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Stocking Stuffers 1
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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
O Holy Night
O Christmas Tree
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Silent Night
Away In The Manger
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Angels We Have Heard On High
Jingle Bells
Here We Come A-Wassailing
O, Little Town Of Bethlehem
Joy To The World
O Come All Ye Faithful
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
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text: Citrus peel miner continues its northward movement from the desert to California's central valley. The pest caused major problems first in 1995 in Coachella Valley grapefruit. It's now as far north as Fresno County, Calif. As its name implies, citrus peel miner mines the peel of citrus, rendering it cosmetically unacceptable for market. As many as 10 to 12 peel miners can inhabit one piece of fruit and one individual can mine up to 20 inches, said David Headrick, assistant professor of crop science at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. "This pest has got people really worried. Unlike the glassy-winged sharpshooter, which doesn't cause economic damage to the (citrus) fruit, this little guy is right there on the fruit and even just a little bit of damage is very noticeable. It gets people really upset," Headrick said. Peel miner damage becomes evident in June or July when the larvae become active on the fruit. This year Bakersfield growers are already seeing signs of peel miners on stems and twigs in the trees. The peel miner population, which generally peaks in August, usually start feeding on fruit inside the tree canopies and work their way out, Headrick said. "As the season progresses, damage becomes more evident on the outside of the trees." Growers wanting to check for damage early in the season should inspect fruit inside the trees' skirts and turn the fruit all the way around, Headrick said. Citrus peel miner was first identified in 1863 and has been a sporadic problem in Arizona and Southern California citrus for many years. However, in 1995 is when it became a very serious problem, resulting in grapefruit losses of 80 to 90 percent in some Coachella Valley groves. The pest showed up in Bakersfield three years ago and is now in Fresno County, Headrick said. It's northward trek has already caught the attention of overseas buyers. "Chile has listed peel miner as one of its major concerns. It got some last year, and this year they could put a quarantine on the fruit. We would have to be able to certify certain areas as peel miner free to avoid growers getting quarantined." Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell, associate IPM Extension specialist and research entomologist with the university of California at the Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier, said that the citrus peel miner has always been present in Kern County in small amounts, mostly in grapefruit groves near oleander plantings. But in the last year, the pest has spanned out throughout most of Tulare County, hitting all varieties of citrus, including navels and Valencias. Oleander, willow, tree tobacco, and grapefruit are some of the citrus peel miners' primary hosts. Industry experts speculate that the peel miner could have been transported to the Central Valley on an infested grapefruit shipment from the Coachella Valley. Most Central Valley orchards only had miner peel miner damage this last season, however, a few Lindsay orchards suffered 70 percent to 80 percent damage, Grafton-Cardwell said. David Haas, a PCA, who works for Helena Chemical Co. in Lindsay, Calif., said that industry-wide, the peel miner has only damaged a relatively small portion of fruit. "What has me concerned is that blocks that had 80 percent damage in 2000, in 1999 only had 1 percent to 2 percent damage." Rather than preferring certain geographical areas, the peel miner seems to gravitate to certain varieties of citrus, including the Melogold grapefruit and Fukimoto and Atwood navels, Haas said. "The pest also prefers younger trees-trees under eight-years old," Haas said. Grafton-Cardwell said the pest may prefer certain varieties, such as the Fukimoto because of their softer, smoother skins. One of the problems in trying to combat the peel miner is that it probably reproduces four to six times a year, Grafton-Cardwell said. This could force growers to spray several times to kill multiple generations of pests, she said. "That's what we're trying to avoid. We want to spray as little as possible." In Arizona researcher obtained peel miner control with Alert, Success and Lorsban. Provado and Admire also have been used there. It's difficult to predict the exact life cycle of the peel miner and that makes spraying a tricky proposition, Headrick said. While most pests pupate after a fixed number of in-stars, the peel miner has up to seven instars, and can pupate any time between the fourth and seventh molt, he explained. "This is a bizarre staggering of the generations, and one of the things that makes it difficult to control. You can't do one treatment and get all the larvae. You'd have to do at least two or more," Headrick said. If growers spray too many times for the peel miner, it could disrupt IPM techniques in the field, which are used to treat red scale and other pests, Headrick said. Another development that Headrick discovered in the past year, is that peel miners have the capability to overwinter as larvae. After pest populations peak in August, the moths continue laying eggs and larvae keeps developing on the fruit. "We presumed, based on other pests in the central valley, that the frost would knock back the population. That assumption did not hold for peel miner. They continue to develop on the fruit as well as the ones that exit the fruit rind and drop to the soil and pupate in the soil," Headrick said. Headrick and other scientists are working on using biological controls as a strategy to reduce citrus peel populations in the Central Valley. This summer, Headrick and other scientists, plan to introduce a small parasitic wasp from the Coachella Valley — Cirrospilus coachellae — into Central Valley orchards. The parasite has successfully parasitized peel miner in Coachella and there is hope that the wasp will do the same thing in the Central Valley, Headrick said. If the parasite doesn't work, Headrick may look into using pheromones as another option to combat the peel miner. Growers who are in areas with severe peel miner damage can help themselves to avoid the pest by getting rid of cull fruit in the field at the end of the season so the peel miners don't have fruit to overwinter in, Haas said. "When we removed fruit, we didn't just windrow them and shred them, we took them out of the fields and disposed of them and skirted up the trees as much as possible," Hass said. "This is a new deal for us here in the valley, and it's real frustrating. It's not like red scale where we know what the pest is and what control measures will work," Haas said.


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ROCHESTER — Police are investigating missing manhole covers, stolen throughout the city Tuesday afternoon.
According to Police Capt. Paul Toussaint, it's suspected the manhole covers were stolen to be sold for scrap metal.
He said they were taken from locations on Farmington Road, Northcoast Drive, as well as near the Lilac Mall and Hannaford on Milton Road.
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, police issued a "Be On the Look Out" request to local law enforcement agencies, asking them to keep watch for an older model white pickup truck that has a possible connection with the incident.
Toussaint said a witness on Farmington Road reported seeing three males appearing to place a manhole cover in the back of a the white pickup truck, which was then seen heading west on Farmington Road (Route 11).
A further description of the possible suspects was not given by the witness, and no license plate of the pickup truck is available.
If caught, the suspects would face a theft charge, but the level of offense, whether felony or misdemeanor, has not yet been determined. Toussaint said the classification of the charge will depend on the value of the manhole covers.
By late Tuesday afternoon, police had contacted local establishments accepting scrap metal for money, and told them to contact police if they see manhole covers.
The Public Works Department will be responsible for replacing the manhole covers, said Toussaint.
He said these covers are generally heavy, and need a prying mechanism in order to be removed. The ones removed on Tuesday were not in the roadways, said Toussaint; most were stolen from places such as parking lots.
Witness: Three men stole manhole covers in Rochester
ROCHESTER — Police are investigating missing manhole covers, stolen throughout the city Tuesday afternoon.


