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Theres something about the holidays that makes us want to indulge a little OK, a lot. But a couple trips down the buffet line can pack on the pounds. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the average person gains about one pound each year between Thanksgiving and New Year's (some studies indicate up to five pounds). But what if you could have your cake and eat it too? Here, some festive foods to avoid and healthier substitutes that taste just as delicious.
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I am combining long-range PCR with Illumina MiSeq technology to sequence the complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes for mitogenome phylogenetics. In a recent pilot study I sequence the mt genomes, or large fragments thereof, of Cribrilina annulata, Escharoides coccinea, Pentapora foliacea, Cryptosula pallasiana, Schizoporella dunkeri, Microporella lineata, Sertella sp., Reteporella ligulata, Chaperiopsis sp. and Chiastosella sp.
Underwater picture of cheilostome bryozoans. © Joanne Porter
Data from complete mt genomes place the phylum Bryozoa as a monophyletic clade within the Lophotrochozoa, with Phoronida forming their sister group.
Following the cyclostome phylogeny presented in Waeschenbach et al. 2009, we continue to expand the phylogeny as more specimens become available (e.g. Tennysonia stellata Taylor et al. 2011), with the latest additions being the family Diastoporidae and Crisulipora occidentalis (see below), where the phylogenetic position of the latter demonstrates the repeated origin of branch articulation in cyclostome bryozoans.
Crisulipora occidentalis © Paul Taylor
In collaboration with Leandro Vieira and Karin Fehlauer-Ale (CEBI-Mar University of São Paulo, Brazil) and Javier Souto-Derungs and Oscar Reverter-Gil (University of Santiago de Compostelo, Spain) we have generated a phylogeny of the ctenostome family Vesiculariidae, demonstrating a lack of reciprocal monophyly of the genera Amathia and Bowerbankia.
Previous projects:
This NERC-funded project NE/E015298/1) was in collaboration with Tim Littlewood, Paul Taylor (NHM) and Joanne Porter (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh). We used mtDNA and ribosomal RNA genes to reconstruct:
Frontal view of the cyclostome bryozoan Hornera foliacea, showing zooids and pseudopores. © Andrea Waeschenbach
This project was led by Karin Fehlauer-Ale (CEBI-Mar University of São Paulo, Brazil) and was in collaboration with Joshua Mackie (San Jose State University, USA), Grace Lim-Fong (Randoph Macon College, Virginia, USA) and Ezequiel Ale (University of São Paulo, Brazil). Intensive anthropogenic transport of haplotypes tolerant to a wide range of sea water temperatures are proposed to be the cause for the global distribution of one of the cryptic lineages in the B. neritina species complex (Fehlauer-Ale et al. in review).
The bryozoan C. hyalina (see below) has been shown to be composed of multiple, often cryptic, lineages. I sequenced two complete mt genomes, one from Wales and one from Norway and found high nucleotide diversity, a large genome size difference and a change in gene order between them, suggesting that these mt genomes are sufficiently divergent to have originated from two distinct species. Molecular markers were developed for two regions to study species- and population-level diversity within this complex (Waeschenbach et al. 2012).
Celleporella hyalina
My helminth research with Tim Littlewood focuses on molecular phylogenetics of free-living and parasitic platyhelminths and nematodes.
Current research:
This NSF-funded project combines the effort of tapeworm experts around the world to generate an inventory of existing and novel tapeworm diversity, where particular effort is being made to sample as yet unexplored vertebrate hosts and geographic regions. My contribution to the project is to assemble multi-gene phylogenies for seven tapeworm orders, many of which include species new to science.
Previous projects:
In this BBSRC-funded project, we developed a methodology for sequencing pooled long PCR amplicons using next-generation sequencing (NGS). We generated 470 long PCR amplicons, mostly from flukes and tapeworms, but also from parasitic nematodes, amphibians, and fish. Short regions for each amplicon were characterised using Sanger sequencing and were used as bioinformatic tags. The pooled amplicons were sequenced using different NGS platforms (454 GLS FLX Titanium, Ion Torrent and Illumina HiSeq) and assembled with the help of the Sanger tags.
The anterior attachment organ of the tapeworm Rhinebothrium sp. © Claire Healy
Using nuclear ribosomal RNA genes and multi-gene fragments of mitochondrial DNA, we constructed ordinal-level phylogenies of tapeworms (Waeschenbach et al. 2007; Waeschenbach et al. 2012) which are now serving as framework for the study of within ordinal relationships, particularly of orders that were resolved as non-monophyletic.
In a collaboration led by Harry Palm (Universität Rostock), we produced a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of trypanorhynch tapeworms. This study revealed morphological characters, used for traditional taxonomy, to be highly homoplasious (Palm et al. 2009).
A study, led by Lukas Schärer (Universität Basel), on the free-living, hermaphroditic flatworm Macrostomum (Schärer et al. 2011), showed differences in sperm morphology to be linked to mating behaviour and sexual conflict. In a reciprocal mating system, sperm have a highly complex morphology, adapted to the shape and structure of the female sperm receptacle, to prevent sperm rejection. Whereas in the hypodermic impregnation system, sperm morphology is much simpler. By placing these observations into a phylogenetic framework, we found hypodermic impregnation to have evolved independently, at least twice, probably as a result of male strategy to by-pass female control.
The nematode Toxocara is commonly found in the intestine of cats and dogs and is the causative agent of toxocariasis in humans. Ocular larval migrans can, in severe cases, lead to blindness. © www.petcaregt.com/blog/
In a collaboration led by Robin Gasser and Aaron Jex (University of Melbourne), we sequenced several mt genomes of nematodes (Jex et al. 2009, 2008; Jex & Waeschenbach et al. 2008). The resultant data are used to provide phylogenetic estimates for this group and to develop novel molecular markers for diagnostics and population genetics.
In addition to the published mt genomes of tapeworms and monogeneans, we sequenced the mt genomes of three free-living turbellarians and two basal tapeworm lineages. This comprehensive dataset is expected to provide a well-supported phylogeny of Platyhelminthes.
Ash A, Brabec J, de Chambrier A, Shimazu T, Ermolenko A, Waeschenbach A, Scholz T (in review) Revision of Gangesia (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), parasites of catfishes in Asia: do hosts or geographic origin matter? PLOS ONE.
Scholz T, Oros M, Bazsalovicsova E, Brabec J, Waeschenbach A, Xi B-W, Aydogdu A, Besprozvannykh V, Shimazu T, Kralova-Hromadova I, Littlewood DTJ (in review) Molecular evidence of cryptic diversity in Paracaryophyllaeus (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of loaches (Cobitidae) in Eurasia, including description of P. vladkae n. sp. Parasitology International.
Bray RA, Cribb TH, Waeschenbach A, Littlewood DTJ (accepted) Molecular evidence that the genus Cadenatella Dollfus, 1946 (Digenea; Plagiorchiida) belongs to the superfamily Haploporoidea Nicoll, 1914. Systematic Parasitology.
