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Summary: Buffy is having Nightmares.
28 Jan 07
2 Mar 13
Chapter Ten
A/N: Sorry there was no update last Sunday. I had and I still have the flu.
A/N: Thanks to Kittenpoker, Odin, Claddagh, Voldemort, and Shadowslayers for their recommendations.
A/N: Big thanks to Grey Wizard and Sandra for Beta Reading. Clark and Von for being prereaders. I don't know what I would do without you guys!
Chapter Ten
"What do you mean Willow is coming to Cleveland and bringing Kennedy's squad?" Giles questioned Xander. The phone line in the observation room had a lot of static so Giles had to make sure he'd heard the young man correctly. He closed his eyes so he could concentrate on Xander's voice. It seemed like all he'd done for the past two weeks was talk on static filled phones.
Mostly because Giles didn't want to use his magic cell phone, and let the SGC know of its existence.
Buffy was sleeping peacefully in the room below him. Both the Slayers on guard duty seemed to be asleep, too. His girl had lost some of the pinched look around her eyes and Dr Frasier was almost giddy with her physical progress. The doctor warned that healing Buffy's mind was going to take time, and most of it would be up to Buffy wanting to get better. Still, that doctor was granting them the gift of that time to help Buffy heal. And that meant he could allow hope to slowly seep back into his soul.
'As long as there is life, there is hope,'
he remembered his grandmother's saying.
"Willow called right before they left the Devon Coven, about an hour ago, and said she wanted to be close in case Buffy needed her," Xander replied. "Remember that you were the one who assigned Kennedy's squad as her permanent body guards." He sounded like he was beyond exhausted.
'Maybe it would be a good idea for the Witch to be Cleveland for a few days it could give Xander a rest.'
He thought, rubbing the bridge of his nose, where his glasses chafed.
'The two of them hadn't seen each other since the briefing with IOC/UN. Maybe Kennedy's squad can help out, too. It will give some of the Slayers that were directly involved with Buffy a rest. After all the girl might have calmed down and might not be so arrogant now. Just because Kennedy was coming to the states didn't mean it had be a disaster. It's not like Willow was bringing her here where she could directly challenge Buffy.'
"Giles? Earth to Giles, come in Giles," Xander laughed into the phone, breaking the Watcher out of his thoughts—again.
"I'm still here Xander," he replied. He, too, was becoming slightly giddy with the news about Buffy's seeming physical improvement. He needed to find his bed while his dear girl slept. "About the nine other slayers?"
"Yeah, are you sure you General O'Neill said nine? I already have Susan and Rocky headed there.," he said, and Giles could tell that he was straining to figure out the change in attitude from this morning until now.
Giles tried to think of what to say without stepping on Xander's authority. The young man had made incredible strides in becoming the leader that Giles needed him to be in the coming years. While Giles liked and trusted Robin Woods, the man just didn't demand the loyalty that Xander seemed to get without trying from the Slayers.
"Yes, I'm sure we need them," Giles paused again. He also wanted answers from Xander about not keeping him in the loop; only Giles just didn't see it as important at the moment. "Apparently, the connection Buffy has with the slayers is a lot more than we realized."
"Buffy keeping things from us--now where have I heard that tune before?" Xander sighed. Giles cringed at his words. For a moment Xander sounded exactly like he did at Sunnydale High, when he would complain about Angel.
"Xander, she has always kept her own council in personal matters, as is her right," Giles felt the need the to defend Buffy suddenly. "She would never keep this connection or bond she has with the other Slayers private."
"Then why didn't I know about it?" Xander snapped. Giles knew the boy loved Buffy, just as much, and maybe more, in a different kind of way than the Watcher. Xander had just proven how much, beyond a doubt over the past two weeks, still, the blame Buffy first attitude had to stop.
"Maybe the same way you didn't know that Nancy was a Medical Doctor, in her second year of a prestigious surgical residencyat Duke University when she was Called? And not simply in '
med school?
' Or that Tracy isn't eighteen, she's just had her sixteenth birthday?" Giles replied, trying to keep his voice even and mild. He did not want this conversation to escalate. He could tell by the way Xander didn't answer right away that he wanted the same thing. As Giles' mother would say
, 'they were both so tired they couldn't see straight.'
Nor could they force their minds to work.
"I'm sorry, Giles. I guess I channeled my father for a moment there. I just want things simple again, for everything to be back the way it was back in High School. But with the 500 or so extra Slayers to help," he joked. Giles could hear the contrition in his voice.
"To be fair Buffy did mention something about the bond and that was why she was able to find the minis so fast," Xander revealed. "I just didn't know how big of a deal it was to her."
"And it seems to be a rather important to the other Slayers, too," Giles added to Xander's thought. "Maybe this is something Willow wouldn't mind researching while she's there? Since Kennedy is one of the 'Sunnydale Slayers' and thus stronger, she might have some insights to add." Giles thought about it for a few moments. "It might be a good idea to contact Faith and ask her about it, perhaps?" He left it as a question for Xander to pick-up or not.
"Yeah, OK, just after I take a nap," Xander said. "I'll let Dawn know about Buffy and get to work on getting seven more Slayers freed up and out to Colorado."
"Good night." Giles listened until Xander replied and hung-up the phone. Then he opened his eyes and looked right into Buffy's alert hazel ones.
So much for Buffy getting some sleep, he vaguely thought, because he had a feeling that she had heard every word of the conversation.
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Daniel had fully intended on researching the Alterans, really he had! Only when he got back to his office he saw the file on the Council and Buffy Summers still spread out on his desk and he couldn't help himself.
An hour later he knew why he was so fascinated with the image on his computer—because he knew about the fight from Buffy. He just didn't understand how he knew because his very human mind simply couldn't grasp the entirety of Heaven. Or more importantly, how does one communicate with Heaven? He just knew all about it.
He knew how high she'd gotten after defeating the monster Adam, then how low after finding the desperate fight going on all around her. Then how enraged she'd become at the very men she was trying to save for creating the mess in the first place. It wasn't like the carnage of her High School where the bravery of the students saved the town; the Initiative was simply man's willful ignorance.
"Danny, would you please answer your phone!" His best friend's exasperated voice jerked him out of his thoughts. Daniel was caught between jumping out of his chair, covering the files on his desk, and being irritated at the interruption.
Instead he just clicked on the screensaver and swiveledhis chair around to face his friend.
"Daniel, what did you want to talk to me about?"
Jack looked--well, he looked very impatient. Almost like he would get when Sam would try explaining something about the Stargate. Then he remembered the importance of today.
"Happy first date anniversary, where do you and Sam plan to go?" Daniel asked, pleased that he could remember such an important date to his friends.
"We were going to that new French place, you know the one where there is a two month waiting list for a reservation? Now I'm thinking it'll be a dinner for two from the drive-through at Wendy's! What did you need me for?" Jack answered, and Daniel couldn't help but feel a little guilty. All he really had was a name and nothing else.
"I'm sorry, Jack, its not much. Buffy remembered the name of the Ancients," he said, then shrugged his shoulders. "I guess you can go meet Sam. I'm sorry to keep you."
Jack turned to leave then leaned back into the room. "What was the name?"
"The Alterans," Daniel replied, waiting for his reaction.
"Alterans, you don't say?" He said, then after a beat. "I've got nothing. Good night Daniel." Jack left his waving hand and arm the last thing Daniel saw.
"Good night, Jack," Daniel replied then scrambled up out of his seat and raced to the door of his office.
"Jack!" he shouted down the hallway. When the General turned around Daniel caught himself right before he shouted, say hi to Sam. It had been so close, he had come so close to outing his friends! It didn't matter that the President and General Hammond knew or that Sam had even transferred to Area 51.
