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There is a "folk illness" in the Philippines called pasma. There is no equivalent medical term in English or Spanish.
The symptoms of pasma are trembling hands and sweaty palms occurring after strenuous use of the hands in manual labor. Farmers who work in the fields dragging plows, women who handwash laundry, pianists and athletes suffer from pasma. Their hands become pasmado.
pasmadong kamay
hands suffering from pasma
Popular folk remedies for pasma involve coconut oil, alcohol and urine.
Mothers often warn their children not to wet their hands or feet with cold water after sweating at play. You're supposed to rest first. Otherwise, your hands will grow out of control and they will be shaking all the time. You won't be able to work as a cameraman or photographer when you grow up!
From the Spanish word espasmo, meaning 'spasm'


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2013 Fashion Gift Guide
Christmas is only six days away and look at you (look at you and look at you)... We bet you haven't even stepped foot in a department store. No fret. If you're still looking for dope gifts or need to add some last-second stocking stuffers to your lists, check out these gift ideas, from clothing to sneakers, accessories and, yes, 24K gold rolling paper.
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You work long and hard to save and invest for your retirement. Find out why it's essential to diversify and avoid risking everything on a few investments.
Most people are familiar with the old saying - "don't put all your eggs in one basket." And, this analogy about risk applies to investing as well.
To minimize the chances that stock market volatility could result in the loss of your entire nest egg, it is important to put your money in several investments with different levels of risk and potential return. This basic, yet important, concept is known as diversification.
One common mistake is investing the bulk of your retirement money in one stock. If something unexpected happens and the value of that stock plummets, your comfortable retirement could disappear!
Stock mutual funds provide an easy way to achieve immediate diversification because they often invest in many stocks across a variety of industries. And, you can spread out your risk even more when you invest in multiple funds with different investment objectives.
By diversifying your portfolio, you decrease the chance that all your investments will experience the same negative market forces at the same time.
For more in-depth information, visit the Diversification section of Investing Basics.


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A casual meeting over coffee in Stockholm, discussing, among other things, design and collaboration between designers of the past such as Ettore Sottsass with Shiro Kuramata has led to a new collaborative effort, NICHETTO=NENDO.
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Designers Luca Nichetto and Oki Sato have teamed up to create a collection of seven co-designed, co-conceived products. After that fateful first meeting in Stockholm in December of 2012, rather than showing existing work together they decided to make products together to highlight their mutual respect and the affinity between their work.
During the winter holidays, Sato found a creative process for the collaboration in Japanese culture whereby one person composes the first three lines (kami no ku) of a short poem known as a tanka, then sends them to a second person who composes the two final sentences (shimo no ku). Sato sent ideas which Nichetto concluded, and vice versa. All was done in the span of a few days. Both designers accepted each other's work completely.
N=N/05 bridges for islands sofa with Casamania and Innofa
Nendo: "A sofa like an archipelago, divided into small parts rather than one great mass."
Nichetto: "Taking the way that Venice's many islands are connected by narrow bridges as the image, we designed thin legs that seem to float on the water surface and connected the cushions. We also developed side tables in two different shapes."
N=N/05 bridges for islands sofa
N=N/06 fish skin on the roof carpet with Ogeborg
Nendo: "A carpet whose form, colour and size can change flexibly thanks to its parts: small overlapping pieces like fish scales or roof tiles."
Nichetto: "You can't make the entire carpet out of individual parts or it will be cumbersome to assemble. We made units out of two, three and four overlapping circles, so that they're relatively easy to assemble and provide colour variation."
N=N/06 fish skin on the roof carpet
N=N/03 paper ice cream lamp with Foscarini and Taniguchi | Aoya Washi
Nichetto: "Ice candies come in different flavours, shapes and colours. What about a lighting fixture that combines the rich variety of ice candies with their beauty when held up to light?"
Nendo: "Carving the ends of 12mm diameter Japanese cypress posts flat like ice candy sticks gave them a slighter impression. Then we needed material for a lampshade to suit the extremely light post, so we developed an original material by dyeing traditional Japanese paper made in an unusual three-dimensional process."
N=N/01 shelves in a comic shelf with Glas Italia
Nendo: "Place many small shelves together to make some of the shelves into bookends, and create tiny and tantalising spaces just waiting for something to be placed on them."
Nichetto: "Wrapping those shelves in a large, flexible silhouette turned them into a speech bubble, the kind that appears by a manga character's head as he imagines something."
N=N/01 shelves in a comic shelf
N=N/04 trellis bandaged room divider with Innofa and Vertigo Metals
Nichetto: "Partitions are good for dividing a space, but how about adding extra functional value? The motif: the electrical wiring that keeps a car's rear window from fogging up."
Nendo: "Translating the electrical wiring's form into a three-dimensional metal frame connects the parts and creates a free-standing structure, even without a large, heavy base."
N=N/04 trellis bandaged room divider
N=N/02 wedge of matter candle holder with Ochiai-Seisakusho and Kadowaki Coating (brass version) and Testi Fratelli (marble version)
Nendo: "Wedge a candle into the fissure in a lump of material, and use it as a candle holder. Because we can change the width of the fissure at will, the holder can accommodate candles of all shapes and sizes."
Nichetto: "The candleholder even looks like a 'lump of matter' when not in use, and there's such contrast with the sharp edge of the break. It's a gentle form like a serving vessel."
N=N/07 portable pot (stool) with Discipline
Nichetto: "A stool that's easy to pick up and carry about, thanks to its round form and 'handle' like a pot handle."
Nendo: "Handles on both sides of a pot need to be picked up with two hands, whereas
the handle at the centre of a pot lid allows single-handed use. But a handle at the centre of the seat would make it difficult to sit down, so we created a mechanism for the handle to rise up and down, like the grip on an old-fashioned valise."
The NICHETTO=NENDO exhibition will take place during Milan Design Week 2013, April 9th to14th, at Foro Buonaparte 48, 20121 Milan.


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How much is a 21-story skyscraper overlooking the Mississippi River worth? About $1 million a floor.
New York-based investor Jacob Sofer will pay Parkway Properties around $20 million for the Raymond James Tower at 50 N. Front St. Downtown, according to several people with knowledge of the transaction. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2014 appraisal for the 340,000-square-foot building is $24 million.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Republican leaders in the state House and Senate are at odds about who should go first on taking up Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to extend health coverage to more than 200,000 low-income Tennesseans.
A New York-based investor is under contract to purchase the Raymond James tower on Front Street Downtown, one of the most recognizable office buildings in the city.
The most complicated move in ballroom dancing is often the step that gets you through the dance studio's front door.
Television shows like, "Dancing with the Stars'' and "So You Think You Can Dance'' are wildly popular and have contributed to a renewed interest in the glamourous art (skill? sport?) of ballroom dancing, but those high-energy, competitive programs or a movie like "Dirty Dancing'' can also intimidate people and keep them glued to the couch.
BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) – When Jim Foster opened his piano store 30 years ago, he had 10 competitors selling just pianos.
In a variety of ways, the biosciences industry in Memphis helped lead the way in 2014 in terms of job creation and laying a foundation for economic growth in the future.
About that groundwork for growth to come, for example, the Memphis Bioworks Foundation got tapped early in 2014 to lead a new entrepreneurship venture in the city called The EPIcenter, with the goal of creating 1,000 entrepreneurs and 50 companies in the city over the next decade.
The city's anti-blight contracts with nonprofit groups are back under new terms.
City Public Works division grants of $75,000 each went to Lifeline to Success and Freedom From Unnecessary Negatives to remove blighted conditions in a two- to four-block radius of schools across the city twice a month for four months.
NORMAL. AGAIN. Last week, Bob Loeb and I took a stroll through the 1950s in the reality of 2014.
If the University of Tennessee's football team gains bowl eligibility with a victory Saturday at Vanderbilt, it can look back to a quarterback change Oct. 25 against Alabama as a pivotal point in the season.
Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero became the first woman to hold that office when she won the election in 2011.
She's been actively involved in a number of local issues since her election, from urban-core revitalization and business recruitment to broader social issues such as marriage equality.
KNOXVILLE – All seemed so right for the University of Tennessee's football team for 36 hours or so after last Saturday's 50-16 victory over Kentucky at Neyland Stadium.
UT (5-5, 2-4 SEC) won its second straight conference game and moved within one victory of gaining bowl eligibility for the first time since 2010.
For those first few minutes, Kobe Bryant was toying with us. He passed the ball and he passed up shots – open and otherwise.
The crowd last Tuesday night at FedExForum seemed unnerved by this. Let's face it, whether you come wearing a white No. 50 Zach Randolph jersey or a purple and gold No. 24 Lakers jersey, you come to see Kobe be true to his DNA.
Church Health Center and MIFA will hold a farmers market Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Church Health Center Wellness, 1115 Union Ave. Visit churchhealthcenter.org.
In the 78-year history of the Associated Press college football poll, it had never happened. A team that was unranked at season's start had never ascended to the top spot.
Now, Mississippi State has made that history as the Bulldogs climbed to No. 1, leaping from being tied at No. 3 with Ole Miss to go in front of former No. 1 Florida State. This was the reward after beating then-No. 2 Auburn 38-23 last Saturday.
KNOXVILLE – Much has happened since Tennessee placekicker James Wilhoit booted a 50-yarder with seven seconds remaining and the No. 13-ranked Vols beat No. 11 Florida 30-28 at Neyland Stadium.
The University of Memphis had lost three straight games to Middle Tennessee and five of the last six. Getting beat by the Blue Raiders each year had become commonplace and another sign of a program in perpetual struggle.
It's a big game. Big enough that the University of Memphis got the Grizzlies' Tony Allen – "The Grindfather" – to do a short video urging fans to come out for the football game this Saturday, Sept. 20, against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders.
THE COLLEGE INN, FULL CIRCLE. The future was in my hands. My parents had set me free and I sat there all by myself for the very first time, my own stool at the counter, my own menu in front of me and a cool new show on the TV above. It was 1957. I was eight. The show was Perry Mason. And I was in control.
The first time I stepped into this mustard-yellow building at 300 Jefferson Street to ask how it felt to have the Nashville Sounds moving in across the street, Wayne Woelk, 50, was having a heart attack.
From his office on the 21st floor of the Raymond James tower Downtown, John C. Carson Jr. has a sweeping view of the Mississippi River as it rolls by the Bluff City.
Add the burgeoning industrial area in Marshall County, Miss., to the list of communities competing for a significant chunk of the Cummins Inc. jobs that are currently in Memphis.
John G. Brittle Jr. doesn't have an office. He has a war room. The space, crowded with maps, charts, books, piles of paper and marked-up spreadsheets, is ground zero for InfillNashville, the 10-person team of site selection specialists that Brittle leads at Village Real Estate Services.
On the day that the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation unveiled plans to add a soccer field, volleyball court and six-station fitness loop to Tom Lee Park, city engineers got an earful in the Beale Street Landing breezeway from critics of other changes to the stretch of Riverside Drive that runs by the park and the landing.
American Red Cross will hold a blood drive Saturday, July 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Champion Hills at Windyke Apartment Homes, 3788 Links Drive. All blood types, especially O negative, B negative and A negative, are needed. Visit redcrossblood.org or call 800-733-2767 for donor requirements and appointments.
United Housing Inc. has teamed up with Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church to create the first Grace-St. Luke's GraceBuilders House, which will involve fixing up a foreclosed home for a family in United Housing's Homebuyer Education program.
Beale Street Landing seems an unlikely choice as a cornerstone, considering its troubled path to completion.
At this point, it's almost a motto – not on time and over budget, and by a lot on both counts.
MEMPHIS, SERVED IN THE SHELL. Following up last week's column, this from a reader:
"We have no civic pride, half the population is intent on killing as many as they can and the other part lives behind walls or gates. There was a time in the fifties when you could leave your front door unlocked and keys in the car."
The candidates are counting down the days to the July 18 start of early voting in advance of the Aug. 7 election day.
With one more weekend of campaigning until early voting dictates a shift in tactics, the sizeable cast of the longest ballot of any Shelby County election cycle is searching at events for crowds comprised of mostly voters rather than other candidates and their campaign workers.
Mud Island will host a Fourth of July celebration and fireworks display Friday, July 4, at the park, 125 N. Front St. The park will be open at 10 a.m., and fireworks begin at nightfall. Visit mudisland.com.
Hattiloo Theatre will hold a free season nine community grand opening Saturday, June 28, from 8 a.m. to midnight in its new Overton Square theater, 37 S. Cooper St. Events include performances, tours, concerts and more. Tickets to each event are on a first-come/first-served basis. Visit hattiloo.org/grand-opening-season-9.php for schedule.
Raymond James is extending its commitment to Downtown Memphis, where the investment firm will remain a key part of the city's skyline for at least another decade.
The firm has reached a deal with Parkway Properties to extend its lease on the Raymond James Tower at 50 N. Front St. until March of 2024.
If you don't have it, it doesn't sound like that big of a deal. Dry eye? So what?
"Dry eye sounds really benign," said Dr. Whitney Hauser, clinical director at the Southern College of Optometry's new TearWell: Advanced Dry Eye Treatment Center.
Healthy Shelby will hold the 140/90: Living Life Under Pressure men's health kickoff Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kroc Center, 800 East Parkway S. The event will include healthy food samples, blood pressure screenings, 3-on-3 basketball, Lionel Hollins and more. Cost is free. Visit commontablehealth.org.
The same day that she announced she was quitting her job at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Shelby County Commissioner Henri Brooks' mug shot on an assault charge wound up on the top row of the front page of "Just Busted."
