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Capital Journal Daybreak: Pa. Primary Gets Testy | Why Democrats Need to Court Women | How Iran Deal Can Help Ukraine
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PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY GETS TESTY: A Democratic primary battle in Pennsylvania is alarming party elders, who say the interparty attacks could undercut a chance at unseating vulnerable Republican Gov. Tom Corbett. Businessman Tom Wolf's unexpected rise to the top of the polls has prompted fellow Democrats to sling accusations at him ahead of the May 20 primary—a fight that could weaken the party's candidate ahead of the general election this fall.
Political experts say the race is one of Democrats' best opportunities to unseat a GOP governor. Democrats have carried the state in the past six presidential elections, and Mr. Corbett has a low approval rating even among Republican voters. Experts say the race, which drew eight challengers, four of whom remain, turned personal because the Democrats' positions are so similar. And now, Mr. Corbett has joined the group launching attacks against Mr. Wolf. Kris Maher reports.
–Rebecca Ballhaus
More than any other group, women, and college-educated women in particular, appear to hold the key for the Democratic Party in this year's midterm election. Warning signs start flashing for Democrats, though, when findings from Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling are explored among all white women, a group that has been a political barometer. Read Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib's full column in Washington Wire.
HOLDER SQUEEZES BANKS: The Justice Department's effort to get a guilty plea out of Credit Suisse Group may be Attorney General Eric Holder's last push to go after Wall Street for past conduct—and it's expected to kick off several multibillion-dollar bank settlements. Such cases have moved slowly for years, but there has been a flurry of activity in recent days. Devlin Barrett reports.
UKRAINE SEPARATISTS DECLARE INDEPENDENCE: Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine have formally asked to join Russia, a declaration that bore a superficial resemblance to the referendum and annexation scenario that played out in Crimea earlier this year. But the Kremlin is handling this situation differently. The rebels' request has been met with silence and received little coverage by Russian television. Paul Sonne and Philip Shishkin report.
MIXED FEELINGS ON DETROIT AID: As Michigan legislators prepare to debate a $200 million aid package to speed Detroit out of bankruptcy, the state's residents remain conflicted. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has said the state aid isn't a bailout but a one-time hand-up, but recent polls show almost half of likely general-election voters oppose the proposal. Matthew Dolan reports.
ALSO IN THE NEWS: A few health insurers are planning to cut customers' health premiums next year … Cities are rethinking tough-on-crime strategies that ban criminal offenders from public housing … Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, whose book was released this week, discusses the paradox of financial crises … TV ad dollars are slowly shifting to Web videos.
–Compiled by Rebecca Ballhaus
With talks between Iran and world powers underway on a long-term deal to rein in the Iranian nuclear program, Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib discusses the likelihood a deal will be reached and how Iran may be able to Ukraine reduce its dependence on Russia.
–The Extenders: The Senate is starting work on a package that would renew a number of tax breaks that expired on Dec. 31 and extend them through 2015.
–The Economy: The Commerce Department releases retail sales data for April at 8:30 a.m. EDT and business inventories for March at 10 a.m. EDT.
Byron York of Washington Examiner thinks Democrats are making a mistake if they assume the fact that eight million Americans have signed up for Obamacare is a sign they are happy with the new law, or that the law has become a political plus for the party. The share of Americans who see negative side effects also is inching up, he writes.
Steve LeVine of Quartz isn't buying the idea that a newly cautious Vladimir Putin is backing away from annexing eastern Ukraine. By embracing the results of a separatist referendum there, and threatening to dramatically raise the price for natural gas sold to Ukraine's central government, he can slowly achieve the same ends.
Michael Kinsley, writing in Vanity Fair, takes off from the effort by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to be seen as more "centrist" to examine the time-honored tradition of politicians attempting to rebrand themselves.
With a new push underway by the White House and others to win more funding for American infrastructure improvements, the Brookings Institution examines what such spending means for the economy. Among its findings: 14.2 million workers already are employed in infrastructure jobs, accounting for 11% of national employment, and they make 30% more than workers at lower ends of the income scale.
Welfare reform, hailed as a policy success in the 1990s, has steadily pushed many single mothers off the welfare rolls, writes Olga Khazan in The Atlantic. Payments to them "have declined precipitously in the past two decades, even as other government programs have grown."
The NSA's worst enemy in Congress turns out to be a young Republican House member, Justin Amash of Utah, who is pushing relentlessly to rein in the spy agency, "to the surprise and consternation of many in his own party," writes John Hudson in Foreign Policy.
Measuring prejudice: In the survey to be released Tuesday, which covered 101 countries plus the Palestinian territories, 26% of respondents agreed with at least six of 11 negative statements—what its sponsor called stereotypes—about Jews.
@dkberman: May 12, 2014: The day we reached Peak Tech Jargon. A company is now offering Drones as a Service. (DaaS) http://bit.ly/1nEFtw7
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Valentine's Day is bringing anything but good feelings in the hearts of some south Georgia residents.
Three years ago today, a ferocious tornado ripped through Mitchell and Grady counties- killing 19 people and uprooting hundreds of trees along the way.
Shawn Sherlock takes us back to the Goodson community, a place some residents call their own ground zero. Life must go on, words Herman Thomas says he lives by every day, even after three years ago to the day, a vicious tornado ripped across this field taking everything in it's path, including his 27-year-old upholstery business and the lives of several close friends.
"It sounded like a freight train with a heavy load, I couldn't believe what I had seen it was terrible, you may not believe it, but I got pictures," says Thomas.
And every year on Valentine's Day, Herman looks through hundreds of pictures and newspaper clippings, a reminder of how thankful he is to be alive.
Kate Jackson and Cilie Auson share that same sentiment, but also say not a day goes by when they don't relive that fateful night.
"How often do you think about it? Today, when it's bad weather now we don't even stay in a trailer no more."
"I lost my sister and her two girl in the tornado, it's terrible, I think about it right now. I hope nothing like this happens no more."
No more, and never, many say, here again.
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STOCKTON - The deadline to nominate a full-time San Joaquin County math, science or alternative-education high school teacher for an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Cortopassi Family Foundation is Jan. 31.
This year, the awards have been expanded to include recognition of a teacher in an alternative or noncomprehensive high school setting. In the past, the awards honored four public or charter high school math and science teachers.
All nominees must have at least two years' teaching experience in math, science or alternative education. The nominations must be submitted by the teachers' current principals.
Each award winner will receive $5,000 from the Cortopassi Family Foundation and each of their schools will receive $5,000 to be used for program enhancements in their departments.
Nomination forms and informational packets can be downloaded at sjcoe.org/resource/cortopassi.aspx, or at the county office's website atsjcoe.org and click on the Quick Links tab.
