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Recchiuti Confections still sources local California farmers' markets for bundles of fresh herbs like lavender + lemon verbena to create our signature infusions. Single-origin chocolates are blended together to create complex + unique tasting experiences.
And of course, we wouldn't be Recchiuti without Michael's signature Burnt Caramel. This smoky, whiskey-like flavor is woven into the fabric of our confectionary line, from Burnt Caramel Truffle to Burnt Caramel Sauce.
Visit the Our Flavors page to learn more about the confections that make up our signature collections, like the Black and Burgundy boxes.
We are passionate about partnering with only the best chocolate companies to make our confections. That's why we use Valrhona Chocolate and family-owned Guittard Chocolate throughout our creations.
Both chocolate maker work intricately with cacao growers to develop desired chocolate flavors in beans and use traditional methods of roasting, refining, and tempering that create vibrant flavor notes you'll find throughout our confections like citrus, warm spice and lingering vanilla. Valrhona has also created a custom-blend semisweet chocolate exclusively for Recchiuti based on Michael's palette. The blend is filled with bold notes of red fruits, smoky tocacco and subtle tannins for a perfect earthy balance.
Recchiuti is proud to support Creativity Explored, Meals on Wheels, Scholarmatch, and No Kid Hungry: Share Our Strength with annual donations. Additionally, we are involved in annual events at the Ferry Building Marketplace, including Food from the Heart and The Harvest Festival that benefit Slow Food, CUESA and CCOF.
This year, we are excited to debut our latest Creativity Explored collaboration, Creativity Explored: Fun. Art. Yum. Since 2008, Recchiuti has been teaming up with Creativity Explored, a San Francisco nonprofit visual arts center where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each Creativity Explored box directly supports Creativity Explored programs.


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What is the best way to get bees to draw out foundation this time of year?
What is the best way to get bees to draw out foundation this time of year?
If you don't have a honey flow, 1:1 sugar water is about you're only chance.
I have had good luck with Honey Bee Healthy and Amino B Booster both in 1:1 syrup.
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I recently put 1:1 syrup in top feeders on two new hives that weren't fully drawn. It seems to work here (90-degree days, 55-degree nights).
However, one of the hives seems to be becoming honeybound. Is there a better feeder style to use this late in the year? Or are the bees simply cutting down the brood area in prep for winter?
Well that would explain my mistake.... I was using 2 to 1 syrup.

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German Air Force leaving Fort Bliss in September; Oktoberfest will take place before leaving
FORT B, Texas - Reorganization of the German Air Force means the overseas troops will leave a West Texas post after a relationship spanning nearly 60 years.
The El Paso Times reported Monday that the German Air Force Command for the U.S. and Canada will close at Fort Bliss on Sept. 30.
Col. Heinz-Josef Ferkinghoff said operations will be moved to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, where Germany already has a flight training center. The German Air Defense Center will return to Germany within five years.
The moves, which will affect several hundred German military personnel and civilian employees, come after U.S. base realignment changed some Fort Bliss operations.
The German Air Force has had a presence at Fort Bliss since 1956.
The last Oktoberfest hosted by the German Air Force will take place Sept. 20-22. For Sept. 20 and 21, there will be 1,400 tickets sold. Sunday will be free. Each ticket will be $30 and include a raffle ticket, the 2013 Stein and the dinner.
This will be the biggest amount of tickets ever, according to the German Club - Soldatenstube Fort Bliss Facebook page. Information on when and were tickets will be sold is expected to be released today.


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- Starts at: 3:00pm Saturday 23 August 2014
- Finishes at: 3:45pm Saturday 23 August 2014
- Location: Leeds
- Venue: Tiltyard
- Suitable for: Everyone
- Event type: Horse show
Saturday 23, Sunday 24, & Monday 25 August at 3pm
An equestrian extravaganza set on the battlefields of the First World War. The story follows the brave soldiers on a journey through the fields of Europe. Encountering enemy fire and terrifying obstacles, they will stop at nothing to make sure their task is complete. This is an exciting, high-energy stunt horse show not to be missed.
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I found this Ruger Mk 1 at the LGS. I have a Mark 111. I was intrigued by the price and would like any opinions from Ruger guys.
The serial # is 124XXX. That seems to be a 1956 model. It has three magazines but no box. The asking price is $225. It has some exterior surface rust, but the barrel and interior looks OK. I'd call it a ~60%-70% pistol. They let me fire a few rounds (it has a range), and it fired well (but not as tight as my Mark 111).
What 'ca think (sorry, no pics, I didn't bring a camera).


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(Sean Styles, in his limo after the Morkle run in)
Morkie, do you mind if I call you Morkie? Or is Eddie Munson better? You know you remind me of that kid back in high school pushing the TV down the hall. The one with all the acne and that horrible lisp. You know, the one that no one liked and always was the butt of the joke. Your security detail didn't do much to help you win huh? The Bridge and Zontal worked together? Man, that was some detective work there. HA. Never fear Morkie, maybe I did get in the way of you. But, maybe, just maybe, it was you who was in the way of me.
