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Carbon Capture and Storage (Sequestration)
Carbon capture and storage (sequestration) or CCS
There are many forms of carbon capture and storage CCS involving geological sequestration (GS) to reduce CO2 emissions or take some CO2 out of the atmosphere. Some CCS will be probably be a necessary component, along with direct mitigation, for effective risk management of climate change.
BUT there is a Big Caveat - we can't use CCS as an excuse not to mitigate directly
Background on CCS
What is carbon dioxide capture and sequestration? Source: EPA
Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration (CCS) is a set of technologies that can greatly reduce CO2 emissions from new and existing coal- and gas-fired power plants and large industrial sources. CCS is a three-step process that includes:
Capture of CO2 from power plants or industrial processes
Transport of the captured and compressed CO2 (usually in pipelines).
Underground injection and geologic sequestration (also referred to as storage) of the CO2 into deep underground rock formations. These formations are often a mile or more beneath the surface and consist of porous rock that holds the CO2. Overlying these formations are impermeable, non-porous layers of rock that trap the CO2 and prevent it from migrating upward.
Other methods of carbon sequestration not associated with point sources using agriculture and other techniques are described below.
According to scientists, atmospheric build-up of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases as a result of human activities is changing the composition of the Earth's atmosphere and tending to warm the planet. Scientific studies link these changes to many impacts becoming increasingly more severe, including effects on food supply, water supply (shrinking glaciers), climate migration due to sea level rise, national security, changes in plant and animal habitats, and others. One way to help manage climate risk is to avoid emitting the CO2 into the air at power plants, or pulling some CO2 out of the air.
Carbon dioxide can be captured at stationary sources and injected underground for long-term storage in a process called geologic sequestration (GS). In its Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) identified CO2 capture and geologic sequestration as one of several options (including energy efficiency and renewable energy) that have the potential to reduce climate change mitigation costs and increase flexibility in achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions. The IPCC estimates that there is enough capacity worldwide to permanently store as much as 1,100 gigatons of CO2 underground (for reference, worldwide emissions of CO2 from large stationary sources is approximately 13 gigatons per year) (IPCC, 2005).
Confidence in this technology is supported by the knowledge that CO2 produced through natural processes has been retained in geologic formations for hundreds of millions of years (IPCC, 2005). The presence of multiple trapping mechanisms will reduce the mobility of CO2 underground over time, decreasing the risk of CO2 leaking to the surface (IPCC, 2005). It is likely that well-selected, well-designed, and well-managed GS sites can sequester CO2 for long periods of time.
Approximately 95% of the largest stationary sources of CO2 emissions (e.g., coal-fired power plants) in the United States are within 50 miles of a candidate GS site (GTSP, 2006). Considering the large storage capacity in the United States, GS has the potential to contribute significantly toward meeting the goals of the nation's climate policy. To help realize these goals, the federal government is conducting a wide range of GS-related activities.
Here is a good audio TED talk by Jennifer Wilcox - explanation available methods
Will we REALLY need Carbon Sequestration? Yes. Why?
The atmosphere today contains around 400 ppm of CO2 (equivalent), which is not only increasing rapidly but is already near or even above the concentration where unacceptably large negative impacts of the global warming trend of climate change will occur. One estimate of the "safe" level of CO2 is only 350 ppm, implying that 50 ppm would have to be removed (sequestered) from the current 400 ppm level.
Because neither the transition to renewable energies nor reduction in demand can happen overnight, fossil fuels (notably coal) will continue to play an important, even if diminishing, role in the energy portfolio for some time. We cannot allow coal or other fossil fuel consumption to increase atmospheric CO2 without unacceptable risk. Hence we have to get rid of this CO2 to stop it going into the atmosphere, i.e. store it underground and/or in plants and trees. We can also remove existing CO2 from the atmosphere and store it underground. Such removal of CO2 is what sequestration means.
There are some sequestration facilities that exist today, though none of them at the required large scale with demonstrated acceptable risk. There will clearly be a tradeoff between the risks of carbon sequestration and the risks of global warming impacts.
BUT there is a Big Caveat - we can't use CCS as an excuse not to mitigate directly
Sequestration, should it eventually prove technologically feasible at a large scale, should NOT be used as a convenient excuse to continue "Business as Usual BAU" and avoid direct mitigation, as detailed in the 2014 IPCC Mitigation Report. Direct mitigation includes includes ramping up a wholesale transfer from fossil fuels to better energy sources (solar, wind, geothermal, fusion), reducing energy demand etc.
As with any geo-engineering concept (which sequestration is), there is a dangerous risk that BAU will remain. In that case, a good analogy would be a "Global Drug". The cessation of taking the drug of sequestration in a BAU state, or the appearance of large unexpected failures and leaks, could result in a disastrous "Drug Withdrawal Pain", which would be quick reversal to disastrous global warming. Even at a low probability level, the resulting huge impacts would make BAU unacceptable from a risk management standpoint.
Thus, direct mitigation must remain the major focus. Nonetheless, sequestration can be a valuable tool in the portfolio of actions against global warming.
What does Jim Hansen say about CO2 sequestration?
HERE is a letter from James Hansen; see also HERE and HERE. Hansen is the outspoken NASA scientist whose research led to "350". This refers to the "safe" level of CO2 of 350 ppm, below today's level. Notably, Hansen says:
Coal caused fully half of the fossil fuel increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air today, and on the long run coal has the potential to be an even greater source of CO2. Due to the dominant role of coal, solution to global warming must include phase-out of coal except for uses where the CO2 is captured and sequestered.
A practical global strategy almost surely requires a rising global price on CO2 emissions and phase-out of coal use except for cases where the CO2 is captured and sequestered.
More information for point carbon capture and storage
EPA's Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants
On September 20, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a first step under President Obama's Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. EPA is proposing carbon pollution standards for new power plants built in the future. Carbon capture and sequestration is one of the technologies new power plants can employ to meet the standard. Learn more about the proposed standards.
Here is information on carbon sequestration methods from the National Academy of Engineering, including a short video by Calestous Juma, member of the NAE Committee on Engineering's Grand Challenges.
HERE are excerpts from "Coal and Global Warming FAQ" from the Union of Concerned Scientists: ...CCS technology faces many barriers, including its currently very high cost and unanswered questions about the feasibility and safety of long-term, large-scale geologic storage...Despite these challenges, CCS has the potential to play a useful role in the fight against global warming, warranting further investment of commercial-scale demonstration projects. In the meantime, new coal plants that do not capture carbon emissions should not be built...The United States has 500 or so large, operating coal plants, and more than 100 plants are currently proposed to be built. None of the existing plants capture their carbon emissions...While the risks posed by the potential expansion of the U.S. coal plant fleet are high, so too are those posed by the widespread expansion of coal-fired power plants in the emerging economies, especially in China and India. China is reportedly building the equivalent of two new 500 MW conventional coal plants per week, and the country already consumes far more coal than the United States...
Wikipedia's summary.
