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More on Columbia's Abuse of Property Rights
Six weeks ago, Cato filed an amicus brief supporting a challenge to Columbia University's strong‐armed attempt to condemn and take over certain land in Upper Manhattan. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will consider the cert petition our brief supports, with a decision on whether it hears the case expected Monday.
In what is probably not a coincidence, then, the Columbia Spectator today came out with a lengthy feature story examining the story behind the dispute, controversial "blight" designations and all. This is excellent student journalism — heck, excellent journalism, period — and here are some key excerpts (full disclosure: the author interviewed me for the piece):
Since it proposed the expansion, Columbia has rapidly made deals with property owners and gained control over nearly every lot in the zone — except for two who have fought to hold on to their land.…
And Columbia has repeatedly said that those parcels, which represent a total of around nine percent of the expansion zone, are vital to the vision.
Eminent domain — the process by which the state seizes private property for the "public good," providing just compensation for the owner — officially came into the picture in 2004, when the University asked the state to consider condemnation.
And here's the crux of the legal dispute:
Some neighborhood tenants and owners — most no longer in Manhattanville as Columbia continues to break ground and demolish properties — have strongly contested this blight label.
Nuss remembers a community vibrant enough to support his improvisational group — the No‐Neck Blues Band — local businesses, and his family. He raised his daughter in the Hint House.…
But it's sometimes hard to believe Nuss is talking about the same area as other residents who say they agree with the determination of blight.…
This disparity in views on Manhattanville's conditions touches upon a fundamental question when evaluating the process that paved the way for Columbia's expansion: Was the neighborhood really blighted, and given the process by which the criteria of blight were determined, was the state's designation of blight an appropriate justification for the use of eminent domain for a private university?
My sense is that whatever "blight" there is was caused by Columbia itself:
"It's akin to the kid who kills his parents and begs the court's mercy for being an orphan," says Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow with the Cato Institute, which filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Manhattanville property owners. "You're creating your own blight. It doesn't pass the smell test."


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Monday, June 27, 2011
Mopping Up
We have just come thru an extremely wet time for North-East BC. We have broken records held since 1938, but personally I can think of far noble records to break....but this is not about our accomplishments but rather of something totally out of our control!!
Our local news tells us all about it:
"According to Environment Canada numbers, two records that stood for more than 70 years were broken in the rainstorm at the end of last week.
The three day totals ending on Saturday show Fort St. John received 114.9 millimeters, including daily record totals of 37.1 on Friday, and 57 on Saturday.
The Friday total, pushed the monthly total, to 118.4 millimeters, breaking the previous 1936 June record of 110.5...and it was more than 12 times the June total in the 2010 drought year.
Meantime, the month-to-date total is now unofficially up to 176.4 millimeters, smashing the all-time one month record of 145.5 established in July of 1939.
Despite all that, latest reports indicate Chetwynd and Hudson's Hope were the hardest hit communities recording three day totals of 128.5 and 126.2 millimeters respectively."
Posted by Faye at 3:16 PM
1 comments:
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
I hope your weather improves! It always seems like you have too much rain...or you're in a drought! ♥
- June 28, 2011 at 5:29 PM
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Mark Wahlberg is one Red Sox fan Yankees should look out for -- especially when he's toting a gun.
The actor and long-time Boston Red Sox fan said he loved pulling out the hardware on Yankee star Derek Jeter, who made a cameo in Mark Wahlberg's "The Other Guys," the New York Daily News reported.
Wahlberg and Will Ferrell play cops in the comedy who chase down Jeter's character, a homeless bum, when he won't stop after repeated requests on the cops' part. To stop him, Wahlberg fires.
U.S. & World
"They call me the Yankee clipper in the movie," Wahlberg told the News.
"The part was written for me. I can't wait to see this with an audience in Boston," he said.
Wahlberg cracked a joke about Jeter's acting chops, saying the baller could only have a career in Hollywood if he got a little lucky.
"An acting career? If he reeeallly works on it," he joked.
Wahlberg will also star this season in thriller "The Lovely Bones" as the father of a murdered teenager.


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On Film
The Star-CrossedBy James Franco
A few weeks ago, I went to the local art-house cinema in Royal Oak, Michigan, to see Gus Van Sant's Restless, starring Dennis Hopper's son, Henry Hopper, and the sensitive indie-girl du jour Mia Wasikowska. The movie is in many ways a conventional love story: awkward boy meets awkward girl; they both have secret traumas that they eventually reveal to each other; they support each other emotionally when the rest of the world is unable; they have a fight; and then, by the end, they come to a greater acceptance of each other. But one director's trite structure is another's fresh material. If Van Sant had made nothing but offbeat romances, Restless might have been boring. But he is one of the most experimental filmmakers we have, and his decision to helm an ostensibly ordinary love story is, itself, anything but ordinary. Read More


