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• A form of severe diverticulitis exists that is characterized by (1) phlegmonous inflammation of the sigmoid and rectosigmoid colon, often extending below the peritoneal reflection, (2) frequent fistulization to skin, urinary bladder, and small intestine, (3) frequent colonic obstruction, and (4) high postoperative morbidity and mortality. The clinical similarity to granulomatous colitis is very apparent, but pathologic findings are consistent with severe diverticulitis rather than granulomatous colitis. The term "malignant" diverticulitis is suggested because of the progressive nature of the disease process and the frequency of severe morbidity associated with it. Seventeen patients have been studied since 1965, comprising approximately 7% of patients operated on for diverticular disease at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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A Dose Escalation Study of the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of GSK1363089 (Formerly XL880) Administered Orally Daily to Subjects With Solid Tumors
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This clinical study is being conducted at two sites to determine the optimum dose, safety, and tolerability of oral daily GSK1363089 treatment in adults with solid tumors. This study is no longer recruiting subjects.
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Point Pleasant Beach motel where fire took 4 lives Friday was often home to misfortune
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Before you even see the scorched shell of what was once the Mariner's Cove Motor Inn in Point Pleasant Beach, you can smell it. A block away from the motel where four men died in a fire Friday morning, you can taste it — the ash and charcoal mingling unpleasantly in the mouth.
But only when you stand in front of the scarred hulk of the Motor Inn, and behind the yellow police tape, do you see the utter desolation of the modest motel, a winter home for the down-on-their-luck and the just plain unlucky.
This was not a place where people were familiar with good fortune.
And for onlookers yesterday it was almost embarrassing to see the inn so naked. Like a stage set, most of the front walls were missing from the second-floor rooms where the fire and heat were most intense, and from the remains of the side walls, tongues of pink insulation hung forlornly in the open air, while investigators searched for clues to the cause of the fast-moving fire.
Authorities have not yet released the names of the dead or the cause of the fire.
From the stories residents and relatives tell, there was never much peace in Mariner's Cove.
The sound of fighting was not uncommon at the motel, and often was overheard because the walls were thin.
One of the last bodies to be removed on Friday was thought to be the boyfriend of Keri Anderson, 42, who was critically injured in the fire, according to Anderson's mother, Barbara Reinhardt.
Reinhardt said the couple had a troubled relationship and that the boyfriend was a hard and troubled man with a drug problem.
The couple met in rehab in January 2010, she said. (Anderson remains in critical but stable condition at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, according to a hospital spokeswoman.)
"She tried to get loose from him," she said. "Somehow he always found her."
More than a dozen former residents were taken in for the weekend by the White Sands Oceanfront Resort & Spa in Point Pleasant Beach.
Most of those who lived at the Mariner's Cove were indigent, or sick or looking for work.
Tyree Brooks, 37, had a heart attack two years ago and has been unable to hold a job since. He and his wife and three children were getting ready to move into an apartment before they lost a lot of cash and belongings in the fire.
Brooks described a calm that set over him when he realized the motel was on fire and told his wife and three children to put clothes on.
"I said, 'We've gotta get to the right and run,'â " Brooks said.
He's not sure what comes next.
"We have to start all over," he said.
For those who had little, they now have even less.
Karl Green, 33, lived at the motel with his father, a bus driver. He puffed on a cigarette and shivered in the ocean breeze yesterday, though it was not terribly chilly.
"My father woke me up and told me there was a fire and to get out," he said.
Mark Lynch had been staying with a friend at the motel for several months.
"You know the feeling where you've been stripped of every goddamn thing you have?" he said.
Lynch helped guide his friend out of the fire.
"There was an orange glow coming through the cracks of the door," he said. "To the left was a wall of flames" and a jump of some 40 feet to the ground. To the right was a patch of hallway not engulfed in flames.
Lynch and his friend "ran like hell."
Bleary-eyed and expressionless, the survivors of the fire seemed to move in slow motion yesterday.
Darla Hall, who owns the clothing store Stitches by Swyce was one of few people who pulled into the parking lot yesterday at the White Sands. She and her daughter Amanda had boxes of brand-new clothing for the victims of the fire.
"My heart broke when I read the paper this morning," she said. "I was wiped out by Sandy, so I couldn't really help people. … So now I figured I could."
One woman, who asked not to be named and who lives next door to the motel, knew many of the residents, including those who died. She was one of a half-dozen people who called the police when they saw the fire early Friday morning, she said.Their second-floor bedroom has a skylight, she said, and the sky was casting an orange glow into the room when her boyfriend woke her up.
"There's a fire somewhere," he said to her.
When the two went outside, they saw mostly smoke and flames coming from Mariner's Cove, then saw a man on the balcony and urged him to jump. Instead, he turned back inside – to get his roommate, she believes.
Neither man emerged again.
"I've never seen a fire," she said. "I've never known people who died in a fire."
The woman, who works in a laundromat, spoke in a hushed voice, her pale blue eyes occasionally watering. She was still wearing the same green sweatshirt and jeans she'd had on the night before, only instead of carrying her rosary beads in her pocket, as she usually does, she wore them around her neck.
"I never went to sleep," she said, referring to Friday evening. "I just walked and walked and walked, around and around and around."
After visiting a hospital emergency room earlier in the day for an anxiety attack, she said she returned home about 11:30 Friday night and then circled the streets of Point Pleasant Beach until 6 a.m., which was when she arrived at work.
"I was just dazed," she said. "You never think it's going to happen to people you know."
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a cabin in the woods.
when the weather get's chilly, the best place to visit is my friends cabin upcoast. it's a bit dilapidated and beautifully rustic. the air is crisp, the grass is high and it is in the middle of nowhere. i have dreamt about these fall/winter days all year and they are finally back!
i am having one of those weeks where i miss too many people. do you ever have those? i think a NYC trip is overdue (even though i was sort of just there). and i also think miami is far too spread out. maybe i will just have to invent a magical machine to transport me to everyone through thin air. or i need a jeannie! or i just need sleep. sometimes when im too tired to function i get bummed. CANT WAIT TO SLEEP IN TOMORROW! have a good weekend!
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- Natali said...
Great photos! I like your blazer and very much!
- November 9, 2012 at 6:13 AM
- Sasha said...
I think somwhere in the middle of nowhere is the best place to be during the Fall time! Gives you time to think and reflect..
Btw, you look beautiful. I especially like the pj's! :)
- November 9, 2012 at 6:24 AM
- Ice Pandora said...
Fresh and lively
picture! I love the
bag and the blazer!
Sweet colors c:
- November 9, 2012 at 6:44 AM
- Norbyah said...
that first photo is perfect. what a cozy moment in such a serene setting.
p.s. that blazer is divine.
