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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 02:20 PM GMT am 16. April 2010
The globe recorded its warmest March since record keeping began in 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Climatic Data Center. The March temperature anomaly of 0.77°C (1.39°F) beat the previous record set in 2002 by 0.03°C. The last time the globe had a record warmest month was in January 2007 (according to NOAA) or in November 2009 (according to NASA). NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies rated March 2010 the second warmest March on record, 0.01°C behind the record set in 2002. The year-to-date period, January - March, is the 4th warmest such period on record, according to NOAA, and the warmest on record, according to NASA. March 2010 global ocean temperatures were the warmest on record, while land temperatures were the 4th warmest. Global satellite-measured temperatures for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere were the warmest on record in March, according to both the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) and Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) groups. The March temperature anomaly of 0.66°C was the third highest monthly anomaly on record, behind the 0.76°C anomalies measured in February and April of 1998.
For those interested, NCDC has a page of notable weather highlights from March 2010.
Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for March 2010. Image credit: NOAA National Climatic Data Center.
A warm March for the U.S.
For the contiguous U.S., it was the 32nd warmest March in the 116-year record, according to the National Climatic Data Center. For the third month in a row, Florida was the coldest state, relative to average. It was Florida's 4th coldest March. No other state had a top-ten coldest March. Rhode Island had its warmest March on record, and thirteen other states had a top-ten warmest March, including all of New England, plus Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Montana.
U.S. precipitation and drought
For the contiguous U.S., March 2010 ranked as the 35th driest in the 116-year record. Michigan, Wisconsin, and Montana recorded a top-ten driest March. However, all-time March precipitation records were set in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. New Hampshire and Connecticut each had a top-five wettest March. At the end of March, 2.0% of the contiguous United States was in severe-to-exceptional drought. This is the lowest March drought footprint in the U.S. in the past ten years.
Figure 2. Computer model forecasts of El Niño/La Niña made in April. The forecasts that go above the red line at +0.5°C denote El Niño conditions; -0.5°C to +0.5°C denote neutral conditions, and below -0.5°C denote La Niña conditions. No computer models predict El Niño conditions and six predict La Niña for the upcoming hurricane season (ASO, August-September-October). The rest of the models predict neutral conditions. Image credit: Columbia University's IRI.
El Niño fades from moderate to weak
El Niño slowly weakened during late March and early April, and El Niño conditions crossed the threshold from moderate to weak during the past two weeks. Sea surface temperatures over the tropical Eastern Pacific in the area 5°N - 5°S, 120°W - 170°W, also called the "Niña 3.4 region", were at 0.83°C above average on April 11, which is just below the 1.0°C threshold to be considered a moderate El Niño, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Anomalously strong westerly winds along the Equator that had helped maintain the current El Niño slackened in late March, and winds are now near average over the Equatorial Pacific. It now appears very likely that El Niño will be gone by hurricane season. None of the sixteen El Niño models (updated as of April 15) are predicting El Niño will be around during the height of hurricane season (August-September-October); six are predicting La Niña conditions for hurricane season. The expected demise of El Niño, coupled with sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic that are currently at record levels, have prompted two major hurricane forecasting groups (tropicalstormrisk.com and Colorado State University) to predict a well-above average 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.
March sea ice extent in the Arctic 5th lowest on record
March 2010 Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent was the 5th lowest since satellite measurements began in 1979. Ice extent was lower than in 2009 and 2008, but greater than in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The weather pattern over the Arctic during much of March 2010 featured a strongly negative Arctic Oscillation (AO). This pattern tends to slow the winds that typically flush large amounts of sea ice out of the Arctic between Greenland and Iceland, and the Arctic lost less ice this winter compared to the previous few years. The larger amount of multi-year ice could help more ice to survive the summer melt season. However, this replenishment consists primarily of younger, two- to three-year-old multi-year ice; the thickest ice more than three years old has continued to decline.
Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano continues to disrupt European air travel
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland erupted Wednesday, sending a towering cloud of volcanic ash 6 - 11 km (20,000 - 36,000') high in the air from its 1666 meter (5500') high peak. The ash cloud continues to cause a dramatic interruption of air traffic over much of northern Europe today, and this disruption will spread southwards and eastwards as the ash cloud gradually spreads and disperses. For the latest forecasts of where the ash cloud is expected to go, consult the UKMET Office. The Norwegian Institute for Air Research runs a computer trajectory model called FLEXPART that has longer, 3-day forecasts. The FLEXPART model shows that ash will continue to be a problem for much of Europe through Tuesday. Spain and Portugal look like the best bet to have airports that will stay open. An excellent source of links of information on the eruption is available at http://islande2010.mbnet.fr/2010/04/eyjafjallajok ul-links-liens-a-propos-de-leyjafjallajokul/. My post on Thursday discusses the likely non-impact of this eruption on Earth's climate.
Figure 3. Forecast extent of the plume from the Iceland volcano with the unpronounceable name. Forecast was made at 17 UTC Saturday, April 17, 2010, and is valid for 12 UTC Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Image credit: Norwegian Institute for Air Research.
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The Flying Dutchmen will host Cornerstone College while the
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"When Windows was first created 25 years ago, the assumptions about the world and what computing could do and how people were going to use it were completely different," said Latson-Green. "It was at a desk, with a monitor. Before Windows 8 the goal was to launch into a window, and then you put that window away and you got another one. But with Windows 8, all the different things that you might want to do are there at a glance with the Live Tiles. "
She added the importance of touch on desktops as well as mobile devices to enhance the experience of using Windows 8, while still giving users the option to have a keyboard and mouse. She said it takes people anywhere from two days to two weeks to get adjusted to all the changes in Windows 8, depending on how invested they were in the traditional versions.
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Not long ago, before doing a seminar in Green Bay, Wisconsin, I stopped by Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers football team.
What a history that team and that community have together. It was on August 11, 1919, that Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun got together not far from the current stadium, on Cherry Street in downtown Green Bay, and decided to form a football team.
In order to help out with the cost of the jerseys and other equipment, it was the company that Curly Lambeau worked for as a clerk, for $250 a month, that came through. The Indian Packing Company gave them the money for the jerseys and the other equipment that was needed. Thus the name "The Packers".
Since 1919, this team, through ups and downs, has succeeded in an amazing way. The team has won 12 National Football League championships. They have 21 members in the Football Hall of Fame.
Throughout their history, including the work of the famed coach Vince Lombardi, they have created a history of excellence.
This is the only team in the National Football League that is totally owned by the people of Green Bay and of the world. Many of the residents of that city are stockholders in the Green Bay Packers.
