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There have been several red-hot tickets around town recently - shows by Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen spring to mind - and when Hairy Maclary (from Donaldson's Dairy) gets in on the act, it is also standing room only.
There is little difference in audience enthusiasm but the average age at Sunday's Children's Book Festival was considerably younger.
And it was not actually the scruffy little mutt himself - he was probably up to canine capers with his chum Schnitzel von Krumm (with the very low tum) and the rest of the gang - but his creator, Lynley Dodd, who attracted full houses at her two appearances.
The festival, a celebration of words and pictures for the youngest readers, is organised by the State Library of Victoria and the Wheeler Centre.
Some of it is held inside those two bastions of literature and literacy; most is out on the lawns in front of the library. Organisers said more than 15,000 people attended.
One wonders what the founder of the library, Sir Redmond Barry, whose statue seemed to keep a beady eye on performers on the temporary stage, would have made of it. When host Rhys Muldoon called for volunteers to help with the ''teapot'' song there was a mini-stampede.
The Play School presenter wrote a picture book, Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle, with Kevin Rudd while he was PM, but there was no sign of Muldoon's co-author on Sunday.
But there was another Play School presenter, Justine Clarke, to get the youngest readers all a-twitter. Other authors taking part included Jackie French, Bronwyn Bancroft and Gus Gordon. Siblings Vivone and Jeron Street from Carrum Downs, attending their third festival, took full advantage of the face-painting stalls. They were keen to meet Roland Harvey and listen to the prolific French. ''I'm very excited,'' Vivone said.
Dodd's first book to feature Hairy Maclary was published 30 years ago. She had been working on a book to be called Wake Up Bear, it's Christmas but discovered one already existed. Out of her ''ideas book'' fell a small sketch of a shaggy little black dog and, soon after, Hairy bounded into the bookshops. Did she ever think he'd survive so long (he'd be 210 in dog years)? ''Never in my wildest dreams; I thought he'd be a one-off, and then my publisher said we might do a second one,'' Dodd said. There have been 20 in all.
Dodd did clear up one mystery. Is Hairy owned by the Maclarys or the Donaldsons (of the dairy)? Apparently he's a Donaldson dog.
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From the manual it seems that
ps -AO wchan should tell me what everything is sleeping on, but everything comes up as
-. (And
nwchan as
0). Did they do away with the old
tsleep() interface in the kernel, or do I need to tweak some setting to get at the information?
And if
p->p_wchan is actually always zero in Darwin 11, is there another way find out what processes are waiting for?
EDIT: Indeed,
p->p_wchan isn't even defined in the internal
struct proc, the
sysctl interface just zeroes out the fields when exporting. There's
uu_wchan and
uu_wmesg members in
struct uthread, set by the
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tsleep function, but I haven't found anything to make those available to userland.
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Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Greg Bueno announced the arrest on Saturday afternoon. Details have been few to this point, but Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times did provide this update about an hour after the initial report.
Yasiel Puig arrested in Florida and charged with misdemeanor willful and wanton reckless driving. #Dodgers withholding comment.
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This marks the second driving arrest for Puig in the past eight months. On April 29, Puig was clocked driving 97 mph in a 50 mph zone at 1 a.m. in Chattanooga, Ten, where he was playing for the Dodgers Double-A affiliate. Puig was charged with speeding, reckless driving and driving without proof of insurance, but all charges were dismissed in November by Judge David Bales due to Puig's lack of prior record, the fact that he had moved out of state to California, and for his active participation in community service activities.
Now that his record will show a second reckless driving charge, Puig is unlikely to get off as easy this time around. It's another careless misstep for a guy who knows every mistake he makes will be scrutinized, but it's also another reminder that he's still a young man (he turned only 23 on Dec 7.) with a lot of growing up to do. If the first arrest didn't open his eyes, maybe, hopefully, this one will.
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This beautiful park along the Rideau River has many wooded areas as well as clearings and pathways. Skiing and snowshoeing are permitted in the park but there are no groomed trails. It's the perfect place for those who like to carve out their own pathways and explore nature right in the middle of the city.
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The Big Mac Is in a Big Slump
There's trouble beneath the golden arches: McDonald's today reported its worst monthly sales decline in more than a decade, with global sales down 2.5% in July. Sales dropped 7.3% in its Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa region, and 3.2% in the U.S., which is home to about 40% of its more than 35,000 restaurants.
But the problems in the two regions are very different, as the WSJ's Julie Jargon reports:
The world's biggest restaurant chain and its chief executive of the past two years, Don Thompson, are currently wrestling with significant challenges on multiple fronts. McDonald's has lost sales momentum over the past year in its home market, as U.S. consumers defect to fast food rivals like Burger King Worldwide or fast casual chains like Chipotle Mexican Grill It is contending with an intensifying campaign to improve wages and other conditions for fast-food workers.
And, last month, it suffered a major setback in China, which had been a bright spot for its global growth—when authorities accused a supplier of selling McDonald's and other fast food outlets expired meat. The meat, from Shanghai Husi Food Co., a subsidiary of longtime McDonald's supplier OSI Group Inc. of the U.S., had been sold to restaurants in China, Japan and other markets that account for approximately 10% of global systemwide sales.
On Monday, McDonald's said it plans to get the Big Macs on sale in China again within a week, once it completes its work to get new meat suppliers on board. Yum Brands said last week that the controversy over the meat company–which wasn't a major supplier to its KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants–has still hit consumer confidence in the chains and caused significant sales declines in its China restaurants.
And far from China and meat quality scandals, McDonald's still has to deal with the U.S., where its restaurants seem to have lost some of their mojo. As we noted here recently, the company faces a new class of aggressive competitors alongside its historic rival Burger King, including closely-held chicken restaurant Chick-fil-A, which has already overtaken KFC and is still in the early stages of its national rollout.
