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Mike Krzyzewski's ACC forecast: Ten-bid league, best in class
It was near the end of a press conference to formally announce his return to USA Basketball for the next series of major competitions—the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games—that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski made a largely unrelated but far more compelling comment about his future.
He talked about his excitement regarding where the Atlantic Coast Conference is headed with the coming arrival of former Big Easters Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse to join the league over the next few seasons.
"We're going to be a 10-bid conference,†Krzyzewski said. "We're going to be the best conference in the history of the game."
The news about his return to USA Basketball had been known a few days. This, however, was stunning.
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Syracuse, Pitt and Notre Dame will join for the 2013-14 season. The following year, Maryland will leave for the Big Ten and Louisville will arrive in the ACC.
Krzyzewski had been hopeful earlier this decade that the ACC would do something to improve its declining basketball competition. The ACC once was the dominant college basketball conference, with three different programs (Duke, North Carolina, Maryland) winning titles from 1992 to 2002 and 337 NCAA Tournament bids in its history, 84 more than any other league. But the ACC had declined after expanding to benefit its football operation in 2004.
The league has averaged only five NCAA Tournament bids per season since the expansion and only placed four teams in the field four times in that nine-year stretch, including 2013. All of the teams that are entering over the next several seasons made this past season's field, and Louisville became the champion.
However, that still means some current members will have to improve their programs to back Krzyzewski's promise. Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and Boston College haven't made the field since 2010. Virginia Tech hasn't been there since 2007.
"I think it'll be great,†Krzyzewski said. "From a basketball guy, a lifer, to have so many brands, basketball brands in this conference and the level of coaching and accomplishment … I think will be great for the game. I'm really excited about it.â€
The nightly grind of playing so many significant opponents can be hellacious for teams in the middle and bottom of an overwhelming league. Check programs such Rutgers or DePaul, trying to get off the Big East deck for years while as many as 11 conference colleagues were reaching the NCAAs.
It has been empowering for the very best of those teams, though. Connecticut won the NCAAs in 2009 and 2011, and Louisville in 2013. But UConn's 2009 team was beaten decisively by Pitt twice and endured a six-overtime loss to Syracuse in the Big East Tournament. The 2011 team struggled to finish 9-9 in the league before rallying to win the league tournament. The reigning champion Cardinals lost three Big East games in a row in late January and fell in five overtimes at Notre Dame—then never lost again.
In this season's best league, the Big Ten, Michigan lost its chance at a share of the league title on a final-day, last-second, missed-tip-in home loss to Indiana, then fell in the quarters of the conference tournament. But the Wolverines learned how to survive tough contests and rallied to defeat Kansas in the Sweet 16 on the way to an NCAA championship game appearance.
Krzyzewski already is imagining what such battles can do for his Blue Devils.
"At the end of the day, our sport is only judged by if you win the national championship. When you're in the best league, I truly believe you have a greater chance of doing it,†Krzyzewski said. "You play more games at that championship level than the other guy. As long as you don't get hurt, the experience of doing that has got to help you.â€
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Blast From the D Past: Apple's Steve Jobs at D3 in 2005
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is making another appearance onstage at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference on June 1.
Until then, every week I am posting one of the previous interviews he did at past D events.
Here's the video, below, of the full interview from D3 in 2005. And pictured here: Jobs during the interview.
I have posted the video of Jobs's appearances at D2 in 2004 and D1 in 2003.
The last video, coming next week, will be a solo interview at D5, along with Jobs's joint D5 interview with Microsoft (MSFT) head Bill Gates, in 2007.
While the D5 videos were posted on the All Things Digital site in full, the others have not been easy to access.
One caveat: The source material of the earlier interviews is of varying quality, so audio synch is a little iffy.
So, without further ado, until the Apple (AAPL) leader holds forth again, here is the D3 video (and check out the gallery of the whole event here):

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As I read more about this game I am noticing that the story lines are mostly about Rodgers, the calf, the Packers passing game, Richard Sherman, the "vaunted" Seattle D, Seattle's 12th man, Lynch knocking people over, Seattle being at the beginning of a dynasty, Seattle being unbeatable, Seattle essentially already being awarded the Lombardi Trophy. But I have a few thoughts about some other potential post-game story lines:
- Carolina RB Jonathan Stewart averaged 5.4 yards per carry and ran for 70 yards against Seattle last Saturday night. Seattle's unstoppable defense struggled to contain the guy. (Actually all 3 Carolina RBs averaged over 5 yards per carry.) Eddie Lacy is a better RB than Stewart – though Stewart has been very good the last 5-6 weeks. While it may seem like Lacy could struggle against a speedy/aggressive defensive style like Seattle's because he's not fast, I'm guessing MM and staff are putting quite a bit of time into making sure the O-Line is prepared to open holes and Lacy is ready to give Seattle a taste of its own medicine (won't just be Lynch knocking guys over). This would be advisable both for time of possession reasons and to open up the passing game. I think there is a real chance Lacy has a career game Sunday. Also worth noting, his asthma shouldn't be much of an issue. I have asthma too and can attest to how difficult it can be to run in cold weather – really does make it worse. But forecast is for 51 degrees and rain – he should be fine with that. Lacy had 100 yards rushing against Detroit, the NFL's #1 run defense, in Week 17 – in a meaningful game. And Detroit was only giving up about 60 rushing yards per game at that point. Against Dallas, the #8 rush defense on the year, Lacy had 101 yards. Look for Lacy to assert himself and deliver a quality game. This will be a real test for the O-Line as Seattle has to know the Pack will try to run a fair amount. I'm guessing Chancellor will be playing a condensed field – which should eventually help Rodgers. But if the O-Line can win this battle, there is a good chance Lacy could be a bigger factor than people are talking about now.
- Seattle gave up 377 yards to Carolina last weekend. Carolina is not an offensive powerhouse so at the least, this kind of defensive performance does not align well with the reputation of Seattle's D. I watched the game and came away thinking that D is not as flawless as the media makes it out to be.
- The Packers defense was not great last week. Dallas had their way for much of the game. Romo and company were solid, the playcalling was solid and the clock management was solid. But the defense woke up a bit in the second half. Peppers got in there with a few huge plays and the D seemed to step up some. Still, I would not rate the overall defensive performance very highly. Clay Matthews was just plain absent. Tramon Williams had a poor game (except for some decent man coverage on Dez at times…though Shields I think should get more credit for that). Morgan Burnett was also absent, barely contributed. Yet, this defense has shown over the course of the second half of the season that it can play at a high level. And many of these guys who were absent last week have had some monster games this year. Yes, I am worried Seattle's quality O-Line will handle our D-Line like the Cowboys line did for a while. Yes, I am worried about Marshawn Lynch being a beast. And of course, I worry about Russell Wilson's special ability to make the exact right decision on the football field nearly every time. These are scary things. But I think the Packers defense – much maligned for their poor playoff performances in recent years – may be ready to spring a surprise. Seattle's offense is well-balanced and they play smart but there have been a few games in the last 6-7 weeks when Capers has drawn up exquisite game plans. I'm not going to guarantee anything here, but I think it's actually quite possible that our defense, a quiet and often not-talked-about piece of this team, makes a statement and rises up to help the offense in a game when the offense will probably need a bit more help than usual. And importantly, there isn't a whole lot of pressure on the Packers D right now as I think most expect a fairly pedestrian performance. If Peppers is himself, Matthews makes a difference and Tramon and Burnett play like they can play, there may be a few articles about the Packers defense come Monday morning.


