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Why Are These People Crying?
Update: You asked for it—you got it. Because of the overwhelming response to this piece, we are publishing it once more to give our supporters a chance to share it on Twitter and Facebook and spread the message about the cruelty of factory farms far and wide.
The following was originally posted on November 9, 2012:
Paul McCartney famously said, "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian." So an intrepid group of animal advocates found a way to bring the slaughterhouse to the sidewalk. Every Saturday night, volunteers Jennifer Mennuti and Boyd Weidman screen PETA's "Factory Farming in 60 Seconds Flat" for passersby on Miami's busy Lincoln Road.
For many people, it's the first time they are staring into the faces of the animals they call "steak," "ham," or "nugget." There in front of them is the irrefutable evidence that their "entrée" was a cow who coughed and choked as the blood spilling from her slit throat ran down her face and covered the floor below, a pig who screamed and cried as he was burned to death in scalding-hot water, a chicken whose desperate squawks went unheeded as her broken legs were slammed into shackles and she stared past the long line of her comrades to the whirring blades that would end her life. A photographer caught some of the people's reactions, and it seems Paul was right.
PETA supporter Andrew Kirschner, who hosts a radio talk show about animal rights, published the photos on his blog, Kirschner's Corner, accompanied by the real-life experiences of slaughterhouse workers, taken from Gail A. Eisnitz's book Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry.
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"I could tell you horror stories… about cattle getting their heads stuck under the gate guards and the only way you can get it out is to cut their heads off while they're still alive."
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"One time I took my knife – it's sharp enough – and I sliced off the end of a hog's nose, just like a piece of bologna. The hog went crazy for a few seconds. Then it just sat there looking kind of stupid. So I took a handful of salt brine and ground it into his nose. Now that hog really went nuts, pushing its nose all over the place. I still had a bunch of salt in my hand – I was wearing a rubber glove – and I stuck the salt right up the hog's ass. The poor hog didn't know whether to shit or go blind."
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"I've seen live animals shackled, hoisted, stuck, and skinned. Too many to count, too many to remember. It's just a process that's continually there. I've seen shackled beef looking around before they've been stuck. I've seen hogs [that are supposed to be lying down] on the bleeding conveyor get up after they've been stuck. I've seen hogs in the scalding tub trying to swim."
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"These hogs get up to the scalding tank, hit the water and start screaming and kicking. Sometimes they thrash so much they kick water out of the tank… Sooner or later they drown. There's a rotating arm that pushes them under, no chance for them to get out. I'm not sure if they burn to death before they drown, but it takes them a couple of minutes to stop thrashing."
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"Hogs get stressed out pretty easy. If you prod them too much they have heart attacks. If you get a hog in a chute that's had the shit prodded out of him and has a heart attack or refuses to move, you take a meat hook and hook it into his bunghole [anus]. You're dragging these hogs alive, and a lot of times the meat hook rips out of the bunghole. I've seen hams – thighs – completely ripped open. I've also seen intestines come out. If the hog collapses near the front of the chute, you shove the meat hook into his cheek and drag him forward."
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"Sometimes I grab it [a hog] by the ear and stick it right through the eye. I'm not just taking its eye out, I'll go all the way to the hilt, right up through the brain, and wiggle the knife."
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"Pigs on the kill floor have come up and nuzzled me like a puppy. Two minutes later I had to kill them – beat them to death with a pipe."
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"Only you don't just kill it, you go in hard, push hard, blow the windpipe, make it drown in its own blood. Split its nose. A live hog would be running around the pit. It would just be looking up at me and I'd be sticking, and I would just take my knife and – cut its eye out while it was just standing there. And this hog would just scream."
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"I seen guys take broomsticks and stick it up the cow's behind, screwing them with a broom."
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"He'll kick them [hogs], fork them, use anything he can get his hands on. He's already broken three pitchforks so far this year, just jabbing them. He doesn't care if he hits its eyes, head, butt. He jabs them so hard he busts the wooden handles. And he clubs them over the back."
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"I've drug cows till their bones start breaking, while they were still alive. Bringing them around the corner and they get stuck up in the doorway, just pull them till their hide be ripped, till the blood just drip on the steel and concrete. Breaking their legs… And the cow be crying with its tongue stuck out. They pull him till his neck just pop."
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This is why I became vegan, do the same
change the world – become vegan!!!
i hate anybody who buys real animal fur, skin but most of all i hate people who kill, beat, and slaughter the poor, poor, poor and poor animals in cages to tight. stop being so STUPID people, love animals! don't kill them!!!!!!!
This may sound naive, I understand not eating meat because of this but is this the same kind of treatment these animals get for production of dairy. Please help to educate me on this more. I would like to be more informed & would gladly acknowledge more enlightenment on this subject. Ta.
During the video at the end it put up the words milk and eggs and then continued to say if you buy these things you support all of this… Or something along those lines.


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MLB Beat the Streak 2012
This is my second year playing Beat the Streak and quite frankly I'm not very good at it. I didn't get started last season until sometime around July, so I figured starting out from day one of the 2012 season would give me a better chance of getting to that magic number of 57 needed to win the grand prize of 5.6 million dollars. Well, I was wrong. If anything I'm having worse luck than last year. But it's still early, and I'm hoping things will begin to turn around for me in the coming days/weeks.
The fantasy baseball game Beat the Streak has been around for the past several seasons, and the rules are fairly simple: Pick a player everyday that you think has the best chance of getting at least one hit. (Can be the same player or a different one. It's up to you.) As long as that player gets a hit your streak continues–whether they go 4-4, or a mere 1-4 in that particular game.
A slight twist has been added this year to make it more exciting. In years past you would pick your one player and that was it. This season you have the option to double down and pick two players that you think will get a hit. If they do, your streak increases by two instead of the conventional one. Like most things in life however, there is a catch. If either of your two picks fail to get a hit your streak goes back down to zero. So it's high risk, but can also be high reward if you're lucky enough to have both players record a hit.
So far this season I've failed to increase my streak to more than two. Each day of the season thus far I've chosen to take "advantage" of the double down feature, but haven't had much luck. I might just end up doing one pick at a time if this continues to be a problem for me.
If you're not already playing, I suggest you start. CLICK HERE to be taken to the main page. If you have an account already, just log in. If not, don't worry, it's really easy, and most importantly, free. Even if you're like me and have terrible luck, it's still fun to play. And who knows? You might just get lucky and win the 5 million bucks. (In which case you have to give me half.)
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There has to be a way to calculate who has the best odds of getting a hit given the current starting pitchers, ballpark, opposing bull pin effectiveness, etc. Anyone good with algorithms and have a lot of time on their hands? I too keep getting burned by the double down, can't get past 6.
I like to pick batters facing Carl Pavano or Joe Blanton. They are batting practice pitchers. Alas, my longest streak is 15 games.
I have been playing Beat the streak for 3 or 4 years and i enjoy it. My longest streak this year is 15. I had 5 on June 24 but on June 26, 27, and 28 they were all number 3, so I should have had 7 total instead of 5, not sure why that happened as I did not double up. As of June 30 I am back to 0.

