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Nelson, Roxanne
Conflicting laws at the state and federal levels put nurses in the middle.
The use of cannabis as a medicinal agent is a hotly debated and contentious issue in the United States. Cannabis has been touted as a treatment for many conditions, including nausea and anorexia caused by chemotherapy, AIDS-related wasting, neuropathic pain, spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis, and glaucoma. Its use for medical purposes has enjoyed strong support among professional health care organizations and the public at large; 14 states and the District of Columbia now allow its use, although regulations and qualifications vary widely. (The advocacy group Americans for Safe Access dedicates a site to explaining those laws state by state: http://bit.ly/gs7hIw.)
Although the U.S. Department of Justice announced in 2009 that users and distributors of medical cannabis wouldn't be pursued as long as they followed state laws, the federal government has resisted any change to the drug's illegal status at the national level.
This isn't only an issue of state laws conflicting with federal law; even within states that permit medical cannabis, the rules about its use in the institutional setting may be hazy. These ill-defined regulations can put health care professionals in a precarious position. And because many nursing homes rely on federal or state funding, there are unanswered questions as to whether health care providers can legally provide or administer any form of medical cannabis to residents.
"There are issues of loss of licenses and certifications," said Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML. "The idea of a Schedule I drug being used or tolerated at a facility that's licensed by a state or federal government is anathema."
But this isn't a new issue, and for NORML it began even before the advent of "medical cannabis proper," according to St. Pierre. In 1990, he said, NORML would take calls from organizations that provided homes away from home for families and patients dealing with painful diseases. In these cases, said St. Pierre, "we would have older teenagers, who, with their physician's recommendation, wanted to use cannabis on site."
The legal counsels or managers of such organizations were caught between wanting to provide the best possible health care for people at a very difficult time in their lives and trying not to jeopardize the operation for future clients, given that this was a clear violation of the law. St. Pierre contends that the conflict—between providing good health care and breaking the law—has wrapped itself around nearly every tier of the health care industry.
Cannabis sativa is available in leaf form (known as marijuana, pot, weed, or reefer) or in various extracted forms (as hashish or oil) and can be taken in a variety of ways (smoked, ingested, or vaporized). It's best known as a recreational drug, although its medicinal properties have been documented for thousands of years. It was legally available in the United States until the beginning of the 20th century. In 1937 the first federal laws against cannabis use were passed. (For more on the history of cannabis in the United States, see "A Brief History of Medical Marijuana" in Time: http://bit.ly/3NFI7d.)
Cannabis is currently listed as a Schedule I drug, which means that the government doesn't recognize any medical value. Despite the federal laws, a growing number of states are liberalizing their laws and allowing patients varying degrees of access to cannabis. Although firm numbers remain somewhat elusive, it's believed that the percentage of older users is growing. If that's true, it would indicate that long-term care facilities will increasingly have to address the situation. (This year NORML plans to roll out the NORML Senior Alliance, which will offer information to older adults about the medical uses of cannabis.)
One of the main problems is that many state laws don't specifically address the use of cannabis in nursing homes and other institutions. For example, Alaska law doesn't require any facility monitored by its Department of Administration to accommodate cannabis users. In Montana, smoking is prohibited in all health care facilities, but cannabis may be used in other forms; individual facilities may set their own rules, including under what conditions and circumstances cannabis use would be permitted. Maine, on the other hand, permits nursing homes and inpatient hospice workers to act as registered caregivers for patients using medical cannabis.
Another pressing concern is that these facilities often receive federal funding, either directly through Medicare or indirectly through Medicaid. This places administrators in an awkward position, having to choose between complying with federal law (and maintaining funding) and permitting access to cannabis to residents who rely on it.
"We may only find out what will happen if a brave nursing home takes the risk and does the right thing for its patients," said Mary Lynn Mathre, MSN, RN, an addiction specialist and president of the nonprofit group Patients Out of Time. "Given the Obama administration's statement about not interfering with medical marijuana patients who are getting legal recommendations from their care provider, it seems very wrong to not allow nursing home patients to use it because the facility receives federal funding." She added that "it would be great to see nursing home administration organizations pass a formal resolution recognizing this potential problem and asking the federal government to allow patients the option to use this medicine as they would any other medicine."
Overall, nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association and more than a dozen state nursing associations, support supervised access to medical cannabis. But if experts are correct, and the number of older adult cannabis users escalates in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, nurses may find themselves in a rather unusual situation. Aside from possibly violating federal drug laws, there are other issues to consider. Who dispenses the cannabis? What is the dosage? How will the facility obtain it?
California has been a pioneer in exploring the issue of medicinal cannabis use, having been the first state in the nation to pass an initiative that loosened its laws and allowed for medical usage.
"In California, we have laws that protect patients' rights," said Deborah Burger, RN, copresident of the California Nurses Association (National Nurses United), which supports the use of medical cannabis. "If patients have been prescribed the medication, they should get it. Nurses in those areas are bound by California law to advocate on behalf of the patient." And if California nurses have had problems with it, Burger hasn't heard about it. "I haven't heard that there were any issues with nursing homes refusing to allow patients to use it," she said.
Sometimes the "don't ask, don't tell" approach is the best option, according to Mathre. "I can tell you that many hospice nurses turn a blind eye to cannabis use in the home because they know it helps." She explained that during a legislative committee hearing on a medical cannabis bill in Wisconsin, a nurse who represented her hospice organization spoke in favor of the legislation and acknowledged the problem that nurses in this situation face. "They may be witnessing illegal activity, but they pretend not to see or know what's going on because, in their hearts, they know the patient benefits from the use of cannabis."—Roxanne Nelson
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Bret Stephens: "How strong can China be if it is terrified of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo?"
Sharron Angle raises $14 million for her run against Harry Reid.
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November 28, 2015
Washington (AP) A loose coalition of liberal and labor organizations expects to spend about 150 million dollars this fall to push its causes and help democrats win the White House and strengthen their grip on congress.
Participants include the two main labor coalitions – the AFL-CIO and change to win -- as well as moveon.org and voter mobilization groups for minorities and young people.
Liberal and labor strategists say an animated democratic electorate and a dispirited republican base have created a political environment tailor-made to advance their agenda.
While the commitment of money is sizable, the amount spent by democratic-leaning groups is likely to grow after democrats choose a presidential nominee and large donors turn their attention to mobilizing a fall campaign. An independent fundraising group, the
Fund for America, plans to raise 100 million to help democrats win in the fall.
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An alert for all early-bird Christmas shoppers; the Royal Opera House Online Shop is holding a DVD sale, offering discounts on all Royal Opera and Royal Ballet titles.
Titles on offer include two of last Season's new productions: Kasper Holten's inventive staging of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Laurent Pelly's colourful production of Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable. Also included are Christopher Wheeldon's hugely popular Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Royal Ballet's Ashton Celebration, which includes Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin's acclaimed performance in Marguerite and Armand.
