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With eight albums under their belt, over three million records sold worldwide and countless nights on the road, Rusted Root transcends age, generations, cultures and musical styles. They are known for their unique fusion of acoustic, rock, world and other styles of music, with a strong percussion section that draws from African, Latin American, and Native American influences. The powerhouse ensemble's frenetic and hypnotic live performances have allowed them to tour alongside Santana, Dave Matthews Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Page/Plant and The Grateful Dead to name a few. The journey continues with the release of their newest studio album, The Movement.
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The problem is, no one knows when.
In light of that, the Santa Clarita Valley's only hospital has tried to stay prepared for that inevitable temblor.
In the past month, an earthquake destroyed a modern hospital in central Italy, even as scientists keep track of rumblings deep in the San Andreas Fault.
In the wake of the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake that struck Jan. 17, 1994, the state required hospitals to retrofit their facilities for another quake, said Andie Bogdan, spokeswoman for Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.
Signed into law in September 1994, SB1953, the Seismic Retrofit Program ,gave hospitals several deadlines to complete the upgrades.
For example, acute care hospital buildings had to be at the "life safety level" by January 2008, according to the Web site for the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
Newhall Memorial met every deadline roughly six years ago, Bogdan said.
"For a while, we were one of the first," she said Friday. "It's especially important when you've got people under your roof who are so vulnerable."
The day of the Northridge quake, Newhall Memorial's emergency room saw some 500 to 600 patients, according to nurse Teri Sullivan, who was in charge of the ER at the time.
Bogdan said the hospital lost power, people were being treated in the parking lots and employees who lived south of the valley had problems getting to the hospital because of the toppling of the Interstate 5-Highway 14 interchange.
When Newhall Memorial set to the task of repair work on the Valencia campus, Bogdan said, it made sense financially in the long-term view to retrofit buildings to be earthquake-ready.
"It was a financial burden," she said, and added the cost of retrofitting played a role in the hospital's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in 2001.
Remaining earthquake-ready is vital, Bogdan said.
"We have to be ready for that," she said. "Our emergency room gets to exercise those talents almost every day."
She said emergency preparedness is yet another reason the hospital needs a new helipad, part of the multi-year master plan in the early stages of implementation.
Newhall Memorial is one of 13 disaster-resource centers in Los Angeles County, under the direction of the Department of Emergency Medical Services Agency.
As one of those centers, Newhall Memorial works with 11 regional hospitals and clinics to train for disasters. The hospital also maintains a cache of medical supplies and equipment, food, water, lighting, heaters and tents, according to information from Newhall Memorial.
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Rick, you are the greatest!
Gotta get that HollyWeird dough.
Love the drawing, reminds me of the Spongebob characters. I am a flip-flopper also in that as I grow older and learn new things, I also change my mind about what I believe.
Seems to me Carlson beat Mckee to it:
Typical Carlson leftist cartoon. Rick could whip him with half his crayons tied behind his back. Any day. Every day.
Oh really, Retired? That looks like evolution, not flip flopping. You do know the difference between evolution and flip-flopping. Some things don't evolve for the best.


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The WWE is the ultimate demonstration of "Here today, gone tomorrow."
Superstars are constantly cycled in and out of favor, and the spotlight, for an assortment of reasons. And as the wheels continue to turn for the WWE in its endless cycle of original content, it is quite common for WWE talents to fall out of sight for several months before resurfacing.
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The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) offers a variety of disability services for undergraduates and graduate students in Arts, Sciences & Engineering. These services aim to provide an inclusive experience and equal access to academic content and program requirements. Our approach relies on collaboration among students, CETL staff, and instructors. CETL also provides transition support and self-advocacy skill development.
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Access Coordinators: Pamela Spallacci, Elizabeth Carpenter, Amy Clark
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Guidance on the process and forms necessary to request non-academic accommodations (Housing and Dining, Parking and Transportation) can be found here: https://www.rochester.edu/disability/non-academic-accommodations.html
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Accessorize Green Earth Day–inspired jewelry, glasses, scarves and more
Accessorize Green Earth Day–inspired jewelry, glasses, scarves and more
I love Earth Day. It serves as a reminder that our impact on the planet is not just about "paper or plastic" but about every choice we make—it's about looking at the world a little differently.
Green-minded craftspeople do that naturally. Where you and I may just see glass, metal or fabric, these visionaries see glass, metal and fabric that can be melted, smashed and pieced together to create beautiful works of wearable art.
Here are some of the finest green accessories I found on the marketplace.
Is it possible to resist the Ocean Waves Silk Scarf ($50 at Fair Trade Designs)? This ruffled and pleated accessory in a lovely bluish green brings a tropical sea to mind. The scarf is handwoven in India out of cruelty-free wild silk, which is much kinder to silkworms than commercially farmed silk. A portion of the proceeds fund India development programs, including microcredit operations, self-help groups and artisan education. (Through May 15, get 15% off silk scarves and shawls at Fair Trade Designs.)
If you get chilly at the office, treat yourself to an Alapaca Reversible Shawl ($50 at Fair Trade Designs). This incredibly soft and warm wrap is made of alpaca fiber, which requires no mechanical or chemical processing and is hypoallergenic. The scarf measures 23 inches by 83 inches, and there are five gorgeous color combos to choose from.
You can even be green while carrying your baby! The Ergobaby Organic Baby Carrier ($145 at Diapers.com) is made with sustainably grown cotton and colored with certified-organic dyes. There are loads of patterns and colors to choose from, so you can carry your baby with less environmental impact while still being in style! (Get 20% percent off and free shipping at Diapers.com.)
Olive & Cocoa is a wonderful online destination for lovely, tasteful gifts that are packaged in the brand's signature gift wrap with ribbon. The 95 percent recycled Travel Light Bag ($44) has a roomy interior and flat bottom, making it the perfect bag for shopping or an overnight trip. (Save some green with Olive & Cocoa sales.)
If you're on the hunt for a tough-looking belt to wear with your jeans and boots, check out the Upcycled Bike Tire Belt ($38 at BTC Elements). This unisex belt is made from two layers of inner tubes, is super sturdy and equally as cool. The buckle also snaps off if you want to add personal flair with your own buckle. (Check out BTC Elements discounts before you fill your cart.)
The Smateria Cap Spring Handbag ($49 at Bag Inspiration) is the perfect purse to house your phone, wallet and whatever else you need when you're out and about. This 8-by-8-inch bag is made from excess mosquito netting and can be worn shoulder or cross-body style. Grab the bag in tan, light purple or a variety of custom colors. (Get 15% off your order and free shipping at Bag Inspiration.)
Tumbleweed Bead Co. has lots of beautiful, eco-friendly jewelry options, all using recycled metals and natural stones. One of my favorites is the Promise Bracelet ($38), which is a delicate chain with a promise ring attached in the center. The necklace is available in 14k gold, sterling silver or a combination of the two. For every purchase from the Promise Collection, Tumbleweed donates $1 to Women Thrive Worldwide and YWCA Wenatchee Valley, two organizations focusing on empowering women. (Save 25% at Tumbleweed Bead Co.)
Balsamroot Ranch Jewelry has lots of lovely options to choose from. My picks are the Stacking Rings ($42–$56 for a set of three). They're made from recycled metals and are available in sterling silver, gold, copper or bronze and have a hammered finish, which gives them some edge.
EcoPlum is another favorite eco-friendly destination of mine. I especially love its brass Filigree Teardrop Earrings ($26), which feature reclaimed glass from vintage beer bottles, mason jars and medicine bottles within a delicate, filigree-patterned setting. (Through April 30, get 15% off at EcoPlum.)
If you like a colorful, statement-making necklace, there are some great options at Muichic. One of my favorites is the Tazo Tagua Necklace ($40; scroll down to the sixth row of necklaces to see it), which is available in five fabulous color options. This necklace is ethically made in Colombia from dyed ivory-nut palms, otherwise known as tagua, strung on a wire. This neckwear is all you need to give any outfit some serious impact.
