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Psychology 256: PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY
Spring 2007
Professor: Joan Ostrove
Olin-Rice 325
Office Hours : Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m.,
and by appointment
Course Overview and Goals :
There are lots of ways to describe and explain why people are the way they are. This course is a survey of the major theories and research strategies that the field of psychology has developed for understanding human personality. Every theory 1) has a different set of assumptions that underlie it; 2) was developed in a different historical and cultural context; and 3) is – you will probably find – more or less successful at explaining or describing the lives and personalities of people you know or are intrigued by. Prominent personality researcher (and author of our textbook) Dan McAdams uses the concept of the "life story" to talk about studying and understanding personality. We will all read one "life story," Barack Obama's first memoir, Dreams from My Father. We will read it at the beginning of the semester so that we can see how the theories presented later in the class might be used to explain Obama's personality and behavior. Obama's life, as well as your own and that of other people you know or read about, will provide "data" that we will analyze using the theories we learn about in the course.
Throughout the course, you will be expected to read, think critically about, absorb, understand, and question all of the course material. This will be a participatory class in which we'll hopefully have lots to discuss and I will ask you to reflect on and share your ideas about the course material in both written and oral formats (no, there won't be oral exams, just opportunities for you to share your ideas out loud in the course of class discussion!). Because who we are (our "personality") is shaped by where and when we were born; our gender, race, class, religion, culture, etc.; and our own individual and personal experiences, there will be times during the class when we all might want to reflect on the ways in which these factors have shaped us – the members of the class. You will be under no obligation to share any information about yourself that you don't want to share, but you can expect that the course material will encourage you to reflect on your own life and the lives of people you know, and will stimulate you to think about these more "personal" issues.
It is your primary responsibility to come to class prepared, having read and thought about the readings for the day. Class participation will account for 10% of your course grade. Participation may mean a lot of different things – showing up prepared for class; sharing your ideas and thoughts; listening well to others' ideas; asking questions; connecting the course material to issues in your life or the lives of other people you know, and/or to issues on campus and in the world, etc.
In addition, the course has the following requirements:
· Eight reaction papers over the course of the semester (due dates are on the syllabus). This 1-2 page paper is an opportunity for you to think "on paper" about one or more of the readings for that day. Among other possibilities, you may compare two readings to each other, agree or disagree (explaining why for either reaction) to the ideas presented in any of the week's readings, write about a current event or person you know that is relevant to the readings. You're welcome to use a standard essay format, but need not feel constrained by that. Reaction papers will account for 15% of your course grade (see grading guidelines on the last page of the syllabus).
· Hour exams. There will be four, non-cumulative hour exams throughout the semester. Each exam will count for 12% of your final grade for a total of 48% .
· A final project. I'll provide a lot more explanation of the project later in the semester, but it will be a case report paper (about 10-12 pages in length) in which you will choose a person (fictional or real, living or dead), whose life you will analyze based on some of the principles and theories and perspectives from this course. I strongly recommend starting to think about whom you'll write about early in the semester. This project will account for 27% of your course grade. It will be due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, May 4th. You will be asked to turn in a proposal for your final project (that is, who you will study and what approaches you plan to take to study that person) on March 26th. Five points will be deducted from your final paper if you do not hand this in.
McAdams, D. P. (2006). The
person: A new introduction to personality
psychology (Fourth Edition).
Obama, B. (1995/2004). Dreams from my father: A story of race and inheritance. NY: Three Rivers Press.
Books are available at the campus book store. All other readings listed below will be available as a packet that you must purchase from the psychology department.
Course policies :
· Academic integrity: I expect all of you to follow the college's guidelines regarding academic integrity, outlined in the Student Handbook. Please talk to me if you are not clear how these guidelines apply to the course. I will report any suspicion of academic dishonesty to the Dean of Academic Programs. Academic dishonesty will result in at least a failing grade on the assignment, and a second instance of dishonesty will usually result in a failing grade in the course.
· Late work: You may not receive extensions on work in the class, except in the most extraordinary circumstances (in which you will need documentation from the Dean's Office or Health Services). Reaction papers will receive a "check-minus" if they are turned in late (but it's a lot better to turn it in late than to get a "0" factored into your grade!). Final papers that are turned in late for any reason (besides an extraordinary circumstance) will have a third of a grade taken off for each day that it is late (e.g., a B+ would become a B if you hand in work any time after the exact time that it is due – the "day late" begins immediately after the time the assignment is due). The exams may not be made up (or taken early) except under extraordinary circumstances.
· Incompletes: I will only grant incompletes under extraordinary circumstances that occur in the second part of the semester. This will not include being really busy at the end of the semester.
· Written assignments: Please type, double-spaced with 12-point font, all of your written assignments for this course. Please do not use margins that are larger than 1 inch – all around. Don't use smaller margins, or smaller font, either – length is not necessarily strength, but when I expect you to write at least a page on a topic, I'd like it to be a full page!
· Grades: Grading policies are explained on the last page of the syllabus.
· Accommodations for students with disabilities: I will provide any reasonable accommodation for students with disabilities that will assist in making this course accessible and will provide an optimal educational experience for everyone. Please speak to me at the beginning of the semester so that we can make an effective plan. Assistant Dean of Students Irene Kao is responsible for Disability Services at Macalester and is an excellent resource.
Class/Assignment Schedule :
Mon, Jan 22: Introduction to the course and each other
Wed, Jan 24: What does it mean to understand lives and personalities?
Fri, Jan 26: Personality research: Measuring, assessing and interpreting personality
Mon, Jan 29: Psychoanalytic perspective
Wed, Jan 31: Testing psychoanalytic concepts empirically
Fri, Feb 2: Can the psychoanalytic perspective help us understand Barack Obama?
Mon, Feb 5: Motives and motivation
Wed, Feb 7: Motives and Motivation, continued
Fri, Feb 9: Measuring motives – The Thematic Apperception Test; Analyzing "running text" in Obama's memoir
Mon, Feb 12: EXAM 1
Wed, Feb 14: Existential approaches
Fri, Feb 16: Existential and humanistic approaches
Mon, Feb 19: Humanistic approaches, continued (including assessment)
Wed, Feb 21: Cognition and the Self
Fri, Feb 23: Cognition and the Self
Mon, Feb 26: EXAM 2
Wed, Feb 28: Traits
Fri, Mar 2: Traits, continued (including assessing traits)
Wed, Mar 7: An introduction to biological approaches to personality – Research on twins
Film (in class): "Body Doubles: The Twin Experience"
Fri, Mar 9: Biological approaches to personality – Genetics
Mon, Mar 19: Biological approaches to personality – Evolution and biology
Wed, Mar 21: EXAM 3
Fri, Mar 23: Contextual approaches to personality
Mon, Mar 26: Contextual approaches to personality – Personal and social identities
Wed, Mar 28: Contextual approaches to personality – Personal and social identities, continued
Fri, Mar 30: Contextual approaches to personality – Personal and social identities, continued
Film (in class): Just Black? (plus discussion of Obama)
Mon, Apr 2: Contextual approaches to personality – Culture and personality
Reaction paper due today
Wed, Apr 4: Contextual approaches to personality – Social structure and personality
Fri, Apr 6 – NO CLASS
Mon, Apr 9: Contextual approaches to personality – Gender and personality
Wed, Apr 11: Contextual approaches to personality – Gender and personality, continued
Fri, Apr 13: Contextual approaches to personality – Can they help us understand Obama?
Mon, Apr 16: Does personality change?
Wed, Apr 18: Assessing personality over time
Fri, Apr 20: Pulling it all together – Personality as life story
Mon, Apr 23: Life stories continued
Wed, Apr 25: EXAM 4
Fri, Apr 27: Presentation of final papers
Mon, Apr 30: Presentation of final papers
Grading Guidelines
I will use the following guidelines when I assign marks to your reaction papers: In general, a reaction paper that is turned in on time, is thoughtfully and clearly written, and is related to the assigned reading(s) for the day will receive a "check" (which translates roughly to a "B"). I mostly just want to know what you think and want to give you a chance to express your views in this kind of informal but regular format. I will reserve "check plus" (roughly an "A") for the occasional reaction paper that is particularly outstanding – super thoughtful, provocative, particularly well-written… Papers that do not relate at all to the readings will receive a "check minus" ("C"), as will late reaction papers. It is much better to turn in a reaction paper late, however, than not to turn it in at all…
Below are the guidelines I
follow when assigning grades to final papers.
I use plusses and minuses when the work falls in between the qualities
associated with each letter grade.
Grades are based both on content and on writing style. I encourage you to ask for help from me, the
"A" grades are assigned to outstanding papers. These papers reflect a deep engagement with the person you are writing about as well as with the application of concepts from personality. These papers also include insightful analysis, and excellent mastery of the material from the course. The paper addresses all aspects of the assignment fully and clearly. Finally, these "A" papers are well-written with respect to style and grammar.
"B" grades are assigned to papers that demonstrate a good understanding of the person you are writing about as well as good mastery of the material from the course, are coherently written, and that contain some insightful ideas. Sometimes "B" papers contain some really good ideas, but do not carry out arguments as elegantly as they could. Other times all of the aspects of the assignment are there, but the ideas are not particularly innovative.
"C" grades are given to papers that do not adequately cover the assignment, demonstrate that the material was not fully understood, and/or have problems with writing style. Sometimes "C" papers have some really good parts, mixed in with some parts that seem like they were not well-thought out. Papers with consistent grammatical or stylistic problems may receive a "C."
"D" grades are assigned to papers that have serious problems – parts of the assignment are totally missing or are really incomplete, the writing is full of errors, the material was seriously misunderstood and/or misapplied.
"NC" grades are hardly ever given if a student has put even some work into the paper. However, if the content is totally irrelevant, or the writing is such that it is simply impossible for me to follow the arguments, then I would assign a failing grade.

