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Quoted from 3811 Thanks for your reply! I have seen the videos, read the forums, and tried everything! My ring finger is definately longer than my index finger on my left hand but on my right hand, I can't tell. The problem is it is impossible for me to make sure the finger is exactly straight when I measure it so that is why I am getting different results each time.They are so so so close that in some measurements in is longer and in others, the other is longer. It is a difference of about 1/16th?
Quoted from Dr. D Also, in evaluating the results from the clinic studies it was easy to see why ties (or even close neck and neck issues) should go to the index finger. True androgenic types have way longer ring fingers; a distinction often obvious enough to preclude a any need for measurement whatsoever.
Quoted from Lloyd My preferred approach is that if there is reason for confusion based an the closeness of a measurment, is to use strength testing and other factors to break the tie
Quoted from 3811 but just to clarify, it is the "middle" of the upper leg we should measure, not the inner or outer upper leg, right? Kim
Quoted from Ribbit Well, Ron, the confusion came for me when measuring my legs and fingers. They're so close that I could be either a Warrior or a Teacher depending on how I hold my hands or how I place my feet. They're so, so close that depending on where you put the tape measure on the side of my knee bone or the side of my ankle bone, it would totally throw me into a different category.
Quoted from Mrs T O+ I guess you could eat foods common to both types or avoid the worst of both types.I'm glad it's not just the Hunter & Gatherers that have this struggle.
Quoted from 521 I don't see how there can be confusion on which genotype you are, when the advanced chart is completely specific. The only confusion I can imagine, is if you use the basic or intermediate chart because you don't know your secretor type...cts,You might try keeping your fingers straight, and then bending them at a ninety-degree angle at the punching knuckles. Then just measure from the top of the knuckle down to the fingertip. That's what I did, after first doing it the formal way that the GTD book describes.
Quoted from 3811 Perhaps I should just meet dr. dadamo. i would have to save up a lot. has anyone met him in person? i would love meet him in person-it would be very helpful!
Quoted from 3811 i think i will have my chiropractor muscle tests (kinisiology) some foods to see which ones my body is the strongest to give me insight. anyone tried that?
Quoted from JJR I used to say the same thing until I found I did my measurements wrong to begin with and when I did it correctly, my upper and lower leg are so close, that without know EXACTLY where the spot is you're supposed to measure, it makes it a bit dicey. ... Maybe some day I'll just do the swami and then I'll be closer to knowing what I should and shouldn't eat anyways. ...
Quoted from 3811 sorry, what is the "new version of SWAMI?"
Quoted Text SWAMI GenoType is a sophisticated computer software system written by Dr. Peter D'Adamo. Dr. D'Adamo is a world-renowned expert in nutrition and genomics, and wrote the SWAMI GenoType software to harness the power of computers and artificial intelligence, using their tremendous precision and speed to help tailor unique one-of-a kind diets to individuals, based on their blood types, fingerprints, medical history, biometric measurements and over ninety othervariables.
Quoted from 3811 If i get muscle testing for my genotype, do i think the genotype in my mind when they test me, or rather, shoudl i bring foods and have those tested?
Quoted from 3811 dear mayflowers,thanks for your reply! which way did dr. d decide and did he say you could make those fingers a tie?
Quoted from 3811 dear mayflowers,did you meet dr. d in person?kim
Quoted from C_Sharp Mayflowers will probably answer herself shortly.
Quoted from 12 Geez, I am surprised no one mentioned fingerprint patterns and medical history...
Quoted from Ribbit Kim (a.k.a. cts) and I met today at Starbucks (no, we didn't drink any sugar-laden, double-dose caffeine stuff). She had the nice fingerprinting thingy and let me borrow it for my daughter. Elizabeth has 3 whorls! The rest are loops. I'm sure Kim will be along later to post her results. We did enough measurements to make sure of what she is.
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So, if you've peeked at the Appliance forum, you've read all about my search for a vintage-looking range. Now I want to see if I can find a vintage-looking sink.
Does anybody have any personal experiences with any of the sinks below? Things to know:
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- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 20:55
Normally, I wouldn't post first, but I know you'll get many, many responses. I just have to say PICK THE LAST ONE!!! It's perfect for your 1920s home :) |
- Posted by MichelleDT (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 21:08
No experience here but I say the last one - yes, the last one. |
The last one is like, wowzers. Serious sink. It certainly screams 'vintage' to me...as does the first one which is a more petite version, but I know nothing about how vitreous china will hold up in the kitchen.... I can say that I have the Bakersfield, and I love it. I have the grid, which brings the depth up about an inch - I'm going to have to get in touch with Kohler about the chipping/cracking thing...my sink definitely has some scratches from before I acquired the grid (which is almost my favorite thing in my kitchen). |
Marcolo, my grandmother had a white drain board style kitchen sink with the wall mounted faucet and soap/sponge holder very similar to the last sink in your post in her home which also had beautiful inlaid parquet wood floors and plaster ceilings with all the artisan detail and cove molding but no fireplace. . oh the memories of spending time with her in that kitchen. She was both a great cook and a wonderful baker and had every holiday and no DW so that sink got a workout! That kitchen also had a big built in dish closet with hooks that she hung her coffee cups from. She loved that sink set up and I know missed it when she moved into a more modern home. Do you have a preference for a wall mounted faucet? |
Well I have a vintage rather than vintagey sink - at least for the moment. It looks like the last one except no drainboard - just a 36" shallow single bowl with huge backsplash thingey and a rounded rim. Unfortunately the B/S means it won't fit into standard cabinetry under the existing window so I thinks it's off to a potting shed in the near future. Anyway I have another issue with the B/S - which is the pipes behind the B/S are inaccessible and the sink is ummm very very heavy. On the other hand - I like that there isn't that bit of counter between the sink and B/S where puddles can sit. I also find the large single bowl very adaptable for different needs - I will miss it. FWIW I'm thinking of the Riverby as a replacement. |
- Posted by circuspeanut (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 21:39
M -- Much as the Sandford is gorgeous, having used many vintage sinks in my life, I prefer the Gilford for its depth. But you do strike me as an enameled castiron kinda guy: I know you've been vocal about your disapproval of the perceived fragility of fireclay sinks, and vitreous china has an even lower heat tolerance than fireclay. Just fyi. (That said, I love my fireclay sink and we abuse it with impunity. Gallons and gallons of boiled impunity.) Whichever you choose, stick with a wallmounted faucet. They're brill for not collecting drips and gunk. Don't throw anything at me, I haven't been keeping up -- have you explicitly ruled out an actual (smaller, non-dual-drainboarded) vintage sink? I know some very good sources up here, north of you. |
I haven't ruled out a real vintage sink, but until I really buy one I can't pass along the specs to an architect. I like ones that are similar to the Sandford but have two bowls, one deep. But I think there are problems using a GD with those. No question the Sandford looks best, and as a reproduction I think it's deeper than the originals. But whether or not I expand my kitchen the sink wall will still be relatively short, so losing the top drawer for that stretch may not be worth it. The advantage of something like the Bayview is that it's self rimming. That isn't so convenient for sweeping in water and crumbs, but it gives me more confidence that if it scratches all to bloody heck I can swap it out for a new one. Yeah the whole vitreous china thing is bizarre to me. It's like using a bathroom sink in the kitchen. |
- Posted by circuspeanut (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 9:03