See also:
McDonald's July Sales Slip on China, U.S. Pressures – WSJ
Chick-fil-A Cruised Past KFC. Can it Rattle McDonald's? – Corporate Intelligence


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Teta is blamed for bribing journalists to vote her into the competition, leaving out established female artists like Queen Cha and Ciney, who produced more than 3 mega songs. But Teta denies the allegations.
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The next cast of ABC's 'Dancing With The Stars' has been announced, and once again it's a who's-who of Hollywood. One of the cast members that children, and adults, from the 90's will recognize is Jaleel White, otherwise known as Steve Urkel.
He was everyone's favorite nerd, and gave Carl Winslow a run for his money. We are pretty sure however he will be transforming from Steve, into Stefan for his DWTS appearance.
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Three people have been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries in Grain Valley.
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USA Water Polo: Has seen action with both the U.S. Senior and Junior National Teams ... on the senior team, served as an alternate at the FINA World Cup in New Zealand in 2010 ... also participated in the Canada Cup and Holiday Cup in 2009 ... for the junior team, played in the 2009 and 2011 Junior World Championships.
As A Freshman In 2012: Peter J. Cutino Award winner as the nation's top collegiate women's water polo player ... captured ACWPC National Player of the Year award ... first-team ACWPC All-American and first-team All-MPSF selection ... named MPSF Newcomer of the Year ... led the team with 58 goals ... fourth in the MPSF with 2.07 goals per game ... recorded 11 hat tricks and 17 multi-goal performances ... posted hat tricks in her first two collegiate games, win over LMU and UC Davis (1/28) ... scored four times in win at San Jose State (2/11) ... netted five goals in UCI Invitational semifinal win over California (2/26) ... scored 12 goals over wins against Long Beach State (3/3), UC Irvine (3/4), Hawai'i (3/10) and UC Santa Barbara (3/25), including four against the Gauchos ... put in five goals against California (4/14) ... followed up with a hat trick in an 8-1 win at UCLA (4/21) ... scored a goal in each win at the National Collegiate Championship.
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Chris: Barb eventually beats up enough people that one of them calls her babe, so she gets to slowly pick up a gun and shoot him six times while he stands there patiently waiting for her to do so.Female-on-male violence is viewed as more acceptable in life than male-on-female violence. Often, a woman using physical violence on a man will be Played for Laughs; sometimes it will be Disproportionate Retribution. The key is that in most works where this trope is in effect, it would be completely impossible to imagine the same violent situation play out with the participants' genders reversed without a large dose of drama getting added into the mix. The basic Double Standard at work in this trope is sexist on both sides: no woman is strong enough to harm a man, so any man weak enough to be harmed by a woman isn't a real man, and that's funny; that way, also, you get Amusing Injuries instead of broken bones and cuts. Even people who do believe that a woman can seriously hurt a man can still believe in this double standard. Women are often stereotyped as inherently nonviolent as well as wiser and morally superior to men. By that logic, any man being physically abused by a woman must have done something to deserve it, as a woman would never resort to using violence unless it was absolutely necessary. The trouble is that because of stereotypes and double standards like these, often men don't fight back for reasons including that they are either afraid of hurting the woman, or they are afraid that if they fight back, they will be considered the aggressor by the authorities despite any retaliation being in self-defence.note Add on to that, in such cases where the woman actually is charged with a crime, her sentence is, statically, overwhelmingly likely to be far less severe than had the situations been reversed. Note that this trope does not describe situations where violence is genuinely morally justified, such as Wonder Woman attacking Lex Luthor in defense of Metropolis. Nor does it apply in situations where universal humorous abuse is delivered to the Butt Monkey or The Chew Toy by both men and women for equally flimsy reasons that is just Comedic Sociopathy. Obviously, it likewise doesn't apply in situations where female-on-male violence is treated as a serious subject. An exception to either case is when one or more of the female characters involved in dealing the violence actively invoke this trope in an attempt to morally justify their own behavior, whether out loud or within the privacy of their mind. Related to All Abusers Are Male, All Women Are Doms, All Men Are Subs, Domestic Abuse, Double Standard: Rape, Female on Male, Men Are the Expendable Gender, and Stalking Is Funny If It Is Female After Male. Belligerent Sexual Tension often has elements of this trope. Compare/Contrast Would Hit a Girl. A very similar anime/manga trope that does not always include abuse, but typically often will involve a woman violently beating a man and is played for comedy is Tsundere. The female half of this trope is very often a Jerk Sue. Female on male abuse is a serious issue, especially if the woman is violent. Please do seek help if you are victimized. You Are Not Alone.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
By Malinda Lo
A lesbian Cinderella.
Ash's father has died, and her cruel stepmother makes her life miserable.
Ash dreams that like in the storybooks, fairies might come to steal her away. And then she meets Sidhean, a dark and dangerous fairy. And she thinks her wish might come true.
When she befriends Kaisa, the King's Huntress, Ash's heart starts to change. She starts to fall in love.
But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own.
And now Ash has to choose between fairy tale dreams and the woman she loves.
Add your review of "Ash" in comments!
Thanks to blog reader Elizabeth for reminding me that "Ash" had come out!
7 comments:
- Jacqui said...
This is a lovely book. I want to add that I love that the fact that Ash is in love with a woman is (other than that she is promised to a fairy) no big deal in the world of the book. Everyone accepts that some people love women and some love men and some love both and let's all move on.
- October 29, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- Sara W.E. said...
This book is beautifully crafted and written. The world that Ash inhabits is dark and lovely and eerie. I loved that it was rooted in fairy tale, but very very much it's own original story.
- October 29, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- Elizabeth said...
