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Funny how that Monterey County Cabernet gave "structure" and "complexity" to wines when the label said "Napa" - and at a cheaper price too...
The only dogs worth a damn in a vineyard setting are Wiener Dogs. Nature's Gopher control.
SUAMW has it right as today is my wiener's birthday! (http://krispysdoxielicious.blogspot.com/2012/01/birthday-girl-hits-7.html)
I know, no advertising... But my little long dog is just so sweet. And I couldn't resist with your story, HoseMaster!
Viva the Wiener Vineyard Dog!
Only they can call themselves the "W" word, but you can't call them that. I don't get it, those damn weaners.
Not that I'm racist. I'm have many good friends who are canine americans.
Is your Weinerdog documented?
Is that short for Euthanasia-Verify? That could work.
I don't think I've ever wished Happy Birthday to a wiener before. But Happy Birthday to your wiener from mine. And it's OK for you to plug your post here because you are a longtime member of this here Peanut Gallery.
My college dog was half Doxy, so I have great affection for the breed. Such characters.
I know, I shouldn't drop the "W" word like that. It's just the gangsta in me. Fershizzle.
What is up with this post? Lame references to Monterey Cabernet right out of the 80's? One week you're Jekel, the next you're Hyde. I wish you'd just Hyde.
Don't you read this crap before you post it? This is the worst sort of doggerel. There's funnier stuff over at PalatePress--man, those guys crack me up.
Anyway, who cares. No one read your pseudofunny posts. Especially not you.
What? All that stuff about weaners and not one word about the poodles?
You have been bought, no?
Bought? You can rent me for a sawbuck. All Poodles are Weaners, but not all Weaners are Poodles. I think that's a quote from Ben Franklin.
It is. BF also said, a pound of dog pooh is worth more than a pound of newt pooh, but who's counting?
Dog Poo, Newt Poo,
Mitt Poo, Paul Poo,
Rick Poo, Barry Poo,
Every Poo, All Poo.
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OMG, I remember this one. If you've got a pretty smart group, it's no problem really, but if they get stuck, they can be in trouble fast.
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Liza Minnelli sings two concerts with Orange County's premiere gay men's chorus, MenAlive, on Dec. 13 and 14. The legendary performer is the winner of four Tony Awards, an Oscar, a special "Legends" Grammy, two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy. We talked with Minnelli, who has earned the mantle "Queen of Broadway" over her lifelong career, about her upcoming concerts with the choir at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
The Orange County Register: Have you ever sung with a gay men's choir before?
Liza Minnelli: No, this is the first time. But they sing great! They're wonderful. I like the way they sound, their blend and sense of harmony and pitch.
Register: What will you sing?
Minnelli: I'll be singing a version of "Jingle Bells" that my godmother Kay Thompson did. It's terrific and kind of out there. It's been around for a while but it's not that well known. I'll also do some stuff of my last album ("Confessions," 2010) and a couple of surprises. I'm not going to tell you everything! The truth is I don't know right now.
Register: You're 66 and have survived some serious health issues. How do you keep on top of your game?
Minnelli: I think the trick is warming up well and knowing how to warm up. I had a very good teacher, a coach. I didn't need her until after I had encephalitis (in 2000). I had to retrain my voice to sing after that. I also had to learn how to walk and talk again. But I was determined. I'm a Minnelli.
Register: Do you have a favorite song?
Minnelli: I know so many songs. (My preferences) change. I really love (Kander and Ebb's) "The World Goes 'Round," that philosophy and how it changes from desperation to a kind of acceptance.
Register: You're known as one of the best song interpreters of your generation. What's your secret?
Minnelli: I want to move people – hopefully for the better. Sometimes people come in who have sadness. Maybe one great lyric by a wonderful composer can help them just a little. I think you always have to sing to that one person. Actually, you have to make each person think you're singing just for them.
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Every person's journey is different and leads them on a different path, however as individuals we must embrace and evolve with change.
When the Eastern systems of self-healing examine health and balance, they offer a very different paradigm than our more familiar "Western" point of view. The differences are most noticeable and significant when it comes to understanding the nature of the individual life and the life of the collective. For example, from the Eastern perspective, there will never be one single pill, diet, exercise or lifestyle that will cure what ails all people. Every person is a microcosmic Universe unto themselves. Each person is unique and must be understood, examined and healed separately from the rest of humanity.
This philosophy is not just limited to the comprehensive understanding of an individual's physical well being. It applies to every aspect of a person's life. What is experientially, emotionally and perceptually toxic to one person could be liberating to another. There is not one accepted standard that will equally measure every nuance of every person's life. The "average person" does not exist in Eastern philosophy. Each person, each case, is unique…a completely separate reality unto itself.
So it is when it comes to career development and the turmoil in our present job market. The media has dominated the intellectual landscape with reports of dire changes, catastrophic employment shifts and unsustainable economic losses. "How will I ever find a job when millions of people are out of work? My world situation is dire, catastrophic and unsustainable. Hey, where have I heard that before?" Just because CNN is selling across the board economic fear doesn't mean you have to buy it. You have free will. And, that may not be your Universe.
While the need to live within one's means is not disputed, what is debilitating in one person's reality may actually be liberating and powerfully transformative in another's. Shaking up the status quo is an opportunity to make different choices, to take another career path. Just because the news tells you everyone is losing their jobs does not mean you have the whole story. Human evolution allows old, tired and outdated methods of expansion to die out. If life has offered you a new set of circumstances, it is Nature's way of saying, "You are ready to grow in a new direction; there is nothing left for you in the old way; move on." Focus on breakthrough by taking and making the most of this fortuitous event rather than being paralyzed by breakdown from lamenting the loss of what you have grown beyond. Your neighbors lost their jobs and are in crisis. Does that mean there is a career crisis in your world? You are a Universe unto yourself. That employment setback may be your neighbors' next biggest opportunity to re-evaluate their lives and what is important to them. It does not mean you need to bookmark Monster.com or other online headhunters, or spend sleepless nights worrying about your job security. There is not one developmental driving reality that visits all people simultaneously.
