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Self-reliance and sustainability in the 21st century.
By Cindy Conner
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There are a lot of different ways to go about planning what to grow in your garden. You usually pick out what you like to grow and eat and put in as many seeds and plants as your space will allow. Another way to begin is to think of the eating first. What you want to eat, but more specifically, how much you want to eat. I've written an article that is in the new (October/November 2012) issue of Mother Earth News that helps with the planning— A Plan for Food Self-Sufficiency. It contains charts on vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, and oilseeds. The oilseed chart is only available online. Possible yields are given in pounds of food per 100 square feet for each crop listed and one column has the estimated half-cup servings you might expect to have on your table from each pound of food brought in from the garden. In other words, the pound we're talking about is before trimming and peeling.
The USDA defines a serving as one half-cup. A serving of bread is one slice. The size of the servings you eat is up to you and need to be considered in your planning. Now would be a good time to begin calculating how much your family eats, so you know how much food to grow. There is an interesting book about what people around the world eat. Hungry Planet, by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio show families with the food that they normally eat in one week. If they had photographed your family for that book, what would it look like? Would it be food that looks like it just came from the garden or food in boxes and cans from the grocery store? People always seem to be taking pictures with their cell phones these days. You could begin your recordkeeping by taking photos of the food you eat before you prepare it for your table. Take pictures of it ready to serve, also. Just recording what you eat is a project in itself, before you even get to planning how to grow that food.
Once you know how much you need, the charts will help you calculate how much of each thing you have space to grow. You might only want to eat salads out of your garden all summer, or you might want to can some tomato sauce. Either way, you can get an idea of how much space it will take. Maybe you are taking a closer look at how much nutrition you are growing and making some changes in crop choices. If you are experienced in growing snap beans, you could grow beans for the dry seeds and begin to put up some power-packed staple crops. There are some more ideas about this at Homeplace Earth.
There is much excitement about homegrown food. It seems to be the thing to do lately. If there is any activity that will contribute to your health, it is growing your own food. You get the fresh air and exercise, plus what you grow will contribute to healthy meals for your family. My husband and I recently attended the Heritage Harvest Festival in Virginia and the Mother Earth News Fair in Pennsylvania. It was wonderful to meet so many people who are growing their own--experienced growers and newbies alike. Thank you to everyone reading this post. Wherever you are on your journey of food growing, know that you are contributing to the solutions needed in the world today just by considering what I'm talking about. We have a lot of work to do, but with everyone along for the ride, it can be joyful work. Enjoy the journey.
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by Scott Westerfeld
Uglies Betrayal Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
A moment later, his head stuck out over the edge. "Where is it?"
"Under the rapchuck."
"The what?"
"The rapchuck. You know, the old-fashioned thingie where the roofline connects with the abbersnatch."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"It's Smokey slang, I guess. Let me show you." (35.52-7)
Finally, a fun bit of betrayal: here, Tally is pretending to work for Dr. Cable and pretending to help this Special. They're not friends, but they do have some relationship of trust, and Tally is betraying that trust. But, you know, for the good side this time.
Quote #8
"I didn't turn you in!" Tally cried. "Not on purpose, anyway. And the whole thing with David was just an accident. I didn't mean to hurt you." (46.74)
This is Tally's defense, and honestly, it's not a great one. It may help to tell your friend, "I didn't mean to do that terrible thing that I did," but that doesn't fix things. By this time, Shay has already had the brain lesions and she's totally cool with Tally betraying her. But Tally will soon come to realize that she has to do more than apologize—she has to fix her betrayal.
Quote #9
"I came to betray her." (49.28)
When Tally comes out and confesses to David, she doesn't hem-and-haw. Which is why we like Tally: she may betray her friends, but when she (finally, finally) realizes she needs to confess to fix things, she comes right out and admits she was wrong. (Which is also why we know she'll never be a politician.)

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Sonny Bill loses the plot on the Footy Show
–, Thursday, August, 07, 2008, (4:03pm)
Sportswriter Nick Walshaw blogs live on Friday at 10am on Sonny Bill Williams' performance on the Footy show, and Todd Carney being axed. Send questions and comments below.
SONNY Bill Williams you have finally lost the plot. Your rantings on The Footy Show were those of a Generation Y brat. No idea how low you've sunk. No idea how badly your image - only weeks ago among the greatest in Australian sport - has been hammered.
Hear Sonny Bill on the Footy Show here
Take your following quote: ``If a lawyer, if a teacher, if a bus driver, if they're on $40,000 and they get offered a lot more to go somewhere else, what do you think they're going to do'? Are they going to change bus companies? Or are they going to sit there and say `all these people want me to stay here because I'm the best bus driver in the jurisdiction, blah, blah, blah'.â€
Mate, please, take the tip. No one begrudges you, Mark Gasnier, Craig Gower or anyone else making as much money as you can. Life is all about the cabbage, baby. Go earn as much as possible.
But, here's the rub. If you sign a contract, stick.
Because the chippie doesn't walk out with a house half built, all because a better deal suddenly appears up the road. Instead, he - gasp! - busts his arse, works overtime and THEN moves on to the bigger job. Same deal for plumber, sparkies, concreters, mechanics, the lot.
Sonny, people aren't upset because you've left. They're upset with how you left.
Because, suddenly, you've become that bloke who never pays on his handshake bet. Who sneaks off before his round of beers is due. You know . . . that bloke everyone else despises.
Have Your Say
Nick Walshaw,
you're a complete w*nker.
Thu 07 Aug 08 (05:32pm)
Fri 08 Aug 08 (01:17pm)
As the great Wally Lewis once said ' once you find out how good it is you'll be one too!'
did anyone think it was pathetic that he started blaming his problems with steve folkes for his departure? steve folkes leaves in 2 months anyway so the problem would have been solved! a stupid response from a stupid player
Thu 07 Aug 08 (05:36pm)
Fri 08 Aug 08 (10:28am)
yeah folkes leaves, only to be replaced by another brother in law.
which equals more of the same.
if my boss questioned who i hung out with after work, you would not be able to print the reply here.
