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"Andre Dubus III Does It Again"
This book, like his "House of Sand and Fog" is so well written. It is such a thoroughly engaging novel that it pulls you right in from the beginning. The narrator is quite skilled. The characters become your aquaintances; you find yourself questioning their thinking, judgement and actions while savoring their depth.
Because I couldn't put this book down, I planted my whole garden this year while listening all the way to the end. Enjoy!
Avid audible listener. Favorite writers: Stephen king, Bryce Courtenay, R. R. Martin Fav narrators: Humphrey bower, Roy Dotrice, Frank Muller, Robin Miles
"Heartstopping and Unrelenting"
This story grabs you at the beginning and doesn't let you go. Characters are real and suffering. Loved it. Great narration too. Will add this author to my favorites.
"Excellent read!"
I almost didn't download this after reading some of the reviews here, but the premise still sounded interesting so I did and though I rarely submit reviews, thought I should in this case since I thoroughly disagree with those who've said the characters were uninteresting or that the women sounded whiny. I didn't notice any issue with the narrator either. I thought it was a wonderfully woven story, and was immersed right from the beginning. The 9-11 angle didn't overwhelm the rest of the story either, which was one thing I feared. Great listen!
just could not get in to it. bringing a 3 year old to a stipper club, keeping the child locked in a car; creeped me out,
"Interesting but not amazing"
I listened to this book because of a glowing review by Stephen King in "Entertainment Weekly" and because the plot summary intrigued me as the story centered around a stripper in Florida and a traumatic event surrounding her 3-yr-old daughter. The plot moved quickly though I'd say it was more character-driven rather than a thriller. It exposed the inner dark secrets of the hearts of the main characters. It was kind of like seeing a car crash through the eyes of six different drivers as they came into a major collision. I worried a little that people who had little knowledge of Islam might get the wrong idea about Muslims from this, but clearly the character I'm referring to was a fanatic and not a representative of main-stream Muslim belief. This was an OK listen, though I wouldn't give it an enthusiastic recommendation.
At first I thought this was an earlier work by this writer, as the narrative meanders and strays from what in my opinion are central story lines. The typical night at a strip club is just not that interesting and the reader has to listen to about four and a half hours of it before the story really gets going.
Listening was frustrating. I found myself getting involved in a narrative path only to have the story veer in a less appealing direction. This book is nothing like "The House of Sand and Fog" which was disciplined and directed.
The characters are flawed and suffering but there is no one to root for, and their worlds are dark and depressing.
As I prefer listening to readers without accents, drama or expression I did like the narrator, who motored along in a stream-of-consciousness monotone.
"I want those hours of my life back!"
This book moved waaaaay too slow, nothing happened and I kept waiting for a plot to start. Don't bother.
"Waste of Time"
I struggle to get to the end hoping it would
get better. It only got worse. This is the worse
book I've downloaded.
"Going nowhere. Slowly."
A painful listen. Instead of using stream of consciousness as a device to highlight the motivation of one character in a specific moment, we spend nearly the entire book inside the heads of all the characters. And their mental meandering is not all that interesting...
The plot consists of disparate threads which one hopes will all somehow come together but which mostly do not. The ending left me shaking my head and kicking myself for having listened to the whole thing. Just awful!
"Long wait for no payoff"
I liked listening to the book until the end. The story was well written and I eagerly anticipated the final revelation of how everything would come together. After such lovely detail and insight into the characters' minds during the first 13 hours of the book, it was a great letdown that the ending was so understated and fast. I felt locked out of the characters' experiences when Dubus shifted to an overview style.


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IBM congratulates the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for reaching a consensus on patent reform legislation today. This landmark action is an important step toward preserving American innovation leadership and stimulating economic growth.
As the leading recipient of U.S. patents for the past 18 years, IBM has supported patent reform since the moment the legislation was first introduced over five years ago. An efficient and effective patent system is vital to the American inventors and innovators who help fuel our nation's competitiveness in the global economy.
The America Invents Act, which will become law when it is signed by President Obama, marks the most extensive and important update to the U.S patent system in nearly 60 years. This legislation balances the needs of patent system participants and will enhance the quality of patents issued by the USPTO.
Following years of deliberation and revisions, our elected officials have produced balanced, common-sense legislation that will lead to significant improvements to our patent system, which has not kept pace with dramatic changes in technology and innovation over the last half century. The patent bill is poised to usher in a variety of changes that will improve the patent system, such as:
- Expanding rights for third parties to submit information related to published applications to a patent examiner, and establishing a post-grant review process, which will improve the quality of issued patents.
- Increasing U.S. competitiveness by transitioning to a more objective first-inventor-to-file system, which is used throughout the rest of the world.
- Providing fee setting authority to the USPTO, which will give it the ability to implement the new programs, address the backlog in patent applications, etc.
This patent legislation, together with the recent court decisions, puts the US patent system in a much better position to spur innovation in the 21st century.

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What? Not a congrats or anything? Especially strange because it came from someone with kids....
Any weird ones for you?
Tied the Knot = 7/14/12
Baby #1: Emmerson Grace = 6/17/13
Karen & Chris (est. 1997)
Annika (3/21/10) ~ Kelly & Claire (5/17/13)
♥† Nugget (m/c 5/2012) & Dewey (vanished triplet 9/2012) †♥
Not really a response, but someone at my DD's daycare asked me if we thought about having more kids. I couldn't hide my smile and she knew I was pregnant. She told me she wondered if I was because my boobs are bigger!! Seriously?! I thought only DH and I were aware of that! And I'm only 7 weeks along, so they really shouldn't be that big! Jeez! Totally wierd that she and others have been discussing my breast size!!!
Juliana Katherine 01.24.11
Jennifer Aletheia: 06.22.13
Son announced (unplanned!) at church while asking for prayer & that this be his brother... no more sisters LoL!
One lady left the sactuary in tears.
Many just had stunned blank faces.Three children is a large family in this church... hard to wrap their minds around FIVE.
To top it off we were only 6 weeks along, and i wanted to wait til at least 12 weeks. But at least we had prayer support when i went through the ectopic scare.
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things unseen. Hebrews 11:1
Due 4/13/15 with baby #4
I havnt gotten any weird responses but my MIL is freaking me out, she has a crib ready at her house for when the baby comes,Im only 10weeks & shes already shopping at baby stores, She keeps talking about how "her" baby is going to always be at her house! .. :?
Its her first grandchild but geez..
I thought i was the one having a baby!!! UGH


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on March 18, 2013 - 1:00 AM
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LOCKPORT – Niagara County, which has won five consecutive lawsuits against the state Health Department over reimbursements for Medicaid mental health services, filed another suit last week.
The county is seeking slightly over $2 million this time – money that the Health Department refused to pay after the county submitted six claims between Oct. 26 and Dec. 20.
The county sued the state in State Supreme Court, demanding an outcome similar to the previous five cases, which brought the county a total of $1.47 million in reimbursements.
However, this time the lawsuit seeks to overturn a state law passed last year that attempts to protect the state from having to pay these types of claims.
Normally, counties have to pay 25 percent of the cost of services provided under Medicaid. However, special rules for mental health cases require the state to reimburse the counties for their share.