Who's the local vintage sink supplier? We could take a look. As I said, the sink wall may not get much larger even if I expand. Currently I have a 30" cabinet with a D-shaped sink around 25" (too lazy to go measure right now). The look of the sink is quite wrong but it is a very efficient use of space, almost a bit too deep. I think apron sinks and large sinks can be overwhelming in a space, so I don't want anything enormous. Honestly the drainboard sink is cute but seems like a waste of space to me, especially since the drainboard eliminates a cabinet needed for the DW. I'd have to have a cabinet custom built to reclaim some storage below it. The sink you posted seems to have two sinks with a drainboard over one, and if the DW issue could be resolved that could work. The right side (I'm assuming) would mostly function as my prep sink while the other would be for cleanup, except after meals when we'd probably use both. Not sure I'd do yellow, though; probably saving that for the cabs. What I do want to avoid is a super-shallow vintage sink. Friend of mine badly burned her foot pouring pasta water into a shallow '20s sink--it all splashed back out again. The reproductions are a bit deeper, and some of the two-sink versions have one nice deep bowl. If I do an undermount I can make it vintage enough by using a front panel slotted for ventilation, and then that panel could disguise one of those cool Blum drawers with room for cleanup junk. However, the issue is finding something I like to fit into a smaller sink cabinet if that's what I end up with again. The side-drain undermounts are too big. |
I know you are not a fan of apron sinks, but I love my Kohler Dickenson because it is 8" deep. I think it is the perfect depth for using and not having to bend over. |
The Dickenson is a good sink. Belfast sinks don't really fit the era. I was trying to figure out whether I could get half-legs (pilasters) on the front to suggest twenties sinks, or even do some kind of backsplash treatment to suggest the integrated kind, but couldn't think of anything that wouldn't look too retrofit or require too much $$$ labor. |
- Posted by melissastar (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 11:22
Marcolo, I have the Kohler Cape Dory in the drop-in self-rimming style (the size is the Cape Dory, but the style is what you show for the Bakersfield). It's been in and in use for about 15 months now. It is our clean-up sink, so I don't pour hot pasta water in, but I do bang big pots around in it. It's roomy, just deep enough to wash dang near anything but not so deep as to require bending (I'm 5'4.5" on a good day). It's set in a soapstone counter and so far, I don't find any real accumulation of gunk around the rim and find it easy enough to wipe around. |
Thanks! Good to know. My only issue is the center drain, which wastes some space underneath. |
That makes sense. One of my favorite sinks (and kitchens) on Gardenweb has always been Arlosmom. I love that curved cabinet below it, too! |
- Posted by melissastar (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 12:35
Yes, the center drain is a space waster. But FWIW I have found that using drawers under the sink cabinet seems to give me a whole lot more accessible space than any other arrangement. And by placing short items in the drawers where the drain and disposal drop down, I can still fit a lot in there. A pic, in case it's helpful: |
Would trash fit under there, or would it hit the GD? |
- Posted by melissastar (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 13:19
DOn't know, Marcolo. I'll give it a try tonight and let you know. |
- Posted by circuspeanut (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 14:11
Probably no layout I'd have would put a sink in the corner. You're just looking for an excuse to post more copper! I know somebody here has the Bayview, but I forget who that is. It's not quite curvy enough to be 20s fabulous but might do the trick. But that sucker is deep! |
- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 16:05
Circuspeanut- That pale yellow sink is beautiful! I really like Laura Calder's sink...I wish they would make something like this, in a reproduction.
- Posted by califreckles (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 17:43
Marcolo - the Sanford drainboard sink was top on my list until I realized that the bowl size was 16"x19", and that wasn't going to be enough for me. The Clarion double drainboard sink has a larger sized bowl, but I don't think I can give up that much counter space (5ft wide). So, personally, I'm leaning toward one of the Kohler's --> Cape Dory or Bakersfield. |
Just found the specs online--it is also only 7" deep. |
FWIW, I just installed an aftermarket rev-a-shelf two 27 qt. trash pull out under my Bakersfield (and that's just the right side). Fits perfectly. I am so excited about the pull out trash, I can't even tell you. I have plenty of room on the left side of the almost centered disposal (pipe is more on the left) for another pull out. Just haven't figured out which one yet. |
- Posted by melissastar (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 21:26
Marcolo... single trash can would fit easily on either side of the disposal with Cape Dory. I have a fairly small GD...Insinkerator Evo Compact, I think it was called. With it, there is 14" of space from the edge of the GD to the side wall of the cabinet. |
Awesome info. Thanks so much, melissastar. |
I noticed a photo of the Bayview with faucets installed in the traditional position, rather than as a periscope. Much better. |
- Posted by 1929Spanish (My Page) on Wed, Mar 21, 12 at 10:42
I also dislike apron sinks and, while I love the look of vintage, it wasn't going to work for my everyday needs. I installed the Bakersfield overmount in a very small condo kitchen and it was great. I could wash my 13 lb Schnauzer in it, but it still didn't take up too much space. Yes, washing dogs in my kitchen sink might be crude to some but haven't you ever found something in tupperware in the back of your fridge..... I digress. This time around I have more room and was looking at the Cape Dory. I found Ceco sinks locally and ended up with one of these instead. It's the same dimensions as the Cape Dory without predrilled holes (for undermount). Also the drain is in the center, but towards the back. Finally Ceco (UM 74, I think) started making sinks in the 1920's so I figure at least the company is in the right ballpark. Oh, and my 6 1/2 lb Yorkie could have a pool party in there! Check them out...they have a bunch of different sizes and styles. |
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- Posted by melissastar (My Page) on Wed, Mar 21, 12 at 10:58
oops, marcolo, I missspoke (miswrote?). There is 14" to the right of the GD, but only 10" on the left of the trap. Forgot that the GD wasn't the only thing dangling under the sink. Still room enough, I think for one waste can on either side, if needed. |
So, was the concensus that it would be dumb to use the vitreous china Gilford as a kitchen sink (especially if one wants a disposal)? Is this material similar to the fireclay so many people seem to have issues with? |
I love the Sanford sink and Arlosmom's sink! Unfortunately I cannot fit that style into my kitchen or I would be on the hunt for one! If you can work it in, I would go for the Sanford. I do have a vintage sink in my laundry room, but don't know if the style fits the era you are trying to capture. (Picture below) It is a Kohler cast iron sink. It sits on the cabinet tops, so you could still have it go over your dishwasher or whatever cabinet you wanted. I find these old sinks with drainboards so practical and utilitarian! I love it! |
Marcolo- did you decide on the faucet. Some of these demand a specific typed faucet like wall mounted or deck mounted. |
- Posted by lannegreene (My Page) on Sun, Feb 24, 13 at 16:55
What do you want to be the focal point in your kitchen? I've not read your post on a vintage stove but most of them are large and dominant. If you don't like apron sinks and won't use a drain board then consider a simple undermount sink. I would go with function for my sink. A single or double undermount would be less $$. There are lots of ways to get the vintage feel without making everything authentic. Here are some vintage sink cabinets, note the front of the cabinet doors. They give a vintage look but could be used with any kind of sink. |
Thanks for asking. I ended up snagging a Kohler Riverby. I was afraid it would look too mod with the off center drain and the sloping bottom, but it looks fine and it's square enough to echo the old sinks like in the photos above. Wouldn't you know it, immediately afterward I found a vintage sink online that would've fit just fine on my short sink run. However, I console myself that the old sink was only 5.5" deep, and I remember a friend burning her foot from dumping out pasta in one of those. needinfo1, porcelain is like a bathroom sink or toilet bowl. It's even more delicate than fireclay. I can't fathom why Kohler doesn't produce this sink in cast iron. I suppose if somebody had a kitchen layout where the Gilford could be used as a prep sink--with no heavy pots in it--and an undermount sink somewhere else for cleanup, it might work. Some people have more guts than I do. |
marcolo-- Even more delicate thtn fireclay! That definitely eliminates this idea then. Too bad too because I like the look and probably would have bitten if it weren't for the material. And, I just found a very similar American Standard kitchen sink. It too is in vitreous china. The search continues. |
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Sick of Xbox 720 rumours yet? Ah, but this one's different: it's written in complete sentences rather than mystery-mongering three-word phrases, and the source actually has a name. According to tech blogger and serial leaker Paul Thurrott, the next generation Xbox will go public on 21st May. Two days before my birthday, then. Way to upstage, Microsoft.
