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It's hard to believe this week marks 10 years since the SPCA seizure of 33 small hoarder dogs and 10 cats from a Greene Avenue home in Lindenhurst. It seems like yesterday.
After the raid came a media blitz, treatment triage at Babylon
Shelter, a month-long placement frenzy and then an adoption that changed my dog-owning life forever. Exactly one year later we held a family reunion with a luau theme in the shelter yard with all but one of the surviving 26 dogs attending. Several TV stations featured our gala party.
Before retelling this amazing story, it must be noted that the shelter was a different world then. Except for intake vaccines, there was no medical care or spay/neuter prior to adoption; no extended stays for dogs/cats; no screening of potential adopters and a director who was not rescue friendly. The Greene Avenue raid, though a horrific situation, became a catalyst for improvement.
On the morning of July 10, 2003, a woman came to the shelter trying to turn in several dying Yorkies. The director refused to take the sick dogs, and Bonnie, a kennel attendant (now retired), followed her out to the parking lot. The friend who drove her mentioned that there were dead dogs in the house. Bonnie called Suffolk SPCA. They went to the house but the woman wouldn't let them in. Bonnie also called me. I drove to the address and saw an American Eskimo and Yorkies in the front window. I called the SPCA and said the magic words ("dying Yorkies") which may have set the wheels in motion.
The SPCA went back to the house with a veterinarian. The woman was gone. Only a dazed tenant who claimed there were only one or two dogs in the house was there. We waited until about 10 p.m. when the SPCA got a signed warrant, and then the shelter and SPCA gathered dogs and cats running about in the debris-strewn home. There were dead dogs, and dying Cavalier mix puppies shown on camera on the 11 o'clock news. The most critical went to the veterinarian's clinic in Valley Stream; the rest to the shelter. It was impossible to tell who the mother dogs were for the various litters.
The next morning people were lined up at the shelter for the Yorkies, Cavaliers and the purebred English Toy Spaniel they had seen on TV. The dogs weren't signed over yet so those interested were entered on adoption lists. I started squawking that these dogs had been through so much, all were small and highly adoptable so we needed to screen homes rather than hand them over to just anyone first come, first served.
The filthy dogs needed to be assessed. More TV crews descended on the shelter. I remember tripping over camera wires taking dogs to the tub. My friend Antoinette has a framed NY Daily News photo of her washing one of the Cavalier mix puppies. The dogs consisted of purebreds and mixes of the breeds previously listed, plus Shih tzus and a Lhasa. The largest dog was the American Eskimo I had seen at the window, and all the puppies, alive and dead, were Blenheim Cavalier mixes.
The owner disappeared between the time of the first SPCA visit and the seizure. She lived in the house with her young daughter and ailing mother. Her husband must have died because I was told there was a weird statement about his lack of insurance written on one of the bathroom walls. It seems the family left on vacation for two weeks and supposedly the pet sitter didn't show. (Yeah, right!)
The friend who had driven the owner to the shelter was the person she had been visiting, someone she hadn't seen in years. That driver was shocked to see the horrific hoarder scene when bringing the owner home. Several days after the seizure the owner was discovered hiding out in the Bronx. She signed the pets over as part of a plea deal.
By some miracle I was allowed to be in charge of placements. I screened those on the lists, using the code name "Sandy" (seems an ironic choice now). If people called the shelter asking for "Sandy" that meant they had been pre-approved to meet me and look at the dogs. We met some incredible people such as the Amagansett author who adopted "Duffy," one of the Yorkies. He later lived in Mexico and Paris with her; or dear Karen from Queens, a dedicated young animal rescue person who died of aggressive lung cancer a year later. "Kallie," her Yorkie mix, became her companion during her illness, and then the cherished pet of her mom and deaf sister in New Jersey.
Two weeks later, the SPCA brought their mobile hospital to the shelter parking lot to spay/neuter most of the dogs. There was a mass adoption and another press conference right after Spay Day. Some dogs remained several more weeks while more adopters were found and applications finalized.
The day after the initial raid a neighbor went into the house and discovered another Yorkie and a Cavalier/ English Toy mix puppy hiding in the sofa and in a dresser drawer. A month before the raid, I had lost my second Afghan in less than a year. It was the first time we were dog-less, actually Afghan-less, in over two decades. That last puppy, "Charlotte," became the love of our lives and boss of the next two Afghans to enter our home.
Meanwhile Charlotte's younger sister, "Minnie," from the NY Daily News photo, was adopted directly from the animal hospital. My wonderful friend because of this SPCA event, Iris from North Shore Towers, saw the news broadcast and kept calling her Valley Stream vet telling him she HAD to have that dog. "Minnie" is a snowbird who spends much of her time on Sanibel Island.
We all have dates that were turning points in our lives and remain etched in our memories. July 10, 2003 was such a date for me and for these neglected dogs given the chance to have lives full of love.


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BOSTON (AP) On the heels of slow starts and lackluster offensive efforts in their first two playoff games, the Celtics knew they would need to play like a desperate bunch in their Game 3 matchup with the Hawks.
Boston did, and Isaiah Thomas delivered a career high 42 points in a 111 103 victory over Atlanta on Friday night that closed the gap to 2 1 in the Eastern Conference first round series.
Thomas joined a short list of Celtics to score 40 points in a playoff game: Ray Allen, Larry Bird, John Havlicek, Sam Jones, Reggie Lewis, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo and Jo Jo White.
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Evan Turner, inserted into the starting lineup, had 17 points and seven assists. Amir Johnson added 15 points and seven rebounds.
Playing by far its best first half of the series, Boston led by as many as 20 points before seeing that mostly erased by a 12 0 run by the Hawks in the third quarter.
The Celtics then survived a frenetic fourth quarter that featured three ties and a pair of lead changes, finally getting separation with five straight points for a 104 98 lead.
Jeff Teague had 23 points for Atlanta. Kent Bazemore and Dennis Schroder each finished with 20.
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He started Turner in place of Marcus Smart, and Jonas Jerebko got the nod over Jared Sullinger.
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The Hawks whittled away at it with a balanced attack, but still shot just 12 percent from the 3 point line in the opening 24 minutes.
Along with the quickened offensive pace, tempers were tweaked times.
Most notably, Thomas and Schroder were issued double technical fouls following a brief face to face moment. Thomas had to be restrained by Sullinger.
Sullinger was called for a flagrant foul on Schroder later in the period. That was almost immediately followed by a flagrant foul on the other end by Paul Millsap on Sullinger.
Then, early in the fourth quarter, Schroder was issued a flagrant for a foul on Thomas.
Atlanta coach Mike Budenholzer said though Thomas has clearly woken up the Celtics' offense, the Hawks will adjust.
"He had a heck of a night," Budenholzer said. "Can we do better? Yes."
What seems to have precipitated the dustup between Thomas and Schroder was an incident underneath the basket in the first quarter. Thomas can be seen in replays catching Schroder in the side of the head with his forearm as the Hawks' guard ran by.
Budenholzer said he expects the league will review the incident, but Thomas said he wasn't concerned, adding it was unintentional.
"I'm not, because I didn't mean to hit him in the head," Thomas said. "He got mad, he was talking. But it's playoff basketball, that's what it's about. I'm not gonna back down from anybody. And he knows that."
Hawks forward Kyle Korver said he is expecting action after a pre playoff league memo about not throwing punches.
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Rowley Police Detective Lt. Joe Gamache called the incident "very strange."