Award recipients will be honored at a ceremony and dinner April 11 at the Stockton Golf and Country Club.
For more information contact Deputy Superintendent Gary Dei Rossi at (209) 468-9027.
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Proposed Northern Pass route laid out on 4,000 feet in WMNF's Kilkenny Unit
This means that WMNF Supervisor Tom Wagner would not only have to make a determination on whether to issue a special use permit, consistent with the Forest Plan, to cross the Forest (WMNF) on an existing right-of-way in the towns of Easton, Lincoln, and Woodstock in the Pemigewasset Ranger District, but — should this new section be incorporated into a new application — also in the town of Stark, located in the Androscoggin Ranger District.
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Decisions, decisions, decisions. �We all have to make them and they can be tricky, especially when a decision needs to be made and your head tells you one way you should go and your heart tells you another way. �Such a dilemma! �That is exactly the dilemma our heroine faces in the lovely romance film from Britain, 1945′s I Know Where I'm Going!
The movie opens with a montage of a little toddler girl, Joan Webster, �propelling herself around a living room in her family home. � Then we see Joan at age a 5, writing a bossy letter to Father Christmas informing him she wants silk stockings for Christmas! �Next, �we see �12 year old Joan with her stockings on and rushing across the street to get a ride home from the milkman instead of milling around the schoolyard with �her classmates. � Then we see Joan at 18, leaving work and getting her date to take her to a fancy restaurant instead of the movies. �At the end of this montage we see �Joan's legs, stylishly dressed in silk stockings and heels, entering �a hotel lobby/restaurant. �Joan Webster(played by Wendy Hiller) �is the main focus of the movie's plot. �Joan is a determined personality, she always "knows where she is going" and she so far has lived her life by that motto. �She graduated from school and has become an independent career woman. � The career has taken her into the stratosphere of business and before long she finds herself engaged to the owner of Consolidated Chemical Industries, Sir Robert Bellinger, one of the wealthiest men in England. �At the hotel Joan meets with her dad and over dinner informs him that she will be marrying Sir Robert the next day on the Isle of Kiloran, one of the Hebrides islands off the coast of Scotland. �Joan's father is surprised and does comment that Sir Robert is the same age as himself, but that doesn't seem to bother Joan. �Before she departs for the train station and her train to Scotland, she reminds her dad not to worry because she knows where she is going!
Next is a montage of dreams Joan has about her marriage to Consolidated Chemical Industries, interspersed with strange scenes of traveling to Scotland by train. �After Joan has traveled as far as she can travel in Scotland by train, she transfers to a bus and on that crowded bus she notices a handsome Naval Officer, Torquil MacNeil(Roger Livesey). � Joan and Officer MacNeil both exit the bus near the dock area of the village of Mull. �Joan asks a nearby boat captain if she can get a ride to Kiloran which one can see out in the distance from Mull's docks. �The captain, Ruairidh Mhor(played by Finlay Curie), tells Joan that the weather is too fierce and no boats will be traveling to Kiloran until the next day, if the weather is better. �Joan is disappointed at this hindrance in her journey to the altar, and she reluctantly agrees to Officer MacNeil's plan: that they stay overnight at his good friend Catriona's(played by Pamela Brown) home. �At Catriona's home, Joan is introduced to Colonel Barnstaple(C.W.R. Knight) a friend of Catriona's, who is also staying at her home. �As Catriona and the Colonel fix dinner, Joan is delighted to notice a map of Kiloran on the wall and Officer MacNeil is able to tell Joan a lot of information about the island. �Later that night, as Joan is turning in, she has a short encounter with Officer MacNeil, who congratulates her on her upcoming wedding when she tells him about it, and he reminds Joan to count the beams on her ceiling and then pray a prayer so her wish can come true. �Joan prays for good weather so she can sail to Kiloran in the morning. �In the morning, as fast as she can, Joan readies herself for a trip to the docks and finds out that despite a sunny day, the gales are too strong for any boats to go out. �With Officer MacNeil's help, they make arrangements to stay at a local hotel and decide to walk to the nearest coastal radio station �so Joan can place a call to Kiloran and talk to Sir Robert. �On the walk to the radio site, Joan and Officer MacNeil pass Moy Castle. �Joan has been reading up on the Hebrides and the area around them and knows that there is a curse on Moy Castle, a curse for the Lairds of Kiloran. �(Laird is Scottish for Lord and bestowed on the landowners of the Isle of Kiloran.) �Joan is eager to explore the castle, but Officer MacNeil refuses to go inside. �After Joan has explored Moy Castle, she emerges and begins to tease Officer MacNeil for being "chicken" and not wanting to explore and it is then that Officer MacNeil reveals that he is the current Laird of Kiloran and that despite what Joan may think, he has a healthy respect for this curse and he won't step foot into that castle!
As the weather continues to misbehave, Joan and Officer MacNeil keep getting thrown together: she is invited to a tea held by some distant friends in the area and guess who is also a guest? �Officer MacNeil. �The Laird �is �invited to attend the 60th Wedding Anniversary of a local couple, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, and he invites Joan to attend with him. �We can tell that Officer MacNeil is growing fond of Joan, but being that she is engaged to another man, he doesn't want to do anything to disrupt that part of Joan's life. �At the anniversary party, a certain song is played, "The Nut-Brown Maid ". �Officer MacNeil explains the song to Joan, as it is one of his favorites, and when he gets to the lyric that the Nut-Brown Maid is the maid for him, he gives Joan such an intense look that she realizes that the Laird has fallen in love with her. �It is at this point that a son of the Campbell's(John Laurie) thanks the Laird for coming and encourages him and his guest to dance, which Joan reluctantly agrees to. �After the party is over, Joan practically runs to her hotel room to not to �have to be near Officer MacNeil. �Joan realizes that she has a growing attraction and interest in Officer MacNeil, but this will destroy her plan of marrying Sir Robert. �What �a dilemma she finds herself in!
In her desperation to be on Kiloran and get her marriage to wealthy Sir Robert over with, Joan sneakily asks a younger sailor, Kenny(Murdo Morrison) to take her �and that she will pay him handsomely and then he will have the funds to marry his sweetheart, Bridie(Margot Fitzsimmons). � �Kenny agrees but right before he and Joan can take off in the motorboat, Officer MacNeil jumps aboard. �He has found out Joan's hairbrained plan, as the weather is really bad, and he scolds her for using her access to money to bribe Kenny into taking her. �Joan informs him quite angrily that she doesn't care, she has to get to Kiloran and that causes Officer MacNeil to insist on motoring the boat. �The trip proves treacherous, the waves are high, a storm is upon them, and the engine gets flooded. �Added to this danger is the fact that they are being drawn ever closer to the Corryvreckan whirlpool which could mean death for all three of them. �Officer MacNeil manages to get the motorboat engine repaired in the nick of time and they sail back to the docks of Mull. �Joan stomps off to her hotel room, refusing to speak to Officer MacNeil.