I believe the Packers have succeeded so much over the years because they have strived for excellence. And that's what this message is all about. For all of us to do a little more to strive for excellence every day of our lives.
My mother said, "I don't have time not to do it well the first time." What if we made our best effort in every situation the first time? Whether it's in our relationships, finances, career, or in our health – to strive for excellence the first time.
What a big difference that could make in all of our lives.
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Posted 02 May 2011 - 11:52 AM
The forum/gallery is a massive database. A database has tables in which it stores information. The forum/gallery has a large number of tables.
For an extended period of time, we have had morning table crashes. The crashes keep happening during the early morning hours. When they occur, support fixes the broken table and gets us back online. They keep trying various fixes to prevent the tables from crashing. Once the fix is implemented, we hope the fix works. Unfortunately, we have no way to know if it has or has not worked other than to sit back, wait, and see the table crashing stops.
The support guy - Mark H - who has been working on this issue exclusively, has been more than helpful and responsive. He is getting as frustrated as we are about it. Just when he think he has solved it, a new table - one that hadn't previously been affected - will crash and he is sent back to the beginning.
On Saturday, he even took the unusual step of rebuilding the entire database. We all though that surely, that would end the crashing.
But it didn't.
He is committed to figuring it out. I think he is at the point where prayers in his behalf would be helpful. There has to be something unusual - something that he has never seen before - that is happening. He is an expert on this particular platform we are running and so the fact that he hasn't been able to solve it yet, tells me that he is facing a new problem.
Meanwhile, I appreciate your support and patience during this time. As many of you know, I would normally send out bulletins in our newsletter list about what is happening. I like to communicate rather than have people wondering.
This time, we aren't sure what is happening and I have felt it would be counter-productive to draw daily attention to the issue, particularly since I don't have any valuable information. Most people do not understand that what happens on the forum/gallery is completely unrelated to what happens elsewhere on our website and it is important that we not scare our customers away.
Here's why the forum/gallery is unrelated to the rest of the company:
Scrap Girls has four servers that are hosted with 3 different companies.
2 of them host the downloadable files and the ScrapGirls.com website.
1 of them hosts the storefront.
1 of them hosts the forum/gallery.
Additionally, the chat room is hosted by yet another company. It just snaps into the forum which allows us to use a single login. This is why we could get to the chat room last week when we could not get to the board/gallery. Different companies.
I don't want to accidentally give our customers the idea that just because we are having issues here, we are also having issues in the Boutique. I don't want to accidentally give people the feeling that if they shop, they won't be able to get their downloads. It would be bad for everyone associated with Scrap Girls if people stopped shopping because they had this inaccurate idea.
For those of you that haven't been able to get in at all... Chances are very high that you have been coming along during the time of date (in the morning) when we have been down. We have actually been up most of each day. It is just that you haven't been circling back later in the day to see that.
I will keep you all updated. When I know more, you'll be the first ones to know more, too!
I appreciate all of you so very, very much.
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Thanks for the explanation, Ro. I hope and pray that they can solve this issue soon!
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Posted 02 May 2011 - 12:02 PM
Anyway, prayers from my side that things will work out well.
Love Scrap Girls and it is a great site. Well worth the few problems that crop up.
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Praying that Mark can figure things out!
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Praying for wisdom and patience for everyone!
Thank you for the update - you always come through!
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So I can imagine that this is just so much more frustrating to you and to Mark H as well.
My prayers are with you that this can be fixed quickly and once and for all. Then we can all enjoy our Scrap Girls "fix" at whatever time of day we desire!
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ScrapGirls is a wonderful site! I love it dearly and you definately will not loose me.
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Posted 02 May 2011 - 01:50 PM
Yes, it has been frustrating (I'm one of those early-board members, so miss my morning fun) but I keep thinking that as annoying as it is to me, has to be ten times more so for YOU -- particularly because you care about us -- all the ScrapGirls members....
I hope it all resolves soon -- holding a good thought. And, thanks again for keeping us informed. Hugs...
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<---I hope this is NOT what Mark is doing with our tables and data base
Hang in there everyone-especially Ro and Mark!!
Posted 02 May 2011 - 02:50 PM
"I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us." Anne Lamott.
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There is a light at the end of the tunnel! Its just quite a long tunnel! Just waiting to break out into all that sunshine!
I spent 22 years in IT - Mark has my every sympathy! lol
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Didn't you archive out some of the older threads once? I was wondering if that would help.
My DH plays on a game server where they take the really informative old threads and move them to a "best of" server. They drop the chit-chatty ones that haven't had a post in a year. I'm by no means any expert on IT matters, so forgive me if I've mentioned something totally irrelevant.
In the meantime, let's ask for Messageboard Angels to help us out!
Posted 03 May 2011 - 01:35 PM
"If you start over often enough, you begin to look consistent." --Dave Barnhart's Dad
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Wow. Sounds like you've been dealing with some fun. Guess that's one of the hazards of being on such a CHATTY Messageboard. If we didn't love each other like we do, we wouldn't have near these issues. Every rose has it's thorn, right?
Good point, Joann!
"If you start over often enough, you begin to look consistent." --Dave Barnhart's Dad
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I have been a hunter for most of my adult life. I have never hunted turkey before so I am not sure if this is common or not. I have talked to a few of my friends that hunt turkey and they think this is rare so I thought I would post to see what others had to say. I went to this spot in hopes of photographing deer and I was startled when a turkey started clucking behind me. I had always heard that turkeys were quite skiddish so I carefully removed my camera from my long lens and tripod and put on my telephoto and turned around to see that it was a white hen and not "Butterball domestic white". This one still has patterns on the feathers.
I snapped as fast as I could thinking I would only have a short amount of time before it was out of site. Except this one didn't hardly flinch. I spent the next 45 minutes "playing" with the turkey. After getting quite a few photos I got out my cell phone and got some really good video. I have video of the turkey at one point moving around and it appears to have lost site of me and started to wander off. I started talking to it and whistling at it. It turned around and came back to me. I am guessing that I was near a nest or something. I never did get any pictures of deer that day but I had an interesting story and lots of good pictures and video to show friends.
I am interested to know if turkeys of this coloring are common or if I truly had a lucky encounter.
I will attach a picture or two.


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I'm beginning to get extremely annoyed with this AOTC trailer garbage!
It's bad enough that the first trailer costs $30 to download if you want a full-sized version. But now, the second trailer is exclusive to the DVD website. I know I can't be the only person with a DVD player, but not a DVD-ROM drive. Sure, there's one at work, and I'd be willing to take my entire lunch break to download it, but the computers here have no sound! And, since the first trailer wasn't savable, I'm assuming I can't save it and view it at home!