"Nothing, Jack, just nothing. I'll try to have something for you in the morning," Daniel finished.
Only, when he walked back into his office he saw the files laid out on his desk….
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Giles stood outside the blast door to Buffy's '
staring at it. The young man that the General had assigned him was posed with the security card next to the reader to open the door. The young man was patiently waiting for Giles' signal.
The SP stood there, with his eyes diverted, his back ramrod straight, and he gave off the air that he would wait there forever if Giles so deemed it. The Watcher really was going to have to compliment Jack on the superior nature of his personnel. There was a relaxed, yet competent, attitude to all the military staff that he'd been exposed to so far.
Maybe they should station a team of the older Slayers here to get the experience?
'No, that wouldn't work; the only reason the Council demands respect on an international level is because its neutral. What would Qubal, the Lebanese Slayer, think about working for the Great Satan and what would General O'Neill think about having a former operative for Hammas in America's most secret facility?'
He knew that was an extreme example even though it was true. After all the Slayers didn't only come from America or the UK.
The door slid opened in front of him and the nursing personnel filed out followed by Spring and Tracy. Tracy was yawning and clearly half asleep. But it didn't stop her from demanding, "Are you going in there or are you just gonna stand out here and keep us awake all night?"
"Tracy!" Spring cried, and gently (for a Slayer) swatted the back of the girl's head. "Miss Buffy will
with you good, if you don't show some respect to her Watcher!"
The young Slayer gulped, and it wasn't from the threat of sparring with Buffy; Giles could clearly see the shame on her face.
"I'm sorry Mr. Giles," she said, sincerely. "I didn't mean to insult you. Buffy's always bragging about you and how you've kept her alive," the teenager said.
Giles stared down at Tracy. He could feel his mouth opening and closing in his best imitation of a fish. Spring tugged the teenager away from him before he could think of an answer.
"We be going to get something to eat, and then Tracy and I'll be back," the older, Southern Slayer, said, back peddling down the hallway. Or would this be considered a tunnel? He wondered to himself. He knew that the main complex was a simple building inside a hollowed out mountain. However, they were on level twenty-four and level thirty was the lowest on the lift's control panel.
"Giles, get in here, before I get up and drag you in," Buffy's voice echoing through the doorway sounded weak, as if she'd just woken from a heavy sleep. And as he walked up to the bed he felt guilty about waking her up.
Then he felt her and could feel the energy of her personality flowing off her. It was almost like her illness had drained something vital from her and none of them had noticed.
"You have worried face--why do you have worried face when I'm getting better?" Buffy asked, and she sounded so much like the Buffy he had in High School that for a second Giles hoped that they could repair their relationship.
"Giles, say something," Buffy uttered. She suddenly found the IV line very interesting because she wouldn't look up at him. He knew he was missing an important opportunity with Buffy he simply didn't know what to say!
"I'm sorry I dragged you all the way from London, I know you had that meeting about opening up an office in Indonesia. I didn't know you were coming or I would have told you that…." Giles put his finger over Buffy's lips to stop the self-recrimination.
"My dear girl, would you please let me think of a way to say I'm sorry," he interrupted her. Giles knew instantly he'd said the right thing because of the way her eyes opened wide in confusion. He took his hand away from her mouth.
"Giles, you have nothing to be sorry for--you've been so busy running the Council. We've been trying to handle everything on our own and making a mess," Buffy quickly said, as she watched him intently. It was almost as though she was afraid he would disappear if she let him out of her sight. Just like the way the baby Slayers acted around her. That thought made something click in his mind.
He would need to contact Robin in London because the book he needed was in his personal library.
His silence must have hurt Buffy's feelings because she was again facing away from him and he could see her eyes shinning as if she was about to cry.
"Hey, I guess you need to get back to the UK, huh? It's Ok--everything here is under control," his dear girl said.
Giles wasn't overly physical in his affections; having been raised with his father's Old School British reserve. However, in this one case he knew he had to do something—fast—or he would forever lose his last chance at making amends with Buffy.
He picked up her hand, the one without the IV line, and when she turned to face him, he smiled hesitantly down at her.
"Buffy," he paused. Why was it so hard to say it? He had to do so now or he would never ever forgive himself.
"Buffy, I am so proud of you and so grateful that I know you," he told her as he searched for the right words to express himself. He had to close his eyes to do so whatever expression flew across her face wouldn't distract him.
"I am proud of you as a Slayer, but I am even more proud of the woman you have become." There, he'd said it. What he should have said to her the night everyone stabbed her in the back and kicked her out of her own house. Kicked her out into the night, in a town full of Turk-a-han.
He finally got up the nerve to open his eyes. Buffy was sitting up in the bed openly crying.
"I'm sorry!" the apology was out of his mouth before he realized it.
"These are happy tears, doofus!" Buffy replied. "Giles, I thought you hated me, I thought I was terrible because so many of the girls died. Giles how do I stop seeing them in my dreams? How can I make peace with them when I killed them?" His Slayer started sobbing from grief, so he did the only thing he could think of--he sat down on the bed and held her.
When his arms wrapped around her, her tears increased until her entire body was shaking. And all he could do was cry with her because this was his fault.
What General O'Neill had said earlier came back to him. He held Buffy out at arms length and when he had her attention he asked her the most important question of his life.
"Buffy can you forgive me for all the things I said and did during the battle with the First?"
Because that was what he needed--forgiveness from her.
She wiped her eyes, glanced down, and nodded.
"Buffy I need you to say the words," he pushed.
"I forgive you, Giles. Can you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?" Her voice was soft, and hoarse from crying.
"For what dear girl?" he immediately asked. He realized that General O'Neill was right about sitting in the dark and keeping score. So he said the words her tired soul needed to hear. "Of course I forgive you, Buffy."
That wasn't enough, however.
He needed to say more. He needed to tell her his most prized secret, something he always thought and never had the nerve to give it voice.
"You are my daughter in every way except birth."
"Oh, Giles!" Buffy cried, and then threw both her arms around him. Which of course caused one of those blasted wires they had her stuck all over her to fall off causing the loudest racket possible to instantly begin blaring from one of the machines, and then people flooded into the room like ants at a picnic.
"Dr. Giles I need to you step outside for a moment while we see what's happening," the small doctor demanded after she turned off machine making the racket.
"I'll be right back Buffy," he told her, reluctantly pulling away and standing up.
Buffy held onto his hand and forced him to turn around. For the first time he noticed her weak grip.
"No, Giles." She shook her head, "go get some sleep. Its half-past ten here so it would be like next week London time. You must be exhausted. The shrink is going to be here in the morning and I want you here because he wants me to try some freaky alien thing-y."
Giles searched his mind and then he remembered the mention of the Tok'ra Memory Device. He wanted—no, needed--to know if it was safe and if it would help his daughter.
"Alright, I will see you in the morning," Giles said. She released him and he walked to the door. He turned around before he left and his heart lifted because for the first time in years, Buffy was truly smiling.
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Daniel started awake.
Looking around, he realized he was sitting in his chair at his desk with his head cradled in his arms on the desk. He rubbed his eyes and then groaned as pain from his back shot all the way up his spine to his neck.
He had been dreaming. He remembered he was dreaming. So what woke him? he wondered, as he glanced at the clock and realized that it was 3:00AM. There was somewhere he had to be, somewhere he had to go.
He got up from his chair and realized his mind was fuzzy. He couldn't think because he was so tired. Maybe if he got some coffee, it'd help clear his mind? The only decent coffee at this hour was in the infirmary. Daniel stood with the vague idea of going to the infirmary to get coffee.
As he locked up his office and walked through the empty hallway to the elevator the intensity of the feeling he had to be somewhere gripped him tighter. He started walking, moving faster and faster until he was finally running.
