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I have been following this conversation with great interest, but have had life challenges that have kept me from participating too much. This note is to share a few resources and to launch an inquiry into why a pattern language approach is important and to challenge us to not just study the pattern language that Rob is creating, but to also engage with it in a critical way, to begin to write our own patterns that may or may not be incorporated into his project, and to think about how it can apply to transition in the US.
So resources:
1) Peggy Holman of Seattle has a new book out which is a pattern language based approach to working in communities and organizations
Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity
2) Doug Schuler also of Seattle an academic and long time activist around communications issues
Liberating Voices: a Pattern Language for a Communications Revolution
see http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11... for sample chapters,
More importantly see:
http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/pattern-table-of-conten..., it shows the community based approach to creating a pattern language in civil society. The book has a bunch of evaluatory explorations as well: how do we know if the PL actually is useful or not etc.
3) Tree Bresson and others in Eugene and up and down the pacific coast (including me a bit) have been developing a pattern language for meaningful group conversations: the exciting thing about this work is that sees the PL as not just patterns, but patterns and the relationships between them, patterns are upstream or down stream from each other ets. patterns have been developed asan online and in person prjectover the last year and a half. While the patterns are held in a wiki form, they have been developed individually or in dialog. There have been numerous community meetings and email list to augment theonline process.
see http://grouppatternlanguage.org/
Both the second and third projects, have software tools to facilitate the sharing and refining of patterns. I haven't yet, but would like to recommend that ROb look into these tools, since they might accelerate the process.
I will leave my substantive comments to a later date.
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By Fred W. Baker IIIAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2009 Wyoming's committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve has been busy for 18 months preparing businesses that will be hard-hit by the largest reserve deployment in state history.
The state is readying nearly 1,000 troops -- more than half of its Army National Guard soldiers and more than a third of its total Guard force -- for deployment to Iraq and Kuwait in April. The impact has been felt throughout the nation's least-populous state, and nearly every community is affected, top leaders say.
"The effect is pretty much the same everywhere, but because we are a low-population state and we're talking such high numbers, … the effect is amplified in our state," Janet Cowley, the state chair for the Wyoming ESGR committee, said in an interview Jan. 9.
Fortunately, for this deployment, the Cheyenne-based 115th Fires Brigade has known for about 18 months that it would deploy. The ESGR program has used the extra time to increase its information and education efforts with employers across the state, Cowley said.
In Wyoming, the ESGR program has a volunteer director and chair and one paid administrative person. More than 30 trained volunteers are scattered across the state. Two ombudsmen are trained to mediate issues between employers and troops.
The staff and volunteers meet regularly with employers, community leaders and civic organizations. One ESGR representative recently traveled across the state with the brigade leadership, briefing at community meetings and meeting with local business leaders.
Wherever there is a military presence in the state, there is a trained ESGR representative, Cowley said.
"We push the communication issue pretty far to make sure that they know that they can come to us whenever they need to," Cowley said.
The size of this deployment has left many employers, especially smaller ones, in a pinch -- caught between wanting to support the troops and suffering from losing them to extended training weekends, longer annual trainings and frequent deployments, Cowley said.
Cowley met this month with senior leaders of the state's highway patrol. Law enforcement agencies have been hit especially hard in the state, with one county losing nine of its deputies to the deployment.
Cowley said that nearly all employers she has met with say they want to support the troops. Many in Wyoming offer to pay deploying soldiers any difference in their salaries between their military and civilian pay. Also, many give troops additional paid time off for military training.
But, she said, many are finding it difficult to maintain staff schedules as the soldiers are pulled out for days and weeks for training in preparation for the deployment. It is especially hard on those agencies that operate 24 hours daily, such as law enforcement and health care, and on small businesses that have very little depth in their employee pool.
"We have to protect the rights of those military members. They cannot and should not be discriminated against," Cowley said. "But nobody's made a law that stands up for the rights of these employers that have to let these folks go. They have to keep their business going.
"How do you do it all and keep everybody happy?" she asked.
Cowley said the state's low unemployment rate doesn't help, either.
"We don't have a lot of extra people running around unemployed," she said. "The folks that they're taking oftentimes … aren't people they can replace easily."
Cowley said her biggest challenge is getting the support promised from senior executives to filter down to midlevel supervisors, who work the schedules and who may not understand the law. While some employers may overlook the laws supporting reservists, she said, most infractions are the result of misunderstandings or ignorance.
And most times communication is the simple resolution, she said.
"There are answers to the issues. Most of the time communication answers the problem," Cowley said. "We need that military member to provide the communication to the employer, and we need the employer to understand what their requirements are under the … law."
Servicemembers need to understand their obligations to the employers and "do the right thing," she said.
"If I could have one slide at a briefing, it would say communicate, communicate, communicate," Cowley said. "Talk to each other. Tell your employer what's going on in your military world, and as an employer, talk to your military member about what they need on their schedule.
"It's all about getting the information funneled to the people who need it," Cowley said.
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After several years of negative news regarding the city's financial woes and tax hikes, many buyers are avoiding Scranton. The new campaign called "My Scranton" is looking to change that image and even win some people some cash.
The signs are up all over the city. Hundreds of homes are for sale in Scranton. But many realtors are finding when potential buyers start looking for homes in Lackawanna County, they look to neighboring communities.
"Scranton is often off that list, and we feel it's often because people have heard negative things," said Nell Donnelly-O'Boyle, Greater Scranton Board of Realtors.
Donnelly-O'Boyle and the Greater Scranton Board of Realtors launched a campaign to fight that negative image. It's called "My Scranton," and it's starting with a video contest.
It's a chance for people who love Scranton to show it. Each week through mid-May, someone wins $100. An overall contest winner will get $1,000.
Through the videos, realtors are asking people who live in Scranton to show others reasons to buy here.
"It's to give the voice to Scranton of all the good stuff," Donnelly-O'Boyle said. "It's really one of the things that we feel we can do to show other people, (that) living in Scranton has a lot of benefits and here are some of the reasons why."
Realtors say one of the big reasons buyers avoid looking in Scranton is because of the high taxes, but those realtors and some recent buyers in the city say if you do the math, you can find it can be more affordable to live there.
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Semon and his wife just bought a house in the city's hill section. They like being able to walk to so many things and found they got a great value buying an older home in the city.
Their Scranton is what the My Scranton campaign is about.
"If you are a young professional in the area and you're not thinking about Scranton, not thinking about the hill, you're missing out on a great community," Semon added.
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Thanksgiving Wine Tips
Note from P-Dub: While I haven't had a chance to photograph the process yet, here's the recipe for my Homemade Turkey Brine in case you need the ingredient list. For now, here's Pastor Ryan, who brings us some Wine Wisdom for Thanksgiving. Take it, Ryan!
So you're hosting a Thanksgiving feast at your home, and you're wondering what the adult beverage field should look like. The obvious choice for a holiday such as this would be wine. Vino. Fruit of the vine.
But you're not sure what to get, right? Wine is intimidating, right? Well, don't fret. We've all been there. You want to offer something nice…you know—something sophisticated. But you're on a budget just like the rest of us, and you don't know what everyone likes. You just want everyone to enjoy themselves. So what do you do?
Well I'll tell ya. But first, we've got to get something very clear:
I AM NOT A WINE PRO. I have no degree in wine snobbery and I'm not going to act like I know what I'm talking about. I've got some experienced tips that I think might help you out this holiday season and I'd love to share them with you—that's all. Enter at your own risk.