And the third one with Harry Potter! I don't want anyone to think I'm a Potter-hater, but it's something I'm completely ambivalent toward. I'm not planning to go to the most hyped movie of the year, stand in line for hours to get tickets, pay $10 or more for two tickets, deal with a bunch of little kids, and watch a movie that not only doesn't interest me in the least but which, I'm gathering from the endless commercials and previews I've been bombarded with, has special effects that hopefully got people fired from ILM! Not to mention that if I were to change my mind, I'd want to read the book first.
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I was thinking about this recently, in AOTC we see that "Sifo Dyas" has ordered a clone army from the Geonosians for the Republic. Lucas says on the ROTS DVD commentary that Sifo Dyas is Palpatine, which is fine. My problem is that, even as chancellor, how the hell did Palpatine funnel such a large amount of funds away from the Republic to pay for the clones, the creation of their armor and weapons, and the ships they were using?
In our country, defense is 2/3s of a trillion dollars annually (although about 6% of that goes to retiree pay, which wouldn't affect a new military), that's 20% of our overall annual budget. If Palpatine siphoned off 20% of the Republic's budget, someone would likely have noticed, that's got to be a significant chunk of change. Even if Palps secretly used the credit card, that's so much credit that it'd show up in the system.
And keep in mind that Palpatine's startup costs were over a period of a decade all in secret, including development of clone soldiers, design and fabrication of arms and equipment, the massive undertaking of creating a fleet of starships and support craft, plus training for all of it.
Imagine if George Bush had siphoned off $6 trillion dollars over the course of a decade starting in '91 with no oversight or accountability or anything to show for it, don't you think someone would have said something? Of course they would have. I doubt any of us can even imagine what $6 trillion really would look like. And the Republic is thousands of times as big as the US.
Are we really to expect that the cloners of Kamino are going to extend a massive line of credit to a random guy claiming to be a Jedi without batting an eyelid? AND they had to do so in silence, no less. What about the shipyards, what about the materials needed to build giant ships to haul the clones around? They all had to be paid for the decade of work they did, and paid quietly so as not to draw attention to their activities.
So how does Chancellor Palpatine finance in secret this clone army? And how does this not faze someone, especially the Jedi who just accept this perfectly-timed thing created in their names?
I don't think he can, I think that's a plot hole in the movie and in the prequels in general, but it's the kind of plot hole expected of Star Wars.


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I wish the GOP had won the election.
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IF she gets the nomination she will beat Osama and Clueless Joe like a drum in 2012.
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GIBSON: But this is not just reforming a government. This is also running a government on the huge international stage in a very dangerous world. When I asked John McCain about your national security credentials, he cited the fact that you have commanded the Alaskan National Guard and that Alaska is close to Russia. Are those sufficient credentials?
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Today was just so strange. I should have realized it when my phone woke me at 7:30 at the caller ID said it was my mother. She told me about the World Trade Center. My response was "Your joking, right?" She would never joke about something like that, I just couldn't immediately process that it had happened.
Everyone I was worried might be there turned out to be somewhere else. Apparently one of my cousins was in one of the buildings when it happened. He was on the first floor, and is okay. It is just a little disconcerting. I keep wondering if there are friends who were in there that I am not thinking about, I certainly did not expect my cousin to be there.
My family and I were going to get together with my one of best friend's family in LA. My parents aren't anticipating being able to make it now (their flight was supposed to be on thursday), nor is my best friend, though his mother and sister are already there. I may still go, but if I do anticipate that it will be faster to drive than it will be to go through the heightened security
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Original post made by John, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Apr 2, 2009
Below is a posting made by Gina Channell-Allen (can be found on Publishers' Blog) in which she discusses identity theft, blog anonymity and the purpose of the Town Square Forum.
Kathleen and others will want to read this!
Posted by Gina Channell-Allen, president of the Pleasanton Weekly, on Jul 2, 2008 at 11:09 am
I recently received an email from a frequent Town Square contributor that said, "This morning I discovered that someone has falsely posted using my online identity."
This is not the first case of an "online identity theft," nor will it be the last.
I'm sorry, but the theft of an online identity is not our fault. If a person doesn't have the guts to participate in a conversation without using someone else's "name," mandatory registration nor special software will fix this problem.
The benefit of registration on the PleasantonWeekly.com site, which you can do at the top of the home page, is that it's easier to post comments because you don't have to retype your name and find your neighborhood on the ever-growing list on the dropdown menu. And you can track topics so you know when a new comment is added.
But it defeats the purpose of an open forum to make everyone register in order to post. Not only does it take away the anonymity some find protective, it doesn't guarantee immunity from "identity theft." A contributor can register on our site under any online name they want. I found the same is true with the New York Times site. The difference is that the New York Times doesn't immediately post to the site; they have editors who ferret through the comments before they go online, meaning not all posts are seen.
As the song goes, every rose has its thorns.
The purpose of Town Square is to have a community forum where people are not afraid to ask tough questions and bring things to community members and leaders without fear of reprisal. Those are a few petals of the rose; trolling, flaming and, in this case, identity theft, are a few of the thorns.
This theft issue is becoming all too frequent. However, I would like to believe that contributors would prefer to not have someone sifting through their comments deciding which ones to post and which to remove.
The Weekly staff will edit comments that do not adhere to our terms of use, such as posts containing profanity or "comments that are hateful, libelous or obscene , or that are threatening, abusive or offensive to any individual, group or class of person." However, you will see those as "Comments edited by Weekly staff." Only rarely do we completely remove a post, and that's only when the comment is so completely inane it's a waste of space and might deter other posts because it's completely off topic. We would rather let the contributors edit comments and make right what they perceive is wrong.
Town Square contributor Frank, who has been an identity theft victim, has devised a unique way of protecting his identity. In a recent forum he writes, "I am the real frank of Pleasanton Heights. To confirm go to (Web Link) and there you will see a copy of this post. This IP address is mine. Any other IP address is a counterfeit."
Tell me, would you rather us control who and what gets online? Or would you rather deal with the thorns as they come?
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a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 2, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
What Gina didn't detail in her column is that it wasn't just a case of my online identity being appropriated by another, but I had informed her that I received an email from a community member who knew me and thought that I was the author of the impersonator's post. Readers at the time had no way of authenticating posts because there wasn't any "posted by a registered user" tag underneath the name.
