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IZZE goes tropical with its new guava drink
Boulder-based IZZE Beverage Company has added a new flavor to its fizzy, fruity family. Sparkling Guava joins eight other IZZE flavors, among them blueberry, grapefruit, clementine and lime.
While most IZZE drinks can be found at various outlets around town, including Spicy Pickle, Target, and Starbucks, the new guava drink will be available exclusively at Whole Foods Market. The drink will be on shelves through the summer only. But first, cool your jets: The 4-packs have yet to drop at Denver-area Whole Foods locations, but they will -- soon, just in time for barbecue season.
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I'm so jealous of Barry Schwartz (and a whole bunch other SEMers) as they've made it into a card game.
Just to put this into perspective; I enjoy digital marketing and search enough to truthfully say that "I'm lucky enough to have a hobby as work" but the hobby I share outside the digital word is traditional gaming. Card games are certainly part of that. So what Barry (and the other idols) have managed to do is become so famous at my first hobby that they feature in my second hobby.
Clearly I need to start sending SEOMoz (the creators) gifts or tips or something!
Er. So the title Barry Schwartz achieves ultimate goal! make sense as Barry as achieved what would be my ultimate goal... er, if I'm allowed more than one ultimate goals.


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Is he an americanized version of Silvio Berlusconi, determined to wield political and media power in a seamless web of influence?
Think of a latter-day americanized version of Downton Abbey—where everyone knows his or her place, and our betters look best.
This is an americanized version of the famed Running with the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain.
Hunter, the head, proved to be a first-rate type of an americanized Irishman.
You see I soon began to be americanized and to claim things.
But the absurdity of his imagination, so thoroughly americanized, evoked a ringing laughter.
He told me to get americanized, to come out of the mud-pond and get into the rapids.
And all this time Edward Bok's failure to be entirely americanized was brought home to his consciousness.
It seems almost a pity that she is americanized, don't you think, dear?
He furnishes excellent raw material for American citizenship, if he does not come too rapidly to be americanized.


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How Long Will Da Vinci Veneers Stay in Place?
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Da Vinci veneers...
Well, they are know to be very long lasting. I have seen patients that had their DaVinci veneers placed 13 or 14 year ago and they still look good. I would recommend looking at more than one veneer option because some dentists provide guarantees on these and other veneers. I usually provide a 10 year guarantee on most veneers that I place. Considering that the patient gets regular cleanings and check-ups twice a year. Make the right choice for you. Take care.
How Long Will Da Vinci Veneers Stay in Place?
Da Vinci Dental Studios is a popularly known dental lab in West Hills, CA. There are best known for being the porcelain dental lab for ABC's Extreme Makeover and Fox's The Swan. They have been in business for over 35 years, and I have used them as my top choice dental lab for over 20 years. They have the best quality aesthetics that I have seen in the industry and they are very easy to work with. Most of my patients who opt for porcelain veneers decide to use da Vinci because of the longevity. We typically tell patients that veneers should last anywhere from 10-15 years, but I have patients that have had their veneers for 15 years or more without issues. I was very honored to be able to do a full mouth restoration on the former owner's of da Vinci dental's mother. Da Vinci also hailed me as "Florida's Extreme Makeover Dentist" which was so very flattering.
How Long do Veneers Last?
There is a popular myth out there that veneers only last 10 years. I have Da Vinci veneers I put in patients that are over 15 years old that look as good as the day I put them in. THey Haven't had any problems or chipping or degradation whatsoever. THe porcelain we use now (eMax) is almost 4 times stronger than what we used back then. Longevity of veneers really has to do with proper technique of the dentist and good habits of the patient. If they are well taken care of then it is not unreasonable for them to last a lifetime. Veneers fail for 2 reasons - poor design and technique of the placing dentist. Veneers must adhere to enamel - not dentin. So if the teeth are over prepared into the dentin then expected longevity goes way down. Dentin bonding is not reliable in the long-term. PArt of the message here is that the teeth should be relatively straight before you attempt to veneer them. In veneering crooked teeth more tooth structure has to be taken away and it is more likely that you will have dentin bonding instead of enamel bonding. If you refuse braces then the alternative is a more of a 360 veneer that goes all the way around the tooth. This design can be cemented with glass ionomer cement and doesn't have to be bonded. Make sure you ask for eMAX - its the best porcelain!!
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Daily maintenance is key!
Properly created veneers can last many years.
If you grind or clench your teeth during sleep (most of us do...) a properly fitted night guard will protect your smile.
My veneers are now 8 years old, look just as great as the day they they were expertly placed because I wear my night guard EVERY Night!
Veneers will last as long as you take good care of them
As a patient there are traditionally two major reasons that veneers need to be replaced.
1) Fracture: If you eat something you are not supposed to, or clench or grind your teeth or get hit in the face the veneer will fracture. What one must understand is ifthe veneer fractures your tooth would have fractured to.
2) Gum recession: Depending on when you got your veneers (your age) and the position of your lip when you smile. Sometimes your gums will receed due to your age and the transition between your veneer and your gum line will be non esthetic and will necessitate replacing.
As a side point I have veneers in my mouth. When I chose my type of veneer I wanted the most esthetic and strongest veneer on the market. I chose an EMAX veneer. This is what I offer to my patient because that is what we believe is the most esthetic veneer on the market. This is the exclusive veneer we offer in our practice. It requires a dentist who has knowledge of the material and a dental lab that has perfected the fabrication
Veneers usually last about 15-20 years with proper care
I've had my Davinci veneers for 20 years but Im a dentist and take super good c`are of my teeth. If you have perfect hygiene then they will last along time.
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Behind Valve's Greenlight and Early Access programs: bad games, minimum transparency
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roughly $30,000 on credit cards..car blue book value $7,000 with $4900.00 outstanding on the loan..remaining personal property is only furniture & clothes..so yes.. debts exceed .. If she left her personal property to me in the will.. do I have to sell it & pay the creditors? I am considering paying of the car and keeping it..
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Campbell Bruce VHF P Band CB-11-3K-3 Transmitter / Receiver system
This Campbell Bruce separate Transmitter and Receiver pair are on 100 MHz / 81 MHz and dated from about 11960, it predated the Pye PF1 Pocketphone.
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I got a 98 gmc Savana 1500 auto form conversion van. It runs really good have had some minor problems with it and have been able to take take care of the problems all on my own except 1. The rear A/C does not work on this van. The only thing that comes out is hot air. Its just hard to believe that this was once a 35k van without rear a/c. is there something that controls the rear a/c to turn on or is there only a heater.
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Carbon Fibre Megayacht Launched from Picchiotti Shipyard
Perini Navi Group launch a carbon fibre sloop designed by Nauta Yacht Design & built at the Picchiotti shipyard in La Spezia, Italy The Perini Navi Group, designers and constructors of large sailing and motor yachts, announce that the 31,65m sloop Xnoi (pronounced per noi - "for us") has been launched. This sailing yacht has a hull, superstructure, mast and boom and all are in carbon fibre. The launching ceremony was held recently at the Picchiotti shipyard in La Spezia. The construction of this new yacht – designed by Nauta Yacht Design's Mario Pedol and Massimo Gino – meets the changing needs of today's yachting market and expands the range of Perini Navi Group products. This project demonstrates the Perini Navi Group's ability to successfully undertake construction projects in carbon fibre. The Perini Navi Group's core business is the construction of sailing yachts of 45 to 70m, a Racing Line and a Fast Cruising Line, special projects, and motor yachts from the Picchiotti Vitruvius® series. Xnoi will be available for charter this summer for up to 10 guests in 4 staterooms in the Mediterranean Sea.
Sperry Marine Nav Systems for Italian Superyachts
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected to supply the bridge navigation systems for two new superyachts under construction by Italian yachtbuilder Perini Navi at its shipyards in Viareggio and La Spezia. The orders for the integrated bridge systems were awarded to Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit through Telemar Yachting, Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine's authorized sales and service representative for the yacht market in Italy
SpecTec New Yacht Projects
SpecTec announced seven new yacht projects including: 1) CMN, France SpecTec has been contracted for the delivery of a comprehensive IDEA management software system to M/Y Slipstream and sister vessel M/Y Cloud Nine. Both vessels are currently under construction at CMN shipyard in Cherbourg, France and are due for delivery in February and June 2009 respectively. 2) AMELS, The Netherlands SpecTec has been contracted for the delivery of a comprehensive IDEA management and documentation
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Superyachts 'Tango' and 'Vertigo' take top honours at 2012 World Superyacht Awards Superyacht industry people gathered at the Çırağan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul, Turkey recently for the seventh annual World Superyacht Awards, which honour the finest new superyacht builds delivered to their owners in the past 12 months. Boat International Media CEO Tony Harris welcomed the guests to Istanbul, and to the award ceremony
Costa Crociere Receives Yacht Design Award
Pier Luigi Foschi, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Costa Crociere Spa, was on hand at the Yacht Club Italiano in Genoa to collect the prize awarded to the Genoese company for the construction of the Costa Fortuna, the new 105,000 gross tonnage vessel due to enter into service at the end of 2003, which will be the largest cruise ship ever to fly the Italian flag. On October 11, the Yacht Club Italiano in Genoa was the venue for the "Yacht Design Award 2002"
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Increasing numbers of motor and sailing yachts from around the world arrived this past year at Intermarine Savannah to take advantage of the shipyard's repair and refit facilities. Among the procession of vessels brought to Intermarine for refit and repairs was the 315-ft. M/V Limitless, one of the largest yachts in the world, which was dry docked at the shipyard for three months last year. "For years," said Intermarine Marketing Director Patta Sloan Conboy; "our exceptional facilities and