The elevator was open so he skidded to a stop inside the doors and then had a moment of confusion as he studied the control panel. He didn't know which level to hit and still the urge that he had to be somewhere or something awful would happen continued to spur him on. He finally just picked a level and stood tapping his fingers on the door until it opened.
That's when he remembered Buffy Summers was on this level and he might as well check in with her.
Only again, once he started walking, he moved faster and faster until he was running.
When he got to the blast door he could barely wait for it to open before he dashed in—to see the monitors by her bed going crazy and the two Slayer guards standing out of the way their faces ashen.
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At least 6 percent of Americans between the ages of 44 and 70, or 5.3 million people, are working in second careers with charities, governments, schools, or other institutions that benefit society, according to a new survey.
And half of the people in that age group who aren't already involved in so-called "encore careers" say they would like to find such employment.
Even so, the survey found that many older Americans wanted more flexibility in their jobs and schedules than they thought most nonprofit groups could offer.
The survey was commissioned by Civic Ventures, a charity in San Francisco that seeks to engage older Americans in civic activities, and paid for by the MetLife Foundation, in New York. It was based on telephone interviews with more than 1,000 people.
The number of people who are working at nonprofit groups or want to do so "is a huge talent pool," said Phyllis N. Segal, vice president of Civic Ventures. "This is a potential boon to nonprofits looking to carry out their mission."
Top Causes
Working in schools or at other organizations that promote education is the biggest draw for people pursuing a second career. Thirty-percent are employed with education charities, schools, or similar groups.
Twenty-three percent of those employed in encore careers work in health care, while 16 percent work for government and 13 percent for other types of nonprofit groups.
Survey respondents interested in encore careers said they were motivated by a desire to stay active, productive, and challenged. More than a third cited practical concerns such as a need to continue making money and receiving health benefits.
However, the survey found that even those enthusiastic about encore careers had significant reservations.
Eighty percent said they were concerned about being able to take time off from work when they needed it. Seventy-one percent were worried about being able to balance work with taking care of family members and other responsibilities.
But most people already working in encore careers didn't see those concerns as an issue, according to the survey. Just 27 percent said they were not able to take as much time off as they would like, while only 15 percent said they were having trouble balancing work with other tasks.
The majority (59 percent) devoted 40 hours or more per week to their job.
"This is a highly skilled and educated work force, but it's also a highly committed work force," said Ms. Segal. "They're highly satisfied with the income and the benefits and the flexibility they receive."
Ms. Segal also noted that many of the things older workers wanted in their jobs — such as flexibility and a sense of purpose — were characteristics that people in their 20s and early 30s have told researchers are important.
"By making workplaces attractive to people who are interested in encore careers, nonprofits will also make workplaces attractive to younger people," she said.
Changes in Policy
Survey respondents also cited additional steps that employers and policy makers could take to make second careers more appealing.
Seventy-two percent said they'd like to see an end to financial penalties for continuing to work. Sixty-four percent wished it were easier to use the Internet to find jobs with nonprofit groups, government, and other institutions.
Sixty-one percent wanted more education and training that would qualify them for second careers.
The survey found that people already working in encore careers tend to be in their 50s, highly educated, and female.
Sixty percent are age 51 to 62, while 24 percent are 44 to 50, and 16 percent are 63 to 70.
Eighty-eight percent come from professional and white-collar jobs, while more than two-thirds (67 percent) have at least a college degree.
Fifty-six percent are women. Forty-two percent reside in the suburbs, compared with 30 percent who come from cities and 28 percent from small towns or rural areas.
People who expressed an interest in finding "encore-career" work, but hadn't yet made the leap, were slightly younger on average.
Fifty percent of people between 44 and 50 said they wanted such jobs. That compares with 46 percent of people 51 to 62, and 34 percent between 63 and 70.

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Global data center cooling market is forecast to be worth US$8Bn by 2018
Global flow chemistry market forecast to attain revenues of US$1.2Bn by 2018
Fleet services market part of a larger vehicle leasing sector
In 2010, the global blood disorders market was estimated to be worth $39.4 billion, representing a CAGR of 6.9% between 2002 and 2010. By 2017, the global blood disorders market is expected to reach $50.9 billion, growing at a CAGR of 3.7% between 2010 and 2017. The major reason for this reduced growth rate is the expected decline in the annual cost of treating blood disorders after 2010.
The global blood disorders market is expected to witness a series of patent expiries between 2010 and 2017, which includes most of the top selling blockbuster drugs in the anemia, thrombosis, hemophilia, neutropenia and Alexander's disease markets. The major drugs that are set to lose patent protection between 2010 and 2017 include Kogenate FS in the UK and Germany (2009), NovoSeven (2010), ReFacto (2010), BeneFIX (2011) and Kogenate FS in the US (2014), Plavix (2011), Lovenox (2012), Neupogen (2013), Epogen/Procrit (2013), Aranesp (2014) and Neulasta (2015).
All these drugs together account for approximately $32 billion of revenues in the global blood disorders market.
While the current blood disorders pipeline does offer some promising products, the revenues generated from these products are not expected to completely offset the revenue lost due to patent expiries. Thus, in the future, the overall growth of the global blood disorders market is expected to decline. The Blood Disorders Therapeutics Market is Concentrated, with Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi Controlling Approximately 61% of the Market
The current global blood disorders market is significantly consolidated as the top three players in the market, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Sanofi, control approximately 61% of the market. Amgen is the current market leader with its blockbuster products, Neulasta (pegfilgrastim), Epogen (epoetin alpha), Aranesp (darbepoetin) and Neupogen (filgrastim) controlling 31.3% of the total blood disorders market in 2010. BMS follows with a 16.9% market share, primarily due to its top selling thrombosis product, Plavix. Sanofi's third position is attributed to the sales of Plavix (clopidogrel) and Lovenox (enoxaparin), which also have a significant presence in the branded blood disorders market for the treatment of thrombosis, with a share of 12.4% of the global blood disorders therapeutics market. Baxter and Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. are the fourth and the fifth largest players, primarily due to Advate (antihemophilic factor), Recombinate (factor VIII) and Procrit (epoetin alpha), respectively. The companies control 5.3% and 4.1% of the total blood disorders market, respectively.
The Blood Disorders Therapeutics Pipeline is Dominated by Early-Stage Development Products
The current blood disorders market scenario demands substantial output from the research and development (R&D) departments of pharmaceutical companies. With a series of patent expiries planned in the next seven years, disease indications such as thrombosis, anemia, hemophilia A, hemophilia B and Alexander's disease are set to lose billions of dollars of revenue from the market as a result.
The current pharmaceutical pipeline for blood disorders does contain some promising drugs. However, the drugs are not expected to completely replace the revenue losses experienced due to the patent expiries of the current blockbuster drugs, such as Plavix, Neulasta, Epogen, Aranesp, Kogenate FS (antihemophilic factor), NovoSeven (coagulation factor VIIa) and BeneFIX (coagulation factor IX), among others.
The current blood disorders pipeline contains 154 projects across eight major indications. Hemophilia, currently accounting for more than 36% of the total blood disorders market, is the key therapy area of focus in the current pipeline. Anemia is the second largest indication, with 25% of pipeline molecules, while thrombosis is third, with 23% of the global blood disorders pipeline molecules.
About 3% of the total projects for blood disorders have been NDA Filed. Molecules at the phase III stage account for 14%, while phase II and phase I molecules account for 23% each. This is followed by molecules at the preclinical stage, which account for 34%. 3% of the blood disorders pipeline molecules are currently at the discovery stage.
Many patent expiries during the forecast period may be the reason for the decline of the blood disorders therapeutics market from 2010 to 2017. This loss is expected to be off-set by late-stage pipeline molecules during the forecast period.