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>Cherry Bomb: The Prologue
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Some folks have been asking to read a sample of my novel-in-progress, so today I'm sharing the Prologue. When I entered the Prologue and first two chapters in the Faulkner-Wisdom Competition last year, it made the short list for novel excerpt, which was encouraging. I'm sure it will get tweaked some more before I query agents, but here's a taste.
Cherry Bomb: A Novel
©Susan Cushman
Mare's backpack makes a clinking sound as she ducks in and out of the pre-dawn shadows of the dusky November morning. A cold front moved across the state last night, dropping the usual balmy temperatures to the lower forties. She stops to rearrange the aerosol cans inside it and wraps them with tee shirts to prevent them from clanging together. Pulling her hoodie over her head, she looks up and down the street to be sure no one is watching. Storefronts are still dark, their owners asleep upstairs or in their homes just outside this Southern city of a quarter million people. Macon, Georgia, feels like a big place compared to the rural environs of Mare's childhood.
She hears a scuffling sound as she rounds another corner. It's just a homeless man, huddled behind a dumpster, the contents of his life stuffed into a shopping cart. His cough disturbs a sleeping cat that springs from underneath his frayed blanket, upsetting the empty bottle he clings to with dirt-stained fingers. As the bottle rolls onto the sidewalk, Mare hurries by, noticing a light coming on in a nearby window.
Taking a nervous breath, her lungs fill with the aroma of cinnamon rolls coming from a bakery. When was her last meal? Walking silently for another few blocks, she finds the target she's been looking for—Family and Children Services. The parking lot is empty. She moves quickly along the sidewalk, choosing a spot near the entrance. She uses an aerosol can to break the lights on either side of the doorway so that she can work under the protection of the quickly fading darkness. She opens the can of black spray paint and begins to shake it as she stares at the brick wall in front of her.
What a rush, hearing the metal ball bouncing around inside the can, mixing the paint. Removing the cap, she approaches the wall, takes aim, and presses the valve, releasing the fine spray mist she's learned to control with all the skill of a trained artist.
Most of her pieces the last few weeks have been simple designs or just tags. Today's message will be more complex. She's spent months working it out in her piecebook, and now she's ready to share it with the world. Well, at least with Macon. The reporter for the Macon News will take care of the rest. Ever since Mare came to town and started throwing up her graffiti, Margaret Adams has been on her own personal quest—not only to expose Mare's work, but also to expose Mare. Mare has been able to evade her grasp so far, moving from one part of town to another, sleeping here and there, and always carrying her backpack with her, leaving nothing at the crime scene except for the art itself. Adams has featured several of Mare's pieces in the News, complete with photographs. Graffiti isn't common in this part of the country in 1981, and the reporter just can't leave it alone. Who is this tagger, and where does he live? Of course she assumes it's a he.
Mare tosses her empty cans into random dumpsters after each hit, careful not to leave a trail. She can't be arrested, at least not until she gets these next two pieces done. Blue lights and sirens approach just as she's getting started. Diving behind some shrubs that line the parking lot, she holds her breath as two squad cars fly through the blinking orange lights at a nearby intersection. Wiping the sweat from her brow with her sleeve, she crawls out from behind the shrubs and quickens her pace as the sun begins to light up the wall and wake up the town.
Her signature character—a little girl with big, empty eyes and no mouth—is featured in this piece. After outlining the image with black, Mare paints the hair yellow and overlays yellow with orange for the face. Bloody drops fall from the red heart painted on the character's chest. The child's eyes gaze upward to a large shadow-like creature. The image takes shape and it's a man, hovering over the girl. The details in the image of the girl fade to a blur below her heart, as if the lower part of her body is disappearing. She's been disappearing for years, hasn't she?
She hears a car on a nearby street and looks at her watch. It's almost 7:30. Just enough time for her tag—a red cherry with yellow rays emanating from a black stem and the word, "bomb," in red bubble letters, outlined with black. She can see the wheels turning in Margaret Adams' brain as she imagines tomorrow's headline: "Cherry drops another bomb."
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Olympus SCALEVIEW Microscope Objectives Earn Microscopy Today Innovation Award
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., August 8, 2012 – Olympus SCALEVIEW microscope objectives, which allow researchers to see far deeper into tissue than was ever before possible, have earned one of the microscopy field's highest awards. The Olympus 4mm and 8mm SCALEVIEW microscope objectives were judged among the year's ten best microscopy innovations in the 2012 Microscopy Today Innovation Award competition.
The objectives, which also have received other honors this year, help facilitate breakthrough research on the functioning of the brain and other vital organs. Until recently, brain science researchers using light microscopes had to slice thin sections of tissue. Every cut damaged and potentially deformed the samples, and the tissue itself was so opaque that it scattered most light. But with the new objectives, researchers can see up to 8mm deep without slicing. This allows them to see the tangled, complex interconnectedness of the brain much more clearly. Having a better understanding the brain's functioning could ultimately help sufferers with Parkinson's, autism, Alzheimer's, traumatic injuries and more.
The new objectives work so well because they were specifically designed and engineered for use with a revolutionary clearing reagent developed by Dr. Atsushi Miyawaki and his team at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan (results published online in Nature Neuroscience: Hama et al. Aug 30, 2011). Using the objectives and reagent together, brain tissue is made nearly transparent; scientists can now see the brain's interconnectedness as never before.
The Microscopy Today Innovation Awards were established to honor innovative microscopy-related products and methods. Ten equally ranked winners are selected each year on the basis of their importance and usefulness to the microscopy community and their ability to help facilitate better, faster, or entirely new methods of analysis.
About Olympus America Inc., Scientific Equipment Group
Olympus America Scientific Equipment Group provides innovative microscope imaging solutions for researchers, doctors, clinicians and educators. Olympus microscope systems offer unsurpassed optics, superior construction and system versatility to meet the ever-changing needs of microscopists, paving the way for future advances in life science.
About Olympus
Olympus is a precision technology leader, designing and delivering innovative solutions in its core business areas: Medical and Surgical Products, Life Science Imaging Systems, Industrial Measurement and Imaging Instruments and Cameras and Audio Products. Olympus works collaboratively with its customers and affiliates worldwide to leverage R&D investment in precision technology and manufacturing processes across diverse business lines. These include:
- Gastrointestinal endoscopes, accessories, and minimally invasive surgical products;
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Olympus serves the healthcare field with integrated product solutions and financial, educational and consulting services that help customers to efficiently, reliably and more easily achieve exceptional results. Olympus develops breakthrough technologies with revolutionary product design and functionality for the consumer and professional photography markets, and also is the leader in gastrointestinal endoscopy and clinical and educational microscopes. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.


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This year the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., which for 25 years has given pleasure to some 2.5 million theatergoers, won the Tony Award for regional theater. In holding that honor the company joins two earlier winners: the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City. Shakespeare is much appreciated, read and performed in the United States.
"We keep returning to Shakespeare because we need him," said Harold Bloom. "No one else gives us so much of the world most of us take to be fact." Shakespeare, who was a great vitalist, helps us celebrate life and at the same time "let it be" as we face our little lives, which are "rounded with a sleep" ("The Tempest"). His plays engage us with their drama and rich language, their intrigue, humor and fantasy.
For 35 years I have trekked from my home in California to Ashland, Oregon, for an annual Shakespeare infusion. Summertime is Shakespeare time. I keep returning year after year because Shakespeare's universal characters (Coriolanus, Hamlet, Malvolio and Othello, for example) echo persons I have known or traits in myself; his plays help me limn their characteristics and qualities in greater depth. I agree with the critic Samuel Johnson, who attributed Shakespeare's eminence to his stunning diversity of persons. No one before or after, noted Johnson, created so many separate selves and gave them depth.
Perhaps we can best fathom life and accept its vitalities and vagaries when relaxing under a summer sky of stars or in a leafy grove listening to Shakespeare.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, currently in its 76th year, is the Grand Daddy of U.S. Shakespeare festivals. Most of the nation's 150 or so other Shakespeare festivals are 15 to 25 years old. Ashland draws some 400,000 playgoers each season to its 11 plays (four of them always Shakespeare). While it boasts a longish season (from late February to the end of October), its Elizabethan outdoor theater only gets up and running in June. A professional equity company, Ashland's productions rival anything I have ever seen on Broadway. Like several other festivals (the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder, for example), Ashland is committed to performing the entire Shakespeare canon over the years. This summer, besides "Henry V," "As You Like It" and "Romeo and Juliet," they will present "Troilus and Cressida."
Similar to Ashland in scope, age and reliance on professional equity actors are festivals in Alabama, Utah, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Alabama festival draws some 300,000 playgoers a year; Utah's 140,000, and Colorado's 40,000.
Shakespeare festivals tend to show plays for free or for a set ticket price and use one of three venues. The first venue (modeled on the New York's Public Theater tradition in Central Park) presents Shakespeare plays in a park or parklike setting. San Francisco's Shakespeare in the Park performs at Golden Gate National Park and travels to nearby Pleasanton, Cupertino and Redwood City. (You can find this kind of venue in Fort Worth, Seattle, Buffalo, Richmond, Nashville, Saint Louis, Louisville, Omaha, as well as Lake Tahoe, Nevada and Pella, Iowa.) Other outdoor settings include vineyards, waterways, valleys and green commons.
The second venue is a university campus. Santa Cruz Shakespeare, noted for its somewhat daring takes, is staged indoors at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Universities like Brown, De Sales, Tulane, William and Mary, Dominican and Xavier also host Shakespeare festivals; some offer summer camps for pre-teens and teenagers.
An amiptheater or freestanding theater is the third venue. Maryland Shakespeare uses the Annapolis Summer Garden. California Shakespeare Theatre in Orinda (north of Berkeley) performs four plays each summer in a large outdoor amphitheatre under the direction of Jonathon Moscone, who is also a playwright.
While some festivals produce only one Shakespeare play each summer, others may present three or four. Some companies (like Arizona's Southwest Shakespeare Company) mount non-Shakespeare plays, too, including classics by Chekov or Ibsen and musicals and comedies. Ashland has a long history of presenting world premieres, such as "Equivocation" by the Jesuit Bill Cain, which takes "Macbeth" as its background.
Shakespeare festivals sometimes include extensive educational outreach. Southern Oregon University, near Ashland, offers summer workshops and courses on the plays, plus "park talks" four times a week: midday, hourlong conversations with actors, directors, choreographers and set designers about the plays. Alabama's Camp Shakespeare reaches some 36,000 schoolchildren each year through special student performances and school outreach. Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre, which has run two summer camps since 1992, sponsors an annual bard-a-thon in which, over a 24-hour period for about eight days straight, volunteers read aloud every word of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. All of this is broadcast on the Internet.
Online, under "Shakespeare Festivals and Theatres," you will find links to festivals around the country. Except for West Virginia, every state has at least one. Texas, Florida, New York, Massachusetts and California have abundant choices. If you've already made plans for this summer, check out next summer's listings.
Most Shakespeare festivals, if not free, are relatively affordable theater, with $20 or $30 seats. And many festivals are staged near other attractions. Utah's festival is not far from two national parks, Zion and Bryce; Tahoe, a gorgeous lake, is the backdrop to its festival; Ashland is near Crater Lake National Park, the Rogue River for white-water rafting trips, and Oregon wine country.
This year, I intend to take in the play, "King John," in July at Marin Shakespeare; attend Ashland in late-August, and the San Francisco Shakespeare in September, allowing me to compare different productions of the same play.
Shakespeare festivals are an extraordinary feature of our nation's summer culture. As the bard himself once noted: "Shall I compare you to a summer day? Summer's lease has all too short a date." Yet, in the same sonnet, he utters what can be truly said of his own works: "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this and this gives life to me."
Pictured above right: the outdoor Elizabethean stage at the Oregan Shakespeare Festival (photo by T. Charles Erickson). Pictured above center: Daniel José Molina and Alejandra Escalante in the festival's production of "Romeo and Juliet" (photo by Jenny Graham).