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Last September, I wrote a post titled "Americans love to complain about rising food prices; here are three reasons they should stop whining." In an article today in The Federalist, Sean Davis responds to my post in an article titled "American Families Are Right To Be Worried About Inflation." Davis levels a number of criticisms at my post, and also criticizes more recent posts about inflation by Ramesh Ponnuru and Jimmy Pethokoukis. Here are some of Davis's criticisms:
A lot has happened since Perry told us ten months ago to stop whining. Did events prove him right or wrong? Was his inexplicably bizarre method of averaging four years' worth of inflation data actually an effective way of predicting future price growth? Let's take a look.
My "inexplicably bizarre method of averaging four years' worth of inflation data" was actually explained in my post: Given the somewhat volatile history of food prices on a monthly basis, we can look at the average food inflation rate over a longer period of time to smooth out some of the volatility. I showed a chart of the 48-month moving average of monthly food inflation rates to provide a smoothed measure of food inflation back to the 1960s.
Here's a different way to look at historical food inflation using an alternative method of smoothing out the extreme volatility in monthly food prices. The chart below shows food inflation on an annual basis, using the average values of monthly "CPI: Food" in each year from 1990 to 2013, and the June value of "CPI: Food" for 2014.
Over the last 25 years, annual food inflation has averaged 2.68%, and has been as high as 5.8% in 1990 and 5.5% in 2008. Over the last year, food inflation has been only 2.23%, or almost 0.50% below the 25-year average. So again, I say to Americans - "stop your whining" about food prices and food inflation, it's really not that bad. It could be worse, and it was worse - in 7 out of the previous 10 years, inflation was higher than it is right now this year!
I'd also point out that I certainly wasn't using past food inflation to predict future food inflation, I was merely pointing out that actual, historical food inflation as of last summer certainly wasn't very high at all, by historical standards:
Food prices over the most recent 12 month period through July [2013] have risen by only 1.44%, following 12-month increases of 1.38% in June, and 1.37% in May. Over the last 12 months starting last August, the annual food inflation rate has ranged between 1.37% and 2%, and averaged 1.6%.
With those relatively moderate rates of food inflation a year ago, I think I was quite justified telling consumers to stop their whining. What food inflation? There was none!
Well, what's happened since last September? According to Davis:
It turns out food prices have soared since Perry so confidently told us to shut up about them. The chart below shows the rapid disparity between food price growth and wage growth since Perry issued his "stop whining" directive. No joke: compared to less than a year ago, egg prices are up 13%. Beef is up 10%. Pork is up more than 9%. Fresh fruits are up over 7%. Overall, the prices of food at home are up 2.3%, while average hourly wages are up only 1.4%. In other words, food prices are growing 64% faster than wages.
Now it's Davis who is using an "inexplicably bizarre method" of picking six food categories to supposedly demonstrate that "food prices have soared" from September 2013 to May 2014 (June data only became available today). Here's the problem with that "inexplicably bizarre method" - the overall CPI for All Food Items increased by only 2% from September 2013 to May 2014 (with beverages it was only 1.9%, and for food at home by 2.3% as Davis reported)! Therefore, Davis's chart makes food inflation look artificially high by picking six food categories that all increased multiple times the 2% increase in the CPI: Food (and 2.3% for food at home).
There's another issue with the Davis analysis - average hourly wages according to this measure increased from $20.21 in September 2013 to $20.58 in May 2014, which is a 1.6% increase. And that leads to another problem - the overall CPI increased by 1.4% between September last year and May this year, which was less than this 1.6% increase in average hourly earnings (and the same for Davis's measure). In other words, average nominal wages by one measure increased slightly greater during that period than did overall consumer prices, meaning that real wages increased. For the measure Davis uses, real wages were flat.
Davis then compares increases in his bizarrely-selected sample of six food groups to the increase in average hourly earnings over a longer period going back to June 2009 (see chart above), and concludes that "food inflation (of my six bizarrely selected food groups) blows away wage growth." But we've got the same problem here as before. Average food prices increased only 11.26% between June 2009 and May 2014, nowhere near the increases of 20% to 35% in the six-item food sample. Also, average hourly earnings increased by 10.61% over that period, slightly higher than the overall increase in consumer prices of 10.38%, which means real earnings increased slightly since June 2009.
Here's another problem for Davis's food price analysis. The measures he uses are food price indexes constructed by the BLS, and not actual retail food prices. For whatever reason (maybe because of attempts to adjust for quality?), the BLS price indexes Davis uses for food items like eggs don't match actual retail price that consumers actually pay at grocery stores, as also reported by the BLS here.
For example, Davis reports correctly that the BLS index measure for eggs increased by 13% between September 2013 and May 2014. But according to actual retail price data from the BLS, a dozen eggs increased in price by only 5.2% during that period, from $1.897 per dozen to $1.996, which is less than half of increase reported by Davis using the egg index series. Now that June retail price data are available, the increase in eggs since last September through last month is only 2.7%, from $1.897 to $1.948 per dozen. That increase in the retail price of eggs from September 2013 to June 2014 is displayed in the table below. Also displayed in the table below are percentage increases in the retail prices of 31 different food items over the last nine months since my September post. Those 31 items represent most of the BLS items available from its "Average Price Data" database here.
Notice that over the last nine months, the retail prices of 20 food items have decreased, while 11 have increased. The biggest food price increases since last September have been for the various cuts of beef (see a detailed list here), which have all registered double-digit percentage price increases. Pork products like ham (3.4%) and bacon (7.5%) have also increased, as have milk (5.8%), eggs (2.7%) and cheese (2.3%).
On the other hand, other meats have declined in price since last September - turkey by almost 12% from $1.819 to $1.606 per pound and chicken breasts b 2.9%, from $3.608 to $3.504 per pound. From the table, we can see that the retail prices of many other food items have fallen, many pretty considerably, since last September such as strawberries (-13.8%), coffee (-8.3%), potatoes (-8.2%), cookies (-8.2%), bologna (-7.5%), peanut butter (-7.3%), etc. Importantly, many of the food items that showed significant price declines (chicken, turkey, coffee, potatoes, sugar, etc.) weren't included in the food items used by Davis.
Bottom Line: Also over the September 2013 to June 2014 period, average hourly wages increased by 1.83% (from $20.21 to $20.58), which was slightly higher than the 1.69% overall increases in all consumer prices during that period (including food). The CPI for Food increased 2.06%, although only by 1.95% when beverages are included. But it's not food prices alone that determine our cost of living, it's the cost of all consumer goods and services, as measured by the CPI-All Items. And by that measure of all consumers prices, average hourly earnings have been increasing greater than overall consumer prices, meaning that real wages have increased slightly.
To conclude by paraphrasing Davis, the prices of things people buy have really not been growing faster than most average workers' ability to buy them. For example, over the most recent 12-month period, the increase in average hourly earnings (2.3%) has outpaced the increase in the CPI (1.9%), meaning that real wages have gone up. It's time for pundits to stop pretending that rapidly rising prices are such a big deal, because they're really not. And it's still the case that Americans should stop whining about rising food prices, because they're not. Especially if you're eating strawberries, turkey, chicken, coffee, grapefruit, ice cream and peanut butter.
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|Butter (through April)
|Cookies, Chocolate Chip
|Peanut Butter
|Potato Chips
|Chicken Breast
|Ice Cream
|Bread, White
|Orange Juice
|Ground Beef
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By Mike Pearson, News staff

