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I first encountered Amano Artisan Chocolate at The Chocolate Show back in 2007. At the time, they only produced two bars, a single origin dark from Ocumare and another from Madagascar. These two bars were one of my first real tastes of single origin chocolate, and I have been hooked ever since. I visited with Amano at the Fancy Food Show this year and was excited to find that they have not only produced many more dark chocolate bars, but not they've ventured into the milk chocolate world as well. I'm one excited candy blogger.
Amano is is special chocolate company since it is dedicated to small batch single origin (which means that the chocolate is produced in small quantities sources from one specific area) chocolate bars with strict attention to flavor and quality. When they started producing chocolate a few years ago, no one was really doing this sort of thing and it was a very bold and revolutionary way to create chocolate. Now, it's become more accepted and mainstream, and Amano is still at the forefront of producing great chocolate bars.
Before I go into the flavors associated with these new bars, I want to mention that I love the format of them. Firstly, the packaging design is simply gorgeous. It is so simple, so sleek, and so elegant and it's really eye-catching. I just love the red of the Ocumare bar and it makes the design nerd in my just swoon over it. Secondly, the chocolate bar itself is the ideal size and shape for me. Each bar is 2oz and comes sectioned off into fifteen easily broken-off squares. The chocolate is thick, around 1/3 of an inch or so (I don't have a ruler on me, sadly) and this allows for a wonderful melting in the mouth. It lasts a long time and is extremely satisfying.
Montanya (limited edition): 70% Venezuelan Dark Chocolate: It has a crisp snap and gorgeous deep brown color. The chocolate smells extremely fruity with notes of cherries and raspberries ad coffee. I love the texture, as it's beautifully thick and buttery on the tongue. The flavor is more delicate as it starts of gently with notes of cream and berries, then it gradually blooms into a full flavor of red berries, and green coffee with bright notes of grapefruit and lemon. It has a wonderfully fruity tartness and it leaves a light finish of cherries and citrus. Simply gorgeous.
Jembrana Milk Chocolate: 30% Southwestern Coast of Bali : The chocolate is very dark in color for a milk bar. It's a nice medium brown with reddish tones. Oh goodness, the flavor is awesome! It's very mild, mysterious, dark and quiet. The chocolate has notes of wine, raisins and currants with a splash of cream, strawberries and vanilla. There's a small crescendo of caramel towards the finish. Wow, this is a stellar bar.
Ocumare Milk Chocolate: 30% Ocumare Venezuela: Also darker in color for a milk bar with a nice gloss, and it has a nice snap to it too. The chocolate smells deep and rich of cocoa and cream. The flavor is so creamy, it's full of intense flavors of vanilla, cream, caramel and raisins. It's very mellow and the creaminess reminds me of ice cream. There's a light finish kissed with berries, but cream and vanilla really pull through in the delicate flavors in the chocolate. It's hard to choose, but I enjoyed this one more than the Jembrana as the flavor profile is more fitting to my personal tastes.
All I can say is I love, love, LOVE what Amano is doing with their chocolate and having tried these bars has only further increased my love and appreciation for them. It's the kind of quality that makes your eyes roll back into your head since it's so good and lovely to savor, and it only leaves your taste buds needing more.
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It's time to check in with Stephanie as she continues the journey to get her health back. I'm also going to include an update on Carol, who committed to Dr. Fuhrman's high nutrient eating-style this past July. Welcome back to Disease Proof ladies!
Stephanie hit a weight loss plateau, and is the first to admit that she was "testing her limits." She learned a valuable lesson: one cannot mix nutrient dense foods and the standard American diet together and get results. She realized that old habits die hard, and that rationalizing poor food choices is unproductive to optimal health.
Stephanie also realized that she LIKES feeling healthy and has been craving exercise for the first time in her life. She's been feeling better about herself every month.
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Lately, she's been noticing that her complexion is smoother from eating lots of high nutrient foods, and someone commented that she looks younger than her actual age. Her favorite smoothie is comprised of blueberries, strawberries, a banana, spinach and a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Carol says she feels so GOOD, and is excited to be increasing in stamina each month. She's even started using exercise equipment for workouts a couple times a week!
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Full SubmissionKey findings and recommendations from the regional report for Mesoamerica on sustainable mountains and development
Mesoamerica extends from the Tehuantepec Isthmus in Mexico, including all Central American countries (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) and the states of Southern Mexico (Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Tabasco and Oaxaca), to the Darien Gap, with a total of 862,468 km2. Altogether, Mesoamerican mountains sum up 217,733 km2 or 25.2% of the entire region. Mesoamerican boasts a remarkable 12% of the world?s biodiversity for only about 2% of Earth?s terrestrial extension.
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:58 am
Post subject: Book Series That End
Over on the RtR board there's an interesting discussion about the Anita Blake series going. Some us of feel that the series should have been brought to a graceful close 6 or 7 books ago. Niftybergin summed up my feelings about series in general in a beautiful way. She said:
It's hard to let go of characters in whom I've spent years getting emotionally invested, but for me it's more satisfying to walk with those characters to the end of their story and say a sad farewell than to get bored and impatient with them along the way and quit out of sheer frustration. Give me a series that ENDS, and I'll turn that last page, heave a happy sigh, and immediately start over at the beginning again, as in love with the characters and story as ever.
