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#210750 - 05/05/13 06:08 AM Phlyarologist
Registered: 05/05/13
Posts: 5
Loc: Cambridge, England
Hello world
I would be very interested in your view of my understanding of the word 'phlyarologist'.
Everywhere I've looked, the word is defined as 'one who speaks nonsense': however, I disagree, and I would be very interested in thoughts on the matter.
Apologies if this seems like a thinly disguised attempt to funnel traffic to my blog; but it saves me a lot of typoing or cut-and-pasting if I just offer a link: A definition of 'phlyarologist' on the blog 'Wibble'
Thank you for your consideration._________________________
Pendant, n. One who, by correcting others, gives himself (or herself) just enough rope by which to hang.
#210752 - 05/05/13 08:06 AM Re: Phlyarologist [Re: pendant]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 13803
Nothing like using a word no one will understand and will give up on looking up and when you explain to your poor victim will immediately classify you as a prime example.
#210761 - 05/05/13 12:23 PM Re: Phlyarologist [Re: pendant]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10538
Loc: this too shall pass
well, FWIW, it is in OED online:
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕλύαρος [phlyaros?] silly talk, nonsense (probably < ϕλύειν to boil over, to babble
Obs. nonce-wd. [i.e., it was coined for the instance and never used again, until the 'net discovered it - 2650 gh]
A person who talks nonsense.
1867 Athenæum 12 Oct. 459/1, I would not meddle with such a phlyarologist.
#210762 - 05/05/13 12:36 PM Re: Phlyarologist [Re: tsuwm]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10538
Loc: this too shall pass
here's a bit of context for the quote:
twinkle twinkle
(see point 2)
#210773 - 05/06/13 03:49 AM Re: Phlyarologist [Re: pendant]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 5295
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
It sounds as cheerful as what it means.
I would not mind meddling with such a person.
#210775 - 05/06/13 05:34 AM Re: Phlyarologist [Re: pendant]
Registered: 05/05/13
Posts: 5
Loc: Cambridge, England
Thank you for the responses.
I wasn't aware that the OED already defines the word.
Would you have any advice about how to go about disputing the definition?
Thoughts on my argument -- preferably here, since this would seem to be an appropriate forum -- would be gratefully appreciated.
Edited by pendant (05/06/13 05:45 AM)
Edit Reason: clarification_________________________
Pendant, n. One who, by correcting others, gives himself (or herself) just enough rope by which to hang.
#210778 - 05/06/13 06:34 AM Re: Phlyarologist [Re: pendant]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 13803
I would suggest that the correct way to dispute the standard definition would be to concede that you are wrong and get on with your life. However, if you insist on continuing with your mistaken idea you might try using it a lot in the way you think to be correct and hope that the fact that not one person in a thousand is going to know enough to contradict you will lead the rest of us poor fools to accept and use your definition.
#210798 - 05/06/13 11:20 AM Re: Phlyarologist [Re: pendant]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 5295
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
My favorite oldtimer phlyarologist is Lewis Carroll of whom I quote the last couplet of the poem 'The Mad Garderner's Song"
"He thought he saw an Argument
That proved he was the Pope:
He looked again, and found it was
A Bar of Mottled Soap.
'A fact so dread,' he faintly said,
'Extinguishes all hope!"
(imo there is not much to dispute,
but a lot through that word to enjoy.
I adopt the word whatever it's definition)
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- Title
- Deformation characteristics of plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings
- Author(s)
- Kucuk, Ahmet; Berndt, C. C.; Senturk, Ufuk; Lima, Rogerio S.; Lima, C. R. C.
- Abstract
- Yttria stabilized zirconia was atmospherically plasma sprayed using various processes parameters including top and bond coat thickness, substrate temperature and spray distance. Coatings were tested using a four point bend arrangement coupled with an in situ acoustic emission detector. Bending yield strength and modulus were calculated from the load displacement out put of the bend test and compared to the acoustic emission response of each sample. The influence of processing parameters on mechanical properties and cracking characteristics of the coatings is discussed.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Source
- Ceramic engineering and science proceedings: 24th Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures B / Todd Jessen and Ersan Ustundag (eds.), Vol. 21, pp. 681-689
- Publication year
- 2000
- Keyword(s)
- Acoustic devices; Acoustic emission detector; Acoustic emissions; Bending yield strength; Chemical cracking; Deformation; Elastic moduli; Four point bend; Load displacement; Materials testing; Plasma spraying; Protective coatings; Substrates; Temperature; Thermal barrier coatings; Yield stress; YSZ; Yttria stabilized zirconia; Yttrium compounds; Zirconia
- Publisher
- American Ceramic Society
- 0196-6219 (series ISSN)
- 9780470375693, 0470375698
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2000 The American Ceramic Society.
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One of the things that divides good from great software projects is clear, effective documentation. It's not easy to maintain, though, and even if you're determined to produce good documentation, you may find yourself bogged down in the details of formatting and publishing. Apache's Forrest lets you focus exclusively on your content, and automates the rest: nothing more, nothing less. Whether you want to document an open source project or an internal application, Forrest can help you build professional, polished documentation.
This article will give you a very basic introduction to Forrest -- just enough to get you started and give you a taste of what's possible -- to see if Forrest's for you; you can find out much more from Forrest's own documentation. We'll close out by taking a look at a small extension to Forrest to give you a sense of what it takes to customize this documentation platform using Java.
Forrest takes raw documentation content (usually in a simplified XML authoring format) and automagically converts it into a web site with:
The Forrest web site itself is a large application of Forrest, so you can get an idea of what's possible by browsing around the site.
Internally, Forrest is a sophisticated application of Cocoon. It's an XML application framework that can be used for offline web site generation and dynamic web site generation, but really it should be thought of as an XML processing pipeline. You can plug in generators (XML sources), transformers (XML-to-XML translations) and serializers (XML to other formats, such as PDF). Cocoon provides all kinds of built-in generators, transformers and serializers -- many of which Forrest uses -- but more importantly, it orchestrates them. You use XML files to define your pipeline and then execute the Cocoon engine to run it.
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Personally I think Forrest's great strength is the strict separation between content and view. Too often, when writing documentation in straight HTML, I found myself hung up on the details of look and feel, and maintenance was a nightmare. Changes to the overall appearance require altering all of the documentation pages. With Forrest, it's very easy to target the content change or skin/appearance configuration you want to make and leave it to the tool to reflect it throughout the site.
Forrest should win a prize for quickest and most convenient start; this is an area where many open
source projects fall down. You can get from nowhere to a project with
skeletal documentation with a single command. Once you've unpacked the Forrest binary distribution,
all you need to do is set the environment variable
FORREST_HOME and add
${FORREST_HOME}/bin to your
PATH. From there, just run
forrest seed
in the top level directory of your project.
This will execute Ant behind the scenes, using a custom build file.
This whole process will give you a default forrest.properties file in your project root directory and a src/documentation/content/xdocs directory with sample documentation in the various formats Forrest supports. It also sets up a default skin configuration in src/documentation/skinconf.xml.