Report overview
This report provides in-depth analysis of drivers and barriers that impact the global blood disorders market. The report analyzes the markets for blood disorders in the US, the top five countries in Europe (the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain) and Japan. Treatment usage patterns, sales, prices and volumes are forecast until 2017 for the key geographies as well as the leading therapeutic segments. Further, the report provides competitive benchmarking for the leading companies and analyzes the mergers, acquisitions and licensing agreements that shape the global markets.
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- Annualized market data for the blood disorders market from 2002 to 2010, forecast forward to 2017.- Analysis of the leading therapeutic segments, including anemia, thrombosis, neutropenia, hemophilia A, hemophilia B, hemophilia C, von Willebrand's disease and Alexander disease.- Analysis of the blood disorders market in the leading geographies of the world, which include the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. - Market characterization of the blood disorders market, including market size, annual cost of treatment and treatment usage pattern. - Key drivers and barriers that have a significant impact on the market. - Coverage of pipeline molecules in various phases of drug development. - Competitive benchmarking of leading companies. The key companies studied in this report are Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis, Baxter and Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc.- Key M&A activities, licensing agreements, that have taken place from 2004 to 2011 in the global blood disorders market.
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This kind of flippancy is illustrative of the Temple's worldview. But Parfrey says, "I take them seriously. I take them seriously in the respect that they take what they do seriously. People can't go full-bore on something seven days a week for nearly seven years without some degree of seriousness."
Parfrey is convinced that the Partridge Family Temple fits just as well into the Cult Rapture concept as do other people and other groups he's included in the book. Among those, he says, are "militia groups, patriot groups, Bo Gritz, coprophiles, and this weird sex cult in San Diego where you have to be crippled or paraplegic to join. And there's also a cult of lonely, ugly girls, mainly from Southern California, who produce things called `slash fiction.' It's actually pornographic fiction based upon their fantasies about TV stars. In that respect, they have something in common with the Partridge Family."
Do these TV cults represent a trend? Before long, will doctrines celebrating, say, Bewitched, The Munsters or Me and the Chimp suddenly emerge and take the nation by storm? Parfrey knows better than to predict. But he does allow that "the exposure of the mind to ideas that are contrary or unusual is a good thing."
At Casa Bonita, the four Partridges clutch Parfrey's opinion to their bosoms. They repeatedly raise a flag designed to alert waitresses to service requests, ensuring that a parade of potential recruits beats a path to the platform. As the Reverend passes out stickers to one waitress, Giddle asks, "Is Bananas coming on soon?"
This is no casual query. Bananas is a gorilla (actually, a diver in a monkey suit) who appears in one of the skits that restaurant staffers perform at regular intervals. It's the Family's favorite Casa Bonita theatrical--and when an actress wearing safari duds steps onto a stage above the waterfall and begins shrieking that Bananas has escaped, a smile spreads across Reverend Dan's face. He thrusts his hands into a large duffel bag and emerges with a gorilla costume of his own (in his spare time, he performs at children's birthday parties, most often as Barney or a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger). The Reverend's Temple brethren shake with laughter as the actress, who's already made at least one pilgrimage to their table, shouts out her lines.
"Has anybody seen the gorilla?" she wails. "How about you, Partridge Family?"
At that moment, Reverend Dan pulls the costume's mask over his head, causing the actress to cry out in what seems like genuine shock, "Oh, my God! You're the gorilla!" She waves wildly at a fellow actor wearing matching safari garb and carrying a large butterfly net. "The gorilla is over there! The gorilla is over there!"
With that, the Reverend runs wildly down the aisles, swinging his arms and making jungle noises. Customers twist in their seats to watch the spectacle, and one five-year-old is so startled that he topples down three stairs trying to get out of the gorilla's way (he isn't hurt). In the meantime, the actor captures the Reverend, prompting the actress to holler, "You caught the wrong gorilla! You caught the wrong gorilla!"
Just then, the right gorilla, who'd been waiting patiently for a cue that never came, wanders onto the stage, seemingly perplexed about what he's supposed to be doing. He captures the actress, but it's several moments before the actor realizes it. He's having too much fun with Reverend Dan.
When an exhausted, sweat-drenched Reverend at last plods back to the Temple table, he's tailed by the restaurant's manager and a security guard, both wearing angry expressions. Boyd is delirious with delight. "What are they going to do? Arrest him for impersonating a gorilla?" he wonders. Then a terrible thought strikes him: "Maybe they'll ban him from Casa Bonita forever. They'll put his picture up by all the cash registers."
Reverend Dan looks worried as the manager gets into his face and asks, "What were you doing out there?"
"I wasn't doing anything."
"Oh, I think you were doing something."
"You were interrupting the show," the security guard informs him.
"I was just caught up in everything," Reverend Dan says. "It's so exciting here. See, this is our holy shrine, and we're the Partridge Family."
The security guard cocks his head. "Excuse me?"
"The Partridge Family. You've heard of the Partridge Family, haven't you?"
The manager is getting less amused with each passing minute. "What do you mean by that?"
"The Partridge Family," the Reverend continues. "You know, the TV show. It's a religion, too, and I was just feeling so psyched about it that I had to let everyone know."
"I don't know what that means, either," the manager snaps. "I want to know what you were doing out there."
The guard points at the actors. "Those people are part of the show. You're the customer and they're the performers."
"I don't want to be paid or anything," Reverend Dan protests. "I just thought it would be fun. That's what the Partridge Family is all about. Fun."
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Mises.org has posted Chapter 2 of Ron Paul's glorious new book End the Fed. Here's a small excerpt:
Most Americans haven't thought much about the strange entity that controls the nation's money. They simply accept it as though it has always been there, which is far from the case. Visitors to Washington can see the Fed's palatial headquarters in Washington, D.C., which opened its doors in 1937. Tourists observe its intimidating appearance and forbidding structure, the monetary parallel to the Supreme Court or the Capitol of the United States.
People know that this institution has an important job to do in managing the nation's money supply, and they hear the head of the Fed testify to Congress, citing complex data, making predictions, and attempting to intimidate anyone who would take issue with them. One would never suspect from their words that there is any mismanagement taking place. The head of the Fed always postures as master of the universe, someone completely knowledgeable and completely in control.
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Premier Alison Redford.
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EDMONTON -- Premier Alison Redford booked a $55,000 commercial to break the budget news to Albertans.
"On Thursday evening, I will begin a conversation with Albertans about the challenges we face as a result of the rapidly falling price of Alberta oil," she said in a note to PC party faithful.
Redford's eight-minute video costs $26,000 to produce, "significantly lower than the last state of the province address in 2009, which cost $134,000 to produce and air," her communications director, Stephan Baranski, said.
The airtime on CTV will cost taxpayers $29,000.
The dilemma: a record $40-billion-plus budget with its $2.4 billion year-over-year hike was based on peaked bitumen prices.
Finance Minister Doug Horner said everything's now on the table for cuts to balance the operating budget, never mind the $3 billion deficit.
Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said dipping oil revenues were the topic of her very first question in the spring legislative session.
Had the premier paid attention then, "she wouldn't be in a position now where she's having to pay taxpayers' dollars in a mad scramble to try to get ahead of an issue that she's clearly well behind on," the Wildrose leader said.
Redford should use P.C. party funds for the piece, Smith said, adding that Ontario passed laws against using tax dollars for political ads and B.C.'s NDP have suggested a similar law.
"She's wrapping it up in the language of a state of the province address, but let's be clear: it's a political tactic and it's essentially political advertising and the taxpayers are on the hook for it," Smith said.
NDP Leader Brian Mason said watch for broken promises.
