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WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 1996 Air Mobility Command's antiterrorism program has two goals: Keep every member safe and keep every resource secure.
DoD officials recently named the program the best at a major military command. It was one of several antiterrorism programs recognized during DoD's worldwide antiterrorism conference at Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Air Force Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented awards to 10 military units and three program managers Sept. 12.
During the past year, Air Mobility Command, headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., deployed forces on hundreds of humanitarian missions in Africa, Asia, Central and South America and military operations in Haiti, Bosnia and Southwest Asia. Airmen and aircraft have stayed safe and secure due to the command's handson, antiterrorism program, according to Air Force Lt. Col. John S. Heumann, chief of current operations for the command's security police.
The program has no magic formula, he said, and there has been no expensive initiative. The effort starts at the top and is reinforced through the lowest level of supervision, he said.
"The single watchword has been 'education,'" Heumann said. In the past year, the command provided domestic and foreign terrorist awareness training to every member of the command. Command security police helped create two computer training programs, one for antiterrorism awareness and the other for antihijacking training for air crews.
"These interactive, computerbased programs allow air crew personnel to receive stateoftheart training 24 hours a day, seven days a week," Heumann said. "They have replaced the need for classroom settings and bringing in subject matter experts to teach these classes." Security police also created an antiterrorism deployment checklist, a pocketsized guide issued to all personnel who deploy, he said.
A commandlevel working group on the terrorist threat is the backbone of the antiterrorism program, Heumann said. Officials from the security police, office of special investigations and intelligence, and command and control divisions meet daily to advise the commander, he said. Similar groups meet at each command installation. These working groups disseminate information to wing leaders.
This year, Heumann said, the command has spread the antiterrorism message and developed an antiterrorism awareness mentality. Intelligence produces weekly terrorism summaries and monthly country assessments used for planning every mission from a single flight to a major contingency, he said. Command officials produced more than 175 location assessments and currently maintain a data base for 243 countries and specific geographic locations for command customers worldwide.
The command has also developed a program to protect flight lines. A multilayered approach makes undetected penetration of command flight lines much harder for terrorists, Heumann said.
"Threat awareness is routinely measured at all levels of the command through operational readiness inspections, staff assistance visits and local exercises," Heumann said. "The ability to assess terrorist actions and information and then react through the appropriate threat condition measures is tested at all Air Mobility Command installations at least quarterly."
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Air Force 52nd Field Investigations Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, won the best program from a unit comparable to a major command category. With headquarters in Ankara and detachments in Ankara, Izmir and Incirlik, the squadron is the DoD counterintelligence and antiterrorism agency for every service in Turkey.
"There is a long history of terrorist attack against Americans in Turkey," said Air Force Col. Leonard E. Patterson, squadron commander. It's a perennial problem, he said, and world events only serve to intensify antiU.S. activity.
"To meet out goals, OSI has embraced an aggressive, predictive and preventive agenda to get out front and stay out front, to seek out and counter potential threats before they pose a real danger," Patterson said. OSI provides solid, factbased, antiterrorism collections, reporting and preventive programs. They provide senior commanders the information, investigations and preventive services they rely on to keep their personnel and resources safe, he said.
Aggressive liaison with Turkish national police is the cornerstone of the program, Patterson said. Every OSI agent is taught effective liaison, which requires an understanding of Turkish police culture and customs. These relationships have led to U.S. Air Force officials being allowed to interview captured terrorists and obtain firsthand information on philosophy, ideology, training, target selection and other intentions of the group, he said.
The office also does security vulnerability surveys to assess personnel security weaknesses at on and offbase facilities, residences and transportation systems, Patterson said. The surveys give commanders an indispensable tool to develop force protection measures, Patterson said.
Within 24 hours of arrival in Turkey, officials give all newcomers a security awareness briefing. When potential terrorists notice people are observant, it signals a community with a strong security posture, Patterson said. That means it's a hard target, he said.
"We know that early detection, or the perceived threat of detection, by surveillance can and has deterred attacks," Patterson said. "When properly informed, we found the spouses and children of military members become our advocates in the family for continuing good security practices."
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2011 The nation's top military officer today presented a posthumous Silver Star to the widow of a heroic Navy officer who was killed in Afghanistan.
During a ceremony at the Navy Memorial here, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told the hundreds of people in attendance that Lt. j.g. Francis L. Toner faced death "tragically and heroically."
Toner, 26, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team as garrison engineer mentor for the Afghan National Army's 209th Corps at Forward Operating Base Shaheen, near Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan.
He and three other officers were exercising, running around the camp's perimeter on March 27, 2009, when an enemy fighter who had infiltrated the Afghan army attacked with a firearm.
As Toner's Silver Star citation recounts, "In seconds, officers were shot and lying wounded on the ground. The gunman proceeded to shoot one of the wounded officers. … Toner, unarmed, verbally challenged the insurgent and continued to advance until he was fatally wounded."
"I've been to enough [award presentations] and I've seen enough citations to know that he was basically walking straight into the enemy's fire," the chairman said of Toner's actions. "We shouldn't -- and we won't -- ever, ever forget that service, that sacrifice," the admiral added. "Because that is what makes us strong, as a military and as a nation."
The chairman said today's ceremony, attended largely by sailors in uniform, was particularly poignant for the Navy because Toner deployed as an individual augmentee, attached to an Army unit.
"I started that [program] when I was [chief of naval operations]," the admiral said.
Mullen said his experience in Vietnam and knowledge of ground operations made the decision to deploy individual sailors very simple.
"I knew the ground forces would bear the brunt, and every sailor I could get into the fight was going to relieve a soldier," he said.
The Navy and Air Force have had thousands of their members "in the sand" of Iraq and Afghanistan, Mullen said.
"There are 12,000 there today, and that continues," he said.
Brooke Toner, who accepted her husband's Silver Star, spoke during the ceremony and thanked everyone who attended.
"Form the moment I got that knock on the door -- which was the worst day of my life -- I've been supported by my casualty assistance officer, by Admiral Mullen, by [Navy Rear Adm. Christopher J. Mossey, commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command], by all of our friends who have wrapped their arms around our family to support us all," she said.
Toner was born Sept. 26, 1982, in Panorama City, Calif. He graduated from Westlake High School in 2001 and his family relocated to Narragansett, Rhode Island, in 2002.
In the summer of 2002, Toner entered the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. where he earned a bachelor of science degree in marine engineering and shipyard management.
In May 2006, Toner was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He graduated from Navy Civil Engineer Corps Officer School in Port Hueneme, Calif., September 2006, and was assigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
He reported to Camp Mike Spann in Afghanistan in October 2008 for a one-year individual augmentee assignment.
Toner is survived by his wife, Brooke Toner; mother, Rebecca Toner; father, Francis Toner III; stepmother, Sharon; sister, Amanda; and brothers, John and Michael.
Toner was previously posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with valor. The Silver Star is the third highest combat military decoration.
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What is a BMA (bone marrow aspiration)?
Blood cells are made in the bone marrow which is the spongy inside part of bones. A bone marrow aspiration is to find out if cells in the bone marrow are healthy. A small amount of marrow is sucked out of the bone (aspirated) and examined in the laboratory.
The procedure is performed by a doctor or nurse in the operating theatre under a general anaesthetic. A needle is put through the skin into the hip bone and a sample of marrow is sucked into a syringe. Afterwards a small sticky dressing is placed over the area to cover the needle prick.
Sometimes there can be a small amount of bleeding from the needle site but this is not common. The nurse will change the dressing and show how to press on the area to stop the bleeding.
Sometimes an infection can start at the place where the needle went in. See What do I need to do at home after my child's discharge from hospital? about removing the dressing to help prevent an infection starting.
Does a bone marrow aspiration hurt?
Will my child need to stay in hospital overnight?
