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MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — No one was hurt Tuesday during a lengthy police standoff in Mountlake Terrace.
Police were called about 11:30 a.m. about a reportedly suicidal woman at a home in the 4500 block of 229th Street SW, just north of Lake Ballinger.
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Jan 17th Open House @ ItalCultura and the Italian Cultural Institute
Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Thursday, January 17, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM (CST)
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Thursday, January 17th, 2013
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Currently active in all the major cities of the five continents, the ninety Italian Cultural Institutes serve as an ideal meeting place for intellectuals, artists, and cultural operatives, as well as for ordinary citizens, both Italian and foreign, who wish to establish or maintain a relationship with our country. By acting not only as a showcase and source of current information on Italy, but also as a driving force behind initiatives and projects of cultural cooperation, the Italian Cultural Institute has become a focal point for both the Italian communities abroad and the growing demand for Italian culture throughout the world.
By extending the role of Embassies and Consulates, the Italian Cultural Institutes offer the most effective tools for promoting a worldwide image of Italy as a center of production, preservation, and dissemination of culture from the Classical Age until today. Along with organizing cultural events in a vast array of areas, including art, music, cinema, theatre, dance, fashion, design, and photography, the Italian Cultural Institutes:
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Scott A. Langenecker, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Center (Marquette University, 2001). Professional Interests: Adult Attention Deficit, Mood Disorders, Disorders with Dysfunctional HPA axis function (e.g., Cushing's disease). Research interests: Functional imaging, task development, mood disorders, predicting treatment response.
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Neil H. Pliskin, Ph.D., ABPP/CN Professor and Division Chief of Neuropsychology, University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School (1988). Clinical and research interests: Medical neuropsychology, including renal disease, multiple sclerosis, dementia, electrical injury and the cognitive effects of somatic treatments.
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Lisa dips into the Family Tree Magazine Podcast archive. In a 2009 interview with Sharon Debartolo Carmack, Sharon explains how to crack the tombstone code and glean more than just names and dates. Find Sharon's article in the June 2005 issue of Family Tree Magazine, available in our online store.
FTU instructor and active Find a Grave volunteer Diana Crisman Smith explains how you can help preserve the genealogy in historic cemeteries and make it accessible to fellow genealogists.
Family Tree University Instructor Midge Frazel shares a few tips from her Cemetery 101 class: Cemetery Research 101: Dig Up Your Family History. The course is designed for the beginner cemetery researcher with some knowledge of genealogy, and uses cemeteries in the student's home area to prepare them for finding their own ancestors.
Tip #1: The Dead Live At Find-a-Grave--Look here first before leaving home. Use maps to find the location (street/GPS).
Tip #2: The Dead Can Move--Cemetery names change over time, people can be disinterred and move to a new cemetery (the death record/book, family notes lists the wrong location).
Tip #3: The Dead Can Talk
Tip #4: Visit the Dead with a Boneyard Buddy--When you get to the cemetery or burial location, pretend you are going to have to direct another person to the location. Take photos or videos of the entrance, the sign, the parking or a surrounding landmark and write down how to get to the section you located. I can guarantee that if you don't do this, you will have to go back.


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The University is a Community
SPCS is concerned with the entire university community and provides services to students which can include individual, couple, family, and group counseling. These services also include programs and workshops in the residence halls; for various campus groups; and at university orientation programs. The SPCS staff also provides consultation and workshops to student organizations, academic departments, and other university offices. In addition, our full-time psychologist and therapists may teach courses offered through the psychology department.
Studies indicate that, in any community, approximately 10% of the population suffer at any given time from a discernable emotional disturbance, such as depression, acute anxiety, drug or alcohol abuse, or a more serious condition. And some are so affected that their symptoms could lead to severely disturbed behavior that would necessitate the services of medical, psychological, and/or law enforcement agencies. The potential exists for a number of our students to experience serious and painful crises in their lives that will interfere with their education. How well they cope with the normal challenges of college life in addition to these possible crises will influence not only their class performance but their effectiveness in managing future life tasks as well.
The mental health definition of crisis is based on a person's internal reaction to a perceived external threat. It is not the event itself that constitutes the crisis; but a response to what is perceived to be a dangerous situation. A crisis occurs when a student feels unable to cope with what is occurring in his/her life. The more helpless the individual feels, the greater the crisis becomes. In general, our community of faculty, staff, and students should be aware of the emotional turmoil of others in order to provide help before a situation becomes overwhelming.


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From today's Boston Herald gossip pages:
The B's and their posse—22 of them—were dining in Red Lantern, the Stanhope Street hot spot, just a little too close to the Canadian-born Sexiest Man Alive, who felt the need to stand up for his hometown heroes. There was some, um, chatting back and forth, which, we're told, resulted in RyReyn sending over 22 shots of tequila to the Black & Gold bunch. Quite sporting of him, but it didn't make up for the hit on Horton, if you ask us...
Oddly, the Stanley Cup champs refused the liquid olive branch and offered the tequila to a table of bachelorette party revelers...
In most other sports, we'd assume the athletes declined the drinks because they were training. But the Bruins? It's gotta be pure spite.
Of course, the real question persists: Is Ryan Reynolds a movie star?
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"You can't have that, you're far to fat"
..and great win for glorious nation of democratic peoples republic of Korea! 1st it was world cup qualification and now Beiber's commin'! Next thing they'll be having a 'Rock For Communism' like they did in Russia and have bands like Pantera and Metallica on (Maybe get beiber to headline that n all). They'll love it!


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Gilbert Goldfish would really like to have a pet of his own, despite all the wonderful things he has in his fishbowl - a magnificent castle, yummy flakes that fall from the sky, and even a treasure chest! Gilbert often thinks about what his pet might be like - would it be big, or small? Would it be loud, or quiet? Then one morning, Gilbert wakes up to find a dog outside his fishbowl! Finally - a pet for him to love and care about. But it turns out that a dog isn't really the perfect pet for Gilbert... and the mouse figures out that Gilbert is not cheese, so Mouse is not a good pet either (nor is Fly). Will Gilbert ever find a pet of his very own?
