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You could be forgiven for asking the obvious: "What the heck is a house doing in the parking lot at Scotiabank Place?"
The contemporary construction of exposed wooden beams and glass looks lonely, sitting in the spring sun under the giant posters of Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson and crew that hang over the front doors of the team's official home.
The players are long gone for summer, but for four months of the season, thousands of fans walked past the home, glancing in the windows.
"It's all about marketing and raising the profile of a new, very green and decidedly modern player in the world of prefab homes," says a slightly wistful Dany Bonneville, co-president of Bonneville Homes, a Quebec-based firm that has built more than 35,000 homes since 1977.
As the savvy marketing whiz for his family-owned company, Bonneville was hoping the Sens would go further in the Stanley Cup playoffs, bringing crowds — and potential buyers — past the two-bedroom NaturA model in parking lot 6.
The house arrived late last year on a series of flatbed trucks from the company's factory in Beloeil, just outside Montreal. Within days, crews had ripped off the heavy plastic that protected the modules for the road trip and then cranes moved the pieces into place. The crews "buttoned" up — or attached — the modules, which were already wired, plumbed and had cabinets hanging on the kitchen walls and hardwood on the floor. Furniture arrived the next day.
Instant house.
In this particular case, it's a house with a contemporary pedigree and energy smarts that drop heating and cooling costs. The house easily exceeds Ontario's tough new building code for energy consumption, thanks to precise construction in a factory setting.
Yet there is still the challenge to change the perception of modular homes.
Gone are the days of cheap, boring designs. Today, companies are using smart factory-built technologies to speed up the construction process, while hiring leading architects to deliver open, multi-use spaces devoid of clutter that create a strong connection to the outdoors thanks to big windows and sliding glass doors.
Bonneville is a leading member of this ultrachic modular club, a membership that includes an innovative developer who is days away from selling a $1.6-million modern home on the side of a ravine in the heart of Toronto and two Calgary brothers who recently won national honours for a modest green cabin that's big on design and small on price, starting at $154,000.
Best of all, the Toronto developer, Gary Lands, who owns Nexterra Green Homes, and the Calgary brothers, Kurt and Kris Goodjohn, owners of Karoleena Homes, are developing distribution systems to ship their modular homes across Canada, including to Ottawa.
And there are other familiar names in the modular business, including Ottawa's Guildcrest Homes and Sea Hawk Homes.
Building modular homes is not new. Sears Roebuck shipped components for more than 100,000 homes across the United States between 1908 and 1940.
Bonneville is Eastern Canada's biggest modular builder, celebrating 50 years of building mobiles in one form or another. In 1977, Paul Emile Bonneville bought the Beloeil factory and started building affordable, modular homes in a controlled setting where the weather was not a factor. It's a dynasty that has spanned three generations and a huge portfolio of home styles.
PAGEBREAKIt's newest series, the Natur, has provided star performers for half a dozen years at home shows in Ontario and Quebec, plus in a certain parking lot at Scotiabank Place.
Besides trekking to home shows, Dany Bonneville runs nine traditional model sites in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, including a courtyard of permanent homes outside Arnprior and Chelsea and a joint project with race car driver and former Montreal Canadiens star Patrice Brisebois that opened Easter weekend at Mont-Tremblant.
Called Domaine Mont Bellevue, crews were finishing off a swanky $500,000 Natur model at the Mont-Tremblant site on Good Friday when Kash Pashootan walked through the doors and was smitten.
Pashootan visited the Beloeil factory and signed a deal for the partially finished home on Easter Sunday.
"It caught us off guard because we were going to use the house as a model for six months," says Bonneville, who is now busy designing another model home for Domaine Mont Bellevue, which — when finished — will have 140 super-green modular homes on 1.5-acre lots.
"It was everything I wanted," says the high-flying financial adviser at the Ottawa offices of Raymond James and regular financial adviser on television and in newspapers. The confirmed modernist has already designed and built a contemporary stone-and-glass home close to the Ottawa River in Gatineau.
He had been searching for a modern, environmentally friendly recreational property at Tremblant, but couldn't find anything. He was thinking of buying land and building, but then happened upon Domaine Mont Bellevue.
"I am a big fan of Dwell magazine and modern publications. This was a really good option. It is modern, green and already built, yet you still have the ability to use your creativity with the finishes."
The main level of his two-bedroom Tremblant house will feature about 1,500 square feet of glass, exposed wooden beams on 10-foot ceilings, concrete floors and built-in furniture.
He plans to create a rooftop garden and is now finishing the lower, walkout level with large glass walls, more bedrooms and a strong connection to nature.
"It will be all wood, stone and glass. It will be woodsy and natural. And it will be ready by June 1, just in time for summer," says Pashootan.
The Bonneville homes are perfect for buyers driven by immediate gratification and builders who plan on construction timetables of three months and not the 12 to 18 months it takes to build a conventional home on a site.
And they're just one of a group of inspired factory-built homes popping up on ravine lots in downtown Toronto, urban streets in Calgary and providing shelter on Alberta farms.
PAGEBREAKThese new prefab designs are sleek, ultra-green performers, a Canadian take on contemporary, factory-built homes popularized by American architect Ray Kappe, who established the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC) in 1972, mentoring generations of contemporary architects to design multi-levelled homes that reach out through glass walls to touch the landscape.
It was California developer Steve Glen who hired Kappe to design a line of sophisticated, green contemporary homes for his modular company, Living Homes. Toronto developer Gary Lands noticed the media buzz, met up with Glen and Kappe five years ago and invested in the company. He wanted to bring the California designs to Canada.
Lands set up Nexterra Green Homes, bought four lots on a Toronto ravine and started the complex negotiations to get city approval for the country's first modular home built to the tough standards of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum certification.
There is a geo-thermal heating system, ultrasmart wiring behind the walls, a sizzling European kitchen by Scavolini and modern furniture. The house opened to rave reviews in late April and Lands is now days away from selling. A similar home in California would cost about $4 million, he says.
The cost of buying a modular home is similar to a stick or site-built home, but the advantage comes down to quality control (because it's built in a factory) and in the speed of construction, says Lands, who is looking for other sites to build more modular homes.
"It is a disciplined way of building because the price is locked in near the start," says Lands. "This is a new concept and it makes so much sense for an urban site that is 25 or 30 feet across. You get a crane and set it down."
He adds that "the time has come for modular housing," saying factory-built homes can sidestep the nagging issue of fewer trades and an aging workforce in the housing industry. "There is no reason more homes cannot be built in a factory setting. It makes sense."
Calgary's Kris and Kurt Goodjohn are creating their own green, contemporary buzz, winning the Best Innovation award in April from the Canadian Home Builders' Association for their Karoleena Cabin. The 700-square-foot, glass-and-wood cabin was a hit at home shows in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver and is now on a permanent foundation on a ranch near Invermere, B.C.
"The rancher flew to the Edmonton show to see the cabin and bought it for $225,000," says Jamie Reeney, sales and marketing manager for Karoleena Homes.
The Goodjohn brothers are young, emerging stars in the Calgary housing marketing, opening a 30,000-square-foot factory four years ago and building the Gracie, a contemporary four-plex apartment on a tight lot in an inner neighbourhood, in 2009.
There have been more inner-city homes and a range of recreational cabins. There are housing projects in northern Alberta, an appearance on Dragon's Den and requests from across the country, including Sudbury and Ottawa, to ship their modern homes east. There is now a network of dealers for most of Canada, including Ontario, says Reeney.
PAGEBREAKThe Goodjohns were inspired by the modular advantage after watching European countries and Japan adopt the building concept.