(Styles takes off his $300 sunglasses)
See Morkie, I know what its like to be looked up to. To be what you wanna be. I mean really, who doesn't want to be Sean Styles. I have the looks, I have the ladies, I have the money, I have EVERYTHING you want. If you want to be like me, just ask. I'm a nice guy, I could protect you from the big, bad wrestlers. I always wanted a lil brosph. But you NEED to get out of my way on my road to the top. There's only room for one of us up there and it surely isn't going to be you. Now Morkie, I'm gonna go hit the gym and hit on some hot girls. If you want a piece of the "Too Sexy" come and get it.


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Want Your Kids to Eat More Veggies and Fruits?
Research shows that families who eat home cooked dinners together benefit from more than just a good meal. Parents and children are more engaged in each other's lives. Kids are less likely to become smokers, use drugs, or become obese and more likely to make better grades.
A new study from the United Kingdom notes that kids also eat more vegetables and fruits when they have dinner with the family 2 or 3 times a week. "Modern life often prevents the whole family from sitting round the dinner table, but this research shows that even just Sunday lunch round the table can help improve the diets of our families," said study researcher Meaghan Christian, of the University of Leeds.
Researchers said that children learn healthier eating habits from their parents and when permitted to help plan menus, can learn more about healthy food choices.
Children whose parents cut the veggies and fruits into smaller portions consumed larger amounts according to the parents who participated in the study.
The new study's findings are based on information from 2,000 elementary school children in London, with an average age of 8. The study's data depended on what the parent's reported on the last day of the study, so results may be a bit skewed. Some parents may have over reported the amount of vegetables and fruits their children ate, while some may have under-reported.
Whether the report is completely accurate or not, family meals together are important. Parents are able to control what is served and have an opportunity to introduce new vegetables and fruits to their children, improving their chances for a healthier life.
The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Source: http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/3382-family-meals-fruits-vegetables.html


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At a press conference today, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said the CAT Tax did not pass the House Ways and Means Committee. The Governor, in addressing the media said that "the fate of that bill was decided long before we unveiled it".Read More
It's D-Day or Draft Day tomorrow in the NFL.
More specifically, Thursday represents the first day of the NFL draft 2017.Read More
The major President Trump news of the day focuses upon taxes, not only the tax cuts he is proposing but his own taxes, which he obviously, refuses to unveil.
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Rarely, have I seen few issues that have generated as much raw heat, tension, and passion than the Confederate monuments controversy.
Just as existed during the real civil war, where brothers battled brothers, social media is the battleground, particularly Facebook, pitting friend against friend.
On one side of the tense divide, there are those who are protecting the New Orleans civil war era monuments. Burnt in effigy, forever, is the symbol of Mayor Mitch Landrieu for up-ending what the monument protectors consider to be the loving civil society of New Orleans.
Lately, events have turned somewhat militaristic.
Some protectors of the Confederate monuments have been staying vigilant, in person and online, even surveilling during the wee hours of the morning, waiting for the next Mayor Landrieu attack. On Sunday morning, with protections of snipers, masked workers and a dumbstruck audience, the worst of all of the monuments was cut and carried., the Liberty Monument.Read More
For one who insists—to the point of banality—that he has the job he wants, Gov. Piyush Jindal certainly spends a minimal amount of time doing it.
He also is the same Piyush Jindal who insisted that his appointments would be made on the basis of "what you know, not who you know."


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What language should I learn first?
- Should it be C, Perl, Ruby, VB or something else?
- What would you recommend and why?
- What exercises would you recommend in order to learn and fine tune programming ability?
- Are there any websites that you would recommend that offer good tutorials or challenges? (and yes I know how to use google)
Thanks for any suggestions..
Also, assembly language is of great interest to me but not sure where to start on that one. Suggestions on that are appreciated as well.


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Yu/Jin were a bit robbed IMO. They have very solid elements and a nice style. Not the most exciting but I would have had them second honestly, narrowly ahead of P/M with the 2a mistake.
Yu/Jin were a bit robbed IMO. They have very solid elements and a nice style. Not the most exciting but I would have had them second honestly, narrowly ahead of P/M with the 2a mistake.
^^ Meh, the Chinese team has talent but they don't stand out much in this field, at least to me. The scoring is not all about technical mistakes, obviously. I haven't seen the protocols, but I would guess that P/M have good PCS, as well as positive GOE on most of their elements. IMO, as a team, P/M have much more personality and connection than all of the other teams combined.
wow, what a competition! I seldom watch juniors, but I like them all today! The two tiny Russian babies are just so adorable! I just forget how much height difference they have ( usually it bothers me when I see too much height difference, with B/S an exception). The No. 1 Russian team had such a nice program and they delivered, very deserved first. The Chinese team got the Second highest TES and the second lowest PCS. I think it's a bit low, but should serve as a wake up call for them, build more connection should help. The second place finisher, the Canadian pair have such mature style and it is hard to believe it is junior competition. They are lovely to watch and I really admire the male partner's strength.
Good luck everybody for the LP!
A second look at the marks, the first Canadian team got the highest PCS, and the second lowest TES. I'm fine with them being the highest in PCS. What bothers me is that the second Canadian team got the third highest PCS, to me they were kind of messy, and mismatched in style. That performance by no means should be No.3 in PCS. The Chinese team did not have the flair but had much better performance/execution.
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I liked the way the Canadians skated, both pairs, mature, lyrical, had connection...BUT this lack of difference in height messed it all...it was clear how HARD it was for the boys to lift or throw, or hold the girls....that ruins the impression a lot...the same thing with DD. The girls in pairs skating should fly!