It's not the first time the State Legislature passed a law to try to keep the counties from collecting these reimbursements. A 2010 effort was, in effect, invalidated by judges who kept deciding in favor of the counties.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's executive budget that passed last year included a provision retroactively amending the 2005 Medicaid cap law to bar reimbursements for services rendered before Jan. 1, 2006. That's the amendment the new lawsuit seeks to overturn, asserting that it contradicts the provision of the Social Services Law that has said for years that the counties must be reimbursed. Although the county's claims were submitted last year, they covered cases occurring before 2006.
A state Health Department spokesman said he anticipated that the department would have no comment on the litigation.
Social Services Commissioner Anthony J. Restaino said Niagara is one of only three counties that have pursued lawsuits over reimbursements for mental health services for poor clients that predate the Medicaid cap law of 2005.
The others are Herkimer and St. Lawrence counties.
Although every county in the state was affected by the Health Department's rulings on what are called "Medicaid overburden" payments, Restaino speculated, "I don't think they have availed themselves of the legal services we have."
A Utica attorney, Nancy Rose Stormer, has been representing Niagara and the other counties in these cases since 2007. Restaino said Stormer receives 25 percent of the counties' proceeds as her fee.
"You have to have the ability to identify the cases that fall under this coding. She does that," Restaino said. "I don't have anybody on the staff that has the ability to do it. She wasn't going to get any fee unless she delivered results."
In the latest lawsuit, Stormer says the Health Department has claimed that there was "miscoding" in the past but never explained how the alleged mistakes might have occurred.
She said that there has purportedly been "miscoding for more than 20 years in every county."
In her opinion, it's not miscoding at all, but a deliberate policy "intended to deprive the counties of the reimbursement to which they are entitled."
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What's all this taper talk? — Updated
If you follow any finance nerds on Twitter or watch CNBC, it's going to be hard to avoid hearing the word "taper" today. But what the heck is it?
"The taper" is the label the financial press and the markets have slapped the Federal Reserve's decision to start slowing down their massive purchases of long-term government debt and investments backed by mortgages, whenever it finally comes down. The reason they call it that is the Fed's purchases are likely to taper off gradually, rather than be cut off suddenly, which would definitely harm the economy at this point.
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Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn's day of reckoning did not come in a formal trial for his alleged crimes but in a civil suit brought against him by Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel maid who claimed he raped her.
The Daily Beast writes that Dominique Strauss-Kahn's settlement amount is $6 million, which the former money man seems unable to pay on his own. His wealthy wife, Anne Sinclair, editor of the French branch of the Huffington Post, will reportedly pay half of the settlement, while the remaining $3 million will be covered by a bank loan.
Although he and Sinclair are reportedly now separated, we all know she stood by her man throughout the scandal, even paying his attorney fees and bail, all the while smiling and playing the role of the loving, believing, trusting spouse.
In turn, Strauss-Kahn, who did admit to a sexual encounter with Diallo, said it wasn't rape but consensual. In one interview with a French television, he called it a "moral failing." (Read more on that here: here). Incidentally, he had his own lawsuit against his accuser but dropped it as part of the settlement.
Diallo, 33, an African immigrant, has never wavered in her accusations of rape against Strauss-Kahn, saying he sexually assaulted her at the Sofitel, a Manhattan hotel in New York City in May of 2011, though the Manhattan District Attorney's office did drop the charges, citing insufficient evidence and lack of credible testimony by the accuser.
I found it extremely puzzling for an exclusive interview with Newsweek and again with local ABC Good Morning America's Robin Roberts and Diallo had given graphic and disturbing details of the alleged assault, which included Strauss-Kahn forcing her to perform oral sex. (click video above or see it here: http://youtu.be/lxc8rmcNr9A).
But on second thought, I shouldn't be puzzled, for this case had all the ingredients for "Lady Justice" to fail: Money, power, poverty, education, class, color and international intrigue. Diallo, an uneducated immigrant from Africa working as a chambermaid in a big city, dared to go up against a rich, powerful, well-educated, white man from France. A monumental, uphill battle from the start. Throw in the fact that rape is still a difficult thing to prove, sexism, classism, race, Diallo "keeping company" with a convict and lying on her visa application to get out of a dangerous part of Africa —then it is virtually impossible to get justice.
Mind you, compared to Diallo lying to survive and having a friend who urged her to sue in a country where lawsuits are commonplace, Strauss-Kahn's background reads like a sleazy, X-rated novel. He wielded incredible power as IMF chief, but in his personal life, the depravity ran deep. Tales of orgies with hookers and other rich, powerful men surfaced. Affairs with subordinates at the IMF and other accusations of rape also came to light.
A French writer, Tristane Banon, had also accused the ex-money-man of sexually assaulting her in 2003 when she was only 21 while she was interviewing him for a book. Her mother had reportedly talked her out of pressing charges at the time, but soon after the Diallo case was dropped here in the US, Banon finally worked up the courage to file charges in France. Luckily for Strauss-Kahn, that case was dropped too. (Read it here: here).
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I love the spirit of Acme F&B, the easygoing new restaurant from chefs Colleen O'Hare and Jeana Johnson. It's laid-back, comfortable and stylishly rustic, and thoughtful touches show up on the table: a complimentary aperitif; filtered water at no extra charge (sparkling or flat); crusty bread that arrives wrapped in brown paper tied up with red-and-white baker's string; Riedel glasses for the wine.
There's a lovely patio, a couple of bars to choose from and a general feeling of "we aim to please."
You might know Johnson and O'Hare as the duo behind Good 2 Go Taco, the groovy Old Lake Highlands spot that features creative takes on everyone's favorite folded treat, and Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House next door to it. There are no tacos or burgers on the menu here at their new bistro on the northern end of McKinney Avenue, more like house-made charcuterie, sautéed skate, braised rabbit and variable "farmer's cuts" of beef, lamb and pork.
There's definitely something renegade about the chef duo, so maybe we shouldn't be surprised to find unusual West Coast oysters on their menu (most are contraband in Texas). Order the Nisqually Sweets or Totten Inlets (or whatever's featured that day) on the half-shell, or Rockefeller-style. You can also get croquettes fashioned from the offal du jour. A well-seasoned steak tartare — a rough chop of fine-tasting beef topped with a four-minute egg — is a lusty treat. Spread it on slices of grilled baguette.
The menu changes constantly, but lately summer succotash has been a constant in the main-course column, topped with a fin fish like albacore or halibut, or maybe skate. The albacore variation recently was splendid — slices of beautifully seared fish done medium-rare with a wonderful sauté of corn, peas, fava beans and tomatoes and a light beurre blanc. King salmon sat regally atop a lovely mess of savoy cabbage leaves and soffrito (diced carrots, onion and fennel). I love that vegetable marriage, though the salmon was a wee bit overcooked. Sometimes the savoy-soffrito sauté is offered with pan-fried skate wing. In fact, one of the restaurant's strengths is its loving attention to vegetables.
There's usually chicken and tender little dumplings (your choice of white meat or dark), which tastes like a deconstructed chicken potpie, the flavorful morsels of chicken swimming in a nicely herbal sauce. Braised rabbit takes a crisping turn in a pan before coming to table on risotto gently amped up with leeks, spring onions and fried shallots; it's comfort food, to be sure.
Other dishes jangle or jiggle more than soothe. The offal croquettes one evening are puffy affairs fashioned from beef tongue and heart. The flavor's nice, but the minced meat is bound by too much béchamel sauce. Because the croquettes are so saucy, the gribiche (an emulsified sauce with mustard and hard-cooked egg yolks) served with them seems odd.
