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Kissinger at the Council on Foreign Relations
Friday morning Henry Kissinger took questions at the annual corporate conference of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. The room was packed.
Kissinger of course is an iconic figure in the history of foreign affairs, a statesman and historian of statesmanship. He will be 90 soon but he's taken the opposite of the usual trajectory of those formerly in power. Normally the longer you've been from high office the smaller you seem. Kissinger has retained his gravity and presence, and his foreign-policy mystique has in fact grown since he left the secretary of state's office in 1977. In part this may be because he thinks about, writes about and supports the idea that great nations need grand strategies. In the modern political environment leaders often lose a sense of higher strategy in the demands of the day-to-day. Crises pop up and must be dealt with, public opinion demands focus here and then there, decisions are made quickly. Strategic coherence and continuity are shattered. Long-term thinking comes to seem an indulgence that no longer applies. And yet it is crucial. You have to know where you're going and why.
From my notes:
On negotiations between nations: "Americans have a tendency to look at negotiations as a psychiatric problem." Do the negotiators like each other, is the personal chemistry good?
Interviewer Charlie Rose: "You don't believe that."
Kissinger: "No." Nations attempt to act in what they perceive to be their best interests.
Later: "It is best to begin a negotiation telling the other side what you want. It saves a lot of time."
On Iran: President Obama will likely have to make a decision "in the next 12 months." Iran is trying to develop a nuclear program; they think it will provide them "a safety net" but instead it will likely bring destabilization as others scramble to be similarly armed. For Israel, "it would be an existential decision to go to war." When Kissinger speaks to Israeli political figures, he asks them to visualize for him not the day of a decision to move on Iran but the aftermath—"the next 30 days."
Charlie Rose: "What do they answer?"
Kissinger: "I don't think they've thought about it deeply."
Do they think somebody else will take care of that scenario? Not just the U.S., said Kissinger, but maybe Russia.
It is possible Israel will move and Iran will start "harassing the Straits of Hormuz." It is possible Israel will move and Iran will do nothing. "But you can't base your decision on that hope."
America would like Iran to be "a nation, not a cause"—a nation that in time could be our ally. Some say if a different regime came to power in Teheran we might face a different reality. Kissinger does not agree. A nuclearized Iran would be a new force and fact in the region, and others would inevitably seek nuclear weapons.
The question American policy makers will have to face in the coming year: "Is the present level of enrichment acceptable?"
On Syria: "Someone who chooses ophthalmology as a career is not a man driven by huge concepts of state." President Bashar Assad's father would have been ruthless too in similar circumstances, but also "more skilled in diplomacy."
"It would be better if Assad left," Kissinger said. America's concern is to have "a non-radical outcome." The question is what Syria would look like after the fall of Assad. "In the abstract, an outcome that permits the various ethnic groups a certain autonomy" is desirable.
We should be aware of Russia's anxieties. "They are genuinely worried about the spread of radicalism," he said. "Radicalism that would fall from Syria would reach them first."
"If we can make a strategic agreement with Russia, we would have to take it to the Arab world."
"Whatever we do . . . in my life we've had four wars which we entered with great enthusiasm and did not know how to end." We want an outcome that takes account of "humanitarian concerns" and "is not radical." We should do what we can "short of American ground forces."
On Egypt: Rose asked what are the consequences of the Islamic government in Cariro. Kissinger: "Nothing is more boring than someone who says, 'I told you so.' But I told you so." This was met with laughter.
What should we have done when President Hosni Mubarak appeared to be falling? "We should have behaved in a manner more respectful. . . . It was not necessary for our people to go on TV and announce Mubarak must leave."
How should one interpret the revolution? There are democratic revolutions and historic revolutions. "Historic revolutions tend to represent a coming together of resentments" and leave destruction in their wake.
The Egyptian military and the Islamists are the two elements that will emerge. "The nice people from Facebook and Google knew how to get people to a square. They didn't know what to do afterwards."
There will eventually be "a showdown between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood." The Islamist government may be there to stay. The question for America: "Can we attach conditions to our support?"
On North Korea: If you look at something that could start a real war, North Korea is "near the top of the list." For the Chinese, North Korea is of great strategic and symbolic importance. They took on the U.S. there during the Korean War, in the first year of Mao's government. What he fears is that the North Korean regime "has brutality but no philosophy—it is a family enterprise." The regime may last 10 years but someday something is going to happen that may lead to its collapse. This in turn could set off "terrible events." "It is a fundamentally untenable situation."
On China: He warns against "the tendency of Americans to pay attention to the personality" of individual leaders. China's new leaders all lived through the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath. Whether prisoners or prison-keepers, they were formed by that event, forged in the same national trauma. Because of this, "in crisis they may act with greater insistence than the previous group." The new government may decide it needs a decade to sort out such problems as internal corruption and economic dislocation. They need time to work one these internal issues. But "some strange or surprising occurrence" could disturb this. The tensions between China and Japan over disputed islands in the China Sea "is one of these stupid issues that could escalate and draw us into the conflict because there's no obvious answer."
On Turkey: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan "in my opinion is an Islamist by conviction." He makes no secret of this, never has. He wants to "re-create Turkish influence." He looks at Israel as "a metaphor for America" and is carrying on an anti-American foreign policy without attacking America. His government has expanded its influence in every sphere of Turkish life and broken the military.
On Chancellor Angela Merkel: "She is formidable. She is not by nature daring, but "she moves crab-wise toward daring objectives."
He asks if a program of European austerity imposed by Germany is a manageable enterprise. "Will it really produce growth?" If not, what financial demands will the German political system be able to sustain? The question comes down to "How to have political union in Europe without full economic union." Could Merkel achieve this? Yes.
On the Obama administration's foreign policy: "They are skillful in handling tactical aspects of situations." But "they have not been able to put this together into a strategic overview of where we're going." "I don't think they're disliked but they're not fully trusted anywhere. Nobody knows where they're going."
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Andrew P. Corty
Up Front - The Publisher's Column
Learning from A Land Remembered
Each year, Florida Trend devotes its April issue to the Economic Yearbook, the edition you are reading now. We examine the state, county by county, noting population gains, company relocations, construction projects and other business trends.
Through the decades, this issue in particular has become a chronicle of the waves of growth that have surged through Florida. When Florida Trend opened 50+ years ago, Florida's population hadn't quite reached 3 million. Next year, we are expecting to hit 20 million and to reach 21 million before the 2020 Census.
This year's report is very upbeat — economic development officials and businesspeople around Florida are more optimistic than at any time since the recession, reporting new technology hubs, corporate headquarters and infrastructure projects. Construction cranes again dot the sky.
The pace of growth is fast enough in some places that businesses even report a lack of qualified workers to staff expansions — highlighting the importance of workforce training.
This issue also allows us to reflect on Florida's history, specifically what growth has meant for water, roads, schools, the environment and the way of life we enjoy.
Last year, a friend at Mosaic Co. gave me the book "A Land Remembered," which I'd heard much about but had never read. The author, Patrick Smith — nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize — was the subject of this magazine's "Florida Icon" profile last September.
