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Shot by Palm Beach Illustrated on location at the Clark residence, Palm Beach
On a cool Palm Beach morning, Kristy Hinze Clark arose earlier than usual to care for Dylan, her one-year-old daughter. While the nanny was off, Hinze Clark was happy feeding, changing and playing with the beloved little girl who has changed her busy life from an international supermodel to a doting supermom.
Kristy Hinze Clark on the lawn of the Il Palmetto cabana with her lovingly restored 1959 Mercedes 560SL.
"I am so happy being a mother," says Hinze Clark, 33, who married Jim Clark, co-founder of Netscape, nearly four years ago. "Jim and I are completely overjoyed. Every day, our baby grows more and more beautiful; she looks like Jim. My life is so great."
And, now, so different.
The gorgeous, humble and down-to-earth Hinze Clark was discovered at age 14 in her native Australia. She became one of the most famous models in the business after being the youngest Australian to land a one-year exclusive contract with Vogue. Later, as a Ford Model, Hinze Clark was a cover girl for Sports Illustrated, GQ and dozens of other publications as well as a runway model and the face of many international fashion advertising campaigns.
More recently, she has appeared on the tenth season of the CW Network's America's Next Top Model, was the host and head judge for Project Runway Australia and starred in several music videos for Latin crooner Marc Anthony. She remains the face of Australia's Sportscraft, a luxury clothing and accessories brand, a gig that regularly takes her home to Sydney.
But marrying Clark in 2009, and becoming a mother two years later, has given Hinze Clark the stability and flexibility to pursue other areas of interest.
She adopted three miniature schnauzers—Brando and Ava, both 3, and Elwood, nearly 2—and supports two dogs from Fur Angels Rescues in Miami: Suzi, nearly 2, a Chihuahua mix, and Runner, 3, a schnauzer mix. Inspired by her four-legged family members and love of fashion, Hinze Clark launched Legitimutt, a line of winter coats, puffer jackets, warm-weather polos, custom collars and raincoats for dogs.
"I could think of nothing more creative than working with three of my best friends as models," she quips. "The idea actually came to me while I was looking for something to do while pregnant with Dylan. I was studying online for a degree in environmental biology, but I had baby [on the] brain and found it hard to concentrate on college work. Designing dogwear seemed like the perfect solution."
Clark with her four-legged "babies," Brando, Ava and Elwood.
Because she couldn't find quality petwear that wasn't kitsch, Hinze Clark created fashionable, functional outerwear for Legitimutt, like raincoats that also keep dogs' undersides dry and pants that can act as an incontinence aid. The collection is available at Woof Gang Bakery in Palm Beach, online and at a recently opened retail store and showroom in Miami's Design District.
Through the company, Hinze Clark has been able to further support animal rights causes. She donates some Legitimutt proceeds to animal shelters around the world and has purchased spots on local TV news to raise awareness for Fur Angels. She also hosted a photo shoot for the shelter in her store, which led to the adoption of five little dogs.
"The love from my dogs has opened my heart as never before to the importance of the animal world," she says. "I have developed an almost irrational devotion to animals and their protection and humane treatment. Dogs everywhere are supremely important to me as beautiful, loving, loyal and cognitive beings. I am doing everything I can to make their lives better."
Being around dogs is nothing new to Hinze Clark. Born in the coastal city of Gold Coast, Queensland, she and her three siblings grew up on a dairy farm in the company of corgis, schnauzers, boxers and Rottweilers. Also a devoted horse lover, the Australian tomboy spent her days riding, running and participating in other sports activities.
"When I got to be a teen, friends of my parents suggested I be sent to a deportment school near our farm to learn how to act more feminine and ladylike," she laughs.
She did enroll in the school, a move that launched her career when the head of school asked a local modeling agency to attend Hinze Clark's graduation to see the beautiful girl with the sparkling smile and engaging personality.
Her career exploded from there. In 1994, Hinze Clark posed for her first photo shoot, an Australian Vogue cover that ran the following year. Soon after, she caught the attention of Neal Hamil, then the business partner of New York modeling powerhouse Eileen Ford. He flew to Australia to meet with Hinze Clark and was blown away by her charm and beauty.
|Yigal Azrouël dress, Saks Fifth Avenue, Palm Beach
"Kristy was, from the moment I first met her, so very special—not only as a rare, true and undeniable beauty, but this huge radiant light beamed from within her," says Hamil, who has represented her ever since and now runs Legitimutt. "I instantly saw her destiny and knew she was bound for greatness. After that first meeting, I tagged her 'the Thunder from Down Under.'"
At 16, Hinze Clark moved to New York and went on to work with every important fashion photographer, stylist, editor and designer in the industry. She traveled all over Europe and the Far East, always chaperoned by her grandmother, mother or older brother.
"It was exciting and daunting because I wasn't aware of the power of Vogue," says Hinze Clark, who had to quit high school and study by correspondence. "It was a great adventure, but I found it hard to stay thin. Starving myself is not natural for me, so I had to work out a lot."
Commuting around the world from New York became her way of life until September 11, 2001 destroyed her sense of place. She relocated to Paris for two years, then returned to New York as an Elite Model after Hamil changed companies.
In 2005, friends introduced her to Clark at the New York restaurant Cipriani Downtown. She was immediately smitten with the handsome computer genius and sailing enthusiast. "I liked his amazing sense of humor," she remembers. "He also had the most amazing voice. I was mesmerized."
They dated for four years, during which he brought her to Palm Beach to enjoy Il Palmetto, the oceanfront mansion he bought in 1999 and restored. She adored it, as well as the beauty and tranquility of the whole area. "I loved Palm Beach right away because the weather is like Queensland, so I felt very much at home," she says.
In addition to their homes in Palm Beach and Southampton, the Clarks spend time on their sailing yachts, the 295-foot Athena—the fourth-largest sailing vessel in the world—and the 136-foot Hanuman (both are on the market for a combined $113 million). Their wedding was a four-day affair onboard the Athena at Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island and Virgin Gorda. The bride wore an Oscar de la Renta gown with her hair pulled back for what she describes as a relaxed celebration. "Jim and I are both calm and enjoying each other—and being with our close friends and family."
Life in Palm Beach is much the same. She works on dog fashions from her office, continues to study for her college degree, rides and jumps horses, plays golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach and Old Palm Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, practices yoga and, most importantly, walks Dylan along Lake Trail.
At night, the couple favors the Palm Beach Grill, Buccan and Chez Jean-Pierre. Yet their ideal evening is spent dining at friends' homes or hosting a barbecue for close friends like Bill and Bridget Koch.
Hinze Clark with Runner and Suzi, the mixed breeds she supports at Fur Angels Rescues in Miami.
* Photograh by Fred Love Photography
"Kristy never ceases to amaze me," Bridget Koch says. "She is a great mother, daughter, wife and animal rights supporter. Whatever she does, she seems to excel at it with an incredible sense of ease. I consider her a very close friend."
For charity, the Clarks put their resources where their interests lie. In addition to animal rights groups, they support the Perlman Music Program, a training program for gifted classical musicians headquartered on Shelter Island near their Southampton residence. They are also active in various environmental organizations, including the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Their love for travel may eventually take them to the exotic marine life and coral reefs of the South Pacific for diving, a passion they share. And they haven't ruled out the possibility of giving Dylan a sibling.
"I really would like to have another child," Hinze Clark says. "We are homey. We love to entertain. And we are both happy to be with our baby and our pets. A brother or sister for Dylan and the brood would be wonderful."
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Design Director: Olga Gustine
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By Fritz Hahn
Friday, Jan 27, 2012
The Hamilton, the gigantic new restaurant/bar/nightclub from the owners of Clyde's and the Old Ebbitt Grill, may remind you of that classmate you always hated in high school - you know, the girl who could speak three languages, was captain of the track team, played violin in the all-state orchestra and still found time to star in the spring musical.
No matter where you begin with the Hamilton, it seems like there's always one more thing to brag about: the vast high-ceilinged dining room flanked by two perpetually humming marble-topped bars; the supper-club-style concert hall in the basement; the fresh fish flying out of the sushi bar; the cocktails made with small-batch spirits; the prime location at 14th and F streets NW.
