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THIS MUCH we know: Music will never, ever sound as good again as it did when you were 16. It will never be as powerful, moving, all-enveloping, or seem as important as it did when you were a prisoner of your parents and your own hormones.
But that's not to say we can't be reminded of those grand old days of acne and the Velvet Underground (I'm speaking for myself here) from time to time.
It's been a while since a song took me back to my days beneath an Andy Warhol poster; maybe the last time was my first encounter with Crying In The Streets, by George Perkins and the Silver Stars. (Disclaimer: I had absolutely no involvement with the struggle for black civil rights in 1960s USA.) Continue reading


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TORONTO -- Ontario's health ministry is investigating after an 87-year-old woman was trapped in an elevator at a Mississauga, Ont., nursing home for 29 hours.
Rosalie Rowsell, a resident of Malton Village Long Term Care Facility, was trapped in the out-of-service elevator shortly after she returned from a family outing on Dec. 23.
She was last seen by a security guard around 8:30 p.m. that night after being signed in by her son.
She was discovered by Peel Regional Police as they swept through the nursing home looking for her in the wee hours of the morning on Christmas Day.
"The ministry takes any of these events very seriously," said health ministry spokesman Joanne Woodward-Fraser, who added the report may not be available for several months.
According to an e-mail from the Rowsell family, their mother's absence wasn't noticed until 24 hours after she returned to the home. Staff called the family on Christmas Eve to see if Rowsell would be returning soon.
The family told them she had returned the previous night and scrambled to the home to search for their mother.
It's not clear how Rowsell was missed by staff.
When family phoned the police, they said staff dragged their feet before calling management and janitorial workers who had proper keys to assist with a full search of the facility.
"In our opinion, staff at Malton Village were convinced that Rosalie was not there and this search was a waste of time."
Rowsell had somehow made her way into an elevator which was out of service and became trapped.
"No one did their job and our mother could have died," the e-mail said. "She couldn't reach the emergency button on the elevator and probably wouldn't know to push it if she could.
"So she just lay down and waited for someone to find her."
When police discovered her, she was severely dehydrated.
The Malton Village Long Term Care Centre has apologized to the family, said Janette Smith with the commission of health services for Peel Region.
"We lapsed in our care. When staff noticed she wasn't back from the leave of absence they made an assumption," Smith said. "We notified the Ministry of Health and they are investigating.
"We are reviewing our standards and reviewing our leave of absence standards. We may still learn more to make sure something like this can never happen again."
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Bernie Bierman and his Golden Gophers. In the decade from 1932 to 1941, Bierman and his team won 6 Big Ten Championships, 5 National Championships and had 5 undefeated seasons. They went 3 full seasons and into the 5th game of the 4th without a defeat. They were undefeated in 28 games and had 21 straight victories. Their numbers for the period were 63 wins, 12 defeats, and 5 ties.They lost only 8 Conference games.
Bernie was a native of Minnesota and an alum of the University. Most of his players were Minnesota boys. There were many All Americans among them and Minnesota's only Heisman Trophy winner, halfback, Bruce Smith. In the days before Twins. Vikings, Wolves and Wild, the Gophers were the only game in town. The town was the entire state of Minnesota. Young and old, rural and urban, college-educated and grade school graduate, professional and working man, the Gophers were their team. It was a decade of national depression, drought, high unemployment, but for 8 Saturdays every fall, Minnesotans could turn on their radios and listen to their Gophers as they won another one. Most of these fans were not University alums and most never expected to attend the U. Many perhaps had never even seen it. Bierman and those teams brought the people of the state an identity as Minnesotans. The Gophers gave them ownership in the University as nothing else had. Bierman and the Gophers gave them bragging rights and pride in Minnesota.
Goldy is known all over the United States as representing Minnesota ...
We have so many gophers and their nasty mounds, we named a team after them!!
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Windows Phone 7 challenge: I can haz apps, please?
After the Android Gingerbread update ruined my Droid X, I agreed to try a Microsoft developer's Windows Phone 7 challenge. If I don't like my new phone (running a Mango developer's build), Microsoft donates $1,000 to charity. This is my Mango story.
Here's the latest update from the world of Windows Phone 7: upshot? Uh oh...where are the apps?
Also, as a post-script, I should say that although I liked the integrated social networking at first, I'm finding it slightly less useful as the day wears on. It seems slow to update; the list of Twitter mentions only says I was mentioned, but doesn't show me the actual text until I click through to another screen; and it's kind of weird to have one live tile for monitoring Facebook posts, and another for monitoring my own Facebook activity. I went ahead and downloaded the Facebook and Twitter standalone apps, though, and so far I like them better.
