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©2012 This excerpt taken from the article of the same name which appeared in High Performing Buildings Magazine, vol. 5, no. 4, Fall 2012.
By Tom Hootman, AIA; David Okada, P.E., Member ASHRAE; Shanti Pless, Member ASHRAE; Michael Sheppy, Associate Member ASHRAE; and Paul Torcellini, Ph.D., P.E.,Member ASHRAE
About the Authors
Tom Hootman, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is director of sustainability at RNL in Denver. David Okada, P.E., Member ASHRAE, LEED AP, is an associate principal for Integral Group in Seattle. He worked on the NREL RSF project while at Stantec Consulting. Shanti Pless, Member ASHRAE, is a senior energy efficiency research engineer in the NREL Commercial Buildings Research Group in Golden, Colo., Michael Sheppy, Associate Member ASHRAE, is a research engineer in the NREL Commercial Buildings Research Group in Golden, Colo. Paul Torcellini, Ph.D., P.E., Member ASHRAE, is the line manager of the NREL Commercial Buildings Research Group in Golden, Colo.
The foundation to this blueprint is writing performance requirements into the contract. NREL developed a performance-based design-build approach to procurement. The goals of this approach are unleashing the creativity of the designers and builders, maximizing collaboration, and reducing overall risk by shifting responsibility and control to the design build team. (See Key Provisions Included.)
These provisions filtered into the design-build team's contractual relationships and reinforced a performance-centered, integrated delivery process. The investment NREL made in clearly and thoroughly defining its objectives was critical to simultaneously meet the aggressive performance, cost and schedule requirements. (See Primary Project Objectives and Requirements.)
The design-build team realized that by focusing on net zero energy, many of the other objectives would fall into place. The project is pursuing three of NREL's four definitions of net zero energy: site energy, source energy, and energy emissions (net zero energy cost was not pursued). Meeting the net zero site energy requirements was the most challenging and served as the basis for sizing the renewable energy system.
With the final phase of the on-site photovoltaic system installed during summer 2012, the project is meeting its demand-side energy use targets, but is still a year away from having a full net zero energy year.
The most cost-effective way to save energy is to not need it. Building the architectural concept around climate responsive strategies reduces demand on active lighting and HVAC systems. The primary building section design addresses strategies such as a 100% daylit footprint, effective cross ventilation and solar and glare control. The resulting section is 60 ft deep. The narrow depth and campus constraints led to the H-shaped plan that positions the office program in long, thin, east-west-oriented wings.
The building envelope also is key in integrating passive strategies. The façades have low average window-to-wall ratios of 27%, but the design still provides a fully daylit interior. The two primary exterior wall assemblies include a precast concrete assembly and a steel stud assembly. The precast concrete walls include continuous rigid insulation and use a low-conductivity connector between the interior and exterior concrete layers.
The steel stud wall uses a stud with stamped openings within the web, which reduces the thermal bridging. In addition to high R-value wall and roof assemblies, careful attention was paid to the intersections of assemblies to reduce thermal bridging.
ASHRAE advances the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. With more than 55,000 members from over 132 nations, ASHRAE is a diverse organization representing building system design and industrial processes professionals around the world.


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She has undergone tests for the sometimes deadly infection, and university officials are awaiting the results, the advisory says.
The university has already contacted people who may have been in close contact with the undergraduate student, who lives on the university's Bethlehem campus, the advisory says.
The student, according to the advisory, attended a party Tuesday night at Theta Chi fraternity. Others who attended that party and drank from cups that may have been used by others are urged to visit Lehigh's health center for preventative medicine.
The center is open until 10 tonight and will open again at 8:15 a.m. Friday. Students who need medical attention after the center has closed should call campus police at 610-758-4200.
According to the advisory:
"Students who have been in close contact to a person ill with (meningitis) should take preventive antibiotics even if they have been vaccinated, as they may still be susceptible to the illness.
"Please note that this disease is typically spread only through close contact, such as shared saliva or prolonged contact with a person who is infected. It is not spread through casual contact, such as being in the same classroom or eating in the same dining hall. Infectious disease experts do not recommend treatment for people with casual or random exposure.
"Some common early symptoms of meningococcal meningitis include fever, severe sudden headache, lethargy, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting and rash. It is extremely important to seek medical attention if you do have these symptoms."

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May 3, 2013 -- The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners will hold a work session on Monday, May 6, at 4 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Government Center (65 Church St. SE, Concord).
Here are some topics on the May 6 work session agenda. You can follow live tweets from the meeting (#CCBOC) or catch the meeting playback on Channel 22 and YouTube.


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Crimea never pays
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"The markets are punishing Russia much more swiftly than the diplomats", writes Jason Karaian of Russia's invasion of Crimea, which began Friday. Today, MICEX, Russia's main stock index, fell 11.3%. Russia's central bank reportedly sold $10 billion of reserves and raised its overnight rate to 7% (from 5.5%) to support the ruble. The currency nevertheless fell 2.5% against the dollar today, to a record low of 36.5 rubles/dollar.
Gary Greenberg, head of emerging markets at Hermes Fund Managers, told Reuters' Sujata Rao that "the market's assessment is that the Russian government is willing to sacrifice both the country's economy and its international standing in order to bolster its pretensions for a Eurasian union".
Sober Look argues that a war probably won't be too bad for Russia's economy: a weak ruble and high oil prices (which are likely coming for Europe) will reduce imports and increase the value of exports. The result? "The nation's current account will improve. Putin's economic advisers will not be losing any sleep over the current geopolitical tensions".
Timothy Ash at Standard Bank disagrees. "It is complete tosh," he writes, "to think that all this aggressive action by Moscow in Crimea, and jingoism at home, and the prospect of international isolation, will have no effect on the Russian economy". Ash points to capital flight, weakening asset prices, and sanctions from the West as potential problems for the Russian economy.
Capital Economics' Julian Jessop says that Europe and the West face two major economic issues: a disruption in the Russian oil supply to the EU and the cost of a potential Ukrainian bailout, which he predicts would cost hundreds of billions of dollars long-term. Russia is a major oil supplier to Germany and the Netherlands, and supplies much of Western Europe's natural gas. Thus, Jessop says, both Russia and the West would be hurt economically by sanctions, making them unlikely to happen. — Shane Ferro
On to today's links:
New Normal
Why big companies are hoarding cash – Mohamed El-Erian
"Higher education is becoming a caste system" – Suzanne Mettler
What did — and did not — happen during the collapse of the biggest bitcoin exchange – Emin Gün Sirer
"Inequality's impairment of economic growth may dwarf its more apparent social costs" – Daniel Altman
What it'll take to build a truly stable electronic currency – Robert Shiller
Ukraine and the west: a guide to international law – Brussels Blog
A primer on recent Ukrainian history – Timothy Snyder
The Oracle
A quick-and-dirty guide to Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter – Dan McCrum
Does Berkshire have trouble finding use for its own capital? – Cullen Roche
"It's almost biblical. There is a time to reap and there's a time to sow", says guy who just earned $546 million – Will Alden
Carl Icahn begins a letter to eBay shareholders with an epigram from himself – Shareholders' Square Table
"Why would anyone want to trade foreign exchange?" – FT
Why Puerto Rico is the anti-Argentina – Reuters
Obamacare effects help push up income, spending – WSJ
The economy and the gender-norm challenge – Cardiff Garcia
"Apple's annual acquisition spending pace has been neck and neck with Google" – Apple Insider
Abenomics: what could go wrong – Fistful of Euros
Degrees of Angry
"If housing prices fall, 'they'll not get just a little angry, they'll get tremendously angry'" – NYT
1 in 3 nursing homes patients are harmed by some form of mistreatment – ProPublica
The UK's housing crisis: "when the present is intolerable and reform appears impossible, something has to give" – Guardian
Why Comcast's chief lobbyist isn't technically a "lobbyist" – Philly Inquirer
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Let's be real: we're not perfect. We're pregnant. We get hungry. We make horrible food decisions sometimes.
