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In 2015, work continues to build the new Elmhurst Road Interchange on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90). The Illinois Tollway will complete the reconstruction of the existing ramps and construction of a new bridge to carry Elmhurst Road traffic over the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) and then begin work to reconstruct and widen Elmhurst Road.
The $54 million Elmhurst Road Interchange Project will complete the existing partial interchange that currently only provides access to and from the east and is scheduled to be completed in 2016. This work is part of the Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project.
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Construction Update (7-1-16)
All traffic on Elmhurst Road between Oakton Street and I-90 is shifted onto the northbound side of the road to allow for widening of southbound lanes and construction of the new northbound Elmhurst Road Bridge. In addition, northbound traffic is reduced to one lane over Higgins Creek to allow for the rebuilding and widening of the southbound side of the Higgins Creek Bridge.
Elmhurst Road Bridge
Traffic in both directions is shifted onto the new southbound Elmhurst Road Bridge. This will allow for the demolition of the old Elmhurst Road Bridge and the start of construction on the new northbound Elmhurst Road Bridge.
Project Summary
A new, diverging diamond interchange will be constructed at I-90 and Elmhurst Road. Diverging diamond interchanges are designed to eliminate left turns in front of oncoming traffic, smooth traffic flow and reduce congestion. Right turns work the same as they do at conventional interchanges, and traffic is controlled by signals. The Elmhurst Road Interchange will be one of the region's first diverging diamond interchanges.
The project includes construction of two new bridge structures to carry southbound and northbound Elmhurst Road traffic over I-90. The new bridge will feature a shared-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists in the median of the northbound bridge. In addition, existing ramps carrying traffic to and from the east will be reconstructed and new ramps to provide access to and from the west will be built.
Additional work on this project includes the reconstruction of the Elmhurst Road Bridge over Higgins Creek and the reconstruction and widening of Elmhurst Road from two lanes to three, which will begin in spring 2015 and continue through the end of the year.
Traffic Impacts
Whenever possible, the Tollway uses traffic shifts and shoulders to keep as many lanes open during peak hours as were available before construction. The Elmhurst Road Bridge and all existing ramp access will remain open during construction.
In 2015, the Elmhurst Road Bridge Project will require traffic shifts and reduced speed limits on I-90 for work to construct the new bridge structure.
New bridges and ramps will be constructed at the interchange to provide full access between I-90 and Elmhurst Road. The current interchange at Elmhurst Road and I-90 is a partial interchange providing westbound exit and eastbound entrance access only. These ramps were built in 1958 as part of the original construction of I-90.
The project cost is estimated at $54 million. These improvements are part of the $3.4 billion Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project, which is included in the Tollway's 15-year, $12 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future.
Building Green
The Tollway is committed to "Building Green" and minimizing the environmental impact of construction by reducing, recycling and reusing materials. New asphalt pavement used for the ramp shoulders may incorporate recycled materials and sustainable practices including warm-mix asphalt, reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled asphalt shingles. In addition to reducing the cost of this work, reusing materials reduces the need for virgin asphalt materials and reduces the volume of material that would otherwise be sent to landfills.
Work Zone Safety
A 45 mph work zone speed limit is in place on I-90. A 35 mph work zone speed limit is in place on Elmhurst Road. Construction zone speed limits are in effect in all construction zones 24/7 and drivers should continue to watch for changing traffic patterns and use caution, especially when workers are present. Visit the Tollway's Work Zone Safety page.

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Some silent films take on a new lease of life when they are shown in concert-halls with symphony orchestras providing a live soundtrack. Eisenstein's great collaborations with Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible, come down the years with power undimmed and there have been other successful examples more recently, such as Philip Glass's atmospheric score for Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête.
As part of its weekend devoted to music on the theme of Joan of Arc, the London Symphony Orchestra introduced one more. In 1994, the American composer Richard Einhorn wrote an oratorio called Voices of Light inspired by Carl Theodor Dreyer's silent film La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc and this performance of his score was given with a showing of the original film as its accompaniment.
Or was it the other way round? Dreyer's 80-minute film of Joan of Arc's last days, from her trial to her death at the stake, is so concentrated in its depiction of the events and emotions involved that it is hard to see how a musical soundtrack could add much – though many have tried, including a new version by two pop musicians, Adrian Utley of Portishead and Will Gregory of Goldfrapp, only last year.
At this Barbican showing, Einhorn's music felt an unwanted intruder, like a noisy late arrival at the cinema when the main feature has already started. Through the first half of the film, where Dreyer so penetratingly portrays the twists and turns of the religious authorities as they try to get Joan to incriminate herself, the music seemed irrelevant, left peddling mawkish religiosity in endless minor-key arpeggios. The second half is better, as Einhorn responds to the more straightforward narrative of Joan's journey to the stake with a heightened sense of variety. Nothing about it, though, is at all original.
There is no reason to criticise the performance by the LSO under conductor Marin Alsop or the contribution of Synergy Vocals and the London Symphony Chorus, subtly amplified to give the impression they were singing in a cathedral. Einhorn's score has won popularity as a standalone work. Performed here alongside its original inspiration in Dreyer's film, it quickly paled into insignificance.
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Friday, 11.4.2011 / 2:59 PM ET / Tracking the Storm
By Michael Smith
When Peter Karmanos Jr. brought the Carolina Hurricanes to North Carolina in 1997, he had a vision: that hockey could and would work in Raleigh and the state as a whole.
