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Many thanks to Put Me On It for putting this on our radar. We've been a fan of Tawiah, British vocalist and Brit School alum (Amy Winehouse, Adele), for a long time now. Even before her Jodi's Room EP – we want to say it was a track off Brownswood Bubblers circa 2006 that put us on, but we can't quite put a finger on it. 'Twas in the MySpace days of music digging and stumbling.
We are so very excited to hear something new from this lady – the song's been out for a while but we just had to share. Above, you'll find a video of a beautiful acoustic performance of Tawiah's newest track, "Break Away." Her voice is mystical – we are seriously on the edge of our seats awaiting her debut album, whenever it's coming.


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The Montreal Canadiens have named forward Brian Gionta the team's 28th captain in it's 101-year history, while marking just the second time an American-born player has held the position.
Though Gionta is set to be a main piece of the Rouge, Bleu et Blanc for the foreseeable future, it has to be asked if he is the right pick for the job.
While defenceman Andrei Markov would have been my pick, I realize he is heading into his unrestricted free agent year and there's no guarantee he'll be back with Montreal after this season so his name was scratched off the list.
Tomas Plekanec has been an integral part of the Habs for the past few seasons but we haven't seen him show any real leadership skills on or off the ice so his name can be stroked through as well.
Scott Gomez needs no explanation on why he's not wearing the 'C' so let's move on. Quickly.\
Hall Gill wears the 'A', as does Markov, but he is also heading into a UFA year so he's out too.
That leaves us with Mike Cammalleri as the last name one may consider to wear the 'C' for the storied franchise. After Markov, Cammalleri would be the next pick to be my captain. He's good with the media, he plays with heart, he seems like someone you can easily rally around and he doesn't disappear in the important games. Though, with all the going for him, he's never worn an 'A' let along a 'C' before so maybe there's a reason he wasn't selected. (How's his French coming along these days? Probably poor.)
We return to the question: was Gionta the right pick? Well, after going through all of the other options, maybe he's not such a bad pick after all. To top it off, he's working on getting his French up to par.