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR, Non - point capture)
A general method of carbon sequestration is carbon dioxide capture from the air, with subsequent storage, but not at a particular point of carbon extraction. HERE is the Wikipedia article on carbon dioxide air capture, which reads in part:
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) or Carbon dioxide air capture... removes carbon dioxide from ambient air by carbon dioxide scrubbing. It is a different approach to removing CO2 from the stack emissions of large point sources, such as fossil fuel fired power stations... CDR methods are notably supported by IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri, see HERE...
Agriculture and Forestry Carbon Sequestration
Besides point-source removal discussed so far, CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere in a variety of other ways. Here is the EPA discussion of Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry. For the US, the EPA says:
U.S. forests and croplands currently sequester over 600 teragrams (Tg) of CO2 equivalent (about 170 Tg or million metric tons of carbon equivalent), after accounting for both gains and losses in carbon. This current amount of sequestration in forests and croplands offsets approximately 12% of total U.S. CO2 emissions from the energy, transportation and industrial sectors.
Additional land-use and management changes can maintain and enhance these carbon sequestration levels in the U.S., reduce emissions of other greenhouse gases, and thus help address the climate change problem.
What about HEMP for sequestration?
HERE is a paper making the case for growing hemp to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, thus helping to mitigate global warming and climate change (Industrial Hemp Association of Queensland Inc).
What about Biochar for sequestration?
Making biochar is essentially an inverse coal process - humans make a coal-like material and store it in the ground, thus sequestering CO2.
Biochar is charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass, and differs from charcoal only in the sense that its primary use is not for fuel, but for biosequestration or atmospheric carbon capture and storage. Charcoal is a stable solid rich in carbon content, and thus, can be used to lock carbon in the soil. Biochar is of increasing interest because of concerns about climate change caused by emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG). See Wikipedia and Biochar.org for more information.
HERE and HERE are two interesting biochar VIDEOS.
Genetically Engineered Bacteria and CCS
HERE is an exciting report showing that bacteria can help the CCS process. Bacteria can be genetically modified to trap CO2 faster, keeping it underground for millions of years.
And What About China's Use of Coal without sequestration?
Even if the US and other developed countries completely capture and sequester CO2 from all coal-fired plants, the enormous current and increasing use of coal in China and other countries without sequestration will overwhelm the earth's CO2 budget. HERE is a Bloomberg article on the current and projected coal use in China.
Other examples of Carbon Sequestration
1. Boundary Dam CCS Project, Canada
The Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Project is SaskPower's flagship CCS initiative. The $1.35 billion Boundary Dam Project will see the integration of a rebuilt coal-fired generation unit with carbon capture technology, resulting in low-emission power generation. in 2014, this will become the World's First Post-Combustion Coal-Fired CCS project. The captured CO2 will be transported by pipeline to nearby oil fields in southern Saskatchewan where it will be used for enhanced oil recovery. CO2 not used for enhanced oil recovery will be stored in the Aquistore project.
2. U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (ND) on 3/24/14 announced new major legislation to support a viable path forward for the source of energy that provides the United States with almost 40 percent of its electricity – coal. Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation Act. See HERE.
HERE is a real-life example of CCS in North Dakota, "Basin Electric aims to capture carbon emissions from coal-fired power plant". This is notable because it discusses retrofitting an existing plant: "At Basin Electric's Antelope Valley coal-based power plant, a facility with twin towers capable of producing 450 megawatts each of electricity, researchers hope to retrofit carbon capture technology to existing infrastructure".
3. In July 2011 American Electric Power canceled its large carbon capture and sequestration project. This was considered one of the best test pilots of installing equipment on a large, existing coal-fired power plant that captures carbon dioxide and stores the gas permanently underground in deep rock formations, or saline aquifers... Mining workers in coal-rich states such as West Virginia expressed concerns that their jobs could be at risk eventually. Utilities will be under increasing pressure to switch from coal to natural gas because of new federal regulations on coal, and the industry had been counting on carbon capture as a savior for old coal plants, said Phil Smith of the United Mine Workers.
HERE is a general information video on coal, including carbon capture and storage, by Climate Central, called Georgia: Coal and Carbon.
HERE is a video against carbon capture and storage, notably for a proposed plant in Linden NJ called PurGen:
HERE is a video against a proposed coal plant in Virginia from the Chesapeake Climate Action Network CCAN.
Many countries are making plans to limit or phase out coal over time. See HERE.
References for Carbon Sequestration
GTSP 2006. Carbon Dioxide Capture and Geologic Storage: A Core Element of A Global Energy Technology Strategy to Address Climate Change. Global Energy Technology Strategy Program.
IPCC 2005. Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. Prepared by working group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Metz, B., O.Davidson, H. C. de Coninck, M. Loos, and L.A. Meyer (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 442 pp. Available in full at www.ipcc.ch (PDF - 22.8MB)
- HERE is the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum CSLF that has resources, including the CSLF inFocus Papers on Carbon Capture and Storage Technology. The CSLF has developed a series of short educational papers (1-6 pages in length) answering some of the most common questions surrounding carbon capture and storage technology.
Why Carbon Capture and Storage? (795kb pdf)
Is Geologic CO2 Storage Safe? (756kb pdf)
Underground CO2 Storage: A Reality? (877kb pdf)
CO2 Capture: Does it Work? (616kb pdf)
CO2 Transportation: Is it Safe and Reliable? (1.2mb pdf)
10 Facts About CCS (3.4mb pdf)
- HERE is a comprehensive report from the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate entitled "Technology Action Plan - Capture, Use and Storage".
- HERE is another report from the International Energy Agency, called "Technology Roadmap: Carbon Capture and Storage".
- HERE is an article in Nature Geoscience by Gary Shaffer on "Long-term effectiveness and consequences of carbon dioxide sequestration" warning about leakage of CO2 and ocean acidification.
- HERE is an article on basalt storage.
- HERE is an interesting paper: Genetically altered trees, plants could help counter global warming. This study evaluates prospects for boosting carbon sequestration from the atmosphere by modifying natural biological processes and deploying novel food and fuel crops.
- HERE is an article on a new CO2 scrubbing technique pioneered by Siemens. In August, the Siemens process will be put to the test at a pilot facility built by Siemens and the energy company E.ON: the Staudinger coal-fired plant, near Frankfurt. The plant will be adapted so that part of its exhaust gases are fed into a chimney containing a 25-meter-high column that gives off a solvent mist that reacts with CO2 under pressure. As the flue gases pass through the mist, the CO2 is chemically absorbed, leaving residual gases to pass out of the chimney. The CO2 can then be separated from the solvent, which can be reused. The goal is 90% removal of CO2. The design is in this diagram:
The picture at the top of the page is from the Pithead Baths coal mine museum in Wales.
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A year ago at this time, the Kansas City Chiefs were coming off a wretched campaign that saw their coach fired after a franchise-worst 2-14 record.
Despite the ugly season, K.C sent a whopping eight players to the Pro Bowl, more than any team in the NFL.
One year later, the Cleveland Browns, like the Chiefs, have a new coach in Mike Pettine and a flood of talent in the form of six Pro Bowlers. Are the Browns poised to be next season's Chiefs?