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You can view details on usage of repository caches with the Administrative Interface Component Browser. For example, the Profile Repository's page in the Component Browser can be found at:
hostname is the name of the application server's host machine, and
port is the port where the application server listens for HTTP requests. Cache metrics are displayed under the heading Cache Usage Statistics.
You should monitor cache usage during testing and after deployment, in order to determine the cache sizes required to optimize application performance. For example, if the item cache records a high number of failed access tries and no successful tries, it is likely that caching items of this type yields no benefit and caching can be disabled; if it shows a mix of successful and unsuccessful access tries, the cache is probably too small; and if it records a high number of successful access tries and no failures, the cache is probably big enough.
The cache usage statistics table contains the following data:
Current number of cache entries
Maximum cache size
Percent of the cache in use. If the value is close to 100, you should probably increase the item descriptor's
Total tries, successful and unsuccessful, to retrieve items or query results since cache startup
Total number of successful access tries since cache startup
Total number of failed access tries since cache startup
Number of times the entire cache was invalidated since cache startup
Number of invalidated entries since cache startup
You can also examine the contents of a cache in the Admin UI, by executing the XML tag
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The Living Universe
THE LIVING UNIVERSE: Where are We? Who are we? Where are we going?
By Duane Elgin (Deepak Chopra, Foreword), San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2009.
Download Chapter One from The Living Universe (also includes full table of contents)
View a short video introducing the idea of a living universe and this book.
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"We are beings of cosmic connection who are learning to live in a living universe…"
Traditionally, science has regarded the universe as made up of inert matter and empty space. Duane Elgin brings together extraordinary evidence from cosmology, biology and physics to show that the universe is not dead but rather uniquely alive, an insight which, he shows, is in harmony with all of the world's major spiritual traditions. He explores how this view radically transforms our concept of ourselves, our place in the cosmos, and the evolutionary trajectory of the human family. The non-living view of the universe has led to rampant materialism and global environmental degradation. To transform our planetary crises we need to move past a paradigm of separation and exploitation and learn to live sustainably on the Earth, in harmony with one another, and in communion with the living universe. We are beings of cosmic connection who are learning to live in a living universe.
"No book describes more accurately or guides us more powerfully to the world now waiting to be born."
—Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love
"Vital reading for those wanting to explore and participate in the nature of reality at its most profound levels."
—Edgar Mitchell, ScD, founder, Institute of Noetic Sciences and Apollo 14 astronaut
"A masterful, potent, and luminous contribution to both human knowledge and spiritual awakening."
—Jean Houston, cofounder, Foundation for Mind Research and author of 26 books, including "A Passion for the Possible"
"It's all here—brilliant discoveries of contemporary science, key insights of the world's religions, and practical programs of action for bringing forth a new world."
—Brian Swimme, PhD, Professor of Cosmology, California Institute of Integral Studies, co-author, "The Universe Story"
"The Living Universe invites the reader into an integral worldview that matters deeply for our planetary future. Without it we are lost; with it we have the possibility of creating a viable Earth community. This is a powerful contribution to envisioning and embodying such a community."
—Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University, Forum on Religion and Ecology
Foreword by Deepak Chopra
Introduction: The Great Awakening
A Personal Perspective • Living in a Dead
Universe • Cosmophilia: Love of the Universe • Does Aliveness
Make a Difference?
Chapter 1: The First Miracle
We Are Giants • The Nearly Invisible Universe • Just Getting
Underway • Our Intuitive Connection with the Cosmos
• Imagine Building a Universe
Chapter 2: The Science of a Living Universe
A Unified Universe • An Ocean of Background Energy •
A Continuously Regenerated Universe • Sentience at Every
Level • Freedom at the Foundations • Able to Reproduce
Itself • An Integrative View from Science
Chapter 3: Spirituality as Intimacy with a Living Universe
Judeo-Christian Views • Islamic Views • Hindu Views •
Buddhist Views • Taoist and Confucian Views • Indigenous
Views • Western Views • Harvesting the Wisdom of Human
Chapter 4: The Mother Universe
The Meta-Universe in Science • The Mother Universe in
Wisdom Traditions • An Integrative View • Growing in the
Mother Universe
Chapter 5: The Soul's Body and Our Cosmic Identity
The Size of Our Soul • Qualities of the Soul's Body • A Body
of Light • A Body of Music • A Body of Love • A Body of
Knowing • Recognizing Ourselves Before We Die
Chapter 6: Where Is the Universe Going?
Life Within Life Within Life • Growing Self-Organizing Systems
• Humanity's Central Project • A Garden for Growing Life
Chapter 7: Humanity Is Halfway Home
Humanity's Heroic Journey • Humanity's Journey of Separation
• Our Supreme Test and Time of Initiation • Humanity's
Journey of Return • The Second Axial Age • Awakening into the
Living Universe • Stage I: Reflective Consciousness • Stage II:
Oceanic Consciousness • Stage III: Flow Consciousness
Chapter 8: Six Vital Tasks for the Journey Home
Co-Creating Our Story of Awakening • Cultivating Reflection
and Reconciliation • Living Simply and Sustainably • Creating
New Kinds of Community • Becoming Media-Conscious
Citizens of the Earth • Bringing Our True Gifts into the
World • The Promise of the Journey Ahead
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With Mess USA Tara Conner just out of rehab, the world is waiting to see who will be crowned the next barfly princess. From the looks of Aubrey O'Day of Danity Kane, the wait is over!
The cocktail-clasping chanteuse celebrated her 23rd birthday at NYC hotspot Katra on Monday, sporting smeared linebacker eyeliner leftover from the Super Bowl, and a layered satin 80s dress straight out of Molly Ringwald's prom line. Aubrey should have gone with pretty in pink instead.
While having fun on your birthday is natural, looking like a PSA for the morning after pill is not!
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Red Sox to target, avoid Friday in daily fantasy game
Play MLB.com's Official Mini Fantasy Game to win All-Star Game, World Series tickets
Now is a great time to play the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com, whose participants can win tickets to regular-season games, the All-Star Game and even the World Series.
Daily fantasy baseball is a different animal than season-long leagues, as your decisions are so matchup-based, and much can change in a span of 24 hours. To give you an idea of what to examine when playing the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com, let's take a look at some factors to consider for Friday night's Red Sox-A's game at Fenway Park.
Weather: Many daily fantasy baseball players start their research by looking at the weather. If there's a high probability of rain, that's probably a good sign to steer clear of players in that matchup. If one of your players' games gets postponed, you'll struggle to succeed in a one-day format on that date.
Even if there's no rain, elements such as wind speed and direction can alter projections. If the wind is blowing out to right field at 20 mph, that's a big positive for a left-handed pull hitter such as David Ortiz.
Opposing pitcher: One of the most obvious factors to consider for any batter is the opposing pitcher. You want to consider the pitcher's overall quality as well as whether he's righty or lefty. Many times, left-handed pitchers perform at their peak against left-handed hitters. On a related note, righty hurlers often fare best vs. right-handed batters.
The A's on Friday are scheduled to start Dan Straily, a righty with a 1.21 WHIP on the year. Although Straily has recorded one strikeout per inning in 2014, those who play the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com may still consider selecting Boston batters for this contest.
Ballpark: Your picks' ballpark du jour can greatly influence their outlook. For instance, Fenway historically has been a hitter-friendly park, and it ranked among the top five for left-handed and right-handed batters in 2013. You could potentially target A's for Friday's game, too, assuming you like their matchups. Since the A's call a pitcher-friendly venue home, their hitters often perform at their best on the road.
A unique aspect of one-day fantasy baseball is that players are given salaries, and you need to work within the confines of a salary cap to field a team. Everyone wants the big bats, of course, but it's all about how said hitters' anticipated production compares to their salary. Sometimes, those elite players cost too much, prohibiting you from creating a balanced lineup.
With that said, here are two Red Sox batters to target and one Boston hitter to avoid on Friday.
Mike Napoli: Over the past three years, Napoli has been at his best against right-handed pitching. Although the numbers are close, he has a higher average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage against righties than lefties. Napoli is 0-for-3 against Straily in his career. However, that sample is so small that it's considered statistical noise. In fact, daily-fantasy players need to see dozens of at-bats before placing any sort of weight on batter vs. pitcher data.
By the way, you can find batter splits right here on redsox.com. Simply use the menus at the top of the page to select your criteria and see which players perform best in certain situations.
Ortiz: Big Papi is listed as a first baseman in DraftKings, so you won't be able to roster both him and Napoli in one lineup. You can play the duo separately in different leagues, but Ortiz should be your man if you have to make a choice between the two.
Big Papi absolutely crushes right-handed pitching; in 2013, he turned in a team-best 1.092 OPS and a .652 slugging percentage against them. He's also hit a home run once per 15.1 at-bats against righties across the past three years, compared to once every 20.6 at-bats vs. southpaws.
Dustin Pedroia: Last season, Pedroia was dominant against left-handed hurlers, but he fared worse vs. righties. In 449 at-bats off them, the second baseman managed a .345 on-base percentage, which was a bit lower than one might expect from the four-time American League All-Star. Furthermore, Pedroia struggled to hit for power against righties, posting a .376 slugging percentage against them. To put that in perspective, no one on the World Series-winning team (minimum 51 at-bats) posted a slugging percentage so low vs. righties.


