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Thanks, Jim, for update. And ditto to what DrWho just wrote.
I can't tell you how strange it feels to actually be hoping to experience the problem! Unfortunately, mine is working perfectly fine.
Of course, I just got it around 10 this morning and have only been through a dozen or so sleep/wake cycles. I made a point of letting it stay asleep for 15 minutes or so the first couple of times, and for an hour during lunch... but have since been waking it every 10 minutes or so after it falls asleep. So far nothing but pride & joy, but I haven't given up hope... ;-)
Looks like we have a batch problem.
Of courtse, I hesitate to go back on the setup process I have running now, since it iw working so good (there are only so many power off/power on you want to do). I've only had a couple of out and out hard resets/crashes.
Did you have to do the update? I didn't experience this issue until about 6 hours after I received it.
Purchased from Amazon.
Completely powered before turning on.
This was my first android device.
Downloaded update, but didn't install it (didn't know you actually had to press on a button to install - but my eyes are not that good - and the light font on white button doesn't really work that well if you don't know what you are looking for).
Proceeded to get some apps. Tablet was not plugged in for app installation (like I said - new).
After installing apps - noticed that tab wanted the hard reset (wouldn't wake up). I had read it all over - so knew what was happening. After a couple of times - checked for Update (don't know what made me think of that). Update was showing up again, so installed - with Tablet plugged in.
Now - it would hang in sleep, but pushing the button would simply cause a power off (instead of freeze and hard reboot - I had read enough and watched many tablet you tube vids to know about Power+Volume - though I didn't get any options when I did that - it just rebooted). I would then power back on, and since it booted so quickly, didn't really mind.
But being OCD sometimes - I deviced my above approach to let the tablet sleep (unsure of tablet, hardware and battery life if continually shut down and power up).
Hopefully, you can come up with some commonality here.
Well, like you, Jim, my Thrive arrived this afternoon. But unlike you, it is still in the box and will stay there at least through tomorrow pending more info on the SOD fix. One possible ray of cheer is we may share the same manufacturing batch. I will be watching developments closely and hoping for a quick fix. I will say that your communication with all of us has been sorely missed, but now much appreciated.
07-14-2011 04:19 PM - edited 07-14-2011 04:20 PM
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Looks like we have a batch problem.
It cannot be, this is a software problem. If it's batch problem then it's hardware, and is more serious.
Jim did mention firmware.
You could patch firmware to work around hardware problem too... I'm just hoping it's not hardware problem.
07-14-2011 04:30 PM - edited 07-14-2011 04:31 PM
"It cannot be, this is a software problem. If it's batch problem then it's hardware, and is more serious."
Hence my fix. Most Windows sleep issues have been device oriented (drivers equals hardware).
Yes, this is a conflict between software and hardware.
Do try my fix - you will be MUCH happier.
07-14-2011 04:36 PM - edited 07-14-2011 04:44 PM
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"It cannot be, this is a software problem. If it's batch problem then it's hardware, and is more serious."
Hence my fix. Most Windows sleep issues have been device oriented (drivers equals hardware).
Yes, this is a conflict between software and hardware.
Do try my fix - you will be MUCH happier.
I think I tried your method, it's the disable gps and turning off wifi before putting the tablet to sleep right? I tried that and still gets the SOD. If it's more than that please let me know.
Also I think device driver equals software to operate the hardware, so if it's a a bug in the driver than it's a software fix. If it's not a driver code bug, but the driver need to get update to fix the problem, then it's a hardware problem. My concern is if it's hardware problem we maybe looking at limited functionality or performance degradation. Just my guess.
I didn't do this step:
"Put the box manually to sleep. Wait for the light to flash. Wake it up in Locked Mode. Put it back to sleep - don't unlock (very important). You are done. Wakes up fine."
But even if that work, it's very annoying. The problem is my wife is the user of this tablet. I purchased as a Bday gift. I feel funny telling her to perform a ritual to put the tablet to sleep. In any case this problem need a fix asap for us to enjoy our tablet. Right now I lost a heart beat everytime I try to power this thing on.
Hello all,
I just received my tablet this afternoon and am experiencing the same problems you have all described. That includes the random reboots as well as the not waking from standby. Hopefully there will be strength in numbers and Toshiba can get this issue resolved quickly. I have tried the temporary fix indicated, which is to turn off both the gps and wifi and perform the standby ritual. This seems to have been both successful and annoying all at the same time, but at least its something. Anywhom best of luck to you all, I will do my best to contribute in the fix, although all i have come up with so far is everytime it reboots you have to drink.
07-15-2011 07:45 AM - edited 07-15-2011 07:46 AM
Man this really blows! I'm more concerned about the actual sleep issue that it needing a hard reboot. Yesterday, I left a fully charged Tablet on my counter, pressed the button to sleep, and when I got home, it was dead! and not SOD dead, just 0% battery b/c it booted up and then quickly gave me a warning screen and died. Very frustrating. so much for the best battery life on the market??
I really want to return this, but being out $30 for the Zagg I got installed on it makes me frustrated. I really was hoping this was going to be the penultimate tablet on the market, and I still like it, but no way am I going to put up with these issues for much longer.
And Jim, like I stated elsewhere, this is really going to start effecting sales when consumers pick up a display unit at a store and it has the SOD, saw this at 2 different Best Buys yesterday, that is pretty crazy coincidence..
This is not a batch problem at all, it has got to be software WITH hardware related and this **bleep** WiFi stuff..when you have a batch problem it effects one region or area only, I bet if we started a poll, users would be reporting all over within the US.
07-15-2011 09:16 AM - edited 07-15-2011 09:20 AM
Ok I have two potential work-arounds until Toshiba issue the real fix.
I haven't tested them out long term yet, but so far I don't get > 10min and < 20min SOD.
Method A:
1. Set Wifi timeout to never, then power off the tablet (not put it to sleep, shut it down, hold the power button until
it ask you if you want to shutdown).
2. Power it backup, make sure you can connect to the internet (just launch browser and go to google.com)
3. Put it to sleep, let the screen timeout
4. Turn it back on >10min later, it'll experience SOD
5. Hold the power button to shut it down
6. Start it up again, make sure you can connect to the internet
7. Shut it down, the official way, see step #1
8. Start it up again, from now on I don't experience SOD anymore. I have only tested this 2 times, so I could very well be wrong
Method B:
1. Download "Advanced Wifi lock" app from the app store (the free one).
2. Set it up to keep wifi on all the time (this should be the default settings)
3. When your tablet go to "sleep" you'll see that the white light will not pulse anymore
4. Techically your tablet didn't go to sleep, just your screen turn off
Let me know if any of these method work for you guy.