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Authorities in California's Central Valley have located the wreckage of a small plane that disappeared from radar en route from San Diego to Fresno.
Kern County Sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt tells the Porterville Recorder the wreckage was located around 8:30 a.m. Monday by a sheriff's helicopter on the Kern County-Tulare County line southeast of Porterville.
There was no immediate word on possible survivors.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the single-engine Beechcraft BE-35 was carrying two people when it disappeared from radar around 4 p.m. Sunday southeast of Porterville.
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FLINT, MI – The Flint School District will have to wait and see what the state says about the district's plan to erase its $20.4 million deficit.
The Michigan Department of Education received Flint schools' plan by the Thursday, July 31, deadline, a department spokeswoman said.
It could take up to 30 days for the state to review the plan and respond to the district, she said.
Flint's current plan approved by the MDE gives the district until June 30, 2018, to get rid of $10.4 million in debt.
Last month, Flint schools uncovered an additional $10 million in debt.
Chief Financial Officer Richard Carpenter could not say why the deficit grew by $10 million at the school board's special meeting on Wednesday, July 30, when the revised plan was approved by the board.
Typically, deficit elimination plans last five years.
Flint's previous seven-year plan had been the longest approved by the state without invoking Public Act 436 – the state's emergency manager law, the MDE previously told The Flint Journal.
"This is why we extended the deficit elimination plan," Carpenter said Wednesday. "We've cut ourselves to the bone. Instead we're requesting the MDE to take a look at extending our plan so we don't have to continue to cut."
There was a $3.8 million surplus for the current fiscal year found and the team projects a $3.5 million surplus next year, the district said.
Expectations from the district project sustained surpluses between $2.7 million and $3 million through 2021.
The Flint School District's deficit started at $3.7 million in 2011 and an audit that year showed the district had lax financial record-keeping, used grant money improperly and did not anticipate future spending.
In 2012, the deficit bloomed to $4 million and district officials admitted it was closer to $11 million because of the misspent millage money it owed the Genesee Intermediate School District to fund the Genesee Area Skill Center.
Earlier this month, the GISD sued Flint schools and Yeo & Yeo Accounting firm in hopes of recouping the $8.6 million.
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And that is exactly the problem with my argument For the next 10+ years we are going to have to hear about the Cinderella Kings, and possibly lose out at a prime window of opportunity to add some solid pieces in a rich draft and a shortened season. I'm just playing the odds here... we have better odds at improving the team in the next 4 months (trades & draft) than we do at winning a cup, but both are possible. It's just about which is more likely and a better sports business/future gamble. We of all teams should know what it truly takes to both make a solid cup run and win it. I don't think this is our year, just trying to be honest as much as it pains me to do so.