The charcuterie, which changes every few weeks, needed work, too. I've rarely tasted a chicken-liver mousse I didn't love, but Acme's version — smooth, runny and topped with rubbery port gelée — had an unpleasantly assertive livery taste. Pork rillettes was most un-rillette-like. Traditionally it's a rich spread of soft, shredded salty pork that's been preserved in fat. This was almost a spa version, with little fat and fine mirepoix (diced carrots, onions and celery). The liver mousse and rillettes were accompanied by a sharp cow's milk cheese that was lovely on its own, but terrible with the charcuterie.
One of the salads, grilled asparagus tarted up with big chunks of roasted- then-pickled beets intense enough to make you pucker, jangles in a not-entirely unpleasant way. What makes it nearly work is a generous smattering of roughly chopped, perfectly hard-cooked egg (mimosa) blanketing it. The egg whites tame the beets into something weirdly compelling, almost delicious. (The dish has since been tweaked; the beets are now roasted but not pickled.) These chefs do seem to love their eggs!
The priciest dishes on the menu, at $30 each, are "farmer's cut" beef, pork and lamb; the server will tell you exactly what they are. The idea is sustainability: The chefs purchase the whole, locally raised animal, using the lesser cuts for tacos and burgers at Good 2 Go and Goodfriend, and the more premium cuts at Acme. On a recent visit, there was a beef duo: slices of flavorful skirt steak grilled happily medium-rare as ordered, paired with a puck of richly flavorful, tender beef cheek. Tucked under the skirt steak were grilled fingerling potatoes, and a simple little well-dressed frisée salad pulled the plate together.
The midsize wine list is almost as eclectic as the menu. It offers about 25 vintages by the glass, along with a decent selection of half-bottles along with its full-bottle choices.
I do wish servers (not just at Acme, but all over Dallas) would alert diners when the vintage they bring is different than what's offered on the wine list, but generally service is excellent here: sweetly attentive, but not in the least bit obtrusive. The tone of the service — respectfully correct but not overly formal, knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the cooking but not boringly gushy — feels just right for the place.
And what about sweets? Like the rest of the cooking, the desserts at Acme seem to improve on each visit. Could the topping on the peach-blueberry crumble have been less sweet? Sure, but I love the small scoop of house-made blueberry ice cream on top. And a wonderful Bourbon brownie cake is glossed with a dreamy ganache.
So there are a few rough edges here and there. O'Hare and Johnson are taking plenty of risks; they seem to be having fun in the kitchen, and I, for one, am happy to come along for the ride. As the weeks fly by, it feels like Acme F&B is starting to find its footing.
As a serious neighborhood bistro with a good sense of fun and adventure, it is certainly a terrific addition to our dining scene. I look forward to watching it evolve.
Follow Leslie Brenner on Twitter at @lesbren.
Acme F&B (3-stars)
Price: $$$ (appetizers and salads $8 to $18, main courses $26 to $30, desserts $7 to $9)
Service: Sweetly attentive, respectfully correct yet informal; knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the cooking without going on and on ad infinitum.
Ambience: Laid-back and casual, but with Riedel wine glasses on the tables. The dining room has two bars. Banquette seating on a raised section offers the most comfortable seating.
Noise level: When the dining room is less crowded, easy conversation is possible. When the restaurant's busy, cacophony reigns; forget about talking.
Location: 4900 McKinney Ave., Dallas; 214-443-0003; acmefandb.com
Hours: Monday-Thursday 5 to 10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 5 to 11 p.m.
Reservations: Accepted
Credit cards: AE, D, MC, V
Wheelchair accessible: Yes
Smoking area: In front of restaurant
Alcohol: Full bar. A midsize, eclectic wine list offers about 25 wines by the glass and a decent selection of half-bottles. A single Texas wine, a well-priced 2010 Pedernales Cellars Grenache-Syrah-Mourvedre — is available, both by the bottle and by the glass.


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on March 8, 2013 - 9:14 PM
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Being called a "def" artist in the hip-hop music industry has for three decades been synonymous with being gifted at rhymes or being skilled, uber-talented and downright "cool."
But being a "deaf" rap artist?
Rapper Sean Forbes was told for years by many to forget about it.
Fortunately for the 31-year-old Forbes – and those deaf or hard-of-hearing musicians pursuing the same dream today – he tuned out those naysayers.
Forbes, whose 14-track album "Perfect Imperfection" was released last fall, now calls himself "deafer than Def Jam" – one of the industry's top labels.
"I am a deaf person, and music is my oxymoron, but I wouldn't let it define me," the Detroit-based Forbes told an assembly of Frontier High School students Friday morning. "I really wanted to become a musician because I wanted to be a performer."
Forbes lost his hearing to spinal meningitis when he was just nine months old. The news was a tough blow to his parents, who were both musicians, according to Forbes.
"They felt they were not going to be able to share the one thing they truly loved – music – with me," said Forbes, adding that it didn't stop them from buying him a drum set at age 5. "From that moment forward, all I ever wanted to become was a drummer."
Forbes faced considerable challenges growing up. He was different from other kids. He rode the "short bus" – something he references in his rap "Watch These Hands." He was told he'd never realize his dream of becoming a musician.
It was those life experiences, however, that Forbes believes now allow him to connect intimately with youth like a mainstreamed deaf student at Frontier on Friday or the boy who approached him last week on Staten Island saying he was being bullied but planned to use Forbes' messages as inspiration.
"You have to embrace who you are. You aren't going to change that," Forbes said in an interview. "It gives you character. It makes you who you are."
And how was he interviewed?
He routinely answered a reporter's questions Friday by reading his lips.
Forbes explained how he parlayed a shot from Web Entertainment, the same Motor City record label that produced the unabashed, in-your-face lyrics that helped launch the career of now-legendary white rapper Eminem. And he was able to chase down his dream to follow in his family's musical footsteps.
He's now using that stage with positive motivational messages for youth and to promote D-PAN, the nonprofit Deaf Professional Arts Network, which he co-founded.
The network's mission – to improve the accessibility of music for the deaf – focuses on translating popular music into American Sign Language music videos. Forbes, who is married to a deaf woman, briefly spoke to Frontier students Friday, but mostly let his music advance his message.
"Don't let anyone hold you back," Forbes signed as he rapped to that title's track, "Don't let anyone say 'facts are facts.' ... Follow your intuition, your instincts; They'll guide you in the right directions; Every road you take there's a lesson, a story of 'Perfect Imperfections.' "
The Rochester Institute of Technology business graduate's nationwide 2013 tour began three weeks ago. After stops in Rochester and then Hamburg, Forbes and his crew of four other deaf musicians hit the road for a show in St. Louis today.
"We're breaking boundaries," said Mark Levin, a Chicago native and one of Forbes' band members, who says they're aware of their responsibility as trailblazers for deaf musicians.
Although the deaf music industry may remain "very small," explained Levin, music touches the souls of the deaf just as much as those who can hear.
"Music is not just what you hear," he said. "People forget what they hear, but you don't forget what you feel."
It's something "so intense," raps Forbes in another track, "So Deaf," that he describes music as bringing out his "sixth sense." Like other deaf people, Forbes said he can sense the sound and feel the music through the vibrations.
Perhaps that's why rap appeals to him, explained Forbes, who said he "grew up on everything" from rock 'n' roll to country music and considers Stevie Wonder the closest thing to a musical role model.