- November 9, 2012 at 7:16 AM
- Rini Hastuti said...
such a lovely place <3
- November 9, 2012 at 7:50 AM
- Saki said...
Perfect colors! I love your bag.
- November 9, 2012 at 8:51 AM
- Katherine / Of Corgis and Cocktails said...
magical machine to transport you anywhere sounds awesome - i wish for that too. love your satchel and that adorable pup - i am always so enthralled to see dogs on blogs
<3 katherine
of corgis and cocktails
- November 9, 2012 at 9:40 AM
- Kristian said...
Pink is such a pretty color fo ryou!
- November 9, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- JULES said...
I love the 1st photo!
reminds me of me very much,haha!
and i love your matching bag! lovely!
xoxo, sundaesins.blogspot.com
- November 9, 2012 at 10:03 AM
- Page Song said...
love the blazer and the boots!
- November 9, 2012 at 10:34 AM
- Leah said...
This outfit is beautiful and so are you! Hope you have a great weekend.
- November 9, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- Andrea said...
your blazer is gorgeous!
- November 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- woreout said...
I know exactly what you're talking about missing too many people. I was in the same boat a few weeks ago. Just make sure to get a lot of me time in this weekend and lots of sleep. PS this outfit is amazing, as usual.
- November 9, 2012 at 11:42 AM
- Caitie Schlisserman said...
love the jacket!
- November 9, 2012 at 12:34 PM
- Heidi said...
That blazer is great! I love the different textures. -Heidi http://fabricandfrosting.blogspot.no/
- November 9, 2012 at 12:41 PM
- Seeking Style said...
Aw I have those days, (weesk, & months!) all the time. I have a lot of friends (and the boyfriend!) in LA (I am in Nor Cal) so it can be hard sometimes.
xo Jennifer
- November 9, 2012 at 1:05 PM
- Tori Bonaventura said...
I'm so jealous! I've always been fond of the idea of staying in a cabin in the woods. I love that first photo. And also your bag. <3
xo, Tori
- November 9, 2012 at 10:00 PM
- Maria Regina P. said...
love your blazer and your bag. Nice photos too. :)
Love, Maria
- November 9, 2012 at 11:17 PM
- Nerdy Asian said...
I love the blouse with the blazer! The colors look great together! Ah wish I could be in NYC now :(
- November 10, 2012 at 3:24 AM
- Ollyvia Laura Arnold said...
always love your outfit. it's so inspiring :)
- November 10, 2012 at 11:16 AM
- Ollyvia Laura Arnold said...
always love your outfit. it's so inspiring :)
- November 10, 2012 at 11:16 AM
- Nikki | The Ginger Diaries said...
I absolutely LOVE this outfit! Your blazer is too pretty :) xo
- November 10, 2012 at 12:45 PM
- Two Happy Hearts said...
So darn cute! That bag is so adorable.
I love little cabins tucked away in nature.
- November 11, 2012 at 3:08 AM
- Ariane said...
Beautiful photos!
- November 11, 2012 at 10:16 AM
- Lace and Chiffon - בלוג אופנה said...
Love your blog and your outfits!
Followed you!
- November 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM
- Anja said...
you look so lovely in this look! The blazer is just amazing! and that handbag fits so well. Nice combination. I know the feeling of missing people, hope you manage to get your mind off it or even see some of your loved ones!
- November 11, 2012 at 2:14 PM
- tini tani said...
Сool! So nice!
- November 11, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- Collections said...
Great blazer
- November 11, 2012 at 10:34 PM
- JennyScribbles said...
such a cute bag!
- November 14, 2012 at 6:30 PM


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DETROIT — Prosecutors have filed charges against a Detroit man they say abducted, raped and killed, then burned the body of a 5-year-old girl.
Twenty-two-year-old Darnell H. Cheatham was arraigned Monday afternoon on charges of first-degree murder, torture, child abuse, arson and mutilation of a body.
A judge ordered him jailed without bail until his preliminary examination Nov. 1. It wasn't immediately known if Cheatham has a lawyer.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says Cheatham took Mariah Smith from her Detroit home in July 2011. Authorities say the girl was strangled and her skull crushed before her body was set on fire on a mattress at a vacant house about a mile from her home.
Prosecutors say Cheatham was Mariah's aunt's boyfriend.
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When I saw the announcement that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) was buying Nokia's (NYSE: NOK ) devices division, I just said, "Wow." It's almost identical to the reaction I had when I heard that Steve Ballmer was going to be stepping down from the CEO role. The two big changes coming back to back aren't just a coincidence -- Microsoft is in the midst of a transformation. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen, but you can no longer deny that something is in the works.
Nokia's weakness
Remember when Nokia was a big-time player in the mobile phone market? In 2010, Nokia sales made up 64% of smartphone sales in China. Those were good days. Now, Nokia accounts for just 1% of the Chinese smartphone market. China may seem to be an anomaly, but the company has suffered elsewhere, too.
Total revenue fell 24% year over year last quarter, with the devices and services division revenue falling 32%. The shortfalls are indicative of the company's late entrance into the smartphone market; that market is now dominated by Apple and Samsung.
Microsoft is having a problem with its Windows phone sales, as well. In the U.S., Windows phones make up just 3.5% of the market. Internationally, it's seen stronger growth, but the domestic market just isn't working out. While there are Windows-based Samsung phones, they make up a very small percentage of the company's total phone sales. Nokia is the dedicated platform for Windows, but it holds just over 1% of the U.S. market. Meanwhile, Apple and Samsung account for over 60% of U.S. sales.
Why combine now?
The reason for the move now is twofold. One, it brings Stephen Elop back into the Microsoft fold well before Ballmer walks out. Two, this is a long game, and the earlier Microsoft starts working on the transition, the better it's going to do in the long run. Let's look at Elop first.
Elop left Microsoft three years ago to work at Nokia and attempt to turn the business around. While that move ended up netting very little for Nokia, the move to Windows Phone gave him lots of credibility at Microsoft. Even before the acquisition announcement, Elop was the odds-on favorite for the next Microsoft CEO. It now looks almost certain.
As to the long game, Microsoft has to start pushing its mobile strategy in a new direction. In its presentation that accompanied the announcement, Microsoft highlighted the challenges and potential in the mobile market. In short, there's a lot of business to be had, but pulling in Nokia isn't going to help the bottom line for years. Anyone thinking that this purchase is going to make waves in the next six months is deluded.