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As Tehran held its largest anti-U.S. rally in years, several leading
Jewish groups say they are resisting pressure from President Obama to
stop lobbying for new Iran sanctions.
Tens of thousands of
demonstrators joined Monday in chants of "Death to America" to mark the
anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
the global arrogance and hostile policies of America is the symbol of
our national solidarity," said Saeed Jalili, a leading opponent of
nuclear talks and senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Protester Reza Farahbakhsh called the rally "more
spirited" than recent years, when crowds dwindled to a few thousand and
had to be padded with school children.
The protest comes as Iran prepares to resume negotiations Thursday
with the West over opening up its nuclear program to inspection to prove
it is not trying to make nuclear weapons. Khamenei tweeted a message
Monday that he is not optimistic about negotiations.
He warned of
"trusting an enemy who smiles" and who also threatens military action,
as Israel and the Obama administration have done, if negotiations fail
to rein in Iran's nuclear program.
Iran wants an end to economic
sanctions imposed by the West to pressure it to permit inspections. But
members of Congress are proposing even tougher sanctions. Obama wants
them to hold off, and tried to enlist pro-Israeli groups to join his
call in a meeting took place as State Department officials prepare to
travel to Geneva for more talks.
The White House says increasing
pressure on Iran may make Iran's leaders less willing to negotiate at
the Geneva meetings that begin Thursday.
"They were hoping we would indicate to various Senators they put the
brakes on efforts to ratchet up sanctions, given the ongoing
negotiations" with the Iranians, said David Harris, executive director
of the American Jewish Committee, whose Washington representative
attended the meeting.
While the meeting was cordial and respectful at all times, Harris said his group disagreed.
(AJC) believe that if the Senate pulls back on the new round of
sanctions legislation, that - while some would wish the Iranians to see
this as a good will gesture - we think the Iranians would see this as a
weakening of the American position," Harris told USA TODAY.
group of Republican Senators, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Kelly Ayotte of New
Hampshire and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, have said they will
introduce legislation as early as next week to boost sanctions on Iran
to increase pressure on the Islamic republic to make convincing
concessions on its nuclear program.
The House of Representatives
passed legislation to toughen sanctions on Iran in July, but several
Democratic and Republican senators have agreed to back a delay. If they
block a new bill, Kirk told the Associated Press he would try to attach
new sanctions to the annual defense policy bill the Senate could
consider as early as the week of Nov. 12.
Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani says his oil-rich country is
pursuing nuclear technology for energy, research and medical purposes.
But inspectors for the United Nations reported evidence that the regime
experimented with nuclear weapons components. And Iran's own statements
indicate it has stockpiled enriched uranium beyond its energy or
medical needs.
The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency
reported that Iran had concealed many aspects of its nuclear activities
in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that it signed.
Iran has also blocked IAEA inspectors from visiting its nuclear sites as
required by the pact.
Meanwhile, Iran has offered to restart
stalled talks with the West on its nuclear program after years of
economic sanctions imposed by the USA and other countries.
of greater sanctions in the Senate say the sanctions must be
intensified to force Iran not only to continue with talks but to take
actions to ramp back its nuclear program. The White House has argued
that new Iran sanctions should wait until a time when more pressure may
be needed in the negotiations.
"The comprehensive economic and
diplomatic pressure this Administration has applied to Iran over the
past four years has had its intended effect" of creating "the
opportunity to test Iranian intentions to seek an enduring diplomatic
solution," Bernadette Meehan, a spokeswoman for the National Security
Council, said.
"No one is suggesting an open-ended delay for new sanctions, and
there may come a point where additional sanctions are necessary," she
said. "At the same time, we believe it is important for Congress to
reserve its ability to legislate for the moment when it's most effective
in order to give the current negotiations the best chance to make real
progress in achieving our shared goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a
nuclear weapon."
Harris said those present at the White House
meeting agreed on the Obama administration's ultimate goal but differed
on how best to reach it. Abraham Foxman, national director of the
Anti-Defamation League, who was at the meeting, said his group
understands the Obama administration's concerns now that negotiations
have begun.
Current sanctions have only worked at bringing the
Iranians to negotiate, Foxman said. "The Iranians haven't stopped,
haven't done anything, so why stop considering it?"
Though the ADL
thinks "Congress should act," Foxman said his organization will
refrain from active lobbying for new sanctions for a couple weeks.
participants included leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations, the Anti-Defamation League and the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
AIPAC President Michael Kassen issued a statement Saturday night
saying AIPAC supports diplomatic efforts "to achieve an end to Iran's
nuclear program," but that additional sanctions "are vital for diplomacy
to succeed."
"AIPAC continues to support congressional action to
adopt legislation to further strengthen sanctions and there will be
absolutely no pause, delay or moratorium in our efforts," Kassen said.
Street, a dovish group that has backed all efforts for increased Iran
sanctions until now, says increasing sanctions would be
counterproductive. J Street was not invited to the talks because it
already backed the administration, said Alan Elsner, the group's vice
president for communications.
Elsner said pushing for additional
sanctions now will strengthen the opponents of Iran President Hassan
Rouhani and may pressure him to back away from the new talks.
should not be rewarded "just for nice words," but that Congress should
resist "inserting itself into this right now and risking the Iranian
negotiations," Elsner said. "Should that become an issue on the table we
would definitely work to oppose it."
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The Maine People's Alliance today released a report by the Alliance for a Just Society that indicates that more than half the jobs currently available in Maine pay less than a so-called "living wage."
Members of the Maine People's Alliance, a progressive advocacy group, say Maine is falling behind when it comes to providing jobs that pay a so-called "living wage."
The group today joined with key legislative Democrats at an Augusta news conference to release Broken Bootstraps: Falling Behind on Full-Time Work, a report by the Alliance for a Just Society, which claims that more than half of the jobs available right now in Maine don't pay enough to meet basic needs.
Sen. John Patrick, a Democrat from Rumford, says Maine workers are among the best in the nation, but there aren't enough good jobs to go around.
"How frustrating to work two, three jobs and still have not enough money to put gas in your tank, heat your home or buy your child a new pair of sneakers," he said.