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I have been poring over many texts about continued fractions, but none of them seem to be helping me to prove the following beautiful continued-fraction identity (I am nowhere close): $$ \cfrac{1}{\dfrac{5}{2 \pi} - \cfrac{1}{\dfrac{15}{2 \pi} - \cfrac{1}{\dfrac{25}{2 \pi} - \cfrac{1}{\dfrac{35}{2 \pi} - \cfrac{1}{\dfrac{45}{2 \pi} - \ddots}}}}} = \sqrt{5 + 2 \sqrt{5}}. $$ I warmly welcome anyone in the community to offer any insights that he/she might have. Thank you very much!
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Consider the more general continued fraction
$$\cfrac{1}{x - \cfrac{1}{3x- \cfrac{1}{5x- \cfrac{1}{7x - \cfrac{1}{9x - \ddots}}}}}$$
Some numerical experimentation suggests that this is equal to $\tan (1/x)$. Then we can substitute $x = \frac{5}{2 \pi}$ to get the original identity.
Edit: This identity is the third continued fraction identity for tangent listed on this page.
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Current Residence: Santa Cruz, Calif.
Hometown: Santa Cruz, Calif.
Birthdate: 9/29/94
Birthplace: San Diego, Calif.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 172
Current Coach: Chris McGovern
Team: California Giant Berry Farms - Specialized
Twitter Handle: @Mctubbin
High School: Pacific Collegiate School (Santa Cruz, Calif.) '13
Sports Played in High School: Baseball (5 years) and Soccer (5 years)
College: Cabrillo College
Degree(s)/Major(s): Mechanical Engineering
Career Highlights:
- 34th, 2014 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships (Hoogerheide, Netherlands), U23 men
- 2nd, 2012 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross Nationals, Jr. 17-18 men
- 3rd, 2013 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross Nationals, U23 men
- 5th, 2014 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross Nationals, U23 men
Hobbies: I've always been into cars but haven't actually owned one until this year. I enjoy working on my Subaru whether it's doing minor tune up stuff or little performance tweaks. I really like knowing how my car works and trying to make things as efficient and fast as possible. I also like wrenching on bikes.
Favorite Race: Louisville Derby City Cup. It's a great flowy course and there's always a good turnout.
Favorite Place to Train: Santa Cruz, Calif.
Best Cycling Memory: Bro Camp with his previous development team, Bear Development Team, which was a road trip to MTB Nationals in Sun Valley, Idaho
Best Advice Received From a Coach When Starting Out: Always be going forward physically and mentally. The race is in front of you on your bike and in your mind. Be present.
Motivation: Great performances. More than anything I hate having bad races, just like most people that are good in this sport. I get out and ride and train because I love riding my bike, but when the ride or intervals get tough I know that it's strengthening me to have a good race that weekend or in the months to come. I'm always working toward a goal. That goal or performing well on that race day motivates me.
Hero/Role Model: Fabian Cancellara. When he rides he puts it all on the line. He wins because he was the strongest man in the race, not the guy who sucked the most wheel and was the freshest to sprint at the end of the day. When he loses it's because he was putting it all out there and going for it. I admire that kind of riding.
Cycling & Personal/Career Goals: To perform at the top level of cyclo-cross in the world and ride on the pro tour level as well on the road. After that, I'd love to work on and design bicycles with my mechanical engineering degree.
Did You Know?: Tobin got his start in cycling doing dirt jumps and racing downhill.
First Involvement in Cycling: I always rode bikes since I was little. I got more into riding mostly dirt jumping and downhill when my neighbor started racing and soon signed with the Yeti factory gravity team. He kept me motivated and was always pushing me to progress. I started racing when I figured out I could get out of middle school P.E. if I trained with the high school cycling team. I started riding with them, then racing with them, and I guess that would be the beginning of my racing career.
Charity Work/Community Involvement: I occasionally volunteer at the Bike Church in Santa Cruz. It's a place where anybody can come work on their bike and we provide the tools and knowledge to get their bike up and running again. We also have a ton of used and new parts that are extremely affordable.
Family: Parents are Rick Ortenblad and Deana Slater. Has a sister, Maddie, who races for Bear Development Team in the Nor Cal High School league as well as Northern California cyclo-cross races. She won a state title in cyclo-cross and on the track.
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After I made my post on North Hills Museum earlier this week I received a question by email. Essentially, the question was about the origins of North Hills Museum and a mysterious beam which is inscribed "1702". For those of you not familiar with this little museum, it is located across the water from Annapolis Royal in the picturesque community of Granville Ferry. While it is a very charming building, there is indeed a mystery about its origins.
When Robert Pallen Patterson purchased the house from the Amberman family in the 1960s, he did so thinking that it may be the oldest building in Nova Scotia. These thoughts were based on a beam in the house which was inscribed "1702" and the presence of wattle and daub in one wall. Wattle and daub is a technique of infilling walls using clay and a lattice of wooden boards. This technique was quite common in Acadian houses but much less so during the post 1710 British period. Both of these features would testify to an early construction date.
In the 1730s the property was granted to Benjamin Rumsey, Clerk of the Cheque to the Board of Ordinance. Rumsey was essentially in charge of finances for the Garrison at Fort Anne. Rumsey may have built this building sometime in the 1760s as a rental property as his actual house was located on the other side of the Basin in Round Hill.
In 1784 the property comes into the possession of the Amberman family. The Ambermans were Loyalists of Dutch origins who were fleeing New York City at the end of the American Revolution. The deed states that the property was purchased from fellow New York Loyalist refugee Peter Ryerson. The Dutch origins of the Amberman Family may provide another explanation to the presence of wattle and daub in the walls. One of the few remaining examples of this sort of construction in Nova Scotia can be seen in the Ditmars house in Clementsport. The Ditmars, who were also of Dutch extraction, were related by marriage to the Ambermans. Both families could have been using a construction technique commonly found in contemporary buildings in the Netherlands.
So, what of the origins? Despite the "1702" beam I feel that this building was probably built by the Ambermans or in the 1760s. The beam could easily be recycled from an earlier structure on the site or exist within a section of the house which predates the rest. Hopefully, we will be able to undertake dendrocronological (tree ring dating) testing on the building in a future round of testing. This work has already helped to solve some mysteries in Annapolis Royal.
I have chosen this particular picture since it clearly shows the form of the building. This image clearly does not show the property at its best as it was taken in the early Spring, but trees and shrubs can make for obstructions to viewing form. In terms of building style, this house is a fairly standard mid 1700s saltbox. In the traditional saltbox style you can see the differing roof lines on either side of the house. The wishbone chimney, the dominant architectural feature in the interior of the house, can be seen at the left end of the building.
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don't remind me of my 2007 summer.
Sep 11th
I know...it's like "hey we're lost, Look a cabin" and then like "hey it's dark and there's a strange noise out side" and then it's like, "wait don't go down into the cellar with no flashlight" and then it's like..."Biff, is that you breathing heavy in the dark corner?' and then it's like " help help" and then they are like, dead..like.
Sep 10th
Never go into cabins.
Sep 4th
So true!
Sep 4th
Murders are a REAL man's best friend!
Sep 3rd
Damn straight!!
Sep 3rd
*SIGH* Been there...
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Archive for July 2011
The 2011 W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize awarded to Irena Lasiecka
Professor Irena Lasiecka of the University of Virginia is the 2011 recipient of the W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize, which is awarded annually by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for outstanding work in, or other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. Established by SIAM in 1993, the prize is awarded either for a single notable achievement or a collection of such achievements.
Dr. Lasiecka is being recognized for her fundamental contributions in control and optimization theory, specifically for work in dynamical systems governed by partial differential equations and their applications. Read the rest of this entry »
David E. Keyes receives SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession
Professor David E. Keyes of Columbia University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has been awarded the SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession.
Dr. Keyes is being recognized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for his leadership and long-term advocacy of high performance computing and computational science and engineering. Among other things, he has served on advisory committees for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Read the rest of this entry »
Ralph E. Kleinman Prize awarded to Gunther Uhlmann
Professor Gunther Uhlmann of the University of California, Irvine and the University of Washington was awarded the 2011 Ralph E. Kleinman Prize for his insightful and deep contributions to the theory of inverse problems.
Established in 1998, the Ralph E. Kleinman prize is awarded every other year by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for notable research or other contributions that help bridge the gap between mathematics and applications. It rewards work that uses high-level mathematics or invents new mathematical tools to solve relevant problems in engineering, science, and technology. Read the rest of this entry »
Bjorn Engquist receives Peter Henrici Prize at ICIAM 2011
Professor Bjorn Engquist from the University of Texas at Austin is the 2011 recipient of the Peter Henrici Prize. He is being recognized for his fundamental contributions to applied and computational mathematics, scientific computing, and applications to engineering and the sciences, which have had a major impact in various areas of applied and computational mathematics.
Dr. Engquist delivered the award's associated lecture, the Peter Henrici Prize Lecture on Wednesday, July 20, and received a cash award of $5,000 along with a framed, hand-calligraphed certificate at the CAIMS/Mprime/SIAM Awards Lunch the following day, both held as part of the 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2011). Read the rest of this entry »
Ingrid Daubechies of Duke University awarded The John von Neumann Lecture Prize at ICIAM 2011
Professor Ingrid Daubechies of Duke University gave The John von Neumann Lecture on Monday, July 18, at the 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2011) held last week in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is the highest honor awarded by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
Her lecture, titled Sparsity in Signal Analysis and in Computation, gave an overview of sparse representations, presentations of functions and objects that manage to be both accurate and succinct. Dr. Daubechies's lecture covered mathematical insights that can be applied to obtain sparse representations through the choice of wavelet and other bases, as well as the construction of such representations through mathematical tools and analysis. Read the rest of this entry »
Highlights from Day 4 ICIAM 2011
Through his invited lecture, Toward a Mathematical Theory of Climate Sensitivity, Michael Ghil (Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris) elegantly described the mathematics behind the estimation of climate sensitivity by applying random dynamical systems (RDS) theory. He gave an overview of random attractors, and their significance in the analysis of such nonlinear, stochastically perturbed systems. Describing the interplay between statistical mechanics and physics' and dynamical systems theories in climate research, Ghil emphasized that a systemic view was important in order to apply engineering to tackle uncertainties about the future of climate change.
"We have a second brain; this brain, unfortunately does not do mathematics," began Kerry Landman (University of Melbourne), in her talk, Our "Second Brain": Modelling Its Development and Disease. Read the rest of this entry »
Professor Andrea Bertozzi on using applied math to study oil spills
Watch a video of Professor Andrea Bertozzi of the University of California Los Angeles talking about using math and physics to study the effects of oil spills at ICIAM 2011:
Recapping Day 3 at ICIAM 2011
We've all been stuck in traffic standstills at some point or another. How about using mathematics to ease vehicular traffic and congestion? That is precisely what Dr. Benedetto Piccoli (Rutgers University) described in his invited lecture, Multiscale and Heterogeneous Models for Traffic Flow and Crowd Dynamics. Piccoli began by explaining that vehicular traffic, networked robots, animal groups and crowd dynamics behave similarly because they consist of large groups of entities, where each individual agent can take decisions and influence the system. He discussed recent mixed models Read the rest of this entry »
Day 2 at ICIAM 2011
In his invited lecture on Metric Geometry in Action, Dr. Ron Kimmel (Technion Israel Institute of Technology) explained how similarities between surfaces, such as, faces under expressions, or bodies at different poses can be measured by treating geometric objects as metric spaces.
Applying the method of 'multidimensional scaling' to objects allows one to analyze targets numerically rather than analytically, he explained. Using the method to view an object as a surface of points, he demonstrated that it can be used to make very intricate distinctions, including distinguishing between identical twins. He further went on to explain how generalized multidimensional scaling can be used for texture mapping and for comparing intrinsic and external symmetries. Read the rest of this entry »
Rounding up Day 1 at ICIAM 2011
ICIAM 2011, the largest meeting for the applied math and computational science community, opened today with nearly 3,000 attendees from over 70 countries around the world.
At the opening ceremony, ICIAM 2011 Director Arvind Gupta and ICIAM President Rolf Jeltsch emphasized the importance of Congress activities in spotlighting the relevance of applied math research. The ceremony was highlighted by ICIAM prize recipients Emmanuel Candès (Collatz Prize), Alexandre Chorin (Lagrange Prize), Vladimir Rokhlin (Maxwell Prize ), James Albert Sethian (Pioneer Prize ) and Edward Lungu (Su Buchin Prize).
The 40th Anniversary meeting of the Association of Women in Mathematics, an embedded meeting of the Congress, opened with a session featuring Women at the Forefront of Applied Mathematics, organized by Dr. Maeve McCarthy (Murray State University) and Dr. Gerda de Vries (University of Alberta).
As part of the panel, Professor Leah Edelstein-Keshet (University of British Columbia) described various Models for Cell Polarization and Crawling, illustrating simulations of moving cells, which are useful in the study of cell shape and behavior. She illustrated two-dimensional mechanical cells that allow detailed analysis of cell-signaling cascades, in addition to cell polarization and movement.
In her talk, Imaging Biomechanical Parameters for Disease Characterization, AWM President Joyce R. McLaughlin (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) described technologies for shear stiffness imaging, which allow characterization of diseases such as breast and prostate cancers– as part of the same panel. Dr. McLaughlin elegantly described the viscoelastic models that are used to identify such cancers, including mathematical challenges encountered in such diagnosis, such as uniqueness and stability results. Dr. McLaughlin is a 2009 Class of SIAM Fellow. Read the rest of this entry »


