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Mercury Threat to Babies: How the Post Got It Wrong – and Refuses to Make It Right
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Mercury Threat to Babies: How the Post Got It Wrong – and Refuses to Make It Right
On Oct. 4, The Washington Post had a scoop: According to a front-page story by Sally Squires, a new report by "top scientists from private groups and federal agencies," advised pregnant and breast-feeding women to eat at least 12 ounces of fish a week "to ensure their babies' optimal brain development."
The public health community, including Environmental Working Group (EWG), was stunned. The official guidance of the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency is clear: To protect babies against mercury, which damages the developing brain, pregnant and nursing women should eat no more than 12 ounces a week of any seafood, no more than 6 ounces of albacore tuna per week, and no shark, tuna, mackerel, or swordfish at all.
But according to the Post, the report from the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) – whose members include the American Academy of Pediatrics, the March of Dimes, the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) – urged mothers and mothers-to-be to eat as much fish as they want, even from the government's do-not-eat list. The Coalition said eating more fish was essential for moms and babies to get enough omega-3 fatty acids — although health experts agree that the solution is to eat other foods high in omega-3s that don't contain mercury.
Something was fishy. And we weren't the only ones who thought so.
The morning the Post ran its front-page story, National Public Radio's consumer health reporter, Alison Aubrey, attended the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition's press conference. A reporter asked the Coalition's spokesperson, Betty Jordan, "if there was any link between the more-fish-is-good-for-you recommendations and the National Fisheries Institute," the seafood industry's lobby. As Joe Neel reported that afternoon on NPR's News Blog:
The answer from Jordan: Yes, the HMHB did take $60,000 from NFI specifically to design a "micro" Web site to promote the new guidelines and to produce other "educational" materials. On further probing, the docs said they hadn't taken any money — though a couple said they'd taken "honorariums" for coming to coalition meetings. At deadline this afternoon, the HMHB still hadn't returned NPR's phone calls seeking more information.
Meanwhile, Aubrey's calls were turning up other problems. The American Academy of Pediatrics told her that the group had no idea it was being associated with the guidelines, with which it disagrees. Strongly. Ditto the March of Dimes, CDC and at least one agency at the NIH. By 2 p.m., we noticed that the list of members on HMHB's Web site was shrinking — the pediatricians were no longer there. (We're still watching.)
More details emerged: In addition to the $60,000 for website development, the National Fisheries' Institute had paid $14,000 to cover travel expenses, as well as honoraria, for doctors who had served on the panel that wrote the report. NPR was also first to report that the vice chairman of the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition works for Burson Marsteller, a K Street lobbying and PR firm that also represents the National Fisheries Institute and formerly represented the tuna industry.
NPR's vigilance alerted a number of other reporters, including Tom Pelton of The Baltimore Sun and Lisa Stiffler of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Pelton was clear that Squires blew it, but on his blog he observed:
This is a growing problem for reporters. The public relations industry is becoming increasingly well funded and sophisticated, as the number of professional journalists declines. Fewer reporters have less time to check things out -- meaning the world is increasingly dominated by "news" that is really just someone's ad.
The Post wasn't the only news outlet to omit the Coalition's industry ties. Reuters initially made the same mistake, but quickly issued a correction. In her blog on Oct. 5, Stiffler noted that more than 48 hours after the front-page story ran, the Post had not bothered to fix its mistake.
What's also troubling about this bait-and-switch story is that the Post hasn't seen fit to write a follow up clarifying this little funding conundrum -- at least nothing I could find.
Over the next two weeks, EWG worked to turn the story around. On Oct. 11, Executive Director Richard Wiles published a blog on Huffington Post that said:
Our organization is in the business of researching chemical threats to human health and fighting to improve protections when they are supported by the science. When we release a report, we expect and welcome thorough scrutiny from reporters and independent experts about our findings, methodology and funding. When a non-peer reviewed "study" recommends dramatically increasing pregnant women's consumption of mercury above guidelines from FDA and leading medical organizations, shouldn't the same standards apply?
There is no controversy about whether pregnant women should avoid fish high in mercury, and reporting this fabricated controversy is more than factually wrong, it is irresponsible and downright dangerous. If mothers-to-be actually followed the industry's advice there would be an epidemic of mercury-damaged children in this country.
Stories in Washington's City Paper, the watchdog website Media Matters for America and the alternative news service Alternet also set the record straight and called on the Post to acknowledge the error. But the Post was in denial mode. City Paper reported:
"The question of backing from the National Fisheries Institute is one of the first questions that I asked of National Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies," writes Squires via e-mail. That line of inquiry, writes Squires, "was one of those things that dropped out of the daily story"—primarily because the $60,000 in funding to the Healthy Mothers group was for dissemination of the information, not for its generation.
On Oct. 12, Wiles wrote to Squires, her editor and Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell. He pointed out that none of the medical associations or federal agencies cited by Squires agreed with the Coalition's report, and that "several have gone on the record quite pointedly to that effect." He asked that the Post publish a full correction.
The next day, the Post published a letter from officials from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control, "Why We're Not Backing This Seafood Suggestion:"
The recommendation by the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition that pregnant women consume more fish [front page, Oct. 4] has not been endorsed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The three agencies, all within the Department of Health and Human Services, were not participants in the formulation of this recommendation, learned about it only after it was announced, have not had the opportunity to review the data on which it was based and therefore cannot support it. These agencies have worked collaboratively with the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition on many projects. However, we are not aware at this time of any new evidence sufficient to change the current guidelines set forth by the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, that pregnant women should consume no more than 12 ounces of fish per week. We continue to support those guidelines.
On Oct. 17, the most influential food reporter in the U.S., Marian Burros of The New York Times, published a column that reported the dismay of organizations and agencies that had been falsely listed as endorsing the Coalition's findings:
- "We are appalled," said Dr. Frank Greer, chairman of the nutrition committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics. . . . "Plus it's paid for by the National Fisheries Institute, which is a real conflict of interest."
- "Until we have a solid convincing argument we are not going to change" our fish advisory, said Michele Kling, a spokeswoman for the March of Dimes.
- "We think we are pretty much aware of everything that is out there in terms of scientific studies and data," said Julie Zawisza, a spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration, "and we haven't seen any data that we believe would support a change in our current recommendations."
- The coalition's recommendation "has created an artificial controversy," said Dr. Kathryn Mahaffey, a senior scientist with the E.P.A. "I talk to a number of very well educated pregnant women and when they hear these messages they find themselves confused. It undermines what regulatory agencies have to say. You can have omega-3's without having much mercury, but you have to make really careful choices and try to follow our guidelines."
Finally, on Oct. 21, the Post finally came clean – though not with a full correction, and not without letting the seafood industry defend its involvement. In her regular Sunday column, Ombudsman Deborah Howell wrote:
NFI spokesman Mary Anne Hansan said the group did not pay for any of the research.
"New and independent scientific research about eating fish deserves a full and fair hearing, which is why the seafood industry openly supported this public discourse," she said. James McGregor, a visiting professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California and convener of the Maternal Nutrition Group, said he asked the NFI for the money because "there's only so many ways to get people together."
Science Editor Nils Bruzelius said he and Squires were aware of the institute money and "in hindsight, I wish we had included it." He said he did not realize that coalition members were not endorsing the advisory. "I had the impression they had endorsed these recommendations, which went into my thinking in offering the story for Page 1."
Squires is writing a column on the controversy for Tuesday's Health section. The confusion over who was endorsing the recommendation should have led to a prompt second story or a clarification.
When Squires' column appeared Oct. 23 – nearly three weeks after the original story – she wrote:
I've spent the last couple of weeks interviewing numerous scientists, doctors and environmental experts and reading as many scientific papers and reports about methyl mercury, omega-3s, fish and pregnancy as possible. To my surprise, I found a lot of scientific agreement that I hope will help guide your decisions about seafood. . . . Until scientists sort out all the details, many think that the message to the public ought to be eat fish, just make it the fish lowest in methyl mercury, especially when pregnant. That means choosing salmon, sardines, tilapia, anchovies, shrimp and light tuna, not albacore.
That's a lot closer to the truth. But it still fails to note the important fact that the government advisories are based on the amount of mercury actually measured in fish, and the safest way to avoid too much mercury is to eat no more than 12 ounces of any seafood. And, as for her failure to report the conflicts of interest in the Coalition's relationship with the seafood industry, Squires says only that those were "omissions I regret."
What is regrettable is the Post's weeks of inaction and refusal to do all it can to correct the serious mistakes that were made in its reporting. This was not a movie review with a few typos. This was a front-page article that sent a very clear and potentially dangerous signal to millions of pregnant women across the country that concerns over mercury exposure to babies should be ignored.