From here, you can run
forrest any time to re-generate your web site. It will show up under
build/site and you can either open the local files in your web browser or take advantage
of Forrest's online mode.
The heart of the documentation is in src/documentation/xdocs. This is the raw content that Forrest will transform into HTML and PDF. The "seed" target we ran for setup copied in a whole bunch of sample files that you can browse through. We can delete most of them, leaving index.xml, site.xml, and tabs.xml.
The site.xml and tabs.xml files control navigation. I modified the
ones in the downloadable source accompanying the article (see "Resources" below) to have one tab with links to this
article and to a new XML file, example.xml, which demos the plugin we'll develop later.
Note that there's no DTD: you can have arbitrary XML under
that reflects your navigational structure.
In this case we're creating one block,
about, that we'll name in tabs.xml to use on our single tab. This free-form XML structure creates a hierarchical table of contents for the site. Nesting indicates different menu levels, and whole blocks can be associated with a tab, as previously mentioned. Drilling down, the
article and
example elements link to the two files I added to what
forrest seed created for us. Referencing these elsewhere will be as simple as
<link href="site:article"> and
<link href="site:example">; even if filenames change, your navigational links can stay the same.
<about label="About">
<index label="Index" href="index.html"
description="Intro to Forrest"/>

<example label="Code example: API docs"
description="Extension for Forrest"/>
<changes label="Changes" href="changes.html"
description="History of Changes"/>
<todo label="Todo" href="todo.html"
description="Todo List"/>
Take a look at example.xml to see the XML structure for content. It looks a lot like
HTML, but with all of the style-related code taken out. You can use elements such as

 to structure the content without declaring how it will be displayed. If you
know HTML, you can learn Forrest's subset in an hour; it's very natural.
The default skin is quite Apache-specific. The favicon.ico is an Apache feather icon,
the color scheme matches Apache's web site, etc. I prefer the Krysalis skin, and with Forrest the change is easy. Just open up forrest.properties and uncomment
project.skin=krysalis-site, then re-run Forrest. You can see an example of the Krysalis
look for Forrest documentation here.
api Link Type
Forrest supports two link types:
site and
ext. Site links, such as
site:about, get mapped to
XML elements in site.xml, under
<site>. External links, such as
get mapped to XML elements in the same file, under
<external-refs>. This lets you change
your site structure and sites you link to outside without altering your documentation content
-- another example of our theme of separating view from documentation.
One link any Java developer would want is to Javadocs. Given a class name, it would be nice to have
Forrest generate an HTML link to its Javadoc; e.g.,
api:foo.Bar might become apidocs/foo/Bar.html
when translated. We're going to add an extension that will do just this, using the same mechanism that
site and
ext work.
Cocoon uses the concept of an "input module" in lots of different places. It's essentially
a component representing a universe of name-value pairs. Different implementations can
interpret different kinds of names. At the top level, we want a name such as
to translate to a path to a local Javadoc. To get at this, we need an additional level of
indirection, to translate
example to a base path, to which
our root module can then append a path to an actual Javadoc HTML file. This lets us have
more than one set of Javadocs, and make their locations configurable. We might have one
set of Javadocs called
example1 and another called
example2, for instance. In the code
and the XML, I'll refer to this name as a set ID.
This is where the reuse and nesting of
InputModules starts to come in handy. Cocoon already
has a module that can read from a file and interpret the incoming names as XPaths, and
return the value of an XPath as the value. We'll use this to read the
site.xml file that Forrest uses to map virtual to actual links. Another chainable module knows how
to add a prefix and a suffix to the name requested. We use this to prefix our XPath with
/site/apidocs and append
/@base. What goes in the middle is the
name requested by our custom module,
ApidocInputModule. We'll pass in the set
ID here, and get back an XPath that looks like
With a little string manipulation, we can convert the class name to a path to HTML, append
it to the base we got back, and voilà: a full path to a Javadoc given a class name.
That's a good deal of hand-waving, but because we're taking advantage of Cocoon's rich
set of features to do this with just a few lines of code, I wanted to go over what it
does first. First we want to implement
InputModule. Because we'll be chaining together other
InputModules, we'll subclass a convenience base
class for this purpose,
AbstractMetaModule. Our primary method is
getAttribute(), which maps a name to a value.
The first order of business is to configure the module and separate out the Javadoc set name from the class name.
public Object getAttribute(String name,
Configuration configuration,
Map objectModel)
throws ConfigurationException {
// meta module doesn't set up the child
// InputModule until asked
// Cocoon lets you supply both a default
// configuration and a runtime configuration;
// we need to pick up the latter
Configuration inputConfig = null;
String inputName = null;
if (modeConf != null) {
inputName = modeConf.
getAttribute("name", null);
if (inputName != null) {
inputConfig = modeConf.
// the first part of the name is the set;
// if none, it becomes "default"--the rest
// is the class name and optionally the
// method name
String setName = null;
int ndxSlash = name.lastIndexOf('/');
if (ndxSlash == -1) {
setName = "default";
} else {
setName = name.substring(0, ndxSlash);
First, a note on the extra parameters to the
configure() method, which we'll (mostly)
ignore for this plugin.
Configuration provides access to the runtime parameters passed to the module, and the
objectModel parameter provides access to the Cocoon environment. I said "mostly" because in an earlier draft of
the code, I found the plugin wasn't working because it hadn't yet been configured and initialized.
We'll do this by calling the lazy init method, as shown, making sure the runtime overrides
for configuration get used (if any; Cocoon lets us configure at different levels), and
finally overriding
configure() to read that nested
that I initially neglected:
public void configure(Configuration config)
throws ConfigurationException {
this.inputConf = config.
this.defaultInput = this.inputConf.
getAttribute("name", this.defaultInput);
With all of that done, we'll finally have access to the mapping module that reads site.xml for us;
without it, the code returns null and Forrest reports that the
api scheme
is not a supported pipeline.
The rest of the work is to convert the set and the class name into a full path. Note the use of
getValue(), inherited from
AbstractMetaModule, which does the hard work
of using either the default
InputModule configured or the one configured at runtime:
// try to find our javadoc base in site.xml
String basePath = (String) getValue(setName, objectModel,
this.input, this.defaultInput, this.inputConf,
null, inputName, inputConfig);
if (null == basePath) {
warn("unknown Javadoc set '" +
setName + "'; check site.xml");
return null;
// make sure it's a valid path
if (!basePath.endsWith("/")) {
basePath = basePath + "/";
return basePath +
substring(ndxSlash + 1));
and the rest is just string manipulation to convert
foo.Bar to
foo/Bar.html and
foo.bar#method() to
private String convertToJavadocPath(String className) {
String path = className.replace('.', '/');
int ndxHash = path.indexOf('#');
if (ndxHash == -1) {
return path + ".html";
} else {
return path.substring(0, ndxHash) + ".html" +
You can get the full
ApidocInputModule in the source package that accompanies this article.