I know it`s difficult if the height difference is too small and it does not look good. I don't like pair with similar height either, often feel heavy and clumsy in some way. I didn`t make myself clear, I like pairs with perfect height difference, such as P/T, V/T, S/Z. S/S are fine. S girl is like B in B/S, although actually short, but looks tall because of her built and the way she carries herself.
Yu/Jin had good technical elements, but their program couldn't be more forgettable if they tried. They leave you with absolutely no artistic impression and IMO that's one of the reasons their scores haven't progressed at all.
Both Canadian pairs teams are too close in height for my own personal tastes. Brittany Jones' posture has improved, but it's still quite bad. She and Beharry don't have a lot of connection and I agree with whoever said they were sloppy. I wish he'd stayed with Katherine Bobak; I thought they made a better team. Purdy/Marinaro, however, are much more graceful and have nice style. They are the only ones that look really mature, which makes sense since they've been together and on the JGP for so long now. Their twist and throws are really small, though.
Davankova/Deputat are clearly having some issues with her growth spurt, though I think this is one of their better skates this year. She's still very graceful. I hate that lift, though - she has lovely long limbs and they could be used so much better.
I don't like Vigalova and Zakorev's music and they seem like a dad skating with his little daughter, but she has tons of spark. They have a lot of potential.
Fedorova/Miroshkin are by far my favorites, though. They're just so charming! The entrance and execution of the twist is very impressive.


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Bridgit Mendler's Fall Style Picks & Tips!
Appliqués: Pieces of fabric that are sewn onto your dress to create a design. Appliqués look pretty when they are used heavily on the bodice of a quinceañera gown, and then sprinkled sparingly on the skirt.
Ball Gown Dress: This includes a full skirt with a slimmer, tight-fitting top half. You'll feel like Cinderella!
Cap Sleeves: These sleeves just cover your shoulder. They help your quince dress stand out with a small touch that can set you apart from all the other Quinceañera girls around you!
Chiffon: A sheer and light fabric. This dress material will make it easy to dance the night away at your Quince.
Corset: The top, tight fitting bodice of your quince dress. The strapless look will usually contain a lot of embroidery.
Cut-Out Waistlines: Dresses who have cut outs at each side of the waist. This cut gives a traditional dress a bit of flare!
Embroidery: Intricate designs on the fabric of your dress. On a quince dress, different kinds of flores make up the designs.
Empire Waistlines: These are found on dresses whose waist start right below the breast.
High-Low: These are all about the legs! You can combine a classic, long hem in the back with a shorter cut in the front.
Lace: A threaded and open weaved fabric used to create a pattern and detailing on dresses. You can embrace this trend while still keeping it traditional by having lace details on the back or sleeves of your princess cut dress.
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Increased transparency
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The EPC documents the energy efficiency of the property and is a type of quality-seal for the building or apartment. It provides the prospective tenant/purchaser with more transparency as it enables a comparison with other similar properties, based upon a standardised assessment system. The assessment takes into account the quality of the building skin including the windows; roofs and ceilings; the ventilation system (if available); the heating and hot water system and the type of fuel used.
The certificate also includes a section on the estimated energy use. This is based on standardised assumptions about occupancy and heating patterns. An estimate of the current and potential energy use, carbon emissions and fuel costs for lighting, heating and hot water is provided. Although the actual energy use depends on the behaviour of the occupants, it provides a reasonable basis for comparison with similar properties.


text: I know a lot of nurses and medical people live on this board, so maybe you can help with this. I am living with my mom and taking care of her. She is 82, had a broken hip (06) so trouble walking, and bad knees that she can barely bend. She is also a heavyset woman (about 5.5; 210). The other night she fell asleep sitting at the table and basically slumped over and fell on the floor. Thankfully she did not hurt herself. But then we had the problem of getting her up! She cannot just roll over like you or I would if we fell, get on her knees and stand up, because she can't bend her legs like that. I tried lifting her from behind and front, but couldn't even budge her. How do you med workers manage to move elderly people around and pick them up when they fall, need help getting up, etc.? Is there some trick to lifting a person properly when the person can't help you lift themselves? Reason I ask this is because about a year ago, we went to a tribute dinner for my dad, and my mom had trouble getting up from the chair because it had no arms for her to leverage on. A woman at our table (a nurse) came over to her, stood in front of her and just pulled her right up with no effort! And this woman was tiny and maybe 100 pounds soaking wet. I don't know how she lifted my mom so easily, so was wondering if there was some trick to being taught how to lift a person?


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Doesn't ARB mean that they are part of the core api? I didn't think these sorts of things were optional.
Edit: Same goes for GL_ARB_debug_output and GL_ARB_cl_event. I'm starting to wonder what the phrase "OpenGL 4.2" support is even supposed to mean.
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Trags Take… X-Men and Panthers
|03.24.09 at 9:37 am ET
East Regional Semifinal- No. 4 Xavier vs. No. 1 Pittsburgh, 7:27 p.m. Thursday, Ch. 4.
On Thursday night, the first of three East Regional games will be played at TD Banknorth Garden and the matchup between Xavier and Pittsburgh figures to be compelling on many different levels.
Here's how.