Since writing series is hugely popular it seems that nearly every book out there is the beginning or middle of a series. But how many series are actually brought to an end? Do authors even have an end planned for their series? I actually tend to enjoy reading series. They are about people I may already know, in a world or setting I have already gotten to feel at home in. I know the rules so I feel comfortable there. It's good to see old friends. But sometimes the series drags out forever, and either the author screws with my mind by changing the characters' personalities or the writing quality falls off or I get bored.
Here are a few examples of what I think are series that need to end. Anita Blake: I am actually offended by Anita Blake now, as if the author has personally insulted me by changing the direction I thought the series was going. Dark-Hunters: This has gone on way too long, and even tho I really enjoyed the early books in the series I am disappointed that the writing has fallen off. The Black Dagger Brotherhood: I have not completely given up on this series, but it's close. It seems that the books are moving away from the original romance premise.
I'd like to see more 3 or 4 books series that have a good ending. The 2176 series and the Crimson City series were interesting because they were written in the same world but by different authors. They were very different in characters, story and voice. I can think of several fantasy series that ended in a good way and like Niftybergin said, I can go back and re-read the series happily.
How do you feel about series?
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:52 am
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I'm torn about the issue - when I read your post, I thought 'How true' but then I thought about the books I love - and I'd hate it if Pratchett had ended Discworld, or Laurie R King decided not to write any more Mary Russell books. And I'm thrilled Bujold is writing another Miles Vorksigan book even though the last one did read like a satisfactory ending to the series.
And, to argue the other side of the coin, readers don't always like endings. Was the last Twilight book really that much worse than the others? Was the last Harry Potter?
(What are the great last-in-series books? I liked the last Poirot - thought it was a clever end to the series.)
If you like the series, but hate the ending, can you go back and re-read the series happily, or does your foreknowledge of the unsatisafactory ending spoil that?
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:30 am
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I love, love love the last chapter of Paullina Simons' THE SUMMER GARDEN. I read it as a comfort "excerpt" every once in a while. Those of you wary of a non-HEA for Tatiana and Alexander, fear not! Their romance is turbulent, but more "real," and they are both very fortunate that it survives.
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The two continuing character series that I've read are: the Heather Wells series by Meg Cabot and the Evie series by Beth Ciotta. Both of these series have been very enjoyable, romantic, chick-litish types. The characters really did develop naturally over the course of the different books. Having said that, I'm ready for both series to end. In both cases, I think the characters have gone as far as the can believably go for me.
Why put off til tomorrow what you can put off until next week?
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:19 am
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Jennifer Roberson's Tiger and Del books (Sword Dancer series) have one of my favorite romantic endings, period, for their sixth and final book, and for me it's an excellent comfort excerpt. I'm comfortable leaving them to their HEA, because goshdarmit, they've earned it.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.
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Gail K. wrote:
I love, love love the last chapter of Paullina Simons' THE SUMMER GARDEN. I read it as a comfort "excerpt" every once in a while. Those of you wary of a non-HEA for Tatiana and Alexander, fear not! Their romance is turbulent, but more "real," and they are both very fortunate that it survives.
Oh yes, Simons wraps it up well for all fans of Tatiana and Alexander. In Summer Garden, I only found the one part of their relationship turbulent, but thinking back on it (as I do), both characters are very passionate and that is exactly how they would react to that situation. Other than that...wow, these two just keep having the love scenes. I was surprised...but in a good way
. One of my favorite scenes in this book is when Alexander comes in from the shed after working on something and breaks in on her Tupperware group of women. Seeing Alexander...all 6'5" of him, all muscular and sweaty. Ah, that was a nice moment in the book!
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:52 pm
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MMcA wrote:
(What are the great last-in-series books? I liked the last Poirot - thought it was a clever end to the series.)
Keep in mind, though, that she wrote it many years before it was posthumously published. Her writing had fallen off terribly towards the end of her career.
"'Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy,' Wren said. 'It's the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for.'" -- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
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wow, these two just keep having the love scenes. I was surprised...but in a good way
I can only hope to have their energy & stamina when I am old and grey. Heck, I'd settle for their level of passion next week.
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I have mixed feelings about series. I enjoy a good series and have many favorites. I tend to agree with others who prefer a series with a finite number of books that is planned in advance as a series vs one that just kind of morphs into a series without a definite plan or plot direction.
I think Nora Roberts is an author who does the planned finite series very well. Some of my favorites are: The Stars of Mithra, Chesapeake Bay, Born In..., Key trilogy, the Gallaghers of Ardmore, In the Garden, and Three Sisters Island. Other recent series I liked include Robyn Carr's Virgin River, Susan Carroll's The Dark Queen, and Kasey Michaels' Romney Marsh. All were planned with a limited number of books and worked for me. You got to know the characters very well and the stories were very much interrelated. I like it when the books in the series are actually one story told in 3-4 separate parts and can be looked at as a whole piece of fiction.
However, I also get very attached to characters in a series and often hate to see a series end. And there is a comfortable feeling when you read about characters that you know intimately and truly like. It is like getting together with old friends when a new installment comes out.