Overall, I think it's a good move for both companies. Microsoft has reached a point where it needs to make some big moves and has to start planning for the future in a new way. Nokia was going nowhere fast, and the tie to Microsoft should give it some help, at least in funding its innovation. The market wasn't happy with Microsoft, and the stock was down almost 6% by midday. In the long run, though, this is a good plan.
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climate change.
drew attention to the CBD programmes of work on agricultural biodiversity, and
climate change and biodiversity, as well as the cross-cutting initiative on
food and nutrition. He said that the "current food crisis is an example of what
lays ahead if we continue to allow the loss of diversity in agricultural seeds
despite predicted global changes in growing conditions. Dramatic rises in crop
prices could well become a symptom of the unprecedented loss of agricultural
biodiversity and certainly a reflection of its far-reaching impacts on
mankind." Highlighting the link between conserving biodiversity and addressing
climate change, hunger, poverty reduction and food security, he drew attention
to a CBD COP 9 decision on biofuels, which called for governments to develop
sound policy frameworks and to promote the positive and minimize the negative
impacts of biofuels on biodiversity that would affect socioeconomic conditions
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Watch any surfing documentary, from Whipped! to Riding Giants, and youll hear the dudes speak about the treacherous and epic waves that show up off the coast of Northern California when the conditions are just right.
Chasing Mavericks
??1/2(out of five stars)Director: Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted, screenplay by Kario Salem. A Twentieth Century Fox release.Cast: Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Leven Rambin, Abigail Spencer, Elisabeth ShueRated: PG for thematic elements and some perilous actionRunning time: 1:54What did you think?: Find this review at charlestonscene.com and offer your opinion of the film.
The Mavericks break is legendary, and for years was considered some sort of myth by those who surfed and had never seen it.
Chasing Mavericks is about the days when that break was acknowledged as real, and the teenager, Jay Moriarity, who became famous there.
Jonny Weston is Jay, a curly-headed blond who has gotten the surfing bug from his somewhat standoffish neighbor, Frosty. The older surfer, played by Gerard Butler at his most gruffly charming, has a roofing job, a gorgeous wife (Abigail Spencer) and a growing family.
But his passion is surfing. All flowing locks, a regular Adonis-on-a-long-board, Frosty is one of the children of the tides, he poetically narrates. And his secret is Mavericks.
In a brief prologue, we learn of Jays working-poor background, his alcoholic, semi-employed divorced mom (Elisabeth Shue) and his absent father. Cooper Timberline plays the 8-year old Jay, who tapes together a busted board, braves bullies, gets his nose bloodied by the surf, but who sticks with it to become the best surfer kid on the block by the time hes 15.
He lionizes Frosty, and stows away on Frostys ancient Ford Econoline van when he sneaks off to Mavericks, of which only a quartet of veteran surfers are aware. They know what the conditions are, and are skilled enough to handle waves as high as five-story buildings, a thousand tons of water pounding you, holding you down.
Those are Frostys warnings to the boy. But when his wife points out that there are all kinds of sons, Frosty mentors the kid, trains him for that magical three-month window when conditions make Mavericks an epic ride.
The dynamic here is that Jay is the more grown up of the two. Hes keeping his lonely, depressed mother afloat and employed. Frosty is missing his daughters childhood, ditching work, lying to his wife to surf.
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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Democrats and Republicans will unite in their protest of the top-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives coming to Huntsville this evening to raise money for District 5's party-switching congressman.
House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, is scheduled to attend an hourlong, $100-a-couple reception at the Space & Rocket Center Marriott to benefit U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith, a Democrat-turned-Republican freshman running for re-election.
Several organizations joined in a news release issued Friday stating their opposition to Boehner's visit and their plan to protest it. The Griffith event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.; the protests are planned for 5 p.m.
So far, the organizations planning to protest include Huntsville Tea Party, Athens-Limestone Tea Party Patriots, the Republican Executive Committees of Madison and Limestone counties, North Alabama Healthcare for All and Alabama A&M University Democrats.
Also, the AFL-CIO has announced a news conference for 3 p.m. today at the Marriott, to which the public is invited.
After Griffith announced in December that he was leaving the Democratic Party for the Republican Party, both Republican Executive Committees of Madison and Limestone counties asked national Republicans to stay out of the race, since two other Republicans - Mo Brooks and Les Phillip - had already qualified.
"We are sending a message to the national Republican establishment: Stay out of our primary," said Christie Carden, Huntsville Tea Party founder who has personally endorsed Brooks.
"We also want to support the true conservative candidates that Tea Party activists and the local GOP have gotten behind, Les Phillip and Mo Brooks. We're pushing back against the political machine."
Said Deborah King, founder of the Athens-Limestone Tea Party Patriots: "Our message to Rep. John Boehner is stay out of the 5th District's business. Mr. Boehner's support of Parker Griffith proves he has a blatant disregard for what the voters in Alabama's 5th Congressional District want."
Sharda Lofton, president of the AAMU Democrats, said her organization's opposition to Griffith is not based on politics, "but rather on his complete lack of integrity and character."
"It is our position that Mr. Griffith is an unprincipled opportunist lacking the kind of values and political ability to make critical decisions in the best interest of the citizens of North Alabama," Lofton said.
Paul Reynolds of the Alabama Republican State Committee said seven of the eight GOP chairs in the 5th District agree that Boehner's appearance is "ill-advised and should be canceled."
Griffith maintains that having such a high-ranking Republican visit North Alabama can only be a good thing for the district's interests in aerospace, defense and infrastructure.


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Hello, I am proposing a panel for the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS)--the premier international gathering in the field of Asian Studies. It attracts participants from over 60 countries to engage in global dialogues on Asia that transcend boundaries between academic disciplines and geographic areas. ICAS 8 will be hosted by the University of Macau (UM) and will be held in the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel.
Major theme: Population migration in Asia
Migration policies, ir/regular migration, vulnerabilities; gendered migration; remittances and development; conflicts; asylum policies; refugees; climate change and its attendant consequences; forced displacements; trafficking in human and jockey; organ trading and migration and medical and sex migration.
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The Deceiver (The Chaos Gate Trilogy, Book 1)by Louise Cooper
She saw his eyes first. They were like banked fires burnt almost to embers, hot and crimson and searing. The eyes smiled at her, laughed at her, and the full, sensual mouth below the hook of a nose smiled too. Ygorla didn't shrink back. She remained motionless, knowing with a blend of instinct and learning what manner of creature this was.