Kenneth MacMillan's 20th-century classic Romeo and Juliet - starring Lauren Cuthbertson and Federico Bonelli - is reduced to just £12.99. A new run of Romeo and Juliet opens at the ROH tomorrow night, and all performances are sold out, aside from day tickets and returns.
DVD recordings of Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, La bohème, Ondine and the Chroma / Infra / Limen Royal Ballet Mixed Programme are also on offer. To browse other titles in the sale, visit the Royal Opera House Online Shop.]]>
The German composer Hans Werner Henze has died at the age of 86.
Henze's work for the Royal Opera House included, most famously, the score for Frederick Ashton's ballet Ondine. He composed the opera We Come to the River (1976) for The Royal Opera, and his opera Boulevard Solitude (1952) was performed by The Royal Opera in 2000 to enthusiastic reviews. In 1980 David Syrus, Head of Music for the Royal Opera House, conducted the British premiere of Henze's children's opera Pollicino at the Royal Opera House.
Henze was one of the most influential and prolific composers of the late 20th century. He composed 24 operas, ten symphonies, choral music, a wide range of chamber music and songs, music theatre works including the vaudeville La Cubana and a dozen ballet scores. Henze was first inspired to compose for ballet when Sadler's Wells Ballet visited Hamburg in 1948. He saw and was much impressed by Ashton's Scènes de Ballet, and wrote to the choreographer to express his admiration and to introduce himself. The two men would later collaborate on the ballet Ondine, at the recommendation of British composer William Walton. Ondine has become a core work in The Royal Ballet's repertory.
Hans Werner Henze was born in Germany in 1926, and showed a strong interest in music from an early age. His strong interest in left-wing politics developed during his unhappy childhood in Nazi Germany, when he was forced to enrol in the Hitler Youth. His musical studies were interrupted by World War II, when he was conscripted and was briefly a British prisoner-of-war. He resumed his studies with composer Wolfgang Fortner and in 1946 became a music assistant at the State Theatre in Konstanz, where he wrote his first opera, Das Wundertheater. In 1950 he moved to work at the Hesse State Theatre, Wiesbaden. Unhappy in Germany, where as a gay man he lived under the threat of arrest, he moved to Italy in 1953, eventually settling in Marino, near Rome, with his partner Fausto Moroni. By the time of his move to Italy he was represented by leading music publisher Schott and was establishing an international reputation.
As a young man, Henze embraced the 12-note compositional style developed first by Schoenberg; following his move to Italy his musical style became more vocally and tonally orientated, though he returned to 12-note composition for various works during his career. His many musical inspirations during the course of his career included neoclassicism, jazz, folksong, renaissance Italian music (including Monteverdi), the music of Mozart, experimental musical techniques, world music (including traditional Cuban music) and, in some later works, popular music. He drew inspiration from a broad spectrum of poets and writers in both his instrumental and dramatic works (including Greek tragedy, Cervantes, Goethe and Dostoevsky). W.H. Auden was librettist for three of his operas.
Henze was supportive and encouraging to young composers and performers. In 1976 he founded the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte, an annual summer school in Montepulciano, to promote new music, and in 1988 he established the Munich Biennale, an opera festival for new opera and music theatre works. Composers championed by Henze included British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, whose first opera Greek had its premiere at the 1988 Munich Biennale.
Henze continued to compose in his last years; his Elogium Musicum, a piece for choir and orchestra written in memory of his long-term partner Fausto Moroni, had its premiere in 2008.


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|The last thing Sandy needs in her life is a couple more Neanderthals in her life. Between her brothers and her father, her sheltered life can't get any crazier. Or can it? Besides, Jake and Zack Bear are way out of her league so there is no way she is about to give the two the time of day.
All it takes is a whiff of Sandy's delicious scent and shifter cousins Jake and Zack know that she is their mate. Yhey are instantly smitten with the sexy little beauty and they aren't about to let her get away. Nope, they have cooked up the perfect way to create their bond and it has to do with a little breaking and entering...
Ours by the wildly wicked pen of author Hazel Gower is a romance that is risqué, precarious, passionate, creative, enjoyable and smart with plenty of audacious adventure to keep the reader hooked this is the perfect follow up story to the wildly entertaining first book in this series, Theirs. Ms. Gower writing is so descriptive that is almost feels as though the reader is in the pages right along with the characters experiencing scene after scene.
Marvelously written, Sandy, Jake and Zack are vibrantly alive characters who will easily capture the imagination and heart of the reader. With the rising sexual tension, animal magnetism and a little outrageous humor and lust thrown into the mix, Sandy doesn't stand a chance against her two mates which creates some laugh-out-loud moments for the reader to savor. Sandy's family works perfectly as secondary characters creating the most annoying and entertaining characters that wonderfully work to support the entertaining action as well as Sandy and her men superbly. The sexy action between Sandy and her men in the sheets is a little outrageous, emotional and erotically passionate. The climactic and imaginative ending is purely delightful and will have the reading intrigued and enjoying every word of the story even as they are sad to see this one end.
Each time I finish a story by author Hazel Gower, I am a little sad that I have to wait for her next story to be released. If I had my way, there would be a new story by this amazing author every week.
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November 30, 2015
Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor is everything abortion rights activists don't want in a federal judge. They view him as a conservative extremist who wants to criminalize abortions.
Yet while these foes in Washington are lining up to oppose Pryor's nomination to the Atlanta-based U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, some unusual friends in Alabama are lining up to support it.
As a result, many of Pryor's critics concede that among President Bush's conservative judicial choices, Pryor might not be the lightning-rod appointee that stands out above the rest. They want him defeated, but early indications are he won't be targeted as vigorously as some of the others.
Pryor's nomination is expected to win easy approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions holds a key role. If Pryor is granted an up-or-down vote in the Republican-controlled Senate, he would likely be confirmed.
Pryor's chances have been buoyed in Alabama by the surprising endorsement of at least three prominent black Democrats: Rep. Artur Davis of Birmingham, longtime state Representative Alvin Holmes of Montgomery, and Joe Reed, chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference.
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The Omakase menu, Premium Sake Flight
Our reason for the visit was due to SeriousEats, naming this 'the best $55 omakase we know'. We were already quite disappointed by their Banh Mi Zon rated #1, as we prefer Saigon and a few others over it. Thus, one must be careful when giving accolade, as deeming a place superlative means above all else. It was on our bookmarks for awhile now, so all the more reason to go. Besides, 4 stars on Yelp usually means a go for Jeff.
We entered what looks like a nondescript wooden barn door. We are confused with two sets of entrances. After being greeted by our host, we are taken upstairs to a private table. We are asked if this was our first visit. When we say yes, the menu layout is described to us in an inviting manner. We peruse the selections and notice this timeframe coincides with Dine-In Brooklyn (3 courses/$25), but we opt for our intended meal, the 8 course omakase for $55, curious to see what the hype is all about.