Sometimes it's out of necessity. Sometimes I'm just too tired to make myself something. And sometimes I do it just because it tastes SO. GOOD.
Come on ladies...spill your guts. What's been your worst food sin?
Food confessions -- worst thing I ate
OMG, there is such thing as cookie dough flautas??? I
Tonight I had buffalo chicken wing flavored combos. I ate so many that I wasn't hungry for the healthy dinner that I had left over from last night, so instead for dinner I had onion rings and a california roll. Then for dessert lemon sorbet with jelly belly jellybeans on top.
@HNImom I too ate a bad lunch today and thought I wanted nothing but veggies and fruit for dinner...So instead I ate a cheeseburger sub and mozzarella sticks...
Did I mention that I was also too lazy to go get it so I had it delivered?
Sean Justin, Jr. [2.22.2013] -our perfect guardian angel-
Sailor Jade [4.27.2014] -our rainbow-
SF(23) + CF(23) = Junebug #1 - June 15, 2013!
First time mom & so excited!
I just had a giant bowl of spaghetti w/ meat sauce, garlic toast, & a salad with blue cheese dressing & an entire avocado on top. After I can breathe again, I'm totally goin in for some mini cupcakes & a fat glass of milk.
The other night I had a bowl of banana pudding- southern style w/ cookies & cool whip & everything. SO GOOD. I wasn't even hungry. It just sounded good.
Last night for dinner I had Doritos and a banana. Not the best decision, but if filled me up haha
There is a new fancy donut place by my office and I couldn't decide between two different giant, deep fried, gooey filled donuts...so I bought them both. And ate them both. In about 10 seconds.
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Building Harmony
Early last month, we announced the winners of our Small Business United Grant Competition. Music teacher Ioana Sherman of Chapel Hill, N.C., was the grand prize winner of a $25,000 business grant.
I recently had a chance to catch up with Ioana and hear what she's been up to since winning the grant. In the two months since the competition ended, she's been hard at work continuing to build her dream - she is using the grant money to convert her house into Harmony Music Studio.
Ioana and her husband Chris bought the house six months ago, thinking they would renovate the basement so Ioana could start teaching from there and save up to renovate the rest of the house into a full studio. The grant has allowed her to fast-forward this plan. She says:
"This experience has truly been life changing... It is not only changing my life, but all of the students who will grow and learn music at Harmony Music Studio."
Ioana expects to celebrate the grand opening of Harmony Music Studio in late September. We'll be following her journey to achieving her dream via her blog and invite you to do the same.


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The 2014 French Quarter Festival on April 10-13 will welcome more than 550,000 locals and out-of-town visitors -- many of them die-hard devotees of the festival's seemingly myriad offerings of music, food and Louisiana culture. You can see them, eyes glued to the stages, scarfing down local dishes.
As the afternoon wears on, the heat beats down, the crowds often thicken, and attendees can be forgiven for wanting to take a brief respite from the cacophony. Who hasn't felt the siren call of a nice, cool, quiet and often dark place to sit down, take a breather, and enjoy a cold drink in air-conditioned spaces of the Quarter's bars.
There are too many bars, and too many varieties, for a comprehensive list, but here are some of our favorites. There may be what seem like glaring omissions, but we weren't necessarily focusing on the most famous or historic or even the most popular ones. What's your favorite French Quarter Festival "getaway" bar? If there's one of your favorites not in the list, tell us which one you love and why in the comments.
Chart Room, 300 Chartres St.
Whether you duck into the Chart Room at 2 p.m. or 2 a.m., the view in this quiet cave is often the same: a dozen or so French Quarter revelers resting at the bar or around tables. Some might brave the sunlight at a round table facing Chartres Street. When the weather is nice, the folding doors that front out onto Chartres are left ajar, so tipplers can enjoy a bit of sunshine-freshened air while enjoying the confines of this dark, occasionally smoky bar. Cheap and cash-only, the bar serves strong and cold drinks for anywhere from $2-$5 each. Come for the drinks; stay for the collection of tattered maps adorning the wooden walls. As Esquire once wrote, "it's a de facto oasis of sanity." On a sad note: This will be the first year without beloved owner Ray Newman, who passed away in February. -- Cate Root
Cosimo's, 1201 Burgundy St.
Almost everything about Cosimo's is friendly, from the wagon-wheel ceiling fans hanging from the wood-paneled ceilings and comfy couches in the side room to the low-attitude bartenders and food served off to the side. Tucked in the quiet northeast corner of the lower Quarter, Cosimo's feels like a neighborhood bar for all NOLA neighborhoods. (Even the volume on the jukebox seems to know its place.) Bar Food at Cosimo's offers a standard bar menu of sandwiches, pizza, salads and more. -- David Lee Simmons
Erin Rose, 811 Conti St.
While it makes sense to land in a quiet, out-of-the-way bar in the lower Quarter, to find something so serene in the upper Quarter is downright counter-intuitive. And that's The Erin Rose, which sits just a block off Bourbon Street but might as well be a mile away. Regulars and tourists alike chill out with ease here, which is a perfect match for the bar's iconic frozen Irish coffee. Craft cocktails and beers abound, as well, and the Killer Po-Boys in the back serve up some of the most popular sandwiches in any Quarter quadrant. -- David Lee Simmons
Flanagan's, 625 St. Philip St.
Sometimes "nothing special" is exactly what you want, and this no-frills lower Quarter dive is bound to deliver. What charms in this 24-hour dive? How about a Bloody Mary, served in a pint glass, that is more than half vodka? How about a frosty domestic bottle so cold that you should pack your own koozie? How about a large menu of competent bar food (including vegetarian options)? Flanagan's is good for large groups, too -- just ask the dozens of tourists who file through nightly for the French Quarter Phantoms walking tour. A stray conventioneer could wile away the hours observing the comings and goings of this service industry haunt. -- Cate Root
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, 941 Bourbon St.
You'd think that one of New Orleans' most historic bars, on Bourbon Street no less, would be anything but a sanctuary. And yet there Lafitte's still sits, leaning on candles, gas lanterns and the cool glow from neon signs, the jukebox and TVs to do the heavy lifting on lighting. Sometimes raucous, perhaps, but Lafitte's has a soothing quality about it, and we're not just talking about the rotating piano players, Mike Hood and Angela Trosclair. In addition to the iconic Purple Voodoo drink, Lafitte's added ginger beer to its collection, which can facilitate other popular crafted cocktails such as the Dark and Stormy and the Moscow Mule. -- David Lee Simmons


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Rekindling romance rumors that started nearly nine months ago, Lindsay Lohan and Keanu Reeves were photographed together leaving the Los Angeles nightclub Teddy's, at the Roosevelt Hotel, on Monday.
The two reportedly met last December, and despite their vast age difference (she's 20 and he's 42) rumors are running rampant that the pair is now hooking up.
On Tuesday, Keanu reps put the speculation to rest, telling "Extra" their client doesn't even know La Lohan; they just happened to be at the same club at the same time.
While Lindsay and Keanu's romance may or may not be heating up, another beauty has found her own prince charming -- and her love looks to be in full bloom.
Bouncing back from her recent breakup with Orlando Bloom, a new romance is reportedly blossoming for Kate Bosworth.
"Kate Bosworth is casually dating British model and rocker James Rousseau," Us Weekly's Katrina Szish dished to "Extra."
Meanwhile, Us also reports that Kate's ex, Orlando, has hooked up with Spanish beauty Penélope Cruz.
But Orlando isn't the only foreign import in Hollywood with a beautiful woman by his side.
Scottish stud Dougray Scott, who plays Teri Hatcher's new love interest on "Desperate Housewives," is currently starring in a real-life romance with "CSI: New York" stunner Claire Forlani.