Although the Tazo Tagua Necklace is a great "wow" piece, the State Pride Necklaces ($48 at BTC Elements) are the perfect everyday bangle. The 1-inch pendants, which are handcrafted in San Francisco and available in recycled 14k gold fill or recycled sterling silver, feature the silhouette of your favorite state with its name inscribed inside.
If you're at the age in which you need reading glasses (sadly, I think I'm almost there), you might as well make them stylish and eco-friendly! The Go Green! Readers ($39.99 for four pairs at VC Eyewear) are made from recycled materials and come in both men's and women's styles in your prescription of choice.


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10 Percent of Americans Admit to Illicit Drug Use
Marijuana tops list of substances, federal report says
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 10 percent of Americans aged 12 and older were illicit drug users in 2013, and almost 20 million said they used marijuana, making it the most widely used drug, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
Two states, Colorado and Washington, permit the recreational use of marijuana.
The new study findings are from a government report outlining the extent of substance use and mental illness in the nation. The report is based on an analysis of data from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
It also found that 4.5 million Americans aged 12 and older said they were current (past month) nonmedical users of prescription pain relievers, 1.5 million were cocaine users, 595,000 were methamphetamine users and 289,000 were heroin users.
Almost 23 million Americans aged 12 and older required treatment for drug or alcohol use, but only 2.5 million received treatment at a specialty facility, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report.
It also found that more than 14 percent of adults aged 18 and older said they received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year, and that nearly 44 million had a mental illness in 2013.
Ten million adults aged 18 and older said they had a serious mental illness in the past year that interfered with a major life activity, according to the report.
"As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Recovery Month our nation can be proud of the strides made in successfully promoting the power of recovery from mental and substance use disorders," SAMHSA Administrator Pamela Hyde said in a government news release.
"However, throughout our nation thousands still needlessly suffer the ravages of untreated substance use and mental disorders. We must reach out to all people with unmet need so that they can return to lives full of hope, well-being and fulfillment," she added.
People in recovery deserve an official voice at all levels of government, Michael Botticelli, acting director of National Drug Control Policy, said in the news release.
"We must continue to use that voice to share our triumphs and our challenges, and show the world that millions of us are leading happy, healthy, productive lives in long-term recovery. Each recovery story we tell chips away at the misconceptions that keep someone struggling with an addictive disorder from asking for help," he added.
More information
The U.S. National Library of Medicine has more about drug abuse (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugabuse.html ).
SOURCE: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, news release, Sept. 4, 2014
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Soaking in the Land of Enchantment
|The banks of the Rio Grande in the river's wild 90-mile gorge.
The shape and texture of the earth, water, and sky that make New Mexico are like the musical landscape of a Beethoven or the artistic landscape of a Picasso. They are varied, complex, full of contrasts, bursting with surprises, and rich in masterpieces. Craggy mountains, tortilla-flat basins, deserts, alpine meadows, weirdly eroded badlands, black-rock gorges, and blinding-white sand dunes are all part of the state. Those fortunate enough to call New Mexico home quickly become spoiled by the embarrassment of natural riches that the state has to offer.
Hot springs are one type of masterwork in the repertoire of New Mexico. Like a complex musical work, the state's hot springs can be approached at many different levels. One can seek a spiritual revelation in thermal water, or a mystical experience that can bring a new approach to life. Many visitors look at mineral water as part of a holistic health regime. More superficially, but no less valid, New Mexico's hot springs can be a source of physical comfort, a warm, liquid wrap to soak out the tightness of your muscles, or simply a place to soak your tired feet. Because everyone attaches individual significance to hot springs, you will find them inhabited by a wide variety of people: New Age believers, naturists, grandmothers, families, hikers, backpackers, and those who simply enjoy the outdoors.
Hot springs are places to find healing or comfort, but that's not all. Foremost, they are intriguing freaks of the earth's geology, born of heat far below the surface. They are, too, pleasant destinations for a hike, places to spend meaningful time with your children, to share quiet time with good friends, or perhaps to make new acquaintances.
The United States Geological Survey database of geothermal anomalies lists seventy-seven locations in New Mexico where unusually warm water reaches the surface. About half of those spots have water that can scarcely be called warm, ranging from 75 to 88 degrees. Of the state's true warm or hot springs, all but twenty-four are on private land and closed to public use. The springs that remain accessible are a mix of private mineral bathhouses and pools, and hot springs on public land, which in all cases are managed by the United States Forest Service.
Writers have long discussed the cultural mix of New MexicoNative American, Hispanic, and Angloand how the three combine to create the state's distinctive charm. For the scattered mineral waters, however, the charm lies not in the mixing of the peoples who used the springs, but in how the springs have been shared by each culture, each with its own similar purpose. The pageant of seekers at each hot spring has made the journey to find some sort of healing. The Apaches sought a spiritual cleansing in their sweat baths, the Spanish and Mexicans sought to heal the wounds of battle or the travails of overland travel by wagon or cart, and the Anglos came to the waters hoping for a cure for all manner of ailments. It is a common theme throughout the history of the springs that the special powers of the waters made each spring a sacred place and one that even traditional enemies could share, putting their hostilities aside as they partook of the mineral cures.
The land itself exerts a powerful influence on the people who live in or visit the state. The southern two-thirds of New Mexico fits best the impression that the outside world has of the region. Broad desert plains separate wrinkled mountains, the climate is dry, and there is plenty of sunshine. Many visitors find it a delightful surprise to discover that the northern part of the state is part of the Rocky Mountains. With high peaks over 13,000 feet, tree-covered slopes, and streams that support healthy populations of trout, this part of New Mexico is a remarkable contrast to the deserts in the south. Throughout, mountains and high plains prevail; the state lies above 4,000 feet in the south and 6,000 feet in the north.
One of the unique attractions of soaking in the Land of Enchantment is the predominance of open-air pools and tubs, both man-made and natural. The state offers seven indoor mineral bathhouses, commercial establishments ranging from simple to luxurious. The other seventeen thermal watersincluding both developed and backcountry sitesare outside, under the sun and stars. Thus, enjoying hot mineral baths in New Mexico is most often an outdoor experience. The natural settings of springs and pools, along with the accompanying views of the New Mexican landscape, are what set these thermal features apart.
Hand in hand with the land goes the history of the springs, each of which has a story that may include Apaches, Civil War heroes, or conniving scoundrels. After a trip to one of the springs, you will come away with a sense of place that includes the environment of the spring and its position in history.
There's a more basic attraction to hot springs in New Mexico. Like the owner of one of the state's developed springs told me, "You don't have anything if you don't have the water."
In an arid region, all water takes on exaggerated importance and a special fascination. Heat adds yet another dimension to water, and indeed gives it a mystical significance that people have appreciated down through the centuries.
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The fight is over for Dalton Dingus. In 2011, a little seven-year-old boy from Kentucky who was dying asked for only one thing that Christmas: to set the world record for receiving the most Christmas cards ever. That year I went out and bought tons of cards and brought them to work, told them what was going on and it was overwhelming how many people wanted to help and mention the deed to their entire address book in their email. I learned this morning that Dalton passed away. He was nine.


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Our modern lifestyle of a poor diet and too little exercise makes colon hydrotherapy / irrigation (cleansing) a must. Processed foods with added preservatives and chemicals are hard to avoid in our daily diet. Over time these slow down our bowel function.
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A majority of Americans have probably never heard of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. That's because it is being negotiated by the Obama administration with such a high level of secrecy, even members of Congress have been barred from discussing the details.
However, leaked documents reveal that there is a genuine cause for concern over President Obama's secret TPP trade deal.
Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, told Common Dreams, "The top US trade official effectively has said that the administration must keep TPP secret because otherwise it won't be able to shove this deal past the public and Congress."
The leaked documents obtained last month by Public Citizen show that the TPP is not really a trade agreement between the US, Canada, Mexico and a dozen Pacific Rim countries. It's more like NAFTA on steroids.
There are 29 sections in the TPP deal and only four of them have to do with trade. The bulk of the agreement, which is being written by "600 US corporate advisers," deals with signing over national sovereignty and property rights to multinational corporations, for what is best described as the complete deregulation of capitalism on a global scale.
There is almost no aspect of American life that would not be profoundly affected by the TPP.