Phillips A, Georgiev BB, Waeschenbach A, Mariaux J (accepted) Description of two new and two redescribed species of Anonchotaenia (Cestoda: Paruterinidae) from South American birds. Folia Parasitologica.
Caira JN, Jensen K, Waeschenbach A, Littlewood DTJ (in press) An enigmatic new tapeworm (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) from thresher sharks. Invertebrate Systematics.
Bray RA, Waeschenbach A, Dyal P, Littlewood DTJ, Morand S (2014) New digeneans (Opecoelidae) from hydrothermal vent fishes in the south eastern Pacific Ocean, including 1 new genus and 5 new species. Zootaxa, 3768:73-87.
Caira JN, Jensen K, Waeschenbach A, Olson P, Littlewood DTJ (2014) Orders out of chaos - molecular phylogenetics reveals the complexity of shark and stingray tapeworm relationships. International Journal for Parasitology, 44:55-73.
Fehlauer-Ale KH, Mackie JA, Lim-Fong G, Ale E, Pie P, Waeschenbach A (2014) Cryptic species in the cosmopolitan Bugula neritina (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) complex. Zoologica Scripta, 43:193-205.
Scholz T, de Chambrier A, Kuchta R, Littlewood DTJ, Waeschenbach A (2013) Macrobothriotaenia ficta (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor): example of convergent evolution. Zootaxa, 3640:485-499.
Hartikainen H, Waeschenbach A, Wöss E, Wood T, Okamura B (2013) Divergence and species discrimination in freshwater bryozoans (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 168:61-80.
Bray RA, Foster GN, Waeschenbach A, Littlewood DTJ (2012) The discovery of progenetic Allocreadium neotenicum Peters, 1957 (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) in water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Great Britain. Zootaxa, 3577:58-70.
Waeschenbach A, Porter JS, Hughes RN (2012) Molecular variability in the Celleporella hyalina (Bryozoa; Cheilostomata) species complex: Evidence for cryptic speciation from complete mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Biology Reports, 39:8601-8614.
Waeschenbach A, Webster BL, Littlewood DTJ (2012) Adding resolution to ordinal level relationships of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) with large fragments of mtDNA, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63:834-847.
Waeschenbach A, Taylor PD, Littlewood DTJ (2012) A molecular phylogeny of bryozoans, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62:718-735.
Schärer L, Littlewood DTJ, Waeschenbach A, Yoshida W & Vizoso D (2011) Mating behaviour and the evolution of sperm design, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108:1490-1495.
Taylor PD, Waeschenbach A, Florence W (2011) Phylogenetic position and systematics of the bryozoan Tennysonia: further evidence for convergence and plasticity in skeletal morphology among cyclostome bryozoans, Zootaxa, 3010:58-68.
Bray RA, Waeschenbach A, Cribb TH, Weedall G, Dyal P, Littlewood DTJ (2009) The phylogeny of the Lepocreadioidea (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes: implications for their systematics and evolution, Acta Parasitologica, 54:310-329.
Waeschenbach A, Cox CC, Littlewood DTJ, Porter JS & Taylor PD (2009) The first molecular estimate of cyclostome bryozoan phylogeny confirms extensive homoplasy among skeletal characters used in traditional taxonomy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52:241-251.
Palm HW, Waeschenbach A, Olson PD & Littlewood DTJ (2009) Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863 (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52:351-367.
Jex AR, Waeschenbach A, Hu M, van Wyk J, Beveridge I, Littlewood DTJ & Gasser RB (2009) The mitochondrial genomes of Ancylostoma caninum and Bunostomum phlebotomum – two hookworms of animal health and zoonotic importance, BMC Genomics, 10:79.
Jex AR, Waeschenbach A (joint 1st authorship), Littlewood DTJ, Hu M, Gasser RB (2008) The mitochondrial genome of Toxocara canis, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2:e273.
Jex AR, Hu M, Littlewood DTJ, Waeschenbach A, Gasser RB (2008) Using 454 technology for long-PCR based sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome from single Haemonchus contortus (Nematoda), BMC Genomics, 9:11.
Littlewood DTJ, Waeschenbach A, Nikolov PN (2008) In search of mitochondrial markers for resolving the phylogeny of cyclophyllidean tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) – a test study with Davaineidae, Acta Parasitologica, 53:133-144. doi:10.2478/s11686-008-0029-4
Bray RA, Cribb TH, Waeschenbach A & Littlewood DTJ (2007) A new species of Stephanostomum Looss, 1899 (Digenea, Acanthocolpidae) with a bizarre oral sucker: S. adlardi sp. nov. from the common coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) (Perciformes, Serranidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Acta Parasitologica, 53:206-212. doi:10.2478/s11686-007-0025-0
Palm HW, Waeschenbach A, Littlewood DTJ (2007) Genetic diversity in the trypanorhynch cestode Tentacularia coryphaenae Bosc, 1797: evidence for a cosmopolitan distribution and low host specificity in the teleost intermediate host, Parasitology Research, 101:153-159. doi:10.1007/s00436-006-0435-1
Waeschenbach A, Webster BL, Bray RA, Littlewood DTJ (2007) Added resolution among ordinal level relationships of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) with complete small and large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA genes, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45:311-325. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.03.019
Waeschenbach A, Telford MJ, Porter JS & Littlewood DTJ (2006) The complete mitochondrial genome of Flustrellidra hispida and the phylogenetic position of Bryozoa among the Metazoa, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40:195-207. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.007

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Detroit's bankruptcy exit plan cuts pensions, targets blight
If approved by a judge, pension holders could expect to get 70 to 90 percent of what they are owned, while many banks would receive as little as 20 percent.
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A look at key parts of Detroit's bankruptcy-exit plan:
Neighborhoods: The plan calls for the city to spend $1.5 billion over 10 years to remove blighted properties, upgrade public-safety equipment and technology and make other improvements. When the city filed for bankruptcy in July, it reported having 78,000 abandoned and blighted residential buildings, about 20 percent of the housing stock.
Pensioners: Detroit's police and fire retirees would receive at least 90 percent of their pensions after elimination of cost-of-living allowances. General retirees would receive at least 70 percent of their pensions.
Creditors: Unsecured creditors would take a big hit, receiving about 20 percent of their claims.
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DETROIT — Detroit presented its first full road map for leaving bankruptcy Friday, outlining a plan to restructure $18 billion in debt, demolish thousands of blighted homes and invest in the broken-down infrastructure that has made the city a symbol of urban decay.
If approved by a judge, the proposal would sharply reduce payments to some retirees and creditors. Pension holders could expect to get 70 to 90 percent of what they are owned, while many banks would receive as little as 20 percent.
The plan, which is sure to be the subject of court challenges, envisions a leaner, cleaner and safer Motor City after its crushing financial burdens are lifted.
"There is still much work in front of all of us to continue the recovery from a decades-long downward spiral," said Kevyn Orr, the city's state-appointed emergency manager.
Orr's so-called plan of adjustment "provides the best path forward for all parties to resolve their respective issues and for Detroit to become once again a city in which people want to invest, live and work," he said.
