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We couldn't think of any bigger new to report for the kid-friendly post than the announcement of ground breaking on Thanksgiving Point's new children's museum. The Musuem of Natural Curiosity will break ground on Monday, Oct. 1 at 10 a.m, marking the start of construction on the 45,000-square-foot building that will open in spring 2014.
The museum will feature more than 150 exhibits in the areas of science, technology, math, engineering, history, arts and culture for families with kids.
At the ground breaking, Thanksgiving Point will announce the winners of the inaugural "Cultivator of Curiosity" and "Curious Kids" awards. Gov. Gary Herbert will be there at the ground breaking.
Thanksgiving Point is located at 3600 N. Garden Drive, Lehi.
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Not enough for you?
Here are a couple family events to check out this weekend:
"Y" Light at the Off Broadway Theatre
Tickets for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 go on sale this weekend, so why not pair up and see Y Light at the Off Broadway as well. Back by popular demand, this play pokes fun at the Twilight phenomenon through the point of view of the one and only, Count Dracula. Showing Sept. 28–Oct. 29. Click here for more info.
Wild Stamped 5K Run and Kids Dash at Utah's Hogle Zoo
Join the fun 5K run or walk for wildlife, for $15 up to $65, with proceeds benefiting the zoo on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 7 a.m.
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I met the love of my life at the lowest point in my life. I was 45 and single, following a betrayal I couldn't have imagined and from which I hadn't begun to heal. Right up to the moment I first laid eyes on Katrine, I was certain that having survived not only one failed 12-year relationship with a woman but the previous one with the father of my sons—thereby accruing the kind of bitter wisdom that only several decades' worth of disappointments can provide—had freeze-dried my heart.
Imagine my surprise when I learned, approximately five milliseconds after a local yenta friend introduced me to a gorgeous, brilliant Frenchwoman on a three-week California vacation, that my heart wasn't broken shut. It was broken open.
I felt no need to present Katrine to my friends for appraisal, as I've always done with past lovers. Why call for a second opinion when age and experience guaranteed the validity of the first? And so, at 45, I was ready in ways I couldn't have been when my skin was dewy and my hopes untried. Ready to slam the door on ambivalence with its endless, erosive weighing and measuring.
Ready—forgive me, but the soppy aphorism fits—to let love in. Because Katrine and I had both been hurt before, we quickly realized what only the combo platter of medium rare wisdom with a side of fried relationships could have taught us: how good we had it, how fortunate we were.
For once, the certainty was the easy part. The logistical part, not so much. With two teenagers at home, I was ensconced in Oakland. Katrine was going back to her big fat French life in fashion and politics, 6,000 miles away. Watching Katrine pack, I realized that the choice was mine. There I was, sitting on my bed in the dead center of my life, bruised and terrified, with a chance, maybe my last, to love and be loved by someone who actually could—New Age platitudes be damned—make me happy. And because 45 years of living had taught me what matters, I took a right turn where always before I'd turned the other way. Instead of retreating, I melted and wept.
"I'll never leave you, Meredith," Katrine said, holding me tightly. It made no sense to believe her, but I knew what she was telling me was true. As we looked into each other's eyes I saw what I'd never seen before. That being brave and crazy and certain enough to commit to forever wasn't just an end point we could hope to reach. It was a great beginning.
Five months later, Katrine moved in with my boys and me. And 12 years after that, the day before the 2008 election banned same-sex marriage again, we said, "I do."
Good marriage notwithstanding, I'm still the garden-variety neurotic I've always been. Katrine is still the imperfect person she'll always be. She's opinionated. I'm self-centered. She leaves the light on in the closet. I leave drawers not quite closed. We fuss at each other, rarely. We fight—
about 10 times a year, by current calculations, and always with our hearts in the right place (open). But 12 years later the circle we drew around ourselves when we were too new to justify it still holds us, just tightly enough.
"I wish I'd found you 20 years sooner," Katrine often says wistfully.
"No you don't," I always say.
She thinks I'm drawing a happy face on the one sad thing about us: that we had to live into middle age without each other. But I know better. I couldn't have done it young.
Originally published in the November, 2009 issue of More as "The French Connection."

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Full SubmissionOctober 31, 2011 Re: Contribution to Rio + 20 Outcome Document Dear Ms. Tonya Vaturi , Dear Mr. Arthur de la Cruz The European Cancer Patient Coalition welcomes the opportunity to contribute to discussions on the Rio + 20 Outcome Document. We recognise that behind the Rio Conference is a commitment at the highest levels of Member State Governments to focus on areas of society where policies to promote innovative mechanisms and solutions that could help to generate increased development and to tackle poverty. We would encourage the delegates to put a strong emphasis on health, especially on Non- communicable Diseases. As you are aware, this issue is just barely on the radar screen of economic policy-makers, who most often do not see that NCDs pose a threat to development, economic growth and poverty alleviation. Over the next 20 years, NCDs will cost more than US$ 30 trillion, representing 48% of global GDP in 2010, and pushing millions of people below the poverty line. For example: -Cancer: an estimated US$ 290 billion in 2010 rising to US$ 458 billion in 2030. -Cardiovascular disease: an estimated US$ 863 billion in 2010 rising to US$ 1.04 trillion in 2030. As it will be evidenced by our contribution below: a unified front is needed to turn the tide on NCDs. Governments, but also civil society and the private sector must commit to the highest level of engagement in combating these diseases and their rising economic burden. The economic impact of not dealing with NCDs, in particular cancer would be devastating to developing economies and health care systems alike. Therefore, in order to achieve positive economic impact and growth as well as in a number of other policy areas for developing countries, we advocate that it is essential that the international community adjust the framework so as to include actions on NCDs in particular cancer on Rio+20. Yours Sincerely, Francesco De Lorenzo ECPC Vice President FAVO ECPC Contribution to Rio + 20 Outcome Document
i. The current focus of the structure for the future RIO+20 Conference does not take into account sufficiently the economic burden of health inequalities nor the economies benefits that can be realized through the establishment of effective health systems so as to tackle poverty and ill health for future generations. Health impacts several economic outcomes: wages, hours worked, labour force participation, early retirement, labour participation of those caring for a ill member of the household, education outcomes (good health in childhood reduces school absenteeism and early drop-out rates.
ii. In the area of health, priority should be given to focus on Non Communicable Diseases (NCD): they are responsible for the majority of disability adjusted life years lost and therefore threaten the economic viability of developing countries. The World Economic Forum has identified NCDs as the second most severe threat to the global economy in terms of likelihood and potential economic loss. Currently, more than 60% of all deaths worldwide stem from NCDs. Health inequalities have been estimated to cost the EU around ?141 billion in 2004 or 1.4% of GDP, when taking into account labour productivity lost and costs to social security. A recent study conducted by the American Cancer Society estimated the cost of DALYs due to cancer worldwide in 2008 at US$ 895 billion (John & Ross, 2010).
iii. An improved management of NCDs would render the biggest positive impact in terms of increased well-being, economic growth and in a reduction of the economic burden of non-communicable disease.
iv. The economic impact of not dealing with ill-health would be devastating to developing economies and health care systems alike. Therefore, in order to achieve positive economic impact and growth, it is essential that the Rio+20 agenda adjust its framework so as to address Health and the issue of Non-Communicable Diseases.
v. The most cost effective solution to reduce NCDs are through public health interventions that take a health prevention approach, which address the determinates of health (nutrition, alcohol, tobacco, physical activity and the social determinants of health.). vi. Addressing this imbalance through projects to combat health inequalities, potential discriminating legislation and attitudes, to raise awareness and improve data collection should be a strong priority for the inclusion of this in Rio+20 Conference. Furthermore, by tackling the economic burden of diseases and health inequalities, the Rio+20 could accomplish much towards achieving the goal of ensuring sustainable health systems and relieving the economic burden that this has on developing countries.
In the following pages, we have provided suggestions to the questions posed in the Guidance Document on the ?Inputs for Compilation Document?.
