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At SpyAssociates we're happy to serve customers who have a true passion for surveillance. They've installed their fair share of surveillance cameras and know how to use a bug detector, and their friends probably come to them whenever they have questions about surveillance tech. Do you think that you're ready for the big leagues of the spy world? Do you think that you could plant bugs, protect state secrets, and look debonair while doing it? You may not be able to walk into the CIA and demand a job, but there is a company that could make your dreams come true for a few action packed days.
The UAE travel company Qualia gets its name from a philosophy term that refers to individual instances of subjective and conscious experience. The name couldn't be more appropriate for a company that specializes in creating total immersive role playing experiences for their customers. Currently Qualia's main spy immersion experience is centered in Australia, but they're working on making missions for the UK, Europe, and even Pakistan. "Immersion" wouldn't be able to describe their spy experience. When you sign up to play spy for a day with them, you'll be getting an experience that's so realistic that you may even forget that it's fake.
The immersion starts before people even arrive in Australia. People who sign up receive a package that contains plane tickets, information on their new identity, and preliminary details about their mission. Once they arrive at their destination they'll go through two days of intense training in undercover spy skills, and once they're deemed ready they'll be able to start on their real mission. The company can't give out too much information on the missions they plan, but they promise that their immersion experience guests can expect to be pushed to their physical and mental limits.
The Qualia experience is so authentic that militaries and police forces have used their immersion experiences to train their men. The Abu Dhabi Police Criminal Investigations Department used Qualia's services to train for dealing with advanced child abuse and human exploitation crimes, and they'll soon be working with the company to train for more crime scenarios. The company's founder and CEO Natalie Smith has a 13 year background in the Australian Federal Police doing undercover and surveillance work along with helping with high profile investigations and VIP protection. She wants to make sure that everybody who has a Qualia experience gets the most realistic experience possible. And if you're one of the lucky people who the company works with, you may find it hard to go back to your day job after you get a taste of the spy life.


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Diggin' this collab piece by Reka and Kid Zoom.
Diggin' this collab piece by Reka and Kid Zoom.
Faces painstakingly scratched into the surfaces of walls in Shanghai, by Vhils (Alexandre Farto). Watch the trailer for the film about Vhils' time in China below! Love the editing.
Street posters by Jody Barton and Luke Pommersheim. Jody explains, Jens is a common Danish name and KL.14 means 2.00pm.
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If you ever attempt to watch Renaldo & Clara, Bob Dylan's unfathomable, four-hour film that lacks any real plot or direction, you might wonder if the music was deliberately meant to take a backseat to reinstated paramours like Joan Baez and Allen Ginsberg fluttering in a spotlight marred by cigarette smoke and wretched decadence. Such were the deceptive tactics the star and director so coyly ingested to liberate himself from actually being Bob Dylan (in the movie, Ronnie Hawkins partly assumes the role). Then again, a motorcycle accident and less-than-satisfactory tour with the Band might well have led to some cataclysmic desire for reinvention. Riding high with Blood On The Tracks and banking tracks for Desire, Dylan assembled a montage of musicians and cronies for a whirlwind tour of New England. Even though performance snippets run amok throughout Renaldo & Clara, Bob Dylan's time with the first edition of the Rolling Thunder Revue has never been properly documented until now. Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, Volume 5 of the ongoing Bootleg Series, is taken from five shows that accurately depict this legendary tour.
The first thing you notice about Live 1975 in comparison to other Dylan live offerings is its unbridled tightness and energy. While guests like Baez, Roger McGuinn, and Ramblin' Jack Eliot, as well as walk-ons like Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot, certainly gave the shows a varied cornucopia of musical flourishes — the core band of Bobby Neuwirth (guitar, vocal), Scarlet Rivera (violin), T-Bone Burnett (guitar), Steven Soles (guitar, vocal), Mick Ronson (guitar), David Mansfield (steel-guitar, mandolin, violin, dobro), Rob Stoner (bass), Howie Wyeth (piano, drams), Luther Rix (drums, percussion, congas) and Ronee Blakely (vocal) capably fill in the gaps and then some. Add to the fact that Dylan himself belts out each lyric with pure ferocity and steady cadence, and hard-bitten classics like "Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" burn with vitality and drive. "Romance In Durango," "Isis," "Oh, Sister," "Hurricane," "One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)" and "Sara" — all unreleased at the time — simply catapult the whole ensemble beyond the threshold, and, for the most part, surpass their studio counterparts.
If duets with Baez on "Blowin' In The Wind," "Mama, You Been On My Mind," "I Shall Be Released" and "The Water Is Wide" show Dylan's propensity for appropriately aligning his wheeze with a more congenial voice, then his solo turns on "Simple Twist of Fate, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and "Tangled Up In Blue" call attention to an ability to sound just as essential unaccompanied. There's no mistaking that alone or in combination, Dylan is the consummate bard, minstrel and white-faced "tornado" of this traveling circus. In the clean and crisp Renaldo & Clara clips of "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Isis" that comprise the bonus DVD, Dylan commandeers the proceedings with unrefined authority. The never-ending tour continues to roll on unabated with the sixty something Dylan at the helm. But it's unlikely the will and intensity that filled the clubs, gymnasiums and small halls in 1975 with Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue will ever be replicated. This 22-track, 2-CD set does a damn respectable job of keeping the memory alive.
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FEMA gives $2M in relocation costs for Vt. workersSeptember 25,2013FEMA gives $2M
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The 28th Annual Y Masters Groundhog Swim Meet took place Sunday morning, Feb. 3 at the Westport Weston Family Y. This year's meet, sanctioned for U.S. Masters Swimming by Connecticut Masters, attracted 85 competitive swimmers 18 years and older from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and across New England. The meet was hosted by the Y Masters swimmers and coordinated by Mike Laux.
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- Researchers, grower finding heat treatments effective against citrus greening
- Different levels of heat
- Results have been striking
• Research work shows that heating potted citrus seedlings in greenhouses kills off the HLB bacterium and can rid the seedlings of citrus greening symptoms.
• Florida citrus grower David McKenzie has been encasing citrus trees in opaque, plastic PVC "tents" to heat them up for about a week, then removing the tents and trimming off the top 10 or 12 inches of the trees that have been "browned up" by the solar heat.
• The results have been striking. Within short periods of time, leaves stunted by HLB begin to flourish, and by the time the fruit is ready for harvest, its quality is noticeably improved.
Different levels of heat
In the greenhouse experiments, Duan and his ARS colleagues Michele Hoffman, Melissa Doud, David Hall, and Ed Stover, along with FDACS scientists, exposed 30 HLB-infected citrus seedlings to different levels of heat in growth chambers for periods ranging from 2 days to 10 days. The seedlings were about 2.5 years old, about 2 feet in height, and were growing in 1-gallon containers.
They were divided into three groups and heated to 104 ̊F, 107 ̊F, or 113 ̊F. Fluorescent lamps provided light for 12-hour "days" and were turned off for 12-hour "nights."
For comparison, the researchers also applied the heat treatments to citrus budwood and periwinkle, which is also susceptible to HLB. They used PCR technology, which amplified the pathogen's DNA, to measure the HLB pathogen levels in the trees, budwood, and periwinkle. Infection levels were measured a week before heat treatments began and again 30, 60, and 270 days after they ended.
The researchers quickly learned that constant exposure to temperatures of 113 ̊F or higher would defoliate citrus seedlings. But if they interrupted the steady onslaught of intense heat by dropping temperatures down to about 80 ̊F for at least 5 hours each day, the leaves stayed alive.
Results from the greenhouse tests, published in the journal Phytopathology, also showed that exposing citrus seedlings to a minimum of 48 hours of temperatures of 104 ̊F to 107 ̊F significantly reduced, and often eliminated, HLB infection. All of the heat treatments were equally effective, regardless of temperatures and exposure times.
The researchers continued to test the seedlings, and after 2 years of heat treatments, they have remained free of HLB.
"This application would be useful for nurseries and greenhouses and rescue of germplasm that's been infected," Duan says.
By contrast, exposing newly grafted budwood to alternating temperatures of 102 ̊F and 86 ̊F for up to 4 months did not reliably cure it. The heat controlled the HLB in periwinkle, but the periwinkle plants were more heat tolerant than the citrus trees and required more prolonged heat for infection levels to be reduced.
Another approach to controlling HLB damage may have wider implications by prolonging the productivity of full-grown citrus-producing trees.
Florida citrus grower David McKenzie, working with Duan, has been encasing citrus trees in opaque, plastic PVC "tents" to heat them up for about a week, then removing the tents and trimming off the top 10 or 12 inches of the trees that have been "browned up" by the solar heat.


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December 2014
Dear South Hadley friends,
2014 was an active and successful year, and 2015 promises more of the same.