The next day dawns with sunny skies, low breezes, and the bay very calm. �This is it, the day to sail to Kiloran and finally marry Sir Robert. �Joan is preparing to walk to the docks, her luggage has already been put onto the boat. �She meets Officer MacNeil one last time outdoors, on the path that leads to the docks. �He graciously wishes her well in her future life, and she thanks him. �Then Joan asks Officer MacNeil for one favor before she departs. �He asks what is it and she asks him to kiss her. �He gives her quite a kiss, and then she tells him good-bye. �Officer MacNeil is off on his walk and happens to pass by Moy Castle. �He decides that to be afraid of a centuries old curse is silly and he decides to explore the castle. �As we see him in the castle, a voice of a woman intones the curse of the Lairds of Kiloran. �Due to a long ago Laird catching his wife in an adulterous affair with another man, he had the wife and her lover bound together with chains and placed in the water-filled dungeon of the castle with only a stone for them to stand upon when the tide would rise. �Eventually, their strength waning, the lovers fell into the water and drowned. �The Laird and all of the male Laird descendants were cursed by the wife right before her death, that if a Laird walked into Moy Castle, he would be chained to a woman for the rest of his days. � When Officer MacNeil gets to the battlements of the castle, he hears bagpipers in the distance and then sees them approaching. �They are playing his favorite song, " The Nut-Brown Maid" and marching right behind them is Joan! �She waves to him and runs to the castle and he rushes down to the entrance to greet her with an embrace. �Such a happy ending!
I happened to stumble upon this film 5 years ago when it aired on Turner Classic Movies. �It left me in awe, not only the beautiful cinematographer's shots of Scotland, but the strong plot, the �wonderful acting, it all �left me wondering why can't Hollywood make as many good movies like this one anymore? �Even famed American director Martin Scorsese has �declared this film one of his favorites! � I Know Where I'm Going! was written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the creative British movie magic makers at The Archers, their production company. �The movie was a large box office hit in Great Britain. � It is available to rent via Netflix, via Amazon's instant rent it section or for purchase, and it does appear on Turner Classic Movies from time to time, and someone has put parts of it up on Youtube. �Don't miss this wonderful romance film! �It is a movie that I don't mind watching over and over again. �
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- Aug 19:
- Oakland: Police arrest suspect in Uptown salon shooting
- Oakland: 12 people shot in less than 24 hours; three killed
- Aug 18:
- Oakland: Purse theft sparks shooting of four at hair salon
- Oakland: Woman killed, boyfriend wounded Saturday night
- Aug 17:
- Oakland: Four shot on Telegraph Avenue
- Shooting at East Oakland birthday party leaves two dead, one wounded
OAKLAND -- A World War II veteran recently diagnosed with a terminal illness shot and killed his quadriplegic daughter before turning the gun on himself early Monday in their home near Dimond Park, police and family members said.
William K. Roberts, 88, and his daughter Marian, 57, were found dead about 4:30 a.m. by the man's son, who also lived at the home and was asleep when the shooting happened, police said.
A gun was recovered at the scene, police said. The son, Thomas Roberts, said a note was not left.
"I'm distraught," said Thomas Roberts, 59. "I woke up to the sound of two gunshots."
The elder Roberts had developed pneumonia in March, and unsuccessfully tried to medicate it using over-the-counter drugs, his son said. It worsened to the point where he needed an oxygen tank to breathe and he was put in hospice care at home, his son said.
For the dying war veteran, a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division who fought the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge, the illness "was almost unbearable, like waterboarding -- to not be able to breathe," according to his son.
"He said it was torture," Thomas Roberts said.
His sister, Marian, also had daily struggles after falling down concrete stairs in Maui in 1987. She suffered traumatic brain injury, never regaining much bodily function, and struggling to drink water and talk, according to the family. They moved to the home in Oakland's Oakmore District in 1987. The father and son took care of her daily.
"They took impeccable care of her," said longtime neighbor Patricia Sam, a registered nurse. "She was not a neglected daughter by any stretch of the imagination. I know Bill absolutely adored his daughter. He just did what he thought was the right thing to do. I know it was out of mercy, it wasn't out of violence."
On their final night alive together, the father was sleepy and his daughter excited to watch her beloved San Francisco 49ers at the start of the NFL season.
"Sometimes it gets a little rough," Thomas Roberts said of his family's day-to-day life. "I guess my dad figured it had gotten too hard to do."


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Stuff we feel neutral about: Chicken pot pie. "Dancing With the Stars." Woodchucks. But one thing you shouldn't have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude towards is tongue action.
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Stuff we feel neutral about: Chicken pot pie. "Dancing With the Stars." Woodchucks. But one thing you shouldn't have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude towards is tongue action. Oral is the form of sex that the majority of women say is most likely to give them an orgasm, says sex therapist Ian Kerner, PhD, author of She Comes First. Put these tips
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Oral often gets bundled along with kissing and stroking as a form of foreplay, but because it's so intense, you actually need to warm up before he heads south of your border. Since men tend to get aroused faster than women, his instinct will probably be to start pleasuring you within 90 seconds of hitting the sheets, but stave him off by extending the time you spend touching, licking, nibbling, and talking dirty to each other.
When he does go down on you, instead of diving right in, encourage him to tantalize your entire V-zone first. Sexily say something like, "Make me want it so bad that I'm dripping wet, and don't give it to me until I beg you." Have him breathe his hot breath through your underwear, suck on you through the fabric, and finally tantalizingly remove them. Then ask him to lick, kiss, and massage your inner thighs and pubic area before proceeding to the bull's eye.
At first, most women crave a soft touch during oral sex…and then the more turned on you get, the more pressure you desire. Things that felt uncomfortable at the beginning might not be enough towards the end—so it's understandably tricky for men to get it right. If he's too rough, tell him, "I love what you're doing, but go just a little softer." If he's not giving you enough stimulation, say "yes" or "harder," or pull his head in closer.


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The EU's Week Ahead: Jan. 14-20
After a slow first week back from holiday, the European Union is now gearing up for real work. Ireland's takeover of the EU rotating presidency will be the highlight, with debates at the monthly plenary meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
Here's a glimpse of the week ahead:
Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, will travel to Egypt and then Tunisia from Sunday to Tuesday as the EU continues to try to influence the democratic transitions in both countries (see here for an analysis of the EU's foreign-policy ambitions.) In November, the EU pledged up to €5 billion euros in aid for Egypt but President Morsi's decision soon after to concentrate powers in the executive and force through a speedy referendum on a new constitution has since rattled confidence.