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Okay, so gas prices are seriously harshing my mellow for this Saturday's wine excursion, as the first photo here attests.
Plus, the recent heat wave has sped up the fall harvest. Here's the haul of cab grapes this morning at Calcareous Vineyards:
Plus a few more thoughts to get you through the day:
Now, what shall I serve with tonight's wine: beef or lamb?
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Six artists received six nominations each Wednesday for the 55th Grammy Awards. But none was more notable than rising R&B; singer Frank Ocean, who earned nods in three of the top four categories.
Ocean was joined by Kanye West, the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, fun., Mumford & Sons and Jay-Z with a half-dozen nominations in the nationally televised prelude to the Grammys, which will be awarded Feb. 10. But Ocean's multitude of nominations may have been the most surprising given the story behind his major-label debut, "Channel Orange," nominated for album of the year along with the the Black Keys ("El Camino"), fun. ("Some Nights"), Mumford & Sons ("Babel"), and Jack White ("Blunderbuss").
Among those shunned were big-selling releases by hip-hop star Drake, whose "Take Care" album got nods only in the rap categories; veteran Lionel Richie, who had a major comeback with a country album, "Tuskegee"; Bruce Springsteen, who launched a well-received world tour on the heels of his politically charged "Wrecking Ball" album; and teen-pop sensations One Direction.
Instead the top-award nominees featured a handful of relative newcomers: fun., Mumford & Sons, Gotye, Miguel and Ocean. A member of the notorious Odd Future hip-hop collective, Ocean made waves earlier this year by acknowledging that some songs on the album were inspired by an unrequited love affair with another man. Ocean's dignified openness made him a hero to the gay and bisexual communities, even as other fans voiced their intolerance. Yet Ocean's prowess as a songwriter and singer transcended the controversy, and "Channel Orange" was hailed as a soul classic by many critics. It has sold more than 300,000 copies after debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200.
Ocean was nominated for three of the four major awards: In addition to his album-of-the-year nod, he is in contention for record of the year ("Thinkin' Bout You") and best new artist, which included some heavy competition: Alabama Shakes, fun., Hunter Hayes and the Lumineers.
The other nominees for record of the year, which is awarded for a recording's overall sound and production, include the Black Keys, Kelly Clarkson, fun., Gotye and Taylor Swift. The latter singer was honored for the single "We are Never Ever Getting Back Together," but her best-selling "Red" album was released after the Sept. 30 deadline for nominations.
Getting nods for song of the year, which is awarded to songwriters, included Ed Sheeran's "The A Team," Miguel's "Adorn," Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," and fun.'s "We are Young."
Five-time nominees included rising R&B; star Miguel, the Black Keys and 18-time-winner Chick Corea. The rapper Nas, producer-songwriter Jeff Bhasker and recording engineer Bob Ludwig received four nominations apiece.
The nationally televised event was heavy on country performers such as Luke Bryan, the Band Perry, Dierks Bentley and Hunter Hayes, in tribute to its Nashville location. The show's cohosting duties were split between L.L. Cool J and Taylor Swift, who were notable only for their awkwardness, particularly during a "duet" in which the country-pop singer beat-boxed while the rapper "sang."
Among artists with Chicago connections, West led the way with his six nominations, five of which were in rap categories. Also getting nods were R. Kelly for best R&B; album ("Write Me Back"), Lupe Fiasco for best rap album ("Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1"), Kurt Elling for best jazz vocal album ("1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project") and Shemekia Copeland for best blues album ("33 1/3"). The Chicago contemporary ensemble eighth blackbird received nominations in two categories, best chamber music/small ensemble performance and best classical contemporary composition, for its album "Meanwhile," released on Chicago's Cedille label.
Tribune music critics Howard Reich and John Von Rhein contributed to this report.


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- Scalloped Apples
- Sour Cream Apple Coffee Cake
- Spiced Apple Bagel
- Spicy Apple Pancake with Cider Sauce
- Strawberry Chocolate Mint Lemonade Cooler
- Tangy Ham in Cider
- Tomatillo Salsa Verde
- Warm Apple Pudding
- Wilted Swiss Chard with Fresh Basil
- Zucchini Bread
Where Can you Find Us?
(608) 635-4780
Blossom's and New Photography Policy
I went for a walk through the orchard last night with my daughter and it looks to us like the blooms might start to pop around the first of May. They typically last two weeks but have lasted less than that in the past. Unfortunately I can't schedule what the trees decide to do. Due to family obligations we have decided to change our policy for photo shoots in the orchard. Please carefully read below to see what our new policies are.
Photo Policy
Photographs are a wonderful way to remember your visit to Lapacek's Orchard. We encourage visitors to take casual photographs of their visit for their own personal use during our hours of operation and would love if you tagged the orchard @LapaceksOrchard or hashtagged #lapaceksorchard on social media. But, if you are coming to the orchard for the purpose of taking posed photos of people - then you need a photo permit.
photo by Karmen Lindner Photography
The Photography Guidelines outlined here are intended for all guests, but a permit is necessary for those who wish to use the Orchard setting as the background for posed photography. This would include wedding, family, engagement, graduation, prom, senior photos or the like. The permit is needed regardless of whether the photographer is a family member, professional, etc...
Photo Permit is for a one hour session. Click HERE for the PHOTO PERMIT APPLICATION. Please submit the Photo Permit Application with the fee to the Lapacek's Orchard at least one week in advance. $30 fee payable by cash or check only - NO credit cards accepted.
For information on posed, promotional or stock photography at Lapacek's Orchard LLC, please contact:
Jared Lapacek
(608) 635-4780
Lapacek's Orchard is private property and your adherence to these guidelines is required. Posed photographs may be taken in the outdoors or under the open lean ONLY. No photos shall be taken in any of the buildings or on any equipment.
- Call ahead to schedule. More than one session may be scheduled for the same time frame. In the event of rain, you may reschedule your session.
- No smoking.
- No alcoholic beverages.
- Remain on the pathways and grassy turf at all times.
- Pets are not allowed.
- Do not climb the trees.
- Do not climb on any equipment.
- Do not climb the wood piles.
- Do not disturb or remove leaves, apples, flowers, plants, plant labels or containers.
- Do not block access to the entrance, pathways, or garden areas for use by others.
- Guests should come dressed and prepared for their photo session. There are no changing areas available. There are no bathrooms available during off-season times (port-o-potties are available from August 15 - mid-November).
- Many animals live at our orchard. They have jobs around the farm and we don't cage them or put them away for photo shoots. In particular, our cats are very friendly and may photobomb your shoot. They also really like food and will eat any food not enclosed in a container. Please do not intentionally feed the cats.
Definition: Posed photography would include wedding, family, engagement, prom, graduation, senior photos or the like. The photographer may be a professional, a family member, friend, etc...
Location: Posed photographs may be taken in the outdoor areas or under the lean between the sheds. No photos shall be taken in any of the buildings or on any equipment.
Fees: A $30 scheduling fee will be assessed for each one-hour session. If you would like to use any of our apple crates for photo props they can be rented for the session at $1/each.
There are NO REFUNDS for the cancellation of a photography session at Lapacek's Orchard LLC. In the event of rain, you may reschedule your session.
Scheduling: Your posed photography session Your posed photography session will be scheduled at the convenience of the owners. In all cases, the photography session must be scheduled a minimum of one week in advance and begin and end within the allotted time. In the event of rain, you may reschedule your session. Lapacek's Orchard reserves the right to cancel sessions at any time due to the needs of the orchard. Our number one priority is the health of our apples and there are times we need to treat them to keep them healthy which may create conditions not ideal for the public. We will do our best to give you as much notice as possible if this is to happen. If your session is cancelled because of the needs of the orchard you will have the opportunity to reschedule or be refunded your photo permit fee. Either the subject or the photographer may make the reservation. General Photography Guidelines apply. Lapacek's Orchard LLC is not responsible for damage to any photography equipment and/or props. Photographers are responsible for client safety at all times.
*Failure to comply with the General Photography Guidelines will result in the loss of user privileges.
Photographers taking photographs which will be used to promote Lapacek's Orchard LLC, for instance in travel publications or the like, will not be assessed a fee. Arrangements must be made in advance.
Photos taken as stock photography for publications, greeting cards, calendars, resume development or the like are in this category. Photographers in this category are asked to pay a one-time, lifetime fee of $50 + tax. Arrangements must be made in advance.
Catalog shoots, product commercials, films for distribution (large or small), professional videos and the like must be approve. Full details of the project must be submitted in writing, in advance of the project - we recommend at least two weeks for staff to review project details. The owner reserves the right to refuse any project. Fees are charged for Commercial Photography/Filming.
Please submit full project details to:
Lapacek's Orchard
Attn: Jared Lapacek
N1959 Kroncke Road
Poynette, WI 53955
Still Photography Rates:
Film/Video Rates:
Full Day $300
Full Day $600
Half Day $150
Half Day $350
For all Promotional, Stock and Commercial Photography - General Photography Guidelines apply. Location approval required.