The book sat on my shelf for several months until this January, when Smith died at 86. Picking up the book, I quickly saw why it is a best-seller and required reading in many schools.
The book is an epic tale of three generations of the fictional MacIvey family, based in part on research and tales told to the author. The story begins as
Tobias, his wife, Emma, and their young son Zech travel south out of Georgia in 1858 on a horse-drawn wagon, homesteading in central Florida near present-day Gainesville.
The travails of a pioneer family might seem strange to some of us today — scarce food, wild cows, rattlesnakes, bears, alligators and the beauty of untamed land. No boundaries or fences. A few scattered trading posts days away.
But Tobias is a friendly sort. He befriends the Seminole Indians. He befriends a freed slave. He drives cattle to market, pockets gold doubloons and purchases land at 15 cents an acre. Slowly he builds a life of cattle and oranges.
Zech grows up to expand the family holdings into tens of thousands of acres in the late 1800s, and his son, Sol, then uses the MacIvey savvy to follow the Florida dream as a rancher, grower, land baron and developer in the 20th century.
Fast forward to the 1960s. Sol isn't happy at the end of his life. He has followed the path to riches. But he has left his values behind. For solace, he passes his final days in an old pioneer cabin rather than in the oceanfront mansion he could afford.
The book raises the eternal Florida question: While building a state of commerce and tourism, can we also protect our heritage? Can we let wild waters flow? Can animals roam? Can native plants blossom? We have the ability, but do we have the will?
Fitness update: 2014 started cold, which curtailed my running to twice a week, so I need to step it up. The gym has been an infrequent friend. But at least I'm consistently under 10 minutes per mile.
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- 1/3 cup whole flaxseed
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- 1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon brown sugar
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Alec Baldwin apologized Wednesday to travelers who were inconvenienced when American Airlines booted him from a flight for not shutting down his mobile device.
But the "30 Rock" star did not apologize to American and chided U.S. airlines for having made travel "inelegant" since the Sept. 11 attacks.
American Airlines, meanwhile, said Baldwin's behavior to staff before takeoff on a Los Angeles to New York flight Tuesday was "offensive."
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Baldwin explained his side of the fracas in a column on The Huffington Post. Under the headline, "A Farewell to Common Sense, Style and Service on American Airlines," Baldwin wrote he has been a loyal American customer for 20 years, and has many times before used his mobile device while sitting in the plane at a gate. He said other fellow travelers were doing the same on Tuesday, but he was singled out by a flight attendent.
"One of the big changes, in my time, is in the increase of the post-9/11, paramilitary bearing of much of the air travel business," he wrote. "September 11th was a horrific day in the airline industry, yet in the wake of that event, I believe carriers and airports have used that as an excuse to make the air travel experience as inelegant as possible.
"There are many now who walk the aisles of an airplane with a whistle around their neck and a clipboard in their hands and they have made flying a Greyhound bus experience," he added.
Baldwin did, however, repeatedly apologize for his own behavior.
"The lesson I've learned is to keep my phone off when the 1950's [sic] gym teacher is on duty. That was my fault there, even though this trip was quite a bit different from so many others," he said.
Visitors to Baldwin's usually prolific Twitter account Wednesday found zero tweets and a big egg where Baldwin's headshot used to appear. The word "deactivated" substituted for Baldwin's name, one day after he used the site to lash out at American Airlines for giving him the boot before takeoff at LAX.
Baldwin had been vocal about the event pretty much since it happened Tuesday afternoon.
"Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt," Baldwin tweeted as the first shot in a fusillade against American Airlines staff.
"The flight attendants already look.....smarter," he wrote after being re-booked on another flight home. "Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's find jobs as flight attendants."
American spokesman Ed Martelle had cited privacy concerns at the time in telling MSNBC the airline does not "comment on something that might or might not have happened."
But American said Wednesday it was releasing new details because "an extremely vocal customer has publicly identified himself."
Baldwin refused to turn off his cell phone after being asked to do so then stood up with the seat belt light on and took his phone into the bathroom, according to American Airlines' account.
"He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked," the airline said in a statement. "They immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation. The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. Given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and denied boarding."
In a statement to NBC News on Tuesday, Baldwin rep Matthew Hiltzik had said the actor was "asked to leave" the plane while it was parked at the gate for playing the iPad game "Words with Friends."


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AYER — Town Counsel Mark Reich was invited to the Board of Selectmen's meeting, said Chairman Pauline Conley, to speak about the attorney's role with the town and to address the issue of the request of an individual member of the board for a legal opinion, which was then disseminated to the others.
Reich's law firm, Kopelman and Paige, is the longtime town counsel for the town of Ayer, which it serves through the Ayer Board of Selectmen.
"We represent approximately 120 communities in the state, so it is not feasible to address the needs of individual residents," said Reich.
The municipal law firm's job is to advise and defend the town, prosecute actions on behalf of the town, enforce actions such as zoning violations, draft and review bylaws and documents such as the town warrant, and to generally be available to the town, Reich explained.
He said that Massachusetts Open Meeting Law (OML) now runs through the Attorney General's Office, and that all complaints run through that office. He referred to a recent complaint brought by one of the board's own members with regard to OML when the board went into executive session. He said that he had just received the AG's Office's decision, and that it supports the town's decision that there was no OML violation.
"So, hats off to the then-chair (James Fay) and the Board of Selectmen for taking the appropriate action," he said.
Do not return to sender
"Openness in town government is much more enforced now, and much more questioned," stated Reich. "The AG's Office has been very strict in applying the OML."
Reich said OML has now caught up with the proliferation of electronic communication, and that the communication and distribution of emails now make town officials subject to the possibility of OML violations. Therefore, he told the selectmen, "treat all emails as public records."
Reich said he advises the board not to use email, and especially not to use the "reply all" button.
"Send it to (Town Administrator) Robert (Pontbriand). Don't get into a series of discussions about matters, or plan what you are going to say in a meeting."
"Try very hard," he cautioned, "to avoid using communication through email which can result in a back and forth that can be a violation."
He said that more and more often, he is seeing records requests for emails, which can be and usually are deemed a public record.
"Your email is an official email, even if you are using a home email, if you are addressing an issue as a selectman."
He added that since any communication as a selectman is an official communication, there is a requirement that those communications be maintained and archived.
Some emails dealing with an executive session may be shielded from discovery, he said, but his overall recommendation is "to avoid email amongst yourselves, and keep in mind that an email you send is subject to public disclosure."
Public Records Law
Reich further explained that all written materials are deemed to be public records to be maintained by the town. A list of exemptions such as personal and personnel information, addresses and telephone numbers of public employees, or plans for municipal buildings as well as security devices, may be shielded for public safety purposes, but in general, he cautioned, "treat any records of the town as public records."
"My motto is, I do not send an email if I don't want to see my communication as a headline in the Boston Globe."


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Crypto-API, MonadCryptoRandom, DRBG
November 2, 2010
Announcing a new version of crypto-api and the first release of both
DRBG and MonadCryptoRandom. Links can be found at the end of the e-mail
along with acknowledgments.