You can read all about their made-for-TV romance in this week's Us Weekly magazine.
Another TV beauty is reveling in her real-life love, despite her shattered love life on the hit TV series "Grey's Anatomy."
We caught up with the beautiful Katherine Heigl at the one year anniversary celebration of Tao in Las Vegas, where she dished about her wonderful passion prognosis: she's getting married to musician Josh Kelley next year.
So, why the year wait? "That's normal, right? That's not bad!" Katherine giggled.


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It was when I said,
"There is no such thing as the truth,"
That the grapes seemed fatter.
The fox ran out of his hole.
You. . . You said,
"There are many truths,
But they are not parts of a truth."
Then the tree, at night, began to change,
Smoking through green and smoking blue.
We were two figures in a wood.
We said we stood alone.
It was when I said,
"Words are not forms of a single word.
In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts.
It was when you said,
"The idols have seen lots of poverty,
Snakes and gold and lice,
But not the truth";
It was at that time, that the silence was largest
The fragments of the autumn warmest,
Closest and strongest.


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Steve Jobs wasn't known for philanthropy. Some wondered if he made anonymous donations to charity, some criticized him for his lack of public giving, while others defended him. Jobs reportedly told his biographer Walter Isaacson that he could do more to change the world for the better by making great products, not by donating directly to charitable causes. Nevertheless, under his watch Apple's charitable efforts included participation in the (PRODUCT)RED group working to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa and support for disaster relief efforts of the Red Cross.
Since Tim Cook became CEO in August 2011, Apple has continued or stepped up its support for charities.
Article List
- iTunes charity work reaches out (December)
- RED iPod Nano Released (October)
- Updated iPod shuffle Released: (PRODUCT)RED iPod shuffle (September)
- Apple Announces Pink iPod nano: (PRODUCT)RED iPod nano (January)
- iTunes Store Facilitating Red Cross Donations for Haitian Earthquake Relief (January)
- Apple's 2010 Fall Media Event: (PRODUCT)RED iPod nano (September)
- Stanford Hospital Announces Unprecedented Support from Silicon Valley Companies (February)
- Apple Accepting Red Cross Donations on iTunes for Japanese Relief Efforts (March)
- Apple Delays iPad 2 Launch in Japan Following Earthquake and Tsunami (March)
- Steve Jobs Offers Support to Apple Employees Affected by Earthquake (March)
- Apple Institutes New Charitable Matching Program for Employees (September)
- Apple and Employees Give $2.6 Million to Charity Through Donation Matching Program (November)
- Apple Recognizes World AIDS Day Online and In-Store (December)
- Apple's Town Hall Meeting Emphasized Corporate Philanthropy (February)
- Apple Releases (PRODUCT)RED Bumper for iPhone 4S/4 (August)
- Apple's iPhone 5 Media Event: new (PRODUCT)RED iPod models (September)
- iTunes Store Now Accepting Donations for Superstorm Sandy Relief (October)
- Apple Donates $2.5 Million to American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy Relief (November)
- Apple and Starbucks Partner for (Product) Red Gift Cards (November)
- Apple Again Recognizes World AIDS Day Online and In-Store (November)
- Apple Donates $8 Million to Chinese Earthquake Victims (April)
- Tim Cook Offering Coffee Meeting at Apple HQ in Charity Auction (April)
- Tim Cook Coffee Meeting Charity Auction Hits $100,000 (April)
- Apple Has Raised $65 Million for (Product) RED Fight Against AIDS (September)
- Jony Ive Creates Solid Gold EarPods for (RED) Sotheby's Charity Auction (September)
- Jony Ive and Designer Marc Newson Create One-of-a-Kind '(RED) Desk' for Charity (October)
- Jony Ive Partners With Leica for One-of-a-Kind Charity Camera (October)
- Apple Once Again Recognizes World AIDS Day In-Store and Online (November)
- iTunes Store Now Accepting Donations for Philippine Typhoon Relief (November)
- One-of-a-Kind Products Designed by Jony Ive and Designer Marc Newson Sold Off at (RED) Auction (November)
- Apple-related support for charity: Bank of America Donating $1 to Product (RED) for Every Free iTunes Download of U2's 'Invisible' (February)
- Apple's (Product) RED Charity Contributions Reach $70 Million (April)
- Tim Cook Charity Lunch Auction Ends, Earning $330,001 for RFK Center (May)
- Jony Ive and Bono to Appear at Cannes Lions Festival to Discuss (RED) Partnership (June)
- Apple, Other Tech Companies Give $2 Million Each to Cover Taxpayer Costs of Super Bowl 50 (June)
- Bono Recounts Fight With Steve Jobs Over (Product) RED Branding, Urges Apple to Do More (June)
- (Product) RED Thanks Apple for Contributions Totaling $75 Million, Explains Recent Comments From Bono (June)
- Apple Makes $1.6 Million Donation to Support Chinese Earthquake Relief Efforts (August)
- Apple Expands Employee Benefit Programs in Health and Wellness, Education, and Philanthropy (October)
- iTunes Store Now Accepting Donations for City of Hope Medical Center (October)
- Apple Announces World AIDS Day 2014 Campaign for (Product) RED Featuring 'Apps for (RED)' Section in App Store (November)
- Apple Details Special (RED) Shopping Day Gift Card Amounts for Black Friday (November)
- Apple Stores Once Again Coloring Logos Red in Recognition of World AIDS Day (December)
- Apple Launches 'Global Volunteer Program' to Encourage Employees to Volunteer in Local Communities (March)
- Apple Donates Over $50 Million to Increase Diversity in the Tech Industry (March)
- Apple Now Awarding Up to 350 WWDC Scholarships for Students (April)
- Tim Cook Auctions Apple HQ Lunch Meeting, VIP Passes to Apple Keynote for Charity (April)
- Apple Watch With Custom Red Sport Band, Folding UK Plug Spotted in New Photos (April)
- iTunes Store Facilitating Donations to Support Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts (April)
- Tim Cook Charity Lunch Auction Ends, Earns $200,000 for RFK Center (May)
- Apple to Release (PRODUCT)RED Sport Band for Apple Watch (September)
- Apple Accepting Red Cross Donations Through iTunes to Support Migration Crisis (September)
- Apple Partners With Imagine Dragons and One4 Project to Aid in Refugee Relief Efforts (October)
- Apple Sponsoring 2016 'Fashion in an Age of Technology' Met Gala (October)
- Apple Releases (PRODUCT)RED Leather Cases for iPhone 6s and 6s Plus (November)
- Apple Teams Up With Supercell for 2015 World AIDS Day Campaign (November)
- Apple Launches 'Apps for Earth' Promotion in Support of World Wildlife Fund (April)
- Jony Ive Designed a One-of-a-Kind Yellow iPad Pro for Charity (April)
- Apple Accepting Red Cross Donations for Alberta Fires Relief (May)
- Apple to Add Organ Donor Registration Option to Health App in iOS 10 (July)
- Apple Donates $1 Million to Help China's Flood Relief Efforts (July)
- Apple Accepting Donations for Louisiana Flood Relief (August)


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|July 3, 2001
Indian movie stirs passions of intolerance
By Raju Bist
MUMBAI - The timing could not have been worse. Even as preparations continue in New Delhi for the historic meeting in mid-July between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf, a big-budget Hindi movie threatens to further strain relations between the two hostile neighbors.
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha (Revolution - A Love Story) was released on June 15 across India. There was a lot of pre-release hype surrounding the movie as the future of a number of film personalities was riding on its success.
Leading man Sunny Deol, the Bruce Willis of Indian cinema, was looking for a big hit to revive his flagging career. So was director Anil Sharma, who hitherto had dabbled only with B-grade productions. Heroine Amisha Patel, scion of a leading business family, had to prove that her first film - last year's biggest hit, Kaho Na Pyar Hai (Say You Love Me) - was no flash in the pan.