Tako, Zenkichi Salad
Early Spring Omakase
Our 8-course Omakase Tasting Menu changes every season to showcase the best ingredients at the time. Items marked with * are not available as a la carte. $55 per guest (min. 2)
1. Miso Soup – noticed they added broken snap peas and cabbage in this, lighter than most we've had. Still prefer Donburiya's to this.
2. <Chilled Plate
-Red Snapper & Nanohana Ohitashi* – Spring sea bream from Japan (sashimi), broccoli rabe: chilled bonito broth – the Sea Bream was thinly sliced, not sinewy but fresh and melty, AMAZING, probably the best snapper we've had, they also thew in a bamboo shoot dish
-Tako & Arima Sansho* -Simmered octopus in soy broth, Arima sanso peppers, the tako (cooked) was one of the highlights of the night, reminded us of Mom's Chinese food
-Sashimi of the Day from Japan – this happened to be Hamachi, got 2pcs each, very good
3. Zenkichi Salad
Homemade tofu, baby greens, sesame dressing – As simple as this dish was, the sesame dressing was perfect: delicate and not overpowering, may be too much salad for some though. The tofu was CRACKTACULAR. Move over EN and Yakitoro Totto, Zenkichi is in your league.
4. Tempura*
Shrimp, asparagus, young corn – The panko was super light and provided an airy envelope to each ingredient, the green tea salt was quite original, very good.
Mixed Tempura, Lamb Tataki (rare)
5. Saikyo Miso Cod
Grilled black cod in Kyoto miso marinade – We've had this dish a thousand times, and Kyo-Ya is still king. Good, but nothing outstanding about it.
6. Lamb Chop Tataki (rare)
Simply seasoned with coarse salt & black pepper: served with ginger onion sauce – aka 1 frenched lambchop each, looked like New Zealand lamb as it was a smaller cut, cooked to perfection and quite satisfying
7. Buri Tartar Donburi*
Fatty yellowtail tartar served over rice – this is where we encountered a hard piece of rice the size of a golf ball in our bowl and sent it back. Other than that, it was average.
8. Choice of dessert
-Frozen Black Sesame Mousse – Chocolate-based silky frozen black sesame mousse – you get 2 scoops, we have no idea how this got so silky yet firm, but we love it. This dessert is truly a contender for Sakagura, which we deemed best til this point. The cookie provided a nice crunch to complement.
-Grapefruit Gelee – enjoyed it better than the Matsugen one, as instead of tasting 'bits' of grapefruit, we tasted chunks on the bottom, with a smooth jelly like consistency on top, I tried this
Also ordered:
Premium Sake ($23) – which offer a variety of flavors in 3 tastings. We enjoyed the Chikurin Karoyaka the best as it was the most fragrant. There is an alternative Regular Sake tasting (3/$18) which we opted out of.
Petit fours (gratis) – We had these chocolate truffle balls at the end that were TO DIE FOR!
(+) Fresh ingredients, good overall quality
(+) Good variety for omakase
(+) Buzzer allows for inobtrusive service
(+) Dividers allow for privacy
(+) No gimmicky spicy tuna rolls
(+) Plates were hot/cold to complement dishes
(+) Choice of dessert
(-) No free tea here, it'll cost you $5 a pot
(-) The waiting area, albeit Zen, smells like a bathroom
(-) There was a lump of hard rice in our buri tartar. Kinda nasty if you ask us. They apologized several times and offered a free pot of tea for the mishap.
(-) Did not leave full off the omakase
(-) Super safe dishes (but expected for Kaiseke cuisine)
Black sesame, Grapefruit gelee
This is one of those places that has solid food, but you don't necessarily leave full. Well, not without dropping some ducats anyway. Put it this way: it took drinking 3 pots of Green Tea to make us somewhat full. Did it live up to the hype? In short, yes. However, one could argue that for 5 dishes and less money, you could go to Tsukushi, which pays just as much detail (if not more) and also falls under Japanese kaiseke cuisine. You may also combine your own omakase via a la carte menu at Sakagura for the same food quality, volume and money. We wish there was such attention to detail paid in every restaurant. Would we go back to try the a la carte menu? Absolutely, without hesitation. There should be one of these restaurants in every neighborhood. The omakase, 3 pots of Green Tea (1 comped) and 1 Premium Sake Tasting came out to $90/pp. We left happy though, and so will you.
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Samal Island's Coral Gardens Need Coral Wardens: Diving in The Coral Reefs of Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos), Davao Del Norte
The beautiful and stunning sanctuary of Samal Island. The perfect spot for diving and swimming and spend your vacation with your family and love one. Experience the real paradise of Samal Island.
Samal Island's Coral Gardens Need Coral Wardens: Diving in the Coral Reefs of Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS), Davao del Norte.
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Upon the request of the Honorable Congressman Antonio F. Lagdameo of the 2nd Congressional District of Davao del Norte thru Ms. Gene-rose Tecson, the Chief of Staff, a reconnaissance survey was conducted to assess the functional status of selected marine reserves (also called Marine Protected Areas or MPAs) in IGACOS last February 26-27, 2012.
Ms. Gene-rose Tecson provided me, Miles Roberts (a volunteer from the US) and another researcher from Dumaguete (Manric Barillo who was tasked to interview reserve managers) a very kind welcome and a hospitable stay in her own beach resort in front of the Tagbaobo Marine Reserve (or the Marine Protected Area No. 4 according to a map provided by the local government).
During the first day, at about 9:00 A.M., a brief dive was made in Tagbaobo Marine Protected Area by myself and buddy Mr. Russ Pascual. Large schools of fusiliers near the drop-off was comforting not to mention the countless damselfishes and Pseduoanthias over large coral colonies. Deep down to about 80 feet, foliose corals still abound. The corals were found from the shallow (2-6 feet) to the base of the reef (to about 60-80 feet, during low tide). I remember that such features plus the strong current, cooler and clear water, lack of sea weeds, and presence of parrotfishes make this site one of the resilient marine protected areas. This means that whenever there is an certain extreme environmental disturbance such as during El Niño when most of the coral reefs will undergo bleaching (whitening of the coral colonies as a result of increased water temperature), this MPA will recover easily. Right before I consumed all my air in the SCUBA tank, a Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), a Critically Endangered marine turtle appeared right in my right side, about 2m only. I was a bit busy photographing a small damsel fish (Pomacentrus auriventris) which I was pretty sure an unreported fish for the Philippines, having known as localized in Indonesia. It was my buddy Russ who grabbed my right fin and pointed the turtle. While snorkeling in the shallow, about 5-6 large sweetlips (Plectoricnhus lessoni) and another Lapu-lapu or grouper (Epinephelus argus) were found roaming around large coral colonies.
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Do You Know Who Your Station's Brand Ambassador Is?
Do you know who the most important Brand Ambassador is for your radio station? It's someone you take for granted and more than likely rarely if ever, sit down and communicate with about your brand. It's someone who communicates either via the phone or in person with more of your listeners than any station member comes in contact with. It's your receptionist.
