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What is Amuse-Bouche Anyway?
As a hostess at the Grille at Crosswater, I have been witness to countless faces full of confusion and intrigue upon being presented with the distinctive menu preview, amuse-bouche, for the first time. What is amuse-bouche?
To be put quite simply, amuse-bouche is a bite-sized hors d'oeuvre that unlike a traditional appetizer is not available on the menu. Translated as "mouth amuser" in French, amuse plays an intricate role in Crosswater's guest's first impression. Chef Bill Ballard and his team have established a very personable style of service and cooking where amuse-bouche is used as a welcoming for their guests that arrive. Chef Bill Ballard explains, "One of our signatures here at Crosswater is that I interact with the members and guests to give them the personalized service they may not receive in other clubs.The amuse opens the door to explaining features, any menu questions, suggesting appetizers and desserts, and helping with wine selections."
The Crosswater Grille's amuse definitely does the job of developing a great anticipation for the meal ahead. Chef Ballard's cooking is inspired by flavors and seasonal availability, while using an infusion of classic technique and contemporary presentation. The biggest hit of the summer, the Salmon and Crab entrée, is served with an asparagus and artichoke salad, avocado-chive vinaigrette, Dungeness crab and heirloom tomato relish and roasted corn. Hopefully, we have you craving more…check out the Grille at Crosswater for yourself and experience a unique twist on Northwest cuisine.
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The continuing presence of pollutants in Europe's waters threatens aquatic ecosystems and raises concerns for public health. Discharge from urban wastewater treatment, and industrial effluents and losses from farming, are the main sources for water pollution. For example, agriculture causes widespread problems of nutrient enrichment in freshwater across Europe, despite recent improvements in some regions.
The main aim of European Union (EU) water policy is to ensure that throughout the EU, a sufficient quantity of good quality water is available for people's needs and for the environment. Since the first water directives in the 1970s, the EU has worked to create an effective and coherent water policy. The Water Framework Directive (WFD), which came into force in 2000, establishes a new framework for the assessment, management, protection and improvement of the quality of water resources across the EU.
EU Member States should aim to achieve good status in all bodies of surface water and groundwater by 2015 unless there are grounds for exemption. Only in this case may achievement of good status be extended to 2021 or 2027 at the latest. Achieving good status involves meeting certain standards for the ecology, chemistry, morphology, and quantity of waters. In general terms, good status means that water shows only a slight change from what would normally be expected under undisturbed conditions (i.e. with a low human impact).
Water quantity and water quality are closely linked, and good ecological status depends as much on the quantitative water resource aspects as on its quality. In many locations, water demand often exceeds availability. Over-abstraction is causing low river flows, lower groundwater levels, and the drying-up of wetlands, which have detrimental impacts on freshwater ecosystems. Climate change is projected to increase water shortages, particularly in the Mediterranean region.[1]
In 2010, EU Member States released 160 River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs), which contain plans for protecting and improving the water environment. The information in the RBMPs, together with other related sources of information, has been analysed to establish an assessment of the status of and pressures affecting Europe's waters. Over the last few years, European countries that are not EU Member States have developed similar river basin activities to those introduced by the Water Framework Directive. During 2015 EU Member States will finalise the second set of RBMPs. These will be the basis for an update of the status of Europe's waters and will illustrate progress in reducing pressures.
Overall, more than half of the river and lake water bodies in Europe are reported to hold less than good ecological status or potential (Map 1). Ecological status is a criterion for the quality of the structure and functioning of surface water ecosystems. River water bodies are reported to have worse ecological status and more pressures and impacts than lakes.
The pressures reported to affect most surface water bodies are pollution from diffuse sources, in particular from agriculture, causing nutrient enrichment. Hydromorphological pressures also affect many surface water bodies, mainly from hydropower, navigation, agriculture, flood protection and urban development resulting in altered habitats. A large proportion of water bodies have poor ecological status and are affected by pollution pressures, particularly in central and north-western European areas with intensive agricultural practices and high population density.
Source: WISE WFD Database.
Many years of investment in the sewage system, and better wastewater treatment under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive — together with national legislation — have led to some remarkable improvements. Europe's waters are much cleaner today than they were 25 years ago when large quantities of untreated or partially treated urban and industrial wastewater were discharged into water.
Levels of oxygen-consuming substances (BOD5), ammonium, and phosphate decreased markedly in European rivers over the last two decades (Figure 1).
Modern-day agricultural practices often entail the intensive use of fertilisers and manure, leading to high nutrient surpluses that are transferred to groundwater as well as surface water. About 25% of groundwater across Europe is classified as having poor chemical status, with nitrate being the primary cause. In European rivers, the nitrate concentration on average declined by 20% over the period 1992 to 2012 (Figure 1). This reflects the effect of measures to reduce agricultural inputs of nitrate at a European level (the Nitrates Directive) and at national level, as well as improvements in wastewater treatment.
The Bathing Water Directive and the Drinking Water Directive have, together with national measures, resulted in good bathing water quality and clean drinking water in Europe. Some sites (e.g. bathing waters polluted during heavy rain or some shallow wells) still have to improve their performance.
Hazardous substances in freshwater resulting in poor chemical status can harm aquatic life and pose a risk to human health. The information provided in the RBMPs on chemical status is not sufficiently clear to establish a baseline for 2009. Hazardous substances are emitted to waters through a range of substances via many different pathways and from a variety of sources, including industry, agriculture, transport, mining and waste disposal, as well as from homes, where chemicals found in household products are discharged. Pesticides used in agriculture have been widely detected in surface water and groundwater. Mining, landfill sites, and contaminated land from historical industrial and military activities all exert a localised but significant pressure upon waters in parts of Europe.
If the morphology (structure) is degraded or the water flow (hydrology) is markedly changed, a water body with good water quality will not achieve its full potential as an ecosystem. For centuries humans have altered European surface waters (straightening and canalisation, disconnection of flood plains, land reclamations, dams, weirs, bank reinforcements, etc.) to facilitate agriculture and urbanisation and to produce energy and protect against flooding. There are several hundred thousand barriers and transverse structures in European rivers, and many water courses have had their seasonal or daily flow regimes changed. The WFD is the first piece of European environmental legislation that addresses hydromorphological modifications and their impacts on water bodies. The next RBMPs are obliged to include measures to reduce hydromorphological pressures if they cause less than good ecological status.
The results from the first River Basin Management Plans showed that many European water bodies currently fail the WFD's objective of achieving good ecological and chemical status. In 2009, 43% of surface water bodies were in good or high ecological status, and in 2015, 53% of water bodies are expected to reach good ecological status.[2] This is far from meeting the objective of good ecological status and only constitutes a modest improvement in ecological status.