Some of South Hadley's highlights of the past year have included (in approximate date order):
- Opening and enjoying an outdoor ice skating rink
- Contributing to food drives for the Neighbors Helping Neighbors food pantry
- Hosting blood drives for the Red Cross
- Sponsoring forums on economic development, rental housing, and ethics and conflict of interest law
- Establishing the South Hadley Redevelopment Authority
- Breaking ground on the new Plains School
- Celebrating the opening of our new South Hadley Public Library
- Launching a new citizen communication system
- Working with PVTA to introduce Tiger Trolley, a new public transportation option
- Introducing Selectboard "community meetings" for more interaction with residents
Thank you to everyone who had a hand in helping to plan, implement, and enjoy these successes! I'm looking forward to many, many more in the year ahead...
For frequent updates on news and events, I invite you to follow facebook.com/SarahEtelmanSelectboard.
Please continue to keep in touch!
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New Harmony, IndianaRapp originally purchased 7,000 acres in Indiana; by 1817 the Harmonists owned 30,000 acres, including a strip of Illinois land along the river. In July 1814 John Baker and 100 members arrived in Indiana. The town was surveyed and laid out. The summer had been unusually hot that year and the Harmonists were not used to the climate. Building came to a halt as many fell sick with malaria that claimed some 120 lives over the next two years. Once George and Frederick Rapp arrived and the devastating sickness subsided, the old Harmonist industry accelerated. Swamps were drained, building went forward quickly, and living conditions improved. The Harmonists called their second town both "Harmonie" and "Neu Harmonie." Families lived in log cabins, later these were replaced with two-story homes of frame and brick, like those built in Pennsylvania. Over the course of their decade in Indiana the Harmonists also erected large brick structures including a tavern, granary, mills and four large community houses. A brick cruciform church was begun in 1822.
In 1816 a delegation of Shakers visited New Harmony to discuss the possibility of a union between the two groups, but it was blocked by theological differences. However, the two groups remained close for years. Gertrude and Rosina Rapp were sent to live a t a Shaker colony for a time and learn English.
There were ten transports of members and goods down the Wabash. The last one, May 1815, brought the number of Harmonists in Indiana to 730. In 1817/1818, 150 new members from Württemberg were admitted to the Society. This last influx caused unrest i n the community. For these newcomers were not as fully committed to the ideals of the community as the original congregation, and Rapp was forced to perform several marriages.
In 1818 the Book of Debts, containing the record of members' contributions upon joining, was ceremoniously burned on the anniversary of the Society's founding. More explicit, individualized agreements were drawn up in 1821, which omitted the earlier secti on on the return of property to members. Rapp was gradually making it more difficult for anyone to withdraw. With guaranteeing financial security for all he tried to compensate for disallowing departing members to claim any of the Society's growing wealt h.
In 1824 Rapp decided to sell New Harmony. Though he tried to justify the move by telling his congregation it was time for the Sunwoman of Revelation to again flee into the wilderness, there were several practical reasons for the move. New Harmony was far from the eastern markets where Harmonist products were sold, malaria was still a threat, there were again problems with neighbors, and the group felt isolated from others of their ethnic background.
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Data on your screen in Microsoft Excel 2013 is organized efficiently into cells that are separated by gridlines. But when you go to print that spreadsheet, the default setting will not include these gridlines. This results in a sheet with a bunch of data that can be difficult to separate visually. The simplest way to make this document easier to read is by configuring the spreadsheet so that the gridlines are printed. Luckily this is a simple adjustment to make, and the people reading your printed spreadsheets will have an easier time reading them.
How to Print the Cell Lines in Excel 2013
This is typically one of the first settings I adjust when I am working on a new spreadsheet that I know I will need to print. That way I don't accidentally print a large spreadsheet without the lines, which can be a waste of paper and time.
Step 1: Open your spreadsheet in Excel 2013.
Step 2: Click the Page Layout tab at the top of the window.
Step 3: Check the box to the left of Print under Gridlines in the Sheet Options section of the ribbon at the top of the window.
Now if you press Ctrl + P on your keyboard to open the Print menu, you will see that the gridlines are showing on the spreadsheet in the Print Preview section at the right side of the window.
If you are printing a multi-page spreadsheet, it is very helpful when you print your column headings on every page, too. Read this article to learn how.
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Chill out! 6 tips from Global Fit to avoid stress headaches
April is Stress Awareness Month, an annual reminder to relax for the sake of your mind and body. Stress headaches (also known as tension headaches) are the most common headaches among adults, with 30-80% of the U.S. adult population who occasionally suffer. Although widespread, headaches due to stress can be easily avoided with these 6 headache-fighting tips from Global Fit.
- Slim down â€" Overweight people are more likely to experience headaches due to such causes as high blood pressure and poor circulation. When thinking of headache management, also consider weight management.
- Workout â€" Burn off stress and burn off calories! By releasing endorphins and improving blood flow, regular exercise is an easy way to reduce headaches.
- Sit up straight â€" Bad posture is a leading cause of headaches. When at your desk, sit with your back erect, feet comfortably on the floor, and adjust your computer so that you do not need to reach for the keyboard or bend your neck to see the monitor. Taking a short stretch break is a great way to release muscle tension.
- Sleep tight â€" Plan specific times to go to sleep and to wake up, even on the weekends, for a time period of 7-8 hours per night. If you are having difficulty sleeping, take steps to make your bedroom a more suitable environment such as removing TVs, computers, and other distractions.
- Have some water â€" Especially as the weather gets warmer, more water will mean fewer headaches. Researchers in the Netherlands found that, for headache sufferers who drank fewer than 10 cups a day, drinking 6 more cups led to fewer headaches for nearly half.
- Quit smoking â€" In addition to the many health risks of smoking, the Nicotine from smoking causes blood vessels in the brain to constrict (narrow) which can cause headaches. By avoiding smoking, you can avoid headaches.
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Tax Incrementing Financing (TIF)
Tax increment financing (TIF) is a method of financing the public costs associated with a private development project. Essentially, the property tax increases resulting from development are targeted to repay the public infrastructure investment required by a project.
TIF provides a means of encouraging private investment in deteriorating areas by allowing local governments to use future property tax revenues to finance the current infrastructure costs needed to attract development. Nebraska voters approved TIF in 1978 and the Unicameral passed enabling legislation in 1979. The legislature has revised the TIF statutes numerous times since.
Under Nebraska law, TIF projects may be commercial, residential, industrial, or mixed use. After a project is approved, the locality authorizes the issuance of warrants or TIF bonds to undertake public improvements in the designated area. TIF bonds may be issued in conjunction with revenue bond issues for water, sewer, or parking purposes and are exempt from state and federal income taxes. Land assembled for the project is conveyed to the developer at a "fair value." The developer proceeds with construction in accordance with an approved plan and the bonds are paid off from the increase in property taxes resulting from the development.
The following highlights some of the legal steps a local government or community redevelopment authority must go through to initiate a TIF project. Each step has a link to the section of the Nebraska statutes that defines or describes what is legally involved. Although the steps are discussed discreetly and consecutively, several activities may occur simultaneously. For example, a community may not consider declaring an area substandard and blighted until a developer comes to the city council with a proposed TIF project.
Steps to Follow to Develop a Local TIF Project
- Identify a "substandard and blighted area" that needs redevelopment, Revised Statutes of Nebraska Sec18-2103
- Develop a plan for the project area, Revised Statutes of Nebraska Sec. 18-2111
- The community redevelopment authority can recommend a plan only when "a general plan for the development of the city has been prepared," Revised Statutes of Nebraska Sec. 18-2110
- Submit a plan to a local "planning commission or board of the city" for review and recommendations, Revised Statutes of Nebraska Sec. 18-2112
- Redevelopment authority must do a cost-benefit analysis of a project before recommending it to a local government, Revised Statutes of Nebraska Sec. 18-2113
- After a redevelopment authority approves a plan, it recommends the plan to the local government, Revised Statutes of Nebraska Sec. 18-2114
- Plan approval, Revised Statutes of Nebraska Sec. 18-2115
A local government must find that tax-increment financing is central to the feasibility of the project, Nebraska Revised Statutes Sec. 18-2116
Then, the redevelopment site is transferred to the developer "at its fair value for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan," Nebraska Revised Statutes Sec. 18-2118
The property taxes increases generated from the redeveloped site are applied to the TIF bonds until they are repaid, or for 15 years, after which the increases revert to local government taxing jurisdictions, Nebraska Revised Statutes Sec. 18-2147. The city/CRA must file a Notice to Divide Tax for Community Redevelopment Projects (statutory form) with the County Assessor on or before August 1 in the calendar year the division is to become effective. This form is available on the Department of Revenue, Property Assessment Division's website at www.revenue.ne.gov/PAD/forms/Notice_to_Divide_Tax_for_TIF.pdf.