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Epic Astro Story Review
If you're anything like us, then you've likely played some, if not all, of Kairosoft's 'Story' series of time-management simulation games. These insanely addictive handheld time-sinks have almost certainly been responsible for loads of gamers forgetting to do basic things like feed the cat or go to sleep.
But you may have also thought their games were getting a little stale, a little "samey." Thankfully, Kairosoft seems to have realized this as well, and with their latest game, Epic Astro Story, they've changed up the formula a bit with a fun sci-fi setting, cheeky humor, and a new battle system to make something that feels fresh and new, while still maintaining that infamous sleep depriving gameplay.
Hustle and bustle.
If you've played Kaitosoft's Venture Towns or Oh! Edo Towns then you're pretty familiar with the basic game mechanics in Epic Astro Story. You start on a little undeveloped grid that you have to develop, and you'll eventually cover the entire planet.
You have to create things like mines, factories, and fields to establish an economy. You'll need houses for your residents and vacation spots to attract alien visitors in order to establish a robust tourism industry and intergalactic relations. You select your buildings from a menu and then drag and drop them where you want them on the grid. Proper placement is important, as putting certain things next to each other can maximize your money and research capabilities.
All of this gets you money and research points that you can use to do things like develop new technologies, level up your citizens, and buy upgrades. You also explore the land around you by sending out groups of people to open up the world. Prospecting these unseen territories can net you money, artifacts, or research points, and sometimes you'll find caves to explore or aliens that will invite you to visit their home planet. Visiting alien planets is the main way to get new citizens, as you can invite them to leave their homeworld and set up shop on yours. Your planet and your citizens are constantly evolving, and it's up to you to keep track of the progress and make sure everything is running smoothly.
This means war.
The exploration part is where things get really interesting and take a turn from the usual Kairosoft tropes. When you send out a search party you first have to decide who to bring along, as certain people are more skilled at exploring than others. Then a tiny window at the bottom of the screen opens up to chart your group's progress. It's littered with question marks, and every time the party stops at one, something will happen. They'll find money or research points, get tired and slow down, find resources, or in some instances encounter hostile creatures that want to do you harm.
Battles take place in a separate window, with your party on a grid on the left hand side. You place your warriors where you want them, decide which weapons and armor they'll use, hit the 'Start Battle' button, and then hope for the best. The fights are quick and dirty, but there's actually a fair amount of strategy involved, as different characters have different skills and are better suited for various situations.
There's a ton more that we could go into, but suffice it to say that if you've liked Kairosoft's previous offerings, then you'll love Epic Astro Story. The micromanagement aspect will probably turn off some, but lovers of the genre will be in heaven. There's enough of the same type of gameplay we've come to know and appreciate from the company that'll you'll feel at home, but the exploring and battling that's involved adds an exciting new element that will make you want to spend hours upon hours figuring out the right way to do things and finding new places to exploit– er, we mean explore.


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Beginning January 1, 2013, we will be offering a new affordable option: HMO Blue New England $3,000 DeductibleSM
Introducing HMO Blue New England $3,000 Deductible
We are pleased to announce a new affordable HMO Blue New England plan that combines New England-wide coverage with the savings of our HMO Blue New England regional managed care plans. This new offering includes:
Must Be Paired with an HRA
In order to offer this plan design, the account must attest that the plan has been paired with a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) that is funded to at least $1,000 individual/$2,000 family but not to more than 50% of the deductible amount. All members under the plan must be covered under the HRA. The HRA can be funded through one of our preferred vendors or through the vendor of the account's choice. For more information about pairing this plan with an HRA, please contact your account executive.
NOTE: The HMO Blue New England $3,000 Deductible plan design, on its own, does not meet Massachusetts Minimum Creditable Coverage (MCC) but does meet MCC with the HRA account.
Available to large group (51+) insured and self-insured accounts effective January 1, 2013.


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Persistent block device naming
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This article describes how to use persistent names for your block devices. This has been made possible by the introduction of udev and has some advantages over bus-based naming. If your machine has more than one SATA, SCSI or IDE disk controller, the order in which their corresponding device nodes are added is arbitrary. This may result in device names like
/dev/sda and
/dev/sdb switching around on each boot, culminating in an unbootable system, kernel panic, or a block device disappearing. Persistent naming solves these issues.
Persistent naming methods
There are four different schemes for persistent naming: by-label, by-uuid, by-id and by-path. The following sections describes what the different persistent naming methods are and how they are used.
Here is a good command for viewing all the information:
$ lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT sda ├─sda1 ext2 7f4cef7e-7ee2-489a-b759-d52ba23b692c /boot ├─sda2 swap a807fff3-e89f-46d0-ab17-9b7ad3efa7b5 [SWAP] ├─sda3 ext4 81917291-fd1a-4ffe-b95f-61c05cfba76f / └─sda4 ext4 c4c23598-19fb-4562-892b-6fb18a09c7d3 /home sdb └─sdb1 ext4 X2 4bf265f7-da17-4575-8758-acd40885617b /mnt/X1 sdc └─sdc1 ext4 X1 4bf265f7-da17-4575-8758-acd40885617b /mnt/X2 sdd └─sdd1 ext4 Y2 8a976a06-3e56-476f-b73a-ea3cad41d915 /mnt/Y2 sde └─sde1 ext4 Z2 9d35eaae-983f-4eba-abc9-434ecd4da09c /mnt/Z2 sdf └─sdf1 ext4 Y1 e2ec37a9-0689-46a8-a07b-0609ce2b7ea2 /mnt/Y1 sdg └─sdg1 ext4 Z1 9fa239c1-720f-42e0-8aed-39cf53a743ed /mnt/Z1 sdj ├─sdj1 ext4 RAPT a9ed7ecb-96ce-40fe-92fa-e07a532ed157 └─sdj2 swap 20826c74-eb6d-46f8-84d8-69b933a4bf3f [SWAP]
Almost every filesystem type can have a label. All your partitions that have one are listed in the
/dev/disk/by-label directory. This directory is created and destroyed dynamically, depending on whether you have partitions with labels attached.
$ ls -l /dev/disk/by-label
total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 data -> ../../sdb2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 data2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 fat -> ../../sda6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 home -> ../../sda7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 root -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 swap -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 windows -> ../../sdb1
The labels of your filesystems can be changed, but note that they have to be unambiguous to prevent any possible conflicts. Following are some methods for changing labels on common filesystems:
- swap
swaplabel -L <label> /dev/XXXusing util-linux
- ext2/3/4
e2label /dev/XXX <label>using e2fsprogs
- btrfs
btrfs filesystem label /dev/XXX <label>using btrfs-progs
- reiserfs
reiserfstune -l <label> /dev/XXXusing reiserfsprogs
- jfs
jfs_tune -L <label> /dev/XXXusing jfsutils
- xfs
xfs_admin -L <label> /dev/XXXusing xfsprogs
- fat/vfat
dosfslabel /dev/XXX <label>using dosfstools
- fat/vfat
mlabel -i /dev/XXX ::<label>using mtools
- ntfs
ntfslabel /dev/XXX <label>using ntfs-3g
UUID is a mechanism to give each filesystem a unique identifier. It is designed so that collisions are unlikely. All GNU/Linux filesystems (including swap and LUKS headers of raw encrypted devices) support UUID. FAT and NTFS filesystems (fat and windows labels above) do not support UUID, but are still listed in
/dev/disk/by-uuid with a shorter UID (unique identifier):
$ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 2d781b26-0285-421a-b9d0-d4a0d3b55680 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 31f8eb0d-612b-4805-835e-0e6d8b8c5591 -> ../../sda7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 3FC2-3DDB -> ../../sda6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 5090093f-e023-4a93-b2b6-8a9568dd23dc -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 912c7844-5430-4eea-b55c-e23f8959a8ee -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 B0DC1977DC193954 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 16 10:27 bae98338-ec29-4beb-aacf-107e44599b2e -> ../../sdb2
The advantage about using the UUID method is that it is less likely that you have name collisions than with labels. The disadvantage is that UUIDs make long code lines hard to read and break formatting in many configuration files (e.g. fstab or crypttab). Also every time a partition is resized or reformatted a new UUID is generated and configs have to get adjusted (manually).
by-id and by-path
by-id creates a unique name depending on the hardware serial number,
by-path depending on the shortest physical path (according to sysfs). Both contain strings to indicate which subsystem they belong to (i.e.
-ide- for
by-path, and
-ata- for
by-id) and thus are not suitable for solving the problems mentioned in the beginning of this article. They will not be discussed any further here.
Individual device names
You can also create individual device names: Udev#Setting static device names.
Using persistent naming
There are various applications that can be configured using persistent naming. Following are some examples of how to configure them.
To enable persistent naming in
/etc/fstab replace the device kernel name in the first column with the persistent name path as follows:
/dev/disk/by-label/home_myhost ... /dev/disk/by-uuid/31f8eb0d-612b-4805-835e-0e6d8b8c5591 [...]
or directly specify the persistent name type using a prefix:
LABEL=home_myhost ... UUID=1f8eb0d-612b-4805-835e-0e6d8b8c5591 [...]
Boot managers
To use persistent names in your boot manager, the following prerequisites must be met:
- You are using a mkinitcpio initial RAM disk image
- You have udev enabled in
In the above example,
/dev/sda1 is the root partition. In the GRUB
grub.cfg file, the linux line looks like this:
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet
Depending on which naming scheme you would prefer, change it to one of the following:
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-label/root_myhost ro quiet
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=2d781b26-0285-421a-b9d0-d4a0d3b55680 ro quiet
If you are using LILO, then do not try this with the
root=... configuration option; it will not work. Use
append="root=..." or
addappend="root=..." instead. Read the LILO man page for more information on
append and
There is an alternative way to use the label embedded in the filesystem. For example if (as above) the filesystem in
/dev/sda1 is labeled
root_myhost, you would give this line to GRUB:
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=LABEL=root_myhost ro quiet