Not only that, but it'll reportedly accompany a new version of the Xbox 360 which retails for $99. Oh, and apparently it "must be internet-connected to use". Take the rain with the shine.
"The next Xbox is code-named Durango," Thurrott commented in a What The Tech podcast transcribed by All Games Beta (ta VG247, Gaming Everything). "And we have talked for a while about this notion that there might be another version of the Xbox that was just aimed at entertainment-a non-gaming device. That device was code-named 'Yumo' and they're not making it. They may make one in the future, but it's not happening this year."
"So the new Xbox that comes out this year will just be the Xbox," he went on. "And I mentioned before they're also going to sell a new Xbox 360 code-named 'Stingray' that will be $99. And you might look at that as two things: backwards compatibility, obviously, suggesting - I don't actually know this for a fact, but based on the fact that they're making one - I don't think that the new Xbox will play 360 games.
"But that I don't actually know, that I'm guessing. But, the other one is that, $99, that's a real cool price. And so we know that the Xbox 360 does Netflix, Hulu Plus, yada yada yada, and you can make the argument that's kind of a low cost entertainment device, too.
"Durango is going to be expensive [laughs], you know $500, $300 for the subscription model, that kind of thing, but you know, Blu-ray, blah blah blah, but the thing that interest me, going back and looking at some of the stuff I got a long time ago, it actually says 'must be internet-connected to use' in the notes. And that's all I have, but it does say that."
"Originally, they were going to announce this thing in April 24, now they're going to announce it May 21. We know there are events occuring this year where we're going to learn more about Durango," Thurrott added. As to when the machine will release, he's calling "early November, yeah. E3 is going to occur. BUILD is going to occur in San Francisco in June when they're going to talk about the developer story because it's a Windows 8 device. It's going to have the same, or basically the same, developer tools and developer APIs and all that kind of stuff."
Microsoft was recently obliged to apologise to customers after a creative director told always-online detractors to "deal with it", in what's been cast as a harmless off-the-cuff exchange with BioWare's Manveer Heir. The always-online rumour is as old as the hills, and Jonty among others remains thoroughly unconvinced.
Here's an unconfirmed list of Xbox 720 specs - in brief, it's said to include a dedicated Kinect port, a built-in "Natural User Interface" sensor, a 50 GB 6x Blu-ray disc drive and eight 1.6 GHz CPUs.
Update: The Verge has pitched in on the story. "Sources familiar with Microsoft's Xbox plans have revealed that the event will be at a small venue with a focus on providing the very first details on the next Xbox, codenamed Durango, and Microsoft's plans for Xbox in 2013."


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Towns of the Delaware Shore and Area
Welcome to Sussex County and the Delaware Shore. Here you will find a brief description of our local towns. Whether you are searching for real estate in Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Milton, Bethany Beach or any of our Sussex County towns, you will know which fits you best. Not only are we locals but strong community supporters. We look forward to answering all your questions about our area and serving all of your future real estate needs.
Rehoboth Beach:
This town calls itself "The Nation's Summer Capital" because of the number Mid-Atlantic tourists that vacation here. Rehoboth Beach offers tax free upscale shopping, gourmet restaurants and a mile-long boardwalk loaded with fun family activities.
Calm bay beaches or fun ocean waves, a rich nautical past, historic churches and homes dating back to the 1600's, lighthouses, quaint main street with boutiques, craft shops and many great places to dine.
This town calls itself "Delaware's Smallest Wonder" and is a classic example of life in a small historic town. There is an extensive Victorian home district, shops and dining in relatively rural area.
Bethany Beach:
One of the "Quiet Resorts" this town is a perfect retreat for people who want a quieter, more natural beach experience. The town is in the center of the region's ecotourism attractions with it's proximity to Delaware Seashore State Park and is perfect for those who want to bike, bird watch, paddle or hike.
A small rural town that is essentially surrounded by water with Millsboro Pond, Ingrams Pond, Betts Pond and the Indian River. This charming town was established in 1792 and eventually incorporated in 1893.


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Christmas Eve Sermon: Matthew 1
The following sermon was preached by Pastor Jonathan Huehn, Associate Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Normal, IL.
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How to cure someday syndrome. Edit Article Edited by Flickety, Krystle, Eric, WikiBunny and 7 others Someday Syndrome: not doing what you want to because you don't know what it is, probably because you're procrastinating about it, or because you have too much stuff getting in your way.
Everyone suffers from Someday Syndrome at some point in their lives, often catching it repeatedly. You probably have something similar going on in your life – a project, a task, a goal – that you just haven't got around to doing yet, right? It would be easy to quote Nike and say: Just Do It, but if it were that simple Someday Syndrome wouldn't exist. How to save time for busy people. Your lives are always busy, I'm sure, but the holidays always seem to add even more craziness to everyone's schedule.
Christmas parties with family, friends and co-workers, gift shopping, decorating, Christmas pageants, caroling, bell-ringing, snow shoveling (unless you live on Guam like I do), making cookies, baking turkeys, and all the rest. It's enough to make you want to give up! But it doesn't have to be overwhelming. 4 task list antipatterns. The software development world has the concept of the antipattern – a code structure that one commonly finds in failing software.
Antipatterns are worth studying because they help us learn from our mistakes (or, even better, from other people's mistakes). But antipatterns are not confined to software alone. Stare at any activity deeply enough and you'll find that some people are more successful with it than others. Can you sacrifice temporary pleasure for longterm goals? We know what we need to do to reach our goals. But we still aren't doing it. We're checking our email 50 times a day. We're browsing the web without any particular purpose. How to tackle dreaded tasks. 20 Procrastination Hacks. This post was written by Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.net I'm going to take a wild leap and suggest that procrastination is a problem that plagues even the best of us.
