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I recently attended Under the Radar 2012 as GoGrid was a sponsor of this event. As there were several tracks, Michael Sheehan and I split the tracks and I covered Infrastructure, Database Scalability and Big Data. Michael covered Mobile Access, Infrastructure, Performance Monitoring, PaaS in Part 1. Overall, the presenting companies have some compelling ideas and it gives an indicator as to the new thinking happening in Silicon Valley. The trends that I noticed were: a continued interest in private clouds, the increase in adoption of Openstack and the prevalence integrating Big Data.
If you never attended Under the Radar, the format is to have four startups that already have a real product present for 6 minutes and are then judged by a panel of experienced executives at more established companies. The presenters had to be companies that are actual startups with a unique value proposition and a real product that they are able to monetize. Alumni or companies that are already more established can also present as a "Grad Circle" member but they are not included in the awards presented at the end of the show. And like American Idol, the audience also has a vote on their favorites for each category. I included the Judge's choice and Audience choice for each category but also added my own choice which reflects my own opinion and not that of GoGrid.
This category focused on companies that are delivering infrastructure or infrastructure management products. So this would include services that could offer up infrastructure components (like compute, network, and storage) or even tools for managing configurations and deployments. Not surprisingly, nearly all of them focus on the cloud as the operating model of choice.
Cloudscaling – This company focuses on delivering an amazon-like cloud using Openstack. Their solution is comprised of Open Cloud OS, which is a product grade version of Openstack, Cloudblocks, a comprehensive architecture for cloud services and Hardware Blueprints, which are templates for physical hardware. Customers can leverage this solution to deploy a public or private cloud in their own DC.
Nodejitsu – Sticking with the Japanese-theme of cloud automation companies (a la Heroku), this company makes it easy for customers using Node.js to deploy and automate services on the cloud. While Heroku's strength is Ruby, Nodejitsu focuses on Javascript which they believe to be faster and to have greater staying power than other higher level languages.
Piston Cloud Computing – Its core product, Piston Enterprise OS is a massively scalable private cloud operating system build on Openstack and is designed for any company tackling Big Data and for 1/4 the cost of VMWare.
Zadara Storage – Focused on providing low cost, block storage as a service inside the cloud. Zadara provides an easy to use and flexible storage solution on multiple leading public clouds. The product operates as a virtual private storage array.
Puppet Labs (Grad Circle) - A former best in show company, Puppet Labs manages the open source Puppet configuration management tool, one of the leading products used at companies like Zynga and Citrix.
Providing competition for VMWare is compelling, especially if can be done leveraging open source technologies, so Piston Cloud is also my choice in this category. Enterprises have great interest in private clouds but providing one that is based on an open technology gives more flexibility for hybrid clouds and a path to the eventual migration to the public cloud.
Database Scalability
This category focused on companies that are building out products that are designed to handle large scale datasets. This would include enhancements to open source products to better handle scale or new designs for handling larger datasets that need to be delivered faster and more efficiently. I felt that there is some overlap in this category with the Big Data category since they are interrelated. For example MongoLab can be used to solve for Big Data problems and the Big Data presenters can argue that they can also offer some form of database scalability.
Drawn to Scale – Builds a database called Spire that leverages Hadoop, Hbase and their own software to provide real-time Analysis for Big Data. This helps to solve for use cases where users already use Hadoop but need the ability to do real-time SQL queries from the data.
MemSQL – A Y combinator startup that offers an OLTP database that lives in memory. In combination with MySQL, this gives users a way to have high through-put transactions while also having persistence of data on disk.
MongoLab – Provides MongoDB as a service that is designed to better work with object-oriented development. It removes the operational and administration layer from developers and provides monitoring and backups for MongoDB.
ScaleArc – Sits in between the database and the app servers and helps with optimization and performance of MySQL-related databases. It operates like a load balancer for databases.
NuoDB (Grad Circle and formerly known as NimbusDB) – A new SQL and ACID compliant relational database that is designed to run on a distributed architecture like the cloud.
In this category, I would pick MongoLab. With MongoDB's adoption growing in the marketplace, it's an important alternative to have services that enhance the database, especially if it can be delivered via a public cloud.
Big Data
This category offered companies that are solving problems around Big Data. This could involve technologies that are used to better handle Big Data or services that ease the collection, transformation or analysis of Big Data. It seemed that most presenters generated or provided large amounts of 3rd party data in addition to providing products and services for Big Data.
Chart.io – Makes charting and analytics easy for non-technical users. Able to connect to MySQL, Postgres, Google Analytics and Oracle (in the near future). Chart.io provides an alternative to heavyweight on-premise business intelligence products.
Datasift – Helps customers extract, analyze and gain value from social networks. Although it can pull from over 30 data source, it is one of two exclusive re-syndicators of Twitter data. Datasift operates in a SaaS model so companies can be up and running in minutes.
Infochimps – Provides a full Big Data platform for processing and analyzing data from their own data marketplace or anywhere in the web. This makes it easy to source data leveraging Hadoop and providing services on top of that platform.
Metamarkets – Provides data science as a service, providing for data exploration, decision support and operational awareness. Using their own technology, the product is able to process large volumes of data at speed and scale.
Having the ability to pull 3rd party data or any data from the web and analyze it without investing in your own infrastructure is a valuable product. Hadoop is difficult to wrangle although it is currently one of the leading technologies for running Map Reduce jobs. Providing the data and services on top of Hadoop makes Infochimps a key solution in my mind.
