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Five Big Takeaways From Election Results
Off-year elections are always picked through for harbingers of the bigger ones to come, and the races Tuesday night across dozens of cities and states offer a bigger trove than normal. One has to be cautious not to overstate the lessons, but here are some clear takeaways from Election Night 2013:
1) Candidates really do matter. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is hardly a shoo-in to be the 2016 Republican presidential nominee, but his all-embracing, big-throated, unapologetic "I am who I am" style certainly offers the party a three-dimensional model for a GOP candidate who can wrap conservative policies in a personality that voters like. He racked up unusual vote tallies among Hispanics, African-Americans, women, and even among those calling themselves liberals. But a quick caveat: In exit polls, New Jersey voters still sided with Hillary Clinton over their governor in a hypothetical 2016 presidential race.
2) Governors trump congressmen as compelling presidential hopefuls. Congress now teems with Republicans eyeing a White House run, including Sens. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul and Rep. Paul Ryan. But the governing narrative that drove Mr. Christie's big win—taking on the teacher's unions, healing the state after Sandy, mending the pension system—are the story lines that tend to grab national voters, particularly at a time when disgust for Washington hits all-time highs.
3) Virginia is most emphatically a swing state tilting ever more to the Democratic column. The state's governor-elect, veteran Democratic fund-raiser and New York-born Terry McAuliffe, was never seen as a particularly strong or compelling candidate. But he beat out Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli thanks almost entirely to support from the state's swelling and increasingly diverse northern suburbs. With the attorney general's race down to the wire, Democrats could still take all three of the statewide offices to go with the two Senate seats they already control. Not since Richard Nixon was president have the Democrats held all those perches. In the past two presidential elections, Virginia was the best bellwether for the national vote. The lesson from Tuesday night isn't a good one for the national GOP.
4) Obamacare will cast a far longer shadow than last month's government shutdown. In Virginia, Mr. McAuliffe appeared to get a big lift in the polls in the wake of the federal government shutdown, which hit the state harder than most. But the race tightened noticeably down the stretch, as the nation's attention—and the Cuccinelli campaign—focused on the woes surrounding the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Exit polls suggest that unease over the health-care law helped drive a lot of wavering Republicans and independents into the Cuccinelli column in the final days. Touting the Mr. McAuliffe win, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee noted in a memo Wednesday how "Virginia has become an almost perfect predictor of national sentiment." If so, and if the health-care rollout continues to stumble, that sentiment may not bode well for Democrats in 2014.
5) Women decide elections. It's become the ultimate truism in recent years, but the candidate who wins the women's vote, wins the election. In Virginia, Mr. McAuliffe won in a tighter race than expected, but his margin among women—nine percentage points—was decisive. His edge among unmarried women, meanwhile, was eye-popping, at 42 points. In New Jersey, Mr. Christie won in a landslide against a female opponent, thanks in part to a 13-point edge among women voters.
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified Rep. Paul Ryan as part of a group of senators.
More Election News
Election 2013: Who Won the Major Races
Parties Split Two Races for Governor
Christie Sets Himself Up for Run in 2016
New York City Takes a Left Turn
Byrne Wins Alabama Congressional Runoff
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The Yummy Cafe opened last week at 313 Chambers Ave. in Eagle where the Smiling Moose Deli and Dietrich's used to be.One immediate difference from the previous restaurants is that the Yummy Cafe is a sit-down establishment, where a waiter takes your order. Prices are still comparable, however, with sandwiches running between $8 and $10.Mikhail (pronounced "Michael") Zaharouski is the owner. At 27 years old, he set out on his own after working at various restaurants in Vail, Avon and Beaver Creek the last five years. He most recently worked at Rocks Modern Grill in the Beaver Creek Lodge and he took a chef — Rocky Herrera — with him to open the Yummy Cafe. Their resort restaurant backgrounds are evident in the presentation of the food and atmosphere. Sandwiches are displayed just so on a plate, the color scheme of the dining room and uniforms is precise, and even the water glasses have a distinct character."My vision was to make something different from the places around here," Zaharouski said. "I always wanted to make crepes and paninis, but I was sure to add regular American food like chicken sandwiches and burgers as well."The Yummy serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week, from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Breakfast is served until 11 a.m.Besides the classic breakfast sandwich fare that's made with eggs and bacon, Yummy also serves Caprese eggs for $7.75 and salmon frittata for $9.95. Caprese eggs are two scrambled eggs with sliced tomato, marinated fresh mozzarella and basil pesto with choice of bread. The salmon frittata is two scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, spinach, cream cheese, capers, pickled red onions and cherry tomatoes served with bread. The Everything Crepe is $7.95 and is made with two scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, tomato, green onions, spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers, grilled onions and cheddar, swiss, jack or habanero cheese. The restaurant also has pancakes, waffles and French toast for about $5.Crepes are made in several varieties and some are served all day. The All Day Long Crepes include a Veggie Lovers, Turkey Spinach Bacon, Curry, Portobello Chicken and the Atlantic Echo, which has smoked salmon, cream cheese spread, spinach and capers for $8.95.For lunch, there are soups and salads that range from $3.95 to $11.95. The Yummy Salad includes seasoned steak, spinach, caramelized red onions, walnuts, blue cheese and berries with a red wine vinaigrette.A Yummy Angus Burger is $8.95, the same price of the chicken pesto sandwich. Fish tacos are made with battered cod and cost $9.95. The Yummy Sandwich is fried breaded veal, Creole mustard with mixed greens and tomato on focaccia bread, and costs $10.95.To see a full menu complete with photos, visit www.eagleyummycafe.com. The restaurant may be reached at 970-328-6060.
My Sister Nails & Spa recently opened at 65 Market St. in Eagle. It's located next to Magpie's, which is another new business that opened in the last year."My sister opened this for us to run together," said Sonny Nguyen, who manages the salon. He used to work at Chippen Nails in Edwards.The salon has already earned at least one repeat customer."They're good!" said Gery Fair, a Gypsum resident who discovered My Sister Nails & Spa when she was looking for another business in the area a while back.Nguyen touted the value of the combo package, which includes a pedicure and manicure for $35."I use a sea salt and cooling gel mask that most other places charge an extra $15 for," Nguyen said. "This is also the only place around here I've seen since I've been here a year and a half that has color tip powders (for nails)."My Sister Nails & Spa is open from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Walk-ins are welcome. The business may be reached at 970-328-8555 and also has a Facebook page.
Axis Sports Medicine opened seven clinics around the county on Nov. 1 — including one at 1143 Capitol St. in Eagle Ranch and one at 620 Red Table Drive in Gypsum — but the veteran clinicians are already well-known to many people.Axis is owned by 17 physical therapists who worked for Howard Head Sports Medicine at Vail Valley Medical Center. The Howard Head clinics were operated by a service contract VVMC had with a company called Proaxis Vail. VVMC let the contract expire Oct. 31 and took over operations of the Howard Head clinic. That's when about 40 percent of the veteran Howard Head clinicians decided to strike out on their own."I worked at Howard Head the last 13 years," said Brady Baker, the Axis clinic director of the Eagle Ranch location. "An advantage of working independently from the hospital is that we don't have the large overhead costs. Our rates are a third to half of what VVMC charges. Another advantage for us is that we can be more flexible with our treatment hours, especially with patients who have multiple diagnoses."The other clinicians in the Eagle Ranch office include Ted Weber and Robyn Ritsch. The clinic director of the Gypsum branch is Jen Sewall, who works alone there."Among all 17 co-owners, we have more than 200 years of experience," Weber said. "Howard Head is actually now more like the new kid on the block, since it is hiring new people and we're the ones that have been here the whole time."Baker said all 17 clinicians have specialties."In Eagle, we offer aquatic therapy at the Eagle Lodge, dry needling, orthotic fabrication, kinesiotaping and injury prevention," Baker said.Sewall said she specializes in sports performance and injury prevention."I'm also working toward a specialty in pediatrics," she said."We treat the whole gamut — elderly people to children, from bull riders and race car drivers to accident victims," Baker said. "People come from Glenwood Springs and Carbondale to see us."Visits are made by appointments. The Eagle Ranch office may be reached at 970-328-4566. The Gypsum office number is 970-328-1889. More information is also available at www.AxisSportsMedicine.com. Approximate clinic hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday."Those can change a bit since we coordinate with patients, especially for me, since I'm the only one in Gypsum," Sewall said. "I work three 10-hour days and two five-hour days."

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"What a wonderful gift this book is for aunties of all of ages, backgrounds, shapes and varieties!"
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Savvy Auntie is the ultimate guide for cool aunts, great-aunts, godmothers, and all women who love kids but have none of their own! Written by Melanie Notkin—America's premier Savvy Auntie and creator of the popular online community savvyauntie.com—Savvy Auntie focuses on everything that parenting manuals generally leave out: namely auntie-ing! This groundbreaking handbook celebrates the 50% of kid-loving American women who aren't (or are not yet) moms, but have so much to add to the Family Village.
Savvy Auntie is the first go-to source for taking delight in the Savvy Auntie lifestyle, based on the popular website and written by America's foremost expert on modern Aunthood, Melanie Notkin. Whether she's an Auntie by Relation or Auntie by Choice, a Long-Distance Auntie or a Gay Auntie, America's fastest growing segment of women, the PANK (Professional Aunt No Kids), needs guidance and advice when it comes to the kids she adores. Why should their parents know all the secrets?