Yes, even Scott Young must procrastinate once in awhile. I surely do. But even though I procrastinate, I find ways to get a lot done. I am the epitome of what Scott calls "productively lazy". Overcome Procrastination Once and For All. Why We Procrastinate Before we can solve the problem of procrastination we must understand why we do it.
There are a few basic reasons: "The now habit" de Neil Fiore. Each Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal productivity or personal development book.
During my college years, procrastination was an incredibly large problem for me, and more than once my procrastinating nature really hurt me badly. Once, in fact, it lowered a course grade from an A to a C, which was a real wake-up call for me. I spent a lot of time thinking about why I procrastinate, and it was largely from there that I started to really look into personal productivity and time management philosophies. Eventually, I came to really reject procrastination, but for me it was more of a subtle thing – it came around slowly, over time.


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Brian Jacques
A well-known radio personality in his native Liverpool–as well as an actor, stand-up comic, and playwright–Brian Jacques is the host of "Jakestown" on BBC Radio Merseyside. Ever the performer, Jacques is well-known for applying his acting and entertainment background to his lively presentations to legions of young fans at schools across the United States and England.
Brian Jacques was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.
He grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks. His interest in adventure stories began at an early age with reading the books of: Daniel Defoe, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Thomas Malory, Robert Michael Ballantyne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Kenneth Grahame. He attended St. John's School, an inner city school that had its playground on the roof. On his first day at St. John's, at the age of ten, he had an experience that marked his potential as a writer. When given an assignment of writing a story about animals, he wrote about the bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The teacher could not, and would not, believe that a ten year old could write that well. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". He had always loved to write, but it was only then, that he realized that he had a talent for writing.
Some teachers at St. John's proved to be good role models. As Mr. Jacques recalls:
"My favourite teacher was Mr. Austin Thomas. He looked like Lee Marvin. Big Man. A Captain in World War II. He came to school on a big bush bike with the haversack on back. He was a man's man. Always fair. I was fourteen at the time when Mr. Thomas introduced the class to poetry and Greek literature. (Because of him, I saved seven shillings and sixpence to buy The Iliad and The Odyssey at this dusty used book shop.)"
This interest in poetry extended to Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Goldsmith.It was also at St. John's that Brian met a teacher, Alan Durband (who also taught two Beatles, Paul McCartney and George Harrison), who, more than thirty years later would bring about a major change in his life.
After Brian finished school at fifteen, he set out to find adventure as a merchant seaman. He travelled to many far away ports, including New York, Valparaiso, San Francisco, and Yokohama. Tiring of the lonely life of a sailor, he returned to Liverpool where he worked as a railway fireman, a longshoreman, a long-distance truck driver, a bus driver, a boxer, a bobby (Police Constable 216D), a postmaster, and a stand-up comic.
Penguin mourns the passing of celebrated children's book author Brian Jacques
NAME:Brian Jacques (pronounced 'jakes')
DATE OF BIRTH:15 June 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH:Liverpool, England
FAVOURITE BOOKS:The works of Mario Puzo, Damon Runyon, and P. G. Wodehouse are amongst Brian's favourites. That is when he has time to read!
FAVOURITE MUSIC:As you may already know Brian loves opera, but all music is a must 'I could not live without music'
MOST TREASURED POSSESSION:Teddy. Brian's West Highland Terrier!
Did you enjoy reading as a child?I loved reading adventure stories by Daniel Defoe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Kenneth Graeme. I remember saving up to buy copies of The Iliad and The Odyssey, these ancient Greek stories definitely shaped my imagination when I was young.
The sea is very important in your stories, why is this?When I left school I became a merchant shipman. I travelled the world seeing amazing things. I think the sea is very exciting; it can be thrilling, dangerous, or comforting.
What do you hope children will get from your books?Most of all I want children to have fun. I want to fire their imaginations. In my stories the motto is always that courage and decency in the face of danger is very important. You can do well in life if you stick by that!
Why did you decide to write your Redwall series about animals not humans?Having animals as the main characters gives me more freedom than with humans. I can be really inventive with the characters and their lives. The mice are the heroes of Redwall because like children, mice are little and have to learn to be courageous and use their wits.
How did you become a full-time writer?I wanted to write an exciting story for a group of school children, so I wrote the first Redwall tale. I didn't have a typewriter so I wrote it by hand. I lent it to a friend, who showed it to a publisher, they were interested and signed me up for five Redwall books. The rest is history…
What advice do you give to people who want to write?Paint. That's the magic word. Paint pictures with words. That's the greatest advice I can give anybody. Paint the pictures with words.
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Bill List for the 2013 Legislature
Monitoring: Revises provisions governing aliens unlawfully present in the United States.
AB 108 (An Improved Voting Standard for Adults Under a Guardianship)
Support: Revises provisions relating to the eligibility to vote of certain persons.
AB 116 (Criminalizing Close Family for Aiding Offenders)
Oppose: Existing law provides that anyone who harbors, conceals, or aids an offender after the commission of a crime is an accessory to the crime. Exemptions to being a criminal accessory are given to the offender's husband or wife, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, child and grandchild. This bill removes every person besides the husband or wife from that exemption.
Monitoring: Establishes the Legislative Open Meeting Law.
AB 133 (Suspicion-Based Strip Searches for Minor Offenses)
Support: Makes various changes to criminal law. Rather than strip searching all arrestees, this bill requires strip and body cavity searches to be based on reasonable suspicion for juveniles and most non-violent misdemeanor adult arrestees.
AB 160 (Narrowing Nevada's Death Penalty)
Support: Revises provisions governing the death penalty. If the jury in a death penalty case cannot reach a unanimous decision regarding the penalty, this bill would require the judge to enter a maximum sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, rather than death. This bill also tailors the list of aggravating circumstances which make a first degree homicide eligible for the death penalty.
AB 230 (Comprehensive Sex Education)
Support: Requires that all school districts offer a comprehensive, age-appropriate and medically accurate sexuality education curriculum. Parents may opt their children out of this coursework without penalty.
Monitoring: Authorizes the involuntary court-ordered admission of certain persons with mental illness to programs of community-based or outpatient services under certain circumstances.
Monitoring: Revises certain provisions relating to court interpreters.
Monitoring: Provides for the legalization and taxation of marijuana.
AB 48 (Creating a Category B Felony for Voter Fraud)
Oppose: Makes various changes relating to elections.
AB 49 (Increasing Sales Tax to Fund Public Defense in Nevada)
Oppose: Makes various changes relating to public defenders. Proposes increasing the sales tax to fund public defense in Nevada to a constitutionally acceptable level.
AB 56 (Increasing Penalties for Drug Offenses)
Monitoring: Increases the penalty for the first offense of unlawfully selling a controlled substance to a minor.
Monitoring: Revises provisions relating to crimes.
AB 74 (Creating a Centralized Database of Licensed Public Notaries)
Support: Establishes provisions governing document preparation services.