Gadar went on to make news, but for the wrong reasons. On June 20, 400 activists led by a local Muslim leader, Arif Masood, stormed the Lily theatre, which was screeningGadar in the central city of Bhopal. They ransacked the cinema hall - located in the old part of the city, which is predominantly populated by Muslims - and burned two motorscooters. The mob was protesting the manner in which the film's Hindu-Muslim love story is portrayed. Gadar is the fourth film in recent times where a Muslim girl is shown marrying a non-Muslim. (Zubeida, Dahek and Fiza were the others.)
Police had to fire teargas shells and use force to disperse the activists. Two police personnel were injured in the fracas and had to be admitted to hospital. The screening of the period drama was suspended in the city.
Three days later, Muslim organizations in Lucknow, the capital of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, raised their voice against the movie. They were objecting to the mention of the name of a prominent Muslim leader in its list of acknowledgements.
Major portions of Gadar were shot in Lucknow and the organizations were agitated over the filmmaker crediting Maulana Kalbe Sadiq for help in making the film. Sadiq was abroad but his son, Sayyed Hussain, who is president of the Muslim Jagrati Manch, strongly reacted over the inclusion of his father's name in the acknowledgements.
Hussain demanded an explanation from them as to how Sadiq helped the film unit, saying it was seemingly a "conspiracy of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh and other Hindu organizations to defame the Muslim leader". Hussain said his father was a religious leader and his name should not be associated with a film containing modern songs and dances. "It is an insult to him," he observed.
The Muslim Jagrati Manch has threatened to take legal action against the filmmaker. Hussain also expressed serious reservations over a scene of the film in which the heroine, a Muslim girl, is shown offering namaz (prayers) with sindoor (vermillion) on her forehead. He further claimed some dialogue in the film appeared designed to create animosity between Sikhs and Muslims. The Lucknow district administration has made tight security arrangements in and outside the theater in which the film is being screened.
During the same week, in Aligarh, also in Uttar Pradesh, a bomb was thrown at the theater screening Gadar and in Ahmedabad in the west Indian state of Gujarat, a cinema screen was set ablaze. The Gujarat government has put police on high alert throughout the state wherever the movie is being screened.
The film is set in the year 1947, the year British India was partitioned in Inia and Pakistan. It is a love story in the lush border state of Punjab. Protagonist Deol plays a Sikh truck driver who comes across a Muslim girl student (Patel) from Lahore during one of his journeys. Love blossoms between the two, but the division of the country creates havoc in their lives.
As so often happens in such cases, the Gadar controversy soon spread to other parts of the country. The Mumbai unit of the Muslim League has called for an immediate ban on Gadar for "hurting the religious sentiments of the minority community". The party has also threatened to launch mass protests if the Maharashtra government fails to ban the film. Describing the film as an "attempted conspiracy to create tension between Muslims and Sikhs", Faruque Azam, president of the Muslim League, said he suspected a foreign hand in the entire matter.
According to Azam, the film depicts Muslims as barbaric rapists who instigated partition riots. He also objects to the fact that the film does not show the suffering of Muslims in the same way it talks about the pain Hindus went through at the time of partition. And he is opposed to the film's female lead being named Sakina, a name held in reverence by Muslims.
Meanwhile, the right wing Hindu party Shiv Sena joined issue with Muslim organizations protesting against the "objectionable scenes" in the movie, terming them as "anti-nationals" and stating that the film was simply reflecting the events of 1947.
Fireball Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray jumped into the fray with a statement accusing fundamentalists of trying to whip up communal passions. By torching cinema screens, the protesters had insulted their own religion, he said. Ever the rabble-rouser, he questioned whether the government had the guts "to take action against Muslims expressing their loyalty to Pakistan by protesting against the film".
But luckily, amid all the mayhem, there have been a few sane voices. Mumbai's Muslims said threats against the movie amounted to the inciting of violence by troublemakers, and they did not support such protests.
Urdu poet Javed Akhtar said, "I haven't seen the film yet, so I can't say if there is anything objectionable. But even if there is, it doesn't mean people can incite violence or indulge in acts of vandalism. There are appropriate forums to voice one's objection."
In a signed front page statement in the Bombay Times daily, his wife, noted actress Shabana Azmi said. "I don't agree with Gadar's aesthetics or its sensibility. I also question the sagacity of making the film at a time when efforts are being made on both fronts to ease the tension between India and Pakistan. Yet, I defend the right of Gadar to be screened."
Fuzail Jafferey, editor of the popular Urdu daily Inquilab says, "A film should not be seen from a religious point of view, unless there is something that challenges the basic tenets of any religion." Jafferey added, "We oppose this stance taken by some members of our community." Hinting at a possible political motive behind the issue, Jafferey adds, "But if someone wants to make an issue of something, who can stop them?"
The makers of Gadar are incensed at reports encouraging sentiment against the movie. Nittin Keni, the film's producer, said, "There is no question of banning the film. Nor will we delete any scenes. Certain groups are merely seeking publicity at the cost of our film." He added that he was willing to reason with anyone with a genuine objection, but wouldn't submit to bullying. "My film is not communal. It is about patriotism. It is about the way the people of India feel," adds director Sharma.
His detractors allege he used sensationalism to sell his film. He deliberately chose a subject that was delicate. To which he says, "I would request people to go and see my film, not to listen to any rumors. There is no sensationalism in my film. Gadar is a love story. It has a certain earthiness about it. People identify with the film. Both for those who have been through the partition and for the new generation, my film is a chapter in history. They can learn from my film."
What was forgotten, though, is that Gadar is a movie that will go down in the annals of Indian movie history as a film that started a new, positive trend in Indian filmmaking.
The film industry is notorious for its large transactions of unaccounted money, and its close links to the underworld. Gadar is the first film where all the financial transactions have been on record. Produced by Zee Network, a leading Indian satellite TV company, it has started off a phase of corporatization in the Indian film industry. Gadar is an audited project of a public limited company - the first corporate film where even the carpenters were paid by check after having taxes deducted.
The film opened with a bang, with 100 percent weekend collections in all theaters. The overwhelming response carried over to the second week, particularly in north India where many theaters organized extra screenings.
Says Sharma, "My film has done well everywhere. It is a big hit in Mumbai." It is expected to gross 200 million rupees (US$4.2 million) in this city alone. This should be music to the ears of the producers, for the film was made at a cost of 180 million rupees.
That the film is being lapped up by the masses, however, will have no effect on the hysterical mobs out to seek some cheap publicity as the whole controversy shows the recurrence of a familiar pattern. It happened earlier with violent protests against Fire a badly made movie with lesbianism as one of its themes. Then the communists protested against the negative depiction of Lenin in the James Bond thriller The Golden Eye. Indian protesters have also come out on the streets for more inane reasons: women wearing Western dresses, Valentine's Day celebrations and the organization of beauty contests.
In all these, the individual's right of expression has been infringed. Gadar is only one more addition to the already long list. Sadly, the world's largest democracy is also becoming one of the most intolerant.
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Significant new angles on Jackson's record coming out
"Her commitment to developing cleanup standards based on science and not politics turned out to be empty... She's exceeded even the irresponsibility of some of her predecessors"
~~~ Joe Morris, Interfaith Community Organization, Jersey City, the group that successfully sued Honeywell
In a money story that missed the money quote, today's Dow Jones reports on the Lisa Jackson EPA confirmation story:
Faulted By Environmentalists, EPA Nominee Has Fans In US Senate
Dow Jones
January 13, 2009: 08:15 AM ET
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)-
New Jersey environmentalists are divided over Lisa Jackson, a chemical engineer and former EPA employee who went on to lead the state's Department of Environmental Protection. New Jersey has more long-festering hazardous-waste sites than any other state. To some people, Jackson failed to rise to that challenge, by delaying and through steps that favored companies.