Not so fast. There's plenty to like about Pettine and his team, but Cleveland doesn't top our list of newly coached squads likely to pull off a major turnaround.
Let's take a gander:
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Lovie Smith: People keep talking about the Lions as the most talented team of the bunch, but I'd give the nod to the Buccaneers. Lovie Smith offers proven defensive mastery and the Bucs have a potential long-term answer in quarterback Mike Glennon. Almost every position group in Tampa has at least one legitimate building block, and I expect the Bucs to compete, despite their nasty division.
2. Detroit Lions, Jim Caldwell: Caldwell's under tmore pressure than anyone on this list to win right away. If Detroit could wind back the clock, hiring Marc Trestman would have been a godsend for Matthew Stafford, but Caldwell's résumé speaks for itself. The Lions should have won the division last year, so why not expect the same?
3. Houston Texans, Bill O'Brien: The biggest danger here? The perception that Houston is merely a functional passer away from returning to double-digit wins. O'Brien inherits one of the league's premier talents in defensive lineman J.J. Watt, but close inspection suggests holes all over the roster. But the Texans will benefit from playing in a weak division, and that should inflate their win-loss record.
4. Cleveland Browns, Mike Pettine: This all comes down to the quarterback. If the Browns land a passer who can flip the switch, Cleveland might be a sleeper to win the AFC North. I love the Pettine hire and think he'll build a gritty squad, but the signal-caller void could sink them as low as No. 7 on this list if they start another dud under center.
5. Tennessee Titans, Ken Whisenhunt: I'm not sure how Ken Whisenhunt became so beloved during this month's coaching carousel. Perhaps because he was a safe pick in a bland field of candidates? Tennessee also toils in the winnable AFC South, but the Titans lack identity. For Whiz to turn this ship around, Jake Locker needs to stay healthy, and that's nothing short of a wild-card.
6. Minnesota Vikings, Mike Zimmer: I love the Zimmer hire and think he'll succeed. He's put together a great staff and his players are bound to adore his style. Minnesota can smile at what lies ahead, but a quick turnaround is unlikely with so many holes on the roster -- especially under center.
7. Washington Redskins, Jay Gruden: Something's not right in our nation's capital. Maybe it's just the stink from last season, but this Washington team has issues all over the place. Their historically bad special teams were no help to a defense that bled points and yardage. The hope is that Gruden can unleash Robert Griffin III, but no team on this list is more talent-poor.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" looked at weaknesses for the two Super Bowl teams.

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Senator Gaines Introduces Fire Tax Repeal
In his continued efforts to fight against the illegal fire tax, Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) announced on March 2nd Senate Bill 9, a measure to repeal the tax.
'This fire tax is illegal and unfair – plain and simple," said Senator Gaines. "Many rural property owners already pay local fire agencies for protection so it is clearly double-taxation and it is being dumped on the backs of rural Californians when parts of my district still have a more than 10-percent unemployment rate and families are struggling to make ends meet."
Senate Bill 9 would reverse the annual $152.33 "fee" for fire prevention services charged to rural property owners located in "State Responsibility Areas" (SRA) designated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), even though their property taxes already contribute to the service contracts that counties have with CAL FIRE.
The fire tax is imposed on more than 800,000 properties in the state that are within the boundaries of SRA. According to census and CAL FIRE data, Senator Gaines' largely rural district includes roughly 20-percent or approximately 160,000 of the properties whose owners are subject to the fee.
Senator Gaines contends that the fire tax attempts to sidestep Proposition 26, the initiative passed in 2010 that prevents the Legislature from disguising taxes as "fees" and circumventing constitutional requirements for passing higher taxes. He has been a leading critic of the tax and has introduced numerous pieces of legislation in previous years that attempted to provide relief for rural Californians. Senator Gaines also strongly supports the lawsuit filed against the state by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association challenging the fee on constitutional grounds.
"I have fought this illegal tax at every turn and I encourage everyone who is stuck paying this phony fee to get in the arena and fight it too," said Senator Gaines. "The answer to fire protection in California is not illegal taxes, but budgets that invest in core government services that protect every citizen in the state – rural, urban and suburban."
Senator Ted Gaines represents the 1st Senate District, which includes all or parts of Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra and Siskiyou counties.


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Richard Herpich
Richard "Rick" Lee Herpich, 54, of Peabody died Oct. 8 at his home. He was born Nov. 9, 1958, in Herington to Fred Lee Jr. and Gladys E. (Hamilton) Herpich.
He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church and attended Woodbine Grade School, where he was in the last graduating eighth grade class before the school closed. He graduated from White City High School in 1977.
He married Heather L. Sump on May 3, 2003, at Green.
He was a truck driver for U.S. Foods the past 10 years. He had worked for Dolly Madison Bakery in Emporia for 13 years before that.
He was preceded in death by an infant sister, Nancy Herpich, in 1960.
He is survived by his wife, Heather, of Peabody; a daughter, Ashley Johnson of Strong City; his parents, Fred and Gladys Herpich of Abilene; one sister, Jennifer Phillips of Haymarket, Va.; and three grandchildren.
Visitation with family was Friday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Herington Chapel.
A funeral service was Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Shady Brook, with the Rev. Justin Panzer officiating. Burial followed at St. John Cemetery in White City.
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Couple accused of hiring hitman to kill their exes appear in court
Victims helped stage phony crime scene with police
Victims helped stage phony crime scene with police
A Houston couple remains in the Harris County jail on charges of solicitation of capital murder, accused of hiring an undercover officer posing as a hitman to kill their former partners.
On Monday, the two appeared in court where a judge set bail for the Valerie Busick McDaniel, 48, a veterinarian who owns the Montrose Veterinary Clinic.
Bail was denied for her boyfriend, Leon Phillip Jacob, 39.
State District Judge Jim Wallace agreed to an arrangement between prosecutors and the defense to set bail for McDaniel at $50,000.
Prosecutor Nathan Moss said McDaniel does not have a criminal history, but Jacob was already on bail, charged with stalking and assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
If McDaniel does make bail, she is barred from contacting her ex-husband and her 8-year-old daughter.
Investigators with the DA's office learned weeks ago that Jacob was seeking to have his ex-girlfriend killed, according to prosecutors.
They found out Jacob had allegedly agreed to pay a man $10,000 to orchestrate the attack. That man agreed to cooperate with authorities and he arranged a meeting with Jacob and an undercover officer posing as a hitman.
During a meeting at Olive Garden on Buffalo Speedway to discuss the plot, McDaniel asked the undercover officer to kill her ex-husband, according to prosecutors. She is accused of agreeing to pay him $10,000 as part of an installment payment toward that hit.
The plan was to shoot him in what would look like a carjacking gone bad.
Following the meeting, both would-be victims were notified of the plots against them, prosecutors said. They agreed to cooperate with authorities and helped them stage murder and kidnap scenes that were photographed as proof the attacks had been carried out.
Jacob and McDaniel were arrested March 10. If convicted, they face a sentence range from five years to life if convicted.
Contact reporter Brian Rogers at email@example.com. Follow him at twitter.com/brianjrogers.


