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National investigation into lethal restraint practices uncovers breakdowns similar to those surrounding Parkland patient's death last February
For the first time in many years, the public now has another glimpse into a largely hidden national problem: deaths resulting from physical restraint inside hospitals and other care facilities.
It comes from a recent study by Equip for Equality, an Illinois nonprofit group that monitors treatment of people with physical, developmental and psychological disabilties. The organization investigated 61 fatalities across the country that occurred during or following the use of physical or mechanical restraints between 1999 and 2005.
What the study found may sound familiar to readers of this blog:
- Nearly all who died had medical ailments – most frequently related to cardiac, neurological or respiratory conditions – that existed at the time they were restrained.
- In the majority of deaths, unsafe and inappropriate methods were used: "Of 69 dangerous practices identified, 54 percent involved a person lying face down in a prone position."
- A "disturbing trend of nurses leaving the area where the individual was being restrained."
- In a quarter of the deaths, the anti-anxiety drug lorazepam – also known as Ativan – was administered while the patient was restrained: "Further examination and review of this issue is warranted."
Strikingly, those circumstances also fit the case of schizophrenia patient George Cornell, who died in Parkland Memorial Hospital's psychiatric emergency department last February.
Using government documents and medical records, we've reported how unlicensed psychiatric techs twice pinned Cornell, who had several cardiac risks, face down for up to 25 minutes total, and twice injected him with lorazepam and other drugs before he stopped breathing.
Cornell's restraint happened without adequate supervision by a nurse.
Since the 1990s, mental-health leaders have sought to end face-down restraints, as well as other types of physical force to restrict patients' movement, because they can cause asphyxiation and cardiac deaths. Texas regulations prohibit the face-down hold for longer than a minute.
Equip for Equality's study concludes there is an "urgent need" to do more nationally. The group wants systemic changes such as enhanced federal oversight and sanctions against facilities and has called for reporting all such fatalities to a central database which would allow better analysis of care breakdowns and the pervasiveness of the problem.
"The total number of children and adults, including seniors, who die each year as a result of being put in restraints, is unknown," the study says. "…There continues to be – no comprehensive oversight system in place for monitoring restraint usage and compliance with the law."


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City bureaucrats pondering a new title for the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant -- the old "Weepy Seepy" that processes 110 million gallons of sewage a day from 1.4 million residents in eight Silicon Valley cities -- should thank IA's readers for a bounty of clever suggestions.
Several readers who felt the proposed new name -- San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility -- fell a little flat offered up some alternatives with a political flair.
Allan MacLaren didn't even break a sweat to come up with "The George Shirakawa Jr. Sewage Plant." Shirakawa, of course, is the supervisor who's seemingly flushing his political career down the drain with self-inflicted damage over expense accounts and campaign paperwork.
"It's a no-brainer," MacLaren said.
Larry Lee offered "The Mayor Chuck Reed Down the Drain Development," arguing that "he has led the city, its employees and services down the toilet."
And Marc Rotzow suggested "Rick Perry's Sewage Treatment Plant," after the Texas governor who's trying to lure California businesses to his state, observing that it would offer plenty of potential marketing slogans like: "Bringing the sights and smells of Texas to San Jose."
Others offered amusing titles befitting the purpose and nature of the plant. Ram Ganapathi riffed off a bunch, but his favorite was "Eau de Colon." We also liked "Dungenistan," for its exotic international feel.
Wayne Chan suggested "Affluents' Effluent" in order "to recognize contributions of the Silicon Valley pioneers."
Frank Mangini thought of —Â'You Flush We Brush' Pollution Control Plant."
And Chuck Stegner came up with "Steamers Lane," which our Santa Cruz surfing friends might appreciate. Or not.
Rotzow had another suggestion, which he thought might be useful to the valley's parents: "Goldfish Memorial Park."
And Kevin Kavanaugh, who once worked at the plant as an apprentice electrician, observed that a generation ago they just called it "The Turd Farm," which does have a nice tie-in to the valley's agricultural roots. But he admits it's not something you'd want to put on a letterhead.
S.J. police union helps Austin recruit city officers
It isn't just Texas Gov. Rick Perry who's looking to lure Californians to the Lone Star State.
The San Jose Police Officers' Association hosted the Austin Police Department last Tuesday to promote Austin's effort to recruit the city's cops. Austin was seeking city officers chafing at pay and benefit cuts brought on by the soaring cost of their city retirement pensions. It's not the first time the SJPOA has hosted outside recruiters in recent months.
But critics feel the officers' union is being hypocritical by inviting recruiters to poach city cops. The SJPOA has argued that the department is dangerously short-handed and blamed Mayor Chuck Reed's pension reforms for driving officers out and allowing crime to spike. A recent newsletter likened the department to the sinking Titanic.
"Truly counterproductive behavior" was how Councilman Pete Constant, a Reed ally and former San Jose cop, put it, arguing that the union is "encouraging people to leave" the force and further jeopardizing the safety of remaining officers and the public. "Their energies would be much better used in looking for ways we can increase the size of our department rather than decreasing it."
SJPOA consultant Tom Saggau said that while continued police departures are "a concern," officers are free to pursue other job options.
"People are filling out applications all over the state and the region," Saggau said. "It's going to get worse before it gets better."
It's worth noting the context: While the San Jose police union has stymied Reed's voter-approved pension reforms with lawsuits, it's in contract renewal talks with the city and seeking raises totaling 16 percent over three years. Reed and his City Council allies have said the city can't afford that without cutting libraries and other programs but have suggested smaller, one-time retention bonuses to keep officers on the beat.
Austin's police recruiter, Lt. Jerry Gonzalez, said the recruitment trip was a success. About two dozen San Jose cops showed up and more than half are potential candidates to join his department.
San Jose has been scrambling to recruit more officers, and hundreds have applied. Deputy City Manager Alex Gurza said San Jose's retirement plans appear similar to Austin's and that salaries are much higher. The base salary is $97,198 for a veteran officer in San Jose, compared with $82,553 in Austin.
"We are still an attractive place to work," Gurza said, "and we still have police officers who want to work here."
Quick, shut the barn door! The horses got out!
Tony Estremera, a Santa Clara Valley Water District board member, has figured in some of the spats recently at the Golden Spigot. Now he's joined an attempt to patch the damage.
In lieu of retiree health care, Estremera and ex-board member Joe Judge each received $90,000 checks in December after threatening to sue the district. But the real controversy was over a confidentiality clause in the pact.
Now Estremera and fellow board members Linda LeZotte and Brian Schmidt have crafted a memo that attempts to open the veil of secrecy at the Golden Spigot.
While not precisely an homage to transparency, the memo says that monetary agreements with directors should not have confidentiality provisions. The three are asking the staff to study the proposal.
