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During the rainy winter nights, the inhabitants of Chiloé, off the coast of the region of Los Lagos, carry out an age-old tradition each year. They sit around a fireplace and begin to tell children or foreign visitors about the different beliefs that make up the local mythology that characterizes and gives this magic island its own special identity.
The lakes, lagoons, rivers, abundant forests and a temperate rainy climate marked by fog and strong winds endow this island in the south of the world with very special conditions that stimulate its inhabitants into keeping the traditional beliefs alive.
The meaning that the late Oresthe Plath, a researcher of Chilean folklore, gave to these legends had to do with seeking to make sense of the unknown. "Myths are the explanations that primitive men give to natural phenomena they can't elucidate, and thus attribute them to divine and superhuman personages", he said. But although in many places these stories have remained forgotten in books, in Chiloé they are still part of daily life.
The importance of these popular legends has to do with the marked identity of Chiloé, where traditions such as folkloric celebrations, handicrafts, typical cuisine and rustic labor prevail that are very different even from continental Chile.
These stories that make up the popular culture of the Chilean people, as well as their origins, have given rise to a considerable number of marketable products. There are films on the subject (such as "Caleuche, el llamado del mar", directed by Sergio Olguín), books, comics, poems, songs and a large variety of art and handicrafts inspired on these traditions.
Where does this mythology come from? Like the rest of the south of Chile, in their great majority these are "mestizo" myths and legends, i.e. that mix the Spanish traditions with stories of the indigenous peoples who inhabited these lands. And Chiloé is where you can find the largest variety of these beliefs.
El Caleuche
The Caleuche legend tells the story of a phantom ship that carries wizards and witches and sails along the south Pacific, appearing sporadically close to beaches during the night. When there is low tide you can distinguish in the fog something like a highly illuminated vessel with music on board, as if a party were in full swing. The myth is that those who witness this spectacle –fishermen, in general– turn into marine animals such as seals or sea lions, or are simply borne away on the Caleuche.
La Pincoya
This is a blonde mermaid that patrols the beaches of the south of Chile to protect the ocean and save the shipwrecked. The legend states that her task is to make the fish fecund, so that their abundance or scarcity depends on her. It is believed that when a fisherman witnesses the dance of this mermaid, it is a sign of abundance.
El Trauco
This personage, one of the most representative of Chilote mythology, is also known as Huelle, Pompón del Monte or Chauco. He embodies the devil most feared by the inhabitants of the island.
His deformed and terrifying appearance has to do with his fantastic nature. He eats forest fruits such as "naranjitas" (little oranges) that are produced by a typical Chilote plant, the quilineja (Luzuriaga radicans), a creeper that you can usually see climbing around trees. It grows in places where there is high humidity, such as this land.
The villagers believe that when a very young and single woman gets pregnant it is the result of her encounter with the Trauco.
El Cuchivilu
This word, that alludes to an aquatic animal, is very important in Chiloé mythology. Its figure has to do with the strange and sudden destruction of the old fishing pens, for which it is held responsible.
Its appearance is a mix between a sea lion, serpent and pig. Its image is associated with the lagoons or swamps that characterize Chiloé.
El Camahueto
Similar to a calf, this mythological being is said to possess a golden horn on its forehead, to which supernatural powers are attributed.
According to the inhabitants of Chiloé, it can be found in lagoons and rivers, where it sleeps for 25 years. But when it wakes up, it destroys everything in its path, leaving behind the characteristic furrows that can be seen all over the island.
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The political action group Bus Riders United and the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority reached a compromise Thursday night that both sides said would spare "demand response" riders some pain — although some claim it doesn't go far enough.
"Ideally, we wanted equal fares for everyone. ... But that wasn't going to happen," said Siggy Meilus, an organizer with Bus Riders United.
SRTA's advisory board approved the compromise after weeks of lobbying by Bus Riders United and other political action groups to keep fares below the proposed $3 one-way flat fare for demand response, a service in which small buses pick people up at their homes. Riders are currently charged $1.25 per zone, and the community groups said the flat rate would hurt passengers who travel within a single zone.
SRTA spokesman Eric Rousseau called the deal "a way to continue moving forward."
Each city in SRTA's service area has two zones and each town is considered its own zone, Rousseau said.
The single-zone fare will rise from $1.25 to $1.75 next year and to $2.25 in 2014. When traveling more than one zone, riders will be charged $3 through 2015 when paying by cash. Currently, they are charged $1.25 per zone.
For trips more than 2 miles from a fixed route, he said, riders will be assessed an additional $1 for the next three years.
SRTA also will be offering passes for 10 rides for $25 regardless of the number of zones.
"We worked very hard to understand each other's point of view," Rousseau said. "Ultimately, I think the resolution will move the authority forward."
Meilus, however, said Bus Riders United was still unhappy with the rise in fares to $3.
"Neither side is 100 percent satisfied. ... The fares are going to go to $3; we're not OK with that," she said. "Sometimes proposals have to be looked at again."
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—Gary S. Selby, professor of
communication at Pepperdine University, will lecture October 28 and 29—
Princeton, NJ, October 9, 2013–Gary
S. Selby, professor of communication and director of the Center for Faith and
Learning at Pepperdine University, will give three lectures on preaching
October 28 and 29 at Princeton Theological Seminary.
The lectures are
free and open to the public and will be held in the Daniel J. Theron Room of the
Princeton Theological Seminary Library, 25 Library Place in Princeton.
The schedule and
topics for the lectures is as follows:
Monday, October 28, 7:00 p.m.
I: "Performing Theology: Mimesis as Persuasion in Early Christian Discourse"
Tuesday, October 29, 3:00 p.m.
II: "Experiencing Faith: Contemporary Perspectives on Attitude Change"
Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 p.m.
III: "Capturing Souls: Preaching from a Poetic Consciousness"
Selby's research focuses on:
• early Christian
• contemporary homiletics
• religion in the public square
• and discourse related to racial
conflict in American history
He is the author of Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom: The Exodus in America's
Struggle for Civil Rights, and has written numerous articles and essays.
Selby received a
B.A., magna cum laude, from Harding
University, a Th.M. from Harding University's Graduate School of Religion, and
a Ph.D. in public communications from the University of Maryland.
In addition to his
academic work, Selby spent more than two decades in local pastoral ministry,
including nineteen years as the preaching minister for the Columbia Church of
Christ in Columbia, Maryland.
lectureship, the Donald Macleod/Short Hills Community Congregational Church
Preaching Lectures, was established by The Community Congregational Church of
Short Hills, New Jersey, in honor of Dr. Donald Macleod, Princeton Seminary's
Francis Landey Patton Professor of Preaching and Worship from 1947 to 1988.
Inaugurated in October 1992, the series features, on a biennial basis, two or
three lectures by an outstanding preacher or teacher of preachers.
Princeton Theological Seminary, founded in 1812, is the first
seminary established by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Its
mission is to educate leaders for the church of Jesus Christ worldwide, and its
more than 500 students and 11,000 graduates from all fifty states and many
nations around the world serve Christ in churches, schools and universities,
healthcare institutions, nonprofit agencies, initiatives for social justice,
mission agencies, and the emerging ministries of the church in the twenty-first
For more
information about the lecture series, call the
Communications/Publications Office at 609.497.7760.


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11 End Of Summer Cocktails
Stressed? Hungover? PMS-ing? Instead of eating your feelings, eat your way to better feelings with these healthy recipes from Quinn Asteak, a chef and blogger who specializes in creating meals designed to boost your mood.
No Bake Brownie
These brownies take all of 10 minutes (way faster than baking!) and still give you that rich, sweet, gooey flavor—but since they're naturally sweetened with dates, they won't eff with your blood sugar. The raw cacao is full of nutrients like magnesium and iron, which you need when you're surfing the crimson wave.