To achieve good status, Member States will have to address the pressures affecting water bodies. Pollution is one pressure. Morphological changes, over-abstraction, and hydrological changes affecting water flow are others. While Member States are relatively clear about the types of pressures their river basins are encountering, precise information is missing on how these pressures will be addressed and to what extent the selected measures will contribute to the achievement of the environmental objectives in 2015.
Full implementation of the WFD throughout all sectors is needed to reduce the different pressures and to commit all users in a river basin to focus on the achievement of healthy water bodies with good status. Although considerable success has been achieved in reducing the discharge of pollutants into Europe's waters in recent decades, challenges remain for urban and industrial wastewater and for pollution from agricultural sources. Wastewater treatment must continue to play a critical role in the protection of Europe's surface waters, and investment will be required to upgrade wastewater treatment and to maintain infrastructure in many European countries. Measures are needed to ensure the removal of emerging pollutants and to reduce storm water discharges.
Despite improvements in some regions, diffuse pollution from agriculture remains a major cause of the poor water quality currently observed in parts of Europe. Measures exist to tackle agricultural pollution and they need to be implemented. Full compliance with the Nitrates Directive is also required. The new reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) provides an opportunity to further strengthen water protection.
There are ample possibilities for improving water management through stringent and well-integrated implementation in order to achieve the objectives of the WFD. However, the next cycle of River Basin Management Plans, which will be agreed on in 2015, need to also take into account a wider consideration of water resource management as well as the impacts of climate change.]]>
Water bodies, their ecosystems and the land and terrestrial ecosystems within their catchments are intrinsically connected with each other and the downstream coastal and marine waters. Together they constitute a hydrological system which is exposed to any changes in water or land further upstream.
For decades humans have polluted and altered European inland waters to enable agriculture and urbanisation, produce energy, and protect against flooding. These activities resulted in poor water quality and altered habitats, with significantly severe impacts on the status of water ecosystems.
Objectives for water from the European Union's (EU) 7th Environment Action Programme (7th EAP),[1] together with those from its Biodiversity Strategy[2] and 'Blueprint to safeguard Europe's water resources',[3] are key components to maintain and improve the essential functions of Europe's water-related ecosystems including coastal and marine areas and to ensure they are well managed.
The natural capital of water ecosystems is highly intertwined and dependant on the way land and water is managed and how pressures from agriculture, energy, transport etc. are reduced within their respective policy areas or how adaptation to climate change is integrated into water management.
To meet the objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD)[4] (i.e. all water bodies to have good status by 2015), river basin authorities will have to address the pressures affecting water bodies. Reducing pressures will enable the freshwater ecosystems to recover and place them in a better position to cope with other challenges such as climate change.
Pressures from water pollution, over-abstraction and structural change all effect water ecosystems in a systemic way throughout the whole hydrological system. They are caused by activities in several economic sectors.
Agricultural production has become increasingly intensive with high inputs of fertilisers and pesticides. This in turn continuously results in pollutants loads to the water environment. Agricultural activities (irrigation, drainage etc.) are in many places altering freshwater ecosystems. Water storage and abstraction for irrigated agriculture have changed the flow regime of many river basins and lowered groundwater levels, particularly in southern Europe. In northern Europe, many lowland agricultural streams were straightened, deepened and widened to facilitate land drainage and to prevent local flooding.
Policies and demand for increased food production and bioenergy crops, including irrigated agriculture, increase the demand for water. Together with reduced water availability due to climate change, they also further worsen the extent and severity of water scarcity in some parts of Europe.
Previous reforms of the CAP[5] have resulted in a general decoupling of agricultural subsidies from production and the implementation of a cross-compliance mechanism. This mechanism means that farmers must comply with a set of statutory management requirements, including those that relate to the environment. A range of agricultural measures such as the improvement of manure storage, the use of cover crops, riparian buffer strips, and wetland restoration, will play a key role in addressing pressures from agriculture if widely implemented. The new reform of the CAP provides an opportunity to further strengthen water protection.[6]
Urban water management has over many years used rivers only as extensions of the sewage system. Urban rivers have been covered, river banks have been heavily developed, and lakes have been isolated or even filled. Impervious sewage collection systems have changed the water flow regime.
Flood protection and defences relied in the past mostly on 'hard' infrastructure including bank enforcements and dykes, water storage reservoirs, and drainage through straightening rivers and pumping canals.
Some activities related to energy production such as hydropower, use of cooling water and growing energy crops result in pressures on water management.
More than 25 000 hydropower plants in Europe have been identified as one of the main drivers affecting the status of rivers, resulting in the loss of connectivity, altered water flow and sediment transport.
In several EU Member States, an increase in hydropower generation is needed to achieve the 2020 Renewable Energy Directive[7] target of 20% of energy production based on renewables sources. This increase in generation can be achieved by increasing efficiency in hydropower generation at existing sites but also by building new hydropower plants. It is important to ensure that existing and forthcoming EU policies to promote hydropower are compatible with the WFD and clearly consider the impacts on freshwater ecosystems.
Around 40 000 km inland waterways play an important role in the transport of goods in central Europe. These waterways are generally seen as more environmentally friendly than road transport. However, navigation activities and/or navigation infrastructure works are typically associated with changes in the morphology (channel maintenance, dredging, channelisation and straightening, bank reinforcement) and hydrology, spread of invasive alien species and pollution (oil spills and anti-fouling paints and other substances used to prevent the attachment of unwanted organisms to ships).
Thus, despite the advantage of these sectors and policies for society, there is a need to strike a balance between the benefits and the impacts on freshwater ecosystems.
Until the last 20 to 30 years, the main focus of physical water management in many parts of Europe was on providing flood protection, facilitating navigation, and ensuring the drainage of agricultural land and urban areas. Nowadays, water management increasingly includes ecological concerns, working with natural processes.
This is in line with the objective of the 7th EAP 'to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital'. It is also consistent with Target 2 of the EU's Biodiversity Strategy that aims to ensure maintenance of ecosystems and their services by establishing green infrastructure and restoring at least 15% of degraded ecosystems by 2020. This target means that degraded freshwater ecosystems must also be restored.
Restoring freshwater ecosystems such as 'making room for the river', river restoration or floodplain rehabilitation has multiple benefits for the water ecosystems. The EU-wide Green Infrastructure strategy[8] includes rivers and floodplains as important elements.
The strategy aims to reconnect existing nature areas and improve the overall quality of ecosystems. It also includes natural water retention measures (NWRMs)[9] that aim to increase soil and landscape water retention and groundwater recharge. These measures help deliver equally the WFD objectives and the EU Biodiversity Strategy's restoration target.
Managing water in a green economy means using water in a sustainable way in all sectors and ensuring that ecosystems have the quantity and quality of water needed to function. It also means fostering a more integrated and ecosystem based approach involving all relevant economic sectors and society. This integration throughout the river basin is enhanced by, for example, public participation and stakeholder involvement.