Western Canada has embraced the contemporary designs, but Ontario is a bit slower, says Reeney, adding that the factory and Karoleena's 24 employees are working flat out to keep up with demand. It takes five weeks to manufacture a home in the factory.
"It makes so much sense because you build quickly and you don't have to worry about weather," says Laura Felstiner, a marketing adviser who is raising awareness of the Karoleena brand in Ontario and overseeing local projects.
Kash Pashootan is well aware of the modular advantage, planting a garden and planning summer gatherings on the deck of his Tremblant getaway, with not a bit of drywall dust in sight.
Bonneville Homes: bonnevillehomes.com
Local sites: Scotiabank Place, 1000 Palladium Dr., 613-622-0399 (Arnprior office), open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Arnprior, 82 Calabogie Rd., 613-622-0399; Chelsea, 3 Alonzo-Wright Rd., 819-771-6960
Karoleena Homes: karoleena.com
Nexterra Green Homes: nexterra.com


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A recent move by the General Assembly's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee has put an electricity generation tax on the path to extinction, but one of the tax's most vocal opponents remains on guard.
A recent move by the General Assembly's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee has put an electricity generation tax on the path to extinction, but one of the tax's most vocal opponents remains on guard.
"It's not over until it's over," said state Rep. Elizabeth "Betsy" Ritter, D-Waterford, reacting to the finance committee's decision to adopt a budget proposal that does not include the tax, which last year collected $42 million from Millstone Nuclear Power Station and $76 million statewide. "I can picture things being uncertain right up until midnight on June 5," when the Legislature is due to adjourn.
The tax requires power generators, except wind and solar generators, to pay $2.50 per megawatt-hour of energy produced. Connecticut is the only state with such a tax, according to executives at Dominion Resources Inc., Millstone's Virginia-based parent company.
Ritter, who is not on the finance committee, said she remains in close contact with state Sen. Andrea Stillman, D-Waterford, who is a member of the committee. Millstone, one of Connecticut's largest employers, is located in Waterford, making its tax status a significant local economic issue, Ritter said.
Both legislators, as well as Dominion executives, say electricity rates in Connecticut and New England will rise if the tax is not allowed to expire as scheduled on June 30.
However, Connecticut electricity rates have declined since the tax was instituted in 2011. Average rates are down 12 percent since 2010, according to state Deputy Commissioner for Energy Katie Dykes.
Connecticut Light & Power Co. residential customers are paying their lowest rates since 2005, CL&P spokesman Mitch Gross said. Falling prices of natural gas has been a major factor in enabling lower-priced electricity contracts to be secured, he said.
Connecticut still has the highest average electricity rates in the continental United States, Dominion says on its webpage, which discusses the tax. Connecticut's average rate is 16.22 cents per kilowatt-hour, compared to 14.74 cents for New England and 10.11 cents nationwide, according to Dominion, citing statistics from a 2012 Edison Electric Institute survey.
Dominion executives said during a community update event earlier this month that the company has been absorbing the cost of the tax during the past two years. The company will begin passing on the cost through future contracts if the tax is not allowed to expire, said Kevin Hennessy, Dominion's New England director for federal, state and local affairs.
Those contracts would affect the wholesale market for electricity the most, with some type of increase filtering through to the retail market, said Eric Brown, who tracks energy issues for the Hartford-based Connecticut Business and Industry Association.
"It's hard to say exactly how much a family of three with a two-bedroom house would pay," Brown said. "It's just one more thing that would add to expenses. We have a lot of those things here in Connecticut."
Dominion is pleased with the finance committee's decision, with one manager calling it a "positive step."
"The committee sent a strong message that they care about electricity rates," said Ken Holt, Millstone's on-site communications manager. "They have created a path forward for letting the tax expire."
Ritter said the Assembly sent a "pretty clear signal" in favor of the tax's expiration.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called for extending the tax as part of his latest budget proposal. It is consistent with his no-new-taxes pledge, a spokesperson said.
"Governor Malloy made it clear that he would propose a balanced budget — and he has," Press Secretary Juliet Manalan wrote in an email. "Like all budgets, this one contained a series of revenue proposals, one of (which) would have maintained the generation tax at its current level. But the bottom line is that the governor's proposed budget keeps Connecticut state government living within its means without raising taxes."
Ritter and Stillman have expressed concern that Connecticut's relationships with neighboring states are souring over the prospect of electricity rates rising across New England if Millstone begins passing along the tax. Massachusetts Rep. John Keenan, D-Salem, House chair of that state legislature's Energy Committee, recently introduced a bill that would prohibit Massachusetts from joining regional purchasing agreements with Connecticut if the generation tax is not allowed to expire.
"We are all struggling to balance our budgets in this sluggish recovery; however, Gov. Dannel Malloy's reaching into Massachusetts ratepayers' pockets is inappropriate," Keenan said in a press release.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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(The Root) — The video for "On & On," the first single from Erykah Badu's 1997 debut album, Baduizm, was a far cry from the R&B videos that MTV and BET had been cranking out in the months prior. Her aesthetic wasn't typical. She was fully clothed, revealing little skin, wearing little makeup and donning a 1-foot-high and 3-feet-long headscarf. Badu saunters through each scene, coyly mouthing the song's metaphorical lyrics: "I was born under water/With three dollars and six dimes."
Rewind a few months to the tail end of 1996, when Toni Braxton's single "Unbreak My Heart" dominated the pop and R&B Billboard charts. In her video, Braxton is a vision of R&B pop beauty — long, silky tresses; rosy cheeks; and perfectly inked lips — sporting the kind of lingerie that offered fodder for male fantasy. Its lyrics? Pretty straightforward: "Unbreak my heart/Say you love me again."
And so marks a few of the key differences between popular R&B of the time and the sound produced by Badu and by Maxwell and D'Angelo before her: alternative versus pop, smart versus trivial, deep versus shallow. Music executive Kedar Massenburg, who managed Badu and D'Angelo, recognized that what his artists were offering was far different from what fans could find in the mainstream. He needed a name for it, so in 1997 he came up with "neo-soul."
"People don't like the term because they don't want this music to be looked at as a genre. But in terms of marketing today, there's the need to categorize music for consumers so they know what they're getting. So for lack of a different term, I coined 'neo-soul,' " Massenberg told Billboard magazine in 2002.
Crooner Anthony Hamilton, whose music is often placed in the neo-soul category, told The Root that "it was a clever way to bring music back to the forefront." Acknowledging that the creation of the genre had more to do with marketing and less to do with the artistry, Hamilton said that the packaging nevertheless gave soul music new life. "The beats were different. The attack was different. I think it was a creative way to reintroduce soul music to the hip-hop generation."
But neo-soul, both as a term and as a style of music, evoked as much criticism as it did acclaim. The term has long been documented as problematic for musicians — from Maxwell to Goapale — who rejected categorization of their art. After all, if you consider the literal translation, the term invalidates itself. Soul can't be new. Yet the marketing machine behind the movement is responsible for what is arguably the most important renaissance for black music in the last 20 years.
The contours of R&B music have changed drastically since 1997, and the lines between soul, hip-hop, pop, jazz and electronica are more blurry than ever before. So is neo-soul over? Should we call it something else?
A Different Sound
What Massenburg, who helped launch the careers of Badu and D'Angelo, captured in the name "neo-soul" was its distinct departure from pop R&B music. With classic Motown and Philly soul at its base, neo-soul also incorporated elements from jazz, funk and hip-hop. Sure, the careers of Badu, D'Angelo and Maxwell in the mid-'90s are markers for neo-soul's commercial success, but the trend of experimenting with soul music this way dates back to the '80s.