I still advice people to return their tablet if they can. I bought from newegg and their draconian return policy prevented me from returning, and Toshiba so far offer no work around, we have to figure out ourselves.
Glad you got a call but it wasn't from me. Could have easily been another 'Jim', though. We're all over the place! ;-)
>>Jim was saying that they don't have a concrete understanding of the problem and isnt ready for implementation yet. This mean release is far away because after implementation they still have to test.
I should clarify what I meant about testing and implementation. I was referring to implementing a fix for customers. That implementation would be the public release which, of course, would happen after the testing is completed.
What's significant about that distinction for this topic is that if testing that is currently going on is successful, the public release may be quite soon.
07-15-2011 11:20 AM - edited 07-15-2011 11:25 AM
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>>Jim was saying that they don't have a concrete understanding of the problem and isnt ready for implementation yet. This mean release is far away because after implementation they still have to test.
I should clarify what I meant about testing and implementation. I was referring to implementing a fix for customers. That implementation would be the public release which, of course, would happen after the testing is completed.
What's significant about that distinction for this topic is that if testing that is currently going on is successful, the public release may be quite soon.
Thanks for the clarification, crossing my fingers it will be sucessful.
Can you share with us what is the focus of this fix that you guy are testing, currently I'm guessing it's the wifi, either it is having probleming going to sleep or having problem waking up. From my experiments thus far, I am leaning toward the having problem going to sleep.
I do not think the issue is just if the buttom is pressed to make it sleep, since it does it for me without pressing and letting the device go sleepy on its own.
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Since the focus of this thesis is the overall change in translation attitudes over the years, instead of investigating actual translated texts, what is mainly examined in this study are what Toury (1995) calls extratextual sources (e.g., paratexts). The resources used to test the hypothesis are: (1) translators' postscripts of non-fiction translations from the early postwar period of the 1950s to the year 2000, (2) published comments on translation by translation authorities (e.g., well-known translators, critics, editors, translation teachers) and linguists from the early postwar period of the 1950s to the present (2002), and (3) surveys of Japanese readers and business/technical translators on current expectations and attitudes towards translation. By drawing on these diverse sources a fuller picture of translation norms in Japan emerges.
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DawnWatch: Doug goes veggie for an episode of "The King of Queens" 4/16/07
The Monday, April 16 episode of the hit CBS series "King of Queens" presented some wonderfully animal friendly material.
I will share the plot, and some of the lines, below:
The lead character, Doug, who is a delivery man, almost runs over a chicken. He is relieved to see the animals is ok. But then he sees a man looking for the chicken, coming out of a restaurant that has dead chickens in the window. Doug grabs the chicken and makes a run for it.
We see him driving along with chicken in the front seat, making his deliveries and trying to find the chicken a home. He finally drives many miles to deliver the chicken to a small farm where it seems the animal will be well looked after.
When Doug gets home, his wife, Carrie, pulls a big roasted chicken out of the oven.
As the sweet romantic song, "Just the two of us" plays, we flash back to scenes of Doug driving along chatting with the chicken and then leaving the farm after giving the animal one last pat and a look of love.
We then flash back to the kitchen where Carrie is pulling a leg off the roasted animal on the table. Doug yells, "Stop it!" and runs outside.
He sees his neighbor, Glen, and explains that he rescued an injured chicken that day, and got attached, and when he came home Carrie was serving chicken. Doug says he feels stupid, but Glen says he shouldn't. Glen says,
"Do you have any idea what goes on at a poultry mill? It's barbaric!"
Doug says, "I guess I am pretty much done eating chicken. Hey -- thank God I didn't make friends with a cow, you know what I am saying?"
We cut to the men sitting on the neighbor's couch, watching a video. We see Doug's distressed face as we hear, "After they are stunned , the cattle enter the death chute, where they are killed, dismembered and prepared for processing."
Doug asks, "Is it almost over?"
Glen says, "Not until you learn how hot dogs are made."
Back at home Doug, obviously upset, says to Carrie:
"Glen just showed me some movie about how meat is made, and now I can't eat it."
She says, "Come on!"
And he says, "Carrie, I am serious! I was just down at the refrigerator and you know what I ate? An apple!"
Carrie says,
"I don't understand. You eat fast food two to three times a week. It never occur to you that animals were involved?
Doug says, "Because they don't make it look like an animal - they are very clever that way."
Carries suggests that maybe Doug really should stop eating meat. She says,
"Maybe this whole thing is fate, you know, a chance for you to start eating better, stick around a little longer, and burp less."
Doug says,
"I guess I could give it a try. I have eaten meat for over forty years. It is not like they are coming out with anything new."
And then we flash to a meeting at a burger chain, where executives are working on new burger ideas. They come up with "The Leaning Tower of Pizza Burger." It is a stack of five patties on a mini pizza.
Carrie comes down for breakfast and says to Doug,
"Look at you enjoying your tofu sausages. I can't believe they're not eggs."
He says, "You know what makes them taste better? Knowing I am doing the right thing -- and a butt-load of hot sauce."
He puts on glasses, which he has never worn before, and we soon realize that he has had a full character transformation. At fist it seems it might be positive. He is doing crosswords. He is reading and enjoying intellectually complex books. He expresses concern about Carrie drinking coffee, because the people who pick the beans work under terrible conditions. So veganism is being associated with intelligence and consciousness and concern for the whole world.
But unfortunately, once again, we have a storyline in which the vegan goes too far and becomes obnoxious, pushing his new found passion on others. Carrie at first tries to be patient, for example she pretends to be pleased that he is cooking bean steaks for dinner "again!"
But we soon learn of her annoyances -- such as Doug having set a one-flush per day rule in the house. And when Carrie is invited to a prestigious party by her boss, Doug brings her a shapeless hemp dress and expects her to wear it. Then, at the party, he gives her boss the coffee lecture.
Doug and Carrie fight, and Doug says that his change is forever -- which I thought a noteworthy juxtaposition to the well-known "one day at a time." And indeed, Doug falls off the wagon when "The Leaning Tower of Pizza Burger" is released, and another company brings out a competing product on the same day. Doug desperately tries to ignore the products but cannot go anywhere to escape the advertising.