The music hall is more Birchmere than Fillmore, with long communal-style tables radiating out from the stage, and two elevated areas with bars that offer great views. (All seats are first come, first served, so arrive early if you want to sit down front.) The seats are comfortable, and the sound system is punchy.
Local blues, swing and R&B performers feature heavily on the schedule. Tonight's bill features the Tommyhawks, and boogie-woogie queen Deanna Bogart drops in Feb. 3. The lineup of national acts is all over the map: Upcoming dates feature the New Orleans grooves of Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk (Feb. 11), '60s singer Chubby Checker (Feb. 14) and '80s hit-maker Eddie Money (Feb. 19).
Tickets are generally $15 for local musicians, and many of the bigger shows have a two-tiered pricing structure; you'll generally pay $10 more for a seat at a table than for "standing room" at one of the two bars. (Starting February 12: A weekly Sunday gospel brunch where the $25 cover includes live music and a breakfast buffet.)
Upstairs, the main bar is immediately identifiable as a Clyde's bar - the signature mix of clubby wood-paneled steakhouse, '70s fern bar and Grand Central Station waiting room. It has a classy feel, from the tiled floors to the enormous mirrors to the plate-glass windows looking onto the downtown sidewalks. All those hard surfaces also mean there's an ungodly clatter at happy hour - be prepared to shout across the table on Friday evening, if you can even fight through the crowds to score seats.
The menu goes beyond the usual Clyde's burgers-and-raw-bar menu, though I have an affinity for the sliders, an impressively stacked tower of White Castle-size burgers surrounded by potato chips. But you should dive into the sushi menu - prepared by former Zentan sushi chef Jason Zheng - for the fire cracker roll (fried shrimp, spicy pieces of jumbo lump crab) or the impressive charcuterie selection.
For your glass, there are 20 draft beers, 20 wines by the glass and a cocktail menu where such small producers as Tito's Vodka, Willett bourbon and Silvertip gin get star billing on their own and in original concoctions. The spicy combination of Rowan's Creek bourbon, raw ginger juice and a hint of orange make Up Rowan's Creek a great after-dinner drink, while the Aaron Burr, with bitter amaro, sweet vermouth and Leopold's Gin makes for an enjoyable aperitif. (Yes, history buffs, I also questioned naming a cocktail after the vice president who killed restaurant namesake Alexander Hamilton in a duel.)
One thing the Hamilton is not: cheap. I dropped in one night and had a pint of beer, a grilled cheese sandwich (with no sides included) and an after-dinner drink from the "Specialty Artisanal Bourbon and Rye Cocktails" menu. Once tax and tip were added, the total was more than $35. Pint of Guinness after work? That'll be $8.80. Glasses of wine are mostly $9 to $11, cocktails are in the $12 to $14 range. Appetizers and bar snacks cost about $6, though a plate of fried chicken wings and a sweet mumbo sauce is only $7.

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If you are only half crazy, we've got a 13-week training program to get you ready for a half marathon. Our first destination is the Helvetia Half Marathon in June. After that, there are lots of half marathons around the area and beyond all summer. You may love half marathons so much you keep running or walking with us all summer! And who knows, maybe you'll catch the bug and want to try a full marathon…
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During our training season (late March – early October), we offer group runs/walks on Saturday mornings led by a team of over 50 Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, and Medical staff.
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Tough, but friendly and well organised.In full: Half full cups of water were not quite enough for a marathon, but only minor gripe.Enjoyed and love momento:o)Date of review: January 25, 2010
In short: Tough but excellent with friendly marshallingDate of review: January 17, 2010
In short: Don't go for venue, but DO go for great flat race.In full: Wind is an issue as exposed airfield, but on the right day defo PB potential.Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Fantastic, friendly motivating marshalls & great courseIn full: Start a little un organised this year, but think teething problems with course change and never been a problem before..........Paperweight Momento instead of medal was really nice, a welcome supriseDate of review: June 22, 2008
In short: Really Friendly, excellent Marshalls I'll be back again........Date of review: December 12, 2007
In short: Fantastic will be back 2008 for sure :)Date of review: May 29, 2007
In short: Shame start was very busy with non runners, though this is only complaint for an excellent race, Thank You :)Date of review: February 18, 2007
In short: Marshalls very supportive, great race :)Date of review: December 10, 2006
In short: Tough, but 20 miles is! Good Training run for London MarathonDate of review: March 14, 2006
In short: 'Challenging Hill' to be got up twice! Really great atmosphere :)Date of review: March 8, 2006
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Incredible Roasted Shoulder of Lamb with Smashed Vegetables and Greens
Recipe courtesy of Jamie Oliver
- Jamie at Home
In this recipe I'm going to show you how utterly incredible a slow-roasted shoulder of lamb can be. In exchange I'd like you to buy quality[ local lamb that's had the appropriate amount of hanging time. I'm going to let the meat speak for itself and not add much to it, just a simple sauce made from all the goodness in the pan. You can make this at any time of year served with any seasonal veg.]
- For the lamb:
- 1 (2.2-pound) shoulder of lamb
- Olive oil
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large bunch fresh rosemary
- 1 bulb garlic, unpeeled, broken into cloves
- For the smashed vegetables:
- 1 1/2 pounds peeled potatoes, cut into large chunks
- 3 large carrots, peeled and cut into small chunks
- 1/2 a large rutabaga, peeled and cut into small chunks
- 6 tablespoons butter
- For the sauce:
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 2 cups good-quality hot chicken or vegetable stock
- 2 heaped tablespoons capers, soaked, drained and chopped
- 1 large bunch fresh mint, leaves picked
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 pound lovely greens, such as white cabbage, savoy cabbage, Brussels sprouts tops
- or cavolo nero, leaves separated, stalks finely sliced
- For the lamb:
DirectionsFor the lamb:
Preheat your oven to full whack, (450 to 500 degrees F).
Slash the fat side of the lamb all over with a sharp knife. Lay half the sprigs of rosemary and half the garlic cloves on the bottom of a high-sided roasting pan, rub the lamb all over with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place it in the pan on top of the rosemary and garlic, and put the rest of the rosemary and garlic on top of the lamb. Tightly cover the tray with aluminum foil and place in the oven. Turn the oven down immediately to 325 degrees F and cook for 4 hours - it's done if you can pull the meat apart easily with 2 forks.
When the lamb is nearly cooked, put thepotatoes, carrots and rutabaga into a large pot of boiling salted water and boil hard for 20 minutes or so until you can slide a knife into the rutabaga easily. Drain and allow to steam dry, then smash them up in the pan with most of the butter. If you prefer a smooth texture, add some cooking water. Spoon into a bowl, cover with foil and keep warm over a pan of simmering water.
Remove the lamb from the oven and place it on a chopping board. Cover it with foil, then a kitchen towel, and leave it to rest. Put a large pan of salted water on to boil for the greens. Pour away most of the fat from the roasting pan, discarding any bits of rosemary. Put the pan on the stovetop over medium heat and mix in the flour. Add the stock, stirring and scraping all the sticky goodness off the bottom of the pan. You won't need gallons of gravy, just a couple of flavorsome spoonfuls for each serving. Add the capers, turn the heat down and simmer for a few minutes.
Finely chop the mint and add it to the sauce with the red wine vinegar at the last minute then pour into a pitcher. Add the greens and stalks to the pan of fast-boiling salted water and cook for 4 to 5 minutes to just soften them. Drain and toss with a knob of butter and a pinch of salt and pepper. Place everything in the middle of the table, and shred the lamb in front of your guests. Absolutely delish!
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Recipe Excerpted from JAMIE AT HOME by Jamie Oliver. Copyright (c) 2008. Published in the U.S. by Hyperion. All Rights Reserved. www.jamieoliver.com
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Dancing with the Stars' Season 16 premiere topped Monday, leading ABC to an easy win. The two-hour episode drew 16.8 million viewers and a 3.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. It's down four-tenths from last spring's opener, but up 24 percent over the fall's low-rated All-Stars premiere. The show delivered ABC's biggest audience and second-highest rating in the time period since April, according to the network.TV Scorecard: What's renewed? What's canceled?
