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PG&E grant helps Grant School build a living classroom
Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 3:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 3:03 p.m.
Grant Elementary School has been awarded a $5,000 grant from PG&E's Bright Ideas Program to transform an empty courtyard into a living classroom and learning garden to teach standards-based science and environmental education.
Designed collaboratively, with input from teachers, parents and students, it will contain numerous learning stations and opportunities for hands-on engagement, and will also include a semi-circle of seating to facilitate presentations. The living classroom will incorporate a water catchment system with solar pump for use throughout the garden, a raised compost area for green waste and lunch scraps recycling, portable solar ovens for curriculum use, dwarf fruit trees for shade and fruit, planter boxes filled with herbs and edibles, and low maintenancenative habitat landscaping featuring a xeriscape area.
All grade levels (399 students) will enjoy innovative learning in the dynamic garden environment where they will observe and interact with the natural world.
"This will instill in children an environmental awareness far greater and more directly than is possible in a traditional classroom, which is our primary reason for undertaking this project," says parent and lead fundraiser, Aimee Vorhaus. "The proposed living classroom will be a cornerstone of the school's broader initiative to foster the leaders and stewards of tomorrow."
The courtyard is currently unused, empty space. With the project, it will be developed to accommodate diverse ways of learning science and studying the environment, with hands on, inquiry based lessons.
Teacher Julia Megna notes, "We envision the living classroom as a rich environment with diverse learning hubs, featuring a sunburst shaped presentation area, models of solar energy use, a weather station, sundial, and a sun-baked cob bench. Students will learn about environmental sustainability through investigation and experimentation."
The living classroom also encourages partnerships with the broader community. For example, Casa Grande High School environmental science teacher, John Shribbs, leader of the Outdoor Learning Environment program, has plans to bring his AP students to provide solar-oven building workshops for Grant's fifth- and sixth-grade students.
Grant additionally received a Petaluma Education Foundation Enrichment Grant, and funding from the Petaluma Garden Club to complete the project.
Ground breaking is planned for late this month.
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New memoir Opium Fiend documents an obsession with the cause of the "world's first real drug epidemic."
LIT In the early pages of his new memoir, Steven Martin admits he's obsessive. This is not uncommon, he explains, for collectors — not to be confused with the dilettantes he calls "gatherers." Serious hobbyists hunt down highly specific items, fervently scrutinize them, and then evangelize to whoever'll listen about their findings.
This kind of behavior can manifest around just about anything that people collect: Civil War artifacts, Depression glass, Beanie Babies. San Diego-born Martin became fascinated with Asian culture at a young age; after a stint in the military, he ended up living in Bangkok. A few decades later, he's chronicled his adventures thereabouts in Opium Fiend: A 21st Century Slave to a 19th Century Addiction (Ballantine, 396 pp., $26).
Yep: as unlikely as it sounds, he became hooked on opium. If you thought what Martin calls the cause of "the world's first real drug epidemic" vanished along with the Model T — well, you'd mostly be right. Opium Fiend, which is crammed with plenty of historical information as well as Martin's first-hand experiences with the drug, explores how an obsessive interest in antique opium-smoking paraphernalia — a formerly obscure thing to collect, at least until Martin's own photo book, The Art of Opium Antiques, came out in 2007 — led to, perhaps inevitably, a full-blown dependence on opium itself.
He's clean now; in the first chapter, he discusses the gruesome agony of detoxing. Later, one of his close friends, a fellow addict, doesn't survive the experience. It's a sobering moment in a book that, though clearly a cautionary tale, propels forward with the particular energy of someone who's really, really stoked to share his story.
"Some people watch movies or sports, but my favorite past time is seeking out and studying whatever I happen to be collecting at the moment," Martin says. "When I got serious about collecting opium-smoking paraphernalia, around 2001, I realized there was just nothing really out there about it. I took it as a challenge to collect as much as I could, and learn as much as I could about it.
"It had this outlaw chic about it that was interesting. But it also seemed to have this really odd juxtaposition — you have these beautiful, finely-crafted pieces of art, made from the best materials a century or so ago: jade, silver, or ivory. Really, really strikingly beautiful. But in actuality these things were instruments of self-destruction. It's a bit dark, but I found that appealing."
Though he'd dabbled in smoking even before he began building his trove of implements, he did not expect to become a raging addict — mostly because he didn't think becoming an opium addict was even physically possible.