Crypto-api, a generic interface for cryptographic algorithms, has hit
version 0.2. Notable additions include:
If you use cryptographic operations then crypto-api is here to give you
an easy implementation and algorithm independent interface.
- The "OS-independent" random source (System.Crypto.Random) now works on
Windows. (thanks Stuart Dootson)
- No more MonoLocalBinds or ScopedTypeVariables, GHC < 6.12 should now
- No more "instance Monad Either" what-so-ever. It got in the way other
other instances more than being helpful.
- The order of arguments are swapped in CryptoRandomGen so it fits
standard convention.
- Build deps updated so GHC-7 works (Paulo Tanimoto)
If you maintain block ciphers, hashes, asymmetric ciphers, stream
ciphers, or random number generators then I encourage you to make an
instance for the matching Crypto-API class. Also, make use of the
testing infrastructure provided if possible. AES, SHA*, and Twofish
have lots of known-answer tests and a simple module for parsing NIST
test files is also included.
Much like MonadRandom, this has a class for random value generation
(CRandom), a class for monadic operation (MonadCryptoRandom), a
transformer (CRandT), and instances to make all this useful. The main
difference between MonadCryptoRandom from MonadRandom is the use of
CryptoRandomGen instead of RandomGen and the possibility for failure by
way of MonadError.
DRBG, a cryptographically secure pseudo random number generator based on
the NIST SP 800-90 standard, is now on hackage. This uses the
crypto-api CryptoMonadRandom class and cryptohash >= 0.6.1.
Incidently, pureMD5's deps have been bumped to use the new crypto-api.
Future Work
Once we have a cryptocipher like package with BlockCipher instance for
AES, I imagine DRBG will include cipher-based bit generators. Aside
from that, more testing is certainly an order.
Just so there's no confusion about my part in all this.
- Crypto-API: I started discussion and hacked up the code for this interface (and that's all it is, an interface for algorithm producers and algorithm consumers to meet in the middle)
- MonadCryptoRandom: This is just a rip-off of the motivating idea behind MonadRandom but it allows failure. I tried to match even the names as closely as was sensible (CRand instead of Rand, etc).
- DRBG: Its a translation of a NIST spec. I never thought I'd do translator work, but here I am doing English to Haskell transcription.
Hackage: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/crypto-api
Home: http://trac.haskell.org/crypto-api/wiki
Hackage: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/DRBG
Home: None, will share home and bug tracker with crypto-api
Hackage: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/monadcryptorandom
Home: None, will share home and bug tracker with crypto-api
Thanks go to Vincent Hanquez for his cryptohash package including
crypto-api instances, Stuart Dootson for getting the Windows code in
System.Crypto.Random working, Paulo Tanimoto for pointing out/patching
an issue with GHC-7
Ben Boeckel – I haven't forgot about your patch but it seems
cabal/hackage rejects such a .cabal file. I'll have to investigate or
talk to Duncan.
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November 2, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Please add a package constraint, DRBG requires
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Title text: I hear Steven Levitt is writing a book analyzing A.J. Jacobs' quest to spend a year reading everything Malcolm Gladwell ever wrote. The audiobook will be narrated by Robert Krulwich of Radiolab.
In this comic, several authors are referenced. Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian author who wrote such books as "The Tipping Point", "Outliers" and "Blink". Steven Levitt is one of the co-authors of the book, "Freakonomics" and also the Freakonomics blog on NYTimes.com.
Robert Krulwich is a science corespondent for NPR (National Public Radio, for those outside of the US) and a co-host of the show Radiolab.
A. J. Jacobs is a journalist who immerses himself in different ideas and lives them out for periods of time. For example, he lives a year according to all the rules in the bible literally.
In this comic, Cueball as a college student, meeting with his adviser or professor trying to decide what to major in. He decides to major in "The Universe", but when his adviser details the real work required of that major, Cueball scratches his head and tells what he really means. If you have not read Malcolm Gladwell's books, they all are slightly similar and details Gladwell's different "discoveries" about the world based on things that have happened.
- [Cueball before a professor]
- Cueball: How can I pick a major? I'm interested in everything! Can't I major in "the universe"?
- Professor: Okay. First, I'll need papers on every European trade summit that did not result in an agreement. Then, spend a year memorizing every microprocessor instruction set ever used in a production chip.
- [Cueball scratches head]
- Cueball: What I meant was I just want to read Malcolm Gladwell books and drink.
- Professor: We all do, sweetie.
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If all else fails, you could always become an artist. Davidy²²[talk] 10:03, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
- What does that mean? That art is a "backup" field that anyone can do? Art is one of the only things I think I would be unable to succeed at, no matter how hard I tried. Like saying "you could always become a professional basketball player." You just can't. 22.214.171.124 23:58, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
- On the contrary, art is a form of self expression, therefore anyone can do it (according to my old art teacher). It's like singing. Anyone can sing, although the results may not be the same as a person who can sing "better" than you, but if you can make a noise with your mouth then you can still claim you're singing. Brenda (talk) 08:21, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
I thought if all else fails you become a teacher? ~JFreund
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Snowman Pancakes: A Twist on Winter Breakfast
Want a warm way to celebrate the snow with your kids?
Looking for a tasty treat to welcome winter days?
Start a new breakfast tradition with your family.
Your children will wait with anticipation as the days grow shorter and the weather gets colder to bring one of their favorite outdoor activities to the breakfast table.
In this article I'll show you how quick and simple it is to create a snowman extravaganza right at your table. Don't worry, no snow is needed for this fun family treat.
Why Make Snowmen for Breakfast?
Making pancake snowmen is a great way to get your kids' help in the kitchen and put a twist on traditional breakfast time.
Making pancakes is fun. Most kids love to help out in the kitchen.
When you transform food into something creative and clever, meal-making becomes memorable.
And when you produce a fun food for a special reason or a particular season—like a school snow day, a holiday break or every Saturday in winter—you create a family tradition your kids will never forget.


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Tears before bedtime as purple, yellow and red Wiggles move on
YOUNG children are the least sentimental fans. Either you're there and available for them, or you're not. There's no such thing as nostalgia for the under 5s.
One little girl was escorted into the seat next to me with her eyes closed. This was a surprise. ''Now you can open them!'' she was told. ''Where are you?''
The girl looked around. ''Er … the movies?'' Kids don't have much sense of occasion, either.
It's different for parents. Anyone who brought kids into the world from the early 1990s onwards will likely have The Wiggles and their songbook burnt into their brain. Not surprisingly, this final live show by the group's founders, Greg Page (Yellow, 40), Jeff Fatt (Purple, 59), Murray Cook (Red, 52) and Anthony Field (Blue, 49), took on a wistful hue.
After more than 7000 shows (more than 50 of them at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, itself about to be pensioned off), you might expect some self-indulgence but for the first half of the gig at least, The Wiggles Celebration maintained a disciplined, professional face that only gradually broke down as the love in the room became obvious.
By the end, the emotion on stage was palpable and despite stories hinting to the contrary, so was the affection between old bandmates.