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Pentax's Q10 might only weigh 7 ounces, but it's fully featured. Alice Truong reports.
Has the spring weather brought out the shutterbug in you? We take a look at new photography tools to improve your snapshots.
Teeny camera uses interchangeable lenses
Meet the latest pint-sized addition to the Pentax family. Measuring 4-by-2.3-by-1.3 inches, the Q10 is proclaimed by the company as the world's smallest and lightest interchangeable lens system. Plus, with the ability to custom color its body, it's pretty darn cute as well.
On paper, the Q10 has a lot going for it: 12.4 megapixels, JPEG and RAW stills, full HD video, compatibility with specialty lenses and more. A quick dial on the front of the camera stores custom settings, so Instagram-like images can be created in a snap without fiddling with the menu. Compatibility with Q-mount lenses means Pentax owners use their existing glass collections on this tiny 7-ounce body. In theory, this is great, but in practice, this results in less-than-optimal results given the 5.5x crop factor, which magnifies the distance between the camera and your subject. Furthermore, with mediocre low-light performance, its $600 price tag, which includes a 5-15 mm kit lens, seems unbalanced for this camera.
An intervalometer with easy-to-read screen
Photographers often utilize intervalometers, devices that remotely trigger a camera's shutter, to achieve some cool shots, from long exposures to timelapse videos. But as owners of old-fashioned triggers can tell you, it's difficult to shoot star trails when you have to find the proper settings on a small screen using even smaller buttons — especially in the dark.
Nero Trigger, which was freshly revamped in February, tackles this problem with a vibrant LCD display, making it easy to have full control of your camera. The intervalometer, which can mount onto your camera's hot shoe, includes six trigger modes with programmable sensitivity levels: lightning, sound, timelapse, laser, high-dynamic range and DIY, the last of which offers more flexibility for advanced users. Modularity is a nice touch (you can switch out the wire for compatibility with Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony cameras), but these features add up to a hefty sum of $200. In contrast, Triggertrap, another modular intervalometer that offers even more fine-tuning within its 17 trigger modes, retails for $30 to $35.
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Sleek card reader keeps wires tucked away
Chances are you don't give much thought to your card reader unless it's on the fritz. But Moshi has designed a sleek model that's hard to ignore.
Refreshed earlier this year, Cardette 3 ($48.95), is a card reader and USB 3.0 hub, capable of reading two USB devices and three cards simultaneously. The painted metal exterior sports an Apple-like aesthetic, but alas, it's made of plastic, not aluminum. Cardette is all about minimalism. Though it can read 10 compatible memory card formats, it's streamlined to three card slots. Its smartest feature is a sliding back panel that tucks away the USB cable when not in use, making it easy to pack and very portable.
Lightscoop slims down
If you've ever shot photos using your camera's built-in flash, you've probably noticed harsh shadows caused by direct lighting. With a reflective lining, Lightscoop bounces the flash toward the ceiling, casting natural, soft light on your subject. Sitting on the hot shoe in front of the pop-up flash, the original model provided an easy solution for indoor photos, but it had a bit too much bulk.
In January, the company released two new models: the Lightscoop Junior ($18.95) for smaller cameras and the Lightscoop Deluxe ($36.95), which folds down for portability. Made of three pieces, the Lightscoop Deluxe's design allows you to adjust the mirror's position so you can take photos from different orientations. Because of the moving parts, it takes a few extra steps to set up on the hot shoe, but well worth it for easier transport.
Photojojo presents Phoneography 101
If you're a newbie who wants to learn more about photography, Photojojo has a course for you. Phoneography 101, part of Photojojo University, will teach you in four weeks the basics of shooting on your smartphone. Longtime subscribers to the company's newsletter will find some of the material familiar — such as a clever hack using pantyhose as a lens filter — but it's now packaged as a weekly course delivered to your inbox.
Along with instruction, you get the typical Photojojo charm. There's a certification in awesome (Photojojo's words, not mine) waiting for you at the end, and your instructors include Professor Pancake, Professor PJ and a basket of kittens. The courses skew a little basic, and much of this information can be readily found online. At $10, I question the value proposition, but since the class just launched in February, Photojojo has been running an introductory special. You enroll for $5, but upon completion you get a $5 Photojojo gift card — not bad for fans of its online store.


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hi all. how do you brew your sencha?
water quantity
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steep time
m147 wrote:i've read some places that you up the steep time and temp for each subsequent infusion. however, both of you mention the second steep shorter than the first, then the third either the same as the first or higher. can you explain this?
debunix wrote:I also think of the first steep as longer because the leaves are hydrating first, then starting to release flavor into the liquid. In the second steep, the leaves have been hydrated, and while sitting wet, some of the goodies have already diffused out from the interior of the leaves to the water on their surfaces, and that just needs a flash rinse to recover those goodies in the second steep. After that, the remaining steeps need more time to get at the stuff that is held more tightly inside the leaf, which needs time to find its way out of the leaf to the liquid.
That's my just-so story at any rate, for why I do longer first steep, short second steep, and longer third steeps.
I start my senchas about 1g/oz of tap water at 160 degrees, 30", 10", 30", 45", 1-2 minutes, 2-3 minutes. If the tea seems to be losing a little sweetness, I up the temp to 170 or even 180 in the later infusions; if the first infusion is more astringent or grassier than I want, I might drop the temp, starting as low as 140 degrees. And some days, when I run out of time or stomach capacity too quickly, I fill the kyusu with cold water and put it in the fridge for a refreshing evening cup of cold-brewed sencha. And if dropping temps, I usually extend the time a fair bit too.
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Hardware news tagged Hewlett-Packard
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
PC Shipments to Fall by 6% in 2014 and Decline Through 2018 – Analysts.
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Tough Times Ahead for the PC Market
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Leading Notebook Makers Reduce 2014 Shipment Targets.
[1:59 pm]
Top 9 Notebook Vendors Cut Their Shipments Goals
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
ARM Reveals Initial Server Platform Standard.
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ARM Servers Begin to Get Standardized
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Qualcomm Acquires Mobile OS-Related Patents from Hewlett-Packard.
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Qualcomm Buys Bitfone, iPaq and Palm Patents from HP
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
HP Returns to Smartphone Market with Slate VoiceTab Family.
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Hewlett-Packard Reveals Phablets for Developing Countries
Thursday, January 2, 2014
LG's First WebOS-Based HDTV Pictured, Detailed.
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LG to Unleash Its First WebOS-Powered TVs at CES
Monday, December 9, 2013
HP Adds Motion-Sensing Technology to All-In-One PCs, Desktops, Keyboards.
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Frances Galle
Oct. 11, 1937-Feb. 20, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS – Services for Frances Elizabeth Dirckx Galle, 75, will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Basilica of St. Mary (St. Joseph's Chapel), 88 N. 17th St. Private burial is in Fort Snelling national Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials preferred to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska, MN 55318.
She died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, peacefully surrounded by family.
She was born Oct. 11, 1937, in Tracy.
Fran grew up in Marshall. Graduated from Central Catholic High School and received her RN degree from St. Gabriel's School of Nursing in Little Falls in 1958. She was a longtime nurse at The University of Minnesota. Bill and Fran retired to Las Vegas in 1998. Fran loved to travel, eat and go for long walks; and will be missed and remembered by family and friends.
Survivors include her loving husband, William "Bill" Galle; daughter, Roshawn Sook (and Gil); sons, Christopher (and Louise), Michael (and Elizabeth), Nicholas (and Elizabeth), and Matthew (and Kristina) Galle; grandchildren, Brianna, Lucas and Sasha Sook, Mazie, William, Acacia, Eleanor, Lauren, Benjamin and Jack Galle; and sister, Patricia Bergonzi (and John).
She was preceded in death by father, Louis; mother, Elizabeth; brother, Bruce Dirckx, and four infant sisters.