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Kuhner: American Students Learning Spanish Is "Treasonous," "Indoctrinat[ion]," And "National Self-Hatred"
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In his October 20 Washington Times column titled, "The United States of Mexico? Endgame of multiculturalism looms: Hispanic reacquisition of the Southwest," Jeffrey Kuhner wrote that American high school students learning Spanish "is a form of national self-hatred and self-abnegation." Kuhner also wrote that the students, who were given an assignment to learn the Mexican national anthem, were "being indoctrinated to revere and pledge their loyalty to a foreign government," and called the lesson "treasonous." From the Times:
American students now pledge allegiance to Mexico. They sing its na- tional an- them. And it is sanctioned by the state of Texas. Sound absurd? It is. Last month in a Spanish class at Achieve Early College High School in McAllen, Texas, students recited the Mexican pledge of allegiance and were instructed to memorize the Mexican anthem. Moreover, they had to wear red, white and green - the colors of the Mexican flag - as they fulfilled their class assignment. Public high schools no longer promote American patriotism, but they are doing a superb job of cultivating loyalty to Mexico.
This is treasonous; American students are being indoctrinated to revere and pledge their loyalty to a foreign government. Such is the logical consequence of multiculturalism and modern liberalism.
Decades ago, students learning Spanish would recite the pledge of allegiance to America or sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in that foreign language. No more. Our education establishment thinks displays of patriotism are signs of "nativism" and "xenophobia." Textbooks regularly teach that America is a nation founded upon racism, sexism, imperialism and genocide. Therefore, students must be taught to appreciate - and respect - foreign peoples and Third World cultures. This is a form of national self-hatred and self-abnegation.
Moreover, this is part of the Hispanicization of America. Since 1990, nearly 20 million illegal aliens have crossed our porous southern border. If one adds legal immigration, the foreign-born population is nearly 40 million. America essentially has imported an entire subculture the size of a major European nation. This is the most dramatic cultural transformation in one generation in history. Our political class is engaged in a dangerous social experiment - one that threatens to destroy our country.
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Media Hardly Notice Deficit Drop
Following months of media calls for deficit reduction, cable news channels spent just over 7 minutes reporting on a revised Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projection that the 2013 deficit will decline by more than previous estimates. Broadcast network news evening shows did not cover the new report.
CBO Announces New Report: Deficit Projections Lower For 2013
CBO: "The Budget Deficit Will Shrink This Year To $642 Billion." According to the Congressional Budget Office's most recent analysis, assuming current law remains unchanged, "the budget deficit will shrink this year to $642 billion ... the smallest shortfall since 2008":
If the current laws that govern federal taxes and spending do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to $642 billion, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, the smallest shortfall since 2008. Relative to the size of the economy, the deficit this year--at 4.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)--will be less than half as large as the shortfall in 2009, which was 10.1 percent of GDP. Because revenues, under current law, are projected to rise more rapidly than spending in the next two years, deficits in CBO's baseline projections continue to shrink, falling to 2.1 percent of GDP by 2015. [Congressional Budget Office, May 2013 [1]]
Wonkblog: CBO Has "Cut Their Prediction For 2013 Deficits By More Than $200 Billion." At The Washington Post's Wonkblog, Ezra Klein explained that the new CBO report cuts previous predictions of the 2013 deficit by more than $200 billion:
Washington's most powerful budget nerds have cut their prediction for 2013 deficits by more than $200 billion. They've cut their projections for our deficits over the next decade by more than $600 billion. Add it all up and our 10-year deficits are looking downright manageable. [The Washington Post, Wonkblog, 5/14/13 [2]]
Media Largely Ignores CBO's Lowered Deficit Projection
Network And Cable News Largely Ignore CBO's Revised Projection Of Lower Deficits. According to a Media Matters analysis, the May 15 ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news programs did not cover the CBO's announcement that deficits are projected to shrink more than previously estimated. On cable news, CNN devoted less than one minute to the announcement, while Fox News devoted 1 minute 44 seconds of coverage. MSNBC covered the announcement the most, with 4 minutes and 53 seconds of coverage.
Previously, Media Focused On Deficit Reduction More Than Other Economic Issues
In April News Coverage, Calls For Deficit Reduction Beat Out Mentions Of Other Economic Issues. A Media Matters analysis of economic news coverage in the month of April found that media continued their long-established focus on deficit reduction. In 45 of 123 total segments discussing policy impacts on the economy, guests or hosts on network and cable news advocated for deficit reduction as a priority. Calls for deficit reduction beat out mentions of other economic issues, most notably the need for economic growth and job creation, and economic inequality.
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In April Economic Coverage, Calls For Deficit Reduction Made Up Significant Portion Of Economic Coverage. A Media Matters analysis of economic news coverage in the month of April found that with the exception of CBS News, cable and network news organizations all devoted a significant amount of coverage to calls for deficit reduction. ABC News devoted the most, with a vast majority of their economic coverage focusing on deficit reduction.
Falling Deficits Absent From Segments Calling For Deficit Reduction. While 45 segments on the economy in April discussed the need for deficit reduction, only four total segments mentioned previous CBO estimates that deficits are projected to fall in coming years.
[Media Matters for America, 5/14/13 [4]]
For the mentions of the May 2013 CBO report on revised deficit projections, Media Matters reviewed closed captioning transcripts and internal video archives for May 15, 2013, from 6 a.m. to midnight for MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, and the evening news broadcasts of NBC, CBS, and ABC News. We identified and reviewed all mentions of the word "deficit," and included any discussion of the CBO report.
For the review of deficit reduction as a percentage of total economic coverage, Media Matters conducted a Nexis search of transcripts of evening (defined as 5 p.m. through 11 p.m.) programs on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and network broadcast news from April 1 through April 30. We identified and reviewed all segments that included any of the following keywords: econom!, jobs, growth, debt, and deficit. When transcripts were incomplete, we reviewed video.