On or before December 1, cities are required to provide the Property Tax Administrator at Department of Revenue, Property Assessment Division, a copy of any new redevelopment project plans not previously reported or any amendments that are made to an existing project, per Nebraska Revised Statutes Sec. 18-2117.01. The city is not required to report value or tax information or any information on existing TIFs.
For more information on TIF activity in the state, see Nebraska Department of Revenue annual report. To review all state community development laws, visit: http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/browse-chapters.php?chapter=18.


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October 9, 2012, 12:26 am TWN
The Buddha's Light International Association (BLIA), the first Chinese nongovernmental organization listed under the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, will hold its 2012 World Headquarters General Conference Oct. 11-14 at Fo Guang Shan (FSG) Monastery in Kaohsiung, with some 2,000 representatives of over 100 chapters from 38 countries to participate in the grand annual event, according to a press statement.
In addition to a congratulatory message from President Ma Ying-jeou, Honorary Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung of the R.O.C. Chapter of the BLIA and Vice President Wu Den-yih will deliver speeches at the opening of the annual general conference. Such VIPs as former Malaysian Minister of Transport Ong Tee Keat and Honorary Chairman Yu Sheng-ching of the World Taiwan Chambers of Commerce will also attend the event in their capacity as members of the BLIA, the statement said.
Founded in Los Angeles, California on May 16, 1992, the BLIA has been dedicated to promoting humanistic Buddhism, placing an emphasis on education, culture, cultivation and service and having made concrete achievements in the fields. In May this year, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced that every May 16 would be BLIA Day. Japanese councilors visited FGS to express their gratitude to Taiwan and FGS for granting relief assistance after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In addition, masters of the BLIA also served as religious guiders during the 2012 London Olympics.
The upcoming conference will center on the theme of "Happiness and Peaceful Mind." Venerable Master Hsing Yun, founding president of BLIA, will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony to shed light on ways to achieve happiness and a peaceful mind amid the rapid progress of the modern world and the growing alienation of human relationships in the society.
On Oct. 12, there will be two forums on "Humanistic Buddhism and Me" held at the FGS Monastery. On Oct. 13, a "thinking forward" forum will be held at the Buddha Memorial Center, with Venerable Master Hsing Yun, professor H.C. Kao, professor Hung Lan, professor Stanley C. Yen, and Coral L.S. Wang, publisher of the Global Views Magazine to participate in the forum.
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Eco-minded home expo
An home show focusing on renewable energy, alternative transportation, sustainable agriculture, green building, natural health, environmental and social responsibility and local economies will be held this weekend, Oct. 6 and 7, at Lee's Park on Saratoga Lake.
Olde Saratoga Expo, in partnership Eco-Local Magazine, will host the weekend of solution-based, interactive, family oriented events. The Expo features local business exhibitors, workshops, hands-on experiences, a Kids Zone, Natural Health and Healing Zone, live music and entertainment, our Buy Local Market and Local Libations, featuring local beer and wine.
There will also be a Columbus Cardboard Boat Regatta in celebration of Christopher Columbus and his historic 1492 voyage. Bring your own vessel made of cardboard and duct tape and compete for several prizes!
Lee's Park is on Route 9P on the Fish Creek at the northeast end of Saratoga Lake. Admission to the expo is $5 per perso, free for kids.
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If Thomas Alva Edison were alive, he'd be champing at the bit to get to Washington, D.C.
Don Gfell wants to help buy his ticket.
Frustrated by the lack of money raised so far (only $1,500), Gfell is working on a fundraiser in Edison's hometown of Milan, Ohio, to help cover part of the estimated $1.5 million to $2 million needed to get Edison's statue to the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol in Washington.
"We've worked way, way too hard for a long, long time. We cannot let up now. We have to see this thing through," Gfell said.
Gfell, 70, owner of the Sights and Sounds of Edison antique store in Milan, was a leader of a successful campaign to select the great inventor and entrepreneur for inclusion in Statuary Hall, home to two statues apiece from 50 states.
"I'm a little disappointed. I thought, too, there would be a lot more done sooner, maybe a website to tell people about the giving procedure," Gfell said.
He persuaded officials to transform the annual Milan Chamber of Commerce banquet into an "Edison to Washington" event to raise money for the project. The banquet and a silent auction will be held at St. Anthony's Hall in Milan on Feb. 9. Gfell said 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the Edison statue. Soon-to-be-former state Sen. Mark Wagoner, R-Toledo, (he opted not to seek re-election) headed the Statuary Hall legislative committee; he will be honored as the citizen of the year.
"I'm going to try to get our part rolling," Gfell said. "This should be a really special celebration."
Information about the Milan event is available online at www.tomedison.org.
While progress has been slow, Gfell said he heard from recent visitors to Statuary Hall that tour guides are saying that Ohio's new entry will be coming in the future.
Edison, known worldwide for his work on the light bulb, movie camera and record player, will replace William Allen, Ohio's 31st governor, whose statue was installed in 1887. Allen's Civil War-era, pro-slavery views were deemed inappropriate to represent modern-day Ohio. Ohio's other statue, of slain President James A. Garfield, will remain.
The public voted in favor of Edison in statewide balloting in 2010, edging out the Wright Brothers. The General Assembly finalized Edison's selection in June, but little has happened since.
A private group, the Ohio Statuary Hall Commission, will do fundraising, select the artist and arrange for Edison's trip to Washington and Allen's trip back home. Douglas W. McDonald, president and chief executive officer of the Cincinnati Museum Center, is head of the commission.
Elizabeth Pierce of the Cincinnati Museum Center said the commission's fundraising plans still are being finalized. She estimated the entire project will take up to two years to complete and cost up to $2 million.
Contributions can be sent to the Ohio Statuary Hall Commission, to the attention of Staci Dennison, at the Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203.


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Hey I'm new to this forum and think its great what your doing for the so many worried people out there. But I have a situation of my own. A couple months ago or so i had an exposure to blood with someone who suspects he is hiv positive. We were smoking out of a marijuana pipe and my lips were very chapped and split on the inside pretty badly and open. While after we were done i had noticed that his lip was bleeding. Now heres where the panic sets in. 4 days later i comedown with a very faint rash that comes and goes. I wasnt to worried and i would normaly rather my skin with a vitamin e cream to make it feel better. While about a bit longer then a week later id start getting a little itchy bump hear and there and before you know it there was quite the noticable rash made up of them. Now ive seen pictures of the acute hiv rash and mine looked alot like it.Since then ive had quite a few symptoms such as eye floaters, tingling of the hands and feet every now and then, weight loss etc. So i'm pretty freaked out. Me and my girlfreind have been non active in the sex area. But my question isssss, is it true that you can get such a similiar rash, one that looks so much like an ars rash but be something else?? Because i took an antibody test at 7 weeks and about 14-15 weeks and both are negative.My girlferind now wants to indulge in sexual activity but theres a part of me still worried that im a late seroconverter... I know the tests are encouraging but i cant get past the rash. I mean it looks just like the ars rash.What are your thoughts on this tricky situation??
oops quite a few spelling errors there. I meant to say "Lather" and "Looked" sorry for the confusiom :-[
CD,HIV is not transmitted in the way you describe and (because we know you'll ask) even with your circumstances of chapped/bleeding lip.Saliva inhibits HIV is one reason, but I assure you there are other reasons why the scenario is not a vector for HIV transmission.If that doesn't make you feel better, your tests at post 12 weeks in Canada are conclusive.You couldn't get HIV from what you did, plus you were tested and don't have it. Good for you on getting an HIV test. Hopefully you are your girlfriend are tested for STD's (all of them), securely monogamous OR just use condoms for vaginal/anal sex and you will remain HIV negative.You are fine.Sae.
Canadiandude,A no-risk exposure coupled with conclusive negative testing.You are hiv negative. :)Morgan
--- Quote ---My girlferind now wants to indulge in sexual activity...--- End quote ---dude,You need to be using condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, every time, no exceptions until such time as you are in a securely monogamous relationship where you have both tested for ALL STIs together. To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with a sexually transmitted infection.Unless your girlfriend has also been tested, you need to use condoms. You can't tell by looking at someone, or go by what you think you know about them, or what they might ASSUME the the state of their sexual health to be. The only way to know is through testing. You know your own status and that's it. You weren't at risk in the pipe smoking incident and you have the conclusive negative test result to prove that. Use condoms for intercourse and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple. Read through the condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use those condoms with confidence. And while you're here, please also read through the Welcome Thread and follow the links for further information.One more thing... you said your friend suspects he is hiv positive. Please encourage him to get tested. The sooner hiv infection is caught, the better the long-term outcome will be. Hiv is nothing to guess about - it's a serious, life-threatening illness. Get him to test. He might well be worrying over nothing anyway. Ann
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- Peanut situation: good news, bad news
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• Overall, peanut yields likely will be well under 3,000 pounds per acre by the time everything shakes out.