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Find Your Passion: Photography's Influence
By Sarah Caroline Willcox
A picture is worth a thousand words, and Mark Lent can prove it.
Lent, a 41-year-old senior at The University of Alabama, has spent half of his college career researching the thought-provoking effects of photography.
The telecommunication/film major and McNair Scholar has conducted a two-year research project on the theory of exemplification, pioneered by Dr. Dolf Zillmann, professor emeritus of communication and film at UA.
Basically, the exemplification theory says if you take a neutral article and supplement the article with a photo, the reader's perspective of the article will change depending on the picture.
In Lent's study, he focused on the current war in Iraq and global warming.
"For example, we took an article about the war and paired it with photographs of people waving American flags and then photographs of protest images," Lent says. "Most people's point of view will go along with what the photo shows."
Lent says he and his faculty mentor, Dr. Johnny Sparks, paired the pictures with articles, including statistics about the war. They gave their subjects one of 10 photographs—six pictures supporting the war and four opposing it— and one article, and each time, the visuals carried more weight than the text.
"The research is very important in advancing understandings of the effects of visual media," says Sparks, former assistant professor of telecommunication and film at UA. "Mark is an outstanding student with tremendous potential as a communication researcher and teacher."
Currently finding success in his research, Lent endeavored to accomplish his educational goals for many years. At 16-years-old, Lent began his career as a photojournalist for a local newspaper in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
"By the time I was about 20, I was working three jobs: one for the newspaper, one for a rental car company and one stocking a drugstore," Lent says. "Eventually, I ended up at The Tuscaloosa News and became a staff photographer in 1990."
Lent says some of the first assignments he had with The Tuscaloosa News involved photographing troop deployments, as Iraq had invaded Kuwait just three days prior to his first day of work. Growing up with a father in the military—he lived everywhere from Syracuse, N.Y. to the Netherlands—Lent says it was an interesting perspective being on the other side of the camera.
"I'll never forget those families saying goodbye, and no one knew what was going to happen, or if they would see their families again," Lent says. "To be the person who documents that visually was just really incredible."
After four years at The Tuscaloosa News, and getting married to wife, Kristi, Lent began considering furthering his education at UA. Achieving a 4.0 GPA after his first semester at UA, Lent received word from the director of the McNair Scholars Program, Dr. Nancy Campbell, that he was eligible for the McNair scholarship.
Named for astronaut Ronald E. McNair, who died in the Challenger space shuttle flight in 1986, the McNair Scholars Program was started for individuals who are either first-generation college students or are underrepresented in graduate studies, who meet financial criterion. Students who are accepted to the nationally-funded program participate in research and other scholarly activities.
"I applied for the scholarship because it is so research-oriented, and the experience will really help in grad school," Lent says. "I think after you get through all of those life experiences and work for a living for 20 years, you appreciate a good opportunity when you get it."
Coincidentally, Lent was present at the Challenger shuttle launch on that fateful day in 1986 as a freelance photographer for a wire service. He says he even had the chance to briefly meet McNair before the astronauts boarded the shuttle.
Lent says his research at the University and opportunities made available by the McNair program have been invaluable to him. Sparks says Lent could continue his research with the exemplification theory in graduate school.
"I expect Mark to be an attractive prospect to graduate programs throughout the nation," Sparks says. "Ultimately, he will be a valuable asset as a faculty member for some lucky university."
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Sarah Caroline Willcox is a senior at The University of Alabama, majoring in public relations, with a minor in English. She is from Birmingham.
This story is part of the Find Your Passion series. To learn more about how you can find your passion at The University of Alabama, please visit UA Undergraduate Admissions.


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Welcome to the sixth article of The Linux Professional. This month I'll give some news on the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) and an overview of the Linux offerings from Brainbench, which offers free exams via the Web to examinees. I'll also give a summary of the certification options presented in this series of articles.
The LPI has completed its analysis of the 102 beta exam, and results were mailed to examinees in mid-September. With the scores from both exams (101 and 102) now available, the LPI is able to award its first certification, the LPIC Level 1. Those candidates who have passed both exams should be receiving their printed certificates soon. This is a significant milestone for the LPI and for Linux administrators seeking certification of their skills.
I admit that I was a bit skeptical when I first looked at Brainbench, a company whose byline claims that they're "the skills authority." Brainbench offers Web-based exams on an array of topics, including Linux, Windows, databases, and office suites. Their offerings aren't limited to IT topics, though. They also offer general knowledge exams, covering areas such as the Internet, the aerospace industry, and biotechnology, as well as written language evaluations in English, German, and Russian. The complete list is quite diverse and includes a few hundred offerings.
Brainbench charges no fees to take their exams. Instead, the company caters to employers seeking a source for qualified job applicants. After you pass a Brainbench exam, you can list your results for these prospective employers to review. This is intended as a recruiting strategy and is funded by pricy access subscriptions charged to corporate customers.
The Linux exams offered by Brainbench include:
After taking both of the administration exams, I can say that they're not trivial, and they differ significantly from other Linux certifications like the LPIC, RHCE, and Sair Linux & GNU. Instead of testing at a certain level of knowledge using a static exam, these exams use questions requiring knowledge ranging from simple to highly detailed, delivered by an adaptive testing engine. I was surprised at the depth and breadth of coverage present in the exams. And here's the big difference: The results Brainbench reports to prospective employers may contain qualitative analysis of your exam performance, including specific strengths and weaknesses. This information can help employers to determine if you are qualified for senior positions.
If you want to allow non-participating employers to access your record, you can request that it be mailed or e-mailed, or you can give interested parties your Brainbench transcript number. They can enter the number on the Brainbench web site to immediately see your certifications.
Probably the biggest criticism of Web-based testing is the ease with which examinees can cheat. It's an honor system, and the advertised certifications could be considered suspect unless verified by the hiring employers. However, for paying Brainbench client companies, this is easily done during the interview process. Brainbench offers verification exams as a service to their clients, in both a short and long form, with immediate e-mail notification of results.
The cheating problem makes Brainbench certifications (and other Web-based programs) a dubious competitor for proctored certification techniques, and savvy employers won't be fooled. However, as a recruiting vehicle using the freely administered exams, and as an assessment system with the verification exams, Brainbench offers a credible, convenient, and substantive service to both examinees and employers. Those employers who need to quickly and objectively evaluate the skills of applicants may be very interested in this technique.
For anyone interested in certifying their Linux skills, the Brainbench offerings can help establish your qualifications. They're also excellent practice exams, and cost you nothing.
In this series of articles, I've discussed Linux certification programs from LPI, Sair, Red Hat Software, and Brainbench. The LPI and Sair programs offer traditional PC-based testing and multiple certificates distributed worldwide. Red Hat Software uses a hands-on approach, which may be seen by some employers as clearer proof of true capability. Brainbench offers exams for free, providing results to their clients for recruitment.
Though each has established a credible following, it's too early to see a clear leader in the overall Linux certification market. Employers will ultimately establish the market value of these progams as they seek qualified Linux administrators. Right now, it's up to us to decide which one will best meet our career goals.
This table includes a brief summary of the Linux certification offerings I've covered in this series, which may help you if you're considering one of these options to enhance your Linux career.
|Sair Linux & GNU
|Offered by:
|Red Hat Software
|Linux Professional Institute
|Sair/Wave Technologies
|Delivered by:
|Red Hat and qualified testing centers
|Test Method:
|Hands-on, lab-based, debugging, written
|PC-based, static
|PC-based, static
|Browser, adaptive
|$100 per exam
$200 total per level
|$100 per exam
$400 total per level
Jeff Dean is an engineering and IT professional currently writing a Linux certification handbook for O'Reilly Media, Inc..
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10 Run 1st Inning Propels Phillies To Big Win
Stop rubbing your eyes; yes, the Phillies scored ten runs in the first inning of the ballgame tonight against the Reds. Pitcher Johnny Cueto was responsible for 9 of those. The ten run inning tied a franchise record for the Phillies, making the 4th time in history it had been done. The last time was 6/2/02 against the Expos.
And the brutality did not end there; the smokin' hot offense burned Reds pitching for a total of 22 runs on 21 hits. While the Reds felt like they were walking in bare feet over hot coals all night, the Phillies players enjoyed the equivalent of a relaxing day at the spa, complete with a soothing foot rub and a Frangipani scalp massage. Ahhhhh….this is the life.
Here is just a sampling of tonight's treats:
Chase Utley: 3 for 3 with 4 RBI and a 3-run homer = Aromatherapy European Facial
Shane Victorino: 4 for 5, 4 RBI and a 2-run homer = Mineral Seaweed Body Wrap (plus a trip to the All-Star game??)
Greg Dobbs: 4 for 6 and 2 RBI on a homer = Deep Tissue Massage
Jimmy Rollins: 3 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 walks and a revival of his season = Manicure & Pedicure
Jayson Werth: GRAND SLAM, 2 hits, 5 RBI = Honey Papaya Scrub & Hot Stone Massage
Cole Hamels: 7 innings pitched, 1 run allowed, 2 for 4 and 2 RBI at the plate = Chakra Crystal Healing
REDS Pitching – Full Body Wax…ouch!
All-Star Update
Ryan Howard will participate in the Home Run Derby for the Phillies! In 2006, Howard won the event and in 2009, he will try it again. But this time, he will be in his home town of St. Louis. Good luck, Ryan!
The Phillies centerfielder, Shane Victorino, also has a chance to go to St. Louis. He is one of 5 candidates to fill the final roster spot which will be voted on by the fans. You can VOTE as many times as you are able to! No more 25x limit…so, go for it! VOTE FOR SHANE!
Dobbs photo by Jenn
Spa photo: manchestergrand.hyatt.com
*Read more about the Phillies at my other home page, Phightin' Phils Phorum in the My Team Rivals network*
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Don't you just love nights like that, so relaxing, no stress, the ball game I mean not the spa.
Outside the Phillies looking In
Great win. The only thing that makes me nervous about big wins like this is that all too often over the next few games you find yourself saying "I wish we had saved some of those runs."
Wow, what an outburst! More often than not, though, it seems like they struggle just to get hits the next night. I hope they break that pattern tonight!
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- Limit cycles for the Kukles system
- Author(s)
- Zang, Hong; Zhang, Tonghua; Tian, Yu-Chu; Tade, Moses O.
- Abstract
- This paper investigates the number and distributions of limit cycles for the Kukles system, which also can be considered as a class of reduced Kukles system under cubic perturbation. Using the techniques of bifurcation theory and qualitative analysis, we have obtained three different distributions of five limit cycles for the considered systems. In the first two distributions, the five limit cycles are all of nonsmall amplitude, which is quite different from the previous work.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems, Vol. 14, no. 2 (Apr 2008), pp. 283-298
- Publication year
- 2008
- FOR Code(s)
- 0102 Applied Mathematics; 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Bifurcation (mathematics); Control system stability; Control systems; Double homoclinic bifurcation; Focus quantity; Homoclinic bifurcation; Kukles system; Limit cycles; Perturbation techniques; Qualitative analysis; Stability
- Publisher
- Springer
- 1079-2724
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Israeli soldiers work on their a tanks in a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Fierce clashes between Israeli forces and Gaza militants are continuing for the third day.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israel started drafting 16,000 reserve troops on Friday as Egypt's prime minister visited the Gaza Strip to show support for Palestinians amid a cross-border conflict with Hamas militants that risks spiraling into an all-out war.
NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin is in Gaza, where a temporary cease-fire declared by Israel at Egypt's request collapsed after both sides accused the other of violating it. Earlier today Ayman answered questions from our online audience about the Israel-Gaza conflict. Please click on the box below to read a transcript.