The Independent Political Report points out:
The TPP includes an "investor-state" provision that specifically grants global banks the power to challenge any law or regulation of any country that reduces their profits as a "regulatory taking." It could then take that country to a private international tribunal that entirely circumvents all public judicial authorities. The tribunal would be authorized to force countries to either rescind their laws or pay "damages" from their treasuries directly to global corporations.
Corporate "stakeholder" provisions in the TPP would give profits priority over all else, including property rights, worker wages, environmental regulations, food safety, and access to drugs and medical devices, among others. Irreversible damage to the environment, as well as public health, safety and economic hardship for working-class people is both limitless and unthinkable.
"As an example of harmful policies through leaked text, it is known that the TPP gives pharmaceutical and medical device corporations the ability to 'evergreen' their patents and prevents governments from negotiating fair prices. This keeps the price of medications and other necessary health goods high and prevents generics," according to Truthout.
Essentially, any nation's laws or regulations that interfere with a foreign or domestic corporation's claims to "expected profits" can be dismantled by a foreign tribunal. The country that loses its case can also be forced to pay the corporation for loss of potential profits out of taxpayer funds. The numbers could be staggering, especially in areas of oil and gas production.
In comments to Common Dreams, Wallach added, "The outrageous stuff in this leaked text may well be why US trade officials have been so extremely secretive…. Via closed-door negotiations, US officials are rewriting swaths of US law that have nothing to do with trade and…have agreed to submit the US government to the jurisdiction of foreign tribunals that can order unlimited payments of our tax dollars to foreign corporations that don't want to comply with the same laws our domestic firms do."
The Obama administration has been working on the TPP deal since 2009, but has recently stepped up negotiations and hopes to have the details completed by October.
Obama also wants Congress to grant him fast-track authority on the TPP trade deal. That would allow him to keep the details secret until after it was signed, and render Congress powerless to amend the deal.
Transparency is essential in a democracy. All the more reason for the American public to demand it from the Obama administration, particularly when it comes to the TPP trade agreement.
The propaganda for this pseudo-trade agreement will surely sell it to the public as "good for job creation and the economy." But Americans heard that with NAFTA and the exact opposite became true. The North American Free Trade Agreement traded nothing but US jobs and opportunity for growing corporate profits and a shrinking middle class.
The TPP is the epitome of the most evil form of capitalism ever imagined, and a poor disguise for a corporate power-grab that will undoubtedly be the final nail in the coffin of America's corrupt and failing democracy.
There can be no other reason for any leader to literally surrender the personal property rights, freedom and national sovereignty of a nation to CEOs and their stockholders, interested in nothing but gross exploitation for profit.
Americans need to speak up now, or forever lose everything the American Dream ever stood for.
Author's note: This report includes opinions and commentary based on independent analysis of official documents and public information.
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Congressman: Secret trade deal is 'disturbing attack on American democracy' http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/jun/18/grayson-secret-trade-deal-attack-us-democracy/
Obama's Covert Trade Deal http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/opinion/obamas-covert-trade-deal.html?_r=1&
Explosive Leak: Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement Pushes Corporate Sovereignty Over Environmental Laws http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/leaked-document-tpp-trade-agreement-p
Secret TPP Deal Would Void Democracy http://www.labornotes.org/2013/07/secret-tpp-deal-would-void-democracy
Trade pick presses for 'fast-track' authority for new deals http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/6/trade-pick-presses-fast-track-authority-new-deals/
US Trade Rep weasels and squirms when cornered on an airplane and questioned about secret copyright treaty http://boingboing.net/2009/12/05/us-trade-rep-weasels.html
Obama Trade Document Leaked, Revealing New Corporate Powers And Broken Campaign Promises http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/13/obama-trade-document-leak_n_1592593.html
Read the leaked document here (PDF).
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on May 31, 2013 - 12:01 AM
It's one thing to go through the seasonal ritual of setting up your outdoor space. It's another to create one that you and others simply love being in.
Each year provides a new opportunity to plan a flower bed off the patio, add an updated feature such as deck lighting or pick up a new piece or two for the front porch. Preferably, on sale.
You don't need a lot of space. Even a patio off a condo or apartment can be transformed into a small retreat to enjoy.
Here are 10 things we love about outdoor spaces:
• A spot for breakfast: Whether you head to a porch, patio, deck or lawn, the early hours of the day are a splendid time to enjoy a cup of coffee and light breakfast outdoors. Even better? Weekend breakfast or brunch served on the grill. Invite your relatives, close friends or tennis pals. Find some recipes for grilled breakfast pizzas, eggs and sausage, fruit kabobs, etc. Or make something up. Breakfast on the grill can be a nice change from late-afternoon cookouts – and cooler, too.
• Outdoor retreats: Western New Yorkers have a real knack for creating outdoor hangouts. These offer varying degrees of privacy, protection from the elements, ambience and accoutrements, but they all get people out of the den. Many people have porches or decks, but we also see gazebos, umbrellas, tents and canopies – both modest and grand. And – this is so very WNY – many screened-in garages, especially in the suburbs.
• Window boxes: Window boxes – whether simple or lush – are full of charm when full of thriving plants. They make the front of the house look so friendly and welcoming, but why stop there? You can hang one at the window of a garage or shed, or install several on the deck railing or along a fence. Just be sure you choose the right foliage and flowers for the spot and good potting soil, and promise yourself you'll keep them watered and cared for according to tags. Then prepare yourself for compliments.
• Something else we love: Shots of lime green, such as that you will find in a sweet potato vine. It looks smashing in a patio container with pink, red or purple flowers.
• A little whimsy: From playful garden statuary to colorful flower pots, light touches keep things from getting too serious in the landscape. You don't want to overdo it but, come on, who can't find a perfect spot for a quirky bird sculpture or metal frog peering through a pair of binoculars?
• Movable furniture: While much of today's outdoor furniture is heavy and sturdy enough not to blow all over the place – a good thing – it's nice to have several pieces that are movable and versatile. A bench or outdoor ottoman that can do double-duty as a seat or side table, perhaps. Or stackable chairs that can be pulled out to the front yard for a spontaneous neighborhood get-together.
• Water works: We've all seen koi ponds and waterfalls installed in gardens, and they are lovely. But even the sound of trickling water coming from a small, free-standing outdoor fountain near the patio can be soothing. So can the sound of rain on an awning, if we take the time to sit and listen.
• Illumination: Outdoor lighting comes in different forms and for different purposes, and several upcoming local gardens walks and tours will include evening hours for viewing select illuminated gardens. Some lighting is useful, installed for function and safety. Other creates ambience or, in the case of novelty string lights, a sense of fun. Flameless candles are something to look into as well. Done well, outdoor lighting will keep you awake past your normal bedtime because you simply won't want to go inside.
• Lawn games: Maybe we've been flipping through the pages of the L.L. Bean Home summer catalog too much, but a lawn set up with a classic game such as croquet or tournament bocce makes us want to play. Volleyball, Ladderball, KanJam and other fun games motivate us to set down the cold beverage and get out there, too.
• A garden bench: A perfectly placed garden bench that has been passed down through the generations is special, but many options are available today for those looking to add a little serenity to a spot in the garden. There's often a sculptural quality to a garden bench that is pleasing to the eye. Here's the other thing: It's often comfortable, but it doesn't have to be the most comfortable seat in the yard. One garden writer once described a garden bench as "a pleasant place to pause."
And who doesn't want to do some of that this summer?
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EAST LIVERPOOL - The city could be joining other communities seeking a share of casino revenue expected by county commissioners, after action taken Tuesday by City Council's finance committee.
Committee members voted unanimously to forward a resolution for council's consideration at Monday's meeting requesting commissioners share and distribute casino tax revenue with the same formula used to distribute Local Government Funds.
Service-Safety Director Ryan Estell had suggested at the last council meeting that such a resolution be adopted, citing the city's loss of LGF monies in recent years.
"The county has said it would like to replace its LGF when the rest of us are not getting anything to replace our loss," he told council.