Urban rivers have become increasingly important in the planning of urban ecology, green infrastructure and green areas in European cities in recent years. River and lake restoration, in connection with other projects like rainwater harvesting and wetland spaces for city development and urban planning, are offering situations with mutual benefits; improving flood control and ecological functions, while offering recreational value and raising the quality of life in urban areas.
To avoid negative impacts from future navigation activities, close cooperation between the navigation sector and water and nature managers is required. The European Commission has issued guidelines on inland navigation and nature protection to assist the sector in applying EU environmental legislation.[10]
The main challenge in managing water resources efficiently is to meet the reasonable needs of the different water users, while leaving enough water with the appropriate hydrological regime in the environment to conserve freshwater ecosystems (Eflows). Where water resources are overexploited or the hydrological regime is altered e.g. by dam operations, Eflow requirements impose a change of the hydrological regime and/or a reduction (a cap) for water abstractions by sectors. Together with the European Commission, the EEA is developing water accounts at the river basin level to inform the aspect of over abstraction and the need for the increase in water use efficiency.
In the coming years, climate change will increase water temperature and the likelihood of flooding, droughts and water scarcity. There are many indications that water bodies already under stress from pressures are highly susceptible to climate change impacts, and that climate change may hinder attempts to restore some water bodies to good status. Here the establishment of good ecological and healthy ecosystem conditions are extremely important. Good ecological status will also increase the resilience of the ecosystem, i.e. its capability to absorb additional adverse pressures.]]>
More than three quarters of European citizens live in urban areas and rely on clean water in cities. Approximately one fifth of the total freshwater abstracted in Europe supplies public water systems – water that is directed to households, small businesses, hotels, offices, hospitals, schools and some industries.
Ensuring a steady supply of clean water to the public is not a simple task. The water system needs to consider many factors including population and household size, changes in the physical characteristics of land surfaces, consumer behaviour, economic sector demands (such as tourist activities), the water's chemical composition and the logistics of water storage and transport. It also has to factor in the challenges from climate change that can include unexpected flooding, heat waves and periods of water scarcity.
To prevent urban water crises, we need to manage water resources effectively at every stage: from the supply of clean water to its different uses by the consumers. This could involve reducing consumption as well as finding new ways of collecting and using water. Water management should also be better integrated within wider urban management while taking into account characteristics of the local environment.
Advances in technology and new pricing systems alone have already been proven to significantly reduce the amount of water used by households, which is typically 60-80 % of the public water supply across Europe. Technological improvements to domestic appliances such as washing machines and dishwashers, for example, have helped reduce water use without requiring a change in behaviour or an awareness of water issues.
More significant improvements are also possible with changes to the use of water for personal hygiene, which currently accounts for 60% of water use in households. Cistern replacement devices in toilets, for example, provide a cheap and simple way to reduce the water used by one litre per flush. Minor adjustments to shower systems, such as by aerating the water flow, can also result in water savings.
As set out in the EU Water Framework Directive, linking the price of water to the volume of water consumed can provide an incentive for a more sustainable use of water. In England and Wales, people living in metered properties use on average 13 % less water than those in unmetered homes.
Only 20 % of water used by the sectors receiving a public water supply is actually consumed. The other 80 % is returned to the environment, primarily as treated wastewater. Concreted and sealed surfaces in cities typically direct the rainfall to the sewer networks where it is merged with wastewater. This prevents the rainfall from infiltrating the soil and forming part of our groundwater storage that can benefit us at a later date. Rain runoff and wastewater often pass through water treatment plants before being returned to rivers, usually far away from the cities. With some changes to urban water systems, both rain water and less polluted wastewater could be returned to the city's water users.
One of these changes is the reuse of greywater. Greywater refers to all household wastewater that is not from toilets, such as wastewater from baths, showers, washbasins and the kitchen. This water can be treated directly on site or left untreated for use with less than drinking water quality for e.g. flushing toilets.
Cities could also harvest rainwater by collecting rainwater flowing from a roof or driveway in a receiving container and this water could be used for non-potable activities such as toilet flushing, washing cars or gardening. It could also be led directly to a ground water recharge. Such systems can be installed in households or businesses and will not require changes in consumption habits from the water users. There are, however, more steps that can be taken to improve the supply of water before it reaches domestic premises.
Keeping the water in the city by allowing the water to infiltrate the soil and accumulate in water bodies provides many benefits, including offering recreational space to local residents and creating a cooling effect during heat waves.
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The loss of water through leakages can be considerable; in Croatia nearly 40 % of the total water supply is lost in the water transportation network. Leakages can be prevented through maintenance and water network renewal, and also through the use of new technologies. Such technologies may involve sensors that recognise and locate the noise from a leak or devices that use radio signals to detect the presence of flowing water. With the application of these technologies, public water systems no longer need to face the extra burden of water loss through leakages when fulfilling water demands with limited supplies. Renewing the water networks, however, could require significant infrastructure investments.
Achieving a more sustainable use of urban public water supplies requires not only the implementation of measures such as those outlined above, but also raising public awareness on water conservation issues.
Various means are available to inform domestic, business and tourist water consumers, including websites, school education programmes, local authority leaflets and mass media. The eco-labelling of appliances and eco-certification of hotels, for example, can also play an important role in raising awareness by helping consumers make informed choices about water efficiency and conservation.
A truly sustainable use of our fresh water resources cannot be achieved without additional improvements to the sustainability of urban water use.]]>
However, water basin management should be more closely integrated with spatial planning, the report argues. This would bring a strategic focus to planning, highlighting decisions which affect water resources.
The current situation means that costs can fall on those who do not benefit – for example, water pollution from agriculture in one territory that flows downstream to others. Also, benefits may go to those outside the territory who have not paid for them. An example of this is forests in one territory that regulate floodwaters in a different territory downstream.
Water bodies are under pressure in many parts of Europe from multiple demands, including tourism, industry, agriculture, power, transport and public supply. A recent EEA report argued that the natural world also needs water to carry out the 'ecosystem services' which underpin the European economy, such as water purification, soil retention, and food production. By integrating basin-level water management and spatial planning, these direct and indirect human demands can be better weighed up.
And it's not just human interests which should be considered. Approximately 250 species of macrophytes and 250 species of fish live in European inland surface waters and a significant number of birds, fish and mammals depend on wetlands for breeding or feeding. These all need sufficient water to survive. In addition, many species also require water bodies to be in a 'natural' state – for example many species of fish need uninterrupted migratory routes.]]>

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In much of the boreal forest, logging is not the main threat — it's mining, oil and gas development, and hydropower."in the world. These areas were contracted to be logged and the companies involved are proposing to voluntarily relinquish their rights to log some of those areas, equivalent to about 70 million acres — an area almost as large as Montana. We have never, in our experience, seen the forest industry willing to make these kinds of adjustments to their logging plans, particularly for conservation purposes. So it's very exciting and if the agreement ultimately becomes permanent, as we hope, it will completely change the face of logging in the boreal forest.