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Why I am a Pegan—or Paleo-Vegan—and Why You Should Be Too
As a doctor, it is my job to figure out the best way to keep my patients healthy. We now know that food is medicine, perhaps the most powerful drug on the planet with the power to cause or cure most disease. If food is more than just calories, if food is information that controls every aspect of our biology and health, then I better know what to advise people to prevent, treat and even reverse chronic disease.
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So the fundamental question of our time, given that the cost of chronic disease caused mostly by what we eat will cost our global economy $47 trillion over the next 20 years and cause more than 50 million preventable deaths a year is this:
What should I eat to feel good, lose weight, and get and stay healthy?
On the one hand, Lebron James is eating Paleo and the number one tennis player in the world cut out gluten and dairy and went from not winning at all to winning everything in just one year. But on the other hand, Rich Roll completed five Iron Man marathons in seven days on a vegan diet.
The Problem with Nutrition Research
Looking at the research it is easy to get confused. Vegan diet studies show they help with weight loss, reverse diabetes and lower cholesterol. Paleo diets seem to do the same thing. So should you be shunning animal foods and eating only beans, grains and veggies or should you eat meat and fat without guilt and give up all grains and beans?
Essentially, each camp adheres to their diet with near religious fervor. And each can point to studies validating their point of view. We call this cherry picking. After reading dozens of studies on vegan and paleo diets, even I could get confused. But I don't because I read BETWEEN the lines not just the headlines. I read the methods and analyze the actual data to learn what the studies actually demonstrate.
The problem with nutrition research is that most of it relies on large studies of populations and their dietary patterns obtained mostly through dietary questionnaires or 24-hour dietary recall. The first study linking saturated fats to heart disease by Ancel Keys (and on which 50 years of dietary policy to eat low fat was based) looked at about 30 men from Crete and their previous day's diet and linked that to the fact they had fewer heart attacks than people from countries that ate more saturated fat. Skimpy evidence at best! In fact, most of the "evidence" that fat in general and saturated fat in particular is bad for us is being rigorously challenged by better and more specific research.
These type of studies are further complicated because it is very hard to tease out the factors that matter. For example, when Asians move from Asia to the U.S., they eat more meat and have more heart disease and cancer, but they also consume far more sugar. So it is the meat or is it the sugar? Hard to know. These types of population studies also cannot prove cause and effect, only show correlation. Yet, the media and consumers take it as gospel. We thought dietary cholesterol was bad and were told to avoid egg yolks at all costs. Turns out they are good for you and have no impact on cholesterol.
Many experimental studies on vegan or paleo diets, which should give more direct evidence of cause and effect often have only small numbers of people in the study, making it hard to draw firm conclusions. Even worse is that the diets they use for comparison (the control group) are not ideal alternative diets. Comparing a vegan diet of chips and Coke, bagels and pasta to a paleo diet of healthy veggies and grass fed meat won't be very helpful, nor would comparing a paleo diet of feedlot meat, bologna and no fresh veggies to a whole foods, low glycemic vegan diet.
Also, eating a low fat versus a high fat vegan diet has very different health benefits. The Eco-Atkins or high fat, high protein, low carb, low glycemic vegan diet performs better for weight loss and cholesterol lowering than a low fat vegan diet that avoids nuts, seeds and avocados.
RD Laing said that "scientists can't see the way they see, with their way of seeing."
Why You Should be a Pegan!
So what's an eater to do?
I vote for being a Pegan or Paleo-Vegan, which is what I have chosen for myself and recommend for most of my patients. Keep in mind that most of us need to personalize the approach depending on our health conditions, preferences and needs.
What is a Pegan? Well since I just made it up, I guess it's up to me to define.
Let's focus first on what is in common between paleo and vegan (healthy vegan), because there is more that intelligent eating has in common than there are differences. They both focus on real, whole, fresh food that is sustainably raised.
Here are the characteristics of a healthy diet everyone agrees on:
- Very low glycemic load—low in sugar, flour and refined carbohydrates of all kinds.
- High in vegetables and fruits. The deeper the colors, the more variety, the better. This provides a high phytonutrient content protective against most diseases. (Although the paleo camp recommends lower glycemic fruit such as berries.)
- Low in pesticides, antibiotics and hormones and probably no or low GMO foods.
- No chemicals, additives, preservatives, dyes, MSG, artificial sweeteners and other "Franken Chemicals" that you would never have in your pantry.
- Higher in good quality fats—omega 3 fats for all. And most camps advise good quality fats from olive oil, nuts, seeds and avocados. Although some, such as Drs. Esselstyn and Ornish still advise very low fat diets for heart disease reversal.
- Adequate protein for appetite control and muscle synthesis, especially in the elderly.
- Ideally organic, local and fresh foods should be the majority of your diet.
- If animal products are consumed they should be sustainably raised or grass fed.
- If you are eating fish you should choose low mercury and low toxin containing fish such as sardines, herring and anchovies or other small fish and avoid tuna, swordfish and Chilean sea bass because of the high mercury load.
Now comes the areas of more controversy.
- Dairy—Both the paleo and vegan camps shun dairy and for good reason. See my blog on Got Proof about the problems with dairy in our diet. While some can tolerate it, for most it contributes to obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer and may increase (not decrease) the risk of osteoporosis.
- Grains—For millions of Americans gluten creates inflammation, autoimmunity, digestive disorders and even obesity. But do all grains cause a problem? Even though we started consuming grains recently in our evolutionary history, they can be part of a healthy diet, but not in unlimited amounts.
- Any grains can increase your blood sugar. And if you eat any flours made from grains, you might as well be drinking a soda.
- Stick with small portions (1/2 cup at a meal) of low glycemic grains like black rice or quinoa.
- That said, for type 2 diabetics wanting to get off insulin and reverse their diabetes and those with autoimmune disease, a grain- and bean-free diet could be a good experiment for a month or two to see how it impacts health.
- Beans—Beans are a great source of fiber, protein and minerals. But they do cause digestive problems for some and if you are diabetic, a mostly bean diet can trigger spikes in blood sugar. Again, moderate amounts are ok—meaning about up to 1 cup a day. Some are concerned that beans contain lectins that create inflammation or phytates that impair mineral absorption.
- Meat—Here's the sticky point. All meat is not created equally. Is it feed lot beef that has more palmitic and myristic acid7 that raises cholesterol and increases inflammation, or is it grass fed beef that has more cholesterol neutral stearic acid and contains protective omega 3 fats and vitamins A and D that raises glutathione and other antioxidants? Some studies show meat increases heart disease and death rates, but others show the opposite. In truth it depends on the quality of the study, but the evidence in my mind is trending toward meat not being linked to death or heart attacks for the reasons I explained earlier—there may have been other reasons excluded from the analysis in the meat eaters—such as they were higher sugar consumers, they were more sedentary and they were more likely to smoke and drink. Eating sustainably raised, clean meat, poultry and lamb and other esoteric meats such as ostrich, bison or venison as part a healthy diet is not likely harmful and is very helpful in reducing triglycerides, raising HDL (or good cholesterol), lowering blood sugar, reducing belly fat, reducing appetite, raising testosterone and increasing muscle mass. On the other hand, eating a lot of meat puts pressure on the planet—more water use, more climate change, and more energy inputs. Eat meat as a side dish or condiment, and only consume grass fed and sustainably-raised.
- Eggs—For years we were taught that cholesterol is bad, that eggs contain cholesterol so they must be bad, so we all suffered through years of egg white omelets, leaving the vitamins, nutrients and brain fats like choline in the garbage. Now eggs have been exonerated and don't have any impact on cholesterol and are not associated with increased risk of heart disease. They are a great low cost source of vital nutrients and protein.
- Fish—If you are worried about mercury in fish (and you should be), then choose small, omega 3 fat rich fish such as sardines or wild salmon. If you are a vegan and don't want to eat anything with a mother for moral or religious reasons, then that perfectly ok. But it's critical to get omega 3 fats, and not just ALA (or alpha linolenic acid) found in plants. You need pre-formed DHA which is what most of your brain is made from. The good news—you can get it from algae.
- Everyone needs Vitamin D3 (unless you are life guard or run around naked south of Atlanta for at least 20 minutes a day, all year long). And omega 3 fats are hard to get for most. Supplements (or a regular sardine diet) are essential. And for vegans, Vitamin B12 is also critical.
So what's an eater to do? Become a Pegan or Paleo Vegan. Don't worry about focusing on how much you eat, if you focus on what you eat, your body's natural appetite control systems kick into gear and you eat less.
Here's what that looks like.
- Focus on the glycemic load of your diet. This can be done on a vegan or paleo diet, but harder on a vegan diet. Focus on more protein and fats. Nuts (not peanuts), seeds (flax, chia, hemp, sesame, pumpkin), coconut, avocados, sardines, olive oil.
- Eat the right fats. Stay away from most vegetable oils such as canola, sunflower, corn, and especially soybean oil which now comprises about 10 percent of our calories. Focus instead on omega 3 fats, nuts, coconut, avocados and yes, even saturated fat from grass fed or sustainably raised animals.
- Eat mostly plants—lots of low glycemic vegetables and fruits. This should be 75 percent of your diet and your plate. I usually make 2 to 3 vegetable dishes per meal.
- Focus on nuts and seeds. They are full of protein, minerals, and good fats and they lower the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
- Avoid dairy—it is for growing calves into cows, not for humans. Try goat or sheep products and only as a treat. And always organic.
- Avoid gluten—Most is from Franken Wheat – so look for heirloom wheat (Einkorn); if you are not gluten sensitive, then consider it an occasional treat.
- Eat gluten-free whole grains sparingly– they still raise blood sugar and can trigger autoimmunity.
- Eat beans sparingly—lentils are best. Stay away from big starchy beans.
- Eat meat or animal products as a condiment, not a main course. Read The Third Plate by Dan Barber to understand how shifts in our eating habits could save the environment and ourselves. Vegetables should take center stage and meat should be a side dish.
- Think of sugar as an occasional treat—in all its various forms (i.e., use occasionally and sparingly).
This way of eating makes the most sense for our health and the health of our planet. It is sustainable and kinder to animals. I have addressed the topic of sugar and its dangers in my books The Blood Sugar Solution and The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet, and am now working on a book about fat and meat.
This is a complicated story with many characters, opinions and beliefs—all arguing their points with a mix of studies showing a variety of conclusions. My goal is to focus on biology—how food affects us through human and animal experimental studies which prove cause and effect- and not rely solely on studies of population habits which can often mislead and confuse because we can't draw cause and effect conclusions from them. Stay tuned for the real story on fat and animal food.
In the meantime, we can try to focus on what we know and customize it based on our preferences and beliefs. But we should leave religion out of nutrition while respecting individual choices and yes—vegans and paleo folks can be friends!
How do I eat? After researching nutrition for 30 years and analyzing thousands of scientific papers and treating tens of thousands of patients with food, I vote for being a Pegan!
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By Arkilaus Kladit
My name is Arkilaus Kladit. I'm from the Knasaimos-Tehit tribe in South Sorong Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia. For decades my tribe has been fighting to protect our forests from outsiders who want to log it or clear it for palm oil. For my people, the forest is our mother and our best friend. Everything we need to survive comes from the forest: food, medicines, building materials, and there are many sacred sites in the forest.
Map of the Knasaimos traditional lands.
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By Farah Aqel
Overthinkers are people who are buried in their own obsessive thoughts. Imagine being in a large maze where each turn leads into an even deeper and knottier tangle of catastrophic, distressing events — that is what it feels like to them when they think about the issues that confront them.
Ruminating
According to the late Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, a professor of psychology at Yale University, ruminating involves replaying a problem over and over in your mind. We ruminate by obsessing over our thoughts and thinking repetitively about various aspects of a past situation.