You're welcome! Glad that I could help! =)
This sounds like an amazing book, and I wanted to make sure that you hadn't mistakenly skipped over it.
- October 30, 2009 at 11:07 PM
- Jane said...
I loved the style and the world-building; I also liked the huntress character very much. I felt like the ending was rushed, though. The main character expects other characters to react in a particular way...and apparently they do, but we don't even get to see it! It's as if deciding to stand up for herself was all she needed to do, and the other characters and the faery world just had to go along with that. The rest of the book has secondary characters who act autonomously, often against Ash's expectations, so the end felt particularly wrong. I am glad I read it, though, which I might not have done if I hadn't seen this blog. It's great to know that in YA lit., lesbian stories (or bisexual ones, at least) are being brought out by major publishers.
- November 3, 2009 at 8:12 AM
I was disappointed by this book. I felt like the characters were flat and the plot was weak. There were very few characters that you knew much about, and the author left many plot threads undeveloped trying to fit the Cinderella plot line.
- February 7, 2011 at 8:56 PM
This was a good book -- short, sweet, and lyrical. But unlike Jane, I felt deeply dissatisfied with the world-building. To me, it seemed like the story was perched on an uneasy juxtaposition of Irish, Regency, and generic-fantasy settings.
Still, I liked it, and I would certainly recommend this book to anyone who's looking for a love story.
- February 25, 2011 at 9:29 PM
- rogueanthropologist said...
Lyrical, as Kay said, is a great word to describe Lo's writing. I wrote a longer review of Ash at http://www.canonballblog.com/?p=2260
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I Love Him...
His first passion was baseball, I remember as soon as he was walking around and could understand the sport he was hooked. He used to say, "bayball." He loves his New York Yankee cap, and loves wearing jerseys so he can look like a baseball player. He has a hell of a swing too, specially for his age. He can hold the ball and bat himself and hit the ball right up at you. Of course he is a toddler so when under pressure, he will act all silly and shy. He can stay at any sports related store forever if I let him. He loves going straight for the baseball helmet, bat, and glove carrying it around the whole time. He has bats and balls at home but he just can't get enough. He was just a baby, not even fully talking when we first took him to Yankee Stadium for his first game, when he enjoyed cheering with the crowd. We don't go as often as we'd like but he is one very young, huge fan of baseball. Recently he has learned how to differentiate the pitcher, and the catcher and their positions plus responsibilities the way he sees it. His love for baseball still remains and is only getting stronger as he learns more.
So many things about my little boy that makes me proud, and his love for baseball is just one of them. I could go on and on about him now, but I'll continue more about all the reasons why I'm proud of him in later posts.
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Hi, I loved reading about your babies, and especially the one who knows not to drink milk from a "cow's butt" - too absolutely cute!!!ReplyDelete
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Hehe :) always a good story when I swing by! My brother played college baseball so it has a special place in my <3ReplyDelete
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Aaw thanks, I wanted to highlight the good for once and not always talk about his food allergies... :) xoxo!ReplyDelete
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Sunny weather will soon return to Greater New York, but it won't really be safe to stow rain boots and umbrellas until Wednesday afternoon or evening.
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The National Weather Service's flash flood watch ended for most locations on Tuesday night, but it remains in effect for eastern Long Island and southeast Connecticut until 2 p.m. on Wednesday. An additional one to two inches of rain is expected to engulf the tri-state area throughout Wednesday, with much of it falling in the morning. Altogether, storm rainfall totals will range from between two and three inches, with some areas picking up between three and five inches of rain.
Skies will eventually begin to clear from west to east during the afternoon. Some locations may see a little sun by late in the day, but partly cloudy skies are expected to dominate the afternoon and evening. Temperatures a few degrees below normal are on tap for Wednesday, with highs around 80 degrees in most places.
Nicer weather moves in behind the front late Wednesday night or on Thursday morning as an area of high pressure builds into Greater New York. This dry spell will continue through Friday night as the high closes in on the region, but clouds and showers may return for the weekend.
Wednesday's Greater New York forecast roundup:
- WSJ Headquarters in Manhattan:
- Actual High: 81; RealFeel High: 88
- Actual Low: 66; RealFeel Low: 62
- Weather: Morning showers, partly cloudy in the afternoon
- Brooklyn: 82/66
- Queens: 81/66
- Bronx: 81/68
- Staten Island: 82/64
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: 80/59
- Trenton, N.J.: 82/61
- Islip, Long Island: 80/66
- New Haven, Conn.: 79/64
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Hardworking feline moms deserve a break. Don't you think? We get pounced on in the morning, fluffy tails swat at our faces throughout the night, and we get meowed at (for meals) within moments of batting our lashes. Talk about demanding. Let's not forget I have two young boys who have earned their keep and they generously allow me a few more moments of beauty sleep. Something is just not right with this equation.
I don't know what your cat does to earn your love, loyalty and affection, but I believe it's time my kitties paid back. So I took to their kitty litter (unused of course) and whipped up my very own homemade facial mask.
While there are plenty of recipes for 100% pure clay litter masks that mimic those found at fancy upscale spas, I got creative and opted for Blue Buffalo Company "Naturally Fresh" litter which is made from walnut shells that help tighten and shrink pores, slough and exfoliate the outermost layer of skin, and impart a healthy glow.
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- Two tablespoons of Buffalo Blue brand kitty litter (available at Petsmart)
- One tablespoon honey
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- Mix litter, splash of honey and warm water.
- Microwave in heat-safe bowl for thirty seconds.
- Remove and stir with spoon.
- Place back in microwave and reheat an additional one minute.
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- Wait ten minutes.
- Remove with a warm soapy washcloth.
