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Once again, a book has given occasion for public bemoaning of Sonia Gandhi's role in the UPA government. Arun Maira says in his new book that Sonia Gandhi called the shots in the UPA government, decided on policy and appointments. This is portrayed in the media as major subversion of democracy. Really?
The assumption implicit in this criticism is that the political party is some kind of a seasonal expedience, to be of some use at election time and otherwise meant to reveal its good character by keeping quiet and speaking only when spoken to. Governance, including formulation of policy, would be the sole prerogative of those who man the government; their preferences and occasional brainwaves would shape government programmes and policy. The party should retreat to the margins and passively wait for the next elections to come out of hibernation.
This vision of politics reflects, essentially, the rudimentary development of democracy in the country. Except in a context of direct democracy, possible in tiny communities where every member plays a direct role in taking every decision for the collective, democracy is not possible, or rather will not be substantive without vibrant political parties. Parties exist to mediate between the people and the state. The party organisation and its wide reach enable elected representatives to get to know their voters' concerns and, in turn, let them convey back to the people what the government can do about these concerns and has been able to achieve.
Indian elected representatives hold durbars, a feudal court, in which the subjects gather to petition the ruler for favour and relief. This form of supplication before a representative of the state and the latter's condescension in granting an audience reflect underdeveloped democracy and a stunted party system.
It is only in such a system and resultant low level of democratic consciousness that the party is seen as an adjunct to politics rather than its driving force. The ease with which politicians change their party affiliation and the tendency for individual leaders to dominate a party, to the extent of making it a personal, heritable fief, both reflect the same failing of stunted democratic development. Democracy stands stunted in the Congress as well, of course.
All parties exist to capture state power and use that power to mould society according to their respective vision. Difference in vision demarcates one party from another. Sometimes, even when sharing the same broad vision, difference of opinion on current strategy and tactics could be so severe as to make the followers of different schools of thought gather themselves into different parties. Sometimes, the only point of difference might be over who should lead the party in its pursuit of a particular vision and strategy.
Even within the framework of India's rudimentary democracy, parties do play an important role. People vote, for the most part, on the basis of party affiliation. When a candidate gets a certain number of votes, more than half that many votes would have accrued on the strength of his/her party affiliation. The party gets elected.
The party with the largest number of elected representatives is called on to form the government. The party chooses its leaders in the legislature, decides on ministerial appointments The party is held accountable for the performance of the government led by it. When the BJP called on the electorate to throw out the corrupt Congress, they endorsed the concept that the party is being held to account, primarily. When the Congress is held responsible for the state of the nation, after having functioned as the ruling party for 49 out of the 62 years of democratically elected governments since the first general election of 1952, the same principle applies.
Inclusive growth is not the vision of an individual leader in the government, but the vision of the Congress party. Land reforms in West Bengal and Kerala were not bright ideas that occurred to their chief ministers when Communists formed their governments. Rather, land reforms were the rallying point of the Left parties, for which they mobilised support and on the basis of which they sustained that support. The leaders of the Communist parties naturally played a major role in deciding what the policies of the Left led governments would be. Promode Dasgupta, the CPI(M) state secretary was, in his lifetime, far more powerful and far more respected a leader in West Bengal than chief minister Jyoti Basu was.
The president of the Congress party was a powerful leader, before Indira Gandhi was appointed prime minister and then staged a coup and took over the government and the party. No one found it strange that the Congress party and its president should wield power and influence policy.
Sonia Gandhi led the Congress to victory across the country in 2004 and 2009, as the party's president and most popular leader, its cementing force, to use Sharad Pawar's phrase. This time around, she and her son would jointly share responsibility for defeat or victory, as the case may be. She and the Congress are being held to account for the performance of Congress-led government, the scams under its tenure, and also take credit for its achievements in inclusive growth. How could she not have played a role in deciding the policies of the government led by the Congress party?
Democracy would have been subverted if arbitrary people in the government had formulated policy divorced from the vision and expectation of the party that got them elected and installed them in office.
Legitimate criticism of the National Advisory Council is not that it served as a platform for Sonia Gandhi to wield influence over the government. Rather, the problem is that the Congress did not have sufficient emancipatory imagination of its own within the party and had to outsource thinking up creative policies to an advisory body. Whether as chairman of the advisory body or simply as president of the ruling party answerable to the people, Sonia had both the right and the responsibility to play a major role in determining the policies of the UPA government.
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The state Department of Education's attempt to avoid a Nov. 26 hearing in federal court ignores a century of U.S. Supreme Court rulings confirming that a federal court can take action to ensure state officials comply with federal law, Tangipahoa Parish School Board attorneys say.
The School Board has asked U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle, who oversees the district's 47-year-old desegregation case, to halt implementation of the state's new voucher funding provisions in the parish.
The board says the diversion of state Minimum Foundation Program funds from the school district to voucher programs prevents the district from building new schools, improving existing facilities and maintaining magnet programs as required by court orders in the case.
The voucher program also effectively resegregates some schools by permitting white flight, board attorneys say.
State education officials have countered that, under the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a federal court cannot interfere with state decision making, particularly where state funding is involved.
School Board attorneys dispute that contention in a brief filed late Tuesday.
"A century of Supreme Court precedent holds that a federal court, consistent with the Eleventh Amendment, may enjoin state officials to conform their future conduct to the requirements of federal law," attorneys Bob Hammonds, Charles Patin and Ashley Sandage argue in the brief.
Federal courts may intervene even when doing so has a direct and substantial impact on the state treasury, the School Board attorneys say.
The state's voucher funding laws deprive the district not only of the state's portion of MFP funds for those students, but also a local contribution share of MFP funds, the attorneys say.
According to state Education Department documents, the state will pay $245,771 in tuition this year for 50 voucher students living in Tangipahoa Parish to attend private schools in and outside the parish.
Of that amount, the district is assessed 21.75 percent, or $69,393, as its share of the cost to fund those students' vouchers, the documents show.
The state offsets that local share by deducting it from MFP funding the state sends to the district for its remaining student population, the School Board contends.
Moreover, the negative financial impact is "virtually certain to increase in the future," the attorneys argue in the brief.
Two of the private schools currently taking in Tangipahoa Parish voucher students are expanding in capacity and may increase tuition at any point, the attorneys say. In addition, colleges, vocational schools, online companies and other course providers will be eligible to receive MFP funds for voucher students beginning in 2013-14.
Tangipahoa Parish currently has 558 students dually enrolled in college courses, 98 students dually enrolled in vocational courses and 1,589 students taking online courses, and those numbers are trending upward, according to the brief.
The funding provisions are clear violations, School Board attorneys say, of the Louisiana Constitution, which states that the MFP funding formula "shall be used to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary and secondary schools as well as to equitably allocate the funds to parish and city school systems."
The voucher system also violates federal desegregation laws by permitting white flight, the attorneys say.
The student population of Independence Elementary School, for example, is 73.7 percent black and 26.3 percent white, according to the brief. However, nine of the 10 voucher students who elected to leave the school this year are white, the attorneys say.
In fact, nearly half — 24 out of 50 — of the parish's voucher students are white, the attorneys say.
"In effect, the state is funding the re-segregation of the school system by failing to consider the racial impact of such student transfers," the attorneys argue.
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I wouldn't even do flynn, 16, 23 for 10 and Rush.
I'm just glad the Pacers are active in searching and hopefully get another first rounder without giving up the 10th pick.