We soon see Doug passed out on the couch surrounded by fast-food bags. As he wakes up, his whole demeanor is like that of somebody who has just gone back to drinking; it seems meat is being subtly presented as an addiction.
What is unfortunate is that Carrie looks so happy as she walks through the door and sums up the situation. And, sadly, the viewer could hardly blame her, because Doug has been impossible to live with as he has tried to impose his sudden change of consciousness on those around him.
If that had been the ending, the show would have been more of a downer. But in the final scene we flash to the hen, safely in a coop in a big comfortable barn with other hens, as the farmer says "Good night gang." The camera focuses on her face and we see her remembering Doug's face as he lifts her off the street. "Just the two of us" is playing again. Of course it is funny, but it is also oddly touching.
The chicken scenes were so warm, it really will be surprising if Doug goes back, in forthcoming episodes (this is the last season) to eating chicken.
When we have seen shows like Braceface on TV -- an animated fun show about a hip young adolescent vegan, played by Alicia Silverstone, it is hard not to be disappointed when other shows or films that explore veganism make vegans look kooky. Yet I believe (and I paraphrase) that we must not let the search for the perfect be the enemy of the good. So though we might have liked to tweak the King of Queens episode, I think we can be excited that the world has changed so much in the last few years, that a hit comedy would present compelling arguments for its lead character -- the epitome of the everyman -- to give up meat.
Please go to http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.shtml, choose "The King of Queens" from the pull-down menu, and comment on the storyline, so that the producers know that animal subjects generate viewer enthusiasm. It will take just a moment of your time, and will help influence future storylines. Feedback matters!
I send thanks to Jodi Chemes, Leigh O'Brien, Karen Loveless and Mariann Sullivan for making sure I knew about and could tape and share the episode. It is particularly helpful when people on the East Coast see an animal friendly story line, and email me so that I can watch and/or tape it when it comes on here, on the West Coast.
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Go check HFBoards right now and see who they said the steal of the draft was last year, I'll give you a hint It starts with Teemu and ends in Pulkkinen. Check out this years "steal of the draft", I'll give you a hint, his name starts with Marek and ends with Tvrdon.
Wings certainly got height and size this year, can't wait to see what people complain about next year.
Teemu Pulkkinen is injury prone last time I checked. I just don't agree on calling these young players steals of the draft when they haven't played in the NHL for a few years even. Get back to me in 10 years when these steals are tearing it up in the NHL and winning championships for the Red Wings. More than likely, out of all these steals, maybe 1 or 2 will pan, maybe.


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A big CONGRATULATIONS to Liza for winning the Gold at her Championship, finally. Good for her!
Congrats to Elena and Adelina for making the podium, well done ladies!
Sorry to hear about Alena L. 7th place finish and Ksenia M. 8th place. The young ones
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Nikol can still go to one of those senior bs between now and Euros.
that interview, Liza clearly has colds and runny nose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJwJ8hPoBcg
hope she gets plenty of rest, she has done more than enough to win what a fighter
because they had no other option for third spot, but this year I doubt they will skip Leonova or Makarova, Leonova probably. Btw whats wrong with her, she has been having one bad skate after the other. Maybe they send Polina instead.
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Honoré Daumier (1808-79)
'Les Saltimbanques'
About 1866-7
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Museum no. CAI 120
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Daumier made many drawings of performers at travelling fairs. In this poignant drawing a clown tries forlornly to drum up an audience. One acrobat son looks expectantly towards the distant crowd, while the other steadies the chair on which his father's drum is balanced. Their mother sits in utter dejection, resigned to the crowd's indifference.
Honoré Daumier, 'Two Barristers', About 1865. Museum no. CAI 124
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Two Barristers
About 1865
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Museum no. CAI 124
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This vibrant, rapid sketch of two barristers expresses the self-importance and corruption that Daumier regarded as endemic to the legal profession. When visiting the courts, he first drew specific people and events, but later developed a powerful repertory of characteristic legal 'types', as seen here.
Honoré Daumier, 'A Barrister Pleading', About 1865. Museum no. CAI 127
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'A Barrister Pleading'
About 1865
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Museum no. CAI 127
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Daumier was well versed in the workings of the law courts, having been tried in 1831 for the offence of caricaturing King Louis-Philippe, for which he was sentenced to six months in prison. After his release Daumier frequently visited the courts, where members of the legal profession provided a wealth of subjects for caricature.
Alphonse Legros, 'The Black Cat', About 1860-61. Museum no. CAI 180
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
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Legros made a series of etchings illustrating Baudelaire's translations of the macabre stories of Edgar Allan Poe. The Black Cat tells of a man who murders his wife and conceals her body behind a cellar wall. With vigorous, almost crude lines Legros represents the awful discovery of the corpse, when the mewing of a cat, also interred, reveals its presence.
Auguste Rodin, 'Les Amours Conduisant le Monde (Love Making the World Go Round)', 1881. Museum no. CAI 870
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Les Amours Conduisant le Monde ('Love Making the World Go Round')
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Museum no. CAI 870
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Rodin came to London in 1881 at the instigation of Legros to meet collectors such as Ionides. During his stay, Legros introduced him to drypoint etching. Rodin made this first ambitious attempt, scratched with a darning-needle, on the back of one of Legros' discarded copperplates. Ionides secured one of only three early proofs, taken before the plate manufacturer's name was erased.


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Immunoassay techniques can't effectively detect intracellular pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis in biological fluids, because the organisms are hidden in their host cells. Diagnosis therefore requires the isolation of infected cells, extraction of DNA, and detection of specific bacterial genomic markers using PCR. It may also be necessary to carry out potentially lengthy culturing processes to generate enough DNA prior to extraction and purification for subsequent PCR. And while these methods are effective, they are also time-consuming, labor-intensive—culturing of slow-growing bacteria can take weeks—and require homogeneous and pure DNA for PCR analysis.
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In their published paper, Dr. Perez and colleagues report on studies with hMRS nanoparticles designed to bind to a genomic marker previously identified as unique to Mycobacterium avium spp. Paratuberculosis (MAP). This intracellular pathogen causes Johne disease in cattle, and has been implicated in Crohn disease in humans. Previous work that has successfully identified MAP in human peripheral blood from Crohn disease patients has taken months to complete, and required culturing of the very slow growing bactrium, followed by nested PCR (nPCR). "Thus contemporary diagnostic methodologies rely on cell isolation, cell lysis, and nucleic acid isolation, in order to yield high-purity DNA," the investigators write.