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September 19, 2012 —
The events of September 11, 2001 echoed in the Town of Highland Town Hall in two disparate ways at its September meeting, which this year fell on that date's exact 11th anniversary. On a positive note was a discussion of the Heroes Park, a public space centered around a mounted fragment of the World Trade Center dedicated to all veterans and public safety providers. A more dubious legacy was some controversy regarding the maintenance and upgrading of emergency communications equipment around the county, generated by a national Homeland Security Department that may not be sufficiently sensitive to real local needs.
Supervisor Andy Boyar, during his report, brought up the Heroes Park, saying it is time that management of the park be turned over from the 9/11 memorial committee to the town. He announced that volunteers are invited to participate in placing 137 memory bricks in the brickwork of the park on Saturday, September 22. The committee has funds left over after the sales of the memory bricks, and Boyar proposed that those funds be turned over to the new town group set up to maintain the park in perpetuity, to finance upkeep.
Boyar also proposed that something like the impromptu ceremony that had been held that morning be institutionalized, expanded and better publicized in future years. At the ceremony, town clerk Doreen Hanson had rung the town bell at 8:46 a.m., the time that the first plane flew into the first tower, and the times of other key events on 9/11. Other people assembled at the park, including members of the VFW and emergency personnel, and refreshments were made available.
The consequences of 9/11 were also evident in a more contentious matter raised by Yulan Fire Department member Bill Hofaker, however. Hofaker is the liaison between the fire department and the Sullivan County Legislature's Safety Committee, which is overseeing a much-needed upgrade of the emergency communications systems in the county. Reporting on a meeting of that committee , Hofaker noted that although his fire department strongly supports the upgrade, it is opposed to a proposal to change radio equipment from low-frequency to high-frequency. Apparently, the original rationale for this dates from the days after 9/11, when some complained that police and EMS personnel could not communicate directly with fire personnel because of the difference in frequency ranges.
The Department of Homeland Security, formed in response to 9/11, made the initiative to put all responders on the same frequency range a priority. But it has failed to communicate adequately with localities about the matter, according to Yulan Fire Department president Jeff Haas.
The Yulan Fire Department objects to the proposal partly on financial grounds. To upgrade the equipment and shift bands would cost the county about $9 million, compared to $4 million to upgrade but stay low frequency. Furthermore, if a shift is made to high frequency, each individual fire department would have to come up with money in addition—in the case of Yulan, an estimated $40,000. As Hofaker complained, it would be, in effect, an unfunded mandate on the part of the county, similar to the unfunded mandates from the state that the county complains about.
Hofaker and other fire department personnel present also noted that the idea of fire departments communicating with police and other emergency responders directly is not in fact either necessary or in keeping with protocol; the protocol, and what they said works best, is to communicate to the various other emergency departments through their control centers. "They don't talk directly to us and I don't know that they ever will," said Haas.
Boyar noted that this is properly a county, not town, matter and proposed that the board confer with the Highland Lake Fire Department and other town emergency responders, to come up with a uniform response and decide what kind of intervention with the county on behalf of all such responders might be appropriate.