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your child will stay in the ward or day stay area until they are able to eat and drink and are feeling OK
before discharge the nurse will give instructions about removing the dressing and preventing soreness
What will I need to do at home after my child's discharge from hospital?
remove the dressing covering the needle prick twenty four hours after the bone marrow aspiration was done. Follow the directions given to you by the nurse in the hospital
phone the hospital straight away and tell the doctor or nurse on the ward if you see any of these in the area of the needle prick:
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NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. – Northbridge businesses are put on notice – the sale of drug paraphernalia and synthetic marijuana will be banned beginning Jan. 1.
The Board of Health unanimously adopted the regulations after a public hearing held Tuesday and attended by Police Chief Walter Warchol and Detective Sgt. John Ouillette.
Warchol said he suggested the ban after hearing from other communities that Northbridge had become the "go-to'' town to purchase synthetic marijuana, often called "bath salts," which are made of various chemicals.
"We don't want that reputation,'' he said.
Vera's Variety Store at Providence Road and Church Street was mentioned specifically by the Board of Health, with the product displayed on its counter. "We've had a lot of complaints,'' Warchol said.
The synthetic product, though not illegal to possess, is a serious health threat to the kids who smoke it, Ouillette said.
Board of Health Chairman Paul McKeon expressed frustration that no parents attended the hearing.
The banned products, which include blunt wrappers, rosebud glass tubes and other nontraditional tobacco smoking apparatus, will be confiscated and violators fined $300 for the first offense. Violators won't be arrested.
Additional offenses, after public hearings, could lead to revocation of permits issued by the Board of Health.
In addition to banning the sale of "any cannabimimetic agent,'' the regulation bans inhaling or ingesting any product that "induce the symptoms of intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational behavior, exhilaration, paralysis, stupefaction or dulling of the senses or nervous system."
The regulations, Warchol said, "are in the best interest of the town of Northbridge.''
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Participants may run or walk in a four-mile race or a one-mile fun run. The race will begin at North Farm at 8 a.m., and runners need to be there no later than 7:50 a.m.
Registration is $5 for students and faculty and $10 for non-students. Participants must register by Thursday, Oct. 4, to receive a free T-shirt. If participants register on the day of the race, they must be there no later than 7:30 a.m., and they will not receive a T-shirt. Prizes will be given to the winners.
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Summer Residency at PreNeo PressAugust 4th, 2011
This summer I was invited to participate in a residency program at PreNeo Press in Redwood City, California. PreNeo Press invites artists to work together in collaboration with founders Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde in both digital and traditional printmaking practices. Since 2003 PreNeo has been pushing the boundaries in print media through their residency program. I am truly honored to have been invited to play in the PreNeo studio.
Since ideas are at the heart of creating art, I began my journey at PreNeo with a conversation with Nanette while hiking together in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This conversation began to explore some of the reasons I had chosen to relocate to Panama and to begin the Art Farm project there. As we hiked, Nanette posed some questions that touched a deep place in me, and I still find myself thinking about them today.
One thing about Kent and Nan is that they are explorers, and their route of exploration is through thought provoking questions that cause pause and reflection. Their questions are not easy to answer, and sometimes make one a bit uncomfortable, because they make you dig inside of yourself for the answer.
The next conversation was with Kent, sitting around their big round table in a sun filled room. We both spoke about life, and what we were finding meaningful at that current moment. I had been thinking about the residency, and had some loose ideas about imagery and content that I was considering, however, during this conversation, all that was abandoned. What came up full force was how I was feeling about the process of relocating: packing, inventorying and shipping my entire life overseas. On one hand, I felt full of promise and adventure, on the other hand, I felt entirely vulnerable, and a little scared. It was one thing to live in a country with a backpack full of stuff, but it was entirely a different thing to ship your life there.
On a side note, interestingly, that same week, my best friend and I pulled Goddess Cards – a tradition that we had enjoyed together over the course of our long friendship. We pull one card, asking for Goddess guidance on something happening in our life. I asked that a Goddess come forward to support me in the work I was doing packing up my life. The card I pulled was Cerridwen, the Goddess of Death and Rebirth. This was huge, as I had been going through the motions of packing and inventorying, but had not consciously connected to the fact that I was in the midst of a huge transformation, that I had reached the end of a cycle – my life in California – and that I was in the process of birthing a new cycle – my new life in Panama. It was a beautiful gift that Cerridwen came to remind me to honor this process, to look it straight in the eyes and to embrace it for all that it is and will be.
As my conversation with Kent deepened, it became clear that the work I would create would center around this big and important decision I had made to relocate to Panama and begin a new life there. We discussed symbols, icons, and code that could represent these feelings, and together we began to identify a direction for the work we would collaboratively create. Over the course of this conversation, we identified five main coded components that could begin to tell this story.
1. Since I had been photographing the entire contents of my life, these mundane photos became an important record of my process. We discussed using these photos to populate a map of the Americas into a mosaic to represent the movement of my stuff from one country to another.
2. The shipping container itself was playing a big role in the transformation from California to Panama. This 20 foot metal crate would hold and transport my life from one place to another. We decided that this icon would be printed as an etching on natural paper and incorporated into the digital print.
3. We discussed how the night sky looked different in other places on the planet, yet no matter where we were, we were still part of the same universe. We decided to use the changing position of the moon as a reference to the interconnectedness of my life in both places. In California, we see the moon as a crescent, however, in Panama, we see the moon as a smile. However, in all places it is the same moon.
4. The next piece of code was a nod to the flags of both countries. Both use symbols of the star and stripe, both contain the colors red, white and blue, and both countries have had a longterm relationship with each other. We decided to use a hybrid design of both the American and Panama flag to represent my connection to both countries.
5. The last piece of code that felt important was the unique ID number of the actual shipping container, and this was silkscreened onto the container etching as a way to individualize my own personal experience.
Over the course of a few days, the ideas solidified and came together into two small unique editions. The first an archival digital print combining chine-colleé, etching and screen printing, and a second print that incorporated screen printing, etching and chine-colleé.
It was truly an honor to spend time in the PreNeo studio and I have deep appreciation and gratitude for their nurturing of my recognition and honoring of this transition in my life. Pura Vida PreNeo!


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If you're looking for a new combination of flavors, look no further than Japan's Pizza Hut Mini Dog pizza. The pictured pizza not only comes with little sausages on the outer crust but is half "BBQ Chicken Mayonnaise" and half "Potato Mayonnaise Gratin". This specialty will run you 2,150 yen (about $23) for a medium size.
The BBQ Chicken Mayonnaise side was described as tasting "like yakitori rather than BBQ, and mayonnaise was kind of killing the whole flavour" and the other half as "basically potato salad served warm with bacon." You can head over to their website to see some great advertisements for the new pizzas.


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San Francisco wideout Michael Crabtree was expected to burst into stardom after a breakout year in 2012, but the Niners' first-round pick in 2009 missed the first 12 games of 2013 after tearing his Achilles tendon in the offseason. Still, he finished fourth on the team in receptions with 19 and put up big numbers in a couple of games, including an eight-catch, 125-yard performance at Green Bay in the wild-card round two weeks ago.
Anquan Boldin, acquired from Baltimore in the offseason to be a secondary option in the San Francisco passing game, developed into Kaepernick's favorite target in Crabree's absence, compiling a team-leading 85 catches for 1,179 yards and seven touchdowns. At tight end, Vernon Davis turned in a tremendous season, catching 52 passes for 850 yards and 13 touchdowns en route to second-team All-Pro status.
The Seahawks can't match the firepower of the 49ers' starters, but they counter with depth, as six players totaled 20 catches or more on the season. Golden Tate led the team with 64 receptions for 898 yards and five touchdowns, while the understated Doug Baldwin turned in another solid season (50 catches, 778 yards, five touchdowns). Tight end Zach Miller proved to be a red-zone threat, scoring five touchdowns on his 33 receptions, while Luke Willson showed flashes of real promise in his rookie season.