A more intense development was approved four years ago by Hamilton councillors, but members of the Ancaster Community Committee were still reluctant to support a Garner Road condominium and townhouse development that would stretch well beyond Ancaster's traditional 10.5-metre height limit.

Developer Anthony DiCenzo and planning consultant James Webb appeared at Ancaster Councillor Lloyd Ferguson's advisory committee this week to present a revised plan that includes one 4.5-storey stacked condominium building with 60 units, plus an estimated 84 three-storey townhouses at 591 and 611 Garner Rd. W. The new plan, with 144 units, reduces the original plan for 169 units approved in 2008. The 2008 plan called for two 4.5 storey stacked condo buildings and an additional 3.5-storey townhouse block.

Since 2008, the developer has acquired a 0.4 hectare land parcel which will be added to the development for a new entrance, improving sightline conditions.

But the development's maximum height of 17 metres was still a stumbling block for members of Ferguson's advisory committee.

"This would be higher than the Ancaster max," said Bruce Gabel, who was not part of the ACC when the project was first approved in 2008.

The developer is seeking an official plan amendment to address the added land parcel and establish townhouses as a permitted use on the site.

DiCenzo dismissed the notion the development could open the floodgates for similar projects in the Garner and Shaver Road area.

"If there was going to be a flood, it would have happened in the last four years," said DiCenzo. "It's already happened. The four and a half storey is already in place."

But Ferguson, who was serving his first term on council when the first plan was approved, noted the development is beginning again with a clean slate. Since 2008, Ferguson said his council colleagues have toughened their stance on building density.

"We've gotten a lot wiser since then," said Ferguson.

Ferguson urged his committee to reserve judgement on the project until city staff form a position on the official plan amendment.


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Mehlika Inanici, Greg Ward and Jan Wienold gave a full day workshop on HDR Photography and Glare Analysis in Harvard Design School.
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Hot on the heels of Monitor Audio's big PL300 floorstanding speaker comes the more compact PL200, designed for use in a wider range of rooms or, should you really want, as the rear speakers in a multichannel system built around PL300s!
The cabinet volume may only be about a third of that of the PL300, but the new model has been designed to only give away a little in terms of bass extension, sound pressure level and power handling.
The speaker uses the same tweeter and midrange unit as the PL300, but with smaller bass drivers: 16.5cm instead of the larger speakers' 20cm units. The tweeter is Monitor Audio's own C-CAM ribbon driver, and the 10cm midrange and the twin bass drivers use the company's Rapid Diaphragm Technology.
Sandwiched between skins of the Ceramic Coated Aluminium /Magnesium material, the RDT drivers have a core of honyecomb Nomex, the total construction creating an ultra-light laminate which is as rigid as a steel plate.
The speakers also make extensive use of Anti-Resonace Composite materials, have a Tapered Line Enclosure behind the midrange driver and employ the company's rifled HiVe II high velocity port for the bass.
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Selling for £4750 a pair, the PL200s come with a stabilising plinth, and stand just under a metre tall. The shaped, braced cabinet comes in a choice of lacquered Santos Rosewood and Ebony real wood veneers, or black piano lacquer. with the front baffles upholstered in leather.