• 1 cup raw walnuts
• ½ cup raw almonds
• 1.5 cups Medjool dates, pitted (the fresher the better)
• 1 cup raw cacao powder
• 1 teaspoon alcohol free vanilla extract
• ¼ cup almond butter (or unsalted peanut butter)
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
Place walnuts and almonds in food processor and blend on high until the nuts are finely ground. Add the cacao, vanilla and salt. Pulse to combine. Pit and chop the dates then add them one at a time through the feed tube of the food processor while it is running. After dates are combined add the nut butter. What you should end up with is a mix that appears rather like cake crumbs, but that when pressed, will easily stick together (if the mixture does not hold together well, add more dates). Press the mixture into a brownie pan, Tupperware container. Place in freezer of fridge until ready to serve (it is also easier to cut these when they are cold). Store in an airtight container.
6 Hennessy Cocktails That Are Surprisingly Sweet


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Looks like Ozzy Osbourne and wife Sharon are back together.
The pair -- who split earlier this year over Ozzy's substance abuse -- appeared together Saturday on the red carpet for a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) event in Beverly Hills California over the weekend. At "An Evening With Women" benefitting The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the Black Sabbath singer planted a kiss on his wife's cheek as the couple posed with pictures with daughter Kelly.
The pair was spotted earlier that day eating lunch at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to TMZ. By the end of the lunch, the two were reportedly "cozying up together in the booth."
This is where I don't wonder whether Ozzy was eating bat, because it's an old joke.
Stories went round the Internet last month that the couple -- married since 1982 -- might be headed for divorce, after it was reported they were living separately. Ozzy later wrote on Facebook he had relapsed into "drinking and taking drugs" over a year ago, and apologized for being "an (expletive) to the people I love most, my family."
Sharon then opened up about Ozzy's substance abuse on "The Talk."
"I never knew he was using prescription drugs. I knew he was drinking occasionally but I didn't realize the extent," she said. She added, "We're not getting divorced. However, am I happy? No. Am I upset? Yes I am. I'm devastated right now."
British tabloid The Sun reported Ozzy has moved back into the couple's Beverly Hills mansion. His assistants were seen carrying boxes into the home from the mansion he was renting nearby.
THE BEEBS GETS THE BOOS: Justin Bieber and his giant highway patrol sunglasses were booed Sunday at the Billboard Music Awards, despite winning two awards.
According to the Huffington Post, the singer was accepting the Milestone Award when the crowd started booing. Looking slightly confused, Bieber said only the "craft" and his music should be considered, saying "none of the other bull" mattered.
Right. Being a self-possessed, entitled little twerp should have no bearing on whether people like you. Which, of course, only a self-possessed, entitled little twerp would suggest.
Of course, Bieber has had numerous episodes reflecting poorly on him, including threatening the life of a photographer, getting caught smoking marijuana, abandoning his baby pet monkey in Germany, and generally trying to act like a gangster despite being a skinny Canadian teenager.
"This is not a gimmick," Bieber said. "I'm an artist and I should be taken seriously."
Obviously. Now take him seriously. Or else he'll tell on you.
The Milestone Award was Bieber's second trophy of the night. He also took home "Top Male Artist."
It wasn't the first time Bieber has been booed. He got a similar reaction at a Canadian Football Game, a New York Knicks basketball game and at one of his own concerts, after he arrived hours late.
ROBERT PATTINSON AND KRISTEN STEWART BREAK UP: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have split up, according to Us Weekly.
OMG, frownie face.
A source close to Pattinson reportedly told Us Weekly the actors have been "having problems" and "fighting a lot," which may refer to a big argument they had May 13 at Pattinson's 27th birthday party.
The source also said the couple -- who starred in the "Twilight" films -- could reconcile. The pair were reportedly being openly affectionate at New York City's Cabin, where they met following Stewart's appearance at the Met Gala.
The two have dated since meeting in 2008 on the set of the first Twilight film. They split last year after news broke of Stewart having a fling last summer with Rupert Sanders, her director in "Snow White and the Huntsman."
Stewart released a public apology, saying "I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected. This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry."
The pair reconciled a few months later and jointly promoted "Breaking Dawn: Part 2" together.
MIGUEL INJURES FAN: Miguel performance at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards was almost a real knockout.
You'll see why that was terribly clever in just a moment.
The singer was performing his hit "Adorn," according to E! News. He tried to jump across an open part of the stage that was filled with screaming fans, and missed, kicking a girl and sort of landing on her.
I'm guessing that wasn't supposed to happen.
The girl was later seen, smiling and icing her arm.
"Got caught up in the moment, thank goodness Khyati is okay," Miguel tweeted.
His lawyer was, no doubt, saying the same thing.
SETH MACFARLANE WON'T BE BACK: Seth MacFarlane said he won't host the Oscars again after all.
After saying he wouldn't host again, then producers saying they wanted him to, MacFarlane now says he doesn't have the time, according to the Hollywood reporter.
"Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again," MacFarlane tweeted Monday. "Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep."
MacFarlane praised producers, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, both of whom defended his widely-criticized performance at February's 85th Academy Awards, which featured plenty of political incorrectness
"However, I highly recommend the job, as Zadan and Meron are two of the most talented producers in the business," the Family Guy creator said of the pair, who will produce next year's telecast.
Despite saying just days after this year's Oscars that he wouldn't host again, MacFarlane was rumored to be considering coming back.
MacFarlane has his own idea on his successor.
"My suggestion for host is Joaquin Phoenix," he joked.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.
Tuesday is May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1471: King Henry VI of England died in the Tower of London at age 49.
1542: Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River.
1863: The Seventh-day Adventist Church was officially organized.
1881: Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
1892: The opera "Pagliacci," by Ruggero Leoncavallo, premiered in Milan, Italy.
1927: Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33½ hours.
1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland.
1941: A German U-boat sank the American merchant steamship SS Robin Moor in the South Atlantic after the ship's passengers and crew were allowed to board lifeboats.
1956: The United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1959: The musical "Gypsy," inspired by the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, opened on Broadway with Ethel Merman starring as Mama Rose.
1972: Michelangelo's Pieta, on display at the Vatican, was damaged by a hammer-wielding man who shouted he was Jesus Christ.
1982: During the Falklands War, British amphibious forces landed on the beach at San Carlos Bay.
1998: Teen gunman Kip Kinkel opened fire inside Thurston High School in Springfield, Ore., killing two students, a day after he'd killed his parents. (Kinkel was sentenced to nearly 112 years in prison.) In the wake of deadly protests, Indonesia President Suharto stepped down after 32 years in power.
2003: Christie Whitman resigned as Environmental Protection Agency administrator. The most devastating earthquake to hit Algeria in two decades killed at least 2,200 people. Ruben Studdard edged Clay Aiken to win the second "American Idol" competition on Fox.
2008: Oil prices blew past $130 a barrel and gas prices climbed above $3.80 a gallon. Israel and Syria unexpectedly announced the resumption of peace talks after an eight-year break. David Cook won "American Idol" in a landslide over David Archuleta.
2012: President Barack Obama and other world leaders meeting in Chicago locked in place an Afghanistan exit path that would keep their troops fighting there for two more years. Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi, who'd used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, who then committed suicide, was sentenced to 30 days in jail (he served 20). A Yemeni man detonated a bomb during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing 96 fellow soldiers; al-Qaida's branch in Yemen claimed responsibility.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Isley (The Isley Brothers) (72), actor Richard Hatch (68), singer Leo Sayer (65), Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., (62), actor Mr. T (61), actor Judge Reinhold (56), actor-director Nick Cassavetes (54), actress Lisa Edelstein (47), actress Sarah Ramos (22).