Shout-outs were made to former Wiggles dancers, many of whom were in the audience; to friends of the Wiggly empire, and to children, now in their teens and 20s, who have appeared in the Wiggles DVDs.
No reference was made to Sam Moran (save for appearances in old clips), who replaced the ailing Page in the group from late 2006 until January this year. It seemed churlish not to acknowledge him and the Wiggles are still struggling to get the spin right on this episode.
This finale was also the soft launch for Emma Watkins, Lachlan Gillespie and Simon Pryce, who will join Field on stage from this point on. Their obvious professionalism had a slightly chilling effect on those accustomed to the homespun antics of their predecessors.
It's usual for people to dash for the exits five minutes before the end of a Wiggles show, just to beat the pram jam. Almost everyone stayed this time, and they were treated to a little bit of history - an encore.
For once, there were tears before bedtime from the grown-ups, too.


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Unsurprisingly, CBS is moving forward with a Sherlock Holmes series hot on the heels of the success of BBC's fantastic Holmes update Sherlock. The American version is titled Elementary, and Deadline reports that CBS has settled on a lead for the pilot: Jonny Lee Miller. Miller previously starred on the ABC series Eli Stone and most recently appeared in an arc on Showtime's Dexter. Elementary is a contemporary take on the Arthur Conan Doyle character and finds Holmes living in New York City. Given that it's on CBS, we can presumably expect a heavy procedural aspect with little to no reason to tune in every single week. Nevertheless, should CBS pick the pilot up to series, the show is likely to be a hit; audiences over 50 love them some crime procedurals that don't ask them to remember things from one week to the next.
Coincidentally, Miller appeared on Danny Boyle's stage version of Frankenstein alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, the Sherlock of Sherlock. The actor also has roles in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows and alongside Saoirse Ronan in Byzantium.


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Horror show: PSA highlights unsafe decorative lens risks
Optometry has teamed up with Hollywood on an edgy, new public service announcement (PSA) campaign to grab the attention of youths about unsafe decorative contact lens practices.
"We're hoping to get people's attention."
As part of a triumvirate that aligns the AOA with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Entertainment Industries Council (EIC), the first-of-its-kind campaign elicits the "horrors" of ocular damage with messages from the FDA and makeup effects artists.
The first PSA premiered at the 18th Annual PRISM Awards in Los Angeles on April 22, featuring contact lens artist Cristina Patterson, and Helene Clayton-Jeter, O.D., from the FDA Office of Health and Constituent Affairs. The 30-second clip urges purchase of decorative lenses only through a licensed eye care professional and stresses the risks of improper wear.
A complementary website, www.contactlensART.org, was established to help reference viewers to additional information about proper contact lens usage.
Attention grabber
A longer, 3-minute version of the PSA will be previewed at the 2014 Optometry's Meeting® in Philadelphia, June 25-29. This extended version builds upon the foundation set in the shorter clip, but provokes a more dramatic tone, says Michael Dueñas, O.D., AOA's chief public health officer.
"The longer video will be a little more edgy, and we intend to make audiences react," he says. "We're working with the FDA and EIC to try to make it as impactful as we can, but somewhat tasteful to a general audience. There's a fine line there, and we'll be on the edgy side of that line."
"We're hoping to get people's attention," Dr. Dueñas says.
The dramatic tone is designed not only to underscore the importance of ocular health, but also to generate buzz with youth; the PSAs will circulate in social media.
Collaborative success
The campaign is an important chance for the AOA to promote ocular health issues like never before, and it's an opportunity that couldn't have happened without collaborative insight.
The AOA and FDA have partnered in the past, but this project represented a first with the EIC, a nonprofit that provides awareness of health and social issues by encouraging accurate depiction of such issues in film and TV.
Dr. Clayton-Jeter, an AOA member, was awarded the AOA Leadership in Public Health Award in November 2013 for her work in helping coordinate these entities to bring the project to fruition.
"To be able to bring all these people together to come up with a project from A to Z, and now be able to develop a product, is a feat within itself," Dr. Clayton-Jeter says. Read more about her work in the June edition of AOA Focus.
The PSAs are also produced and distributed in part because of sole support from the TearLab Corporation.
Given the unique position the entertainment industry has in reaching young adults, EIC Executive Vice President Marie Gallo Dyak says this is a chance to make a positive impact.
"We are collaborating not only with eye care professionals, but also with the makeup artists who create the on-screen images with professional actors. This elevates the conversation around eye care when using decorative lenses on and off the screen," Dyak states.


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From a handful of people in 1978 with an idea to help wildlife in their area, LTWC has grown to an organization that now provides a service to more than nine counties in California and Nevada surrounding the Lake Tahoe region.
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Princeton receives record number of applications for class of 2009
Princeton University has received 16,077 applications for admission to the class of 2009, a record number for the University and a 17 percent increase from the previous year.
The increase reflects Princeton's enhanced recruitment efforts across the country and internationally, as well as the introduction of new Web-based application forms this year, said Dean of Admission Janet Lavin Rapelye.
"Our goal has been to educate a wider range of prospective students about the wonderful academic opportunities available at Princeton and to increase the number of ways students can apply to the University. The results have far exceeded my expectations," Rapelye said.
"Our admission staff has made a major effort to expand the recruitment of prospective students through high school visits, on-campus admission information sessions and evening programs with students and their families in cities throughout the United States and around the world," she said.
In addition to the paper version of the Princeton application, the Office of Admission this year offered three new options for applying to the University: both online and paper versions of the Common Application, a standardized form used by colleges and universities; and the online Princeton form.
The total number of applications this year includes 2,039 applications for early decision. The University announced earlier this month that 593 students have been offered early admission to the class of 2009. The early decision candidates are expected to comprise 49 percent of the next freshman class.
Regular decision applicants, who had to apply by Jan. 2, will be notified of admission in early April. Candidates deferred during the early admission process will be reconsidered with the regular decision applicants.
The total number of applications this year compares to 13,695 applications for the class of 2008.