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Where in the world is Obama?October 15,2012
Where in the world is Obama?
What are the secret service doing? Why do I ask? Because someone has clearly kidnapped Barack Obama and sent in Jesse Jackson, Jr. to speak for him (or not speak for him, as seems more true).
I am not given to hysteria or panic. We can (and still will, I think) win this election.
That said, I woke up somewhere between deeply disappointed and just plain pissed. Axelrod, Plouff and Kerry are really smart guys, so I do not believe they counseled their boss to do the following during debate prep. But there are none so deaf as those who refuse to hear, Mr. President. Were these the key points your advisers stressed?
Dont mention the 47 percent of Americans who are victims according to your opponent;
Dont demand specifics on which deductions? Romney would eliminate: Mortgage? Child care? Education expense?;
Dont challenge pre-ObamaCare insurance restrictions on pre-existing conditions or coverage of children under 26;
Dont focus on the abysmal failure of private enterprise insurance & managed care companies to constrain costs while repeating profits;
Dont claim any credit for saving the auto-industry from extinction. Or for creating more jobs than your predecessor did in 8 years;
Dont challenge attribution (x3) that you wasted $70 billion on green jobs; renewable energy; and campaign contributors;
Dont mention Bain Capital, off-shore tax shelters, tax returns (2002 through 2009), outsourcing jobs to China, abortion rights or Todd Akins belief in legitimate rape;
Dont ask what will happen to the 26 percent of uninsured people in Texas (Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida...) if coverage is deferred to the states;
Dont ask what will happen to poor people and hungry children if Medicaid is slashed 30 percent and caring for the poor is left up to the states;
Dont tell people that your administration killed Bin Laden when Bush didnt, after all, its a domestic debate and Romney wont mention Lybia;
Dont blame Republicans in congress for choosing to gut defense spending (sequestration) rather than negotiate w/Democrats in good faith;
Dont give an articulate five-point plan for the future of the economy if people will just vote for a congress that drinks coffee or juice, not just tea;
Dont look tired, depressed, or disengaged (unless you want to celebrate your 21st anniversary w/dinner that you have to pay for out-of-pocket);
Dont assume that the first debate matters. Probably 40 percent of the nights audience will tune in next time. Just ask candidates Gore, Kerry & Carter.
But no doubt Obama advisers did offer at least one positive position to balance all of the above Dont admonitions. To wit:
Do assume that you will be the first president ever re-elected with unemployment above 8 percent. That is, unless you dont want to expand the ranks of those looking for a new job Nov. 8. I hear the law school at University of Chicago has an opening for a constitutional professor, tenure track, life time employment guaranteed; no running for office required.
What are the secret service doing about the kidnapping of the president?
I grew up in Chicago. Surely no pol from Chicago would allow such a mugging to occur! (Hire Rahm of the truncated middle digit as your debate coach for your next outing. And listen to him, expletives and all. I dont want to be pissed; I want you to be pissed! Now. Remember 2008? YES YOU CAN!!!)
But really, it was just one debate and Obama didnt have a good night. So what? Why am I upset? After all, going into the debate all the polls showed him leading within (or without) the margin of error. In polls we have trust, dont we? Well, here are a couple more you might want to believe in,
1.) Overnight poll: Romney cares about people like you?
October 2: 27 percent
October 4: 60 percent
2.) Overnight poll: Among uncommitted voters?
Obama: Up 2 percent
Romney: Up 12 percent
Good morning, Mr. President, time to smell the roses in the White House garden and ask yourself a question: Do you really want four more years?
You will win 3 electoral votes from the great (but very small) state of Vermont no matter what you do next, Mr. President. But to borrow a line from another great pol from the Land of Lincoln, who JFK introduced to the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago as the man from Libertyville, Adlai Stevenson... (I grew up in Libertyville, Ill., just down the road from Stevensons farm).
Stevenson, in a losing effort, responded to a close advisers proclamation that Surely, Governor, every thinking American will vote for you...
Alas, we need a majority...
Dan Anderson
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As residents of Florida's Space Coast, Health First associates enjoy year-round sunshine and recreation. Located on 72 miles of pristine Atlantic coastline in East Central Florida, the Brevard County region is famous for its space shuttle launches, as well as its manatees, sea turtles, and other marine life. When you relocate to the Space Coast, you and your family will discover a lifestyle that offers something for every interest and personality. You can soak in the sun on your own secluded spot of sand or you can soak in some culture at one of our many museums.
On the Space Coast, our more than 474,000 residents enjoy swimming, biking, surfing, fishing, tennis, boating, golf, inline skating, and just about any other outdoor activity that makes the most of a year-round mild climate of sunshine and blue skies. Some Space Coast recreation highlights include:
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Our own Port Canaveral is the busiest cruise port in the western hemisphere. It's home base to ships from Disney Cruise Line, Carnival Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Holland America, and more, including one-day casino cruises. And the popular Orlando theme parks are just an hour's drive to the west.
If you prefer your recreation out of the sun, areas like Cocoa Village and historic downtown Melbourne are home to a variety of shops as well as local artisans. Our cultural resources range from the 2,000 seat Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts to Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science to the Brevard Symphony Orchestra. Of course one of our most popular destinations is the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Visitor Complex, but when you live on the Space Coast, you don't need to go KSC to get a front row seat to space shuttle launches — your backyard will offer a great view. Speaking of your yard, the Space Coast offers an affordable cost of living with homes starting at approximately $70,000.
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Athlete Of The Week: Matt Moran
Matt Moran is off to a hot start for Immaculate Heart Central's lacrosse team.
The four year varsity player is second in the Frontier League in goals with 26. Add to that 17 assists.
Game by game, Moran had five goals and six assists against Lowville; five goals against Watertown and four goals and four assists against Indian River.
He's this week's Watertown Savings Bank - 7 News Athlete Of The Week. See some of Matt in action, and hear from him, by clicking on the picture.


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Anthony "TJ" Pollack, the director of aquatics at KeyLime Cove, a popular Chicagoland indoor waterpark resort, has been distinguished as the Department-Division Head Employee of the Year by the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association's "Stars of the Industry" awards.
Pollack was honored during the statewide competition at the 24th Annual IHLA Membership Meeting and State Stars of the Industry Luncheon held last month in Chicago. Nearly 800 nominations were submitted across the state, with one winner selected in each of the 11 job categories: Hotelier, Department-Division Head, Manager, Administrative, Bell Staff, First-Level Supervisor, Food & Beverage – Front of the House, Food & Beverage – Back of the House, Guest Service, Housekeeping and Maintenance.
"This past October TJ was named a regional winner, and I was thrilled to see him recognized at the state level last month," said Dale McFarland, general manager of KeyLime Cove. "This is the only program in the state that recognizes employees in the hospitality industry. We are truly fortunate to have someone of TJ's caliber overseeing our aquatics team and indoor waterpark."
McFarland nominated Pollack for his consistent positive impact made in safety and hospitality to provide the best indoor waterpark experience for the thousands of families that visit KeyLime Cove each year. Last year, Pollack was distinguished as the "Manager of the Quarter" (2nd Quarter) at KeyLime Cove. Additionally, his contribution to the aquatics department since KeyLime Cove opened its doors in 2008 has resulted in numerous state, national and international awards.H
"As the result of excellent services that employees such as Pollack provide, more than 86 million domestic visitors and 1.7 million international visitors choose to spend time in Illinois each year, spending about $80 million a day with Illinois businesses," said IHLA President and CEO Marc J. Gordon. "One in 10 jobs in Illinois is directly or indirectly supported by travel expenditures."
Pollack will represent the State of Illinois at the national Stars of the Industry awards on June 13, 2013 at the American Hotel & Lodging Association Awards conference in Denver.
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As Bayern Munich celebrate defeating Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League final, we pick our best XI from this year's competition.
From Celtic's unforgettable home win against Barcelona in the group stages, to Dortmund's last-gasp triumph in the quarter-finals against Malaga, to Bayern's incredible 7-0 aggregate win over Barca in the final four, this year's competition has had something for everyone.
We have intently watched and pored over the statistics to bring you our best XI, selected in a 4-2-3-1 formation that both finalists used, and seven substitutes.
Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Neuer has excelled for Bayern this season and his importance in the Champions League has been vital, with the German not conceding in either of the club's quarter-final and semi-final aggregate wins.
Defence: Phillip Lahm (Bayern Munich), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain), Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund)
Bayern captain Lahm has been excellent at the back and still threatening going forward. With four assists, more than any other defender in the competition, he has created more goals than the likes of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Andrea Pirlo.
Silva's ability at the back was a key reason why PSG reached the last eight of the Champions League. The composed defender completed over 85 percent of his passes and averaged six clearances and four tackles per game. He also chipped in with two goals.
At the age of just 24, Subotic's performances this season will have the brains trust at Dortmund seriously excited. The Serb has made an average of 13 clearances per match, more than any other player, saving the best until the final.
Left-back Schmelzer's energy has given Dortmund another dimension, the consistent 25-year-old has covered the most ground of any player in the Champions League, and netted a winner against Real Madrid in the group stages.
Defensive Midfield: Xavi (Barcelona), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Veteran midfielder Xavi has been hugely impressive for Barca in the Champions League, scoring a vital spot-kick against PSG and provided four assists. He was typically efficient on the ball, completing over 95 percent of his passes.
Schweinsteiger has led by example for Bayern, scoring against Lille and Valencia in the group stages and notching four assists as the Bundesliga champions showed just why they are one of the top teams in European football.
Attacking Midfield: Mario Goetze (Borussia Dortmund), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Despite provoking the ire of the Dortmund fans by opting to move to Bayern at the end of the season, Goetze must be given huge credit for his contributions in Europe this season. The 20-year-old missed the final but scored against Ajax and Shakhtar Donetsk and laid on five assists in Juergen Klopp's men's storied run.
Few players have been more important to Bayern Munich's fortunes in the Champions League than Mueller. The 23-year-old netted eight goals in the competition this term, including three in the 7-0 aggregate demolition of Barcelona in the semi-finals, to inspire the Bavarians to their the third final in four years.
It was another season of Champions League domination for Cristiano Ronaldo, who ended the season as the competition's top scorer after finding the back of the net a remarkable 12 times. The Portuguese was adept at providing crucial goals throughout the tournament, netting the winner against Manchester City in the group stages and Manchester United in the last 16.
Striker: Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)
Ronaldo may have bagged the golden boot, but the star of this season's Champions League was undoubtedly Lewandowski, who netted 10 goals in the competition, four of which came in his superb outing in the semi-finals against Real Madrid.
Substitutes: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) netted eight goals for the Catalan club but could not make an impact in the last four due to injury. Roman Weidenfeller and Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) have been stellar for a team that only conceded 14 goals.
Arturo Vidal (Juventus) contributed three goals and three assists from midfield, Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray) was a surprise talisman with eight goals, Mesut Oezil (Real Madrid) provided four assists and Oscar was Chelsea's star man with five goals in their unsuccessful campaign.