Monday, Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia starts the week participating in the "Semana Iberica" (he is from Spain) at the College d'Europe, one of the top EU-oriented schools, in Bruges. He will speak, indeed, about competition. Mr. Almunia also meets the foreign minister of Croatia, Vesna Pusić. Croatia will become the EU's 28th member country on July 1.
Tuesday is the big day: Enda Kenny, Prime Minister of Ireland, speaks to the European Parliament, officially taking the helm of the EU until the end of June. He will relieve Cyprus President, Demetris Christofias, who will also be present at the debate.
The same day the Parliament will also discuss legislation on credit rating agencies and euro bonds.
Wednesday, the assembly will vote on the two issues separately. On credit rating agencies, it will vote on a legislative proposal that could make it easier for investors to seek damages from the agencies. On euro bonds, it will instead vote on a so-called resolution, a political initiative that has no legal consequences, but shows the parliament's opinion on a specific issue.
Also Wednesday, Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, a key voice among the euro zone's wealthier triple-A rated countries, will be in Brussels.
Thursday, European Commission president José Manuel Barroso will meet the President of Mali, Dioncounda Traore. The EU is in the process of approving a mission of around 200 troops to train Mali's army to take on Islamist rebel groups who have taken over the country's north. On Friday, EU Foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Friday that fresh violence underlines the need for "enhanced and accelerated" international action and member states are currently discussing how quickly they can get training forces on the ground.
Friday, Mr. Van Rompuy will meet with Prime Minister of Serbia Ivica Dačić.
Beside this event, the day's possible highlight will be a judgment by the European Court of Justice about a trade mark request by a German company for… a "three-dimensional shaped" vibrator.


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Three big innings propelled the Seneca Indians to their third victory of the season after some last minute shuffling saw them playing at home for the first time this season.
Due to poor field conditions in Monett, Seneca hosted the Monett Tournament on Wednesday, and the Indians benefited from the home field advantage as they downed East Newton, 13-1, in five innings.
The Indians (3-1) plated three runs in each of the first and second innings, before tacking on seven in the fourth. Colt Webber clubbed a two-run homer for the Indians in the second to lead their 13-hit attack, while Cade Cornett had three hits and two RBIs, Marty Mailes added two hits and three RBIs, Payton Rawlins and Dalan Merriman each had two hits, including a double apiece, and Cole Lankford, Kyler Ng and Brayden Larson each had a hit.
Rawlins, meanwhile, was dominant on the hill for the Indians as he went the distance and allowed two hits, one run and seven strikeouts.
"It's always nice t get out there and be able to play," Indians coach Chris Yust said. "We had a lot of quality at-bats up and down the lineup, and got out there and did what we needed to do. It was a good overall win."
Dillon Bunch had a double for the Patriots while Rocky Liveoak also had a hit.
The tournament returns to Monett today where the Indians will take on the Cubs at 6:30 p.m.
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1. I'm going to run away and join the circus: 22:26
When I thought about what I would do if I had all the money I wanted, I realized that trying out the flying trapeze was one thing on my to-do list. A Friday drop-in class at the Toronto Circus School costs only $25. Why not? It was going to be worth it, even if only for the stories.
Bobby and Adam were our teachers and safety crew. After a few instructions, they had the first ten participants strap on their belts. I was #14, so I settled on the mat and started stretching.
The first one up was clearly experienced. She launched herself off the platform and swung gracefully through the air, tucking her knees in and over the bar in the smoothest of motions. She let go, pointed her toes and arched her back. When Bobby gave the signal, she whipped back up, grabbed the bar and untucked her knees, and let go. She landing on the net with a gentle bounce and swung herself over the side of the net.
Right. She made it look so easy, which naturally meant that it was difficult and I was going to embarrass myself big time. Fortunately, I had decided not to take any friends along. I was glad I'd gotten there a little late. There were twelve other people before me, twelve people to learn from and twelve chances to visualize what should be done before I actually had to get up there and remove my toes from the comfort of the ground.
The next two people up inspired great confidence, though. They couldn't get their knees up to the bar. At that point, I decided that even the experience of swinging on a trapeze would make it worth it for me, and that any sort of trick would be chocolate fudge icing on a double-chocolate cake.
The rest of the students passed in quick succession. Some had clearly done this before. Others were obviously first-timers. My fellow first-timers generally made an undignified scramble for the bar, but that was okay—at our level, just touching the bar with one's toes could be considered an amazing achievement.
And then it was my turn. I climbed up the aluminum ladder, which swayed with every step. I visualized the first person's performance, while giving myself permission to do the frog scramble that other beginners did. It was going to be okay. It was going to be fun.
On the platform, Adam tightened my harness and hooked up the two safety lines that Bobby controlled. He told me to stand with my toes off the edge and lean forward to grab the bar with my right hand. And then I was somehow supposed to trust this guy to hang on to me as I grabbed the bar with my left hand, leaning forward so that my center of gravity was over thin air. As part of me started thinking ahead to the things that might go wrong and how I might deal with them (hands slipping because of sweat or surprise? safety person not paying attention), another part of me though, "What the heck, I'm up here already. I want to see what it's like. Let's go!"
"Hep!", he said, and off I went.
That first swing is a rush. I'd like to say that the only thought that was running through my head was "DO NOT LET GO DO NOT LET GO DO NOT LET GO". But it wasn't. It was just too much *fun* watching the world whiz by. And at the height of that swing, Bobby gave me the signal to get my knees up there.
Right. Time to haul myself up. So I hauled.
You must understand that the last time I did anything even remotely like this was when I was five years old and doing gymnastics. No, wait, I also made a habit of hanging upside down by my knees in the low-branched kalachuchi trees of my high school. But it had been a very long time since I had climbed a tree or played on monkey bars.
No, I did not have this flashback while I was up there. I was too busy hauling. Crunch, scramble, get those knees up and over.
Whee! And then to let go of the bar—and point my toes—and arch my back—whee!
It was over far too soon. The toughest part was figuring out how to get back on the ground. I squawked, bounced off the net, clambered to the edge, and tried to let myself over gracefully. Nope, I used up all of my grace points doing that trapeze trick. But I did manage to get myself back on terra firma without breaking anything.
And then we were taught another trick: somersaulting on the dismount by tucking our knees in and leaning back. Piece of cake!
I'm going to sign up for circus classes this fall. I probably won't go for the trapeze right away, although I'll drop in for classes once in a while. I think I'll start off with flexibility training, because that's something I can keep practicing on my own. But I've found something I enjoy doing. Now I have even better reasons to develop strength, endurance, and flexibility. I could always *see* these tricks in my mind's eye, and now I can remember the exhilaration.