Closing the barn door after the horse has left? Arguably, yes. But don't forget the political implications. The seats of Estremera, LeZotte and Schmidt -- one member of the old guard and two reformers -- are up for election in 2014. The memo is one way to contain the criticism.
Valley's values raised in Obama's speech
In Silicon Valley, we are used to being the thought leader in gadgets like the iPhone or in social media sites like Facebook. In politics, not so much: Our congressional delegation is aging, and our political leanings are well to the left of the country as a whole.
That's why President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night cheered more than a few local players. Start with Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who has long championed the road to citizenship for immigrants, a topic that Obama struck forcefully.
Then there was the minimum wage. Local labor made a successful push last year to boost the minimum wage in San Jose to $10 an hour. Obama suggested raising the national minimum to $9, a move that would put other Santa Clara cities close to San Jose's level, evening the competition.
Finally was the matter of manufacturing. In his speech, Obama repeatedly stressed the need to revive American manufacturing. That echoed a book that was published last year, "Entrepreneurial Nation," by potential Democratic congressional candidate Ro Khanna.
The president's theme wasn't lost on Khanna, a lawyer who has been exploring a run against incumbent Mike Honda, D-San Jose. Our sources say Khanna is preparing an op-ed for the Washington Post that endorses the president's agenda.
Internal Affairs is an offbeat look at state and local politics. This week's items were written by John Woolfolk, Tracy Seipel, Scott Herhold and Paul Rogers. Send tips to firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 408-975-9346.


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Mine does NOT have any paint, it is all steel with no color added other than the logo sticker. I paid a little over 250 with shipping and I will sell for $150 but I won't ship it. Can do in person somewhere in the Quad Cities/Iowa City area or near Peoria, IL. No payment needed before meet up.
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Hi everyone,
I think i'm having a slight problem with my media server's ip address. It keeps changing.
Sometimes it will be 192.168.1.27 and if i reboot my computer it changes to 192.168.1.24 etc etc.
I was following the tutorial that tells me to setup the PS3's IP to be one octet higher (ie, if my computer is 192.168.1.27, then I set my PS3 ip to 192.168.1.26). The problem seems to be that since my computer's ip keeps changing, I'm forced to manually re-enter a new PS3 IP address. If i don't manually change it, it seems like the PS3 and the media server do not see each other. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'd like to keep my IPv4 from changing.
FYI, my PS3 is on a wired connection to the router. My main PC is on a wireless connection (it's upstairs).
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For the last few years the Yellow Medicine East Student Council has championed the motto: "We are YME," but concomitant with that statement comes the question: What does that mean, or more precisely: just who is Yellow Medicine East?
YME Lead Special Education Teacher and Student Council Advisor, Sheila Koepke, has been working on two projects to help students answer this question in hopes that they might gain a better sense of pride in themselves, the communities where they reside and the YME community as a whole.
The two projects will soon transform the entryway of Yellow Medicine East, adorning the walls with community representative murals and filling six display cases with historical items from the six district communities of: Clarkfield, Echo, Granite Falls, Hanley Falls, Hazel Run and the Upper Sioux Community.
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Koepke said that the display cases have been a project long in the works––three years and four months to be exact––but that student council has made a commitment to get the cases filled in the very near future.
"Where we're stuck now is really needing stuff to show in the display cases," said Koepke. "The hope was to get letter jackets, trophies, pictures, yearbooks, and that sort of thing. But we also wanted to highlight the schools in the communities; when they were built, who built them, how much they cost, how many people were in the first graduating class––and that's been sort of difficult."
The Clarkfield display case looks flush with items, Granite is sparsely decorated and the Echo case stands empty. The remaining cases also appear to be wanting and so Koepke is hoping that historical minded folk from each community will feel inclined to get involved.
"I visited the museum in Hanley Falls and was able to get some information on the school. We hope to paint the shelves school colors but you can't just walk into Ladners and ask for "Cyclone Green"––so we're hoping somebody has an old letter jacket or something.
"Bridge Builder" murals
According to Koepke the mural project was made possible by an approximately $2,000 grant that she applied for through the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council (SMAHC).
The grant enabled Koepke to bring in local artist Tamara Isfeld, who has painted murals for both Renville County West School District, where she teaches, as well as the Clarkfield Area Charter School.
Koepke said that sixth, seventh and eighth graders volunteered to be a part of the "Bridge Builders" project and subsequently worked with Isfeld to design and create the murals. She began the process with a history lesson, explaining why communities have painted murals through the centuries, from cave drawings to graffiti on trains.
Page 2 of 2 - Students were then given a week to sketch images that they identified with the community. From those sketches Isfeld laid out the design for the murals, which the students also helped paint.
There will be an open house at YME High School on Tuesday, April 30 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., at which time the community will get a chance to see the end result as well as hear from the students on their role in the mural creating process.
Any individuals interested in aiding YME with historical items from the YME District communities for the display cases can reach Koepke through YME High School at 564-4081 or her email at email@example.com.
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Maybe you need the build-essential package? sudo apt-get install build-essential
industrai wrote:Maybe you need the build-essential package? sudo apt-get install build-essential
industrai wrote:wonder if you delete the mplayer dir and try it again if you get past it?
industrai wrote:i mean delete the whole mplayer directory first, then run the svn command to redownload the latest.... maybe when you were downloading it it was an incomplete snapshot of code.
Jaq23 wrote:This is a great tutorial. I'm an Ubuntu noob and managed to follow all the way through without opening 20 extra tabs to work out how to fix steps that didn't work along the way. So it was all going great until I opened Media Server and it can't find my PS3. It's turned on and media servers are enabled in the PS3 settings. I have no idea how to troubleshoot this apart from random Googling which is doing very little to help my situation.
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Hi all,
I am using Linux and I tried to use version 1.20.409 of PMS with my Panasonic GW20.
Everything seems to work fine (connection, show pictures, ...), but my m2t video files (from camcorder) won't play.
If I start such a file, I only see "Please wait..." and after some time it stops and shows the selection screen again.
Therefore I tried version 1.10.5 and the same file played without any problem.
I can't see any exceptions within the logfile.
What is the difference between the 2 versions?
Can I configure the new version for playing these files?
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You know when you sit around late at night, and set the world to rights? Well, when such conversations crop up (as they inevitably do) I habitually witter on about how I think Jon Stewart should be America's next president. He's smart (an unfair advantage over the current occupier of the oval office), responsible, charming, liberal – you've guessed it, I like him. And so news that he has signed a two year contract extension for his programme The Daily Show is both welcome (yeay! more onscreen goodness) and annoying (he can't be president yet, boo!)
The extension sees Stewart commit to the Comedy Central show until 2010 and he seems pretty excited at the prospect: "I love doing the show. I feel like I work for the best in the business." enthused Stewart. "I look forward to using this extension to have great fun at President [Stephen] Colbert's expense." Colleague Colbert announced plans to run for the presidency on Tuesday – though only in South Carolina.