• Overall peanut supply as well as quality will be down for the 2010 production season.
What's good for the market might not always be good for farmers. Some peanut producers in the Southeast are discovering that this year, as peanut prices continue to improve for an increasingly disappointing 2010 crop.
"I'm hearing horror stories coming out of the Wiregrass region of southeast Alabama," says Marshall Lamb, research director of the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga. "I've heard that crop insurance is adjusting some fields and releasing them with six pounds per acre. Some farmers are digging peanuts, leaving them in the windrow, and baling them instead of picking them. It takes a lot of high yields to overcome that kind of negative production."
Overall, yields likely will be well under 3,000 pounds per acre by the time everything shakes out, said Lamb, speaking at the Southern Region Agricultural Outlook Conference held recently in Atlanta.
"A lot of acreage probably will be abandoned, and all of this is due to extreme heat and late-season drought. From what I hear, the weather will work for our markets this time, though it hasn't been good for a lot of our farmers," he says.
Overall peanut supply as well as quality will be down for the 2010 production season, says Lamb. "As a result, prices are increasing. Farmers contracted a lot of peanuts at $450 per ton, but they were at $485 during the last week of September. It will be a tough year as far the returns for a lot of farmers and shellers, and processors will have a lot of problems handling this crop. This will carry forward into 2011, and it'll be an interesting year," says Lamb.
According to early reports, he says, quality will be adversely affected by weather conditions from this past season. "I've heard of some grades in the 50s. If you look at our loan schedule, we're at break-even at a 72. Anything less than a 72 is a discount, and anything above 72 is a premium. We're seeing very low grades, even on irrigated peanuts, and there are huge increases in early crop delivery on Seg. 2 peanuts, those that have excess damage. And a lot of that is being attributed to problems with the burrower bug," he says.


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By Justin Elliott & Theodoric Meyer
Two weeks after Edward Snowden's first revelations about sweeping government surveillance, President Obama shot back. "We know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information not just in the United States, but, in some cases, threats here in Germany," Obama said during a visit to Berlin in June. "So lives have been saved."
In the months since, intelligence officials, media outlets, and members of Congress from both parties all repeated versions of the claim that NSA surveillance has stopped more than 50 terrorist attacks. The figure has become a key talking point in the debate around the spying programs.
"Fifty-four times this and the other program stopped and thwarted terrorist attacks both here and in Europe 2014 saving real lives," Rep. Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said on the House floor in July, referring to programs authorized by a pair of post-9/11 laws. "This isn't a game. This is real."
But there's no evidence that the oft-cited figure is accurate.
The NSA itself has been inconsistent on how many plots it has helped prevent and what role the surveillance programs played. The agency has often made hedged statements that avoid any sweeping assertions about attacks thwarted.
A chart declassified by the agency in July, for example, says that intelligence from the programs on 54 occasions "has contributed to the [U.S. government's] understanding of terrorism activities and, in many cases, has enabled the disruption of potential terrorist events at home and abroad" 2014 a much different claim than asserting that the programs have been responsible for thwarting 54 attacks.
NSA officials have mostly repeated versions of this wording.
When NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander spoke at a Las Vegas security conference in July, for instance, he referred to "54 different terrorist-related activities," 42 of which were plots and 12 of which were cases in which individuals provided "material support" to terrorism.
But the NSA has not always been so careful.
During Alexander's speech in Las Vegas, a slide in an accompanying slideshow read simply "54 ATTACKS THWARTED."
And in a recent letter to NSA employees, Alexander and John Inglis, the NSA's deputy director, wrote that the agency has "contributed to keeping the U.S. and its allies safe from 54 terrorist plots." (The letter was obtained by reporter Kevin Gosztola from a source with ties to the intelligence community. The NSA did not respond when asked to authenticate it.)
Asked for clarification of the surveillance programs' record, the NSA declined to comment.
Earlier this month, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., pressed Alexander on the issue at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
"Would you agree that the 54 cases that keep getting cited by the administration were not all plots, and of the 54, only 13 had some nexus to the U.S.?" Leahy said at the hearing. "Would you agree with that, yes or no?"
"Yes," Alexander replied, without elaborating.
It's impossible to assess the role NSA surveillance played in the 54 cases because, while the agency has provided a full list to Congress, it remains classified.
Officials have openly discussed only a few of the cases (see below), and the agency has identified only one 2014 involving a San Diego man convicted of sending $8,500 to Somalia to support the militant group Al Shabab 2014 in which NSA surveillance played a dominant role.
The surveillance programs at issue fall into two categories: The collection of metadata on all American phone calls under the Patriot Act, and the snooping of electronic communications targeted at foreigners under a 2007 surveillance law. Alexander has said that surveillance authorized by the latter law provided "the initial tip" in roughly half of the 54 cases. The NSA has not released examples of such cases.
After reading the full classified list, Leahy concluded the NSA's surveillance has some value but still questioned the agency's figures.
"We've heard over and over again the assertion that 54 terrorist plots were thwarted" by the two programs, Leahy told Alexander at the Judiciary Committee hearing this month. "That's plainly wrong, but we still get it in letters to members of Congress, we get it in statements. These weren't all plots and they weren't all thwarted. The American people are getting left with the inaccurate impression of the effectiveness of NSA programs."
The origins of the "54" figure go back to a House Intelligence Committee hearing on June 18, less than two weeks after the Guardian's publication of the first story based on documents leaked by Snowden.
At that hearing, Alexander said, "The information gathered from these programs provided the U.S. government with critical leads to help prevent over 50 potential terrorist events in more than 20 countries around the world." He didn't specify what "events" meant. Pressed by Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., Alexander said the NSA would send a more detailed breakdown to the committee.
Speaking in Baltimore the next week, Alexander gave an exact figure: 54 cases "in which these programs contributed to our understanding, and in many cases, helped enable the disruption of terrorist plots in the U.S. and in over 20 countries throughout the world."
But members of Congress have repeatedly ignored the distinctions and hedges.
The websites of the Republicans and Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee include pages titled, "54 Attacks in 20 Countries Thwarted By NSA Collection."
And individual congressmen have frequently cited the figure in debates around NSA surveillance.
- Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., who is also on the House Intelligence Committee, released a statement in July referring to "54 terrorist plots that have been foiled by the NSA programs." Asked about the figure, Westmoreland spokeswoman Leslie Shedd told ProPublica that "he was citing declassified information directly from the National Security Agency."
- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued a statement in July saying "the programs in question have thwarted 54 specific plots, many targeting Americans on American soil."
- Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., issued his own statement the next day: "The Amash amendment would have eliminated Section 215 of the Patriot Act which we know has thwarted 54 terrorist plots against the US (and counting)." (The amendment, which aimed to bar collection of Americans' phone records, was narrowly defeated in the House.)
- Mike Rogers, the Intelligence Committee chairman who credited the surveillance programs with thwarting 54 attacks on the House floor, repeated the claim to Bob Schieffer on CBS' "Face the Nation" in July."You just heard what he said, senator," Schieffer said, turning to Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., an NSA critic. "Fifty-six terror plots here and abroad have been thwarted by the NSA program. So what's wrong with it, then, if it's managed to stop 56 terrorist attacks? That sounds like a pretty good record." Asked about Rogers' remarks, House Intelligence Committee spokeswoman Susan Phalen said in a statement: "In 54 specific cases provided by the NSA, the programs stopped actual plots or put terrorists in jail before they could effectuate further terrorist plotting. These programs save lives by disrupting attacks. Sometimes the information is found early in the planning, and sometimes very late in the planning. But in all those cases these people intended to kill innocent men and women through the use of terror."
- Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., went even further in a town hall meeting in August. Responding to a question about the NSA vacuuming up Americans' phone records, he said the program had "been used 54 times to be able to interrupt 54 different terrorist plots here in the United States that had originated from overseas in the past eight years. That's documented."
- The same day, Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., who sits on the Intelligence Committee, defended the NSA at a town hall meeting with constituents in Cranston, R.I. "I know that these programs have been directly effective in thwarting and derailing 54 terrorist attacks," he said. Asked about Langevin's comments, spokeswoman Meg Fraser said in an email, "The committee was given information from NSA on August 1 that clearly indicated they considered the programs in question to have been used to help disrupt 54 terrorist events. That is the information the Congressman relied on when characterizing the programs at his town hall."
Wenstrup, Heck and Lankford did not respond to requests for comment.