AB 97 (Earlier Notice of Being Charged as a Habitual Criminal)
Support: Requires prosecutors to file a count of being a habitual criminal, habitual felon or habitually fraudulent felon within 30 days of the defendant's arraignment, which is their first appearance in court. Currently, prosecutors can file such a count after the defendant is convicted, but before they are sentenced.
SB 107 (Setting Limits on the Use of Solitary Confinement or Administrative Segregation)
Support: Restricts the use of solitary confinement on persons in confinement. Sets statewide standards and limits on the use of solitary confinement (Administrative Segregation or Ad Seg) in prison.
SB 169 (Reducing the Waiting Period to Seal Records of Gross Misdemeanors)
Support: Revises provisions governing criminal penalties. Reduces the time, from 7 years to 2 years, that a person convicted of a gross misdemeanor must wait before petitioning the court to have his or her record sealed.
SB 192 (Using Religion to Discriminate)
Oppose: Enacts the Nevada Preservation of Religious Freedom Act to prohibit governmental entities from substantially burdening the exercise of religion. Although the bill claims to protect the free exercise of religion, it could actually allow individuals to ignore our laws and discriminate based on their religious beliefs. Legislators have exempted the bill from applying to our civil rights laws, which protect Nevadans from discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and housing.
SB 24 (Training on the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations)
Support: Authorizes the Attorney General to establish a program to assist law enforcement personnel and prosecuting attorneys in complying with certain requirements of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
SB 243 (DNA Collection before Charge or Conviction)
Oppose: Revises provisions relating to genetic marker analysis. Requires DNA to be collected from any person arrested for a felony, whether or not the individual is charged or convicted or if DNA is necessary to investigate the crime.
Monitoring: Provides immunity from civil action under certain circumstances.
Monitoring: Provides for the issuance of driving privilege cards.
SB 33 (Criminalizing Consensual Sexual Acts in Prison)
Oppose: Revises provisions governing voluntary sexual conduct between a prisoner and another person.
Monitoring: Establishes the crime of stolen valor.
Monitoring: Provides for the registration of nonprofit dispensaries authorized to dispense marijuana and products containing marijuana to persons authorized to engage in the medical use of marijuana.
Monitoring: Revises provisions relating to elections.
SB 388 (Equalizing the Age of Consent in Nevada)
Support: Nevada law currently criminalizes sexual activity for same-sex partners between the ages of 16 to 18, while permitting the sexual activity for opposite-sex partners of the same age. This bill would repeal Nevada's so-called "infamous crime against nature" statues and equalize the age of consent for both opposite- and same-sex sexual partners.
Monitoring: Revises provisions governing hypodermic devices.
Monitoring: Prohibits the employment of certain persons at adult entertainment establishments.
Monitoring: Revises provisions relating to certain city elections.
Monitoring: Revises provisions governing the administration of elections.
SB 74 (Improving Nevada's Public Records Law)
Support: Revises provisions relating to public records.
SB 89 (Drug Testing to Receive Public Assistance)
Oppose: Revises provisions governing public assistance.
SJR 13 (Marriage Equality in Nevada)
Support: Over a decade ago, Nevada citizens voted to amend the constitution to include that "only a marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized." This resolution begins the process to repeal that constitutional amendment, paving the way for marriage equality in Nevada.


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Cherry Blooms Still Not Out
Monday, March 24, 2014
(Washington, DC) -- The National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway in Washington, DC, but there still aren't many blossoms yet. Many tourists have started coming to the area, only to find the buds haven't flowered around the Tidal Basin in their annual pink display. The National Park Service says they won't peak until April 8th. Forecasters are also predicting another blast of winter weather over the next couple of days and it's not yet known how that will affect the blooms.


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31 "His father said to him, 'My child, you're always with me. Everything I have is yours. | 31 " 'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. |
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Fleming proved herself to her demanding father, Strube said, by creating a successful fruit program.
Fleming's leadership style was the opposite of her father's, but it was just as effective, Strube said.
"She had an incredible ability to lead people without them even knowing that's what she was doing. I don't think people understood the strength behind her."
Becky Wilson, assistant vice president of the Tom Lange Co., Springfield, Ill., met Fleming a decade ago at United Fresh's Washington Public Policy Conference.
"She took me under her wing and never let go," Wilson said. "She always had wonderful insight on how to be respected as a woman in the produce industry. Jan Fleming is someone you strive to be."
Dee Slayman
Dee Slayman, president of Bakersfield, Calif.-based pomegranate specialist Slayman Marketing, died May 1. He was 60.
Slayman followed in the fruit industry footsteps of his father, uncle and grandfather, returning to Kern County in 1979 after a brief career in real estate.
Slayman's grandfather, Joseph, founded Slayman Fruit Co. in 1923. Dee Slayman's father, Mitchell, and his uncle, Victor, turned Slayman Fruit into the largest shipper of pomegranates in the country.
At Slayman Marketing, Dee Slayman grew and marketed exclusively pomegranates.
Slayman was an invaluable resource for Firebaugh, Calif.-based Ruby Fresh Pomegranates, a relative latecomer to the deal, said Ruby Fresh salesman David Anthony, who would drive down to Slayman's farm near Bakersfield for growing tips.
"He was helpful and encouraging — he didn't think of us as a competitor," Anthony said. "The past two years when we were short at the beginning of the season, he sold to us at a fair price. He was a really good guy, and he was devoted to promoting the whole industry."
Slayman pioneered the early pomegranate deal, shipping in August and September before the October peak.
"He was the tip of the spear," Anthony said. "They were out there before anyone else, creating early momentum."
Slayman built on his forebears' innovations in the pomegranate industry and "took it to another level," said Atomic Torosian, managing partner in Crown Jewels Produce LLC, Fresno, Calif.
"He'll be sorely missed," Torosian said. "Guys like that are too few and far between. The Slaymans are nothing but class people."


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Wolf, Alison and Ananiadou, Katerina and Aspin, Liam and Waite, Edmund (2010) The rise and fall of workplace basic skills programmes: lessons for policy and practice. Oxford Review of Education, 36 (4). pp. 385-405. ISSN 0305-4985
Swain, Jon and Brown, Margaret and Coben, Diana and Rhodes, Valerie and Ananiadou, Katerina and Brown, Peter (2008) Issues involved in designing and administrating an assessment instrument to measure learners' progress in adult numeracy classes. Research in Compulsory Education, 13. pp. 69-78. ISSN 1359-6748
Ananiadou, Katerina and Jenkins, Andrew and Wolf, Alison (2004) Basic Skills and Workplace Learning: What Do We Actually Know About Their Benefits? Studies in Continuing Education, 26 (2). pp. 289-308. ISSN 0158-037X
Ananiadou, Katerina and Emslie-Henry, Rachel and Evans, Karen and Wolf, Alison (2004) Identifying effective workplace basic skills strategies for enhancing employee productivity and development: scoping and pilot study report. [Report]
Smith, J. D. and Schneider, B. and Smith, P K and Ananiadou, Katerina (2004) The effectiveness of whole-school anti-bullying programs: A synthesis of evaluation research. School Psychology Review, 33. pp. 547-560. ISSN 0279-6015
Jenkins, Andrew and Ananiadou, Katerina and Wolf, Alison (2003) The Benefits to Employers of Raising Workforce Basic Skills: A Review of the Literature. [Report]
Smith, Peter K. and Cowie, Helen and Ananiadou, Katerina (2003) Interventions to reduce school bullying. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 48. pp. 591-599. ISSN 0706-7437
Jennifer, Dawn and Cowie, Helen and Ananiadou, Katerina (2003) Perceptions and experience of workplace bullying in five different working populations. Aggressive Behavior, 29 (6). pp. 489-496. ISSN 0096-140X
Smith, Peter K. and Ananiadou, Katerina (2003) The nature of school bullying and the effectiveness of school-based interventions. Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 5. pp. 189-209. ISSN 1521-1401
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I have have spent a large amount of time Dallas area the past few years and created some really strong friendships. These tornados have me in thought and prayer for all my friends and their communities. As I know most everyone I can think of us okay, then I remember someone else. Big prayers for the Saint Barnabas UMC who are dealing with some extensive damage to their church building. Luckily no one was hurt with this damage.