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I wouldn't even do flynn, 16, 23 for 10 and Rush.
I'm just glad the Pacers are active in searching and hopefully get another first rounder without giving up the 10th pick.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
If this was a real offer then you'd think we'd be getting it done soon...or they're asking for something we absolutely don't want to give up. Or we want more of a "help now" PG and not a project...so Larry would rather put a deal together for TP that Flynn. That's the only way I can figure it. Because otherwise, I feel like this would have quickly been accepted. Or it's just contingent on their guy being there at 10 possibly.
If the deal is Flynn/#16/#23 for #10/Hibbert, I have a tough time seeing either team turning that deal down considering the Pacers' recent PG woes.
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
Whatever delay there is to accept the deal could be caused by the fact that the Pacers have had so many other deals on the table, so they have more options to weigh. And I agree that TP may be one of those deals they're comparing it to.
Any player of significance would have been called out specifically instead of being labeled as part of the "package".
We'd also have to find a way to trade back roughly $3m, as this is Flynn's 2010 salary. Rush or Hibbert alone wouldn't get it done, so I think the trade is more complex then it would seem on the surface.
T-Wolves don't really have a need for HIbbert. I don't see them being particularly enthralled by him. Surely Hibby has value, but I'm not sure Minny would really value him as much as some other teams.
I highly doubt there was ever a serious deal involving Granger+10 on the table unless it was Flynn, Jefferson or KLove, 16, 23 coming back to us.
BIRD: Hey David, it's Larry Bird. Wanted to see if you'd be interested in giving us Flynn for #10.
KAHN: You want us to trade you Jonny Flynn...who we just spent the 6th pick from last year on. You want Flynn for -- and let me see if I've got this right -- for the 10th pick?
BIRD: Just seeing how interested--
KAHN: Are you high? You and McHale smoking Mellencamp under the table again? Just 10 and Flynn? No way.
BIRD: Well, it was worth a shot...
KAHN: Tell ya what I'll do, how about you give me the #10, and I'll give you Flynn, #16 and #23?
KAHN: Larry? Still there? Flynn, #16 and #23 can be yours just for #10 --- whadya say?
BIRD: You just rejected Flynn for 10 but now want the #10 for Flynn AND two additional picks?
KAHN: Three picks are too much; too many point guards available in the late first to tempt me. I'm freaking out. Bledsoe, Torrance. Johnson... I passed out the other day just thinking about drafting Bjelica -- a 6'10" point guard Larry. Do you hear me? SIX-TEN POINT GUARD! I can't handle having this many picks. Too much pressure. Too big.
KAHN: So... do we have a deal?
BIRD: I gotta go, I'm going to draft Gordon Hayward.
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If it includes Hibbert or Granger I would say no! I would be ok with anything else. I think Hibbert might be involved because it is a no brainer otherwise.
Would be shocked to see Granger or Big Al as components in this deal. Possible, but unlikely.
Something quite smaller could work, however:
We send:
TJ expiring after next year creates room for Rubio to step in next year and be the starter. We also take on 3 years of Gomes' salary (3.9ish).
Minny holds onto #4, takes Johnson, & then the best avail at 10. They keep their Love/Al Jeff trade pieces for another deal to round out their team.
I have a feeling the package will include Rush.
Since the only piece mentioned was the #10, I think its fair to assume that the #10 has the most value...which would probably mean that Granger and Hibbert arent involved
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
I'm not nearly as high on Granger as most on PD seem
to be. But even I would say that, if by chance (which I highly
doubt) a deal that includes him is being discussed, Minny's
#4 pick would have to be coming back in our direction.
Period !
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
The words "from what I understand" generally imply that the speaker has at least partial evidence. An opinion is impossible without at least some basis in fact or conjecture. So you were (implicitly) claiming to report something.
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It all dries up and blows away
I'd hang around just to see
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Minny and the Pacers seem like terrible trade partners. Nothing makes sense at all beyond sending a PG to us. What are they going to do with a pick? What on earth would they want in return that wouldn't cripple us for years?
I don't get any of this.
Least favorite time of year for me. Most favorite for the last few years has always been the first few weeks of the season.
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If Hibbert is involved at all, i want no part of it.
If it is Rush you absolutely have to do this deal, but no way the Wolves are only demanding Rush in my opinion. If Hibbert is involved it matters who you like at 16 and 23. If Granger is involved you laugh and hang up the phone.
If there is any evidence why would you use "from what I understand" in the first place?
I think that Hibbert, Rush and expirings could be included with the Pacers taking Jefferson back plus Flynn and the two picks.
Hopefully we will know some day.
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JMO, but MIN has redundant players at the 2 positions that are our greatest needs, PF and PG. If they wanted to move Jefferson/Love or Flynn/Sessions, I hope the Pacers would put a proposal together.
I don't understand why Minnesota would want Hibbert unless they have other moves in the works. My understanding is that both Jefferson and and Love are slow footed.
If we were to get the #4 pick we could easily pick up Aminu. Would you trade Granger for Aminu essentially?
What are the pros and cons of Flynn? His numbers were good for a rook.
I almost don't want to bring anyone talented in this year, especially young and talented since they will be immeasurably ****ed up by JOB's coaching. That's how unexcited I am about the Pacers with JOB as the coach.
Might they have interest in McRoberts?
#10, #40, Rush, and McBob would be in the ballpark, salary-wise.
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Lupus Research Institute Co-hosts Lupus Congressional Briefing to Highlight Serious Unmet Needs in Lupus
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NEW YORK, NY – July 11, 2012. The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) joined with members of the U.S. Congressional Lupus Caucus and other lupus community partners in sponsoring a Congressional briefing today entitled, "Mitigating the Public Health Consequences of Lupus, the Prototypical Autoimmune Disease." Speakers included Congressional Lupus Caucus Co-Chairs U.S. Representatives Tom Rooney (R-FL), William Keating (D-MA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and Jim Moran (D-VA) as well as Susan M. Manzi, MD, MPH, West Penn Allegheny Health System and Temple University School of Medicine and Stephen Katz, MD, Director of National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
"As a co-founder of the Congressional Lupus Caucus, I want to thank the lupus experts, researchers and patients who spoke to us today about the impact of lupus on public health," commented Congressman Rooney. "Lupus is a devastating disease for which there is no cure, and I hope that by working together here in Congress to help advance lupus research and increase lupus awareness, we can help improve the quality of life for people with lupus and their families."
The briefing was a joint effort by the LRI, Lupus Foundation of America and the Alliance for Lupus Research to educate Members of Congress and their staffs about lupus and its effects. The Congressional Lupus Caucus was formed in the House of Representatives in February, 2012.
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Determined to help Congress appreciate the very real and pressing needs of people living with the often overlooked disease lupus, Kaamilah Gilyard took off from work to travel to Washington for the briefing. Her description of the near-death complications she has suffered was dramatic but in no way exaggerated, typical of the heart and lung damage and memory loss many lupus patients must endure. Kaamilah also emphasized the difficulty all too many go through to be correctly diagnosed with lupus; it took two years and a trip to the emergency room for her to learn that the symptoms she had since she was 15 – fatigue, joint pain, and anemia – were not about wanting to stay home from school, but in fact signs of her immune system attacking her own body that characterizes lupus.