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Right to participate
To mark Human Rights Day, this issue of In Focus is dedicated to the same theme as the recent international day; the right to participation. A right that many have used the last years, some of which have suffered for it, as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay pointed out in her message 10 December. In Focus sheds the spotlight on a few of these people, from crowd sourcing Icelanders, via occupying students, to the European ombudsman, rapping Senegalese, legislation-initiating Finns and wall decorating Portuguese.
The UN and happiness
How happy were you on 20 March this year? Given Western European statistics, let's assume not overtly happy. Because, let's face it; a grey March day in Europe is not always the most uplifting scenario. In fact, it might very well be that you cannot recall any specific feelings from the 20th of this rather anonymous month at all. However, the UN has named the 20 March the International Day of Happiness.Read more...
Rio+20: A movement for change
In Focus shines the spotlight on the other side of the Rio+20 Summit. It is widely reported that over 100 world leaders will meet in Rio for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development but it is less well known that 70,000 businesses and NGOs are expected to participate. As EU Commissioner Janez Potočnik said, "We can't wait for governments alone to take the initiative."
Human trafficking: slavery of modern times
This time human trafficking is the theme of our In Focus. While sexual exploitation is the most common cause of trafficking, forced labour, illegal child adoption and even illegal organ sale are also a concern to authorities and campaigners such as the UN initiative, the Blue Heart Campaign.
Youth unemployment
Youth unemployment is the theme in our In Focus this time. In Europe, on average, every fifth person under 24 is without a job and in Spain the percentage rises to over 40%. Although the employment situation in northern Europe is better, youth unemployment in Sweden is four times higher than the average rate. We take a special look at the young and the unemployed in Spain, Norway, Sweden and Germany.
Drop by Drop
Indigenous people
The World´s indigenous people are In Focus this time. They can be found all around the world from Australia to the Arctic. We take a look at why they have been granted special rights in international law and take a closer look at Europe´s indigenous people; the Samis in three of the Nordic countries and the Greenlanders who seem to have independence within reach.
Volunteering – Inspiration in Action
All over the world more than 7,700 people volunteer and contribute to peace and development through the United Nations Volunteers Programme. UN Volunteers help to organize and run local and national elections and support a large number of peacekeeping and humanitarian projects. In this week's In Focus we meet the head of the European Year of Volunteering John Mcdonald, two young volunteers speak about their experiences and we tell you how you can become a volunteer.
Food Waste
or food loss is food that is discarded or lost uneaten. About one third of global food production ( around 30 to 40%), is lost or wasted annually. Loss and wastage occurs on all steps in the food supply chain. In low-income countries most loss occurs during production, post-harvest and processing level, while in developed countries much food is wasted at the consumption stage, at retail and consumer levels.
Sanitation - A child dies every 20 seconds
One child dies every 20 seconds of diarrhea, a disease directly related to poor sanitation. This amounts to more deaths than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Less progress has been made in improving sanitation than most of the other MDGs. It is surprising since for every dollar spent on sanitation facilities, there is an average return of $9. The cost of universal access to sanitation: the amount the world spends on bottled water every year.
Sri Lanka – the untold crisis
This week our In Focus is devoted to Sri Lanka, the beautiful island which is now facing the challenge of overcoming its bloody past and focusing on development and stability.. As the UN Human Rights bodies consider if a full international inquiry on alleged war crimes should be launched, we look at the plight of Mariananthini and other forgotten returnees in the former rebel held northern provinces of the island where the majority of people live on one dollar a day. At the same time donors turn away since the island graduated to the status of a middle income state and because of the bad publicity of war crime allegations. Edward Mortimer finally argues why Sri Lanka matters.
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Madagascar – the untold crisis
Due to a volatile political situation, draught, floods and cyclones the Republic of Madagascar, an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa is facing a humanitarian crisis. In this weeks' In Focus we look at what is happening in Madagascar and speak to Natascha Paddison acting Deputy Representative for UNICEF about what the organisation is doing on the ground.
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The good news they forgot to tell you
In Focus this week looks at the good news they forgot to tell you; that despite terrible examples of hunger and poverty, most of the world´s poor countries are winning the war on poverty, in large part thanks to international cooperation. For instance in Africa one third of inhabitants are defined as middle class.
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The Responsibility to Protect
The Responsibility to Protect doctrine is the enabling principle that first obligates individual states and then the international community to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. R2P, as it's commonly known, is a set of principles based on the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility. R2P was universally endorsed at the 2005 World Summit and then re-affirmed in 2006 by the U.N. In this week's In Focus we look at the historical background and speak to the UN Special Advisor on R2P, Edward Luck and Alex Vines, Research Director at Chatham House about what R2P means in today's world. ... Read more...
Inside the General Assembly
On Tuesday, 13 September, the 66th session of the General Assembly will commence at UN Headquarters, bringing together leaders from all 193 Member States. The logistics require careful planning, most of which starts months in advance of the opening day.
In this week's In Focus we've spoken with the UN Chief of Protocol in order to hear what happens behind the scenes at the GA. We also look at what is on the agenda this year and what being a member of the world's biggest club mean to the member states.
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Buttons Baby Shower {On to Baby}
Posted in diy, events, tagged baby, buttons, cake, cookie, decor, diy, invitation, shower on April 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A button inspired baby shower inspiration shoot originally from On to Baby.
Don't forget to check out Vanessa Reed Photography to capture your special event!
M & M Wedding Inspiration {Style Me Pretty}
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M & M Cake & Thank You's originally from Style Me Pretty
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Fine Metalworking
Artist-blacksmiths prove quality knows no
Fine Metalworking
Artist-blacksmiths prove quality knows no
Fine Metalworking
Artist-blacksmiths prove quality knows no
Fine Metalworking
Artist-blacksmiths prove quality knows no
Fine Metalworking
Artist-blacksmiths prove quality knows no
Fine Metalworking
Artist-blacksmiths prove quality knows no
Jim McCarty
Former Prairie Hill
Elementary School students revisiting their school these days are in
for a surprise. The incessant ringing of hammer on anvil or the mighty
thump of a mechanical forging hammer signal the old school has a new
use today.
Once abandoned due to declining enrollment, the former school in north-central
Missouri might have fallen into disrepair like so many others. Instead
what was once the gymnasium is now the workplace of Japheth Howard and
Alice James.
The husband and wife
team operate Flicker Forge here while Alice's
brother, Eliot, makes tooling and composite parts for the automobile
industry in the rest of the building. Japheth and Alice, world-class
artist-blacksmiths, are living proof that talented people can earn
a living anywhere.
The two moved 70,000
pounds of metalworking equipment to this extremely rural part of Missouri
from Seattle where they operated a successful business for many years. "We
had a good business and could see we could stay but it's
tough to buy a house, office and work space in Seattle," says Japheth. "We
figured we could do one or the other."
Seattle had changed
in the eight years the two lived and worked there. Once-inexpensive
warehouse space is being converted into trendy shopping areas and living
quarters. Never city people, the two decided to find a rural place
to set up shop.
That's when
Alice's brother offered the
gymnasium at the school where he was running a business. The offer
proved too good to pass up, so the couple loaded up their heavy equipment,
put it on two trucks and shipped it to Missouri in 2000.
Already the
two had a reputation as top-notch artist-blacksmiths. Japh, as he's
known to friends, started forging hot iron at age 15, taking up the
ancient craft to forge copies of old tools he found in archeological
digs. In time he learned to produce the furniture, lighting fixtures,
gates and railings once made exclusively by blacksmiths.
He learned
his trade the old fashioned way, as an apprentice to a number of
learned smiths. His journeys led him to apprentice at the National
Ornamental Metals Museum in Memphis, Tenn. Here he caught the attention
of an English blacksmith who offered him a chance to work in Surrey,
Japh spent a year
in England, doing restoration work that included old castles and Parliament. "I
got a chance to work with guys who started at 15 and retired after
50 years. I wanted to get there before they were all gone. I got to
do lots of high-end architectural work."
Working with those
English smiths earned Japh a reputation for precision craftsmanship. "Everything
there was made to the half millimeter. I found you could make
things that precise. If you did everything right from the beginning,
when it came together it fit," he
That experience serves
him well today. It's not unusual
for Japh to forge a major project in Missouri and ship it across
the country for reassembly. Since he can't take the shop
with him, every part must fit.
A recent project
was a stair railing made for an apartment in New York City. Japh finished
the job, packed it in crates and shipped it to New York.
Then he loaded the pieces in an elevator and took them to the 56th
floor for installation.
By contrast, Alice
took the academic route to her training. She majored in art at Southern
Illinois University in Carbondale, focusing on jewelry and glass. Along
the way she took every metalworking class offered by the school, which
offers a blacksmith degree program but only for graduate students.
her spare time she volunteered at the Metals Museum, where she met
Japh. Alice did a two-year residency at the Appalachian Center for
Crafts in Tennessee where she quickly discovered jewelry and glasswork
wasn't her calling.
She began to do more
blacksmithing and silversmithing. But after two years she started getting
nervous about leaving the academic setting. Graduate school seemed
like a good way to postpone the inevitable so she moved to Washington
state planning to enroll.
"I talked to
people in the blacksmithing community and was advised not to do it
right away," she says.
Instead she rented studio space where she did custom work and occasional
repairs. "For six months I made rent but
not much more," she says.
Then she met Darryl
Nelson, a Washington blacksmith known for his animal
heads in iron and for heavy forgings, along with
a tremendous work ethic. Alice went to work for
the veteran smith.
"This was the
education I needed, not graduate school," she says. "He
just taught me a lot, all about the forging process.
forge was never off. Even if he wasn't
doing anything that required the forge, it
was there to remind him that's what you
do. The roar of the fire kept you focused."
Alice's reputation grew, she was invited
to teach at blacksmithing schools and conferences
across the country and in Canada. She is
one of the featured demonstrators at the
conference sponsored by the Blacksmiths Association
of Missouri in May.
While Japh and Alice
have taught together, they usually don't
collaborate on projects. That is changing
as Alice takes time away from the forge
to raise their 2-year-old son, Cyrus. To keep
from losing her touch Alice is doing more
design work with Japh.
"I always worked
with the clients and their needs," Japh
says. "Alice
responds more to their emotions."
Alice, "Say they need a gate.
Japh works out the architectural components
and how you make a gate where I look
at the client. Maybe they collect something
or like a particular style."
piece they did collaborate on was
a balance beam scale for an art show.
Japh researched how to make the scale
work. Alice studied blue herons to contribute
the form. The finished piece has hooks
and swivels by Japh and a heron head by
That clients can
find these two working out of an old school in northern Missouri is
a huge testament to their reputation. That this high-end blacksmith
work is still being done speaks volumes of blacksmithing's
Once considered a
dying art, today a new generation of blacksmiths is reviving the old
ways of creating gates, railings and even furniture. Hand work ensures
no two forged pieces are alike.
like these two use coal or coke to heat steel until it can be worked
like clay. Using hammer and anvil Japh and Alice can forge tapers,
twists, tenons and even organic shapes like leaves.
"Design is
real important," says Japh. "You have to make something
no one else is going to make,
not because they can't but because they didn't
think of it. There's
a lot of this work. It's
letting people know you can
do it."
You can learn more about Flicker Forge at www.flickerforge.com or call
(660) 777-3508.