The following programs were included in the data: World News with Diane Sawyer, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Evening News (CBS), Face the Nation, Nightly News with Brian Williams, Meet the Press with David Gregory, Fox News Sunday, The Situation Room, Erin Burnett OutFront, Anderson Cooper 360, Piers Morgan Live, The Five, Special Report with Bret Baier, The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Politics Nation with Al Sharpton, All In with Chris Hayes, The Rachel Maddow Show, and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. For shows that air re-runs (such as Anderson Cooper 360 and Hardball with Chris Matthews), only the first airing was included in data retrieval.
Media Matters only included segments that had substantial discussion of policy implications on the macroeconomy. We did not include teasers or clips of news events, and re-broadcasts of news packages that were already counted on their initial broadcast in the 5p.m.-11p.m. window.
We define segments that call for deficit reduction as a priority as those where either the host or guest mentions deficit and debt reduction as a pressing need.


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Democratic Senators Block Republican-led Net Neutrality Repeal
Jason Mick
November 11, 2011 9:11 AM
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Even if the repeal had passed the Senate, President Obama had promised to veto it
After months of threats and debating, the Republican leadership in Congress moved forward with plans to block the
U.S. Federal Communication Commission
(FCC) from
rolling out basic net neutrality rules
, which prevent landline internet carriers from throttling the user's connection,
charging on a per website basis
, or engaging in other tactics designed to slow some sites' load times and speed others' up.
I. Republicans Push for Net Neutrality Ban
As Republicans control the House of Representatives, the key battleground in the repeal effort would be the Senate.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
(R-Texas) sponsored the repeal resolution, S.J. Res. 6.
Sen. Hutchinson took a hard stance, arguing that ISPs should be allowed to charge users on a per-site basis and throttle as they wish, without regulation. She comments, "The internet and technology have produced more jobs in this country than just about any other sector. It has been the cradle of innovation, it does not have a problem, and it does not need fixing."
Others in her party took a softer approach.
Sen. Olympia Snowe
(R-Maine) wrote a "dear colleague" letter to her fellow Republicans. In it she wrote that she felt that net neutrality regulation
necessary to protect consumer abuse. But she argued the proper place for it was through the Senate, not the FCC.
But if "pro-net neutrality" Republicans senators had an alternative plan they failed to propose it in concrete form. And it was unclear when or if a replacement to the current rules would be drafted if repeal was pass -- or for that matter whether a net neutrality bill could past muster in the House and Senate given many Republicans absolute opposition to anything standing in the way of ISPs' efforts to increase profits by cutting back and restructuring regional internet services.
The hardline Republicans like Sen. Hutchinson who flatly opposed any regulation argued that regulation would kill jobs. Sen. Hutchinson
pointed to industry studies
that claimed net neutrality regulation would slow infrastructure deployment, and by proxy reduce jobs.
The Republican-controlled House had
passed a net neutrality repeal measure
in February 2011.
President Obama threatened to veto S.J. Res. 6
II. Democrats Warn That Repeal Would Kill Innovation, Free Speech
The repeal had Democratic President Barack Obama concerned enough that he
threatened to veto the bill
[PDF] if it should pass, with his office writing in a release, "If the President is presented with S.J. Res. 6, which would not safeguard the free and open Internet, his senior advisers would recommend that he veto the Resolution."
But this dramatic game of political theater end rather mundanely as the Democratic majority in the Senate rallied together in opposition of the resolution.
Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller IV
, the great-grandson of famous oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, led the opposition commenting:
There's still 53 of us, and if we stay together we'll win. I think we're going to prevail. Even if they don't, they'll still have the backing of the White House, which has already threatened to veto the resolution, should it survive past the Senate floor. It would be ill-advised to threaten the very foundations of innovation in the Internet economy and the democratic spirit that has made the Internet a force for social progress around the world.
III. Wednesday's Fiery Debate
Here's some video coverage of Wednesday's debate, which preceded a vote:
Democratic Perspective (~3 min)
Republican perspective (~17 min, but starts off strong)
IV. Democrats Emerge Triumphant
Sen. Rockefeller's stand paid off. The final vote was tallied yesterday and showed all 52 Democrats voting opposing the measure, and all 46 Republicans voting in favor of the measure. The bill was thus defeated, clearing the way for the FCC's new net neutrality rules to go into effect next week.
Two senators did not vote --
Sen. John McCain
(R-Ariz.) and
Senator Dan Inouye
(D-Haw.). It appears that Sen. Inouye was
at an event in Washington, D.C.
honoring a Japanese veteran of World War II. It was unclear why John McCain -- who had
previously led the charge against net neutrality
-- did not vote.
V. Legal Challenges Remain
The rejection of the repeal resolution now leaves the various lawsuits against the rules as the only thing standing in their way. Interestingly, advocacy groups have also opposed the rules claiming they do not go far enough, and unfairly exempt mobile devices from their provisions. Several groups have pursued legal action.
The Media Access Project
, who had been suing on the grounds of the lax approach to mobile regulation, dropped its legal action after it saw its case assigned to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Policy Director Andrew Jay Schwartzman
that his organization feared a hostile atmosphere in that particular court would kill the case. He comments, "The D.C. Circuit Court is a very hostile forum. [It would be a] very close case."
That leaves The Free Press, who is suing on similar grounds. Strangely The Free Press's President and CEO Craig Aaron -- leading the suit
the rules -- cheered the Democratic success in block their repeal in the Senate. He comments, "The Senate sent a strong signal today to would-be gatekeepers that the free and open internet needs to stay that way. The American public doesn't want phone and cable companies undercutting competition, deciding which websites will work or censoring what people can do online."