"There was that movement that started a revolutionary feeling with Spike Lee's movies and Native Tongues," said Jason King, artistic director and associate professor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University. It was the spirit of those creative outputs, King said, that energized the neo-soul movement.
Aesthetically, it boasted an emphasis on bohemian, an alternative vogue to the trendy, fashion-formula chart-topping R&B that crooners had always adopted. Neo-soul also offered fans more-complex lyrics. While you could bet that nearly every popular R&B artist sang mostly about sex and matters of the heart (love lost, unrequited, found or otherwise), neo-soul artists didn't do this exclusively, adding other weighty subject matter like politics, social issues and spirituality to their repertoire. Musically, it embraced live instrumentation, shunning the popular practice of using synthesized beats and drum machines.
"[Neo-soul] really is about the total package," King said. "But neo-soul artists are great musicians. The music always came first."
Can Soul Be Neo?
While there are several artists, like Hamilton, who don't mind the neo-soul label, many have gone on record to say that they don't identify with it because the label categorizes them too rigidly. Badu has made it clear on more than one occasion that she's just not that into the tag "neo-soul." "I accept it, but I don't want to be called the queen of it," she said in an MSNBC interview in 2008.
Steven McKeever, CEO of Hidden Beach Records, the label that brought Jill Scott to soul music lovers, agrees. When he first signed Scott, she wanted to record four separate albums: jazz, R&B, hip-hop and poetry. McKeever's solution was to do it all in one.
"I wanted to shy away from the labels," McKeever told The Root. "The only definition we adhered to was that [our artists should be] real musicians who could put real emotion on tape. The whole concept was honesty, honesty, honesty. From every note to every word."
Does Neo-Soul Need a New Name?
Artists aren't married to the term. Pop musicians outside the neo-soul umbrella — Alicia Keys, John Legend and even Michael Jackson, with his cover of Floetry's "Butterflies" — have incorporated its elements into their music. The digital age gives fans access to young R&B artists — Jesse Boykins III, Luke James, Emily King, Lianne La Havas and Deborah Bond, to name a few — who were undoubtedly influenced by the movement. Artists such as Frank Ocean and the Weeknd produce neo-soul-electronic hybrid music that is almost too trippy to name. As genre bending and borrowing becomes a growing feature of R&B music, neo-soul might go the way of booty bass.
Call it what you want, says rapper Common, who has collaborated with many neo-soul artists, including Badu and Floetry. "I just like good music," he told The Root. "The thing I can say about [musicians] who are tagged as neo-soul artists is that they are talented, gifted, incredible artists. The work speaks for itself."
According to Hines, fans of soul music have already adopted alternative names for the genre — "underground soul" or "independent soul." But she makes an important observation.
"What all of these different names have in common is the word 'soul,' which will always be at the root."
Akoto Ofori-Atta is The Root's assistant editor. Follow her on Twitter.
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The Republicans' current position makes things harder still, because Boehner's party has much more power in Washington than it has support in the nation as a whole. Republicans are a minority party nationally, but thanks to redistricting they control the House despite Democrats' 2012 successes. This mismatch leaves the base spoiling for fights that can't actually be won: House Republicans have just enough real power to raise conservative expectations but not nearly enough to bend a liberal president and a Democratic Senate to their will.
Boehner's job, then, requires constantly pushing hard enough to persuade his caucus that he's maximizing Republican leverage, while simultaneously looking for ways to make small, can-kicking deals at the last possible moment. Which he's always found, by hook or by crook: there was no government shutdown in the spring of 2011, no debt default that summer, and the fiscal cliff was averted (at least temporarily) last week.
The fact that all these crises have been resolved at the 11th hour, amid persistent brinkmanship and repeated near-death moments for his speakership, isn't a sign that he's a failure. Instead, given the correlation of forces he's dealing with, this is what success looks like. (For a glimpse of the alternative, just imagine rerunning the last two years with Newt Gingrich in the speaker's chair.)
You might say that this is no way to run a government. I'd agree. But the nation's polarization and his party's dysfunction are beyond a speaker's ability to undo.


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As much as I adore cute little French cafés, it seems like a counterintuitive moment to open one in Santa Fe.
With nearly a year under its belt, the Swiss Bakery Pastries & Bistro routinely packs its Guadalupe Street locale for weekend brunch. Mainstays like Clafoutis and La Fonda's French Bakery aren't going anywhere; indeed, two of those three made it into SFR's picks for Santa Fe's top 30 restaurants in our 2012 Restaurant Guide, released last week.
Also, it just got really cold, and winter isn't exactly the time of year you're most likely to spend idling away Sunday brunch in a sunny little café. Instead, you (or I) search out those dark, cozy bars (the Dragon Room at the Pink Adobe comes to mind) where you can hole up by an adobe fireplace after exhausting yourself on the slopes.
But Chez Mamou (217 E Palace Ave. 216-1845) the new little French joint on East Palace, doesn't seem to care much about the competition or the season. On a recent morning, the café—nestled into a space it partially shares with Noëlla Jewelry Couture—was full of bright sunlight. The décor is simple, light and tasteful, and classical music tinkled softly from hidden speakers.
Chez Mamou serves breakfast and lunch daily, and its menu, while not extensive, manages to include all the classics: quiche, crepes, French onion soup and plenty of pastries. A croissant sandwich ($7.50) comes stuffed with ham, eggs and cheese; eggs benedict can be ordered traditionally, with ham ($9.95), or with the more gourmet smoked salmon ($11.95).
All entrees come with an herb-roasted half-tomato and either potatoes provençal or a mixed green salad.
I opted for the huge, heavenly, dangerously rich croque madame ($8.75)—two fluffy slices of toasted white bread sandwiched around a generous pile of thinly sliced ham, slathered in creamy, tangy béchamel and topped with melted gruyere cheese and a delicately fried egg. The warm, herby freshness of the roasted tomato and earthy pile of perfectly seasoned potatoes provençal were perfect complements, and the meal was big enough to share. (I ate it all, of course; even my efforts to resist lapping up the pool of béchamel that spilled from the sides of the sandwich were futile.)
The croque monsieur ($7.75) is just as big, but without the egg.
An expansive pastry case also beckoned, so I bought a dozen assorted cookies, which came to around $12. The taco-shell-shaped tuiles were crowd-pleasers; delicate little palmiers were rich and buttery; and the jam-filled linzer cookies were perfectly crumbly and sweet.
Rows of croissants, brioches, pains au chocolat and other classic French pastries—along with steaming, freshly prepared espresso drinks—offer a lighter option for diners who fear that indulging in massive doses of butter, cheese and ham won't have a positive effect on their workday productivity. Organic sodas, juices and salads are also available for the health-conscious bruncher.
So, what is Chez Mamou? Another cute little French place, certainly—but not just another cute little French place. Its prices are accessible, the service friendly and accommodating, the menu simple, the cuisine excellent—all indicators that Chez Mamou will become a favorite for both leisurely weekend brunches and quick workday breakfasts and lunches.
And, since the café is only a little over a week old, downtown office types don't have to brave the lunchtime crowds that flood other veteran establishments—at least, not yet.


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When Walter Briggs first saw the size of the western hemlocks and Sitka spruce surrounding two lakes near Arlington, he was mightily impressed.
"I was struck by the magnificent, ancient trees," he recalls.
At the time, in 1978, he was working with a regional Navy forester. In the early 1980s he took over as the West Coast's head forester, managing some 15,000 forest acres owned by the military.