It usually involves regret, self-loathing and self-blaming. Rumination is associated with the development of depression, anxiety and eating disorders.

People prone to such patterns of thought may, for example, overanalyze every single detail of a relationship that breaks up. They often blame themselves for what has happened and are overcome with regret, with typical thoughts being:

- I should have been more patient and more supportive.

- I have lost the most perfect partner ever.

- No one will love me again.

Worrying
Worrying is wanting to predict the future. It involves negative thoughts about things that might and might not happen.

- They'll not like me in the interview; they'll not give me the job.

- I haven't heard back from other employers. How long will I be unemployed?

These thoughts are energy-draining and distressing. They could happen to anyone under stress. But when you reach the point where your thoughts and worrying are preventing you from doing what you want to do — from living your life to the fullest — then you should take action.

Catch Yourself Overthinking
Reuben Berger, a psychotherapist at the university hospital in the western German city of Bonn, recommends several practical steps that you could employ in your daily routine when you catch yourself worrying or ruminating.

One effective remedy, says Berger, is the thought-stopping technique.

"When the negative thoughts come or ruminations start, you say to yourself: 'Stop!,'" he says, adding that it is more effective when you actually say the word out loud.

He even recommends having a rubber band around your wrist to ping against yourself while saying the word. Adding a visual component by imagining a stop sign also makes the technique more powerful, he says.

The main idea here is conditioning yourself to stop the loop of worrying (making future predictions) or rumination (obsessing over past events).

Berger says the technique could take up to two weeks to take effect and that it needs to be practiced every day. "Consistency is very important," he says.

Thoughts Are Just Thoughts
Another way of dealing with negative thoughts often used in modern therapy is realizing that thoughts aren't facts, says Berger.

He says it is important when we think something to ask: Is that real? Did that really happen? What is the worst thing that could happen?

Flight anxiety is one example where untrue thoughts are accepted as facts. Although air travel is the safest way to get around, people suffering from fear of flying accept their thoughts and fears as reality, then act upon them by refusing to fly.

Mindfulness
Berger also recommends the use of mindfulness techniques, in which attention is paid to experiences in the moment without judging them, as a way of reducing worrying.

"Mindfulness helps you to distance yourself from your thoughts and to be more present in the moment," he says.

Several studies have shown that mindfulness has a positive impact on reducing stress-related behaviors such as rumination and worrying, as focusing on the moment makes anxiety about other problems impossible.

Mindfulness can be practiced during routine activities by paying attention to your body and your surroundings. For instance, when you leave for work in the morning, you can focus on sensing the breeze, listen attentively to birds, feel the gravel under your feet and monitor your breath.

Trick Your Brain Into Happiness
People plagued by obsessive thoughts do not always choose healthy ways like mindfulness to distract from them, however.

 Dr. Edward Selby, a psychologist at Florida state university, has shown in a study that people try to avoid rumination by engaging in a range of uncontrolled behaviors, such as binge eating and substance abuse.

But he says that a much better way to overcome such distress is by distraction and shifting attention away from problems that are obsessing us.

There are many activities that can be used to distract from rumination, he says, and people should choose the one that works best for them. Here are some examples:

- Listen to music

- Read a book

- Take a hot shower

- Dance or exercise

- Talk to a friend (not about the problem)

- Watch a movie

- Mindfulness meditation

Changing the Perception of Events
The way people perceive a situation largely influences their emotions and behavior. It is not the situation itself that determines how they feel, but rather the way they interpret it.

Reframing negative thoughts can lead to positive emotions and, subsequently, healthier behaviors — including a reduction in damaging overthinking and worrying.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is currently a gold standard in psychotherapy. CBT aims to change the way people think and act. It largely involves challenging unhelpful beliefs or attitudes such as overgeneralization — thinking "I always fail at public speaking" when you have had one bad experience in front of an audience, for example — or "catastrophization," i.e., imagining the worst possible outcome to a situation.

A psychotherapist can teach people how to implement such thought-changing techniques into their lives. Techniques vary depending on their issues and goals.

Solutions Are at Hand
Try to find ways of avoiding worrying, rumination and overthinking that make you feel most comfortable.

Incorporating any routine in your life when you're stressed isn't an easy task, but you can do it! If you feel overwhelmed, you can always seek professional help.

If you are suffering from serious emotional strain or suicidal thoughts, do not hesitate to seek professional help. You can find information on where to find such help, no matter where you live in the world, at this website.

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By Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig and Nick Wilson
On Sunday, New Zealand marked 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19.
Deaths From COVID-19 Per Million Population

COVID-19 Update There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. It has been 100 days since t… https://t.co/Cz55ixGZUz
 — Unite against COVID-19 (@Unite against COVID-19)1596936201.0

Getting Through the Pandemic
We have gained a much better understanding of COVID-19 over the past eight months. Without effective control measures, it is likely to continue to spread globally for many months to years, ultimately infecting billions and killing millions. The proportion of infected people who die appears to be slightly below 1%.

This infection also causes serious long-term consequences for some survivors. The largest uncertainties involve immunity to this virus, whether it can develop from exposure to infection or vaccines, and if it is long-lasting. The potential for treatment with antivirals and other therapeutics is also still uncertain.

This knowledge reinforces the huge benefits of sustaining elimination. We know that if New Zealand were to experience widespread COVID-19 transmission, the impact on Māori and Pasifika populations could be catastrophic.

We have previously described critical measures to get us through this period, including the use of fabric face masks, improving contact tracing with suitable digital tools, applying a science-based approach to border management, and the need for a dedicated national public health agency.

Maintaining elimination depends on adopting a highly strategic approach to risk management. This approach involves choosing an optimal mix of interventions and using resources in the most efficient way to keep the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks at a consistently low level. Several measures can contribute to this goal over the next few months, while also allowing incremental increases in international travel:

resurgence planning for a border-control failure and outbreaks of various sizes, with state-of-the-art contact tracing and an upgraded alert level system

ensuring all New Zealanders own a re-useable fabric face mask with their use built into the alert level system

conducting exercises and simulations to test outbreak management procedures, possibly including "mass masking days" to engage the public in the response

carefully exploring processes to allow quarantine-free travel between jurisdictions free of COVID-19, notably various Pacific Islands, Tasmania and Taiwan (which may require digital tracking of arriving travellers for the first few weeks)

planning for carefully managed inbound travel by key long-term visitor groups such as tertiary students who would generally still need managed quarantine.