Most public advocacy groups lauded the vote, while saying the rules still should be extended farther. Among them is the
American Civil Liberties Union
. In a post entitled "It Was Close, But We Won: Viva Net Neutrality!" ACLU Washington, D.C. staffer Sandra Fulton
Though the FCC's rules are not great, they do offer some protections for net neutrality on the wired Internet and overturning them would have been a huge setback for free speech on the web. During debate on the Senate floor yesterday supporters of the resolution railed against government regulation while opponents defended the rules saying they were necessary to maintain the openness and innovation that has allowed the Internet to thrive.
On the other side of the spectrum, there's also a suit from Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (
) and Vodafone Group Plc. (
). It's hard to understand why Verizon
decided to sue the FCC
, given that the Commission's proposal
closely mirrors
that which a Verizon - Google, Inc. (
pact proposed in Aug. 2010
. The rules offer virtually no regulation on mobile internet service providers -- just as Verizon requested.
Verizon's lawsuit will be heard in the Spring or Summer. In the meantime Verizon could request in court that the rules be suspended pending the outcome of the lawsuit. The FCC has already taken a preemptive strike,
moving to dismiss Verizon's lawsuit
on legal technicalities.
The Democratic-majority FCC under the Obama administration has been quite busy. It is currently in the process of finalizing a spectrum auction, an effort carriers laud but some TV broadcaster loathe. It's also assisting the
U.S. Department of Justice
in its case against AT&T, Inc. (
) who is trying to engulf T-Mobile USA -- a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (
) -- a move which would
grant it a virtual monopoly on 3G GSM technology
in the U.S.
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Gainesville police have released additional information regarding the University of Florida student who was hit by a car while crossing Southwest 13th Street on Saturday.
Fuer Lui, 22, suffered major head trauma and was placed into a medically induced coma after the incident, which occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday in about the 3000 block of Southwest 13th Street, where it intersects with Southwest 14th Drive in front of the Paramount Plaza Hotel and Suites.
Witnesses told police that Lui did not have the cross signal and both the north and southbound lanes had a green light when an SUV crashed into her. The driver of the SUV was not injured.
The University of Florida Police Department helped GPD notify Lui's next of kin. Lui's family live in China and were unable to be reached over the weekend. The family has now been notified.
University of Florida police spokesman Major Brad Barber said UFPD uses a variety of methods to locate the families of international students. Barber said police will sometimes utilize the international studies department to help with translations. All university students are required to supply emergency contact information before they can register for classes.
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Last week we asked readers to tell us what their "last meal" would be, just in case the world really did in on Dec. 21. (Obviously, we interpreted the Maya calendar all wrong.) Here are 10 of our favorite answers that were emailed or posted online.
• Burgers, fries, and salads from Ray's Tavern.
• Mountain of Meat pizza from The Pie and a slushy Coke.
• The blue-cheese crusted filet at Ruth's Chris Steak House, with a side of their creamed spinach, au gratin potatoes, and several dirty martinis.
• Lime shrimp ramen with red chile peppers.
• A Smashburger with garlic-flavored fries
• Spinach with onions, thick slice of prime rib, baked potato with butter and sour cream, fresh strawberries and carrot cake.
• A simple Pastrami and swiss cheese sandwich with a cold Coke and potato chips followed by a piece of strawberry cheesecake while sitting at Top of the World east of Moab.
• Twinkies
• Double cheeseburger from Apollo Burger.
• Ice cream. Lots and lots of ice cream. Haagen Daaz coffee flavor. With chocolate chips. And Almonds. Gonna eat some now, regardless of world fate.
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This smoke-free Long Beach hotel is less than a mile from Long Beach Convention Center and provides convenient access to The Pike and Belmont Shores.
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Newspapers and breakfast buffet with hot items are complimentary at this Long Beach Best Western. The hotel also offers fitness equipment.
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Judyrae Kruse is taking some well-earned time off. Here is an encore column from April 2008.
We hear from Marysville helper-outer Kathy Liming: "I've been reading the recipes for beignets with much interest.
"While visiting friends in Louisiana, they took us to Lafayette to visit Vermilion Ville, a Cajun/Creole heritage and folklife park.
"It is a living history museum, depicting life between 1765 and 1890. They had performance buildings and houses, some replicas and some built in 1840.
"In the Ecole de Cuisine (cooking school), a young man made beignets for us. I don't know how many this recipe will make, but it was really easy and the beignets were so good."
Speaking of beignets, the other day I mentioned these are available at the Cajun Bar &Grill in Concrete.
(Note: Since this column was published in 2008, this restaurant has closed.)
Timothy Cooley of the CB&G now tells us, "We do offer beignets on our breakfast buffet during Sunday brunch, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on alternating weekends. But we will always make them on special request, and ours are always made from scratch."
That takes care of the sweet side of things today, so let's get to the savory.
"Here's a great winter potato salad," Connie Trier tells us, noting she found it at allrecipes.com.
Ecole de Cuisine beignets
Oil for frying
1 cup flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons each sugar and baking powder
1 egg
1/2 cup very cold milk or very cold water
Powdered sugar
Heat oil to about 350 degrees.
In mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder.
In small bowl, beat egg well; beat in milk or water, then add to flour mixture and mix well.
Take small spoonfuls of batter and drop into the hot oil; fry until golden brown.
Lift from oil, drain on paper towels, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve hot.
German potato salad
Salted water
4 potatoes
4 slices bacon
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup chopped green onion
Salt and pepper to taste
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes.
Drain, cool and chop.
In a large, deep skillet, cook bacon over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving bacon drippings.
Add flour, sugar, water and vinegar to skillet and cook in reserved fat over medium heat until dressing is thick.
Add reserved bacon, potatoes and green onions to skillet and stir until coated.
Cook until heated through, then season with salt and pepper and serve warm.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The New England Patriots announced a series of roster moves late Friday. CB Aqib Talib was activated from the roster exemption he was serving after being traded to New England by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. WR Greg Salas was signed to the active roster from the team's practice squad. To make room, the team released WR Deion Branch and DB Malcolm Williams. WR Jarred Fayson, a member of the practice squad, was also released
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes, namely:
Resources management: For an additional amount for "Resources management", $300,000, and the limitation under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by $56,980.