Question 1: What are the expectations for the outcome of Rio+20, and what are the concrete proposals in this regard, including views on a possible structure of the Outcome document?
i. While the emergence of the G-20 at the level of heads of states and governments provide the opportunity for strengthening global economic and financial governance to a kind of a steering committee of the global economy.
ii. Nevertheless, institutions need to be legitimate and have credible enforcement power in order for global governance to work. The G-20 seen to be effective, needs to deliver a good solution to the serious problem of health imbalances in developing countries. G20 nations represent around 88% of world GDP and 65% of the population. However, 35% of the world?s population and 80% of countries do not have a voice around the table.
iii. Additionally, the world population is increasing. The UN projections indicate that there will be approximately 2 billion more people by 2050. In addition, the share of those aged 60 and older has begun to increase and is expected to grow very rapidly in the coming years. Since NCDs disproportionately affect this age group, the incidence of these diseases can be expected to accelerate in the future. Increasing prevalence of the key risk factors will also contribute to the urgency, particularly as globalization and urbanization take greater hold in the developing world.
iv. In the Report by the Secretary General for the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 17-19 May 2010, the report stated that ?The concept of sustainable development is like a bridge. It seeks to bring together not only the three domains ? economic, social and environmental ..Development is the midwife of sustainability, just as sustainability is the life support system for development?.
v. There is now a growing body of evidence to support the principle that the bridge to sustainable development is through a healthy population which will allow sustained economic growth, and evidence indicates that well directed investment designed to improve the health of a population is one of the most cost-effective means of stimulating gross domestic product (GDP) growth. For example, the WHO has identified a set of interventions they call ?Best Buys?.
vi. The commonality of the challenges facing the developed/developing countries and the opportunities for growth through better health make a strong argument for its inclusion within the Rio+20. Health has a particular value as a unique bridge and offer an important complement to the orientation of Rio+20 and reinforces its focus as outlined in Resolution 64/236 which states that the focus of the Conference will be on ?the following themes of sustainable development and poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development".
vii. Most of this burden of disease is preventable, given the will and resources to do so; the means to address the relevant risk factors is known: what is needed is more Innovation in the application of these means to populations. Improving the health status of the people worldwide is very largely a challenge to health promotion (which includes health education, health protection, and disease prevention), and health inequalities need to be addressed also in the context of improved systems of health promotion. Other policy areas, such as tax, education and transport, are important for achieving a reduction of risk from lifestyle determinants. . Policy of health professionals is for instance connected to vertical policies such as labour- and migration policies, which determine the efficiency of healthcare professionals. Another important policy area to bring about an efficient healthcare system is research, which can help develop new instruments, one example being e-Health. 1 - EXPECTED OUTCOME 1: 1.1 Inclusion of Health and Health Indicators i) To meet the aspiration of the G+20, we need to improve the well-being of all people, so that they can actively participate to the societal and economical world. There is a need to promote the value of healthcare to the wider economy. ii) Indicators should be coherent with the aims of the UN Declaration on Non- Communicable Diseases and the Millennium development Goals. iii) Objectives should either be seeking to produce outcomes and recommendations that feed directly into future policy development or be used to augment the implementation of health policies. iv) For example in Europe, three areas of ill-health (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and neuropsychiatric disorders) are the cause of 74% of deaths in Europe, and contribute 54% of the overall disease burden in Europe, as calculated in Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). The most effective way to make improvements in these three areas would be to focus on the underlying determinates of health. a. there is considerable coincidence between the risk factors for these conditions which need to be influenced and improved if the disease burden they create is to be reduced which can be tackled at the international level through the WHO. 1.2 Involvement of Civil Society ? Patient Organisations i) National control mechanisms should not only depend on agents of horizontal accountability (the system of checks and balances in the partner country and the capacity of state institutions to provide oversight and to audit the use of public resources), but also on mechanisms of vertical accountability (mechanisms used by citizens and non-state actors such as civil society, nongovernmental organisations and the media to hold government to account). ii) Capacity development of NGOs and the media with regard to budget scrutiny and audit reports should be actively supported by the EC. iii) Support mechanisms of social accountability such as for instance social audits, participatory budgeting and citizen report cards to increase the accountability of government not only to parliament, but most importantly to its citizens. 2: ?HEALTH IS WEALTH? 2.1 Funding i. Funding from the international community has been widely recognized as crucial if the world?s poorest countries are to stand any chance to ?safeguard their hard-won economic gains?. The financing gap was estimated by the IMF in September 2009 for low-income countries in 2009?10 as likely to increase by around US$25 billion a year. In January, the World Bank?s Chief Economist estimated that poorest countries that rely on subsidized loans may require an additional $35 billion to $50 billion in funding just to maintain pre-crisis programs. 2.2 Health Expenditure i. In Europe, health expenditure accounts for nearly 10% of EU Gross Domestic Product and is one of the biggest economic sectors in the EU. The health sector employs one in 10 workers in the EU, with a higher than average proportion of workers with a tertiary level of education and is on the leading edge of Innovation and technology. The sector plays a major role in achieving the EU 2020 targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. ii. According to the recent report by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health: ?Over the next 20 years, NCDs will cost more than US$ 30 trillion, representing 48% of global GDP in 2010, and pushing millions of people below the poverty line?. Therefore, if no measures are put in place to tackle NCDs, this estimate cost of US$ 30 trillion will contribute to the overall burden of poverty on developing countries. As such, there is a growing attention to the potential economic benefits of improvements in population health. The report by the WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health report in 2001, demonstrated that health improvement can be seen as a key strategy for income growth and poverty reduction in low-income and middle-income countries. iii. This is far from new: historically, one of the origins of the public health movement lies in the awareness that the prosperity of nations is partly dependent on the health of their populations. 2.3 Health is Wealth i. We would emphasize that "Health is Wealth" and point out that by achieving good health, a developing economy can be more viable and competitive. Health is the greatest wealth, expresses the understanding that illness is a real economic cost and good health is a precondition for full productivity. This requires an active engagement of many policy sectors, not only of the public health and healthcare systems but also of many other policy areas, including education, social security, working life, city planning and so forth. Without implementing this action, it is estimated that ?the period 2011-2030, the total lost output from the four NCD conditions that are the focus of the UN High-Level meeting and mental health conditions is projected to be nearly US$ 47 trillion. 2.4 Health in All Policies i. An integrated approach to health is therefore necessary. We need to ensure that a health dimension remains in the core of all policies in general, but especially in Innovation and research policy, social policy, regional policy, education policy and agriculture policy. ii. Developing synergies with all sectors is crucial for a strong development policy. Member States of the UN have acknowledged that the challenge of maintaining a sustainable healthcare system cannot be met without more integration in other policy areas such as employment, social, regions, agriculture and research including Innovation. Health is very unevenly distributed across society. In all countries, significant inequalities in health exist between socioeconomic groups in the sense that people with lower levels of education, occupation and/or income tend to have systematically higher morbidity and mortality rates. - EXPECTED OUTCOME 2: i. Health should be included on the agenda Rio+20 Conference and Agenda. This should be introduced as a cross-cutting approach so as to avoid ?silo trap?: ii. Suggest the inclusion of a holistic approach to health and ill-health: from an increased understanding of what determines health and what determines ill-health, citizens can be encouraged and supported to lead healthy lives by pursuing the former and avoiding the latter. This builds resilience and resistance in citizens so they can remain healthy, resist stressors that could potentially make them unwell and thus enable them live longer productive and independent lives. iii. The Rio+20 should support health policies which are based on evidence and provide a stimulus with which to implement recommendations and policies to improve citizens health, address entrenched health inequalities, which, as an outcome, will ultimately lead to sustainable health systems. iv. To ensure that the IMF deliver its package of measures to assist low-income countries, and monitor the IMF?s disbursements to those countries, and the conditionalities attached to them so as to realize health gains ISSUE 3: CLEAR TARGETS AND INCLUSION OF HEALTH i. One of the main sources of criticism on the previous meetings was the lack of clear targets. This allowed the building-up of unsustainable levels of health imbalances that is destabilising for development and reduces global welfare. ii. Many of the policy orientations articulated by this forum would have to be implemented by the relevant international institutions. Effective global economic and financial governance would, thus, require continuation of intensive reforms in the existing institutions, and also