"Most of the research that I did was coming from Victorian-era accounts of what opium smoking was like. I was very skeptical of what these books said. The tone was often very shrill, almost like a Reefer Madness kind of thing, so I didn't take it as seriously as I should," he says. "But opium's not like these modern drugs we hear about, a one-hit-and-you're-hooked-for-life sort of thing. It can take months — or in my case, years — to develop a serious addiction."
And "opium tends to rebuff the amateur," Martin says. "People often try it once and never try it again. But I happened to be in a place where it was possible to get opium that was processed specifically for smoking, which is actually a misnomer. The paraphernalia that's used is designed to vaporize the drug, not burn it."
Otherwise, stay the hell clear of drugs which take more than they give. From the sound of the write-up, I'll bet this one isn't done with his enthrallment.
The obsessive compulsive imperative collect correlates with the inability to resist addiction.
I once smoked opium in 1981 at the Rolling Stones show at the Cotton Bowl (ZZ Top and Fabulous Thunderbirds opened). It was awesome and tranquil but I did not want more.
Some great poets and authors did find useful insight from the use of opiates such as Coleridge, at least according to legend, wrote Xanadu under the imfluence.
'To live beyond the pleasure dome, decreed by Kublai Khan...'
If I quote correctly... Nonetheless, the authors descriptions of Laos and Indo-China are at the tops of travel literature, and his sober descriptions of the scene make this memoir worthwhile.
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Now im not a fan of kwan. But it is clear she was the overall better skater
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Now im not a fan of kwan. But it is clear she was the overall better skater
It is close but I chose the superior technical skater over the superior presentation skater, since while figure skating is both a sport and art, I believe it is a sport first and art second. Both technical and artistic abilities are important, and while Kwan has much inferior technical abilities to Irina, and Irina inferior artistic abilities to Michelle, both still are pretty good in both and combine both well. Although there are skaters even in very recent times who combine technical and artistic better than both- Yamaguchi, Asada, Kim, Kostner on a good day, possibly Ito.
IMO Slutskaya superior technically since she had much higher and more powerful jumps, a truer lutz, could do much harder jump combinations, had stronger spins, had as strong or stronger footwork, and skated with more speed and power.
Kwan stronger in presentation since she had much better lines, positions, more elegance, more grace, more style, more maturity and sophistication, and a more dainty quality. She also usually interpreted music better, although there are a few exceptions.
You say my comments are generalizations yet most have said including commentators and experts that Irina is the strongest technical skater of the Kwan field, and Kwan the strongest artistic skater of the Irina field, and one is stronger than the other in the other. How is it a generalization when I am only saying what everyone else has said. The debate to who is better is evaluating their careers and whether one feels the overall technical gap or overall presentation gap is more, but there doesnt seem any question which side each is stronger than the other in. Have you ever heard an expert say Kwan was the better technical skater or Irina the better presentation skater.
Repeating others' generalizations does not make them any less generalized and does not make them fact.
Irina rarely landed difficult jump combinations in competition. I believe Kwan landed more 3/3s in competition than Irina did in their respective careers. I'm sure both ladies could land difficult jump combinations in practice. In fact, I saw them both do that on a number of occasions (having attended several competitions over the years). Irina's jump landings often came to a standstill while Kwan had far more flow out of her jumps. Irina usually got more height than Kwan did on her jumps, but not always and not all jumps. These are just a few examples of specifics.
You're entitled to your opinion, usova94gold, but it would carry more weight if you pointed to specifics and backed up your opinion rather than regurgitated what others have said.
michelle for me.
i could saya lot of things but michelle for me for winning the 5 worlds,
shouldnt count europeans since couldn't compete anyway. 4cc neither did sasha, sarah, . but in fact irina one with 3jumps shouldn't have but did.
during that time it was perceived if one won the gp final, the other skated well and won worlds. sometimes worked out sometimes didnt.
irina is a great skater.
but these polls between skaters is more personally perference anyway
While Kwan wasn't as good as she was in the late '90s, she was still better (results-wise and skating-wise) than Slutskaya. Btw, when do you consider the Kwan and Slutskaya era to have started? 2000? 2002?
Slute could outjump and outspin Kwan, but could never attain the same level of quality and precision to her skating like Kwan did. She never had the same body awareness - Kwan almost always knew how her arms or legs (and most importantly, her back) should be positioned.
Kwan had displayed a variety of positions on deep edges (spread eagle, hydroblade, edge pulls, ina bauers etc). I don't remember Slute doing many (or any) of those, nor do I remember Slute doing many (or any) split jumps or leaps.
So some things Irina was better at, and some things Michelle was better at, which is almost always the case when two great skaters are compared, and then it comes down to personal preference.
