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Community College Women's Soccer team defeated Green River Community College in
Auburn today 3-0. The Dolphins are on a
strong push as playoffs are coming up soon. This is the second win over Green
River CC this week per an earlier cancellation.
The Dolphins came
out strong today against Green River. Elle Blume played forward for the first
time for the Dolphins today and proved to have provided added energy to the
team as she contributed two assists. The first of which was converted on a
great finish by Angela Celedon in the 38th minute of the game.
The second goal
of the game came from one of Shoreline's aggressive mid-fielders Kayla Browne and
was assisted by Kendra Holley. Browne scored again later giving Blume her
second assist of the day. Although the goals came frequently to Shoreline today
it was not the same case for Green River. Lauren Schoonover was able to put
another shutout in the record books.
Shoreline is
currently in 3rd place in the region and could clench that spot for
playoffs this afternoon depending on how the rest of today's games finish. The
Dolphins record now moves to 8-4-4 on the season. The next game for Shoreline
Men's and Women's Soccer will be at Dolphin Field on this Saturday, November 3rd.
The women will kick off the Sophomore Day's game at Noon directly followed by
the men's game at 2:15pm.
Shoreline Community College is proud to announce Rebekah Tenbroek-Hansen as this week's Dolphin Women's Soccer Player of the Week. Tenbroek-Hansen has battled injuries all season but that has not stopped her from continually being a part of the team as a sideline supporter and leader.
She recently has been able to get back out on the field. Although, her minutes have been limited you would not know it by the score sheet. Tenbroek-Hansen challenges goalies week after week with her persistent attacks to score. This paid off for SCC yesterday when Tenbroek-Hansen was able to convert on a corner from Sara Gilmore to tie the game against Green River Community College. The Dolphins continued on to win this game.
SCC will be taking on Green River Community College again tomorrow at 2:00pm in Auburn, WA.
It was a muddy day at
Dolphin Field but that did not stop the Shoreline Community College Dolphins or
Green River Community College Gators from battling it out down to the last few
minutes. Shoreline was able to come away with the win defeating GRCC 2-1.
As a make-up game both
teams were eager to play each other. This was seen right away as the game got
off to a quick start when in the 7th minute Jessi Crabill of GRCC
had a breakaway against the Dolphins. Crabill converted to score the first goal
of the game in the one-on-one with SCC goalie Lauren Schoonover.
The Dolphins were not
shaken by the early goal and continued to battle. They received many corner
kicks in the first half and were able to connect in the 23rd minute.
Shoreline Sophomore Sara Gilmore sent the corner to Rebekah Hansen who was able
to tap the ball in and tie the game up 1-1.
The game was scoreless
for the rest of the first half and most of the second. However, this did not
mean that both goalies were not being continually challenged. In the 79th
minute Green River's Darien Cannon fouled Shoreline's Kayla Browne in the box
giving SCC a penalty kick very late in the game. Angela Celedon was able to
connect on the penalty kick and give SCC the 2-1 lead.
This win was essential
to keep SCC Women's Soccer playoff hopes alive. They now have a record of
7-4-4. Shoreline will be playing Green River Community College again in Auburn,
WA on Wednesday, October 31st at 2:00pm.
Shoreline Community College announced on Tuesday that Elle
Blume is this week's SCC Women's Soccer Player of the Week.
Blume has had an outstanding week of soccer. She has been
controlling the majority of the plays on her side of the field and even
established herself as a goal scoring threat. In Mt. Vernon last week Blume
sealed a needed tie for SCC late in the game against Skagit Valley College.
Blume and the rest of the Dolphins will take on Edmonds CC
in Lynnwood at Noon. Both Shoreline and Edmonds are fighting for playoff
contention so be sure to come out and cheer on your Dolphins!Edmonds Community College at Edmonds.


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An apple is a fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh. At the Burrow, the Weasley children practised Quidditch in the back field, but because of the risk of Muggles seeing a Quaffle, they used apples. There were crabapple trees planted at the Burrow. In 1993, Malfoy was seen biting an apple whilst watching Harry Potter's interaction with the Hippogriff Buckbeak, during Rubeus Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures lesson with the third year students, likely an attempt to demonstrate his boredom with the proceedings. In 1997, he used the remains of an apple to test the Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in order to attempt to bring Death Eaters into the school from Borgin and Burkes. Later that same year, for Harry Potter's 17th birthday party at The Burrow, as part of the decorations Hermione Granger turned the crabapples a golden colour. Apples are also a common ingredient in baking.
See also
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
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Sorry this announcement is so late, things got hairy today and I ended up wrestling with my internet in the late hours.
It's errata time!
When old cards become new again! It's like the first day spring -- except with slightly more nerfing of cards that can grind 2000+ RP in easy mode.
We've got three kinds of changes...
Nerfs -- 12 cards that were rated at the top for getting RP, many of them for several sets in a row -- OR cards that have strong combos that will only get stronger and will thus impede future card design. Nothing is more fun than saying, "hey we can't use any of these new card ideas because they'll be too strong with Gangadore Soul."
Buffs -- a number of cards got buffs to make them better at what they do, make them more versatile, enable their subtype, update them because the environment was just very different then when they came out or to combo with cards now or planned for EX 10 and Set 11. Not EVERY card that was outdated was buffed, this was mostly buffered by time constraints.
Maintenance Buffs -- Sometimes you don't need to do testing or design analysis. These buffs go like this: "Uh, is there any reason not to give this card +1 AGI? No? Might as well, this way if a good combo comes out for it you won't feel like you're being penalized for putting it in your File."
Yes, lots of data were consulted for this errata. Yes, Folrart players were consulted, too. Yes, the reasoning for all the changes may not be immediately obvious. And yes, we probably also messed some stuff up, but I'm fairly confident we didn't make anything too much worse! What? No applause?
Ok, here's the list. Let the fun begin.
5* Dilate -- 5->0 DF, -1 Falk LV added to his action skill
3* Rucca -- both Start Skills now end with "Engage this unit."
5* Bringer -- 40->30 dmg open
EX Jack -- Start Skill is now an Auto Skill SP cost of Action Skill 2->1
2* Owl Sage -- 2->1 RNG
3* Ascarat -- can't return copies of himself to file with Auto, removed heal from Start Skill
1* Pixy Greatsword Soul Skill -- engages the target friendly unit before doing damage
1* Salamander -- RNG 3->2
Ex EX: Cursed Armor Knight -- 50->40 MAX HP restored by Close Skill
3* Gangadore Soul Skill -- Added: removes from game all units in Cem, but leaves grims
5* Princess of the Key Emana -- 60->50 HP, second Action Skill now engages all Revived units except if they're Mermaids.
2* Elite Mage Knight of Regus Soul -- DF buff now based on Grim uses X 5 instead of X 10
1* •Wisp -- 10->20 AT, heals 10->20 HP on open *
1* •Mermaid Shield Soldier -- Added Revive Trait, HP 40->30, AGI 4->2, AT 0->20, changed skill to Start Skill: "The [subtype: mermaid] unit directly behind this unit gets DF+10 and RNG+1 for this turn. And then, this unit gets AGI+2 for this turn." *
5* Chaos Form / Zalzagul -- Start now hits target unit instead of random, no longer drains next turns SP unless sucessful, buffs AGI by 1. AGI 4->3.