"Aside from the physical toll, what I find most difficult is the inability to make any long-term plans because I never know when lupus will flare up," explained Kaamilah. "I recently accepted my best friend's invitation to be her bridesmaid, but with the understanding that I could be unable to walk down the aisle and have to bow out of the wedding if I have a flare that day." Graduate school is a primary long-term goal that she has to be concerned about committing to. "It took six years for me to complete college because just getting to classes was tough, and I can only work part-time because that is all the stress and exertion I can manage." Kaamilah is also limited by the memory loss she and many others call "lupus fog." "I have to write everything down!" Yet Kaamilah's attitude is inspiring, finding ways to keep adapting to the unpredictable and debilitating obstacles lupus puts in her path.
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The Ugandan parliament Friday passed the long-awaited upstream oil bill after nearly a year of back-and-forth parliamentary deliberations as the East African nation prepares to transit from oil exploration to the production phase.
Ruling National Resistance Movement party law makers voted to pass the bill after forcing through an amendment reinstating a clause that gives the oil minister powers to solely approve and revoke licenses. Stephen Birahwa, a law maker on the natural resources committee, said ruling party lawmakers had earlier reached a "compromise" with the president to reinstate ministerial powers in order "to strengthen state control in the sector".
"Oil is a very important resource and it needs to be presided by a minister with real powers," Mr. Birahwa said.
The bill, which will regulate oil licensing, exploration and development, was introduced in the house in February, but its approval has dragged on for several months, amid a bitter spat between parliament and the executive over key amendments, including the powers of the oil minister. In October, lawmakers introduced an amendment, trimming the minister's powers of approving, granting and revoking oil licenses. Government initially consented to the amendments but later backtracked, creating a bitter standoff.
George Boden, a campaigner with U.K.-based Global Witness said by reinstating the clause about ministerial powers, the minister will be allowed to negotiate deals behind closed doors with no public scrutiny, which will promote corruption.
"Despite the best efforts of some MPs, the law looks set to perpetuate the status quo of secrecy, excessive ministerial control and corruption allegations" Mr. Boden told Dow Jones Newswires. "Uganda's donors have just frozen million of dollars in aid money in reaction to serious corruption...The risk of corruption in the oil sector is far greater and this law does little to allay our concerns."
Uganda suspended issuing new licenses in 2007 to put in place enabling legislation, following several huge oil discoveries. At least six oil blocks and 10,000 square kilometers of acreage will be available for licensing once the bill is passed. Uganda's oil reserves are estimated at 3.5 billion barrels, with less than 40% of the oil region explored so far.
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Both of these blocks were for girls in the ~Sew New to Me~ virtual quilting bee on Flickr.
This block was for Corey (of Little Miss Shabby) and she had the month of March. She asked for scrappy Half Square Triangle blocks, 12.5" square. This was my design, and below was how I came up with it. I'm not much of an artist, but I'd rather mess up on paper, than with this gorgeous fabric!
This block is for Jessica (of twinfibers) for April and she asked for a two-toned block ala Denyse Schmidt's "Drunk Love" quilt design. She sent us two shades of pale blue, and this is what I came up with... um, the same day I went into labor. Good timing, eh? I really like how this turned out, and I can't wait to see BOTH of these quilts finished!


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Topic: PDT is helping me!
I'm receiving PDT from Dr Loren at Jefferson, and it has really improved my quality of life. I was diagnosed with CC in Dec 2011. The surgeons thought resection was feasible, but when they went in last January it was too extensive. Two internal/external stents were placed, which allowed me to keep going. But I had to carry bags, and get them replaced periodically. Then I started PDT, and after the second PDT they internalized the stents and I now have four of them. It takes two weeks to recover from the procedure, and I need to avoid the sun for at least six weeks (I'll post more on that later). But I'm able to do water sports again now, plus many other things. Big improvement!
The bad news is that Jefferson is considering dropping the PDT program due to the Affordable Care Act and their losses on the procedure. Hope that doesn't happen!
I'm also receiving chemo (cisplatin and gemzar) in between the PDT treatments. Will start my 12 th cycle next week.


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Nourish your body at Talalla's signature restaurant, where only the finest local and seasonal produce is selected to foster the best in wellbeing.
Locally sourced, seasonal produce. Gentle to the body, gentle to the environment.
Sip on a king coconut and enjoy the gentle sea breeze as you savour gourmet Talalla flavours in our stunning open-air restaurant pavilion.
Vibrant tropical fruit, crisp seasonal fresh vegetables and fresh local seafood feature prominently in our traditional Sri Lankan delicacies and international favourites.
We are proud of our low mileage approach to food, sourcing local ingredients and produce from nearby markets and fishing villages.
Much of the resorts herbs and spices are grown organically on the property, while other seasonal ingredients are sourced fresh daily from local markets and fishermen.
Start your day with a menu of tropical fruits, buffalo curd, fine cut oats, fresh coconut, homemade papaya jam and swiss pancakes. Follow up with eggs-any-style, omelette, fresh dhal and coconut curry.
Of course, while in Sri Lanka, the finest leaf tea is served to you in a traditional teapot. Or, elect to take a just-made fruit juice of local mango, watermelon or pineapple, or a traditional banana lassi.
Sample Breakfast Menu
– Eggs (poached, scrambled, fried or omelette) served with toast, roti with sweet onion, butter and jam
– Banana pancake with curd, trickle, coconut & lime
(Gluten free red rice pancake available)
– Sri Lankan breakfast special served with toast, roti with sweet onion, butter and jam
– Bircher muesli
Tea or Coffee
Served from 7am to 10am.
At midday, lunch is either a la carte, with local favourites such as sour mango curry, or international options including vegetarian burritos and panzanella.
This buffet is perfect for all food desires, from those that wish to feast before their afternoon Surf to those who wish for something light fresh and health, the Lunch Menu at Talalla has you covered.
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Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber & Spanish onion
With chicken or fish.
Chick pea falafels with lemon tahini, Coconut tabouleh salad,
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Grilled chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, cucumber & egg
Served with fresh garden salad.
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Sri Lankan noodles, carrot, leeks, onion, garlic & soy sauce
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Rice, carrot, cabbage, green beans & egg
With chicken or fish.
Daily specials are available from our chalkboard.
Olives, feta, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, green beans & basil.
Penne, tomato, onion, chilli, olives & parmesan.
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Fettuccine tossed with garlic
Served from 12pm to 3pm.
Dinner each night is an event, with highlights including fresh tuna sashimi, or garlic barbeque prawns. Local tastes are explored with okra, beetroot or banana flower curries, and red rice. Salads are a meal in themselves, and European eggplant bakes, potato au gratin or spaghetti napolitana serve as a taste of home. Desert delights with staples including banana cake, crème caramel or local pancake with coconut jaggery.
Served from 6pm. Our chefs prepare a selection of dishes each evening to include starters, mains & desserts. This three course set menu costs $15. During peak times, a buffet dinner will be served, that includes soup, salads, freshly seared BBQ fish/chicken, curries, pasta and more. Vegetarians are well catered for.
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Lobster bisque soup
Mixed fruit salsa with sweet corn fritters
Herbal gotukola soup
Kurakkan pittu
Fish or Chicken kebab with garlic kankun and Arabic rice
Sri Lankan herbed rice, beetroot curry, gotukola salad, pappadam
Eggplant curry, bitter gourd sambol, fish ambulthiyal, pappadam
Clay pot cooked fresh vegetable paella with fish
Home made banana cinnamon ice cream with mix fruit cake
Sticky date cake with Ice cream
Banana fritters with home made coconut lemon ice cream
Ginger Bread Cake with Orange Sauce
Please note our menus change from time to time, if you require the most up to date menu please contact Talalla.