The resolution notes that commissioners received the first tax payment of $94,000, and they plan to use it to offset cuts in the county's LGF share but that other political subdivisions have also suffered the same types of cuts.
Committee Chairman Sherrie Curtis pointed out, "We were affected first (by LGF cuts) and we lost a huge amount of money."
The city lost more than $1 million in the first LGF cut several years ago and has seen other cuts, as have other communities, since.
The committee also forwarded for council's consideration an ordinance establishing a $500 fee for applications to have streets vacated to cover the cost of notification and advertisements that are mandated for such actions.
Of the total, $100 will be used by the planning department for the application fee and $150 to cover the cost of postage and publication. The remaining $250 will go to City Council to cover the cost of postage and publication of legal notices it also has to issue.
Any portion of the $500 not used will be returned to the applicant.
The same fee is charged for zoning change applications, and Curtis said planning Director Bill Cowan has said there have been no problems with refunding the unused fees.
Also forwarded to council was an ordinance amending the budget to reflect adjustments in appropriations.
Council meets at 7 p.m. Monday.


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Idea of the Day: Why We Should Pay Attention to Legislative Prayer
The Town of Greece, New York, located just eight miles east of Rochester, has a population close to 100,000 people and includes residents who are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Pagan, and Baha'i, as well as many who do not subscribe to any faith. But despite the town's religious diversity, since 1999, residents attending town board meetings have first had to sit through a Christian prayer.
Two town residents, after asking the board to change its practice several times, filed a lawsuit against the town board in 2008 because they were offended by the "town board's alignment with Christianity through the board's persistent presentation of Christian prayers." The board, they argue in their complaint, "sends the message to non-Christians that they are unwelcome at Board meetings and that the Board does not represent non-Christians' concerns."
A district court upheld the town board's practice, but on appeal, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous 2011 decision, said that the Greece town board's prayer practice was unconstitutional. The town then appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case. Town of Greece v. Galloway will be argued before the Court November 6.
For more on this topic, please see:
- Greece v. Galloway: Why We Should Care About Legislative Prayer by Sandhya Bathija
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text: So you don't think that lawmakers should care if the laws they write or vote on are constitutional or not? The process isn't pass whatever laws you want and leave it up to the courts to decide if they are constitutional or not - the courts merely provide a Check and Balance in case any laws are passed that they deem unconstitutional. Congress should never ignore the Constitution and leave all that up to the courts. That's ridiculous. *- Chad W. Smith* On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Eric Wolf <ebwolf at gmail.com> wrote: > Politics can never based on principles unless everyone shares the same > principles. Since we don't politics is based on compromise. What we are > seeing with the Tea Party is an attempt to impose one set of principles on > everyone and the basic mechanism of politics, compromise, is treated as an > evil. > > If you want to make a difference in politics, help unseat Paul Broun in > Georgia District 10. Broun is the House Science Committee member who > recently said in a speech: > > "All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big > Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell. And it's lies > to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding > that they need a savior." > > On his website, he lays out how he decides each vote he makes: > > 1) Is it Right/Moral? > 2) Is it Constitutional? > 3) Is it Necessary? > 4) Is it Affordable? > > > So every vote he makes, his first consideration is "does this fit my > personal belief system?" then he takes on the role of the Supreme Court by > evaluating the constitutionality of each vote. > > -Eric > > -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- > Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Dan Lyke <danlyke at flutterby.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 16:21:15 -0400 (EDT) >> Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote: >> > I've lived in the Washington DC-area for almost 30 years and am >> > pretty cynical about politics in general, yet if a Maker Party would >> > ever form, I would be 150 percent behind it. >> >> Parties are things that form and reform platforms around coalitions. >> For better or worse, things like patent law reform, first sale >> doctrine, etc, are all fairly minor issues around which to build a >> coalition. >> >> Further, I spent last year doing research for FHWA reports, and I'm >> fairly well convinced at this point that much of the money spent by the >> federal government on "research" is piddled away on Berkely PhDs who >> don't have the critical thinking skills necessary to escape from a >> paper bag and who are chasing bizarre and easily disproved theories. >> >> (The current focus on V2V communications being a perfect example) >> >> So I think that "make" culture (what we used to call hobbyists, back >> before TV) has some room to provide input to the major parties, but >> since I gave up on principles in politics I think that that's a far >> more pragmatic mechanism than trying to build a separate party >> structure. >> >> Dan >> _______________________________________________ >> Chugalug mailing list >> Chugalug at chugalug.org >> http://chugalug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chugalug >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Chugalug mailing list > Chugalug at chugalug.org > http://chugalug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chugalug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://chugalug.org/pipermail/chugalug/attachments/20121008/88f21730/attachment-0001.html>


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More than 200 musicians from around the state have collaborated on a new CD project that will help benefit Hawaii charter schools.
"This is Maoli Music" (Volume IV) and "Hui Na Moku" (Volume V) compile 37 tracks of previously unreleased original or traditional music, with each track featuring two or more vocalists, and professional musicians teaming with students.
Some of the artists contributing include John Cruz, Jack Johnson, Ernie Cruz, Jr, Natural Vibrations, Paula Fuga, Anuhea, Napua Makua, InnaVision, Kapali Keahi, Pi'ilani Arias, Guy Cruz, King Kekai and Rebel Souljahz.
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Jack Johnson and John Cruz jam backstage at a recent concert.
BRIAN BIELMANN photo
Mana Maoli
Overtone, an accappella group from South Africa "discovered" by Dina Eastwood and used by her husband, Clint, in the film "Invictus," performs in concert Friday at the MACC's McCoy Studio Theater.
Photo provided by the Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Over the past 10 years, Mana Maoli has worked with various musicians and students to produce three previous CD collections, along with presenting benefit concerts and smaller club gigs.
"Hundreds of artists are a part of this Mana Maoli collective," explains executive director Keola Nakanishi. "Some donate their time and talent to mentorships for the students. No one gets asked to do freebies more than musicians, yet they keep on giving. Many are just inspired by what these charter schools are achieving against all odds, despite the severe funding inequity, and taking all the 'have-nots.' When they visit they can see it in the eyes of the youth, and they can feel it. They know this is something worth supporting."
Mana Maoli's latest release marks the first time a dozen Hawaiian charter schools each contributed one track to the CD, "whether it's traditional Hawaiian oli, mele Hawaii, or reggae or other kinds of music," Keola says. And it features a music video filmed to accompany the new song "Little Bit of Love," composed by John Cruz and sung with Jack Johnson.
"It's great; it's really collaborative," says John Cruz. "I've been involved with Mana Maoli for about 10 years. When I grew up I never had a chance to learn Hawaiian, they weren't teaching it. So anything that supports cultural awakening and helping us reclaim the language I'm down with."
After composing some new songs, Cruz approached Johnson about recording together for the new project.
"Jack and I have been doing gigs for a while on Oahu," he continues. "He plays benefits and as his band is on the Mainland I back him up. I had these new songs and he was drawn to that one ('Little Bit of Love')."
"It was a lot of fun," says Johnson about the collaboration. "It's a catchy song with a nice melody. It came out real nice."
The Grammy-nominated musician previously teamed with Paula Fuga on the popular song "Country Road," heard on "Mana Maoli Volume 1."
"I think the Hawaii charter schools are really important," he says. "I was on the first volume with Paula. It's such a positive experience working with kids and helping out to help preserve Hawaiian culture. It's important to keep the Hawaiian culture and language alive, so to have these schools that focus on that is a great thing."
While the songs on "Volume IV" range from island and roots reggae, hip-hop and dancehall, to ska, R&B and electro pop, "Volume V" focuses more on traditional and contemporary Hawaiian.
Among the collaborations on "IV," Natural Vibrations team with students of Halau Ku Mana on "Better World," InnaVision and Paula Fuga contribute "Mr. Sunshine," Napua Makua and Pi'ilani Arias sing "Too Much Heaven" and Ernie Cruz, Jr. and Lahaina Grown's Kapali Keahi perform the roots reggae of "The Land I Feel."
"Volume V" includes Anuhea teaming with King Kekai on the acoustic, hip-hop flavored "Mr. Mellow," the Hawaiian chants "Ola Na Iwi" and "Ua Ao Hawai'i" performed by school students, and Cruz and Johnson's "Little Bit of Love."