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Georgia bars are responsible if a driver leaves their establishment drunk and kills someone. News 12 finds out how bars do their best to keep our streets safe.
It's a Twofer Tuesday at Wild Wings, two drinks for the price of one.
Wild Wings owner Tricie Scholer makes sure double the buzz doesn't mean double the danger. If a customer's had too much to drink, she makes sure they don't drive.
"It's really hard to tell somebody who's had a lot to drink that they can't drive because they think that they can do anything, they think they can fly at that point and you have to be kind of easy about it," Scholer said.
According to Richmond County officers, Lawrence Skinner wasn't listening to the staff at Logan's Sunday night when they tried to stop him from driving away drunk. Soon after, he got into an accident on the Bobby Jones Expressway, killing four people.
"We call taxies all the time, but it's the sneaky ones that get out. They'll even try to jump out the windows," Scholer said.
Bartenders at Wild Wings are trained to cut someone off. It's really just common sense. They want how many drinks they give someone and watch for signs that someone's had way too much to drink.
Cutting someone off is Georgia Law. A bar can be held up to 51 percent responsible for a deadly accident if it's caused by someone they didn't try to stop from driving.
"We would feel bad anyway. You feel really bad knowing that you served somebody and they've gone and had a fatal accident," Scholer said.
Customer Marty Creech wants his fellow drinkers to take personal responsibility.
"If you've had too much to drink and you need a ride home be a man or woman enough to say 'Hey, I can't drive, can you get me hoe or can you call someone to come get me'," Creech said.
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Starting April 2nd ProFlight Discs will be starting the throwdown back up. As it was last year this will still be a handicapped league running weekly at Grandview. Registration will be from 5:15 or so until 5:50. tee time 6 pm. The cost is five bucks per night with an optional buck for a rolling ace fund. Which is close to two hundred as it sits. There will be a 100% payback nightly to the top third.
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FILE -- In a May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick listens as Judge David Groner sentences him to one-and-a-half to five years in prison for violating the terms of his probation on an obstruction of justice conviction. Kilpatrick walked free from a state prison early Tuesday Aug. 2, 2011 after serving just over a year. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
DETROIT -- The latest testimony in the corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lasted just a few hours due to a fall by a defense attorney.
Gerald Evelyn says co-counsel Susan Van Dusen fell during a break Monday and smacked her face on the hard floor at the Detroit federal courthouse. Van Dusen is from Miami and is representing Kilpatrick pal Bobby Ferguson.
It's the second time that the trial has been interrupted because of health problems with the defense team. The trial was stopped for two weeks in late October when Evelyn became ill.
Kilpatrick, his father Bernard and Ferguson are accused of running a criminal enterprise when Kwame Kilpatrick was mayor. The charges include bribery and extortion.
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AnnaFunder delivers a prize-winning and powerfully rendered account of theresistance against East Germany's communist dictatorship in these harrowing,personal tales of life behind the Iron Curtain—and, especially, of life underthe iron fist of the Stasi, East Germany's brutal state security force. In thetradition of Frederick Taylor's The Berlin Wall andPhilip Gourevitch's WeWish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families, Funder's Stasiland isa masterpiece of investigative reporting, written with novelistic vividness andthe compelling intensity of a universal, real-life story.
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterward the two Germanys reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. Anna Funder's bestselling Stasiland brings us extraordinary tales of real lives in the former East Germany. She meets Miriam, who tried to escape to West Berlin as a sixteen-year-old; hears the heartbreaking story of Frau Paul, who was separated from her baby by the Berlin Wall; and gets drunk with the legendary "Mik Jegger of the East," once declared by the authorities—to his face—"no longer to exist." And she meets the Stasi men themselves, still proud of their surveillance methods. Funder's powerful account of that brutal world has become a contemporary classic.
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The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set national ambient air quality standards for "criteria pollutants." Currently, nitrogen oxides and five other major pollutants are listed as criteria pollutants. The others are ozone, lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, and particulate matter. The law also requires EPA to periodically review the standards and revise them if appropriate to ensure that they provide the requisite amount of health and environmental protection and to update those standards as necessary.
All areas presently meet the current (1971) NO2 NAAQS, with annual NO2 concentrations measured at area-wide monitors well below the level of the standard (53 ppb). Annual average ambient NO2 concentrations, as measured at area-wide monitors, have decreased by more than 40% since 1980. Currently, the annual average NO2 concentrations range from approximately 10-20 ppb.
EPA expects NO2 concentrations will continue to decrease in the future as a result of a number of mobile source regulations that are taking effect. Tier 2 standards for light-duty vehicles began phasing in during 2004, and new NOx standards for heavy-duty engines are phasing in between 2007 and 2010 model years. Current air quality monitoring data reflects only a few years of vehicles entering the fleet that meet these strict NOx standards.


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If problems are identified that may be contributing to sleep apnea, and if the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment fails, it may be beneficial to have surgery. The types of surgeries include:
The following surgeries are specialized procedures used to treat problems that may be contributing to sleep apnea. Each procedure has variable success rates and the potential for surgical complications.
This procedure involves the removal of extra tissue from the back of the throat, including the tonsils, the uvula, and part of the soft palate.
Although this procedure seems to help improve snoring, it's not clear whether it also has an effect on sleep apnea. This procedure uses laser techniques to remove tissue from the back of the throat.
An electrode that releases radio waves is used to destroy tissue at the base of the tongue. Most people have noticed decreased snoring and decreased daytime sleepiness after ten 20-minute treatments. This is more effective for snoring, but has not been shown to be effective in the treatment of sleep apnea.
This procedure is rarely performed and reserved for extremely severe cases of sleep apnea. It involves creating a hole called a stoma at the base of the neck and into the windpipe. A tube in the stoma can be plugged during the day so that you can breathe and talk normally. At night, the tube is unplugged, and you breathe through the stoma.
Nasal surgery to remove an obstruction is another way to relieve sleep apnea.
Being evaluated for sleep apnea. American Sleep Apnea Association website. Available at: http://www.sleepapnea.org/resources/pubs/evaluated.html. Published May 2005. Accessed September 17, 2008.
NINDS sleep apnea information page. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sleep_apnea/sleep_apnea.htm. Updated December 28, 2010. Accessed June 3, 2013.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php. Updated May 23, 2013. Accessed June 3, 2013.
What is sleep apnea? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/SleepApnea/SleepApnea_Summary.html. Updated July 10, 2012. Accessed June 3, 2013.
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Robert Don Diddle Sr., 60, of Belpre, Ohio, died at his residence on Saturday (Sept.15, 2012).