I think it is possible for a good writer to succeed with a long running series and maintain the same quality of writing and keep a freshness to the stories and the plot. I think this works when there is a small group of core characters that are the center of each of the books. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series falls into this category. J.D. Robb's In Death series would be another. I am also a fan of Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody mysteries and they continue to work well for me and I am on book #14.
What I am not really crazy about is a series where the cast of characters accumulates and each book becomes more like a long list of cameo appearances by every character in the series. I am not overly fond of series where the characters are brought back who have no real connection to the story or no real role to play in the development of the plot or the characters. Another series pet peeve is when a book serves no other purpose than to introduce/set up the next book in the line-up. These types of series can get old very quickly.
So many books; so little time!
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:28 am
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An alternate history series (with a couple of nice romance elements) that ended -- satisfactorily -- is the six-volume Belisarius sequence by Eric Flint and David Drake, starting with An Oblique Approach and ending with The Tide of Victory.
Of course, it had a planned story arc from the beginning. It ended up with a couple of the planned volumes split in two when they grew, but it kept its focus on the target.
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I can only hope to have their energy & stamina when I am old and grey. Heck, I'd settle for their level of passion next week.
No kidding! They're a bit like Energizer Bunnies, but I have to admit, that is one of the reasons I've always found them interesting as a couple. They have been just so single-mindedly attracted to one another in all 3 books at all ages...young, midlife, and older. *big sigh*
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:50 pm
Post subject: Re: Book Series That End
Terese wrote:
How do you feel about series?
It all depends.
The way I see it, regardless of the genre, there are basically three types of series - episodics, story arcs and character spin-offs.
Episodics are generally about the same character(s) but each book is a complete story within itself. Think detective fiction. Story arcs are kind of self explanatory in that they're multi-book plot arcs regardless of how many characters involved. Character spin-off are where a different main character is the protagonist in each book who's connected to someone in a previous book.
Romance as a genre has made a staple of character spin-offs, usually linking them either by family or some type of community bond. Due to the fact that romance is about a main couple it probably always will feature spin-offs in some form or another. The problem is that in recent decades it's also made a killing off of threading half-hearted story arcs through some of these spin-offs too.
That's a problem because a story arc over multiple books is just like any other plot - it needs, no, it requires a beginning, middle and end to be totally satisfactory. Dragging a nebulous but supposedly important storyline out over a dozen or so books without any sure hope of completing it doesn't fit that requirement. And it frustrates readers to no end in the process.
To be fair, this is as much of a problem with, say, long-running fantasy and science fiction series but the difference is that with many of them the overall story arc
the main attraction. It's the reason the fans come back to buy the books. Fans aren't as likely to walk away in the middle of a series there if they know the author is still writing on it.
With romances about different couples each time, no matter how much we might say we won't, we can give up and toss the entire series against the wall in a fit of pique. Okay, we may go back and dig a favorite couple's story out of the pile, but still, the thought of "when is this thing going to end" is there all the same.
I've personally been encouraged by the fact that many romance authors and publishers have started doing trilogies and duologies in the last several years. I've also noticed that many of them are going out of their way to make sure the books truly do stand alone when they know they want to write a lot in one character group. Or they break them into smaller sets - a trilogy here, a duet there and so on.
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ZF-8485: Zend_Form_Element_Captcha always fails if rendered piecemeal
Related to [ZF-7404]. The reason my proposed fix was rather round-about was so that it would also cover the captcha form element. It still doesn't work, however. Before this, it isn't really possible to break apart and render separately a captcha element since important stuff is happening in {{render()}} which is skipped during {{__call()}}. Now it is possible to call {{renderCaptcha()}} and {{renderCaptcha_Word()}}, but they wouldn't ever match because the hidden element's value would be generated twice.
$form = new Zend_Form();
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And where is the problem by calling...
An example is illustrated in the code above; i.e. if I wanted to insert arbitrary HTML between the captcha and the captcha input.
Attached patches to {{Zend_Form_Element}}, {{_Captcha}} and {{_Hash}}.
I added a pre-render hook to the base element class, which does nothing by default. What used to be in the {{render()}} methods of the Captcha and Hash classes are transferred into the hook. I also retconned my patch for [ZF-7404].