Nakanishi was especially pleased to have so many students contribute to the albums.
"Working with the youth in the recording process is time-consuming but rewarding," he enthuses. "This project was not just doing a CD for the youth, but with the youth. It involved providing them with mentors related to creating and playing music, singing and engineering, toward creating the product. And then mentorships related to helping market that product."
The genesis of the cultural movement began with the work of Ku Kahakalau (sister to Robi). "Ku is the pioneer of the charter school movement in Hawaii," Nakanishi explains. "On her own time and dollar, she and her husband went across the islands telling everyone about this new thing called charter schools. While my intent was to be part of starting a school when I'm much older, the opportunity and the need was now."
Founded in 1999, Mana Maoli comprises a collective of educators, artists, musicians, cultural practitioners, and community organizers. The programs they support include the Halau Ku Mana Charter School, the Kanehunamoku sailing canoe program and Maoli Music, which produces innovative and positive music.
Their mission statement is summed up by the principles -ho'okumu, ho'okele, ho'omana.
Ho'okumu (build grounding and foundation) involves fostering a sense of esteem, stewardship, and kuleana to the land and communities through grounding in the ancestral knowledge and practices of Hawaii and the academic skills necessary to excel in the 21st century.
Ho'okele (forge direction and connections) entails exploring and inquiring in ways that build upon ancestral wisdom and bridge to other communities and cultures in a harmonious manner.
And ho'omana (provide sustenance and empowerment) encompasses striving for higher academic, cultural, social, environmental and economic standards to nourish the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical bodies.
Guided by these three principles Nakanishi feels encouraged by how the programs have positively impacted kids.
"To be able to have your work involving empowering youth and communities, through hands-on learning on land and at sea and through innovative music is a true blessing.
"They (students) learn academics in a real-world setting, so the learning is more fun and relevant, which increases retention and how well they apply that learning. No less important, they develop confidence and leadership skills, a strong cultural grounding, and a sense of service to their land and community. Most important, they are happy."
Besides presenting fundraising benefit performances throughout the islands, a number of Mana Maoli Collective musicians have taken part in a cultural exchange traveling to Aotearoa (New Zealand). In 2010 and 2011, they were the first group from Hawaii to represent traditional and original music and hula at the Pasifika Festival, a gathering of more than 200,000 people from dozens of nations across the Pacific, and at the WOMAD Festival in 2011.
"It was amazing," says Nakanishi about attending Pasifika. "There were 230,000 people gathered across a dozen stages and villages. Each village represented the traditional and modern music, dance, food, crafts and culture of a different place in the Pacific. In 2010, an all-star band representing the Mana Maoli Collective was the first group in Hawaii to represent at Pasifika in its 18 years, as the headline act. We then returned in 2011. The WOMAD festival there was also epic."
John Cruz is equally enthused about the cultural exchange. "We're actually working on a collaboration album with Aotearoa artists," he notes. "I'm doing a song with a musician who is in the contemporary reggae scene there. And there are a couple of other Mana Maoli artists collaborating with Aotearoa artists."
n The limited-edition double CD "This is Maoli Music" (Volume IV) and "Hui Na Moku" (Volume V) is available online at manamaoli.org and at Native Intelligence in Wailuku. The CD includes a 24-page color booklet featuring artwork by Solomon Enos, messages from the artists, lyric excerpts, photos, and brief bios on the schools and artists. It will be available in other stores soon.
Overtone, a South African a cappella group, makes its Maui debut in the McCoy Studio Theater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center Friday evening. This six-member vocal ensemble may be best- known to American audiences through its singing on the soundtrack of the Clint Eastwood-directed movie "Invictus."
They were "discovered" by the director's wife, Dina Eastwood, in Cape Town, performing a tribute show to rock legends Queen.
"Overtone blew me away with their voices, harmonics, looks, and stage presence," she reported.
"When does a housewife become a band manager? When her husband Clint shoots a movie in South Africa, and during ladies' night out, she experiences the best vocal band ever."
Overtone's repertoire ranges from traditional Zulu and Afrikaans folk to contemporary pop. They will soon release a CD of all original pop and dance music.
* Overtone performs at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 standard, and $45 for VIP with artist meet-and-greet after the show (plus applicable fees), available from the MACC box office, 242-7469 or www.mauiarts.org.


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INADEQUATE poll-worker training and a glitch in the printing of voter rolls are the main culprits for the uptick in provisional ballots cast at Philadelphia polls in the 2012 election, according to a report from City Controller Alan Butkovitz.
"The election system has to do better," Butkovitz said. "To those people, and to people who are voting for the first time and the concept that every vote counts, it was a failure. And commissioners have to do better and the Department of State has to do better."


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In observance of the 20th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Matsue City, Japan and New Orleans, two delegations from Japan will visit New Orleans Aug. 2-10.
The Japan Society, thanks to a grant from the National Association of Japan America Societies, will host a Tomodachi Exchange Program between Matsue and New Orleans. Led by Yuka Ikejiri, delegates who are interested in jazz will visit the city. Delegates are high school teacher Naoko Nagase. businessmen Hiroyuki Katayama and Toranosuke Mizumoto, saxophone player Mika Miyamoto, chef Hitoshi Kashiwai, part-time worker Ayaka Notsu and college student Sachi Yamane.
The group will attend the Satchmo Fest, visit City Hall and the City Council, and attend a reception hosted by Donna Fraiche, Honorary Consul General of Japan. Other activities also are being planned.
The Japan Society, established in 1928, fosters friendship with Japan through the study of Japanese culture and art.
An official delegation from Matsue City will also visit New Orleans. Dlegates are Satomi Miyazako, head of Matsue City International Tourism Division; Yukio Yoshikawa, Council of Local Authorities for International Relations of New York; Brittany Partin, Matsue coordinator for international relations; and Kazuki Sasada, president of Matsue New Orleans Club.
The unofficial relationship between New Orleans and Matsue began in the 19th century with a shared connection of Lafcadio Hearns, also known by his Japanese name, Koizumi Yakumo, an author and journalist, who lived in New Orleans from 1877 to 1887, moved to Matsue in 1890 and became naturalized Japanese citizen. Hearns gained international fame for his writings about Japan.
The official sister city agreement, signed in 1994, further opens the door to cultural and educational exchanges, as well as bilateral trade between Louisiana and Japan.
For more information on the delegation visits, contact Mike Turner, president of Japan Society at firstname.lastname@example.com
Sushi fest planned
A Sushi Fest and Competition will be held Aug. 17 from 2 to 5 p.m., with a VIP Japanese tea party from 1 to 2 p.m., at River City Ballroom, Mardi Gras World.
The Japan Society and the Japan Club of New Orleans will present the tea ceremony.
The sushi fest will feature sushi creations from restaurants around New Orleans. One sushi chef will be crowned the grand champion. Top winners will be featured in the October issue of New Orleans Magazine.
The fest will also feature an art room with origami, Japanese fan painting, and Japanese bookmark paintings. A Sumurai Warrior blow-up wrestling ring with wrestling matches for teens age 15 through adults will be featured.
Bag of Donuts will perform. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the festival.
The event is sponsored by the East Jefferson General Hospital. General admission is $10 per person in advance; and $ 20 at door. The VIP tickets are $50 per person in advance until Aug. 6; and $75 at door.
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Improve the program in Exercise 20 by removing the assumptions. For example, an input sentence could be
An input sentence may contain punctuation marks and more than one blank space between two words. Transposing the above will result in
Notice the position of punctuation marks does not change and only one blank space is inserted between the transposed words.
(Exercise 20)
Write a program that transposes words in a given sentence. For example, given an input sentence
The gate to Java nirvana is near
the method outputs
ehT etag ot avaJ anavrin si raen
Repeat the operation until an empty string is entered. To simplify the problem, you may assume the input sentence contains no punctuation marks. You may also assume that the input sentence starts with a nonblank character and that there is exactly one blank space between the words.


