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**Actually, only like 60% of our stuff
About three years ago, when I first started at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, I had the unsettling realization that the preservation community was really the only group out there calling attention to the waste and harmful environmental impacts associated with America's endless cycle of building demolition and reconstruction. And it's worth mentioning -- again -- that we demolish and rebuild a lot. The Brookings Institution estimates we will demolish and replace about 27% of our building stock between 2005 and 2030.
Perhaps the lack of attention given to existing buildings has something to do with the fact that new construction drives so much of the American economy – just think about how the ultimate barometer of the health of the American economy is new housing starts. You won't see the National Association of Home Builders or other industry trade groups beating down the doors of Congress in support of reusing and rehabilitating what's already there.
The design and development industry isn't much help. Architects generally prefer to design new buildings and make their mark upon the world in ways unblemished and unconstrained by the designs of those that have come before them. Developers often don't want the hassle of dealing with existing buildings – who knows what's lurking behind those walls and how much it will cost to fix it?
And as for green building and environmental types? On the issue of building reuse, there's little to distinguish most of them from their architect, developer, and industry brethren. Look no further than green building rating systems, in which few points are generally allocated to the reuse of materials in situ, and far more points are awarded for the purchase of new "green" materials.
In sum: nobody looks at building reuse as a barometer of, well, anything.
But I like to imagine that I've seen a few glimmers of hope in recent months. This brings me to Annie Leonard, and the remarkable Story of Stuff Project. Annie Leonard has made it her life's mission to explain to people where it is all their stuff comes from – whether it's paper, plastic bottles, the clothes on your back, or the computer your reading this on -- and the heavy impacts that all that stuff has on the planet and the people who live here.
Annie Leonard's viral online video, The Story of Stuff, was recently turned into a book. "Put simply," she writes "if we do not redirect our extraction and production systems and change the way we distribute, consume and dispose of our stuff – what I sometimes call the take-make-waste model – the economy as it is will kill the planet."
You tell em' Annie! Surely, this visionary must see how destructive the take-make-waste model is when it comes to constructing the buildings around us. After all, 82 billion square feet of buildings will be demolished between now and 2030! That's a lot of, ahem, stuff.
But not so fast. The Story of Stuff devotes all of two of its 200 + pages to construction and demolition – and those pages focus on the virtues of deconstruction. Despite the fact that about 40% of the material used in the US economy every year go to the construction industry, and that we produce 325 million tons of construction and demolition debris a year, Ms. Leonard writes only about the promise of deconstruction -- the dismantling of buildings to recycle and reuse building elements and divert waste from the landfill.
I think we've missed the point. Deconstruction of what we already have should be the last option considered. First consideration should be given to using what we've already got.
I saw Annie Leonard speak last week at Politics & Prose in DC last week – this was the first stop on her book tour. She spoke engagingly about how we need a total change in paradigm to transform the way we see and act in the world. A shift from a world that consumes endlessly and without regard to the environmental and human costs, to a world that is more grounded in the values of resource protection and creating communities that serve real human needs – not imagined ones.
She couldn't be more right. But that shift in paradigm applies to our thinking about all resource consumption, including the 40% of our materials that go to the construction industry every year. It's a big, thorny, ugly problem, and we've got to deal with it.
Patrice Frey is the director of sustainability research for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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I actually just altered a plush to look like this. Not that gifted yet, sadly. But I have made plushies from scratch before.
My suggestion, find a plush you own that you like, and copy it's pattern. It's much simpler then doing you're own, but better quality than using a free one.

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"Monster" Wildfire Destroys Homes
Mandatory evacuations ordered as blaze pushes towards Malibu, California.
(NBC News) Southern California firefighters were battling a growing, brush-fueled wildfire early Friday that had reached the beach in Ventura County and was pushing toward the upscale city of Malibu, officials said.
The so-called Springs Fire, made worse by howling Santa Ana winds and unusually dry vegetation, was within "seven or eight miles" of Malibu at 2 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), Ventura County Fire Department spokesman Bill Nash said.
"We've got hot, dirty, unglamorous firefighting work going on right now, guys with shovels trying to scratch out lines on the ground," Nash said early Friday. "We've got those guys on these steep hillsides in the dark with nothing but the light of the fire and a flashlight."
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Parallax has been fortunate to have many contributors, customers, and supporters. Over the years we have had several individuals go above and beyond the call of duty. Listed below is a group of individuals that have been recognized by our customers and staff. We would like you to meet these individuals and join us in recognizing their contribution.
Steve Denson (Written by Steve Denson)
Hi, I'm Steve, and I'm a Propeller-holic.
I first discovered Parallax when I bought a Boe-Bot kit for my son and I around the end of last century. About the same time we started using BASIC Stamp in a large networking concern where I worked for performing redundant fail-over testing by fault-injection on a widely deployed SONET/SDH fiber-optic switch used to carry Internet, TV, and Telephone information world-wide. I am a US Navy veteran having served 6 years of active duty, and honorably discharged as an E6 in Dec. 1986. Most of my time was spent maintaining an acoustic fourier transform recording system for submarine detection. The same system today could be replaced almost entirely by a single Parallax Propeller chip, VGA display, and a printer.
Most of my career has been in complex networking hardware systems designing platform bringup and diagnostic testing software. My very first serious job after leaving the Navy was in flight-simulation board testing. Flight simulation was a real blast, it was like playing a $100 million computer game. Funny how everything has gotten smaller except my mid section which is a work in progress. I've studied computer science in some form most of my life. Formal studies were at San Jose California State University and continuing education in community college. I never finished my BS degree, which I regret of course. Great computer science employment opportunities (all the ups and downs that came with them) got in the way. I've managed to "make it" in spite of some barriers. These days I spend a lot of time helping Parallax with the Propeller C Learn program tools like SimpleIDE and Propeller GCC. There is always something new and exciting going on in the world of Parallax. I'm addicted to the technologies and comraderies of being close to the team. In many, many ways Parallax has helped me judge the distance to where I can go.
Thanks to Ken, Chip, Andy, Jeff, Stephanie, Jessica, the rest of the Parallax staff, and all the forum folks for recognizing my contributions, providing interesting challenges, and sharing friendships. God bless you all.