"After making $6 billion worth of promises during the last election, the premier now has to admit that she won't keep many of her promises," Mason said, citing in-budget stealth cuts already made to home-care, education and, just Wednesday, 48 licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in Edmonton.
Tories elected her to govern in good times and bad, Redford said Wednesday, citing a PC mandate to invest in services and infrastructure.
In the March 7 budget, the Tory government will live within the province's means, Redford said.
"Despite falling oil revenues, I give you my commitment that as we deliver our long-term economic plan for Alberta, we will be thoughtful in our approach and we will deliver on these priorities," Redford said.
The eight-minute tape will broadcast Thursday at 6:52 p.m. on CTV. It will run on CTV2 at 7:52 p.m., 11:52 p.m. and on Friday at 11:52 am.


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One week ago, the Colorado Mammoth was able to overcome a 5-0 deficit en route to a home victory. On Saturday night in Buffalo, the Mammoth found itself down 5-0 again. Despite leveling the game at seven late in the third quarter, Colorado couldn't manage another come-from-behind win and ultimately lost to Buffalo, 12-9.
"It's two games in a row we've done that now," said Coach Pat Coyle, referring to the early discrepancy. "It puts pressure on us that you can actually see guys tighten up every goal and it feels like 'Here we go again!'. We just need to come out faster and it's up to Dan [Stroup], Chris [Gill] and me to figure out what we need to do to make that happen."
For the first 24 minutes of the game, Colorado was held scoreless. Then, forward John Grant Jr. netted the Mammoth's first goal. It was the one of Grant's four on the night, and one of three for him on the power-play.
"When we were moving the ball like we've been practicing, the offense looked good," said Coach Stroup. "It gets a little stale if we don't do the things we've been practicing."
Joey Cupido's shorthanded goal in transition late in the fourth quarter was Colorado's only score from the crease area. The other eight tallied by the Mammoth were from the outside.
"Those are things we have to work at as a team – getting better opportunities," said Stroup.
Rookie goaltender Dillon Ward kept Colorado in the game as it clawed its way back to a 7-5 deficit. A five-minute boarding major by Buffalo's Dhane Smith opened the door for the Mammoth, and Grant's two power-play goals in a span of 33 seconds evened the score at seven. But the Bandits answered back. Buffalo's John Tavares scored with less than two seconds left in the third to give his team a lead it wouldn't relinquish.
After a bye next weekend, the Mammoth returns to HealthONE Field at Pepsi Center on Sat., Mar. 29 at 7pm MT to take on the Philadelphia Wings on Western Night. Tickets to the game are on sale now at the Pepsi Center Box Office, all Altitude Tickets outlets, online at AltitudeTickets.com, or by phone at 866.461.6556.


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Good policies pay off, visiting IMF managing director Lagarde says of Rwanda
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, will today begin her three day visit to Rwanda, her first since she came to the helm of the institution in 2011. In an e-mail correspondence with The New Times� Kenneth Agutamba, Lagarde sheds light on her institution�s current relationship...
Central bank cautions POS agents against charging customers
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has cautioned businesses which use Point of Sale (POS) devices against charging customers, who use electronic cards to pay bills, transactional fees.
Tigo incubation centre calls for applications
Local technology startups have an opportunity to grow their enterprises, thanks to Tigo tech incubator centre, think.
No wild cards for 2016 Rio Olympics, Habineza warns
SPORTS minister Joseph Habineza has said that athletes who receive wild cards will not be allowed to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil slated for August 5-21.
Rayon player exodus continues as Sina seeks move to Bosnia
RAYON SPORTS talisman Jerome Sina will sign for a Bosnian club before the current transfer window closes on January 31 if the two parties reach a deal in the ongoing talks.
VIDEO: Kigali picks five for Miss Rwanda contest
The Miss Rwanda regional selection came to an end at SportsView Hotel on Saturday 24 with the selection of the five girls to represent the City of Kigali. Out of the over 50 contenders that were registered in Kigali, 25 turned up and only 19 contested.
Mani Martin releases Valentine song
Afro-soul singer Mani Martin seems to have recovered from the freak toothpick incident he suffered last year with new resolve.
How to fit in at a work place
Work place implies an office, company, field or any organization where one works for a living. In such a set up, people of different capabilities, mindset and background come together for one reason: work.
Music isn't a joke, says third year BBA student
Aimee Milienne Kamagweri is known on the national scene as an up-coming Afro-beat artiste. The 21-year-old born of Nyamirambo, a City of Kigali suburb, is however more than that.
Kaliza started doing business at 12, going regional at 26
For most young people, one must complete college or university education first, save or even borrow a lot of money and then start a business.
Baby switching: Should expectant mothers start getting concerned?
It is the nightmare of every mom-to-be. And rightfully so, because the joy of knowing that the little bundle you've been carrying for the last nine months will be in your arms soon, is out of this world. But alas, as some horror stories that have come from delivery wards...
Why informal cross border trade remains important
The buying and selling of goods and services between businesses in neighbouring EAC Partner States with the seller being in one Partner State and the buyer in the other, for example a company or an individual business person in Rwanda selling to a company in Burundi.
EDITORIAL: Together we can make Rwanda a country of heroes
On January 23, the Chancellery for Heroes, National Order and Decoration of Honour launched a week-long series of activities that will lead up to the National Heroes Day on February 2.
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Gender equality is a common sense and is key to advancement of societies, President Paul Kagame said at the launch of the HeforShe Impact 10x10x10 campaign at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week.
Rwanda to commence construction of bigger Power Projects in 2015 to add more than 300MW on national grid
Infrastructure development in Rwanda; both hard and soft, has been given a high-table consideration in the country's development process.
WDA: Treading the path towards national development
The government has come up with various development programs aimed at achieving national development aspirations and international development commitments.
Rwanda National Police 2014 REVIEW
In the year under review, the Rwanda National Police (RNP) continued its vibrant pace to further ensure safety of people living in Rwanda and their property and to make it a safer place that facilitates development and investment in the transformation process.
�Science, technology and innovation, and the potential of culture, for promoting sustainable development and achieving the MDGs�� - Social Good Summit Event in Rwanda
The Social Good Summit, a unique two-day conference held annually during the United Nations General Assembly Week to open the dialogues taking place around the UN General Assembly to citizens worldwide, will once again take place on 21-22 September 2014
How prepared are schools for new term?
This week, the long holiday will finally come to an end. First term commences on January 26. Many parents are running up and down trying to raise school fees and money for scholastic materials for their children. But are schools ready to receive learners for the new term? The Education...
Is ranking schools necessary?
The recent healthy media debate about school and student rankings has brought great interest from both sides of the argument. A recent comment from the public approached it this way: "We are living in the world of competition and ranking based on the achievements is the best way to show...
What it takes to nurture a baby using Kangaroo Mothercare
Tiny, helpless and extremely fragile is how a premature born baby looks like when it comes into the new world. Preterm infants were often taken to incubators and this caused a distress for both the mother and the baby since they were often separated for long.
A torn net is a bad net and a bad user is a mosquito prey
Most mosquito bites occur at night but some mosquitoes reach out for blood even during the day. Fortunately, malaria alleviation moved a step forward, last year, with the World Health Organisation reporting a reduction in deaths by half, but what does this mean for sub-Saharan Africa, the most affected region?


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Dawson may wear Cubs hat for speech
Andre Dawson said he was disappointed the Hall of Fame decided his plaque in Cooperstown, N.Y., will feature a Montreal Expos hat, but Dawson plans to acknowledge Chicago Cubs fans during his induction speech in July.
Dawson, who spent the first 10 seasons of his career in Montreal, wanted his plaque to feature a Cubs hat. He played six seasons with the Cubs, beginning with his MVP year in 1987.