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Analyzing Determinants of Inflation When There Are Data Limitation: The Case of Sierra Leoneby Ken Miyajima Jan Gottschalk Kadima Kalonji
A report from the International Monetary Fund.
Assessing Competitiveness After Conflict: The Case of the Central African Republicby Jean-Claude Nachega Mark Lewis Said Bakhache Kadima Kalonji
A report from the International Monetary Fund.
The Impact of External Indebtedness on Poverty in Low-Income Countriesby Boileau Loko Raj Nallari Kadima Kalonji Montfort Mlachila
A report from the International Monetary Fund.
Select your format based upon: 1) how you want to read your book, and 2) compatibility with your reading tool. To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help Center.
Here is an overview of the specialized formats that Bookshare offers its members with links that go to the Help Center for more information.
- Bookshare Web Reader - a customized reading tool for Bookshare members offering all the features of DAISY with a single click of the "Read Now" link.
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- DAISY Audio - Similar to the Daisy 3.0 option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.


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Vision is an interesting word.
At first glance :), vision refers to the faculty of sight. Often, we mistake this sense to be a function of our eyes. "I have to get my eyes checked," we say. But it is not our eyes, alone, being checked. It is our vision, and vision is quite cerebral.
As such, there is great benefit in exercising our vision with optical illusions.
But, first, let's examine some other intriguing definitions of vision. One is familiar to most businesses, charities, and organizations, as they have a mission and a vision, or stated aims and objectives.
Another definition of the word vision is the ability to anticipate trends, consequences, or other future events as in "She should be a part of this kick-off meeting. She really has vision and may bring up things we would've never even considered."
What is interesting about these other definitions of vision is that they imply an ability "to see" things that aren't there. And what makes this intriguing, is that these forms of vision can be learned. One way to learn to see things differently, or to train your vision, is with optical illusions.
Here is a small sample. More to come, so check back frequently. Click on an image to get started:
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NEW YORK — Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young was arrested Friday on a hate crime harassment charge after police said he got into a fight with a group of men and yelled anti-Semitic epithets.
It was not clear whom Young was yelling at, but he got into a tussle with the Chicago group, and a 32-year-old man sustained scratches to his elbows, according to police.
Both Young and the group went inside the hotel, and at some point, police were called, and Young was arrested, police said. He was arrested on a charge of aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
Young was first taken to a hospital because he was believed to be intoxicated, police said. He was at a police precinct and may be facing arraignment later.
A call to the team and a message sent to his agent weren't immediately returned Friday.
It was not clear whether Young would play Friday at the 7:05 p.m. game. The Tigers were home Thursday afternoon, where Young went 0-for-3 with a walk in a 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Young is hitting .242 with one home run and five RBIs, is signed to a one-year contract for $6,725,000 and can become a free agent after the season.
In 2006, Young was suspended for 50 games without pay by the International League for throwing a bat that hit a replacement umpire in the chest. Young, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 amateur draft, was ejected in the first inning after taking a called third strike. He lingered in the batter's box, walked away and then threw his bat end over end at the umpire, hitting him in the chest.
Young has played for the Tigers since last season, spending two seasons before with the Minnesota Twins. He's the younger brother of former outfielder and first baseman Dmitri Young.


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DEARBORN, MI- Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally will reportedly not leave the Dearborn-based automaker for Microsoft Corp.
According to a report Tuesday night from the Associated Press, Mulally, who was considered a leading candidate to succeed current Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, will stay at Ford through at least 2014.
"In an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday, Mulally said he wanted to end the Microsoft speculation," reads the AP wire article. "He wouldn't say if he had talked with the software giant."
Since rumors surfaced last year about the software giant being interested in Mulally, the 68-year-old executive has continued to say "nothing" has changed regarding his plans to stay at Ford through at least 2014. However, Mulally would also say nothing about having any discussions with Microsoft.
Some analysts have speculated that Mulally not making any outright statement about the Microsoft position was causing doubts on Wall Street about his future with the automaker.
"It's tough for any company to function effectively under uncertain leadership," said Kelley Blue Book President Jared Rowe. "While Ford saw much success in 2013, it needs to go into 2014 without the distraction of an undetermined CEO. Mulally's decision puts this issue to rest for the time being."
Mulally's saying he plans to stay through 2014 is in line with what Ford officials announced when naming Ford Americas President Mark Fields as the company's new chief operating officer in November 2012.
Mulally, who joined Ford in 2006 from Boeing, is credited for steering Ford away from bankruptcy in the late-2000s, unlike the automaker's domestic counterparts.
Ford stock [NYSE: F] closed Tuesday down 20 cents to $15.38 per share. In aftermarket trading Ford shares rose 20 cents to $15.58, as Microsoft shares fell 37 cents to $36.04. The AP article was published after the market closed.
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The names of 20 prominent people are hidden in the maze of letters. How many can you find by consulting the clues? The names read forward, backward, up, down or diagonally, are always in a straight line and never skip letters. We have started you off by circling HALL, the answer to 1 in the diagram. The names may overlap and letters may be used more than once, but not all of the letters will be used. Super PEOPLE sleuths should be able to identify 15 or more names. Answers in next week's issue.
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Great responses, thank you so much. I really appreciate having this forum!
- I definitely won't discount that the fact I'm still nursing could be part of the appetite thing. A year ago I went through a very hard time and was under so much stress that I barely ate anything for 4 months, and it was really in March of this year that I began eating again, so I also could be recovering from that and perhaps my body is still on alert and making reserves in case it happens again, as to not affect milk supply, amongst other things
- Also you're right, it has been only 3 weeks strictly primal (well other than the nuts strict). I'm excited to get fat-adapted and eager to have the energy and endurance and other mental and physical benefits. I'm not giving up
- Interestingly, no I was not a night snacker before. I would eat dinner by 7pm and that would be it. I did however most night go for a walk after dinner or in the evening, for an hour or so. I haven't been able to do that since January, when I became a single parent
- I definitely need to learn to cook meat! I've found a lot of paleo and primal blogs with tons of great recipes, it's now a matter of trying it out. Stir fry is a great idea, I can do that.
- My sugar monster has been kicked to the curb. I am amazed at how easy that was actually. Two months ago when I stopped grains and sugar, I decided I wouldn't have dried fruit, or honey or maple syrup - not even the natural sugars. It took a month but now the only sweet I have is blueberries or raspberries and not every day, and sometimes 90% Lindt chocolate <depends on my cycle when I crave cocoa> Now I like coconut for it's faint sweetness, same with avocado.
- I will have to keep experimenting with macros for certain, to find my personal sweet spot. I do know my biggest issue is probably irregularity with eating enough meat each day.
- The pork I remember was pork chops *shudder* Other than bacon or pork sausages, how else do people eat pork? I like both of those but bacon is like a twice/month thing, sausages too - the pastured organic etc. ones I fell in love with are $14 for a 4-pk. Rats.
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A number of excellent books -- Stephen Hunter's Hot Springs, Elmore Leonard's City Primeval, and George Pelecanos's Right as Rain come immediately to mind -- have successfully bridged the gap between the classic western and the hard-boiled novel of suspense. The latest addition to this genre-bending list is Potshot, the 27th entry in Robert B. Parker's durable, long-running Spenser series. In this one, Parker takes Spenser -- and a supporting contingent of latter-day samurai -- out of the familiar environs of urban New England and turns him loose in the Arizona desert, where he finds himself enmeshed in a modern reenactment of The Magnificent Seven.
The case begins when newly widowed Mary Lou Buckman hires Spenser to investigate her husband's death. Mary Lou lives in the upscale, faux-western town of Potshot, Arizona, which has recently been victimized by gang of extortionists collectively known as the Dell. The members of the Dell -- led by an enigmatic, Lee Van Cleef-like figure called the Preacher -- have been threatening local businessmen and forcing them to pay for "protection." According to Mary Lou, her husband, Steve, refused to pay and was murdered as a result. Spenser, who has always been a sucker for a damsel in distress, heads for Arizona, determined to set things right.