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As a teenager, I didn't like scouting because I didn't like outdoor activities like camping, hiking, orienteering, and whatnot. So I did very little scouting related stuff, and that only after much arm-twisting by leaders and other boys (who, to their credit, were typically very nice about it). As I lived in Utah Valley, this made me borderline inactive. Continue reading
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Happy turkeys.
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I hope that all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the past few years we've had several friends over for Thanksgiving and I've done almost all of the cooking, but this year we've been incredibly busy and therefore decided to keep it simple and go out to eat, and let someone else do the cooking for a change.
Hearing the laments from veg friends forced to spend their Thanksgivings in the presence of a turkey carcass, I felt very blessed indeed that even after we decided to eat out, we still had several vegan options to choose from. It was incredibly difficult deciding between Candle Cafe, Blossom, Foodswings, and Angelica Kitchen, to name only a few places that had incredible looking all-vegan Thanksgiving menus, but after weighing all the factors we decided on Angelica Kitchen.
Angelica Kitchen gave us a beautiful, very satisfying meal to remember. I was really happy to see that the restaurant was absolutely packed. So many people having vegan Thanksgiving feasts!
The meal started off with a plate of Jerusalem Artichoke-Black Olive Pâté, served with sage-onion crackers and these beautiful watermelon radishes. It was almost too pretty to eat. We also got a small dish of pickled vegetables - cranberry balsamic baby beets, Szechuan cauliflower, and minted green beans. It was as colorful as it was tasty. I even enjoyed the beets, and I don't normally like beets, so that's saying a lot.
For the second course we shared both of the soups. One was a rich, dark mushroom broth with escarole, roasted garlic, and seared shiitakes. It was amazingly complex and had a deep, concentrated mushroom flavor. I loved it. The other soup was a delicious celery root bisque with roasted apples and "autumn spices." It was rich and creamy and reminded me a lot of the celery root soup I made recently from Tal Ronnen's cookbook.
Next we had a salad course of endive and baby lettuces with shaved fennel, radicchio, pear miso dressing, and rosemary toasted pecans. It was good, but it's salad. What else can I say about it?
Then we came to the main courses. There were two options, so of course we got both and shared them. One was a seitan en croute (didn't I just have some of that?), served over roasted garlic horseradish cauliflower puree, with sauteed spigarello and a red wine porcini mushroom reduction. This was fantastic, but my only complaint was that they went a bit overboard with the sage. There was almost a full layer of sage leaves wrapped inside the phyllo pastry crust. I like sage, but not that much. Actually I have one other small complaint. Alongside our entrees, we got a side of maple roasted root vegetables and Dijon roasted brussels sprouts. The flavors of the side vegetables were very good, but they were totally overcooked and mushy. Not the way I like my brussels sprouts, but it was a very small mar on an otherwise spectacular meal.
The other main entree was the heirloom bean tamales, with a filling of swiss chard, almond cotija cheese, and Rio Zape beans, topped with a creamy pumpkin pipian sauce and finished with grilled poblano chili crema and pomegranate seeds. I don't know what most of those words mean, so maybe you can Google them, and get back to me? All that I do know is that these tamales were perhaps the best tamales I have ever tasted. The flavors were seasonal and yet totally unexpected, a wonderfully pleasant surprise on the Thanksgiving menu. From now on, I think that tamales should be included at all holiday meals. These were mind-blowingly good.
Speaking of mind-blowing, we still had our dessert course to work our way through. There were three choices, so we didn't get a picture of the poached pear with cranberry caramel sauce, opting instead for the pumpkin pie and the chocolate truffle tart with pistachio crust, vanilla bean cream, and black cherry coulis. The pumpkin pie was flawless, the texture and spices were perfect in this classic Thanksgiving dessert. And the chocolate truffle tart... I don't know how they got it so perfectly rich and smooth. It was so good, I was completely stuffed at this point but I just couldn't help going back for yet another bite of this chocolate tart. It was heavenly.
I really hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful, loving holiday, full of delicious vegan eats. I'm thankful for the beautiful meal that we had, and I'm thankful for all of the kind, thoughtful, and compassionate people out there - like you - with whom I've had the honor of connecting with thanks to this blog.


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|Santa Fe FP45 98 was built as Santa Fe 108 in December 1967, the last of 9 FP45's acquired by the railroad. It was renumbered 5948 in March 1970 as part of the 1969/70 general renumbering. When E.D. Motis caught the unit at Barstow, CA on March 21, 1970, she still had over a year of passenger service ahead of her before the coming of Amtrak. The FP45's were delivered with 3-chime Leslie S-3L airhorns such as the one in the photo, but were eventually fitted with the 5-chime S-5T, Santa Fe's standard passenger horn.
|The FP45's were reassigned to freight duties full-time after Amtrak took over passenger service on Santa Fe's lines in 1971. In late 1971 or early 1972, 5948 traded its passenger paint for the blue with yellow details freight scheme and its steam generator was removed. Other legacies of its passenger career took longer to vanish. The top view at left by E.D. Motis shows the unit at Barstow, CA on May 20, 1972, with her passenger S-5T airhorn and gyralight intact, and traces of passenger silver already starting to show through on the fuel tank and pilot. Ten months later the 5948 was in Barstow again, and Bob Finan recorded her standing outside the diesel shop in the lower view. The passenger 5-chime has given way to a 3-chime S-3L once again and an amber beacon has been added.
|Within a few years, 5948 was repainted into the blue and yellow warbonnet scheme. When Jim Spears photographed the unit in 1980, it looked the part of a general freight unit, but still had the gyralight between the numberboards and the ATS shoe bracket on the front journal as evidence of its passenger-hauling past. In August 1982, the 5948 was rebuilt at the Santa Fe shops in San Bernardino, CA, emerging as the 5998.
|In mid-1986, 5998 was painted in the short-lived red and yellow SPSF warbonnet scheme in anticipation of the Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger. Tom Jones photographed the unit shortly thereafter as it lead a two car special at Los Angeles, CA. Note the Automatic Train Stop (ATS) shoe hanging from the first journal of the lead truck. In the lower photo, Bob Finan caught 5998 leading another special westbound at Helendale, CA on April 12, 1986. This train was run to commemorate Santa Fe's century of service between Barstow and Los Angeles, and was authorized for 79 mph. An Amtrak F40PH tagged along to provide HEP for the borrowed Superliners. An ex-ATSF hi-level transition coach and two single level Santa Fe business cars brought up the rear. The FP45's were delivered with a 57:20 gear ratio for passenger service, and were regeared to a still speedy 59:18 ratio during their first decade as freight units. Some retained ATS equipment for use on specials such as these. In the late 80's, the units were regeared again to a more typical freight gear ratio of 62:15.
|The 5998 seemed to get more than its share of calls for special duty, but in between passenger specials, it was just another freight unit. Around the time of the merger denial in July 1986, John Sjolander found it leading a C30-7 and an SDF40-2 (ex-Amtrak SDP40F) at Emporia, KS.
|By the time the SPSF merger was denied by the ICC in July 1986, all but one of the FP45's had been painted in red and yellow. Santa Fe soon had several FP45's back in blue and yellow, with 5998 among the first to be painted in April 1987. John Hake caught it and two other blue and yellow FP45's leading the 1987 edition of the directors special.
|Two years later, in February 1989, the unit was waiting for its next assignment at Albuquerque, NM, and looking rather dingy. This would soon change, however...
|In July 1989, 5998 became one of the first two FP45's to be repainted in Superfleet red and silver and assigned a 100-class number. The FP45's were renumbered out of sequence when they went into the 100-class, and 5998 became the new 102. Nine months after the previous photo at Albuquerque, and four months after receiving its new look and identity, 102 leads 100, 101, and 104 at the Swarthout Canyon Rd. grade crossing near Cajon, CA on Novermber 18, 1989. Photo by Gary Kluge.
|Anticipating the arrival of the 100-class GP60M's, 102 was renumbered back to 5998 in May 1990, and a few weeks later was renumbered again to 98. The old 100-series number was still visible under the new paint if viewed from the proper angle.