In other news, and this may be attributed to the beta nature of my Mango build, I've experienced two spontaneous restarts today. It's OK, though, I'm used to it.


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We came across a blog post that revealed that a Ayala Alabang Church (they only have one, right?) passed out a petition in one of their Eucharistic celebrations asking its parishioners to support the controversial Barangay Ordinance seemingly related to the also controversial RH Bill.
Here are parts of the blog post:
Today, my Parish condemned me for not agreeing with the barangay ordinance
Last night, I had a nightmare where in I attended mass and it showed a Powerpoint on the RH Bill that I greatly disagreed with.
Today, that nightmare came true. Only it did not just cover the RH Bill. The mass was used to convince parishioners to sign a petition that would support the Barangay Ordinance on "The Safety and Protection of the Unborn Child". An hour had already passed thanks to the long, highfalutin speech of the priest who insisted that if you did not agree with that ordinance, you are cursed. Yes, those were his words. He was even so defensive at first, saying that he wasn't twisting the homily to fit a discussion on the ordinance.
Read the whole post here.
Korean shot dead in Ayala Alabang
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by Alvin Murcia |
Monday, 31 January 2011 18:43 |
POLICE are facing a blank wall in the killing of a Korean woman who was shot dead while watching television inside her home in Muntinlupa City Sunday night.
Victim Kyung Lim, 39, was discovered lifeless by her cousins in the living room of her house at 312 Alabang St., Ayala Alabang Village. The victim bore a lone bullet wound in the head. Police said they are still reviewing the closed-circuit television camera installed in the area to possibly identify and arrest those responsible for the killing. SPO2 Ronnie Tamondong of the Muntinlupa police criminal investigation unit said the cousins of the victim identified as Choi Jae Won, Gwon Dae Gyu and Kwon Seon Mi were at the second floor of the house when they heard a gunshot downstairs. The cousins of Kyung immediately went down and found the victim sprawled on the floor with a bullet wound in the head. Responding policemen recovered one spent shell of a caliber .45 from the crime scene. |
Swimming pools in Ayala Alabang breeding grounds for dengue?
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On Friday, health authorities stated that for the occurrence of dengue fever in tens of thousands of people of Philippines' posh neighborhoods, swimming pools could not be blamed wholly.
The dengue, a mosquito borne virus spread is prevalent in Manila during the moist season and causes sickness similar to influenza.
It affects the slums of the region the most. As told by Romeo Javier, surveillance Chief, the health authorities at the Manila suburb of Muntinlupa are of the view that the swimming pools in Ayala Alabang, a posh area, could be sheltering the carrier mosquitoes.
He added that the matter had been reported to the city Mayor by the local health authorities. Ayala Alabang, a region in Southern Manila is spread over nearly 700 hectares.
An official reported in The Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper that the investigations are being carried out on the pools of the passed away owners or those in the properties, which the banks had shut.
"As our standard practice, we have dispatched teams of investigators not only (in Ayala Alabang Village), but also in the other barangays to verify the incidence of dengue in their areas", said Dr. Edilinda Patac, City Health Chief.
The dengue cases in Muntinlupa have surged 77%, as compared to the past year. As of September 20, the confirmed cases increased to 53 from 28, the last year.
We saw from the news that slain carnap gang leader Ivan Padilla possessed a resident identification card of the Ayala Alabang Village Homeowners Association (AAVA).
Now this is just pure alarming as Padilla and his gang members seemingly had access to all the cars inside the Muntinlupa village.
How was he able to get an ID? Was the ID real or fake? The suspect also had a Forbes Park ID.
Either way, if he was able to do it then a lot of other criminal elements can do the same.
We hope that Ayala Alabang Village, as well as other villages and enclaves, double check on who they give the ID's to or investigate on who makes and distributes fake ID's. Maybe double check the ID's of villagers too.
We'll never know, our car/s might be next.
For the 40th year celebration of Earth Day, Ayala Alabang Village Association and AAV Expedition Team, together with CTCHIQ Events will be organizing the AAV EARTH DAY CELEBRATION. The event will be on April 22 to April 25, 2010 at Cuenca Park, Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City.
The Earth Day details for your appreciation, various activities such as:
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cycling competition
pet show
tree planting
seminars for community development and awareness
kite flying
cook fest
poi exhibition
scratch (DJ) exhibition
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to be attended by various artist.