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Guide to the Mario T. Garcia Chicano Collection MS 205
Biographical / Historical Notes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series I: Mario Garcia Personal Papers
Personal papers and notes, 1971 December–1972 March and undated
Manuscripts and publications, 1971 December and undated
Book reviews and newspaper articles, 1971 August and undated
Series II: SDSU Educational Papers
Graded student papers, 1973 May–1974 May
Graded student papers, 1974 November-December and undated
Professional memos and correspondence, 1971 March–1973 April
Professional memos and correspondence, 1973 May–1974 July, undated
Faculty meeting agendas and minutes, 1972 January–1973 March and undated
Series III: UCSD Educational Papers
Third World Studies curriculum and papers, 1970–1972 and undated
Newspaper articles, 1971 March
Series IV: San Jose State College and Sacramento State College Papers
San Jose State College Chicano Faculty Association papers and teaching materials, 1970 January-May and undated
San Jose State College Faculty and Graduate Studies memos and papers, 1969 February–1970 May and undated
Series V: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MECHA) Papers
Constitution, by-laws, and history, 1968-1973 and undated
Agendas and meeting minutes, 1971 November–1973 March and undated
Correspondence and memos, 1970 March–1974 June
MECHA-SDSU financial records, 1971-1973
State and national events, 1970 October–1976 November and undated
Other national associations, 1970 January–1975 April and undated
MECHA-UCSD Chicano journal, 1972 May
Series VI: Cultural and Political Papers
Anti-War Movement papers, 1966 July–1973 January and undated
United Farm Workers papers, 1968 October–1974 June and undated
Election-related papers (some in Spanish), 1972–1974 and undated
Chicano conferences and workshops, 1959 April–1974 June
Political ephemera (some in Spanish), 1967 November–1974 May and undated
Community and cultural ephemera, 1970-1973 and undated
Series VII: Articles and Magazines
Political articles (some in Spanish), 1960 September-1970 March
Political articles (some in Spanish), 1970 April–1972 October and undated
Cultural articles and literature (some in Spanish), 1956-1969
Cultural articles and literature (some in Spanish), 1970 January-November
Cultural articles and literature (some in Spanish), 1971 April–1972 October and undated
Cultural articles and literature (some in Spanish), undated
Periodicals, 1968-1971
Periodicals (some in Spanish), 1972-1975 and undated
Campus publications (some in Spanish), 1968-1976 and undated
Series VIII: Collegiate Newspapers (English)
California State University East Los Angeles: "MECHA," 1973 January
California State University Fullerton: "El Quetzal," 1973
California State University Northridge, MECHA: "El Popo," 1973 January
East Los College: "La Vida Nueva," 1973 April
San Diego City College: "Fort Knightly," 1972 November
San Diego State University: "Daily Aztec," 1970-1973
San Diego State University: "Inside the Beast," 1972-1973
San Jose State University: "Cry of Color," 1970 April
San Jose State University: "Spartan Daily," 1969 October-1970 May
Stanford University, MECHA: "Chicanismo," 1970 April-1971 November
University of California publications: "Third World" and "What is Happening at U.C.?", 1970 November-1972 May
University of California, Berkeley: "Chispas," 1976 May
University of California, Los Angeles: "La Gente" and "Nommo," 1970 April-1974 April
University of California, San Diego: "Black Voices," 1972 May
University of California, San Diego: "Crazy Times," 1972
University of California, San Diego: "Nine," undated
University of California, San Diego: "North Star," 1972-1973
University of California, San Diego: "Natty Dread" and "New Indicator," 1975 November-1976 December
University of California, San Diego: "Triton Times," 1970-1974
Univerisyt of California, Santa Barbara: "Daily Nexus," 1975 May
University of Colorado, Boulder: "El Diario de la Gente," 1973 October
University of Texas, El Paso: "The Prospector," 1969 April-1974 April
Unidentifiable campus: "Alternative," 1976 May
Unidentifiable campus: "Voz Fronteriza," 1976 January-November
Series IX: Community Newspapers (English)
"The Appeal to Reason" (Berkeley), 1975 July-August
"The Arizona Daily Star," 1972 September
"Bronze," 1968 November-1969 June
"The Catalyst" (South Alameda County), 1969 December
"La Causa," undated
"Challenge" (Progressive Labor Party), 1970 November
"Daily Times Advocate," 1973 October
"The Denver Post," 1972
"El Paso Herald - Post," 1972 August-September
"El Gallo," 1969-1971
"El Gallo," 1972-1974
"Goodbye to all that" and "Grapevine," 1970 June and undated
"El Grito," 1972 February-1974 June
"Herald Examiner," 1971 February
"Los Angeles Times," 1971 January-1973 December
"Marxists-Leninists," 1973
"Maverick," 1970 February-May
"The Militant," 1970 May-1972 April
"The Nation," "The New Republic," "The New York Review," and "NPAC Fact Sheet," 1968 July-1973 April and undated
"The O.B. Peoples Rag," 1972 February
"The Peoples Voice," 1975 July
"The Peoples World," 1970 January-1976 August
"Prensa Popular," 1973 November-1976 June
"La Raza," 1968 June-1969 December
"The Reader," 1972 November-1973 February
"La Revolucion," 1969 February
"Revolutionary Marxist Caucus Newsletter" and "Revolutionary Communist Youth Newsletter," 1971 July-1972 November
"San Diego Union," 1972 September
"San Francisco Examiner," 1970 August
"San Jose Mercury News - Focus," 1969 August-1970 August
"Santa Barbara News & Review," 1974 March
"SDS New Left Notes," 1972 March
"Spark," 1975 May
"Street Journal," 1971 April 9
"El Tecolote," 1971 October-1974 June
"The Texas Observer," 1969 July-1970 December
"This World," "Triple Jeopardy," and "Truth," 1970 April-1975 February
"Venceremos," 1973 July-August
"World Magazine" and "Young Socialists," 1970 March-1973 March
"El Young," 1971
Series X: Newspapers (Bilingual and Spanish)
"Bandera Roja" (Spanish), 1973 February
"Basta Ya!" (Spanish), 1969-1970
"Chicano Times" (Bilingual), 1972 September
"Los Desarraigados" (Bilingual), 1973 May
"Editorial" (Spanish), 1969 May-1972 June
"El Fronterizo" (Spanish), 1972 September
"Gaceta Sandinista" (Spanish), 1975 November
"Ideal" (Bilingual), 1972 February-March
"Justicia o palo" (Bilingual), undated
"El Malcriado" (Bilingual), 1969 July-1971 February
"El Malcriado" (Bilingual), 1972 March-1973 March
"El Mexico Americano" (Bilingual), 1973
"El Obrero" (Spanish), 1972 November
"Papel Chicano" (Bilingual), 1972 February-1973 May
"El Papel: San Diego Times" (Bilingual), 1972 November-1973 May
"Raza de Bronce" (Bilingual), 1973 February-May
"La Raza Unida Party" (Bilingual), undated
"El Reportero" (Spanish), 1973 August
"San Diego en Espanol" (Spanish), 1975 June
"San Francisco Mission News" (Bilingual), 1970 February
"Si Se Puede" (Bilingual), 1975 August-1976 January
"Sin Fronteras" (Bilingual), 1974 April-May 1976
"La Verdad" (Bilingual), 1970 September-1972 January
"La Voz del Pueblo" (Bilingual), 1972 October and undated
"Voz Obrera" (Spanish), 1970 September
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Bona-fide Torrance-based, non-profit groups may submit events to be included in the Torrance citywide calendar pending approval. The City of Torrance Citywide Calendar System Administrator (Office of Cable and Community Relations) is responsible for determining which events are appropriate for posting and then approving a calendar entry. The administrator also has the capability to submit the event to other calendars so that your event may be posted on more than one calendar if appropriate. Events must occur within Torrance city limits to be considered for inclusion and submitted within the categories already identified within the calendar. Upon submission, the following information should be included: How To Submit
Free Kids Event: Hero's Journey
- Date: 07/13/2019 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
- Location: The Amphitheater at Wilson Park
2200 Crenshaw Blvd.
Torrance, California 90501
Join us for an interactive show the whole family will enjoy!