Briggs fell in love with 275 acres of that Navy land. It's a plot of old-growth timber surrounding Twin Lakes, part of the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station land east of Arlington. Jim Creek is a communications facility for Pacific Ocean submarines.
His love for the ancient trees, some just seedlings in the 7th century A.D., was tempered by reality. The Navy owned the land, but not the timber rights to the biggest and most inspiring — and valuable — trees. He soon learned that the ancient trees, many more than 200 feet tall and sporting a girth of 10 or 11 feet, were in imminent danger.
That's when he went to work, desperately trying to find a way to save them.
When the Navy bought the land for the radio station in 1950, former owner Soundview Pulp Co. retained the logging rights to merchantable timber at that time. By the 1980s, Scott Paper Co. owned those rights, and in 1984 Briggs began talks with Scott on the possibility of exchanging Navy second-growth timber elsewhere for the cutting rights to big trees.
He was persistent.
"I pestered them for several years, suggesting that Scott Paper gift the timber to the federal government for a tax deduction, or exchange it for second-growth of equal value," Briggs wrote in his account of saving the huge trees. "I was determined to save the old-growth forest."
What those who eyed the forest for lumber didn't know is that Briggs, now 64, has unbounded energy, the enthusiasm of a golden retriever pup and the tenacity of a bear on the scent of honey.
A logging crew nearly came in during 1989 when Scott announced that it finally was going to harvest the old growth. But Briggs stalled the cutting with a reminder that the Navy still owned some of the smaller trees that were not "merchantable" timber in 1950, when the original land deal was done.
More survey work had to be done to determine which trees belonged to the Navy.
Eventually, faced with delays, difficult logging prospects and the need to build expensive roads, Scott agreed in 1991 to either sell or exchange the old-growth tract. The timing for Briggs and the forest was perfect.
The Department of Defense had just created the Legacy Resource Management Program and allocated $10 million for use by all the services. Briggs immediately applied for the $3 million it would take to buy out Scott's cutting rights.
At first, Pentagon officials laughed at Briggs for seeking so much, but Briggs leaned on old friendships to push his request up the chain of command. He went to Washington, D.C., where he made his case to an assistant Navy secretary by showing slides and bubbling enthusiasm for the project.
Once the logging crews arrived, he explained, the forest would be gone forever.
He was given the $3 million he needed to buy the trees. On top of that, Navy brass made sure Briggs' work didn't go unnoticed. In 2005, Briggs was surprised with a dedication ceremony at the edge of the forest. That was when he found out it was being named for him: The Walter R. Briggs Old Growth Forest Area.
One usually has to be a president, or dead for five years or more, before the military names something after a person, Briggs said. An exception was made in this case, and Briggs proudly recites the identification number for the forest as listed by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names — Feature ID 2079529.
There's joy in Briggs' voice when he's in his forest, talking about the cycle of life of its many creatures, the carbon dioxide they absorb and the oxygen they release. To him, it's an occasion to educate a visitor about some animal or lichen. He readily dips his hand into a murky bog and pulls out a root or handful of dark mud.
Hardly a Navy dignitary who has visited the Puget Sound area has escaped a sometimes muddy trek into Briggs' forest. He's always anxious to show them the giants that live there.
"I want to emphasize the majesty of the area," Briggs said. "So I keep taking people out."
There's pride in what he has saved. Not to brag, but his accomplishment is also a life lesson about what a single person can do if he or she puts effort into it, he said.
"I think if I were a poet it would be easier to describe because it is not simply a matter of professional work. It's not simply coring trees and determining their ages. It's not just a matter of mapping the trees," Briggs said.
It's about a lot more.
"It's been a personal work of love, not only for the forest but what it has to offer to everybody," Briggs said. "You just stand there and look at these natural wonders and think about what's been going on there for the last 500 or 1,000 or 1,500 years."
• Click here for more photos from Walter Briggs' forest
Maybe the forest has been much the same all this time with occasional bears and cougars, squirrels and mice, slugs and snails, eagles and hawks.
There have undoubtedly been blow-downs and landslides. Maybe beavers have been even more active in the past and the lake level was once higher. Nature will take its course, but the land won't be savaged by human hand.
"The benefit extends way beyond me," Briggs said. "Generations to come can go in and see that forest intact as it is at that time. Will trees die? Yes. That's what happens to trees. Others will grow. You've seen the understory, the saplings that are there. When one of the big ones falls somebody's going to get more sunlight and take off. And after 400, 500 or 600 years it's going to be a great big magnificent tree."
Saving the forest is an accomplishment on many levels.
"Certainly on a professional level, a personal level, and emotional level a spiritual level it has been rewarding. It's been wonderful to be part of saving something that special, that impresses people simply by walking into it and standing there and saying, 'Oh, my gosh, look at that. That's a big tree,' " Briggs said
"I've had foresters from back East who can't believe the size of them. They've never seen anything that big. "They believe a tree 20 inches in diameter is big, he said.
"To come out and see these things that are 10 feet in diameter and over 200 feet tall, they are absolutely awe-struck," Briggs said. "Which is fun to see."
In part two of The Forest: For years, Herald journalists Jim Haley and Dan Bates had wanted to tell the story of one of our local old-growth forests. It took a few more years and some miserable, soggy hikes for them to reveal a bit of the ancient woods. In part two of this story, they'll show and tell what they found there.
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- It was an older film, at least as old as the early 70's, perhaps even the 50's.
- It was about a guy causing a great deal of trouble with his telekinetic powers. It was freaky/scary, not funny or ironic.
- At one spot in the film, to prove a point, the guy makes a plane crash with his mind.
- The telekinetic guy is injured and in the hospital towards the end and he's still making threats. One guy smashes his head in, and the EKG stops beeping, but then it starts up again (like the TK guy can't be killed - very freaky)
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Estee Lauder's Nutritious Vita-Mineral Makeup SPF 10 is a solid in the middle daily foundation that anyone would do well with. It goes on smoothly both with fingers or a foundation brush, and comes in six "intensity" shades. It doesn't feel greasy, which is a huge bonus for me since my skin is oily anyway. Plus, it is supposed to have ingredients that are good for your skin, which is never a bad thing.
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Isn't it beautiful? I just love, love, love the eyeshadow quad!
Orchid Garden and Jasmine Garden are each delightfully unique and include new, limited edition shades of Pure Color Illuminating Gloss, Pure Color Lipstick, Estée Lauder Signature Eyeshadow Quad, Duo-Tone Eye Pencil and Pure Color Nail Lacquer for a pretty, floral-inspired look. The new Vivid Garden Illuminating Powder takes center stage to compliment both looks with a soft, shimmering and radiant glow. Each look is especially unique and available at select retailers and www.EsteeLauder.com
YSL Offers Six New Shades of Pur Gloss
Yves Saint Laurent, better known as YSL, has released six gorgeous new sparkle-free shades. Based on their best selling Golden Gloss, these shades are shiny, matte, and have a pleasant mango scent.
One of the new shades, Pure Coral, is part of the Spring Look 2009 collection.
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- Golden Perfection Self-Tanning Milk for Body: light milky lotion that gives a natural looking tan.
- Golden Perfection Self-Tanning Lotion for Face: created specially for delicate facial skin, this formulation will give a lovely natural glow.
- Sun Indulgence Lotion for Face: luxurious SPF 30 sunscreen for the face.
Boots Takes it Back to the Old School
That go-to skin care and beauty line that you find at Target, Boots, has gone back to it's roots and released a 15 product line based on original formulations of old Boots products.