One person had an idea and kept working until everyone began working together to solve it. See what happens when people care about our world?
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Mansa Musa, the Lion of Mali in western Africa, is part fiction and part fact. Students recreate brilliant textiles from this ancient culture using Crayola® Oil Pastels.
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I did not intend to offend anyone. I have always appreciated the friendly atmosphere and the supportive nature of this board compared with a lot of others that I frequent. I hope I have not done anything to diminish that.
Mia culpa."Maybe this helps with your conundrum. Until others on the forum recognize you, your writing style and literary wit, purdy much what you say will be take at face value. Best thing I've found is keep it positive in nature, and, if you throw out some humor, make sure it easily seen, lol and the like.......On this post, maybe better.......Title: I'm perplexed........I've seen a lot about cooking the perfect steaks. "Keep it simple stupid." is my moto. It's a simple maxim that helps guide me and it's worked out pretty well so far. The less I try to screw things up, the better it turns out.
For example, I cooked these ribeyes the same way I cook all my steaks. Egg at 550-600º, favorite seasoning, toss on some wood chips, cook for 3 minutes per side, probe, if it's not at my desired internal temp, toss it back on for 30 second intervals until it is and viola, tender, juicy, delicious steak!
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Philosophical tradition that emphasizes the logical analysis of concepts and the study of the language in which they are expressed. It has been the dominant approach in philosophy in the English-speaking world from the early 20th century. With respect to its problems, methods, and style, it is often contrasted with Continental philosophy, though the significance of the opposition has been widely challenged. Analytic philosophers have differed regarding the nature of so-called ordinary language and the methodological value of appeals to ordinary usage in the logical analysis of concepts. Those known as formalists hold that, because ordinary language is potentially a source of conceptual confusion, philosophy and science should be conducted in a logically transparent formal language based on modern mathematical, or symbolic, logic. Those known as informalists reject this view, arguing that attempts to improve ordinary language in this way inevitably oversimplify or falsify it, thereby creating conceptual confusion of just the sort that the formalists are concerned to avoid. Three figures conventionally recognized as founders of the tradition are Gottlob Frege, G.E. Moore, and Bertrand Russell. Other major figures include Ludwig Wittgenstein, A.J. Ayer, Rudolf Carnap, J.L. Austin, W.V.O. Quine, and David Lewis (1941–2001). See also logical positivism; Vienna Circle.
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Advani & Modi Face Legal Scanner
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By Nilofar Suhrawardy, MMNS
NEW DELHI: Ironically, two dark communal spots on India's global image have hit headlines nearly at the same time and in a similar pattern. One refers to demolition of Babari Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on December 6, 1992, which was followed by nation-wide riots targeting Muslims. The other is the 2002-Gujarat carnage, when thousands of Muslims were attacked and killed in Gujarat by violent mobs of Hindu extremists. Legal cycle has cast shadows on the role played by two key politicians of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in both the cases. L.K. Advani is under scanner for having incited mobs for demolition of Babari Masjid. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been questioned for nearly 10 hours for his role in 2002-carnage (March 27).
Legal and political questions holding Advani responsible for the Ayodhya-issue and Modi for Gujarat-carnage may have still remained under the wraps, were it not for the role played by several women. Yes, the Ayodhya-ghost has raised its head again to haunt Advani primarily because of the detailed testimony given by a senior lady officer, Anju Gupta before a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh (March 26). Modi was summoned by a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, following a petition filed by Zakia Jaffrey. Zakia's husband, Ehsan Jaffrey (former legislator) was among more than 50 people burnt to death in the Gulbarga Society massacre of February 28, 2002.
In her petition, Zakia alleged that Modi, his government and administration had helped rioters during the Gujarat-carnage. She is still hopeful of the guilty being punished. On Modi being summoned by SIT, Zakia said: "I expect justice from God and Supreme Court, because it won't let injustice happen. Since, it is Supreme Court it has been doing justice for years. I'm sure that the Supreme Court will deliver justice."
By finally appearing before the SIT, Modi has defied speculations being circulated about his trying to escape law. He may have to appear before SIT again and also before the Supreme Court, as the case is pending there, sources said. To a degree, while Modi has silenced his critics he has provided his political colleagues some reason to express appreciation for his appearing before SIT and face such a long question-answer session. Of course, what Modi has faced before SIT is no match for what thousands of Muslims across Gujarat went through for several months in 2002. Just as the dead cannot be brought back to life, the wounds left by that carnage cannot be healed by whatever amount of compensation is handed over to survivors and even if Modi faces grilling sessions for the rest of his life. Nevertheless, that Modi finally faced the SIT certainly indicates that he has been to a degree forced to bow before the Indian legal process, primarily as the widow of one of the victims decided to knock at the doors of justice.