Inferno (Indigo #2)by Louise Cooper
For centuries the Tower of Regrets stood alone upon the plain, and no man or woman dared turn their face to it, for fear of the curse that lay within. And so ii might have remained--but for the recklessness of a king's foolish daughter . . . Her title was the Princess Anghara Kaligsdaughter; but now she has forfeited the right to her name and heritage. For she broke the one law that had endured since her people's history began when she breached that ancient tower in a bid to learn its secret. Now its curse is loosed upon the world, and upon the soul of Anghara Kaligsdaughter. Anghara is Anghara no longer. Her name now is Indigo, color of mourning--and her home is the wide world, for she has no other. She cannot die, she cannot age, for until she lifts the Tower's curse, she is doomed to immortality. She has one friend, who is not human. And she has one enemy that will dog her footsteps wherever she goes. It is Nemesis, created from the darkest part of her own soul. Wherever her wander'. lead her now, her Nemesis shall follow . . .
The Initiate (Time Master Trilogy #1)by Louise Cooper
The seven gods of Order had ruled unchallenged for centuries, served by the adepts of the Circle in their bleak northern castle on the Star Peninsula. But for Tarod--the most enigmatic and formidable sorcerer in Circle's ranks--a darker affinity had begun to call. Threatening his beliefs, even his sanity, it rose unbidden from beyond time; an ancient and deadly adversary that could plunge the world into madness and chaos--and whose power might rival that of the gods themselves. And though Tarod's mind and heart were pledged to Order, his soul was another matter...
The Master (Time Master Trilogy #3)by Louise Cooper
In this final volume of the Time Master trilogy, Tarod must decide whether to follow the force of Order or Chaos.
Nemesis (Indigo #1)by Louise Cooper
Anghara is daughter to a king. In all the world there is but one thing denied her -- the secret of the Tower. Tormented, she must seek its truth. And her discovery will remake the world.
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The Outcast waits in a Castle outside of Time, his soul imprisoned in an ancient jewel. Spawn of Darkness, Adept of Chaos, he dreams of vengeance on the Lords of Light.
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KILLING WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION One push, Ghysla thought again; then as quickly thrust the dreadful idea away. There was another answer. There had to be. Then it came to her. Something that would salve her conscience--but still allow her to go through with her scheme. She could not kill Sivorne, yet keeping her a living prisoner seemed equally impossible. But there was a middle way, a way that lay between life and death, and to one who remembered the old magics from the time before the humans came, that way was still open. Sivorne wouldn't be harmed; indeed, she'd have no knowledge of her fate, for she would be in a sleep that could endure without hurt for centuries if need be. Ghysla smiled. She would take Sivorne away to her cave in the peaks by Kelda's Horns, and there she would lay the sleep upon her. The old sleep. The great sleep. The Sleep of Stone.
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Solitary or Social?Eden Kennedy
This post is part of the Dell Family Tech series.
I may be the only one who has this problem, because it's kind of a weird one, but I trust you so I'm going to just lay it out there.
I can't watch a whole movie alone by myself.
I can watch one episode of a TV show, maybe, without anyone else around, but I won't even watch a YouTube video if it's over three minutes. When I'm home alone, the TV stays off.
I didn't used to be like this. When I was a kid, I watched hours of TV all by myself. I prayed for there to be no one there when I got home from school so that I wouldn't be interrupted segueing mindlessly from Gilligan's Island to Bewitched to Emergency! (Denver in the seventies had a fantastic line-up of after-school programming. It's a wonder any of us graduated.)
But it's as though my attention span has grown shorter with adulthood, not longer. Maybe it's that my responsibilities have increased, and time spent just sitting and staring at a screen doesn't feel like down-time, it feels like a waste of time.
All this is to say, the only way I can give myself over to a sedentary viewing experience guilt-free is if (a) I'm actually at a movie theater where I've paid to go in and sit with a bunch of other people in the dark, or (b) someone at home is watching with me.
We have this Dell computer from the last round of giveaways, and it has a Blu-Ray-capable disc player in it. We also had a gifted Blu-Ray copy of Toy Story 3 lying around, which I didn't feel like I needed to see again because who wants to cry over their son's impending lost childhood again? NOT ME. So I never would have put two and two together if my husband hadn't been out of town and Jackson and I were noodling around the office punching each other. (Jackson's an only child so I often switch functions between Mother and Annoying Older Sister.)
Have you seen anything on Blu-Ray? I always figured it must be another over-hyped technology meant to drain us of our already shaky DVD-buying budget, but Holy Mother. A Pixar film on Blu-Ray is like the most vivid nightmare you never want to wake up from. Admittedly, Tom Hanks probably gets a lot of the
blame credit for that.
So that is my confession. I sort of wish things were different. I kind of wish I were twenty years old and had the stamina to watch fifteen hours of bleak Swedish cinema, but I'm not and I can't. Which is probably better for you, anyway, unless you like reading long posts about how adorable Max von Sydow is in his chain mail suit.
But maybe it's not such a bad thing that I can only justify my screen time if it's a shared experience. Now I just need to figure out how to cuddle a squirming ten-year-old and have a Tarkovsky film festival at the same time.
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Pizza is the great unifier.
I mean, you can take a handful of motley, leftover ingredients (say, a little spinach, some cooked bacon, the last bits of a few different kinds of cheese), put them on a pizza, and…presto! A delicious meal with very little effort.
It's my ultimate I-have-no-idea-what-to-make-for-dinner-tonight meal.
This is also my second entry in the Breakstone's Triple Churned Challenge. If you like what you see, please consider voting for my menu! (When you vote, you'll be entered to win $300!)
Homemade pizza dough versus store bought
For this pizza, you can go all out and make the dough from scratch—or, if you're short on time, swing by your local pizza joint and ask them to sell you a ball or two of dough. Most places are happy to oblige.
Or grab a ball of fresh dough at the grocery store on your way home from work. (Pizza dough also freezes really well. You just need to plan ahead a little to thaw it out.)
I'll often make a batch of dough at the beginning of the week, so I have it on hand when inspiration strikes.
My favorite pizza dough recipes
If you want to make your own dough, here's a list of my favorite pizza recipes to date. I used the dough from the Thin-Crust Pizza for this pizza.
- Thin-Crust Pizza—great flavor, chewy texture, needs to be made the night before
- Nice & Easy Pizza Dough—quick dough, aged less, good in a pinch
- Thick Crust Sausage & Cheese Pizza—thicker, breadier crust
Less is more (the secret to good thin-crust pizza)
Go light on toppings. Use as many as you like, but don't pile them on by the metric tonne. When you're tempted to add more: Stop. You can do it. You'll thank yourself later.
Your restraint will help keep the crust from getting soggy.
Pizza is a good way to use up leftover ingredients
Or stretch a small amount of pricier ingredients to feed a crowd.
For this pizza, you build layers of flavor by quickly sautéing the shrimp in a little bit of bacon fat and freshly cracked black pepper. The bacon adds a subtle smokiness that pairs really well with the asparagus.
Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to peel and devein fresh shrimp. (Scroll down.)
I used 16/25 count shrimp for this recipe, but by all means, use any size you like—or whatever's on sale.
Bigger shrimp just make a more dramatic presentation.
The white sauce is a mixture of ricotta and Breakstone's sour cream, which adds a really nice tang to the pizza.
I used whole milk ricotta, but it would be good with skim, too.
For this recipe, I used my favorite Black Forest bacon from Whole Foods.
The Black Forest bacon is totally worth hunting down, and not really more expensive than a pound of regular bacon that's not on sale. (Alright, I'll readily admit that I'm probably addicted to the stuff.) But by all means, use your favorite bacon.
The fresh chili pepper adds a little heat (if you're not crazy about hot stuff, just leave it off). I also used asparagus, one of my favorite springtime veggies—not to mention an excellent companion to bacon.
This particular combination of ingredients makes a great springtime pizza.
My second recipe for the Breakstone's Triple Churned Challenge
So, we've been challenged!
That's right! The good folks from Breakstone's threw down the gauntlet, and we picked it right up (mice love found things, after all). Here's the scoop on The Breakstone's Triple Churned Challenge.
Vote today and be entered to win $300
Breakstone's challenged me and three other gals to create an appetizer, entree, and dessert using their Triple Churned Sour Cream.
This contest is sponsored by Breakstone's and the winner will be chosen by reader vote. Readers can vote for their favorite recipes here once a day. The grand prize is $3,000 (how cool is that?)!
And every time you vote, you'll be entered to win a $300. The more you vote, the greater your chances to win. (Thanks, Breakstone's!)
If you missed it, here's my entry in the appetizer category: Panko & Chili Crusted Oven Fried Chicken Fingers.
The basic technique for this pizza
The short version of this recipe goes like this: Fry the bacon and par-cook the shrimp. Roll the dough out. Slap a little sauce on it. Arrange your ingredients. Bake in a super hot oven for about 12 minutes. Inhale.
Read on for more detailed instructions.
Spicy White Pizza with Bacon, Shrimp & Asparagus
1 ball pizza dough (see note above)
coarse cornmeal for the pizza pan
1/2 cup whole-milk ricotta
1/4 cup Breakstone's sour cream
1/4 lb. bacon, diced
1/2 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
6-7 spears asparagus, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 chili pepper, seeded, deveined, and sliced into thin strips
shredded mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese
freshly cracked black pepper
Makes 1 large pizza
Bring your dough to room temperature
For this recipe, I'm assuming that you either bought a ball of pizza dough somewhere—or made your own. If you've refrigerated your dough, take it out and let it come up to room temperature before handling.
Preheat your oven to 500 degrees.
Prep your veggies
Nip the bottom quarter-inch or so of the asparagus off and discard. Chop the spears into pieces about a half an inch long. Whack the top off your chili pepper.
Cut it in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds and the ribs. Discard them.
Slice the pepper lengthwise into thin strips.
Make the white sauce for the pizza
Put the ricotta and the Breakstone's sour cream in a small bowl.
Grind on a little fresh black pepper. (I don't add any salt here because the shredded cheese is usually plenty salty.)
Mix until uniform. Set aside.
Fry the bacon
Dice the bacon up. Put it in a nonstick pan over medium-high heat.
Stir occasionally, cooking until the bacon is crisp.
Remove the bacon from the pan with a slotted spoon. Set it aside in a bowl (line it with a paper towel, if you like, to catch any leftover grease).
Pre-cook the shrimp
Discard most of the bacon fat from the frying pan. (Save it in the fridge and use it to fry potatoes!)
Toss the shrimp into the pan. Season with a little freshly cracked black pepper. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently.
This is important. You just want to get a little color on the shrimp at this point—but not cook them all the way through.
When they've just turned pink on both sides, yank them out of the pan and put them in a bowl. (See how they're a little blueish and translucent in places? That's what you want. It means they're still raw inside.) They'll finish cooking in the oven.
Roll out the dough
Sprinkle a little coarse cornmeal on a large pizza pan (round or rectangular…up to you!
Set your ball of dough on a lightly floured board.
Stretch it out (or roll it…sacrilege, I know…but also pretty darn effective) so it covers your whole pizza pan.
Assemble the pizza!
Grab your cheese out of the fridge. It's time to assemble the pizza.
So, by now, your counter should look about like this. Pan covered in dough. Ricotta/sour cream white sauce. Fried bacon and shrimp. Sliced asparagus and chili pepper. Grated Parmesan and shredded mozzarella.
Spread a thin layer of white sauce on the dough. (Depending on how large your pizza is and how thin you rolled the crust, you may or may not use all of the sauce.)
Sprinkle with half the chopped bacon.
Sprinkle with a little shredded mozzarella.
Arrange the shrimp so they're spread out.
Add some slivers of pepper.
And the asparagus spears.
Sprinkle with the rest of the bacon, a little more mozzarella, and some grated Parmesan. Topping a pizza like this (cheese, toppings, more cheese), helps the toppings stick to the pizza better when you bite into a slice.
Bake the pizza!
Pop the pizza into your preheated 500-degree oven.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the cheese is brown and bubbly and the crust is crisp.
Yank the pan out of the oven. Slice immediately and serve.
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Seeking re-election, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and his slate of running mates for the City Council officially launched their campaign for the May 14 city election at a downtown Jersey City restaurant this afternoon.
"I know what this job takes, I know how to make this city better. I have been doing it for a long time," said Healy during his opening remarks to the roughly 250 supporters that crowded Michael Anthony's Restaurant at 502 Washington Blvd. near the Newport waterfront.
Healy is running for his third term in office against mayoral hopefuls Ward E City Councilman Steve Fulop and former Seton Hall basketball star Jerry Walker.
Hudson County Freeholder Jeff Dublin opened the hour-long event and introduced Healy to a loud crowd that filled the main dining hall of the Italian restaurant with chants of "Four more years!"
"The city is about hard working people and their families," said Healy, who spoke of raising four children in Jersey City and emphasized the city's achievements. During his tenure he said the city saw a record-low homicide rate, expanded parks and increased numbers of public safety personnel despite a $70 million cut in state aid.
Healy also questioned Fulop's experience and commitment to the city, saying the Downtown councilman is only trying to use Jersey City as a stepping stone toward higher office.
"This young man wants the title of the mayor but not the job of the mayor," said Healy, adding, during his closing remarks to supporters, "Get out to vote so that, as Jeff Dublin said, Jersey City can remain for Jersey City, not some newcomers, some interlopers who don't know the city, don't care about the city, and want to use the city for their own personal ambitions."