Roy Eltham - Roy Eltham started programming when he was 11 years old on a WANG 2200 mini computer and moved on to his first computer, the Timex Sinclair 1000, to try his hand at making arcade games. He taught himself to program using code listing from BYTE, Compute! and other magazines. The gaming bug continued through his C64 and Amiga days, and in 1993 he joined the video game industry. Roy is now Senior Technical Architect at Sony Online Entertainment. The games he has worked on include such titles as: Shadows of Yserbius, High Heat Baseball, Crusaders of Might & Magic, EverQuest, FreeRealms, and PlanetSide 2. He was interested in potentially making fun retro games and found the Hydra Game Development Kit. This introduced Roy to the Propeller, and was responsible for his foray into the Parallax Forums, and then the Propeller Expos. Once on the forums, he found the Parallax online store and "it was all over". Since being involved in the Parallax community, Roy has helped with beta testing various products for Parallax and Joe Grand, and most recently converting Chip Gracey's x86 Spin/PASM compiler to C/C++ so Parallax can release new programming tools. He is also a co-host of First Spin with the Tymkrs, an educational podcast covering the Propeller and Spin for those with no prior programming experience!
Neil Rosenberg - Educated at MIT and Stanford, Neil Rosenberg's career has included stints as engineer, entrepreneur (CEO of software company for 20 years), educator, technology programs administrator (set up high school tech programs), FIRST Robotics FRC team founder and coach, engineering manager at FIRST, and most recently, volunteer. Neil is presently time-sharing between remote consulting as a robotics engineer and volunteering with SCORE, 4H, The NC Center for Creative Retirement and the newly formed Robotics Opportunities Committee (ROC) of Western North Carolina. His passion is to use his experience and talents to benefit the community; specifically to work with students and others to increase awareness and competence in technical and business endeavors. Neil is the author of the Scribbler 2 "Robots for Beginners" workshop, and is committed to finding ways to open doors for future engineers of all ages.
Student Workbook, Instructors Guide and Example code - courtesy of Neil Rosenberg (.zip)
Andrew Williams - Andrew Williams has been in the electronics-manufacturing field for 20 years and has worked for various companies such as: Hewlett Packard, Packard Bell, NEC, Varian and Jabil. Currently he is the Engineering Manager at PRIDE Industries; a not-for-profit company with a mission to create jobs for people with disabilities, headquartered in Roseville CA. Andrew has been a very influential person to Parallax, whether he's building some of our products at PRIDE or providing suggestions to improve our own manufacturing processes. Andrew has provided insight and suggestions for equipment purchases, assisted us with manufacturing using PRIDE's x-ray machine, and contributes on the Parallax forums as a helpful and considerate responder to technical questions. We're thankful to have Andy as a Star Contributor and to have PRIDE as another manufacturing center for our Rocklin operations.
At PRIDE, Andrew leads a project-dedicated engineering team in the Electronics Contract Manufacturing division. He develops processes to meet customer demands and OEM schedules, manages project budgets and quality control, while successfully integrating people with disabilities into the production environment.
Andrew's interest in electronics began in the 7th grade with a hand-me-down from his dad, a Heath/Zenith Z-160 portable computer, followed by the Radio Shack TRS-80, and whatever he could get his curious hands on. Throughout the years, he added computer repair, amateur radio, basic stamps and the propeller, PCB design, and website design to his list of hobbies, skills, and interests. He earned his AS degree in Electronics Technology from American River College and has several electronic manufacturing certifications. He is proud to serve on the Electronics Advisory Committee for American River College and the Parallax forum as a contributor/moderator.
Ross Higson - Ross designed his first digital computer while in high school. It was intended to drive an autonomous robot, and was never completed - which is probably just as well, since the "brain" was built entirely from individual thyristors, would have weighed several tons when completed, and would have required the output of a small nuclear power station to run.
Eventually, someone told him to use microprocessors instead, and he proceeded to build and program an assortment until he eventually went to University and ended up doing an honors thesis on neural networks. Along the way, he learned that building computers was the easy part - it was programming them to do useful things that was (and still is) horrendously difficult!
Thirty years later, after various detours into real-time telemery, process control, defence systems, telecommunications and medical applications, he's still trying to figure out how to build that original autonomous robot. The only thing he's certain about now is that the "brain" will consist of Propeller chips, and that it will be programmed in C. Now that these decisions have finally been settled, he expects to get right on it - just as soon as he's made a final few tweaks to the Catalina C compiler.
Terry Hitt (a.k.a. Bean) - Owner of Hitt Consulting - Terry Hitt has been interested in electronics since the age of 10 when he received a Radio Shack 150-in-1 electronics lab kit for Christmas. In 1983, at the age of 16, he purchased his first computer, a Timex Sinclair 1000. Well he was hooked. A year later he discovered the wonderful world of Z-80 assembly language.
The purchase of the Parallax BS2 module started his love affair with microcontrollers. When Parallax advertised the SX design contest, Terry had been working on a BASIC compiler for the SX. He asked Ken Gracey if he could submit his compiler to the contest. Ken said "Hey, we have been looking for a BASIC compiler for the SX. Are you interested in working with us to develop it?" After thinking about it for 10 milliseconds… Terry said "Heck Yeah!" The result was the SX/B compiler!
After the propeller was introduced it didn't take long for him to move his sights to this latest microcontroller offering. Still in development is PropBASIC, a BASIC compiler for the propeller chip.
Terry is also a constant force on the Parallax support forums with well over 5000 posts.
Joe Grand - President of Grand Idea Studio - Joe Grand is an electrical engineer, inventor, and hardware hacker with three granted patents and over a dozen commercially released products. He is president of Grand Idea Studio, a San Francisco-based product research, development, and licensing firm, where he specializes in the design of consumer electronics and video game accessories. Involved in computers and electronics since the age of seven, Grand was a member of the legendary Boston-based hacker collective L0pht Heavy Industries and has testified before the United States Senate Governmental Affairs Committee regarding government and homeland computer security under his nom-de-hack, Kingpin. Grand is also the sole proprietor of Kingpin Empire, a hacker-inspired apparel project that gives back to the technology and health communities through charitable donations, the author of two books, on the technical advisory board of MAKE Magazine, and co-host of Prototype This, an engineering entertainment show currently re-airing on Discovery Channel. He holds a B.S.E.E. from Boston University.
Mike Green - Voted "Most Helpful" Parallax Forums Contributor - Mike Green has been a contributor on the Parallax forums since 2004. He started with amateur radio and electronics as hobbies in his teens, got introduced in college to computers, and learned how to make compilers and operating systems, how computer logic works, and how to debug. He has degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Medicine. He worked for Datapoint and developed their Pascal compiler as well as helping with operating system and hardware development. Mike is married to a sculptor who occasionally incorporates video, audio, motion, and/or blinking lights in her pieces. Parallax products have been used extensively to do this. Mike has served as technical advisor (and builder) for friends who are sculptors. The Audio Sequencer (described in the Completed Projects forum) is one such project, originally built using a Stamp controller, then redesigned and rebuilt using a Propeller.