Savvy Auntie empowers sophisticated, educated, and independent aunts to connect with their inner-Savvy Auntie by sharing everything she needs to know from the minute she discovers her sister or friend is expecting, to confidently lending a hand with a newborn niece or nephew, to keeping up with the walking, talking growing-oh-so-fast bundles of energy, while coping with the occasional meltdown—including her own. Notkin provides a wealth of essential information and insight on child development, health and well-being, and spending 'QualAuntie' time with nieces and nephews. Plus she shares tips for baby showers, baby booty, birthdays and big kids.
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Welcome to Kanaka. I haven't posted in several days but sure have been swamped by emails from the website. I need to go back and read how to turn the durn things off. Today I did 15 slow on soft wet dirt. I love the trail because it is so forgiving. I may be tired afterwards but don't usually feel beat up. I hate pavement pounding for long runs. Also I end up running 1 to 1.5 minutes per mile slower than on the roads. I am more relaxed and not always checking my Garmin to try to keep a certain pace. I think I got myself into trouble with my last injury by trying to do my long runs too fast. At times I head to the trail to purposely slow myself down because I know that if I use the street I will do it too fast. (Using the word fast very loosely). Spareribs, I also liked to walk when I was injured and never got bored, even with walks as long as 10.
Fred, are you trying to give me a heart attack? Holy *&%$ is that woman hot or what? I'm glad now that my wife doesn't post here on Active any more, as she would be upset if she knew I would love to jump the woman in that video.
Two years ago I had a strain in the abdominis rectus, and my PT had me doing all those pulley and stretch pull exercises. The strap I have is the one that you put in the hinge of your closet door, and I did a ton of those exercises. I don't do those any more, but they sure helped me back then.
I am glad XC Guy and FF chipped in on soft surface runs. While I am walking on dirt now for a different reason, it was Jim who convinced me of running on grass. We have many runs we all do during the week, that are meant to be done slowly, so why beat ourselves up on pavement? If you can find grass or another soft surface, it is a great way to sustain training and give the joints a break. Spareribs
Nice going on the 15 today, Flying Finn.
Ribs, I sure hope the grass running and all the other stuff you are doing will turn things around for you in '08. You are due, buddy.
I ran 7 this morning at just over 8-minute pace, then came back just before dusk to get 4 more and break my all-time record. It bumped my total up to 2,746 to nose out the 2,745 I ran in '89.
And to think that Fred averaged 140 one year. That comes out to 7,540 for full year!
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Welcome ABD. We start a new thread every month for the 50+. Why don't you repost in the Jan thread so we don't miss ya.
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Transcripts, Day 13: Electronic Edition
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1996 I. No. 113
2Royal Courts of Justice
3Strand, London
4 Tuesday, 1st February 2000
10Claimant -and-
14The Claimant appeared in person
15MR RICHARD RAMPTON Q.C. (instructed by Messrs Davenport Lyons and Mishcon de Reya) appeared on behalf of the First and
16Second Defendants
17MISS HEATHER ROGERS (instructed by Davenport Lyons) appeared on behalf of the First Defendant Penguin Books Limited
18MR ANTHONY JULIUS (of Mishcon de Reya) appeared on behalf of
19the Second Defendant Deborah Lipstadt
21(Transcribed from the stenographic notes of Harry Counsell
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22Telephone: 020-7242-9346)
23(This transcript is not to be reproduced without the written permission of Harry Counsell &Company)
1 <Day 13Tuesday, 1st February 2000.
2 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Mr Irving?
3 MR IRVING: May it please the court. Your Lordship will have
4appreciated that the Defence relied to a certain degree on
5that document about crematorium capacities.
6 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Yes.
7 MR IRVING: I was going to ask your Lordship's leave to have
8Professor van Pelt back in the box for 10 minutes to put
9further points about it to him which he may not be able to
10answer, but which would give the chance then for their
11other experts later on in the procedure to come back and
13 MR JUSTICE GRAY: I think your position on that document was
14that you doubted its authenticity. Is that fair?
15 MR IRVING: This is, I think, the only document whose integrity
16I am challenging.
17 MR JUSTICE GRAY: I do not think it is the only one but it is
18certainly one that you are challenging.
19 MR IRVING: It is a very important document. I did not
20appreciate at the time that we went over it the degree to
21which Professor van Pelt was going to rely on it. You
22remember the diagram he drew with the tall green column,
23and so on?
24 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Subject to what Mr Rampton says, as Professor
25van Pelt is here, I do not see any reason why he should
26not be further cross-examined, do you?
1 MR RAMPTON: No, I do not mind at all, provided he does not.
2 MR JUSTICE GRAY: I am not sure he has a choice.
3 MR RAMPTON: He has not got any of his papers and I do not have
4the document here myself.
5 MR JUSTICE GRAY: I am sure he will manage. Let us have him
6back, shall we, now? Professor, would you mind coming
8 < PROFESSOR VAN PELT, recalled.
9< Further Cross-Examined by MR IRVING.
10 MR IRVING: It is in the Auschwitz core file No. 2. I have
11provided a set of documents to the Defence to operate
12with. It is under tab 4, item 49.
13 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Yes, I have it. What about these odds and
14ends, Mr Irving? Where are you suggesting we put them?
15 MR IRVING: If we come to Dresden during the day, my Lord.
16 MR JUSTICE GRAY: These are Dresden, are they?
17 MR IRVING: They are Dresden, my Lord.
18 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] This is Kristallnacht, so this is my own report.
19 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Can he have a copy of K2?
20 MR IRVING: This is the actual document. The first thing is
21that Jean-Claude Pressac on page 247 himself points to the
22fact that this document did not surface until 1981. Would
23you agree with that, Professor?
24 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] No, I do not agree, because it was available in the Vienna
25trial. The first copy I found was in the Vienna trial.
26What I actually had in my hand was, I think, in file OM
1461 at the Dejaco and Ertl trial.
2 Q. [Mr Irving] When was that trial?
3 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] That trial was in 1971.
4 Q. [Mr Irving] Are you aware of any earlier occasions when that document
5surfaced, shall we say?
6 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] I think that Jan Sehn had it his hands in the early 50s,
7but I cannot be sure about that. When I talked about the
8Domberg version of the document -- there is a version of
9that document, as far as I know, in the Hoess trial
10transcript, and that would have been there in '48. I am
11not yet absolutely sure any more that I have seen that
12document in the Hoess trial transcript. I went through
13the Hoess trial transcripts. This was in 1990, but I am
14not absolutely any more sure that I have seen the Domburg
15copy in that transcript. I thought it was brought up -- I
16have certainly seen the Domburg copy. A copy was
17elsewhere in the Auschwitz und Bauleitung files.
18 Q. [Mr Irving] These would be useful pointers to the defence to research
19the document over the next few days.
20 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Sorry, Professor van Pelt, you referred to
21the Domburg document. I do not know what you mean by
23 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] There is an archive in the DDR, in Domburg. They sent at
24a certain moment a copy of that document to the State
26 MR IRVING: Would that be in 1959 that that transfer took
2 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] I am not sure. If indeed it is in the Hoess trial
3transcript it should have happened earlier because Hoess
4was in 1947, and then, of course, the other camp SS men
5were tried in 1948, and some of these files of the Hoess
6trial and that of Grapner and the others are
7actually combined, so it is kind of difficult to determine
8exactly what comes from where.
9 Q. [Mr Irving] The operative word in that response is the word "if" of
10course, "if it was in the trial". Is it right that the
11document as published, or a version of the document as
12published, in a 1957 volume published by the East German,
13the DDR, the German Democrat Republic?
14 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] I am not sure. I wonder, do you remember -- do you mean
15the Petsalt book?
16 Q. [Mr Irving] I do not know the title of the book.
17 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] I cannot comment on that. I am not absolutely sure,
18I think that Petsalt did it, but I thought the Petsalt
19book was later.
20 Q. [Mr Irving] Can I now draw your attention to the document in front of
21you which is in facsimile? This is taken from the Defence
22bundle, the Auschwitz core file No. 2.
23 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
24 Q. [Mr Irving] This is an original document, is it not? It is not a
25postwar transcript, to the best of your knowledge?
26 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt]
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More than 300 Terrebonne High School students received their diplomas Wednesday night in Houma, ending their 13 years of primary education and heading into a new world of college academics, jobs and military service.