Gov. Rick Snyder called the plan "a critical step forward." But it leaves unanswered many questions, including whether creditors and labor unions will accept the deal or fight it, and how long that process might take.
The package calls for awarding police and fire retirees at least 90 percent of their pensions after eliminating cost-of-living allowances. Other retirees would receive at least 70 percent.
It still doesn't seem fair to Janice Pegg, 67, who receives the pension left by her husband, Victor, a Detroit police officer who died two years ago.
"He earned these benefits through his hard work, through his labor, through wage freezes back when he was employed," Pegg said.
Orr has said he would like the city to emerge from the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy by the fall, when his term is up.
Some creditors have complained that the plan improperly favors Main Street over Wall Street, something that could chill lending to other cities, especially those with troubled pension plans.
Bankruptcy attorney and St. John's University law professor Anthony Sabino said the plan could spark an argument between city workers and retirees and police and firefighters.
Orr "wants to have the firefighters and police have 90 percent and other city workers cut back to two-thirds," Sabino said Friday. "The other unions will say, 'Even if we're uneven, we should be closer.' It does create an inequity that is going to have to be addressed in court."
Detroit's woes have piled up for generations. In the 1950s, its population grew to 1.8 million people, many of whom were lured by plentiful, well-paying auto jobs.
Later that decade, Detroit began to decline as developers starting building suburbs that lured away workers and businesses.
Beginning in the late 1960s, auto companies began opening plants in other cities. Property values and tax revenue fell, and police couldn't control crime. In later years, the rise of autos imported from Japan started to cut the size of the U.S. auto industry.
By the time the industry melted down in 2009, only a few factories from GM and Chrysler were left.
Detroit lost a quarter-million residents between 2000 and 2010. Today, its population could fall as low as 680,000, according to Orr.
Of the city's $18 billion in debt, about $12 billion is unsecured, Orr said, meaning there is no tax revenue or other money to pay it.
The city wants to spend $500 million to knock down up to 450 decaying, abandoned properties each week. Those buildings are Detroit's most visible eyesores and magnets for criminal activity.
As they demolish problem properties, officials want to reinvest by giving police, firefighters and ambulance crews better equipment that will produce faster response times. The plan also calls for fixing the city's troubled electrical grid and street-lighting system, which has deteriorated to the point where many neighborhoods descend into blackness after sundown.
One of the touchiest issues is the fate of about 2,800 city-owned treasures in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Those masterpieces have been at risk of being auctioned to raise money to repay creditors.
Foundations and others have pledged $365 million toward pensions to keep the art from being sold. The governor has said he will seek $350 million from the state to aid that cause, while the museum raises $100 million.
But that money depends on both pension systems approving Orr's plan.
Missing from the city's proposed plan of adjustment is a deal to spin off the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, which the city has estimated could be worth $1.9 billion over 40 years to the city. The city is still negotiating a potential water deal, which suburban politicians have opposed.
Orr had hoped creditors would sign off on the plan before he submitted it to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes. But the clock was ticking because Rhodes had set a March 1 deadline.
The proposal depends on a series of outcomes that are unknown. Will Michigan lawmakers agree to send state money to help Detroit? Will lawsuits over various pieces of the case interfere? Will enough of Detroit's creditors go along with the deal for Rhodes to approve it? How will the city function financially until a plan is implemented? And how long will all of this take?
A vote in favor of the plan by one class of creditors would be enough to send it to the judge, who would then hold trial-like hearings to determine if the proposal should be approved over the objections of other creditors.
Appeals are almost sure to persist even after the final version is endorsed by a bankruptcy court.
Material from The New York Times and the Detroit Free Press is included in this report.
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Statistics seem to suggest that it is better to stick out your last year or two of school and get your diploma, rather than getting a GED. 15% of GED recipients who go to college earn a degree, compared to 65% of those who went with a high school diploma. Research suggests that high school graduates are favored in entry level positions over GED recipients, and that GED recipients statistically earn less than those with a high school diploma. When comparing the success of those with high school diplomas and those with a GED, there seems to be little doubt that a high school diploma can make a huge difference in life.
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Culinary Anthropology is my passion Note the word Culinary. Food involves all cultures. Deaf studies due to my own personal hearing loss. I truly did not realize that there was such an issue between the hearing world and the Deaf world. As I stated I am hard of hearing. I tend to remind people often, because they tend to have a listening problem. Most common phrase hear me say is, "What?!, No seriously what did you say?" No. Life is good, smile and enjoy the ride.
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This account of the ancestry of Comfort Robbins is based on the Robbins Genealogy recorded on pages 549, 550, and 570 in the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Volume II, by Henry R. Stiles.
JOHN ROBBINS, the son of John and Hester Robbins of Hedingworth, Leicestershire, England, was born in England, and died on 27 June 1660 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He married Mary Wells who died in September 1659. She was the daughter of Governor Thomas Wells.
John Robbins came to the American Colonies about 1636--during the time of the great puritan exodus. He first appeared in the records of Wethersfield in 1638. He was a large landowner, and a man of means and good social standing--as vouched for by the term "Gentleman" affixed to his name in all the early records of Wethersfield.
1. Mary, born 20 January 1642 in Wethersfield, married Eleazur Kimberly who was Wethersfield's schoolmaster.
2. Hannah, born 30 April 1643 in Wethersfield, died 3 March 1714, married (Dea.) William Warner in 1670.
3. Comfort, born 12 October 1646 in Wethersfield, married Theophilus Sherman.
4. John, born 29 April 1649 in Wethersfield, died 10 July 1689, married Mary Betts.
5. Samuel, born and died November 1659.
6. Joshua, born 21 October 1652 in Wethersfield, died 15 December 1738 in Wethersfield. He married Elizabeth Butler on 24 Decmember 1680.
(Capt.) JOSHUA ROBBINS, the son of (Gent.) John Robbins and Mary Wells, was born on 21 October 1652 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He died 15 December 1738 in Wethersfield. He married Elizabeth Butler, the daughter of Samuel Butler and Elizabeth , on 24 December 1680. She died on 24 April 1736 at 71 years of age.
(Capt.) Joshua Robbins held various town offices from 1678 to 1693. He was a prominent man in Wethersfield.
1. Joshua, born 21 October 1681 in Wethersfield, died 30 May 1733 in Wethersfield, married Sarah Bidwell on 20 November 1707.
2. Elizabeth, born 29 December 1684 in Wethersfield, married Nathanial Talcott.
3. Hannah, born 10 June 1688 in Wethersfield, married Joseph Wells.
4. Mary, born 10 January 1692 in Wethersfield, married Joseph Treat.
5. Jonathan, born 28 December 1694 in Wethersfield.
6. Abrigail, born 12 June 1697 in Wethersfield, married Silas Belden on 30 November 1716.
7. Comfort, born 8 1699 in Wethersfield, married John Coleman, Jr. about 1726.
8. Sarah, born 31 December 1703 in Wethersfield, died 29 December 1710.
COMFORT ROBBINS, the daughter of (Capt.) Joshua Robbins and Elizabeth Butler, was born on 8 1699 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. She married John Coleman, Jr. about 1726 in Wethersfield. In July 1743, Comfort (Robbins) Coleman transferred from the Congregational Church of Wethersfield to the Congregational Church of Bolton, Connecticut, according to the Volume I, page 128 and Volume II, page 81 of the Bolton Church Records. Comfort was the mother of six children.