|The photos at left show the front and rear of 98 as it looked on July 5, 1991. The unit still has a red air conditioner box on the cab roof, a feature the red and silver FP45's gradually lost as the A/C units failed and were replaced with the more common yellow units. Note also that the 98 still has its original steeply sloping pilot.
|Less than two months later, on August 31, 1991, Jim Bartolotta photographed the 98 sporting a new plow pilot leading a westbound between Cameron and Monolith, CA. The reason for the swap is unknown. A handful of F45's also lost their original pilots for plows, but 98 is the only FP45 known to have received this modification.
|The red and silver warbonnet paint seemed to hold up better on 98 than on the other FP45's. In late September 1997, only months from retirement, the unit still looks great as it lends its muscle to an eastbound freight near Richmond, CA.
|FP45 98 was taken out of service in late 1997, suffering from low oil pressure and low compression on three cylinders. In January 1998, the locomotive was donated to the Orange Empire Railway Museum at Perris, CA, arriving at the museum on March 19, 1998. The photo at left shows 98 as it appeared in November 1999. A few modifications are evident - the air conditioner is gone, the silver has been touched up, and a gyralight has been reinstalled in the upper headlight position. As delivered, the FP45's had a gyralight package between the number boards with an upper clear lens for regular use and a lower red lens that illuminated when an emergency brake application was made. This view also shows 98's plow pilot. Internally, the oil pump has been replaced, and the locomotive has been mechanically restored to full operating condition. A full cosmetic restoration to as-delivered condition, including a replacement pilot, commenced in 2012.
|1. EuDaly, Kevin, Santa Fe 1992 Annual, Denver: Hyrail Productions, 1992.
|2. Korn, Chris, OERM EMD Master Mechanic, private communications.
|3. McMillan, Joe, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, Chatham Publishing Co, 1975.
|4. McMillan, Joe, Santa Fe Motive Power, McMillan Publications, 1985.
|5. Shine, Joseph, Santa Fe 1987 Motive Power Review, Four Ways West Publishing, 1988.
|Special thanks to Jim Bartolotta, Bob Finan, John Hake, Tom C. Jones, Gary Kluge, E.D. Motis, John Sjolander, and Jim Spears for the use of their images.
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North Carolina's defense is being touted as possibly the best in the country, so it's no surprise that my All-ACC defensive team has a decidedly Tar Heel feel to it. Here we go:
Defensive end: Robert Quinn - North Carolina (pictured)
This guy is a stud. He is probably the best player in the conference, despite only being a junior. Big, fast, and athletic, Quinn is just the first of a number of Tar Heel defenders you will see on this list. He tallied 19 tackles for loss and 11 sacks in a monster sophomore year. Expect more of the same in 2010.
Defensive end: Allen Bailey - Miami
Bailey is a lot like Quinn as far as quickness off the snap and speed around the edge. The Hurricanes are expecting big things from this senior and hope he can anchor a defense that returns eight starters. He can play both defensive tackle and end.
Defensive tackle: Marvin Austin - North Carolina
Austin and Quinn are the only two starters returning on the Tar Heel defensive line. Austin is a big body who really clogs up the middle and causes problems in the running game. Butch Davis' staff will be expecting leadership and stellar play from this guy, and they will get it.
Defensive tackle: Jarvis Jenkins - Clemson
Jenkins is a beast at 6-4, 310 pounds (after trimming down) who teams with a similarly-sized Brandon Thompson to provide a straight-up road block at the line of scrimmage. Jenkins has yet to produce the kind of numbers people believe he can, and his senior year could be when he puts it all together to solidify his NFL stock.
Linebacker: Luke Kuechly - Boston College
Boston College coach Frank Spaziani calls him "Wonder Boy", and with good reason. In his freshman season, Kuechly totaled a staggering 158 tackles. That was good for second in the nation...as a freshman. It's only going to get harder for teams to avoid him as he moves from weakside to middle linebacker this year.
Linebacker: Alex Wujciak - Maryland
The Terrapins could have a rough season, but at least their fans get to watch Wujciak for another year. He already has two All-ACC selections under his belt, and a third one is probably a formality. Wujciak has amassed 264 tackles the past two seasons.
Linebacker: Quan Sturdivant - North Carolina
Apologies to teammate Bruce Carter, but I only have room for one Tar Heel linebacker. Sturdivant is a good choice though. The senior has good size and hard-hitting ability and is a nightmare for any offensive player who ventures to the middle of the field. Just another typical player on the North Carolina defense. And while we're at it...
Cornerback: Kendric Burney - North Carolina
Burney is undersized, but very skilled. Another Tar Heel who could have bolted for the NFL after his junior season, Burney has the ability to shut down the ACC's top receivers. He grabbed five interceptions in 2009, very impressive for a cornerback.
Cornerback: Ras-I Dowling - Virginia
Great name, better player. New Cavalier head coach Mike London may have a tough rebuilding job, but it's nice to have Dowling for the first year. At 6-2, 200 pounds, Dowling has great size for a corner and can use that to chest up to the Leonard Hankersons and Jarrett Boykins of the world. This guy is a big-time NFL prospect.
Safety: DeAndre McDaniel - Clemson
This is a no-brainer. McDaniel is the best player on Clemson's team and may be the best safety in the country. He has an incredible ability to be a factor in the running game (98 tackles in 2009) and passing game (8 interceptions in 2009) simultaneously.
Safety: Deunta Williams - North Carolina
It's fitting to round out this defensive team with a Tar Heel. Williams has started 38 straight games for North Carolina and is the centerpiece of a talented secondary. He has a knack for finding the ball in the air (12 career interceptions) and will make teams think twice about throwing against the Heels.
Punter: Matt Bosher - Miami
Bosher is both a great punter and a great placekicker. He has 27 punts of over 50 yards in his career and has made 32 of 36 field goal attempts. He was a Lou Groza Award finalist and first-team All-ACC as a kicker last year.
Other players to watch: Markus White (DE/Florida State), Da'Quan Bowers (DE/Clemson), Bruce Carter (LB/North Carolina), Rashard Hall (S/Clemson), Brandon Harris (CB/Miami)


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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, offering hope that the sluggish labor market recovery may have picked up a step.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 341,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The prior week's claims figure was revised to show 2,000 more applications received than previously reported.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected claims to fall to 360,000.
"This is consistent with the good news coming out of the employment market, signs that things are getting better," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York.
The dollar rose against the yen, while prices for U.S. Treasury debt fell after the data.
So it is real? Buck? Anyone?
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Death of patient triggers tension
Thapathali-based Prasuti Griha (Maternity Hospital) remained tense on Tuesday following the death of a patient.
Goma Kunwar, 21, of Dhading died on Tuesday morning at Kathmandu Medical College (KMC), Sinamangal, 10 days after being referred from Prasuti. She had given birth to a baby boy at the state-owned hospital. Kunwar was admitted to Prasuti on November 30 and was referred to KMC the next day.
Relatives of the deceased staged protests on the hospital premises, saying that the Maternity Hospital's "sheer
negligence" claimed Kunwar's life. They have demanded action against those involved in her treatment and an 'appropriate" amount of compensation.
Following the ruckus, talks were held between the hospital authorities and relatives in the afternoon, but to no avail.
Binod Pulami, husband of Kunwar, said the hospital did not inform them about the complications and referred his wife when she was at the last stage. "When I had brought her to the hospital she was fine. She gave birth to a baby boy and, all of a sudden, the doctor said she has to be referred without a prior notice to the
family due to complications," Pulami said. Prasuti officials, however, rejected the demand for compensation. "It is our right to refer a patient to a better hospital for treatment. She was referred to another hospital 10 days ago," said a hospital authority, adding, "Now they are demanding compensation after her death, which is illogical."
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Suffix notation
From Conservapedia
Suffix notation is a method of notation which is of use when dealing with tensors. Particular examples of tensors include vectors and matrices, and suffix notation can greatly simplify algebraic manipulations involving these types of mathematical object.