The first game has the top seed Pittsburgh Panthers (30-4) taking on No. 4 Xavier (27-7). The Musketeers are coached by Sean Miller, the same Sean Miller who played for Pittsburgh in the mid-to-late 80s and fed Jerome "Send It In" Lane on the most devastating college dunk of all time.
Miller said on Monday that facing his old school isn't a big deal.
'Pitt holds a special place for me just from the standpoint that I had a great experience there as a student-athlete. I was treated like you wanted to be treated,' Miller said. 'The friendships that I have today with so many of close friends stem from my experiences there. And it really stops there as well."
He is also the same Sean Miller who appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson when he was five and showed off his dribbling skills before a nationwide audience.
Now Miller is all grown up and so are his Muskies. They were down seven and playing right into Wisconsin's hands on Sunday when the team went on a 10-0 run and the Badgers were not heard from again. Xavier advanced with a 60-49 win in Boise.
As for Pittsburgh, they nearly became the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 before waking up against East Tennessee State. They were tied with Oklahoma State, 49-49, at halftime, before pulling away for the win in Dayton. An interesting note, Xavier A.D. Mike Bobinski didn't travel with his team to the land of big potatoes. Instead he stayed behind in nearby Dayton to watch the Panthers and another No. 1 seed, the Louisville Cardinals.
The Road to Boston:
Xavier: Beat No. 13 Portland State, 77-59. Beat No. 12 Wisconsin, 60-49.
Pittsburgh: Beat No. 16 East Tennessee State, 72-67. Beat No. 8 Oklahoma State, 84-76.
Players to watch:
Xavier: B.J. Raymond and C.J. Anderson. Raymond led all Muskies with 15 points on Sunday and is the stabilizing force in a backcourt that is vulnerable to pressure. Anderson is arguably Xavier's most versatile player, at 6-6, 220 pounds, big enough to play in the front court but quick enough to handle the ball on the perimeter. If he's shooting well, look out. He was scoreless in Xavier's loss to Temple in the A-10 semifinals.
Pittsburgh: DeJuan Blair, Sam Young and Levance Fields. Blair had 10 points and 12 rebounds on Sunday. He had 27 points and 16 rebounds against ETSU in the first round. He is 6-7 and listed at 245. He been playing even bigger. Young is a pure scorer and showed that with 32 against the Cowboys on Sunday. He leads the Panthers with 18.9 points per game. And Fields is the floor general, dishing out 7.6 assists a game while scoring at a 10.6 PPG clip.
Trags Take: Not going the Steelers Karma route here. Told you here at the beginning of the tournament that Xavier was one of the five teams I liked in this field. Not going to change now. Pittsburgh's luck runs out against one of the most athletic and versatile teams remaining in the tournament. Xavier finds a way to defend Young and contain Fields.
Xavier 70, Pittsburgh 64
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Please join the Business Division on Wednesday, April 9 at 6 p.m. in the Campus Center Hall for "Dollars & Sense." This is the second in a series of presentations focusing on managing personal finance. PTC Accounting Instructor, Terry Mercing and a representative from Family Services Agency will present on topics like credit card debt, paying off debt, managing debt, and credit reports.
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VMW Off 7%: Q1 EPS Beats; Q2, Year Rev Views Miss
Enterprise software vendor VMware (VMW) this afternoon reported Q1 revenue in line with analysts' estimates, and earnings per share that topped consensus.
Revenue in the three months ended in March rose to $1.19 billion, yielding EPS of 74 cents.
Analysts had been modeling $1.19 billion and 70 cents, on average.
CEO Pat Gelsinger remarked that he was "Very pleased" with the quarter's results, adding that "We continue to execute against our strategy, and our position in the market is clear as we embark on this multi-year journey with our customers."
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue in a range of $1.21 billion to $1.24 billion, below the consensus $1.26 billion. License revenue is expected in a range of $515 million to $535 million.
For the full year, revenue is seen in a range of $5.12 billion to $5.24 billion, below the consensus for $5.22 billion.
VMware shares are down $5.24, or 7%, at $70.46 in late trading.
Shares of EMC (EMC), which owns the vast majority of VMware stock, is off 52 cents, or 2%, at $21.84 in late trading.


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Watching horror films can help you burn off the amount of calories contained in a small chocolate bar, researchers say.
Scientists at the University of Westminster tested ten people as they watched a selection of classic scary movies.
They monitored the viewers' heart rate, oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output to work out how much energy they were using, the Daily Mail reported.
On average, participants used up a third more calories watching the scary films than if they had been sitting in front of a blank screen.
They burned an average of 113 calories over 90-minutes of film watching - the same amount as a 30-minute walk - which would off-set the calories in a small chocolate bar.
However, the films that made viewers jump in terror were the best calorie-burners because they cause the heart rate to soar.
The 1980 Stanley Kubrick psychological thriller The Shining, starring Jack Nicholson, was the best for calorie busting, with the average viewer using up 184 calories.
Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws was next in line, with viewers burning on average 161 calories, while the 1973 classic The Exorcist, starring Max von Sydow, came third, using up 158 calories.
"Each of the 10 films tested set pulses racing, sparking an increase in the heart rate of the case studies," Dr Richard Mackenzie, a metabolism specialist at the University of Westminster, told The Guardian.
"As the pulse quickens and blood pumps around the body faster, the body experiences a surge in adrenaline.