4* Wise Swordsman / Steel -- HP 50->60, DF 10->5 AGI 2->1 AT 20->30
1* •Mermaid Archer -- added pinpoint Skill *
1* •Mermaid Sorceress -- made open skill 0 SP *
3* •Delrare -- Action skill now does AT-10 damage, and no longer gives an AGI buff, but costs 0 SP.
4* •Fire Storm / Bander -- rankup LV is now 6, AT 20->40, 2nd skill cost 2->1 SP and now gives -1 Gowen, first skill now causes Burning. *
3* •Inquisitor Sergeant / Gravan -- Counter is now targeted instead of random *
3* •Gangadore -- open gives -1 sp next turn and -1 Lawt, instead of -2 sp next turn
1* Invisible Druid -- 4->5 AGI
1* Crest Regenerator Knight -- 2->3 AGI
1* Crest Cursed Swordsman -- 40->50 HP
1* Crest Igniter -- 20->30 HP
3* •Price of Knowledge / Liz -- Action Skill now gives +1 LV, close skill now works at LV 5 or higher. *
1* •Ghost -- skill no longer penetrates armor, and is now 0 SP *
2* •Cursed Runesword Fighter -- added to Auto skill "and this unit gets agi+1"
1* •Novice Folrart Acolyte -- removed penalty start skill *
2* •Magic Doll -melee- -- Action skill now does AT+unit hit's AT, added start with AGI buff if there is 1 unit in front row.
1* •Brutal Inquisitor -- new Auto skill heals all True God Church units 10 HP
1* •Boy Combat Priest -- now adds 20 MAXHP / HP to 1 friendly True god church unit on Close
3* •Holy Light -- now also full heals all friendly units
3* •Dispel -- now also restores all enemy AT to base value
3* •Honored Spirit / Ashbars -- removed AT restored to base value on Close
5* •Ersnt -- Counter now gives friendly solar kingdom units AGI+2/AT+5 for the turn *
2* Cursed Armor Knight -- 2->1 AGI, LV 5->4
3* •Lion Baron / Zagar -- 50->55 HP, 20->25 AT, Auto now adds +10 DF for this turn, for combo with Ermitage
2* •Assassin -- action skill now also sends an enemy unit card to the cemetery
1* •Novice Assassin -- action skill is now 3 sp, targeted, rangeless and hits only characters.
1* •Shadow Assassin -- New Open skill: Target friendly assassin cannot be hit by Attack Actions for this turn
EX Sea and Wind / Bulerigid -- 10->15 HP
3* Herald of Ruin / Behemoth -- reduced cost of first skill to from -2 to -1 Gowen LV
1* Swallow Scout -- 30->20 HP, 20->30 AT
5* Elgandi 50->60 HP
3* •Shrine Leader / Shathia -- Start skill is now 0 SP
5* 2nd Dragonrider / Resource -- AGI 2->3
1* •Mermaid Girl Sorceress -- RNG 2-1, changed skill to "The friendly [subtype: mermaid] unit in [area: 5] gets AT+10 and DF+5 for this turn." and added an action skill "Engage one random engaged enemy unit in range until the end of next turn."
1* •Blessed Acolyte -- changed auto skill to +10 DF, added bash
1* •Griffin -- added a 0 SP "flying attack" skill, conditional on 50 AT or higher
1* •Folrart Slash Knight -- Changed skill to "Target one friendly Refess unit with HP 0 or lower, except this unit. Target unit is fully healed."
3* Reborn Astaforce -- first Action Skill now has a "random unit of HP 1 or higher" clause on its second attack, so it won't be wasted.
3* •Elinth - heal all friendlies 5 HP added to Counter Skill
2* Deep Squid - card re-purposed
1* Legendary Unicorn - card re-purposed


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In the garden
Planting perennials
Fall is the time to plant perennials including herbs. Because some favorites like basil and parsley are annuals planted in the spring, it's easy to forget that many herbs can be planted in the fall and enjoyed until Thanksgiving, or if the weather is mild like last year, all winter long. And herbs can always be planted in pots and brought inside.
"Now is a very good time to get perennial herbs in the ground," says Nicole Schermerhorn, co-owner of A Thyme to Plant at Lavender Fields Herb Farm. "It's cool enough that you want to be outside working in your garden, but still warm enough for the herbs."
"Typically we're also getting enough rain at this time of the year," adds Schermerhorn, "and you're home from vacation now so you can take care of your herbs and begin using them."
Hardy perennials to plant now include rosemary, sage, thyme, chives, fennel, mints, and parsley. The fennel and the mint will die back over the winter but come back in the spring.
"Planting now allows the herbs to establish roots over the winter," says Schermerhorn. "They'll flush out new growth in the spring."
Herbs can be planted in dedicated herb gardens, mixed with vegetables, or added to flower beds and borders. Their various textures and colors can be very attractive, and many people enjoy putting fragrant herbs along walks or driveways where they can easily be touched to release their scents. Culinary herbs should be planted near your kitchen so that harvesting them is easy and convenient. You'll use them more often.
In choosing a site, remember that most herbs require full sun, from 4 to 6 hours a day minimum, good drainage, and good air circulation. Good drainage is so important that Schermerhorn recommends planting herbs in raised beds.
"Clay soil," she says, "does not provide good drainage." She recommends a planting medium of one-third organic matter such as compost, one-third topsoil, and one-third builders' sand.
"Make sure it's builders' sand," says Schermerhorn. "It won't compact like play sand so it adds drainage."
Don't mulch herbs. "We put a handful of organic compost around our plants to dress them up and improve the soil," says Schermerhorn.
"Herbs do not like wet feet, and all mulch does in winter is keep their feet wet."
In fact, most herbs are considered drought-tolerant, though some moisture is needed during dry spells to keep the plants growing. In general, annuals require more moisture than perennials.
Herbs also don't require much fertilizer. Over-fertilizing an herb can produce growth that is too rapid, making the plant more susceptible to disease or insect problems and diluting the concentration of essential oils that produce the taste in culinary herbs. Herbs in pots are the exception. They should be lightly fertilized once a month during their growing season.
Using your herbs is important to keeping them healthy. Evergreen herbs can be cut and enjoyed in recipes or vases all winter.
"Herbs are designed to be used," says Schermerhorn. "Cutting them encourages new growth, so keep using your herbs."
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Citizen Staff Reports 04/29/2016
Every week, another child is diagnosed with cancer in Central Virginia. Last summer, six-year-old Caroline Morris was one of them.
Diagnosed in June 2015 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer, Morris has been receiving treatment at Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR) ever since.
"It's not my hair that makes my beauty," said Morris, who lost her hair as a chemotherapy side effect, "it's my heart." > Read more.
Richmond Solar Co-op sign ups end April 30
Citizen Staff Reports 04/25/2016
The sign up period for the Richmond Community Solar Co-op will close on April 30. Nearly 150 homeowners and businesses have joined the group to save money and make going solar easier. The group has started installations and is working with VA SUN to learn about solar technology and the process of going solar.