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Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol (3-14 July) What makes you, you? If you suddenly discovered you had an identical twin, would it matter? What about an artificial clone? 19 clones, even? Caryl Churchill's 2002 drama is definitely a play about ideas. About philosophy, even. The writing is strange: intense – lines are short, sentences trail off, characters finish each other's thoughts or change direction mid flow. A young man discovers that he is not a unique individual: there are dozens of clone copies of him walking around. An older man, his father, is less than open about how this came about. The doctors must have taken genetic material without permission when he was a child. They should sue. No, actually he paid to have a clone made of a previous child who died when he was very young. No... Copyright Andrew Rilstone 2012 |


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We all knew about Suh's "agressive" nature well before this season started. He was often accused of being a "dirty" player by his peers, but it was all necessary in order to forge a new identity for a franchise that has been a laughing stock for over a decade.
To me, I have no problem with Suh being a bit more physcial than everyone else in the name of creating a brand. So what if Suh does some extra shoving at the end of a play, or puts a little more mustard into his hits? This is the National Football Leauge, these kinds of things happen. However, as soon as Suh starts to intnetionally injure another player or draws a penalty to get kicked out of a game that costs his team a win, the line has to be drawn.
First of all, the first red flag should have been against Atlanta, when he showed absolutely no respect for an injured Matt Ryan on the field. If you talk to any current or former player, there is always a looming threat that anyone's career and life could change with a single play. When a guy goes down, in that moment, the game is no longer significant. Even if he has been chopping you all day long, you never want to see a guy get carted off.
Fast-foreward several weeks, and despite having a meeting with the commissioner himself, and Suh is kicking offensive lineman as they lie on the ground. Now, the offensive lineman was not hurt, but the fact that even though he has gone through so much public critisim and met the comissioner personally to avoid this situation and still was unable to control himself is alarming to say the least.
Now, it isn't even like Suh was doing all of this in the name of making a statement for his team. His inability to control himself in football pads goes back to his college days. Jets guard Matt Slauson, a former teammate of Suh at Nebraska, revealed a lot about how Suh was viewed by his collegiate teammates. From Bart Hubbuch of the the NY Post:
"He was well-respected for his ability, but everybody kind of knew who he was," Slauson said. "He wasn't well-liked."
Slauson declined to comment whether the two reported incidents of Suh stomping on former teammates in practice was true. In other words, it most definitely was true.
Slauson, who went against Suh a lot in practice since he plays right guard, is alarmed by Suh's agression on the field.
"Last year, when he got fined for the takedowns on the quarterbacks, it looked like he was trying to kill them," Slauson said. "I'm all for physicality, but within the framework of the game. I know it takes a different type of person to be a defensive lineman — you've kinda got to be a jerk who wants to take the quarterback's head off. But you [shouldn't] literally want to kill them like he does."
He makes an excellent point. You have to be somewhat crazy to play on the defensive line at the professional level. But Suh has absolutely no remorse for his actions. It was evident in his refusal to apologize for his stomp after the Packer game. He was almost dilusional in what had happened; he appeared to have convinced himself of a different reality altogether. He has since apologized, but that is after he has cooled down and talked to P/R guys. When you are on the field, there is no time for that. Suh has to be more responsible.
Now, some of this has to be to blame on the coaches that has not stopped or slowed his behavior. Where was Bo Pelini when he stomped on his teammates? Why did Jim Schwartz continue to allow his player to act in an unacceptable manner? What happened on Thanksgiving was bound to happen at some point. Schwartz has no one to blame but himself for letting Suh get out of control in front of his eyes.
If Suh is going to change as a player, now may be his last chance. The problem is, playing the way he does is so entrenched that it may take a while for him to really change. It is easy to talk about playing within the rules, but when the bullets start flying, it will be tough for Suh to not revert to his primitive instincts and get back out of control.
Either way, I have a feeling that this is not the last time we will see Suh on the back page.


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By Ryan D'Agostino
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Doc. Well, that does it. That's the bottom. "Maybe I should write a book about how to die," he said a couple days ago, about his cancer. But he might also have been speaking about this moment. The Doc rejection completes Massa's unraveling. "You are witnessing the total and complete destruction of a man," he says.
Beverly is making pizza dough in the bread maker, but even the prospect of her homemade pizza doesn't do anything to lighten the mood. The house, with its enveloping silence, save for Massa's sad monologue and the distant thud-thud-thud of the bread maker, now seems also to be filling with darkness. The sun is going down, yes, but that's not it. It's as if something, some force, has come to claim Eric Massa, and he will talk and talk in the face of it, and maybe he will talk his way out of it, and maybe he won't. Thirty, sixty, ninety days, six months, a year.
"I'm done," he says. "Finito. I got people on the Right wanting me to run for Senate, I got people on the Left want to burn me in hell, I got people in the White House trying to convince everybody that I'm a gay rapist going after dogs, I got people in the press, I mean, it's" he makes the sound of an explosion with his mouth "all Massa all the time on every news channel. I mean, what?"
His incomprehension is genuine and palpable, and in that, Eric Massa is justified and believable. As he prophesied, but for much different reasons, he is now surely being destroyed. Utterly consumed, without pity or proportion. And so the question now etched on his face is the right question, and there is no good answer for it.
As for how he got here, well, the only reasonable explanation is that Massa must know, but he'll only say, "I have no idea." When he's asked about the growing array of claims against him, he says, "The only answer is that there is no answer."
Silence is always unbearable to him, and he keeps talking.
"Ron Hikel once walked in on me and Joe, my chief of staff, who's an openly gay man, and we were quote-unquote embracing. But it was more than a hug because we were in tears. I was crying my eyes out because he had just told me that a young marine from my district, who I knew, who I recruited to go into the Marine Corps, had been killed in Afghanistan, and neither one of us knew how the hell we were gonna talk to the parents. Ron turned right around and walked out and two days later said, 'I'm sure glad there weren't any cameras around to see that.' I didn't even it didn't click at the time. Why would you care if there are cameras? Because he was a freaking homophobe."