Served from 6pm to 9pm.
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Freshly squeezed or blended, tropical juices are made to order at Talalla.Choose from seasonal selections such as papaya, pineapple, mango, watermelon or banana, tweaked with lime, mint or ginger. For those looking for a spring in their ste, fizzy soft drinks are available including hot ginger beer.
To cool down the curry burn, try a mango or banana lassi, made with fresh buffalo curd.
Or to warm up, a selection of plunger coffees, herbal teas and ayurvedic preparations are available.
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Oct 07, 2011
Blog Notes: Tech Edition
Working as the blogger relations manager for PR Newswire, I come across my fair share of great blogs that cover a wide variety of subject matters and interests. And as you might expect, some blogs are better than others. With that in mind and in an effort to highlight the better ones, I do my best to review one of these blogs every day. This week my focus is on tech blogs. Technology plays a part in pretty much everything we do. (Unless you're Amish, in which case, no offense, but you're probably not reading this right now.) Traffic lights, check-out scanners, gchat, cable TV… it's all tech. To be honest, without technology, I'm not entirely sure what I'd do for a living. Luckily, I don't have to worry about that as we live in a tech world with a great number of blogs writing and reporting on the matter. So with that in mind, let's fire up our laptops, charge up our phones and take a tour through this brief roundup of some of the best tech blogs I've seen lately.
Geekologie is not only a funny tech blog. It's a funny blog, plain and simple. They're all about bringing their readers 'the awesome.' And they do a great job of it. I seriously love this blog. I'm telling you readers to read this blog, yes. But I'm also telling my friends to do the same. If I were to pitch this blog, I'd look for something to do with tech and I'd maybe start with a joke. Check out the full review here.
That Tech Chick is kind of just what it sounds like. It's a blog for tech lovers who feel the industry is at times a glorified boys club. This blog is probably the best example of the industry's changing landscape. Tech is really for everyone these days. If I were to pitch this blog, I'd look past the word 'chick' and take a look at this woman's impressive resume. Check out the full review here.
40Tech is the blog for those "over 40, but not over the hill." It's a blog about technology that you don't need to be a computer programmer to comprehend. It's a blog for your parents, or maybe my parents. (Even though they're over 60. Sorry, mom, dad and step parents.) If I were to pitch this blog, I'd look for something to do with tech for the everyday users. Check out the full review here.
Venture Beat is really a blog about innovation. It just so happens that most of innovation is happening in the tech sector. This is the blog that covers all the moves and developments in the vast technology industry. If something's bound to shake things up, you'll probably read about it here. If I were to pitch this blog I'd look for something to do with venture capitalism… and you know, tech. Check out the full review here.
Slashdot is a blog for serious tech heads. But they also have a great sense of humor. Don't believe me? Try reading out their URL. ( 'h t t p colon slash slash slash dot dot org') These guys also have a pretty reasonable editorial policy. They're open to trashing companies on the one hand, but work towards sponsorship on the other. If I were to pitch this blog, I'd keep it about tech. And I'd bear in mind that while their policy isn't black and white, it is transparent. Check out the full review here.
That's all for now. In the meantime, if there's a blog I should be reviewing, drop me a line or a note in the comments, and I'll take a look. Until next time…
Author Tom Hynes is PR Newswire's manager of blogger relations. And as you may have guessed, he has a twitter account.
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1996 James Murdoch sells record label Rawkus Records to News Corporation; joins News Corporation as an executive vice president based in New York responsible for a number of digital media ventures and corporate development projects.
May 2000 James Murdoch becomes chairman and chief executive of News Corporation-owned Asian broadcaster Star.
February 2003 James Murdoch appointed as a director of BSkyB.
November 2003 James Murdoch steps down as chairman and chief executive of Star; he becomes chief executive of BSkyB.
December 2007 James Murdoch steps down as chief executive of BSkyB and is replaced by Jeremy Darroch. Murdoch becomes chairman of BSkyB, executive chairman of News International and chief executive and chairman, Europe and Asia, News Corporation.
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June 2008 James Murdoch responds to an email from former News of the World editor Colin Myler that suggested phone hacking went beyond a royal reporter in 2008. Later, in evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in December 2011 Murdoch says he did not fully read the email.
Murdoch approves £425,000 legal settlement with PFA chairman Gordon Taylor.
July 2009 Details of the Gordon Taylor settlement are published in The Guardian.
June 2010 The independent directors of BSkyB reject an offer from News Corporation of 700p a share for the 60.9% of the company not already owned by News Corp.
September 2010 Almost 30,000 people sign a petition calling on business secretary Vince Cable to investigate News Corp-Sky mergerOctober 2010 Murdoch's newspaper rivals join BBC in opposing Sky takeover
November 2010 News Corp tables intention to buy BSkyB in Europe
November 2010 Cable intervenes in News Corp-Sky merger
Late 2010 When James Murdoch said he was first made aware of the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World.
December 2010 News Corp offers guarantees to EC on Sky merger
December 2010 Jeremy Hunt assumes Vince Cable's media responsibilities
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January 2011 Ofcom rules News Corp / BSkyB merger should go to Competition Commission.
January 2011 News Corp criticises Ofcom report
March 2011 James Murdoch takes the role of deputy chief operating officer, News Corporation in additional to his role as chairman and chief executive of News Corporation International.
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt accepts News Corporation's undertakings to spin off Sky News, clearing the media company's way to take full ownership of BSkyB.
March 2011 WPP's Martin Sorrell backs News Corp's attempts to buy Sky
April 2011 BSkyB reveals it has spent £12m to-date on News Corp negotiations.
July 2011 News of the World closes as advertisers pull out in the wake of allegations that staff hacked into the phone of Milly Dowler; News Corporation pulls out of its bid for Sky.
Rupert and James Murdoch appear in front of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
Murdochs Jr and Sr face the select committee
September 2011 James Murdoch steps down from positions as director of the board of News Group Newspapers Ltd (publisher of The Sun) and director at Times Newspapers Ltd (publisher of The Times and The Sunday Times).
James Murdoch declines to take a $6m (£3.7m) bonus in light of the phone-hacking scandal.
November 2011 James Murdoch is re-elected as BSkyB chairman at the company's annual general meeting of Sky shareholders with 81.2% of the votes cast.
January 2012 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom sets up Project Apple to scrutinise material emerging from the Leveson inquiry as part of its investigation into BSkyB's status as a "fit and proper" owner of a broadcasting licence.
February 2012 James Murdoch resigns from position as executive chairman, News International.
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Games By Teens announces 2012 contest winners
Muskingum University's Games By Teens competition has announced its winners for 2012.
The contest, now in its fifth year, challenges high-school age students to conceive, design and program an original video game over the course of four working sessions conducted at Muskingum with the help of expert computer programmers. Each game is then judged on a broad range of categories. In addition to the sponsorship provided by Muskingum, Games By Teens receives support from the Google Rise Awards.
The following winners were named:
First place: Leon Hoos, of Ratingen, Germany, for Temple Escape.
Second Place: Ryne Carletti, of Sheridan High School, for Time Of Spartans.
Third Place: Julian Beetem, of New Concord, for Space Ambush.
The following received Honorable Mentions in various categories:
Best Use Of A Large Ship: Adam Lyons of Cambridge.