In their reported studies the team demonstrated that the hMRS technology was as specific and sensitive as direct nPCR at detecting MAP in DNA extracted from cultures of clinical isolates from Crohn disease patients. However, while nPCR required pure DNA, the hMRS technique could be carried out on crude DNA derived from the samples in a one-step process. The investigators then successfully screened ileal biopsies from Crohn disease patients to detect MAP, both at the genomic level using the hMRS nanoparticle, but also at the epitope levels using an MAP-epitope-sensing MRS designed to detect a conserved MAP bacterial surface protein antigen. Independent confirmation of the MAP MRS data was achieved by carrying out DNA extraction, purification, and nPCR analysis. Both the hMRS and epitope MRS nanoparticles were subsequently used to detect MAP, again at the genomic and protein epitope level, respectively, in tissue samples from cattle infected with Johne disease.
And in a final set of tests, the team used the genomic marker-targeting hMRS particles to screen blood samples from both healthy individuals and Crohn disease patients. Peripheral blood was collected and DNA was isolated from white blood cells either via a 30-minute crude DNA extraction protocol for the hMRS procedure, or using a multistep procedure to isolate high-purity and -quality DNA for direct nPCR screening.
Again, the hMRS results were in complete agreement with nPCR results for a cohort of samples that had generated conclusive positive or negative data using the amplification method. hMRS was also capable of providing conclusive data on each of a second cohort of blood samples that had generated inconclusive direct nPCR results due to smeared or faint bands. For this cohort, hMRS screening on crude DNA was just as sensitive and specific as carrying out culture-based nPCR, a process that first required 12 weeks of incubation of samples in specialized mycobacterial media.
"Comparing both PCR setups with the crude DNA hMRS methodology, we found that the nanoparticle-based method outperformed both PCR-based methods in correlating MAP's presence and disease state," the team writes. "As a matter of fact, hMRS is a better predictor of the state of the disease, correlating the clinical state of a patient with the presence of MAP in blood samples."
The researchers claim their studies indicate that hMRS and the magnetic relaxation technology can reliably identify the presence of an intracellular pathogen in clinical samples in a fast, cost-effective, and highly sensitive way. "The use of hMRS could be a powerful new tool in the study of the mechanism of infection of intracellular pathogens and its relation to disease state, as well as in elucidating intracellular pathogens' adaptation strategies," they add. "This enhanced detection translates into a more sensitive pathogen detection and more accurate diagnosis of the disease, providing important clinical information for successful treatment and therapeutic interventions due to early diagnosis."
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One of the many nice surprises about retiring this year was getting a clearer picture of what's important and what's not.
Like Best Movies of the Year lists. Like, who cares?
When I was on the clock, paying closer attention to my responsibilities as a professional film reviewer, there was always pressure around this list. Peer pressure, for openers; film reviewers are a snooty lot with a strong herd instinct; you don't want to do anything that might leave you out there on a limb by yourself.
Then there was the matter of timing. Studios traditionally save some of their biggest award hopefuls for year's end - like "Les Miserables" or "Django Unchained" this year - meaning reviewers have to show their hands before all the cards have been dealt. Maui Film Festival's stellar FirstLight has gotten us almost up to speed with the L.A. and New York insiders, and has a perfect track record of showing the eventual Best Picture winner . . . but we still have two weeks of FirstLight to go.
Rarely - unless they're "Titanic" - are the year's "best" movies synonymous with the ones most people love. Equally fascinating is the way so many great film artists can easily move back and forth from prestige projects to pure popcorn. Try as I might to sneak in an "Across the Universe" or "Cloud Atlas," my list still winds up looking more like those of other critics, as opposed to more normal people.
Nevertheless, for film lovers, whether professional or amateur, the holidays are a season of treats - excellent acting, original storytelling, dazzling visuals as they tweak our imaginations, inspire us or just remind us what being human means.
Here are my favorite movies of 2012, somewhat in the order I saw them.
1. "Moonrise Kingdom." Writer-director Wes Anderson's cockeyed fairytale chronicles the innocent errors of first love, set on an enchanted New England island, starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton and Frances McDormand.
2. "The Intouchables." Francis Cluzet is the wheelchair-bound invalid and Omar Sy is his unlikely caregiver in France's irresistible Golden Globe nominee the proves the male gender has some great qualities, after all.
3. "Beasts of the Southern Wild." "Whale Rider" meets "The Tree of Life" in this apocalyptic visit to flooded Louisiana bayous narrated by Quvenzhane Wallis as one very wise 6-year-old named Hushpuppy.
4. "The Master." Any resemblance to Scientology is purely intentional in Paul Thomas Anderson's mesmerizing period look at cults, charisma and craziness starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.
5. "Argo." Ben Affleck joins the A-list of directors in this riveting, smart, funny ripped-from-the headlines return to the '70s Iranian hostage crisis. He also stars, with Alan Arkin and John Goodman.
6. "Cloud Atlas." Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon and Jim Broadbent head a cast playing a bunch of roles each in this wiggy, mind-bending trip through history directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.
7. "Flight." Miraculously landing a stricken airliner can't match the dangers waiting on the ground for pilot Denzel Washington in this harrowing look at addiction; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
8. "Lincoln." Relations between Daniel Day-Lewis' saintly Abe and Sally Fields' unpredictable Mary Todd are as fascinating as the politicking to pass the 13th Amendment in this reverential history lesson from director Steven Spielberg and writer Tony Kushner.
9. "Silver Linings Playbook." Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are two damaged souls, assisted by Robert DeNiro, who rewrite the romantic-comedy playbook guided by the inspired compassion of writer-director David O. Russell.
10. Can't decide between "The Hunger Games," "Life of Pi," "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," "Perks of Being a Wallflower," "Pitch Perfect" and "The Sessions."
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February 18, 2011, 06:25 PM
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February 18, 2011, 06:36 PM
Very nice! Looks like you got a great deal!;)
February 18, 2011, 06:38 PM
OOhhh! Pretty!