"I just feel like, personally, rap spoke to me," said Forbes. "Originally, hip-hop was about making a social change and changing people's perceptions."
For more information, visit Forbes' website at http://deafandloud.com/.
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Five students were transported to an area hospital after a school bus was rear-ended at Terry Lane and Paradise Lane.
All of the students have non-life-threatening injuries.
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Resolution Introduced Recognizing Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Representatives Walther Jones (R-NC) and Betsy Markey (D-CO) recently introduced a resolution (H. Res.1433) designating September 2010 as Blood Cancer Awareness Month. H. Res. 1433 highlights the impact that the blood cancers have in the United States each year and encourages greater support for blood cancer research and education.
IMF is asking every advocate to write or call their U.S. Representative and urge them to support Blood Cancer Awareness Month by co-sponsoring H. Res. 1433. To write your Congressional Representative, please visit the Advocacy Action Center at www.advocacy.myeloma.org.
The IMF Honored in the May Congressional Record
Representative Brian Higgins (D-NY) honored the work of the IMF and raised awareness of multiple myeloma through his May 25th statement in the May Congressional Record. The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates that occur on the floors of the Senate and the House in Congress. It is printed by the United States Government Printing Office and is issued daily when Congress is in session.
Representative Higgins stated what myeloma is, who is affected, and its prevalence. He recognized the IMF for its dedication to improving the quality of life for patients and caregivers while working towards prevention and cure for myeloma. He also noted the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009 (HR 2366), a bill that he introduced that will help to eliminate disparities for cancer patients whose insurance coverage has differences in the way oral and intravenous chemotherapy therapies are covered. The IMF has been proactively involved in helping to fight for this legislation.
To view a copy of the statement, please visit http://myeloma.org/pdfs/advocacy/HigginsFinalCR.pdf.
White House Orders Agencies to Pinpoint Programs for Budget Cuts in FY 2012
To begin preparing for the fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget, the White House has instructed federal agencies to compile a list of their "least critical" programs, adding up to at least 5 percent of their discretionary budgets. The White House views this as a way to modernize and reform government while reducing waste and making the government more efficient during a time when the public's trust in government is low and concerns about the budget deficit are high. All agencies, including the Pentagon, would be required to compile such lists.
Additionally, the President plans to ask Congress in the coming weeks to pass legislation to give federal agencies the authority to keep half of their saved or unspent money during a given fiscal year. The goal is to provide a disincentive for agencies to spend all that they have been appropriated as they currently lose whatever they have not spent. The administration's goal is not to cut spending while the economy remains shaky but to put the government on a path to reducing deficits in the next few years. All agencies, including the Pentagon, would be required to compile such lists.
Congressional Recess
The House and Senate will be in recess for the July 4th holiday beginning on July 2nd. Both Chambers will resume legislative business on July 12th.
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Want to stay informed about IMF's advocacy activities? All you need to do is to join the Myeloma Action Network at www.advocacy.myeloma.org and you will automatically receive e-mail advocacy alerts from the IMF. To learn more about health care reform and other important advocacy issues that impact the myeloma community, please visit the IMF advocacy page at www.myeloma.org.


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5 Types of Movie Adaptations That Must Be Stopped
Audiences love familiar stories. When we're deciding what movie to see, we have a tendency to breeze past original plots in favor of watching Peter Parker discover his puberty superpowers for the 18th time. The people who make our movies have grasped this, and that's why cinemas are crammed with adaptations of books, comics, television shows, foreign movies, old movies, new movies, movies that came out in 2010, breakfast cereals, and so on. These adaptations aren't always bad: After all, how else could we bring the timeless story of Peter Parker's wrist splooge to people who are threatened by reading comic books? But the rush to cannibalize and recannibalize the creative output of humanity has led to some unfortunate trends. For example ...
#5. Public Domain Monster Mashups
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Examples: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Cowboys & Aliens, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, I, Frankenstein
Here's a quick formula for a successful movie. Step one: Take a historical figure or a fictional character whose creator died long enough ago for their work to be in the public domain. Step two: Add a randomly selected creature or monster from the urban fantasy shelf in the nearest bookstore. Step three: Make a movie in which these two things either team up or fight each other to the death. Congratulations! You have just printed yourself a lot of money.
It's almost impossible to make a movie with this premise sound unappealing. Abraham Lincoln vs. Cats. Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table vs. a Really Big Bear. Achilles vs. MechaHector. Who among us would not pay to see all of these films?
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Like you've never wanted to see Betsy Ross fight werewolves with that sewing needle.
Why It Doesn't Work:
We all want to see these movies. Hell, we will start lining up to buy tickets as soon as you mention the title. And that's the exact problem. If you own a monkey that can do a perfect William Shatner impression, you're not going to bother to also train that monkey not to fling poop at people. People will be so eager to see the Original Kirk Monkey that they'll show up even if there's poop everywhere. Likewise, the premise of the Public Domain Monster Mashup is so inherently attractive that studios have realized there's no need to put in any effort beyond creating or buying the rights to the concept. You've already got a guaranteed audience who will show up to watch Joan of Arc punch zombies or whatever, so why bother with story or plot or character development or monsters that don't look like they fell out of a computer in 1992? So inevitably, audiences show up to see these great-sounding concepts, only to walk out feeling dirty and used, like we've just had a bunch of poop thrown at us.
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This didn't stop us from catching that other summer blockbuster, Movie Audiences vs. Poop Monkeys.
We viewers must accept some of the blame for this. For years, we've been hurling ticket money at anything with an awesome-sounding concept, forgetting that the addition of one or more awesome plot elements does not make a movie awesome. Rather, it provides a good jumping-off point for awesomeness. It's up to us to demand better from movies and ask for a real character-driven reason that George Washington feels he needs to fight all those dragons.
#4. Americanized Japanese Horror
Columbia Pictures
Examples: Pulse, The Grudge, Dark Water, One Missed Call
American reboots of Japanese horror have been clogging up Netflix accounts since the success of The Ring back in 2002. Recently the genre seemed to be dying off, but now that Sam Raimi has announced a second reboot of The Grudge, the trend has returned like a terrible direct-to-DVD sequel. Given the state of Western horror these days, we should be happy to see more adapted Japanese stuff. Right?
Why It Doesn't Work:
In general, Japanese audiences seem to be happy to accept a level of ambiguity in their horror. Japanese horror movies are often just 90 minutes of monsters doing a bunch of scary shit, with no real explanation or even resolution. The reasons for this are probably partly cultural: Japan has a long tradition of ghosts and monsters that are simply annoying or mischievous, rather than falling into the more clearly defined "good" and "evil" categories you find in the West. This means that, for Western audiences, J-horror can fill an important niche for viewers who are sick of horror that is 10 percent actual scary shit and 90 percent scenes of good-looking characters researching the ghost's motives.
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"It seems to want to say 'BOO' a lot."
But apparently movie producers think that this kind of ambiguity is too much for American audiences, because this aspect of J-horror almost never makes it into the adapted versions. In the remakes of The Ring and Dark Water, the ghostly antagonists were changed from confused, chaotic Japanese spirits into pure evil clones of the girl in The Exorcist. The American version of The Grudge replaced the freaky, dreamlike atmosphere of the original with long expository sequences in which white people gravely explained the ghosts' motives to other white people. Occasionally, this cultural adaptation can produce films that are good in their own right: The Ring, despite all the plot changes, ended up working just fine as a Western horror movie. Far more often, though, it just removes everything that made the original movie succeed. It's like American movie execs deciding to adapt a kaiju movie, but cutting out all of that "giant monster" stuff because local audiences just aren't ready for it yet.