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It's just past that time of year when you are reminded to make those resolutions to change the way you are living. Topping 80% of those New Year resolution lists is to lose weight, which leads into a close second of exercising more.
The unfortunate reality, from what experts tell us, is that by January 16th most resolutions have either dissolved or have begun to dissolve into oblivion. We are just past January 16th. Are you still on track? If not, perhaps there is a need to get deeper into the matter and try to figure out truly why you really want to lose weight and exercise more.
It is imperative that you recognize that exercise is a necessity, not a luxury. You need to have a clear plan and vision of your weight loss and fitness goals. There are different approaches, but the most successful approach for goal setting is being very specific about what you want and writing it all down.
Figure out what days and times you will be scheduling in your exercise and record it in your planner. Make the commitment to yourself.
Many people feel they know how to exercise. Unfortunately, the reality is that most people use poor form and intensity levels not suited for their medical histories or fitness goals. Even though most workouts have at least some benefits, an exercise program that has sound design and uses proper technique will be much more successful.
Go ahead and reinvent "you" and make the necessary changes. Here's to a truly successful and happy new year! At this point, I would like to borrow a phrase from a gym advertisement. "Here's to a Happy New Rear" (and you!)
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Burgundy is a confounding place to everyone save its most intense devotees. Broken into hundreds of small village appellations which produce red and white wines of widely varying characteristics and qualities, it can be daunting to find a wine that suits your taste, let alone wines of real distinction.
I, like most people, have taken a haphazard path to understanding and appreciating in particular the red Pinot Noir based wines of Burgundy. There are clear benchmarks and icons, some of which I've sampled, like the grand crus of Chambertin or Echezeaux or Romanee Conti, but there are far more stabs in the dark -- random wines that I've picked up at a whim, had recommended to me, or just blindly requested off of a wine list.
This bottle is one of those more casual explorations. I recognized the appellation, but not the producer, and just grabbed it off the shelf because the price was right.
Chambolle Musigny is a small appellation (one of the smallest) south of the town Morey-Saint-Denis in the Côte de Nuits section of Burgundy. Basically, it's just the side of a long sloping limestone hillside that houses some 30 vineyards, two of which have Grand Cru status and about 20 of which have Premiere Cru status.
I can't resist snipping a little paragraph out of the newsletter put out by North Berkeley Wine Imports, an importer and retailer that has a strong Burgundy selection, because it's such a quirky portrait of the little towns in this part of the country:
"If someone in Burgundy looked particularly down on their luck it was common in olden days to say to them, "You look like the Savior of Chambolle-Musigny," because the outdoor village shrine depicting Jesus on the cross, still visible today, portrays him as extremely emaciated, presumably to match the tenor of the village's perceived psyche. Who knows? Perhaps the 350 souls of Chambolle got so cranky and parsimonious because of the huge price they must pay in vulnerability. The problem is the biggest gap in the almost continuous Côte de Nuits to the west of the village. It is through this chute that hail often whirls over the village, destroying grapes and vines while other communes are completely spared. The name itself, Chambolle, may come from champs bouillants, or boiling fields, because from time to time, the little Grone river that descends through the gorge has overflown and ravaged everything in its rush to the highway at the bottom of the village."This wine comes from none of the impressive vineyards Premier Cru or Grand Cru vineyards in the region, rather, it is from a tiny 2.5 acre vineyard owned and managed by the young Virgile Lignier who took over the management of the estate from his parents in 1992 at the age of 30. Now 43, Lignier is about the same age as the vines in this vineyard, which he gives the designation of "Vielles Vignes" or "old vines" on the label, though he can hardly be judged as old himself.
The estate, Domaine Lignier-Michelot, has grown grapes for quite some time, but only began bottling its own wine in 1996 under the direction of Lignier. Grapes are hand sorted in the field during harvest and brought in separate lots back to the chai for pressing. Lignier. The wine is aged 18 months in oak (30% new) before bottling. 100% Pinot Noir.
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This wine is a medium ruby color in the glass and has a spicy nose of sweet barnyard aromas and hints of sweat that carries softer fruitier aromas of hibiscus and even citrusy sumac. In the mouth it is delicate, with subtle flavors that swing between fruit and herbs, passing pomegranate, oregano, raspberry, fennel, and strawberry as it heads towards a surprisingly long finish with lingering flavors of chamomile.
Food Pairing:
Because of the delicacy of this wine, it is easily overwhelmed by strong flavors. It would be best with something simple like a roast chicken stuffed with fennel and garlic.
Overall Score: 8.5/9
How Much?: $30
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Sirloin, filet mignon and ribeyes are all discounted for now, but the deal won't last forever. T-bone, porterhouse and strip steaks will get snapped up by someone soon enough. Of course, Omaha Steaks doesn't just sell hunks of meat. You can get them wrapped in bacon, with stuffed baked potatoes or in other preparations. Side dishes are included with many available meals, for those who want something tasty without a lot of planning.
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If you're planning to break out the grill, the grilling collection is a great choice, with stuffed baked potatoes accompanying boneless pork and chicken and other favorites, like top sirloin. For indoor occasions or times when rain may be a problem, the gourmet banquet might be the way to go, with burgers and filet mignon among other dishes.
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If that's not quite what you want, how about crab cakes or king crab legs? Seafood combos may include crab and shrimp or other options. For the true omnivore, of course, there's always a steak and seafood combo, putting filet mignon on the same plat as a good lobster or crab.


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Cheating rumors have been swirling around Robin Thicke and Paula Patton. However, according to a Jan 26 story published by The Huffington Post, the power couple attempted to put these rumors behind them while on the red carpet for the 2014 Grammy Awards.
The two smiled for the camera, and were seen sharing a joke. However, cheating allegations continue to amass. Between the Twitter butt grab from the fall and a new photo from this week showing Robin Thicke making out with a beautiful Parisian, there has not been a lack of intrigue in this relationship. While their marriage is holding steady, if cheating allegations continue to develop, then it will be interesting to see how the couple's relationship evolves.
In contrast to the hideous suit he wore to the VMA's, Thicke was spotted wearing a solid black velvet tuxedo. Paula Patton was seen wearing a full length dress with a zebra color pattern. Regardless of the relationship issues, these two will likely make the best dressed lists for many publications.
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A voice for improved addiction treatment
U grad student Ian McLoone survived a heroin addiction, and is now trying to change the model of addiction treatment from the inside out.
January 8, 2014
When you look at Ian McLoone, you see a devoted husband and a father to two cherubic kids. You see a bright, college-educated individual who has spent his professional life working with and advocating for others. You see an amiable, well-spoken Midwestern guy with bright blue eyes and a quick smile.
Chances are, though, what you don't see when you look at handsome, affable, 30-year-old Ian McLoone is a heroin addict.
And that, he says, is exactly what makes Minnesota's opiate epidemic so insidious. "When you think of someone who goes into treatment, to a methadone clinic, you don't think of the 'success stories.' You don't think of the white-collar professional. Or of a doctor or a lawyer."
Instead, he says, the common perception of an addict—especially here in Minnesota—is that it must be someone who is marginalized—"the lowest of the low."
Actually, addiction to opiates (the class of drugs that includes prescription painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, as well as heroin) is a rising problem—and its victims are quite often the people you'd never suspect: your average working- and middle-class John and Jane Does.
The rate of prescription opiate abuse has risen steadily nationwide (so much so, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classified it as an epidemic), and Minnesota is no different. Where the state stands apart, however, is in its skyrocketing rate of heroin abuse—thanks to a ready, inexpensive supply of some of the purest heroin in the country.
In 2012, addiction treatment admissions for heroin and all other opiates combined accounted for more than 20 percent of all treatment admissions in the Twin Cities—second only to alcohol. Heroin alone accounted for 12.9 percent of all admissions—and among those, nearly 42 percent were young people age 18-25. That same year, Ramsey County saw a 25-percent jump in opiate-related fatalities (36 to a record-setting 54), while Hennepin County recorded 84 deaths.
From addiction to ultimatum
Like many others swept up in the rising tide of the heroin epidemic, McLoone's story started out innocuously enough.
The St. Louis Park native moved back to Minnesota following his college graduation to help out with his ailing mother. He settled back in, met the woman who would become his wife, and took a job running a food shelf in St. Paul.
Following shoulder surgery for a sports injury, he was prescribed a course of painkillers. The story might have ended there, but he was in a car accident not long after—and received another prescription. "And, pretty soon…I was abusing them. And when the prescriptions ran out? I started buying them on the street. And when my dealers ran out? I discovered heroin."
From there, he says, his addiction progressed rapidly, and "within a year, year and a half, I was injecting every day, multiple times a day." And although he recognized he needed to get clean, and tried multiple out-patient treatment programs, McLoone says none of them really was effective.
Eventually, he ended up in trouble with the law…and faced with an ultimatum at home. "Finally, both my dad and my wife said to me, 'you have to stop. Go and get help, or go away. You will end up on the street if you don't do something.'"
And so McLoone packed his bags and checked in to a residential in-patient facility for four months.
Many of the individuals in the program were on probation or there because of a court-order, he explains, and the methods employed were highly punitive-based—adding yet another level of stress and shame to an already difficult experience.
"I came to the realization that there had to be a better way of helping people find recovery," he says.
Changing the model from the inside out
Which is why when he got out of the program and made the decision to go back to school, he knew he wanted to enroll in the Integrated Behavioral Health/Addiction Studies Program through the College of Continuing Education. "I realized there were a lot of things wrong with the current state of addiction treatment…and I saw an opportunity to use my own experiences to be able to change the rehab model from the inside out.
In addition to finishing up his studies, McLoone is a research assistant in the new Minnesota Center for Mental Health, has a leadership role in the Opioid Coalition, volunteers for the Steve Rummler Hope Foundation, and actively blogs about the science of substance use and cutting-edge interventions through the website of Dr. Mark Willenbring, the former director of treatment and recovery research at the National Institutes of Health's Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, who is also McLoone's professional mentor as he completes his graduate work.
"My research focuses on medication-assisted therapy, because I know how important access to medication was—and is—to my recovery and treatment, and I also am aware of the tremendous stigma that it has associated with it."
It's work that McLoone is eager to do, because he knows firsthand how insidious—and deceptive—the problem can be. "The stigma associated with addiction—and especially with medication-assisted recovery—is still very prevalent," he says.
McLoone also works as a counselor at a private clinic in Burnsville that specializes in treating co-occurring mental illness and chemical dependency. "I'm in an amazing position right now. I've broken that cycle of addiction, and feel like I have room to breathe," he says. "I continue to learn new things—and have the ability to apply them in my work. I have a wife who has stood with me. I have two great kids who I can be a dad to. It's sounds sort of grandiose, but, honestly, I'm humbled. I'm grateful. I'm hopeful. …
"Maybe by changing people's minds about medication-assisted treatment and recovery, by educating people about co-occuring disorders, and by getting rid of the stereotypes, we can, eventually, change the way addiction treatment is dealt with here in the U.S. [That's why] I'm doing this work. Why I share my experiences. It's my responsibility to be a voice."