The Boots Original Beauty Formula line includes products such as Cold Cream and Skin Tonic created with ingredients such as rose oil, geranium extract, olive oil, damask rosewater and bergamot oil. The packaging harkens back to traditional herbal remedies found in England in the mid-1800's.
The line includes both face and body, and you can find the line exclusively at Target and Target.com.
Ageless Fantasy: Can Perfume Make You Smell Younger?
I don't have the answer to that, but a new fragrance called Ageless Fantasy is supposed to make those anti-aging dreams of yours come true.
Here is what the company says about the formula:
"The blended tropical flavors of pineapple, mango and leafy greens have been known to bring a feeling of comfort often associated with positive childhood memories, thus giving a sense of coziness, youth and joy. Tropical notes bring a more youthful impression while indulgent, creamy florals - jasmine and cherry blossom appeal to the modern woman. Musk, dry woods and vanilla combine for an earthy, natural fragrance. Organic citrus natural compounds create a rich, sophisticated & energizing scent. Combined with antioxidant pomegranate AgelessFantasy® achieves powerful euphoric properties, sets off a feeling of youth and excitement. Smells youthful. Feels youthful. Is youthful."
This idea of using fragrance to influence others perceptions of your age isn't new. It wasn't so long ago that several studies were done showing that pink grapefruit scents seem to affect age perception, and this fragrance just builds on that.
So does it work? I don't know. I didn't find anyone who thought I was younger, but I did get a lot of compliments on the scent, and several people asked me where they could purchase it. It's a lovely light scent, citrus and floral being the dominant notes, not completely my style, but perfectly lovely nevertheless. Will it work for you? I don't know that either, but I'm betting you'll at least get a few compliments like I did.
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sa.global unveils .Net BPM for AX at Convergence EMEA
Copenhagen, October 22, 2007
sa.global(SAG) will launch the .Net BPM for AX workflow connector at Convergence EMEA in Copenhagen. Using the Skelta -BPM.NET 2007 together with .NET BPM for AX from SAG, companies will be able to fully support business process-based modelling and workflow within and around Microsoft Dynamics™ AX.
The product allows applications to be set up to automate and manage business processes — such as document approval, inventory tracking, credit management and much more —pulling together business processes, people, services, information and systems and integrating them with Microsoft Dynamics AX at a click of a button.
Because .Net BPM for AX can be configured using a simple 'drag and drop' console it is possible to create powerful workflows without any programming; exponentially reducing time and costs vs traditional 'development' based solutions.
"This software puts tools in the hands of business people — the people who actually use Microsoft Dynamics AX software — to build workflows from and around information that already exists in Dynamics AX." says sa.global CEO, Stephen James. "Unlike other competing products BPM for AX is not limited to the Microsoft Dynamics AX environment and allows our customers to build true end to end enterprise solutions using the full Microsoft suite of tools like InfoPath, BizTalk Server, and SharePoint".
SAG plans to market the product via the Microsoft Partner community globally and support it via the global network of SAG offices world-wide.
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Becker Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Texas Hill Country Reserve 1999
Region: USA » Texas » Gillespie County » Texas Hill Country
Winery: Becker Vineyards
Color: Red
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Becker Vineyards:
Located in the Texas Hill Country between Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Becker Vineyards was established in 1992 by Richard and Bunny Becker. The vineyard was planted on a site of native Mustang grapes much prized for winemaking by German neighbors and their ancestors. Also planted on site is a three acre lavender field reminiscent of the wine country of Provence, France. The 46 acres of Fren... Read more
Located in the Texas Hill Country between Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Becker Vineyards was established in 1992 by Richard and Bunny Becker. The vineyard was planted on a site of native Mustang grapes much prized for winemaking by German neighbors and their ancestors. Also planted on site is a three acre lavender field reminiscent of the wine country of Provence, France. The 46 acres of French Vinifera vines generate 8 different available varietals, including Syrah, Petite Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Malbec, Petite Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The vines are planted in a mixture of deep sand and Precambrian granitic soils at 1,500 feet above sea level. The vines are watered with water welled from limestone formations 300 feet beneath the surface. A drip irrigation system is employed throughout the vineyard. Becker Vineyard's first harvest was in 1995. Most vintages are aged in new French oak, others in new American oak, and stored in the largest underground wine cellar in Texas. The 10,040 square-foot winery is located in a 19th-century German stone barn reproduction and surrounded by grazing quarter horses, peach orchards and fields of native wildflowers and lavender. Wine storage capacity is 64,000 gallons and fermenting capacity is 35,000 gallons. The wine labels feature the artwork of the late Tony Bell, a dear friend of Dr. Becker. The two grew up together in Abilene, TX, and both attended the University of Texas. The "Tree" label is a watercolor painting of a tree from Bell's backyard in Austin, TX. The "Iconoclast" label is a self-portrait of the artist painted on a brown paper sack; and the "Tavern" label is a woodblock print the artist made of The Friendly Tavern in Austin, TX. The winery's Tasting Room, which opened June 1996, includes a large working stone fireplace and an antique bar originally from the Green Tree Saloon, established in San Antonio during the 19th Century. The bar and backdrop were produced at the August Kerns Supply Company in St. Louis, Missouri in the mid-1800s. The bar is made of long leaf red pine and ceiling tin panels. The backdrop features are Moravian design. The Tasting Room is decorated with arts and crafts by local artisans and with antique pie safes and armoires found in the Fredericksburg area. Adjacent to the winery is a log cabin built circa 1890. Along with the milk house, corral and hand-dug water well, the cabin recreates the original homestead. The log cabin's renovation was completed in August 1997 and named The Homestead Bed and Breakfast. A cabin stay is $125 per night, which includes a bottle of wine and baked goods for breakfast. In February 1997, the Beckers purchased the old Bluebonnet Hills Vineyards in Ballinger, Texas. This 29 acre vineyard produces 8 different varieties of grapes including Chenin Blanc, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc and Scheurebe. In 1998 the Beckers planted three acres of lavender behind the winery. The varieties planted include lavandula x intermedia provence, lavandula x intermedia grosso and lavandula angustifolia. Becker Vineyards makes potpourris, sachets, soaps and oils from the lavender. These products are for sale in the Tasting Room and Gift Shop. In the spring of 2001, Becker Vineyards added 10 acres to their front vineyards. (The front vineyard now has 21 acres of grapevines, while the older vineyard in the back has 25 acres of grapevines. Total acres of estate grapevines are 46 acres.) The new reception hall -- The Lavender Haus – was completed in October 2003. Located near the winery and bed & breakfast, The Lavender Haus is a replica of a barn at the LBJ Settlement (maintained by the LBJ National Park Service) in Johnson City, TX. The reception hall is used for wine dinners, festivals, luncheons, birthday parties, weddings, and more. Becker Vineyards is open for tasting, tours, wine gift purchases, and picnics. We invite you to join us on the porch during spring and summer or by the hearth of an open fire during the winter in the tasting room. We also host many events throughout the year that we encourage you to attend. Read less
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This Is My Beloved Son (Friend)
1. Jesus entered Jordan's waters
When His work had just begun.
God the Father spoke from heaven:
2. Nephites gazing into heaven
Saw their white-robed Savior come.
And they heard the Father witness:
3. Joseph saw two glorious beings
Shining brighter than the sun.
God again presented Jesus:
4. As I read the scriptures daily
Words of Christ, the Holy One
In my heart I'll hear God tell me:
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Getty Images).
An Iranian scientist says he has invented technology that will allow users to look at least eight years into the future, The Telegraph reports.
Ali Razeghi, 27, registered "The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine" with the state-run Centre for Strategic Inventions, the report adds.