Construction: For an additional amount for "Construction", $575,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation under this head in the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by "$142,950": Provided, That no obligation shall be incurred under appropriations granted under this head for construction of school facilities at Ponemah, Minnesota, until school district number 45 of the State of Minnesota shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this Appropriation an amount equal to the proceeds of the insurance collected on the destroyed Ponemah school plant: Provided further, that not to exceed $3,000 of appropriations for the fiscal year 1952 under this head for acquisition of land may be used for purchase in the name of the United States in trust twenty acres of land in Placer County, California, for the use of the Indians of Auburn Rancheria.
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the fiscal year 1951, are hereby reduced in the sums and in the manner set forth in House Document Numbered 182, Eighty-second Congress, except that the rescission proposed for the Bureau of Indian Affairs under "Construction" shall be $4,240,000 instead of $4,340,000 as set forth in said document.
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Team members for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enjoy seeing the first Mars images from the camera, at the instrument's operations center on the University of Arizona campus, Tucson, early Friday, March 24, 2006. Standing, left to right: Eric Eliason, Alfred McEwen. Seated, top to bottom: Ingrid Dauber, Chris Schaller, Anjani Polit, Maria Banks
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Plugins are potentially more powerful than scripts, but are more difficult to write and maintain. Unlike scripts, Plugins must be compiled for a specific platform, and will typically only be compatible with a particular version of Stellarium. We hope that the plugin system will allow third party developers to write extensions to Stellarium which might not otherwise be included in the core program, and that the system will allow for prototyping of new features before inclusion into the core.
Stellarium plugins are created from C++ code compiled separately as a dynamic library (
.so on linux,
.dll in windows or
.dylib on MacOSX). A plugin should contain a main class deriving from the StelModule class as well as an instance of the StelPluginInterface which allows stellarium to dynamically load it. At startup, the StelModuleMgr will load the library (provided that the
.dll is put at the proper place in the stellarium file tree), and an instance of the StelModule it contains will be instanciated and added to the list of other "normal" StelModules.
Plugin developers - please note that while plugins are linked at runtime, classes used in plugins must inherit code from the core which is published under the GUN GPL. If you distribute a binary plugin, you must do so under the terms of the GNU GPL license. No sneaky closed-source shenanigans now.
/home/me/builds/stellarium. If you put the source code somewhere else, you will need to modify the following instructions accordingly.
/home/me/builds/stellarium, change into the
/home/me/builds directory and fetch the
extmodules files from SVN. On Linux, you can use these commands to accomplish this:
cd /home/me/builds svn co https://stellarium.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/stellarium/trunk/extmodules
Release settings, not the
Debug settings. You can do this by adding a step after doing
cmake. On Windows, use the
cmakegui tool, or on *nix use the
ccmake tool (or just edit the
CMakeCache.txt file) to set the value of
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to
Release. Then continue with the
make stage.
STELROOT which contains the path to the Stellarium source code.
export STELROOT=/home/me/builds/stellarium
builds/unix, on Windows it should be called
builds/msys. Once made, change into it. e.g. on Linux:
cd /home/me/builds/plugins/AngleMeasure mkdir -p builds/unix cd builds/unix
cmake ../.. make make install
cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" ../.. make
To install the plugin on Linux systems, simple add a
make install command after the
make. This will copy the necessary files to
To install a plugin on Windows or OSX, you should locate the [[User Data Directory]], and then create a sub-directory called
modules in it. Inside this, create a subdirectory named for the plugin, e.g.
AngleMeasure. Into this directory, you should copy the following files:
module.ini file from the plugin source directory.
lib<plugin-name>.so or
lib<plugin-name>.dll from the
src sub-directory of the
builds/unix or
builds/msys directory in the plugin source directory.


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A consumer watchdog group is calling on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to re-inspect more than a dozen compounding pharmacies with prior violations including one in Utah.
University Pharmacy in Salt Lake City is among 16 pharmacies in 15 states issued warnings by the FDA since 2003 for safety lapses that merit revisiting in light of a recent meningitis outbreak tied to compounded drugs, says the Washington, D.C.-based group Public Citizen.
The warnings "reveal a thriving [drugmaking] industry ... being carried out under the guise of compounding," the group wrote on Thursday to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.
Public Citizen obtained and released the warnings to contradict the FDA's claim that it lacks authority to regulate specialty pharmacies like the Massachusetts-based compounder blamed for meningitis-tainted injections that have killed 36 people and sickened more than 500. The New England Compounding Center had been investigated three times by the FDA and was issued a warning in 2006, a congressional inquiry found.
Compounding pharmacies make small batches of commercially approved drugs, customized for doctors to give to patients with allergies or special medical needs.
But some have grown quite large and have taken on roles traditionally reserved for drug manufacturers, such as employing sales teams to market across state lines and operating commercial-sized equipment, said Michael Carome, deputy director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group. "If these pharmacies are going to act like drug manufacturers they need to be held to the same standards as drug manufacturers."
University Pharmacy, 1320 E. 200 South, was targeted by the FDA in 2006 for selling topical anesthetic creams used to lessen pain in cosmetic procedures.
The FDA classified the creams as new drugs because they are more concentrated than commercial products. Also, they lacked proper warnings or directions for use, argued the FDA, which ordered the pharmacy to stop making and selling them.
The order was issued in 2006, two years after an Arizona woman who used one of the pharmacy's creams died.
The FDA's delayed action and apparent failure to follow up based on a lack of any subsequent FDA records disregard its primary mission to "protect the lives of citizens," said Carome.
University Pharmacy owner Richard Rasmuson disputes that his creams were misbranded or unsafe.
"We didn't do anything wrong. We had a prescription from a doctor for a patient who misused the cream," he said.