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Why the Roswell Park Doctor You Never Meet May Be the Most Important Person on Your Care Team
Our patients interact with many doctors during treatment, but rarely do they meet the specialist who plays a critical role in the outcome: the neuropathologist who diagnoses their brain tumor or abnormality by analyzing tissue samples. Precise diagnosis is what drives patient decisions and therapy.
With more than 120 brain tumor types and disorders, if the pathology is wrong, everything that follows will likely be incorrect as well. About 75 percent of the information used to make treatment decisions at Roswell Park comes from the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Because brain tumors account for fewer than 5 percent of all cancers, most pathologists see very few of them over the course of their careers. That's why a specialized pathologist, called a neuropathologist, is best equipped to recognize and interpret what shows up under the microscope, and to contribute to an effective treatment plan.
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Second Opinion Game Changer: Roswell Park pathologists report that over 10 percent of patients receive a change in diagnosis after coming to Roswell Park from another care facility.
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Roswell Park boasts one of only 400 practicing board-certified neuropathologists in the United States — experts with highly specific training and experience in the diagnosis of diseases of the central nervous system.
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Cancer treatments are becoming more and more targeted, so an accurate and comprehensive analysis by a pathologist is critical in determining the best approach. Learn how to read your pathology report.
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A second opinion can be both helpful and reassuring, and is especially important with brain tumors and disorders.
If you would like a second opinion by an Roswell Park brain team expert, you are under no obligation to receive your care here. You may continue to see your current doctor, and we are happy to discuss and share information.
When Should You Seek a Second Opinion?
It's always a good idea, but especially important if:
- Your physician or pathologist has not provided you with a full, clear explanation of your pathology report, in a language you understand.
- Your physician tells you that you don't need a second opinion. A good doctor will suggest that you get another opinion if there are questions about your treatment or diagnosis. If your physician is offended, find a new doctor.
- Your physician wants you to have surgery tomorrow. Almost nothing in the world of cancer care requires that kind of immediacy, except patients with acute leukemia; cases in which a tumor is compressing a vital structure, such as the heart or large blood vessels; or certain other rare conditions.
If you're still not sure whether to ask for a second opinion, ask yourself:
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Better bust out the good potato chips for this one, folks. Instant history kind of demands an "All-Dressed" rippled. The Patriots close out their 2007 regular season against the New York Giants tonight as they attempt to become the fourth team in the NFL's 88-year history to finish a regular season undefeated and untied. People are a little bit excited.
Machochip has a few good tips for the Giants to pull off the upset — run the ball, takeaway the deep threat, hit Brady in his model/actress-kissing mouth — but I'd like to add one more: find and start quarterback Kent Graham ASAP! Trust me.
As you know, the game will be aired on the NFL Network, CBS and NBC (8:00 p.m., ET), so lots of choices, sure. But I'm still holding out hope that Goodell okays PBS to simulcast the game too. James Lipton and Norm from This Old House really are the best announcing duo in the business. Enjoy the chips!
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Data Exchange Application Development
Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (ICJIS) has developed a number of internal applications that facilitate access to, generation of, and exchange of data and information between the justice and law enforcement agencies of Maricopa County.
Enterprise Service Bus
All applications are run within the ICJIS infrastructure and are connected to each stakeholder case management system via the ICJIS Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
Common Case Number (CCN)
The CCN is the unique identifying element for case information, and facilitates the flow of information, both automated and manual, between the participating agencies. The CCN (ex: CR2013-0012340-001) is stored in each stakeholder case management system's database.
Criminal History & Dispositions (CHD) Worksheet
The CHD application is used to render JWI results into an easy to read, formatted, sorted, summarized worksheet for judges, prosecutors, investigators and probation officers. The CHD also includes a photo of the subject and replaces dozens of pages with just a few.
Electronic Warrant
The electronic warrant application is used to capture warrant information throughout the process in one place. From request, to approval by a judge, to issuance through the Sheriff's Office to the Department of Public Safety (state police) and the federal warrant repository, the application tracks the metadata and the electronic document itself. The system applies court and clerk seals and electronically files and eventually quashes the warrant.
Justice Web Interface (JWI)
The JWI application allows for a different interface to be used to access criminal history and other information. JWI does not contain data; it accesses data sources, about 265, and allows users to select which pieces of data are applicable for viewing the complete picture of the subject.
The interface is graphical and allows users to quickly enter requests, even combining many critical requests into one simple action. One of the important sources for JWI is criminal history data from all 50 states and U.S. territories.
To learn more about the JWI application, visit the Justice Web Interface page.
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Reviewed by Aimee D. (age 11)
This book was wonderful to read because I filled my imagination with pictures of the aliens and they looked funny. My favorite part was when the UFO landed in the football field and everyone who saw the schools on Halloween were very shocked. I think my favorite character was Katelyn because she looked past Mike?s weirdness and thought that he was a great friend. None of the characters reminded me of someone that I knew because I don?t know any aliens. There are no illustrations in this book. The thing that is unique about this book is that each chapter has a twist of ideas. This book reminds me of the book I read called Letter to God. This book is not part of a series. It made me wonder about what everything looked like around Mike?s world. This story does not remind me about anything that happened in my life because I never met anyone who thought they were aliens or anyone who was an alien.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes aliens. This book really tells everyone about the supernatural. If you really like weird things, you would really consider reading this book. This book was interesting to me because I like the supernatural.


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If you haven't been using transitions or know what they even do, then let's start with a quick description: Transitions allow content on the screen to change from one visual state to another in a gradual, animated way. To learn more about the basics of transitions, check out the Transitions topic at the IE 10 Guide for Developers, and play with the Hands On: transitions on IE Test Drive. The focus here will assume you know the fundamentals of transitions and want to how to use them when developing apps for the Windows Store.
Will you need to define transitions differently for apps than for web pages? Technically, the answer is no. But you may not need to work so hard. For example, consider the following CSS rule:
.transit {
-webkit-transition: all 0.4s;
-moz-transition: all 0.4s;
-o-transition: all 0.4s;
transition: all 0.4s;
When developing for the web, we worry about web things – such as supporting multiple browsers. This is not a worry when developing an app for the Windows Store. This means you don't have to riddle your CSS with all the vendor prefixes as seen above. Therefore the above rule is reduced and far more simple to read and manage as seen here:
.transit {
transition: all 0.4s;
When a transition is defined, it specifies what properties are targeted for animation and for how long. In the example above, the all keyword means all animatable properties. A transition is triggered when any targeted property value changes. A common scenario where values are changed is when using CSS pseudo classes such as :active, :checked, :disabled, :enabled, :focus, :hover, :invalid, and :valid are in play. Hovering is one of the most common uses of transitions, as seen here:
.box {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
transition: background-color 1s;
.box:hover {
background-color: #FF0000;
The above example fades from white to red and smoothly back again when hovering. Although hover effects are appealing, keep in mind that Windows 8 is an operating system designed to fully embrace touch screen devices. Hovering works well with a mouse, but not with a finger. One possible way to deal with this is seen here:
.box {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
transition: background-color 1s;
.box:hover, .box:active {
background-color: #FF0000;
The subtle change above is adding the :active pseudo class if the targeted element is pressed down. This may not be practical in some circumstances, but it at least involves use touch devices when using you app.