"If you've ever thought about going solar, this is a great opportunity to do so," said Sekar Veerappan Co-op member and the group's first installation. "Working with the group helps members learn about going solar and make an informed decision." > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
A depressing week of cloudy skies is finally behind us and a fun weekend in Henrico is ahead! If the rain has you down, the 2016 Greater Richmond Holistic Expo at the Richmond Raceway Complex is the place for you. Nourish the mind, body, soul and emotions in a friendly, supportive – and dry! – environment. Music is also great for the soul – Rumble Seat Revival will perform an evening of 20s tin pan alley jazz tonight and HATTheatre will present the anti-bullying musical "Masquerade" this weekend. Another musical, "The Wiz," is playing at the Henrico Theatre this weekend as well. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Accountability from start to finish is an important aspect of One Planet Home. With B&Q, it's easier to protect the world's forests.
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We're proud to say that being the biggest and most successful home improvement retailer in the UK doesn't mean we have to compromise on our ethical and environmental standards.
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B&Q's innovative easyGrowTM with Teabag TechnologyTM range has been successful in reducing polystyrene waste from bedding plants and promoting peat-free growing media. The range won 'Innovation of the year' 2015 at the 2degrees Champion Awards in July.
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San Francisco Chef Michael Mina is one of our culinary titans, with 17 restaurants in 8 states. (For details, visit his web site here.) He's also a big 49ers fan and is currently in New Orleans for the game. Also, as many top chefs do, Mina uses ingredients that are not in season right now, specifically, basil stems and red and yellow bell peppers. I'll leave it up to you to decide to use these ingredients or not. As you… Read More »


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How big is your brave, Angela Maiers wants to know.
Courage, according to the teacher, speaker, and social media evangelist, is not just an essential part of being a leader – it's the most important quality and the one through which other qualities follow.
Maiers was part of a three-speaker hour-long opening General Session April 7 at NSBA's annual conference in New Orleans, which included Erin Gruwell and Nikhil Goyal. The speakers then continued in separate sessions that went more in-depth.
Maier asked a group of kindergartners, "What does it mean to be brave?" They came up with this list:
1. Love yourself
2. Never give up
3. Be calm in yourself
4. Stand up for yourself
5. Believe in yourself
6. Be brave
"If you don't follow that to-do list, you have no chance of asking anyone else to do any of those things," she said. "You are the leader they wish to be. You are the change that needs to be."
Maiers shows schools how social media and technology can bring out the genius in students and teachers and bring about social change. Some schools have put into place a "genius hour" where students can meeting physically and virtually to plan projects.
An entire district – with children from kindergarten to 12th grade – took on this project – Hutto, Texas. The district has 6,000 students. "All I said was give me a group of kids and we'll figure it out," Maiers said. "All we needed was school board that said, 'I believe in you; we will be brave.'" From the project, 57 social enterprises were launched.
A large part of being a courageous leader is having a community of leaders to turn to. "I feel brave because I don't do this work alone," she said. "I have a network of educators and others who make me smarter every day. I have never felt so supported."
Maiers announced that she was starting a Twitter chat for school board members, SBchat, so they could build a community, as well. The chat will run through her Choose 2 Matter website.


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP/KSDK) - The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a death row inmate who shot a suburban St. Louis police officer.
The court's 5-2 decision Tuesday dealt with Kevin Johnson. He was convicted of fatally shooting Kirkwood Police Sgt. Bill McEntee in 2005.
Johnson's current attorneys raised about a dozen claims that his original attorneys were ineffective. Among other things, they claimed the presence of numerous uniformed police in the courtroom and halls could have influenced jurors to find Johnson guilty.
Judge George Draper III rejected that argument in the Supreme Court's majority opinion.
But judges Patricia Breckenridge and Laura Denvir Stith dissented. They said Johnson's attorneys should have objected to the police presence, and he deserves a hearing on whether he got a fair trial.
On Tuesday night the Kirkwood Police Department released the following statement to NewsChannel 5:
"The Kirkwood Police Department supports the recent decision by the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri in upholding the murder conviction of Kevin Johnson. Johnson was convicted in 2007 of murdering Sergeant William "Bill" McEntee on the evening of July 5, 2005. Johnson was sentenced to death for the crime."
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I use Vim for all text editing, even software development. At one point I stopped using IDEs. One major reason is that Vim can do all the major things I need from IDEs (tabs, file trees, greping, syntax highlighting, indentation, completion, "quickfix"ing, etc).
Vim Plugins
Still Vim needs plugins to do some IDE-like things that aren't built in. Here are some Vim scripts that make Vim more like an IDE.
Note: You can use pathogen to isolate your plugins and make it easier to experiment with new plugins.
Project/Filetree Browsing
- NERDTree is a tree explorer plugin for navigating the filesystem.
- vtreeexplorer is a tree based file explorer.
- project gives you a "project" view of files, rather than a straight file system view
- ide Tracks files status (open/edited/closed/read only) within a project with icons; automatically builds and updates syntax highlight rules based on the project files (C/C++/Java); avoids buffer duplication; see demo.
:h netrwfor the explorer built into Vim. Whilst it cannot display files in a tree, it does offer useful file-sorting options (by date, size, name). Horizontal split with
:Hexplore .
Buffer/File Browsing
- bufexplorer lets you navigate through open buffers
- minibufexpl Elegant buffer explorer; takes very little screen space.
- lookupfile Lookup files using Vim7 ins-completion
- Command-T plugin, inspired by the "Go to File" window bound to Command-T in TextMate
- MRU access recently opened files.
- ctrlp Fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, ... finder with regexp support. Writen in vim language. Access all the functions with ctrl-p
- FuzzyFinder same as previous.
Code Browsing
- taglist gives you an outline of the source you're viewing
- Tagbar similar to taglist but can order tags by scope. Recommend for programming languages with classes, e.g. C++, Java, Python.
- Indexer generates tags for all files in project automatically and keeps tags up-to-date. Using ctags. Works well with project plugin or independently.
- CCTree is a Call-Tree Explorer, Cscope based source-code browser, and code flow analyzer.
- exUtility global search, symbol search, tag track...(Like IDE/Source Insight).
- ShowMarks visually shows the location of marks.
See also Browsing programs with tags and Cscope.
Writing Code
- A plethora of code snippet/template plugins are available, many offering TextMate-like snippet features.
- AutoComplPop gives you code completion as you type.
- CRefVim A C-reference manual especially designed for Vim.
See also Omni completion and Make Vim completion popup menu work just like in an IDE.
Vim Functionality
- matchit improves % matching
- bufkill allows you to delete a buffer without actually closing the window.
- gundo visualizes your undo tree.
- surround makes it easier to delete/change/add parentheses/quotes/XML-tags/much more.
IDE integration
You may want to use your IDE for some tasks like debugging, so some integration between Vim and the IDE can be helpful.
- Integrate gvim with Visual Studio
- Eclim brings Eclipse functionality to the Vim editor.
Source Control Integration
There are many Vim plugins for different source control management systems. Here are a few.