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Frequently Asked Questions
General Information
Q: Must I be a US citizen to receive a PA teaching certificate?
A: If you are not a US citizen, you must submit a notarized copy of your permanent immigrant visa and a "Declaration of Intent to Become a Citizen of the United States" form when you apply for your certificate.
Q: Do I need a teaching certificate to substitute teach?
A: To substitute teach in public schools a valid teaching certificate is required. Some private schools may not require one.
Q: Where can I find information on the 6 Steps to Certification information?
A: You can view the 6 Steps to Certification information and detailed guides to completing your TIMS application HERE.
Becoming Certified
Q: I want to teach high school students. Do I get a certificate in secondary education?
A: There is no teaching certificate in secondary education in general. You must choose a specific subject area. MU offers the following secondary education areas:
Earth & Space Science
Foreign Language (French, German, Spanish)
Social Studies/Citizenship (emphasis in Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology/Anthropology)
Q: How long will it take for me to become certified? How many courses do I need to take?
The length of time to complete a certification program is determined by numerous factors. Each application is reviewed by a team of professionals in order to award you the most credit for past coursework and to determine what requirements still need to be fulfilled.
The number of credits varies with the subject area and the number of courses that you have already completed in that area. For Example; If you have your BA in Math and you want to become a Secondary Mathematics teacher you will have less credits to complete than if you have your BA in Art and want to teach Secondary Mathematics.
Once your transcripts are reviewed and you have a list of courses that you still need to complete, you will be able to determine better how long it may take you. Typically, at the very least, most applicants will need to complete their Foundational Education courses (6 credits); their Professional Education courses (8 - 12 credits); and their Student Teaching semester (12 credits).
Q: I have a bachelor's degree but I am not certified to teach. How do I become certified?
A: It is not necessary to complete an education degree to be certified. By applying to the post-baccalaureate certification program you can complete the courses you still need for certification without completing another degree. The Post-baccalaureate certification program is meant to "fill the gaps" between your previous degree work and what requirements need to be completed in order to meet PA State certification requirements.
Q: I am already certified in one area. How do I obtain certification in another area?
A: Some areas of Certification only require the appropriate PRAXIS test and submission of the appropriate paperwork to PDE. Other areas of Certification may require admission to a state-approved post-baccalaureate certification program, completion of the appropriate course work and the Specialty PRAXIS test for that certification area. Please visit the PDE website for Adding an Area to a PA Instructional Certificate for clarification on adding each area.
Q: May I complete a Master's degree and certification at the same time?
A: It is possible to work on a Master's degree and certification at the same time. You should select both options on the Graduate Studies Application. Any courses that are required for both programs will count toward both.
Certified in Another State/Country
Q: I am certified in another state/country. What do I need to do to become certified in Pennsylvania?
A: You will need to contact the PA Department of Education for this information.
Certification Tests (The Praxis & PECT Series)
Q: When should I take the certification (Praxis II) exams?
A: It is advisable to take your content area Praxis II exam(s) the semester prior to student teaching or completing your certification program.
Q: I am getting my first certificate. What tests do I need to take?
A: Every Undergraduate student seeking teacher certification must take the Pre-Service Academic Performance Assessment (PAPA)- Reading, Writing, & Math. Post-Baccalaureate students are only required to take the PAPA according to their program requirements. Each Teacher Certification applicant must take the Specialty Test for their respective area. All PreK-12 Areas must also take the Fundamental Subjects: Content Knowledge test. Please see "Testing Requirements" for more specific information.
Q: If I am being certified in two areas at the same time, do I need to take a test in each area?
A: A specialty test is required for each area of certification. Therefore, you will need to take more than one specialty test.
Q: I am adding another area of certification to my present certificate. What tests do I need to take?
A: You will only need to take the specialty test for the certification area that you are adding.
Q: I am graduating/completing my program in May, but I have not completed my content area test for certification yet. Can I receive my certification without passing test scores?
A: No, this is a state requirement. PDE requires you to submit passing test scores before your certification is awarded by PDE.
Q: If I have not completed my content area tests, can I still submit my TIMS application on May 1st?
A: Yes, you can submit your TIMS application without passing test scores. PDE will hold your application for one year. (Subject to change - see the PDE website for more information.)
Receiving Your Certificate
Q: How long does it take for me to receive my certificate?
A: Your certificate will be sent directly to you by the Bureau of Teacher Preparation and Certification (PDE) in Harrisburg. PDE processes applications in approximately six to eight weeks from the date they receive them from our Certification Office. Applications are submitted by this Certification Office as soon as possible after your last semester or graduation date and with the following information: Grades must be finalized, Degrees conferred, all signed PDE-430 forms submitted, all "official" passing PRAXIS test scores on file, and your GPA must be 3.0 or higher.
Once PDE has received your certification application from us, you may check the status of your application by logging into the Teacher Information Management System (TIMS). This site will also be helpful to you for tracking your ACT 48 credits and other information regarding your status with the PA Department of Education.
Q: I am applying for a job and the application is requesting I submit a letter from MU verifying the completion of my program. How do I obtain this letter?
A: This letter will be sent to all students who have completed the MU Request for Recommendation form after recommendation to PDE is made. If you are currently applying for jobs, it is recommended that you upload a copy of your degree audit or transcript to show your progress in the program.
Teaching in Other States
Q: I want to teach in another state. What do I do?
A: If you want information on certification requirements in another state, you must contact the certifying agency in that state. (See Out-of-State Certification).
What Can I Teach?
Q: I am certified in Elementary. Can I teach in a middle school?
A: A person holding a PA Elementary (K-6) certificate may teach any grade level or class in a middle school except remedial reading (you may teach developmental reading); classes requiring a comprehensive type (K-12) certificate such as Art, Music, and Health and Physical Education; or courses pre-approved by the PA Department of Education for graduation credit.
Q: I am certified in Biology (or another science area). What classes can I teach?
Biology - You may teach Life Science and General Science at the junior high/middle school level and Biology and Advanced General Science at the senior high school level. You are also qualified for assignment to an Arboretum, Aviary or Greenhouse laboratory.
Chemistry - You may teach Physical Science and General Science at the junior high/middle school level and Chemistry, Advanced Physical Science, and Advanced General Science at the senior high school level.
Earth Science - You may teach Earth and Space Science and General Science at the junior high/middle school level and Advanced Earth and Space Science and Advanced General Science at the senior high school level. You are also qualified for assignment to a Planetarium or Meteorological laboratory.
Physics - You may teach Physical Science and General Science at the junior high/middle school level and Physics, Advanced Physical Science, and Advanced General Science at the senior high school level.