Ironically, though there never has been any doubt about Advani's role in Ayodhya-case and that of Modi in Gujarat-carnage, till date both have appeared to remain almost unapproachable even for the long arms of law and justice. The SIT summons has broken this myth for Modi just as that of Anju Gupta's testimony for Advani. Earlier, Advani had been discharged on the plea that charges against him were based on mere suspicion. Anju's testimony has totally changed the legal situation. She was then posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Ayodhya and was in charge of Advani's security.
During her testimony, Anju claimed that Advani "looked euphoric" as he declared in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992 that a temple would be built at the site of the demolished mosque. "Advani not only looked euphoric but also declared before the huge crowds at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992 that the Ram temple would be built at the disputed site in the temple town," she said. He "gave quite a provocative speech for which he was applauded by his other party colleagues and the crowds," she said. Recalling what she saw on the day, Anju said: "There were at least 100 persons present on the dais along with Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Vinay Katiyar, Uma Bharti, Sadhvi Rithambara, Ashok Singhal, S.C. Dikshit, and I remember their faces so distinctly that I would be able to still recognize at least 80 of them." "There was so much excitement among the crowds that they distributed sweets after the mosque was pulled down," she said.
Undeniably, neither the Ayodhya-case nor the Gujarat-carnage can be expected to conclude soon. It may take a fairly long time, before the hearings, counter-hearings, arguments and related processes reach the stage of judgments being pronounced. The final stage, if ever reached, may still be checked by filing of more petitions, special petitions and so forth. Nevertheless, at least, BJP leaders are finally forced to acknowledge and accept that they cannot escape law forever: -17 years have passed since the demolition and eight since Gujarat-carnage. The ones responsible for those communal phases have been forced to be on the defensive, though late but definitely!
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Muslims speak out on global warming
PHILADELPHIA, PA–Dr. Syed Syeed of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) was one of the keynote speakers at the Sacred Seasons, Sacred Earth Interfaith Celebration, organized by the Shalom Center in Philadelphia. The event marked the coinciding of Ramadan, the sacred Jewish month that includes Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. October 1 was Worldwide (Protestant/ Orthodox) Communion Sunday. October 2 is Gandhi's birthday. October 4 is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. This confluence will occur again in 2007. Thereafter, it will not recur for thirty years.
The event in Philadelphia called for urgent action to fight global warming.
"Many of the resources are vanishing and that is not what God intended for us," said Dr. Mohammed Almashhadani, of Al-Aqsa Mosque and former imam of the Albanian American Muslim Society mosque, both in North Philadelphia.
Participants observed the Jewish tradition of building a Sukkah, a hut that brings the community into close with the earth and listened to meditations offered by Buddhists. They later joined together for Iftar.
Cavium Networks Receives 2006 Excellence in Technology Alignment Award
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–Cavium Networks, a world leader in networking, security and embedded processor solutions, has received the Excellence in Technology Alignment award from Cisco Systems, Inc. Cavium Networks was selected based on its currently shipping products. This prestigious award recognized significant Cavium technology that has met Cisco's product requirements and positively impacted the satisfaction level of Cisco's customers. The award presentation was done at the Cisco 15th annual supplier appreciation event keynoted by Cisco's President and Chief Executive Officer, John Chambers.
"Cavium Networks is honored to receive top recognition from Cisco," said Syed Ali, CEO and President of Cavium Networks. "This recognition reinforces Cavium's solid commitment and dedication to developing market-leading technologies and exceeding our customers' requirements."
Syed Ali has over 23 years of management and engineering experience in the semiconductor area. Prior to Cavium Networks, Syed Ali was a founding management team member and VP Marketing/Sales at Malleable Technologies , a communication chip company focused on developing Voice over Packet processors. Malleable was acquired by PMC-Sierra in June 2000. Earlier, he served as Vice President, Marketing at I-Cube which developed switch fabrics and chipsets for networking. He also spent 4 years as Executive Director, Samsung Electronics, where he started the Flash memory and CPU businesses and put together the business plans and strategies that drove sales in each line to over a $100M in less than two years. Syed also spent over 10 years at WSI/SGS-Thompson, and Tandem where he was involved with product line management and product design. He earned a MSEE from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1981 and BSEE from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India in 1980.