André LaMothe - CEO, Nurve Networks - Computer Scientist, Best Selling Author, Entrepreneur. He holds degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. His career in computing started over a quarter century ago when he began developing video games and he's been hooked ever since! Mr. LaMothe is the former CEO of Xtreme Games LLC a value game developer in the 90's and early 2000's. His current company Nurve Networks LLC designs and develops educational embedded systems and development boards. André has been working with Parallax for a few years now and developed the HYDRA Game Console. LaMothe also teaches at Game Institute and is a professional public speaker. www.xgamestation.com
Tracy Allen - Founder, EME Systems- Tracy Allen has been a contributor on the Parallax forums since 1997, and is a valued friend of Parallax. Tracy Allen received a B.S. in Engineering Physics, and a Ph.D. in Biophysics, both from the University of California at Berkeley. His own research was in bumblebee behavior in relation to the colony's energy needs, and in mathematical modeling. He started EME Systems as a natural adjunct to helping researchers in the biological sciences and in agriculture with instrumentation to gather data in the laboratory and in the field, including the Stache BASIC Stamp Field Programmer and the OWL2pe data logger. He also authored "Earth Measurements" (aka "Applied Sensors") for Parallax's Stamps in Class series of educational student guides using the BASIC Stamp as a tool for teaching environmental monitoring technology to high school and college students. His company, EME Systems has been in business since 1985. Their facility is located in the university town of Berkeley, California, across the bay from San Francisco.
Jeff Ledger (OBC "Old Bit Collector") - Jeff Ledger has been a major contributor to the Propeller and has been very active on the Parallax forums as Oldbitcollector. Jeff is a career technologist with 30 years experience in the computer industry. His fondness for the early days of microcomputers brought the Propeller to his radar when a C64 emulation project using the Propeller was announced on the Parallax forums. Jeff is responsible for organizing and directing Unofficial Propeller Expos. When not working on the next Propeller Expo, his interests in the Propeller revolve primarily around using the chip as a "retro" style microcomputer. He has been involved in many related software projects to this end. Projects include PropDOS, CoggyTerm, and many others.
Phil Pilgrim ("PhiPi") - President of Bueno Systems - Phil Pilgrim's interest in electronics began with ham radio as a teen and continued with degrees in physics (WittenbergUniversity) and computer science (University of Michigan). The first contact between his current company (Bueno Systems) and Parallax came with a purchase of the PIC programmer and assembler software, which were employed to develop a linescan inspection system using a TI (soon to be spun off as TAOS) linear array sensor. The advent of the SX and Parallax's SX Key made possible a serendipitous combination with another TAOS imaging sensor, which he incorporated into an evaluation module.
Meanwhile, Phi's relationship with TAOS brought him into separate contact with Parallax, this time as a designer of the TCS230 color sensor module. Since then he has designed several other products for Parallax, including the MoBoStamp-pe and its daughterboards, the SoundPAL, ServoPAL, and BOE-Bot Encoder Kit, among others. The Propeller has now captured a large chunk of his attention and he's enjoying some new design work based upon it.
Hanno Sander - Viewport Creator and Open Source Contributor - Hanno Sander has been working with computers since he programmed a lunar lander game for the z80 when he was 6. Since then he graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Computer Science and then started his corporate career as an internet entrepreneur. He moved to New Zealand in 2005 to spend time with his family and develop sophisticated, yet affordable robots starting with the DanceBot. He created Viewport software, a debugging environment for the Propeller. His technical interests include computer vision, embedded systems, industrial control, control theory, parallel computing and fuzzy logic. http://www.mydancebot.com
Jon Williams - Engineer (EFX-TEK) & Author (Nuts & Volts Columns) - Jon Williams is a Los Angeles based actor (see www.jonmcphalen.com), writer, (StampWorks book, "Stamp Applications" column in Nuts & Volts magazine), and engineer. Jon got his start in embedded programming back in 1994 with the original BASIC Stamp 1 and quickly became a "go-to" guy for BASIC Stamp solutions; it wasn't long before he was developing commercial applications using the BASIC Stamp 1 and BASIC Stamp 2. After working for Parallax as an application engineer he co-founded EFX-TEK, an electronics company that focuses on entertainment applications (movie FX, theme parks, museums, Halloween industry). Jon continues to write his very popular column in Nuts & Volts magazine and has been our on-camera talent in our product videos.


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The report starts with details of the YEI, an initiative designed to contribute to a goal of increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables and increasing daily activity among low-income families. YEI is carried out through various project sites that conduct youth-lead participatory action research (PAR) projects with middle and high school youth.
The report then covers the impacts of youth research projects, as noted and observed by the interviewees. These impacts are broken out into four areas:
Interviewees observed that changes to school and community environments were hardest to achieve, while changes to eating habits and news skills and experiences for participants were commonly observed. This section includes many specific examples.
Implementation challenges experienced are covered next. The detailed challenges include time pressure, gaining adult buy-in, motivating participants and participation, ensuring a youth-lead approach, staff turnover, navigating bureaucracy, the evaluation and sharing process, and technical assistance. This section gives a general summary of each challenge, which is often applicable to any youth-led program and sometimes any nutrition education program. Specific examples are also provided.
The Advice from the Field section contains a "top ten" list that is a compilation of advice that adult project staff have for those interested in youth-led PAR projects. Finally, the report has a Case Study section. More than true case studies, this section details some of specific project sites programs, successes and experiences.
This report could be a useful tool for a nutrition educator in designing a youth-led intervention. Using the information provided, educators could effectively design and implement programs and be better able to anticipate and possibly mitigate challenges that could arise.
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Recently discovered eyewitness image of Columbus's original departure. |
Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera on 3 August, 1492 with three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Tomato. No one really knew what his ships looked like until recently. I am happy to pass on this newly discovered depiction of the famous day.
And so, they say, began the Age of Discovery. Actually the Age of Discovery started well before that with the fall of the Roman Empire and the invention of the printing press (which meant not only rich people could afford Harlequin Romances, IKEA easy assembly instruction manuals and self-help-for-dummies paperbacks) but hey, let's not nit pick. It's up there.
Why all the hubbub about months at sea with stinky men with bad tats? (Apologies to Mike Tyson, Dennis Rodman and Erik Sprague, better known as The Lizardman. No offense.) We all know Chris didn't originally set out to discover the New World, (Leif Ericson did that a few centuries before and surely the word got around). Most of us already know he was actually looking for a trade route to Asia. Which was true. Since the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, hiking across land to Asia became more and more like trying to get from one end of a trailer park to the other unscathed on a hot Friday night after welly check day. Alternative forms of transportation were required and Fed Ex Overnight Express hadn't been invented yet, so sailing ships seemed the logical choice. Competition surged throughout Europe for new trade routes and the riches to be had.