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Thanks. I'll try to not let it go to my head. :-)
I kind of feel that way about several people here. I guess there are a number of people that really excel in their own specialties. I probably shouldn't name names, but I will anyway. Artelius (Ildûrest), ChronoKitsune, ComputerGhost, TheBOB, Matthewr2_1, and of course, Galleon all come to mind. There are others, also. Some of those have shown remarkable skill or understanding in certain specific areas, or in general.
Several others, including lawgin, David, and Ellipse (walrus) have impressed me with their math knowledge.
Lately, I think ChronoKitsune (rpgfan3233) has been doing a good job of explaining things.
I also admire his attitude. I remember quite a few years ago, I jumped on him because I thought he was wrong about a certain aspect of QBASIC behavior. It turned out that I was wrong and he was right. But he took it very well.
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Created: August 10, 2005
Latest Update: August 10, 2005
Around May 8, 2005, I posted this beginning explanation of a painting of depressesion and frustration:
How do we manage it? This insensitivity to the Other? It seems to come to us naturally, but I cannot believe that. In today's drawing I am visualizing one plausible explanation. We're tired. We're overcommitted. We're all living as the Supermoms of the seventies we thought we got rid of. We didn't. We just turned the guys into supermoms, too, but with different sets of tasks, at least one of which is having a second, as in the First Wives' Club.
A couple of weeks ago someone asked kind of casually, I presume, what Love 1A has to do with women's studies. The supermom social construct is one of the ways in which I'll answer that question in the Fall. The supermom phenomenon suggested that women could "have it all." I they wanted to spend their late twenties and thirties pursuing professional qualifications, they could have their children later. Hah! Some of us couldn't conceive by then. Some of us were no longer healthy after the great push to achieve. And some of us regretted how much time we had lost in having the "life" we still wanted. There is no way comfortably out of the gender role socialization we have all lived through in the West. That doesn't mean it's the only possible gender role socialization. The Bible reflects those same gender roles. But the Bible was written by men of the Christian West.
And then, on July 7, the terrorists attacked London. And I started the post again.
London Terrorist Bombing of July 7, 2005:
I am aware; but I am also confused by the conflicting perspectives and time frames, by how many spheres I must follow, by how tired I am. A part of awareness is caring enough about each other to listen and to share in good faith. (LewisGordon and Habermas on good faith. Maria Pia Lara on listening as illocutionary discourse.) Love points the way. (Buscaglia) Not pity. Not cheap forgiveness. (L. Gregory Jones and Bonhoeffer.) But love and respect for the human in us. And growth of that love. (Jonathan Lear).
Now, look at how I begin sprinkling my messages with scholarly references as I tyr to plan your class scheduling for Fall. I went back to the illustration of how easy it is not to be aware because that is so central to all that we will talk about. I am tired; there is so much to do; so many we need to reach out to, all at once, on Super Mom schedules. Thank goodness for transform_dom. Thank goodness we're past the insanity of testing (at least in our classes).
I've ordered texts for each class. Reading matters. But there will also be many references in my blog, so that you can review old theorists and explore new ones without having to put in long hours you don't have in a library. That's love, too. The love of trying to understand that you are conflicted, with far too much to do, and far too little time in which to do it, and that that often feels like depression, at least to me, whether it meets their clinical definition or not.
Please love in return. Read the blogs. They'll expose you to materials you can go back to some day when you have more time. See, I still believe there will be such a day.
More soon . . .
love and peace, jeanne
love and peace, jeanne
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Hallowe'en, a shortened version of "All Hallow's Eve," is a holiday blended from Christian, Celtic, and pagan harvest festivals, which marked the transition from fall to winter. Halloween takes place on October 31st, the night before All Saints Day, and is traditionally centered around remembering the dead and celebrating the year's bounty.
Like the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos, Halloween was seen as a time when the worlds of the living and dead would overlap. In the Celtic tradition it was believed that souls emerged on this night as they traveled to the afterlife, so revelers donned costumes to avoid recognition by the dead. Christian celebrants often warded off the devil with huge bonfires, whose light attracted insects and bats to join the festival.
In the United States, the great flood of Irish and English immigrants during the 1800s helped popularize the holiday. American Halloween traditions followed many practiced in the U.K., such as trick-or-treating or "guising," going from house to house in costume or disguise and singing in return for food. (It was understood that whomever answered the door could prevent a trick from being played on them by giving their visitors some kind of treat.) Bobbing for apples, another American staple, was originally one of many such rituals involving nuts, egg yolks, or mirrors, used to divine future mates or predict the fertility of young women.
The tradition of carving pumpkins known as "Jack-O-Lanterns" is traced to an Irish folk tale, in which "Stingy Jack" makes an unfortunate deal with the devil; the story ends with Jack roaming the earth, using a turnip lit from the inside by a devilish ember to guide his way. In Ireland, the term Jack-O-Lantern became associated with the "will-o'-the-wisp," or any eerily flickering lights seen from a great distance.
During the Victorian era, most Americans viewed Halloween as a quaint country holiday, and celebrations began shifting towards secular parades and parties, rather than focusing on the deceased. Communities began erasing the holiday's more superstitious elements, and it was increasingly commodified with kitschy Halloween postcards and themed candy packaging.
By the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, companies were making paper skeleton die-cuts to hang in windows, chalkware figurines of witches or ghosts, wood and tin noisemakers, ghoulish board games, paper-mache pumpkins to hold candy or candles, and elaborate costumes and masks.
However, the trick-or-treating tradition wasn't widespread in the United States until the 1930s. Though sugar-rationing in the 1940s put a damper on many Halloween parties, the holiday bounced back in the 1950s with a focus on children, cemented by Walt Disney's short film, "Trick or Treat," in 1952.
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Morgana is a weird girl who likes Pokemon and writes smut about Merlin and Arthur having dirty dungeon sex (yes, Morgana is her real name.) But she has never had a boyfriend (I wonder why.) In this story, Morgana is faced with a sexy EMO lookin guy with fabulous blue eyes. But will she ever have a chance with him? I haven't the foggiest idea.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Kineta Finds New Funding
Seattle-based Kineta, the biopharmaceuticals firm developing treatments for infection and autoimmune diseases, said yesterday that it has scored a new investment from RLB Holdings, the investment group which also owns the New York Yankees. According to Kineta, RLB Holdings has made a second investment in the firm, which will help it manufacture a drug lot for its forthcoming clinical trials. Kineta's lead compound is a host-directed antiviral focused on influenza, West Nile virus, Dengue fever, and other contagious diseases. Size of the latest funding round was not announced, however, Kineta said it has now raised more than $40M in funding since it launched in 2008. More information »