Whatever it was, Rowley police are still seeking a suspect in a situation that played out at 9:15 Monday morning, June 9, at Spud's restaurant, Route 1, Rowley.
Police describe the suspect as a male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, approximately 180 lbs., wearing dark clothing and he was wearing a dark ski or SCUBA mask during the incident.
"There were no threats made. He didn�t hurt anyone. He didn�t say why he was there. And he left the area," said Gamache.
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MARSHALL (AP) — The men's basketball coach at Southwest Minnesota State University is in critical condition after a crash in western Minnesota that killed his 5-month-old son.
The Minnesota State Patrol says the coach, 33-year-old Brad Bigler, is hospitalized in Sioux Falls, S.D. Five-month-old Drake Phillip Bigler was killed, and two other occupants were injured.
SMSU athletic director Chris Hmielewski said Sunday the coach broke several ribs and a shoulder blade.
The State Patrol says the crash occurred in Pope County on Saturday evening. Authorities say a Starbuck man swerved into oncoming traffic and struck the vehicle driven by Bigler's wife. Heather Bigler suffered minor injuries while her 74-year-old grandmother was left in critical condition.
Hmielewski says the school's thoughts and prayers are with the family.
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BOSTON, Mass. - MIT continued its fast start to
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Sophomore Kimberly Barker did most of the damage for MIT, scoring twice in the first half and once in the second. The sophomore now leads the team with five markers in the first four games of the season. Teammates Katie Kauffman, Maddy Wharton and Molly Duffy and Danielle Smith all found the back of the net to bring Tech's final tally to seven.
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Thoughts after attending my first NBA game.
A little over four years ago, somehow, inexplicably, Oklahoma City became a professional basketball franchise town. The Oklahoma City team used to be the Seattle Supersonics, until a group of Oklahoma City investors bought the team and moved it to the heartland in 2008. Last weekend, upon the invitation from my father, I attended my first ever NBA game.
Admittedly, I am not a huge basketball fan. The last time I attended or watched basketball games on a semi-regular basis was over 10 years ago as a graduate student at Fort Hays State University. Go Tigers!
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Marketing, marketing, marketing … the Oklahoma City Thunder owners have done an excellent job of marketing this team to the state and region. The Thunder held an exhibition game in Wichita in the pre-season to build its fan base here in Kansas. From the minute you walk into the Chesapeake Energy Arena until you leave, you enter a fast-paced world of orange and blue followed by one advertisement after another. Everybody wants a piece of that pie, and you can't blame them. After all, the team advanced all the way to the NBA Finals last season, ultimately losing to the LA Lakers.
Promotions ruled the time outs and end of quarter breaks, including ones like the following: a beach ball drop which provided an opportunity to win food from Homeland, a grocery store, by catching beach balls dropped from the ceiling of the arena. A parachute drop had a Thunder T-shirt as its cargo and included a free subscription to the Daily Oklahoman. A Cox Communications 4 point timed shooting contest provided a Cox bundle of services to the winner. The team's mascot, Rumble, and his helpers also loaded a Gatlin-gun type device full of Thunder T-shirts and shot them into the crowd, with some reaching amazing heights, almost up into the nosebleed section where our seats were located. Game breaks also featured a Kiss Cam, a Dance Cam, and a Smile Cam, to name a few, all of which had corporate sponsorships. Fans were guaranteed to not miss a minute of the game, thanks to television sets strategically placed in the rest rooms.
As I mentioned earlier, the game proceeded at a brisk pace, with the sideshow filling in the gaps, so there was never a dull moment. Halftime featured a performance by a very talented Seattle breakdancing group called the Massive Monkees, which formerly performed during halftime at Supersonics games.
The most difficult part of the game for me was following all of the action from our location high up in the stands. Not having viewed a basketball game for many years, I had difficulty following the penalties, as well as a few shots. All in all, the crowd vocally expressed its commitment to the team—and many people were particularly exuberant supporters. The Thunder did not disappoint, pulling out a win over the Utah Jazz in a game the team led essentially from midway through the first quarter onward.
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In Northern parts of India women observe fasting on all 8 days of Navaratri. Fruits, milk, and dishes made of potato, sago, buck wheat (Kuttu ka atta), puffed Lotus seeds (Makhana), sunflower seeds, are eaten in small quantities to keep their system running.
Nupur of Cinnamon Hut brings us Vrat ka Khana She says "This is that time of the year again when we all fast and pray to Goddess Durga and all her avtars for nine days. Living for nine days with a number of our daily food items off the list means that there are a number of new dishes , different items on the menu."
She has shared with us Fried Potao with Cumin/Vrat ke Aloo and Masaledaar aloo and Kuttu ki Poori (Kuttu= Buck Wheat )
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Bhawna of 'From My Palate' brings us 'Makhane aur Beej ki Laddo' they celebrate Navaratri .." We sow seeds of barley in an earthen pot on the first day of Navratra. We do pooja and watered them every morning, so that the seeds sprout into long sheaves by the tenth day. On Dussehra we put these barley sheaves on brothers and father ears after pooja."
she feels that it is not an exotic sweet, but I think those laddus and burfis are perfect while you need to restore your energy levels while fasting :)
Purva has sent us her memories of Navaratri from Mumbai and Sabudana Khichdi. She remembers those days and quotes "Back in my hometown Mumbai, everyone in my society was aware about my liking for Sabudana Khichdi, so the day it is being prepared at someone's place, it is being parceled at my place too specially for me".
Here you go with Mumbai ka Sabudana Khichdi from Purva for Vrat ka Khana ....
KhaparPoli...that was my first intoduction to this sweet at Meera's Enjoy Indian Food. These poli's are Malvani pancakes which are made during Navaratri. They are traditionally served with coconut syrup. Interesting isn't it..pancakes served with sweet coconut syrup...what else does a sweet tooth crave for? Visit her to know her recipe..
Indrani of Appyayan sent me a 2 two episode full of festive food. She has shared her recipes for Luchi, Aloor Dum, Potoler Dolma(fish stuffed parwals), Tomato Mutton, Green Mango Chutney, Cholar Daal Narkel Diye, Phulkopir roast, Fried Rice with Chilli Chicken, Misthi Doi and Rasmalai. She says "Durga Puja is a grand celebration for bengalis. Without good food any celebration is incomplete. Delicious traditional delicacies are being cooked at this time. I would love to share some traditional recipes which are part of this festival". I totally agree with you Indrani..without good food festival is not complete...
A visit to her blog will bring you closer to Durga Pooja Feast.....
Shreya of Mom's Cooking has sent Thri-Laddoo, Palak Poori and Moondal Bottle gourd curry for celebrating Navaratri with us.. You have to knock her door for this interesting thri-laddoo recipe !
During Navaratri SouthIndians were was busy cooking variety of Sundals, Vadas, Rice items esp tamarind rice, lemon rice, curd rice, Payasam, and many more actually I am hungry now.. :P..something I cannot do virtually is taste them and fill my stomach :( .....but they are a real treat to eyes..enjoy healthy sundals, crispy Vadas and yummilicious rice varities from Southern part of India ...
Priya of Easy n Tasty Recipes sent me horsegram sundal and coriander medhu vada..She has given a twist by adding toor dal, chanadal to Urad dal and also included coriander leaves..interesting right?..run there to take a peek at her recipe..