increased collaboration with NGOs such as patient organisations. iii. The international community should reaffirm the economic burden that NCD will have on developing countries as they have done through the UN Declaration on Non- Communicable Diseases. - EXPECTED OUTCOME 3: i. Support a concentrated prioritisation approach. In the past, it was insufficiently transparent, vested interests are poised to dominate, and there has been duplication of efforts without proper evaluation. The choices of priority need re-appraisal so as to ensure that they meet the health need of the citizens. ii. Programme should support health in all policies which are based on evidence and provide a stimulus with which to implement recommendations and policies to improve citizens health, address entrenched health inequalities, which, as an outcome, will ultimately lead to sustainable health systems. iii. Including an objective better regulation and harmonization of health development policy aimed at simplifying and improving existing regulation in order to enhance the design of new regulations and reinforce rule compliance and effectiveness in line with the needs of the different peoples Question 2: What are the comments, if any, on existing proposals: e.g., a green economy roadmap, framework for action, sustainable development goals, revitalized global partnership for sustainable development, or others? ISSUE 1: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH i. Current development policy is based on the principle that the good health of a population is a precondition for meeting the basic objectives of prosperity, solidarity and safety. All peoples should have access to universal, quality health care, including preventive healthcare, and healthcare should be patient-centred and based on scientific evidence. ii. To ensure social cohesion, inequalities in health both between and within countries should be reduced. Because of the multidisciplinary character of health issues, Health Policy has to be well coordinated with other policies, and new partners such as the private sector and civic society must be involved. iii. Additionally, please refer to comments in Q1 as a contribution to the response to this question. ISSUE 2: CLIMATE CHANGE: i. Potential adverse effects of climate change on human health include both direct and indirect effects. Direct effects concern impacts on the human organism, for example in consequence of heat waves or extreme weather events. ii. In particular the elderly and people with a weakened immune system and children are at risk. High pressure weather conditions in the summer can increase ground-level ozone causing mucous membrane irritation and respiratory problems. Indirect effects and risks are caused by environmental changes. These include improved living conditions for vectors of disease pathogens, the possible geographical extension of allergenic plants and animals and influences on food and drinking water. iii. Besides measures addressing health effects of climate change, attention should be paid to synergies and possible antagonisms between climate change mitigation and air pollution control so as to prevent diseases such as cancer. iv. Although successful reductions in the levels of several air pollutants were achieved, articulate matter and ozone remain a major environment-related health concern, linked to a loss of life expectancy, acute and chronic respiratory and cardiovascular effects, impaired lung development in children and reduced birth weight. ISSUE 3: GREEN ECONOMY For a green economy, the following policy options are proposed: i. Provide additional funds for cross-border collaboration across Member States to improve ambient air quality. Address the synergies, as well as the conflicts, between air quality management and other policy areas such as climate change mitigation. Establish a coherent policy framework for indoor air policies and support the development of worldwide guidance on indoor air quality. ii. Adopt a systemic approach to chemicals assessment which, besides addressing and energy use, toxicity and eco-toxicity, should also include material, water a transport, release of emissions as well as waste generation. iii. Fill knowledge gaps concerning mixture toxicity and the contribution of chemical exposure to the total burden of disease especially cancer. iv. Involve citizens through education and participation. v. Improve regulations concerning labelling to provide transparent information for consumers on food and nutrients (nutritional labelling, health claims, clean labelling). Question 3: What are the views on implementation and on how to close the implementation gap, which relevant actors are envisaged as being involved (Governments, specific Major Groups, UN system, IFIs, etc.); In the ?Synthesis report on best practices and lessons learned on the objective and themes? by the Preparatory Committee for March 7th/8th, it stated that ?Political commitment is best measured through legislation Factors such as budgetary allocation, development of institutions and stakeholder participation are strong indicators of political commitment translated into action. Quantitative indicators (such as budgetary allocation and financial support) can be effective.? i. Stakeholder Involvement: Both because smaller and poorer countries will need to be part of any lasting solution to the global imbalance problem and because corrective action by systemically significant G-20 members will necessarily impose externalities on these states, the G-20 quickly needs to find a credible way of bringing these voices into its deliberations. It could do this either through a constituency based system such as through the use of a bicameral system where the G-20 could be made accountable to a body such as the UN General Assembly. ii. Civil Society Involvement: At the national level, key strategies for increasing patient empowerment and enabling meaningful patient participation in healthcare and effective self-care. Such empowerment will be an essential element of future healthcare over the next 20 years as health is predicted to shift increasingly towards a home and community environment and towards using eHealth and ICT based solutions for patient- centred chronic disease management. iii. Implementing Best Practices from Other Member States: New effective preventive strategies are currently available that offer the potential to reduce the morbidity and mortality from this cancer in low- and medium-, as well as high-income countries. Surveillance, including high-quality cancer registries, linked to screening and vaccination registries is essential to track the impact of these prevention strategies and to provide the foundation for advocacy, national policy and global action. In the Report of the Secretary General, the report stated that ?There is evidence of progress towards convergence between the economic and social pillars, but evidence of convergence between those pillars and the environmental pillar is far more limited and the overall picture is one of divergence; progress to date is also threatened by the series of crises that affected the global economy starting in 2008?. i. For the policy area ?resource efficiency?, the following policy options are proposed: a. Increase the relevance of resource efficiency, e.g. by proposing a directive on resource efficiency, which could contain quantitative resource efficiency targets and/or provisions for preparing resource efficiency plans. b. Provide financing for projects which focus on resource-free ways to satisfy consumer demands, sustainable lifestyles, immaterial services and the efficient use/maintenance of products. c. Put more focus on how to cover consumer needs in an immaterial way and on how to provide low-resource consumer services. d. Develop the ecosystem services concept further and make use of it when assessing materials, products and processes. Question 4: What specific cooperation mechanisms, partnership arrangements or other implementation tools are envisaged and what is the relevant time frame for the proposed decisions to be reached and actions to be implemented? 1) Focused Measurable Impacts If spending programmes are to have any measurable impact, they need to be concentrated on selected activities that are identified through strategic planning according to a rigorous set of priorities. The number of priorities should be commensurate with the available budget, as having too many priorities will reduce the chances of achieving impact in any individual area. If spending programmes are to have any measurable impact, they need to be concentrated on selected activities that are identified through strategic planning according to a rigorous set of priorities. The number of priorities should be commensurate with the available budget, as having too many priorities will reduce the chances of achieving impact in any individual area. ? Developing sharper priorities that are driven by stakeholder expectations and citizens? needs as well as meeting policy goals and high standards of probity; monitoring its activities against not only the aims of each project but also the overall aims of the programme decision; ? Communicating its priorities and actions more crisply to stakeholders, and targeting tailored messages to members of the wider public health community. ? Understanding what is required to deliver this would be facilitated by developing a logic model capable of tracing the precise causal relationships that are anticipated to connect the programme activities to its intended outcomes.? 2) Possible approaches to ensure implementation i. education of health and finance ministers of countries on the association between healthy populations and GDP growth, on the main health challenges in preventing such good health, and on potential actions within countries, needed to remedy these; ii. financial incentives by international community, iii. involving the inactive countries in the design of the call for projects, the call for projects. 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1. Forever Pink Prom
We're sending our photographer Elliott Fraughton (the guy who took all of our beautiful Dining Award people pix) to the Elyse Pantke White Forever Pink Prom on the evening of Feb. 26.
It's dancing, cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres at $60 per person, all going to the Huntsman Cancer Institute for breast cancer research. Oh, and wear something PINK! The hot pink atmosphere/dance floor will make it a night to remember.
Elyse White was diagnosed with breast cancer on Nov. 14, 2003 at age 29, and after the diagnosis charity work/fundraising soon became a big part of her life. She passed away at 34 years old. The foundation was created in her memory. Click here for more info.
2. Night for African Sight
The organizers of the Night for African Sight at Snowbird Resort are supplying us with photos from the dinner/auction at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 26.
The event is $100 per person, all going toward restoreing eye sight in African countries where there's only one ophthalmologist for every one million people. The evening's presented by the Moran Eye Center in association with the Himalyan Cataract Project.
Dr. Geoffrey Tabin, Director of the Moran's International Division and co-founder of the Himalayan Cateract Project will be on hand, along with fellow mountaineers Neal Beidleman and timmy O'Neill.