The sixth annual Man of the House mentoring event for 12- to 18-year-old boys will be held Saturday, June 14, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry St. A "power lunch" at noon will feature remarks from Sheriff Bill Oldham and Memphis business leaders. Cost is free. Register at manofthehouse.net or email email@example.com.
The U.S. Attorney's Office, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and National Bar Association will hold a continuing legal education program titled "Remaking America: 50 Years of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act" Friday, June 13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1 N. Front St. Call 544-0122 for more information.
The interim leader of the Memphis Area Transit Authority wants the city's bus line to get more involved in "transportation management associations."
MATA's interim president and general manager, Tom Fox, describes the associations as "groups of employers banding together to provide some kind of services to supplement what MATA can provide."
Hard as it is to believe now, it was only May 3 when the Grizzlies last played a basketball game. Less than three weeks later, that Game 7 loss at Oklahoma City stands as the franchise's last normal moment.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – With the Memphis Grizzlies front office in turmoil, the Minnesota Timberwolves are considering trying to lure coach Dave Joerger away to coach the team in his home state.
Each season the last home game at FedExForum is Fan Appreciation Night and a Grizzlies' player is charged with grabbing the microphone and walking to center court to say a few words before tip-off.
2013: A group of 61 Ku Klux Klan members along with neo-Nazis and Aryan Nations members rallied at the Shelby County Courthouse to protest the plan by the City Council to rename three Confederate-themed parks. The massive police response included 400 law enforcement officers in riot gear, a chain link fence around the Klan protestors and another chain link fence two blocks away around a group of 1,200 counter protestors and curious onlookers. One counter protestor was arrested.
Historians, not to mention members of the 1985-86 Boston Celtics bench, will note that in the Grizzlies' recent victory over the Utah Jazz the Memphis bench shot 42.9 percent: significant because it ended a stretch of 14 straight games of the bench shooting 50 percent or better, the longest such streak in the NBA since those Celtics did so in 15 consecutive games.
The Memphis Bioworks Foundation has been tapped to lead a new entrepreneurship venture in Memphis called The EPIcenter, the product of one of several so-called moon mission strategies of the Greater Memphis Chamber's Chairman's Circle.
He goes to bed at 10 p.m. and gets up at 6 a.m.
"We're designed for early to bed and early to rise," Dr. Bill Sears said.
International Paper Co.'s new office tower in East Memphis is under construction now, but it's been four years since the last speculative office building opened its doors in Memphis.
Raymond James Financial Inc. is marketing space it has vacated at its 21-story Downtown office tower for subleasing opportunities as the company continues to evaluate its real estate needs.
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Walgreen said Monday that a key sales measurement improved in December as customers filled more prescriptions during trips to the company's drugstores.
The company said sales at stores open at least a year grew 6.1 percent for the month, mostly because revenue from pharmacy departments improved. At stores open at least one year, pharmacy revenue rose 9 percent and sales of non-pharmacy items sold at the front of its stores increased 2.5 percent.
NEW YORK (AP) – Sparse crowds at malls and "50 percent off" signs at The Gap, AnnTaylor and other stores give a clue as to how the holiday season is going.
This is shaping up to be the most discount-driven holiday season since the country was in a deep recession. It's also one of the most disappointing for stores.
NEW YORK (AP) – Fast-food workers and labor organizers are marching, waving signs and chanting in cities across the country Thursday amid a push for higher wages.
Organizers say employees planned to forgo work in 100 cities, with rallies set for another 100 cities. But it's not clear what the actual turnout has been or how many of the participants are workers. By afternoon, disruptions seemed minimal or temporary at the targeted restaurants.
An Austin Nichols dunk off a turnover and a Shaq Goodwin assist; a Joe Jackson driving layup; a Geron Johnson "wow" backwards dunk on a fastbreak off a Jackson steal and assist; and a Michael Dixon jumper off another Jackson steal and assist.
Lipscomb & Pitts was founded on Oct. 1, 1954, by Mathew Lipscomb Jr. and John Pitts, both veterans of World War II who had come home to become the top two sales leaders in the southeast for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
A year ago in this exhibition matchup, the University of Memphis trailed at the half and beat Christian Brothers University by 11 points.
But Friday night, Nov. 8, at FedExForum, the Tigers defeated CBU 92-63 and nobody had to play more than 22 minutes as Memphis coach Josh Pastner mixed and matched his lineups throughout the game.
The coach might have picked rebounding, defense or his favorite pet peeve – getting those "50-50 balls." Any one of these might have been singled out by Josh Pastner as the key to the Tigers' success.
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That logo on the front of garage gargantua could be a touch larger. While it can be seen from the surface of the moon, I don't think the Mars rover is picking it up yet.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Aging America is a joint AP-APME project examining the aging of the baby boomers and the effect this so-called silver tsunami is having on society.
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — When Charlie Worboys lost his job, he feared searching for a new one at his age might be tough. Six years later, at 65, he's still looking.
Ballet Memphis will present "River Project 2," the world premiere of three works inspired by the Mississippi River, from Saturday, Oct. 19, to Oct. 27 at Playhouse on the Square, 66 S. Cooper St. Buy tickets at balletmemphis.org.
WASHINGTON (AP) – You might be pleased with the low monthly premium for one of the new health insurance plans under President Barack Obama's overhaul, but the added expense of copayments and deductibles could burn a hole in your wallet.
At first glance, the four sharks seemed pretty intimidating.
They sat in a row and watched the men in front of them with interest, weighing their options, considering their plans of action.
Then one of them cracked a joke and took a long pull out of a bottle of Bud Light and the mood lightened considerably.
Concerns about the long-term financial health of Memphis city government that subsided in June go back to the front political burner at City Hall this week.
The administration of Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has a report on the city's pension plan from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of Atlanta that concludes the city's pension plan for city employees is unsustainable and "has continued to deteriorate."
Methodist Olive Branch Hospital opened its doors late last month, and hospital officials can expect to see dramatically reduced energy costs thanks to innovative, environmentally friendly design features like photoelectric glass and a geothermal heat pump system – one of the first of its type in a hospital in the U.S.
It's ironic, really. When they were young and strong they were literally protected by body armor – helmet and pads. When they had all the time in the world, they were always measuring it in 15-minute quarters.
The cost of caring for family members and loved ones as they age can become overwhelming if not planned for properly.
Stellar Home Care and Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center are offering families less-expensive alternatives that allow them to keep their loved ones in their homes longer.
The school year before Ford Road Elementary School became part of the seven-school Innovation Zone within Memphis City Schools, no more than 17 percent of its students were proficient or advanced in reading, math or science.
2012: Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines Corp. unveiled a new bankruptcy reorganization plan that included a 6 percent pay cut for nonunion employees. The airline had filed for bankruptcy reorganization the previous August with a plan that did not anticipate Delta Air Lines dropping its 50-seat jets as fast as Delta did after reaching a contract agreement with union pilots that June. Pinnacle moved its headquarters from One Commerce Square to Minneapolis this past May.