Moreover, Gina didn't understand at the time (not sure if she does now) that mandatory registration in order to post DOES prevent the kind of identity theft I experienced. User names are unique in the registration system. No one can copy someone else's name. Nor did she seem to understand that website registration is also anonymous insofar as anyone can register using falsified information. So both prevention of impersonation and preservation of anonymity are achievable and indeed practiced by many many many other social media sites.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 2, 2009 at 10:25 pm
I have to wonder if Jeb Bing ever read Gina's post:
"The Weekly staff will edit comments that do not adhere to our terms of use, such as posts containing profanity or "comments that are hateful, libelous or obscene , or that are threatening, abusive or offensive to any individual, group or class of person." However, you will see those as "Comments edited by Weekly staff." Only rarely do we completely remove a post, and that's only when the comment is so completely inane it's a waste of space and might deter other posts because it's completely off topic. We would rather let the contributors edit comments and make right what they perceive is wrong."
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 2, 2009 at 10:59 pm
If the city of pleasanton were putting a parcel tax on the ballot, the editor would not be closing threads and stopping public internet discussions.
I think that residents should email Embarcadero and tell them the editor of the weekly is engaging in censorship. The president is Bill Johnson at email@example.com
The Mountain View Voice online town square doesn't censor parcel tax discussion. See below. This is ridiculous.
Parcel tax present: $166,000
Schools & Kids, posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 14, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Mountain View Whisman school officials searching for ways to compensate for expected cuts in state funding will get some relief from their own parcel tax, which is showing a surplus of $166,000 in unspent funds this year.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, March 13, 2008, 11:34 AM
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Posted by Enough!, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2008 at 9:44 pm
The federal government sends you a rebate just in time for the schools to take it away from you.
Now is not the time for increasing taxes. Everyone needs to tighten their budget. What lessons are we teaching our children?
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Posted by Observer, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood, on Mar 15, 2008 at 6:32 pm
That's easy: don't manage your money and don't save for a rainy day. A district that can't keep track of $166,000?
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Posted by Clyde, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood, on Mar 16, 2008 at 5:53 pm
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Posted by Save our Schools!, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Mar 18, 2008 at 5:12 am
Good schools benefit not only our children, but our society as well. Please vote yes on the Parcel Tax.
Thank you!
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Posted by SAVE OUR INCOMES, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Mar 19, 2008 at 8:57 pm
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Posted by LASD Blows It, a resident of another community, on Mar 21, 2008 at 10:51 am
Isn't it amazing that LASD board would vote to open up another school with this financial crisis looming? Isn't it absurd that the well educated, business saavy board members approved of the re-opening in spite of what they knew was coming? Even when they won't have enough students to fully utilize the newly opened school.
With record gas prices, the school board voted to move the lowest income people in LASD the farthest, essentially doubling their commute and making it impossible for them to even bike to school now. So it looks like LASD is going to hit us up with a new parcel tax and LAEF is going to hit us up even harder. Unfortunately for LAEF, we will be spending an additional $200-300/year driving our kids back and forth to their new school and will be reducing our contributions to LAEF by at least that much next year. We will also be petitioning the Santa Clara County Assessor to reduce our property valuation based on us no longer having a neighborhood school.
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Posted by Alan, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Mar 21, 2008 at 10:56 am
Not a good time to raise taxes. The city already takes too much in taxes.
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a resident of Downtown
on Apr 2, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Kiko posted this back on Mar. 21...See Registration's Thorny Issue
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2009 at 8:31 am
I really don't get what the HUGE fuss is over registering names. As I look over these posts in the Schools and Kids section, 6 of the last 10 were started by John. It hardly seems that his ability to express his opinion has been limited.
The other irony I find is that John is willing to launch a boycott of restaurants that support the parcel tax but is still (over)using this blog. If the paper is supporting the parcel tax and that is offensive to you, why not boycott it instead of fueling its use? Or create a competing blog?
Do the people who are against the parcel tax have an actual campaign? Website? Something? If I want to know about the pro-parcel tax opinion, I can go to SavePleasantonSchools.org or contact Joan Laursen or Tonya Ludden. When I went to that site, I saw a long list of names of REAL people who endorse the tax.
Where can the people go for the other side? This site is not ideal because it is controlled by the editor and you really have to weed through the posts to separate the wackos from the reasonable folks. Is there a place where we can see concise arguments and names of real people? I think it would give the other side some much needed credibility. Right now, it looks kind of silly that you seem to be running a campaign as anonymous posters on a blog (Kathy R. excepted).
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2009 at 10:30 am
Resident, I'll assume you're one of those "people" that believes we can speak our minds against the parcel tax without repercussions. That is so adorable of you.
If I use my real name and speak out against the tax, then my kindergarden age child will pay the price for my choice for the next few years. I have been around the block (and the world) a few times and I know that if you are against the tax, you are known around Pleasanton as being against: teachers, schools, the city of Pleasanton, the police, the mayor, the government... against people! I can handle it, but my kids are too young to explain MY choices to their teacher in class ( I heard the teachers DO talk to the kids about this stuff). No Thank you. I will continue to play the "politically correct" game and act as if I was supporting the tax. And then go into the booth and vote NO, just like everyone else!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2009 at 10:43 am
The supporters of the tax have the staff and financial backing of the PUSD and have been organizing for several years. Long before the state budget crisis. Fortunately taxpayers for responsible spending have an advantage with the required 2/3 super majority to pass a parcel tax.
The tax will not pass and the district will have wasted $300.000 for the stand alone election, $80,000 for campaigning and an undisclosed amount of money for lawyers and election consultants.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 3, 2009 at 11:09 am
Ok Bingo, when are you gonna shut this one down...they are clearly talking about the parcel tax and they are not registered. You shut your commentary on the haves and have-nots down after one post.
You can't discriminate
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 3, 2009 at 11:34 am
Joe, please do not place Jeb on that ethical pedestal. He advocates for a tax that may save his wife's job by using his position at the weekly. At the very least he owed the community a disclaimer statement, but best case journalism would have had him refuse to make any comments. Instead, he uses his position to push for the tax while failing to tell us the potential benefits to him personally. Why has he not been fired for that? Ms. Channell-Allen inquiring minds want to hear your thoughts about this. Before Jeb shuts down this thread too.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 3, 2009 at 11:40 am
Stacey is a registered user.