- Apply moisturizer and give your face a rest for the night. (Preferably in your bed, with a book, a cup of tea or coffee, and a big cat tail that seriously has nothing better to do than to swat...at that GORGEOUS face.)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Singleton" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Europa-List: Angle of Attack <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | | From: "josok" <josok-e@xxxxxxxx> | | | Since i am a very green pilot, and do only dream about flying my Europa, please | do not take this attempt too serious. I am flying the club's Supercub, and especially | on skies it asks for a fixed, 60 miles final, and because of the white-out, | you only set the descent rate at about 100 ft/min. The variable in this | quotation is the settle down point of course. But since there are no numbers | on these very long and very white runways, it does not matter. In my dreams i | land the Europa the same way. Nail the speed on final, and set the descent rate | at an agreeable speed. Why would this work or not work? | | Jos | In the flare, or rather when very close to the ground,last foot, the tailplane loses the effect of the downwash from the wing. This is ground effect of course. The result is that unless you do something about it, the nose will drop and you will bounce. As soon as you feel this nose drop pull the stick back quickly to prevent it. | Simplest way is to feel for the ground with the tailwheel and as soon as it touches stick hard back. The plane can't pitch up so it just quits flying. | Graham Jos, Graham has it! Another aspect is that you may have different weights on approach - passenger, luggage, full tank - and the difference between that and solo, no baggage and tanks toward empty - can be a significant percentage of the total weight. Like most aircraft the Europa exhibits very different drag characterisitics at extreme weights. You want to know what approach speed will give you Graham's 'feel-for-the-ground' values at round-out. That comes with care and research. But the approach speed does not stay fixed as with a Supercub on skis. Because the Europa is slick and smooth it floats when too fast. The reverse is even worse.......... Good luck, and use a long runway to practice. Ferg
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I drew and got Achievement then got Faith, cards we've had before. To achieve we must have faith. This is a very good message for everyone. So I drew again and the new card is Decisions – Honor your top priorities. If it's not an absolute yes, then it's a no.
The card features a woman in the center of the card. Her black hair looks swept up. She is looking downward slightly and to the right. Her bronze eye shadow and coordinating lip color stand out. We see her elegant neck as it slopes downward. That is all that is revealed of her. The rest of the image is a stark, gusty frenzy of dark blues and greys. It looks like there are some clouds at the very top that resemble a sheet of ice breaking up. To the right, a tall leafless branch reaches upwards with a glimpse of another beneath it. The lady is surrounded with what looks like shards of ice in various shapes and angles. There are a few white-grey pods that are reminiscent of something out of a potpourri bag. Some are cut in half and others are closed. The card has a hauntingly Victorian appeal.
Looking at this image, I get the feeling of the woman being frozen in time, deep in thought and decision. I think we are to take a hard look at things and decide what is a yes for us and only focus on those things. A lot of energy is needed in the world today. We need it for ourselves and for those that are able to share, it is greatly needed throughout the world. Because this is a time when so much is going on, and it will only become more so, I think it is so vital for us to put our valuable energy into what we feel is 100% important to us. It is crucial to not spread ourselves too thin or we could fall through like a weak sheet of ice. And sometimes like the pieces of ice which resemble pieces of an intricate and challenging puzzle, we need to focus ourselves so we can determine where our priorities lay in order to maneuver the pieces in as precise a manner as possible. Now is the time to honor your priorities and in doing so, you honor yourself and allow your inner wisdom to break through the ice and continue to guide you.


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Wednesday Obama held a news conference concluding the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit at the State Department in Washington. The Jerusalem Post quotes the President, "I think it is important to remember that Hamas acts extraordinarily irresponsibly," Obama said, "putting civilians at risk with its taunting of Israel, and its placement of rocket launchers in civilian areas during conflict with the Jewish state."
If you are shaking your head because you know you couldn't have heard correctly, it gets better. The president goes on to offer this jaw-dropping statement, "I have said from the beginning that no country would tolerate rockets being launched into their cities," he continued. "And as a consequence, I have consistently defended Israel's right to defend itself, and that includes doing what it needs to do."
What makes this confusing is that just a little over a week ago, when it appears that the Israeli military is being successful in disarming Hamas, President Obama orders Secretary of State John Kerry to draft a cease-fire proposal directing Israel to stand down while ignoring the militarization of Gaza, and terrorist attempts to kill Jews. Essentially Israel's biggest ally, is almost forcing Israel to commit suicide by laying down its arms in the face of overwhelming terrorist attacks.
On one hand Obama underscores that Israel has the right to defend itself, then almost in the same breath demands that Israel stop defending itself. Obama has even phoned up Minister NetanPrimeyahu demanding an immediate unconditional ceasefire that will leave Hamas, its rockets, and attack plans intact. Hamas repeatedly violates every ceasefire yet the President bends over backwards to meet their demands.
In early June the State Department confirmed that the U.S. will work with and fund a newly-created Palestinian "unity" government backed by the terrorist group Hamas. That was a slap-in-the-face to the already strained relationship between the Obama administration and Israeli government. But it is only one example of the Jekyll/Hyde responses of the president to the conflict.
Earlier today the president told the Washington Post he supports the Egyptian efforts to form a lasting agreement. The U.S. aim, he said, "To make sure the violence does not resume." One can only wonder what he actually means by those words, and how exactly is he going to accomplish that aim. Will he put the pressure on Hamas or will he make more demands on Israel that are masked behind a false loyalty? If I were Israel, I wouldn't trust this president any further than I could throw him.


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We are having one of those summer nights right now. The ceiling fan is turning quickly over head, it's dark and the air is full of frogs songs. The temperature has finally cooled from the heat of the day, and I could just sink into this couch right now.