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"It's a big day as far as the Hurricanes organization is concerned because we've gotten investors in the team that are from the Triangle," Karmanos told the media today. "And I can't tell you how important I think that is to the future of the organization."
Among the new eight publicized ownership partners are Michael Kahn – owner of the Charlotte Checkers – Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. (James Goodmon, A.J. Fletcher Foundation) and Jim Rutherford – president and general manager of the Hurricanes. Two investing groups chose to keep their partnerships private.
"Each one involved is a hockey fan, and each has opinions, and we are willing to listen to those," Karmanos said.
Since the passing of his investment partner Thomas Thewes in 2008, Karmanos has sought local investors for a minority share of the franchise.
"It's a real leap of faith for people to invest in the team and take a minority interest," he said. "It's very encouraging that they thought enough of the Hurricanes and thought enough of our organization to make those kinds of investments."
Karmanos added that over the next year, he'd like to get another $20 million in investment from other local groups, something that should be relatively easy now considering the solid local foundation that has been built.
"I think it's important for a sports team to be owned by local people," he said. "So, when the day comes that I'm going to get out of the business, we'll have lots of people that have direct experience and actually live here."
Entrusting a minority share in the team to state- and Triangle-based investors shows Karmanos' commitment to the area, both now and in the years to come.
"To have the Triangle grow 42 percent from 2000 to 2010 and have forecasted growth rates from 2010 to 2030 of 80 percent, that helps make this a stable market," he said.
With these new shareholders, Karmanos said he would like to increase the Hurricanes' season ticket base by three to four thousand. He said that in this age where everyone schedules their lives, it's hard to draw an impactful walk-up crowd, especially in the middle of the week.
He also believes his new group of investors can increase revenue brought in from advertising.
"I think this group of people alone could be responsible for helping increase our revenues by $5 to $10 million a year, and I'm going to call on them vigorously to do that," he said.
What he said he wouldn't do was spend that potential extra money on high-dollar players. Karmanos said that if there was a player available that would guarantee the team wins, he would spend the money. But, don't look for changes to the roster anytime soon.
"We're just not going to be stupid about how you spend the money," he said. "Every owner has to understand that they can't go in there and just throw money around and automatically win and automatically build a strong franchise."
Karmanos also touched on the performance of the Canes so far this season. He said that if you take the overtime losses and move them into the win column - not a far stretch considering the chances the team has had to win those games - they would be sitting even better in the standings at this point.
"Paul [Maurice] and his staff are as good a coaching organization as anybody in the league, so I'm very happy with them," he said. "I'm very happy with the way our young players are developing. Our goalie, I think, is very underrated. He's one of the best, if not the best goalie in the league, especially once we get into the playoffs."
Securing local investments ensures the health of the franchise in the community for years to come, building on what already has become a strong foundation in the team's last 14 years in the state.
"I think overwhelmingly it's community support and showing how much they believe the Hurricanes are important to the Triangle area," Karmanos said.


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The primary benefit of getting a co-signer is that it can give you access to financing opportunities that you wouldn't be able to get on your own. When you get a co-signer, the co-signer's credit score essentially stands in for your poor credit score. The lender might not trust you to pay back a debt, but if you have a friend with excellent credit who co-signs your debt, the lender has greater assurance that the loan will be paid.
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John Webb, a longtime athletic director, co-head football coach and "institution" at Kennedy High-Fremont, died Saturday in a crash involving three vehicles on Interstate 680, authorities said.
The California Highway Patrol said Webb, 76, was hit by a Toyota Corolla around 1 a.m. after exiting a Corvette and trying to direct traffic. The Corvette had run into a stalled van. Webb was a passenger in the Corvette, the CHP said. Nobody else was injured, the CHP said.
"The irony of this whole thing is that he was doing what he always did," said Pete Michaletos, who coached football at Kennedy for 46 years, the final 25 with Webb as a de facto co-head coach. "He was helping someone out."
Webb was returning with a friend after attending San Jose State's 58-52 triple overtime loss to Navy on Friday night. Webb was an alumni of San Jose State, where he starred as a running back in the 1950s. He also is a member of the school's boxing Hall of Fame.
He retired as Kennedy's A.D. after the 2010-11 school year. He also taught math, English and wood shop and was the school's adviser of student activities. He kept teaching after his retirement as A.D., Principal Edward Velez said.
"He was an institution. We were lucky to have him for as long as we were able to have him," Velez said.
A candlelight vigil will be held in front of the school Tuesday at 6 p.m. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Alec Sundly scored two goals, leading Cal (13-4-2) to a 3-1 win over Bradley (14-7-2) in the second round of the NCAA men's tournament at Goldman Field. The Bears will host Coastal Carolina next Sunday.
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The discussion about the various "NSA" programs we've seen so far have discussed only how NSA works with FBI. FBI requests the dragnet phone information and hands it over to NSA. NSA negotiates direct access to internet companies that allow FBI to make direct queries.
We've heard from Keith Alexander about what NSA does — its only use of Section 215, he said, was the phone records.
We heard from Robert Mueller who gave less clear answers about what FBI does and does not do.
But we have yet to have direct testimony from James "least untruthful too cute by half" James Clapper. Mind you, we've gotten several fact sheets and Clapper's hilarious interview with Andrea Mitchell. Just no specific public testimony.