Raymond Williams, who co-owns Soul Fish Café with Tiger Bryant, repeatedly stresses that his 7-year-old restaurant has been blessed with both a loyal crew of hard-working employees and a run of great luck.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CHILDREN. THEY'RE IN CHARGE. I should thank the city council for this opportunity to repeat a column instead of come up with something new. With these folks, it's the same old stuff. I wrote the gist of this two years ago when we were three years in arrears paying our school children the $57.4 million we owe them.
I should thank the city council for this opportunity to repeat a column instead of come up with something new. With these folks, it's the same old stuff. I wrote the gist of this two years ago when we were three years in arrears paying our school children the $57.4 million we owe them. Now it's five years and seven new school systems in the works later, and we still haven't paid our kids back. After the court – and the appeals court – said we had to, what's it going to take to make us stop acting like snot-nosed little brats and behave?
Memphis-based creative agency Bigfish has scheduled a fun event to land itself in the record books.
The late night talk show "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" recently set a world record for the largest toothbrush circle with eight people. Bigfish scheduled its own after that, beating Fallon's with 11 people.
The late night talk show "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" recently set a world record for the largest toothbrush circle with eight people. Bigfish scheduled its own after that, beating Fallon's with 11 people. Not long after that, a group from Kansas broke the Bigfish record.
Brit Fitzpatrick stood in front of a small crowd of aspiring entrepreneurs as she rapidly clicked through slides that outlined the business model for Mentor Me, a technology program that helps match mentees with mentors.
2012: Construction began on Greenbrier Apartments at South Front Street and East Nettleton Avenue, a $2.5 million, three-story development with 25 apartment units and underground parking.
1993: Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter signed legislation creating TennCare as Tennessee's version of Medicaid.
Executives with Paragon National Bank laid out for shareholders this week a set of strategic objectives for 2013 that included making continued progress toward wringing problem assets out of the bank and improving the bank's earnings power.
1993: On the front page of The Daily News is a story looking at the formal opening on the Main Street Trolley, a project eight years in the making that remade what had been the Mid-America Mall. The Memphis Area Transit Authority offered free trolley rides the first two days of operation.
Jay Bailey pictured marching bands and floats when his mother told him he was going on a march.
"We thought of it as a parade," said Bailey, who was 6 years old in March 1968. "We thought of it as something fun."
What happened 15 years ago outside the Shelby County Courthouse between the seated figures of justice and wisdom informed much of what happened Saturday, March 30, when a different Ku Klux Klan group, the American Knights, came to Memphis and rallied at the other southern entrance to the courthouse – between the seated figures of authority and liberty.
Leaders of the Crosstown Development Project talked this month with The Memphis News editorial board about their plans for the adaptive reuse of the 1.5 million-square-foot, circa-1927 Sears Crosstown building.
NEW YORK (AP) – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, on Friday announced that he's stepping down in the "coming weeks," after a four-year tenure that's garnered mixed reviews for him and tangible progress in the industries he oversees.
The Cotton Museum will host Patrick O'Daniel, discussing his book "When the Levee Breaks: Memphis and the Mississippi Valley Flood of 1927," Thursday, March 28, at 5 p.m. at the museum, 65 Union Ave. Cost is free and includes a complimentary museum tour and reception. Visit memphiscottonmuseum.org.
The University of Memphis Law Review will hold its annual symposium Friday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1 N. Front St. This year's theme is "Breaking the Silence: Legal Voices in the Fight Against Human Trafficking." Visit memphis.edu/law for a list of speakers.
National Hispanic Professional Organization-Memphis will meet Thursday, March 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Accion CEO Janie Barrera will speak. Cost is free for members and $20 for nonmembers. R.S.V.P. to email@example.com or 466-6476.
The history of the South Main Historic Arts District is as colorful as its present-day users, an alternating rhythm of sorts in Memphis' songbook.
The area has oscillated from its ritzy suburban roots of the 1800s to the industrial era ghost town of the 20th century and now to its current status as Downtown's flourishing arts and boutique district and the subject of some $100 million in investment. And it's all due to stakeholders who braved the status quo in distinguishing the southern end of the Central Business District as that funky place with an indescribable vibe.
The LaunchYourCity entrepreneurial platform, which includes elements like Upstart Memphis and the Seed Hatchery startup accelerator, is getting set to relocate out of the EmergeMemphis building Downtown.
Last year was a banner year for adaptive reuse projects in Midtown and Downtown.
Developers announced plans for the Sears Crosstown building, Overton Square, Hotel Chisca, James Lee House and old United Warehouse in the South Main Historic Arts District. Construction began on The Pyramid, turning it into a 220,000-square-foot mega-Bass Pro Shop Outdoor World, and Memphis in May moved into its new headquarters at 56 S. Front St., a 14,600-square-foot building that's on the National Register of Historic Places.
Delta Air Lines Inc. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, reported a profitable quarter despite taking a substantial hit from Superstorm Sandy in October.
"Turn right in four-tenths of a mile," Susan said. "I'm looking forward to some light, warmth, TV and Internet access."
It was Dec. 26, 2012, my 61st birthday. Mother Nature had doused us with a wet, yucky snowfall the night before. The familiar pop of transformers had punctuated the cold winter evening as we watched blue bursts of energy in the distance.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A federal judge will soon decide whether your next tank of gas or bottle of soda comes with a free apology from the Marlboro man and Joe Camel.
A recent ruling ordering a multimedia blitz stating that the nation's largest tobacco companies lied about the dangers of smoking left open the possibility that retailers could be required to post large displays with the mea culpas.
LightWave Solar will host a lunch & learn titled "How Solar Can Work for Your Home or Business" Friday, Dec. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. in the River Tower at South Bluffs clubhouse, 655 Riverside Drive. R.S.V.P. to Grace Robertson at email@example.com or 615-641-4050, ext. 104.
The DeSoto County Economic Development Council will hold its annual membership luncheon Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 11:45 a.m. at Landers Center, 4560 Venture Drive. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant will present the keynote. Cost is $25. R.S.V.P. to email@example.com by Friday, Dec. 7.
Construction is barreling forward on the Paul Lowry Road project, which will provide better access to the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park south of Downtown.
The six-month project began in June, and a completion date is on target for the second week of December.
A group of 50 Electrolux employees began moving Monday, Nov. 26, into the company's Memphis manufacturing plant in the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park.
The plant will make stoves and ranges starting in 2013 in a phased-in opening that will add product lines as it goes.
While there's a ton of vacancy in Memphis shopping centers that should never have been built, there's very little vacancy in quality product.
And as retailers shrink footprints in response to the way consumers spend money, owners of local inferior retail real estate are in trouble.