2013 Terrebonne High graduates
Courtney Dominique Adams, Blake Michael Allen, Amber Renee` Collin Alvis, Sean Antoine Andrews, John Crofton Arata, Leah Elizabeth Aucoin, Paige Marie Austin, Sydney La'shaun Austin, Remy Paul Authement, David Leon Baker, Jr., Joshua Bryton Baldridge, Jennifer Ann Barber, Brandon William Barker, Christian Tyler Bathurst, Ikeia Journea Beauty, Jonathon Michael Belanger, Jarel Jardai Bell, Allison Aleisha-Rae Benoit, Taylor Margaret Benton, Christopher Micheal Bergeron, Cole William Bergeron, Haley Elizabeth Bergeron, Halle Frances Bergeron, Kayla Michelle Bergeron, Jergens J'nea Berryhill, Jessica Bertinot, Chelsie Elizabeth Billiot, Jeremiah Antoine Billiot, Kayla Michelle Billiot, Logan Sonny James Billiot, Terri Lynn Billiot, Marita Leigh Bonvillian, Taylor Nicole Borne, Erica Lynn Boudreaux, Kyle Joseph Boudreaux, Christopher Richard Bourg, Heather Michelle Bourg, Melanie Leanne Bourg, Sadie Claire Bourg, Erica Fay Bourgeois, Tyler Justin Bourque, Cohen James Bouzigard, Zachary Zeno Boyd, Nicole Marie Bradley, Jacob Paul Breaux, Jerome Joseph Brien, Jr., Maranda Ruth Brien, Miracle Natea Tyronell Brown, Maddison Mckay Brunet, Zoe` Diane Brunet, Samantha Evelyn Burgess, Christian Paul Burgo, Raymond Burks IV, Janara Joyce Burns, Raneisha Lashawn Butler, Stephon Lance Byrd, Lissett Cabrera, Cody Joseph Cadiere, Brianna Jolie Caillouet, Rebekah Leigh Callais, Matthew James Carlos, Shelayne Victoria Carter, Kaylee Angel Castle, Clifton Joseph Caudell, Jr., Basil Blake Cavalier, Tyler Joseph Cavalier, Jason Michael Chaisson, Kirstie Layne Champagne, Courtney Alyse Charles, Sarah Elise Chatagnier, Jordan Anthony Chauvin, Roland Richard Chauvin, Whitney Marie Chauvin, Erin Octavio Chavez, Janee Noelle Clause, James Edward Conerly, Jr., Raymundo Coronado, Rayne O'Neal Coston, Jacquelyn Leigh Daigle, Kendra Monet Davis, Mercy Leanne Davis, Zachary Charles Davis, Darian Jeane' Dees, James Richard Dehart Jr., Thomas James Detwiler, Sonia Patricia Diaz, Brittany Lynn Diggs, Raina Nichelle Diggs, Timmy Jiontre Dillard, Austin Joseph Domangue, David Matthew Domangue, Mia Catherine Domangue, Caitlynn Alaina Douglas, Jaylynn Renee' Douglas, Bryce James Doxey, Taylor Houston Dryden, Rachel Elizabeth Ducote, Lawrence Sebastian Dugas, Kevinisha Marie Duncan, Dravin Joseph Duplantis, Emily Nicole Duplantis, Shaylyn Desiree` Duplantis, Garrick Dupre, Joseph Matthew Edwards, Yashodara Lakmini Bandara Ekanayaka, Tess Mercedes Ellender, Danielle Andre` Eschete, Telicia Avery Etheridge, Kwamequa Audae Ezell, Kaitlyn Marie Fanguy, Reed Paul Fanguy, John Paul Fazzio, Hannah Rose Fontenot, Jared Michael Fontenot, Shelby Pauline Forbes, Tiffany Nichole Foret, Jacob Paul Fournier, Tailor Anthony Fournier, Patrick Dean Fox, Alex Henry Fuchs, Brock Lybrand Fuller, Trenisha Deshawn Fusilier, Fernando Galindo, Ezell J-Vaughn Gardner, La`Jerrica Dyquaries Garner, Robert Keith Garner, Grayson Paige Garnett, Brooklyn Reed Gaudet, Hailey Nicole Gautreaux, Connie Linda Gentry, Jacob Broughton Gilliland, Courtney Lea Glynn, Thomas Patrick Glynn III, Jarden Steven Gonzales, Jordan Joseph Gonzales, Tristan Henry Graham, Kaelan Taylor, Cavanagh Gras, Danisha Renee Griffin, Brittney Ann Gros, Jade Catherine Guidry, John Francis Hargroder, Zackary Robert Harrington, Erin Jakar Harris, Jaianai Nikel Harris, Jayvin Raejon Hartman, Angelle Marie Hebert, Catherine Elizabeth Hebert, Dillon Matthew Hebert, Kelsie Brooke Hebert, Lana Celeen Henderson, Laurie Lynn Hess, Jacob Daniel Higginbotham, Jenna Renee Hill, Phillip Curtis Himel, Ryan Paul Hutcherson, Nicholas Anthony Indovina, Juan Alberto Izaguirre, George Washington Jackson IV, Keon Leshea Johnson, Michael Anthony Jones, Tameka Rene Juengain, Holly Ezimay Kingen, Logan Thomas Knight, Thomas Paul Koltski, Matthew Davis Kraemer, Jed Donavan Lacoste, Nicole Jean Landrie, Kristen Ann Landry, Megan Marie Landry, Max Clayton Laplume, Kyle Damian Lawson, Haley Marie Leblanc, Joie Keanu Leblanc, Taylor Renee` Leblanc, Abbey Katherine Leboeuf, Dustin Paul Lecompte, Jake Anthony Lecompte, Sarah Elizabeth Lecompte, Bailey Elizabeth Lee, Zia Alexis Lee, David Leslie IV, James Ray Levron, Breagan-Louis Matthew Liner, Shealyn Lacey Liner, Benjamin Joseph Lirette, Jozella Shantely Little, Julio Antonio Lobato, Dustin Ray Lyons, Haley Nicole Mace, Loretta Micheala-Shenee Maddox, Brock James Malbrough, Joshua Michael Malbrough, Jamie Lynn Marcel, Zeke John Marcel, Katie Michel Martin, Ty Michael Martin, Stephanie Astrid Mashburn, Brooke Lynn Mazac, Julian Diante` Maze, Jacob Lane McCormick, Barry Davante McGuire, Kristi Kiante McKinley, Allison Maelyn McNeilly, Euri Andres Mejia, Austin Marc Melancon, Cameron Jordan Miller, Olivia Anna Miller, Turner Wilson Miller, Sabrina Leanne Mizell, Juwuan John Morgan, Olivia Claire Mosely, William O'Neal Moses, Devin Devonte` Moultrie, Brittany Azena Naquin, Michael Minh Tuan Nguyen, Mia Claire Nicholson, Jordyn Michele Nixon, Ka`Sandra Dwanchell Nixon, Brennan Michael Norman, Brandon Paul Oge`, Kayla Renee Ordoyne, Jaron Paul Ourso, Julio Antonio Pabon, Jarrett Michael Pellegrin, Tony Perrier IV, Anjhae Renee Pharagood, Taylor Michelle Pichoff, Gabryalle Pazlie Picou, Wade Knight Pitre III, Catherine Elizabeth Plaisance, Josiah Paul Plaisance, Ivana Rhae Pledger, Beaux Andrew Poiencot, Scott Michael Pontiff, Carissa Lynn Porche, Rae Lin Porche, Lacy Nicole Positerry, Shannon Emiko Powell, Seth Emile Pragnell, Mack Murray Pryor IV, Megan Caroline Qualkenbush, Trevor Matthew Quick, Savior Delores Sarah Reed, Sierra Nicholle Rees, Elizabeth Marie Reiley, Taylar Nicole Rhodes, Brittanie Renee' Rice, Tetron Kentray Richard, Brylon Keith Robertson, Casey Lynn Robichaux, Travion Khalila Robinson, Donald Royal Ross, Bethany Rene Ruiz, Spencer David Savoy, Kellie Nicole Scoby, Joseph Thomas Scott, Falyn Ashlee Sevin, Claire Elizabeth Shearer, Ashton Brooke Shepard, Zackheaus Rajhaye Short, Sheyla Alessandra Sicily, Brandon Javon Smith, Broderca Ann Smith, Kristina Dennes Smith, Waneisha Lashannon Smith, Mallori Blanche Soderstrum, Brett James Soignet, Briauna Cache' Spears, Sarah Nicole Stanley, Meghan Rene' Stevens, April Dawn Stinson, Nathaniel Joseph Streams, Devon Michael Stringer, Ashley Claire Theriot, Lee Allen Theriot, Sean Micheal Theriot, Taylor Joseph Theriot, Brad Joseph Thibodaux, Jeremiah Nasheed Thomas, Lauren Jon`Tell Thomas, Nykei` Vontea`A Thomas, Madison Noel Thompson, Sommer Marshell Tillman, Krista Lynn Trahan, Paige Emilee Trahan, Taylor John Trahan, Kenneth Darnell Travis, David Lee Tribe, Kiante Noelle Tucker, Lydia Lou Ann Turner, Randi Gayle Usie, Kya Keanna Utley, Joseph Ward Vanderpool, Kiersten Marie Vanleuven, De'andre M. Varnado, Caitlynn Elizabeth Vega, Danielle Marie Velasquez, Kyndalyn Lyne Verdin, Hailey Layne Verdun, Brooke Ashley Verret, Austin Ledail Verrett, Migelle Lashell Verrett, Cy Lyn Vicknair, Hakeem Malik Walker, Raven Charisse Walls, Jasmyne Kianna Ward, Matthew Joseph Ward, Tracy Teak Ward, Larue Earl Warren, Jr, George Archimedez Welan, Antonio D'shawn Welch, Kavaughn Rashawd Wesley, Kristian Bell Wiggins, Jaquan Markeise Williams, Justin Paul Williams, Taylor Lynn Williams, Wayne Lloyd Williams, Oshaye` Shuqawon Wolfe, Steven Clark Wooley, Yanqing Wu.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, you are on the highway to success," said Terrebonne Parish School Board President Roger DeHart. "Each of you had different reasons to be here, but as time moves forward you will realize the opportunities that come your way because of your high school diploma."