The Bulldogs should chase Sonny Bill. Not for his return to Rugby League, but for the money they so rightly invested in him. His nurturing, his development, his medical fees (after spending most of his career injured).
He may want to play NFL in the States next, so what stops him from walking out on the Rugby Club in France ??? Nothing. Sonny Bill should be made to honour his contract, the be barred from the NRL for the two years.
Then, he can apologise to the thousands of kids he let down................
Thu 07 Aug 08 (05:55pm)
"Sonny, people aren't upset because you've left. They're upset with how you left".
In those eloquent but succinct few words, you have done what hundreds of articles and millions of words devoted to this issue have failed to achieve, to specify exactly why SBW's actions have left his fans, and fans of NRL in general, feeling hurt, angry and betrayed.
Well done Nick Walshaw!!
Thu 07 Aug 08 (05:57pm)
doesnt anyone like mundine?
hes australias biggest embarrasment
Thu 07 Aug 08 (06:00pm)
Fri 08 Aug 08 (10:35am)
yes i do, have met him nice guy. i also think he is a wanker at times particularly before he has a fight coming up. but thats boxing, in fact thats the media circus. he plays the game and does it well. take a look at this newspaper, they will print any rubbish headline to get your attention. mundine will say anything.
recently he was supposed to have given it to cathy freeman calling her a sell out to her race. i read it here. then in the post fight highlights cathy and nova-peres are sitting on his lap hugging him. who was the embarrasment that day.
Fri 08 Aug 08 (12:30pm)
Nick, poor form mate - Crazy John died not too long ago…
Don't matter anyway. SBW won't make it in union. He'll come back to the NRL with his tail between his legs and be lucky to get a $50K contract
Thu 07 Aug 08 (06:04pm)
I couldn't have put it any better myself!
Where are the values of common decency and being true to ones word these days?
I tell you what great people that died for our countries (I mean Australia and NZ) like the Anzacs would look down on people like Nasser, Mundine and now SBWilliams and wonder where has it all gone wrong.......
Keep sticking it to the mugs!
Thu 07 Aug 08 (06:28pm)
sonny bill ate the baby azaria too
Thu 07 Aug 08 (06:44pm)
Fri 08 Aug 08 (10:38am)
thats gold jason
Fri 08 Aug 08 (12:31pm)
"But the bloke walked out on a contract . . . it's inexcusable."
Yeah but when a club sacks a coach or player half way through the season is that reasonable?
Didn't the Bulldogs recently show their great loyalty to one of their young players by giving him the boot ?
Money Dill Williams sounds like he has been hanging out with The Mouth a weeeeeeee bit too long.....I wonder if one of ch. nine's investigative reporters are on the spot to serve him his subpoena? Afterall, they know where he is.....Will the Footy show have a B'dog representation to balance the ledger?
Thu 07 Aug 08 (06:48pm)
Fri 08 Aug 08 (03:06pm)
Danny Weasler from Ch 9 is another cause for concern. How that bloke can even try and call himself a journalist and keep a straight face is beyond me. He is nothing more than a Mundine apologist and has been since the days he was wasting ink at the Sun Herald. If Channel 9 are serious about respecting the game of Rugby League they will cancel this ar$ecrack off our screen for good. I could only watch a short period of last nights 'interview' before the natural gastric reflux kicked in. As for SBW, its best we let the lawyers play this one out and leave the coverage off the papers/TV until a resolution has been reached. Starting to be a little overkill now....
Leave Sonny Bill alone he is part of our squad. This exposure is brilliant publicity for our club. Hopefully we will see plenty of Toulon shirts in Australia.
Thu 07 Aug 08 (07:02pm)
Fri 08 Aug 08 (01:16pm)
Your club is being seen as a club with no morals or respect by accepting SBW into your team. The arrogant remark - We got him! well you can have him and when he does to your club what he did to NRL we will all point and laugh saying we told you so.......
SBW is a traitor with a lack of respect for the football code that made him popular unfortunately it went to his head.
You may want to compare yourself to Christiano Ronaldo......he wanted to play for Real Madrid and there was speculation that Man U didn't want him back because of his perceived disloyalty.
However, Sir Alex had a chat to the young bloke and REMINDED him of his contractual obligations. He has now decided that in the best interests of all parties he returns...he even admitted that the whole transfer issue was caused by him. Be a man, Sonny admit that you have done the wrong thing, return to Oz to face the music and sort out your contractual obligations. The Dogs may even let you go!
Thu 07 Aug 08 (07:28pm)
Hopefully Sonny wakes up and sees that his new mates, despite all their success, live for nothing other then the chip they carry around on their shoulders. No amount of money will make you happy when you surround yourself with negative people.
Thu 07 Aug 08 (07:55pm)
I think a terrible disservice has been done to lawyers, teachers, bus drivers and anyone else that SBW said would do the same thing as him. I expect there have been plenty of times in the lives of many people when they could have walked away (whether for money or for some other reason) but they decided that the appropriate thing to do was stay in their job. Maybe someone needed them. Maybe the money wasn't worth it. Maybe all their mates were at their current job. Maybe they could make more of a difference where they already were. It's not all about money for all people, particularly if in a team! It's not just 'commonsense' to leave. Once again, "my respect for you has diminished".
Thu 07 Aug 08 (07:57pm)
He sounds just like that other moron...Mundine.
Thu 07 Aug 08 (08:02pm)
thats the same crap Mundane said a week ago and made no sense. Pea brained crap. I'd love to see him driving a bus in 20 years cos he cant play any more football from injury and running out of contracts till no one wants him anymore. Generation Y fool - there's no difference between him and Cory Worthington. No Difference.