1 // Buy Local – Yes, you will spend $1-$2 more for each bottle of wine you purchase. However, by going to a local wine shop (if you've got one, that is; don't worry if not) you will be able to ask questions and get advice on what wines to buy during this season. Your local wine shop will be able to tell you what will work for the crowd you have and they'll be quick to sell you something that's high-quality for your price range. Supermarkets have nothing on the local yokels.
2 // Realize that wine is like salsa – This may sound a little goofy, but most people like to act as if they enjoy their salsa a lot spicier than they really do. The same goes for wines – people want you to think they like the big, full-bodied wines, but in truth…most tend to lean towards the wimpier varieties.
3 // Go higher, then lower – I buy a variety of wines in different price ranges. If I grab some wines in a medium price range – say $15 per bottle, I'll pick up some less expensive wines for later in the evening. After 2 glasses of wine, most people never notice when you've switched them over to a $6 bottle. Save some cash…there's no need to spend just for the sake of spending.
4 // Buy several of the same type – You don't want to buy one bottle of something and run out just as people realize that they like it. Grab a few of the same bottle to keep the peace…you might just get through Uncle Bob's comedy routine with this one.
5 // Riesling and Pinot Noir – These are very safe wine varieties to go with if you aren't familiar with the different wines or if you're not sure what you're crowd will want. Riesling is one of the easiest drinking white wines and it goes with pretty much everything. The same goes for Pinot Noir…this is a great red wine to please the masses. Oh, and you know that whole "white wine with light meats" & "red wines with dark meats" rule? Go ahead and reject that. Drink the wine you enjoy—don't conform to what the world says you have to like.
6 // Don't fear the screw cap – For many years people have considered wines with corks to be far superior to the wines with screw caps. There's just one problem; there are $2 bottles of corked wine out there that taste rotten and $20 bottles of screw cap wine that are wonderful. If you're not looking to keep a bottle of expensive wine in a temperature-controlled environment for years and years, a screw cap bottle of wine is just fine. And it's easier to open.
7 // 20 for whites and 60 for reds – There are many debates out there as to what temperature your wine should be served at. Many will say that a red wine should be served at "room temperature", but in my experience 71 degrees just doesn't taste good. An easy way to get your wines to the right temperature is to chill them in the refrigerator until they are nice and cold. Remove white wines for about 20 minutes or so before serving and they'll be just right. Remove red wines for about 60 minutes or so and they'll be just right.
8 // Don't ice it down, grape it down – Got some slow sippers on your hands or maybe you just want to take things to the next level of awesome? Drop some frozen grapes into the wine to keep it chilled. You would never want to put ice into the wine as it would water it down, but the grapes will do the trick and maintain the integrity of the wine. They taste great at the end of a glass as well.
9 // Go universal with the glass – There is simply no need to buy all those different glasses that Williams-Sonoma is trying to convince you that you need. If you buy a decent set of glasses you'll be set…as long as you're an amateur like me.
10 // 3 and a half – The exact amount of poured glasses in a bottle of wine is pretty well impossible to define. Many standard wine servings suggest 4oz…this would equal 6 glasses of wine per bottle, but this is also a ridiculously small serving. In my experience with family and friends…3 and a half "real-world" glasses are poured from a normal 750ml bottle of wine. Keep this in mind when buying for the group.
So there's my top 10. I'm sure there are many more, but I can't think of them right now. What I do know is this: Wine is a good thing. W.C. Fields once said, "I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food."
Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!
Love Wins,
234 Comments
melvadear On Tuesday, November 25 at 11:01 pm
Wow. That is oh so helpful! Thank-you Ryan. I like wine. Especially the red/grape stuff they serve for communion. One sip'll do me too. Get's me feeling all warm and comfy. Any more than that and I get giddy. Can't wait to impress my guests with the frozen grapes in the glass. Awesome tips! Thanks again and thanksgiving blessings to one and all!
Maura On Tuesday, November 25 at 11:31 pm
I got so hung up on the gorgeous photography that I forgot to read the post……..And I really like….what were we discussing again? Oh yeah, wine…..
Vickie Jones On Tuesday, November 25 at 11:54 pm
Even with living in Germany (the wine captial of the world in my opinion) I never got to more than tolerate wine, but great post. Anyhow I'm a beer person! and my butternut squash puree is in the freezer waiting on TDay!
Robin On Wednesday, November 26 at 4:49 am
Pastor Ryan, those are some beeeautiful pictures!
I don't drink wine any more, alas alcohol and me…not meant to be…but you did a great job on the subject!
Keep 'em coming!
satria On Wednesday, November 26 at 4:49 am
It is happy to see your posting. Yes really informative article. I will tell this information again to my friend, oh yes I suggest you to check my blog on Wine , I hope the article on my blog will be usefull for you… and we can share each other. thank you…
Red Heels On Wednesday, November 26 at 5:20 am
Umm, can i get a Pastor Ryan over in my church? Please and thank you.
PS. What fantabulous pictures.
Kara On Wednesday, November 26 at 5:35 am
Riesling "Relax" is deeeeelicious.
Domestic Goddess On Wednesday, November 26 at 6:21 am
These pics are uh-may-zing!
Jersey Lou On Wednesday, November 26 at 7:11 am
Great tips, Ryan!
And thanks for the ingredients, PW!
Valerie On Wednesday, November 26 at 7:34 am
What kind of Pastor drinks wine? What kind of church do you pastor???
Ann On Wednesday, November 26 at 7:45 am
Happy Thanksgiving, Pastor Ryan!
kat On Wednesday, November 26 at 8:16 am
3.5 glasses out of an entire bottle? That doesn't give you a chance to try too many wines before you're flat on your back.
mike bowles On Wednesday, November 26 at 8:24 am
In the restaurant world, we sell a bottle of wine as having enough for 5 glasses for the price of 4 glasses. Not sure if this is the real ounce-for-ounce value, but hey, you refill as your glass gets low, so maybe you don't notice.
lomagirl On Wednesday, November 26 at 8:42 am
Hey Rev- # 3 sounds an awful lot like something I learned from the story of the wedding at Cana- was that your source? (Of course, nowadays there's no Jesus around to make a super vintage when we run out completely.)
Renee On Wednesday, November 26 at 8:54 am
I saw that this year you stated not to brine a pre-basted turkey (which I've read in a lot of places). Although, in your pictures last year, your turkey was pre-basted and you still brined. How did it turn out?
Devon On Wednesday, November 26 at 8:56 am
where can I find a pastor covered in tattoos that drinks wine around here?! You should talk to my husband – he's also a pastor.
Callie On Wednesday, November 26 at 9:02 am
I generally pick up a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau. Most wine snobs thinks it's an awfully tacky and pedestrian wine, and yeah, the marketing around it is pure cheese, but Beau Nou is a really easy-drinking red and I like the history behind it. And hey, it only pops up around Thanksgiving time. so why not?
I usually serve a Chardonnay for the white. It's very accessible and it's just dry enough and just sweet enough for most people.
Tracee On Wednesday, November 26 at 9:27 am
Will you be my preacher/pastor?
Too bad I don't drink alcohol. Gives me bad headaches. Sure sounds good though!!
Happy Turkey to you and yours…
Catherine On Wednesday, November 26 at 9:39 am
Great advice!!! I am going to try the grapes ideal. The best advice you gave was the local wine store – I totally agree. Even the person at the wine store with the least knowledge has more than me standing in the aisle of target staring blankly. Thanks and happy Thanksgiving!