A person can't be half-pregnant. I hope that the PW is finding that their attempts to be half-pregnant with their website policies is resulting in a big administrative headache.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 3, 2009 at 11:48 am
Oooooohhhh Stacey -- could you be suggesting that Jeb is half-pregnant? This thread could take off like the old telephone game, imagine what amazing new "facts" we might discover. Spreading a silly rumor about Jeb being half-pregnant would at least inject some humor amoung the half-truths and outright lies that have been used to shove this parcel tax down our throats. Jeb Bing and Dr. Casey you should both be ashamed of yourselves!
a resident of Val Vista
on Apr 3, 2009 at 11:49 am
Parent of Two is a registered user.
While I'm appalled at the lack of journalistic disclosure, I stop short of calling for Jeb Bing to be fired. He might be trying to protect his wife's job, but he might also really, really believe that the parcel tax is the best way to handle the budget shortfall. The point is that his "connection" should have been disclosed from the beginning, so that readers could make their own determinations.
The way it was handled, it LOOKS bad. And hiding behind "censorship by registration" doesn't make it look any better, for Mr. Bing or the paper.
The truth will set you free.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 3, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Hang-in-there - glad to see you are, finally, requiring registration in order to encourage more civility in the discussion. Such should be the requirement for your blog as a whole. Sadly, it seems that the requirement began once the shots began being directed at you. Sadly, opponents try to assign some reason for your support of the parcel tax. Your editorial made it clear - you felt it made for stronger schools and a better community. The Pleasanton Weekly has allowed this to go on for far too long. All of us should make up our own mind on the parcel tax. For me, I have yet to decide. I am beginning to lean in favor, in part, because, to me, at least on these blogs, those in favor sure seem to be showing far more class than those who oppose. It's not the questions being asked - it's the attitude and manner that the question is being asked.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 3, 2009 at 3:42 pm
As a private citizen Jeb Bing has a right to think and say anything about this issue. As the editor of this paper he has NO right to publish statements in favor of a tax which may personally benefit him, no matter that he "really, really believes in it". He has NO right to enter into the argument without adequate and full disclosure. Non-disclosure is not just an ethical matter, it is a legal one as well. Ask Martha Stewart if she believes in adequate disclosure now that she had some "quiet time" to think about it.
Clearly he has shunned his ordinary editor duties in order to be the playground bully who constantly shuts down threads that are contrary to his position. This only makes him look like a buffoon with very thin skin.
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Tongue tie is when the bottom of the tongue is attached to the floor of the mouth.
This makes it hard for the tip of the tongue to move freely.
The tongue is connected to the bottom of the mouth by a band of tissue called the lingual frenulum. In people with tongue tie, this band is overly short and thick. The exact cause of tongue tie is not known. Your genes may play a role. The problem tends to run in some families.
In a newborn or infant, the symptoms of tongue tie are similar to the symptoms in a child who is having problems with breast feeding. Symptoms may include:
The breastfeeding mother may have problems with breast pain, plugged milk ducts, or painful breasts, and may feel frustrated.
Most experts do not recommend that health care providers examine newborns for tongue tie unless there are breastfeeding problems.
Most health care providers only consider tongue tie when:
Most breastfeeding problems can be managed easily. A person who specializes in breastfeeding (lactation consultant) can help with breastfeeding issues.
Tongue tie surgery, called a frenulotomy, is rarely needed. The surgery involves cutting the tissue under the tongue. It is most often done in the doctor's office. Infection or bleeding afterwards are possible, but rare.
Surgery for more severe cases is done in a hospital operating room. A surgical procedure called a z-plasty closure may be needed to prevent scar tissue from forming.
On rare occasions, tongue tie has been linked to problems with tooth development, swallowing, or speech.
Hall DM, Renfrew MJ. Tongue tie. Arch Dis Child. 2005;90:1211-1215. Review. Erratum in: Arch Dis Child. 2006;91:797.
Tinanoff N. Common lesions of the oral soft tissues. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 307.
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#1 Ranked Children's Hospital by U.S. News & World Report
MyPatients provides referring primary care providers with secure access to their patients' information.
Boston Children's has launched the world's 1st program dedicated to offering hand transplants to children who qualify.
Innovation insider is a semi-monthly e-newsletter analyzes innovations at Boston Children's, other academic medical centers and from industry.
Read the latest blog by a Boston Children's doctor, clinician or staff member.
There are many ways you can help children and their families get the care they need.
Today it's been 5 years since my son Matthew's A.V. Canal repair. I remember the nurses: Shannon, Jaime, and Patrick....They were so good with Matthew and with my husband and I.
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If it wasn't for Children's Hospital and the Cardiac wing he wouldn't be here. Thank you all for what you have done for us and giving him a chance to grow in front of our eyes! Thank you Dr. Mah, Dr. Baird, and Dr. de Ferranti we owe you the world.
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5 years ago today, I placed my one week old son in Dr. Emani's hands to repair his COA. I remember it like it was yesterday, and I'm thankful every day for the care we received at the Heart Center at Boston Children's Hospital.
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1 year ago today Dr Baird performed open heart surgery on Cayman. It did NOT slow him down. Today his heart is as good as new and he barely even has a scar. Thank you Dr Baird and everyone on the cardiac floor at Boston Children's Hospital.
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Two years ago today we were at Boston Children's Hospital and our daughter, Emily, was having an aortic stent placed. We were told it would have to be replaced by the time she turned 2 (which was last June) but its still in place and working beautifully. We thank God every day for the amazing work of Dr. Gerald Marx and Dr. James Lock.
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This weekend we celebrated our beautiful daughter, Mikayla's 1st birthday and that's thanks to the amazing surgeons and staff on the 8th floor!! Mikayla was born with a rare diagnosis of Pentalogy of Cantrell which included several heart defects.
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Abnormal cholesterol and high blood pressure not only occur in adults, but also in children. Improving cholesterol and blood pressure during childhood helps reduce cardiovascular disease later in life.
For more than 30 years, the Preventive Cardiology Clinic at Boston Children's Hospital - part of the #1 ranked Heart Center - has offered state-of-the-art services aimed at identifying and medically managing the risk factors—particularly abnormal cholesterol and blood pressure often related to excess weight—that lead to cardiac events in adulthood. We're the first and largest clinical service of this kind in the Northeast—highly experienced in evaluating and treating heart disease risk factors in children. Please contact us today for a consultation or second opinion.
We take a multidisciplinary, team approach to managing the young patients who come to our clinic. Our providers include clinicians specializing in pediatric cardiology and heart disease prevention, endocrinology, gastroenterology and primary care, as well as dieticians experienced in pediatric hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
After a thorough health evaluation, the clinic medical staff will develop a comprehensive plan for your child based on the causes underlying his or her abnormal cholesterol or blood pressure. For some, the plan includes a weight-loss component that incorporates heart healthy eating and exercise. In many children, when weight comes down, so does bad cholesterol and blood pressure. In addition to diet and exercise planning, the clinic offers long-term follow-up and routine monitoring of cholesterol levels, triglycerides, blood pressure and other important health indicators.