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Troparion — Tone 2
The Noble Joseph,When he had taken down Your most pure Body from the tree,Wrapped it in fine linen, / And anointed it with spices,And placed it in a new tomb.
The angel came to the myrrh-bearing women at the tomb and said:Myrrh is fitting for the dead,But Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Come, let us all sing the praises of Him who was crucified for us,For Mary said when she beheld Him upon the tree:Though You do endure the cross, You are my Son and my God!


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Letter to the Editor: Eliminate TWIA
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Eliminate TWIA
The Texas Department of Insurance has a Legislative mandate to "regulate" the insurance industry. With the advent of TWIA, the state in partnership with the industry and TDI has employees working at the behest of the industry.
The fox is in the hen house and the chickens are paying him wages. This is not a broken system that needs correction; it is an ill-conceived program that needs elimination.
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A research report from business school professors at Imperial College, Columbia and U of Maryland found that wealthy investors get returns on bonds and stocks that are "up to 70 per cent times greater returns on their investments than those with modest wealth." This is a point that Piketty makes strongly, backing it up by analyzing data from the Harvard endowment, which gets 10% returns on its ~$80B nest-egg, while the rest of us barely clear inflation with our savings.
Obama: It's time to invest in our electric grid
The American electric grid averages 90-214 minutes of blackout time per customer, per year. And that's not counting blackouts caused by natural disasters. Meanwhile, between 2000 and 2006, the electricity industry put less than 2/10 of 1% of revenues into research and development. (You can read more about this in a BoingBoing feature I wrote last year.) Yesterday, the White House released a report calling for increased spending to upgrade and overhaul this aging — but incredible important — infrastructure.
Thorium, fusion, and other energy miracles
There are existing solutions to our the energy crises facing us today, but they all suffer from being frustratingly imperfect, complicated, and not particularly easy to implement (at least not quickly). Some even require us to change our behaviors. And, most likely, we'd have have to use lots of these solutions all at once, further adding to the complication involved. It's no wonder then that, in our heart of hearts, most of us are holding out for a miracle — some new technology that could provide all the power we want, with few drawbacks, and few changes to our current infrastructure or social status-quo. But is that a good idea, or a waste of time and resources? In the first edition of a new monthly column for The New York Times, Justin Gillis writes about the allure of energy miracles, what they actually look like in reality, and whether there's really a dichotomy between using what we have and developing something better.


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Golden Syrup Pot Puddings
15 comments:
- Chele said...
My healthy eating plan is on hold until Wednesday when I head back to work. Great idea for the puddings, love these kinds of sweets.
- 2 January 2012 at 11:46
- Lora said...
These are so beautiful. Love the presentation idea.
- 2 January 2012 at 12:19
- Butter Hearts Sugar said...
My healthier eating intentions have been put on hold until I finish munching my way through Christmas gift sweets and now maybe after I try these puddings too. I love the bake in tins idea, very cute!!
- 2 January 2012 at 13:57
- Claire xx said...
My diet started today also - there is no way I could have begun on a Sunday!! These look great - a fab way to use the tins...
Happy New Year! Claire xxx
- 2 January 2012 at 15:59
- princeproductions said...
Love this idea! Might have to start stocking up on golden syrup tins!
- 2 January 2012 at 17:12
- daisychain said...
One word...YUM
- 2 January 2012 at 18:32
- Kate@whatkatebaked said...
What an inspired, brilliant idea to present these delicious puddings in these tins! And a Happy New Year!
- 2 January 2012 at 18:49
- Nora said...
I finished my tin of golden syrup recently and didn't want to throw it away - cooking a pud in it is a great idea! They look lovely.
- 2 January 2012 at 19:41
- Katie said...
Oh yum! These look fanulous and would make a really great talking point when served to friends and family. Great idea. Happy New Year
- 3 January 2012 at 07:09
- thelittleloaf said...
Oh my god these are so cute! I love the idea of baking these in little tins (and what a good excuse to eat up LOTS of golden syrup). Gorgeous :-)
- 3 January 2012 at 08:24
- Tora said...
Sweet lord! I saved my beautiful Lyle tin because I thought it was so infinitely precious and beautiful. But I had NO idea you could bake in them. Praised be thy blog! YAY!
Perfect excuse to make insane amounts of syrupy things! Whiiiii!
(and happy new year!!)
- 3 January 2012 at 14:23
- nevertoosweetforme said...
these are so pretty in the little cans!!! I'm definitely going to give this a go! I've still got 2 cans of Lyles golden syrup in the kitchen ;) gotta use more of it now cuz we don't get Lyles in Melbourne!
Thanks for sharing!
- 3 January 2012 at 15:41
- Sarah said...
What a fantastic idea! Quick question though, how many puddings does your recipe make? I'm wondering how much syrup I'll need to scoff before I can make ones just like yours! Thanks!
- 3 January 2012 at 15:45
- Katiecakes said...
Hi Sarah! The recipe makes 4 puddings. That's a lot of syrup but it keeps well in a big airtight jar so you could just empty your tins out ;)
Katie xox
- 3 January 2012 at 18:38
- Linda @ Lemon Drop said...
Absolutely fantastic. And I am a huge golden syrup fan! thanks for sharing this great recipe and wonderful presentation idea!