There are at least three significant new angles in the Dow Jones story, but surprisingly, Dow missed the real money behind the chromium controversy they reported on:
First, one of Jackson's "friends" in the Senate is Republican Senator Inhofe, who is known as one of the worst globbal warming deniers. Here's just one of many Inhofe attacks:
"Yesterday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) attacked Al Gore and global warming science, claiming that Gore was "full of crap" on global warming."
Second, Senate Democrats now defend Jackson as merely an improvement on the Bush EPA hack, Stephen Johnson, who has presided over some of the worst times in EPA's history. This is a pathetically low performance benchmark and a far cry from all the hyper spun praise Jackson has won from some NJ environmental lobbyists.
"Democrats say that she will surely be an improvement on the Bush administration's top environmental regulator, Stephen Johnson."
Third, to their credit, Dow is the first national media outlet to cover Jackson's record on toxic chromium, but the they missed the huge money and scientific fraud story that Jackson has swept under the rug. Dow correctly reported:
"One controversy involves Jackson's handling of chromium, a carcinogen that built up in the state as factories began to give away the waste to use as construction fill. By the time Jackson became the top environmental regulator in 2006, a community group had successfully sued Honeywell International Inc. (HON) over one such contaminated site. The company was forced to do a thorough cleanup of the soil rather than simply capping it."
Toughening, then Loosening a Standard
Jackson in early 2007 responded in two ways. She reinstated a practice of giving final approval to cleanups, the type of certainty that polluters seek. But she also issued a tough new standard for removing chromium from sites to be developed for homes or schools. Under the new standard, hexavalent chromium could make up no more than 20 parts per million of soil. That cheered environmentalists -- temporarily.
In September 2008, as she was leaving the agency, Jackson reversed course and reaffirmed the old standard of 240 parts per million of hexavalent chromium. She acted even after a long-awaited National Toxicology Program report found that the waste was more damaging than previously thought.
"Her commitment to developing cleanup standards based on science and not politics turned out to be empty," said Joe Morris, an organizer with the Interfaith Community Organization, the group that sued Honeywell. "She's exceeded even the irresponsibility of some of her predecessors here."
What the Dow left out of the chromium story was how the chromium standard was relaxed and who benefitted economically from that.
The Wall Street Journal broke the story of scientific fraud in the science of chromium. The WSJ article appeared on page 1 and was titled:
"Study tied pollutant to cancer; then consultant got a hold of it" (December 23, 2005, page 1) by P. Waldman. (sorry, no link, subscription service)
Scientific fraud on chromium had been covered in NJ by the Star Ledger:
"Weakened rules a boon to 3 polluters: Work of scientists paid by the firms viewed skeptically by other experts" (March 7, 2004) by Alex Lane. (sorry link is stale).
The chromium fraud story is discussed in the recent outstanding book:
"Doubt is their Product - How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health" by David Michaels, a scientists, current professor at George Washington University and a former Assistant Administrator in the Clinton Department of Energy.
The perpetrator of the scientific fraud, a Dr,. Paustenbach and his colleagues at ChemRisk, openly bragged in the WSJ article about saving polluters hundreds of millions of dollars in cleanup costs in NJ.
All this was craftily swept under the rug - worse, Jackson has proposed to privatize the DEP cleanup program, allowing such fraud and corporate consultants to drive the NJ toxic site cleanup program.
Now that is a record that should be probed in a Senate confirmation hearing.
Let's hope that some bold Senator steps up to the plate. But don't count on it.


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then when you tried to lose the 30lbs, your starved/malnourished yourself, and exercised to the point of stressing your system way the hell out. and you wonder why you couldn't lose weight then. because every fiber of your being was screaming at you and telling you to store the fat based upon the terrible state of health you were in. this is a no brainer. the same people who argue that its more than CICO, are using their own logic against them in this thread. mind is officially boggled
What made me eat Paleo...
Personally I was diagnosed with a brain disease(autoimmune connected) and one of the first pronouncements was "no sodium".
That removed every single processed food one the face of the earth from my choice list...
It wasn't a stretch to say "no grains" at all as I found that my earlier disease that I had already been living with for 13 years had also been reclassified as an autoimmune condition.
Beans tastes like a dirt road with no salt, so there's that.
I've never been one to eat processed oils... always olive oil and natural animal fats thanks to growing up on a farm.
What was I left with?
Fruit, vegetables, dairy, nuts, meat.
Primal Blueprint.
I actually discovered the book/this website after I had been eating pretty much this way for a couple of months already.
I was one of those people who ate the prescribed oatmeal for breakfast, the piece of fruit and the low fat turkey on whole wheat with lots of salad stuff piled on it for lunch... and was starving to the point of having the hypoglycemic shakes at 3-4pm even though on paper it looked like a perfect "diet" according to a nutritionist. Dinners were boneless skinless chicken breasts, a cup of brown rice, and salad dressed in dressing made as low fat as possible with mostly herbs fruit juice and vinegar.
Most of the time all I could think about was being hungry. There was zero satisfaction in food.
I don't eat anything all day now.
I IF all day and I came to this naturally on Paleo/Primal... I didn't "try" to make myself do this.
Because my autoimmune issues have jacked up my system and hormones so bad I lose weight extremely slowly... but I have lost a good amount of weight without "TRYING" or feeling deprived.
An 1 year ago I couldn't reliably walk 2 blocks on any given day because of my brain issues.
Friday I hiked 10k unexpectedly on my morning cup of coffee, a small packet of nuts, and a 70oz camelbak of water.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
And that's why I'm here eating HFLC Primal/Paleo.
I've always been a free thinker, and have considered my mental health to be part of my healthy lifestyle that's why I don't consume crap in the form of food or entertainment. I don't feed it to my child either. But I do have some compassion for those who are not as fortunate as me. I was skinny as a child (I think that was luck), my mom stayed home and cooked real food and I am thankful for that. In my formative years I was exposed to unconventional ways of living and thinking, I grew up questioning common wisdom so the dominant destructive ways of eating and the cultural forces that influence the way women view their bodies never really took a hold of me. I know I am not typical, but I have compassion for those that were raised in the toxic culture we live in.
Like Neckhammer said earlier the damage that is done by those toxic influences (physical and mental) are not easy to reverse and your lack of compassion is not helping. So why don't men lift could be because they don't want to be judged by people like you.
its kind of funny that you'll snap judgement on me for judging other people, isn't it? hypocrisy at its finest. if anything, I've inspired more people (in real life, not on an internet forum) to work out, eat right, etc. so if you think men aren't lifting because of people like me, i don't know what to say.
So why don't men lift … could be because ….
As a big (fat) guy that was strong like bull in my youth ... like I could easily unload a whole pickup truck full of grain caring a 100lbs bag on each shoulder for a few hundred yards threw the barn. … I never got the social benefit from being strong or lifting heavy things … just the opposite … as everyone especially the girls made sure I new I was the biggest kid in class and thus the last one they would ever think of dating … and from seeing most women I knew always running off after the small, skinny, wize-ass this just confirmed the mindset that socially big and strong is bad, very bad ...
So what was the point? It's not like how much I can lift or how big my guns are mattered … at least not when you still have a belly. …. And as to the comment about pro athletes and body builder being inspiration … I was always told they got that way from steroid or other performance enhancing drugs and all day training which didn't allow them time for a real job so must be they had some one paying their way all the time - - ie nothing I had or would ever come close to having so don't even think about it.
Not making excuse just laying out some personally experiences that helped frame the misguided thinking and choices I made.
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We did do leg work. It just led us to the wrong answer I guess. It's not like I didn't keep looking around for solutions, it's just I kept finding the same "low fat" solution from all resources.all of you are "victims" of oprah and shape magazine, and dr. oz. then suddenly, you did some research on your own and found MDA or another paleo site, and your lives magically changed. imagine if you put in the leg-work of giving a crap about yourself
I found out about paleo from my brother who had success with it.