Top Winners
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the top winners for the day:
Overall, all the companies that presented were very interesting, showing the kind of innovation and creativity that we have come to expect from early stage startups. While cloud is still a strong theme here, I think that the future is moving towards Big Data. I think we will see the two themes start to converge as users start to see the power of using Big Data solutions in the cloud for performance and cost-effective deployments. The enthusiasm and effort given by these startups bode well for the technology industry and are a harbinger of the great things to come.
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A Brazos Valley family who lost their four-year-old-son to cancer in 2003 was instrumental in the passing of new legislation. Because of their efforts, the Creating Hope Act was signed by President Barack Obama Monday. The act that provides market incentives to pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for children suffering from pediatric diseases.
Fire Station Number 1 is unquestionably a brotherhood.
"We're just a big family," said Bryan Firefighter and Paramedic, Matt Deemer.
They're trained to expect the unexpected while braving the worst in response to any call that comes their way. When they're not out saving lives or fighting fire, they're fixing things; but if you're anything like 25-year-old Matt Deemer, you're thinking about family.
"Since I work every third day, Jess sends a lot of pictures and videos so I can see him," said Deemer. Just one month after his wife Jessica gave birth to their first born son Mason, he got a phone call that he says no training could ever prepare him for.
"Our doctor had called us into his office and told us the news and we were pretty devastated," added Deemer.
At just one-month-old Mason was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis; a life-threatening and chronic lung disease.
"As a paramedic, it's easy for me to go out and rescue and help people, but everything changes when it's your own family," said Deemer. "I just remember Mason in the hospital and he was covered in chest tubes and just holding him felt weird because I felt like I would hurt him because he was in so much pain."
Cystic fibrosis is a disease passed down through families that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive tract, and other areas of the body. It is one of the most common chronic lung diseases in children and young adults. It is a life-threatening disorder.
"I didn't realize the amount of medication he'd be on, treatment he'd do and the different types of treatments he'd do," Deemer said. "We have to give him enzymes and at first, it was a little weird feeding a one month old apple sauce before breast feeding."
Mason is 15 months old today and the family continues to take every day one step at a time.
"With Mason getting sick they [doctor's] wanted to see us every month, so we're driving to Temple every month so he can be as healthy as he can be," said Deemer.
The Creating Hope Act just signed by the President will bring families like the Deemer's hope for their little miracles like Mason.
"Its' definitely trying, but we're coping with it and dealing with it because it's kind of what we know and we're on a schedule, so it works for us," said Deemer. "Anything would help and if it [Creating Hope Act] provides us with better medication to help him, or even provides a miracle to make him better, than we're all for it."
At the end of June the firefighters at the Bryan Fire Department raised $5,000 during a Spaghetti benefit. It was held for two of its youngest members: Mason Deemer and Isabella "Izzy" Wallace. Izzy is the daughter of Lieutenant Eric Wallace; she was born premature and weighed a little less than two pounds. Izzy had to spend her first two months in a Temple Hospital. Her family traveled daily from their home in Marlin to be with her.
"I came back from the hospital and the guys had organized the spaghetti fundraiser and I had no idea," said Deemer. "It was very humbling and I'm just so thankful for everyone's support because it helps beyond words."
The Creating Hope Act of 2011 provides market incentives to pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for children with rare pediatric diseases, such as childhood cancers and sickle cell.
It will expand the cost-neutral Food and Drug Administration priority review voucher (PRV) program, allowing pharmaceutical companies to expedite FDA review of more profitable drugs in return for developing treatments for rare pediatric diseases. Since 1980, the FDA has approved only one new drug for treatment of childhood cancer, compared to dozens for adults. Despite this significant unmet medical need, pharmaceutical companies have been reluctant to develop drugs for rare pediatric diseases because it requires making an investment in products that are unlikely to cover the high costs associated with their research, development, marketing and distribution. Developing products for children is particularly challenging because of the difficulties associated with conducting clinical trials on this patient population.
The Creating Hope Act will:
• Expand the Priority Review Voucher program to include treatments for pediatric rare diseases, such as childhood cancers.
• Close a loophole in current law to prevent companies from receiving a voucher for products that they already market in other countries.
• Offer unlimited transferability of vouchers to create a more easily traded asset.
• Provide greater certainty to sponsors that the drug, if approved, will qualify for a voucher, by permitting them to seek a designation from FDA before they submit their new drug application.
"The Creating Hope Act "fundamentally transforms the way that drug companies look at rare pediatric diseases and compensates for market failures that have prevented any new treatment for pediatric cancer from being developed in a generation," Rep. McCaul said.
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Dallas Cowboys and the NFL
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Is Monday night a must-win for Dallas?
I think so, and here's why: Having lost four of their last games dating back to last season, the Cowboys' confidence could sink big time should they lose Monday night to an 0-2 team with plenty of issues. And with all the heavy hitters dotting the schedule after their bye on Oct. 18, the Cowboys […] [Read More]
Is it time for Dallas to employ a ball-control attack?
Cowboys WR Roy Williams said Wednesday he didn't mind being mainly a blocker Sunday night, although he also made it clear he'd much rather have spent the game catching passes. The Cowboys gained more than 250 yards on the ground against the Giants, Dallas' most since 1993. Although the offensive line got most of the […] [Read More]
Where's Spencer?
Cris Collinsworth of Showtime's "Inside the NFL" quickly identified the biggest problem facing the Cowboys after a disappointing 1-1 start. "The bigger issue in Dallas right now is they have not gotten this defense together," Collinsworth said. "I mean they did not sack Eli (Manning) at all in that ballgame. And Anthony Spencer is going […] [Read More]
What's it going to take to make Wade mad?