In only a few places, where the majority of the old growth resides, could you implement a plan like this."million acres — roughly another 10 percent of the forest — off limits to development pending a public planning process. Quebec has parallel legislation that it's considering now. We expect action this fall or winter. The Manitoba government has a smaller scale effort, just 10 million acres. On the east side of Lake Winnipeg they're looking to create a world heritage site, a new boreal park, and they're also contemplating an Ontario-like action in their far north where they have about a hundred million acres of unprotected boreal forest. You know, a hundred million acres is about the size of California. It's incredible, but we're talking here about a frontier, an intact primary forest that rivals the Amazon in size. So these are the kinds of numbers that are required in order to get it under a conservation plan.
We don't get to live in a perfect world. We have to live in the real world and work with parties with different views."to demonstrate how seriously they are taking this. They've delivered on their commitment to suspend logging in areas that they promised to suspend logging. The majority of the Forest Products Association's budget has now been committed to implementing this agreement, whereas before it was committed to promoting how green their products were in the marketplace. Now they're actually committing to proving it on the ground. The CEOs of the company are doing everything in their power to line up the governments to help us and to go along with this agreement. Utimately, it's critical to have the governments and the First Nations approve whatever recommendations we collectively make.
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PayPal demonstrated NFC payments this week. Are we supposed to be impressed?
I'll be straight with you—I'm an NFC skeptic when it comes to its grand arrival. Near Field Communications, that handy wireless technology that beams data from smartphone to point-of-sale hardware when the two are within a few inches of each other, is one of the most hyped technologies today. And this week, PayPal added to the hype.
It presented a demo of a new person-to-person—not person-to-business, mind you—NFC system that enables individuals to beam funds from one PayPal account to another PayPal account when two people come together, touch their PayPal apps a couple times, then bump their phones together. I'd call that interesting, but not earth-shattering. Especially since the system, to be released in the months to come, only works on Samsung Nexus S smartphones (which have NFC chips embedded in them).
The promise of NFC is in retail. When people can wave their smartphones by a point-of-sale terminal and pay for merchandise.
I see studies and opinions flying in and out of my e-mail box every week saying NFC is right around the corner. Oh please. What are these folks thinking? Only a handful of the scores of smartphones on the market today have NFC chips inside. And it sounds like Apple Inc. is backing away from NFC for its soon-to-be-launched iPhone 5. And then there are the merchants. They have to buy and implement point-of-sale terminals that can recognize NFC transmissions. That's a giant investment for retail chains. Admittedly one they'll have to make eventually. But the key word there is eventually.
What PayPal did this week was cool. And it indeed is a sneak peek at the future of payments. But beware the hype you're seeing floating around the Internet. Yes, having PayPal behind NFC payments is key. It's a big player that can make things move. But those two big obstacles—NFC-equipped smartphones and NFC-equipped POS hardware—loom large.
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*Rapper Webbie has been arrested for battery and robbery after allegedly kicking a woman down a flight of stairs and nabbing $340 from her purse, reports TMZ. However, the artist tells the website that the allegations are all false.
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According to a police report filed in Baton Rouge, LA, Webbie is accused of attacking a woman inside a Chase Suite Hotel this morning after being banned from the premises, then kicking her down two sets of stairs before swiping her purse and stealing $340 in cash.
According to the report, Webbie was arrested on the scene at approximately 2:30 a.m. A rep for the performer tells TMZ he met his accuser at a party Wednesday night — but he never attacked her, or stole her money.
The rep admits Webbie took money from the woman's purse — but insists the money is his, and the woman in question had stolen it from him.
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Reverse sneezing in dogs is characterized by rapidly pulling air into the nose, as opposed to sneezing, which is the rapid exhalation of air through the nose. During a reverse sneeze, a dog usually makes several loud, long, gurgly or labored-sounding inspirations and will usually extend the head and neck. It can be alarming to witness a reverse sneezing episode, as it may almost seem like seizures in dogs. However, reverse sneezing is not a harmful condition and there are no ill effects that result from it, according to VCA Animal Hospitals.
Although the cause of reverse sneezing is unknown, the problem is often exacerbated by smoke, perfumes, potpourri or other environmental odors. Most cases of reverse sneezing require no treatment at all. PetPlace.com reports that if your dog is having episodes daily or several times a day or has other clinical signs like nasal discharge, a bloody nose or difficulty breathing, you should bring it to the vet to ensure there is not a more serious issue to blame for the sneezing.


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AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Texas millionaire Stanley Marsh III, along with relatives and an associate, has settled 10 lawsuits filed by 10 unnamed teenagers who claim he paid them for sex acts.
In a prepared statement, plaintiffs' attorney Anthony Buzbee and Marsh's attorney Kelly Utsinger said the teenagers and Marsh have resolved their differences and that no side will have further comments.
Saturday's statement was obtained by the Amarillo Globe-News.
Marsh 3, his son Stanley Marsh IV, his wife and guardian Gwendolyn Marsh and his associate David Weir settled the lawsuits.
The 75-year-old Marsh also faces 11 criminal charges filed by a special prosecutor. The charges accuse the Amarillo millionaire and artist of molesting a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy in 2010. Marsh surrendered to authorities in November and is free on $300,000 bond. Marsh's lawyers have denied the allegations.
Special prosecutor Matt Powell did not immediately reply to a request for comment on whether the settlement affects the criminal case. At the time of filing the charges, Powell said the millionaire faces six counts of child sexual assault and five counts of sexual performance by a child.
Marsh is known for planting 10 painted Cadillacs nose-down along Interstate 40 as an art exhibit. He suffered a massive stroke in 2011.
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The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls #1)
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- After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
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- Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. "It seems that things are stirring across the water," the Bard had warned. "Ships are being built, swords are being forged. " "Is that bad?" Jack had asked, for his Saxon village had never before seen berserkers. "Of course. People don't make ships and swords unless they intend to use them. " The year is A. D. 793. In the next months, Jack and his little sister, Lucy, are enslaved by Olaf One-Brow and his fierce young shipmate, Thorgil. With a crow named Bold Heart for mysterious company, they are swept up into an adventure-quest that follows in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings. Other threats include a willful mother Dragon, a giant spider, and a troll-boar with a surprising personality -- to say nothing of Ivar the Boneless and his wife, Queen Frith, a shape-shifting half-troll, and several eight foot tall, orange-haired, full-time trolls. But in stories by award-winner Nancy Farmer, appearances do deceive. She has never told a richer, funnier tale, nor offered more timeless encouragement to young seekers than "Just say no to pillaging. "
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Siemens has won a contract to build and operate the US federal government's largest wind farm for America's nuclear watchdog.