Coriander Medu Vada
She says "Muthira is known as horsegram,kollu n it will helps to reduce unnecessary fats from ur body..its well recommended to have horsegram recipes twice r more than that in a week while dieting..."
Trust you all saw EC's Gollu/Doll house in my Photo Round up. She sent me tasty chickpeas sundal too...
Rekha of Plantain Leaf has parceled a bowlful of Kobbari Burelu for our festive treat..
Paal Paysam made in a special vessel called 'urli' comes to us from Chitra Amma's Kitchen. Dibs and Chitra participated in a event from their blog for the first time. Visit them to jot down the procedure for making Paal Payasam/milk based sweet porridge.
After that interesting read about Batukamma festival of Telanganites, it is time to know what do they cook for this festive occassion..Don't miss to drool on Dhadhyojanam and Pulihora with varieties of Podis at Pallavi's All Things Yummy
99% of them make Kesari/kesaribath on Navaratri....easy and tasty...see a yellow moon of Kesari at Sireesha's Mom's Recipe..
Smitha of Kannada Cuisine whose Pattada Bombe looked adorable in yellow dress, made sweet dosas which she is very auspicious as prasadam on saraswathi pooja (which was on sapthami/7th day of Navaratri).
In case you are searching for dosas, you can find them on the plate.. :D
Arundhuti of Gourmet Affair, sent us delicious Malpuas and Rosogollas to celebrate Navaratri on Taste of Mysore...catch her on Gourmet Affair for her yummy recipes...
Raaji of Raji's kitchen sent us divine plate with Orange Keer and Wheat Rava Payasam. They look awesome and Orange Kheer is super easy to make..check her posts
Priti is very busy these days settling down in her new office, but she managed to send us Puffed Rice Upma and Fruit Jelly to celebrate Naavartri with all of us.. Get to know these dishes on Indian Khana with Priti..
Sowmya of Creative Saga sent me a fare of Prasadams. Black Chana Sundal, Wheat Payasam, chanadal sundal, semiya payasam..she has 9 varieties for 9 days! Fantastic Sowmya.. Creative Saga welcomes you all for further reading on recipes...
G.Pavani of Food Lovers blog made Charkari Pongal and Rava Kesari to celebrate Vijayadashami. Do stop by her virtual kitchen to know her way of preparing Sweet Pongal and Kesari.
Kalkandu Vadai is a sweet brother of normal Vadai's. Lakshmi Venkatesh says it is a famous Chettinad Vadai mostly on festive occassions like Deepavali, Karthikei etc., It is traditionally made with rock sugar/misri/kallusakkare..however these days it is replaced by normal sugar. Have this sweet crisp vadais at Kitchen Chronicles
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I missed Sukanya's post for yesterday's round-up. She had sent the same link for food and photos twice by mistake and it did not occur to me to check in her blog archives. I saw it today, so here is her style of celebrating Navaratri miles away from home in Singapore...Her post about celebration is so elaborate, that I strongly reccomend you to visit her to know different procedures in detail........
The Kalasham which is installed on Day 1 of Navaratri ...
She gives us Lunch menu and Prasadam Menu.........
Sundal Menu
The types of sundal to be prepared on each of the navarathri days is given below:
•Day1: Moong dal (Green gram )
•Day2: Sweet Puttu /Red beans (can be made sweet or spicy)
•Day3: Peanut
•Day4: Kabuli Chana
Bengal Gram dal (Chana da)l (kadalai paruppu) Yellow split
•Day6: Black eyed beans (Lobia) (can make it sweet or spicy)
•Day7: White peas /Green peas (pattaani)
•Day8: Field beans(mochai) /Karamani Chundal
•Day9: Konda kadalai (channa dal)•Day10: Payasam / Chakara Pongal
Vettala Paaku/Harishina Kumkuma for Married Ladies
She remembers "There was a time when people used to visit their friends and relatives and call them for vettala-paaku and now is the time when people just call them over the phone.....
ya..atleast I never refuse these invitations ..well there is a long story over that , but I would love to narrate it someother time...
Sukanya's granny quotes ""Celebrating festivals reaps good things/happenings/events, it spreads positive energy and brings about cheer." Ajji you are very true...
As long as you are aware of tradition and time permits, Sukanya's grandmothers words "the only people in whose house there has been a death, don't celebrate festivals, so naranjya veetula (full house – meaning endowed with happiness & prosperity) where there hasn't been any tragedy we shouldn't act like we are mourning or be lazy to celebrate".are to be remembered and atleast do basic rituals of festival.
What constitutes the Vettala Paaku
Paaku – Betel
Manjal - Turmeric
Kumkumam – Bindi or the traditional ku
mkum powder
Manja Cheradu (Yellow thread)
Blouse piece
A gift – something in plastic or steel as per the convenience, financial status and likes of the person.
Out of these, Vettalai, Paaku, Manjal Kumkumam are the most important, the rest are upto one's own convenience and budget.
Saraswathi Pooja :
Goddess Saraswathi is the wife of Lord Brahma(Creator of the Universe). Goddess Sarawathi is usually seen with books and musical instruments. My amma will make us read from our books first before wrapping them neatly in an unused cloth(usually silk) and then praying to Goddess Sarawathi to bless us with knowledge. On this day people make young children to learn to write. They usually teach the children to write"
Om" followed by alphabets on sand.
Vijaya Dashami
This day is the last day of this festival. Dassera or Vijayadashmi is considered as the second biggest festival after Deepavali. This is a special day for attaining victory in anything and everything. Vijayam means victory.
Therefore, this day is celebrated as an auspicious day for starting any new from music to new business..
Kummi is one of the most important and ancient forms of village dances of Tamilnadu. It originated when there were no musical instruments, with the participants clapping their hands to keep time. This is performed by women; many varieties of Kummi, such as, Poonthatti Kummi, Deepa Kummi, Kulavai Kummi, Kadir Kummi, Mulaipari Kummi etc are known. The women stand in a circle and dance clapping their hands rhythmically. This dance is usually performed during temple festivals, Pongal, the harvest festival, family functions like the one to celebrate the coming of age (onset of puberty) of the girl-child etc. The first line of the song is sung by the leading lady, which the others repeat.
People dance around the deity clapping rhythmically. At every step they gracefully bend sideways, the arms coming together in sweeping gestures, up and down, left and right, each movement ending in clap.
Kai Silambu Attam
This dance is performed in temples during
festivals or Navaratri festival. The dancers wear ankle-bells and hold anklets or silambu in their hands, which make noise when shaken. They perform various stepping styles jumps. The dance is in praise of all female deities, the most preferred being the powerful angry goddess - Kali or Durga. Amman
Kolaattam is an ancient village art. This is mentioned in Kanchipuram as 'Cheivaikiyar Kolattam', which proves its antiquity. This is performed by women only, with two sticks held in each hand, beaten to make a rhythmic noise. Pinnal Kolaattam is danced with ropes which the women hold in their hands, the other of which are tied to a tall pole. With planned steps, the women skip over each other, which forms intricate lace-like patterns in the ropes. As coloured ropes are used, this lace looks extremely attractive. Again, they unravel this lace reversing the dance steps. This is performed for ten days, starting with the Amavasi or Newmoon night after Deepavali.
Originated as devotional Garba dances, which were performed in Durga's honor, this dance form is actually the staging of a mock-fight between the Goddess and Mahishasura, the mighty demon-king, and is nicknamed "The Sword Dance". The sticks of the dance represent the sword of Durga.