And curiously, in the DNI's own fact sheets, he doesn't specify who does what, aside from describing the statutory role his position and the Attorney General play in authorizing FAA 702 orders. He doesn't say what FBI does, what NSA does … or what his own organization does.
That's important, because in addition to overseeing all intelligence, Clapper's office also includes the National Counterterrorism Center. And the NCTC is the entity in charge sharing data. Indeed, it is statutorily required to have access to everything.
[The National Security Act] provides that "[u]nless otherwise directed by the President, the Director of National Intelligence shall have access to all national intelligence and intelligence related to the national security which is collected by any federal department, agency, or other entity, except as otherwise provided by law, or as appropriate, under guidelines agreed upon by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.
That means, presumably, that NCTC is doing a lot of the work that NSA and FBI are making narrow denials about.
But it also means that NCTC can play with these databases — the dragnet and the access via PRISM to 702 data — as well as any other data in the Federal government, including databases that John Brennan gave it the ability to go get.
So here's the thing. When Keith Alexander gives you pat reassurances about how limited NSA's access to Americans' call data is, that may disclose a whole lot more intrusive data mining over at James Clapper's shop.
Remember, here is what James Clapper was initially asked.
Wyden: Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?
Clapper: No, sir.
Wyden: It does not?
Clapper: Not wittingly. There are cases where they could, inadvertently perhaps, collect—but not wittingly." [my emphasis]
His first attempt to walk back that lie went like this:
What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. [my emphasis]
His second attempt to walk it back went like this:
ANDREA MITCHELL: Senator Wyden made quite a lot out of your exchange with him last March during the hearings. Can you explain what you meant when you said that there was not data collection on millions of Americans?
JAMES CLAPPER: First– as I said, I have great respect for Senator Wyden. I thought, though in retrospect, I was asked– "When are you going to start– stop beating your wife" kind of question, which is meaning not– answerable necessarily by a simple yes or no. So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner by saying no.
And again, to go back to my metaphor. What I was thinking of is looking at the Dewey Decimal numbers– of those books in that metaphorical library– to me, collection of U.S. persons' data would mean taking the book off the shelf and opening it up and reading it.
ANDREA MITCHELL: Taking the contents?
JAMES CLAPPER: Exactly. That's what I meant. Now–
ANDREA MITCHELL: You did not mean archiving the telephone numbers?
All of those efforts were, by context at least, limited exclusively to NSA. They don't address, at all, what NCTC might do with this data (or, for that matter, FBI).
So what does the NCTC do with the data that NSA and FBI have issued careful denials about?
Update: I'm going to replicate a big chunk of this post on the oversight over NCTC's use of other agencies data, complete with the bit about how the guy in charge of it thought Cheney's illegal program was the shit.
Back when John Negroponte appointed him to be the Director of National Intelligence's Civil Liberties Protection Officer, Alexander Joel admitted he had no problem with Cheney's illegal domestic wiretap program.
As I noted here and here, yesterday the Director of National Intelligence and DOJ rolled out new Guidelines allowing the National Counterterrrorism Center to acquire non-terrorist datasets from federal agencies–including US person data–so they can do pattern analysis on those datasets and pass off the resulting data to other agencies.
When intelligence officials wanted to explain to Charlie Savage how this would work, they pointed to a State Department dataset–visa applications–as one dataset NCTC might now access directly.
A person from Yemen applies for a visa and lists an American as a point of contact. There is no sign that either person is a terrorist. Two years later, another person from Yemen applies for a visa and lists the same American, and this second person is a suspected terrorist.
Under the existing system, they said, to discover that the first visa applicant now had a known tie to a suspected terrorist, an analyst would have to ask the State Department to check its database to see if the American's name had come up on anyone else's visa application — a step that could be overlooked or cause a delay. Under the new rules, a computer could instantly alert analysts of the connection.
The State Department is, of course, still reportedly recovering from the fact that because of DOD's lax network security, 250,000 diplomatic cables got liberated for the world to see.
Not surprisingly, then, the new Guidelines appear determined to reassure original dataset owners that their data won't be compromised by sharing it with NCTC (which can then share it with other elements of the Intelligence Community and even foreign allies). You can tell they're serious about this, because it's one of the places they occasionally use "shall" (in other sensitive areas, they use the squishier "will").
For access to or acquisition of specific datasets, the DNI, or the DNI's designee, shall collaborate with the data provider to identify any legal constraints, operational considerations, privacy or civil rights or civil liberties concerns and protections, or other issues, and to develop appropriate Terms and Conditions that will govern NCTC's access to or acquisition of datasets under these guidelines.
In addition to the [general requirements laid out for sharing this data], at the time when NCTC acquires a new dataset or a new portion of a dataset, the Director of NCTC shall determine, in writing, whether enhanced safeguards, procedures, and oversight mechanisms are needed.
Though this bold approach almost immediately breaks down, as the Guidelines not only revert to "will," but–worse–dig out the passive voice when describing the data transfer.
Measures will be put into place to ensure that the dataset is received and stored in a manner to prevent unauthorized access and use prior to the completion of replication.
And when the Guidelines get into specifics, they use that passive "will" again.
Access to these datasets will be monitored, recorded, and audited. This includes tracking of logons and logoffs, file and object manipulation, and changes, and queries executed, in according with audit and monitoring standards applicable to the Intelligence Community.
Who will ("shall") implement these data security measures? What if he or she fails to do so adequately?