Another way transitions are triggered is by use of media queries. Windows 8 applications can run in multiple layouts, and media queries can respond to layout changes by responding to the view state. Here is an example of a style sheet shell with media queries for each supported view state:
/* shared css rules go here */
/* media queries for adapting to layout changes */
@media (-ms-view-state: filled) { }
@media (-ms-view-state: fullscreen-landscape) { }
@media (-ms-view-state: fullscreen-portrait) { }
@media (-ms-view-state: snapped) { }
It is useful to know that transitions can be triggered by layout changes because proper use of them can enhance the fluidity of the application. For example, a switch to a snapped layout might require a change in font size. With just a subtle transition, you can get the effect of a graceful move to snapped view and back. This is demonstrated in the following CSS rules:
.subheader {
/* recommended subheader size */
font-size : 20pt;
font-family: 'Segoe UI Light';
color: rgba(255,255,255,1.0);
/* subtle shrink|grow effect */
transition: font-size ease 0.3s;
@media (-ms-view-state: snapped) {
.subheader {
/* recommended subheader size for snapped */
font-size: 11pt;
When the rules are implemented above, a switch in the application to a snapped position will create a simple shrink effect. When switching out of snapped view, the text quickly grows. Careful use and experimentation can lead to a polished user experience.
While changes to targeted properties of a transition can be defined in the CSS rules, another way to make property changes programmatically through JavaScript.
Transitions are always timed. One way to interact with a transition in code is to respond to the transitionend event when it is complete. To demonstrate, first look at the following CSS rule:
.demo-transition-end {
transition: all 4s;
.demo-transition-end:active {
background-color: #FF0000;
transform: rotate(360deg);
Now here is an example of code that responds to an element on the page that is the target of a CSS transition rule above:
var box = document.querySelector("#box");
function (args) {
if (args.elapsedTime < 4) {
box.innerText = "Keep Pressing!";
In the code above, an anonymous function is used as the event handler when the transition ends. Note that the argument supplied to the function has an elapsedTime property, allowing you to determine how long the transition lasted. Because the transition is triggered by the :active pseudo class, it will only reach 4 seconds if the user continues to press down on the element. The code above detects the user let go too soon, and changes the text of the element to encourage the user to keep pressing.
To continue with this example, a new class rule will be added:
.vanish {
transition-delay: 1s;
transform: scale(0.01);
opacity: 0.01;
Now an else clause will be added to the event handler, so that the complete code now looks like this:
var box = document.querySelector("#box");
function (args) {
if (args.elapsedTime < 4) {
box.innerText = "Keep Pressing!";
} else {
box.innerText = "Let Go...";
The code now responds if the transition reached a full 4 seconds. If that happens, it changes the text of the element to "Let Go…". It also calls on the element's classList property, and adds a new class named vanish. The addition of the class rule will invoke another transition that will make the element shrink and disappear in 1 second.
The classList property allows you to easily change the the state of the class attribute, which will invoke a transition if any targeted property values change. You can use classList for adding, removing, inspecting, or toggling class names in the attribute. You can also simply change any of the elements style property values directly to also invoke a transition.
Fans of CSS3 transitions will enjoy knowing that such powers are easily tapped when developing Windows Store apps with JavaScript. You should also be aware that the WinJS.UI.Animation API contains methods for transitioning content as well.
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Sept. 23, 2012
Israel "more loathsome" than Nazis:
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Israel's treatment of Palestinians is worse than anything carried out by Hitler and the Nazis during the Holocaust, according to the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper.
Three recent articles in
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"It looks like the Palestinian National Authority is simultaneously facing war on a number of fronts...
Among the volatile topics is the insane settlement enterprise that the Netanyahu government continues, using racist settlers, who behave more like wounded and mad wolves aroused by the smell of blood, and whose actions against our people are more loathsome than any Zionist story about the Nazi Holocaust."
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"Members of the Jewish religion must awaken from the coma of historical distortion, which was fabricated by the Zionist movement and world capitalists, the very same [capitalists] who wheel and deal in the Nazi and Fascist slaughter of Jews during WWII. Since what they (i.e., the Jews) are doing in Palestine against the Palestinian Arab people is more dangerous and criminal than what Hitler's Holocaust brought on the Jews and the nations of the world of the 1940s."
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Just weeks after Ottawa and Albany settled a bitter controversy over development at the Peace Bridge, another "international dispute" is brewing along the U.S.-Canada border.
This time, the Town Council of Fort Erie, Ont., is directing barbs at the Buffalo Common Council for even suggesting a merger of the two binational bodies that govern the four bridges spanning the Niagara River.
In what undiplomatically might be called a "mind your own business" resolution, the Fort Erie lawmakers a few days ago told the Buffalo Common Council it "strongly objects" to its request for a state study of combining the Peace Bridge Authority with the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission. The Canadians even offered a few thoughts on how the Buffalonians should be spending their time.
"Perhaps instead the Buffalo Common Council should call upon its various governments to develop a strategy to facilitate important issues facing these bridges in a timely, productive and cost-effective manner," the Town Council resolved July 15.
Is another international incident under way?
Nobody yet anticipates resumption of the recent nastiness between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Canadian members of the Peace Bridge Authority. But North Council Member Joseph Golombek Jr. said his call for study of the merger stems from serious health concerns in the Peace Bridge neighborhood that he suspects is related to the exhaust of idling trucks.
If one of the crossings in a less densely populated area under control of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission could be dedicated to truck traffic, he reasoned, maybe some of those concerns could be alleviated.
"We have people sick and dying on our side of the Peace Bridge," Golombek said. "Cars stop in Buffalo or Orchard Park or wherever, but the trucks fly through, and I believe their emissions cause problems in that neighborhood."
Golombek has now resurrected a similar Common Council resolution passed in 2011 that called upon a state commission studying government efficiency to the review the idea.
But it's serious business in Fort Erie, where many companies like customs brokers and freight forwarders have set up shop in recent years. And Mayor Douglas Martin has not forgotten the most recent dispute, which he called "much ado about nothing and unfortunate at best."
"Quite frankly, I don't understand in any way whatsoever what the genesis of this is," he said of Golombek's effort.
Martin noted that the town resolution points out the Buffalo lawmakers never consulted Canadian counterparts about two binational bodies that trace their existence to Ottawa as well as Washington and Albany.
"This to me is a nonstarter," the mayor added. "It serves no purpose and does not address any of the ongoing needs we have."
Martin said he opposed the idea when Sam Hoyt, a former assemblyman who now represents Cuomo on the Peace Bridge Authority, sought support in 2011 and doesn't support it now.
"He said then we would be supporting the goals of the governor of New York and efforts to reduce taxes," the mayor said. "But this has nothing to do with taxes, and he's not my governor."
Golombek, meanwhile, said he will continue to pursue the idea.
And he quipped that he thinks it all stems from last December's bicentennial observances of the War of 1812.