Building Back Better
New Zealand cannot change the reality of the global COVID-19 pandemic. But it can leverage possible benefits.

We should conduct an official inquiry into the COVID-19 response so we learn everything we possibly can to improve our response capacity for future events.

We also need to establish a specialized national public health agency to manage serious threats to public health and provide critical mass to advance public health generally. Such an agency appears to have been a key factor in the success of Taiwan, which avoided a costly lockdown entirely.

Business as usual should not be an option for the recovery phase. A recent Massey University survey suggests seven out of ten New Zealanders support a green recovery approach.

New Zealand's elimination of COVID-19 has drawn attention worldwide, with a description just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. We support a rejuvenated World Health Organization that can provide improved global leadership for pandemic prevention and control, including greater use of an elimination approach to combat COVID-19.

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And you thought the hot dog crust sounded like overkill.
Pizza Hut, which seems never to tire of cramming disparate foodstuffs into its pizza crusts, has launched the most over-the-top yet: A pizza surrounded by cheeseburgers and topped with beef, lettuce and tomatoes.
The pizza chain's Middle Eastern outposts are currently the only ones to offer the outlandish crust concoction, which they call the Crown Crust because it sort of resembles a crown, Today's Bites blog reported.
Don't eat red meat? That's okay — get the pizza with the chicken nugget-studded crust and barbecue sauce topping instead.
Vegetarian? There's always the Cheesy Bites Remix, which has an unlikely combination of Mexican seasoning, cream cheese, mozzarella, parmesan and sesame stuffed into the crust.
The new hybrid pizzas seem to be trying to outdo the recent invention of the British arm of Pizza Hut: a pizza with a giant hot dog threaded through the crust.
Pizza Hut Adds Cheeseburgers to Pizza Crust
The chain's Middle East restaurants have unveiled the unholy new fast food hybrid
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Zara's Bloesem Favorites of 2013
Just like that it's a wrap on 2013! But before I (Zara) open the next chapter of the Bloesem book in the new year, let's do a recap of 5 of my favorite posts of 2013. ~Zara S.
1) The World according to Frieda
Photography that is best described as dream-like by the ever so talented Frieda Mellema.
Read the entire post here.
2) Face to Face: A New Designers Profile with Burojet
The husband and wife duo that formed Burojet has popped up a fair bit on Bloesem this year, purely based on the fact that we admire their aesthetic sense and overall design talent!
Jorine Oosterhoff, one half of the Burojet duo is also responsible for the paper flowers and bubble vases you see here.
Read the entire post here.
For more Face-to-face with other creatives click here or here for more designer visits.
3) A Tribute to JNielsen
The lovely lady behind our downloadable Christmas wrapping paper designs this year is Jessica Nielsen, a.k.a print and pattern extraordinaire.
Read the entire post here.
4) Shop Stop: SLA in Amsterdam
The slow and healthy living movement at it's best in the SLA shop in Amsterdam.
We love shop stops and we hope you do too. Hoping we can do more snooping around in some of our neighbours' shops in our new home at Tiong Bahru, Singapore.
Read the entire post here.
5) 101 Characters at Piet Hein Eek
It is all thanks to this genius competiton that we discovered Maaike of mydeer.nl. Not only was her entry to the competiton beautiful, so is her home, especially after she put up her Christmas decorations, which she shared with us recently.
Maaike was also one of our instagram mommies!
Read the entire post here.
Going through the entire year of posts to pick these 5 out really reminds me how fast time flies. I hope everyone is having a great time with your loved ones. Even if you have to spend it alone or far away from your family this year, make sure to give them a call and tell them how much you love them. Let the people closest to our hearts know how much we appreciate them!
Happy Holidays!
Wow I remember some of these posts too and it's weird how they just seem like they were posted the other day. Love that last post a lot.