It's a really, really important question because–as this year's intelligence authorizations make clear, the Intelligence Community does not yet have insider threat detection–the kind of security that would permit these audits–and they're not going to get it until 18 months from now. Hell, they're not even going to start getting it until 6 months from now!
(a) Initial Operating Capability.–Not later than October 1, 2012, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish an initial operating capability for an effective automated insider threat detection program for the information resources in each element of the intelligence community in order to detect unauthorized access to, or use or transmission of, classified intelligence.
I'm going to have a series of posts on the new National Counterterrorism Center data sharing guidelines. As a reminder, the whole point of these guidelines is to allow the NCTC to obtain information on US persons, dump it into their datamining, and then ultimately pass it on. In this, I'll show how, by magic of cynical bureaucracy, the government is about to turn non-terrorist data into terrorist data.
Here's how that trick is accomplished rhetorically. In the Background section (and in one or two other places), the document includes this language to legally justify throwing US person data into big databases to be data mined. It starts by laying out NCTC's data mandate:
[NCTC] shall "serve as the primary organization in the United States for analyzing and integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States Government pertaining to terrorism and counterterrorism, excepting intelligence pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorists and domestic counterterrorism.
It blathers on about how NCTC also has the responsibility to request information and pass it on. This is the legal language they're going to translate to mean the opposite of what it says.
Jumping ahead a bit, the guidelines acknowledges that NCTC is only supposed to have access, if needed, to domestic terrorism information.
In the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, Congress recognized that NCTC must have access to a broader range of information than it has primary authority to analyze and integrate if it is to achieve its missions. The Act thus provides that NCTC "may, … receive intelligence pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorism from any Federal, State, or local government or other source necessary to fulfill its responsibility and retain and disseminate intelligence." [my emphasis]
See that? It can have all the foreign terrorism information, and then if it needs to, it can have the domestic terrorism information.
Now, going back a few lines, it takes this authority–"pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorism"–and uses it to get … everything.
NCTC's analytic and integration efforts … at times require it to access and review datasets that are identified as including non-terrorism information in order to identify and obtain "terrorism information," as defined in section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004, as amended. "Non-terrorism information" for purposes of these Guidelines includes information pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorism, as well as information maintained by other executive departments and agencies that has not been identified as "terrorism information" as defined by IRTPA. [my emphasis]
Note that bolded section is not a citation from existing law. It is, instead, NCTC turning NCTC's authority to sometimes get domestic terrorism information into authority to get any dataset maintained by any executive agency that NCTC believes might include some information that might be terrorism information.
Those of us in the US Government's tax, social security, HHS, immigration, military, and other federal databases? We've all, by bureaucratic magic, been turned into domestic terrorists.
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Insects 2011, 2(4), 469-474; doi:10.3390/insects2040469
Termite Incidence on an Araucaria Plantation Forest in Teluk Bahang, Penang
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia
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AbstractA study was carried out to evaluate the incidence of termite attack on an Araucaria cunninghamii plantation at Teluk Bahang Forest Park (TBFP), Penang. The hilly plantation area was surveyed to determine the diversity of termite species present. Termite specimens were collected from standin Araucaria trees, underground monitoring (aggregation) stations, fallen logs, forest litter and mounds (nests). Seven species of termites were identified from 6 genera; Coptotermes curvignathus, Schedorhinotermes medioobscurus, Schedorhinotermes malaccensis, Odontotermes sarawakensis Parrhinotermes aequalis, Macrotermes malaccensis and Hospitalitermes hospitalis. A total of 289 Araucaria trees were inspected for signs of termite attack. Termite infestation of trees was determined mainly by the presence of mud on the trunk, but particularly around their butts at ground line. The most dominant termite species discovered infesting the Araucaria trees was Coptotermes curvignathus; accountable for 74% of all infestations. Schedorhinotermes medioobscurus and Odontotermes sarawakensis were commonly found infesting dead trees and/or tree stumps. Approximately 21.5% of all Araucaria trees in the plantation forest at Teluk Bahang were infested by termites.
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Howards End
by E.M. Forster
Howards End Theme of Transformation
Change is scary. And it's all around us in the world of Howards End, which, as you might imagine, makes said world kind of a scary place. It's funny – while a lot of the novel is concerned with the coziness of domestic life and the comforting beauties of the English countryside, the rest of it is filled with a definite sense of menace; though there are things in everyday life that make living worthwhile, like a freshly-mown field or a leisurely lunch, we get the feeling that all of these things are somehow endangered by the social, economic, political, and even geographical changes facing the world Forster presents. England is faced with urbanization and modernity, and in the moment of the novel, it's about to fall off a precipice into a whole new era.
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Change (whether economic, geographical, or social) is overwhelmingly viewed as a negative quantity in Howards End, since it heralds the increasing isolation of individual human beings.
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January 10, 2008
Comics invade Sderot
Just 45 minutes from the hustle and bustle of beautiful downtown Tel Aviv is Sderot. Just 47 minutes from there is the Gaza Strip.
Location, location, location.
You know the old joke.
So who books Sderot? Answer is Avi Liberman.
Besides himself, this year, he brought Mark Schiff and John Mulrooney. Being comics on a five-city tour in Israel, Sderot was not one of the cities we were performing in. Yet, we found ourselves there anyway.
Avi has a no-nonsense approach to things. "Hey guys, they're dropping bombs in Sderot almost every day. You want to go there for lunch?"