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It's double the dancing on Rock 'n' Roll Week on Dancing with the Stars as the top 7 perform an individual routine and participate in the rock marathon. Who rocked it out twice? Find out below!Y'all ready for Rock 'n' Roll Week? Well, even if you are, we can't get started right away. Yes, it's another week beginning with 30 minutes of filler. Seriously, can we slap Happy Endings or Mr. Sunshine on at 9:30? It's getting ridiculous.This week it's a run-down of the top 10 dances of all time, as voted on by fans. 10. Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas: freestyle9. Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson: Argentine tango8. Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough: quickstep7. Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough: freestyle (No. 1 in my book!)6. Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough: futuristic paso doble5. Mel B and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: paso doble (This rules for En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" alone.)4. Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough: '50s paso doble3. Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough: samba2. Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke: Argentine tango1. Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke: freestyle Pretty good list, no? I find it amusing that I actually saw nine of those dances when they originally aired, (I started watching Season 4 when Apolo was on), save for Drew and Cheryl's legendary "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" freestyle. What does that say about the first three seasons?On to the dancing in the new stadium concert stage:Audrina Patridge and Tony Dovolani: paso dobleTony tells Audrina that she needs to perform, and she really needs to bring it in the paso. He brings her to a mixed martial arts class to get her into the aggressive mindset. Those are some wimpy punches, girl! The routine? Not as wimpy, but not as powerful and intense as a paso needs to be. Audrina continues to be technically proficient, but the performance aspect is still not there. She still has a vacant, robotic stare. Maybe they should've gone to acting classes instead? Len says she's getting on his nerves because she has the potential to blow them away, but she's lacking the character of the dance. Bruno agrees and says she looks scornful. Carrie Ann also agrees, but points out her improvement since the first week.Score: 24Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer: tangoAs Kyle told me, their goal is to not get a score of 5 this week. Easier said than done. He's been filming his steps so he can practice at home with his brother, Chris. The weird magenta and fuchsia costumes aside, this is a vast step-up for Kyle. His posture, footwork and extensions are way better. They're in hold for basically the entire dance, so the improvement is clearly visible. He has trouble with a turn, but pulls it together. Bruno can see he put a lot of work went into this, but points out a slight incident after their promenade. Carrie Ann loves his upper carriage. Len says he likes the improvement in technique since his dancing is performance-driven.Score: 23Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough: paso dobleDerek thinks Jen will connect with the paso, even though she didn't with the foxtrot. Jen thinks their little tiff last week made them closer and wants to use that pent-up anger in the paso. She does... but totally not in the right way. It's forceful and aggressive, but she's pushing so much that it's getting completely out of control, panick-y and dizzyingly messy. I guess this is what the inside of a washing machine looks like. They're also going insanely fast that they spin out of step at the end. Carrie Ann is not pleased. At all. She wants Jen to calm down a little bit. "You're like the Chosen One and you're, like, going downhill," she says. Whoa! So you're publicly admitting that you want to crown her? Len likes the aggression, but says she lost control. Bruno says it was like a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown. "Believe me, he knows about nervous breakdowns," Tom quips.Score: 20Rick Fox and Cheryl Burke: tangoRick calls this the redemption tango, but he hasn't done a ballroom dance since the first week. Cheryl wants him to stop over-analyzing otherwise he will never get the character down. Well, the dyed skunk hair is helping for starters. Watching this, you'd never know that Rick hasn't been in hold since the first week. His posture and upper body are on-point, but then again he's never let his height hold him back. The footwork is snappy and sharp, and he captures the intensity of the tango during all the changes in direction. Len thinks he did an excellent job. Bruno says it was like a Mohican on the warpath. Carrie Ann loves how he mixed intensity with the posture of the tango, but wants him to "be more human."Score: 24Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas: tangoBristol wants to do air guitars because she thinks it'll show off more performance. You know this is just an excuse for Mark to show off his guitar-riffing. They break hold in the middle to do the air guitars, which is a no-no in the tango. But overall, the routine is dramatic, dynamic, and Bristol is actually (gasp!) in character, somewhat. So basically she can do stern faces, but no romance or monkey business. Bruno calls it her best performance. Carrie Ann says it was ridiculously amazing. "Last week a chimp," Len says, "[now] almost a champ." He says he has to dock them a point for breaking hold for the air guitars. I guess it really wouldn't be Rock Week without an air guitar.Score: 23Kurt Warner and Anna Trebunskaya: paso dobleKurt is having trouble "pulling the rock out of me." So Anna brings in the ultimate rocker, Bret Michaels. Duh! He basically dresses Kurt like him (no blond wig though!) and teaches him how to throw a woman away like a rocker. This is a great dance for Kurt since he can use his size, height and strength to his advantage. However, he's missing some of the fierce attack. You didn't do your job, Bret! Kurt really struggles outside of the charming and sweet characters, unfortunately. Carrie Ann thinks it was too scruffy and admires him for the commitment to the character. Len says he looked awkward. Bruno says he looked like he was doing karate chops. It wasn't that bad, guys.Score: 18Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: tangoBrandy feels more pressure now that they've topped the leader board and it's Week 6. She walks out and cries. Maks brings her back in and they start dancing, which he thinks made their tango more emotional. I see they've saved the best for last. They made a good move to have Brandy dance in leggings (very tight ones, I may add) instead of a dress to show off her polished and powerful footwork. Her posture and hold are great, and she perfectly conveys the love-hate relationship between them. Len calls Maks his hero and their tango the dance of the night. Bruno says they're Tina Turner and Mad Max. Carrie Ann sees the intent behind the moves, but calls out some missteps.Score: 26Rock 'n' Roll MarathonCan Derek three-peat in the marathon? The cardio workout will last four minutes and will feature jive, swing and lindy moves... basically whatever the hell you want. First place gets 10 points, second place will get 9 and so on. The points will be added to their individual scores. I know this is how a traditional ballroom competition works, but for us folk watching at home, we're at the mercy of whomever the camera guy decides to show, so we can never get the full picture.Kurt and Anna leave first, getting 4 points. Poor guy, it's just not his night. Mark does the worm, but he and Bristol promptly get eliminated, earning 5 points. Rick and Cheryl leave third with 6, and Kyle and Lacey follow with 7. Derek shows off some backflips, while Tony jumps over Audrina's head, but they leave next with 8 points. Jennifer and Derek, and Brandy and Maks rock it for what seems like ages before Jen and Derek get the boot with 9 points. Personally, I think they should've been gone sooner since Derek was basically doing all the dancing and stunts the whole time. That means Brandy and Maks win the 10 points! Performing their individual routine last did not hurt them at all.The night's undisputed leaders, Brandy and Maks, top the leader board with 36 points, while Kurt and Anna bring up the rear with 22.What did you think? Did Brandy and Maks own the night? Is Jennifer slowly slip-slidin' away from the Mirrorball trophy? Were the judges too harsh on Kurt? Did Bristol make a comeback? Can you ever keep track of the marathon? Do you agree with the top 10 dances? Would you call Bret Michaels for all your rocker needs? Who do you think will get the boot?
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As excited as I was for Little Deer's first birthday, I was also a little nervous about planning it all. The perfectionist in me loves to pop-up when I'm planning things, and I tend to get pretty anxious.
I knew from the get-go that I didn't want to make her birthday party into a grand affair. I wanted it to be cute, simple, and fun. Sweet baby was turning one, not getting married! I also wanted to keep our budget in mind. We'd been doing great lately with decreasing our spending, and I didn't want to break the bank on a birthday party. Besides not getting overzealous with the planning and spending, we also had the added challenge of party-planning from afar. We were having the party up in Seattle while we would be home for the holidays. This meant that we had to take into account what decorations and party supplies we could bring with us and fit in the already jam-packed car, what we could borrow from family members, and what we had to buy once we were up there. Though there were some challenging moments (I specifically remember hot-gluing paper centerpieces together at 11PM the night before we left), I'm so happy with how it turned out—we had a blast! And Little Deer had herself a wonderful first birthday.
To start, I knew I wanted her party to have some sort of a theme, but I wasn't sure what. Every cute idea I could think of seemed to have been done so many times before. In the end it was our venue that inspired the party theme—the local library! Since her party was going to be the weekend before Christmas, I didn't want any of our family (who was already graciously hosting us) to have to worry about having a party at their house. Not to mention that we also wanted to invite lots of friends so we could see everybody at once while we were in town. This meant that it would have been pretty cramped to hold the party at someone's house. If it were the middle of July it would have been easy to think of places to have her birthday party, but winter in Seattle left us few options.