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Full SubmissionSECOND NATURE SUBMISSION TO UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ADVANCE OF THE RIO EARTH SUMMIT GLOBAL DECLARATION ON PLASTIC POLLUTION Introduction Summary: Global Declaration on Plastic Pollution For the past 60 years, society has been using plastics in everyday life with little concern or understanding of how to properly dispose of or recycle this material. Plastic is a valuable, important, and useful material in applications across the value chain, but society must find a more sustainable way to maintain lifecycle responsibility for this non-renewable material so that it does not degrade our land, oceans, and human Health. Between 60 and 80% of marine debris is derived from plastic products. Enormous quantities of plastic are concentrated in the 5 largest gyres of our oceans, with possible grave consequences for the food chain and the human Health and certain consequences for the well being of the animals that live in the oceans or rely on the oceans for habitat and food. In its 2011 Year Book, UNEP identified oceans plastics pollution as "persistent, bio- accumulating and toxic substances", stating that "Research indicates that tiny pieces of plastic are absorbing and concentrating from the seawater and sediments chemicals, from polychlorinated biphenols, PCBs, to the pesticide DDT. [...] Many of these pollutants, including PCBs, cause chronic Health effects such as endocrine disruption, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity." Research indicates that cleaning up the existing stock is simply impossible; the areas are too large and the plastic too small and pervasive. And even if a way to clean up the plastic currently in the oceans was found, more plastic pollution is accumulating daily. Therefore, bearing in mind the precautionary principle, immediate action is needed to prevent further plastic pollution in the oceans. There are effective, immediately available options for reaching this result. The key areas of action are: infrastructure (providing the infrastructure to properly collect and recycle the plastic waste), consumer behavior (engaging consumers to reduce demand, recycle, and reuse, as appropriate), regulatory controls, and creation of markets for post-consumer waste. Experience shows that these solutions are effective and with the proper infrastructure in place, recycling rates can double within one year. Within this framework, Extended Producer Responsibility policies appear to be a promising instrument to accelerate the deployment of each of these solutions, particularly in financing infrastructure and involving producers of plastic products and packaging in end-of-life management. Governments play a central role in mobilizing these solutions: governments can educate and incentivize consumers, help put in place infrastructure, and create markets. And Governments have by definition a responsibility for protecting the common goods. Therefore we propose a Global Declaration on Plastic Pollution. Draft Global Declaration on Plastic Pollution The Challenge Whereas, plastic is a valuable, important, and useful material in applications across the value chain; Whereas, for the past 60 years, society has been using single-use plastics in everyday life with little concern or understanding of how to properly handle this material throughout its entire life cycle; Whereas, society must find a more sustainable way to handle this non-renewable material throughout its life cycle so that it does not degrade our land, oceans, and human Health; Whereas, the costs to manage and clean up single-use plastics are significant, and do not account for the environmental costs of plastic pollution; Whereas, the impact of plastic pollution has been particularly significant on our oceans; The Opportunity Whereas, there are economically attractive solutions for mitigating global plastic pollution; Whereas, key opportunities to make impact include: infrastructure, consumer behavior, creation of markets for post-consumer waste, and regulatory controls, these have yet to be widely adopted; Whereas, governments can play a central role in mobilizing these solutions: regulate single-use plastics, educate and incentivize consumer behavior, create and maintain appropriate infrastructure, and support the development of market mechanisms; Therefore we propose a Global Declaration on Plastic Pollution. The Action We hereby commit to reduce our nation?s contribution to the problem of plastic pollution. Specifically, in accordance with precautionary principle we will immediately develop appropriate regulatory controls, market incentives, extended producer responsibility policies for single-use plastics, collection and recycling infrastructure, and other strategies to achieve specific source reduction targets aimed at decreasing the production of plastic materials (especially single-use items) most likely to end up as plastic pollution. Supporters: The Aspen Institute Catto Fellows
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Taxes gotcha down? April 15th may evoke ill feelings towards a certain government agency, so I bring you good tidings to brighten your mood!
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Suggested Grade Level: 5-8
We typically think of music as an art form, but every note we hear can be understood in relation to the laws of science. This class examines the basic acoustic principles in the sounds of rock and roll by investigating how all sounds are created by vibrations, how sound travels to our ears through moving air molecules, and how sounds can be represented in a graph by using an oscilloscope or a computer. Students will learn how the musical notes of instruments are determined by frequency and amplitude and how the shape of a waveform determines an instrument's timbre. Musical examples showcase Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees and illustrate how we perceive the various elements of sound. The class concludes with a live demonstration of digital audio software in which audience volunteers get to record and manipulate their own voices.
Related Standards: Science, Fine Arts-Music, Mathematics, Technology
Videos are offered as supplemental content to classes.
Director of Curatorial Affairs Howard Kramer talks about the development and use of the synthesizer in rock and roll.
See below for more videos.
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We study regions of the U.S. and we look at the culture found in each region, and how music is a big part of a region's culture. We were able to tie in the lesson at the Rock Hall to what we are doing in class.
My class really enjoyed the [Rock and Roll and the Science of Sound] presentation. It was the perfect example of aesthetic education integration.


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The 22nd Annual Christina River Watershed Cleanup is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 6 at 12 sites along the Christina River and its tributaries in northern New Castle County.
Since the Cleanup began in 1992, more than 330 tons of tires, appliances, household items, and uncountable pieces of plastic and Styrofoam have been cleared from the Christina River, White Clay Creek, Red Clay Creek and various other tributaries Upwards of 12,000 volunteers have found filling trash bags in Churchmans Marsh, White Clay Creek State Park, the City of Wilmington, and various other locations to be extremely rewarding.
Please go to http://www.christinarivercleanup.org/ to view where to report and how to sign up. Walk ups are also welcome.
The Christina River Watershed provides 75 percent of the public water supply for residents and businesses in New Castle County. A solid effort is needed annually to improve wildlife habitat and keep each of these waterways as free from debris as possible.
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Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson appeared on the Sean Hannity show Monday night and backed off his radical comments made last Tuesday about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.