Columbus was certainly a go-getter. He'd lined up investors in Italy for half the money needed and the other half came from a deal worked out over a two-year period with Spanish royalty King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, heady after their defeat of Granada. Pesky Portugal had already laid claim to practically all good real estate along the entire west coast of Africa and their plans to go around Africa to get to Asia's spice store rankled Ferdy and Issy to no end. Columbus's deal, in return for finding the new route and slapping an "Owned by Spain" label on as many new lands as he could find, included being named 'Admiral of the Ocean Sea', governorship of any newly discovered lands and a claim to 10 percent of all related profits. So generous were their promises you have to wonder if they were expecting Columbus to return.
According to historians the flagship was the Santa Tomato; the largest of the three ships. It had a crew of 51.75 men (one guy had a peg leg) while his other two ships had 18 men apiece. The Santa Tomato was so large it was not able to go near coastlines for fear of being turned into ketchup (which it eventually was). But it was able to bob well in bad weather, carried all of the pasta sauce needed for the crossing and was the most tastefully designed of the three. Both the Nina (whose unique mission was to discover the number that comes after 9) and the Pinta (which carried the milk for the crew's Fruit Loops), while top heavy had a shallower draft and were able to explore shallow bays and the mouths of rivers. Maximum speed for the vessels was about 8 knots (9.206235 mph), and minimum speed was zero. So, 90 or 100 miles a day would be a normal day's progress – 200 if the winds were right, they hit all the lights and they wanted to skip Happy Hour (which practically never happened).
Overall, Columbus crossed the Atlantic to the New World a total of four times, finally returning to Spain in chains after some (prolly just jealous) people began tattling to the King and Queen of Spain about his governorship practices. For things like allegedly cutting the hands off of natives for not paying taxes, he was stripped of his titles and profits and his sons had to sue the Crown a number of times in order to have any inheritance at all.
Thus began the habit of people from the New World to turn to litigation – a trend that continues to this very day. The end.
Ed. Disclaimer: While the above is loosely based on historical events, it is a work of lies and fiction. Any resemblance to actual people and events is very, very unlikely.


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Sharp Corporation and Enel Green Power have announced that their joint venture company Enel Green Power & Sharp Solar Energy S.r.l. which the two companies established in July 2010 for IPP business, has completed the construction of its first solar power generation plant, located in Serragiumenta, Altomonte, Regione Calabria, Southern Italy.
The power generation capacity of the solar power generation plant is 5MW, using Sharp's single crystalline solar cell modules. The annual power generation is estimated to be 7.5 million kWh, equivalent to the annual power consumption of approximately 2,800 average Italian households. This will amount to a reduction of 5,800 tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions, and approximately 630 tons of fossil fuel.
ESSE plans to construct multiple power generation plants of over 500MW in total by the end of 2016. Meanwhile, Sharp, EGP, and STMicroelectronics*3 plan to start operation of a thin-film solar cell plant from late 2011. ESSE will establish power generation plants in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and Africa using the thin-film solar cells produced mainly in the plant.
Overview of the Solar Power Generation Plant
Enel Green Power & Sharp Solar Energy S.r.l.
Serragiumenta, Altomonte, Regione Calabria, Republic of Italy
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Mitigation Division
This page introduces FEMA's Region IX Mitigation Division. The Mitigation Division consists of three branches: Risk Analysis, Floodplain Management and Insurance and Hazard Mitigation Assistance.
Our Mission:
Working in partnership to support sustainable, disaster-resilient communities, to avoid or reduce the loss of life, loss of property, and financial impact of hazards.
Our Vision:
A Nation committed to a disaster-resilient and sustainable future.
Who We Are:
The Region 9 Mitigation Division primarily serves the western states, territories, and tribal nations. These areas include Arizona, American Samoa, California, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and Tribal Nations within the western borders. We are committed to excellent customer service through solid partnerships with our state, local, and tribal counterparts.
What We Do:
Mitigation creates safer communities by reducing losses of life and property; enables individuals and communities to recover more rapidly from disasters; and lessens the financial impact of disasters on the Federal Treasury, States, Tribes, and communities.
The programs within the Mitigation Division are designed to reduce future losses to homes, businesses, schools, public buildings, and critical facilities from floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. The three branches within the Mitigation Division include:
• Risk Analysis Branch
• Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch
• Floodplain Management and Insurance Branch
Mitigation Division Director:
Jeffrey D. Lusk
(510) 627-7116
Mitigation Division Executive Assistant:
Tracy Walton
(510) 627-7162
Risk Analysis Branch
The Risk Analysis Branch (RAB) promotes disaster resilience by enabling individuals and communities to recover more rapidly from floods and other disasters through effective risk analysis and hazard mitigation planning. RAB applies engineering and planning practices in conjunction with advanced technology tools to identify hazards, assess vulnerabilities, and develop strategies to manage the risks associated with natural hazards. Mitigation begins with a thorough assessment of the potential and actual impact a natural disaster could (or did) have on a particular community.
RAB Branch Chief:
Juliette Hayes
(510) 627-7211
Informative Links:
• California Coastal Analysis and Mapping Project
• Coastal Flood Risk Study Process
• National Dam Safety Program
• National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
• Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch
The Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch (HMA) supports our State and local partners in reducing the impact of natural hazards by funding mitigation activities that strengthen community resilience to disasters. HMA coordinates grant programs with unique statutory authorities, program requirements, and triggers for funding. The programs are the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA). While the statutory origins of the programs differ, all share a common goal to assist state and local communities in their efforts to reduce the loss of life and property from natural hazard events.
HMA Branch Chief:
Robert McCord
(510) 627-7059
Informative Links:
• Flood Mitigation Assistance
• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
• Pre-Disaster Mitigation
Floodplain Management and Insurance Branch
The Floodplain Management and Insurance Branch (FM&I) helps to reduce flood losses by encouraging communities to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through adoption and enforcement of local floodplain management programs. These programs mitigate the effects of flood damage on new and existing developments and make affordable flood insurance coverage available to property owners throughout the community. These programs focus on state and local building codes and zoning regulations to assure that new development and substantial improvements located in a floodplain are constructed to prevent or minimize future flood damage.
The FM&I Branch also manages the provision of floodplain management and insurance training programs and outreach efforts for State and community officials, insurance agents, lenders, property owners, and other stakeholders throughout the region.
FM&I Branch Chief:
Gregor Blackburn
(510) 627-7186
Informative Links:
• Community Rating System
• Floodplain Management
• National Flood Insurance Program
National Flood Insurance Program
The goal of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is to reduce the impact of flooding on private and public structures by providing affordable insurance for property owners. The program encourages communities to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations, which mitigates the effects of flooding on new and improved structures. The NFIP helps communities reduce the socio-economic impact of disasters by promoting the purchase and retention of both Risk Insurance and National Flood Insurance.