With our Cocoon plugin done, all that remains is to integrate it. The example package contains a build file that will create a JAR containing our one class,
forrest-apilink-block-1.0.0.jar. First drop this in
${forrest.home}/WEB-INF/lib so that it's visible. Next, we need to tell Cocoon to create several components we'll reference later in the sitemap. Open
${forrest.home}/WEB-INF/cocoon.xconf in your favorite editor and find the
<input-modules> stanza to add the following:
logger="core.modules.mapper" name="api"/>
logger="core.modules.mapper" name="apiconfig"/>
This declares the mapper we use to wire our API input module to
site.xml (
and the API mapper itself (
api) and ensures Cocoon will load them for use in the sitemap. With this
done we have just one more step: modify Forrest's sitemap. You can find this file in
${forrest.home}/context/sitemap.xmap. Look for
<map:transformer name="linkrewriter">
and replace
<schemes>site ext</schemes> with
<schemes>site ext api</schemes>. Add this block along with the
site and
ext modules:
<input-module name="api">
<input-module name="apiconfig">
<input-module name="linkmap">
<file src="{src}" reloadable="true" />
Now you can add an entry to your site.xml like this, after the
<example base="../../apidocs/example/"/>
You can now put your Javadocs under build/site/apidocs/example and all of your links to them will work!
If you're familiar with Maven, you may be wondering why anyone would bother with Forrest. Maven does everything Forrest does, and much more: completely automating your build, attaching JUnit and CVS reports and all sorts of additional useful information on top of the basic documentation. It even provides targets to auto-install your newly generated web site onto a remote host.
I have used Maven on a number of projects, and it's an impressive package. The learning curve is not much worse than Forrest's for basic use, and since you don't have to learn Ant if you use Maven, it's arguably even less for setting up a project from scratch. Forrest as a whole is less complex, though, and if you don't need everything Maven provides, you might want to start with Forrest and migrate to Maven later if you need it. Forrest is also better if you have an existing large-build system based on Ant: it lets you add in Maven-style web site generation incrementally instead of rewriting all your build scripts to Maven-ize the project.
In terms of pure-documentation alternatives, another solid option with a lot of open source community support is DocBook. You could write the manual for a 747 with DocBook: it's the ultimate SGML (or XML; there are two versions) dialect for technical writing. The XML variant has a nice set of stylesheets from Norman Walsh that can generate HTML, PDF, RTF (Microsoft Word) and other formats from DocBook source. I think Forrest's XML dialect covers 80 percent of the cases, with a much smaller learning curve, but for a large project that also needs to produce print documentation, DocBook merits consideration. Note that if you want to migrate from DocBook, Forrest supports rendering a subset of DocBook/XML as well, but it is not well supported. Forrest does not aim to become a full-fledged DocBook renderer any time in the future, either, according to one of the developers, so I would not rely upon it as a format for new documentation in Forrest.
I hope this article piqued your interest in Forrest. It's hard to do it justice in a short article, but there's plenty more on the web site to sate your curiosity. You probably will want to look at the accompanying source package, which has a complete (but minimal) set of project documentation using Forrest.
If you want to go further on the code sample, here are a number of possible extensions you might pursue. None of these is Cocoon-specific; they're more for making the Javadoc integration smoother:
auto-imports: parse the
package-list files in the base of each apidoc directory
and prefix each reference given, testing if a corresponding Javadoc file exists.
"Smart method matching": parse the Javadoc HTML file itself to find all its available
 tags for the documented methods to allow for shorthand, e.g.
instead of
#configure(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration), if there's a
configure() method in the class.
Actually implement the full
InputModule API, including methods that retrieve multiple
values for a key, to allow selection of all of the possible links you could make. This would make
the module a more general database for Javadoc information for Cocoon applications; probably,
you'd need to do some kind of indexing to keep performance acceptable.
Kyle Downey is a part-time Java consultant and founder of Amber Archer Consulting
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The Response: Psalm 8 was led by Joseph Avalos: *(verse 4) "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in their courses."
The First Lesson was Genesis 1:1---2:4, was read by David Maitland. This is the story of God's creation of the world. It tells how he created light, earth, sky, seas, trees, vegetation, animals, fowls, and man. He saw that all was good and he gave man and woman dominion over all and provided plants for food. God rested on the seventh day and made that day hallow.
The Second Lesson was 2 Corinthians 13:11-13, read by Lee LaJeunesse. Paul tells them to put things in order and live in peace as Christ had taught them.
Reverend Gooch read the Gospel of Matthew 28:16-20. These verses tell of when the eleven disciples went to Galilee and there saw Jesus. They worshiped him but some had doubt. That is when Jesus revealed to them that He has all authority in heaven and earth. Jesus then told them, " Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you."
To some, the Holy Trinity is still a mysterious concept. Each member, Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit is one as God, but also are treated as separate entities. They were all three present at the beginning of creation as God created, the Holy Spirit flowed over it, and the Son was the Word.
Though the Gospel reading was brief, it was powerful. Reverend Gooch relates how Christ is telling his disciples that they should go into all of the world and make more disciples. Not only should they make disciples, but be sure they understand his commandments and keep them. First one is to make themselves disciples and live their lives with God. Only then can one make disciples of others. One must live their lives so others are able to see Christ in them. A disciple is one who follows the teachings of another who is his leader.
When did you last do something just because God said for you to? What sort of discipline do you have to have to follow Christ's teachings? One needs to begin with themselves and then lead others. Make a friend, be a friend, and introduce that friend to Christ.
Next Sunday at 9 a.m., St. Matthew's will have Reverend Kern Huff as pastor. Wednesday evening Bible Study was completed but will start again in August with a new study. Sunday, June 29 will be a Fifth Sunday celebrated at Ascension Episcopal Church in Refugio at 11 a.m. After the service PIM will host a Family Fun Day. The church invites anyone interested to attend all of the services.


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The suit was brought against the state by a Kauai resident. The court agreed with her that the "public beach" is wherever the waves extend to.
"This is a huge, huge decision for Hawaii public rights and shoreline access and use," Earthjustice attorney Isaac Moriwake said. "There has been a lot of controversy about land owners trying to irrigate vegetation, plant vegetation and reduce the width of the beach, and people have been scared to go on the vegetation even though the water goes way past because they think that's private property and the landowners get all huffy about it because they think that's their property. Well, the court decided once and for all that wherever the water goes, that's the public's beach."
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A turreted castle in the icescape of Antarctica evokes not just the sublime beauty of nature but also its impermanence. Preserving this fragile ...
Thursday, 20 December 2007
United Nations 62nd General Assembly proclaimed 2009 the International Year of Astronomy
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Applique Amazement in Oregon!
16 comments:
- Vintage Sandy said...
Candace, thanks so much for sharing these photo's. These quilts are just beyond words exquisite, they are definitely award winning quilts she should be so proud of the as I'm sure she is have a fun, safe trip.
- April 13, 2012 at 6:03 AM
- Me and My Stitches said...