Healy was followed by brief remarks from each of his nine running mates: Councilman Peter Brennan, for at-large; Omar Perez, for at-large; Councilwoman Viola Richardson, for at-large; former schools superintendent Charles Epps, for Ward A; Jerry Meyers, for Ward B; Janet Chevres, for Ward C; the Rev. Mario Gonzalez, for Ward D; Dan Levin, for Ward E; and Jermaine Robinson, for Ward F.
"We're here to tell them all that we are winning this election," said Richardson, adding she ran for the last five campaigns on integrity, commitment, and service, "That's what I've done and that's why I've joined Jerramiah Healy's team."
She also accused Fulop of trying to use Jersey City "to get to the next level."
In response, Fulop campaign spokesman Bruno Tedeschi said "The tone of the Healy campaign is clearly desperate. While the Fulop campaign is putting forward solid plans to reduce crime, increase employment and lower taxes, the mayor continues a negative attack campaign of false information to scare voters with lie after lie. It is really pathetic and sad."
"Being mayor of this city he loves and where he's raised his own family is the greatest honor of Mayor Healy's life," said Joshua Henne, Healy campaign spokesman in response. "Together with his strong, dynamic and diverse council slate, Mayor Healy will fight every day to continue the progress for every resident in every neighborhood."


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The bill creates a Class A misdemeanor offense in cases where an adult authority figure touches or kisses the lips of a minor child age 13 to 17 for reasons of sexual gratification.
"This loophole in the law was brought to my attention by a local judge," Tracy said. "The offense is addressed for children under the age of 13, but not for those minors ages 13 to 17 who can also be victimized by sexual predators. These youth are very vulnerable to become victims of sexual contact by an authority figure and should be protected under Tennessee law."
Tennessee law presently makes it an offense of aggravated sexual battery when such an act occurs to a child under the age of 13.
The law, however, is silent when it involves minors age 13 to 17. Senate Bill 1679 makes it a Class A misdemeanor, as long as the adult who commits the offense is at least four or more years older than the victim.
"There is no doubt that this inappropriate behavior is a predatory act which should be punished," Tracy added. "Inappropriate sexual contact by an authority figure has a long lasting negative effect on a minor child for many years beyond the act. We need to strengthen the law and punish those who use their position of authority to harm children."
The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Joe Carr (R-Lascassas) in the House of Representatives where it passed by a vote of 94 to 2, now goes to Gov. Bill Haslam for his signature.


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- Two tickets to Black Tie Dinner at the Sheraton Dallas on Saturday, November 2, 2013 with food and drinks
- Access to after-party held at the Sheraton Dallas
- One night at the Sheraton Dallas in a Standard Queen or King room
- The Kitchen Table Restaurant & Lounge buffet breakfast for two the morning after event
What we love
- Go out on the town while giving back to the community with two tickets to the 32nd annual Black Tie Dinner.
- This year's featured speaker will be Academy Award-winning screenwriter and executive producer Dustin Lance Black.
- Fran Drescher, better known as "The Nanny," and Peter Marc Jacobson will receive the Black Tie Dinner Media Award, which recognizes positive, increased awareness of LGBT issues in the media.
- Grammy Award-winning singer and headliner of the event Patti LaBelle will stun the crowd with an awe-inspiring performance.
- After the dinner, you'll have access to the AfterBlack dance party. Party to the late hours and then head to your luxurious Standard room right in the Sheraton.
- The next morning, you two can relive the fabulous night over complimentary buffet in the hotel's restaurant.
- To date, Black Tie Dinner has raised over 17 million dollars for local and national beneficiaries like the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
What to know
- Redeem by: Sunday, November 3, 2013
- This offer is subject to Terms and Conditions
- Limit one voucher per member; additional may be purchased as gifts
- Purchaser names will be provided to the vendor for ticketing purposes
- Standard King or Queen rooms are subject to availability
- VIP reception hosted by Coldwell Banker takes place from 6 – 6:50 PM and features complimentary signature cocktails by Grey Goose in the Grey Goose Lounge as well as a surprise guest appearance
- This offer is final sale and non-refundable


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Red Lacquered Mandalay Buddha
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A Mandalay Buddha forms the sign of the wheel of Buddhist law with right thumb and forefinger touching in vitarka mudra, symbolizing intellectual searching and discussion. A striking feature of this Buddha is the masterfully rounded modeling that gives the figure a settled, serene aura. Carved of dense, heavy Burmese teak wood,the Buddha is seated on a low double lotus throne. Thayo, lacquer thickened with bone ash, is used to create unusual scrolling over the bare shoulder as well as the robe edging and lotus detailing on the throne. This Buddha is finished in a non-traditional way—generally the carved wood figure is coated first with black lacquer, which then is partially or fully covered with red lacquer. Gold leaf then is applied either by the maker or later by worshipers. On this Buddha, there is only the cinnabar-colored lacquer, with the head showing a soft shine, and the body muted with a duller red lacquer top coating. Black lacquer was used only to seal the bottom surface of the base. The base has five small holes, probably because it was placed over prongs to keep it stabilized on the altar. Note the shine on the little finger of the right hand, worn from the repeated light touches of the devout. This is an exceptionally appealing Buddha from mid-20th century Burma. It is in excellent condition, showing only a small lacquer chip on the left eyelid and some wearing away of the top dulling layer of lacquer. Dimensions: height 15 ½" (39 cm), width 12 ¼" (31 cm), depth 8 3/4" (22.5 cm). SEE MORE ITEMS IN OUR COLLECTION AT WWW.SILKROAD1.COM
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Connecting the Dots: The Challenges of Identifying and Responding to Stalking
By Paul Schnell, Chief of Police, Maplewood Police Department, Maplewood, Minnesota; and Michelle M. Garcia, Director, Stalking Resource Center, National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, D.C.