Amy On Wednesday, November 26 at 9:40 am
Really nice pictures!!
Julie On Wednesday, November 26 at 11:51 am
Thanks a lot!
Lauren On Wednesday, November 26 at 1:31 pm
The frozen grapes idea is fantastic! I'll be using that the next time I drink champagne. Thanks dude!
H.L. On Wednesday, November 26 at 2:22 pm
Thanks for the tips Ryan!
I love wine. And I agree with you, there are some really nice wines out there that have screw tops that people shouldn't pass over.
Andrea On Wednesday, November 26 at 7:22 pm
We always look forward to Thankgiving to enjoy the current year's Beaujolais Noveau.
Some years…eih, not so much…some years very delightful.
Here's to a good year
Marri On Thursday, November 27 at 12:34 pm
Hey Ryan, I hope those aren't your wine glasses standing on their bowls and not the stems.
If they are, my suggestion is to flip them over. The glasses are made so the bottoms and stems take the strain. Left on the bowl they can crack and break.
True story – my mother stored her wine glasses like this. One day when she was cleaning she took some down put them in the water, picked up a glass and started washing it. She felt a sharp pain and the water went from pink to red. She pulled her hand out to find a wine glass with a broken bowl and blood pouring from a wound on her hand. After coming back home from having stitches at the hospital. she discovered the rest of the wine glass bowl still on the shelf!
Moral of the story…store wine glasses on the stems!
Kateisfun On Friday, November 28 at 7:16 am
This was a great post! When I bought my wine I kept these tips in mind… bought what I liked ( the new Beaujolais Nouveau) and mixed it up with a riesling (wouldn't have thought of that, but was a huge hit!), took each out of the fridge at the appropriate times, and, as i've just moved internationally and didn't bring my wine glasses, I felt a sense of spontaneous freedom in buying mismatched small glasses from a second-hand store instead of traditional wine glasses. Thanks for the tips!
georgie On Friday, November 28 at 12:23 pm
Great advice Pastor Ryan! We had champagne for starter and then Beaujolais Nouveau with the Thanksgiving meal. Generally I try to have Pinot Grigo or Sauvignon Blanc and a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon on hand. The wine store is a block away so restocking is never a problem. Why is it that wine glasses rarely break while in use? I store mine with stem down but they always seem to break when being washed.
Linda On Friday, November 28 at 4:10 pm
Wine 101 put aside, I just wanted to say how refreshing it is to see a pastor with tattos! For my 60th birthday this year my sister and family got me a gift certificate for a tatoo (payback time). Oh yes indeed … you bet … my goodness .. it hurt! (Hey, on a scale from 1 to 10, what kind of pain do the cows experience when branded? I digress …) Anyway, it is a combination of blue moon/yellow sun together, on my ankle and I love it. PW, you seriously need to consider getting one! Get your creative juices going and design something very cool. MM should get one to match.
I'm a relatively new PW junkie – thanks for all the funny stuff you write (ha, ha, ha) and outstanding photos (ooooh). You are very talented!
*stepho* On Friday, November 28 at 8:40 pm
I loved this post! Your photos are wonderful and I thought the tips were excellent. I've only been really "into" wine for the past couple years, and more recently I've started drinking reds. But I've always had trouble getting used to the whole room-temperature-beverage thing. Your tip about refrigerating the reds and then leaving them out on the counter is ingenious! I am sipping a glass of perfectly tempered red as I type…thanks so much! Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving!
EAT! On Saturday, November 29 at 6:57 am
I always use the frozen fruit tip for chilling wine. Two of my favs are blueberries and strawberries – then I'm getting a serving of fruit too!
We had a nice dry champagne with Thanksgiving dinner. I thought it went really well with all the flavors of the meal.
Dee Dee On Saturday, November 29 at 2:03 pm
We brought a bottle of old vine zin from the last shipment of our wine club (Sierra Vista Winery). It was a little young, but the main notes were pomegranate and berry – a very nice complement to the turkey and side dishes. I also picked up a cheap gerwurztraminer for the white wine drinkers. Both went over very well.
miss ginny On Sunday, November 30 at 7:06 am
Love the grape idea. Thanks!
Dodi On Sunday, November 30 at 9:20 pm
Love this post! Lots of good info, thanks!!!
Alkari On Monday, December 29 at 9:24 pm
Adding to the general comments about storing wine.
1. Screw tops = best thing winemakers ever did. Very popular here Down Under; all the winemakers use them, including for wines that can be cellared for 10+ years. It's only snobby / ignorant people who think that 'good' wines must have corks. Of course, if you are lucky enough to drink an aged wine, you will probably find that it has been bottled with a cork. I recently opened a nicely matured bottle of 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon (glorious drop!) and had to go find my corkscrew for the first time in ages.
2. Storing wines. Bottles with screw tops CAN be stored standing up. The only reason for the 'store on their side' recommendation was because corks dry out, and storing bottles on their sides kept them moist. But no corks = no need to store on sides, because the screw tops are perfectly airtight.
3. When storing wines, the main issue is to keep them at a constant temperature. Don't store them in your basement near your boiler / furnace! Put them somewhere as cool as possible, but where the temperature doesn't vary more than a few degrees over the year.


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In 1965, the Atomic Energy Commission hired Dr. Thomas Mancuso, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, to study cancer risks associated with low-level radiation. The study included Mallinckrodt's operations as well as nuclear facilities in Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee and Washington state.
In 1974, while Mancuso's research was underway, Dr. Samuel Milham of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services reported incidents of cancer among workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington. Mancuso -- enlisting the help of statistician George Kneale and Dr. Alice Stewart, a respected British doctor and the first researcher to discover that radiation on pregnant women significantly increased birth defects -- turned his attention to Hanford. Mancuso's study confirmed the increased risk of cancer at Hanford, and Dr. Stewart encouraged him to let the AEC know the results before they were released. The AEC fired him.
When Congress investigated Mancuso's firing, others came forward to allege the AEC had suppressed studies that exposed dangerous conditions and pressured researchers to alter work. Although he'd been fired, Mancuso tried to finish his work on Mallinckrodt. He asked for help from Alvarez, who was then working with the Environmental Policy Institute, a public-interest environmental group. And they also enlisted the help of Kay Drey, a prominent anti-nuclear activist who lives in U. City.
Alvarez recalls that the federal government tried to take possession of Mancuso's data, but the researcher was adamant about holding on to it. The reason was clear: After Mancuso was replaced, hospital records he'd collected for the government on workers at the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Gaseous Diffusion Plant were destroyed.
Alvarez's public interest group gave Mancuso funding to finish the Mallinc-krodt study, and Drey helped track down former workers. But the mammoth undertaking wasn't finished. "It had to do with resources and money," Alvarez says.
But according to several sources who've tried to get access to the records for several years, Mancuso turned his research and documentation over to Drey -- something Drey declines to confirm.
"I don't know what she has," Alvarez says, "but if she has things that could help workers prove they worked there, or worked in a given area, or might have been exposed to something, of course it would be helpful. Knowing Tom Mancuso, it would certainly be consistent with his wishes."
Richard Miller notes, "This is a narrow window in history where this program is going to operate and then it is going to go away. And no one is going to come back and re-do this because somebody decided to release information thirty years later."
Mancuso, who is now in his 90s, declined comment.
Thomas Mancuso's termination did more than unfairly damage his reputation in some circles and trigger protests from activists: It also ushered in the era of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, a not-for-profit consortium of 85 universities. According to its federal tax filing, ORAU is "principally a management and operating contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy."