All I can really say is...WOW!!!
- April 13, 2012 at 6:13 AM
- Linda said...
Looks like you guys had an awesome trip! Those quilts are amazing!!!!! Just stunning.
- April 13, 2012 at 7:01 AM
- Louise said...
Thank you so much for sharing these stunning quilts with us. They are truly beautiful! I think spring has finally decided to join us!
- April 13, 2012 at 7:30 AM
- Libby said...
Holy cow! What beautiful treasures. So glad you got the chance to see them in person and better to share them with us *S*
- April 13, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- Anne said...
Wow, what beauties those quits are. I bet you felt like you'd hit the jackpot when you were there. Have fun on the coast. Eat some cinnamon salt water taffy for me. Yummmmm
- April 13, 2012 at 9:21 AM
- Ulla said...
The quilts are just amazing! You must have had a wonderful little trip together.
- April 13, 2012 at 9:29 AM
- Stephanie said...
Stunning. Amazing patience to work on something so intricate and for so long. Thank you for sharing and thanks to Carol for allowing you to share with all of us. Happy Trails.
- April 13, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- Sharon said...
Amazing work, I wish I was there to see them close up. I took my LA lessons at Boersma's, what a terrific shop. Enjoy the rest of your trip, you are in heaven on earth at the coast!
- April 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM
- Houseelf said...
Oh WOW! stunning work-womanship! 8 years -I can believe it. Amazing! Sounds like you had a lovely trip.
- April 13, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Kaaren said...
Simply amazing work! What an inspiration and thanks for sharing, Candace. Safe travels.owthernconstry
- April 13, 2012 at 1:29 PM
- Carrie P. said...
wowee!!! those quilts are totally amazing. I really love the grandmothers flower garden. what a great idea to add the applique.
Have fun!
- April 13, 2012 at 1:33 PM
- Barb said...
Those quilts are fabulous!
- April 13, 2012 at 3:39 PM
- Aunt 'Reen said...
Thank you so much for sharing these amazing pictures! Carol's Little Brown Bird is incredibly beautiful! (I'd love to make this one some day) I'm not surprised it took her that many years to complete - it's truly a masterpiece.
- April 13, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- Mary said...
Wow! What beautiful quilts and what talent Carol has. Thanks for sharing!
- April 13, 2012 at 8:59 PM
- Sheila said...
Beautiful quilts, thanks for sharing!
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The commemorations and endless coverage Monday highlighted an interesting fact. Five years on, America still has not come to terms with the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Despite the attacks being televised and despite a moment of stirring unity, life has returned to a "new normal" involving inconvenience but little sacrifice, except among members of the armed forces. The invasion of Iraq was supported enthusiastically at first but is increasingly divisive.
Politicians generally stick to pious platitudes, praising American resilience and the heroism of first responders — justifiably enough — but falling short of a comprehensive appreciation of what the 9/11 attacks mean and how we should go forward from them.
Perhaps this is because we Americans still don't agree, in the sense of having a widely accepted narrative approaching a national consensus, on almost every aspect of this most deadly foreign attack ever on American mainland soil.
Our differences begin at the most fundamental level. Do we think the terrorists attacked us because of who we are, a free democracy in which some manifestations of freedom are vulgar or offensive? Because we are the most powerful country in the world, and jihadists seek power themselves? Or because we have maintained troops in and exercised undue influence in Muslim countries?
Americans answer that question differently, and on those answers entire worldviews about the appropriateness of what has been done since — worldviews that are often selfreinforcing systems that deny any legitimacy at all to differing views — are often built.
Was the success of the attacks (from a terrorist's tactical perspective) due to complacency by high officials and intelligence bungling or cleverness on the part of al-Qaida? Was the al-Qaida threat as obvious as it seemed to a few high officials at the time while fools and charlatans ignored it? Or was it only one concern among many that understandably didn't rise to the highest priority until 9/11 happened? Were there really enough dots to be connected that the attacks could have been thwarted, or is such talk 20/20 hindsight?
In a more sinister vein, did the government consciously let the plot go forward — or do it itself — to unite the populace behind war plans, as a surprising number of Americans are coming to believe?
If you don't have immediate, definitive answers to some of those questions, you are hardly alone. Furthermore, the attacks were followed quickly by a shooting war that is still ongoing, and wartime is seldom felicitous to dispassionate deep thinking about the longer-range implications of events.
It seems inevitable, however, that an inability to settle on a consensus narrative about what precipitated the 9/11 attacks has affected and will affect policies and debate. Sets of attitudes about 9/11 have fed into differences over immigration, for example, as well as drawn the dividing lines on ongoing issues such as globalism and protectionism, interventionism and more modest foreign policies, security and liberty.
Amid the confusion, some politicians have been tempted to manipulate us through scaremongering.
So how to judge the peril explicit in President Bush's words Monday night: We're in a "struggle for civilization" and "We are in a war that will set the course for this new century and determine the destiny of millions across the world." And, "If we do not defeat these enemies now, we will leave our children to face a Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons."
It is symptomatic of the national uncertainty that a significant portion of the American public will endorse such sentiments without restraint and that others will think them the worst of the political scaremongering we mentioned. It will take years to sort out the truth.


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Dordt Prevails In Second Round of National Tournament
March 8, 2013
The Dordt College Defenders advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Basketball Tournament with a 75-62 win over Indiana Wesleyan on Friday morning at Point Lookout, Missouri. The Defenders were able to sustain a double digit lead most of the second half in an intense, physical match-up that resulted in Dordt's 28th win of the season in 34 starts.
Dordt trailed early, getting down 6-2 as Indiana Wesleyan set the tone with an aggressive defense and a pound-it-into-the-paint approach on offense. The Defenders were able to tie it on an Austin Katje three-pointer with 16:17 remaining in the first half, and a bucket by Shawn Keizer moments later gave Dordt a 10-8 lead. Wesleyan tied it at the 15:30 mark, but a Jordan Vogel basket at the 14:13 mark gave Dordt a lead they never surrendered.
A dunk by Vogel at 12:30 put the Defenders up 16-10, and with a stifling defense in play, the Defenders were able to build a 22-12 lead on a Vogel basket off an assist by Cliff Warner with 8:25 remaining in the half.
"We did a good job early of matching Indiana Wesleyan's intensity and physicality," said Dordt College coach Ross Douma.
The lead grew to as many as 13 before Dordt went into the locker room up 35-24 at halftime.
Keizer drained a three-pointer with 14:07 left in the game to establish a 47-32 lead, Dordt's biggest advantage of the game, and the lead was still 14 at 55-41 with 11:34 left. Wesleyan mounted a charge, scoring the next seven points, but a Kyle Lindbergh three-point play got the Defenders back to a double digit lead.
The Crossroads League member couldn't get any closer, as the fatigue of a second straight day of games set in and Dordt won by the 13 point margin.