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Few lauded Sigourney Weaver on her dress choice at the SAG Awards. But was her outfit not fashion-forward because it was backwards?
SAG Awards: Fashion hits and misses
The Red Carpet Fashion Awards claims the actress wore a V-neck Lanvin gown backwards, a move which landed her on many Worst Dressed Lists. But contrary to the report, you can see Weaver's exact high-necked Lanvin dress in red on Net-a-Porter, where it's clear the actress did not pull a Kriss Kross — not that there's anything wrong with that. Quite a few actresses have flipped their frocks on the red carpet, including Amanda Seyfried and Angelina Jolie.
You hear that? Weaver did nothing wrong but think armpit ruffles were cool. So in the vein of Chris Crocker, leave Sigourney alone!


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Felix improved a day after tweaking back
NEW YORK -- Mariners ace Felix Hernandez showed up at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday afternoon feeling fine after being taken out of Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Yankees following the sixth inning due to a tight back.
Hernandez tweaked his back while fielding a ground ball and turning and firing to second base in the sixth. He stayed in for the rest of that inning but didn't return for the seventh with a 3-1 lead and having thrown 97 pitches.
Manager Eric Wedge said he definitely would have kept Hernandez in for another inning if the back issue hadn't cropped up. But Wedge indicated on Wednesday that things were looking fine a day later.
"He's good," Wedge said. "He said it was pretty sore this morning, but he feels good, and [trainer Rick Griffin] felt he got him in a good place after the game last night. He's feeling good today, so we should be fine."
Will there be any changes to Hernandez's preparation this week before his next scheduled start, on Sunday in Cleveland?
"I don't think so," Wedge said. "I think we're OK."
Hernandez is 5-2 with an American League-leading 1.53 ERA after nine starts.


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The huge story these days in America is the strategy developed and adopted by the Internal Revenue Service under Barack Obama to try to hush up conservative organizations by delaying their tax-status applications with personal, unneeded and likely illegal questions.
But a legal case being brought against authorities in Houston, Texas, suggests there's another way to shut up a Christian: Arrest him.
The case is being brought by the Thomas More Law Center on behalf of David Allen.
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The organization explained that since May of 2011, there have been three separate incidents where Allen, a Christian street preacher in Houston, was arrested, searched, jailed and denied his constitutional rights to free speech and free exercise of religion.
However, there never has been a conviction on any charge.
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Erin Mersino is the Thomas More Law Center attorney handling the project, and she is being helped by Texas attorneys Joseph R. Gutheinz of Friendship, Texas, and Jerad Wayne Najvar of Houston.
Named as defendants are the city of Houston, its police chief and several officers.
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The center said Allen's three arrests happened while he was preaching the Gospel message against the sins of abortion, homosexuality and adultery on public sidewalks.
His preaching includes donning a wool prayer shawl called a "Tallit" and sounding a ram's horn known as a "shofar."
"This case is primarily about the right of a Christian preacher, exercising his rights to free speech on the public sidewalks of Houston, to condemn what he believes are sins of our society. The Supreme Court has held that public sidewalks are traditional public forums where speech cannot be restricted based on content. So, as long as Mr. Allen is not violating any constitutionally valid laws, the police cannot arrest him or otherwise interfere with his right to free speech just because they don't like his message or the way he is expressing it," said Richard Thompson, president of the TMLC.
The first arrest was in May 2011 while he was praying on a public sidewalk in front of the local Planned Parenthood facility. He was handcuffed and imprisoned in the back of a patrol car for nearly an hour in "suffocating heat."
When he was brought out of the vehicle he collapsed and was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
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The second arrested was that October, and it was dismissed for lack of evidence.
January 2012 saw the third arrest, when Allen was jailed for most of a day before his wife was able to post bond. He was charged with failing to obey an order and having a "staff" – his shofar.
Police failed to appear at court so it, too, was dismissed.
The case cites the repeated violations of Allen's First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights.
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"The city and its highest ranking officials … in conjunction, agreement and cooperation with police officers and officials, worked together, acted with reckless and callous indifference to plaintiff's constitutional rights, and in fact did jointly engage in conduct that deprived plaintiff of his fundamental constitutional rights," said the complaint.
"Plaintiff seeks a declaration that defendants violated his clearly established constitutional rights as set forth … a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining the enforcement of defendants' unconstitutional acts, policies, practices, customs and/or procedures as set forth in this complaint; and a judgment awarding nominal, compensatory, and punitive damages … for the harm caused to plaintiff by the conduct of the defendant."


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Phil's BBQ wins Stadium Food King Challenge
The Padres and Phil's BBQ were voted the winners in the Stadium Food King Challenge by USA Today Sports to determine which ballpark has the best dining options.
The Phil's BBQ EL Toro tri-tip sandwich outlasted eight other teams selected as finalists, including winning the head-to-head matchups with the D-backs' Sonoran Dog, Brewers' pulled pork parfait and Royals' Cheesy Brisket-acho in the finals.
"San Diegans know Phil's BBQ is some of the best ballpark food you can find, so it's great to see Phil's receive the national recognition it deserves," Padres Vice President, Concessions & Retail Scott Marshall said in a press release. "The Padres are committed to showcasing the best food San Diego has to offer, and having Phil's in the ballpark this season has been a fantastic addition to our concessions lineup."
USA Today took open submissions starting July 1, then launched a social media challenge on July 9 between eight Major League teams and their best dish.
Phil's BBQ is located in right field at Petco Park.
"Any time you can beat out a great BBQ state like Kansas, it's a good day," Phil's BBQ owner Phil Pace said in a release. "Being located inside the ballpark has been a lot of fun for our BBQrew, and we look forward to serving many more fans at Petco."


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The Internet is so convenient, so easy but yet it is so dangerous.
It came to light in Singapore that a man and a woman in their early 20s had suffered symptoms of psychosis such as hearing of voices, hallucinations, confusion and thyrotoxic symptoms such as anxiety and increased heart rate after using a product named Relacore, a product they bought over the Internet.
So what is wrong with this anti-'belly fat and stress control' dietary supplement?
This product was not declared to have included a Western drug, a potent substance known as Sibutramine. Sibutramine is a prescription drug marketed under trade names such as Meridia in the USA, Leptos in India, Reductil (read Want to slim down? Don't count on weigh-loss drugs) in Europe and other countries. It is used as an appetite suppressant in the management of obesity. That means that it works by making you feel more 'full' with less food (it reduces appetite and enhances satiety).
On Wikipedia, it is documented that frequent encountered side effects from sibutramine are: dry mouth, paradoxically increased appetite, nausea, strange taste in the mouth, anorgasmia and delayed ejaculation, upset stomach, constipation, trouble sleeping, dizziness, drowsiness, menstrual cramps/pain, headache, flushing, or joint/muscle pain.
It can substantially increase blood pressure and pulse in some patients. Therefore all patients treated with sibutramine should have regular monitoring of blood pressure and pulse.
Infrequent but serious ones that require immediate medical attention: cardiac arrhythmias, paresthesia, mental/mood changes (e.g., excitement, restlessness, confusion, depression, rare thoughts of suicide).
Symptoms that require urgent medical attention are seizures, problems urinating, abnormal bruising or bleeding, melena, hematemesis, jaundice, fever and rigors, chest pain, hemiplegia, abnormal vision, dyspnea and edema.
Could what they have consumed a counterfeit version? Health Science Authority (HSA) is investigating now. In HSA's press release today, it has said that "Given the borderless nature of the Internet and the ease with which this product could be bought and sold in different countries around the world, HSA has alerted its international network of enforcement counterparts to be on a lookout for the adulterated product and where appropriate, to act against websites selling this product within their respective jurisdictions."
This is the second case in the last 6 years concerning slimming product that created adverse reaction. Slim 10 pills in 2002 hit headlines in Singapore after it killed a woman and caused severe liver damage to local actress Andrea De Cruz which would have killed her if not for an emergency liver transplant done with the liver donation from her then-fiance actor Pierre Png (now husband). The China-made diet pills contained fenfluramine, an appetite suppressant that has been banned in the U.S. since 1997 for damaging heart valves and which doctors later confirmed also caused liver failure.