That is how Sukanya celebrated her festival and she has sent us Gosamalli as a treat ........
Now we have reached the end...but you would want to know what I cooked before you leave Taste of Mysore :D ..so these were my contributions for the event from Taste of Mysore
Hesarukaalu Guggri/Usli/Sundal (Stirfried Whole Moong Beans)
Ambode & Mosaru Ambode you may want to call them dalvada...
Few other non-food related entries are Asthalakshmi Stotra Lyrics in Kannada , Saraswati Astottara and Lalitha Sahasranama Lyrics in Kannada If you are looking for Mahishasura Mardhini Stotra/Aigiri Nandini Lyrics in Kannada you can find it here..(click on the word 'here')
It was a fantastic culinary and cultural trip with you all. My heart felt thanks to all bloggers and non-bloggers who made this event successful without which Navaratri would not have been colorful on Taste of Mysore. As a tradition of south indian homes, I offer you all a virtual tamboolam to take away before you leave Taste of Mysore.


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SEOUL, March 30 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea in a continuing escalation of tough rhetoric against Seoul and Washington after coming under international sanctions for its nuclear test.
"From this time on, the North-South relations will be entering the state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly," a statement carried by the North's official KCNA news agency said. (source)
Experts on CNN were saying that what's happening is really spurred by the North Korean military not the young Kim Jong Un. They also say it's mostly for internal consumption, trying to make the new leader look strong and forceful to a society that still reveres age. Internally, he has been demoting and firing top military officers. It may be that, through him, the most hard of the hard liners in the military are consolidating their power.
The military experts on CNN said that they doubted North Korea would follow up on any of its threats against the U.S. or South Korea. In fact, they'd be crazy. Why? Because they'd lose, despite having the fourth largest army in the world. And they could hardly expect much help from China. North Korea is pretty much a drag on the Chinese economy, with North Korea needing to suck at their teat due to the fact that its economy is a total shambles.
And why would China want to see the U.S. defeated, what with the steady flow of cash from here to there due to all the American debt China owns. The U.S. is their golden goose right now.
China is so pissed off and North Korea that for the first time ever they have joined in with international sanctions against North Korea.
All that said, North Korea is making strides in terms of ballistic missile development, so they will be more of a worry in the future.
Those are my thoughts. What are yours?
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From father to Un, the fat fuck is indeed nuts. I just feel sorry for the average North Korean caught up in this group-think derangement. A precision strike on chubby cheeks would be great, but if it comes to it, he will be hiding in his bunker while his country (I say country, I really mean factory farm) and starving people are hit hard.
Having said all that it's more than likely just posturing for power by stirring up the sheep's animal nationalism.
A recent Washington Times article covered a seldom-discussed threat against the U.S. A threat potentially much more devasting than lobbing a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead toward Hawaii or even Los Angeles:
In summer 2004, a delegation of Russian generals warned the Congressional Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Commission that secrets had leaked to North Korea for a decisive new nuclear weapon — a Super-EMP warhead.
Any nuclear weapon detonated above an altitude of 30 kilometers will generate an electromagnetic pulse that will destroy electronics and could collapse the electric power grid and other critical infrastructures — communications, transportation, banking and finance, food and water — that sustain modern civilization and the lives of 300 million Americans. All could be destroyed by a single nuclear weapon making an EMP attack.
A Super-EMP attack on the United States would cause much more and much deeper damage than a primitive nuclear weapon, and so would increase confidence that the catastrophic consequences will be irreversible. Such an attack would inflict maximum damage and be optimum for realizing a world without America.
How can a god be nuts?
He's nuts.
He's young and new to the position of leader of his country, so he is trying to earn the respect of his citizens. My 13 year old understands global politics better than Kim Jong Un, and I'm certain that anything he tries outside of his borders will be stopped, and will probably lead to his own destruction. I'm not sure he knows that, though.
Maybe South Korea saw the hit West Germany took when the wall came down and they had to deal with the East's basket case economy and workers who didn't have the same work ethic as the Westerners. For a while, it was a mess. So, even if the Koreas signed a peace treaty, I don't think the South would want a one-Korea solution. An open border would be appreciated.
I don't think it'll happen anyway, an influx of South Koreans through an open border would soon expose to the citizens of the North the horseshit they've been fed for 60 years.
I also think they in the South feel safer with American troops on their soil. It allows them to maintain a smaller army so that more citizens can work productively. The North maintains the fourth largest Army in the world. An army is a drag on an economy and soldiers aren't workers.
You wanna know my thoughts? It's that anyone going by the name of Un-anything, or anything-Un, automatically falls into that classification --
Nate, he is teasing UNseen...
I make fun of all names - think of me as an equal-opportunity ridiculer --
Further, you know nothing of my knowledge of Korea. Happy Easter, Nate!
True, fartyoperyx.
He is a bloke with new, and huge powers, and it has gone to an appendage.
He, as new leader, must show this power to his flock, not that he will actually do anything with it.
@Nate Exactly - this is the overriding reason he won't do anything, 75% of his flock dead, no riding around in limo's anymore, no thousands waiting at the roadside with their flags, falling at his feet in ecstasy, no girls on call, and the worst of all no food for his well laden table.
Nate also hit it on the head, where would all the refugees go but to South Korea.
He is just showing these poor, controlled people what he could do - he will simply slap appendage on table.
The only person to win out of this stupidity is Kim John Un.
uhhh, Yes.
I'm not confident that he could be raised as the grandson of a 'god' and turn out even close to sane. That being said, if he decided to invade South Korea it would probably be his for the taking. The western world will not stand behind a nuclear attack on Pyongyang and the NK military would not be an easy force to slow down otherwise.
During my lifetime, each time the topic of war comes up I hear all the rubes talking about precision 'surgical' strikes and 'immediate dominance' on the battlefield - yet the west still has soldiers dying in Afghanistan and nobody even remembers why we went there.
A war with North Korea would make Afghanistan look like a water fight. NK has a huge professional army of soldiers who believe their leader is a god. Their people have been pumped with anti-western rhetoric that likely has them thinking they'll all be raped and tortured, possibly being forced into same sex marriages, should the west ever take control of their lands. It would be a terrifying land to occupy and controlling the population would be about as likely as walking into an Evangelical Mega-Church and converting the entire congregation to Atheism with one sermon.
Mr. Un may be nuts, but he is also capable of unleashing a horrible catastrophe that doesn't end well for anyone.


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Charges scrubbed in career-ending injury to jail guard
LOCKPORT – Ramone D. Walker of Lockport will not be prosecuted further in connection with an incident that inflicted career-ending injuries on a Niagara County corrections officer.
Defense attorney Dominic Saraceno said he learned that a county grand jury earlier this month refused to indict Walker, 37, after two previous indictments had been dismissed by County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
Walker had been charged with second-degree assault on a police officer in the wake of the Aug. 26, 2011, altercation in the County Jail visitor area that injured Corrections Officer Mark A. Crawley, 46.
According to grand jury testimony Murphy quoted in his Nov. 13 decision to dismiss the second indictment, Crawley, who joined the Sheriff's Office in June 1996, suffered a broken back.
He underwent surgery in March in Erie County Medical Center to insert eight screws and two rods in his spinal column, remove part of his vertebrae and perform various grafts.
The case hit close to home for Sheriff James R. Voutour, who said he has known Crawley since kindergarten in Wilson.