The Tehran scientist told the Fars state news agency that his device can "predict the future in a print out after taking readings from the touch of a user," adding that it uses a set of complex algorithms to "predict five to eight years of the future life of any individual, with 98 percent accuracy."
Razeghi, the managing director of Iran's Centre for Strategic Inventions, has about 179 other inventions listed in his name.
"I have been working on this project for the last 10 years," he said. "My invention easily fits into the size of a personal computer case and can predict details of the next 5-8 years of the life of its users. It will not take you into the future, it will bring the future to you."
The scientist says Iran's leaders can use his device to predict future military confrontations or fluctuations in global currencies and oil prices.
"Naturally a government that can see five years into the future would be able to prepare itself for challenges that might destabilize it," he said. "As such we expect to market this invention among states as well as individuals once we reach a mass production stage."
Razeghi claims friends and family have given him a hard time for "trying to play God" with his time device.
"This project is not against our religious values at all. The Americans are trying to make this invention by spending millions of dollars on it where I have already achieved it by a fraction of the cost," he said. "The reason that we are not launching our prototype at this stage is that the Chinese will steal the idea and produce it in millions overnight."
Those darn Chinese.
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Unless you guys have been living under a rock lately, you probably all know that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz was in town recently for the second Manila International Literary Festival organized by the National Book Development Board and co-presented by National Book Store.
Getting to interview him for my newspaper job wasn't just a big honor, it was also stressful beyond belief. See, I have this thing of melting down right in front of really established foreign writers. Since I know that these authors have done a lot of interviews before, I try to think of the most unique question that I can – which really just end up in disaster, as evidenced by my interview with Neil Gaiman.
For this interview, I tried not to do too much research lest I end up psyching myself out like I did with Neil Gaiman. Aside from reading "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" and a lengthy interview he did with the Harvard Advocate in 2009, I pretty much tried to go into the interview with as clean a slate as possible.
I don't really know if that worked out in my favor or if it relaxed me any, because I was still very, very nervous on the day itself. If it weren't for the fact that Junot was such a nice guy and such an enthusiastic speaker, I feel like I would have made quite an ass out of myself yet again.
Anyway, under the cut is the complete transcript of my interview with him, while you can find the article I wrote for the newspaper here. And if you guys stick around, I might even announce a little giveaway later on!


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Ketones may be culprits in some diabetics' heart problems
Cardiac monitoring of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis important to prevent rare, fatal events
A new study by researchers at UC Davis suggests that the rare but potentially life-threatening irregular heartbeat that sometimes occurs in children with diabetes may be caused by high levels of ketones in the blood that are the byproduct of the body burning its own fat stores for energy instead of food. The study was published in the June issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine.
The cardiac arrythmias in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis have been blamed on an imbalance of electrolytes, the ion-charged minerals that help the body's muscles, including the heart, maintain their electrical balance.
The investigators found frequent abnormalities on the electrocardiograms (EKGs) of children with diabetic ketoacidosis, which have the potential to lead to serious, life-threatening cardiac arrythmias. But the study participants were found to have few irregularities in their electrolyte balance to account for the abnormalities.
"These findings suggest, first, that children and adults with diabetic ketoacidosis need to have careful cardiac monitoring," said lead study author and professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine Nathan Kuppermann. "Those recommendations are already in place by national and international endocrinology organizations."
— Nathan Kuppermann, lead study author
Ketoacidosis occurs when the body is forced to break down its fat stores for energy. The breakdown of fat releases ketones into the blood, making it more acidic. The researchers said that the study findings also have implications for others with ketoacidosis, including people on very-low-calorie, very-low-carbohydrate diets and alcoholics who experience the condition because they don't eat enough.
Though rare, cardiac arrythmias have been documented in adults and adolescents adhering to very-low-calorie, carbohydrate-restricted diets for weight loss.
"These patients typically have no known electrolyte abnormalities to account for this and sudden death has been attributed to myocardial atrophy caused by protein and micronutrient deficiencies and other causes," said Kuppermann, who also is the chairman of the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine.
"We don't want to be alarmist, but this study suggests that delayed cardiac re-polarization due to ketosis leading to serious cardiac arrhythmias may be a cause of death in some of these cases," he said.
The study examined 30 children with type-1 diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis. Each received two EKGs, one at the start of treatment and a second at the conclusion of treatment. Treatment for all of the patients was successful and their diabetic ketoacidosis resolved without complications.
The researchers found that nearly half — 47 percent — of the electrocardiograms showed an abnormality associated with cardiac arrhythmias, called a prolonged Q-T interval. The prolonged Q-T interval describes a time interval between waveforms on the EKG tracing that if prolonged may be associated with a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia — called torsade de pointes — that causes rapid, uncoordinated contractions that prevent the heart's chambers from adequately refilling and pumping oxygen-rich blood to the body.
Electrolyte imbalances in the body may also lead to cardiac arrythmias in these patients. However, there were no significant problems with electrolyte balance in the study patients, leading researchers to conclude that the ketosis was the primary cause of the prolonged Q-T intervals.
The study concludes that current consensus statements recommending continuous cardiac monitoring of children with diabetic ketoacidosis should be strictly followed.
"Although it is not certain that the rare fatal events during DKA are caused by (Q-T prolongation), our findings suggest that cardiac monitoring of children with diabetic ketoacidosis is important, and investigation of (Q-T prolongation) in other ketotic conditions should be considered," Kuppermann said.
Funding for the study was provided by an American Diabetes Association Clinical Research Award and a UC Davis, Health System Award. Other study authors include Jeanny Park, Kathryn Glatter, James Marcin, and Nicole Glaser, all of UC Davis.


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Despite the busy holiday season, many people are thinking ahead, and have plans in mind set for future holidays. For Mothers Day 2014, which will take occur on Sunday, the 11th of May, there are numerous gifting options to stay ahead of, each of which is sure to bring a smile to her face.
Numerous decorative items can be considered as a delightful Mother's Day gift. Scented soaps and candles, herbal and otherwise, make excellent gifts, especially when paired with your mother's favorite colors or scents. In terms of more practical applications, numerous household items can be selected that fit with your mother's interests. If she enjoys gardening, consider purchasing garden markers or equipment for her to use, or if she enjoys baking or cooking, then numerous appliances can be taken into consideration to find a practical and thoughtful gift for her to enjoy every time she engages in her hobby.
Flowers are among the most popular gifts, with various options available that can each send a memorable message to your mother. Roses are some of the most attractive flowers that can be gifted, with various aesthetically pleasing arrangements that can be chosen to represent your sentiments. Tulips and lilies are also popular choices, with large blooming features better chosen in certain bouquets, so as to immediately dazzle.


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January 24, 2013
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
Brisk cold temperatures gave way to a ray of sunshine and warmth befitting the Southern California climate as media mogul Danny Bakewell Sr. and Dodgers star outfielder Matt Kemp led a spectacular day of unity and pride last Saturday before an estimated 200,000 spectators who gathered to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the 28th annual Kingdom Day Parade on Crenshaw Blvd.
As the bevy of excitement and anticipation filled the air the parade's Grand Marshals, Danny Bakewell, publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel and the L.A. Watts Times Weekender newspapers, and Celebrity Grand Marshal Matt Kemp of Los Angeles Dodgers, warmly greeted thousands along the three-mile route.
"The greatness of Dr. King's legacy is on fully display today," said Bakewell. "This demonstration of peace and love for ourselves, community and families is what Dr. King and many other pioneers of the civil rights movement fought for. Their spirit is with us and continues to inspire and carry each one of us as we move forward in life."