Dordt converted 28 of 50 shots from the field and they were 13-19 from the free throw line. Dordt converted 9 of 23 three-point shots. Indiana Wesleyan was 24-63 from the field for 38 percent and made just one of 12 three-point attempts. The Wildcats were 13-20 from the free throw line and held their own on the boards with a 17 offensive rebounds. They trailed by just one in the rebound department, 32-31.
"We were efficient on offense," said Douma. "When we attacked the gut with Shawn and Trevor we had success. We did a nice job on defense against Jordan Weidner—he's a good player."
Weidner was limited to seven points after coming into the game averaging over 17 points per game.
Trevor Wolterstorff had a team high 21 points on 7-11 field goal shooting and he converted 7-10 free throws. Austin Katje had 16 points and made four three-point shots, and Keizer came off the bench for 13. Jordan Vogel completed the double digit scoring with 10 points.
Indiana Wesleyan was topped by Patrick Hopkins with 30 points on 12-19 shooting. Taylor Schoen added 13 before fouling out.
Wolterstorff had eight rebounds and Keizer six with four assists. Vogel, Warner, and Katje all had four rebounds, and Warner dished nine assists.
Chris Sievers went over 1,000 points for his career with his first field goal of the game. He's the fourth member of this year's team to reach the 1,000 point plateau.
"This was a very physical game," noted Dordt Head Coach Ross Douma, "and we didn't shoot a free throw until midway through the second half, but our guys did a good job of staying composed and weathered through it. We got our edge at about the 15 minute mark of the first half, and we were pretty solid from that point on and we did a nice job of attacking the gut of their defense. Our guys are physically and mentally tough, and we are looking forward to playing again tomorrow afternoon."
Dordt will play in the quarterfinal round of the tournament at 3 p.m. Saturday against the winner of the Bellevue-Cardinal Stritch game. This is the second year in a row Dordt has made it to the round of eight.
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Ready for some strategic game play?? iTrax is designed for ages 6 and up, and involves your thinking cap for play. There are three levels of play making it more challenging for older players.It is fast paced and very colorful play. Perfect for 2-4 players.The object of the game is to find the one path on the game card that connect two cubes, and re-create it using the correct rods and cubes. The first player to collect 7 cards wins.There are 3 levels of game play; Ace, Whiz, and BraniacIt did take a bit of help from Mom to get them going on the game, but they they really enjoyed it. I love that it involves strategy and planning ahead. Great thinking skills are used.I love the compact nature of this game, allowing it to easily be brought along for playing with friends. I received a copy of this game in exchange for an honest review.
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Learning Resources has done it again. I am so delighted they sent me this fun game to review! They have managed to supply teachers (and moms) with a great, differentiated, educational and mostly FUN game for our kiddos. There are two things I'm always looking for as a teacher: great, independent, critical thinking activities that are engaging AND activities that are differentiated. This little game has both of those things.The set includes enough pieces for 4 players (um...three boys 5, 7 and 9 plus a 46 year old mom was perfect) and has 25 double sided playing cards in three different levels of difficulty. The object of the game is to independently reproduce the path on the card that connects one square cube to the next faster than the other players. The person that creates their path to match the card first, wins!Beyond the fact that this is an excellent critical thinking and problem solving activity, the three levels of difficulty in playing cards is really what appealed to me with this activity. It meant that not only could my 5 and 7 year olds play together and be equally challenged and engaged, but my 5 and 9 year old could also play together. It was a blast for them to have a game that they each had a fair chance of winning. Way to go Learning Resources!
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The iTrax Game is an easy to learn game that takes no time to set up, play and get put away. Love this game and so does my six year old.The iTrax Game reminds me of games I play on my smartphone so I find it just as fun to play as do my kids.I love that this is a thinking game. I can see my little one's mind working away as we play.I love that there are three levels of play and that you can each play a different level in order to make the game more equal.I was provided this product in order to review it. You can read my full review on my websitehttp://mommomonthego.com/itrax-game/
My 4-year-old Daughter LOVES this. :)
By Lindsey
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Although iTrax is recommended for ages 6 and up, we've played this as a family with my 4-year-old and even my 2-year-old enjoys taking part (he'll build little towers or try to copy us). The game includes enough pieces for up to 4 players to play at the same time, as well as game cards with patterns that range from easy to very difficult. I gave my daughter the easiest cards to start out with but she quickly caught on and moved up through the cards. The object of the game is to find which pattern on the card is connected by the two small blocks and duplicate it exactly - it's a race to see who can duplicate their card first. The patterns are true to size so if Emma is unsure which length is correct she can lay the rod directly on the card to be sure it's the right one.When we play together my husband and I take the hardest cards and give my daughter the easier ones, we count down to 0 and then GO! It's a race to see who can find and duplicate their pattern first. It's truly a blast! I recommend this game - it has quickly become a family favorite because it is easy to pull out and play a few games then put away. Because the pieces are small, it doesn't take up too much space, either. Another plus is that it's challenging and enjoyable enough for kids to want to play by themselves. :)(This game was sent to me for review purposes.)
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I LOVE products that make learning fun and this one hits a home run! iTrax is a fun eye-tracking game that makes you think and problem solve. Players begin by choosing a card, finding the path that connects two cubes and then building what they see. There are 25 double-sided cards with various degrees of difficulty and 3 different levels, which makes it great for beginners and more advanced players. Each player finds the path that connects 2 cubes and begins to build. The rules are simple and the game is FUN!
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I was given this game to review on my blog. I definitely recommend this game, it doesn't take up a lot of game shelf space {a big plus for me}, has multi-use pieces, is simple once you read the rules, can be played quickly, and provokes deep thought!
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We received the iTrax Game. This game is geared towards ages 6 and up. It is a game that will challenge your child and make them think. The game can be played at 3 different levels too. This makes it easy for beginners and then they don't get frustrated. So how does the iTrax Game work? It has a variety of different cards and they have different levels on them. We start with the easiest level for our 6 and 7 year old and then move up as they got the hang of it. Each player gets a card. The card has a series of different shaped blocks printed on it. Each players goal is to place the actual physical block that is shown on the card on the block shown. However, the goal is to connect 2 cubes together with a series of different blocks (as shown). sample provided for review


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Once again, District 9 and Sullivan County residents are facing another "100 year storm" as Hurricane Sandy makes its way up the East Coast.
The weather experts are expecting this storm to be like no other, so it's one that all of us should take very seriously and watch carefully over the next few days. Sullivan County residents should prepare for the possibility of trees blocking roads and widespread power outages.
The storm will continue to move northward over the Atlantic and will bring heavy rain over our area on Monday and Tuesday, through Tuesday evening. As of 11 am Sunday, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Binghamton has issued a Flood Watch effective Monday morning through Tuesday evening.
Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau is continuing to issue advisory statements and is coordinating efforts between the county government and Federal, state, local, and school officials to make sure that our citizens and infrastructure are alerted and kept safe during this "Frankenstorm."
Here are the projected effects of Hurricane Sandy:
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Prolonged heavy rain will cause area rivers like the Neversink River and other waterways to rise and may cause minor to moderate flooding beginning on Tuesday.