Memphis' commercial real estate market for the most part appears to mirror national trends, with all four sectors boasting challenges and bright spots so far this year.
That was a message a room full of real estate professionals received when The Daily News hosted its second annual Commercial Real Estate seminar Thursday, Nov.1, at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, sponsored by Magna Bank and Evans Petree PC.
Here's a look at what's going on at the moment in the city's legal community and some things that are on the horizon.
The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law is celebrating its golden anniversary this year. On Oct. 27, the school held its 50th anniversary celebration for the Downtown facility, which opened in 2010 and marked a new chapter for a building that once was the Front Street post office for nearly 40 years and a federal courthouse before that.
Delta Air Lines executives are about to refleet. Leaders of the Atlanta-based airline with a hub in Memphis will roll out details at a December investors day conference in Atlanta.
But during Delta's third-quarter earnings conference call this week, they talked in broad terms of a domestic fleet restructuring. It involves removing 50-seat aircraft and replacing them with "mainline" aircraft that are 76 seats and larger with the first arrivals in the refleeting next summer.
In Sullivan Branding's new digs in the Toyota Center, matted images depicting what inspires each employee adorn the walls.
Principal and CEO Brian Sullivan's contribution is a picture of Mount Everest. But he's not actually inspired by the daunting mountain itself or the 2,000 people who have climbed it.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The outlook for the U.S. economy brightened a little Tuesday after reports that consumer prices stayed tame and homebuilder confidence rose to the highest level in six years.
Shelby County home sales in the third quarter increased 17 percent compared to the third quarter last year, and local professionals say there's a feeling of optimism among buyers and those in the business.


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Perkins attorney Dale Parrish refers to the coaching charge as "a may-have-been. There were a lot of children making a lot of statements that are extremely similar, if not identical," he says. "How do you explain that? Did they all talk to each other? Did they all talk to Del Rae? Did they check their stories to get them straight? We're not even in the realm of reality. They can prove my client had contact with a few of these children, but not all."
Yet Perkins's role in the case is hard to ignore. According to one parent's affidavit, she was "consumed with the DUSO program...She made it perfectly clear that her objectives were to change the curriculum at the school, and particularly to get the counseling programs and Mr. Shepard out of the school."
After her meeting with Shepard in May, Perkins borrowed the counselor's copy of a DUSO handbook and found what she considered to be a significant penciled notation in the margin: "d-god," short for "demigod." She brought the book to the attention of Social Services investigator Patti Dean, who would later testify that the word was "dyad"--a couple, a pair--and didn't appear to be any kind of reference to spiritual powers.
Shepard's lawsuit claims that Perkins insisted that sheriff's officers question her own daughter repeatedly, even though the girl had made no claims of abuse.
"Del Rae Perkins was asked not to speak to any more children, yet she had," Sergeant Tim Palmer of the Larimer County Sheriff's office testified in a court hearing in the Shepard libel suit last year. "It certainly confused the investigation. It gave less credibility to the witnesses."
By mid-summer of 1992 the district attorney's office had concluded that the children's accusations of abuse didn't hold up. Medical exams provided no evidence of physical or sexual abuse, and kids who supposedly witnessed or participated in games involving improper touching failed to confirm the accusers' stories. And those stories--particularly those told by the Sanderson children, who'd had considerable contact with Del Rae Perkins--were growing more preposterous as the weeks dragged on.
At the same time, many of the parents' concerns were echoed back to them by officials and therapists who had interviewed their children. A psychologist told Sergeant Palmer that, in his opinion, Shepard's methods were "harmful to the mental well-being of small children." After initial interviews with Kimmy Sanderson's son and daughter, Palmer told Sanderson that "something definitely has happened to your children." Patti Dean told her that "children don't make up these kind of stories" and that there may well have been some kind of abuse going on.
Ginger Lawrence was told by Palmer and Dean that her daughter's allegations "were the most direct that they'd had"--but that her evidence had been compromised because Dean had done exactly what she'd told parents not to do. "They said that in Patti Dean's pursuit of getting at the truth in a hurry, she asked a leading question that she shouldn't have asked," Lawrence says, "and therefore they were discrediting [my daughter] for answering that question."
There were also contradictory accounts about the conditions under which the children's meetings with Shepard took place. The counseling office at Cache La Poudre is located next to those of the principal and the special-education teacher, with a window in the door, but various witnesses claimed that the door was sometimes locked and the window covered with paper. (Shepard has denied this.) And Shepard was unable to produce any substantial records of his meetings with students--a lack of paperwork that's been particularly troubling to the parents' attorneys.
"Here's a guy who's a counselor, and he doesn't keep record one of who he has counseled," says Dan Lynch, attorney for the Hellners and Lawrences. "There's absolutely no record of any counseling of any kid at any time that was ever produced, although those were requested. They said they don't have them. I don't believe that. That isn't logical."
The official confusion about the case is reflected in one memo written by a member of the child-protection team of the Larimer County Department of Social Services, summarizing the agency's findings in the case. The memo notes that sixteen children "gave very explicit details about their involvement with J. Shepardson," and that while some of the stories were similar, most were not credible. Patti Dean had been unable to substantiate the charges, the author noted, but she did feel that "information given by the children cannot be discredited."
In later drafts of the memo, Shepard's name was corrected and the word "discredited" was changed to "disproved." Unable to make up its collective mind, the agency finally settled on an equivocation: "Patti feels that information given by the children cannot be disproved/proved."
In July a member of the district attorney's office met with parents to inform them that no charges would be filed. Several parents responded belligerently, accusing officials of botching the investigation and covering up for the school. Among the most emotional were Kimmy Sanderson and Del Rae Perkins.
Sanderson, Sergeant Palmer would later testify, was particularly "loud" and "demeaning." "She became very personal toward me, that I was covering things up, that I wasn't doing a good job," he said.


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Visit the Edmonds Library on Thursday, February 9 at 6:30 p.m. to meet local author and SketchFest Seattle artistic director Clayton Weller, who will read and show clips of selections of his work and offer an exercise or two to help inspire audience members in their own writing.
This event is the second reading/workshop in the new EPIC series, which occurs on the second Thursday of each month. EPIC (Edmonds Prose/Poetry Interactive Community) is a series founded to provide year-round presentations/workshops in the literary arts. Monthly events offer reading with an interactive or teaching component to engage writers and emerging writers in the Edmonds area. EPIC is sponsored by a partnership of Swedish Hospital, Edmonds Community College, the Edmonds Library, and the City of Edmonds Arts Commission.
Upcoming events will feature poet Judith Roche, outdoors writer Craig Romano, and an Edmonds-based group of poets and prose writers called The Writing Sisters.