The wine is empty, my book is sitting on our coffee table and the dishes are done. Oh, and Watson is snoring on the floor by the couch. It's time for a little catching up.
Easter weekend was one of the most fun I've had in years! Dinner at a friends, bonfires with s'mores, more dinner with friends, lots of walking and catching up, my guy hid easter eggs all over our house for me to find after church, I felt young and care free again.
Life is so good!
And even better when there's cobbler.
And even more better-er when it's made from fruit you picked yourself.
One of the wives from our squadron spouse club told me about a local strawberry field and so that weekend I made it a priority to drive out to the fields. Two weeks later, we are still eating strawberries but so worth it! They are amazing. We tried their homemade strawberry ice cream - seriously life doesn't get much better, and I convinced my guy to buy their little cookbook. It was too cute, and I'm eye the recipe for Strawberry-Jalapeno Jelly.
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
- 4 cups halved strawberries
- 3 rhubarb stalks, chopped (remove any leaves)
- sprinkle of sugar ( about 1 tablespoon)
- For the Biscuit:
- 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 5 Tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
- 2/3 cup milk or heavy cream
- non-stick spray/butter
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Butter or spray with nonstick spray a 13x9 pan.
- Add the chopped rhubarb and strawberries to the pan and sprinkle with a little sugar.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Use a pastry blender or food processor to cut in the cold butter until the mixture starts forming pea sized crumbs.
- Slowly pour in the milk or cream, stirring until the dough comes together.
- Break the dough into about 4-6 equal pieces and dot the top of the fruit in the pan.
- Bake 30-40 minutes until the biscuits are golden brown and the fruit is bubbly and is soft.


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Journal of Child and Family Studies
, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp 5-20
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Why Parents Matter!: The Conceptual Basis for a Community-Based HIV Prevention Program for the Parents of African American Youth
- Patricia DittusAffiliated withDivision of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- , Kim S. MillerAffiliated withDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Email author
- , Beth A. KotchickAffiliated withPsychology Department, Loyola College in Maryland
- , Rex ForehandAffiliated withPsychology Department, University of VermontInstitute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia
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The Parents Matter! Program (PMP) is a community-based family intervention designed to promote positive parenting and effective parent-child communication about sexuality and sexual risk reduction. Its ultimate goal is to reduce sexual risk behavior among adolescents. PMP offers parents instruction and guidance in general parenting skills related to decreased sexual risk behavior among youth (e.g., relationship building, monitoring) and sexual communication skills necessary for parents to effectively convey their values and expectations about sexual behavior—as well as critical HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention messages—to their children. We briefly review the literature concerning parental influences on adolescent sexual risk behavior and present the conceptual model and theoretical foundation upon which PMP is based.
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- Why Parents Matter!: The Conceptual Basis for a Community-Based HIV Prevention Program for the Parents of African American Youth
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Journal of Child and Family Studies
Volume 13, Issue 1 , pp 5-20
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- 2004-03
- Print ISSN
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- 1573-2843
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- Parents Matter! Program
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- 1. Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
- 2. Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
- 3. Psychology Department, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD
- 4. Psychology Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
- 5. Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA


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Leading with precision ... conductor Nicholas Carter characterised the work's mood changes with vigour and careful shape. Photo: Sylvia Liber
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City Recital Hall, July 12
IT was a pity to miss Lawrence Dobell in Copland's jazz-influenced Clarinet Concerto due to injury but the replacement work, Quiet City fitted the theme - theatre music orphans finding gainful employment on the concert platform - better. The theme was explored in echt and ersatz 18th century music, with Copland's work inserting a troubled mood from the 20th century in between.
Copland has made a seamless nocturne for trumpet offset by cor anglais as a plangent alter-ego against soft, dark, slightly astringent harmonies from the orchestra.
Promising ... Nicholas Carter. Photo: Tamara Dean
Trumpeter David Elton played with a wonderfully rounded tone and immaculate precision, while Alexandre Oguey's cor anglais provided a bittersweet afterthought.
Mozart wrote the echt 18th century music for a ballet within his opera Idomeneo. Unlike Copland's work, it had the characteristic patched-together quality of much transcribed theatre music, with quick changes of mood from exaggerated pathos, to affected agitation, punctuated by a peremptory courtly call to attention, which acts as a refrain throughout.
The promising young conductor Nicholas Carter characterised these changes with vigour and careful shape, leading with precision and an instinct for gesture.
These qualities were also abundant in the erzatz 18th century music that closed the concert, Richard Strauss's suite Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. The Sydney Symphony's performance under Carter, stylishly led by Dene Olding, flounced with sophisticated solos and mock dramatics.
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For Father's Day, Let's Support and Honor All Dads, Both Custodial and Non-Custodial
During the annual rite of honoring fathers with their special Sunday in June, we should be mindful that most fathers—regardless of whether they live with their kids or not—want to do the best they can for their kids. As a special Father's Day gift to those non-custodial fathers who struggle to provide financial support for their children, CLASP urges the adoption of a proposed rule from the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to make child support orders more realistic—and effective.
Child support enforcement exists because we, as a society, agree that children deserve the financial support of both parents, regardless of whether those parents are married or live together. In 2014, the federal-state system of child support enforcement served more than 16 million children, representing nearly 1 in 4 children in the United States. Over the years, child support programs have gotten more effective, using tools such as wage garnishment and tax refund interception to ensure that non-custodial parents who have the ability to pay child support, do so. In 2014, 60 percent of child support cases had collections, up from 51.5 percent in 2004.