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May 6,
State Police, Motorcycle Community Join to Recognize Motorcycle Safety Month
– In recognition of
Governor Tom Corbett proclaiming May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month,
PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch today joined representatives of motorcycle
riding and training communities, as well as the Pennsylvania State Police
(PSP), to kick off the awareness month.
motorcycle fatalities and crashes dropped last year from the year before and
overall crash fatalities are at historic lows," Schoch said. "The continuing
support of the riding community, along with legislation regarding motorcycle
safety, provides important tools we can use to help ensure the safety and
survivability of riders here in Pennsylvania."
their messages of support for safety and training for experienced and novice
riders were PSP Commissioner Frank Noonan and representatives from the Alliance
of Bikers Aimed Toward Education and the Pennsylvania Motorcycle Safety Program
of the most difficult tasks of a state trooper is to inform a family member
that a loved one was suddenly and tragically killed in a fatal crash,"
Commissioner Noonan said. "Sadly, some of these crashes may have been
prevented, had the driver exercised responsible driving practices. I encourage
you to be properly licensed, know your driving capabilities, and most
importantly, ride within your limitations and do your part to be safe when
This year
marks 30 years since passage of the 1984 legislation that established the
PAMSP. Corbett has built on that legacy with two motorcycle safety laws, Act 84
of 2012 and Act 126 of 2013.
Act 84 of
2012 applies all young driver rules, with the exception of driving at night and
in inclement weather, to individuals under the age of 18 seeking a motorcycle
license. This means the individual must hold a motorcycle learner's permit for
six months and complete 65 hours of skill building on a motorcycle, including
taking and successfully completing the Basic Riders Course offered through
PAMSP in order to receive their motorcycle license. The Basic Rider Course
consists of 15 hours of training and counts toward the 65 hour skills building
Under Act
126, after securing their first motorcycle learner's permit, people may reapply
for another up to three times in a five-year period. The law is aimed at
preventing the practice of continually extending the permit without retaking
the knowledge test or ever taking the skills test and obtaining a motorcycle
Act 126
prohibits PennDOT from renewing a person's motorcycle learner's permit.
Once the person's motorcycle leaner's permit expires, the individual may retake
the knowledge test and reapply for a new one. If a permit holder is
unsuccessful in obtaining a motorcycle license after the third permit
reapplication, they must wait the entire five years from the initial issuance
of the permit to get another one.
3,500 crashes involving motorcycles occurred on Pennsylvania roadways in 2013,
500 fewer than in 2012. Those crashes resulted in 181 motorcyclist fatalities,
as opposed to 210 deaths in 2012. The number of registered motorcycles in
Pennsylvania decreased in 2013 by just over 3,800, while the number of licensed
motorcyclists increased by nearly 6,000.
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Cytoplasmic poly(A) polymerases (cytoPAPs) are crucial regulators of post-transcriptional mRNA control and evolutionary conserved across metazoans. In contrast to canonical PAP, which generally localizes to the nucleus and associates with mRNA targets via an intrinsic RRM-type fold, cytoPAPs lack a similar region of conservation and possess no predictable RNA-binding domains. While canonical PAP polyadenylates mRNA precursors, cytoPAPs are proposed to be more specific in targeting mature RNAs. Together this suggests the existence of RNA-adaptor proteins that specifically recruit cytoPAPs to their target mRNAs; however, few RNA-adaptors and target mRNAs are known to date. Moreover, whereas canonical PAP is a very active enzyme in vitro, cytoPAPs are by themself very inefficient enzymes that display increased polyadenylation activity in the presence of additional protein cofactors, suggesting that cytoPAPs themselves might be highly regulated enzymes and part of larger ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNPs) controlling mRNA fates. Importantly, germ cell development relies heavily on cytoPAP function and its absence leads to sterility. The pleiotropy of the germ cell defects suggests that cytoPAPs promote the efficient translation of mRNAs that encode cell fate establishment and maintenance factors.