- vcscommand.vim - CVS/SVN/SVK/git/hg/bzr integration plugin
- fugitive - git integration
- perforce - perforce integration
- lawrencium - mercurial integration
See also Category:VersionControl
There are several projects to add debugging functionality to vim
- Clewn implements full gdb support in the vim editor: breakpoints, watch variables, gdb command completion, assembly windows, etc.
- vim-debug, which creates an integrated debugging environment in VIM.
- gdbvim plugin: Watch in vim what you debug in gdb. And more.
When using Visual Studio, see ViEmu.
Code navigation in vi offers much more than a standard IDE, because of the ability to execute the desired combination of commands. Generate an index much more rapidly than an IDE with a heavy GUI interface:
For example, one can take advantage of the tag stack:
For C++, follow the instructions: on using OmniCpp Define a custom .ctags file
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He's young, charismatic, innovative and has got heart. At least that's the impression GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty gives to the outside world. GSK is allowing free access to its library of 13,500 potential malaria treatments. Is he genuinely a do-gooder or just good at PR?


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By Professor Arnold M. Eisen | Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary
posted on September 23, 2006 / 1 Tishrei 5767
One of the things we look forward to as the holidays approach is the renewed encounter with melodies and rituals, texts and tastes, which we have developed great affection for over the years. It's like the feeling one has at the sight of old friends coming down a path to greet us, prompting recollections of the good times we have enjoyed together. I feel that way about the Torah portions that we read on the two days of Rosh Hashanah. I know them well, after all these years, but as with good friends I still wonder what they will have to say to me this year, and I to them. I am eager to find out.
Here is Sarah, laughing with delight at the birth of a son in her old age, and then turning around in anger and demanding the banishment of Hagar and Ishmael. There is Hagar in the wilderness, unable to look at what she fears will be her son's imminent death from thirst and starvation — only to have God hear his cry, open her eyes to the water nearby, and promise that Ishmael will become a great nation. An interlude of negotiation between Abraham and the local chieftain follows; the Philistine king desires a covenant with the Israelite because he recognizes that "God is with you in all that you do." Abraham learns immediately that having God near at hand does not always make things easier. In the second day's reading we confront along with him God's difficult and baffling command to take "your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love," and offer him up as a burnt offering. We tremble anew each time — or at least I do — despite knowing that it is going to turn out okay. Once again the angel of the Lord will appear at the last minute to save one of Abraham's promised offspring. And as if that were not enough of a triumph for life, the portion concludes with mention of the many children born to Abraham's extended family.
On one level, the Torah's strategy in telling these stories — and the rabbis' wisdom in having us read them on Rosh Hashanah — seems straightforward. It is hard for mere mortals to grasp the enormity of the world's creation — one of the things on which we are meant to focus on these days. It is not much less difficult to make sense of God's sovereignty, given all that happens in the world against God's will, or to plumb the depths of the assurance that God will "remember us to life." So the text comes along with narratives on the human scale that we can appreciate — parents and children, family tragedies feared but averted. This we can relate to, and each year we do so anew.
The rabbis teach us to ponder the wonder of Creation with a big "C" by conjuring the laughter of parents who live long enough to see promises of new life miraculously fulfilled. They encourage us to doubt the certainties of what cannot possibly come to pass, and to "feel God's pain" — I follow Abraham Heschel in daring this analogy — at the death of God's creations. The stories are rendered all the more universal, all the more human, because the Abraham and Isaac tale so closely follows the one about Hagar and Ishmael. The latter trauma is bound up with the former — and thus binds us to human beings outside the limits of our particular family saga. This story belongs to all of us. That is why we breathe a real sigh of relief when things turn out all right, even though we knew from past readings that they would. These are not just recitals of events that happened long ago. They tell our lives. And our stories, like the Torah's, do not always end so well.
I confess that I am confounded by the "Binding of Isaac." The fact that we cannot comprehend it is part of the story's point, I think, and certainly one key to its power. Its meanings are many and, for me at least, ever changing. Year by year we puzzle over it, the Akedah, again and again as we puzzle over so much else in life, and try to make it fit. Jews whose children were martyred in the Middle Ages sometimes retold the story's ending to make it fit the awful facts. In their accounts Isaac does get sacrificed. Anyone attentive to the liturgy of the days of awe, a liturgy in which we ask God repeatedly to "remember us for life," cannot but realize — if only momentarily — that the children whom we bring to life will (like ourselves) get to hold onto life only briefly. This too figures in our reading. It is hard to dismiss entirely the traditional notion that the story comes to teach and extol submission to God's will.
But I know that there is more to life than how it ends. Acceptance cannot be all that the story teaches me. I have a hard time, on most encounters with the text, believing that Abraham went up that mountain intending to sacrifice his son. I have never experienced God or Judaism (or my father!) as hungry for such sacrifice of life. So I can't possibly read the text that way. Abraham had not left his homeland, contended with Pharaoh, argued over Sodom and Gemorrah, etc. — all in accord with the will of his sometimes inscrutable God — just to lose his blessing, his future, his Isaac, in a barbaric act of slaughter. His God knew the plots that entertained ancient Near Eastern divinities and had entirely new story lines in mind. Each year I seize hold of Abraham's word to the servant boys that "we will return to you" and envision him — a man grown somewhat wise by chapter 22 of Genesis in the ways of his Lord — waiting with one ear cocked for the angel's call all the while he saddles the asses, climbs the mountain, binds the cords, and lifts the knife. We humans often have tests we do not need. Abraham — more intimate with God than most of us — had learned long before this how to endure them.
But that reading too does not satisfy me. It certainly does not exhaust the story's depths. There are many layers to these narratives. That is why they make such good companions on our life journeys. And if we have to face the hard parts, let it be in the context of melodies sung and blessings recited before, during, and after our readings from the Torah. Let us be surrounded by friends and family sitting beside us in synagogue as we read.
These encounters with Torah affirm that life is good, very good. Abraham and Isaac, Hagar and Ishmael, surely felt that way as they left the scenes of our annual visits with them, children in hand. God had remembered them for life. So may it be for us.
L'shanah tovah u–metukah,
Arnold M. Eisen
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Hello all. I have three new tracks available this year from my "switched on" Nutcracker Suite project. I hope you enjoy them. They're free to download, should you so choose.
In case this sort of information interests you, all sounds for these tracks were created on either Moog Rogue or Sequential Circuits Pro-One analog monophonic synthesizers and performed into Logic Express 8. There are a couple of spots where I did take advantage of the Pro-One's on-board sequencer, but everything else was played in by hand. No MIDI was involved. (Well, technically the click I played to was generated via MIDI, but that's obviously not audible in the final project.) All sounds got a bit of reverb in Logic, and some of the noodly harp type parts also got a bit of delay or echo.
Thanks for reading/listening, and happy holidays.
Waltz of the Flowers: (2012)
Dance of the Reed Flutes: (2012)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy: (2012)
...and just for the sake of being complete, the other movements that I finished last year and the year before are as follows:
Chinese Dance: (2011)
March of the (Inebriated) Toy Soldiers: (2011)
Arabian Dance: (2010)
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OK, I'm the first to admit it. When that guy cuts me off in traffic, speeds around two cars and gets back in the left lane, my first thought is "What a $#&!" At least I used to.