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WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas sat slightly slumped in his wheelchair on the Senate floor on Tuesday, staring toward Sen. John Kerry as he gave his most impassioned speech all year, in defense of a United Nations treaty that would ban discrimination against people with disabilities.
Senators from both parties went to greet Dole, leaning in to hear his wispy reply, as he sat in support of the treaty, which would require that people with disabilities have the same general rights as those without disabilities. Several members took the unusual step of voting aye from their desks, out of respect for Dole, 89, a Republican who was the majority leader.
Then, after Dole's wife, Elizabeth, rolled him off the floor, Republicans voted down the treaty that the ailing Dole, recently released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, so longed to see passed.
A majority of Republicans who voted against the treaty, which was modeled on the Americans With Disabilities Act, said they feared that it would infringe on U.S. sovereignty.
Among their fears about the disabilities convention were that it would codify standards enumerated in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child -- and therefore U.N. bureaucrats would be empowered to make decisions about the needs of disabled children -- and that it could trump state laws concerning people with disabilities. Proponents of the bill said these concerns were unfounded.
The measure, which required two-thirds support for approval, failed, 61 to 38.
Kerry, D-Mass., his voice rising as senator after senator moved slowly into the chamber, rejected the concerns of Republicans and made a moral argument for approval of the treaty.
Dole, he said, had not come to the Senate floor "to advocate for the United Nations."
"He is here because he wants to know that other countries will come to treat the disabled as we do," he added.
Approval of the treaty, Kerry said, would demonstrate that "what we do here in the United States Senate matters." He added, "Don't let Sen. Bob Dole down."
A handful of Republican senators voted for the measure, notably Sen. John McCain of Arizona, in opposition to the other Arizona Republican senator, Jon Kyl; so did Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Scott P. Brown of Massachusetts, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, Richard G. Lugar of Indiana and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas originally praised the treaty but then voted against it.


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Understanding the benefit-risk balance of medicines
Walking in Many Shoes: A metaphor for understanding the benefit-risk balance of medicines
07.30.13 | By Sascha Haverfield
The assessment of benefits and risks is critical in the development of new medicines. Last year's reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) included a new Patient-Focused Drug Development initiative at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to gain patient insight, including perspectives on the benefit-risk balance of medicines, in 20 disease states over five years.
PhRMA welcomes the FDA's efforts to advance Patient-Focused Drug Development in order to incorporate patient perspectives on benefits and risk in the regulatory review of new therapies.
As the following guest blogpost by Frank Rockhold, Senior Vice President of Global Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance, and Marilyn Metcalf, Senior Director of Benefit Risk Evaluation, at GlaxoSmithKline explains, the expectation of benefits and tolerance for risks often varies not only from disease to disease, influenced by factors such as the severity of the condition and other available treatment options, but also from patient to patient based on personal preference and lifestyle.
We are committed to working with the FDA and all stakeholders on a benefit-risk framework to facilitate discussions with biopharmaceutical companies throughout the drug development process to facilitate a more efficient, high quality review of new medicines to meet currently unmet patient needs.
Benefit-risk is one of those ideas that seem straightforward. Does the good outweigh the bad? As with most simple questions, the answer becomes more complicated when you start talking with someone whose life journey takes a different path from your own.
The idea is grounded in patient well-being. In medicine development, we look for a treatment's effects on how a patient feels or what s/he is able to do. We want to know how much the medicine helps to avoid or improve a condition, how long these effects last, and whether we can predict if the treatment will work for some patients differently than for others. Similarly for risks, we look for unfavorable effects-- their severity, duration, predictability, and whether we can monitor patients appropriately if these effects occur. We also check to see what happens if dosing is reduced, temporarily interrupted, or stopped altogether. We are one part of a healthcare system that tries to address patients' needs in a number of ways, so as drug developers we must walk in a variety of shoes.
In most cases, a pharmaceutical company or researcher is looking for "the patient's" point of view. But of course, there isn't only one patient. There are many patients—with different opinions, cultures, responsibilities, etc.—whose needs we are trying to meet. While they all may seem to have the same or similar goals for their treatment – to maintain their health or get better – their circumstances can vary significantly. For example, one patient may want to preserve his current health state for as long as possible, but may also have family or career considerations. Another may want to maintain her more active lifestyle, or continue traveling, etc. Each patient's risk tolerance for the amount of benefit they hope to receive can be affected by a number of these circumstances.
As developers of new medicines, we take into account these kinds of patient considerations as we decide whether to continue or cease developing a medicine. We work to understand whether this medicine will make enough of a difference to be worthwhile to patients. If we believe that it will, we present our evidence to drug regulators, who must decide whether the medicine should be available to a population of patients. Different regulators may consider this question differently for the patients in their own countries. Those who are responsible for paying for the medicine then assess the benefit-risk to determine whether the benefit provided – and the overall value of the medicine – is worth the cost. Ultimately, once a medicine is approved by regulatory authorities, all of this work points to the patient, and often his or her healthcare provider, who must (together) determine the benefit-risk based on the patient's individual circumstances. The evidence and considerations of drug developers, regulators, and other patients can help to inform individual decision making, and that is where communication of benefit-risk in a way that has relevance for "a patient" has paramount importance.
There is opportunity for everyone involved in this process to learn how we can continue to improve our understanding. As we improve the study of benefit-risk, we ask ourselves: How can we better incorporate the perspectives of patients into drug development decisions? How can we more effectively communicate the evidence for benefit versus risk? In what ways can information from clinical trials be translated to inform diverse individual patient decisions in everyday practice? What are the best ways of collecting ongoing patient experience in the broader "real world" while respecting privacy and not inconveniencing patients? How do we maintain the scientific rigor needed for this kind of observational data to be informative?
We've always had to focus on weighing the benefits vs. the risks of potential new medicines and vaccines, yet in many ways it is still an emerging field. It is challenging, sometimes frustrating, and always invigorating to see how far we have come in determining the benefit-risk balance of a medicine, but there is much left to do. In the coming years, we will look increasingly to patients for their insights. And we believe drug development will be a more fulfilling field as a result.
Guest post written by Marilyn Metcalf, Senior Director, Benefit Risk Evaluation, and Frank Rockhold, Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance, at GlaxoSmithKline.


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William Shatner Brings his World to Tucson
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Pros & Cons of Prop 123; the latest on the state budget dealmaking; and a Tucson man plans to work his way across all 50 states.
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Pros & Cons of Prop 123; the latest on the state budget dealmaking; and a Tucson man plans to work his way across all 50 states.
Ethnic studies connects UA anthropology professor with 'genius grant'
Teachers, students seek to overturn state law that banned Mexcican American Studies in Tucson.
School district hopes to equip teachers, counselors, others with tools to best accommodate transgender, gender creative students.
Judge rules state is allowed to take action against the community college district; says Atty. Gen. Tom Horne responded properly.
UA's leadership program teaches group about democracy, education and government.
In wake of Trayvon Martin: 'Some of us took it for granted that we were farther along than we really are.'
Justices do not overturn law, but order lower court to apply narrower definition in college admissions case.
Judge ends 21-year-old case with ruling favoring 'block' method
Tucson group tries to raise awaress, education and opportunity for often-marginalized residents
Tucson author Larry Dane Brimner discusses his latest book, 'Black & White'
District says the books haven't been banned
Under threat of lost funding, program ends immediately
Long-time activist becomes interim executive director of immigrant-rights organization
The National Commission on Education Equity and Excellence
Dozens of new citizens begin new lives as citizens, volunteers provide help
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Let's say you happen to be Jared Leto ...
Right. You wish.