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Gardening Articles: Flowers :: Perennials
Organic Flower Farming
by Lynn Byczynski
Larkspur and tall varieties of ageratum make lovely cut flowers
When I first thought about quitting my city job for life on a small farm, I didn't plan to become a flower farmer. I wanted to be an herb grower. For a time, I did grow herbs for upscale restaurants. But then I put in a few rows of zinnias to sell at a farmers' market, and was surprised at how well they sold. The next year, I grew a dozen kinds of flowers to make into mixed bouquets and was again impressed with the demand. I discovered that, acre for acre, flowers were more profitable than produce. My husband and I still grow vegetables, but flowers have become an important part of our market garden.
As our business has expanded, my interest in growing flowers has grown. The colors, fragrances, forms, and movement of flowers are endlessly intriguing. I take pleasure in almost every aspect of growing flowers, from winter's work of studying catalogs and choosing new flowers to plant, to summer's work of harvesting, bouquet-making, and selling. Even after a decade of growing flowers, I still feel a thrill when my customers exclaim over the beauty of my flowers.
As you begin your journey into flower gardening, you should determine whether you want to grow enough flowers to keep your house full of bouquets all summer long, to raise flowers for dried arrangements to sell, or to quit your present job and become a full-time flower farmer. Then narrow your selection to plants that best meet your needs.
Request catalogs from several seed companies.
Why Organic Flowers?
People who understand the importance of growing food organically often wonder why I use organic practices for flowers. After all, you don't usually put flowers in your mouth, so what difference does it make?
For one thing, the most successful family farms over the last several years are organic market gardens, in which a wide array of crops are grown and sold locally. The "organic" label is an added attraction for many customers.
Also, many of the flowers sold by florists and supermarket floral departments have been imported from other countries where the pesticide regulations may not be as stringent as they are in the United States and Canada. Residues of these chemicals can still be on the flowers when you buy them.
Choosing the Best Cutting-Garden Site
Flowers have the same requirements as vegetables. Most need full sun and fertile, well-drained sandy loam with a neutral pH and abundant organic matter.
Before you plant, determine how you'll get the water to your garden. You might have to lay a pipe below the frost line and install a new faucet by the garden, or haul a hose, which is hard work. Installing an irrigation system could be a big labor-saver.


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Lucky #13 for Veg Star Carrie Underwood
Apparently the old saying that once you've reached the top, there's nowhere to go but down, doesn't apply to country singing sensation Carrie Underwood.
The sexy vegetarian/American Idol winner/multi-platinum selling recording artist has just topped the charts with yet another number one single! "Undo It" has officially claimed the throne of the Billboard Country Chart, making it Underwood's second number one hit of 2010 and 13th of her career. Can I get a "you go, girl!" from the ladies on the blog?!
If that's not enough veg star power for ya—the other former American Idol contestant and Sexiest Vegetarian winner, Kellie Pickler, is also staying strong on the charts. I guess saving the lives of more than 100 animals every year really helps your karma!


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Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (21st overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 68 (635th overall since 1950)
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Swinging London
In the '60s, London was so vibrant. It was an explosion of all the arts, and we felt free to express ourselves in inventive ways. I was the "it" girl for a while, jumping onstage and dancing at Joe Cocker shows and wearing my Mary Quant miniskirts.
Dark days
Everything changed when my older sister died [a suicide at age 23]. I didn't think I was allowed to have fun anymore. Luchino Visconti put me in The Damned, and since then I have chosen parts with an extra challenge—difficult roles, as in The Night Porter.
Skin deep
It's best not to look in the mirror and fret over not having the face you used to have. There are things you can do to get that young look back, but I'm not going that way. If age is an oncoming storm, I'm prepared to take that on, because I want to be brave.
Naked truth
Photographer Juergen Teller kept asking me to pose nude. I kept saying no. But in 2009, when he asked me [at age 63] to pose nude in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, I said yes. The idea was just too amazing! I could almost feel Mona Lisa winking at me.
No strings
For years I've been with a man I love, and I want to be with him always. He's asked me to marry him, but I'm not going to. I've been married twice and had my wonderful children, but this is a different time in my life. I want to be able to think that if the shit hits the fan, I can just get up and go. Not getting married is my personal ode to freedom.
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With Accent Inns launching our new "Fish for the Future" program I was thrilled to read this new article put out by the Sierra Club of BC.
At Accent Inns we are always looking for ways to not only make our BC Hotels greener but also ways to help protect our communities deal with pollution and carbon issues right here locally. The Sierra club of BC recent article on Blue Carbon is a great example of how we can do something about carbon here in our own backyard and they are to be commended for their dedication to finding and suggesting solutions.
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You may know there are two conventions for representing historical years: the traditional A.D. and B.C., and the chic new C.E. and B.C.E. (if you don't know about that, Wikipedia will get you up to speed). People often ask me why I use one or the other, or what (as a historian) I think we should use. I always use B.C. and A.D. when I have a choice, and I believe we should only ever use that convention. The other should be stuffed in a barrel filled with concrete and tossed to the bottom of the sea. However, I don't always have a choice. When I publish with Prometheus Books (and so far that means five chapters in two volumes, The Christian Delusion and The End of Christianity, and one whole volume out this April: Proving History, which I'll blog about when it's finally released), I have to adhere to their editorial conventions, which include a requirement to employ the newfangled convention (so their copy editors always convert the abbreviations, which led to an error in Delusion, where a C.E. date was given as B.C.E., on page 413, which I'm told was corrected on a later printing). So sometimes you'll see me use one, and sometimes the other. That's why.
But why do I think C.E. and B.C.E. are dumb? Really dumb, in fact. The newfangled convention has been promoted in an idiotic and patronizing attempt not to "offend" non-Christians who have to use the Christian calender (yes, it's a Christian calendar, full stop). That's the same non-Christians who (we're to suppose) are still being regularly offended by having to call a day Saturday even though they don't worship the God Saturn. Christians don't get offended by naming a calendar day by a non-existent pagan god. So why should non-Christians get offended by naming a calendar year after a non-existent Christian god? Calling the sixth day of the week 'Saturday' (literally "Saturn's Day") does not entail embracing a Eurocentric worldview or belief in the God Saturn. It's just using the English language. So, too, the labels B.C. and A.D.
The new convention is even stupider than that, of course, because it's embarrassingly Orwellian. The traditional convention of B.C. ("Before Christ") and A.D. ("Anno Domini" = "In the Year of the Lord") is supposed to be improved by replacing it with the culturally neutral B.C.E. ("Before the Common Era") and C.E. ("Common Era"). But both indicate the same exact division, made by the same exact religion, for the same exact reason, to honor the same exact god. Either way, it's the same demarcation, which was the invention of Christians, and only makes sense as such. There is no other reason for starting "year 1" where it does, other than what Christians mistakenly believed to be the birth of their Lord and its cosmic importance.
Yes, mistaken. There is no evidence that Jesus (even if he existed) was born in 1 A.D. (much less on Christmas), and in fact all the evidence we have is against that. The only evidence there is (if it can be trusted at all) entails he was born either no later than 4 B.C. or no earlier than 6 A.D. (a contradiction that further entails at least one of those dates must be wrong). For a summary of the evidence on this point see Richard Carrier, "Luke vs. Matthew on the Year of Christ's Birth" (or read the full analysis which that only summarizes: "The Date of the Nativity in Luke" ). Personally, I think it's more embarrassing for Christians if we keep the traditional terms, as that can only perpetually remind them of how fallible and silly they are. Whereas the new notation makes the rest of us look even sillier.
Anyway, point is, the only reason whatever for starting the calendar at year 1 in the B.C.E. / C.E. system is the wholly erroneous medieval belief that the god Jesus was born in that year. Changing the acronyms does nothing to conceal that fact and therefore serves no purpose, other than to please a pernicious form of liberalism that believes you can change what things are by renaming them. And like all stupid attempts to conceal what things really mean by renaming them, the B.C.E. / C.E. notation is less intelligible (era common to whom?), less explicable (why does the 'common era' begin in the year it does, instead of some other year?), less practical (repeating the same two letters in each designator slows visual recognition), and less efficient (using five letters to do the work of four). It's therefore just monumentally stupid.