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As I get older, it seems that I'm constantly getting these nagging injuries from me doing my crazy Crossfit workouts. (You can ask the wife, she's tired of hearing me complain).
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I had never hurt my bicep that much before and was surprised on how much it affected my day to day activities.
It affected them so much that I had to rely on my left arm to pick up the slack.
The incident had reminded me about some show that I watched that discussed on how much of a benefit it was to use your non-dominant hand.
You may be surprised to learn that there are benefits to you when using your opposite hand – I know I was.
It feels awkward and you are likely to have much less control over what your non-dominant hand can do, but when you use your opposite hand you are "growing" your brain! I used my injury as a chance to permanently grow my brain for ever more.
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And in last week's story, The Progress got the names of the 2014 TRHS valedictorian and salutatorian wrong. Reversed, as a matter of fact.
But here is the correct information, offered with full editorial apologies: Sheaniece White, 18, made valedictorian, and Mikaila Rushing, 18, salutatorian.
Despite the error, Sheaniece was in good spirits Friday. Her victory was excellent news for her, because her status provides her with the means—in the form of a special scholarship—to pay for a fifth year of college.
"It's great," she said with a smile. "But I was pretty nervous for awhile."
The race was insanely close. Victory was achieved by less than one point.
"It was .06 I think," Sheaniece explained Friday as she prepared to cross the stage at graduation. "That's like nothing—nothing."
For some time, the valedictorian-salutatorian results were too close for administrators to tell. During initial interviews with these two top brains weeks ago, school officials were still in the process of reviewing and re-evaluating scores and grades on both students.
Name reversal is not unheard of—especially in U.S. elections.
In 1948, for instance, the Chicago Tribune incorrectly announced that New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey defeated incumbent Harry S. Truman in the race for president. The opposite was true.
And in 2000, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram prematurely—and at that point, incorrectly—announced that George W. Bush had won the presidential election outright. (Later, calculations determined Bush was the winner. But at the time of the original 2000 election, scores were being sifted through, and the results were too close to tell.)
Of course, those presidential races were fueled by votes, not grades.
But still.
Sheaniece starts majoring in accounting at the University of Texas at Austin in the fall. She hopes to eventually become an accountant or at the very least have a CPA-type of career.
Meanwhile, Mikaila, 18, said she was happy the waiting is over. It had started to become stressful—even though Sheaniece is a close friend she has known since fifth grade.
"This has been in the background of our friendship the entire time," Mikaila said.
In the fall, Mikaila plans to major in journalism at the University of Texas in Austin.
The Sheaniece White-Mikaila Rushing reversal is not the only misstep in the 2014 graduation coverage.
Cecilia Lynn Benavidez, 18, graduated from George West High School last week. But her photo was accidentally left out of the special graduation tab.
A photo of Cecilia is included along with this story.
(Some excerpts of Sheaniece's and Mikaila's interviews are available for viewing in online video presentation on www.mySouTex.com.)