But let's just pretend you're Leto, just a few months after winning a best supporting actor Oscar for "Dallas Buyers Club." Producers are lining up to pitch you plum roles. Your earning power just shot up. So what are you going to do next?
Go on tour with your rock band?
That's exactly what Leto is doing this summer, taking his alternative/hard rock outfit Thirty Seconds to Mars out on the road (the band's tour with Linkin Park and AFI comes to the Concord Pavilion on Sept. 19). So this must be another case of an actor taking advantage of his fame to play rock star for a few months, right?
Not even close. Leto had just earned critical praise for starring as long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine in "Prefontaine" when he formed the band with his brother in the late 1990s. Thirty Seconds started out as a little-known critics' favorite but has since gone on to sell more than 10 million records worldwide. Leto is a formidable singer and frontman, and he probably is the best example of an A-list actor who's also successful in the music world. Many, many have tried, and some, of course, have been better than others. Here's a critical rundown, from very good to very forgettable.
Jeff Bridges: Bridges wasn't known for his musical abilities until he played a legendary, drunk, down-on-his-luck (is there any other kind?) country singer in "Crazy Heart," performing and even writing some of the songs in the movie. After that, he teamed with T Bone Burnett in 2011 on the very solid country-roots record "Jeff Bridges."
Kevin Bacon: Along with his brother Michael -- an accomplished musician with a Grammy on his shelf -- Kevin picked up a guitar and got behind the mic 20 years ago and decided he liked it. The Bacon Brothers play solid if a bit soft rock that's spacious enough for Kevin's solid voice.
Juliette Lewis: Lewis toyed with music in the '90s before going all-out punk a decade later with her band The Licks. Her voice is just nasty enough to go along with her posing. I think she's probably seen Iggy Pop once or twice.
Not bad
Russell Crowe: Crowe has actually recorded five records and toured with his band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts (I don't know what it is about singing actors and the number 30). The music is passable -- mostly roots and R&B, and Crowe's singing is OK. Without his fame, this outfit is nothing more than a decent bar band.
Billy Bob Thornton: Solo and with his band The Boxmasters, Thornton obviously has good taste, playing alt-country that channels a bit of modern Bob Dylan (no, I'm not comparing the two). Thornton isn't much of a singer, but he makes up for it by surrounding himself with a crack band.
Colin Farrell: Like the Goo-Goo Dolls? Apparently so does Farrell. The actor has done some music for a few films and is actually a pretty good singer. He turned some heads singing his own parts as a country singer in "Crazy Heart" with Bridges.
Don't quit your day job
Bruce Willis: Willis tried convincing the Earth he was an old blues singer in the '80s. He didn't sound too terrible -- if you are hearing-impaired. Actually, make that sight-impaired as well, as the act also was pretty bad on the eyes.
Keanu Reeves: "The Matrix" actor turned rocker in the '90s, playing bass in Dogstar. The band was kind of like the Gin Blossoms, only worse.
Lindsay Lohan: You didn't know Lohan had a singing career? Exactly.
Scarlett Johansson: She's a performer who's difficult not to like -- unless she's singing Tom Waits covers. She really can sing and has good taste. Which is why it's strange that, more often than not, it just doesn't work.
Eddie Murphy: Imitating good singers isn't the same as being one.
Kevin Costner: No.
John Corbett: See Kevin Costner.
Jada Pinkett Smith: Whether she's doing ballads or Nu Metal -- yes, you read that right -- she just can't keep up with her band. When Will Smith is your husband, the angry schtick doesn't work.
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My in-laws have a nice place on the river in the known flyway for this area. I have minimal experience with waterfowl. What is the best way to set up my decoys. The fast current of the river is out furthest from the blind. Slack water right in tight with the bottom end of an island about twenty yards from the blind. There is a slough that runs back upstreamand inland on the near side of the island closest to the blind. All I have is a few goose floaters, about five dozen mallard floaters (not butt ups or feeders). Looking for advice please.
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I can't help until I see it myself, preferably while holding a shotgun during the season.
Kidding aside, your location sounds great if there are ducks around.
A few geese decoys off the island, some mallards at the entrance to the slough, and a few pairs of duck decoys just down stream near your side of the river.
A dozen mallards and half dozen geese decoys ought to do the trick. I call it the triangle. Birds should naturally go for the slack water.
Still be willing to adjust your spread. Even during the day your are hunting if they don't cooperate to your satisfaction.
Hope this helps and good luck
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Is this a tidal river or current river? That can make a difference. I hunt the Hudson here in NY and it depends on the changes of water flow and the blind. Best thing is be flexible and change the setup as you need. Also pay attention to the wind at your blind location. Good Luck and happy hunting.
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For a few years now we've hunted a spot that sounds very similar and we've done quite well...more ducks than geese.
We've put the majority of the blocks in two groups directly in front of the blind with a thinner line winding 10 yards or so upstream. The goose deeks have always gone on the downwind side of things as our predominant wind typically runs with the current.
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It is interesting to note that Monday will be treated as a zero-tolerance event in which the Town of Breckenridge Law Enforcement shall incarcerate "any local showing DISRESPECT to any revenue-contributing Tourist."
Breckenridge Public Law Section 420-04/01/2013 states clearly, "Any Breck Local who shows disrespect, malice, poor directions to the post office, refusing to confess where the moguls are stored in the summer, displaying poor mountain fashion mimicking visitors from Texas, New York, or California, or (worst of all!), sending a tourist to the GOLD PAN for a beer, shall be prosecuted to the full extent of town law."
Further, penalties for "DISRESPECTING TOURISTS" include, but not limited to: (1) tendering obsolete Medicinal Marijuana Medical Cards to the Chief of Police, (2) Being banned from puffing-down on the town Gondola for a period not to exceed 100 years, (3) Banishment from the Bump Buffet, and (4) in "aggravated cases of Tourist-Disrespect" being forced to move to Cleveland, Ohio, and work fast-food.
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How do I dimension a drawing.
Problem: The dimension feature does not display in the drawing as I assumed it would.
I was expecting something like |<- 48" ->|.
I'm using QCAD Community 22.214.171.124 on Fedora Core 10
My main interest in using QCAD is to enable me to draw dimensioned drawings of wood working projects.
In my initial trials, I am not seeing the dimensions in the drawing.
I have created three layers in addition to the main ( zero [ 0 ] ) layer. They are 'Drawing', 'Dimension', 'Construction Lines'.
The settings in Edit, Current Drawing Preferences, Dimensions are:
Text height: 0.1
Extension Line extension: 0.1
Extension Line offset: 0.1
Dimension Line gap 0.1
Arrow size: 0.1
The units of measurement are inches.
I have tried several of the dimension options ( aligned, horizontal ). They all seem to lay a line down directly on the line entity of the wood piece and the arrow and the numbers indicating the dimension, in short the structure I've seen in other CAD programs that display the dimension starting and ending point and the measurement are not present.
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CHARLESTON — West Virginia failed to protect children from "Big Tobacco's" marketing tactics by not investing in policies proven to reduce tobacco use, according to the American Lung Association's......
MR ALEX If you are also referring to cannabis (marijuana) there has been test done proving that smoking it does not cause or even have any relation to lung or any type of cancer. I know it sounds odd but many many tests have came back with the same results.
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I started smoking back in the 1950s when it was a fad. I quit smoking on November 22,1998. I developed lung cancer and had surgery on September 1,2011. They said they got it all. But I have to be under care by a cancer dr. for 5 years. Hope it does not come back. Now I am scared of cigarettes like I am nuclear bombs. Both essentially have the same objective of wiping you out. Going out because of smoking would be more expensive and painful than being nuked by a bomb.
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There is a direct correlation between cigarette smoking and education level. Appalachia(including West Virginia,Kentucky and Tennessee) comprises a lesser education population. The New England states that comprise the best educated population have a lesser amount of tobacco users. These facts have been sociologically proven.