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Iroquois' Cadden wins McDowell diving competition
Iroquois diver Lexi Cadden won the McDowell Ultimate Qualifier 1-meter diving competition by scoring 375.35 points Saturday at McDowell Intermediate High School.
The tournament is a tune-up for the District 10 diving championships, which will be held Friday and Saturday at Penn State Behrend.
Cadden edged out McDowell's Julia Marn, who finished second to then-teammate Kristen Overholt in D-10 Class AAA last year. Marn placed second with a score of 374.55.
Union City's Maggie Stebick finished closely behind Cadden and Marn, scoring 370.75.
Harbor Creek's Olivia Brown (290.30) and McDowell's Alyssa Van Duzer (261.50) rounded out the top five.
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"Cloud 9," a tale of young love told against the backdrop of a fierce snowboarding competition, has all the elements that make Disney Channel movies so popular: an interesting location, cute and cuddly animals and a sweet romance.
Dove Cameron, star of the Disney Channel's "Liv and Maddie," plays Kayla, a prima donna snowboarder who gets dropped from her team.
Once she realizes her success has been a sham, she turns to Will (Luke Benward), a former snowboarding champion who gave up the sport after a major injury when attempting an improbable move called Cloud 9. He would rather tend to the eccentric dogs boarded at the kennel where he works.
The pair find a way to help each other.
Benward said he enjoyed the snowy location shoot in Park City, Utah, and working with all of the scene-stealing dogs. It's the romance part of any script that's always a little awkward for him. Those issues were dealt with before the work started.
"The audition for this movie was the weirdest audition experience I have ever had," Benward said. "They had me and Dove read separately and then together to see if we had any chemistry."
The weird part came when they had to read the scene in front of a table filled with Disney executives. They were told to do the scene again, but, this time at the end, Benward was asked to walk away, turn around and return to kiss Cameron. That threw both actors for a loop because they generally don't do intimate scenes until they're in front of the cameras.
In the end, the kiss worked so well the pair got cast. And it helped Benward get past his nerves.
"When you do stuff like that on camera it can be really awkward because all of these people are standing around watching and you are supposed to be showing all of this emotion," Benward said. "Because we had already kissed, it made us more comfortable when we got on the set."
The romance part ended up being a lot easier than the snowboarding part.
Benward had learned to snowboard when he was 13 and traveled to Colorado with his father, Aaron Benward of the country duo Blue County. But there also was a snowboarding boot camp for the entire cast before filming started.
Although he's only 18, Benward, a Tennessee native, already has a long list of TV, film and commercial credits, including his current work on the ABC Family series "Ravenswood." He jokes that he was born into this line of work because his father's a professional singer and his mother, Kenda, is a part-time actress, model and acting coach. He's the grandson of Contemporary Christian artist Jeoffrey Benward.


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Isoforms and polymorphisms of Ataxin-3 as modifiers of the pathogenesis in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) or Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is caused by the expansion of tandem repeat of the three DNA elements CAG within the so called ataxin- 3 gene. This means that everybody in the general population has between 12 and 40 repetitions of CAG in one's own ataxin-3 gene. SCA3 patients, however, have more than 62 of these CAG repeats. Everybody has two copies of the ataxin-3 gene, one inherited by the mother, one inherited by the father. In most cases, only one of these two copies contains the expanded CAG repeat and the second copy contains a CAG repeat in the normal size range.
Statistically, more repeats lead to an earlier onset of symptoms while patients with less repeats get first symptoms at much older age. However, this is a statistically correlation and it is not possible to predict the exact age at onset from just the number of CAG repeats. For examples, a SCA3 patient with 71 CAG repeats may get first symptoms as early as with 25 years or not until 60 years of age. In order to improve the prediction when first symptoms may occur, we analyzed in more than 500 european SCA3 patients whether additional variation of the ataxin-3 gene –beside the CAG repeat– influence the age at onset. We observed that each patient has a specific combination (a so called haplotype) of these different variants both in the normal and the expanded ataxin-3 copy. Interestingly, 2 % of the European patients with one specific haplotype had a much later (5 years later) onset of symptoms.
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They've built successful programs, each a fixture in The Top 25 for the last twenty years, but neither team has won a national championship.
With a win over the other in the Rose Bowl, Wisconsin or Oregon takes a leap forward as a national program.
photo left: The Ducks came close in the National Championship Game last year, tying it late on this sensational catch by Jeff Maehl, but victory has eluded them in big games.
The Badgers have had a little more success. They won three Rose Bowls under Barry Alvarez, finishing number two in the country after a win over Stanford in the 2000 game. The very next year the Ducks earned their highest finish, demolishing Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl, also finishing number two.
Both of the current head coaches, Bret Bielema of Wisconsin and Chip Kelly of Oregon, took over from tremendously popular head coaches that built a program over a long and accomplished tenure in Barry Alvarez and Mike Bellotti. Both Bielema and Kelly were hand-picked, Bielema as Alvarez's former defensive coordinator, Kelly as the Ducks offensive guru, mastermind of a 2007 team that seemed destined to challenge for the elusive national title slot until Dennis Dixon went down with a late-season knee injury.
Each school knew years of misery before their recent emergence. In 1967 and '68, the Badgers didn't win a game. Just before Alvarez was hired in 1990, they had nine total wins over the previous six years. Oregon, meanwhile was a conference doormat for most of the '70s and '80s, not making a single bowl game from 1965 to 1989, until they bought their way in to an Independence Bowl game against Tulsa. They won and a drought was ended. Over the next 22 years, under Brooks, Bellotti, and chief program benefactor Phil Knight, Oregon steadily rose, implementing a sexy offensive style, fashion-forward uniform choices and an ambitious facilities expansion, until now when the Ducks are the second most popular team among fans 17 and younger, behind the Florida Gators.
Success on the field has helped. The Ducks have won three straight conference championships, finishing 8th, 11th and 3rd in the country from 2008-2010, and are 4th this season, pending the bowl game.The Badgers won 3 Rose Bowls under Alvarez, finishing #2 in 2000 after a win over Stanford. The very next year the Ducks reached the same plateau by pummeling Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl. The back-to-back #2 finishes are the closest either school has come to a title, with the Ducks losing by a last-second field goal in last year's BCS.
Chip Kelly is 36-6 since taking over. Beilema is 60-18, with two conference championships, 2-4 in bowl games. But neither coach has won a national title, and the two are a combined 0-3 in BCS bowls, each losing the Rose in their only appearance. Last year, Wisconsin lost a close game to undefeated TCU in Pasadena, 22-19. In the 2010 game, Oregon met Ohio State, suffering a career performance by Terrell Pryor and several unforced errors in crumbling to the Buckeyes, 26-18.
Like it or not, the Ducks and Badgers have forged an identity as nice little schools that are always in the running for the conference title, always a fixture in The Top 25, but a step below elite in their accomplishments. They get mentioned as contenders every year, but after the Alabamas, LSUs and Oklahomas.
They've been close, been entertaining, been competitive, but rarely got it done on the big stage. A win in the Rose Bowl over the other would begin to change the national perception of the winning program, and cement the reputation of the loser. With a win over the Badgers, if they find a solution to their physical size, offensive talent and hard-hitting defense, the Ducks can shake their label as a team that can't match up to physical teams or elite schools or teams that have extra time to prepare.
A win also places Oregon in the top five of next year's preseason poll, and an impressive win makes them number one or two. As long as the BCS race remains a poll and a computer algorithm, that matters. A top starting ranking is like pole position in a NASCAR race. The Ducks have an SEC-style creampuff out of conference schedule next fall, with all their September games at home. It sets up for a title run, provided they begin their campaign with a win over the Badgers. Lose the Granddaddy, and it becomes much harder to overcome that persistent perception of not-quite elite, the Buffalo Bills of college football, the bridesmaid with the hot body but the bad skin.
All that is back story, and in no way on the mind of players and coaches. But each school has reached the point where getting there is no longer enough. It's time, as Nick Aliotti said the interview room after the PAC-12 Championship Game, to win one of these darned things.