To keep up with the series, you can find EPIC on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/EPICseries


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1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide . | 1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. |
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. | 2 Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; |
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. | 3 for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth. |
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers . | 4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites; |
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers ; and will not sit with the wicked. | 5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked. |
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: | 6 I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O LORD, |
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works . | 7 proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds. |
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. | 8 I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells. |
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: | 9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men, |
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. | 10 in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes. |
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. | 11 But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me. |
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. | 12 My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD. |
The King James Version is in the public domain. (The King James Bible Version Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Tulsa Janitorial Company Offers Indoor Air Quality Assessment
Tulsa Indoor Air Quality & Commercial Cleaning
In today's world of energy crises and security fears, we've sheltered ourselves in our tightly sealed homes, keeping the outside out. In the meantime, we've sealed some bad things in and created nest beds for harmful germs, gases and particle air pollutants.
A Natural Solution
Outdoors, nature has been solving the problem of air pollution naturally since the beginning of time. Sunlight and lightning disperse ultraviolet light, activated oxygen, and negatively charged ions to scrub the air clean by oxidizing pollutants and removing airborne particles. This is the same fresh, clean air often experienced after a thunderstorm.
Simply put, activTek systems bring nature's outdoor solution inside, duplicating the natural air purification process and creating cleaner, fresher indoor air, naturally with ActivePure technology.
A Superior Solution
Before the development of activTek's ActivePure technology, air purification relied mainly on passive systems like filters and ultraviolet solutions. These passive systems sit and wait for air to come to them before it can be treated, so only the air that passes through the system can be affected.
ActivePure sends the solution to the pollution, moving throughout your home to find and eliminate pollutants, even on surfaces where most mold, bacteria and viruses originate.
A high powered germicidal UV lamp provides deactivation of pathogens as they pass through, and the UVX light also activates our ActivePure (Radiant Catalytic Ionization) technology.
ActivePure combines high-intensity UVX light with a proprietary multimetallic coating to create Radiant Catalytic Ionization. This produces superoxide ions and hydro-peroxides that reduce airborne contaminants and odors.
A proprietary RF-type ionization system is used to emit energy waves up to 60 feet (even through walls) to charge ultra-fine particles in the air. Needlepoint Ionization disperses these negatively charged ions to attract airborne particles, helping to remove them from your breathing space. The optional Corona Discharge Plate produces activated oxygen to further treat the air.
Unlike filters that can only catch particles that are .3 microns and larger, ActivePure reduces particle concentrations as small as .01 microns. UV lamps kill bacteria but don't filter particles. And they only work if the bacteria is exposed to the UV light for a minimum length of time. ActivePure kills bacteria and reduces particles. And because it uses active technology, it treats pollutants at the source – even on SURFACES!
ActivePure technology is recognized as a Certified Space Technology for having effectively applied space-based technology to address the real and growing concern of indoor air pollution and improve the quality of life for people here on Earth. ActivePure uses RCI (Radiant Catalytic Ionization) technology originally developed in cooperation with NASA to clean the air in spacecraft.
The effectiveness of ActivePure technology has been qualified by multiple peer-reviewed university studies. It has been proven to eliminate up to 99.9% of ten of the most deadly forms of mold, fungi, bacteria and viruses on surfaces, as well as significantly reduce harmful particles in the air.
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Janitorial & Commercial Cleaning in Tulsa
Tulsa's Building are Unique And Require Specific Janitorial Cleaning.
Tulsa, the "Oil-Capital of the World" is unique in it's history and in it's future. Known for it's unique art deco and contemporary architecture. Different buildings require different types of cleaning solutions and methods.
Many of the downtown buildings from the Petroleum Club (Kanbar Properties) and the Mayo Building to the new BOKCenter have similar but very unique maintenance issues.
1. Nightly sweeping and mopping of floors by a trained technician. Removing dirt, dust, and spills on a regular basis is the best way to guarantee quality building maintenance.
2. Use warm-not hot water when mopping ceramic tile and hard floors. Hot water should only be used when stripping and waxing floors. The heat in water will break down the wax on the floors too soon and require extra maintenance hours to staff and refinish floors.
3. Vacuuming thoroughly will prolong carpet life. Nothing wears out a carpet quicker than not vacuuming thoroughly on a nightly basis. Dirt, sand, dust and debris works as sandpaper against the carpet fibers when people walk and accelerates the wear of the carpet and will need to be replaced much sooner than if the carpet was vacuumed regularly and cleaned as needed.
4. Let your building breathe. Just like humans-buildings need to breathe. Indoor air quality is greatly enhanced by vacuuming AND by letting in some air and sunshine. Especially in winter time when Tulsa, Oklahoma can be cold. For 20 minutes a few times a month let air circulate through the building. This will not only give employees a more healthy work environment but also less time off for sickness and that will make every Human Resources manager and CEO happy.
Stay healthy and clean and we can all be singing: "Take me out to the Ballpark…" at Tulsa Drillers Stadium-"Play Ball!"
Call Clean Brite today for your free Building Evaluation to determine the health of your building.
Tulsa Company Cleans Up Toxic Chemicals In The Workplace & Improves Indoor Air Quality
A Tulsa company is making a difference in the way employees and managers work. Working in a toxic free zone is important and makes for a better work environment.
Clean Brite, Inc. has been cleaning Tulsa's facilities since 2000 and has helped many a facilities manager achieve greater indoor air quality, environmentally friendly homeostasis and workplace goodwill.
Some chemical stresses in the workplace include: toxins, smoke, chemicals, allergens & mold. When these types of chemicals, odors, toxins and spills are present in a Tulsa building the employees and staff can experience unpleasant reactions and side-effects. From decreased productivity to lost time from work and paid sick leave; HR managers, bosses and company owners are being pre-emptive and preventative and it is paying off in big ways.
Clean Brite Tulsa has been offering free Environmental Assessments for years. Certified as mold remediation specialists. Clean Brite offers: Mold spore detection, indoor air quality ratings, duct inspections and other indoor air quality measure are taken and a report of findings and actions for improvement are given to the facilities manager.
Many times a simple duct cleaning, air filter changing, carpet cleaning or switching to environmentally friendly, green cleaning products will help correct the situation. When duct cleaning or asbestos removal is needed the appropriate plans can be made to quickly and safely get the facility back to a healthy condition. Doing so can assure that Tulsa's employees and employers are healthy and productive again.
Stay tuned for more quality information about positive information about quality workplace environmental best practices.
We will soon have the Free assessment posted on this website for you to guage the overall health and indoor air quality of your building.
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Tips to Improve Indoor Air Quality in Tulsa
Tips to Improve Indoor Air Quality in Tulsa
These days newer homes are made air-tight to make them highly energy efficient, but these homes are not very good at circulating fresh air. The same is true for Commercial buildings. In its place, fumes from paint, stains, furniture, carpets, and household cleaners build up in our homes and generate nasty levels of air pollution. According to US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) indoor pollution levels are often at least two times higher than outdoor environment and occasionally up to 100 times higher. Therefore it is very important that we keep monitoring our indoor air quality and adopt a greener approach. If you don't use a harmful chemical in the first place, then there is no question of cleaning it up, or be exposed to it, which is what preventing pollution is all about. Following is a list of the things you can do to reduce your exposure to toxic chemicals to create a safer indoor living environment for you and your family.