Damaging winds are expected Monday and Tuesday. A High Wind Warning means that sustained winds of 40 mph are expected for at least an hour, with frequent gusts of 50 mph or greater. Damage to trees, power lines, and property are possible with winds of this magnitude.
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Make sure you have adequate supplies of food, water, and medicines. Get any prescriptions needed for a few days filled immediately.
During the storm, do not drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the roadway. The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross safely, move to higher ground. Even after the rain has ended over an area, runoff will continue flooding of small streams.
Have enough flashlights and extra batteries, canned goods and bottled water for 48 hours, in case of power outage or
Make arrangements to check on elderly neighbors, and arrange for pets to be housed either inside, or with proper shelter.Sullivan County Public Safety officials will continue to communicate with school officials throughout the County, providing them with expected impacts of the storm. Information on any school-related closures will be made through the respective school district through their established notification channels.
The NY Alert system will be a primary notification to residents of imminent flooding or other emergency instructions associated with this storm. The county is strongly encouraging residents to sign up for NY Alert by visiting the website www.nyalert.gov [1]. If you do not have internet capability, then call 1-888-697-6972 and register their phone number(s) to receive priority messages.
Stay safe the next few days. Hopefully, Sullivan County will be spared any major effects to life and property from Sandy's wrath.
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Apparently beauty is just more than just skin-deep. With the average person lathering 10 different products on their body every day, our skin acts as a sponge, absorbing chemicals and toxins that have potentially damaging long term effects. Caring for your body should be more than just about the pursuit of gorgeousness, but instead about connecting to your body—using products that are natural and good for you, from the outside in.
Concerned for my personal skincare regime, I chatted with one of my favorite makeup artists, Amanda Markoya. Amanda grew up in Bridgeport, CT and is now a NYC and Greenwich based make-up artist specializing in print, special events and runway. Below, Amanda shares with me the best ways to protect your skin this summer:
Brittany: What are the top 5 things we need to be on the lookout for when it comes to summer and skincare?
- Sunscreen! The easiest way to incorporate sunscreen into your daily routine is to get a moisturizer with sunscreen built in, it saves you the extra step of layering on a separate product. And don't forget sunscreen on your body, putting it anywhere the sun touches your skin. Sunscreen also expires, so be sure to check your dates.
- For oily, shiny, reflective skin, keep oil blotting sheets on hand, and if you don't have them, split a 2-ply tissue into two pieces and use that to press onto the skin gently; doing this will remove the oil but leave the pigment from your makeup. Layering on powder is a no-no in the summer.
- For melting eye makeup, stick to waterproof mascara and long-wearing cream shadows.
- Let's be honest—we're all sweating a bit more in the summer; I love Malin + Goetz Eucalyptus Deodorant. It's super effective while being aluminum and alcohol free!
- While we should always be washing our face before bed, summertime is not the time to be lazy and skip a night! It's important to remember that we're sweating and producing more oil throughout the day; washing our face at night is a great way for our pores to get some air.
B: When purchasing organic / natural skincare products, what are some ingredients we should look for that may be negative for us long term?
A: Look for the following ingredients:
- Parabens
- Sodium Laureth Sulfate
- Petrolatum
- Triethanolamine
- Diethanolamine
- Synthetic Colors
- Fragrances
You can also search for your favorite products in the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Cosmetics Database or the Mother Nature Network to check their credibility. The Demeter Association is also a good resource to see if your cosmetics are certified biodynamic as well. Remember, these toxins enter your body through your skin, so it's best to avoid them as much as possible.
B: What are your favorite brands and products to use on your clients?
- Dr. Hauschka Translucent Bronze Concentrate - great for pretending you have a tan when you can't actually be out in the sun
- Tarte Cosmetics - everything is great and long lasting! I recommend the maracuja oil for any skin type.
- Coola Face SPF 30 Cucumber Matte finish (for oily skin)
- Jurlique is a great natural brand praised for being organic and biodynamic—not only do they have amazing products, but they are getting very big among top makeup artists in the industry. Many of my clients love this brand.
B: What are some tools we can use in our kitchen for DIY natural skin care?
A: I use organic-refined coconut oil to moisturize my skin at night and also remove my makeup. It even melts through waterproof mascara! I also love a good raw sugar & olive oil scrub for my lips; it keeps them super soft. For dry skin and hair, put some mashed up avocado on your skin & the ends of your hair for ten minutes for a quick moisture mask.
B: What is your number one favorite summer skincare tip?
A: Less is more! Take good care of your skin and let it naturally glow. If I absolutely need to wear makeup somewhere in the summer, I stick to a tinted moisturizer and some mascara and maybe tinted lip balm. There is nothing worse than a full face of makeup melting in the sun!
Of course, you don't always have to resort to a potions, lotions or peels to get glowing skin. Diet and exercise should always play a vital role in your skincare regimen. Working up a sweat keeps the blood circulating, and feeding yourself healthy and organic foods, particularly plant based protein, healthy fats that contain omega-3's, and fruits filled with antioxidants. Also, drinking water helps to flush out toxins that could potentially show up on your skin.
What are some of my favorite DIY Kitchen Beauty Concoctions? Check out some of the recipes below:
Soothing Body Scrub
- Organic Brown Sugar
- Honey
- Jojoba, Coconut or your favorite high quality oil
- Fresh Lemon Juice
Stir sugar and oil just until combined. Next, add honey and lightly stir again. Lastly, pour lemon juice and mix. Use in the shower on clean, moistened skin.
Comforting and Refreshing Bath
- Honey
- Lavender or Rosemary essential oil
- Himalayan Sea Salt
- Fresh Lemon Juice and Zest
Add ingredients to a warm bath and enjoy!
Eye Make Up Remover
- Vitamin E Oil
- Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Alcohol Free Witch Hazel
- Distilled Water
Combine ingredients into a bottle that has a secure lid; be sure to shake ingredients before each use.


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My husband randomly said that we're going to adopt our third child (because he wants a boy and we have two girls). Now, whether or not it was a serious idea or not it got me thinking of two hypothetical cases.
Two scenarios:
We adopt the little boy (I would want a newborn) while I am still nursing my second (I would like to nurse her at least until she is three). In this case, since my milk would be supporting the nutritional needs of a toddler, how would it be able to support the needs of a newborn? Does the milk change in quality when a newborn starts nursing?
Second: We adopt the baby after my second is weaned and I am no longer lactating. When you induce lactation, does your body produce colostrum at first until the baby begins nursing? Or does it turn to milk within a little while? How does your body know to produce the right nutrition in the milk for a newborn if it hasn't been through the hormones of pregnancy, birth, and then natural lactation?


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I Heart Rutland: Find the joy here and spread itMarch 06,2014
Anna Dunton-GallagherI was born at the Rutland Regional Medical Center. I attended Rutland High School. I began my veterinary career on Stratton Road. My birth, advanced schooling and career all started within one mile of each other. This is a fact of which I am and will always be proud.