Thu 07 Aug 08 (08:58pm)
Look after number 1 SBW. Nobody else will. Look at the Olympians who boycotted the Moscow Olympics due to political pressure! What did they achieve except lose the chance of sporting glory. Go for it mate and do what you want to do, not what others think you should do. I'm glad Anthony Mundine is on your side. He is a great role model.
Thu 07 Aug 08 (09:12pm)
Fri 08 Aug 08 (10:54am)
Funny one Steve, Mundine's a good role model, thats a laugh
Fri 08 Aug 08 (11:07am)
Steve, you are a donkey. This is about being responsible and being decent enough to honour a contract that said he would play football for a club in return get a huge amount of money so he can behave like a prat!!
Spot on well said. I couldn't of put it a better way myself...... Your a grub sonny, and your manager is just as bad. Life goes on
Thu 07 Aug 08 (09:42pm)
Well said Nick. It sounds like Nasser and Mundine have written a script for Sonny to read off. The sooner we stop hearing about him and start talking about the lead up to the finals the better.
Thu 07 Aug 08 (10:02pm)
Fri 08 Aug 08 (01:25pm)
agreed...agreed got to honour contract agreed the league is in a mess...but i love it and bring on the finals…
He has gone beyond the plot!
Sonny Bill Mundane is in a world of his own…
Thu 07 Aug 08 (11:08pm)
After watching the full interview with Sonny Bill Williams, I couldn't help but notice how the same Anthony Mundine diatribe was being uttered by Sonny. How many sports people has Mundine messed up.
Thu 07 Aug 08 (11:19pm)
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Germany, 1928
Directed by: Hans Behrendt,
Director of Photography: Otto Kanturek,
Main Cast: Georg Alexander , Else Wasa , Ernst Verebes , Truus van Aalten , Adele Sandrock , Ellen Plessow , Edgar Pauly ,
Production: Felsom-Film der Defa (Deutsche Fox), Berlin,
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm - Black and White,, 2663 meters, 7 reels
Sound System: silent
First Screening: March 16, 1928 in Berlin, Marmorhaus
First Censorship: Berlin February 27, 1928 Verdict: Banned for Minors
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The following are the most common symptoms of MS. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Approximately 50 percent of all people with MS experience cognitive impairments related to their disease. The effects of these impairments may be mild, often detectable only after comprehensive testing, and may include difficulty with any/all of the following:
Primary Symptoms
Secondary Symptoms
poor postural alignment and trunk control, muscle imbalances, decreased bone density, and/or shallow, inefficient breathing
Tertiary Symptoms
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Tasting Note by Tim F
Nose: Patisserie aromas, in fact this resembles nothing so much as a good-quality doughnut, complete with icing sugar & gooey strawberry jam; then a heavy dollop of vanilla and the first hint of sherry, in the form of raisin ice cream drizzled with honey, and of course oak - fresh timber and autumn leaves. Very appealing.
Palate: Now the sherry influence is more prominent with cakey dried fruit (date, raisin) mingling with apple pie aromas. The main difference with the 12yo, though, is that here the oak is centre-stage. Naturally, as this is a Balvenie, it's very good oak, with big creamy vanilla, polished wood, a bite of oakspices (clove, cinnamon) and a hint of dry liquorice.
Finish: Medium-length, gently drying with a kick of spice.
Comment: Fans of the 12yo will like this a lot. It's far too well-mannered to be a moody teenager, but Doublewood 17yo shows significantly greater depth of character than its happy-go-lucky younger sibling. It's still great fun, though. A hit.
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Palate: Oily mouthfeel, soft sweet caramel, lightly spiced wood, good apple pie (stewed apples, lightly sweetened pastry and a few raisins thrown in for good measure), a cinnamon tingle and a hint of Mars Milk (the best of all ready made milkshakes).
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The CIVU offers two types of classes: CIVU House classes and outreach programs. CIVU House classes are conducted in the CIVU House, and they are mainly as follows:
This is a fun filled introduction to the fascinating Chinese language. There are no pre-requisites. The intent of this 12-week course is to provide a basic introduction to speaking and reading Chinese. Your instructor will be native Chinese. You will focus on building a small vocabulary and learn how to read and write a few Chinese characters. The course tuition includes all materials for the course.
This is a continuation of our Chinese for Beginners course. You will continue to increase your vocabulary and learn to have simple conversations in Chinese and to read and write some basic Chinese characters. You will learn how to ask for directions, talk about simple daily life tasks and be able to read a simple Chinese bus and train schedule.
Welcome to the world of a fascinating culture of China. This program, which will be done in a series of discussion topics, focuses on explaining the history, traditions, and beliefs of the Chinese people. You do not need to speak Chinese to enjoy this program. All you need is an interest to learn about the fabled land along the Silk Road. Topics will include history, arts, Chinese cooking, travel, customs, and more.
This class will introduce children to the Chinese language. Basic words and sentence structures will be learned along with phrases and fun activities such as songs and puzzles. The intent is to make children familiar with a foreign language and to encourage them to learn more about China and Chinese culture.


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SIKESTON - Ruth Inez Felker Sharp, 92, died March 29, 2006, at her home.
Born October 21, 1913, in Sikeston, daughter of the late C. E. "Daddy" and Bertie Utterback Felker, she lived her entire life in Sikeston except for two years in Poplar Bluff during World War II. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, having joined that congregation seventy years ago.
On Easter Sunday, April 21, 1935, she married H. Garwood Sharp, Jr, who preceded her in death July 14, 1994.