Successful treatment usually involves a lifetime commitment to healthy eating habits and exercise. In some cases, cholesterol-lowering medications or other medications for secondary illnesses may be incorporated. In children without a secondary illness, treatment with medication is typically secondary to making important lifestyle changes that will reduce your child's risk for atherosclerosis while increasing stamina and helping him or her feel healthier and leaner.
The best approach is to make family-wide changes in eating and exercise. This makes change easier for your child; and often, multiple members of the family can benefit from making healthy changes, too. Changing the lifestyle of your family can be challenging. Rest assured that although there are no magic bullets, the clinicians, nurses and nutritionists at Boston Children's Hospital have lots of experience helping thousands of parents facing the same challenges, and will offer strategies that have helped many other children and teens stick with the program.
We are grateful to have been ranked #1 on U.S. News & World Report's list of the best children's hospitals in the nation for the third year in a row, an honor we could not have achieved without the patients and families who inspire us to do our very best for them. Thanks to you, Boston Children's is a place where we can write the greatest children's stories ever told."


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"I think it was on Route 16 somewhere," says singer Jared Marsh. "On the left. The details are hazy — I'm just the dumb blond of the group." After three nights and four days straight, they walked out with a pile of demos from 16-track tape. "That whole weekend really nailed down the mood for the entire album."
It sounds like a militia retreat, and I'm not sure the sentiments behind it were all that different. The finished product, Don't Steal My Night Vision (Lunch), which the band are celebrating at their Paradise CD-release party this Friday, finds them rearmed with a convoy of moody pop rock full of sloganeering, lock-step hi-hat and snare, and tracer-fire guitars. This isn't the Taxpayer you're used to. (Marsh: "I'd be disappointed if anyone said this sounded the same as our last album.") It's tighter, more mechanized. The songs still plumb the depths of emotional wreckage and despair, but this time it all seems plotted from a distance, on maps and dusty graph paper.
The music they came home with triumphs with a mixture of all sorts of unlikely accomplices. Austere Britpop, Strokes gruff, and stoic Interpol posturing all figure in, but there are also artifacts from modern-rock radio's recent past. Think about Fastball and the Verve Pipe. "Night Vision" sounds almost like post-haircut Soundgarden, and I'd be holding back if I didn't note the similarity between the twangy outro in the leadoff single, "We Have Arrived," and a lost Hootie guitar solo. They've thrown these relics hard at a wall and scraped off the salvageable parts with an economical blade. I know — I wasn't aware there were salvageable parts either. Taxpayer grab the debris and make it mean something in a calm, calculating way.
Marsh himself is a real-life Back Bay financial adviser who has the general's task of doling out the lyrics. "I had the luxury of spending 12 or 14 months with this stuff to write. That's a total departure from last time. When we recorded what ended up being the big single on the last record ["When They Were Young"], I only had about three hours to write the words."
The four years since that album have brought many changes to the band, not the least of which is an analytical voice in new fifth member and former Bang Camaro ax Maclaine Diemer. "It's like when your parents invite company over and start acting on their best, rational behavior again," Marsh says. With a few mortgages, engagements, and a bit of fatherhood thrown in, the days of old high-school friends amped up against the world are starting to fade. "When we did the last album, we were just another band struggling to get booked on Tuesday nights, you know? Everything came from an intensely personal place. This time, I wanted to back up a bit. Because how much can you hear about one person's experiences and still give a shit?"
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Sourdough starter was the only leavening pioneers had to make breads, biscuits and pancakes. Each evening, starter was removed from the crock and set "to work" for the next day's bread. A little of the "sourdough" was returned to the crock the next day to ferment and be ready for the next time.
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Acorn 0.4 is now done, and released. Announcing as soon as it is on the mirrors. This is basically a note to myself to sort out my priorities over the next few months.
In the near future we basically need to create a stable branch to finalise Acorn as playable and stable. I had not initially planned to do this, but I am now shifting towards thinking that it will be a long time before any other WorldForge game efforts are stable, and it will be useful to have a good looking working demo on the side to show off on demand. STAGE is getting close to the point where it will run in-game, and they really need the new Atlas-C++ API to be ready to minimise the effort of switching later on.
Tasks for the next few months are therefor as follows:
- Complete Atlas-C++ 0.5.x API and release.
- Port cyphesis over to working as an AI client.
- Write RIMs for stage that implement Acorn.
- Clean up and improve playability of Acorn on the server side.


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This weeks gear pick is not really a piece of gear that floats around in my pack. This week I want to review the most essential part backpacking gear.. My boots.
I had to get new boots before the Philmont trek and boots are one of those things that I get real picky on. Like I said they are the most essential piece of backpacking gear. Now, I know that there is a trend these days to wear trail runners or just plain running shoes or cross trainers on the trail, but when it comes to putting lots of miles with your pack on the trail, a good pair of boots, in my opinion, can't be beat.
So, while we were getting ready for the Philmont trip I shopped around for a pair of boots that would meet all of my needs.
1. Comfort. 2. Stability, I have aging knees and ankles and need a boot that is going to carry me. and 3. Light weight.
The boots that I found, the Keen Gypsum mid hiking boots.
Here is the number one thing to remember when buying your next set of hiking boots. TRY THEM ON AND WALK IN THEM.
I went to my local REI and tried on about 10 different pair of boots. Walked up and down the stairs in them and even that little fake rock thingy they have. The Keen Gypsum mid hiking boot met all my criteria.
The boot is durable. I like the leather and breathable material mix. It is waterproof, but still allows the foot to breath. The sole of the boot was a big selling point for me. The heel stabilizers and the sturdy mid sole keep the foot balanced. For those of you that have crossed Tooth ridge you know how those rocks are. The boot never gave and my knees and ankles weathered the hike with ease.
The design and construction of the boot is second to none. Keen really put a lot of thought into this one. The toe cap is a great idea, especially when walking through the rocks and bushwacking.
They are super comfortable and my feet feel great in them. I wore these boots at Philmont with both sock liners and wool socks and with out sock liners and I never got blisters or hot spots in the boot. The upper most lace stay is metal. I like that. I did break my boot laces but that is no big deal.
Here are the specs on the Keen Gypsum Mid Hiking Boot.
The Mid hiking boot goes over the ankle.
It is a lace up closure boot and is waterproof.
The boots upper is made of Waterproof nubuck leather.