The claims have also appeared in the media. ABC News, CNN and the New York Times have all repeated versions of the claim that more than 50 plots have been thwarted by the programs.
The NSA has publicly identified four of the 54 cases. They are:
- The case of Basaaly Moalin, the San Diego man convicted of sending $8,500 to Somalia to support Al Shabab, the terrorist group that has taken responsibility for the attack on a Kenyan mall last month. The NSA has said its collection of American phone records allowed it to determine that a U.S. phone was in contact with a Shabab figure, which in turn led them to Moalin. NSA critic Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has argued that the NSA could have gotten a court order to get the phone records in question and that the case does not justify the bulk collection of Americans' phone records.
- The case of Najibullah Zazi, who in 2009 plotted to bomb the New York subway system. The NSA has said that an email it intercepted to an account of a known Al Qaeda figure in Pakistan allowed authorities to identify and ultimately capture Zazi. But an Associated Press examination of the case concluded that, again, the NSA's account of the case did not show the need for the new warrantless powers at issue in the current debate. "Even before the surveillance laws of 2007 and 2008, the FBI had the authority to 2014 and did, regularly 2014 monitor email accounts linked to terrorists," the AP reported.
- A case involving David Coleman Headley, the Chicago man who helped plan the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack. Intelligence officials have said that NSA surveillance helped thwart a subsequent plot involving Headley to attack a Danish newspaper. A ProPublica examination of that episode concluded that it was a tip from British intelligence, rather than NSA surveillance, that led authorities to Headley.
- A case involving a purported plot to attack the New York Stock Exchange. This convoluted episode involves three Americans, including Khalid Ouazzani of Kansas City, Mo., who pleaded guilty in 2010 to bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to provide material support to Al Qaeda. An FBI official said in June that NSA surveillance helped in the case "to detect a nascent plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange." But no one has been charged with crimes related to that or any other planned attack. (Ouazzani was sentenced to 14 years last month.) The Kansas City Star reported that one of the men in the case had "pulled together a short report with the kind of public information easily available from Google Earth, tourist maps and brochures" and that his contact in Yemen "tore up the report, 'threw it in the street' and never showed it to anyone." Court records also suggest that the men in Yemen that Ouazzani sent over $20,000 to may have been scamming him and spent some of the money on personal expenses.
For more from ProPublica on the NSA, read about the agency's campaign to crack Internet security, the surveillance reforms Obama supported before he was president, and a fact-check on claims about the NSA and Sept. 11.
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The fiery Milwaukee Sheriff is on the shortlist to head the Department of Homeland Security.
By Wendell Berry
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know. So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot understand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years. Listen to carrion—put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. So long as women do not go cheap for power, please women more than men. Ask yourself: Will this satisfy a woman satisfied to bear a child? Will this disturb the sleep of a woman near to giving birth? Go with your love to the fields. Lie easy in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts. As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.
Wendell Berry is a poet, farmer, and environmentalist in Kentucky. This poem, first published in 1973, is reprinted by permission of the author and appears in his "New Collected Poems" (Counterpoint).


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Goodbye … for now, anyway
Since April, this blog has been a very interesting experience for me. At first, I had no idea what to expect, whether people would read it or leave comments, yet here we are less than nine months later, and Mark it Down has received more than 164,000 comments.
But all good things must come to an end, and unfortunately, Mark it Down will be closing up shop at the end of this month.
While that may come as bad news to many of you, there is good news as well. I am leaving MLB.com, having accepted a job at the Daily News to be the newspaper's Yankees beat writer.
I have enjoyed my time at MLB.com more than you can possibly imagine. I have made friends here who will be a part of my life for years to come. Thankfully, since I'll still be covering the Yankees, I'll be able to see them just as much at the ballpark.
As for you good folks out in Cyberland, the Daily News' web site will feature a new Yankees blog written by me, so all you have to do to is follow me there. My new blog will debut in mid-January, so keep an eye out for it.
Of course, there are still tons of terrific blogs here at MLBlogs.com for you to visit, including Ian Browne's Brownie Points, Jason's Boogie Down Bronx blog, Jeff's BoSox Banter blog and many others.
I hope you all have enjoyed this place as much as I have. For the regulars, you've made Mark it Down the baseball community that it has become, and I hope you follow me over to the Daily News blog next month.
Happy holidays to everybody!
Happy homecoming
Andy Pettitte and the Yankees reunited on Thursday after three years apart, and both sides seemed very pleased to be together again.
From the sound of it, Brian Cashman realized that, had the Yankees gone after Pettitte harder at the start of the free-agent process in November 2003, the lefty likely would have stayed in the Bronx. But they didn't, so Pettitte was lured to his hometown, where he had three seasons in his own backyard.
This time, the Yanks weren't going to make the same mistake, so they went hard after Pettitte, choosing to pursue him on a short-term basis rather than to go after a guy like Ted Lilly or Gil Meche for four or five years.
Pettitte sounded excited to be back with teammates such as Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada, but more than that, he sounded thrilled to be pitching for Joe Torre once again. Pettitte credited Torre with much of his success, saying that the manager showed faith in him early in his career when many others had lost that faith.
This match seems perfect. Pettitte can come back and try to return the Yankees to the glory of the late-'90s, when he helped them win four World Series. The Yanks get a guy they can trust, a guy they can hand the ball to in October and know he won't be intimidated by his surroundings.
Just listening to Pettitte on the conference call today, I forgot how engaging he can be and what a good guy he is to cover. I'm happy that he's back. But not as happy as the Yankees.
Give the boy his due
So, my buddy Danny e-mailed me the other day, suggesting that I go back and look at my blog entry from April 20. That was the day that our sons — who were still approaching their first birthdays — made their "picks" for the 2006 MLB season.
My son, Ryan, picked the Yankees, Twins, Angels, Blue Jays, Mets, Cardinals, D-Backs and Braves to make the playoffs, with the Angels beating the Braves in the World Series.
That's four of the eight playoff teams and none in the World Series.
Danny's son, DJ, picked the Blue Jays, Indians, Angels, Mariners, Mets, Cardinals, Rockies and Dodgers — only three playoff teams — but he had the Cardinals over the Angels in the World Series.
For the record, my picks were the Yankees, White Sox, A's, Indians, Braves, Cubs, Giants and Phillies. That's two playoff teams. And my WS matchup of the Yankees and Cubs? Laughable, as it turned out.
The moral of the story here, is that whatever predictions you read from the "experts" next year, take them with a grain of salt. An 11-month old picked St. Louis to win the World Series last year, and I'm guessing that not too many others did.
Holiday shopping
The holiday season is upon us, but the Yankees haven't finished all of their shopping just yet. While Andy Pettitte was the big gift for the upcoming season, the Yanks are still in the market for a first baseman, a utility infielder and possibly a fifth outfielder and another reliever. They also must come to terms with Kei Igawa, who has until Dec. 28 to sign with the Yankees before he must return to Japan for another year.
First base: Andy Phillips and Josh Phelps are the internal candidates as of now. If Phillips is given a shot, I think he could do a tremendous job. Phelps was taken in the Rule 5 draft, and while he was a nice prospect with Toronto a few years back, I'd be surprised if he made a push for the job in New York.
Doug Mientkiewicz's name keeps popping up, and I think this would be a good move for the Yankees. He might not be an All-Star hitter, but he can hold his own well enough to get the job done in the No. 9 spot in the lineup. His glove is among the best in baseball, and with Chien-Ming Wang and Pettitte in the rotation, defense is going to be even more important for the 2007 Yankees.
Utility infielder: I'm a bit surprised that the Yankees haven't signed Miguel Cairo yet, and it still could happen before Christmas. But don't be surprised to see New York go in another direction. If they liked Cairo as much as it seemed they did, why is he still unsigned?
Nick Green is still looking for a job, and the Yankees liked him during his brief stay in New York last season. Marcus Giles was non-tendered, but I don't think he's going to sign a deal to be a backup player anywhere. Jose Vizcaino and Chris Woodward are also on the market. The best bet is that either Cairo or Green will return next year.
Fifth outfielder: The first four spots are solidified with Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, Bobby Abreu and Melky Cabrera. That doesn't leave much playing time for the fifth guy, who may or may not be Bernie Williams.
I think Bernie should retire. I'd hate to see him come back, only to be designated for assignment in May or June when the Yankees need to make room on the roster for another pitcher or something. Even if Bernie comes back, how much playing time will he actually get? Not much. Ride off into the sunset, let the Yankees hang No. 51 in Monument Park and enjoy your second career as a musician.
Kevin Thompson would be the leading candidate to serve as the fifth outfielder if Williams does not return. He can play all three positions and can be a pinch-runner off the bench.