This individual can be frequently" spinning many plates" on a daily or hourly basis, whether it be answering the phone, fulfilling a prize pick up, dealing with a client complaint or a listener complaint. This individual is the face or voice of your radio station. When is the last time you actually sat down and briefed your receptionist on your overall station strategy?
Does she know about your current promotional campaign running on the air? Every radio station should seek to create their own "gold standard experience" when a listener or client sets foot in their radio station. There's only one first impression you can make when someone walks thru your door and we shouldn't just be comfortable with an acceptable service response from our receptionist. We should expect a memorable service response. Let's spend the appropriate time instilling these values into our first line of communication with the public.
Let's applaud those that create a "wow" experience for our listeners...and let's appropriately re-train those that aren't shooting for the highest standards. You're listeners and clients will thank you by spreading the good word!
Buzz Knight is the Vice President of Program Development for Greater Media, Inc# he can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Knight was named among Best Programmers by Radio Ink Magazine in 2007 and 2010. He has served on the programming subcommittee of the National Association of Broadcasters(NAB) and is currently a member of the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) COLRAM Committee.
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Good call, Buzz. I am reminded of more than a few stations where we had to throw hunks of raw, red meat over the reception area desk before taking any chance of passing by - never mind approaching.
People who actually had the gall to call the station fared even less well.
I am also reminded of the receptionists who have said, "You pay me this and you want what!?"
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Papal Group to Decide on Latin American Projects
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VATICAN CITY, JULY 13, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Some 200 projects for the poor in Latin America await approval at the annual meeting of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation, which will be held July 20-24 in Peru.
The foundation, part of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," will consider about $2 million in projects.
Since its establishment by Pope John Paul II in 1992, the foundation has allocated $19 million in aid to more than 2,000 projects, the Holy See reported in a statement today.
It is anticipated that allocations this year will be for education (60%), agriculture (20%) and the development of micro-enterprises (20%).
The priority of education in development is the most important element of the Church's commitment in Latin America, said a "Cor Unum" statement.
"Populorum Progressio" is financed mainly by the Italian bishops' conference, although private donors from other countries also participate.
The administrative council includes prelates from countries with the largest indigenous, mixed, and Afro-American communities who decide how to use the funds.


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What was she thinking? Paula Patton puts it all on display
There's nothing wrong with showing some cleavage or flashing a little leg on the red carpet, but it all comes down to proportion. Take the black and white Basil Soda Fall 2013 gown Paula wore to the 2 Guns premiere in New York City on Monday night. Between the plunging neckline and that center slit, it revealed a bit too much of the actress. Black and white pumps rounded out the flashy look.
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This Nigerian College Student Built a Wind- And Solar-Powered Car From Scraps
Segun Oyeyiola took a Volkswagen Beetle and turned it into a fully renewable off-road vehicle. He's not going to stop working on it until it becomes the future of driving in Nigeria.
When it comes to the success of the electric car, billionaire Elon Musk is viewed as nothing short of a miracle worker. But roughly 8,000 miles away from Tesla's Palo Alto headquarters, Segun Oyeyiola has also managed to make something extraordinary on a smaller scale. The engineering senior at Nigeria's Obagemi Awolowo University spent a year retrofitting a Volkswagen Beetle into a wind and solar-powered car, partly made of free scrap parts donated by friends and family. Everything else cost under $6,000.
There's little question as to why Oyeyiola, who is taking his finals in the next two weeks, would devote so much of his extra-curricular time and resources to the project.
As he wrote in an email to Co.Exist:
"I wanted to reduce carbon dioxide emission[s] going to our atmosphere that lead to climate change or global warming which has become a new reality, with deleterious effect: seasonal cycles are disrupted, as are ecosystems; and agriculture, water needs and supply, and food production are all adversely affected."
"Therefore, I came up of building a car that will use both winds and solar energy for its movement," he continued. "This was my personal project because of the problem I'm planning to solve."
Dr. John Preston, chair of McMaster University's engineering physics department and faculty advisor to the school's solar car team, says he's never seen anything like Oyeyiola's contraption, which also comes with a GPS app that monitors car health. "If you could find a way to use both wind and solar in the same vehicle, that would be a marvelous thing," he said. "Using wind and solar means you wouldn't have to drive just during daylight hours. If he has figured a way to do it, that would be quite remarkable."
Not only did Oyeyiola install a giant solar panel on top of the Beetle; he also inserted a wind turbine under the hood. As Preston explains, that allows air to flow into the grill while the car is moving, subsequently turning the turbine's rotors and charging the battery at the back of the car. Oyeyiola also built a strong suspension system to deal with the weight of the battery itself.
It's not perfect. The battery takes four to five hours to charge, but Oyeyiola says he's working on that. The biggest challenges, he says, came from finding the best materials to use, and the people telling him he was wasting his time.
That last part doesn't seem like it'll stop Oyeyiola, who wants to create solar- and wind-powered cars that take advantage of hot, sunny Nigerian weather. When I ask him what will happen to the car after he finishes his last finals on May 15, his answer is simple, straightforward: "Keep improving on it, until it becomes Nigeria's future car."
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Obviously they don't have a very high standard of education in Nigeria, if an engineering student thinks that you can power a car from wind power while it is driving. If he removed the wind turbine the car would be MORE efficient.
I don't think he is suggesting that (note the PV on the roof). A daytime charge from the photovoltaic cells could power the car at night while a small internal wind turbine tops up the battery. Of course, the wind turbine will only supply a tiny fraction of the power required to drive the car and resistance from the turbine will create some drag so night-time driving will be limited depending on battery capacity. It's all a question of percentages. Photovoltaic v wind / battery size / weight of vehicle / aerodynamics / weather conditions etc. I very much doubt if this car will be self-sufficient in energy even in the Nigerian climate, in fact, I agree, the idea is ludicrous. You would probably need a tennis pitch sized area of panels to push the weight of the battery along and you may as well forget the wind turbine altogether but the wind top-up principal is sound in physics, if not practical in application. Got to admire the guy's optimism.
any possibility of a Hydrogen based & powered system for This? Then You would have water for power sources. as a previous owner of 2 vw adding a trailer to a front bumper is a great way to get good gas mileage per gallon. (ok, kind of joking)
I'm a solar and wind power engineer, This is silly. Laws of physics ....
Do you have a working design?
He probably has a degree in physics. I think that should explain why he doesn't have a design.
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Israeli Leaders Smear Even Peaceful Palestinian Efforts for a State
Even more threatening to Israel these days than the sporadic violence on its borders from the civil war in Syria or Islamist opposition to the military coup in neighboring Egypt is the peaceful and growing boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement in the West and in Palestine against Israeli companies and institutions, especially those that have a presence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Not surprisingly, Israeli leaders see the potent danger this movement presents to their occupation, which violates international law by continuing to retain and settle territory gained by military conquest.