"I shot off a cannon towards Fort Erie," he said. "I think that's what they're angry about."
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A 3-year-old Easter egg hunter in England found something not suitable for his basket on Sunday: a live hand grenade.
According to the Daily Mail, the boy was found standing on the grenade, believed leftover from World War II, in a field next to a road at Holford, Somerset. The man who found the boy standing on the grenade told the Daily Mail:
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Roberta Einer Spring 2017
**Today's runway review reimagines Roberta Einer's Spring 2017 collection as a short story, set in Miami in the 1980s. Einer drew inspiration from what Bianca Jagger and Janice Dickinson might wear by the pool at a grand Miami Beach hotel. The events described in this story are fictitious.
The sun sinks below the horizon, the last rays of sun kissing the sand on Miami Beach. It's a hot night, and on Ocean Drive, things are just starting to heat up. You check your look in the mirror, applying the last few touches of soft peach-coloured eyeshadow and blush while chunky hoop earrings sway from your ear lobes.
There's a party at the grand Miami Beach hotel, and rumour has it, some of LA's most beautiful people are going to be there. It's the perfect time to wear that slinky slip dress, the one with black lace spaghetti straps made from a sheer floral fabric. The best thing about this dress though is the pastel embellishment, arranged like strokes of a paintbrush. On a night this hot, there's only one so many shoes you could wear, deciding on your tried and true black mules. Hopefully your feet won't be too sore tomorrow after tonight's adventure. On the way out the door, you decide to grab your textured varsity jacket. The forest green vinyl sleeves contrast nicely against the panels on the back decorated in a tropical-themed embroidery. It's a last minute decision, but lately a lot of sleazy guys have been cosying up to you at parties, purring 'baby girl' in your ear. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do- there's nothing whimsical or apologetic about tonight's look, instead it's all about femininity and power.
When you finally step inside the room is packed, the walls decorated in pastel green, blue, pink and neon hues typical of Miami, all offset with black. Across the crowded room, you catch a glimpse of the actress Bianca Jagger in a brushed blue velvet jumpsuit with a deep V neck and hoop earrings. To her left you see supermodel Janice Dickinson wearing a striped black and white halter top with a knee-length crocheted pencil skirt. You spot some other supermodels wearing tight-and-tiny dresses, all featuring stunning embellishment resulting in a wondrous clash of colour, print and graphics. Everything from tweed to silk, covered in sequins and ample appliques. Many of the outfits also share an added touch of sparkle. Could it be that they're all here on holiday? Despite the sweltering heat, they all look so refined and beautiful, but there's no doubt these women are having a good time.
Candy-coloured neon drinks in tall glasses adorned with fresh fruit filter through the room, and as quickly as you can, you grab one from a platter held by a passing waiter. From that first sip, the sweet and sugary cocktail is intoxicating and everything in the room- the colour, music and people seem even more loud. You catch glimpses of the same seaside colour palette used to reinvent the city's Art Deco architecture on the clothes of everyone in the room.
You wander to the courtyard area, where at the centre an enormous pool filled with crystal clear bright blue water stretches across the length of the outdoor space. From the nearby streets everything glows, bathed in the glow of a pink neon light. On either side of the pool, white trellises form part of two small gardens, each filled with flowers and hanging plants. It reminds you a little bit of the botanical gardens in Miami, but they're nowhere near as interesting as the clothes. Outside everyone's outfits are even more flashy than you dreamed they'd be. A sudden flash and the sound of a camera shutter draws your eye to two girls posing for a photo in front of the garden to your left, one wearing a bomber jacket dusted in thousands of twinkling crystals. It's so beautiful you can hardly believe your eyes, the combination of crystals, pearls and glitter arranged over crochet and lace is unlike anything you've ever seen before. Everything about it is so intricate and glamorous, it must have been made by an expert in couture techniques.
There's something unmistakably European about this party, despite the in-your-face use of colour, particularly pink and turquoise which is just so characteristic of the Dirty South. Some girls have been brave enough to wear hooded tops made from what looks like a PVC fabric and silk blend, featuring a zipper to the neckline. You've never seen anything like it before, and love the hip hop reference but on a night like tonight, it can't be too comfortable either. From afar, some girls are wearing bikinis under robe-like jackets. You feel a little bit jealous, the robe is a soft dusty pink made from velvet, they look so comfortable. Not so far away you spy laser cut leather patches on black and stripe denim layered over petite dresses with scalloped. The contrast between soft-coloured stripes and the neon tones are electric, but nowhere as bright as the uber-glamorous Miami vice inspired motifs. Everywhere around you there's florals, hummingbird and fingernail prints inspired by pop-art made all the more kitsch by the liberal use of glitter. The highly embellished clothes and intricate embroidery are part of the reason why you love the Miami nightlife so much.
"Watch out!" You start to turn around but it's already too late.
A figure pushes past, with enough force to cause you to lose your balance. Before you can do anything you fall on your back into the pristine, cool turquoise water of the grand Miami Beach hotel.
*Images 1-32 via Vogue.com and 33-57 via WWD
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The good news: you've got an amazing daughter. She's 18, bright and beautiful, and every time you look at her, your heart wallops with pride.
The bad news? One Sunday morning, she glides into the kitchen.
"Dad," she says. "After uni, I want to go into advertising."
You pause. What the hell do you say? Have you thought of lap-dancing? Marriage?
"Honey, by the time you leave university, there may not be an advertising. Unless you want to pump out soulless work for banks and supermarkets at one of the five superagencies? DDBFallonSaatchi. LeoBurnettBBHPublicis. McCannDraftLoweDeutsch. O&M/JWT/Y&R. AMV Ramzan Golant."
"Sounds scary."
"Trust me, it is. Look, forget uni. Head to the States, learn code and get to understand how digital technology works in people's lives. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh and create things that matter."
She smiles indulgently.
"And then, come back and set up a company that laughs in the face of messaging and uses technology to create things of lasting value for businesses and, most importantly, people."
"Look," you say. "Maybe it will help if we sit down and do this week's Private View together."
First up, you download the Drinkaware Good Times app from Ogilvy & Mather.
"An app," she says, "that's useful, that matters. And it's for a good cause - teenage drinking awareness."
"Aha!" you say. "It is an app, yes. But is it useful? Look, it has no reviews on the app store. No ratings, either. They've built something there isn't a need for and then, crime upon crime, they've buried the point of it deep in the interface. Not only that, the advertising, the paid media, doesn't even point people to the owned platform, if you can call it that. An interesting metaphysical question, that ...
Is something a platform if no-one is on it?"
"Shut up, Dad."
Chastened, you move on to a film from the BBC. After watching it once, you look at each other.
"What the hell was that, Dad? The singing? The styling? What did it have to do with getting people online?"
"I have no idea."
"Hang on a minute, wasn't there a URL at the end of it?"
You play it again and find a URL on the end-frame for a lovely site full of wonderful content that empowers people to help others get online. And you both shake your head - her at the beauty of it, you at the flaws in the comms strategy and waste of the client's money.
The Barnardo's film goes all right, though.
"It's good, Dad, isn't it?"