Best Platform Game: Alexis Hagan of Zanesville.
Most Unique Game: Sam Carrel of Philo.
Best Use Of Time Travel: Aaron Taylor of Cambridge.
Best Survival Game: Ronnie Cole of Zanesville.
Most Addicting Game, Bennett Van Horn of New Concord.
Best Use Of Multiple Ghosts: Cameron Ward of Zanesville.
Judges for this year's competition were: Eddie Corlew, lead programmer at 1st Playable Productions; Jonathan Meschino, designer/programmer for 1st Playable Productions; Jay Shaffstall, assistant professor of computer science, Muskingum University; Brad Barnes, assistant professor of computer science, Muskingum University; and Dave Burkhart, a computer technology teacher at Sheridan High School in Thornville.
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CLIFTON PARK -- Shenendehowa's varsity field hockey team made two changes heading into its tilt against Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, and it paid off in a 2-0 league victory this past week.
The loss against the larger school Shen dropped the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans to 6-1 on the season.
"We went with a new system," Shenendehowa coach Jeanne Frevola said. "We talked about changing it, but it involves a lot more running.
"I think they change has given us more offense and the middle is going to have to run and be in the best shape of their lives to keep up that intensity," Frevola said.
It paid off as junior McKenna Robinson converted on a penalty corner for the Plainsmen.
With the tenuous one-goal lead at halftime, the Plainsmen (4-3 Suburban Council, 5-3 overall) knew that they needed another tally if they planned on holding off the Spartans (6-1 Suburban Council).
Junior forward Nicole daCunha got a smile out of her coach, sending the ball in from the left side and striking the post, but didn't give up on the play.
"I knew we were so close and I saw it on the line and I dove over and jabbed it in," daCunha said.
The second tally put a smile on Frevola's face.
"They followed their shot," Frevola said. "We've been telling Anna Bottino to take the shot, and then it hit the post. Nicole daCunha followed it, hit the deflection and then Anna Branch followed that shot. They have a tendency to watch the shot and by that time the deflection is gone."
Burnt Hills brought out the best in Shenendehowa Monday afternoon.
"They knocked off Saratoga and went to overtime with Niskayuna," Frevola said. "They are a team to be reckoned with this year, and on their own surface (grass), I think they are going to be even tougher.
"(Coach) Kelly Voorman has done a great job, and I think they're going to give the Class B's some trouble," Frevola said. "I think they were off a little bit today; if they can keep that level up, they'll be in the finals this year."
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It seems that Bill Maher likes to change his opinions on US foreign policy depending on who he has on the guest panel. Friday night (October 2nd, 2009) was a perfect example of his inconsistency when he started to engage in juvenile Bushspeak (clip embedded below).
Richard Dawkins appeared on the show to promote his new book, "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution," and as usual, Maher and Dawkins took some playful jabs at the Christian Right and how "superstitious" the West is becoming. This wasn't a surprise to me because both Dawkins and Maher aren't shy when it comes to ridiculing religion.
I don't argue against their points simply because they're offensive, but also because they fuel a false notion that "religion" and "science" are "incompatible." This is not to deny the fact that there is an actual debate between creationists and evolutionists. Rather, the point is that both sides of the argument tend to isolate the many who don't believe religion and science are antithetical to one another. Instead, we see Dawkins and Maher use ad hominem fallacies to insult and discredit alternative arguments and perspectives. For instance, labeling people who believe in God as "superstitious," "schizophrenic," and/or "delusional" only dodges opportunities to engage in productive dialogue.
But this post isn't about evolution or Dawkins' new book. It's about the discussion Maher, Dawkins, and the rest of the guest panel have about Muslims and Islam. Maher initiates the discussion with a recent report of two young Muslim men who had serious intentions to attack locations in the United States, and then makes an absolutely ridiculous assertion that they "don't hate America, they Love America and feel guilty about it, I think." During the day, he continues, "they're eating at Chili's, going to the titty bar, and then they get on the internet at night and want to atone for the guilt they feel for embracing the West in cyberspace."
Um, what?!
Maher, who has argued many times on his show that violence against the West occurs because of US foreign policy, suddenly transformed into George W. Bush. Like Bush, Maher is essentially arguing that "they hate us because of our values" or "because we're a democracy" Muslims feeling guilty about enjoying American culture? What kind of "logic" is Maher using?
After Janeane Garofalo brilliantly exposed how irrational Maher was being and argued that US foreign policy was the main issue, Dawkins chimed in with a lazy and predictable remark, "Why don't you just say it's religion, it's so obvious." Once again, Dawkins uses religion (in this case, Islam) as a convenient scapegoat to simplify complex realities. Any honest scholar, especially historians who have dedicated their lives to studying so-called "religious wars" or "holy wars," acknowledge the fact that religion is not the "one and only" cause of war. The fact that Crusaders, for instance, slaughtered and subjugated other Christians (namely the Greek Orthodox Christians and Arab Christians) is one of many examples on how flawed the argument of "holy war" is.
Thomas Friedman, an American journalist who supported the invasion of Iraq, entered the discussion with his sheer arrogance and pompous pseudo-intellectualism, behaving as if he had full credibility to discuss Islam, its theology, its history, and its people. His incredibly flawed and ethnocentric prejudices of Muslims reek in his colossally stupid remarks about the Muslim male psyche and how young Muslim men "hate America" because "their countries" (i.e. Muslim countries) are "behind" in economics and education. Shamelessly, Friedman relies on his own conjectures and then paints Muslims as the "Other."
And that's exactly what we get out of this episode: Otherizing Muslims and Islamophobia. Whether consciously or subconsciously, the panelists speak about Muslims as if Islam is not part of America. Although Barack Obama has defended Islam and Muslims on many occasions (and even went as far as saying Islam is part of America), it seems that this message is not resonating with many people. I get the feeling that Bill Maher was afraid to invite Reza Aslan, Naomi Klein, and Jeremy Scahill (who have all been on his show before) for this episode because either one of them would have blasted Maher, Friedman, and Dawkins on their ignorance and childish generalizations.
I'm hoping Reza Aslan appears on the show soon. Maybe he can help correct Maher's Bushspeak and elementary school logic.


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Ben was baptized in the Coaldale Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church in 1951. He attended Coaldale Bible School 1951-1953 (Teacher's diploma); Prairie Bible Institute 1953-1955; Mennonite Brethren Bible College 1955-1957 (Th. B.); Tabor College 1959-1960 (BA English Literature); Kansas State Teacher's College 1960-1961 (MA English); Mennonite Brethren Bible College 1967-1968; and Fuller School of World Mission (Doctor of Missiology 1986).
Doerksen served as pastor in Ashern, Manitoba 1957-59 and taught at the Grace Bible Institute, Omaha, Nebraska 1961-1964. From 1964-1967 he and his wife served in the Mennonite Central Committee Teachers Abroad Program in Gindiri, Nigeria. After a year of study upon returning to Canada he began teaching at Bethany Bible Institute, Hepburn, Saskatchewan, where he remained until 1994. During this time he served as pastor of the Brotherfield Mennonite Brethren Church, Waldheim, Saskatchewan from 1970-1975. He also developed a construction company, 3-D Construction, that kept him busy during the summers.
Doerksen also participated in provincial and national church bodies. In the 1980s he was a member of the Saskatchewan MB Board of Missions, served as chair of the Saskatchewan MB Board of Church Ministries, was the Saskatchewan representative on the Canadian MB Board of Evangelism and was a member of the Mennonite Brethren Board of Missions and Services 1986-1994.