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Last week: 5-10-1. Season totals: 108-108-8, Pct. .500. Best Bets: 22-21-2, Pct. .511.
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20, Cleveland 14 (+1) - Since the Jets are 6-8 and the Browns are 4-10 and the Jets are at home, shouldn't the Jets be favored by four or five? And with Cleveland 1-9 straight up but 4-5-1 against the line on artificial turf in 2012-13, this difference in value could prove decisive.
28, N.Y. Giants 7 (+9 1/2) - There have been two shutouts in the NFL this year - and the same team has been on the business end of both of them, and such teams are 9-27 straight up and 14-22 against the spread in their next game since 2007. And that team followed up their 38-0 loss at Carolina in Week 3 with a 31-7 loss at Kansas City in Week 4 - and will be missing their top receiver (had knee surgery on Thursday and is out for the season).
23, BUFFALO 10 (+2 1/2) - Cold weather? What cold weather? The Dolphins are two for two in it this year and the Bills won't have E.J. Manuel (knee). So why not?
27, WASHINGTON 17 (+2 1/2) - The Cowboys catch a huge break in the form of the weather forecast, which calls for a record-high 70 degrees in the Beltway on Sunday. And right now they can use every break they can get.
24, New Orleans 14 (+3) - The Saints wouldn't beat Coastal Carolina on the road! Best bet.
21, JACKSONVILLE 10 (+5 1/2) - Publicly, the Jaguars are saying that Maurice Jones-Drew is questionable (hamstring) - but privately, or at least semi-privately (that is to say, in the blogosphere), they are saying something a lot more pessimistic - and it's easy to be pessimistic about their chances without Jones-Drew when they couldn't even beat Buffalo on natural grass without him last week. Did you have the Colts-Titans exacta back in August? Well I'll see you at the window if you did (Tennessee clinches second place in the AFC South with a win here).
20 (+7) - The Vikings will also be catching a major break in the weather - a high of 60 is expected in the City of Satan for Sunday - and right now Minnesota can hang with any team in the NFL. Throw in the "sandwich factor" - Bengals had a division game last week, and a likely division "championship game" next week - and there's no reason to lay the wood.
Tampa Bay
13 (+5 1/2) - Since 2009, the Buccaneers are 14-7 against the spread on rugs and 10-4 pointwise in domes - and that includes an outright upset at Detroit and an overtime loss at Seattle in their last two; and I simply don't feel comfortable spotting this kind of number with Kellen Clemens at quarterback. In fact, there is a self-contained parlay in this game: Bucs plus 5 1/2, and under 43.
28, Indianapolis 14 (+6 1/2) - Both teams are already in the playoffs, but Andrew Luck is not to be trusted in cold weather: He's 1-3 both ways therein and has been outscored 138-81, including a 42-28 loss at Cincinnati two weeks ago that was nowhere near as close as the final score would suggest.
Denver 30,
27 (+9 1/2) - Not only no Wes Welker for the Broncos (concussion), but also no Case Keenum for the Texans (thumb), forcing Houston to do the right thing and go back to Matt Schaub. Take the points despite Denver's current 10-game winning streak in road games on grass that includes nine covers.
37, Arizona 14 (+9 1/2) - To keep the Seahawks at home throughout the NFC playoffs.
24, New England 17 (+2 1/2) - Joe Flacco is listed as questionable - but do you honestly envision him sitting this game out? Pats are lucky they end the year with a total gimme against Buffalo at home; otherwise, they might not even make the playoffs.
27 (+3) - In six games without Aaron Rodgers, the Packers have two one-point wins, a tie, two 27-13 losses, and a 40-10 loss. So I'll take the weasel's way out and pick Green Bay to win but not cover.
34, Oakland 10 (+8 1/2) - The Chargers need a boatload of help to get in the playoffs, but it's hard to get excited about a team that just allowed 56 points to Alex Smith. A lot of people are headed out of Oakland in the weeks and months ahead - most notably overmatched head coach Dennis Allen, and eternally-injured running back Darren McFadden, the latter due to the emergence of "Sugar" Rashad Jennings at that position.
27 (+4), PHILADELPHIA 14 - Picking up where he left off from his days at Oregon, Chip Kelly pulled a colossal choke last week, and a Dallas win during the day makes this game essentially meaningless for the Eagles; then again, it won't mean a whole lot to the Bears either unless Detroit and/or Green Bay lose, but Chicago has covered in four of the last five vs. Philly, including three out of three at Philly, and Lance Briggs is expected back from the gruesome shoulder injury he sustained two months ago.
31, Atlanta 6 (+12 1/2) - The Falcons have lost six in a row on grass, covering in only one of them, and can't see Atlanta getting up for this one - which figures to be much less of a problem for the 49ers, who will be playing their last game at Candlestick, unless Seattle stages an epic collapse and they get a postseason game at home.
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It is too soon to replace my twice-yearly laptop buyer's guides with tablet buyer's guides, but some days it feels like I should. Much of the energy that companies once poured into laptop designs and advances seems to have been drained off into a massive race to create tablet computers.
Still, while tablets are important, they don't fully replace laptops, at least not yet. There remains huge value in the portable, clamshell-shaped computer with a physical keyboard, lots of ports, plenty of storage and more horsepower than tablets offer. So, here is my annual spring laptop buyers' guide, a basic cheat sheet to the most important factors in the shopping process.
While I've focused on laptops, much of this advice also applies to desktop computers, a fading species. As always, these tips are for average consumers doing the most common tasks. This advice doesn't apply to businesses or to hard-core gamers or serious media producers.
The first thing to consider is that you may want to wait to replace your laptop. Apple's iPad, and the tablets coming in its wake, have put the computer industry in reset mode. If you own a tablet, you are likely to rely on your laptop less often, extending its useful life. And if you don't, you'll probably find over the next year or two that more interesting choices will appear as companies try to bring tablet qualities to laptops and laptop features to tablets.
Some early inklings: Apple's MacBook Air and the Windows-based Samsung Series 9 start almost instantly, like tablets, and use chips for file storage, like tablets do, instead of hard disks. Also, Apple will soon roll out a new Macintosh operating system, called Lion, that displays programs as if they were tablet apps, and it already has an iPad-like app store for the Mac. Microsoft is working on a version of Windows, likely to appear next year, that fuses tablet and PC concepts. This software will run on some current computers, but new hardware, more tailored to these systems, will be coming.
As for tablets, some companies are working on designs that go beyond the iPad template to somehow integrate physical keyboards and traditional ports. This would certainly blur the lines and make for new, intriguing choices if you wait.
Tablets vs. Laptops
Laptop shoppers now need to consider if a tablet will suffice—especially if they are looking for a highly portable, secondary machine, as I noted in my last guide. The new iPad 2, which still starts at $499, has at least twice the horsepower of the original model, and now boasts 65,000 tablet-optimized apps. It is gradually morphing into a productivity platform—able, for instance, to edit videos. And it has now been joined by similarly powerful competitors running a new tablet version of Google's Android operating system and by the $499 PlayBook, the first tablet from Research in Motion, which boasts speedy hardware and a new operating system. Hewlett-Packard's new tablet, based on Palm technology, is coming soon.
Tablets tend to beat small, low-cost laptops in weight, start-up speed and battery life. And they are competitive for lots of common tasks, such as Web browsing, email, social networking, and viewing or playing documents, photos, videos and music.
But laptops still win for intensive work like creating long documents, or doing anything that requires precision and benefits from a physical keyboard. They also are more compatible with printers and external disks.
If you can't wait, or don't want a tablet, you'll find relatively little has changed in laptop-land in the past six months or so. Here's a rundown of what you should look for in a laptop.
Windows vs. Mac
As always, capable Windows 7 laptops cost less and offer much more variety than Mac laptops. The latter start at $999, while a few basic, full-size Windows machines can be had for $300 and the decently equipped Windows models are in the $500-to-$800 range. And Apple refuses to make tiny netbooks, leaving that dwindling category to the Windows guys. But Apple laptops combine sleekness, durability and strong battery life with well-regarded customer service. Macs can run Windows, at extra cost, if you need to use a program that is Windows-only, and they come with better built-in software. Finally, Mac users generally needn't worry about malicious software, since it's nearly all designed to run on Windows.
I recommend 4 gigabytes of memory, or RAM, on a new Windows computer, though a Mac will perform well on 2 gigabytes, unless you're designing complex graphics. A new Windows machine should be labeled "64-bit" for best performance.
The newest, and most advertised, chips in consumer laptops are Intel's i3, i5, and i7 Core models. But a PC with chips from rival AMD, which usually cost less, or older Intel dual-core chips, will do fine for most users.
Pay attention to this, even if you aren't big into video or games. Many computers offload nongraphics tasks to potent graphics chips for speedier operation.
In general, less-expensive machines have wimpier graphics hardware, and costlier ones have more-powerful graphics. Some have both and can switch between the two as needed.
Hard Disks
A 320 gigabyte hard disk should be the minimum on most PCs, though 250 gigabytes are fine for many average users. Solid-state disks, which lack moving parts and use flash memory, are costlier but faster and use less power. However, they usually have less capacity. As more data are stored online, huge amounts of local storage will be less crucial.
Many PCs now come with a port called HDMI, which makes linking to a high-definition TV easy. There is a new, much faster USB port, called USB 3.0, but so far, few peripheral devices can use it. And Apple has introduced yet another high-speed connector that has little practical use so far, called Thunderbolt.
Again, with the industry in flux and tablets on the rise, if you can wait to buy a laptop, do so. But if you must take the plunge, don't buy more laptop than you need.
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Pittsburgh, Pa — The Downtown Athletic Club of Pittsburgh (PA), which closed in May after its lease expired, was named as a defendant on June 11 in a wrongful death lawsuit related to a fatal drowning, according to local media.
The Doubletree Hotel & Suites also was named as a defendant in the suit. The club rented its pool space from the hotel, which is owned by Elmhurst Corp.
Lorenzo Williams, 38, of Verona, PA, drowned April 11 in the 10-foot deep end of the club's pool. The Allegheny County medical examiner's office ruled the death an accidental drowning.
In the lawsuit filed with the Allegheny County (PA) Common Pleas Court, Williams' widow, Ericka Williams, says her husband became "entrapped in the suction of the swimming pool drain," which caused his death. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants were negligent in not making sure the pool was safe and in not bringing it into compliance with the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act (VGB).
On Dec. 19, 2008, the federal VGB Act went into effect, requiring pools to be equipped with anti-entrapment drain covers.
This month, the hotel's Web site noted that the pool was closed for renovations until Aug. 1. The hotel has not returned calls for comment about whether the pool was compliant.
Guillermo Cole, a spokesman for the Allegheny County Health Department, told local media that the pool was in compliance with the county's requirements, but that the department currently is not enforcing the federal requirement.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is supposed to enforce the federal law, but the CPSC says it's relying on states to co-enforce it.
"What happened in Pittsburgh was a tragedy," John Procter, Pool Safety Council spokesman, said in a statement. The council is an advocacy group for pool safety. "What's equally tragic is that this could have been avoided through compliance with the federal law that requires the installation of devices that will make entrapment a thing of the past."
From 1999 to 2008, 83 pool and spa entrapments were reported, including 11 deaths and 69 injuries, according to CPSC data.
Although many entrapment deaths happen in shallow water, suction-related accidents can occur in deeper water, says Kathleen Reilly, public affairs specialist with the CPSC.
"It has happened before in the deep end, but I'm guessing it would have had to be a pretty strong force [to entrap Williams]," says Reilly.