"Corrections Officer Crawley was informed a few days ago that he can no longer work. His career is over," Voutour said last week. "I'm deeply disappointed there will be no justice."
The tall, heavyset Walker and another officer, John R. Golaszewski, fell on Crawley as the two officers were trying to get what appeared to be an item of prison contraband away from Walker.
The contraband, which turned out to be tobacco, was allegedly passed to Walker by Jessica R. Broughton, 22, of Crosby Avenue, Lockport.
Several officers testified to the grand jury that Walker had placed the tobacco in his mouth and spit it out during the struggle.
There is a videotape of the fracas, which was shown to the grand jury, but Murphy didn't find it conclusive.
"That recording is not susceptible of a definitive interpretation one way or the other on the issue of who used what degree of force, but rather depends on the perspective of the viewer," the judge wrote.
Saraceno said the first assault indictment against Walker, handed up by the grand jury in February, was dismissed by Murphy because one of the members of the grand jury knew one of the officers involved in the incident. Saraceno said the matter was not explored sufficiently to make sure there was no bias.
The case was presented to another grand jury June 22, and Walker exercised his right to testify. He said that he thought he was being attacked from behind either by a fellow inmate or by the officers.
Golaszewski said he and Crawley each grabbed one of Walker's wrists and tried to pin his arms to the table, while Walker tried to get up from his chair. All three ended up falling to the floor, with Walker and Golaszewski landing on Crawley.
Crawley testified that Officer Kimberly A. Niethe told him that she saw Broughton pass something to Walker. Crawley said that he asked Walker to show him what was in his hands, and Walker instead put his hands under the table. When Crawley grabbed Walker's left wrist, Walker jumped up and knocked him down, landing on top of him, the injured officer told the grand jury.
"Ramone's a pretty big guy, so with his weight falling on [Crawley], I could see him getting hurt," Saraceno said.
"I didn't know who was behind me attacking me like that. I was in fear for my life at the time," Walker told the grand jury in June. "I fell on the ground by the table, and a person jumped on me again and was attacking me again."
Murphy ruled that such claims by Walker indicated to him that the prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Joseph A. Scalzo, should have read the grand jury information about the law on self-defense, or justification, as lawyers call it. Because he didn't do that, Murphy threw out the second indictment.
Anticipating a possible dismissal, Scalzo set up a third grand jury presentation for Nov. 13. Saraceno said he was there to hear Walker testify, but he was required to leave before Scalzo and Deputy District Attorney Holly E. Sloma instructed the grand jury.
Saraceno said he assumes that the justification instructions were given, but he doesn't know for sure. Scalzo said he was not allowed to discuss grand jury matters, which are supposed to be secret.
Statements made in open court by the attorneys at the Nov. 13 conference indicated that the June grand jury was contentious.
Looking ahead to the third presentation later that day, Murphy warned Saraceno not to interrupt Scalzo while he was questioning Walker. Saraceno complained to the judge that in June, Scalzo at one point laughed at one of Walker's answers and interrupted another.
In his ruling, Murphy wrote, "It is probably also better if the prosecutor does not employ heavy sarcasm or other obvious innuendo seeking to communicate his disbelief in the defendant's story." But the judge said cautionary instructions were given to the June grand jury and thus the contentious exchanges were not grounds for dismissing the indictment.
Walker isn't a free man, as he was sentenced Jan. 4 to four years in state prison for fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He had 1.65 grams of cocaine in Lockport on June 6, 2010. He was in jail awaiting action on that charge when he had his struggle with the officers.
At the time of the sentencing, then-Assistant District Attorney David A. Hoffman said Walker had turned down a combination plea to the drug charge and the alleged assault on Crawley that would have limited his total prison time for both to seven years.
This is Walker's third stint in state prison. He served two years for a 1993 drug-possession conviction in Manhattan, and 13 years for an Erie County armed robbery in 1997.
With Walker in the clear on the assault case, the weight of the situation may fall on Broughton, who allegedly passed him the tobacco, triggering the guards' struggle with Walker that resulted in Crawley's disabling injury.
Broughton's misdemeanor charge of promoting prison contraband is still open in Lockport Town Court, where her next court date is Dec. 27.
But Broughton also faces a felony indictment charging her with third-, fourth- and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, as well as fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Police allegedly found cocaine when they raided her Lockport apartment May 4.
That case is being heard by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. Broughton applied for the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment and was declared eligible by state screeners.
However, last Tuesday, Assistant District Attorney Peter M. Wydysh told Kloch he objects to Broughton receiving diversion. Kloch scheduled a hearing for Dec. 12.
If she were admitted to judicial diversion, Broughton would have to plead guilty to a felony, usually the most serious count in the indictment, and enter treatment for up to two years.
If she were to successfully complete the program, her charge would be reduced to a misdemeanor and she would be sentenced to three years' probation. If she were to fail in the program, she would face as long as nine years in prison.
The diversion program is supposed to be for people whose drug use contributes to their criminal record. Kloch said the report he received from the screeners indicated Broughton has been smoking marijuana since age 9 and using cocaine since age 15.
"We believe her to be a dealer, not a user," Wydysh said when asked by a reporter why he was objecting to Broughton's bid to enter diversion. But he said another reason was "the whole Ramone Walker thing. She was a contributing factor."
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I am trying to get the following code as fast as possible:Note how the i loop essentially does an inproduct between vec1 and vec2 (and adds a constant and applies a logistic curve), which smells like SSE / SIMD. However, I don't get faster results when I set Enhanced Instruction Set to either SIMD or SIMD 2 in msvc8's project settings (release mode of course). In fact with SSE2 it even became slower (!)Code:void Foo( double *dest, const double *source, double *vec1, const double *vec2 ) { // source and dest are [64], vec1 and vec2 are [64*32] for (int j=0; j<64; j++) { double total = 0; static const int n = 32; for (int i=0; i<n; i++) { total += vec1[i] * vec2[i]; // vector inproduct } total += source[j]; dest[j] = 1/(1+exp(-total)); vec1 += n; vec2 += n; } }
Also changing the floating point model to fast doesn't make any noticable improvement.
Is there any special trickery I can use to optimize this? Anything with unrolling for example.
(PS: using floats instead of doubles would also suit me fine, but so far I noticed it's faster with doubles)


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Rush Limbaugh:
What?! Why is this guy still employed? Why is anybody still listening to him? What non-sense!
Sen. Harry Reid
Okay... let's switch political aisles for a moment just to show that "race"-induced insanity strikes all political varieties. Check the comments from Sen. Reid re: health care reform and those who oppose it.
Really?! Not passing health care reform is akin to opposing abolition, women's suffrage, and Civil Rights legislation?! Wow. Health care reform is either very, very important, or two very sad things just happened. One: Sen. Reid used some very "race"-freighted comparisons to essentially demonize his opponents. Two: He just trivialized some rather huge social and political issues with an unwarranted comparison. I think the first is unkind. I resent the second.
As I've written elsewhere, the current "let's take our issue and make it the new slavery or the new Civil Rights" is both offensive to many and ineffective. The abortion=slavery, Civil Rights=gay rights analogies should be abandoned, if for no other reason than the sometimes tacit and other times explicit racial freight they carry. It's not helping us.
Tiger Woods and Racial Reconciliation?
Finally, Tiger Woods. If you've not read C.J.'s post, you should go there now. It's must reading. I've been pretty disinterested in all the Tiger mess. I'm surprised people are surprised, and I wonder if all the shock and horror are simply more respectable guises for our voyeurism.