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The report comes as legislators begin work on a two-year budget proposal from Gov. Paul LePage. The Maine People's Alliance says the proposal includes tax shifts and program cuts that could add to the financial problems of low and middle-income Mainers.
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My life as ministry
by Nancy Lee Head
Serving dinner to homeless women at Sarah House took on the same, awesome dimension for me that I would imagine serving the Lord's Supper to a congregation would be for an ordained minister. And washing the lice off of Ernestine's back with healing waters, in God's name, reminded me of God's grace just as I would imagine baptizing a child would for an ordained pastor.
Reinterpreting these two sacraments of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) became very important to me when I was rejected as a candidate for the ordained ministry by that same denomination in 1978 because I had been diagnosed with schizophrenia some 18 years before.
The gift of faith enabled me to transcend what for me was a major tragedy and to paint for myself a broader and deeper understanding of the Church and its rituals. The invisible church became more real to me, in many ways, than the visible church and because of this "faith fact" my life was enriched.
My faith has given me a framework for coming to grips, through the years, with this devastating disease and made me able to interpret my life as ministry even though I could not be a professional clergyperson. It has also helped me to realize that God does indeed say to us, as to the Apostle Paul, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." (Corinthians 12:10)
God can use our vulnerabilities to bring healing to others with whom we share our faith stories.
My prayers during the seasons of stress as I was struggling with schizophrenia first in the early 1960's were simple and stark:
"God, I am so scared."
"God, I know you did not create me to end like this."
"God, please keep me from getting bitter during this difficult time. Please help me to learn from this awful experience and if I live through it, help me to be softer and more vulnerable to others who have suffered and are suffering in similar situations."
Often I felt too guilty and evil to think that God would hear my prayer. Also, it was so hard to read even the Bible because my mind seemed short-circuited, as though there was a lot of static in it that kept clear messages from getting either in or out.
However, there were some passages that I read over and over and in which I found deep comfort. Some examples:
Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (hell), you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night," even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as day, for darkness is as light to you. For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. (Psalm 139:1-18)
Surely he (which I interpreted as Jesus) has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases. (Isaiah 53:4a)
I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6)
What I mean to share with you in this article are a few hints of how my faith helped me learn to live with schizophrenia and its effects, because I think praying might be useful in assisting others. At the same time, I need to say that I am not sure that I know how to stay in the better place in which I find myself right now. That is one concern that keeps us humble. We never know what we are going to be like tomorrow or if that insidious unreality and confusion will again creep into our brains and confound our lives once more. I do not ever dwell on that concern, but I do affirm within myself often that the Creator, Sustainer God of Love who has brought me safe thus far and who is within me and around me today is already there in our tomorrows, whatever they hold, and that is enough to know!
I would like to explain how I feel mental illness has helped my spirituality, just as I have explained how faith has helped my mental illness. This is all a "wonderment" to me because I am not a scientist and have not read anything in this field. However, it occurs to me that some of the symptoms of schizophrenia, for example, when carried to their extreme or when experienced in their extreme, are just that: symptoms of a brain disorder. But when these feelings are under control of the person experiencing them, I wonder if they perhaps enhance one's spirituality.
Let me give you an example. One of the difficulties that folks with schizophrenia often experience is that of personal boundaries; that is, where I as a person begin and end and where the rest of the world begins and ends. When this phenomenon is experienced in the extreme, it causes me to be afraid to go outside on a lovely May day because, since my body temperature and temperature outside are the same, I might disappear or lose my sense of self.
Or, when someone across the room drops a glass of water, I jump and say, "I'm sorry," because I think I have done it and am responsible. It is as though I am both across the room and here in my seat at the same time — no natural boundaries.
That is the "bad" part. The "good" part is that, because I have a "thin membrane" as opposed to a "hard shell" around my person or personality, I feel unusually connected with other people, and this can be a positive and enhance my relationships with others. This can also be "tricky" because sometimes I over-identify with people, be they in real life or novels or movies, and tend to feel more responsible for them and their personal situations than I should.
It has been a learning experience for me, as I have struggled to "manage" my illness, to use the above phenomenon creatively and caringly and not to allow it to paralyze or panic me as it has in the past when it has become too extreme. I have learned as well that I have to have a place and time where, as the writer, May Sarton stated, "I come back into myself," after periods of being available on a deep level to the many human beings I encounter along life's pilgrimage. By that I mean, I find ways — through silence or music or meditation — to remain centered in God, the Ground of my Being.
Another benefit of the connectedness phenomenon which I first experienced in a healthy way some 20 years ago and which has strengthened me mightily when I remember to use it, is a connection with the Church universal or invisible, as it were. In this scenario, I see the whole Church Universal and Church Triumphant as one body — the Body of Christ, with its variety of parts. And while I am, because of my job and volunteer endeavors, say, part of the "hands and feet" of that Body, when I get tired, I can call upon the "heart and backbone" of that Body to strengthen me.
And what do I mean by that? I see the "heart and backbone" of Christ's Body as those priests, nuns and laypeople all over the world, who feel themselves called to the vocation of prayer on behalf of the rest of us. This is very real to me, and I feel concretely connected to them. In fact, when I am very tired and need more energy to complete my tasks, I literally "lean back" wherever I am and allow myself to be open to the Loving Energy which is generated by those prayers and which, by God's Grace and Holy Spirit, is available to a simple, needy person like myself.
As it surges through my sagging body and spirit, I thank God for this avenue of support and, re-energized, I pick up and move on. At the same time, it makes me wonder what other avenues of spiritual support are available to me about which I am not aware because of my own inability to see or hear them.
This experience also alleviates my isolation and connects me with the whole Church in ways that are very healing for me who has experienced this brain disorder as a very isolating illness.
To paraphrase a famous gospel hymn, "Through many dangers, fears and snares, I have already come … 'tis grace has brought me safe thus far…and grace will lead me … (whatever the future journey holds)…grace will lead me Home…"
In fact, it is an open secret that from time to time on that journey, because of that same remarkable grace, we experience a foretaste or hint of Home that gives us the courage and the hope to continue! Thanks be to God!
Nancy Lee Head was the recipient of the John Park Lee Award in 2001. This award is given by the Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association at the PHEWA Biennial Social Justice Conference. This article appeared on the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Web site FaithNet.