• Keep away Mold and Mites: It is important that in the roof and attic design main considerations are taken to prevent the progress of moisture and managing the moisture to avoid condensation on building materials resulting in dust mites and mold spores. So fix leaky pipes and faucets instantly and pay attention that water slopes away from the foundation of your house.
• Let the air flow in. Increase ventilation rates and air distribution in your home. Mechanical ventilation systems must be used to exchange indoor air with a supply of relatively cleaner outdoor air. If you have few windows then consider using other means that of ventilation like exhaust fans particularly in bathrooms, attics, basements and garages.
• Remove your shoes before entering your home. Toxicologists have proved that removing shoes at the door will help keep out toxins for example lawn pesticides and factory chemicals that travel as minute particles.
• Place indoor plants that are smart in removing aerial contaminants in your home. With this you not only get natural decoration but it helps in improving the air quality within the home.
• When you buy household cleaners and Janitorial products, always look for labels that tell all of the chemicals that are used in cleaner. Be sure to avoid using cleaners that contain: Nonyl- and octyl-phenols which are used to make alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) detergents.
• Paints release volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOC's include known carcinogens or neurotoxins like benzene, formaldehyde, toluene and xylene. To avoid them go in for paints labeled low-biocide or VOC-free. Low-biocide means paint is up to 95% free of preservatives and fungicides-greatly affect indoor air quality in Tulsa.
• PVC, widely used in flooring, wall coverings, countertops, mini blinds, water pipes and window frames are known human carcinogens also linked to reproductive and immune disorders. So go in non-PVC wall and floor coverings to minimize potential exposure to these toxins.
• Plywood, oriented strand board, kitchen cabinets and home insulation are all products that can have formaldehyde, a known human cancer-causing chemical. Prefer solid woods and formaldehyde-free insulations while constructing or renovating your home or commercial office building in Tulsa, OK.
• Do not ever leave a car running even with the garage door open particularly if the garage is under the living area. Carbon monoxide can simply seep all the way through walls and floors. And test your house for radon.
• Tobacco smoke includes over 4,000 different chemicals, and smoking indoors is one of the most terrible things that you can do for your living environment. If you or your friends smoke, step outside to smoke and save your home and your health.
It is vital that we keep monitoring our indoor air quality and are aware of the environment where we spend most of our lives and improve it by adopting a greener approach. Check with your current Janitorial Company to monitor your indoor air and take the appropriate actions. If you are in Tulsa and would like a free Indoor Air Evaluation call Clean Brite Janitorial Company today.
Indoor Air Quality Service in Tulsa
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)-Business runs better when employees are healthy. Indoor air pollution is a huge problem for buildings.
The weather can do crazy things in Oklahoma. Old buildings have uniques issues and new buildings have their own set of issues. Add the crazy weather to the mix and employees can start sneezing and sharing germs and then you have a problem. There are some practical solutions to help with indoor air quality.
1. Let the building breathe.
Like pores on your skin, buildings need to be opened up so they can breathe. Especially in winter and summer months when every window may be locked down tight-A little breath of fresh air does everyone good.
2. Change air filters regularly and have a professional inspect your vents. Mold, mildew, dust mites, dander, parabens and other allergens can grow unchecked then, all of a sudden, the seasons change and when the air or heater is turned on for the first time in weeks the office is hit with a toxic air burst.
3. Nightly vacuuming of carpets with a triple filtration vacuum cleaner is very important. Vacuum cleaners with only a single or double filtration system emit large doses of dirt and dust back into the air. This has a negative effect on the air and the carpet because the dirt resettles on carpet and gets ground in as people walk and creates a sand paper affect that increases wear and creates more expense in the long term for the facility.
On a final note, many of the air deodorizers contain toxins or at the least irritating chemicals and fragrances that make your building smell nice but may irritate your employees. Check with your current Janitorial company to see if they care "Green Chemicals" and Green all natural deodorizers.


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So how well do the papers do at providing diversity? Given that Warren Buffett, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen, Gordon Brown, Gloria Steinem, former US national intelligence director Dennis Blair, and noted bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel were among the 114 unique op-ed contributors (a few of these, mostly Sunday contributors, had multiple op-eds), of the past thirty days, one might wonder if it does help getting published in the New York Times to be a little famous.
From my analysis of the past month's bylines, New York Times readers were treated to the views of forty-one academics (ten at Ivy League institutions), forty writers and journalists, nine presidents and one vice president of an organization or think tank, four current and former political office holders. While the contributions opined on a wide variety of topics—"Why do Russians hate ice?" to "Drones Alone are not the Answer" —and reflected geographic diversity, they originated from a rather narrow class of well-educated and successful individuals. When contributions did occasionally focus on working class issues—"Isolated, Vulnerable and Broke" told of the fast decreasing fortunes of Hispanic families in America—they were expressed in the voice of an Ivy League academic.
Perhaps not surprisingly, The Wall Street Journal's contributors represent an even narrower and more important class than that of the Times. In the past thirty days—I counted 130 unique contributors—Jeb Bush, Paul Ryan, Senator Patty Murray (twice), and Karl Rove (multiple times) opined for the Journal. There were seven writers with connections to the American Enterprise Institute (Golub among them) and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. There were also a good number of academics, journalists and business leaders.
The Wall Street Journal may be a paper primarily for the business minded, but the business-minded could also benefit from perspective outside its bandwidth, to get a sense of how policies affect people, and perspectives—those of workers and consumers —they should ultimately be interested in.
Part of the problem may be a lack of submissions, and perhaps these op-ed pages are as representative as the submissions they receive. But if that's the case, it surely wouldn't be difficult for papers to find individuals from the "other half" with worthy (and fresh) things to say. Perhaps editors could take a more active role in soliciting contributions; certainly the Internet has proven that there are lots of articulate people out there who want to speak their minds. For editors, it could be as easy as looking for blogs and combing comments.
Readers should, of course, hear about issues from the people who know and understand them best. This means academics, journalists, and policymakers, sure; but there should also be space for the perspective of people that live the issues, not just those that study them.


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The Big Texan feeds almost half a million people each year from all over the world. It has been featured in countless TV shows, movies, magazines, and newspapers throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Countless movies and sit-coms have featured or parodied the World Famous FREE 72-oz. steak dinner (if eaten in 1 hour).


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Are You Ready for Some Science?
Do most Americans lack the attention span to follow science news more complicated than the latest antidepressant or flu shot?
Perhaps. But Roger Bingham of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California at San Diego has faith. In fact, he believes that whether people know it or not, they're actually interested in science.