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BAKER � Volleyball�s familiar sounds echoed through Baker School�s gym Friday afternoon as 80 kindergartners through seventh-graders took part in the Baker�s volleyball camp. This is the second year for the camp that has practices on Monday and Friday and Saturday morning games.
BAKER � Volleyball�s familiar sounds echoed through Baker School�s gym Friday afternoon as 80 kindergartners through seventh-graders took part in the Baker�s volleyball camp.
This is the second year for the camp that has practices on Monday and Friday and Saturday morning games.
"We started back in April and we will go through the end of May," Baker co-head coach James Kerrell said. We started having practice after school with the kids to give them time in here. We kind of run it like a clinic at first and then we break them into teams.
�The main thing that we stress is trying to build a love for the game and get them interested in volleyball."
Along with passing along a love for volleyball, the camp concentrates on necessary skills including passing, serving and hitting. However, Kerrell said the most time was spent on teaching proper passing skills.
The number of participants in this year's camp surprised Baker's other coach, Tomikko Parks.
"We were expecting a lot of girls," she said. "We were expecting it to be bigger than it was last year ... once the word got around that they are having a lot of fun as well as learning volleyball. We expected more, but 80 was far above my expectations.
"Last year we probably ended up with about 55 or so, close to that. I was expecting about 60, or about that number, this year."
Fortunately for Kerrell and Parks, they had plenty of help from Baker's varsity and junior varsity volleyball players. Parks said about 12 or 15 players helped with the camp.
Parks said the biggest group of girls last year comprised fifth- and sixth-graders coming to the middle school, but this year the third- and fourth-grade group is big.
Many of the third- and fourth-grade girls are athletic, she said, adding she hopes they will stick with the sport.
The concept behind the camp is simple.
"Volleyball is a sport where you don't have a lot of youth leagues," Parks said. "There's not a training league for it so we wanted to make sure the kids got introduced to the sport early. In the past we would get kids that came in during the fifth or sixth grade.
"We would get some of them that came in after their fifth-grade year and they hadn't really played so we were having to teach them. The things that we are teaching them, as far as how to rotate, are the basic things about where to be on the court."
The camp is starting to produce the excitement for volleyball that Kerrell and Parks were hoping it would.
"When the bell rings at 3 p.m., they are waiting on it with bells and whistles," she said. "They are excited about it. They are excited to keep it going.
"Eighty kids is a lot, but they are excited about it and it keeps us on our toes. Some of them, all they talk about is playing volleyball. "They come in with their little knee pads on and they make their parents go out and get the stuff."
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin�s sports editor. Email him at email@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524.


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- 1994 J&H Selbach Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer, Middle Mosel (6/29/2006)
Very pale gold in color, but a nose of honeyed limes and pears, with a slight hint of petrol. Lovely balance on the medium bodied palate, with a long, lingering, slightly sweet finish. More limes, green apples, nectarines and slate on the palate. Lovely for a 'mere' negociant wine (A-). Sadly, my last one!
Lovely wine and a great match with what I'm told was a nice batch of gazpacho.