He was born in Pomeroy, Ohio, on July 14, 1952, and was the son of Opal E. Miller Diddle and the late Bernard Jean Diddle. He retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers having worked on the locks and dams including the Belleville Dam. He did disaster relief with the government and had worked in the area of Katrina and the Ice Storm in Kentucky and wanted to go to Missouri when it was hit with the tornado but had suffered a relapse with his health. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in Vietnam. He was a member of the New Matamoras Masonic Lodge and the American Legion. He was a golfer and loved to cook. He loved traveling and was co-founder of the Frontier Raider Pee-Wee Football Program.
Survivors include his mother, his wife Elaine Rene Weaver Diddle; a son, Robert D. (Alice) Diddle of Las Vegas, Nev.; two daughters, Amanda Diddle of Vincent, Ohio, and Lisa Owens of Parkersburg; his grandchildren, Hayley Pullin, Shawn Owens, Jason Knowlton II, Alexandria Rouse, Madison Rouse, Shawn Diddle, Austin Pullin, Taylor Pullin and Katie Hallman; two brothers, George (Cathy) Diddle of Columbus, Ohio, and Tom (Sharon) Diddle of Pennsylvania.
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He was preceded in death by his father.
Services will be held on Tuesday (Sept. 18, 2012) at Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until time of services. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the American Legion Post #15 of Parkersburg. Masonic services will be conducted.
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Medical mistakes are a common topic in the news—from accidental drug overdose to hospital acquired infection to surgical mistakes. These mistakes cost millions each year and, in the worst cases, cause major illness, disability, or death. The government and medical institutions are taking many steps to decrease the rates of medical errors, but you have an important role as well. Taking an active role in your healthcare can help prevent medical errors. The following is a list of recommendations to help you stay well:
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20 tips to prevent medical errors: Patient fact sheet. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tips.htm. Published September 2011. Accessed May 2, 2014.
Medical errors: tips to help prevent them. FamilyDoctor.org website. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/healthcare-management/self-care/medical-errors-tips-to-help-prevent-them.html. Updated November 2010. Accessed May 2, 2014.
Last reviewed May 2014 by Michael Woods, MD
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City Wants to Raise Age for Buying Cigarettes
New York City plans to raise the legal age to purchase cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration are slated to announce Monday.
Quinn, the frontrunner in the race to succeed Bloomberg, and Thomas Farley, the city's health commissioner, are scheduled to unveil the legislation at a City Hall news conference Monday morning. Quinn and Farley will be joined by other council members and health advocates for the joint announcement.
The proposal marks the latest effort to combat smoking in the five boroughs. Last month, Bloomberg proposed legislation that would require stores to keep tobacco products hidden from public view, a policy that has been adopted in places around the world but is unprecedented in the United States. A companion bill establishes a minimum price for a pack of cigarettes at $10.50.
Each of these proposals is specifically aimed at reducing smoking among young people.
In 2011, Bloomberg signed legislation that prohibited smoking in parks, beaches, marinas and on boardwalks and pedestrian plazas. In 2002, Mr. Bloomberg convinced the council to approve a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.


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In Their Own Words – Telling It Like It Is
This "In Their Own Words" post is written by Jake Davis of Omaha, Neb. He is a single father of three children, one who has autism.
I'm a 31-year-old divorced father of three children, who I have full custody of: my boy Ian (9) and his sisters Sienna (8) and Ashlyn (6). I've had them on my own since 2005. Yes, it was trying in the beginning, but new soon becomes normal and normal becomes manageable.
My son, Ian, is an Aspie (has Asperger Syndrome) and he also has elements of Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder. Most people reading this will have a fair idea of what this entails, and for those of you who don't, I'll put it in a nutshell. Ian has an amazing imagination, almost superhuman technical recall, and he's very blunt and matter-of-fact in his conversations. His imagination leads him to very interesting solutions or observations from time to time.
I love the way Ian's thought process works. No boundaries, no form, no restrictions. Just a little boy's logic, voiced the moment he thinks it.
The way he works is normal to me. I forget that it can sometimes be jarring or unusual to others. I try to work with him and explain the ins and outs of social interactions and the right time and place for things. He uses his experiences to dictate how he should respond in a situation he's encountered before, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Then, there are those rare moments when you get to watch the results of an unexpected situation.
Earlier in 2007 we had moved to the western end of Nebraska from Omaha which had interrupted the every other weekend visitations with their Mom. During the summer we still kept the six week visitation schedule in place, and it was July, so they were out of school and it was time for the kids to go on their vacation.
They knew Mom was coming, and so we packed everything up and waited for her to show up the next day.
Their Mom arrived and we loaded car seats, snacks, their bags and toys for a summer adventure. I hugged and kissed the kids goodbye and as they pulled away, I decided that I had earned a nice long afternoon nap, and I went up stairs, laid down, and fell fast asleep.
I was jarred awake, seemingly only seconds later, by the ring of my cell phone. It was my ex wife.
I didn't get out more than a groggy "Hello?" before I was hit with "Jake, I'm going to jail!" In my newly awake stupor, I wasn't connecting all the dots. More explanation was rattled off as my brain was trying to interpret these words with varying degrees of success.
She had been pulled over for drifting onto the shoulder in front of a State Patrolman. I was still failing to understand how driving on the shoulder equals jail.
The unfortunate and embarrassing part is that my ex was behind on her child support payments. It wasn't (and isn't) much money at $150 a month. I don't really need it, and when I did get it, I'd treat the kids to dinner and a movie, or a toy, or some new item of clothing they'd see while we were out shopping. She had some trouble keeping a job and a place to live. So I didn't worry about the money (and they were going to their Grandma's for the summer, so I wasn't worried about lack of a permanent residence). The state however, did worry about it, and unbeknownst to me, had issued an arrest warrant for non-payment of child support. And they suspended her license.
After I had time to process the statement and the reason, I got dressed as fast as I could and drove the 40 miles away to where the Patrolman was waiting with the kids and their Mom. The Trooper had waited for me because he didn't want to call child services and didn't want to put their Mom into cuffs in view of the kids.
I arrived and quickly I loaded the kids stuff into my car (everything I had loaded into hers about an hour prior), and the kids hugged her goodbye and said they'd see her later.
On the way back to the car Ian says "Dad, we gotta bust her out!"
I stifle both a feeling of panic and laughter, responding with the tersest whisper I can manage, "Ian, be quiet! Get in the car!"
Undeterred by my attempt at handling the situation Ian pipes up even louder "Maybe we can bake her a cake with a file in it!" Again, fighting laughter, I whisper, "IAN! GET IN THE CAR NOW!" while quickly ushering him into the vehicle.
From what their Mom said, the Trooper had heard everything and thought it was pretty funny and had wondered aloud what cartoons Ian had been watching.
Fast forward three years later, their Mom got caught up on her child support, has regular work and is due to be married next summer. Ian still quite plainly tells it like it is, and I've been laughing the whole way.
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
August 12, 2010 at 10:45 am
i am so proud to know you and proud of the way you are raising those kiddos…they are very lucky to have you as a father.
keep up the good work!