Along with Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan and founder of the science education venture Cosmos Studios; Sally Ride, the astronaut and physicist; Michael Shermer, director of the Skeptics Society; Salk Institute neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski; and other science stars, Bingham is building the Cable Science Network. The network is modeled in the public-interest spirit of C-SPAN, its founders said, but aims to be a little more fun.
"Because we say it will be like C-SPAN does not mean that it has to be resolutely boring," Bingham said.
The network will air unedited, C-SPAN-style talks from conferences like the Society for Neuroscience or the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meetings. But other shows -- including features on the best science teachers in the country, Q&A's with science authors and profiles of researchers performing cutting-edge brain experiments -- should keep the programming lively.
The feedback Bingham and his colleagues have received so far leads them to believe that if they build it, people will come. Since Scientific American ran an article by Shermer about the network, the CSN site has been flooded with notes of support and offers of help.
"Yes, we want this channel! Before our brains turn to mush!" one wrote.
Scientists seem to agree that the state of television science coverage is abysmal, and they crave something better. Bingham calls it the "tyranny of the sound bite."
By focusing mainly on medical developments and boiling everything down to 30 seconds, science is often sensationalized and distorted, said Sandra Blakeslee, a science writer for The New York Times.
"I cover a lot of meetings and I can just see things unfolding, but we can't cover it all in print media," Blakeslee said. "So it would be wonderful to have things like talks and plenary sessions accessible to the public. There are a lot of C-SPAN junkies, and I think there would be a similar interest (in science TV) from the American public."
But CSN will have to be selective about the kind of scientific-conference programming it airs if it wants to keep viewers interested and awake.
Brian Alexander, in his recent book Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion, aptly describes the ennui potentially engendered by scientific sessions:
"The talks almost always take place in the dark," he writes. "During the first 10 minutes, the scientist-presenter fumbles with a bulky laptop computer in an effort to get the PowerPoint program to work. During the nonext 30 minutes, the scientist, who has never been trained in the art of public speaking, explains, often through a very thick Chinese, German, French or Italian accent, why the mass of pinkish cells on the right is the surprising and highly significant result of the procedure performed on the almost identical mass of pinkish cells on the left. Line graphs are shown.
"The final five minutes is taken up by a question period. Colleagues stand at a microphone in the middle of the aisle and, using the polite code phrases of science, ask the presenter if he has considered the possibility that his head has unaccountably become entangled in his ass."


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West Ham United got their programme of pre-season fixtures underway with a 6-2 win at Cork City on Sunday evening.
West Ham TV has several ways for you to catch up on the action.
- Seven minutes of match highlights here
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Trailers of top movies at box office
Take a look at the top movies of the weekend of April 5-7.
TRISTAR PICTURES The remake of "Evil Dead" spins around Mia (Jane Levy), a drug abuser who convinces her brother and a couple of friends to help her detox in a cabin in the woods. Then the fun begins.
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Pennsylvania State Police say lovers Jade Olmstead, 18, and Ashley Barber, 20, confessed to the May murder of Brandy Stevens, 20. Stevens' remains were discovered in a shallow grave near a house in Wayne Township.
During a preliminary hearing Wednesday, State Trooper Eric Mallory told the court that the two women admitted to luring Stevens, who was previously romantically involved with Olmstead, to the home where Olmstead lived with Barber and Barber's parents. There, Mallory said, they beat and strangled Stevens before rolling her, still alive, into a makeshift grave they had dug earlier. According to Mallory, the duo confessed to hitting Stevens with a shovel and stuffing a hat into her mouth to muffle her screaming. Once she was in the grave, they allegedly poured water on her face and bashed her head with a rock. They then allegedly buried the hat and the rock with her, and later burned some of her belongings along with their own bloody clothing. An autopsy revealed Stevens had died from suffocating on dirt.
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I heard about the Nurgle (or is it Slaanesh?!) sheet which had errors on it. Do the new box with the new art contain the errata'ed god sheet and other stuff that needed a reprint?
New box art = Reprint with corrected god sheets?
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Ian Hendon has hailed the application of his West Ham United Development Squad as they bounced back to winning ways with a 2-1 pre-season victory at Thurrock.
Less than 24 hours after being defeated 4-1 at Grays Athletic, leaving their coach feeling disappointed, the players showed greater resolve, determination and talent to overcome their Ryman League Premier Division opponents.
Republic of Ireland youth international Kieran Sadlier (pictured) was the star of the show, scoring twice, while Declan Hunt and Frazer Shaw were among those who also garnered praise from Hendon.
"We were a lot better than we were on Friday night," said the coach. "Thurrock only managed to score with a wonder-strike from outside the box that wrong-footed our goalkeeper, but other than that I was pleased.
"Kieran has scored two goals and we were a lot more competitive than we were on Friday at Grays. I think the lads who played or watched that game realised what is expected of them.
"They are good footballers but they have got to work hard and graft and earn the right to play. If they do that, then they can show their talent because we have got good players.
"I was pleased to get a reaction from them because I don't want to have to blow my top at them every time we play because then it won't have any effect.
"Playing at Grays as they opened their new stadium - the stadium where the fans had come out to see us and where we will play our home games this season - I think the occasion got to some of them.
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Aside from Sadlier, Hendon had warm words for Hunt, who has recently returned to action after missing the whole of last season through injury, and full-back Shaw.
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The Development Squad continue their busy pre-season schedule with a trip to Blue Square Bet Premier side Dartford, and Hendon is challenging his players to rise to the challenge again.
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Summer Flick Triple Play
Fright Night - a re-imagining of the 1985 horror classic were teenaged Charley Brewster discovers his new neighbor Jerry is a vampire preying on the neighborhood.Colin Ferrel smolders as Dracula and David Tennent reinvents Peter Vincent into a snarling, shirtless goth. My initial impression of this new reincarnation of Fright Night can be summed up in one word – yum. In theaters August 19.
One Day – How did I miss the novel written by David Nichols? It will be added to my Kindle collection tonight. As per the website: After one day together – July 15th, 1988, their college graduation – Emma Morley (Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess of Across the Universe) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. For the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15ths in their lives.
I have an eerily personal synchronicity with this movie. I am looking forward to reading the novel and watching this movie. In theaters August 19th – a day before my birthday
Another Earth. Opened in theaters July 22nd. What would you do if you met another you?
"Another Earth", Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling), a bright young woman accepted into MIT's astrophysics program, aspires to explore the cosmos. A brilliant composer, John Burroughs (William Mapother), has just reached the pinnacle of his profession and is about to have a second child. On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, tragedy strikes and the lives of these strangers become irrevocably intertwined.


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Hi - I bought this Ice Cream banana from Stokes. It arrived in pretty bad shape (UPS took an extra day to deliver it, and crushed the box as well). My question: will this pseudostem survive? I know the rhizome is probably OK, and a new pseudostem will pop up, but our growing season is short I'd like it to survive. Stokes is shipping a replacement, BTW.
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