The components of a vector (with respect to some co-ordinate system) might be written . More concisely, we could write xi for the components of the vector, where i = 1,2,3. To motivate this notation, we will consider the equation Ax = b for some matrix A and vectors x,b. We will use the convention that if A is a matrix, then (A)ij = aij is the element of that matrix in the ith row and jth column. One way of thinking of vector equations is as a shorthand for a set of simultaneous equations - each component of the vectors gives an equation. Explicitly, consider the set of three equations for the three unknowns x1,x2,x3:
a11x1 + a12x2 + a13x3 = b1
a21x1 + a22x2 + a23x3 = b2
a31x1 + a32x2 + a33x3 = b3
This can be rewritten in a matrix/vector form as equation Ax = b:
Comparison of these two forms should convince you that the "go along the column and down the rows" rule for multiplying a matrix and a vector is sensible. We can also write the above system of equations more succinctly in suffix notation. We notice that in any of the three equations, the first index on the aij elements is fixed whilst the second varies from 1 to 3. Thus:
Even more succinctly, we can write this as the single expression
When you see such an equation, remember that it is a shorthand notation for writing three equations at once, for i = 1,2,3 (in 3D).


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When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)
Although cases of clear scientific misconduct have received significant media attention recently, less flagrant transgressions of research norms may be more prevalent and, in the long run, more damaging to the academic enterprise, reports Assistant Professor Leslie K. John. Key concepts include:
- Many of the surveyed research psychologists admitted to bending scientific norms in their work, but most transgressions were innocuous.
- Over a third of those surveyed said they doubted the integrity of their own research on at least one occasion.
- Ten percent of the research psychologists had engaged in the most serious practice of using false data.
- This methodology could help business practitioners learn about undesirable practices inside their companies.
Leslie K. John is keenly aware of the pressure researchers feel to get results. When her graduate studies in behavioral decision research didn't produce significant findings that led to publication in a prestigious journal, John felt disheartened.
"The incentive structure is such that you're strongly rewarded for a positive result," says John, now an assistant professor of marketing at Harvard Business School.
This system can drive researchers to bend the rules to get a desirable outcome. Sometimes researchers commit minor infractions just to simplify the process, but even tweaks that don't affect the results can cast a shadow on the credibility of academic research.
In research to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science, John and coauthors George Loewenstein (Carnegie Mellon) and Drazen Prelec (MIT) write that although cases of clear scientific misconduct have received significant media attention recently, "less flagrant transgressions of research norms may be more prevalent and, in the long run, more damaging to the academic enterprise."
In an attempt to get researchers to honestly report questionable practices they have engaged in, John and her coauthors surveyed more than 2,000 research psychologists at major US universities and told them that the more truthful they were about their transgressions, the more money would be donated to a charity of their choice.
The 10 questionable practices in the study ranged from misdemeanors, as John calls them, such as selectively reporting studies that achieved positive results, to "academic felonies" such as falsifying data.
Measuring truthfulness
The participants' scores were determined by a truth-telling algorithm developed by coauthor Prelec, known as the Bayesian Truth Serum, that compared their own admission rates to their estimates of how likely they thought other researchers were to engage in and admit to the same practices. Higher scores were given to the admissions that were surprisingly common, because, according to the serum's logic, honest answers have the best chance of producing surprisingly common results. The higher the score, the larger the donation to charity.
John says that ideally, participants' answers would have been tested against evidence showing that they had actually performed, or not performed, the acts they were questioned about. But since that wasn't possible, John and her colleagues used the enhanced charitable-giving incentive to encourage honest responses.
The enhanced charity incentive increased the rates at which participating psychologists admitted to engaging in questionable practices themselves, but it didn't change their estimates of prevalence and admission rates among other psychologists. This led the study authors to conclude that the truth-telling incentive was the most effective for the toughest questions—in this case, those that required people to admit to their own wrongdoing.
In all, the truth-telling incentive ended up generating $4,200 for four charities; the receipts were posted online afterward for the participants to see. Almost every respondent admitted to having engaged in at least one of these practices, but it's important to note that some of the practices, such as failing to report all of a study's dependent measures, can be fairly innocuous.
For instance, because it can be expensive to gather a representative sample from the American population, a researcher might elect to conduct one large-scale survey that includes three different dependent measures, each intended to answer a separate research question. The researcher could defensibly write three different papers based on the three different research questions, and fail to report all the dependent measures in each paper—instead just reporting measures that were relevant to the given research question in the given paper.
On the other end of the spectrum, researchers can obtain false positives by running statistical tests over and over until they find the result they are looking for, or by excluding data after looking at how doing so might affect the results.
The truth-telling algorithm had the biggest impact on practices deemed by the respondents to be less defensible. The study estimated that approximately one in 10 research psychologists had engaged in the most serious of the questionable research practices, using false data. "That's very scary to me," John says.
Falsifying data has been a hot topic in the research community lately. Last year, a Boston University cancer researcher was found to have fabricated data in two published papers that were later retracted. Also in 2011, a well-known Harvard University psychology professor was found guilty of scientific misconduct, most likely including fabricating data.
Respondents who admitted to a questionable research practice tended to have a rationalization for doing so, but 35 percent said they doubted the integrity of their own research on at least one occasion—a statistic John finds "disheartening."
This doubt could be because of gray areas that exist in scientific discoveries, John says. These gray areas are necessary for scientific experimentation because if researchers didn't have the freedom to deviate from the norm and try different ways of doing things, they might not make important discoveries.
One way to help keep research methods in check, John says, would be to create a repository where each study is registered, as in clinical trials, and all the measures recorded in order to be compared against the results.
Problematic practices
"Measuring the Prevalence of Questionable Research Practices with Incentives for Truth-Telling" is thought to be the first study to show that using truth-telling algorithms in combination with truth-telling incentives can lead to higher—and probably more valid—estimates of how often researchers engage in the most problematic practices.
Although used to study researchers, John suggests that this methodology could help business practitioners learn about undesirable practices inside their companies. "If you were trying to find out the prevalence of employee theft, or any type of unsavory behavior, and if you preferred to do this by asking people rather than resorting to something like surveillance, this research suggests that you'll get more valid prevalence estimates if you use this method of incentivizing people to tell the truth."
Combined with computer-assisted self-interviewing, which has been found to increase self-reporting, the method could prove even more effective, she adds.
Even when people are given incentives to tell the truth, though, John is surprised at their willingness to admit to dubious acts. "I am constantly surprised at research participants' willingness to pour their hearts out, even for negative, unflattering information," she says.
John holds a PhD in behavioral decision theory from Carnegie Mellon University, where she also earned an MSc in psychology and behavioral decision research.
- Abdulla Al Babul
- MBA student, Bangaldesh University of Professionals
Interesting Article. Thruthfullness shows us the way.
- CJ Cullinane
Disheartening but good (interesting) research. Creative methodology.
- David Agogo
Deep down, there is that deep urge that people have to come clean with immoral behavior. This research brings up the important issue of incentives for academic research... Publish or Perish... and other pressures that structured academia place on the average researcher. This in addition to plain 'hit and miss' research that is difficult to face up to can make otherwise truthful people falsify data out of desperation. I would not worry too much about these findings. Fortunately, the scientific method is built with ample positive feedback loops - a lie cannot lie unnoticed for too long.
- Anonymous
This article is totally based on the method for estimating whether or not people are telling the truth. I find that method questionable and see no way of testing its validity. I say this as a professional research psychologist.
- David Lindsay
- Tutor/Lecturer, Napier Business School
I understand only too well the pressure to "produce" whether by an academic authority or a commercial sponsor particularly in field of statistics where inference on certain data can be turned into a political football -but the integrity of not only the researchers but the intellectual chain is put at risk by publishing elequent but not inscrutable data which amy lead to sponsors moving their subsidies and support to somewhere else. Deadlines should be kept and time management one of the governing criteria for a reliable researcher !