"It is, sweetheart," you murmur, hating yourself as you stifle thoughts about the recurrent theme of time travel, backwards or forwards, in Ringan Ledwidge's work for Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
There's nothing to say about the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games print.
And then you get to the Clover Lighter ad.
You: "It's the bastard offspring of McDonald's, Innocent, Halifax, Malibu, Lurpak and Waitrose ...
"Dad!" she whispers. "One more, Dad, we're nearly done ..."
"OK, sweetheart. What is it?"
"Google, Dad. Look, some newspaper ads encouraging people to be careful with their online security. They're useful, aren't they?"
"They are, love, they are. But are they any good?"
And then she looks at you: the cold heart, the shell of a soul and the loathed self. And she books on to the first plane to San Francisco.
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I have just given the "no pain, no gain" talk to a team, so I thought this would make a good theme for my first Private View. I believe no great work is ever achieved without pushing through some pain barriers. Or there would be more of it about. For instance, digging really deep for human truths and finding the point of empathy with the audience; going for a brave - never been done before and therefore scary - idea; prosecuting the execution with commitment and panache. Difficult to judge from the outside, but that's this gig.
Drinkaware. Assuming this is aimed at binge-drinkers, I suspect the insights were gleaned from this audience when they were sober and sensible. I think for most bingers, the blurry night out and the vomiting actually have a lot of appeal because of the bragging rights. Had someone bothered to watch them at the moment of truth (when they were getting trollied one night) and worked out what was really triggering the behaviour, a more powerful idea might have been found. No evidence of other pain thresholds being breached here, so, sadly, this hasn't got close to great.
BBC. A campaign encouraging us to help someone stupid to learn the interweb thingy. I have just taught my 89-year-old mother-in-law to use an iPad, which she wanted for her birthday. I am so proud of her for learning and I find this ad incredibly patronising. Maybe the audience does think their significant olders are dim old twits, and this is the human truth reflected here, but it doesn't resonate with me. Singing the strategy has been done before, but at least they do it with commitment. One pain barrier overcome in the execution; two if the target audience do actually consider their old mums to be morons.
Clover Lighter. This warm-hearted and sweet-natured spot is born of a strong insight that, when you get to a certain age, life is full of prohibitions. They have shown admirable affection for the audience and this comes through, which is courageous when it comes to this subject matter, as it's easier to sneer. They have been brave with the idea of an oldie pop festival. I wish they had found a way to get more daring with the "structured reality", though. Quite a lot of pain, and quite a lot of gain.
With Barnardo's, the team has pushed through all the pain barriers. Pushed to find the product insight and benefit: that Barnardo's help can transform angry teenagers into relatively well-adjusted adults. It has executed the storytelling with commitment, with great acting and tremendous restraint in the choice of CGI-free direction. Simply great. I hope it raises lots of dosh.
Google. Difficult subject, internet security, but no barriers were broken to create this campaign and, for a long copy ad, they clearly didn't even trouble to find a good copywriter.
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This work doesn't seem to have a deep insight, a great idea, or any beauty or drama in the execution. Something or somebody must have got in the way of good work.
Which leads me on to my hitherto-unmentioned pain barrier - the one that can be erected by clients. Great work is only ever done with great clients. And it is a lesson to us all to pull down barriers that we ourselves erect so our agencies have fewer to break through getting to great. Easier said than done sometimes, but we all have to keep pushing through.


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This blog discusses items of interest to genealogical researchers, with an emphasis on California. It also focuses on internet-centered genealogy research, and covers tools and techniques unique to that space.
10 June 2008
Google Books Index Update
Each state now has its own page, and resources on each page have been organized by type of book.
I have indexed 890 books, mostly county and state histories, some directories, and historical society publications.
Next up will be the indexing of books with vital records and record transcriptions, then surname-based family histories.
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- Amanda said...
Thank you for doing this. I was able to find a book through your index that talks about many of my ancestors and their relatives. While it is only a secondary resource, it gives me a basis for researching primary records on about 50 new people. Again... thank you, thank you, thank you!
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- Jennifer said...
Excellent! It makes me so happy to hear that the index helped you. It is always a boost to accomplish more when I hear my work is worthwhile. Cheers!
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- Taneya said...
Holy cow! this is great! thank you for working on it :-) As a librarian who also does some genealogy indexing, this so encouraging to see others working hard to make it easier for others to find what they need.
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Brian Earp had a very interesting post a year ago on motivated reasoning and "moral coherence" and how people resolve moral conflicts.
I was thinking "moral coherence" sounded very like dissonance theory, and then Brian went ahead and said as much, so that's good. I know where I am.
He started with Todd Akin's interesting take on pregnancy and rape, and how he could have believed that.
what could be going on with Todd Akin's moral reasoning for him to casually downplay the relevance of rape and incest to the abortion debate while maintaining, as he does, that there should be no exceptions to anti-abortionism even in those cases? Psychologist Brittany Liu uses the notion of "moral coherence" to provide an explanation:
The misuse of scientific information in support of one's moral position is not new. When it comes to controversial and morally-laden issues such as abortion, it is difficult for people to separate their moral intuitions from their factual beliefs. With Akin, for example, his stance that abortion is fundamentally immoral (even in cases of rape and incest) is tightly wrapped up in his beliefs about the consequences of abortion and the science of female reproduction.
According to Liu, "moral coherence" refers to:
… the power our moral intuitions have to shape beliefs about facts, evidence, and science. Often, our intuitions about right and wrong conflict with well-rehearsed economic intuitions based on a cost-benefit logic. That is, it is often the case that a particular act feels morally wrong even though doing it would maximize positive consequences.
So how do people resolve this kind of moral conflict? In a paper with her colleague Peter Ditto, Liu suggests that people's desire for moral coherence "initiates a motivated cost-benefit analysis in which the act that feels the best morally becomes that act that also leads to the best consequences."
Which is understandable, although unfortunate.
The idea of "moral coherence"— a clear cousin of Leon Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory—seems plausible enough, and Liu lays it out in a thoughtful, compelling manner. Unfortunately, this sort of fair-minded effort to understand how it is that an otherwise intelligent person could fall so far afield of reality is rare when it comes to political hot-topics involving moral disagreement.
Yes but what Todd Akin said was so infuriating!
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TGIF. It's rainy in New York City, again. Here's your Friday banking roundup: Citi dumps more of Citi Holdings, BNP ignored warnings, Morgan Stanley sees executive exits and Goldman looks to make inroads in Washington.
Here's more:
Bank dump: Citigroup Inc. unloaded more of its Citi Holdings assets by selling its Greek retail operation to Alpha Bank for a reported $2.7 million. The bank said the sale includes $600 million in GAAP assets, 480,000 customers, $1.4 billion in deposits and $540 million in customer receivables. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the third quarter.
Warning shots: BNP Paribas SA ignored early warnings from U.S. government officials about its sanctions violations, reports Reuters. The French bank was cautioned by a senior Treasury official and three reports by legal experts that it could risk penalties. BNP is facing a possible $10 billion fine for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran, Sudan and Syria.