NFIP Specialist:
Edith Lohmann
(510) 627-7235
Informative Links:
• Answers to Questions about the National Flood Insurance Program
• Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012
• FloodSmart
• Map Service Center
• National Flood Insurance Program


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Metal nanostructures can interact with light in such a way that conduction electrons are collectively excited, in resonance with the frequency of the incident radiation. Such collective excitations are known as surface plasmons and have raised a huge interest, in connection with both basic science and practical applications.
Understanding the detailed mechanisms involved in surface plasmon resonances, as a function of morphological details as well as their surrounding, is of paramount importance to implement efficient devices based on these phenomena. The Symposium will highlight the importance and richness of plasmonic resonances at metallic nanostructures, with an emphasis on accounts of recent progress in understanding and applying such developments, in particular in the areas of energy and environmental processes and monitoring.
The Workshop is an international meeting aiming for about 100-150 participants and will have invited oral, as well as contributed poster presentations. The meeting is organized by the Colloid Chemistry Group from the University of Vigo.


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Cornell is proud that its home town, Ithaca, N.Y., is named the most brainy city in the U.S. However, on its Twitter feed, it misspells the name of the organization giving the accolade.
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reaches another height as it celebrates its 11-year anniversary with a video and patriotic panoramic photo just released by NASA.
Researchers have combined the teeth of various sharks into what they are calling the "Jawzall", a power saw for tearing fish flesh.
A Cornell Ph.D. student in applied physics etches famous works of art -- Escher, Magritte, Matisse -- onto silicon wafers used in modern digital devices.
A prestigious scientific journal, faced with pressure from paper-sharing sites on the Internet, has made it possible for subscribers to grant others access.
A large comet swooped in close to Mars over the weekend. NASA's orbiters had to hide from the debris, but still captured some great shots.
A "magic island" on Saturn's intriguing moon Titan has once again popped up on Cassini's radar, but it seems to have changed its look since the last time it was spotted.
Cornell University is creating a repository of robot knowledge to be shared among robots using YouTube videos, images and manuals from the internet.
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Stock Picking Among 15 Basic Materials Stocks Is a Tough Call
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- On Wednesday I decided to screen the basic materials sector to identify stocks that are suitable investments in 2014. Today I present my 'buy and trade' information for 15 stocks that are tradable but should not be a part of a longer-term investment allocation in today's overvalued and overbought stock market.
Even Alcoa
(AA) which reports quarterly results in after-hours this afternoon does not qualify as a long-term investment at this time. The former Dow component is one of nine stocks in today's table of 15 that has a sell rating according to www.ValuEngine.com.
The aluminum producer is 29.5% overvalued in a sector that's 7.8% overvalued. I give the basic materials sector an underweight rating as 63.8% of the 390 stocks in this sector have sell or strong sell ratings. Alcoa has become a momentum trade with a positive but overbought weekly chart profile. The five-week modified moving average is $10.00 with its 200-week simple moving average at $10.96 vs. Wednesday's multi-year intra-day high at $10.88.
Another reason I screened the basic materials sector is to find one or two gold or silver mining companies for portfolio consideration, but again without a buy-rated stock. There are three gold or silver miners in today's table and two have hold ratings and are extremely undervalued.
Barrick Gold
(ABX - Get Report) and Newmont Mining
(NEM - Get Report)are 36.7% and 36.6% undervalued respectively. Investors considering an underweight stock-specific company for a diversified portfolio consider one of these gold miners that are worthy of my buy-and-trade strategy.
As an alternative consider an investment in the SPDR Basic Materials (XLB) ($45.68) which set a new multi-year intra-day high at $46.22 on Dec. 31 vs. the all-time high at $46.54 set in May 2008. This ETF includes former Dow component Alcoa, Dow component DuPont (DD) and gold miner Newmont Mining. The ETF is up 18.2% over the last 12 months and is above its 200-day SMA at $41.54. Note that the daily chart below shows this ETF tested its 200-day SMA in mid-April and again in late-June/early-July. The overall basic materials sector is down 24.9% over the last 12 months. The basic materials ETF has a positive but overbought weekly chart profile with its five-week MMA at $44.94. Semiannual and annual value levels are $43.29 and $37.62 with a monthly pivot at $45.38 and quarterly and semiannual risky levels at $46.18 and $47.54.
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Ships sail to scrap yards via legal loophole
Three US agencies cannot agree on who has oversight on scrapping ships filled with toxic materials.
Today at least 189 oceangoing vessels of all types, 25 years old or older, fly the US flag. Ships of that vintage – from tankers to container ships – typically contain tons of asbestos, PCBs, and other toxic chemicals, far above US regulatory maximums. Where these ships go to be recycled will depend, however, on how well US regulators coordinate with one another in order to enforce existing laws restricting PCB exports.
If federal agencies talked more with one another, "a cleaner environment and a more robust US ship scrapping industry" might result, says John Graykowski, a former acting administrator at the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) who now works with US-based ship-recycling companies. While the US industry is bound by strict environmental regulations, "ship breakers" abroad, most notably those in South Asia, are notoriously lax – and dangerous, too.
"Why not just require that, before a ship can be reflagged for overseas scrapping, the owner must seek a US-based company's bid first?" Mr. Graykowski asks. "If no US company is available or willing, then by all means consider going overseas" if appropriate safety and environmental concerns are met.


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JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – It could have been a very different election. Despite being outnumbered in Jackson County, registered democrats turned out in droves. And according to the yet-to-be-released numbers from the County Clerk's office, it was Ashland that had a disproportionately large impact.
The city of Ashland had the highest voter turnout in the county. Taking away the SOU precinct vote – which only had a 25% turnout – Ashland had 72% of voters show up to the polls.
That's way above the 55% county-wide average.
That turnout ended up having a big impact on the sheriff's election, as Corey Falls commanded the field with 69% of the vote in his home town.
Meanwhile, another big trend that emerged in this election was the rural vote.
"Applegate had a fairly high turnout, Eagle Point rural, Lake Creek, which makes sense because those are farming communities," said Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker.
Some rural areas had as high as 70% voter turnout, having a huge impact on the GMO ballot measure which passed by a landslide. Rural Ashland, for example, voted for the measure by a three-to-one ratio.
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I finally did it. i came out to chris. it took me about two hours last night while im'ing him to work up the balls to do it, but i finally told him. i'll post in more details later, but right now. i don't have time. surprisingly, he said almost jeff's words exactly in reaction and promised to keep it bwtween us and on the dl, so that went well. well, i have to run. gonna go hit the slopes. peace.