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On Monday, January 31, I co-hosted with the office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change (S/SECC) and the Bureau of Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs (OES) over fifty energy, environment and climate officers, as well as representatives of their professional organizations, for a post-Cancun conversation about climate change. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Jonathan Pershing served as the distinguished speaker. Representatives from state and city governments from California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin joined us in the dialogue. Organizations of elected state and local officials -- such as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), the National League of Cities (NLC), and Sister Cities International (SCI) -- engaged in the conversation. Policy specialists from the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC), and the U.S. Green Building Council (GBC) shared global and local perspectives. Eric Maltzer from OES shared information about the U.S.-China EcoPartnerships program.
Doug Scott, Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency asked how state and local governments can more effectively communicate regional issues and help the U.S. climate change team directly. Dr. Pershing recognized many regional initiatives for promoting regional renewable energy resources in the northeastern, western and mid-western states. Dr. Pershing lauded the leadership of Governor Christine Gregoire, Governor of the State of Washington and Chairman of the National Governors' Association, for supporting the Center for Best Practices' green programs. Notably, Dr. Pershing mentioned the Center's fifteen clean energy technology recommendations. Director Tom Peterson of CCS shared CCS' state-by-state analysis, which shows that approximately 15% reductions in emissions are feasible while achieving economic gains. Dr. Pershing surmised that promotion of the renewable energy economy can be a boost for the creation of new jobs in the near-term and the medium-term, echoing a theme of the recent State of the Union address by the President of the United States.
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For the first time, I will have to skip writing a new post this evening. Bob has been barfing since bed time and has a fever. After 40 minutes of reading page after page of information about the dreaded H1N1 on the CDC website, I'm confused and will be calling his doctor tomorrow morning. Maybe it's not the flu. Can you get a fever from eating too many Kit Kats and fun sized Snickers?
Here is a link to a smacksy post from way back in the olden days of early May if you'd like a little more in the smacksy department.
If you need me, I will be on the floor of Bob's room curled up on a pile of dog beds with Daisy, listening to the moaning little guy. We're on the waiting list for the flu vaccine. Cool.
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I hope everything goes well for Bob and you. Get well soon, little guy!ReplyDelete
You'll be in my thoughts.
Good luck and hope he gets well soon.ReplyDelete
I hope The Bob is feeling better this morning. I also hope you managed to get up from the floor at some point last night, although I'm not betting any of my own money on it.ReplyDelete
Your money is safe Tammi - It's 9am and I just got up from the floor.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the good thoughts nice ladies.
Oh - feel better soon!! Sending healthy vibes to you all.ReplyDelete
Here's to healthier days ahead! My 10yo just got over her bout with H1N1, and the little guy is battling a chest cold. Good times.ReplyDelete
Me thinks it's gonna be a looong winter.
oh, poor lil' man. it is so very rampant right now. there are like 5 reported cases at our school of 140 kids. so sorry, and i sure hope he gets better fast.ReplyDelete
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According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Hesse returned the $3.25 million after previously excluding the financial effect of carrying Apple's iPhone when determining employee bonuses.
This move upset shareholders, so Hesse decided to return the money to the company.
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A new ministry and mission that aims to help area residents rise above poverty to find wholeness has made its home in Jamestown.
The Open Table Model is a national faith based movement started in 2005 that became a nonprofit in 2007 and that is now utilized in 10 states and 45 cities.
According to Lori Lindsley, church coordinator and director of a Jamestown Open Table, churches in the area became aware of the program via Tapestry, a government organization. There are currently two tables in operation in the Jamestown area, and a third table is in the process of being filled.
"The pastors got together and thought that it would be a great way to serve poverty in the Jamestown area," said Lindsley. "It was a different and unique way of doing it different than what has been tried in the past. And, it seems to be successful in the places where it is already in place."
Faith based communities utilize the program to help transform those who are homeless, working poor, veterans, probation and prison re-entry, victims of human trafficking and young adults aging out of foster care.
"These are people who are already in a state of change, and the programs helps because they can't do it on their own until they can be self-sustaining," said Lindsley. "Volunteers commit to meet once a week, for an hour a week, for a year. During the meetings we work with brothers, sisters and families to develop a life plan. They let us know what their goals are for the year, and the table members work together with them to achieve those goals that they set."
The goals must be realistic ones that can be accomplished within a year's time. For Lawrence White and Belinda Walker, brother and sister of a Jamestown Open Table, that goal is to earn a GED.
"To help them accomplish that goal we have teachers on the table that are tutoring them," said Lindsley. "We're also helping them complete a budget so that they may become financially self-sustaining. They also just got jobs through a grant program because they were on assistance. And, we're helping them to get their driver's license. We don't do things for them, we teach them how to do it themselves and we help them along the way."
There is an extensive process of selection of brothers and sisters that starts with a referral. So far, referrals have come from Community Helping Hands and Tapestry. The selection process includes a criminal background check, litigation check, a drug screening and an FBI fingerprint check. However, the results don't usually deter selection, rather it gives the members of the table an idea of what they are dealing with.
"It's so that we can help them in the best way possible," said Lindsley. "A lot of people can be embarrassed and not want to tell what their background is. But, they sign releases and are an open book so we know everything there is to know about them. That way if there are any charges against them we try to work on those and help them get fines paid."
The Open Table Model is designed for the brothers and sisters to be joined by members of the group around an actual table. The brothers and sisters then have access to volunteer members who focus on the following categories: director or co-directors, finance, occupation and education, housing, healthcare, youth, children and family, transportation and insurance, accelerators, and journey coaches.
"The working poor do not have the connections that we have, and if we lost our jobs tomorrow we have a rolodex of contacts that they do not," said Lindsley. "So, we use our contacts from other churches, who we work together with, to help our brothers and sisters. A lot of times the brothers and sisters have been helped so much that they turn around and sit on a table to help somebody else. We are blessed by helping people. We get us much out of it as the brother and sister do."
Those who are interested in either becoming a brother or sister, or volunteering on an Open Table, can call Lindsley at 985-4179 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Volunteers who wish to serve on a table, and brothers and sisters, are not required to follow faith based practices. Lindsley said she would not turn anyone away who wishes to serve, all they need is a willing heart.
"The benefit to serving on a table is making a difference in someone's life by being the hands and feet of Jesus, ," said Lindsley. "We have brothers and sisters in line waiting for a table, but I don't have enough tables to go around. People complain about the need to get people off welfare, well this is a way to do it. There are people out there who don't want to be on welfare, but they don't have the resources to get a job that will support themselves. There are also people out there who don't want to change, and we can't help them because they have to want to change."
The churches currently represented by table members include: Busti Church of God, Christ First United Methodist, Levant Wesleyan Church, Park United Methodist Church, Jamestown Free Methodist Church, Kiantone Congregational Church, Bemus Point United Methodist Church and Zion Covenant Church.
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It is true that liberal depictions of dissolute and immoral behavior are rampant in modern cinema and justified as the desired end of hedonistic tendencies, but conservative critics too often come across as cultural scolds, vilifying films and filmmakers for not portraying reality as conservatives would like to see it. For many conservative critics, the only worthwhile contemporary movies made are adaptations of C.S. Lewis' Narnia series or those that feature Kirk Cameron in a starring role. The verisimilitude inherent in all compelling storytelling is neglected in favor of presenting idealized worlds in which a clearly defined good always overcomes easily identified evil.
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The Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that the cost of current unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) acquisition programs and related systems will exceed $37.5 billion in fiscal years 2012 through 2016.[1] These programs and systems can be found across DOD and the military services (Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps). The continued success of UAS on the battlefield has led to greatly increased demand from warfighters and the development of many new systems. Further, in announcing the departments new budget priorities, the Secretary of Defense highlighted various current and planned unmanned systems that are considered to be high-priority in terms of meeting the requirements of the new strategic guidance.