Once in Potshot, Spenser receives a second commission. Local civic leaders offer him an extravagant bounty to drive the Preacher and his cohorts out of town. Spenser contacts Hawk (of course), and a number of hardcases from previous adventures, and prepares to push back against the entrenched forces of the Dell. From this point forward, the two main lines of the story -- the hunt for Steve Buckman's murderer and the proposed assault on the Dell -- intertwine, culminating in a series of unexpected revelations and a climactic, archetypal gunfight.
In Parker's hands, western and detective story come smoothly, seamlessly together. And while the machismo quotient runs a bit too high for my taste -- Spenser and his ad hoc posse spend a bit too much time comparing gun sizes and staging push-up contests -- the narrative unfolds with characteristic wit, brevity, and grace. Parker is one of the most polished stylists working in the field today, and his typical virtues -- crisply described action sequences, understated humor, and drop-dead accurate dialogue -- are on full display once again. Potshot, like so much of Parker's fiction, is effortlessly readable and unfailingly entertaining. It effectively combines the narrative conventions of two different genres and reaffirms its author's position as one of the reigning masters of contemporary suspense. (Bill Sheehan)
Bill Sheehan reviews horror, suspense, and science fiction for Cemetery Dance, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and other publications. His book-length critical study of the fiction of Peter Straub, At the Foot of the Story Tree, has been published by Subterranean Press (www.subterraneanpress.com).


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Second Ashes Test: Day Two in Adelaide
Follow Grandstand's live blog of day two of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Adelaide Oval.
Unfortunately, neither team has made any players available for interview after today, so our post-day 'reaction' may be fairly minimal. We will have radio highlights online shortly, while Grandstand at Stumps will be on the Grandstand website later tonight.We'll be back fresh as a daisy tomorrow for the third day of the second Test. Until then, this is James Maasdorp, signing off.
THAT'S STUMPS. ENGLAND 1 FOR 35, TRAIL AUSTRALIA BY 535 RUNS. (Root 9*, Carberry 20*)From an even first day, Australia has the tourists right where it wants them. Centuries to Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin, and an entertaining half-ton from Ryan Harris has put the hosts well in command at the end of day two.After keeping the English in the field for close to the entirety of the day, Mitchell Johnson then came steaming in for a spell of quick, lethal and aggressive bowling, culminating in him bowling England captain Alastair Cook.While Nathan Lyon did manage to get occassional turn in his brief spell near the end of the day, it looks like sheer aggression will be the only reliable way forward for Australia on a pitch that is still pretty flat.Getty Images: Scott Barbour
Good morning and welcome to our live blog coverage of day two of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. I'm James Maasdorp, ready and raring to go for a crucial day in this Test match.It's an evenly-poised affair, with Australia 5 for 273 on a batsman's wicket, with a number of Aussies making starts but not huge scores. England plugged away and got its reward with timely scalps, but the home fans will be hoping Michael Clarke's excellence shines through, with able support from the dogged Brad Haddin.As always, we'll bring you all the updates, wickets, milestones and colour from the Adelaide Oval as it happens.
WEATHER UPDATEA slightly warmer day expected after yesterday's chilly, windy conditions in Adelaide. There is a 20 per cent chance of showers, with a maximum of 25 degrees forecast. We can expect some humidity too, with the barometer clocking 81 per cent moisture in the air.But, as Quentin Hull's photo reveals, James Anderson could be licking his lips at the cloud cover over the City of Churches.More cloud for day 2 in Adelaide. Broadcast on @abcgrandstand starts 1000 local time #Ashes pic.twitter.com/5pM1bKVogMDec. 5, 2013
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IN A SPINGetty Images: Ryan PierseEngland's decision to play two spinners in Adelaide may have raised eyebrows in some quarters, but Graeme Swann was adamant the tourists made the right call in picking Monty Panesar for the second Test.Speaking to the BBC, Swann said there were enough signs to suggest the "slow and low" wicket would offer plenty for the spinners as the Test wore on.Who knows how [the pitch] will play, but I can't see it flattening out too much. I think it will turn more as the game goes on which bodes well for us.On any pitch that's slow and low, if you bowl straight and get the ball going laterally, whether that be with the seamers or the spinners, you can dry teams up and we managed to do that for a while.
NEUTRAL DAY ONEGetty Images: Scott Barbour
So who is on top? England? Australia? Is it all square after day one?Grandstand's Quentin Hull reckons the pendulum has 'swung in neutral' with one day down, but Australia will be kicking itself for not pushing on on a friendly pitch.The hosts weren't only setting an imperious platform for the Test but, at 1 for 155, were on the brink of moving to the high ground in their quest to reclaim the urn.Then the all too familiar horror show kicked in.In consecutive overs the established batsmen disappeared with dismissals that have come to mar their reputations.
While the focus of today's blog will be on the cricket, the big news of today simply has to get a mention.Sadly, today has seen the passing of former South African president, freedom fighter and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, aged 95.His political and humanitarian efforts go without saying, but Mandela also had a huge influence on the world of sport. From South Africa's sporting re-admittance following the end of apartheid, to the iconic scenes of the 1995 Rugby World Cup and his belief that sport could unite the world, he inspired millions across the globe.Let us now, more than ever, stick together as a nation! We owe him that much. #madiba you will be missed! #tata #inspiration #leaderDec. 5, 2013
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Bit gloomy, but at least it's not raining. #ashes #adelaideovalby catep36 via Instagram#ashes #cricket #comeontheaussies #adelaideoval #thehillby gretelrosecannon via Instagram#adelaide #adelaideoval #ashes #ausveng #goodtimesby sauce71 via InstagramAn absolute ripper of a stand and where In for at great day of play #ausvseng #adelaideoval #newstand #uniteaus #ashesby shaunowells via Instagram
George Bailey has had a chat with Grandstand, saying he enjoyed himself in his Adelaide Oval cameo, but is ruing the fact he's not out there this morning to resume with Michael Clarke.In terms of getting the game moving forward, I think England with the three wickets in the middle [of the day], they were on top.It was important to wrestle that momentum back. Unfortunately I'm not putting the pads back on this morning, that would have been nice ... to continue that partnership this morning.I think the teams will be able to get reverse swing as the day goes on. The fifth day is probably when we might get some tricks.We'll have the audio from that interview online shortly.
The Australian coach inspecting the day 2 pitch at the Adelaide Oval @abcgrandstand #Ashes http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BawipzOCIAER9HP.jpgby Ned Hall via twitter 12/5/2013 11:49:31 PM
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The minutes silence ends with a round of applause, and now the English fielders are taking their places as Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin head towards the middle.The Australian team pays its respect to Nelson Mandela during the minute's silence. pic.twitter.com/w4SKmFkIYvDec. 6, 2013
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AUS 5-275 (Clarke 48, Haddin 9)Stuart Broad will bowl the first over of the day, with Haddin facing. And immediately Haddin is driving well! That's through the covers and he will get two runs with Michael Carberry chasing.Haddin then looks to pull a short Broad ball but can't get hold of it, bottom edging it straight to the fielder. Just the couple of runs from the first over of the day.Getty Images: Gareth Copley
FIFTY FOR CLARKE! 5x4s, 0x6s, 100 BALLS. AUSTRALIA 5-279Monty Panesar starts his first over of the day, and Clarke charges and lashes it high over the offside fielders! Not cleanly hit, but he'll pick up two runs and that's a half-century.No nerves for the captain as he passes the milestone early in the day. He drives Panesar the next ball for a single to get off strike.
AUS 5-281 (Clarke 54, Haddin 9)Broad to Clarke - it's on the batsman's toes, and Clarke whips him behind square and hurries home for two runs. Well run - Panesar was the man in the deep, Clarke challenged the spinner's arm and got the couple.Hit on the pads! Broad is appealing after rapping Clarke above the knee roll, but it was always going down leg side.Broad drifts down the leg side with a fullish delivery and Clarke plays it onto the leg side for one.
AUS 5-298 (Clarke 67, Haddin 13)Clarke has whipped Panesar to the boundary and Graeme Swann has chased hard and done well to keep it in! Clarke gets two. But no! It's four! Swann's foot touched the rope and all that hard work was for nought.FOUR MORE! Now Clarke's getting into the groove! Panesar comes around the wicket, pitches it short and Clarke gets low to CUT hard and true. That runs away to the point boundary.Clarke gets a single to put Haddin on strike.