Her surviving family includes her son, Harry G. Sharp, III and his wife Anita; one grandson, Harry G. "Woody" Sharp, IV and his wife Angela; three great-
grandchildren Sarah, Eric, and Crystal Sharp all of Sikeston; two step-
grandchildren, Timothy Morgan and Karen Lynn Davis of Georgia; special relations Noel and Rowena David of Memphis, Tennessee, and Anya Logvinova of Moscow, Russia; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, two younger brothers preceded her in death; Clarence Edward Felker, Jr. and John Russell Felker, who both served in World War II.
Ruth was a charter member of the Red Peppers and 1931 graduate of Sikeston High School. She attended Christian College in Columbia and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa.
At First United Methodist Church Ruth was Nursery Home Visitor 1945-1993, member of the Administrative Board, a primary editor of the church history, recipient of the M. G. and Myra Joyce Award, and active in church school and circles.
Her community activities included being a member and past president of P.E.O. Chapter HB, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts, Park Board Secretary, first president of original Beta Sigma Phi chapter in Sikeston, Civic Club, charter member of the Friday Morning Prayer Group, Community Concert Association, Cotton Boll Artists Group, Library Board, and Volunteer in the American Cancer Society Reach to Recovery program. Ruth has provided broad support of her community and her church. That includes a lead gift that helped create SAHEC, endowed scholarships for SHS graduating seniors, endowed scholarships to United Methodist camps, major support of the Depot Museum, and the ongoing Garwood and Ruth Felker Sharp Community Outreach Fund.
The 1960 portrait she chose for this obituary is tied to one of those activities, that being Reach for Recovery. This picture was taken the year after a close brush with death from cancer, but her life, her activities, and her 47 years of surviving cancer have been a beacon of hope for many.
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Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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PATIENTS, staff and visitors will be safer after a borough hospital spent more than £200,000 on extra security measures.
New, extended round-the-clock security, using the most up-to-date technology, is now in place at South Tyneside District Hospital, with the number of cameras almost doubled from 50 to 96.
Between 2010 and 2011, 53 members of staff at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust were assaulted while at work.
It's now hoped the new measures will help cut down on violence and aggression in busy areas like the A&E department at the hospital in Harton Lane, South Shields.
Chris Davies, the trust's head of facilities, said: "We carried out a security review about 18 months ago, prompted by an increase in incidents, mainly around violence and aggression, and predominantly in 'high traffic' areas such as our A&E department and some ward areas.
"As a result, we identified the need for more staff to enable us to provide a continuous security presence and surveillance, and for our CCTV equipment to be updated and coverage increased."
MITIE Security Services Ltd was initially awarded a temporary deal to provide 24/7 security and they have now been given a three-year contract. The security officers work from a control room which has been refurbished and, as well as monitoring the CCTV cameras, they patrol the hospital site on a regular basis.
There is also increased coverage in the maternity block and in many of the public areas, and in Palmer Community Hospital in Jarrow, where the Trust has an elderly care ward.
Newly-introduced digital technology means images are clearer, which makes it easier for the police to identify and prosecute offenders.
Mr Davies added: "We attach the utmost importance to the personal safety and security of our patients, visitors and staff and we do not tolerate violent or abusive behaviour.
"Where this occurs, we will always seek to prosecute offenders. Our aim in introducing an increased, visible security presence and investing in ultra-modern equipment to detect unreasonable and, possible, criminal behaviour, is that this will act as a deterrent."
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Right-to-Work Bills Signed Into Law in Michigan. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder yesterday signed right-to-work legislation after it was quickly passed by the Michigan's Legislature. Michigan is now the 24th state to pass legislation limiting the right of workers to unionize and collectively bargain. Our own Mark Schauer was among those pepper sprayed during the protests.
Climate Change Caucus. Senator Barbara Boxer yesterday announced she is forming a Climate Change Caucus. She stated the caucus will "work with all the committees and all the committee chairmen to make sure we can move forward legislation that reduces carbon pollution and also works on mitigation and all of the other elements."
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Articles, columns and letters to the editor from across the country about the Production Tax Credit for wind energy include:
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- Hill: Conservative groups press lawmakers to oppose wind credit
- Hill's Congress Blog: Energy diversity will power our economy
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- National Journal: Exelon Skips Utility Fly-In to Lobby on Wind Tax Credit
- Radio Iowa (IA): Grassley says wind energy tax credit will be in final budget deal
- WSOC (NC): Fiscal cliff threatens jobs in NC wind industry
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Smith, B. (2009) Blah blah my paper title blah blah. In J. Jones & K. Jones (chairs), The Name of My Symposium. Symposium presented at Conference Name, New York, NY.
There's "conference paper" as an option under the green plus (Book, Book Section, Document, .... More >> Conference Paper).
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Except, unfortunately, that still doesn't print the conference name, etc.
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that depends on the citation style - it certainly can - since those types of papers are relatively rare, there's a good chance that a citation style doesn't get this right.
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So, actually, I've found the hack for me, and it's apparent zotero is computing this string (at least for the APA style). In zotero, if I have a "Presentation" with a meeting name OR a "Conference Paper" with a conference name, I get the right string for how it was "published":
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But (again, just for APA), the title is correctly italicized only in "Presentation." So, that's fine - I guess I should use the presentation class. But in any case, I would like the BibTeX output to contain, e.g.:
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Ideally, that'd also be the thing that ends up in the BibTeX and NOT have "Paper" end up in the bibtex "type" field.
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For now, I just copy these funny citations and keep a manual .bib file next to my zotero-generated bib file.
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ALAMEDA -- Jeremy Kharrazi was 3 years old when his parents, Lisa and Martin, got the heartbreaking news.
Their son had cystic fibrosis, an inherited disorder in which an abnormal gene causes progressive damage to the lungs, pancreas and digestive system. The Kharrazis knew little about "CF," and what they did know was terrifying. Mucus in cystic fibrosis patients is very thick and accumulates in the intestines and lungs. Unless aggressively managed, this leads to frequent respiratory infections, breathing difficulties and permanent lung damage.