Anyway, I was caught by one of Challies' A La Carte items (don't you love that feature!). In it, he quotes a section from an article at American Thinker. I don't really know this blog or this person, so this isn't aimed at anyone in particular. I just couldn't understand how this sentence about Tiger could be true: "...he was our first living embodiment of the collective hope for racial reconciliation."
The man defines himself as so "racially" or ethnically "other" that it's nearly impossible to see him as reconciling anything, or embodying any hopes for reconciliation. What exactly is a "Calabanasian," Tiger's self-designation? He has a right to that, and I don't begrudge him one bit. So, let's not make him "black" all of a sudden (an imposition and a false assumption from our one-drop rule past). But it's a huge stretch of the imagination to consider him "our first living embodiment of the collective hope for reconciliation." Heck. I'm not even sure there is such a "collective hope." Seems most are pretty comfortable with marginal interaction masking deep stratification.
Anyway... that's my mental health post for the week. Let's check the craziness at least through the New Year.


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On Monday, November 11th at approximately 2:49 p.m. an emergency 9-1-1 call was received for a report of a sudden cardiac arrest. The caller, a friend of the patient, reported he had witnessed his friend suddenly collapse and stop breathing. The caller was immediately given specific CPR instructions by the Anchorage Fire Department Emergency Medical Dispatcher. CPR was aggressively performed by the caller until the arrival of the Anchorage Fire Department responders at which time they took over resuscitation efforts.
Due to early CPR and timely life saving interventions performed by the bystander, dispatchers and emergency responders, the patient was resuscitated and transported to a local hospital where he was treated and later released.
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Poor countries can keep doctors local
Countries are using innovative schemes to train and retain health professionals — but they need support, says WHO expert Manuel M. Dayrit.
When you picture the doctor of the 21st century, what do you see — a specialised professional working with lasers and robots in a high-tech hospital?
There will no doubt be such doctors — in the countries that can afford them. But many countries will be too poor for technologically advanced hospitals, or to sustain an educational system whose medical graduates aspire towards such specialisation while basic health needs remain unmet.
What a poor country needs is doctors it can rely on to serve where they are most needed — to ensure that mothers deliver their babies safely, for example, or that HIV infection does not spread unchecked.
The reasoning may seem straightforward but the reality is not. Medical schools in poor countries continue to produce doctors that they will eventually lose to more lucrative careers in cities or other countries.
Can these countries do something about this? Yes they can — and they are already showing bold efforts to meet the challenge.
Prioritising the community
Ethiopia has only three doctors for every 100,000 people — below the average for Sub-Saharan Africa — according to the Sub-Saharan African Medical School Study (SAMSS). [1] The government, determined to address the shortage, required all medical schools to expand their class sizes in 2009.
Jimma University, one of 11 medical schools in the country, aimed to increase student enrolment from 200 to 350 starting with 2009–2010. The university faces huge challenges, among them the lack of faculty and facilities. And once the students graduate, Ethiopia faces the challenge of providing jobs.
Most students interviewed by SAMSS in 2009 were looking to migrate abroad for better salaries and career opportunities. Policies on compulsory service put in place recently have been adhered to by 99 per cent of graduates, according to the health ministry, but the long-term effects on retention in rural areas remains to be seen.
More importantly, the university's strategy was to provide community-based education to equip students to serve in rural areas. The curriculum requires students to work in communities 30–40 kilometres from the university, where they learn skills including data collection and diagnosing community needs.
To support these activities, efforts to strengthen research capacity among students and faculty began in 2006 with the establishment of the Health Service Research Institute, which helped coordinate research efforts and disseminate research findings. [1]
Success in Sudan
In Sudan, the University of Gezira Faculty of Medicine is already reaping rewards from a community-based curriculum established in 1978. [2] The school capitalises on a close working relationship with the Federal and State Ministries of Health to integrate its teaching programmes with the health service delivery activities of government agencies.
When SAMSS interviewed Gezira students in early 2010, it found "prevention is better than cure" ingrained in the students' thought processes. The school aims to train 1,000 family physicians in the coming years to increase the capacity to deliver care in rural areas, particularly in Gezira State. [2]
In 2005 the school also began to train village midwives in emergency obstetric and neonatal care, successfully integrating them into the government-funded health system.
According to Professor Elhassan Elhassan, who heads the initiative, the programme exceeded its target of reducing maternal and prenatal mortality by 50 per cent in five years. Field research has also shown a reduction in 2010. The results have encouraged Gezira University to promote the approach in other states in Sudan.
Innovative course design
Programmes implemented in the Philippines are also showing signs of success. In 1976 the University of the Philippines College of Medicine created a different type of medical school in Leyte province, one of the country's poorest.
The school recruited students from poor communities in dire need of health workers, and the student entered into a social contract with the community by pledging to return to service after completing training.
Even more innovative was the design of the course, known as the step-ladder curriculum. This allows students to enter or exit their training at any level along a ladder which starts with barangay (village) health workers and ends with physicians. [3]
Of close to 3,000 students that have graduated since the programme started, 70 per cent served as midwives, 25 per cent went on to practise as nurses, and five per cent became physicians. Two more provinces, Quezon Province and South Cotabato, have since adopted the approach.
The school has lost just ten per cent of its graduates to emigration — by contrast the University of the Philippines College of Medicine in Manila lost 50–100 per cent of its graduates.
These innovative programmes are clear examples of how countries are fighting against strong market forces to ensure enough adequately trained doctors for their populations.
What has made them succeed against the odds? Their innovative design, coupled with the vision and commitment of teachers and students — when matched by support from government, communities and organisations.
Over time a critical mass of like-minded people moves the mission forward. But more needs to be done. Supportive policies must be put in place to ensure that students graduate to stimulating jobs over the long-term, and receive adequate payment to keep both body and idealism alive.
Manuel M. Dayrit MD, MSc is director of the WHO Department of Human Resources for Health in Geneva, Switzerland. He has served as secretary of health of the Philippines.
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Boonville sophomore Brett Windsor continued his string of good fortune Monday during the annual Grain Valley Eagle Invitational Golf Tournament at Adams Pointe Golf Course in Blue Springs.
While finishing second behind Bailey Woods of Warrensburg with a 2-over par 74, Windsor also helped the Pirates improve from a 15th place finish in 2012 to a sixth place finish yesterday.
In the final-team standings, Marshall captured first with a team score of 327. Warrensburg finished second at 336, followed by Harrisonville at 343, Pleasant Hill at 349, O'Hara at 352, Boonville at 361, Platte County at 365, Christ Prep at 372, Odessa at 373, Grain Valley at 389, Knob Noster at 406, Butler at 417, Lexington at 428, Clinton at 447 and Oak Grove N/A.
Boonville Pirates golf coach Seth Pirtle said this year's Grain Valley Tournament was a great success. "Last year, Boonville placed last in 15th place and this year we placed sixth," Pirtle said. "This is a great improvement."
While Woods finished the tournament with a 1-under par 71, Windsor was right in the hunt with a 38-36.