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2:30 am
Dialogue "Idaho Wildlife Summit" NULL
3:00 am
Sesame Street "Siblings" Baby Bear and Curly Bear are coloring and start to fight over the crayons. Chris and Christy ask what is going on, and Baby Bear tells them that Curly is aggravating him, and he does not want to share with her. Chris and Christy explain to Baby Bear that sometimes it is hard to share with a sibling, your brother or sister, and they should know because they are twins. D
4:00 am
Sid The Science Kid "The Big Cheese!" While surfing the Internet on the computer with his Mom, Sid finds a funny picture showing that the moon is made of green, glowing, cheese! Sid thinks this is amazing, and when he goes to school, he relays his newfound moon information to his friends, who are equally enthralled. When they tell Susie what they learned, Susie explains something very important-not everything you find on the computer is true! And someone that really understands that notion is visiting today, it's Gabriela's Mom! Dr. Rosalinda Cordova is a marine biologist so she does lots of research on the computer, but it's not the only thing she uses. She tells the kids that when she does research, she reads books at the library, makes observations, asks experts, and looks at websites with good information. D
4:30 am
Martha Speaks "Myth Me?/Td's Myth Take" Myth Me? - On a rainy, boring day, the gang does what everybody does on a rainy day: act out Greek myths! And, as always, they are really better with dogs! Vocabulary: (E) myth, legend, moral, reflection, fate (I) point, ending, setting, over, greek. TD's Myth Take - TD isn't satisfied with any Greek myth, so he decides to write his own version. With the help of Martha and Truman, he puts on a performance that exceeds everyone's expectations. D
5:00 am
Austin City Limits "Rosanne Cash/Brandi Carlile" Cash is backed up by a full band with her husband, John Leventhal, on lead guitar. Most of her songs are from her album, The List, that draws on the 100 songs her father, Johnny Cash, described as essential country songs. Carlile blows the roof off with her big voice and exciting music.G
6:00 am
Rick Steves' Europe "Rome: Baroque, After Dark" Rick climbs to the top of St. Peter's Basilica, seeks tucked-away Renaissance paintings and then explores the city after dark.G
6:30 am
Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Switzerland and the Alps" The Swiss Alps reverberate with cowbells, accordions, and laughter. We make our home base in the year-round playground of Interlaken, the "town between two lakes". We sail across glacial Lake Brienz, famous for its beautiful woodcarving. D
7:00 am
The Desert Speaks "Beyond The Asphalt Part 1" Just off the highway there are a plethora of adventures awaiting the exploratory traveler. Host David Yetman heads west of Tucson to visit some of these undiscovered places. After visiting the largest dune field in the United States, we head to Yuma for a hot air balloon ride and a walk through "the hell-hole of Arizona," the Arizona Territorial Prison. D
7:30 am
Chef John Besh's New Orleans Chilled Tomato Soup with Tapenade, Trout Amandine, and Buttermilk Panna Cotta. D
8:00 am
America's Heartland A Florida ranch helps troubled youth turn their lives around. Chef Dave Lieberman crafts some spicy dishes with eggplant and cabbage. Kansas farm wives use the internet to battle misconceptions about agriculture. D
8:30 am
Nick Stellino Cooking with Friends "Salmon Dishes" It's salmon time! Nick Stellino is joined by Chef Wade Wiestling of The Oceanaire Seafood Room in Minneapolis where they hit a home run with Sockeye Hot Chili Oil with Fresh Mango Salsa. Nick creates another hit with Salmon with Vodka and Lemon Sauce with Capers. D
9:00 am
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Shrimp in a Skillet" Host Christopher Kimball reveals how to buy the freshest shrimp on the market. Then, test cook Becky Hays shows Chris how to make Greek-Style Shrimp at home. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of feta cheese. D
9:30 am
Around The House with Matt and Shari "Bathrooms" A beautiful bathroom has certain requirements from keeping the grout clean to having enough storage for the guy and girl stuff. We begin with learning the secrets to a beautiful bath. Then, Shari makes a shower curtain. D
10:00 am
Front Row Center "O.A.R." From their roots as a high school band to selling out New York City's Madison Square Garden for the first time in 2006, the band has reached new heights of popularity, releasing seven studio albums and four live albums. Known for their impressive live shows, O.A.R. D
11:00 am
Sesame Street "Jack's Big Jump" Jack Be Nimble is getting ready for his big jump over eight candlesticks! He tries to jump over them, but instead he knocks them over and falls. Jack runs away and hides. He messed up and now is having trouble jumping. D
12:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "Have You Heard About The Herd?/Jess Hesperornis" Have You Heard About the Herd? - Tiny and Buddy are psyched to go to the Cretaceous Picnic Grounds where they meet Ernie Einiosaurus, who shows them how he lives in a large herd! Ernie introduces the Pteranodons to a herding game that makes even Mrs. Pteranodon put on her game face! Jess Hesperornis - The Pteranodons venture to the Big Pond to find out if dinosaurs can live in the water. Their quandaries are quenched when they meet Jess Hesperornis, who turns out to be not only a water dwelling dino, but a bird as well!. D
12:30 pm
Super Why! "Bedtime for Bear" Baby Joy is afraid of the dark! To show her there's nothing to fear, Super Why and his literacy friends fly into Bedtime for Bear and meet Charlie - a bear who is scared of just about everything! The super readers shed a little light on the problem (literally) while Charlie discovers a bit more about the world outside his cozy cave. Educational Objectives: To experience a familiar bedtime routine. Preschoolers will practice the alphabet, rhyme with AR words, learn what the word "fireflies" means, and use the power to read to change the story. D
1:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Flutter By Butterfly/Pretty In Pink" Flutter By Butterfly - Sally and Nick are pretending to be butterflies, but they're not very good at it. The Cat takes them to meet Bernadette the Monarch butterfly, who can teach them all about fluttering. Following Bernadette from Milky Weed Meadow to Prickly Pines forest they learn that butterfly wings are used for so much more than just fluttering! Pretty in Pink - Sally and Nick are having fun trying out different moves when the Cat arrives to show them some cool moves of his own. D
1:30 pm
Wild Kratts "Kickin' It with the Roos" When Chris and Martin meet up with a mob of Red kangaroos, they get their car keys stolen by a joey and have to figure out how to get them back from the tricky little guy. As they jump into the life of the roos to search for the missing keys, the brothers realize that animals live in different kinds of social groups and they have important behaviors that keep the group together and safe. But everybody wonders just how safe this search has become, when Chris and Martin get tangled up in a kickboxing match with the dominant male and caught in the middle of a dingo attack. D
2:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "The Foothills" The backdrop for Idaho's Statehouse and the city of Boise is also the instant getaway for people in the Treasure Valley with more than 10,000 acres set aside through a voter-approved levy and more than 135 miles of trails. Runners, walkers, mountain bikers, wildflower hunters, wildlife watchers and more make year around use of the Foothills, which merge into the Boise Ridge, topped by Bogus Basin Ski Resort.G
2:30 pm
Dialogue "Idaho Wildlife Summit" NULL
3:00 pm
The Artist Toolbox "Isabel Allende" Join host John Jacobsen in the lush Marin County home of Isabel Allende, the most widely-read writer in the Spanish language, whose eighteen books have been translated into almost as many languages as exist on the planet. Having been called 'genius' by The Los Angeles Times, she has received countless awards and honorary doctorates, including the coveted Dorothy and Lillian Gish Award, granted to writers "who have contributed to the beauty of the world." Fleeing for her life from her home in Chile after her uncle, President Salvatore Allende was thrown from power in an American-supported coup, she writes about what she describes as "marginals. D
3:30 pm
Music Voyager "Beyond Bob Marley" Ask the average person what they know about Jamaican music and the first thing they will think of is Bob Marley. While the legacy of Marley is alive and well, in this episode, Jacob Edgar visits with some of today's most popular reggae artists who are keeping roots reggae going strong. Edgar's travels to St. D
4:00 pm
PBS NewsHour NULL
5:00 pm
Land Girls "Fight The Good Fight" Connie fears that a young evacuee is in danger, while a death leaves Joyce reeling in shock. Lady Ellen shows her warm side and alarms her jealous sister. Jack tries to persuade Bea that Chicago is the safest place for her and the baby. Esther decides to raise money needed to save Martin's eyesight.G
6:00 pm
Midsomer Murders "Dark Autumn, Part 2" After the bodies of two husbands of women who had been involved with the postman are found, Barnaby and his team realize they are searching for a twisted murderer, who may have been scarred by childhood memories. Part 2 of 2G
7:00 pm
Masterpiece Mystery! "Zen: Cabal" A disgraced aristocrat jumps off a bridge. Or was he pushed? Zen gets mixed signals from his scheming bosses. The Ministry of Justice wants a ruling of suicide. A powerful and beautiful female prosecutor hints that Zen had better start looking for the murderer. Additionally, it appears the victim may have been trying to inform on a group called the Cabal.G
8:30 pm
New Tricks "Tiger, Tiger" When Harefield Zoo refurbishes the former lodgings of its zookeeper believed to have been mauled to death by a tiger a few years before, there is evidence that suggests he was killed before being found in the enclosure. The UCOS team reopens the case and learns there was another side to the quiet zookeeper.G
9:30 pm
MI-5 The finale of the series begins with Harry facing deportation to the United States. Ruth and Section D decide to break Harry out of custody. Elena reveals attack plans designed to push Britain and Russia into war. Revelations and double-crosses place the safety of a passenger plane in doubt.G
10:30 pm
Land Girls "Fight The Good Fight" Connie fears that a young evacuee is in danger, while a death leaves Joyce reeling in shock. Lady Ellen shows her warm side and alarms her jealous sister. Jack tries to persuade Bea that Chicago is the safest place for her and the baby. Esther decides to raise money needed to save Martin's eyesight.G
11:30 pm
Midsomer Murders "Dark Autumn, Part 2" After the bodies of two husbands of women who had been involved with the postman are found, Barnaby and his team realize they are searching for a twisted murderer, who may have been scarred by childhood memories. Part 2 of 2G


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Ocean Gate Residents Can Apply For A Sandy Grant
Residents of Ocean Gate working to restore their Sandy-damaged homes are about to get a little help with those massive bills.
A special grant from the Robin Hood Foundation is being made available, thanks largely to the work of Mayor Paul Kennedy, who has been trying to get the ball rolling in the days after the October superstorm.
After months of discussion, the grant in the amount of $300,000 will help pay the expenses; things like hot water heaters, furnaces, insulation, electrical wiring, sheet rock, flooring etc. Homeowners in need would have to apply with the non-profit Hometown Heroes and meet specific requirements. Mayor Kennedy says "there are still hundreds who haven't been able to return home in the borough. After watching the 12-12-12 concert, I felt I had to do something so I made some calls and sent some e-mails. That work is paying off."
Once the application is made and the homeowner qualifies , Hometown Heroes will pay the contractors directly for work performed. For some applicants it may be utility bills, for others it may clothing. There are many different areas that are applicable but the main priority is to get people back into their homes. No money will be given directly to any homeowners to prevent possible fraud. The grant funds are only available to homeowners primary home. No secondary or vacation homes qualify.
For more information, log on to njhometownheroes.org or call 732-473-9400.


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I've realized that I don't pay enough attention to the Arabic logos. That's the reason for writing this post. Here I've picked 16 nice samples. Hope you will like them.
1. Yin Yang logo by prof. John Langdon
2. Equestrian city logo (arabic zoomorphic calligraphy)
3. Quarterly Periodical of the Iranian Academy of the Arts logo
4. Kuwait Fund for Arab & Economic Development – KFAED
5. Alwan for the Arts logo
6. Arab thought forum
7. The official EMIRATES logo
8. Rasmala logo
9. Al Arabiya News Network
10. Arab fund for arts and culture
11. Cheikh Faye logo
12. Al-Akhbar is a daily Arabic newspaper published in Beirut
13. Muslim Answers (website)
14. Al-Ghad Newspaper is Jordan's (AlGhad.jo)
15. A Cicak logo
16. Explorers logo
If you want to learn more about the types, the techniques and the authors of the logos, check the references and the sources.
references :
http://www.khtt.net/ – Khatt Network for Arabic Typography
http://www.slide.com/r/XES1n7aN4z-2ErQMBg_TPFpefiChNUlf?cy=bb&view=large – a gallery of arabic logos
http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=404 – Al Arabia logotype
resouces :
29letters.wordpress.com/… /kufi-workshop-for-non-arab-participants-in-amsterdam/
Sakkal.com – Arabic Calligraphy Instruction
Sakkal.com – Muslim Calligraphers in America
Sakkal.com – Interview about modern arabic typography
Sakkal.com – The Iqra logo case
Hejleh.com/tree/names.html – writing and pronouncing of arabic names
Dartmouth.edu/… /lesson5math.html – understanding the arabic and islamic patterns
Some more Arabic logos and calligraphy. These are used as a base for a lot of logotypes, and I believe they can be compared with the word mark importance.
Incoming search terms:
- arabic logo
- arabic logos
- arabic symbols
- islamic logo
- islamic logos
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- arabic typography logo
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Los Angeles/Downtown
L.A. is a city of diverse cultures and many are showcased in or around Downtown. The area's highlights include Grand Central Market, Museum of Contemporary Art, Disney Concert Hall, The Music Center, Olvera Street, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, and the Japanese-American Museum. Downtown is also home to some of the most unique and stunning examples of American and international architecture.
Get in
Downtown LA is simultaneously the hub of the freeway network, road network, commuter rail network, subway / light rail network, and bus network in the region. It is thus accessible from multiple entry points.
By freeway
Downtown LA can be accessed directly via the Pasadena Freeway (SR-110), the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10), and the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5 and US-101). Just outside Downtown LA, these freeways connect to the Golden State Freeway (I-5), the Hollywood Freeway (US-101), the San Bernardino Freeway (I-10), the Harbor Freeway (I-110), and the Pomona Freeway (SR-60).
Drive your car to a parking lot and go by foot from then on. Downtown isn't that big. Most likely, a DASH shuttle has a stop where you want to go.
By commuter rail
If your point of origin is within the urban and suburban areas of Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, or San Diego Counties, you may be able to avail of the growing commuter rail network known as Metrolink [59] to visit Downtown LA. Six of the seven Metrolink commuter rail lines terminate at Union Station in Downtown LA's El Pueblo district. Tickets can be purchased from vending machines at each station, and fares are determined by time (peak or non-peak hour, weekday or weekend) and distance:
By subway / light rail
For those visitors coming from within Los Angeles County, local subway and light rail service may be the best option to get to Downtown LA. Four of the five subway and light rail lines in the Metro Rail [60] system terminate in Downtown LA's Union Station and 7th/Metro Center. Each boarding requires a $1.50 fare. For unlimited rides on Metro Bus and Metro Rail, purchase a $6 day pass on any Metro Bus or in any Metro Rail station.
By bus
By air
Downtown LA is not directly served by an airport, but can be accessed via public transportation from Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX) in Westchester and Bob Hope Airport in Burbank.
From LAX in Westchester
From LAX Airport [61] there are two relatively frequent public transportation options to Downtown LA: the FlyAway Bus, and Metro Rail.
From Bob Hope Airport in Burbank
Bob Hope Airport is served by two rail networks, both of which use the Burbank Airport train station - walking distance from the main terminal building.
If you must drive, park at the NE corner of Hill and 9th to check out the Fashion/Garment District. Incredible deals, great restaurants, beautiful architecture (check out the Orpheum and Eastern Columbia Buildings across from the lot). There is also Cliftons further up Broadway, The Arcade Building which, like many of the historic building downtown, is being converted into upscale lofts.
Get around
Downtown is probably the only part of L.A. that one can reasonably cover on foot.
Cultural districts
Various groups offer free or cheap walking tours of Downtown LA.
Downtown's shopping districts are sights in themselves.
Some shops stand out:
Downtown has a marvelous selection of excellent hotels that cater primarily to business travelers. That means that if you time your visit right (for example use weekends), you can get a great room at a very reasonable price.
Stay safe
The area bounded by 3rd Street, 7th Street, Alameda Street and Main Street is often referred to as "Skid Row" or "the Nickel" and has one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. The Greyhound Station is located here, but the area is unsafe for pedestrians regardless of the time of day.