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That Massa would later be said to have tried to pick up the bartender serving mourners at that young marine's funeral just, well, goes to show that these people whoever they may be will stop at nothing. He claims mystification, views it all as a massive betrayal.
That's a lot of betrayal, Eric, involving so many people.
"And the question is, Why?" Massa says. "And there's no answer for that."
And all the jangling counternarratives they knew that if they got rid of me, they'd pass health care, and they got rid of me, and look what happened serve as but a flimsy bulwark against what must be an unbearable shame.
It's hard to watch a man dangle over a pit like this.
Finally, Massa and his wife excuse themselves for a scheduled phone call with their lawyers. The pizza dough is rising. The two of them trudge off to the living room, sullen and sad over Doc. Beverly said Eric would text me when they were done. I leave my glass of wine on the kitchen table a reporter is parked across the street and walk up to the guesthouse.
Ting, ting. It's Massa, texting: "Pizza's in the oven for you." And then, not a minute later, "Fire is really burning bright."
Back at the house, impossibly, the mood has lifted. Massa and his wife stand in the kitchen, grinning.
"Well, we just had a very interesting conversation, and it was about of all things you," he says. The lawyers, he says, told him that his story could become a book that could very well be turned into a movie, and that the first step in that direction was to have a big magazine story come out. Have the writer tell your story, the lawyers had told Beverly and Eric.
"I mean, imagine if it won an Oscar," Massa says. "I don't know. Who knows?"
And then he and Beverly are bustling around the kitchen, getting dinner, and he tells me three times that she makes great pizza. He says he married her for her chicken. When they were dating, he says, and he had a shore leave one afternoon, she made them a picnic lunch with amazing chicken, and that's when he knew.
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A few weeks later, in the middle of a squall of new reports about Massa's behavior and sexual-harassment lawsuits by at least two of his former staff members, Beverly would call me. She just wanted to read something, she'd say a short statement written in frustration after being cooped up in purgatory for so long, unable to respond to all the people saying all the rotten things about her husband. "They are absolutely not true," she would say, her voice earnest and even. "Myself, our children, and all of Eric's family and friends stand united behind him. Those who will continue their unfounded attacks may try and ruin the reputation of an honored veteran, a hardworking congressman, but they will never, and I mean never, take away the love of myself, his children, his family, and his friends. And we are all thankful each and every day that we have him in our lives." She will say that writing that made her feel better, and hang up.
We eat the pizza good crust, lots of chewy mozzarella, really tasty and drink a $125 bottle of red Massa says a supporter gave him in San Francisco. Then it's back to the living-room couch. We talk till about 10:30. At one point he says, matter-of-factly, that "other things will come out." He tells me about one night when, after he had been drinking with some staff members, he took an Ambien and ended up walking to the Washington Monument at 4:00 in the morning, before texting his guys that he couldn't find his way home.
"That'll come out," he says. He gets quiet, and the fire throws shadows across the room in a macabre dance.
The next morning, Massa makes omelets. It's raining, and his good mood from last night has dissolved. Before I get in the car to leave, the three of us stand in the kitchen, no lights on. He says, "We have one favor to ask," and they both look at me with plaintive faces. "We can't leave the house," he says. "This would be a big help. It's just down the end of the front walk." Massa holds out a set of keys on a ring.
They want me to check the mail.
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With $96 million of its $100.6 million federal grant already committed or spent, EAGLE-Net Alliance may not have enough funds to complete its statewide broadband network.
The project, which has reached less than 25 percent of the more than 220 school districts and other educational institutions that are supposed to have access to its high-speed Internet network, was a focus of a Congressional hearing Wednesday addressing whether the $7.2 billion federal broadband stimulus program is working.
Critics such the Colorado Telecommunications Association, representing 25 rural carriers, have alleged that EAGLE-Net is wasting taxpayer dollars by laying fiber-optic cables in areas that already have sufficient bandwidth while overlooking underserved mountain communities.
The quasi-governmental entity received its grant in September 2010 under the stimulus program from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Construction on the network began early last year and has to be completed by the end of August.
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From The Boston Globe:
Hillary Clinton will take the Democratic nomination even if she does not win the popular vote, but persuades enough superdelegates to vote for her at the convention, her campaign advisers say.The New York senator, who lost three primaries Tuesday night, now lags slightly behind her rival, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, in the delegate count. She is even further behind in "pledged'' delegates, those assigned by virtue of primaries and caucuses.
But Clinton will not concede the race to Obama if he wins a greater number of pledged delegates by the end of the primary season, and will count on the 796 elected officials and party bigwigs to put her over the top, if necessary, said Clinton's communications director, Howard Wolfson.
"We are interested in acquiring delegates, period,'' a Clinton spokesperson said.
Uh huh. And what do you think they told John Edwards, who is supposedly close to endorsing Clinton?
I'm sure Obama cuts deals and twists arms too, but there's no need for these people to choose our candidate.
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"The most exciting new cosmetic formulation is high definition (HD) micro makeup—perfect for HD, as well as digital cameras—think bridal photos. Because the film and entertainment industry's standard is quickly changing to HDTV, makeup has to be able to adjust to the new demand. Regular makeup doesn't work as well with HDTV. HD micro makeup hides the imperfections of skin on HDTV so the actors look perfect."
Claudia Longo, U.S. manager
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"Most new product development at this time is focused on the addition of skin care benefits to product formulations delivering nonsurgical cosmetic improvements. Two examples come to mind. One is foundation with UVA and UVB filters that contain the finest micropigments to diffuse and reflect light and reduce fine lines and wrinkles while working with a partner moisturizer, based on skin type and condition, to enhance the delivery of the moisturizer's skin care benefits. The other is lip color and lip gloss with integrated plumping agents, enhanced by moisturizing agents and reflecting gloss pigments, which together create a 3-D effect to physically and visibly enlarge the lips, to deliver fuller-looking lips and clear lip contours."
Paula Derrick, vice president of sales
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"The most exciting has been anti-aging ingredients in cosmetic formulas. With the inclusion of liposomes, such as coenzyme Q10, in formulas of mineral cosmetics, the results are incredibly long-lasting and provide the ultimate in skin health and protection. Mineral makeup has certainly been around for a while but is just now becoming mainstream in the fashion and beauty arenas. Mineral makeup interacts with light to create a soft focus, luminous effect; something that every woman, not just celebrities and models, love. Minerals reflect and refract the light so that skin looks smoother, more even-toned and younger."
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The State of Maine has established a broad range of product procurement practices oriented toward the preservation of natural resources, the promotion of environmental sustainability, and the protection of the health and safety of employees, citizens, and visitors of the State.
The State remains dedicated to continuing environmentally preferable procurement: to purchase products and contract for services that have a reduced negative impact on human health and the natural environment in comparison to other products and services that serve similar purposes. To that end, the State shall carry on its efforts to seek ways to increase the acquisition of such products and services, to the extent feasible, balancing price, performance, availability, and safety.
The effective date of this policy is 5 November 2004.