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Guilty Confession of A Literacy Teacher:
None of my kids can read.
O.K. so one of them is only three, and the other two have only just recently moved to this country (from Ethiopia) and learned English. But in all honesty, I feel they should all be closer to reading than they are. My oldest daughter really wants to read and has a lot of anxiety about starting school again next month because she can't read. Problem is, she wants me to like zap her with the power to read and just be done with it like that. She is not very motivated to put the work in to actually figuring it out with me. She has actually told me numerous times that her brain is broken and she can't learn how to read.
Guilty confession number 2: I have actually considered hiring a tutor to teach my daughter to read.
I can't tell you how many people have told me how great I'm going to be at teaching my kids English, and teaching then how to read. I should be, right? I mean, heck, I'm the "Literacy Launchpad Lady" for crying out loud! But, my forte is more getting kids prepped for learning to read, and instilling motivation in them. I work with preschoolers who aren't at the actual reading stage yet. So when you put me and my daughter together, who already struggle to connect just as a mother and daughter, add the stress of learning to read (with all the anxiety surrounding it on my daughter's part), add a traumatized brain that struggles to retain info, add two brothers who have to be up in everybody's business all the time, and add the fatigue from all our summer activities... it's just tough!
Right now we're still just working on letter sounds. I think she finally has the letter names down. Progress! But yes, very slow progress.
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Radamel Falcao has admitted that he considered leaving Atletico Madrid in the summer transfer window after the club said they could struggle to hold on to their star striker without Champions League football.
The Colombia international, 26, was linked with clubs such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea over the course of the summer, but eventually stayed at Atletico as no concrete offers came in.
"I thought about the possibility of leaving when the club said that it would be difficult to continue if it did not get into the Champions League," Falcao was quoted as saying by Marca.
"The future was uncertain because of finances but the team made a big push and almost the entire squad stayed in the end.
"That's something that shows how well Atletico are being managed. I'm under contract for a few more years, my reality is Atletico and I can't think about anything else."
The striker then went on to express his delight with his success at Atletico so far, and is hungry for more silverware.
He added: "It's what I was hoping when I signed, to make my mark, be important to the club, in the squad. To celebrate good times and titles like those we've won. We have to keep doing the same and look for new objectives.
"I know that there were people who doubted me, who weren't convinced about my transfer fee. I came from Portuguese football. The mutterings were normal, the team was not in a good place and it was to be expected. I am proud to have won over the fans."
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Well, it's finally over. Months of waiting for the tournament to play out on Spike TV are finally over, and now you know what happened – I came up one fight short of making it to the finals.
Honestly, I didn't yet get a chance to re-watch the fight. I've been in Las Vegas and preparing for my fight on the finale this weekend, so I didn't get a chance to tune in. I had some people tell me they thought I won the first round, and I know Brock Lesnar was really happy as it was happening.
If you watch the fight, I know I was stopping Ramsey Nijem's takedown attempts. No one had really been able to stop his shots up to that point. He did take my down, but I did get back up, and I think Ramsey was getting tired. But he threw that overhand right, and he caught me. I just wasn't expecting that.
I talked to him after the fight, and Ramsey said that's exactly what they had been working on. He was going to fake the shot and come in with that overhand right. It caught me behind the ear and threw my equilibrium off. My legs buckled a little bit, and that's when Steve Mazzagatti jumped in. He knew I wasn't really able to defend myself.
I'm not sure how I felt about the stoppage. Maybe I'll feel fine with it when I finally watch the fight. That overhand right rocked me, and I know he hit me with a knee, too. Some people told me it maybe should have gone a little bit longer. But bottom line is I made a mistake, and that was dropping my left hand.
After the performance, Brock and the other coached said I did a good job. But man, I feel like I could have won that fight had I not been caught with that overhand right. Still, Ramsey is definitely one tough S.O.B. He's a gamer, and he comes in ready to go. My hat's off to him.
I think Ramsey was starting to get tired. He wasn't able to take me down like he had everyone else. If he didn't catch me with that overhand right, maybe I could have earned a win. Unfortunately, it is what it is. I learned from it. And as for my overall time on the show, I think I proved a lot to a lot of people. I took out Team Dos Santos' No. 1 pick, Shamar Bailey. Shamar can complain about his back all he wants, but he still lost the fight, and it was a fight he asked for.
Ramsey was absolutely the best fighters on their team, and I gave him a good fight. I don't hold my head down for anything I did on the show. I went past a lot of people's expectations, and I came very close to being in the finals. Unfortunately I came up just short.
In retrospect, I would say being on "The Ultimate Fighter" was the best of times, and it was the worst of times. It was a beautiful things, and it was an ugly thing. I really learned who I am as an individual through the experience in the house. I learned how paranoid people can get in certain situations and how people can turn against others. I saw how some fighters that are top-notch, if you take their coaches away and their support network away, they're not [expletive].
You've got 14 guys in the house, but only one can be "The Ultimate Fighter." My opinion, though, is that everyone who made it through the whole experience, I think that we all became an ultimate fighter in our own way. Not very many people can do that – locked in a house with 14 guys for six weeks. I still remember that when we wrapped the show, I was in the back doing an interview, and they were asking me if I was bummed that I just lost. I was like, 'No, man. I'm not bummed at all. I went above and beyond what most people thought that I would do on the show, and I almost made it into the finals.'
I proved a lot of people wrong, and I showed exactly what you can do if you believe in yourself and you work hard. I've got nothing to hang my head about. I proved a lot. Had I not made one simple mistake of dropping my hands, I could have won that fight. No excuses. Ramsey beat me, fair and square, and I hope that he pulls the win off in the finals because after the way Tony Ferguson acted in the house and after what he said, I feel like Ramsey would be a better role model than Tony.
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So I'm fighting Chuck O'Neil at the finale. There's not a ton of preparation to do. He knows what I'm going to do, and I know what he's going to do. It's a tough dynamic because Chuck is one of the guys from the show I kept in contact with after taping. We would send text messages back and forth with him.
When I got the call from Joe Silva to fight Chuck, I called him immediately to tell him, and he already knew. We just said, 'Hey, man, it's nothing personal. Let's just go out there an put on a show.'
Chuck and I spent a lot of time together during the six weeks of taping. I will consider him a friend both during and after the fight. It's nothing personal. But it is hard to fight a friend, especially since we both know what each other is good and bad at. The show wrapped March 1, and now the finale is June 4, so it's not like you can get that much better in three months. There's only so much each of us was able to work on, and Chuck had a tough fight with Tony, so he had to recover before he could train.
Either way, we're going to go out there and put on a show.
The future
I have three goals that I want to accomplish before I hang up the gloves. I want to fight in the UFC at least once, and I'm getting that opportunity on Saturday. People can make the argument about whether it's a UFC event or not, but there are established UFC fighters on the card, it's a Zuffa contract, and it's televised. In my opinion, it's a UFC event. So that's one goal down.
I also want to fight in Japan at least once, and I want to win a belt in a big organization. When those three goals are done, I'm good. Honestly, I think the biggest challenge out of all those is making it to the UFC, and I'm getting that opportunity this weekend. I'm happy with myself for accomplishing that, and if I beat Chuck, I can remain with the UFC. If I lose, at least I still had the chance to fight for the UFC.
Chuck is tough. His loss to Tony was pretty one-sided, but he hung in there and took some shots. He's very durable.
Thanks again to everyone who read my blog this season. Hopefully, everyone sees that if you believe in yourself, you can do a lot of amazing things. At one time, I was just a kid watching the UFC. Did I ever think I'd be fighting in the UFC? Not really. But when I started training MMA, things started to happen, and ti all started to materialize. Now I'm fighting for the UFC.
I'm going to go in there against Chuck, and I'm just going to try and have as much fun as possible. In my book, the hard work has been done. I busted my ass. I didn't take any time off after the show. I got right back in the gym and trained my butt off. If you work hard, surround yourself with positive people and believe in yourself and follow the blueprints that have been laid by people like Fedor Emelianenko, Dan Henderson and some of these other legends of the sport, anybody can do it. It's just about working hard. That's what makes the Georges St-Pierres, the Anderson Silvas.
We were chosen to be on "The Ultimate Fighter" because we'd make good TV, but we also had to fight. I remember going out to eat with Dana after we finished filming, and he said that the people that do "The Ultimate Fighter" come out of the house such better fighters. I really thought about that when I left the house, and what I realized was you're put under so much pressure in that house and such nerves and everything else, and you learn to fight through it. If you can make it through it, you become so much better – not really technically, but a mentally better fighter.
Fighting is a chess match, and the guys that win the most are some of the smartest fighters out there, and they're the best at playing the game. Now, I feel like coming out of the house has knocked me up a couple of notches. I'm excited because I feel I'm going to be able to do big things now.
I've got my team together now. I've had this experience. I know how to train better. More than anything, it's all just been surreal. I was fighting in front of Dana White. I had Brock Lesnar in my corner. I had Junior Dos Santos in the other corner. There were cameras all around. While you're doing it, it's hard to take it all in. Sitting there watching it on TV, it kind of just blows your mind away. It's like, "Geez. I really just did that."
I'll never forget being at the airport once we all got out. We all went in different directions, and I turned my phone on. I've got all these messages and Facebook and everything else, and it's like, "Did that just happen? Did I just make it through six weeks of complete hell? And now I'm supposed to just go back to normal life?"
While I was on the show, I remember telling all the guys that this was something we would all remember for the rest of our lives. It's one of these things that very few people get to experience. We were all privileged to be on the show, and I think most of us came off the show as much better people.
Thanks again for reading guys. I came up just short, but I know I couldn't have made it that far without my team at The Arena and my strength and conditioning coach, Tom Hill.
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Architecture. Archaeology. Atypical. Air conditioned. Awesome.
These are by no means the only words I associate with the dig at the Tovar House in downtown St. Augustine. That list of 5 words, however, offers the perfect peek into this project.
The Day of Archaeology fell on the last day of the Tovar House dig, which is partially why my post appeared two days later. Excavation projects are fun and enlightening, but these projects also tax the brain and the body. Like any other profession, this girl needed time to recover.
Architecture guided the initial research questions asked about the Tovar House. Maps created in the 1764 and 1788 suggest that the house existed, but offered no date for its construction. Dr. Herschel Shepard, an architectural historian, recently spent hours upon hours studying, assessing, and recording the house. His examination provided hypotheses about the house, as well as research questions. Enter the archaeologists! By digging on the exterior of the house, and by exposing the foundation, Dr. Kathy Deagan and the archaeology team aimed to determine when the house was built and to see when/if/how the Spanish and/or British modified the house.
Architecture. Archaeology. Atypical. Rarely do purely architectural questions guide archaeological investigation.
A team of three spent 15 days in the field. We dug two units, screened layers of dirt, took 22 photos, drew 12 maps, mapped 7 profiles, filled three Banker's Boxes with artifacts and architectural samples, and started to analyze these materials.
Our second unit led us into the air conditioning. This is also atypical in archaeology. Often, we endure the extreme of weather — heat, cold, rain, wind. The St. Augustine Historical Society, however, manages and maintains the Tovar House. Fortunately for the team of three, this meant that our indoor dig was also an air conditioned dig. This, along with the information we unearthed and interpreted, was awesome.
On the last day of the project, Greg and I finished our last profiles. The wall profiles reveal things about the dirt that archaeologists cannot necessarily see while digging in levels. (There's a horizonal-versus-vertical dynamic there). By flattening the unit walls, we recognized one new feature and could better envision how the Spanish and/or British built, and built onto, the Tovar House.
By day's end, we completed profile maps and other paperwork that described the soil, the way we excavated the soil, which areas of the soil are associated with which artifacts, photographs, and maps. Profiles and paperwork were capped off with a celebratory, congratulatory you-completed-this-project pizza party! An architectural historian and archaeologists — perhaps the atypical team — enjoying pizza in air conditioning. It was awesome.