I hear outside a million panicking birds, and know even out there comfort is done with; it has shattered even the stars, this creature at last come home to me.
It is a really tough call. Kwan has the edge at Worlds, but Slutskaya has an amazing Worlds record too. Slutskaya has the big edge at the Grand Prix final which is like a mini Worlds, and the edge in most other things. Olympics is even or Slutskaya slightly ahead, especialy since she was robbed of the 2002 gold.
I voted Kwan but I can see how Slutskaya has many votes. I hate Irina's skating and I hate her attitude towards Maria so that is part of the reason I voted for Michelle. I admit I dont like Irina and I am biased against her.
Three cheers and a cask of real ale for uncommon taste.
(I voted for Kwan, btw.)
I can call the moon a pear, but it doesn't make it so. -- kwanfan1818
It's not as if I'm saying, "I admit I don't like Michelle and I am biased against her" as someone seems to have written about Slutskaya. Kwan was a fine skater, technically consistent and very nice to watch. However, I still preferred watching Irina.
As for Henry Cavill, I don't even know who he is, so whatever I said about him can only have been a joke that maybe some people didn't appreciate.
I hear outside a million panicking birds, and know even out there comfort is done with; it has shattered even the stars, this creature at last come home to me.
Although I think Michelle Kwan should be leading this poll big time, it's nice to see her not win a "Best" poll for a change.
I dont understand how this poll is close. One would think it was a vote between Michelle Kwan and Yu Na Kim where Kim leading 80-72 would be about right, but it is Irina freaking Slutskaya. Do people even consider the fat cow an all time great skater at all. I would hope nobody even has her in the top 10 since her skating is so ugly. I hope the 80 who vote for Irina just happen to not care for Kwan's skating, as I would hate to think anyone thinks of Irina as "great".
I hope you get banned, lovey.
I hear outside a million panicking birds, and know even out there comfort is done with; it has shattered even the stars, this creature at last come home to me.


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CLARKSVILLE — Though police are awaiting confirmation on the identity of a body found in Lapping Park on Saturday, the body is believed to belong to a man who went missing Dec. 31, 2012.
The body was found about 6 p.m. by an individual collecting golf balls in a wooded area of the park. The body has not yet been positively identified, said Clarksville Police Chief Mark Palmer.
"We're waiting on the coroner's report to come back in reference to medical confirmation," Palmer said.
Palmer said the body is that of an adult white male, but because of decomposition, details like age and height could not immediately be determined.
The body was in possession of personal effects believed to belong to John Phillip Stensrud, 46, who went missing from the area on New Year's Eve. He was last seen leaving the home of his brother, Paul Stensrud. John Stensrud was considered a danger to himself due to emotional and psychiatric problems.
"Right now, what I know is only what the detective has told me. A lot of similarities fit the description of what he left with," Paul Stensrud said Sunday. "My understanding is also that they've got a social security card of his. So that tells me at least on that side that he's been located."
Paul Stensrud said his brother has a metal plate in his head, which should hasten the process of confirming the body's identity.
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The 2008 Triumph Speed, a standard motorcycle from British manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles, arrived at a time when the nameplate had been around for fourteen years and had entered its fourth production cycle. Now bearing the ""Triple"" suffix after its three-cylinder engine, the Speed was bigger and better than ever. Triumph set the manufacturer""s suggested retail price of the 2008 Speed at $10,299.
The 2008 Triumph Speed has the benefits of Triumph""s revisions on the 2007 model. The Electronic Control Unit (ECU) of the motorcycle has more memory than that of the pre-2007 models. Also, the bike""s ECU has the ability to take care of low speed fueling and engine ignition issues. Another advantage of the 2008 Speed over the pre-2007 models is its less flammable metal tank, which can hold up to 4.7 gallons (17.8 liters); Speed bikes prior to 2007 used plastic ones.
The 2008 Triumph Speed is officially referred to as the 2008 Triumph Speed Triple 1050. As mentioned previously, the ""Triple"" designation comes from the number of cylinders on the engine. The number ""1050"" comes from the bike""s engine displacement, which is measured at 1,050 cubic centimeters.
A four-stroke liquid-cooled horizontal inline unit, the engine on each 2008 Triumph Speed generates 131 horsepower at 9,250 revolutions per minute (RPM) and 77 pounds-feet of torque at 7,550 RPM. Four intake valves go on each cylinder for a total of 12, based on a double overhead camshaft configuration. The bore & stroke and compression ratio of the engine are 3.11 by 2.81 inches (79 by 71.4 millimeters) and 12 to 1, respectively. Each engine on the 2008 Speed is paired with a six-speed manual transmission.