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February 18, 2011, 06:39 PM
I have one. I have had numerous 1911's over the past few years including Colt, Kimber, Springfield. It is still my favorite. Good acquisition. Enjoy.
February 18, 2011, 07:44 PM
Well I just picked up a used Dan Wesson pointman seven for $750. Just wanted to share-
I believe that is called "rubbing it in." :D
Nice catch. I'm jealous.
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February 18, 2011, 08:17 PM
Congrats. Good deal on a good 1911. :cool:
February 18, 2011, 10:27 PM
I'm jealous, we can't even get them in the state through regular channels
February 18, 2011, 11:01 PM
Very Nice, and great buy.
February 19, 2011, 07:59 AM
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February 19, 2011, 08:52 AM
Nice looking gun. :) The proof of its true beauty will be in the shooting, so we will be expecting a range report ASAP. :D
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Oh yeah don't worry I will get a decent range report as soon as I can!
February 19, 2011, 01:45 PM
You can go to jail for stealing Good deal.
February 19, 2011, 03:22 PM
Sweet deal!
February 22, 2011, 08:06 PM
Well I updated my gun a bit, got rid of the horrid flgr, added some vz thin grips, and soon I will get a gunsight low mount safety, and caspian trik trigger installed.
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February 23, 2011, 01:53 PM
hey sprice im interessted in those wooden grips you took off, would you sell it? Let me know, thanks
February 23, 2011, 07:04 PM
Yes I would be glad to.
February 23, 2011, 09:38 PM
Very nice piece. Love the new grips too.
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February 24, 2011, 12:30 AM
hmm, with that grip on my S&W would look almost exactly like your first few DW pictures, different tastes for different folks i guess
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Looks good, you might want to keep it for a while! Cheers for being a good sport about it
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Good on you for being a great sport mate, it's good to see users involved in fun bets like this
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Sorry for your bet loss mate but at least you had the balls to step up to the challenge, unlike all Liverpool users, respect
Your pic mate :)
Deal mate! Just remind me either way because in all likelihood I'll forget lost in the emotion of the game. So if United win/draw, you use a SAF pic of my choice for 2 days? If Liverpool win, I use a Balotelli pic of your choice for 2 days?
More than 2 days, if that's what you like? I'm down for a full timeeriod until the next fixture haha
Until next fixture. Deal. Only rule: the pic should not be excessively insulting/contain profanities or set the mods after you. For example I'm not wearing a pic that says "f**k you city"
Sounds good to me, we'll keep it classy haha
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VISTA marks 40 years of fighting poverty in America
23 May 2006
The Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) programme today released a new book of volunteer stories as part of a two-day series of events to mark more than 40 years of fighting poverty in America.
The book, "VISTA… In Service to America", celebrates VISTA's enduring history of service to those in low-income areas through the personal photographs, reflections, and experiences of 21 VISTA members and alumni. It will be released at an evening reception that will gather together some of the key people who developed VISTA as part of the war on poverty, including Sargent and Eunice Shriver, former Senator Harris Wofford, and Frank Mankiewicz; VISTA members and alumni; nonprofit and anti-poverty leaders; and current administrators of the program from the Corporation for National and Community Service.
The VISTA celebration will include the awarding of the "Shriver Award for Fighting Poverty" to several lawmakers who have been influential in supporting the program over the years.
"For more than 40 years, VISTA volunteers have been on the frontlines of the war on poverty, doing extraordinary work to help people and communities lift themselves out of poverty," said Corporation CEO David Eisner. "VISTA's mission is more important today than ever, and VISTA's legacy lives on through its 6,000 current members, the civic leadership of its alumni, and the ongoing work of the thousands of anti-poverty programs started by VISTAs over the years."
Since its founding in 1965, more than 177,000 Americans have answered VISTA's call to devote a year of full-time service living and working in low-income communities to help eradicate poverty.
Today, VISTA is part of AmeriCorps, and it supports more than 6,000 members each year to develop programs, recruit community volunteers, raise funds, help manage projects, and otherwise build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to help low-income people and communities improve their economic conditions. VISTA members help to fight illiteracy, expand job opportunities, develop financial assets, reduce homelessness, improve health services, reduce unemployment, increase housing opportunities, and expand access to technology.


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By Michael Busler
As we attempt to solve the "fiscal cliff" problem, most agree that we need to increase tax revenue. But that needs to be done in such a way that it is not harmful to economic growth. Is that possible?
It may be possible, but not by simply tweaking a few rates. What is necessary may be a complete overhaul of the federal income tax code 1) to make it more equitable, 2) to make it more efficient, 3) to make it easier to administer and 4) to increase tax revenue. The current income tax code likely fails all four of these metrics.
The current code is viewed as inequitable, since Mitt Romney and Warren Buffett, for example, pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries and many large multibillion-dollar corporations pay no income tax at all because they relocate their headquarters outside of the U.S.
The current code is not efficient, since tax loopholes reduce tax payments as long as the income is earned or spent in a government-favored market. The current code is extremely difficult to administer, since the 300 million words in the tax code are never fully read or understood by anyone, and it does not raise enough revenue to come close to balancing the budget.
Is there a better idea?
Here is a solution that addresses all four concerns. Replace the current complicated and counterproductive tax code with this: a 12 percent single-rate tax on all income above a livable minimum (say, the poverty level) with absolutely no deductions for anything. All income is taxed at the same rate, no matter how the income is earned or how the income is spent. All income from wages and salaries, rent, interest, dividends or capital gains will be taxed at the 12 percent rate. Corporations pay the 12 percent rate on all income. This proposal satisfies all criteria.
This proposal is fair and equitable. Every income earner pays exactly the same rate on all income earned above a livable minimum. Wealthy people will pay more tax dollars but proportionately the same as everyone else, so Romney and Buffett pay the same rate as their secretaries.
For some reason, many people believe that higher-income earners should not only pay more tax dollars but should pay a higher rate than others. This does not seem equitable. If the wealthy pay the same percentage, they will pay more dollars as their income increases, but they pay proportionately more, not disproportionately more. That seems fairer to me.
This proposal is efficient, since it does not favor or discourage any method of earning income or any method of spending that income. No distortions are created in any market. So, a person who chooses to rent a home is treated exactly the same as a person who chooses to own a home with a mortgage, thereby housing prices are not distorted. (Some economists believe that the current tax system contributed to distorting housing markets so that the financial crisis resulted.)