- Paul Nicholas
- Director, Soul-Chaplain Consultancy
This is really interesting and thought provoking - thank you.
All research depends on 'just a little' bit of cheating - and that's why we make progress. Apart from the unconscious biases we are all subject to (including when we read someone else's work), the inherent ambiguity in all communications and the fact that all research is motivated by some kind of ideology and morality - Enrico Fermi liked to point out that all facts are based upon opinions - we have to accept that ultimately all judgements on the honesty and truthfulness of 'objective realities' are themselves subjective experiences.
Cheating of some kind is inevitable - and it's about time we were honest about it!
- amitha rani
- Principal scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru
I fully endorse what Leslie having to say about not being afraid to prsent what results we obtain, the pathway to inventions. During my doctoral work, I got results which were totally out of the way.thanks to my supervisor who had a great knack of picking up cooking up data by interpreting /analysing our data in different ways. Finally we used a more sophisticated method to confirm my results, my lab mated blind coded my samples and my supervisor sent me to do the analysis with a message " Don't come back if you don't get the same results, because you won't get your degree" beleive me I got the same results, presented it and won a gold medal for the work. It was just that researchers had not looked into the type of samples I was looking at and hence no reports on that. This experience and guidance from a great supervusor has boosted our confidence to such levels that I am not afraid to tread unwalked paths in research an d truly enjoy my research. Yes, the journey is tough, but at the end of the road you are flying as you have got what you were looking for.Thanks once again to the great master who guided us. So don't be afraid to publish what you get!Leave it open for discussion if you don't understand whats happening.
- Syanne
I am wondering whether organisational culture can be the moderating variable in testing the relationship between incentive and honesty. For instance, an organisational culture which is dominated by corruption will undermine the power of incentive in stimulating someone's honesty.
- Anonymous
It seems the high-pressure competitive landscape of academic research has just as many incentives to lie and get ahead as any other profession where staying at the top may benefit from extreme, if not ethically perverse measures.
It sounds like unsound data manipulation or fabrication is just the academic equivalent to steroids for athletes.
- Michael Biggs
- Professor of Aesthetics, University of Hertfordshire
This is an interesting piece, and I agree with the ethical point that honesty is an important part of reporting. However, it also raises the concept of objectivity because it assumes that reporting "failures" as well as "successes" will ensure that the underlying method will deliver what it promises: a reliable [true?] account of external reality. But we could just as reasonably adopt a different method in which the researcher's judgment plays a more active role in achieving "best fit solutions" rather than "objective ones. The ethical point would remain the same, i.e. that one must operate the method in good faith, but what constitutes good faith, and honest dealing, would be different.
- Kapil Kumar Sopory
- Company Secretary, SMEC(India) Private Limited
This research looks at the freshness of research as being tainted by some. Yes there could be instances where total originality may not be there but we must not forget that it is re-search and some element of what has already been looked into may be there. We have, however, to be wary of blatant copying word for word without contributing from own findings, etc.
- Mrs Dorothy C. Okere
- Director Director,R?s.&Dev., Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, Abuja Nigeria
An interesting article and an eye-opener.Dishonesty and untruthfulness in any syst?m, be it research and/or other Life endeavours have destructive influences,retrogressive growth and hinder further discoveries. Researchers should stick to ethical virtues of honesty,integrity consciousness and truthfulness in everything aspects of their research works to enable new inventions and innovations that really address life challenges,profer appropriate solutions/strat?gies,improve livelihood humanity as a whole.
- Christine S. Teopiz
- Student, University of San Carlos-Cebu Philippines
The article reveals the reality that all of us face. Some people tend to cheat because of the pressure that they experienced. It should be up to us to judge the credibility of the facts presented to us by the researcher. The best method of doing triangulation.


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How remembering names can help your job hunting prospects
by Miriam Salpeter - Jun, 2011
When you're in the midst of a job hunt, you never really know what will make the difference between being hired and coming in second place. When there are many qualified candidates, employers often rely on subtle, nuanced reasons to choose one candidate over another. Maybe one applicant seemed to have strong observational skills or one candidate seemed a better fit for the team than another. One way to help you stand out fr...
Ladies, Still Underpaid and Overlooked? Start "Knowing Your Value" with Mika Brzezinski
by Dawn Lennon - Jun, 2011
Women have seemingly limitless career opportunities. If we're smart enough, tough enough, and driven enough, we can get where we want to go. But will we get paid for our value? Women have different career obstacles to overcome, in most cases, then men. The most challenging is often ourselves. Mika Brzezinski unplugged Her new book, Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth, is an amazingly ope...
Want to Get Ahead? Take 5. Learn to Be Quiet.
by Dawn Lennon - Jun, 2011
Seems counter-intuitive, doesn't it? When we want an opportunity or a raise, we need to ask for it. If we're being mistreated, we need to speak out. When we see wrong being done, we need call attention to it. So how can being quiet help us get ahead? Crack this case and reap the benefits! Size up the situation The workplace is a din of noise. Everyone's tuned into to multiple channels at the same time: Engaging i...
by Suzanne Bates - Jun, 2011
"Check it out," said my husband as we zipped out of a parking space past a gaggle of cars. "What!!?" (I always miss these things). "That window sticker, didn't you see it? Who Rescued Who?" If you don't own a dog, or more accurately, aren't a member that exclusive little club that has RESCUED a dog, the humor might not be obvious. There happens to be a category of people that wear this badge of honor; we are extremel...
Working for a Tough Boss
by Suzanne Bates - Jun, 2011
Shakespeare once said, "Heavy is the head that wears the crown." If you are a boss you may feel frustrated when you get feedback that people perceive you as tough. Is tough a good thing, or not? In my book, being tough-minded is essential. That's not the same as being a jerk. But if you aren't focused and results oriented, you don't belong in the job. Recently I came across an article on Boston.com with tips on dealing...
Are you strategic or authentic?
by Christine Hassler - Jun, 2011
"Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way." -John Kotter Is your communication clear or calculated? A theme in many of my sessions this week with clients was a desire to talk about a conversation they were anticipating having and get advice on what to say. After they told me the story behind the a...
Wait - Don't Apply for that Job! Job Task Analysis - Secrets of Recruiters.
by Sharon Cohen - Jun, 2011
Don't apply for that job, until you read this post! Make sure that you're REALLY qualified. Let me walk you through a professional, job-task analysis. Understand what the employer really wants in a candidate when they write the job description. As a Career Transition Specialist, I broker between employers and candidates. The Career Advisors support the employers with recruitment, job postings, and even pre-screening can...
7 Worst Resume Mistakes
by Louise Garver - Jun, 2011
According to a recruiting firm survey, employers cited some of the worst mistakes that job seekers make on their resume. They are: 1. Unnecessary Details About Your Life Unless you are applying to a position overseas, the only personal details to include are full name and contact information, including email, phone number and address. Stay away from age, race, political or religious affiliation (unless you plan to work...
Chuzzles, locks and roadblocks
by Dawn Bugni - Jun, 2011
Ok. I admit it. I like to play Chuzzle. After a long day of ferreting out client information and formulating presentation strategies, I like mindless, no-thinking-involved entertainment. Chuzzle provides it. Briefly, you match three (or more) of the same color fuzz balls by moving the columns up and down or left and right. They giggle, explode and accumulate points. New fuzz balls drop into place until you've exploded enoug...
Create Effective Job Applications in Three Proven Steps
by Hallie Crawford - Jun, 2011
A problem that I come across a lot when working with my career coaching clients is their ability to position themselves effectively when applying for a job. Last week I was working with a client, Susan. We were putting together her cover letter and resume for a position she was very excited about. Her problem was that she could only focus on the area that she felt did NOT fit the job. This very talented, highly educated profe...
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¡Por Vida!