According to Richard Miller, ORAU's scientists testify on the government's behalf in toxic tort lawsuits filed by workers and residents who live near nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants. And its scientists lead "how to" seminars for Justice Department attorneys looking for ways to defend lawsuits.
More significantly, ORAU scientists produce research that tends to downplay the risk of low-level radiation exposure at Mallinckrodt and discount studies that link exposure to worker deaths. In a 1980 abstract, Dr. Elizabeth Ellis Dupree wrote: "To date, there is no indication that the occupational exposure to radiation has increased the cohort's mortality." Then a 1995 study, again led by Dupree, concluded that there was no dose-response relationship between lung cancer risk and radiation doses.
When Dupree did conduct a study of Mallinckrodt workers that found a high incidence of cancers, those findings remained hidden at ORAU -- until Alvarez, then working for Energy Secretary Richardson, discovered them. Dupree and ORAU, it turns out, conducted the study on Mallinckrodt workers that showed alarmingly high cancer rates among workers, and yet that research never made it into the medical journals.
Despite -- or maybe because of -- ORAU's track record of minimizing radiation's harmful effects, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health hired ORAU to do dose reconstructions to process the claims of ex-nuclear workers. "It's a conflict of interest," Brock says.
Alvarez agrees. "At issue is not the integrity of the individuals, but the integrity of the institution. ORAU is essentially owned by the Department of Energy." But he adds that there are so few researchers who have worked in this area that NIOSH might not have had much of a choice.
And NIOSH director Larry Elliott says his agency is making every effort to ensure claimants get fair treatment. For example, they can ask that their cases be analyzed by someone at NIOSH instead of at ORAU. And NIOSH also uncovered research and records that should help claimants. "We have a lot of the Mancuso data. We've actually found information that was not well-known, information we found in the health and safety lab in New York." That was Eisenbud's lab. Elliott adds that NIOSH has also discovered information in Oak Ridge.
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Rossi has spent the last thirteen years producing, directing, shooting, and editing national programs for public television. In 2012, Rossi received an Emmy Award for his work as Coordinating Producer of the children's engineering series Design Squad Nation, which premiered nationally on PBS in January 2011. His production credits for American Experience include: Building the Alaska Highway, The Gold Rush (winner of the 2007 Erik Barnouw Award), and We Shall Remain, a five-part television series and multimedia project on Native American history. In 2011 he served as an embedded filmmaker on the American Experience Student Freedom Ride, during which 40 college students joined original Freedom Riders in retracing the 1961 bus rides from Washington, DC to New Orleans, LA. Rossi has also contributed to PBS's Frontline, including a thirty-minute documentary entitled The Silence.
A graduate of the B.A./M.A. program in U.S. History at Boston College, Rossi's career at PBS began in the Educational Programming department at WGBH Boston. In addition to work in public television, his company, Rossi Films, has completed a variety of production work on documentaries, feature films, television shows, music videos, and commercials. The documentary on Pennsylvania Station is expected to air on PBS in 2014.
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Ridgway girls soccer won their playoff opener by a 6-1 score over Clarion Tuesday.
Ellie Woodford, left and Katie Oknefski were honored before Ridgway's volleyball match against Kane.
The Ridgway varsity Rockets are set to play Treasure Lake for the Cereal Bowl.
The Ridgway junior varsity Rockets are ready to play in the Cereal Bowl this Saturday against Treasure Lake.
Ridgway volleyball hosted St. Marys Tuesday night in a varsity volleyball match.
Locked in a 4-4 tie, Curwensville junior Cheyenne Geisler launched a second-chance shot into the net with 3:01 remaining in the second overtime period to give the Lady Tide a 5-4 win over Ridgway.
JOHNSONBURG – Playing on Johnsonburg's home field brought the same result as much of Ridgway's home matches at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
A victory for the Lady Elkers.
Ridgway started strong and controlled play for much of the match in a 5-0 victory over the Brockway Lady Rovers Wednesday night at Memorial Field in Johnsonburg.
DuBOIS – The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader doubles duo of Laira Reuscher and Sophie Herzing, both seniors, defeated their cross-town rivals of Aubrey Wiesner and Chelsea Agosti from St. Marys Area 6-2, 6-1 to claim the District 9 Class AA doubles title on Tuesday afternoon at DuBois Area High School.
Tough scoring conditions met both Ridgway and Elk County Catholic but the Elkers were able to defeat the Crusaders 212-220 in action Tuesday afternoon at Laurel Mill Golf Course.
Josh Roselli of Ridgway was the medalist for the day with his score of 36.
"The scores were high for the two top teams in District 9 as Laurel Mill Golf Course played tough," Ridgway coach Dave Zawatski said. "Give Josh Roselli credit for being that guy that we have been searching for and going low to make the difference."
RIDGWAY — Ridgway cross country hosted the annual Ridgway Invitational Saturday morning at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
A new meet record was shattered in the girls varsity race as Regan Rome of Dallas finished with a time of 18:15, breaking the old record of 19:03 which was set by Dani Kocjancic of Kane in 2008. Kennedy Weisner of Elk County Catholic also would have broken the old meet record with her runner-up finish at 18:41.
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Who is Grover Norquist and Why is the GOP So Afraid of Him?
As the Congressional super-committee on cutting the deficit zeroes in on its Thanksgiving deadline, one name keeps coming up Grover Norquist. Norquist is a lobbyist who specializes in one thing: making sure the richest Americans in the country pay as little in taxes as possible. Since starting Americans for Tax Reform in 1985, he has become one of the most powerful conservative forces in Washington and either a blessing or a curse on Republicans seeking political office.
Norquist's political involvement goes all the way back to President Nixon, for whom he campaigned as a student. An undergrad and MBA graduate of Harvard, Norquist quickly built a reputation as being one of the best political organizers in politics. In fact, he is credited as co-author of both the GOP's Contract with America and President Bush's tax cuts. He once famously quipped, "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub."
From very early in his career, Norquist was seen as the voice of traditional, William F. Buckley-style conservatism and it is largely acknowledged that his assistance to George W. Bush, in terms of rallying support amongst traditional conservatives who were skeptical of the then-governor's conservative credentials, was key to Bush's 2000 primary win. But now, as Republican politicians sweat the frightening reality of not meeting their looming deadline to cut an additional $1.5 trillion from the budget and the European debt crisis continues to loom, most are wishing he'd disappear, and some are even daring to run afoul of his rules.
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Norquist's infamous pledge, which is essentially an eternal promise to vote against anything that can be construed as a tax increase, under any circumstances, has been a good housekeeping seal of approval for GOP candidates. When Norquist arbitrarily decided that allowing the temporary Bush tax cuts to expire when they were supposed to was akin to a hike, the GOP quickly fell into line for fear of being tarred as pledge-breakers.
236 of 242 Republicans in the House, and 40 of 47 in the Senate have signed ATR's pledge at some point in their careers and as some have found out, going against it for any reason, will see that seal revoked, while opening the door for primary challenges, something that has become a genuine threat only recently, mostly because of the strong turnout among Tea Party activists who mostly agree with ATR's position of "opposing all tax increases as a matter of principle."
Former senator Alan Simpson (R-WYO) attacked Norquist's influence at a recent super-committee hearing arguing that, "If Grover Norquist is now the most powerful man in America, he should run for president. Let me tell you, he has people in thrall."
Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio) is one of Norquist's pledge signers, but he argues that he signed it all the way back in 1994. Its time to put pledges in a bonfire, the Congressman said last week after helping to enlist 39 other Republicans to join 60 Democrats in a letter to the budget deficit super-committee calling for a bargain that contains both revenue increases and spending reductions to close the gap.
Norquist, who was at one time a close associate of disgraced Washington super-lobbyist Jack Abromoff, has seemingly filled Casino Jack's void as the most powerful non-politician on the beltway. Abromoff had to relinquish the title to serve federal time on conspiracy charges and though Norquist was alleged to have used ATR as a conduit for Indian Casino interests seeking to gain influence, he was never charged. Norquist's primary focus is taxes and he pulls in over $200,000 annually just for his part-time (24 hours weekly) job with Americans for Tax Reform, but he's also reportedly lobbied on everything from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to, according to a report in Politico, opposition of internet regulations aimed at curbing the sale of child pornography online.
Norquist's tent seems a little broader than his typical ultra-conservative supporter. In fact, he even co-founded the Islamic Free Market Institute, where his wife, an Islamic woman from Kuwait, formerly served as director.
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) took the House floor earlier this month to criticize Norquist's association with Abramoff, as well as his representation of convicted terrorist financier Abdurahman Alamoudi. "I believe Mr. Norquist is connected with or has profited from a number of unsavory people and groups out of the mainstream," Wolf said.
Norquist's full dossier might incense the large swath of conservatives who claim that Muslims seeking to implement Sharia Law in the United States is a serious security threat. If his stranglehold on the tax issue continues to be an impediment, while Congress begins to realize how far they really are from reaching, and the potential consequences of missing the deficit-reduction deadline, I'd expect their desire to limit his influence to grow and that might start by shifting the focus to Norquist's full body of work.
For now, Congress seems content, as usual, to ignore it, while hoping it goes away. When asked about his presence and influence (see video above), House Speaker John Boehner tried to shrug it off, laughing nervously that their focus was on creating jobs and claiming that he wasn't used to being asked about a random citizen. You could here echoes of laughter throughout the beltway at such a benign description.
With Thanksgiving approaching, it remains to be seen who laughs last, though it seems unlikely that it will be average Americans who seem once again destined to have their best interests placed behind political maneuverings, even during one of the most serious crises in our nation's history. If Norquist blinks, his power will evaporate. If the GOP leadership kisses his ring and in doing so tanks the deficit deal, they've got to face the responsibility for what follows. This is a game of chicken with high stakes and I hope they're all smart enough not to burn down the entire castle in a fight over a single rug.
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Both Kaylin and Kathy show up at the shop looking for O'S**t (luckily not together) and forcing Walt to string together some words that do little to explain his absence. After more than a day S**t reveals himself, classifying his time without human contact as some sort of bender. It's not that he was trying to hurt himself, he just didn't want to talk to anyone. We can understand the pressure he must feel considering what he's going through, but shutting out the people who can potentially help you (and/or save you from jail time) still doesn't make sense to us.
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06 January 2014
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American Express
American Express is delighted to be sponsoring London Collections: Men, as a continuation of its wide commitment to fashion.
As London Collections: Men is set to be the strongest showcase of menswear this winter we hope that our partnership will continue to enhance and add value to our card members' experience of the buzz and excitement that the London fashion scene has to offer. American Express is a global service company, providing customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success.
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Professional cult hair brand, Fudge is building on its strong male grooming heritage by collaborating with the British Fashion Council for a third season as the Official Hair Partner for London Collections: Men. Last season Fudge partnered with Christopher Shannon, SIBLING, Katie Eary, Richard Nicoll, James Long, Meadham Kirchhoff, Lou Dalton and HOM by Jonathan Saunders. Confirmed designers Fudge will work with this season include; Christopher Shannon, James Long, Katie Eary, Kit Neale, KTZ and Sibling to name a few. Fudge is also excited to announce it will support Fashion East Menswear.
As the official hair partner, Fudge will play host to 'The Fudge Fix' a dedicated salon and lounge area nestled on the third floor at The Hospital Club for attendees in need of styling or a quick chop.
In addition to The Fudge Fix, Fudge will also provide a second styling station and lounge area on the lower ground floor at Victoria House offering blow-dries, styling and dry cuts. It is the ideal space to relax and check emails between shows.
From Monday to Wednesday, Fudge will be offering complimentary hair appointments to celebrity and fashion VIPs, press, buyers, and London Collections: Men committee members.
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As Britain's most successful men's magazine, GQ is once again thrilled to be an Official Partner of London Collections: Men. The showcase of the best of British menswear and the country's biggest-selling upmarket men's publication is a natural fit – rather like the perfect bespoke suit.
The extraordinary success of LC: M and its rapid growth over three seasons has shown that London is unquestionably the centre of the menswear universe, from the technical perfection of Savile Row to the directional dynamism of young British designers, this is the epicentre of men's fashion. In print, across our digital platforms and on social media, GQ's coverage of the event will be second-to-none, and we know – and our sales tell us – that our readers are hungry for the inside track on what is coming down the catwalks, who's in the front row and what's happening at the presentations and the parties. GQ is all about British men's fashion and we are proud to say that we are officially at the heart of London Collections: Men.
Lavazza Coffee
Lavazza fuels the fashion crowd at London Collections: Men. Lavazza, Italy's favourite coffee, is proud to be sponsoring London Collections: Men for another stylish season, ensuring the fashion elite get their caffeine fix as they indulge in the best of British brands.
Throughout London Collections: Men, Lavazza will be situated in the midst of the action at various touch points within the Hospital Club, Old Sorting Office and Victoria House with its self-service fashionable coffee machines, ensuring the style crowd are fuelled in between shows. Also offering coffees on-the-go, the Lavazza Bike will be sampling outside the catwalk spaces guaranteeing time for a Lavazza moment in even the most jam-packed schedule.
Lavazza has a long-standing relationship with the fashion industry, sponsoring London Fashion Week and Vodafone London Fashion Weekend for over 11 years.
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LC: M showcases directional style for the British man and is the leading platform for menswear designers in the UK. But looking good isn't just about fashion. L'Oréal Paris Men Expert combines a legacy of science and innovation, with in-depth knowledge of men's needs, to create grooming regimes 100% designed for men. We have an extensive range of men's grooming products including shaving, skincare & deodorants formulated for every man's skin using advance research and tailor-made technology. Let us do the work so you don't have to.
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Mercedes-Benz continues its association with fashion and style as the Official Car Brand Sponsor of London Collections: Men.
A fleet of striking Mercedes-Benz models will ensure that guests move effortlessly, in style and comfort, between the London Collections: Men catwalk shows and events. The cars, combining power and poise, mean that guests enjoy their very own Mercedes-Benz experience.
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MRPORTER.COM is the award-winning global retail destination for men's style, combining the best international menswear with editorial content. The site sells over 200 leading international brands, with content and new products added weekly. MR PORTER offers express worldwide shipping to 170 countries (including same day delivery to London and New York), and a free collection service for returns and exchanges. Designers available include Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Raf Simons, Lanvin, Loro Piana, Maison Kitsune, Boglioli, A.P.C, Beams Plus, J.Crew, Church's, and Common Projects.
As one of the original partners of London Collections: Men, Nyetimber continues to celebrate the very best of British style.