As George Carlin aptly observed, our fear of facts always involves making our language more polysyllabic, confusing, and useless. As he put it, "American English is loaded with euphemisms. Because Americans have a lot of trouble dealing with reality. Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it, and it gets worse with every generation." This is a classic example of that, although in this case foreigners are just as guilty of it, as if they want to hide from the fact that they were conquered by Christian imperialists and are now compelled by that accident of history to use their calendar instead of their own. Just deal with reality. It's much better that way. Trust me.
The bottom line is, the original notation is more familiar, more honest, more factual, more meaningful, less confusing, and easier to use. There is no good reason to change it.


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THE PARTY The Atlanta Humane Society hosted its third annual A Celebration of Dogs art show at A Legendary Event's new space, Piedmont Estate and Gardens. The show was an exclusive preview of the auction, titled Dogs in Show and Field: The Fine Art Sale, that was held in New York City this past February. THE PLAYERS Jada Loveless, Victoria Stilwell, Alan Fausel THE SCENE Guests took in the fine art featuring adorable pups, as they dined on mouthwatering hors d'ouevres, desserts and cocktails. Photos by Scott Asano


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Why is it that certain towns seem to produce artists in almost every generation? No one knows the answer. However, this ancient fortified town has this distinction since it was the home of Ingres, the portrait painter, Antoine Bourdelle, the sculptor, François Desnoyers, Robert Lapoujade, and Philippe Labro, the author and journalist. Montauban is a major crossroads and an active market town (market gardening and fruit production). It is also one of the «pink» towns of the Toulouse area.
Tourist attractions Montauban : Things to see and do
Place Nationale
place Nationale F - 82000 Montauban
The present-day arcades were built in the 17C to replace the covered wooden walkways that were destroyed by two fires. With their pointed or rounded arches, the arcades form a dual thoroughfare. A morning market adds a dash of colour to the square, w..
Ingres Museum
19 rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville F - 82000 Montauban
The museum is housed in the former bishops' palace (1664). The 1st floor is devoted to Ingres, born in Montauban in 1780, while the 2nd floor has an excellent collection of primitives and paintings from the 14C to the 18C. The ground floor displays w..
Montauban Heritage Centre
2 r. du Collège F - 82000 Montauban
Housed in what used to the the Jesuits' college, this centre presents a number of objects of art and popular tradition that shed light on Montauban, its architecture, its heritage and its history.
Hotels Montauban
Hôtel du Commerce
9 Place Franklin Roosevelt F - 82000 Montauban
Prix Prices from : 60 €
Located in the centre of Montauban, Hôtel du Commerce offers soundproofed guest rooms set in a renovated, 18th-century house with a lift. The hotel is 100 metres from the Ingres Museum and 1 km from Montauban Train Station. With a unique décor, all ..
Hôtel Mercure Montauban
12 Rue Notre Dame F - 82000 MONTAUBAN
Right in the heart of the town centre, the Hotel Mercure Montauban is within easy reach of the railway station. It is a splendid, authentic and charming 18th Century building. The hotel offers a warm welcome with modern, well-equipped rooms just a s..
ibis Montauban
50 route St Martial Sortie 62 F - 82000 MONTAUBAN
12 km from the motorway, between Bordeaux and Toulouse, the Ibis Montauban hotel is located a few min from the centre of Montauban and the Convention Centre. The hotel offers you all the amenities for a pleasant stay: swimming pool, terrace, tennis c..
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1 place St-Orens F - 82000 Montauban
The young chef at this contemporary restaurant is already highly experienced. This is demonstrated by his skilfully prepared, fresh cuisine made from high quality ingredients. The concise menu, which changes monthly, focuses on flavour and modern tre..
Bistrot des Capucins
6 quai de Verdun F - 82000 Montauban
When the weather is fine, this chic bistro opens its terrace, which lies inside the abbey's cloister! The food is simple and tasty: fresh salads, omelettes, risotto, osso buco...
Au Fil de l'Eau
14 quai Docteur-Lafforgue F - 82000 Montauban
Situated on the banks of the River Tarn, this regional-style building is home to a colourful restaurant. In addition to his seasonal menu, the chef offers market-based menus that change several times a week depending on availability. Hearty and full ..
Faubourg 73
73 faubourg Lacapelle F - 82000 Montauban
A pleasant bistro with lots of faithful regulars - and who can blame them? The chef cooks up bistro classics, adding just a hint of the Basque Country, and the result is hearty, well-made food in a very friendly atmosphere. When it comes to choosing ..


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The Arizona State University Sun Devil football program is currently in its 101st season of competition in 2013. The Sun Devils are 571-362-24 (.609) all-time and have appeared in 26 bowl games, compiling a 13-12-1 record in such contests. Arizona State kicked off the 2013 campaign with a rout over Sacramento State in a rare Thursday night tilt, knocking off the Hornets 55-0 at Sun Devil Stadium, followed by a dramatic 32-30 victory over No. 20 Wisconsin. Head coach Todd Graham now has 59 victories in his career as D-1 head coach. It was also a small milestone for the second-year Sun Devil coach as it marked the 10th victory since joining ASU.
The Sun Devil hit the road for the first time this season against another national powerhouse to take on No. 5/No. 5 Stanford in the team's Pac-12 opener in Palo Alto. ASU enters the weekend ranked No. 23 in both the AP and Coaches Polls, marking the first the team has been ranked since Oct. 30, 2011, when the team was No. 20 in the AP Poll. The Sun Devils will kick off at 4 p.m. on FOX.
ON THE AIR The MidFirst Bank Sun Devil-IMG Sports Network will carry all 12 of ASU's football games live on its 10-station radio network, including flagship station Sports 620 KTAR AM. Tim Healey (play-by-play) and former Sun Devil quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst (color analyst) will call the action with Doug Franz reporting from the sidelines. This week's game will be broadcast on 92.3 KTAR FM. Weekly radio coverage begins two hours prior to kickoff with the "Talking Stick Resort Sun Devil Tailgate Show," hosted by Doug Franz. The game will also be broadcast on Sirius and XM Channel 91, though that will be a Stanford broadcast. The game will also be aired nationally by Sports USA Media. Visit their website at sportsmediausa.com for local listings.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION Saturday's contest will mark the first game for the Sun Devils this season that will be broadcast on FOX. Gus Johnson will provide the call with Charles Davis alongside as his analyst. Kristina Pink will provide insight from the side lines.
ON THE CARDINAL Arizona State is 16-11 all-time against Stanford but has struggled on the road, compiling just a 6-7 record all-time but going just 1-5 since 2000 in Palo Alto. ASU has dropped the last two contests to the Cardinal, a 17-13 defeat in Tempe in 2010 and a 33-14 loss in Palo Alto in 2009. Stanford enters the game ranked No. 5 in the nation in both the AP and Coaches Polls and is currently 2-0 this season with victories over San Jose State (34-13) and Army (34-20). With those victories, Stanford now has a winning streak that dates back 10 games to last season.
PAC-12 NOTABLES The Sun Devils and Cardinal will each be making their Pac-12 debuts this weekend, becoming the fifth and sixth teams in the conference to do so. ASU is 6-3 in its last nine Pac-12 openers and winners of the last two (over USC in 2011 and Utah last season). Saturday's contest features the first Pac-12 bout of the season between two squads currently ranked in both of the major polls. Due to the nature of Pac-12 scheduling since the addition of Colorado and Utah, this will mark the first contest between ASU and Stanford since 2010, with the team's missing each other in the schedule the previous two seasons. ASU gained the Cardinal and Washington to their schedule for at least the next two seasons and loss Oregon and Cal for the same time length after playing both the previous two seasons.
NOTABLE NUMBERS A couple numbers to keep an eye on come Saturday
--Marion Grice found the end zone 19 times last year, tying him for third on ASU's all-time single-season touchdown list with Woody Green (1972) behind just Wilford White (22/1950) and Terry Battle (20/1996). His 114 points on the year tied him for fifth on ASU's all-time single season scoring list behind White, Battle and placekickers Thomas Weber and Mike Barth. In his last five games dating back to last season, Grice has found the end zone 12 times (10 rushing, two receiving) and is averaging a TD ever 7.5 times he touches the ball.