Bernhard and Agnes retired to Calgary, Alberta in 1994.
Doerksen, Bernhard. "Mennonite Brethren Missions: Historical Development, Philosophy and Policies." D. Miss. dissertation, Fuller School of World Mission, 1986.
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Jesse B 707 wrote:JHern wrote:Jesse B 707 wrote:JR wrote:...Magnet is a thinner little less gliding Ion. But the fade depends on which kind of Ion you have. The clear Ions fade around the same as the Magnet. Others less than that.
Not even close, other than being a putter the Mag and Ion have nearly nothing in common flightwise.....and magnets have way more fuckin glide than an Ion.
Jesse, have you thrown the Clutch? It definitely seems to have lost some glide in its lower profile, in comparison to the Magnet.
This is what i figured unfortunately, i dunno why damn near every putter to come out in the last 5 years has to be low profile, IME lower profile putters never glide as they should and can act really strange when the wind kicks up. This thing sounds like a Swan unfortunately
Actually, I think the Clutch is fine in the wind. And I think it could work great as a general purpose putter, too, but depends on the throwing style. I think it favors an accurate snappy fling at the chains type of putt, one that doesn't rely on the disc to fly, or that relies on a dependable stall and fade. Probably best fit is with spin-putters. As a driving putter, it is only so-so...the Ion, Wizard, Aviar, Challenger, etc., are better driving putters, IMVHO.


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Sequestration Presents Uncertain Outlook for Students, Researchers, and Job-Seekers
As the midnight-Thursday deadline came and went, steep federal spending cuts were set in motion, leaving college students, administrators, and researchers bracing for the effects of impending reductions in financial-aid, research, and job-training programs. Adding to the anxiety is the fact that no one is certain exactly how or when those effects will be seen.
Advocacy groups, colleges, and President Obama have all called on Congress numerous times to come to a compromise and avoid the across-the-board reduction in federal spending, which will take place through a process known as "sequestration."
Though a handful of last-minute bills were introduced in the days leading up to the March 1 deadline, legislators failed to approve a plan to avert or postpone the cuts in time, and higher-education institutions across the country are now waiting to see exactly how they will be affected.
President Obama is expected to meet with Congressional leaders on Friday to discuss possible ways to avoid the sequester, but that meeting is not expected to halt the first phase of cuts from taking effect.
The White House has warned that there will be significant reductions in some student-aid programs, in federal funds that support university research, and in college-preparatory programs, but it is difficult to nail down the immediate effects, as program administrators are not sure of how and when the administration will put the cuts into effect.
The Student-Aid Recipient
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned that the reductions would have a significant impact on both the financing and delivery of federal financial aid for college students. Although the Pell Grant program is exempt from cuts for the first year of sequestration, programs like the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant and Federal Work-Study would be cut by millions of dollars, eliminating more than 100,000 students from participation.
But most students won't see the effects of cuts in those programs until July 1, when the financial-aid program year begins. Most colleges send out their financial-aid award letters to students in March and April, but many institutions will have to do so with an asterisk or a caveat until they are notified of new allocations of federal funds from the Department of Education, according to Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Once colleges are notified of exactly how much federal money they will receive for the 2013-14 school year, institutions may need to send students revised financial-aid letters, or determine if they can help fill the gap for students out of their own budgets.
It is disappointing, Mr. Draeger said, to have such financial battles late in the academic year because it creates "an air of uncertainty" for students and their families.
"We leave them scrambling with too many unknowns at a time when they should be narrowing down how much they'll be paying for college," Mr. Draeger said.
Students should keep in close contact with their campus financial-aid offices, he said, to ask if they should expect any reduction in aid.
The University Researcher
The White House has also warned that sequester cuts will force research organizations like the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation to make fewer research-grant awards, which could result in the loss of thousands of jobs for scientists and students.
Universities' research leaders have estimated that federal research spending will be trimmed by more than $12-billion in 2013, and by nearly $95-billion over the next nine years, which they say the economy cannot afford. ScienceWorksforU.S., an awareness project formed by several national university organizations, projected a minimum $203-billion reduction in the country's gross domestic product over the next nine years, and 200,000 fewer jobs per year from 2013 to 2016.
In anticipation of the 5-percent reduction in federal research spending, many federal agencies have already been playing it cautiously by pre-emptively awarding fewer grants, according to J.R. Haywood, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology's vice president for science policy. Many concerned researchers are looking ahead to March 27, by which time Congress must pass an appropriations bill to allow the government to function during the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year.
Fears about sequestration have been compounded by the fact that federal research agencies still don't know what their budgets are for the coming fiscal year. The situation has created a "double whammy" that makes it difficult for agencies to prepare for the future, Mr. Haywood said.
There is a "fear of the unknown" in terms of what researchers may not be able to do as a result of the cuts, Mr. Haywood said. "It's hard for us to project what we're not going to be able to discover."
Additionally, Mr. Haywood said, many people—including workers, faculty members, and average citizens—may have a hard time realizing that the sequester cuts could be in place for the next 10 years, unless Congress acts to change or repeal the law.
"A lot of people probably think the money will be restored and everything will be normal again," Mr. Haywood said. "But we're facing a new normal now."
For researchers who hold or are applying for grants from the National Science Foundation, the agency has said that sequestration is expected to affect mainly the number of new research grants it awards this year. Those are likely to be reduced by about 1,000, Subra Suresh, who is departing this month as the foundation's director, said in a letter posted on the NSF's Web site on Wednesday. The agency will continue to pay grant increments, as scheduled, to recipients of existing grants, he said.
High-School Students
Financial-aid programs for the neediest high-school students will also be harmed. College-preparatory programs like TRIO and Gear Up, which help prepare low-income and minority students for college, will be cut by $42.8-million and $15.4-million, respectively, this year.
Gina Henderson, a first-generation college student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, participates in the TRIO program. Though she said her ability to pay for college depended heavily on financial aid, Ms. Henderson also relies on TRIO's support services.
Ms. Henderson has a part-time work-study job that limits her free time, and receives additional support in tutoring, mentoring, counseling, and "a home away from home" through the TRIO program. A cut in this and other college-preparatory and support programs, she said, would diminish the future of thousands of students.
"This is just unfair that I worked so hard all these years, and now my dreams could be taken away from me," Ms. Henderson said.
Unemployed Workers
The sequester will cut more than $450-million from federal employment and training programs, which help the unemployed gain necessary skills to re-enter the work force. As a result, nearly two million fewer workers will have access to those services, which are often provided by community colleges, according to a statement from the National Skills Coalition.
But those programs have already lost a significant amount of federal support, according to Rachel Gragg, the coalition's federal-policy director. More than $1-billion has been cut in the last two years. Ms. Gragg said the immediate challenge would be absorbing even more cuts on July 1, when the program year begins.
It's hard to know for sure what consequences additional cuts will have, Ms. Gragg said, because the federal government has not identified how cuts will be distributed and overseen throughout various programs.
But some local organizations the coalition works with have said they may have to lay off staff members, cut back on training services, or close programs or centers altogether.
"Once that capacity is lost, you won't get it back," Ms. Gragg said. If the sequester cuts stay in place for the entire 10 years specified in the legislation, the results would be "catastrophic."
There are already 160,000 people on waiting lists for adult basic-education programs, and Ms. Gragg said the coalition estimates that 10,000 others will lose access to training services under the sequester.