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November Soybeans
After the close recap on 7/14/10: My resistance was 9.69 1/4, .02 1/4 from the actual high, and my pivot acted as support and was 9.50 1/4, .02 1/2 from the actual low
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69 1/4 Resistance 9.60 3/4 -------------9.50 1/4 Pivot & Bracket Line 9.39 3/4 Use the same numbers as used on 7/13/10 Trend 5 day chart... Up from last week same day Daily chart .... Sideways Weekly chart ...Sideways Monthly chart Sideways $9.52 is the 200 DMA ATR 18 1/2 Overbought 88%
I said "Sideways chart this year trading all but a few weeks between $9 and $9.50".
69 1/4 Resistance
9.60 3/4
-------------9.50 1/4 Pivot & Bracket Line
9.39 3/4
Use the same numbers as used on 7/13/10
5 day chart... Up from last week same day
Daily chart .... Sideways
Weekly chart ...Sideways
Monthly chart Sideways $9.52 is the 200 DMA
ATR 18 1/2 Overbought 88%
I said "Market closed on the downtrend line which becomes pivotal because of that. We are at a resistance level with the next being the high of April at $9.87".
Higher highs and higher lows is chart friendly.
November Soybeans for 7/14/10:
In my daily numbers on Tuesday; my resistance was .01 3/4 from the actual high; my pivot acted as support and was .03 3/4 from the actual low.
Patience to wait for good locations to enter a trade will reward you by providing minimum loss if wrong, and more profit if right. You might miss trades (some glad you did) and not be as active, but this type of trading makes you a casino, not a player.
Grains: Spot on numbers. The Russian President announced the severity of the Russian drought and its potentially catastrophic impact on Soviet grain production and farm income. That was all that was needed to send sellers to the sidelines and end users probably covering some needs. This is my guess, because while it was happening (wheat being so strong) I did not know the statements were made. I was thinking the traders were spreading the markets with corn suffering most of the selling, with soybeans and wheat seeing the buying side.
Soybean chart is grinding higher, and closing just above the bracket and downtrend line as well as the 200 day ma is encouraging. For now, I would only day trade this market using the numbers and not risk more than $.06 on any trade idea. Corn did indeed correct down to the downtrend line which the bears failed to recapture. This line acted as good support and will continue to do so. I consider this line as a perfect place to buy if I was waiting for a pull back to do so. I still do not want to take the buy signals at this level, and at this time would not consider buying until $3.70. I would rather sell at the resistance numbers (including pivot) risking $.05 using a buy stop to protect. My bias is bearish at these levels, but I feel it is a flip of the coin at best. I would rather day trade the grains then take a position overnight, but I could see bears risking a few cents overnight to try to hold their shorts looking for $.15 more if right.
November Soybeans for 7/13/10:
Grains: Spot on corn numbers and spot on soybean resistance, but soybean support were accurate. Soybeans posted a higher high and higher low which is friendly, but closing lower was not. They did not manage to stay above the bracket line, let alone above the downtrend line. The fact they could not stay above the 200 day moving average is also negative. This chart looks like it is turning over, but it only takes a close above the resistances I just outlined to reverse that condition and regain the bull mode. It is trading just above the pivot as I write which makes me wait until it gets closer to resistance to take a sell, or be aggressive and sell if under the pivot, and not risk more than $.06 on either trade idea. If the market breaks down I would look to buy at a better chart location before trying to go long. Monday's 2pm crop progress report showed a 1% reduction from the good to excellent rating and was expected.
Corn failed to poke its head above Friday's high so the market technically was a sell and not risking much with a tight buy stop just above Friday's high. Monday's report showing corn progress actually improved 2% was bearish and I do not think was expected. That is probably why corn is down $.03 as I write. Looking at the chart it looks like it is turning over. I continue to want to take the sell signals and only use the support numbers as a place to take profits but not take the buy signal. I have no problem getting long somewhere below $3.70 but not near $4. The chart had a great rally and is falling just short of the average "$.60 summer rally" as well as falling short of the 200 day moving average, and trying to test February's high just $.15 above there. I would rather risk $.04 on a sell signal and not even try to get long from here.
What am I looking at for a fundamental bias today? Bulls will be searching for a rouge weatherman but in the meantime they did see beneficial rains over the weekend. If we were not looking at ideal weather the next 2 weeks I would say we could rally from here, I just do not see it. Too much rain even though it could be disaster on your farm, means huge crops in other areas. This is the time when places like IA, NE, & the Dakotas, are still pollinating, but the crop as a whole is at 38% well ahead of the 5 year average of 26% and last year at only 15%. I am looking for rainfall (or lack of it) in the next 2 weeks because with the hot time of the year and downpours (or sprinkler like) of an inch or 2 will equate to an increase in crop yield. I am not saying that we have seen the highs this year, but I am saying that a pullback to test a support is in order, and the bulls need help from a weather forecast at this time to carry the market higher from here.
Results for 7/12/10 were:
Soybeans: My resistance was .01 from the actual high; my support was 04 3/4 from the actual low.
Corn: My resistance was .00 3/4 from the actual high; my support was .02 1/2 from the actual low.
Crude Oil: My resistance was .18 from the actual high; my support was .12 from the actual low.
S&P: My resistance was 2.25 from the actual high; my support was 2.25 from the actual low.
Gold: My resistance was 1.60 from the actual high; my support was 5.80 from the actual low.
Euro: My resistance was .01 from the actual high; my support was .02 from the actual low.
Bonds: My resistance was 15 from the actual high; my support was 10 from the actual low.
Nat. Gas: My resistance was .024 from the actual high; my support was .013 from the actual low.
Cattle: My resistance was .02 from the actual high; my support was .05 from the actual low.
November Soybeans for 7/12/10:
Grains: Spot on grain resistance and accurate support numbers. Report shows 9/11 corn stocks are forecasted as the lowest since 9/07, and 6/11 wheat stocks will be at their highest since 1987. Huge decline in 10/11 soy oil stocks due to USDA increasing 600 million pounds in domestic use versus June. Corn yields need to be average to maintain adequate supply, while soybeans can lose 1.4 bushels per acre (BPA) and still have stocks of 250 million bushels.
The biggest factor as I have been saying is the weather which equates to yield. July to Final corn yields has swung 14 BPA in either direction. Last year the USDA underestimated final corn yield by 11 BPA on their July forecast while in 1993 they overestimated the final by 17 BPA. Until we are sure yield this year will be 165 or better, the market should see buyers at support levels. Soybeans usually can see 2 to 3 BPA swings from July to Final.
I want you to keep in mind that these are estimates and they are not meant to be relied on more than that. Will July weather be better than June was? Weather right now is ideal, so if the market can rally from here it has other things on its mind than near term weather. We are entering the hottest time of the year right now, so it will be interesting to see what happens.
(No matter the market you trade this applies) With all that said and done, where do we go from here? The answer only Mother Nature can know, and as always I look to the charts and numbers, looking for locations to take small risk for nice rewards no matter day trades or longer term position trades. The corn market has been extremely overbought for days which mean the buying has been intense, and soybeans joined that condition on Friday. I cannot buy at resistance levels in that condition, I would rather buy a pullback. Which leaves me the sell side at resistance levels not risking more than $.04 in corn or $.06 in soybeans on any given trade idea. Grain markets tend to trade well technically in the summer because the fundamentals are like a moving target and cannot be pinned down at any time now.
The only thing I can rely on a day to day basis is what has been support and resistance in the past and what is more likely to continue to do so. What helps in an overall trade location are bracket lines and trend lines. I do not care why these factors work so well in price discovery as long as it continues to do so. The same charts have been around long before I was born, and will be here long after I am gone. Not only should price levels bring out the end users and producers, at those levels buyers and sellers should also be seen because it is recorded on the daily chart as locations to do so. When chartists look at these levels we expect them to continue, and not only do the end users want to buy at a level, the chart tells the speculator to do the same thing and adds to the support. Not only where the farmers would like to sell is at a price based upon the past, so do chartists. The more people who look at price history and use them in the present, the stronger the support or resistance becomes. It like feeds on itself. Basically, even if you are a pure fundamentalist, you still would want to confer with a chart before buying or selling. The alternative to not looking at a chart for some kind of price discovery, would be no different than to say you will swing at the next pitch even though it could be impossible to hit. I cannot believe that even asset allocation funds with a buy only program, would not use a chart technician in the aid of the best price possible that day or in the future.
November Soybeans for 7/9/10:
In my daily numbers on Thursday; my resistance was .03 1/2 from the actual high; my support was .02 3/4 from the actual low.
Patience to wait for good locations to enter a trade will reward you by providing minimum loss if wrong, and more profit if right. You might miss trades (some glad you did) and not be as active, but this type of trading makes you a casino, not a player.