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PASADENA - One name will be missing from the 2012 presidential election lineup - six-time candidate Isabell Masters, the former activist, educator and evangelist from Pasadena who ran on her independent "Looking Back Party" ticket in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Masters, 98, died on Sept. 11 in Florida.
She had lived with her son Thomas Masters - mayor of Riviera Beach, Fla. - in recent years, her daughter Alfreda Dean Masters said.
"She led quite a remarkable life - a candidate for president of the United States more than any other person," said Dean Masters, who was her mother's running mate in 2000.
"She knew she didn't have a chance of winning," Dean Masters said. "But she got her message of `Save America' and `Integrated Biscuits' out to many people, and taught her children and others that gender, economic level, ethnicity, or any other natural or unnatural condition could not limit our dreams and horizons."
Born in Oklahoma on Jan. 9, 1913, Masters was the great-granddaughter of an emacipated slave who married a daughter of the immigrant German family that once owned him. She called herself a "Black German and Choctaw Indian woman" made a "fighting woman" by time and politics, Dean Masters wrote in a tribute to her mother's life.
During her 34 years on Summit Drive in Pasadena, Masters and her six children generated lots of Star-News coverage. An August, 1969 story highlighted her and her six children - John Muir graduates - who were all attending college at the same time.
She left town for a while, at age 67, to get her Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma. But even after a later move back to her hometown of Topeka, Kansas - where she ran for City Council and the state legislature - she kept Pasadenans informed.
"Tell everyone to be sure and write in my name, my name will not be on the ballot," she told the Star-News in 1992 for an update of her cross-country Amtrack campaign with her running mate, her son Walter Masters.
(A registered Republican, her platform was cutting the capital gains tax, reducing military spending, "stopping the government's misuse of taxpayers money ... and restricting American companies from relocating overseas.")
There aren't many contemporaries left in town who remember Masters well, Pasadena NAACP President Joe Brown said.
But he does recall her as aggressively pursuing her goal of bringing about change at a pivotal time for civil rights, and having a hard time putting her message across.
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"send letters to organizations to help them understand that retarded isn't a proper word"… "it hurts us if you call us retarded"… "it is Ok to write the word retarded in order to explain to them that it is hurtful."
We have all felt the sting of hurtful words. They stick in our throats if we have to say them and stick in our hearts when we hear them. One particular segment of our communities has been speaking up about the hurt inflicted by one word, "retarded," and their challenges are finding people and organizations who will hear their stories and reasons.
It is a word now used to mean much more than a medical diagnosis a word that now expresses disdain or stupidity, funny or simpleness. Witness the first ten results from a Google search for the word "retarded"
The term mental retardation is often misunderstood and seen as derogatory. Some think that retardation is diagnosed only on the basis of belownormal ...
Seven of those first ten web sites found used "retarded" in a demeaning way. And, to top that off, no sponsors were willing to have their ads connected to the word.
So let's take a look at how words change. Here, from their web site, is the history of the ARC's name. National Association for Retarded Children 19531973
We can see that The Arc is now just a set of initials thus avoiding having the word "retarded" in their name. Does it change their mission or function to change their name? Does it make members and friends happier? Or do people still see a r c and think "retarded children",or "retarded citizens"
Recently I spoke with two members of the community about this problem. One, Paul Picard SUFU member, from Augusta, past state board member of Speaking Up for Us told me, "It's a word they've heard so they use it." "When they talk about us, say we're retarded it just puts me down I want to get out of the room." The other person, Maryann Preble from Augusta who is cochair of the Speaking Up for Us State board says, "We talked among the state officers Of SUFU about this. They didn't feel like they were retarded."
And when I asked her what the word means to her she said, "retarded means, can't do anything that regular folks do, can't speak well like others, can only sit there and not say anything dumb, stupid." … "I'm nobody, can't do everything the other people can"
Paul expressed similar feelings about what the word means. He talked about seeing it on pins and hearing it from toys connected with a movie, "Napoleon Dynamite," released by Foxx last fall. (Foxx apologized and pulled those items.) But Paul was hurt by it and may be hurt again because the word is not going away.
From a media guide written and available on the web, opinions may differ on some terms, the guidelines represent the current consensus among disability organizations. Portions of the guidelines have been adopted into the "Associated Press Stylebook," a basic reference for professional journalists. …"DO NOT USE GENERIC LABELS for disability groups, such as "the retarded," "the deaf." Emphasize people not labels. Say "people with mental retardation" or "people who are deaf."… "Despite editorial pressures to be succinct, it is never acceptable to use "crippled," "deformed," "suffers from," "victim of," "the retarded," "the deaf and dumb," etc."… "Mental disability. The Federal Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) lists four categories under mental disability: psychiatric disability retardation, learning disability, or cognitive impairment is acceptable."
And therein lies a problem. Medical terminology, Federal laws concerning education, medical care, supported employment, and general disability issues all use the word "retarded" or "retardation". Many state laws do too. Very recently, with the help of the Developmental Disabilities Council and others, that kind of wording was removed from a bill regarding police training. Little by little things can change.
What do we replace the word "retarded" with when speaking about the condition? Paul Piccard responded, "developmentally disabled" (SUFU officers endorsed those words) … "cognitively disabled is almost the same, and it would be all right." In a very publicly distributed letter on Feb. 14, 2005 we find these words written by Chester Finn, Chair, SelfAdvocates Becoming Empowered (SABE):
And later, from a related conference source:
In a paper on the Arc web site, the subject is introduced.
This change might seem to be minor, but it has many major implications. This paper addresses in particular how it would affect The Arc's efforts in federal public policy issues. Key questions are:
As the paper goes on, it defines terms in medical and educational frameworks and tries to answer some of the questions posed above. It speaks of the work it would take to change focus, change Federal and state language, and change organizational practices and cultures. It then concludes; "It is clear from history that having the label of mental retardation left people open to some very unpleasant experiences. They had property taken from them, were locked in institutions, used as research subjects, segregated, neglected, abused and denied even the right to attend school." Is it any wonder there was a stigma?
People with mental retardation were among the first of those murdered by the Nazis. These murders were caused by a societal attitude that people with mental retardation were worthless and took food and resources away from more productive members of society. In fact, stigma stems from wrong attitudes and beliefs on the part of society. If the stigma is ever to go away, it will only happen when society's underlying attitudes are changed. Would The Arc's resources be better spent on efforts to change society's attitudes rather than on thinking up new terms that will soon have the same stigma as the old terminology? It is interesting to note that people who are deaf don't use "people first" language because they feel proud to be part of the "deaf community". Many people with physical disabilities are also less exorcised about "people first" language than people with cognitive disabilities. In fact, many of the more radical people with physical disabilities call themselves names like "crips" and use it proudly. Judy Heuman, Assistant Secretary of the federal Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), has a disability and refuses to use people first language because of her "disability pride."
What would happen if The Arc put major resources into a public relations campaign rather than into changing terminology? Would our efforts be better spent on educating the public that having mental retardation is nothing to be ashamed of rather than on trying to find another term that will probably over time develop the same stigma? What would happen, for example, if The Arc declared a national Mental Retardation Pride Day? The Arc should explore this possibility with selfadvocates.
Both Paul and Maryann are self advocates. They participated in the Alliance for Full Participation conference and discussed this issue of "terminology". They do not want to be called retarded.
When asked what happens if someone says the word because that's what they know Paul says, "some of them don't know any better, can't blame them, they didn't know. Second meeting they treat you just like a normal person. "And what should people say that will help the hurt? "I apologize I wanted to use another word,". Maryann agrees that education about the word is important because "we can do the same things as people that don't have disabilities, it just "takes a little longer to get the words out" and "time to learn how to do new things."
But then, there are those individuals who haven't learned or want to hurt! Paul says, "sometimes they don't want to apologize and they just keep on talking they want to make fun of us."
Information sources:
Google searching "retarded"
Google searching "blind"
History of the Name and logo of the Arc
The Alliance for Full Participation To obtain the full text of AFP's "Agenda for Full Participation in America," please visit
Chester Finn's letter
Mental Retardation v. Developmental Disabilities: Should The Arc change its focus from serving people mental retardation to serving people with all developmental