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Time: June 28, 2010 from 6pm to 11pm
Location: The Old Biscuit Mill
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Hello clever and good looking people of the Silicon Cape (and beyond).
The time has once again come for us to eat, drink, network and be merry.
We will once again frequent the hay bales of the Old Biscuit Mill for an atmospheric evening, and this time you won't have to queue for the cash bar.
Thanks to our friends at FNB, drinks will be on the house, and the same goes for snacks. Not bad hey!
Now all that is more than enough reason to attend, but to sweeten the deal you will be graced by the presence of European tech investor, Saul Klein who will be sharing his experiences with us.
Oded Zehavi (PayPal Regional Director) and Chris Savides (FNB Complementary Online Services, GM) will also be making a couple of very interesting (and indeed lucrative) announcements. We can't tell you too much right now, but it does involve a competition that could get you from the Cape to the Valley.
So go ahead, etch the 28th into your digital diaries and prepare for a great night of networking.
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Music Review: Quartets offer twice the pleasureBy Jim Lowe
Photo by Eli Akerstein The Borromeo String Quartet from left, Nicholas Kitchen, Yeesun Kim, Mai Motobuchi and Kristopher Tong was joined by the Gioviale String Quartet in weekend concerts in Rutland and Montpelier.
MONTPELIER More seldom means better except when it results in a beautiful and exciting performance of one of the most beloved chamber music masterpieces of all time.
The sold-out Unitarian Church audience certainly felt that way Sunday afternoon when it roared its approval for a performance of Felix Mendelssohns String Octet, Opus 20, by the Borromeo and Gioviale string quartets, presented by Capital City Concerts. (They performed the same program Saturday at Rutlands Paramount Theatre, part of the Passages at the Paramount series.)
Mendelssohns Octet, written when the composer was only 16, is brilliant, rich and virtuosic. Its a certain crowd-pleaser when played well, which it certainly was Sunday. The Scherzo presages another beloved work, his Incidental Music to A Midsummer Nights Dream, written just a year later.
Nicholas Kitchen, the Borromeos outstanding first violinist, discovered Mendelssohns original 1825 score at the Library of Congress, one that the composer revised for the later published version. The Borromeos and their protégés, the Gioviales, performed from the original manuscript, but the differences would be noticeable only to those who knew the work well. Details were different, but the effect remained the same.
Kitchen led the performance in the dominant first violin role. His playing was brilliant and warm and full of the lyrical drive that makes this music soar with joy. He was matched all the way by the other seven, and they were clearly comfortable playing together. They had just the right mix of lyricism, drive, tenderness and passion. It was a real pleasure.
The Borromeo delivered a very different work, Béla Bartóks knotty String Quartet No. 3, with power and authority. Kitchen, violinist Kristopher Tong, violist Mai Motobuchi and cellist Yeesun Kim all played with the requisite virtuosity but, more importantly, the deep understanding of the music to convey it to Sundays most receptive audience.
Graduate students of the Borromeo at New England Conservatory, the Gioviale String Quartet opened the program with Claude Debussys String Quartet in g minor. While they didnt manage the cohesive and fluid sound that makes this music flow, they played with able technique and understanding, and lots of expressiveness. This is an able ensemble well worth watching.
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- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Ready Time: 120 min
- Yield: 20 sandwich cookies
- 1 1/2 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1/2 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 1/4 cups dulce de leche
- Powdered sugar (optional)
Preparation Directions
- STIR together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl until blended.
- BEAT shortening and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Blend in egg yolks. Add water, lemon peel and vanilla, beating until blended. Gradually add flour mixture, scraping sides of bowl after each addition. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
- HEAT oven to 325ºF. Coat baking sheets with no-stick cooking spray. Roll out half of dough to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut into 2-inch rounds. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake 9 minutes or until edges just begin to turn light brown. Cool 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.
- TURN half the cookies flat-side up. Spread about one tablespoon dulce de leche on flat sides of cookies. Top with remaining cookies, flat-side down, to form sandwich cookies. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.
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Serving Size (1 sandwich cookie of ), Calories 20 (Calories from Fat 60), Total Fat 7g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 40mg, Sodium 75mg, Total Carbohydrate 28g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 15g), Protein 3g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 6%, Iron 4%.
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Curb Scholar Blog: Reflecting on Utopia
Posted on: September 16th, 2014 | 0 Comments
This blog post was written by Rachel Anand.
For opening retreat, Mr. John Bielenberg gave us the prompt "Utopia" as part of his "Ingenuity Blitz" program. After doing a "Think Wrong" exercise, where we took a word we were given and linked it everything our minds related to it, our team randomly selected two words from the favorites chosen from the exercise. Our team, composed of April, Sawyer, Austin, Ben and myself, got "Bridge" and "Yes Please!". Using these words, it was our job to come up with a project relating them to the Utopian theme. Read More
Curb Scholar Blog: A Semester Begins
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This blog post was written by Grace Cowan.
Surprisingly the beginning of the semester has been very busy. During the opening retreat, my group created a project called "DUMBphone" to bring attention to the overuse of smartphones. During our Curb sessions, we presented our idea to the rest of the scholars and received their feedback. Read More
Curb Scholar Summer Blog: Disa's Eco-Informatics Research in the Cascades
Posted on: September 9th, 2014 | 0 Comments
This post was written by Disa Yu.
I spent this summer in the forests and mountains of the Cascades mountain range in eastern Oregon. We lived in the cabins of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest and conducted research in the field of Eco-Informatics. I thought that Eco-Informatics was a good example of the interdisciplinary creativity that happens at the Curb Center because it uses math and computer science to carry out ecological research. Read More
Curb Scholars "Think Wrong" at Opening Retreat
Posted on: August 28th, 2014 | 0 Comments
Before the classes had begun, the Vanderbilt Curb Scholars were hard at work getting their year off to a creative start. They spent a week attending the Curb Center's Opening Retreat, a series of workshops, exercises, and a field trip to The Farm, an intentional community located in Summertown, Tennessee.
From their experiences at the Retreat, the Curb Scholars enter this year with new methods of problem solving, innovative ideas for campus projects, and much to continue pondering as they begin another year as creatives in their academic work and elsewhere. Read More
Curb Scholar Madeline Pt. 2
Posted on: August 7th, 2014 | 0 Comments
I always try to find the ways of becoming a better artist and a better human from any experience I have – try to stretch beyond shuffling it into a category of good or bad, exciting or boring, etc. in order to really consciously grow with each experience. I've recently gotten to spend some time on the Hudson River on the West side of the island just sitting, looking at the water, and taking in a kind of quiet I had forgotten existed amidst the everyday cacophony of horns and police sirens and millions of intersecting dialogues.
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Curb Scholar: Madeline
Posted on: August 7th, 2014 | 0 Comments
This summer I have the privilege of working at The Civilians, an experimental theatre company located on South Oxford Street in Brooklyn. Basically, they devise original theatrical pieces exploring social issues or controversial subjects through research and interviews. Their unique process yields some of the most socially conscious plays and musicals produced in contemporary American theatre. They just produced an incredibly successful show about climate change called The Great Immensity, and their next big show is a musical about the porn industry. My parents were particularly proud and somewhat concerned to hear about my possible involvement in the research and development of that upcoming show.
Elizabeth Meadows: Summer at the Curb Center–The Work of Public Engagement
Posted on: July 2nd, 2014 | 0 Comments
Ed note: Dr. Elizabeth S. Meadows leads the Creative Campus and the Curb Scholars Program for the Curb Center at Vanderbilt.
I started at the Curb Center last summer, and it was a hectic time—planning the opening retreat and fall semester's Scholar sessions, selecting Innovation Grant recipients for the first time, and planning the 3rd Annual Creative Practice Boot Camp on the fly—all while learning how to do a new job with a staff as new to the job as I was. I found myself wondering what summertime at the Curb Center would be like in a "normal" year. Now I know…
Curb Internship Blog: Boston Healthcare for the Homeless
Posted on: July 1st, 2014 | 0 Comments
This blog is part of the Curb Scholars Internship Program.
My beginning days with Boston Healthcare for the Homeless have served as some of my most humble. I began this internship expecting to be in the office making phone calls and assisting the Finance Department; however, I feel as though I will play a vital role to a team of dedicated and inspiring individuals. And even more important, become a more open-minded and serviced-oriented person.
With the changes made under the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies are now billing for medical expenses differently. For example, instead of billing per expense, their consumers are now worth an allotted sum of money for their medical expenses that year. That means it is imperative that each medical provider that provides care for their patients are properly listed so that the practice, like Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, can properly receive funds. Read More
Curb Internship Blog Post: Compassionate Travel
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By Ben Shane
This blog post is part of the Curb Scholars program.
I have faith in humanity when I travel. It comes from hitchhiking in Spain, where strangers interrupted their lives because they saw me for a total of a second-and-a-half on the side of the road and invited me into their cars and sometimes their homes. From the young woman in Morro Bay, California, who invited me surfing with her and her friends and equipped me with surfboard and wetsuit and patient instruction. From the countless people on the road who provided me with food or shelter or company, all of the most basic and meaningful necessities of life. These experiences bring me close to humankind and make me feel fortunate to be a part of it. Read More
A Summer Internship in Hualcayán
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Hello! My name is Karissa and I am an intern with PIARA this summer. My journey with PIARA started two weeks ago, when I arrived at the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa in Memphis, TN to work with director Dr. Robert Connolly and begin preparing educational and outreach materials for the summer in Hualcayán, Peru. I'm excited to join the PIARA team in Peru in two weeks, but first, here's the story on how I became involved with PIARA. Read More


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Hello! I have a newborn daughter who is turning 6 weeks tomorrow. She seems to nurse frequently even at night. I heard that by this age, they should start nursing more during the day and less at night but my daughter nurses frequently day or night. Most nights, she nurses every hour or hour and a half so it makes me think that she did not really have enough to keep her asleep for at least 2 hours.
Also, she falls asleep while feeding and when I try to burp her, she will not because she is asleep. When this happens, she spits up while she is laying in her crib and this wakes her up. (This usually happens at night).
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ASHLEY GOLD | POLITICO's Morning eHealth | 06/05/14 10:01 AM EDT
APPLE + EPIC ARE PAIRING UP TO TAKE YOUR HEALTH DATA: eHealth's David Pittman takes a look at the Apple HealthKit announcement and what it means for patient privacy in an article coming out later today. Pretty perfect timing-we're at the Health Privacy Summit this week, where the topic of who owns patient data and how to protect it is present in everyone's mind. "Patient privacy watchdogs raised questions regarding privacy and data collection with health apps in Apple's new operating system, worrying it could usher in a new era of trampled privacy rights…Privacy laws that govern what doctors and hospitals can and cannot do with patient information don't apply to mobile health apps, meaning they are largely free to sell and disseminate the information collected." Stay tuned for the full story coming this morning for Pros.
DOES DESALVO KNOW THE WAY…TO INTEROPERABILITY? The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is preparing a vision paper on how it hopes to achieve the interoperability of electronic health records, the office's head, Karen DeSalvo, said Wednesday at the Health Privacy Summit. In addition to outlining ONC's thoughts, the paper "will be an invitation to folks to come to the table to talk through how we can get there," DeSalvo said. An ONC spokeswoman said ONC hopes to release the paper later this week.
THIS MORNING, I'm headed to Georgetown Law Center to catch some more of the Health Privacy Summit, which @David_Pittman checked out Wednesday. I'm interested in the privacy debate "That Individuals Should Maintain Their Own Health Data" between the chief privacy officer of IMS Health and a senior associate at Consumer Action. Are people too disengaged or lazy to own their own health data? We shall see.
To view the full article, please visit Apple and Epic: A privacy disaster? — DeSalvo introduces interoperability roadmap — We stand amended