I made a few calls to a couple of places but just could not believe the prices! A cupcake place I loved had a party room available, but when it was all said and done it would have been over $200 for the room alone. Yikes! There were a few outdoor buildings in some parks, but many weren't heated. There was a cute frozen yogurt shop but their maximum guest limit was 25 (we were in the 30's). I finally decided to look if some of the libraries by our old house had any meeting rooms available. And lo-and-behold, the library by Greenlake (one of Mr. Deer's and my favorite places to walk around and eat) had a meeting room that was available that weekend. For free! Mr. Deer and I had our wedding reception on the rooftop patio of another local library, and now our baby's birthday would be at a library too. It felt right.
After we had the venue nailed-down, I knew I wanted to do a children's book themed party. It was only fitting for a birthday at the library! Little Deer and I love to read together so I knew we'd have fun putting together some of our favorite stories for the party. I quickly got to planning and had lots of ideas for decorations and the food. I pulled out a sketch book and started drawing out my ideas, making lists, and looked on Pinterest too. Getting everything down on paper really helped, and soon enough I had an idea of what I wanted her party to look like.
I think one of the biggest parts that goes into planning a birthday party is figuring out all of the decorations. We ended up making just about all of them by hand a couple of weeks before her party. Most of our decorations were made from used books that Little Deer and I found at the thrift store. Though a few of the projects took quite a bit of time and patience, we had a lot of fun (I say "we" because Mr. Deer helped a lot—seriously, that man is crafty but don't tell him I told you!). Here's what we made decoration-wise for LD's party:
Happy Birthday Banner
We made this by printing out the letters on thick paper and then cutting them out. I first cut a triangle out of poster paper to be my guide. I thought it would be fun to add smaller pictures in between, so we used pictures from The Runaway Bunny book that we bought at Goodwill. I don't know about Little Deer, but that is one of my favorite stories. Once they were cut out we just strung them up with some red yarn. Pretty easy!
Table-front Banners
I thought it would give the tables a little extra pop to have some colorful book-paged banners on the front of them. Using the same stencil I had cut out for the Happy Birthday banner, we cut out more triangles for these banners too. We used Oh, the Places You'll Go! and a couple other children's books for this project. We also strung these with yarn, and I think we made six of them -- three for the food and dessert tables, one for the gift table, and another above the whiteboard. What's fun about these is that they're reusable. I now have one of the banners hanging above Little Deer's play area and I'm thinking about putting another in up her room.
I had a couple of simple gold frames that I had used at our wedding several years ago. Two of them I used for photos of Little Deer, but the other two I used for quotes. I love both of these quotes and got them from The Runaway Bunny and Oh, the Places You'll Go! I made the designs on Picmonkey, printed them out, then put a piece of colored paper behind them. Very simple but they I think they tied in great.
Long ago I had seen a post on Pinterest for these cute little cupcake toppers that looked like party hats. Though they didn't directly tie-in with our children's book theme per-se, I just thought they were so sweet! Using some cupcake liners that we already had, Mr. Deer (yes—he made all of these himself!) rolled them up, glued them, then added a small pompom on top. We made all of these ahead of time then packed them in a rubbermaid container for the trip up to Seattle.
I didn't quite get a great picture of it, but once we were done with the triangle that I had used for cutting out the other banners, I cut it in half and used it to make a little mini banner for her high chair. I knew she'd probably try and grab it, so to help keep it in place I just put a long piece of washi tape around the outside lip of the tray table. I think it worked out perfectly and I loved the red polka-dot tape!
I loved the idea of her wearing a onesie that had the number 1 on it. I saw some cute ones on Etsy, but decided I could probably make one myself. Around this time I was beginning to make her a Christmas stocking out of felt, so I decided to do the number 1 in felt too. I printed out a number 1 in the size/font I wanted on the computer, cut it out, then used double sided tape to stick it on to the felt. After I cut around it, I peeled it off (there's definitely better ways to do this, but using double sided tape made it easy and I used it on the backside of the 1 so you didn't see any little fuzzies). After that I pinned it to a plain white onesie I had bought at H&M, then sewed it on. It turned out great! She also wore a matching red bow, some sweet little red shoes, and a fun pink tutu that we found at the thrift store when we were book-hunting.
It took me forever to think of something cute for the table centerpieces. We had chairs around the outside of the room and there were a few benches, but we also set up three tables so people could sit and eat. Thinking along the lines of books and and paper, I decided to make some fans out of leftover pages we had from making the banners. I made it up as I went, but I basically took four pieces of paper, folded them accordion style, then hot-glued them together to make a round fan. I then cut out a circle and backed it with a colored sheet of paper to be in the center and glued them onto a dowel so they resembled a flower. We brought a few little green vases with us but also used some bud vases that my mother-in-law had. After the party we gave a few of these flowers to our niece and brought a few of them home to put in Little Deer's room.
First Birthday Stats
I loved the posters I had seen on Pinterest that had baby's first birthday stats. They were around $30 to buy on Etsy or I could have made one on some poster board (but that would have been difficult to transport), so I elected to utilize a whiteboard in the room instead! Easy and free. We ended up getting to the library a little late, so I had about three minutes to get the whiteboard setup which means it wasn't quite what I had envisioned. I had taken a photo of an example I had drawn on my phone, but didn't even look at it because I was so hurried. So it's missing a few things, and a little crooked, but oh well! I also printed out photos before we left of Lucy each month, and popped those up on the whiteboard with some washi tape. We had an extra banner so I hung that up too.
Besides decorations, I think the next biggest aspect of her birthday party was the food! The party was from 2:00-4:30 PM and though it was in between meals, I wanted to be sure to have lots of yummy snacks and treats to munch on. From the few children's book-themed parties I had seen on Pinterest, everyone tied in dishes of food with a book. Most were pretty obvious, like Green Eggs and Ham served with green eggs and ham. I wanted it to be a little more fun than that and not too literal. I got some great ideas from this thread (thank you bees!) and I think Mr. Deer and I came up with some good ones too. To make the cards I first designed the layout in PowerPoint then added the text on Picmonkey. I printed them on thick paper then taped them (with double-sided tape) onto some blank turquoise cards I got at a craft store. In the end I'm very happy with how they turned out!
Main Dishes
With help from our families, we assembled quite the smorgasbord of food for the party. My mom, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law were all so sweet to help with the food. They made most of these dishes for us which was awesome. Once we arrived in town we did do some grocery shopping too. I wanted to keep it light and easy for guests to eat, so there were breads, fruits, veggies, dips and the like. It was simple and delicious! Here's what we had:
Since it was so cold outside, I thought it would be fun to have some hot apple cider. We made it ahead of time and brought it in a crockpot so it would stay nice and warm and guests could ladle out a cupful at a time as needed (there were also apple juice boxes for the kids). We also combined a couple of different juices and sparkling sodas to make a yummy peach drink. And of course, we tied those in with some children's stories too:
As with the food, we ended up with lots of yummy desserts! I really don't think you can have too many though, am I right? The cupcakes we baked the night before. We also made the buttercream frosting. It was my first time frosting cupcakes, so it was a little messy, but I wasn't expecting them to look perfect so that's ok! Though Little Deer's MSPI was improving at this time, I wanted her to have a strictly dairy-free and soy-free cake to be safe. We followed this basic yellow cake recipe and then I made my coconut whipped cream frosting. I then topped it with a few sprinkles and we were ready to go! Though not pictured, we also had a basket full of goodie bags for guests to take home. Since it was so close to Christmas, we filed them with holiday treats and cookies.