Rasmuson developed the Photocaine gel for a local doctor to use in his laser surgical practice. The doctor touted it to colleagues from around the country who started using it with their patients.
The drug was for in-office use only, but in January 2002 a technician at a medical spa in Tucson told 25-year-old Blanco Bolanos to apply some to her legs prior to laser hair removal, according to court records.
The cream can be dangerous when applied to a large area. Bolanos lapsed into a coma and died two years later.
The family sued the doctor and pharmacy, which settled.
But Rasmuson continues to market the creams. He agreed to no longer patent them and added more explicit warnings to labels.
The state's pharmacy board fined University Pharmacy $2,000 in 2002 for employing two unlicensed technicians, according to records at the state Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing.
In 2009, the board fined the pharmacy $1,250 for filling 60 drug orders for doctors across the country without patient-specific prescriptions.
Rasmuson said FDA inspections yielded no sanctions.
He agrees with Public Citizen on one point: that the FDA already has ample regulatory authority.
He believes the 2006 crackdown was an attempt by the FDA to build a case for more authority and to squeeze compounding pharmacies out of business.
Had regulators focused on doing their job, they might have prevented the meningitis outbreak, he said. The New England pharmacy crossed a line, producing drugs at a massive scale, he said. "Compounders across the nation are up in arms about what they did," Rasmuson added.
The FDA did not respond to requests for comment.
But Carome would like the FDA's assurance that drugs produced by University Pharmacy are safe.
"Patients don't realize that some of the drugs they're prescribed have not been approved by the FDA," he said.
Compounders have filled a void left by a nationwide drug shortage. But Carome said they should be held to the same safety standards as big drugmakers.
"If they can't come up to standard, that should force them out of business," he argued, noting lives are at stake.
More online
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Gillibrand: "under-reporting continues"
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) issued the following statement Friday, Jan. 10 after the Defense Department released a report on sexual assaults at U.S. military academies:
"It is hard to draw any conclusions since no incidences survey was conducted this year. However it is clear the prevalence of sexual assault in the military and the crisis of underreporting continues to extend to the academies and that is tragic and heart breaking. This is why we need to give the men and women in the services, including at the academies, a justice system that is worthy of their service and will help root out these predators from the ranks and put them behind bars where they deserve to be."
Note: A disturbing finding in the data is that there were more restricted than unrestricted reports. 29 were unrestricted and 41 were restricted. This is a reversal, last year there were 42 unrestricted and 38 restricted and the year before there were also more unrestricted than restricted. Restricted reports are not actionable and suggest victims fear coming forward to charge their attackers.


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Emilio Pucci Spring 2014
It's hard to resist the fantasy that there's a huge designer dance-off brewing up out there. In competition for all that is blinging, sexy, and rapper-related, Rodarte has spoken from L.A., Mr. Tom Ford has weighed in from the London corner, and Ms. Donatella Versace has done her thing in Milan. Now, in breaking news, Mr. Peter Dundas has just thrown down his hyper-sparkly, super-sporty, ultra-hot challenge at Emilio Pucci. One can only guess how Olivier Rousteing is limbering up for his Balmain counterblast in Paris. Oh, and then there's Rihanna—the uber-idol they all want to impress. But RiRi's a designer, too, yes? Check out her crop-topped, basketball-short-ed and tight-skirt-ed collection for River Island, and you'll see how she's baiting them all for a piece of the young-girl action.
But let's focus on the latest collection in play. Peter Dundas has made over Emilio Pucci in the image of all the hot model friends in his circle. With their side-tumbling hair and barely made-up faces, they make a believable crew, at least for the purposes of a ten-minute runway show. Fast and furious, he sent them out with Masai-meets-Vegas beaded and embroidered cropped hoodies, second-skin bustier dresses, minute, perforated leather sport-shorts, huge medallioned leather trophy belts, moto-cross pants jacked up to the knee, and neoprene swimwear. Dealt in amongst all this were the famous swirly Pucci prints, house signatures deployed as slinky jersey wrap skirts, and more of the pushed-up, drop-crotch pants. "They're gym queens!" the designer declared backstage.
Well, kudos to Dundas for executing his theme with total conviction, and to a luxury standard which was completely evident—right down to the quality of the sheer mesh evening dresses. There was even a flash of a gold-embroidered tracksuit, beaded to a twenties deco age standard that a woman who is not an aspiring Rihanna look-alike could relate to. And there hangs the question: How big (or how exclusively micro) is the market for blindingly costly hip-hop-tastic gear in reality? And when the great designer dance-off comes to stores next spring, which designers will sell a lot of it? Or even a little?


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Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter Saturday after he flipped his car in a crash that killed teammate Jerry Brown.
Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the accident happened about 2:20 a.m. Saturday in the Dallas suburb, hours before Brent was to be on a team flight to Cincinnati for the Cowboys' game Sunday against the Bengals.
Argumaniz said the 25-year-old Brown a practice-squad linebacker who also was Brent's teammate at the University of Illinois for three seasons was found unresponsive at the scene and pronounced dead at a hospital.
Brown's death was the second tragedy to hit the NFL in a week. Last Saturday, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend before killing himself in front of his coach and general manager.
"We are deeply saddened by the news of this accident and the passing of Jerry Brown," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a statement. "At this time, our hearts and prayers and deepest sympathies are with the members of Jerry's family and all of those who knew him and loved him."
Officers conducted a field sobriety test on Brent and arrested him on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, Argumaniz said. The charge, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison, was upgraded after Brown was pronounced dead.
Argumaniz said Brent, who pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge three years ago at Illinois, was being held without bond.
Brent was speeding when the vehicle hit a curb and flipped at least once, Argumaniz said. Police received 911 calls from motorists who saw the upside-down vehicle but they did not immediately have any eyewitnesses to the wreck.