Terrebonne High School Principal Graham Douglas said the class of 2013 met with both academic and athletic success, gaining a number of accolades and advancing to the playoffs in many sports.
In particular, 108 of the school's students received more than $4 million in college scholarships, which is a record, Douglas said.
The school also boasted 53 honor graduates and nine valedictorians.
"We are one step closer to our dreams, aspirations and ambitions, as well as the fear and anxiety that comes with it," said Senior Class President Kendra Monet Davis. "This is the end of our high school career but not the end of our success. Be courageous and have no fear for tomorrow's challenges because we are still living the dream."
Davis, along with Terrebonne High School Valedictorian Cole William Bergeron, was awarded the American Legion's 2013 Student of the Year Award.
Terrebonne Parish Superintendent Phillip Martin congratulated students on their accomplishments but also said it's all right for students to not yet have a defined idea of what they want in life.
"Some of you may have a clear, defined path forward. Some of you may not be sure," he said. "Both are OK."
He said students should remember some of the most important things in life can't be bought with money, including character, compassion, courage and conviction.
Douglas also offered students advice, telling them to challenge themselves with written goals. Unwritten goals are just dreams, he said, and you need to have commitment to achieve your goals. He told students to demonstrate integrity and work ethic, and to sow compassion wherever they go.
Most importantly, he said, "Don't forget to love, laugh and live," he said. "Set high expectations for yourself."
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Add lamb to some olive oil, pour in a Washington syrah, garnish with a cigar and serve in a snow fort at 11,000 feet and whabam - that's Taste of Vail in a nutshell. But don't settle for the shell. Seriously. Go full-on nuts.
In its 23rd year, the Taste of Vail is a local institution. Created as a way to showcase the Vail Valley lifestyle - great wine, terrific food and ski terrain that just won't quit - the festival is some kind of wonderful for foodies, winos and anybody with even a passing interest in sipping or noshing.
At the beginning, there were chefs, winemakers and tasting events. Then came the seminars. For a while, there were celebrity chefs, but why focus on big names from afar when the point is to celebrate Vail's embarrassment of riches? A competitive lamb cook off, food and wine discussions, winemaker dinners and new this year, a Nordic wine event, round out the 2013 Taste of Vail.
"Though the core events are still the same, we've made some changes, too," said Greg Moffet, Vail resident, business owner, town councilman and Taste of Vail board member. "The town has changed in the past 20 years, and so the event had to evolve, too."
Moffett is part of an almost-entirely-new board that came in less than two years ago. Chris Chantler, co-owner of Vail Mountain Coffee, has been involved in the festival since its inception. He's now the chair of the board. Add in the energy of Executive Director Angela Mueller and it's a whole new ball game.
"It took the new board members a while for the old board members to drill into us what the object of the exercise is," Moffet continued. "Ultimately we got it: It's about the Vail lifestyle. We play in the snow here - that's what we do."
Hence there's a new on-snow event, a cross-country ski/snowshoe tasting at the Vail Nordic Center, which kicks off the festival on Wednesday. The Nordic wine tasting was Moffet's idea.
"Here's the thing: One of my all-time favorite things to do is go out to wine country and ride my bike from winery to winery. (So this event) is like a mini wine country tour substituting the tools we have in the winter for the ones they have in the summer. Let's exercise a bit and have some wine."
What could be wrong with that?


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They were covered head-to-toe in mud, but the army of volunteers that invaded Manitou Springs Sunday was a beautiful sight to business owners.
Eager volunteers flooded the town hit by flash flooding Friday. The flash floods wreaked havoc on businesses and homes in its path.
Hundreds of volunteers were a sign of hope for overwhelmed business owners whose livelihood is buried beneath a thick layer of mud and debris.
"I realize it's just clothes but this is our income," said business owner Angie Findley as she stared at a mound of soggy clothes dripping with mud.
Findley worked 12 hours every day for three years on the muddy pile. It's $75,000 of merchandise she planned to sell online. The flash flood destroyed her family's safety net in minutes.
"I don't know if we are going to make it honestly. We have everything invested in the business and the eBay business is supporting our family while Stick 'Em Up! takes off," said Findley.
The family is stretched thin financially while their sign and decals store grows. Findley planned to use the money earned from eBay sales to support her family over the next months. The flash flood broke through their basement door and destroyed almost all of her inventory.
A stranger is giving Findley a helping hand.
"I was just walking down the street with my shovel and that's where I ended up," said volunteer Kristi Foss. "They were dunking these clothes in a bucket of water and trying to wring them out. It was just the worst mess so I stopped to help."
The family can't afford a professional cleaning service so Findley tried to wash the clothes in her home washing machine. It didn't work.
Foss and Findley had never met. Foss brought Findley hope, and a power washer.
"It's the best $80 I've ever spent I think," said Foss.
The flash flood tore through The Dulcimer Shop's garage.
"They're shoveling about one foot of mud out of the basement over there and two feet on this side," said The Dulcimer Shop's Erin Ford gesturing to her property.
The garage stored the shop's wood and supplies to build musical instruments. Ford also lost several vehicles in her back parking lot.
"I couldn't stop crying yesterday. I couldn't accomplish anything without these people. Nothing would have been done," said Ford.
Ford wasn't feeling so overwhelmed Sunday thanks to volunteers like 5-year-old Liam Campbell.
"They have had a herculean task and I'm amazed at what they're doing," said Ford.
Campbell saw the flood's destruction as he watched morning news with his mom on Sunday. He thought the destruction was states away. His mom told him it was in Manitou.
Campbell said it made him feel "sad, so I decided to come help."
Campbell left the heavy lifting to the adults. He managed the mud pile.
"I like playing in that dirt," said Campbell.
When asked if he was glad he came to help, he responded: "Uh huh. I am."
It was a feeling volunteers of all ages could agree on.
The Red Cross estimates it will take several days to clean up all the sludge that has covered streets in the flood's path. Red Cross spokesperson Bill Fortune said volunteers should show up with good footwear, work gloves and a hat because the work is dirty.


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It's a bodily function that strikes terror into the hearts of TV talent...fear of being overcome by hiccups. That is exactly what happened to a Texas meteorologist.
Talk about high pressure. There's never a good time for hiccups. But this was a bad one.
When KHOU meteorologist David Paul started his forecast for the Houston area, he hoped it was just a passing hiccup.
But, the involuntary contractions of the diaphragm continued..
David told us he'd been having bouts of hiccups all day, but usually they stop when the red light on the camera comes on.
"It was the most helpless feeling I've ever had on live TV." Paul said, "That was a mess."
Sure other meteorologists have suffered a single hiccup.
We've seen talent sneeze on air.
We've even seen an Australian weatherman pass out,while doing the weather, pulling 8Gs in a stunt plane. But this was no stunt.
David did try one last ditch trick. "I slowed down and I thought "well, I'm just going to try to speak slowly and swallow and maybe they'll go away." Paul hoped.
Even a drink of water didn't help.
But at least he's getting praised for soldiering through and maintaining his dignity.