Yet the rhetoric of Israelis leaders has been over the top in condemning the BDS movement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently dubbed proponents of BDS "classical anti-Semites in modern garb." Similarly, the country's economy minister, Naftali Bennett called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a "mouthpiece" for anti-Semitic elements attempting to boycott Israel.
Such statements are offensive and ridiculous. In fact, given the fact that the United States has been fairly slavish over the years in its political and military support of Israel and provides this wealthy Middle East nation with more than $3 billion dollars in annual aid, Bennett's statement is just downright ungrateful.
In Washington's debates over foreign policy, nobody ever calls someone "anti-Muslim" who advocates cutting off the billions in aid that has been sent to a Pakistani government that not only aids Afghan Taliban guerrillas killing US troops in Afghanistan but probably helps them plan their anti-American attacks. Nor are people who advocate Japan taking over more of its own defense burden from the US government regarded as anti-Buddhist/Shinto.
The term "anti-Semite" has become such a powerful smear because of Adolf Hitler's legacy of murdering six million Jews. (That Hitler also slaughtered six million so-called "deviants," such as gypsies, gays and lesbians, etc., gets almost no publicity.) In fact, it is no coincidence that the international community and President Harry Truman acquiesced to the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine in 1948 – only three years after Hitler's murderous reign ended.
A person unfamiliar with the politics of Israel's creation might ask the logical, but politically incorrect, question: why since the Nazi government committed heinous crimes against the Jews, weren't they given part of Germany to form a new state after World War II instead of being given the land of Islamic peoples who had nothing to do with the holocaust? The answer is that the Jews wanted to return to their Biblical homeland, no matter who was now living there, and the powers that be – Britain first and then the United States – were predominantly Christian nations with which Biblical stories also resonated.
Yet before Israel was created in 1948, the Jews hadn't controlled Palestine for nearly 2,000 years – to be exact, after the Romans kicked them out in the year 70 CE. Also, between 638 CE, when the Muslims began their governance of Jerusalem, and 1918, when the British grabbed Palestine after World War I as part of the spoils of the defunct Ottoman Empire, Muslims ruled Palestine for almost 1,200 years (the other 88 years was an interruption in Muslim rule by Christian crusaders). In 1917, to encourage the United States to join its war against Germany, Britain promulgated the Balfour Declaration, which promised Jews a "homeland" (not a state) in Palestine. The problem was that the British, to achieve other policy ends, also promised the same land – on at least two occasions – to Muslims, who despite ancient Bible stories, had a better and more recent historical claim to it.
And in 1948, Israel didn't just declare a "homeland," but provocatively declared itself a "state," provoking a war with its Arab neighbors. And Israel's claim to land was much broader than the international community's plan for partitioning Palestine between Jews and Muslims. In all, Jews returning to Palestine before 1948 legitimately purchased seven percent of Israeli territory; the vast majority of Israel was taken by armed force before and during the 1948 war.
Then in 1967, Israel launched a "preemptive" attack against its Arab neighbors, gaining the West Bank and Golan Heights, which it still occupies today and is settling in violation of international law. Palestinians want the West Bank returned to their ownership and desire to have a viable remnant state on ground to which they have the more valid historical claim. Terrorism (the intentional killing of civilians) should be condemned, as should the Israeli killing of many more Palestinians through "collateral damage" by reckless and excessive Israeli military attacks on suspected terrorists.
Yet after armed conflict of one form or another since the mid-1930s, the Palestinians may have finally stumbled upon the most effective threat to Israeli occupation of the West Bank – the peaceful BDS movement. Because the Palestinians have no real chance of getting rid of Israel by any armed means (and the vast majority of them know it) and because Israel is a working liberal democracy of sorts (at least for Jews), the best way for them to pressure Israel to make concessions to grant them a remnant state is through the peaceful moral suasion of the BDS movement. That is why Israeli leaders are trying so hard to taint Europeans and Palestinians who support it as being "anti-Semites."
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23 Responses to "Israeli Leaders Smear Even Peaceful Palestinian Efforts for a State"
BDS engages in the demonization of Israel and Jews, and moreover it aims to dismantle Israel as a Jewish state. That is why it is antisemitic. Israel uses American weaponry to defend itself against foreign states that are intensely hostile, and threats to cut off military aid are threats to allow those states to undertake a second Holocaust.
The Palestinians claim a right of return to Israel, even though they fled in a war they started. Arab massacres of Jews in Palestine date back before 1920, largely agitated by British Jew-Haters in the Army who came to disarm the Jews and then watched them be slaughtered by their Arab neighbors, enraged by libels and calumnies propagated by their leaders, among whom numbered Izzadin Al-Qassam and the infamous Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and future Nazi propagandist Haj Amin el Husseini.
Wow – what a thoughtful, well researched article. Thank you for highlighting the accurate history of the creation of Israel, and for shining light on their real fears. The only points I feel were left out is our complete inability to be an "honest broker" and the completely disproportionate force Israel uses against Palestinians-who are mainly using homemade rockets and/or rocks (vs white phosphorus, for instance)
Thank you so much for this excellent piece. I'll be sharing.
Please check your historical facts. The decoration of state was done in the middle of an ongoing war….not the prvoctaion. 6 million Jews died in the hollacost and 1 million others…..not 6 and 6 ( what did they do kill a gay for every Jew?! Land by millitry conquest…..so is all of the USA, UK….and every other country in the world…..some even newer then Israel….
BDS engages in the demonization of Israel and Jews, and moreover it aims to dismantle Israel as a Jewish state. That is why it is antisemitic. Israel uses American weaponry to defend itself against foreign states that are intensely hostile, and threats to cut off military aid are threats to allow those states to undertake a second Holocaust.
Are you serious? The history is totally distorted. Britain closed Palestine to Jewish immigration _during_ the holocaust. The Arabs collaborated with the nazis anyway, and their leader Husseini plotted with the Nazis to build an extermination camp for all the Jews in the middle East near Nablus. Look up "Einsatzgruppe Egypt". Husseini also was famous for anti Jewish pogroms in Jerusalem (1920), Hebron, Safed (1929), all over Palestine (1936-1939), and the infamous Farhud in Baghdad (1941).
The Arabs are responsible for their disgusting attacks on their neighbors. Their Nakba was the result of the Jews' heroic self-defense in 1947-1949.
I don't see why the Palestinians should be limited to 22% of their historic homeland. The only just solution to this conflict is a binational state.
It is disgusting that you are censoring my comments. Yes, you are an antisemite. Anybody who provides necessary context is censored. Foul.