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Thursday evening saw Red Bulls Energy Station take on a late-night lounge feel, as subtle tube lighting and a live DJ help create just the right atmosphere for a laid-back paddock party, open to the entire Formula One community.
The Hockenheim function, dubbed 'Chilled Thirstday', saw the stylish Formula Unas girls and guests shake their thang to music supplied by live act, DJ Smudo, of the Fantastischen Vier, German's top Rap group. Scenes from Red Bulls X Fighters event in Madrid were beamed live onto the Energy Stations 30-plus screens, and Smudo timed his music to fit exactly with the awesome jumps being made by the motocross riders.
Chef Stefan Marquard, renowned for producing unusual combinations of tastes, provided the food and guests enjoyed delectable treats, such as white tomato shakes in test tubes, which were then corked with large prawns. Tasty!


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NBME provides testing, education, consultative, and research services for a range of health profession organizations including medical specialty boards and societies, the veterinary licensing board, and allied health professional organizations. Included among the organizations supported by the NBME are:
The American Association of Medical Assistants' Certifying Board has collaborated with the NBME since 1977 to provide high quality test development, administration, scoring, and psychometric services in support of the CMA (AAMA) credentialing program. The Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA) credential is awarded to medical assistants who have completed an accredited postsecondary medical assisting program—including a practicum—and passed the CMA (AAMA) Certification Examination offered by the AAMA's Certifying Board. The exam is a rigorous assessment of the knowledge necessary to perform medical assisting administrative and clinical procedures. Following initial certification, the CMA (AAMA) must recertify every five years by continuing education or exam to demonstrate continued competence. For more information about medical assisting and the CMA (AAMA) credential, visit the AAMA website at: www.aama-ntl.org.
The American Board of Addiction Medicine collaborates with the NBME to develop and offer a rigorous certifying examination that is developed by an expert panel, as well as a maintenance of certification examination to ensure that ABAM-certified physicians maintain life-long competence in Addiction Medicine. For more information, visit the ABAM website at: http://www.abam.net
The American Board of Comprehensive Care and the NBME collaborate to develop, administer, and score a certification examination for qualified graduates of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs across the United States. The certification examination assesses the knowledge and skills necessary for nurse clinicians to provide safe and effective patient-centered comprehensive care. For more information, visit the ABCC website at: http://www.abcc.dnpcert.org.
The American Board of Medical Genetics, a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties, certifies individuals and accredits training programs in the field of human genetics. Since 1981, the NBME has worked with ABMG to reinforce its commitment to quality care by developing, administering, and scoring certifying examinations in clinical genetics, clinical biochemical genetics, clinical cytogenetics, and clinical molecular genetics. For more information about the ABMG and its certifying examinations, visit the ABMG website at: http://www.abmg.org.
In 1964 the American Board of Neurological Surgery, a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties, began working with the NBME to introduce an In-Training Examination. The usefulness of this comprehensive multiple-choice assessment led the ABNS to incorporate it into the certification process. The paper-based Primary Examination is now available to all neurological surgery residents in accredited programs and is considered to be an important step in the process toward certification. The ABNS also develops, delivers, and scores the web-based ABNS Maintenance of Certification Examination in collaboration with the NBME. For additional information about the ABNS and its examination programs, visit the ABNS website at: http://www.abns.org/content/default.asp.
The American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties administers an annual Specialist Certification Examination for the following clinical specialties in Physical Therapy: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary; Clinical Electrophysiology; Geriatrics; Neurology; Orthopaedics; Pediatrics; Sports; and Women's Health. The purpose of each of the specialist certification examinations is to provide formal recognition for physical therapists with advanced clinical knowledge, experience and skills in a specialized area of physical therapy practice. The NBME provides test development, administration, scoring, and psychometric services in support of the ABPTS specialty examinations. For more information, visit the ABPTS website at: http://www.apta.org/abpts.
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) collaborates with the NBME to develop and administer the web-based In-Training Examination (ACC-ITE). The purpose of the ACC-ITE is: to provide an objective assessment instrument for the medical knowledge competency of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; to provide cardiovascular fellows-in-training an opportunity for self-assessment and to identify knowledge gaps; to assist in preparing cardiovascular fellows-in-training for board certification examinations; and to give program directors the opportunity to evaluate their programs. For more information, visit the ACC website at: http://www.cardiosource.org/ITE
The American College of Physicians collaborates with the NBME to administer the paper-based Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE®). The purpose of this examination is to provide residents with an opportunity for self-assessment. In addition, results from the IM-ITE support program directors in evaluating their programs and identifying areas in which residents may need extra assistance. For more information, visit the ACP website at http://www.acponline.org/education_recertification/education/in_training.
The American College of Rheumatology collaborates with the NBME to develop and administer the web-based Adult Rheumatology In-Training Examination (ACR ITE). The purpose of this examination is to gauge the training of Rheumatology fellows and to establish consistency in educational standards. In addition to its intended use as a medical knowledge competency assessment tool, the ITE provides training program directors with feedback about the effectiveness of their curriculum. For more information, visit the ACR website at: http://www.rheumatology.org
The American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery was established in 1979 and exists primarily for the purpose of assisting newly trained osteopathic orthopedic surgeons in the certification process. The purpose of the certification examination is to provide the public with a dependable mechanism to identify physicians who have met a standard to assure competent performance in the field of orthopedic surgery. Certification in Orthopedic Surgery from AOBOS requires completion of a written examination, an oral examination, and a clinical review consisting of a chart audit and observation of surgical cases. The NBME supports the development, administration, and scoring of the AOBOS Certification and Recertification Examinations. For more information, visit AOBOS at: http://www.aobos.org.
The American Society of Hematology collaborates with the NBME to develop and administer the web-based Hematology In-Service Examination (ASH ISE). The purpose of this examination is to gauge the training of Hematology fellows and to establish consistency in educational standards. In addition to its intended use as a medical knowledge competency tool, the ASH ISE provides training program directors with feedback about the effectiveness of their curriculum. For more information, visit the ASH website at: http://www.hematology.org.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is the largest plastic surgery specialty organization in the world. Founded in 1931, the Society is composed of more than 7,000 physician members and represents more than 94 percent of all board-certified plastic surgeons in the United States who perform cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. The mission of ASPS is to advance quality care to plastic surgery patients by encouraging high standards of training, ethics, physician practice, and research in plastic surgery. The Society is a strong advocate for patient safety and requires its members to operate in accredited surgical facilities that have passed rigorous external review of equipment and staffing. ASPS works in concert with The Plastic Surgery Foundation (The PSF). Founded in 1948, The PSF's mission is to improve the quality of patient care through research and development. The Foundation supports research through a variety of grants, clinical trials networks, training programs and forums that encourage innovation in medical devices and techniques. The NBME supports the development, administration, and scoring of the ASPS In-Service Examination administered to those in residency programs for plastic surgery, as well as to practitioners of plastic surgery for purposes of continuing medical education credits. For more information, visit the ASPS at: http://www.plasticsurgery.org.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America collaborates with the NBME to develop and administer the web-based In-Training Examination (ITE). The examination is designed to measure the medical knowledge of Infectious Disease (ID) fellows and to provide an evaluation of their progress. Results of the examination support identification of fellows at risk for failing the ID ABIM examination while they are still enrolled in fellowship training. In addition, ITE results enable program directors to identify subject areas where their program may be performing below the national average and where additional programmatic instruction and self-directed learning may be warranted. For more information, visit the IDSA website at: http://www.idsociety.org/fite.