In 2009, GAOs work highlighted the need to consider commonality in UASusing the same or interchangeable subsystems and components in more than one subsystem to improve interoperability of systemsand indicated that DOD lacked an analytical approach to prioritize capability needs which would reduce the likelihood of redundancies in UAS capabilities. As GAO reported in June 2011, although the Joint Requirements Oversight Council is directed to ensure that trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives are considered as part of its requirements review process, it currently does not prioritize requirements, consider redundancies across proposed programs, or prioritize and analyze capability gaps in a consistent manner. Congress has enacted legislation requiring DOD to establish a policy and acquisition strategy for more common ground stations and payloads for manned and unmanned aircraft systems.[2]
The elements of DODs planned UAS portfolio include unmanned aircraft, payloads, and ground control stations. Unmanned aircraft are fixed or rotary winged aircraft capable of flight without an onboard crew. Payloads are subsystems and equipment carried on a UAS configured to accomplish specific missions, including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and attack. Ground control stations handle multiple mission aspects such as system command and control, mission planning, payload control, and communications.
[1]The $37.5 billion amount includes funding for the development, procurement, sustainment, military construction and personnel, and war funding to support UAS activities in then year dollars identified in the Presidents 2012 budget submission.
[2]Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, Pub. L. No. 110-417, §144 (2008).
Military service-driven requirementsrather than an effective departmentwide strategyhave led to overlap in DODs UAS capabilities, resulting in many programs and systems being pursued that have similar flight characteristics and mission requirements. DOD currently has 15 unmanned aircraft programs which it categorizes into five groups according to weight, altitude, and speed. Groups 4 and 5 contain the largest and most expensive aircraft, with weights exceeding 1,320 pounds. Group 5 aircraft fly higherabove 18,000 feetthan Group 4 aircraft. DOD has spent almost $19 billion through fiscal year 2011 to develop and procure three aircraft in Group 5 and five aircraft in Group 4, where GAO found potential overlap, and expects to spend an additional $32.4 billion to complete these programs.
Illustrative of the overlap, in Group 5, the Navy plans to spend more than $3 billion to develop its own variant of the Air Force Global Hawkthe Broad Area Maritime Surveillance UASrather than using the already fielded Global Hawk. According to the Navy, its unique requirements necessitate modifications to the Global Hawk airframe, payload interfaces, and ground control station. However, the Navy program office was not able to provide quantitative analysis to justify the variant. According to program officials, no analysis was conducted to determine the cost-effectiveness of developing a new aircraft to meet the Navys requirements versus buying more Global Hawks.
If the preference for service-unique solutions persists in the absence of a departmentwide strategy, so will the potential for overlap in the future. DOD plans to significantly expand the UAS portfolio through 2040, including five new systems in the planning stages that are expected to become formal programs in the near future.
In addition to unmanned aircraft, DOD expects to spend about $9 billion to buy 42 UAS payloads through fiscal year 2016. Each payload provides a sensor using one of three different technologies: electro-optical/infra-red, radar, and signals intelligence. For Group 4 and 5 aircraft, GAO identified overlap among numerous sensors being developed within each of the three technologies (see table below).
Overlapping Development of Sensors for UAS Payloads in Group 4 and 5 Aircraft
Sensor type
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Four Air Force programs
Four Army programs
One Navy program
Five multiservice programs
Three Air Force programs
Two Army programs
One Navy program
One multiservice program
Signals intelligence
Four Air Force programs
Two Navy programs
Two Army programs
Source: GAO analysis of DOD data.
While the fact that some multiservice payloads are being developed shows the potential for collaboration, the service-centric requirements process still creates the potential for overlap. For example, the Army and Air Force are developing two separate signals intelligence sensors (the TSP and ASIP 2-C, respectively) that have similar capabilities to track ground communication and activity. According to a DOD-sponsored study in March 2010, the department could have saved almost $1.2 billion had the Air Force acquired the same sensor as the Army. However, since such an approach was not considered earlier in the program, DOD concluded there was not a business case for combining the programs. Instead, the study noted, the ideal time for such a decision would have been when requirements were being determined. More recently, the Navy has begun development of its own signals intelligence payload (the MCS-21) for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance aircraft, even though the sensors capabilities are similar to those of the Air Force and Army payloads.
Through fiscal year 2016, DOD plans to spend about $3 billion to acquire 13 ground control stations and GAO identified overlap and potential duplication among 10 of these systems. Because aircraft, payloads and control stations are usually developed together, a unique ground control station therefore exists for almost every UAS that DOD has acquired. According to a cognizant DOD official, the associated software is about 90 percent duplicative because similar software is developed for each ground control station. Even though the functionality of the software is similar, a considerable amount of additional time and money is invested in capabilities that have already been paid for and can also make it difficult and costly to modify or upgrade.
DOD has acknowledged that an open architecture framework could provide opportunities for increased competition and collaboration to satisfy requirements through common software solutions, among other areas. DOD has created a UAS control segment working group, which is chartered to increase interoperability and enable software re-use and open systems. This could allow for greater efficiency, less redundancy, and lower costs, while potentially reducing levels of contractor proprietary data that cannot be shared across UAS programs. However, existing ground control stations already have their own architecture and migration to a new service-oriented architecture will not happen until at least 2015, almost 6 years after it began.[1]
DOD has acknowledged that it has bought many UAS systems inefficiently and has begun to take steps to improve outcomes as it expands these capabilities over the next several years. DOD continues to face challenges in its ability to improve efficiency and reduce the potential for overlap and duplication as it buys UAS capabilities:
[1]In 2009, the Office of the Secretary of Defense directed the military services to develop a common control station service-oriented architecture for implementation into the military services control stations to help acquire, integrate, and extend the capabilities of current control stations across the UAS portfolio. The Air Force has decided to implement a complementary architecture.
To reduce the likelihood of overlap and potential duplication in its UAS portfolio, GAO has made several prior recommendations to DOD which have not been fully implemented. While DOD generally agreed with the intent of those recommendations, the department has not always agreed with the proposed method of implementation. The overlap in current UAS programs, as well as the continued potential in future programs, shows that DOD must still do more to implement GAOs prior recommendations. GAO believes the potential for savings is significant and with DODs renewed commitment to UAS for meeting new strategic requirements, all the more imperative. Specifically, DOD should
The information contained in this analysis is based on findings from products listed in the related GAO products section and additional work GAO conducted. GAO comprehensively identified, to the extent possible, using a data collection instrument, DODs UAS portfolio to analyze how DOD and the military services acquired this portfolio. GAO assessed the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and military service UAS roadmaps, requirements, and concepts of operation. GAO conducted interviews with officials from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, military service laboratories and program offices, as well as UAS contractors. Using these data, GAO evaluated to what extent collaboration and coordination efforts by DOD and the military services resulted inor reduced the potential forduplication, fragmentation, and overlap.
See pages 337-338 of the PDF version of this report (appendix III) for a list of the programs GAO identified that may have similar or overlapping objectives, provide similar services or be fragmented across government missions. Overlap and fragmentation may not necessarily lead to actual duplication, and some degree of overlap and duplication may be justified.
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Hey All,
Just curious if anyone has tried or even liked any of the scented/flavored shu out there (is any sheng flavored? I've never seen any)?
Victoria sent me some rose scented shu tuo-chas the other day that aren't bad and I've tried one of the tangerine wrapped ones from Salsero that I liked a lot.
Any comments or recommendations to try anything else?


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RECAP: 2013 Slalom World Cup 3
(Lefevre in Canoe)
Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) placed 26th in the women's kayak semifinal with a time of 125.49, which was +16.89 seconds behind the round's first place finisher. Mann incurred two gate touch penalties during her run. She qualified for the semifinal with a 9th place ranking after Friday's heats.
WHAT: 2013 ICF Slalom World Cup No. 3
WHERE: La Seu D'Urgell, Spain
WHEN: July 5-7
WHO: U.S. Senior National Team
Click HERE for complete results.
Kayaker Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.) and canoeist Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.) are not competing this weekend, as they prepare for the 2013 Under-23 World Championships in two weeks.
The rest of Team USA will have a break before 2013 Slalom World Cup No. 4 on Aug. 16-18.
Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Md.) finished 5th in the men's kayak final Saturday at 2013 Slalom World Cup No. 3. He crossed the line in 97.92 seconds, including one gate touch penalty. He finished +3.88 behind the first place finisher Vavrinec Hradilek of Czech Republic, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist.