It is sad when the hasbara comes out to support Likud colonialism. If the hasbara want to stop seeing Americans talk about Israel then they should ask Likud to end the special relationship with the US. What is strange is that the hasbara makes people like Israel less. America pays for Israel's security and Americans want a two state solution and if they won't get that then they want a one state solution with equal rights for all. Israel's actions have cost the United States in treasure and blood by radicalizing Muslims against the US for supporting Israeli aggression. If Israel makes peace then the boycott will lose its strength. Israel's neighbors will make peace with her, including Iran. The desire for revenge against Israel and their American supporters will decrease among Muslims. It is a win-win for everyone except the supporters of Israel's colonialism. The boycott could save the Zionist project by encouraging Israel to remove illegal settlements and make peace. Perhaps have UN peace keepers police the Palestinian state until things settle down. If not then they will have a young generation of Palestinians arguing for equal rights in Israel and there goes any possibility of a Jewish majority state. Conservatives are unable to defeat liberalism when it comes to human rights. It is time for Israel to catch up to the West. Colonialism is so passe in the 21 century. The word anti-Semite isn't going to protect Israeli colonialism from liberalism.
Saying the Palestinians started the war is like saying the Native American population of the Americas started the wars against the European invaders, and like claiming war is peace.
Zionists have created an parallel Orwellian universe, which of course is the only way they can defend their indefensible position without just falling back on might makes right!
Claiming that someone who wants to dismantle the European Colonialist Apartheid state of Israel, especially given the preponderance of the people who hold this position want to replace said state with a bi-national democratic state of its people ( that includes the Zionist European invaders, those Middle Eastern Jews who benefited form their invasion, both of their descendants, and the aboriginal Palestinian population – many of which have Jewish/Hebrew ancestors) is antisemitic is like claiming that someone who wanted to dismantle the French Colonialist Apartheid state in Algeria was anti-French, or that someone who supported the dismantling of the South African Apartheid was anti-white!
Your claim is patently absurd.
The term antisemitism has lost its former meaning thanks to people like you. The term is mostly now directed towards people who are merely critics of the brutal Apartheid state of Israel, and harbor no hatred of Jews. And the more people like you continue to abuse this term, the more it will lose its former meaning!
It's beyond appalling how people like you exploit the heinous history of European anti-Jewish bigotry in your attempt to cover up the heinous the bigotry directed towards another group, who , ironically, have significant Jewish ancestry.
You are like Uncle Leo on Seinfeld. You see anti-Semites everywhere.
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Great article except for one point. The writer throughout the discussion refers to the non-Jewish population of Palestine as Muslims. While the majority of the Palestinians ar Muslim, at the time of the partition of Palestine in 1948 up to 20% of the Palestinians were Christians. Now that number has dwindeled to nearly 2% since most of the Christians population had to emigrate to other countries because of the hardship of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Oops!…your historical rendering kinda reverses the sources of culpability
over there in the wild east…
making us sorta seem like philistines back here for not knowing 'til now.
Given that the Palestinians did know, I wonder why they neglected to adopt
the proven and peaceful economic resistance techniques a la Martin Luther King,
a long time ago.
Boycott the Zionist entity. As to the Bible, it is pure fairy tale and not real history in any sense at all. It contains false history and stories borrowed from other, older cultures, only the names and a few details were changed to suit the folks who wrote the Bible stories. That is all it is or ever was, stories with zero basis in truth.
Israel is doing a dandy job demonizing itself, the BDS will give them real pain and thats whats driving people like you crazy. Your concern is never heard when a full scale boycott and imprisonment of a whole population in Gaza. You bullshit does not fly anymore, people have brains and there is the internet to counter your MSM lies.
If you are concerned then why don't you and your buddies buy all the shitty products that rouge apartheid racist state makes?
Funny, this article brought out all the cockroaches here. TrollAviv university is on overdrive to make more of those losers. By the looks of it, they are scraping bottom with the caliber they attract.
I was amused at the description of Israel as a liberal democracy. It's long past that
You are totally disconnected from the facts of history. What I said about anti-Jewish agitation by the British army and the Arab ruling class is undisputed fact. The slaughter of innocents in Hebron was a slaughter of INDIGENOUS Jews (by any standard). The Arabs shouted in the streets "The government is with us!" and "Palestine is ours and the Jews are our dogs.". The British police just looked on like spectators.
If you think it is alright to murder immigrants based on their race, do you support the BNP and the EDL attacking Muslim families in Britain, many of whom are asylum seekers or those fleeing persecution? If not, how can you sit here and justify Muslim attacks on Jewish immigrants to Palestine in 1939. It's apparently okay for anybody to undertake self-defense except for Jews.
Will you shut up if Israel just expels all the noncitizen Arabs beyond its frontier lines? That is what the BDS will lead to. If Israel is isolated, it loses all incentive to avoid this. The Europeans, Americans, and even the nonadjacent Arab states will not do anything. Israel will not dissolve itself under any amount of pressure.
The situation in South Africa was totally different, and the Jews will never again leave themselves at the mercy of others again.
Wow, never read such tripe is a single (or 2) paragraphs before. Get over your power hangover, the Chitty little state will cease to exist as it is now in a short time and the BDS is coin a dandy job of exposing you.
Your utter madness at the BDS success could be summarized by the following Ghandi statement: "First they ignore you then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win" We are in the last 2 stages moron.
Can you please explain why it is that Israel felt it could seize land that never belonged to it and then colonize it and now expects the victim not to yell "Thief" in the street? Yes, Israel is isolated and condemned – –by anyone with a room temperature IQ or higher or with any sense of justice. And it is going to become even more isolated and condemned. And not everyone in the BDS movement is anti-Semitic; some of us are Semitic.
That's a mighty big tin foil hat you got on there. The sad thing about letting a civil rights movement pass you by is when your kids, nieces and nephews treat you like Crazy Uncle Dcom instead of a living breathing human being. You know, much the way you see Arabs, Muslims, Persians, Central Asians and Palestinians.
YOU need to check your facts, and your reading comprehension. Yes the N*zis killed 6 million Jews, but they also killed at least 6 million others, including Gypsies, gays, political opponents, etc. Note the word "including." They focused on Jews, but they didn't forget the others. Also, about 20 million Russians died because of the German invasion.
That is the eventual plan anyway. Throw people off the land they have lived on for generation upon generation or just shoot them as we done starting in 1948 and claim they are "non-citizens" shows how debased and evil Israel has become. Zionism is murder and theft based on racial superiority with religious bigotry as well and should be resisted by any American who supports the founding principles of the US. Unfortunately we also have people from Colonial times to Andrew Jackson and most of the Presidents of the US in the 19th C that are just as vile a lot. Two nations made for each other.
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The book of Amos records the prophetic oracles of judgment given by this prophet during his period of activity in the northern kingdom of Israel in the middle of the eighth century b.c. Amos describes himself (in a brief autobiographical reference in 7.14,15) as "a herdman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit," but says that God "took me as I followed the flock" and commanded, "Go, prophesy unto my people Israel." Even though Amos was from Tekoa, ten miles south of Jerusalem, he is called to go north to Bethel to proclaim his warnings and doom-laden prophesies before the royal sanctuary there. Most of his warnings of judgment to come are directed at the northern kingdom, but he also warns of judgment coming for Judah, Syria, Philistia, Phoenicia, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. Amos stresses to the priest at the king's chapel that he has no ulterior motives. To be sure that he is not perceived as one of those kinds of prophets who are in it for the money and will say whatever is wanted, Amos points to his lack of credentials: "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son" (7.14). He seeks only to obey God's call to speak truth to power.