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text: Here is my review published originally on Fantasy Book Critic: "Go beyond the Wall and across the narrow sea with this collection about George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, from A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons. The epic game of thrones chronicled in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. In Beyond the Wall, bestselling authors and acclaimed critics offer up thought-provoking essays and compelling insights" INTRODUCTION: As a huge series fan and also as I own the art books inspired by the novels, I was very curious about this essay book since I heard about it some months ago. While the recent A Feast of Ice and Fire is a bit "too out" for my interests, the upcoming map book "The Lands of Ice and Fire" is another huge asap, so this year we will have been treated with a lot of ASOIAF material, from the excellent HBO series, to three related works including the one discussed here! Note that Beyond the Wall contains spoilers about the series up to and including A Dance with Dragons, though I will avoid such below. OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: "Beyond the Wall" contains 16 essays including the foreword from RA Salvatore and the introduction from the editor, both worth reading by themselves too and they group naturally in a few categories: The fan explorations of the wonderful ASOIAF universe which are the core of the book and are excellent and make the book totally worth reading. Here we have exceptional contributions: from Adam Whitehead on the mythical nature of Westeros' chronology: "In A Song of Ice and Fire, characters live in a world whose very history is uncertain and ill-defined, where myth and legend are hopelessly and inextricably entwined with accounts of real events.The predominant feature of Westerosi history is vagueness.", from Linda Antonsson and Elio Garcia on the perennial Lyanna-Rhaegar question and more generally on romanticism in a Byronic sense: "The most prevalent manifestation of romanticism is the view of the past espoused by many characters in the novel. It seems a part of human nature to idealize the past, to suppose things were somehow "better" in days gone by. The same can be said about how characters view the past of Westeros, citing examples of how the realm was once better off and has now declined.", from Andrew Zimmerman Jones on the multiple and quite intricate religions of the series: "In fact, the religions portrayed in A Song of Ice and Fire are reflections of the religions in our own world. They require a leap of faith, because the effects of belief are so intangible. The religions of Westeros claim to dictate absolute, perfect truths through imprecise, flawed institutions and beings—just like the religions we encounter every day", from Jesse Scoble on the way George Martin uses magic in the series: "What's intriguing about this is that Martin's world of the Seven Kingdoms is steeped in magic. But it is not used in a "traditional fantasy" sense." and from Gary Westfahl on the Egg and Dunk stories, essay which starts a bit ponderously with some generic talk about types of tales as seasons - talk that is very vague and even self-contradictory - but then rights itself with a wonderful appreciation of the three prequel stories to date and of course noting how GRRM actually does not really fit in such a rigid schemata anyway: "Interestingly, there is evidence in the third novel of A Song of Ice and Fire, A Storm of Swords, suggesting precisely such a desire to heighten the import of the Dunk and Egg stories." There are also three essays that are on the border between the pretentious and the interesting, but overall they fall on the interesting part mostly because they do not follow a particular pet-theory or ideology of the essay author, but stick to discussing the books and their universe. In Men and Monsters, Alyssa Rosenberg tackles quite reasonably the nature of sexual violence in the series - as I note below, imho, any (faux) medieval world is a world steeped in violence especially in times of trouble as surely we have in Westeros at the end of Robert's reign and men are also tortured and mutilated casually - as we see vividly in the books and the essay author to her credit points this out and makes the discussion more balanced. In "The Brutal Cost of Redemption", Susan Vaught has a good discussion of the moral nature of the series and I really liked this passage which summarizes my feelings too: "Westeros is not built upon a shifting foundation of chaos. True, there is no clearly marked, brightly lit path to salvation. Yet characters face a painful retributive justice, born of moral absolutism, that lends reality and depth to the medieval society portrayed in the series." Actually this topic is one of great interest as I think here the divide between the nuanced fantasy of GRRM and the "four legs good, two legs bad" fantasy especially pre-Martin but also today, is clearest. In "A Different Kind of Other" Brent Hartinger discusses the role of freaks and outcasts in ASOIAF, and while the essay starts very anachronistically (hey the world of ASIAF is an aristocratic one where even the handsomest man or the most beautiful woman does not really count unless they have the noblest blood) with: "Who doesn't love an underdog? As humans, most of us seem to be instinctively drawn to outsiders, to the excluded. At least on some level, most of us sympathize with those who are denied even the opportunity to prove their full worth. We recognize that's just not fair." After this very 21st century quote which denotes the author's lack of experience of any society beyond the wealthy modern western one, the essay gets better and has some good stuff to say about its topic, but the beginning jarred badly. Then there are three essays following a pet modern theory (feminism, PTSD, pop-psychology) which imho are both useless and anachronistic. While they contain the occasional gem they generally read like debating angels on a pin as for example people in a world like Martin's have an exposure to violence which is almost infinitely higher than ours in the modern world so we cannot really comprehend their mindset from that point of view. Similarly the world of ASIAF is a world where the powerless and the fallen from power are treated with no mercy and women and children (and the poor and non-noble) are part of the powerless, so feminism which is a modern western doctrine has very little relevant to say about the books beyond what can be said about any "realistic" faux-medieval stuff. Pop-psychology mercifully has not been invented in Martin's world so notions like psychopaths are just silly. Of course such essays by Mike Cole, Caroline Spector and Matt Stags may appeal to some, so from that point of view their inclusion broadens the book despite that I found them quite uninteresting. Finally there is general stuff like the Foreword, the Introduction, the essay about where ASOIAF stands in the "genre wars" - the usual bellyaching and moaning of some sff writers that they are "disrespected" by the literary establishment, when imho the correct answer is let the generally mortified canon die in peace and celebrate the vibrancy of genre - which actually here is treated quite well and rationally by Ned Vizzini: "Martin thus fights the genre wars by sidestepping them. Working from within the system, refusing to apologize for what came before, he writes books that are too bloody, unexpected, and relentlessly story-driven to be ignored. In doing so, he elevates other fantasy along with his own." Here I would also include the niche essays about adapting ASOIAF to graphic form by Daniel Abraham and the one about collecting the books by John Jos. Miller, neither of which are of particular interest to me, but they provided a good overview of the respective issues. Overall Beyond the Wall exceeded my expectations and it's a highly recommended book of 2012 and a great companion to any lover of the series though keep in mind the spoiler note above if you have not read all five books to date!


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Friday, November 5, 2010
Not as expected
The surgeon started palpating her toes, and his brow furrowed even more. He said that he wanted some x-rays, just to rule out bad things. After doing the x-rays, he sent me and K to start physical therapy and said that he'd tell me the results afterwards.
Within 10 minutes, as K walked on an underwater treadmill, the surgeon's dark shadow loomed in the doorway. The "C" word leaped out of his mouth – bone cancer. He wanted to do an array of tests to check K's chest, abdomen, and further probe her toe bone. His expression told me that we needed these tests asap. K was swept away into the back of the hospital. It felt like she was snatched from me.
My girl is only seven years old – it's too soon for this. We'll do everything in our power to help her.
66 comments:
- Fi from Four Paws and Whiskers said...
Totally stunned at this....so glad x rays chest etc are clear... Good chances. Can they remove the toe?
All the best
- November 5, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Khyra And Sometimes Her Mom said...
Count us among totally stunned -
You've got The Power of The Paw AND then some -
Please know we are HERE even if we can't be THERE -
I can feel the same 'breath knocked from you' as I read the post again -
Just Wow -
Hugs From Us In PA
- November 5, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Mr. Pip said...
Wow, this must have been quite a shock ... The good news is her chest x-ray is clear! We are sending you and K lots of good wishes and healing thoughts. Please keep us posted.
Your pal, Pip
- November 5, 2010 at 8:37 PM
- Barbara said...
Stunned, yet hopeful. Power of the Paw activated. Please keep us posted.
- November 5, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- houndstooth said...
I really feel your pain today. We were at the vet with Blueberry, who's only eight, and heard that she has "suspicious looking cells" after a needle aspiration today. She goes in for surgery next Thursday. You and K will definitely be in our thoughts and prayers! If you need some info on bone cancer, I know that a lot of Greyhound people have dealt with it and know way more about it than they'd care to.
- November 5, 2010 at 9:29 PM
- Tweedles -- that's me said...
I did not know what to say when I read these words.
And I know that you do not know how to feel,,, except overwhelmed.
We are with you.
The Power of the Paws are around you and K right now.
Stay close to us. Take out paws, and expect a miracle.
Sending love and prayers
- November 5, 2010 at 9:32 PM
- outdoor.mom said...
you have a great blog :-) fun pics and awesome content!! it reminds me a little of life where i live.
- November 5, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Dream Valley Ranch said...
OMG-am absolutely in disbelief...not K...it is just not possible :( sending a million hugs and will be sending the best thoughts to you and your sweet girl.
- November 5, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- MurphyDog said...
oh gosh...my stomach just sank as I read your post. I am sure I have no words to make you feel better, I can only hope and pray that the diagnosis is better than the vet is thinking.
I'll be sending some good healing energies to you and your girl...
Debbie (Muprhydog's Mom)
- November 5, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- ~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...
Add me to the list of those who caught their breath at reading your post--We will so hope for a positive diagnosis for your precious girl and keep you all in our prayers for healing, good health and strength!
- November 5, 2010 at 10:01 PM
- 24 Paws of Love said...
Sorry to hear the news. Don't know really what I can say. You have our prayers.
Thinking of K and you.
24 Paws of Love
- November 5, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- ForPetsSake said...
I'm shocked as you must have been. It is a goof thing that there is no suspicion of systemic C. And you're right- she's young, so that is a strength in her favor. Hugs and positive thoughts sent your way.
- November 5, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- MAXMOM AND TOBY IN SA said...
KB, this is really devastating news...I am totally shocked!!! I can just imagine what thoughts are lurking in your heart at the moment. I am really sorry to hear this, but until you know for certain, it's better not to speculate. Hang on to anything positive in your sites.
Absolutely, the Power of the Paw will surround you in the days ahead. Certainly, we will be standing by with all the strength we can muster.
Hang in there, dear friend. Please give lots of pats to K...what an amazing pair you are!
(Your sunrise picture is surely something to meditate on...what amazing photography!)
Sending lotsaluv
- November 5, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- Ally and Eclipse said...
How heartbreaking! We got bad news today, too. My sister's golden retriever Eva is the littermate of my Eclipse. They've had kidney "issues" forever and since they just turned two we did typical Urine Analyses and blood panels. Turns out Eva has tumorous cells in her urine, they're thinking either bladder cancer or something similar. We feel your pain, and you and K will be in our thoughts and prayers!
- November 5, 2010 at 11:03 PM
- Annelisa said...
Those amber eyes are stunning in the sun!
Peace to you and yours x
- November 5, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- Sierra Rose said...
Oh KB, say it isn't so. Tears here, and prayers for K. Absolutely beautiful photos.
Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,
Sierra Rose
- November 5, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Thinking of you -- my heart goes out to you down here in the city. Waiting with you in spirit for the results.
- November 5, 2010 at 11:32 PM
- Ruahines said...