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October 17, 2008By: K. Clare Johnson
Experience Paris Zen at La Tremoille
Paris in spring is wonderful, but Paris in winter plus great rates and spa treatments is just as lovely. La Tremoille is offering a Zen Couple week-end package from now until January 10, 2009. Guests will receive one night at the hotel, a Continental breakfast, and two treatments. Choose from 1/2 hour massage, facial care treatment, or back/neck/shoulder massage. This offer is valid on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays depending upon availability.
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University of Massachusetts men's lacrosse alum Kevin Leveille (2000-03) scored three goals for Major League Lacrosse's Rochester Rattlers, including the game-winner in double-overtime, as the squad defeated the Chesapeake Bayhawks, 8-7 on Friday night. Check out more on Leveille's performance and Rochester's victory through the Major League Lacrosse write-up following the game:
"Rochester Rattlers attackman Kevin Leveille scored the game-winner in the first ever double-overtime game in MLL History, to give the Rattlers (4-2) an 8-7 win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks (1-5) on Thursday night. With the tally, Leveille broke the MLL All-Time Goal scoring record, previously held by Tim Goettelman. The MLL veteran also tied Goettelman for All-Time game-winning-goals with his 14th career game winner..."
Read the conclusion of the release through Major League Lacrosse's website. More on the UMass men's lacrosse program is available on UMassAthletics.com.


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Earnings of female college graduates up 4.7 percent in 1999
June 06, 2000
While earnings for women 25 years and older were up in all educational categories in 1999, the increase was greatest for women with a college degree.
Among women with less than a high school education, earnings grew from $283 to $290, or 2.5 percent. Earning rose from $396 to $405, or 2.3 percent for women with high school but no college. Earnings for women with some college or an associate degree advanced from $476 to $488 or 2.5 percent. Earnings for women with a college degree jumped from $707 to $740 or 4.7 percent.
These earnings data are a product of the Current Population Survey. For more information, see "Highlights of Women's Earnings in 1999," BLS Report 943 and "Highlights of Women's Earnings in 1998," BLS Report 928.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Earnings of female college graduates up 4.7 percent in 1999 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/jun/wk1/art02.htm (visited June 26, 2016).
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The iPhone 4 is still the best smart phone to have in the world. It's features, speed and usability still leaves the competition catching up. In the US, there are three main providers that have iPhone 4 contract prices and each has its advantages and disadvantages. The big three are Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.
So, how they compare? To make the comparison, I am using a iPhone 4S 16gb phone. With all three companies, the phone costs $199.99 with a two year contract. All prices are based on an individual plan.
Contract details:
450 minutes talk time per month, unlimited text, picture, video & instant messaging and calling to all Verizon Wireless customers, unlimited night & weekend minutes and no domestic long distance charge and basic 2GB internet download access, $89.99 per month.
Total outlay would be for the two year contract including phone – $2358.76
Contract details:
Nationwide calling plan, unlimited texting (on AT&T network only) and data 4gb plan $114.99
Total outlay = $2958.76
Contract details:
450 minutes talk time per month and data service $79.99 per month.
This also includes access to Sprint tv as well.
Total outlay = $2118.76
All three companies offer slightly different i fone price options and rates for friends and family and so on, but the prices above are to provide a precise comparison before delving deeper and adding different options and so on.
iPhone 4 contract prices do seem to vary a lot, but once the overall package is brought together, the prices are quite similar. Verizon's package appears to be the best, it is the largest network in the US and although the talk time is limited (this can be increased, but so will your monthly payments) the unlimited texting to any network in the US can be more attractive.
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Just how do they change the field from baseball to football?
When both sports are still going on, they can convert the field over the course of 8-10 hours, depending on several factors (the weather being chief among them). Of course, they have to pull the seats back out and take down the scoreboard.
But they also have to replace the pitchers mound, which they do by digging out all of the clay, filling in with sand, and then putting a 4'x4' (or so) piece of sod over it, and then tamp it down so the footing is good around it - you don't want a seam.
Then, sometimes they take the piece that's by 3rd base (on the left home plate), and cover it over with astroturf, or another synthetic turf. (Its near the inflatable dolphin thing in this picture). The idea is to give an endzone the appearance of being one piece of grass, so there's not a little clay in one corner. [but they apparently didn't do it for this game]
I believe they actually dig out the clay in that portion.
But the rest they simply level off.
In the meantime, the team uses a "grass farm" somewhere around Naples to grow the grass that's designed for football only. This picture - though its from somewhere around Kentucky - gives an example of what a farm looks like.
When it comes time to do the big change, they cut the turf with a big machine and roll it up.
These rolls are loaded onto a flatbed and driven to Miami.
Meanwhile, work starts on the stadium itself. This is Auburn's, but its the same thing. They actually clear out all the other grass (by cutting it, and carting it to the farm). They clear it pretty far down, then proceed with putting a base mix of soil and other materials to give it the right feel, and to help with the water removal.
Once the sod arrives, they install it. Its an enormous undertaking. The field is levelled, and they take each roll and lay it down, then using a machine to help it stay level and "hide the edges"...
Then its watered. Here's the Sentinel's Sarah Tallay watering the grass at JRS. They do some hand watering to keep everything moist, but as soon as its all in, the sprinklers come on.
The thing is that it takes a week to 10 days to become a playable surface, that's not coming up and doesn't have seams. As you can see in the picture, the sod can be all different colors for those first few days as well.
So, if that's the case, how are they going to make the change this week - in time for the Jets game? And yet still make it available for the last 4 games of the Marlins?
I hear that they want to simply roll sod onto the baseball infield part, much as they do with the pitcher's mound - essentially digging out all the clay and what's under, and then rolling pieces into the slot.
But that may be incorrect and they may lay all new sod. I'm checking on that...
I imagine this will be time consuming, and they likely started Wednesday night, after the Marlins finished their game. Its also probably an expensive proposition to have the field changed for one game.
My other question is what they will do after the Marlins complete their season on 10/3, since the Dolphins are home Monday night 10/4, and the Hurricanes have a home game on the following Saturday?
Perhaps they will make a change to the Marlins field for those couple of games; maybe make it a grass infield except for the bases?
I guess we'll see...
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ive been using CTN SuperStore EPOS system for many years now and i have come across my major problem with it.
I am running the EPOS on Windows 2000 and when i try to start the SuperStore software i get the following error:
Runtime error 75
Path/file access error
Can anyone help me with this as my technical support company have gone bust!
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What's New in Moodle for Instructors?
Watch the instructional videos.Firefox is the best browser to use when accessing Moodle. Free download: http://www.mozilla.org
We have decided to change our desktop theme in addition to our mobile device theme.
Our desktop theme, "More" (pictured below), is more accessible and has a cleaner look than our previous theme.
In addition to the desktop theme, we are adding a mobile theme called SNAP. This means that if you access Moodle from a mobile device, it will become responsive by fitting to your screen. Your screen will look like the image below.
- Lessons now support groups.
You now have the ability to have separate lessons for each group.
- Make sure to have Moodle groups set up. For help, please contact the CTS Help Desk.
- Click on the highlighted icon to change the group mode of the activity.
Section Headings can be added to quiz pages.
Section headings will be displayed to students as they are taking the quiz. For example, you can separate the multiple choice section from the short answer section.
Click the pencil icon to add the first heading:
Now, type a heading and press enter.
Additional section headings can be added by clicking the "Add" button.
Teachers can create building questions. For example, students must answer the current question before they are permitted to answer the next.
Under the "Edit Settings" of a quiz, Expand "Question behavior". Make sure that "How Questions behave" is set to "Interactive with multiple tries" (Multiple tries is disabled by default)
Click Save Changes
Click "Edit Quiz" in the administration block.
Padlocks are now visible next to the questions.
When the padlock is closed, the locked question requires that the question before it is answered.
General (All activities)
Grade to Pass" can now be set within the activity, instead of going into the gradebook.
Edit the settings of any activity (Quiz, Lesson, Assignment, Etc.).
Expand the "Grade" section.
- "Grade to pass" setting is editable.
- "Grade to pass" setting is editable.
Files can now be attached to assignments to provide students more information. For example, you could attach a PDF of your instructions, grading rubrics, or template files that should be used for the assignment. These files will be shown in the assignment description.
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Sep 18th 2011
Nightmare on 13th: Our Exclusive Bone-chilling Zombie Interview
The Nightmare began this Friday and will last through the end of October, and the spine-tingling new attractions will be sure to haunt your dreams until Halloween. Watch out for creatures with a mind of their own in the Spider, Snake, and Torture Rooms, and beware of the not-so-funny jesters in the Zombie Clown Midway. Read More