"It is this release of fast-acting adrenaline, produced during short bursts of intense stress (or in this case, brought on by fear), which is known to lower the appetite, increase the basal metabolic rate and ultimately burn a higher level of calories."
Helen Cowley, of movie rental company LOVEFiLM, which teamed up with the university for the study, said: "We all know the feeling of wanting to hide behind the sofa or grab a pillow when watching scary or hair raising scenes. This research suggests that maybe those seeking to burn some calories should keep their eyes on the screen."
Top 10 energy-burning scary movies
1. The Shining: 184 calories
2. Jaws: 161 calories
3. The Exorcist: 158 calories
4. Alien: 152 calories
5. Saw: 133 calories
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street: 118 calories
7. Paranormal Activity: 111 calories
8. The Blair Witch Project: 105 calories
9. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 107 calories
10. [Rec]: 101 calories
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"People with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may have decreased response to bevacizumab therapy, according to a study published in the April issue of Retina.
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Valrubicin (N-trifluoroacetyladriamycin-14-valerate), a semisynthetic analog of the anthra-cycline doxorubicin, is a cytotoxic agent with the chemical name, (2S-cis)-2-[1,2,3,4, 6,11-hexahydro-2,5,12-trihydroxy-7-methoxy-6,11-dioxo-4-[[2,3,6-trideoxy-3-[(trifluoroacetyl)amino]-α-L-lyxo-hexopyranosyl]oxyl]-2-naphthacenyl]-2-oxoethyl pentanoate. Valrubicin is an orange or orange-red powder that is highly lipophilic, soluble in methylene chloride, ethanol, methanol and acetone, and relatively insoluble in water. Its chemical formula is C34H36F3NO13 and its molecular weight is 723.65. The chemical structure is shown in FIGURE 1.
VALSTAR® (valrubicin) Sterile Solution for Intravesical Instillation is intended for intra-vesical administration in the urinary bladder. It is supplied as a nonaqueous solution that should be diluted before intravesical administration. Each vial of VALSTAR contains valrubicin at a concentration of 40 mg/mL in 50% polyoxyl castor oil/50% dehydrated alcohol, USP without preservatives or other additives. The solution is sterile and nonpyro-genic.
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'Nones' gain as more drop religious habits
America's "Nones" — the nonreligious — are at an all-time high, now comprising nearly one in five Americans (19%), according to a new study by the Pew Center for the People and the Press. The 19% count is based on aggregated surveys of 19,377 people conducted by the Pew Research Center throughout 2011 and reported by USA Today.
"This means great news for progress, for reasoned debate, for the status of nonbelievers in our nation," said FFRF Co-President Dan Barker. "The freethought movement and FFRF are growing rapidly. There is an explosion of local and campus freethought groups, activities and conferences."
"Nones" were already the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, according to the definitive American Religious Identification Survey, whose 2008 study showed adult Nones up to 15% from 6% in 1990. ARIS, released in 2009, actually estimated "Nones" at 20% if responses to broader questions about religious practices were included.
Freethinkers have been highly marginalized, in part for being perceived as making up a small segment of the U.S. population. Actually, there have always been many more nonreligious than Jews, Muslims, Mormons or Eastern religions' adherents, currently respectively at 1.2%, 0.6%, 1.4% and 0.9% of the U.S. population, according to ARIS.
"Most minority religions, however tiny in numbers, are treated with respect, inclusion and sometimes deference. It's time public officials and the American public wake up to the changing demographics and stop treating atheists and agnostics as outsiders," added Annie Laurie Gaylor, who co-directs FFRF with Barker.
"With nonbelievers at about 20% of the population, there is no longer any excuse for leaving us out of the equation. Public officials cannot continue to assume 'all Americans' believe in a deity, or continue to offend 20% of the population by imposing prayer at governmental meetings or government-hosted events. These surveys now show that 'In God We Trust' is a provenly inaccurate motto. Nonbelievers should not be treated as political pariahs," Gaylor said.
" 'Nones' in fact were at the time of the last ARIS survey, the second-largest 'denomination' in the nation," Barker said, "following Catholics at 25% and tied with Baptists at 15%. According to the new Pew study, nonbelievers now outrank Baptists."
An atheist for president?
While 90% of Americans would vote for a black, a woman, Catholic, Hispanic, or Jewish presidential candidate, only 54% would vote for an atheist and only 58% would vote for a Muslim, according to a recent Gallup poll. It's an improvement from 1958, when Gallup first asked the question and just 18% said they'd vote for an atheist. This is the first year a majority said it would vote for an atheist candidate.
Gallup began asking a Mormon question in 1967, when former Michigan Gov. George Romney, Mitt Romney's father, was a top candidate for the GOP nomination. That year, 19% said they wouldn't vote for a Mormon for president. Now, 18% wouldn't vote for a qualified Mormon, down from 22% in 2011.
FFRF, ACLU prevail in Giles County, Va.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Urbanski accepted a settlement July 3 and ended the lawsuit between a Giles County, Va., parent and student and the Giles County School Board. Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed the suit last fall.
The school board has agreed that the Ten Commandments will not be posted in any school "unless and until there is precedent in the Fourth Circuit or United States Supreme Court allowing the posting of the text of the Ten Commandments in the public schools."
Supreme Court precedent states that such postings are impermissible. The Supreme Court ruled in Stone v. Graham that Ten Commandments displays in public schools violate the Establishment Clause.