In 1985, the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners selected the NBME to support the development of an assessment for physicians in the field of cardiac pacing, currently known as the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Physician. Since that time, IBHRE and NBME have collaborated on the development of additional high quality assessments for allied professionals, the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Allied Professional and the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Allied Professional. For more information about the IBHRE and its examination programs, visit the IBHRE website at: http://www.ibhre.org/.
The National Board of Echocardiography, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1996 to develop and administer examinations in the field of Clinical Echocardiography and recognize those physicians who successfully complete either the Examination of Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography (ASCeXAM), the Recertification Examination of Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography (ReASCE), the Examination of Special Competence in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (PTEeXAM), the Recertification Examination of Special Competence in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (RePTE), or the Examination of Special Competence in Basic Perioperative Transeophageal Echocardiography (Basic PTE). The NBME supports the development, administration, and scoring of these examinations. For more information, visit NBE at: http://www.echoboards.org.
The National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners collaborates with the NBME to develop, deliver, and score the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination® (NAVLE®), the Qualifying Examination (QE), and the NAVLE Self-Assessment examination (NAVLE SA). The computer-based NAVLE is a requirement for licensure to practice veterinary medicine in all licensing jurisdictions in North America; the NAVLE licensing examination replaced both the National Board Examination (NBE) and the Clinical Competency Test (CCT) beginning in November 2000. The proctored, web-based QE is required for all candidates in the Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence, a certification program offered by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards for graduates of non-accredited veterinary colleges. The QE covers basic science or pre-clinical subjects taught in the first three years of the curriculum of accredited veterinary schools, but not addressed directly on the NAVLE. The unproctored, web-based NAVLE SA examination is available for candidates to use as practice for the NAVLE. The NAVLE SA is available in both English and French and is offered under two timing modes, either self-paced or paced with the same timing structure as that of the NAVLE. For more information about NBVME and its examination programs, visit the NBVME website at: http://www.nbvme.org


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Win one of five TCG codes today on WoW Insider {WoW}
May 19th 2009 10:37AM hehe, 1/1.5k chance so far
Encrypted Text: Why patch 3.1 won't transform Rogues {WoW}
Mar 18th 2009 12:06PM Combat fist/sword will no longer be as viable as swords, maces or fist/dagger. This is due to the fact that one of the main strengths of the fist/sword spec is that the player doesn't have to put points into talents that don't buff damage (lightning reflexes/improved sprint)
This is not a nerf to combat fist/sword. It is just a buff to every other combat spec.
nice post btw
WoW Moviewatch: Releasing the Beast II: Don't Call me Huntard {WoW}
Oct 20th 2008 12:04PM nice review
WoW Moviewatch: Fruit of Elune {WoW}
Oct 17th 2008 1:46PM I'm sorry to say this, but I'm sure many people will agree with me when I say that I don't appreciate you totally subjective and narrow view that you have been displaying in your posts. Yes I do understand and appreciate that this is an opinion blog (it's what makes wow insider special), but just bashing the makers and blizzard is not something we have come to see. I want someone who doesn't get offended by what was meant as just a little fun. I want some actual comments on the movie, not just pseudo analisys in the form of "It's neither love nor peace" and "[I am] saddened by the judges", ect.
On another note, I sinserely hope that you are only given a 200 word limit because, if not, I would expect more from someone who is supposed to be representing wowinsider.com and the wow community on a whole.
This is not meant to cause greif or a cheap shot at someone I can make due to the anonimity of the internet. It is meant as constructive critisism. Sure, voice your opinion, but a little objectivity thrown in there aswell for our sake would be nice. If I had made or judged this video, I would be offended. If that was intentional then its hypocracy and griefing at their lowest form.
Breakfast Topic: What's your favorite part of HKO? {WoW}
Apr 1st 2008 8:30AM Is it just me or dose this game look awsome. That is coming from a hetrosexual 19 year old male.
Cleavage buffed on PTR {WoW}
Mar 6th 2008 12:43AM blade flurry? the effect is almost identical to the above mentioned. oh well.


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Albert Watson "Bert" Newton (born 1938) is an iconic Australian television performer.
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- Referring to Muhammad Ali during a televised Logies award ceremony in 1979; Ali considered it racist.
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Makes 20 large cookies
3/4 Cup (210g) Smooth Peanut Butter (not natural)
1/2 Cup (115g) Butter, softened
1 1/4 Cups (250g) Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup (55g) Castor Sugar
2 Eggs
2 Tbsp Milk
2 Tbsp Corn Syrup or Golden Syrup
2 tsp Vanilla
1 Cup Peanut Butter and/or Chocolate Chips
1/2 Cup Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
1/2 Cup Mini Reese's Pieces
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). In a small bow combine the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
2. In a large bowl combine the peanut butter, butter, brown sugar and white sugar together. Cream together with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in the eggs one by one. Add in the milk, syrup and vanilla. Stir the flour mixture from step 1 into the peanut butter mixture. Fold in the peanut butter and chocolate chips, Reese's Pieces and peanut butter cups. Drop the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet by 1/4 cup fulls and flatten slightly.


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There are conditions that have to be met before any visitation, which I find very logical and reasonable, considering the trauma they put this child through. One is that they have to end litigation and two is that they cannot publicize the visit.
I think Sean has contacted his grandmother via text message, early on, but in this interview, he stated, IIRC, that he didn't want to talk to grandma because it would make him too sad.
You have to understand, the grandma did a lot of damage to this child. She facilitated her daughter's abduction of Sean. She then facilitated her son-in-law keeping Sean from his daddy once the mother was dead. Most horrible, she was part of a campaign of parental alienation that was extremely abusive to Sean. That culminated in that horrible gauntlet they forced Sean to walk through to be handed over to his father. There was no need for that.