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Of the top of my head something like under 6% body fat is unhealthy. But 10% is perfectly reasonable.
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Is "Getting Ripped" Even Healthy?
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Originally posted by rimam1 View PostI know getting ripped is an obsession for lots of guys. I can totally understand where it comes from, as I myself am working to get more muscular, but the concept of "getting ripped" sounds like body engineering to fine tune yourself to 8 to 12 percent body fat.
If you get lean naturally from working out and eating correctly, that's cool. It just seems that aiming to get ripped can leave you gaunt and wiry, which I'm guessing is not very good for you.
Maybe I'm wrong?
Its really crazy if you think about it. Because what seems to be normal for people in other countries is that which is thought to be hard to accomplish for someone in the states. You can't do it because of your genetics, you haven't found the right gimmick or supplement, It's Ronald McDonald's fault, excuses excuses, bla bla bla!!! I think you get my point. And yes, its the culture, not the food; I've known plenty of people who ate fast food every day and they didn't get fat. Why? Because they knew when to stop.
Now is 3% healthy? Possibly not. But my bet is that if you strive to get there you'll be a lot more healthy than those who don't try at all. Ever since I dieted and got away from being obese, I've continued to aim for further improvements every year, now down to around 10%. I made it this far because I didn't stop trying. And yes, I'm a lot healthier than I was when I was about 27% and had trouble just to walk down the street. And I get A LOT more dates too!!!
Originally posted by magicmerl View PostI think that some people on here are trying to lose weight/gain muscle for essentially cosmetic or vanity reasons.
Functional strength and fitness is important though. That's what I'm shooting for, along with balanced hormones.
As for the hormones, I believe that dieting too hard for too long can have a negative impact on hormones. That's why its better to have an aim to maintain. That is as opposed to how competitive bodybuilders will walk around heavier most of the year only to drop 50 lbs for a contest, and then they gain it all back again. That's stupid. I'd rather be lean all year long.
Originally posted by paleo-bunny View Post+1.
I find muscular people with a normal amount or moderate excess of body fat the most attractive and healthy-looking. This speaks health and vitality, while being relaxed. Lean muscle mass and functional strength and fitness override everything else as far as I am concerned.
From an evolutionary standpoint this makes a lot of sense. We are attracted to members of the opposite sex that look healthy, that which will ensure better chances of survival of our offspring. Some fat is healthy because it is essential and indicates nourishment. None means you are sick from starving and too much is a sickness as well. A healthy partner means you will have someone around to help take care of the kids.
Originally posted by Daemonized View PostIn defense of the lean, I've had a single digit body fat percentage for a couple years now and I think it's great. I eat plenty of healthy foods and I workout five days a week. I feel great and my lifestyle works for me. I'm not saying that you everyone needs to be super lean but what's unhealthy about it?
I find it interesting that so many have such a judgmental take to all of this. We as humans are designed to hold enough fat to keep it together during famine and hunting. Mark is probably between 8-10% bf and looks great. The idea that its unhealthy to carry lower body fat is ludicrous. It is very challenging for someone (man) to be under 8 and for woman 12-15 is about right for being athletic.
In my opinion most have these impressions out of fear of not being enough (those who are convinced its not healthy) they have self imposed limitations to justify why they are not in their best nature shape. The amount of sacrifice we as humans make to be fat sloth's is unbelievable so to undo that you have to sacrifice a bit (which is actually repairing the damage) Once you have repaired that damage the maintenance is much easier.
The unhealthy practices of getting to those low numbers is what is not good. We has people following PB are doing so for a bunch of reason but mostly for better health. If youre at your optimum performance at 25% and that is YOUR BEST then great. If youre sprinting the 100 in 12 seconds AWESOME! but without evidence to say xyz isnt healthy is as subjective as what bf you personally find appealing.
For me I hate body hair and I hate fat. I like running 3miles in under 18 minutes and I like bench pressing 255 plus for reps. Thats me or squatting 400+ I have personal goals and thats what this life is a challenge and do I live up to it or does it eat me alive?
Thats my take for what its worth
Personally, I think "getting ripped" is a goal for too many people. That usually entails weight loss, then weight gain, then counting calories, then slimming back down for definition, etc... The list just goes on until the goal becomes an obsession. What happened to "getting ripped" being a result of having other passions and obsessions? Like one of the previous posters said, those climbing gyms, etc. have plenty of "ripped" folk, who usually got there by following their heart into some activity or other.
Originally posted by jujeki View PostPersonally, I think "getting ripped" is a goal for too many people. That usually entails weight loss, then weight gain, then counting calories, then slimming back down for definition, etc... The list just goes on until the goal becomes an obsession. What happened to "getting ripped" being a result of having other passions and obsessions? Like one of the previous posters said, those climbing gyms, etc. have plenty of "ripped" folk, who usually got there by following their heart into some activity or other.
For me personally (Im 6'3" ish) and worked labor the majority of my life and have always been strong as hell. It takes a tremendous amount of volume for me to lean out. I worked construction most of my life so doing odds and ends (like rock climbing) does absolutely nothing for me but make me stronger but not leaner or bigger. For me it takes HEAVY compound lifts and things like boxing training and such, which I love.


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We're in the middle of sea turtle nesting season and the folks at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach say so far so good.
The center's President and CEO, Jack Lighton says the nine and a half mile stretch of sand from the south end of Jupiter Island to North Palm Beach is one of the most densely-nested sea turtle nesting beaches on the planet.
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Back in Tokyo
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Lights are wrapped around the trees lining Omotesando Dori, it's beautiful, and reminds me of how close Christmas really is.
I was just settling into Toronto after touching down last Thursday, before an unexpected email from Sugizo's manager arrived two days later, asking if I'd be keen to photograph Luna Sea's LIVE in Tokyo at Tokyo Dome this weekend.
The past couple days had been sleepless with my packing, flight from LA to Toronto, meetings, more meetings, retouching, the pending confirmation for my Tokyo trip, and then packing again followed by the 13-hour flight from Toronto to Narita. I was retouching even on the plane.
It feels good to be back in Japan, this trip marks my 10th time in Tokyo.
In some ways, the familiarity makes it feel like a 2nd home to me now. And I think that familiarity is something really beautiful, for it brings back memories, making those moments feel close and real again, and that feeling is precious, almost like a dream, but real. So much memories here.
11 comments :
- Barbara said...
Luna Sea's Live...wow!!
- December 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Samantha Nandez said...
It's beautiful! Enjoy your trip :)
- December 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Alexandre said...
So nice ^_^
I can just imagine the stress you had to set all things right...
Enjoy your time there ^_^
(I miss Pocky and Melon pan ... T_T, lol)
- December 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM
yup... love Tokyo too. Its familiar but there is always something new too.
- December 22, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Jingna, it seemed that u took the sunshine way from L.A. It's been raining day and night since you left and it's still raining. Laguna beach downtown is flooded and many roads are closed.
I am glad you are in JP now and I am sure it will be warmer than CAN
Merry Japanese Christmas!
- December 22, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Momo said...
Oh, hope your trip is wonderful! It sounds like you have a very great job, something I hope to have someday! Have a Happy Holiday and a Happy New Year!
- December 23, 2010 at 12:25 AM
- elaeye said...
Aw...Christmas in Japan- sounds like so much fun. And it sounds like a dream to have been to Japan so many times, even if it was for work ^__^
Best of luck with your photography - concerts sound exciting (but difficult to photograph!)
- December 23, 2010 at 1:16 AM
- LUCA'HDPHOTO said...
Hi Zann, i was there in 8 Dicember...beautiful Tokyo, beutiful girls, beautiful Sushi...Happy Christmas!
- December 23, 2010 at 7:03 AM
- Yuta Ishikawa said...
Hi zingna!! have a great time in Japan!!
- December 23, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- Quique Mañas said...
Happy new year!!! Hope this year all is gonna be great and I know that your work will be even more inspiring and beautiful! :)
faithfully yours
- December 31, 2010 at 9:35 PM
- nekonana said...
You are about as young as me yet it sounds like you never have time to rest. Hard works are never wrong, hope you take care of your health too.
Have a blessed cat year!
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Laurie Anderson is many things – songwriter, violinist, electronic musician, vocalist. But she is first and foremost a storyteller. Her latest work, Delusion, is about memory and identity, told with her typical blend of wit and wisdom. She'll play live in the studio.
Delusion kicks off the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)'s 2010 Next Wave Festival. It will run on: Sep 21—25 & Sep 28—30; Oct 1 & 2, 2010, 7:30 p.m.; and Sep 26 & Oct 3, 3 p.m. For more information, please visit BAM's web site.