Kia ora KB,
Wow, I have tears in my eyes reading this, and I send you all the biggest virtual hug I can give. My thoughts and energy are coming your way. Kia kaha e hoa.
- November 5, 2010 at 11:38 PM
- Stella said...
My heart is aching for you and your girl! My prayers will be with her (and you) each and every day. She is so young and so beautiful I hope this is just something that can be managed. Know that the Power of our Paws will be with you daily.
Love and hugs,
Stella and Jo
- November 6, 2010 at 12:47 AM
- Angus said...
I had to re-read this a second and then a third time. Even now it seems hard to comprehend that this has swept in so suddenly. You can be so, so sure that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
- November 6, 2010 at 2:16 AM
- Kristin G. said...
I'm so sorry to read this. What a shock! I wish I had some words of wisdom to offer. Please know that my thoughts are with you now, and in the days ahead.
- November 6, 2010 at 2:48 AM
Oh KH I am SO SORRY.
Hope for the best. Pour K and you too. You did'nt diserve that.
Love and best wishes EM
- November 6, 2010 at 3:57 AM
- Pat in east TN said...
Like everyone else, I was shocked reading your post. You both are in my thoughts and prayers.
- November 6, 2010 at 4:05 AM
- Dog_geek said...
Oh no! I'm sitting here in shock! I'm so sorry you got such horrible news... I don't know what to say, except that you and K and the rest of your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
- November 6, 2010 at 4:38 AM
- Mango said...
Oh how awful. We will keep you in our thoughts. Poor little girl.
- November 6, 2010 at 4:52 AM
- Wanda..... said...
How heart-breaking...such sadness, wish I had words of comfort for you, KB. Hope K will have a successful treatment or surgery.
- November 6, 2010 at 5:55 AM
- Raising Addie said...
Sending BIG hugs to you both. K can beat this. There is no doubt in our minds.
We will be praying for you both.
Lots of Luv & Kisses
Addie, Lucie and Hailey
- November 6, 2010 at 6:02 AM
- jen said...
I am stunned to say the least and my heart aches for K and you.
I wish that there was something I could say to help.
I will keep K in my thoughts amd prayers.
- November 6, 2010 at 6:45 AM
My heart is in my throat.............beautiful K will have my continuous prayers as you face this next challenge
Her beauty astounds me !
- November 6, 2010 at 7:10 AM
- The Thundering Herd said...
Oh, no. We logged in this morning looking forward to great news and are stunned. We can only imagine what you are going through at the moment. Know that The Herd has immediately rallied, crossed paws, fired up the Sibe Vibes, and are sending the Power of the Paw - that is, absolutely everything we can think to do for a good outcome for K. We are thinking of you.
- November 6, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- Sam said...
Oh no... I'm so sorry. The good news is because you take such good care of your pups it has been caught early. We are sending prayers for K and lots of hugs for you. Think good thoughts - Sam is a cancer survivor of over 7 years now.
- November 6, 2010 at 7:58 AM
Thinking of you and K, and sending healing thoughts from the midwest. Thanks for your beautiful blog! Our hearts are with you.
- November 6, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Minna Krebs said...
Oh my goodness! My heart sank as I read your post!
We will most certainly be keeping K in our thoughts and prayers. She is a strong girl, and we are certain she can overcome this!
MinnaK and momma Cheryl
- November 6, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Dear KB,
Please know that there are hearts here in Virginia pulling for K. She is such a beautiful girl - both inside and out.
- November 6, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Roo said...
I am saddened by the set back and encouraged that tests showed no cancerous signs. I am holding to this result and will put all my happy healthy thoughts toward positive future results! XOX to all of you,
- November 6, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- rottrover said...
KB - My beautiful Allie girl had toe cancer in 2008. It was called "nail bed carcinoma". In the end, her one toe was amputated, and after recuperating, she was good as new -- clean margins, and all. Hope K's is as simple. Paws crossed here in L.A.
Did K like the underwater treadmill? It seems very lab-friendly...
- November 6, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Tweedles -- that's me said...
K is on my mind this morning.
I came back to share more circle of paws around all of you.
I am feeling this obstacle has you cornered at this moment with emotions.
Take the time you need to digest the words that were said to you.
My forest is sending postive thoughts to all of you.
The Power of The Paws to you
- November 6, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- ♥♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥♥ said...
We left a comment earlier but we don't see it. No matter, we are just devastated at this possibility. We almost didn't want to come to read the post when we saw the title. Paws crossed that there is a good report with either no problem or one with an optimistic prognosis. We invoked the power of the paw for you again today.
- November 6, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Yoda & Brutus said...
We will keep K in our thoughts and prayers. We are sending healing vibes her way!!
Pugs & Kisses,
Yoda & Brutus
- November 6, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- Wild Dingo said...
CRAP! I'm so sorry. I seriously hope this is not as bad as it is sounding. Not fair. not fair. not fair. i know, selfish of me to vent. but i feel like i need to express my anger and sorrow all at once.
What an angel. i hope while things get figured out her paw is not in much pain. we're sending heeling paw vibes from our area.
wild dingo
- November 6, 2010 at 12:26 PM
- Tom, Tama-Chan, Sei-Chan and Bibi-Chan said...
Our thoughts are with you.
- November 6, 2010 at 12:34 PM
- Piappies World said...
We have our paws crossed and we continue to pray for K. How we wish we can do more.
You are in our thoughts...
Piappies Fudgie, Princess, Frappie, Mocha, Sugar, Wai-Pai & Wai-Max
- November 6, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- mayziegal said...
I read about K from the OP Pack before I got over here today. I felt sick when I heard. I know you must be very frightened but it sounds like she's in good hands. My thoughts are with you and I'm sending you every positive wish for a good outcome.
Amber (Mayzie's Mom)
- November 6, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Pumpkinpuddy said...
I'm purring and purraying my hardest for you and K.
- November 6, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Snowcatcher said...
Here's yet another stunned and taken aback. My heart aches, not only for K, but for your other readers who also are facing heartbreaking news. I'm glad the rest of her body is clear, but I sit on the edge of my seat as you wait to see what comes next. I have no paws, but you and your best friend will be in my thoughts and prayers.
- November 6, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Life with 5 dogs said...
All Paws Crossed here in NH for you and K. We will be praying hard for the both of you.
Your Friends
- November 6, 2010 at 5:41 PM
- sophie...^5 said...
Dang it!
- November 6, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- NCmountainwoman said...
My heart is just aching for all of you. I am praying for the best possible diagnosis and outcome. All of us will hold special thoughts for this wonderful girl. And for you, and the runner, and R.
- November 6, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- Emma Rose said...
Oh no! We will be praying hard for K - and for you.
Emma Rose
- November 6, 2010 at 9:12 PM
My thoughts are with you and your "clan". Wishing and hoping for the best.
mtb w
- November 6, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Jan's Funny Farm said...
Oh, no. We send lots of purrs and tail wags for K.
- November 6, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Barb said...
KB, I'm late to get this terrible news - I felt a chill just from your title, but still didn't expect the diagnosis. I keep looking into K's eyes - she is a good brave girl. I know you've already researched your options - are you considering having her examined at CSU? I'll surely be thinking of you all.
- November 6, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- the booker man said...
i feel like i've just had the wind knocked out of myself at K's news. nonetheless, i'm going to think positively. if it is cancer, thank goodness it hasn't spread to K's chest or abdomen. i'll be thinking of and praying for K and you. know that you are surrounded by blog friends that want only the best outcome.
the booker man and asa's mama
- November 6, 2010 at 10:26 PM
- Jed and Abby in MerryLand said...
All the words for shocked, devastated, & saddened are gone. Crap, as Mrs. Wild Dingo says. We hope: it's not really cancer, but something else that's treatable. If it is cancer, we hope you've caught it early enough for successful treatment. K could certainly learn to bound along the trail and climb the rocks minus a toe. Mama lost several Danes to bone cancer, but it was always higher up in a leg bone and the dogs were just too old to put them through amputation, chemo, etc.
Our paws are crossed for K. She's such a good, strong girl. Surely she shall recover.
Jed & Abby
- November 7, 2010 at 12:12 AM
- Pepsi Bum said...
Saw your blog through the OP Pack.. And although I just started the blog for Pepsi and the critters, I've been reading up on dlogs for a long time.
I can't say that I am able to understand how you must be feeling, but I certainly know that this is a rough phase.
We will be keeping you in our prayers.
Lots of Love,
A, Pepsi, and the Critters.
- November 7, 2010 at 2:01 AM
- Maggie and Mitch said...
Many prayers are being said for K. Our paws are crossed and we are hoping for the best.
Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch
- November 7, 2010 at 3:46 AM
- kks said...
i'm in shock.....i just can't believe it....and i can't find your e-mail address....please e-mail me when you're up to it...shit..
- November 7, 2010 at 5:10 AM
- ♥♥♥♥Team Husky♥♥♥♥ said...
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all - we know what receiving this news is like! Prince was only 5 when we lost him to cancer, it was over 6 months ago but feels like yesterday.
Please stay strong and keep us pupdated about K.
Team Husky
- November 7, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Scout 'n Freyja said...
I have no words - seven is just too young - too young. My heart is with you. My prayers are with you.
- November 7, 2010 at 9:18 PM
- Mr Koda MD said...