We were in Israel doing a series of fundraisers for Crossroads, a center for teens at risk. So we figured, let's stick with the "at-risk" theme and head on down to a community that is at risk every day and grab something to eat.
The congregants at our synagogue back in Los Angeles, Young Israel of Century City, had given us more than $2,500 to spend in the embattled town, as they were suffering almost daily from Qassam rocket attacks.
We arrived along with the coordinator and publicist of our tour, Dena, and her husband, Jeremy, and were pretty moved at what we saw. We were shown the back of the police station with racks full of collected Qassams and just couldn't believe how many there were. In the last seven years, more than 7,000 rockets have fallen on Sderot.
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Noam, our guide for the morning, was from the Sderot Media Center and decided that we should visit a man whose house got hit just a few days ago. Upon arriving, we saw that the kitchen was completely caved in, except for the menorah that was in perfect shape in what was left of his shattered kitchen window. He had stopped working to take care of his wife who took shrapnel in her leg.
His neighbor, a sweet, middle-age woman who we visited next, had a son who was also injured by a Qassam, and upon hearing the sirens, he now wets himself every time. We saw her again the following morning on the cover of the Jerusalem Post running with her daughter away from the school, which had taken a hit in the playground.
But enough of the tragedy (which goes on almost daily there). We were there to eat, and we were getting hungry. We first went to the falafel stand in the town square, and after ordering what amounted to about a $10 meal, gave the guy more than $100.
He smiled wide and asked whether it would be OK if he put a large sum of the cash in the tzedakah box on his counter.
"Do whatever you want with it," we responded. "It's not our money."
Next, we went to an elderly woman who ran a small bakery. "How's business?" we asked.
"When the Qassams aren't falling, it's fine," she replied. "So right now, not so good."
Mark got an apple Danish. It was three shekels. He gave her 100.
Avi then walked over and said, "I heard how good the apple Danishes were here."
He got one and gave her another 100 shekels. John, an Irish Catholic who also wanted in on the joke, ordered a Danish and gave her 200.
The non-Jews always buy retail.
By this time, even she was laughing and couldn't have thanked us more.
Walking into a small clothing shop, the salesman was trying to tell us that certain items were up to 30 percent off.
"Wow that's great!" we'd say back, while Dena would be laughing in the background, knowing what we were up to. We bought two hats and paid double.
One store we went into was completely empty, and after paying 400 shekels for a pack of gum, the man graciously thanked us and told us he was closing at the end of the month if things didn't change, because no one was around anymore.
One other market had a man who remembered Avi pulling the same thing last summer, and when Avi asked him about his two friends who were there previously, he told us they had moved away because of the situation.
Mark got a big laugh when he paid a woman for a haircut and said he didn't have time to get one and would collect in a year, when he returned for his son's bar mitzvah.
Even John, lucked out. Being Irish Catholic, he found some shamrock magnets in a small store and couldn't have been more thrilled to overpay.
The second to last store we went into found Mark buying some hats for his wife, and when he paid double, the woman actually told us she was doing fine and refused, but knew where we could spend the last of our money.
"There's an elderly Russian woman named Nina who is a seamstress," the woman said. "She is really hurting right now. She has a small shop over there."
We walked over, and all the woman had was some fabric in the store. She was in the middle of making a dress for someone. We bought a piece of cloth, telling her we were also in the business, and dumped all the money we had left, which amounted to about 600 shekels. After her initial shock, she offered us a receipt, but we said it was fine and she could keep it.
There's an old saying that comedy is tragedy, plus time. Well, we can't really make any jokes about Sderot, since the tragedy is still going on. All we can do is try and put a smile on a few people's faces when we go there.
Lucky for everyone, that's a smile you don't have to be a professional standup comic to get. Try it yourself. You'll be surprised just how good you are at it.
Go to Sderot on your next trip to Israel.
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-- The Carolina Hurricanes capped off their season-long, five-game homestand in dramatic fashion on Friday night, claiming a 3-2 shootout victory over the Anaheim Ducks. The Canes captured nine of a possible 10 points over the last 10 days, vaulting them into sole possession of third place in the Metropolitan Division. "I'm just really proud of the effort," head coach Kirk Muller said. "They're playing hard and earning it."
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-- During the team's five-game homestand, Peters stopped 138 of 144 shots (.958 save percentage), posted a 1.16 goals-against average and did not record a regulation loss in five straight games, a new career high. "He's battled through it, and he's playing good hockey right now. Great game tonight," Muller said. "He found a way to get the win, and I think a lot of guys in that room are really happy for him."
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-- Terry has now notched goals in two straight shootouts, and it was the same move he utilized on Saturday against Minnesota: forehand, backhand, shelf. "I just told myself to go in, make your move and stick by it, whether it goes in or not," he said. "It's a fun time for us. You get a clear-cut breakaway. You can go in as fast or as slow as you want. One-on-one with the goalie, there's nothing better."
-- More Terry, on his strategy going into the skills competition: "I like to watch the first shooter go and judge from there what move is going to work on him," he said. "II just watched how far he came out when Nasher and Semin came in. I just tried to see, laterally, which way he was going to slide, and I got to see that in Semin's (move)."
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-- The Hurricanes will now take their five-game point streak on the road, as they face the St. Louis Blues tomorrow night in the second half of a back-to-back set. The key to snatching another couple of points in a cross-conference game? Being structured, disciplined and smart defensively; that's what has worked over the last 10 days. "The details, the mindset and the mentality in here," Peters said about what is different in the locker room. "Staalsy has been preaching it all along, Manny came in and and has been preaching it every night, drilling it into the guys. Coach has been preaching it -- stick to the process, and you get rewarded. The proof is in the pudding."