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A 65-year-old Ann Arbor man died Saturday afternoon following a single-car crash on East Huron River Drive in Ann Arbor, police said Monday.
Ann Arbor police Lt. Renee Bush said police responded at 4:37 p.m. Saturday to East Huron River Drive near Chalmers Drive for a report of a single-car crash. Bush said the man's vehicle hit the guardrail.
The man, whose name is not being released by police at this point, died later from his injuries.
Bush said she did not know if the crash was related to the snowy weather that moved into Ann Arbor on Saturday afternoon or was possibly related to another cause. The crash is still under investigation by the Ann Arbor Police Department Accident Investigation Team.
Investigators were off on Monday and Bush said she did not have more details available on the crash. She declined to release the man's name until she could confirm his family had been notified.
Information on what kind of vehicle the man was driving, direction of travel and other details were not immediately available from police Monday.
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Online ticket discounter Goldstar offers deals on a wide range of live entertainment events.
To the consumer layperson's eye, online ticket merchant Goldstar might look like any of its daily deals brethren (Groupon, LivingSocial, et. al.) — offer another business' product at a deep discount, and take a big cut of the sale price. In fact, its revenue model is far less predatory. Maybe that's why the membership-based site, predicated on selling half-priced entertainment, just sold its five millionth ticket.
Goldstar has relationships with about 5,000 venues and their partners, all of whom keep the full sale from the ticket. Goldstar itself makes money from variable convenience fees. Though show-goers and sports game attendees might normally balk at that tacked-on cost, since Goldstar offers excess ticket inventory that's all discounted (usually by half) right from the start, their customers are already guaranteed a deal. Meanwhile, the venues are making money off tickets they otherwise wouldn't have sold. It's a pretty symbiotic way to do business, and the site now has over 2 million members.
Upon signing up (which is free), Goldstar tailors its weekly offerings to new users by requesting they answer a short questionnaire on their preferred events. Options range from jazz to sports to the performing arts, along with the more standard Groupon-esque category of "spas and massage." The site's success seems partly predicated on its wide-ranging options — selling tickets to Mary Poppins, a nighttime cruise through New York Harbor, and a Yankees game pretty much guarantees a diverse consumer audience.
Some of the tickets currently on sale through Goldstar.
And, in a clever, functional marketing move, Goldstar just launched a "Sit with Friends" component. Through the feature, ticket buyers can send friends a unique link (through email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to likewise buy tickets and be automatically seated together.
All in all, the site deserves credit for offering a consistent service that offers traceable discounts to its members. It's also successfully walking a fine line between the mosh pit of daily deals and, on the other side, full retail ticket outlets like Ticketmaster, which are convenient but certainly no steal. (And does Sean Moriarty, Ticketmaster's CEO, realize that? He's on Goldstar's advisory board.) At any rate, as merchants and venues get wise to the pitfalls of offering third-party discounts, we'd expect a non-predatory model like Goldstar's to only continue taking off.


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I am in my element today. Rainy, windy, sunny........you name it, we've had it. I have the dogs outside with me and when it rains we duck into the greenhouse and pot something up or decide what to divide next, count the pots I'll need to grow the contract heuchera crop this year.... 350 pots should get me through. I may only use 200 but I am NOT going to run short. When the sun is out I've been transplanting snowdrops, leveling an area for my new 36" x 36" planter that is payment for last year's crop. There a few other areas I'll be creating this year and I've had my brain working on those as well.
It is pretty darn easy for me to take a plant and make many more and grow them well. What I am not so good at is actually getting them in the ground. The ones I divided and potted up two years ago are surviving (thriving?) in spite of me so I promised them a home in one of the beds. Now to keep my promise.....
I am finally getting it through my thick skull that when I wear undergarments and jeans that fit me well I feel wonderfully thin. On the flip side when I wear things that do not fit well I feel like I am going backwards! DUH!~!
Crabcakes, another PM coming your way soon!!


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- Posted May 14, 2014 by
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This iReport is part of an assignment:
Ukraine unrest
Banking in Crimea: back to Neolithic
It was some sceptical comments on my last column (see http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1110583 ) said that things are not too bad yet. Okay, that was true - but now they're going worse.
Ukrainian banks were forbidden to service their clients in Crimea by Ukrainian Central Bank, then by Russian Central Bank (everybody say no!). Branches of Ukrainian banks were expropriated by self-proclaimed Crimean Government and given to some Russian banks, which are almost unknown previously - like 'Russian National Commercial Bank' or 'Krayinvestbank'.
These banks obviously consider their Crimean opportunity as lucky chance to jump from their obscurity to the premium league of Russian finance industry. But leading Russian banks - like Sberbank, VTB or Alfa-Bank are not so happy to work in Crimea due to the international sanctions.
There are some related anecdotes already: Sberbank decides to provide its ATM service in Sevastopol from...a ship (it's reality, not a joke! - see http://gazeta.sebastopol.ua/2014/05/12/v-artbuhte-dolzhno-pojavitsja-sudno-s-bankomatami/ ) No need to mention that this is ex-Ukrainian ship stolen by Russian 'Green men'... Putin obviously believe that water is not under sanctions yet... Commentators joke that there is another good option: to use Zeppelins for money delivery from air...
Everything looks fun but not for people who have their money in banks not resides in Crimea. Like me. As web-entrepreneur I get my income in Alfa-Bank and Sberbank. When I come to Ukrainian Crimea a year ago everything was smooth and I just didn't care about technologies - every ATM gave me a cache.
But now, when Crimea become Russian, it is hard for me, Russian citizen, to get access to my money. Personnel of Russian National Commercial Bank told me that they can't help. Their ATMs do not work. But I grateful to them a lot, because they advised me to visit Krayinvestbank.
When I visit I saw huge crowd of people trying to get their money from several ATMs. After a hour queue was the same with very few change. So I failed, will be trying tomorrow. I will report result in comments - stay tuned.
I think it's good tradition to share some Russian cousin after the main topic with my fellow readers.
In this times of uncertainty we need something cheap, root-driven and tasty - to give the spirit a hope. Do you aware of buckwheat (I'm not sure of its right spelling)? As I know it considers inedible by human in some countries.
But it can be tasty, if you know how to prepare it in right way. In Russia we have a lot of such almost inedible food as our heritage from peasants times (they were almost slaves, but with some cosmetic differences).
It's funny but every buckwheat you can buy now in Crimea is Ukrainian one, because there is a huge difference in prices of Russian products witnessed by some Russian marketing ambassadors visited Crimea in last weeks. They've valued prices as unbelievable and decided do not compete with their Ukrainian colleagues.
So you need buckwheat (now we have even organic one), butter oil, pickled cucumber (another peasants thing) and canned goose liver. Buckwheat need to be boiled and then fried with butter oil to make it crisp. You should eat it with cucumber and goose liver (see the photo).
If you want you can give your spirit even more support by some Crimean wine. They are known as very average ones, I know. But local wines are always felt better then foreign. And they have some outstanding products like Cabernet Kachinskoye Grand Reserve (see http://www.inkerman.ua/grand_reserv_collection/view/33/ ).