talking is a pervasive, dangerous, and—far too often—lethal crime. It is a crime that occurs at dramatically high rates; in a one-year period, 6.6 million individuals were stalked in the United States, and 1 in 6 women and 1 in 19 men are stalked in their lifetimes.1 Stalking often co-occurs with other crimes such as threats, property damage, physical assault, domestic violence, and sexual assault. The risk of harm is very real for stalking victims—approximately 25 to 35 percent of stalking cases involve some type of violence, and 3 out 4 women murdered by an intimate partner were stalked in the year prior to their murder.2
Another reason why victims do not report stalking to law enforcement is that the victim is unclear that a crime has occurred. This inability to identify the behavior committed by the stalker as a crime can be particularly challenging for victims. The stalking behaviors most commonly experienced by victims include the following:
It is easy to see how victims may fail to recognize these behaviors as crimes, given that many of the behaviors, in and of themselves, are not criminal acts. Showing up in public places, spreading rumors, and sending text messages or emails (absent a specific threat or in violation of a court order) are not crimes on their own. This under-identification of stalking also affects law enforcement and prosecutors. In two studies examining domestic violence cases, researchers found that in only 5 to 16 percent of identified stalking cases among reported domestic violence cases are the defendants actually charged with stalking.7
The very nature of stalking can make it challenging for law enforcement to identify. One challenge is that stalking is a "course of conduct" crime. All stalking laws in the United States have an element requiring repeated conduct or contact. Statutory language varies across states with common language such as "on more than one occasion," "two or more acts or occasions," or simply "a series of acts" or "repeated acts." Only one state, Delaware, requires three or more separate incidents.8 However, the law enforcement response to crime is largely incident based, which is incompatible with effective investigation of and intervention in stalking cases. Typically, law enforcement responds to a call for service, addresses that call, and then moves on to another call. The focus is on the specific incident that precipitated the call and not necessarily any behaviors or incidents that may have occurred previously. If an officer responds to a stalking victim's call regarding a single non-threatening email and does not ask about any other behaviors or incidents experienced by the victim, there is no ability to meet the course of conduct requirement, and therefore, no ability to identify or charge stalking. For law enforcement to identify and successfully investigate stalking crimes, a paradigm shift is needed in how law enforcement responds to these types of reports. Law enforcement must connect the dots between all of the stalker's actions.
Another challenge is that stalking laws require that the course of conduct cause the victim, or would cause a reasonable person, to experience emotional distress or fear. The challenge with the notion of emotional distress and fear is that they are subjective. What one person might view as harmless or benign might cause another person distress or fear. For example, responders or others might regard an ex-boyfriend sending cards, letters, or flowers to his former significant other as an annoying or harmless attempt to regain the attention of his former love interest. However, if the recipient of those communications and gifts has taken repeated steps to cut off and avoid contact, then the behaviors are understandably distressing. To fully recognize the way the crime is perpetrated and experienced, officers need to understand the experience of the victim. Context is critical in stalking cases. Stalking behaviors are easily minimized when not viewed within the contexts they occur (i.e., from the victim's perspective).
The minimization of stalking and related crimes occurs in a social context. Many stalking behaviors have been normalized and accepted as part of the process of growing up and learning about relationships. Stalking themes can be found in music, film, television, advertising, and other media, which usually portray the behavior as comedic or romantic. Law enforcement officials should be aware of this social context and demonstrate leadership by publicly discussing the crime's serious realities. Police leadership plays an essential role in the effective prevention of and response to the crime of stalking.
What else can law enforcement do to respond more effectively to stalking? First, it is critical that agencies have comprehensive policies and protocols in place. Published policy provides guidance and direction to officers, investigators, and supervisors, in addition to making a clear statement about what is valued and deemed important. In 2002, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services published Creating an Effective Stalking Protocol, a monograph created by the Stalking Resource Center of the National Center for Victims of Crime. This publication provides a Model Stalking Protocol that summarizes the definitions of stalking and other legal considerations, the basic elements of response protocol, the roles of police communications personnel, graduated response strategies, and key elements in investigations of stalking cases. The protocol also acknowledges the complexity of the crime of stalking, establishes an early and effective response to stalking as a top priority, and recognizes that all jurisdictions have unique characteristics, processes, and allied partners that shape the response realities in a given community.9
Second, law enforcement agencies must provide officers with current and practical stalking response training. Training must establish the prevalence and dynamics of stalking, with a focus on the importance of understanding the context in which the crime occurs, and also provide a basic awareness of the technology that is increasingly used to perpetrate it. Training should emphasize the need for complete and comprehensive investigations framed within a course of conduct response rather than an incident-based response. The investigations of these cases require strong partnerships between victims and police. The training should also provide reminders of ways police officers can maintain critical connections with stalking victims, with an emphasis on the importance of working with system- and community-based advocates.
Law enforcement effectiveness is enhanced by developing and fostering partnerships with other resources, as well. Given that stalking is so complex and dynamic, no single profession or agency can simultaneously address all the elements of this crime and the needs of victims. Partnerships between law enforcement, prosecutors, community corrections, mental and health care providers, and system- and community-based advocates, among others, are extremely beneficial. Particularly, strong advocacy and police partnerships can help victims with activities such as understanding their rights, securing protection orders, and safety planning.
A clear stalking response policy and sound training are practical ways to demonstrate the value of being victim-centered and offender-focused. Demonstrating this value makes law enforcement less likely to believe a case simply involves "a few inappropriate text messages." Instead, victim perspectives are recognized as valid, and offender conduct is seen as spanning a broad continuum. However, this continuum can be understood only through thoughtful investigations that include detailed documentation.