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Along with a deep empathy that her mother said is ingrained in her daughter's personality, Kharrazi's altered perspective appears to be one of priorities. She is less likely than her peers to get upset over minor disappointments, and she is used to making sacrifices to safeguard Jeremy's vulnerable immune system.
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Undropped trees:
Dropped trees (temporarily):
crypto (build problem)
semaphore-removal (due to unfixed conflicts against Linus' tree)
firmware (unfixed build failure)
Reverted tree:
wireless (build problem)
The wireless tree gained a build error and was reverted.
The proc tree lost its merge fix patch.
The cputime tree lost a conflict but gained another against the timers tree.
I have created today's linux-next tree at
(patches at
[url]http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sfr/linux-next/[/url]). If you
are tracking the linux-next tree using git, you should not use "git pull"
to do so as that will try to merge the new linux-next release with the
old one. You should use "git fetch" as mentioned in the FAQ on the wiki
(see below).
You can see which trees have been included by looking in the Next/Trees
file in the source. There are also quilt-import.log and merge.log files
in the Next directory. Between each merge, the tree was built with
a ppc64_defconfig for powerpc and an allmodconfig for x86_64. After the
final fixups (if any), it is also built with powerpc allnoconfig,
44x_defconfig and allyesconfig and i386, sparc and sparc64 defconfig.
Below is a summary of the state of the merge.
We are up to 124 trees (counting Linus' and 14 trees of patches pending for
Linus' tree), more are welcome (even if they are currently empty).
Thanks to those who have contributed, and to those who haven't, please do.
Status of my local build tests will be at
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Roger's finals run stopped
Roger has been defeated in straight sets in the semifinal of the Australian Open. His opponent, Novak Djokovic, came back from 3-5 in the first set to win the match at 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
Novak Djokovic was simply too strong, too steady. Where Roger inched past him in the last grand slam final - the U.S. Open last September - this time the Serb was always a nose ahead. "I think he made the more important points today, it was a bit unfortunate for me," Roger commented. "It depends a lot on form, you can't always play your best. It's not easy coming out every week trying to win. You'll always run into fellow top-10 players or other guys who are on a streak or on a hot run or surprise you."
Roger added he was far from his best in the Rod Laver Arena, but said he gave everything he had to try and get back into the match."There's some sort of a disappointment. But from the spirit, the way I fought, the way I tried, it's all I could give," he said.
This defeat was Roger's first in straight sets at a grand slam since he lost to Gustavo Kuerten in the 2004 French Open.The holder of 12 grand slam crowns, his chase of Pete Sampras's record 14 is now on ice until the 2008 French Open begins in May.
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BATON ROUGE — A state senator's annual proposal to cap the amount of money college students could receive through the free tuition program called TOPS failed Thursday, rejected by the Senate Education Committee.
The bill by Sen. Butch Gautreaux, D-Morgan City, has been killed in previous years as well. The TOPS program is politically popular, and opponents argue students have earned the free tuition and the state shouldn't take away what students have been promised.
The committee shelved Senate Bill 86 without objection today.
Gautreaux said he believes TOPS — the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students — is an important program but sought a cap because of the annual growth of the program, which costs the state more than $130 million a year.
"The economy has worsened. We're struggling to pay for what the government is supposed to pay for, and we should be looking at priorities," said Gautreaux, whose district includes northwestern Terrebonne and part of Houma.
TOPS provides scholarships to Louisiana high-school students who meet certain grade point average and college entrance test score requirements. The basic TOPS award covers tuition at any state public university. Higher achieving students can earn extra awards under the program.
Gautreaux proposed limiting a TOPS award, beginning next year, to 90 percent of what a public college charges in the 2010-11 school year. The measure would have saved the state more than $97 million over five years.
Gov. Bobby Jindal opposed the bill. Opponents said the program encourages people to go to college in a poor state with fewer college graduates than the national average.
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But there is cause for celebration as Olivier Giroud proves he can score with late France goal
THERE was good and bad news for Arsenal's international contingent last night, as Olivier Giroud scored a late equaliser for France against the world champions Spain, but Lukas Podolski and Per Mertesacker became the latest two Gunners to find out what it feels like to throw away a four-goal lead.
In one of the most remarkable comebacks in recent international history Germany lost not only a seemingly insurmountable lead in their World Cup qualifier against Sweden, but also their aura of efficiency and resilience.
Unfortunately for Arsenal, Per Mertesacker was at the heart of the German capitulation. The big centre back was on target in the first half to make it 3-0 to Joachim Low's team after 39 minutes, and when Mesut Ozil added a fourth soon after half-time the game seemed over.
But Sweden pulled one back through Zlatan Ibrahimovic just after the hour mark and the comeback was on. And half-an-hour later, two minutes into injury time, Rasmus Elm scored a barely believable equaliser as Mertesacker and the rest of Germany's kamikaze defence looked on.
Goal.com described the draw as a "nadir" for the German team. "The tone of amazement that characterised the squad's post-match comments told a tale of its own. This was no miracle - it was a lack of mentality, something entirely of their own doing. With the match seemingly wrapped up, they switched off."
At least it means that Mertesacker and Podolski, a late substitute, will be able to empathise when the likes of Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna and Laurent Koscielny reminisce about the dark day in February 2011 when the Gunners drew 4-4 with Newcastle. In some ways Germany's capitulation was even worse than Arsenal's as it took place at home and with 11 men on the pitch.
There was better news for misfiring striker Giroud, who scored a last-minute equaliser against Spain to earn Les Bleus a crucial point, and which could even end up consigning Spain to the World Cup play-offs if France go on to win the group. Santi Cazorla played almost a full game for Spain after an early injury to David Silva of Manchester City. It leaves Citizens boss Roberto Mancini sweating over Silva's fitness for the game against West Brom on Saturday and the Champions League clash with Ajax next week, according to The Guardian.