So enough about the food and decor... how'd the actual party go?
It went great! We initially showed up a little later than we had hoped (the risk you take when you plan a party around nap time!) but we were able to scramble and set the room up quickly. It helped too that our family was all there and rarin' to jump in and help. It was so fun to to see so many of our friends and get to celebrate Little Deer together. There were friends from high school, church, nursing school, work, our mothers and babies group... it was awesome.
After we chatted and visited for a little while, we decided it was cake time. We set Little Deer in her high chair to sing her happy birthday and let her go to town on the cake. She was pretty hesitant at first, but once we helped her have a few bites she got pretty into it. Though she didn't actually end up eating a lot, she sure enjoyed sticking her hands in it and throwing it around! So much for putting a drop cloth down, she flung it on the walls that little stinker!
After a quick outfit change, we came back and began opening presents while guests finished up their desserts. Everyone was so generous and Little Deer made-out with a lot of fun goodies! Our niece was a big helper too and had fun running and bringing us each gift one-by-one from the gift table. Little Deer had fun opening everything, but was the most interested in a cute little bear that she got. That, and throwing tissue paper around.
As the party started to wind-down around 4:30 I knew it was time to head home and get LD to bed early. She and I jumped in the car and headed back to our in-law's house while Mr. Deer and the rest of our family stayed behind to pack up and clean things up which was very sweet.
Overall I think Little Deer's first birthday was a success! We spent very little money and had a great time eating yummy food, visiting with friends and family, and celebrating our sweet girl's first birthday. The whole thing was definitely a learning process though! Here's a few things I took away from planning LD's first birthday:
- Party planning: I definitely had moments where I was a huge stress-pot. Though I did better than I have in the past, I hope to continue to go with the flow and stress less about planning parties in the future. It's fun to have everything come together and look cute, but so not worth losing your sanity!
- Food: I waaaay overestimated the amount of food and drinks we needed. In my mind I wanted there to be enough food so that everyone could at least have a serving of everything. It made sense to me, yet we had so much food leftover—probably more than half of everything we brought! Though it was fun to nibble on for the remainder of the week, it would have been nice to save money in that regard (and save myself from eating like 10 cupcakes!).
- Photos: My father-in-law was super awesome and took a bunch of photos on my camera for us. While we got some great pictures, I wish I had taken more photos myself too. While I may have gotten photos of LD eating her cake, opening presents, and the decor, I missed taking some of our friends and family. Whoops!
So yes, that was Little Deer's library first birthday party! We all had a wonderful time, especially the birthday girl, and we're so thankful that we were able to celebrate it at home with all of our family and friends. I still cannot believe how fast this past year has gone, and that we now have a one year old! Well, that's one birthday down, here's to many more to come!
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9-11 Sacred or Not?
Now some will undoubtedly find this piece upsetting while others will just attack me as usual. It really doesn't matter because this is what I feel.
On September 11, 2001, cowards hijacked planes and flew them into buildings, and crashed in a field. 3000 plus people died that day in different areas across the nation. The attack will live on the memories who lived through it, and witnessed it until the day we die. That doesn't mean the land once holding up the twin towers is sacred. The memorial at the site doesn't make is sacred. It is a piece of land built on what once was a part of the Hudson River, which was filled in by trash.
I am all American, but I am also Christian, and Jesus taught we are to let the dead bury the dead. This means we don't need to be worrying about the dead, they are gone. We need to worry about the people who are left alive. If the government would spend as much money on keeping us safe here as they do protecting those who attacked us around the world, we might actually be safe.
I do not want anyone to forget what happened, because if we do forget, we will have to face it again, but I have to believe God has a reason for what happened, be it to draw us closer, or have us go after the enemies of the Jewish nation, I don't know, and can't say as I can't pretend to know the mind of God.
I do know Muslims have more rights in this country than Christians, and Jews together. I do know Muslims get to scream about bigotry, while Christians have to shut up and take it. I do know Muslims seek the complete destruction of the Jewish people, while the world tries to press them back to 1967 boarders.
When a Muslim burns a Holy Bible it is said, "That is just a book they do not know any better." However when a Christian burns the Koran, it causes war? I don't see the difference. Maybe Christians should rise up in one voice against Muslims as they rise up against us. Would that solve the problem? I doubt it.
The mere death of people in one place, be it 1 or 3000 doesn't make the ground sacred, or holy. It makes the ground bloody. It makes hearts harden, and scars appear on the soul.
Remember the attacks, please remember them, but in those memories, remember who did it, who was attacked, and who died. Remember it was innocent people just working in buildings and riding on planes. It was emergency responders trying to rescue those who were trapped, and police officers who were trying to protect. It was not a soldiers on a field of battle, or armored tanks rolling across a desert. It was just people in offices, most of which knew nothing about Islam or wars fought over seas.
Is ground zero sacred? I say no it is soaked with the blood of the innocent who still to this day cry out a warning to all Americans, "DO NOT TRUST ISLAM"
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Chris is a large man with a sizable gut, a round smiling face, a short white beard, and salt-and-pepper hair. The 48-year-old possesses a voice powerful enough to bend steel. Most of the time he speaks calmly, even wryly, about his role in transporting marijuana in the 1980s, his conviction, and a two-year campaign to restore his civil rights so he could become a licensed contractor. But on occasion his voice rises with anger, reverberating the chests of everyone in the room.
Robin, on the other hand, is neither physically nor vocally imposing. She's a slim and youngish 46, with short, curled brunette hair. She's partial to toe rings and sports an ankle-encompassing tattoo. Her demeanor is charming and innocuous, traits that overlay and even disguise her tenacity and pragmatism. Luckily for her husband, those are the personality traits needed to surmount the bloated bureaucracy and subjectivity of rights restoration in Florida.
Chris describes his wife's prowess at burrowing through officialdom: "She dug and dug and chipped and hit until she either went under it or through it."
Robin recalls: "You feel very small in the system, that the chance of getting anything done is little."
Thousands of Florida's felons who've served their sentences and probation must follow the same arduous trail if they wish to possess basic civil rights in Florida once again. Few will succeed. Perennial legislation and two ongoing lawsuits have as yet been unsuccessful in busting the bureaucracy and mindset that keep the restoration process so complex. Gov. Jeb Bush, who with a word could clear the path, has said he does not intend to do so.