Lefevre, a two-time Olympic medalist for France, reached the kayak final after placing 10th in the semifinal with a penalty-free time of 98.06. He also finished 27th in the men's canoe semifinal with a time of 123.78.
Joe Jacobi, USA Canoe/Kayak: ""After three World Cups competing for the US, Fabien is reinforcing his trend-setting approach to the sport while raising standards within our program. Making all semi-finals in both kayak and C-1, qualifying for two finals and two top five finishes including one medal is an incredible accomplishment."
WHAT: 2013 ICF Slalom World Cup No. 3
WHERE: La Seu D'Urgell, Spain
WHEN: July 5-7
WHO: U.S. Senior National Team
Click HERE for live results and streaming video.
In the women's canoe semifinal, Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.) and Micki Reeves (Denver, Colo.) placed 15th and 17th, respectively. Hickey finished in 154.48, which was +23.61 seconds behind the round's first place finisher.
Lefevre, Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.) and Devin McEwan (Salisbury, Conn.) teamed up to take 8th in the men's canoe team event with a time of 133.74, including 12 seconds of penalties.
Casey Eichfeld, Men's Canoe: "Team runs are so much fun! I had a blast throwing down with Fabien and Devin! We were a little dirty, but we've never raced together so whatever. I am excited now for a month of training before I return back to Europe for World Cups 4 and 5 and World Championships!"
Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) competes in the Women's Kayak semifinal on Sunday.
New U.S. paddlers Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Md.) and Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) both advanced to the semifinal rounds on Day 1 of the 2013 Slalom World Cup No. 3. Lefevre, a two-time Olympic medalist for France, ranks 7th in kayak and 27th in canoe through heats. He will race in Saturday's semifinal for both events.
In men's kayak, Lefevre turned in a penalty-free 1st run time of 93.25, which +1.76 seconds behind the first place finisher through heats. Richard Powell (Parkesburg, Penn.) finished 43rd with a penalty-free 2nd run time of 99.07.
In men's canoe, Lefevre finished his first run in 104.24, including two penalty seconds. Two-time Olympian Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.) and Devin McEwan (Salisbury, Conn.) placed 34th and 40th after heats, respectively. Eichfeld's 1st run time of 107.04 included one gate touch penalty, which was enough to knock him the Top 30 and a spot in the semifinal.
Eichfeld and McEwan teamed up to place 26th in the double canoe with a 2nd run time time of 120.13, which was +17.37 seconds behind the first place finisher through heats.
The Slovakia-born Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) ranks 9th among women's kayaks heading into Sunday's semifinal. Her 2nd run time of 108.07 included two penalty seconds and was +5.25 seconds behind the first place finisher through heats. Ashley Nee (Bethesda, Md.) finished 34th with a 2nd run time of 115.14, including a gate touch penalty that kept her from advancing.
In women's canoe, Micki Reeves (Denver, Colo.) and Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.) rank 11th and 15th, respectively, and will compete in Saturday's semifinal. Reeves turned in a 2nd run time of 136.01, which was +15.49 seconds behind the first place finisher through heats. Hickey's 2nd run time of 144.84 included 4 gate touch penalties.
The 2013 Slalom World Cup series is a time for new beginnings for Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Md.). The U.S. National Team Member is competing in a new class and under a new flag.
Lefevre won a Bronze medal in kayak at the 2004 Olympic Games and then a Silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games – both for France. He missed out on qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games and has decided to turn over a new leaf, or leaves.
The two-time World Champion in kayak will try his hand at single canoe (C-1) as well. He has some experience at double canoe (C-2), having won two World Championship Silver medals, but he has never competed as a solo canoeist.
"When you're starting [a new class], you don't know what to expect," Lefevre said. "Every run is like a new adventure. You've just got to adapt. Even if you feel good for training, it doesn't mean you will be able to race as fast as for training. Learning new stuff, it's up to you if you are open minded and if you are able to put yourself in danger, and not trying to control all the time what you do on the water."
Lefevre's best results this season have been in kayak, where he's won a Bronze medal at World Cup No. 1. But he's been more than adequate in canoe, finishing 14th and 22nd at World Cups 1 and 2, respectively. He finished 2nd in the U.S. Team Trials behind two-time Olympian Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.).
"I think I will improve from race to race," Lefevre said. "It's been only 8 months since I started C1, so even if I have four years of C2 in my background, it's not that much. It's different, it's a new class. I've got to learn the balance of the boat is different, the lines are different, the transmission is different. I go step by step."
Based at the Potomac Whitewater Racing Center, Lefevre will continue to race in both disciplines. At age 31, he continues to learn and put it all on the line.
"Racing at the top level for the main events, it's not about control," Lefevre said. "It's about doing your best and just letting it go and having fun with the spectators and the speaker. And if you feel this atmosphere, then you are able to race at 100 percent potential."
Eichfeld will look to qualify for his first World Cup final of the season after placing 11th and 20th in the last two events in C-1. Same goes for Eichfeld and C-2 partner Devin McEwan (Salisbury, Conn.), who together placed as high as 13th on the circuit. Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.), 19, turned in a Top 20 finish in C-1 at World Cup No. 1.
In men's kayak, Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.) is knocking on the door of the Top 10 after finishing 14th and 20th and World Cups 1 and 2, respectively. Richard Powell (Parkesburg, Penn.), a 2008 Olympian in C-2, is trying to reach his first World Cup semifinal in K-1.
In women's kayak, Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) placed 14th in her one World Cup thus far this year. Ashley Nee (Bethesda, Md.) hopes to improve upon her season-best 36th place finish at World Cup No 1.
In women's canoe, Micki Reeves (Denver, Colo.) and Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.) finished 15th and 17th, respectively, at World Cup No. 2.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, USA Canoe/Kayak is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation. It governs the Olympic disciplines of Flatwater Sprint, Whitewater Slalom, the Paralympic discipline of Paracanoe and sanctions Freestyle, Marathon, Outrigger, Wildwater, Stand Up Paddle Board, Kayak Polo, Dragon Boat and Canoe Sailing in the United States. For more information about USA Canoe/Kayak, please visit us on the web at www.usack.org, on Twitter at @usacanoekayak and Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/USACanoeKayak.


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Fletcher: Our devalued American dollar
Toward the end of World War II, the world economic systems were nearly as battered as the countries in which the fighting took place.
National leaders recognized the need to establish a trading currency to facilitate the trade that was going to take place after the war to rebuild battered continents. In July 1944, world economic strategists assembled at Bretton Woods, N.H., to work out a system for a trading currency. This was called the Bretton Woods Agreement.
This agreement was struck to set up the International Monetary Fund to act as bankers to the countries in the agreement and deemed the U.S. dollar to be the trading currency for the whole world. The dollar was pegged to an ounce of gold, which at the time was statutorily set at $32 an ounce. The purpose of the IMF was to bridge any temporary imbalances of payments between the parties. This system worked pretty darned well and took us all the way to Aug. 15, 1971.
On that date, President Richard Nixon took the U.S. off the "gold standard" and the dollar was to float against all other currencies as it does today. Nixon's reasoning for the move was the U.S. didn't have enough gold reserves to pay for the Vietnam War and the country needed to reduce national obligations by devaluing the dollar.
You see, if you devalue your currency and all of your debt is delineated in dollars, you effectively pay the face amounts of your issued bonds with dollars of less worth. If you sold a 25-year bond, your currency to pay back the principal at the last payment is worth less due to inflation.
We have had some inflation since 1971 as is shown by the fact that $32 bought an ounce of gold in 1971 and that same ounce of yellow metal may be purchased for about $1,600 today. Measured this way, the dollar is worth about 2 percent of what it was in 1971.
The dollar is still the "reserve" currency for the world. Because of that, it lowers our costs of doing business by enabling U.S. employers to borrow more cheaply and to not have to pay for any currency transaction costs like you and I do when buying foreign currency when we travel abroad. I always feel like I've been ripped off after I see how much foreign cash I can buy at a trading window as opposed to the amounts quoted in financial sections of newspapers. The difference is in the transaction costs.