Carlson, filling in for Hannity, was responding to President Barack Obama's support to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie giving Michael Vick a second chance to compete in the NFL. Tucker Carlson said Michael Vick should have been executed for his role in his illegal dogfighting ring.
Check around the 4:45 mark for the conversation.
Sean Hannity: Do you really want him…do you really think he should…
Tucker Carlson: No…that's what happens when you get too emotional and I did. Look, the bottom line is I'm a dog lover. You know I've had dogs my whole life, I have three of them now, I love them and I know a lot about what Michael Vick did. And I'm not going to get into it on this show because it's too upsetting."
Emotions can get the best of all of us at times. We live in a reactionary culture of instant messaging, chat rooms, social networking, instant media and message boards where we sometimes speak before we think. Good for Carlson for admitting to his lip slip. Now it's time to move on…at least, until the next blow-up.


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NCAA Division II schools propose mandatory sickle cell trait tests
The NCAA is stepping up its efforts to help eliminate sickle cell trait related deaths among college athletes.
According to the NCAA.org, the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports proposed required testing for the sickle cell trait for Division II schools. Division III will consider the same proposal during its convention business session.
The story says the rule "would require testing for sickle cell trait before any student-athlete would be permitted to practice, compete, take part in out-of-season training or try out. The rule would apply to all initial and continuing student-athletes in the 2012-13 academic year.
The test will not be required if the student-athlete can document results of a prior test (many states required the testing at birth as far back as the early 1990s) or if the prospect or student-athlete declines the test. In that case, the student-athlete would be required to sign a written liability release."
The Orlando Sentinel ran an extensive series on the sickle cell trait this summer, shortly after a judge found the University of Central Florida negligent in the 2008 death of former student-athlete Ereck Plancher.
There has been some controversy about whether or not mandatory testing is ethical, but I believe it's always better to be safe than sorry.


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Photo courtesy of Haunted Forest.
I have been to nearly every "haunt" in Utah over the past few years, and a favorite is always the Haunted Forest, which is now in its 24th year of haunting. It is the only outdoor haunt in Utah, and it's nice and long so you get your money's worth and a chance to revel in the terror.
"I was a young man just looking for fun things to do, and we got an idea and thought that we'd never seen one done outside before, so we thought it'd be fun to do it outside and it worked great," says owner and founder Rob Ethington.
Located just off exit 276 in American Fork, the haunt covers 220,000 square feet—way more than your average 30,000-square-foot haunt.
If you make it through Psycho Manor, the haunted insane asylum, you'll wander through meandering forest trails with tunnels, mines and a replica of the farmhouse from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
You never know what's around the corner or lurking in the trees as you make your way, sometimes feel your way, through the night.
The Haunted Forest is not for the faint of heart. I don't want to give anything away, but the Samara this year scared the pants off me, and the forest has some of the best chainsaws, yes plural, I've seen at Utah haunts.
"It is the only outdoor haunted house, and there's nothing like it," says general manager Trent Bezzant, who started out as a cast member when he was 13. "If you want to scream your head off, this is where you come."
Photo courtesy of Haunted Forest.
Insider tips:
Allow for about 90 minutes for the total experience: getting tickets, waiting in line a bit and going through both Psycho Manor and the Haunted Forest.
Wear good outdoor walking shoes and a warm jacket. Sometimes it can get a little muddy and dirty, so plan accordingly.
Those with an averseness to clowns, flashing lights, enclosed spaces or loud noises should probably just stay home and watch "Tangled" or something.
I'd say it's good for kids probably 8 and up, but that's just my opinion.
There are concessions and portable toilets available.
FYI: Next year, the forest will be bigger and better at a new location.
Know before you go:
- Open through Halloween
- 7:30–10 p.m. on weekdays; 7:30–midnight on weekends, closed Sundays
- Tickets are $20, plus $5 if you want a fast pass. A $35 ticket will get you into the forest and Zombie Warz (about 1.5 miles away, where you can shoot zombies with paintballs).


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Forensic Care
No parent wants to think about his or her child as the victim of violence or abuse. But if you suspect that your child has been harmed in some way, the forensic nurses at Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital can provide the care and evaluation that your child needs. Forensic nurses gently help abused children get the services and treatment they require.
Forensic nurses are specially trained to provide health care services to victims of crime as well as collect evidence to help investigate suspected abuse sensitively and compassionately while maintaining the integrity of evidence. St. Mary's Hospital has nine forensic nurses who are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All of our forensic nurses have received additional training to work with children.
What You Should Know If You Think Your Child Has Been Abused
If you believe your child has been abused, your child needs professional attention. If your child is injured, please call 911 or your pediatrician, or come to the Emergency Department at St. Mary's Hospital.
If your child mentions something that sounds like abuse, let him or her tell you about it. Even though it may be difficult, remain calm. Abuse is a traumatic experience, and if a parent or guardian reacts by becoming upset, the child may be further traumatized. It's best to listen and to answer your child's questions.
It's also a good idea to try not to ask many questions because this may confuse the memory of the event and jeopardize any future testimony. The forensic nursing staff has the training and experience to gather information from suspected victims of abuse in such a way as to collect appropriate testimony.