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GSA is taking measures to ensure confidence in its business operations. To provide transparency on the recent GSA Inspector General report concerning the 2010 PBS Western Regions Conference (WRC) held near Las Vegas, Nevada from October 25-28, 2010, GSA has made available here all web accessible materials from the conference including videos, presentations, image files, and supporting documentation.
The internal site was taken down on March 23, 2012 and the full contents were provided to the GSA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and appropriate Congressional Committees and Sub-Committees in the United States Congress. The materials are placed here to provide full public access.
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Embedding with US troops during the war in Iraq, reporting off-shore in the Gulf of Mexico on the aftermath of the BP oil spill, traveling to South Porcupine, Canada in pursuit of a story about the life-changing impact of a dog on his owner, and reporting on the journey of two East Tennessee veterans back to France 70 years after D-Day rank among John's career highlights.
Among his first assignments after joining WBIR-TV in the summer of 2006 was returning to the Gulf Coast, where he reported in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and field anchoring coverage on the one year anniversary. In addition to anchoring 5pm, 6pm, 10pm, and 11pm newscasts, John also produces and moderates the half-hour weekly program Inside Tennessee. In 2008 he created the award winning Service & Sacrificefranchise focused on the lives and life challenges of military veterans.
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"The Dark Knight Rises" Made About $160 Million . . . But the Official Figures Won't Be Released Until Later Today
"The Dark Knight Rises" made about $160 million at the box office this weekend . . . including $30.6 million from midnight screenings. But we won't know its official take until later today.
--The various movie studios decided to suspend box office results for the day out of respect for the Colorado shooting victims.
--But if that number holds, it'll give "The Dark Knight Rises" the best opening weekend ever for a 2D movie. (--"Ice Age: Continental Drift" was a distant second at the box office this weekend, with $21 million.)
--The overall record is still held by "The Avengers" with $207.4 million. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" is second with $169.2 million.
--Both of those movies were in 3D, which means tickets would have cost several dollars more.
--$30.6 million is also the biggest midnight take for a 2D movie, and the second-biggest take overall, behind "Deathly Hallows - Part 2".
--"The Dark Knight" earned $158.4 million in its opening weekend four years ago.
Is Michael Jackson's Mother Missing?
Last week MICHAEL JACKSON'S siblings leaked a letter to the Internet calling the executors of Michael's will FRAUDS and asking them to step down.
--And they said the situation had stressed their mother KATHERINE out so badly that she suffered a MINI-STROKE.
--Michael's daughter PARIS denied it, and asked her family to stop, quote, "telling everyone things that aren't true."
--Well, this story is far from over, because on Saturday, Paris went on Twitter and said her grandmother is MISSING.
--She Tweeted, quote, "Yes, my grandmother is missing. I haven't spoken with her in a week. I want her home now." And Katherine's nephew Trent filed a missing persons report.
--But the day before that, JERMAINE had Tweeted, quote, "I want to reassure everyone (including all sudden medical experts) that Mother is fine but is resting up in Arizona on the orders of a doctor, not us.
--"This is our mother and her health is paramount. We are not inventing or plotting anything. We are following doctor's advice. Period."
--The L.A. County Sheriff's Department wanted to speak to Katherine personally, and by yesterday evening, they had. A spokesman said she told them that she's, quote, "fine and with a family member."
--It's not clear if Katherine has spoken to Michael's kids yet, and police are still trying to find out why they had so much trouble getting in touch with her.
--A lawyer representing Paris says Katherine flew to New Mexico with her daughter Rebbie on July 15th to watch the Jacksons perform, and hasn't been heard from since.
--The lawyer adds, quote, "The kids haven't been able to reach her for almost a week. They are told she's unavailable . . . I'm concerned that she's not safe. She has never gone 24 hours without talking to her kids."
--There are also reports that the doctor who's caring for Katherine is a guy who testified for the DEFENSE in DR. CONRAD MURRAY'S manslaughter trial. He's not Katherine's regular doctor. He was called in by Jermaine and RANDY.
--And in 2000, he was reprimanded by the California medical board for writing fraudulent prescriptions for JANET.
--When Paris caught wind of this she Tweeted, quote, "The same doctor that testified on behalf of Dr. Murray saying my father was a drug addict (a lie) is caring for my grandmother . . . just saying."
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Were Caught Kissing
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Mariah Carey Is Reportedly "Finalizing a Deal" to Judge "American Idol"
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--Last week, Mariah's husband NICK CANNON said, quote, "I don't know if they can afford Mariah Carey . . . they gave J-Lo $20 million, they might have to double that."
Justin Bieber and "The Hunger Games" Were Winners at Last Night's "Teen Choice Awards"
"The Teen Choice Awards" went down last night . . . and JUSTIN BIEBER, ONE DIRECTION, "The Hunger Games" and"Vampire Diaries" were big winners.
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--And the "Twilight" movies have now won 41 Teen Choice awards. This year, "Breaking Dawn - Part One", was recognized several times, including winning the "Ultimate Choice Award".
--Performers included Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen, Flo Rida and No Doubt, who gave the first televised performance of their new single "Settle Down".
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The following is an interview with Anuradha Ghoshal, Program Communication Manager with Compassion East India.
1. How long have you been in your current position, and what are your main responsibilities?
I have been in this position for the last three years.
My main responsibility entails supervision of the three core processes for Program Communications: Field Communication, Sponsor Donor Services and Tours and Visits.
Besides that I am responsible for communication with Global Partner Alliance (GPA) staff, mentoring my team, budgeting and working alongside the country management team (CMT).
2. Describe what an average day is like for you.
An average day starts with the corporate devotion. It is followed by attending to my "To Do List" where I address each request, need or assignment based on priority while also following up during a morning briefing on any pending work assigned to my team members.
The later part of the day involves meeting with the Country Director and/or other CMT members for updates, approval or planning.
3. What is the best part of your job, and what is the most challenging part?
The best part of my job is when I am able to represent the work of Compassion in East India to visitors from overseas in a way that moves them to become strong advocates for children. It gives me pure delight to take them around the child development centers we work with and show them the tangible difference Compassion is making in the lives of children coming from impoverished communities.