August 12, 2010 at 11:20 am
I must say that you are an amazing person and father to be raising 3 kids on your own. I know first hand how hard it can be. I have 5 kids, 2 with Autism and one with ADHD and ODD. I enjoyed the story you shared. I love how blunt your son is. My son is the same way. He makes me laugh everyday. Keep up the great work. I believe kids with Autism aren't here to learn from us, we are here to learn from them…..
August 12, 2010 at 11:28 am
Dear Jake,
I loved your story about Ian! My granddaughter is an Aspie also (and I have a nephew with full blown Autism.) She never ceases to amaze me. From her actions to her words and conversations. She is such a treasure! Thank you for sharing your story with us!
You are an inspiration to parents of Aspies and single parents!!
August 12, 2010 at 11:45 am
Oh man, what a story! I too am impressed with Dad involvement, my ex husband does everything he can as an MD to keep services from my son. Keep laughing and writing these stories down!
August 12, 2010 at 12:07 pm
I have a son that is 10 and he sounds just like Ian. When I read this story I was Laughing outloud Because I can appreciate that type of situation. My son usually does something everyday that makes me laugh. I wouldn't trade it for the world.
August 12, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments.
I do want to let everyone know that my detailing of the situation was meant more as the whole explanation of why I was picking up the kids from police custody, and not a reflection on their Mom. I didn't want to leave out details and have people wonder. She was going through a rough patch at the time, and that was just the situation that surrounded these events. All parties involved are doing pretty well now that we've all found our groove.
August 12, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Great Story. I love living life through my son's unpredictable moments. I wish my ex was that involved.
Your a great dad!!
August 13, 2010 at 8:09 am
Interesting story you picked there. I feel bad for your exwife and the kids though. I hope they got there summer visit in. That would stink if she didn't get to see them.
August 13, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Great story, sounnds like you have a great family too, both you and your exwife! My daughter has autism as well and wouldn't trade those conversations for anything in the world! Good luck to you!


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The Georgia Department of Transportation's Savannah River Parkway is a massive road project--156 miles long, costing more than $12 million.
When it's finished it will be four lanes from Augusta to Savannah.
But some people living along the project say they're paying a high price for the progress.
In a News 12 investigation, Ryan Duffy shows how they are losing ground.
Hundreds of people along the Savannah River Parkway have either lost homes or been forced to sell land to the DOT for the project.
And our investigation found a pattern of complaints from landowners of low and unfair offers for their land.
Inside South Point Christian Center in Waynesboro, church services are a peaceful, prayerful time.
But just outside the sanctuary doors, the sound of progress is in the air.
Crews are hard at work on the Highway 25 Savannah River Parkway.
And the Georgia Department of Transportation took some of the church's land to build it.
"When they told us the offer, kind of thought it was a joke," says pastor DJ Daly.
Three years ago, the DOT offered the church about $3,000 an acre for three acres of their frontage property.
Daly says it's a low offer, and looking at land nearby he may be right. The owner of the property right next door, Don Crawford, was paid $10,000 an acre.
"I think what they do is go up the highway and make offers," Crawford says. "Everyone gives in because they think have to take it, could have gotten more money a lot of them."
"Their property is feet away, got $10,000 an acre on both sides of us," Daly says.
We found the same thing happening a few miles down the road in Millen. The DOT paid $10,000 for one acre. Right next to it the DOT took a quarter of an acre. You would think it would pay $2500 dollars. It didn't--just $750.
"You could come out here, sit in the yard, all kinds of privacy, what have I got now, wide open spaces," says Annie Lou Burke, the former owner of that quarter acre.
She feels the $750 she received was unfair...and she wasn't paid anything for the six 40-year-old cedar trees cut down in her front yard.
"We had no choice, we felt like no choice anyway," she says.
Vonda Everett of the Georgia Department of Transportation tells News 12, "We don't compare one person's property to their next door neighbor's property because it depends on things, like if the neighbor has a hundred acres, wouldn't compare to neighbors with one acre."
The DOT says it always offers fair market value.
But landowners News 12 talked to say they feel the first offers are low, to see who will take the money quickly.
"If someone was buying my land they would think it's worth a lot of money. But when I go to pay taxes it's not worth as much as it is when someone's buying it. Anybody who's selling will think the price is too low," the DOT's Everett says.
The only choice to challenge a low offer is court, but that's time consuming and expensive.
South Point Church has been trying to take the DOT to court for more than three years.
They've had to hire their own attorney, appraiser, and experts.
"It's like, what's the fight worth?" Daly says. "We'll maybe break even, with court costs, attorney's fees, just getting what's owed to us."
The Georgia DOT would not comment on the church's case because it could soon go to a jury trial.
And the DOT would not show us the records on what it paid out for land around the church in Burke and Richmond counties because some of those cases are still being settled.
And they don't want landowners to see what they're paying to people in the area.
If you go through the process and win your case with the DOT or you settle, they will not reimburse your court costs. Some states do, but not Georgia. So if you don't take that first offer, you're stuck. You will have to spend money on appraisers and an attorney, and they get your land anyway regardless of what happens.


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Research about canine genetics and the domestication of dogs is an exciting area of study with many players, so it should surprise nobody that there is disagreement within the field. Multiple groups of researchers from around the world have compared the genomes of dogs and wolves. While they generally agree about the genetic changes that have produced differences between dogs and wolves, their conclusions about the domestication of dogs vary wildly.
The disagreement concerns fundamental aspects of the evolution of dogs such as where, when and why dogs evolved from wolves. So, the location, the timing, and the reason for domestication that various groups propose are not even close.
One group suggests domestication occurred around 10,000 years ago in the Middle East and that it was the development of agriculture around that time that was the catalyst for domestication. Another group claims that it happened around 32,000 years ago in the south of China and related to scavenging alongside the people living there. A third group narrows the time frame for domestication to between 16,000 and 11,000 years ago, and believes that the wolf population from which dogs arose is extinct, making it hard to determine the location of domestication. This third group believes that dogs became domesticated near hunter-gatherers rather than in the presence of an agrarian society.
Much has been made about the discord among scientists studying the domestication of dogs, but it's hardly surprising. The cutting edge of science is always marked by strongly held opposing views. In the best situations, the intense disagreement among people working in the same field is a crucial part of making progress. Competing hypotheses are critical for the advancement of science. As people challenge each other's views, all are spurred to study the subject more deeply and design experiments to investigate that which has been called into question. From the ongoing work, the conflicts are eventually resolved as some ideas fall by the wayside and others gain increased support from new data and discoveries.