Finally, law enforcement officials can take advantage of the numerous resources available to assist in enhancing responses to stalking. IACP (http://www.theiacp.org) provides materials and executive law enforcement training on a variety of crimes, including stalking. The Stalking Resource Center at the National Center for Victims of Crime (http://www.victimsofcrime.org/src) is a valuable source for policy development, training and technical assistance, and resource materials. ♦
Notes:1Michele C. Black et al., The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Summary Report (Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). These statistics, from the "National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey," are based upon a conservative definition of stalking that required respondents to report having felt very fearful or concerned that harm would come to the victim or someone close to her/him as a result of the offender's behavior in order to be considered a victim of stalking. This conservative definition of stalking, requiring a victim to feel very fearful, is problematic for a number of reasons. First, stalking victims commonly minimize the risk of harm and the effects of stalking on their lives. Second, no state, territorial, or federal law qualifies fear to require a victim to be very fearful. Using a less conservative definition of stalking, which considers any amount of fear (a little fearful, somewhat fearful, or very fearful), 1 in 4 women (25 percent) and 1 in 13 men (7.9 percent) reported being a victim of stalking in their lifetimes, with 6.5 percent and 2 percent of women and men, respectively, reporting stalking in the 12 months prior to taking the survey.2J. Reid Meloy, The Psychology of Stalking: Clinical and Forensic Perspectives (San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1998); Judith McFarlane et al., "Stalking and Intimate Partner Femicide," Homicide Studies 3, no. 4 (November 1999): 300–316.3Katrina Baum et al., Stalking Victimization in the United States (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2009), http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/stalking-victimization.pdf (accessed November 1, 2013). Of stalking victimizations that were reported to law enforcement, 83 percent were made by the victim. Individuals other than the victim who reported the crime included the victim's family, a friend or neighbor, an employer or coworker, a social worker or counselor, a school official, or a security guard.4Baum, Stalking Victimization in the United States.5Kris Mohandie et al., "The RECON Typology of Stalking: Reliability and Validity Based upon a Large Sample of North American Stalkers," Journal of Forensic Sciences 51, no. 1 (January 2006): 147–155, http://www.victimsofcrime.org/docs/src/mohandie-k-meloy-r-green-mcgowan-m-williams-j-2005.pdf?sfvrsn=0 (accessed November 1, 2013).6Baum, Stalking Victimization in the United States.7Andrew Klein et.al., A Statewide Study of Stalking and Its Criminal Justice Response (National Institute of Justice, 2009), https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228354.pdf (accessed November 1, 2013); Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, Stalking: Its Role in Serious Domestic Violence Cases (Denver: Center for Policy Research, 2001), https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/187446.pdf (accessed November 1, 2013).8"Criminal Stalking Laws by State," Stalking Resource Center, National Center for Victims of Crime, laws current through August 12, 2013, http://victimsofcrime.org/our-programs/stalking-resource-center/stalking-laws/criminial-stalking-laws-by-state (accessed July 26, 2013).9National Center for Victims of Crime, Creating an Effective Stalking Protocol (April 2002), http://victimsofcrime.org/docs/src/creating-an-effective-stalking-protocol.pdf?sfvrsn=2 (accessed August 7, 2013). The Model Stalking Protocol outlined in Creating an Effective Stalking Protocol was originally piloted by the Philadelphia Police Department. To learn more about the implementation and preliminary evaluation of the Philadelphia Police Department's pilot testing of the Model Stalking Protocol see Sonia E Velazquez, Michelle Garcia, and Elizabeth Joyce, "Mobilizing a Community Response to Stalking: The Philadelphia Story," The Police Chief 76 (January 2009): 30–37, www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.fm?fuseaction=display&article_id=1702&issue_id=12009 (accessed November 1, 2013).
Please cite as:
Paul Schnell and Michelle M. Garcia, "Connecting the Dots: The Challenges of Identifying and Responding to Stalking," The Police Chief 80 (December 2013): 62–64.
From The Police Chief, vol. LXXX, no. 12, December 2013. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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Limited edition Marni dress for 5 women in Dubai
Looking for a worthy present for yourself for all the hard work you've done this year? How about a limited edition Marni frock made exclusively for the Dubai woman?
We know ready-to-wear hardly ever spells exclusivity, but we're willing to make an exception this time.
Marni founder and head designer Consuelo Castiglioni has created THE little black dress to slip into in the upcoming party season.
A tulip-hemmed shift dress accented by an Oriental-inspired floral details in gold and grey, topped off with a bejeweled neckline that manages to stay both bold and classy.
Only five pieces of the rare dress will be available worldwide, all of which will be stocked at the house's Mall of the Emirates boutique.
We're already making bets on who among the UAE's fashion elite will get their French tips on this coveted number to add to their collection.
Want in on the Marni 5 club? Get ready to pay up AED 7,850 for this frock. And prepare to brawl.
We are not sure yet how soon the dress will be available at Marni, but we're guessing all five will be hanging mischievously on the racks by November 29th, when Castiglioni is scheduled to visit Dubai.


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By AMC Public AffairsDecember 6, 2013
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command and the Security Assistance Command marked the opening of Lakeside with a ribbon cutting Friday, Dec. 6.
"One word sums up today, and that's persistence," said Gen. Dennis L. Via, the AMC commanding general, beginning his remarks. "It took great vision, leadership, and teamwork to make the cafeteria possible. It was just a short year ago that we broke ground on this facility and we made it right on time for the holidays."
Conrad Bonner, USASAC deputy chief of staff, reminded the crowd that this was another first for USASAC by adding another state-of-the-art-facility, the Lakeside Café, to the campus.
"This cafeteria rounds out our AMC and USASAC campus," said Bonner, referring to the other assets the campus has like a wellness center, parade field, meditation room and state of the art video teleconferencing capabilities.
Col. William Marks, garrison commander, thanked all that participants that made the cafeteria possible.
"Thank you to everyone who continues to make Redstone Arsenal the best installation in the world," said Marks. "[Lakeside Café] will provide a much needed capability for the Martin Road corridor."
The cafeteria is a detached facility of about 4,100 square feet with a full service kitchen, wifi enabled, and seating for approximately 60 people. The staff is currently working to add patio seating in the spring.
"The former café is going to be renovated as a grab-and-go and offer coffee, smoothies, ice cream and a place to drop off dry cleaning," said Linwood 'Bo' Bowers, AMC commandant. "We will open it to the workforce on Dec. 13."
Maj. Gen. Darrell K. Williams, chief of staff of AMC; Heather Hamilton, AMC employee representative; Linwood 'Bo' Bowers, AMC commandant; Col. William B. Marks, garrison commander; John B. Nerger, executive deputy to the commanding general; Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald T. Riling, AMC's senior enlisted leader; Gen. Dennis L. Via , AMC commanding general; Lt. Gen. Patricia E. McQuistion, deputy commanding general of AMC and senior commander for Team Redstone; Conrad Bonner, USASAC deputy chief of staff; Tim Mitchell, AMC union representative; and Kimberly Reese, USASAC employee representative all participated in cutting the ceremonial ribbon.
Three AMC band members played holiday music as the workforce enjoyed its first meal at the Lakeside Café with hot apple cider and cake.


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You've probably heard about a spring break relief trip to Haiti taken by Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones, teammate and walk-on wide receiver Hardie Buck and friend James Gannon.
Alongside a Memphis mission group called Eikon Ministries, Jones and company traveled last week to Pignom, Haiti to help relief efforts from the Jan. 14 earthquake that struck the Caribbean country."I was definitely more shocked when I saw it in person just because on TV it seems so far away. But in person, it is real," Jones said. "Seeing people who had lost it all, they live in big fields filled with tents called tent cities. You see thousands of tents. It is where they live because all their houses are in shambles or condemned."
Since the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti is closed, Jones' group flew into Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, where they still had about 10 hours to reach Pignom. Jones said the first three hours were by taxi and the last seven were in the back of a truck (with nine pieces of luggage).
They spent the week performing relief projects (like building showers) and visiting with local children in what had basically become a refugee camp.
"There was a wide range of kids anywhere from newborns to 20," Jones said. "We taught them how to play "Uno," played soccer with them. A lot of them just kind of needed to be loved. ... There will be plenty of other times to go to the beach, but this was the experience of a lifetime. Something I may never be able to do again, and an experience I would never take back."