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Faiths You have to excuse DUDE SMITH he has an identity crisis and doesn't know who he is half the time. he has roughly 100 other sign-ins and some of those have been banned. So occasionally he forgets the attitude one of his personality's is supposed to have.
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Yeah ...only people in WV smoke... really? LOL
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Go figure.....with low education and low intellegence comes smoking. Only in WV, the proud home of Buckwild.
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The Oak Ridger recently reported that Protomet Corp. is applying for a new PILOT (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes) arrangement from the Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board. The Oak Ridger said that Protomet had already had one PILOT that started in 2005.
The IDB, according to its minutes, actually approved the first PILOT in January 2006 and the application closed in January 2007. The capital investment was said to be a total of $1.9 million and 34 jobs were to be provided. Protomet even at one point asked that a further 10- to 20-square-foot building be added to the PILOT, but the IDB thought that rated another PILOT application.
That first PILOT was a 100 percent tax abatement for four years and it ended in December 2010. So if the IDB approves the new PILOT, it will not have been quite three years between Protomet PILOTs.
In 2004, TVA apparently approved an economic development loan to Protomet to assist its expansion. The statement then was that $1.1 million in capital investment and 50 jobs would be provided by Protomet. Not only that, but in 2005 the Tennessee Department of Transportation provided a grant of $62,000 to Oak Ridge to improve and extend a drive to serve the Protomet site in Bethel Valley Industrial Park; the city would otherwise have paid for this out of the proceeds of selling the site to Protomet.
Nor should we forget the "Incumbent Worker" training grant of about $30,000 to Protomet from the state of Tennessee in 2012. A state of Tennessee website stated that Protomet said that the grant would "allow the company to balance capital expenditures with process and organizational improvements to keep cost low and compete in the global economy, allowing the business to grow and retain employees," whatever that means.
As we can see, Protomet has received a lot of government assistance one way and another. Isn't it time the IDB cut the cord and made Protomet support itself?
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It was recently demonstrated that conventional pharmaceutical processing equipment, namely a comil, can effectively apply dry powder coatings of silicon dioxide onto active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients without causing attrition of the host's primary particles (1). This discovery is important because comils can be operated in a continuous manufacturing process and are commonly available at pharmaceutical product manufacturing sites. Although the comil is a simple, effective, and scalable unit operation for applying dry powder coatings, the systematic study of the process operational design space, such as screen size and impeller speed, may be required to optimize the coating performance. This iterative method may not be possible in early drug product development because of the limited available quantities of API (often less than 50 g) and the potential for improved performance after dry powder coating may be overlooked, especially as API synthesis, isolation, and sizing processes change often. Therefore, alternative (or complementary) methods for applying dry powder coatings would be desirable during early product development.


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Strategy, fantasy and card games will be featured. Boy Scouts and non-scouts are welcome.
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1 - Roland Garros title (2009) and Rafael Nadal (only player he's lost to in a Grand Slam final)
2 - Ranking at time of Roland Garros title (also '08 US Open and '04 Australian Open)
3 - Australian Open titles won (2004, '06-07)
4 - Times reached final (minimum) in each of the Grand Slam tournaments (only man to accomplish that feat)
5 - Wimbledon (2003-2007) and US Open (2004-2008) titles won and number of times he's lost to Nadal in Slam finals
6 - Sets lost during his title run at Roland Garros, the most of his Grand Slam titles, and how many different players to complete a career Grand Slam
7 - Consecutive years of winning at least one Grand Slam title
8 - Hard court titles between US Open (5) and Australian Open (3); Losses in his streak of 20 consecutive semi-final or better Grand Slam appearances
9 - Countries of opponents he's beaten in Grand Slam finals (Australia, Chile, Cyprus, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, and U.S.)
10 - Record consecutive Grand Slam finals reached between 2005 Wimbledon and 2007 US Open
11 - Appearances at Roland Garros before winning first title (same as Andre Agassi) and number of different opponents he's beaten in Grand Slam finals
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14- Ties Pete Sampras for the most Grand Slam singles titles in the history of men's tennis
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Congratulations on your 14th Grand Slam title and your first French! You are simply the best!
Roger, no words are enough to describe you and what you give people around the world man. We all just love you and respect you so much. I know
We are always beside you and believe you will achieve better succes in the future.
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Cops: Men toss dead groundhog, grouse into Pa. bar
Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 7:56 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 7:56 a.m.
BROOKVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Police in one western Pennsylvania town are investigating a case of bar kill: a groundhog and a grouse, both dead, tossed into a tavern by unsatisfied customers.
The (Dubois) Courier-Express reports that the animals were tossed into Bill's Bar hours apart Sunday in Brookville, about 70 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Brookville police Chief Ken Dworek tells The Associated Press that the suspects are an underage man who was refused service at the bar and another who was turned away because of "an alcohol problem."
The chief says such use of animals is a fairly common problem in Brookville. He says, for example, "a guy will get in an argument and put a dead squirrel on his girlfriend's doorknob, that kind of thing."
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What is Causing Autism Prevalence to Increase? – Part 2
This part 2 of a 2 part series is from Michael Rosanoff and Andy Shih, Ph.D. who both work in the Autism Speaks science department. This second post is from Andy Shih. Both guest bloggers bios are below the post.
The release of the latest prevalence data by the CDC last week was important in two ways. One, of course, is its implication for the role of environmental risk factors in autism. The other is how the finding enhances awareness and supports our call for more money for research.
The same can be said for our international epidemiology efforts. As part of our Global Autism Public Health initiative (GAPH), we have been funding and planning prevalence studies with our international partners and colleagues for the past several years. In South Korea, for instance, we are expecting the publication of the first ever prevalence estimate in early 2010. We also have prevalence studies in various stages of development in Albania, India, Ireland and Mexico. All these efforts involve members of our International Autism Epidemiology Network.
In addition to the contributions these studies can make to our understanding of autism, they will also help raise awareness and inform policy development in parts of the world where affected individuals and families struggle with severe stigma, and in many instances, little or no support and care. Another way to look at it is that when you conduct a prevalence study, you are basically asking members of the autism community to stand up and be counted. When that happens, especially if the number is anywhere close to the 1 percent figure we have here in the States, their plight and needs can no longer be ignored.
Author Bios
Andy Shih
Andy Shih, Ph.D. is the Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Autism Speaks, where he oversees the etiology portfolio, which includes research in genetics, environmental sciences, and epidemiology. He was responsible for the formation and development of Autism Speaks sponsored international autism research collaborations, the Autism Genome Project and the Baby Siblings Research Consortium. Andy also leads Autism Speaks' international scientific development efforts, such as the Global Autism Public Health Initiative (GAPH). Andy joined the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) in 2002.
Prior to joining NAAR, Andy had served as an industry consultant and was a member of the faculty at Yeshiva University and New York University Medical Center. He earned his Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology from New York University Medical Center.
Andy's research background includes published studies in gene identification and characterization, virus-cell interaction, and cell-cycle regulation. He was instrumental in the cloning of a family of small GTPases involved in cell-cycle control and nuclear transport, and holds three patents on nucleic acids-based diagnostics and therapeutics. Andy is a resident of Queens, where he lives with his wife, daughter and son.
Michael Rosanoff
Michael Rosanoff, MPH, is a member of Autism Speaks etiology team and manages the organization's epidemiology and public heath research grants. Since joining the organization in 2007, Michael has been the staff lead in overseeing the International Autism Epidemiology Network (IAEN) and is part of the development team for the Global Autism Public Health Initiative (GAPH). He is also a member of Autism Speaks Grants Division, helping oversee the administration of the organization's grant-making process for research.