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Old readers of this blog would know how special A Midsummer Night's Dream is to me, of all Shakespeare's plays. It was happy coincidence that J's Shakespeare camp involved a production of AMND, and that one of her roles was the same one I played so many years ago. All that I have to say is to tell you that the lantern is the moon... =)
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Wolfmans Brother: The first time I heard this song was through watching the Bonnaroo 09 video feed. It was, honestly, the first time that I got the jamming part of Phish. So, I was quite happy to be hearing my first Wolfmans. Honestly, its pretty standard (except for this cool, funky line supplied by Page at around minute 6), but the energy was radiating off of it. Big fadeout and >..........
Peaches: This was when I felt that this show might not be an average, run of the mill show. I dig this Zappa song, and love when Phish covers it. Anyone that wasnt up and dancing for Wolfmans, was for Peaches.
Shaggy Dog: I have to be honest, I didnt recognize this song when they kicked into it. I had to look up the setlist online, to figure out what it was. Apparently, its quite a bustout. Phish-grass is always fun, but this defintely wasnt as much of a highlight for me, as Im sure it was for some.
Runaway Jim: Pretty standard, but defintely rocking and energetic. Everybody in my section of the lawn was singing along. There was this cool section with what felt like a huge pause, before they kicked back in.
Light Up: This is one of those covers that I personally feel doesnt appear in enough shows. Its fun, its energetic, its funky, whats not to love? This was also a highlight for my buddy, Jordan, because hes a huge classic rock and Traffic fan. Page, of course, destroyed the solo. And.............>
Wilson: Id been rooting to hear this song, because I named my new (as of march, anyway) puppy after it. So, I was pumped beyond belief when they kicked into it.
Alaska: Id been talking before the show, in one thread or another, about how Alaska has really been growing on me, and how I wished I got one. Well, my wish was fulfilled. Alaska was, as always, rambling and ambling. Still cool. There was one part of the jam, that I felt got mildly dark (for Alaska anyway), but I cant seem to locate the exact time.
Stash: I love it when Phish gets jazzy and dark. Stash jams can get too chaotic for me, and this one defintely reaches that point several times, but I still enjoyed listening to the clashing, dissonant, interplay between Trey and Page.
Llama: There was some pretty humorous (although I think the Moma abortion was staged) banter before this one, about how Fishman cant count, and therefore screwed up Poor Heart and Moma Dance. Im glad he did, because it meant we got to hear Llama. You could almost bottle up the energy during Llama. Everybody was up and grooving.
Buffalo Bill: Trey made a joke about finding songs that start with drums (itd last the rest of the set), so he said that theyd play Buffalo Bill. Buffalo Bill was fun as always.
Saw It Again: Another song that started with drums. This was a favorite of my group, as everybody was banging their head. If you couldnt tell by the rest of the set, you could tell by now that the boys were enjoying themselves, and ready to play a special show for us.
David Bowie: An exceptionally long intro to Bowie (filled with trivia) led to a Bowie that didnt really jam that much, but was still groovy. A nice way to get everybody pumped for set two.
Disease: I was calling for Carini to open set two, but instead we got Disease, which is, IMO the perfect set two opener. Disease got the ball rolling with an exceptionally upbeat motif that eventually settled down into a funky groove before segueing into...
Guelah: I was dancing quite hard by this point. This was also the point at which I noticed some.......ahem.......sketchiness (lets just say that mirrors and rolled up dollars were involved) next to me. Said sketchiness defintely gave me an unease for the rest of the night, but Guelah made it easier to ignore the sketchiness and focus on the music.
KDF: This is where the true meat of set two comes out. Like Alaska, KDF has the same sort of rambling feeling, no matter what. Of course, KDF is much more energetic. There was an awesome groove established, that gave way to two minutes of pure space. Get this KDF, if nothing else, for those two minutes. I started to feel like a 2001 was coming up next, but of course, Phish defied my expectations once again with......
Twist: This is what will be talked about when people talk about this show. I honestly cant put into words how outstanding this Twist was. It felt compact (at 14 minutes), but it still covered an extraordinary amount of ground. It was funky, rocking and dark at only 14 minutes. At around minute 10, I texted Ellie with only two words: Fucking Great. This Twist was the highlight of the show. Get it. Now.
Halleys Comet: Halleys is fun, and I was excited to see where theyd go with it, but it was your typical 5-6 minute Halleys. Still, an awesome way to bring us back to earth after Twist. There was a quite fluid segue into....
Sand: Ive been loving this song lately. I know Sand is always funky, but this version felt especially funky to me. I was grooving like there was no tomorrow during this one. Mike was absolutely on fire during the jam section. After the jam, there was an exceptional segue into..
Roggae: After Sand, I was slightly let down by this, but if youre going to have a cool down song, Roggaes an awesome one to have.
Carini: I cant get enough of this song. Everybody on the lawn was bobbing to Carini. Mike let out some bombs early on, that absolutely shook my entire body. I dug the energy, but I wish that theyd let Carini go on a little bit longer, instead of pulling out CDT.
CDT: I was calling this as the end of the set. As always, CDT was energetic as can be.
Golgi: I was surprised by the choice of Golgi to end the set. Golgis a great way to get a positive feeling vibrating, though. So, everybody was jumping and singing along.
Fluffhead: Wow. I was defintely not expecting this. Apparently, its the first Fluffhead encore since 1990. Fluffhead is my dream encore (well, maybe YEM). It was an outstanding way to end an outstanding night. Now, its time for post show blues to set in.


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Oh My Teen discusses For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund. Oh My Teen book group is a program for teens that meets the second Tuesday of every month at the Trails West branch library.
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Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, choosing duty to her family's estate over love. Since then the world has changed.
But Elliot soon discovers her old sweetheart carries a secret--one that could change their society . . . or bring it to its knees. And again, she's faced with a choice: cling to what she's been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she's ever loved, even if she's lost him forever.
Inspired by Jane Austen's persuasion, "For Darkness Shows the Stars" is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Without a victory in their past four games, the Sharks now must regroup on the road -- no surprise to calendar-watchers who know a tennis tournament at HP Pavilion sends the team packing every February.
But this six-game trip is different.
It opens and closes with back-to-back games, then has gaps of at least two days between the others. Instead of traipsing around North America for more than two weeks, the Sharks are coming home midway through.
The team will spend three nights in San Jose after games in Columbus on Monday night, in Nashville on Tuesday and Chicago on Friday. The Sharks then turn around and fly back to St. Louis for a Feb. 19 game, return to Chicago to play Feb. 22 and then wind things up the next night in Dallas.