It is important to bring the child to receive medical evaluation as soon as possible. After 72 hours, there may be little usable physical evidence remaining, and most protective medications should be given as soon as possible. Before a medical evaluation, the child should not:
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Your child first will be seen by a physician and, depending on the type of abuse detected, the forensic nurse will come to the Emergency Department to speak to your child and you. Depending on the specifics of the events, the forensic nurse may examine your child and collect evidence, if needed, and decide what steps to take next. We respect your child's privacy by maintaining a special, private area of St. Mary's Hospital for this process. Rest assured that our forensic nurses — and everyone at Bon Secours — will treat your child in a sensitive, calm and appropriate manner to collect the needed information.


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City and Comcast Release Additional Information/Data to Assist Parties Interested in Becoming a Third Party Operator (TPO) for a Public Access/Leased Access (PALA) Television Station
Posted on 07/31/2013 12:41 pm
The City of Wilmington and Comcast today released additional documents, data and information to assist individuals and entities that may be interested in replying to the City's June 28 Request for Proposals (RFP) to operate and manage a Public Access and Leased Access (PALA) television station serving the Wilmington community.
The PALA television station will begin operations in April of 2014. Programming will be cablecast through the Comcast cable system using the Public Television Channel that is available to the City through the Federal Communications Commission as well as the City's new 12-year franchise agreement with Comcast.
On June 28, the City issued the PALA RFP along with a copy of the City's current franchise agreement with Comcast which was signed in November of 2012.
Today, the City and Comcast released a series of documents to assist those who may submit a response to the RFP. The City and Comcast will also present a second pre-bid meeting for interested parties on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Council Workshop Room on the 1st floor of the Redding City/County Building at 800 North French Street.
Council President Theo Gregory told interested parties at an initial voluntary TPO/RFP pre-bid meeting on July 12 that a second pre-bid meeting could be scheduled if needed. With today's release of additional information, the Council President said all parties will benefit from another face-to-face meeting for a discussion of various issues related to the RFP.
The documents/data and other information released today include:
- Responses to questions about the TPO/RFP or the RFP process submitted by the public;
- Responses to questions about the TPO process that the City posed to its own attorneys who represented the City during the Comcast franchise negotiations and currently represent the City during the TPO/RFP process;
- Comcast revenue information for Channel 28, which is a Comcast leased access television station;
- Comcast expenditure information for Channel 28;
- The current Comcast programming schedule for Channel 28;
- A copy of the Comcast leased access contract and guidelines currently in use for leased access clients; and
- The Comcast leased access rate schedule currently in use for leased access clients.
The documents, data and information are available for download at the City's website at www.WilmingtonDE.gov/government/PALA
Responses to the RFP must be received by the City by 5 p.m. on Thursday, August 15.
The City's Cable, Video and Telecommunications Commission (CVT Commission), which is comprised of representatives from the Williams Administration and City Council, will review documentation submitted by applicants and will meet with applicants during a series of public meetings in September and October.
The current timeline for the selection of a Third Party Operator calls for the CVT Commission to recommend a PALA TPO by October 31. The recommendation would then be sent to City Council for its review with approval anticipated sometime in December. Council will also be asked to approve contracts negotiated between the TPO and the City as well as a contract negotiated by the TPO with Comcast to operate the station. The TPO will then have a three month period beginning in January of 2014 to prepare to begin formal management of the public access and leased access channel starting in April of 2014.
With oversight provided by the City primarily through the CVT Commission and the Public Access and Leased Access Citizens Advisory Board (PALACAB) (a panel to be named in the near future), and Comcast, the TPO will assume the management of relevant assets owned by the City and Comcast, provide public and leased access television services to the community, and earn an operating income for itself under terms acceptable to the City and Comcast.


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Will ISU be in the top 25 this week?
We will get votes, but wont be ranked. Win at BYU, and we will probably be ranked.
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Should be but probably not
When is the voting done?
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I gotta think so. All we know is eat.
"I'm the one who knocks."
I'm all homer on this. I can see something in the 20-25 range.
Note: I didn't spend a single second checking on results for current ranked teams, outside of the one we just knocked off today.
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Depends when the voting is done. Win at BYU and absolutely
I could see it. Polls fluctuate a lot in the beginning of the season because of wins like this.
Win at BYU and I say yes. BYU is going to be really tough.
3-0 and beat #7. Not many teams out there with a bigger win on their resume.
No. I'd guess there are a decent amount of people that already voted prior to our win and so we won't have that many votes.
If we would have played on Saturday than the answer would be yes.
The voters have a lot of respect for Fred and our program, so it wouldn't surprise me. But also wouldn't surprise me to be just outside of it.
Going into this week ISU had no votes in the AP poll and only 3 in the coaches.
I'd bet we get votes this week, but I'd be surprised if we crack the top 25.
Next poll comes out tomorrow, right? We deserve to move into Top 25 with Notre Dame and Marquette losing and our huge win, but we'll see.
I'm predicting we will be honorable mention in the rankings, in the 25-30 range. A win at BYU and yes we will be ranked assuming we somehow don't blow it against UMKC.