I left the region to attend eight years of schooling in big cities, warm climates and even other countries. I chose to return. I could have made more money, seen more things and done more shopping elsewhere. But my heart lies in Rutland.
I love driving down the streets when the flowering crabapples are in full bloom. I love walking my dog around my neighborhood and yes, I live in the northwest section and saying hello to my neighbors. I love seeing my clients in the grocery store and knowing as much about their families as I do about their pets.
Our downtown restaurants are flourishing, as are our local farms. The farmers market is perfection: community coming together to support each other, converse and eat. I can walk seven minutes to Pine Hill Park and be transported into a world where I can lose myself in nature. I can take a long lunch break and go snowboarding.
The Paramount Theatre offers world-class entertainment while still hosting local events and even free screening of sporting events. This fall, I watched the final World Series game at the Paramount; the room charged with pure joy and community.
Our hospital is top of the line. Though we dont consider this until we have to, we are fortunate to have advanced medical care in our backyard.
Rutland, like every city, has problems. The difference is that our population is a very mixed one. Instead of other communities where drugs and crimes are relegated to a specific part of town, our poverty lives next to affluence. This is what makes us unique, makes the problem difficult and gives me hope. Heroin is not new to the area. And while the media attention is new, anyone who has seen the spark lost in someone they know or love due to opioids realizes this has been around for much longer.
Drug problems and the crime that follows is not specific to our city, our state or our country. Where there are people, there are drugs. The difference is that we are recognizing the problem and working to address it. This will be an arduous battle, but I believe we can decrease the problems in our city.
Positivity generates positivity, while negativity detracts from the goal.
Every child that can be mentored and supported to make good choices makes a difference.
Every time you walk in a neighborhood or have a community gathering, you are making it known that this is your city.
Every conversation you start with a child about resisting drugs and helping their friends do the same makes a difference.
Every person struggling with drugs that you can help find a different path matters.
The more people who move into homes and make neighborhoods stronger, the less comfortable people will feel making drug deals there. Show drug dealers that we are a community ready to support one another, and in doing that we stop supporting them.
Think of one thing you love about this city, and take action to help that thing grow and thrive. The actions you take dont have to be far reaching; they can be as simple as supporting a local business.
Instead of speaking negatively about an aspect of the city, think of one thing you can do to improve it. When Tropical Storm Irene hit our Rutland County, we united and fixed things ourselves instead of waiting for outside help.
This is no different. Take a stand for what you love about this city and follow through. Remember that Rutland is ours, and that we must be invested in solutions. I love Rutland, and I am excited for our future. I know that we can all make a difference and make this an even more beautiful, safe and treasured place to call home.MORE IN CommentarySure, you can buy your uncle a necktie that he wont wear, or your niece an Amazon certificate... Full StoryA lot of serious long-term national issues simply werent addressed in the recent national election. Full StoryI have written on the anomaly of the separation of the private and public sectors in our society,... Full Story
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Professional Peer Support (PPS) … for those times when teaching gets tough…
PPS is professional support within the PCV community. We are volunteers talking about work, sharing lessons, and supporting each other in a very demanding professional environment. We work to ensure new teachers can receive guidance without risk, to connect teachers with content, and to foster sustainable innovation within PC China and the schools we serve.
Who We Are
PPS is completely volunteer run. We are teachers who want the best for our students, who work together to make sure each China volunteer is provided the best professional development possible throughout their service.
There are three types of teachers in PPS:
Mentors First year teachers will be assigned a Volunteer Mentor who will be their first contact for specific classroom questions. Mentors will be responsible for fielding questions about pedagogy and general curriculum. They will also contact their first-years once a month, by email or phone depending on the needs of the pair, to make sure that first-years are connected to the resources available and to check on their morale. These conversations are also a chance for mentors to collect successful innovations to add to the curriculum database or share with the general PCV community. In addition, Mentors will observe their first-years as needed to allow PCVs to try something new with a trained observer available to discuss, find solutions to a problem the PCV has identified in their classroom, or simply provide general feedback based in significant experience with Western pedagogy.
Subject Area Resource Teachers Teachers with significant experience and/or education in particular subject areas will be asked to be resource teachers for the PC China community. If a first-year has a curriculum question that an advisor cannot answer, than the advisor will forward it to the appropriate resource teacher. RTs can also develop curriculum (as RTs are willing and curriculum is needed), maintain Google Bookshelves dedicated to their subject, and review the IACD for accuracy in their area of study. Finally, the RTs will work with PC staff to ensure the IRC contains the best and most useful publications in their area.
First Years First-years are teachers with little to no classroom/TEFL experience who might want advice about or help with their teaching. No mater where you teach, your first year is difficult. We encourage all first year teachers in PC China to sign up for a mentor.


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Ms. Valverde was born Dec. 22, 1934, in George West to Ramiro and Guillerma (Fuentes) Garcia. She married Pablo Valverde on Aug. 5, 1952, in George West. She was a homemaker and a member of St. George Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Pablo Valverde; two sisters, Graciela Gonzales and Gudelia Ybanez; and brother, Rento "Sapo" Garcia.
Survivors include five daughters, Belinda (Nick Sr.) Villalobos of Lovington, New Mexico; Eldemira "Mira" Vargas of San Marcos, Deidra (J.R.) Chapa of George West, Laurie Valverde of Three Rivers and Christina (Roy) Gamez of Tilden; a son, Anthony Paul (Amy) Valverde of George West; three sisters, Eubelia "Belle" Garza of Corpus Christi, Narcy "Gene" Secrist of Utah and Magdelena "Mackey" (Chon) Alvarez of George West; two brothers; Raul "Tripa" Garcia and Ramiro (Mary) Garcia Jr., both of George West; 20 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at Galloway & Sons Chapel, George West. A rosary will be recited there at 7 p.m. that evening.
The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at St. George Catholic Church in George West with Father George Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at George West Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Ryan Lyne, Nick Villalobos Sr., Roy Gamez, Nick Villalobos Jr., Frank Lopez, Jesse Valverde and Randy Garcia.
Honorary pallbearers will be J.R. Chapa, Javy Chapa, Ramiro Garcia Jr., Raul Garcia and Nick Villalobos III.
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Squishy Apocalypse
People worry about the end of days arriving in 2012. I mean, the Mayan calendar is a well accepted authority on all things eschatology related. I pretty much depend on it and my readings of the movie Independence Day for all major life decisions.
But what if we're off by a year on the date? Our calendar is based on a virgin birth some 2000 odd years ago. That's pretty squishy as dating systems go. In fact, if you really want to base your system on a virgin birth, you could have reset it any time while I was in high school. We had at least three different girls who got pregnant and swore they had never been with a guy.
See, here's the thing. Mayans are cool and all but I like to rely on America. And American sources tell us that the Rapture is actually coming this year. May 21, 2011 to be precise. So what if she's right and we've been living as though we had to make it one more year but really it's only 4.5 more months. Yeah, kind of makes you rethink NOT taking that last shot of tequila on New Year's Eve, huh?