Using a weight-reducing yet sturdy aluminum frame and providing two-occupant seating, the 2008 Triumph Speed comes with a Blazing Orange, Fusion White or Jet Black finish. For digital instrumentation, the 2008 Speed provides a tachometer, trip odometer, speedometer, and temperature and fuel level warning gauges. Also included on the 2008 Speed are side mirrors, halogen headlight, and under-seat and lockable storage.
For its stopping power, the 2008 Triumph Speed received a pair of disc brakes: a 12.6-inch (320-mm) dual disc at the front and an 8.7-inch (220-mm) single disc at the back. For its suspension, the bike has a 1.7-inch (43-mm) inverted fork at the front and an aluminum single-sided swing arm with a shock absorber at the back. Fitted on each 2008 Speed are a pair of 17-inch aluminum wheels wrapped in tubeless tires.
Each 2008 Triumph Speed has a length of 83.3 inches (2,115.8 mm), a width of 30.7 inches (779.8 mm) and height of 49.2 inches (1,249.7 mm), with a wheelbase of 56.2 inches (1,427.5 mm). The seat height for each bike is set at 32.1 inches (815.3 mm), and its dry weight is measured at 416 lbs. (188.7 kilograms).
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Gold reserve
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A gold reserve is the gold held by a national central bank, intended as a store of value and as a guarantee to redeem promises to pay depositors, note holders (e.g., paper money), or trading peers, or to secure a currency.
At the end of 2004, central banks and investment funds held 19% of all above-ground gold as bank reserve assets.
It has been estimated that all the gold mined by the end of 2011 totalled 171,300 tonnes.[1] At a price of US$1500 per troy ounce, reached on 12 April 2013, one tonne of gold has a value of approximately US$48.2 million. The total value of all gold ever mined would exceed US$8.2 trillion at that valuation.[note 1]
IMF gold holdings[edit]
As of June 2009, the International Monetary Fund held 3,217 tonnes (103.4 million troy ounces) of gold,[2] which had been constant for several years. In the third quarter of 2009, the IMF announced that it will sell one eighth of its holdings, a maximum of 403.3 tonnes, based on a new income model agreed upon in April 2008, and subsequently announced the sale of 200 tonnes to India, 10 tonnes to Sri Lanka,[3] a further 10 tonnes of gold were also sold to Bangladesh Bank in September 2010 and 2 tonnes to the Bank of Mauritius.[4] These gold sales were conducted in stages at prevailing market prices.
The IMF maintains an internal book value of its gold that is far below market value. In 2000, this book value was XDR 35, or about US$47 per troy ounce.[5] An attempt to revalue the gold reserve to today's value has met resistance for different reasons.
Gold reserves and their relevance in war times (Example from WW II)[edit]
Preserving the gold reserves is of intrinsic value to nations and therefore highly relevant in contexts of crisis and war. A typical example is a secret memorandum by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff from October 1939, at the beginning of World War II. The British Military and the British Secret Service laid out "measures to be taken in the event of an invasion of Holland and Belgium by Germany" and presented them to the War Cabinet:
- "It will be for the Treasury in collaboration with the Bank of England, and the Foreign Office, to examine the possible means of getting the bullion and negotiable securities into the same place of safety. The transport of many hundreds of tons of bullion presents a difficult problem and the loading would take a long time. The ideal would of course be to have the gold transferred to this country or to the United States of America. [...] The gold reserves of Belgium and Holland amount to about £ 70 million and £ 110 million respectively. [Foot]Note: H. M. Treasury has particularly requested that this information, which is highly confidential should in no circumstances be divulged. The total weight of this bullion amounts to about 1800 tons and its evacuation would be a matter of the utmost importance would present a considerable problem if it had to be undertaken in a hurry when transport facilities were disorganised. At present this gold is believed to be stored at Brussels and The Hague respectively, neither of which is very well placed for its rapid evacuation in an emergency."[6]
The Belgian government rushed to get the gold out of the country into a safe place: Dakar. After the Germans had occupied Belgium and France in 1940 they demanded the gold reserve back. Vichy French officials took care of the transport and in 1941 handed almost 5,000 boxes with 221 tons of gold[7] over to officials of the German Reichsbank.
Officially reported gold holdings[edit]
The International Monetary Fund regularly maintains statistics of national assets as reported by various countries.[8] These data are used by the World Gold Council to periodically rank and report the gold holdings of countries and official organizations.