Check out my blog. Hope to share lots of great recipes and ideas!
An example of a recent string of events from real life:
Friend: "I've been stressed out lately and signed up for a gym membership."
Me: "Oh yeah? What kind of stuff have you been doing?"
Friend: "Some stuff with dumbbells, some pull-ups, etc."
Me: "What are you trying to accomplish?"
Friend: "Relieve some stress and gain some strength and muscle, but I don't want to go to the gym often or eat a lot like you"
Me: "Does your gym have barbells?"
Friend: "They have Smith machines, and fixed weight bars up to 70lb"
Me: "Find a new gym"
Friend: "It's good enough for what I want to do"
Me: "No, really, find a new gym. You can go to the gym 2-3 times a week, do 5 exercises total, and you will be stronger and see more results if you have access to proper barbells."
Friend: "...Yeah, maybe..."
::3 months later after minimal results with his previous routine
Friend: "Ok, I switched gyms"
Me: "Have you tried doing the basic barbell stuff I told you about before? Squats, deads, presses, bench, and some chins?"
Friend: "Yeah... I hate them..."
Me: "Me too, what about the results?"
Friend: "...I'm too wiped from things like squats to be stressed out, so that helps on that front, and I'm definitely stronger than before because my whole body seems to be responding"
Me: "Welcome to the club"
Friend: "You suck"
so many damaged personalities in this thread, it is unreal. Just read through it all
there is very rarely an excuse to be "obese". But these individuals have become very good at making them. My mother had thyroid cancer and had it removed a few years ago, but yet at 54 she remains a healthier weight / appearance than most women in their 20's/30's. Why? Proper nutrition, and exercise. She has lifelong habits that encouraged this to continue.
Lot of hurt feelings in here, mostly by the "i was obese but no longer am thanks to MDA" crowd. Congratulations on turning your life around and getting more fit & healthy! Seriously. However... Do you deserve a cookie for your "hard work"? Absolutely fucking not. You took the easy route for a much longer time, and paid for it. For lots of people, staying active and eating healthy is a day to day thing and has been for YEARS. You don't see those people parading around saying look at my results! It is just a daily thing for them, and always has been. Nothing to see here, move along so to speak.
If you want to be obese (and therefore very likely unhealthy) that is your own personal choice. Just like it is my personal choice to look down on you for it. For example, I've experimented with party drugs in my past, and I wouldn't be upset if someone looked down on me for it. I know it is unhealthy, but it was my CHOICE to try them. But I wouldn't go around attempting to parade those drugs as healthy or socially acceptable, which is exactly what the obese do with their "curves talk", plus sized mannequins in stores, dove ads, etc... trying to make an unhealthy lifestyle choice into something that is socially embraced. It isn't, and never will be.
Nobodies perfect, but you are cheating yourself if you don't do the very best you can in everything you do.
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yeah you are
lolBaby if you time travel back far enough you can avoid that work because the dust won't be there. You're too pretty to be working that hard.


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I know he is the one but he cheated on me what should i do ?
He means the world to me i have never loved anyone more. we live a few hours away now and we don't get to see each other very often. i was haveing so family problems and i felt so horribkle that i couldnt be with him while his uncle was in the hospital he said he needed me . I believed him... when we were together it was magic i never questioned what i ment to him he treated me ike a godess, and ladies let me tell you he was my king. on new years my cousin was mad at him and told him off i told her to stop but she dont listen and she got a text message from a number she didnt no and this is what it said...." This is Tokes girlfriend can you please leave him alone we just want to be happy." that broke my heart and then i texted him and he didn't even have the nerve to text me back we finally talked like really talked without argueing for the first time tonight im so inlove with him and everything we have shared and been threw i no he has to have some love for me right ? I feel so lost with out him . I miss him and my daughter playin in the liveing room the way he held me kissed me i miss everything. when we were together it was like all my troubles went away the only thing in the world that mattered to him and i was my daughter and us . should i fight for my man? should i just let him go? what am i to do ? someone please help me...


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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when hope for a bright future seemed dim to many, the New Orleans Dream Center opened its doors to help others find a new start on life.
Saturday's HealthREACH, a free clinic staffed by board-certified physicians, is one way the Dream Center, 1137 St. Charles Ave., fulfills its vision of providing practical help, life-fulfilling education and spiritual guidance to families in need.
Appointments with a physician can be made by calling 985.789.7789. Walk-ins also are welcome. The clinic's hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The mobile pregnancy unit of the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home will be on-site during clinic hours to provide free pregnancy tests, early detection ultrasound and pregnancy counseling. All services are free.
The Dream Center, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, began as an initiative of Church of the King in Mandeville. The health clinic opens once a month. In the fall, free veterinary care is available. Other services include an after-school program, adult learning center, and construction and service projects in the neighborhood.
"The New Orleans Dream Center was founded out of a heart of compassion to serve others," said Diane Amos, its director. "Serving changes lives, and it certainly has changed mine."
Cori Renfroe, the medical volunteer coordinator, said, "It's as much a blessing to provide care as it is a blessing for the community."
For information, visit www.neworleansdreamcenter.org or call 504.621.5544.
A "princess promenade" and the crowning of Little Miss Mount Zion will highlight a banquet Sunday at 4 p.m., the first of the 142nd anniversary activities at Mount Zion United Methodist Church, 2700 Louisiana Ave. The event will be held at LACE the Grand Ballroom, 6987 Martin Drive. Tickets are $22. For information, call 504.895.6110.
The Rev. Johnny R. Arvie will be honored on his 16th pastoral anniversary Sunday at 9 a.m. at Law Street Baptist Church, 3132 Law St. The Rev. Michael Otkins is the guest speaker. Gloria Galmon is chairperson for the event.
"VBS in the Wild, Wild West" is the theme of Vacation Bible School for children ages 4 to 11 at Lakeview Christian Center, 5885 Fleur de Lis Drive. It will meet Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. For registration and information, visit www.lakeviewchristiancenter.com or call 504.482.6221.
"Amazing Wonders Aviation: Encountering God's Awesome Power" is the theme of Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church, 5290 Canal Blvd. It will meet Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children ages 4 through sixth grade are invited. Register online at www.fbno.org or call 504.482.5775. Faye Scott is the children's minister at the church.
A prayer breakfast Saturday at 9 a.m. at Second Baptist Church Sixth District, 4218 Laurel St., will open the festivities for the church's 10th annual Men and Women Day. The Rev. Samuel Gibbs is the pastor. Guest speaker for the breakfast is Erin Price of Greater Liberty Baptist Church. Jasmine Bonner is the prayer breakfast chairperson.
Sunday's 11 a.m. service will feature Rosa Esther Dickerson of Stronger Hope Baptist Church as guest speaker. Jasmine Perkins and James Holland are the chairpersons and Cierre Carr and Bryon Hunter the co-chairpersons of Sunday's event. For information, call 504.891.8338.
Local artists Charles Anderson, Elvis Bodden and Sara Leonard will exhibit their work in a "pop-up gallery" Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church, 3900 N. Rampart St.
Anderson's work portrays teenage boys who become murder victims and chronicles their short lives. Bodden paints sacred themes in the folk-artist tradition of his native Bay Islands of Honduras. Leonard was trained in Cambridge, England, and currently studies in Nashville.
An open chocolate bar will be featured. For information, call 504.529.6123.
Marilyn Stewart writes about religion in Orleans Parish. Send news and events to email@example.com.


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Scarecrows to line the streets in Advocate area
Hi again from downtown New Salem, I hope you've all had a great week. Ethel and Earl Clarke and their children Bruce and Sandra Clarke spent the weekend at their home here.