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The 2012 New York International Auto Show is off to a rip-roaring start with the debut of four of the most powerful and high-performance two-door vehicles on the market.
Mercedes-Benz was the first German manufacturer to unveil the their latest incarnations of the SL, GL and GLK classes, and not surprisingly Mercedes chose to come out swinging with their most powerful, expensive and exclusive vehicle. The all-new 2013 SL65 AMG made its way onto the stage, followed by the GLK350 BlueTec and the GL450.
The SL65 has been tweaked and reworked for the 2013 model year. A new twin-blade grille stands out at the front along with two inlets finished in black. The massive 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-12 has an additional 17 horsepower compared to the previous generation, boosting the peak output to 621 bhp and 738 lb-ft of torque. The 0-60 mph sprint is covered in just 3.9 seconds with a top speed of 186 mph, impressive considering its curb weight is a considerable 4,100 lbs.
The engine's power is transferred to the wheels via the familiar seven-speed sequential gearbox found on a host of AMG models such as the E63, CLS63 and S63. Four driving modes; Controlled Efficency (C), Sport (S), Sport+ (S+) and Manual (M) enable the driver to choose the aggressiveness and shift times of the transmission, from the eco-friendly C mode to the track-inspired Sport + or Manual modes.
Directly next to the Mercedes booth was fellow rival BMW. Not to be outdone, BMW delivered a number of new and pulse-pounding automobiles, consisting of three cars and one SUV.
Headlining Bavaria's best was the all-new BMW M6 coupe and M6 convertible. Just as the SL65 AMG is one of Mercedes' top-of-the-line vehicles, so can be said for the M6. Much like its four-door sibling the M5, the M6 is powered by a 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V-8. It might not match the SL65 in sheer power or torque, but the M6's figures are nothing to scoff at. With 560 bhp, eight more than in the M5, BMW's premiere two-door coupe is the most powerful six-series ever produced. As with the SL65, the V-8 in the M6 is mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
Rounding out the German performance-laden first day is the Audi RS5, which will be making its way to states for the first time later this year. The RS5 will compete directly with the BMW M3, Mercedes C63 AMG coupe and the Cadillac CTS-V coupe. Unlike the SL65 AMG and M6 which feature forced injection, the RS5 flies down the road courtesy of a 4.2-liter naturally-aspirated V-8 engine producing a maximum of 450 horsepower. The RS5 also varies from its fellow Audi S-line vehicles due to the fact that the S6, S7 and S8 are all powered by twin-turbo V-8's. As with the Mercedes and BMW performance coupe and roadster the RS5 has a sequential automatic transmission.
If you want to get your hands on any of the fast two-doors debuted you better be quick and act fast! The SL65 AMG is a special order only vehicle and comes at a heafy pricetag. No official pricing has been announced, but buyer should expect to dish out in the neighborhood of $200,000. Like the TT-RS and R8 GT the RS5 will have a limited production run with under 1,000 units produced.
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"When you recognize white police as terrorists, you must conclude that those who give them authority are terrorists.
"When you reach that conclusion you understand that those who voted to put them in positions of power are terrorists.
"When you reach that conclusion, you must face the reality that all white people are terrorists and, ultimately, have one agenda: to continue to dominate and rule the world by oppression."
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All I did today was watch the news, reload Twitter and FB, and give updates to relatives here and abroad. I was checking some files on life insurance comparison (kind of timely for insurance quotes, right?) while I did that. I was not able to do anything that has to do with work because I thought I deserved a break from the angst that I felt yesterday. I was working until 4am this morning trying to take it all in.
Anyway, my family and relatives are safe.
Ane got home before 8am and he is fine.
My Mom is recovering from the flu and is much better today.
My Dad had no sleep for 24hours trying to save lives. However, I heard that our house and property got submerged in water even if our place is built on the higher ground. Yes it was that bad. Our stuff were soaked but I am just thankful that no lives were compromised. Those are just things anyway.
My in-laws are safe and flood water didn't even get into the garage. They had to help the neighbors though because the children were getting hungry and the electricity wasn't back yet early tonight.
I need to rest my brain and body now. Will write more about us when I have the energy.
God bless the Philippines!!


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Failure and Success: Faith Dares to Fail
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from God.—1 Corinthians 4:5
God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed to be happy. The man who is elated by success and cast down by failure is still a carnal man. At best his fruit will have a worm in it.
God will allow His servant to succeed when he has learned that success does not make him dearer to God nor more valuable in the total scheme of things. We cannot buy God's favor with crowds or converts or new missionaries sent out or Bibles distributed. All these things can be accomplished without the help of the Holy Spirit. A good personality and a shrewd knowledge of human nature is all that any man needs to be a success in religious circles today….
We can afford to follow Him to failure. Faith dares to fail. The resurrection and the judgment will demonstrate before all worlds who won and who lost. We can wait. Born After Midnight, 59.
"Father, keep me faithful today. I don't need to succeed in the world's eyes; I'll wait. Amen."
Reprinted from Tozer on Christian Leadership by A.W. Tozer, copyright © 2001 by Zur Ltd. Used by permission of WingSpread Publishers, a division of Zur Ltd.
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Applicants must have a License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of New York and have graduated from an accredited school of nursing. In addition, Nurse II applicants must have either one year of full-time oncology experience; one year of full time critical care experience; or three years of medical surgical experience in an acute care setting. The preferred candidate will have a BSN, BLS, CNOR Certification, operating room experience, critical care experience, excellent written and verbal communication and a stable work history.
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'Chemical weapons were used on Homs': Syria's military police defector tells of nerve gas attack
Now that its confirmed by a high ranking Syrian officer I wonder what the world reaction will be after Assad has gone over that 'red line'.
The head of Syria's military police defected to the opposition, accusing the Assad regime of systematic 'murder' and claiming that reports of chemical weapons being used against rebels in the restive city of Homs were true.
Maj-Gen Abdul-Aziz Jassim al-Shallal became one of the highest ranking Syrian military officers to throw their support behind the rebels, accusing forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of turning their weapons on innocent civilians in the now 22-month-long civil war.
'I declare my defection from the army because of its deviation from its fundamental mission to protect the nation and [its] transformation into gangs of murder and destruction,' he said in a video message posted online, reportedly from the Turkish border.
He accused the military of 'destroying cities and villages and committing massacres against our innocent people who came out to demand freedom.' General Shallal suggested in his message that he had been working with the opposition for some time before he formally defected to the rebel cause.
He becomes the latest in a string of leading military advisers to abandon the government and join the disparate rebels. But it is his claim that chemical weapons were used in Homs during a deadly attack on Christmas Eve that is likely to be of greater interest to the Syrian opposition and their foreign backers.
Reports from Homs had suggested that a type of nerve agent was used by the Syrian forces in the attack, a point that General Shallal appeared to verify yesterday. Al Jazeera reported at the time that at least seven people had died after inhaling a poisonous gas 'sprayed by government forces in a rebel-held Homs neighbourhood'.
'We don't know what this gas is but medics are saying it's something similar to sarin gas,' Raji Rahmet Rabbou, an activist in Homs, told Al Jazeera.
It is not clear that the substance used in Homs was banned by international law, even the though the General yesterday specifically referred to a 'chemical weapons' attack. Nonetheless, the use of non-conventional weapons is considered a 'red line' by some in the international community who have been reluctant to intervene directly.