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded Siemens the deal for its Pantex wind project, an 11.5MW plant near the agency's facility in northern Texas.
The wind farm will use five 2.3MW wind turbines and will generate more than 60% of the annual power needs of NNSA's Pantex Plant.
NNSA expects the wind farm to save it an average of $2.9m a year over the 20 years it will operate under the deal with Siemens, which will provide an annual energy production guarantee.
The contract was awarded to Siemens Government Technologies, the unit of the German industrial giant that provides technology and services to the federal government.
NNSA monitors America's weapons stockpile and helps deal with nuclear emergencies, among other functions.
As well as supplying NNSA with renewable energy, the wind farm will be available for research collaborations with Texas Tech University, says the agency.
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Emily O'Dell co-teaching a yoga class to refugees in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Photo courtesy of Emily O'Dell.
Our little yoginis looked bored. They didn't care about karma yoga—the path of service and self-transcending action. I wanted to talk about Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa, visionaries who could see the divine in all of creation and encouraged the world to cultivate tolerance for all humanity. But the girls just wanted me to stop talking and stand on my head.
I hadn't done a headstand since I'd risen from my wheelchair. I wasn't sure what was more difficult — the fight to get insurance to pay for the chair on time or the jihad to walk again on my own two feet. My personal struggles, however, could not compare to those of the yoginis lying on the mats beside me—the refugees whose families had fled their homes in Palestine and Syria during war to escape to the country next door.
As we pulled into the lot of the refugee camp in the southern suburbs of Beirut that morning, the mist on the graffiti mural of Arafat was making him cry. "Look. They even have VIP parking," my friend Samar said, pointing at a tent pitched over several busted up cars.
Loaded like donkeys with our new yoga mats — still in the plastic wrap — we hiked up the hill. "Every time I see the wires, for some reason, it still really gets me," she said, as a hazardous web of wires swung over our heads. A group of ten girls — most in hijabs — rushed over to grab the yoga mats spilling from our arms. Decked out in their colorful headscarves, purses, and jeans, they were dressed more for a Saturday outing on the town. How do you dress for yoga, I thought, if you don't know what it is?
"Show them your headstand," Samar said, aware that my freakish levels of flexibility had made reaching the highest levels of ashtanga a breeze. But with no natural resistance to stretching, I'd been deprived of the physical challenges that breed transcendence — until my hips slipped from their sockets one day in Turkmenistan.
"Do a headstand," the girls said, egging me on. I hadn't been expecting to do any yoga poses on command. I'd only agreed to tag along as a spotter. Having not done yoga for a year, I accepted that I might fall over and look like a fool.
Planting my head gently on the mat, I activated uddiyana-bandha and, ever so slowly, began to lift my legs to the sky. "Look, look — I'm doing it," I wanted to say, like a child. As I showed the refugees their first yogic head stand, I realized it was, in a way, my first one too.
When I descended from my headstand, the girls were no longer watching. Maryam was the first to grab her mat and position it against the wall. Placing her hijab on the mat, she soon found herself looking upside down at an upside-down world. As the other girls followed her lead, I was reminded of a sermon from many years ago when I attended a historic Black Baptist church in Providence, Rhode Island while a student at Brown.
The sermon was on the Gospel of John 5:8, the story of a disabled man who came to Jesus to be healed. And Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." Even after all these years, the reverend's spirited oratory punch hadn't left me. "Pick up your package, and walk! Ain't nobody else gonna do it for you, so pick up your package, pick it up and walk," he said.
Before long, all the girls except for Hiba had their toes pointed to the heavens and were seeing the world in a whole new light. Hiba's head was on the mat, but she was stuck. "Watch your neck," I said, "it's got too much tension. Relax it, like this." As Hiba loosened her neck and began to take flight, I noticed that Maryam was still hanging upside down like a bat, but her face had disappeared. Lifting the white veil shrouding her like a mummy, I uncovered the ecstatic smile of a yogi.
Though every yoga class ends in shavasana, it's unsettling to lie in corpse pose in a refugee camp, with a war next door. Yogis says the corpse pose is the hardest of them all because the body must be fully at rest. As an Egyptologist, the corpse pose has always been my favorite, but not here. Not when there are daily body counts being tallied, not when we all feel like sitting ducks.
For me, yoga used to be about mastering advanced poses and showing off my muscular arms. Today, it's about a little girl named Maryam, suspended upside down in a headstand while a country teeters, like her, on the brink of war. It's about visiting refugee children with TB and chickenpox — children who jump over puddles laced with wires, smiling despite having seen their siblings slaughtered in war. It's the beautiful Syrian woman weeping in my arms, our bodies melting into one in the folds of her abaya. It's the little boy who, when I asked how old he was, replied "Elef!" A thousand. In a camp where a day must seem like an eternity, his answer didn't surprise me.
Can a yoga class really make a difference in the midst of a war zone? I don't know. But I do know that to have a body that moves, and a home of one's own, is a blessing of the highest order. "Yoga," by definition, means "to join together." And this is what we're doing — in mind, body, and spirit — for a moment of peace. And that, for me, is enough.
In a spiritual sense, we're all refugees longing for home. Like them, I too am far from home. But unlike me, they don't have the luxury of a house on the sea, with heat and electricity. And so it is from this abode that I pick up my pen and donate these words. I never really leave the refugee camp, or the refugees. How could I? They are my true yoga teachers, guiding me from deep within my heart, no matter where I live or how far I travel. In a way, really, we are all guiding one another home.
Emily Jane O'Dell holds the Whittlesey Chair at the American University Beirut. She also blogs about her travels on her website. This piece has been excerpted and adopted from her memoir Wandering Dervish.
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First it was Peter Gade, now two more players, including women's world No. 1 Wang Yihan have conceded walkovers at the Yonex Swiss Open.
Gade, the third seed in the men's singles, aggravated a foot injury in his first round victory over Eric Pang and was advised to take a short break on Wednesday.
The Dane, who will retire this year, is preparing for his final European Championships in three weeks' time as well as the Olympics in July.
His back luck meant Kazumasa Sakai of Japan went through to the third round, where he will play former world junior champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.
On Thursday, women's fourth seed Jiang Yanjiao joined world champion Wang Yihan (above), on the sidelines.
Wang Yihan, who was hoping to bounce back after suffering a surprise loss in the All England final to teammate Li Xuerui, struggled in the opening round against Indonesian qualifier Adrianti Firdasari, dropping the first game before winning 19-21, 21-15, 21-16.
Jiang Yanjiao (right), had an easy first round match against Swiss wildcard Jeanine Cicognini, winning 21-8, 21-14.