Last year, I had occasion to rush my son to the ER after he was throwing up blood (complications of throat surgery). Heading to the hospital, I was speeding, racing around cars, being less than polite when people wouldn't move over. My son needed immediate, urgent care and I was going to do whatever it took to get it for him.
Days later, someone cut me off. I didn't yell or honk at him. All I could think of was how I frantically drove to the ER that day. Maybe this guy was rushing his kid to the ER. Maybe he was rushing to his mother's bedside to hear her last words. Maybe, he had a reason that would excuse his behavior.
Who am I to judge so quickly? I don't know the story. I don't know their reason for acting the way they did. Maybe she snapped at that barista because her boss gave her terrible news. Maybe he is losing his house to foreclosure. I don't know.
Is that any reason to treat others badly, or cause an accident? No. But it is enough for us to give the guy some slack, to move over and let him by, because we don't know his story.
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New trade show alliance for Las Vegas
Debuting in August 2013, a new alliance of apparel fairs will change the current face of the Las Vegas landscape of sportswear shows.
Modern Assembly is the name of the strategic alliance that houses not only the established concepts of Capsule, AccessoriesTheShow, MRket and Stitch, but also the Las Vegas premiere of Agenda (the Los Angeles-based show centered on action sports and streetwear) and the new trade show Liberty under one roof. The shows will present A/W 2013 collections from more than 2,500 brands at the Venetian and Sands Expo in a newly developed, streamlined format.
Via co-locating and cross-marketing, it is Modern Assembly's declared aim "to present a strategic, unified and global approach to promoting Las Vegas as a major fashion destination and to elevate the experience for all participants." It was declared that the alliance is not closed but open to adding other tradeshows that share a similar philosophy to the show mix.
The new concept Liberty Fairs is a brainchild of Sam Ben-Avraham, founder of the Project shows. At ist debut in August 2013, it shall showcase round about 250 menswear and dual brands.
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event; a trade event that would play host to the brands and retailers that have pushed the industry forward, through innovation, through their interpretation of the "traditional" and through community", said Ben-Avraham. His new show will be entirely "paperless", cooperating with of Nuorder, an online wholesale solution for the fashion industry. The Liberty website is currently in development and will go live by end-February. Online visitor registration/brand application will be available as well at this time.
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All co-founders expressed their embracement for the new cooperation.
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For more than a century U.S. foreign policywhether conducted by Democrats or Republicanshas been based on the assumption that Americans interests are served best by intervening abroad to secure markets, fight potential enemies far from American shores, or engage in democratic nation building. But, what is the record of such policies, including now in Iraq?
Experts: Carl P. Close, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, James L. Payne, Edward P. StringhamType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy
Eminent Domain: Abuse of Government Power?
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In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. New London that local governments may force property owners to sell out and to make way for private economic development, even if the property is not blighted. In response, many states have passed legislation and proposed amendments to their state constitutions to block this unprecedented government assault on the rights of property owners.
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U.S. health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. adults have high total cholesterol. That may seem incredible in a nation where two-thirds of adults are overweight.
Experts believe it's largely because so many Americans take cholesterol-lowering drugs, but dropping smoking rates and other factors also contributed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the report Tuesday. The numbers come from interviews and blood tests of nearly than 6,000 U.S. adults in 2009 and 2010.
Cholesterol is a fat-like substance in the blood. Too much total cholesterol is a risk for heart disease. The government set a goal that no more than 17 percent of adults have high total cholesterol. The goal was achieved about five years ago for women and more than ten years ago for men.
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Safari is really annoying. Despite version 3's new features it still lags behind Firefox and Opera, and yet its speedy nature and clean UI make it tempting to use nonetheless. Saft aims to plug the holes that Apple hasn't filled itself, adding functionality to Safari, much of which is user-definable.


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Robert Higgs on Government Obstruction of Liberty
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Originally aired on 4/14/10 on FoxNews.coms Freedom Watch. Robert Higgs discusses the extent to which the federal governments policies inhibit freedom.
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Gianni Crovatto is an Italian designer of solar cookers. His designs have been made in four different sizes, although all of them follow the same pattern: they are made mainly of wood, a square box with round bottom to facilitate the orientation and transportation, a circular window and reflectors that hold over an octagonal base around the glazed area. The biggest models are known as the most efficient and achieve temperatures as high as 370 ºC. All the reflectors are tipped up, to facilitate storage and transportation.
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Did you know that 38% of Virginia's energy is generated by nuclear plants? This finite resource is one of the major players in our energy consumption.
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The Arthur Brown world tour made a pit stop in Tallahassee on Saturday afternoon, just in time for the Seminole Showtime Camp. While the Rivals100 member didn't stay for the camp session in the evening, he and his mentor Brian Butler did spend enough time to know how special the Showtime experience really was."We had a great time, FSU has a great facility, a lot of tradition," said Butler. "We got to meet Jerry Rice, Greg Jones, and Corey Simon, what a better time can you have than that."We left before the camp started, but if those type of caliber players are running the camp that says a lot about the program." ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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(A) There is established within the Federal Government a National Council on Disability (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the "National Council"), which shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the President.
(B) The President shall select members of the National Council after soliciting recommendations from representatives of—
(C) The members of the National Council shall be individuals with disabilities, parents or guardians of individuals with disabilities, or other individuals who have substantial knowledge or experience relating to disability policy or programs. The members of the National Council shall be appointed so as to be representative of individuals with disabilities, national organizations concerned with individuals with disabilities, providers and administrators of services to individuals with disabilities, individuals engaged in conducting medical or scientific research relating to individuals with disabilities, business concerns, and labor organizations. A majority of the members of the National Council shall be individuals with disabilities. The members of the National Council shall be broadly representative of minority and other individuals and groups.
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(A) guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability; and
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(1) Each member of the National Council shall serve for a term of 3 years, except that the terms of service of the members initially appointed after November 6, 1978, shall be (as specified by the President) for such fewer number of years as will provide for the expiration of terms on a staggered basis.
(A) No member of the National Council may serve more than two consecutive full terms beginning on the date of commencement of the first full term on the Council. Members may serve after the expiration of their terms until their successors have taken office.
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The President shall designate the Chairperson from among the members appointed to the National Council. The National Council shall meet at the call of the Chairperson, but not less often than four times each year.
Source(Pub. L. 93–112, title IV, § 400, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 407,Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1198; amended Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(q),Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1288.)
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A prior section 780,Pub. L. 93–112, title IV, § 400, as added Pub. L. 95–602, title I, § 117,Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2977; amended Pub. L. 98–221, title I, § 141(a),Feb. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 26; Pub. L. 99–506, title I, § 103(d)(2)(C), title V, § 501, title X, § 1001(e),Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1810, 1828, 1843; Pub. L. 100–630, title II, § 205(b),Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3310; Pub. L. 102–569, title I, § 102(p)(26), title IV, § 401,Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4360, 4421, related to establishment of the National Council on Disability, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–220.