Wade Phillips continues to back down from his get-tough vow. Time after time this week, he's refused to call out his players in public. On Monday, he passed up a perfect opportunity to chide Flozell Adams for wiping out a 36-yard gain with a tripping penalty. Then on Wednesday, he defended his young cornerbacks, who […] [Read More]
Aikman perplexed by Romo's decisions
Troy Aikman wants Tony Romo to wise up. According to a release from Fox, the Cowboys legend turned analyst is knocking Romo for his careless play in Dallas' 33-31 loss to the Giants. Romo threw three interceptions, miscues the Giants converted into 21 points. "There are some throws you shouldn't attempt to make, when you […] [Read More]
'Inside the NFL' duo weighs in on Cowboys
Here's a few comments from Cris Collinsworth and Warren Sapp about the Cowboys: Collinsworth on the defense: "The bigger issue in Dallas right now is they have not gotten this defense together. I mean they did not sack Eli (Manning) at all in that ballgame. And Anthony Spencer is going to have to start getting […] [Read More]
Good news for Dallas: Marion Barber is practicing
Shaking off a strained left quadriceps muscle, Marion Barber is practicing today. That's great news for the Cowboys. Even though they've got plenty of depth at RB with Felix Jones and Tashard Choice, Barber is coming off back-to-back strong outings and seems primed for a career year. LT Flozell Adams said Monday that he's never […] [Read More]
League slaps Adams with fine
The NFL is getting rich off Cowboys LT Flozell Adams. For the second-straight week, Tony Romo's blindside protector has been fined for an on-the-field incident. The league docked Adams $12,500 for tripping Giants DL Justin Tuck in the second quarter on Sunday night. Tuck hurt his shoulder on the play and did not return. Last […] [Read More]
Can the Cowboys bounce back?
That's the huge question surrounding the team as it returns to practice today. Fears of an emotional hangover are justified after the 33-31 loss to the Giants on Sunday night. A lot was put into the opening of Cowboys Stadium, so it's possible the team could be a bit sluggish today. "It's still one game," […] [Read More]
Cowboys great puzzled by Romo's superstar status
Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett says Tony Romo "hasn't done much" as an NFL quarterback, an opinion many fans no doubt share after watching the New York Giants turn three Romo interceptions into 21 points Sunday night. "I don't know why on God's earth Tony Romo has been anointed a superstar in the […] [Read More]
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HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Represented Canada in the 2010 World Junior Cross Country Championships ... Participated in the 2009 Canada Summer Games ... Placed ninth at 2009 Canadian Cross Country Championships.
PERSONAL: Samantha L. Walkow was born Oct. 7, 1991, in White Rock, British Columbia ... Daughter of Daniel and Gabriele Walkow ... Majoring in psychology.
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Carissa spinarum, the Conkerberry or Bush Plum, is a large shrub of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), widely distributed in tropical regions around the Indian Ocean. It is most well known in Australia, where it is also called Currant Bush or, more ambiguously, "native currant" or even "black currant". It is, however, neither closely related to plums (Prunus) nor to true currants (Ribes), which belong to entirely different lineages of eudicots. In India, it is also called Wild Karanda, referring to the related Karanda (C. carandas). C. spinarum is often discussed under its many junior synonyms.
C. spinarum is most often found in semiarid coastal regions on fine-textured soils such as clays and clay-loams; in more arid regions the plant tends to be confined to areas of higher moisture such as at the base of hills or floodout areas. But it has a high ecological tolerance and can live in a wide range of habitats. In Australia for example, it is often found in association with Eucalyptus brownii, Poplar Box (E. populnea), Gidgee (Acacia cambagei) or Brigalow (A. harpophylla), in coastal rainforest, gallery forest and vine thickets in regions receiving in excess of 900 mm annual rainfall, as well as softwood scrubs and open eucalypt savannas receiving less than 700 mm annual rainfall.Conkerberries are edible, but only when fully ripe; they have a sweet flavour, but the milky sap of this plant – and its unripe fruit – is poisonous, as typical for the Apocynaceae. They are a popular bush tucker food for Australian Aborigines in Central Australia. The fruit is known as merne arrankweye in the Arrernte language, anwekety in Anmatyerr and nganango in Pintupi. The fruits are also a popular food for theAustralian Bustard, Emu and many other birds in its range. Its leaves provide food for butterflies (e.g. Australian Crow, Euploea core) and moths (e.g. some hawkmoths) C. spinarum is frequently a weed in grazing land in northern Australia, choking out grasses, reducing the ability of livestock to feed, interfering with stock handling and providing a refuge for vermin. The plant is capable of reproducing rapidly by layering and is difficult to control mechanically and expensive to manage with herbicides. On the other hand, it has been used in attempts to restore small-bird habitat in disturbed dry rainforest in Queensland, Australia. Parts of the plant are used medicinally for joint and muscle pain by the Maasai people of Kenya. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Jason was hired full-time in 2005 as the Assistant Director of Olympics Sports Marketing and Promotions. His primary responsibility was the promotion of the women's basketball program and event planning surrounding Solid Orange Events.
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Kristen Stewart's involvement in any literary adaptation is sure to raise an eyebrow as to the motives of the adaptors (no, I don't count Twilight as literature), but these released stills from the On the Road adaptation are looking pretty damn Kerouac-y. Walter Salles' treatment of the seminal beat work flaunts a star-studded cast of Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, Steve Buscemi, Elisabeth Moss, Terrence Howard, Alice Braga and Danny Morgan, so the project hasn't been hurting for talent.