There was better news for the City manager as Mario Balotelli scored a decisive third goal for Italy against Denmark. While Robin van Persie of Manchester United was also on target as Netherlands beat Romania 4-1.
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Kind of like the eyeglasses your uncle Gus wore in the '80s that turned into sunglasses when he stepped out into daylight, electrochromatic mirrors darken when shined on by the headlights of tailing cars. The mirrors are designed to dim like this only at night.
The electrochromatic technology usually is applied to the inside rearview mirror, where it basically saves you the trouble of flipping the mirror manually if blinded by the light. Beyond this luxury aspect, the mirrors have the added benefit of dimming proportionately to the intensity of light they read, where a manual mirror gives you only the choice of day or night.
Still, the technology is more useful in side mirrors, where I've seen it applied only in luxury vehicles. Why? Because if the inside mirror blinds you, at least there's something you can do even if it's not electrochromatic. Whereas if a Ford Expedition comes up behind you and klieg-lights your left eye through the side mirror, you have no option but to angle the mirror away, and that's hardly a safe action. On the flip side, even the simplest side mirrors are frightfully expensive to replace; add the electrochromatic technology and heaters of the day, and that's quite the investment out there dangling in the wind.
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AFS Technologies is the leading provider of Enterprise and On Demand software solutions to the Food & Beverage industries, and serving over 1,200 customers across North America. AFS Solutions are designed to improve profitability, grow revenue, and assist in regulatory compliance. AFS Profile® offers the food industry's largest single source for product information and data synchronization with GS1. All AFS solutions utilize service-oriented architecture (SOA) built with Microsoft .NET Framework technology. AFS was acquired by Goldman Sachs in August 2011.
Applied Data Systems, Inc. (ADS) designs, develops and produces "application-ready" embedded computer systems, typically running on a wide variety of state-of-the-art processors and operating systems. Its products stand out for their sophisticated interface graphics, low power consumption and robust functionality. ADS specializes in helping customers connect their application to the latest available wireless technologies. ADS was acquired by Eurotech in January 2007.
Beacon Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: BCOE) is engaged in the production and marketing of biodiesel. Beacon's biodiesel efforts are centered around the utilization and processing of lower grade feedstocks, primarily animal fats such as beef tallow, choice white grease and poultry fat. Since its formation in 2006, Beacon has successfully completed strategic investments in three companies dedicated to the production of biodiesel and one company dedicated to the collection of low cost waste products that may serve as the raw materials for biodiesel. The facilities in which Beacon has invested currently have the capacity to produce more than 15 million gallons of biodiesel per year, and once construction of the St. Joseph, MO facility is completed in Q1 2009, the annual capacity will increase to over 30 million gallons. Beacon merged with Environmental Quality Management, Inc. in February 2011.
Continental Waste Industries Inc. went public in November 1994 and, prior to its acquisition by Republic Industries Inc. (a predecessor company of Republic Services Inc. - Nyse: RSG) in 1996, provided integrated waste management services to more than 175,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in concentrated, regional markets mainly in the midwestern and midsouthern United States.
CrossMedia Services is a leading provider of Web-based marketing solutions for national and local retailers. Through its award-winning SmartCircular and SmartCatalog services, CrossMedia transforms traditional print-based retail promotions (such as sales circulars, catalogs, run-of-press ads, direct mail, etc.) into compelling search-based interactive formats. CrossMedia's clients include many leading national retailers. In May 2004, CrossMedia was acquired by a joint venture of Gannet, Knight Ridder, and Tribune, three preeminent national newspaper companies.
Cyclone Commerce is an enterprise software company which provides solutions that allow companies to connect, manage and collaborate with their business partners over the Internet. Cyclone Commerce solves a unique and urgent problem for global 2000 businesses: the need to extend their enterprises "outside the four walls" to dynamically exchange and manage business critical information and commerce transactions with suppliers, customers and other partners. Cyclone Commerce was acquired by Axway Software in January 2006.
Dynamic Healthcare Technologies was a leading provider of mission critical health care information systems for clinical services departments and facilities. It developed, marketed, and supported a broad line of image-, voice-, and web-enabled information systems solutions for anatomic pathology, radiology, laboratory, surgery, and health information management. DHTI's information systems were installed in more than 650 customer locations across the U.S. and Canada. DHTI became publicly traded on Nasdaq prior to its acquisition by Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq: CERN) in 2001.
Eastern Environmental was a regional solid waste management company, based in Florida. The company was acquired by Waste Management (NYSE:WMI) in January 2009.
ExpertPlan, Inc., headquartered near Princeton, NJ, is the premier provider of private-labeled recordkeeping solutions to asset management firms, TPAs, RIAs, broker dealers, insurance companies, CPAs, payroll companies, accountants and banks that serve 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. The Company's scalable recordkeeping solution can be customized to fully integrate with a client's business and distribution models. ExpertPlan was acquired by Ascensus in December 2012.
Based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, FutureHealth is a population health management company offering employers solutions to help them better manage the cost and complexity of health care. Founded in 1992, FutureHealth provides URAC accredited disease, case, utilization and maternity management services, as well as health and wellness offerings and a nurse advice and triage line, to individuals nationwide. FutureHealth was acquired by Nationwide Insurance in January 2006.
Global Employment Solutions is a leading provider of professional and commercial staffing services, including but not limited to temporary and contract staffing, permanent placement, executive search and human resource consulting. The Company serves a diverse cross-section of companies and employees who demand the personal attention of a local business, while valuing access to a wide range of global resources under one roof, including administrative/clerical, customer service, light industrial, among others. In March 2006, the Company consummated a majority recapitalization involving a merger with a publicly-traded company. Argentum sold substantially all of its interest in Global Employment Solutions in connection with this transaction.