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The Los Angeles Lakers played one of their best all-around games of the season Monday night to defeat the Phoenix Suns, 128-107, in game one of the Western Conference Finals. Kobe Bryant, who hit his stride during the Utah Jazz series, looked like he hadn't missed a beat as he torched the Suns for 40 points on 23 shots.
There were questions about Kobe's health going into the series, particularly after it was revealed that he had a significant amount of fluid drained from his right knee prior to the series opener with the Suns.
Those questions were answered early as Kobe had that "I'm going to rip your heart out" look on his face all game long, and played with a renewed sense of vigor.
Now, however, the question becomes: How long can Kobe keep this up?
I heard Chris Webber (who had his fair share of knee injuries) on the radio yesterday describing what it's like to have fluid drained. He said that it basically takes away all the swelling and soreness, so you feel great the next couple of days.
The problem is, Webber said, that the fluid inevitably returns until you fix what is really wrong with the knee. That is what the Lakers need to worry about.
In addition to the drainage, Kobe had 6 days off from basketball before last night. He didn't even practice. No wonder he came out with such tremendous energy.
Now, in the Conference Finals against a team that loves to push the tempo, you have to ask yourself whether Kobe will be able to hold up. Other than the three days of rest between games two and three, the Lakers play every other day this series. You have to think that the schedule will truly test the durability of Kobe's knee.
That being said, Kobe's a smart guy. I'm sure he knows that his knee is iffy, so he came out with a purpose Monday night. He simply took the opportunity, while feeling strong, to send a message to the Suns that this is the same Kobe Bryant that they faced a few years ago.
But this isn't the same Lakers team, and Kobe knows that as well. In the process of going for 40, Kobe elevated the energy level and performance of the rest of the team, particularly Lamar Odom (19 points, 19 rebounds).
Even if Kobe can't stay at the level of game one, he successfully got his teammates going so that when he has to take plays off, somebody will be there to pick him up.
So, will Kobe be able to keep up the pace of game one? Probably not.
But it probably won't matter.


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Barrymore and Long: Going the Distance
Posted by Native NYker in central park, drew barrymore, going the distance, justin long, sheeps meadow on August 7, 2009
I raced over to Central Park yesterday just in time to catch Drew Barrymore and my future ex-husband – Justin Long, filming scenes for their new film "Going the Distance."
And boy was the effort worth my while! The duo spent their time racing around Sheep's Meadow playing a friendly game of football amidst frolicking on the grass.
Of course the scene actually played differently in my mind… I envisioned me in Drew's place and us wearing a little less clothing!
Don't you judge me for it – I never said I was well adjusted…


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The Intelligence and Security Committee has today released its annual report (2010-2011) and again, iterates concerns over the lack of defined metrics against which to assess the success of the Prevent aspect of the Contest counter-terrorism strategy.
The report, in its recommendations and conclusions notes:
"The Committee accepts that it is not easily achieved, but it is nevertheless essential that there is some mechanism by which the success of work on the PREVENT strand of CONTEST – and the benefits of RICU in particular – can be evaluated."
In the main body of the report discussing the Review of the Counter-Terrorism Strategy (CONTEST), the ISC notes:
"In June 2010, the Home Office had already begun separately to review the PREVENT strand of CONTEST. The SDSR described the purpose of this review as:
"Separating [PREVENT] much more clearly than before from general communities policy. The Department for Communities and Local Government will work to encourage a more integrated society, separate from CONTEST, while the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism… will be responsible for a more focused Prevent Strategy.
"In evidence to the Committee about the PREVENT review, the Home Secretary said:
"One of the concerns I have had about… the past is that we have ended up with…work taking place which is sullied in some people's eyes by the Counter Terrorism message because it is seen to be purely about Counter Terrorism. 'You are only talking to us, you are [only] trying to do something because you want to stop us blowing you up' is the sort of message… I think there's a lot the Government can do in working with Muslim communities and talking to them about issues that matter to them, that are nothing whatsoever to do with Counter Terrorism, that gives a clear message that actually Government perceives them as part of British society and doesn't see them as a group that has to be treated in some sort of different way, purely because they happen to be from a particular community.
"Whilst this separation is important, it is equally important that any revised PREVENT strategy has clear indicators of success. The ISC in the last Parliament expressed concern regarding the lack of such indicators to measure the impact of PREVENT (into which Agency and police resources have been allocated over the past few years). In its 2008–2009 Annual Report the ISC said that:
"Given the importance of this work, and the considerable funding it is receiving, it is essential that clear and transparent targets are in place against which progress can be measured… [We] recommend that more effective measures are developed against which to assess progress."
"The difficulty of measuring the success of PREVENT work is most notable in the work of the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), which was established in 2007 with the primary aim of ensuring consistency, across government, on Counter-Terrorism and counter-extremism messages and developing a coherent narrative to challenge extremist ideology. RICU is jointly funded by the Home Office and the Foreign Office. It currently has 22 full-time staff and its budget in 2010/11 was £4.25m (of which £0.3m was spent on research and £2.7m was spent on communication campaigns).
"The two most high-profile campaigns run by RICU in 2010/11 were:
• UK Counter-Narrative Campaign, described as "a project to establish a loose network of credible community groups able to directly challenge terrorist propaganda"; and
• Victims' Testimonies – International, described as "a project to help a [nongovernmental organisation] representing victims of terrorism to counter terrorist propaganda by amplifying victims' voices in territories most exposed to terrorist propaganda".
"RICU also ran a number of research campaigns, of which the most high-profile was research on 'threat communications', which aimed "to understand better how the public receives and understands the threat level from international terrorism".
"RICU has now been in existence for four years. The Committee in the last Parliament was critical of the practical benefits it has been able to demonstrate. In its 2008–2009 Annual Report it said:
"… this is a difficult area of work where progress takes time, and is hard to see and measure. We hope that the results will be visible in the future, but note that RICU itself has said that 'communications can only take us so far'.
"The Committee discussed this issue with the Home Secretary this year. The Director General of OSCT said:
"How do we measure impact? Using techniques that we have been introduced to by communications experts, reading material that we have supported. What influence does that material have? How credible do they find that material? And ultimately, of course, to what extent does it make an impact on either their behaviours or indeed outlooks, thinking… I think the metrics for communications work are relatively well established. I'm certainly not saying they are perfect, but it's not a new machine for many people working in the communications industry.
"The Home Secretary agreed, however, that it was a complex issue:
"We are looking at the work that RICU does, and looking more generally at the issues across the PREVENT work and RICU work… I think one of the challenges… is identifying how we can measure the impact the PREVENT work has had. That's one of the challenges we are grappling with.
"Like the CONTEST review, the review of PREVENT was originally intended to be completed by January 2011. However, it was not published until 7 June 2011. This proved too late to review as part of this Annual Report."
The ISC report also covers the review of counter-terrorism powers and the transition from control orders to the replacement T-pims.
It is noteworthy that three years since the matter was first raised by the ISC, and millions of pounds in taxpayers money allocated to the programme, measures to evaluate the impact and success of the Prevent strand continues to elude the department responsible for overseeing its implementation.
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The inside story on the UK's biggest troublemakers.
Just Do It is a feature documentary film about climate activists, initiated and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Emily James. Filmed throughout 2009 - a year in which the looming spectre of the Copenhagen COP15 climate talks lead to a groundswell of activity - the film will be a behind the scenes portrait of a community of actively engaged citizens who aren't prepared to sit back and allow the destruction of the worlds ecosystems and climate. Their adventures will entertain, illuminate and inspire, whilst inciting you to get off your arse and change the world.
The overall goal of Just Do It is to help create a culture shift towards a new generation of active citizens by inspiring those that feel powerless in the face of runaway climate change, rampant consumerism and ineffective world leaders to take collective action towards a brighter future.
Currently in post-production and coming to a cinema near you in spring 2011, Just Do It is a film pushing boundaries. It is an experiment in crowd-funding, group production and community-engaged documentary filmmaking.