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So I just received the above meme in a direct message from a very good friend of mine, a stay-at-home mum of two.
This friend sent me flowers when I had IVF and she's one of only three people I discussed my situation with at the time.
We're in touch every single day and I love that. I always answer back straight away. But I honestly didn't know what to write in response to this. It felt odd and irrelevant.
I get the meme, of course I do; kids can be tedious. I don't want to sound like a humourless bastard. But it's so far removed from my own experience that I felt genuinely awkward trying to fashion a response, and some weird feelings arose. The mention of Mother's Day felt a bit distasteful (mine died young, and I'm not one, obviously). And is it Mother's Day? Er, no. I just felt bemused.
I responded with something innocuous like 'Ha yeah annoying.'
But I thought afterwards, why reply at all? I'd never send an irritating husband meme to my friend who's been single for two decades, or an office-life-is-shit meme to the one who was sacked at 45. It wouldn't feel right, however 'ok' I think they are.
I really value this old friend, and I understand that she's just trying to communicate her own experience to me. However, that's definitely one to save for the other mums. Know your audience.


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Exquisite in its elegance, this trendy yet classic Swarovski pendant is a must-have. The shine of the rhodium-plated outer ring offsets the glitter of the inner circle that sports clear crystals set in the classic pavé style. This jewelry piece comes on a chain and is ideal for everyday wear.
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My mother concocted this recipe from one of her favorite cookbooks from the Candle Cafe. I was in shock when she told me there was tofu in the recipe! And I know what you're thinking, tofu????? Yes, there is tofu and the recipe is great, so just try it for a healthy change. Summer is coming!!!!!!
This recipe is also great because its dairy free.
1 pound vanilla silken tofu
1 1/4 cup rice milk
3 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
6-8 slices of spelt bread (or bread of your choice)
In a blender, combine the tofu , rice milk, cinnamon, and vanilla, and blend until smooth.
The consistency should be fairly liquid
Pour the mixture into shallow bowl.
Add bread slices and immerse both sides of the bread in the batter until soaked through.
You can add more rice milk if necessary.
optional: either bake whole platter in the oven on 350 for 40 minutes uncovered, or you can cook each slice in a large skillet over medium heat using coconut butter or safflower oil.
The toast should feel slightly crispy before removing from the skillet.
Serve with fresh fruit and confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve Organic 100 % Pure Maple Syrup on the side


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One of my favorite mini-series so far has been Robyn Hood by Zenescope. After getting hooked on the character in issue two, I was seriously disappointed that her run would end after only five issues.
I couldn't be more thrilled that Zenescope gave me the first chance to break the news that Robyn Hood: Wanted will be released in May! The series will pick up right after the ending of the mini-series and shows Robyn back in the modern world. In her pursuit of justice, Robyn shows her enemies she means business while giving her friends loyalty she hasn't shown before.
The best part of the mini-series for me was Robyn's attitude. I'm interested to see how she grows and where this new series will take her. I'd love to see her go back to Myst and maybe even fall in love with a guy that would treat her right.
In addition to being able to give you this exclusive news, I also had another chance to talk to writer Pat Shand about the new series. Here's what he had to say:
GeekMom: How long after the mini-series does Robyn Hood: Wanted take place?
Pat Shand: I'd say it's at least a few months. I'm nervous about giving an actual number here, because Robyn Hood vs. Red Riding Hood and Realm Knights both happen between the first and second Robyn Hood series, so I don't want to say a specific time here and then contradict it later. It's definitely more than two months though, and less than a year.
GM: Will Robyn learn more about who she really is and if so how do you think that might affect her?
PS: Oh, for sure. That's very much what the series is about at it's core. After everything Robyn has been through and all she's done, she's finally starting to wonder about her origin. She's surmised that she has a history in Myst, the fairy tale realm to which she was transported in the first volume, but readers of the first series know that her origin is darker than even she knows.
The very first issue of the series shows Robyn as a baby, taken away from parents who were involved in the dark arts. We're taking her back to all of that – it's one of the biggest things I wanted to tackle in this series.
GM: Where would you like to see this series take Robyn emotionally and physically?
PS: In the first series, the villains were very weak individuals. Both King John (the tyrant of Bree) and Cal (the rich kid who assaulted Robyn on Earth) were men that used their power over stronger people to their advantage. They were very much the puppet masters, and Robyn saw it as her job to cut their strings.
This time, Robyn has a whole new class of villains – as you saw in the final page of Robyn Hood #5, Guy of Gisbourne, the only character in the first series that was able to physically defeat Robyn, is back and he's cooking up a horrible plan. We have a collective of villains here that will challenge Robyn in new ways and will certainly play up some of the magic and more fantastical elements that we tinkered with in the first volume.
Emotionally… Robyn is in for a ride. We spoke about her journey of self-discovery, but a lot of Wanted will focus on Robyn trying to pick up the pieces of her life and build something new.
GM: What's the most exciting part about writing Robyn Hood's new series?
PS: It feels like coming home. Robyn is my favorite character, and I'm really grateful that the reaction has been strong enough that I can continue Robyn's story. There is a lot of me in all of these characters – in Robyn, Will Scarlet, Tuck, and maybe even Guy of Gisbourne. The characters are writing themselves at this point – I'm two scripts into the series, and I'm really trying to Empire Strikes Back this thing. The stakes are higher, the emotions are higher, the characters are revealing things about themselves that change the game…it's a whole new playing field.
I will also add, while it obviously helps to have read the first series, Wanted is new reader friendly. We have this beautiful cover by Artgerm that I know will catch the interest of new readers, so I'm going to be sure that no one is left confused. I think fresh starts and new beginnings are sorely lacking in #1 issues in comics, and I really want to embrace the new fans. I've been getting so many tweets saying that Robyn Hood #1 was some folks' first Zenescope book, and some even their first comic, period! That's amazing, and I hope the same will be true of Wanted.
Check out Robyn Hood: Wanted on comic book shelves starting in May! If you'd like to check out the original mini-series, look for it in trade-paper back form at your local comic book store.


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Majboori Ka Naam Mahatma Gandhi: Why?
"Kyon bhai sahab, aaj car ki jagah bus se travel?" "Kya karein, Mazboori ka naam Mahatma Gandhi."
We use this phrase all the time. Don't we? If I ask you, "What does Majboori have to do with Mahatma Gandhi?" Most of you would be stumped. Come to think of it, don't you feel odd that we have coined our Father of the Nation, Mazboori.
In English, Mazboori means obligations, compulsions, and constraints emerging out of sheer helplessness. I asked many people in my office about the origin of the phrase. Noone came close. They were amazed when pointed out that indeed we are calling out father of our nation, helpless.
This brings me to the question, Why? In absence of any concrete definition, there are several explanations floating around. Let's take them one by one:
Partition Blame
|Gandhi looked helplessly and let the nation get divided. His Mazboori was the worst kept secret. All the decisions he took were under pressure and portrayed sheer helplessness.
Last Resort
|This is one explanation that paints Gandhi in good light. When all options are over, try Gandhi. When all else failed, he practiced hunger strike, which shook the foundations of an empire. When one is out of money, there is no option but to eat less expensive food and live frugally.
|Gandhi overcame all the Mazboori's (difficulties) in his life and led India to independence. Thus whenever there is Mazboori, remember Gandhi, you will find the solution.
Non Violence
|Non Violence is taken to be sign of weakness and helplessness. Gandhi preached and followed non violence, hence the phrase.
|Indian currency started having imprint of Mahatma Gandhi. To a poor India, Majboori emanates from money (or lack of it). Thus Mazboori ka naam Paisa aka Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi was Majboori
|To rely on Gandhi was Majboori of all Indians who wanted independence. As there was no one else who could have fought with Britishers and deliver Azaadi.
Self Destruction
|With the world in shambles and on the verge of self destruction, we have no options but to follow steps of Gandhi to save the world. That's what Anna Hazaare has shown.
Expect the Unexpected
|When cornered, people tend to behave unexpectedly. When Gandhi was helpless, with no independence in sight, he turned to innovation. His turned prevalent hunger into a potential Anshan. We all find ways to struggle when turned into a corner. "Necessity is the mother of invention".
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|Since we were kids, we have been asked to name, Father of Our Nation so many times, that it has become our Mazboori to memorize it.