Reliever: I still think there's a chance that Ron Villone returns for another year in the Bronx, but if he doesn't, there are several internal candidates that can fill the final spot in the bullpen. With Mariano Rivera, Kyle Farnsworth, Scott Proctor, Brian Bruney and Mike Myers in the pen right now, they could use another southpaw who was more than a specialist like Myers.
If the Yanks are looking for a lefty, Ray King and Scott Schoeneweis seem like the best options on the market. If they want another righty, Chris Reitsma would be an intriguing option.
All about Andy
The return of Andy Pettitte makes complete sense to me.
First, the Yankees get a guy who has topped 200 innings for two straight years, showing that his elbow doesn't seem to be a problem.
Second, they get a guy who has gone through everything you can go through in New York and looked awfully darn good doing it.
Pettitte brings a tremendous track record back to the Bronx, both in the regular season and in the playoffs. No, he may not be the 21-game winner he was in 2003, but I don't think he's that far off. Plus, when October rolls around, are there many pitchers you would feel that comfortable handing the ball to?
Yes, I know … Pettitte's career postseason record is only 14-9, but he has pitched some of the best games I've ever seen in October. And while his record in the World Series is 3-4, his ERA of 3.92 is pretty good.
I'll put it this way: If the Yankees have a must-win game next October, I hope for their sake the ball is in his hand.
The other thing about signing Pettitte is that we'll have a few months of Roger Clemens speculation. I think there's more than a 50 percent chance that the Rocket will land in New York sometime this year, looking to win one more ring with Joe Torre, Derek Jeter and the rest of the Yanks.
Ted Lilly? Gil Meche? Jason Schmidt? No thanks. I'll take Pettitte. And so did the Yankees.
Winter Meetings, Day 3
Wednesday was highlighted by Ted Lilly, of all people, whose agent informed the Blue Jays early in the day that they were out of the mix, leaving the Cubs and Yankees to battle for his services.
By the time people began thinking about their dinner plans, Lilly had agreed to a four-year, $40 million deal with the Cubs, leaving the Yankees to focus on the true object of their desire — Andy Pettitte.
In my opinion, the Yankees were never truly serious about signing Lilly, who would have cost them $56 million over four years when you factor in the luxury tax. But by making themselves a part of the Lilly sweepstakes, the Yanks forced Pettitte to make a decision regarding his future, as his agent announced that he would play in 2007.
I know that many people believe that Pettitte will never leave Houston, but I'm not so sure about that. If he knows that this is his final season, then there would be no better place for Pettitte to finish his career than in the Bronx.
As for the rest of the day, Jason Schmidt told teammates he was headed for the Dodgers for three years and $47 million, catchers changed addresses as Bengie Molina joined the Giants, Mike Lieberthal became a Dodger and Mike Piazza signed with the A's to be Oakland's DH.
The news was capped off by an evening trade which sent Freddy Garcia from the White Sox to the Phillies for Gavin Floyd and Gio Gonzalez. That deal ended my colleague Ken Mandel's dinner, as he left our table to head back to the Dolphin Hotel to pursue the story. Sorry Mandel, it was a pretty good meal.
As I dined with my colleagues, we began discussing the greatest sitcom characters of all-time. So I pose the question to you: Who is the greatest sitcom character of all-time? There is no real criteria here, so just throw out your answers.
My top 4: George Costanza, Archie Bunker, Norm Peterson and Homer Simpson.
The Rule 5 Draft takes place Thursday morning, though the Yankees won't be making any news there. Brian Cashman takes off on Thursday afternoon, and in all likelihood, will head back to New York with the same team he had when he got here.
Winter Meetings, Day 2
Another rather uneventful day at the Swan and Dolphin. The general consensus is that these Winter Meetings aren't even producing good rumors, which is a bad sign.
The big buzz in Yankeeland came in the form of a report that the Yankees were nearing a deal with Andy Pettitte. Several people told me that they believe it could happen before the end of the week, and that even Pettitte's wife had given him the go-ahead to pitch one more year in New York if that's what he wanted to do.
Personally, I think this is a plan designed to get more money out of the Astros. Do I think it is possible that the Yankees could sign Pettitte? Sure, why not? But do I think it will happen? I'd put it at 60 percent he plays for Houston, 30 percent he plays for New York and 10 percent he retires.
The Yanks have also expressed interest in Mark Buehrle, though they don't plan on dealing prospect Humberto Sanchez for a guy with one year left on his contract.
Brian Cashman was set to meet with several agents on Tuesday night, including Arn Tellem (Kei Igawa) and Larry O'Brien (Ted Lilly). I think Cashman is just keeping himself in the loop for Lilly in case the price isn't as steep as it would seem to be. I still think he goes to the Cubs.
The A-Rod rumors just won't go away, only it's the reporters from the towns that want to deal for him that keep bringing it up. The New York writers have stopped talking about it, because it's a non-story.
The big newsmakers today were actually the Red Sox, who spent $106 million on J.D. Drew and Julio Lugo. The Lugo signing makes sense to me, as they need a shortstop and he's a solid player (though for $9 million a year, you'd better be getting a solid player).
The Drew signing puzzles me in more ways than one. Why would you give a guy $14 million a year over five years when he has shown throughout his entire career that he can't stay healthy? Yet a year ago, the Red Sox refused to give Johnny Damon — the heart and soul of their team — $12 million a year. It just doesn't make any sense.
Barry Zito (Rangers? Mets?) and Jason Schmidt (Cardinals? Mariners?) remain on the market, waiting to cash in on their own big deals. I doubt either will get done in the next two days, though if they do, it would at least give people here something to actually talk about.
Winter Meetings, Day 1
Welcome to Orlando, home of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and the 2006 MLB Winter Meetings.
I'm here at the unbelievably large Swan & Dolphin hotels, where the entire baseball world has gathered to meet. Agents will be peddling their players, GMs will be bouncing trade ideas off one another and writers will be scurrying the lobby, looking for any nugget of information they can find.
I will be providing updates throughout the meetings, trying to give you a feel for what is going on here.
I don't expect the Yankees to do that much this week, as their biggest needs are a backup catcher, right-handed hitting first baseman and utility infielder, though Miguel Cairo should return to fill that final spot.
The Yanks could also look at another arm or two, but don't expect it to be any of the major names on the market such as Zito, Schmidt, Meche or Lilly. Andy Pettitte seems like a more likely candidate if he wants to pitch next year and is willing to leave Houston, but only time will tell.
I'll be back later when there's some news to report.
7:00 pm: Relatively slow day in the lobby. The only official moves to be announced were Jose Guillen to the Mariners, a contract extension for Chris Carpenter with the Cardinals and the Giants bringing back Rich Aurilia and Pedro Feliz.
Of the hot rumors floating around, Ted Lilly to the Cubs was probably the most talked about. I think this would be a good move for the Cubs, since Lilly has shown his ability to pitch in the American League. Moving to the National League can only help, so he could be a nice addition for a team that desperately needs pitching.
If the Cubs sign Lilly, I could see the Blue Jays moving to sign Gil Meche, since they'll have to replace Lilly. Toronto has money to spend, so they won't be scared off.
As for the Yankees, not much going on. Brian Cashman continues to say that he is in no rush to do anything, and quite frankly, why would he be?
Cashman said that teams have still been calling occasionally about A-Rod, but he hasn't changed his mind when it comes to trading his third baseman. Teams can call all they want, Rodriguez isn't going anywhere.
Chris Britton showed up in Cashman's suite and spoke with the beat writers for a few minutes. He lives about three hours away, so he decided to come up and meet with the Yankees' executives for the first time since being traded. I'll say this … he's a big boy. I wasn't sure if he was a reliever or an offensive lineman.
Octavio Dotel, who didn't make much of an impression during his brief time in New York, is talking with the Red Sox, Devil Rays and Indians.
One name noticably absent from the lobby buzz is Barry Bonds. This guy may break the all-time home record next year … if he can find a team to sign him. The guess here is that he ends up back with the Giants, because I can't see any other team taking a chance on him. Maybe the A's, but that's about it. And if Oakland signs Mike Piazza as they have been rumored to do, that would end the Bonds speculation.
One name that seems to be on everybody's lips is Manny Ramirez. It seems like every time I talk to someone new, the conversation turns to, "Where do you think Manny will wind up?" The latest buzz has the Dodgers, Mariners and possibly the Giants in the mix, though Los Angeles seems like the most serious of the three. If the J.D. Drew deal is made official with Boston this week, I'll believe Manny is going to be traded. Until then, it's the same old Manny talk.
Mark your calendars
The Yankees released their 2007 regular-season schedule on Friday. Some of the highlights:
The 105th home opener at Yankee Stadium will take place on Monday, April 2 at 1:05 p.m., kicking off an 81-game home schedule which will feature nine games against each of the team's American League East foes, including the rival Red Sox.