Thoughts and paws and hearts and prayers are all going out to you!
Koda & Kate
- November 7, 2010 at 9:28 PM
- Sam said...
I have tears in my eyes because I really did not want to hear any more bad news about K's health. She and you are such perfect partners, and you're right, seven is just too young. I'll cross all my fingers and toes that whatever is causing her ongoing issues is something that can be solved easily. Sweet K, I hope you'll be back out in the forest, pain free, in no time.
- November 7, 2010 at 10:41 PM
- The Heartbeats said...
NONONO! We have had it with the "C"- people or pets. We are definitely sending the Power of the Paw. Hope you get good news soon.
The Heartbeats
- November 8, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- NORWOOD UNLEASHED said...
I'm totally stunned...I can feel your heart drop. Wow. As everyone has said... paws crossed and I'll send the strongest heeler vibes possible. Cancer will not win this one.
- November 8, 2010 at 7:29 AM
- Dawn said...
Was checking AC's blog to see if she had her NYC marathon news up and read your comment, wondered what you meant, popped over to your blog and read the devastating news. I am so sorry, and hope that somehow things will change and get better for you and for K. Wow.
I'm praying for you too.
- November 8, 2010 at 5:32 PM
- Roxanne @ Champion of My Heart said...
I'm just now catching up, after a death in our family last week. And, to find this news it just too, too much.
We're hoping for the best and sending all kinds of good mojo to you and K.
- November 8, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Mushing Kodi said...
So so sorry to hear this.
Kodi & I will be thinking of you and K.
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7.7-1 Employing a Minor in an Obscene Performance -- § 53a-196a
Revised to December 1, 2007 (modified May 10, 2012)
The defendant is charged [in count __] with employing a minor in an obscene performance. The statute defining this offenses reads in pertinent part as follows:
a person is guilty of employing a minor in an obscene performance when (he/she) <insert appropriate subsection:>
§ 53a-196a (a) (1): employs any minor, whether or not such minor receives any consideration, for the purpose of promoting any material or performance which is obscene as to minors, notwithstanding that such material or performance is intended for an adult audience.
§ 53a-196a (a) (2): permits any minor to be employed, whether or not such minor receives any consideration, in the promotion of any material or performance which is obscene as to minors, notwithstanding that such material or performance is intended for an adult audience, and (he/she) is the parent or guardian of such minor or otherwise responsible for the general supervision of such minor's welfare.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 -
Minor under 16 years of age
The first element is that at the time of the defendant's conduct the minor was under 16 years of age. This means that the child had not yet had his/her sixteenth birthday when the alleged conduct took place.1
Element 2 -
Employed in obscene performance
The second element is that the defendant (employed the minor for the purpose of promoting / permitted the minor to be employed in the promotion of ) any material or performance which is obscene as to minors.
To "employ" a minor means to use or make use of the minor. It does not mean to hire the minor for wages or a salary. In fact, the statute specifically provides that using a minor to promote material or a performance that is obscene as to minors is a crime whether or not the minor receives any consideration, that is, whether or not the minor receives anything of value in return for (his/her) services. So, in order for the defendant to be convicted of this charge, it is not necessary for the state to prove that the minor received anything of value in return for (his/her) services.
A "performance" is any play, motion picture, dance or other exhibition performed before an audience. "Material" means anything tangible which is capable of being used or adapted to arouse prurient, shameful or morbid interest, whether through the medium of reading, observation, sound or in any other manner. Undeveloped photographs, molds, printing plates, and the like, may be deemed obscene notwithstanding that processing or other acts may be required to make the obscenity patent or to disseminate it.
A performance or material is "obscene as to minors" if it depicts a prohibited sexual act and, taken as a whole, it is harmful to minors. "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of a prohibited sexual act, when (i) it predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors, (ii) it is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors, and (iii) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, educational, political or scientific value for minors.
A "prohibited sexual act" means erotic fondling, nude performance, sexual excitement, sado-masochistic abuse, masturbation or sexual intercourse. "Erotic fondling" means touching a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is a female, breast. "Nude performance" means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state in any play, motion picture, dance or other exhibition performed before an audience. "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal. "Sado-masochistic abuse" means flagellation or torture by or upon a person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed. "Masturbation" means the real or simulated touching, rubbing or otherwise stimulating a person's own clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if the person is female, breast, either by manual manipulation or with an artificial instrument. "Sexual intercourse" means intercourse, real or simulated, whether genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex or between a human and an animal, or with an artificial genital.
Under this charge, as long as the performance or material meets the definition of being "obscene as to minors," it does not matter that the material or performance was intended for an adult audience.2
[<Include only if the defendant is charged under § 53a-196a (a) (2):>
Element 3 -
Parent or guardian
The third element is that the defendant is the parent or guardian of the minor or is otherwise responsible for the general supervision of the minor's welfare and permits that minor to be employed in the promotion of any material or performance which is obscene as to minors.]
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) <insert name of minor> was under the age of 16, [and] 2) the defendant (employed / permitted to be employed) <insert name of minor> in an obscene performance, [and 3) the defendant is the parent or guardian of <insert name of minor>.]
If you
unanimously find that the state has proved
beyond a reasonable doubt each of the
elements of the crime of employing a minor
in an obscene performance, then you shall
find the defendant guilty. On the other
hand, if you unanimously find that the
state has failed to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt any of the elements, you
shall then find the defendant not guilty.
1 When an attempt is alleged, the trial court must instruct the jury that it must find that the defendant believed that the other person is under 16 years of age. See State v. Sorabella, 277 Conn. 155, 191, cert. denied, 549 U.S. 821, 127 S.Ct. 131, 166 L.Ed.2d 36 (2006) (defendant convicted of attempt to entice a minor when the other person was an undercover police officer, but the defendant believed he was communicating with a 13-year old).
2 The term "audience" "may consist of a single photographer of the live performance or a single person viewing photographs of the performance." State v. Ernesto P., 135 Conn. App. 215, 231 (2012).


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We are guided by a set of core values, beliefs, and principles that inform our organizations choices and staff actions.
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1.0 OverviewMount Cardigan, located about 4 miles east of Canaan, NH, rises to an elevation of 3155 feet. Although it is not too tall in comparison with other peaks in the White Mountains to the north, Mt. Cardigan is situated in such a way that it frequently experiences extremely high winds and considerable snow and ice accumulation on its exposed, bare rock summit. Mt Cardigan offers us the opportunity to practice for winter alpine conditions without the commitment of a major peak.
This outing will offer scouts of all experience levels an opportunity to experience travel in alpine terrain. Advancement opportunities include first and second class hiking and troop activity requirements, hiking merit badge requirements and opportunities for advanced Scouts to cultivate their alpine travel and winter mountaineering skills. This outing is suitable for the second class 5-mile hike requirement provided the Scouts do the necessary preparatory work in advance.
2.0 Concept
2.1 DescriptionExcept for the particularly demanding terrain and weather, this outing is pretty much a straightforward hike. We will meet at the Community Center and travel by car to the trailhead parking lot at Mt Cardigan State Park in Orange. From there we will hike to the summit of Mt. Cardigan via the South Ridge trail, stopping at the Ranger Cabin to suit up in preparation for conditions above treeline. At the summit we will eat lunch at "The Riviera." After lunch we will make an excursion via the Mowglis Trail to the summit of Firescrew and return. On the descent of the West Ridge trail we will stop at "The Boulder" to prepare for the remainder of the descent below treeline.
2.2 Schedule of EventsSunday 11 Apr
0900 -- Meet at Community Center. Rigorous gear check.
0930 -- Depart.
1015 -- Arrive at trailhead.
1030 -- On Trail. Climb via the South Ridge Trail. Training activities enroute.
1130 -- Rimrock.
1145 -- Ranger Cabin.
1200 -- Summit of Cardigan. Lunch at The Rivera.
1300 -- Summit of Firescrew
1330 -- The Boulder
1430 -- Trailhead parking lot. Debrief.
1445 -- Depart for Hanover.
1530 -- Arrive at Community Center.
2.3 Expected Conditions and DifficultyMt Cardigan is not very high, but its location and exposed summit combine to create genuine alpine conditions. Spring is a little late this year, and there's still plenty of snow and ice on the mountain. Snowshoes may well be required on parts of the South Ridge trail. A traverse over Cardigan and Firescrew, even this late in the season, must not be taken lightly. Depending on the weather it is possible that we could see high winds, snow, ice, and dangerously low wind-chill values. All participante must be prepared for winter alpine conditions.
2.4 Special RequirementsOpen to all Boy Scouts, Scouters, and parents. There are no skill prerequisites for this outing, although proper equipment is required.
Experienced Scouts who have completed T45 ice axe are encouraged to bring ice axes. Experienced Scouts who have completed T45 crampon training are encouraged to bring crampons. Scouts without this training may not bring ice axes or crampons.
3.0 Administration and Logistics
3.1 Announcement Date: 6 Apr 11
3.2 Roster Closing Date: 10 Apr 11
3.3 CostsNone.
3.4 Equipment
3.4.1 Individual Equipment
-- Full body and full face wind protection!
-- Spare gloves or mittens.
-- Spare hat.