However, any project that tackles such a revered work is bound to have its authenticity questioned, but the stills (surprisingly black and white and color) seem to captur the spirit of the piece quite well. However, let's all reserve judgement until we hear some dialogue. The best DoPand production designers in the world won't be able to save this thing if "totes" pops up repeatedly in the script. (Playlist)
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Vulvectomy refers to a gynecological procedure in which the vulva is partly or completely removed. The procedure is usually performed as a last resort in certain cases of cancer,[1] vulvar dysplasia, vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia,[2] human papillomavirus or female genital mutilation. Although there may be severe pain in the groin area after the procedure, for a number of weeks, sexual function is generally still possible but limited.[3]
A simple vulvectomy means removal of all external tissue, while a radical vulvectomy is the same however, also includes the removal of the clitoris, lymph nodes and nearby tissue.
A partial vulvectomy is the least severe, only removing the affected portion of the vulva.
'Skinning vulvectomy' involves the removal of the top layer of vulvar skin (the external female genital organs, including the clitoris, vaginal lips and the opening of the vagina). In this case skin grafts from other parts of the body may be needed to cover the area. There are two types of Skinning Vulvectomy, the 'partial skinning vulvectomy' and the 'total skinning vulvectomy'. The objective of the first one is the preservation of the cosmetic and functional integrity of the vulva in younger and sexually active patients, in whom a steady increase in the incidence of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia has been observed in the last decade. Meanwhile, the objective of the total skinning vulvectomy is to remove the entire vulva with total skin graft replacement in patients with an entire vulvar cancer involvement. 'Modified radical vulvectomy' involves the removal of vulva containing cancer and some of the normal tissue around it.
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IRVING – Finally. That's got to be the word that's running through Terrell Owens' mind right now. With 3 minutes gone in the third quarter, he has 180 receiving yards on just four receptions. In addition to his 75-yard TD reception, he has catches for 45 and 52 yards in a thrilling breakout performance. The […] [Read More]
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IRVING – The big story at halftime is that Terrell Owens has finally surpassed the century mark in receiving yards. Owens has three catches for 128 yards. His last 100-yard game was Nov. 29 of last year in a victory over Green Bay. The breakout performance comes after he told the NFL Network last week […] [Read More]
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IRVING – Martellus Bennett is emerging as a touchdown-making machine for the Cowboys. The rookie from Texas A&M just caught a 1-yard TD pass from Tony Romo, marking the second-straight game he's scored on a reception. Bennett has 13 catches for the season, with three going for TDs. One thing, though: He needs plenty of […] [Read More]
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IRVING – Tony Romo was high and wide on a sideline pass to Roy Williams. It's clear that the fractured right pinkie continues to bother the two-time Pro Bowl passer. The good news for Dallas: Nick Folk just kicked a 48-yard field goal to give them a 12-6 cushion. Folk, however, followed his FG by […] [Read More]
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IRVING – San Francisco ace returner Allen Rossum suffered a right ankle sprain moments ago. His return is questionable. That's good news for the Cowboys, who have struggled with coverage all season. [Read More]
Niners' Rossum injured
IRVING – Niners ace return man Allen Rossum is limping off the field after suffering what appeared to be a knee injury during a Cowboys punt. Wade Phillips was worried all last week about Rossum, who ranks among the league's top returners. No word yet on the extent of Rossum's injury. He's being taken to […] [Read More]
Who's Carlos Polk?
IRVING – That question must have just been asked in thousands of living rooms after the Nebraska alumnus blocked a punt for a safety, giving Dallas a 9-6 lead over San Francisco. The Cowboys signed Polk, a linebacker, on Oct. 16, the same day they placed receiver/special teams ace Sam Hurd (ankle) on season-ending injured […] [Read More]
Romo's elusiveness key to TD pass
IRVING – Redskins coach Jim Zorn scoff last week at the notion Tony Romo couldn't make plays because of his fractured right pinkie. Zorn's point was this: Romo's legs make him dangerous. That was especially true on the 71-yard TD pass Romo just threw to Terrell Owens. Romo did a great job of stepping up […] [Read More]
Bruce making T.O. jealous
IRVING – Niners WR Isaac Bruce seems to be having none of the problems Terrell Owens is experiencing these days. Despite being two years older than Owens, the 36-year-old Bruce seems to have no trouble getting open. And the Niners are clearly trying to get him the ball, especially with Cowboys corner Terence Newman slowed […] [Read More]
Bruce continues to sizzle
IRVING – Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman continues to struggle to defend Isaac Bruce even with help from his teammates up front. Despite a fierce pass rush by Jason Hatcher that forced 49ers QB Shaun Hill to throw a deep ball up for grabs, Bruce made the catch for a 34-yard gain to the Dallas 4. […] [Read More]
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HTC is prepping a new Android phone with a dedicated Facebook button, and will have it primed and ready to show the world's press at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The news comes from the Financial Times, which says the phone will make an appearance alongside HTC's much-touted Android tablet.
Facebook recently denied that a phone centred round the social network existed. However, that followed claims that a cloud-based blower using Facebook's branding was about to be released. A phone with one push access to Facebook is a different proposition entirely.
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SURREY, British Columbia – The NJCAA softball national team's run at the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship ended Sunday with a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Team USA. Despite finishing the tournament with a 3-6 record, the NJCAA team played competitively against some of the top squads in the world and provided a stage for several student-athletes to put their talents on display.
Prior to their loss to Team USA Sunday, the NJCAA national team earned a 9-2 first round win over the White Rock Renegades. It was the second time during the week that the NJCAA defeated the Renegades after earning a 14-2 victory in their opening game. A 13-3 win over Basque County (Spain) on Saturday marked the other win in the tournament for the NJCAA team.