LA Muslims reach out to the homeless
LOS ANGELES,CA– Muslims in Los Angeles reached out to the homless by distributing food, clothing, books, toys and other items to around 3000 people. The drive was organized by the Coalition to Preserve Human Dignity, which is comprised of more than 40 mosques and Muslim organizations.
More than 300 volunteers had helped feed several hundered people by mid-day. Free HIV and diabetes tests were also made available.
Other branches of the group were holding similar outreach efforts in 14 U-S cities.
Islamic Relief, an international aid organization, and I-L-M Foundation, an L.A.-based group, were coordinating the efforts.
Obstetrician/gynecologist joins Caritas Norwood Hospital medical staff
BOSTON–Caritas Norwood Hospital has added a new obstetrician gynecologist to its medical staff.
Amna H. Khan, MD, of Dover has a special clinical interest in treating adolescents, and before coming to Caritas Norwood Hospital was administrative chief resident in the OB/GYN department at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.
Dr. Khan also completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where she was executive member of the advisory committee on medical education and a member of the graduate medical education committee.
She received Rochester's 2004 Berlex Teaching Award and Medical Student Teaching Award and has served as co-president of the American Medical Women's Association and research assistant to the Women's Health Project, both at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.
Dr. Khan received her medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina and her bachelor's degree in biology and economics from Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley.
She is accepting new patients. Her practice is located at Caritas Foxboro, 70 Walnut St., Foxboro, 781-698-2229.
The 264-bed Caritas Norwood Hospital provides emergency, cardiology, advanced surgical, endoscopic, ob/gyn and Children's Hospital Boston pediatric services and is a member of Caritas Christi Health Care, the second largest health care system in New England.
Books for Baghdad Announces Second Drive
JACKSONVILLE,AL– Jacksonville State University's Books for Baghdad project (www.booksforbaghdad.org) has announced a new drive for books, supplies, and cash donations to help rebuild the war-torn library at Baghdad University.
Dr. Safaa Al-Hamdani, JSU biology professor and founder of the project, said, "Our objective includes collecting recent editions of textbooks in math, science, medicine and technology to be sent to war ravished Iraq. Books are being accepted now and may be dropped off at JSU. We can also make arrangements to pick up large contributions. In addition, we are planning to collect computers and refurbish them. They will be sent to the Baghdad Library to be used by the students."
"Jeff Spurr from Harvard University and Dr. Anwar Diab of Baghdad University will be involved in this project," said Al-Hamdani. "Furthermore, a committee was established in western Massachusetts by a group of librarians to help in accomplishing the same objective. If all comes about as I expect it, we will have enough material to be shipped from Massachusetts to Baghdad in the near future. We should do what we can to help and I can not emphasize the tremendous need for the books and computers in Iraq."
Anyone who would like to contribute books and other gifts should contact Dr. Al-Hamdani (256-782-5801; firstname.lastname@example.com). Cash contributions can be made to the JSU Foundation, 700 Pelham Road North, Jacksonville AL 36265.
Dr. Safaa Al-Hamdani and a small group of faculty volunteers established the Books for Baghdad project in 2004 as an international humanitarian effort to help reestablish the war-torn Baghdad University library. Local volunteers were soon joined by faculty and students from throughout the U.S. Thanks in part to international media coverage, including special reports on CNN, the project far exceeded its goal of 5,000 books with a total collection of more than 11,000 textbooks and $6,500 in school supplies.
Statement from State Senator Peter Roskam on the Holy Month of Ramadan
"I would like to wish the Muslim Community in the 6th Congressional District and across the nation the very best during this holiest time of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan. This important holiday is a time for family and friends to come together to express their faith.
Muslims across our nation continue to enrich our communities and our nation and we value their contribution to our society." Senator Peter Roskam, Congressional Candidate for the 6th District of Illinois
Recently, State Senator and Republican Congressional candidate Peter Roskam attended an Iftaar event at the residence of Moon Khan, York Township Trustee and Founding President of Asian American Caucus of DuPage, where a large number of American Muslims of the 6th Congressional District attended it.