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Administrative Matters
November 23, 2010
9:00 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.
Commissioners' Conference Room
200 West Oak Street, Fort Collins
Please Note: Scheduled Times are Subject to Change!
* Please Note: If There is No Public Comment, Administrative Matters will Begin at 9:00 a.m.
Public Comment
9:00-9:05 a.m.
Approval of Minutes for the Week of November 15.
9:05-9:08 a.m.
Review of the Schedule for the Week of November 29 and December 6.
9:08-9:11 a.m.
Consent Agenda – is intended to allow the Board of County Commissioners to spend its time and energy on the other items on the agenda. Staff recommends approval of the Consent Agenda. Anyone may request an item on this calendar to be ìpulledî off the Consent Agenda and considered separately. Agenda items pulled from the Consent Agenda will be considered separately immediately after the Board takes action on the remainder of the Consent Agenda. The Consent Calendar consists of items of no perceived controversy and routine administrative actions.
* Action Items, Abatements, Agreements, Deeds, Resolutions, Liquor Licenses, and Misc.
9:11-9:15 a.m.
Tribute to Dallas Maurer and Maggie Claiser for the Reconstruction of a Handicapped Walkway Project
County Commissioners
9:15-9:25 a.m.
Larimer County's Role in Delivering and Administrating Rural Transit Services in 2011
Lisa Summers, Senior Management Analyst and Joe Schreurs, Senior Business Analyst
9:25-9:40 a.m.
Boards and Commissions Appointment
Diane Tokarz, Commissioners' Office
9:40-9:45 a.m.
County Manager Worksession – This portion of the agenda is for the County Manager to update the Board on administrative and other minor items that do not require any in-depth discussion or are for informational purposes only.
Frank Lancaster, County Manager
9:45-9:55 a.m.
Commissioner Activity Reports – Individually, Commissioners often represent the county on various committees and task forces, as well as serve as liaisons to County Boards and Commissions. This portion of the agenda is for individual Commissioners to inform the rest of the board of County activities they have been involved in over the past week.
9:55-10:05 a.m.
Legal Matters
George Hass, County Attorney
10:05-10:35 a.m.
Upcoming Board Worksession Items
Budget ñ Final Changes
Bob Keister, Budget Director & Frank Lancaster, County Manager
Economic Development Projects
Tim Fritz, Local Business Owner
Boyd Lake Avenue Extension Project with City of Loveland
Mark Peterson, County Engineer
Amended 2010 Budget Certify Mill Levy and Adopt 2011 Budget
Bob Keister, Budget Director & Frank Lancaster, County Manager
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8 Minutes to Paper Peace
Pockets of chaos abound when it comes to paper. Let's
continue to rout them out, including those pesky cash receipts,
your beloved briefcase, and those ubiquitous tax receipts from
years past that clog every home.
Simplify Your Banking
If you own a computer, it behooves you to learn how to access
both your checking and your credit card accounts electronically.
After you set up your online access and get comfortable with
the process, you can make payments and check your balance in
no time. Have your statement and bills sent by e-mail and save
a tree—as well as reduce paper clutter. I bet you never
realized how many options you had to save trees and clutter.
Find a New Home for Income Tax Receipts
Do you have a four-drawer file cabinet but it is full of tax backup
material? Uncle Sam does require that you save certain receipts
for an extended period, but the best place to store this material
is in boxes you can shove to the back of your office supply closet.
Your file cabinet is meant to make current information available
to you at a moment's notice.
First separate the actual tax returns from the backup material.
(As time goes by, you will be able to shred or recycle the backup
material. Uncle Sam doesn't require you to keep them forever.)
If possible, store the returns themselves in a fireproof metal
box. Put the backup material in a cardboard box, label the box
clearly, and then find a spot suitable for long-term storage.
If you are a homeowner, you might place a four-drawer metal file
cabinet in your garage just for tax material and anything else
you might want to archive (such as home remodel records and work
projects). Be sure the cabinet locks and designate a spot for
the key.
Streamline Your Briefcase
I don't want you to stop using your briefcase, laptop bag,
or tote bag for work, but I do want you to spend 8 minutes cleaning
it out. Try to boycott the use of your briefcase or bag as a
lunch box, trash can, file cabinet, or Staples outlet. When I
clean out briefcases for my clients, I typically end up with
a pile of items that belong elsewhere, such as the following:
• Stale gum, candy bars, health food bars, tea bags,
and fast food items such as ketchup or sugar
• Papers from projects long completed or abandoned
• More office supplies than a room full of executives
could use in an afternoon
• Convention premiums that will never be used
• Stale gum, candy bars, health food bars, tea bags,
and fast food items such as ketchup or sugar
• Papers from projects long completed or abandoned
• More office supplies than a room full of executives
could use in an afternoon
• Convention premiums that will never be used
Make it a habit to clean out your briefcase regularly. You never
know when one of those mustard packets will decorate one of your
important papers! Avoid the risk.
Check Your Office Supplies
You don't want to be in the middle of a project and discover
that you need a paper clip or highlighter. Are your backup supplies
handy? Take a minute to see whether you need to add such critical
items as copy paper, fax paper, and printer cartridges to your
shopping list.
Likewise, when you overbuy supplies, you waste space and money.
Gather what you know you will never use and find a friend, colleague,
or family member who will use them—donate or toss the rest.
Remember, Sharpies, highlighters, and pens dry up eventually,
and your stash may be defunct when you are finally ready to use
it. The next time you're moved to take advantage of a sale,
ask yourself if you are being penny wise but pound foolish.
Unsubscribe Your Way to Freedom
When you're at the computer, why not reexamine your need
to receive the glut of newsletters, catalogs, and sale updates
you are currently subscribed to? Just because you once had an
interest in clothing from the XYZ store doesn't mean you
have to stay in touch with them forever. Spend 8 minutes a day
until you have finished unsubscribing to sites that no longer
interest you. You'd be surprised how this will lighten
the load in your inbox.