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SMU, Bush Library, Sixth Floor Museum partner on yearlong series to observe 'somber anniversary' of JFK's killing
One day after Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings explained how the city would officially commemorate the 50th anniversary of John Kennedy's killing in Dealey Plaza – with a sober event featuring an acclaimed historian, some solemn music and a few speeches — SMU sends word it too has a plan to mark the occasion. And, per the announcement below, the Hilltop is partnering with its newest resident, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, as well as the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza for what it's billing as "a yearlong series of public programs" scheduled to begin in February of next year and extend all the way into 2014.
Like the city, SMU has also assembled its own collection of university profs and bold-faced names to curate the program; together they make up what's being called the Tower Center Working Group on Remembrance and Commemoration: The Life and Legacy of JFK. Among the committee members are George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Director Alan Lowe; Jeffrey Engel, founding director of SMU's new Center for Presidential History; Ruth Morgan, most recently the chair of Dallas's Redistricting Commission; and KERA's Lee Cullum.
There aren't a lot of details about what'll happen or where it'll happen or when it'll happen or who will make it happen. All we know for now are the names of the two programs scheduled to bookend the inevitable look-back: "The Politics of Memory," due to kick things off on February 18, 2013, and "Coping With Crises: How Presidents Manage National Crises," which closes the program on February 17, 2014. And, yes, those happen to be the dates for Presidents Day.
"SMU is looking forward to bringing an academic and scholarly orientation to the observance of this somber anniversary," says SMU political science prof Dennis Simon in the heads-up that follows. "The Tower Center has a history of productive partnerships with the National Archives and Records Administration and presidential libraries, as well as with the Sixth Floor Museum. We are excited about the opportunity to reexamine the life and legacy of JFK and to help commemorate this tragic event." Continue reading


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With Independence Day among the deadliest holidays for drivers, local law enforcement plans to step up patrols to focus on drunken drivers, as additional Amarillo Police officers and state troopers hit the roads through the weekend, authorities said.
APD officers working extra patrol will be paid through a Texas Department of Transportation grant, police said.
Law enforcement across the state will take a "no refusal" approach to drunken driving, which allows suspected intoxicated drivers to be pulled over and requires them to provide a breath or blood sample, TxDOT said. Drivers who are legally intoxicated — with a blood or breath-alcohol content of .08 or higher — face arrest and prosecution.
Those stopped by law enforcement could be cited or arrested regardless of their blood or breath alcohol content, police said.
"If you're wanting to celebrate and there's going to be alcohol involved, make arrangements prior to going, whether you have a designated driver or plan to stay," Amarillo Police Cpl. Neufeld said.
On Independence Day last year, there were 133 alcohol-related crashes in Texas, TxDOT said.
In the Texas Panhandle, there were six alcohol-related accidents, and state troopers issued 39 DWI tickets from July 4 through 8, DPS spokesman Trooper Chris Ray said.
"On average, there is an alcohol-related traffic crash in Texas every 20 minutes," TxDOT Executive Director Phil Wilson said.
"Drunken driving crashes are 100 percent preventable, and so is the pain that comes with each one."
Across the state, 1,170 people were killed and more than 9,400 were seriously injured in alcohol-related crashes last year, according to TxDOT.
Penalties for DWIs include jail time, a suspended driver's license and as much as $17,000 or more in fines, legal fees and other expenses, Wilson said.
"There's a lot more to it than just paying a fine," Ray said. "There could be a long-term effect there."