"We first of all looked at the past," coach Todd McLellan said of the decision to split the trip. "We've always had that long trip. We looked at some of the successes we've had and some of the failure we've had."
Last year was the biggest of the failures, as the team went 2-6-1, and problems with its chartered jet forced a one-day delay in the final flight home.
"We didn't make many changes to the group that we have this year, so we put more value into last year," the coach said. "That was a turning point in our season, I believe, last year. It was 18 days after the plane conked out, and that was too many. We're not going to do that again."
Financial considerations were not a factor in the decision, according to a team spokesman, but McLellan said the fact his players could have ended up spending as many as eight nights in the same place -- Chicago -- was.
Teams in the heartland occasionally divide long trips into segments. Geography and the fact many of their flights cover short distances make that easier.
Neither is the case with the Sharks, but they still wouldn't be able to pull it off this year if it weren't for the oddity of the NHL schedule. People expected strange things in this lockout-shortened 48-game season, and this is one of them.
It's also something the Sharks say they had no control over once they tell the league which days they cannot occupy their own building.
"They don't like to give you back-to-backs, and they don't like to give you a long time sitting around on the road," Sharks assistant general manager Wayne Thomas said. "When you're gone for two weeks, it's a little bit the luck of the draw."
That and building availability.
"They don't have to explain it," said Thomas, who serves as San Jose's liaison to the NHL on schedule issues. "They're trying to make the best schedule for 30 teams, and they have to fill buildings when they're available."
So what do players think of the decision to fly home for three nights?
"It all depends on the player," defenseman Dan Boyle said. "For me, I don't mind flying. I know some guys will answer differently, but I don't mind spending a couple extra hours coming back because I have kids and I'm a homebody. But you may ask a single young guy who'd say I'd rather just go."
Logistics and preferences aside, the 7-2-2 Sharks face the challenge of rediscovering their scoring touch -- especially the power play -- in unfriendly buildings. And that includes two games against the NHL-leading Blackhawks as well as one against a Blues team that ousted San Jose from the playoffs last spring. McLellan does see one advantage this year compared with others, when this trip normally came 50 games into the season.
"We shouldn't be worn out," he said. "That's the good thing about this trip. But we're playing some pretty good hockey clubs, and we'll be pushed and tested."
Another good thing about this trip?
It might not be needed in future Februarys. The SAP Open has announced it won't be returning to HP Pavilion.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
Sharks (7-2-2) at Columbus (3-7-2), 4 p.m. CSNCA


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NEW YORK - The New York Stock Exchange will reopen for regular trading Wednesday after being shut down for two days because of Hurricane Sandy.
The exchange said in a statement Tuesday that its building and trading floor are fully operational.
Tuesday marks the first time since 1888 that the NYSE remained closed for two consecutive days due to weather. The last time was due to a massive snow storm.
Sections of Manhattan were inundated with water and power was shut off to thousands of people and businesses.
Global markets rebounded Tuesday, though trading was subdued in the wake of the storm.
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I have a question, ive been remuxing all the 1080 MKV files to MPG and using TVERSITY to watch.
I've now started to use PMS to transoced MKV files directly without and hitch.
Ive noticed the files have approx 30-50mbps trascoding, rather than 10-20mbps once converted.
1) Does this mean im now getting better quality?
2) Why should I convert the MKV files now they transcode with no issue?


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FREMONT -- Tesla unveiled the East Bay's only supercharger station at its factory Friday, providing its electric car owners with a more powerful charging option and moving the all-electric company closer to its goal of creating a nationwide network.
Brijesh Jain, a Fremont tech employee, became the first Tesla customer to recharge his Model S automobile for free at one of the station's four stalls, a service that is afforded to each customer for life.
"I was so excited to get the email that the supercharger is over here," said Jain, who was joined by his 12-year-old daughter, Pragya. "We live 10 minutes away and it's so convenient now."
Jain was one of dozens of enthusiastic Tesla car owners who descended on the Warm Springs district compound to be part of local automotive history.
The Fremont station, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is the 18th in Tesla's growing nationwide network, said J.B. Straubel, the company's chief technical officer. The carmaker plans to add two or three new stations throughout the country each week, as part of its plan to establish a route of Tesla superchargers across the nation, from Los Angeles to New York.
"The stations take away the last hurdle that purely electric cars had," he said, moments before a ceremonial ribbon cutting. "It's a game changer for us and the whole industry; it shows that this is not a passing fad."
Most Tesla auto owners charge their cars at home, but at a much slower rate than superchargers, which offer 120 kilowatts of power and about 150 miles of driving in about 20 minutes.
Superchargers are being strategically placed in less-populated areas, but along major routes, to help Tesla customers travel to major cities and tourist destinations on long trips, Straubel said.
Fremont is one of the few larger cities to host a supercharger station; Hawthorne, near Los Angeles, is the other. "It's helpful for people if they mess up their planning," Straubel said.
The Fremont factory is the Bay Area's second supercharger station; the first was installed in Gilroy. Folsom, which is about 20 miles northeast of Sacramento, is Northern California's only other one.
That likely will change soon, as Tesla is looking at possible North Bay sites, including Vacaville and Santa Rosa, said Straubel.
The company's plans are ambitious, but few can blame the all-electric carmaker for thinking big, as it continues to enjoy a strong year.
In May, Tesla announced it repaid a $465 million federal loan nine years early. Its stock share value has risen steadily throughout the year, closing Friday with its price at $142. That's five times more valuable than it was 10 months ago and nearly 16 percent higher than four weeks ago.
Tesla is headquartered in Palo Alto, but it continues to lay down roots in Fremont, where its cars are assembled at the 5.5-million-square-foot facility formerly known as NUMMI.
Mayor Bill Harrison said the new supercharger station solidifies Tesla's commitment to Fremont and bolsters the city's presence in Silicon Valley. Harrison also noted that Tesla recently bought a 35-acre site near the Fremont factory, which it plans to use as a vehicle test track.
"It will help us attract future businesses in that sector, as well as individuals interested in those kinds of technologies," he said. "The fact that they chose Fremont is very exciting for the entire city."
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.


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Activity Monitor
Activity Monitor is a GUI application included with Mac OS X. It provides graphical representations of your computer's CPU, system memory, disk activity, disk usage, and network processes. This little utility is easy to overlook, but it can help you manage your memory and processing power when running lots of applications. If you prefer to work in the text-only Terminal application instead, you can view much of this information by using the top command.