The gold listed for each of the countries in the table may not be physically stored in the country listed, as central banks generally have not allowed independent audits of their reserves.
Privately held gold[edit]
As of October 2009, gold exchange-traded funds held 1,750 tonnes of gold for private and institutional investors.[10]
|Gold (Tonnes)
|SPDR Gold Shares
|ETF Securities Gold Funds
|ZKB Physical Gold
|COMEX Gold Trust
|Julius Baer Physical Gold Fund
|Central Fund of Canada
|NewGold ETF
|Sprott Physical Gold Trust
|ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares
|Central GoldTrust
World gold holdings[edit]
|Central banks
|Investment (bars, coins)
See also[edit]
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Gold as an investment
- List of countries by gold production
- Moscow gold, the reserves of the Bank of Spain sent to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War.
- Peak gold
- Silver as an investment
- Sovereign wealth fund
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve
- United States Bullion Depository
- Vaulted gold
- ^ One tonne is equal to approximately 32,150.75 troy ounces.
- ^ FAQs > Investment > World Gold Council
- ^ "Gold in the IMF". International Monetary Fund. 2009-09-18.
- ^ "Press Release: IMF Announces Sale of 10 Metric Tons of Gold to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka". Imf.org. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ "Press Release: IMF Announces Sale of 2 Metric Tons of Gold to the Bank of Mauritius". Imf.org. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ "IMF completes off-market gold sales". 2000-04-07.
- ^ Memorandum by War Cabinet Secretary E. E. Bridges from October 6, 1939, Secret: Holland and Belgium: Measures to be taken in the event of an invasion by Germany. P. 1 and 4. National Archives
- ^ Other sources report only 41 tons.
- ^ "Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity -- Reporting Countries"
- ^ "Gold Demand Trends Q4 2013", "Top 40 reported official gold holdings" is on page 18 of the pdf file.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "FACTBOX-Precious metals holdings of exchange-traded products | News by Country | Reuters". Af.reuters.com. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ "Central Fund's Net Asset Value". Centralfund.com. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ "Daily Audit - Allocated Gold Bar Lists and Bank Statements". BullionVault.com. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ "GoldTrust's Net Asset Value". Gold-trust.com. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ "Total Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium and Currencies in GoldMoney". Goldmoney.com. 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ "DollarDaze Economic Commentary Blog - Gold, Oil, Stocks, Investments, Currencies, and the Federal Reserve: Two Methods for Estimating the Price of Gold by Mike Hewitt". Dollardaze.org. Retrieved 2012-01-08.


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The 3,000-pound stature of a North Texas horse has earned the animal the title of "World's Tallest Living Horse" from the Guinness World Record.
Remington, a Clydesdale from Princeton who eats two bales of hay and 40 gallons of water per day, measures more than 6 feet 8 inches from his hoof to shoulder.
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What long has been a nonstarter for Republicans raising tax rates on wealthy Americans is now backed by GOP House Speaker John Boehner in his negotiations with President Barack Obama to avert a potential fiscal crisis. Party luminaries, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, have started calling for a wholesale shift in the GOP's approach to immigration after Hispanic voters shunned Republican candidates. And some Republicans who previously championed gun rights now are opening the door to restrictions following a schoolhouse shooting spree earlier this month.
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Establishing the identity of original South Hill pioneers has long been an objective of the South Hill Historical Society.
When Township 19 was surveyed in 1872, only three names were recorded for people they encountered who lived on the hill. All were located along the old military trail. Those individuals may have been temporary squatters and not permanent pioneers, however, since their names do not show on subsequent records.
One pioneer, Carl F. Muehler, was not listed on that map but has been positively identified as one of our community's earliest settlers. (The name Muehler in some documentation is spelled Muhler.)
Muehler, also known as "Swamp Muehler," settled on the southern end of South Hill, just east of present-day Thun Field. The intersection of 160th Street and 110th Avenue is the approximate location of his farm.
We know about the site because the Federal Land Office issued him a Homestead Certificate, No. 926, based on a patent dated March 1, 1879. It was for 80 acres.
Muehler added to his holdings when he received a second Homestead Certificate, No. 2042, based on a patent dated July 20, 1886. It was for an additional 80 acres.
He apparently arrived on South Hill in the 1870s, according to the records.
Muehler was a hop farmer, a native of Germany. He made a will on Aug. 11, 1904, and he declared his age at the time to be 69. Therefore, he would have been born sometime in 1832. He was age 47 when he first acquired property on South Hill, and he was 54 when he expanded his holdings. He died in 1912.