Earning all-tournament honors, LSU Eunice first baseman Brooklynn Clark was dominant at the plate throughout the tournament. Clark went 9-for-16 at the plate for a .563 average and tied for a team-high with six runs scored.
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Baltimore Woods
PP&R and the Friends of Balitmore Woods invite you to join us for the removal of English ivy and other invasive weeds in beautiful Baltimore Woods! Our work area for the day is on recently-acquired public property adjacent to Cathedral Park and it really needs some love. Help us get it ready to be a healthier place for people and wildlife! We'll provide gloves, tools, training, and snacks. Volunteers will meet at the intersection of N. Edison & N. Alta Ave and work from 9am-noon. This site has a capacity of 30 people. Visit www.friendsofbaltimorewoods.org for more details.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: N. Edison St and N. Alta Ave Portland, OR 97203
Site Coordinator: Marissa Dorais, email@example.com, 503-823-7016
Forest Park - Lower Macleay
No Ivy League Field Headquarters. Gather here on October 25 for Forest Park work parties and afterward for our celebration! Volunteers meeting here will hike ~1 mile to our ivy removal location in the park.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: 2960 NW Upshur Portland, Oregon 97210
Site Coordinator: Kevin McWhirter, email@example.com, 503-823-3681
Forest Park with Friends of Trees
Join Friends of Trees to pull invasive English ivy in preparation for future native tree planting in Forest Park! Our Forest Park sites are small and located in sensitive habitat, so we need to limit how many people can participate. Please REGISTER HERE to save your spot! We'll respond with the exact site location and other event details. Please arrive 8:45am to be registered and assigned to a crew. The event will start promptly at 9am. We provide breakfast snacks and hot chocolate/coffee, as well as gloves, tools, and guidance. Please come dressed for the weather and wearing sturdy shoes and get ready to have fun! This planting is part of PP&R's No Ivy Day in partnership with Forest Park Conservancy and supported by REI. Please contact Jenny or Ian at 503-595-0213 if you have any questions or need more information. We look forward to seeing you out there!
Gateway Green
Gateway Green is envisioned as a 38-acre open space and recreation area. Connected to Portland's famed 40 Mile Loop (a pedestrian and bike route originally proposed by the Olmsted Brothers in 1904 and now nearly complete), and it is currently reachable by foot, bike, car, and light rail. Join the Friends of Gateway Green in ongoing invasive species removal!
Time: 9am-noon
Address: NE 99th Ave & NE Pacific Portland, OR 97220
Meeting Spot: From Park & Ride structure, go through the Gateway MAX station to the I-205 Multi-Use Path, then north, by foot or by bike, on the MUP (toward Rocky Butte) about 1/4 mile, following the Friends of Gateway Green event signs.
Site Coordinator: Linda Robinson, email@example.com
Gabriel Park - SW 45th entrance
Join PP&R and the newly formed Friends of Gabriel Park to remove ivy in the natural area and help restore this beautiful park. This event is family friendly but children must be accompanied by an adult. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy closed-toed shoes, and bring a water bottle. Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: Meet at the parking lot by the tennis courts off of SW 45th Ave
Site Coordinator: Janelle St Pierre; on the day of event only, you can contact Janelle at 503-307-3426.
Please contact Mary Verrilli at 503-823-9423 or email@example.com for more information
Lesser Park
Join PP&R and the Portland Community College Habitat Team in their effort to remove tree ivy in this natural area. This event is family friendly but children must be accompanied by an adult. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy closed-toed shoes, and bring a water bottle. Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: SW Haines and SW 57th Ave. Parking is available along the street and volunteers will meet at the trailhead.
Site Coordinator: Nathan Schulte; on the day of the event only, you can contact Nathan at 971-271-4278.
Please contact Mary Verrilli at 503-823-9423 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Marshall Park - SW 18th Place entrance
Join the Friends of Marshall Park and neighbors in removing English ivy from this natural area. Let's make this beautiful natural area healthy for people and wildlife. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy closed-toed shoes, and bring a water bottle. Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: SW 18th Place, meet at the park entrance
Site Coordinator: John DeLance
Please contact Mary Verrilli at 503-823-9423 or email@example.com for more information.
Marquam Nature Park - SW 12th & Gaines
Partner with PP&R and the Friends of Marquam Nature Park to continue ivy removal in this recently updated entrance to beautiful Marquam Nature Park! Explore our new trail system and get the chance to remove ivy in this newly added area. This event is family friendly but children must be accompanied by an adult. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy closed-toed shoes, and bring a water bottle. Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: 3730 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR 97239
Site Coordinator: Charlie Nappi; on the day of event only, you can contact Charlie at 503-823-6537.
Please contact Mary Verrilli at 503-823-9423 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Mt Tabor Park
Because we have done such a great job of removing ivy on Mt Tabor, we will actually be planting native plants on No Ivy Day - imagine that! A great way to celebrate our past ivy removal work on Tabor. Join PP&R, the No Ivy League, Friends of Mt Tabor Park, and other Weed Warriors community members. Please wear long thick pants, a long-sleeved shirt, sturdy walking shoes, and bring rain gear, a sunhat, and water bottle. Instruction, tools, gloves, water, coffee, and KIND bars will be provided.
TIme: 9am-noon
Address: SE Salmon Way Portland, OR 97215
Meet at: Main parking lot on Mt Tabor (next to the basketball court and amphitheater), accessed by the SE 60th & Salmon park entrance.
Driving directions: I-84 East to the SE 58th Ave exit. From the exit, turn left onto Glisan and then immediately right onto SE 60th. Drive south on 60th. There is a traffic light at SE Salmon; turn left here and follow the road into the park to the main parking lot. OR drive west on SE Division to SE 60th, turn north (right) onto SE 60th and then right (east) onto SE Salmon at the traffic light.