The Yankees will host Interleague series against the Mets (June 15-17), Diamondbacks (June 12-14) and Pirates (June 8-10) — all former World Series opponents. The Bombers will visit the Giants (June 22-24), Rockies (June 19-21) and Mets (May 18-20) as part of Interleague Play.
New York and Boston meet for the first of 19 times on April 20 at Fenway Park, opening a three-game series. The Red Sox visit the Bronx a week later, as the two rivals play three games at Yankee Stadium from April 27-29. The two teams meet again six times in May, three times in August and three times in September.
Joe Torre's team will get its first look at Gary Sheffield and the defending AL champion Tigers on August 16, the first of four games at Yankee Stadium. A week later, the two teams renew acquaintances in Detroit for four games.
For the complete schedule, go to Yankees.com
$26 million? Really?
I realize that people have been scratching their heads over the Yankees' $26 million bid for the rights to Kei Igawa, but the move makes total sense to me.
Who knows how good Igawa will be? I doubt the Yankees are expecting more than for him to be a No. 4 or 5 starter. He is no Matsuzaka, this much we know.
The Yankees bid $32 million for Matsuzaka, fully believing that their bid would be competitive. The Red Sox crushed it with a $51.1 million bid of their own. This time, the Yankees weren't going to be outbid for another guy they wanted.
But at $26 million, plus the $15-20 million he is expected to sign for, the Yankees will pay out about $45 million for him over four years. Had they decided to give Ted Lilly or Gil Meche the same money (they, too, would have been No. 4 or 5 starters), the Yankees would have been subjected to an additional $16 million in luxury tax. With Igawa, they are only on the hook for whatever his contract is in terms of luxury tax, so the cost is much less.
Would you feel any better with Lilly or Meche? Maybe. But who knows, maybe this kid turns out to be pretty good. Gaku Tashiro, my colleague from Sankei Sports newspaper in Japan, compared Igawa to a "skinny David Wells," a comparison I found quite amusing.
I think the Yankees will probably get one more starter this winter, though they don't really need to. They're confident that Scott Proctor could start if necessary, and with Jeff Karstens, Darrell Rasner, Phil Hughes, Humberto Sanchez and Tyler Clippard at Triple-A, they can always hold the fort if Randy Johnson's back or Carl Pavano's entire body aren't ready by Opening Day.
Give Igawa a chance. He could be the next Hideki Matsui, or he could be the next Hideki Irabu. Only time will tell.


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Reclamation Partners with USAID to Highlight Innovation in Desalination Science
Desal Prize will identify innovations in brackish groundwater desalination to provide potable water for humans and suitable water for livestock and crops
Media Contact: Peter Soeth, 303-445-3615
For Release: March 31, 2014
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is partnering with the U.S. Agency for International Development to launch the Desal Prize – a worldwide effort to identify and promote innovation in brackish groundwater desalination.
Reclamation – a leader in advancing desalination technology in the western United States – is providing technical guidance to the project and will host Desal Prize semi-finalists at its Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo, N.M., in the spring of 2015 where entrants will compete in the first demonstration competitions for the prize. Finalists from this stage will go on to compete in a rigorous field demonstration at one of the USAID mission locations.
"For more than 100 years, Reclamation and its partners have confronted a widening imbalance between supply and demand in basins throughout the West," said acting Commissioner Lowell Pimley. "This partnership continues that commitment and will help identify potential solutions to treat brackish water in rural, tribal or remote settings. This partnership underscores Reclamation's leadership and support of all kinds of desalination projects throughout the West."
The USAID Desal Prize will be awarded to cost effective, energy efficient and environmentally sustainable working prototypes that can be used for multi-use desalination in developing countries. Ten to 12 semifinalists will receive $5,000 as seed money to test or further develop their device. From this group, select finalists will receive an additional $5,000 to continue their project in the field before a judging panel selects the awardee(s) of the $500,000 grand prize.
"Water scarcity is one of today's most pressing development challenges, and the impact of water scarcity on all aspects of development is undeniable," said USAID Global Water Coordinator Christian Holmes at an event at the U.S. Department of State marking World Water Day. "We must augment traditional water supplies to satisfy future demand – we urgently need solutions to fulfill the growing need for potable water."
The Desal Prize is part of the $32 million Securing Water for Food: Grand Challenge for Development launched at the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. The initiative is a partnership between USAID, the Swedish International Development Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and aims to source, incubate and accelerate innovative solutions to reduce water scarcity around the world. Projections are that by 2025, two-thirds of the world's population could be living in severe water stress conditions.
To learn more about the Desal Prize or to submit suggestions, please visit www.thedesalprize.org or follow on Twitter @SecuringWater #DesalPrize.
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False Public Alarm. Plainsboro Police are investigating several 9-1-1 calls made to police stating that a man had guns on the campus of Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY, on March 30. Officer Thomas Larity said the calls contained a recorded message stating that the victims were located at Mercy College. Upon obtaining a GPS location of the phone that called 9-1-1, the call was traced back to an address on Ravens Crest Drive in Plainsboro, Larity said. Larity said police responded to the address with negative results for any suspicious people or activity. Meanwhile, Dobbs Ferry Police were contacted in reference to these 9-1-1 calls and found them to be unfounded, Larity said.
Auto Theft. A resident of Pheasant Hollow Drive was the victim of auto theft between 4 p.m. on April 4 and 7:35 a.m. on April 5. Officer Thomas Larity said his Jeep was stolen from the parking lot of Building 17. The car was worth approximately $9,000.
Larceny. Someone stole 30 2-inch by 6-inch by 10-foot wood beams from the work site at Integrated Project Services on Morgan Lane between 2:30 p.m. on April 9 and 7 a.m. on April 11, said Sergeant Joseph Jankowski.
Theft. A Hunters Glen Drive resident was the victim of theft between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on April 11. Officer Bruce Stankiewicz said someone stole a battery grip and battery pack from outside the front door of the victim's residence. He said the items were delivered by the United Postal Service.
A juvenile resident of West Windsor was the victim of theft on March 17 between 3 and 5:30 p.m. at High School North. Officer Thomas Larity said someone stole the victim's black iPod and Samsung cell phone from an unlocked gym locker after a school function. The total value is estimated to be $400.
Credit Card Fraud. Dianesa Rodriguez, 23, of Bronx, NY, was charged January 11 with receiving stolen credit cards. Detective Joseph Breyta said a Jersey City resident reported to police on January 11 that someone made unauthorized purchases in excess of $5,000 on her two credit cards in Plainsboro and surrounding jurisdictions. The victim called police again on March 25 to tell police that the suspect arranged for additional credit cards to be delivered to a Ravens Crest address in Plainsboro. Plainsboro Police set up surveillance and watched Rodriguez pose as the victim and sign for the credit cards, Breyta said. Police subsequently arrested her in the building 1 breezeway of the Quail Ridge apartment complex and found her to be in possession of five fraudulently acquired credit cards from two different victims, he said.
Prior to being arrested, Rodriguez threw the credit cards off the top of the breezeway when officers approached her, said Breyta. She resisted arrest, but police were able to arrest her, he added. She was also charged with receiving stolen credit cards, tampering with evidence, resisting arrest, obstruction, and defiant trespass and was sent to the Middlesex County jail, where she was held on $25,000 bail. A court ordered search warrant of her car found an abundance of personal information for several other victims in New Jersey and New York, Breyta said.
Identity Theft. A resident of Deer Creek Drive was the victim of identity theft sometime before April 4. Officer Kenneth Beatty said someone used the victim's name and the last four digits of his social security number to change the primary account holder of the victim's AT&T wireless phone account to the suspect. Then, the suspect renewed the phone contract for an additional two years and purchased a new Apple iPhone 4 at a reduced cost.
Attempted Theft. A resident of Hunters Glen Drive was the victim of attempted theft of a motor vehicle. Officer Timothy McMahon said that between March 20 and April 1, someone broke into the parked car in lot 22 of Hunters Glen Drive by prying open the passenger side window with a sharp tool. Once inside, the suspect pried open the ignition systems cover in an attempt to steal the vehicle. There are no suspects at this time.
Criminal Mischief. A resident of West Windsor was the victim of criminal mischief and attempted burglary between March 30 and April 2 while parked on Hunters Glen Drive. Officer Mathieu Baumann said he was called to Hunters Glen Drive in the area of building 23, where the victim told him someone damaged his car. Baumann said someone gained access to the car through the driver side window and then attempted to gain access to the ignition column. The extent of the damage is unknown at this time.
DWI Arrests. Francis P. Nolan, 53, of Ewing, was charged April 10 with driving while intoxicated. Officer Jason Mandato said he saw him driving in the left lane on Route 1 South, even though he was not in a position to pass anyone. He said he stopped him and found he was intoxicated.