Chris sits at his desk, the air conditioner blasting away at the back of his head. He lifts a legal document. "This is the government's report from the Department of Justice that told the grand jury what [we] did," he says. "We moved some shit." He was on the bottom rung of a pot-smuggling operation that involved dozens of people who, the government estimated, moved more than 200,000 tons over many years. Chris's brother was involved, as were many of the friends he grew up with in the Miami area. "Back in the Seventies, [smuggling drugs] became a big thing down here," he recalls. "It really built this town in the Seventies and Eighties. Anybody who grew up here knew someone who was involved in one way or another."
His indictment in 1993 stemmed from a federal investigation that began in 1985. In 1995 he pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to import marijuana; he avoided jail time because he had no prior convictions and only a minor role in ground transportation of marijuana. The judge sentenced him to five years' probation. By June 2000 he was "off paper," meaning he had completed his probation and all other requirements stemming from the conviction.
Chris had received a building contractor's license in 1993 and had renewed it annually. "Financially, I wasn't doing real well, so I went to work for a contractor in South Beach for over five years as project manager," he says. "I didn't need to be licensed. I maintained [the license] for two years but didn't use it. One year when the application came, we put it on inactive status." He shakes his head: "Big mistake. Big mistake. If I had known what you have to go through to reactivate it ..."
After getting off paper, he filled out an application to reinstate his contractor's license, which included a question about whether his civil rights had been taken away due to a felony. He answered honestly. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation notified him that he would not be eligible until he'd completed the clemency process.
Around that same time, he filled out a one-sheet form requesting restoration of his civil rights and sent it to the Office of Executive Clemency in Tallahassee. That office then sent it back because it didn't have a copy of a document indicating that probation was completed, a certificate that was not yet available. The DiFrancos sent it back on August 7. On August 29 the paperwork was forwarded to the Office of Clemency Administration, which is the investigative division of the Florida Parole Commission. The documents were then sent on to a regional office in western Miami-Dade County for a complete review of the case, which was the "beginning of the nightmare," Robin declares.
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Kalele: Faith.
Welcome back to Hawaii Five-0, Ed Asner! The veteran actor is not the first to have appearance in the original series and then come on board 30 years later in the same role. However, he is the first one who we actually watched in both universes, as "Kalele" aired a clip from 1975.
Beyond the depth that was added by the use of this flashback, Asner's portrayal of August March was very well done. I did not see him double crossing Angela at all. And it was really needed given that I had guessed from the outset that Angela had faked her own kidnapping.
Did anyone else catch the ever-so-slight change they made to the McGarrett lineage from the previous series to now? March said "There was a young officer named McGarrett who transported me to prison, I offered him 100 grand to help me." But in the original episode, McGarrett was a full detective, not a young officer, and Jack Lord was in his 50s at the time.
I'm okay with the change, though, given that Alex O'Loughlin was born in 1976, when Lord was 56 years old. I'm surprised they didn't play the original Steve McGarrett off as his grandfather. Especially given that William Sadler - who portrayed Jack McGarrett, Steve's father - was born in 1950 and it would have fit in the timeline.
Mary hasn't appearance since November - on the episode where they busted Kaleo (Jason Scott Lee) - and then she turned up here and suddenly they have reason to go see Kaleo? It's either way to coincidental, or the writers need to expand their range when attempting to tie in earlier episodes from this series.
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@amazingalex.... I know sweetie it was not adressed to you.((hugs))
@jschoi.... I am truly sorry if I hurt your feelings that was not my intent. You should be proud of yourself for getting better. You are really strong. My thoughts are with you jschoi!! I hope you are back here. You add alot to the forum. I miss alex too and I hope he does get better soon. I am with you on that one.But your right we need to let him take as much time as he needs.
@amazingalex....It's ok I don't word things so good myself sometimes. This one thing I'm sure of, Alex
will be better and stronger than ever when he comes back.
There was a clip of an entertainment news show out of australia that I saw today about alex and it said he was only going to miss the LA part of the crossover. But that he should be in the one on the H50 side. I kind of thought that but was not sure.
@kaydee and kim..I am with you. cannot wait for season three but I especially cannot wait for wo fat to return this season. @jschoi..I am sorry to hear what you are going through. I apologize for our disagreement. I was just disagreeing with your statement as you have sometimes disagreed with mine but maybe I did not word it correctly. But I certainly hope you still post here. Peace! @lena..I was just defending myself. I tried to be respectful. I hope you dont think I was not.
Wow where is the Ohana feeling today! It's perfectly fine to disagree with someone as long as it is done respectfully, but do not attack other posters. Please treat other members with the same respect and courtesy that you would want for yourself. that all I have to say about it. @jschoi.... Sorry to hear this that you went through the same as Alex right now, hope all go's well for you now it's a long proces it's not done in a week. I agree aldo I miss Alex terribly I hope he will not return before he is healthy and ready again for it.
A few episodes taking place on the mainland sounds perfect to me. And possible
@Diana Lori fans are also Hawaii five-o fans. Of course I'll support Lauren and watch her new show but Lori might return for an episode or two. It is the least Lenkov can do to us Lori fans. Why Joe White return and Lori Weston not. Both Lauren German and Terry O'Quinn have new shows.
@Diana - I'm adding something to you comment: if we look at the reason why she left, it's obvious she's not coming back. She was forced to resign because she did not do her job so I guess there is no turning back. @Kim - Adan's father is from Yakuza.
I wasn't going to post anymore, but decided on one more time, John
F please don't call me any names. I just got back from my NA meeting, I have been addicted to pain meds since my injury 3 years ago. I woman at the meeting shared about one of the girls she sponsors dying last week from an overdose of prescription meds. Please give Alex all the time he needs to get healed mentally and physically. I wanted to share that and now I will fade into the background so I don't offend anyone anymore. Thank You.


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Arts In The Park
Presented by Marion Art Center at Bicentennial Park
July 10, 2010
An outdoor juried show & sale by 40 artists & artisans from Southeastern New England plus food by local vendors and music by individuals and combos. RAIN DATE: July 11th SPONSOR: Marion Art Center, 80 Pleasant St. (PO Box 602), Marion, MA 02738 ADMISSION: Free.
Corner Main and Spring Streets
Marion, MA 02738
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July 10, 10:00AM-4:00PM
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Don't need a thumbnail cache (thumbs.db) on Windows 7 or Windows 8? Disable it.
Windows 7 creates the thumbs.db for a reason. They are very useful and speed up your Windows explorer, because it caches the pictures Windows uses for some folders, instead of generating them over and over again and wasting resources.
However, caching the thumbnails also costs resources, so you might want to disable it.
Download Registry Tweak
1. Step Download this registry tweak and execute it: Disable-Thumbs.db
2. Step Reboot
For more useful registry tweaks, check out our list of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Registry Hacks
Manualy Registry Tweak
1. Step Open up a notepad editor and insert
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
Make sure you replace the quotes with real quotes.
2. Step Save as a .reg file and execute it to add the key to your registry
3. Step Reboot
4. Step Existing thumbs.db files will continue to exist, but Windows 7 will no longer create them
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