--ASU finished 2012 tied for 10th in fewest penalties per game at 4.23 and eighth in fewest penalty yards per game at 34.92. The Sun Devils finished dead last (120th) in the FBS in 2011. ASU leads the nation in 2013, averaging just 10 penalty yards per game over the first two games of the season.
--In his his last five games dating back to 2012, Taylor Kelly has thrown for 13 touchdowns and one interception, completing 105-of-153 off his passes (.686) for 1,357 yards (271.4 ypg). He has amassed an impressive 169.86 quarterback rating during that span.
--One team will have to end their winning streak this weekend in Palo Alto. ASU enters the weekend having won five straight dating back to last season while Stanford is victors of 10 straightand hasn't lost since a heartbreaker at Notre Dame last year.
--Fans shouldn't to expect penalties to play a large role in Saturday's contest. ASU is ranked tied for third in penaties per game at 2.0 and is first nationally in yards per game at 10.0 Stanford is first nationally with just 1.5 penalties per game and tied for fifth at 20.0 yards per game given up to penalties.
-With his 10th victory as the Sun Devil head coach in the win over Wisconsin, Todd Graham joined John Cooper and Dan Devine behind Dennis Erikson as the only coaches in ASU history to pick up by the second game of their second season as head coach. Erikson accomplished the feat in the his first year at the help. Frank Kush picked up his 10th win in his third game as head coach in the second season.
--Secondaries are likely to play a large role in Saturday's contest with ASU entering the game averaging 358.5 yards per game through the air through two games this season. However, Stanford is ranked seventh nationally in passing defense, allowing just 132.5 yards per game to their opponents this season. ASU is not far behind their opposition, currently sitting 19th nationally and allowing just 163 passing yards per game to date this season.
--For the first time since Taylor Kelly took over as the team's starting quarterback, the Sun Devils won a game in which Kelly threw and interception. Prior to the Wisconsin win, ASU was 0-5 in such contests.
RECAP - ASU v. WISCONSIN Marion Grice scored two of his four touchdowns in the fourth quarter and Arizona State survived a bizarre ending to beat No. 20 Wisconsin 32-30. Grice scored on a 1-yard run in the closing seconds of the third quarter, then on runs of 2 and 12 yards in the fourth to put Arizona State (2-0) up 32-24. Wisconsin (2-1) used a fake punt to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Melvin Gordon, but still trailed 32-30 when its 2-point conversion failed. Gordon ran for 193 yards on 15 carries, but the game will be remembered for the strange ending. Arizona State's Taylor Kelly hit 29 of 51 passes -- many of those on back-shoulder throws along the sideline -- for 352 yards and a touchdown. Grice finished with 84 yards on 22 carries to help Arizona State kick off a tough stretch in the schedule with a big non-conference win.
-Arizona State is 3-1 all-time in the series against Wisconsin, and came up one point short on a blocked extra point from possibly holding a perfect 4-0 record after falling to the Badgers in Madison in 2010, 20-19.
-Marion Grice became the first Sun Devil to rush for four touchdowns in a game since Mike Williams ran for four at Arizona on Nov. 29, 2002. Before this explosive performance, Grice's personal record was three touchdowns in one game, which came in the season opener last season against NAU.
-Arizona State recorded 12 explosive plays on the Badgers, ten of which came through the air. An explosive play is defined as a reception of 16+ yards or a rush of 12+ yards. Jaelen Strong accounted for four of the ten explosive catches, and one-third of the team's explosive plays. Three explosive plays came in one drive, an eight-play, 76-yard drive that resulted in a touchdown while taking only 1:41 off the clock.
-Grandville Taylor made his mark in the season opener with an interception and a fumble recovery to go along with four tackles. Against the Badgers, Taylor again found a way to make an impact on the game, logging his second fumble recovery of the season.
-Taylor Kelly had completed 130-straight passes without an interception before throwing a pick in the third quarter. Kelly had thrown 13 touchdown passes in his last four games without throwing an interception.
-Taylor Kelly's 29-yard punt in the first quarter forced Wisconsin to start its drive at its own 8-yard line. Of Kelly's nine career punts, eight of them have been downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line.
STRIKE FIRST ASU made a habit of scoring first last season, doing so 11 times in 13 games. The Sun Devils picked up when they left off this season, scoring first in each of the team's two games thus far. The Sun Devils are now 9-4 in the Todd Graham era when getting on the scoreboard first.
STRIKE FAST ASU The quick-hitting offense was a staple of the team, with 58 of ASU's 75 offensive scoring drives last season coming in three minutes or less. There was much of the same against Sacramento State as ASU had seven of their nine scoring drives come in three minutes or less. The two that went longer spanned just 3:24 and 3:54. The other seven came in 2:23 or less with four of those coming in 1:45 or quicker. Oddly enough, ASU survived on longer drives against Wisconsin with just two of its six scoring drives coming under three minutes. ASU had drives of 4:20 and 4:26 against Wisconsin, a feat made notable as the team had just THREE total drives going longer than four minutes last season. That being said, ASU still has maintained a high number of quick scoring drives this season, scoring in three minutes or less on 10 of the team's 15 scoring drives to date.
START STRONG...FINISH STRONG Following a 3-0 box score after one quarter against Wisconsin, the Sun Devils have now outscored their opposition 162-69 in the first quarter under Todd Graham. Perhaps the more telling statistic, however, is the fact the Sun Devils are now 9-0 under Graham when holding their opposition scoreless in the first and have done so in both games they have played this season. . Outscoring the Badgers 13-9 in the fourth quarter, ASU has now outscored its opposition by a score of 142-71 in the fourth quarter of games under Graham.
PUSH 'EM BACK ASU prided itself on its aggressive defense last season, forcing 117 tackles for a loss of 497 total yards - a 9.00 TFL per game mark that led the nation. As a whole, ASU had a combined 155 defensive plays that went for a loss or no gain out of 953 offensive plays the opposition ran and if you tack on incomplete passes to the mix, then ASU forced 341 plays that did not result in positive yardage (35.8 percent of opponent's plays from scrimmage). ASU had six tackles for loss against Wisconsin and three stops at the line of scrimmage out of 63 offensive plays run by the Badgers (14.3 percent). With incomplete passes added to the mix, ASU limited the Badgers to 24 out of 63 plays that didn't earn positive yardage (38.1 percent). To date this season, the ASU defense has held offenses to 43 plays (out of 117 by the opposition) that have not earned positive yardage - a 36.8 percentage rate of plays run from the line of scrimmage.
WINNING BY WAY OF TKO (TAYLOR KELLY OFFENSE) Taylor Kelly had a career-high performance in completions, attempts and yards going 29-of-51 for 352 yards against Wisconsin. Despite that, he had just his second game as a starter without throwing a touchdown. He did however, end one of the more glaring streaks on his record as the team was victorious despite the fact he threw an interception in the game. Prior to the Badger game, ASU was 0-5 in games when Kelly had thrown an interception. Taylor Kelly had completed 130-straight passes without an interception before throwing a pick in the third quarter of the Wisconsin contest. Kelly had thrown 13 touchdown passes in the previous four games without throwing an interception. The school record holder in completion percentage and efficiency, In his his last five games dating back to 2012, Taylor Kelly has thrown for 13 touchdowns and one interception, completing 105-of-153 off his passes (.686) for 1,357 yards (271.4 ypg). He has amassed an impressive 169.86 quarterback rating during that span. According to ESPN Stats and Info, is second in the country with five games with a Total QBR over 95 behind only Oregon's Marcus Mariota.
SECONDARY A PRIMARY ASU's secondary was among its driving forces last season. The unit finished the season ranked third nationally in passing defense (167.92) and 10th in passing efficiency defense (105.45), leading the Pac-12 in both. In addition, the squad's 21 interceptions last year (giving some love to the linebackers, who had six of those and returned two for touchdowns) were tied for fourth in the nation. Thus far this season, the secondary hasn't shown many signs of slowing down, having held the opposition to 28-of-54 passing with just one touchdown to two interceptions and 326 yards. ASU currently ranks 19th nationally, allowing just 163.0 passing yards per game while the team sits 18th nationally in allowing a quarterback efficiency mark of just 101.3 thus far thus season.
