticdigital.com) the same day (Feb. 20) it opens in New York. It's been compared to Capturing the Friedmans and Tarnation, but delves into a more ancient family history.
A comparison might be made with Revolutionary Road, both for the period in which it takes place and the themes explored, from open infidelity to a woman feeling unfulfilled in her role as housewife and mother.
In a reverse of the old silent movie format, Dews lets the audio tell the story– with occasional titles to establish times, places and details that aren't evident– while the visuals form a poetic accompaniment, sometimes in harmony with the prevailing mood and sometimes in counterpoint.
Allis married Charley in the '50s, at least the second marriage for both. By 1960, when the film begins, they have a daughter, Anne, and three sons, Chuck, Bruce and Douglas; and both are soon to turn 50.
Charley's job keeps him on the road 16 weeks a year, in such far-flung places as Australia, so they buy Dictaphones to send messages to each other and let Charley and the kids hear each other's voices while they're apart. As we hear these recordings, it becomes evident that they have an open relationship before it becomes fashionable.
It's Charley's idea because he's a party animal who likes to drink, dance, and screw, even when he's away from home. He tells Allis about the women he's met, even introducing one on a recording. But he's not an old-fashioned, double-standard guy. He encourages Allis to go out, too, even though by nature she's a "one-man dog." (Showing a boy and dog to illustrate this point is just a little too cute.)
Later in the decade, Allis starts keeping an audio journal on reel-to-reel tapes at her psychiatrist's urging. She reveals her frustration at having to keep house, which she's not good at, while being unable to realize whatever potential she might have had. Hearing their parents fight all the time makes the children act out in various ways, until Bruce is put in a mental institution for several months.
Charley blames Allis for everything that's wrong with the family. The viewer might blame her psychiatrist, who sounds ineffectual if not incompetent. In any case, they don't sound like the happy people we see on the screen in better days.
Unlike many documentary filmmakers, Dews keeps himself out of the story, other than being born near the end. He puts his family on the screen, warts and all, and lets you draw your own conclusions.
The entire film is subtitled, unnecessarily, since the audio recordings have held up amazingly well.
Must Read... is a must-see for students of psychology and social history, but its disturbing story is on a par with some of the best recent narrative films.


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Richard Hanna talks politics with Cazenovia government students
CAZENOVIA -- Seniors at Cazenovia High School got an inside look at the world of politics Friday when Congressman Richard Hanna paid a visit.
Students in Kurt Wheeler's AP Government and History met with Hanna, R-22, to discuss streamlining the way states and local communities can elect to spend money from the federal government, and government's need to bolster STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education initiatives, among other topics.
Unemployment rates in STEM job sectors are 50 percent less than in other fields, Hanna told the students.
"In the last 20 years, 98 percent of jobs created (in the United States) were service related. That's not bad, but they tend to not be high-paying," he said. "We live in a really tough world," he said. "We need more engineers."
He also spoke to the students about the fiscal cliff, crossing party lines to support legislation and his personal political stances.
Hanna also discussed the need to cut spending at the federal level.
It is unrealistic to raise taxes to pay for everything, he said. Further speaking about his political beliefs, he said he does not believe that assistance should be a path to dependency. "It should be temporary," he added.
During a question and answer period, senior Brody Kellish asked Hanna if he voted on legislation based on the wishes of his constituents or based on his personal beliefs.
Hanna explains that there is always a conflict to work through.
As a politician, "people have to know what you stand for," he said. "My votes reflect the people I work for."
As an example, he noted that he ran on a pro-choice platform and people elected him based on that platform. So, he does listen to those individuals when votes come up that have to do with women's health initiatives.
"I know who I am and what I stand for," he said.
Hanna is on education, small business, and transportation committees, and was recently elected as the chair of the contracts and labor committee.
He further encouraged the students to engage in government. After relating stories about working in Washington, DC, he said, "It's a privilege to be there, but you go there to get something done, not to be somebody."


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Lakyn is a Melbourne based singer-songwriter. Drawing his influences from Bob Dylan, Wu-Tang Clan and Frank Sinatra along with modern masters like Bon Iver, Lakyn is an inexhaustible songwriter and devoted guitar player.
With his roots steadily bound to the skating community in Melbourne and Auckland (where he was born and raised), Lakyn first delved into the world of music after a broken ankle kept him off his board for 8 months. Sharing covers of well-known tracks by Frank Ocean, Carly Rae Jepsen and Ed Sheeran on his YouTube page, Lakyn now over 60,000 subscribers and over 8 million views to date.
Lakyn performs in The Gas front bar every Tuesday in September. 2 sets from 8.00pm. FREE ENTRY!


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Anxiety/chest pressure
Can chronic tenstion, stress and anxiety (I`ve been diagnosed with panic/anxiety disorder) cause chest tightness and pressure? I`m terrified that I`m having symptoms of a heart attack. This never was a symptom of my anxiety in the past which is part of why I`m so scared. I feel the pressure mainly when I am sitting or laying down, it feels like its heavy around my heart and radiates down underneath my breasts. It`s been like this for 3 days now.
I`m a 28 year old female, suffer from heart palpitations and PVC`s. My doctor feels this is all anxiety related but I`m afraid thats what everyone will always think now. I have low cholesteral, little history of family heart disease and I quit smoking 2 months ago ( I`ve cheated a couple times).
Can anxiety really cause these symptoms? I currently take Remeron for the anxiety, but it really just keeps my panic attacks under control. I take Xanax before bed, only once per day.
It is very common for anxiety and panic attacks to present with chest pain, sweating, palpitations and pressure. However, I CANNOT diagnose your chest pain over the internet. It is important that you follow up with your primary care doctor and your mental health provider. If you are continuing to have symptoms, whether from anxiety or another cause then you need to keep working with your doctors and therapists on your therapy. Many people with anxiety need both medications and counseling (especially behavioral cognitive therapy) for the best relief and most long lasting relief of symptoms.
Good Luck.
For more information:
Go to the Anxiety and Stress Disorders health topic.