TriMet #71 to the Salmon Street entrance: Take the first trail to the left when you enter the park and then take the next road to the left. #15 to the Yamhill Street entrance: walk up the right entrance road to the main parking lot.
Site Coordinator: Alexa Todd, FMTP Volunteer Coordinator, firstname.lastname@example.com
Springwater Trail @ SE 128th Ave
Join the Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Association Greening Committee, Johnson Creek Watershed Council, and PP&R to remove ivy and other invasive plant species in this area that hosts the red-legged frog (a sensitive species) and western red-backed salamander. Meet at SE 128th and the Springwater Corridor trail, just north of Foster Rd where Reedway intersects with SE 128th. Park alongside road; take care not to block neighbors' driveways. Instruction, tools, gloves, onsite porta-potty, coffee/tea, water, and treats provided. Dress for the weather: long sleeved shirts, thick pants, and sturdy boots or shoes (no open-toed shoes, please). Terrain is hilly, with some potentially wet areas. Volunteers needed: 20
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Address: Springwater Corridor Trail Portland, OR 97236
Site Coordinator: Susan Hawes, firstname.lastname@example.com, 503-823-5937
Terwilliger Creek
The Homestead Neighborhood Association and Friends of Terwilliger are partnering with PP&R to work on an area along Terwilliger Creek. We may work in adjacent areas of Terwilliger Parkway, depending on number of volunteers and ivy growth. Meet at the picnic table by the restrooms at SW Hamilton & Terwilliger at 9am. Rain or shine, so please dress for the weather! We estimate volunteer capacity at 20 to 25.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: SW Terwilliger and SW Hamilton Portland, OR 97239
Site Coordinator: Susan Egnor, firstname.lastname@example.com, 503-939-3828
Woods Memorial Natural Area
Join the Friends of Woods and PP&R to help build a new trail and remove invasive ivy.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: SW Marigold and SW 48th Ave
Site Coordinator: Jeff Hough; on the day of event only, you can contact Jeff at 971-284-7754
Mary Verrilli, email@example.com, 503-823-9423
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Work sites hosted by other organizations.
Nadaka Nature Park
Join the City of Gresham Natural Resources Program and Friends of Nadaka in removing invasive ivy and other weeds in this unique natural area. This 10-acre forest in northwest Gresham was saved from development because it served as a day camp for the Camp Fire Organization for many decades. Today Nadaka is a city park that provides an island of native habitat and a place for the community to access and learn about nature. Visit www.friendsofnadaka.org to find out more about the park. Help restore the forest understory of this neighborhood treasure. We have capacity for 50 volunteers. We will provide gloves, tools, training, and refreshments.
Time: 9am-noon
Address: Meet at the park entrance on NE Glisan St, just before NE 178th Ave, in the parking lot next to St Aidan's Episcopal Church.
Site Coordinator: Ivy Watson, firstname.lastname@example.com, 503-875-4392
Oak Creek HOA
Tryon Creek Watershed Council (TCWC) invites you to join us to remove ivy and other invasive species at the Oak Creek HOA. We invite members from the community to help restore this shared neighborhood green space. Volunteers will meet at the intersection of Vesta and SW Oak Creek Drive. TCWC will provide tools and snacks. Volunteers should wear closed-toe shoes, long pants, and rain gear depending on the weather. Also bring water and sun protection. Our volunteer capacity will be approximately 30 participants. Please RSVP with Adra Lobdell, the TCWC volunteer coordinator.
Time: 8:45am-noon
Address: SW Vesta St and SW Oak Creek Drive Portland, OR 97219
Site Coordinator: Adra Lobdell, email@example.com, 904-476-5592
Spring Park Natural Area
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This 2-acre mixed Douglas fir, maple, and cedar woodland encompasses a community-owned natural area near the upper reaches of Sylvan Creek. Volunteers will focus on removing ground ivy from the understory of a flat, easy-to-access section of the forest. Clippers, loppers, and gloves will be available. Directions: From Beaverton (Hwy 26 or 217), take Barnes Rd/St Vincents Hospital exit. Travel east on SW Barnes Rd past hospital for 2 miles. Turn right onto SW Barnes at intersection with W Burnside. Site will be on your right. From Portland (via Hwy 26), take Sylvan exit 71B. Travel north on SW Skyline Blvd for 1.5 miles. Take left onto W Burnside Rd. Take left after half mile onto SW Barnes Rd. Site will be on your right.
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GUFFEY, TEXAS. Guffey, on the Southern Pacific line two miles south of Beaumont in east central Jefferson County, received a post office in 1901, shortly after the Spindletop oil fieldqv was discovered. It was named for oilman and financier J. M. Guffey of Pittsburgh. Besieged by thousands of eager oilmen, speculators, and ne'er-do-wells, Guffey became a stop on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. Although its post office was discontinued in 1925, Guffey continued for a time as a community after the oil boom subsided. It had an estimated 300 residents and four businesses during the mid-1930s. Its population declined substantially in subsequent years, and in the mid-1970s Guffey was marked on maps by an intensive concentration of oil wells and tank farms.
James Anthony Clark and Michel T. Halbouty, Spindletop (New York: Random House, 1952).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Robert Wooster, "GUFFEY, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/htg15), accessed August 01, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Jina Moore of the Christian Science Monitor Wins November Sidney for Inquiry Into American Poverty
Jina Moore, regular contributor to the Christian Science Monitor, won the November Sidney Award for Below The Line: Poverty In America, a portrait of poverty as it is measured by official statistics and lived by real people.