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PHAST step-by-step guide
A participatory approach for the control of diarrhoeal diseases
The PHAST approach helps people to feel more confident about themselves and their ability to take action and make improvements in their communities. Feelings of empowerment and personal growth are as important as the physical changes, such as cleaning up the environment or building latrines.
The guide has seven steps. The first five help take the community group through the process of developing a plan to prevent diarrhoeal diseases by improving water supply, hygiene behaviours and sanitation. The sixth and seventh steps involve monitoring and evaluation.


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KATIE Buckley produced the best run of the day of the Bury Atheltic Club contingent at the English National Cross-Country Championships in London.
She finished 39th in the under-17s women's race at Parliament Hill.
Christie Cook led the team home in 122nd in the u15s girls' event, with Eleanor Boyle running well for 214th, edging out team-mate Antonia Kean (227th).
Jack Brown took 179th in the u17s men's race and Benn Heywood came 208th in the u15s boys' race.
Bury's veteran men were in action in the Terry Nortley Race, with Andy Milligan (M45) first home in 28th, finishing the course in 1hr 5mins 37secs to claim sixth in his age category. Les Smalley (M45) finished 52nd, 10th in his age group, in 1.09:57.


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Since Vietnam opened its door to welcome foreigners, many inter-marriages have come into being, in most cases between Vietnamese women and foreign men. In your opinion, do you think they can live happily with each other? Do they have any problems in their marital life? And how can they overcome their differences?
First of all, different language leads to difficulties in communication. Then, different customs and ways, cause a lot of conflicts in their daily life. For example, they have different eating habits, ways of dressing, social behavior, and even way of educating their children. In addition, different religions or beliefs, generate differences in spiritual life; different viewpoints on life, lead to conflicting ideas and aims; different tastes in art, music, movies etc. also cause different ways of entertaining.
However, they can overcome those problems, if they are really and deeply in love. Their true love helps them overcome their differences. To adapt themselves to a new community, one spouse should learn about his or her partner's languages and cultures. They have to help each other, to be aware of their cultural and custom differences, then work mutually, in order to bridge the gap in their cultures. Many intermarried couples who have passed this test, can live happily with each other.
In fact, many Vietnamese ladies get married to foreigners, not because of true love, but of a dream of a comfortable life in a foreign country. Thus, how can they live happily with each other? Moreover, Vietnamese ladies are treated very badly, and sometimes are deceived by their foreign husbands or husbands' families. When they follow their husbands to their "promising land", they are forced to work as servants, even prostitutes. They have to serve their disable or too old husbands. More dangerously, some Vietnamese ladies were killed or killed themselves. Thus, I think that these girls may suffer a miserable life, instead of a good life as they thought.
So, what do you think of this matter? Should Vietnamese girls get married to foreigners?
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One of the great things about life in the modern age is that it's interactive. Media used to be a one-way street. Now you can read a story online and immediately rattle off your opinion about the topic of the story, the typo in the third paragraph, the writer's predilection for unnecessary adverbs or a TV anchor's hair style or suit.
For the humble web content producer, this means that on any given story, there may be a long string of anonymous comments which, in some unfortunate circumstances, may be used in court battles as evidence that a jury was unduly influenced by them. Generally speaking, this is not considered a good thing. Why should readers be able to leave anonymous comments? Shouldn't they stand by their opinion? Internet advocates argue that your site should be accessible and interactive, without too many barriers – like making people log in to leave comments.
These are questions that are being seriously debated in the world of journalism. What is a news outlet's responsibility when it comes to allowing such comments on stories? What if a comment is blatantly racist or sexist? What if it's on the line of what's acceptable, and who draws that line? Is that censorship?
In answer to the last question, you bet it is. I don't think hate speech has any place anywhere, and if I see that a comment has crossed the line of what I feel comfortable with on the site, I will delete it. On WTHR.com, we also have a system whereby other users can flag a comment as inappropriate. If three people flag it, it comes back to the moderator for another look.
It's all about balance. We want to give readers the opportunity to react to stories and to share their opinions or experiences. But more often than not, they also share their prejudices too. For me, if those opinions become too hateful, or if they appear to be libelous (e.g. "that woman is a liar!"), I don't allow them. But it's a very tough call, because it's subjective. Some sites allow everything and let their readers do the policing. WTHR.com uses a moderator who looks at all incoming comments.
One thing to consider is your workplace's anti-harassment policy. It will probably state that there will be no discrimination based on race, color, gender, national origin, religion or disability, among other things. When you post a comment on a story, think about whether your statement is a criticism based on those points. If everyone would just give a little more thought to their gut reactions, we'd probably all have a better chance at dialogue and discussion.


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On Thursday evening August 21, The World Cafe and Houston Public Library hosted a panel discussion and book signing with Larry Payne in the auditorium of the Julia Ideson Library. Payne is the author of a collection of essays on the theme "Servant Leadership." The panel consisted of several of the contribution essayists, all of whom have well-known leadership roles in Houston. Mr. Payne began with a brief introduction of his philosophy of servant leadership, and the need to establish personal priorities as well as devoting attention to serving others. The essayists, all former colleagues or friends of Payne, have inspired others in the Houston area in a wide variety of roles, and cited examples of many who have done so. "Payne is host and producer of Dialogue Houston, a community affairs program on HCC-TV, CH19; and the host of Interchange a talk show on Public Radio 90.1 FM KPFT," as the HPL press release states. "He serves his beloved Houston through work on behalf of numerous organizations." He explained that he had been a stroke victim, and had to relearn to walk and take care of his own health.
Noted sociologist Dr. Stephen Klineberg gave a cogent summary of the demographic transformation of the USA and particularly of Houston, emphasizing the need for visionary leadership to reach across ethnic and social barriers to solve problems and develop a new generation. A delightful unanounced addition to the program was a performance by Rita S. Ochoa, singing the debut peformance of her newest song "The Heart of Houston" which embodies a spirit of compassion and inclusion. Ms. Ochoa stated that she and her husband had put the finishing touches on the song only hours earlier that day.
Dr. Robert Houston, a nationally recognized expert on urban public education, shared his reflections on the essays in Payne's new collection and encouraged others to engage in similar positive initiatives. He cited an example of an inner city program of early childhood education lead by high school graduates.
Former City Council Member Chris Bell cited the transformation of Baldwin Park as an example of servant leadership. Baldwin Park, now considered a "hidden jewel" by some city guides, was once a dismal space frequented by drug users. Inspired by projects in other cities, then Council member at large Chris Bell and students in a leadership class planned to clean up the park in a relatively short time, immediately followed with the installation of playground equipment. The setting is now a tranquil family friendly park with ancient live oaks framing picnic areas.