Marching and riding to the Kingdom day theme of "His Dream Will Never Die," the event featured a spectacular array of floats, school marching bands, community organizations, drill teams, beauty queens, celebrities, and civic leaders.
"I'm definitely part of his dream, and I'm living in this great world today," Kemp told reporters Saturday. "If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be in this position."
Originally founded by the late Larry E. Grant who died last year, the Kingdom Day parade was organized by Adrian Dove, chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality and an assembly of outstanding volunteers.
Dozens of notables greeted the crowd, including Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, Councilman Bernard Parks, Councilwoman Jan Perry, Councilman Eric Garcetti, Councilman Dennis Zine, L. A. City Controller Wendy Gruel, L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, Congresswoman Janice Hahn, Carson Councilman Mike Gipson, Councilwoman Lula Davis-Holmes, and Compton Councilwoman Janna Zurita.
Los Angeles Unified School District, School Board Member Marguerite LaMotte, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Brian Cummings, Parents of Watts founder "Sweet" Alice Harris, actor Babba Obbutunde, actress Paula Jai Parker, Tony Cornelius, son of the late Don Cornelius; Ray Charles Jr., blues singer Linda Hopkins, ABC sportscaster Rob Fukusaki, actor Hal Williams, actress Marla Gibbs, and SEIU Local 99 ere all gleefully in attendance.
Former Dodger legends such as Maury Wills, Kenny Landreau and "Sweet" Lou Johnson, received thunderous applause as they waved to the massive crowd from a blue fire truck.
The crowd cheered and clapped as nearly a dozen marching bands filled the air with music, including the 350-member All City Honor Band, while the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, dressed in crimson jackets, marched in front of their elaborate three-level-high float that paid tribute to King by blasting Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday."
Many parents and grandparents brought their children and grandchildren to the event to enlighten them about Dr. King's legacy of equality and nonviolence. "I brought my five grandchildren all the way from Orange County just to see the parade," said Buddy Monroe. "I wanted my grandkids to understand the meaning and significance of this day and to let them know why Dr. King is celebrated by people around the world."
"Martin Luther King was a significant part of our history," observed Los Angeles resident Micah Foster who proudly watched as a drill team marched down Crenshaw Boulevard. "I didn't believe in King's notion of turning the other cheek, but if it wasn't for him, there would be one less significant African American for us to look up to," he observed.
Leimert Park resident Trina Murphy, who was enjoying the festivities with her husband, Timothy, reflected on the sacrifices made by the civil rights leader. "Martin Luther King paved the way for African Americans, so I felt it would be an injustice not to attend today," she said.
"The parade is outstanding. It's very positive," nodded Gail Davis, who said she drove with friends from Pasadena. "I've been here several times, and each year the parade keeps getting better and better. I really liked the high school bands, the Boy Scouts, and the teamsters. It's great to see all the black people coming together."
"I've been coming to the parade for 28 years, ever since it started," said Los Angeles resident Mike Jones who watched attentively from the sidelines. "It's just good to watch all the floats and festivities and just to see the community come together as one."
Attendees clapped and whistled as the parade's official beauty queen and court of princesses excitedly waved and threw kisses at the crowd. "I had a really good time," said beauty queen Carla Banks, a recent University of California Berkeley graduate who waved to the crowd in her sparkling diamond tiara and shimmering green gown. "People were waving and smiling at us. It was a really wonderful feeling to connect with people in the community."
Health care was a recurring theme as several organizations offered services for rapid HIV testing while the Donate Life California bus spread awareness about the importance of organ and tissue donation. The To Help Everyone (T.H.E.) clinic's bus reminded parade goers that no cost to low cost health care was available to the public.
Businessman Ron Smothers, owner of the popular Denny's restaurant located on Crenshaw Boulevard, said, "We've been part of the parade for the past five years and we've enjoyed every minute of it. We look forward to continuing to celebrate the vision that King had."
A bus representing "Project Cry No More," an organization founded to assist community residents who had lost loved ones to gun violence, drew thunderous applause from the crowd while activist Amanda Sanders, who marched with the Stop Mass Incarceration Network and the Revolutionary Club, chanted and proudly waved a sign proclaiming "Stop Mass Incarceration." "Ninety percent of the people in jail today are Black and Latino," she pointed out. "We are trying to call attention to this issue because mass incarceration plus silence equals genocide. We are also working to help save our youth from the prison system."
Tony Muhammad, the Western Regional Minister of the Nation of Islam, said he enjoys the festivities each year. "We are here to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King, who I personally feel is a saint," he said. "I would like to see much the application of his legacy practiced by more of our people, especially when it comes to nonviolence. Since King's death, 30,000 youths have been murdered in Los Angeles alone. We've lost more young people to gun violence than we lost in Vietnam."
"I feel proud to honor Dr. King in our community and to show the next generation our heritage," said Los Angeles resident Donna Sampson, who accompanied friends to the parade. "I was pleased to see Police Chief Charlie Beck and County Sheriff Lee Baca marching in the parade. I heard on the news that crime was down and I believe that the reduction in crime is due to having more police presence in the community."
Kenneth Miller contributed to this story
Photos by Robert Torrence and Troy Tieue


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As well as bringing news from the past year and previews of the upcoming championships in Torbole and Barbados, this issue includes interviews with a range of new and old Finn Masters who describe their experiences and what makes the Finn World Masters so special.
2015 Finn Masters World Champion, Vladimir Krutskikh from Russia, who won the title on his debut appearance, says "The Finn World Masters has a very high level of competition and a strong mood of competitiveness during the race, while all are friends just after you finish a race. Everybody is ready to help you, and you are feeling yourself as member of a big family on ashore. I also like that the regatta has so many participants. It is a real adventure to sail in such a big fleet."
Runner up Dmitry Petrov, also from Russia backed this up, "The atmosphere, which predominates in races and ashore, is the biggest motivation for me to race the Finn and to come to World Masters. But also it gives motivation to keep in good shape, and we are having fun by competing in the Finn. Every day was like holiday."
Former Finn sailor, but not yet a Master, Ross Hamilton looks at physical training and conditioning for the older athlete. "The general perception is that the older you get the weaker you become. This is not the case. Studies looking at the response to training in an untrained elderly population vs. untrained young adults showed the elderly to have a greater positive response to training. The reason being that they are more sedentary than young adults. They have a greater response because they have more to gain."
The 2016 Finn World Masters is receiving a large number of entries from sailors who have come back to the class after an Olympic career and then going off to do something else. One of these is Tim Tavinor who says, "The Finn is a successful boat and remains a successful boat because it is just basically a beautiful boat. The Masters circuit is just so well supported by people that have previously raced Finns at different levels because they just love the Finn. They'll go off and sail different things, and always have fond memories, but they always come back to the Finn to meet up with their old friends."
One Finn Master who hopes to do more Finn sailing now is Jan van der Horst, who has sold his successful HIT Masts business. He talks about the early years of carbon masts and how the company developed, and why he has now moved onto other things.
"Our policy was never to leave the customer without a mast. If a mast broke due to manufacturing issues it was quickly replaced without any costs." Quite possibly was this the main reason that Finn sailors were willing to take the risk with the new HIT Mast. When Jan brought 20 masts to a regatta, and laid them out against a washhouse wall for all to see he sold them all within the shortest time. "The start-up costs were perhaps a bit high, but the demand was immense. The first batch of masts sold like hotcakes, especially when the race results began to reflect the performance of the mast. That Larry Lemieux won the Masters twice with a HIT carbon mast was enough to convince the doubters. Suddenly everyone wanted one."