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Ryan Premises National Historic Site
For centuries, one species of fish clearly symbolized Newfoundland's history of settlement and growth. The Atlantic cod.
Ryan Premises National Historic Site commemorates the rich history of the Newfoundland cod fishery and tells the story of the Ryan family who pioneered generations of business success in the fishery.
Ryan Premises was once the home of James Ryan Ltd., one of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest salt fish mercantile firms. James M. Ryan was the son of an Irish immigrant who, along with his brothers, took over his father's business and built it into an international trading company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Along the way he made himself wealthy and powerful, and established himself as an early proponent of Confederation with Canada, a political position at odds with many of the leading business and political figures of his day.
His power base was the Bonavista waterfront where he bought land and began building an empire in the 1860s. Bonavista came to be at the centre of this economic empire. At one time, fleets of schooners brimming with salt cod sailed from this tiny fishing village to ports around the world.
James Ryan died in 1917, but the family carried on the fish trade until 1952, and remained in the retail business until 1978.
The Ryan Premises site includes a traditional suite of buildings associated with a fish merchant: a house, store, salt storage, and various outbuildings. The site includes exhibits telling the 500-year-old story of the Atlantic cod fishery, a gift shop, theatre space, a furniture exhibit, and the Bonavista Museum, which has an extensive collection of genealogical records of local families. Nearby are Bonavista Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site, Mockbeggar Plantation Provincial Historic Site, and a locally-built model of the Matthew which John Cabot sailed here in 1497.
In the early 20th century, James and his brother Daniel built adjoining houses in St. John's, one of which is today the Ryan Mansion an upscale bed and breakfast with a connection to RMS Titanic: the staircase was, according to family history, built by the same Northern Ireland craftsmen who outfitted the grand staircase in the doomed luxury liner.
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OTTAWA - He told Michael Ignatieff he'd read his books. He discussed parenthood with Stephen Harper. And he chatted about Haiti with Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean.
All three Canadians declared they established an immediate rapport with Barack Obama during the U.S. president's first foreign visit. And Canada's prime minister, opposition leader, and Governor General emerged with rave reviews after meeting the rookie president.
Each one of those encounters lasted far longer than scheduled and the Canadian participants came away applauding Obama's policy grasp and people skills.
Harper and Obama shooed away aides twice when they opened the door to the Prime Minister's Office and attempted to cut short a private one-on-one meeting.
Canadian and U.S. aides walked in after 20 minutes, then again after 25, but were to leave the room as a scheduled 10-minute meeting dragged on more than three times that length.
Private chats between leaders are loathed by government officials, who fear that with no note-takers or advisers present a pair of over-exuberant bosses might wind up making dumb decisions.
But Harper said one-on-one time allows leaders to discuss more than just government policy.
He said that before the advisers and government note-takers joined them Thursday, he and Obama waded into subjects like long-term dreams for their families and countries.
The opposition leader's meeting with Obama also lasted double the allotted time, with Ignatieff and the president sitting together for a half-hour in an airport lounge instead of the scheduled 15 minutes.
Ignatieff said the visitor was an attentive listener.
For instance, when he raised their shared commitment to making politics less partisan and nasty, he said Obama laid out different challenges he faced in building bridges with Republican lawmakers.
"His replies are very substantial. They're very thoughtful," Ignatieff said.
"It's a form of respect not to me personally. It's a form of respect to our country. He came here and took us very seriously."
They also discussed common friends, like the two Ignatieff confidants who serve as the president's senior economic and foreign-policy advisers.
Obama also told the Liberal leader - who has written a number of books - he'd read his work.
"So that made this particular Canadian author feel pretty good," Ignatieff said.
The Governor General apparently walked away with similar impressions.
Her aides described the president as a careful listener.
After she described her recent trip to hurricane-ravaged Haiti, Obama invited her to Washington and promised to hold follow-up discussions with her about that country.
They also cracked a few jokes.
The president had Jean laughing aloud after she remarked how popular he was in Canada.
Obama replied that he'd already been briefed on his approval ratings north of the border, and cracked that he might have to move here if things go badly down south.
"He makes people feel at ease right away," said Jean spokeswoman Marthe Blouin. She said the meeting was scheduled for 20 minutes, but went about six minutes longer.
All three Canadians expressed agreement that Obama's easygoing reputation was well-founded.
The prime minister told aides he was most impressed with the president's ability to remain calm in the face of threats Canadians don't generally fret about - like hostile, nuclear-armed states - and the far more severe economic downturn south of the border.