text: Tweetup: Mountain View Winery Posted by: Denise Castellucci March 24, 2014 in Tweetups 2 Comments (From Left: Diane Fischler, Denise Castellucci, Peggy Butler, and Sally Kuhlman. Photo by Ruben Rocha Downtown San Rafael Winery Hosts #marin Tweetup The Winery Last Tuesday, Ruben Rocha of RJR Massage organized a Tweetup at Mountain View Winery in Downtown San Rafael (1010 Court Street & Fifth Avenue). Tucked into a mixed-use commercial building, you would probably miss it. It turns out that they have been there since Fall 2011 and they offer both white and red varieties. They gave us a special deal where we could buy a Mountain View Winery glass for $8. For $8, you can have 3 tastings and get a full glass of what you like. Then with the glass, you can get half off on any other glass of wine. You get to keep the glass, and when you bring it in on Thursday nights, you can get the half-off deal on wine glasses. They have a very interesting Central Coast Cabernet that has cherry and butter notes that is surprising. Their wine club is quite the deal. For $30 per quarter, you get 4 bottles of wine, which means you get 16 bottles of wine for $120. If you find wines you like, that is a spectacular deal. Thanks to Ruben Rocha for organizing this fantastic Tweetup. The #marin Tweetup Started by Sally Kuhlman, Lissa Rankin, and Peggy Butler in the Summer of 2009,#marin Tweetups provided a way for Marin residents with Twitter accounts to meet up in real life and get to know each other. I remember that Tweetup at the Clear Center. Since then, there have been many Tweetups supporting local restaurants and businesses. We have gone bowling. There was an impromptu Tweetup at Chocolatier Blue, when it was in Strawberry. Many businesses have been terrific to us including Pacific Catch and Fenix Supperclub. Now a days, you need not have a Twitter account to attend, but there is no guarantee that you won't be converted to being part of the Twitterati. Meeting in real life, enhances our online relationships and our online connections give us the motivation to see each other. The members of #marin Tweetups support each others projects even though they may come from different disciplines and interests. Over the years, real friendships have blossomed. Our next Tweetup will be held at the Pacific Catch sometime in April. Check our calendar for details. Denise Castellucci (25 Posts) featured 2014-03-24 +Denise Castellucci Share ! tweet


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CELTIC manager Neil Lennon faces a new touchline ban after the Scottish Football Association instigated disciplinary action over his alleged "insulting and abusive language" against St Mirren captain Jim Goodwin.
Lennon has been accused of misconduct during his team's 1-1 draw at St Mirren Park on Sunday, specifically a "failure to behave in a responsible manner as an occupant of the technical area by repeated use of offensive, insulting and abusive language".
The microphones on the live television coverage of the game appeared to pick up Lennon swearing at Goodwin following a tackle near the visiting dugout. Lennon has not been offered a fixed suspension and has seven days to respond to SFA compliance officer Vincent Lunny's notice of complaint with a hearing date pencilled in for 18 April.
But Lennon still has an active three-match suspended ban in place after being found guilty of misconduct following his reaction to the controversial decisions at the end of Celtic's William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Hearts a year ago.
The latest charge relates to a verbal exchange in the 75th minute of the SPL clash in Paisley, after Goodwin put in a strong but fair challenge on Celtic's Dylan McGeouch. A voice which appears to be Lennon's was heard to say: "Well done Jim, think you're a hard man, eh?" before swearing was also heard.
After the match, Lennon described Bobby Madden's display as the "most appalling refereeing performance I have seen for a long, long time".
Madden made several dubious major decisions, including a penalty following an incident which saw St Mirren forward Esmael Goncalves issued with a notice of complaint for alleged simulation.
Celtic have also appealed against Victor Wanyama's red card in the game. The Kenyan midfielder was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Paul McGowan, a decision Lennon branded "ridiculous". The SFA confirmed they had received Celtic's appeal with a hearing set for next Thursday, meaning Wanyama will be free to face Hibernian on Saturday in the SPL.
Meanwhile, Rangers defender Chris Hegarty has been offered a two-match ban for allegedly stamping on an opponent during his team's goalless draw at Montrose. Hegarty, 20, has until today to respond to the SFA notice of complaint.
A hearing will be held the following Thursday if Rangers opt to challenge the punishment.


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Watch Your Seahawks in the Super Bowl at One of These Establishments
PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Doroquez
Back in November, I was predicting a Seahawks/Bengals Super Bowl matchup. Hey, at least I was right about one team. (Dare to dream, Cincinnati fans.) So come Sunday, February 2, I will be donning my 'Hawks gear and hunkering down to watch what will surely be a great battle.
However, I'm still not sure about where to watch it. Do I go out amidst the legions of hyper fellow fans and trust that sportsmanlike conduct will be followed to the letter? Or do I enjoy the Manning versus Wilson spectacle from the comforts of my sofa? Conundrum.
If you, like me, are torn about where to watch your Seahawks be victorious in the Super Bowl, I've corralled some spots that are celebrating the big game in grand fashion, complete with food and drink specials. For even more sports bars and restos where you can watch the game, go here to see some of our editors' and reader picks.
Go Seahawks!
Capitol Hill
Von Trapp's: The festive German-style bier hall will show the game on all 14 of its screens with the sound on (very important) and will offer a Super Bowl menu from 12 p.m. til the end of the game, including football pretzels, chili cheese dogs and hot wings. For a mere $4, revelers can order half liters of the Bayern VT Lager. The restaurant's brunch menu will also be available per its usual 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. time slot.
Poquitos: Go for the game, aired with sound in the bar and heated patio, and order up a12th Man Margarita. The super blue concoction is $7 and most likely is made with a magical 12th man potion that's guaranteed to bring on a Seattle victory. Or so we assume. Happy hour—including $4 draft beer and $4 guac—will run from 3 p.m. through the duration of the game.
Bait Shop: View the game on Bait Shop's big screen and nosh on unlimited plates of nachos for $10. Every time the Seahawks score, slam a Beast Mode shot for $3. And if Marshawn Lynch is the one doing the scoring, expect a Skittles rainstorm.
Triple Door: Three separate viewing areas allow you to pick your Super Bowl-watching poison. The 270-seat Mainstage Theatre hosts fans big and small (read: family friendly) and will show the game on its giant 16-foot screen. Eats from Wild Ginger's menu will be available to order. Prefer the bar? That's open, too, with snacks such as pot stickers, curry fries or duck sliders, to order. Or if you'd prefer to cheer on the Hawks from your own private area, Triple Door's box suites fit up to 10 people. Rezzies are required, so dial (206) 838-4333 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Miller's Guild: Chef Jason Wilson has whipped up a football-themed menu--chicken lettuce wraps, beast cakes (crab cakes), and more--for fans to enjoy while viewing the game, which will be projected larger-than-life onto one of the restaurant's walls.
Golden Beetle: Should you decide to show up in Broncos attire at this Ballard hot spot, you might risk receiving a 10 percent surcharge added to your bill. Seahawks fans, however, can expect blue and green cocktails galore (and no surcharge, obviously) including the Sherman's Tip (gin, lime, green and yellow chartreuse, simple syrup), Chancellor Smash (blue curaçao, lemon, cocchi americano, marjoram, light rum), Early Riser (midori, bacardi 8, lime, ginger beer) and Byron Mixwell B4 Serving (tequila, pineau des charentes, lemon, lime, crème de cassis). Each bev ranges from $10 to $14 and is offered through Sunday, February 2.
Multiple Locations
Taco Time Northwest: If you haven't gotten your fill of blue and green food in the last few days, here is your chance to get it in chip-form. From Friday, January 31 to Super Bowl Sunday, Taco Time will be serving its blue and green "champion chips" with salsa. Dine in on Sunday and your champion chips are on the house.