So, she is an incredibly dangerous person. I would not allow her telephone contact with Sean because I think the possibility that she would say subtle things, in a language I can't understand, to continue her campaign of alienation, would be high.
I would not allow visitation until she dropped the litigation. She has no right to continue this. I would then only allow supervised, therapeutic visitation. This child has been through enough.
He seems to be doing well right now. Let him re-establish contact when he is older and better able to protect himself.
For Travis Alexander, a human being. Justice will prevail.
*Gitana (means "Gypsy girl"). Pronounced "hee tah nah."
There is video here - David Goldman: Brazilians dragged my son through streets
Sean does not contact the grandmother; IIRC it's in one of the videos; he's pretty clear that he wants to be older & better able to deal with it. Sounds like he's afraid of being abducted again. It will be a cold day before he sees her again IMO. Look at his eyes when he talks. So sad what he knows she put him through.
MI - Aundria Michelle Bowman, 14, Holland, March 11, 1989 - Find Aundria Bowman FB page - Aundria NamUs
CA Andrea Doe 4/1/1990 - Andrea Doe FB - NamUs page
"Shotgun" Jane Doe 6/1/1987 Knox County, TN - NamUs
Has anyone been following David & Sean? I found the link below but don't have time to read right now. Hope they're doing well.
Goldman Case on Bring Sean Home


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My column on the changes in December women's magazines from the 1950s to today ran in USA Today this morning as "Mags show how far women have come." The answer? Quite a bit! Our housekeeping obsession has disappeared–and that's a good thing.… read more »
In some of the pre-pub press on 168 Hours, I've been referred to as an "aspiring time management guru," which isn't entirely true. I wrote 168 Hours from the perspective of a journalist, interviewing people who've built big careers while maintaining their personal lives. But in the course of writing the book, I learned a lo… read more »
I am quoted in a white paper from Ad Age on marketing to moms. Drawing on the "Core Competency Mom" series that I wrote for The Huffington Post, I talk about the genius of claiming that products that reduce housework time give you more time with your kids. This allows marketers to claim that paper plates make you a good mom!
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Desperately tries to repeal gay marriage before he is forced to bang another staffer.
Newt Gingrich, a man who believes so strongly in traditional marriage that he has tried it three times, has waged a desperate and clandestine war to repeal gay marriage in Iowa. The twice-divorced former Speaker of the House, who currently lives with a woman 23 years his junior that he was banging behind his second wife's back while frothing at the mouth about Bill Clinton's blowjob, funneled $200,000 to groups seeking to unseat Iowa's pro-gay marriage Supreme Court justices – including $125,000 to the virulently anti-gay "American Family Association."
A spokesman for Gingrich confirmed that the dough-faced pundit had become increasingly concerned that if gay people were allowed to marry, he would have no choice but to seek out a IHOP waitress and foist his pasty white man-flesh upon her while his third wife and children look on in abject horror.
"It's a real possibility," said an unnamed Gingrich insider. "He served his first wife with divorce papers while she was still recovering in the hospital from cancer. Jesus Christ, if he was willing to do that to her then, imagine what he'll do if two gay men are allowed to live together in a committed, loving relationship? Farm animals might be involved."


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It snowed again. I can't believe it snowed again. I don't know why it still shocks me, I mean I live in Colorado now, I should really get over it. Anyway, we're not doing much today. I worked on a little reversible bag for Violet to tote her softies around. I'll have a tutorial for it soon because it's a really simple and fun project.
snow again
Thursday, February 23, 2012
5 comments:
- Upscale Treasures said...
Hi, I am a new follower. Very cute blog.
- February 23, 2012 at 4:31 PM
- Jennifer said...
I am SO jealous of your snow. In Kansas, we've had less than 4 inches, which is really unusual...
That bag is cute! I'll be following so I can see that tutorial coming up. Loving your blog! - February 23, 2012 at 6:31 PM
- Geca Franco said...
Hi there! I hopped here from Finding New Friends Weekend Blog Hop.
I miss snow! I used to live in Canada but now I've moved back to my country home, in the far east, Philippines. It's very hot and humid here but we have fun at the beach. - February 23, 2012 at 9:36 PM
- mywildcrazyworld said...
I am following the blog hop and I am now your latest GFC follower myw1ldcrazylife. I hope you can drop by http://mywildcrazylife.blogspot.com and follow me as well
- February 24, 2012 at 7:01 AM
- Jennifer said...
I have always wanted to go to Colorado!! and what a cute little bag!
- February 25, 2012 at 6:09 PM
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Fresh Strawberry-Cream Cheese Tart
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This easy fruit tart is so versatile that it also tastes good topped with raspberries, blueberries, or even grapes, instead of strawberries.
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Nutritional Information
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Calories | 315 |
Total Fat | 20g |
Saturated Fat | 12g |
Cholesterol | 57mg |
Sodium | 285mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 30g |
Dietary Fiber | 2g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 5g |
Calcium | -- |
Frances Janisch
Serves: 8
Yields: 1 tart
Total Time: 50 min
Prep Time: 25 min
Cook Time: 25 min
Oven Temp: 375
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- 1.5 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1/3 cup(s) confectioners sugar, see step 1
- 3 tablespoon(s) confectioners sugar, see step 5
- 10 tablespoon(s) butter or margarine, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoon(s) ice water
- 6 ounce(s) reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened
- 1/2 cup(s) reduced-fat sour cream
- 3 tablespoon(s) chopped crystallized ginger
- 1.5 pound(s) strawberries, stems and leaves discarded and each berry cut lengthwise in half
- In food processor with knife blade attached, combine flour, salt, and 1/3 cup sugar; pulse until blended. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add vanilla, then ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, pulsing until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour. (If chilled overnight, let dough stand 30 minutes at room temperature before rolling.)
- Preheat oven to 375 degree F. On large sheet of parchment paper, with floured rolling pin, roll dough into 12-inch round. Using 11-inch dinner plate as guide, and with sharp knife, cut 11-inch round from dough; discard trimmings.
- Transfer round, still on parchment, to large cookie sheet. Press one index finger against outside edge of dough round; with index finger and thumb of other hand, push dough around fingertip toward center to form a flute. Repeat around edge to make a decorative border. Refrigerate or freeze, on cookie sheet, about 10 minutes to firm dough slightly.
- Bake dough 20 to 25 minutes or until golden. Cool crust completely on cookie sheet on wire rack, about 20 minutes.
- When crust is cool, in medium bowl, with spoon, mix cream cheese, sour cream, crystallized ginger, and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar until blended. Spread cream cheese mixture on crust. Arrange strawberries, wide ends down, in concentric circles in cream cheese mixture to cover.
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