For 25 years, Nyetimber has had a single aim: to make the finest English sparkling wine, one to rival the very best in the world, including Champagne. A true pioneer, Nyetimber was the first producer to craft wines made exclusively from the 3 celebrated grape varieties found in Champagne: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. In 1988, Nyetimber planted its first vines and today, the House is regarded as one of England's finest wine producers. Owner and Chief Executive Eric Heerema and Head Winemaker Cherie Spriggs are committed to producing wines of a Grande Marque standard, made from 100% estate-grown grapes.
With its magnificent 16th century Tudor manor and an estate that was first mentioned in the Domesday Book, Nyetimber has become the darling of the British style scene as well as a dedicated champion of menswear. The exclusive sparkling wine sponsor of LC: M since the very beginning, Nyetimber will once again raise a glass to Great British style at the most exclusive parties in town in January 2014.
Radisson Blu Edwardian, London
In partnership with GQ, Jonathan Saunders will be unveiling an exclusive window display in the Bloomsbury Street Hotel as part of the four-star deluxe hotel's support for London Collections: Men A/W 2014.
The hotel, part of the Radisson Blu Edwardian collection, has been a sponsor since the beginning of the men's fashion event and, working with co-sponsor GQ, has selected Saunders following his GQ Award for Men's Designer of the Year. The windows will be revealed on 6th January and remain in place for the rest of the month.
In addition, Bloomsbury Street Hotel has collaborated with London College of Fashion and seven of its top designers to create a special cocktail menu for the duration of the event. The designers are Agi and Sam, Craig Green, Alan Taylor, Martine Rose, Joseph Turvey and Nasir Mazhar.
The hotel, walking distance from the two of the key show venues: Victoria House and Old Sorting Office, is offering a 20 per cent discount on best available rates for its 174 bedrooms and suites throughout January.
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This season Swatch is delighted to announce its partnership with London Collections: Men. Swatch is committed to supporting contemporary artists and designers across the world and is excited to align itself in London with the world's most emerging and recognised menswear talent. Swatch will have a dedicated space at Victoria House inviting press, buyers and guests to discover their watches and provide an essential break out space where to "meet and breathe". New Irony Chrono will be the main focus – a time machine capitalising on performance and a precisely calibrated chronograph. Counting down the hours until the first show the Swatch Schedule will provide up-to-the minute details of what's going on across three days to ensure no one misses a minute of the most prestigious shows in the menswear calendar. Like us at facebook.com/SwatchUK and watch our exclusive behind the scenes footage at London Collections: Men.
The Hospital Club
For the fourth time, the Hospital Club is the central hub for London Collections: Men. Located in the heart of Covent Garden, the venue will provide a space for presentations, events, screenings and lounges across the three day showcase. UK and International media and buyers will be given access to the on-site facilities including lounges and meeting spaces.
Sue Walter, CEO, says,
"The Hospital Club prides itself on being the essential hub for London's creative industries, and I'm thrilled to be welcoming London Collections: Men back to the Club in 2014 to entertain, inspire and stimulate our members and the wider community, endorsing the Club's position as London's most dynamic space for creative collaboration."
For over 9 years, The Hospital Club has offered a unique and inspirational environment for the creative industries to come together to create, connect and collaborate in the heart of Covent Garden. With a keen focus on supporting emerging talent, its entire philosophy is centred on cultivating enterprise across the creative industries, from Fashion to Film; from Design to Digital.
The Woolmark Company
The Woolmark Company continues their support of LC: M for AW 14, highlighting the relevance of wool and British fashion, heritage and craftsmanship for global menswear. Showcasing wool and on-going collaborations with prominent UK menswear designers; Lou Dalton, Christopher Raeburn, Jonathan Saunders and Richard James, each will demonstrate their unique style interpretation and display the versatility aspects, and natural performance benefits, of Merino wool in menswear apparel. To emphasise historic quintessential British tailoring The Woolmark Company will join forces, once again, with Savile Row to present The English Gentleman in a journey through the different facets of British men's style using a vast array of Merino wool fabric weights, techniques and impeccable Savile Row tailoring. Over 70 live models will create a theme or moment in the life of The English Gentleman at The Cabinet War Rooms, educating buyers and consumers on the different aspects of wool as the perfect natural fibre.
TOPMAN has always been a stalwart supporter of young and emerging talent and has worked alongside such designers such as Kim Jones, Christopher Shannon, Lou Dalton and Aitor Throup, early on in their careers. Recent collaborations include the likes of London Collections: Men catwalk regulars – Sibling, Agi & Sam and James Long- all of whom graduated from the design talent pool of MAN.
MAN was born in 2005 as a joint partnership between TOPMAN and Fashion East - and for the last fourteen seasons has been showing first as part of LFW and more recently as a firm fixture on schedule at LC: M - nurturing and supporting brilliant young menswear design talent. To date, MAN has supported more than 30 young menswear designers most of whom have graduated to become recipients of the NEWGEN MEN Award - of which TOPMAN is very proud to be the Official Sponsor. Along with the fact that so many brilliant young designers have debuted at MAN - , this BFC Award is testament to the strength of menswear talent in Britain today and the undoubted need for further and on-going support to establish them as serious contenders in the global menswear market. The arrival of London Collections: Men signals a great milestone in the future of British menswear and one that TOPMAN is proud to have played such an influential role in achieving since the very beginnings of MAN all those many years ago.
Vodafone UK is proud to support London Collections: Men for the fourth season. Throughout the event, Vodafone will continue to keep guests connected at all times with phone recharge stations throughout the three main show venues. The ever popular front row recharge benches will also make a welcome return to the BFC Show Space at Victoria House.
Vodafone is proud to sponsor LC: M as part of its on-going support of British fashion and leading design talent. Vodafone is also Principal Sponsor of London Fashion Week, Title Sponsor of Vodafone London Fashion Weekend and Official Sponsor of The British Fashion Awards.
Official Suppliers
Fashion Monitor
Fashion Monitor is a proud supplier of London Collections: Men for autumn/winter 2014. Established in 1989, Fashion Monitor is the most powerful industry tool providing contacts, news and events information for the fashion, beauty and lifestyle industries. The service provides over 32,000 UK and international contacts, a forward planning calendar of events and daily announcements on the latest news and moves, keeping you in touch and up-to-date with this fast-paced industry.
For the second season Fashion Monitor will host the London Collections: Men takeover page featuring a full schedule and interviews with key members of the industry involved with the three day event.
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Penhaligon's is delighted to become the Official Scent of London Collections: Men in January 2014. This is not the first time the British perfume house has worked exclusively with the British Fashion Council; last September, Penhaligon's scented London Fashion Week S/S 2014 with the invigorating scent of Quercus.
Founded in 1870, yet with a contemporary outlook, Penhaligon's fundamental British eccentricity is perfectly manifested in the collaboration with London Collections: Men 2014. Perfumery and fashion share a passion for craftsmanship and creativity – a natural fit.
Q Vodka
The era of ultra-premium vodka has dawned. Quintessentially Vodka redefines luxury spirits with sleek design and a liquid of such discerning quality that is quite simply perfection on ice.
Quintessentially Vodka is produced in one of Britain's oldest continuous working distilleries, where each bottle is individually handled by distillery fellows wearing white cotton gloves to protect the beautiful bottle. The Vodka is crafted from the finest organic wheat and purest English water (filtered through ancient pebble beds). These artisanal practices culminate in the smoothest, purest liquid to sip, savour and enjoy.
Unparalleled luxury, ultra-premium credentials, British heritage and superior quality make Quintessentially Vodka the most desirable accessory amongst exclusive social enclaves as well as the preferred option for spirits connoisseurs.