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August 31, 2011 —
As in other towns in Sullivan County, the issues of gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing have been percolating through the local political process in the Town of Bethel for the past couple of years. At a town meeting on August 27, the town board gave its clearest indication to date about the likely path the board will follow.
Supervisor Dan Sturm said he had reviewed the new draft regulations proposed by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). He said, "I am not happy with the revised DEC regulations that came out last month. How can the DEC and our elected representatives, including the governor of this state, think that they can allow drilling here [in Bethel], but not on state-owned land, or New York City or City of Syracuse watersheds? The state is clearly playing Russian roulette with the residents of Bethel, and we cannot be anybody's guinea pigs."
That prompted a sustained round of applause. Sturm then explained the actions the board would take regarding a possible zoning change to the town code. He said the board would ask NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for clarification about the roles of municipalities regarding "zoning and natural gas."
Strum also said the town's zoning code had been reviewed without charge by the Community Environmental Defense Council (CEDC), and the two lawyers that operate the organization, Helen and David Slottje, who are serving as consultants to other towns in Sullivan County. Sturm said the Slottjes had prepared a zoning amendment for the board to consider, as they have done for Lumberland, Highland and Tusten.
The Slottjes have been invited to a workshop on an as-yet unspecified date in September with the town board, the planning board, the zoning board of appeals and the public.
The other board members indicated that they generally agreed with the direction Sturm outlined, although it is not clear if they will attempt to limit zoning to certain parts of the town or move to ban industrial uses, such as gas drilling, altogether in the town, as is the case with Lumberland.
There were numerous statements of support from full-time and part-time residents, some of whom were able to attend the meeting because it was held on a Saturday morning.
But there were also several statements on the other side of the issue.
Noel van Swol, president of the Sullivan-Delaware Property Owners Association, said there are owners of about 20,000 acres of land in the town that "want and need" gas drilling. He said that board members should "compromise." He said areas such as Smallwood, The Chapin Estate and White Lake could be protected, but he said, "Do not categorically ban gas drilling. You are going to harm a large number of permanent residents in these communities of yours … who are being driven out as far as work is concerned."
The argument about whether drilling can be done safely continued, with drilling supporters saying it can be done safely, and opponents saying so far that has not been proven.


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With the passage of Bond B in the General Election, Eastern New Mexico University will move forward with plans to renovate its Music Building.
The bond provides $4.5 million for this purpose. The next step will be hiring an architect to design the renovation for a building that was constructed in 1957 for a program that has far outgrown the facility.
Bond B passed statewide with about 55 percent approval, and 62.6 percent approval in Roosevelt County — the fourth-highest approval in the state.
We are very grateful to Roosevelt County voters for approving Bond B. We have a wonderful music department. Now our faculty will be able to train students in a facility that more closely matches the amazing job they do. And the public will be able to enjoy the fruits of this labor in professional caliber performances by our students and faculty.
In addition to voters, we also thank all the volunteers, too numerous to single out, who worked tirelessly in promoting Bond B. This support will soon translate into a tangible structure that will pay intangible benefits to Roosevelt County and New Mexico for years to come.
Once again to the citizens of Roosevelt County, thank you.
Steven Gamble
ENMU president
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I just read about Jack Williamson's death and it brought back some memories of the 1970s and '80s.
I met Jack in 1972 or 1973 when I was a student at Eastern New Mexico University.
One of my best friends was Karla Lovorn, Jack's granddaughter. Karla was an English major and we had occasion to discuss quite a bit of literature and had a few games of tennis. She had one dandy forehand smash that I could rarely return.
I remember when she introduced me to Jack. He was the most gracious, nicest man I think I ever met. He would discuss anything and had knowledge about most of it — much more than a college freshman like me.
He was also a fine writer. "Darker Than You Think" is my favorite of his.
Another talented writer, living and working in the Portales area, is Marcia Howl. When I first came to Eastern, Marcia was teaching English and was instrumental in helping to make me think and be a better learner. Marcia and her family will always have a special place in my heart.
It is many years since those days. I am the city manager of Willcox, Ariz., now and it is most doubtful that I could have attained a career like I have, or a perspective on life like I do, without knowing those folks — Jack, Karla and Marcia. I wish I could see and talk with them today.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/219158
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- A blind deconvolution approach to ultrasound imaging
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- Yu, Chengpu; Zhang, Cishen; Xie, Lihua
- Abstract
- In this paper, a single-input multiple-output (SIMO) channel model is introduced for the deconvolution process of ultrasound imaging; the ultrasound pulse is the single system input and tissue reflectivity functions are the channel impulse responses. A sparse regularized blind deconvolution model is developed by projecting the tissue reflectivity functions onto the null space of a cross-relation matrix and projecting the ultrasound pulse onto a low-resolution space. In this way, the computational load is greatly reduced and the estimation accuracy can be improved because the proposed deconvolution model contains fewer variables. Subsequently, an alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm is introduced to efficiently solve the proposed blind deconvolution problem. Finally, the performance of the proposed blind deconvolution method is examined using both computersimulated data and practical in vitro and in vivo data. The results show a great improvement in the quality of ultrasound images in terms of signal-to-noise ratio and spatial resolution gain.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
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- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 59, no. 2 (Feb 2012), pp. 271-280
- Publication year
- 2012
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- 02 Physical Sciences; 09 Engineering
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- Blind deconvolution; Deconvolution process; Ultrasound imaging
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My baby has not put on any weight in the last 2 weeks, not feeding well. She
is sleeping through the night and I tried to feed her every 2-3 hrs during the day, but with trying to get her to nap and feed I think she is eating very little.
My LC told me that I should wait for 3-4 hrs for her to ASK to feed and then she will nurse better.
My baby eats only about 5 times a day now, after talking to LC. Is this ok ?
I am having a problem with her not taking naps. She is so wound up that by the time she is ready to eat again, she is so sleepy that she falls asleep at the breast (doesnt STAY asleep if I put her down) and so doesnt eat well.
My question is this: How much breast milk does a 3.5 month 12 lbs 14 oz bby need ? I have a scale so I can measure (it really has saved my sanity )
I read somewhere that it is 2.5 oz for every 24 hrs for every pound of bby weight. So my baby would need about 30 oz - she is not eating nearly as much- I am worried. Is this right ?
I would appreciate any advice about trying to get her to nap and eat ok...


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If you eat fish, you may be surprised what some fish eat.
Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have found plastic and other marine debris in the stomachs of several species.
UH Manoa graduate student Anela Choy led a team of researchers that dissected nearly 600 fish from 10 different species over the last six years.
The study was recently published in the scientific journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.
"We do not know exactly the residence time that the plastic does stay in the fish's gut, but some of the small pieces you know, it's believed that they can pass it," said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries biologist Lesley Jantz. "But the larger pieces, I think it'd be very difficult to pass it and if they did try to, it could very well tear their intestinal track."
Researchers found little to no debris in some species and a lot more in others, like opah or moonfish, which usually swim in deeper water.
"Plastics and people you know, you kind of think that they're all going to float on the surface," Jantz said. "But there's a belief that they're getting biofilm on them and making them a little more dense so they float down into the water column, and so when the fishes vertically migrate there in evening, they diurnally migrate, they may be consuming them at that time."
Scientists are now looking into how long debris like this remains in fish's stomachs and if it's absorbed into their tissue. If it is, it could be very hazardous to people who eat those fish.
"The one thing that comes to mind is maybe endocrine disruption," said Jantz. "So you know, for development, reproducing, those kind of problems have been related to plastic. But that still has not been studied."
While there is a lot more research to do, there is something we can do now.
"Plastic is very useful in our society and we use it all the time," Jantz said. "But if we could just reuse a little bit you know, chances are less of it will end up in the ocean."