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Nashville creates Tennessee's first 'green' street
Trees are planted in rain gardens or 8x8-foot tree grates with adjacent structural soils providing a minimal root zone of 100 square feet. Twenty recently planted Chinese elms were successfully transplanted to a nearby boulevard.
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Deaderick Street was reduced from four to two lanes of traffic divided by a median. The original 30 feet of sidewalk on each side are divvied up into a 10-foot market zone for kiosks, a 12-foot pedestrian zone, and an 8-foot tree planting zone.
Low-impact design increased pervious surface area by more than 700%: 12,000 square feet of planted area in rain gardens and bioswales and 5,000 square feet of porous concrete underlaid with structural soils.
By Kim Hartley Hawkins
Who: Metro Nashville Public Works
What: First Tennessee street to incorporate low-impact design into the public right of way
When: October 2008 to October 2009
General contractor: Roy T. Goodwin Contractors, Nashville, Tenn.
Landscape architect: Hawkins Partners Inc., Nashville, Tenn.
Cost: $3.1 million in capital improvement funds
Deaderick Street was part of Nashville's history long before "Music City" was incorporated in 1806. The capital of Tennessee is on the Cumberland River, so the street provides ready access to and from one of the South's busiest shipping ports. But even with the state Legislative Plaza at one end and the city's Public Square on the other, the three-block stretch of central business district looked old and worn out.
Today, though, anyone can see how the street links the two levels of government. In addition to providing a civic axis, the street plays a major role in the city's economic life. Downtown workers, residents, and tourists pass beautiful plantings as they stroll along, and people who ride to the area have a safe place to stow their bicycles.
Recently accepted as a national pilot project for SITES, the Sustainable Sites Initiative established by American Society of Landscape Architects with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center, the transformation gave Metro Nashville Public Works the perfect opportunity to use low-impact design to manage stormwater.
In the 1970s Deaderick Street was reconfigured from two lanes surrounded by three- and four-story buildings to four lanes with traffic buzzing past buildings five times as tall.
It was also the site of the Metro Transit Authority's transit mall. When the authority announced plans to move the mall, public works saw an opportunity to turn the street into a visually striking and pedestrian-oriented byway that contributes to long-term sustainability goals.
The street is located within the Kerrigan Basin, one of the city's 10 combined storm sewer basins, which occasionally overflowed to the Cumberland River. Only 2,000 square feet of surface — primarily in the form of 4x4-foot street tree grates — was pervious. Any stormwater mitigation would be seen as an asset, especially if it also promotes pedestrian activity through additional retail, commercial, and residential development.
Following six months of meetings with other city departments and the public, public works established the project's goals:
The long-term master plan identified additional development potential of 40,000 square feet of retail and restaurant uses, 11,000 square feet of office use, and 94 residential housing units. Potential retail uses included small-scale sidewalk kiosks that might function as a newsstand, flower shop, or sandwich shop. The absence of the transit mall greatly reduced average daily traffic volume, making the street more welcoming to pedestrians and providing on-street parking. The planning also considered special events and festivals with provisions for water and electrical needs.
The master plan included extensive analysis of all current codes, license requirements, and regulations that might be required for vendors and potential kiosk tenants. A land use/special events matrix was created to address existing codes and laws and suggestions for amendments to allow for activities like outdoor dining and restrictions on serving alcohol within the right of way.
Deaderick would become the first street in Nashville and the state to incorporate low-impact design features within a public right of way. With a primary goal of sustainability, education was needed at many levels to explain the approach.
From the outset, public works wanted to explore the sustainability and aesthetic potential of low-impact design while also evaluating the engineering aspects to provide a balanced solution. During the planning process, the department studied the successes of other cities — such as Portland, Ore., and Seattle — and research from low-impact implementations within private development sites in the region.
Learning about the implementation of green streets extended beyond public works to the many city and state departments involved in the project. Ultimately, eight wayfinding kiosks were designed to include graphic panels that interpret the benefits of street trees on the environment and the community as a whole and explain how infiltration works.
The plan incorporates three primary low-impact design elements: continuous street trees and planting zones on both sides of the street, bulbouts, and the addition of a central median.
Street trees are planted within 8-foot-wide rain gardens or 8x8-foot tree grates.
Sidewalks have a cross slope of 1% to 2% to drain into the gardens' 6-inch depressed soil areas. Bioswales have filter fabric, a 1-foot aggregate drainage layer, and an underdrain system to tie into the storm sewer, all of which are under 4 feet of engineered soil. Infiltration rates early in the demolition/excavation process far exceeded the required ½-inch/hour rate, so these measures were eliminated from all design elements on the street.
High-traffic pedestrian areas that needed a higher percentage of paved surface received the grated-tree solution. The planting areas are connected to each other with a 3-foot trench of structural soil. The soil is capped with 4 inches of porous concrete pavement to allow root zones to meet the minimum 100-square-foot root zone requirement.
Bulbouts at each corner provide safer crossings for pedestrians, the ability to accommodate future retail kiosks, and infiltration bioswales to be incorporated within downhill slopes.
These bioswales are planted with grasses, perennials, and sedges in 2 feet of engineered soil. Existing conditions to be accommodated included storm drains. To allow for infiltration, the bioswales provide a 12-inch depression with an overflow built up with concrete pavers around the existing storm drain that allows for drainage during major storms.