Rounding out the top 10 were Nolan Becarra of Christ Prep with a 36-42 for a score of 78, Tanner Bainbridge of O'Hara with a 41-37 for a score of 78, Mark Plummer of Marshall with a 39-40 for a score of 79, Taylor Woods of Warrensburg with a 38-42 for a score of 80, Taylor Livingston of Pleasant Hill with a 43-38 for a score of 81, Joe Sevy of Harrisonville with a 43-39 for a score of 82, Alex Maupin with a score of 44-38 for a score of 82 and Nate Kleoppel of Odessa with a 44-38 for a score of 82.
Other scores for Boonville had Tanner Green finishing the tournament with a 43-45 for a final score of 88, followed by Clayton Lang with a 53-46 for a score of 99, Eric VanderLinden with a 47-53 for a score of 100 and Morgan Johnston with a 56-60 for a score of 116.
Green finished 18th overall while Lang placed 39th, VanderLinden 44th and Johnston 64th out of 75 golfers.
The Boonville Pirates golf team will compete next on Monday, April 8th in the Smith-Cotton Classic in Sedalia starting at 10 a.m.
Teams competing in the tournament along with Boonville are Eldon, Jeff City, Lee's Summit West, Pembroke Hill, Sacred Heart, Warrensburg, Camdenton, Helias, Lee's Summit, Marshall, Richmond, St. Joseph Central, Clinton, Hickman, Lee's Summit North, Park Hill South, Rock Bridge and Tipton.
Windsor finishes second in Grain Valley Invitational Golf Tournament
Boonville sophomore Brett Windsor continued his string of good fortune Monday during the annual Grain Valley Eagle Invitational Golf Tournament at Adams Pointe Golf Course in Blue Springs.


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US Citizen Facing 15 Years In Jail For Linking From His Blog To An Unauthorized Bio Of Thai King
from the goodbye-tourism dept
Lately, Thailand has been trying to use those laws against US citizens. Last month, we wrote about the case of Anthony Chai, a US citizen who had posted some anonymous comments critical of the king. In that case, the Canadian/US firm that hosted the site handed Chai's identity over to the Thai government without question, and Chai was arrested recently while visiting.
In a similar case, US citizen Joe Gordon had posted a link on his blog to an unauthorized bio of the king... and was then arrested when visiting Thailand, the news has come out that after months of denying the charges, Gordon has decided he can't take it any more and has agreed to plead guilty.
"I do not want to fight this case. I plead guilty to all the accusations," he told judges.At this point, I'm not sure why any US citizen would ever agree to visit Thailand again. If you merely link to an unauthorized bio of the king, you could end up in jail. Furthermore, I'm curious as to what the Thai leadership thinks it's accomplishing with these actions. Honestly, without these cases, I'd never even know about the Thai king at all. It seems like each of these actions only brings greater negative attention on the king than if he'd just ignored such things.


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Folk-punk band Andrew Jackson Jihad will be playing at Union Transfer tonight. The Arizona based band released its fifth studio album Christmas Island last month. In an interview with Brooklyn Vegan, the band stated that they wanted to make a "brutal acoustic record, similar to the Violent Femmes' first album." Recently, the band did a session with their label SideOneDummy, which includes the premiere of their latest, "Do, Re and Me." Listen to it below. Get more information here at the XPN Concert Calender.


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Class was side mount escapes to guard and an arm bar attack. It was actually a lot of fun, but I realized during the warmup that my cardio's dropped off the map again and I was pretty gassed by the time we moved on to positional training. FAIL! All my hard work the past few months seems to have really tapered off. I'm a little disappointed in my own progress.
Regardless, I still had a great class yesterday. I paired up with S since we're the same experience level, and only 20 lbs heavier than me. He's considerably stronger than I am, and it was only really noticeable after the 4'th time he swept me from side control. It was frustrating to say the least, but I learned a great deal about playing to my advantages, and using my (lack of) weight to a better advantage than my current strategy. Apparently my instructor says I'm trying to be heavy, and I'm really not. 😦 I'm at least on-par with some of the guys in class, but tend to be lighter than most.
Still fighting off a little whiplash from the O-soto gari class we did earlier in the week and wasn't sure how hard I was ready to go, but it didn't matter once we started. We had a few good rounds, and managed to drill the side control escape pretty well. I was on top during one round and caught S's knee under my chin as he tried to bring it through to get into guard. I heard a pretty loud crack in my mouth and even though all my teeth were intact, my brain was still a little rattled and I'm more than thankful that I didn't have my tongue between my teeth at that point. I think it's definitely time to get a mouth guard…
In retrospect, most of the people I train with in class don't wear mouth guards, at least not until they start to roll. In fact, I think most guys don't even wear cups – which is kind of to their disadvantage when I'm trying to pass the guard leading with my knee. I feel horrible, but I've clipped a few good friends and can't imagine why wearing a soft cup wouldn't help. Maybe they just like the pain?!
In other news, Grappler's Quest is coming to UFC Fan Expo at the end of the month, and R might be competing! Super excited to watch my own coach compete at his level. The provincials we saw a couple weeks ago were pretty amazing, but this should be even more impressive! I'll definitely be attending and cheering on our team! The most exciting part is getting take home a set of Zebra mats after Grapplers Quest. I finally placed the pre-order in a few weeks ago, and should have a set of mats ready for my place by the first week of May! R and I are throwing a bit of a combined birthday celebration since our birthdays are almost exactly a month apart. We're having random friends come over and grapple at my place to break in the new mats! I can't wait… we might even have a playful showdown of my gym vs. his gym. 😉


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As 2014 comes to a close, take a look back at the industry's highs and lows. The editors at I-Connect007 have compiled a list of the top 10 most-read news stories from the pages of PCB007. Join us for a look back at the most popular news highlights of the past year.
At #10, Newbury Boards Used in Animal Tracking Research: Newbury Electronics has used its considerable expertise and experience to help Dr. Mark Holton and the Swansea Live Animal Monitoring (SLAM) group to design and produce an innovative range of extremely lightweight, but robust, tracking devices to aid their research into previously unknown animal behaviour.
At #9, American Standard Circuits Earns "Manufacturer of the Year": U.S.-based circuit board manufacturer American Standard Circuits (ASC) has been awarded "2013 Manufacturer of the Year" by the Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing. The award is intended to showcase a company that serves as a testimonial to the Alliance's integrated business delivery model.
At #8, TTM Technologies Scoops Up Viasystems for $927M: The combined company will be one of the world's leading PCB manufacturers with a strong position in the automotive, aerospace and defense, medical, industrial and instrumentation, cellular phone, and networking/telecom end markets. The new company will have approximately 30,000 employees and 28 manufacturing facilities worldwide.
At #7, IPC APEX EXPO 2015 Opens Registration: Changing technologies that are driving the electronics industry will take center stage throughout the IPC APEX EXPO 2015 technical conference and professional development sessions, February 22-26, in San Diego, California. In keeping with the event's theme, "Upgrade Your Tech-NOW-ledgy," the technical conference will feature approximately 100 technical papers detailing original research and innovations from industry experts around the world.
At #6, China Board Fab Adopts Valor Tools: PCB Manufacturing China has announced the Valor Information Highway and the Valor Warehouse Management products, two supply chain-focused tools designed to enhance Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) effectiveness and assist electronics manufacturers in reducing material costs.
At #5, EPA Toxic Substances Rules Discourage Recycling Says IPC: "As a nation, we recognize 'reduce, reuse, and recycle' as goals. But the EPA is undercutting those goals with regulations that discourage the beneficial recycling and reuse of valuable metals in manufacturing byproducts," said Dr. Brent Grazman. "We encourage Congress to directly exempt all byproducts from Section 8, including those that are sent for recycling."