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"Can we replace the giant chain sword with the abstract concept of freedom?"
#3. Dark, Gritty Fairy Tales
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Examples: Red Riding Hood, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Sleepy Hollow, Winter's Knight
For the better part of a century, Hollywood has been taking fairy tales and other traditional stories, removing all the weird and controversial bits, and replacing them with feisty talking animals. Frozen, for example, was supposedly based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," but it didn't feature a single person getting stabbed in the eye with a mirror. Maybe as a reaction to this movie sanitization, the last few decades have seen an upsurge in dark, gritty fairy tale movies that promise to take audiences back to these stories' fucked-up roots.
Why It Doesn't Work:
These movies never stop at un-Disneyfying the stories and putting all the darker parts back in. Instead, they shoot right past the un-Disneyfying station and keep riding the dark, gritty train all the way to Goth Central.
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You can see the emo leaking right out of it.
Look at the 1997 movie that kicked off the trend, Snow White: A Tale of Terror. The people who made this movie could have just reinserted the creepy parts of the Grimm version: That story had attempted murder and cannibalism, and you'd think that would be enough. Instead, the movie opens with an injured woman in the woods being given an impromptu cesarean section and then being eaten alive by wolves. The traditional Red Riding Hood story already had creepy themes about child safety and sexual predation, but the "dark" 2011 version didn't stop there: It needed to add corrupt, evil wolf hunters and a mentally handicapped character being deliberately burned to death.
Seeing Gary Oldman acting his way through a sad Twilight knockoff was actually worse, though.
The problem here is that fairy tales endure so well because they already are dark and realistic. They survive and get passed down because they tell readers important truths about human life. Adding a bunch of extra "darkness" to these stories actually makes them seem less realistic, because real life isn't all darkness and wolves and stabbing. There's good stuff there, too. Shoving in a whole bunch of extra "grit" doesn't turn a movie into a cold, hard look at reality; it turns it into what looks like a script written by an eyeliner-wearing 14-year-old.


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The endorsed Democratic candidate for Erie County comptroller has dropped out the race with less than four months remaining before the general election.
Lynn M. Szalkowski, a certified public accountant from Lake View, has decided against continuing her campaign for the office, citing health reasons, according to County Democratic Chairman Jeremy J. Zellner.
"Though I am very disappointed, because Lynn is highly qualified and a great public servant, I wish her and her family the absolute best," Zellner said Thursday.
Szalkowski, 39, was endorsed by the committee in May to run against incumbent Stefan I. Mychajliw, a Republican who also is endorsed by the Conservative Party.
Shortly before she was endorsed, Zellner described Szalkowski as a strong candidate, even though she had not previously run for political office. Szalkowski has, however, run for a seat on the Frontier Central School Board and won.
Zellner said that the party's executive committee will convene a meeting next week to interview candidates and make recommendations to fill the vacancy created by Szalkowski's departure.
"Once this process takes place, we will announce a new candidate for comptroller and get right to work focusing on defeating Stefan Mychajliw in November," Zellner said.
Despite the shortened time frame, Zellner said, he was confident they can still field a formidable candidate.
"At this point, I've been approached by a few folks, and I've approached some people to run. I feel we're going to have a strong candidate. … I'm still excited about this race because I think we need somebody who knows what that job is," he said.
Mychajliw, a former television news reporter and later head of his own public relations firm, has held office since Jan. 1. He was elected in November over Democratic incumbent David J. Shenk to serve out the unexpired term of Mark C. Poloncarz, who was county comptroller at the time he was elected county executive in November 2011.
"Given the things that have happened in the last few months in the Comptroller's Office, I certainly see this as winnable," Zellner said Thursday.
"I don't believe the comptroller is doing a good job. I think he's the most political comptroller we've ever had."
Mychajliw shot back Thursday.
"This is an unfortunate example of political party bosses trying to manipulate the electoral system to put a handpicked puppet in the Comptroller's Office," he said. "It is my understanding that party bosses knew some time ago that my opponent was dropping out. It can be argued that party bosses committed petition fraud by continuing to get signatures for a person they knew wasn't running."
Despite the turn of events, Mychajliw said, "I take nothing for granted. I think the important lesson I learned in politics is to stay hungry and stay humble.
"I will run like I'm 20 points behind," he added, "whoever my opponent is."
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In the late 1980's the Danish railways were at last forced to accept cycles in the trains. It proved an immediate success.
Today millions of people commute every year by combining train and cycling. And 13 of the busiest railway stations have repair shops to take care of your bike if needed.
Designing the bicycle cars was a challenge. For the first few years cyclists and passengers had to struggle for the same tight space in front of the doors. Now there are dedicated cycle cars with flexible parking areas.
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Make parlor trips peaceful
Make parlor trips peaceful
Two or three times a day, free stall herds move cows from their home pen to the holding pen. By keeping a routine and using cows' natural tendencies, we can keep the trips low stress
Two or three times a day, free stall herds move cows from their home pen to the holding pen. By keeping a routine and using cows' natural tendencies, we can keep the trips low stress
by Heather Smith Thomas
Thomas is an author of many livestock books and owns a beef cattle herd with her husband in Salmon, Idaho. She wrote this series with Paul Rapnicki, D.V.M., formerly with the University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine (UMN-SVM) and Don Höglund, D.V.M., currently with the UMN-SVM.
We frequently invade the personal space of cattle. When a person encroaches upon that personal space around a cow, the animal reacts based upon the position, timing, angle and speed. Learning these factors helps us use animals' natural and learned behaviors to move them around the dairy.
Cattle have almost the same ability to hear high pitches as dogs and hear low sounds much better than humans. Researchers have found that cattle show almost as much aversion to human shouting as they do to being hit by paddles and poked by prods. As a result, noise such as yelling and loud talking/music, banging on railings, whistling and ringing bells cause as much confusion to cattle as does poking. Noise is not a replacement for appropriate human body position.
Low stress movement of cattle requires people to control the types and levels of stimulation. Keeping your thumbs locked in your pants' pocket forces you to keep your hands down. A rocking motion is a very effective technique to apply pressure to cattle in alleys and small pens.
Small movements are best, especially in confined spaces since we are close to the animal's personal space. Whether we are moving cattle into or out of the milking parlor, into other pens or corrals or onto transport, we know that our position relative to the cow, our angle of approach, our timing and the rate at which we approach will determine if cattle move as intended, stop or turn back to face us.
Each time we need to move cattle, the task should be handled with cow behavior in mind. Cows react predictably if we remember that our actions prompt their reactions. There is no complicated or magic formula. The cow's behavior will inform the handler if the angle, speed and timing were correct. If she didn't respond as the handler intended, then the handler should back up along the same line as the approach, change the angle and the speed of approach.
Safely move cows to the parlor
Avoid startling the cows as you enter the pen. As you initiate movement among the herd, remember that the goal is to induce them to move out of the pen and toward the milking parlor. Your movements should be directed to create movement toward the parlor and to avoid any stimuli that would direct the cows away from the parlor.
Cows tend to move in an arc around whatever they perceive as stimulus. This allows them to keep an eye on what is pressuring them as they move around or away from it. Cows also tend to follow other cows. These two concepts are invaluable when emptying a cattle pen.