"No government authorities, including school officials, have the right to tell citizens, much less a captive audience of students, which god to worship, how many gods to worship or whether to worship any god at all," said Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-president.
FFRF first contested the postings in Giles County schools in December 2010 on behalf of a local complainant. State/church watchdog FFRF has more than 19,000 members, including about 500 in Virginia.
In response to the complaint, Superintendent Terry Arbogast removed the Ten Commandments from Giles County schools in January 2011. They had been posted in a frame with the U.S. Constitution in all district schools for over a decade. Members of local churches were outraged and stormed the school board seeking to reinstall the Ten Commandments. Students at one school walked out of classes in protest. Some students called for people objecting to the displays to "go live somewhere else."
The board voted to repost them and adopted a policy to allow displays of the Ten Commandments and nine other "historical documents" in schools. The board also approved a Ten Commandments display in Narrows High School in Narrows, a town of about 2,000.
A Narrows student and parent sued in September 2011. The plaintiffs sought a protective order shielding their identity because of the animus expressed by the public. Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal group affiliated with Liberty University, represented the board and filed a brief opposing the ability of the plaintiffs to use pseudonyms. Urbanski issued a protective order, saying in part, "no harassment, threats, intimidation, or interference with the plaintiffs will be tolerated."
During the course of litigation, other items were added to the Narrows High School display, including portraits and select items on George Washington, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. In May, 26 items were on display.
Urbanski's approval of the settlement ended the long and contentious dispute. In addition to assurances that the Commandments would not be reposted in school, the settlement agreement kept the protective order in effect. The school board or a third party would pay the plaintiffs' legal costs ($6,511). Each side is responsible for their own attorney fees.
Recent changes by the school board and the settlement agreement altered some elements of the display. A page from a Prentice Hall U.S. history textbook replaced the Ten Commandments. The page includes an infographic titled "Roots of Democracy" and includes statements on "Judeo-Christian Roots," "The Enlightenment," "English Parliamentary Traditions" and "Greco-Roman Roots." References to the Commandments were removed from a separate "explanation document" in the display.
The court retains jurisdiction to enforce the settlement for eight years following dismissal of the case.
"FFRF thanks the courageous student and parent who stood up for the U.S. Constitution. We are grateful for the dedicated work of the attorneys on the case, Rebecca Glenberg and Thomas Fitzpatrick of the ACLU of Virginia, Frank Feibelman, cooperating attorney for the ACLU, and Patrick Elliott from FFRF," said FFRF Co-President Dan Barker.
Meet a Member: Patricia Jones
Name: Patricia Jones.
Where I live: I live on a plateau in rural middle Tennessee.
Where I was born: I come from Michigan and never thought I'd be living in the South. But in one year's time, I've actually met more atheists in "bible belt" Tennessee than I ever did in the North.
Family: A small one — daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter (one of each), and of course, my husband Mike — atheists all.
Education: I'm a graduate of the garden variety public school, but I like to think of myself as an autodidact.
Occupation: I was a home health care aide for 10 years. I also worked in a florist shop and for the Post Office. Currently, I'm a builder of rock walls.
How I got where I am today: I suppose the best way to describe my atheism is to say that religion just didn't stick with me. The silly bible stories sounded a lot like fairy tales, and I knew those weren't real. I read Ayn Rand's Anthem when I was 14, and it was then that I knew religion was a conjured lie.
Where I'm headed: I'm currently the administrator of Cookeville Atheists & Agnostics. It's a social meetup group with eight to 10 active members and 42 total in our ranks.
Persons I admire: I most admire women in science. Caroline Herschel was an astronomer like her brother William. Another is the venerable Rosalind Franklin. It was her photographs that made it possible for Crick and Watson to see the structure of DNA. Two amazing women to acclaim.
Quotations I like: "What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?" (George Eliot), and, "Self education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." (Isaac Asimov)
Things I deplore: Oh, don't get me started!
The way I promote freethought: I have a huge collection of books, all thoroughly read and reread in my home library, and telescopes that are kid magnets. When children are around me, not only do I introduce science and secularism, I tell them about the Constitution. I make it fun and speak in conversational tones so children don't feel as though they are in school.
They just know they are around a grown-up, one who listens to them and tells them cool and exciting things. We do the stuff of science. I tell them how smart they are, and I tell them to question everything, even me. I tell them thinking is not always easy, but it's better than someone else doing it for them.
Some favorite things: My loving family, my cherished library, astronomy, the Cookeville meetup group, gardening and rocks, especially laying "miles" of dry stone walls, keeping state and church separate, and lastly, being "discovered" by Darrell Barker. It was through my Facebook friendship with Darrell that I learned about FFRF. I post in the FFRF Forum (ffrf.org/get-involved/forum/) with the username "rockon."
Statistics about my Wall of Separation: Darrell calls it "The Great Wall of Patricia." I started building it as a solo project in 2009. As of April, it was about 900 feet long. The average height and width are 26 by 22 inches.
Although the rock shapes and quantity vary significantly, a pickup truck load weighs about a ton. To date, I've hauled 106 truckloads. I know, I know, it's hard for me to imagine that, too. The nearest approximation to the amount of rocks placed in the wall is about 84,700.
Judge rules FFRF's Jesus shrine suit can go forward
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ruled Nov. 27 that the Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service and the Catholic Knights of Columbus council in Kalispell, Mont., can proceed.