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And It's ON!
A few months back my Shishter (not to be confused with my S-I-S-T-E-R) and I were discussing her budding relationship with this handsome feller who had wandered into her life.
My Shishter is 34, never married, quite beautiful, and has always sort of pooh poohed the idea of love. She could've probably been married as many times as Tammy Wynette by now, had she wanted to. She's always been very picky and would write somebody off if they didn't possess a quality she wanted in a man or if there was something she didn't quite like, never looking back or second guessing her decision to dump or compromising her standards.
I've always admired her un-clingyness to men and that she wouldn't go out with one because she "needed" one. She's very independent, self-sufficient and totally comfortable with herself to not need a guy in her world.
She had met The Fireman, who had been married previously and has three children, two of whom are young adults who still live at home and another one that's about 5.
She was telling me of a situation where plans had changed, with the Fireman, at the last moment, as things have a tendency to do when one is a parent. She wasn't much crazy about it at all and said something like she didn't know if she wanted to do this because she liked her "nice, quiet, no drama" sort of life.
Being the wise old grandmother I am, I said to her "Shishter…you have been pretty fortunate in your life to not have anything really rock your world. You do realize that tomorrow your world could be turned upside down by something totally out of your control, don't you? You could go home and find your house totally burned to the ground with every possession you own gone or you could get a frightening, life-changing diagnosis." I went on and on with my sermon, because after all, I've been through the illnesses and deaths of both of my parents, lived through my 16-year-old daughter telling me she was pregnant, a divorce, blah, blah….I was beginning to sound like the Charlie Brown schoolteacher to myself even.
There was NO way I would've guessed that within a couple of months, what I told her was going to, like, really happen. I was talking hypothetical. Totally. My Shishter has had it pretty good.
Last Wednesday, my dear best friend found out that she has breast cancer and probably next week will undergo a double mastectomy to be followed by chemotherapy and probably radiation. She is 34 years old with no family history. She is totally, completely in love for the first time in her life. This is not supposed to be. It's not a bad dream that I'm hoping to wake up from. It's real. And it all came down so quick.
She found her lump a week ago Wednesday. She always did regular self checks. This came up out of nowhere.
I have no doubt that my Shishter has the cojones to kick this cancer square in the arse and make it sorry it ever messed with her. She is a tenacious and stubborn girl. I have vowed to fight it right along with her, doing whatever I need or have to do. I've told her I will shave my head right along with her. Not that that would fix the problem but if it makes her feel not quite so alone to deal with the loss of her hair, by golly, I can lose mine too.
Cancer, I hate you. You took my parents, my stepfather, two of my aunts, two uncles, dear friends, but you will NOT take my Shishter from me.


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10 most successful open source projects of 2012
It's that time when we look back at the year that was and speculate about what's in store for the next. This is my list of the top open source success stories for 2012.
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Apache Hadoop
In many ways, 2012 has been the year of big data. Several distributors of Hadoop are vying for the market lead. Hortonworks, Cloudera and MapR are just three of the leaders, but the big boys, like IBM, are using Hadoop as well. The big data revolution is only going to get bigger, and it seems that open source Hadoop has cemented its leadership position.
Hand-in-hand with the big data revolution has been the development of non-relational databases required to do all of this big data analysis. While it is too early to declare a winner in the NoSQL race, MongoDB from 10Gen seems to be leading the pack in terms of mind share and customers, not to mention capital raised. With a successful team of tech veterans, MongoDB is generally acknowledged as the leader, even by its competitors.
Since its genesis as part of a NASA/Rackspace joint effort, dozens of companies have signed on in support of OpenStack. Its widespread support has become something of a double-edged sword, with critics pointing out that, although a lot of companies claim to support it, it's unclear how many are actually contributing to or even using OpenStack. Still, there are more than 6,000 lines of code in OpenStack, so someone is doing something. Despite having to contend with Amazon and CloudStack, OpenStack is firmly entrenched in the cloud market.
Pentaho built a big business in business intelligence, integrating with Hadoop partners as well as NoSQL companies. It also had a big year in raising capital and winning customers. While those in the know recognize Pentaho for the powerhouse it is, if you are not in its market, it may be new to you.
While there has been a lot of noise around NoSQL databases, the traditional relational database space has not exactly dried up, either. While many view Oracle's ownership of MySQL as the worst thing that could happen to open source databases, it has opened a window for another open source SQL database to gain traction. PostgreSQL and EnterpriseDB, the company selling commercial support and services for PostgreSQL, have been on a great roll lately.
The Web content management space is just chock-full of great open source choices. You could pick any of the top choices and not go wrong. What has really helped Joomla is positioning itself as a platform that supports lots of different apps and extensions to give users more power and flexibility in building a Web presence.
While Joomla positions itself as a Web platform, WordPress has made its bones as the blog platform of choice. There are claims that WordPress is the most popular WCM platform, but it's hard to know for sure. What I do know is that I use WordPress for my personal blogs, and I love it. The plug-in catalog continues to grow. There is virtually nothing you can't do with a WordPress blog. While security concerns were an issue in years past, we don't hear as much about them anymore.
While not as big as the other two WCM platforms on our list, DotNetNuke has had a banner year. Initially, Microsoft failed to give DNN, a tool for developing on Microsoft's .Net platform, the support it deserved. That seems to have changed. Microsoft has made DNN available on its Azure cloud platform and has even entered into a partnership to introduce DNN to more of the Microsoft channel. In the meantime, DNN continues to add lots of functionality around e-commerce, cloud-hosted options and much more.
Sugar has become an open source success story. For a long time, it was considered just an open source version of Salesforce.com. But it has emerged from Salesforce's shadow and become a CRM power in its own right. With lots of ways to consume Sugar, there is a model and price point for just about everyone. While continuing to innovate, Sugar has found its place.
While not a big commercial success like the rest of the open source projects on this list, I chose Audacity because personally I love using it and find it very useful. I am not aware of any commercial company offering support and services for Audacity, but who needs it? It just works. If you have to work with audio files, Audacity sets the bar for ease of use and powerful tools. It has been downloaded something like 70 million times, so that should say something.
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Zac Brown, Tom Morello and Queen's Roger Taylor Join Foo Fighters On-Stage
Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell also joined the pre-Super Bowl party
There was no shortage of big names who wanted to join Foo Fighters for their pre-Super Bowl party in Atlanta on Saturday night. Tom Morello, Zac Brown, Perry Farrell and Queen drummer Roger Taylor all hopped on-stage at one point during the 19-song set.
Hip hop duo Run the Jewels opened the 2-and-a-half hour show that was live-streamed on Twitter. Foo Fighters opened with "All My Life" and ran through a list of other standards before the cameos commenced towards the end of the show.
First up was a cover of "Under Pressure" with Queen's own Roger Taylor on drums and Taylor Hawkins on vocals (1:38:26). Morello and Brown grabbed guitars for a cover of "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath, with Brown handling vocals (1:56:15). Brown and Morello then stayed put when Perry Farrell came out to sing Jane's Addiction fan-favorite "Mountain Song" (2:04:00)
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It wasn't the only time Dave Grohl and Zac Brown performed together last week. The roles were reversed when the Foo Fighters frontman joined Zac Brown Band to cover "Enter Sandman" by Metallica at another pre-Super Bowl concert.