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Free meal offered at Leetonia church
LEETONIA - A free meal will be served at 6 p.m. today at the Leetonia Mennonite Church. Music will be provided by the Cusick family and friends.
Salem Junior Mother's Club to meet today
SALEM - The Salem Junior Mother's Club plans to meet at 7:30 p.m. today at the Schuster home.
Lunch and herb sale planned in Columbiana
COLUMBIANA - A box lunch and herb sale is slated from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3 and 4 at the Columbiana Women's Club, 121 N. Main St. A geranium sale will also be held in the garage offering six colors. Cost is $1 each.
Spaghetti and meatballs dinner set Saturday
EAST ROCHESTER - The public is invited to a spaghetti and meatballs dinner from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the New Alexander Christian Church, 7665 Rochester Road. Cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children. Carryouts are available.
Square dance planned in Rogers Saturday
ROGERS - The Farmer's Pride 4-H Club is sponsoring a round and square dance, to benefit the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Rogers Auction Dining Hall. Admission is $5. Music will be provided by The Country Squares Band. A lunch stand will be provided by the club, including homemade pies. Any remaining pies will be auctioned at the end of the dance.
Penne and meatballs planned for Banquet
SALEM - The Banquet in Salem will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Memorial Building. Next week's sponsor is Friends of the Banquet. The menu offers penne pasta and meatballs, peas, salad, pears, fresh fruit and vegetables and ice cream. Additional sponsors are needed. For information call Patty Colian at 330-831-2169.
NAMI?meeting planned Monday
LISBON - The National Alliance on Mentally Ill support group meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the multi-purpose room at the Columbiana County Counseling Center. Friends and family of people with a severe mental illness are invited.
Salem 1956 lunch set at Salem Hills
SALEM - The Salem High School Class of 1956 will hold its bi-monthly luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 8 at the Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
United Commercial Travelers dinner planned
SALEM - Salem United Commercial Travelers Council #590 will meet for dinner at 6:30 p.m. May 8 at Perkins Restaurant. The business session follows.
Vender space offered at French Market
CANFIELD - Vendor space is still available for the French Market to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 11, rain or shine, at the Canfield Fairgrounds on Route 46, Canfield.
The indoor/outdoor market place features local artists, crafters, antiques, furniture, fashion, etc. Lunch is available from several food vendors including the Mocha House Cafe. Admission is free and close parking available. For more information or vendor space (no deadline) call 330-501-6164 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Elkrun trustees schedule May meetings
ELKRUN TOWNSHIP - Elkrun Township trustees will meet at 7 p.m. May 14 and 28 at the township garage administration building on state Route 154.
Elkrun Township Tourism Bureau will meet at 4:30 p.m. May 20 at the township administration building on state Route 154.
Chicken barbecue set at North Lima church
NORTH LIMA - Calvary United Methodist Church will hold its spring chicken barbecue from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 18 at the church, 12062 South Ave. The dinner includes half a chicken, baked potato, applesauce, green beans, roll, beverage and pie. Cost is $9 for adults and $6.50 for children ages 12 and under. Eat in or carryout is available. For more information call 330-549-2588.
AARP to offer Driver Safety Program
SALEM - Area residents age 50 and older can update their knowledge of traffic rules and learn safe driving techniques during the AARP Driver Safety Program, offered at the Salem Community Center from noon to 4 p.m. May 31.
Designed specifically to meet the needs of mature drivers, class topics include defensive driving techniques, monitoring one's driving ability, avoiding distractions, use of automotive safety features, effects of medication on driving, and adjusting driving to accommodate age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time. Cost is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. Some course graduates may be eligible for discounted auto insurance rates. Pre-registration is required by calling 330-332-5885. The class is co-sponsored by Salem Community Hospital and the SCC.
'Hairspray' auditions set at Salem Theatre
SALEM - Salem Community Theatre 490 E. State St. has scheduled audition dates for the highly anticipated production of "Hairspray," the theater's summer musical presentation.
Auditions begin at 7 p.m. May 19 and 20. Director John Zamarelli will be looking for actors/singers/dancers for a variety of roles, ages 16 and over, including several adult roles. This popular musical comedy has a multi-racial theme, and will require several African-American and/or Hispanic actors and actresses.
Those auditioning should bring a prepared vocal piece to sing, with sheet music for the accompanist (preferred). A CD player will also be supplied for anyone needing to sing with background tracks. A song from the show itself is fine, but not necessary. You should also be prepared to read from the script, interact with other actors, and bring comfortable dancing shoes for choreography auditions.
Rehearsals will commence beginning in early June, and show dates are Aug. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11, 2013. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
It's 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire - to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning teen queen, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a TV network, all without denting her "do."
For additional information contact 330-332-9688 or salemcommunitytheatre.org.
Free tire drop-off set in Salem May 10
SALEM - Residents can get rid of some tires during the city's free tire drop-off event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 10 in the municipal lot off of Pershing Street near Timberlanes.
City Service/Safety Director Ken Kenst said only car and pickup tires will be accepted, with no rims allowed. Tires will be taken to a tire recycling plant in Minerva, with the event funded by the Carroll-Columbiana-Harrison Solid Waste District.


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The Penn dining institution La Terrasse, which has had a revolving door of operators over the last 15 years, is shut tight.
A spokesman for the university, which owns the property, which has been in the 3400 block of Sansom Street since 1966, calls it a "temporary closure." The answering machine mentions that it would be closed after Christmas Eve and would reopen in early January.
The rep says the owners have informed Penn that they are "in the process of repositioning the restaurant for a future opening." State records identify the owners as Anthony and Susan Rufo, who could not be reached for comment.