FFRF sued in February 2012, seeking a declaration that the "continued presence of a six-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ in the Flathead National Forest, on a 25-by-25-foot plot owned and administered by the United States Forest Service, violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States."
The Knights placed the shrine in 1954 after receiving a special-use permit from the government. The Forest Service continued to sanction the shrine overlooking the Big Mountain ski run until the most recent lease ran out in late 2010.
The Forest Service announced in 2011 it wouldn't renew the permit but later, after being pressured politically, reversed the denial on the grounds the statue qualified as a historical display, which spurred FFRF's lawsuit.
After the suit was filed and several defendants sought to have it dismissed, FFRF submitted a declaration by local resident William Cox, who asserted he "had and will continue to have direct and unwelcome contact with the statue."
In his Nov. 27 ruling, Christensen said: "Cox's declaration meets [standing requirements. He is a member of FFRF, he lives 15 miles from Whitefish Mountain Resort, he is a frequent skier at the resort who has skied past the statue many times previously and intends to again this winter, and he is a non-believer who considers the statue religious in nature and offensive."
The judge added, "Cox would have standing to sue in his own right if he were a named plaintiff."
FFRF is asking the court to enjoin the defendant from continuing to approve the shrine for federal property and ordering the Forest Service to direct the Knights of Columbus to remove it.
The case was filed on FFRF's behalf by attorney Richard L. Bolton and local counsel Martin S. King. A trial is scheduled for March.
Christensen, who was confirmed as an Obama appointee in December 2011, had practiced law in the Kalispell area since 1977.
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Election year caveat up in Wenatchee, Okanogan
FFRF, with the help of area secularists (see group photo above) in Wenatchee, Wash., placed an election-year caveat, "God and government a dangerous mix," on a billboard in July at the intersection of South Mission Street and Ferry in Wenatchee. An identical billboard went up in late July in Okanogan, on Highway 97 just north of milepost 282, two miles north of the turnoff for Malott and five miles south of the southernmost exit to Okanogan.
FFRF, with 18,500 members nationwide, including almost 1,000 in Washington, placed the messages in tandem with its members and individuals connected with North Central Washington Freethinkers of Wenatchee, a local meetup group. FFRF thanks them for donating toward the costs and arranging the rentals.
"Our efforts this year are to once again remind the public that 'We, the people' need to preserve our Founding Fathers' goal to give this country's citizens a secular government without dangerous religious entanglements," said Kurt Wyant, a member of FFRF and spokesperson for NCW Freethinkers of Wenatchee.
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FFRF racks up legal victories
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., and the nation's largest freethought association, with more than 18,500 members, is racking up legal victory after legal victory, separating religion from government and generating news coverage all over the nation.
Although FFRF jokes that it is often overlooked as a "nonprofit and a nonprophet in its own land," its increasing work caught the eye of reporter Steve Elbow of The Capital Times in Madison, which ran an Aug. 2 news story headlined "Madison group ramps up national fight against religion in government."
FFRF's legal staff, which has doubled to four attorneys since the start of the year, has already sent out more formal letters of complaint (612) protesting state/church entanglements than in all of last year. Many such complaints generate major news coverage and end in responses ending a diverse multitude of state/church "sins" without court battles.
FFRF currently has nine lawsuits in state or federal court, but "Our aim is to end these through education and persuasion, without having to go to court whenever possible," said FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor.
The impressive list of major state/church entanglements that FFRF action has halted in midsummer alone includes:
• Prayers by the Henrico County, Va., Board of Supervisors. Officials swiftly dropped a 25-year abuse after a July 10 vote, following a July 2 letter by FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott: "The board compounds the violation when the prayers are to Jesus and/or most of the officiants are Christian or Christian clergy. Sectarian prayers make religious minorities and nonbelievers feel like political outsiders in their own community and show an unconstitutional governmental preference for Christianity over other faiths and for religion over nonreligion."
A local citizen contacted FFRF after an overtly Christian prayer, which included "in Christ's name," was delivered at a June meeting. Elliott pointed out that the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals consistently struck down sectarian prayers four times recently.
Joseph Rapisarda, county attorney, issued a statement: "The board was briefed on the legal ramifications of having a sectarian prayer. After careful consideration, the board decided to end the practice of having an opening prayer, effective immediately."
• A city-hosted nativity display in Ellwood, City, Pa. A saga that began last December, sparking huge controversy, a lot of crankmail, a prayer rally and media coverage, ended sedately with a victory for FFRF and secular government. Seven months after legal staffers Patrick Elliott and Andrew Seidel first protested the display at the municipal building, the borough council on July 16 voted down a proposal intended to resurrect the entanglement.
A city "Nativity Committee" drafted what Ellwood City Ledger reporter Eric Poole called "a convoluted, complicated, constitutionally bereft proposal that slaps a figurative 'SUE ME' sign on the borough's back." Poole added, "This shouldn't be about winning or losing, but about honoring an American principle — that all citizens, regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof, stand equally before the civil authority."
FFRF thanks FFRF member Stephen Hirtle for his invaluable assistance and dedication in monitoring and helping to end this major violation.