Sometimes the conflict is cordial and in other cases, it can be very bitter. At this point, the scientists studying dog domestication say that though there is a certain amount of rivalry, they get along and enjoy talking with each other. That may be harder to maintain as people move to the next phase of research into dog domestication and seek to sequence DNA samples from ancient dogs and wolves. The availability of archaeological bone samples is extremely limited so there will be a lot of competition among scientists for both funding to conduct the research and access to the material necessary to do so.
In other words, we can expect a lot of fights over bones in the near future.
Karen B. London, PhD, is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and Certified Professional Dog Trainer whose clinical work over the last 17 years has focused on the evaluation and treatment of serious behavioral problems in dogs, especially aggression. Karen has been writing the behavior column for The Bark since 2012 and wrote The Bark's training column and various other articles for eight years before that. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University, and teaches a tropical field biology course in Costa Rica. Karen writes an animal column, The London Zoo, which appear in The Arizona Daily Sun and is the author of five books on canine training and behavior. She is working on her next book, which she expects to be published in 2017.
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A leisure-time activity for some college students led to a postgraduate profession.
The bluegrass band from Michigan State University, the Flatbellys, was destined to break up after its members graduated. But a singer-songwriter named Lindsay Lou changed all that.
"I met Josh (Rilko, a mandolin player) at an open mic in Lansing," she said. "I started hanging around the band and would go onstage every once in a while and sing a harmony or two.
"I was tired of going to these house parties where everybody just gets drunk and talks loud and doesn't say much of anything but does a bunch of lip flapping," she said. "I had stopped going out, and to meet people whose idea of fun was sitting on the porch playing music every night and having bon fires and stuff, that was awesome."
The music band led to wedding bands for Josh and Lindsay Lou Rilko, who did what maturing people from Lansing often do: they moved to Ann Arbor.
"I recruited two remaining Flatbellys, Josh and Spencer (Cain, bass), adopted a couple of other people (Mark Lavengood, dobro, and Keith Billick, banjo) and we recorded an album. That was two years ago and we've been going since then."
Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys are on a five-week tour, you might say in search of the Sound. Lindsay Lou and Josh Rilko spoke to Lake Tahoe Action from a cellphone while aboard a boat in Washington's Puget Sound.
"It's a really cool job because you are always encountering happy people," she said. "I am enjoying the human side of life. Two things I've learned is I love people and I love this country."
Always at ease singing in front of people, Lindsay Lou as a girl sang before about 100 at her grandfather's birthday party. Her mother told her she was born to sing.
"Before middle school I remember telling my dad very emphatically I was going to be a singer," she said. "I am so set on this there is no way it's not going to happen."
But while she was in middle school she instead decided to study math and science and become a doctor. She earned degrees in human biology and Spanish. Then she heard the Flatbellys and met her future husband, who is part of generation of bluegrass pickers inspired by the Soggy Bottom Boys.
" 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' in a way did kick it all off," Josh said, referencing the 2000 movie. The music of Soggy Bottom Boys - George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and Chris Thomas King - was actually performed by Ralph Stanley, Dan Tyminski and producer T Bone Burnett.
"We are all trained in bluegrass and Lindsay writes all these different songs that may or may not have anything to do with bluegrass," he said. "So we have to figure out how to play them and it ends up being what it is."
The five-week tour is groundbreaking as Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys introduces itself to new audiences. Its appearance Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Divided Sky in Meyers will be the first time in Tahoe for the members. Venues on the tour have varied from 700 seat theaters to house parties.


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Saturday's letters: Highly qualified
Published: Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 25, 2014 at 4:54 p.m.
To the editor: As a former employee of the Register of Deeds Office, I was happy to hear that Evona Kilpatrick was running for this office. I cant think of anyone more qualified. Evona has worked almost every day of her 26-year tenure in and around the ROD. Unlike other candidates, she knows how it is operated and will maintain the records that are imperative to the citizens of Henderson County.
Evona is highly regarded by her peers for her ability to work with the public, her organizational skills, knowledge of the laws pertaining to the ROD and her ability to lead by example.
I have personally witnessed Evona working in the office and stop to help someone because our office was short-staffed. She is always willing to help or assist anyone at any time. Evona will be an actively working registrar and not a supervisor who just gives orders and manages.
Unlike other candidates, Evona will not oversell her current abilities. She is a very hardworking and down-to-earth individual. Under her management, the ROD will be brought into the 21st century.
Evona is a wonderful person and more than qualified for this position.
Yvonne Lindsey
Very capable
To the editor: I have known and worked with Commissioner Larry Young for most of the 20 years we have lived in Henderson County. The impressive work history of opponent Bill Lapsley is not debatable. I can verify its quality for one item myself, but this is different this is a political environment.
A commissioner must share the leadership throne with four other elected equals whose particular constituents and personal visions may or may not enthuse to Bills versions, particularly in the Pardee and water arenas. For starters, two of the commissioners up for re-election serve on the Pardee board, and a third facilitated Pardees original incorporation.
With Obamacare writing its own version of a Constitution, it must become a major factor in the everyday world of county government, not just another federal program to be followed. Turning management of Pardee over to UNC Health will help and was fully supported by Larry, but UNCH will have its own ACA issues. Our asset value demands the commissioners stay involved.
Larry is a reliable, consistent, conservative, working partner and capable politician. Join me and re-elect Larry Young for the modern times that try mens souls.
Fielding G. Lucas
He has a vision
To the editor: A Meet and Greet was held for candidate Andrew Riddle running for the District 1 commissioners seat. Mr. Riddle is a conservative.
One of his top priorities, should you elect him, is to put forth a recommendation for an advisory board as a liaison between teachers and parents to improve public education. Andrew is very interested in this matter since he has children who attend our public schools. He wants a better education for all school students.
Andrew also plans on cutting wasteful spending and reducing the countys debt.
Andrew has a vision for a better Henderson County. Why not vote for a person whos dedicated to improving our county?
I know he has my vote on May 6. Please look at his website, www.electandrewriddle.com, for further information.
Dolores Nuss
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Disney's Pop Century Resort1050 Century Dr, Lake Buena Vista 2.5 out of 5.0
Situated less than 1 mile from Disney's Hollywood Studios this resort is a whimsical time capsule of late 20th-century pop culture.
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This hotel is within 3 miles of SeaWorld and Universal Studios and 8 miles from Walt Disney World Resort.
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Located in Walt Disney World Resort and across from the Disney Springs™ Area, this resort spans 27 acres overlooking Lake Buena Vista. SeaWorld Orlando and Universal ...
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Orlando, Florida overflows with famous theme parks
The beating heart of Florida, Orlando attracts visitors from all corners of the world and is only a few hours' drive from the state's other major cities including Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami and Naples. Home to more than a dozen spectacular amusement parks and hundreds of smaller attractions, it also boasts upscale shopping and delicious dining. A combination of world-class resorts and affordable accommodations has helped establish Orlando as a magnet for families in search of a good-time vacation.