Prior to joining Autism Speaks, Michael conducted independent research at the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, a clinical, epidemiological and genetic research center at Columbia University Medical Center focused on developmental disorders of the nervous system. His research background is in genetic and psychiatric epidemiology as well as behavioral neuroscience and neuroimmunology, with publications in the fields of epilepsy and depression. Michael earned his Master of Public Health (MPH) in epidemiology from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and resides in N.J.


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This is a really popular course and I see hundreds of people playing it every day.
However: The baskets move ~once every 5 'chuckin' years. Id be willing to do this myself..
If noone wants to move the baskets I will... The other positions are fun (people DO throw sidearm you know).


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Hi, Simon, I just now read one of your comments to my blog post and will answer it tomorrow as I better get my butt off to bed, lol. Thank you for being at least that ONE person who, like me, is open-minded about so-called spirits or the supernatural. I surely didn't expect everyone to say, "Hey, Trish, I think the way you do," but geez....what you said is so true. Many of the responders reminded me of ANGRY CHRISTIANS who don't want to hear what you have to say that contradicts their faith. I had hoped that atheists, in general, were a little more thoughtful and able to convey their thoughts without attacking the other person. Boy, was I wrong! Anyway, I will jump on the blog tomorrow and answer your responses there. Thanks again for being so nice. I feel like a football player who just got tackled by the other team and was gasping for breath while waiting for them to get off me! LOL
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Hey Simon, happy 20120 :)
I have read your comment, but it will take me a while to read up on the links. Will reply on the comment soon
Hey Simon! Happy New Year to U. I'd love to check out your link ... I'll let you know what I think - kk
thanks for your insite simon. i already did the abusive thing. was quite terrible. i moved to ny from ky becuase of it. and still i cant seem to start over right.
Yes I did, I'm sorry, it's been a busy day! I haven't looked at it in its entirety yet but I will. I'm sure this will only make me seem incredibly stupid, I wasn't sure I understood the little I read so far. It seems like a beginner's handbook to atheism/understanding concepts from both theists and anti-theists. I could be completely wrong, haha. So many people here seem infinitely more intelligent than me but hopefully I'll get there!
Okay, awesome! I sure will. :) And lol, thank you, I appreciate that!
Mad as a box of frogs! ;)
Glad to be friends Simon!
Hey, thanks for the add, :D
Hay, thanks for the add! People, I have never meet, keep adding me as friends, must be a trend of something?
Take care,
is that hugh laurie from blackadder the third as your default? AWESOME show! caught it one night on PBS.
He does. It studies your stuff, seriously
I meant, HE studies your stuff
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Ali and Hadi Partovi may not be household names, but the twins have quietly helped launch some of Silicon Valley's biggest startups of recent vintage.
Hadi co-founded Tellme Networks, which Microsoft bought for a reported $800 million. Ali co-founded Internet advertising pioneer LinkExchange, which Microsoft bought for $265 million; he later became one of the first investors in Zappos, the online shoe retailer launched by LinkExchange co-founder Tony Hsieh. Amazon bought that one for about $850 million.
The Partovis also snapped up early stakes in Dropbox and Facebook. And while they're both still active angel investors, they've gotten increasingly involved in philanthropic work, including founding Code.org. The nonprofit, which encourages kids to learn software development, made a splash last year with a video that featured tech celebrities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Bill Gates.
The brothers recently spoke with this newspaper about doing well while doing good. Here's an edited transcript.
Q: Your family fled Iran during the revolution?
HADI: Five years later, in 1984. Our father had co-founded Sharif University, the top tech university in the Middle East.
ALI: And our mom actually had been a computer scientist who had studied at Boston University, but in post-revolution Iran she had to give up her career. It was a hard place to be; we lived close to the main TV station, so every other evening there'd be bombing attacks, and we were in the basement holding our ears.
HADI: Then when we got to the States, our family had to split up, because Dad got a job at MIT and our mom wanted us to stay close to family in Tarrytown, N.Y. Our parents worked three different jobs in two different cities to stay afloat.
Q: You both ended up at Harvard and majored in computer science. Ali, how'd you come to start LinkExchange in 1996?
ALI: I was 23, a year and a half out of school. Tony and Hadi had been on the computer programming team in college, which I thought was too nerdy. Then Tony tried to get Hadi to join his startup, and Hadi at the time had a high-profile position as part of Microsoft's top team for Internet strategy. He said, "I can't leave, but here's my brother."
Q: And after LinkExchange was bought in 1998, Hadi left Microsoft to start Tellme. Did he want to emulate your success?
ALI: We consciously viewed our careers as helping each other; I think we were both motivated by wanting to take care of our parents. Hadi was in a safe job, so I could do a very risky venture. And then once LinkExchange was acquired, I stayed at Microsoft while he went to do his venture.
Q: Was it coincidence that both companies were sold to Microsoft?
HADI: When I was certain that Netscape was going to buy LinkExchange, I went right to (Microsoft president) Steve Ballmer and said, "I haven't talked to you about my brother's company before, but they're about to get acquired, and I've spent the last five years competing with Netscape."
Then, after the Tellme acquisition (in 2007), somebody on the Microsoft board told Ballmer, "Next time you talk with Hadi, don't take your wallet."
Q: You guys started jointly investing in startups after LinkExchange was sold, and you hooked up with Facebook in 2005, when they were on fewer than 100 college campuses. How did that introduction come about?
ALI: The thread started with LinkExchange, which had two really talented guys: Scott Banister (who later co-founded IronPort) and Max Levchin. Scott convinced Max to start PayPal, and because of that, we were connected to the whole PayPal Mafia.
Plus, LinkExchange's main investor and board member was Mike Moritz at Sequoia Capital, and through that Hadi was connected to Sean Parker. Sean invited Hadi to meet Facebook. I remember thinking, "It seems cool, but are you sure you don't just want to join a fraternity?" It was like eight college-age guys.
Q: That story sure illustrates the power of relationships in the valley.
ALI: Our investing path has been following good people. We backed a company called EduSoft (which helps school districts track student performance). After it was acquired, we told the entrepreneurs, "Whatever you do next, we want in." One of them was Dan Yates, who co-founded oPower. (The company, which helps big utilities promote energy efficiency, filed this month for a $100 million IPO.)
The other EduSoft founder, Jay Kimmelman, started a company to run for-profit schools for low-income children in Kenya. Today it's the largest employer in Kenya and the largest chain of schools, I think, in the world.
Q: How much of the investing you do these days is about a social return versus a financial return?
ALI: We're not looking for a social impact as an investment thesis. But if a company has a for-profit model that also has a social impact, we like that, for two reasons. One, it feels good, and two, other people will want it to succeed.
HADI: Just today I read about a company that's a cross between Flappy Bird and Snapchat. When those are the startups out there, it's not nearly as inspirational as trying to solve the world's energy problems.
ALI: It's much more motivating to figure out how to make your impact and your profit in one effort.
Q: Then why do Code.org as a nonprofit?
HADI: I get asked that all the time. There's lots of companies going the for-profit route in teaching computer science, but they don't look much at how to improve public schools, the neediest schools that have no resources. We've gotten the president of the United States involved, we've gotten Mark Zuckerberg doing lectures for us, we've gotten this on the homepage of Google. A for-profit company couldn't do any of those things.
Q: Do you think you'll be running this for the rest of your career?
HADI: I hope we're going to solve the problem well before that. I'm pretty committed until we're at the point that computer science is in every school in the country. I sure hope I'm not working 60- to 70-hour weeks three or four years from now
Q: That actually sounds optimistic.