The withdrawal of the two Chinese stars meant that Japan's Minatsu Mitani and South Korea's Sung Ji Hyun have qualified for the quarter-finals.
Two other Chinese seeds, world No. 3 and second seed Wang Shixian and sixth seed Liu Xin are still in the running to win the tournament.
Wang Shixian defeated Singapore's Fu Mingtian 21-9, 21-13, and will now face Germany's Julian Schenk for a place in the semi-finals.
Liu Xin edged another Singaporean, Gu Juan 21-14 18-21 21-18, and will take on India's Saina Nehwal, who also needed three games before beating Dutch qualifiers Judith Meulendijks 19-21, 21-10, 21-6.
Saina, who lost her No. 4 spot in the world rankings to Li Xuerui, has not been performing well of late and needs a good run here to help her confidence ahead of the Olympics.
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Debates of Nov. 3rd, 1998
House of Commons Hansard #148 of the 36th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was farmers.
- Government Response To Petitions
- Committees Of The House
- Issue Of Ceremonial Statements Of Service Act
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- Supply
- The Canadian Justice System
- Canadian Finals Rodeo Week
- Municipal Elections
- Natural Disasters
- Transportation
- Government Expenditures
- Middle East
- First Job Fair
- Remembrance Day
- Jacques Parizeau
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- L'Islet Association Of Unemployed People
- Election Campaign In Quebec
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- Reform Party Of Canada
- Federal-Provincial Conferences
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- Presence In Gallery
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- Apec Inquiry
- Canada Mortgage And Housing Corporation
- Health Care
- Datura Stramonius
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Veterans Affairs
- Social Program Funding
- Canada Pension Plan
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- Year 2000
- Agriculture
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Government Expenditures
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
John Williams St. Albert, AB
Mr. Speaker, according to last week's supplementary estimates the government is planning to spend billions on some interesting projects including $4 million for millennium art projects; $22 million for new chanceries in Colombia, Haiti, Venezuela and South Korea; $3.2 million for senators; and $1 million for international environmental organizations. However the government has no money for hepatitis C victims and pepper sprayed APEC protesters. It cannot even give employers and employees a break from the burden of high EI premiums.
The government's list of priorities is shameful. It is literally throwing these estimates in the faces of those who justly deserve a break. Imagine hepatitis C victims reading that there is no money for them but the Liberals have millions of dollars for senators, and employers and employees finding that there is nothing for them but there are millions for arts projects.
It is time to reject these estimates. It is time for the President of the Treasury and the Minister of Finance to go back to the drawing board and start again.
Middle East
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Aileen Carroll Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, ON
Mr. Speaker, the conflict in the Middle East has had a long and torturous history. Therefore it is with great satisfaction that we learn of the ground breaking peace agreement at Wye, Maryland.
The Palestinian and Israeli leaders, with the instrumental support of the United States and the moral support of King Hussein of Jordan, worked courageously to achieve the breakthrough agreement. We trust it will lead to a resolution of the conflicts and provide a better life for future generations.
We are already hearing and seeing protests from opponents to the agreement, but we can only hope that they will not be successful in undermining this achievement.
The leaders of both the Palestinians and the Israelis have been working hard for many months to find a mutually agreeable solution while constantly being under the threat of failure.
As in Northern Ireland, the agreement is an important step toward building trust between longstanding rivals. Those who are outside this conflict now have an opportunity to provide support for a peaceful resolution.
First Job Fair
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Bernard Patry Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I rise today in this House to report on the first job fair, held in the West Island area of Montreal on October 30 and 31, 1998.
This job fair, with its 32 stands and 1,400 job offers, attracted more than 7,000 job seekers. I am also proud to say that 75% of the available positions were filled during the fair.
This shows the vitality of this part of the greater Montreal area and its significant and sustained economic growth. With more than 7,800 new jobs created in 1997, paying on average $32,000 a year, and the injection of $250 million in wages, there was an urgent need to bring together companies looking for workers and workers looking for jobs.
At this first job fair, our local youth employment centre rose to the challenge. I want to congratulate Gilles VanChesteing and his team at Trait d'Union for the excellent work they have done.
Remembrance Day
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Peter Goldring Edmonton East, AB
Mr. Speaker, whilst skies rained shells and proud men died, a soldier penned prose of bitter truths. His pen spoke out from the fields of war 83 years ago. He spoke for all that have faced their soul in the finality of the theatre of war.
Whether Korea, the gulf or two world wars, he could well be speaking of all brave men that have soldiered the world for Canadian beliefs.
World War I has long been gone but John McCrae's In Flanders Fields lives on. His words are carved in the walls of the House and are enduring as the threat of future wars.
For our honourable war veterans and remebered war dead we pause to give our respect. "If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep". Lest we forget.
Jacques Parizeau
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Raymonde Folco Laval West, QC
Mr. Speaker, former Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau is now toeing the line and supporting Lucien Bouchard's strategy, after condemning it not too long ago.
This is a remarkable about-face since, as we know, Mr. Parizeau has always been anxious to achieve Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada. But, being a real trooper, Mr. Parizeau now supports the view that winning conditions must prevail before a referendum can be held.
A referendum on Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada remains the number-one priority for the PQ, and they will go to any lengths to achieve their goal.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bill Blaikie Winnipeg—Transcona, MB
Mr. Speaker, by rejecting the MAI, France and other OECD nations have clearly acknowledged that we must not enshrine the interests of powerful corporations above the rights of working people, governments and the environment. By rejecting the MAI these nations rejected the NAFTA approach to investment.
By signing the NAFTA the Liberals made Canada the guinea pig for this flawed model. The result is the Ethyl case and those that will follow where foreign corporations are able to extract compensation if their profits are limited by legislation, no matter how legitimate that legislation may be.
After looking closely at the MAI and the Ethyl case, other countries are now scratching their heads as to why Canada ever agreed to sacrifice its sovereignty in this way.
Instead of looking for other venues in which to push the MAI such as the WTO or FTAA, the government should be rethinking the MAI and NAFTA and putting an end to our role as guinea pig for such unacceptable provisions.
L'Islet Association Of Unemployed People
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Antoine Dubé Lévis, QC
Mr. Speaker, enough is enough.
On August 27, 1997, the Secretary of State for Agriculture asked the Minister of Human Resources Development to change the parent region of the L'Islet regional county municipality by integrating it into Quebec's eastern region, because of the difference in benefits for EI recipients.
At the time, the secretary of state said that the current unemployment rate in his riding was closer to the 17.9% rate for Quebec's eastern region than to the 8.1% global rate Statistics Canada assigned to the whole Chaudière—Appalaches region.
One year later, the L'Islet association of unemployed people is condemning the about-face of their member of Parliament and the human resources development minister's refusal to correct the injustice done to them.