At #4, Orbotech to Supply Direct Imaging System to Red Board: Orbotech Ltd. announces Chinese PCB manufacturer Red Board Ltd. has selected its latest direct imaging (DI) system, the Nuvogo 800, to increase productivity and accuracy in the production of its high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs for mobile phones.
At #3, Miraco Earns ITAR Registration: Miraco Inc. recently received an ITAR registration from the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). Registration is a primary means to providing the U.S. Government with necessary information on who is involved in certain manufacturing, exporting, and brokering activities.
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And, at the #1 spot, IPC Elects Board of Directors: The Nominating and Governance Committee of the IPC Board of Directors presented four candidates for election at the IPC Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with IPC APEX EXPO. Three candidates were elected as board officers and will serve two-year terms. One candidate was elected as a first-term director and will serve a four-year term.


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Sandersons from Taft and Donalds from Ridgecrest meet through Memorial Hospital's home-away-from home for families with hospitalized children.
For some people, the name McDonald's means hamburgers, French fries, a soft drink.
But for others the name means more, much more.
When the Autumn and Aaron Sanderson family of Taft and the Jill and David Donald family of Ridgecrest think of McDonald's, they think of the Ronald McDonald House in Bakersfield.
The house opened in June 2009 at Memorial Hospital, with Scarlett Sabin as director. Sabin has worked for non-profits since 1995 and joined the House in December 2008, before it opened.
"I had a child with a birth defect," Sabin said. "I didn't stay at a House but I know what it was like to have a child in the hospital.
"We don't want to be a motel. We want to be a home-away-from-home. Some people are there one or two days, a week or a month. In 2012 one family was there for five months.
"We serve all of the area hospitals. People at the hospitals refer families to us.
"It has been made a home because of the support of the community. It is 100 percent funded by donations, with 10 percent of that coming from the local McDonald's ownership group and the other 90 percent from the annual Walk for Kids and community support."
Lucy Anne Donald
Jill Donald is a graduate of Burroughs High School in Ridgecrest. Her husband, David, is from San Diego and has been in Ridgecrest for about four years.
Jill Donald was only 23 weeks pregnant when she went into labor due to cervical incompetent, which occurs because of weakness of the cervix, which is made to open by the growing pressure in the uterus as pregnancy progresses. If the responses are not halted, rupture of the membranes and birth of a premature baby can result, which was the case with Lucy Anne Donald.
Lucy was born on March 28, 2012 at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, and weighed only 1 pound and 1 ounce and was a mere 11 inches long.
"We had no idea if she'd survive," Jill Donald said. "Despite her size and age, and against the odds, she lived through one night, then another and another."
The Donalds were at the Ronald McDonald House at Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield for just over six weeks when they met Aaron and Autumn Sanderson.
"That's when we met Jill and David," Autumn Sanderson said. "We soon started to tell our story and listen to their story. It was so nice to talk to another family that understood how we felt.
"We loved seeing them and hearing about their daughter Lucy. Having another family to talk to really helped us. They truely are amazing people and amazing friends."
Only a handful of days after the Donalds and the Sandersons met at the House, tragedy struck.
"When Lucy was seven weeks old, she took a sudden turn for the worse," Jill Donald said. "Like a sleeping angel, she drifted off peacefully in our arms. We will always be grateful to Lucy for the light and love she brought to our lives.
"(We are grateful) to the Ronald McDonald House – and the people who make it possible – for helping us enjoy our daughter's life and allowing us to meet so many amazing people.
"What I remember mostly of our stay at the House is it became a haven for us. Life was very stressful for us.
"The people who worked there became a second family. We saw a lot of families come and go while we were there. It just seemed to click with Autumn and Aaron.
"The first night we talked and talked and couldn't seem to stop talking. They made us laugh. It was something we hadn't been able to do for a long time.
"Autumn and Aaron are very outgoing. Other families that stayed at the House were very stressed-out. Other families kept to themselves and we gave them their privacy. They (the Sandersons) are very outgoing and easy to talk to. It felt natural to talk to them.
"I had a problem pumping milk for Lucy. Autumn determined she was going to pump milk for us."
The Donalds fondly remember the staff at the House.
"They were wonderful the whole time we were there, very supportive," Jill Donald said. "Our every need was met. They took really good care of us.
"I think that since Lucy died our friendship with Scarlett and the staff at the house and Autumn and Aaron have blossomed more. It's amazing we have made such great friends.
"When Lucy died I was afraid we would never hear from them again. But they have been there the whole time."
Jill Donald is pregnant and expected to give birth about St. Patrick's Day. This time it is a full-term pregnancy. And the baby's gender will be a surprise, she said.
"We are planning on all of them (the Sandersons and the people from the House) being among the first to meet the new baby."
Talen Sanderson
The Sandersons are originally from Porterville and have lived in Taft for the last three years.
Their son, Talen, was born on May 14 at Memorial Hospital. He was jaundice due to a blood incompatibility called congenital hyperbilirubinemia, Autumn Sanderson said.
Talen was put in the neonatal intensive care unit at Memorial. He was in the hospital for the first 10 days of his life, seven of those in NICU, Autumn Sanderson said. They had to go to the NICU every three hours.
Today Talen is a happy and healthy 10-month-old, Sanderson said.
"Talen is totally perfect now," his mother said. "He's 20 pounds and 2 ounces, 29 inches long.
He's a happy, energetic boy."
But that wasn't the case when he was born.
"We spent 10 days at the Ronald McDonald House," she said. "When we were in the hospital they told us they were going to put Talen in NICU. They said we could stay at the House.
They showed us the room, the washer and dryer, the food. There's one big kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a livingroom, an office area with a computer.
"You don't feel like you are in a hotel. It is really comfortable. We cooked what we wanted. They have cupboards stocked with food or you can go shopping and bring your own food. Churches and others ... a lot of people .. donated food and cooked for us.
"There are a lot of volunteers at the House. It was helpful to have them cook for us when we were going back and forth to the hospital every few hours. I can't believe how many people are involved with the House.
"They truely are amazing people and amazing friends. We never thought that so many good things could come out of our situation, but the Ronald McDonald House will always be another family to us. We want to give back to them as much as they gave to us."
The House
In addition to Sabin, there are two other full-time staff members, two part-timers, one on-call person and many volunteers, the director said.
"There must be a paid staff member at the House at night," she said. "Somebody has to be there 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
"There were 700 people who stayed overnight at the House in 2012. If the House is full, the Marriott (hotel) will take the overflow for $29 a night, paid for with grant money."
Ronald McDonald Houses have been around for 38 years. There are 322 Houses in 41 countries worldwide, Sabin said. Seventy-five percent of all children's hospitals worldwide have a relationship with one of the Houses, she said.
"They are designed for families that live 25 miles or more away from the hospital but if there is available space those living closer can stay," Sabin said.
"It's such a special place. We try to make a difference in the lives of the families. But without the community support we could not operate.
"Families from all over Kern County have stayed at the House; families from Taft, 10 or so from Mojave, the most from Tehachapi, a half-dozen or so from Ridgecrest have stayed."
The main fund-raiser for Ronald McDonald House is the Walk for Kids, she said. All money raised at the Kern County Walk stays in Kern County, Sabin said.
The sixth annual Walk will be June 1 at CALM. To register to participate, call 661-327-4647, extension 4290.


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