This proposal is extremely easy to administer. An individual simply adds up all of his or her income from all sources. Then the livable minimum is subtracted. The balance is then multiplied by 12 percent and that's the tax liability. It is a one-page form.
This proposal will raise more revenue. Last year, the personal federal income tax raised about $1.1 trillion in revenue. The 12 percent proposal will raise more than $1.3 trillion. In addition, it will add to economic growth. A number of studies have examined the relationship between tax rates and economic growth. These studies have concluded that lowering the tax rate and switching from a progressive tax to a single rate tax would add significantly to growth in real GDP. That means more people would be hired, so the unemployment rate would fall and there would be more people paying taxes. This, too, leads to increases in tax revenue.
Some will argue that the 12 percent proposal is really a tax cut for the wealthy. But it really isn't, since the wealthy pay about this rate anyway, because most of their income is taxed at the currently low rate for dividends and capital gains. The wealthy would be encouraged to invest more (since all marginal income is taxed at only 12 percent) and they will likely earn more taxable dollars, contributing to more tax revenue for the government.
While this may seem like a simple solution to a complex problem, sometimes simple is better.
Michael Busler, a public policy analyst, is an associate professor at Richard Stockton College.


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Good day…for Torii Hunter. Bad night for Chris Capuano…well, for pretty much all of the Brewers.
The Brewers opened interleague play Friday night with their interleague rival, the Minnesota Twins, sporting the retro unis from their days in the AL. But neither the Brewers' hitters (3 hits all night), nor pitching (Chris Capuano gave up 6 ER in 5.33 IP, including a grand slam to Torii Hunter, and Carlos Villanueva served up a 2-run dinger to former Brewer Jeff Cirillo), had anything working right, and the Crew lost game one to the Twins, 8-1.
The Brewers are now 26-16, still clinging onto first place, 5 games ahead of Houston in the loss column.
The Crew tries again tonight…Dave Bush (3-3, 5.47) squares off against Scott Baker (0-0, –), making his '07 debut. Baker, however, made 16 starts for the Twins in '06, going 5-8, with a 6.37 ERA, but with 62 K's to just 16 BB's.
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Good day…for Torii Hunter. Bad night for Chris Capuano…well, for pretty much all of the Brewers.


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I had some fabric with feathers on, some with leaves, I love owls and so 'Owls in a Tree' came about. My daughter (quite young when this was first made) helped with the eyes and gave all the owls a name. Although I made it with 'conventional' colours I think it would also look great made with modern jazzy colours. Funky owls perhaps?


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The month of May means OTAs, and that means the Baltimore Ravens took the field for the first time since their Super Bowl victory.
With so much turnover on the roster, OTAs took on added significance for the Ravens this year. A large draft class, along with numerous free agents, would get their first opportunity to gel with their new teammates.
Even returning players benefited from the practices, as offensive players learned the nuances of offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell's system
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Colin Jacobs got a taste of life in the Buffalo Sabres' organization toward the end of the season. He'll get a much better feel over the next few years.
The Sabres signed the center to a three-year, entry-level contract Thursday. If he plays in the NHL, Jacobs would earn $595,000 this season, $580,000 in 2014-15 and $600,000 in 2015-16.
Jacobs signed an amateur tryout with Rochester in mid-March and played 11 games with the Amerks. The 6-foot-2, 207-pounder recorded a goal and two assists before being scratched for Rochester's three playoff games.
Jacobs, drafted in the fourth round in 2011, had 25 goals and 53 points in 66 games this season with Prince George of the Western Hockey League.
NHL teams have two years to sign players drafted out of Canadian junior leagues, with a deadline of June 1. The only player remaining from the 2011 draft is defenseman Alex Lepkowski. The West Seneca native, picked in the fifth round, had nine assists in 60 regular-season games with Barrie of the Ontario Hockey League. The 6-foot-4 blue-liner added two goals and two assists in 22 playoff games.


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The president of the University of South Carolina likely will be adding the title of full-fledged bank director to his curriculum vitae.
Harris Pastides is a new nominee to the board of Columbus, Ga.-based Synovus Financial Corp., which has owned the National Bank of South Carolina, or NBSC, since 1994.
Pastides, 60, would be classified as an independent director at Synovus if shareholders give him the nod later this month.
He previously has served on the statewide NBSC advisory board.
"If elected, his experience in management and complex organizations and his background in research, innovation and education will provide our board with leadership and consensus-building skills on a variety of matters, including corporate governance and risk management," Synovus said in its 2014 proxy statement.
Shareholders will vote to elect or re-elect board members at their April 24 annual meeting in Columbus.
Previously, Charleston real estate developer Frank Brumley, chairman and CEO of The Daniel Island Co., was a Synovus director from 2004 until last year. He had to step down because he had reached the board's mandatory retirement age of 72.
Synovus has $26 billion in assets, 28 locally branded divisions, 277 bank branches and 363 ATMs in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee.
Surf's up
A Charleston-based radio station owner is extending its reach down the South Carolina coast.
Apex Broadcasting Inc. has agreed to buy WLHH-104.9 FM in the Hilton Head Island area in a deal valued at $682,500, according to filings with the Federal Communications Commission.
The seller is Low Country Radio LLC.
Apex also is acquiring the rights to sell airtime on and otherwise operate the Ridgeland FM signal under a separate agreement. The financial terms of that deal with Low Country Radio weren't disclosed.
WLHH is an oldies-format station nicknamed "The Surf."
The CEO of Hilton Head-based Low Country Radio is former Charleston radio personality C.J. Jones. He was part of the "CJ & Buzz" morning show in the 1970s and 1980s on WTMA-1250 and on WCSC-1390.
Apex Broadcasting is headquartered on Clements Ferry Road and is owned by Dean Pearce. It operates five local FM stations: Kickin' 92.5; Mix 95.9; 99.3 The Box; Star 99.7; and 101.7 Chuck FM.
Apex also has several stations in the Florida Panhandle serving the Destin and Fort Walton Beach markets.
Green space
Two local couples are pooling their expertise in hospitality to create the Cannon Green, an upscale bistro and event space in a former warehouse at 103 Spring St. on the peninsula.
The future venue is the brainchild of Anne Bowen Dabney, owner of the floral design shop Stems, her husband, David Dabney, a technology professional; and hotelier Dean Andrews, owner of Zero George boutique hotel, and his wife, Lynn Easton Andrews, who owns event-planning company Easton Events.