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President Obama today expanded sanctions against Russian individuals in response to the referendum held in Crimea which the United States and the European Union have said was illegitimate and held under duress.
The newly issued Executive Order (E.O.) that expands upon an earlier EO signed March 10, imposing sanctions on specific officials of the Russian government, any individual or entity that operates in the Russian arms industry, and any designated individual or entity that acts on behalf of, or that provides material or other support to, any senior Russian government official.
"We have fashioned these sanctions to impose costs on named individuals who wield influence in the Russian government and those responsible for the deteriorating situation in Ukraine," the White House stated. "We stand ready to use these authorities in a direct and targeted fashion as events warrant."
The sanctions were described by a senior administration official as the comprehensive applied to Russia since the end of the Cold War, "far and away so. There weren't comparable sanctions after Georgia intervention."
At the same time, the US held the door open to Russia for diplomatic resolution, stressing that the issues that Russia have raised as its pretense for seizing control of Crimea are being addressed by the government in Ukraine - namely, constitutional reforms and greater autonomy for Crimea.
In response to the Russian government's actions contributing to the crisis in Ukraine, this new E.O. lists seven Russian government officials who are being designated for sanctions. These individuals are Vladislav Surkov, Sergey Glazyev, Leonid Slutsky, Andrei Klishas, Valentina Matviyenko, Dmitry Rogozin, and Yelena Mizulina.
"The United States also will seek to hold accountable individuals who use their resources or influence to support or act on behalf of senior Russian government officials. We recognize that the Russian leadership derives significant support from, and takes action through, individuals who do not themselves serve in any official capacity. Our current focus is to identify these individuals and target their personal assets, but not companies that they may manage on behalf of the Russian state."
In addition to the new E.O., the Treasury Department today has imposed sanctions on four other individuals under E.O. 13660, issued on March 6, for their actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine and in undermining the Government of Ukraine. They are Crimea-based separatist leaders Sergey Aksyonov and Vladimir Konstantinov; former Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Viktor Medvedchuk; and former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
"Today's actions send a strong message to the Russian government that there are consequences for their actions that violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including their actions supporting the illegal referendum for Crimean separation. The United States, together with international partners, will continue to stand by the Ukrainian government to ensure that costs are imposed on Crimean separatists and their Russian backers. Today's actions also serve as notice to Russia that unless it abides by its international obligations and returns its military forces to their original bases and respects Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the United States is prepared to take additional steps to impose further political and economic costs."
The European Union is expected to announce its own list of sanctioned individuals - some 21 - that includes some overlap with the US list and also some differences.
Today, in a press call to further detail the actions the US is taking, senior administration officials described the background to the sanctions, taken "under the national emergency with respect to Ukraine that finds that the actions and policies of the Russian government with respect to Ukraine -– including through the deployment of Russian military forces in the Crimea region of Ukraine –- undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets."
"President Obama has been very clear since the Russian intervention in Crimea that we together with our European allies would be imposing costs on Russia for violating Ukraine's territorial sovereignty, even as we offered diplomatic pathway to de-escalation, Russia continued violation," a senior administration official said.
The officials, citing the irregularities and duress surrounding the voting process, discounted the referendum as illegitimate.
"Yesterday, had the so-called referendum on future of Crimea which took place without the participation and involvement of the government in Kyiv, a violation of Ukraine's constitution, took place in environment of coercion with Russia violating international law with incursion into Crimea."
"We have been in regular contact with our European friends over the course of last two weeks and we believe our unity is critical in sending message to Russia that it will be isolated politically and economically if it proceeds down this path."
Vice President Biden will be meeting with allies in Poland, the Estonians, Lithuania, where he will meet with leaders of Lithuania and Latvia "with a message of strong reassurance and support for NATO allies."
The officials cited evidence that confirms the illegitimacy of the so-called referendum in Crimea yesterday.
"There is broad speculation and some concrete evidence that ballots that had arrived in Crimea had been pre-marked in many cities. There were massive anomalies in the vote as recorded - if you believe the figures, based on the census, 123% of the population of Simferopol [the capital of Crimea], would have had to have voted yes for referendum."
Also, 96.8% of those who cast supported secession; turnout was 83.1%; the election commission didn't receive single complaint; and 99% of Ukrainian Tatars declined to vote.
"Even as we exact costs on Russia for what already done and make clear there will be further costs if Russia takes further steps whether political (like annexing territory) or military (like incursion into east or south or further efforts to seize territory, we are also continuing to keep the door open a dialog with Russia senior officials about what that might look like were they willing to make serious efforts to address serious concerns diplomatically or politically, were they willing to pull back and restore sovereignty to Ukraine.
"We are moving forward with political and economic support for the Ukrainian government and people - continued negotiations on the IMF [International Monetary Fund] package, support through OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation] broad monitoring operations to provide independent witness to deter provocation in cities, demobilization of regulars and police retraining and investigate some of the violent incidents of the past, and support presidential elections scheduled for May 25. We expect one of the largest OSCE monitoring operations for those elections."
The officials noted that Russia is already paying a price for its actions: since February 20, when the crisis began, through today, the Russian stock market has declined 14.7%; the ruble has depreciated 3% against the dollar.
"We expect sanctions will be effective on a number of levels: individuals who are designated today, both under the new EO and preexisting, are seeing all their assets frozen, no US person can do business with them; that will have impact on some or all of these individuals...People who we designate tend to find great difficulty in accessing financial services elsewhere in the world, particularly Europe and the Gulf - or Asia for that matter.
"The actions we are taking today have an impact on making clear we are imposing real costs on the Russians and the Russian economy for the actions that have occurred, and are a clear deterrence for actions that may be contemplated."
President Vladimir Putin is not one of the individuals designated for sanction. "It is a highly unusual and rather extraordinary case for US to sanction a head of state of another country," an official explained. "So we do not begin these sanctions with a head of state, but if you look at the list, clearly these are people very close to Putin, who provide him with a lot of advice, support and are responsible for the implementation of the policies we have seen in Crimea. There is no question that this hits close to home.
"The ability to sanction cronies who provide support to the Russian government gets at individuals who have dedicated significant resources to supporting Putin and the policies of the Russian government in the past. It sends a clear message we will hold those responsible accountable for actions of the Russian government.
"If you look at the list of Russians sanctioned here, they are the key ideologists, implementers and architects of the policy and are the key players, politically, in Russia in terms of advocating tightening of human rights and individual liberties within Russia itself," an official said. "A large number of the seven are personally close to the Kremlin and Putin and have worked directly to implement the more draconian polices in Russia and beyond."
"If the Russians continue to move forward, we will continue to designate individuals and pursue sanctions and contemplate additional actions."
As for the likely possibility that Russia will retaliate with reciprocal sanctions - possibly affecting the Iran nuclear talks, the Syria's removal of chemical weapons, an official said, "Clearly there will be a cost to Russia's bilateral relationship -we have canceled trade and commercial discussions, bilateral military exercises, the G-8 preparatory meetings, but the scope of other issues, on Syrian chemical weapons, for example, Russia is deeply vested in that project - in fact, we have seen the pace of removal of chemical weapons picking up - and on Iran, Russia would only be further isolating itself if it would cease participation and has its own interest in a non-nuclear Iran, as well as a profound interest in gaining access to European markets.
"So while we expect [sanctions] to impact our bilateral relationship, Russia has its own interest in participation.
"In terms of retaliation, we seen this in the past - we are confident we can impose costs on Russia and that it is necessary to do so, and frankly Russia stands a lot more to lose from political and economic isolation than the US. This is borne out by economic indicators -a plummeting stock market and depreciating currency - and the fact the world is with us. In the UN Security Council, 13 countries voted to declare the referendum illegal, and China took the unusual action of abstaining - so in terms of who is isolated, the US is leading the international community in condemning, while Russia finds itself alone in insisting on legitimacy of its action."
But, the official noted, the US has offered an alternative to resolve the crisis.
"President Obama has broadly indicated he would impose additional costs while also making clear that there is a pathway to de-escalation. For example, allowing international monitors into Ukraine including Crimea to make sure Russian interests protected; Ukraine has election planned for spring and Ukrainian government has indicated its willingness to look at constitutional reform, including Crimea. This would be a pathway, but only if Ukraine's sovereignty and integrity is respected."
Asked about diplomatic negotiations that would turn Ukraine into a federated republic as a means of giving autonomy to Crimea and other sections of Ukraine, the official said, "The fundamental point is that government in Kyiv has to be a part of discussion and so far Russian government has not engaged constructively.
"The days are long past when world powers meet and make decisions about the future of democratic countries over the heads of the leaders of those countries. The Ukrainian government has made clear they are open to constitutional reform, election coming this spring which provides the basis for Ukrainian people making decision and as part of process of reform, willing to contemplate questions regarding autonomy of regions like Crimea, so there is space for diplomatic discussion. That is key point with Russia: you have a government in Kyiv willing to address these issues, and that should provide the basis for de-escalation, but that should not take place in climate of Russian incursion. Russia needs to withdraw so there can be a diplomatic process."
The official noted that the vast majority of items on Russia's list are already underway in Ukraine under the auspices of the transitional government (which further makes its incursion and the referendum unnecessary and illegitimate) - Russia is calling for Constitutional reform, and on March 4, the Ukrainian government established a temporary special commission to amend the Ukraine constitution by April 15.
That commission is now formed, and includes representatives from every party and every region in Ukraine. The commission is "working on a set of amendments to address everything from minority rights, power to region, enhance autonomy to Crimea - so there is a way to legitimate devolution of power, legitimate autonomy for Crimea, protection of ethnic minorities and languages through a Ukrainian process that has drawn support.
"Going forward, we can calibrate our response based on whether Russia chooses to escalate or to de-escalate the situation," President Obama stated in announcing the expanded sanctions. "Now, I believe there's still a path to resolve this situation diplomatically in a way that addresses the interest of both Russia and Ukraine. That includes Russia pulling its forces in Crimea back to their bases, supporting the deployment of additional international monitors in Ukraine, and engaging in dialogue with the Ukrainian government, which has indicated its openness to pursuing constitutional reform as they move forward towards elections this spring.
"But throughout this process, we're going to stand firm in our unwavering support for Ukraine. As I told Prime Minister Yatsenyuk last week, the United States stands with the people of Ukraine and their right to determine their own destiny. We're going to keep working with Congress and our international partners to offer Ukraine the economic support that it needs to weather this crisis and to improve the daily lives of the Ukrainian people," Obama stated.
The individuals singled out for sanction by the US include:
Vladislav Surkov: Surkov is being sanctioned for his status as a Presidential Aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Sergey Glazyev: Glazyev is being sanctioned for his status as a Presidential Adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Leonid Slutsky: Slutsky is being sanctioned for his status as a State Duma deputy, where he is Chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration, and Relations with Compatriots.
Andrei Klishas: Klishas is being sanctioned for his status as a Member of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and as Chairman of the Federation Council Committee of Constitutional Law, Judicial, and Legal Affairs, and the Development of Civil Society.
Valentina Matviyenko: Matviyenko is being sanctioned for her status as Head of the Federation Council
Dmitry Rogozin: Rogozin is being sanctioned for his status as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
Yelena Mizulina: Mizulina is being sanctioned for her status as a State Duma Deputy.
Sergey Aksyonov: Aksyonov is being designated for threatening the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, and for undermining Ukraine's democratic institutions and processes. Aksyonov claims to be the Prime Minister of Crimea and has rejected the authority of the legitimate government in Kyiv.
Vladimir Konstantinov: Konstantinov is being designated for threatening the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, and for undermining Ukraine's democratic institutions and processes. Konstantinov is the speaker of the Crimean parliament, which on March 11, 2014, declared independence from Ukraine.
Viktor Medvedchuk: Medvedchuk, leader of Ukrainian Choice, is being designated for threatening the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, and for undermining Ukraine's democratic institutions and processes. He is also being designated because he has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support to Yanukovych and because he is a leader of an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Ukraine and actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Viktor Yanukovych: Former Ukrainian President Yanukovych is being designated for threatening the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, and for undermining Ukraine's democratic institutions and processes. After abandoning Kyiv and ultimately fleeing to Russia, Viktor Yanukovych called upon Russian President Vladimir Putin to send Russian troops into Ukraine.
Karen Rubin, Long Island Populist Examiner
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Fun After Oracle OpenWorld, Part 2
By jack.flynn on Jul 22, 2008
Cross the Bay Bridge and Discover What Nobody in San Francisco Will Tell You
In this second of four posts on San Francisco Bay Area getaways, we'll travel east. Know what you'll find there? Sunshine. Easy (or at least easier) parking. World-class—and hugely diverse—dining and music venues. The Raider Nation and the Oakland A's. Charming, strollable neighborhoods. And countless parks and nature areas.
Check it out.
Berkeley: There are all sorts of music venues, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theater, and all the tie-dye you could ever want. Try to get a reservation at Chez Panisse, which was ground zero for California Cuisine. Take a walk around the Cal campus.
Oakland: Just as cool—if not cooler—than Berkeley, with better parking, its own baseball and football franchises, and quite possibly the best pizza (Arizmendi, Pizzaiolo, Zachary's) and strawberry shortcake (Bakesale Betty) on the face of the earth.
East Bay Parks: Discover miles and miles of hiking and biking; remarkable vistas, lakes, and picnic areas; and off in the distance, Mount Diablo.
If we reveal more, the Let's-Keep-the-East-Bay-to-Ourselves Coalition will come after us in force. On the other hand, if you have some great East Bay haunts, or want to recommend something to the Oracle OpenWorld community, leave your comments.
Otherwise, we'll get back to you after the next A's game.
Part 1: North
Part 3: South
Part 4: San Francisco