However, many non-custodial parents are failing to pay child support, not because they are unwilling to support their children, but because they simply do not have the financial resources to do so. For example, one study found that 70 percent of unpaid child support debt is owed by parents with no or low reported earnings. All too often, the child support enforcement system does not help these low-income non-custodial parents, but becomes yet another obstacle in their path to supporting themselves and their families. Last fall, OCSE issued a proposed rule that would take a big step toward requiring states to establish child support orders that reflect non-custodial parents' true ability to pay and that would minimize the likelihood of their accruing insurmountable child support debt that itself acts as a barrier to employment.
Specifically, the proposed rule would:
- require states, as they set orders, to consider non-custodial parents' "actual" earnings and incomes, rather than imputing their income;
- require state guidelines to draw upon all available information regarding the non-custodial parent's ability to pay; and
- prohibit the treatment of incarceration as "voluntary unemployment." When this occurs, income is imputed and support orders cannot be modified downward even though the incarcerated parent has little, if any, income.
Some members of Congress have described the proposed rule as undermining child support enforcement. Nothing could be further from the truth. While these policies may result in lower child support orders, what matters to the well-being of children is actual payments. Custodial parents cannot pay for rent or child care with artificially high orders that will never be paid. And setting the order unrealistically high means that non-custodial parents rapidly accumulate large—and demoralizing—amounts of debt that they have no hope of being able to pay off. Moreover, this debt has negative consequences on credit scores.
This can actually reduce the child support collected. In a study of child support orders set for low-income parents, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General found that compliance was significantly lower when a monthly order was more than 20 percent of a parent's income than when orders were 15 percent or less of income. In some cases, the simple fact of owing child support debt can make it harder to get a job -- nearly half of employers check credit scores when hiring for some or all positions. In other cases, the tools used to enforce child support orders, such as loss of drivers' licenses or professional credentials, make it impossible to earn the money needed to pay support. The National Child Support Enforcement Association agrees that orders should be based on actual ability to pay, and notes that "When current child support is set, or allowed to remain, at an inappropriate level, there is an increase in non-compliance and ever-increasing arrears."
The proposed rule specifically addresses the use of contempt orders leading to jail time for parents who are unable to pay child support orders. It would require states to take into account actual earnings and income and the subsistence needs of the non-custodial parent when setting the "purge amount" that must be paid to avoid incarceration. It is unjust to jail non-custodial parents for nonpayment when they have no ability to comply by paying. Moreover, it is absolutely counterproductive to the goal of ensuring support for children, as jail time is likely to make it even harder for the non-custodial parent to find or keep employment needed to pay child support, creating a downward spiral.
Another key provision of the proposed rule would allow employment services for non-custodial parents to be included as child support enforcement activities. The concept here is simple -- if we help parents obtain the skills needed to find and keep jobs, they will be more able to pay child support. This is not a new concept, and more than half the states already offer some sort of employment services to non-custodial parents in one or more counties. But these programs have typically been funded with temporary grants, or have had to compete for limited federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding, which has prevented the programs from reaching the majority of non-custodial parents who could benefit. Allowing such activities to be included under the child support enforcement program would help expand and institutionalize them.
CLASP submitted comments at the time in support of the proposed rule, and urges the Administration to finalize the regulation promptly. When a non-custodial father gets a job and is able to help support his family, he will feel better about being honored on Father's Day—and every day.
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Responsible Fatherhood Bill Would Expand EITC for Childless Adults and Non-custodial Parents
On June 19, 2009, Senator Bayh (D-IN) introduced S. 1309, the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009. Among other provisions, the bill would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for adults without dependent children, The maximum EITC for childless adults and noncustodial parents is just $438 for tax year 2008, less than one-sixth the amount that can be received by an adult with one child. Moreover, the EITC for these workers begins to phase out when a worker is earning less than two-thirds of the federal poverty level. Over several years, S. 1309 would raise the maximum benefit to $555 and would increase the phase-out threshold to the federal poverty line.
In addition, S. 1309 would double the EITC for noncustodial parents who paid the full amount of all current child support orders in the previous tax year, as verified by the state child support enforcement agency. This would both increase the incentive for noncustodial parents to pay the child support they owe, and reduce the implicit "tax" on their earnings created by the child support order.
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States Should Distribute More Owed Child Support to Parents
By Josh Bone
More states should take advantage of a provision in federal law that allows them to distribute more owed child support payments directly to custodial parents. Such a move could help more low-income families become self sufficient and would provide much-needed income to families in this tough economic climate.
Currently, most states retain child support payments owed to parents receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. The federal and state governments then split these child support payments based on the state's Medicaid matching rate. This policy was put in place to reimburse government spending on TANF. However, one of the changes in the law in early 2006 allows states to pay, or "pass through," a portion of child support revenues directly to TANF recipients without the federal government taking any share of the "passed through" revenue, as long as these payments are not counted or "disregarded" when calculating TANF benefits..
West Virginia, Washington, and Pennsylvania, among others, have taken advantage of this flexibility. Most notably, West Virginia recently began "passing through" all child support payments to custodial parents. The approximately 18,000 affected families in West Virginia will receive as much $85 million in currently outstanding child support payments. In Washington, about 12,400 families received $12.5 million between August 1, 2008 and October 31, 2009. Pennsylvania has "passed through" an additional $16 million. Low-income families in all of these states now have more money to spend, a crucial boost in the current economic climate.
The long-term benefits of such policies are also significant. The Office of Management and Budget projects such policies might save as much as $4.9 billion over 10 years, since families that receive increased child support payments will be less dependent on transfer programs. Additionally, when payments go directly to families, fathers are more likely to pay child support and work in the legal economy. While budget problems are making many states skittish about increasing pass-throughs, it is critical that these states keep in mind the potential short- and long-term benefits of West Virginia's approach.