Environmentally Preferable Procurement Program
Pursuant to the State of Maine Environmentally Preferable Procurement (EPP) Policy, the State hereby establishes an EPP Program to reduce the environmental and health impacts associated with procurement, reduce costs where possible, and increase operational efficiency. Under the program, the State shall engage in multiple strategies, which will include:
- Establishing an EPP Team with membership from the Departments of Administrative and Financial Services and Environmental Protection. Work will include developing and communicating specific work plans that promote the State EPP Policy, researching new environmentally sustainable products, educating employees about emerging best-practices in EPP, periodically re-evaluating goals, practices, and the EPP Policy and Program, and developing and providing information for State agencies to help them identify, assess, and procure EPP products, when feasible;
- Considering several factors in making best value (as that term is defined at 5 M.R.S.A. § 1825-B(7)) determinations, including, but not limited to, fuel efficiency and use of alternative fuels, recycled content percentages, energy- and water-efficiency ratings, materials content, emissions, waste generation, toxicity, and recyclability;
- Seeking recognized certifications in determining the products that best reflect the policy;
- Increasing the selection of EPP products on State contracts and eliminating non-EPP product alternatives, when feasible;
- Working with vendors to learn about and promote EPP;
- Identifying EPP cost-saving opportunities through product life-cycle cost assessments and alternative procurement methods;
- Setting annual targets for increased EPP purchases and communicating those targets to State agencies;
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HAMILTON district's health service has won Victoria's top regional award for healthcare.
The Premier's award for regional health service of the year at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards in Melbourne on Thursday night.
The award pays tribute to Western District Health Service's innovative program keeping aged care patients in touch with their families by video-link, as well as a number of other creative projects.
These including a program that keeps the health of rural farming families in check and a linen program that has slashed annual water use by more than three million litres, and its youth program 10MMM.
Premier John Brumby said the win by WDHS was well deserved.
"Staff at the Western District Health Service have worked hard to develop a range of innovative programs that not only improve the comfort of their patients, but also keep them in touch with their loved ones, which can help them recover more effectively," Mr Brumby said.
With more than 500 staff at its campuses – including Hamilton Base Hospital, Penshurst and District Health Service and Coleraine District Health Service – WDHS is the sole provider of public health care facilities in the Southern Grampians Shire and is home to some of the most remote communities in Victoria.
Virtual visiting
Mr Brumby said the Virtual Visiting program reconnected residents with their families and friends with the use of videoconferencing technology with the help of trained volunteers.
"Video conferencing combines the use of computer, video camera and internet to transmit live conferences between patients and other people outside their aged care facility," he said.
"Within a matter of minutes residents can see and speak to their friends and loved ones who may be hundreds of kilometres away in remote Victorian communities."
WDHS chief executive, Jim Fletcher, was ecstatic.
"It's an outstanding achievement and reward for many years of hard work by the board, the staff and the community of Southern Grampians Shire," he said.
"It's something everyone should be proud of and it demonstrates great initiative and quality of services by WDHS.
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"I'm very proud of our organisation and its achievements, it's outstanding recognition."
As well as the virtual visiting program, other WDHS innovations include:
• . Sustainable Farm Families – a program helping over 500 rural farming families with mental and physical health support including coping with stress and depression, farm safety, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, women and men's health and exercise.
• • Laundry Water Recycling Project – which recycles more than three million litres of water from the health service's linen department to cope with the drought.
• • 10MMM Youth Project – which provides young people in 10 rural communities with multimedia opportunities and workshops for young people to overcome rural isolation.
Health Minister, Daniel Andrews, said WDHS was one of Victoria's leading regional health services, providing support to the communities of the Southern Grampians region.
Shepparton's Goulburn Valley Health was highly commended in the category.


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There are those among us who can recall television's "Golden Age'' and live-broadcast comedy programming, such as "Your Show of Shows'' or "Texaco Star Theater," and, with a soupcon of nostalgia, bring back the brilliant funnyman Sid Caesar.
Mr. Caesar, who died on Feb. 12 at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home at age 91, was a man blessed with a rubbery face, great physicality and facile wit. In his hands, comedy became an art form. Indeed, his fans included Albert Einstein and Alfred Hitchcock.
"He was one of the truly great comedians of my time,'' said Woody Allen, the film director who in the 1950s helped write comedy for the likes of Mr. Caesar and Milton Berle. "One of the finest privileges I've had in my entire career was that I was able to work for him.''
Nor is Allen the only current celebrity who got his start tossing around gag lines at a mid-town Manhattan office. Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Mel Tolkin and Neil Simon were part of the boisterous gang working toward the same end. But such material, however pithy, existed only on the page; it took the interpretive genius of Mr. Caesar to being the words to life. "The show had to be written by Wednesday night,'' the Yonkers, N.Y., native said, certainly recalling the pitiless days of live television. "Thursday we had to put it on its feet. Friday showed it to the technicians, and Saturday was the show. Sunday was our only day off.''
Mr. Caesar's "Show of Shows'' aired on NBC from 1950-54, a 90-minute farrago featuring his equally putty-faced sidekick, Imogene Coca (1908-2006). When that show ended, he moved to "Caesar's Hour" (1954-58). But Mr. Caesar's prodigious talents were not to be hemmed in by a TV tube. He appeared in numerous films, stage productions, even a role in a Metropolitan opera. (One of his most memorable screen roles was in Stanley Kramer's 1963 romp, "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World," newly re-released by Criterion Collection).
Beneath his comic's façade, Mr. Caesar over the years battled alcoholism and depression, as addressed in his 1982 autobiography "Where Have I Been?'' Yet he faced his demons in characteristic fashion: "I had to come to terms with myself. 'Yes or no? Do you want to live or die?' '' His fortunate choice was, he said, "the first step on a long journey.''


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MANILA, Philippines – An Air Force technical team is evaluating whether 12 FA-50 fighter jets that a South Korean firm is offering can deliver medium range missiles.
Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo told The STAR a private company, Korean Aerospace, has offered to provide the fighter jets at about P18 billion, not including the munitions.
"What we are looking for is an aircraft that can be considered a fighter aircraft that can deliver missiles and other types of ammunition," he said.
Manalo, a retired Air Force general, said the success of air defense operations does not depend solely on an aircraft's capability.
"The capability of the pilot and the radar system are also important," he said. "If a pilot is good, he can maneuver the plane if he engages in a dogfight."
Manalo said the technical team is expected to submit its recommendations to defense and military officials early next month.
"The question now is when is it (FA-50) going to be certified as capable of delivering medium range missile," he said.
"We are doing due diligence to see to it that what we are going to acquire is what we need."
Manalo said issues need to be threshed out regarding the South Korean fighter jets.
"There are issues that we are trying to resolve, and one of the issues is the capability of the FA-50 of South Korea," he said.
Other countries including Italy and Russia are also offering defense equipment, Manalo said.
The government is upgrading the military's capabilities to enhance territorial defense and internal security.
On Saturday, The STAR reported that the Air Force plan to acquire fighter jets from other countries may take longer after it was decided that the procurement would be subjected to bidding instead of a government-to-government deal.
Subjecting the defense procurement to bidding would mean that Air Force pilots would have to wait longer before they can fly brand-new jets, a source said. Source: Philstar.com
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