If the handler can create positive motion at the front of the herd and then avoid doing anything to slow or stop the flow, cows will tend to move in the direction they are facing while following the cow in front of them.
There is no problem with "multitasking" while moving cows out of a pen, as long as a person pays attention so that the movements performing these additional tasks do not interfere with directing the cows out of the pen and toward the milking parlor.
When movement out of a pen is started properly, it is usually easy to sustain by using stockmanship techniques to drive cattle — walking in straight lines in zigzag fashion from the back of the pen. When the motion toward the parlor is started properly, the leading cows will act a "draw" to the other cows in the pen. As you drive the cows, from the rear of the pen, they will readily head in the same direction as the lead cows. Entering a pen properly and starting the movement with good stockmanship techniques is critical to safe and efficient movement to the parlor.
The task of moving cows from the holding pen into the milking parlor will be made much easier when the cows are brought to the holding area safely and efficiently as described above. The cows are calm, relaxed and already heading in the direction needed to enter the parlor.
Loading milking parlor effectively
Your goal is to induce movement into the parlor using the stockmanship techniques we have been discussing. With recently fresh cows, especially first-lactation heifers exposed to the parlor for the first time, you will need to spend more time applying pressure (getting closer to their personal space) to get them to enter the parlor.
Once they have learned to enter the parlor, the amount of effort needed to induce movement into the parlor is greatly reduced. The time and effort invested in properly training the fresh cattle to enter the parlor will pay dividends for the remainder of their lactation.
Nearly all holding areas have a crowd gate to assist in loading the parlor. Crowd gates are an excellent example of technology that must be used properly. Proper use of the crowd gate allows workers to maintain proper space in the holding area for the number of animals. Crowd gates should not push the cows into the milking parlor.
In the holding area, proper pressure should be applied by the worker nearest the entrance to the parlor. Apply pressure so that cows are induced to go past the pressure and into the milking parlor. When done properly, you avoid turning the cows away from the parlor entrance and back toward the crowd gate.
If you notice cows turning away from the parlor entrance, take a critical look at what stimulus is inducing that behavior. Frequently, the stimulus that turns cows away from the parlor entrance is the speed, angle or timing of workers' movements as the cows enter the holding pen.
Returning cows from the parlor to their pen is easy when we first properly brought the cows to the holding area, enticed them into the milking parlor and milked them. Cows that leave the parlor calm and relaxed will be easy to return to the pen where they can find water and fresh feed. If you are having trouble returning the cows to the pen, you need to take a close look at all the steps that have occurred prior to exiting the parlor.
Each time cattle are worked properly they learn and become easier to work the next time. When farms only work cattle for specific tasks (such as vaccinating), a negative impression of handling can be imprinted in the cows' memory.
Negative interactions can make cows become harder to handle over time. Invest some time and effort in properly working and training fresh animals to enter the milking parlor calmly. We must understand that current behavior of a cow is the sum total of her interactions with humans over her lifetime; positive and negative.
This article appears in Hoard's Dairyman on page 571 of the September 10, 2012 issue.


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To put those numbers into perspective, Samsung -- third place in tablet sales behind Apple and Amazon -- shipped a mere 1.5 million Android-based tablets during all of Q4 2011 according to IDC.
Sources: Apple, IDC
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The Hermit Kingdom On The 80 Meter BandWednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Sometimes I feel compelled to just toss some recent radio capture up on the blog, without delving into too much research or commentary. So today I'm going to yield to that impulse and share something I just heard for the first time ever– The Voice of Korea.
Yes, I'm offering you some official state propaganda from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (the one on the northern end of the peninsula…) Appropriately, shortwave radio is still a major element of their media outreach to the rest of the world. And it's not easy to hear in the U.S. Their shortwave transmitters are far from powerful (and probably in poor repair), and I seem to never coax any viable signals over those big Rocky Mountains anyway. But thanks to a wonderful website, I've discovered that radio reception beyond my wildest dreams is actually possible. And in this case it was almost like going back in time.
Actually, it was a comment on my last post that got me curious about the "GlobalTuners" site (formerly DX Tuners), which I hadn't checked out for quite a while. It's really quite a fascinating operation. It's free to subscribe, and if you're patient and follow their rules of etiquette you can have your turn accessing a few dozen receivers based on almost every continent on the planet. After a little bit of fooling around (like DXing medium wave in Venezuela) I was inspired. So last weekend I logged in to GlobalTuners armed with a good list of known North Korean shortwave frequencies and plugged into an open receiver in Japan through their site. Most of the frequencies were quiet, but when I punched in 3560kHz I hit pay dirt. In English.
That was Saturday. I never got it in all that clear, but it didn't fade away either. I tried again on Sunday and had more luck. After some patient tweaking, my room filled with the sound of strident communist propaganda. How exciting. And I recorded the results which I'll offer now. I've always been curious to hear this station, and I'm betting that a few readers might be interested as well. The reception and recording is far from perfect, but I did work some digital hoodoo on the sound to give it as much clarity as possible. Here's part one.
Voice of Korea 2100UTC 09-20-09 part 1 of 4
Always rebellious I suppose, North Korea's hour of English language service is using a section of the radio spectrum normally allocated for amateur radio, not international broadcasting. And in the first segment you hear me battling with some crosstalk from a ham radio operator on an adjacent frequency. (And here's a helpful hint if you're going to try this at home, I found the best reception at 3561kHz.) Despite that interference, in this first part you actually get to hear the noble sound of North Korea's interval signal right before the top of the hour. As well as some uplifting music that probably introduces their English language broadcast every day.
Voice of Korea 2100UTC 09-20-09 part 2 of 4
If I can recommend one chunk of the Voice of Korea for your listening pleasure, it's this second one. While there's no music or production of note in this short segment, it's the most pleasingly audible section of the whole aircheck. It starts out a little muddy, but in less than a minute the sound is as good as it gets.
It's a male-female tag team reading the news in heavily accented English. And while it might be hard to discern every word, the essence of the newscast isn't hard to grasp. The big news? The Great Leader, Kim Jong-il has recently welcomed some high-level officials from the Chinese government and they brought him a nice gift (perhaps some new coveralls?). No mention of any discussions (or arguments) regarding North Korea's nuclear mischief. Other than that, you might wonder if the sixty-first anniversary of the founding of the DPRK was one of the world's biggest headlines for the month of September.
When you tune to a foreign newscast in English on shortwave, you can usually discern where it's coming from pretty quickly. After all it's all state-sponsored radio, and the news they offer the world (or the west) is going to have some flavor of promoting the interests of the home government. And it only makes sense that local and regional issues are likely to be given more weight in the newscast. Yet, I'm not sure if I've ever heard a more insecure and self-referential state news broadcast than this one. Although I didn't really listen to shortwave in the "cult of personality" eras of Stalin, Pol Pot or Chairman Mao, I do recall Radio Tirana swaggering on the HF bands in a similar fashion a couple decades ago.
Voice of Korea 2100UTC 09-20-09 part 3 of 4
I guess I'm posting this recording in its entirety as a bit of a public service. Part three is a continuation of the news and it sounds like some editorializing goes on. However, the high point comes about nine minutes in this segment. It's "Devotion For The People" where we're honored with a few wise words from the Great Leader of the Korean People, accompanied by some comforting music. The topic? Tasty bean paste. I'm not kidding. This is followed by an ethereal Korean torch song, which I imagine is somehow in devoted to the Great Leader as well.