The 6,000-square-foot space, which formerly housed Eye Level Art, is targeting weddings and corporate events. It will have a 600-guest capacity, according to Andrews. When it's completed this summer, Cannon Green will include a courtyard designed by landscape architect Sheila Wertimer and a 70-seat cafe managed by executive chef Amalia Scatena of Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards in Charlottesville, Va.
Easton, who will likely use the space for many of the events she plans from her office in Zero George, said Cannon Green will fill a need for indoor venues downtown.
"I think there is a demand for great interesting venues that are not exposed to the elements," Easton said. "A lot of venues here tend to be outside, and there has to be cooling or heating, lighting, tents. The beauty of this is it's not a hotel but it's indoors. ... You don't have to rent any tables or hire a caterer. It's going to be a very streamlined experience."
No calls - or walk-ins
Verizon Wireless is adding an orderly twist to its employment fair this week to fill some immediate customer-sevice openings at its North Charleston call center.
Rather than have a horde of job candidates show up at once, the company is requiring applicants to register online for time-specific invitations.
"It's just an organized way to have folks come in and interview them in a timely manner," Verizon Wireless spokesman Matt Lochel said.
The job fair is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. Interested job seekers are asked to go the "Search Careers" tab at Verizon.com/jobs and apply for job number 348353. A two-year college degree is preferred, the company said.
The local call center is on Mall Drive next to North Charleston City Hall.
In the doghouse
Carolina One Real Estate has partnered with the Charleston RiverDogs minor league baseball team to be the exclusive sponsor of mascot Charlie T. RiverDog's dog house for all 69 home games during this season. As part of the sponsorship, the region's biggest real estate agency will give away a 50-inch flat-screen TV every time the runs scored at home by the RiverDogs add up to 50. The company will also be handing out copies of its 50th anniversary commemorative poster by local artist Tate Nation.


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CONSUMING nutritious food is an important part of any longevity programme. That makes a chef who understands the value of a diet geared towards anti-aging just as valuable as a nutritionist.
US chef Salomon Montezinos is passionate not only about food, but also about how it is prepared and how it can nourish the human body.
At the beginning of his book, Discovering Raw Alkaline Cuisine, he writes: "I am a chef. It is my passion … it is what I love. I am not a doctor, a dietician, a nutritionist or a scientist. I am a human being that has experienced the results on my body of a variety of different foods over my lifetime."
The experience Montezinos is referring to isn't just in his own kitchen; he has put his culinary expertise to work in some of the most highly rated restaurants in the world, including Switzerland's St Moritz Palace Restaurant, Lausanne's Beau Rivage, Bern's Palace Hotel and the Hotel Gutsch in Lucerne. While his early exploits preparing food took place in such culinary-rich countries such as France, the Netherlands and Switzerland, he also spent time in Spain, Israel, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
When Montezinos finally made it to the US in 1970, he had a palate filled with world experience that he was ready to share with Americans. He opened a restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, called Déjà vu, named one of the finest French restaurants in the US by Bon Appétit Magazine. The success of the restaurant neither a local affair nor fleeting. The restaurant was a focal point of Philly cuisine for a long time.
"Déjà vu was the focus of our lives at that time. I cooked, oversaw the staff and ran the day-to-day function of the restaurant. One night, Francis Ford Coppola came in for dinner and offered me a bit part in his latest upcoming movie, The Godfather III, but I turned him down because I said I was too busy!" Montezinos says.
"I can laugh now, but that's a tough memory to digest. However, I still have the page he signed in the guest book that night, declaring Déjà vu 'the finest restaurant in the world."
Montezinos and his wife, Susan. decided they needed a change of pace and moved to Palm Beach, Florida.
Soon he was involved in three restaurants; all three garnered rave reviews, but one, Angelique, was proclaimed one of the best restaurants in the US by Esquire magazine.
Moving towards tragedy and change
"In these restaurants, I expanded and refocused my repertoire of menu items to concentrate on the seafood and organic fresh fruits and vegetables that are abundant in the tropical environment that exists in the Sunshine State," he says. "Just smelling and eating those foods gave me a feeling of happiness."
Eventually, running three restaurants started to wear on Montezinos and his wife and daughter. An offer to move back to Philadelphia and become the executive chef at a first-class hotel/condominium proved too good to turn down.
The move seemed perfect. Then, tragedy struck. His wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and passed away in May 2000.
"I was devastated," Montezinos says. "I had no idea how to get beyond the grief and sadness that I woke up with and went to bed with every single day."
By keeping his wife's positive attitude in his heart and following the courage she had nurtured in him to pursue his dreams, he slowly worked his way through the grieving process. One of the ways he did this was to get to know himself again, and, by his own admission, began to take better care of his body.
"I began exercising, running, working out at the gym, eating a healthy diet, learning about the effects of foods, minerals, enzymes, vitamins and positive thoughts on the body," he says.
After a year of self-reflection and grieving, Montezinos met Judy Castille, who would become his second wife 18 months later. Along with improving his health and wellbeing, Montezinos began to encounter people who would spark his interest in raw cuisine and the alkaline diet.
"I met a woman named Debra Van Schaardenberg who is extremely knowledgeable about the effects of certain diets and how one's blood reacts to those foods," he says. "During the course of the time I spent developing healthy, raw, alkaline-based recipes, I would discuss these dishes with Debra."
The benefits of the right diet
But why the focus on raw alkaline-based recipes? Montezinos explains the benefits in layman's terms in his book:
"Many diets that you may be familiar with are either alkaline or acid based, but are not necessarily referred to that way. They have names like Atkins, Zone and Stillman and they focus on high protein/low carbohydrates, high carbohydrates/low fat and various combinations thereof. Most of these diets are followed by people in an effort to lose weight. Weight might be the least of what is lost by adhering to an all-or-nothing diet: important minerals and vitamins essential to our bodies are lost as well.
"There is a consensus that a raw, alkaline-based diet can help you lose weight. Ceasing to eat foods that are high in sugar, flour, and fat makes it likely that you would lose weight. Using this diet to simply lose weight is not its purpose; however, if you choose to eat this way to achieve a weight goal, you will also receive many other — perhaps unexpected — benefits.