Things to see
Ask anyone what their favorite things about Orlando are and they'll likely point out its two major draws: Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. Beyond these theme park giants, Orlando actually has a whole host of individual amusement parks for guests of all ages, especially adults with the hearts of big kids.
Walt Disney World
What started out as a single amusement park in 1971 proved so popular, it grew into four: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. Your favorite movie characters, both old and new, wander around the parks, so be sure to get a picture with the likes of Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Riding some of the world's most famous roller coasters can be tiring, so after a long day of seeking thrills, head to Downtown Disney to eat at Fulton's Crab House and catch a movie at the 24-screen AMC theater. Don't forget to stop in The Lego Store, the single largest shop dedicated to anything and everything Lego.
Universal Studios
Both Walt Disney World and Universal Studios are appropriate for families and kids of all ages, but if Walt Disney World is better suited for younger children, Universal Studios might appeal more to young adults. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter stirred much excitement in 2010, and now you can even take a walk down Diagon Alley.
Just outside Universal Studios and Islands of Adventures sits CityWalk, which offers visitors movie-themed shopping and dining opportunities such as Bubba Gump Shrimp.
If it's been your lifelong dream to swim with dolphins, make it come true at SeaWorld's Discovery Cove. You'll also be able to interact with a huge variety of other animals including whales, exotic birds and fish. Think of SeaWorld as the world's best petting zoo.
Of course, your stay wouldn't be complete without going on SeaWorld's water slides and roller coasters. With a unique blend of entertainment and education, families can spend a whole day here and never get bored.
Legoland is a must for Lego collectors of all ages. The park is decorated with custom sculptures, and guests can experiment with millions of different Lego bricks at the Lego Factory. A large botanical garden takes advantage of Orlando's tropical climate.
Hotel price ranges
Each amusement park offers themed accommodations in Florida, but there are plenty more Orlando hotels to suit every budget and taste. The Holiday Inn Express & Suites offers low rates for spacious and comfortable lodgings, with a free shuttle bus taking you to nearby attractions. For a luxurious stay, the JW Marriot Orlando Grand Lakes treats you to an on-site golf course and eleven restaurants.
Best time to stay
Thanks to its tropical climate, Orlando is home to exotic plants and wildlife not found anywhere else. Bromeliads, palm trees and bougainvillea vines keep the city colorful throughout the year, and mild winters allow the amusement parks to remain open during all seasons.
Millions of families flock to Orlando during the summer, and a significant number head to the city around Christmas. If you want to beat the lines at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, plan your vacation from September to November, or from February to April, when the weather is mild.
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Orlando Neighborhoods
- Walt Disney World® area (15.72 mi)
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- Downtown Kissimmee (16.36 mi)
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- North Orlando (10.41 mi)
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|@0800 Prepare lunch?
|@0900 Submit application for ethics review
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1. My own place: 21:02
Another paean to the joys of having my own place! I'm coming to *like* not having other people around, at least once in a while. To sing at the top of my voice, to do my chores in a state somewhat less than presentable (it's a little too warm here--I should look into getting two stand fans), to simply relax... Ahhh.
I'm treating myself to a face mask. Green, of course, and with a towel wrapped around my head--just like in the movies. The tea tree oil smells fascinating and stings just a little bit. (It's said to be good for pimples.) But there! Girl.
Still, this picture would not be complete without my reading lamp, a delicately curved tea cup with Earl Grey tea (there's a story behind that, too), and Jon Bentley's excellent and not at all dated compilation of columns: "More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder." I loved the essays on algorithm analysis. Two made me think and go hmm - Floyd's algorithm for randomly sampling M integers from the range 1..N, and Hoare's algorithm for efficiently finding the median of a set. Geek.
I think I'll do more hand-laundry today. I like doing that. I'm also considering getting more cushion covers so that I can change them, if I can find non-Ikea ones that are also 72x72cm. Then I have lots of e-mail and blogging to catch up with... Life is good!
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2. Tea Party 2: Attack of the Eclairs: 22:24
- James Iveniuk
- Wayne Young
- Jessica Young
- Simon Rowland
- Eclairs (happy! ;) )
- Ambrosia apples
- Clementines
- A marvelous assortment of tea, from which Simon chose Mountain Spring Jasmine
Wayne and Jessica helped me make eclair shells the night before, which proved to be quite an adventure. We followed the recipe from the older edition of Joy of Cooking. I have the new version, so I can't include the recipe for the choux pastry until I copy it from him sometime. Here's the one I used for the frosting, though.
Joy of Cooking p1003
1. Boil 3/4 cup cream in a small saucepan. Well, I had a little less than 3/4 cup of table cream left over from tea last Sunday (no one took cream), so I topped it up with a bit of whole milk.
2. Add 8 ounces of chocolate, finely chopped. I wasn't sure if the baker's chocolate squares were 1 ounce each, so I tested it using the displacement method of measuring that Wayne taught me. I put in eight squares, which seemed just about right.
3. Stir until most of the chocolate is melted.
4. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
5. Stir very gently until completely smooth. Well, taste it, and then panic as you realize that unsweetened chocolate really is unsweetened. Dig out brown sugar container left over from cookies from before the move (yay cookie ingredients!). Add sugar to taste.
The resulting dessert was yummy, although a little too soft and rich. Also, I need to learn how to make it look prettier. Maybe a light glaze next time instead of a thick chocolate filling?
I also bought a box of six varieties of tea bags. I'm thinking of using the neatly-divided box to present other teas when I'm done, although it'll take a while to get through 120 tea bags. (Had one today!) I picked up Mountain Spring Jasmine organic green tea from an upscale grocery. Yup, definitely starting a tea collection. Maybe I should reduce the proportion of chocolate desserts so that people can savor the tastes of the tea instead...
Bought jam and fancy white bread, too. (Fancy? White bread? Eh?) Fighting the urge to break out into song from the Sound of Music.
Oh, and bought easter lilies! They smell wonderful. I hope they last longer than tulips. Note to self: find a low-care, pretty, fragrant perennial...
I had a lot of fun catching up with James. We talked about interpersonal relations and communication skills, a topic naturally proceeding from his mention of "Keys to the VIP", the idea of which appalls me. James left at around 5:15, which gave me some time to sort things out before Wayne, Jess and Simon arrived at around 5:30. They stayed until 6:30 and chatted with each other while I packed up.
Oh, and I have a pretty new teapot - glass with a built-in tea ball that you can raise and suspend using a jointed rod in the lid. Clever design. Got it from Winners.
Great things this time: Kicking people out at just the right time. =) Also, having time before the party to prepare in a relaxed manner. Next time - less food? Or maybe a focus on fruits and jams. I should take a look at the weather forecast. If it's cold weather, I'll bring out the chocolates. If it's warm weather, I'll announce a fruit- and jam-oriented tea party...
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Yay, got ethics approval for my usability study! Now I just have to work on polishing up the prototype and making sure that it's testable...