"I know the difference in the 10 to six years probably was something of a consideration on their part," Dawson said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "But I tried to explain, perhaps, the impact of what really catapulted me to Hall of Fame status, and pretty much what my preference was.
"But I think their decision had been made. It was a little gut-wrenching for me to hear that, but it's their decision, and I respect that, and from there I move on."
Dawson was hoping his preference would carry a little more weight, but the fact the Expos no longer exist might have made an impact on the Hall. The organization left Montreal after the 2004 season and moved to Washington, D.C., becoming the Nationals.
The Baseball Hall of Fame said it considers the wishes of an inductee but that the choice of the logo on each plaque must be emblematic of where the player made his greatest impact.
"The Hall clearly stated their major concern is the history of the game, and that's what really played into their decision," Dawson said. "I'm disappointed. I can probably say that, because Chicago was my preference.
"I received a letter prior to the voting, and it was my understanding they would make the determination [after] sitting down and discussing it ... And I just thought it would carry a little more weight than it did."
While the plaque will feature an Expos logo, the Baseball Hall of Fame said the Cubs, Red Sox and Marlins will also be listed as other teams that Dawson played for.
With Montreal, Dawson won a Rookie of the Year award in 1977 and hit 225 of his 438 career home runs. But it was in Chicago where he became a household name, making it to the All-Star team in five of his six seasons there.
Dawson was asked if he might put on a Cubs hat during his induction speech.
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"To be honest with you, I thought about that," he said. "It was a tough night for me sleeping [Tuesday]. I slept better the night before the announcement than I did after I got the decision last night, as odd as that might sound.
"I don't want to do anything that might be an embarrassment to someone or show someone up, that's not my character. But there will be some way I will try to acknowledge the Cubs fans to show just how important they were to me. I did think about at some point in time during the speech putting a Cubs cap on, but I don't know if that's appropriate."
Dawson also was asked if he's heard from Chicago's most famous baseball fan.
"I haven't heard from [President] Obama, probably because he's a White Sox fan," Dawson said.
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It's mid-June, a time when a rookie taken in the later rounds of April's draft is usually working out at a mini-camp, trying to prove that he's worth a spot on the 53-man roster.
But despite the optimism percolating over the last few days regarding the NFL's labor impasse, the lockout still has gone anywhere, leaving fringe players like Dolphins sixth-round pick Charles Clay waiting for the financial security of their signing bonuses.
Without football and a football-sized paycheck, Clay–a fullback/tight end out of Tulsa–has become just like every other college kid fresh out of school: broke. So what should a 6'4″, 234 pound aspiring NFL player do with the practice field of his future team locked, and his cash flow running dry?
Cut lawns, of course.
Clay has agents and trainers to pay, so sitting idle isn't an option. In a move that speaks volumes about his character, he's been cutting lawns and doing odd jobs in Tulsa.
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"It's tough, but at the same time you've got to get by somehow," Clay told the paper. "I'm pretty sure there are other guys doing the same thing. Nobody is getting any kind of income. You have to get money some kind of way."
Clay also said the euphoria of draft day wore off pretty quickly once reality set in.
"You get your name called and it's kind of like it's a one day deal," Clay said. "I'm just ready for this whole situation to be settled so I can get back to playing football. Once it's settled I'll be on the next flight out. I'll be headed to Miami ASAP."
Like many teams, the Dolphins have had player-organized workouts. Clay would clearly like to be included in those workouts, but since he's currently in Tulsa and the Dolphins are practicing down in South Beach, travel is another area where funds have been restrictive.
"At one point I actually thought about going down there, but when you go down there and you have no source of income I'd just be down there," he said. "You also take the risk of being injured."
Being broke in the early days of adulthood is an experience most of us have lived through. But going through that experience with the knowledge that you'll be getting a large sum of money at an undetermined future date must be both relieving, and incredibly frustrating.
Clay was drafted 174th overall, and last spring the player drafted in that exact spot eventually received a four-year contract worth $1.9 million, with an immediate signing bonus of $118,000. Late round picks like Clay are typically signed in May and June, with the draft signing period reaching its crescendo once the top picks are given the big money, sometimes after a training camp holdout that extends into August.
Lawn duty obviously doesn't pay nearly as well as the money he'll be making if and when Clay cracks Miami's roster, but at least it's something. The company Clay is working for–a company called LPD–is getting a pretty sweet deal too with a bull-like football player doing hard labor for a few months.
Maybe they're onto something, and maybe a few more broke draftees will start sweating behind a mower soon. Now all they have to do is recruit Von Miller.
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313 Critchley to Department of External Affairs
Cablegram K289 BATAVIA, 24 March 1949, 4.05 p.m.
Your telegram 58 [1] was received after Security Council resolution. [2] Palar's charges of destruction of buildings in Djokjakarta are not borne out by the observations of military observers, Cutts or other deputies. There has been information that the Netherlands military authorities have moved administrative equipment (including office and radio equipment) and there has been much looting and destruction at night. A number of Republican officials in Djokjakarta are imprisoned or under house arrest as political prisoners. There are many Republican reports of maltreatment and intimidation.
2. I shall endeavour to have the request of the Chairman of the Council to the Commission for information on the damage to Djokjakarta interpreted broadly so as to cover if possible:
(a) Damage to and removal of facilities since 19th December;
(b) Facilities required for effective functioning of the Republican Government;
(c) Necessity of early action if Republican administration is to restore Djokjakarta.
3. Unfortunately, Cochran, this week's Chairman, has taken an unannounced trip to Deda [sic] and Singapore with Lacy of the State Department, and will not be available before the afternoon of 25th March.


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Adobe provides fix for InDesign crashes on new MacBooks
Recently a number of Mac users of Adobe's InDesign software found that after upgrading to Apple's new MacBook Pro systems, the software would crash and show an empty warning box after performing certain actions within the program. Adobe has addressed this problem in part by releasing a small software patch for InDesign, but also by recommending against certain OS X updates.
Initially it was unclear what caused the crashes, with the only correlations being that it happened on the latest Apple hardware that was using the OS X 10.7.4. After investigating the issue, Adobe found that … Read more


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One of the most famous destinations uphill in Chiang Rai, especially during winter time, when visitors try to reach its cliff that offers spectacular views of the valley and sea of mist at sunrise. Phu Chi Fa is blessed with breathtaking views, abundant flowers of all colors, and cool weather most of the year. Plus, it is not far, located approximately 25 kilometers south of Doi Pha Tang in Thoeng District. Visitors are also welcomed to stay overnight at Ban Rom Fa Thong and Ban Rom Fa Thai.
Opening Hours: Daily 5:00 a.m. - 18:00 p.m.
How to get there :
By Car
Phu Chi Fa is approximately 25 kilometers to the south of Doi Pha Tang in Thoeng District.


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Eagles of Lawrence for Toys for Tots/ Blue Santa
Location: Clinton State Park (Campground #1)
Type: Irish Road Bowling
Date: Sunday, November 03, 2013
Contact: Kevin Kelly
Phone No: 785-843-8461
Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
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First Annual Road Bowling. Suggested donation for each 4-person team is $120.00. There will be prizes awarded and the wining team bowls free next year. Minimum age to bowl is 21. Each team will receive their own Cannonball (bowl) to use for the event. (Please return the bowl). Limit 50 teams. Individuals may compete for a separate prize with a suggested donation of $30.00, ($20.00 if you are also on a team). You must have a spotter for your bowl.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles #309 (FOE) lodge will open at 1030am on 11/3/2013 for registration and check in, cold or warm! Please join us early. No refunds......In the event of cancellation we will not reschedule. At noon, registration will move to Clinton Lake.