Sequestration, she said, "will have completely dismantled the federal work-force-development system."


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Less than three months after the Los Angeles City Council imposed a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, the council on Tuesday rescinded the prohibition rather than face a costly and likely losing battle at the ballot box.
The council's 11-2 preliminary vote to end the ban creates confusion over what pot shop rules and regulations are in place. With the vote, council members adopted an appeal to state legislators to come up with clear regulations on how to control the dispensaries, which have prompted complaints in some neighborhoods of drug use, drug dealing and crime.
The dispensary ban reversal returns for final approval next week.
The ban, enacted in July, was supposed to put an end to conflicting and confusing regulations on some 800 pot shops operating in the city. The so-called gentle ban prohibited dispensaries but allowed caregivers to grow marijuana at home.
Shortly after it passed, supporters of medical marijuana dispensaries collected nearly 50,000 signatures seeking a referendum to overturn the ban. City officials on Tuesday said they believed the ban would be easily overturned if it went before voters.
However, even as the city prepares to lift its ban, the status of the dispensaries remains unclear.
Last week, federal authorities cracked down on medical marijuana dispensaries in Eagle Rock and downtown Los Angeles, suing three collectives and issuing warning letters to 68 others for the sale and distribution of marijuana.
Some Los Angeles Police Department divisions, most notably Devonshire in the north San Fernando Valley, have implemented a de-facto ban on pot shops by shutting down dispensaries that operate on a retail sales basis of cash and carry.
Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who has used medical marijuana to deal with the side effects of recent chemotherapy treatments for cancer, made an emotional plea to allow some dispensaries to remain open.
"What we had, the gentle ban, was an ugly ban," Rosendahl said, his voice raspy and barely above a whisper. "The fact is there are people like me who need to have access to it.
"I'm here today because we have this vote. Where does anyone go, even a councilman, when they need medical marijuana?"
Councilman Paul Koretz agreed with Rosendahl and re-introduced the original city measure allowing about 100 dispensaries to remain open if they agreed to comply with city land use regulations and locate away from schools and residential neighborhoods.
"I think we need to respect the will of the voters who passed Proposition 215 and work to ban the other dispensaries that are in violation of our regulations," Koretz said, adding he expects the same number of clinics to be open today as were on Tuesday.
But Councilman Mitch Englander, who has worked to close some 85 dispensaries he said were operating in his district, said he wants to see law enforcement crack down on all the remaining dispensaries.
"What we did was lift the ban on dispensaries," Englander said. "What that means is there are no regulations in place and all the dispensaries are illegal."
Councilman Jose Huizar, who introduced the original ban on all dispensaries, said he remains concerned about the impact on neighborhoods. Huizar said he recently saw children smoking from a drug pipe on the street.
"That's the kind of problem we're seeing," Huizar said.
Kris Hermes of Americans for Safe Access, which had supported the referendum against the city ban, said the city now should rely on state law that allowed medical marijuana use.
"It's time for the city to get down to the busy work of developing an ordinance that works for patients and the city," Hermes said. "If a dispensary is complying with state law, there is no reason it can't continue to operate in the city."


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SUGAR LAND, Texas - Sugar Land police released surveillance images Thursday of two women and a vehicle wanted in connection with an attack and robbery at a Target store.
A woman and her daughter-in-law were walking to their car after shopping in the store on the Southwest Freeway at Highway 6 when they said they were approached by two women about 8:30 p.m. Monday.
The victims said the women sprayed both of them in the face with pepper spray and punched one of them in the face. The attackers got away with one purse and ran to a getaway car.
Surveillance cameras inside the store and at along Town Center Boulevard captured images police hope will help them find the attackers.
"We think they were absolutely looking for somebody to attack in the Target parking lot," city spokesman Doug Adolph said. "We've got great footable of these women. Somebody is going to recognize them."
The women were described as black and in their late 20s to early 30s with shoulder-length black hair.
Police said the women got away in a black, four-door car that was being driven by a man. The car has Texas license plate No. DK2B894. There is a Houston Texans sticker on the rear window.
Anyone with information is asked to call Sugar Land Police at 281-275-2540 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at 281-342-TIPS.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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VINA DEL MAR, Chile – After seven months away treating a left knee injury, Rafael Nadal left many questions unanswered in his comeback tournament.
Nadal lost both the singles and doubles finals in the space of a few hours Sunday at the VTR Open in Chile. And Horacio Zeballos, who earned the first title of his career by beating Nadal in three sets, repeated what Nadal has been saying.
"Not playing has hurt him," Zeballos said. "Four or five tournaments back should get him back in form. I'd say this was the perfect time to play Rafa considering the confidence factor and everything."
In the final, Zeballos served better, hit more cross-court winners from sharp angles, and was quicker on clay than the Spaniard, the seven-time French Open champion who was introduced throughout the tournament as "The King of Clay."
Nadal said the loss was a reminder of what he already knew: returning to challenge the other three in tennis' top four – Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray – will be slow and gritty.
"It was a week when we didn't know how the body would respond, the knee," Nadal said. "At least we have seen we can compete up to a certain level. It's true I have had good days and bad days that impact on my play. The tennis aspect isn't the most important thing. The most important was being out there again in front of fans.
"But I won't deny I wanted to win here."
Despite the positive spin, Nadal lost to a player he beat in straight sets three years ago in the French Open – 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Nadal has won 50 tournaments on all surfaces, and Zeballos now has won one. Nadal has $50 million in tournament earnings, while the Argentine has a mere $1.3 million.
Nadal moves this week to the Brazil Open in Sao Paulo, an event that provides another test on his road to the French Open. He competes again on clay later this month in Acapulco, Mexico.
Nadal looks slimmer than before, and his powerful forehand appeared to be recovering faster than his serve and backhand.
The torn tendon in Nadal's left knee drew repeated questions. He said it's better some days than others, and there's still pain. He's avoided surgery, and he says he's been told by doctors the soreness may linger for a few more weeks – even a few months.
He wore a white bandage on the knee whenever he played, racing down plenty of loose balls and showing no signs of protecting the knee or, for that matter, his right knee, which has also been injured.
"Every day improves and increases the confidence for me," he said. "Every day that the knee answers well is a lot of positive energy for me, and that's helping me a lot. The feeling day by day is better – the feeling on court. … I still feel pain in the knee some days, and that's something we hope and think will be improving week by week."
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Hunter Education Course Fee Increase Approved
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission adopted a fee increase for attending a hunter education class from $10 to $15. The increase will take effect June 1, 2006.
According to Steve Hall, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Education Director, the increase is a needed incentive to increase volunteer instructor recruitment efforts.
Under current rule, an instructor is authorized to retain $5, which has been in effect since 1995. The department has determined that economic factors have affected the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by volunteer instructors over the last 10 years, and that it is appropriate to increase the amount retained by volunteer instructors.
"Volunteer instructors are the backbone of the hunter education program," said Hall. "Last year, approximately 2,500 volunteers provided hunter education training to 32,000 persons in Texas."
Every hunter (including out-of-state hunters) born on or after Sept. 2, 1971, must successfully complete a Hunter Education Training Course to hunt in Texas.
There are some exceptions for youngsters. Youth younger than 12 can hunt but must be accompanied by a person licensed to hunt in Texas who has completed a hunter education course, or is exempt by age. Youth ages 12-16 can hunt on their own if they have completed hunter education, but adult supervision is recommended.