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Yusuf Islam still faces difficulties entering the United States–two years after being refused entry into the country because of national security fears. In 2004, after flying to the United States from London, the Muslim convert, formerly known as Cat Stevens,was barred from entering after US security officials said his name was on list of banned individuals. Now plans to tour America promoting his comeback album AN OTHER CUP could be in jeopardy for the same reason. ANN DAVIS, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Agency, told the New York Daily News, "The TSA does not confirm whether any name is on or not on the 'no-fly' list. But Mr Islam was a positive match on numerous watch lists when Customs and Borders Protection agents interviewed him in Maine. "They refused him admission to the United States based on national security grounds." However, SHEILA RICHMAN, spokeswoman for Islam's US record label Atlantic, remains optimistic: "We don't yet have firm touring plans for Yusuf. We hope he will be coming here in mid-November."


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We went from 5 sellers to 15. This weekend we did a lot of business and sold out. We are selling tickets for a basket of produce with some gift certiicates from some of the business in the area. What else have you done to raise funds? Tom in Northeast Ohio |
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We belong to a nice market that's received good publicity this year. The number of customers is growing and the amount of vegetables vendors are offering is keeping up with customers. It's been a good year in spite of the lousy weather. We don't fund raise so I'm no help with that. |
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we have about 25 vendors signed up for our market. It is in its' first year and has been doing very well. we have been getting around 500 customers through Saturday mornings. We raise funds by having a friend of the market program. Pay $30 or so and get a nice market bag with the FM logo on it and some coupons for various vendors. most people do not use the coupons. For next year we will be increasing vendor fees ($20 for a whole season this year, too cheap) and probably put the "friends" into a tier sytem so people can give varying amounts. We have a person on our market council who knows how to do not for profit and she made the market into one which makes it easier to raise funds and get grants. |
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The Cape Breton Farmer's Market is in Sydney Nova Scotia. We are doing quite well as we've become full year instead of just 6 months and we have a permanent location for the 20 to 40 vendors each week. We expect the market to increase in size over the next coming years as we won't be closing or moving locations any more. We're getting some snazzy graphic design work done too to advertise the market. |
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DENVER - New guidelines for prescribed burns were given initial approval Tuesday. The rules are being developed in the aftermath of a Jefferson County prescribed burn that escaped and became the deadly Lower North Fork Fire in 2012.
The Colorado Prescribed Burning Act was approved Tuesday by the State Senate's Judiciary Committee. A bill to create a wildfire matters review committee in the General Assembly was approved by the and Local Government Committee.
If it becomes law, the Colorado Prescribed Burning Act would establish the framework to specify when controlled burns should happen and how they should be handled. Senate Bill 13-083, as it is designated, doesn't mention oversight, enforcement or responsibility if the standards are not followed.
"I think all of us that were affected by the Lower North Fork Fire are very concerned that this doesn't happen to other people," said Scott Appel, who lost his wife Ann and their home in the fire. "As you start to look at the facts behind the fire, they're really ugly."
It started as a prescribed burn, ignited by State Forest Service fire crews. On the third day, the site was left unpatrolled in violation of the burn plan. With red flag conditions -- dry weather and high winds -- the fire escaped and grew to kill three people and destroy nearly two dozen homes.
"I think it was so preventable had we managed the fire a little bit differently," said Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, a Democrat representing District 16 and a co-sponsor of the bill.
"We are doing something to try to prevent a tragedy like the Lower North Fork Fire tragedy from happening again," she said.
7NEWS reporter Amanda Kost asked Nicholson if the bill contains any penalty if a burn plan is not followed.
"There isn't anything in this bill," Nicholson replied.
A law already on the books, which is supposed to expand the state's liability limit for victims of the Lower North Fork fire, is stalled. So far, Scott Appel says they've received nothing.
"The path that was created is stuck in the deep freeze. We have no idea when our claims will be reviewed, none. Not one penny of restitution has been made to the people that were affected by the fire, not a penny," said Appel.


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can anyone help me. I transplanted my 2 plumeria a few days ago and now they look like they are dying. The wind we had blew the planters over, one of the branches looks limp. I used moisture potting soil, which I just read I wasn't so good to use. Is it just going through shock or should I go and get cactus potting soil and repot again. They were doing so well but they have been in the same pot for three years this summer and have never had a flower. I read that they could be root bound, so I decided to transplant. any help???
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According to Lee's defense attorneys, he had given his login and password to his two children, who were using them to log on to the Internet. While their activities may have been innocent, it made the data sitting on Los Alamos's open network more vulnerable to hackers. Scott Larson, an FBI agent who supervises the bureau's "Infrastructure Protection and Computer Intrusion Squad," testified that hackers gravitate to university computers because scientists who are teaching classes often use these machines to connect with their employers. "It's part of the methodology," he said. "If I want to attack a particular Air Force base or lab, I'm going to first hack into a university close by, where people are taking classes and quite often log in back and forth from the university account to their military account or lab account."