¡Por Vida! is a restaurant recognition program that helps adults and children make healthier food choices by identifying those menu items that meet nutritional guidelines developed by the Healthy Restaurants Coalition.
Yearly Archive for 2012
Por Vida Mini Quiches for Christmas Morning
Christmas morning is usually filled with excitement as everyone finally gets to open their gifts and celebrate the day together. This is usually accompanied by special holiday foods prepared at breakfast time. Besides having them taste good, you can provide food that has nutritional value too. Fruit is an easy, healthy side for any breakfast dish. Look for seasonal fruits like […] [Read More]
Stay Healthy at Holiday Parties
Tis' the season for holiday parties filled with cookies, cakes, eggnog and more. Whether it is a gathering for work, friends, or family, your health does not have to take a backseat to enjoy yourself. Follow these tips to stay on track with your health goals this year. Eat a healthy snack before you go […] [Read More]
Healthy Holiday Baking Tips
Going to a Christmas cookie exchange this year? Everyone loves cookies, but how can you make them healthier without sacrificing the taste? Here are some things you can do to make your baked goods guilt-free this year. Replace the fat with pureed fruits or vegetables. You can decrease the fat by substituting the oil or butter for applesauce, […] [Read More]
Have Some Por Vida Tamales This Christmas Season
Enjoying tamales at this time of year is a tradition we are all familiar with here in San Antonio. For many people in the community, it has been a family tradition to make dozens of tamales together during the Christmas season. Tamales take the place in many households for the turkey or ham at the […] [Read More]
What should I do with all of this leftover turkey?
With all the work that goes into cooking this Thanksgiving, make sure you have enough for leftovers. Consider cooking a larger turkey than you need so you will have leftovers to use for the days after the holiday. With only about 150 calories and less than 2 grams of saturated fat per 3-ounce serving, roasted […] [Read More]
Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving
The holiday season is a time for family, friends, parties, and, most of all, food. It can be easy to get out of normal eating and exercise routines and indulge in the seasonal dishes served at every gathering. Research shows that most people do gain extra weight over the holidays. How can you keep your […] [Read More]


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Last season the Wizards were giant killers. Despite just 29 wins overall, there were victories over the Heat, Knicks, Pacers, Nets, Bulls, Thunder, Nuggets, Clippers and Grizzlies, teams that finished among the top 5 in either the Eastern or Western Conference.
David, however, could not slingshot one Goliath to the ground. Actually, Washington barely put a mark on the San Antonio Spurs in two head-to-head matchups versus the eventual NBA finalist.
November 26, 2012, Washington: Though all kinds of scrappy entering the first matchup, the Nene-less Wizards had no hope of ending their season-opening 11-game winning streak. Outscored in every quarter and sunk by San Antonio shooting 13 of 23 from beyond the 3-point arc, Washington lost 118-92. Jordan Crawford scored 19, Kevin Seraphin and the Wizards committed just 10 turnovers. They also allowed the Spurs to shoot 56 percent from the field. The Wizards' most lopsided loss on the young season came after dropping the previous two games by a combined three points. What followed? Washington's first win came less than 48 hours later versus Portland.
February 2, 2013, San Antonio: While the Spurs slow-walked their way to victory lane in the first matchup, they crushed Washington from the start in the rematch. The 96-86 final doesn't scream massive beat down. Trailing by 25 points at halftime after scoring only nine points in the second quarter does. Washington closed the gap as John Wall finished with 22 points and nine assists, but not nearly enough to offset double-doubles from Tony Parker (19 points, 12 assists) and Kawhi Leonard (10 points, 11 rebounds)...or shooting 6 of 22 on 3-point tries...or missing nine of 17 free throw attempts. You get the point. What followed? A four-game winning streak including three at home over the Clippers, Knicks and Nets
If the Wizards are to walk away from their three-game road trip with one win, they will have to triumph Wednesday in San Antonio for the first time since 1998. Even though Washington is currently knocking down those corner 3's at a high rate and Wall gets another shot at one of the league's elite point guards in Parker, clearly history is not on the local's side. Yet if the past is prologue, chalk up a win Saturday at home against Cleveland. When it comes to trends against the Spurs, take what you can get.


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Historic preservation grants now accepting applications
CHARLESTON -- The State Historic Preservation Office is accepting applications for historic preservation survey and planning grants.
Deadline for receipt of applications is Oct. 31, and approximately $80,000 will be awarded.
Groups that can apply include state and local government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations and firms, and educational institutions. Eligible projects may include architectural and archaeological surveys; preparation of National Register of Historic Places nominations; heritage education programs relating to preservation activities; pre-development activities; comprehensive planning documents; and development projects.
For a complete grant application package, contact Grants Coordinator Pamela Brooks at 304-558-0240 ext. 720, by emailing her at firstname.lastname@example.com, by writing: SHPO, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, The Culture Center, Charleston, W.Va. 25305 or at the Division's website at www.wvculture.org/shpo. The announcement of grantees is planned for February 2014.
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Tony Tyler's address to the 1000 delegates from industry and media who gathered in Miami 7-9 June for IATA's 71st AGM
Last September, 42 delegates from airlines, airports, slot coordinators, Global Distribution Systems (GDSs) and IT providers attended PADIS Messaging Week in Annapolis to work together on the development of XML standards and communication protocols in the area of passenger services.
The Data Dictionary and Schema Coordination Committee held discussions overseeing the work of the Data Model and Tooling Focus Group. The committee approved the requirements for the data model, the requirements being the result of months of careful work by the focus group.
The architecture is based on established international standards and enterprise architecture frameworks such as the Zachman Framework and TOGAF. The new architecture organizes the data model and formalizes the relationship between it and the business context in which it will operate. The structure determines the classification of the data model's content in the following three dimensions:
The committee also agreed on a roadmap towards further development and population of the model with data whilst the Data Model and Tooling Focus Group also held a one day meeting to dive into details.
Determining the right structure is critical to build a solid foundation for a model that is expected to improve data interoperability across the industry, and speed up delivery of modern data exchange standards. Airlines and industry IT providers - and particularly those with experience in enterprise architecture approach - are invited to contribute their knowledge and experiences.
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Silver Three Cent Pieces were also known as 'Trimes' and were minted from 1851 to 1873. They were the smallest United States silver coin.
Non-proof Silver Three Cent Pieces from 1863 to 1872 are rare as nearly the entire production was melted in 1873. 1873 was a scarce proof-only issue and the last year of the Silver Three Cent series with a mintage of just 600 coins.
CAC. Flashy mint luster and well struck with delicate shades of gold and turquoise.
A better date and the only branch mint three cent denomination coin ever issued. This example is well struck with nice clean surfaces and a pleasing silver-gray patina.
CAC. A beautiful Gem with rich creamy white luster and an excellent strike. There is the barest touch of toning, mainly at the rim, to attest to the coin's originality and the overall eye appeal is superb!
CAC. A gorgeous upper-end Premium Gem with thick creamy white luster and pristine surfaces.
CAC. Very well struck with lustrous surfaces that display attractive light golden toning with a hint of lime, burnt orange, and turquoise. A challenging date with a mintage of just 139,000.
Well struck with light golden toning over lustrous surfaces.
Here's a beautiful Gem Type-2 3-Cent Silver. Rich brilliant luster blankets this well struck coin with just a trace of color. The eye appeal is exceptional.
Well struck and lustrous with attractive toning.


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Wednesday 13- The Show
After canceling his original show in Seattle in January due to mother nature (I for one really hate snow) Wednesday 13 choose Seattle as the kick off point for his new five week "Summer Of Blood" tour. The band consists of Roman Surman on lead guitar, and a superb job he did, Jack Tankersley on rhythm guitar, Jason "Shakes" West on drums, on bass Troy Dever and, as he says, "the world champion of horror rock and roll", lead vocalist Wednesday 13.