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Figure Review: Aisaka Taiga and her little friend
July 26, 2008 | Author: Adun | In: Anime Blogs, Figures, Merchandise, Photography
Number 2 of the series of 7 figures in 7 days. This figure I would have to say is one of the cuter figures of my 2008 purchases in many ways. This is also the first figure to arrive at my doorstep for 2008 and we're off to a good start to the Moé Moé Rabu empire of 2008, but we also take a step back and bring back some wonderful additions to go with this figure. So hit the jump to check out more on Max Factory's Aisaka Taiga.
Aisaka Taiga is a character from the light novel Toradora!, though personally I don't know much about the novel itself, but upon seeing the promo pictures of her many months ago, it would be a nice addition to the collection. Not to mention I usually like figures that are sitting down as they take up very little space in the cabinet.
The one thing that caught my attention with this figure is her negative attitude expression, or in other words the tsuntsun look. For a character of such small physique and long wavy hair, she makes a huge impact that is standoff-ish, but cute at the same time. Reading her character profile on Wikipedia, it states that she is also a clumsy type but for me personally I can't see it. I see her more as the easily angered little princess, but when she gets angry at you, you can't help but laugh it off due to her small stature. Although I'm not one to speak of small stature since I'm not all that tall myself, lol.
Taiga's long wavy hair is what I like most about her. I truly believe a girl's hair is what can make them different to other girls. The sheer volume and luscious brown colour makes her one of the gorgeous figures out of my collection. I would even say that she gives Tsuruya-san a run for her money. And at least with this Taiga, her hair didn't prick my hand.
Of course if we only had Taiga sitting by herself, that would be rather boring. So she's accompanied with a little friend and strangely enough it's also a little tiger. Well it's either that or a very strange cat. Having it sit in the palm of her hands just makes it even more cute but I think it reflects Taiga's personality quite well. Small and cute, but ferocious. And to complete Taiga, her skirt is removable as well. How many wish you were that small tiger?
Product: Aisaka Taiga
Anime/Game: Toradora!
Produced by: Max Factory
Scale: 1/8
Material: PVC
Release Date: January 2008
Price: ¥5,524
Available: HLJ (available)
There have been other releases of Aisaka Taiga but this one is the one that is the best of them all. Being a Max Factory product you'd expect quality, and you get exactly that as Taiga is pretty clean with the exception of a smudged on her left leg near her thigh. But this is a very simple figure and it's pretty hard to make simple figure into something terrible, and if that was the case, I'd be crying about it. If there is anything about this figure that displeases me is probably her eyes. I know that it's part of the design but they seems so deep yet almost lifeless when looking at certain angles. But I guess it adds to the tsuntsun look. This figure is based on the front cover image of the first volume of the light novel as seen below:
For Max Factory to produce something that is an exact replication of the source is amazing. A cute figure and something a figure collector of the cute should add to their collection.
Photograph Notes:
When I mentioned taking a step back at the start it was to bring back a particular favourite from the early days of figure photography. Yes the Barbie furniture is back for a second time. Many of the more recent visitors to the site might not know but I first used the props in my Fujibayashi Kyou photos and back then I didn't have the same setup. Well I decided to try again but had a little trouble with the reflection of the felt couch. Still, nothing like a little Photoshop can't fix.
One of the original ideas for this figure was to shoot outside during a full moon. Since Taiga has her hands out I wanted to have her holding the moon in her hands. Due to her hair and the angle it proved difficult, not to mention I haven't tried photographing figures outside at night time. Perhaps another time.


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When the people rebel against the Tyranical One World Government. These few are branded people who love Injustice. They gladly accept the name saying that "if loving freedom and good is Injustice then we are proud to confess". This is alternative universe where most of the main stream's character moralities are reversed. Though this is not always the case as some characters(like Joker and Superman keep their same morality systems though may not be on the the main teams of good and bad). Enjoy this list.


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Wasendorf Has Restaurant, Romanian Properties, Receiver Says
Russell Wasendorf Sr., the Peregrine Financial Group Inc. executive charged with lying to federal regulators, counted Romanian properties, a restaurant and an online bookstore among the entities he controlled, a court-appointed receiver told a U.S. judge.
Receiver Michael Eidelman and his lawyer, Randall Lending, told U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer about those holdings and others today as they asked her to modify the July 10 receivership order she signed shortly before Peregrine filed for bankruptcy court protection.
"There's quite a bit of work to do here," said Lending, who obtained court approval for an expanded budget and for the retention of his firm, Vedder Price PC, as Eidelman's counsel.
Wasendorf, 64, is accused of lying to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission about the amount of client funds the Cedar Falls, Iowa-based commodities brokerage had on deposit at U.S. Bank. He is in federal custody pending the outcome of a bail hearing at a U.S. court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, tomorrow.
The National Futures Association on July 9 announced at least $200 million in Peregrine client funds were unaccounted for. Wasendorf, the firm's founder and chief executive officer, tried to kill himself the same day.
Client Funds
The CFTC accused Wasendorf and the firm of misappropriating client funds in a July 10 federal lawsuit filed in Chicago, where Peregrine has offices.
While Pallmeyer appointed Eidelman as receiver for Wasendorf and his company that day, a separate trusteeship over the brokerage was established in the bankruptcy court proceeding.