The Bloc Quebecois feels that the unemployed in L'Islet deserve more respect and assures them of its support.
Election Campaign In Quebec
Statements By Members
November 3rd, 1998 / 2:05 p.m.
Denis Coderre Bourassa, QC
Mr. Speaker, the weekend saw the Bloc Quebecois adding to the stakes in Quebec's upcoming election.
The member for Rimouski—Mitis insisted that there would indeed be a referendum during the next term of office, if Lucien Bouchard were re-elected.
She even set a deadline, saying that Mr. Bouchard would probably hold the referendum in 2001. Quebeckers now know what is riding on their vote November 30.
If they want to avoid another referendum, Quebeckers must vote for a stronger Quebec led by the provincial Liberal party.
Trans-Canada Highway
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
David Price Compton—Stanstead, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Government of New Brunswick reneged on a contract with the Government of Canada and Quebec now finds itself paying the price, and a high one at that.
The Trans-Canada Highway through New Brunswick is the main link between the Magdalen Islands and the rest of Quebec. New Brunswick has announced that a toll booth would be set up on the section of the highway running between Moncton and Petitcodiac.
This section of the highway should be funded equally by the federal and the provincial governments. The provincial government has refused. Instead of paying its share, it will set up toll booths. If we end up with toll booths, it will be because the Government of Canada did not hold New Brunswick to the agreement.
On behalf of the people of Quebec, I call on the Minister of Transport to require New Brunswick to respect its obligations.
Reform Party Of Canada
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2:10 p.m.
John Finlay Oxford, ON
Mr. Speaker, imagine my surprise when I received a franked letter last week in my constituency office from the member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca.
My surprise stemmed from the fact the hon. member was using his postage privileges, paid for by the Canadian taxpayer, to inform me of the "evils" of the Liberal government. The information, clearly marked with the Reform Party logo, asked me to send my opinions to the hon. Leader of the Opposition.
I would like to take this opportunity to send my opinions directly to the Reform Party leader and his member: first, talk to me when Stornoway has been turned into a bingo hall; second, talk to me when Reform stops representing special interests like the gun lobby; and, third, cease sending misinformed propaganda to my door.
I am sure those on the opposition benches have heard my message loudly and clearly.
Federal-Provincial Conferences
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2:10 p.m.
Bernard Bigras Rosemont, QC
Mr. Speaker, contrary to the federal Liberals' claims, since 1994 the Parti Quebecois government has been an active and faithful participant in federal-provincial meetings, far more so than the 1990-94 Liberal government.
The Bourassa and Johnson governments, in fact, attended only 53% of these meetings, while the Parizeau and Bouchard governments have attended 83%.
The empty chair policy is but a myth; the government of Quebec staunchly defends the interests of Quebec and its traditional demands. The specialist in non-presence is Jean Charest, he who is incapable of committing to the Calgary Declaration.
Along with his federal Liberal ally, Jean Charest, who is passing himself off as the saviour of Quebec, has nothing but hot air to offer the people of Quebec. This coming November 30, all of Quebec will let him know that this is unacceptable.
Government Appointments
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2:10 p.m.
Gary Lunn Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, let us deal with some facts. The Liberal government's record of patronage and backroom deals just got a whole lot worse.
Former Liberal MP Ron Fewchuk was appointed president of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation in 1997. When he arrived he was not wanted. They would not even give him the keys to the front door. No doubt this appointment was an agreement for giving up his seat in the riding redistribution.
Fewchuk has now been fired after a disastrous year in his new position. As a parting gift from the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans he has thrown in another generous severance package. This is Fewchuk's second golden handshake in 18 months.
Who will pay for it? Will it be the Canadian taxpayer? Will it be the fishermen who finance the marketing board? Either way, it is unconscionable.
The Liberal ship of patronage appointments is adrift at sea. How much money will have to be wasted on Ron Fewchuk and others like him before the government gets the message.
Presence In Gallery
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2:10 p.m.
The Speaker
I wish to draw to the members' attention the presence in the gallery of Mr. Benalia Boulahouadjeb, Minister of Agriculture for the Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria.
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2:10 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear.
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2:10 p.m.
The Speaker
I would also like to draw the attention of hon. members to the presence in the gallery of the Hon. Cathy McGregor, Minister of the Environment of British Columbia.


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Tadd Dameron composed some of jazz's prettiest songs. Unlike most jazz composers of the 1940s, including Billy Strayhorn, Dameron's work was a rare combination of hip, edgy and vibrant. Where Strayhorn tended toward melancholy, pensive and deep, Dameron's songs were upbeat, playful and airy. They were sophisticated tunes you could hum.
Earlier this year, New York pianist Tardo Hammer took a shot at a Dameron tribute. The result is the CD Look Stop and Listen, which tastefully captures and interprets Dameron's compositions and musical spirit.
Born in 1917, Dameron wrote for Lucky Millinder, Andy Kirk and Vido Musso before meeting Charlie Parker in Kansas City in 1939. In the 1940s, Dameron became one of bebop's earliest and most sensitive arrangers and composers, turning out many of the strongest and intimate standards of the era, including Hot House, Our Delight, Casbah, Lady Bird, If You Could See Me Now and Good Bait.
As legend has it, Dameron took on the extra "d" in his first name after a 1947 encounter with a numerologist, who told him, "To be lucky, you need to add an extra letter to your name." So Tad became Tadd.
Dameron's most fruitful period was between 1947 and 1949. During these years, he made ground-breaking records with Fats Navarro, Wardell Gray, Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Howard McGhee, Milt Jackson and Benny Goodman for the Blue Note and Capitol labels. All of these tracks became classics, and they remain so today.
In the 1950s, Dameron helped usher in hard bop by mentoring trumpeter Clifford Brown. The pair recorded A Study in Dameronia in 1953, and in 1956 Dameron recorded a gorgeous album called Fontainebleau followed by Mating Call with John Coltrane.
But in 1958, Dameron, a drug user, was arrested, convicted and spent the next few years in prison. When released in 1961, Dameron continued to arrange and compose, recording The Magic Touch in 1962.
Dameron died of cancer in 1965, and today his spectacular contribution to both bop in the 1940s and hard bop in the 1950s remains somewhat underrated.
George Ziskind, a Chicago pianist who spent time with Dameron in the 1960s, categorized the composer's approach this way in an essay:
"Make little songs. This was Tadd's most basic advice to the improviser. When playing one's chorus on a tune, it is not sufficient to know the harmony, to be 100% comfortable with its figurations [or] to have [only] a passing familiarity with the composer's conception.
Tadd stressed that the above were merely starting points. They were the basic building blocks necessary to construct a creditable solo and only when you had those items fully covered could you be ready to deal with the heart of the matter, i.e., to make 'little songs' as you played—little self-contained melodic bits—that could be two beats long, or two bars long, or nine or ten bars long.