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I do volunteer work occassionaly for a welfare society. Yesterday, I witnessed fellow Zimbabweans in such emotional trauma that I cannot get the picture out of my head. I think the world must try visualise the same pictures as I saw.
I have had a personal taste of the intimidation tactics that are used on people that speak out, so for the purpose of this report, I will not use real names.
Myself and a welfare officer, "Lukeâ€, attended to a report that farmers had been removed from their farms in Centenary and animals were still on the farms.
To summarise two days negotiating, we were told in no uncertain terms that our police force would offer us no protection, and even if we were hurt or killed, the situation was out of their hands.
In respect of the animals, we were informed that most farmworkers were still able to take care of the animals, and we were pleased to be told by a genuinely concerned member of the ZRP that he would phone us if animals were being mistreated.
At the police station there were over thirty farmworkers sitting or lying under a tree. Most of them were still in their overalls and gumboots. We learnt that these worker's houses had been burnt down by war vets and they came to the police for assistance. The police offered them a piece of ground to sit on and wait, as important people were arriving today to assess the situation and resolve the current crisis. All those workers had left was the clothes on their back.
I asked Luke "What are they going to eat today?â€
Luke informed me that even prisoners have to rely on relatives to feed them as the police do not have enough food, so therefore the farmworkers will go hungry.
We checked our stocks, but realised in dismay, that we had already acted like good Samaritans, as we had given most of our food away to a family in the Chadereka area, where we had spent the night. The family who were relatives of Luke's, had only wheat and yellow roller meal to eat, both donated by an aid organisation. This family's life had been reduced to mere survival.
We left the farmworkers to their uncertain future, and left the area with heavy hearts as the situation was beyond our control and there seemed no likely solution in sight. We should have at least been pleased that the animals we went to assist were all ok, yet the human suffering marred any sense of achievement.
The world looks on whilst innocent people are suffering, whether by acts of violence (farmworkers) or starvation due to shortages of food.
I only wish that somehow I could make a difference to these people's lives, but right now it is out of any ordinary person's control – it is up to the "big guns†to stop this human rights abuse.
Maude, this is a very distressing story and yes we all have our hopes pinned on the meeting in Lusaka.
What I would like to say is don't underestimate the power of solidarity. Yes the people under the tree wanted relief of their immediate and severe distress. If you have nothing else, a smile and a hug goes far. It lifts the heart and helps people find the courage to go on. They smile and hug the next person and the next.
The difficulty for people on the ground is that emotion is contagious. So some of the stress moves to you.
And that is the role of people outside the country. Help the people with internet to keep smiling because they can pass on the smile and with things as bad as they are, that smile might be a life or death moment for the person on the ground.
And I know the pessimists will say that doesn't change anything. Well it does. There are moves afoot in the diplomatic world but it will help us not one bit if we are not around to see the result. So while they do their bit, let us do ours. Every smile matters. We are here to change difficult conditions not to be changed by them!
Thanks for the report Maude and please know our thoughts are with you.
To Scotchcart - "Every smile matters."
If you get the chance check out the photo on the Mail&Guardian website. There's one sure to turn your stomach. Judging by the body language, I wouldn't be overly hopeful of anything concrete coming from the SADC meeting in progress in Zambia - not with Robbing Hood and Maid Mebeki exchanging vows across the border!
Malcolm, I just get adverts. But I did learn that Ministers Munangagwa and Mumbengegwi are going to Lusaka. I think this is significant. They are heavy weights and actually it matters to have people with know-how there.
Someone else can explain Munangagwa - he has organizational ability and having faced death-by-hanging (have I got the right guy?) he has a mental resilience most of us don't have.
Mumbengegwi has been Ambassador to the UN, EC and UK. He was Chairman of the Security Council during the first Iraq war.
It's time to 'talk turkey'. Concrete suggestions. Specific details. Froth will be detected in an instant.
Thanks for the link. The SA press are doing quite a good job, but Sokwanele is still the best with Comrade Fatso giving us a good human angle.
I've had a good look around - there seem to be three sets of pictures. The most common looks like the arrival. There is another with a soldier in the background probably as they approach an office such as State House. And another in front of a very high fireplace - probably State House.
I don't see the picture of relaxed confident men.
I heard Morgan Tsvangirai on SWRadioAfrica. Now he was confident. He was reasoned. He was calm and funny. He is able to engage in discussion without losing his temper.
And then I realized I have rarely heard him speak - and certainly not recently. I was positively impressed. Warmed and reassured. He was articulate and approachable. He felt 'real' - relaxed, sincere, in touch, on top of things, able to listen.
He has a big job to do in Lusaka today. He is no longer just the leader of the opposition - as if that was ever a 'just'. He has to show a whole region the way forward. He has to show understanding and command of international politics, international banking, international law, UN procedures . . . This is genuinely a new dawn. Even people who voted against him, and some did after all, even those people must be looking with admiration today.
We are leading now - and leading requires a conversation with followers - a genuine conversation where we hear what they have to say. That conversation has begun.
Maud I am so sorry to hear of this event and others similar. Please be assured that you did what you could. In times like this, just your presence has an effect. The hyenas are out in force it seems and whatever their race, whenever their time, they run as a pack, not as thinking individuals. I think that the day to day actions of individuals with integrity are of great importance at times like this. All that is needed for injustice and violenec to prevail is for good people to sit back and say there is nothing they can do. Each one of us contributes to the collaborative construction of peace and justice. Thank you for sharing this, don't lose hope and know that you are all in out thoughts, wherever we are.
Try this one at Reuters. There's Kaunda complete with his customary handkerchief ever on standby to cry in - you know how it is at weddings. Don't forget the previous Kaunda regime and Mugabe stood on the frontline, at various times, in the struggle against colonialism, and the self determination of SA. It is unlikely that they will now pull in different ways. I'd pin my hopes on whatever Mocambique and Botswana can add to the debate, small contibution though it may be.
Thanks Maude. Good job. It's great to hear what's going on the ground. My friends and I in the diaspora are getting desperate. We search the internet just so we can keep going. It's a desperate feeling. We are angry that we are sitting here and unable to offer a hand to those who need it most, those who are caught in the crossfire, the grass on the battle field. But we are hopeful because those images you are collecting will tell a story. They are the testimony that refutes Mbeki's "There is no crisis.†Tsvangirai is to be doing a good job too. He seems to be keeping ahead of Mugabe, and he needs our support. Again, the images of farmers who go on without food but do not give up show resilience, and that's what we all need right now' the strength to keep up the fight. I don't see Mugabe holding on forever. In the process, some will die yes; but the truth remains, his days are numbered
Just an idea, remove travel restrictions for Bob and typically he will come to his favoured Harrods for shopping. I am sure Zimbabweans and everyone will enjoy watching his smug face when Tatchell accoast him
Saw part of a documentary about Taiwan on BBC, and the commentator suggested that Taiwan consolidated independence through trade. Probably not original, but I hope SADC will look to where it hurts most - their pockets. Isolating oneself in order to proove independence is a lesson in folly that is quite evident in Zimbabwe, and Mugabe is too 'head in the cloud' with outdated doctrines to see reality. The poor Mr Black Man chip on the shoulder rhetoric will keep Africa in the past. We know about imperialism, colonialism and racsism (which by the way are NOT mutually inclusive) and its impacts. Just as I know I was born a male, I dont have to keep on pulling my trousers down every five minutes and show the world to confirm it. (Ah, now I see Mugabe's problem!)