Watch as a young hero teams up with new friends on her journey through a storybook world of princesses, ogres, and dragons. Perfect for ages 6-12!
This is a FREE family event at the Wilson Park Amphitheater.
Keep the fun going by visiting the new Splash Pad after the show!


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What a wonderful surprise! I came across an outdated catalog for Timbucktu RV in Worcester, MA that my father had given me when I started getting into vintage trailer restoration, and found that the catalog had ALL of the camper parts that I needed to replace in The COMET. I picked out a few things in the catalog and called Timbucktu RV in Worcester, explaining my project and what parts I was missing. They said I should come on down to the store and see what I could find that I needed. I ended up leaving with everything I needed to begin repairs on the COMET. The people at Timbucktu RV are so helpful and friendly, and engaged with the project, which was wonderful. I got lots of good advice from the people at Timbucktu RV, who have been repairing campers, motorhomes, and trailers for many years. The store and catalog both have a GREAT selection of parts – hitches, jacks, lights, even water tanks and toilets – all the larger items that not all RV stores stock in their stores. It was great to be helped by a person that new what they were selling and understood what I was trying to do with The COMET, as opposed to guessing what I needed and ordering it online, hoping that it would be the right part when it got here. Timbucktu RV has experience in all things camper related, and they even have a couple of vintage Airstreams on the lot. I fell in love with a little Globetrotter in the parking lot. They also have an extremely rare vintage Airstream diner, complete with glittery vinyl seating and bar. It's one of 8 ever made. It was gorgeous! They literally have everything under the sun camper-wise, and every part you could ever want – new or retro. And all of the appliances that they offer would be ideal in a tiny house on wheels! I now have a new jack, roof coat, a rocket hand-pump faucet, a new inlet, replacement teardrop running lights, a solar-powered vent fan, and about a dozen other things I needed, thanks to Timbucktu RV (1047 Southbridge Street, Worcester, MA)! Timbucktu is in the process of moving their inventory and getting a new website, so when that gets updated I will add that information as well! For now, please call 508-459-1132 for a catalog.
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That post title sounds a lot like a paper you'd turn in on the first day back to school about your summer vacation. "Here Mrs. Teacher, this is my paper on my summer vacation. It's called 'My Trip to Chattanooga.'"
Anyway, a few weekends ago I took a trip to Tennessee to visit two of my very dear friends. One is my BFF from high school and the other is her husband. My BFF, Kelly, is a pharmacist and after college she moved to TN so when we want to see each other we have to travel. I was excited to spend a weekend away!
My two sweet friends.
Their sweet puppy Stella.
We ate dinner the first night at a wonderful Tapas restaurant. I ate blue cheese puffs, spinach artichoke dip and what they call papas bravas. Yum!! We all shared and they gave me some of their pear and walnut quesadilla. It was so good!
We really enjoyed the penguin exhibit. We even made new friends.
Look at this penguin on the left standing on another penguin!
We even got trapped in this cage with a shark right behind us!!
I bought a souvenir before we left. I got this cute, little owl mug because of course when you think of the aquarium, you think owl....
Bobby and Kelly cooked the most amazing dinner for me. The made their own ravioli from scratch.... It was pumpkin ravioli with a sage cream sauce. Yum!!! They also made honey ricotta bruschetta and we enjoyed a tasty salad. These two have been taking cooking classes and they are quite the chefs! Dinner was soooo good. I wish I lived closer so I could drop by for dinner more often. :)
I had such a fun weekend. It's always great to catch up with Kelly. :)


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This charming hotel welcomes you in style with soothing water fountains and an opulent lobby befitting Rajasthani royalty. Fresh and tranquil, nature blooms in every corner, while rich Indian design details transport you to a bygone era. Conveniently located close to the city's business hub and a short stroll to the city centre for museums, restaurants, and more!
The hotel's range of facilities, including meeting rooms, banquet halls, business centre, beauty salon, shops, laundry, travel agent, currency exchange and transport services, blend effortlessly together to ensure the contentment and satisfaction of all guests. To soothe the soul, the hotel's Lotus Spa, gym and pool area are a sanctuary of fitness, relaxation and pampering.
The hotel has a well-equipped business center with five conference rooms, offering the latest in hi-tech broadband wireless internet connectivity, PC workstations, multimedia computers, laptops, portable printers and cell phones, color copying and secretarial facilities are available for the convenience of the business executive.


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Boehner's push for House budget compromise falters
WASHINGTON — A frantic day of legislative maneuvering ended in futility for Speaker John A. Boehner on Tuesday, as the most conservative members of the House refused to back his proposed compromise to end the standoff over the federal budget.
The failure leaves a bipartisan Senate plan negotiated by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the sole way out of a stalemate that risks a U.S. default on its bills and huge economic disruptions.
A bill that passed the Senate would receive Democratic support in the House, guaranteeing a majority if Boehner were willing to bring it to the floor even without the backing of most Republicans. He is widely expected to do so, however, having run out of time for other options.
Earlier in the day, Boehner reiterated that he opposed allowing the government to risk default.
"I have made clear for months and months that the idea of default is wrong, and we shouldn't get anywhere close to it," he said.
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Shortly after House leaders officially called off a vote on their most recent plan, spokesmen for Reid and McConnell said Senate talks were resuming. They had paused for the day to allow Boehner (R-Ohio) a chance to get a bill through the House.
The two leaders are "very close" to a deal, a top Senate aide said.
Senate aides said the agreement would extend the Treasury's authority to borrow money through Feb. 7 and end the government shutdown, providing federal agencies with funds through Jan. 15. In the meantime, congressional negotiators would try to work out a longer-term budget solution.
The plan would make no significant changes in President Obama's healthcare law. Democrats were expected to drop a proposal to repeal a new tax on insurance plans that is opposed by some unions. The agreement also would direct officials to confirm that people receiving insurance subsidies under the law were eligible for them, something Democrats say the law already requires.
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday put the government's AAA credit rating on watch for a potential downgrade because of the standoff. The company said that it believed the federal debt limit would be raised soon but that "political brinkmanship" was risking a default.
Treasury officials have said they cannot guarantee having enough money to pay all the government's bills after Thursday. If the debt limit is not lifted, "the Treasury would still have limited capacity to make payments," Fitch said, but "it would be exposed to volatile revenue and expenditure flows."
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"The U.S. risks being forced to incur widespread delays of payments to suppliers and employees, as well as Social Security payments to citizens — all of which would damage the perception of U.S. sovereign creditworthiness and the economy," the agency added.
Whether Congress can pass a bill quickly will depend on whether tea party conservatives led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) mount a filibuster in the Senate to slow the process.
Reid and White House officials sharply criticized Boehner's tactics during the course of the day. But despite the rhetoric, Boehner already had accepted much of the framework of the Senate deal. Behind the scenes, McConnell and Boehner worked to coordinate procedural steps that could allow a House-passed bill to be rapidly amended and moved through the Senate.