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Weglarz struggles through another season of injuries
|Nick Weglarz (Photo: IPI)
Weglarz, 23, has a ton of strength and power as well as a good approach at the plate where he draws a lot of walks. Over the past few years he has consistently been ranked in the Indians' Top 10 prospect rankings because of that potential.
Unfortunately for Weglarz he has not been able to realize that potential because of a myriad of injuries throughout his career. He was a third round pick out of high school back in 2005, and in the first game with the rookie level Gulf Coast League team the next season he broke the hamate bone in his right hand which resulted in him missing the rest of that season.
Weglarz managed to stay healthy in 2007 and showed what he could do if he played regularly. With Low-A Lake County that year he hit .274 with 24 HR, 83 RBI and a .891 OPS in 127 games, and drew 83 walks and had 131 strikeouts. It was a big breakout year, especially for a 19-year old in that league.
Weglarz came back in 2008 and had another relatively injury free season at High-A Kinston (.272, 10 HR, 41 RBI, .828 OPS), though he missed a lot of time in July and August that year because he was playing for Team Canada in the Olympics out in Beijing.
Since then the injuries have mounted up for Weglarz. He was off to a great start the first three months of the season at Double-A Akron in 2009, but a stress fracture in his shin area nagged him for a month and his numbers plummeted before he was finally shut down the last six weeks or so of the season. He ended up hitting .227 with 16 HR, 65 RBI, and a .808 OPS in 105 games. He had surgery in the offseason to insert a steel rod into his leg to speed up the recovery from the stress fracture to his tibia.
Last season Weglarz played well at Akron and Triple-A Columbus (.285, 13 HR, 47 RBI, .893 OPS), but missed time because of recurring tendonitis from the offseason surgery to his leg. His season came to a crashing halt when he sprained a ligament in his right thumb while diving for a ball at the end of July.
Weglarz tore the meniscus in his left knee back in spring training in mid-March and opened the season on the disabled list. He made his 2011 season debut at Akron on June 5th, but he has frequently been in and out of the lineup because of tendonitis with the knee, an eye bruise from being hit with a bat, and a left elbow issue.
Weglarz is currently on the disabled list with a left elbow strain, and with only two weeks left in the season is in danger of finishing the season on the disabled list for the fourth time in the last six years.
"It is unlucky, but it is a lot of stuff that could not be prevented," Weglarz said in a recent interview for the IPI.
The knee injury in the spring was just another fluke injury for Weglarz. He stepped on first base and his knee buckled and he went down.
"I was running the bases as we were doing a baserunning program," Weglarz recalled. "I hit first and my knee gave out and tore it. It wasn't like I hit the bag wrong, and I wasn't even running that hard. But as soon as I hit the bag I tore it."
Since returning from the disabled list in June, it is painfully clear that Weglarz is still not 100%. He has struggled worse than at anytime in his career and his power numbers have evaporated as in 41 games with Akron he is hitting .179 with 3 HR, 12 RBI and a .666 OPS.
"I am still working through some stuff trying to strengthen the quad," Weglarz said. "The doctor thinks that the knee was tearing and when I hit the base that was kind of the thing that put it over the top and tore it. It has been slower [to recover from] than we thought, but I have been able to play through it. I won't hurt it by playing on it."
Weglarz is still drawing a lot of walks as he has 36 walks in his 41 games this year, but it is apparent that the knee injury has sapped his ability to drive the ball. He has a very low batting average for balls in play of .239 which shows he has been unlucky, but he is also rolling over a significant number of pitches which is showing he is not getting much drive in his swing.
"I have had to make adjustments as my swing is not yet what it was, but I think that will come with time," Weglarz said. "I think once my leg gets stronger I will be able to use my legs a little better and get back to where I was. My approach has been good; it is just mechanical things with my swing that has changed due to the injuries. Once I can strengthen my leg it will come back, I know it will. I have had moments where it felt good, so it is just a matter of time."
With all of the injuries it is possible that Weglarz could return to first base down the road to help keep him on the field. He says that has not been discussed, but considering he played first base in high school and was converted into an outfielder as a pro he believes he could quickly make the position change if need be.
"Everything is still in the outfield and there has been no talk of first base," Weglarz said. "I have played first base all my life, but I feel better and I feel like I can move faster in the outfield and my first step has gotten better."
With the big league club in Cleveland being hit hard with injuries all season, Weglarz's own injury issues may have prevented him from getting a chance with the Indians this season. Considering outfielder Shin-Soo Choo went down in June with a broken thumb and designated hitter Travis Hafner misses about five weeks from mid-May to mid-June and is likely done for the season after suffering a foot injury on Sunday, Weglarz may have gotten a significant opportunity with the Indians this season.
"That crossed through my mind, and it crossed through my mind last year when I hurt my thumb as there was a pretty good chance I would have got my shot then," Weglarz said. "You can't look at it like that though. If it is meant to happen there is nothing you can really change. You can't sit here and ask questions why it happened and feel sorry for yourself because you are so unlucky. You just have to go with what you are given."
With the season wrapping up the focus now and this offseason will be to get Weglarz healthy and ready for next season. It may mean he does not play anywhere this offseason in order to give his body a rest and time to heal.
"I am just enjoying my time here and going day to day," Weglarz said. "My goal is to find that swing and get back to where I was and be in the big leagues. That was my goal before I got hurt. I am not going to settle for something less, but there are still some things I have to do."
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The Yankees limped into this series, but it hasn't mattered much; if the Twins didn't have bad luck against the Yankees, they wouldn't have no luck at all. Minnesota lost two one-run games in the space of an evening – the second half of last night's suspended Scoreless Wonder, which ended up a 1-0 Yanks win thanks to Derek Jeter's solo home run (and lead-preserving nifty defensive play [1]), and then tonight's 3-2 duel [2], which saw Andy Pettitte prevail over Francisco Liriano. Mariano Rivera saved both games, and if he didn't quite radiate moonbeams and rose petals and ride off the field on a pegasus like he normally does, it was at least a step in the right direction.
I figured on the bullpen being a minefield today (as just getting through nine innings has proved plenty tough enough for those guys recently), but David Robertson, Joba Chamberlain, and Mo staggered through to the end of the first game unscathed, and Andy Pettitte gave everyone a break tonight by throwing 72 of his 94 pitches for strikes — "attack-tastic," as my friend put it — powering through eight relatively smooth innings with a little help from his good friend the DP grounder. Safe to say he's showing no ill effects from his recent elbow issue (…well, safe to say, but I'm knocking on wood anyway, just in case). He hit a few speed bumps: in the first inning, when my guy Denard Span doubled, stole third, and was delivered to home plate by Joe Mauer; and in the seventh, with Delmon Young's RBI double. Beyond that, though Pettitte allowed eight hits, he walked no one, struck out four, and was generally able to keep his anguished, muttered self-criticism on the mound to a minimum. When he induced Joe Mauer to hit into the Twins' third DP of the night and end the eighth inning, his fist pump was downright Joba-esque.
With the Yankees still staging their community theater adaptation of Waiting For Godot [4], starring Mark Teixeira's offense ("We are all born mad. Some remain so"), they patched together a few runs from the bottom of the lineup. In the fourth Francisco Cervelli went all speed-demon on the Twins, beat out a potential double play throw, and scored from first on Kevin "Strong Island" Russo's double; Russo himself scored in the seventh inning when Brett Gardner tripled. ("Let us do something, while we have the chance! It is not every day that we are needed. But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!").
Each team had two runs and eight hits when Nick Swisher came to the plate in the top of the ninth to face Jon Rauch and his neck tattoos. The third pitch of the at-bat was a ripe fastball, and we can only hope its violent death was quick and painless, as Swisher absolutely creamed it. It soared over the right field wall and gave them a 3-2 lead that they held onto, thanks to a much more Mariano-like Rivera appearance than we saw in the first game. Take a deep breath, the Yankees won another series.
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I must say that Jon Stewart takes some of the bite out of the controversy about filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's film "Noah" that came out on March 28. Stewart's commentary and his choice sound bites from some commentators are nothing less than hilarious. By the way, "Noah" made almost $200 million worldwide already meaning that many people have gone to see it and are most likely talking about it and perhaps reading the Bible to check out the Book of … [Read more...]
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If you've ever been frustrated at how to engage in our media culture in meaningful ways, consider taking one of these terrific online courses offered by the University of Dayton's Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation.Click here for the course description for Introduction to Media LiteracyClick here for the course description for Church and CommunicationI am the course facilitator for the intro to media literacy course; another fine catechist will facilitate Church and … [Read more...]
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Visit the University of Dayton's Online Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation for information about the Media Literacy Education certificate course and the courses that are available now (including the prerequisites). You can sign up for the next session of online courses now. You can sign up for the certificate program in late 2009. … [Read more...]