At some point I left the room while I was making this recording. And when I returned I discovered I had lost the connection to that tuner in Osaka. I reconnected and started the recording again. At that point we come to the fourth and final installment of this archive. I might have missed 10 or 12 minutes in between.
Voice of Korea 2100UTC 09-20-09 part 4 of 4
The reception deteriorates a bit through this last segment. I'm glad I'm not in a cubicle with a set of headphones at the NSA trying to transcribe this stuff.
Listening to this final eighteen minutes is certainly not mandatory, but if you want the full propaganda treatment go ahead and let the arrogant noise wash over you. It's so anachronistic that it's almost quaint. And in that same way, the Voice of Korea does remind me a bit of the Voice of Russia and the English broadcasts of other former Communist bloc nations I hear on shortwave. Especially the music. Moody. Minor key. Classical. And occasionally martial. It's a staunch and old-fashioned sound.
If you think Radio Habana Cuba sounds a little out-of-date with all their talk of "the revolution" and the glories of the Castro brothers, they sound more like typical NPR happy talk compared to this dry broadcast from across the DMZ. It's the sound of a desperate totalitarian state stuck in the middle of the last century, with little hope of escape. And as such they strive for the holy grail of that era, the atomic bomb. And you have to admit that it seems to be the only way they're able to get the rest of the world to give them any attention, or respect. And the Great Leader seems to need a lot of both.
And if the next time they cause trouble (and it seems likely they will), I'll probably tune in again. And a big thanks to reader tdevine for leaving me that thoughtful comment that led me down this road. And speaking of that, there hasn't been so many comments posted here at the Radio Kitchen lately (other than the glut of comment SPAM that gets caught in my filter every day), so let me add that if you've got something to add — a comment, a suggestion, a question, a relevent idea… please utilize the comment box on the appropriate post. Or you can send me an email using the link on the sidebar. That kind of thing really does add to the conversation here. I appreciate it, and it does raise your status above casual lurker. Why not join the party?


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Dancing Backwards
If you've never taken a cruise and are considering one, this novel paints this form of travel in a good light, especially if you are thinking of a transatlantic one. Recently-widowed Violet Hetherington impulsively decides to visit a dear male friend from her youth in New York City and treats herself to a good berth with a balcony. Not only does she describe the foibles and habits of the upper classes, but she also details everyday encounters with the ship's staff.
Sally Vickers expertly weaves two stories: Violet as a young woman just before her first marriage and the more mature woman who has been wounded by love. The novel is replete with ocean descriptions, dance lessons on board, and friendships made. Many events on the ship recall something from her past, for example, dancing in high heels reminds her of the night she tossed her shoes into traffic while having a fight with her first husband.
Edwin, the man she is going to visit, is gay. They were once roommates and fellow writers. He's the person who always encouraged Violet to try new things: writing poetry, editing a journal, etc. As in most novels set in the past, much regret is detailed. But this is a lovely book about a journey, a journey on the high seas as well as deep within. The author once worked as a psychoanalyst, and in addition to really fine writing, this novel is full of amazing psychological insights.
Another British woman writer who writes about similar themes is Penelope Fitzgerald .
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It's time to hear from the readers. Here's Jan, who has a question:
"Hi Janice,
"My husband and I have enjoyed your columns over the years. We recently traveled in Austria and the Czech Republic and had some wonderful food. One thing that stood out was how piping hot the food was when delivered to the table. It seemed to stay hotter longer, too! Were we imagining this? We dine out frequently in all types of restaurants here and it seems that we have gotten used to having our food served warm but not hot. We wondered about your take on this subject. Thank you!"
It's a personal thing really, Jan. I like soup very hot and coffee very hot. And I'm not crazy about entrees that are served room temp or tepid. Sometimes a server will warn "this plate is very hot," and it is, but not profoundly hot, and it cools down fast. I blame the microwave.
And here's Hana J., who is happy:
"Thank you, Ms. Okun, for talking about the NOISE level in most restaurants! What was wrong with soft music? Is everybody deaf already? Well, I don't care, I don't want to be one of them. Please, keep on fighting this insanity in our environment. Loud noise is harmful to our ears, especially to children, and it should be banned from public places the same way smoking was. Very grateful."
And here's Michael DeS., who is not happy:
"Regarding your Aug. 8 article on upscale pub grub, let me first off say that it's patronizing and promotional for Buffalo restaurants - as usual.
"You mention 'wings, burgers, fries.' Later you say 'not particularly healthy,' which led me to anticipate that you were going to list trendy pub food that also is somewhat healthy. But, alas, you settle into carnival type food - cheddar bacon-flavored chips, burgers with foie gras (yuck), bacon rilletts (sic) made from pork belly (yummy), in a basket full of bacon. May I ask to what crowd you are appealing to?
"As a food columnist with influence, don't you have some sort of obligation not to print stuff that's unhealthy at best and harmful at worst? If Janice Okun suggests it, surely it must be OK. Why would anyone in their right food mind 'dive into a basket of bacon?' Your readers would be better off with wings, burgers and fries.
"And you call this stuff trendy? Is being obese trendy? How about diabetes and arterial inflammation? You can probably get better grub at the Erie County Fair. How trendy is that?
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You say I am "promotional," but I truly am not. I like to go all over Western New York to visit all kinds of restaurants.
Still, you've got me curious. Which are the five great restaurants in Amherst? Which are the two in Buffalo? Why didn't you give us their names? (You don't happen to own a restaurant in Amherst, do you?)
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SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — Thursday night's contest between Hedgesville and Jefferson was the two teams' first meeting of the season, and first game against an area opponent for either team....
I'm a fan of the game, not Hedgesville nor Martinsburg as I have had relatives flourish at both schools in academics and sports, I do agree that hearing the recruiting is too much to bear, the best TEAM will win no matter who is on what squad. I don't believe their is any recruiting going on, I just believe people move cause they choose, not cause they are being " recruited ".. Congrats to Cedo for being invited and to playing in the Semper Fi All American Game and good luck to all the local teams this year in Bball and despite what anybody says, I DO believe it's Martinsburgs championship to lose, just like I believed last year...
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My opinion....Delaware knew he was getting passed over in favor of Jarron and wanted to go to another school to play. Even if his family did move out of Martinsburg's district, he could've stayed at Martinsburg if he wanted. Nothing wrong with that, just want you guys to admit that it happens everywhere....even your school
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It's just funny that when it comes to Bulldogs transferring in, you guys cry about recruiting or illegal transfers. When it's your own players, we should assume its all legal and the family just so happened to move into the district. As I said before, this stuff happens at every school...Martinsburg just seems to have the only fanbase that doesn't cry about it.
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All last season you barely posted in the basketball season, so no congrats to YOUR state defending basketball champs? Guess that Peterson kid ain't too bad after all, good thing Hedgesville "recruited" him, lol, just goes to show that just cause the constitution gives people the right to speak, doesn't mean they should..
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Here we go again Hugh, ever think that Delaware moved into Hedgesvilles District??? It does happen, PARENTS may find a better living situation which then REQUIRES their child to go do a different school. No recruiting, just the parents deciding to move... Not unless you wanna pitch in to help the parents get their kid to the school YOU feel they should attend do to their child going to a different middle school..