Argumaniz said when officers arrived at the scene on a state highway service road, Brent was dragging Brown from the vehicle, a Mercedes, which was on fire. Officers quickly put out the small blaze, he said.
The road has a 45 mph limit.
"I can say investigators are certain they were traveling well above the posted speed limit," Argumaniz said.
Before he was taken to the jail, Brent went to a hospital for a blood draw for alcohol testing and also received treatment for some minor scrapes.
Brent, a nose guard, has played in all 12 games this season and has been a bigger presence on defense with starter Jay Ratliff battling injuries. Brent made his first career start in the season opener against the New York Giants and has 35 tackles and 11/2 sacks.
The Cowboys signed Brown to their practice squad Oct. 24, but he hasn't been on the active roster. He was released from the Indianapolis Colts' practice squad Oct. 20. Brown played in one game for the Colts, a loss to the New York Jets on Oct. 14.
Brown played for San Antonio in the Arena Football League this year. In 2011, he played for Jacksonville in the AFL and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League. He was born and grew up in St. Louis, attending Vashon High School.
Around the league
Jets • Tight end Dustin Keller will miss New York's game at Jacksonville on Sunday because of a sprained left ankle. Keller was listed as doubtful Friday after injuring his ankle last Sunday in the Jets' 7-6 win over Arizona. He likely be replaced in the starting lineup by backup Jeff Cumberland, who has 21 catches this season.
Backup quarterback Tim Tebow, recovering from two broken ribs, was expected to be a game-time decision.
Bengals • Cincinnati activated center Kyle Cook (ankle) off the injured reserve list.


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Namdrol wrote:alpha wrote:can you actually see something?
because mind can only see things other than itself.
The Yogacara Madhyamakas like Santarakshita accept that mind is self-knowing (svasaṃvedana).
Prasangika Madhyamakas do not accept that there is svasaṃvedana relatively, let alone absolutely. Makes me wonder how they explain how a mind knows that it knows. Could you throw some light on this Namdrol?


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Callbacks typically result from three things: poor design, faulty construction, or the actions of a clueless homeowner. While this is true everywhere, coastal environments are a whole lot less forgiving of errors. Wind-driven rain, combined with longer periods of wetting and shorter periods when materials can dry, means moisture gets driven deeper into building cavities and the materials stay wet longer. The result is a much higher incidence of moisture-related problems.
In my work for home builders, I walk a lot of sites, looking for potential problems and explaining the best practices that will fend off an expensive callback. Usually my job includes addressing a company's construction managers — and sometimes the entire crew or invited trade partners — explaining the problems and advising what to do to avoid them. It's critical that this information gets to everyone, because a home is only as good as the knowledge and attention of your worst sub or employee.
Over the years, I've seen the same mistakes made over and over again. Here is a collection of some frequent blunders on exterior details, with a few simple solutions that will help fend off moisture problems.
Roof Drainage
Designers love intersecting roof planes, but the intersections must be capable of handling a tremendous amount of water: a 1-inch rain on a 2,000-square-foot roof will deposit about 1,250 gallons of water. If that water is obstructed by any intersecting roof, wall, dormer, or eaves detail, and thus does not have a clear path to drain away, that water will back up and probably find its way inside the home.
Ridge intersecting eaves.
The problem with this design (left) is that all the water that runs off the higher roof is collected into the gutter. Note that there is no downspout, so all the water that runs off the higher roof runs toward the poorly flashed ridge cap of the intersecting roof. The solution is to drop the ridge so the eaves and the gutter of the higher roof can run uninterrupted above the lower roof ridge. And, of course, pitch the upper gutter to a downspout at the corner.
Horizontal valleys. Whenever a valley runs into a horizontal plane, the water flowing down that valley will become trapped. If there's enough water at one time (or it turns to snow), it's likely to back up under the shingles and flashing. A whole series of horizontal valleys has been created between these condo units (left). Such poor-draining roofs means the builder is more likely to face a lawsuit from the homeowner's association. Another common mistake is a roof sloping into a vertical wall, creating a horizontal condition that leads to leaks.
Poorly conceived roof intersections. Wherever two roofs of different pitches intersect, it's important to detail the intersection so that water can shed away from the structure. In this example, there's no way for water to drain off the lower roof (in the foreground) without getting funneled into the wall, where the eaves of the second roof blocks its way.
Design solution. Here's one example of how to detail intersecting roofs to avoid a horizontal valley. By keeping the gable ends on different planes, the valley is allowed to run unbroken, so water can drain away freely.
Reverse ShinglingTreat your walls just like roofs. Few builders would ever install roof shingles without an underlayment or flashing, and they would never lap the bottom shingles over the courses above. In the same way, walls should always be covered by a secondary moisture barrier, and that layer should be installed "shingle fashion" so the upper layers overlap the lower layers. Too often, however, layers of flashing and housewrap are "reverse shingled."
Reverse-shingled step flashing.Each piece of step flashing shown in these two cases (top and bottom) is applied over the one below it, which is correct. But they are all applied over the housewrap.
Best practice calls for installing the step flashing over the wall sheathing, followed by a piece of flexible peel-and-stick flashing over this, so that the sheathing itself functions as a tertiary moisture barrier. Housewrap — the secondary barrier — should overlap the peel-and-stick, and then cladding — the primary defense — would overlap the housewrap. The wall shown in the photo on the right has the added problem that water has a chance to become trapped where the roof meets the brick veneer — an example of the drainless design described previously.
Reverse-shingled housewrap.
If you follow the arrow above, you can see that the secondary moisture barrier is reversed-shingled — the bottom layer overlaps the top layer, which means that any water that gets in behind the cladding can easily be funneled into the wall rather than draining away from it. When wrapping a wall, always start at the bottom so each successive layer overlays the layer below.
Wall Flashing WoesAfter a heavy rain you can learn a lot about moisture flow by looking at the rain patterns on cladding materials. The tremendous moisture load visible after a heavy rain underscores the need to flash these heavily loaded intersections carefully. Some of the biggest moisture loads are where walls and roofs intersect.