The north end of the street had an existing slope of 7% to 8% and velocity of water flow presented a challenge. Flows are dissipated by using a modified curb grate and concrete pavers mortared and set at varying levels instead of loose gravel or stone as originally proposed.
The 8-foot median reinforces the visual axis between the civic termini at each end of the street while adding pervious surface area.
An inventory conducted to prepare for the project recorded 97 street trees representing eight species ranging in size from 3- to 24-inch-caliper, all planted in 4x4-foot tree grates. More than 60% were in poor to hazardous condition.
The street's east/west orientation presented some vegetation challenges. The south side is heavily shaded by office buildings, while the north side is in direct sunlight. To address those variables, species selection included native and adapted species with ferns, hosta, hellebores, itea, oakleaf hydrangea, carex, and juncus for shady areas; and callicarpa, daylilies, catmint, and cotoneaster among others for the sunnier areas.
Species were carefully chosen in cooperation with public works, which maintains the plantings. Native plants make up 53% of the species; 102 4-inch-caliper shade trees were specified using overcup oak and Princeton elm; and more than 4,249 shrubs, perennials, sedges, and groundcover plants.
The project was implemented block by block to allow as much of the street as possible to remain open during construction.
In addition to weekly team meetings on site, public works offered weekly information meetings and e-mails to local businesses and stakeholders and provided an onsite construction trailer with full-time staff to address construction conflicts or emergencies with affected property owners. The Tennessee Performing Arts Center in particular required careful coordination with scheduled set ups and break downs of shows and patron access.
The project incorporates additional sustainability measures beyond storm-water management, including:
Public works is using lessons learned from the project as the model for new roadway projects. The incorporation of sustainability measures at every level makes Deaderick Street one of the Southeast's first green streets.
— Kim Hartley Hawkins (firstname.lastname@example.com) is the founding principal of design firm Hawkins Partners Inc., Nashville, Tenn.
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Is the Bucks trying to give us this win????
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A showdown of senior captains decided the Super Sunday matchup, and after two games, it looked good for Yale's Eric Caine. Princeton senior Ash Egan, whose 2012 win at Harvard was a pivotal part of that Ivy League championship season, battled back with wins of 11-4 and 11-8 to force a fifth game.
With all eyes on Court 3, the two locked in a tight game that went back-and-forth until Caine made a late run to grab a 10-6 lead. Egan, whose resilience couldn't be questioned considering his battle with injuries simply to get back on the court, won the next two points to get within two. Caine finished with it with a cross-court laser to finish the win and keep Yale unbeaten in Ivy play.
"I am so very proud of the guys," head coach Sean Wilkinson said. "We are definitely trending upwards. We still have a lot to play for, so we need to remain focused over these next few weeks. But the guys have responded wonderfully following Penn, and I have been thrilled with their effort over these last three matches."
That stretch began with Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the top-ranked Trinity Bantams, and included Saturday's sweep of Brown. The first session was nearly a perfect one for Princeton, as senior co-captain Dylan Ward opened the match with a 3-1 win at the No. 3 spot.
Freshman Michael East posted easily the biggest win of his young career, using a 13-11 win in the second game to help score a 3-1 win at the No. 9 spot. Yale was able to keep pace, though, as Liam McClintock held off Princeton sophomore Michael LeBlanc 11-8 in the fifth for a 3-2 win at the No. 6 spot.
Yale evened the team score in the second shift, though Princeton grabbed the first win. Junior Tyler Osborne continued his brilliant week, dropping only eight points in a 3-0 win at the No. 2 spot. Yale's Kah Wah Cheong was also impressive at No. 5, defeating Taylor Tutrone at the No. 5 spot.
Princeton freshman Ben Leizman found himself down 2-1 at the No. 8 spot, but he came back with an 11-4 win in the fourth. Yale junior Joseph Roberts pulled out an 11-8 win in the fifth, but Leizman (like East) earned experience that will greatly benefit him over the next three seasons.
The final shift quickly went 4-4, as Princeton senior Samuel Kang was in control of a 3-0 win at the No. 1 spot; at the same time, Yale's Thomas Dembinski won 3-0 at the No. 4 spot. That left it to the No. 7 spot, which turned into a thrilling duel in a rivalry that has been built on many of these types of matches.
Princeton has one more week of regular season play, starting Friday night in New York City against Columbia. The Tigers will honor their seniors next Sunday at noon when they take on Cornell.
1 – Samuel Kang (P) d. Neil Martin 7,5,5
2 – Tyler Osborne (P) d. Sam Fenwick 6,1,1
3 – Dylan Ward (P) d. Zachary Leman 6,7,(9),9
4 – Thomas Dembinski (Y) d. David Hoffman 6,6,3
5 – Kah Wah Cheong (Y) d. Taylor Tutrone 6,6,3
6 – Liam McClintock (Y) d. Michael LeBlanc (6),6,(6),5,8
7 – Eric Caine (Y) d. Ash Egan 4,4,(4),(8),8
8 – Joseph Roberts (Y) d. Ben Leizman (8),10,(9),4,8
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