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How brave of an actor is Al Pacino? Brave enough to fling himself into the bizarre title character of HBO's colorful biopic "Phil Spector," and don a mountainous wig that makes Marge Simpson's tower of follicles seem modest in comparison.
Yes, it's difficult to get past the full-blown crazy hair, but really, that's just one aspect of the outlandish world that Pacino, along with Helen Mirren and acclaimed writer David Mamet, embrace during this fascinating character study.
Pacino plays Spector, the infamous music icon now serving a prison sentence for the 2003 murder of B-movie actor Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra mansion. And he plays him with the kind of gusto and commitment you expect from one of our most gifted actors.
In Mamet's "mythological" take (more on that later), we view Spector through the eyes of defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden (Mirren), who has been recruited to assist in Spector's first court case. The film is essentially about the uneasy relationship between Baden and her peculiar client.
Initially, Baden is convinced that her client is guilty, even though he claims it was a suicide. Her first visit to his ostentatious Southern California "castle" does little to change her mind. This is a strange, egotistic, gun-loving little man who adorns his rooms with, among other things, owl statues, carnival attractions, prison bars and busts of Abraham Lincoln.
It doesn't help, either, that several women have come forward to claim Spector held them captive at gunpoint during his frequent booty calls, or that his own limo driver issued a damaging statement to police.
Gradually, however, Baden comes to believe that the forensic evidence doesn't prove that Spector committed the crime — that there is, indeed, cause for reasonable doubt.
But how do you defend a guy who the public largely views as a delusional freak? When Spector one day shows up for his trial rocking the aforementioned big hair (as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix), it becomes all too apparent that she has her work cut out for her.
Pacino and Mirren make for a dynamic pair. While his Spector spews voluminous screeds about his "Wall of Sound" glory days, and how he worked with greats like the Beatles, John Lennon and Tina Turner, she gamely filters his baloney and keeps him in line.
Pacino takes a character that could have been a one-dimensional cartoon and finds his beating heart. He's able to keep him convincingly unpredictable and maddening and sympathetic from one moment to the next. Mirren, in a much less showier role, succeeds at giving Baden a weary but resilient toughness.
There is almost no "action" to speak of in the film. From Spector's verbal bluster, to all the chatter about ballistics and forensics, it's a very talkie 90 minutes, occasionally punctuated by a haunting soundtrack.
But the high-caliber performers, as well as Mamet's sparkling dialogue, keep things compelling. Along the way, they get us pondering the nature of celebrity, media, justice, prejudice and just what exactly is the meaning of the term "reasonable doubt."
Speaking of reasonable doubt, viewers might be inclined to have a bit of their own while watching "Phil Spector," no matter how captivating it is. That's because it starts with a clunky disclaimer that reads: "This is a work of fiction. It's not 'based on a true story.' It is a drama inspired by actual persons in a trial, but it is neither an attempt to depict the actual persons, nor comment upon the trial or its outcome."
This blurring of narrative lines is becoming more fashionable these days, and too often it feels like an easy cop-out. It's particularly troublesome with a relatively recent true-crime saga such this one because many viewers come in already knowing the facts and/or craving a deeper understanding of them. Instead, they're left to wonder about the overall credibility of the endeavor.
This much is known: The film concludes with Spector's 2007 court case, which ended in a mistrial with a deadlocked jury (10-2 in favor of conviction). He was retried and, in 2009, was found guilty of second-degree murder. Baden did not participate in that trial.
TIME TO GORGE OUT: I recently wrote about the TV binge-viewing craze, and now here's another sign that it's building momentum: The Comcast cable company will hold a national "watchathon" for its customers during the week of March 25-31.
Entire seasons of certain shows will be available to on-demand customers during the event. And customers who don't normally get pay networks like HBO and Showtime will have free access to the entire runs of series like "Homeland" and "Girls."
Comcast is also trying to encourage use of its service that allows customers to watch TV on mobile devices.
ETC.: No one is more overjoyed about the return of "Revolution" and "The Voice" on Monday than NBC. The network, which led the broadcast race over the first half of the season, hit upon hard times this winter without two of its biggest hits. … Seems like more and more shows are ending their seasons early. On Friday, "Last Man Standing" (8 p.m., ABC) wraps up its second season with a reunion between former "Home Improvement" cast mates Tim Allen and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. … If you thought the awards season ended with the Oscars, think again: We've got the Kids Choice Awards this weekend (8 p.m. Saturday, Nickelodeon). Host Josh Duhamel will be doling out the hardware — and the green slime.
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'Phil Spector'
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When: 9 p.m. Sunday
Where: HBO


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Summertime Lunches 2012
Our last NBIO 2012 Summer Lunch was held on Tuesday, Aug 14th, 12:30pm, Taylor Hall 124.
The scope of the summertime lunches were to provide a very informal setting in which to meet NBIO faculty whom students may not have other occasions to meet, like in class or at other occasions. Students spoke with invited faculty about various subjects, their work and future plans, asked for advice about their career and experience in neurosciences, etc…while dining on sandwiches, pasta salad, and lemonade. We had participation from students at all stages of their training. Thanks to all who participated in these events, they were quite successful and we look forward to planning them again next summer!


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JERUSALEM – Israel has appointed respected banker Jacob Frenkel as the next governor of the Bank of Israel.
It will be Frenkel's second term in the position. The current governor, Stanley Fischer, will be leaving the position at the end of this month after eight years in office.
The appointment must be approved by Israel's Cabinet, but significant opposition is unlikely.
Frenkel won praise for his role as central bank chief from 1991 to 2000 for his part in reducing inflation, liberalizing financial markets and integrating Israel's economy into the global financial system.
He has since worked in international finance. Frenkel, 70, is currently chairman of JPMorgan Chase International.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the decision Sunday in a statement sent to news media.


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MOOD INDIGO Trailer : From the director of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND comes a magical love story that stood the test of time. Adapted from Boris Vian's cult international bestseller.
In a world where you can travel around on a pink cloud or literally be swept off an ice-skating rink into a hole, Colin, a wealthy young man and inventor of the cocktail-mixing piano, wants to fall in love. With the help of his cook Nicolas and best friend Chick, he meets Chloe, the incarnation of a Duke Ellington tune. But soon after their wedding, Chloe falls ill. She has a water lily growing in her chest. Ruined by medical expenses, Colin resorts to increasingly desperate methods to save his beloved's life…


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Lindsay Lohan interview: I have no drug, alcohol woes
Lindsay Lohan says she has no drug or alcohol issues, has only done cocaine a handful of times and her court-ordered stays in rehab give her welcome time to be alone.
"This is where it gets hard for me to explain," she told Piers Morgan in an interview published Sunday in the UK newspaper the Daily Mail. "I don't think there's anything wrong with people taking time to just be by themselves. . . . I don't think it will be a bad thing for me to be away with myself for three months."
The night that her still-unfolding legal troubles began in 2007, when police found cocaine in her Mercedes, "was the first time I'd taken drugs," Lohan, 26, insisted. "I was out in a club with people I shouldn't have been with, and took cocaine, and got in the car. It was so stupid." She has only used the drug, she said, "maybe four or five times in my life."
Lohan told Morgan she's tried "pot, obviously. And ecstasy. I liked that better than the others." She takes the prescription drug Adderall for "severe" attention deficit disorder, as well as the tranquilizer Trazodone "if I've been traveling and can't sleep from jet lag. But in small doses; I'm not a pill-popper."
Heath Ledger, she said, advised her before his death in 2008 to give up drinking alcohol for year, "because he'd just done that, and so I did and it wasn't a problem for me. I didn't miss it; I felt good. That's not to say that years from now I won't have a glass of wine at a dinner, but I'd rather not drink and just focus on work."
While saying, "I live without regrets," Lohan conceded that "my two DUIs were totally irresponsible -- a stupid mistake." She added, "Everyone thinks I'm this crazy drug addict who shows up late to everything and behaves so badly. But I'm not. I'm bad with timing. I always panic when people rush me. I'm like, 'I'll be there half an hour early if you just give me my space and don't call me every five seconds.' "
As for the necklace she took from a California jewelry store, leading to her no-contest plea for theft, "I'd never steal a necklace. They didn't show the real in-store videotape to anyone," she claimed, "because that shows the store attendant putting it on me and me taking out cash to pay for it, and she's saying, 'No, you can just bring it back tomorrow.' So, there's like a slew of things that have gone on like that which have been such a strain."