When the hop farm was first established, there was no road system on South Hill. The Muehlers' access to markets for their crops was to use trails on the inclines toward Orting. It gave them access to the Puyallup River and to the transcontinental railroad.
The lack of a transportation infrastructure continued to plague them and others until the creation of the Ball-Wood Road in the 1890s.
The importance of Ball-Wood Road (now Meridian Avenue) and the Muehler farm can be appreciated by examining its original path. The road began just outside Puyallup, continued south and up the north side of South Hill, and it eventually ended exactly at the Muehler farm.
The road — the first one planned on South Hill — was built specifically along the center section lines of Township 19 until it reached a point at about present-day 152nd Street. At that place, it was built east for about a half-mile to the Muehlers' farm. That project made it possible for them to have market access through Puyallup.
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The two states whose voters blazed new ground in the decades-old marijuana policy debate by voting to legalize the drug in November are inching toward frameworks for normalized, regulated marijuana businesses.
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After the December legalization of up to one ounce of marijuana in Washington, attorney and activist Douglas Hiatt told U.S. News the vote was a "pyrrhic victory" for marijuana reformers and "didn't get rid of prohibition." Hiatt explained that the referendum did not legalize growing, selling or distributing marijuana among individual citizens.
Since the successful legalization votes in Washington and Colorado, legislation has been introduced to legalize and regulate the drug in Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. As in the pioneering states, each of the proposals would not legalize marijuana for adults under 21 years old.
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The latest in anti-sprawl silliness comes to us from Maryland. From the Baltimore Sun:
Can a thousand or so adult Marylanders playing with Legos save the state from more suburban sprawl?
With a recent poll showing many residents upset about the pace of growth in their communities, sprawl critics are joining with their frequent foes, developers, and with University of Maryland researchers for a bit of game-playing aimed at turning public discontent into a broad consensus on how - and where - the state should grow over the next 25 years.
Public officials, home builders, merchants and civic activists will be invited to participate in one of four "visioning" exercises to be held around the state in May and June. The participants, more than 1,000 in all, will be asked to pick locations for future jobs and housing in their region by placing the popular children's toy plastic building blocks on a map.
From my experience in similar visioning exercises, only the most vocal community members --including lots of NIMBY types-- show up for these events, so it's easy to skew the outcome to fit what the planners desire to implement (smart growth). And I'm wondering how the outcome of an exercise with input from 1,000 Maryland residents (if that's the ultimate turnout) can represent a "broad consensus" in a state with a population of 5.5 million. This seems to me to be a self-serving exercise on the part of smart growth advocates designed to give a public stamp of approval on a policy blueprint that, to a large extent, they've already decided in advance.
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Louise Penny, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gamache series, talks about her seventh book in the series, A TRICK OF THE LIGHT.
"The superbly gifted Louise Penny is on my secret shortlist of must-read authors, and A TRICK OF THE LIGHT proves why. Artist Clara Morrow is about to have a prestigious show of her paintings when her childhood friend is found murdered, and the finger of suspicion points to Clara. Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate, and using his trademark powers of deduction and his intuitive knack for the right question at the right time, he exposes the darkness that underlies the bright stars of Montreal's art world, where competition between friends, and even between husband and wife, can turn lethal. Ultimately, of course, it's Louise Penny who steals the show, and A TRICK OF THE LIGHT will not only keep you engrossed from start to finish, it will teach you something new about love, truth, and the human heart." --Lisa Scottoline
"Penny, elevating herself to the pantheon that houses P.D. James, Ruth Rendell and Minette Walters, demonstrates an exquisite touch with characterization, plotting and artistic sensitivity. And there could be no better explanation of A.A. than you will find here." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Outstanding….With her usual subtle touch and timely injections of humor, Penny effectively employs the recurring motif of the chiaroscuro, the interplay of light and dark, which distinguishes Morrow's artwork and which resonates symbolically in the souls of the author's characters."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Like P. D. James, Penny shows how the tight structure of the classical mystery story can accommodate a wealth of deeply felt emotions and interpersonal drama."—Booklist"Penny's characters are sharply drawn, realistically complicated and heartbreakingly real. Wonderful, complex characters and sophisticated plotting makes this a perfect book. Do not miss it."—RT Book Reviews
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LOUISE PENNY is The New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of eight previous Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has been awarded the John Creasey Dagger, Nero, Macavity and Barry Awards, as well as two each of the Arthur Ellis and Dilys Awards. Additionally, Louise has won four Anthony Awards and five Agatha Awards, the most recent for The Beautiful Mystery, which debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. She lives in a small village south of Montréal.