What better feeling can there be than to see vibrant young boys and girls emerge as healthy, confident, outgoing children ever glowing in the love of God, which would otherwise be hard to imagine in their given circumstance.
In the light of growth that we are experiencing from the past few years as God so graciously has opened new avenues for us to expand and touch more lives, sustaining quality in our work can be quite a challenge.
4. Why did you choose this particular area of work?
I started out with a job in a renowned chain of hotels only to realize with years that my heart's desire was not fulfilled, as all I was doing was achieving targets and pleasing those who already had enough.
Having done my major in Human Development, as I had a desire to work with children, this working in the private sector for eight years was no longer fulfilling for me.
Coming from a strong Hindu Brahmin background, I found myself in Christ in 2003. Thereon, I was exposed to various outreach ministries from my church, primarily to do with children.
Working as a volunteer with the lesser known from the society was a privilege and an eye-opener which put a deep burden in my heart to reach out to them and make a difference by showing them God's love, who otherwise were considered insignificant.
5. Why did you choose to work for Compassion?
I felt my calling was to do something for children, and God graciously opened the avenues for me through Compassion.
6. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by your job?
When too many things needs to be attended simultaneously, it does get overwhelming at times. But with God's grace I am able to pull through all of that.
Also seeing children leave before completing their term in the sponsorship program is heartbreaking. But I need to accept this reality, which is circumstantial, and move on, praying God will go with them and cover them with His grace.
7. What motivates you in your position?
To see hope in the eyes of children who have absolutely nothing in life and to see dedicated people choosing to leave their comfort zone to come and work among the impoverished, with very limited resources in hand, humbles and challenges me each day.
8. What have you learned as a result of your job?
When I look at the abundant need around, my faith in God and His awesome power gets grounded more firmly in me.
Amidst great dearth, neglect and poverty His love is manifested through the help little children receive at Compassion from their sponsors around the world.
All this has made me more determined than ever, that, slowly but surely we can make a difference in someone's life, one at a time.
9. Tell us about a situation or incident you experienced through your job that touched your heart?
Once I was following up on a child's update and came to know that he had been paralyzed for sometime and stopped attending the Compassion center due to his illness.
We followed up on his treatment's possibility and the center staff tried to convince the child's guardians to send him to city for a treatment by which he would most certainly get cured.
This was the most challenging part as the guardians were so under the bondage of old traditional practices where they would rely on local village quack doctor and witchcraft.
This went on for a few months. In the meantime, the child would write to his sponsor on and off with the help of his young friends, expressing himself longing to be normal again and run around like his other friends, go back to school, as he enjoyed studying.
It used to be so touching to read his letters. The guardians never did agree, and the child had a pitiful death without receiving any medical care.
I have not been able to quite come out of this as I know there are many such cases all around the world, and we have a greater responsibility to reach out to these children.
10. Do you have a message for sponsors who support children?
I just want to thank them for being an extension of God's arms in reaching out to these children and supporting various programs of Compassion by overcoming innumerable personal sacrifice.
They are making a big difference, impacting a generation, and touching lives which would have otherwise continued to live in despondency. They are the very reasons for hope and opportunity in their life. They are making a difference for Christ!


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Saturday, January 19, 2013
* Blog Makeover and Update
14 comments:
- Deceptively Educational said...
How stressful, MaryLea! The site looks great as always and I'm sure I echo the sentiments of your other followers when I say that we welcome any changes you make. Speaking of blog design, I really need to refresh my site too. Someday. Not today, though. :)
- January 19, 2013 at 11:06 AM
- Kathryn Elsayed said...
sorry to hear about your troubles, I was just a victim of some vicious hacking attempts and had to shut down one of my websites...hope to read more from you and your new blog..
- January 19, 2013 at 12:24 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
Thank you for the love and support ladies!! Yes it wasn't fun but I'm using it as a "growth" experience and making lemonade out of lemons!
- January 19, 2013 at 2:03 PM
- Circle said...
The redesign looks so lovely and fresh, I am very impressed you decided to tackle this yourself it looks really really good!
- January 19, 2013 at 3:42 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
Thank you!! I'm really not a tech girl at all but I'm slowly but surely learning! : )
- January 19, 2013 at 3:43 PM
- Busy Mom said...
I'm so sorry, that sounds terrible :( I think you are doing a great job. I would miss your blog so much if it were lost!
- January 19, 2013 at 3:55 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
Thanks so much Busy Mom!
I would miss all of you too!!!
- January 19, 2013 at 3:56 PM
- Vic Lau said...
That is stressful! Your blog looks great after all that work though :)
Good luck with all the busyness!
- January 19, 2013 at 4:58 PM
Hi MaryLea,
I love your blog! It's the first blog I ever read and follow faithfully. I would hate to see it go away. My daughters and I have had many a fun afternoons crafting away at your wonderful ideas. Best of luck with your new blog! Everything looks so fresh and new! Keep up the great work!
- January 19, 2013 at 5:00 PM
- Cathy @ Nurturestore said...
I love the new you! Looks great!
- January 19, 2013 at 5:31 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
Thank you all so much.
Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere!
- January 19, 2013 at 5:47 PM
- Stephanie said...
Ohhh....I did blog housecleaning a couple of months ago and I can tell you it was an expirience! I'm glad it is done and it looks great! I know that all your hear work will pay off too! Its wonderful when everything is tidy and in place!
Good Luck with your party planning! I am deep into planning a pink lego party at the moment for my daughter who will 7! It doesn take some time to get all those personal touches doesnt it? And you have TWO! I cant wait to see how they turn out! Happy Planning!
- January 20, 2013 at 11:36 AM
- Laura said...
I love, love, love your blog & am so glad it wasn't ALL lost!
I'm the same way with the start of the new year - declutter, simply & organize. It feels so good to get it done!
Have fun with the birthday planning. I love how special you make everything for your girls. You're such an inspiration!
- January 20, 2013 at 4:27 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
Thank you Stephanie and Laura -- I'm a busy bee but it's fun to brainstorm with the girls and make goodies for their parties. The anticipation and planning are part of the best part of the memory making!