Grains: Spot on grain numbers! I will be sending out the report by 9am. Unusual PRC old crop soybean purchases at this time of the year gives you a sense that they are stockpiling or concerned about US crop prospects this year. These markets are rallying in spite of the ideal weather right now, and trying to figure out the clear fundamental picture is a task beyond hitting the bull's eye, I defy anyone to just "hit the board". Yes, we go with the numbers that are out there for all to see, but the reality of estimating acreage planted and actual yield is difficult this year, and is an educated guess at best including the guesstimates from the USDA.
The momentum in the market this week could push the markets to test the next level of resistance if the report is helpful in that pursuit, but could also lend support if the report is bearish, and could see good buying at support levels. I have laid out normal summer rally parameters but I keep in mind that the summer has just begun.
Back to the charts. You can see that December corn is in eyeshot from the high of May that fell short by .01 1/2 cents on Thursday. After that we have some resistance at $subscribe now$. The close on the Final Jan.12th report was limit down at $4.17 1/2, and so if I can see a rally near there, I would not hesitate to take a sell and risk $.06 to make $.20 (or more) on a corrective break. This market as outlined before has no fundamental teeth for me and so this could be a dog food chart and I would approach and trade it the same way as if any other commodity with uncertain fundamentals. I want to pick my spots and swing at the good pitches (trades) that provide a minimum risk if the number does not hold, and reward nicely when it does.
Soybeans ran out of steam at the downtrend line, which I would have expected to hold seeing as the amount they rallied warranted profit taking at that level a day before the report. The bulls will need the energy to hurdle that line and make a run for the high of April at $9.87. On January 12th the market finished .25 1/4 lower at $9.65. I do not know what the fundamentals will be going forward, but what I do know is these are the resistances for soybeans and corn. We know the support levels but we are not near them now, and if the report is bearish we will see what is and holds the market from further losses.
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DOVER — Mark Dickinson of Dickinson Development has now delivered the fourth $10,000 extension payment to the city.
Dickinson signed a contract after being chosen by the city to develop the waterfront project, that said if he was unable to break ground within three years of Aug. 26, 2009, the day he signed paperwork, he would need to pay the city $10,000 per month until he did.
City Council voted on Nov. 14 to spend half of the checks delivered by Dickinson each month on relocating the skateboard park to Maglaras Park. The skateboard park is being forced to move because of the waterfront development project. The Recreation Department will be given up to $30,000 from Dickinson's extension payments, which had previously been going into the city's general fund. The remainder of the money needed to relocate the park will be fundraised through the Recreation Department and the skateboard park volunteers.
Back in August, when the first extension payment was received, Dickinson said he was still lining up equity investors and obtaining permits, making him unable to close on the property.
Dickinson has 24 months before the Land Disposition Agreement with the city is broken. He can continue to pay the city $10,000 a month until Aug. 26, 2014. On this date, if his unable to begin construction, contract obligations between all parties involved in the development process will expire, according to City Manager Michael Joyal.
In May of this year, Dickinson gave the Cocheco Waterfront Development Advisory Committee an updated timeline of how he sees the project progressing from then until 2015. The timeline showed that he would be working on permits through November, working on closing on the property with the city for the first half of 2013 and breaking ground by the summer.
The large-scale project, which was planned and approved by Dickinson and the city, will bring in new restaurants, commercial buildings, apartments and additional parking.
Chris Parker, Dover's Director of Planning and Community Development, said Dickinson will update the Cocheco Waterfront Development Advisory Committee on December 11 on where he is at with the project. Parker said Dickinson's first phase of the project would be to construct the bulk of the property, including the infrastructure of residential and restaurant spaces.
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15 yr old veg, and disagreeing parents...help
From growing up my parents know I really don't like meat. But as I'm growing up I realize all the things that are done to animals, and I just decided I don't want to eat it. I can't bring myself to eat. (I actually buy all my body products from Lush) And I sat down to tell my parents my decision, hoping they would respect it. But my mom went a little crazy. She believes the only way to get protein is meat. We debate about it a lot. The reason I joined this website is because I want to be able to show her everything I can still eat, and help for ideas of what to eat. I was wondering if anyone had advice and such
As a mother of a 17 year old boy who has been raised vegetarian, almost vegan, I disagree with your mother.
Cows only eat grass (or at least they used to) and yet they are quite strong. So, grass has to be able to be turned into a kind of protein at some point.
However, it took me a long time to actually realize that vegetables are a better protein than meat. Living in a society where we're always being told that meat is the only way to get protein, it's easy to start believing it. There are some people that really do best with some meat based proteins. I've seen it first-hand.
If you do any reading into raw foods and eating only raw vegetables, you'll hear people say things like "I have tons of energy." Or, "I have more energy than people much younger than me."
My son who has been a vegetarian/vegan all of his life is much stronger and has more stamina than his peers. I remember walking to a local park not long ago and his peers (meat eaters) were exhausted. He had plenty of energy while several of his peers were exhausted by the short walk.
Also, his body tends to be naturally thinner and more muscular than other teens his age. And, he doesn't hardly ever get sick even when he's constantly exposed to others who are sick.
Realize that your mother was raised eating meat and that she bases her thoughts off of what she was told and learned growing up. It's really strong of you to face your mother with your decision. Way to go. Be patient. She'll likely come around if you keep gently pushing that way.
Show her the packages of these things in how much protein is in there -
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ARCATA — After a lengthy and intense review process, the Norcal Small Business Development Lead Center has been reaccredited for its core business assistance program as well as distinguishing itself as the eleventh accredited SBDC technology program in the country.
The Norcal SBDC Regional Network, a program hosted by Humboldt State University's Sponsored Programs Foundation since January 2006, provides fiscal and programmatic oversight of 12 Small Business Development Centers in 13 Northern California counties from Del Norte to Santa Cruz. Along with the 12 service centers there are three satellite offices and more than a dozen outreach locations that provide no-cost, one-on-one coaching services to small businesses for the purpose of creating positive economic impacts in those communities.
The Norcal SBDC program is part of a national network of more than 1,000 centers funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Achieving accreditation every five years is one of the requirements of the SBDC program. Measurable outcomes of the SBDC program include the creation of new businesses, helping entrepreneurs access loans and equity for growth, increasing sales, creating new jobs and retaining jobs that were previously slated for elimination.
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"Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area are widely known as the nation's epicenter for technology-based business creation," Johnson said. "The Tech Futures Group is our way of adding value to our existing services that make sense for the needs of that community of entrepreneurs," Johnson said.
In 2013 Norcal SBDC centers and programs provided business advising services and workshops to nearly 16,000 small businesses. Those services resulted in helping clients access more than $74 million in capital, the creation and retention of more than 1,800 jobs and sales increases of more than $56 million.
Carroll Thomas, Associate Administrator for the SBA, announced that Norcal had earned two accreditation designations in Grapevine, Texas earlier this month at the national professional development conference for America's Small Business Development Centers.
"Every day we're proud of NorCal SBDC for the great work they do supporting local business owners," said District Director Mark Quinn from the San Francisco District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. "Today we're delighted to congratulate NorCal SBDC on entering the elite ranks (of accredited SBDC technology programs), which will allow them to provide even more services to entrepreneurs."
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I won't say "I'm out of here" ... but, yes, the inconvenience to re-login is a tad ... inconvenient. :-(
How long timeout that is? I haven't noticed it yet, but OTOH I have FF with saved password for this site. Makes logging in much more convenient.
I am using IE8. Seems to happen every 1-2 days. Never saw that problem before over the course of a couple+ years (old site and new), except in unusual circumstances precipitated by a rare crash of IE (and even then not always), or intentionally cleaning up cookies or the like.
The multi-page issue is partly fixed; there's now a jump table at the top of the page. It still kills the "new" flag for the whole thing as soon as you get there though; those shouldn't go till you leave the specific page where they occur.