ImageCafe.com was a website superstore selling pre-created, semi-custom, professionally designed Websites for image-conscious small business owners seeking a professional looking Web presence without the high costs associated with hiring a Website design firm. It also offered content management tools enabling purchasers to easily customize and update the content (pictures and text) without the user having to know HTML or FTP. The company was acquired by Network Solutions (NASDAQ:NSOL) in 1999.
LifeStar, through its two divisions, provides logistical nationwide services, including specialized transportation, language translation, and coordination services, to the healthcare industry. LifeStar Response provides emergency and non-emergency ambulance and wheelchair-van transportation services to public and private sector healthcare programs, healthcare facilities, and HMOs. AccessOnTime provides logistical and transportation services to private and public sector workers' compensation insurance companies, larger self-insuring organizations, case management companies, third party administrators and large service providers. LifeStar was acquired by Falck A/S, a global provider of assistance, emergency, healthcare, and training services, in March 2011.
M Cubed Technologies is a leading provider of innovative products developed and manufactured from the Company's proprietary, technologically-advanced ceramic and metal-matrix composite ("MMC") materials for mission critical applications in defense, precision, and industrial markets. Within the Defense market, MCubed is one of the leading providers of ceramic body armor tiles for the U.S. military as well as monolithic helicopter seat tiles and aircraft armor panels. Within its Precision technologies business, MCubed targets applications requiring extremely tight atomic-level tolerances, lightweight, complex geometries, specific thermal properties, and high degrees of stiffness. Within its technologies for Industrial applications, MCubed provides high temperature, wear-resistant components for refractory and coal-fired power plant applications. M Cubed was acquired by II-VI Incorporated (NASDAQ: IIVI) in November 2012.
Medsite is a leading online marketing company, providing educational and value-based interactions with over 50% of US physicians. The company offers its clients innovative solutions and services through its two sales divisions: Physician Access Solutions (PAS) which focuses on providing solutions directly to pharmaceutical and biotech companies and Medsite Partnership Services (MPS) which focuses on providing services to pharmaceutical marketing and communications companies. Medsite was acquired by WebMD (Nasdaq: WBMD) in September 2006.
Metalico, Inc. (AMEX: MEA)is a holding company with operations in two business segments: ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal recycling, and fabrication of lead-based products. The Company operates five recycling facilities and six lead fabrication plants in six states.
Micro Focus International plc provides software that allows companies to develop, test, deploy, assess and modernize business-critical enterprise applications. The company has more than 30 years of expertise, more than 18,000 customers and over two million licensed users, including 91 of the Fortune Global 100 companies. Argentum acquired an interest in Micro Focus through its investment in Parallax Capital Partners. Micro Focus completed its initial public offering in May 2005 and is currently a member of the FTSE 250 (LSE: MCRO).
National Recovery Systems Inc. specialized in blending, agglomerating, and recycling waste materials and by-products for heavy industry. NRS used its proprietary binder technology to manufacture a briquette, comprised primarily of steel-mill waste, that is suitable for recharging back into the steel-making process. The company owned and operated National Briquette Corp., which processed blended and packaged products and high-volume by-products for both integrated and mini-mills. The company also owned and operated on-site waste-recycling/agglomerating facilities at three integrated steel mills in East Chicago, Detroit, and Pittsburgh. Brambles Industries acquired NRS in 2000.
netBOA (formerly Cobra Administrative Services Inc.) outsourced COBRA benefits administration, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) administration, and retiree benefits transaction processing for large corporations. The Company distinguished itself by offering more custom service than most of its competitors. Its clients included a large airline, utilities, and a regional telephone company. netBOA was acquired by Automatic Data Processing Inc.'s Major Accounts Services (NYSE: ADP) in January 2000.
NuCO2 is the only national provider of certified, beverage-grade carbon dioxide and draft-grade nitrogen gas solutions to the restaurant and hospitality industry. With service locations within reach of virtually all beverage users in the U.S., its experienced professionals comprise the largest network of sales and support specialists in the industry. NuCO2 serves national chain and local restaurants, convenience stores, theme parks and sports/entertainment venues by delivering the most reliable, economical and convenient beverage carbonation solutions. Headquartered in Stuart, Fla., NuCO2 services more than 130,000 customers and 30 million consumers every day. NuCO2 was acquired by Aurora Capital Group in May 2008.
Omnipoint Corporation was a leader in commercializing PCS and a leading developer and supplier of wireless communication technologies. As a pioneer in the industry, Omnipoint was at the forefront of developing advanced wireless technologies including GSM, GPRS packet data, EDGE, positioning, and Internet access. Omnipoint was the fourth-largest PCS licensee in the United States based on pops, having had licenses to serve areas covering nearly 100 million people in the eastern half of the United States. Omnipoint was acquired by VoiceStream Wireless Corporation in 2000. VoiceStream was subsequently acquired by Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT), now T-Mobile.
Paciolan is a leading ticketing enabler, providing ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions for top venues across North America. Paciolan provides a wholly integrated infrastructure that puts venues in direct control of their customer relationships, brands and revenue potential. Primary markets include performing arts, college athletics, professional sports, museums, and arenas. Paciolan was acquired by TicketMaster in January 2008.
ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (RPS) is a global, next-generation clinical research organization, or CRO, providing clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company's services support the design, initiation and management of its clients' clinical trials programs that are required to obtain regulatory approval to market biopharmaceutical products. RPS provides these services either as integrated solutions, embedded within the client's internal clinical development operations and supporting the entire breadth of the client's drug development pipeline, or on a more traditional project-by-project basis. RPS's innovative, next-generation business model allows it to leverage its clients' existing processes to improve quality, increase the speed of product development and reduce overall development costs while allowing its clients to maintain control of their development portfolio. RPS offers its services on a global basis, including in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, and has developed a diverse client mix including 14 of the 15 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. RPS was acquired by affiliates of Warburg Pincus in February 2011.