- January 20, 2013 at 4:51 PM
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|Moku Bunshin no Jutsu
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|Wood Release Clone (木遁分身, Mokuton Bunshin),[2] Wood Release: Wood Clone Technique (木遁・木分身の術, Mokuton: Moku Bunshin no Jutsu)[3]
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A clone that is created by using chakra to alter the user's own cells into vegetation. The clones can be as simple in function as a wooden dummy for use in the Body Replacement Technique or completely mobile and able to perform techniques.[4] They have the ability to travel far from the user and are able to communicate with the original. Moreover, since the wood clone has the ability to merge with plants and trees, it is also great for reconnaissance missions.[5] By directly touching the wood clone with his hand, the user can absorb the information it gathered and change the shape of the clone.[6] Unlike the Shadow Clone Technique, the wood clone doesn't disappear when hit and even appears to take the damage. This, according to Madara Uchiha, makes it the perfect clone technique that only he, with his dōjutsu, was able to see through.[7] These clones can also be dispelled like normal clones, however.[8]
If a wood clone is changed into a seed and ingested into the body or left on a target, it can be used as a transmission device of sorts. The user can use these to track their target as the seeds respond to their chakra only.[9]
- When Madara used this technique, he called it a "Wood Release Clone" (木遁分身, Mokuton Bunshin).[2]
- When Hashirama used this technique, he called it "Wood Release: Wood Clone Technique" (木遁・木分身の術, Mokuton: Moku Bunshin no Jutsu).[3]


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Light Heierrat Fighter:
Rankup: Gowen 6+:
HP+10, atk+10, agi+1
Action skill:
Deal damage atk+10 to target unit not in range. This unit gets at=0 until the end of next turn. And then, move this unit to target open space. 0 SP.
Open skill: On your feet--target friendly mercenary nation unit is revived, gets max HP+10, HP+10, atk+10, and rank-up.
Start skill: The general's cunning--subtract AT-10 of target friendly mercenary nation unit besides this one from the HP of target enemy unit of agi 4 or higher.
EX Fierte:
auto skill: this unit and units to the left and right heal 15 HP.
Heierrat army:
Lvl =2, HP=30.
Open skill: conditional SP=0, you get 1 SP next turn.
EX Fierte:
Counter skill: gains focus for this turn.
Action skill: conditional focused disengage target friendly merc nation unit.
(In other words, worse Inzaghi)
Magic weapon:
Target Gowen unit gets atk+20, agi+2, and lvl +2. You get SP+1.
Song for a hero:
Condition no allied units->you control less units.
Max HP+50/HP +50->HP +30, DF+10
Beast Emp Rivera:
HP 70->60. Level=5
Sword of orthos: subtract->subtract max HP
New action: beast slash--1 SP, subtract AT from row of enemy units in range, subtract 30 from HP (yes, counter will heal it unless she's below 30 HP, then she's dead).
Earth Dragon:
Auto: do dmg->subtract
Fire dragon: auto->start
auto skill: vulcanbreath--subtract AT from all enemy units in range
Samurai Lady
Auto->start. Deal dmg->subtract
Primrose (non EX)
Open: all units get lvl +3
EX Primrose
Open: condition gowen 6+: all units get lvl-2. 1 SP.
Open skill: grand freezing--engage all non-archmage units for this turn and the next turn. 1 SP.
Greater freezing: random->targeted. 1 SP.
Ice storm: subtract 50 from max.
Change to: conditional: Falkow 3+: move target unit to target position and then engage it. You get SP+1
Flanking attack
Change to: swap enemy units in spots 1-2-3 and 7-8-9. Engage all units moved this way.
Frozen lance:
Level 1.
Eldritch hands:
Either: 2 SP or grimcount x10
Elite Fencer:
DF+5 (stop spamming gafc and use that sergis plz kthx)
Open changed to: conditional SP=0, you get SP+1 next turn (Lawtia already trashes Falkow hard enough, thanks).
Mage Knight of Regus:
Atk 20->Atk 30
Grimbane: do atk-10, SP=0.
Flying/invisibility edge:
Conditional unit lvl <= 5: remain on after revive
Crest Paladin
Atk 0->atk 10
Slash->double strike: deal atk to a random enemy unit in range. This skill is repeated twice.
Crest Gale Fencer:
SP=0 revive
Pure terror:
Lvl =1. Only works conditional Lawtia >=3
auto: atk+10 -> atk+5, HP+15
Action: atk+10, and return elemental burst from RFG to file. Get SP+2
Reborn Astaforse
Auto: perm at+Lawt x5, heal gowen x5, and then get additional atk+Lawtia x5 for this turn. (AKA total is Atk+Lawt x 10, 5 of which is permanent)
Awakened buster: 2 SP, no conditions attached, then gets max HP + 50% and is fully healed.
Double sword strike: 0 SP
Open: random->targeted. 50 to enemy->60 to enemy
EX Esria
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Word used to express displeasure
Person 1: Go make your bed.
Person 2: Mehh...
Person 2: Mehh...
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Top Definition
My Enthusiasm Halts Here. Indicates a lack of interest in the topic of conversation or a statement.
Excited Person: "Hey, the circus is in town, anyone going?"
Disinterested Person: "MEHH"
Disinterested Person: "MEHH"
de techTim 21 août 2006
Generally used when upset and or frustrated. May also be used as the sound of a goat.
"MEHH, MySpace isn't working, again!!"
de Stoff 30 septembre 2006
It's the cross between a laugh/smirk & nonchalantness. Used when trying to escape the subject. Also represents a sense of nervousness about a subject.
Person A: "You should tell him you like him!"
Person B: "Mehhh..."
Person B: "Mehhh..."
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word used to replace the feeling to say 'oh okay, whatever!'
1: you smell REALLY bad!
2: oh okay, whatever!
Or with the use of 'Mehh'
1: you smell REALLY bad!
2: Mehh!
2: oh okay, whatever!
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The word mehh has the same meaning as whateva...
The two people were arguing about somthing and one said "meh..."