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Now that NBC is reportedly planning Jimmy Fallon's succession to the Tonight Show throne, the question is who will replace Fallon at 12:35/11:35c?
According to The New York Post, the answer is Howard Stern. The newspaper says that NBC is "grooming" the shock jock and America's Got Talent judge to take over Late Night.
Do these TV shows need to die?
Throughout his prolific career on the radio, Stern has tried several times — some more successfully than others — to transition to the small screen. The Howard Stern Show aired from 1990-1992 in New York and, beginning in 1994, E! ran a half-hour version of his radio show for 11 years. During this time, The Howard Stern Radio Show also briefly aired on Saturdays on CBS in 1998, but his material proved too risqué.
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Police ID suspect as 'office creeper' | News
ATHENS, Ga. -- Police have identified Antonio Hornsby, 54, as a suspect in a recent rash of thefts at businesses throughout the metro Atlanta area.
Hornsby has been charged with felony warrants for burglary and theft, and misdemeanor theft by taking, and loitering and prowling by Athens-Clarke County Police.
Police are alerting law enforcement officials and citizens to be on the lookout for Hornsby. They believe he is driving a stolen beige 1994 Buick Regal GA Tag# GA 803I.
From March 15 to 19, Hornsby is suspected of entering four Athens businesses and an elementary school where he stole wallets from women's purses.
Police said Hornsby gained entry to the businesses by posing as a carpet cleaner or pest control maintenance worker.
"He is likely travelling southbound along I-75 en route to Florida," Athens-Clarke County Police Detective Louis Pasqualetti told 11Alive News. "He has family and associates living in the Tampa area ... caution should be used if contact is made with this individual."
Hornsby is also a suspect in nine other similar thefts in Winder, Duluth, Braselton, Acworth, Cartersville and Henry County.
The latest theft happened at Henry County Transit on Friday at about 2 p.m. Henry County Police said the suspect told workers in the government building he was contracted to clean the carpets. While in the building police said he took wallets of the employees.
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BRASELTON, Ga -- He's at it again. A man known as the "316 Office Creeper" stole wallets from three more businesses. That makes 11 thefts in six days along the Highway 316 corridor. Police agencies in four counties are investigating the case.
The latest thefts happened in Duluth and in Braselton. On Wednesday morning he walked into the Lloyd Pro Group at 2675 Breckinridge Boulevard and told an employee he was there to clean the carpets. He walked into an office and stole a woman's wallet.
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Less than an hour later he walked into the Community and Southern Bank on Highway 211 in Braselton and stole two wallets. Then he walked into the Country Inn and Suites but an employee asked him for identification and he walked out.
On Wednesday he hit three businesses in Winder including the Classic Hair Salon on Piedmont Drive. "He walked up to my co-worker and said he was there to spray for bugs," said owner Judy Barclay.
Barclay said the suspect acted like he belonged there. "And he just walked towards the kitchen area, our break room and I had left my wallet there from lunch," she said. She said the suspect grabbed her wallet and walked out.
Between March 15th and 19th the suspect stole wallets from five different locations in Athens, including Timothy Road Elementary School where police were able to get a picture of his car, a gold Buick four-door sedan.
He either says he is there to clean the carpets or that he is there to do pest control. So far he hasn't hurt anyone. "He's not posing a threat but you never can tell," said Braselton Assistant Chief Lou Solis. "We just want to be on the safe side so if there's a suspicious person coming in saying they want to do some kind of work and you don't know about the work, then call 911."
He doesn't seem to care that cameras are watching his every move. That's ultimately what police hope will get him caught.
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Joining Kansas City, Mo./Kan., and Austin, Texas, in Google's ultra-high-speed fiber plan, the company announced Wednesday, April 17, that Provo, Utah, will be the third city to receive the network.
"Provo City's vision has long been one where our residents have access to reliable high-speed broadband Internet," said Mayor John Curtis in a press release. "We know that communities are better – and communities are stronger – when people are connected. With this agreement, we have an opportunity to do things that few communities in this country get to do."
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PLEASANTON — The federal government has asked Safeway to hand over more information about its plans to merge with Albertsons and create a national supermarket conglomerate, marking the latest step in a thorny deal between two of the nation's largest grocers.
Safeway said on Thursday it was working to provide those documents to the Federal Trade Commission, which likely will outline how the Pleasanton-based grocer plans to comply with antitrust laws as it moves forward with a landmark supermarket merger.
"For a transaction of this size … a second request for information is common practice and not unexpected," said Safeway spokesman Brian Dowling. "We continue to work cooperatively with FTC and expect to satisfy all of their information needs within a reasonable time. We still expect the merger to be complete in the fourth quarter of this year."
The planned merger, orchestrated by New York private equity firm Cerberus, which bought Safeway last month in a $9.4 billion deal, is expected to result in stores closing or others being sold to competing grocers. The government's request for additional information likely signals that it wants the grocer to offer more details on which stores it will divest as part of the merger. The FTC is looking for places where both Safeway and Albertsons dominate the grocery market, and wants to ensure other grocers can open stores and compete.
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Just 3 percent of companies that apply for merger and acquisition approval with the FTC receive a second request for information, according to data from 2012. However, few deals match the size and complexity of the Safeway merger, experts said.
The FTC has 30 days to make a decision. It could sue to stop the merger, but that's unlikely, Karim said. "I would not expect the FTC to block this. It's not a surprise to them that this market has a lot of consolidation," Karim added.
In 2012, the FTC reviewed 1,429 mergers and acquisitions. It sued to block just 10 of those — less than 1 percent. That same year, the FTC negotiated and settled with 15 companies that had to divest or make other changes to meet federal laws.
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Walt Disney Pictures has halted production on The Lone Ranger, Deadline reports. This comes as surprising news as the project has been fully cast and was planned to begin shooting this fall.
Described by Verbinksi as "'Don Quixote' told from Sancho Panza's point of view," the film was to star Armie Hammer as the titular western hero with Johnny Depp as his Native American sidekick, Tonto. The supporting cast was to include Ruth Wilson, Dwight Yoakam, Helena Bonham Carter, James Badge Dale and Barry Pepper.
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