Trade and ensuing wealth will give African independent states the means to forge ahead with their destiny. Countries bordering Zimbabwe do, and will more so, bear the ecconomic brunt of an unstable Zimbabwe. At this juncture, then I would suggest that the option to relocate the 2010 soccer world cup would be an appropriate reaction to Mbeki. The kind of reaction China is facing over Tibet through the Olympics is putting a dent in its efforts to gain worldwide acceptance and enter the world trade stage.
What intelligent politicians know is that a crisis tends to develop quite rapidly. The less intelligent ones debate it with retrospective insight, as if this denotes any proactiveness. SADC does not have a reputation for courage or determination. They could change this over the Zimbabwe situation. They would garner respect from international governments and reap benefits when potential trading nations take confidence in displays of integrity and maturity. WHich way SADC now?
The souls of the northern dead cry out
"Mbeki, your idle and mute fuel our doubt!
You knew it was wrong, but all along,
you danced to the tune of the murderous lout.
Now all that's left of our once lovely land,
is smouldering ruin, and death by your hand.
'Quiet Diplomacy' the concience stills,
and sleep evades not, the one who kills".


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Rollovers are a great way to couple eye-catching visual content with some informative text. Rollover / hover states can allow you to include a small chunk of text that will display when rolling over a particular image. When applied, images are usually turned translucent and text is layered on top. thebestdesigns.com uses this technique to provide tags and calls to action and for each of the featured websites on their homepage.
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Sam, can you please make the book code more UJS by providing both code for jQuery and Prototype? I believe that the trend is now moving away from Prototype Helper DLS.
And for whom who is playing around with Rails 3, I have ported some of the 'depot' code to UJS and jQuery. To use jQuery, please download latest jquery.min JS and rails.js (http://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs) and place both of them in /view/layout/store.html.erb
<%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery.min' %> <%= javascript_include_tag 'rails' %>
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<%= csrf_meta_tag %>
This tag would do the POST verification to prevent XSS. W/o this tag, the code won't work.
For the /view/store/index.html.erb, please fix the form tag to
And now for the add_to_cart.js.erb:
To reload the partial, we use this simple jQuery code: $("#cart").html("<%= escape_javascript(render :partial => "cart", :object => @cart) %>");
However, there are things MUST be done to make those code work, for Rails 3, the partial now differentiate between JS and HTML partial. HTML partial filename is _partial.html.erb and JS partial is _partial.js.erb. To make the partial work for both format, please rename _cart.html.erb to _cart.erb and _cart_item.html.erb to _cart_item.erb.
That's just for first few chapters, you can keep going on and porting all current code to UJS. Have fun!
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EDIT: jquery.min.js and rails.js must be placed within /public/javascripts
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In the interest of full disclosure, I'm an unabashed fan of JQuery.
That being said, the plan for the next edition is for part II of the book to focus on the Rails defaults, and Part III will discuss alternatives.
Additionally, the scenario itself has been rewritten to follow best practices (namely REST resources). There is no add_to_cart.js.erb any more. My current thoughts on the edition four scenarios can be found here: http://intertwingly.net/projects/AWDwR4/checkdepot/
A complete set of runs (across multiple versions of Ruby, Rails, and editions of the book can be found here: http://intertwingly.net/projects/dashboard.html )
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It's seems to me that it is missing the total_price method for line_item model for http://intertwingly.net/projects/AWDwR4/checkdepot/section-10.3.html
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- sel[biologi]In a cube, the set of properties, including a value, specified by the intersection when one member is selected from each dimension.
Maksud-maksud lain:
(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
geometry: a three-dimensional facet of a polytope
cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb or ovary
A room in a monastery accommodating one person.
(US, informal) A cellular phone.
room in a prison for containing inmates
A portable electronic device used for calling people.
(cytology) The basic unit of a living organism, surrounded by a cell membrane.
region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network
room in a monastery for sleeping one person
minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior
a short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode
A small group of people forming part of a larger organization.
A room in a prison for containing inmates.
(computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
component of an electrical battery
The basic building block of a battery. It is an electrochemical device consisting of an anode and a cathode in a common electrolyte kept apart with a separator. This assembly may be used in its own container as a single cell battery or be combined and interconnected with other cells in a container to form a multicelled battery.
The microscopic functional and structural unit of all living organisms, consisting of a nucleus, cytoplasm, and a limiting membrane.
A component of an electrical battery.
basic unit of a living organism
small thunderstorm that forms ahead of a storm front
small group of people forming part of a larger organization
(communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.
cell (biology)
(biology) A cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb or ovary.
(geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
informal: a cellular telephone
(meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
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|cell phone
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|cell reference
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Chievo finished the first part of the season with a disappointing match against Ascoli. Lanna and Obinna are suspended.
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A grieving family's inspiring display of forgiveness
CORPUS CHRISTI - The capacity for forgiveness shown by the family of the late Johnny Joe Ramos leaves us awestruck. We are not alone. Surely anyone who read Michelle Villarreal's account in Sunday's Caller-Times of the sentencing of Yolanda Joseph for intoxication manslaughter had to be impressed and perhaps inspired by the victim's family. And that most likely includes those who think Joseph deserved the maximum.
What she received instead, with the intervention of Ramos' family, was 10 years of probation. They couldn't prevent a mandatory six months in jail.
Family members decided not to seek vengeance, saying they were raised to believe in forgiveness. Their beliefs survived a harsher test than most parents, siblings and children would want to face.
As impressive as the family's example is, it's not overly hard-line to question whether the sentence is an adequate deterrent or whether it protects society sufficiently.
But the Joseph case is complicated. Her veins were not full of tequila and she wasn't swigging from a flask. She had a painkiller, a muscle relaxant and an anti-anxiety drug in her system when her SUV struck Ramos while he was jogging after she had dropped kids off at school. The mixture amounted to an intoxicating cocktail of drugs, but they were all prescribed and within the recommended doses.
She was traveling 66 mph in a 15 mph school zone after losing control of the vehicle when she struck Ramos, according to police. Those numbers suggest one of two things: unforgivable recklessness or delirium. And a mix of both isn't out of the question. Joseph had lost control earlier, before dropping off her son and his friend, but her son had grabbed the wheel and steered them safely to the curb.
Her son, before exiting the vehicle for school, beseeched her to let him drive her home. But she refused, saying he needed to get to school. That's a curiously responsible impulse — familiar to good parents — buried in a haze of irresponsible decision-making. Clearly she was in no condition to drive, though whether she knew it can be questioned. Another complicating detail: Joseph is a diabetic. They are susceptible to episodes that mimic drunkenness.
This swirl of circumstances may not condone but helps explain why she consistently resists any admission of culpability while at the same time demonstrating remorse. It's the tearful remorse of a mother dismayed that she was a party to a mother having lost a son. Ramos' family could see this.
All told, Joseph's sentence appears to serve not only the Ramos family's wishes but also a sufficient measure of justice to Joseph and we the people.
It was an arranged sentencing agreement with a plea of no contest rather than guilty. The plea agreement in lieu of a trial added another layer of mercy that shouldn't be overlooked — no jury will be haunted by the outcome. Why is that no small thing? Because any jury pool of responsible citizens who do not and will not drive while intoxicated is a collection of people who have done it once or twice.
The Ramos family's gesture was a gift not only to Joseph and her family but to anyone it inspires to forgive — and to the recipients of said forgiveness.
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