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Life Membership
Life Membership Qualifications:
Individuals approved for life membership are not required to pay dues and may employ the title "life member." Life members are entitled to voting rights in the Institute and all of the benefits received as an Individual Member, including online access to Doors + Hardware magazine. They also receive a free "basic" convention registration (does not include spouse or optional events).
Requirements for Application:
Individual must be 65 years of age or older and have been a member of DHI for a minimum of 10 continuous years immediately prior to submission of application.


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MLB.com at Bat has been updated for the 2013 baseball season. The update adds multi-platform subscriptions, with users now able to access subscriptions purchased through iTunes on other devices, including "other supported smartphones and tablets".
The updated app also features several enhancements for both iPhone and iPad. The iPhone version has a redesigned pages for individual teams, an updated news section interface, and more push notification options. The iPad gains batting, pitching, and fielding statistics. Both versions have refined navigation, along with access to a library of classic games.
Grab the update in the App Store now, and be sure to tell us what you think.
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Free download Next Launcher 3D Shell 3.07 APK for android devices | Latest version- 3.07 | Next Launcher 3D Shell is a paid launcher on Google play, but here you can download it for free. This is patched license check removed version, so No Modded Google play or Lucky Patcher needed (Works without root).
Via Sebin Thomas


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Not too many people know that the tradition of the Dawn Service began in WA and by an unassuming Priest in 1923. In a small cemetery just outside Herberton, Nth QLD, is a marker beside a grave that says, 'Here … lies the grave of the late Reverend Arthur Ernest White, a Church of England clergyman and Padre, 44th Battalion, First Australian Imperial Force. On 25th April 1923, at Albany in Western Australia, the Rev White led … the first ever observance of a Dawn parade on Anzac Day.'
Eighty-eight years of Dawn services; and we continue to gather to honour, as my boss Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston recently said, '… not only the original Anzacs … but all Australians who have served and died, not only in combat but in peace-keeping, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance missions'.
As a serving member, who has been to war a couple of times now, may I express my thanks to you, on behalf of my brothers and sisters in the Australian Defence Force for taking the time to remember, not only those who have served but those who currently serve their nation on operations.
It goes without saying, 'war is not a nice thing.' Even victory is hollow. So why do we come here? It has been said that 'the Anzac legend has helped to define us as Australians'; it espouses characteristics to which we hold dearly—determination, courage, compassion, and resourcefulness, to name a few.
We do not come to glory in war, nor to celebrate and certainly not to gloat over our enemies. We simply come to remember the ordinary person and to pay tribute to those who put freedom for others before their own interests. We call it selflessness, something I am afraid is mostly missing today.
Mal Garvin in his book, 'Us Aussies' says, that you can learn a lot about a country from the people or events they celebrate in their monuments. In the USA there is a great bronzed statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting in his mighty marble temple. Down the street is a thirty foot statue of Thomas Jefferson.
In Paris, Napoleon is alive and well.
Go across the Channel to England and you'll find Westminster Abbey filled with a pantheon of British gods. Throughout London and the country are the monuments of Wellington and Nelson.
But, when we come back to Australia and look for our great monuments, what do we have? .... A dog sitting on a tucker box. Apart from that, there are very few monuments that have much meaning for us. There is one important exception though, and today millions of Australians will gather around one. It is of course the cenotaph, central to every Australian country town, and if there is a figure on the monument, it will not symbolise or represent any great politician, general, or philosopher. No, it will be a statue that represents the ordinary serving member.
Everybody who left our shores to fight has their name hammered out in stone. Those who did not return have a star beside their name.
Just ordinary people doing their job. Ordinary men and women who were prepared to make personal sacrifices for the freedom and quality of life that we enjoy today. They believed strongly in a cause—freedom—and so they gave up their ordinary lives in the peace and quiet of the bush and cities of pre-war Australia because they felt it was their duty.
Our two latest VC recipients have both echoed the sentiment of the first World War digger who said, 'It's a dirty job, some mug has to do it, so let's get into it and clear out as soon as we can'. A popular song of the World War One Digger confirms this ordinariness about them:
We are the rag-tag army, the A-N-Z-A-C,
We can't shoot, we won't salute,
What bleedin' good are we?
And when we get to Berlin,
The Kaiser he will say,
'Mein gott, what a rotten looking lot, the A-N-Z-A-C.
The trouble though with ordinariness is that it can be easily forgotten.
So how do we remember them? This A-N-Z-A-C? How can we keep the memory of their sacrifice relevant for the next hundred years?
I have a suggestion and it is illustrated by a Jewish feast. I could have talked about the Lord's Supper and how it is a remembrance of Christ's sacrifice that humankind might have true freedom, but no, I have chosen this particular feast, The Feast of Purim, because there is a unique aspect to it.
The feast of Purim celebrates the Jews deliverance from a pending holocaust in the time of Esther, it celebrates their freedom to worship God and the freedom to live in peace. It is a wonderful piece of history, which I will not go into today, suffice it to say, that out of this terrible situation came the Jews most cherished ideals, that of their integrity as a nation and their relationship with God.
The events remembered at Purim took place, roughly 2500 yrs ago, yet since that time this feast has remained a central part of Jewish life.
Why is it so?
Simply this, the legend is passed onto the children—a great feast, a party where gifts are exchanged, dress ups and role plays are acted out, the story is retold with great gusto, it is a happy and joyful time. No wonder the memory lives on as they grow older.
My plea today is that we continue to give the Anzac story to the young ones, young adults like Mark McInnes; young children at school Anzac services; and littlies like my grand-daughters, Ava and Scarlett, who are awake and here this morning.
But, we need to pass it onto them in ways they will understand, and if we do, then the ordinary person will not be forgotten.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, Rev Arthur White, a humble ordinary person; his tombstone is simply a cross with only two words, 'A Priest' written upon it. Almost forgotten, but for some friends who years later made the effort to place the marker beside his grave.
As we remember him and all others, and honour them for their courage and sacrifice, let us pray that God would also give us the desire and courage to serve Him and our country until life's end.
May you enjoy your freedom and may God bless our troops.