You are encouraged to park at the FOE Lodge and use the available shuttle to Clinton Lake. If you drive to the lake yourself, there will be a park fee of $5.00 and you cannot park on the road in Campground #1 due to the inherent risks to vehicles. More information at http://www.309.foe.com. Check out "Irish Road Bowling on you tube.


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Albertsons, Ralphs and Sam's Club to carry Patriot Blend coffee for 2007 Patriotic Drive
In an effort to show support for U.S. Troops, Newhall Coffee Roasting Company has partnered with Operation Gratitude to ship another 12,000 pounds of Patriot Blend coffee to Iraq and Afghanistan. This marks the 25,000th pound Newhall Coffee has donated to U.S. Troops since the war began 4 years ago. The 12,000 pounds are packaged in 120,000 individual portion packs for troops in the field. Each pack brews 10 cups of coffee which equates to 1,200,000 cups of coffee, or the 2,500,000th cup Newhall Coffee has donated to U.S. troops since 2003.
Newhall Coffee's Patriot Blend is available in southern California stores starting May 25th. Albertsons, Ralphs and Sam's Clubs in Southern California will feature the product in a show of support for the troops.
The Patriot Blend coffee was first introduced 4 years ago in March, 2003 for the purpose of allowing consumers to show their support to the troops with their purchase of the coffee.
"It is an honor to be partnered with Operation Gratitude. They are sending 60,000 care packages between Memorial and the 4th of July." said Mitch McMullen. "We officially launch the Patriot Blend at the Benefit For Our Bravest street festival on May 19th, in Sherman Oaks California, where we will donate 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the coffee to Operation Gratitude"
Operation Gratitude seeks to lift troops' morale, and bring a smile to their faces by sending care packages to service members overseas. The care packages contain food, toiletries, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation, all wrapped with good wishes of love and support. In 2001, two weeks after the 9/11 tragedy, the Benefit For Our Bravest Street Fair was started as a spontaneous fundraising event to help families of fallen NY firefighters. Since then, it has grown into a three-block outdoor street festival that both raises crucial funds and publicly honors and celebrates the role of America's "Bravest" — those who selflessly put their lives on the line for the greater good. This year, the Benefit will take place on May 19, 2007, and all the proceeds will go toward supporting Operation Gratitude.


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In this week's readers' Q&A session, Cameron O'Reilly (far left) and Steve Cunningham answer your questions. They are CEO and UK and Ireland chief, respectively, of Landis+Gyr, the world's biggest maker of smart meters by market share.
In this second of two posts, they talk about how manufacturers and grid operators can work together on rolling out meters and how big the global market for the devices could be.
Earlier, they discussed what can be done with the data from smart meters, and how concerned the public should be about the use of this data.
Now, over to Cameron and Steve:
Makers vs operators
The responsibility of deploying smart meters is with the retail side of the energy industry, whilst the smart grid sits with the networks. Given how vital it is that these two aspects work together, what challenges do you envisage from a manufacturer's perspective of these roles being separated?
Tim Field, press and public affairs executive, Energy Networks Association
There are many 'smart' ingredients in a smart grid – meters, appliances, homes, vehicles, generation systems and so on. The grid won't be very smart if any one of these key elements is missing. So in our view, the smart grid actually sits across the whole of the energy system. Smart meters represent the first, prerequisite, step.
Of course energy systems vary worldwide. The UK model is different to the systems deployed during the first wave of smart energy in that it is a truly consumer-focused deployment and this changes the desired outcome. Instead of asking, "How do we make the grid more efficient for operators?" the UK model asks "How do we make the smart grid benefit the consumer?"
The answer is to make each and every element of the UK's smart grid communicate and cooperate with every other part. And that drives the single biggest challenge for manufacturers.
We have to step away from decades of proprietary thinking and embrace interoperability: each disparate element of the grid needs to be able to talk to every other element, not at the lowest common level of capability but at the highest. Achieving that step-change is going to be a challenging journey – but it's one we must make in the UK if we are to benefit not just from a secure energy infrastructure but also from the jobs that our leadership will create if we get the model right.
International growth
What is your growth strategy in international markets?
Ziad Al Tunisi
Landis+Gyr has operations spanning more than 30 countries, serving major utilities in every continent. We have every expectation of seeing our footprint grow dramatically in the months and years ahead.
Take Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa for example. They remain incredibly compelling markets for metering overall. Consider that only three decades ago, China and India together accounted for less than 8 per cent of the world's total energy consumption. In 2005 their share had grown to 18 per cent and by 2030 that figure will have risen to 25 per cent.
This hunger for energy will be much more acute if these emerging economies fail to embrace energy efficient solutions as they upgrade their infrastructure. We see smart metering in Brazil, India and South Africa being focused on revenue assurance, which is obviously a big issue there. China and Russia are also exciting markets with a greater focus on extending and improving network performance.
Notwithstanding the growth in emerging nations, the biggest growth in terms of numbers of smart metering endpoints will be in North America, western Europe and Australia and New Zealand. This is driven by government mandate and also the higher cost of meter reading in industrialised countries than developing ones.
In the US, we have now seen two of the larger states, California and Texas, deciding to go for full smart metering rollouts. In Canada, provinces such as Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have either initiated major roll-outs or are in late planning stages. Similarly in Europe, we see France, the Netherlands, Spain and ultimately Germany following the lead of Italy and Scandinavia. And of course in Australia, we expect a national rollout over shortly. This is truly a global phenomenon.
Global market
How big do you think the global market for smart meters could be?
Ziad Al Tunisi
Analysts at research firm Datamonitor expect global residential smart meter orders to jump to more than 60 million in 2015, up four-fold on 2010.
What we call "smart metering" today will business as usual tomorrow
What we call "smart metering" today will business as usual tomorrow. It is inconceivable that – with carbon-based energy resources reaching critical levels in many regions and with global demand for energy still climbing – energy metering will be anything other than smart for the vast majority of the world's homes and businesses within the next 10-15 years.
Unmetered consumption has to be checked and the "quality" of consumption in each country has to become part of society's consciousness if we're to manage our energy infrastructure.
So how big must smart metering be? It must extend to every part of every society.


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Emergency responders were called Thursday to the scene of a house fire on N. Washington Highway near its intersection with Archie Canon Drive in Ashland.
According to Lt. James Shelhorse, of the Ashland Police Department, an on-duty Ashland Police Officer noticed smoke emanating from the single family home and notified dispatch.
One individual was in the home at the time of the incident. According to Shelhorse, he was experiencing trouble breathing due to smoke exposure and also sustained some cuts after exiting the home through a window.
The individual was treated onsite.
As of approximately 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Hanover Fire-EMS was still onsite working to control the fire. Traffic on N. Washington Highway was forced to detour around the scene.


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Body of flowers
November 28th, 2008
A friend once described his cancer experience
as taking a dump in public,
I'm at the sauna watching a little kid skip off
just having flushed a semi private toilet
I wonder if this is a Western description, or
an age marker of how we see our body
There's a woman in front of me
belly dancing with the water,
an old gal not afraid to show
a baseball size lump above her kidney
and another whose facial wrinkles juxtapose
the taut lean muscle of her torso
watching a medical procedure on tv,
much like my own, holds everyone in fascination,
Each culture has a unique relationship to their body
from what they choose to put on to what they choose to take off
how that skin, an organ that's both dead and alive,
is worshiped is then unique to the individual
I look at my abdomen often,
like I look at my grandmother's house in pictures of my childhood,
like I look at every apartment I lived in, before I turn in the key,
like I look at the gardenias in my mother's garden,
Temporary and beautiful simplicity to cherish,
Everything will be okay.