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My DD is 12 weeks yesterday. Pediatrician says she is perfectly healthy in every way. She has been great at breastfeeding since day one... until now. Have been giving her one bottle of breast milk a day for the last 6 weeks in preparation for her to go to daycare when I returned to work. I started back to work two weeks ago. She now gets 3 4oz bottles of expressed milk every day at daycare.
For the past week and a half she has developed bottle preference and fusses every time i try to nurse her. She nurses pretty well at night, latching on quickly because she is half asleep when she wakes up in the middle of the night. I have to catch her while she is still sleepy in the morning so that she will eat well before daycare. I have tried skin to skin, nursing her while sleepy, walking around with her while i nurse, feeding her before she gets too hungry, trying... soothing when she gets fussy... and trying again. I have luckily only had to give her a bottle of breast milk once because she refused to nurse. All other times i was able to coax her into nursing. When she does nurse, she doesn't stay latched on for very long at all... maybe 4 to 5 minutes.
I have a very fast letdown so i think she is getting enough milk. Plenty of wet diapers still, even on the weekends when I only nurse her (no bottles). I have even had success letting her suck on her pacifier to calm her down, and then doing a quick switch to the breast before she notices... anything that works. I have been using Medela bottles with the slow flow nipples.
It has been a week and a half of struggling, and i am wondering if there is an end in sight. Eventually she will learn that she needs to eat both from a bottle, and from mommy, right? Has anyone out there gotten through a situation like this, or am I doomed?


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On behalf of Zaragoza Society President Edward Garcia its officers and members, allow me to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation for the tremendous support given to us on our recent Cinco De Mayo Fiesta Zaragoza.
The turnout was huge and the results were an asset to the hard work that was exerted by our members and all participants. Thank you from a very civic-minded organization that believes in our community and the education of our youth.
Our annual scholarship goal remains the same every year - "As much as we can make!" We present scholarships to as many students as possible with our goal of $10,000. We have been able to reach that figure several years and it looks as if we had another successful year for our students. All the expenditures for our fiesta haven't been finalized yet, but it looks very good.
Reaching our goals wouldn't be possible without the generosity of our sponsors who selflessly donate money, food, time, labor, personnel, and product. They all give us a huge start for our fiesta that, in turn, helps us kick off a successful annual event.
We would like to thank and recognize the following sponsors of the 2013 Fiesta Zaragoza and Queens Coronation:
Platinum Level (Los Generales):
H-E-B, L&F Distributors (Bud and Bud Light)
Silver Level (Los Tenientes):
Villafranca & Villafranca Law Firm
Medallion Level (Los Soldados):
Goliad Funeral Home, Bonilla & Chapa Law Firm, Aarons of Cuero, Grace Funeral Home, LULAC Council #21, Majic 95.9 Radio, City of Goliad, Goliad County, Texas Parks & Wildlife, Goliad Fair & Rodeo Association, Victoria Harley-Davidson, Goliad Calaveras Motorcycle Club.
To those that were not named, unintentionally, we thank you for your support and donations that helped us reach our goals.
Our thanks go out to the city and county crews that prepared the grounds for a beautiful scene of our fairgrounds. A generous thank you to the judges and donors of the cook-off competition and the margarita contest, the donations of the use of the Julie Wimberly building, T-shirt sponsors of the bike run, the many food vendors of the fiesta, the outstanding musical entertainment we had for two days, the 39 IBCA cook-off teams that competed and their winners, the ballet folklorico dancers of Goliad, the city staff and donors for their reception for our Hidalgo guests.
Hopefully, we haven't missed anyone because you are all special to us.
Finally, we extend our gratitude to our visitors from Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and their Mayor, Guadalupe Jesus "Chuy" Rodriguez Lozano, and his wife, Yadira. Also from Hidalgo was the City Secretary, Guadalupe Lozano Padilla; Director of Education & Culture, Sylvia Margarita Lozano Garcia; Director of Human Resources, Maria Cadelaria Lazcano Regino; Director of Social Services, Luis Antonio San Miguel; Director of Public Accounts, Adalberto Martinez Lozano; Dance Instructor, Antonio Hernandez; Youth Coordinator, Cristian Omar Perez; and a number of cooks that provided a delicious meal for all Goliad visitors that came by.
After the meal, the highlight of the evening was a special presentation of a large patented asador (pit) used to cook the meal to Jay Harvey and a smaller pit to Hernan Jaso from Luis Antonio San Miguel, who has the patent on the design of the pits.
We also wish to recognize our 2013 Queen Toni Jo Garcia and her court:
Queen Zaragoza 2013 Toni Jo Garcia, daughter of Paul and Maresa Garcia, Junior Miss Zaragoza 2013 Isabel Torrez, daughter of Mayo and Paloma Torrez; Little Miss Zaragoza 2013 Arriana Segura, daughter of Anthony and Dina Segura; Little Mister Zaragoza 2013 Nicolas Tyler, son of Jeffery and Leann Tyler.
Former Zaragoza Queen, Lupita Silva Barrientos, was chair of the dancers and Queens Coronation. The display of their colorful dresses and ragalia was awesome and will be used to represent Zaragoza Society throughout the 2013-2014 year.
My personal thanks to all the committee chairs and officers of Zaragoza Society that spent countless hours at the fiesta site ensuring that all the details were covered and ready to offer a fantastic event. President Edward Garcia presented Lionel Garcia with the Member of the Year Award and thanked all members and chairs of the bar, security, bike run, raffles, queen's coronation, folklorico dancers, margarita, IBCA cook-off, meal and social reception committees.
Everyone is to be commended on a job well done. As always, we thank those local non-member citizens that took the time to come out and enjoy the Cinco De Mayo Fiesta in Texas.
Hernan Jaso,
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Ohio Northern University's Spotts Lecture to focus on 'The Disruptive Force of Robots in the Home and Beyond'
Paolo Pirjanian, chief technology officer at iRobot, will be the featured speaker for the Ohio Northern University Spotts Lecture in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m.
Pirjanian's speech, "The Disruptive Force of Robots in the Home and Beyond," is free and open to the public.
As chief technology officer at iRobot, Pirjanian oversees advanced technology development and engineering for product development. Prior to joining iRobot, he served as chief executive officer of Evolution Robotics Inc. for seven years. Before that, Pirjanian was Evolution's chief technology officer, developing advanced technologies for autonomous navigation and computer vision.
Earlier in his career, Pirjanian worked as a lecturer in the computer science department at the University of Southern California and as a researcher at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he received the Technical Leadership Award. Pirjanian is the former U.S. chairman of the IEEE Robotics Industrial Activities Board and received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Early Career Award in 2004.
Pirjanian has more than 100 issued patents in robotics and related fields and holds a Ph.D. from Aalborg University in Denmark.
The Spotts Lecture series was established by the T.J. Smull College of Engineering in 1986 to bring distinguished speakers to the ONU campus on an annual basis to inform students of the probable professional conditions and challenges that engineers and computer scientists will face in the future.


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Carrying the motto "Challenges among natural atmosphere" Padang Golf Pangkalan Jati or Pangkalan Jati Golf Course is pleasantly situated between Depok and Jakarta. Encompassing a total area of 40 hectares with an actual natural river running through, the course is designed by Indonesia's own designer in 1976 and started operations in 1979.
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