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BROOKLYN-BOUND: "Girls" actor Christopher Abbott has a side gig in Free People's first online miniseries. In "Roshambo," he is a touring band member who unexpectedly reunites with Sheila Márquez (a model in real life) for one adventuresome afternoon. Free People fans can check out the short via Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter. Instead of focusing on the product, as has been the case with previous shorts, this one has a plot and story line. Free People's director of marketing and e-commerce Jed Paulson said, "We're really a social company so we're really excited about how this will be shared."
Roshamba fans will be able to find all the clothing and accessories in Free People's 77 stores. About 10 more store openings are planned for 2013, Paulson said.


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Equity futures are higher this morning as the dollar sinks further, bonds fall, oil and gold are down slightly while the rotation of hot money moves back into food commodities.
Under the current set of conditions, it's requiring a falling dollar in order to keep equities elevated. This morning, European Central Bank President, Trichet, said that he is considering raising interest rates as early as next month to help quell the pressure on oil and other commodities. But let me ask him this… what happens when money pours out of the bubbled up bond market, where will that money go to find returns?
So, the corner the central debt masters have painted themselves into is one that is impossible to escape. Many have tried throughout history, but it is always proven that in the end all debts are repaid, with interest, in one way or the other. Currently we're using inflation which means that instead of higher taxes making payments on loans, you are paying for the interest every time you fill up your car, eat, heat your home, or buy clothes. Creating inflation as they are is just another "rob Peter to pay Paul" scam.
And the economic disinformation is just thick. Palpable.
Productivity and Costs were released this morning and they make it clear that the data is manipulated and warped. For Q4 2010, it was reported that Productivity increased a whopping 2.6% quarter to quarter (10.4% annualized), and yet Unit Labor Costs fell .6%! Here's the lie in the data… Productivity comes from dollar measured GDP. When a banker makes a loan it is counted as productivity. Huge increases in productivity are simply not true, and I note that productivity was falling while deflation was occurring. Here's Econoday:
Despite downward revisions to fourth quarter GDP, productivity was unrevised for the same period. Nonfarm business productivity rose an annualized 2.6 percent, matching market expectations. The third quarter boost of 2.4 percent was nudged down to 2.3 percent. Unit labor costs also were unrevised at an annualized 0.6 percent dip, coming in marginally lower than analysts' estimate of a 0.3 percent slip. Third quarter costs were revised up slightly to a gain of 0.1 percent from the previous estimate of an annualized decrease of 0.1 percent.
While quarterly annualized figures have improved recently, year-ago productivity numbers continued to be weighed down by weakness in output in mid-2010. Year-on-year, productivity was up 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter-down from 2.9 percent in the third quarter. Year-ago unit labor costs worsened slightly with an annualized minus 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter from minus 1.0 percent in the previous quarter.
Overall, the productivity and cost numbers have been favorable toward corporate profits as companies have squeezed more out of workers not laid off during the recent downturn. However, many economists doubt this pattern can continue and firms soon will have to boost hiring to maintain output and revenue gains.
Today's release had no market impact but an unexpected drop in initial jobless claims lifted both equity futures and Treasury yields. The drop in claims is boosting expectations for a nice gain in payroll employment in Friday's employment situation report.
Yes, there has been some productivity improvement as technology takes over and as jobs are slashed, but that "improvement" is not on the order reflected by the huge gains reported. Corporate profits are up not just due to squeezing workers, they are up mainly due to accounting fraud and severe money pumping that feeds those at the top of the chain while starving those on the bottom. Literally:
There are your productive workers right there. Remember when the first of the month meant workers getting a paycheck? Not anymore, the rush is now on to spend the first of the month food stamps. And did you see the graph showing the growth in food stamps? That's some economic recovery there, oh yeah employment must be skyrocketing with the number of people on food stamps growing exponentially.
But that's exactly what you're being shoveled, that employment is getting better. But in fact, there are now 1.5 million LESS workers this year than last. Are you being told that, or are the statistics being massaged in order to convince you it's okay to spend? What exactly are you hearing from the mainstream media?
Expectations regarding this Friday's Employment Situation Report are being raised. This morning the Monster Employment Report (a joke) came in at 129, up from 122. Does that impress you? Do you know that Monster simply looks at online job boards and such to come up with an index number? Hmmm… gee, I wonder if more people are looking for jobs/ workers online than they used to? In fact, I could build an argument that a stronger Monster report actually means the economy is worse, as employers move away from traditional, more expensive, job search activity to online. Just another reason not to make decisions based on data from companies or organizations who profit from the dissemination of data in their own industry.
Weekly Jobless Claims fell from 391,000 the week prior to 368,000 this past week. This data is trending down, but again it has been YEARS, not weeks with data well above the 350k mark that is considered demarcation between real job growth or not. Here's the cheerleading:
In clear data pointing strongly to month-to-month acceleration for payroll gains, initial jobless fell a substantial 20,000 in the February 26 week on top of a 25,000 decline in the prior week. The number of claims, at 368,000, is the third sub 400,000 reading in the last four weeks (note the February 19 week was revised 3,000 lower to 388,000). The four-week average, down 12,750 to 388,500, is the first sub 400,000 reading of the recovery. Importantly, the Labor Department reports no special factors clouding the data.
Continuing claims are likewise moving lower, down 59,000 in data for the February 19 week to 3.774 million which is also a recovery low. The four-week average is down 40,000 to 3.864 million with the unemployment rate for insured workers slipping one tenth to 3.0 percent.
Money is moving out of the Treasury market in immediate reaction to this report which will shift expectations toward the high end for tomorrow's employment report.
So again, if employment is getting better, why is the number of people on food stamps skyrocketing? And if employment is getting better, why does the "Fed" need to pump billions into the markets every single day? And if employment is getting better, when do they stop the pumping and start raising interest rates to a normal range? And what happens if they do?
Guess what? It's not going to happen, because the math is impossible. If it does, then interest expense across the board is going to increase and lay bare the lie, as skyrocketing commodity prices are already doing.
Meanwhile the banks in China are openly proclaiming their intent to make it easy for other countries to enact financial transactions denominated in Yuan rather than in the Dollar. And I note that the dollar is sinking below what was a major support area, despite "good" economic data. Why would the dollar weaken on "good" data?
No, the better the supposed data gets, the bigger the lie becomes. At some point the world will be asking why do they continue to pump money and hold interest rates at zero with Brent at $115 barrel, people starving, and the world in revolution?
Again, stop measuring data in devalued dollars, and you will see a completely different picture. The media bit that the "Fed" has been successful will end soon, but it will likely end with "other events" masking their true failures. Solutions to the impossible math DO exist! But they do not exist as long as we are unwilling to change out WHO controls the production of the PEOPLE'S money.


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Maintaining approach key to Dunn's revival
CHICAGO -- Adam Dunn has become a first-person authority on the sub-.200 batting average, and of course not by his own volition.
Dunn hit .148 in April and .165 in May this season, yet from the start of Spring Training, he spoke of how good he felt at the plate. The challenge for Dunn was not to start drastically changing his approach or make changes just to make changes, and holding steady has paid dividends.
Over his last 49 games entering Tuesday night, Dunn was hitting .306 with 13 homers and 36 RBIs. He had a .415 on-base percentage and a .571 slugging percentage since June 8 and had reached base safely seven times in his last two games.
"People always say, 'This game, it's 90 percent mental,'" Dunn said. "It's probably not that much, but it's a lot. That's the part of it. You struggle for so long, and the next thing you know, something has to be wrong.
"Well, not really. Mechanically, things don't have to be wrong. I can probably speak about that better than a lot of people because I've struggled for months at a time and felt good. So try to stay with it. It's just tough. It's a tough situation."
This resurgence has caused media speculation that Dunn -- who is owed $15 million in 2014, the final year of his four-year deal -- could be moved to a contender in August, during the waiver trade period. Dunn told MLB.com a few weeks ago that he wants to win in Chicago, but doesn't worry about things he can't control.