Hug me in silk and kiss my tears away
November 26th, 2008
The trees are completely bare
and the rain brings a foggy blanket
of soft yellow contemplation
and hair thin strings of light that enter my room.
I feel lonely.
For the next three weeks
a 10km walk and weights
will be like sleep to a soldier mid war,
making hospital preparations
makes me want this feeling to be so temporary,
but it's not.
I feel like a cat on a hot tin roof,
like the surgery is broad casted on everyone's mind the second we meet,
not knowing what to do but not wanting to be touched either
knowing I just want a hug and a kiss
but just don't have anyone to ask it
so why be uncomfortable with a thought deferred?
Why do we make ourselves suffer?
The things that make me happy are many,
wearing bright color clothing in winter, taking photos,
writing, deserving a shower after a good workout,
loving the little things like a facial and learning every day–
I know friends by the language they speak to me
I want a partner as good as the friends I have.
In my quiet resignation and protest,
I throw myself in the wind, vacation message on:
China, Canon and Claudia on my mind, saying Nihao
to the land of the Terracotta army, Tiananmen Square and Great Wall.
Hope it hugs me in silk and kisses my tears away,
The world is big place to conquer.
November 22, 2008
November 22nd, 2008
It's been so difficult to find motivation to do my routine. I make myself go to the gym but after 8 minutes my run turns to a walk and I do maybe half. I know I'm brooding, magnifying concerns, trying my hardest to be strong and allow logic to steer the situation, but it's not working.
Calling home to tell my family that I'll be in the hospital for three days for major surgery was not easy. I had already cried my eyes for a day. They know how much I hate hospitals and surgery. I sat and looked at my wall for three hours the day I got the news. The only way I've been able to smile is to laugh at my own situation. I have three benign lumps with the biggest being 5cm by 4cm, the length of my index and the width of three fingers, on the uterine wall. The myomectomy will require four abdominal incisions and two weeks rest time of no walking. Not only do I have my reproductive health to worry about but now the knowledge of being physically helpless against a world I have always ran to tackle. There is a part of me that wants to lash out but I know I am as fragile as any human being. I don't like feeling this way and thousands of miles from family. I have to be strong for myself. I have to maintain my usual routine so I don't let these feelings of despondency, anxiety or anger grow.
I think, "Well, if uniballer Lance Armstrong wrote about his experience to cope, why can't I?" I don't want to play the victim nor do I want to be on the defensive. I can already hear my grandmother's medical explanation that it's because I've chosen to stay single. Women of all ages can have these problems with genetic disposition being the number one overwhelming cause. This isn't something I can explain, confess or apologize for. Uterine myomas are slow growing masses that are responsible for the added hormone levels and painful menses experiences of females. Looking for information on the internet, many women have reported that myomectomy was not a procedure strongly advocated in the states due to the fact that not a lot of doctors practice it and the insurance prefers a full hysterectomy instead. Even the thought of a four day stay at the hospital for 2 million won is nowhere near the amount I would pay back home with insurance.
Through laughter, anger and anxiety, I know enough to be thankful that I'm in Korea.
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November 15th, 2008
Sometimes I think Winter is a masochist,
enjoying watermarking black over true blue skies
stripping green foliage to pallid tans,
thick canopies of green now turned red carpets
crunching beneath boots and layers of coats.
I wonder if the leaves enjoyed the moment,
were they happy turning green, amber, red, brown?
or were they only happy in the everlasting seconds
floating from branch to bunch that I kick around?
I wonder if leaves ever had any regrets or
a deficit in timing.
How do you take it back: the moment, the year,
the fears that held you back,
the mountain you could of cross, but didn't?
I think of past regrets and future roads watching the leaves fall
making sure the present is a soft note of the leave
instead of a blind cacophony of unhappy aspirations.
It's so difficult to achieve that walk.
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November 4th, 2008
I finished my 4-5 hour first of the month phone marathon to friends and family. Until next month, my life outside the classroom will be silent. A conversation echoes in my mind, "I bet you don't write poetry anymore. I think you're too busy for that."
Is it the end of my season as poet? The last poem was over two months ago. I can blame the academic literature for my classes as much as my solitude. Honestly, it doesn't bother me. Undress a poet and you find a philosopher and just as there are times for rowdiness and libations there are also times for reflection and work.
I sometimes think about my ex and how much I loved him. Yesterday was the first time in a year that I dreamt him. Every once in a while, I hear from his daughter and I smile remembering how much I loved that girl and still do. I don't answer any correspondence, though. It's enough to know that I influenced someone positively, learned about myself and felt love.
My time in Korea has taught me that much like learning, emotions come in packets. It's the simple quiet days where you can shed a tear, comprehend and hug yourself. It has taught me that though I make plans, the Lord leads our feet where they need to be, so change of plans is not bad at all. I've come to define myself not by others, not by the adversities I've faced, not by fear, but only through myself. My strength is only as good as my soul that manifests in the words I speak and write.
So is this the end of my poetic era? I'll probably be senile before I'd admit to that!! Come next August it will be the end of the journey I begun 2 years ago. Today are silent preparations.
Just Like Music…
October 25th, 2008
"Adding music in this context may cross the thin line between a killing machine and a dancing machine." This is what an experts had to say on music and movement at two of my favorite websites Ask the Expert and Scientific American.
On the Net:
Confess your sins on line brought by Canon Dr. Graham Kings, the vicar of Islington in jolly London. While the trend to confess our sins to everybody but a priest has been around since the dawn of time and the internet, especially in the internet, I wonder how effective this method will be. His website by the name of his book, Signs and Seasons, features a chat session but I have not been able to tap into the live chat.
Top 10 extremely cool psych experiments by Mission to Learn via long time edublogger TonNet, Milton Ramirez, at Education and Technology. You just get me is one of my favorite looking at the discrepancies between how people view themselves and the way others view them.
Remember that human learning comes in spurts and by association: I am bewildered, discombobulated, addled and befuddled, profoundly confounded and perplexed! Repetition is the ugly jeans in the closet that you never throw away, like redundancy is a teacher's rice and butter.
Quote of the week by the National Chauvinistic Husband Association, "Three principles for not arguing with your wife: won't win, can't win, don't want to win." Go Japanese! Lol!


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I'm looking at a recipe in my file that I have copied for Blueberry Peach Jam. I thought I had made it before but the amount of sugar seems excessive, almost 1 cup per jar of yield!
The ingredients are: 3 C. blueberries
Has anyone else made this recipe or would some of you more experienced canners care to give an opinion?
TIA jude |
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Your recipe seems pretty much inline with other pectin recipes. I made black raspberry jam yesterday and it was 6 1/2 cups of sugar and 5 cups of mashed fruit. Here a recipe from my files that is a longer cook (no pectin) for something similar. Blueberry, Peach, Frangelico Jam CF Combo (Lpink and Annie) Well, it started as a sauce, and Nancy (wizardnm) posted it. Lpinkmountain and I turned it into jam at our "jamming weekend", so here's the updated jam recipe. LOL Just can't leave well enough alone, you know, we added the lemon zest, removed a cup of water and used a cheaper hazelnut liquor. It's yummy, though. 2 cups blueberries or raspberries Put all ingredients in a pan except Frangelico. Cook on high until it boils, then simmer 25 minutes or until thick. Add Frangelico, cook 5 more minutes, ladle into jars, 1/2 inch headspace. BWB 10 minutes. Nancy |
Thanks, Nancy. I made the Frangelico (saucy)one on Sunday but still had good SC peaches so I decided to make a different one. I'm pretty sure I made it last year. It will be interesting to see how it sets up. I didn't realize the package of pectin was only a half package but I just went ahead with it. Tastes wonderful....and sweet! jude |
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