Another prior section 780,Pub. L. 93–112, title IV, § 400,Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 385, related to general administrative powers of Secretary under this chapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–602, § 117.
2012—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 112–166struck out ", by and with the advice and consent of the Senate" before period at end.
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–166effective 60 days after Aug. 10, 2012, and applicable to appointments made on and after that effective date, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see section 6(a) ofPub. L. 112–166, set out as a note under section 113 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
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Autofocus used to bug me. I'd take a picture of two people standing side-by-side, and invariably the camera would capture the detail of the plant centered behind them and blur their faces.
I eventually learned the trick of autofocus, but it still bothered me. The auto feature distracted me from my desired focus of attention.
Now, more than ever, distractions abound. Our attention gets pulled in several directions every minute. Yet, research and practical experience show time again that our ability to focus – to pay attention in the right way, at the right time – is critical for success.
Focus not only directs our attention, it also brings things into clear view. As the detail sharpens, we discern where to invest our time, our energy, even our very lives. Clarity draws us toward our center.
Our organizations have a center – it's usually captured in the mission statement. Each of us also has something inside that knows when we're in the center – when we're on the beam or off the beam. In accepting that knowledge and pursuing that center, we find our passion, our bliss, our happiness.
Allowing ourselves this journey requires a self-acceptance that allows for the mistakes we'll make along the way. It requires courage as we put ourselves out there and learn in public. And it requires a focus gained from self-reflection (i.e., set manually) rather than dictated from outside ourselves (i.e., autofocus).
P.S. Here's a brief clip of Daniel Goleman speaking on focus – watch clip
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DJ Khaled is all about unity right? Even though his next album, "Suffering From Success" on September 24, he will probably be talking all about collaborating with all kinds of other Z104 artists, but lately Khaled is looking for another type of union. On Thursday, he proposed to Nicki Minaj. He did it in front of the MTV News cameras. "Nicki Minaj, I'm at MTV, I'm going going to be honest with you; I love you," Khaled said to the camera, speaking directly to Nicki. "I like you, I want you, I want you to be mine."
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In the Big Fat Rumor of the Day, sources say "American Idol" is working on bringing Jennifer Lopez back as a judge and supposedly, they're also interested in Jennifer Hudson and, sadly, Will.I.Am. It also sounds like Keith Urban will be back next season.
Rachel Bilson went on Chelsea Lately to promote her new movie "The To-Do List" and tells Chelsea Handler that the worst part about those Bling Ring robberies is that one of the girls pooped in her house.
Celebrity chef Mario Batali did not appreciate that video of Justin Bieber peeing into a mop bucket in a restaurant kitchen. Last night on "Piers Morgan Live" he said, "I would have brutally kicked his ass. I mean, that's not just being funny and flip that's actually peeing on somebody's workplace." But he added, "I don't think he's an evil kid."


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Your vote in the upcoming election may not be counted and you won't even know it, until it's too late.
The reason, steps are being taken to protect against voter fraud and it all revolves around your signature.
Before voters get to the polls, most of them will spend some time going over every issue on the ballot.
"I usually take some time; I know when I'm going in there so it happens pretty quickly."
But turns out there is one thing many voters will just skim over.
"I guess sometimes you might not sign your signature the same every time."
Chief Investigator, Larry Martin with the El Paso County District Attorney's Office says whatever you do, don't rush the signature line.
"When you sign your ballot sign it with your proper signature, that you had when you registered, don't just scribble your name on there because it's going to be rejected," Martin said.
In fact, in the last presidential election more than 300 votes in El Paso County were never counted.
Martin says those people signed their ballots, but since their signatures on their ballots didn't match the John Hancock on their registrations, they were left out.
"What we find a lot of times is another family member will sign it for some other family members. We'll get some ballots where a husband that's taking it to the mailbox, realizes his wife forgot to sign it, so he does it. That gets rejected," he said.
If there's any doubt about your signature, you'll get a letter from the county clerk and recorder's office in the mail.
Then you'll have eight days to send back the form with a copy of your driver's license, passport or some other form of identification.
"If you get that letter in the mail from the clerk and recorder's office and you know you voted, send it back, so you know your vote counted," Martin said.
Bottom line, if you miss the deadline, your vote doesn't count and your ballot winds up at the district attorney's office where they'll start investigating.
If there is any question from the clerk and recorder's office about a signature, both a Democrat and a Republican judge will be on hand to look it over. Together they'll decide if it needs to be investigated.
We've also learned that this is a statewide problem. Several other counties have hired investigators to verify voter signatures.
11 News is working on getting the numbers from some of El Paso's neighboring counties. We'll let you know what we learn.
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(a) Eligible Judge Advocate Defined.— In this section, the term "eligible judge advocate" means an officer of the armed forces on full-time active duty who—
(b) Special Pay Authorized.— An eligible judge advocate who executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for a period of obligated service specified in the agreement may, upon the acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary concerned, be paid continuation pay under this section. The total amount paid to an officer under one or more agreements under this section may not exceed $60,000.
(c) Proration.— The term of an agreement under subsection (b) and the amount payable under the agreement may be prorated.
(d) Payment Methods.— Upon acceptance of an agreement under subsection (b) by the Secretary concerned, the total amount payable pursuant to the agreement becomes fixed. The Secretary shall prepare an implementation plan specifying the amount of each installment payment under the agreement and the times for payment of the installments.
(e) Additional Pay.— Any amount paid to an officer under this section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to which the officer is entitled.
(f) Repayment.— An officer who has entered into a written agreement under subsection (b) and has received all or part of the amount payable under the agreement but who does not complete the total period of active duty specified in the agreement, shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a (e) of this title.
Source(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 629(a)(1),Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 659; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, § 687(b)(29),Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3332.)
2006—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 109–163amended heading and text of subsec. (f) generally, substituting provisions referring to repayment provisions of section 303a (e) for specific provisions relating to repayment required when officer fails to complete total period of agreed upon active duty.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 629(c),Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 661, provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1999."
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For savings provision relating to payment or repayment of any bonus, incentive pay, special pay, or similar pay obligated to be paid before Apr. 1, 2006, under a provision of this section amended by section 687(b) ofPub. L. 109–163, see section 687(f) ofPub. L. 109–163, set out as a note under section 510 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
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Council for Global Equality's Top Ten List "Where The U.S. Should Do More"
Jim Burroway
April 28th, 2009
Here is something that escaped our notice until now. The Council for Global Equality, in responding to the U.S. State Department's annual human rights reports, has identified what it calls the "Top Ten Opportunities for the U.S. to Respond" to anti-LGBT human rights abuses which are highlighted in the report. The countries identified by the Council include Egypt, Gambia, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Lithuania, Nigeria, and Uganda.
The ten countries weren't necessarily selected because they are the worst countries in the world for LGBT abuses. Instead, they are identified as the ten countries in which the U.S. has the best opportunity to influence change through diplomatic, political and economic leverage. The details for each country are found at the Council's web site (PDF: 140KB/8 pages) Here is a rundown for each country targeted by the Council, along with the Council's recommendations:
- Egypt: arrests, beatings and imprisonment of men suspected of being HIV-positive. Egypt is the third largest recipient of foreign AID. "Our partnership with Egypt should extend beyond the Middle East peace process: it should require a broad commitment to human rights that includes the rights of LGBT men and women.