Lee's login and password had also traveled across the open Internet when he was in Taiwan and had the two unclassified files sent back to him. Larson said he had "a suspicion" that Lee's login and password had been captured. "Whether it's been used or not, I don't know," he testified. "And the methodology would be to use an account that has root access, grab the files and then delete any sort of track."
According to government witnesses, one of Lee's passwords was "W. H. Lee," which FBI agents said provided no extra protection whatsoever. "The use of his name as a password was functionally as if he never used a password because it would be so easy to guess by an outsider or unauthorized person to gain access to those secret, restricted data files," Messemer testified.
What would all of this information mean in the hands of another country? Physicist Stephen Younger testified that it would mean different things to different nations. If a country that had not yet developed a workable atomic bomb obtained the tapes, it could develop a credible weapon in a short period of time without having to do any actual testing. Countries that were a little further along could greatly advance their nuclear-weapons capability. And those countries with a fully developed weapons program could use the data to pinpoint "vulnerabilities in the American arsenal, which would help them to defeat our weapons through antiballistic missile systems or other means," he said.
Paul Robinson, the hawkish director of Sandia National Laboratories and advisor to the commander in chief of STRATCOM, concurred with Younger's assessment, testifying that the loss of the tapes was one of the most serious breaches of national security that he had ever seen. "These tapes could truly change the world's strategic balance. The previous worst case I am aware of classified information being stolen also happened at Los Alamos, [with] Klaus Fuchs taking a design that if detonated, could demonstrably kill 100,000 people in a city. These would allow the design of weapons that would kill several million people if a single weapon were detonated in a city. In that sense, it raises the level of danger and concern."
If the government does not ascertain who might have seen the actual data, Robinson testified, U.S. military planners will have a much harder time trying to assess threats. Hinting at how the government might attempt at trial to show Lee intended to harm the U.S., prosecutor Robert Gorence then asked, "Is a mere uncertainty of a risk of harm an injury to the United States?"
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"Would you contemplate the United States government spending -- and I don't want to mischaracterize it, but enormous amounts of money in response to what Dr. Lee did?"
"The United States would do everything in its power to preserve freedom. I am not sure at this point exactly what the next step is that we would take. This is a grave undercut to our strategic posture."
The missing tapes were a catch-22 for Lee's defense team. After losing his security clearance, Lee had certified on a boilerplate Security Termination Statement that "in accordance with DOE security regulations, I have destroyed or transferred to persons designated by the DOE all classified documents and material for which I was charged or which I had in my possession." Investigators found this statement inadequate, and demanded specific details on how Lee had destroyed the tapes. But any additional information Lee provided would have incriminated him on the very charges for which he was to be eventually indicted.
Government prosecutors had no evidence that the tapes had been passed to a third party. But the massive computer forensics investigation also had not revealed any evidence regarding the whereabouts or purported destruction of the missing tapes.
And during the bail hearings, neither side offered a motive for why Lee had made the tapes in the first place. Lee himself was rather vague when asked this question during a 60 Minutes interview that aired on August 1, 1999: "The reason I download the computer code from classified machine to -- into unclassified machine is part of my job, to protect my code, to protect my file. I do that routinely. I had never give those, you know, information to any unauthorized person."


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Listen I'm not here to blab about the Cubs making a playoff run or any of that bullshit. No fuckin thanks. We were out of it before the season even started. Still, I have an obligation to myself, Ron Santo's legacy, and most importantly stoolie Cub fans to breakdown the first half. My conclusion? We're not that bad..
Run Differential and Blown Saves
Big Cat brought this up the other day and it bears repeating… did you know we have a -10 run differential? 93 games, 384 runs scored, 394 runs surrendered. All things considered, that's very impressive. Speaking of 93, that's how many wins the Orioles had last year when they finished at a +7 run differential. Pretty wild shit, especially when you consider the following: we've blown 19 saves in 41 chances this year, which is obviously dead last in MLB. Of the 19 blown saves, we've lost 14.
Using basic arithmetic and microsoft excel, my numbers show that if we converted saves at the league average (70%) and not the league worst (54%) while winning games in which we blow a save at the same rate (5/19), then we'd have 5 more wins. That means we'd be 47-46, only 5 games out of a wildcard spot, and ready to make the second half playoff push I said I wouldn't talk about. Unfortunately, we don't close games at league average because our bullpen is the closest thing to professional baseball's island of misfit toys. On the bright side though, we're on a 60 run improvement from last year through the first 93 games. That's a little something called progress.