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How to Get Olive Oil Out of Your Hair
For those people who enjoy using natural products over chemicals and store-brought items, olive oil is a household staple. It has many benefits and uses beyond cooking, and that includes serving as a deep-conditioning hair mask. It can be difficult to get olive oil out of your hair, though, due to its heavy, greasy makeup. If you want all the benefits olive oil can offer your hair, but you want to know exactly how to remove all the oil residue, read the following article for tips and step-by-step directions.
1Wash hair thoroughly with your normal shampoo and conditioner.
2Rinse shampoo and repeat if necessary.
3Cleanse hair with a clarifying shampoo. This step is only necessary if your normal shampoo and conditioner were not enough to remove olive oil from hair.
- Clarifying shampoos are shampoos designed to remove any buildup in your hair. This can include residue from wax, gel, hairspray, chlorine, or an olive oil hair mask.
- Use a deep moisturizing conditioner after applying dishwasher detergent. The detergent can leave hair dry and stripped of all natural oils. To avoid drying out hair unnecessarily, start with a small amount of detergent and use more as needed.
4Apply a small amount of liquid dishwasher detergent to damp hair if it is still oily. Detergents are designed to strip oils and can get olive oil out of hair after other conditioners and shampoos only remove part of the grease.
5Apply warm water to rinse detergent from hair thoroughly.
6Combine baking soda and water to remove any remaining olive oil.
- Mix the ingredients in your palm until you make a paste.
7Coat your hair in the paste. Start at the roots and work all the way to the tips of your hair.
8Cover your hair with a shower cap, towel, plastic bag, or other similar device.
9Let sit for approximately 15 minutes.
10Rinse thoroughly using warm water.
11Repeat steps as necessary until you are able to thoroughly get olive oil out of hair.
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- Olive oil is a natural way to keep hair conditioned and to fix split ends. Depending on the texture and natural oiliness of your hair, apply an olive oil mask anywhere from several times a week to once a month.
- Only apply olive oil to wet or damp hair. It is much more difficult to remove the oil if it was applied directly to dry hair.
- Gently warming the olive oil before applying it (e.g. by warming it in the palms of your hands) will make it thinner. This can make it easier to apply sparingly.
- Don't apply the olive oil mask right before an event such as a wedding or party. If you encounter problems removing all the olive oil, your hair can look limp, unwashed, or overly greasy.
- Don't apply too much olive oil when doing an at-home hair mask. Start sparingly and add more as you go, or you might find it difficult to wash out olive oil from hair.
- Leaving your hair against your neck or forehead while applying and removing olive oil can cause breakouts on those areas. Place hair in a shower cap or towel to avoid any potential skin problems.
- Hot olive oil can burn your skin. Warm it gently and be cautious when applying it.
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Sun Microsystems and DigiSoft.tv have each explored using Java technology to address the challenges related to content development for the IP-based interactive TV market. Developers face tough challenges writing and deploying applications for existing proprietary middleware platforms.
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As students prepare to head back to school this fall, it is important to remember that students with diabetes face unique challenges when it comes to managing their diabetes—and their parents, teachers, and health care teams need to be prepared to help. Share the following NDEP resources with your community to help students with diabetes stay healthy and reach their goals—every day and all year long:
NDEP's updated guide, Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel, is a resource that can help school personnel and families of children with diabetes learn about diabetes, how it is managed, and how each member of the school staff can make the school safe for students with diabetes. Explore and promote NDEP's School Guide to encourage healthy living for students!
Another unique challenge for students with diabetes is making the transition from teenage years to adulthood, particularly as they assume more responsibility for diabetes self-management and make more independent judgments about their health care needs. To help make the transition easier, share NDEP's Transitions from Pediatric to Adult Care Tool and slide set materials that can help teens with diabetes, their families, and health care professionals meet this challenge.
For teens and their families, NDEP has Tips for Teens—a series of brochures that include tips about managing and preventing diabetes and taking action to live a long, healthy life. These tip sheets offer quick and easy information to help teens learn about diabetes, be active, stay at a healthy weight, make healthy food choices, and deal with the ups and downs of diabetes.
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NDEP'supdated 4 Steps to Control Your Diabetes. For Life. booklet is now available. The booklet outlines four key steps that help people with diabetes understand, monitor, and manage their diabetes. This resource is designed for people newly diagnosed with diabetes or for those who wish to learn more about the disease. 4 Steps to Control Your Diabetes. For Life. has been updated using an easy-to-read format to help people with diabetes and their health care team take actions to better manage their diabetes and lower their risk for complications.
NDEP recently unveiled Diabetes HealthSense, an online library of resources to help people live well and achieve their goals—whether they have diabetes or are at risk for the disease. Diabetes HealthSense is designed to provide access to a variety of behavior change and coping resources. Each month, NDEP will explore a different resource to help familiarize you with what's available in Diabetes HealthSense.
Even as summer winds down and the kids head back to school, playtime doesn't have to end. Running around and being active can help children get on the path to being physically active throughout their lives. With the After School Physical Activity website from the San Diego County Office of Education, teachers, parents, and students alike can find ideas, instructions, and videos for fun activities and games appropriate for children in grades 4 through 8.
To view this and other resources for living well, visit Diabetes HealthSense at www.YourDiabetesInfo.org/HealthSense.
Still Time to Register for the 2011 Partnership Network Meeting in October!
Join us in Atlanta on October 2-3 at the Emory Conference Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Tom Harkin Global Communication Center to "Celebrate NDEP Success: Past, Present, and Future." This exciting meeting will engage, energize, and equip partners to collaborate with NDEP to address the growing diabetes epidemic in this ever-changing environment and will bring together more than 150 of your colleagues, friends, and partners. Click here to learn more and to register online. Register by August 15 to pay the $75 early bird registration fee!