• A city-sponsored prayer breakfast in Augusta, Ga. After two months of back and forths with FFRF, the city agreed to discontinue its unconstitutional involvement in organizing, coordinating and promoting the monthly "Mayor's Prayer Breakfast." Major Deke Copenhaver, who initially insisted no laws were being broken, told a local news channel: "Being mayor is what I do. My faith is who I am, and I feel very strong about that."
An open records request filed by Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert revealed that Karyn Nixon, executive assistant to the mayor, coordinated the event, including selecting the churches, sending out invitations, putting together an agenda and even instructing pastors to include scripture readings and opening prayer and remarks by the hosting pastor.
Nixon used city e-mail and phones during normal business hours. Aside from one breakfast in 2009 at a Jewish synagogue, all prayer events have been held at Christian churches or by Christian groups.
On Aug. 2, Andrew Mackenzie, general counsel, responded: "Mayor Copenhaver will continue to attend the monthly Prayer Breakfasts, but he has volunteered [sic] to allow the organization, coordination and promotion of such breakfasts to be done exclusively by private sponsors."
The event will no longer be advertised on the city's website with the misleading title, "Mayor's Prayer Breakfast." It will be replaced with "Community Prayer Breakfast" to "avoid the appearance of city endorsement."
• Two church bulletin discounts by restaurants. FFRF is helping Pennsylvania member John Wolfe, an octogenarian, protest a Civil Rights violation by Cajun Kitchen in Columbia, Pa., whereby patrons who did not turn in church bulletins paid 10% more for their Sunday breakfasts.
FFRF's Rebecca Markert wrote three letters over 18 months in a patient attempt to educate the restaurant owners that they were violating the Civil Rights Act. It reads in relevant part: "All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation . . . without discrimination on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin."
Co-owner Sharon Prudhomme justified the discount by saying she's a "hardworking American" and can "advertise as I see fit." Wolff filed a complaint with the state Human Relations Commission and a resolution is expected.
Read John Wolff's letter on the subject on page 6. When the complaint was first reported, it provoked many nasty comments to and about John and FFRF. FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor wrote a blog, "Don't 'discount' civil rights," about the importance of upholding the Civil Rights Act. Visit ffrf.org/news/blog or see page 10.
FFRF also stopped a church bulletin discount at Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers in Valdosta, Ga. The restaurant was offering a 10% Sunday discount to those bearing a church bulletin as proof they'd been to church that day. FFRF was notified in July that the unlawful discount has stopped.
• Prayers before an Indiana school board. FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt wrote the South Dearborn School Board in April protesting the recent inauguration of prayer to start monthly meetings. The board opened with the Lord's Prayer. Schmitt wrote that "opening school board meetings with a Christian prayer discriminates not only against nonbelievers, but also against any non-Christian attendees. Parents and students should not be made to feel like outsiders when attending meetings."
FFRF was notified July 3 that the prayer has been discontinued.
• Army abuse in Georgia. The U.S. Army "no longer wants YOU! to mow the Catholic Charities' lawn" after Andrew Seidel wrote a July 5 letter objecting to soldiers providing "area beautification support to the Catholic Social Services."
The practice of the Regimental Noncommissioned Officer Academy's Advanced Leader Course at Fort Gordon, Ga., was to send soldiers to mow the grass for Catholic Social Services, whose motto is, "In every season, God is with us." Commented Seidel: "Now, in every season they are responsible for trimming their own hedges and raking their own leaves." While the Army now claims it relied on volunteers, the relationship has ceased.
• Plans to inaugurate prayer before a Pennsylvania school board. The Sharpesville Area School Board in late July assured FFRF it would not go forward with a proposal to inaugurate prayer at its meetings or implement a religious class. FFRF's Stephanie Schmitt sent three letters starting in February after a board member, saying "the guy up above is very important to us," recommended prayers begin.
The letter noted that the Third Circuit, which encompasses Pennsylvania, has ruled against school board prayer, considering it analogous to prayer in public schools.
• A variety of school-related violations. FFRF treats intrusion of proselytizing and religious ritual in public schools as a top priority. Stephanie Schmitt wrote Thomas County Schools, Thomasville, Ga., over a violation at a middle school, when the principal announced over the intercom on March 20 that a group (apparently Gideons International) was in the school "and would be distributing bibles to whoever [sic] was interested in taking one."
Schmitt noted a long list of cases barring Gideons' distribution of New Testaments in schools. FFRF received assurance July 16 there would be no repetition of this violation.
In July, FFRF also received assurances from Hastings [Mich.] Area Schools that prayers were not said at this year's graduation ceremony as they had been for the past decade.
FFRF wrote the Tishomingo County School District in Iuka, Miss., after receiving complaints that teachers at Iuka Elementary were leading students in daily prayer before heading to the lunchroom and asking students to lead prayer.
In July, after several follow-ups, Schmitt received word that faculty would no longer "be encouraging students to pray or lead students in prayer."
From January through June, FFRF took about 1,275 formal requests for help to end constitutional violations. On "backlog Thursday" in late July, the legal staff, including three summer interns, drafted a record 67 letters of complaint in one day (interns wrote by far the most)!
FFRF thanks its summer interns and dedicated staff attorneys. "Our legal staff is so busy ending violations that we literally have trouble finding room to report all of our major actions in Freethought Today," said Gaylor.
See other recent actions reported on page 9 of this issue and major complaints reported elsewhere. FFRF regularly updates legal victories online at: ffrf.org/legal/other-legal-successes/
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