SPI Manufacturing was the largest designer, manufacturer and wholesaler of commercial and light industrial modular building structures. In 1998, the Company merged with Modtech Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MODT), the largest manufacturer of modular, relocatable classrooms.
Specialty Healthcare Management was a leading provider of behavioral and physical rehabilitation clinical services within the acute care hospitals. Argentum provided the equity capital to support a management buy-out of this division of national Medical Enterprises (now Tenet). After operating successfully as an independent company for 2.5 years, the Company was acquired by industry leader, Horizon Health Corporation (now a unit of Universal Health Services - NYSE "UHS").
TCI Solutions provides software solutions and services that enable in-store automation of inventory tracking, accounting, and other functions to help retailers improve operational efficiency. TCI integrates workforce, financial, and customer information at both the headquarter and individual store levels. In 2005, TCI was acquired by Retalix Ltd. (Nasdaq: RTLX), a provider of enterprise-wide software solutions for the global food and fuel retail industries.
Established in 1991, TransForce is the nation's leading specialty staffing firm devoted exclusively to the transportation industry. The Company is committed to a culture of DOT compliance and safe driving. TransForce operates through a branch network of 33 offices across the nation.
Tut Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: TUTS) is a leader in high-speed data connectivity over public and private copper wire. Tut Systems provides reliable, low-cost, high-speed data connectivity solutions for LAN extension, xDSL Internet access, and home networking. Tut Systems completed its initial public offering in January 1999, after which Argentum sold its position in Tut Systems in the public market.
USA Waste Services, which acquired Waste Management in a transaction valued at $13.5 billion and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI), became the largest solid waste management company in the world. Argentum's investment in USA Waste Services came through Envirofil Inc., a solid waste management firm that merged with USA Waste. Subsequent to this merger, USA Waste acquired Waste Management and assumed the Waste Management name.
VPNet Inc. designed, developed, and marketed solutions that allowed corporations to cost-effectively use virtual private networks while preserving network and application scalability, performance, and security. The company specialized in dedicated hardware network security products that performed at high-speed levels not attainable in software-only solutions. VPNet was acquired by Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV) in February 2000.
White Cap Holdings, Inc. is a leading wholesale distribution company, providing a broad range of products and services to professional customers in the infrastructure & energy, maintenance, repair & improvement and specialty construction markets. With a diverse portfolio of industry-leading businesses, White Cap is one of the largest diversified wholesale distributors in North America. White Cap had an initial public offering in 1997 and was subsequently acquired by Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) in May 2004.
Wimba (fka HorizonWimba) is a leading provider of collaborative learning software applications and services to the education industry. Its collaborative software applications for the online and blended education market enable institutions to bridge technology and pedagogy by supplementing course management systems with many of the proven disciplines of in-person learning environments. Wimba's intuitive solutions enable educators and students to quickly and easily teach and learn live online, engage in live chat and instant message exchanges, benefit from oral content being added to text-based course content, and more. Instructors can also use Wimba solutions to convert Microsoft Word documents into accessible web pages and to create and administer tests, quizzes, and exams. Wimba was acquired by Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) in August 2010.
Zemex (NYSE:ZMX) is a producer of industrial minerals, specialty materials and metal powders and, through its Alumitech division, reprocesses aluminum drosses with patented zero discharge technology. Zemex operates facilities across the United States and Canada. Its products are used in a variety of commercial applications and are sold throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Argentum sold its shares in Zemex on the public market.
The Zond Group->GE Wind Energy is a leader in the wind-powered energy-generating industry. GE Wind Energy develops and constructs wind-powered electric generating facilities both for itself and for sale to utilities and independent power producers. The company also operates and manages its own wind power projects and those sold to others. Argentum invested in the predecessor company of GE Wind Energy, Zond Group Inc., which was purchased by Enron Renewable Energy Corp. in 1996 and was subsequently acquired by GE Wind Energy.
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Gates calls for more money for ag research
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Bill Gates says high tech approaches to agriculture are an important tool for fighting hunger.
Gates released his fourth annual letter Tuesday, detailing the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest charitable foundation.
It made grants totaling $2.6 billion in 2010, spending heavily to improve health and the fight hunger in poor nations.
Gates lamented that more money isn't spent on agriculture research and noted that of the $3 billion spent annually on work on the seven most important crops, only 10 percent focuses on problems in poor countries.
He says given the central role food plays in human welfare and national stability, it's shocking, short-sighted and potentially dangerous how little money is spent on agricultural research.
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"The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively modest amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families. If we don't, one in seven people will continue living needlessly on the edge of starvation. My annual letter this year is an argument for making the choice to keep on helping extremely poor people build self-sufficiency."
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Obama Wields His Pardon Powers — For People
President Barack Obama issued nine presidential pardons Friday, his first since taking office, ending a streak that had prompted criticism from some who said he should have acted sooner.
Until now the lone recipients of Mr. Obama's mercy have been the four turkeys he rescued from becoming the guests of honor at Thanksgiving festivities. With today's grants, Mr. Obama is two pardons ahead of former President George W. Bush, who pardoned seven people in December 2002 as his second Christmas in office approached.
The recipients of Mr. Obama's pardons included one defendant who was sentenced to one year probation and fined $20 in 1963 for mutilating coins. Another was sentenced to 30 days in jail for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Four of the nine pardons involved individuals convicted of drug crimes years ago.
Mr. Obama didn't commute any sentences, meaning he didn't shorten jail time for any of the roughly 200,000 federal inmates currently serving time.
Traditionally, presidents are more sparing of pardons early in their tenures.
Statistics from the Office of the U.S. Pardon Attorney show that for most of the 20th century, presidents had granted hundreds of pardons and commutations as they prepared to begin their third year in office. But the pace of pardoning slowed considerably under President George H.W. Bush, who pardoned nine and commuted one by this point in his presidency.