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The definition of "mehh" could mean anything
Command "Take out the trash"
Answer "Mehh"
question "do you like the color blue"
Answer "mehh"
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For more than a century U.S. foreign policywhether conducted by Democrats or Republicanshas been based on the assumption that Americans interests are served best by intervening abroad to secure markets, fight potential enemies far from American shores, or engage in democratic nation building. But, what is the record of such policies, including now in Iraq?
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Bureaucracy vs. The Environment: What Should Be Done?
Recorded: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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Environmental quality has been a major public concern since the first Earth Day in 1970, yet the maze of environmental regulations enacted since has fostered huge government bureaucracies better known for waste and failure than for innovation and success.
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Is White Guilt Destroying the Promise of Civil Rights?
Recorded: Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Shelby Steele, Author of "White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era"
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Is White Guilt Destroying the Promise of Civil Rights?
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In the 1960s, civil rights victories dealt a blow to racial discrimination, and yet 40 years later many blacks remain left behind. Has affirmative action sabotaged the gains of the civil rights movement? What is the role of personal accountability in improving the standing of minority groups?
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Python API wrapper in development
I'm developing a Python library for accessing this API. My primary interest is in the congressional data, but the code is structured so that it would be very simple to add hooks and tests for the other API interfaces. The code is on GitHub here:
If there are people using Python for other parts of the API, I'd love to get patches incorporating them into the library. It should be pretty straightforward from the existing code, but let me know if you need more info.
Hey Malcolm,
That's great to see. I've been working on an unofficial Python wrapper myself, and some other folks are as well. My code is here:
So python-nytcongressapi maps the available calls into namespaces via static classes, i.e,. votes, members, etc. I'm doing a similar thing via the method nomenclature (getMembers*, getBills*, etc.). I like your approach; it reinforces the data hierarchy while keeping memory overhead low.
I reasoned that since the nytAPI is rest-ful, I could just abstract the endpoints, and then caching could be accomplished via any key-value storage system indexed on the func_name+args. Flat-namespacing also makes it pretty straight-forward to parameterize unittests across library classes.
My approach borrows liberally from the Sunlight Labs python wrapper for their API (http://github.com/sunlightlabs/python-sunlightapi), so credit to them. One of the things that we need to do with the API is to add URIs for linked resources into responses. We've begun doing that, but v3 of the API will do that across the board, limiting the number of calls needed to accomplish fairly simple tasks.
That'd be awesome. My original idea was to use dicts to store info about the fundamental units (member, bill, session, and others), assigning relationships by reference wherever possible, then supporting some sort of path-query to let developers access specific traits. That could have turned out to impose a restriction in its own way; developers would need to accommodate *my* structuring of the data. That's why I went with the endpoint-style implementation. But looking at what you've done, I'm starting to have second thoughts. Static umbrella classes are similar to using dicts, but enable relationship verification by the Python interpreter as well. And, when you're aware of what basic units are being used, it follows easily to write the access wrapper in terms of those and their relationships.
Hey guys I'm using python and the NYT Api to create a sort of critics pick search application and I think it would be a great idea to create a library that stretches across all of the categories. I realize that this would take a lot of work, but if we each added functions and/or classes to an overarching library applying to the topic we each are working in, we could get it done. Maybe create a public code workspace? Just a thought.
I'm interested in using Python for my Api as well. If you are still compiling your library let me know where I can add and have a look at the existing library. A public code workspace sounds cool, I wonder if Google docs or something similar would work?
Hey tomsmm, I never actually started a library because I didn't see any other interested people, and I do not have much experience with library coding but now that you are interested I would help create a library. I think google has a google code section or something like that and maybe we could start there. I created the little application that I wanted to by the way and it worked great, but the code is not as concise as it could be because I had to create all my own functions to read through the api files. I think a library would greatly simplify this. If you would like to see my code I will send it to you (it takes your city and state and finds critics picks movies near you) and I would love your help if your interested in packaging this in an actual application that could be distributed after a GUI and other features are added. Thanks!
I've just developed a Python client for the Districts API. I'd be interested in feedback, and if anyone wants to collaborate to make a more generalized client, I'm totally game; if there's enough interest I might release it to PyPi.
This looks really neat - thanks for doing this! I think having a districts-specific wrapper is fine, and if you want to release it that would be great, too.
Thanks, Derek! I just checked out your wrapper as well. I could see that coming in handy for the project for which this client is just the first step.


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Home Energy Management with or without an Advanced Metering Infrastructure - Part 1
To help avert these crises, utilities have implemented some demand-side management programs, including demand response (DR) and direct load control (DLC). For large commercial and industrial customers, these programs already exist on a fairly large scale. For residential customers, however, perceived obstacles are keeping DR programs in the pilot phase and preventing widespread implementation. Residential demand response is an ideal application for smart meters on the smart grid, but the requisite advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is only now being rolled out. What utilities need, therefore, is a way to implement home energy management programs on a widespread basis independently of any AMI deployment plans. Before exploring how this is possible, it is useful to address both the promise of and the perceived obstacles to, residential demand response.
Demand Response -- A "Killer Application"
The ability of demand response to avert a crisis is so promising that one member of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission identified DR as a "killer application" for the smart grid. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects electricity generation from traditional power plants to remain constant at about 4 billion gigawatt-hours (GWh) as demand is expected to approach 6 billion GWh by 2030. Making up the difference will require distributed generation, and a mix of demand response and some other measures identified in Figure 1.
Figure 1: GTM Research asked utilities to cite the top three benefits of implementing smart grid technologies. Shown here are the results, with the 'killer application' of a reduction in peak demand ranking first by far.
In the U.S., industrial and large commercial enterprises consume roughly 41% of all electricity generated. This has long been low-hanging fruit for DR because these customers are relatively few in number, and regulators have long supported demand charges for C&I rate payers. Residential and small commercial buildings are not far behind, however, consuming roughly 31% of all electricity generated. Their time for DR has now arrived.