Melanie Ells of British Columbia is visiting her family here.
Bud and Maureen Collins returned home Saturday after visiting with their daughter Valerie and her husband Jeff Bembridge of Oshawa, Ontario.
Sharon Esch of Amherst spent the weekend at her home here.
Gary and Etna Mathews and their children Sarah and James have returned to their home in England after spending the summer at their home here.
Ellen Johnston spent the weekend visiting her mother Ethel Slocum in Masstown.
On Monday Alt Fletcher and Darrell Davis went to Truro to see their new apartment where they will be spending the winter.
The Advocate & District Volunteer Fire Brigade wishes to send a big thank you to everyone who helped, donated their time and goods to make the downshore bazaar a huge success. Approximately $8,000 was raised.
On Saturday, Sept. 4, a yard/bake sale with different sellers will be held at the Advocate Fire Hall from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
On Sunday Sept. 5, the 15th annual Mariner's Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Advocate United Church. This is a time to remember and honour the lives of the many Fundy Seamen in the fisheries, in commerce and in war. A reception will follow and all are welcome.
Spencer's Island Bingo will be starting again on Friday Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Advocate Fire Hall.
The community luncheon will be on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at noon at the Log Building. On the menu this month we'll be having clam chowder, chili, soup, dessert, tea and coffee. Everyone welcome.
Advocate Harbour is having a Scarecrow Festival and you are invited to make a scarecrow to be displayed along the main streets of Advocate Harbour.
Use your imagination, test your creativity. Prizes will be awarded in the following categories - Most Creative, Most Artistic, Most Original and Most Funny.
Everyone in the towns of Advocate, New Salem, Allenville, Spencer's Island, New Salem, Apple River and Fraserville are encouraged to make a scarecrow for this event. Scarecrows need to be ready by Thursday, Sept. 16 for display starting Friday, Sept. 17.
We will line the main streets of Advocate Harbour, including Mills Road, and West Advocate Road to the Cape Chignecto Park.
Props add extra interest. So plan your scarecrow, pick a site and be ready for the contest. Call Scarecrow Central 392-2668 to register your creation.
Looking forward to this first event and hope it will become an annual happening.
Come to Advocate Harbour for its first ever Scarecrow Festival. Scarecrows will be on display along the main streets of Advocate beginning Friday, Sept. 17 til Sunday, Sept. 19.
Everyone is asked to pick up a ballot at the Advocate Country Store Rite Stop to vote for your favourites. While you are in town stop into the market at the Log Building on Mills Road on Saturday morning from 9 - 12 and enjoy a continental breakfast and take home some home baking, jams, jellies, pickles, produce, knitting, beautiful local photos and art work.
Enjoy lunch at the Fundy Tides Restaurant or the Wild Caraway. Take a walk along one of the many beaches or one of the many trails that Cape Chignecto Park has to offer.
Come spend a day, a night or the whole weekend and enjoy the talent displayed by the families and friends of Advocate Harbour, New Salem, Apple River, Spencer's Island Allenville and Fraserville.
On Saturday, Oct. 9, the Advocate United Church will be hosting the annual Fall Fair from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. There will be a bake table, books, crafts, and a flea market. Luncheon will be seafood chowder and blueberry dessert. Come and share our beautiful Parrsboro Shore Drive.
I am now selling Parrsboro Community Radio Bingo Cards. If you have high speed Internet service you can play online at home or if you wish you can come to the library on Thursday evenings to play. Bingo is from 6 - 7 p.m. The cards are $3 for a book of two cards for five games.
The Downshore Market and Coffee House is back for the 2010 season, at the Log Building on Mills Road from 9 - 12 on Saturday mornings. Come and enjoy a social morning with new and old friends.
If you want to lose weight TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Monday night at the Advocate Fire Hall at 7 p.m.
I also wanted to mention the gym equipment that is available at the Log Building. The cost is $1 to use the equipment which consists of two tread mills, a universal weightmachine, an eliptical machine and a stationary bike. The hours are Tuesday 10 - 12 and 1- 4, Wednesday 10 - 12 and 1 - 4, Thursday 2 - 5 and 6 - 8 and Fridays 10 - 12 and 1 - 4. They will also be available on Saturday mornings from 9 - 1 when the Downshore Market is open.
Well that's it for this week, have a great weekend and enjoy your family and friends!


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August 2010
Postgame: Whew.
This late in the season, what almost happened Wednesday could have qualified as the most painful loss the Reds have endured in 2010 — and they've had a few like that already. But instead that 12-11 win in 12 innings might turn out to be their most hard-fought, and their most satisfying of the season.
Yes, the Reds gave up a 10-1 lead and were knocked around with a six-run eighth to fall behind by a run. But they also came back right away to tie it with Paul Janish's clutch RBI single in the top of the ninth. And in the end, only the win matters.
Joey Votto, already with two homers in the game, had another MVP moment with his RBI single in the top of the 12th against Barry Zito that scored Miguel Cairo.
"We've had several games this year where teams have come back and taken the lead from us and we didn't come back and overcome that little swing," Votto said. "For us to do it here in San Francisco against such a competitive team means a lot. This deep in the season, I think it means more."
Other items of note —
*The Reds completed a 6-3 West Coast trip. Even if it didn't feel like it at the end, that's big.
*Francisco Cordero had to bat for himself for only the third time in his career. The Reds had one bench player left in Ramon Hernandez but Cordero was also the club's only viable reliever left.
*Edinson Volquez was warming up in the bullpen behind Cordero but Reds manager Dusty Baker tried to avoid using him if at all possible.
*Brandon Phillips was hit on the right hand by a 95 mph fastball in the fifth and came out in the sixth. Phillips had X-rays and was initially diagnosed with a right hand contusion. More X-rays will be needed because he was still swollen.
*Laynce Nix could barely run on his sprained left ankle as a pinch-hitter in the top of the eighth. That could be a future roster move.
*Jonny Gomes collected career homer No. 100 and his first since July 19 in the top of the first.
*Votto was 4-for-7 with four RBIs. He became the first Reds' first baseman to have at least 30 homers in a season since Lee May in 1971.
*The Reds were outscored 38-19 during the series.
More quotes —
"It was difficult to have had such a comfortable lead the entire game and then late in the game, that can be pretty difficult to overcome. Momentum does play a role in games. We played really well at the beginning and they all of a sudden carried that momentum late in the game and got ahead. I'll tell you what, we showed that type of resilience and the ability to come back. Paul Janish comes up with a big hit. Cordero threw great. For us to have played as well as we did and come back and win this game and finish off a good road trip, really means a lot to all of us I think." — Joey Votto
"It's a long plane ride today. We're going to go home happy, 6-3. It's all that matters. This is all behind us now." — Francisco Cordero
"It was tough. It was ugly, beautiful or whatever. It was a win. You have to see it the positive way. We were 6-3 on the road trip. That was a good road trip." — Miguel Cairo
"That's what MVP's do. That's what All-Stars do. They come through when you need them." — Dusty Baker on Votto.
One more note —
I'm starting a vacation so I won't be on any games again until the next big one — the series at St. Louis starting on Sept. 3. See you then. Feel free to exchange comments (keep it civil, please) while I'm away.
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Seeking 6-3 on West Coast
Weds lineup vs. SF
Phillips 4
Heisey 9
Votto 3
Rolen 5
Gomes 7
Hanigan 2
Stubbs 8
Janish 6
Bailey 1
Starting out a trip 5-1 and finishing 5-4 wouldn't be the happiest thing to happen to the Reds. But it's still a winning trip. It would be a much better trip with a win this afternoon.
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Postgame: New plan for Leake?
Reds pitcher Mike Leake was hammered in his second relief appearance during the 16-5 loss to the Giants. Leake entered in the fifth when it was 7-5 and let the game get away during a six-run inning.
Out of eight batters faced, Leake retired one. He allowed six hits and a walk with two homers.