Linda Criswell earns just over $12,000 a year as a full-time childcare worker, but she technically steals fruit from the snack bowl at work because she can't afford to buy her own. She tracks grain prices to see if she'll be able to afford meat in the months ahead. Is she poor? She's poor enough for food stamps, but maybe not poor enough for Medicaid. If you ask Criswell, she'll tell you that--regardless of what the state says--she lives in a state of continual anxiety.
According to the official statistics, 46.2 million Americans live in poverty. Yet, many Americans console themselves with the notion that "real poverty" in the United States has been eliminated.
What does it mean to be poor in the world's richest country? Is it an absolute threshold or a relative concept? Can you measure it in dollars, calories, or PlayStations? Can any statistic capture intangibles like autonomy and dignity? As a journalist who divides her time between New York and East Africa, Moore knows that even the poorest Americans are rich by global standards, but it's difficult to argue that Linda Criswell is getting by.
"Moore's reporting raises important philosophical questions that cut to the heart of our national debate about inequality," said Sidney judge Lindsay Beyerstein.
Jina Moore is a reporter, producer and editor who splits her time between New York and East Africa. She has been a contract correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and a contributor to Newsweek, Foreign Policy, the Columbia Journalism Review, the Boston Review, and PRI's The World, among others. Her early human rights reporting was reprinted in Best American Science Writing (2009). She is nonfiction editor at Guernica Magazine and editorial director of the Dart Society, where she edits and publishes the human rights magazine Dart Society Reports.
Lindsay Beyerstein interviewed Moore about her story:
- You illustrate different metrics of poverty by profiling real people. How did you go about selecting the subjects for your story?
The old fashioned way: I talked to everyone I could think of who might know people in the situation we label "poverty." I went to the local homeless coalition, the homeless shelters, the food pantries, and social service referral agencies, the local office where food stamps are distributed. Most of these didn't result in useful leads, but the few that did were all I needed. It might be empowering to people to know I got in, networked, found my sources, wrote and got out, all in a week.
- Money is a sensitive subject, but your subjects really opened up. How did you go about building a rapport with them?
The people I met know, better than I could imagine, exactly how they live. They know they are struggling; they know some people consider them poor. My presence didn't bring them news about that.
I learn time and time again in reporting that the most important thing in your approach to subjects is honesty. If you're uncomfortable, it undermines building trust. If you're open, clear and honest, it invites them to engage you in the same way. It's important not to be a jerk, of course, but when sensitivity and kindness become, say, pity, you get in your own way. That also reinforces rather than breaks down the power differential.
- Mollie Orshansky's famous 1965 poverty statistic, which is still used to calculate the official poverty rate, is based on the assumption that Americans spend 1/3 of their income on food. Nowadays the average person spends a lot less on food, but more on other things like housing and transportation, which aren't included in the formula. What's the bottom line? Does the Orshansky threshold overstate or understate poverty today?
The (overly) simple answer is, neither. But the statisticians who work on this say, rightly, that it's really complicated. Our bureaucratic notion of being poor is whether you have enough cash to get what you need. Conservatives have long said Orshansky's formula is inaccurate because the poor get food stamps, which frees up other cash so they can get things they need. Liberals have long said Orshansky's formula is inaccurate because it doesn't consider other very real expenses. So conservatives might say the formula overestimates poverty, and liberals might say it underestimates poverty.
- What is the Supplemental Poverty Measure? How does the government use it and how does it improve on the Orshansky threshold?
The SPM attempts to consider the cost of medical insurance or gasoline as household expenses, and to consider food stamps or rental subsidies as household income. [Ed: The latest set of SPM data were released on Wednesday.] It also takes into account cost of living differences and many more things. The upshot last year was that it didn't make that much difference -- the numbers were nearly the same. So when you add in the cost of life in America, people on food stamps aren't "getting a deal." And when you get food stamps, you still need to pour your "extra" money into transport, rent, and insurance.
The more meaningful issue, I think, for people like Linda Criswell and Missy Nash, who are in the piece, is how far wages go -- or don't go-- these days.
- All these different measures of poverty invite the question: Is poverty absolute or relative? Conservatives like Robert Rector seem to think that it's an absolute threshold, that people who have a roof over their heads, a few appliances, and enough food to ward off starvation cannot be poor. Even the poorest Americans are rich by global standards. Yet few would argue that we've vanquished poverty in America. How do we reconcile these two perspectives?
Rector's argument, as I understand it, is that people who have as many "luxuries" as America's poor aren't "really" poor. As in, "How can you be poor if you have an Xbox?" It's also, I think, a bit about how a rising tide lifts all boats: The standard of living in the US today is so much better than it was 50 years ago, so today's poverty isn't as painful as yesterday's. So, the argument runs on, what are we really talking about?
I don't know how to reconcile the two perspectives, because I think people are talking about two different things. Even if we say that poverty is absolute, there isn't agreement about how absolutely bad it "should" be to be poverty. And that's before we even bring in other experts who focus on things like structural inequalities and poverty's effect on opportunity.
- One of your subjects says: "we all have some poverty." What did he mean by that?
He also says someone's always richer than you, and someone's always poorer. He's right: That's always true, even for the richest of us.
- You've spent many years covering poverty in Africa, poverty that looks a lot more like most Americans' stereotype of "real poverty." What has that experience taught you about poverty in the U.S.?