"It is important to understand how the combination of alkaline- and acid-forming foods works within our bodies to achieve and sustain normal pH levels. The foods you eat will leave behind either an alkaline or an acid ash once the food has been metabolised. That ash has a direct effect on the pH levels in your body. pH refers to power of hydrogen, meaning the concentration of hydrogen ions present in a substance. The neutral pH level is seven; water, for instance, has a pH level of 7. The pH levels in foods above 7 are alkaline-forming foods; conversely, the pH levels in food below 7 are acid forming."
How diet affects health
Montezinos explains that if there is too much alkaline ash in our bodiesm that makes our pH levels rise, we can end up with a condition known as alkalosis. If we have too much acid ash in our bodies, which makes our pH levels plummet, we can end up with acidosis.
Each of these conditions has negative symptoms and side effects that can lead to a host of illnesses. The beauty of the raw alkaline diet is that parasites, mould, yeast and most harmful bacteria cannot survive in an alkaline environment.
"I have come to appreciate the feeling of extreme wellbeing when I ingest a diet of raw, alkaline-forming foods. I take CoQ10, green coffee extract and alpha lipoic acid," Montezinos says. "I am 74 years old now and when I combine my diet regimen and supplements with my exercise routine, I feel better than I ever have my whole life. It's all natural and it's what works best for me."
Two recipes taken from Montezinos:
Pumpkin mousse
• 1 ¾ cup pumpkin, pared, diced
• ½ ripe banana
• ½ cup prepared Irish moss gel
• ½ cup coconut milk
• ¼ cup coconut water
• ½ tbsp coconut butter
• ½ cup almond milk
• 2 tbsp coconut palm sugar
• 1 ½ tsp cinnamon powder
• Sea salt
• Prepare Irish moss to package instructions to yield ½ cup gel, usually soaked overnight.
• Flavour diced pumpkin with small amount of coconut butter, palm sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon (measured ingredients listed above are for main recipe).
• Place flavoured pumpkin pieces on Teflex sheet and dehydrate for two hours at 105˚.
• Place all ingredients, including pumpkin, into blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glass bowl and cover; place in refrigerator to set.
• To serve, put mousse into martini glasses and top with candied pecans.
Note: To make a parfait, layer pumpkin mousse with vanilla ice cream, crushed candied pecans, and top with one candied pecan half.
Green smoothie
• 1 bunch arugula
• 4 Gala apples
• ½ lime with peel
• ½ banana, peeled
• 2 cups water
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 16 frozen white grapes
• 1 tsp raw ginger, peeled
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
• Place all ingredients in blender.
• Blend on high speed until thoroughly mixed and obtaining desired consistency.
• Dilute with more water if necessary.
• Discovering Raw Alkaline Cuisine is published by Déjà Vu Lifestyle Creations. A full version of this article appears in the Life Extension Foundation magazine.


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FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The lead prosecutor in a sexual assault case against a U.S. Army general wanted the most serious charges dropped after he became convinced the accuser had lied about crucial evidence.
According to testimony, after Lt. Col. William Helixon shared those concerns with his superiors, he was referred for a mental health evaluation and removed from the case.
The testimony came at a hearing for Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, who faces a court-martial on charges that include physically forcing a female captain under his command to perform oral sex.
Sinclair's attorneys have asked a judge to dismiss the most serious of the charges against him, alleging top brass at the Pentagon have unlawfully interfered with prosecutorial decisions in the case.
Helixon was removed from the case last month after a superior officer, Brigadier Gen. Paul Wilson, visited him in a Washington hotel room on Feb. 8.
Wilson testified Tuesday that Helixon appeared drunk and suicidal. Wilson said Helixon didn't want to pursue the case, but thought it was of strategic importance to the military's crackdown on sexual assaults.
"He was in the midst of a personal crisis. He was crying. He was illogical," Wilson said.
Sinclair, who was the deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne and a rising star among the U.S. Army's top battle commanders, is fighting charges that could land him life in a military prison if convicted. He has pleaded not guilty to eight criminal charges including forcible sodomy, indecent acts, violating orders and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
Lawyers for the married father of two have said he carried on a three-year extramarital affair with an officer under his command during war tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The admission of an affair will almost certainly end his Army career.
The case against Sinclair is believed to be the most senior member of the U.S. military ever to face trial for sexual assault.
In pretrial hearings, prosecutors painted Sinclair as a sexual predator who abused his position of authority to prey on a subordinate. They also say he threatened to kill her and her family if she told anyone of their relationship.
But the lead prosecutor became convinced the accuser lied to him when she testified in January about evidence collected from her cellphone. The female captain testified that on Dec. 9, shortly after what she described as a contentious meeting with prosecutors, she rediscovered an old iPhone stored in a box at her home that still contained saved text messages and voicemails from the general. After charging the phone, she testified she synced it with her computer to save photos before contacting her attorney.
However, a defense expert's examination suggested the captain powered up the device more than two weeks before the meeting with prosecutors. She also tried to make a call and performed a number of other operations.
Wilson testified that Helixon was distraught that the accuser had lied to him. Wilson said he took Helixon to the emergency room of a nearby military hospital for a mental health evaluation. Though a psychiatrist declined to admit him for treatment, Wilson said he told Helixon's immediate superior back at Fort Bragg that the prosecutor was no longer fit to handle the case.
"He was not fit for any kind of duty," Wilson said.
After Helixon's removal, a new prosecutor was assigned to take the case to trial, which is set to begin this week.
Neither the defense nor prosecutors called Helixon to testify.
Sinclair's defense lawyers suggest it is the general who is the victim, both of a jealous ex-lover and of overzealous prosecutors facing intense pressure from top military and political leaders to send a message that sexual misconduct will not be tolerated.
"We're in a remarkable place," Richard Scheff, Sinclair's lead defense lawyer, said this week. "The chief witness lied under oath. The lead prosecutor resigned because he found her untruthful and non-credible. The Army's senior leaders agree with his assessment. And yet we're going to trial."
The Associated Press does not publicly identify the alleged victims of sexual assaults.
Prosecutors have declined to comment about the case outside court proceedings.
It is extremely rare for such a high-ranking military officer to face a jury. Under the military justice system, members of the panel must be senior in rank to the accused - ensuring that Sinclair will be judged by a jury of generals.
Follow Associated Press writer Michael Biesecker at www.twitter.com/mbieseck.


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