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I'm sure they talk to kids from feeder schools (like the middle school kids you deal with) about the athletic programs and opportunities for the kids to participate. That is perfectly legal. If other schools in the county aren't doing it, it does nothing but hurt their own program.
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I work with kids that are middle school aged, specifically in sports. Martinsburg makes a run at every good athlete in the area. That is fact. I am not saying they are the only ones, but they definitely lead the charge.
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and Fett, his legal transfer (if true) doesn't mean he wasn't recruited. What this does prove is that kids bounce around from school to school to play sports. It just so happens that Martinsburg is the only team that doesn't cry about it
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I have no idea they may have. But the WVSSAC grants transfers in the 9th grade year no ?'s.
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So HHS DID recruit him?
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And deleware went to north, not south
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Do I have to educate you once again? Delaware transferred his freshman year. In terms of WVSSAC rules on transfers, that makes all the difference in the world...so you have proved nothing other than your ignorance of the rules...despite repeated lessons on the subject.
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6 layups equal 12 points not 6 points. Come on, man.
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or....did you recruit him?
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I've been hearing on the radio about a kid with the last name Delaware running the point at Hedgesville. This can't be the same kid from Martingburg that went to South Middle and then played at MHS can it? (Sarcasm, of course)
And you guys cry and cry about Martinsburg recruiting? HAHAHA This is proof that kids legally transfer in and out of schools to play sports.
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Mayor Byron W. Brown has kept his promise to freeze property taxes, but has used $40 million in leftover surplus during the last three years, leaving just $12.2 million in unrestricted funds.
As the city prepares to unveil a budget on May 1, it has less available in unrestricted funds than the average amount used to close budget gaps in the last three years.
Brown says his administration has accomplished financially all that it has set out to do, including getting out from under a hard control board, convincing the board to lift the wage freeze, cutting property taxes and establishing a rainy day fund, which contains $36 million, or enough to cover what the city spends in a month. But dwindling unrestricted reserves could jeopardize the city's hard-earned credit ratings, which are at an all-time high and have saved taxpayers $22 million in 2012 through refinancing old debt.
"That is concerning," Comptroller Mark J.F. Schroeder said of the city's use of fund balances to bridge budget gaps. "During this year, they're going to have to figure out a way to preserve some of this fund balance so it's not used entirely."
Buffalo boasts ratings in the "A" category from the three credit agencies, which would stir envy in other cities. The agencies cite the city's much-improved financial condition and an increase in reserve funds, which top $100 million, though much of that is set aside for specific purposes.
The city's rainy day fund, started in 2008, has helped give the city a buffer in the case of financial emergencies. But the city's continued use of onetime infusions of cash from surplus accumulated in other years for general expenses could jeopardize the rating agencies' good opinions, which are essential if the city is going to continue to borrow at lower interest rates.
Brown's promise to freeze taxes has forced the city to look for funds elsewhere, such as in leftover surpluses, and the ratings agencies have noticed.
"While the taxing freeze has benefited Buffalo's constitutional taxing margin, which is a credit positive, in our opinion, the ongoing use of reserves for recurring expenditures could pose significant challenges to future budgets," read an August analysis from Standard & Poor's.
Brown will seek a third term this year, and he has one year left on his pledge not to raise property taxes. Since he took office in 2006, he has cut residential property taxes by 14 percent and commercial property taxes by 23 percent.
"We wanted to be in a position where we were very competitive in being able to bring in new investment and at the same time say to people who are already here, Buffalo is a low-tax environment and we're going to provide you with predictability," he said.
While Brown didn't get into specifics on the budget now in development, he said the city would like to maintain some level of fund balance and that his tax freeze will continue as planned.
Given that, there are questions about where the city will go for revenue as costs increase and revenues are sluggish.
The city's major source of revenue is state aid, which accounted for 43 percent of revenues in the 2012-13 budget. Property taxes composed 26 percent of revenues, sales tax 15 percent, and fines, fees and other revenue 16 percent.
While the city saw $1.4 million more in sales tax revenue in the fiscal year that ended June 30 than in the year before, total revenues fell by approximately $635,000. The city's two biggest revenue sources are expected to be stagnant in 2013-14, as the property tax freeze remains in effect and the state deals with financial fallout from Hurricane Sandy.
"It's a challenge, but it's been a challenge," Brown said. "Everything we've done has been challenging. Fiscally, we've been very successful."
The city's four-year financial plan, released May 8, predicted that the city would use $3.9 million in unrestricted fund balance to balance the 2013-14 budget, which now is being prepared.
That's far less than the city has used during the past three budget years, but would diminish the $12.2 million currently available in unrestricted fund balance.
In 2010-11, the city used $12.8 million in unassigned fund balance; in 2011-12, it used $16.3 million; and the 2012-13 budget calls for the city to use $11.5 million.
Taking another $3.9 million out of that fund balance will leave $8.3 million – less than what was used in each of the past three budget years.
According to audited financial statements for the fiscal year that ended June 30, which were recently released by the city comptroller, the city has a healthy $113.6 million in reserves, but most of that is committed for specific purposes, including the $11.5 million that will be spent to balance the current budget.
A rainy day fund of $36 million, included in the $113.6 million reserve fund, is for a natural disaster or a financial emergency.
Schroeder said he is urging the Common Council to devise specific terms spelling out when the city can and cannot use the rainy day fund.
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Health sciences;
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Paul Starkey, vice president for academic affairs and provost, said the college had many discussions with a variety of interested groups, including students and deans.
During the conversations, he said, it became obvious that the college didn't only need to be prepared for change but pursue it to ensure the success of its programs. The needed move to fewer colleges will "streamline" Penn College's operations and programs.
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Although some in a different capacity, the eight deans were promised by the college that they would remain employed. Sharon Waters, currently the dean of health sciences, will move to an associate dean position in the school and Mary Sullivan, currently the dean of natural resources management, will be the executive director of the Earth Science Center and assistant dean of transportation and natural resources technologies.
When discussing the possibilities, college president Davie Jane Gilmour said they looked at how programs could best collaborate and use similar resources.
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Starkey said recommendations ranged from two schools to six. Gilmour wanted a quick turnaround in order to create the best opportunities for students, she said.
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The think the chap on the radio forgets he has the ability to communicate and put forward HIS opinion to a very wide audience via his radio show.I know that I will never have a radio show on a national or local radio station, but I can put out a podcast or blog, with my opinion and thoughts. I may talk utter rubbish at times, but at least it's MY rubbish! If people read or listen to what I have to say then it's very flattering. If they leave comments, agreeing with me, disagreeing with me or adding new points then even better.What we do is the same as the radio bloke, but in a smaller 'cottage industry' way. The only difference is we can't be thrown off our own blogs!Thanks for writing your blog. I appreciate it!


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This is interesting, one thing I wonder about is like.. similar to the http-only cookie (for reference, this wasn't something all browsers supported, making it a concern to use), how should developers target features then.. consider that I wanted to use
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Isn't there a similar issue here, in some sense that whilst this is a really good addition, the security it helps enforce cannot be really trusted until all common browsers also do the same? perhaps this is something that should become the norm, that each browser implements this (or similar) model?
Maybe I'm missing something here. Process isolation on modern OSes are for stability rather than security. Sure - they can run under different security contexts, but that wasn't the primary driver for the model.
If we were to architect a presentation technology executing foreign code in a sandbox, would we end up with this?
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March 17, 2008 -- The odds of getting MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) after a face-lift are low, but not nil, new research shows.
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