Currently, there are three ways to take hunter education, traditional classroom instruction, home study and skills trail testing and an online course with skills trail testing. Home study and online course participants must come to a testing site to complete their training.
TPWD is looking at additional innovative alternatives to provide effective and convenient hunter education training, including the potential use of new technology using simulated live fire exercises through computer technology. The department also offers a deferral program that allows hunters to purchase a $10 "waiver" good for up to one year under certain provisions.
A complete listing of hunter education courses is on the TPWD Web site.
Since 1972, over 713,000 Texans have completed the hunter education course, which is mandatory in 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. Hunter education became a legal requirement in 1988. Partly as a result of hunter education, Texas hunting accident rates have steadily decreased from a high of more than 12 accidents per 100,000 hunters in 1966 to below five accidents per 100,000 hunters in recent years.
Volunteer instructors must be at least 21 years old, have taken the hunter education course, filled out an application, and been through a game warden interview and an instructor course. Anyone interested can contact TPWD at (800) 792-1112, Ext. 4999 or see the TPWD Web site.
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At 8.5 million barrels per day (bbl/d), U.S. crude oil imports in 2012 were the lowest for any year since 1997, as growing domestic crude oil production drove a 444,000 bbl/d (5.0 percent) decline from the 2011 import level. With refinery runs remaining relatively high, U.S. refiners are running an increasing amount of domestically produced crude oil. However, the crude oil import reduction trend is not geographically uniform. Most of the decline in imported crude oil occurred in the Gulf Coast and East Coast regions, while Midwest imports rose (Figure 1).
Since peaking in 2005 at 10.1 million bbl/d, U.S. crude oil imports fell in six of the subsequent seven years, amounting to a total decline of more than 1.6 million bbl/d (16.1 percent). Over the same period, net crude runs at U.S. refineries fell only 200,000 bbl/d (1.4 percent). As a result, imports represented 57 percent of crude oil run in U.S. refineries in 2012, down from 67 percent in 2005.
Reductions in the use of imported crude oil were most apparent along the Gulf Coast, home to about half of the nation's refining capacity. Imported crude runs in this region were 4.5 million bbl/d in 2012, representing 58 percent of total crude runs, down from 80 percent in 2005. EIA's weekly data indicate that that trend is continuing and accelerating in 2013. Average Gulf Coast crude oil imports for the four weeks ending March 1 dropped below 3.4 million bbl/d, the lowest four-week average since 1992.
From 2005 to 2012, East Coast refinery runs of imported crude decreased 735,000 bbl/d (46 percent). That decrease was almost matched by a 685,000 bbl/d decrease in overall East Coast crude runs. Recently, the large price differentials between landlocked crudes with growing production, such as Bakken, and global seaborne crudes that are linked to the price of Brent have encouraged refiners to bring more domestically produced crude into the region via rail. In 2012, 92 percent of crude oil run in East Coast refineries was imported, down from 99 percent in 2005.
Opposite this trend, the Midwest has been importing significantly more crude oil since 2005. In 2012, runs of imported crude oil reached 1.7 million bbl/d, an increase of 205,000 bbl/d (14 percent). In 2005, almost 34 percent of imported crude oil run in the Midwest was shipped to the Midwest via another region, most commonly by pipeline from the Gulf Coast; however, by 2012, nearly all imported crude processed in the Midwest was imported directly from Canada. While total U.S. crude imports have been decreasing, imports from Canada have gone up 775,000 bbl/d since 2005. The United States imported 2.4 million bbl/d of Canadian crude oil in 2012, or about 28 percent of total U.S. crude imports.
In addition to crude from Canada, crude imports from Colombia, Kuwait, and Brazil also increased; however, imports from other major suppliers declined since 2005 (Figure 2). U.S. imports from Nigeria have fallen 671,000 bbl/d (62 percent) since reaching almost 1.1 million bbl/d in 2005. This decline in imports of Nigerian crude has been split fairly evenly between the Gulf Coast and East Coast. Much of the growth in domestic production has been light low-sulfur crude oil, a suitable and more economic substitute for the Brent-price-linked Nigerian grades, which have lost competitiveness in U.S. import markets. The United States has also reduced imports of heavy high-sulfur crude from Mexico and Venezuela and light low-sulfur crude from Angola and the United Kingdom.
Gasoline and diesel fuel prices both decrease for a 3rd week
The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline decreased one cent to $3.70 per gallon, down 17 cents from last year at this time. Prices declined in all regions of the nation except the Midwest, where the price is $3.65 per gallon, up three cents from last week, and the Rocky Mountain region, where the price is unchanged at $3.47 per gallon. The West Coast and East Coast prices both dropped four cents, to $4.01 per gallon and $3.69 per gallon, respectively. Rounding out the regions, the Gulf Coast price declined two cents to $3.52 per gallon.
The national average diesel fuel price decreased four cents for the second consecutive week, to $4.05 per gallon, 10 cents lower than last year at this time. Prices decreased in all regions of the nation, with the largest decrease on the West Coast, where the price decreased seven cents to $4.16 per gallon. The Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountain prices are now both under the $4 per gallon mark, falling five and four cents from last week, respectively, to $3.99 per gallon and $3.97 per gallon. The East Coast price declined four cents to $4.08 per gallon, and the Midwest price is $4.02 per gallon, dropping three cents from last week.


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This showed up in a ESPN article earlier today.
San Antonio Spurs acquire: David West
Indiana Pacers acquire: Tiago Splitter, Nando de Colo, Matt Bonner
Why it works for San Antonio: The window of opportunity is still open for the Spurs, but Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili aren't getting any younger and it's hard to say how long that window will remain open. That's why it'd make sense for San Antonio to trade a bit of its future for more of the present, and that's just what West is -- a free agent at the end of the season who can come in and help Duncan on the interior with scoring and rebounding.
Why it works for Indiana: If the Pacers get a healthy Granger back in February and finish out the regular season playing well, they almost certainly would keep West in the fold for a playoff run. If they fall out of the race, though, or aren't playing like a team that can contend for the title, they would be wise to deal the veteran power forward for young pieces who can be a part of their future. Two positions of need on this Indiana team in the seasons ahead are point guard and power forward, and that's why promising international players Splitter and de Colo would be an ideal package.


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Nonpareil Farms has formed partnerships with growers, processors and distributors to increase volume of Betty Crocker Fresh Potatoes in Western states and improve Mid-Atlantic distribution.
The growers are Mount Vernon, Wash.-based Hughes Farms Inc. and Washington Lettuce & Vegetable Co., which jointly distribute produce. Hughes Farms sources about 2,600 acres of various crops, including specialty potatoes.
"Hughes Farms shares our commitment to quality and responsible agricultural practices," Scott Phillips, vice president of Nonpareil Farms, said in a news release. "(We) look forward to working with them for many years to come."
That connection is expected to bring the Betty Crocker label to more consumers in the West. Blackfoot, Idaho-based Nonpareil Farms began supplying the Betty Crocker brand nationwide in 2011.
Network expansion continues eastward as well. Nonpareil is partnering with two Savage, Md.-based companies, foodservice distributor Coastal Sunbelt Produce and processor East Coast Fresh Cuts Inc. The move is aimed at easing Mid-Atlantic distribution.
"They are part of only a handful of companies in the nation to be certified through the USDA's Quality through Verification program," Phillips said in the release.
The partnerships began in October.