No kickouts.
The concentrated water flowing off a sloped roof can soak side walls (top), concentrating the moisture load right at vulnerable window headers (not a great design). The solution is to divert the water away from the wall using kickouts — small pieces of sheet metal placed at the end of the step flashing and sealed to the wall and roof sheathings with some peel-and-stick flexible flashing (bottom).
Missing flashings.
The window at right has neither sill flashing underneath the windowsill (to direct water that leaks through the window to the exterior) nor step flashing underneath the roofing shingles where it intersects the wall (to protect against splashback). On the dormer at left, step flashing should be installed underneath the shingles on the roof and underneath a water-resistive barrier on the wall of any sloped roof that intersects a wall.
WRB DetailsAll claddings leak, and the more wind pressure you have, the more water leaks in. Rather than attempt to fight this fact using caulk to try to make the cladding watertight, the best strategy is to design the wall system to drain quickly and freely. This is accomplished with a well-detailed water-resistive barrier (WRB) that provides a second line of defense. The guiding principle for detailing this barrier is to make sure that water flowing across it always travels down and away from the building.
Like all cladding,
vinyl siding leaks. By design, it is made with weep holes to allow for drainage, but it needs a good drainage plane behind it to protect the wall. In this example, the secondary moisture barrier is doing its job, shedding enough water that wet spots are clearly visible underneath the vinyl siding.
Unprotected wall penetrations.It takes only minutes for wall components to get wet, but it takes days weeks or months for them to dry out. If the wetting rate exceeds the drying rate of building materials, mold and decay can occur. Notice that there is no flashing around the air conditioner line set and electrical wires coming through the wall (top). It would be very easy for water to run down the wires and flow directly into the opening. The proper way to handle this penetration (bottom) is to use a flashing boot that is tightly sealed with an acrylic-based tape or flashing materials.
Incomplete coverage.Water-resistive barriers must be installed correctly. The rips and gaps in the WRB shown here will allow any water blowing through to leak into the wall at the corners. The housewrap should be overlapped approximately 12 inches at the corners and sealed with an acrylic-backed tape. Note that the tape used for the window flashing is not an approved flashing material. It will probably fail as a result of differential movement
How to grow mold.This thermograph looks at the corner of the house from the inside. The fan of a blower door is depressurizing the house (sucking air out the door), so cold outdoor air is being drawn in through cracks in the exterior wall. The blue areas show where cold air is infiltrating underneath the wall plate and around an electrical outlet. This cold air will reduce the surface temperatures, thereby increasing the surface relative humidity and the chance for mold growth. The cure includes a breathable exterior housewrap with the seams taped as well as sill seal and other air-sealing measures — all elements of a good air-barrier system.
Unsealed wall penetration.Cutting a large round hole in the housewrap (top) defeats its purpose. The solution is to X-cut the housewrap, then slide the vent through the X-cut and seal around the pipe with an acrylic tape before securing the face plate (bottom).
No capillary break.
How a window looks to a water drop.This is what water running down a wall "sees" as it approaches the head of the window, underscoring how very important it is to properly flash at the window head. Sealant alone won't keep the water out. If the sealant ever separates and fails, you would have a perfect entry point for water to invade the structure.
Proper window flashing.
The sequence of flashing a window is critical. Begin with a sill flashing that covers the rough sill and has a bottom flap that laps over the top of the housewrap as shown. This will ensure that any water that leaks through the window drains out. The jamb flashing should go on after the window has been installed, and should lap over the window flange to prevent wind-driven water from getting past the window into the rough opening.
Improper head flashing.
The head flashing on this window is reverse-lapped with the housewrap. Before applying the head flashing, a flap needs to be cut in the housewrap so the head flashing can adhere directly to the wall sheathing and cover the nail fin. Once the flap is folded back down over the head flashing, water draining down the wall above the window will drain outside, not behind the head flashing.
Why "splines" don't work.Applying jamb flashing before the window is installed meets the requirements of "Method B" of the ASTM window and door installation standard, but in my opinion it's not the best way to flash a window. You can still end up with small gaps between the nail fin and the flashing as in this instance, which allow water to penetrate.
Improper sill flashing.
Notice that the black sill flashing is stuck to the housewrap and then stuck over the top of the nail fin below the window. This is a mistake. The sill flashing always goes on before the window is installed.
Site Problems
Along with roof details, poor site drainage can dump an enormous quantity of water into homes. Builders can best prevent problems by first siting and grading to keeping runoff away from the home, and then by installing good perimeter drainage to carry groundwater away. But the homeowner must remain conscious of these issues as well.
Dreadful drainage.
In this coastal subdivision, water running off one series of houses drains right into another. There is not enough natural drainage away from the lower structures to prevent subslab moisture.
The homeowner factor. Imagine the force of this sprinkler and the amount of water that is pouring into this wall. This is a perfect example of why redundancy is so important. The only way to avoid problems caused by the homeowner irrigating this wall is to make sure a WRB behind the brick is impeccably detailed, the drainage cavity and weep holes remain open, well-draining backfill is put in, and good perimeter drainage is installed.
Maintaining drainage.When I inspect a home for moisture problems, I look for signs of lack of maintenance. For example, here the downspout is disconnected from the leader, so all the water that runs off the roof is being funneled near the foundation. This can create a tremendous moisture load on the home.
Steve Easley is president of Steve Easley & Assoc., which provides training for builders on solving field problems. All photos are by the author.


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Minnesota School Wins Great Oaks Regatta
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
High schools from Minnesota and South Carolina were the winners of the 12th Annual Great Oaks Regatta, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl this past weekend. Minnetonka High School from Excelsior, Minn., and Wando High School from Mt. Pleasant, S.C., captured the titles in the event hosted by the Southern Yacht Club on Lake Ponchartrain from Nov. 13-15.
2009 Great Oaks Regatta Photo Gallery


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