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I always have a ton of apps and a browser full of tabs open. Currently, I have this sitting on my dock showing a pie chart of my RAM. It's good to know how much memory I have left in real-time. Just customize the colors and it's not bad to look at either.
atMonitor is an alternative to Activity Monitor and can renice, send any signal to any running process.
all things considered it is not bad, but i wish you could renice or kill -9 a process from inside the app
This is more handy than many people realize. After trying and rejecting several third-party solutions for monitoring my Mac, I decided to have Activity Monitor run from startup, with the dock icon showing available RAM, and a floating window (that I move to the Menu bar) showing CPU usage:
View > Dock Icon > Show Memory Usage
Window > Show Floating CPU Window > Horizontally


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Hatchet Apr 30 2009
Bummed that I can't use Hatchet with the iPhone Kindle app. AFAIK, you need a Kindle to get the email address that you can use to send attachments to your devices. Perhaps I should just use Instapaper but I've gotten used to page-flipping interface on the Kindle app.


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Federer begins year on high note (The Province)
World No. 2 Roger Federer began his season in formidable fashion by beating Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4 to win the Qatar Open on Saturday. Federer did not drop a set throughout the tournament, and is looking good heading into the Australian Open, which begins Jan. 17. "I'm very happy to kick off the season today this way," Federer said. "I think I played an amazing match ... it will give me a lot of confidence for the remainder of the season."
'Flawless' Roger Federer sends ominous warning to Rafael Nadal (Herald Sun)
Roger Federer has sent a warning to his rivals ahead of his Australian Open defence, starting next week. Opening the new season as he ended the last, the Swiss master declared himself "almost flawless" after winning his third Qatar Open in Doha yesterday. The world No. 2 wrested the Qatar title back from the defending champion, Russia's Nikolay Davydenko, 6-3 6-4 to earn his 67th crown. Federer will practise on Rod Laver Arena this week before seeking a record 17th major singles success. "It is important to do well here," Federer said after dispensing with Davydenko in Doha. "I'm not just using this to get ready for the Australian Open. "When he's on, he's easily top 10 if not top 5 potentially, and that's why this is obviously a huge win, because I thought he was playing well. I thought the level of play was extremely high. I was very happy with it from my side. I was almost flawless and I was able to play offensive when I needed to and, when I wanted to, it all worked out.So I'm really pleased with such a great final."
Federer king for third time in Qatar (Gulf Times)
Roger Federer became the first man to win three titles in Doha when he outclassed Nikolay Davydenko in the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. " Yeah, I think this is the best I have played against Davydenko. I mean, look, I think his serve has very much improved over the years and he's become so solid and so, how do you say, just accurate with his shots over the years," said Federer who noted that the Russian had won several titles. The authoritative victory also puts Federer in an excellent frame of mind to defend his title at the Australia Open in a week's time. "I mean, people almost put too much of an emphasis that it's purely a preparation tournament, and I don't like to see it that way, because regardless of how I go here, I still have a week in Melbourne where I'll prepare for the Australian Open. That's preparation week for me. It was important to do well here. I'm not just only using this to get ready for the Australian Open. This is a pleasure coming to this part of the world where I actually do spend quite a bit of time, and I've always had, you know, good friends here in Qatar. I love playing here, been successful here in the past. That's the reason why I come here, not because of the Australian Open really."
your fans say: you are the best
the world says: you are the legend
your talent says: ROGER FEDERER is the King, the Master,
the Champion of Champions forever, no any doubt about these.
love you our Hero
You will do it in AO!!
Come on Roger. Keep it!!
That was a fantastic week in Doha! Good luck in the Aussie Open and I'll be cheering for you as always!!! :)
Your biggest fan,
It'd be great to be able to see it again here ;)
Best of luck in Australia,Rog :)


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"American Idol" has already sucked up four hours of our lives this week, and now it needs 90 minutes tonight just to reveal 10 measly names? C'mon, this is as outrageous as Mariah Carey's cleavage. Someone needs to tell Fox that this show isn't the ratings juggernaut it used to be.
So what's taking up so much time? All of the lucky contestants who advance will sing a "victory" song, according to host Ryan Seacrest. Oh, and Ryan has to make a series of awkward runs between the stage and some kind of tucked-away chamber where the contestants are being sequestered. At least he's getting in his cardio.
But we're going to zip right past him, and all the padding, and get straight to the point. Because that's what they taught us to do in journalism school before this recapping craze took hold.
So here are the Top 10 finalists as voted through by you, America, along with their victory songs (in the order they were announced):
1. Paul Jolley ("Alone" by Heart)
2 Burnell Taylor ("Ready for Love" by india.arie)
3. Curtis Finch Jr. ("So High" by John Legend)
4. Devin Velez ("The Power of One (Change the World)" by Israel Houghton)
5. Lazaro Arbos ("Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel)
6. Janelle Arthur ("Home" by Dierks Bentley)
7. Candice Glover ("I'm Going Down" by Rose Royce)
8. Angela Miller ("I Was Here" by Beyonce)
9. Amber Holcomb ("I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan)
10. Kree Harrison ("Evidence" by Susan Tedeschi)
The contestants who were sent packing:
1. Elijah Liu
2. Aubrey Cleland
3. Cortez Shaw
4. Breanna Steer
5. Vincent Powell
6. Zoanette Johnson
7. Charlie Askew
8. Adriana Latonio
9. Nick Boddington
10. Tenna Torres
So what do you think? Did the voters do a good job? Are the right singers moving on? You tell us.
And now just a few notes on the night:


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SAN RAMON -- Parks Commission Chairman Bill Meine says he was so upset by a down-sized City Center deal approved by the City Council earlier this month, he decided to enter the mayor's race as a write-in candidate.
Meine, 87, said the Oct. 8 agreement that calls for Sunset Development to design and build a new City Hall in the southwest corner of Central Park is not the win-win city officials and Mayor Bill Clarkson claim.
"I don't want to see it downgraded. They should build it like designed and how it was scheduled to be built" years ago, said Meine, a parks commissioner for 12 years and 15-year volunteer for the police and fire departments. "I think I have the capabilities and the experience and the background to do a good job and to renegotiate a contract more applicable to the citizens of San Ramon."
Meine also takes issue with the City Hall location, the decision to remodel the existing library rather than rebuild it, and the price Sunset will pay for city land as a result of a deal negotiated more than a decade ago.
He supports the 740-home Faria Preserve project, which includes a 12.7-acre park with sports fields and a half-acre rose garden approved by the Parks Commission.
"You can't shut down people's desire for where they want to live," said Meine. "I don't think you can stop growth. I think you have to plan growth." He tells project opponents, "It wasn't eight years ago when people said the same thing about your tract of homes."
Born in Salt Lake City, Meine spent much of his career in the military, serving in the Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1945 and in the Korean War beginning in 1950. He later served in the Air Force Reserve for 24 years, before working as an assistant plant manager at the Del Monte Corp. in Oakland. He has been married for 68 years and has lived in San Ramon for the past 38 years. He has three children.