We here at RSBS want to encourage you to get out there and live every day like it's your last. Because it might be. Has anyone checked out the Zoroastrian calendar recently?
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What does the "American sources" say about the Matt Garza deal?
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Happy New years RSBS!
you know, being born in Honduras, I have Mayan blood on me. My mother's side of the family is from the region of Copan where you can see ruins of the Mayans.
The Mayans must be right because here's my theory. Cubs win the series then the world ends!!!!!!! 2012 is the year, lol!
The last game of my trip is on the 21st. At least I'll die happy..
'Minoring In Baseball'
If we're approaching the end of the world, I'm going to have a really big hot fudge sundae for breakfast right now.
Hm, if the world's going to end before I graduate high school, why am I bothering to study for my chemistry test?


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Chalet Petit Coeur in Meribel is a fabulous addition to the Platinum range of chalets. Formerly the wing of a hotel this detached property underwent a complete refurbishment recently, to an exceptional standard with stylish contemporary furniture and fittings. There is a feeling of quality and elegance throughout with leather upholstery, faux fur soft furnishings and modern objets d'art.
Chalet Petit Coeur has warm wooden interior walls and floors, softened with tasteful rugs, and striking designer metalwork pieces. The main public areas are generous in size with character beams, a beautiful fireplace with copper surround, and a large terrace with superb views of the valley. The hot-tub is discreetly positioned to the side of the terrace to afford some quiet privacy as you relax.
All the bedrooms have access to a balcony or terrace and are complimented by modern bathrooms. The master double set in the apex of the roof is stunning and has the luxury of two separate bathrooms!
The location of the Petit Coeur is enviable too, with the ski area accessible from the Doron piste only 100m away, taking you down to La Chaudanne for your choice of lifts. Méribel's renowned après ski is only a short walk for easy access in the evenings.
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We set very high standards for our cuisine, and train our staff extensively before the season starts, to ensure that you will thoroughly enjoy every meal on your own holiday with us. We also take our Health and Safety responsibilities extremely seriously, so all our chalet and Chalet Hotel staff during the pre-season training course are trained to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health's Level 2 in Food Safety*. For six days of the week our staff prepare all your meals, as described below.
A good breakfast is essential on a ski holiday, so we provide both a cooked breakfast including your choice of bacon, eggs, sausages and beans, as well as a continental selection with a choice of cereals or porridge, fruit juices, plentiful tea, coffee and bread (and croissants in France), cold meats, cheese and preserves, which is normally presented buffet-style for you to help yourself. On our staff's one day off a week, only the continental breakfast will be provided.
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The traditional 'welcome home' after a day on the slopes will be laid out for you in your chalet or Chalet Hotel, ready for your return, every day except on the staff's one day off per week. A good cup of tea or coffee is the perfect accompaniment to a delicious slice of freshly home-baked cake and keeps hungry skiers happy until dinner is ready. As an added benefit for guests in our Chalet Hotels, our chefs prepare a selection of cakes for afternoon tea.
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When it comes to healthcare investment, information technology is at the top of many venture capitalists' priority lists.
Medical devices and biopharma? Not so much.
A recent survey from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) found that 61 percent of venture capitalists expect investment in health IT to increase in 2012. That's a much rosier outlook than VCs see for medical devices and biopharmaceuticals. Fifty-eight percent of VCs surveyed expect investment in each of those two areas to decrease next year, according to the survey.
Angel investors are also growing wary of devices. The Minnesota Angel Network's executive director recently called the outlook for devices "worse than bleak," the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.
The numbers from the NVCA confirm what's been observed in the industry for awhile: Spooked by a weak IPO market and what they perceive as regulatory uncertainty, VCs are abandoning biotech and device companies to seek refuge in information technology.
For example, 63 percent of VCs expect more technology initial public offerings this year compared with 2011, but just 18 percent expect more life sciences IPOs, according to the survey.
Recent numbers show that the VC migration away from drugs and devices to health IT has already started. In the third quarter, the number of venture capital life sciences deals fell to its lowest level since the first quarter of 2009, according to the latest MoneyTree report. Additionally, venture investment in health IT rose about 20 percent to $460 million in 2010, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
But there's another reason for the switch to health IT: cost. Cost will likely become the single most-important factor driving change in the U.S. healthcare industry in coming years, and VCs already sense that. So why's that a problem for drug and device companies seeking investment?
Drug and device firms are often perceived as contributing to the growth of medical costs by introducing expensive substitutes for existing treatments or layering additional therapies on top of existing approaches. Health IT, in contrast, is seen as having the potential to cut costs out of the system while improving efficiency, which explains why it's become the apple of health investors' eyes.
These new cost-saving health IT tools include patient-monitoring technology, clinical decision support for medical providers and software to streamline communication between providers, payers and patients, for example.
Nonetheless, the desirability of health IT investment comes with an obvious drawback — the threat of a bubble. Twenty-six percent of VCs expect to see investment "froth" in health IT next year, while just 3 percent see the same thing happening in the medical devices sector and only 2 percent anticipate froth in the biopharmaceuticals market.
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The history of A&O Hotels and Hostels – a great story of entrepreneurial success
The history of A & O Hotels and Hostels is therefore somewhat special because it also reflects the success story of a young man who has never lost sight of his dream!
In the 90s, Oliver Winter has been nothing but a normal teacher trainee, who gave himself a break from studies to explore the big wide world. Like many other young people these days, he visited other countries to learn about different cultures and to broaden his horizon. After countless new experiences that he has collected, he came up with an idea that did not exist in Germany at that time.
Oliver wanted to give people the opportunity to spend the night at a cheap rate, especially those with little money, but still offering them a central location in bigger cities and, most importantly, without having to pay a membership in a youth hostel association ( which was required at that time in every hostel). This type of accommodation - professionally managed, affordable, with no youth hostel card, and still centrally located – hardly existed in the end of the last century.
The struggle to realise his project of a hostel was hard and after many initial difficulties his dream was almost in danger of failing. But Oliver Winter did not give up and did everything he could to make his vision reality.
Oliver temporarily ran a beverage store in order to finance his studies while working on his concept.
As luck would have it, his former landlord Michael Kluge found out about the idea and visited the young man.
The two men started talking and Michael Kluge was enthusiastic about the idea realising that this concept was a winning formula.
With the know-how of Michael Kluge and the enthusiasm that Oliver still shows up to this day, the concept could be implemented and his dream came true.
In 2000, the first A&O hostel finally opened in Berlin Friedrichshain, with just 164 beds being simply furnished. By the end of that year die number of beds was doubled and the standard increased.
After that first successful year, A&O's credo became the following:
"Every year at least two new houses!"
In the following years many more hostels have been opened and built, in cities such as Berlin, Prague, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig, Cologne, Nuremberg or Dortmund.
Ten years later A&O now offers 8200 beds with overnight stays increasing from 80.000 to 1.5 million.
A success story that never ends!
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