Chad M. Daniels, 25, of Franklin Park, was charged April 10 with driving while intoxicated. Sergeant George Cier said he saw Daniels swerving in front of him on Route 1 North at College Road and stopped him on College Road. He said he found him to be intoxicated. He was also charged with failure to maintain a lane and reckless driving.
Heather L. Markel, 23, of Hamilton, was charged April 1 with driving while intoxicated. Officer Martin McElrath said he stopped her on Scotts Corner Road for making an improper turn and failing to maintain a lane and found her to be intoxicated. She was also charged with reckless driving, improper turn, and failure to maintain a lane.
Sabrina L. McNulty, 20, of Hightstown, was charged April 1 with driving while intoxicated. Officer Thomas Larity said he stopped her on George Davison Road for an inoperable tail light and found McNulty to be intoxicated. She was also charged with underage driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, maintenance of lamps, and being an uninsured motorist.


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This is amazing – JD, 6
This recipe was created when Mark and I fancied something a little different for dinner but the kids were asking for mac n cheese.
It uses an all in one white sauce method (much quicker than faffing with a roux) and gets it pep sundried tomatoes, prosciutto ham and a generous dollop of Maille Parmesan et Basillique, a French mustard with white wine, parmesan cheese and basil.
Here's what to do – it feeds four.
- 500g dried macaroni
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 litre whole milk
- 250g mature cheddar cheese
- 2-4 tsp Maille Parmesan et Basillique Mustard (or any French Mustard)
- Seasoning to taste
- Half a 200g jar of sun dried tomatoes in oil, drained and roughly chopped
- 100g prosciutto ham, roughly torn
- Handful of finely grated parmesan
- Fresh basil to garnish
- Put the macaroni on to boil in plenty of salted water
- Put the butter, flour and milk into a non stick pan and whisk continually over a medium heat until it starts to thicken and cooks out the flour taste – don't let it boil!
- Turn the heat right down and stir in the grated cheese bit by bit until fully combined – take it slow so that your mix doesn't split
- Stir in in the mustard – 2tsp should add flavour but no heat, while 4 tsp might be a little hot for children – then taste and season if desired
- When the pasta is al dente, drain and return to the pan
- Pour the sauce over the pasta, add the tomatoes and ham, stir and serve immediately
- Garnish with finely grated parmesan and a sprig of basil
Disclosure: we were sent a set of Maille mustards for review. No payment was received for this post. All posts are 100% honest.


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RUSH: Here is Jerry in Wilmington, Delaware. Jerry, great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. Hi. This is a thrill. Thanks for taking my call.
RUSH: You bet, sir.
CALLER: Listen, let me tell you first why I love your show. I mean your political satire is genius. I mean Driving Miss Daisy, I mean it's just brilliant.
RUSH: (laughing)
CALLER: I mean I just drive around listening to you sometimes and I laugh, you know, but sometimes I listen to, like Driving Miss Daisy, I say, that's absolutely brilliant.
RUSH: Thank you very much. Driving Miss Nancy, yes.
CALLER: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, listen. My wife and I were watching Mitt Romney on TV the other night, and she's a big lib. I mean a really big lib. In fact, she holds group meetings like six, eight, ten women, they're all liberals, and they sit around and complain about men and talk politics. And after watching Mitt Romney that night she said, "You know, I might consider voting for him." And I was floored. I don't think women are enamored with him as much anymore, and if I can tell you my ex-senator -- and I think I know the reason why he lost the women vote a couple months ago, and if I can use a quote from my ex-senator, Joe Biden, I'd love to explain that, please, if you don't mind. Basically Joe Biden, remember when he said Obama looks good, he sounds good, you know, he's clean, he smells good, you know, and he promised women the moon if they gave him your vote. So I think what happened was once they gave him a piece of their vote, you know, then things changed, he didn't call 'em anymore. And I think that's probably why they're not enamored with him as much anymore and why he's vulnerable, and Republicans shouldn't be afraid to vote against him.
RUSH: Look, I agree there ought not be any fear of Obama. So your wife gaggles the hens and they get together, six to eight of them and they're turning away from Obama, going to Mitt?
CALLER: Well, she mentioned it, you know, she mentioned it not at that particular meeting, but at the end of watching him on TV and I was almost floored, you know, like --
RUSH: What do they like about Mitt?
CALLER: She liked, as she said, you know, promises, I don't --
RUSH: You want to know what the answer is? I'll give you the answer.
CALLER: She wants efficiency, basically.
RUSH: No. There's a 14-inch part in his hair.
CALLER: What?
RUSH: He's got TV anchor hair.
CALLER: Hmmm.
RUSH: You cannot be an anchor on television unless you have a 14-inch part in that hair.
CALLER: No, I don't think that was the main reason, but are you saying that you are not a big Romney fan, or you don't think he can win, or --
RUSH: No, no, no, no, no. I'm not talking about my impersonation of Romney at all.
CALLER: Hm-hm. But, anyway, no, I think she basically, like a lot of people, you know --
RUSH: Obviously your wife thinks Romney will call her the next day whereas Obama hasn't.
CALLER: Right. Or at least will be effective and efficient --
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: In fact, instead of hope and change, he should have a poster, "Boring but efficient." I don't know. That's what he should promote.
RUSH: Are you allowed to attend these gatherings when your wife and the other gals get together?
CALLER: Most of the time I go to the movies or go bowling, but to be quite honest one night I was home and I went in the kitchen and got a drink of water, and they know I listen to you and Hannity, and they attacked me one night. "Oh, how can you be a Republican?" And, "How can you listen to those guys?"
RUSH: So they're in the kitchen?
CALLER: No, they're in the living room, and I went in the kitchen to get a drink of water one night, and they just went after me, you know, 'cause they knew I was Republican and --
RUSH: And one of them is your wife?
CALLER: Right. Right. It's a little tough, especially around Valentine's Day.
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: It's a little hard to buy a Valentine's card for her to be quite honest.
RUSH: I can totally imagine. Totally imagine.
CALLER: Yeah, I know. I was gonna assume your wife, does she follow your beliefs, too?
RUSH: Well, you know, that is why we have ProFlowers.
CALLER: (laughing)
RUSH: You ever thought of it?
CALLER: Yeah, but like I said...
RUSH: You're gonna need it, pal, after today.
CALLER: Well, she doesn't listen.
RUSH: You're calling from Wilmington, Delaware, she's gonna hear about it.
CALLER: You think?
RUSH: Oh, there's no question. The tentacles of this program reach deep. I mean, your wife's gonna hear about this.
CALLER: Yeah, like I said, every Valentine's Day, I bought her candy but, you know, flowers. She's been laughing at me since Obama got elected which, you know, I didn't laugh at her for eight years when Bush was elected.
RUSH: Oh, really? You know what? Ask her, does she feel like laughing at all people that lost their jobs and are losing their homes and can't pay gasoline prices approaching four bucks? Ask her how much fun is all this? I mean if you really, really want to get down and dirty, she's having all kinds of fun laughing at the fact Obama wins. Ask her if she digs all this, how much laughter is she getting over the circumstances in the country these days?
CALLER: That's a good point.
RUSH: Ask her how she feels about Gitmo staying open. For all her talk about me, tell her Limbaugh was right about that, he said Gitmo was never gonna close.
CALLER: That's a good point.
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: But listen, I've always wanted to get on and hadn't had a chance. Can I just mention a quick Joe Biden point if you don't mind?
RUSH: A Joe Biden point?
CALLER: Yeah. Anyway, you know, the --
RUSH: I thought you did, but have at it.
CALLER: All right. Well, here's a different one. The media is saying he's average Joe from Wilmington. The media never told you he didn't even live in Wilmington. He lives in Greenville. It's the Aspen of Delaware, all the movers and shakers, and he's got a $3 million estate. You want to know who one of his neighbors is?
RUSH: John Edwards.
CALLER: Average Joe DuPont. For years I've been trying to scream that out.
RUSH: Yeah, average Joe DuPont. Right, right, right, right, right. Well, interesting.
CALLER: It's hard living with a liberal woman when you're conservative.
RUSH: Oh, I know. I know. Ask your wife if women have to pay higher taxes if they have children and so forth. She's prepared to laugh at the future her own kids have. (laughing) Snerdley says if you ask her every question that I have given you, Valentine's Day or not, you are effectively frozen out.


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The three-digit identification number used to identify the submitter of the data. This submitter, also referred to as the data collector, could be a vendor or the hospital itself. This code is not to be confused with the SPARCS Identification Number (Data Element 2) which identifies the facility from which the patients are being discharged.Codes and Values:
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- Must have been a valid entry.