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NDEP's Partner Spotlight webpage is updated regularly to feature the great work that our partners are doing to promote NDEP. In August, the Spotlight is on the following partners:
If your organization has recently promoted an NDEP campaign or resource in an innovative way, your organization could be featured in the next Partner Spotlight! If you would like to be featured, please complete the Partner Spotlight submission form and send the submission form along with any photos, media results, and contact information to Darise Deal at firstname.lastname@example.com.
NIDDK's Diabetes Research Strategic Plan Identifies Opportunities for Research on Diabetes and its Complications over the Next Decade
Advancements in diabetes prevention and treatment can only be achieved through the support of scientific research conducted through a multi-pronged effort that addresses the complex challenges posed by diabetes. Recognizing this, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) recently released a 2011 diabetes research strategic plan. Developed through a dynamic planning process involving multiple stakeholders in the diabetes research enterprise, Advances and Emerging Opportunities in Diabetes Research: A Strategic Planning Report of the Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee (DMICC) is meant to serve as a guidepost for identifying compelling opportunities for research on diabetes and its complications over the next decade. Click here to download or order your free copy!
The Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research and the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research
To combat the obesity epidemic, the National Institutes of Health is encouraging diverse scientific investigations through a new Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research. This plan will serve as a guide to accelerate a broad spectrum of research toward developing new and more effective approaches to address the tremendous burden of obesity, so that people can look forward to healthier lives. Click here to download the full version of the report or a nontechnical summary.
To advance and accelerate progress in addressing childhood obesity in America, the NIH, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) formed the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR). NCCOR's mission is to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and application of childhood obesity research through enhanced coordination and collaboration. NCCOR is developing tools for obesity researchers. Released earlier this year, the Catalogue of Surveillance Systems www.nccor.org/css provides an online directory of over 75 surveillance systems containing data relevant to obesity research. Click here for additional information.
CDC Releases Issue Brief on The State of Vision, Aging, and Public Health in America
The CDC Division of Diabetes Translation recently released an issue brief called The State of Vision, Aging, and Public Health, which summarizes the prevalence of vision loss and eye diseases reported by people aged 65 or older, collected from data supplied by the Vision Impairment and Access to Eye Care Module of CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) during 2006–2008. The issue brief also provides information about access to eye care, health status, and comorbid conditions among older adults. These data can enhance public health surveillance and guide programs and policies in important ways.
CDC Launches Enhancements to Funding Profiles Tool
CDC is increasing its efforts to proactively provide partners and the public with agency-wide funding and other grants data of interest to you and your constituencies. CDC has launched the first enhancements to the existing CDC FY2010 Grant Funding Profiles tool. The tool now contains a "Query View" that offers the ability to view and download the detailed grants information behind the state and territorial summaries available through the "Map View." The query function offers details about each grant, such as grantee name, address, congressional district, and more. Users can view and download the full data set or the results of their specific searches.
NDEP has many resources that you can share at health fairs, conferences, educational sessions, or as part of your organization's educational and social media outreach efforts. Check out the NDEP 2011 Outreach and Promotional Plan: At-a-Glance for more resources.
In future issues of News & Notes, look for NDEP promotional tools that are available for you to customize and distribute. For example, use our printer-ready public service announcements to make diabetes posters for upcoming events, health fairs, or your office. Use our customizable campaign resources and toolkits to promote diabetes awareness in your community. Add your organization's logo to NDEP's feature articles, press releases, media advisories, and public service announcements.
Using social media? So are we! Don't forget to follow NDEP on Twitter @NDEP, "like" our page on Facebook, and look for our videos on YouTube. Feel free to "re-tweet" and share NDEP posts with your social media friends! Don't wait for your monthly issue of News & Notes to learn what's new and exciting from NDEP. Click on the RSS icon on the NDEP homepage to subscribe!
By using our promotional tools, everybody wins. Your constituents receive important health information, your organization receives good publicity, and you help NDEP continue to be the nation's No. 1 resource for free information and materials on diabetes control and prevention. News & Notes features resources that tie into quarterly promotions and can help us promote NDEP together.
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NDEP's Symposium from ADA is Available Online
If you missed the NDEP symposium, Addressing the New Diabetes Demographics in the U.S., at the American Diabetes Association meeting in June, it's not too late! The presentations are available to view for free on the American Diabetes Association website. Click here to view the presentations online.


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The Great Canadian Debt Binge Continues
By David George-Cosh
The great Canadian debt binge continues.
With interest rates holding at near-record lows, Canadians continue to pile on debt. Non-mortgage credit levels reached their highest on record, according to credit bureau TransUnion.
The average Canadian consumer owes C$26,221 in the second-quarter of this year, an increase of 0.74% from the previous quarter and 2.41% on an annualized basis, TransUnion said in a report released on Thursday. That's the second straight quarter of accelerated growth and the latest sign that consumer debt continues to grow in Canada.
"It's quite possible that this is a trend that will continue as consumers take advantage of the low interest environment," said Thomas Higgins, TransUnion's vice president of analytics and decision services.
That, of course, brings well-flagged risks. "However, if there are any sudden economic shifts such as a significant rise in unemployment, then it's quite conceivable that delinquencies will rise with debt levels," he said.
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has repeatedly warned Canadians, as frequently as Wednesday, that debt levels among Canadian households are getting out of hand and is a major domestic risk facing the country going forward.
All provinces except for Alberta and Saskatchewan saw their debt levels rise during the quarter. Alberta actually saw its debt decreased on an annual basis.
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The Pro-vo-ca-teur Gallery show is the result of three months of preparation that Istomin drew from his two biggest influences—namely film and fashion photography. Relying on a lot of sponsors, the exhibit was able to raise in the region of $1,800 to showcase what Istomin describes as an 'in your face' show that will present something different than most photography exhibits.
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