Senators had indicated, however, they would wait only a day to see whether the House could muster a majority.
When the House effort collapsed, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors said he wasn't surprised. "We were never really sure what they were up to," he said.
In a WABC television interview Tuesday, Obama said White House officials had seen in the past that Boehner "can't control his caucus."
With nearly all House Democrats united in opposition to Boehner's proposal, he could afford to lose only about 15 Republicans. The speaker and his leadership team struggled to come up with a plan that could win conservative support. Throughout the day, members walked in and out of leadership offices, discussing options.
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"There are a lot of opinions about what direction to go," Boehner said early in the day. "There have been no decisions about what exactly we will do."
Even though waiting for Boehner cost 24 hours, some Senate Republicans portrayed the decision as a necessary effort to protect his influence and to prevent the House from being dominated by its most ardent conservatives. Many Republican senators blame the conservatives in both chambers for launching the party on a failed budget strategy.
In the end, however, the day's maneuvers reinforced the sense that outside conservative groups now rival Boehner for influence in the House.
The speaker and his lieutenants had negotiated a plan with House members and scheduled a key procedural vote for early evening. Shortly before that could take place, Heritage Action, an influential conservative advocacy group, announced it would oppose the plan because it would not significantly roll back Obamacare, as the president's healthcare law is often called.
Within an hour, Boehner was forced to abandon the vote. Aides to the House leadership asserted, however, that the proposal was failing even before Heritage Action weighed in.
Republicans already had given up almost all of their demands for changes in Obama's healthcare law or other shifts in government policy. With the shutdown in its third week, the GOP has suffered badly in public opinion polls, and many lawmakers are ready to call a halt to a fight that began with conservatives seeking to use the leverage of a budget crisis to force Obama to make concessions.
"I can understand fighting for your cause, but there comes a point when you have an obligation to the country as a whole," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
"The best thing for the country is for John Boehner to be able to deliver," he said. "I just hope our colleagues in the House who believe it's better to have more Republicans, not less, a governing majority, rather than a dysfunctional majority, will help John when he needs their help."
In hopes of attracting conservative votes, Boehner included a provision ending the government's payment of its traditional employer's share of health-insurance premiums for members of Congress and administration officials. Democrats have previously rejected that idea, which is popular among Republican activists.
He also initially included a measure to repeal a tax on medical device manufacturers that is unpopular with many lawmakers in both parties.
By midday, Republican leaders dropped the medical device tax repeal, to which some conservatives objected. And they bolstered the provision to cut off government payments for insurance plans, making it also apply to staff working for members of Congress. The proposal amounts to a pay cut of thousands of dollars for those affected.
They also shortened the period for funding government agencies, providing money only through Dec. 15. That was designed to appeal to conservatives, who wanted another chance to change the healthcare law before some key provisions, including a guarantee of contraceptive coverage in health plans, take effect Jan. 1.
House Republicans talked openly of the divisions in their ranks.
"There will be some in the conference who don't think this House proposal goes far enough," Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), a leading House moderate, said of Boehner's plan. "There are no winners in this process, only losers. The only question is ... who is losing more?"
But other Republicans were resigned to losing influence in the process.
"If our party can't pass this, then there's no doubt we're going to end up with what the Senate sends us," said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.). "Look, if my colleagues can't muster together, and sometimes accept good because they're waiting for perfect, then that's on them."
Jim Puzzanghera and David Lauter in the Washington bureau contributed to this report.
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MAS? That would be Michael Avenatti Syndrome.
From the torrent of allegations and indictments that flowed from the White House in the early days of the Trump presidency, out stepped Michael Avenatti. For a few months, he looked like a hero to those of us hoping to restore law and order to the presidency. He came forward to represent Stormy Daniels, an adult film star, by filing a lawsuit to invalidate a non-disclosure agreement she had signed regarding an alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2006.
Neither Trump nor the Republicans in power seemed to care that the newly elected commander in chief had allegedly made a deal to silence a former lover. But then, he wouldn't be the first American president to get tripped up by stepping out.
The problem was that the Stormy affair was just a minor event in a succession of morally outrageous and ethically egregious behaviors in and around the Oval Office. Was arranging to keep Daniels quiet in the same league of malfeasance as trying to get FBI Chief James Comey to drop the Flynn investigation? And then firing him? Or as evil as separating children from their parents as part of an anti-immigration border policy? Hard to say. It's difficult to calibrate the level of mendacity involved in a single escapade when there has been so much bad behavior.
Avenatti, in a perfect storm of timing, politics and personality, leaped onto the public stage. He was a made-for-TV star, powerful-looking, exceedingly articulate, flamboyant and redolent of menace. The press couldn't get enough of him.
On air he was unnervingly controlled; he sparred with pros and never lost a thought or his equanimity. He was a guest on MSNBC, with big-time anchors like Rachel Maddow and Ari Melber repeatedly inviting him for on-air interviews. Within a year, Avenatti did a couple of hundred sit-downs. He was in the papers every day, stirring the political pot, vowing to take down Michael Cohen and Trump and swearing his fealty to democracy and this particular democracy, the USA.
Avenatti did not emerge fully formed as a legend in his own time. There was a forward and upward arc to his career. He went to the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown Law School, then worked for top firms, accruing huge fees and a reputation as a relentless litigator. In his spare time he was a world-class racecar driver, a husband and father.
He always had an eye on the political scene. While still in law school, he worked for a firm run by Rahm Emanuel, doing political opposition research. In 2003, Georgetown Law School created the Michael J. Avenatti award for pre-trial and trial advocacy, and made him the first recipient.
There followed years of reputation-building, high-profile cases that won him both kudos and immense wealth. He was riding high for a decade or more.
Then he decided to represent Daniels and take on Cohen and Trump. And when Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was going through his congressional hearing, Avenatti represented a woman who accused Kavanaugh of bad behavior in his youth. That case, like the Daniels case, ended in failure for Avenatti's client, and abundant confusion over what she said and did and what Avenatti said she said and did.
Avenatti was undaunted. He dropped hints about running for president in 2020, sending out feelers and placing a few ads. He was coy on TV when asked about a possible run, saying he would only consider it if Trump were his opponent.
Then he and his career hit a wall. Last week, Avenatti became a defendant himself, facing more than three dozen federal charges in New York and California. The charges range from domestic abuse to embezzlement to fraud and extortion, and are the product of multi-year investigations.
The fact that the press swooned over Avenatti is shameful and embarrassing. However, and it is a big however, the Avenatti debacle does not mean the efforts of the working press can be discounted or doubted.
Avenatti streaked across the sky like a shooting star. He now joins the earthbound ranks of Flynn, Manafort, Gates, Cohen, Popadopoulos and Stone, all of whom would have been better off if they had never met Donald J. Trump.
Copyright 2019 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at email@example.com.