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Maya Lin Lets Healing Waters Flow Over Her Civil Rights Memorial
It was nine years ago that Lin, then an unheralded senior at Yale University, submitted the winning design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. After its dedication in 1982, angry veterans at first denounced the stark, V-shaped granite wall as a "black gash of shame," but the memorial soon became the most visited monument in the capital as millions of Americans touched—and were touched by—the carved names of more than 58,000 war dead.
Now, with her new Civil Rights Memorial, which similarly compels visitors to trace out names with their fingertips, Lin, 30, has once again created an architectural masterpiece that evokes the pain and pride of one of the nation's most tumultuous passages. Says Morris Dees, the executive director of the Southern Poverty Law Center: "She can capture the essence of a moment of history with simple forms that evoke the widest range of emotions."
That was precisely what the law center had in mind when Lin was asked to design the memorial early last year. Lin, who had returned to Yale for graduate studies in architecture and had begun working in New York City in 1986, was intrigued by the challenge. Too young to remember the civil rights era firsthand, she immersed herself in research for months and was particularly struck by a passage from the Book of Amos favored and adapted by Martin Luther King Jr.: "... until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream." "Then boom, within two weeks, I had the idea," she says. Using the quote as her theme, she designed a 12-foot-diameter granite disk inscribed with the names of 40 freedom fighters as well as landmark events of the civil rights movement; behind it, a black-granite wall nearly 9 feet high and 39 feet long, also covered by a veil of water, and inscribed with the biblical passage. "I'm trying to make people become involved with the piece on all levels," says Lin, "with the touch and sound of the water, with the words, with the memories."
At the dedication, relatives of the 40 martyrs, along with such civil rights luminaries as Rosa Parks and Julian Bond, were deeply moved. Mamie Till Mobley, 67, whose son, Emmett Till, was murdered in Money, Miss., 34 years ago for allegedly whistling at a white woman, wrapped Lin in an emotional embrace. Mary Birchard, 62, whose husband, William Moore, was killed in Attala, Ala., in 1963 while marching alone to protest segregation, brushed back tears with a damp handkerchief. "I'm real grateful," she said. "No one was ever indicted for his murder. I'm still hoping for justice." Lin's memorial seemed also to have helped heal some fresher wounds: After the ceremony the Reverend Ralph Abernathy walked across the dais and embraced 33-year-old Martin Luther King III—the first time the two had met since publication of Abernathy's controversial book describing the sexual liaisons of King's father.
Lin insists that this memorial will be her last. She is currently working on a personal sculpture project and is most excited about designing an addition to her childhood home in Athens, Ohio, for her recently widowed mother, Julia. "I began the decade and ended it with memorials," she says. "I feel fortunate to have done them, and I'm closing the door with a happy feeling."
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The San Antonio Spurs are an organziation that many are trying to emulate in some sort of way. The Washington Wizards are another team that are jumping on board and doing what they can to bring what the Spurs do every single year that continue to make them successful, into their organization.
What they [Spurs] do so well that have many people in awe while watching them is how every single night there can be someone else on that team that can take over a ball game, and also, how the team moves the ball so well around the perimeter. Every seems to get a touch.
Tony Parker and Tim Duncan surely will get the attention, but what has been the continued success for the team is how each and every player can come in when their number is called and make an impact.
For the Washington Wizards lately, they have been playing the type of basketball that Head Coach Randy Wittman told Wizards Insider J. Michael on how he feels his team is in the past few games, "we're in a good spot".
"It's always a good feeling when you're playing well, when you play the way we are as a unit. It's not like one guy's carrying us," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. "We've been so consistent. Last night, four of the five starters had double-figure shot attempts. The game before it was all five starters. We're in a good spot. You want to maintain that."
Ball movement, relying on your teammates is what the San Antonio Spurs are known for and what Wittman stated has led the Wizards to two big wins in the franchise history defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Portland Trailblazers. Though it took the Spurs double-overtime to defeat the Wizards Wednesday night, it is starting to look more on the up and up for a young Wizards team.
As Wittman discussed how many players have reached in double-figures, Wednesday night was no different. They had all five once again reach into double digits in scoring with John Wall leading the way with 29 points.
What the Wizards could take from lastnight again was how any one player from this San Antonio Spurs team can step in and produce at a high-level, they saw that in Patty Mills. With Parker missing the second half with tightness in his back, Nando De Colo and Patty Mills filled the void nicely.
Known as a small market organization, the San Antonio Spurs have won four-championships and don't have the major, huge contract type stars as your Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder or Los Angeles Clippers, they have role-players that are surrounded by two future Hall of Famers that know how to get the job done.
Wittman discussed his final words to Michael:
"It's something that we're stressing, and our guys are believing. That's how we've got to continue to play. There's no pre-determining what we're going to do from an offensive standpoint," Wittman said. "It's OK, they're going to take that away, the ball moves on to the next guy, the open guy. Everybody's capable of doing their job in that aspect of it. When we play that way we're difficult to guard. You can't scheme up and say you're going to take a certain player away. We hope they try to do that. That opens up things for us when teams try to do that."
Now-a-days, the NBA has seemed to look for the 'superstars' to take over their teams, it is always good to see that there are still some teams left that play team ball and get everyone else involved and also to hear other teams looking to find a way to emulate what the San Antonio Spurs have done since the beginning.


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Regardless of whether or not you own or rent an apartment or house, when the summer comes, unless your entire home heating and cooling system runs on electricity, your energy bill goes up, as we all tend to crank up the air conditioning to survive high temperatures and heat waves. However, there are several ways for you to keep your energy bill down while renting.
Make sure that you have energy-efficient lighting throughout your home.
For a very long time, incandescent was the only word for lighting. Then the compact fluorescent lights became very popular, and now the latest technology in lighting is called LED (Light Emitting Diodes). LED lighting is more cost-effective than compact fluorescent or incandescent ones, and as time passes by and technology advances, LED will be the standard in energy-efficient lighting. Although the initial cost of a LED bulb is far more expensive than a CFL one, the overall cost of lighting is still lower than its competitors (see table below).
Even if you rent, you should be able to replace all of the incandescent light bulbs with at least CFL ones, if not LED. Once you do that, your energy bill should go down. Keep the original lighting stored in a safe place so that you can switch them back once your lease is up.
Take shorter showers, not baths.
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You know you're living in a loony country when a former basketball player once known as "The Round Mound of Rebound" can be accused of being insensitive to fat people.
That's what happened to Charles Barkley last week after he made a few wisecracks about the women of San Antonio while providing commentary for an NBA playoff game.
That Texas city, Barkley said, "is a gold mine for Weight Watchers." He added that "Victoria is definitely a secret" in San Antonio because "They can't wear no Victoria's Secret down there."
This was all said in jest, of course. But this being America, no one is ever allowed to say something funny about anyone. To do so brings down the wrath of a professional pressure group.
In this case it was the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. That San Francisco-based group weighed in with the usual P.C. rhetoric.
"One would think that, being an African-American, he would be more sensitive to having his body criticized," a spokesperson said.
Wait a minute, isn't that a stereotype? Why would anyone assume that because he's a black man, Sir Charles would shy away from fat jokes?
In fact, Barkley once said of an overweight teammate, "You can't even jump high enough to touch the rim, unless they put a Big Mac on it."
The real question is why groups such as the NAAFA, as it's known, have come into existence. It's one thing to acknowledge that those suffering from obesity deserve sympathy. But it's quite another to argue, as that and other similar groups do, that obesity is perfectly natural.
The American Medical Association says otherwise. Last year, the AMA officially declared obesity a disease, one that leads to 112,000 preventable deaths each year.
And far from being natural, obesity is a relatively recent phenomenon in America. As recently as 1980, only 13 percent of American adults were obese, the association says. That has skyrocketed to 34 percent.
The cause is no great mystery. Americans don't exercise and they eat large amounts of crappy food.
I recently came across a perfect example of this in a book written by a guy who's been in the news for other reasons. That's Bill Baroni, the deputy executive director of the Port Authority who was canned after the Bridgegate scandal broke.
Baroni, who is now with a private law firm, co-authored a 2012 book titled "Fat Kid Got Fit." As the title suggests, Baroni was a fat kid, flirting with the 300-pound mark even in high school.
In the book, he tells the story of how at age 22 he got a job driving for then-Assembly Speaker Chuck Haytaian, a Republican from Warren County. That involved attending numerous campaign events at which free food was always on offer.
Not content to stuff his face all day, Baroni writes that he would hit a couple of fast-food joints on the way home. First he'd hit McDonald's for fries and a large Coke. Then he'd drive to Burger King for a fried chicken sandwich and a double-bacon cheeseburger.
That came to a halt after Baroni had a panic attack that he mistook for a heart attack. That led him to the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center. They put him on a diet-and-exercise regimen and within a couple of years he had slimmed down to the point he could complete a 10-mile race in a decent time.
"I lost my weight using common sense," he writes. "And if I can do it, so can you."
True enough, but what American wants to hear that? It's easier to guzzle the sort of junk food Baroni once did and then pretend that getting fat was simply inevitable.
In this, the obesity advocates are abetted by a farm lobby that gets the feds to rig the market in favor of foods like high-fructose corn syrup. This is a thoroughly unnatural sweetener that, like ethanol, will plague us as long as corn-state Iowa holds the first presidential primary contests.
In the face of all this, what can a sane person do but have a good laugh?
If Baroni had done as good job explaining away those lane closures as he did explaining how to lose weight, he might still be at the Port Authority and Chris Christie might still be leading the 2016 GOP presidential field.
Now, that's funny.
UPDATE: Charles refuses to apologize to those p.c. types. Watch it below. Also, just for the fun of it, check below for some of his greatest plays. I was living outside Philly when he played for the Sixers, and he was really something to watch.