To help lower peak demand in residences, some electric utilities have already implemented DLC for air conditioners and electric water heaters using one-way communications via paging and proprietary radio systems, but most residential price-based and voluntary DR programs are currently only in the pilot stage. The reluctance is not for a lack of need or desire for this "killer application"; rather, it is based in a perception by both utilities and their regulators that residential DR is not quite yet ready for "prime time" given a few remaining obstacles that must first be overcome.
Overcoming the Obstacles
While there can be great comfort in the status quo (especially in the distribution portion of the grid that has yet to benefit from some of the technological advances now found in generation and transmission), every one of the perceived obstacles to DR -- whether technical or regulatory, or whether involving consumer adoption or utility integration -- can now be overcome. This is not to say that the changes will be effortless or painless. For example, because static, non-time-based residential rate structures have long been the norm, the industry has had little experience with time-of-use (TOU, whether dynamically variable or static), critical peak pricing (CPP) and real-time pricing (RTP) rate structures despite the inevitability of such changes to the status quo. The bad news is: Because these new dynamic rate structures are foreign to consumers (and utilities), the industry will not get it right the first time. The good news is: Any "mistake" made in setting dynamic rates initially can easily be remedied later (albeit potentially with some regulators and utility executives experiencing a few battle scars!).
Consumer adoption of any new paradigm takes time. Remember when all gas stations were full service? The change to self-service did not happen overnight. People's awareness of automobile fuel mileage also did not become commonplace until the manufacturers began posting estimated mileage on every new car. And the mileage testing methodology had to be changed a few times to finally get it right.
Consumer acceptance of dynamic pricing and other changes could be an obstacle to widespread adoption and, therefore, an obstacle to success in reducing peak demand. But studies show that the real issue here is consumer education, and rather simple education in the form of effective educational messages that provide meaningful insights into why DR and dynamic pricing are both related and beneficial. The more consumers understand the problem, the more willing they become to participate in the solution. IBM's 2011 Global Utility Consumer Survey found, for example, that respondents who were most knowledgeable about energy issues were 64% more likely to change their usage patterns.
Similar results were revealed in the 2011 Consumer Pulse Survey conducted for the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative. A full 80% of respondents strongly or somewhat agreed that the smart grid would help them save money, avoid wasting energy, and make the grid more reliable. Perhaps equally surprising is that "political correctness" also ranked quite favorably, with 78% strongly or somewhat agreeing that the smart grid would better protect the environment and help make the U.S. more energy independent. So it should come as no surprise that 75% also now want more control over home energy use and rate/billing choices.
Still not convinced consumers are ready for DR? The 2011 E2 (Energy + Environment) Study by Market Strategies International revealed a rather remarkable result. They categorized respondents into five consumer segments based on their beliefs and preferences: Anything Clean; Ultra Green; Atomic Efficiency; No Nukes; and Carbon is King. The first four segments naturally responded favorably to the question, "Do you support the idea that your electric utility should start now and work quickly to implement Smart Grid technology?" But even a majority of the Carbon is King segment (presumably the least "green" among us) responded favorably!
With a majority of consumers apparently now ready to accept changes in home energy management, what is preventing so many utilities from making progress on this front? Perhaps they perceive yet another obstacle in the maturity of standards needed for home energy management and home area networking. But these too, at least on the other (consumer) side of the meter, are proven in both numerous pilots and some production roll-outs. The critical standard here is the Smart Energy Profile (SEP). Originally created by the ZigBee Alliance as the application-specific upper layers of the ZigBee wireless networking protocol, SEP at its current level of version 1.1 is a mature and robust specification with new (and backwards-compatible) functionality being added regularly. And SEP version 2.0, which supports the Internet Protocol but has yet to receive final ratification, has already been selected by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology for residential demand response in the Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Framework.
SEP 2.0, while still supporting ZigBee, is also network-agnostic, which has earned it additional support from a growing number of other organizations, including the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, HomeGrid Forum, SunSpec Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance, IPSO Alliance and International Society of Automotive Engineers. This growing ecosystem is working to ensure that utilities can deploy SEP 1.1 today, and then utilize an over-the-air upgrade feature to migrate to SEP 2.0 in the future to take advantage of new capabilities, such as support for charging electric vehicles. Because the upgrade is not necessary to achieve most DR objectives, however, not all utilities will choose to migrate from 1.x to 2.x -- at least in the short-term.
The final obstacle to residential DR does indeed present a bit of a problem: the lack of a robust and inexpensive two-way communications system between the utility and the residential customers. The smart grid, with its AMI network, will obviously fulfill this need -- but only for (and until) utilities deploying one. What can utilities without an advanced metering infrastructure do to implement a comprehensive residential demand response program? Use the Internet: an existing network that already reaches virtually every home.


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'El Clasico': Barcelona vs. Real Madrid in Food and Soccer
By Marcus Samuelsson | April 20, 2012
One of the world's most anticipated and watched soccer match, 'El Clasico,' is just one day away! For those who follow soccer, you'll agree with me that what makes this game even more special is that there's only 5 games left to play in La Liga and Real Madrid have a 4 point lead, meaning this game will probably decide who will win the league title this season.
While I'm anxiously waiting to watch the match along with millions of others, I can't help but think about the history behind these two teams and cities in general. In addition to hosting two of the biggest names in soccer, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, these two teams represent one of the biggest rivalries in history, and not only in soccer but also in food and politics, that still exists today.
While both cities reside in Spain, the customs and cultures vary to the max in each location. Barcelona is known for its Catalan heritage that has existed in the northeast state of Spain for centuries. That region still speaks the Catalan language and is extremely proud of its food, art, music and Catalan customs. While Barcelona differentiates itself by celebrating its distinct traditions, the capital of Spain, Madrid, is known for more an amalgamation of the cultures of all of Spain's distinct states like Catalunya, Basque Country, and Galicia. Their pride comes from the national collective of influences.
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Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) - Less than 24 hours after the Brooklyn Nets
lost in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals to the Chicago Bulls,
general manager Billy King announced that interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo
will not return to the sidelines next season.
"The Brooklyn Nets organization would like to thank P.J. for his efforts with
the team in his roles as both head coach and assistant, and for his
contributions to the team's success both on and off the court," King said in a
statement released Sunday. "We wish P.J. and his family only the best in the
years to come."
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