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An eating disorder is a mental and physical illness that is characterized by a preoccupation with food and weight. This condition is often so serious that the person with the eating disorder is able to focus on very few things other than the food they eat, how much they weigh, and how they appear to others. For example, a person with an eating disorder may eat extremely small amounts of food or none at all. They may also spend hours looking at themselves in the mirror. A person with another type of eating disorder may overeat or eat in secret.
Many people with an eating disorder also face other illnesses. These are called co-morbidities, or diseases that coexist with the eating disorder. For people with an eating disorder, these other illnesses often include depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse.
The path from a normal, healthy diet to an eating disorder is sometimes a very perplexing one. While the exact cause is unknown, certain factors may play a role in the development of an eating disorder. This could include emotional issues like low self-esteem or impulsive behavior. Traumatic events, abuse, or pressure to conform to society's definition of beauty may also trigger a shift toward unhealthy behaviors.
Eating disorders may begin slowly, with crash diets or overindulging from time to time. At some point, these habits of eating less or eating more begin to spiral out of control. The desire and drive to eat less or more is blown out of proportion. This leads to an unhealthy relationship with food and the body.
An eating disorder may first appear during a person's teenage or young adult years. However, an eating disorder can develop at any time in life. This means children and even elderly individuals may be at risk for an eating disorder.
Both men and women are both affected by eating disorders. However, this condition is more common among women and young girls. Men with an eating disorder may go undiagnosed because it's often falsely considered a female-only condition.
According to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), as many as 10 million people in the United States have an eating disorder. (NEDA, 2005)
Anorexia nervosa
People with anorexia nervosa are unusually obsessed with or fixated on eating, food, and weight control. They have an irrational fear of gaining weight. Many of these people see themselves as overweight or obese, even when confronted with evidence that they are underweight and malnourished.
It's not uncommon for people with anorexia to weigh themselves repeatedly, even multiple times in one day. They may also obsessively portion their food and eat very small quantities when they do eat.
Anorexia nervosa is the least common eating disorder. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), less than one percent of Americans will have the illness in their lifetimes. The average onset for the illness is 19 years old. However, it is the most deadly of the three main eating disorder types. (NIH, 2007)
Anorexia nervosa may cause side effects or additional health problems. These include:
- anemia
- brittle hair and nails
- constipation
- dry, yellow-tinted skin
- feeling lethargic or tired frequently
- infertility
- lack of menstruation (period) among females
- lanugo, or fine hair growth that covers the body
- low blood pressure
- lowered internal body temperature. This may cause the person to feel cold all the time.
- muscle weakness
- slowed breathing and pulse
If left untreated, anorexia nervosa may begin to cause more serious complications. These include:
- osteoporosis
- brain damage
- heart damage
- organ failure
- death. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), people with anorexia nervosa are 18 times more likely to die early compared with people of the same age who do not have an eating disorder. (NIMH, 2011)
Bulimia nervosa
People with bulimia nervosa frequently eat large amounts of food at one time, often in private. This is called binge eating. People with this disorder feel as if they have no control over their eating behaviors. To compensate, the person will then engage in excessive exercise, self-induced vomiting, or fasting. He or she may even use diuretics, laxatives, or an enema.
Unlike people with anorexia nervosa, people with bulimia nervosa may appear to be a healthy, average weight. They still fear gaining weight or being obese or overweight, and they are often very unhappy with how they look. Their goal to lose weight, look a certain way, or be a particular size becomes an obsession.
Approximately one percent of the U.S. population will have bulimia nervosa in their lifetime. The average age of onset for the illness is 20 years old. (NIH, 2007)
The physical side effects of bulimia nervosa include:
- acid reflux disorder
- chronically sore or inflamed throat
- dehydration from purging fluids and vomiting
- electrolyte imbalance. Vomiting and purging can lead to too-low or too-high levels of sodium, calcium, potassium, and other minerals. If electrolyte levels get too low, it may cause a heart attack.
- gastrointestinal problems
- intestinal irritation from laxative abuse
- swollen salivary glands
- sensitive teeth that is the result of exposure to stomach acid
- worn or decaying tooth enamel
Binge-eating disorder
People with a binge-eating disorder do not have control over how much they eat. A person with a binge-eating disorder consumes excessive amounts of food on a regular basis, often to the point of discomfort and pain. People who binge may eat when they're not hungry, and they will often continue eating long after they're full. However, unlike bulimia nervosa, people with a binge-eating disorder do not engage in behaviors of purging, fasting, or excessive exercise to get rid of the food.
People with a binge-eating disorder are often obese or overweight. For that reason, these people are often at a higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure. Many experience psychological issues as a result of their illness, too. They often deal with shame about their binge-eating behavior. This guilt has a cyclical effect that can lead to more binge eating.
Binge eating is more common than anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. In the United States, 2.8 percent of adults will have the eating disorder in their lifetime. The average age of onset is 25 years old. (NIH, 2007)
Another category of eating disorders is known as Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). EDNOS is an umbrella term for any eating disorder that is neither anorexia nor bulimia nervosa. Binge eating is a type of EDNOS.
While different types of eating disorders may manifest similar behaviors, the physical signs and symptoms will vary based on the type and severity of the eating disorder.
What Are the Signs of Anorexia Nervosa?
People with anorexia nervosa have an unhealthy obsession with food and being skinny. If left untreated, this condition can reach the point of starvation. This can cause organ failure and even death.
Behaviors associated with anorexia nervosa include:
- a distorted body image
- an intense fear of gaining weight
- a relentless pursuit of being thin, even at the cost of being healthy or at a normal weight
- extremely restricted eating behaviors
- extreme exercise patterns
- refusal to eat
- denial of hunger
- fear of eating in public
- being preoccupied with food
What Are the Signs of Bulimia Nervosa?
People with bulimia nervosa may appear to be at a normal weight. They may also be slightly overweight.
The physical signs and symptoms of bulimia nervosa include:
- leaving during meals or shortly after meals to go to the bathroom
- sores or calluses on the hands and knuckles
- sensitive teeth that is the result of exposure to stomach acid
- worn or decaying tooth enamel


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Magnificent Poster advertising the "Week of Flowers" anno 1937 in Antwerp (Belgium) -Europe. The artist signs DUV(ivier) below right.
A very striking poster (stone lithography) in genuine Art Deco style. Format 100 x 62 cm. At the time only 1500 copies printed by De Smet lithography in Antwerp/Belgium and today very rare. Linen backed by professional.