"I thought it was time to challenge the mayor and the City Council for some of the things they have been doing," said Meine, who has twice run unsuccessfully for council, most recently in 2001.
Clarkson, 61, who was running unopposed before Meine entered the mayor's race, stands by the deal reached with Sunset after six months of "intensive negotiations." He noted it will give the city a new City Hall and renovated library without going into debt.
Clarkson said while in office he has increased communication through the semimonthly Mayor's Report, Tuesday office hours, online forum Open San Ramon and social media. As for the budget, Clarkson said a $4.5 million deficit he inherited is projected to be gone by the end of the fiscal year.
"I think (residents) are happy with the direction the city is going," Clarkson said.
The election is Nov. 5.
Ashly McGlone covers San Ramon. Contact her at 510-293-2463. Follow her at Twitter.com/AshlyReports.


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Parents Thankful for Rutgers University's Buddy Program
This blog post is written by is Christine Bakter, a parent who's son is on the autism spectrum and participates in Rutgers University's BrosUniteD (BUD) program. Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, in collaboration with Autism Speaks, developed BrosUniteD to provide teenage boys with autism an opportunity to be mentored by college students and to give them the opportunity to experience positive relationships and the bonds on brotherhood.
When I became involved with Autism Speaks, my purpose was to improve the future for my son Alex, who has autism. Through my involvement, I quickly learned that the autism community contains some of the most passionate, determined and hopeful visionaries on Earth. The majority of our community is comprised of the people you would expect: people with autism and their families, friends, teachers, and therapists. We are autism's conscripts – drafted advocates who understand the day to day challenges that our loved ones with autism face and the urgency of the message we carry.
I hold a special place in my heart for the unexpected members of our community that cross my path – the people who hear our message and support us without a personal stake in the outcome. We see throngs of these people on Walk Day, raising funds for desperately needed research, family services and advocacy.
I recently found a whole college fraternity full of such unexpected members in the BrosUniteD (BUD) program, founded by Matt Cortland of the Rutgers University chapter of Theta Delta Chi. Not content to only raise money for the Central New Jersey Walk, Matt and his frat brothers took their commitment to a higher level. For seven weeks this past winter, the brothers gave their free time to serve as mentors – they refer to themselves as Big Bros – to several teenage boys with autism, including my son. Alex has overcome many of the communication challenges associated with autism but remains socially awkward. He craves social connection, but his approach can be confusing to his peers who don't understand his disability. For this reason, BrosUniteD seemed like it could be beneficial because it would give him a safe and accepting environment to build those connections.
I witnessed tremendous growth in Alex as the program progressed. Usually content to pass hours in front of his computer by himself, I was barraged with constant questioning about the next BrosUniteD activity. Alex had never been so eager to participate in any program I had arranged for him; he couldn't stop talking about it at school. I also didn't expect the manner in which Alex suddenly wanted to emulate his Big Bros. Never caring about the clothes I selected for him, he was suddenly asking for specific items: skinny jeans and track pants and a Rutgers sweatshirt, "like the fraternity guys wear." It may seem like such a small thing to marvel over – I realize that most parents worry that their teenager will go along with the crowd too easily, but as the parent of a teenager with autism, the fact that Alex was concerned with something so "typical" was cause for celebration!
I wasn't the only parent witnessing such positive changes – my observations were echoed by other parents, some of whom had sons with more severe forms of autism. We agreed that our sons were just happy to be in the company of their Big Bros. It was proof positive to me that young men with autism are not so different from their typically developing counterparts. They want to be "regular guys" doing "regular guy stuff." A program like BrosUniteD serves as a structured bridge connecting both groups of guys. All of the guys – with autism and without- seemed to benefit from the connections that were made through the BUD program, as evidenced by the willingness of graduating Big Bros to stay in touch with their Little Bros, or attend events with their Little Bros outside of the program.
I remarked to one parent at the program's conclusion: "Do you think these college kids have any idea how important this program is? How could they possibly understand, not being parents themselves?"
I can say with certainty that someone else understood the importance of the work being done by Theta Delta Chi. On April 21, we gathered at Rutgers once again for a very special BrosUniteD activity. Mrs. Mary Pat Christie, the First Lady of New Jersey, was present to honor Matt Cortland and his co-coordinator, Alex Lewis, with the New Jersey Hero Award for the outstanding work being done on behalf of young men with autism through the BrosUniteD program. The New Jersey Hero award is designed to showcase the everyday contributions of New Jersey citizens that make our state a better place.
Thank you Matt, Alex and all of the "Big Bros" at Theta Delta Chi – the First Lady confirmed what the parents of the program participants already knew – you are heroes to our sons in every sense of the word.
To access the article about Rutgers Students Recognized as New Jersey Heroes by First Lady Mary Pat Christie, click here.
If you're a college student that would like to get involved and/or start a buddy/mentoring program for kids affected by autism, visit the Autism Speaks U website for information.


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February 22, 2013
A new poll conducted by the Institute of Directors (IoD) suggests that faster broadband would create more jobs, attract more investment and lead to greater productivity in the UK.
The findings indicate that a faster internet service would improve the productivity of 83% of companies and would encourage 13% to hire new staff.
The survey of over 1,000 IoD members has revealed widespread dissatisfaction with download speeds – only 57% of IoD members are satisfied with fixed-line download speeds, and 50% say they are satisfied with fixed-line upload speeds. In addition, only 25% of business leaders say they are satisfied with mobile internet speeds, compared to 45% who are dissatisfied.
The survey also highlights the considerable town/country divide that exists in the UK, with 45% of IoD members in rural areas saying they are dissatisfied with the speed of their fixed-line downloads. Only 13% of rural business leaders are satisfied with mobile download speeds.
The poll highlights the economic benefits that faster internet connections could deliver. As well as improving productivity, it found that fast connections would encourage 31% to invest more in their business and 56% to offer more opportunities for flexible working.
Corin Taylor, senior economic adviser at the IoD, said: "Fast, reliable internet connections are essential to a modern business – but far too often our existing infrastructure falls short. Increasing internet speeds would encourage many employers to invest in expanding their businesses and taking on more staff, giving the economy a welcome boost. There is a lot of work to be done before the service provided in the real world matches up to the rhetoric coming from Westminster and Whitehall."
The survey comes as telecoms regulator Ofcom announces that it has raised £2.34bn from its auction of the 4G mobile spectrum. The winning bidders are Everything Everywhere, Hutchison 3G UK, Niche Spectrum Ventures (a BT subsidiary), Telefonica (O2) and Vodafone. 4G mobile broadband should provide smartphone and tablet computer users with superfast download speeds.