GRICE, GRICE BABY Marion Grice proved to be one of the top junior college additions in the country last year after leading the team with 19 touchdowns (11 rushing, eight receiving) on the season - tied for the third-highest single season total in school history behind just Wilford White (1950, 22) and Terry Battle (1996, 20) on the all-time list. His 114 points on the year tie for fifth on ASU's all-time single-season points scored list. Grice's knack for finding the end zone became commonplace, as he posted touchdowns on 19 of his 144 offensive touches last year (13.2 percent). His eight receiving touchdowns led the nation for receiving touchdowns by a running back and he finished tied for 14th in the country in total touchdowns. Grice has picked up where he left this season, scoring six TDs through two games and now has 12 touchdowns (10 rushing, two receiving) over the last four games - averaging a score every 7.5 touches in that span - equalling his conference leading tally from last season. He currently is second in the conference among players with at least 30 touches with a touchdown be 7.5 touches behind Oregon State's Brandin Cooks (currently averaging a touchdown per five touches). Grice does, however, lead the nation in scoring currently at 18.0 points per game.
TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE Marion Grice and D.J. Foster are two of just five FBS players that return this season that had both 400 yards on the ground AND through the air last year. and played a large part in a running-back-by-committee approach last season that accounted for a large chunk of ASU's total yardage on the season. The pair combined for 11 of ASU's 32 first downs against Wisconsin (7 for Grice and 4 for Foster). Thus far this season, Grice and Foster have combined for 388 yards of total offense and six touchdowns. The 388 yards represents 39.2 percent of ASU's TOTAL yards from scrimmage to date this season.
FOSTER THE PEOPLE D.J. Foster came to ASU last season as what many considered the "gem" of the Sun Devil recruiting class and he lived up to the hype. Foster was second on the team in all-purpose yardage with 1,026 yards this year (493 on the ground and 533 by air). His ability to make what the ASU coaching staff calls "explosive plays" (rushes of 12 or more yards, receptions of 16 or more yards) helped him stand out amongst an offense full of talented players as he led the team in such plays with 31 total (18 receiving and 13 rushing). Foster had a strong game against Wisconsin with five rushes for 27 yards and a team-leading seven receptions for 69 yards.
#DYNAMICDUODEUX Grice and Foster return 2,130 combined yards from last season (1,172 rushing, 958 receiving) and 25 touchdowns. Among Pac-12 programs returning dual backs where one back didn't take over 75 percent of the touches between the two, only the Oregon squads return numbers that come close to stacking up. Oregon State returns Storm Woods and Terron Ward, who combined for 1,747 yards (1,355 rushing, 392 receiving) and 19 touchdowns. Oregon, which lost Kenjon Barner to graduation, returns a tandem of De'Anthony Thomas and Byron Marshall, who put up a combined 1,607 yards (1,148 rushing, 459 receiving) and 20 touchdowns.
BETTER SUITED FOR HANDKERCHIEFS The Sun Devils didn't give the referees much reason to reach for their pockets last season and things are off to a similar start this year. ASU has been penalized just four times this year for a grand total of 20 yards, a 10.0 ypg average that currently leads the nation and a 2.0 penalties per game tally that is tied for fifth nationally. Nine of ASU's least penalized games since 2006 have come under Todd Graham.
LIGHT 'EM UP ASU had no problem putting points on the scoreboard last season and that resumed in the opner as ASU dropped 55 on the Hornets. ASU is now averaging 47.2 points per game over the last four games dating back to last season. ASU's 118 combined points in the last two season openers (ASU defeated NAU 63-6 last season) are the highest in consecutive openers in program history and ASU's 87 points through the first two games are the third most in ASU history behind last year's team (108) and the 94 put up by Dirk Koetter's squad in 2005. ASU finished 2012 with 499 points and the 38.4 points per game ranked ASU 14th nationally in scoring offense. That mark ranks fifth all-time in ASU history in the statistical category and was the most since the 1973 squad that scored 43.2 ppg.
MAKE 'EM PAY ASU put points on the board following all four of Sacramento State's turnovers in the opener, continuing a trend that started last year when the Sun Devil offense put points in the bank on 70.0 of its conversion opportunities and scored 18 touchdowns off of 30 turnovers forced. ASU had three touchdowns and a field goal off turnovers in the opener. ASU outscored opponents 139-58 in points off turnovers over the course of last season, despite posting just a middling +6 number in the takeway category. Much of that came by way of the defense, which did an admirable job of limiting opponents following turnovers by the offense. On the season, ASU's opponents scored on just 41.7 percent of their drives following an ASU turnover and scored just seven touchdowns in that span on 24 turnovers. ASU didn't turn the ball over in the opener, and now has a +3 turnover advantage already this season to go with a +17 mark in the points off turnovers category.
THE ALTERNATIVE DEFINITION OF "SCORING DEFENSE" Scoring defense is an official statistic credited to defenses based on how many points they allow per game. The ASU defense worked to re-write that definition with a defense that finds a way to directly lead to point on the board. While there were no defensive scores in the opener, ASU scored 24 of its 55 points off Sacramento State turnovers caused by the defense. Last year, ASU had three interceptions returned for touchdowns on the year (Alden Darby - 70 yards at USC, Anthony Jones - 36 yards vs Oregon and Brandon Magee - 45 yards vs NAU) and one fumble recovery for a touchdown (Junior Onyeali vs Oregon State). The defense also had a blocked punt for a safety, giving the squad a total of 26 direct points. If you add in the points off turnovers that the ASU offense scored, the ASU defense had a hand in 165 of the 499 points (33.1 percent) scored for ASU last season.
WINNING THE BATTLE FOR FIELD POSITION The Sun Devils were largely exceptional when it came to starting field position last season, and picked that up again in the opener. The Sun Devils average starting field position, aided largely in part by four Sacramento State turnovers, was their own 43-yard line while holding the Hornets starting field position to an average of their own 25-yard line. Against Wisconsin, ASU averaged a starting yard line of their own 30-yard line while Wisconsin was pinned back and averaged a starting spot at their own 22-yard line. Under Todd Graham ASU has had an average starting yard line of their own 36.8 in 10 victories compared to a starting yard line of the 23.6 for their opponents in such contests. Conversely, in losses the opponents have an average starting field position of the their own 33.2 yard line compared to ASU starting at their own 30.3. Some of this year's credit goes to placekicker Alex Garoutte, who has 13 touchbacks on 17 kickoffs - a 76.5 percent average that is notable as he only average a touchback 38.9 percent of the time last season. Last season, ASU posted an average starting spot of their own 33-yard line that ranked 10 in the nation. The Sun Devils also held their opponents to an average starting line of their own 28-yard-line, a total that ranked 24th nationally. The Sun Devils were impressive in turning bad field position into a positive against Wisconsin, having two scoring drives of 90+ yards, an impressive accomplishment as ASU had just two such drives in the entirety of 2012.
MORE ON PENALTIES Todd Graham has had a knack for having some of the most disciplined teams in the nation when it comes to penalty yards. In each of his seven seasons as a head coach, Graham's teams have been consistently ranked among in the top half of the least penalized teams in the country in both yards and penalties per game. In 2012, the Sun Devils finished 10th in fewest penalties (4.23) and eighth in fewest penalty yards per game (34.9).
A GRAND OPENING ASU's defensive effort in the opener was about as collaborative an effort as any with no player posting more than four tackles while 19 different players logged a tackle. But former walk-on turned scholarship player Grandville Taylor sure picked up where he left off last season, logging four tackles, picking up a fumble recovery and also nabbing his first interception of his career and taking it 67 yards to the two-yard line before being tackled. If a case were to be made for a defensive MVP of the game, Taylor likely wouldn't get a serious look. Taylor backed up the performance with another fumble recovery against WIsconsin and his 1.0 average per game in the category leads the nation currently.
A STRONG START All told, 15 Sun Devils made their debut against Sacramento State and it was sophomore receiver Jaelen Strong that had one of the more memorable nights. The junior college transfer led the team in receptions and yards with six grabs for 58 yards while snatching his first career touchdown in the process. The feat was made more impressive by the fact that there are few receivers in recent memory who were as productive in their first career appearance, as it was a fear that Derek Hagan, Shaun McDonald, Rudy Carpenter, Chris McGaha, Kyle Williams, Gerrell Robinson were unable to accomplish. Strong showed he was just getting started as he had six grabs for 108 yards against WIsconsin. What was more impressive, however, was the fact that his receptions came in the clutch, with five of those six grabs going for a first down.