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noBody | 2011/2012
Hlín Diego Hjálmarsdóttir
Hlín Diego Hjálmarsdóttir, dancer. Hlín Diego Hjálmarsdóttir, Iceland, got her education at The Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm. After graduation she worked with the Iceland Dance Company as well as in Austria and Germany. Hlín joined The Cullberg Ballet in 2004 and worked with choreographers such as Mats Ek, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Alexander Ekman and Cristal Pite. She joined The Göteborg Ballet 2008 and we've seen her in pieces by Wim Vandekeybus, Rui Horta, Stijn Celis and others.


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Monday, December 31, 2012
Swedish Spoon Maker Video (1923)
YouTube link to video is here.
17 comments:
- Maud Squad said...
Awesome! I love how he uses his chest, knee and leg for leverage. I have axe (and axe skill) envy.
- December 31, 2012 at 3:22 PM
- Badger Woodworks said...
He just typifies "economy of motion".
No wasted moves at all.
- December 31, 2012 at 3:32 PM
You can tell how sharp his tools are. But the most amazing thing to me is his vision. Every cut is is right on.
- December 31, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- Doug said...
Way cool! Thanks!
- December 31, 2012 at 4:04 PM
Wow! Wish I could do half that. No matter how sharp, my oak just don't work like that.
- December 31, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- Adam Weigand said...
I like his tool and work holding technique too. He always looks in control.
- December 31, 2012 at 9:24 PM
- Kari Hultman said...
It's mesmerizing to watch him.
- January 1, 2013 at 8:33 AM
- EestiBear said...
WOW! Fun to watch, and instructive. Thanks for posting Kari!
- January 1, 2013 at 10:10 AM
Can anyone comment on his clothing? Is he wearing a tiny leather apron?
- January 9, 2013 at 11:48 PM
- Kari Hultman said...
It just looks like pants and a vest to me, but maybe other people see something else?
- January 10, 2013 at 5:31 AM
- Jim Dillon said...
There's a longer version of this on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGDkliy1DEU
With 2 other sequences: a clog maker and a chair shop. And the map they show suggests that the chair shop was within a few miles of Alingsas, and so in the same neck of the woods my great-grandmother came from. Thanks!
- January 10, 2013 at 11:44 AM
- Kari Hultman said...
Thank you, Jim. I have that one in my links list, but sometimes the link doesn't work, so I'll add your youtube link as well. That's very cool that you have relatives from that area! Your family may have come over about the same time as mine: 1880s.
- January 11, 2013 at 6:55 AM
- Jim Dillon said...
Mine came in the early 1890's, some of the early ones to enter through Ellis Island, so I was able to look them up when they put the Ellis Island records online. I was also able to see the record of my great-great-grandmother returning to Sweden in 1923 to visit her father before he died, about the time this film was made.
Oddly enough, in the rural town where I grew up, there is a Hultman Lake, and a Hultman family lives there. I don't know them, but my mom does, and apparently they're still in touch with cousins in Sweden and visit fairly regularly!
- January 11, 2013 at 10:24 AM
- Kari Hultman said...
You must be a Yuper, eh? My family is from Michigan in the upper Penninsula. Apparently "Hultman" is to Sweden as "Smith" is to the U.S. (very common). Still, I had never heard of Hultman Lake. Looking it up now....
- January 11, 2013 at 10:43 AM
- DaJ said...
It's a great movie and it is filmed close to me as well (the "town" of Bollebygd is about 20 km from me)
Hultman isn't actually that common, there is 3101 people registered in sweden with the last name Hultman at the moment
- January 12, 2013 at 4:53 AM
- Jim Dillon said...
Northern Wisconsin, actually. But only 2 counties away from Lake Superior, so pretty darn close. If you can't find Hultman Lake on Google Maps or Mapquest, search for Hultman Lake Road in Ogema, WI.
- January 12, 2013 at 1:14 PM
- Kari Hultman said...
DaJ, I forget who told me that my last name was common in Sweden, but thank you for letting me know the actual count. Does "hult" mean small grove of trees?
Jim, I found it right away when I googled it. I have family in Green Bay and Escanaba and will let them know about it. I'm sure they've never heard of it. Thank you!
- January 13, 2013 at 8:36 AM


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This is the legislative session that we need activity. It's becoming a tale of two states when you consider co-op and condo legislation. The state Legislature has not passed a single co-op bill in over a decade despite the fact that there are over 370,000 co-op units, housing over one million residents, in New York City alone.
A.00034/S.03152 would create the Office of the Cooperative and Condominium Ombudsman within the New York State Attorney General's Office. This office would have the power to provide mediation and other types of dispute resolution services, offer vote counting assistance to insure fair elections of board members and advise the Legislature and Governor on legislation affecting either co-op shareholders or condo owners.
The ombudsman would also create and provide educational materials for everyone involved with co-ops and condos to inform them of their rights and responsibilities under federal, state and local laws and regulations.
A.05838/S.4626 would empower the Attorney General to appoint a hearing officer to handle the appeal of disputes between shareholders and boards of directors of co-ops.
Finally, A.00372/S.01809 would create a separate division in Housing Court to hear cases involving co-ops and condos.
So many of the apartment units in, for example, southern Brooklyn are either co-ops or condos and disputes between unit owners and their respective boards or other unit owners are all too common.
Whether it is an individual unit owner or a group of owners who take issue with an action or decision of their board or another owner, challenging it is difficult and expensive.
The Attorney General currently only has jurisdiction over the sales offerings of co-ops and condos. Once a co-op or condo plan is declared effective, co-ops fall under the state's Business and Corporation Law and condos are regulated under the Condominium Act.
The current body of law primarily requires co-ops and condos to address certain issues in drafting the legal documents that enable them to control their building(s). It does not address resolving situations when boards do not follow either their own bylaws or city, state and federal laws and regulations.
I have been made aware of too many unresolved disputes between either unit owners or groups of owners and their boards or other unit owners. If the board or unit owner stands firm, the only choices are either attempt to elect a new board or begin legal action, neither easy options.
There are over a dozen bills in the legislature this session that address issues with the current co-op and condo environment. I would like to see most of them passed into law.
However, I believe that these three bills, which provide a viable mechanism for resolving disputes, will provide the greatest relief to co-op and condo owners.
This is why I urge everyone, whether or not they own a co-op or condo, to contact their Assembly member and State Senator and let them know you want these bills passed. We have to get the legislature moving.
Our homes, including co-ops and condos, should provide a peaceful sanctuary from the hustle and bustle and stresses of the outside world. That's why when conflict arises in a co-op or condo development it is vitally important to provide a direct mechanism for its expeditious resolution.
Ben Akselrod is president of We're One Community, a group dedicated to bringing Southern Brooklyn's diverse ethnic and religious communities together.