The length of these motifs was not the important thing; rather, he believed that there should be lots and lots of little melodies within your solo—little songs—and that this was one of the most important defining factors when analyzing the work of any great improviser, no matter what the instrument or the style."
Which brings me to Tardo Hammer's new CD. Hammer, 49, is an old soul and knows his way around a jazz keyboard—having played with Lou Donaldson, Bill Hardman, Junior Cook, Annie Ross, Art Farmer, Vernel Fournier and Clifford Jordan, among others.
Recording a Tadd Dameron tribute album is a brave undertaking. Most Dameron tributes miss the mark either by overplaying or underplaying his compositions. To get Tadd right, you need a bop ear and strong technique—but you also must know when to lay back and let in lots of space and beauty.
Dameron's melody lines can't be muscled; you have to let them surface, and it's a tough trick to pull off. Pianist Barry Harris managed to capture Dameron in a 1975 tribute album.
Hammer accomplishes this, too, bringing Dameron to life through a handsome execution on Look Stop and Listen (Sharp Nine). Hammer's playing is both confident and delicate—just the right mix for Dameron's sweet bop.
Hammer is joined by Joe Farnsworth on drums and John Webber on bass. Both are sublime, helped immensely by the CD's fine production (Marc Edelman). All three musicians can be heard crisply and distinctly at any given time on the recording, without dropout or overheated sound boarding.
Wax tracks: Look Stop and Listen, is available at iTunes and on the web here. The entire album is worth owning for its consistency and taste, but if you're downloading, grab Hot House, If You Could See Me Now and Flossie Lou.
If you want to hear Tadd Dameron's bop playing and composing genius in the late 40s, download tracks off Fats Navarro-Tadd Dameron: Complete Blue Note and Capitol Sessions. Or buy the CD here.
Wax clips: Unfortunately I could not find any clips of Hammer up on the web. But I did find a wonderful 1990 version of Dameron's If You Could See Me Now by guitarist Mundell Lowe. Go here to see and hear it. The clip features Bob Cooper on tenor, Monty Budwig on bass and Roy McCurdy on drums.


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Audit: Oregon Unemployed Overpaid By $41 million in 2011
An audit found the state of Oregon overpaid the unemployed $41 million in 2011 in jobless benefits. The state has sent letters to everyone who received too much money telling them to pay it back.
The deputy administrator of unemployment benefits, Dee Anna Hassanpour, told the Salem Statesman Journal the volume of claims from the recession swamped her office.
The audit released by the secretary of state's office Wednesday says people were mainly overpaid for two reasons. Some were paid twice after they applied of extended benefits, and some continued to file for benefits after they found a job.
Hassanpour says the audit has helped the office fix problems in the claims system.
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An herb garden filled with basil, peppermint and other tasty plants announced by signs that read "Touch me" is one of numerous year-round attractions at the 446-acre U.S. National Arboretum.
Another is the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, composed of outdoor patios and greenhouse-inspired "pavilions" and open from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily. Most people are familiar with bonsai, which look like tiny replicas of larger trees or shrubs and average about 18 inches in height. Penjing, on the other hand, does not produce leaves and resembles driftwood.
The mission of the federal facility, located only a few minutes from downtown Washington at 3501 New York Ave. NE, is to conduct research, provide education and conserve and display trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants to enhance the environment.
It is divided roughly into seven regions containing about 40 separate plant collections and gardens. The conifer collection lies along the northernmost border. Dogwoods are found at Dogwood Circle in the northeast corner.
With views of the Anacostia River, Hickey Hill Overlook on the eastern perimeter is surrounded by hollies, magnolias and the Chinese, Japanese and Korean collections. Underneath Hickey Hill is the Kingman Lake Overlook, next to the crabapple trees.
Beech Spring Pond and Gazebo is to the west. Fern Valley and the Native Plant Collections can be found along the southern border. Mount Hamilton Overlook, with its vista of the capitol, and the azalea gardens lie to the southwest.
As Linda Wilson, executive director of Friends of the National Arboretum, says, "Any time of the year is a good time" for a visit. In autumn, visitors go to see foliage. In winter, it's pine cones and holly, and in spring, tulips and daffodils.
But the spring and the summer support "more blooming plants, more floral displays," Wilson says. Summer highlights include day lilies, herbs, wildflowers and waterlilies on the Administration Building pond.
The arboretum's summer sights are within easy walking distance of each other. Stretched along the north and northwest borders, they also are close to one of the entrances, at 24th and R Streets NE. The arboretum is the only federally funded one in the United States. With acres of exotic and familiar flowers, plants and bushes and nine miles of paved roads, it also is one of the country's largest.
For example, Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park covers only 55 acres, and America's oldest arboretum, Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, spans a mere 265.
Though Congress passed legislation in 1927 to establish a national arboretum, the site was not opened to the public until 1959 after its first major planting of about 70,000 Glenn Dale azaleas. The arboretum is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, and its staff works closely with the National Capital Area Federation of Garden Clubs, Friends of the National Arboretum and the National Bonsai Foundation.
More colorful than its history are its flowers. Day lilies are dispersed over a sun-laden, five-acre plot east of the fence along Bladensburg Road.
The day lily collection includes more than 600 cultivars, a horticulturally or agriculturally derived variety of a plant. Gathering these flowers began in 1960 when the American Hemerocallis Society donated 150 day lily cultivars. "Hemerocallis," the botanical name for day lilies, is derived from Greek words meaning "beautiful day."
Volunteers do much of the gardening, says Mary Ann Jarvis, volunteer and events coordinator. The arboretum needs volunteers for at least one four-hour period weekly at the azalea gardens. Volunteers such as Hasty and Dery, who lead special programs, are needed for one three-hour session monthly. Those interested in volunteering should call Jarvis at 202-245-4565.
A 32-year worker at the arboretum, she says, "I feel very blessed that I have been allowed to come here and make people happy." She describes the arboretum as is "an oasis in our nation's capital" that "belongs to all of us."
Visitors seem to agree. In addition to the young folks giggling in the Herb Garden, grownups were biking along the 9.5 miles of paved roads, a twenty-something couple snuggled under a tree and senior citizens strolled among the day lilies. Other people come alone to enjoy a book in the peaceful shade of the Lee Azalea Garden. Many bring picnics. Beverages, but not food, are available in the gift shop. Some hikers make the half-hour trek to the Mount Hamilton Overlook.
"To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company," Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "nature is medicinal and restores their tone."
Volunteers and staff members at the arboretum likely would agree. "We are our nation's garden," Jarvis says. "We're a living museum."
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Zwei may be forced to give Drei the final showdown she craves when Mio's life is put on the line. With the clock ticking, both Ein and Inferno move to put an end to the Phantom's deadly game.
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