SEVERAL STRONG STARTS In a different category of starts, seniors Evan Finkenberg and Osahon Irabor will begin 2013 as two of the most seasons starters in the Pac-12. Only Oregon State's Michael Philipp (38) has more starts than Finkenberg and Irabor, who each have 35. Irabor's statistic is particularly notable as he has started all 35 of his games consecutively - a mark that paces the Pac-12 Conference ahead of Washington State's John Fullington, who has 33.
A SUTTON IMPACT ASU's consensus All-American, senior Will Sutton had a relatively quiet day against Sacramento State, playing over the ball more than expected in what looked to be part of Todd Graham's renewed emphasis on run defense this season. Even so, Sutton had two tackles and half a tackle for loss in just over a half of play while also recovering a fumble. While quarterback hurries aren't an officially kept stat, a look through the game tape would show Sutton having his nose in more than a couple plays despite the lack of eye-popping numbers. Sutton posted 23.5 tackles for loss last season (fourth-most in ASU history) and 13.0 sacks (fourth in ASU history).
DON'T FORGET BRADFORD With the incredible season posted by Will Sutton last year, it was almost easy to forget the phenomenal year put forth by Carl Bradford. Playing out of the Devilbacker position, Bradford finished the year with 81 tackles (fourth on team), 20.5 tackles for loss (second on team and 10th-most in school history) and 11.5 sacks. His three forced fumbles tied Sutton for most on the team and his two fumble recoveries tied Deveron Carr for the team lead as well. He also added an interception for good measure. Since sacks started being recording in 1978, only four sophomores in Sun Devil history have amassed 10 or more sacks and Bradford's 11.5 were more than all of them - a list that includes Shante Carver (11/1991), Dexter Davis (10.5/2007) and Terrell Suggs (10/2001). Bradford was one of just five FBS players last season to total 80+ tackles, 20+ TFLs AND 10+ sacks on the year. Bradford had a quiet night in the opener but will be worth keeping an eye on this season. Bradford got back on the board against Wisconsin with four tackles and 1.0 for loss.
A #DYNAMICDUO Between Bradford and Sutton, the Sun Devils as formidable a defense duo as any in the nation. Only 10 returning FBS players posted 10+ sacks in 2012. Sutton and Bradford are the only teammates on that list. There were a total of 51 FBS teams that had fewer sacks in 2012 than Sutton and Bradford had combined (24.5). Not since 1978 has ASU had a pair of players post 20+ TFLs and 10+ sacks in the same season (Al Harris 22 TFL/19 sacks and Bob Kohrs 20 TFL/14 sacks). As a team, Boston College only had one more TFL in 2012 than Sutton and Bradford had combined (44.0 TFL for Sutton and Bradford). Only 10 returning FBS players posted 10+ sacks in 2012. Sutton and Bradford are the only teammates on that list. 51 FBS teams had fewer sacks in 2012 than Sutton and Bradford had combined (24.5).
AN IMPRESSIVE YEAR The 2012 team's 117 tackles for loss were right in the mix of some of the great ASU defenses of the last 15 years. In that span, Terrell Suggs and Co. had 123 in 2002 and last year's Sun Devil team came just shy of that school record. The team did finish in a tie with Adam Archuleta, Pat Tillman, Jeremy Staat and friends, who posted 117 tackles for loss in 1998 while also adding 111 in 1996 and 1997 and 102 in 1999. Those marks rank as the highest in school history. Five players on last year's team posted double-digit TFL numbers. Only the 2000 squad (97 total TFL) had five players in double digits in school history.
SACK LUNCH: While those years of Archuleta and Friends had some impressive TFL numbers, they pale in comparison to the sack count ASU put up last season. The Sun Devils had 52 sacks in 2012, a mark that trailed only the 1978 Sun Devils (64) and tied with the 2002 ASU team that also had 52. At 4.00 sacks per game, the Sun Devils finished just behind Stanford (4.07) for second in the nation in the category last year. ASU had two Sun Devils with over 10 sacks last year (Carl Bradford and Will Sutton) - a feat that had not been achieved since the 1994 season.
NOT PLAYING COY Chris Coyle put up one of the best seasons in tight end history at ASU in 2012. Coyle finished third in the nation in tight end receptions per game with 4.38. His 57 receptions led the Sun Devils and were a new single-season best all-time for ASU tight ends, as did his 696 receiving yards on the year. Coyle finished with five touchdown catches on the year, one shy of the single-season tight end record set by Miller and Joe Petty. Coyle has five catches for 87 yards and a touchdown to date this season.
NOT IN IRABOR'S HOUSE Defensive back Osahon Irabor was a force last year with 14 passes defensed on the season to lead the team. What's more impressive is that he didn't have a single pass interference called against him all season after having seven called against him in 2011 . The 14 pass breakups in 2012 were the most by a Sun Devil since Justin Tryon had 16 in 2007. Irabor also posted his first interception of the season against Arizona. Irabor was arguably the defensive player of the game against WIsconsin, leading the team with seven tackles and 2.5 TFLs along with a sack. His 2.5 TFLs were a new career high.
INFO-GRAHAM Over his four seasons prior to coming to ASU -- one at Pittsburgh and three at Tulsa -- Todd Graham's teams rushed the ball on at least 53.4 percent of their total plays. In 2008, Tulsa rushed on 61.4 percent of its total plays. The 2012 Sun Devils rushed the ball on 59.1 percent of their total plays. In 2011, ASU rushed 44.5 percent of the time. Over the past seven seasons at Pitt, Tulsa, Rice and now ASU, only one Graham-coached team has ranked outside the top 50 nationally in sacks. In 2011, Pittsburgh averaged 3.31 sacks, which ranked third nationally. The Sun Devils averaged 4.0 sacks per game last year, the second-best mark in the nation. In seven seasons, Graham is 22-20 in true road games. ASU was 3-3 in such games in 2012. In the previous four seasons, ASU was 5-16. In six of the past seven years, Graham's teams have ranked 39th or better nationally in fewest penalty yards per game. In 2008, Tulsa averaged just 37 penalty yards, which ranked 11th in the nation. In 2011, Pitt averaged 39.5, which ranked 18th. The Sun Devils averaged only 34.92 penalty yards per game in 2012 which was good for eighth in the nation.
ROAD WARRIORS Todd Graham has had a lot of success on the road during his head coaching days, and his first season with the Sun Devils was no different. ASU compiled a 3-2 road record in Pac-12 Conference games with victories against Colorado, Cal and Arizona - one of just four Pac-12 teams to do so behind Oregon, Stanford and UCLA. It was just the fifth time since joining the Pac-12 (1978) that the Sun Devils had won three conference games on the road.
SCHOLAR-BALLERS The Sun Devil football team has not only showed impressive strides on the field of play, but also in the classroom. The Sun Devils had 51 student-athletes named "Scholar-Ballers" this past season, meaning they earned a 3.0 or higher GPA for the year. That is 21 more student-athletes than the 2010-11 campaign and 13 more than 2011-12.
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY One of the more impressive numbers the Sun Devils lay claim to this season will be the eight graduates competing on the roster in 2013. Davon Coleman, Chris Coyle, Evan Finkenberg, Alex Garoutte, Osahon Orabor, Kody Koebensky, Shane McCullen and Marlon Pollard will all compete this season with Bachelor degrees in hand as they complete coursework toward their graduate degrees. More impressive, six of those student-athletes were starters or significant reserves in 2012 and will likely play a large role in things this season as well (Coleman, Coyle, Finkenberg, Koebensky, Garoutte and Irabor).


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ZF-3121: cache handling in Zend_Http_Client and/or Zend_Http_Response
any http header configure the proxy and/or client cache options. This cache handling can be done by Zend_Http_Client using the Zend_Cache component.
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2. set act as proxy or client like:
Now Zend_Http_Client can cache responses
- to check if the response is from cache like:
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Please evaluate and categorize/assign as necessary.
I have a need for this in a currently active project. I will attempt a patch, and submit it for review.
Any movement on this issue?