- Gambia: President Yahya Jammeh threatened to "cut off the head" of any homosexual in his country. "We should explore using USAID funds to support programs that encourage tolerance, respect for diversity, and a genuine commitment to civil society"
- Honduras: Identified as "one of the worst violators of gay and transgender human rights in 2008." Police routinely round up LGBT youths without cause and Honduran security officials reportedly condone assaults and rapes on gay detainees. Multiple murders were reported, including a leading transgender rights activist. "The U.S. Embassy should offer visible support to LGBT leaders in the country, and should press for accountability within the Honduran government. It should work with Honduran authorities to offer tolerance and diversity training for police and other security forces that are suspected of complicity in human rights abuse. It also should press for a prompt and thorough investigation of the murders and other incidents noted above."
- India: Police often commit crimes against LGBT people, and officials in Bangalore ordered the arrest of transgender people. "Given our increasingly close relationship with India, we should express frank concern to the Indian Government over LGBT violence and discrimination."
- Jamaica: There have been numerous anti-gay mob attacks, sometimes with direct police complicity. Some attacks have resulted in murder. Homes were firebombed, and one individual was hacked to death by a machete. LGBT advocates continue to be murdered, beaten and threatened, driving some into exile. Police have been criticized in many instances for failing to respond. "Senior U.S. officials should urge Jamaica\'s Prime Minister to show leadership by condemning this violence and instituting measures to bring these and any future perpetrators to justice. U.S. police assistance should be targeted toward programs that promote tolerance and the defense of vulnerable groups against mob violence."
- Kuwait: Abuses against transgender individuals were cited. "Individual liberties are at the heart of our democracy, and are critical to the development of deep-seated relationships with like-minded friends and allies. We need to encourage this understanding with Kuwaiti and other authorities as part of our dialogue on human rights."
- Kyrgyz Republic: The report notes "a pattern of beatings, forced marriages, and physical and psychological abuse in the Kyrgyz Republic against lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men." The Council notes that Kyrgyzstan receives significant foreign assistance. "if Kyrgyz officials are unwilling to address the problem, we should reevaluate our assistance levels and other bilateral programs.
- Lithuania: Political leaders have embraced anti-gay policies and have denied LGBT groups the right to assemble peacefully. "Freedoms of assembly and of association are fundamental rights in any democracy. If Lithuania is to claim its place as a democratic state, it must be challenged to honor these principles in law and in practice."
- Nigeria: Adults convicted of homosexuality are subject to stoning in parts of the country that have adopted Shari'a law. LGBT advocates have been threatened, stoned, and beaten. A proposed law pending in Nigeria's Senate would not only ban same-sex marriage, but any "coming together of persons of the same sex with the purpose of living together …. for other purposes of same sexual relationship." This would open the doors of arrest for those who are legally married outside of Nigeria and who happen to travel to that country for business or vacation. "We hope it [the U.S. Embassy] will work with European and other embassies in Abuja to voice strong concerns over this dangerous new bill in the Nigerian Senate."
- Uganda: Homosexuality is criminalized. Police arrested members of an NGO for taking a public stand against discrimination, as well as three LGBT activist at an HIV/AIDS conference. "Uganda is one of the largest recipients of PEPFAR funding for HIV/AIDS care, prevention and treatment. In Uganda, the money has been used to empower institutions and activists that have led homophobic campaigns in the country. We need to consider whether the US government\'s priority focus on abstinence funding is blunting the effectiveness of the money we\'re spending, while also discouraging tolerance-based response to the epidemic."
Writing on behalf of the council, Mark Bromley highlighted Egypt and Jamaica for special concern:
Egypt was our third largest recipient of foreign aid from USAID and the State Department last year. I would not suggest cutting off U.S. assistance in a country like Egypt, but I am convinced that our funding should give us more leverage to speak out forcefully against the HIV arrests documented in the report.
… The U.S. government's diplomatic response to these abuses must be strong and unconditional, and it should also be tied to our financial commitments in the country. Jamaica is a country where carefully-targeted U.S. support to gay rights or human rights groups could be effective in improving both the legal and community responses to LGBT violence. In addition, we should use the foreign assistance funding that we have allocated over the past several years to professionalize the Jamaican police force to help respond to these attacks.


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Raynaud's Phenomenon
Topic Overview
What is Raynaud's phenomenon?
Raynaud's (say "ray-NOHZ") phenomenon is a problem with blood flow. Your body doesn't send enough blood to your hands and feet, so they feel very cold and numb. In most cases, this lasts for a short time when your body overreacts to cold temperatures.
You may also hear this condition called Raynaud's syndrome or Raynaud's disease.
For most people, Raynaud's is more of a nuisance than a disability.
What causes Raynaud's phenomenon?
Often Raynaud's has no known cause. (This is sometimes called primary Raynaud's.)
Raynaud's is usually a symptom of another disease, such as lupus, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, or atherosclerosis. It may also be caused by taking certain medicines, using vibrating power tools for several years, smoking, or having frostbite. (This is sometimes called secondary Raynaud's.)
Certain things can trigger an attack of symptoms. The most common trigger is exposure to cold. In the cold, it's normal for the body to narrow the small blood vessels to the skin and to open the blood vessels to the inside parts of the body to keep the body warm. But with Raynaud's, the body restricts blood flow to the skin more than it needs to. Other triggers can include emotional stress and things that affect the flow of blood, such as smoking, caffeine, and some medicines.
What are the symptoms?
During an attack of Raynaud's, the body limits blood flow to the hands and feet. This makes them feel cold and numb and then turn white or blue. As blood flow returns and the fingers or toes warm up, they may turn red and begin to throb and hurt. In rare cases, Raynaud's affects the nose or ears.
An attack most often lasts only a few minutes. But in some cases it may last more than an hour.
How is Raynaud's phenomenon diagnosed?
To diagnose Raynaud's, your doctor will ask you questions about your symptoms and do a physical exam. You'll need to describe what happens during an attack. If you can take a photo of the affected area during an attack, the photo may also be helpful to your doctor.
There are no tests that can show that you have Raynaud's. But your doctor may do a blood test or other tests to rule out diseases that may be causing your symptoms.
How is it treated?
If you have Raynaud's that is caused by another disease, your doctor can treat that disease. This may relieve your symptoms.
There is no cure for Raynaud's that occurs on its own (primary Raynaud's). But you may be able to control it by avoiding the things that trigger it.
- Keep your body warm.
- Don't smoke.
- Avoid caffeine and certain medicines, including cold medicines with pseudoephedrine and beta-blockers. (Don't stop taking prescribed medicines unless you talk to your doctor first.)
- Reduce stress.
If you can't control your symptoms with these steps, your doctor may give you a medicine called a calcium channel blocker. This may increase blood flow to your hands and feet and relieve symptoms.
Some alternative treatments, such as herbal supplements and biofeedback training, have shown promise in treating Raynaud's. But they haven't been shown to work for everyone. Talk with your doctor if you're interested in trying any of these.