During his 80 minute set, he covered a vast amount of material. Starting the show with a new song "Calling All Corpses" from the album of the same name along with "I Wanna Be Cremated". He then did varied selections from other previous albums including doing a cover tune from his other band "Gunfire 76" the song being "Casualties And Tragedies". After hearing this, I was in hopes he would do a cover from his "other" band "Murderdolls", the song being "My Dark Place Alone", but alas, it was not to be.
After "Casualties And Tragedies" they left the stage but soon returned for their oncor which included three old time favorites "RAMBO", "I Walked With A Zombie" then ending the evening with "Bad Things".
The crowd itself, a 100 or so followers, were a very enthusiastic head bangin', horn wavin' bunch such as myself. Good times, good times.
The following video is "I Wanna Be Cremated" from his latest album.
And his classic "Til Death Do Us Party"
Opening for Wednesday 13 on this part of the tour was "Davey Suidcide", a five piece out of Hollywood, just a basic 80's-ish style rock and roll band and "Kamikazies" a forgettable three piece 70's-ish style rock band from....somewhere.
This was one of those events where I wish they would just get rid of all the openers and have Wednesday 13 do a 2 hour set, now that would be a show.
Over all, a good time was had. This was my fifth time seeing Wednesday 13 and I will go see him for a sixth time when he returns to the pacific northwest as will my friend Ian, who saw them for the first time this night, he will go to see him again.
Until the next show.
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Ariefin Makaminan
BMW Group Indonesia launched the newest range in its popular BMW 3 Series on Wednesday at the Parkir Timur Senayan.
According to BMW Group Indonesia president director Ramesh Divyanathan, the BMW 3 Series is the key factor in establishing the BMW brand worldwide.
About 12 million 3 Series sedans have been sold since they first rolled off of the assembly line in 1975.
The sixth-generation BMW 3 Series, based on the F30 chassis, has been given quite a boost.
First, it's a bit bigger than the previous generation, at about 37 millimeters wider in the front and 48 millimeters wider in the back. The body is also 93 millimeters longer, and the wheelbase has been increased by 50 millimeters.
These adjustments have resulted in a more spacious range of cars.
The cars in the new series are also more powerful. In addition to the increase in size, they sport sophisticated new engines that manage to be more economical yet have more grunt.
The engines also benefit from BMW's TwinPower Turbo technology.
The BMW 320i and BMW 328i both have four-cylinder engines with twin sequential turbochargers.
The luxurious 320i can deliver a maximum power output of 184 horsepower at 5,000 revolutions per minute and maximum torque of 270 Newton-meters in a wide rev range from 1,250 to 4,500 rpm. The 328i pushes out a maximum of 245 hp at 5,000 rpm and maximum torque of 350 Nm at 1,250 to 4,000 rpm.
For those wanting more bang for their buck, the 335i runs on a six-cylinder TwinPower Turbo engine. It can achieve a maximum of around 306 hp at 5,800 rpm and a maximum torque of 400 Nm between 1,200 and 5,000 rpm.
All BMW 3 series cars are equipped with an eight-speed Steptronic transmission, which delivers the popular uninterrupted shifting that gives the driver and passengers a smooth ride.
Also new to the BMW 3 series is the company's integrated navigation system. The feature is standard on all new 3 series vehicles.
In the models sold in the Indonesian market, the system can display a high resolution 3D map of the country.
Local 3 series fans have the option between two lines: sporty and luxury.
But be prepared to dig deep into your pockets either way. The BMW 320i and 328i will be available starting in October and will cost between Rp 599 million ($63,500) to Rp 729 million.
If that doesn't deter you, the BMW 335i costs about Rp 849 million.
The price includes a premium aftersales service package that includes a two-year unlimited warranty and free maintenance for five years or the first 60,000 kilometers.
Catch the BMW special exhibit in Senayan, which will run until Sunday.


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Build a Hydroponic Culture System
Horticulture and the
of Plants
What is hydroponics?
Hydroponics means "water culture". Hydroponics is growing plants with their roots submerged in aerated water, periodically flooded with water, or sprayed with water. Plant roots need both air and water to survive. The roots are growing in water, so a lack of water is never a problem. However, supplying air to the roots takes special care.
How is air supplied to the roots?
There are several ways to achieve sufficient aeration: 1) submerge the roots in water and bubble air through the water with an air pump; 2) place the roots in a trough and run a very thin layer or film of water over the roots so they are barely submerged; 3) the plant roots grow in a solid substrate, such as sand, gravel, beads, hard clay balls, rock wool, peat, and the nutrient solution is dripped through the substrate or the container is flooded with water then drained, or 4) roots can even be suspend in air and sprayed or misted them with a nutrient solution.
Types of Hydroponic Systems
There are many kinds of hydroponic systems. Some are pictured below.
Aerated Hydroponic System
The plants are suspended from a floating platform, and the roots hang down into an aerated nutrient solution. The class will build a system similar to this.
From: www.simplyhydro.com/free2.htm
Hydroponic Trough System (often called Nutrient Film Technique)
The plants are placed in a trough, and a thin film of water flows over the roots and back into some type of reservoir. The system pictured below is a combination of an aquaculture fish tank and a hydroponic trough growing system. The bioreactor removes toxic levels of ammonia. Instead of pumping water directly out of the fish tank into the bioreactor, the water in collected in sump tank (a holding tank with a water pump), then pumped into the bioreactor; this facilitates settling and removal of solid fish waste. The water from the bioreactor can be diverted to drain back into the fish tank or to the hydroponic troughs. In 2004, the class used this system.
Solid Substrate Hydroponic System
In this system the plant roots are growing in a solid substrate, such as sand, gravel, glass beads, rockwool, or even peat moss. The substrate does not hold nutrients very well, so every time the substrate gets dry a nutrient solution is dripped through the substrate. This type system is very common in commercial production.
Plants absorb virtually all of the essential elements through their roots. Essential elements are also called nutrients or fertilizers. The nutrients or fertilizers are dissolved in the water to supply the plants with all the nutrients they need. Plants need 17 essential elements, which are:
3 supplied naturally by air and water - comprise the bulk of the plant
6 macronutrients - required at 0.1 to 6% of the dry weight of plants
N, P, K, S, Ca, Mg
8 micronutrients - required at 1 to 300 ppm of the dry weight of plants
Fe, Zn, Cu, Mo, B, Mn, Cl, Ni
Hydroponic Nutrient Solutions
The 14 macronutrients and micronutrients must be added to the hydroponic solution. There are very complex recipes for making the hydroponic nutrient solution. One of the most common and widely used recipes is Hoagland's Nutrient Solution. The following table gives all the chemicals needed to make Hoagland's nutrient solution. Pretty complicated, isn't it! If you do not want to make your own nutrient solution, you can Google "hydroponic supplies" and you will find many web sites where you can order hydroponic nutrients that you just dissolve in water. In class, we will actually conduct an experiment where we will test if one can simply use soluble fertilizers that you can purchase in any garden center.
Experimental Treatments
the Hydroponic Trays
Preparing the Nutrient Solutions
Inserting Plants into Hydroponic Trays
Daily Measurement of Water
We will write down the measurements on a Log of Water Quality data sheet and calculate the averages. We will compare the measurements over time to make sure the the nitrate, pH and EC salts do not change.
Daily Measurement of Plant Growth
We will write down the measurements on a
Log of Plant Growth data sheet
and calculate the averages.
Analyze DataRESULTS
After the last measurements are made, all the data will be averaged. The class will observe the plants on the final day, evaluate the data, and determine the best treatment(s).
At the end of the experiment, the class will write a summary of the results, and supply data for the following links: Final Data Plant Plant 1 and Final Data Plant 2, Final Data Water Quality, and Final Pictures.
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pictures of the Hydroponic
Experiment - Testing Fertilizers
The pictures below are from a previous YAP program.


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i would say that went fairly well... we didnt know what say acouple of times but we tried to keep the conversation going so that we wouldnt end up feeling awkward. My group is pretty funny so we made a few jokes but we keeped it professional so that we wouldnt get off track.
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