Wall Street plays musical chairs: Morgan Stanley is losing two key executives from its equity derivatives team, according to a report on CNBC. The global head of the firm's equity derivatives team in London and the head of the Asia equity derivatives group are both departing two of the most functional units at the bank. Both executives also left Bank of America Merrill Lynch within months of each other before joining Morgan Stanley.
Meanwhile, RBC Wealth Management-U.S. has recruited a former Morgan Stanley executive director to help with the firm's growth plans. Christopher Anderson, a two-decade industry veteran, will be headquartered in Atlanta and will help RBC expand in the South...and UBS hired Bank of America Corp. Merrill Lynch's former head of its retail investment banking group to run its Americas bank. Jerry Marcus brings three decades of experience to UBS to help build its retail coverage, said the bank in a memo.
Building bridges: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. looks to make amends with Washington, four years after the firm was admonished by regulators over the financial crisis. The bank hosted several high-profile Washington players this week including Vice President Joe Biden, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at the firm's headquarters to discuss energy and environmental concerns, reports The Wall Street Journal. CEO Lloyd Blankfein was front and center at the event, as well as, being part of a well-orchestrated media blitz, including several television appearances.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The decision by Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable company, to buy General Electric out of the NBCUniversal business looks like a smart one, as the media conglomerate posted strong results for the second quarter.
It was the first quarter in which Philadelphia-based Comcast owned all of NBCUniversal, the parent of the NBC broadcast network and Universal Studios. Comcast bought control of NBCUniversal in 2011, with an agreement to buy the remaining GE stake over time. It sped up the schedule this year, buying out GE on March 19 for $16.7 billion.
NBCUniversal's results are more volatile than Comcast's slow-and-steady cable business. In the second quarter, it posted a 9 per cent increase in revenue to $6 billion, well above analyst estimates at $5.75 billion, as polled by FactSet. Results were driven by the release of "Fast & Furious 6" in theatres and by ad sales for top-rated broadcast TV show "The Voice."
Coupled with continued strong performance in the Comcast cable business, NBCUniversal helped push overall results beyond Wall Street expectations.
Comcast earned $1.73 billion, or 65 cents per share, in the April-to-June period. That's up from $1.35 billion, or 50 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.
Overall revenue rose 7 per cent to $16.3 billion from $15.2 billion.
Analysts had expected earnings of 63 cents per share on revenue of $16 billion.
Comcast shares rose $2.37, or 5.6 per cent, to close Wednesday at $45.08.
Subscriber trends in the cable business were the best in five years for the seasonally weak second quarter. Cable companies routinely lose subscribers every quarter to satellite and phone-company TV services, but Comcast has been slowing down its losses and saw a net of only 159,000 subscribers depart in the quarter.
On the broadband side, it added a net 187,000 subscribers in the quarter, the highest figure since 2008. Other Internet service providers are seeing drastically slowing recruitment, as most homes already have broadband.
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This year we had the opportunity to partake in an awesome tradition from Tracy's younger years.
Our first "straight from the woods" Christmas tree! Now it may not look like much above, but in our small living room it has enormous character.
The boys of course thought it was an adventure just tromping through the snow and collecting sticks. Once our tree wiped it's last sappy tear and said goodbye to his forest friends we welcomed him into our home for much anticipated decorating. Each year the boys get to pick out a new ornament for the tree. Usually it represents something that they are into that year and they love pulling out the memories each Christmas. Not quite sure Evan will be happy to hang Dora on his first bachelor tree, but hey at least he will have the option! Last year because of the rising cost of well..everything, I convinced them that we should make these.
Can you see the vision yet? Next they each got to paint their own with the base color.
This is the drying stage after a few "touch-ups" from mom. Can you tell yet?
Now we will just cross our fingers that our tree will still be alive for our Angry Birds to nest in for Christmas!


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Has anyone tried to cook brown rice and adzuki beans together in a rice cooker? I think they have a similar cooking time, although maybe it would be necessary to presoak the beans... I have already successfully cooked brown rice and lentils together in my rice cooker, using the brown rice setting and adding just a little bit more water than I would have for just brown rice. This is a very easy vegetarian (and vegan) one pot meal, and you can add whatever seasonings you want to the water to vary the flavor. However, now I am interested in trying with other legumes, so any suggestion would be very much welcome!
Noi siamo usciti fore
del maggior corpo al ciel ch'è pura luce:
luce intellettüal, piena d'amore;
amor di vero ben, pien di letizia;
letizia che trascende ogne dolzore.
Sorry, I'm not a great azuki bean fan so I haven't yet got around to trying this.
How about kuri gohan? Here are instructions for making it in a rice cooker with brown rice (I usually make it with a combination of standard white rice and glutinous rice and boil the chestnuts rather than roast them.)
Chestnuts are not legumes but you've probably already considered most true legumes. Gingko/ginnan nuts are nice but are expensive and hard to get hold of. How about pine nuts? I've had a delicious okayu made with brown rice and pine nuts.
Azuki beans have a much longer cooking time than brown rice, so you'd need to at least parboil them to a firm yet not totally done stage if you want to cook them together with the brown rice.
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Thank you, I will try as soon as possible and let you know how it went :-)
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Beaumont, Calif. - In only their second tournament of the Spring Season, the UC Santa Barbara golf team recorded a 33-over par 897 at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, Calif., finishing ninth out of 13 schools in the Braveheart Classic hosted by UC Riverside.
The University of Oregon won the tournament, posting an 11-over par 875. Southern Utah was second at 882, 18-over par. Southern Utah's Nate Page was the lone player in the field to finish in red numbers on the weekend, shooting a 69 on the final day to finish with a 215, one shot under par.
Tyler Weir finished in seventh place overall with a 2-over par 218 to lead UCSB. After finishing the first round at 4-over, Weir carded the Gauchos' lone below-par round of the tournament in the second with a 2-under 70. Andrew Gunson tied for 31st with a three-round total of 225.
Brian Hollenbeck, who led the Gauchos in scoring average coming into the tournament, posted final rounds of 76 and 77 on his way to 42nd place tie at 225. Hollenbeck led the tournament in pars, tallying 43.
After a first round 301, the Gauchos finished six shots better in the second thanks in large part to Weir's 70 and a 1-over 73 by Gunson. However, the Gauchos were unable to keep that momentum going, relapsing with a final round 301.
Oak Valley Golf Club played extremely difficult on the weekend. The field mustered just a 76.87 scoring average on the weekend, nearly four strokes over par. UC Santa Barbara ranked third in total pars on the weekend with 164.
UCSB returns to the links for competition Mar. 9 and Mar. 10 when it will play in the Fresno State Lexus Classic. The event will be hosted by Fresno State and take place at Belmont Country Club in Fresno, Calif.


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- How do you start meetings? If you want to signal "Let's get down to business" without rolling up your shirtsleeves, here are some options designed for women.
- Keep an eye on your speaking options: Here's what it takes to get on the program as a woman speaker. Even if your profession is dominated by women, research shows that it's more difficult for women to present at their professional membership groups' conferences. The one plus: You stand out more on the program, but have to work harder to get there.
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