The boots lining is KEEN.DRY waterproof breathable membrane/polyester.
The Gypsums support comes from Thermoplastic urethane shank/hard EVA ESS plate in the mid sole and sole.
The outer sole is a non marking rubber.
Weight: 2 lbs 4 oz. but they don't feel that heavy to me.
They retail for $140
So that's my pick of the week and the boots that I wear. I love them.
Tell us what you wear while on the trail. I am interested in hearing what keeps you moving and your feet happy.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
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This weeks gear pick is not really a piece of gear that floats around in my pack. This week I want to review the most essential part backpacking gear.. My boots.


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There are many things that we choose to do that are not "rights". We choose to do them for a variety of reasons -- good or bad -- and charge the costs back to the overall population.
Personally, I think we took a wrong turn in having employer financed health insurance and believe we would be better off if we got rid of it. Failing that, we should at least eliminate all public subsidies for such insurance and treat the full cost as income to the recipients and employees should receive pay stubs that show their full income, including the employer subsidy for insurance, and the deduction to pay for that coverage. Why should employees receive a tax break not available to the uninsured or to the self insured?
Currently, we all pay for health insurance benefits for ourselves and for others. However, the full cost of these benefits is hidden behind the curtains.
If I try to buy employee coverage for my staff, I must agree to pay a minimum of 50% of the total cost and to provide coverage for all staff if I have 10 or fewer employees. Why is this true? Because insurance companies know that younger and healthier employees will not opt to buy insurance at all if they have to pay the full cost and are provided with a choice. Some of the costs being ascribed to national health insurance represents the cost of providing insurance for the uninsured and the underinsured. Other costs simply represent a shift from employer paid premiums to publicly paid premiums.
As an employer owning a small business (varying from under 10 to about 110 staff over time), I found myself thinking about health insurance a lot. One year I saw our premiums increase by over 40% because of two employees: one person that had a heart attack and open heart surgery three weeks after joining our staff, and one employee that purchased fertility services after only a few months of employment to become pregnant and have her premature twins while on our policy. Those two employees represented more than half of the total health claims incurred on behalf of my 100 staff. In both cases, their health bills exceeded their total salaries. In both cases the employees had worked for us less than six months and did not return to work after incurring their expenses. However, they continued to be charged against our plan under COBRA for more than a year. The impact on our experience rated plan lasted for three years. I will admit that my experience in those two cases had some effect on my hiring decisions thereafter even though the law prohibits employers from considering such issues. As a company, our health insurance costs were so high that we could not compete for some business where our allowable overhead rates were capped (AT&T was the client) and lost revenues and terminated 35 staff as a direct result. Ultimately, we eliminated all dependent coverage subsidies. When our insurance company insisted that we subsidize 50% of the cost for all staff and dependents, we eliminated coverage altogether.
I view employer financed health insurance as discriminatory against small employers and as a deterrent to employment of lower income staff and older staff. It contributes directly to outsourcing and off-shoring of jobs and damages our economy more than would be the case with more broadly based taxes (corporate or personal). Increases in the cost of health insurance have far outpaced increases in either revenues or salaries. Over a period of 10 years, I saw the costs of our family coverage increase from less than $3000/year to over $20,000/year. I'm sure that it was a coincidence that during the same period many of the insurers actually were becoming direct service providers at the same time and that their profits were increasing by double digit amounts each year. The system that we have now is completely broken. If we do not move towards national health insurance, I predict that the percentage of uninsured and underinsured will increase to be a majority of the population over the next ten years.


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"I'm gonna lean up against you, and you lean up against me. That way we don't hafta sleep with our heads in the mud"Forrest Gump, 1994
I did get one stuck up in a tree though, and the wind finally brought it back down this morning. That was funny watching BUddy trying to figure out why a bumper was suddenly falling out of the sky during morning airing!
Hihope Hiland Heathen of Perth CD, RE, CGC, TDI. (RIP)
teracroft Clan Piper of Perth CGC TDI (RIP)
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Romney needs to focus on a long term solution not this 2 yr plan Several members of Congress are planning to sue Obama over this . He just said a year ago he couldnt take matters into his own hands regarding immigration. I hope Romney ads jump all over this.
Why would any illegal want to go into an office and register for a 2 year deportation deferrment when they can stay here for ever hoping we never catch them.
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Holder's blocking voter ID laws may be of help? And there are plenty of elections in the future where it could be of help for the same reason.These he is granting citizenship to won't be able to vote for 2 years at the earliest. Where's his hook?
He has pacified two voting blocks in the past few weeks: gays & Latinos. Wonder who else is on his list? Have to wonder if the groups he thinks he's pacifying are actually only the very vocal minority of those electorates.
I think there are plenty of gay people who'd be fine with civil unions (sans the word "marriage") so they would have equal rights in practical legal matters ... and deal with "marriage" blessing in their respective places of worship. For those who are atheists, the word "marriage" should have no special meaning anyhow. And there are probably quite a few immigrants (of all nationalities) who believe illegals should have stood in line with everyone else.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Further explanation of the "eligibility requirements":They also must have no major criminal offenses, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have graduated from a U.S. high school or have earned a GED, or served in the military.
Individuals who have been convicted of a felony offense, a significant misdemeanor offense, or three or more other misdemeanor offenses not occurring on the same date and not arising out of the same act, omission, or scheme of misconduct are not eligible to be considered for deferred action under the new process.Does this mean that this "executive order" will be applied less than objectively?The staffer pointed out the guidelines are similar to those in the DREAM Act, the Democrat-sponsored immigration reform legislation stuck on Capitol Hill.
He also argued applicants will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, which could result in a person being disqualified for one serious offense, and somebody being accepted with four, less-serious misdemeanors.
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"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Gov Jan Brewer was asked about obama being impeached, she was silent on answering. I'm all for it!
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke


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Population: 6,057,263 (July 2009 est)
GDP per capita (PPP): $2,200 (2008 est)
Total expenditure on health per capita: $134 (Intl $, 2006)
PNG occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, which is north of Australia and adjacent to Indonesia. The nation achieved independence in 1975. The people are very diverse, and the nation has more languages than any other country in the world.
Implementing Partner in-Country: HOPE worldwide (PNG) (Clinical care done at Government clinics)
Life for a Child Support
Commenced 2001
Type 1 diabetes in children is very rare in Papua New Guinea (PNG). This is fortunate as the prognosis to date has been poor. Most of the population live in villages, with limited access to health care. Very few physicians in the country have any experience with type 1 diabetes. There is a free basic health system, but resources are scarce. Insulin is provided by the Government, but glucometers and testing strips have to be privately purchased at premium prices.