Eidelman, through Lending, filed papers yesterday asking Pallmeyer to amend her order to account for Chapter 7 Trustee Ira Bodenstein's responsibility for the Peregrine Financial bankruptcy estate.
Preliminary review of Wasendorf's holdings revealed a construction company, a publishing company, two Chicago condominiums and aircraft, according to that filing.
"It is possible assets owned by the Wasendorf entities may have been procured with funds embezzled from PFG," Lending and Eidelman said in their court papers.
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Eidelman also told the court he'd reached an agreement with U.S. Bank that caps liability for a credit rate swap in which the bank and a Wasendorf-controlled entity were counter-parties, at $770,000.
Wasendorf has admitted stealing at least $100 million from the firm, according to the affidavit of Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent William Langdon, filed with the criminal complaint.
In a signed statement found with Wasendorf as he tried to commit suicide by asphyxiation outside Peregrine's Cedar Falls offices, the CEO said he'd been embezzling from his clients for nearly 20 years, Langdon's affidavit said.
The regulatory case is U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Peregrine Financial Group Inc., 12-cv-05383, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago).
The bankruptcy case is In re Peregrine Financial Group Inc., 12-27488, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of
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San Jose State opened training camp Friday with a 21/2-hour practice that was heavy on banter and energy but noticeably light on Mike MacIntyre.
The second-year head coach spent most of his time observing the proceedings -- a stark contrast to the first workout of the 2010 season, when MacIntyre was forced to repeatedly bark instructions to players unsure of the playbook and practice format.
"We're so far ahead of last year, when we were moving people around the whole practice," MacIntyre said. "The kids know where they're going, and the coaches understand what we're trying to do. There weren't a lot of terrible corrections. Everything went pretty well."
Coming off a 1-12 season in which injuries forced a slew of freshmen into the lineup, the Spartans have 19 returning starters and 49 returning lettermen. The schemes are essentially the same, and several key assistant coaches are back, including defensive coordinator Kent Baer and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo.
"You look around, and it seems like all the guys have been here -- and they all know their stuff," said senior safety Duke Ihenacho, who missed most of last season because of a foot injury. "We've made a lot of progress."
Familiarity with the playbook and practice format should allow SJSU to focus on resolving several pressing issues before the Sept. 3 opener at Stanford:
Find a quarterback
Four inexperienced players are competing for the starting job: senior Matt Faulkner, sophomore Dasmen Stewart, redshirt freshman Blake Jurich and true freshman Joe Gray.
Tate Forcier, the heralded transfer from Michigan, is not eligible this season.
Faulkner was unimpressive in a backup role last year but has the best feel for the offense. Stewart is the most effective runner. Jurich, from Santa Cruz, might be the best combination of runner and passer. Gray is well-regarded but a rookie who will need time to learn the offense.
MacIntyre may wait until late in training camp to name a starter. The challenge will be getting each player enough repetitions to make an accurate evaluation.
Locate a running game
The Spartans ranked 119th in the nation in rushing last season (out of 120 teams), with a per-game average of 62.8 yards.
The year before that, they ranked 117th.
The year before that, they ranked 115th.
Will they be any better this season?
Senior tailback Brandon Rutley enters camp as the starter but hasn't lived up to the potential he showed with his breathtaking 60-yard touchdown run against Boise State in 2008.
Rutley's primary challengers are junior David Freeman, who started his career at Washington, and redshirt freshman Ben Thompson.
Solidify the lines
There are more options up front than the Spartans have had in years.
The offensive line could feature a junior, three seniors and a graduate student (center Robbie Reed), with several veterans capable of playing multiple positions.
The defensive line should be two deep at every spot and includes end David Tuitupou, who spent two years at BYU before transferring.
But are any of the options good options?
Stay healthy
The Spartans were hit hard by injuries last season -- and not all of them came during the regular season. Two key players (linebacker Pompey Festejo and offensive tackle Fred Koloto) were hurt before the first game.
In an attempt to make his team stronger and faster, MacIntyre hired a new strength coach, Dave Forman, who was on Stanford's staff last season.
"We're in much better shape," MacIntyre said.
But one projected starter is already hobbling: Receiver Kyle Nunn will miss several weeks with a foot injury.
Improve kicking game
The Spartans lost three games last year by three points or less, in part because redshirt freshman Harrison Waid made just 63.6 percent of his field goals.
Waid also handled the punting and kickoff duties -- that's a lot to ask of any player, especially a rookie.
The Spartans would be best-served by allowing Waid to concentrate on placekicking. At the very least, Waid must improve his accuracy inside 40 yards.
What was true of SJSU in 2010 will be true again this fall: It cannot waste any scoring opportunities.
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1. Find a quarterback. It's a four-man competition.
2. Locate a running game. SJSU ranked 119th in rushing in '10.
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4. Stay healthy. Injuries destroyed any chance last season.
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D600 with 300mm f2.8 and a 1.7ii tc
i recently purchased the D600 and use it in combination with a 300mm f2.8 and 1.7ii tc.
i primarily use this setup to shoot birds. being a newbie to the dslr world and post processing, i have downloaded a trial version of capture nx2.
during pp in capture nx2, after cropping (significant), i find that the image area remains to the cropped size and during expansion, it tends to lose clarity etc.