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It might seem a radical move, but I don't see why they couldn't do it, if other franchises have. I mean Star Trek still sells their novels and stuff even though none of it is considered canon. Marvel maintains multiple lines of continuity with their characters and has restarted certain lines like Spider-Man.
I just think they would never have the balls to do it. But frankly I'm glad there aren't multiple lines of continuity...
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Yeah, but which ones to label infinities?
The **** ones?
That would be up for them to decide. Basically, I think they would just to have to more rigorously apply canon concepts now that we have the entire movie picture.
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Infinities is a gimmick because it's like "oh wow, some crazy stuff they couldn't possibly depict otherwise!"
True enough. They could have another, similar label, or we could admit that a lot of the EU is just as crazy as some of the infinities stuff.
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I think they have created this mystical reputation with fans that these are holy writings that were fact checked through Lucas's super computer to prevent inconsistencies.
Or worse, that Lucas himself reads each book and provides feedback/guidance, or that the EU is all his ideas and his vision.
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I don't think it's a bad thing, I think the fans can "handle it" they should just admit it doesn't all fit together perfectly, and maybe it's easier just to restart it. Then they can have their "it all fits together you know" attitude without all the clutter.
It would just do so much good for the overall story to have it tie in better with the entire movie saga (and get rid of all the KJA stuff).
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It does? I only recall that one bit from the original ROTJ novel that depict Luke being "shocked" by the "corruption" of such a power... is that what you mean? Or calling it "evil lightning." (Maybe I'm confusing part of the AOTC novelisation).
I'm referring to Lucas's comments on the AOTC commentary stating that lightning is a Sith power.
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That's another pet peeve I have. See in your above quote, you mention this incident, which is just one more in the huge pile that basically says all these Republic era Jedi were "mavericks" and people bordering on the Dark Side. It's like they assume that because they've made Luke and Kyle Katarn into these easily tempted, flirting with the Dark Side of the Force, "break the rules and make up their own" kind of guys, that now all Jedi are like this...It's insane! I mean, okay, so they're trying to give characters more "depth" by making them edgy.
It is really the silly mean/rude/*******/punk = cool mentality. This seems to have been applied freely to the NJO Jedi, which is a shame...
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