Suppose you are a big U.S. trading partner with a large amount of U.S. bonds like China. The Chinese last year proposed a new international trading currency made up of a "trading basket" of currencies designed to make the reserve currency more stable. The advantage is that if you are paying Chinese laborers in Yuan (the Chinese currency) which is stable and collecting future payments in dollars which are inflating, you are losing money. They went to an international meeting last year and the U.S. shot the idea down cold. I'm deducing from subsequent actions of the Chinese that they were displeased.
China started talking to the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) which are the fastest growing economies in the world – economies we as a nation would dearly love to do business with. Each of them is economically quite healthy.
Last week, according to Associated Press, the BRICS signed an agreement to trade with each other in their own currencies "thereby reducing dependence on the U.S. dollar and euro." Goodbye all the advantages we enjoyed being the reserve currency of the world.
If we are not the reserve currency, then we are economically in the same boat as the PIIGUS ( Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, United States, Spain ). We can no longer manipulate our dollar like we could prior to last week.
Keep the people diverted with issues like gay marriage and gun control as the country goes into economic freefall. To talk about budgets and the economy is just too scary.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Hartford, a leading provider of disability insurance in the United States, is pleased to announce a donation of $37,210, raised by its employees at its annual golf tournament to support U.S. Paralympics.
The Hartford is a Founding Partner of U.S. Paralympics.
"The Hartford team members are amazing," said Charlie Huebner, Chief of Paralympics, U.S. Olympic Committee. "As a company, The Hartford provides significant support for U.S. Paralympics, but what makes The Hartford an amazing partner is the philanthropic commitment of individual Hartford employees that allow our athletes to pursue their Paralympic dreams."
More than 240 Hartford employees participated in the fourth annual event. Since it began in 2005, The Hartford's golf event and auction has raised more than $108,000 for U.S. Paralympics.
"The founding partnership with U.S. Paralympics is so important to our company and our employees as it reinforces our Ability Philosophy," said John Carideo, Assistant Director of sponsorships for The Hartford. "This is just another opportunity for us to help our athletes realize their dreams and goals and another chance for us to introduce the Paralympics and the amazing accomplishments of these elite athletes with physical disabilities to a wider audience."
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Hi sir I was suffering last one week in neck pain and shoulder pain wen I take pain killer tablet then ok and next started pain again so pls tell me what I do now.
Hello Doctor, I have a pain in my feet for 3 days after running with wrong shoes. Please help cure this issue.
Since past one month or so I'm having an on and off pain in my right bicep. Sometimes it gets difficult to bend my arm backwards and sometimes it's normal. Please advise.
I'm 21 year old .My knee is paining since a month. The thing is I felt from Train platform but immediately I didn't take any healing measure. Now I could feel the pain little for a week .I'm applying ointment Winclofen (Complete Pain Remover. Please Suggest me what I've to do next. Thank you,
When a blow or a fall causes an injury, where the top of your arm bone pops out from your shoulder socket, it's called shoulder dislocation. It is a very painful condition and you need to get this relocated to its position immediately. The tissues and bone related to that particular joint get damaged.
If you ignore this situation or keep the shoulder like this, it will be more harmful and painful for you. There may appear a bump in front or at the back of your shoulder that hurts.
What can lead to a dislocated shoulder injury?
- Sharp or a very fast twist of your arm.
- Falling down on a hard surface.
- A sudden hurt or hit.
- It may also happen when you fall down and try to save yourself using your hand. The force of the hit indirectly gets into the shoulder and your shoulder joint may slip from its place.
In some of the outdoor games, there are high chances to get hurt in the shoulder. Hockey, football, rugby, rock climbing, volleyball etc. bring in high probabilities of injuring the shoulder, thereby resulting in a shoulder dislocation.
What is the treatment or therapy of a dislocated shoulder?
The dislocated shoulder should be very urgently treated. As this injury of the shoulder is very painful, you should go to a specialized orthopaedist as fast as possible to fix up the shoulder to its proper joint. As it is very painful and swollen, the faster the treatment, the better it is. When your doctor fixes your shoulder in its actual place or the bone of your arm comes back to the socket, most of your pain will go away and you get huge relief from pain. After the shoulder bone is relocated, you can use further conservative treatment to reduce the pain and swelling of that place. Dislocated shoulder may take 3 to 12 weeks to recover. But this is the approximate time and it depends on the seriousness of the injury.
After the treatment, when all the symptoms are gone, the doctor will suggest some exercises for better results and normal shoulder movement and to prevent future shoulder injury. Ones the shoulder is dislocated, the chances of dislocation in future is further increased as the tissue supporting the head of humerus into its socket is torn. Such patients may land up with recurrent dislocation of shoulder wherein shoulder dislocates easily on specific movement and patients are afraid to do over-head activities. The problem is best diagnosed by MRI Scan.
The best treatment for this is Arthroscopic (Key-Hole Surgery) Bankart's Repair. Following operation shoulder is kept at rest for 2 weeks then Physiotherapy is started. Day to day activities are started after 2 weeks and sports activity is started after 3 to 5 months.
Every day we use our hands the most to get everything done. From drinking water to typing on the keyboard (and today on mobile phones); from holding the newspaper still when reading it to taking down academic notes- we use our hands for everything. But our hands like all other parts of the body have the capacity to carry out their functions. At times, we unknowingly put a lot of strain on our hands and they start to pain. Hand pains are quite common in everyone and it is equally common to practice certain exercises to control them quickly.
If you experience frequent pains in the hands, these are some of the exercises you can resort to.
Fist: You do not always make a fist while punching people. Sometimes you make a fist to tighten your hand muscles and nerves and smoothen the blood flow in your hands. This helps in reducing the pain in your hands to a great extent. In fact, folding your hand to a fist can also help in preventing hand pain.
Finger Bends: Bend each finger tightly towards your palm for at least a minute and then release it. Do it separately for each of the five fingers on your hand. This would ease out the tension in each of the fingers and normalize blood flow. This helps in curing any finger pain that you might be experiencing. It is especially a great exercise to prevent pain from developing in your thumb and index finger.
Thumbs Up: Usually, we show the thumbs up sign to signal all is well and best wishes to people. But it is also an exercise if continued for some time. All you have to do is place your palm on a table and curl all your fingers except the thumb inwards. Stretch the thumb outwards and hold it in this position counting up to ten. Then curl your thumb towards the palm. This exercise too helps in stretching the muscles.
Wrist: An important part of the hand is the wrist. The wrist joints are a very crucial set of bones and they tend to get injured very fast. They are also delicate enough to be sprained if the hand is turned abruptly. To avoid such injuries, strengthen the wrist and reduce wrist pain, a lot of wrist exercises are also prescribed. The simplest one is to extend your hand and move the wrist in anti-clockwise and clockwise directions.
Thus, these are some of the ways in which you can ease the pain in your hand in no time and go about normally with your daily chores.
Hi I have cervical spondylosis but no pain, I am planning to go for strength training in gym I am looking for foods which can increase stamina and strength foods like good supplements please suggest?
I have to study everyday for 10 to 12 hours so I keep sitting for long time everyday and I get back pain problem so please suggest a very good diet and exercise which can keep my mind and body fit and active.
Hi Doctors, I (28y) had L5-S1 fusion on sep 2 2016, till now I have not recovered (the big mistake I did in my life is gone for fusion surgery). I'm able to walk on flat surface and do small stretches on bed, if I walk on bumpy road I'm getting sharp pains in lower back and right leg pain. Even if I cough or sneeze not able to bear sharp pains in lower back, for small jerks also becoming big concerns to me. I was having only back pain before surgery, after surgery my back is too worst and additionally leg pain's :(. I met my surgeon last week and undergone CT scan, my surgeon told everything is in good recovery. But my pains are still there. Still I'm not bending forward as per my surgeon. I haven't informed my relatives and friends about my surgery as I might get recovered soon, now it's almost 5 months, still not able to walk in a way before surgery, people are identifying easily my problem, these are highly frustrating me. Any suggestions over here from when I can start bending forward and how to get rid off sciatica pains, I have attached latest CT scan report. Thanks!