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PLATTSBURGH — A Beacon, N.Y., man was charged with drug possession and sale and served with a federal warrant Thursday.
Tariq Brown, 31, was arrested Thursday afternoon by the Adirondack Drug Task Force after a lengthy investigation, Plattsburgh City Police Lt. Scott Beebie said.
Brown was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, both felonies.
When City Police Officers were processing Brown after his arrest, they discovered he had provided them with a false name, Beebie said.
After confirming Brown's identity, police found that he was wanted on a federal parole violation warrant, Beebie said.
That warrant was served at the time of Brown's processing, he said.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges may be pending.
Brown was arraigned before Judge Kevin Ryan in Clinton County Court and he was sent to Clinton County Jail.
He was recently transferred to Albany and is in the custody of federal law enforcement officials there, according to the Clinton County Sheriff's Department.
The Clinton County Supreme Court did not have a future court date for Brown.
— By Staff Writer Felicia Krieg and Contributing Writer Andrea VanValkenburg


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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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from July 10, 2013 (x) to April 25, 2026
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Bryant Park After Work
at Fountain Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Perfectly timed evening performances featuring talented New York area jazz musicians and singer-songwriters.
Category: Concerts
Wave Hill Nature Photography: Sunset Summer Light
at Wave Hill, Bronx
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Wave Hill's magnificent gardens and architectural structures provide a magical opportunity for capturing atmospheric images.
Category: Education, Nature, Tours
Sunset Hatha Yoga at Wave Hill
at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
6:00 p.m.–7:15 p.m.
Find refuge from city life by practicing seasonal yoga. Decrease stress and increase your energy by focusing on your posture, breath control and meditation.
Category: Fitness, Outdoor Fitness
Sunset Wednesdays at Wave Hill
at Wave Hill, Bronx
6:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Experience summer at its best--an expansive landscape of rolling lawns and gorgeous formal gardens, river breezes, plein-air performances, yoga, guided walks and cutting-edge art.
Category: Concerts, Nature, Fitness, Tours, Outdoor Fitness
Uncommon Ground: Freshkills Park
at The Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.
Join Parks and Angelyn Chandler for a discussion about the park's history and future plans for the site. This event is free, but seating is limited. To RSVP, please email…
Category: Nature, Talks
Summer on the Hudson: Yoga - Evening Salute to the Sun
at The Plaza at 66th Street (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
Category: Festivals, Fitness, Waterfront, Outdoor Fitness
Tours: High Line History with Andrew Dolkart
at High Line (in The High Line), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Join historian Andrew Dolkart for a walking tour that explores the time when freight trains and cargo ships ruled Manhattan's West Side.
Category: History, Tours
Family Capoeira
at Indian Road Lawn (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Learn a unique Brazilian art form while promoting physical fitness and social confidence.
Category: Fitness, Kids, Outdoor Fitness
Checkmate 101
at Pier 1 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Take your chess playing skills to the next level with Brooklyn chess instructor Zebedee Collins.
Category: Games, Kids
History Tour: Dancing for Eels
at Pier 1 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:30 p.m.
A walking (and boating) history of New York's 19th century Port Culture. From the busking of black slaves to intercultural mix-ups, to Fred Astaire's uptown tap dancing,…
Category: Education, History, Tours
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On my mind lately is the concept of "Respect for People" that is at the core of Lean and one of the fundamental building blocks of the Shingo Model.
I remember just about 3 years ago, as I was first introduced to Lean via the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership, there was a video in which Bruce Hamilton mentioned that, sometimes, leaders need to tell the late adopters to get with the program. "Wait a minute…" I thought. "Doesn't that contradict the need for management to show concern for each of their charges, and guide them to accepting new ways of thinking & doing?" [Read more]


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Sorry guys, I am close to a complete idiot on some of this stuff. How do I actually go about doing this.
"adding the simple /3G to the end of the boot.ini string did the trick"
Sorry guys, I am close to a complete idiot on some of this stuff. How do I actually go about doing this.
"adding the simple /3G to the end of the boot.ini string did the trick"
"Vocation to Solitude -- To deliver oneself up, to hand oneself over, entrust oneself completely to the silence of a wide landscape of woods and hills, or sea, or desert; to sit still while the sun comes up over the land and fills its silences with light." Thomas Merton
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In my experience it does not work for some regular 32bit XP installations either, you should use it with care since it could give you some nice bluescreen at startup (!).
Best prevention is to add the statement twice in the boot.ini - one time with and one time without the switch. So it'd look like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /3GB
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Two lines, one break only.