What are some tips for staying warm?
To keep your hands and feet warm:
- Wear mittens or gloves when it's cold outside. (Mittens are warmer than gloves, because they keep your fingers together.)
- Use potholders or oven mitts when you get something from the refrigerator or freezer.
- When you drink from a cold can or bottle, use an insulated cover.
- Wear wool or synthetic socks rather than cotton ones.
- Use foot powder to help absorb moisture from your feet. When your feet are damp, they are more easily chilled.
- Swing your arms rapidly in a circle at the sides of your body ("windmilling"). This can increase blood flow into your fingers.
- If your hands or feet get cold, run warm (not hot) water over them. This can increase blood flow to them.
To keep your whole body warm:
- Wear layers of warm clothing. The inner layer should be made of a fabric such as polypropylene that pulls moisture away from your body.
- Wear a hat. You lose more body heat from your head than from any other part of your body.
- Don't wear clothing that is too tight. Tight clothes can decrease or cut off circulation.
- Try to stay dry. Choose waterproof, breathable clothes and shoes. Being wet makes you more likely to become chilled.
- Drink hot liquids. This helps maintain your internal body temperature.
- Try eating a hot meal before you go outside. Some people notice that it keeps them warmer.
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The Arthritis Foundation provides grants to help find a cure, prevention methods, and better treatment options for arthritis. It also provides a large number of community-based services nationwide to make living with arthritis easier, including self-help courses; water- and land-based exercise classes; support groups; home study groups; instructional videotapes; public forums; free educational brochures and booklets; the national, bimonthly consumer magazine Arthritis Today; and continuing education courses and publications for health professionals.
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The NIAMS website provides health information referrals to the NIAMS Clearinghouse, which has information packages about diseases.
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The Scleroderma Foundation's mission is threefold: support, education, and research. The foundation aims to help patients and their families cope with scleroderma through mutual support programs, peer counseling, physician referrals, and educational information. It promotes public awareness and education through patient and health professional seminars, literature, and publicity campaigns. The foundation also stimulates and supports research to improve treatment and ultimately find the cause of and cure for scleroderma and related diseases.
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Other Works Consulted
- Klippel JH (2008). Raynaud phenomenon. In K Wolff et al., eds., Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1643–1648. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Pope J (2011). Raynaud's phenomenon (primary), search date May 2010. BMJ Clinical Evidence. Available online: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.
- Zaghloul SS, et al. (2010). Raynauld's disease and phenomenon. In MG Lebwohl et al., eds., Treatment of Skin Disease: Comprehensive Therapeutic Strategies, 3rd ed., pp. 650–653. Edinburgh: Saunders Elsevier.
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SMUD study promises answers to today's questions
We all know—or should—that "conventional wisdom" often means hearsay repeated too often. Actual, bona fide research, of course, can cut through the fog of conventional wisdom, but only if the audience is receptive and willing to examine the facts.
Thus we offer some insights into customer behavior from a study conducted last summer by Karen Herter of Herter Energy Research Solutions, in conjunction with (and funded by) the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
We referenced this study in Monday's column, titled "Customers Need Energy Data First."
I'll stick pretty close to Herter's language in her report, "SMUD's Residential Summer Solutions Study," because—although the premises were fairly straightforward—the results can get confusing without basic graphs and charts to keep it straight. I'd urge readers to read the original paper and pay close attention to the charts, which provide visual clarity to the variety of findings.
Herter worked with 265 residential customers in the SMUD service territory last summer in an effort to test responses to (and perceptions of) an integrated energy efficiency and demand response program with real-time energy information, a dynamic rate and thermostat automation.
The study's main purpose was to test the effect of three different "information treatments" on summer energy use, peak load and "event" loads for a groups of customers exposed to dynamic pricing, traditional direct load control, or both—all with automated thermostats.
Under an experimental, dynamic rate, participants in the study controlled their own automated response to events through a menu option in the thermostat. In contrast, participants on the direct load control program—the Automated Temperature Control option (ATC)—did not have thermostat menu options. (They could override only one event of 12 in a summer.)
Rather than run the risk of over-simplifying the study in a short column—the "short" report runs 50+ pages—I'll skip to the conclusions and a discussion of them.
Here are a few findings:
- Customers on the dynamic rate lowered their summer energy use by 10 percent, reduced weekday peak loads by more than 20 percent, shed more than 50 percent of their load during events, and lowered their bills by about 15 percent overall.
- Compared to those on the dynamic rate, customers on the direct load control option saved a similar amount of energy, but saved less energy during the weekday peak periods and events.
- Real-time energy information showed modest benefits. Real-time information at the home level enhanced energy savings by about 4 percent. Real-time energy information at the appliance level enhanced daily peak savings by about 7 percent. Neither information type affected event savings.
As for the findings on the initial objective—how does real-time energy data affect electricity use?—Herter said it depended on which energy treatment was delivered.
"The answer for feedback at the aggregate home level was that it seems to reduce energy consumption by a few percent overall," Herter told me. "Participants saved slightly more energy during the waking hours than did the participants without real-time information.
"The folks with appliance-level data did not save more energy across the day," she continued, "they only saved more energy during the peak."
"One possible explanation for this pattern is that those [participants] with only home information, being less aware of individual contributions to total energy use, employed a more general strategy for keeping energy use low all the time," according to Herter's report. "In contrast, those with appliance energy data may have the precise knowledge required to be more strategic in their load management efforts."
"That's what we found," Herter concluded, in a conversation with me. "It was one study, one summer, one group of customers. As far as I know that type of study has not been done anywhere else and one study is not enough to draw general conclusions. But it's a start."
Herter said she hoped to run the research again this summer to confirm her findings, which could give utilities several tools to apply, depending on their individual needs and goals. Reduce overall energy use? Reduce peak use? Curtail demand on "event" days? Find the customers who would like to participate and begin there. Build outward to a broader base of participants as you can show how they save energy and money. It's cheaper to provide smart thermostats and price signals than to build more power plants. That's the logic, anyway.
What's just as important as the findings on customer behavior under the various treatments is that 90 percent of participants in the study chose to participate again this year.
Just thought we'd share some outcomes from a well-designed study that addresses many of the questions utilities and regulators are asking today.
Phil Carson
Intelligent Utility Daily
Demand Reductions
If policymakers have to choose between energy savings and demand reduction, they should worry less about the former and be obsessive about the latter. Demand is what drives the need for investment in generation, which is the biggest component of electricity prices, and particularly in California, air conditioning loads are what drive demand. In addition to energy usage information and prices, electricity retailers (mostly but not exclusively utilities) need to help consumers develop strategies that can move air conditioning demand out of the peak period, particularly on the hottest days. Today the fleet average capacity factor in California is well below 50%, and that's largely due to infrequent heat storms that cause air conditioning use to soar on a very few days every few years. Low capacity factors represent a huge waste of money and they impose a sizable cost burden on already strapped consumers.
Karen's work should also help put to rest some of the outrageous claims by alleged consumer advocates that "heat wave pricing" is unethical and ineffective.
Jack Ellis, Tahoe City, CA