3.4.2 Patrol Equipment
3.4.3 Troop Equipment
3.5 Transportation PlanDrop-off Point: Community Center
Drop-off Time: 0900 Sun 11 Apr 11
Pick-up Point: Community Center
Pick-up Time: 1530 Same Day
Driving Directions:
4.0 Leadership
4.1 Planning Committee
4.2 Adult Leaders
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Note: GM does not provide timing chain timing marks, or information to perform timing chain service without the special tools shown in this procedure. Tools Required: – - J 36800 Camshaft Sprocket Timing Alignment Pin J 39579 Camshaft Sprocket Wrench Important: ^ ^ Before remove the timing chain, read the entire procedure. The timing chain on the engine is not to be replaced with the timing chain from any other model year. The timing sprockets are different on the engine and the shape of the links matches the sprockets. Engine damage may result if the wrong timing chain is used. The timing chain and the crankshaft sprocket must be marked in order to insure reassembly with the same side facing out at the time of reassembly. ^ Caution: Refer to Battery Disconnect Caution in Service Precautions. 1. Disconnect the negative battery cable. 2. Remove the engine front cover. Refer to Engine Front Cover Replacement. 3. Rotate the crankshaft clockwise (as viewed from the front of the engine, normal rotation) until the camshaft sprocket timing dowel pin holes line up with the holes in the timing chain housing. 4. The crankshaft sprocket keyway should point upwards and line up with the centerline of the cylinder bores. This is the Timed position. 5. Remove the timing chain guides. 6. Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to Vehicle Lifting. 7. Ensure that all of the slack in the timing chain is above the tensioner assembly. 8. Remove the timing chain tensioner. 9. The timing chain must be disengaged from any wear grooves in the tensioner shoe in order to remove the shoe. Slide a screwdriver blade under the timing chain while pulling the shoe outward. Notice: Do NOT attempt to pry the sprocket off the camshaft or damage to the sprocket or chain housing could occur. 10. If difficulty is encountered in removing the timing chain tensioner shoe, use the following procedure in order to remove the intake camshaft sprocket: 10.1. 10.2. 10.3. 10.4. Lower the vehicle. Hold the intake camshaft sprocket with the J 39579 and remove the sprocket bolt and washer. Remove the washer from the bolt and rethread the bolt back into the camshaft by hand (the bolt provides a surface to push against). Remove the intake camshaft sprocket. Use a three-jaw puller in the three relief holes in the sprocket.


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A 100 Miles: West Seattle to Enumclaw and Back
by Byron on Jul. 01, 2013 at 5:55 AM
Sign post after Little Euro climb
It's good to ride a century, test your limits, and see what you can do. I'm not in super-endurance cycling (at least not now), but hearing more about riding big miles from my colleagues and also following…» Read More »


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Domain management software for the Mac.
DomainBrain is a handy tool for Mac OS X that helps webmasters and web designers keep track of server and login information for websites they maintain. Because domains in your brain stay mainly unretained.
DomainBrain is free for use with three or fewer domains, or $29.95 to keep track of four or more domains.
Required OS: 10.5
Tags: password , search , productivity , organize , mac , osx , web , website , server , utility
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I already have 1Password that I was using for this very reason, but I decided to give DomainBrain another try after it's 2.0 release. It is definitely an improvement from the last. I've decided to buy it and have something completely dedicated to my website credentials as I manage many many sites. I no longer have to intermingle all my client accounts with my banking accounts. Both apps serve their purpose, there's no problem with owning both. I also love how it can automatically pull up your WHOIS info and sync it to iCal.
I would like something like this, but just for managing my domains.. and making it really easy to register domains with a cheapest/reliable domain registrars
Thanks for adding it ncho, and for the kind words - I appreciate it! I can understand the uncertainty as to whether to mark it as freeware or shareware - if you only need four or fewer, then for all intents and purposes it is free. But the fact that there is that one restriction does make me lean more towards thinking shareware is a better designation.
I'm not sure how to transfer the app or change the designation unfortunately. I'll try to contact an admin later for help.
I added DomainBrain to the site, but wasn't sure if it was really, really shareware given that it's "sort of" free. Love the app, I can transfer ownership of the listing to you -- not sure how, though. It also appears that I'm unable to modify the entry, so I can't change the license to shareware.
Yes, that's true (sort of :) ) ... DomainBrain is free for use with up to four domains. For five or more, you need to purchase a license for $14. I'm the developer, but I didn't create this listing. I've requested that it be transfered to me, and once that happens I'll change the designation to shareware.
oops, only "sort-of"... :/
surprise! it's shareware, $14.00.


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Holy kale! The Veggie Grill, a Southern California chain that has won raves for its take on vegetarian cuisine, has selected San Jose's Santana Row for its first Northern California location. It's an all-plant-based menu, with no dairy, trans-fats or cholesterol, either. When the restaurant opens Thursday, look for the Santa Fe Crispy "Chickin" Sandwich and Buffalo wings (their "chickin" is seasoned, marinated vegetable protein); mac 'n' cheese made with quinoa pasta; sweet-potato fries; a daily soup; and lots of salads and entrees packed with that superstar of the produce aisle, kale. Desserts include ultra-healthy versions of carrot cake and chocolate pudding parfait. Details: Open daily from 11 a.m. at 3055 Olin Ave., San Jose. 408-296-6473; www.veggiegrill.com.
Wine world: There's a new sommelier in town, and he's got quite a pedigree. Larry Stone, who has more than 30 years in the wine industry, has been named dean of wine studies for the International Culinary Center, along with master sommelier Scott Carney. Stone will oversee the wine program at the ICC's Campbell campus. On the Stone résumé: He managed the wine program for Rubicon in San Francisco and, most recently, Charlie Trotter's in Chicago for that legendary restaurant's final days. The next "Intensive Sommelier" course will start Jan. 7. Details: www.internationalculinarycenter.com.
Martha awards: If you're a Martha Stewart devotee, you know about her American Made Awards ceremony, held in New York. Among the Bay Area artisans honored were Lena Kwak, of the Cup4Cup gluten-free flour company in Yountville, and cherry and apricot maven Deborah Olson from Sunnyvale's CJ Olson fruit stand, one of "Martha Stewart Living's Favorites." Olson brought her dried Blenheim apricots for the ceremony at Grand Central Terminal. "It was beautifully decorated in true Martha fashion," Olson says. (We expected no less.) You can get your hands on some apricots of your own at Olson's food and gift fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Details: 348 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale; www.cjolsoncherries.com.
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PALO ALTO -- 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh will return to his alma mater, Palo Alto High, on Friday night as an honorary captain for the coin toss.
The "special guest" appearance comes on a night when Palo Alto will play its first game in its renovated stadium, a season opener against San Benito.
Harbaugh graduated in 1982 from Palo Alto, where he played quarterback under Earl Hansen, who remains the team's coach.
Hansen's son, Peter, is on Harbaugh's staff with the 49ers, and Palo Alto's Stanford-bound quarterback, Keller Chryst, is the son of 49ers quarterbacks coach Geep Chryst.
The pregame ceremony will begin at 7:10 p.m. It will feature a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a performance of the Star Spangled Banner by the school's pep band and more than 100 student volunteers.
Kickoff is 7:30 p.m.
For more on high school sports, see the After School blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/highschools. Follow Darren Sabedra on Twitter at twitter.com/DarrenSabedra.


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Last Modified: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 11:02 p.m.
It has been my experience that if you leave six car lengths in front of you, five cars will pass you and fill the void. The law for adequate spacing is too arbitrary.
Mandate that all cars be equipped with a sensor that calculates safe distance based upon speed, road conditions, etc., and activates an annoying screech, and perhaps applies the brakes, when following too closely. The technology already exists.
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- Binding: Paperback & eBook
- Era: 20th Century
- Number of Pages: 536
- Subject: World War II
- Date Available: January 2013
Your tax-deductible gift to the Naval Institute Press underwrites worthy books that might not otherwise be published.
Here, for the first time in English, is an illuminating new German perspective on the decisive Blitzkrieg campaign of 1940. Karl-Heinz Frieser's account provides the definitive explanation for Germany's startling success and the equally surprising and rapid military collapse of France and Britain on the European continent. In a little over a month, Germany decisively defeated the Allies in battle, a task that had not been achieved in four years of brutal fighting during World War I.
First published in 1995 as the official German history of the 1940 campaign in the west, the book goes beyond standard explanations to show that German victory was not inevitable and French defeat was not preordained. Contrary to the usual accounts of the campaign, Frieser illustrates that the military systems of both Germany and France were solid and that their campaign planning was sound. The key to victory or defeat, he argues, was the execution of operational plans—both preplanned and ad hoc—amid the eternal Clausewitzian combat factors of friction and the fog of war. Frieser shows why on the eve of the campaign the British and French leaders had good cause to be confident and why many German generals were understandably concerned that disaster was looming for them.
This study explodes many of the myths concerning German Blitzkrieg warfare and the planning for the 1940 campaign. A groundbreaking new interpretation of a topic that has long interested students of military history, it is being published in cooperation with the Association of the U.S. Army.
Karl-Heinz Frieser is a lieutenant colonel in the German Army and a trained military historian who has served for many years at the Militargeschictliches Forschungsamt (Military History Research Office) in Freiburg and Potsdam.