Several former Olympians and Olympic campaigners returned to the Finn in 2015 and even more are expected in 2016. One of them was Paul McKenzie, who represented Australia at the Olympics in 1996. He said of his first Masters experience, "This regatta was the most fun I've had for a long time. I was back in the boat I love, with a lot of the old mates and racing on pretty even physical terms (everyone is aching somewhere). Even the attitude of the sailors was better than usual. No-one really got upset about a bad race or too carried away with a good one. These mature sailors know how to turn on for the racing and off between and after racing. Some of the Olympic aspirants would perform better if they could do the same. I was on a high all week: meeting up with our old mates and spending a week together doing what we like."
The Finn World Masters is rapidly becoming one of the most high profile sailing events in the world, with rock star names returning or jumping in to find out what it is all about – and all being pleasantly surprised – as well as first class venues such as Torbole and Barbados to showcase a master class in athletic sailing.
There is a lot more inside this issue. The 2016 Finn World Masters Magazine is out now and can be read online here or downloaded here.
This issue has been produced with the generous support of the Fantasica Sailing Team, Devoti Sailing, Dinghy Racing Centre, Doyle Raudaschl Sails, HIT Trailers, HiTech Sailing, North Sails, Pata Finns and Masts, Pantaenius, Petticrows, Sandiline, Suntouched, Tihany Sailing Club (the) - host of the 2016 Finn Masters Euro Cup, WB-Sails, Wilke and Zhik.


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On World AIDS Day, it is gratifying to see increased attention paid to stigma, which has a devastating impact on prevention, testing and treatment. Creative and thoughtful campaigns utilizing social media and other venues are beginning to make a difference. Some anti-stigma programs are even being mandated as part of international aid. While many programs don't yet effectively address institutional, governmental and religious power structures that perpetuate stigma, they are impacting education and skills to build empathy, each of which is extremely important.
The most commonly recognized form of stigma is what Goffman, one of the earliest researchers to study the issue, called "enacted stigma." This comes from outside an individual and takes many forms including shunning, silence, ignoring, outright discrimination, and all kinds of abuse: emotional, verbal and physical. There is another form of stigma, however, that is largely unrecognized and which continues to flourish, effectively preventing us from getting closer to zero. This stigma is what Goffman called "felt stigma." Simply put, this is stigma that someone internalizes about themselves: It truly is an inside job.
Such felt or internalized stigma can be especially destructive because it begins to distort how someone views him or herself. It results from experiencing or witnessing actual acts of discrimination, but its real destructive power is that it perpetuates those hurts and fears by hijacking the imagination of the person. Felt stigma causes someone to anticipate negative social reaction and can be devastating to their identity and behavior. Goffman described this process as someone believing they had become "spoiled fruit," which painfully echoes the words of so many men and women I know who are living with HIV/AIDS: "I feel like damaged goods."
Everyone affected by HIV has likely experienced stigma and discrimination, so fears or anxiety about disclosing one's status aren't just a product of the imagination. To be sure, a keen awareness of our surroundings and situations protects us from harm. The danger lies when a person starts to internalize these negative feelings about her or himself. This process can begin very subtly, but negative beliefs often expand unchallenged because they are assumed to be true. Goffman wrote, "The stigmatized individual may be able to hide the discrediting attribute from others but cannot do so from him or herself." As a result, people begin to feel unworthy and limit their exposure to potential stigma, avoiding any behavior that might result in humiliation or discrimination such as getting tested or revealing HIV status.
Feeling like damaged goods results in one's world beginning to shrink as social confidence plummets. Some people create false selves which they present to the world, or withdraw socially, reducing their world and their system of support. Worse, they may succumb to anxiety or depression, numb their feelings with drugs, or move toward suicide.
This doesn't have to be the case. It is essential for anyone thinking that they are "damaged goods" to break free of this thinking and connect with others who are safe and trusted. Corrective feedback from the outside is essential to challenge such erroneous and destructive beliefs and to break this cycle. Sometimes the only way to begin to see ourselves as worthy and valuable is to experience such support from others.
As more people disclose their HIV status it will have the powerful effect of reducing stigma and discrimination. I understand that for many people around the world, however, such public disclosure has the potential for significant and even violent reactions. Even where such dangers exist I hope that people can look deep inside and clearly separate other people's discomfort, bias and hate from what they believe to be true about themselves.
We are most definitely NOT damaged goods. Many of the men and women living with this virus have overcome unbelievable odds and transformed their experience into gifts that benefit and heal us all. Somehow they were able to avoid letting stigma from the outside poison their self-concept. More important, they were able to affirm and build on a core belief that they were valued, worthy, and lovable. Not one of them was able to do this alone -- the strength of connection to others is vital for this to occur.
Fighting stigma in the world is essential to get to zero, but it's not the whole story. Each of us living with HIV needs to identify and throw away our inner stigma, those dark beliefs about ourselves that bring us shame and affect our behavior, and which do not belong to us. Without doing so, we will only continue to fuel the forward momentum of this epidemic.
[Editor's note 11/21: This blog entry originally appeared on TheBody.com for World AIDS Day 2013.]
Read David's blog, Riding the Tiger: Life Lessons From an HIV-Positive Therapist.


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Hello all, firstly may I please apologise if this appears to be a daft question, I am new to Arduino Can Bus on the Due.I've had a look at the examples given and the library and the SAM manual section 22.214.171.124, but I'm at a loss to understand how to setup the Due to receive ALL messages regardless of id.
CAN.mailbox_set_accept_mask(0, 0x1FFFFFFF, true);
Or if it was setup to receive SAE J1939 messages (29 bit messages) that uses a 3 bit priority, then a 18 bit Parameter Group Number (PGN), and then an 8 bit source address for the message. The PGN allows for destination specific communication and broadcast communication. How to set it up to receive a range or all PGN messages or a bank of PGN messages.
CAN.mailbox_set_accept_mask(0, 0x3FFFF000, true);CAN.mailbox_set_id(0, 0x3946B00, true);
CAN.mailbox_set_accept_mask(0, 0x3FFF0F8, true);CAN.mailbox_set_id(0, 0x3946050, true);
The second sample says it uses interrupts rather than polling, but as far as I see in the code it runs the 'test1()' function after enabling the interrupt. The test1() function sends data from CAN2 then hits a while loop waiting for CAN to have received data - isn't this still polling rather than using interrupts? I was hoping to be able to do something else whilst waiting for data to be received...


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Celebrities Wearing Lace Dresses 2012
The Case For Winter Lace Has Been Made, Thanks to Alexa and More
The Case For Winter Lace Has Been Made, Thanks to Alexa and More
The sexiest, the flirtiest, and the most demure iterations of Spring lace have made the seasonal switch, and all you have to do is look a little closer to see just how expertly this openwork fabric has transitioned into Winter-wearable pieces. Most recently, Kerry Washington stepped out at the AMAs in a bright yellow lace Stella McCartney midi-length dress, which we could easily envision styled up with a tweedy, fur-collared coat and slingback heels. If you're looking for inspiration that's geared toward the holiday scene, Breaking Dawn Part 2 costars Kristen Stewart and Ashley Greene both put their own spin on edgier black lace ensembles (gloves included). Or, if what you really want is a seriously beautiful confection perfect for New Year's Eve, Halle Berry's silver Dolce & Gabbana number at the Cloud Atlas premiere in LA is the clear winner. Herein find the current (and best) celeb-inspired lace looks, and you can shop our editors' key picks at the end of the slideshow.