I'm 19 years old since 1 month i'm suffering from backbone pain, neck pain, butex pain severely what I should do. Since 2 years I didn't played anything only did reading and sleeping. I used to to sit more than 10 hours in a day. At right now if sit for more than 1 hour im getting too much pain in my butex please help me.
Muscle vicnece I cont able to standing at list 1 hr I showing orthopedic, and Neuro, doctors, but no response, same time low back pain, what can I do pls give me suggestion.
I am 20 year old and my left hand fracture when I was 12 year old. I started gym last 3 days and I feel little bit pain in joint part of elbow than the other hand. So I should take calcium tablet or any other medicines please suggest me.
Good afternoon sir/madam. My grand pa has severe knees and legs pain. So what ointment is best to use. What are the medicines that you suggest. Please give some natural tips also.
I have light pain in my head and back side of neck from last two weeks please advise me what can I do.
Hi Since one year back I played cricket. Again now 2 days back I played but I got pain in arms and legs. What to do for instance relief? Pls suggest. Very rarely I use to play cricket.
There is a problem in my shoulder. Problem is that when I throw ball or anything it give me a lot of pain for 2 minute. It is right shoulder. Please tell me what is problem and how can I get relief.
Hip replacement surgery is a method wherein a defective hip joint is removed and replaced with an artificial hip joint. This procedure is only opted for after all the other treatments have failed to yield the desired effects. Hip replacement surgery removes damaged or diseased parts of a hip joint and replaces them with new, man-made parts. The goals of this surgery are to:
Relieve pain
Help the hip joint work better
Improve walking and other movements.
Who Should Have Hip Replacement Surgery?
The most common reason for hip replacement is osteoarthritis in the hip joint. Your doctor might also suggest this surgery if you have:
Rheumatoid arthritis (a disease that causes joint pain, stiffness, and swelling)
Osteonecrosis (a disease that causes the bone in joints to die)
Injury of the hip joint
Bone tumors that break down the hip joint.
Your doctor will likely suggest other treatments first, including:
Walking aids, such as a cane
An exercise program
Physical therapy
These treatments may decrease hip pain and improve function. Sometimes the pain remains and makes daily activities hard to do. In this case, your doctor may order an x ray to look at the damage to the joint. If the x ray shows damage and your hip joint hurts, you may need a hip replacement.
The Procedure-
Hip replacement surgery is a procedure that can either be performed by traditional means or a minimally invasive procedure. The primary difference between the two procedures is the size of the incision. The procedure begins with the doctor administering local anesthesia, though in certain cases, general anesthesia is also administered.
An incision is then made along the hip and the muscles that are connected to the thigh bone are shifted, so that the hip joint is exposed.
An equipment is then used to remove the ball socket of the joint by cutting the thighbone.
The artificial joint is then fixed to the thighbone and it is allowed to adhere properly.
Once the joint is fixed, the ball of the thighbone is then put in the hip socket.
The fluids from the incision area are then allowed to drain.
The hip muscles are then put in place and the incision is closed.
Post -surgery-
After the surgery, the recovery stage begins. The period of hospital stay post-surgery usually lasts for 4-6 days. A drainage tube is attached to the bladder to get rid of waste products from the body. Physical therapy begins immediately after the surgery and you will be able to walk after a few days with walking aids. The physical therapy continues for a few months after the surgery.
After care-
It is advised to avoid activities that involve twisting your leg for at least half a year. You should also avoid crossing the leg along the mid portion of your body. Your physiotherapist will provide you with exercises that aid to help you recover. Avoid climbing stairs and sit on chairs that have strong back support.


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IBM this week announced its next generation supercomputing project, Blue Gene/Q that will provide an ultra-scale technical computing platform to solve challenging problems facing engineers and scientists at faster, more energy efficient, and more reliable rates than ever before. Blue Gene/Q is expected to predict the path of hurricanes, analyze the ocean floor to discover oil, simulate nuclear weapons performance and decode gene sequences.
IBM's PowerPC A2 Processors to Power Up to 100PFLOPS System
The third generation in the Blue Gene family of supercomputers, Blue Gene/Q operates at an order of magnitude faster than previous systems, deploying 16 multi-processing core technology and a scalable peak performance up to 100PFLOPS. The new IBM PowerPC A2 processing architecture plays a key role in delivering performance. Each processor includes 16 compute cores (up from four used with Blue Gene/P, the previous system) plus a core allocated to operating system administrative functions and a redundant spare core.
Designed with a small footprint and low power requirements, Blue Gene/Q was ranked as the number-one most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world by the Green500 (June 2011). It provides low latency, high performance runs that simplify tracing errors and tuning performance, all based on an open source and standards-based operating environment, according to IBM. Engineered with fewer moving parts and built in redundancy, Blue Gene/Q has proven to be a class-leader in reliability. Blue Gene/Q's combination of high reliability and energy efficiency makes it an economic supercomputing solution, with fewer failures translating to faster times for more sound solutions.
Blue Gene/Q incorporates architectural advances that contribute to the system's outstanding performance and help simplify programming. For example, hardware-based speculative execution capabilities facilitate efficient multi-threading for long code sections, even those with potential data dependencies. If conflicts are detected, the hardware can backtrack and redo the work without affecting application performance. Hardware-based transactional memory helps programmers avoid the potentially complex integration of locks and helps eliminate bottlenecks caused by deadlocking - when threads become stuck during the locking process. Hardware-based transactional memory helps to deliver efficient and effective multi-threading while reducing the need for complicated programming.
"Completing computationally intensive projects for a wide variety of scientific applications that were previously unsolvable is not just possible - it is now probable. IBM's historic role in developing the supercomputers that provide the power behind critical applications across every industry has uniquely positioned us to provide reliable supercomputing at the highest level," said Brian Connors, vice president of technical computing at IBM.
First 10PFLOPS and 20PFLOPS Systems on the Way
When Blue Gene/Q is fully deployed in 2012 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the system, named "Sequoia", is expected to achieve 20PFLOPS at peak performance, which is approximately two times higher compared to the currently deployed K computer. The capabilities this system represents will help ensure United States leadership in high performance computing (HPC) and the science it makes possible. Moreover, Blue Gene/Q is expected to become the world's most power-efficient computer, churning out 2GFLOPS per watt.
LLNL, a premier multidisciplinary national security laboratory for DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), applies some of the world's most powerful supercomputers to maintaining the nation's aging nuclear deterrent without testing, as well as such challenges as grid and network management, energy research and climate change. IBM will deploy 96 racks beginning as early as December of this year.
"It is this emphasis on reliability, scalability and low power consumption that draws the interest of NNSA to this machine and its architecture. This machine will provide an ideal platform to research and develop strategies to assure that our most challenging codes run efficiently on multi-core architectures. Such capabilities will provide tremendous information in formulating our code development strategy as we face the challenges of exascale simulation and advance the state of the art in simulation science, advances necessary to ensure our nation's security without nuclear testing," said Bob Meisner, head of NNSA's advanced simulation and computing program.
Announced earlier in 2011, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) will also implement Blue Gene/Q to stoke economic growth and improve U.S. competitiveness for such challenges as designing electric car batteries, understanding climate change and exploring the evolution of the universe. The 10PFLOPS system, named "Mira", will provide a strong science and technology engine that will fuel national innovation. Argonne is one of the DOE's oldest and largest labs for science and engineering research, located outside of Chicago.
Blue Gene/Q - Next Steop Towards Exascale
A commitment to energy efficiency is essential as IBM continues to point forward towards exascale computing. An ExaFLOPS, a million trillion calculations per second, is 1000 times or three orders of magnitude faster than today's petaflop-class systems. Exascale computing has the potential to address a class of highly complex workloads that have been beyond traditional reach, not just due to their sheer size, but because of their inherent uncertainties and unpredictability – areas such as hurricane prediction and climate modeling. Blue Gene/Q represents the next step in this HPC evolution.
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