We have 3 of the best #3 starting pitchers in baseball, and they're providing value in unique ways:
1. Shark: I don't even think we know what we've got with Samardzija. Very interesting development. His time on the gridiron really limited his exposure when he was younger. As a result, his arm has a lot less mileage than you'd expect from a 28 year old. According to Fan Graphs, his ground ball/fly ball ratio is up, infield fly ratio is way up, pitches per plate appearance is down, and % of strikeouts looking is up. Those metrics are indicative of someone gaining maturity and command of multiple pitches. Oh and I suppose it also helps that when he's on, he is absolutely fucking nasty. Now just hope there's continued minor regression towards the end of the season so we can get him on the cheap for a few more years. All that contract talk after he sprinted out of the gate probably got Hoystein a little uneasy, but waiting until after the season to resume contract negotiations looks like it will pay off. BUILDING BLOCKS PEOPLE.
2. Garza: We all know Garza's days as a Cub are numbered. What we don't yet know is the return. It's been reported that the Cubs are asking for a lot. I find it hard to believe that a team would give up a top level prospect close to the big leagues. I'm betting we get a top A ball pitching prospect, and a couple good position players who are in AA or AAA, maybe even a young big leaguer who hasn't had much of a chance to take off yet. Who knows. All I can say is thank fucking god he hasn't gone back to the DL. His market is heating up and you can guarantee Theo is going to milk that bitch for all it's worth.
3. Wood: Remember the idiots who made a big deal out of the Sean Marshall trade? Yeah, those people are called fuckwads. Rebuilding teams can't afford luxuries like soft tossing lefty specialists with big breaking balls. As such, trading for him has been Theo's finest move to date. While small in stature, he makes up for it with a cut fastball that just absolutely saws logs. His mastery of the cutter has enabled him to get that downhill tilt on the ball that shorter pitchers usually have a very hard time finding (amirite WhiteSoxDave?). Downhill tilt leads to less solid contact, which leads to less hits. Speaking of less hits, he's 7th in the MLB in hits per nine innings. For context, Max Scherzer is #8. Oh and he's only 26 and a fucking awesome athlete (higher OPS than half the starting lineup). When you consider that a left handed pitcher's peak is generally between ages 27-31, you have to like the trend for #37.
Rizzo (.241/.328/.441) and Castro (.243/.280/.351)
This is the foundation. Everything we hear about building a contender on the Northside is premised on Rizzo and Castro paving the way. So why haven't they played like it? Rizzo has been slightly above average (.769 OPS, 108 OPS+) at the plate. While slightly above average may cut it in our bullpen, that shit certainly isn't going to work in the middle of our lineup. He's consistently been impatient with runners in scoring position (What's a changeup, bro?) and overly patient with the bags empty (Nah I'll just wait til he cooks one down the middle). Good thing is it's all approach. Not working with a long swing or a slow bat. Again, I know we've said it about a billion times already but just be patient.
As for Castro, don't be patient. This is absolute complete fuckin bullshit head to toe, and don't even begin to tell me he's just a kid learning to play the game. Guy has almost 2,400 plate appearances under his belt. That's more than enough to be considered an established big leaguer. His problem is he's out of shape. Slice it and dice it however you want, but that mother fucker put on some goddamn weight. Simply doesn't pass the eye test, and anyone thinking otherwise needs to get their head checked. My guess is he bought into all that hype about developing into a 20-25 homerun threat and figured putting on weight would be the best way to do it. That or maybe he's just lazy and doesn't give a fuck now that he got a $60m contract. No clue. What I do know is that he hasn't turned on a ball since June 2012, and as a result he's seeing more fastballs (54% career vs. 61% this year) and he can't handle them. Look at his spray chart:
That doesn't look like a pure #3 hitter to me. That looks like Mark Grudzielanek circa 1995. So what's the fix? I'm not sure. I don't know how to motivate young Dominican multi-millionaires. I'm guessing you don't either. But that's where the issue lies… just gotta get him ready to play at a high level every day and ready to win a championship.
With alllll of that being said, I think .500 baseball is attainable in the second half. Yes, it's pathetic that I'm advocating for mediocre baseball. Very pathetic actually. But anyone who has recently watched this team will tell you they're noticeably better than before. They're staying in games, driving the ball at the plate, and pitching like actual professionals. Simply put, the tide is turning folks. Get excited and stay excited becuase it's only getting better.