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#1. "RE: D600 with 300mm f2.8 and a 1.7ii tc" | In response to Reply # 0ericbowles Nikonian since 25th Nov 2005Tue 30-Oct-12 09:41 AM
Are you shooting RAW?
With a crop, you are reducing the image size. If you reduce it moderately you will get something like a DX sized image of 10 megapixels. But you have the option to crop more aggressively and create smaller images.
If you are shooting a JPEG in the camera, you may have smaller image dimensions or quality settings.
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Meet Lara Embry, the hot girlfriend of Glee's Jane Lynch. Help us look for her wedding photos, read her biographical information and see a great LGBT video here from lesbian advocates including news of Lara Embry's marriage.
The couple were reportedly married on May 31st in a restaurant called the Blue Heron in Sunderland, Massachusetts. It was a very small wedding and casual affair that lasted less than one hour. Jane Lynch's girlfriend is now her wife!
You can read more about the Glee wedding and see some great photos over here.
As a biography Lara Embry is a successful psychologist (hence the "doctor" title) and hero in the LGBT community. She reportedly won a same-sex custody case between her and a former partner and girlfriend. The couple raised two children which was only the beginning of a complicated situation. Interestingly each of them birthed one of them which made for a fascinating family tree. To complicate matters for the court both women adopted the others' natural birth child which created a complicated parental rights case.
Her partner reportedly attempted to cut off all ties between Lara Embry and her adopted child. The case went to trial in Florida, and the court there found that she has just as much right to visitation and the child's upbringing as her former lover and the child's natural mom. For her efforts Lara Embry received a prestigious advocacy award from the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Lara Embry's Facebook page is right over here where you can see a photo of her with a beautiful baby daughter.
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In this special weekly feature, TODAY Food editor Phil Lempert brings you recipes "stolen" (with permission) from notable restaurants across America. See how much fun you can have (and money you can save) by cooking these dishes at home.
THIS WEEK: Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad from Pizza Antica in Mill Valley, Calif.
The onset of cool, autumn weather brings us brussels sprouts at the peak of their growing season. Brussels sprouts are often met with strong opposition from children, yet parents still try to force-feed them to youngsters. And for good reason! Just one cup of these tender, leafy greens provides the complete daily value of Vitamins K and C, along with high amounts of other nutrients such as vitamins A and B, potassium, omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and protein. So try out this delicious recipe from chef Gordon Drysdale, and get your kids asking for more!
About the chef: Chef Gordon Drysdale brings three decades of experience to his role as partner and executive chef of Pizza Antica. He has been a longtime fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area dining scene with a reputation for modern, seasonal cuisine with classic roots.
Chef Drysdale began his restaurant career as a dishwasher at the age of 16 and hasn't left the kitchen since. Although initially drawn to the buzz of a busy commercial kitchen, it was the creativity of cooking that really attracted him. As someone who spent the better part of his teens in the high school art room, Drysdale appreciated the artistic aspects of the culinary world. Following high school, he brought together his attraction to the kitchen with his creative pursuits by enrolling in the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.
In 1988, Chef Drysdale moved to the Bay Area and worked under Cindy Pawlcyn, the founder of Real Restaurants Group. It was there where he learned to appreciate the flavor of food as much as its artistry.
At Pizza Antica, chef Drysdale has developed a menu of California-inspired Italian food, specializing in thin crust, Roman-style pizza. Chef Drysdale allows the seasons to be his guide, creating not only pizzas, but also entrees, salads and desserts using fresh, local ingredients. He is currently in charge of overseeing the kitchens of the three Bay Area locations of Pizza Antica.
Pizza Antica
800 Redwood Hwy.
Mill Valley, CA 94941
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Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad is served at Pizza Antica for $8.95. The recipe is for a serving size of four.
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 large shallot, minced
- 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
- 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup canola oil
Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 large shallot, minced
- 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
- 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/2 slab bacon (approximately 9 slices of pre-cut bacon)
- 2 Tbsp canola oil, plus 3 Tbsp for salad
- 2 medium onions, peeled and sliced
- 6 slices country-style bread, crusts removed and cut into 1/2" squares
- 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 large eggs
Baking Directions:
1. To make the vinaigrette, soak the garlic, shallots, and thyme in vinegar for roughly 45 minutes. After soaking, slowly whisk in the oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper and reserve covered.2. Cut bacon into 1/2" squares and cook over low heat until almost crisp; drain off the fat and set aside.3. Heat 2 Tbsp canola oil until just smoking and cook sliced onions over medium-high heat until golden brown; drain and set aside.4. Toss cubed bread with extra-virgin olive oil and toast in a 300-degree oven until golden brown and crispy (approximately 20-25 minutes); allow to cool to room temperature and set aside.5. Cover the eggs with cold water, bring to scald, and let sit in scalding water for 8-9 minutes (be sure the yolk is firm); run cold water over eggs to stop cooking.6. Peel eggs and cut into 1/8ths; when cut, reserve covered in the refrigerator.7. Clean the sprouts by removing the first few dark leaves and discarding. Cut off the stem, and separate the leaves one by one. When you get to the light green center and can't pull off the leaves, either slice the heart very thin or reserve for other uses.8. In a large sauté pan, heat remaining canola oil until almost smoking and add sprouts leaves; toss until wilted (about 3 minutes), season with salt and pepper.9. Add reserved onions and bacon and warm until hot; when hot, add vinaigrette and toss to distribute.10. Add croutons and chopped eggs, toss to incorporate, and serve!
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