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Rick Steves' Europe "The Majesty of Madrid" Rick tours the lavish Royal Palace, enjoys art-packed museums, and looks deep into Picasso's greatest masterpiece. Experiencing the Spanish city at its fun-loving best, he is mesmerized by flamenco dancers and munches on pigs' ears.G
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Smart Travels - Pacific Rim With Rudy Maxa "Oahu and Kauai" Sunning, swimming, surfing and boating at Waikiki Beach are just the start in Honolulu. Rudy explores Hawaii's Polynesian roots at the venerable Bishop Museum, remembers WWII history at Pearl Harbor, and pays homage to King Kamehameha. From Oahu we head north to Kauai, "The Garden Island" whose sheer beauty screams "tropical paradise. D
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The Desert Speaks "Wyoming's Red Desert" Host David Yetman hops into a 50-year-old BMW motorcycle sidecar to explore Wyoming's mysterious Red Desert, one of the least known and most threatened deserts in North America. Also called the "Great American Desert," this eight-million-acre area has vast and varying landscapes including the largest active sand dune system in North America and the Great Divide Basin - the only place in the United States where the Continental Divide splits before rejoining. It is also steeped in history and fable, with ties to the Oregon Trail and the gold rush, as well as its share of ghost towns. D
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Chef John Besh's New Orleans Jalapeno Cheese Grits, Slow-Cooked Grillades, and Brendan's Bread Pudding. D
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America's Heartland A Washington farm family ties environmental well-being to their winter wheat crop. Find out how the right farm fresh foods can help you battle stress. A Michigan farm family finds success in raising sweet smelling. D
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Nick Stellino Cooking with Friends "Dishes Featuring Basil" Wondering what to do with all your basil? Chef Lawrence Chu of Chef Chu's in Los Altos joins Nick and shares his secret for Fresh Basil Beef and Chef Chu's Famous Chicken Salad. Stellino demonstrates delicious and simple pasta dishes; Pasta Aglio e Olio with Romano Cheese and Breadcrumbs and Pasta with Filetto di Pomodoro. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Pasta, Please" Test cook Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make foolproof Spaghetti and Meatballs. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews sous-vide machines in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison updates a recipe for the perfect Spring Vegetable Pasta. D
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Around The House with Matt and Shari "Family Rooms" Today it's all about putting the "family" back into the family room. We'll figure out what that means and take the steps to make that room draw the family back in to spend some time together. We begin with decluttering and updating a family room. D
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Song of the Mountains Larkins; Solid Rock 3; Whitetop Mountain Band. D
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Sesame Street "The Latinization of Marco" Gina is reading a book to Marco about the Spanish names for animals. Rosita asks what she is doing and Gina explains that since Marco was born in Guatemala where people speak Spanish, she would like him (and herself) to learn Spanish too. Rosita explains that there is so much more to learn and dashes off to get her guitar. D
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Dinosaur Train "Iggy Iguanodon/Shiny Can't Sleep" Iggy Iguanodon - The Pteranodon family continues their World Tour and meets Iggy Iguanodon, a funny chap who shows them his unique way of walking while leading our family to some white cliffs where Dad is very excited to fish and dine! Shiny Can't Sleep - Shiny gets homesick while the Pteranodon family is away from home on their World Tour. She cannot sleep, so Mr. Pteranodon takes her around the Dinosaur Train and they observe the train at night and the activities of various nocturnal creatures. D
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Super Why! "Webby In Bathland" Red is practicing her soccer moves and kicking up dirt, when Grandma tells her it's time for lunch. Red gives her hands a quick rinse and gets ready to chow down, but Grandma says her hands aren't clean. The super readers zoom into the story Webby in Bathland and help a brave little penguin save his beloved town from the evil Squirmy Germies who are fighting down and dirty! Red finds out it takes more than water to wash away germs Educational Objectives: To learn about good hygiene. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "The Lost Egg/Hold On Tight" The Lost Egg - The kids are decorating the tree house for a party. The Cat knows the world's most fantabulous decorator: Stan the bower bird! Stan teaches the kids how to decorate with almost anything--shells, leaves, and pebbles. Now they can have a party in their own fantabulously decorated tree house! Hold on Tight - Nick is trying to hang onto the monkey bars but can't. D
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Wild Kratts "Voyage of the Butterflier XT" Using Aviva's newly invented Butterflier XT, the miniaturized Kratt Brothers embark on the most incredible insect voyage in the world - the Monarch butterfly's 2,000 mile migration.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Canyonlands Calling" Cameras roam desert expanses, narrow canyons, mountains and rock formations of the southwest corner of Idaho. Participants reveal how eight years of collaborative effort among many interests can culminate in the federal Owyhee Initiative that includes many uses, including designated wilderness.G
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Dialogue "Food Safety and Biomedical Research" How safe is our nation's food system? Carolyn Bohach is a microbiologist from the University of Idaho who specializes in studying E. coli and food safety. This week on Dialogue, host Joan Cartan-Hansen talks with Bohach about her research and ways we can prevent E. coli breakouts.G
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The Desert Speaks "The People of Peru's Cloud Forest" Beginning in Cajamarca, host David Yetman, geologist Dick Yetman and South American archaeological expert Axel Nielsen head out into the colorful city streets in pursuit of authentic and very distinctive South American hats that are almost as tall as they are wide. This quest takes them past local merchant stalls and through Calle de Cuyes, or guinea pig alley, where locals can purchase skinned and fully dressed guinea pigs to eat.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Canyonlands Calling" Cameras roam desert expanses, narrow canyons, mountains and rock formations of the southwest corner of Idaho. Participants reveal how eight years of collaborative effort among many interests can culminate in the federal Owyhee Initiative that includes many uses, including designated wilderness.G
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Lark Rise to Candleford The fair comes to town. Alf and Minnie argue over the prize he won. Queenie and Twister disagree over a pig.G
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Masterpiece Classic "The 39 Steps" Based on John Buchan's 1915 thriller popularized by Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 movie, this production stars Rupert Penry-Jones ("Persuasion") as secret agent Richard Hannay, who battles German spies on the eve of World War I. Lydia Leonard ("Jericho") co-stars as suffragette Victoria Sinclair, his unlikely accomplice. Recently returned from South Africa, adventurer Hannay finds himself wanted by the British police for a murder he did not commit and by German agents for the knowledge the victim shared with him.G
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New Tricks "Only The Brave" Reece, the son of the murdered leader of a criminal motorbike gang is expected to avenge his father's death by killing the rival gang member believed to be responsible. Reece's girlfriend thinks the wrong person is targeted and urges UCOS to reopen the case.G
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MI-5 Newly recruited Beth Bailey feels the pressure when she goes underground for MI5 for the first time. She is tasked with protecting an influential oil baron. The team receives information that indicates there will be an assassination attempt but an ambush throws everything off course.G
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No one can say for certain if Boston poisoned Bay's water before he ended up in a Mets' uniform, but the once big-time slugger has experienced a falling off of monumental proportions this season. That's not to say that some hasn't been injury-induced; and any transplant from an AL lineup gets a season of doubt's benefit. But in plain English, Bay simply didn't pan out like the Mets had hoped.
Now it seems that the young ballplayer's future may be hanging in the balance altogether after a July 22 concussion that Jason's seemingly not recovering from.
Bay had left a game earlier this year due to leg problems, had taken a few off like a baby Manny for minor ailments and, after smacking into the wall at Dodger Stadium in late July, was eventually diagnosed with a "mild" concussion.
The Mets originally placed Bay on the 15-day DL due to his concussion, but now have moved that to 60 days. It's an obvious move to give Bay time to heal properly in a season that went nowhere fast, but the interesting part in this is that Bay was also said to have been suffering from physical exertion.
On its surface, Bay's odds of coming back at a full strength—and hopefully a lot more effective—next season are solid – a good 5:3. However, in light of recent scientific advancements on brain injuries and their link to long-term diseases, the odds that Bay will be "okay" in his later years are another story – maybe 20:1.
Sadly, you'll find better odds playing online slots, and that's tragic for Bay and every other player to suffer concussions and then not heal properly. It's bad news, and there's no getting around it.
Thanks to Chris Nowinski, his partners, and many volunteered brains of former athletes, the first major cause of—the ironically named in Bay's or any other MLB player's case—Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS, has been found.
In every brain submitted to Chris from an ALS patient, one factor was present – the brain displayed symptoms of concussions that did not heal properly and thus sent protein deposits into the spinal cord. After years of buildup, these young athletes contracted ALS.
The odds of suffering concussions and contracting ALS are slim on their own, about 1000:1 – better than you'd find on any online blackjack games to be sure. But concussions that don't heal properly, and those with other complications, are another story. These are the concussions that produce the proteins, and these proteins can produce ALS.
In an investigation into Lou Gehrig's personal history, HBO's Real Sports' host Bernie Goldberg found that Gehrig had suffered multiple concussions during his time on the field, some severe enough to leave him unconscious. And let's not forget that Gehrig was Cal Ripken decades before there was a Cal Ripken – he was the Iron Horse, never missing a game.
Hopefully, Bay will heal just fine and won't suffer the fate of the dreaded protein deposits from this concussion. And the Mets' kid gloves approach really bodes well for his future. But knowing what we know now about the horrible disease and its cause, it truly makes you take a harder look at athletes and question how they're "really" recovering from injuries.


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I'm no expert, but it seems to me that part of the problem is a lack of data. Where there is a dearth of information, we tend to fill-in the blank spaces with our own hopes and fears. Think of those medieval maps that showed fanciful creatures and fabulous kingdoms just past the borders of the known world.
The most recent attempt to quantify the economic impact of refugees comes from two professors at the University of Notre Dame: William N. Evans and Daniel Fitzgerald. Their paper, The Economic and Social Outcomes of Refugees in the United States, uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent five-year American Community Survey (2010-2014) to tease out the impact of refugees--as distinct from other immigrants--on the U.S. economy. The website Five Thirty Eight nicely summarizes the report's findings:
[R]esearchers pulled a sample of 18-to-45-year-olds who resettled in the U.S. over the past 25 years and examined how their employment and earnings changed over time. They found that the U.S. spends roughly $15,000 in relocation costs and $92,000 in social programs over a refugee's first 20 years in the country. However, they estimated that over the same time period, refugees pay nearly $130,000 in taxes — over $20,000 more than they receive in benefits.
The authors found that, when compared to rates among U.S.-born residents, unemployment was higher and earnings were lower among adult refugees during their first few years in the country, but these outcomes changed substantially over time. After six years in the U.S., refugees were more likely to be employed than U.S.-born residents around the same age. The longer they live longer in the U.S., the more refugees' economic outcomes improved and the less they relied on government assistance. While refugees' average wages are never as high as the average for U.S.-born residents, after about eight years in the U.S., refugees aren't significantly more likely to receive welfare or food stamps than native-born residents with similar education and language skills.
Responses to the report were predictable. The restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies questioned the study's methodology (Steven Camarota notes that the authors did not include costs associated with education, incarceration, and law enforcement and looked only at more productive, working-age refugees). The Migration Policy Institute viewed the report as evidence that resettlement agencies help refugees become self-sufficient more quickly. Both points seem worthy of further exploration, and I hope this report will help spark more discussion.
For my part, I have mixed feelings about the study. On the one hand, the whole idea of quantifying the economic impact of refugees seems like a vulgar exercise. We shouldn't be helping such people because we hope to gain a monetary benefit from them. We should help them because it is the right thing to do. Indeed, the notion that refugees should somehow be a financial boon to our economy debases the high ideals of our humanitarian immigration system.
On the other hand (and in the real world), I recognize that it is critical for us to understand the impact of refugees on our country--economically, socially, and in the national security context. The report by Professors Evans and Fitzgerald seems to be a valuable contribution to this effort. Only with more information about refugees can we create rational, fact-based policies. How many refugees and asylum seekers should we admit each year? How well do such people integrate into our community? How can we ease the transition so that migrants become self sufficient more quickly? The more information we have, the better equipped we will be to answer such questions.
To be sure, the economic aspect of refugee resettlement is only one part of the story. But it is important to better understand how refugees are integrating into our economy so we can help improve that process. It is also relevant (at least to some extent) to the debate about how many refugees we should be admitting into our country.
These days I am not feeling overly optimistic about the quality of our public conversation on refugees (or on any other topic). It is far more common to hear hyperbole, falsehoods, and ad hominem attacks in the immigration debate than it is to find sober analysis. But at least in the economic realm, I think this report is significant. It contributes to a mounting body of evidence suggesting that immigrants and refugees help our economy more than most restrictionists would have us believe. It is also a serious piece of analytic work at a time when seriousness is sorely lacking from the discussion.
Originally posted on the Asylumist: www.Asylumist.com.


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