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It's not another Purple, but it is a few doors down.
Looks like Woodinville is ready to take its relationship with Larry Kurofsky to the next level. Owner of the Heavy Restaurant Group (Purple Cafe and Wine Bar, Barrio, Lot No. 3), Kurofksy along with his wife and partner Tabitha, announced today they have signed a lease for another venture in the same row as the 11-year-old Purple, the company's first establishment.
After Tully's closed a few doors down from the wine bar, Kurofsky and the property's landlord reached out to each other. "I wasn't really looking for a space," Kurofsky says. "But it was a natural fit [for both of us] and a great concept for the neighborhood."
The concept is different from anything the group has done before; think casual cafe plus wine, beer, and spirits. The restaurant is still awaiting a name, but it will be open all day with counter service that fires up in the morning for coffee, biscuits and breakfast sandwiches, to a lunch menu with casual small plates and salads. Dinner will be all about comfort foods, similar to Lot No.3...and perhaps another notable Woodinville project in the works.
Unlike Purple, the new place will have a spirits license. Kurofksy says that between the wineries and numerous breweries that populate Woodinville, distilleries are now on the rise. The company plans to open the new concept in April 2013, which means some busy months ahead.


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Ullrich admitted he acted with criminal negligence when he killed Adnan Anwar, 40, on Sept. 25, during an argument over a pool table. He struck the fatal blow inside J.R.'s Sports Bar and Grill, at 7001 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Anwar was arguing with another man, Todd Garvin, over the pool table when Ullrich intervened, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
Ullrich confessed following his arrest, but he later pleaded not guilty when the district attorney's office charged him with manslaughter. That charge carries a sentence of as long as 40 years in prison.
His attorneys and prosecutors had been discussing the plea deal for several months. Ullrich's trial was set for later this month.
In accepting the plea to negligent homicide, Judge Nancy Miller of the 24th Judicial District Court sentenced Ullrich to the five years of imprisonment, the maximum for the charge. The six months he's been jailed awaiting trial will be deducted from his prison sentence.


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New government figures show the number of hungry children in the U.S. is increasing.
The latest figures for 2007 indicate almost 700,000 children went hungry at some point last year. That's up more than 50 percent from the year before.
Food banks across the country believe the numbers will continue to go up. One reason for the increase -- record long lines at pantries and soup kitchens for much of this year.
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In The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark advances a revolutionary, controversial, and long overdue idea: that Christianity and its related institutions are, in fact, directly responsible for the most significant intellectual, political, scientific, and economic breakthroughs of the past millennium.
In Stark's view, what has propelled the West is not the tension between secular and nonsecular society, nor the pitting of science and the humanities against religious belief. Christian theology, Stark asserts, is the very font of reason: While the world's other great belief systems emphasized mystery, obedience, or introspection, Christianity alone embraced logic and reason as the path toward enlightenment, freedom, and progress. That is what made all the difference.
In explaining the West's dominance, Stark convincingly debunks long-accepted "truths." For instance, by contending that capitalism thrived centuries before there was a Protestant work ethic---or even Protestants---he counters the notion that the Protestant work ethic was responsible for kicking capitalism into overdrive. In the fifth century, Stark notes, Saint Augustine celebrated theological and material progress and the institution of "exuberant invention." By contrast, long before Augustine, Aristotle had condemned commercial trade as "inconsistent with human virtue"---which helps further underscore that Augustine's times were not the Dark Ages but the incubator for the West's future glories.
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One of the best overviews of what social media means for those in the medical field is written by Dr. Luks, who also serves on the external advisory board of Mayo Clinic's Center of Social Media. Dr. Luks is savvy about social media – with a very impressive website for his practice —but he understands the pull of social media is not embraced by all. He has practical, level-headed advice for the beginner and the seasoned.
"Concentrate on mastering your foundation,'' advises Dr. Luks. He advises developing your website with the understanding you can add to it "as your comfort level improves and your desire to engage develops." Quality and commitment, he stresses, matter more than anything at this stage.
There are several free and simple links to follow to build your own, DIY website. Google, Intuit, wix and more are available with tools, advice and access to great looking sites. Of course, there are dental marketing consultants to hire who will do the work for you.
Dr. Luks warns against adopting a widely available template with imported, "canned" content, which browsers can detect and skip in searches. "Populat(e) your website with custom meaningful content," he says.
Often, doctors stumble over content, and canned copy seems like an easy fix. But Dr. Luks recommends an easy antidote with the "41st patient" method: Choose a topic. After completing your dictation or notes for the day, treat the topic as your "41st patient," discussing or jotting just a few paragraphs of explanation. The next day, your notes could address diagnosis, then treatment options and so on. After a week's time, you'll easily have compiled your custom content.
Include links to up-to-date dental and/or health information. Share updates from respected dental organizations on research or outreach projects. This is useful information to your (prospective) patients and is indicative of your commitment to their oral and overall health.
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Joy Gendusa, founder and CEO of a direct mail marketing company, reminds us that website design is crucial.
While a site needs appeal, "it needs to convey a specific message. If your unique selling proposition (i.e. what separates you from other dentists) is 'gentle care and attention,' you don't want a website theme that makes you look like a huge operation, or comes off as impersonal. The design is the first step in capturing your visitor's attention and can not be overlooked."
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The clichés flow freely: The team will be aggressive, yet mentally tough and fundamentally strong. They'll open up the passing game and rush the passer, yet somehow also run and stop the run. They'll score quickly yet still control the clock, they'll play hard yet not commit penalties, they'll play to win yet not turn the ball over, et cetera ad nauseam.
Of course, the coach says a Super Bowl championship is their goal, and visions of Lombardi Trophies will dance in fans' heads.
How realistic is any of this, though? How quickly can any of the eight new head coaches be expected to fulfill the goals they laid out on Day 1? How many wins can fans of these teams really expect in the first year of the new head coach's regime—and how many losses should they be bracing themselves for?


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