You may set one as the default in the system\startup and recovery settings. Once it fails, you'll have two options to choose between in the F8 boot menu.
edit: I guess it was XP service pack 1 it usually fails with. Dont quote me on that though.
jack, are you running SP2 or SP1?
Even if you cannot allocate over 2gb to Photoshop you can still make very good use of the extra RAM to see a performance improvement.
Just get a RAM Disk utility (some free ones exist) and allocate 1 GB as a RAM DIsk. This will be assigned a letter just like a physical hard drive (e.g. "E:"(in the Windows world; not sure about MAC)). Then you can allocate your Photoshop Swap Disk to the RAM Disk. Now Photoshop will be swapping out data to RAM instead of a physical hard drive. This should provide peformance very similar to allocating 3 GB to Photoshop. Having 3GB allocated tyo Photoshop would prevent swapping data. Using the RAM disk will mena Photoshop will have to swap data more often but it will be swapping to the same memory Photoshop would use if it was directly allocated.


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The Florida State League announced that Byron Buxton was that league's player of the week. In games played from July 14-20 and he went 10-for-20 at the plate with one triple, two home runs, four runs batted in and scored six runs. Buxton is currently listed as day-to-day after being hit on the wrist by a pitch. He is expected to be back in the line-up by the end of this week.
There were a few different roster moves made throughout the system on Tuesday. Yohan Pino was recalled by the
Welcome to the unofficial midpoint of the 2014 Twins season. After teasing fans for different portions of the first half, the Twins find themselves in a familiar position at the break, last place in the AL Central. The Twins enter the break six games under .500 and 10.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers for the top spot in the division.
Even though the team's record might not show it, there have been some positive things happening for the Twins this year. Kurt Suzuki and Phil Hughes are
The festivities are underway in the Twin Cities as Minnesota plays host to the MLB All-Star Game. The major league players still had games to play on Sunday but the some of the best and brightest minor league players were on hand to strut their stuff.
Twins pitching prospect Jose Berrios got the start for the World squad and Kennys Vargas was in the middle of the batting order to back him up. Berrios struck out the first batter he faced on a high fastball and both of the other batters
Welcome to July!
Minnesota's offense busted out the fireworks a couple days early with a big performance against the Royals. The biggest news of the night might have been Joe Mauer being pulled from the game with what is being called an oblique strain. Mauer told reporters after the game that he has been dealing with a sore oblique for about a week and it doesn't feel good. This is bad news especially since Mauer's bat had seemed to be warming up in recent weeks.
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Minnesota will host the All-Star Game in a little more than a couple weeks and this is the time of year where pundits start debating who should and who shouldn't be on the All-Star Game roster.
One of the most exciting events in almost 30 years since Minnesota last hosted the game is the Home Run Derby. In 1985,the last year the Twins were the host, the first HR Derby was held and this event has exploded to a full-day prime-time event.
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Disability Resources, Education, & Access Management
Disability Resources, Education, & Access Management provides access services to Gonzaga University's programs, services, activities, and facilities for qualified students with disabilities in compliance with federal and state laws. DREAM may arrange or provide academic adjustments, accommodations, auxiliary aids, assistive technology, advocacy and other types of assistance for students with disabilities.
Process for Securing Accommodations
Gonzaga University students who require access or accommodation due to a disability must contact DREAM. Students must complete the DREAM process for acquiring accommodations. Both permanent and temporary conditions can qualify for accommodation.
There are three steps to the DREAM process for acquiring accommodations:
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If you are already seeking treatment for a condition, ask your treating professional to send documentation to DREAM. The documentation should fullfill the following criteria:
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Kernel Korner - Allocating Memory in the Kernel
With a little understanding, getting a hold of memory in the kernel is demystified and not too much more difficult to do than it is in user space. A few simple rules of thumb can go a long way:
Decide whether you can sleep (that is, whether the call to kmalloc() can block). If you are in an interrupt handler, in a bottom half, or if you hold a lock, you cannot. If you are in process context and do not hold a lock, you probably can.
If you can sleep, specify GFP_KERNEL.
If you cannot sleep, specify GFP_ATOMIC.
If you need DMA-capable memory (for example, for an ISA or broken PCI device), specify GFP_DMA.
Always check for and handle a NULL return value from kmalloc().
Do not leak memory; make sure you call kfree() somewhere.
Ensure that you do not race and call kfree() multiple times and that you never access a block of memory after you free it.
For more information, check out these files in your kernel source tree.
include/linux/gfp.h: home of the allocation flags.
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