American media narratives about Africa are preoccupied with poverty, and occasionally they want to see it even where it isn't really the story. American media narratives about America, on the other hand, don't work that way. NPR reported just before the election that many media houses were obsessing over the economy, but there was little dialogue on poverty. Linda Criswell called me after the story came out and said, "I'm so glad this is finally out there. People need to know there are people who want to work, who are working, who aren't trying to take from the government, but who aren't having an easy time." Among the things I hear in that is that people living like Linda don't feel heard. And that is something that seems to me a commonality between being poor in America and being poor in Africa.
- If it were up to you, how would we measure poverty in America?
I wish we could spend less time trying to figure out the right variable to adjust in the technocratic equation that gets fought over and more time trying to understand, from their perspectives, the lives of people who seem different from us. Until we confront our inability to listen to each other in a meaningful way, I'm not sure even the best formula on earth would do any good.
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Sam Stein wins the September Sidney Award for exposing how sequestration is crippling vital federal programs, including the public defender system, social services, health care, and medical research.
David Kocieniewski wins the August Sidney Award for exposing Goldman Sachs' practice of shuffling aluminum from one Detroit-area warehouse to another in order to delay shipping and extract more rent from the metal's owners. These tactics have added an estimated $5 billion to the cost of aluminum since 2010, the equivalent of two cents for every can of soda.
Michael Grabell wins the July Sidney Award for showing how employers and the temporary labor industry turned the U.S. into a "permatemp" nation where armies of expendable temporary workers have become a permanent part of the supply chain.
Juan Carlos Frey and PBS Need to Know team (producer Brian Epstein, correspondent John Larson and editor Judith Starr Wolff) win the June Sidney Award for exposing the rising death rate among undocumented migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Julfikar Ali Manik, Steven Greenhouse, and Jim Yardley of the New York Times won the May Sidney Award for their extensive coverage of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh. The seven-story factory complex crumbled on April 24, burying over 1100 people. Most of the victims were garment workers who died sewing clothes for Western companies like Walmart and Benetton.
Joe and Harry Gantz won the April Sidney Award for American Winter, a documentary that follows eight Portland, Oregon-area families struggling to survive the winter of 2011/2012 in the grip of the Great Recession.
Steven Brill won the March Sidney Award for his TIME feature, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us.
Bob Ortega won the February Sidney Award for sounding the alarm about a faulty test for HPV, the virus that causes most cervical cancer. Each year, about 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 4,000 die of the disease.
Leslie Patton of Bloomberg News won the January Sidney Award for her profile of McDonald's as seen by a fry cook and the CEO of the company.
Josh Eidelson of The Nation won the December Sidney Award for his coverage of the historic Black Friday strike at Walmart and the ongoing strike wave moving through Walmart's supply chain.
Sasha Chavkin, Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Ronnie Greene of the Center for Public Integrity won the October Sidney Award for "Mystery in the Fields," an international investigation into a mystery kidney disease killing young farm workers in India, Sri Lanka, and Central America.
Erich Schwartzel and Julia Rendleman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won the September Sidney Award for "Fouled Waters," a 3-month investigation into a mysterious blight on the water supply of The Woodlands, a small Pennsylvania town surrounded by natural gas wells.


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C Ray learned English at O. Perry Walker and maybe Edna Karr, also.
Headline is misleading....in fact it might be completely inaccurate.
Headline should read:
Texas likely to gain more congressional seats. People leaving Louisiana for better jobs and a somewhat safer and more functional society in Texas.
Whenever I'm having a bad day, I think of Mr. Shepherd. And then I feel better.
Looks like the 5th district is in a lose-lose situation.
Good Luck Coach Miles. You are an honest man with integrity.
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But for Eddie's lack of proper action the night of Phillips accident, this man would not have been shot, nor would he be dead today. This entire incident disgusts me.
Howard Pickens, Rest in Peace.
Mr. Pickens is a victim of ancillary activity driven by the illegal drug market in New Orleans, as are so many others.
The drug trade is connected to almost every murder, armed robbery, burglary, and theft in the city. Stop the drug trade, stop the violence. Institute a zero tolerance policy now.
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Ok.. I take back my 'held back by whitey' comment, but it was more or less a preemptive strike against those people who believe that black kids don't have a chance because of white society (points echoed by certain black self proclaimed leaders). The point I was trying to make is that this kids parents and social support structure completely failed to bring him up correctly. There is no one else to blame except them. I grew up in Algiers, went to public school, and enjoyed all of my classmates and friends, all races. Peace out.
No. Wait. he's smarter than B stupid. He walked into the DA's house and walked right out. So yes, he's smarter than B stupid. Geographically, the only way out of Lennox is right past the accident scene, unless he walked back to Tullis for the getaway drive.. Do you think that he stole a Jordan top hat to use as a disguise as he drove past the accident scene in his granmomma's car?
This guy is dumber than B stupid.
wait a minute.....The feds indicted Mayo because Shepherd wouldn't snitch on Nagin? that's what we're supposed to believe, right?
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I wonder what sort of headgear he'll wear to the trial to testify, a black top hat? maybe the newest Hugo Boss cap from Dillards? perhaps a new NFL dew rag? or is it doo rag? whatever. Pass me another drink.
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Coincidence? I think not.
By the way, did Clarence Roby win his suit at the Silver Slipper Casino?
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BEACHWOOD, N.J. (AP) A large family that lives at the shore and suffered losses during Superstorm Sandy will share a $20 million lottery jackpot that one of the 17 siblings said will be a great pick-me-up.
Members of the Endreson family packed the Beachwood Community Center on Thursday for a news conference. A lottery spokeswoman said the siblings range in age from 53 to 76. The New Jersey Pick-6 prize will also be shared with three children of a brother who died a few years ago.
Another sibling described how their late mother started playing the lottery regularly years ago and would always say that all her children would get a piece of the winnings.
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