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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9.9 In regard to his attitude towards Jews, Irving asserted that there is no reason why the Jews should be immune from criticism, but that is not to be equated with anti-semitism. It is not anti-semitic to make a statement hostile to Jews if the statement is justified.
9.10 In the course of the trial I acceded to a request by Irving to listen to a video, about one hour in length, of a speech delivered by him fluently and without notes to an audience in Tampa, Florida in October 1995. (The text of part of that speech is set out at (vii) in paragraph 9.5 above).The purpose, as I understood, was that in that speech Irving deployed his argument as to the reason for the existence of anti-semitism. He said that, if the argument is properly understood, it demonstrates that he is not anti-semitic. I hope I do not over-simplify the argument if I summarise it in this way: Jews have been hated for 3000 years. They are hated wherever they go. Instead of pointing the finger at those are anti-semtic, they should ask themselves why they are anti-semitic; why do they persistently attract an anti-semitic reaction. The answer is that they provoke the anti-semitism by their own actions. Irving cited examples, including claims for huge compensation from the Germans for the Holocaust and dishonesty on the part of Jewish financiers. The Jews have brought the anti-semitism on themselves by their own conduct and attitudes. Irving argued that in this speech he was explaining anti-semitism and not justifying it. That was what he claimed he meant when he answered in the affirmative the question asked of him at the meeting in Tampa: "Are you trying to suggest that [the Jews] are responsible for Auschwitz [themselves]?"
9.11 Irving agreed that he had criticised individuals Jews, including on sevral occasions survivors of the Holocaust or those claiming to be survivors. But, he explained, the criticism was not anti-semitic. Thus the rhetorical question which Irving asked Mrs Altman, the woman with an Auschwitz tattoo on her arm, how much money have you made out of that tattoo since 1945, was indeed a criticism of Mrs Altman but there was nothing anti-semitic about it.
9.12 When asked by Mr Rampton in cross-examination what was the origin of the anecdote included in his speech in Milton, Ontario 1991 about the portable telephone box supposedly used to gas Jewish escapees from Auschwitz, Irving replied that it derived from an account by an Auschwitz survivor. He was, however, unable to recall who the witness was or when he heard about it. He accepted that the claim that the Jews were lured to enter the box by the telephone bell ringing was an "embellishment". Irving explained that he wanted to capture the attention of his audience. He justified his use of this "ludicrous" story by saying that it illustrates the problem with eye-witness evidence about the death camps, namely that such witnesses convince themselves of the truth of manifestly incredible events. He was unable to explain why the audience found the story so funny. He repudiated the suggestion that he was feeding the anti-semitism of his audience instead of discussing the eye-witness evidence as a serious historian would do. Irving argued that he was not talking about Jews in that part of his speech.
9.13 Irving defended his comment in the same speech that more people died in the back seat of Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick than died in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. He claimed that in his speech he had in fact referred to the gas chambers of Auschwitz "which are shown to the tourists", that is, the gas chambers which were reconstructed after the war. He claimed he always added those words. Irving explained that the applause from the audience had drowned those last words of the sentence. But, when the video was played, it was apparent, as Irving had to accept, that he had not added the words "which are shown to the tourists". Irving had to accept also that he has on other occasions, for example at Moers in Canada in 1990, claimed that the extermination camps not only at Auschwitz but also elsewhere are "dummies".
9.14 Irving agreed that on occasion he has been provoked into making insulting remarks about Jews. His remark, set out at (xiv) in paragraph 9.5 above, in which he made reference to the sum of humanities including homosexuals, gypsies, homosexuals and Jews, was made in circumstances of extreme pressure when his home was being besieged by rioters who, according to Irving, included members of all those groups. He was describing, literally, those whom he could see on the other side of the barricades. Similarly his adverse characterisation of Simon Wiesenthal was not because he is a Jew but because he is ugly.
9.15 Irving explained that the object of his reference to the "Association of spurious survivors of Auschwitz" was to mock the so-called eye-witnesses who tell lies about what happened to them. His reference to their needing psychiatric treatment while admittedly tasteless was of drawing attention to the problem that these witnesses are deluding themselves about their experiences. Irving claimed that the reference was greeted by renewed applause from the audience because he is a good speaker and not because the audience was composed of like minded anti-semites and neo-Nazis.
9.16 Irving denied he adopts or promotes a stereotype of the ugly, greedy Jew. Rather he employs that stereotype to explore how it came into existence and to give a warning to Jews against taking actions that may reinforce it. When asked about his statement, that the perception the world has of the Jewish people is one of greed to which they contribute by their behaviour, Irving replied that he was investigating the reasons why people become anti-semitic. He was just putting himself into the skin of an anti-semite. Irving defended his derogatory references to the physical appearance and names of a number of Jews as making fun of them.
9.17 As I have already recorded in section III above, Irving believes that self-appointed leaders of the Jewish community are persecuting him by suppressing his freedom of speech and seeking to abrogate his right to travel around the world. They are amongst "the tradition enemies of the truth". That being so, Irving argued that he has every right to criticise them for doing so without attracting the label of anti-semitism. Irving defends his reference to members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews as "cockroaches" because he regards them as being responsible for an attempt to destroy his professional career and family by persuading his American publisher not to publish his books. When challenged to produce his evidence for that accusation, Irving produced the minute of a meeting (which post-dated his reference to "cockroaches") in which the representatives of the Board who were present agreed not to take any action.
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PlentyofFish CEO Blasts Texas AG Over Blocked Sale
The founder of online-dating site PlentyofFish lashed out at the attorney general of Texas for torpedoing his company's plans to purchase True.com.
Law Blog reported Wednesday that PlentyOfFish withdrew its $700,000 offer for the bankrupt Plano-based online dating company after Texas's attorney general, Greg Abbott, objected to the sale in court.
The attorney general said the transfer of all of the personal data to another company would create privacy risks and violate True.com's privacy policy.
PlentyofFish CEO and founder Markus Frind told Law Blog that he found the attorney general's stance ridiculous. "The fact that the Texas AG stopped one dating site from buying another dating site without user consent is like asking all Twitter users to approve its IPO," Mr. Frind said by email.
A spokesman for Mr. Abbott didn't respond to a request for comment Thursday.
About three million people use PlentyofFish a day, making it one of the most popular dating sites in the world. Unlike its rivals, it's free to use, charging only for premium services and generating most of its revenue from ads. Mr. Frind said the plan was to buy True.com, make it free, and sell enough ads over two to three years to make the money back.
After the attorney general objected to the sale, the economics of the deal no longer made sense, Mr. Frind said. "Most likely our legal costs would exceed the purchase price when all is said and done," he said.
Mr. Frind also vented frustration on his personal blog, writing in a recent post, "Who in their right mind is going to buy a dating site with 43 million members if you are not allowed access to those members?"