Jacklyne (pictured) was the first child supported by the Life for a Child program. Her picture was on the program's first brochures for prospective donors, and her story was written up in the IDF's Journal Diabetes Voice. The program made a marked difference in her wellness and quality of life. Despite diabetes and other serious medical problems, she was a stoic and cheerful child, and her story inspired many around the world. Sadly she passed away in 2007, but her legacy carries on.
Now, the program is helping some youth with type 2 – type 2 diabetes is extremely common in some tribal groups in PNG, and is starting to be diagnosed in youth.


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Topic: Teddy's LABS for this month
Well, fun seekers, not the news we wanted. T went in for his B12 shot today at the ONC and I asked him to bring home his LABS from Monday. August his CA19 was 11, September 56 and this month 109. We go to the RadMan Oct 23rd to discuss the new small "spot". Seems to me that when they say they want to "discuss " the PET results it usually means more than that. Probably a good thing I am on percoset right now as it numbs the brain a tad. OK more than a tad.
Any suggestion I offer is intended as friendly advice based solely on my own experience. Please consult your doctor for professional guidance.


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Topics: "Retiree Insurance Ruling/Casino Ruling with City of Duluth" & "St. Louis County Property Tax Increase" & "Barrage Concert at Duluth East"
Description: Two major court rulings came down this week, one in favor of the City of Duluth, and one against. The Mayor joins us to talk about these important rulings. Property owners in St. Louis County will see increases in their property tax statements, due mainly to a decision to eliminate the "Homestead Credit" made by the Minnesota legislature last session. And the exciting violin touring group "Barrage" comes to Duluth, giving East High School orchestra students a chance to play with the pros.
Guests: Don Ness, Mayor of Duluth; Keith Nelson, St. Louis County Commissioner; Kevin Gray, St. Louis County Administrator; Mark Eskola, Duluth East Orchestra Director


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I've worked for some big companies - among them a fairly large defense contractor that also builds an airplane or two. I've been around those who attempted to be different to gain notice. Not many!!!! But they are for the most, misfits who want to play to their own drummer, & generally incorrect in their assumptions.
What it says to me is the surveillance community is too lax in their hiring standards. Anyone who believes there is not a lot of info about themselves readily available is already behind times.
What it also is saying, is there is a lot of info being accumulated for some purpose which no one seems to understand the purpose. I would be thoroughly disappointed to find out that some sort of monitoring wasn't taking place & the info being put to a useful purpose.
As for the leaker - hopefully he gets what he deserves & IMO (contrary to most on this thread) it would not be a hero button .


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Still on Skype, now it has a free non-commercial API released some days ago. And today I found out that Sun will have a open-source license for Solaris 10, that was just released. Let's see what goes on.
Gaim vs Kopete
I tested Kopete these last days and have to admit it defeats, in my opinion, Gaim. First of all, it has a much better GUI and given that Gaim has one of the most horrible GUI I have ever seen, it is not a very good point to move. I downloaded its source code and, after a brief look, it looked much more organized and better done. I still want to dig deeper and try to implement some ideas for it. I intend to use it from now on.
QMail + SpamAssassin
Yesterday I spend sometime replacing my MTA, that was Exim (default in Debian) for QMail in an attempt to finish doing the major tasks in my Linux installation before working full-time with it (what will happen starting next week). Also installed SpamAssassin globaly in my computer (as a daemon), so I don't have to worry about that for my user only since it is enabled in the global procmailrc. I enabled Bayes Learning and now I have a global Bayes database that will be improved by learning the false negative emails that I will save in a special folder.
Besides that, I installed VMware and now I am installing the Windows programs I need often, in order to avoid some boots. One of the most important programs are the ones related to my Palm.
RSS Aggregators (such as Akregator for KDE)
Very cool thing are these RSS readers, such as Akregator (for KDE). I gave them a try today, after reading about them in a friend's blog and already set up lots of news sites. It is very nice to have only one place with all the news that you want to keep updated about.


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June 2, 1973
San Francisco, CA US
Kezar Stadium
Rock and Roll, Celebration Day, (Bring It On Home intro) Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Dazed and Confused (incl. San Francisco), Stairway to Heaven, Moby Dick, Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love (incl. Let That Boy Boogie), Communication Breakdown, The Ocean.
KRON-TV films a short 16mm newsreel, including clips of the concert.
News Report: 50,000 See Led Zeppelin in Bay City
The British rock group Led Zeppelin drew 50,000 rock fans who paid $320,000 at Kezar Stadium last weekend. Although the 2 ½ hour show Saturday was 6,000 short of capacity, listeners blanketed the football field and stands. Hundreds of others heard the music for free from rooftops in the surrounding neighborhood.
A month ago, Led Zeppelin grossed $309,000 to shatter the Beatles' mark in 1965. Organizers said the group netted better than $1,000 per minute during the show here. It was the second large rock concert in a week at Kezar. The only casualties reported were some bad drug trips, a broken leg and a security guard accidentally wounded with his own revolver.
More than 250 cars were towed away from illegal parking areas around the stadium, police reported.
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My first concert with the best hard rock group ever !
This show was two day's after my 11th birthday,so my parent's wouldn't let me go to a concert yet. Also Bonzo's birthday(25). I was upset about '75. However, I did get to see them in '77 at Day on the Green #6 on 7/23. I have a huge laminated photo of the ZEP's at Kezar '73 on my wall at home. How I envy you for being at this seminal show ! With any luck we'll get to see ZEPPELIN over America in 2008 ! Merry Christmas !


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The Paralympics recently came to a close in London, and like the Olympics, there were a ton of amazing athletes – all of whom are inspirational to the world and a treasure to their country.
The only difference between these Olympians and the ones in the 2012 London Olympics was that each of these athletes had some type of physical handicap that they had to overcome to compete.
Athletes with missing appendages or a complete lack of sight competed in the 2012 Paralympics and the Wade Brothers were there to capture some of their most triumphant moments.
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Lyndon and Lyndsey Wade were commissioned by Channel4 to capture various Paralympians for their "Meet The Superhumans" ad campaign. The brothers describe their approach to the project like "imagining a sense of place and sensation, and creating images and videos that tell a cohesive story whether for film or print." We would say that they were successful!
PHOTOS: Olympic Legend Michael Phelps Retires In Style!
You can check out all of the images from Channel4's "Meet The Superhumans" campaigns featuring the 2012 Paralympians as photographed by the Wade Brothers in the gallery above.