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The Women Of HAIM On Starting Young
ESTE HAIM: Hi, I'm Este.
DANIELLE HAIM: Hi, I'm Danielle.
ALANA HAIM: And I'm Alana.
DANIELLE HAIM: And we are...
HAIM: ...Haim.
Haim, three sisters from California, have been singing together their whole lives. They started out performing with their parents at local clubs and country fairs under the name Rockinhaim. Then, when they were old enough to go out on their own, they did. And it's been a crazy ride ever since. The three sisters have been touring for close to seven years, playing some of the biggest music festivals around the world. All that touring has made them so close, they finish each other sentences.
ESTE HAIM: Somestimes, we ...
ESTE, DANIELLE AND ALANA HAIM (In unison)...actually finish each other's sandwiches.
MARTIN: Last week, Haim released their very first album. It's called "Days Are Gone." I recently talked with the three sisters, and Danielle told me they started making music young - really young.
DANIELLE HAIM: When I was around 3 years old, my dad put me on the drums. And he kind of put all of us on the drums and taught us very kind of rudimental rhythms and stuff. And we all really took to it really well. And then once we got a little older, my mom brought out her acoustic guitar and would teach us kind of simplified Joni Mitchell songs and Beatles songs. And we grew up in LA, and all you kind of do in LA is just spend your whole day in the car, you know, driving from place to place. And my parents would always put on the radio full blast,and we'd listen to different stations and different types of music. And they were just big music lovers, so I think that kind of seeped into our brains.
HAIM: (Singing) Let me out, let me in, I give you everything I could give. You try to take, you try to make, you took all everything you gave me. You go off so easily, go on...
MARTIN: There's some great drumming on this album - on that song, in particular. It's got kind of a tribal feel to it. Who's playing on that track?
ALANA HAIM: Danielle.
ESTE HAIM: Yeah, Danielle plays all the drums...
DANIELLE HAIM: I played all the drums on the record.
ALANA HAIM: That's just what we grew up doing in our living room - was having like, these drum battles with our dad. He would bring us into the living room. And we'd have like, three sets of drums kind of set up, and timbales and congas and bongos - and just kind of an array of percussion. We'd call it the cushion box.
DANIELLE HAIM: You know, my dad would start a beat, and we would each try and follow along; and then we would kind of riff off each other.
MARTIN: Este, I understand that you went to UCLA and studied Bulgarian music.
ESTE HAIM: I did. I did Bulgarian music, and I also did Brazilian percussion. Those were the two emphases that I had. I learned all about ethnomusicology, but my two emphases were Bulgarian folk singing and Brazilian carnival drumming and conga play.
MARTIN: So for some reason, the Brazilian music, that's kind of in the ether a lot. But Bulgarian music? What was in there that captured your imagination?
ESTE HAIM: Have you heard any Bulgarian music?
MARTIN: I guess I haven't.
ESTE HAIM: OK. Well, you need - there's a record you need to get, called "The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices." And be prepared to get some chills. So bring a blanket, and maybe a glass of fine red wine - maybe a merlot...
ESTE HAIM: ...and just listen to it. The women in this choral group - these women don't really know how to necessarily like, read music, but they learn everything by ear. And it's kind of incredible the way that it happens.
MARTIN: Can you give me like, one bar of a traditional Bulgarian song?
ESTE HAIM: Yeah, I can give you a bar. Wait, I have to put my (unintelligible) off. It's not going to sound as good because there aren't the harmonies to go on top of it, but it's kind of the timber of the voice, OK?
MARTIN: OK, yeah.
ESTE HAIM: Ready? (Singing in foreign language)
MARTIN: Nice. That was awesome.
ESTE HAIM: Thank you.
ALANA HAIM: It's really awesome.
ESTE HAIM: I mean, we have family in Bulgaria, in Sophia, so it's kind of like when I first heard it my first year at UCLA, it was a weird thing for me because I had this connection to it that I didn't really know existed. I mean, I knew that I had family there, but I really started loving it.
MARTIN: Let's listen to another song. This is "Days Are Gone."
MARTIN: Why this song as the title track?
ALANA HAIM: It sums up a lot of things for us. It sums up the early days of our band. That kind of period is kind of gone. And also, it summed up all the days in the studio that, you know, maybe we missed a couple deadlines. We've been a band since 2007, just kind of playing in LA at any little club we could play at. So, we've been at it for a couple of years. And now, we're excited that we can release an album that people are ready to hear.
MARTIN: So when you say passing of the days in your band, you mean the band that you were in with your parents?
ESTE HAIM: No, I think.
DANIELLE HAIM: That band actually is still going strong. Yeah.
ALANA HAIM: Rockinhaim is alive and well.
ESTE HAIM: Rockinhaim is kicking, kicking it.
ALANA HAIM: They come on tour with us and usually when they're on tour, you can kind of expect for them to come onstage for the encore and play a song. Usually, it's like one of our songs from Rockinhaim.
MARTIN: When did it strike you that maybe playing in a band with your parents wasn't maybe so cool anymore?
DANIELLE HAIM: I still think it's super cool.
ESTE HAIM: There was like, a time where I like, maybe I was like, 14 and like, angsty teen - like, Mom, stop playing music with us, gawd - like every teenager does. But like, honestly, like, I look back on it, and it's the coolest thing ever. Like, it's not like we played songs that weren't dope; like, we played really, really cool songs and songs that I still listen to, to this day.
ALANA HAIM: There were some missteps...
ESTE HAIM: There were ...
ALANA HAIM: ...not gonna lie.
ESTE HAIM: There was - my dad definitely did want to play a Rob Thomas-Santana song.
ALANA HAIM: (Singing) Give me your heart, make it real...
HAIM: (Singing) ...or let's forget about it.
ROB THOMAS: (Singing) Give me your heart, make it real, or let's forget about it...
DANIELLE HAIM: He really wanted us to play that song and that was like, one time where we were, like, Dad, no, I'm sorry. I can't play Rob Thomas and Santana. Like, it's just - it's not going to happen.
MARTIN: Was there - I mean, would your parents have been really disappointed if none of you turned out to be musical? I mean, luckily, it worked out.
ALANA HAIM: No.
DANIELLE HAIM: No way.
ESTE HAIM: I don't think they necessarily wanted it to become a profession.
ALANA HAIM: No, I think my parents were just super - I mean, when growing up, they were super supportive of the arts.
DANIELLE HAIM: My mom was also an art teacher. She was like, the hippie-cool art teacher and like, would let her students come in at lunch and like, paint their feelings. They knew how important, like, the arts were to like, expressing yourself. None of us got the art gene from my mom. I don't know where the...
ALANA HAIM: The visual art gene.
DANIELLE HAIM: The visual art gene was just not, I don't know what happened. I think my mom's a little bit bummed about it. My dad always says that we got our music gene from my dad. And my mom's like, well, what about the art gene?
DANIELLE HAIM: But, yeah. So my parents were - I mean, what, like, kid would be bummed that your parents were like, please play rock music. Can you just please, just please - for us - can you play rock music? It's just like, any kid would be - like, dope, like down.
ALANA HAIM: It's not like, I'm going to rebel and play Ravel.
DANIELLE HAIM: Yeah. There we go. There's your autobiography. There's your PSA.
MARTIN: Well, it's been so fun to talk with you guys. Alana, Danielle and Este Haim joined me from the BBC in London. Their debut album is out. Thanks, you guys. Have fun with everything.
ESTE HAIM: Thank you.
ALANA HAIM: Thank you.
DANIELLE HAIM: Thank you so much.
MARTIN: You can listen to "Days Are Gone" in its entirety at nprmusic.org, for a few more days. Go check it out. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin.
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'Parliament throws 45,000 meals in the bin while 70,000 London kids go hungry' – Labour MP
New figures that reveal the staggering amount of food waste in the British parliament have prompted calls for MPs to donate their unused meals to those in need.
Shadow Commons Leader Chris Bryant called on the government to give uneaten meals to local food banks in the capital.
130k Brits can't stomach Lords £1.3 million-grub as govt could scrap free school meals http://on.rt.com/6rzu
"Last year 1.2 million sausages were sent to landfill in Rhondda Cynon Taf alone, which is why it is great that the local council is now signing everybody up to proper food recycling," the Welsh Labour MP said.
"But new figures show that this House last year wasted 45,000 meals that were just tipped in the bin.
"With 33 Trussell Trust food banks within the M25 and an estimated 70,000 children in London going to bed hungry each night, would it not be time for the leader to institute a new scheme to donate unused food from this palace to local London food banks?"


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