AUS 5-302 (Clarke 71, Haddin 13)James Anderson is coming into the attack for the first time today.FOUR! Wide down the offside from Anderson. It keeps low and Clarke chops it on his haunches for a boundary to backward point. That brings up the 300 for Australia.
AUS 5-307 (Clarke 72, Haddin 18)FOUR! Panesa pitches it full on middle stump, but Haddin has no problem dispatching that straight back past the bowler with a solid on-drive. Both batsmen are really going after Monty this morning.Now Haddin guides Panesar past backward point with a well-weighted shot. He should get two ... but that's a very good chase from Michael Carberry who restricts it to just the single.QUICK SINGLE! Clarke plays it straight to point and is off! The throw comes in but it's wayward! Haddin would have been gone with a better throw.Getty Images: Robert Cianflone
AUS 5-316 (Clarke 78, Haddin 20)Graeme Swann has replaced Panesar. Immediately, Haddin tucks him off his pads for a single on the leg side.Clarke rotates the strike with a single, ambling down the pitch to paddle an on-drive to mid-wicket for one run.A single for each batsmen follow as the runs continue to come at a merry rate.Getty Images: Gareth Copley
AUS 5-322 (Clarke 81, Haddin 23)The runs continue to come easily as Swann sends one too far down the leg side. Haddin easily prods that down the leg side for another single.This is somewhat out of control for England. Three consecutive singles close out Swann's over. Alastair Cook better come up with a plan and fast if Australia isn't going to recover from an average day one.
AUS 5-328 (Clarke 87, Haddin 23)Anderson pitches it on a length down the offside, but Clarke expertly guides it to the third man fielder and gets two runs for it.FOUR! This is real intent from Clarke! Glorious drive through the covers! That's 39 runs for Clarke in about 50 minutes so far today.
AUS 5-336 (Clarke 88, Haddin 30)SIX RUNS! Haddin gets his front foot well forward and lofts a BIG slog sweep into the midwicket stands! Beautiful.Haddin goes for the sweep along the ground and gets a single to move into the thirties.Clarke will keep strike the next over with a clipped single to square leg.
AUS 5-339 (Clarke 90, Haddin 31)Clarke plays across his body to work Anderson to deep square leg for one.IN THE AIR! Haddin's fallen for Anderson's trap! Haddin tries to hook the short ball but only top edges it ... but it falls short of Panesar! A lucky escape for Haddin! It's just not going England's way today.AAP: Dave HuntA lovely shot from Clarke sees him guide Anderson to third man for another single. I would say he's in the 'nervous nineties', but there's been nothing nervy about Clarke's batting this morning.Drinks are on the field.
AUS 5-347 (Clarke 91, Haddin 38)The drinks break is over, but it's only the briefest of interruptions to some excellent batting. Swann gets paddled to fine leg by Clarke for a single.Hit on the pad! Swann's caught Haddin on his knee roll! It's a decent shout, but the umpire shakes his head. England decide not to review.SIX! Haddin goes for another big sweep! It's in the air and Panesar is chasing in the deep, but it's too far away and floats over the rope! The top edge gods have been looking kindly on Haddin so far.Clarke on strike after Haddin gets a single. He double steps to attack Swan and hits it straight at short square leg! That's a sharp, difficult chance, but Clarke still has to get back to his crease! He just about makes it back as Matt Prior fails to collect the ball in time.
AUS 5-355 (Clarke 91, Haddin 46)Ben Stokes into the attack for England for his ninth over in Test cricket.SHOT! Haddin gets on his toes and rises to deftly drive Stokes on his back foot through the covers! It races away for four runs.CUT! Great shot from Haddin who punishes the short ball, punching it away through to third man for four more runs.
AUS 5-358 (Clarke 93, Haddin 47)Clarke is hit on the pad by Swann, sparking a stifled appeal from the bowler, but that was pitched outside the line. Clarke responds with a single to mid-on.Now Haddin picks up a single behind square leg and that brings up the century partnership between this pair!Clarke ends the over with another easy run at square leg.
AUS 5-361 (Clarke 96, Haddin 47)Stokes to Clarke, and there's more runs here! Clarke's in a hurry, pushing it to third man and he will get two quick runs.Shorter ball from Stokes, and Clarke nudges it along for a single. He's on 96, now. Well in striking distance of a memorable ton.
AUS 5-364 (Clarke 98, Haddin 48)Clarke gets down the pitch to Swann again and drives straight! It's not going to be the boundary he wants as the mid-off fieldsman dives and makes the stop. He'll get one.Now Haddin clips Swann wide of the mid-wicket fielder for one more.Clarke now moves to 98 with an easy single to mid-on.
FIFTY FOR BRAD HADDIN! 4x4s, 2x6s, 71 BALLS! AUSTRALIA 5-367 (Clarke 98*)That's Haddin's half-ton! He's deftly prodded Swann around his legs and will pick up three runs to fine leg. Another highly valuable half century from the wicket-keeper! His rearguard form is superb at the moment!
AUS 5-368 (Clarke 98, Haddin 51)OUT! Haddin is out for 51, caught behind for Ben Stokes' first Test wicket!NO! Not out! The umpires have checked and that was a no-ball! Stokes overstepped! This is just not England's day.End of the over, and Haddin's having a few words with Stokes! Umpire Marais Erasmus has moved in to quieten things down. Who knows what that was about, it was hardly necessary.Getty Images: Ryan Pierse
CENTURY FOR MICHAEL CLARKE! 11x4s, 0x6s, 175 BALLS. AUSTRALIA 5-370 (Haddin 52*)Getty Images: Gareth CopleyThere it is! Michael Clarke has his third Ashes ton and his 26th century in Test cricket! He's played Stokes onto the leg side and picked up two runs! He raises his bat and helmet to an appreciative crowd! Excellent, excellent knock, skipper.
AUS 5-380 (Clarke 108, Haddin 52)Stokes pitches it up at Haddin's ribs, and the batsman works it behind square leg for one. There were thoughts of a second, but Panesar fields well.Another short one, and Clarke looks to pull Stokes, but can't quite get hold of it. Still good enough for two runs, mind you.
AUS 5-387 (Clarke 108, Haddin 56)FOUR! Take that! A wide, ugly ball from Panesar to start the over. Haddin stretches his stance wide and swung an on-drive at the cherry, and it flies over mid-wicket towards the boundary.Panesar floats it wide again and Prior misses the line of it and it's going to be byes! The batsmen will get two, but Clarke wants a third! Great running from the captain, he wants to be on strike to Panesar if he's dishing up these pies.
AUS 5-387 (Clarke 108, Haddin 56)Panesar to Clarke, and the Australian captain looks happy to follow Haddin's lead here and see out this over quietly before lunch. It's two maidens in a row for England. The tourists will be able to squeeze one more over in before lunch.
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text: Explore The Amazon Rurrenabaque and around The Llanos de Moxos Trinidad The northern Amazon Pando Share At the peak of his powers, Nicolás Suárez was the absolute ruler over more than six million hectares of rainforest where rubber was collected by a massive workforce of Caripuña Indians who were slaves in all but name. He also controlled the rapids that separated the Bolivian river system from the Amazon proper (charging huge tolls for the transport of cargo around them) and even raised a private army to fight the separatist rebellion of Brazilian settlers in the northern territory of Acre in 1899. With the annexation of Acre by Brazil, however, he lost many of his rubber holdings, and after the collapse of the rubber boom a few years later his empire gradually disintegrated. He died in Cachuela Esperanza in 1940, and though virtually forgotten elsewhere in Bolivia, in the Beni and Pando he is still revered by some as a heroic pioneer who brought progress and civilization to the wilderness. Ironically, decades later his great-nephew, Roberto Suárez, came to control a similarly powerful empire based on the export of another Amazonian product for which the industrialized world had developed an insatiable appetite – cocaine – amassing in the process a personal fortune so vast that in the 1980s he reputedly offered to pay off Bolivia's entire national debt. Read More