HADI: The 20-hour programming course that we launched 12 weeks ago is in 13,000 classrooms today. We started this a year ago with a one-hour course, which went to 35,000 classrooms. There's about 140,000 schools in this country, so it's gone from 10 percent to 20 percent in our first year.
We've now reached 25 million kids, and the entire Hour of Code cost $1.2 million. That's 5 cents a child
ALI: It's so easy to get people to support this because they're like, "Oh yeah, it's incredibly needed."
HADI: We moved to this country when we were 11, and I'd say we're in many ways the poster children for how immigrants create jobs. Being good at computer programming was a direct path to our success.
Why should people who study in India or China or Russia be equipped with more employable skills than people in the United States? Why should the American dream be more accessible for non-Americans?
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.
Age: 41
Born: Tehran, Iran
Lives: Piedmont
Education: Bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science, Harvard University
Current job: Angel investor
Previous jobs: Co-founder: LinkExchange, iLike and Code.org
Family: Divorced, three kids
Age: 41
Born: Tehran, Iran
Lives: Bellevue, Wash.
Education: Bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science, Harvard University
Current job: CEO and co-founder, Code.org
Previous jobs: Co-founder, Tellme Networks and iLike.
Family: Married, three kids
Five things about the Partovi twins
They're avid musicians and grew up playing piano duets together.
Ali enjoys rock climbing at a gym every week; Hadi has climbed Mount Rainier.
Ali's youngest child is the same age as Hadi's oldest.
The twins drive matching, colorful VW Beetles that are replicas of the "shagadelic" Austin Powers Bug.
Ali is left-handed and Hadi is right-handed.


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D.A. Points withdrew from the FedEx St. Jude Classic during his second round.
After a close call at last week's Barclays, Rickie Fowler heads toward TPC Boston for a chance to defend his title at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Tyrrell Hatton can't wait to revisit a favorite part of the world when he pegs it up in the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre GC in Switzerland.
European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke announced his three picks to round out the team, choosing Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood, and Thomas Pieters.
Matthew Fitzpatrick returns to the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre GC looking for an end to his form peaks and troughs.
Victor Dubuisson makes a sixth visit to the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre GC this week.
Nicolas Colsaerts returns to his home continent for this week's Omega European Masters at the stunning location of Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland.
The great Seve Ballesteros is the only man to have successfully defended the Omega European Masters (1977-1978) but 2015 winner Danny Willett will aim to emulate the iconic Spaniard this week.
Past champ Adam Scott patched together an even-par 35-36=71 in the final round of The Barclays to post 7-under 277, down one spot into a three-way T4, two in arrears to champion Patrick Reed.
Overnight leader Rickie Fowler stalled out to a 3-over-par 35-39=74 in today's final round of The Barclays for a four-day total of 6-under 278, down six places into a three-way T7, three back of champion Patrick Reed.
PGA TOUR rookie Emiliano Grillo conjured up a 2-under-par 33-36=69 in the final round of The Barclays to join Sean O'Hair on joint second at 8-under 276, one shy of champion Patrick Reed.
With a 1-under-par 34-36=70, Patrick Reed erased a one-stroke deficit in the final round to win The Barclays on 9-under 275, one clear of runners-up Sean O'Hair and Emiliano Grillo, good for his fifth TOUR title in his 121st career start.


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Jane Vierling Dallman died at the age of 76 years October 12, 2013, at the Texas Terrace Nursing Home in St. Louis Park as a result of complications of Parkinson's Disease.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 18, 2013, at the Cremation Society of MN, Edina Chapel, at 7110 France Ave S., Edina.
Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. and funeral at 11 a.m. followed by a luncheon. Burial will be held at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Memorials are preferred to Church of Holy Family, 5900 W. Lake Street, St. Louis Park, MN 55416.
Jane is survived by her loving husband of 49 years, Darrell Dallman and their dog, Tasha.
She is also survived by her siblings and sisters-in-law: Judy Vierling; Liz Vierling Azarski (Bob); Barbara Vierling Hoepner (Ted); Betty Vierling Klieforth (John); Dean Vierling (Sue); Nancy Vierling Reed (Ron); Diane Vierling Hennes (Bob); JoAnn Vierling (sister-in-law) and Doris (Tim) Farmer (sister-in-law). In addition, she is survived by numerous nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her twin brother, Jim Vierling.
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5.162Irving acknowledged that the Schlegelberger memorandum is an unsatisfactory document. But he is satisfied that it is authentic. He pointed out reference was made to a complete copy of the memorandum (typed out in full with initials) as early as 1945 in a list compiled by the British Foreign Office of documents found in the files of the Nazi Ministry of Justice. That copy subsequently went missing. Irving has attempted, without success, to obtain the top copy from the US National Archives. He speculated that the copy in the file which was assembled by the prosecutors at Nuremberg file may have been removed by them because they did not want Lammers to be able to use it to exculpate himself. At all events Irving has no doubts about the genuineness of the memorandum. (Evans agreed that the Abschrift is a record of an authentic memorandum, adding the rider that Irving's eagerness to treat this document as genuine contrasts starkly with his scepticism about the integrity of documents which do not fit in with his thesis).
5.163Regardless of its unsatisfactory features, Irving remained firm in his view that the Schlegelberger note is vital document which provides a clear indication of Hitler's wish expressed in the spring of 1942 to postpone a decision on the Jewish question generally until after the end of the war. During the evidence Irving made reference time and again to the memorandum, which he regards as the linchpin of his case for saying that Hitler sought to protect the Jews.
5.164Irving dismissed the notion that the note dates back to 1941 as a "vanishingly small probability". In support of this conclusion Irving referred to a Staff Evidence Analysis sheet, apparently prepared by the prosecutors at Nuremberg who assembled the file which contained the memorandum. Irving points out that, with one exception, the documents in the file come from the period March to April 1942. So the 1942 date tallies with the dates of most of the documents in the file.
5.165In support of his contention that Schlegelberger was referring to the Jewish question generally, Irving argued firstly that the discussion at the continuation of the Wannsee conference on 6 March 1942 was not confined to the mischlinge problem (although he agreed that the minute of the meeting suggests otherwise). Irving cited in support of this contention the post-war evidence of Ficker and Boley who were both present. (Evans dismissed their evidence as self-exculpatory). Irving went on to point out that the file in which the memorandum was contained is broadly entitled "Treatment of the Jews". Another document in the file is "Overall solution of the Jewish problem". Irving maintained that the immediately preceding document in the file supports his interpretation of the note that it is dealing with the question of Jews generally, not just mischlinge. In that document dated 12 March 1942 Schlegelberger referred to the meeting which had been held on 6 March as having been concerned with the treatment of Jews and mixed races. He expressed the wish that Lammers should consult Hitler about the decisions which would need to be taken which he considered to be completely impossible. Irving argues that this letter also indicates that both the Jews generally and the mixed race issue were under discussion. Following his receipt of that message, it appears that Lammers offered to meet Schlegelberger on the return of the former to Berlin at the end of March. As Evans agreed, the pair probably met in early April. Irving argued that this chronology suggests that the date of the memorandum would be early April by which time Lammers had spoken to Hitler.
5.166Irving relied on the terms of the Schlegelberger memorandum itself. He pointed out that it refers conjunctively to Jews and mixed marriages as if both (separate) topics were under consideration. It is headed "The solution of the Jewish question", which suggests a broad not a narrow subject-matter. (Were it not so headed he would have considered Evans's interpretation a viable alternative theory). Irving argued that there is nothing in the terms of the memorandum itself to justify the narrow interpretation put on it by the Defendants. Irving argued that in the spring of 1942 Hitler was preoccupied with events on the Eastern front. In that situation his likely reaction, upon being asked about the Jewish question, was that it should be put off until the end of the war. Evans considered that this argument ignores Hitler's obsessive anti-semitism which continued to dominate Hitler's thinking, even at times of military crisis.