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TGIF... do you feel it? I sure do! Not that it has been a bad week or anything, heck we've even been enjoying quite a bit of sunshine which is always nice. Still there is just something about a Friday that feels fun and special... especially when you have it off from work! ;)
Now I'm going to warn you that today's card may cause toothaches. Yep, I completely lost control and went overboard on the sweetness factor, LOL! You see, I had this adorable Lili of the Valley fairy all ready to be colored up and I decided to pair her with this Echo Park 'Little Girl' paper set, that I had finally received after it sitting down at my post office for over a week due to a substitute mail carrier... oy! But I digress... no surprise that the bright, fun colors totally spoke to me and when it came time to embellish this all up I couldn't stop adding all sorts of bits and bobs until finally I reached that ledge and nearly dived right in to cuteness overload. I'm not going to deny that it was loads of fun to make though. ;)
Alrighty, lots to do so I'll see ya back here tomorrow with a new Kraftin' Kimmie challenge. :)


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Beginning meditation class being offered
The Durango Dharma Center will sponsor a weekly beginning meditation class from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and continuing each Wednesday for five weeks through Oct. 17 at the center, 2530 Colorado Ave.
The class will be taught by Bill Ball, who has more than 20 years experience in meditation practice.
For more information and to register, visit www.durangodharmacenter.org, email email@example.com or call 749-7425.
Congregation Har Shalom to host local events
Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, will host these events:
Erev Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Eliot Baskin will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Rosh Hashanah First Day Services with Baskin will take place at 9:30 a.m. Monday.
An intergenerational service will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday.
Tashlich and potluck will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at Iris Park.
Rosh Hashana hike and discussion will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday on the Colorado Trail at the Junction Creek Trailhead.
Kol Nidre with Baskin will take place from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 25.
Yom Kippur healing service, intergenerational service, Yiskor and Neila followed by communal breakfast with Baskin, will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 26.
For more information, visit www.harshalomdurango.org.
Jehovahs Witnesses to meet in Farmington
Members of the local Durango-English Congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses and members of Chama, Cortez, Ignacio and Pagosa Springs congregations, will attend a circuit assembly at 9:40 a.m. Sept. 22 to 23 at the Farmington Civic Center, 200 W. Arrington in Farmington.
The theme of the assembly, Safeguard Your Mind, is based on Matthew 22:37 and will be highlighted through Bible-based talks, symposiums and experiences.
The highlight of the assembly will be a public talk on Sunday, called Keep Close in Mind Jehovahs Day. Admission and parking will be free, and no collections will be taken.
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On Wednesday, the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced its ruling in a case brought by the United States against India. In the case, the U.S. argued that India imposed unfair trade restrictions designed to deny foreign manufacturers from equal access to Indian markets in contradiction of WTO rules.
More specifically, the United States filed its action against India over rules requiring that solar panels and modules contain a certain percentage of locally manufactured content. The WTO sided with the United States, holding the Indian laws amounted to a violation of WTO requirements.
Analysts argue that this ruling will ultimately be a huge benefit to Indian consumers. They will no longer be deprived the opportunity to purchase better and cheaper panels from foreign manufacturers simply because they do not contain a certain amount of domestic content; and in many ways, this is precisely why the WTO's rules are so crucial to the everyday consumer.
Although local producers will no longer benefit from the protections India's government had created for them, the end users of this merchandise will have access to products at better prices from foreign manufacturers.
The offending rules were part of India's National Solar Mission, a power program designed to harness the benefits of solar energy for both the government and its people. The ruling came down from a World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Panel, and held that India's actions amounted to a form of economic discrimination against U.S. solar exports.
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) relayed this information to the press. In making its ruling, the WTO Dispute Settlement Panel agreed with the United States that India's "localization" rules amounted to de facto discrimination against imported solar cells and modules. The localization rules came under India's National Solar Mission.
Some in the local market consider the WTO ruling little more than a setback to India's solar industry. The USTR, however, suggests that the ruling is not a setback to India at all, but instead a huge ruling in India's favor. India's solar industry has grown quite rapidly over the last several years under the government's protection.
Although the government argued that its policy was necessary in order to protect its domestic solar power industry and ensure compliance with requirements designed to promote sustainable development, the WTO disagreed. It believed the Indian solar power industry had grown sufficiently strong to compete in the international market place without protection from the government. Instead, it found the rules simply favored local makers over foreign ones to the detriment of both foreign manufacturers and domestic consumers.
India has already announced that it plans to appeal the ruling. That move could prevent enforcement for months or even years.


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Or, how to explain why we spend hours trying to decide between the red one or the blue one.
And sometimes walk away with nothing at all.
There are any one of a number of research studies out there on the science of choice. (You'll read about many of them in our book, in fact. Stay tuned.) What you find out when you read them is that when we're undecided, when we can't figure out what to do with our lives, it's not necessarily that we're whiny and wishy-washy, but that some significant shit is going down in the space upstairs.
We've talked here about the "Paradox of Choice", Barry Schwartz' pivotal book that suggests that, the more choices we have, the more likely we are to be disappointed in whatever we choose. We've also talked about "magical number seven", another well-referenced study from the 1950s that suggests we mortals can only hold seven (plus or minus two) items in the gray matter at any given time. Explains a lot, that one.
But one of the most referenced studies on choice has to be the iconic jam study, where shoppers at Drager's — a chi-chi Northern California grocery store where you find bottles of imported balsamic vinegar in a glass case under lock and key — were confronted with two displays of jam. One table held six jars, the other 24. The folks at the table of six chose one and walked away happy. But those faced with 24 may have enjoyed the extensive array in front of them — but left empty-handed.
One of the authors of that study was Sheena S. Iyengar, now of Columbia University, who has just come out with "The Art of Choosing: The hidden science of choice." (In the journalist's world, this here is called burying the lead. But I digress…) The book is a tapestry of anecdotes, science and pop culture to explain, yet again, why when it comes to choice, less is generally more.
This week, she talked to Salon.com about everything from arranged marriages (not necessarily a bad thing), to ballot order (it screwed Al Gore) and how a blind researcher — Iyengar lost her sight when she was a teenager — understands color (she has an easier time of it.). From that interview:
At one point in the book, you write about the ways names shape color preference. How did your blindness affect your ability to research color?
Because I'm blind, I'm not emotionally invested in a particular color or color combination. I'm much more able to discern how invested sighted people are in what looks good and how enormously subjective it is. It was my struggle with color that made me pay so much attention to it. Names of shades of particular colors kept changing — along with the idea of what color should go with what others.
Sighted people's emotions are tied not just to what they're seeing but what they're feeling while they're seeing. If you walk up to a sighted person and say that outfit just doesn't go, or that their makeup is cakey, they'll say, "How can you be so cruel?" It's because you're commenting on the person's judgment. Now imagine if you're blind, and you don't have an emotional investment in that. If somebody tells me my makeup is caked, I'll go, "Oh, I'll fix it."
Is it really true that Al Gore would have won the 2000 election if his name had been first on the ballot?
Oh yeah. This is research done by John Krosnick at Stanford. It's estimated that Bush coming first on the ballot cost Gore 2 percent of the vote, which in that election was critical. Why do we vote for the first person? When you open up a menu in a restaurant the first dish serves as your reference point, when you interview people for a job the first person serves as a reference point; it's just human nature.