This could very well be the end of the line this season for Leake. After 22 starts before his move to the bullpen, the rookie's ERA was 3.78. It's climbed to 4.21 over 139 innings following two relief appearances.
"We're addressing that now," manager Dusty Baker said. "He's getting hurt mostly on his slider and sinker. His sinker is not sinking as good. And his slider isn't rolling. It's not as sharp."
If it's not the end for the season, the club could try resting him until rosters expand Sept. 1, which might require sending him out for a week. After all he's done for the team as a starter, I'd expect the club will try to think over every possible scenario to keep him pitching while also protecting him.
One positive note —
*Freshly called up Chris Valaika delivered a lined pinch-hit single to center field in his big league debut. Valaika played the rest of the game at shortstop and went 1-for-2.
Other quotes from postgame —
"They beat us up good." — Dusty Baker
"I'm not going to take anything away from them. They're playing great. They outplayed us. They're swinging the bats well. We're on a good road trip right now. We're 5-3 on the road trip right now and have a chance to come back tomorrow. It might not be what we want for the series, but if we can catch tomorrow, we end up with a great road trip." — Scott Rolen
"They came out swinging, put some runs up on me early and a few more late. It wasn't my night. It seemed like every ball fell in for them. They hit some hard balls and they hit some that found some holes." — Travis Wood, who gave up seven runs and seven hits over four innings.
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Volquez may not start next time
On the heels of Reds starter Edinson Volquez's rough two-thirds of an inning Monday night, the Reds are considering having him not take his next turn in the rotation.
"We have to decide if it's better served for him to continue to start and hope he gets it or have somebody else start and possibly put him in the bullpen or something," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "We'll decide that after we revamp who's pitching. Bryan is going to come up with two or three different scenarios that we'll go over and we'll try to come up with the best one for us and for them."
On Reds game notes, Volquez is listed as Sunday's probable starter but Baker said he "did not know" if he would make that start.
Before that answer, I had asked Baker if he was worried about having Volquez in the rotation when he does really well sometimes and not so well the others.
"You're not as worried if you have a lot of pitching like we will in September," Baker said. "You're worried prior to that when you don't have a lot pitching and don't have added roster expansion.
"It's just a matter of finding the strike zone. It was either a ball or over the heart of the plate. We knew there would be some adjustment because he talked to Tim Hudson about it. Look how Hudson is this year."
*On a lighter note, San Francisco was positively warm today with temperatures nearing 90 degrees and feeling warmer. Usually in the summer, it's in the 50s and 60s.
Baker told this story:
"I remember one time was renting this house here in 1994, and it was Joe Montana's and Dwight Clark's house. It was hot as hell in Hillsboro up here. I called a heating and air conditioning guy because it was just blowing in hot air. He went in there and after 30 seconds, came back out. He said 'sir, I hate to tell you this, its $60. … Also, you don't have air conditioning."
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Edmonds to DL, Smith to AAA
The moves are official — INF Chris Valaika and RHP Sam LeCure were called up from Triple-A Louisville.
OF Jim Edmonds was placed on the 15-day DL with a strained right oblique.
RHP Jordan Smith was optioned to Louisville.
Valaika will wear No. 3.(118g, .304, 28 2b, 3 3b, 4hr, 53rbi, 3sb)
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Reds Tuesday
Tues lineup vs SF
Phillips 4
Stubbs 8
Votto 3
Rolen 5
Gomes 7
Bruce 9
Hernandez 2
Janish 6
Wood 1
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Valaika, LeCure Bay Area bound
The Reds have revealed nothing yet about planned moves Tuesday but Triple-A Louisville has when they announced that INF Chris Valaika and RHP Sam LeCure were called up.
LeCure, normally a starter, will provide some bullpen protection for the next couple of games.
This will be Valaika's first MLB call-up. In 118 games for the Bats, he is batting .304 with four homers, 53 RBIs and a .330 OBP.
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Votto on SI Cover
A Sports Illustrated cover featuring Reds 1B Joey Votto hit newsstands today.
According to the Reds and SI, Votto is the first player from the team to make the cover since Ken Griffey Jr. on 6/14/04.
A total of 12 Reds have appeared alone on the SI cover 23 times. They are:
Pete Rose (8 times), Johnny Bench (3), Griffey Jr. (2), Tom Seaver (2), Joe Morgan (1), George Foster (1), Eric Davis (1), Chris Sabo (1), Deion Sanders (1), Joey Jay (1) and Roy McMillan (1)…owner Marge Schott also appeared on one cover.
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Postgame: Transactions coming?
The transaction wire should be active with Reds moves on Tuesday following a lousy night at the yard — an 11-2 Reds loss to the Giants.
*Laynce Nix went down with a sprained left ankle running out an infield single in the third inning.
*Jim Edmonds strained a right oblique muscle swinging at a pitch in the sixth.
*The club also learned that already injured RHP Russ Springer will need surgery to repair a herniated disc and will miss 6-8 weeks.
Nix didn't believe he was going to miss any games.
"Slowing down, I sort of jammed my ankle into the ground," Nix said. "I didn't roll it or anything too significant. I don't think it's serious. It shouldn't keep me out of action. I should be fine to at least pinch-hit."
Edmonds, who was acquired in an Aug. 9 trade, is likely headed to the DL.
"This has been an ongoing deal with my Achilles and reacting to all the things I've been favoring," Edmonds said. "It's been sore the last week or two weeks. It was getting worse. The last couple of days not playing much, I thought it was going to get better. It gave me a false sense of security."
*The Reds have no other outfielders on their 40-man roster but can free up a spot by moving Springer from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. Wladimir Balentien could be a leading candidate since he's tearing it up at Triple-A Louisville lately. Dave Sappelt is also playing well but has only 11 games in AAA and started the year in A ball.
*An infielder is always possible with Juan Francisco or Yonder Alonso already being on the 40-man.
*Edinson Volquez's two-thirds of an inning was a bullpen buster as well, especially two days after Johnny Cueto lasted only three innings at Los Angeles on Saturday. Jordan Smith had to pitch a career-high 4 1/3 innings. Mike Leake was unavailable tonight because he worked on Saturday.
*That means another reliever could be summoned for reinforcements.
"We're discussing that now. That really put a strain and stress on my bullpen," Dusty Baker said.
More quotes from post-game —
"The main thing is for nobody to panic. It's one game. You want to win every game. At this point we're 5-2 on this road trip with two more games left. We still have a chance for a very good road trip." – Dusty Baker
"A lot of people told me that – one day you got it and the next day, you can't find it. Everything is fine. My arm is strong and everything." — Edinson Volquez
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Harang likely bullpen bound
To anyone following Aaron Harang's progress during his two-start rehab assignment, this likely won't be a surprise. But it looks like that Harang will pitch from the bullpen when he returns to the Reds. It hasn't been determined exactly what the next step is for Harang — like whether or not he will get another outing at Triple-A Louisville.
"We're going to get that figured out by [Tuesday]," Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said on Monday. "We'll probably use him as a long man."
In his two starts for Louisville, Harang was 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA, with 14 hits and 11 runs surrendered over 11 innings.
*I also asked Jocketty if there were plans to add a player via trade or waiver claim before Aug. 31 when playoff rosters must be set.
"I don't think so," he said.
Below is my view from the press box at AT&T Park during the first inning. It's one of the lower views we get in the league. Fans walk right past us and you get to soak up the atmosphere pretty well. It's easily one of the top ballparks in baseball and like Dodger Stadium, I highly recommend you add it to your travels if you're out this way.


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A teenager has died after being pinned under a tractor Monday, reported the Ottumwa Courier newspaper.
Deputies were called about 6:15 p.m. to a property five miles south of Fairfield on Highway 1.
The Courier said Jordon Baker, 16, was pinned under the tractor and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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