5.167Irving produced what he described as an extract from the evidence which Lammers gave at his trial when he testified that Hitler had told him that he had given Himmler an order for the evacuation of the Jews and that he (Hitler) did not want to hear any more about the problem until the end of the war. Evans took the view that that Lammers was seeking to avoid incriminating himself when he claimed that Hitler wanted no more than the deportation of the Jews.
5.168Irving defended his treatment of the note at p 464 of the 1991 edition of Hitler's War by pointing out that he did make mention of the problem of the mischlinge. He explained that pressure of space prevented him from making clear to the reader of the text of Goebbels that the 6 March 1942 conference was confined to the mischlinge issue. There was, he said, no question of his having distorted the evidence.
5.169Irving maintained that the Defendants are trying to devalue what is a "high level diamond document" when they argue that it bears only on the problem of the mischlinge.
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Melvin J. Schuttoff, 87, of Beardsley, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Golden LivingCenter in Olivia. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 27, at the United Methodist Church in Beardsley with Rev. Anna Williamson officiating. Burial was at Midway Cemetery, rural Beardsley.
Eggers Funeral Home, of Rosholt, S.D., was in charge of the funeral arrangements.
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Award: Carl B. Allendoerfer
Year of Award: 1985
Publication Information: Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 57, (1984), pp. 131-141
Summary: A summary of definitions and properties of ordinal numbers.
About the Author: (from Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 57 (1984)) Frederick Gass attended Phillips Academy, received a bachelor's degree from DePauw University with majors in mathematics and Romance languages, and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1968. He has been on the faculty of Miami University since 1968 except for one year spent as Visiting Scholar at Talladega College. Writing this article has satisfied a long-standing desire to popularize concepts that he has enjoyed privately since graduate school.


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Thomasville Police say several stores have been fooled, and there could be more counterfeit bills somewhere out there
As supervisor of a quick buys food store, Ronnie Searcey handles most of his store's financial matters. But he wasn't prepared for what Monday night.
"Right at closing time two guys entered the store here and wanted $2,000 in money orders and the clerk cut the money orders and took the money and realized it felt funny and realized it was phony money," Searcy says.
The quick buys clerk didn't accept the money, but police say a clerk at this sunrise pantry fell for the scam early Tuesday morning.
And more stores could be targeted.
Police say one surefire way to figure out if you've got fake $100 bills is to look at the serial number. The serial numbers on all ten of these bills are the same.
"There are a lot of security features built into the $100 bill now starting with the paper it's printed on, it's colored fiber, different from any other papers you can buy on the street. There's microprinting that can't be photocopied, there are metallic strips that run through the bill itself when you hold it up to the light you can see," Mark Scott explains.
Police estimate there could be thousands of the phony bills circulating in the community.
By having a watchful eye, you may avoid becoming a victim.
The serial number on all the confiscated phony bills is CB52615767C.
Police warn that store clerks may not be the only victims of a crime like this. Check any money you receive carefully, and report any suspicions you have immediately.
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Topic: two thoughts
When dad was so sick from chemo, or depressed because of the inevitable outcome, I remember feeling such conflict -- dread that ran through my whole being all the while trying to be sunny and supportive for dad. My cousin, who is my rock, offered me the following quote:
'Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay'. ~inspired by Maya Angelou
My cousin's mother, since passed away from breast cancer, offered to me the following quote when my dad was first diagnosed with CC this past January...I do not know the origin, I do know the comfort that it brings:
'The will of God will not lead you where the grace of God will not protect you'.
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The Wild and Scenic Film Festival returns to Summit County from 7-9:30 tonight at the Speakeasy Theater in Breckenridge. The sold out event features 13 movies and a fundraiser, which benefits the High Country Conservation Center.
Created in 2003, the festival features more than 100 award-winning films over three days in Nevada City, Calif., before touring to more than 100 communities nationwide. Summit County first hosted the event in 2008. This year HC3 teamed up with Patagonia to organize the festival.
Besides serving as a fundraiser, the event aims to raise awareness of environmental topics such as plastic bag pollution, renewable energy solutions, water conservation and sustainable food production.
"I selected a variety of films that touched upon both global and local environmental issues. ...While most of the films have an environmental message, a few films feature the mountain lifestyle and others are quite humorous," said Jennifer Schenk, executive director for HC3.
"Save the Farm" is one of the festival's highlights and features Hollywood stars such as Daryl Hannah and Alicia Silverstone. The film documents the 11-hour tree sit protest staged by activists and celebrities to avoid the eviction of organic farmers in South Central Los Angeles.
"'Save the Farm' exemplifies the struggles of many communities to produce locally grown food," Schenk said. "In Summit County, we are fortunate to have supportive organizations like High Country Conservation Center, local governments and other partners that are committed to community gardens and sustainable food."
Another festival's anchor, "Chasing Water" takes you on a journey through 1,500 miles of the Colorado River. Directed by National Geographic photojournalist Pete McBride - who grew up on a ranch in western Colorado - the film explores an endangered major water source that supports more than 30 million people.
In the middle of the current debate on reducing plastic bags in Breckenridge, "Majestic Plastic Bag" might help add arguments to this discussion. The film is a "mockumentary" showing the lifecycle of the plastic bag.
"The Grid" features a German community that purchases its local power grid from a utility company, allowing the community to utilize other types of renewable energy and avoid nuclear power; "Willem and the Whale" portraits a unique view on whale hunting through the eyes of a child; "The Fishman" showcases the story of Montana local Mike Kasic, who swims the frigid Yellowstone River for fun and in support of the river's native endangered cutthroat trout.


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The guides started by issuing vests and helmets. They then very carefully demonstrated how to safely operate a Segway. After we mastered the basics we left in groups of 10-12. Our guide talked to us over a radio and described the history and people associated with each of the neighborhoods we visited: the Embarcadero, Fisherman's Wharf, and North Beach. We finished at Aquatic Park and had some time to free ride. The tour was about two hours, so with training etc. the whole adventure lasted a little under three hours. It was a lot of fun, informative, and almost effortless. I think almost anyone would enjoy it. If you enjoy the tour, your guide will appreciate a tip.
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Weird Things That Happen When You Fall in Love
If you're dating a man who lives at home, odds are it doesn't bother you...that much. If you find it's nagging you a little, focus on the long-term: It's probably not your man's fault that he can't find the perfect job or afford rent at the moment (but that doesn't mean he won't be able to down the road).
Plenty of well-employed dudes are living with the parents now to save money for a down-payment on a house, or to pay off student loans, which is actually really, really smart.
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New Orleans police said a suspect shot at officers as he fled from them Monday, and later killed himself, police said.
The shooting happened about noon Monday in the 3000 block of Sandra Drive in Algiers.
New Orleans Police Department spokesman Garry Flot said officers attempted to stop a suspicious person, and the suspect began running and turned, firing at the officers.
No one was struck or injured, Flot said.
Shortly thereafter, police said, the suspect's body was found in the 100 block of Westpark Court with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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text: Andrew Stein was Regional President of Regions Bank until April 2007. During his 11 years with Regions, he held positions of increasing responsibility, including Market President for Bay and Walton Counties, Group President for the Panhandle of Florida and Regional President for Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. From 1989 to 1997, he served as President and CEO of Florida First Bancorp, Inc., headquartered in Panama City, Florida. He continued his employment with Florida First after it merged with Regions in 1997. Prior to being President and CEO of Florida First, Stein held several positions of increasing responsibility with banks, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Lending officer and Branch Administrator. He has a Master's Degree in Business Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant (license inactive). Stein has held several leadership positions with civic, philanthropic and governmental entities in the Panama City area.